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2010-11-26T02:10:00.000+08:00

Psychology & Pokemon

2010-09-24T14:18:00.001+08:00

In line with the two most pressing issues in my life now (Psych midterms and Pokemon White), let me introduce an interesting perspective. If it's even more of a coincidence, I'm currently mugging the chapter "Memory". Psychology really reads your mind.

How Mnemonic Instruction Works

Mnemonics is a memory enhancing instructional strategy that involves teaching students to link new information that is taught to information they already know. According to Levin (1993), mnemonic instruction is useful for students across a wide age range. Though students in the early elementary grades are usually not expected to learn and recall as many facts as older students, they are involved in a number of activities that involve making associations that employ mnemonic principles.

For example, associations linking the letter “a” to the word “apple” or “f” to “flower” employ mnemonic principles. Teachers instruct students in the use of mnemonic strategies by using both visual and verbal cues.

And combining the two together, we have

BRUNO MARS

2010-09-12T00:37:00.000+08:00

I can't wait for Bruno Mars' album next month!!

He joins the ranks of A1 and Adam Lambert as the only artistes who can persuade me to spend money to listen to their music. Sorry Mraz i'll buy your next album.

A1, Adam Lambert, Bruno Mars ... complete the pattern
It means the next 3 albums i'll buy will be Britney Spears, Cheryl Cole and Clay Aiken

Am I the only one who thinks that Bruno Mars sounds like a chocolate bar?!!? Kinder Bruno + Mars Bar???

whoppee

2010-09-10T02:38:00.000+08:00

had a greeeeeeeeaaaaaaat day!
and just watched the nicest 3 hour movie ever

so zai

2010-09-04T00:47:00.000+08:00

Hi!!

Life's great! Despite schoolwork getting heavy, i don't seem to feel any sense of unhappy pressure. In life there are two kinds of pressure. Happy pressure and unhappy pressure. Basically, unhappy pressure is pressure that makes u really upset and stressed. Happy pressure is the opposite, it doesn't make you upset and stressed. In fact it might actually make you happy or glad, hence the name. So i have happy pressure that i am currently bathing in. In fact, i have found an imba secret place in school to mug which i shall not share with anyone just in case u all follow me here. The presence of more people is a negative externality that though not easy to place a monetary value on, will severely affect my overall benefit/enjoyment from mugging in that place. That said, tomorrow i will build a nest in that place and do alot alot alot of work so that I can do even more work on Sunday. I am really looking forward to studying tomorrow. seriously. and thus, happy pressure.

Having talked about tomorrow, i will talk about tonight. Right now, i am chilling by the swimming pool and its freaking 12.19am. how awesome is that. I really need a glass of milk and some oreo biscuits now to complete the scene. But this is the epitome of serenity. The water is still, the breeze is cooling, the residents are sleeping, and glen's blogging. I always thought a dark swimming pool would be haunted with hungry ghosts, sharks and piranhas. Alas, i have yet to be proven correct. then again, i've not had a night swim for years. So apart from the mosquito who just had a feast, i'm having a really good night. Bowling was the bombz. IFG next saturday and i am the bombz.

Do u know that i am an expert meteorologist? And that i am also a very good clairvoyant? Because i know it is about to rain right here in geylang east ave 2. if u live in geylang east ave 2, u would be able to help prove my prediction correct.

In other news, I am enjoying life. May the ghost of Sigmund Freud aid me tomorrow.

penny & me

2010-08-27T10:58:00.002+08:00

Extremely disappointed

2010-08-18T11:37:00.000+08:00

Super duper duper duper disappointed that i won't be able to play football for the rest of the sem.......................................

new toy

2010-07-09T23:55:00.000+08:00

i am an ippt failure

2010-07-04T22:23:00.000+08:00

fear not. mr muscular glen has laid down plans to correct this extreme embarrassment that has been the subject of much scrutiny from platoon mates over the past week. Endless jokes and nasty comments have been made about my degradation in general fitness over the past 2 years since my last ippt. However, sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. In fact, i drink milk every morning so my bones are pretty hard and tough so even sticks and stones may not break my bones. but the point is, i will not be put down by these harsh words!!

Fortunately, to all my loyal fans/lovers/supporters/friends alike, i have a brilliant plan. Run on alternate days, and swim on days in between runs. Before long, i will get back in shape and be fitter than ever.

And to kick things off, i just came back from a run~~

p.s.
welcome (:

hi

2010-06-25T20:13:00.000+08:00

hi to all. friendly neighbourhood spider-glen is back~!

had an okay week. half-looking forward to next week!! reservist.. looks like spider-glen gotta alter his costume to a green one. anyway yes looking fwd to having fun with fatboy, wdbitch, twin, thoope and various others. a huge pity gym buddy weesong is stuck in alpha ): last but not least really really looking forward to commando cutlet and ice milo at the mess hahahaha.

everyday is a great day when your name is glen tan!! extremely contented with life at the moment! God is truly blessing me! Thank you!

World Cup telco controversy

2010-06-09T09:02:00.000+08:00

I just need to give my opinion about the big hoo-ha over the world cup pricing packages and how hundreds of people are signing up for the facebook group "Boycott Singtel and Starhub" and going to the Speakers corner a few weeks back to protest.

Lets be rational here and examine why this whole thing is just a waste of time.

Firstly, 70 bucks for one month of football ain't really that bad if you think about it, i mean come on singaporeans are lavish spenders. We're talking about the world's greatest ever sporting event and people aren't willing to part with 70 dollars, which is easily what a temp staff could earn in a day?? Ok even if it is expensive, come on as football fans we pay almost 30 dollars/month to watch 1-2 football matches every weekend (about 4-8 matches per month), but we cannot pay 70 dollars to watch 60+ matches over a month. I think its foolish!

And so, the question beckons? Where are u gonna watch your football then? TVs in the house are located in the most comfortable places for people to sit back and watch. Obviously now one will not be able to watch football on their expensively-invested TVs in the comfort of their sofas/beds. Pls dun tell me oh i can go to the coffee shop, pubs, stream it online. Coffee shops are hot, stuffy, dirty, and we gotta drink something every time we go down there. If u spend about an average of $2 each time u visit the coffee shop (thats being conservative, u will always buy a drink, but sometimes u buy food), then u are gonna spend about $60 in all! not far from $70. If you go to a pub, u can only go about 6-7 times before it becomes not worth it. If you stream online, then u are antisocial and really not in the spirit of the World cup, which is meant to be enjoyed with friends and in a social setting!
Moreover it will be lagging, and unclear, and pixellated, and might hang, and unreliable, and in a weird commentary language.

And so, one might ask what those naive protestors can get out of all their protesting and passion at the speakers corner? Absolutely nothing! I have no proof, but i strongly believe that the telcos did not overcharge us. I am sure they would only make a small profit out of it, come on u can't expect a company to take up a project to aim to break even or make a loss for the sake of the consumer, thats just childish thinking. And so in all honesty, if there is someone u want to blame, blame FIFA, which price discriminated between countries and thus victimised singapore. I always thought the world cup was an inelastic good, clearly not for many singaporeans.

At the end of the day, when we think about it, we are being foolish. This one-time payment comes once every 4 years. We are willing to spend alot more for a night at the club, or a shirt from topman, and yet we cannot part with 70 dollars. If you aren't willing to spend a little bit on your passion for football, then u are selling yourself short.

Well, i think i sound like a rich kid who doesn't think much of money and is acting all snobbish. Truth is, whats the point of earning money and not spending it on something which you love? And... my dad paid for the world cup. hahahahahaha

Expecting a lot of people at my place over the next one month, good news!! the multi purpose hall downstairs will be screening all the matches, time to party and go geylang for supper in between!!! ALL ARE WELCOME

Holidays part 2

2010-05-20T11:08:00.000+08:00

And the holidays just get better and better!

Started part-time work although it feels abit too slack (short hours) to actually be considered work. But i don't really mind haha.

Been dying to head over to coffee bean to read my book, but so far so lazy.

My mum's been dying for my hair to be cut but so far so lazy and i think her patience has almost reached its limit. hahahahaha i'll cut today

so many plans, so much time!!

i'm sorry

2010-05-16T01:18:00.000+08:00

I really regret not sending u off a few months ago when u flew off or not even calling u to talk in the days before u went away. And at that point in time, despite repeated reminders from Liang hong, i had a sneaky feeling i would regret my procrastination. I also really regret not organising soccer for u when u told me to cos u haven't played with us for a long time and i remember being so excited when u asked me to organise and yet i didn't do a damn thing about it.

I will nv know why u did it. I really wish i can talk to u one last time, but i will nv ever be able to do it. I am truly sorry my friend, but i am glad to know that i had the honour of being your friend, and that u are in a better place now.

Holiday checklist

2010-05-09T19:02:00.000+08:00

I am going to keep track of my holiday

Things done:
1. Play football
2. Train Pokemon
3. Eat supper x2
4. Play pool
5. PLAY BOWLING
6. Watch documentary about Peter the Great
7. Order Macs Delivery when i was really lazy to go out and get lunch (BEST FEELING EVER)
8. Read 51 chapters of One Piece
9. Play dota

Things to be done this coming week
1. Haircut
2. Earphones (I hope i can find one as good...)
3. Read more One Piece
4. Run
5. Gym x3 per week
6. Eat to gain weight
7. Meeting
8. Go Coffee Bean to read a book for an entire night
9. Watch Season 3 of Big Bang

HOLIDAYS

2010-05-09T18:48:00.000+08:00

After an entire semester of AWOL, MUSCULAR GLEN IS BACK.

And it is the holidaysssssssssssss. Whereby I just worry about the best way to make myself feel happy and comfortable for the next 10 minutes.

Had the absolute worst post-exam celebration of my life but fortunately the 3 of us managed to salvage it with a really relaxing night by the river.

And thus far, my holidays have been nothing but spectacular. pokemon, football, pool, bowling, supper. This is the life!!!

shooting star

2009-12-01T03:05:00.000+08:00

exams, mugging, and two sicknesses have pretty much kept Muscular me busy for a while.

However as i was walking home 10 min ago, the wind was simply brilliant. The temperature was perfect. So I decided to stop and gaze up at the star-filled sky. As usual, I looked around for orion's belt and found it. OMG A SHOOTING STAR. Bloody brilliant. To think seth jlo and i were just talking about seeing a shooting star about 2 weeks ago.

Of course, I made a wish :D

I'm beginning to sound like a secondary school girl on my blog.

emo

2009-11-14T01:50:00.003+08:00

MySpace Playlist at MixPod.com

mmm

2009-11-05T23:33:00.002+08:00

woke up late, had trouble printing notes, waited for 76, 135, 43 for 15 min (only to have 7 of them buses come within 5 min later), waited for 15 min for 30, left in horror and disgust when a single-decked 30 arrived, left in more horror when i bumped into clement in the bus lol, nearly died while standing for that 15 min, finally got a seat which was so squeezy, arrived at lecture so so so late.

Pretty much summed up what was a nasty morning, not forgetting i only managed 4 hours of sleep (and sleep is of utmost importance to me). Fortunately, I was strong and pulled through and brave my way through the storm and went through marketing lecture unscathed. Emerged from LT17 a better man, I met xl and matt and we chatted about getting cap 5.0 and liverpool's demise, very inspiring conversation topics.

The rain came and soothed my soul, and i chilled myself with a mango milkshake. Went for subject pool and then dsc tutorial and then acc tutorial, with my tutorials comprehensively decimated and blown away by all my wrong answers (and i think i really need to go through them tmr morning).

As the sun set, my acc group came out to play, and we continued working tirelessly on our report. working till the sky turned dark, we knew we had to reward ourselves with a thick juicy whopper and so we did, amidst mad banter and mindless chat. At that point in time, my multiple burdens were alleviated for more reasons than one.

Took a bus home with my namesake (he's quite a sexy monk btw), and relaxed to mraz music and samurai warrior. Coming home, handsomely rewarded with a cup of cold water and two juicy pieces of honey-yellow durians that quenched months of inner cravings.

Now, with a guitar in hand, I shall serenade myself shamelessly and sleep before midnight (finally).

AM I AN ARTISTIC WRITER OR WHAT

treasury shares, preference dividends, asset revaluation reserve, and what have you

2009-11-05T03:16:00.002+08:00

after an entire day of mugging at seth's house from 10.30am to 10.30pm, i came home to do my accounting tutorial from 12 midnight till now.

Extremely exhausted now. thinking of ponning marketing lecture tmr. too tired seriously.

Alas, mraz chills my soul and now i shall sleep.

My life is such a beautiful mess now. Its a good thing

project groups.. what a hassle

2009-10-31T17:42:00.003+08:00

In the school canteen mugging now yearrhhrhrarghaahrgha!! Sian, just feel like I'm not studying enough everyday.

Right now, there's a project group beside me. They are so quarrelsome and their debate is volatile and heated! Incredible stuff, and they are constantly criticising the ability of their group members who are not currently present. Hmm, I can tell they all don't really like each other LOL. Thou shalt keep away from foreign girls! Thank God he gave me fantastic project groups. Hope it stays that way until I graduateeeeee.

In other news, waiting for that fat encik frank poh to fetch me to wd's party. For suanning me in my tagboard, u shall die.

WHAT ON EARTH IS THAT LOOK ON YOUR FACE?!?! AND THEN TAKING A PHOTO OF YOURSELF?? COMPLETE RETARD. LIANG TOU SHE

chillout

2009-10-28T23:24:00.003+08:00

after a hard long day of MNO and MKT, i'm chilling out at grandma's with a nice pack of ice cold milo. yooohooo

Alright, hopefully i can finish up both my acc and dsc tutorials before i fall asleep. solitude is an excellent thing.

two sad men

2009-10-26T00:21:00.001+08:00

spent two hours talking to tony about love, life, problems.

can't believe i can find similarities with a 65 yr old man.

still very tired

2009-10-25T03:56:00.003+08:00

MNO project the entire day, amazingly tiring and time-consuming.

MKT project since 1 am. oh boy. still have to worry about MKT assignment as well. I foresee many late nights in school, as well as suppers at grandma's. woohoo!!!

ICE COLD BANANA MILKSHAKE AT MIDNIGHT FTW

tiredddddddd

2009-10-23T03:09:00.002+08:00

I just spent 5 hours on part 1 of my marketing assignment, don't think it was worth it.

Unexciting weeks up ahead, full of school, work, schoolwork, projects, deadlines, and general problems in life. Fortunately, i'm muscular enough to conquer them all.

As much as i'm beginning to sound like an emo uni kid, i'm not! I absolutely adore homework, lectures, tutorials, accounting projects and the such. I am foreseeing more nights at grandma's, because i thoroughly enjoy the recluse (as well as the heavenly icy banana milkshake at midnight).

Having said that, i need to start redoing what I've always loved doing. Unfortunately, time constraints do not permit football this weekend. BUT.. anyone up for weeknight chillout sessions at the pub, or maybe late dota nights (occasionally)?

mugga mugga mugga mugga mugga gameleon

2009-10-21T22:10:00.002+08:00

As the library was closing just now, two indian girls approached me and asked

"Do you know if there's anywhere in school where we can study overnight? :D "

"Sorry, no. :D"

After that fake smile..
OMG DO I LOOK LIKE A MUGGER TO YOU??! Asking me such a question is degrading.

Anyway I finally achieved the nirvana of mugging as I managed to stay in one spot, undistracted for hours on end just purely mugging my brains out. Wow it's quite an incredible feeling, you must try it. Inspiring, surreal, rewarding, fun.

And now to head over to grandma's. Looking forward to supper at the market, can already picture the satay beehoon, 2 pratas, and ice milo to go. *stomach growls* roarrrrr my stomach is a lion.

Unfortunately, there's no internet there. But the joy in that is that I can finish my marketing report with no distractions. Moreover, there is a sense of happiness, independence and thrill when one is unconnected to the rest of the world.

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2009-10-20T20:32:00.002+08:00

sian, tired, stressed, busy, angry. how to study?? :(

perhaps the best therapy would be to spend the entire day tomorrow cooped up studying and then bunking in at bukit merah and eating my favourite chicken rice and ice milo at midnight ftw.

sorry for the unusually emo post. life is getting a little harder than expected!

We have finally replaced Robert Pires

2009-10-18T01:35:00.001+08:00

Andrei Arshavin

BOYZONE MEMBER DIES

2009-10-11T20:57:00.002+08:00

Omg someone from Boyzone died!! Sensational news. The poor guy, he was the gay of the group. How tragic, I don't know how he died though. Anyway i'm not a big fan of Boyzone, just that some of their songs are power la sia. "Picture of you" has to be one of the coolest boyband songs ever.

Anyway, there has been (yet another) uproar over PSLE. Apparently the Maths paper was too hard, then the kids cried and parents complained etc.

SERIOUSLY GROW UP! I mean is this really the future of Singapore? Everything also must complain? Exam hard also complain? Isn't PSLE graded based on a bell curve as well? Besides, exam hard just suck thumb and work harder for the other subjects and your o lvls and a lvls. The kids are like so gu niang nowadays.

There is much to be concerned about. We have developed a breed of over-reliant, weak, results-oriented primary 6 kids. Back when I was primary 6 I was constantly playing marbles and spending all my recesses playing football, so tough and macho!! Nowadays, they just play random online games and facebook with their classmates.

hahaha. look at me! I also work very hard but got owned by DSC and chou fee seng! But i didn't cry... i'm a tough guy.

Well the best possible way to continue this post is to reminisce about my very own PSLE. It was quite simply a blur but I remembered loving the fact that I could go home right after exams!

I also remember not knowing the meaning of 'chivalry' which appeared in the English paper.

I remembered not doing the last problem sum of my Maths paper, simply peering at the next guy's answer and filling it into the answer space below (I guess this was the start of my dishonest cheating habits in exam haha).

Perhaps the most memorable event was my dad buying DREAMCAST on the night before my higher chinese paper. I spent the whole night sitting in the living room watching them play the console and getting all excited about it! needless to say i got a PASS for HCL. n00bed and pwned.

Alas my PSLE results were normal and below my parents' expectations, but hey! who cares man! PSLE = Please Stop Learning English. That was what we used to call it, naive and cute and lame, but if u think about it we actually have stopped learning English! how prophetic and cool.

To end this post, take a look at one of the questions from the controversial aforementioned PSLE Maths paper. It's a toughie, but I think choufeeseng's question 3 was harder.

"Jim bought some chocolates and gave half of it to Ken. Ken bought some sweets and gave half of it to Jim. Jim ate 12 sweets and Ken ate 18 chocolates. The ratio of Jim’s sweets to chocolates became 1:7 and the ratio of Ken’s sweets to chocolates became 1:4. How many sweets did Ken buy?"

First one to give the right answer gets a free autograph from me.

e-learning sucks

2009-10-10T01:18:00.003+08:00

I just completed my first ever e-lecture and i must say it is an absolute horror! I will never ever ever skip a lecture just because it is webcasted!!

Anyway the first episode of Biggest Loser 4 is so cool. Anyone watch the Biggest Loser? It has to be the most wholesome reality show on the planet. It brims with the 'feel good' factor. Great show! Must watch!!

- Highly recommended by Biggest Winner Season 1 champion Glen Tan.

of courage and peers

2009-10-08T00:50:00.004+08:00

I digress from my accounting tutorial.

I remember one fine quiet night when i was in sec 2 (so innocent, still am!), a friend told me that there was a new sentimental lovey emo Bryan Adams song, and being a big fan, he gave me the link over msn and I checked it out.

The lyrics scrolled up slowly (star wars style) but the words were pretty tiny and I had to go closer to the screen to read them. Then all of a sudden, my screen blacked out and this horrific disfigured face of a female monster jumped out of the screen and there was the most ear-piercing spine-chilling fear-inducing glen's-knee-weakening scream of all time blasted on my speakers. Needless to said I was freaked out (mind you i'm actually very brave). My heart skipped many beats and I scampered to turn off the speakers and monitor screen and switched off the entire power to the computer. I was so horrified and intensely fearful that I instantly went to bed.

This happened once or twice more and the effect kept getting worse. Man, come on this will give u nightmares!

Ever since then, whenever i'm video surfing on youtube and see conspicuous videos that hold a certain element of ambiguity and suspiciousness, I would approach the video very carefully and thoroughly read comments, or not bother about it at all.

For the last many many years, I have successfully avoided all of these, until 10 min ago.

Seeing an interesting video about pepsi on facebook, I got tricked into peering closely at the screen again. and then.. BOOMZ. the scary face appeared! OMG the scary face raised my hair and freaked me out again, although not as bad as 7 years ago cos it wasn't that scary and I'm now MUSCULARGLEN. i'm a strong brave man that can defeat all monsters because i'm lvl 99 and they're lvl 1.

Shame on the friend that posted it on facebook!! I can't believe people actually feel any thrill into mindlessly scaring their peers like that! So i would like to appeal to all the kind souls out there, STOP POSTING SUCH LAME VIDEOS THAT WOULD HURT MY STRONG BUT DELICATE HEART! Seriously, post some acoustic emo-momo music that would soothe me, don't be lame and post such retarded stuff. Come on!

That being said, i reiterate that i am very very brave. Some people even call me GlenSimba the Lion, for my outstanding courage.

On to other things...

Chronicles of Tony was great!!! Spent the entire day slogging away at Tony's place and achieved much in terms of work done (force x distance). Besides that, there was fantastic music like ABBA and Westlife (i didn't quite enjoy Teresa Teng).

Besides that, Tony is right. There is a lot of team spirit in our MNO group! I'm extremely delighted to be in a group of fun people who are very genuine. We work hard for each other and there's a lot of enjoyment in the process. There is no complaints of splitting of work and no wayang. Such a refreshing change from army (in bmt not in maju, but sometimes in maju... hmmmmmm hahahhaa)

After hearing how people say "friends in uni suck", I decided not to waste my time in FOC and O-week. Of course, i was too caught up in enjoying my holidays and teaching tuition and driving, but i felt like i didn't have any more energy in me to do corny cheers and to meet new people. I don't regret not going, but i'm glad that despite not going for both orientation camps, i've not been treated differently by ppl around. Despite a slow start whereby i went to every lecture alone and sat alone at the very back of the LT (btw, this is very effective and good. it allows one to attain a state of peace and calm, and become 'one' with the lecture notes), Mr Tab helped me to assimilate into the alum group, although i still don't know 90% of the girls and i don't know if some of them are even in the alum group or not LOL.

I believe that despite our group being the most last minute in getting a project, the delay was worth it as we got ourselves a fantastic project!! easily the best our there! (THANKS ESTHER)

Ok I have reached my daily emo limit.
Shall continue with FIFO, LIFO, WAC. Seriously accountants have no life.
Marketing FTW

What a cracker by Tan!!!

2009-10-05T02:39:00.003+08:00

Devoid of ideas on what to write, responding to jlo's tag on the tagboard has given me inspiration on what to blog about in the wee hours of the night.

My stupendous football goal

Its a bright cooling evening here at Toa Payoh Arena, whereby two great teams have gathered to do battle on the pitch today, in what could be a potential title-decider. Gunning for the top after being billed pre-season as underdogs, LorongAhSoo FC have surprised many a skeptic and are fast closing in on the title. A recent good run of form saw them swept aside many tough opponents in convincing fashion, with cracking goals from Jlo the Ball-destroyer & Dangerous Dan, assisted (albeit extremely luckily) by Seth the Dog and Alvin the Poacher.

The team today is captained by inspirational leader Muscular Glen, who has recently suffered a dip in form. That can only be explained by his recent experience with the infamous illness, queerly named "ORD", which plummets a man back into the depths of unfitness and transform him into something of a swine. Effects of the illness include severe lack of stamina, a Fatty Layer over ABS (FLABS), and addiction to dota. This has hampered Muscular Glen's performances on the pitch, but I'm sure he'll want to make amends today and prove the critics wrong.

On the other side of the pitch, we have Toa Payoh Indians FC, a group of indians from Toa Payoh. Stereotypically, they're good.

*beep*

The referee blows the whistle! And we're off!

Some quick passing exchanges and a few tough tackles are the story of the day. Both teams quickly warm the hands of the opposition's keeper.

Keeper Seth the Dog throws a slow ball out to Muscular Glen, but he gets tackled! He loses the ball in a dangerous position, and Indian 1 must score!!

OHHHH WHAT A SAVE FROM SETH THE DOG. Pure class, perfectly suited for the role of keeper, unfortunately not suited for any other role. Oh that mistake by Muscular Glen could have been so costly.

Muscular Glen seems out of his depth at the moment. There were questions regarding his match fitness and his recent lack of form, and there have been calls for the manager (who is also Muscular Glen) to drop him, in essence, to drop himself. Fortunately, the manager has decided against it and once again, allowing the world to view his talent, but will he produce the goods for LorongAhSoo FC?

And Jlo, gets the ball in defence, passes to Alvin the really lazy Poacher, who controls it scrappily. Muscular Glen calls for the ball, Alvin gives it to him. They're still in defence but they're under heavy pressure. Muscular Glen finds a gap and plays a 1-2 with Alvin, who gives him back a lousy bouncing ball.

Muscular Glen takes the ball, but he's being squeezed by two people!! What will he do?? Muscular Glen is pushed to the side with considerable force but he has somehow managed to kick the ball despite being so roughly man-handled! With a majestic swing of his boot, he connects with the ball sweetly!!! The ball starts to fly towards Indian Keeper's goal. It looks like its heading straight for the top corner!! Indian Keeper attempts a desperate dive!! NO CHANCE!! HE HAD NO CHANCE!!! MUSCULAR GLEN SCORES ONE OF THE BEST GOALS OF ALL TIME!!! WHAT A CRACKER SON!!! WHAT A CRACKER!!! THAT IS GENIUS! THAT IS GENIUS! YOU DON'T BUY THEM, THEY DON'T COME IN PACKETS. THIS INCREDIBLY MUSCULAR MAN HAS SCORED AN INCREDIBLE GOAL. I AM FLABBERGASTED AND AMAZED AT WHAT I'VE SEEN, AND THE CROWD IS TOO! I AM TRULY BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO WITNESS THIS GOAL TODAY!! HIS TEAMMATES EMBRACE HIM AND THE CROWD ARE ABSOLUTELY LOVING IT HERE. IT JUST DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS..

*commentator catches his breath*

Let's see the replay

What an amazing player. Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties, we are unable to show you the rest of Muscular Glen's exploits at the Toa Payoh Arena.

Goodnight!

for the love of mugging

2009-10-02T09:10:00.002+08:00

i'm in hon sui sen library mugging now!!! even though my class only starts in 3 hours time!! i'm crazy!!! i love to mug!!!

This is fantastic and surreal

tremors

2009-09-30T18:36:00.003+08:00

Just felt tremors 5 minutes ago. A horrifying feeling when you think that something so small is already causing so much fear, how about those at the epicenter?

Unfortunately, the reality is that Singapore doesn't quite care about earthquakes and I have to complete my management science tutorial.

Back to mugging.

dsc2003

2009-09-29T00:54:00.002+08:00

desperately disappointed with DSC mid terms. no more late nights!

Every tuition lesson I teach...

2009-09-22T00:18:00.002+08:00

Dr Accrued Service Revenue 62.50
Cr Service Revenue 62.50

Must be done at the end of the month. Closing entry. Study. Study. Study.

What are the 4 features of an information society?

1. A society in which economical and cultural life is critically dependent on information and communication technologies.

2. A society in which information is central to the government and economy

3. A society in which information is the main product or is essential to other products

4. A society which is integrated by complex communication networks which rapidly exchange and develop information

GG

:D

2009-09-16T15:16:00.000+08:00

PLATE REMOVED! Time to flash my megawatt smile *beams*

2009-09-11T00:58:00.002+08:00

Arsene Wenger is the most incredible man you'll ever find. In a time when people are just speaking in anger and foolishness about babyfarming and stealing of young people, Wenger comes out to show to all that he is the GREATEST MIND IN FOOTBALL. (Unlike a certain demented Mr Ferguson who tries to shy away from the situation and claiming "it would be ridiculous to pay the parents", how short-sighted and unbrave to speak up against the demons of UEFA)

Here is what Arsene Wenger had to say:

"People think that we take 30 players every year and you get them into your academy," he insisted. "No, it's not like that. When we take one or two, we give them a top level education, we give them a top level scholarship, and we look after them socially.

"Look at the alternative. If you ban players from moving before the age of 18, you know what will happen? The player will be sold anyway,'' he said. "To whom? To agents. At what age? At 13, 14. Where will they go? Not to top-level clubs with top-level education.

"They will go to clubs who have been bought by business people, of a very low level, and will stay there until the age of 18 waiting to be sold. The money will go out of the game. You have always to look if you make one decision, what kind of alternative?

"If your players cannot move to the best clubs, I believe they will not improve. At the end of the day, to be a top-level player is to be with the best. You can speak bout the compensation level, is it right or not. I am open to that.

"I am against the process of stopping the players moving to the top level. If you have a child who is a good musician, what is your first reaction? It is to put it into a good music school, not in an average one, so why should that not happen in football?"

Oh gosh so blindingly obvious why can't the rest of europe see the logic.

Everytime

2009-09-04T17:42:00.001+08:00

GREAT STUFF. A1 IS BACK. ACOUSTIC VERSION OF ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS EVER

i am still

2009-08-30T02:35:00.003+08:00

Now i know why chelsea fans sent death threats to refree Ovrebo last season after their ucl semifinal lost. i really want to stick a bullet in the head of mike dean and his sidekick 4th official. funny how he looks so much like his namesake, mike riley.

I AM SO UPSET :((((((

MIKE DEAN: SATAN

2009-08-30T02:14:00.003+08:00

how arsenal lost is a complete mystery to me. MAN U HAVE NO SKILL ARSENAL HAVE NO LUCK.

-arsenal 6 bookings, twice of united's
-a blatant dive from rooney, even if it wasn't a dive, it wasn't a penalty
-sending wenger off for kicking a bottle? how low can u get?!?
-disallowed goal
-didn't catch fletcher's crap tackle on arshavin. that was a LOL
-gave rvp a booking 2 minutes right after that for a similiar tackle
-hitting the post
-poor own goal from diaby :(

MIKE DEAN U DEVIL.U ARE THE KING OF OLD TRAFFORD - SATAN.
CAN'T WAIT TO DESTROY UNITED AT EMIRATES!!

Eduardo's dive

2009-08-29T20:06:00.000+08:00

No doubt Eduardo dived. But a 2 match ban?? you can't be serious! here are some quotes from an article on soccernet.

First up, the rule of FIFA:

Players may be suspended for two competition matches, or for a specified period, for acting with the obvious intent to cause any match official to make an incorrect decision or supporting his error of judgement and thereby causing him to make an incorrect decision.

Fair enough i must say.
Now, some though-provoking statements for you that i've personally felt for a long time.

If Eduardo is punished for 'intent to deceive the referee' then are we to demand retrospective bans for players who claim a corner when they know full well that the ball came off their opponent?

YEAH!! Why are people punished for diving, but not punished for claiming for a throw in when they jolly well knew they kicked the ball out??

Presumably, Uefa are currently on the phone to Bristol City to ensure that the entire team that witnessed Freddie Sears' 'goal' for Crystal Palace are on the receiving end of a two-game ban.

Feel free to youtube "freddie sears goal crystal palace bristol city" and watch this amazing piece of refereeing. LOL.

Back to the Eduardo case and, furthermore, why is the spectre of a suspension hanging over the striker when, if spotted by the referee at the time, this is an offence that commands a yellow card at the very most? The possible punishment does not fit the crime.

Precisely! Usually diving warrants a yellow card! why a 2 match ban suddenly? UEFA you are weak. really really weak.

Bah i hate scottish football. come on arsenal, lets steamroll old trafford tonight!!

OMG

2009-08-15T11:53:00.002+08:00

OMG THE BEST BOYBAND OF ALL TIME A1
IS HAVING A 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY REUNION IN NORWAY!?!?

school

2009-08-13T15:56:00.002+08:00

School has started. boohoo :(

Two lectures so far and i must say GOOD JOB GLEN for being able to pay attention throughout both lectures. Lunche at vivo after school with the 2 cool females in my life are pretty nice as well, before a long nap on the long bus ride home.

Can't wait to watch iCarly and Drake & Josh later! Seriously the best 2 nickelodeon shows ever!

Fingerstyle: Lucky

2009-08-04T22:24:00.002+08:00

One of the best songs around imo. Can still remember how all of the maju dudes were criticising it in bunk when we first heard it together on a random slack morning. Lol!

Sorry guys i only learnt the verse! lol! lets hope the chorus will follow.

Welcome to Manchester

2009-07-27T00:58:00.003+08:00

Well, just read a news report on this beautiful poster which is as huge as a billboard and pasted right outside a busy Manchester shopping centre (waiyip go take a photo for me when u get there!). Even though i'm not a City fan myself, but i hate Man Utd more. Much much more.

Anyway this poster has created some controversy with Sir Alex Ferguson lacking sufficient maturity to actually ignore the taunt of the poster and branding it "arrogant". LOL the man is losing it. He lost his ultimate workhorse Carlos Tevez and is left with a dumb lazy goal-eluding skunk called Dimitar Berbatov. Of course i would be sore and suck my thumb and whine to my mum & the paparazzi at every opportunity i get.

Anyway here's the story behind the poster in a nutshell:

You see, Man City originated in MANCHESTER itself. However, Man Utd came from a small town called STRETFORD which isn't really in Manchester. Of course, the City fans have not hesitated to emphasise on that fact (they don't really have anything else to suan Man Utd about cos they pretty much suck).

So when Tevez moved from the red half to blue half of Manchester, they are pretty much just saying "Ah Tevez ya son of ar gun, previously ya wer' in Stretford with those Man Utd c*nts, and we ol know they ain't fram Manchester, but now ye has finally com to the actual citeh of Manchester. So welcome! make yeself at 'ome, and hap yeself a cuppa tea while ya're at it"

Of course Sir Alex is such a SNAG and actually took offence at that. yeah whatever. Don't you think the poster would be an absolutely BRILLIANT SHIRT DESIGN? Just checked it out and yes they have it on ebay!!! incredible! but they only ship in UK. I must get my hands on it!!

P.S. Sorry Man City Tevez was a great signing but you pretty much blew it when you signed Adebayor.

Hotel California

2009-07-26T02:40:00.003+08:00

I remember staying away from this song for a long time due to rumours about it being Satanic. I finally plucked up courage to do some research on it. The lyrics are a little suspect when certain websites actually do make alot of outstanding interpretations towards Satanic themes. Then there's the "play backward and you can hear Satan's voice" thing that i can assure, is absolute rubbish. I have heard it myself and it's quite coincidental but erm, i'm quite sure if u do that for every song, u can find one or two Satanic lines as well. It's all in the mind.

Work of the devil, or not, this song should be appreciated for the musical genius it holds within. The rich melody enriched with cryptic lyrics are so cool that a cool 21 year old like me can appreciate music from 30+ years ago (and isn't mambo music). Check out this live version below. The intro has to be the most incredible and beautiful blend of acoustic guitars ever.

Cesc Fabregas, by Glen Tan

2009-07-25T02:49:00.001+08:00

Epic Wimbledon Final

2009-07-06T02:12:00.003+08:00

Incredible match of tennis!! Preposterous, scintillating, epic, patrick, incredible, amazing, captivating, heartbreaking, intense, spongebob, marvellous, stupendous, ridiculous, sandy, spectacular!!!

Federer with a truly lucky win, although i don't agree that roddick was the better player. It looked like it was two people truly toe-to-toe and tit-for-tat, equally matched in every way. How roddick held serve for 4 hours was incredible, and when he was finally broken, it was tragic!! His entire final game was lost with semi unforced errors which is so uncharacteristic considering the way he's been playing the last 2 weeks! To see him so distraught at the end simply broke my heart... awwW........ (i sound like a fangirl)

Yeah federer!! 15 grand slams! back to world number 1! would like to see federer win the us open by kicking nadal's butt in the finals! Nadal you chicken!! You skipped wimbledon cos ur such a scaredy cat!

Now the most mind-boggling question: Is Roger Federer the greatest ever tennis player?

Here on muscularglen.blogspot.com, I, the author, seek to give you the best and most accurate answer. Your opinions are strictly limited to the tagboard, or any other form of communication which you usually use to communicate with me.

And now here is the answer.

Answer: No. *GASP, shrieks of disbelief erupt from the centre court crowd*
Reason: If you would so kindly scroll below the tagboard and below my muscular playlist, under the section Archives, click on 2008, and then scroll down to the entry dated 1 October 2008. Ahh.. rings a bell?

There you go, eat that Roger Federer!

P.S. I am planning for my next post to be a simply epic post. Stay tuned. For some clues as to what it is about, simply refer to the string of adjectives at the top of this post and spot the oddities. Goodnight!

RF

2009-07-05T23:07:00.000+08:00

4 set points saved by federer COME ON!!!

OOHHH BOY

2009-06-19T12:59:00.013+08:00

My ovation guitar finally arrived on tuesday from the US!! ain't it so beautiful and lovely and cool? (just like its owner)

It looks good and sounds good

Check out the detail on the laminated wood. sweet!!!

Check out the strings!!! they look normal~

:(

2009-05-30T23:52:00.003+08:00

Thus marks the end of my term with jurong west primary school. Had too much fun. Thanks to God, Frank and Mrs Yap for giving me the best job i will ever have in my life. Hopefully, maybe in the distant future, I will once again be given the chance to interact with kids so much on a daily basis again.

That being said, I was given a bunch of the most innocent, naughty, and wonderful children ever. Purest of intentions, willingness to help, and genuine innocence. People in uni life and the working world are gonna suck compared to this!!

Touched by 3F once again, who showered me with many gifts and 38 lovely personal cards. In return i showered them with some gifts i hope they will like and remember forever!

I shall post pictures of the devils up on muscularglen.blogspot.com soon. Stay tuned!

In other news, having heard that it would take 2-3 months for the next stock of ovation guitars to come, I have went on ebay and bought myself one directly from the US.

PWNAGE OF MY WALLET IS COMPLETE!!

Last day

2009-05-29T01:00:00.001+08:00

Later on today marks my last day in school. Finally finished all marking and admin matters.

Gonna miss the kids alot. All my primary 1 classes and my primary 3 class. :(

Just when life couldn't get any better...

2009-05-25T11:05:00.002+08:00

Blogging from work! Excellent stuff. Marking is a chore :(

Anyway God has been so kind to me, i feel so blessed. After a nasty start to 2009, things just keep getting better and better and i absolutely love it right now!

ORD, followed by a superb break, then landing myself such a delightful cheerful fun heartwarming job, meeting so many cute cool crazy kids, enjoying life on a daily basis with bowling soccer supper pool dinners at jurong point, and now.. THIS.

SIMPLY INCREDIBLE. WHY ARE U SO KIND TO ME GOD, i don't deserve it!! Thank you!!! *faints*

Intended to make my life happier on Saturday but God said "NO". After falling in love with an ovation cc-24, and further thrilled when the salesman told me it was on 20% discount, i was all ready to spend the bucks. Unfortunately, my choice of colour will now and forever be my bane. Not only is there no stock currently, but the stock has actually been delayed and they don't know when the new stock is coming in. WHATT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Give me my ovation guitar now!

Alright, back to marking english workbooks.. hopefully the kids will be well behaved later.

cool

2009-05-21T00:42:00.003+08:00

Oh i just achieved the ultimate zen in life:

12.30am, cup of milk, fan blowing at me, guitar in hand, playing along to one of the best songs of all time.

And IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII, I won't worry my life away.

ARSENAL SUCKS

2009-05-11T00:50:00.003+08:00

I no longer enjoy watching arsenal play.

As long as fabianski, walcott, djourou, song, diaby, silvestre, adebayor, nasri, gibbs remain in the team, we will never win anything. To the names mentioned above, PLEASE PULL UP YOUR SOCKS. To fabianski, silvestre and adebayor and song, please get out of the club.

To Mr Arsene Wenger, please stop giving us rubbish about "young maturing players" with "lots of potential" and can you imagine them "5 years from now". ENOUGH!! The last time i heard that from a man called David O'Leary, he destroyed a club into the depths of the english slums! No more youngsters, i hate youngsters, this isn't Football Manager.

Our best players were at their trophy-winning best over the age of 27: Ljungberg, Pires, Henry Vieira, Bergkamp. Even our current best player Mr Arshavin is 27. So enough crap. no more youngsters.

WILLIAM GALLAS, YOU WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG. YOU ARE THE REAL HERO OF ARSENAL. OUR SLUMP HAS COINCIDED WITH YOUR INJURY. PLEASE COME BACK AND SAVE ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB.

AWARE saga

2009-05-05T10:36:00.002+08:00

Disclaimer: This post has strong sentiments of sexism and if you are sensitive to that, eg. you are from AWARE, then please leave muscularglen.blogspot.com now. Thanks.

The whole AWARE saga has obviously created quite a little bit of buzz in singapore recently, and i think it's time Muscularglen.blogspot gives it's two cents worth on the whole issue.

UTTER CRAP!

Oh gosh we have hundreds and even thousands of grown "matured" women having a NICE LITTLE CATFIGHT under the watching eyes of the general public. Hello? Act your age women! You have a meeting, then a vote. The new blood triumphs, the old blood loses. It then kicks up a fuss and throws a tantrum.

THEN VOTE FOR WHAT?

Voting was invented by some group of dudes a long time ago to exemplify the essence of FAIRNESS. It's not like the new group of ppl cheated and rigged the votes or something. Sure they went around convincing ppl, hey vote for me, hey join AWARE and vote for me, etc. I thought that was called campaigning or something, no?

Then the old blood (old usually equates to maturity and graciousness) very childishly and ungraciously quits. "I LOST?! ZOMG!! I dun wanna play anymore! hmphz!!!" --> that was likely what they said when they heard the results.

Of course, the media got wind of the whole thing and hyped up the whole catfight. Both sides childishly chiding at each other and shooting remarks one would usually hear in a secondary school sec 3 classroom. Yadayadayada.

I mean come on, i'm not trying to be sexist now. But when you have women who grow up believing that they deserve equal rights and think that they are better than men, then it is a recipe for disaster. Women can be equal, but the saying goes "BEHIND every successful man, is a good wife." In DOTA, there are support heroes, and there are killers. Women are like support heroes, they go around healing the men, buffing them up, saving them with a timely spell when the men get in trouble. Now that is essential. The men, with such support, are then able to roam around the map with the aid of women, to kill the opponents. Now, there are exceptions. Some support heroes might buy a Dagon, or a Skadi, and chip in with some kills of their own! some even go own to Monster Kill streaks, and that is one heck of an achievement for support heroes and women in general.

What i'm trying to say is that, women are great people and they can be as successful as men. However, history has shown that natural characteristics of men make men better candidates to lead. Men definitely have more physicality and thus are able to work harder as well. But there will always be exceptions to the rule and select women can be as great, if not greater than men.

However being in AWARE kinda psychos the women to think that they can be damn good and all. Women of AWARE, if you want to be as great as men, I suggest you start doing our jobs. Swap places with the bangla construction workers for a month!! Well if all of you are as efficient and hardworking as them in building the Circle Line, then ok AWARE is a great organisation.

One recent quote by a member of the old blood was quite funny. It was directed at Josie Lau i think. It went like "When women were being abused by their husbands, when young girls were being raped, where were you.... where were you!?!?"

Erm.. hello? Then where were you gal pal? Lol. Do u think AWARE can seriously stop rape and abuse cases? Sure if u are professor X then you can use your psychic powers to find out who'e in trouble and then ask nightcrawler to teleport you there and save the girl/woman in trouble. You can't prevent such horrific incidents. Only the X-men and the Police Force can. AWARE can only provide backup support such as counselling. So where were you when all of those happened? At home drinking coffee and being all proud of your status as a powerful successful immature woman.

Grow up women of AWARE, before i make you all stay back for recess and send all of you to the PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE!

Bowling

2009-05-04T02:09:00.003+08:00

Definitely my favourite sport to play, (football comes in a close second, but there's something about bowling..)

Went bowling with Ash, Stone and WJ again today. super fun!! like seriously i love chinese swimming club cos there's always no one there and we can make a huge fool of ourselves and the people there already know we're fools so they won't bother about us. Bowled 131, 191, 212, 168, 187. well done la glen tan. really need to break the 180 barrier. always seem to bowl one bad game that ruins everything.

Then ash went to fetch diane and pearlyn and we had supper before going home. As usual supper was full of crap and laughing our heads off at things like stacy's mom and zhar bors and other random stuff. Was disappointed to find out that the current VJ guys team has degenerated into shit now. Currently 10th overall after the first day of competition. What the heck. Then also found out that Uncle Billy walked out on the team, cos the current crop was too lousy, disrespectful, and couldn't care less about playing properly. Hello? Shame on you.

Then again, mr glen tan had never done VJ proud either. Still full of regrets that for every competition, I was never able to perform up to my best. The pressure always got to me and a bad run of form would hit just when competition started. In VS, I did relatively ok in sec 1 but the rest of the years, my bowling rotted as a certain paul chua ruined my bowling aspirations with the crappiest, most insincere coaching i have ever seen. He was a nice guy and all, but shouldn't get into coaching. Haha always remember while we were training, he would just sit there chatting with some auntie. Dude, whats wrong with you. Yeah and while David went on to be such an immense bowler, I stagnated and fell by the wayside, and almost lost interest in bowling altogether.

I always remember a particular incident in sec 3. There was once i injured my thumb so badly after training. Yet competition was nearing and I forced myself to go for a saturday training at yishun. Having travelled all the way there, i realised that with the state of my finger, i couldn't bowl at all. Therefore i convinced uncle paul to enlarge my thumb hole so that the injury wouldn't touch the ball when i bowled. No idea why on earth he agreed to doing that, but he did so, and in the process, ruined my ball for the next 2 years. This was a great ball at that time that would go on to become the legendary "Grandfather Ball".

So during competition, I realised i really couldn't bowl well with my ball with the thumb hole now screwed beyond repair. So when halfway through the competition i changed my ball to my much-lousier red Hot Shots ball, my scores improved. And thus i convinced myself that my red ball was better than my Grandfather ball. This went on till JC. Needless to say, my bowling average hit the 140s-150s, sinking to a level that was below my Sec 1 level.

In VJ, not knowing what CCA to join, i unwillingly signed up for bowling after much coercing from mason to accompany him. By some stroke of luck, i got into the team and resumed my normal bowling average of 150 with my crappy red ball. My dis-interest continued and soon i found myself on the outskirts of the team. Then, A divs approached and on selection day, i bowled crappily and found myself pushed into the Boys 2nd team. I was like "WHAT?!!? DUDE I HAVE HAD ENOUGH!"

So i went home and took out my dusty Grandfather Ball, untouched for 2 years. I brought it on one fine training day at Victor's Superbowl. I walked over to Marina Superbowl and got Uncle Walter to redrill the thumb hole for 50 bucks. After it was done, I went back to Victor's Superbowl with my ball, and my bowling was metamorphosised.

The improvement was incredible, my average instantly hit the 160s-170s and after 2 years of crap bowling, I suddenly saw why i had been bowling like crap. I started focusing on Uncle Billy's teachings and methods, and transformed myself, determined to prove myself despite not being in the 1st team. I found myself bowling like a God and soon, was at the same level as the 1st team.

A divs came and the most interesting thing happened. The previous day, the top seeds bowled and the top average was 220. Glen being the champion that he was borned to be, bowled a 1st game of 248. That put me in 1st place :) 2nd game was a 195, that still left me in 1st place. That was when Uncle Billy came over and told me "ok glen just focus on your game and don't think about anything else. Stay focused and bowl your normal style." However it literally fell on deaf ears as all that was going through my mind at that time was "wow, if i keep this up, tomorrow's newspaper headlines would be SHOCK WIN FOR UNKNOWN AT A DIVS BOWLING TOURNEY." I'm serious! Needless to say, my next 2 games were less than ideal and I dropped to 18th, which really isn't so bad for someone in VJ 2nd team.

On the 2nd day of tournament, a few ACJC and RJC guys came over to my lane to watch this rising unknown star bowl, curious to see what threat he posed to them. Needless to say, they left after 1 game. HAHAHAHAH. shame on me really.

But that competition really showed me that i could mix it up with the big guns! yeah!! I had rediscovered my passion and love for bowling, as well as the confidence i so badly needed. I had gained a new companion, my Grandfather Ball. It was nicknamed by the rest of the team as it was a 3 year old ball, compared to the fresh young balls of every other bowler in the team. It was a dull green, while the others had vibrant colours with glittery designs. It was scratched and chipped, while everyone else's had polished balls. Despite that, the much maligned Grandfather Ball had performance beyond its uninteresting appearance and served me well. A slow ball with little spin could still strike the pins with tons of venom and power.

From there, I kept improving and improving after so many years of stagnation. For the next 1 year my scores kept improving. Finally in year 2, I was able to hit an average of 185-195 at my peakest of peaks, a month before competition. That was my prime. I was so proud of myself, and i finally broke into 1st team, being in a quartet with 3 other incredible bowlers: matthew, sam and joshua. Will always remember how during one competition, we all bowled 190 averages to steamroll the competition. Incredible feeling.

Unfortunately, the A divs in year 2 was held at Yishun SAFRA, the bane of my very existence. There, the constant jibes at my Grandfather Ball turned into real criticism and it was said to have "no bite" on the synthetic lanes at Yishun. I fell for the taunts of my coaches and teammates and lost trust in myself and my ball, instead opting to get another 2nd hand ball that was given to me by a teacher. The breakdown of trust between ball and bowler sealed my fate. Our friendship was soured and i could no longer bowl well. Competition came and despite the overwhelming support from classmates and friends, it turned out to be a nightmare experience as i let my whole team down. The team described by Mr Chua as the "best guys team we have ever formed" was torn into shreds, though we did not perform below expectation. However a 190 average from mr glen tan could have made things very different, but it was not meant to be.

Then, i felt so depressed with bowling. My 6 year school bowling career had ended on a terrible note. All the hard work, for nothing in the end.

Then Collegiate came along, and i was given a 2nd chance to redeem myself. The poor form from A divs carried on as the 1st round at Tampines SAFRA ended up in dismal shame for me, with a 140 average. I can so distinctly remember wanting to quit the sport altogether.

The 2nd round however, was when Glen and Grandfather Ball finally re-established their magical partnership. A slow start with a 130 game didn't help things. but a 180 game followed by a final game of 230 effectively spelled a new start for the pair. With my 1st round score being so lousy, I had been given a 30 pin handicap and was effectively top bowler of the 2nd round! WHOOPEE GLEN FTW.

I never looked back and unfortunately, a lvls and army spelt the end of bowling.

Until people like frank, ashwin and family came along to reignite my passion in bowling. In 2009, mr glen tan has hit seven 200+ games, an incredible achievement for a man with such raw talent.

Perhaps another few more months of practice and i'll be ready for competitions! Singapore, your new national bowling star is coming. For now, i will continue to secretly train at chinese swimming club. Anyone, wanna join?

Anecdotes of a Relief Teacher #2

2009-04-04T23:15:00.002+08:00

It's been 2 weeks since i started teaching in jurong west primary. It's been about a week since i last posted about my experience.

3F, that bunch of demons. I ACTUALLY LOVE TO TEACH THEM!! Despite constantly trying to make my life difficult, they are just the most adorable bunch of kids around. There are the monitresses who are so effective in their work. When i want work collected they zoom to my table and start organising everything and pinpointing all the criminals who have yet to hand up their work. They're like robots! They do their job with a passion, not wayang. If these girks were in army.. CONFIRM OCS.

The monitors, unfortunately, are timid and relatively soft with a knack for telling me secrets about their friends' misbehaviour. One of them even tried lying to me when i caught him red-handed eating sweets.. LOL. made him stay back during recess and tore him down till he completely regretted his folly.

Too bad, the monitresses and monitors have changed and the new group isn't looking too good.

Then there's the group of boys, who constantly irritate my hair off, disrupting the class at every opportunity they can get. mun hong, j'sen, jerome, anyon, wilson, prem, please improve ur attitude :(

on friday had a good english lesson with them, giving them a quiz on a worksheet i created myself. after their recess, i sat in their maths lesson to see how mrs alex handles the class. She completely owns them. they are like dear angels in her maths lessons, i'm so envious :( she is so established with her discipline with them. Right after their maths was their pe lesson with me, and the moment she left the classroom, they put on their devil tails and took their tridents and started running around like animals.

I was infuriated

I made them go in and out of class and scolded them for a good 15 min, and when we were finally downstairs at the court, they started running wild again. and then i started ripping into them in the middle of the whole school. Totally pissed off and gave them a piece of my mind. In the end, the bell rang and we didn't have PE at all.. sigh. apparently, when i asked them "do you want me to be as fierce as mrs alex?" they were shaking their head in desperation. which must mean she is really fierce, and that i'm not as fierce. Perhaps it would require me to take out one naughty kid and really tear him down in front of the entire class, before they start to take me really seriously. Will do it this week.

Despite the unhappy incident, they didn't fail to warm my heart just before school ended. Just before flag lowering, when i handed out consent forms for remedial lessons to 3 pre-selected students who didn't do well their in english exam last year, it prompted a few of them to ask:

3F: "Mr Tan!! what is that paper for!"
Glen: "Remedial lessons, you all want? Don't want then keep quiet ok?"
1st Random student: "Remedial?! I WANT!!!!!!!!"
2nd Random student: "Mr Tan i also want!! Can i go for remedial also!?!"
3rd Random student: " Not fair!! She already got science and maths remedial!! now she got english remedial also but i don't have!!"
4th Random student: "I only have maths remedial!! i also want english remedial!!"
5th Random student: "Mr Tan so can i go please???"
Glen: *in utter disbelief* "erm ok i will see how"

Wow these kids are either brainwashed beyond measure, or they really have a passion for learning, or they love their english teacher. Hope it's the last two!

Finally, I love my job. I look forward to going to teach everyday and I can't wait for monday. sadly it's only a temporary job :(

Earth Hour

2009-03-28T20:29:00.003+08:00

TIME FOR EARTH HOUR

If you are as eco-friendly, nature-loving, air-con-hating & earth-concious as i am, turn off your lights now!!

p.s. i dun really hate air-cons

Anecdotes of a Relief Teacher #1

2009-03-24T21:37:00.002+08:00

Anecdotes of a Relief Teacher #1:

- Woke up feeling nauseous & sick
- Went to school at 12
- Met the other teachers of the class i'm teaching, 3F
- Had a 2 hour english lesson with them
- Hell began
- Recess
- Supervised a Pri 1 PE gymnastics class
- Sat in a p1 Malay class to oversee them doing work as their teacher wasn't around
- Hell continued
- Went home
- Fell ill
- Fell asleep

As you can see i had the most eventful and horrible of first days. incredibly horrible. i have been given an absolute bunch of demons as my main class, this pri 3 class called 3F. A bunch of 9-year-olds, supposedly sweet, cute, obedient and pleasant, but these guys are nothing but scoundrels! Just a get to know your name session was already so hard for me! Moreover being my first day, no one gave me any help or time on how to prepare lesson and so i had to ask them to read books for 30 min while i prepared the lesson in class. even bringing these guys for recess was a chore. These rascals just keep walking out of their seat in class, and chit-chatting none stop. When you shout at them, they keep quiet for 5 seconds... then continue!! drove me nuts!!! When i changed into shirt and shorts for PE lesson, they kept asking stuff like

"Teacher where are your clothes?"
"Teacher where you change?"
"Teacher how you change?"
"Teacher your clothes is it in your bag? EEe no wonder so smelly!!"
"Teacher where you get your clothes?"
"Teacher is it you bring more than one clothes to school"

oh my goodness............

Tomorrow i shall try a new approach on them. REDUCE RECESS + DETENTION.

I will be their TEACHER FROM HELL.

Meanwhile the p1 kids are really much nicer and cuter and easier to handle. The PE class was funny. This boy slapped a girl cos he said she cut queue, causing the girl to cry. Dude you can't do that!!

Then during the p1 malay class, the malay kids were given worksheets to do. Then this fat malay boy was so funny, constantly coming up to me and asking me how to do his malay worksheet. Dude i'm chinese!! To make things worse, he kept talking to me in Malay!! Then he brought his chair to my table and kept talking to me in Malay! how come the whole class can see that i'm not Malay except him!

Glen: "I'm chinese, i can't understand Malay"
Fat Malay Boy: "awwwwwwwwwww man!"

Glen: "I'm chinese, i can't understand Malay"
Fat Malay Boy: "I'm Malay, i can speak Chinese! You Chinese, cannot speak Malay?"
Glen: "Then you speak Chinese for me"
Fat Malay Boy: "Ding dong ding dong ding"

@_@

I really dread teaching my p3 class.. any teachers got any advice?!?!

Today...

2009-03-08T21:47:00.002+08:00

Today my 2009 took a major turn for the better!! God provided a sign. HE ASKED A BIRD WHO FLEW PAST TO SHIT ON MY HEAD!! RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE!!!

Few things happened that were blessings

1. Got a new phone! I am officially a civilian now. Thanks dad.
2. Esther asked me to tuition her cousin!! Woots!!!
3. Siqing asked me to replace him in tuitioning some kid for 6 weeks! Woots with a capital W!!!!

I'm happy. Time to find a job.

Nice???

2009-03-07T03:03:00.000+08:00

Mr A-Z

2009-03-06T02:18:00.004+08:00

JASON MRAZ'S CONCERT WAS SMOKIN HOT!!! BEST LIVE PERFORMANCE I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY WHOLE SHORT LIFE!!!

The groove and vibe was flowing through the entire indoor stadium, just an incredible feeling seeing people around me dance to REAL MUSIC, and not rnb and rap thrash or chinese emo-momo crap or korean lyric-mumblers. Can everyone in this world please start listening to proper music. Can everyone please watch proper live performances.

Everyone, just watch Jason Mraz.

and stop wasting ur money on JJ shed-tears Lin. (oops no offence, i heard he's a good singer-songwriter but that tear thing is just disgusting)

My toys

2009-02-24T02:09:00.007+08:00

It's a nice peaceful cold Monday night/Tuesday morning, and being the bored handsome young man that i am, i decided to play around with some of my toys, as well as snap some gorgeous photos of them in their candid moments. Let me intro u to some of my toys.

Spongebob Squarepants & Patrick Starfish!!!

They were reunited only recently as patrick was with me

for 1.5 years in my army bunk.

Because of that, the both of them just can't stop smiling. like seriously!!

everytime i look at them they're smiling!! spooky.. i know.

Them watching some indian carnival by my room window..
it's 2am now and it's still on-going.. zzz noisy

Still watching the show. Very engrossed by the lively performances
that they don't get to see when they're in the sea.
As u can see, spongebob actually puts his hand around patrick.
They're really good friends! awwWwWww... so sweet!!

In another remote part of glen's room,
street fighters Ryu & Ken face off against the evil murderous Akuma!!
Dubbed the most titanic showdown of all time,
will the two heroes triumph over the darkness?
only time will tell...

Ryu: "Konichiwa Akuma!! I'm from Japan!!"

Ken: "Yo dude!!! Wazzzupp... whats digging?

I'm from the USA, downtown east side to the west side,

this is a shoutout to all my homeys.

Yeah Akuma.. you gotta check me out soon aite?

And by the way, where are you from..?"

Akuma: " Don't tell u."

Ken: "Please please please!!! Tell us!!"

Akuma: "Ok, guess. only if u get the right answer,

then i will fight u."

*Ryu and Ken ponder over the answer*

DING!

Ryu: "Ah it's easy! Judging by the tone of ur skin,

u are from.. India!!

So your real name actually is... A-KUMAR!!!"

a game of dota

2009-02-14T21:45:00.003+08:00

it's funny how so many things can be said while i'm away playing 1 round of dota.. well... nth to say back in return, no chance to anyway.

a quite valentine's day for a change. overhyped and overrated (do i sense jealousy in my tone??). exhausting football match with various frens in the morning and simple dinner at sing post with
church youths.. time to wind down. gotta take it easy.

shane and jeriel come back soon.. we gotta play dota

TAN WEIREN GLEN, the RESERVIST

2009-02-11T18:13:00.004+08:00

I HAVE ORD-ED.

i ord tomorrow

2009-02-10T23:35:00.000+08:00

20 more minutes to ORD.

this is so incredibly surreal.

yo

2009-01-25T00:52:00.002+08:00

yo glen is back.

Thanks to daniel for calming me down, and thanks to weidong, i just saw ur little tag by the side!

A NEW GLEN IS COMING. WATCH OUT.
IN CINEMAS SOON.
DON'T MISS IT.

*walks away coolly*

*turns around and flicks gun!*

astalavista baby!!

*walks away, coolly again*

2009-01-24T23:41:00.004+08:00

i don't want to keep drowning myself in self-pity but i just can't help it.

i don't want to believe in love anymore. help me, God?

baking session

2009-01-22T17:30:00.005+08:00

to idle all the free time away, i decided that today shall be the day i pick up a new hobby... *drumroll*

BAKING!

It was a splendid success, as the following pictures would testify to. I also had a guest today. Why watch Jamie Oliver, when u got Glen Tan?

Presenting my... PINK COOKIES

One of the two chefs

The better chef

Before they go under the oven

Master at work

Patrick Starfish?!!?

Working hard

ta da!!

they're pink, they're tasty, they're brown, they're the pink cookies

wow. i get hungry looking at this pic

THANK YOU GOD

2009-01-22T03:20:00.003+08:00

THANK YOU GOD for answering my prayer almost immediately.

About 25 min ago, i prayed to God, at a point of great desperation and frustration, and he answered it instantly!! madness... was He trying to reveal his will to me?

Thanks to u too.. for being so patient with me

is my blog turning emo?!?!?!

2009-01-21T23:19:00.002+08:00

Breaking news!!!

rumours have it that muscularglen.blogspot.com is turning emo! what on earth is going on here u might ask? we here at Glen News have no idea as well, but we'll be giving u the latest updates as more news come in! These are dark times, we sure hope muscularglen.blogspot.com can quickly recover from this cursed disaster. STAY TUNED.

2 a.m and the rain is falling
Here we are at the crossroads once again
You're telling me you're so confused
You can't make up your mind
Is this meant to be
You're asking me

But only love can say
Try again or walk away
But i believe for you and me
The sun will shine one day
So i just play my part
Pray you'll have a change of heart
But i can't make you see it through
That's something only love can do

In your arms
as the dawn is breaking
Face to face yet a thousand miles apart
I've tried my best to make you see
There's hope beyond the pain
If we give enough
If we learn to trust

But only love can say
Try again or walk away
But i believe for you and me
The sun will shine one day
So i just play my part
Pray you'll have a change of heart
But i can't make you see it through
That's something only love can do

I know if I could find the words
To touch you deep inside
You'll give our dreams just 1 more chance
Don't let this be our last goodbye

Tomorrow i shall undertake an extremely difficult challenge! it'll be fun, but it'll be by myself.. o well. Gotta occupy the morning and afternoon away, so not used to being alone the entire day.. at least the night sounds good.

prayer

2009-01-19T21:56:00.002+08:00

Thank you God

Things might not have turned out how i wanted it to be, but i thank you for guiding me through, in constantly making the right decisions in many trying and testing situations for the past few days. Many things i did, and i don't regret. Many times i was in a situation where i was cornered, with little hope to cling on, you guided me to take the right course of action, even though they were awkward and out of this world. Thanks to you, i was able to salvage some things, and plug out any routes to potential disaster.

I also thank you Lord for giving me many people who have come forth to show me that i have people who love me, and care for me, who take time out to lessen my hurt. For meeshell and pastor, for spencer, for frank and weidong, for my family, and for my army buddies. Each have their own different and unique way of showing their concern, and this really puts joy into my heart.

I know this sounds weird, but thank you Lord for putting me through this trial. I know that it is in your plan for this to happen. And i know that you have your reasons for trying me. Now i want to pray for wisdom and guidance, that not only I, but mary, will ultimately benefit from this difficult situation. I know there is more to gain, than lose, from something like this. I also pray that through this, bonds with the other youths can be strengthened as well. There is much to be done, please guide me God. Please give me strength and comfort for the next 1 year, which will be the most trying period of my life. I need You.

Psalm 37:4
Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Thank you Lord Jesus,
Amen.

I hope that you who are reading this, will be blessed by the power of prayer.

2009-01-19T00:46:00.001+08:00

The end

:(

2009-01-17T19:38:00.000+08:00

i really need someone to talk to right now :(

my life over the last few days

2009-01-04T21:39:00.004+08:00

sorry for not updating, the truckload of photos in my sd card intimidates me from blogging. anyway, here's my life over the last few days...

BACK TO CAMP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 3 WEEKS. KA PUI!

STREET SOCCER ADVERTISEMENT!!

2008-12-26T01:28:00.003+08:00

HI TO ALL.

This is a cordial invitation to the s46 invitational at the "street soccer court at daniel's house!"

Date: 29th December 2009 Monday

Time: 0930H (don't be late!! i promise i wun be late)

Venue: street soccer court at daniel's house which is somewhere in serangoon

Buses there: 76, 43, 80, 22, 24, 70 and a few more which i can't remember

This is just a friendly game of street soccer so come on down! break a leg! sprain ur hand! tear a ligament! rupture a tendon! all in the name of fun!

EXCLUSIVE!!

We have just confirmed the attendance of 3 big name stars! Come on down to catch a glimpse of...

DANIEL DROGBA DAZZLING TAN!!

GLEN GORGEOUS GREAT GOAL-GETTER ADEBAYOR TAN!!!

J. JUMBO JIMMINY JUMPY JIGGLY ROONEY LO!!!

(*sorry jlo couldn't think of many adjectives starting with J)

WOW with a host of other big name stars like, alvin poacher grumpy kwang, j-i'm-coming-next-week-foo, jerome-gladiator-kok, seth-im-injured-loh and munty-are-u-still-in-america-seah, can u bear to miss this event?

LATEST CONTEST!!!

Stand a chance to win an autograph from any of the above 3 simply by turning up!!

So what are u waiting for? come on down to serangoon this monday for the best football game of your life!!

merry christmas

2008-12-25T00:19:00.004+08:00

merry christmas to all!!

had a nice christmas party last night, thanks playeur jfoo for coming up with the actions for santa claus is coming to town.

very tired now so goodnight! remember it's Christmas! dun replace Christ with x! you wouldn't want to be called x on ur birthday now would you.

another great weekend

2008-12-08T21:50:00.003+08:00

Another great weekend!! Super busy of course.

Two days of giving out fliers was a unique experience, fun yet irritating, very similiar to guard duty >:( hopefully will have time to blog about it next week

Had a nice time at white sands for youth camp meeting, plus chionging home to dota after that with shane jeriel daniel and tim. whahahahah super fun too bad got mhers. and i stopped prematurely as the energy juice was really running out.

And this morning's football was insane. Even though the rain dampened the ground, it couldn't dampen our spirits, and it even more couldn't dampen our hair! that's because..........

we played at the void deck! LOL!!

operation: recoup camera cost

2008-12-06T11:32:00.001+08:00

i always thought those ppl on the streets giving out fliers were super irritating!! pesky brats.

but in an hour's time i'm gonna be one of them. hope i don't see anyone i know!! very siasuay

more photos

2008-12-01T21:09:00.003+08:00

As camp life gets more sian, weekends get better!

we seem to like christmas trees part 1

we seem to like christmas trees part 2

random old school bus 853 that i took. super retro, comes complete with aunty sitting in front

meet & greet with dora the explorer!!!

my family

I don't want to haolian my new camera...

2008-12-01T02:32:00.005+08:00

but hey i can't help it.

had a great time at scruffy's catching 2 football matches with great buddies. really good, we have decided to make this a habit after ord. chilling out and watching football~

AND ARSENAL WON. I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYES

dilemma!!

2008-11-29T00:55:00.002+08:00

Tomorrow morning, i'm going to blow a month's pay on a digital camera at sitex. So excited yet so excruciating to part with so much money :(

ixus / sony ??? i shall make my final decision tmr. I CAN'T WAIT!!!

joyous weekend

2008-11-23T20:19:00.003+08:00

Thank God for an absolutely fantastic last 5 days!!

Of course on my off days, i had such a wonderful time doing absolutely nothing at home. It's an incredible feeling, i totally felt like a sec2 kid in his december holidays, just finding games to play and with the phrase "i'm bored" constantly repeating in my head. In the past when i was really that age, the older youths in church would entertain me on msn and cannot comprehend how i could feel so bored while they were in the midst of torrid a-lvls or uni exams.

To quote meeshell's friendster testimonial to me 5 years ago, she said "Glen is a silly boi.. I dun understand y he is alwaiz bored hmm...."

1) This is damn nostalgic, brings a crocodile tear to my eye
2) Check out her funky language, of course now she wun ever spell words like that i tink

(btw everyone should go read their own friendster testimonials, it's a damn cool feeling. i hope friendster never closes down so i can always re-read my testimonials.. ahhaah so much more personal than facebook)

Yeah anyway, it's so funny that i remember carmen and meeshell even offering to cure my boredom by playing candystand.com bowling multiplayer mode with me (similiar to bowling buddies)!! Of course, that actually made them bored instead.

But anyways, having said all these..

MEESHELL JUST GOT MARRIED YESTERDAY!!! LIKE ZOMG I CAN'T BELIEVE IT..

It was so cool :) just being there to see the whole thing (and of course standing in the sun to usher cars with jeremy was quite fun hahahah). Then to see the bride walk in and then get married and then like OMG ITS MEESHELL.

And i can still recall how about 4 years ago, the youths were having a good lunch at the mcdonalds opposite bugis. Then shaun, shane and i were like asking meeshell when was it her turn to get married. And that her future husband must be top-notch standard, and would have to pass many tests set by the 3 of us before he could marry her, etc. It was really funny ... hahaha then everyone was like laughing it off.

And to recall another nostalgic incident, 3 years ago, when we first me Mr Tan at our church anniversary. haha that was funny. but the real crunch time came during youth camp when we really got to meet Mr Tan, or william for that matter. and of course, it was time to see if he could pass our tests.. heh heh

And really the first test was pretty much the hardest test of all time. To dare to stay up past the allocated bed time with the 3 of us so that we could play dai dee and violate against the camp rules (and face the wrath of the senior youths)! MUAHAHAHA. Not only did he oblige, moreover he actually didn't know how to play dai dee, and was willing to learn from US, THE DAIDEE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE.

Of course we got scolded by carmen after that for trying to corrupt william, and also staying up past bed time. But his bravery and willingness to turn over to the dark side convinced us.

And then the next morning he woke up and did breakfast for everyone. Incredible! There you go! Thats how you pass a test with flying colours!!

The rest, as they say, is history. congrats to meeshell, i'm so happy for you!
yeah and i think i like your name spelt this way, it's so much more funky.

For now, i await the pictures from the wedding. Since the rest of my family is away in beijing, they took the camera so i couldn't take any pictures myself :(
Therefore after ORD, i must treat myself to a camera as an ord present!

Ah how i wish more off days like these would come.. i really like this feeling!! Like on friday, just taking a slow bus by myself down to newton, with my psp and mp3 to occupy me. Then just blowing heart shaped balloons with aunty fung chit, pasting masking tape on the road (which didn't really help in the end lol), and just soaking in the serenity of a cool friday night in total peace. superb feeling. really good. must have that feeling again. soon. please.

But as for now, the feeling must end. Reality hits, and guess what? it's bloody time to bloody book in. Tmr guard duty, wednesday thursday deployment. GREAT!! Good feeling ending in 3...2...1, okie dokes time to bathe and change and pack my bag.

yo whats up

2008-11-13T00:29:00.002+08:00

yeah yo whats up crazy man

haha after coming back from FABULOUS TAIWAN (i so totally have to go back there again), i thought singapore would be a nice break but NO! many matters have been surfacing and life's a spinner. got my head swirling like a beyblade.

but first of all... PLEASE PRAY THAT WE CAN FIND A YOUTH CAMP SITE!!! *desperate*

yeah, something interesting happened in taiwan. i was in this boutique shop, trying on my uber-cool light green bermudas (in which i can sense all my friends are secretly jealous of), then this gaygay boutique dude was attending to me. Then he said i totally had good fashion sense! Hahahahaha. thats because my springfield black and grey striped sweater looked exactly the same as my black and grey striped byford socks. like whoa yo man this guy's observant.

ok totally random.

ok 'random' is like so jc, as in junior college.

i miss school. seeing the facebook pics that an na posted was.. tear-jerking *emo*

i'm just kidding, but i still miss school life! not a lvls tho! (good luck shane btw!)

ok goodnight guys. s3 sucks!!! have to book in tmr

:(

2008-10-23T20:19:00.002+08:00

life has begun to take its toll on me lately :(

especially camp life, which has become depressing and cynical. somehow i keep seeing the ugly side of everything this week, making me so unhappy.

and the whole of today, i have been semi-sick with a bad sore throat, yet i have to be the only one in the platoon to book in tonight so that i can do luggage saikang tmr morning.

and now i have to give bowling a miss due to time constraints.

any light at the end of the tunnel?

And Btw...

2008-10-19T21:33:00.002+08:00

Thanks to FIBC youths for a blast at sentosa! I personally haven't had so much fun for a long time!

And btw to fellow platoon mates, the photos of the cohesion are up. PLEASE TAG YOURSELF! thanks

Injury To Star Player Rocks Maju Camp

2008-10-19T21:05:00.003+08:00

An injury to C4 Football Club's key player Glen Tan has hit the club hard. Latest reports say that Tan suffered a slight strain to his left foot yesterday, and may be ruled out of tomorrow's giant clash with Surveillance Football Club.

The description by the club's physiotherapist have indicated that Tan might have suffered too much impact on his left foot, causing it to feel strained. The physio has given him a 50-50 chance of making a starting apperance in tomorrow's big match.

Sources close to the club have suggested the cause of the sudden injury. Apparently, Tan was seen playing beach football at Siloso Beach, Sentosa, yesterday evening with church friends. He played barefooted and kicking the ball multiple times without any footwear might have caused some pain to the more softer top of the foot.

The team manager of C4 Football Club, Shuoxian Tan, commented:

"I have heard about Glen's injury. But like they said, one man doesn't make a club. However... Glen is the Club!!! He is the heart of the team!! Without him, nothing flows throughout!! If the team were a bus, then he would be the wheels, engine, driver, and the top deck all combined!!"

With their key player out, and the team manager distraught at the news, the club and its fans keep their fingers crossed. However, one knows that they can always count on Tan to save the day.

bowling.. again

2008-10-12T01:30:00.004+08:00

finally after 1 year and 5 months, i have somehow mustered up some time and effort to go and fix my bowling ball, which so tragically lost one of its finger plugs into the depths of a bowling lane halfway through a competition.

And now that it was fixed..

Trainer Glen sends out Grandfather Ball! Grandfather Ball i choose you!

With an okay average for 176, Glen's Ball pwned those of his 3 comrades. The highlight being a 4 bagger and a double in a high-game of 214. Congratulations Glen Tan~! His first 200 game of 2008, in only his 5th proper game this year with his ball, looks like things are looking up for the KINGPIN/MASTER/SHEN/HERO/EMBODIMENT/CHAMPION of bowling!

Thanks to the recent random platoon house ball bowling sessions, my spares have improved as well. after ORD i shall conquer the bowling world. Thanks to frank and colin for reigniting my passion in bowling.

field camp & bowling

2008-10-09T22:44:00.001+08:00

TEAM 2 KE MAMA

OLE OLE AH AH

The Man Who Can't Be Moved

2008-10-05T21:19:00.002+08:00

It has been an odd weekend.

I experienced something incredible on Friday. After a decent dinner with platoon mates around the Great World City area, it felt like it was pretty late, like 11pm-ish, but actually it was only 8pm. So after everyone went off and after an intriguing religion-talk with frank, i made my way back to my familiar 51 bus stop.

When i was 10m away from the bus stop, merrily singing to the tune on my mp3 player on a nice peaceful friday night, two 51 buses suddenly came together and zoomed past me. Sum thanks~ i just stood there stunned, not upset though, cos it was a nice peaceful night to be enjoyed.

I sat there for the next 15 min, staring into blank space. Then i wondered, hey i'm near church, i missed being in church on a nice weeknight just studying till 10 plus and then taking 51 home, how nice it would be if i could go now...

Then it hit me! I could go! It's friday night!! 8.15pm!! 15 min to caregroup meeting! the timing was too good to be true.

Then of course there was a struggle. Caregroup Meeting vs Going home to relax, play dota, chill out. I was giving all sorts of excuses to myself to do the latter. When i saw a double deck bus in the distance, i was like "if thats 51, i'm going home". Of course it wasn't going to be. That's when i knew God was saying "you better go Caregroup!!". hahaa of course i'm just kidding he din say that, but i knew He wanted me to go.

And i'm glad i did. Because i went, i convinced Dad to go. And Dad was just telling me today that he felt very blessed by Pastor's sermon that day. Indeed God is good.

The Man Who Can't Be Moved - The Script

Anyway i kept hearing this song this week on radio. I haven't kept in touch with radio lately. I heard it on the way to haircut on wednesday. Then on thursday i was half-sleeping on the seat and playing the song in my head at 6am in the morning as we were heading to jurong island in the van. and just nice at that moment i heard the song playing on radio! so qiao.

then i kinda forgot the tune for the next few days, so on saturday i was desperate to hear it again so i could remember the chorus lyrics and find the name of the song on the net. so i turned on my radio on saturday on the way to qamarul's house, then poof! 5 min later the song played!! yeehaa!!!

federer tan

2008-10-01T13:56:00.004+08:00

the week barely started, yet i'm already so exhausted~!

haha army life really is a piece of crap! i mean, why am i going to get punished for doing absolutely nothing wrong? hahhahahaah. I DON'T KNOW.

and now after putting in so much effort into SOC a few months ago, running my guts out, even writing a poem about it, some no-brain regular dude wants to make everyone redo? and even threatening to take away the privileges i gained from passing? that is an absolutely breach of trust, breaking of a sacred promise, and a deadly stab in the back! (although of course, i'm sure my bulging muscles would bring me to victory once again, but that is another poem for another time)

alas, i'm looking forward to tennis after camp tomorrow. time to bring out the roger federer in me

what the hell..

2008-09-28T02:36:00.002+08:00

i guess i have to take back what i said in my last post, after watching arsenal vs hull just now.

incredible, absolutely ridiculous.

moreover i won't say it was a freak of a result, arsenal's play TOTALLY SUCKED.

totally complacent all the way through, absolutely no urgency in their play. didn't want to shoot when 1 on 1. didn't challenge for headers at all. bullshit

arsenal's season

2008-09-21T20:42:00.003+08:00

Firstly, let me apologise to all my die-hard loyal lovely fanatical fans that have tried to contact me on my handphone over the weekend.

I left my nokia charger in camp, and my phone ran out of batt on friday night hurrah! I survived an entire weekend without a phone! How many people can lay claim to such a prestigious & incredulous award! only mr Glen Tan thank you~

In other news, various signs and indications in the world in general have indicated that this is going to be arsenal's season to win the EPL. It is written in the stars.

Other than the fact that they're pwning teams with beautiful football, let wise-ol fortune teller Glen Tan show u the evidence (i'm not advocating fortune telling, please keep away from such mystical stuff, my God decides everything actually)

As you know this week...

AIG went down and out!! Bust! Bankrupt! Needing desperate help from the government to save their sinking ship!

Poor thing. Fourth biggest investment bank in US a few months ago. Now bankrupt.

The second big thing to happen this week, and of course the second sign...

LEHMAN BROTHERS down and out! Never to be seen again

Jens Lehmann

Truly, this is a sign, no?

sick is good

2008-09-18T22:37:00.003+08:00

alas the last two days of mc have been fabulous for myself. i've had the opportunity to just lie back and have a really genuine good bout of rest after the last 10 gruelling days took its toll on me.

Although i was still not spared from external stresses throughout the two days. maju camp has to keep haunting u even while u are on mc!!

hi book in time again

2008-09-14T21:31:00.003+08:00

Q: who just won the f1 italian monza race 5 minutes ago?

A: Sebastian Vettel

If you...

- don't know what i'm talking about
- don't know the answer
- don't know who the answer is
- don't know why i'm being so bo liao
- don't know that which team he's on
- don't know who came in second and third

then please, do not go down to the singapore grand prix in 2 weeks time, and act like as if you are a huge f1 lover/fan when you haven't even watched a single race in your life. thanks.

singaporeans are too fake sometimes and too quick to jump on e bandwagon

A nice verse pastor shared in church today

Habakkuk 3:17

17 Though the fig tree may not blossom, Nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive may fail, And the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, And there be no herd in the stalls—
18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

Job vs Glen & transport woes

2008-09-14T00:20:00.002+08:00

I must say i'm glad this helluva week is over phew!

Well the only downside is that... I LOST MY 11B :((((((((

Naturally i felt quite crappy krabby patty at first.. but then when i think about it...

JOB lost EVERYTHING! His fortune, cash, condo (or big farm), children, cows, chicken, sheep, friends, health, and he didn't complain about any sort of ill fortune.

GLEN on the other hand, merely lost his 11b. LOL nothing to worry about! At most, $50 and 3 extra OKAAYYYY~~

haha chill everything's cool..

In other news, bus and train fares are going up.

I MEAN WHAT THE HECK! on one hand, our dear government tells us:

"hey singaporeans, because of all ur flashy cars and limos, singapore is damn congested. moreover the environment is getting worse. yeah so in order to earn more money from this nice situation, and at the same time reduce the number of cars on the road, we are going to raise the ERP rates to exorbitant levels, as well as set up more ERP gantries to ensure we can scan as many cashcards as possible. Thus you are widely encouraged to either not buy a car, or sell your current car, and then start taking public transport! I mean look at the efficiency of our public transport! On a saturday evening at dhoby ghaut station, you only need to wait for 3 mrt trains to zoom by before you can squeeze on board the next one! good stuff huh? if not, u can always opt for the bus alternative, where you can meet many interesting people who love to spread themselves out at the back of the bus but cram themselves together at the front of the bus! So go on, take our world-class public transport system"

Then today they announce:

" Adult EZ—Link fares on buses and trains and the senior citizen concession EZ—Link fare, will see a flat increase of 4 cents per ride. As for cash fares for adult bus and train rides, which have not been adjusted since 2005, they will increase by 10 cents across the board. "

Also they claim, that since they increase the transfer rebate, it more or less offsets the rising direct costs.

WHAT?!!? So ppl like me who thrive on direct trips around singapore must suffer? If this is supposedly such a good move which was made under "careful deliberation, testing many permutations and scrutinising the impact on both operators and commuters", then why am i still going to suffer?!?! (fortunately nsmen will not be affected so i'm safe for 5 months)

"It noted that the public transport affordability indicator had been on a down—trend over the past five years, indicating that fares have remained affordable for most commuters."

utter rubbish, i spend $50 on transport each month! i'm a bledddy bleeding bledded soldier for crying out loud.. my allowance is pathetic!!

mi amor, i'm not sure of the right words to say

2008-09-07T20:34:00.003+08:00

Good ol week coming up with bmt enlistment again, a line-laying exercise, and RSMCOC guitar live performance by GLEN TAN IN THE HOUSE!!! YOYOYOXZ!!

Anyway here's a brilliant song by a mexican group RBD. i need to learn the guitar tabs for this .. anyone can provide some help? play it on my playlist on the right (i would think it is somewhere amidst all the boyband songs..)

obviously the lyrics mean something... :)

RBD - Tu Amor

Mi amor I'm not sure of the right words to say
Maybe these simple words will do best to best explain
What I feel in my heart
What I feel more each day
How to make you see
How to let you know
How to say, how to say how I love you so
With words you understand
Words that get right trought to your heart
Here's the place to start

Tu amor, I will always be
Tu amor, means the world to me
Estarás siempre en mi corazón
You're the one in my soul
that I live for tu amor, tu amor.

Mi amor love you more with each look in your eyes
Maybe these simple words will do best to best describe
What I feel in my heart
What I'll feel for all time
How to make you see
How to let you know
How to say, how to say how I need you so
With words you understand
Words that get through to your soul
Words that let you know

Tu amor, I will always be
Tu amor, means the world to me
Estarás siempre en mi corazón
You're the one in my soul
that I live for tu amor, tu amor.

You're the one that I need in my arms
Believe me these words I say
are words that come straight from my heart
How do I make you believe
Nothing else means as much as what you mean to me

Tu amor, I will always be
Tu amor, means the world to me
Estarás siempre en mi corazón
You're the one in my soul
that I live for tu amor, tu amor.

Updates & Wishes

2008-09-05T23:46:00.002+08:00

Hi to all my fans, yes an update is much needed for all the over-zealous paparazzi and gossip-mongers eagerly waiting at dark corners around this blog, just dying for another post from the BLOG MASTER.. GLEN TAN!

Unfortunately, i'm feeling bored today so i've decided to be boring with my blog post as well.

As such, a while has passed since my last post and many things have come and gone. Since frank has decided to provoke me on my tagboard so shamelessly, i shall give a brief commentary on the 21km.

It was basically all about weaving past slow runners and couples who hold hands and run, eating bananas and throwing them by the roadside with no guilt, running like a dog, running on the cursed Engineers' Trail (seriously, if the combat engineers think that the road that they built is showing how much they are progressing and another milestone in their history, then i must say Bangladesh workers pwn us like the mice they are), elbowing that dumb man who cut my queue at the water point and then quickly running away! hmm what else, oh ya seeing hoeseng who looked like an angel from heaven when he stood there at the water point and presented me half a bottle of Ice Mountain! omg heavenly in every sense of the word.. and of course finishing the whole thing knowing that i'll never ever ever ever ever ever ever run more than 5km for the rest of my life!! (i think..)

I started reading bleach!! it is addictive!! reminds me of my dragonball days!! of course the chinese is a little cheem.. and i kinda have to rely on my chinese-english dictionary to check back on certain words when i'm at home..

tmr i'm gonna buy book 9, 10, 11 first thing in the morning! so excited!!

then there is the return of the drivers!! like finally, at least the other bunk now has inhabitants! and playing sports just became a little more fun!

and yes!! playing International Athletics on the psp!!! INCREDIBLE GAME FOR THE MASSES!! the Olympic spirit lives on!!! Bolt, Phelps, Yao Ming, Deco, Gao Ning, Soni, Ck, SL, Kelin.. All superstars in their own right!~

ah yes, that is about all, for now, the future looks pretty busy!! u'll find out soon enough!

16km run/race event

2008-08-16T12:26:00.002+08:00

Welcome one and all to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics! Michael Phelps, the phenomenal american swimmer, has already made history by winning 11 golds, becoming the greatest Olympian of all time.

But today we have another man, looking to create another slice of history for himself, by being the first Singaporean to ever win a gold medal. Yes lets give it up for the one and only... *drum roll*

GLEN TAN!!

Today he'll be racing in the finals of the 16,000 m men's event at the Bird's Nest stadium. This event is proudly brought to you by our proud sponsor...

Brands Birds Nest!

Now on to the event proper, we have 6 racers today, you must say the odds is against Tan, with the quality of the field of atheletes on show today.

Lining up, we have:

Lane 1 - Mr Disgusting

Lane 2 - I'm-so-naggy-and-unreasonable S3 D. Hoo

Lane 3 - abit-too-garang Toh

Lane 4 - very-ugly-shoe Brandon

Lane 5 - i-love-my-personal-assistant B2

Lane 6 - Glen's running buddy, Weesong!!

Lane 7 - Glen "Muscular" Tan

Lane 8 - Max, B2's lovely PA (personal assistant)

And there we have it.. wha ???!? It appears as the racers are lining up, one of them is still not here, apparently it's the one in Lane 8! Wait a minute, that is Max, B2's PA. It looks like he's late or something. By Olympic rules, a competitor is disqualified if he doesn't appear in the race after the race has already started.

Well it looks like the runners are taking up position on this lovely evening here in Beijing. In position now...

*BANG!*

And they're off! What speed demons these guys! As hot favourite B2 leads the pack. The runners converge at the turn and this race is heating up! The runners look to be keeping up with each other after the first lap, amazing timing! only 40 seconds to complete the first 400m, easily smashing Michael Johnson's 400m World Record, but that's another story for another day.

3 Laps later, and nothing has changed much, with B2 still leading. Wait what's this? abit-too-garang Toh looks like he's clutching his waist in agony, he looks in absolute pain. A case of stitch i suspect. He is clearly struggling as he falls behind the field of runners. The Olympic safety personnel are coming out to assist him off the track, but he rejects them!! clearly too garang! But they jab him in the nose and he concusses! Out of the track you go! Ops first, Safety always.

So looks like the field has narrowed down to 6 with B2's lovely assistant, Max still yet to appear.

Don't forget the runners have to complete a gruelling 40 laps for this race, and we are only at lap 8. Oh whats this?! Max has arrived!! He gets onto the track and sprints towards the field of runners.. and JUMPS INTO B2'S ARMS?!! Oh my we are screening this live, but if u are under the age of 18, i recommend u switch your tv sets off right now. I know the Olympic Spirit embraces people from all walks of life, but i didn't quite expect two male lovers to display their affection for each other so publicly. This is not right kids, i hope you erase this image out of your head. B2 carries Max out of the stadium as they continue their nonsense, ushered out by clearly flabbergasted safety personnel. The crowd is stunned in silence.

Then Glen Tan flexes his biceps and the crowd erupts again! roaring in approval and admiration!

On to lap 20, and the runners are still neck and neck. Tan and Weesong pacing each other very well as we've come to expect from these 2 great runners.

Oh but the two of them have a look of disgust on their faces. Hmm i wonder why. They seem to be staring at the back of Mr Disgusting. Let me zoom in the camera on Mr Disgusting's back... OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME!! it seems like there is some sort of WHITE FOAM oozing out of Mr Disgusting's armpit! This is really very unexpected. It is almost like mucus, you wonder if this guy actually showers and cleans himself! Oh my.. some of the mucus drips onto the floor.. and I'm-so-naggy-and-unreasonable S3 D. Hoo SLIPS OVER THE MUCUS! He crumbles into a heap on the track, it looks like he's broken his leg. Well out of the army you go, about time too. As the personnel stretcher him off, he looks like he's nagging at them. Man what an idiot.

Mr Disgusting, obviously disgusted as his own disgustingness, disgustingly walks off the track and calls it quits as more mucus continue to drip onto the floor. eww.. the crowd are in shock and ..

Then Glen Tan flexes his abs and the crowd erupts again! roaring in excitedness and clearly impressed with this eighth wonder of the world.

Now we are just down to Tan, Weesong, and very-ugly-shoe Brandon. We are at lap 38 and coming into the closing stages of the race with just 2 more laps to go! WHO WILL WIN IT? It is anyone's guess. It's not hard to spot Brandon with his bright orange shoes. Very very ugly i must say. I wonder where he finds the courage to buy something so painful on the eyes.

Oh Brandon looks tired, his big tummy weighing him down. He bends slightly due to the weight of his tummy, looking down onto the floor. *AHHHHH!!!* screams Brandon!! Ooooh what just happened?!

Yes if my suspicions are correct, the sight of his ugly shoe actually pierced his eyes and blinded him! Yes Brandon covers his eyes in agony, temporarily blinded but permanently out of this race! Brandon you seriously need to rethink your taste in shoes!

With just 2 racers left and 1 lap left to go, it is anybody's race!! We've come a long way and it is down to the wire of Weesong and Tan!! They both sprint as fast as they can as they look to outrun each other in the final lap. This is neck and neck stuff guys, absolutely legendary!

Into the last 100m and there is no seperating these two!!! Incredible Stuff! But wait Tan pulls slightly infront... and flexes his biceps in Weesong's face! Weesong can only stop but admire!! This is an Olympic Moment for you! great sportsmanship by Weesong, admitting that Tan indeed has incredible muscles! And Tan crosses the finishing line, clearly in 1st place!!

Amazing race this one. And Tan becomes the first ever Singaporean to win a gold medal! He will go down in history, alongside greats like Michael Phelps, Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis and many more. Tan is truly one of a kind. Congratulations!

This is me, Tan, signing off as the commentator while i was running! Good Night! I am incredible.