"Familiarity breeds contempt."

Starting to see some truth in it.

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Shall resume blogging soon during this one month break.

Do some soul searching along the way.

Get my life back on track - my goals, motivations, priorities.

More rants, random thoughts, inspirations to be penned (typed) down. Hopefully.


Have a great holiday ahead. 

"Make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been to hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a m an than a secure future. The very basic core of a mans living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with n ew experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. If you want to get more out of life, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty."
—Jon Krakauer (via moaka)
(Source: littlemiss, via roadtrip-to-nowhere)

"The funny thing about introverts is once they feel comfortable with you, they can be the funniest, most enjoyable people to be around. Its like a secret they feel comfortable sharing with you. Except the secret is their personality."
—(via c0gnaclilac)
(via yemerrycomrade)

Taken from tumblr.

Yeah, here's some motivation for anyone who drops by. I have always subscribed to this!

Taken from thingsweforget.blogspot.com

after Mid-Years.

Mid Years weren't that great.

Hoping for the best nonetheless. I'm like that.

I was looking through my past blog posts just now, as I was searching for something.. Didn't find it on my blog. But that isn't the point here.

I realised that I was really motivated (or at least that's how it appeared to me) during O levels. Many of my posts revolved around studying for Os and stuff like that. However, for some reason, I have lost it now. All that discipline and motivation just vanished. I guess I am just very extremely distracted by the things around me now, what with Candy Crush, Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, and so on. I have to find some way to keep all these distractions aside and prioritise my time well. I haven't got much time left for A Levels.. something like 3 to 4 more months. I don't feel that preparedness that I experienced at secondary 4. Is it really just me or everyone also feels that way? I tried doing some self-reflection on my own (yes I'm introspective), and found out that many things have changed about me over the years. I have gotten used to procrastinating about work, leaving things only till the very last minute. I have become really slack (like seriously) and giving myself lots of excuses about doing work. Once in a while, I wonder what would have happened if I went to Poly or actually got into TJC. Maybe things would have turned out differently. Too many 'maybe's to consider which I would not want to delve into. Nevertheless, I've got to face reality. I am in MJC and my A levels would be coming up in a few months' time. I've probably said this countless times but I really need to start working hard, working smart, stop slacking & procrastinating.

While sorting through old notes and stuff to pass to Sing Hui (a junior), I was amazed by how hardworking I was in secondary four. I made notes rather consistently and did my exam papers and practice papers regularly. In contrast, I have tons of overdued work such as exam papers and stuff to complete now. I barely made notes in JC 1, so now I have also started making notes for my various subjects. Hopefully all these little efforts are going to pay off. I am really hoping to see an improvement in my grades for all my subjects. And if I don't, I have to seriously reflect on why I didn't. I am not expecting a huge jump in my grades. I just don't want to see my grades fall lower and lower. It just sucks you know, especially when the big day is not so far away now..

I need to strike a balance between work and play. I found myself playing too much in JC. Not literally playing though. I watch too much TV probably, and go out too often. Friends and family members always tell me that I am working too hard. But they don't really know me. Truth is, half the time I am probably WhatsApping, Facebooking and the other half is spent on studying. I am planning to deactivate my Facebook account really soon. Probably today is a good day to do so. Shall think about that later. But the point is, I need to have this 'reward for work, work for reward' mentality (just like the SG govt haha). If I don't, I'm sure to just fall deeper. I know this sounds a little extreme, but I guess it is probably the only way to discipline myself.

I need to set targets as well.. And probably being overly-ambitious might help. I'm not too sure. But it'll definitely help to motivate me. I don't want to disappoint myself, my teachers, my family and friends.

Lastly, I need to stop being influenced by my environment. By that, I mean friends (and family to a small extent). I cannot have the 'people slack so I should also slack as well' attitude. It's going to kill me.

Instead of "I should/shouldn't have..", I need to go for "I am.." (if you get what I mean).


As you can read above, I have been doing quite a lot of thinking over the past few months.


I am a very hopeful person. And yes I know, actions speak louder than words.



Hope to blog again soon. (:

anyways, just wanna say that after so so so so long, i'm finally dismissed from school at 2pm. and this is just gonna happen once. lol. nvm if you don't understand what i mean.

thursday's gonna be the school's annual cross country @ pasir ris park. not looking forward whatever. coming friday is good friday, which is yay!, because it means holiday. i will be going out for Qing Ming. so, so, so, we'll be having 2 consecutive holidays followed by the weekend, wooohoo!

on a sad note, i've probably screwed up my chem test today. i did it so slowly, i ran out of time. my thoughts were all confused and all. gah.

on another sad note, the MYEs are approaching. my first paper will commence on the 27th April. i'm not prepared at all. gosh.

some self reflection: I think it's time that i stop finding excuses for myself to cut some slack or whatever. I wanna focus, but I keep getting distracted. every night, before i go to bed, i blame myself for not doing _____ but instead i ______. haaaaiz. and the worst thing is, sometimes people around me think i'm working too hard, when in fact, i'm not. i'm just catching up on work that i have yet to complete or mugging at the very last minute for a test on the next day. this is a really terrible feeling. i really gotta buck up and stop getting distracted. i have no more excuses to use, like having insufficient time, now that i have stepped down from Choir. thus i have decided to set some guidelines on myself, such as restrict myself to use the computer/handphone on the internet like less than 1 hour per day. the best would be not to use at all. i don't seem to sense that urgency, or that need to really FOCUS on my studies and nothing else. ): A final quote to constantly remind myself:

"By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination." - Christopher Columbus