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What comes to your mind when you say 'Substance'? Do we think Chemistry, with all its acids and bases? Or do we presume this word to signify the skills and interest a person displays which makes us like him/her so much? Perhaps this is what we simply refer to the times when we say to a person, "Wow, you're so good!" Henceforth, we can consummate the idealogy that a person of substance is someone who is able to garner the admiration and reverence of others. Or is it?

So how about those who may possess that hidden talent which rarely shows itself in daily situations? For example, I have seen an associate of mine make people apply love and hate upon him at the same time. For one, he can be downright annoying at times, but somehow he is still welcomed everywhere, no matter what others say. Another archetype would be one of my relatives. She is known among us as a delinquent, someone who does not excel in her studies, but is yet probably contains a likeable persona whom no one ever took the time to notice. All these seemingly insignificant boosts in our character may be forgone by many, but we never know, these interpersonal skills may come into much-appreciated use some day. That is why many often say, 'Looks can be deceiving', or, 'Do not judge a book by its cover', the idioms can continue in a profuse list, but the idea is already transmitted, I hope.

Now tell me, how many of you applied this 'Substance' idealogy on the music performers who graced our school's stage today? Who thinks Maia has an amazing voice? And who thought of her life as a perfect one, with a contentious family and all? YET, who, like me, noticed that not an inch of her body was exposed to the audience? Pay no mind to the thoughts screaming in your narrow head, "Wei Chuan watches out for these carnal sights!!!". I do not. Anyway, case in point, most of us have this misleading, overly-glorified visualisation of the lives' of celebrities being those of 'perfection'. Yes, they have money, and fame knocks on their doorstep every single day, but to err is human. Are their lives as picture-perfect as we think? Maia, probably one of the rare few who have stepped onto EVG's stage in the status of a celebrity, as most of us may not know, is actually a single mother of two. Turned into a school dropout at 15, and is Singapore's most tattooed female celebrity. I have no wish to tarnish her image, I state these facts with all due respect. I believe she was so fully clothed-up today because she still has the decency to not smear the minds of students. Still have that dreamy and psuedo image of a person of substance? Think twice before you pass judgement upon someone, as he or she might be near nothing to what personality you concocted to match him or her with, be it negative or positive.

Tomorrow's the Road Run @ Bishan '09. Haha, for me, more like Bishan Road Walk. "Hey, tomorrow you walk with us all. On ah?", "Sure, you're on." Lol. It must have been a stressful day for many, quietly anticipating the letter requesting for a Parent-Teacher 'High Tea' session to come to us via our form teacher. I can imagine the relieve of us all, including me, when we were dismissed without clutching that letter in our clammy palms with teary eyes. Mr Sam Soo said I did reasonably well among my class. Well, I'm happy, but I guess I'm just glad to have passed most of them. Especially the Mandarin Language Paper, I thought I would drop below the 50% mark for sure, but it proved otherwise. Enough about papers, what's gone is gone, and will never return, no matter the amount of tears dropped, or the moments lost.

I don't get it, this is a violation of human rights. Did I ever once said that I wanted to be involved in any good english programme or whatever? I didn't, yet I was nominated for it. What did I do to deserve this? Haha, perhaps I shouldn't be so pessimistic. From any downsides that you can find, there's bound to be an advantage. The audition interview was funny. When we came to topic of my job ambition, I rambled on about how I like thrills and would choose a job in that prospect, but Maia cut in and commented that I had the geologist look, would I like to be a geologist? David rudely cut in and screamed, "Yes of course! Eh, this guy top his Pure Geog class leh!" Sigh, that guy. But all in all, was I rude to reply, "I wouldn't exactly classify being a geologist being something thrilling, would you?"? What an ass I am. But hey, I'm just being candid. That's me.

This is one of my lengthiest posts in a long time, many thanks for reading about my thoughts. It's just that I've been penting up all these thoughts for a long time, didn't get that chance to literalise them into words. Signing off.

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Just finished this, I'm posting it, so I'm continueing on with today's post.

雪落窗外
情绪飞散
不再拥有
但永担忧

冰冷雨点
惭愧而下
孤单下手
可真不守

Well, Chinese isn't my most proficient language so I do apologise if any mistakes are spotted. Got that feeling to use my Mother Tongue out of the blue. Off to sleep now, it's the EVG 'Big Walk' tomorrow.

"Your hair is blown into elegance by the wind. I innocently mistook that flowing black for that dark romance."

"你那乌黑的长发在春风里飘散， 而我把它当成了那段难忘的爱情。“