Done!

Done with getting the raw footage. On to stage two of producing a movie, editing and voice overs. Haiz... We only have one week to do everything!!!

- WP website
- IPRA PR report
- DVPA short story
- IDEA business proposal and presentation

Then a week's break and Econs exam on Wed followed by PR and Adverts next Tuesday. Then... 6 weeks of freedom. Okay, lets get through the last 5 weeks of year 1.

At least we've done our filming, other groups have not. One thing that is gonna help em relax is Survivor. Yeehaw! 3 days to go....

O-way oy oy oya eh oy oy ya-ah... Lol. I want the Panama theme MP3 thank you. And the intro video(s). Lol. I'm rambling about the show again. Haiz... Apprentice is back this Sunday. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

Money, money, money...
MUH-nee!

Ok, maybe I'm just high cause we're done filming. Gotta meet Gaj and Reg later.

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Of BSB and Songs

I really miss you
There's something that I gotta say

The things we did, the things we said
Keep coming back to me and make me smile again
You showed me how to face the truth
Everything that's good in me I owe to you

Though the distance that's between us
Now may seem to be too far
It will never seperate us
Deep inside I know you are

Never gone, never far
In my heart is where you are
Always close, everyday
Every step along the way
Even though for now we've gotta say goodbye
I know you will be forever in my life (yeah)
Never gone

No no no
I walk alone these empty streets
There is not a second you're not here with me
The love you gave, the grace you've shown
Will always give me strength and be my cornerstone

(Somehow)
Somehow you found a way
To see the best I have in me
As long as time goes on
I swear to you that you will be

Never gone, never far
In my heart is where you are
Always close (always close)
Everyday (everyday)
Every step along the way
Even though for now we've gotta say goodbye
I know you will be forever in my life (in my life yeah)

Never gone from me
If there's one thing I believe (I believe)
I will see you somewhere down the road again

Never gone, never far
In my heart is where you are
Always close (always close)
Everyday (everyday)
Every step along the way
Even though for now we've gotta say goodbye (yeah yeah)
I know you will be forever in my life (in my life)

Never gone, never far
In my heart (in my heart is where) is where you are (you are)
Always close, everyday
Every step along the way

Never gone, never far
In my heart is where you are

Listening to my "Thinking" playlist. At the moment, its BSB's "Incomplete" and "Never Gone", Dido's "White Flag" and Our Lady Peace's "Somewhere Out There".
I dunno, some songs you just connect with, some make ya remember stuff, and other... They just, well, make you feel... Don't they?

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I should revise...

Okay, so, today... Yeah. Well, woke up late for the meeting with Arisya at 9am. I woke up at 8.50 and it takes 45 minutes to get to Bishan. Called her, she said to take my time. I didn't know that you could see Nad's house from the train as it exits the tunnel, but you CAN. Lol. Had a great, fun day of filming at Bishan Park. Good job guys! I like to view all the footage. Speaking of which, our battery is charged and is right behind me now. I suppose I could open up the "O great and heavy chest" and take out our prized camera, hit VCR mode and the rewind button. Then press play. We need to log our footage anyway. Lies with me eh? Maybe later on eh? Lol.

I sound lazy... Linkin Park is on the playlist now. Loud stuff. ;) Uhm... Oh yeah, had a good time filming with guest star, Shahid today, lol. Tomorrow we're filming again at my place. I'm supposed to be a nurse! OMG! =_=" Lol. Oh well, duty calls eh? Er, okay... So I'm gonna be acting, er, heheh? I'm just an extra though, blah! Lol.

An update on Nan. She's back home. Spoke to her yesterday. She sounded weak. Mom said she can't walk on her own, can't go to the toilet, is very tired. She also had some spells where she got so weak they thought she was going. I know my Nan. She's a fighter and struggles out of the illnesses she gets. I just hope she don't struggle too much this time round. Just recover as much as you can Nan. Rest well, eat well, DRINK well. Yeah, she drank too little water and got dehydrated. If yer better in March, I'll have a few games with you. Yer job's to get better now. ;)

We were supposed to go for a drive to Chinatown... Wonder where that went. So much for "going to Samy's", "going to Chinatown", "going to Hui Chei's".... Hmmmm... Basically have been home 'cept for Bishan. I feel cooped up. I should be revising for econs and IPRA. Dang! Articles people! WJ and Kay Miang, please... ASAP. The rest of y'all, thank you for submitting. Photos? Contact ZhiLi, through MSN or e-mail. She has all the photos. Or, consult me as well.

GPA. Seriously worried bout it. For econs, I've had a steady C... Bleah. Give me a B please. I hope other modules pull me up from my IDEA, IPRA and FUNE Cs.................... Thanks to all those who have confidence in me, it means a lot (warm & fuzzy feelin'). WP. IVP. DVPA. Please, do your job. CCC, give me a B please. NW? Goodness knows where I stand in this freakin module! I need to know my marks for CA2, e-learning and what-the-heck Claire has included for the 30% course work.

Shout Outs:
SHP, YT: J'aime ya. Etreintes. Manquer ya.
Dak: Thanks dude. Yer support is greatly appreciated, always.
Dame: Yo! Tit for tat eh? Lol. Yer even.
Fano: Mom2, thanks for all the good words.
Uncles & Aunts: Thanks for all the "income".
Nana: GET WELL SOON.

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So what am I talking about?

Hey all. Happy Chinese New Year! Okay, I am going to talk about CNY and, can you guess? Yes. Survivor. Lol.

Survivor: Panama - Exile Island theme. Get a short preview of it on the Tribal Council tour video on the official CBS site. Sounds really cool. For Pearl Islands we had the pirate theme, for All Stars we had the previous season's theme. For Exile Island? It sounds cool. What I get on the TC Tour is something that sounds like the Dolby Digital or something like that you get at the Cinema. Haha. But it is still mysterious. Then you move onto the opening survivor theme thingy. And a shout before you hear the drums and some stuff I cannot identify. Sounds cool, believe me. Haha. Awesomeness. 5 days to Survivor: Panama. I hope this season's theme would be voodoo. Lol. That's the sort of thing I get from looking at the previews.

Ok, photo time.


I can't find the others.
I think the theme may possibly end with a women shouting something. Ah well, 5 days till we can hear it and see the intro. I wonder how they'll do that, since they start as 4 tribes. Maybe they'll do two intros as per the last 3 seasons (Vanuatu, Palau, Guatemala). They'll just put the people in randomly. Then from the second episode on, they'll show them to be in two tribes.

I'd like them to do...
Intro shots
"16 castaways"
Tribe 1
"39 days"
Tribe 2
"4 tribes"
Tribe 3
"One Survivor"
Tribe 4
Ending shots.
That'd be cool. And if you were wondering what the intros for the past three seasons were like...
Vanuatu:
Intro 1 - showed men and women in no particular order
Intro 2 - divided into Yasur (women) and Lopevi (men) tribes

Palau:
Intro 1 - showed everyone in no particular order
Intro 2 - showed the castaways in Ulong (including Jonathan eliminated in episode 1) and Koror (including Wanda eliminated in episode 1)

Guatemala:
Intro 1 - said "18 castaways", showed 16 castaways in Yaxha and Nakum tribes
Intro 2 - showed 18 castaways in Yaxha (including returning Stephenie LaGrossa) and Nakum (including returning Bobby Jon Drinkard)

Chinese New Year. It was nice, dad showed Fred and I around Kota Tinggi. The waterfalls are nice and it was kinda nice hearing about what he did years ago. Lol.

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The life of a DMC student

Whoa. What a day. Sigh... Tiring. Oh, oh, Happy Chinese New Year. Haha, listening to crazy frog's popcorn now. Its a bunch of nonsense. "Buck buck, chicky chicky, chuck chuck, choo!" Lol. Ok, so where do I start?

NW. Yeah, finished my article. Received a few others. Need to start the editing process now. So far, I've covered Zhao Jie's, Dione's, Mei Ling's and Shaun's. Those were the ones I have received so far. Dear ZhiLi, Weijie, Xin Le, Kay Miang and Kamesh, I hope that I receive your articles soon, so I can use the CNY break/weekend to edit the scripts. Yeah? Photos will be up soon. I'll get back to you guys on it then.

FUNE. Hmmm.... Well, tutorial went okay. Not bad I'd say. Haha. Nothing much happened here. Only got 67 for econs. Need to study more... Arggh.

After school, went to eat lunch at foodcourt 3. Then went to the Guild House with Carol and Mesh. Played pool, edited a few articles and played that music arcade game thingy. Then had to meet Gajan, Nad and Arisya (Narisya and the Compere) for DVPA filming and loaning of equipment.

1) Had to wait till about 4 to get the camera's battery.
2) Waited 45 minutes for a cab
3) Sun gun refused to work. Used a lamp instead which broke. Glass was everywhere.

Lol. How could so many things go wrong eh? Lol. Ah well, pleased at the shots we got and the acting. Personally, as cameraman, I'm not satisfied with our indoor shots. If given the opportunity, I would've liked to retake them. And then took the train back with Gajan. Reached home at 10.30-ish, just in time to see the last challenge on "Battle of the Network Reality Stars". Cool eh? Now I need to type out lots of stuff. A few articles which were not double-spaced in paragraphing, the notes from the PR firm visit. Oh, and the shot logging we did today. All before tomorrow so some of the stuff can be printed. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... The life of a DMC student eh? ;)

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I have a nightmare on my hands

This is just page one of the article. Flaming mad I am.

I am so frustrated right now. I just edited one of my team member's articles and its so agonising to read the thing. I wanna bury myself. They say I do not bring in personal bias. I don't think I am letting personal bias cloud my judgement. Lets just say the main assigned focus did not turn out to be the main focus of the article.

It became ONE paragraph out of what? 5? 6? ONE! I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo mad right now. The picture says it all. Marks in blue are editing done by me. I don't wanna type no more. Goodnight.
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Just Another Day

Okay, its 8am and I've finished doing the questions for the interview, typing them out that is. Have the WP test later. I might as well fill in our DVPA equipment loan form now, so we won't reallyw aste time then. Maybe Arisya and Gajan can check the stuff out and wait for me and Nad to join them later. Oh, right, have to confirm that stupid interview first.

Okay, more updates later in the day.

Shout Outs:
SHP, YT: Je vous aime et vous manque beaucoup.
KAMESH: THANKS A MILLION TO YOU FOR BEING THE AVAILABLE TEAM MEMBER. All hail Kamesh, my NW team. Hear, hear!Merci vous beaucoup vous bon ami

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Gonna be busy

Okay, so now I've had time to cool down from being peeved by incompetence. No, DMC1B05, that was not refering to you. It's something only a few people would know about. It involves NW and Project Swan. Thanks to all those who have heard me out. Every time I just think of the task ahead of me, I get worked up. Best not to think of it.

Ok, don't think of tomorrow either.

• WP flash test
• CCC Singlish test
• NW interview with lecturer in organising committee for SB open house
• DVPA filming

Gonna get busy. So lets go do our best. Its the last few weeks. It'll all end within a month and a week. Try yer best classmates! Now's not the time to let up, stick our noses to the grindstone. Its the last lap. Persevere. Manage yer time well and we'll all pull through. Take each day as it comes, have a POSITIVE view and out look. I've learnt a lot from that. Take time to relax yerselves too. No use working and working and working and just getting all stressed out.

What we have achieved already we have gotten. Its our lecturer's final say. Lets accept whatever results we have and work to better ourselves. Yeah? Jia you guys. Last few weeks and then we can take a 6 week break. Yeah? We can do it. 05!

That aside, my eye bags are becoming more obvious. Ya don't need me to smile to see 'em now. They're there, smiles or no. Ah well... I guess its expected. A few more weeks and hopefully I'll be able to sleep 'em away.

One thing I wish I could do right now was to play Boggle or Scrabble with my grandmother. She's in hospital and not too good. L says the meds are keeping her alive. She'll be lucky if she makes it to her 92nd birthday in March. C'mon Nan, ya can make it. I know ya can. =)) I'll play Scrabble and Boggle with ya then, when ya get out and when its holidays.

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Peeved

School is such a drag today. Haiz. Waiting for the last half-hour of the two-hour break to be up so we can go for lecture. Today is a rather funny day. Weird. Uneventful in comparisson to yesterday. Yesterday felt so productive. Why? Class attendance.

0900-1100 Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship in Action
1200-1400 Digital Video Production & Application
1600-1700 Introduction to Public Relations & Advertising (Lecture)

IDEA.
Class strength: 18
Current strength: 8
See what I mean? Where were the other 10? In bed? At home? In town? We spent about an hour doing admin stuff. And the remainder just passing time.

DVPA
Class strength: 18
Current strength: 11
Not much better. At least we had a practical lesson, doing iMovie. It was fun. Had another movie published. Another software to add to the list proficient at. Lesson was cool.

IPRA (Lecture).
Class strength: 18
Possible strength: 4
Dismal attendance. Can't blame the class for skipping snoozefest. But still, at least get yer darn attendance people. I dunno. I am not to judge. I go, I get my attendance for the lesson. My gain. Let's leave it at that. Nothing more, nothing beyond.

So, what about the IDEA project? Seeing that I was the sole group member present, there's nothing much I can do alone right? I mean without the others free riding. One's away overseas, another goodness knows where and a third who came for DVPA but decided to hang out with the cool dudes in town after, skipping lecture.

And we're supposed to do our filming tomorrow. I understand that one is sick and her voice sounded horrible. Refer to the third team member for my IDEA group. And another, goodness knows where too! Then there's another with a medical condition. We haven't seen him for weeks, so, excused. And with team members going to hang out, chill out, what ya have it in town, who's to come up with the shot list before filming? Its essential, unlike IDEA, this module carries 4 credits. That's gonna affect our GPA if we don't do well. Pulling it down like we don't already have modules that we're weak in. gah, I think I'm too irritated at the moment. Update when I get home. Sorry.

Shout Outs:
SHP, YT: Je t'aime beaucoup.

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Always

This romeo is bleeding
But you can't see his blood
It's nothing but some feelings
That this old dog kicked up

It's been raining since you left me
Now I'm drowning in the flood
You see I've always been a fighter
But without you I give up

Now I can't sing a love song
Like the way it's meant to be
Well, I guess I'm not that good anymore
But baby, that's just me

And I will love you, baby - always
And I'll be there forever and a day - always
I'll be there till the stars don't shine
Till the heavens burst and
The words don't rhyme
And I know when I die, you'll be on my mind
And I'll love you - always

Now your pictures that you left behind
Are just memories of a different life
Some that made us laugh, some that made us cry
One that made you have to say goodbye
What I'd give to run my fingers through your hair
To touch your lips, to hold you near
When you say your prayers try to understand
I've made mistakes, I'm just a man

When he holds you close, when he pulls you near
When he says the words you've been needing to hear
I'll wish I was him 'cause those words are mine
To say to you till the end of time

Yeah, I will love you baby - always
And I'll be there forever and a day - always

If you told me to cry for youI could
If you told me to die for youI would
Take a look at my face
There's no price I won't pay
To say these words to you

Well, there ain't no luck
In these loaded dice
But baby if you give me just one more try
We can pack up our old dreams
And our old lives
We'll find a place where the sun still shines

And I will love you, baby - always
And I'll be there forever and a day - always
I'll be there till the stars don't shine
Till the heavens burst and
The words don't rhyme
And I know when I die, you'll be on my mind
And I'll love you - always

SHP, YT: ILUB. MUVM. SS. Je t'aime beaucoup.

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The fastest 45 minutes ever

Okay, I dunno, I'm high today. Kinda awesome day. =)) Haha. I'm listening to Linkin Park now. Refreshing after a long while. Heheh.

0800-1000 News Writing
1100-1200 Fundamentals Of Economics (Lecture)
1300-1400 Introduction to Public Relations & Advertising (Lecture)
1400-1700 Issues and Viewpoints
1715-1815 Fundamentals Of Economics (Test 2)

Okay, let's go from the top down. News Writing. It was an okay lesson for NW. No scolding (wooooooooooooooooooooow). Yeah, and it was a meeting with my news team. You guys rock, let ya know. Yeah, thanks to ZJ and KM who actually churned out an article already. Awesome job guys! And ML, yeah, okay, for once, some credit. Thanks for the article already. Yeah, assigned news angles to cover.

Economics. Make up lecture canceled. Coz our poor lecturer's health isn't too good. I'm gonna be honest here. She may be hard, she may push, but Lusia's a real nice lady, she's shown us. Guys, just get in her good books aight? That's the key to it.

IP-RAh. Well, what can ya say about a lecturer that takes half-an-hour to get even close to starting the lecture proper? Lol. As usual, snoozefest of sorts.

IVP. Whooo! Debate team. Opposition. The legal voting age should be 18. And...? We won. Wow. Lol. Oh yeah. Hi-5s team. Congrats to Nic, KM, XL and Mesh on a good fight. Nad, we won cause of ya.

Econs test, hmmm, it was okay. This was where the 45 minutes went by quickly. Like, I was finishing up the second of two essay questions (chose to do Qn 2 before Qn 1) and our invigilator says time's down to 15 minutes. Like, whoa. Haha. Anyway, managed to complete it. Just hope that my multiple choice is okay, didn't really get a chance to check 'em thoroughly.

Today's just a cool day. Surprising for a Monday eh? But tell ya what, I hardly have Monday blues. ;) Cheers!

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Something different

Our semesteral exam schedule is out. 22nd and 28th February. Woohoo. Haha, the rest are quitting class since Claire isn't here after 15 minutes. Yaaawn. Ah well, time to study for econs and computer time. Lol. Hmmmmm.... Gajan has my notes. Luckily he returned them. Okay, so now Nad, ZhiLi, WJ and I are the only ones in class. Okay, more updates later.

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A new blogging concept

I thought I'd try a new blogging concept and see how this goes.

13 days to Survivor: Panama - Exile Island

Episode 1 title: The First Exile
- 16 castaways arrive in Panama
- Separated into 4 tribes
- The losing tribe sends away one player to exile island
- The first castaway is voted out at Tribal Council

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Duties over

Yesterday was a long day. Was in school from 9.30 on till 4pm. Sounds like it was just another school day eh? Six and a half hours in scholl. But... No tutorials, no lectures. Stationed at the DMC booth though. Okay, so donned in black and green polo tee and jeans, I was supposed to talk to people about the course.

Traffic was rather low, not surprising after you look at the way things were arranged at the SB. Anyway, I did meet some interesting kids and potential DMC students on the way. Hope they come into DMC!!! Yeah, lost track of how many people I explained to about the course. Was it 11? Lol. Yeah, it was fun. After duties chilled with Nad, Khai and Gajan at KFC.

Then went on a photo spree. Lol. Hope ya enjoyed the pictures. =P

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NW assignment

Today, I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves. A picture is worth a thousand words.

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Open House

Today was the SP open house. SB was also having their open house. To all sec 4s, do visit. Or anyone, do visit (explained later).

Date: 19 - 21 Jan 06
Where: Singapore Polytechnic, next to Dover MRT station
Time: 9.30am - 5.00pm
Days: Thursday - Saturday

Okay, I will be helping out. So do come yeah? Like today, I was basically telling the people on the guided tour what we did in the media studio. It was fun. That was essentially the DVPA lesson, conducting the tour at the DMS station. I heard that Ms. Nga liked my help, I think she appreciated it. It was a fun experience. Whoever said DMC doesn't change you told you wrong. I would have never dreamed of volunteering to speak to tons of people like I did today. And yeah, by the time I had finished, what was an impromptu speech became like me reading off a script. 0_0

"Welcome to the digital media studio at SP. The studio is built specially for our course, media and communication. If you look behind, you can see a few talents and the blue screen. Do you know what the blue screen does? The blue screen allows the director to change the background to give a different feel and atmosphere to the show...

As you can see, we have camera and lighting equipment..."

I will not bore you further.

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An update! Its an update!

Ah well, busy week this.

Tue: NW test 2
Wed: IPRA field work visit to Golin Harris
Thu: Briefing with Doris for open house duty
Fri: Passport extension at the ICA
Sat: Open house duty

Busy, busy, busy.

I feel like I am on The Apprentice. And the "boss"? Claire Ng! Eck! Why you may ask... Well, for this new assignment, we're in two groups. Each has an editor and the rest are reporters. Editors are responsible for divving up the group and assigning them things to cover and news angles and editing all the articles. Well... You can say the editor's role is like that of a Project Manager eh? I feel like that... Yeah, she assigned me for editor. Thanks. Ah well, cheer, don't groan. Positive not negative. Don't complain. Opportunities.

Doris said that for the studio management there were As, there were Bs and Cs. I hope I'm an A but I can't say for sure. Then there's IDEA. Overall grade? C. I don't want a C!!! Yikes! That's gonna pull my GPA down. I don't need to worry bout NW, I need to worry bout bloody IDEA! Lets go strangle OK.

Speaking of strangling... I've been uber pissed off by a certain mosquito this week. UBER! I'm at the breaking point, someone help me. I dunno what I should do. Its not nice to be upfront and blunt and that's not my style. Neither is it nice to be subtle and cunning but that IS my style. Conflicts... Oh well......... What IS new? Anyway, oh shucks! Debate! Yeah, there's gonna be a debate during class for IVP on the voting age in Singapore being 18. I'm on opposition. Great.

I like the opportunity but how DO you argue against the age being 18? I suppose I can ask around. Ask around. Where do I have time to "ask around"? Econs test is coming up and I dunno if I can do well in this one. Shucks. Did I get a B or C previous round? Eh? I can't remember. Nevertheless, need to buck up. There's so much to remember for the final exam. Sigh.

Well, conclusion, this is a busy week.

Shout Outs:
SHP, YT: ILUB! MUVM.
Dak: How ya doin? Hope yer doin okay.
Dame: Hmmm, yer life is full of interesting stuff I gotta say.
Fano: Big thanks mom2.
L: Good luck, tour guide apprentice!

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Old Women Tribe

Left to right: Ruth Marie, Melinda, Cirie, Tina

Old Women Tribe, Tribe Purple

Cirie Fields
- 35
- Surgical nurse

Melinda Hyder
- 32
- Realtor, singer and dancer

Ruth Marie Milliman
- 48
- Shopping centre developer

Tina Scheer
- 45
- Professional lumber jill, logging sports entertainment, world title holder in logging sports, owner of The Great Maine Lumberjack Show

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Young Women Tribe

Left to right: Danielle, Courtney, Sally, Misty

Young Women Tribe, Tribe Blue

Courtney Marit
- 31
- Fire dancer

Danielle DiLorenzo
- 24
- Medical sales representitive

Misty Giles
- 24
- Engineer, Model, Former beauty pageant contestant

Sally Schumann
- 27
- Social worker

Shout outs:
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Young Men Tribe

Top row (left to right): Bobby Mason, Nick Stanbury
Bottom row (left to right): Aras Baskauskas, Austin Carty

Young Men Tribe, Tribe Green

Aras Baskauskas
- 24
- Yoga instructor
- Lithuanian-American
- Same birthday as me!

Austin Carty
- 22
- Model
- Author
- Actor

Bobby Mason
- 32
- Attourney

Nick Stanbury
- 25
- Financial salesman

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Old Men Tribe

Top row (left to right): Dan, Shane, Terry
Bottom row: Bruce

The Old Men Tribe, Tribe Orange.

Mr. Terry Deitz
- 46
- Ex army (US Naval Forces pilot)
- Pilot with American Airlines

Mr. Dan Barry
- 52
- Ex-astronaut

Mr. Bruce Kanegai
- 58
- 3rd generation Japanese American
- Karate instructor

Mr. Shane Powers
- 35
- Marketing executive
- Ex-actor (Movie(s): Luster)

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Survivor: Panama

Old Men

• Terry Deitz
• Dan Barry
• Bruce Kanegai
• Shane Powers

Old Women

• Cirie Fields
• Tina Scheer
• Melinda Hyder
• Ruth Marie Milliman

Young Men

• Aras Baskauskas
• Nick Sanbury
• Austin Carty
• Bobby Mason

Young Women

• Misty Giles
• Dannielle DiLorenzo
• Sally Schuman
• Courtney Marit

Highlight to read - Spoiler: They start as 4 tribes in episode 1 but are reduced to 2 tribes by pick'em in episode 2.

Okay, the Panama cast is out! Yeehaw! And they look like a good interesting bunch! Panama and Guatemala are definitely a better cast than Palau. One good example is Stephenie LaGrossa (Step-On-Me, Look-At-Me, Stephenie Grossed Out). Yuck! I can't believe she thinks she should've won last season. Bottom line Steph: You played too hard and screwed too many jury over! Survivor's a social game remember.

Okay, lets not let Look At Me steal the lime light. Here's my pre-season faves.
Old Men tribe: Terry Deitz
Old Women tribe: Cirie Fields
Young Men tribe: Aras Baskauskas
Young Women tribe: Sally Schuman
Others: Ruth Marie

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Complainitive Society

Ok, I will try to approach this from a way that is NOT complaining. See, I have to better myself. I complain too much for my own good. Just take a look at other people's lives and look at mine. I have thigns going easy for me, compared to their hard lives. Am I taking all this stuff forgranted? I suppose I am. Clothes. Computer. Mobile. Even family. Yeah... Sigh, add friends to that list. And lets not forget money.

So, I think I'll start focusing on how I can better my life instead of complaining. That would be much more productive I think sure. Ah well, life is complicated is it not. I feel like I'm a jerk again.

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Thanks guys

To Nicole: Haha, ah well... I guess its how I set my own goals?

To WJ: Suicide? That sounds extreme... 0_0 Lol!

Okay, let me begin this post with a THANK YOU. Thanks to all those who've helped me in the Studio Management assessment today. And to the one who helped the most (you know who you are), thanks a million. =)) Also to those who had faith in me, thanks guys.

I think I did quite well today. The only screw ups were not being on the correct shot once and the music and balck screen fading not coinciding together. Ah well, I guess not an A. But I still feel good about this. A good week this has been in deed.

Today I downloaded Mozilla Firefox. Lets see how well this works. So far, impressive. I need to get used to the layout though, rather different from Internet Explorer. More updates, sometime on...

-LIVESTRONG!-
Heads Up and Stay Strong
Be Proud

This will be a good week

Well, the though part is over eh?
I think I may have celebrated a bit too early though, sigh. Me and myself, my awful selfish, jerk.

Anyway, this week will be a good week I declare! A good week! And I will do anything possible to make it a good week! Ya hear that?

Okay, now I need to worry about my NW.
Assignment #7: 19/20
Test #1: 39.5/50

I need to maintain, otherwise my GPA will drop. I cannot let it. We still have IDEAs to do, Econs assessment coming up, DVPA directing assessment, NW assessment 2... No, I cannot let my GPA drop, NO!

This week is an easy week school wise though. Tuesday and Thursday relatively free. I've also done my econs homework last Wednesday since Lusia didn't go through tutorial 7.

Semester check on attendance (skipped classes):
CCC - 1 class
IDEA - 1 class
NW - 1 class
IPRA - 1 lecture
IVP - 0 classes
FUNE - 0 classes
DVPA - 0 classes
WP - 0 classes

Uggh, getting dangerous Jon, getting dangerous...

This is gonna be a good week,
I assure you,
This week you cannot be beat,
I promise you.

-LIVESTRONG!-
Heads Up and Stay Strong
Be Proud

He ain't heavy, He's my brother

Moving in many ways

The road is long, with many a winding turns
That leads us to who knows where,Who know where
But I'm strong, strong enough to carry him

He ain't heavy, he's my brother
So on we go, his welfare is my concern
No burden is he to bare, we'll get there
For I know he would not encumber me
He ain't heavy, he's my brother

If I'm laden at all, I'm laden with sadness
That everyone's heart isn't filled with gladness
Of love for one another
It's a long, long road from which there is no return
While we're on our way to there, why not share
And the load, it doesn't weigh me down at all
He's my brother, he's my brother

-LIVESTRONG!-
Heads Up and Stay Strong
Be Proud

I believe in you

A week has passed,
You've survived it.
Now take each day as it comes,
Get over the hurdles.

Yer strong enough,
You can do it.
It may be tough,
There may be obstacles.
But I have faith in ya,
That you'll pull through.

Don't give up,
I BELIEVE IN YOU.

-LIVESTRONG!-
Heads Up and Stay Strong
Be Proud

School starts again

School starts again,
You'll pull through.
Never give up,
Press on. You can do it.

With that attitude you've got,
You'll be able to make it.

Faith.
Hope.
Cling to these.

-LIVESTRONG!-
Heads Up and Stay Strong

This goes out to someone

To a special friend:
Know that you've done what you can,
You did it to the best,
Do not regret, it will work out in the end,
You did what you could to the best.

Failed you have not,
Do not look at it that way,
People look up to you for what you've got,
And I say...

You've a lot to give,
So never admit defeat,
Cause then you can never share yer gift,
And YOU will never defeat.

-LIVESTRONG!-
Heads Up and Stay Strong

t.A.T.u. Lyrics

They say don't trust
You me we us
So we'll fall if we must
Cause it's you and me
And it's all about

It's all about us (all about us)
It's all about (all about us)
All about us
That's a theme that they can't touch
'Cause you know what
It's all about us (all about us)
It's all about (all about us)
All about us
Run away if we must
'Cause you know what

It's all about us (it's all about us)
It's all about lies (it's all about us)
You the one I can trust (it's all about us)
It's all about us

If they hurt you they hurt me too
So we'll rise up won't stop
And it's all about
It's all about

CHORUS

It's all about us (it's all about us)
It's all about lies (it's all about us)
You the one I can trust (it's all about us)
It's all about us

They don't know
They can't see
Who we are
Fear is the enemy
Hold on tight
Hold on to me
'Cause tonight

It's all about us
It's all about (all about us)
That's a theme that they can't touch
'Cause you know what

CHORUS

It's all about us (it's all about us)
It's all about lies (it's all about us)
You the one I can trust (it's all about us)
It's all about us
It's all about us

-LIVESTRONG!-
Heads Up and Stay Strong

Unfair

Life is never fair,
But why do all the bad things happen to good people?

Can anyone answer that? Give me an answer.
The question remains...

-LIVESTRONG!-
Heads Up and Stay Strong