these 2 weeks have been rather eventful for me, at least that's what i think lah. from dear coming back from usa, our 3rd mth anniversary, floorball games with RH people, my parents knowing my current r/s status le, caroling events, christmas eve, her results release yesterday, to later my results' release.
while waiting for my results in anticipation, decided to update my dead blog after so long lols. been rather lazy to update my blog cuz i just dun feel like doing that and becuz i was rather busy lah.
busy with arranging for caroling for the choir and CME. been busy doing the IHG website, which has been done on my side, waiting for the SMC pple to reply. these 2 RH commitments were rather stressful but then i am glad i have survived thru it. just need to get the money from the shopping centres, as well as do some necessary updates or what for the IHG website.
our 3rd mth was rather cute, cuz we went to the zoo, i would nv have dreamt going to the zoo again until i become a parent lah haha. it has really changed a lot, from the last time i visited the zoo like more than 10 years ago lah.
floorball games were fun, and i sort of like them, cuz it's nice running about and it's rather shiok when i hit a goal in or i assisted in a goal made. shiok feel :P though my skills still suck now, floorball games are still fun to me and i will try to improve on them :P
christmas eve was planned more thoroughly by me, cuz dear always say i nv plan de but i just too lazy to plan stuff that may just change due to various situations. but i did plan for christmas eve :p though got a bit of changes, at least we weren't like "where to go huh" for the whole day :P mount faber was really beautiful, nice lightings, nice night view :)
my parents knowing of my r/s was rather coincidental. cuz me forgot to bring something before going out, i drove back with dear in my car, and coincidentally my mum was driving out of the junction. and she saw her :P so under this kinda external motivation, i plucked my courage to tell her when she asked me about it :) after that were all questions and questions about her and me, and i just answered lor haha.
yesterday, dear's results released liao. hmm she didn't do well, hmm and she regretted it and i know she will buck up and study hard next sem :) i will support her in whatever way necessary :) luckily, she wasn't real sad cuz she sort expected it though i think she didn't expect it to be so bad. she really impressed me with her strong character in facing this kinda situation :)
hmm 10 more minutes my results would be out liao haha, and i think i nothing to write le haha. just wait patiently now. and hope nothing goes real wrong :)
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
taxi fares
haha, yesterday comfort delgro announced the overhaul of the taxi fares. actually i dun think it is an overhaul lah, cuz the system doesn't change much, it's just an increase of surcharges, metre fares, basically increase of everything, except for taxi rental fees temporarily. although it doesn't really affect me, but then i was still attracted by this news yesterday, cuz i was once a taxi commuter :)
actually i think the rise in the fares is justified, as diesel prices really rose a lot, along with petrol prices which really rose a lot in the past few months. this kind of oil price increase, basically singapore can't do much about it, since we are merely importers. i guess next yr's inflation rate would hit a new high, and the government would have to do something about it, even though inflation is a natural side-effect when the economy is doing well, and interference by the government might have undesirable effects.
although i have nv studied economics before, i still know that economy and prices should be left to market forces which would result in the fairest equilibrium. all these years, taxi prices are manipulated by the comfort delgro, and i dun see any sense in their system. cuz the taxis simply do not appear at the right time at the right places especially during peak hours and nite hours.
i think to better distribute taxis around the island, it's best to do without all the surcharges, and taxi drivers with their experience would go wherever there are more passengers. with the help of technology, i think taxi drivers can also be informed where there are too many taxis waiting for passengers. in this way, they would go to other better places, rather than waiting in an empty car and waste time. without the surcharges, i believe long queues of taxis at the airports and no taxis at the certain hours would gradually disappear.
i think taxi companies should be fined more drastically when people complain or what, so that there would be more incentives to better distribute their fleet of taxis. cuz i think currently they are rather passive about adjusting taxi fares, improving the services of taxi drivers... as they have a stable income from the daily 90 bucks taxi rental fee from each of its drivers.
enough have been said, i am still waiting for a complete overhaul of the taxi fare system. that can come with a higher flag down rate, eliminating all surcharges, and maybe dynamic taxi rental fees. well, i am not in the position to say much, since there are a lot of internal logistics and problems which we as the public dun know. but then, the fare system definitely needs to be changed, cuz people are still having trouble getting taxis when they need them most.
actually i think the rise in the fares is justified, as diesel prices really rose a lot, along with petrol prices which really rose a lot in the past few months. this kind of oil price increase, basically singapore can't do much about it, since we are merely importers. i guess next yr's inflation rate would hit a new high, and the government would have to do something about it, even though inflation is a natural side-effect when the economy is doing well, and interference by the government might have undesirable effects.
although i have nv studied economics before, i still know that economy and prices should be left to market forces which would result in the fairest equilibrium. all these years, taxi prices are manipulated by the comfort delgro, and i dun see any sense in their system. cuz the taxis simply do not appear at the right time at the right places especially during peak hours and nite hours.
i think to better distribute taxis around the island, it's best to do without all the surcharges, and taxi drivers with their experience would go wherever there are more passengers. with the help of technology, i think taxi drivers can also be informed where there are too many taxis waiting for passengers. in this way, they would go to other better places, rather than waiting in an empty car and waste time. without the surcharges, i believe long queues of taxis at the airports and no taxis at the certain hours would gradually disappear.
i think taxi companies should be fined more drastically when people complain or what, so that there would be more incentives to better distribute their fleet of taxis. cuz i think currently they are rather passive about adjusting taxi fares, improving the services of taxi drivers... as they have a stable income from the daily 90 bucks taxi rental fee from each of its drivers.
enough have been said, i am still waiting for a complete overhaul of the taxi fare system. that can come with a higher flag down rate, eliminating all surcharges, and maybe dynamic taxi rental fees. well, i am not in the position to say much, since there are a lot of internal logistics and problems which we as the public dun know. but then, the fare system definitely needs to be changed, cuz people are still having trouble getting taxis when they need them most.
Saturday, December 8, 2007
moving house on 101207
i am moving house on 10th dec. that's on monday. really moved quite a lot of things. now i only have my speakers, lappie as well as some home clothes and wash-up items in my room le.
took some photos of my room, but then the furniture i haven't settled finish yet. still got a bookshelf, tv table, and a tv? which i haven't decided whether to buy not. settle finish other things first, i think these things not urgent lols. wait till cable tv set up by the technicians le, and also i set up the wireless network in my house le, then say :) also need to go buy family comp, my external hard disk, two 1gb lappie RAM.
took some photos of my room, but then the furniture i haven't settled finish yet. still got a bookshelf, tv table, and a tv? which i haven't decided whether to buy not. settle finish other things first, i think these things not urgent lols. wait till cable tv set up by the technicians le, and also i set up the wireless network in my house le, then say :) also need to go buy family comp, my external hard disk, two 1gb lappie RAM.
hmm, rather tired le, gtg sleep le lols. tomorrow got to catch nba game featuring the recently hyped boston celtics le.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
exams over...still busy
yeah man, exams are over! i think it ended quite beautifully yesterday :)
i think i sort of aced ee2006 and ee2005, cuz i could give answers that i am rather confident of. as for cs2102, ee2009, gek1505, i think i did quite well too, though not to the extent of acing them lols. hope i can achieve my sap 5 this sem :) ok, actually no need to think about it, cuz it's over and there's nothing i can do even if there's a slip...hope not...
exams are over, but then i am still quite busy. busy moving house. busy arranging the set-up of cable tv and broadband and telephone line in the new house. busy arranging for caroling stuff for RH. all in all, busy... but it's good to be busy at this time, otherwise i would miss her so much that i would get emo. it's not good to get emo :)
MOVING HOUSE:
wah i realise that i really have kept a lot of unnecessary stuff. eg are some spoilt electronic devices like camera and dictionaries, some information booklets from NUS, application booklets for JC, uni, and even secondary school... kaoz, but i have thrown them away yesterday. also thrown away some posters that i got when i bought CDs.
but i am keeping all those items that are mementos, such as letters for angel-mortal games in jc, graduation magazines, photos... so many things to keep... but i managed to keep all these in 2 big shoeboxes.
i got a lot of CDs too. i think more than 50 ba lols. stored them at one small corner of my cupboard.
i am also keeping my a'level notes, cuz they were my 宝贝. also kept my series of 武侠小说. also kept my o'level japanese materials :)
haven't bought a table to put my mini-hifi, to put some ornaments. also haven't bought a bookshelf...siao liao, so many uni books and files waiting for it...lols
got to find time go and buy, i think i go buy after 10th dec when we officially move in lols.
sianz, so many things to do, i think no time to watch tv liao lah. oh no...cannot lah... cuz i really long time nv had tv marathon le lols. hmm, at least now i can watch my nba games without worrying about whether there's enough time to revise not lols.
ok shall end it here. cuz i got other things to do :) that is to shift my bulky stuff to my new house...
i think i sort of aced ee2006 and ee2005, cuz i could give answers that i am rather confident of. as for cs2102, ee2009, gek1505, i think i did quite well too, though not to the extent of acing them lols. hope i can achieve my sap 5 this sem :) ok, actually no need to think about it, cuz it's over and there's nothing i can do even if there's a slip...hope not...
exams are over, but then i am still quite busy. busy moving house. busy arranging the set-up of cable tv and broadband and telephone line in the new house. busy arranging for caroling stuff for RH. all in all, busy... but it's good to be busy at this time, otherwise i would miss her so much that i would get emo. it's not good to get emo :)
MOVING HOUSE:
wah i realise that i really have kept a lot of unnecessary stuff. eg are some spoilt electronic devices like camera and dictionaries, some information booklets from NUS, application booklets for JC, uni, and even secondary school... kaoz, but i have thrown them away yesterday. also thrown away some posters that i got when i bought CDs.
but i am keeping all those items that are mementos, such as letters for angel-mortal games in jc, graduation magazines, photos... so many things to keep... but i managed to keep all these in 2 big shoeboxes.
i got a lot of CDs too. i think more than 50 ba lols. stored them at one small corner of my cupboard.
i am also keeping my a'level notes, cuz they were my 宝贝. also kept my series of 武侠小说. also kept my o'level japanese materials :)
haven't bought a table to put my mini-hifi, to put some ornaments. also haven't bought a bookshelf...siao liao, so many uni books and files waiting for it...lols
got to find time go and buy, i think i go buy after 10th dec when we officially move in lols.
sianz, so many things to do, i think no time to watch tv liao lah. oh no...cannot lah... cuz i really long time nv had tv marathon le lols. hmm, at least now i can watch my nba games without worrying about whether there's enough time to revise not lols.
ok shall end it here. cuz i got other things to do :) that is to shift my bulky stuff to my new house...
Thursday, November 29, 2007
3 down 2 to go
haha, yeah 3 consecutive exams were cleared yesterday morning. shuai. feeling quite relaxed now cuz the next one i have is on sat morning. quite a long time....2 days haha. yesterday, after the exam, i was out for the whole day till midnite. steady, nv study at all. i think that's a good way to relax during the midst of exams lols. of course, the company is what that matters lah lols.
for the past 3 papers, i think i did quite well, though not to the extent of scoring full marks lah lols. 1st and 3rd paper still ok, should be able to score, 2nd paper should be aced liao lols. haha. 2 more papers... the one on saturday, cs2102, hmm, closed book, the past yr papers a bit difficult, shall do more practice... haha, yeah man, next tues would be my last paper, then can slack for 1 month le lols. chiong ah...
after exams, so many things to settle... move house, watch tv serials, settle carolling stuff... but ok de, steady :)
ok shall end it off here :)
for the past 3 papers, i think i did quite well, though not to the extent of scoring full marks lah lols. 1st and 3rd paper still ok, should be able to score, 2nd paper should be aced liao lols. haha. 2 more papers... the one on saturday, cs2102, hmm, closed book, the past yr papers a bit difficult, shall do more practice... haha, yeah man, next tues would be my last paper, then can slack for 1 month le lols. chiong ah...
after exams, so many things to settle... move house, watch tv serials, settle carolling stuff... but ok de, steady :)
ok shall end it off here :)
Monday, November 26, 2007
signals down!
haha, signals is down, i feel so much relaxed, even though only 1 paper down lols. 4 more to go. by wed, i would have completed 2 more, and from then on should be more relaxed. would be taking a break on wed for the whole day. haha, dun care :) and of course got other reasons lah lols.
staying in hall these 3 days. cuz i am too lazy to travel to and from for 3 consecutive days. haha... even though i am driving... sounds super lazy, but driving can be tiring too, esp to a person who drives quite a lot.
now still slacking, tomorrow's evening paper, i think i will start revision again at night. cuz it's closed book exam, i have to get some things into my brain... which is the most terrible part of this module. other than that, i think this module is rather interesting and manageable.
haha, after a long wait of more than 7 days, finally saw her le haha. although only for around 1.5 hr, still very good, cuz really missed her. can see her tomorrow too, cuz we are taking exams at the same time at around the same venue. steady :)
hmm, shall not write too long, wait pple think i siao de, during the midst of exams still so eng to write blog lols.
staying in hall these 3 days. cuz i am too lazy to travel to and from for 3 consecutive days. haha... even though i am driving... sounds super lazy, but driving can be tiring too, esp to a person who drives quite a lot.
now still slacking, tomorrow's evening paper, i think i will start revision again at night. cuz it's closed book exam, i have to get some things into my brain... which is the most terrible part of this module. other than that, i think this module is rather interesting and manageable.
haha, after a long wait of more than 7 days, finally saw her le haha. although only for around 1.5 hr, still very good, cuz really missed her. can see her tomorrow too, cuz we are taking exams at the same time at around the same venue. steady :)
hmm, shall not write too long, wait pple think i siao de, during the midst of exams still so eng to write blog lols.
Friday, November 23, 2007
kaoz
kaoz, i super stressed lah. dunno why, i suddenly emo... stupid signals is making me close to a nervous breakdown le. 2 more days of revision, and i will have to take that stupid module. haiz, really have no confidence in this module, i think that's why i am super stressed... i think becuz of this i have made pple around me fed up with me.
i jitao no mood to eat my dinner lor. my mum talked to me i also nv really replied, i just pretended to watch tv, even though nothing is going into my ears. somemore, the show is also at an emo stage... jitao no mood...
sianz... is this the so-called burn-out that my classmates have always said in sec sch and jc days? nv burned out before, so i dunno. i really dunno lah. nv been so stressed as compared to now. i still got 2 more days, rationally, time is not really tight for me, but then somehow i am so freaking stressed over this module.
haiz, she's also ignoring me cuz i think i made her angry. bo bian, i stressed but i also shouldn't let her emo too. my fault. really my fault. super sian now. i also dunno what to do lah. should i stop studying for a while to adjust my emotions? haiz, i think i should just carry on with studying.
headache ah, headache ah. uni life is definitely not a breeze lah, not like all those seniors say... i believe more is to come, cuz things just get more and more tedious and difficult as u proceed higher up to higher levels of study. ok, stop emo-ing le, cannot like that. this is too gay, too lame le. i must brace up, so i shall stop writing now.
i jitao no mood to eat my dinner lor. my mum talked to me i also nv really replied, i just pretended to watch tv, even though nothing is going into my ears. somemore, the show is also at an emo stage... jitao no mood...
sianz... is this the so-called burn-out that my classmates have always said in sec sch and jc days? nv burned out before, so i dunno. i really dunno lah. nv been so stressed as compared to now. i still got 2 more days, rationally, time is not really tight for me, but then somehow i am so freaking stressed over this module.
haiz, she's also ignoring me cuz i think i made her angry. bo bian, i stressed but i also shouldn't let her emo too. my fault. really my fault. super sian now. i also dunno what to do lah. should i stop studying for a while to adjust my emotions? haiz, i think i should just carry on with studying.
headache ah, headache ah. uni life is definitely not a breeze lah, not like all those seniors say... i believe more is to come, cuz things just get more and more tedious and difficult as u proceed higher up to higher levels of study. ok, stop emo-ing le, cannot like that. this is too gay, too lame le. i must brace up, so i shall stop writing now.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
i am sick
i am sick, caught a flu... feel like sleeping, but i have to revise for my exams... haiz, life is definitely tough in uni... definitely tougher than it was for me. competition is tight, super tight, with all the foreign scholars fighting for the top 10% which equates to an A grade.
to be in the top 10% you basically have to aim full marks for everything, so that u can safelly in the top 10%. well, this is what i do... though i don't get full marks for everything. this sem, i didn't have a single full marks. one 90%, one still dunno, one 80 percent... sounds good, but i think it may not be good when compared to others, and when i say "others" i mean the scholars...
haiz, i seriously dun understand the rationale behind the bell curve thingy. it just doesn't make sense to me. a student should be judged by how well he understands the content, not judged by his standing among his peers... though that's the way outside world works, but it does not make sense to apply in school, where we are supposed to learn knowledge, not compete with each other to see who is better...
ok, enough of rambling... really some serious thoughts should be given... but then i alone can't change anything, i just have to treat it as a 磨练 process. ok, back to studies...
to be in the top 10% you basically have to aim full marks for everything, so that u can safelly in the top 10%. well, this is what i do... though i don't get full marks for everything. this sem, i didn't have a single full marks. one 90%, one still dunno, one 80 percent... sounds good, but i think it may not be good when compared to others, and when i say "others" i mean the scholars...
haiz, i seriously dun understand the rationale behind the bell curve thingy. it just doesn't make sense to me. a student should be judged by how well he understands the content, not judged by his standing among his peers... though that's the way outside world works, but it does not make sense to apply in school, where we are supposed to learn knowledge, not compete with each other to see who is better...
ok, enough of rambling... really some serious thoughts should be given... but then i alone can't change anything, i just have to treat it as a 磨练 process. ok, back to studies...
Sunday, November 4, 2007
i wanna sleep
i wanna sleep till 爽. but no, i dun have the time. i can't afford the time to sleep 10 hrs a day. i allow myself to sleep only 8 hrs during the weekends. so 可怜. still got 1 lab report to finish. hmm...also a webpage to design and a monthly report to submit... ok sounds little. but then all these need thinking....
this week quite zai, cuz i manage to finish 4 tutorials during the weekdays. at least that's what i aimed to do. just finished the homework assignment for this fri. did it quite quickly, cuz i think i understand the concepts liao lols.
yesterday almost the whole day nv study. yes, nv study. cuz i was out on a date lols. morning watched 3/4 of NBA Celtics vs Wizards, while reading lec 21 of EE2005. then reached home at nite around 10.30pm then 11.15pm cannot take it le, go sleep lols. but this morning i woke up early at 7.15am.
later must go cut hair also, cannot stand the mess of my hair cuz it's rather long for me yet i am lazy to comb it lols.
wah i think before reading week i will sleep until i 爽 for friday and saturday nite. like that then got enough energy to chiong for 1 whole week :) haiz, meanwhile i have to make do with my 7 hrs during weekdays, 8 hrs during weekends le...
this week quite zai, cuz i manage to finish 4 tutorials during the weekdays. at least that's what i aimed to do. just finished the homework assignment for this fri. did it quite quickly, cuz i think i understand the concepts liao lols.
yesterday almost the whole day nv study. yes, nv study. cuz i was out on a date lols. morning watched 3/4 of NBA Celtics vs Wizards, while reading lec 21 of EE2005. then reached home at nite around 10.30pm then 11.15pm cannot take it le, go sleep lols. but this morning i woke up early at 7.15am.
later must go cut hair also, cannot stand the mess of my hair cuz it's rather long for me yet i am lazy to comb it lols.
wah i think before reading week i will sleep until i 爽 for friday and saturday nite. like that then got enough energy to chiong for 1 whole week :) haiz, meanwhile i have to make do with my 7 hrs during weekdays, 8 hrs during weekends le...
Saturday, October 27, 2007
so long nv blog le
wah really super long nv blog le. oh my god. cuz i really got no time. so this would be a super short entry.
been really busy with work. esp with my projects. ee2006 lab project still left with a report but should be ok. haven't done yet oops. cs2102 project at least i just sort of managed to finish my part. hmm, still rather not used to writing in php. hmm, but then it is a good learning experience. at least now i sort of know php le :)
work has made my schedule so tight that i dun have much time for my gf. hope she doesn't mind. but then it's considered quite good le, since we get to meet 4 days a week. hope to complete my cs2102 project by this coming week. then write my ee2006 lab report in the weekends, or even before that if i have the time.
sians, i think i super lag in ee2005. jialat, many tutorials haven't looked thru. lectures also not fully understand. this wk's assignment dunno how to do yet. jialat. so screwed. stupid projects. haiz... have to try to make everything back on track by this week. so that i can start revising on wk 12...
been really busy with work. esp with my projects. ee2006 lab project still left with a report but should be ok. haven't done yet oops. cs2102 project at least i just sort of managed to finish my part. hmm, still rather not used to writing in php. hmm, but then it is a good learning experience. at least now i sort of know php le :)
work has made my schedule so tight that i dun have much time for my gf. hope she doesn't mind. but then it's considered quite good le, since we get to meet 4 days a week. hope to complete my cs2102 project by this coming week. then write my ee2006 lab report in the weekends, or even before that if i have the time.
sians, i think i super lag in ee2005. jialat, many tutorials haven't looked thru. lectures also not fully understand. this wk's assignment dunno how to do yet. jialat. so screwed. stupid projects. haiz... have to try to make everything back on track by this week. so that i can start revising on wk 12...
Saturday, October 13, 2007
hmm, nothing to say but busy
super busy ah. so many things to do. so many things undone...
tutorials aside, i haven't been catching up on EE2005 for 4 lectures. i am only finishing 2 of these lectures...still got 2 more. still got the textbook to read... as for CS2102, EE2006, I also haven't been reading the textbooks. oh no...CS2102 still alrite, cuz i sort of have read them before. EE2006 ok lah, cuz i sort of understand the content, but i still have to read the textbook to clarify certain concepts.
got 2 projects. EE2006 D1A, need time to understand the design as well as implement it on the breadboard. CS2102's, abit headache, cuz have to use PHP to write, which i dun really know how. so just have to play around ba, also the zone thingy... have to get it going from next wk.
scored only 60 for EE2009's e-test. seems bad but many pple are scoring worse than me. but i am still not satisfied, cuz i was flipping my book for some easy questions. shouldn't be doing that if i am sure of the content. must do better in the next e-test which is around wk 12.
have to arrange for yl's bdae too. hmm... logistics problem is giving me some mental block. well, i must do something quick, in case i dun have time when the week starts.
maybe i shouldn't think so much about the logistics. just do whatever that i can do...
EE2006 lab test is coming wk 11, and this wk's lab session would be a warm up session for that. well, i think i should start to play more with VHDL soon.
ok enough of complaining. well, good progress between us. erm, though with some glitches due to my stupid mouth. but then, it makes me learn something, that is to think before speaking. think about how pple will feel if they hear what u say. not just think about karma...lols.
hmm, meeting up with ningyi they all this sunday evening. quite a long time nv meet these friends le. these friends are the ones who accompany me through the days in CO, so fun, so memorable. and also, not to forget the vietnam trip. hope there's one more soon. it's really the company that counts :)
okie, back to my studies le...
tutorials aside, i haven't been catching up on EE2005 for 4 lectures. i am only finishing 2 of these lectures...still got 2 more. still got the textbook to read... as for CS2102, EE2006, I also haven't been reading the textbooks. oh no...CS2102 still alrite, cuz i sort of have read them before. EE2006 ok lah, cuz i sort of understand the content, but i still have to read the textbook to clarify certain concepts.
got 2 projects. EE2006 D1A, need time to understand the design as well as implement it on the breadboard. CS2102's, abit headache, cuz have to use PHP to write, which i dun really know how. so just have to play around ba, also the zone thingy... have to get it going from next wk.
scored only 60 for EE2009's e-test. seems bad but many pple are scoring worse than me. but i am still not satisfied, cuz i was flipping my book for some easy questions. shouldn't be doing that if i am sure of the content. must do better in the next e-test which is around wk 12.
have to arrange for yl's bdae too. hmm... logistics problem is giving me some mental block. well, i must do something quick, in case i dun have time when the week starts.
maybe i shouldn't think so much about the logistics. just do whatever that i can do...
EE2006 lab test is coming wk 11, and this wk's lab session would be a warm up session for that. well, i think i should start to play more with VHDL soon.
ok enough of complaining. well, good progress between us. erm, though with some glitches due to my stupid mouth. but then, it makes me learn something, that is to think before speaking. think about how pple will feel if they hear what u say. not just think about karma...lols.
hmm, meeting up with ningyi they all this sunday evening. quite a long time nv meet these friends le. these friends are the ones who accompany me through the days in CO, so fun, so memorable. and also, not to forget the vietnam trip. hope there's one more soon. it's really the company that counts :)
okie, back to my studies le...
Sunday, October 7, 2007
feeling bad
made her cry yesterday nite, didnt mean to do it, maybe she just cries too easily, but no matter what, it makes me feel bad.
just told her honestly some things that i felt, and it made both of us moody. well i sort of got over it after the sleep, but she didn't. although she says her eyes are painful which sort of causes her moodiness, yesterday's cry is the main cause. well, maybe i should be more tactful and nicer about it. maybe i shouldn't even tell her, but then it would be breaking my promise to tell her whenever i dun feel good.
guess i should learn to speak in a milder and nicer manner to her, in order not to make her feel sad. just bring across the message, can le. it has nv been a habit to tell pple how i feel, so i think i suck at this. well, i shall try to improve on it.
ok back to studies.
just told her honestly some things that i felt, and it made both of us moody. well i sort of got over it after the sleep, but she didn't. although she says her eyes are painful which sort of causes her moodiness, yesterday's cry is the main cause. well, maybe i should be more tactful and nicer about it. maybe i shouldn't even tell her, but then it would be breaking my promise to tell her whenever i dun feel good.
guess i should learn to speak in a milder and nicer manner to her, in order not to make her feel sad. just bring across the message, can le. it has nv been a habit to tell pple how i feel, so i think i suck at this. well, i shall try to improve on it.
ok back to studies.
Saturday, October 6, 2007
so freaking hot
wah super hot lah nowadays. really super hot lor. last time my hall room fan turn on to number 3 can le, now turn to full blast also hot lor. really cannot make it lor. this is the first time i am blogging about the stupid weather. believe everyone also agrees that the weather is getting very bad. now back at home, i am having my room's aircon on whenever i am in the room lor. high consumption of electricity but bo bian. i really cannot tahan hot de. i would rather be cold than hot lor.
cs2102 project still hasn't started yet. hope can start next wk even though i quite busy with 2 midterms. EE2006 lab project, still thinking, still designing...but the overall structure and method to solve the problem is out. so i guess i just need to put it down on paper nicely. 2 midterms, EE2009 still left with modulation to complete...and it's open book so no need to memorise equations... EE2006 revised once le during the recess wk, now just need to revise one more time and do some practice.
sam said i sounded sad in the last few posts in my blog. hmm, just read them myself, hmm really quite true. but then i wasn't really sad lah, it was just some lows in the mood only, which return to the normal and high levels very soon. lols. i sound like i change my mood very easily. hmm, actually not lah. just that i manage to see some things in a more open manner le. :)
well thinking about it, if not for lows in my mood, there wun be highs. so, it's always good to have some lows in your life so that u will treasure your highs more. sounds familiar, but this idea is true enough and can nv be denied.
it's time to be positive about life and my studies. if not for all these stress, where will my motivation to work harder be? nowhere, i think. i am really a person who will only work hard under stress. external motivation, be it negative or positive, is very important to me. i really believe that i thrive in competition. only with stronger competition then i will become better. that really shows if one knows my academic background :)
i think after this sem, i will be much better in my time management, even though yh says that my time management had been good, which i think is quite true :) abit bhb, but then i really think so. i suppose no one can deny this fact, even myself... but then, there's no limit to my ability of time management. and this sem would be a period that i improve my time management skills to a higher level.
thinking of it, smartness doesn't really bring you far. it may bring you to the university. but it really doesn't bring you thru the university, at least that's what i think now. really have to work hard in uni to score well. i dun remember i have to work so hard during sec school and jc time to be one of the top in the cohort. now i work hard, and i may not get the results i want, cuz everyone here is the best from their own respective countries. NUS is really a place where there are so many international students that i think the number of them may exceed the number of Singaporeans. this is definitely true in the engin fac, as for the other facs, i can't say for sure.
though i appear to have very good results, but then it's all due to my hard work, and i can say at most 20% is due to my smartness. if i dun work hard, i think i would at most get an average of B+, and i think that's still an overestimation. but i wun slack around de, cuz i just can't seem to slack when everyone else is working hard. external motivation at work... a SAP of 5.0 is still possible this sem, provided i work really hard and manage my time really well for the rest of the sem, which is like only 8 more weeks, including the exam period... seems short but maintaining a high-powered drive for 2 months is not easy. but i will definitely try to do that, maybe taking small little breaks here and there to maintain the momentum.
ok, that's all, got to go back to my studies le. blogging has really become a way for me to relax le :)
em, u must be wondering why am i still continuing to write...cuz my gf asks me to write something abt her... so just write lor... lols. remembered 三毛 asked me why she was still in school late at nite, then i was like oh, he still dunno lols, wanted to tell him, but then, decided not to, cuz it's fun to let him know thru my blog, cuz i know he will come read my blog de lols. everytime come stalk me. lols, oops!
she wants me to write something nice about her here. but then, i dun think i should cuz these things are meant for me to say it to her personally...come to think about it, she seems to contradict herself. she said she will paiseh when i say mushy stuff to her in front of pple, but then writing nice things about her on my blog is almost equivalent to broadcasting my mushy words for her...lols...oops
well, details not be disclosed. she's really quite nice. bought breakfast on wed for me, well, quite glad becuz she's quite "lazy", and yet she's willing to go buy breakfast for me. :) there are other nice stuff that she did, but then it's very hard to describe them here, cuz they are all minor minor small small stuff that can makes one's heart smile...:)
ok, that's really all, unless...
cs2102 project still hasn't started yet. hope can start next wk even though i quite busy with 2 midterms. EE2006 lab project, still thinking, still designing...but the overall structure and method to solve the problem is out. so i guess i just need to put it down on paper nicely. 2 midterms, EE2009 still left with modulation to complete...and it's open book so no need to memorise equations... EE2006 revised once le during the recess wk, now just need to revise one more time and do some practice.
sam said i sounded sad in the last few posts in my blog. hmm, just read them myself, hmm really quite true. but then i wasn't really sad lah, it was just some lows in the mood only, which return to the normal and high levels very soon. lols. i sound like i change my mood very easily. hmm, actually not lah. just that i manage to see some things in a more open manner le. :)
well thinking about it, if not for lows in my mood, there wun be highs. so, it's always good to have some lows in your life so that u will treasure your highs more. sounds familiar, but this idea is true enough and can nv be denied.
it's time to be positive about life and my studies. if not for all these stress, where will my motivation to work harder be? nowhere, i think. i am really a person who will only work hard under stress. external motivation, be it negative or positive, is very important to me. i really believe that i thrive in competition. only with stronger competition then i will become better. that really shows if one knows my academic background :)
i think after this sem, i will be much better in my time management, even though yh says that my time management had been good, which i think is quite true :) abit bhb, but then i really think so. i suppose no one can deny this fact, even myself... but then, there's no limit to my ability of time management. and this sem would be a period that i improve my time management skills to a higher level.
thinking of it, smartness doesn't really bring you far. it may bring you to the university. but it really doesn't bring you thru the university, at least that's what i think now. really have to work hard in uni to score well. i dun remember i have to work so hard during sec school and jc time to be one of the top in the cohort. now i work hard, and i may not get the results i want, cuz everyone here is the best from their own respective countries. NUS is really a place where there are so many international students that i think the number of them may exceed the number of Singaporeans. this is definitely true in the engin fac, as for the other facs, i can't say for sure.
though i appear to have very good results, but then it's all due to my hard work, and i can say at most 20% is due to my smartness. if i dun work hard, i think i would at most get an average of B+, and i think that's still an overestimation. but i wun slack around de, cuz i just can't seem to slack when everyone else is working hard. external motivation at work... a SAP of 5.0 is still possible this sem, provided i work really hard and manage my time really well for the rest of the sem, which is like only 8 more weeks, including the exam period... seems short but maintaining a high-powered drive for 2 months is not easy. but i will definitely try to do that, maybe taking small little breaks here and there to maintain the momentum.
ok, that's all, got to go back to my studies le. blogging has really become a way for me to relax le :)
em, u must be wondering why am i still continuing to write...cuz my gf asks me to write something abt her... so just write lor... lols. remembered 三毛 asked me why she was still in school late at nite, then i was like oh, he still dunno lols, wanted to tell him, but then, decided not to, cuz it's fun to let him know thru my blog, cuz i know he will come read my blog de lols. everytime come stalk me. lols, oops!
she wants me to write something nice about her here. but then, i dun think i should cuz these things are meant for me to say it to her personally...come to think about it, she seems to contradict herself. she said she will paiseh when i say mushy stuff to her in front of pple, but then writing nice things about her on my blog is almost equivalent to broadcasting my mushy words for her...lols...oops
well, details not be disclosed. she's really quite nice. bought breakfast on wed for me, well, quite glad becuz she's quite "lazy", and yet she's willing to go buy breakfast for me. :) there are other nice stuff that she did, but then it's very hard to describe them here, cuz they are all minor minor small small stuff that can makes one's heart smile...:)
ok, that's really all, unless...
Thursday, October 4, 2007
i hate mosquitoes!!!
now i think i have around 15 bumps on my body due to the stupid mosquitoes in my room. so itchy, so bothered that i am here blogging. dun have a lighter with me now to light up a mosquito coil. sianz. must go and buy lighter and some things that can remove those mosquitoes in my room. killed one on monday, killed one just now. i think still got around 1 or 2 mosquitoes left. oh my god!!! what's worse is they bit my face. my face got around 3 or 4 bumps!!! what the...
besides external factors that prevent me from going back to sleep, some things are bothering me. ok, firstly, EE2006 D1A project, i dun really understand how to go about implementing the thing. but i think this one can be done after i understand the question and the devices fully. next, cs2102 project, haven't started yet, other group members are still busy with their projects, hope we can at least start from next week onwards, even though i am quite busy next week. next, i have failed my selection for NOC, which i sort of expected it cuz i didn't really prepare well for it. this leaves me thinking whether i should re-apply next yr. hmm...
today's agenda:
1)try to get my xilinx work on my laptop
2)get lighter and anything that can kill mosquitoes
3)finish my ee2006 tutorial for next wk
4)think about ee2006 D1A project
ok i think i should go and have a run now. sounds ridiculous to run at 5 plus in the morning. but i think i haven't run for more than a wk le. since i am awake now, i might as well go run and i think i should be able to cool down by 7 plus, have my breakfast and go for the lecture at 8.
i guess i should be super tired after the run, considering i only have around 5 hours of disturbed sleep... maybe have some nap in the morning ba...
besides external factors that prevent me from going back to sleep, some things are bothering me. ok, firstly, EE2006 D1A project, i dun really understand how to go about implementing the thing. but i think this one can be done after i understand the question and the devices fully. next, cs2102 project, haven't started yet, other group members are still busy with their projects, hope we can at least start from next week onwards, even though i am quite busy next week. next, i have failed my selection for NOC, which i sort of expected it cuz i didn't really prepare well for it. this leaves me thinking whether i should re-apply next yr. hmm...
today's agenda:
1)try to get my xilinx work on my laptop
2)get lighter and anything that can kill mosquitoes
3)finish my ee2006 tutorial for next wk
4)think about ee2006 D1A project
ok i think i should go and have a run now. sounds ridiculous to run at 5 plus in the morning. but i think i haven't run for more than a wk le. since i am awake now, i might as well go run and i think i should be able to cool down by 7 plus, have my breakfast and go for the lecture at 8.
i guess i should be super tired after the run, considering i only have around 5 hours of disturbed sleep... maybe have some nap in the morning ba...
Saturday, September 29, 2007
moody
feeling rather moody now, so decided to write an entry to 发泄 a bit. dunno why i suddenly feel so moody, so blue. it shouldn't be, it doesn't make sense that i am affected by only some words. it is not logical. maybe it's due to other factors, maybe it's due to the stress over the coming midterms and projects. maybe her words are just a trigger that causes my moodiness now.
is it alright that 2 of us have some differences in some ideas? i dunno, cuz i am not experienced. i really dunno. logically, everyone is different from each other, so there can be no one who have the same values or even the same kind of thinking. well, maybe i am worrying too much...maybe this worry is just due to my moodiness now. well, maybe...
is 感性 never a part of a man? a man cannot be 感性? sounds so illogical. a man cannot be totally a man, cuz there are always some female hormones inside a man, conversely, there are always testosterone in a female. does 感性 just belong to a girl, a woman? i dun think so. cuz i think i am 感性 right now. instead of studying, i am thinking about all these. my 感性 now prevails over my 理性, which seldom happens. cuz i am a rational person. but then, a rational person can also have his moments of being 感性.
it's a small issue actually, but then somehow, i dun feel good about it. somehow... maybe she's unknowingly become very important to me le. guess so. i really dunno what am i thinking now. just feel low, blue, and moody. well, some things cannot be explained easily, esp those concerning emotions. well, guess a sleep will do well for me...
before i sleep, i still have to study. this is the rational thing to do, and i will do it. if i procrastinate, i know i will regret tomorrow. i will ask myself why am i so irrational? ok, forget everything and focus on my studies!
is it alright that 2 of us have some differences in some ideas? i dunno, cuz i am not experienced. i really dunno. logically, everyone is different from each other, so there can be no one who have the same values or even the same kind of thinking. well, maybe i am worrying too much...maybe this worry is just due to my moodiness now. well, maybe...
is 感性 never a part of a man? a man cannot be 感性? sounds so illogical. a man cannot be totally a man, cuz there are always some female hormones inside a man, conversely, there are always testosterone in a female. does 感性 just belong to a girl, a woman? i dun think so. cuz i think i am 感性 right now. instead of studying, i am thinking about all these. my 感性 now prevails over my 理性, which seldom happens. cuz i am a rational person. but then, a rational person can also have his moments of being 感性.
it's a small issue actually, but then somehow, i dun feel good about it. somehow... maybe she's unknowingly become very important to me le. guess so. i really dunno what am i thinking now. just feel low, blue, and moody. well, some things cannot be explained easily, esp those concerning emotions. well, guess a sleep will do well for me...
before i sleep, i still have to study. this is the rational thing to do, and i will do it. if i procrastinate, i know i will regret tomorrow. i will ask myself why am i so irrational? ok, forget everything and focus on my studies!
Thursday, September 27, 2007
assured
felt rather assured after a sort of serious talk with her. didn't really feel that way before that due to several uncertainties which i didn't really ask...
i admit that i am a person who thinks quite a lot, to such an extent that pple may say i am indecisive? i dunno. i feel that thinking stuff alone is very important, everyone needs time to rearrange and consolidate his or her thoughts. things can't just be done based on instinct or feel. it is not rational to do this. this is esp applicable to serious decisions.
i have learnt to make decisions only by myself since rather young. i chose my own secondary school, i chose my own jc, i chose my own undergrad course. i have the freedom to choose what i want, but that also gave me pressure in the sense that i am afraid i am making the wrong choices. i took a very long time to decide my undergrad course, Computer Eng. it was a rather big step away from what i had been studying. it was also a very big decision, which my parents had left me to decide on my own. that's why it took so long. luckily, there was a buffer period of 2 years in the army for me to decide slowly.
before school started this semester, i have nv really thought about my future regarding love and family. i sort of procrastinated, thinking that it's still young to think about all these. due to some critisms, some "encouragement", some "motivation", i started to think whether 22 years old was the time. again, i took quite a long time, up to 1 month. of course, there's some catalyst, otherwise, i believe i would take longer. i have come to realise that we cannot think so much for some things, cuz opportunities will just knock and go off. things have to be tried out before u can be certain that they can work out or not. so, i am trying now le. :)
still, i feel rather 不可思议 that a short 1 to 2 months can change so much of my life and perspectives. well, at least this change is good, and i definitely like it a lot. i definitely hope to continue this kind of lifestyle. although i may become busier than before, sometimes things cannot be totally 两全其美. u have to give up some to gain some. this time round, i think i would gain much more than what i have to give up. a drop of CAP may be imminent, but i will try to prevent it from happening. even if it really drops, i believe it would be minimal. i have confidence in my time management skills.
during the past 2 wks, i have come to have new kinds of emotions. feeling of missing someone, feeling of bliss... it's great to continually have new experiences. i hope that i would continue to have new experiences thoughout my whole life. i dun want to feel stagnant or obsolete... it's really bad to stay at the same spot for a long time. 不进则退, one has to really progress in whatever sense...
recess wk is coming to an end. i still have 2 modules to revise. finished revising EE2009, EE2005. now i am doing EE2006, which would be tested on wk 8. i think i will have ample time to revise + practise for this module, which is great. CS2102, i would do it during the weekends, cuz i want some continuity of thoughts before the test on the coming tuesday. actually, i am rather uncertain about this module. the lecturer teaches litte but seems to expect a lot. i think i need to buy his textbook to get a feel of what he expects from us.
from next wk onwards, the CS2102 project and the EE2006 D1 mini-project would start to roll in. it would be a busier schedule. i would have to make better use of my time, so that i can have time for her. even if i dun, i think she would understand, yeah? my best friend said he respected me for my "superman" skills of time management, and i told him sometimes superman is not perfect. but i suppose, i should not let my superman within me fall at this time. it's just not the right time. i will do whatever adjustments to make my superman continue to fly!
all in all, jiayou to everyone and myself for the coming mid-terms. jiayou to everyone in everything u do. 頑張って！加油！
i admit that i am a person who thinks quite a lot, to such an extent that pple may say i am indecisive? i dunno. i feel that thinking stuff alone is very important, everyone needs time to rearrange and consolidate his or her thoughts. things can't just be done based on instinct or feel. it is not rational to do this. this is esp applicable to serious decisions.
i have learnt to make decisions only by myself since rather young. i chose my own secondary school, i chose my own jc, i chose my own undergrad course. i have the freedom to choose what i want, but that also gave me pressure in the sense that i am afraid i am making the wrong choices. i took a very long time to decide my undergrad course, Computer Eng. it was a rather big step away from what i had been studying. it was also a very big decision, which my parents had left me to decide on my own. that's why it took so long. luckily, there was a buffer period of 2 years in the army for me to decide slowly.
before school started this semester, i have nv really thought about my future regarding love and family. i sort of procrastinated, thinking that it's still young to think about all these. due to some critisms, some "encouragement", some "motivation", i started to think whether 22 years old was the time. again, i took quite a long time, up to 1 month. of course, there's some catalyst, otherwise, i believe i would take longer. i have come to realise that we cannot think so much for some things, cuz opportunities will just knock and go off. things have to be tried out before u can be certain that they can work out or not. so, i am trying now le. :)
still, i feel rather 不可思议 that a short 1 to 2 months can change so much of my life and perspectives. well, at least this change is good, and i definitely like it a lot. i definitely hope to continue this kind of lifestyle. although i may become busier than before, sometimes things cannot be totally 两全其美. u have to give up some to gain some. this time round, i think i would gain much more than what i have to give up. a drop of CAP may be imminent, but i will try to prevent it from happening. even if it really drops, i believe it would be minimal. i have confidence in my time management skills.
during the past 2 wks, i have come to have new kinds of emotions. feeling of missing someone, feeling of bliss... it's great to continually have new experiences. i hope that i would continue to have new experiences thoughout my whole life. i dun want to feel stagnant or obsolete... it's really bad to stay at the same spot for a long time. 不进则退, one has to really progress in whatever sense...
recess wk is coming to an end. i still have 2 modules to revise. finished revising EE2009, EE2005. now i am doing EE2006, which would be tested on wk 8. i think i will have ample time to revise + practise for this module, which is great. CS2102, i would do it during the weekends, cuz i want some continuity of thoughts before the test on the coming tuesday. actually, i am rather uncertain about this module. the lecturer teaches litte but seems to expect a lot. i think i need to buy his textbook to get a feel of what he expects from us.
from next wk onwards, the CS2102 project and the EE2006 D1 mini-project would start to roll in. it would be a busier schedule. i would have to make better use of my time, so that i can have time for her. even if i dun, i think she would understand, yeah? my best friend said he respected me for my "superman" skills of time management, and i told him sometimes superman is not perfect. but i suppose, i should not let my superman within me fall at this time. it's just not the right time. i will do whatever adjustments to make my superman continue to fly!
all in all, jiayou to everyone and myself for the coming mid-terms. jiayou to everyone in everything u do. 頑張って！加油！
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
SE's service centre really cmi
yesterday i had a real bad experience at the service centre. i was told to collect my hp which i had sent for repairs after 3pm yesteraday. i reached there like 3.50 pm, and saw a super long queue. nvm for that, cuz at least there were places for me to sit and study.
waited like for 40 minutes, and i thought was my turn, cuz queue no 4080's customer was done with. but they skipped my turn and called other numbers. i was a bit stunned, and i walked over to the counter and the Malay counter lady said my phone wasn't ready yet, needed 5 minutes to close the job. so i went back to wait, already frustrated.
if they weren't sure the time the job would close then dun promise such a tight time!
after about 10 minutes, i asked the lady again, seeing her doing nothing about my case, while serving other customers. she seemed to forget about my case, and took my IC again to check for me. and she told me to wait again, while she go and check...
super pek cek already... how come these people are so inefficient? at least my Malay friends are not like that... no wonder some country is so cui...
waited until like 5pm, she called me to her counter. i gave a her a super pek cek look, and she told me that my phone needed a replacement and they didn't have one then and asked me to go back and wait for a phone call... i replied her coldly, "How long?" she said "1 or 2 days". immediately, i was damn freaking furious and left the bloody service centre.
the rest of the car journey to gombak, i was scolding chains and chains of vulgarities and nearly had a car accident due to some reckless driving... luckily, she managed to calm me down a little, if not my day would be ruined just becuz of some stupid services by some stupid pple!
waited like for 40 minutes, and i thought was my turn, cuz queue no 4080's customer was done with. but they skipped my turn and called other numbers. i was a bit stunned, and i walked over to the counter and the Malay counter lady said my phone wasn't ready yet, needed 5 minutes to close the job. so i went back to wait, already frustrated.
if they weren't sure the time the job would close then dun promise such a tight time!
after about 10 minutes, i asked the lady again, seeing her doing nothing about my case, while serving other customers. she seemed to forget about my case, and took my IC again to check for me. and she told me to wait again, while she go and check...
super pek cek already... how come these people are so inefficient? at least my Malay friends are not like that... no wonder some country is so cui...
waited until like 5pm, she called me to her counter. i gave a her a super pek cek look, and she told me that my phone needed a replacement and they didn't have one then and asked me to go back and wait for a phone call... i replied her coldly, "How long?" she said "1 or 2 days". immediately, i was damn freaking furious and left the bloody service centre.
the rest of the car journey to gombak, i was scolding chains and chains of vulgarities and nearly had a car accident due to some reckless driving... luckily, she managed to calm me down a little, if not my day would be ruined just becuz of some stupid services by some stupid pple!
Saturday, September 22, 2007
recess wk
haven't blogged like for more than 1 wk le. a bit unlike me, but i have been super busy. busy with what? hmm... studies, hall activities...
time is just not enough. already sleeping like only 6-7 hrs a day during the week, yet i find myself still bogged down by my tutorials and readings.
due to lack of sleep, i have been dozing off during lectures, even though to a minimal extent. sometimes i even dozed off during tutorials, which i think was very disrespectful to the tutors. must really get rid of this dozing off habit before my body really becomes accustomed to dozing off during classes. so i have to sleep at least 7 hours a day. i must really keep to this, otherwise i dun think i can stop dozing off. but now during recess wk, i will sleep at least 8 hrs a day, to sort off pay off some of the sleep debts i have incurred during the past few wks.
this recess wk, i would be preparing formally for 2 tests, CS2102 on wk 7, and EE2006 on wk 8. as for EE2009's e-test, i would also prepare for it. although EE2005 doesn't have a mid-term test, i would still revise it, so that i can prepare myself better for the 2nd half of the course.
during this recess wk, there would be times that i have to put down my books. firstly, jiacheng's special event; as a friend, i have to help out in his special day. 2ndly, geok's bdae. would be celebrating her birthday with the rest of the OG before her birthday comes, cuz it would be quite tiring if we celebrate her birthday on friday, and also i think that day should be left to her special one :) 3rdly, yl's tp test. very important to her, just as impt to me when i first took the test which i failed :( got to go give moral support. even if she fails, at least i would be there to console her. but of course, i would hope that she passes, and the day wouldn't be a gloomy one :)
seems like time management would be a very crucial factor to my results. and i do admit that. have to manage my time well, and luckily i only have 2 closed book upcoming mid term tests, which is considered few compared to my past 2 sems, when i had to study for 4 tests during the mid-term break. consider myself lucky or what, god is somehow helping me. but then, i know i cannot slack, if not my results for this sem would be greatly affected. i still want my SAP 5, i still want to go back closer to CAP 5.
all i can say is that i have to manage my time really well this sem, much better than before, because of additional commitments.
now i am using a loan phone Ericsson T68, cuz i have sent my phone for repair due to a sudden failure of some buttons. although T68 was my second phone, but it is rather irritating to use such a low-end phone. technology sometimes really disrupts my life...
talking about phones, i am thinking about changing my mobile plan, instead of sticking to the current classic plan which i pay only 14 bucks a month. a surge in calling times and messaging counts... my last month's bill almost hit 50 bucks, which i think was quite a lot, even though i tried to restrict my phone usage le. i think this month (13 sept to 12 oct) would be worse. jialat, man. dunno why my mum still hasn't questioned me about my phone bill yet, maybe she hasn't really read it, or she is just insensitive to this kind of "small money", which i dun think so. have to really restrict myself from messaging so much le. if not, my parents would really notice the sudden surge in my phone bill... then i would have a lot to explain le, which i really dread, cuz i dun want to tell lies...
hmm, still have a project to do, though i think cannot do much abt it now during this wk, cuz my other group members shouldn't be too free. so maybe wk 7 would be a fine time to start working on it.
ok i really need to go back to my books, complete all tutorials due on wk 7 by sunday nite, and get started on my revision on monday morning.
加油，大家 and myself!
time is just not enough. already sleeping like only 6-7 hrs a day during the week, yet i find myself still bogged down by my tutorials and readings.
due to lack of sleep, i have been dozing off during lectures, even though to a minimal extent. sometimes i even dozed off during tutorials, which i think was very disrespectful to the tutors. must really get rid of this dozing off habit before my body really becomes accustomed to dozing off during classes. so i have to sleep at least 7 hours a day. i must really keep to this, otherwise i dun think i can stop dozing off. but now during recess wk, i will sleep at least 8 hrs a day, to sort off pay off some of the sleep debts i have incurred during the past few wks.
this recess wk, i would be preparing formally for 2 tests, CS2102 on wk 7, and EE2006 on wk 8. as for EE2009's e-test, i would also prepare for it. although EE2005 doesn't have a mid-term test, i would still revise it, so that i can prepare myself better for the 2nd half of the course.
during this recess wk, there would be times that i have to put down my books. firstly, jiacheng's special event; as a friend, i have to help out in his special day. 2ndly, geok's bdae. would be celebrating her birthday with the rest of the OG before her birthday comes, cuz it would be quite tiring if we celebrate her birthday on friday, and also i think that day should be left to her special one :) 3rdly, yl's tp test. very important to her, just as impt to me when i first took the test which i failed :( got to go give moral support. even if she fails, at least i would be there to console her. but of course, i would hope that she passes, and the day wouldn't be a gloomy one :)
seems like time management would be a very crucial factor to my results. and i do admit that. have to manage my time well, and luckily i only have 2 closed book upcoming mid term tests, which is considered few compared to my past 2 sems, when i had to study for 4 tests during the mid-term break. consider myself lucky or what, god is somehow helping me. but then, i know i cannot slack, if not my results for this sem would be greatly affected. i still want my SAP 5, i still want to go back closer to CAP 5.
all i can say is that i have to manage my time really well this sem, much better than before, because of additional commitments.
now i am using a loan phone Ericsson T68, cuz i have sent my phone for repair due to a sudden failure of some buttons. although T68 was my second phone, but it is rather irritating to use such a low-end phone. technology sometimes really disrupts my life...
talking about phones, i am thinking about changing my mobile plan, instead of sticking to the current classic plan which i pay only 14 bucks a month. a surge in calling times and messaging counts... my last month's bill almost hit 50 bucks, which i think was quite a lot, even though i tried to restrict my phone usage le. i think this month (13 sept to 12 oct) would be worse. jialat, man. dunno why my mum still hasn't questioned me about my phone bill yet, maybe she hasn't really read it, or she is just insensitive to this kind of "small money", which i dun think so. have to really restrict myself from messaging so much le. if not, my parents would really notice the sudden surge in my phone bill... then i would have a lot to explain le, which i really dread, cuz i dun want to tell lies...
hmm, still have a project to do, though i think cannot do much abt it now during this wk, cuz my other group members shouldn't be too free. so maybe wk 7 would be a fine time to start working on it.
ok i really need to go back to my books, complete all tutorials due on wk 7 by sunday nite, and get started on my revision on monday morning.
加油，大家 and myself!
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Now is 6.08 am
Now is 6.09 am... i am awake, cuz somehow i woke up, feeling stressed and worried... i have slept for 4 hours only, and it wasn't really a good one. the day ahead is still long and tiring, with 5 hours straight of lessons... a tutorial, a lecture and a lab...
why am i stressed? i also dun really know... NOC? RH activities? my future? or some internal struggles? it should be a mixture of all... i think this is the 1st time i am so stressed that i wake up in the middle of the "night" and stare into space... that's why i am here writing this blog entry... trying to get some things out of my mind...
still thinking about what to add on to my personal statement for my NOC CV. i decided to have a short personal statement, which consists of around 3 short paragraphs... now i am left with the last one, and which i think is the most difficult one. cuz i think it must end with some impact and impression on the interviewers' minds. thinking hard, while worrying...
feeling a little hungry, and my stomach isn't feeling well since yesterday night... probably is due to the mac i ate yesterday for lunch... dunno why mac food, except mc nugget meals, is always "rejected" by my picky stomach...
still streaming a short video of a violin playing jazz piece Autumn Leaves... to get some inspirations for my part during next fri's convo dinner performance by CME... very long nv touch 二胡 liao, a bit rusty in terms of smoothness as well as pitching...
tired... try to go back to sleep...
why am i stressed? i also dun really know... NOC? RH activities? my future? or some internal struggles? it should be a mixture of all... i think this is the 1st time i am so stressed that i wake up in the middle of the "night" and stare into space... that's why i am here writing this blog entry... trying to get some things out of my mind...
still thinking about what to add on to my personal statement for my NOC CV. i decided to have a short personal statement, which consists of around 3 short paragraphs... now i am left with the last one, and which i think is the most difficult one. cuz i think it must end with some impact and impression on the interviewers' minds. thinking hard, while worrying...
feeling a little hungry, and my stomach isn't feeling well since yesterday night... probably is due to the mac i ate yesterday for lunch... dunno why mac food, except mc nugget meals, is always "rejected" by my picky stomach...
still streaming a short video of a violin playing jazz piece Autumn Leaves... to get some inspirations for my part during next fri's convo dinner performance by CME... very long nv touch 二胡 liao, a bit rusty in terms of smoothness as well as pitching...
tired... try to go back to sleep...
Sunday, September 9, 2007
what a busy wk + wkend
a hectic week has just passed, and more stressful weeks to come...
felt lucky that i have passed the 1st round of NOC interview...cuz i thot i really screwed up as i didn't really prepare well. the interview asked me about the companies' characteristics of each separate country, and i directly told her that i didn't manage to see them... that's the truth... then she started bombarding me questions that contradicted my idea and the real situation... sianz... i answered the questions promptly, but i think she's not really satisfied... so it's really heng that i managed to qualify for the more stringent 2nd round of interview ba, which will be on this thurs lunch time... must try to prepare more this time, though i think i can't really do much... i should have done the researching during the vacation, but i was just too lazy... Laziness really can kill...
still doing the CS2102 Lab 3... think i still have to go for the lab tomorrow and ask the lab TA for help liao...
this wk i managed to complete 4 modules' work and readings before friday ends. that's quite good. left with only EE2005, which i managed to finish yesterday. so now i am left with the lab, which i am stuck at, and 2 lab preparations... hope the 2 labs would be quite easy... 2 labs in a wk really quite siong, imagine i have to do this for 4 wks... why in the hell i have 13 labs in a semester? this is so disgusting...
i still need to create a CV for the 2nd NOC interview... should be done quite fast... maybe within 1 hr... the personal statement may be a bit of a problem... actually rather pessimistic about this coming interview, cuz i know i can nv be really prepared. i could have done it before school started, but i didn't. just hope that they believe my credentials and recognise my ability ba, and also hope that the other candidates' qualities are not as good as mine, which i think is quite unlikely though. all i can do is to prepare as much as i can, and just be confident at least on the outside during the interview.
later at nite, still have to conduct interviews for the Cultural Comm... MM not easy to be... hope i can get a few good members who can really do stuff... last yr's comm, only the singaporeans like me do quite a lot...the PRC's really slack, keep MIAing... not despising them as a whole but many of them i have seen are really quite selfish and irresponsible. they need to study, we dun need to study meh? somemore this yr would be Rhazz again, which is considered quite siong... i still haven't got my stage manager... must get someone to do the job lah... if not really jialat...
ok lah, i need to do other stuff liao... enough of the complaining and rambling liao... signing off...
felt lucky that i have passed the 1st round of NOC interview...cuz i thot i really screwed up as i didn't really prepare well. the interview asked me about the companies' characteristics of each separate country, and i directly told her that i didn't manage to see them... that's the truth... then she started bombarding me questions that contradicted my idea and the real situation... sianz... i answered the questions promptly, but i think she's not really satisfied... so it's really heng that i managed to qualify for the more stringent 2nd round of interview ba, which will be on this thurs lunch time... must try to prepare more this time, though i think i can't really do much... i should have done the researching during the vacation, but i was just too lazy... Laziness really can kill...
still doing the CS2102 Lab 3... think i still have to go for the lab tomorrow and ask the lab TA for help liao...
this wk i managed to complete 4 modules' work and readings before friday ends. that's quite good. left with only EE2005, which i managed to finish yesterday. so now i am left with the lab, which i am stuck at, and 2 lab preparations... hope the 2 labs would be quite easy... 2 labs in a wk really quite siong, imagine i have to do this for 4 wks... why in the hell i have 13 labs in a semester? this is so disgusting...
i still need to create a CV for the 2nd NOC interview... should be done quite fast... maybe within 1 hr... the personal statement may be a bit of a problem... actually rather pessimistic about this coming interview, cuz i know i can nv be really prepared. i could have done it before school started, but i didn't. just hope that they believe my credentials and recognise my ability ba, and also hope that the other candidates' qualities are not as good as mine, which i think is quite unlikely though. all i can do is to prepare as much as i can, and just be confident at least on the outside during the interview.
later at nite, still have to conduct interviews for the Cultural Comm... MM not easy to be... hope i can get a few good members who can really do stuff... last yr's comm, only the singaporeans like me do quite a lot...the PRC's really slack, keep MIAing... not despising them as a whole but many of them i have seen are really quite selfish and irresponsible. they need to study, we dun need to study meh? somemore this yr would be Rhazz again, which is considered quite siong... i still haven't got my stage manager... must get someone to do the job lah... if not really jialat...
ok lah, i need to do other stuff liao... enough of the complaining and rambling liao... signing off...
Saturday, September 1, 2007
1st Day of Sept
having a slight dry cough now...throat felt rather dry when i just woke up...hope this is just temporary...better go get some Redoxon...
yep, this is the 1st day of Sept, and i think i didn't manage to last through yesterday's nite to welcome the 1st second of Sept...cuz i was really tired...i was so tired that i couldn't even last through a spyware scan and i really concussed before the scan ended... slept for 9 hours + a bit...seems enough for now...
this weekend would be a rather busy one...with studies... one lab report to complete, one assignment to complete, one tutorial to complete... and 2 readings to complete... sianz... this weekend workload is really too much for a 3rd wk...
this wk's driving was really quite sianz...i mounted kerb once, i horlanded once... so sad... i think i really need to go read up the street directory which i haven't touched for so long becuz of complacency with my memory... the signboards on the roads are really not enough, esp for roads and streets that are not very common... the kerb that i mounted was really sick...cuz i mounted it more than once already... it is at a bend which i dun think is rather well-shaped...if not how come i always mount that stupid kerb... vulgarities almost were blurted out when i mounted that kerb again yesterday nite...
i actually tried to keep to my study schedule this week, but the super heavy afternoon rain on tuesday spoilt it. that made me pon my lecture...plus the many talk crap sessions...plus i was stuck in the lab report for the whole wednesday nite... as a result, such a big workload during this weekend...better be more disciplined next wk...if not really jialat...
this week ran 2 times again...1st run was by myself and i managed to improve by 15s. not that bad, with no pacer...except for my watch... the 2nd run was with jiacheng...he set the initial pace and it was proven too fast...i felt a little bit of pain at my heart area in the last 2 km of the run...fearing that i would just 暴毙, i slowed down my pace to a cooling down pace... but i sprinted 2 upslopes... so at least there's some form of training...
yesterday was a really tired day for dunno what reason...cuz i kept dozing off at the lecture...and i actually dozed off during a tutorial right in front of the tutor...really a first time for me...felt quite bad to doze off right in front of the tutor...next time must drink coffee if i feel tired, at least the coffee can help me dong3 for a while...
felt a bit bad to go home straight after dinner yesterday, cuz i was supposed to meet up with Shu Ann to talk about the Cultural MM position. but she didn't message me until 11 plus before which i was already asleep...she said she would contact me after dinner...but in the end she waited until so late... luckily i made the choice to go back home, upon some girls' pleading...if not i would really 傻傻 wait in school for her... i think i would probably take up this position, cuz it would allow me to stay back in Raffles Hall for 1 more year... really can't bear to give up the convenience of staying in hall, even though i have a car. should be meeting up with her to talk about the job requirements before i submit my application this sunday nite.
yep, i received the notification of an interview for my NOC application. must prepare for the interview this time round. cuz i really 重视 this programme, and really hope i would get the chance to expand my horizon. although the interview clashes with my tutorial on fri 9am, i think this interview is still much more important. must dress well, must prepare well. cannot screw this up like what i did for my medicine interview 3 yrs ago. 加油！
yep, this is the 1st day of Sept, and i think i didn't manage to last through yesterday's nite to welcome the 1st second of Sept...cuz i was really tired...i was so tired that i couldn't even last through a spyware scan and i really concussed before the scan ended... slept for 9 hours + a bit...seems enough for now...
this weekend would be a rather busy one...with studies... one lab report to complete, one assignment to complete, one tutorial to complete... and 2 readings to complete... sianz... this weekend workload is really too much for a 3rd wk...
this wk's driving was really quite sianz...i mounted kerb once, i horlanded once... so sad... i think i really need to go read up the street directory which i haven't touched for so long becuz of complacency with my memory... the signboards on the roads are really not enough, esp for roads and streets that are not very common... the kerb that i mounted was really sick...cuz i mounted it more than once already... it is at a bend which i dun think is rather well-shaped...if not how come i always mount that stupid kerb... vulgarities almost were blurted out when i mounted that kerb again yesterday nite...
i actually tried to keep to my study schedule this week, but the super heavy afternoon rain on tuesday spoilt it. that made me pon my lecture...plus the many talk crap sessions...plus i was stuck in the lab report for the whole wednesday nite... as a result, such a big workload during this weekend...better be more disciplined next wk...if not really jialat...
this week ran 2 times again...1st run was by myself and i managed to improve by 15s. not that bad, with no pacer...except for my watch... the 2nd run was with jiacheng...he set the initial pace and it was proven too fast...i felt a little bit of pain at my heart area in the last 2 km of the run...fearing that i would just 暴毙, i slowed down my pace to a cooling down pace... but i sprinted 2 upslopes... so at least there's some form of training...
yesterday was a really tired day for dunno what reason...cuz i kept dozing off at the lecture...and i actually dozed off during a tutorial right in front of the tutor...really a first time for me...felt quite bad to doze off right in front of the tutor...next time must drink coffee if i feel tired, at least the coffee can help me dong3 for a while...
felt a bit bad to go home straight after dinner yesterday, cuz i was supposed to meet up with Shu Ann to talk about the Cultural MM position. but she didn't message me until 11 plus before which i was already asleep...she said she would contact me after dinner...but in the end she waited until so late... luckily i made the choice to go back home, upon some girls' pleading...if not i would really 傻傻 wait in school for her... i think i would probably take up this position, cuz it would allow me to stay back in Raffles Hall for 1 more year... really can't bear to give up the convenience of staying in hall, even though i have a car. should be meeting up with her to talk about the job requirements before i submit my application this sunday nite.
yep, i received the notification of an interview for my NOC application. must prepare for the interview this time round. cuz i really 重视 this programme, and really hope i would get the chance to expand my horizon. although the interview clashes with my tutorial on fri 9am, i think this interview is still much more important. must dress well, must prepare well. cannot screw this up like what i did for my medicine interview 3 yrs ago. 加油！
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
不言而喻
yep, saw this 成语 on "大头芬的世界"...
well i dunno whether this kind of thing really exist... can pple ever know something without pple telling them explicitly or implicitly? dun think so... many things can come as simple logic and common sense to u now, but i suppose these things were taught to u when you were very young, so young that you failed to realise that you were actually learning these "simple common sense" things...
"dun assume, always confirm"...this phrase often used in the army is actually true and i think pple just belittle this short statement. it's only until bad things happen then pple start to realise that they actually dun have that so-called common sense...but humans are a forgetful lot...few years later, they would have questioned a person's common-sense level when he or she commits the same mistake...
yep, parents often set a "common-sense level" for their children...sometimes they expect their children to do things in a logical manner but they did not teach them to do so... well i have no specific example for it, cuz i am also stuck in the question of whether something is common-sense or not...this explains why i am writing here to say something about common-sense...about things that can be 不言而喻...
besides "common sense" stuff that many pple think can be 不言而喻, i think emotions, feelings are also sometimes treated as "things" that pple can relate to without saying...how the h-ll can your parents know you love and respect them? they wun know clearly unless u do something or say something that confirms this mutual love. well, although i am saying all these, i think i have nv said anything that reciprocates the love from my parents... done something? not really too, except doing my best in my studies and make them proud...
isn't it time to do something?
well i dunno whether this kind of thing really exist... can pple ever know something without pple telling them explicitly or implicitly? dun think so... many things can come as simple logic and common sense to u now, but i suppose these things were taught to u when you were very young, so young that you failed to realise that you were actually learning these "simple common sense" things...
"dun assume, always confirm"...this phrase often used in the army is actually true and i think pple just belittle this short statement. it's only until bad things happen then pple start to realise that they actually dun have that so-called common sense...but humans are a forgetful lot...few years later, they would have questioned a person's common-sense level when he or she commits the same mistake...
yep, parents often set a "common-sense level" for their children...sometimes they expect their children to do things in a logical manner but they did not teach them to do so... well i have no specific example for it, cuz i am also stuck in the question of whether something is common-sense or not...this explains why i am writing here to say something about common-sense...about things that can be 不言而喻...
besides "common sense" stuff that many pple think can be 不言而喻, i think emotions, feelings are also sometimes treated as "things" that pple can relate to without saying...how the h-ll can your parents know you love and respect them? they wun know clearly unless u do something or say something that confirms this mutual love. well, although i am saying all these, i think i have nv said anything that reciprocates the love from my parents... done something? not really too, except doing my best in my studies and make them proud...
isn't it time to do something?
Sunday, August 26, 2007
１リットルの涙
has been watching "One litre of tears" for the past wk. just finished watching episode 6. from episode 4, there are always scenes that make me tear a little. there is a scene in episode where Ako was scolding her bro Hiroki for despising his sister, Aya, who is the female lead of the show. This scene is especially touching to me, and i think my tears just flowed...
the plot itself is already touching, as it touches on the sad encounter of a young girl, Aya, with an incurable disease. the director didn't try to make it 煽情, but somehow the story itself is just too touching for a normal person not to feel sad for her.
Aya is really a very strong-willed girl. i really wonder if i were her, whether i can take the disease in such a positive manner. i think i would be too passive and inferior to face other people's 白眼... the thought of her facing such a cruel disease at such a young age makes me feel very sad...
5 more episodes to go, wonder how much tears would i drop...
the plot itself is already touching, as it touches on the sad encounter of a young girl, Aya, with an incurable disease. the director didn't try to make it 煽情, but somehow the story itself is just too touching for a normal person not to feel sad for her.
Aya is really a very strong-willed girl. i really wonder if i were her, whether i can take the disease in such a positive manner. i think i would be too passive and inferior to face other people's 白眼... the thought of her facing such a cruel disease at such a young age makes me feel very sad...
5 more episodes to go, wonder how much tears would i drop...
2 wks gone just like this
2 wks of school gone just like that...ok what have i done? well, i think i didn't manage my time well, although it was just good enough to prevent me from lagging behind...
my aim was to leave weekends free of studying, but i have failed to do this for this wk. left 1.5 modules worth of reading, and 2 lab preparations for this weekend. managed to finish the readings by 9pm. left with 2 lab preparations that will be done on sunday...
next wk would be the start of my labs and tutorials. so i would be busier. i think i should do my readings right after the lectures, so that i can achieve my aim of resting during the weekends at least for the 1st half of the semester. my engine must go at least hit gear 4 next wk, if not, the workload would just keep piling up...
finished the 300 word essay for NOC application just now. the limit of 300 words is just too little for me to express my interest in this programme. for those who dunno, this is a programme where students get to go overseas and be immersed in a start-up company while taking some technopreneurship's modules there. it would be a one year programme, and it would most probably extend my stay in NUS by half a yr... but i think it's worth it. i really want to get this 难得 experience. today is the deadline, i would send in the application later on in the morning after i wake up. hope i can pass the interview and be able to set off to whichever country i get selected for next yr.
spent quite alot of time during the past wk with some of Helsing's pple, esp 3 of the girls. cuz they keep popping up in raffles hall, either to talk crap or to study. well, to study is definitely good, and at least they have started studying, which i think many others still haven't done so... kudos to them for being so hardworking both in studies and playing! well, talk crap is fine too, just that i think i had too much crap-talking that i lagged a little bit during the week. maybe i can be more disciplined...can i?
friday, we had a bbq at PGP, yeah PGP, first time stepped onto PGP ground. the bbq pit was really ill-maintained, with lots of ants... that aside, the food was quite ok to me, though a bit oily, but bo bian we did a last-minute marinating... last minute buying of food and equipment... everything last minute even though we sort of planned it a wk ago...well nvm, it's the fun of the gathering that counts. well, must thank samuel and ezekiel alot, cuz they really helped alot in the choosing of food, esp samuel. my 眼光 not bad, but i really didn't expect him to be so 在行 in "cooking". side-event: nick got drunk and vomitted...dun think he drank alot, somehow he got drunk... got a 灵异 photo that we took...
the bbq ended at around 12...and i sent the girls + matthew back home. well, i think i 慌神 a bit when i promised yanping to send them home... anyway, that was the least i can do, if not they all go back so late would be quite dangerous, even on a taxi... that nite they all really tired, cuz they were abnormally quiet on the car...or izit for some other reason? a bit too quiet for a nite drive, really afraid that i would fall asleep while driving, but i didn't, even on the way back from woodlands to yio chu kang alone.
sianz, is 22 years old really old for a guy? pple keep reminding me that i am 22 liao, shouldn't be evergreen liao, blablabla... all these shit i have never thot of suddenly fall on me...a bit 应接不暇...additional stress at the wrong time...a bit loss of focus on studying...nvm i will find back my focus, and think abt it later...
my aim was to leave weekends free of studying, but i have failed to do this for this wk. left 1.5 modules worth of reading, and 2 lab preparations for this weekend. managed to finish the readings by 9pm. left with 2 lab preparations that will be done on sunday...
next wk would be the start of my labs and tutorials. so i would be busier. i think i should do my readings right after the lectures, so that i can achieve my aim of resting during the weekends at least for the 1st half of the semester. my engine must go at least hit gear 4 next wk, if not, the workload would just keep piling up...
finished the 300 word essay for NOC application just now. the limit of 300 words is just too little for me to express my interest in this programme. for those who dunno, this is a programme where students get to go overseas and be immersed in a start-up company while taking some technopreneurship's modules there. it would be a one year programme, and it would most probably extend my stay in NUS by half a yr... but i think it's worth it. i really want to get this 难得 experience. today is the deadline, i would send in the application later on in the morning after i wake up. hope i can pass the interview and be able to set off to whichever country i get selected for next yr.
spent quite alot of time during the past wk with some of Helsing's pple, esp 3 of the girls. cuz they keep popping up in raffles hall, either to talk crap or to study. well, to study is definitely good, and at least they have started studying, which i think many others still haven't done so... kudos to them for being so hardworking both in studies and playing! well, talk crap is fine too, just that i think i had too much crap-talking that i lagged a little bit during the week. maybe i can be more disciplined...can i?
friday, we had a bbq at PGP, yeah PGP, first time stepped onto PGP ground. the bbq pit was really ill-maintained, with lots of ants... that aside, the food was quite ok to me, though a bit oily, but bo bian we did a last-minute marinating... last minute buying of food and equipment... everything last minute even though we sort of planned it a wk ago...well nvm, it's the fun of the gathering that counts. well, must thank samuel and ezekiel alot, cuz they really helped alot in the choosing of food, esp samuel. my 眼光 not bad, but i really didn't expect him to be so 在行 in "cooking". side-event: nick got drunk and vomitted...dun think he drank alot, somehow he got drunk... got a 灵异 photo that we took...
the bbq ended at around 12...and i sent the girls + matthew back home. well, i think i 慌神 a bit when i promised yanping to send them home... anyway, that was the least i can do, if not they all go back so late would be quite dangerous, even on a taxi... that nite they all really tired, cuz they were abnormally quiet on the car...or izit for some other reason? a bit too quiet for a nite drive, really afraid that i would fall asleep while driving, but i didn't, even on the way back from woodlands to yio chu kang alone.
sianz, is 22 years old really old for a guy? pple keep reminding me that i am 22 liao, shouldn't be evergreen liao, blablabla... all these shit i have never thot of suddenly fall on me...a bit 应接不暇...additional stress at the wrong time...a bit loss of focus on studying...nvm i will find back my focus, and think abt it later...
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
ah, a new blog to write on
yes, Helsing's blog is finally out. actually nothing much was done to prepare for it. we mentioned it before, but somehow it wasn't being 重视. but nvm, since it is out now, i think i can write some Helsing's stuff on that blog, and leave more personal opinions on my personal blog...
tonite somehow couldn't study...maybe the EE2005 stuff was just too difficult for me to absorb...so many unknown equations...think they are out of syllabus since they are not mentioned in the lectures...really hope so...
realise that i haven't really touched on CS2102...got labs coming up...have to read the textbook liao...have to go familiarize with the SQL coding...if not, on the lab day, confirm will jialat...
ah next wed is my first lab, EE2005 lab E1. need to prepare for it too, but think can leave it to the weekend or next mon? see how lah, depends on the progress of more important and urgent work...
ah tired...somehow feel damn sleepy at 2354 hrs... how come? dunno lah, maybe not enough sleep from yesterday... think i finish reading EE2005 stuff then can sleep liao...
tonite somehow couldn't study...maybe the EE2005 stuff was just too difficult for me to absorb...so many unknown equations...think they are out of syllabus since they are not mentioned in the lectures...really hope so...
realise that i haven't really touched on CS2102...got labs coming up...have to read the textbook liao...have to go familiarize with the SQL coding...if not, on the lab day, confirm will jialat...
ah next wed is my first lab, EE2005 lab E1. need to prepare for it too, but think can leave it to the weekend or next mon? see how lah, depends on the progress of more important and urgent work...
ah tired...somehow feel damn sleepy at 2354 hrs... how come? dunno lah, maybe not enough sleep from yesterday... think i finish reading EE2005 stuff then can sleep liao...
start of 2nd wk
yep, it's the start of 2nd wk of school. was a bit blue on sunday, maybe i am having some school-phobic depression...maybe i was just affected by the rain... i dunno le
started monday at 6am, as i needed to fetch my bro to school (NJC), and later to school before EE2005 lect at 8.30am. quite tired, for dunno what reason, cuz i have slept for 7 hours from 11pm to 6am. maybe the sleep wasn't good...
monday really isn't a good day for 5 hours of lectures...2 1.5-hr lectures, 1 2-hr lecture...quite tiring...and i have one tutorial after 2 lectures which would start from next wk...6 hours of lessons on the start of every wk... sianz...
but my timetable really is quite packed, especially the 13 labs i have to complete... got 4 wks i have to do 2 labs... and total of 9 wks that i have to do labs...imagine last sem i dun have to do any labs at all...
the 3 girls from my OG seem to have unlimited energy lor... can just keep talking and rambling for the whole day with big big smiles on their faces... really dunno where their energies come from...
"missed" lunch with some usual active pple of the OG due to my lecture...but nvm...:0
had dinner with them after my "Living with Math" module which ended at 7.30pm. had a simple dinner at the market in clementi ave 2 area. the prawn mee wasn't cooked up to standard, but somehow i managed to finish up the plate of mee.
we parted at around 9 plus, and this time they "automatically" decided to take public transport back home... maybe they too paiseh to ask me to fetch them home time and time again... well, that shows that they still have some 矜持 which i thot they have lost...oops! actually i ok with sending people home, but hor, quite tiring esp at nite... cuz i not a nite person... and i scared i topped up petrol too often and my father would question me... i wouldn't know how to answer him... lol...
had quite a good 5km run just now, managed to finish the run under 27:45... quite fast for me le... think it's around the same timing i usually had in the army... felt quite good that my fitness is improving, can really feel it, cuz i completed the run with ease, and i wasn't panting hard at the end of the run.
hmm, friday we would be celebrating yongfeng and chunping's bdaes... wonder how mad can it go... should be quite fun if more pple turn up. if not, always the few of us, also quite disappointing...
yup started to watch "一公升眼泪" on some website... quite touching, got 1 part in the 2nd episode my tears almost dropped... think i would eventually drop tears, as the later parts would be more touching and 煽情.
hope this wk would be a 充实 one, with my readings and tutorials done by friday, so that i can relax a bit during the weekend. and most importantly, hope that this whole wk would be enjoyable and fun! yoohoo!
started monday at 6am, as i needed to fetch my bro to school (NJC), and later to school before EE2005 lect at 8.30am. quite tired, for dunno what reason, cuz i have slept for 7 hours from 11pm to 6am. maybe the sleep wasn't good...
monday really isn't a good day for 5 hours of lectures...2 1.5-hr lectures, 1 2-hr lecture...quite tiring...and i have one tutorial after 2 lectures which would start from next wk...6 hours of lessons on the start of every wk... sianz...
but my timetable really is quite packed, especially the 13 labs i have to complete... got 4 wks i have to do 2 labs... and total of 9 wks that i have to do labs...imagine last sem i dun have to do any labs at all...
the 3 girls from my OG seem to have unlimited energy lor... can just keep talking and rambling for the whole day with big big smiles on their faces... really dunno where their energies come from...
"missed" lunch with some usual active pple of the OG due to my lecture...but nvm...:0
had dinner with them after my "Living with Math" module which ended at 7.30pm. had a simple dinner at the market in clementi ave 2 area. the prawn mee wasn't cooked up to standard, but somehow i managed to finish up the plate of mee.
we parted at around 9 plus, and this time they "automatically" decided to take public transport back home... maybe they too paiseh to ask me to fetch them home time and time again... well, that shows that they still have some 矜持 which i thot they have lost...oops! actually i ok with sending people home, but hor, quite tiring esp at nite... cuz i not a nite person... and i scared i topped up petrol too often and my father would question me... i wouldn't know how to answer him... lol...
had quite a good 5km run just now, managed to finish the run under 27:45... quite fast for me le... think it's around the same timing i usually had in the army... felt quite good that my fitness is improving, can really feel it, cuz i completed the run with ease, and i wasn't panting hard at the end of the run.
hmm, friday we would be celebrating yongfeng and chunping's bdaes... wonder how mad can it go... should be quite fun if more pple turn up. if not, always the few of us, also quite disappointing...
yup started to watch "一公升眼泪" on some website... quite touching, got 1 part in the 2nd episode my tears almost dropped... think i would eventually drop tears, as the later parts would be more touching and 煽情.
hope this wk would be a 充实 one, with my readings and tutorials done by friday, so that i can relax a bit during the weekend. and most importantly, hope that this whole wk would be enjoyable and fun! yoohoo!
Friday, August 17, 2007
Sch started, Engine not started
yes, today is the last day of 1st wk of school. what have i done? hmm... not a lot i suppose. bought books, attended lectures, finished 1 simple tutorial...still have a few readings left...
seems like my mugging engine is still on a cold start, is it due to the so-called post-o-wk blues? maybe, but i must definitely start my engine by next wk! must really sit down, and start to study!
oh ya, clocked alot of mileage within 3 days. think around 300 km. quite shiok to see the odometer jumping, from below 2000 to 2200 plus now. but this kind of mileage clocking is not very desirable, cuz it's quite tiring for on my still-perfect eyes. but somehow, i can't bear to reject their requests, since it is within my means to send them home...hmmm...
rather pleased and glad that our OG is still rather active even school has started. seems that the pple have endless energy for fun. for me, academic stress has started to kick in, so how high i can go would be determined by external factors, such as these people around me. if i am alone like now, i think i would be either studying or reading news or watching some lame videos or blogging...doing some low-energy level stuff.
yesterday i had a rather poor run, cuz halfway thru, my shin area started to be painful. probably i didn't warm up properly before the steep up-down-slope run. probably i was tired from the 1hr drive from clementi to woodlands back to clementi. though i think the former was probably the one giving me problems for my run yesterday.
oh ya, i am rather puzzled where my money has gone. i checked my account yesterday but i failed to account for around 100 bucks. hmm, wonder where did the money go? think i must be more aware of my money liao, especially now i tend to use my debit card instead of cash. got to claim back some money for the textbooks and shoes that i have bought.
finally had a 8 hr sleep since school started. for unknown reasons, i couldn't sleep well for the past few days. probably i slept late and couldn't wake up late due to the sun. luckily today, it is raining, and i mananged to sleep 8 hrs from 2am to 10am. feel quite refreshed now.
ok, tomorrow is the mass run, cum OG outing again. hope everything would be fun and fine. play hard when u can, study harder when u are not playing! so, now i am going to continue reading my textbook...:)
seems like my mugging engine is still on a cold start, is it due to the so-called post-o-wk blues? maybe, but i must definitely start my engine by next wk! must really sit down, and start to study!
oh ya, clocked alot of mileage within 3 days. think around 300 km. quite shiok to see the odometer jumping, from below 2000 to 2200 plus now. but this kind of mileage clocking is not very desirable, cuz it's quite tiring for on my still-perfect eyes. but somehow, i can't bear to reject their requests, since it is within my means to send them home...hmmm...
rather pleased and glad that our OG is still rather active even school has started. seems that the pple have endless energy for fun. for me, academic stress has started to kick in, so how high i can go would be determined by external factors, such as these people around me. if i am alone like now, i think i would be either studying or reading news or watching some lame videos or blogging...doing some low-energy level stuff.
yesterday i had a rather poor run, cuz halfway thru, my shin area started to be painful. probably i didn't warm up properly before the steep up-down-slope run. probably i was tired from the 1hr drive from clementi to woodlands back to clementi. though i think the former was probably the one giving me problems for my run yesterday.
oh ya, i am rather puzzled where my money has gone. i checked my account yesterday but i failed to account for around 100 bucks. hmm, wonder where did the money go? think i must be more aware of my money liao, especially now i tend to use my debit card instead of cash. got to claim back some money for the textbooks and shoes that i have bought.
finally had a 8 hr sleep since school started. for unknown reasons, i couldn't sleep well for the past few days. probably i slept late and couldn't wake up late due to the sun. luckily today, it is raining, and i mananged to sleep 8 hrs from 2am to 10am. feel quite refreshed now.
ok, tomorrow is the mass run, cum OG outing again. hope everything would be fun and fine. play hard when u can, study harder when u are not playing! so, now i am going to continue reading my textbook...:)
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Pre-Sch + Post-O'wk Blues...
school is starting tomorrow...what the...i haven't even bought any books yet!
EE2005 & EE2009's IVLE pages are not up yet...this stops me from buying the textbooks...i dun want to waste my time on another trip to the bookshop, though i think i might have to, if these 2 pages are not up yet. also, i dunno which book to buy CS2102, cuz 2 books are listed, i dun wanna buy a less updated one... think i gg to buy EE2006 and GEK1505's textbooks tomorrow first. the others still can wait, i suppose.
i haven't decided which tutorial slots to choose for my modules. gek1505's tutorial slots are not up yet. i dun wanna clash my tutorials! very f'ed up, the freaking admin of science fac. i have to choose my tutorials starting tomorrow for my 3 EE modules. pls, pls, pls, make things easier for me. my labs too, are a headache, so many labs...think got 7 labs for EE2006 itself, 4 labs for EE2005, 2 labs for EE2009...would be siong semester with a lot of labs...
haven't at least browsed through the uploaded lecture notes of EE2006 and CS2102...this was what i did for the last sem, feeling a bit guilty for being so lazy, but this is partly because i was involved in the Eng O Wk for the past whole week.
will be doing some pre-reading this coming week, so that i wun lag behind or at least lag behind by only a little bit by the end of the semester. there are always obstructions that stops me from keeping to my schedule, be it external factors like RH events and activities, or family commitment or just simply my slowness in digesting the materials taught.
aim of this sem: CAP 5! have to work very hard from the start of the sem. this should be achievable cuz no english modules this sem. EE2005, EE2006, EE2009 are core modules which have quite a big cohort of around 300 ba. CS2102 is my breadth technical elective and it has also a big cohort of around 200 plus. GEK1505 is a science gem which deals with maths, which i have confidence that i can score. consistent work and efficient studying would be the way i work towards this goal. this time to achieve CAP 5 would be a little harder than sem 1 last yr, cuz this time i have to score A's for 5 modules, compared to 4 in sem 1, and the core modules are now of level 2, not level 1. but anyway, as long as i work hard throughout the semester, i suppose i would be an edge over others and get my A's.
hmm, yesterday was the last day of the eng o wk. well, quite fun, events wise, pple wise, all quite good, except for the "catered" meals.
friday was the roadrunner + fright nite. roadrunner, basically our group boycotted it, cuz we were lazy to play the games. we spent our time downtown having our lunch, talking cock, helping bid modules...fright nite was rather sianz, cuz we had to set up the stations early, waited for groups to come...luckily they didn't expect us to finish the 5 groups assigned to our station. the event was cut at 1am, not a bad timing. after that, our OG proceeded to Fong Seng for supper. 3 trips on my car there, 2 trips back to school. my car was really powerless when 7-8 guys was on my car...there we had the usual pratas and drinks. side-event: koh yu, ye lian, yanping got to have a photograph with their E2, who is Ma---ew Wu. they were basically high then, nv seen girls so 色 and 大胆, they are really "色胆包天".
after which, we went back to RH. side-event: geok meng had the chance to take a photograph with the "Beloved", S---g Lam. the girls also took photographs with Wye Man. shocking side-event: geok meng screamed "You are so cute~!" to S---g Lam. was that a love confession? lol, well, can ask her then ;)
washed up in RH, and proceeded to LT7A there to rest. didn't really rest, cuz we were playing the 24 points thingy, and truth for truth game, and also crapping along... i slept only 30 minutes... but actually i felt fine.
saturday afternoon was Rag. 佩芬 was one of the hosts, but i only got a side-view of her from far, haiz. the crowd there was really overwhelming, plus the scorching sun that can easily cause pple to get a heat stroke. i managed to watch the rag team from RH perform, as well Engin's rag team perform. well, both were good to me, cuz i saw their effort. kudos to the rag teams of every fac and hall! after which, we proceeded to Cafe Cartel at Raffles for dinner. well, the dish i ordered is kind of not up to standard, but nvm cuz i didn't really have a good appetite then...
took a taxi with Ezekiel back to school, then drove back home. i was really tired cuz i almost dozed off a few times while i was driving 100km/h on AYE and CTE back home. luckily, no accident... then i really concussed after 9 pm...
now that the Engin o wk has ended, really felt a bit lost. but i think this is rather common, 天下无不散之筵席... still can meet up, so things aren't so bad... think i have to fill this emptiness quickly with my clear goal: CAP 5 at the end of this semester.
加油！
EE2005 & EE2009's IVLE pages are not up yet...this stops me from buying the textbooks...i dun want to waste my time on another trip to the bookshop, though i think i might have to, if these 2 pages are not up yet. also, i dunno which book to buy CS2102, cuz 2 books are listed, i dun wanna buy a less updated one... think i gg to buy EE2006 and GEK1505's textbooks tomorrow first. the others still can wait, i suppose.
i haven't decided which tutorial slots to choose for my modules. gek1505's tutorial slots are not up yet. i dun wanna clash my tutorials! very f'ed up, the freaking admin of science fac. i have to choose my tutorials starting tomorrow for my 3 EE modules. pls, pls, pls, make things easier for me. my labs too, are a headache, so many labs...think got 7 labs for EE2006 itself, 4 labs for EE2005, 2 labs for EE2009...would be siong semester with a lot of labs...
haven't at least browsed through the uploaded lecture notes of EE2006 and CS2102...this was what i did for the last sem, feeling a bit guilty for being so lazy, but this is partly because i was involved in the Eng O Wk for the past whole week.
will be doing some pre-reading this coming week, so that i wun lag behind or at least lag behind by only a little bit by the end of the semester. there are always obstructions that stops me from keeping to my schedule, be it external factors like RH events and activities, or family commitment or just simply my slowness in digesting the materials taught.
aim of this sem: CAP 5! have to work very hard from the start of the sem. this should be achievable cuz no english modules this sem. EE2005, EE2006, EE2009 are core modules which have quite a big cohort of around 300 ba. CS2102 is my breadth technical elective and it has also a big cohort of around 200 plus. GEK1505 is a science gem which deals with maths, which i have confidence that i can score. consistent work and efficient studying would be the way i work towards this goal. this time to achieve CAP 5 would be a little harder than sem 1 last yr, cuz this time i have to score A's for 5 modules, compared to 4 in sem 1, and the core modules are now of level 2, not level 1. but anyway, as long as i work hard throughout the semester, i suppose i would be an edge over others and get my A's.
hmm, yesterday was the last day of the eng o wk. well, quite fun, events wise, pple wise, all quite good, except for the "catered" meals.
friday was the roadrunner + fright nite. roadrunner, basically our group boycotted it, cuz we were lazy to play the games. we spent our time downtown having our lunch, talking cock, helping bid modules...fright nite was rather sianz, cuz we had to set up the stations early, waited for groups to come...luckily they didn't expect us to finish the 5 groups assigned to our station. the event was cut at 1am, not a bad timing. after that, our OG proceeded to Fong Seng for supper. 3 trips on my car there, 2 trips back to school. my car was really powerless when 7-8 guys was on my car...there we had the usual pratas and drinks. side-event: koh yu, ye lian, yanping got to have a photograph with their E2, who is Ma---ew Wu. they were basically high then, nv seen girls so 色 and 大胆, they are really "色胆包天".
after which, we went back to RH. side-event: geok meng had the chance to take a photograph with the "Beloved", S---g Lam. the girls also took photographs with Wye Man. shocking side-event: geok meng screamed "You are so cute~!" to S---g Lam. was that a love confession? lol, well, can ask her then ;)
washed up in RH, and proceeded to LT7A there to rest. didn't really rest, cuz we were playing the 24 points thingy, and truth for truth game, and also crapping along... i slept only 30 minutes... but actually i felt fine.
saturday afternoon was Rag. 佩芬 was one of the hosts, but i only got a side-view of her from far, haiz. the crowd there was really overwhelming, plus the scorching sun that can easily cause pple to get a heat stroke. i managed to watch the rag team from RH perform, as well Engin's rag team perform. well, both were good to me, cuz i saw their effort. kudos to the rag teams of every fac and hall! after which, we proceeded to Cafe Cartel at Raffles for dinner. well, the dish i ordered is kind of not up to standard, but nvm cuz i didn't really have a good appetite then...
took a taxi with Ezekiel back to school, then drove back home. i was really tired cuz i almost dozed off a few times while i was driving 100km/h on AYE and CTE back home. luckily, no accident... then i really concussed after 9 pm...
now that the Engin o wk has ended, really felt a bit lost. but i think this is rather common, 天下无不散之筵席... still can meet up, so things aren't so bad... think i have to fill this emptiness quickly with my clear goal: CAP 5 at the end of this semester.
加油！
Thursday, August 9, 2007
earliest "dinner" ever
had the earliest "dinner" ever at 2.30 pm today! what the... cuz my grandma wanted to have an early meal... well actually, i treated it as a lunch, "converted" the lunch at 11.30am to breakfast, had the real dinner at 6.30pm at home...
went for shopping for furniture for the 2nd time. the last time was on Sunday. well, we were just looking for inspirations so that we can better design our new house in about 2 months' time. drove to IMM, and had a good view of classy furniture, which i think would fit into our new house. then we proceeded to Bukit Timah Road's Courts to look at other furniture. well, the Courts' furniture doesn't seem to be classy enough or attractive enough to me. we stayed there for less than 30 minutes, i suppose. then we had our "dinner" nearby upon my grandma's requeest.
yeah, moving to a new house in december. the new house has a larger land area than our current one, and most importantly, it has a much larger built-in area and bigger rooms. my new bedroom would be 2x the size of my current one, shiok! actually this house would be within 1km of my current house, so there would be little changes in our living environment, i guess. just that the bus-stop would be a longer walking distance away, and my poor fat brother would have to exercise more, which is good! lol...
hmm, ok, some personal review of the eng o wk up to date.
mon was war games and SP games. war games was quite fun, but the sun was really scorching and i got sunburnt. nite was SP games. shiok, cuz we get to make fun of the blindfolded SP couples, but the nite was quite cold, and i caught a cold. the revelation was a bit anti-climax, at least for Helsing. maybe, they should have some activities after the revelation, since interaction with and without knowing who the person u are interacting with is really different. but it was quite late lah, so i would prefer not to have after-activities...sounds contradicting...
after the SP games and revelation, we managed to get an empty single double room, thanks Jack. it was Antonia's room. most of us played games and had supper there and stayed up throughout the nite, while waiting for 5 am when we would have to report for Flag's day. super tired, esp when i was having a cold...
proceeded for Flag in Toa Payoh Central. realised that there were so many pple doing flag in the same small area. it doesn't seem logical to me to put so many pple in the same area, cuz it might irritate the passers-by. but, "competition" among the different groups of Flaggers, might be able to up the donations. well, i dunno whether we are on which side of the balance. but for me, i dun like the "competition" cuz it gives a rather bad impression to the public, and gives us difficulty to raise a certain amount of money. charity shouldn't be put under competition, this is what i believe.
due to pure tiredness and laziness, we decided to end early. some of us had lunch, after which, some of them proceed to Koh Yu's "house" while waiting for their bags to arrive in Toa Payoh at around 4pm. for me, i drove home after the lunch and had a rest to prepare for the next day's sentosa trip.
wednesday was Sentosa Day. had brunch at Seah Imm. i had limited choices cuz i was on the recovery phase from the cold i had after monday nite. then we proceeded into Sentosa Siloso Beach. the sun was hot and i got sunburnt. and i think it was a rather serious burn, cuz my legs also kanna burnt, and it's painful, esp on the neck and legs. really regretted for being lazy to put on sun-block or sun-tan lotion. treat it as a lesson learnt...
in the evening, had a da-bao dinner at Vivo, which i felt was quite lame. i would much prefer a dine-in dinner at a restaurant. but jiacheng pointed out something which i had neglected. that is, not everyone would be able to afford a rather expensive dinner. even a 20 plus bucks dinner may be quite inaffordable to some pple. realized i can be quite insensitive to pple not as 宽裕 in terms of money. this comes to the point about fairness, which i think we should strive to have but it would be impossible. it takes much EQ and deliberation to try to make things fair for everyone. hmm, getting a little over-emo here...
tomorrow would be a roadrunner game in town, followed by fright nite in campus. dunno how it would be. i would be the station master of the SDE tunnel. this tunnel is itself scary when the lights are all off, so the gamemasters/ghosts would try to prevent any accidents while scaring the freshies... dunno whether i would be involved in the roadrunner game, cuz there may be a dry run for the fright nite. but i think it would be rather lame to have a dry run cuz many councillers are involved in the fright nite, leaving very few to lead the OGs in the roadrunner game. maybe, the OGLs would be the only one following the OGs ba. nvm, everything would be settled tomorrow.
alrite, that's all for today, and happy Bdae, Singapore!
missed the performance part of the National Day Parade cuz i was dozing off on the sofa... will try to catch the repeat telecast...
went for shopping for furniture for the 2nd time. the last time was on Sunday. well, we were just looking for inspirations so that we can better design our new house in about 2 months' time. drove to IMM, and had a good view of classy furniture, which i think would fit into our new house. then we proceeded to Bukit Timah Road's Courts to look at other furniture. well, the Courts' furniture doesn't seem to be classy enough or attractive enough to me. we stayed there for less than 30 minutes, i suppose. then we had our "dinner" nearby upon my grandma's requeest.
yeah, moving to a new house in december. the new house has a larger land area than our current one, and most importantly, it has a much larger built-in area and bigger rooms. my new bedroom would be 2x the size of my current one, shiok! actually this house would be within 1km of my current house, so there would be little changes in our living environment, i guess. just that the bus-stop would be a longer walking distance away, and my poor fat brother would have to exercise more, which is good! lol...
hmm, ok, some personal review of the eng o wk up to date.
mon was war games and SP games. war games was quite fun, but the sun was really scorching and i got sunburnt. nite was SP games. shiok, cuz we get to make fun of the blindfolded SP couples, but the nite was quite cold, and i caught a cold. the revelation was a bit anti-climax, at least for Helsing. maybe, they should have some activities after the revelation, since interaction with and without knowing who the person u are interacting with is really different. but it was quite late lah, so i would prefer not to have after-activities...sounds contradicting...
after the SP games and revelation, we managed to get an empty single double room, thanks Jack. it was Antonia's room. most of us played games and had supper there and stayed up throughout the nite, while waiting for 5 am when we would have to report for Flag's day. super tired, esp when i was having a cold...
proceeded for Flag in Toa Payoh Central. realised that there were so many pple doing flag in the same small area. it doesn't seem logical to me to put so many pple in the same area, cuz it might irritate the passers-by. but, "competition" among the different groups of Flaggers, might be able to up the donations. well, i dunno whether we are on which side of the balance. but for me, i dun like the "competition" cuz it gives a rather bad impression to the public, and gives us difficulty to raise a certain amount of money. charity shouldn't be put under competition, this is what i believe.
due to pure tiredness and laziness, we decided to end early. some of us had lunch, after which, some of them proceed to Koh Yu's "house" while waiting for their bags to arrive in Toa Payoh at around 4pm. for me, i drove home after the lunch and had a rest to prepare for the next day's sentosa trip.
wednesday was Sentosa Day. had brunch at Seah Imm. i had limited choices cuz i was on the recovery phase from the cold i had after monday nite. then we proceeded into Sentosa Siloso Beach. the sun was hot and i got sunburnt. and i think it was a rather serious burn, cuz my legs also kanna burnt, and it's painful, esp on the neck and legs. really regretted for being lazy to put on sun-block or sun-tan lotion. treat it as a lesson learnt...
in the evening, had a da-bao dinner at Vivo, which i felt was quite lame. i would much prefer a dine-in dinner at a restaurant. but jiacheng pointed out something which i had neglected. that is, not everyone would be able to afford a rather expensive dinner. even a 20 plus bucks dinner may be quite inaffordable to some pple. realized i can be quite insensitive to pple not as 宽裕 in terms of money. this comes to the point about fairness, which i think we should strive to have but it would be impossible. it takes much EQ and deliberation to try to make things fair for everyone. hmm, getting a little over-emo here...
tomorrow would be a roadrunner game in town, followed by fright nite in campus. dunno how it would be. i would be the station master of the SDE tunnel. this tunnel is itself scary when the lights are all off, so the gamemasters/ghosts would try to prevent any accidents while scaring the freshies... dunno whether i would be involved in the roadrunner game, cuz there may be a dry run for the fright nite. but i think it would be rather lame to have a dry run cuz many councillers are involved in the fright nite, leaving very few to lead the OGs in the roadrunner game. maybe, the OGLs would be the only one following the OGs ba. nvm, everything would be settled tomorrow.
alrite, that's all for today, and happy Bdae, Singapore!
missed the performance part of the National Day Parade cuz i was dozing off on the sofa... will try to catch the repeat telecast...
sunburnt and tired, feeling a bit lucky
wah really tio burnt lor. machiam lobster now. sianz... 1 time on monday, 2nd time in sentosa "yesterday". but this time more jialat, cuz my face also kanna burnt! my shoulders painful sia, but that was due to the burn on monday during war games.
used 50 points for GEK1505, living with math. this is really unexpectedly high. cuz the past 2 sems, 1 point settled liao. this time, 348 fighting for 300 places. 50 is the minimum successful bid. wah, luckily i up my bid points from 10 to 100 during close bidding, calling from Sentosa. if not, i really will be at a loss of what to take... jiacheng should be tio owned liao lah, cuz he bidded 10 points, which he said with calculated risk though... think he miscalculated liao. but i also expected a min successful bid of less than 10 points, from bidding histories... somehow, things can go haywire esp when u least want things to go wrong...
this time, i see the GEMs and SS, the bid points are all quite high, many of them above 250 points... dunno why. CORS economy also improves like Singapore's economy... inflation in prices but income remains stagnant...
ok too tired to write much. will update on eng o wk today later after i have a good long sleep...
used 50 points for GEK1505, living with math. this is really unexpectedly high. cuz the past 2 sems, 1 point settled liao. this time, 348 fighting for 300 places. 50 is the minimum successful bid. wah, luckily i up my bid points from 10 to 100 during close bidding, calling from Sentosa. if not, i really will be at a loss of what to take... jiacheng should be tio owned liao lah, cuz he bidded 10 points, which he said with calculated risk though... think he miscalculated liao. but i also expected a min successful bid of less than 10 points, from bidding histories... somehow, things can go haywire esp when u least want things to go wrong...
this time, i see the GEMs and SS, the bid points are all quite high, many of them above 250 points... dunno why. CORS economy also improves like Singapore's economy... inflation in prices but income remains stagnant...
ok too tired to write much. will update on eng o wk today later after i have a good long sleep...
Monday, August 6, 2007
Engin O Wk 07
yes, saturday was the start of Engin o wk 07. my group is Helsing, and i think it is a fine group, judging from the turnout and level of highness on saturday.
well, i seldom am high for a whole day, but somehow i was quite high for quite an extended period of time on saturday. maybe seeing the freshies play around was a catalyst to ignite my engine.
later on, at 8, have to meet up with the prog comm people for a breifing on the programme and games later on. well, it is supposed to be the job of the OGL, but i, a lazy person, didn't bring formal wear for the freshman inauguration ceremony, so jiacheng has to go for it, and i have to go for the briefing. actually it is nothing lah, just that have to wake up early.
throat feeling abit uncomforatble, for no logical reason. before i ate one strepsil from jiacheng, my throat was fine. but somehow, after eating the strepsil, my throat became a bit dry. sounds wierd, cuz strepsils are supposed to make our throats feel better, isn't it?
ok nvm, fight fight fight for the next few days of engin o wk. let us enjoy every single moment!
well, i seldom am high for a whole day, but somehow i was quite high for quite an extended period of time on saturday. maybe seeing the freshies play around was a catalyst to ignite my engine.
later on, at 8, have to meet up with the prog comm people for a breifing on the programme and games later on. well, it is supposed to be the job of the OGL, but i, a lazy person, didn't bring formal wear for the freshman inauguration ceremony, so jiacheng has to go for it, and i have to go for the briefing. actually it is nothing lah, just that have to wake up early.
throat feeling abit uncomforatble, for no logical reason. before i ate one strepsil from jiacheng, my throat was fine. but somehow, after eating the strepsil, my throat became a bit dry. sounds wierd, cuz strepsils are supposed to make our throats feel better, isn't it?
ok nvm, fight fight fight for the next few days of engin o wk. let us enjoy every single moment!
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
2nd day in RH
well, yesterday was quite a busy day, cuz i spent quite a lot of time tidying up my room 5-323 in RH. the basic cleaning up was done a wk before. today, basically i tried to improve the comfort of my room.
reached school just before lunch time. added an air wick and lubricated the squeaking door hinges. now my door is free of squeaks. went to IT COOP to buy speakers worth 48 bucks, a 7m lan cable, A4 papers. set up the stereo system in my room, hmm not bad for a 48 bucks speaker system with a sub-woofer.
drove to clementi ave 6 to have lunch and buy some neccessities, some of which i forgot to bring from home. bought underwears, towel, mop, jug, washing poweder. back in hall, mopped the floor again, now my floor is cleaner, yeah.
at nite, watched a CCC presentation by all the OG groups, as well as the rag launch. well quite impressed by the float team, esp the costume team. i really can't imagine how these beautiful costumes can be churned out by our own people who are also students.
after a bad experience of mosquito bites last friday, i lit up a mosquito coil before i slept. the smell was quite ok, just that it made my skin feel a bit uncomfortable. think i wun be lighting another one soon, cuz i think the mosquitoes are gone.
now is the close bidding period of CORS round 1A, now only 15 pple bidding for the 20 places of 1 lecture of CS2102. shouldn't be a problem to get CS2102 for 1 pt ba.
today woke up a bit late, as a result missed my breakfast. sianz. now a bit hungry, and it is lunch time. going to the canteen to dabao for kavan as well as have my lunch...
thinking of going to Maju camp to get a few army shorts, cuz seems like not enough, and i want to run in the evening.
reached school just before lunch time. added an air wick and lubricated the squeaking door hinges. now my door is free of squeaks. went to IT COOP to buy speakers worth 48 bucks, a 7m lan cable, A4 papers. set up the stereo system in my room, hmm not bad for a 48 bucks speaker system with a sub-woofer.
drove to clementi ave 6 to have lunch and buy some neccessities, some of which i forgot to bring from home. bought underwears, towel, mop, jug, washing poweder. back in hall, mopped the floor again, now my floor is cleaner, yeah.
at nite, watched a CCC presentation by all the OG groups, as well as the rag launch. well quite impressed by the float team, esp the costume team. i really can't imagine how these beautiful costumes can be churned out by our own people who are also students.
after a bad experience of mosquito bites last friday, i lit up a mosquito coil before i slept. the smell was quite ok, just that it made my skin feel a bit uncomfortable. think i wun be lighting another one soon, cuz i think the mosquitoes are gone.
now is the close bidding period of CORS round 1A, now only 15 pple bidding for the 20 places of 1 lecture of CS2102. shouldn't be a problem to get CS2102 for 1 pt ba.
today woke up a bit late, as a result missed my breakfast. sianz. now a bit hungry, and it is lunch time. going to the canteen to dabao for kavan as well as have my lunch...
thinking of going to Maju camp to get a few army shorts, cuz seems like not enough, and i want to run in the evening.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Mico, Go!
just finished watching the last episode of "米可, Go!".
this finale was of a faster tempo than the rest of the episodes, which is quite common. 少萱's father died because of some blockage in the veins, 少萱 managed to fulfill her dream of studying music in Australia, Mico became old and unfit to continue to be 少萱's 导盲犬, and most importantly, 石原 came back to find 少萱. however, no explanation was done for why 石原 took so long to come back to Taiwan to look for 少萱.
i have missed a few episodes in the middle, as a result, and i did not catch how 明鲁 died, and whether 少萱 managed to fulfill 明鲁's wish. a bit 遗憾...
this show on the whole was quite a touching one, i had tears in my eyes on several occasions. well, maybe i always 入戏太深.
at the end of the show, there were some comments about 导盲犬s. and yes, this show made me understand how 导盲犬 help the blind people, their 可贵, and their loyalty towards their owners. it made me think about the pitiful blind people of this world; how they are ostracised, how helpless they are, how much help they need. if one day i become blind, i suppose i would be very helpless, be it money, movement, dreams, a lot of things would be very different and very difficult to achieve.
well, a bit too emo liao, but sometimes we should really think about all these things so that we do not take the current status for granted.
okay, was in engin o'wk dry run 2 from thurs to sat. quite a fun one, though lack of girls and eye-candies. cheered a lot, played a lot. well, the cheers forgot quite alot liao, cuz these cheers are taught verbally, without any black and white. i seem to have very poor memory towards things taught verbally only. but nvm, things should be ok by the actual thing, since my friends know those cheers.
also, one more thing, seen Joel lead a lot of cheers in his gang of friends. he is quite different from last time ie primary school time when he was quite arrogant. now, he seems to be quite 细心, esp towards girls, but there was still a sense of 假 when i was him attentive towards girls...maybe i was too sensitive. but one thing for sure, he is quite good in leading his group of friends.
ok that's all. going back hall tomorrow, and will try to crash into their orientation fun.
this finale was of a faster tempo than the rest of the episodes, which is quite common. 少萱's father died because of some blockage in the veins, 少萱 managed to fulfill her dream of studying music in Australia, Mico became old and unfit to continue to be 少萱's 导盲犬, and most importantly, 石原 came back to find 少萱. however, no explanation was done for why 石原 took so long to come back to Taiwan to look for 少萱.
i have missed a few episodes in the middle, as a result, and i did not catch how 明鲁 died, and whether 少萱 managed to fulfill 明鲁's wish. a bit 遗憾...
this show on the whole was quite a touching one, i had tears in my eyes on several occasions. well, maybe i always 入戏太深.
at the end of the show, there were some comments about 导盲犬s. and yes, this show made me understand how 导盲犬 help the blind people, their 可贵, and their loyalty towards their owners. it made me think about the pitiful blind people of this world; how they are ostracised, how helpless they are, how much help they need. if one day i become blind, i suppose i would be very helpless, be it money, movement, dreams, a lot of things would be very different and very difficult to achieve.
well, a bit too emo liao, but sometimes we should really think about all these things so that we do not take the current status for granted.
okay, was in engin o'wk dry run 2 from thurs to sat. quite a fun one, though lack of girls and eye-candies. cheered a lot, played a lot. well, the cheers forgot quite alot liao, cuz these cheers are taught verbally, without any black and white. i seem to have very poor memory towards things taught verbally only. but nvm, things should be ok by the actual thing, since my friends know those cheers.
also, one more thing, seen Joel lead a lot of cheers in his gang of friends. he is quite different from last time ie primary school time when he was quite arrogant. now, he seems to be quite 细心, esp towards girls, but there was still a sense of 假 when i was him attentive towards girls...maybe i was too sensitive. but one thing for sure, he is quite good in leading his group of friends.
ok that's all. going back hall tomorrow, and will try to crash into their orientation fun.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
so what!
came back from a near-fight between my father and the guard of our dear PAP's Lim BH's house.
after a call from my father, i drove to my father's friend's house at Nim Drive, which is just opposite the minister's house to fetch my parents back home. when i reached there, i wanted to park along a pavement which is incidentally opposite of the dear big f---'s house, but within seconds, the guard asks me to park further away. there is no sign or anything to indicate no parking at that position, and that is the logical position for me to park since it is along a pavement and nearest to my father's friend's house.
i was a bit pissed by him, and so called my father to come out quick. but he refused cuz he still wanted to drink. this added some fuel to my already heating-up rage. when my father came out, i complained a bit, showed some temper, and my father immediately went to confront the guard, thinking that the guard had scolded me, which of course is not true. luckily, he was stopped by my mum and his friend before things get physical. i was a bit stunned by his rash act. after 放空 for a while, then i proceeded to go stop him, but he was stopped by his friend by then.
well, this incident is partly my fault. cuz i was hot-tempered. but my father was also at fault, cuz he was drunk and a bit rash to confront the guard without getting things right.
however, one more point to make, why can't i park opposite our dear minister's house? it is not as if i am parking right outside his house. is the guard making a fuss out of it, or are there any hidden regulations? i believe there is some hidden rule that the guard tried to follow.
yes, the minister is a public figure, but he does not own the land outside his house. he can't stop anyone from parking opposite his house. if he wants to do that, buy the land outside his house, since our dear ministers earn so much. somehow i feel that these so-called leaders are trying to bully commoners like us. and the guard maybe is just 狐假虎威, since his 靠山 is freaking powerful, given the absolute power that PAP is holding on to.
this incident might cause some inconvenience to my father's friend. quite apologetic about it. but bo bian, things just went out of control, with different factors like my bad-temper, and my father's drunkness, adding fire to the intially peaceful incident.
i wonder how can they tolerate the unfair privelages that the minister has? if i were to stay opposite of a minister and had to tolerate all these unfair treatment, i dunno what i would do.
ya, this society is unfair, but i believe we should strive for as much fairness as possible. even if we can't park outside the minister's house, at least give us a valid reason, like prevent bomb-planting.... dun just shoo us away like we are pests!
after a call from my father, i drove to my father's friend's house at Nim Drive, which is just opposite the minister's house to fetch my parents back home. when i reached there, i wanted to park along a pavement which is incidentally opposite of the dear big f---'s house, but within seconds, the guard asks me to park further away. there is no sign or anything to indicate no parking at that position, and that is the logical position for me to park since it is along a pavement and nearest to my father's friend's house.
i was a bit pissed by him, and so called my father to come out quick. but he refused cuz he still wanted to drink. this added some fuel to my already heating-up rage. when my father came out, i complained a bit, showed some temper, and my father immediately went to confront the guard, thinking that the guard had scolded me, which of course is not true. luckily, he was stopped by my mum and his friend before things get physical. i was a bit stunned by his rash act. after 放空 for a while, then i proceeded to go stop him, but he was stopped by his friend by then.
well, this incident is partly my fault. cuz i was hot-tempered. but my father was also at fault, cuz he was drunk and a bit rash to confront the guard without getting things right.
however, one more point to make, why can't i park opposite our dear minister's house? it is not as if i am parking right outside his house. is the guard making a fuss out of it, or are there any hidden regulations? i believe there is some hidden rule that the guard tried to follow.
yes, the minister is a public figure, but he does not own the land outside his house. he can't stop anyone from parking opposite his house. if he wants to do that, buy the land outside his house, since our dear ministers earn so much. somehow i feel that these so-called leaders are trying to bully commoners like us. and the guard maybe is just 狐假虎威, since his 靠山 is freaking powerful, given the absolute power that PAP is holding on to.
this incident might cause some inconvenience to my father's friend. quite apologetic about it. but bo bian, things just went out of control, with different factors like my bad-temper, and my father's drunkness, adding fire to the intially peaceful incident.
i wonder how can they tolerate the unfair privelages that the minister has? if i were to stay opposite of a minister and had to tolerate all these unfair treatment, i dunno what i would do.
ya, this society is unfair, but i believe we should strive for as much fairness as possible. even if we can't park outside the minister's house, at least give us a valid reason, like prevent bomb-planting.... dun just shoo us away like we are pests!
Sunday, July 22, 2007
itchy hands
due to some itch on the wound, and my itchy hands, my blood clots are "disappearing" at an amazing rate...
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Friday, July 20, 2007
run after a wk's of rest
finally i manage to run after my injury last friday. the 1st round was quite smooth, and quite fast too, but the 2nd round was rather slow, cuz my stamina dropped a little. and also because my knee injury started to affect my running. the wound acted up a little.
have to 加油 liao. have to buck up a little. maybe try to do a run tomorrow nite. aiyah, looks like taking ippt before school starts is a bit difficult, cuz i am involved in the eng o wk camp. should be quite busy starting from next wk. hmm... but i will continue to exercise regularly. if not, my fitness will drop to a miserable level！
tomorrow is the room balloting day. hope everything goes well, with no cock-ups. hope my room wun be those kind of ulu-ulu or shitty ones. ok, got to go bathe and sleep liao.
have to 加油 liao. have to buck up a little. maybe try to do a run tomorrow nite. aiyah, looks like taking ippt before school starts is a bit difficult, cuz i am involved in the eng o wk camp. should be quite busy starting from next wk. hmm... but i will continue to exercise regularly. if not, my fitness will drop to a miserable level！
tomorrow is the room balloting day. hope everything goes well, with no cock-ups. hope my room wun be those kind of ulu-ulu or shitty ones. ok, got to go bathe and sleep liao.
20% of foreigners applied != 20% of school cohort
From Straits Times 20/07/07:
"In fact, out of the 23,000 foreign students who applied for local universities, the actual number admitted was 4,218. This works out to 18 per cent of the 22,933 foreigners who had applied."
"For local students, places were offered to 14,781, or 51 per cent, of those who applied, said the letter from the MOE director of higher education, Mr Perry Lim."
From Channelnewsasia.com 20/0707:
"It has capped the number of government-subsidised foreign students in Singapore at 20 percent because it does not want schools to expand too quickly."
well, use your calculator and see:
4218 / (4218+14781) * 100% = 22.2%
so is the cap of 20% valid? the authorities are obviously trying to play with figures to mislead the public. the 20% cap should most obviously and logically be of the school cohort; the 20% should be 20% out of the foreigners who applied for the universities!
try to think, what if 100000 foreigners try to apply for our universities? are we supposed to let in 20000 foreign students? the number of locals (Singaporeans + PRs) are not increasing that alot, so if the number of locals who apply remain roughly the same, the school cohort would be made up of mostly foreigners!
to be exact, 20000 / (20000+14781) * 100% = 57.5%. that is the best scenario, cuz i assume that the number of students that can be taken in is not limited by spatial restrictions.
of course, the above figure seems ridiculous, cuz the govt is using the statistics in a wrong manner. maybe it is just an overlook by the ministry of education, or an error in the report. this error may be committed by a person less mathematicially inclined, and overlooked by the higher officials who release the report. well, give them the benefit of doubt, since we all know the public sector is full of subtle errors that sometimes prove fatal, and have to be covered up.
another point, the foreigners are subsidised by our government. wah, isn't that equivalent to the locals paying for foreign student' stint in our universities? wah, this seems very unfair, cuz those foreign students' parents do not pay taxes to our government, do not contribute to our economy, yet we Singaporeans, and PRs have to pay for their studies. indeed, it sounds very ridiculous to me.
the govt may argue that these foreign students would work in Singapore after their graduation, but how long? 3 yrs? 4 yrs? these few years of taxes definitely do not add up to the money spent on them by our government.
yet the govt may argue that these foriegn students would eventually become PRs or even citizens of Singapore. well, how many of them will? i doubt the authorities dare to release any statistics regarding this matter, cuz from what i hear from my foreign schoolmates, not many will do just that.
try to think of other countries, are countries like USA, Japan, subsidising for foreigners' studies there? no, for what i know. correct me if i am wrong. these developed nations have more experience than us in everything, including education policies. so why don't they implement similar policies that Singapore has made? well, i believe they do not think in the same naive way as our govt officials.
what to do? i can only 发牢骚 here, and tolerate the incorrect polices towards tertiary education and foreigners.
"In fact, out of the 23,000 foreign students who applied for local universities, the actual number admitted was 4,218. This works out to 18 per cent of the 22,933 foreigners who had applied."
"For local students, places were offered to 14,781, or 51 per cent, of those who applied, said the letter from the MOE director of higher education, Mr Perry Lim."
From Channelnewsasia.com 20/0707:
"It has capped the number of government-subsidised foreign students in Singapore at 20 percent because it does not want schools to expand too quickly."
well, use your calculator and see:
4218 / (4218+14781) * 100% = 22.2%
so is the cap of 20% valid? the authorities are obviously trying to play with figures to mislead the public. the 20% cap should most obviously and logically be of the school cohort; the 20% should be 20% out of the foreigners who applied for the universities!
try to think, what if 100000 foreigners try to apply for our universities? are we supposed to let in 20000 foreign students? the number of locals (Singaporeans + PRs) are not increasing that alot, so if the number of locals who apply remain roughly the same, the school cohort would be made up of mostly foreigners!
to be exact, 20000 / (20000+14781) * 100% = 57.5%. that is the best scenario, cuz i assume that the number of students that can be taken in is not limited by spatial restrictions.
of course, the above figure seems ridiculous, cuz the govt is using the statistics in a wrong manner. maybe it is just an overlook by the ministry of education, or an error in the report. this error may be committed by a person less mathematicially inclined, and overlooked by the higher officials who release the report. well, give them the benefit of doubt, since we all know the public sector is full of subtle errors that sometimes prove fatal, and have to be covered up.
another point, the foreigners are subsidised by our government. wah, isn't that equivalent to the locals paying for foreign student' stint in our universities? wah, this seems very unfair, cuz those foreign students' parents do not pay taxes to our government, do not contribute to our economy, yet we Singaporeans, and PRs have to pay for their studies. indeed, it sounds very ridiculous to me.
the govt may argue that these foreign students would work in Singapore after their graduation, but how long? 3 yrs? 4 yrs? these few years of taxes definitely do not add up to the money spent on them by our government.
yet the govt may argue that these foriegn students would eventually become PRs or even citizens of Singapore. well, how many of them will? i doubt the authorities dare to release any statistics regarding this matter, cuz from what i hear from my foreign schoolmates, not many will do just that.
try to think of other countries, are countries like USA, Japan, subsidising for foreigners' studies there? no, for what i know. correct me if i am wrong. these developed nations have more experience than us in everything, including education policies. so why don't they implement similar policies that Singapore has made? well, i believe they do not think in the same naive way as our govt officials.
what to do? i can only 发牢骚 here, and tolerate the incorrect polices towards tertiary education and foreigners.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
photos of my knee wound
my wound has clotted finally after 4 days of torture... 
a close-up view of the more serious part of the wound... notice there is a minimal hair on the wound itself. it's not because of the abrasion. instead it's due to my own act of cutting all interfering hair from the wound, forming a patch of hairless ground...:) spent like 15 minutes to slowly cutting the hair and removing hair that is stuck in the sticky wound. it was intended to prevent more pain resulting from hair being pulled out in the event of removing plasters or bandages.
Monday, July 16, 2007
very painful!!!
my wound still has not healed... very painful esp when i move my knee after a short while of no-movement...
from friday nite to sunday morning, pus kept oozing out of the wound. think probably is because i used a cotton pad to cover it after applying ointment. but after i decided to air the wound after applying some iodine ointment, it has become slightly better. at least i can see the wound is starting to clot, esp at the part where most stretching of the skin is.
however, it is still rather painful. i have been hopping for any short distance i have to move across; limping when i need to walk more. i will try to walk less so that the wound can clot faster and better. hope it would heal soon but i think this wound will affect me for another week before i can continue my running regime.
pain, pain, pain, that is all in my mind. really felt like an ah-gua, but the wound is really painful, cuz it is right on my knee, not on other places where stretching of skin is minimal. i think i will walk rather carefully after my wound heals, at least for a short period of time. really quite an 阴影.
really very long nv injure myself until like this liao. remember the last time i injured my knees was primary 5. injured them when i fell from a bicycle stunt i tried to do outside my aunt's house. it was on a tar road, not on a pavement like this time. hence, i suppose it was worse. i remember myself having difficulty to go to school for supplementary lessons then. forgot how long it took to heal, but i think it's at least 1 to 2 wks.
actually, now i can still see the scar on my right knee, though the other one on my left knee sort of disappeared. so, i suppose i will add a scar to my left knee liao. hmm, sort of balanced liao, each knee will have 1 big scar each...:):(
from friday nite to sunday morning, pus kept oozing out of the wound. think probably is because i used a cotton pad to cover it after applying ointment. but after i decided to air the wound after applying some iodine ointment, it has become slightly better. at least i can see the wound is starting to clot, esp at the part where most stretching of the skin is.
however, it is still rather painful. i have been hopping for any short distance i have to move across; limping when i need to walk more. i will try to walk less so that the wound can clot faster and better. hope it would heal soon but i think this wound will affect me for another week before i can continue my running regime.
pain, pain, pain, that is all in my mind. really felt like an ah-gua, but the wound is really painful, cuz it is right on my knee, not on other places where stretching of skin is minimal. i think i will walk rather carefully after my wound heals, at least for a short period of time. really quite an 阴影.
really very long nv injure myself until like this liao. remember the last time i injured my knees was primary 5. injured them when i fell from a bicycle stunt i tried to do outside my aunt's house. it was on a tar road, not on a pavement like this time. hence, i suppose it was worse. i remember myself having difficulty to go to school for supplementary lessons then. forgot how long it took to heal, but i think it's at least 1 to 2 wks.
actually, now i can still see the scar on my right knee, though the other one on my left knee sort of disappeared. so, i suppose i will add a scar to my left knee liao. hmm, sort of balanced liao, each knee will have 1 big scar each...:):(
Saturday, July 14, 2007
a hard fall...
it's been a long time since i fell so hard on the ground, think about 10 yrs ba. i was running when i lost my focus and accidentally stepped into a depression and fell hard on the ground. my left knee bled profusely, and it is still bleeding... hope the pain will go away by monday, so that i can continue my running regime.
in the afternoon, i went to NUS to pay my season parking fee for August. before that, i checked my mail, and the mail indicated that i had got a lot in car park 2. but when i checked personally with the counter in NUS, it was otherwise. dunno is some cock-up or a communication breakdown... then me and weiliang had lunch in biz canteen, on the way there, saw that the arts canteen is still not ready, and i think that it wun be done by the time school starts. but it will look quite nice, judging from the appearance it has now.
after that, we wanted to take a bus back to engin fac, but took the wrong bus, A1. we reached pgp, and then transfered to another A1 which is supposed to go thru Science fac back to engin there. but some road blocks between NUH and University Hall forced us to walk a long stretch of slopes back to engin fac... so suay...
went to dry our sweat in the engin audi building. then rozie came unexpectedly... what a small world. then moses also came, after his lesson in kent vale. talked cock for damn long till around 6.15pm and i realised i am going to miss "手足" if i dun go home straight away...luckily the traffic wasn't very jammed, and i managed to reach home at around 7.05pm.
a suay day has ended, after the unexpected walking and fall... hope my luck will get better...
in the afternoon, i went to NUS to pay my season parking fee for August. before that, i checked my mail, and the mail indicated that i had got a lot in car park 2. but when i checked personally with the counter in NUS, it was otherwise. dunno is some cock-up or a communication breakdown... then me and weiliang had lunch in biz canteen, on the way there, saw that the arts canteen is still not ready, and i think that it wun be done by the time school starts. but it will look quite nice, judging from the appearance it has now.
after that, we wanted to take a bus back to engin fac, but took the wrong bus, A1. we reached pgp, and then transfered to another A1 which is supposed to go thru Science fac back to engin there. but some road blocks between NUH and University Hall forced us to walk a long stretch of slopes back to engin fac... so suay...
went to dry our sweat in the engin audi building. then rozie came unexpectedly... what a small world. then moses also came, after his lesson in kent vale. talked cock for damn long till around 6.15pm and i realised i am going to miss "手足" if i dun go home straight away...luckily the traffic wasn't very jammed, and i managed to reach home at around 7.05pm.
a suay day has ended, after the unexpected walking and fall... hope my luck will get better...
Friday, July 13, 2007
PSP!!!
argh, i just realised i missed a deal in Japan. i wanted to buy a PSP there but after seeing the price there, i thought it is the same as Singapore's. so i decided not to buy it there. but just now, i surfed the sony website and realised that the price for a basic pack here is 290 bucks, more expensive that that of a full pack in Japan which costs 20000 yen which equals to 250 sing dollars! a full pack in Singapore costs 335 bucks. really regret not buying there...
just now run the "2.2km" route, finished it in 10:57. well, almost the same speed as tues, but this time a bit more tiring. my legs felt a bit draggy and heavy even in the intial part of the run. i pushed myself a bit more throughout the run, so that i can finish it within 11 minutes.
actually, i have used my car to measure the distance approximately. that day, a few weeks ago, i passed by the junction which i run past, and realised that the odometer just jumped, so i decided to follow my run route and estimate the distance of the route. it is 2km for a portion of the route i drove through, but this distance does not include a short distance of around 200-300m which extends from the junction i started measuring. so i believe the route i run is a 2.2-2.3km one. judging from this, i believe i can pass 2.4km quite easily le.
tomorrow going to NUS to pay for the season parking in NUS for the coming semester in August. a lousy system that needs me to pay personally or send a cheque after a period of non-suscription during the vacation. they should just allow renewal through SAM machine. sembCorp should really upgrade their system. this is really troublesome for many students, whom i believe most of us do not continue to use the parking lots during the vacations. going there personally is to make sure i am paying for August, to prevent any cock-ups. will be 顺便 meeting weiliang up there in NUS, and 顺便 agian introduce him to his coming school campus.
just now run the "2.2km" route, finished it in 10:57. well, almost the same speed as tues, but this time a bit more tiring. my legs felt a bit draggy and heavy even in the intial part of the run. i pushed myself a bit more throughout the run, so that i can finish it within 11 minutes.
actually, i have used my car to measure the distance approximately. that day, a few weeks ago, i passed by the junction which i run past, and realised that the odometer just jumped, so i decided to follow my run route and estimate the distance of the route. it is 2km for a portion of the route i drove through, but this distance does not include a short distance of around 200-300m which extends from the junction i started measuring. so i believe the route i run is a 2.2-2.3km one. judging from this, i believe i can pass 2.4km quite easily le.
tomorrow going to NUS to pay for the season parking in NUS for the coming semester in August. a lousy system that needs me to pay personally or send a cheque after a period of non-suscription during the vacation. they should just allow renewal through SAM machine. sembCorp should really upgrade their system. this is really troublesome for many students, whom i believe most of us do not continue to use the parking lots during the vacations. going there personally is to make sure i am paying for August, to prevent any cock-ups. will be 顺便 meeting weiliang up there in NUS, and 顺便 agian introduce him to his coming school campus.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
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try saying out the above 8 words quickly. even saying it at normal speed is rather tough for me. got these 8 words on 完全娱乐.
yesterday had a 2.2km run after 5 days of no exercise in Japan. well, the run felt quite good, and i finished it in slightly less than 11 min. but it was a bit slower than the last short run i had, by a few seconds only.
today, i finished a 5km run. the 1st round is not as ideal cuz i was rather tired after the 1st round, finishing in 14 min 20s. the 2nd round, i tried to run faster and managed to finish it in slightly less than 13 minute, seems ok. but this run as a whole was a tired one, my stamina has dropped a little after the Japan trip. but nvm, i can pick it up very fast i suppose.
actually i wanted to have an overview of the trip to Japan, but i am quite lazy to type out all my thoughts. well, i shall keep them short.
1) expensive; transport, food, shopping...; partly due to exchange rate, and lack of cheap foreign labour.
2) some buildings lack re-furnishing, especially places out of Tokyo.
3) food delicious, be it raw or cooked.
4) sake tasted good once, but the other time it didn't taste as 顺口.
5) technological edges evident; toilets have warm-seat function, water-spray from beneath function...
6) English standards are now quite okay, compared to 10 years ago. most service sector pple can speak basic English, or at least understand us.
7) rather self-supporting; evident from lack of foreign workers, hotels filled with Japanese tourists.
8) excellent service of course, which Singapore can never catch up with, cuz their courtesy comes from within, it's part of their tradition and culture.
9) mrt (地下铁) system is very complex; many lines, many stations, many interchanges, the network lines criss-cross like nobody's business.
10) mrt stations are rather old, lacking new coats of paint.
11) mrt stations also lack safety measures to prevent pple from falling onto the tracks, losing to Singapore in this aspect.
12) no wireless network for free usage; Singapore is better in this aspect, well the only few edges that Singapore has.
13) a bit disappointed for not being able to ride on the shinkansen (bullet train).
14) ... etc
Below is the Bumble Bee toy from Transformers i bought in Japan. think toys from Transformers are still not out in Singapore yet...:)
yesterday had a 2.2km run after 5 days of no exercise in Japan. well, the run felt quite good, and i finished it in slightly less than 11 min. but it was a bit slower than the last short run i had, by a few seconds only.
today, i finished a 5km run. the 1st round is not as ideal cuz i was rather tired after the 1st round, finishing in 14 min 20s. the 2nd round, i tried to run faster and managed to finish it in slightly less than 13 minute, seems ok. but this run as a whole was a tired one, my stamina has dropped a little after the Japan trip. but nvm, i can pick it up very fast i suppose.
actually i wanted to have an overview of the trip to Japan, but i am quite lazy to type out all my thoughts. well, i shall keep them short.
1) expensive; transport, food, shopping...; partly due to exchange rate, and lack of cheap foreign labour.
2) some buildings lack re-furnishing, especially places out of Tokyo.
3) food delicious, be it raw or cooked.
4) sake tasted good once, but the other time it didn't taste as 顺口.
5) technological edges evident; toilets have warm-seat function, water-spray from beneath function...
6) English standards are now quite okay, compared to 10 years ago. most service sector pple can speak basic English, or at least understand us.
7) rather self-supporting; evident from lack of foreign workers, hotels filled with Japanese tourists.
8) excellent service of course, which Singapore can never catch up with, cuz their courtesy comes from within, it's part of their tradition and culture.
9) mrt (地下铁) system is very complex; many lines, many stations, many interchanges, the network lines criss-cross like nobody's business.
10) mrt stations are rather old, lacking new coats of paint.
11) mrt stations also lack safety measures to prevent pple from falling onto the tracks, losing to Singapore in this aspect.
12) no wireless network for free usage; Singapore is better in this aspect, well the only few edges that Singapore has.
13) a bit disappointed for not being able to ride on the shinkansen (bullet train).
14) ... etc
Below is the Bumble Bee toy from Transformers i bought in Japan. think toys from Transformers are still not out in Singapore yet...:)
Monday, July 9, 2007
last day in Japan
hmm, this is the last day in japan, we are leaving Japan at around 6pm singapore time. so will reach singapore at around 1am. today no agenda cuz time here quite short. we would be checking out at around 2pm, as the trip from the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka to Narita airport takes around 2 hrs, and it's better for us to reach the airport 2 hrs before the flight.
my mum and my aunt have gone to the nearby street to shop, and my father, uncle and their GM are having a meeting with their Japanese business partner. so leaving me here bored and writing this blog.
the last post i mentioned we were preparing to go to Akihabara, but instead we went to Takashimaya. spent a grueling 7 hrs there with my mum and aunt. Takishimaya there is much bigger than Singapore's, be it land area or height. 9 storeys and very big floor area too. walked until our legs couldn't take it. my mum and aunt bought quite a lot of things, despite the steep prices of the items. they spent around 800 singapore dollars each. but i didn't leave there empty handed, i bought a pair of Armani Jeans. damn ex, around 300 Singapore dollars. i dunno why i decided to buy it.
although it is the summer sale, the discounted prices up to 50% are still quite steep, compared to singapore. well, now then i 见识到 the so-called high cost of living. Singapore is damn cheap, compared to here. well, of course their salaries are very high. i think a normal salesman can earn 3000 sing dollars as a starting salary. also, there are very few foreign workers here. construction workers, and other "lowly" jobs are all done by Japanese. that should contribute a lot to the high prices of everything here.
yesterday, we went to Akihabara, the electronics town. a lot of pple there. it's like the games are very cheap, but from what i observed, it's around the same as Singapore's, if not more expensive. i wanted to buy a PSP there, thinking that it would be cheaper here, but no, it's still around 240 bucks here. so i dropped this idea. maybe i can buy it in Singapore. 再说吧. but i bought one childish toy, that is the Bumble Bee model from Transformers. think these toys from Transformers are still not imported to Singapore yet. so, this toy that i would be bringing back would be unique! haha.
ok lah, later maybe i would go shop for some japanese mangas to read, to 纪念 the trip to Japan this time.
my mum and my aunt have gone to the nearby street to shop, and my father, uncle and their GM are having a meeting with their Japanese business partner. so leaving me here bored and writing this blog.
the last post i mentioned we were preparing to go to Akihabara, but instead we went to Takashimaya. spent a grueling 7 hrs there with my mum and aunt. Takishimaya there is much bigger than Singapore's, be it land area or height. 9 storeys and very big floor area too. walked until our legs couldn't take it. my mum and aunt bought quite a lot of things, despite the steep prices of the items. they spent around 800 singapore dollars each. but i didn't leave there empty handed, i bought a pair of Armani Jeans. damn ex, around 300 Singapore dollars. i dunno why i decided to buy it.
although it is the summer sale, the discounted prices up to 50% are still quite steep, compared to singapore. well, now then i 见识到 the so-called high cost of living. Singapore is damn cheap, compared to here. well, of course their salaries are very high. i think a normal salesman can earn 3000 sing dollars as a starting salary. also, there are very few foreign workers here. construction workers, and other "lowly" jobs are all done by Japanese. that should contribute a lot to the high prices of everything here.
yesterday, we went to Akihabara, the electronics town. a lot of pple there. it's like the games are very cheap, but from what i observed, it's around the same as Singapore's, if not more expensive. i wanted to buy a PSP there, thinking that it would be cheaper here, but no, it's still around 240 bucks here. so i dropped this idea. maybe i can buy it in Singapore. 再说吧. but i bought one childish toy, that is the Bumble Bee model from Transformers. think these toys from Transformers are still not imported to Singapore yet. so, this toy that i would be bringing back would be unique! haha.
ok lah, later maybe i would go shop for some japanese mangas to read, to 纪念 the trip to Japan this time.
Saturday, July 7, 2007
currently in Tokyo
yeah, i am now in the business centre of Tokyo's Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka. woke up a bit too early, so decided to check my mailboxes and some other websites, 顺便 blog a litte bit.
the past 2 days basically, we were doing the 正经事, that is checking out the machines that my father and my uncle are prepared to buy. 1st day, we were being entertained by the company trading the machines in Tokyo. yesterday we went to Yokohama to check out the machines personally.
hmm, today my father, uncle and their GM would be going for an auction in Yokohama again. but this time, my mum, aunt and I would stay in Tokyo for shopping! yeah man. the 1st stop should be Akihabara to shop for some electronic goods. maybe i can buy a cheaper PSP there. hope so man.
ok lah, gtg, cuz the 30 minute time-limit for 500 yen is almost up.
the past 2 days basically, we were doing the 正经事, that is checking out the machines that my father and my uncle are prepared to buy. 1st day, we were being entertained by the company trading the machines in Tokyo. yesterday we went to Yokohama to check out the machines personally.
hmm, today my father, uncle and their GM would be going for an auction in Yokohama again. but this time, my mum, aunt and I would stay in Tokyo for shopping! yeah man. the 1st stop should be Akihabara to shop for some electronic goods. maybe i can buy a cheaper PSP there. hope so man.
ok lah, gtg, cuz the 30 minute time-limit for 500 yen is almost up.
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