16 October 2006

-to you who left your notes behind-

hi people, been trying to catch some of you online but to no avail. hope to have a chat with you soon...will simply pen a quick thought here to catch you all within a span of time.


khai & ray - instinctual jungle airborne lads...remember your frolic by the stream at central catchment reserve? i gave clearence for you guys to test the silty waters on our gp eco-trip to the forest. that day remains memorable in more ways than one. you shared your rustic best and helped make a classroom out of canopy and soft sand. hope you'll find time to reclaim abit of your love for the outdoors in ns. during my days, we used to be sent to tuas area for gpmg firing. it showed a slice of singapore in its jurrassic-best...i remember the red flares fired across the dark skies and the songs of cicadas in the night. pandan cakes, mess-tins and milo with my platoon mates, not quite waiting for dawn to end. not a bad life afterall and a portion of life never to be lived again. once you realise that, you'll know what to do from there, stagnant as the days may seem but still...




nat-king- kang & seokie...your video screams supreme and makes you a ready-spawn of the mtv (that's quite passe by now) hybrid. Strange how memories can come in quick successions, pulsating the high moments that will always haunt your recollection of a fateful day at ikea. You are a closet chef in the making...mixing and remix are your call of the day. Why lock it in the kitchen? Blaze the mind and forge an unknown road...Cook and braise more memories for us. Mmm, info-com at nus might just be your cup of tea, try la? Seok, the pic you gave permission to be shown to the whole cosmos. Am sure you like it!















hannah, rachel, fel, daena, cerina & lay kwan...panic not in uni-life. your essays must evolve with time. being 'anal is good'...pack every sentence structure with awe and beyond all roundabouts, be guided by a faint vision in mind. your hard work will take you somewhere if you allow yourself time to trip, fall and grow. edit till your mind is content but watch the deadlines...fuss up your tone, polish your points and be the most ruthless editor of your own accomplishments. others may do crap and submit their script. and if intellectual fulfillment is what you seek, claim it with your very soul...your intellect is God's gift to you. tried and tested, it can also build and heal (hannah- the last line is for you)


















jae & sealz...indefatiguable, indestructible, fun-pack of the lot and nothing quite defeats you. keep the class in line, gel the lost, shove the bros and bring back the wanderer. sometimes good sports can quench an arid heart; basketball, captains' ball, netball are all good ways to bond a class with a million zillion schizoid personalities. Retain your shine. Leap like a seal. JC days are too short to let it all go away on one shot. extend the hours of conversations with friends. i have not named you 'mutants' for a reason. be humble beacons for the class, over many more seasons.

15 comments:

We Love Animals! said...

Greetings Mr Koh!

Thank you for the post. Brings back lots of memories. I still have all the pic of that day. Ray too.

Thank you for your words Sir as it makes me unmderstand that there are somethings in NS to appreciate. As long as it lasts, I might as well try my best to enjoy the experience. :)

Take care Sir and God bless you always.

SeaLz said...

mr koh!
been trying to "catch" you online too..
hahah. really miss you lots!!
can't wait to see you again !
okay take care alright!

-sealz

shangjun said...

hi mr koh!i see that you're enjoying yourself in melb although you're missing quite a few things in spore. :p take more pictures! anyway im enjoying myself in law school. not as fun as PJC, but certainly very challenging, stimulating and above all, exhilarating. i love the people, the environment and all that i'm learning. it gets boring at times and i get dead tired somedays. but it's all worth it. and i still owe you dinner! (:

-shang

shangjun said...

by the way, your photos are good. you've got a natural flair for composition from what i see. you certainly put some thought into your photos as shown by the stories that they tell.

technically, they're good, nothing wrong. but technicalities don't make a good photo all the time. the emotions and the presence of being play a much bigger part in making good photos. and from the photos i've seen on your blog, you've got it right :)

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mr koh!
hahaha seok's screaming is quite funny isnt it?
thanks for the post brings back great memories...

info comm? nah..im just doing it for fun...

heard you'll be coming back at the end of the year hahaha see you
then!

btw do u have any video snippets of the class?

alrighty then take care and have fun studying!

natk

bunny said...

HELLO mr koh! What's wrong with putting up my pic? If it's SUPER UNGLAM dun ever think of posting it ok! I noe I have more than one unglam photo. Hahaha. Happy studyingggg! =D

- said...

oh! and mr koh! i can see that we werent the only ones who went away with stuff u taught us..

refer to the last pic on ur blog entry pls...

doesnt that remind u of astro?

seems like astro rubbed off some of his art on to you!

nat k

hannah said...

hi mr koh,

i'm not sure whether u got bkc's book that i sent abt 2 weeks ago, please check, hope it's not lost!

getting back the romanticism test paper tmr!*scareds*

and ALOT of nonsense due-ing soon...

guess what? i need to speed read the monk in a night coz there's tute tmr!!

dun worry, aint compromising on the quality of work and level of thought.

okay, i better go do my work, not going to slack, i still got some ministry obligations to fulfil.(TEaCheR)

laykWan~

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a. hi laykwan, nah no books yet and i shall continue to wait patiently. apart from that, i miss reading the straits times, duH (!) but true. Aussie papers are quite insular. You don't have any 'ministry obligations' to fulfil...you are still a student so guard your spaces well. Don't be bureaucratized so quickly! Arrrghhh!

b. Seok - Your wish fulfilled :)
Nat - ya i have many snippets of the class but you forgot i obtained F9 for my IT skills. You gotto help me, serious. About that shot, don't give so much credit to Astro. his deeds aren't as generic as he thinks he they are...

c. khai,, what kind of vocation are you in? Trench-digger? Plantation spy? Night-hunter or four-wheel driver? I am lost.

d. shang. i get the hint. there will be something on 01A01 soon. promise. hehe.

hannah said...

haha!!! i need to keep the 3.5 CAP, isn't that an obligation?

and i just got back my first level 3000 lit test. not fantastic at all the grade.

i feel bad, it seems thati am not doing justice to what dr. A has taught...she's brillant!!

oh yes mr koh, buangkok's getting messy, the state is intruding the space, will send you the pics once i get them from my friend.

*corss fingers that the book's well on the way...*

hope work's all well with you, did i tell you that i like that entry abt you doing all the work but feeling frustrated?? the one on useless alphabets yada yada... i thought it sounds REALLY LOGICAL...

REDRUST said...

MR KOH!
thanks fr your post.
missing you truckloads!
pls come back soon!
class is alright i guess.
everyone's feeling the pressure of promos results coming out soon.
monday's D-DAY!

will keep you informed.
takecare!
LOVES,
jae!

shawn said...

argh mr koh you didnt blog a paragraph about your favourite most accomplished disciple hahaha! nah just kidding, just being egotistic, taking after the commanders in my camp : big egos small brains zero common sense.
i guess there are things in NS we guys can all appreciate. slogging and toiling (mindlessly) for the nation makes one notice the small things in life, and more often then not, the small things do really matter the most.

how are you doing so far cher ? keep in touch.

Hannah said...

thank you, mr koh. :)

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nope, i haven't forgotten you...which camp are you in?

Hehe, i could have penned a chapter on you but sensing your sensitive self, mmmm, better not! i do have cheery memories of your kind and good heart and like most sane students, the moments which you tried to evade 'upping' the grade of an assignment or two...because you insisted your pace was best!

Nonetheless, you are someone i can have a conversation with, not just to talk to..send my regards to claryce too. hope she is cool in ntu...