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Thursday, May 31, 2007
Came across this on Weilson's page



When you are together with that special someone,
you pretend to ignore that person.
But when that special someone is not around,
you might look around to find them.
At that moment, YOU ARE IN LOVE.

When you find yourself as one who cannot erase all the emails or SMS messages in your phone because of one message from that special someone,
YOU ARE IN LOVE.

You keep telling yourself, "that special someone is just a friend,
but you realize that you can not avoid that person's special attraction.
At that moment, YOU ARE IN LOVE.


While you are reading this, if someone appears in your mind,
then YOU ARE IN LOVE with that person.



At first I thought of Two people.
I discarded the other one because I overlooked the "telling myself that its just a friend" part.

=)

will YOU be my escape?
3:02:00 pm

Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Today is a 9-10 DAY!!
I wanted to go gym!
But had court visit.
So I asked Paula along.
the rest not going today, so only us and my grp mates.

So firstly, PAS tutorial.
BIG BIG hints.
That's all.

Nxt, meet with Paul and Zira to go library.
I saw *ahem* who gave me a funny look.
Paul noticed it too.
I couldnt tell what it meant, good or bad or neither.
Scary.



Okay, then libray, I gave Paul a crash course on the Armed Forces and the rest of Singapore's civil departments.
At 12, we left for Chinatown.


On 61. Where it was WARM, not even the fan was on properly


Some ugly head. Eeew
Ok anyway. We reached the courts

That's the juvenile court

Stairs by the juvenile court with the door Paula likes.
Took more pictures. Too lazy to put them all up, though.
Ok, then we met up with Fard, Anwen, Julien, Joseph and Lena and went for a few hearings in Court 26.
I understood little but managed to draw a mental picture of the court.
Haha.
We decided to leave another court cause it wasnt starting despite being 1 hour late.
That's when the "fun" began.

Me & Paula supposed to go Bugis and eat.
I supposed to treat somemore.
But, we happy2, anyhow walk2, and got lost.
So confident.
And we kept walking STRAIGHT until we reached Raffles Place, from Chinatown!
Boy did we walk fast.
We almost got killed 3 times today I think.
By the time we reached Raffles, it was 4+, and since she was meeting her dear Said, I decided to take train, so she would drop at Bugis, and I went home.


Happy to finally be in a familiar environment.
Oh wells. I tahan-ed my hunger until I reached Bedok, where, I decided to go eat the Kway Teow Goreng from my favourite mee mama stall & drink lovely lime juice.






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5:56:00 pm

Pictures from yesterday and the whole week




No matter what, this IS scary
Longan + Tulang Sauce

She WAS singing =)

Spascticity Personfied
-others....

Levitating Extension Plug??
Nice one Joseph

Zuli & Ain.


Zoom in. Elliott's not trying to act cute
Her eys were just shut.
Haha







will YOU be my escape?
6:34:00 am

Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Today was.. Wan Ting's 18th!

Everyone needed to be in black, so I wore Comm Tee.

Anyways, after NS3 tutorial.
I had 4 hour break.
So, go clubhouse.
Who do I see in the clubhouse and sports hall?
People playing badminton.
Everyone's so ON!

Great OB spirit.
So I joined in.
Played with Han Bin vs Yoyo and Hafiz (replaced later by Shujuan)
I never played so kancheong before.
And I was afraid of tearing my jeans like someone did the day before.
Haha!

Ok, after that, go lecture late.
Why?
Cause the people in black decided to have Wan Ting's cake outside the LT.
Then lecture.
Then the girls took lots of pictures
While I did alot of handstands and splits.

Well, we were supposed to go to Al-Azhar for TULANG.
But Zuli couldnt go, cause she was all quiet and feverish.
So sad. =(

Hehe, side-tracking abit.
I like her loudness.
I liked her quietness more.
LMAO.
I can't help but laugh at that.
She even kept quiet when she punched me in the morning.
Hurhur.

So, we went to eat anyway.
Eat,eat,eat.
Nothing much happened.
Went home to Jurong East with Yazid, Paul, Mary & Jack.
And that's all.
Pretty boring stuff

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10:23:00 pm

Sunday, May 27, 2007


A few comments on this picture.

Firstly, I look extremely relaxed
Sally looks extremely relaxed.
The truth? Neither were.
And I couldnt tell whether she was mad or happy or both.
Heee

Second, this was the "post-op" care.
If only we had a shot in the forest.
Tears & Laughter at the same time.
Price-less moment

Third, she looks regular sized.
Sally is NOT that big
She's small and carry-able.
Haha.

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8:49:00 pm



MacRitchie Hike 2007.

Was a very fun day really.
My fourth time with OB
Even the delays at the start of the day made us finish ahead of time.
So, what was different for this year's hike?

We took the trail to the TreeTop walk, instead of the shorter route to Jelutong Tower straight.

I think my fitness has improved greatly since the recee date.
I was walking so fast and probably reached the treetop in half the time and didnt really break a sweat.
I even saw kids from my Temasek Sec canoeing team.

Anyhoo, nothing really exciting until Jelutong.
There were people rapelling of the side of the tower.
And our WHOLE group of 38 people went up to the top.
The tower was shaking while we were eating lunch.
Well, apparently the food wasnt enough.
Have to keep that in mind for future events.


Next, was the ever-fun jungle walk.
Again, a bit of difference.
Last year, we were given specific bearings
This year, they had to find thier own.
Was surprised that my group found 300 first.
300 happens to be the "easiest" route.
Farand tried to put them off, by asking whether they were sure it was a good choice, but they wanted to go for it anyway.

I put Ian at the front for the first part.
I was at the "side"
Taking alternate routes while keeping the group in visual range.

We wanted to do simulation, but couldnt come up with anything
Not sure if Farand or Daren noticed this, but as we were ending our discussion on the simulation, we had our first casualty, Sally.

She had zillions of fine thorns in her middle finger. *ahem*
First time I had to do first aid.
Well, apparently I didnt do a good job, cause there were always thorns appearing somewhere and seemed like I was causing so much more pain.
hehe.
Spent so long, both inside jungle, and at school removing them.
My eyes hurt from focusing too much on one finger.
Oh well. Hope it gets well soon.

Had other injuries to Ben, Ian, and Hui Ting too I think.
But they probably managaed to sort thiers out, hopefully.
We even faked that Ian got bitten by a snake and I had to suck the poison out.
That was a good laugh

SO,we were the first group in and out of the forest, so had time to slack at KAP after that. Milo, Green Tea, Milkshake were on the menu. With the exception of Daren, who bought Anything.

Bathe, debrief, comm debrief, come home late.
That was all I guess.
At least I get a break from activities now.
Urgh. Time to concentrate on common test.

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6:46:00 am

Friday, May 25, 2007
Yay. Skipped Training today.

Well, I'm not celebrating actually.
Today was gonna be a fun training session.
Grr.

Anyhoo. I'm starting to get hooked on the Alumni Clubhouse food.
I also happen to be a member of the clubhouse so I get a discount, although its only a mere 10% off. Haha

Yesterday. Went with Yan, Paul, and Mary.
Not my typical gang eh?
Haha.

Today, went with Ain, Baz, Bing2, and Wan Tian, since we were the only 5 having prac in our class.

I've eaten Jap food for the past 2 days.
Its sickeningly delightful.
I can't think of any other way to put the food.
=)


Oh yeah. Prac test.
GCS scoring.
I got 43/50
Excellent

Thanks Mr Schade. muahaha

will YOU be my escape?
7:32:00 pm

Thursday, May 24, 2007

After the step, you will spot white, strange wave-formations of frozen snow pointing out from the summit.

Keep climbing towards them.
This section is usually unroped, yet not too steep.
Still, be careful and use your axe.
You might eagerly look for the summit now, yet all you’ll see is a white edge on the horizon.
You will not know how far you have left and feel frustrated and tired.

Then you reach another white edge, but this time – it doesn’t continue.
Behind it, there is instead a slope down.
You are peeking down at the North side of Everest.

You have reached the summit, friend.

will YOU be my escape?
11:57:00 am


Wednesday's. My favorite day.


My hamster died. Grr



will YOU be my escape?
6:57:00 am

Monday, May 21, 2007
Week 6.
Practical Test Week.

I went gym today, again
And ran again.

My test is on Friday.
Studied enough I guess.

I kinda loned the whole day.
Spent little time with anybody at any one time.


What's up with the two-liners?
=)

will YOU be my escape?
7:55:00 pm

Sunday, May 20, 2007
I hate weekends


Two days away from school makes me think too much about it.

I've a problem with that.
Urgh

_______________________________________________

I'm not sadistic.
But getting cut, having bones broken are interesting things to happen to oneself

How I wish life was really about living in the wild.

Forests. Rivers. Mountains. Caves. Canyons. Valleys.
Great places.

________________________________________________

Also, I just remembered a test I used to carry out to check how angry I was.

I used to take note how much distance a football could go when I kicked it real hard.
When I got angry, I would use all that anger to kick the ball.
The difference between the normal range and the angry range was great.

Of course, this was never intended to be accurate.
I assumed that if I could kick the ball beyond the fence of my school from the other end of the field, I was REALLY mad.

will YOU be my escape?
8:25:00 pm

Gym.
From my Thursday Adventure Race training session in the evening



The first machine Paula and Zuli go to.


That's Bradon. From ARC. Too tired


Free weights never looked so cool and neat


The big mirror guys love so much.
I just use it to keep my posture in check =P

Arghhh.. I couldn't resist.
I just had to show how retarded I look

will YOU be my escape?
3:22:00 pm

Saturday, May 19, 2007
I'm tired of, everyone I know
Of everyone... I see... on the street and on TV, yeah

On the other side, on the other side
Nobody's waiting for me on the other side

I hate them all, I hate them all
I hate myself for hating them
So drink some more,
I'll love them all
I'll drink even more...I'll hate them even more than I did before

On the other side, on the other side
Nobody's waiting for me on the other side

I remember when you came
You... taught me how to sing
Now... it's seems so far away
You... taught me how to say

I'm tired of
Being so judgemental of everyone
I will not go to sleep
I will train my eyes to see
That my mind is a blind as a branch on a tree

On the other side, on the other side
I know what's waiting for me on the other side
On the other side, on the other side
I know you're waiting for me on the other side

-s t r o k e s -

will YOU be my escape?
6:36:00 pm



Yesterday's training was, weird.
I have no idea why though

I felt very disoriented and lost.
I even got a headache from that.

But, dinner at KAP resolved everything.
Everyone at the table took part in solving various "1+1" riddles.
Can anyone figure out why If I am the number one, and in yesterday's case, either Sally, Xin Yi or Eunice are also number one, and our sum is only half?

I laughed HARD.
Not much.
But hard.

Anyhoo, went home with Sally, Khai, Hafizd, Jason and Cheng Yi
All live in the east.
Excellent.
I was Sally's Sherpa (porter) for the night, carrying her equipment for her until she took her bus home.
I disobeyed her and walked in the rain and lightning. Ooops.
But the lightning was far away anyway la...

Ok, right now, I'm still dead tired, abit lost, and the wall at the games area is BROWN? or something like that.

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5:12:00 pm

Thursday, May 17, 2007
For once, I am exhausted.

I ran the fastest 7K run today, outside of school, in 20mins

I did it alone first, then with Wen Ting for a second round

Adventure Race Training: FREE WEIGHTS GALORE
scary, scary

My whole arm is in shock (which basically means cramped)

Arghhhh.
And I did the lamest thing by going to eat a Big Mac after that.
Rubbish.
I feel like a bad role model to people who wanna be healthy.

will YOU be my escape?
9:54:00 pm

Wednesday, May 16, 2007
I've decided, I shall be happy, forced or not.

Today, I was in such a happy mood I refused to let anything affect me, not that anything happened anyway la.

I even got excited when I bought a big box of nutrisoy

Spent alot of time in the gym today.
First half alone, but I saw Ben, Kai Hao and Jia Jun working out anyway.
I lifted yet another 16Grand

Second time, I went with Paula n Zuli.
I felt so useful because they were so lost.
Guided them. Which was fun actually.

I even made myself do cardio today.
Surprised to see 8:19min for 2.64km according to the screen
Abit slow for me cause I'm capable of sub 8min 2.4k =D

Anyhoo, after we parted ways, I had weekly meeting.
Laughed alot.
Somehow, silently & not that obviously, I Camp has made the 14th Comm closer.
Even I chipped in alot of jokes.
Which is rare cause I always have the sian look on my face.
Haha.

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will YOU be my escape?
11:18:00 pm

Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Angry?
Sad?
Happy?

The three basic emotions.
I don't know which to feel.


=) I'm going running tmr. Maybe there's my answer.

will YOU be my escape?
7:53:00 pm

Monday, May 14, 2007
Monday.

Today, is the day, I can start relaxing ABIT more.

I CAMP is over.

My next event is MacRitchie in 2 weeks and thats i for now.

I can now turn my attention fully to studies.

Anyway. Here's what went down the past 3 days...
It'll be brief though, cause my role meant that I wouldnt see THAT many things happen

I'm wondering? What WAS my actual role during the camp? I don't know. I only got to give instructions for setting up confidence walk and with MAMBO, my amazing race group. I think I was comm-cum-helper. Haha, this is the 2nd camp in a row I find myself mixing roles. =)

1st Day
Games, Flags, Confidence Walk, Nightwalk.

I was mainly involved in Confidence walk, cause I spent my time walking around checking out that everything was going smooth, so I didnt really know what happened.

All I know is, for confidence walk, everytime I banged something loud, someone would get shocked. Excellent stuff.

And retro night was awesome.
I actually liked the Committee Dance.
I didnt expect everyone to be so high and be dancing like crazy.
Kudos to the CC and ACC and others for the creating the atmosphere.
I enjoyed it even though I was sleepy and struggling to keep awake.

Last day.
Relaxed. Water for everyone. We made so many water bombs that we could just take extras and blow it up on ourselves to cool us down. The heat was MAD.

For presentation, I was known as DJ ZaZA by Dong Yang. I chose alot of cool songs, but got carried away and started playing strokes. Haha.
Lots of comm members and the GLs got sabo-ed by our I Camp tradition.
Lucky I didnt get it.
Not that I have any reason to be sabo-ed.
Well, thats my I Camp.
Saw everything, yet saw very little. =)



___________________________

And current times,

Today, was very boring.
I don't know why.
Lecture was a bore.
Tutorial was a bore.
NSL was a bore (surprisingly)
I didnt even go and eat with my classmates and instead went to sit alone and read papers at 81. Lol.

The person I spoke most to was, Maisarah, or Sarah, whichever it is, since I went home with her.
She's year 1 btw.
Talked generally bout school and the usual, which teachers are great and not.

A piece of trivia.
Today was the first time in I spoke to her.
Haha.
We've 'known' each other a while.
But, yeah, just started talking today.
Haha.

Okok, lame.
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will YOU be my escape?
9:21:00 pm

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Mr FireMan & Rebz


Jason, Yu Chen, Andrew
Andrew always appears in every camera


At West Coast!


Atop Bukit Timah. As you can see, I'm the only one not excited at being at the Summit Hut



Rebecca and her umm, boy? girlfriend?


After Confidence Walk. I was being evil. Flour, eggs, and lots of loud sudden noises for everyone.


Weilson hugging his new friend!

I am back from I CAMP!
Everything went relatively well.
The usual hiccups but it was fine.
I'll let the pictures do the talking, somewhat.
I will find more pictures soon... =)

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will YOU be my escape?
7:04:00 pm

Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Hmpph. Left home late today.
No mood for PAS tutorial.

Zuli even thought I was too heartbroken to come. Haha
Gd try though.


I'm seriously contemplating moving back to my 'studious' self and put on my old look, which basically entails me putting on a face which will make people think I'll floor them if they step within 2 feet of me.

But most importantly, I want that rock solid heart of mine to return from its vacation. The current one is lame and wants to kill me with HBP(quite literally)


Although this may sound lame, I wish that 'Hakuna Matata' was a real thing.
*p.s. go watch lion king*


Anyhoo, had to go for recee today. I would call it an outing, but it wasnt meant to be fun. Felt bad since couldnt go run with Zuli and Paul as planned.
Nxt week ok?


I CAMP IS ON FRIDAY!!!
the final exam.
I as the pc for the camp shall do my very best.

will YOU be my escape?
10:43:00 pm

Tuesday, May 08, 2007
I need a punching bag.

NOW!



I was already feelin down after I got out of bus 55 to change to 13. When 13 came, some idiot had to have durian inside and gave me a headache.I feel like vomitting.

GREAT. I feel stupid AND sick.


Too bad I can't really blame luck.


Maybe I really SHOULD keep my options open. =)

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8:58:00 pm

Monday, May 07, 2007
as tagged by HanBin

Idiosyncrasies means a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.

1. I have to be forced to brag occasionally to cover my own back.

2. I get mad or emotional over stuff that may or not be true. (like seeing a guy walk with a girl I may like and that kind of rubbish)

3. I am so pathetic it scares me

4. I can hand out, not open a textbook AND get good grades

5. secretly, I am the scariest guy you ever met.. of course, all you see is a geeky looking arse with a big bag

6. I make jokes no one understands

i tag.. zuli, fyza, paul, mahathir, yazid, sally

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9:36:00 pm

Sunday, May 06, 2007
Leaderboard
Create your own Friend Test here

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will YOU be my escape?
10:15:00 pm

Saturday, May 05, 2007
Well. I feel that the GymWerkz fever will stay for a while now and won't die too soon.

And I shall actually post a real description of the gym this time.

Firstly.
Electronic Tracking.

Which makes for supremely motivational workouts.
I lifted a grand total of 16000kg on Thursday.

Second.
Excellent quality free weights.
Not your typical metal ones which will rust and look ugly.

Third.
All round workout.
You WILL work every part of your body here.

Fourth.
WATER HEATERS + HAIR DRYERS
I've never had a warm bath in school before.
And HAIR DRYERS??!!

Fifth.
Aircon + Cold Water = No Sweat (literally)
Ok maybe this doesnt apply to everyone.
But really I don't break a sweat.
Not a bead or a trickle.

And of course not to mention everything is $FREE$ . Free personal trainer. Free programmes (yoga etc)

I will take pictures soon.

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6:42:00 pm

will YOU be my escape?
3:19:00 pm

Friday, May 04, 2007
Arghhh.

Torso cramp. Hamstring cramp. GROIN cramp.

Yesterday's training session was impressive.
I went to the gym alone at 5.
At 6 we went running.
I ran an uphill route with PT in between.
Then we went to the gym; for me, again.
Did lotsa free weights this time.
Checked the tracking system at the end of the session and saw that I lifted a grand total of around 16,000kg yesterday.

Yes, 16 000. =)

I'll be damned if I don't look good by next term
I wonder, is there a machine or free weight that tones your face muscles?
Then it'll look nicer. Haha

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will YOU be my escape?
7:01:00 am

Thursday, May 03, 2007
Thank God I did not wake up to watch the game.
If I did I 'd be beyond depressed.
Thank you soccernet.

Anyhoos, yesterday was my most sporty day.
Finshed around 1pm.
Had no one to hang around with so
Went to gym for until abt 3.
Campus run until 4.
Was supposed to play soccer but too little people.
But I ended up meeting Paula and Zuli, who wanted to go to the gym but were unaware of the orientation.
So they ended up going to run and I played volleyball and basketball with them.
Han Bin saw us and joined in.

So from 1-6 I was exercising non-stop.
And I don't feel tired.
Excellent

will YOU be my escape?
6:05:00 am

Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Do I believe in dreams?

Nope.

Which explains why I'm not scared of ghosts

And also why I'm incapable of seeming attractive to someone..

Thats because,
I always have dreams of pontianaks and rubbish
And I also dream alot of being absolutely adored by females.

I shall learn not to enjoy my dreams.
They are worse than just plain day-dreaming.

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10:07:00 pm

I have thousands of photos taken from my old camera, which wasnt digital by the way. So many old photos. I kinda noticed a trend when I looked at pictures of myself from young till now. I looked so much better smiling then, than now. Haha. A degenerative process maybe?


My most famous picture. No one wants to believe this is me.


Not couting the furniture, there are two things in the photo older than me: My mom, the nurse, and my dolphin, whom I never named.


Heehee. Train Driver

Check it out. Our POLICE cars were BMWs
This doesnt have me inside, but it does have my father showing off his broken knee/leg.
Wonderful stuff

will YOU be my escape?
7:45:00 am

& Me


Mirza Abdul Halim
Born 23rd December 1989

Ngee Ann Outward Bounders
Programme Coordinator
14th Committee

Registered Nurse(VERY soon-to-be).
Runner.
Sprinter.
First Aider (Instructor).
Outward Bounder.
Guitarist.
Mountain Climber.
Photographer.
Adventurer.

I Have To Go To

Chamonix, France
Puncak Jaya, Indonesia
Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Mount Logan, Canada
Everest ABC (at least)


& Wishlist


BOLD means soon!!
Strike means GOTTEN!!
DUH


Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DG APO
ARCTERYX Bora 90L!!!!
Mammut Pulse Jacket
Mammut Traverse 80L
Outdoor Research Seattle Sombrero
Gibson SG GT
Boss Blues Driver 2
Asics Hypersprint!!
Macbook Pro

& Spill It and Listen





MusicPlaylist
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& Buddies&Pals






MY DEVIANTart
MY FLICKr

Ana
Arina
Eddy
Fakhri
Faezah
Fardy
Fee
Fyza
Jolene
Mahathir
Paula
Sarah
Stef
Wan Ting
Yan
Yazid
Yasmin
Zee
Zira
Zuli

_______________________________

OutwardBounders

Aqilah
Ben
Christina
Clement
Derrick
Eileen
Farand
Hafiz
Han Bin
Hui Hong
Hui Ting
Janine
Jia Jun
Joe
Jun Wei
Midori
Sally
Shuxian
Syafiq
Weilson
Wen Ting
Ying Jia
Zhan Yu




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