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.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
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
光芒万丈 官方网站
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.
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Transformers!
watched Transformers just now with the ever-busy Yanhao and the seemingly free weiliang. shiok! i love Bumble Bee, very nice and courageous robot. a show of a lot of powerful scenes, full of action. i had forgotten most of the characters in Transformers before watching the movie, but this movie 勾起了我不少年少时的回忆.
ran a "2.2km" just now, finished it in 10:55, same as last thurs. no improvement from the last short run. still doing statics, taking a breather. tomorrow would be a long run, but the last run for the week. i am going Japan late nite, so i think i am going to run before heading off to the airport at around 11pm. hope my "fitness" wun drop too much after a week in Japan without exercising. got to take IPPT soon, and pass it, if not, at least pass all except SBJ so that i can take a partial re-test to pass SBJ.
just created a new ringtone for my handphone. love the song "Baby Baby" from JJ 林俊杰, so decided to make it my new ringtone. actually wanted "杀手" to be my ringtone, but the editing of the ringtone is rather difficult due to the length and arrangement of the verses i like. never mind, i think "Baby Baby" is nicer for a ringtone actually.
ah, managed to download mr brown shows today. somehow, i have not been able to do it the past week. missing out on all these funny podcasts for a week, feeling damn sick haha. but still unable to stream it directly from the webpage itself for dunno what reason. actually this situation only applies to my desktop. i was able to stream it using my laptop yesterday apparently. really dunno what's happening man. but nvm lah, can download good enough, at least can listen mah. a really puzzling problem...
ran a "2.2km" just now, finished it in 10:55, same as last thurs. no improvement from the last short run. still doing statics, taking a breather. tomorrow would be a long run, but the last run for the week. i am going Japan late nite, so i think i am going to run before heading off to the airport at around 11pm. hope my "fitness" wun drop too much after a week in Japan without exercising. got to take IPPT soon, and pass it, if not, at least pass all except SBJ so that i can take a partial re-test to pass SBJ.
just created a new ringtone for my handphone. love the song "Baby Baby" from JJ 林俊杰, so decided to make it my new ringtone. actually wanted "杀手" to be my ringtone, but the editing of the ringtone is rather difficult due to the length and arrangement of the verses i like. never mind, i think "Baby Baby" is nicer for a ringtone actually.
ah, managed to download mr brown shows today. somehow, i have not been able to do it the past week. missing out on all these funny podcasts for a week, feeling damn sick haha. but still unable to stream it directly from the webpage itself for dunno what reason. actually this situation only applies to my desktop. i was able to stream it using my laptop yesterday apparently. really dunno what's happening man. but nvm lah, can download good enough, at least can listen mah. a really puzzling problem...
Monday, July 2, 2007
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
just watched this movie on HBO for the 2nd time. the 1st time i watched this movie was quite long ago. forgotten when already haha.
happened to see it going to be shown while switching channels. at first i didn't know it was going to be this movie, but when i saw the initial parts of the movie, i got the feeling that i have watched this before. so i continued to watch and the title was shown. remembered that i have watched this movie before, and it was quite scary, i decided to watch it again.
still quite scary, although i remembered the story vaguely. the scary parts still shocked me a little. and i started to wonder if this kind of thing happens to me. cannot imagine how i can take it.
actually something similar happened to me when i was Primary 2. i was sort of possessed by a spirit. but most of the details i couldn't remember. my parents told me that i couldn't remember what i did just after i was out of control. i believe while being possessed, i did not have any control over my body.
still remember some experiences. i remembered myself uncontrollably went to open the door in the middle of the night, being 鬼压 in the middle of the night, being "beaten" by my father when i was "mad". well, i think these "memories" were retained because i was then in the stage of half-possessed, either in the beginning part or the ending part.
oooh, while writing all these, i feel quite uncomfortable, plus the effects of the movie. 鸡皮疙瘩...
happened to see it going to be shown while switching channels. at first i didn't know it was going to be this movie, but when i saw the initial parts of the movie, i got the feeling that i have watched this before. so i continued to watch and the title was shown. remembered that i have watched this movie before, and it was quite scary, i decided to watch it again.
still quite scary, although i remembered the story vaguely. the scary parts still shocked me a little. and i started to wonder if this kind of thing happens to me. cannot imagine how i can take it.
actually something similar happened to me when i was Primary 2. i was sort of possessed by a spirit. but most of the details i couldn't remember. my parents told me that i couldn't remember what i did just after i was out of control. i believe while being possessed, i did not have any control over my body.
still remember some experiences. i remembered myself uncontrollably went to open the door in the middle of the night, being 鬼压 in the middle of the night, being "beaten" by my father when i was "mad". well, i think these "memories" were retained because i was then in the stage of half-possessed, either in the beginning part or the ending part.
oooh, while writing all these, i feel quite uncomfortable, plus the effects of the movie. 鸡皮疙瘩...
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