HELLO. I'm grounded and since grounded people have nothing better to do, especially if they're covered in plasters, Imma post something stupid here! :D Okay copied this off a t-shirt in London - I think they've got it on the web too but it's so funny!

Religions of the World

Taoism: Shit happens.
Hare Khrishna: Shit happens rama rama ding ding.
Hinduism: This shit happened before.
Islam: If shit happens, take a hostage.
Zen: What is the sound of this shit happening?
Buddhism: When shit happens, is it really shit?
Confucianism: Confucius says, 'shit happens'.
7th Day Adventist: Shit happens on Saturdays.
Protestantism: Shit won't happen if I work harder.
Catholicism: If shit happens, I deserve it.
Unitarian: What is this shit?
Mormon: Shit happens again and again and again.
Judaism: Why does this shit always happen to me?

Okay I think I just insulted a whole gaggle of people. Bye! (:
-Helen

Dear hc strings,

Finally got down to posting this. Just wanted to thank all of you for all the stuff you guys have done for strings in 2006. in particular, the events in December:

1) All of you, especially sec fours, for helping out in the esplanade Christmas programme
2) The chalet people, for coming and making the three odd days a lot of fun
3) Strings outing on the 18th
4) And most of all, the few of you (baohe, kinshun, munlok, kevin, yanmin, albert) who came down to help with the furniture. Really really a big effort and accomplishment, the strings room looks and feels phenomenal now, after 33 years of housing an abyss in there
5) The shoppers who bought the furniture

Really proud we got so far. Think our strings is going up in every single way, so, really hope next year will be a more fruitful one, in terms of syf, keeping the room ant-free, and everything else.

Take care people,
lenard

yingtse says:
Hey guys!

really really sorry for the super late chalet photos. blogspot is strangely in chinese on my comp,so it's a little tough to understand things. and i dunno how else to post photos here.hope you can see them here!
oh damn, someone deleted a few scadalous photos from my cam! too bad.

The new furniture is here! Spent almost the whole of tuesday clearing out old rubbish and furniture, cleaning the room, sweeping and mopping the floor a gazillion times, carrying all the new furniture up four storeys in pouring rain and arranging and fixing up everything nicely. Die all you lazy bums who slacked at home or fled the country.

There're lots of new tables and chairs, a funky sofa set, pretty coffee table, and an even prettier hi-fi table. Take good care of them. Or else.

Thanks to baohe, kinshun, yanmin, manlok, albert, lenard for coming down to help out despite the rain.

Oh and while we're at it, thanks everybody for the nice performance at esplanade, and for participating so enthusiastically on monday. Lots of fun times and memories.

It's been a great year!

Kevin

Hello stringers
the blog is dying again, so it's time for some CPR haha. revival time. So. I'm gg to think of interesting things to say here.
First of all, GREAT songs from the mighty playlist of ming & ying!
UNMISSABLES:
1.Chris Cornell- You know my name (Casino Royale theme) for the rockers!
2.Robbie Williams- Lovelight
3.Lene Marlin- Another Day
- Sitting down here
4.Amy Studt- Ladder in my tights
- All i wanna do
5.Jason Mraz- Who needs shelter
6.Switchfoot- Learning to breathe {helen you'll like this:) }
7.Justin Timberlake- sexyback (just in case you guys have been too immersed in the classical world,you forgot the pop one.)

Christmas songs:D
1.Olivia Olson- All i want for Christmas (Love Actually soundtrack) all time fave:)
2.Michael Buble- just check out all his christmas songs.they're all lovely.

Just for your info, there's this site called i-am-bored.com that may entertain you folks.interesting videos.

And the HIGHLIGHT of today, WAYS TO ANNOY PEOPLE!
so, here's what you gotta do people. simple.
1. Sing the Batman theme incessantly.
2. Specify that your drive-through order is "to go".
3. Learn Morse code, and have conversations with friends in public consisting entirely of "Beeeep Bip Bip..."
4. If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others.
5. Amuse yourself for endless hours by hooking a camcorder to your TV and then pointing it at the screen.
6.Speak only in a "robot" voice.
7. Push all the flat Lego pieces together tightly.
8. Start each meal by conspicuously licking all your food, and announcing its your property.
9. Leave the copy machine set to reduce 200%, extra dark, 17 inch paper, 99 copies.
10. Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets.
11. Name your dog "Dog".
12. Insist on keeping your car windshield wipers running in all weather conditions "to keep them tuned up".
13. Reply to everything someone says with "That's what YOU think!"
14. Declare your apartment an independent nation, and sue your neighbors upstairs for "violating your airspace".
15. Forget the punch line to a long joke, but assure the listener it was a "real hoot".
16. Follow a few paces behind someone, spraying everything they touch with a can of Lysol.
17. Practice making fax and modem noises.
18. Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers and copy them to your boss.
19. Make beeping noises when a large person backs up.
20. Invent nonsense computer jargon in conversations, and see if people play along to avoid looking ignorant.
21. Erect an elaborate network of ropes in your backyard, and tell the neighbors you are a "spider person".
22. Finish all your sentences with the words "in accordance with prophesy."
23. Signal that a conversation is over by clamping your hands over your ears.
24.Disassemble your pen and "accidentally" flip the ink cartridge across the room.
25.Give a play-by-play account of a person's every action in a nasal Howard Cossell voice.
26.To really annoy people, stand on a street corner, pointing a hair drier at passing traffic, and watch it slow down.
27.Holler random numbers while someone is counting. (Sounds familiar ming? ;)
28.Take a sock puppet to dinner with you. When the waiter comes to ask you what you want, consult the sock. When the check comes argue with the sock loud enough so everyone can hear you about who will pay the bill, throw him down and say "Fine you pay!" then leave.

Alright, that's all for today guys. See you very very soon.

yingtse,
with the assistance of mingtse. :D

Hello, in case you still don't know, our chalet is on next Wednesday to Friday. There'll be a bbq on the first night, and we'll order in some food for the second. (Any suggestions? Else it might be pizza O.O)

So we need people to volunteer to bring food (otak, strawberries, watermelons, fishballs etc.) games (mahjong, cards, boardgames, frisbee, ps2, beach volleyballs etc.) and other stuffs (dvds, glow-in-the-dark spiders, fake blood etc.)

The rest of the stuff which no one is bringing we'll be buying on Wednesday morning itself at the NTUC at Pasir Ris MRT station. Then there'll be a shuttle bus to bring us from the MRT station to the chalet.

For those coming themselves, please refer to
http://www.aloha.gov.sg/sections/loyang/loyang_location.htm
It's Aloha Loyang, Seaview Bungalow No. 14. Call me if you get lost, or um scream really really loudly if there's no reception and hope someone hears you.

J2s should absolutely try to make it because it might be the last time you see us again!

Yep that's all. Look forward to a rocking good time!

Kevin