Well, time really flies...

I am already at my last( AND GRADED)  post.


 After much inspiration and browsing through my holiday photos, I finally decided on writing on my adrenaline-packed trip to USA ^^. Well, elaborating the whole three weeks will take ages, so, let's just go through the main points!

 wait...

Even if I only go through the main points, I will still have too much to write. So, I will be writing in diary form instead.

Uhh...

That will still be a bit too much, so I will just jump days altogether and go stratight to the highlights ^^

Here I go...

1 December 2009( Departure and arrival)

 I was filled with anticipation and excitement as we hurriedly but efficently packed our luggage and headed off to Changi International Airport Terminal 3 to catch the flight to Newark, NJ. At exactly 22 00 hours, we depearted on SQ 22 and were en route to America. Goodbye Singapore! And Happy AIDS day!!!
We touched down 22 hours later and immediately rented a car prior to our journey to Nigeria, the boarder of  America and Alaska.

4 December 2009( Nigiera falls)

 After 2 days' worth of driving and doing absolutely nothing, we had finally reached our destination. My dulled senses were magically sharpened as we took bus 13f to NIgeria falls. There, we joined a $20( cheap right?) per person, 1- day tour about the history and sights of  the Nigeria falls. The story goes that the Indian tribes purposefully sent the maiden over the falls as they had thought that the unknown malady that had struck them was due to the fact that they had not sacrificed enough offerings. The lady was known to be the" maid of the mist" (By the way, everyone(tourists included) had to pay 50% tips to the guide! That is why it is so cheap! Scammers!) We will rest for one more day before embarking for our next destination- Washington D.C


 December 2009( Washington baby!!!) 
As the saying goes "a journey of a thousand miles starts with one step" well, after traveling what seemed like millions of miles, we had reached our next destination, WASHINGTON! Although I was weary from all that travelling, what we experienced was worth it. We espied the Washington monument, which was a tribute to President George Washington, the Lincoln memorial, which was the tribute to Abraham Lincoln!( I wonder if they have one for Barack Obama =))                                       
                                                                                                              10 December 2009( In New York...)


The Big Apple Welcomes me...
"Welcome to New York" says thee
 Feel free to eat and sightsee
But please do support the Yankees!
                                     

                                                  Timothy Phuah
                                                  Victoria School 2f'



As usual, the big apple was bustling with life. Without further ado, my parents brought me to Madison square garden, the most famous stadium in the world. We had intended to go to the World Trade centre, but now it was ground zero. After paying our respects to those who have died during 9/11, my dad took me to the Empire State building at the intersection of Fifth avenue and West 34th Street, my mum, however, felt fatigued by the constant walking and thus, retired to the hotel first.  Upon reaching the top,  I was taken aback by the breathtaking view! Even in the night, New York was so flooded with light that it could even be seen from space! With shivering hands, we quickly took a snapshot of the background before retreating in to rest. It was a cold but beautiful experience. We had also went to see the Statue of Liberty! It had turned green due to oxidation. Nevertheless, it was still as grand as when Gustav gave it to the Americans as the French sign of peace. Didi you know that that designer and builder of the Statue of Liberty also designed and built the effiel tower??


14 December 2009( RSAF training grounds)

  Time Flies...

 My dad's plan was to keep traveling south till Orlando, but because Disneyland was the climax of our trip, we decided to further south to Pensacola instead. Sitting directly above the gulf of mexico, its just a 10km long, 2 km wide stretch of road. However, it is also the training ground of the Singapore Air Force and also the home of the aerial stunt group " the Blue Angels" ! My father had a sense of nostalgia  when we had reached  Pensacola as it was the very place he had trained with his Air Force Buddies about 20 years ago. He then started  spinning tales about his exploits to me, how they had rented a extremely cheap car which guzzled fuel like water, and how he won the HotShot  84' " Best Pilot Award". The whole package piqued my interest and I felt that being a pilot was not all slacking in the Boeing 747 jumbo jet. Maybe I should consider being a pilot too... Anyways, we headed first to the aeroplane exibhition centre where we could learn the history of Aviatronics. I found out that John McCain was a pilot! He was a hot-headed youth whose P51- Mustang got shot down during operation" rolling thunder" in the vietnam war! Wow, even the smallest of cities had the biggest of stories. 


20-25 December 2009( Disneyland)


After a relaxing 5 days in Miami, Florida, we were finally on the last leg of our journey, Disneyland!
It was a boring 8 hour ride from vice city, thus, I managed to kill time by engaging in my hobby( refer to post below)  Disneyland was a haven for fantasy fanatics like me! One kilometre from the main entrance was a gigantic sign where the words " Welcome to Disneyland" were inscribed. I shouted exuberantly and started heading for the best rides first. Fortunately, they have a smart system called a fastpass. It was a card where they tell you when could you come back to ride the rides again. When you come back at the designated time, you will be directed to the fastpass line, which goes faster that the normal line. The people who take the fastpass goes approximately 800% faster that the normal line! Thus, it saves you the time of  having to wait a 2 hour queue when you could just take a fastpass and enjoy the rest of the facilities! 

Over 5 days, we went around the four main focal points of Disneyland- Magic kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Epcot centre and Long Island. The best rides were at Epcot centre, where all the technology is. The test track, the Sphere rider and the walk of faith. All of them were action- packed and filled with excitement!Especially the Sphere rider where my father finally allowed me to ride alone! Imagine the thrill I felt! Because the track was the infrastructure of a 23- storey building that resembled a giant golf ball, the roller coaster employed unorthodox methods to propel us forward- magnetism! At a whim, the whole coaster was shot into darkness and went into a 23- storey high loop. It was truly a terrifying feeling to drop 23 storeys at speeds of up to 180 kmh! By the time it ended, I was dizzy with delight and had to cool down at one of the many food courts in the theme park. " Merry Christmas !!!!" a 30 000 strong crowd shouted and embraced each other. Amidst all the pnademonium, fireworks soared into the night sky and burst with a multiude of colours. Being Singaporeans, we started hunting for a vantage point from where we could enjoy the display. My parents sat on a rock some 3 storeys above the fireworks while I say next to the laser conductor. The half an hour performance made the national day pyrotechnics look mediocre and the fireworks below par. The Americans had splurged wads of cash to host this event, but it was the real deal! In the distance, the Magic Kingdom turned ethereal pink and resembled the one you usually see on the television before every disney movie. After the fireworks, We reluctantly dragged ourselves back to the hotel but still fell asleep although we were wide awake.


26 December 2009( Homecoming)

I'm coming, I'm coming I'm coming back...

 The days flew by and already it was nearing the end of my holidays. It was time to prepare for the new year. We touched down at Changi Airport at 2100 hrs and collect our luggage. The holiday left a deep impression on us and it was indeed a time that I spent wit hmy family and I enjoyed it. However, Nothing beats being home. Home Sweet Home...


 CREDITS

I have to thank a few people and things ^^.
1:  My blog
2:  My computer
3:  My camera
4:  Yikming's blog
5: Yikming's post
6:  Yik Ming(  here! happy now? jkjk ^^)

My final blogpost be 4 the graded one...


Here I go ^^


Everyone should have something to do, be it hobby or work. As the brain is a constantly working machine, you, thus should managed to kill time by doing random stuff. Games like soccer and internet games work just fine when you are with friends. Even though the web is a safe haven for anti- social people who just want to socialise or play games without revealing their true identities, websites like FACEBOOK are deemed by people as DANGEROUS( as said by my sec 1 biology teacher) FACEBOOK AND FRIENDSTER ARE DANGEROUS! Thats is as good as sayying that the worldwide web is a danger to your well- being.

So then, what can I do to past time, you ask. Well, I have a very special and efficent way to past time: SLEEPING! ^^

There you have it, SLEEPING is the best way to past time, and it is also a most enjoyable thing that I love to do alone.

Sleeping has many good points 1: it kills time. 2: It recharges you and helps you kill time so that you can busy yourself with a fresh mind and a fresh body 3: It fills up you day, and kills your time 4: people with less sleep tend to become paranoid and depressed due to the time that they could not kill, and therefore do nothing.5: I have a reliable pile of evidence that says " sleep is good"( refer to link in a later post)

Sleeping is also an enjoyable way to pass time alone as during sleep, you will have your own fantasy world or should it say " lala land" . It is a magical realm where your imagination is at its fullest. There are two good points to mastering the art of dream. 1: your brain and your body will be better rested and 2: If you try hard enough, you can have a lucid dream. A lucid dream is when you have total control of your other world. You can think about anything you want, or even study a full ten hours, revising all your work subconciously in your head while you are resting. Thus, you can score better in your exams!

I have killed two birds with one stone. Sleep, is good, and you should try it too!

ok, now I am just being extra. Third post in 5 hours! How much more enthusiastic can you be???

The question was a problem you encountered and how you solved it.

I have a problem: I don't know what to write for this post!
I know how to solve it: write 250 words minimum!

So, I will be talking about myself, my likes and other random stuff.

Hi, my name is Timothy, I am currently 14 and studying in Victioria School in Marine Parade,

I like games like what boys usually like: DotA, CSS, CoD 6 etc., even though I am pretty a newbie, I still believe I can improve to the calibre and the standard of my class( there are very professional players in my class in many games)thus, with reular practice and a trigger-happy finger, I believe that anything is possible.
I like Colourful stuff, I like pie and I LOVE DOMOKUN!!!

Now, more about my likes, I like Domokun as it is sooooo cute! It was first introduced to me by Nikki, Lousia and Edward. Or more appropiately, Louisa introduced it to Edward who introduced it to Nikki and me( indirectly) once seen, I fell in love with it. A big thank you to Edward and NIkki and Louisa!!^^

ok, now I have 175 words,make that 180. I only have a bit more to go...

Everyone has strengths and weaknesses. But everyone has DIFFERENT strengths and weaknesses. I believe that the strengths of a person can only be analysed and deduced by others, however, everybody should know your OWN weaknesses. Among my many epic fails, I have one greatest weaknesses, my mouth and my attitude. Like Domokun^^ I cannot keep my mouth shut( sry Domo, ^^), and I like to put people off. That led me to the loss of many friends and the addition of many enemies. Therefore, my new years resolution was " keep my mouth shut, change my attitude and try not to let anyone hate me this year." LOOK! That's was a problem I encountered and I solved !! Yay^^.  A problem within a problem!!

ok...
I will reach 250 when I say bye bye

so...

bye bye

( 250++ words ^^)

ok
lols
second post in four hrs

this one is about "something unusual that happened that day"

here it goes

sry, no foul or slangs >.<

After reading yik ming's post, I was too thinking about my gum scar. This is my story...

On a fateful day in p3, I went to my friend's house in cote d azur to spend the day playing by the poolside.
However, all went wrong when my friend and me marked out a racecourse and tried to see who was the faster athlete. We were supoposed to go across the swimming pool, jump over the fence seperating the lap pool and the play pool, slide backwards down the slide and do a curl- splash into the water. When his little brother initiated the race, we shot off like haysacks( pretty slow^^) and started swimming as fast as we could across the pool. I was leading, until my leg got snagged while trying to jump the border fence and did a faceplant in the pool

My friend overtook me, thus I was scared as I wanted to win and flew off the slide( I fell of the slide) and broke my PERMENANT TEETH!!!!!

One of them went up and got embedded into the gums while the other was just ripped off like the skin of your palm when you touch a moving car


Ouch...

But anyways, as my bloof filled the pool, I started thinking of the red sea. I know that that was uber random, but I just could not help it! My mum, my friend and his mum sent me to Singapore General Hospital, where I had to undergo operation I HAD 27 STITCHES AND 15 INJECTIONS!!!!!!!! It was "a bit" painful...

Now, I have lost my two front teeth. they make hollow sounds. I wish my teeth can go back to normal like the one in the picture.

But that's just a dream...

Sup...

This is my first post of the day, and it it about something that happened in school...

This MAY OR MAY NOT be real, so dont ask...

Here I go...

p.s. I could not use any slang as my English teacher is going to grade and read this. Sry^^

Pple, the starting time 4 the projects is near... so, be4 we all start cheonging on our compos, just to tell u guys

GD LUCK!!!

Eat plenty of food and try not 2 get into trouble these few days...

Oh, yah, link me ^^

Timothy

Dear diary

Day two of my trip through the woods and I am still stuck with the young man who calls himself Tommy.  After I throw a few stones at him, he wakes up and I tell him to go for a dingo's breakfast, that is, a piss and a look around. After inspecting the truck, we head off to Archer River roadhouse. Luckily, the roads are still permenantly blighted, meaning that the dry has not ended yet.

At the roadhouse,  "feral cheryl" cooked  me the usual :D. I am a celebrity around here as only I send fuel to these parts. However, when they heard that I was going to the top, Glen, the roadhouse manager, told me that I was taking a big risk, going up 3 weeks too late.Cheryl then again made me tell my five- day ordeal being stranded in the bush. Ahhh, I remember the good old days, when I needed to throw out crab pots to catch food and  drove out on my own log road. That was fun although dangerous. I almost got eaten by a croc! But my gut saved me!

I called home and got assaulted by a female crocodile!My wife did me in for spending too much $$ on booze. I mean, sheesh, what can a man do to drink without geting scolding !!

We once again continued on our journey to the top, the young bloke said that it was a "painful experience". Suddenly, the rear air breaks lock up, but I managed to fix it up reasonably. But the pain did not stop there. We ran into a section of rocks too fast and the truck went out of control! I sworeXD, and struggled for grip.

I get my grip, but lost alot of truck parts. Well, you know the rest. Now I am ONCE AGAIN stuck in the wilderness with a guy and his camera. I swear at the roads and go to sleep. Good night!