SHAWNOLOGY

I'm restarting this blogging process because a) some of my friends are still blogging/have begun blogging again and it makes such an interesting read(save for ~~a few~~ one cryptic motherf---er) and so I'd thought I'd return the favour! b) Clare tells me to and she says it's carthartic.

HENCEFORTH BEGINS A SERIES OF COMPLETELY NON-SEQUITUR THOUGHTS. I find such a thought process has come to define Shawn.

1
I'm really doubting the Carthasis that comes out of this blogging process! I Mean there's always this public audience; no matter how small, and the fact that shit stays forever online and there might be unforeseen consequences to what you post ie, @Steph! I guess this lends itself to the problem that out of the many facets of Shawn or experiences I do have, only the few that coincide with my preffered 'me' will surface.
How's that Carthatic in any sense? The Greek assume Cartharsis correctly as perceived by an AUDIENCE member because the extremely complicated internal dealings of a person in response to tragedy were (hopefully) completely honest to each individual and each individual could respond to the unnerving truths they had seen. But consider that what I put up is not 100% me, not because I'm fake(maybe la) but because there is so much of.. well, me that scares me? And that also had irreparable implications.

Also, I have a personal written diary so I much prefer that.

2
This is really random, but since I've already reflected about 2012 let me be shallow and share the most shallow thing I reflected upon which was my looks. Haha I really do believe I am strangely comfortable with the way I look now. Exeunt

3
I can't stand people who act like they are totally in demand in any group even when theyre not. AND EVEN WHEN THEY ARE ACTUALLY. It lends no support to the group and it's dynamics. The veracity of your "in-demandness" lends no credit to your behaviour. Seriously? Why would you that? To seem cool? and Popular? I thought such concepts dated in the teens and we are WAAAAAYY past that? No friends then hang out, busy then dont. WHAT THE F--- is the problem what strange demented, tormented Mean Girls quote have you come to identify with that causes such behaviour?
Worse still are people who judge me when I genuinely have no idea what to do but just want to weld a group and gel a group together and be a part of that group. This is in reference to no group in particular and don't guess because I have a fair share too many. Scratch that I think there's nothing wrong with wanting a million friends and being sincere is wanting to be that close to all of them. If I let you read my like an open book, accept the fact and move on. Read the damn book!
WHY JUDGE ME FOR BEING SO OPEN SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT?
I'm not entirely sure if being that open book is entirely my decision, and it doesn't matter. I just hope people are still naive enough to believe what I choose to! And perspicacious enough to deduce that such a belief is still very much worth holding on to.

4
Turn towards brevity?! Brevity is the soul of wit but damn son, your potrait of a mofo thousand words is typed by a bunch of monkey jamming keys. There is but that much meaning in gibberish.

You're not a poet, your not a guy whose name starts with th and has references to a penis.

What is the point of an audience if the title is longer that the story.

THIS AINT SCOODY DOO

THIS AINT GOONI GOO GOO

THIS AINT POETRY SLAM.

(non sequitur)

what kind of performance is this

Get a diary. This thought belongs in a diary hahahaha.

5
I love Cloud Atlas @Sudeep if you are reading. #YOUYND
Just a movie with such intricate attention to detail and Im a detail nigger so yeah.
So much to think about to and yes so much to feel.

Sigh I need a vlog thoughts are just slowly slipping out of my head.

Labels: birthdays, good news, hehe, long post, NOT happy, time waster, wasting time

Wheehee.

There's really nothing nicer than to have people who just give.

Really. I mean yesterday my friend's mum bought me a Krumpler bag(the normal one) and his sis bought me a shirt. I looked at the price tag(of the shirt) when i got home and i saw 69.90. yeaouch. Anyways, its all a long story why I got these presents so here goes.

Chronicles of the fair Lady Krumpler and Sir Puma:
Hehe. so what happenened is my friends phails at ss. PHAILS. so he needed a ss file for the retest. this is a really awesome friend, btw. like we both have the same interests in movies and music. now that is RARE considering my weird myriad of tastes. we both like DREAMGIRLS. singing loudly, singing diva songs loudly, disturbing neighbours, and black people. haha. so i went ot his house just to hangout and we like karaoked alot of songs that erm. sorta disturbed the neighbourhood, and we both look like crazy people when we sing. yeah. HAHA

so anyway, his mum borrowed my ss file for him. and erm, also we're really close. i guess. oh yeah and i helped his sis in some drama thing(more in pt.2), and apparently it really helped her. and she takes me like a godchild. so while on the way back to their house.

She said "Shawn ah mai gei ni"
I was like "wut?"
And she was like " bu yong ke qi la. na la na la"

Chronicles of the fair Lady Krumpler and Sir Puma(pt.2):
So his sister is like vp of the hcjc drama club(AWESUM). and so they have yearly camps where that have secondary school participants and they need to send invites everyyear. they usually have 30 participants. they had 14. so a week before she asked me to muster as many ri boys as i could, so i enlisted rp(GO RP) and some random ppl that my juniors knew. tada! out came 8(or 9?) boys and the attendace shot up by erm. eh. i cant do math. but alot %. Luckily there were alot of chij girls, or the gender ratio would have been weird. and his sis said that RGS(looking at you,clare) participates every year, but this year, in her own words "they have some stupid artsfest thing". I agreed with her. the camp was awesome and those rgs girls sure missed out on alot. So they she was like thank god for you peeps, or else there would have been more facilitators than partipants. and so she bought me the shirt and told her mum, who in turn bought me the bag. yeaouch. anyways, their awesome people, with alot of cash.

~the end~

time to talk about the rest of life. which is erm.

.wait for it.

NOTHING. D:

Well actually no. Went to JJ's house on like the 17th, dont rmbr exactly when but i played rock band for the first time, with bryan. it was before bryan was gonna leave for franch for 5 weeks. (JEALOUS MUCH) anyway they both have the game at home. so i was the noob. and i cant really do much but Sing. (YESH I CAN SING CLAR) so i sang like 7 diff. songs I HAD NEVER HEARD BEFORE all about 70 percent score but had a song i was really good at 97% erm. i think its by fall out boy? dead on arrival or something. anyways rock aint my music. i mean look above for lady gaga.

I SWEAR, i really hate the songs in that game, but hey, music is music,and i got 97%. awesome right! and i dont even know the songs. then they wanted to sing some rock song that i didnt know. surprise surprise! you;re not gonna find a nine inch nails or KISS fan here. so i started drumming. on easy mode. and i failed twice. but hey, im learning. always am. never did try out guitar. we ended up stopping and the day became boring as we debated on what movie to watch. sadly. bryan wanted american pie and jj wanted something touching. i couldnt be bothered so i tried karaokeparty, but failed since there was no mic. and then we ended up wqsting time and then dinner with pizza wathcing death race. and then they playing fifa xbox soccer. buh, while i went up to househunt and all my other facebook apps. i came down and palyed 2 games and i'm never playing fifa xbox again. they even named a move after me.

Shawn. defn: the kick the ball out after a few successive kicks.
defn2: shoot at the audience

So yeah. and then bryan lost really badly with erm a penalty shot. and they started wrestling. its fun to see kids fight. anyway after 15 rounds they decided it was a tied, but i still think jj won. fun stuff. then i went home, driving bryan to the mrt with me as well.

okay erm. i really think thats about all that happened since the holidays, other than camp react, but i think camp react should be said through pictures so thats in "videos of shawn" on facebook. haha. like 5 minutes of montage. likea 50000 word essay.

oh and yeah. my sec4 year WILL be a blast for RP. i will ensure it.

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OMG GOSH EXAM ARR OVER.

*Does weird crunk dance, the sort you see in the 80s videos that doesn't really look like dancing, but more like arms and legs in particularly pattern-like movement, like what the Zohan dances like, you know that sort of dancing*

*Cools Down*

*you might see so many typos that you'll think that i'm insane, but I am, SO GET USED TO IT*

*does the pop'n'lock dance wildly. wiki/google that*

Phew. Alrite. Now that i'm sane, or less insane than my usual self, let me chronicle my life thus far in this harrowing eoy period. *pauses*

LIFE HAS BEEN AWESOME.

Yup, contrary to what most people would feel, life in Boarding gives the EOY period a new freshness, I guess. I mean how often do you actually have the discipline to sit down and do 400 marks worth of math? Only when eveyrone around you is doing that same. And how often can you just pop by to your neighbours room and sit down and eat cup noodles(free.btw) and study bio, or teach them chem(rhymes). ITS FRIKING AWESOME. Anyway, i've got one week left in boarding, i've got an awesome/weird roomie(no not awesomely weird) and hes got similar views with me on life and all and we can tlak about stuff, AND he's in a external chinese drama club, and how cool is that! So i'll be missing him once boarding life is over, and altho we'll meet in school it'll be different as friends nia. ROOMIES FTW! And erm everytihng boarding ghas with it as well. Really missing the lifestlye soon even thou i have like 1.5 weeks of boaridng left.

Right, now to talk about other stuff. Those from SHPS, ya'll know Sanat? The 6/9 dude? No?

*silence*

Okay anyways he was my classmate in p3 and we always compared abt who was funnier and all, and I guess he is now, but after I left for GEP never tot I would see ihm again but we're in the SAME FRIKING CLASS NOW, and hes so lame lunch with him is truly awesome. Although I am still smarter than him I mean 3.65> 3.2-3.3 right? Anyways, never tot and it truly been a great surprise to meet him again. Sanat most probably will never read this but if your seeing this, you're a great friend!

Right. about yesterday. I was STARING at clare on the train and my ri friends tot I was looking her up(wtf, classmates?!) and I kinda looked like a pervert. but anyway, it took clare a total number of 6 stops before she was like SHAWN! SORRYX10. I was kinda amused. And we didnt talk , since ti would be awkward for the 2 groups of friends. Really wanted to walk over and ask u where mg is today, and what to do since our exams are over(take that AYJ) at mg, and I DONT HAVE CARDS, but my immature friends were teasing me. GROW UP CLASS MATES. Buh if you're thinking why i was on the train with them in the first place, it's because there the only ppl in my class to live in the east.

And about MG. CLAR YOU HAVE to show me the fonnian lore, I keep hearing about and it already sounds like such a deep unirverse with so much to explore! I heard i got a tribe names after my barbequing expertise. hmm. waiting for that. And there so much to it I HAVE TO READ/SEE IT!

And about after exams plans I HAVE NOT IDEA WHAT IMA GONNA DO? Im thinking of finding a job, learning a new language, getitng fitter, learn a new skill and slack. COME ON 6.12/3c/RP give me ideas and things to do!

hmm. about RP. I really wonder whats gonna happen next year. I can only hope and wish.

ps. Bryan seethor are you happy now that I;ve given you Sb+ for your bday! HUH? HUH? gah why am i so nice to you

Labels: birthdays, Bored, end of eoys, Fail, friends, good news, guilty, Happy, hehe, long post, Must Watch, plans, wasting time

Haha everything in the past week has been absolutely fantastic.

List of things to blog about:-
CRVII
Lit up
Movie(Drag me to Hell)
Friends
Future.

ooh agenda.

Come back tmrw to do all this.

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POOP Review

The play, POOP, staged by the Finger Players, is easily one of the best plays I've watched. This is by no means a sweeping statement, since almost every aspect of the play, in my opinion at least, was good. POOP tells a story of how a family copes at first with the death of the sole breadwinner, the father(played by Julius Foo) and then the death of the child(played by Jean Ng).

The script itself was average and it was the weakest point of the play. Although the genre of the play was “dark comedy”, I felt that the inclusion of some jokes were unnecessary, and it was although the only point of the jokes was to break the enormous tension that the actors had and the audience was feeling. One example would be when the child was hallucinating about the ghosts outside the MRT, and one of the ghost said," Jesus said I could be Mother Mary's tampons!". The audience stilled laughed since it was a welcome break of tension, but it was quite a forced insertion of the joke.

The script's theme was that of how death could bring a family together. I felt that the theme had been already well explored in many other pieces of art, and that both the context and theme were both slightly unoriginal. However, every other aspect of the play brought the play to a whole new professional level. Which brings me to comment on my next point, the staging and directing.

Although Director Playwright Chong Tze Chien had slight weaknesses in his script, his directing was simply sublime. His staging was amazing; he managed to use the depth of the stage to bring out his usage of puppetry, to show the conflict between the Mother and Grandmother(especially in the underground tunnel scene, were the child is forced to follow one or the other). He managed to using the wonderful space to show the anger in the child when she was forced to draw a family photo. He managed to use perceptions of size to make the child's character more believable. He managed to use puppetry to show the beautiful relationship between daughter and father. His use of props was masterful. I could go on, but my fingers are tired. However, it wasn't a one-man show; his lights manager, puppeteer, sound manager, stage manager, production manager and publicity crew were important too, so kudos to them too.

However, I felt that what really made the audience cry was not the script, but it was the actors. All of the actors didn't just portray the role, they WERE the role. All of the actors were so in their role and as an audience so physically close to them, I could not help but feel the grief and emotion of all the actors. Janice Koh was sublime in her portrayal of a deeply hurt wife. She tries so deeply to be the sole pillar of sanity in the family, but the grandmother's constant blabbering to her granddaughter about how the father is just disappeared, like poop, really brings her to her knees as the mother(Janice) didn't want to remember anything of that dreaded husband of hers anymore, who was so selfish as to let go of his life for happiness and leave his family behind. Same for Neo Swee Lin, whose portrayal as a grandmother humiliation by her son's suicide, but yet tries to keep the whole family together. Julius Foo, as a man unhappy who just leaves his family, his connection with his daughter is really touching. Jean Ng, as a confused girl, was so naive and innocent I couldn't help to feel sorry for her. Each actor's dedication, training and passion shone through in their acting. Their stage presence and energy was so strong I didn't feel the need to check the time, wipe away my tears or even move. I just watched this wonderful piece of theatre come to life. At the end, when the Grandmother and Mother both embrace each other and finally accept death and move on, something deep inside me felt warm and growled in agreement. And no, I wasn't hungry.

Labels: Bored, friends, long post, piles of homework, Rp, wasting time

Taken from...
Clar/Clare/Fon and AYJ (btw will be very to what has been said)

Pick 8 random friends you feel comfortable around. (including yourself for number 4).

1. Mistress Stonealot of the Blog, Goddess of Reunion-Organising and Sole Pillar of Sanity

2. Lady Toleratia of the Dry Wit, Jedi Master of Bashing People Over The Head, and Fantasist of the Seventh Circle, First Scribe of Twelvian Lore.

3. Sir Idiot-Brainlesse Maximus of Gitland and Whackadoodle, First Knight of Nonsense

4. King Nerdios Melodymaster, Demigod of Computer-Gaming and Physics, named also Calculus Complexitas.

5. Count Doofus Sillyidea, Lord of Music Disdain, and his dominion is over Tongue

6. Countess Twilightmania the Vampiric Chocoholic, who possesses the Wail of the Banshee

7. Princess Randomnessa Bipolaris, Ruler of the Blondhilites and Healer of the S'jab.

8. Magus Malav Dumbledore, Caretaker of the Great Fonnian Libraries and Owleries, Second Scribe of Twelvian Lore.

These eight people you just picked are stuck in a house with you for a whole year. There is no leaving the house at all until the year is completely up. If you had to choose a person for every question below, write down which person it would be. (oo exciting)

There are 4 rooms. Who will be in each room?

Room1- Clar and Clare and Mala
Room2- AYJ and Me
Room3- Tabi and Kim
Room4- The Fon

If there was someone singing in the morning who would it most likely be?

Room 2, sorta of like a fusion of diff. types of music. Pop-rock vocal stuff.

If someone was considered the dad and the mom of the house, who would it be?

Clare. And AYJ. I wonder what mom and dads do when their children are not around.

*Expanding on the family concept, what roles would the other six people take?

Well. I would be like the rude 2nd Brother. And Older sister Tabi would always be scolding me. Fon and Kim would be like squabbling twins. Clar and Mala would be the trapped in centre kids with normal outlooks but are totally insane like everyone else.
(Reality Show Worthy)

If you wanted candy really badly and all of the 7 in the house had some, who would you take it from?

I would take one from each person and amass a whole carton of candy to help me survive when one day mum and dad stop cooking cuz we pissed them off.

If someone had to watch you brush your teeth (every) morning, who would it be?

AYJ? Since we both only take 30 seconds, and both low cost maintenance. (Unlike Shirlyn if she came)

There was two bags of chips bought at the store, but 20 minutes later they are gone. Who ate them?

Fon. I would be angry but join in anyway,

Who would hate being in the house the most?
Noone, but seeing people too often make people less appreciative of one another.

Someone took your (brand spanking new) pair of socks that were never worn, who is the thief?

I don't think anyone actually did. I lost them.

Someone swept all the dirt under the rug, who was it?

Hmm. Fon or maybe even Kim if they were lazy to clean up.

If there was arguments in the house, who would be the ones arguing?

Depends on the topic, really.

Who would be the one missing their boyfriend/girlfriend that wasn’t in the house with them?

Well. Erm. Maybe. No.

You walked down stairs in the middle of the night for a glass of water, someone is dancing on the table in there Leopard Thong, who is the crazy one?

Shawn, and Fon are the more insane ones, so why not? NO WAY
I would never dance in a leopard thong. So tasteless, give me some big beehive dress and you'll see my dance the night away,

A pillow fight broke through, who started it?
Everyone. Its good stress relief.

There's a marathon of your favorite TV show, what is it? and who would be watching it with you?

I think everyone in the fellowship like a tv show. Mostly Sitcoms and Reality TV.

Someone made a fort in the laundry room, who was the kid?

Not me. Mala and Clare maybe?

There’s a prankster in the house that put plastic on the two toilets in the house, who are the pranksters?

I would.

The music's too loud, who turned it up?

Shawn. Or me. Or both. I bet we were listening to say, idk, RJA and blasting as we sang along
(really? RJA is really hard to sing along with. Maybe something easier like chris daughtry)

There's a mouse crawling on the floor all over the house,

a)who is the first one to scream?

youngest sis, aka kim

b)who is the one to jump into someone's arms?

youngest bro, aka fon

c)who would be the one to kill it?

I would. But then chicken out. SO mum and dad.

*d)who would be the one to pet it and call it adorable before Clare/I mashes its brains in?

Mala, she seems to be unafraid of practically every bug there is. (Haha I agree, maybe i would do that too.)

Who made pancakes in the morning and almost set the house on fire?

Well. Fon. Everyone else can cooks rite?

Someone's tanning on the roof, who is it?

Well. According to Fon, me. But no. I'm not insane.

Who is the tallest in the house?

Fon. I come a close second

Who is the shortest in the house?

Kim, the youngest one

Who is(are) the loudest?

The twins

*Who laughs the loudest?

Me, in fact i would be so loud the neighbours would complain

*Who laughs the most?

Everyone

Who is the clown?

Fon.

Who is the most respectful?

Clare

Who is the one that always comes up with stupid ideas?

Who's in bed first?

Contrary to popular belief i sleep at 11 everyday. Very early.

*Who's the one who keeps on getting locked out because they forgot the keys?

Shawn, Kim or Fon. Or possibly Mala.

If someone woke everyone up with pots and pans who would it be?

Mmybe me and Shawn

Who is always dancing?

Fon.

You spilt ice all over the kitchen floor, who would be the one to slip on it first?

Fon, shortly followed by Kim, who was chasing him.

Who is always playing some form of instrument?

does the mouth count? I’d be singing all the time... Otherwise, Tabby

*Who is always raising their eyebrows at the antics of everyone else?

Everyone has antics. We'll be used to it by then.

*What room would all of you like installed in the house?

Hmm. A room that has computers and a personalized sound booth system for everyone and has like a giant central book shelf were once u read out the title and author of the book a book would appear in your hands.

RP people coming next!

Labels: Bored, Chalet, friends, Happy, time waster, wasting time

I don't Know. (heyhey line from the play. nvm. sorry)

I've been feeling all so empty after my SYF, since it took up my time and was basically the reason i looked forward to school. Halfway thru the first period in class, I would think of rehearsals. During recess, i would look forward to rehearsals. basically, school was a time filler. Other cca friend felt syf was a pain and torture, but this production with rp was REALLY fun. it became like Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), or cannbis haha, some addictive drug. Now is the cold turkey period i guess.

Now that its over, theres NOTHING to look forward to. Life is back into a routine, and my post production blues are increasing exponentially.

Some people feel the worst effects of it immediately on the day after their play, but i dont.

Mine increases to a tipping point and i turn really sad. like i would b really sensitive and down. and unmotivated. Haha but i'll grow out of it! And be happy.

Right? Haiz. At least i found my true calling. Go RP!

Now that i got THAT out. Yey MGs. I've seen,heard and read so much about your adventures. Haha i bet fonny is the creator of like 90% of them all. What do yall study?

And its been so long since i've chatted with 6/12... Aha i still rmbr my weird jumpshot facial reactions with yall.

P.S. Good Luck Greg for your DI tmrw!

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I have no time!

My holidays are so tiring. Let me share with you my daily schedule for the last week:

Monday: RP Syf from like 7 to 2, Then went to YDSP ceremony. Back home at 6. Homework after homework. Slack then Sleep.

Monday was great. At least I had free time to start on my physics and bio hw. The ydsp ceremony was memorable(and i'm kinda late about this post, but i was busy), the reception was fine and the guest of honours minster of def is TALL. And it felt great to wear a blazier and feel all prepped up. But my picture at the slideshow was so UGLY. They asked for a passport sized photo at the start of the process and i sent them my old one in P5! didnt know they were gonna show it to everyone...!The people there presenting were dedicated, though to say the least. Big shoutout HI to the girl sitting beside me! Thanks for the short chat, made me feel less bored and nervous ,since the guy to my right was so hostile. Heres how it went with me and him.

Me: Hi

Him: *silence*

Me: Ok nvm

Tueday: FREE DAY YEY!

Happy to do nothing on that day.

Wednesday: Full day of drama.

Started of with alot of groundwork for our props. We have to throw bricks at each other. Heavy, but i got used to it. ALOT of tightening of our play, at last, it looks like a piece of art now. Esp. liked our chereography for the battle scene, really fitting with the music. Ended at about 6 and justed chatted with RP ppl. Fun thing to do, really.

Thurday: Prep For SCSF

Yup. Prep. Took awhile but got the organisation down

Friday:SYF training in the morning

Yup. Again training. Spent afternoon slacking(again) with RP peeps. Went home to do homework.

Saturday(yesterday): SCSF then SYF training for dram AGain.

SCSF. Seemed really simple, the event, but then again it was great. Presentation to the judges, I felt, was mediocre and seemed really bad cuz we werent fluent or anything. there were 6 awards, 3 honarary and nickel(bronze), palladium(silver) and platinium(gold). When they annouced that the 3 honorary awards weren't for us, i almost knew we failed. Then the bronze wasn't ours either. But then we won silver! I mean it was the shock of my life lol. Cool medal, and got vouchers to spend on presents for the sec 3 RP and daniel (Earth Wind and Water and earth). Shoutout to you all too. Drama was fun, but nobody got the name of the competition right. They kept saying SFFC and SSECF and all the acronyms BUT SCSF. Basically they made fun of the name of the competition. AND they were also surprised that I won. Training was great, our last run was tight, and felt very complete. Anyways after that had a very long dinner chat with Zhiyuan, Greg and Chia. Good times lol. Stood there just listening to the basker at J8. Hes a real pro. Shoutout to the whole RP. and my science grp.

Weeks been busy. I need some rest.

Wow this sure is a long post

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