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The name is Gary. I'm a person who likes to be who I am. A 16 year old who just graduated from Montfort Secondary School. I'm now in Ngee Ann Poly studying Mass Communication.
My interests? Making music, watching dramas, blogging, shopping, and the occasional reading.
MSN. garylim802@gmail.com
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Friday, May 30, 2008
Why can't you die from choking on a polo sweet?
Today was POSed day.
It's post-education day in case you don't know. A day where some representatives from the various tertiary institutions will come over to set up booths and give talks on our options after the O-levels.
Reached school at 7.30am and submitted my bio file to Mr Azman's locker, then assembled in the foyer for attendance taking. After that, we proceeded to the hall. The event started off with a short prayer and a short speech by Mr Simen.
The guest speaker Mr Christian Chua spoke about "breaking through the glass ceiling". It was a very meaningful and humorous talk.
He focused on the word "MOTIVATION". If we were to break the word up,the word "motivation"comes from the word motive. And to be motivated,one must have a motive(a reason to). For example, a PSP may be used as a stimulus to do well for the exams. The reward is the "motive" or rather the stimulus to trigger he or she to do well.
What is the glass ceiling? It is basically our negative mindset which makes our mind think that it is there above our heads to prevent us from breaking away from our comfort zone.
This "glass ceiling" is placed upon us by others, because we believe in them. Let's say someone tells you will never be successful in life because you are from a poor family/a family of underachievers. Because you believe in them, you will not succeed.
Therefore, we must first break through this "glass ceiling". After all, no one can make you feel inferior without your permission.
Went down to the canteen to have our refreshments before going back to the hall for Mr Trevor's speech on the route to further education.
The next program for the day was presentations by the different schools and visiting of exhibition booths. Though I'm only interested in the poly route, I still went for talks by IJC, NYJC, and TJC.
Some facts about Direct Polytechnic Admission.
- The DPA is a newly introduced route.
- Only 100 places are available
- And candidates are selected through their"talents", which would be written in a summary of about 250 words on why he or she is a suitable candidate for the course of choice.
- Last year results would be taken into consideration though it would not have such heavy weightage
- Candidates will have 3 choices for courses they would like to apply
- Successful applicants will be called back for interviews
- Their "talents" must have some relation to their course they are applying for or they have some experience in that field.(e.g for computer courses,a candidate who has won a national competition in computer engineering would stand a better chance then another who did not participate)
- If candidate is given a place,actual O-level aggregate must be less then 26.
post edited from Daren Ng
Posted at 11:19 PM
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Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right
1.what disappoints you the most?
- Being left out?
2.where will you go if someone sponsors you a tour ticket?
- Paris, Europe
3.what's your favourite thing to do?
- hanging out with friends
4.do you think money can buy happiness?
- yes, but not all the time. money can't buy smiles
5.if you were given one dream to come true, what would it be?
- world peace ^.^y
6.do you believe you can survive without money?
- hello, you live in singapore
7.what is your favourite line?
- -
8.if you win $1 million, what would you do?
- travel.. invest.. get what I want and save the rest of it!
9.is there anything that you did and regretted now?
- there's no use regretting
10.list out 3 good points of the person who tagged you?
- tall
- friendly
- good in music?
11.what makes you happy?
- friends
12.what type of person do you hate the most?
- hypocrites, i guess
13.where do you see yourself 10 years down the road?
- at home
14.if you could have superpower, what would it be?
- mind-reading
15.what do you think is the most important thing in your life?
- friends
16.what do you do when you're alone?
- sleep?
17.if you have a chance, which part of your character would you like to change?
- none
18.what do you think is the most important in a relationship?
- trust
19.what was the most unforgettable experience in school?
- can't recall. there's many, really
20.whats was your most embarassing moment?
- don't have one :P
Instructions: Remove 1 qns from above and add in your personal qns,make it a total of 20 questions, then tag 8 people in your list, list them out at the end of this post.Notify them in their chatbox that she has/he has been tagged.
1. Daren
2. Alif
3. Adam
4. Riyaas
5. Poh Shen
6. James
7. Ivan
8. Ignatius
Posted at 10:11 PM
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Sunday, May 25, 2008
Free hugs, or a smile will do
Went to Singapore Streetfest's  Agito and Akito from Air Gear  Road from D.Gray-man  Lavi also from D.Gray-man  Ryuk from Deathnote  Sasuke from Naruto Shippuden  Random cosplayer, haha  Free Hugs!  From Ragnarok Online, I think  Unknown anime character  Two random cosplayers holding leeks and Misa(?) from Deathnote
 Lolita cosplayer  Some guy from Drum Mania Unknown anime characters  Haruhi and some painter  Gore?
 More randoms...  and more  and more  Free hugs again  Waiters and waitresses/maids
Posted at 10:30 PM
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Saturday, May 24, 2008
When life hands you lemons, squeeze out a smile
Yes, my blog is back from the dead, or hiatus rather. There is once again a change of URL, so please relink me again, haha.
I'm going to dedicate this paragraph to Daren, since he was the one who inspired the name. Well, not exactly. He suggested a lot of stupid names like garylovesgrapes, greygary, garysocute, anikadead(blogspot.com). Too bad I didn't use any of them. He also mentioned aiyahidunnowadurl.blogspot.com, which was quite funny. But enough of him.
The MYE is over and I have gotten back my results. Sad to say I'm not proud of even a single one of them. However, theres no use brooding over the past. Have to and am going to work harder harder harder. Taking O-levels this year and it will without a doubt be an extremely important step towards my future and life. Though I've said this many times, I really have to do it this time.
On a better note, the holidays are here.
Posted at 9:49 PM
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