Sunday, June 27, 2004

There's a very subtle difference between sorry and apologise. To apologise is to make excuse for or regretful acknowledgment of a fault or offense while to be sorry is to feel or express sympathy, pity, or regret for that fault or offense.

So, here it goes...no hard feelings.

I apologise for the 'hard feelings' caused by the the complaining, but i'm not sorry. :D Everyone is entitled to their opinion and boy, you should be glad that people actually express their views here rather than gossip and bitch behind your back. Actually, in my previous post ( or all the other complains IMO) , it wasn't really targeted at anyone, just everyone in general. If you have a clear conscience, there's nothing to fear. You can't really blame us for getting pissed off, wouldn't u IF you're in our place? I'm just going to leave it here, and just a reminder for you, its not just the steamboat, and leave the flaws in your book. ^^

- lalala
by Elfie @ 6/27/2004 08:03:00 pm

SORRY

Boonz we're not blaming you for the failure of the outing. Really. I know how you feel about your mom and stuff, I'm somehow experiencing that too. Notice that since my mom came back I've been rather tamed ? Yea so anywayz, I as part of the organizers of the outing, failed to inform everyone. I made the fatal mistake of ASSUMING that people will pass the message. I'm sorry. Sorry for being so disorganized. Though we must live with the fact that shooting club can never be as bonded as other sports, we should maybe at least leave together. Enthusiasm, of course is not measured by the number of outings but perhaps could be roughly gauged at the response of people to the knowledge of impending outings. I've had lukewarm response and suffice to say that it was disappointing. SMS apparently is not very effective as it can stop at some point, what was worst was that people do not respond to this kind of sms. No RSVP whatsoever. Lesson learnt here is : to tell EVERY SINGLE one of outings (if there should be any in the future) by word of mouth and preferably when everyone is gathered.

Really hope no feelings are hurt by the anger ignited by the failure of the outings. Everyone is at fault. And to prevent further failures of outings, I doubt there will be any more until after the As. Hopefully, and HOPEFULLY it will be a success. Boonz I'm really sorry I've been coming late for almost everything. Sorry sorry sorry. Man I just realized I'm like almost always late nowadays. The bus hates me. Nono, I should probably leave the house earlier. Don't be so stressed k ? Everything will be over soon.

The end is nigh.

By the way, the blog has never been so active ! Hahahahz... Cool. Some controversy and high emotions can really turn things up.

- Can you feel the heat ?
by G!M @ 6/27/2004 12:13:00 am

Saturday, June 26, 2004

yah, the outing flopped... but i don't think you can really blame anyone. based on my side of the story, the outing hit me as a surprise when chern hoe phone me on tuesday night...

the following is the conversation:

ch: so how? you going?
mk: huh? go where?
ch: AR outing loh.
mk: got meh? how come i not informed? go where?
ch: steamboat loh? you going a not?
mk: i don't think so.. got class chalet..
ch: ok loh.. i also not going, got something on.. ok loh, bye.
mk: bye.

this was how i got to know about the AR outing... two nights before the event... you don't really expect people to change their plans at the last minute just to accomodate this right.. you may not agree with me.. but too bad... the number of people who attend the outing speaks for itself... better luck next time.

-
by Roger Cheng @ 6/26/2004 03:27:00 pm

Define flop? Simply saying its a failure, with the strings of an 'unlucky' element attached.

To put it straightforward, that outing was just a little short of a complete failure. Flop? nah..thats too mild. Mr. Oh kept saying that the cca is one that doesn't really bond its members together, but when given the chance, nobody wants to do anything. I think its become more of a habit.

Whenever there's training, the pistol team will be the first to shoot finish and conveniently leave. Whenever we want to go out, budget comes straight to the mind. This's outing's just as expected. All manner of excuses fly out of people's mouths. I guess when people don't FEEL like going, anything and everything can be an excuse.

Everytime i go out with the AR people, its the usual few, namely me tth and gimly. Haha, and we did went for the outing, with the addition of shun fu and LPS. Had originally intended to go for steamboat, but its pretty pointless to go steamboating with 5 people. And alas, the steamboat sank, along with our hopes for an AR outing (to date, there had been no real AR outing for this batch..kinda sad).

We actually had quite a good few laughs, and i'm starting to actually think that it doesn't really matter if there's more people. Thinking about how people are not spontaneous enough to go acutally dampens the mood. The trio will just talk among themselves, pistol team...ok lets not start on the topic...

Lets just hope for the best...

- Flop? nonono...thats an understatement...
by Elfie @ 6/26/2004 01:50:00 am

Friday, June 25, 2004

Define flopped. Where 5 people out of 18 turned up for shooting club outing. Supposed to go for steamboat with the J2s for our first and probably last outing but it turned out to be an outing for 5 people. Hahahz. Major "floppation" despite the fact that we told everyone our plans eons ago. How sad. This just proves the fact that the shooting club people have not gelled enough and are not enthusiastic and spontaneous enough to go for outings. So weibin, te hao, shunfu, poh sheng and me (if you don't know who am I, shame on you) went for dinner at wb and sf's territory i.e Tiong Bahru market for dinner and thence to Orchard for a game of pool. Though it was an outing for only the 5 of us, there were endless streams of laughter and the quintessential "suaning" sessions. 4 outta 5 were rifle shooters, 1 outta 5 is a girl (though the other guys didn't seem to acknowledge the fact that I'm a girl). Does it somehow represent the fact that pistol shooters are rather anti-social (probably to shooting club people) and girls are, well, too busy or not allowed to get out of the house ?

Anywayz, there is still less than 2 weeks to our major competition. *gasp* Time flies doesn't it ? Good luck people. Hope school reopening will not claim the lives of any of you (though I'm not sure if I will survive being hounded by teachers for my holiday homework for I have not done ANY).

- The day shooting outing flopped.
by G!M @ 6/25/2004 03:11:00 pm

Friday, June 18, 2004

Third week of holidays is ending ! Very soon the MOE shoot will be approaching and hence the conclusion of our stint in JJ shooting club. Sad huh ? Time is passing faster than a speeding pellet (hahahz) and now it's time to spam pellets ! Spam like never before and then we will leave our beloved guns for good.

About the basic courtesy thing, you cannot blame anyone for not knowing when and what to do at times. Let's just hope those people will come to their senses. Or knock some into them if you can manage. hahaz..

Does anyone reckon that this blog will continue to survive long after this batch ended ? Will it just be a place for tth and wb to voice their opinions ? Or will it fall into disrepair and ultimately the death of the rifle blog ? Hmmmz... only time will tell. Certainly hope that this will continue, perhaps as a venue to keep in contact or something. No doubt that it will be much quieter after the guys have gone NS. hahahz.. But no matter, it has been shortened so keep your chin up guys ! =)

Cheers people. Enjoy the rest of your holidays. We need one last (or maybe a few more) shooting club outing before it all hits the fan.

- Faster than a speeding pellet
by G!M @ 6/18/2004 12:27:00 am

Friday, June 11, 2004

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by ||yAnZ || @ 6/11/2004 09:08:00 am

Monday, June 07, 2004

Last saturday marked the beginning of the end. It was the end of the 2nd last major competition for us J2s in the Air Rifle club. During the course of the 2 day competition, some of us fared well while others flopped. I believe all of us have the ability to do well, but perhaps due to undue stress brought about by none other than Mr. Oh, it has caused many a disappointment

I think he's a nag, he shouldn't be adding on to the stress to the shooters (which he always does). Fancy telling bernard and shun fu that its between them hours before their detail. Fancy pointing fingers at the teams and literally telling them you've tried, but you still suck. Its really a demoraliser for the shooters before they even step into the range. Some kind of a prep-talk.

On my part, i think that the crucial factor now is confidence. Like Mr. Lum said, "Don't worry about your score, do your ability." All of us here can easily score a 9 (for AR ppl i suppose). Maybe the lack of trainings didn't give us the confidence that we can actually do it. lol... We can make it to top 4!!! Cheers!

It must have been a good experience for all of us, especially the 2 juniors we have there. I must really applaud them for their enthusiasm towards the competition and the club. If it continues, they might be well on their way towards representing college in future competitions. (and also seniors in future outings)

I would guess confidence applies in other areas as well. People really do give up without even trying because they think its hopeless when actually, its not as bleak as it seems. (especially studies lol)

On a lighter note, there'll be a series of training starting from this thursday (both official and unofficial). If only we had more intensive training haha (although i missed a lot of training but hey, i had valid excuses!). Hopefully our juniors will be blessed with more trainings! Oh should really wake up his idea.

Speaking of J1s, is it just me or is it that the j1s don't really have much training scheduled for them this holidays? I roughly remembered touching the gun a few times during last year's june break. Forgive me for saying this, but its just another flop of another planning com in another part of jj. Sue me.

Yoohoo~~!!! (echoes back). Haha, i doubt anybody will flame me anyway, great minds think alike. Its hard for any constructive comments to go around when everybody's looking but not saying anything. Its starkingly stale in here. I demand for something new :p

Its hard to live by a perfectionist.

- Confidence? Paranoia?
by Elfie @ 6/07/2004 01:58:00 am

Thursday, June 03, 2004

Today, my mum asked me. "So when's NS coming?", followed by "What do you intend to do about your studies" shortly after. What disturbed me were the answers though. Since i'm about to head home for a session of games, i answered curtly, " soon loh, only about 8 months ahead" and " of course all As la ".

What an irony, I answered all that without much thought, but as i'm walking away, my mind became a maelstrom. Thoughts came fluttering by, and were dismissed equally quick. I briefly recalled saying the same things a year ago around the 1st 3 months in jc (or is it after) to a few friends. We said we'll score well in any jc. Apparently, and most disturbing, only a few had kept to their word. Then came in an angry thought, would i be content if i didn't get As? Obviously not.

Next came an obscure thought. No doubt, most people (in my school) SHOULD have had the same thoughts as me. I almost laughed when i thought of that. Thinking of the past few day's events, their actions just doesn't seem to follow through with their thinking. They would rather waste their time doing some idle chat or 'stoning' somewhere than committing themselves to something productive. And they complain that they don't have enough time.

Procrastination, the killer of dreams no doubt. Killed many a people's dream in jj. (maybe its exaggerated, but hey, i bet some people deserved something better) Maybe i'm a perfectionist. Maybe i'm not the organiser or lecturer or something, but i find it truthfully awfully pissifying to have someone waste precious time. Be more serious in your work. Freaking school had only started on the options for some subjects while many others at the top had already finished and begun their revision. Lets not talk about 'higher end schools', even pj had completed their syllabus for some of their subjects (can't remember, hopefully my friend isn't bragging haha).

Speaking of a comparison between them, there's really nothing to compare. They win hands down, physically or mentally. Life just isn't fair. Sadly, not many had realised the subtle truth that they are really way behind of the pack and there really isn't much time left in jjc for them to work hard in. How time flies.

Even sadder, some of the teachers doesn't seem to realise this fact. Azmi (i won't hesitate to point fingers) stilled talked crap with his class before the june holis, spending 2 whole fucking periods doing nothing when he should be going throught the chemistry practicals (or smth productive). Then comes along Cheng Leng, who's aim is to help u get a C for "A" levels. 3 Cs won't get you anywhere. There's even going to be a change in JC2 Physics teachers because some NIE newbies will be coming to teach J1s. Good morning Chee Wei Wei. Good Bye Physics.

Saddest of them all, is the students themselves. Its still fun and games for a lot of them. I still remember being roused from my sleep to fall back to sleep again at another place, only to go back to the original place to sleep again. How very productive. Fancy doing that all the time, and your days will be gone sooner then you all can ever imagine.

Ah damn, seemed to get irritated with many things nowadays. I'm just too much of a perfectionist with other people and not with myself. Its not like i don't have any flaws. I can't get angry just because things don't go my way. Thats why you don't see me blowing my top often. I just can't stop but feel irritated by someone's stupidity, then pause then think about how stupid i am to be blown away by other people's stupidity, when they don't even show that they give a flying f*** about themselves. ZZZ

Hopefully what i wrote can wake some dreamers up and push some slackers going. Sue me for writing something like this, but its not far from the truth, so think twice if you ever decide to flame. Then again, people do not practice what they preach, do they? Someone help me? XD

- Procrastination
by Elfie @ 6/03/2004 01:52:00 am