Congrats to all who have won and big hugs to those who din. =) dont be too sad kay!

Anyway,

DEP 2005 applications are out. Msg me if you want a copy, otherwise you can pick one up at the registration counter of the next round. If anyone outside the current DEP wants to apply and need more details feel free to email me as well =)

Deadline: 31 March 2005, as usual post it to 65 Bedok Terence (haha i forgot the postal code)

Also

Last DEP Session
Saturday 5th Feb. After NUS Challenge Shield, I will reconfirm venue and time with you, but there is definitely a session this coming sat. so yeah

=)
See you guys then!

You're the super-slacker!!
Homework?
What's that? Studying? Not in your vocabulary.
You hardly study and almost never do your work
and yet, by some divine intervention, you're
still surviving. And you come to school so
un-often, your teachers have pratically
forgotten that you even exist. Go, you slacker,
you!!


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Hey guys,

Here's from Mrs C to all of you,

She says Thank You to all of you who attend the service and sent her your condolences and regards. She is fine and she asks all of you not to worry.

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Personally from me,
Thank you all for all your concern for Mrs C and me over the past few days. She has been a great teacher and mentor for me in more ways than one. I am naturally affected but you guys dont have to worry abt me that much. Thanks again. Hugs.

DEDICATED TO: Fellow DEBATERS (2)

Hey guys,
adding on to my entry on monday =) grinz

Although we live in a world of liberties and democracy, rights and what not, it doesnt mean that all these priviledges (rights are priviledges, we only have them cos the people in power think that we deserve to have them or we should have them) should be used / exercised without caution or responsibility.

Talking about people behind their backs and making snide comments on the WORLD WIDE WEB aint exactly the smartest thing to do. Unless you believe that it is alright for the whole world to read abt the not so nice things and rude stuff you write about people whom you do not know, or really havent done anything to them at all. so yeah, dont bitch abt others on your blog, it really isnt very nice. besides what gives you the right to say harmful things about anyone at all, whether you know the person or not, especially if you dont know who the person is and really you have no common friends.

secondly, no matter how bad debate motions can be, it really isnt any reason for you to behave in a bad and unfriendly manner on the floor. if you think it is weighted (which is the right word to use) then you should try to find logic which are reasonable and not truistic to run, really trust me, all sides of any motions is runable. It all comes down to how much you want it. If you want it bad enough, 30 minutes is enough to get a good and solid case running. Time is, in some sense, of no essense. even when you lose guys, dont and i mean it, dont be bad losers, always shake your opponent's hands and be nice about it. It is after all a debate, there must be a winner and a loser. Smile, cos it isnt the end of the world, just because you lose a debate. (I mean it, if anyone of you guys DEPers behave badly at JGs this year, trust me, I wont talk to you for a while. Bad behaviour is never truly justified, especially when you merely lose a debate.)

remember, the world needs more nice people. Am i MATURED or what, man.

Hey all, the exhibition has been postponed due to logistical issues =) so yeah thanks to those who have volunteered, i will keep you guys posted via this. so yup!

Hope the first week of school was cool =)

DEDICATED TO: FRIENDS & FELLOW kid DEBATERS,

Here's to a fabulous school year ahead. I sincerely wish that all of you will get the results you want and attain the goals you set to achieve.

But as we move on to the next year, going back to our teams (me included) and prepping for the new season, there are some things which I would like to share with you guys and hope that you will bear them in mind.

it has been a great year for me, spending wonderful times and having great memories with the Barker Boys, the IJ Girls and all 39 DEPers, the new friends I made – Auggie, darius, Feli. You guys have taught me a lot and I have learnt a lot from you. (side: The great friends I have become – Sharm, grace, Jolynn, Nalli, and great friends i always had, Ren, Anis, Kari, Steph, Alexis, Sam, Mariam, Winston, Adrian, Rae)

I think I am not wrong or misguided to say the debates is your life for many of you. Everything you do inadvertently get associated with debates. It is good to be passionate about something and great that you have a goal and you want to reach that goal and achieve standards which might have never been attained or reached. But remember there is a fine line between passion and obsession. The world is a huge place and there are many other things to do, there are many other activities to explore, there are many other views to see. Debate is just but one of them. Go out and see the world. Experience the diversity that is out there. Learn how to appreciate the subtleties of life, go and view the world differently. When we debate, we talk about many things, rhetorically or otherwise. But at some point in our lives, we have to stop living through the things we say cause that is not the real world outside. At some point, debate should cease to be our lives. I am not saying that it is bad to be passionate and really upbeat about debates, in fact I think it is great that you guys have something to be passionate about, cause the world lacks passionate people. I am saying that it should not be what our lives revolve around. Venture out when you can, only then can you find your true gifts. Being so insular, being so attached to one circuit of people, can truly be really unhealthy at times.

you guys have commented that I lead an interesting life. Yeah I think I do, only because I don’t only debate. I have lots of friends beyond the debate circuit. All my closest friends are not debaters. That’s why despite spending tons of hours with you guys, i still live such an interesting life.

Competition is part and parcel of life, so is victory and defeat. The thing to take away from all these is humility. All these are really transient. Ten years down the road, it is not the championship titles, individual rankings that matter, it is the friendships, bonds and memories you bring away that matters. It is the learning process that matters. Winning is an added bonus. It is what we all learn from each competition that truly matters. I have been there like all of you, filled with anxieties and desire to win (sadly enough, actually not really, I lost both my semis by half a mark =P), even as I coach now, I still feel the same adrenaline rush the same pulsating excitement as I sit there and watch my teams debate. But at the end of the day, victory and defeat is just that victory and defeat. Sometimes if you look beyond all these you will then realize that in fact, being overtly competitive makes you mad. Being overtly competitive can turn you into someone who is unfriendly and unapproachable. All of you are special in your own ways, unique and individually different. This is what I for one greatly and truly appreciate. I also for one, wont like to see that uniqueness and individuality being destroyed and consumed by unnecessary competition.

Being bitchy and snide are some of the things that we are guilty of wittingly and unwittingly. There are times I admit when I get really amused by the things we do and say, and although I know that it is wrong and not very nice to do such things, I still go ahead and egg you guys on anyway. But we just have to bear in mind that debaters are viewed by the rest of the world through different eyes. It has something to do with debates being for the intelligentsia and intellectual elites of society. that is why we get unknowingly labeled as arrogant, snobbish, even elitist. Trust me, I get a lot of this things, cause I do admit that I do behave in an intellectually arrogant and snobbish way especially in school. Not saying that is right, just that sometimes I cant help it. So as you guys go on developing intellectually and cerebrally, stop and check at times, the human side of your character. Stop and consider the feelings of others, cause not everything is rational. Some things are just emotional and we have to consider others. If someone behaves in an arrogant or bitchy manner towards you, you don’t have to stoop to their level, be gracious, be above that, and be mature. You can always be the better person out there. If there is one thing the world needs more, it is nice people.

This is a really long entry, but I guess I do have quite a bit to say as we go on the new year. Life will not be smooth for all of us all the time. There are going to be days and times in which life just suck big time. There are going to be times when you just want to give up and not go on. It is as simple as that. Try to look at the bright side of life, and try to take something positive always. I firmly believe that God allows everything to happen for a reason and for everything that happens, there is something to be learnt from it. It was a great disappointment for me, having to give up Boston for NUS, but on hindsight, I am glad that I stayed cause I wont have know any of you otherwise, I wont have been able to know you guys and become fast friends with you. So even when things look as if they are able to collapse and crash you to death, be strong and walk away strong. Cause life is precious and life goes on. In the practical world we live in, sometimes you just have to grimace and shoulder on, cause time passes by and the world simply doesn’t have time to waste that way.

If you guys realized, I have been choosing my words really carefully and scrupulously. That is because, I am not against any of the things I have mentioned, rather it is the excess of it that I am cautioning you guys about. So yeah, while you go about enjoying the New Year and getting started on new things and journeys. This is what I want to say to you guys. I hope that I have been able to teach you guys more than just debates (if I taught you anything at all). I also hope that I have been more than just a coach.

So yeah, Cheers and have a great year ahead. =)

I am above and beyond this.

Mich smiles snidely to herself.

miche:highly eclectic personality:stationery junkie
loves notebooks, the smell of printed-paper and ink makers.
her first love in life is basketball.
enjoys the intellectual adrenaline of debating, the beauty of theatre and music.
loves rainy days and blue skies
an avid reader, collector of teddy bears.
wants to build an dog sanctuary.
finds solitude extremely soothing
loves writing/typing/texting in lower case.
highly interested in the theories of Fredrich Nietzsche and existentialism.
fan of German language and culture.
finds the fact that she is a cusp a unique feature of her life
God, friends, and family feature strongly in her life.
she likes referring to herself in third person, something most of her friends find freaky
has a death wish or so she thinks.


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2. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
3. Human, All too Human - Friedrich Nietzsche
4. The Will to Power - Friedrich Nietzsche
5. Truth and Existence - J.P Sartre
6. Existentialism and Humanism - J.P Sartre
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2. Confession of Pain (Shang Chen)
3. The Protege (Men Tu)
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birthday tree
the boss - 4 Jan
Elvin - 8 Jan
Gill - 10 Jan
WeiXiang - 13 Jan
Sam - 14 Jan
the grosmer - 26 Jan
Aaron - 1 Feb
Ben Yap - 2 Feb
Hiu Tung- 5 Feb
Ja Jung - 7 Feb
Josh Hoe - 8 Feb
Weilin - 13 Feb
Auyong - 20 Feb
Ting ting si - 25 Feb
Jik Han - 28 Feb
Yin - 2 March
Cheryl - 3 March
Christine - 20 March
Kenneth - 21 March
Chere - 26 March
Terence, Judith - 29 March
Meeschell - 30 March
Lex - 1 April
Mishelle - 1 April
Druggie - 7 April
Liz - 16 April
Melissa - 18 April
John Leo - 26 April
Hye Ryoung/the bunny - 30 April
Josh - 13 May
Jevan,Andre - 16 May
Kat/Siti - 20 May
Martino - 21 May
Seb/Rebecca - 22 May
Teddy - 23 May
T.K - 27 May
Aidan,Hon - 29 May
Jiajia - 31 May
fairy - 7 June
Cow - 8 June
the poh - 5 july
Char & Char - 17 July
Aramis - 21 July
Feli, Josh & Joe Nair - 28 July
Jennifer - 31 July
Paul - 7 Aug
Auggie/En Wei - 9 Aug
Mao Mao Chen - 13 Aug
Thazin - 14 Aug
Gurion - 16 Aug
Bryan, Seon Mi, Yilin - 20 Aug
Alessa - 25 Aug
Val - 3 Sept
Guy, Jac - 11 Sept
Rachel - 12 Sept
Mi-ran - 14 Sept
the tigger - 15 sept
Ji Hynn - 17 Sept
Nalli, Yint Zin - 20 Sept
Hello Kitty - 23 Sept
Leigh / Noel- 24 Sept
Celine - 25 Sept
Vicky - 26/27 Sept
Wint - 30 Sept
Ren - 1 Oct
Grace - 1 Oct
Mi-Young - 2 Oct
Sharm - 8 Oct
Marky - 10 Oct
the owl - 13 Oct
Jacob,Grace - 22 Oct
the eeyore - 23 Oct
Xiaodi - 28 Oct
Bo Lui - 30 Oct
Victoria - 4 Nov
Van - 14 Nov
Hai Ming - 19 Nov
Sun Min - 26 Nov
Zin Mee - 28 Nov
J Low - 29 Nov
Joy - 5 Dec
Nian Ting - 7 Dec
Luke - 27 Dec
Andy gom/Jhi Sheng - 31 Dec

50 things before miche dies

1. tell all the people she loves, that she loves them dearly.
2. send a personalised note/letter/gift to all her good friends and people who have touched her life, telling them how important they are and how they have made her life worthwhile.
3. spend a quiet but meaningful evening with her parents.
4. spend a quiet but meaningful evening with her god-family.
5. save a stray dog or two.
6. travel to prague.
7. give my teddy bears away.
8. try to write a decent poem or short story.
9. pay attention in class for once.
10. learn to forgive herself and those who have perhaps done her wrong.
11. drive to thailand.
12. walk down orchard road dressed in pink and purple only.
13. picnic by the beach
14. finish reading "dreams of the red chamber" in chinese
15. get the giant teddy bear i always wanted.
16. perform one last time
17. buy a dress / skirt
18. watch a cheesy, tacky, gawdy comedy - BRUNO or TROPIC THUNDER
19. pat a snake
20. throw a party on a bus
21. sky dive and bungee jump
22. walk all around singapore - halfway there
23. eat nothing but vegetables for a week - kinda stop eating
24. burn all her photos, diaries and letters. delete this blog.
25. cry with all her might
26. be happy and try to stay happy till the end
27. be amazed by the simple things in life
28. sleep at least 8 hours per day and not more than 10 for a week
29. write a letter to johnny depp
30. plant something
31. be a organ donor, give whatever can still be used. (not my liver though, too much alcohol in it)
32. get blind drunk, like seriously blind drunk
33. draw/paint/compose a last picture
34. she hates taking pictures, but yeah, take a picture with all her loved ones.
35. be totally ladylike for a whole day. (i.e. dont swear, curse or be mean)
36. cycle to changi and back.
37. attend church everyday
38. take all the bus services available in singapore
39. get 2 tattoos
40. buy cup noodles and eat them by the roadside. well i ate by the beach, doesnt count right
41. colour her hair in multi-hues
42. draw up a will
43. climb a tree
44. remember to smile.
45. compete in one last basketball tournament
46. debate competitively one last time
47. eat all the gelato she wants
48. eat all the dairy products she wants
49. celebrate the life that's been
50. Thank God.
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