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Tuesday, August 29, 2006




You Have a Phlegmatic Temperament



Mild mannered and laid back, you take life at a slow pace.

You are very consistent - both in emotions and actions.

You tend to absorb set backs easily. You are cool and collected.



It is difficult to offend you. You can remain composed and unemotional.

You are a great friend and lover. You don't demand much of others.

While you are quiet, you have a subtle wit that your friends know well.



At your worst, you are lazy and unwilling to work at anything.

You often get stuck in a rut, without aspirations or dreams.

You can get too dependent on others, setting yourself up for abandonment.

What Temperment Are You?


ok these quiz things are surprisingly accurate. haha yeah today was a bit boring so i'll fast forward to session. i was supposed to go for teacher's day reharsal duty, but the very kind joel tieh relaced me. so i sessioned with yuan hao, dwayne and cliff, and chris. a good session, considering my handstands improved and this time my legs were staright. the highlight was yuan hoa at the4 end of the session. he flared, then transitioned into a mill, and then transitioned into jackhammers. cool stuff. chris piked, cliff piked and dwayne piked. yeah quite fun. may join dance or something next year. yesh. ok byeee!

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Monday, August 28, 2006

on guan kiang's request, i decided i shall update today. i orginally wasn't going to, but since GK suggested i should, i will. also i had a very fruitful session today. ok anyway we got our a.maths and lit results back, and it was ok. i got a 72 for a.maths, which isn't really good considering no. 1, it was an easy paper, and no. 2, i've been getting A1 for the past few tests. yeagh my tuition teacher is gonna murder me. and as expected, 5 out of the 7 marks were lost because of carelessness. GAH. anyway, i got 84 for lit! which is like really kewl cos i thought i was gonna fail cos i hardly quoted at all. even if i did it was wrong. anyway in retrospect, my lit teacher told us in a group who did well, and she pointed at me. but i thought she was pointing at marcus liu. so i spent sometime fretting. blast. i just hope i don't fail SS AGAIN. ugh stupid basis of comparison crap. anyway we had TGM, which i shall not comment on. then we had a good session, and my handstands improved, though i have to keep my legs together if not it looks queer. there GK i hope you're happy.

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Sunday, August 27, 2006

i've realized i think too much. like during class, the only lessons i REALLY pay attention to are chem and physics. sometimes bio and a.maths. and when i'm not listening, i either daydream, relive past memories, or most of the time, think about really inconsequential stuff. like trying t recall my previous night's dream. or what i'm going to have for lunch. and the fact that i have less than 2 months to the final year exams. and that i haven't started preparing for it yet. WAKE UP! gah i seriously need to start studying soon. and i've been sessioning too much. just last week, i sessioned on tues, wednesday, thursday, friday, and then last monday, tuesday and wednesday again. and i have 4 chinese essays to do. 4. and i'm most likely getting my lit, a.maths and SS results back tmr. and i seriously hope i don't fail any of them if not i'm like quite dead. not cos my 'rents will scold me, just that i don't like doing badly. and if i do, it's like for some really stupid reason like misreading the question or a careless mistake. 5 weeks to the exams. ok. i WILL start studying during the hols. yes yes i will and if any of you see me online please tell me to get off and get my a$$ upstairs to continue studying. anyway i had a good sermon today. i was many people fall under the Spirit and it was quite rejuvenating to see the Holy Spirit's prescence in the church. yeah then i went to sushi tei with the 'rents and my siblings for lunch. then i mozied around kinokuniya for awhile and then came home. to write my 4 @$#%! chinese essays.

anyways quote for the day is from my pastor. he said 'Christians are not perfect. We're forgiven' , which made a whole lot of sense. to me at least. ok bye bye.

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Thursday, August 24, 2006

today was fun! darren tried to open everything that could be open in my pencil case, like my pens and my correction tape. humourous. then the very-animated marcuschui gave us his fill on the ultimate tortures. in his sense, being chained to a wall and being poked on your thigh is the worse torture possible. LOL. his facial expressions made us laugh even louder. we had no geog and had a free period! woots! then i conned marcus chui to come and collect my IC with me, and said i was on a 'very important mission' and he believed me! so when he was asking for an explanation, i kept on stalling till i reached the general office and got my IC. ha. he didn't seem to mind being conned anyway. we also had swimming! it was ok lah. it's been so fast! the term is almost over! GAH. just when i was getting used to it it's gonna end.

ok onto the poem. for those of you who saw and read the poem, the solution was actually very simple. the very very obvious hint was 'don't read between the lines'. if you read every other line and take the first letter of each line, you will get a name. and that name answers question no.8 on the 'how well do you know me quiz'. so in a span of 24h from posting, i took the poem off, because 4 very bright people managed to solve it. Dwayne was the first, followed by Charlotte, and then Joash (who took 10 seconds to solve it. brag brag) and lastly Chris, who spent very little time on it as well. i was only expecting like 2 to solve it, but 4 did! amazing! anyways congrats to the guys who did and since i've revealed the solution i will not reveal the poem...ever again! yesh yesh. those who were stumped don't worry, cos if i wanted it easy i would just have blogged the answer. but i didn't. commendable efforts. enough from me today. toodles!

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Sunday, August 20, 2006

Thanks to nick for his interesting idea at www.stressforsale.livejournal.com. quite personal and only applicable to me. it's a quiz. one point for one thing you knew, zero for one thing you didn't. let's see how well you score yeah?
GO!!

1. I have mild OCD for even numbers

2. I don't get moodswings, but massive headaches

3. I've never had surgery before

4. I'm not allergic to anything

5. I don't like bimbos and poseurs

6. You can insult me and everything I know but I couldn't care less

7. I like Punk Rock

8. I like someone currently, but she doesn't know it

9. I never swear or cuss

10. I dislike suck-ups

11. I read girl magazines like Elle and Cosmogirl (lol i'm not gay though i just think they're quite interesting)

12. I used to swim competitively

13. I don't usually approach people, but i'm approachable (lol thanx nick!)

14. I've never physically fought with anyone before

15. I hate alcohol

16. I like Science but I'm not obsessed with it

17. I prefer Chinese food to Western food

18. I don't have a best friend, but a group of close friends

19. I had a concussion in P5 and lost my memory

20. I never compliment people unless they deserve it

21. It's hard to make me angry

22. However, if I'm angry, I either ignore you or give you monosyllabic answers (unless i'm on the com)

23. Once I see a face, I'll never forget it

24. I'm particular about proper English

25. I don't like people who swear extensively

26. If I'm angry or sad, I never show it

27. I was an outcast in P4

28. I'm extremely sentimental

29. I hate running for running's sake

30. I like to give people mental tests

ok like nick's scoring system, every thing you know gets 1 point, and every thing you don't gets zilch

26-30: You know me quite well!
11-25: You know me considerably well, but was shocked to find out some of these things
1-10: Maybe we haven't spoken to each other enough...
0: You're either a complete stranger or stark raving mad

btw here's a hint to something that will only be revealed next year: it pays to be observant. bye!

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I discovered something lately. the ice from my fridge tastes like durian. ewwwwwwwwww. i was drinking rasberry 7-up and was wondering why there was a hint of durian. then i had milo peng and still tasted durian. and i also realized that the water issuing from my fridge has red particles in it. personally, i think it's poop from something. good thing i stopped drinking from there a long time ago. but vince treid to poison me by giving me fridge water once, and that was when i noticed the red particles. the funny thing is i didn't get a tummy-ache. hmmm. GAH. i've got 4 essays to write. 4. whole. @$#%!. essays. i'm sure my teachers are out to murder us. 2 chinese, one SS, and one lit. i'll blog somemore later.

here's a vid of inu playing with our very-very tolerant bull terrier called russ. usually bull terriers are very aggressive, but not this one. russ won't even bat and eyelid if other dogs 'challenge' him. inu, as hyper as ever, prances around and annoys russie, testing his patience. it prevails in the end:D

isn't inu the cutest?

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Saturday, August 19, 2006

today was quite ordinary. played BF2 in the morning. i dunno why i've been playing a lot of that game lately. then i had tuition and swam and went out for dinner with my grandma. my very very hip grandma. then her friend's grandkids came over. played halo 2 against them. the older one was being a bit of a brat. i actually started to give him chance but then i decided to let loose when he ended games cos he was losing. pfft. that should teach him a lesson.

i realized i have mild OCD. obsessive compulsive disorder. i only take most things in even numbers. like if you offer me chips, i'd rather take 2 than 3. even numbers. and my sis told me she had OCD too. she used to scratch the lampost outside our old house 36 times before entering. cos 36 was our house number. that's whack. the good thing is my OCD is not like those wash-your-hands-every-time-you-touch-something cases. that is really serious. yeah. ok night!

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Friday, August 18, 2006

two thumbs up for today's rugby-win holiday. overslept so i was late for pioneering at sch today. to avoid another smoke-induced headache cos of cooking, i went to the esplanade with cliff and fred thong to session. quite a cool experience cos it was really fun. and i learnt quite a lot of stuff today. and improved my handstands. too bad s0ng wasn't there though. i then went to raffles town club to have dinner with the 'rents.

something that made me think the other day. a lot of people associate bboys with gangsters, delinquents and what not. i think that's a stereotype that actually hurts a bit. cos today was only an acsi holiday, and a lot of onlookers were staring at us, as if we were skipping school. i don't blame them, but their stares, i feel, wasn't out of amzement, but out of condemnation. hmm. something to ponder on. that made me realize that the small things we do not only affect us but also the others around us, and whether we like it or not, public opinion of us is a real issue. which really sucks cos because of the few bad apples, the rest suffer. which is like equal misery. and if i express my opinions on what i'm thinking now, i'll get scolded. and not by my parents. we're taught to express our opinions, and although they say there will be no repercussions, there are. you'll get blackmarked. you'll get punished. we're not supposed to air the dirty laundry. even if it's true. for the sake of face, people will go to great lengths of injustice. that's just my opinion. and it's disturbed me. i'm telling you, the whole system is flawed.

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Tuesday, August 15, 2006

it turned out that i only studied half and hour for lit last night. and i think even if i studied more it would have been for nought cos thhe question what came out today was really irrelevant and i don't think anyone thought much of it. i just crapped my way through 3 sides of foolscap. we got wireless! but my dad's laptop is so obsolete i have to get some weird adaptor to connect. yeah. then i had tuition from 8 to 10 for maths tmr. and then i have chinese oral too. yeah.

anyway onto something really random. i realized all the clothes i wear really clash cos i don't bother to match them. like i prefer loose jeans and cargos cos they have many pockets so i don't have to lug a bag around with me wherever i go, unlike those tight jeans ppl where. like ppl shouldn't wear heels, cos they're outright impractical in an emergency or what not. yeah just my two cents worth.

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Monday, August 14, 2006

this is the dopest stylist i've ever seen. and he wears SPECS! let's go lilou!

really cool. and flexible. Hong 10 was good too, but Lilou was slightly better

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today was very hot. our air con broke down. again. ugh. it was hard to concentrate but at least the fans came in after recess. made the heat slightly more bearable. i've got a lit test tmr! and it's an essay question! that means i have to STUDY. but i think i'll take a leap of faith. i will just read my notes and that's all. the rest is up to my literal intuition. GAH. it's on the last period. and i've got an a.maths test on wed. and i don't even understand sets. how can something so simple be phrased in such a difficult way? ugh. anyway we had a short session today. for like 15 mins. my handstands improved slightly. but only slightly. btw cliff, if you are reading this now, GIVE ME BACK MY TAPE! THE COMPLETE TAPE! yeah i think i've got to start reading Macbeth soon. i'd much rather do unseen poetry cos i'm better at it than some old geezer who was too greedy for his own good and counted on 3 bearded old women to rule his life.

onto a topic of discuission. down at another duty post, the prefects there kill snails. as in maliciously ending their lives by pouring salt on the and watch the shrivel up and DIE. then they laugh and move onto to their next victim. i dunno about you guys, but i'm an animal lover. and i'm very very disgusted at this. they would actually run to the SAC which is in the other campus to get salt, and the use it to kill them. you may argue that the snails eat our plants. if you are a farmer and depend on the plants as a form of income then FINE. though i still wouldn't kill them. i'll make the crops taste terrible so they'll still live and go somewhere else to eat. we don't depend on our school's heliconias and grass as a source of food. one guy said it 'vandalises' the surroundings and makes it less condusive for people to study. that's just a load of CRAP. as if every single year 5 student will inspect each leaf of each plant to see if there's a hole. 'oh, there's a hole here. because of this i'm unable to study and therefore should kill the snails'. rubbish. this applies for any animal as well. mosquitoes that bring harm are different. they spread diseases and annoy me so they deserved to be killed. snails are part of the eco-system and contribute to the welfare of birds and stuff. ok mosquitoes are also part of the system, but they bring more harm then good and there are too many of those annoying little things buzzing all over the place. if we kill, it is out of necessity, and not just for sport. i can safely say i have not killed a single insect (excluding cockroaches and mosquitoes that bring about harm) within my living memory. never. killing cows and stuff for eating is fine, cos it's necessary. but we shouldn't kill those endagered animals to eat cos it's not just mean, but inhuman as well, wiping out an entire species cos you've never tasted Cailifornian condor or Orangutan before. God may have given us dominion over all the animals on this earth, but that does not mean we can abuse it. i feel that it's just mean and SADISTIC to kill things for fun. and these people say 'oh, we're doing the school a favour' where they're real reason is just to kill for pleasure. cos it brings their SICK AND TWISTED MINDS some form of warped fun. sorry this thing has bugged me (lol no pun intended) for the weekend and i had to write about it. leave comments.

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Sunday, August 13, 2006

to say the least, last night was a blast. i went to dwayne's house to seesion at 1630, on a ROAD. ouch. handstands and crickets were quite painful to do there. despite that, we were all very very hyped about the performance, despite our lack of an item. lol. we all knew how much was at stake. the whole face of our sch was at stake. so we practiced like never before. this was arguably the BEST SESSION we've ever had. just the 3 of us. chris, dwayne, and i. very focused, and no wasting of time. we were late for the campfire cos we got lost. haha. then we went there to practice for like 10mins, then we watched the show. we were actually quite tired already, cos dwayne had bowling in the morning, which we won. we were the last performance. all of us were surprisingly calm, and upon hearing the cheer of the crowd, all of us felt a wave of confidence. we had a final prayer before we went on stage, and i believe that was the key to our success. first time we performed on grass. i had to say it made my moonwalk somewhat difficult, and i almost fell. other than that, we improvised from our falls and we came back, and the crowd was none the wiser. dwayne recovered from his fallen L-kick with a kip-up, and chris did a pretty good L-back, despite what frederic said. haha. sorry i've got no video. it was too dark to see anything. to cut a long story short, we won. we actually won Best Item. just the 3 of us. like dwayne said, half the people, half the effort, twice the reward. this was our first TRUE Best Item. the one with s0ng doesn't count cos he was half the show. we were so psyched upon hearing that we won, and we thanked God again. and after that we had photo-taking!

the scout troop that went down the ones who stood by in times of adversities (L-R) Chris, Me holding the trophy, and Dwayne
me on my toesall in all, it was a very very memorable performance. it's a pity that the other half of the DC wasn't here to share the glory with us, cos each of them had theire own commitments. quite funny though. our first real award won by half the commitee. as clement said, ' Aiyah, you 3 perform can already. ' haha. that's all from me today. bye!

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Saturday, August 12, 2006

This is one of the funniest parodies I've seen. Creativity at its finest. Thanx Dwayne!

wish me luck for TKGS today yeah? i'll blog about it tonight. bye!

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Friday, August 11, 2006

YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH! The TKGS campfire is tomorrow and we have no item! at first we thought it was cancelled so today after scouts we just had a fun session. then i just found out it's not! and only half the dance comm. can make it! AAAAHHHH! ok i apologize for the upper case i'm just a bit zonked now. most likely, only chris, dwayne and i are performing tmr. i think we're gonna use the SC campfire song. lol. campfire song. spongebob. lol. ok nvm. i'm just gonna pray that all goes well tmr if not it's gonna end up like the Ngee Ann Poly campfire where only Ka Foo went, only this time we'll have a very bad performance. and by bad i mean very very bad. ok i will not freak out. deep breaths. i have to start organizing it. sheesh. this is stressful. on a different note, my i've brushed up my toprock. i think tmr we're gonna do the group dance at the start and at the chorus, and then after that we're just gonna freestyle and whack the beat with whatever we've got. i hope this will win us best item. i'm skeptical, but i still hope we do. yeah man!

geez i think this was one of the most random and erratic posts of my blog. GAHH! i'm just gonna pray that we do very well tmr, cos the fate of the ACS(I) Scout Troop and ultimately the school lies in our hands. wow. we have a lot of power. man. there's only up or down to go tomorrow. no in between option. i personally hope we go up. up.up.up.up. i'll just pray and hope for the best. we really need Him tomorrow. as in really really need Him more than ever.sigh. oh well. till tomorrow then. bye!

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Thursday, August 10, 2006

today was fun, to say the least. i woke up early to swim. still don't know why i did that though. spur of the moment i guess. lol. had friends over today, and my swashbuckling crew was vince, neil, robin and anthony. nice to catch up with neil, robin and anthony. it's good to maintain harmonious relations yeah? anyway, like any ol' party, a halo 2 fest ensued. i played quite averagely today. good fun on the whole. after robin and anthony left, neil, vince and i played touch rugby. neil's hyperactive power never fails to amuse. vince left at 1745 while neil left at 1845, then i was left alone to ponder the results of my SS test results which i should be getting back tmr. i just hope i don't fail. @$%$# basis of comparison crap. i think the whole class forgot to write it. dang. oh well. we'll see tmr.

i'll leave you guys with a video of Junior, the best powerhead i've seen EVER. check out the move he does on the 3rd min and 35 - 39sec.

cool right? byeee!

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Wednesday, August 09, 2006

today was great! i woke up at 11 cos i was watching CSI last night. CSI is like the best series EVER made in the history of television. EVER. anyway, my mom got free tickets to the NDP this year. great seats! since a picture is worth a thousand words, i'll leave you with the solid memories.

yours truly at the end of the parade. i dunno why that shirt is always at the top of my drawer
of all the fireworks shots i took, this was the prettiest. PRETTY!

so synchronized! if our scout drill were that standard, we'd own the BB.

red lion. commando. very very cool.


i'd upload more, but my older sis REFUSES to help me make them into collages. i dunno what's up with her nowadays. if you want more, just ask me online yeah? i had great fun today, cos i may not witness another NDP in my whole life. my mom can't be bothered to queue for the tickets. heh. happy national day!

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Tuesday, August 08, 2006


yesterday was fun. i got my dreaded chem results back. most of the class failed...but i passed! my prayer worked! so upon receiving my paper i thanked God. i really thought i was gonna fail. the lowest in the level was 7/30 and i didn't study the night before. although i did was pay attention and reviewed my notes before the test. lol. just scraped a 16/30, in case you can't see the numbers in the picture. on the other hand, some people joashwong didn't even review any of their notes for the test and still passed with a decent grade. haha. although i passed, i feel that i don't deserve the mark cos i hardly put in any effort, unlike some of my friends who put in quite a large amount of work and still failed. that's just the way of the world i guess. my dad gave me his old laptop! compaq pentium 3 but it's better than nothing. i need to transfer pics and get iTunes on it. and the cd drive was jammed, until i forced it open with a screwdriver last night. now it works like a charm. hope you're not bored by this post though. nothing has affected me very much lately so there's no topic of discussion. quote of the day is from jay leno, and he says 'You're not famous until my mother has heard of you'. peace

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Saturday, August 05, 2006

hey sorry for going on a short hiatus. been a bit busy (and lazy) lately. today was quite fun. went for Haven duty in the afternoon and watched the last part, then i went again at night to watch the whole thing. a really well done performance, better than last year's 'The Birds'. my only complaint is that they should have let edmund and yuan hao to have more performing time. they both were really good. had a chem test on friday. to put it nicely, it didn't go too well. kinda dreading the results. oh well, i'll just take each day as it comes. this coming week will be really fun! tuesday is a hlaf day, wednesday is a holiday, and so is thursday! for me at least. party!

again i've realized how an inconsequential thing like a small exchange of words, a 'hi', or even a small wave can change your whole day. take the friday where i was asked to run for prefect's council. i was in really high spirits that day, cos it would be the weekend and the world cup finals were just around the corner. then my prefect mistress came up and said just these few words: ' Nat, i want you to run for prefect council. tell me on monday'. there went my weekend. the whole #$@! week was spent thinking and swinging back and forth on whether to run or not, cos the decision will definitely affect my future. my friends could tell that i wasn't myself, and i really wasn't. it felt like this huge burden had just dropped on my shoulders, but by God's grace, he eased it and took it off me, and i felt much better after praying. but i still felt bogged down that weekend. on the other hand, i woke up this morning, and felt ok. mediocre. then, somewhere through the course of the day, i talked to someone, and that person, for some reason which even i don't know, really just lifted my spirits. i can't explain it, but i just felt different. i felt recharged and energized, like nothing could put me down for the rest of the day. and nothing did. so i thanked God for it and prayed that i'll feel the same way i felt after exchanging those few words with you. my point is, we have to be careful of what we say, cos even the smallest thing can make a difference (ooooo cliche!), be it positive or negative. to you, it was probably just another ordinary conversation, or was it? i dunno, but what i do know is that it was nothing but extraordinary for me. i don't think you know who you are, and i'd like to keep it that way. thank you for making my day!:)

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Tuesday, August 01, 2006

i was blog surfing today by using the random 'next blog' thing and i stumbled upon francis' old blog? what a coincidence. anyway, i saw this kewl quiz which i took from her blog and am now about to put up here. thanx fran!:)

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY
1) nataniel
2) nat
3) enny
THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE
1) ½ Peranakan
2) 300691
3) vacuum birth (lol!)
THREE THINGS YOU ARE SCARED OF
1) hurting someone
2) getting expelled
3) house lizards
THREE OF YOUR DAILY ESSENTIALS
1) God
2) clothes
3) money
THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING NOW
1) spectacles haha
2) acs shirt
3) acs berms
THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE MUSICAL ARTISTS/BANDS
1) Blink 182
2) Hillsong
3) The Hush Sound
TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE
1) I love the smell after a heavy rain too!
2) I like sleeping
3) I’m a young delinquent and I hate the world
THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE HOBBIES
1) eating
2) bboying
3) watching movies
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BADLY RIGHT NOW
1) have a vacation
2) go on another Crystal Cruise
3) sleep
THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION
1) anywhere on Crystal Serenity
2) NYC, L.A , San Fran and Orlando
3) Whistler Blackcomb!
THREE KID NAMES YOU LIKE
1) Not
2) Too
3) Sure
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE
1) go either bungee-jumping or sky-diving
2) get a PhD
3) make all my non-believing friends Christians

yep. no more of these quizzes for a looong time. i have a chem test tmr which i should be studying for right now. not that i haven't been paying attention. i'll just go through it again tomorrow morning. haha. ok bye!

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