And finally after the long hard fought battle, we won.
(Past and Present Debaters of FMSS)
Fairfield Methodist Secondary School, CHAMPIONS of the WORLD! Okay maybe not the world, but CHAMPIONS of the JG's B division! (Well, it felt like the world... at least to me it did...)
It was an awesome day on the 18th April 2008! Fairfield conquered fellow students from SJ(International) in a war of words. Yup, We won the Debate.
On that evening, the motion being debated was "THW Boycott the Beijing Olympics." Fairfield being the Proposition and obviously SJI being the opposition.
When the results was being announced you could feel the tension in the air.... Like literally.... Than, they had announced that the 2nd speaker from SJI was the best speaker.... and normally the best speaker went to the winning team.... BUT. This wasn't normally, This was extra ordinary, "And the winning team for the B divison Julia Gabriel's Singapore Secondary Schools Debating championships is....... FAIRFIELD METHODIST!"
I instantly LEAPT out of my seat.
You have no idea how happy i was, and to say that i was happy was an understatement in itself. Watching the team practice practice and practice, they really did deserve to win.
It was really really a very close round with the decision being 3 votes against 2 votes coming out from the 5 judges.
Thanks God! That 3 votes belonged to us.
What also impressed me was to find that not only Mr.Owyong and Ms Wong came to support us but also Ms Lim! Yes! Ms Elaine Lim actually came down to support us! I was pleasantly surprised in a good way.
All in all i had a great time, although i had to miss seeing my dad off at the airport because he was going on a mission trip but its alright, at least i got to talk to him before he boarded the plane... So its cool.
Firstly, my sunday school class held this party for our leader who in turn wasn't even in Singapore. How nice. We celebrated a party without the birthday girl. So we stuff ourselves with food and i 'da-bao-ed' a ruffles chips packet home. hehe. (that i have to say is, not bad actually.. it was the original flavour and because i had a sore throat, i made the excuse that the salt was killing all the bacteria down there ;)
After that we played a little frisbee (which i brought along... thankfully) and that was fun. Well for a while i guess, cause after we got bored again.
I don't know but like for today, all the conversations i had with my friends were also very meaningless and half the time we were like "what?" or "what did you say?" which all added up to, me calling today the 13th of april, 'loser day'.
Anyways i was looking through my camera and i realised that i hadn't uploaded the pics and vids for a very long time because my camera was loaded with pictures and videos. Some of which really interested me.
For example this:
Oh oh! Yes and may i like to add that FAIRFIELD has made it into the FINALS of the Singapore Secondary Schools National Debating Championships!! (or JG;'s for short) Whee.....Thank God for that!
Okay sorry, er, now back to the example of some pictures and vidoes that interested me:
Oh dear.... what tragedy! While uploading the pics and vids onto the comp, i accidentally deleted 3/4 of the pics. And hence, in the process deleting the funny vids of me and vera jammin! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
How loser can today get? oh, i forgot. Today's Loser Day. What i could i expect?
Who only burrows itself, Into an all time new low.
-Priscilla Lim Shan Pheng,
Sec 2A (27)
For those of you who have read the critically acclaimed book "To Kill a Mockingbird" than you should know what i am talking about. Tom Robinson was a black man who was put to death unjustly and basically because the town was prejudiced. This is a poem i came up for my Literature assignment, hope you have enjoyed it as much as i had fun writing it.
Well. You know i feel so honored and encouraged when people say "oh, i like your blog! Its so funny! I read it everyday..." And than i am like "oh really? I didnt even know ANYONE read it." Honestly.... I don't. Hence, for the sake of my faithful readers i shall................................... blog.
Alright.
Hmmm... okay lets see what happened today.. Oh yes, today i went to watch "The Leap Years" with nat. At first i was, well, apprehensive about it. I wasn't too sure. "A Love story? Sounds.... inky! " - was what i first thought. But after watching it, i must say, its not bad... No really, it isn't. In fact, (okay, if you take away all the chee-ko-peck moments, which wasnt much anyways...) It was not bad.... Yes and 'not bad' by Priscilla Lim Shan Pheng's standards is well, really not bad. I'll give it, say, 3 and a half stars upon five. Almost coming to a four. If not for the chee-ko-peck moments and the ugly main actor, it would've gotten a 4. Okay, the main actor wasn't ugly, ugly but ugly for a main actor. And do i have to remind you that main actors are supposed to be handsome, handsome.
Speaking of remind, i do really wish to remind the school teachers that this school holiday is only 1 week, not a month. So whats with all the homework??!??! But having said that, i haven't got much to do but sometimes i just wish school holidays could really be, well, be really a holiday with no homework. I am appealing to all those who are willing to listen, "Pls, don't let the word holiday, lose its meaning... Just like the way so many other words have lost their true meaning like for eg, the word love."
Ok speaking about that, i am sorry but i just have to continue. I think the word "love" has OFFICIALLY lost its meaning. Which is of course, well, sad. People think they're in 'love', so easily. They use it so often even when they dont mean it. Like truly mean it. They dont understand the gravity of that word. The REAL meaning. Sigh Tragedy, if you ask me. Oh, and if you wanna know, know the real meaning of 'love', come on down to Grace Methodist Church, near vivo, on friday or sunday to watch a really cool drama i am starring in, however their 2 well, down sides to this.. 1stly you need tickets. 2ndly, i hold a position of a non-speaking role.
YES i know. How sad. Oh well, remember pris, its not about you. "oh yes of course it aint." Sorry. That was what you call, "THINKING ALOUD" and sometimes i think that phrase was invented for me. Or at least people like me.
Up and coming events:
1. WEDNESDAY - Debate. Recording. 9am. 2. FRIDAY - Band. 3. SUNDAY - Band performance @ Mac Ritchie reservoir. 5pm-6pm.
So there you go. My blogpost for the day. or week. or month. or maybe even year. Nah just kidding.
Hmm... i must say i am quite good at this. I should get paid for blogging, but too bad an idea if you ask me. Wouldn't you agree? Okay if you said yes, it would mean you like my writing, and if you said otherwise, you're just lame. But thats okay, cause than again i am lame too. And so are my friends. (;
Sooooooooooooooo. Until my next post.
ADEOIS AMIGOS!
* oh and nat is going to china tomorrow, how sad. But its okay just.... don't forget to "Amusez-vous bien! Et ne manquez pas moi!" (; For the french speakers/readers only.
Anyways after that my bro and i went to the arena. Unfortunately, they said we couldn't disclose the results because it was pre-recorded. They even specifically said this " Don't go home and blog about this.." haha. So, well, i am gonna be a good student and do just that. All i can say is that we were up against Nanyang Girls High. Oh and they changed the host, from Adrian Pang to Jason Chan. Better on the eyes i would say. haha
Anyways this coming sunday, gonna play tennis. Oh. No. Tennis. Brings back bad memories of a deflated ego. Yup, but thankfully i learn from my mistakes and fast, hence this round i kept my mouth shut. Best thing i've done in ..... years? Maybe.
Whoa, haven't blogged in a long...... long .......long while. Its funny how i still see my visitor counter ticking nevertheless. Faithful readers. I applaud your faithfulness and perseverance. And it has paid of starting from now. Right here.
Today, is the 17th feb. No, today isn't my birthday. Its michele's.
But, today I received presents. Its nice to receive presents actually. It somehow makes you feel appreciated and worth someone's thought, effort and of course, money.
And all these, was done and given to me by my church mates. Awesome people.
My favourite present was the frisbee! I mean how cool is this thing? My very own frisbee. And this one's for real. It isn't one of those 'lao pok pok' one you get from the 'pa-sai-ma-lum'. Nope, this ones from, well at least it says "Made in USA". Not bad not bad. (Thanks Juni! And gang...)
So........... This is what i think about my Frisbee.
Juni said it was supposed to be purple. But whatever. I still like it. =)
I shall name it something, i know i am going to, just that i haven't thought of something worthy of it yet. Yes, yet because i will eventually name it.
Today. I had the most ridiculous time of my life with nat and vera. It was, indescribable. We actually filmed something, but however, in this rare case, i shan't put it on here. Why? Its embarrassing. Really it is.
So until the next time i post.
So long world! (no i am not going to die... just going back to school...)
heres something for the back to school blues. Its hilarious. A spoof of MTV's my crib.
no, that's not a typo. it really is just singapore. that's how they roll here (it's a city-state, i wikipedia'd it). no messing around. if you spit on the ground here, you can get arrested. for reals.
the day started with press, press, and more press. the cool thing though was that they had this press conference at a high school. i know, random, but they had this promotion thing where schools could enter a contest proving they loved switchfoot, and i guess this school won because they earned a lunchtime concert from jon. a couple local bands opened. it was good times. we then went to lunch where some people ate chickens feet, and some people imitated the photos on the wall. both were entertaining.
it was then back to the venue and soundcheck. romey was excited about it. we started calling him 'kimosabe' because of his sweet new shirt he got from this store called 'revoltage'. they made a pretty rad limited edition shirt for the show too with all these guitar pedals on it. legit.
after soundcheck, the guys did one more press thing for mtv asia where they actually had drew interview the rest of the band. he had the real mtv news mic and everything. i think he'd be a good veejay. i think they still have those...right?
the guys played a killer show tonight. its pretty amazing seeing a ton of people who live halfway across the world singing the same words in a another language. i don't think i'll forget it anytime soon. after the show, jon laid down a demo for a new song. not sure if it has a title yet, but it ruled. like a ruler.
SWITCHFOOT CONCERT. MAX PAVAILION 31st JANUARY 2008 7.30PM
The awesome night started off with 2 local bands and their opening act, the fire fight and west grand boulevard, followed by a short interval, and than SF finally coming on stage!
It truly was a night to remember.
I went there straight after my debate training.
It was really crowded. And we had to wear this bands around our left hand before we could get in. Mine was green, the colour code was according to the price of your ticket.
We waited for about 20mins before we were finally let in.
When we were finally let in, i went to the merch stand and bought 2 tees. They were really nice. Quite reasonable only $15 bucks each.
After which, we went into the concert hall it self. Oh but before that, before we could even enter, they thoroughly searched our bags as in open up our bags use torch light shine kind of search.
At first i was so worried, because i brought along my digital cam, but when they saw it the guy asked "Is that a digital cam or a vid cam?" I told him what it was. And he let me pass.
When the concert first started, i thought it wasnt really good. Cause i was sandwiched in between people. And the opening acts were, well, erm, really noisy? Like in concerts there is a good noisy and theres a bad noisy, theirs was well, erm nevermind. And the kickdrum was really heavy, like when each time the guy kicked you could like feel your heartbeat. Yes it was that strong.
Only after the 2 opening acts, and after i had switched position, i started to really enjoy the concert. The feeling of singing along with other fans was simply exhilarating. This is the first time i had ever been to a concert, and it was fantastic!
During the concert a few things that really got me really excited, as well as the crowd.
Heres a vid of it.
- Their mega long pause during the song, american dream. It was sooo cool, they held their positons for 1min over. Can you imagine? They were like almost becoming statues!
- Jon's signature cymbal bashing during dirty 2nd hands. Most singers go crazy and totally whacked, but jon was insync with the music. How cool is that?
- Jon's signature yelling-into-his- guitar thing.
The song lineup was as follows: ( if i am remember correctly..)
1. Oh! Gravity 2. Stars 3. This is your life 4. Ammunition 5. We are one tonight 6. The Shadow Proves the Sunshines 7. Only one 8. Learning to Breathe 9. Dirty Second hands 10. On Fire 11. Awakening
Band pretends to exit. Than comes back.
12. twenty-four 13. Dare you to move.
I know they also sang meant to live, but i forgot when.
So after the superbly-awesome-magnificent-fantastic concert. There was an autograph session. I think it was really nice of SF to have an autograph session just for the fans. I mean, not many bands do this, and it is really tiring to have to play a whole show and still have to sign your name numerously over and over again. Whats more when i met em, they were so warm and friendly!
I wanted so much to get chad's drumstick, but unfortunately, the other concert goers in front of me stole my idea. =( sadly... I saw 3 people walk out with a drumstick each. :( sigh and i wasnt one of em.
Oh well, anyways, this was the line-up. And heres how the conversations went.
Security man : Which item you want them to sign?
Me: What only 1 item? can two?
Security man: No 1 item only.
( I show him my ticket)
Me: This one, my ticket.
Security man: Ok.
Me: Hi (smiles)
Jerome: Hey! (smiles)
(Signs my ticket as i take his picture)
I move onto to drew.
Me: Hey! Your the funny guy on the podcast.
Drew smiles.
Jon (next to him) Laughs
Jon: Yeah his the funny guy!
Drew: yeah, i am the funny guy (signs ticket)
Gives a rad pose as i take his pic
I move onto jon.
Me: And your the guy with lots of theories!
Jon smiles modestly and signs ticket while i take his pic.
Jon: Hey, how's it going, whats your name?
Extends hand to shake mine.
Me: I am Priscilla.
Shakes hand.
I smile. He smiles.
I move onto Tim.
Tim: Hey! Whats up.
Extends hand
Me: Hi, i am priscilla.
I shake his hand.
Signs ticket while i take his pic.
I move onto chad.
Me: Hi!
Chad: hey!
Signs my ticket.
Me: Can i have your drumstick?
Chad: Oh, sorry i don't have anymore.
Me: oh, ok. Thanks.
I leave.
It was an awesome experience meeting the guys, they were so friendly, especially, drew, jon and tim. Jon and tim both shaked my hand.
All in all, i had the most switchteey-experience ever!
And i hope they come back again.
The experience was so much more worth it than the S$83 i paid.
