Mushroom Pot

Today was supposed to be 2s22 class gathering. We went to The Mushroom Pot. Although I love shrooms, I didnt really feel happy about today. This gathering was rather incomplete. Met at 1930, ordered at 2000, left the place at 2110 and as we left the place we all went our separate ways.

I reached home at 2210.


But the service at The Mushroom Pot at orchard point was horrible.


Drinks took 2omins to be served.

Rice took 6 reminders, 3 of which to the same person.

The manager blatantly refused to split the bills of the 2 tables claiming it to be too tedious, when all they had to do was to separate the ala-carte dishes into 1 receipt and the set meals into another since only my table ordered the ala-carte which could save us about 20mins figuring out how much each of us had to pay Aaron who footed the whole bill.

Well done Mr Manager.


One thing is for sure, I am never going to go to that mushroom pot ever again.

New Year Resolution

Frankly speaking, I didnt really think about it. But I suppose there are a couple of things I need done or hope to achieve.

Things to do/ want to achieve.

1. To get a grip on myself and shake off the inferiority complex that I have.
2. With the success in the change of course I better make up for lost time and study hard and smart and my aim at least a CAP of 4. For sem 2.
3. Juggle school and finance well. (Meaning get a PT job while studying to finance myself.)
4. Get a tan.
5. Learn how to roller blade.
6. Make more friends in school.
7. Get fitter, not rounder.
8. (More to come if i think of them)

cookies

I got cookies!

CC.

Well to the gang,
I bumped into Cpt Chua today. He said hi, asked how i was doing, shook my hands and wished me merry christmas.

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas to all!

Some Pictures from Christmas Eve!

Mine.

Us at Pacific Cafe 1.

Us at Pacific Cafe 2.

Me trying to be a neckless monster at Pacific Cafe as well.

Xmas Eve 2006

Ah, Christmas, the season to be jolly and giving.

Went to watch The Holiday with Sheena at Lido, and yet again we ended up in Lido 7. While getting our popcorn, Sheena asked for extra butter on the salted popcorn. The person then added a few squirts too much butter and butter was leaking through the popcorn box as we walk into the cinema. This made eating popcorn rather disgusting and I was suppose to enjoy it since I hadnt had popcorn for like more than a year?? =/

Its a pretty interesting love story abt 2 women (Amanda -Cameron Diaz, Lisa - Kate Winslet) living worlds apart (one in LA the latter in England) who both had relationship problems and wanted to take a break over the christmas holiday and somehow stumbled onto a home exchange program and exchanged house for 2 weeks. And something amazing happened to them in their fortnight holiday. But most importantly, I love Cameron Diaz. Haha.

Since we didnt had lunch, we decided to grab some snack at the Tangs, and we got a sugar roll and had those Shilin "Ji Pa". Then it was off to CityHall, somehow I managed to turn at the Marina exit at CitiLink Mall for no apparent reason and we entered marina. Didnt do much there but we saw a Dian Xin shop "Pao Jin Tian" It sounded awfully like Justice Bao, but its actually Pau Today. We had some Chee Cheong Fun and some black Sesame Pau. Its pretty yummy and their chinese tea is served in a bowl! But as we waited for our order to come, we realised it was 5pm. Our table for my dinner treat by Na was booked at 6.30pm.

After snacking, we went to Suntec and walked abit, finally at about 6.15pm went to Surf & Turf for dinner. Its the first time I ate there, the food wasnt too bad, just that I didnt like their christmas menu and luckily they didnt restrict you to just the Christmas Menu. I ordered a Medium-welldone Sirlion with crayfish while Sheena ordered a Grilled Chicken with Crayfish, their mushroom soup is quite impressive and the price of the whole meal was quite reasonable as well. But something I noticed, as we called for the bill, the first time the waitress came, she showed me the bill while I kindly pointed out that Sheena is footing the bill and she said, "Oh.". Ok, next when the bill came with her card and receipt for her to sign, this time the waiter gave me the bill again, and yet again, I pointed out its Na's. So are they stereotyping that whenever a guy and a girl goes out for a meal, the guy must be the one footing the bill? So much for gender equality.

So we headed for Millenia walk and boy was it quiet, apart from the outback steak house, the whole place is damn quiet. Na bought me a Dip Stick Snack from candy empire there and we found a shop selling Madrid Birkenstock at $69. So after a difficult and hard battle with herself, and much saliva wasted on my part, she was convinced to buy it. But that led to another problem. A 45min innerself battle was once again fought by Sheena on deciding whether to buy a bronze or orange one. Though she very much wanted the orange one, but she scared it would get dirty, so she got the bronze one in the end. =/

But nevermind that, after that we went to Pacific Cafe and had one of our best coffeeing sessions in these 45 months of togetherness. It was long and nice, just not what we do normally, So after a 2hr plus coffeeing session we wanted to go see fireworks, so we headed for esplanade.
As the time drew nearer, the crowd gathered. It was 12mn, then it was 12.05am. NO fireworks, so I guess everyone there was just hoping there was fireworks and people just love to follow blindly, including myself. Haha. That was such a waste of time. But luckily there is an extension of train hours tonight.

Overall I kind of enjoyed myself today. Thanks Dear. But the Festive Mood just isnt there, there isnt much people in town as well. Maybe everyone flocked to Vivocity? I dont know but, It sure didnt feel like town this Christmas.

Love ya dear.

Merry Christmas to all!

Merry Christmas!

All I want for Christmas is you. The Sims version.

卓文萱 曹格 - 梁山伯与茱丽葉

Another Song that I fell in love with.

KTV with 2s22.

After a long break from KTVing, I finally had a chance to NOT sing in the toilet while I am bathing or shitting. So we were supposed to meet at 11am for K Lunch, but maybe due to the rainy cold weather, everyone but me and weequan were late. So due to overwhelming response for K Lunch today, their lunch was sold out so we settled for a no cover charge room as long as each of us ordered a $5 dollar drink which in the end amounted to abt $10/- per pax.

I really enjoy singing, I dont know why. I admit I am not a damn good singer, but I do think I am able to sing according to the tune. Why do I like singing? I dont really know as well, maybe its because when I really listen to the lyrics of the songs, I feel touched at what the song is trying to bring out, be it a happy song, sad love song, sad song, etc. Whenever I sing without any restriction I feel damn shiok, the feeling of being able to release all my feelings; the ability to let the anger, hatred, happiness, sadness out of my heart just seems to loosen me up.

Singing with a bunch of close friends is pretty fun, this is my biggest ever K Box session with 9 people. We get alot laughter from laughing at each other 'zhou ying'. Alot of gaying around with guys singing love duets. Overall the best part of the Kbox session was the end when we were singing out last song, Ben suggested to end on a high note, so he chose 恋爱ing as the last song.

We were just crazy, absolutely crazy. Singing, screaming, shouting and jumping around. A happy song by nature combined with the madness of the s22 people. It just made my mood happier. Though I admit I kind of lost my voice from all the screaming.

Here is the MV of the Song By MayDay


After that, we headed for Pizza Hut for our lost lunch, before playing pool and headed home.

Transfer...

Congratulations! Your application for a change of course is successful. We are pleased to offer you admission to the National University of Singapore in Semester 2 of the Academic Year 2006-2007 for a course of study in Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences.

Holidays...

Ah.. the holiday season is here again.
After a long year of hard work its time to chill and relax.
But i just realised how short this holiday is to me.

It hasnt been very productive and its already 18th Dec.

So many things not done, so many friends not met yet.

How i wish i have 3 heads and 6 arms.

And the weather is just so nice.
Actually its wonderful to snuggle under your comforter/blanket and slip into a deep sleep dreaming of all the wonderful things in the world.

But its not a good weather for me to go to the beach! and i want my sun. I am becoming pale and white. I need to buy a tanning bed i think. =/

Why do I blog?

I was surfing blogs of 17 - 18 year olds. And from my dear 'Santa' i started to ponder why do I blog. Reading my blog entries, I find that most of the entries are actually a summary of the events which happen on a particular day, apart from the occasional/rare random thoughts and addressing of some social issues.
So looking deep into it, I realised that I blog to keep a record of the major events which happen to me or around me. And apart from it, I blog for people to see. I dont know if this is a good thing or bad, but I like surfing my friends's blog to see what have been happening to them, and whats going on in the lives. Even without any form of communication, I can still know whats up with them.
But maybe these reasons just came out from my mind to try to answer to my own queries and doubts of why I blog. Maybe there is just no reason.

So WHY do you blog?

Driving Adventure.

I went on a driving adventure today. Haha.
My aunt went overseas with my mum and grandma. So she left her car to my uncle who drove to work. He said I could use the car over the wkend if I needed it as the couple only needed 1 car over the wkend. I took it of course, not knowing where I might want to go.

After taking the car from him at Orchid Park, I drove to pick Na up. And well, since I didnt have a REAL-LIFE experience parking without the assistance of poles, I tried parking at Na's carpark. It was horrible, all my reverse parking were like taking up 2 lots.

Then I gave up, and waited for Na to be done before we headed off to Thomsom Plaza. Since my knowledge of the Singapore Rd System is damn bad, we decided to go there as I knew that area quite well furthermore, we were looking for a shop that sell Abercombie and Fitch apparels.
When I reached the carpark, I was horrified. There were so many cars, when i managed to find a lot, I actually parked quite well. So lesson learnt, always park beside another car because you can always use the car as a marker.

So after that, we couldnt decide where to go as I was paranoid that I would get lost in Singapore. So, Na suggested Novena as it was a 'straight' road down from thomsom plaza. So I followed her straight road and I ended up going towards Bukit Timah, then I thought, ok never mind take this chance to drive to NUS, then I missed the turn to Bukit Timah and I went towards Farrer Rd. So we yet again decided to go to Ikea since with a car we could buy things there and bring it back easily.

After having dinner at Ikea, we wanted to go back, but i turn and turn and we ended up going to Pasir Panjang, so I did another of my already alot U-turns, and we went towards Vivo-city, and I still havent been inside the place =/. Nvm that, I found out that exiting throught keppel rd, I can go to town. Finally after some struggle I found CTE!! Then we headed to AMK to her fav tomato shop to buy toiletries. And headed home.

I made more U-turns today then the total U-turns I made when I was a learner! And I finally know how to park without a pole, just by using the side mirrors! And driving around Singapore without knowing how to go to the places is petrol consuming. Initially I wanted to drive around Thomsom, Yishun, Sembawang and AMK. Plan was to stay clear of town. But in the end, I still drove around town and even ended up all over the place. But it was fun to be driving around without anyone nagging. Haha

Resurfaced...

Its been awhile since i blogged.

Didnt have the mood to blog since i think i would have screwed up my exams pretty badly. Well, it wasnt the best exams I had taken, and maybe too much undue pressure on myself from myself by myself has taken a toll on me. Every night before the paper, I would toss and turn in a sleepless night. I often can hear my kitchen clock chime *dong..... dong* (2AM). Everytime I enter the examination hall, my head starts to ache. Phobia of exams? I dont know. I had never been like this. I was always quite a good exam taker, usually without much last minute stress. This time was horrible, when i sit down and tried to recall my stuff after the exams started, I tend to forget 50% of them, only after the exams I recall them. =/ I even forgotten HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY. =///

Bah, forget it, ITS OVER...

Well, my programming methodology paper, I went back home to prepare for that night's party at Ben's house ,The Bayshore. Still can remember quite vividly 3, 4 years back we go his house quite often for a game of pool, mahjong. Things definately changed over these years, but somehow whenever I look at my SR classmates, I find that most of them actually didnt change much. Somehow even though we didnt meet up alot except for this year due to the 21st birthdays, we are still quite close. Well, by the time me and Aaron reached his house, it was about 7pm. Those guys that came early already finished the BBQ and all the food was prepared. Well, not that i mind, haha saves me the trouble. Well, the majority of the time spent there was talking cock with the guys, followed by a 2s22 Ktv session at the KTV room over there. And i have to agree that, without the constant practise like before, my singing has deteroriated tremendously, but at least still got tune la... Well, at the end of the whole thing, we left his house abt 2330 and shared a cab back.

And Sunday was a HAPPY FEET DAY!
I must agree that It is a good show. =) And Mumble is simply too adorable. I actually hoped that he would never grow up.. =/ Oh well, thats just life.

Bah, these few days i have been running, doing circuit training, now im aching. But the shit thing is that, my spoilt ankle is spoilt again. I thought that it had recovered after a long break, but guess not. I had to stop running half way today =/ Haix

Schwarzschild radius

Schwarzschild radius

Einstein's theory of relativity gives Rs = 2GM/c^2 as the Schwarzschild radius, where G is the gravitational constant,M is the mass of the object, and c is the speed of light.


First time I see it, and Its 11hrs before my Physics.

But come to think about it, it was never taught, but it appeared in the online tutorial. =/

Interesting Facts

The Schwarzschild radius of an object is the distance within which nothing, not even light, can escape its gravitational attraction. The sphere surrounding a black hole whose radius is the Schwarzschild radius is also called the event horizon.

It would be possible for the earth to orbit the black hole at the same distance that it is from the sun without falling into the event horizon. However, since the black hole is much more massive than the sun, the speed of the earth's orbit would be incredibly high. In fact, if our sun were replaced by the black hole, it would make one earth year (the time to make one complete orbit) equal to just a few hours!

YA right.

You scored as English. Your eyes will fail after reading for so long... at least you will be a walking dictionary/quote machine. English 69% Anthropology 56% Philosophy 50% Biological Sciences 44% Psychology 44% Engineering 44% What is your major? created with QuizFarm.com

YA right I am sure about that.
With my ever so limited vocabulary, wonder who would use me as a dictionary.

Happy Birthdays!

Despite my loss in the nation building battle today, its another happy day!

And the birthday award goes to :

Qiyang who has turned 21 today.

Lucia who has turned 18 today.

Nicholas who has turned 6 today.


Happy Birthday to all of you!

3 down

Bah, bad day.
I screwed up my Nation Building today. =/

I dont know why, its my best module. The 3rd paper I am sitting for. I slept sufficiently. Yet when I sat down for the exam, it felt like I hadnt had an exam for ages.
It was horrible. Nothing except blank came out. And the pain... argh.

I suddenly forgot how to write an essay.

And when I started writing for over 20mins, I thought I could have done better doing the other question.

Utterly disappointed with myself.

Wtf happened to me.

Only one thing to say:

I was FUCKED.

2 down

Boo yeah.. EG1109 down as well.

3 to go...

But mechanics was tough. Not the conventional questions.

=/

1 down

*Bang
1 down 4 to go.

Interestingly, I didnt find MA1505 horribly difficult. Maybe it really isnt that tough. But its one of the rare occasions whereby I dont feel that I will flunk Maths.

But maybe because the 1 piece A4 size help sheet that we could bring was helpful. I didnt have to remember all those irritating formulas and other things.

But now its time to die, EG1109 in 11hrs 30mins and the only revision I did was the online tutorial over the past wk.

changing someone's life

Was proud of myself finishing my revision on the language portion of my Nation Building Module, I decided to reward myself by watching the television.
When I flicked on the remote, up came Extreme Makeover Home Ed. And being an avid fan of interior design and having a soft spot for such shows, I was darn glad indeed. So I carried on watching and they were tasked to change the house of this family of 5 in 7 days. And the family were sent on a cruise for 7days.
So this whole major construction took place.
The crux of this whole makeover is to help make this family like it was before. Because the eldest son in the family apparently had an accident and kind of lost mobility with his legs thus was wheelbounded. He could not enter his house through the main door, eat with the family, cannot go up to his own room etc... So the design team wanted to make all those COULD NOTS into COULDS.

In the 7 days, they installed an elevator in the house. (I am impressed.) Gave them a therapeutic pool to help the son recover his mobility. Resized alot of things.
You can imagine how that changed the family's life.
Although they may not be the poorest family in the world, may not be the family living in a very lousy environment previously, but to change someone's life for the better, thats simply amazing.
At least I know they are definately one of the happiest people for now.
I am definately touched.

Junk Food...

Somehow I was feeling downright low last night. Nothing I did seemed right, totally no drive to do anything. I felt so lost as if i were alone in the desert trying to escape from the vast ocean of sand surronding me.
So I took my phone and wallet and headed downstairs for a walk believing that some fresh air might do me some good. I thought since I was downstairs might as well buy a loaf of bread for the next few day's breakfast. But when I entered 7-11, instead of just picking up the loaf of bread, I was drawn like bees to honey to the tidbits shelves. I just had this sudden impulse to just lose my mind and buy all the tidbits, and munch on them like crazy. But somehow I managed to retain my sanity and bought just a small packet of Ritz Bits with Cheese and a bottle of Minute Maid Lemonade.
En route home I suddenly recalled that the furthest I had gone for the past week was Yio Chu Kang Stadium to run. And I hadnt had any tidbits for like months. Wow, I am impressed. So I headed back home and snacked on my Ritz Bits, and after swooping them down within minutes, I felt much better.
So I guess tidbits do contain certain essence of happiness in them.
Hail to Junk Food.

revision... led surfing

Was doing my revision on Nation Building in Singapore and being lazy to look for my readings, i sorted facts from the net. With Wikipedia and Answers.com being very helpful avenues. I somehow got interested to see the websites of all the Political Parties in Singapore. And I chanced upon this interesting
open letter written to Mr George W Bush the US President by a certain Politician in Singapore.

Not commenting on that or anything related to the politics of Singapore.

And yea, yet again i drifted off my revision... =/

Shooting

Gee... How nice it is to have friends who will shoot me when I ask them to...

But instead of shooting me, maybe you people should study as well.

Haha..

My Inspiring Revision Scheduel

I shouldnt do this I know, but I just cannot help not studying. The urge to do everything else is just too great. The amount of workout I do over the reading week is more than what I did over the past quarter. The amount of TV I watch is 10times the amount I watch over the quarter as well.

I tell myself, "ok start revising in 30mins.." Usually 1hr later I'll say, "Maybe another 30mins..." and usually this whole thing loops infinitely.

But the most surprising thing is that the amount of "NEW " things I learnt from my already infinitesimal revision. I read wonder what I have been doing over the past half a year =/.

Somebody shoot me.

Studying in Singapore

I stole this blog post from a friend:
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studying in singapore...
to find a condulsive place for studying in singapore is really not easy...
we have to take risk sitting in the fast food restaurants in case the manager felt that we are taking up too much space and we are just not there to buy their food.. however being a student, our spending power is pretty much limited... more over, eating too much fast food is not desirable as it do much damage to our health... so fast food restaurant is out from the list...
"how bout school?" some may ask... school is not very near to some of us, especially for the most of the university students... so what happen to those who dun stay near? where should they go?
home... is really comfortable to stay at home isn't it? for some... is just too comfortable... so where can we study?
if you suggest that we can study in community centre as well... how much space they can offer to us? could it fit in so many student?
studying in library is good.. but sometimes when you go out for lunch ur things might get packed away by the staff who "advise you not to leave your stuff unattended"... it is, though, stated clearly that reservations of seats are not allow but what do we do when we want to go for lunch? can we bring food into the library?...so it is out too...
government had encourage student to study and be educated... they have drawn out and carried out plans that attract people to study as well... but just how much condulsive space are we, the student, given to study hard? may someone high above bless all those student who cant find place to study to get good grades....
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I think the issue here, is whether you want to study or not. Whether you have the discipline to do it or not. NO matter what lengths you go to, if you are determined and disciplined. You can do it. You would even go from East Coast to NTU just to study if you find everywhere else unsuitable. Or even, if home seems to comfortable, FIGHT the "ZEE" monster... (zZZz).

Back to mugging after attacking my HY2229 forum..

Simple Beam Experiment

My dear Simple Beam Experiment Website.
Please freaking stop irritating me. I just wasted 2 hours of my life trying to submit the damn result of a 5mins experiment by having to do it at least 20 times just to try submitting 20times.

Migration to Blogger Beta

Just did the migration! I wonder if there is any significant differences...
But no time to try out.. =p

Flushed Away...

After physics lect today, I went to meet Na in town. We had agreed to watch Flushed Away, today. It has been awhile since I been to the movies.

The show is pretty fun, it certainly has critical scenes that will definately make u smile or even laugh out loud. So if you guys are interested in a bit of animated humour mixed with a pinch of cartoon romance. Go for it, it might help reduce the pre-examination stress.

=)

CS1101c Practical Exam (PE)

One word to describe it ---> Cui aka 脆

But looking on the bright side, i knew the meaning of Palindrome.

For the benefit of those who dont, a palindrome is a sentence or word that means the same thing read forward or backwards irregardless of the punctuation.

For example,

Madam

A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!

Well now that you know what does that mean, let me talk a bit about my programming PE.
Well, we were given a source file that contains 25 strings (strings = sentences in C language) So we had to read in the file and print out the results exactly as what the question wanted. In the process, we also had to test whether the string was a palindrome and also to check the number of occurances of each word. Ie. "The" came out 5 times, "A" came out 8 times etc. So for the 1hr 45mins that I was in there, I spent effectively almost 45mins reading and thinking of the
algorithm and thus I spent 1hr fully on coding. So in the end I only managed to read in the file, printed out the strings properly by removing the unwanted '\n' character before the '\0' character. Although I had written a function to check whether the string was a palindrome it didnt work, but after attending the tutorial I realised I had seen that in a sample solution but I didnt remember it.
Oh well.

Now to shift to 5th gear since its reading week soon. Full throttle ahead!

Cashews..

Cashews improves baroreflex sensitivity. That's a fancy way of saying that when your blood pressure rises, cashews tell your heart to calm down, among other cardio benefits....


-Taken from RealAge® Tips of the WEEK-

7% GST!

GST will be risened to 7% from the original 5%.
This was announced by PM Lee in Parliament today.

Aim is to increase the Social Safety Nets which is necessary to help the lower income group.

*Social Safety Net is basically means government aid to those in the lower income grp. Such aid maybe in the form of welfare or other things such as subsidies.

Also, there are also plans to give more grant to first time home owners and more "workfare" to entice those in the region of lower income to stay employed.

More details will be released on 15th Feb (Budget Day)

But in my opinion, I still think that the poor will be hit badly by this hike in taxes. Despite the promised lucrative package that will offset any impact of the rise in taxes to the poor. As usually due to the rise in GST. EVERYTHING will have a rise hike, even vegetables from the wet market.

Well, Singapore is now going through the stage where developed countries face all the time. Widening income gap.

I still think the best way to reduce this impact is to increase the income tax instead of GST since anyway who earn less have more tax relief. However with increased income tax, more of Singapore's elite would be turned-off and thus reducing the attractiveness of foreign talent coming in as well. However this would definately benefit the lower income group more as there is no direct impact on them.

Its tough being a decision maker. Haha.

Wellness Pack

Mail 1

Hi Students

It's that time of the year when revisions for the examinations start. While you focus your energies and mug away in earnest, the Office of Student Affairs (OSA) would like to show our support to you.

Come and collect an Exam Wellness Pack which we have specially prepared for you. Each pack contains tasty snacks and beverages to perk you up.

Starting from 13 November 06 (during office hours), flash your Matriculation Card


So come on down and grab your Wellness Pack whilst stocks last !

Good Luck to you on your exams!

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Mail 2

DATED 13/11/06
Dear Students

Please be informed that the Exam Wellness Packs have been fully distributed at the following locations:

We thank you for your support!

Once again, wishing you all the best for your exams!

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well, that was fast.
I havent even checked it out.
-.-

Oh well... Looks like I have no support from OSA. =/

Its a SIGN!

Grandma..

Well, my grandma finally came back from Xiamen. I am pretty much proud of her because she went there by herself with the tour group without her children for the first time! And she bought ALOT of things. She bought a flask, a few packets of mushrooms, a few packets of sea cucumber, a lot of candies/biscuits, peanuts, and alot more other things. Haha, of course she bought a new luggage bag(Which is definately bigger than the original one that she brought there) to contain all her loot that is to be brought back to Singapore.

Went to the airport to pick her up with my Aunts, Mummy & Uncle. As we reached quite early, we went for coffee and had a little get together session. After that, I was allowed to drive back!

First time on the highway. Was abit slow but as I see more cars overtake me, i decided to try picking up the pace and soon before I know it, I was driving at 90km/h. Although there was a certain thrill driving fast, but with so many people sitting at the back of the car. I knew I had to be extra careful, with great power comes great responsibilty.

But after a late night drive on the expressway, I feel that my confidence of driving has definately increased. And there wasnt any complains from anyone of my passengers. Haha

11/11

A nice date for many things.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EDGAR!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVE AARON!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVE UNCLE HOCKCHUAN!

HAPPY HOME COMING GRANDMA!

Finally to end it off...

PLEASE STUDY HARD KAIWEI!!!

Programming...

This is not good.

My Practical Exam for Programming is on the coming wednesday. The duration is 1hr 45mins. But I took 2 days to do my prog lab this week and I didnt even complete it. So I guess it will be a goner.

Although it wasnt complete, it is still my longest ever program that I have written so I am still rather pleased with myself.

Although average is good enough for me at my current standard.

I usually dont take average as an option. In fact now I am below par.

Lets hope average wont be a word that will be bugging me for life.

Scarred

I just downloaded. IE 7,

It looks REALLY similar to Mozilla Firefox...

Quite cool...

U guys should try it, just do to windows update to DL.

Typing furiously alot?

Working alot with the computer???

What's RSD?
Repetitive Stress Disorder occurs due to a gradual build up of the small amounts of bodily damage that occurs on a daily basis. The damage usually occurs due to repetitive motions and sustained postures of a fixed group of muscles.

For instance, regular activities such as typing, computer keyboarding, using a mouse (more so than typing), driving a car, operating a cash register and playing computer games can gradually lead to carpal tunnel syndrome.

In RSD, it is not the physical force used that matters, but the amount of time your muscles and tendons spend under tension.

Repetitive hand action results in swollen tissues in your wrist, which can then compress adjoining blood vessels and nerves, leading to the irritation of nerves and reduced blood supply.



Prevent RSD

You do not have to wait till you actually begin to see symptoms of RSD. You can prevent repetitive injury by following these workstation tips:

~ Pay attention to your posture at all times. Do not work with your hands too close or too far from your body. Keep your eyes level with the screen.

~ Adjust the height of your chair so that your forearms are at the same level as the keyboard and you don't need to flex your wrists to type.

~ Do not rest your wrists on hard surfaces for long periods.

~ Avoid tight watchstraps or jewellery and clothes with tight elastic sleeves.

~ Take regular and frequent mini-breaks from using the computer keyboard.

~ Extend your arms out with palms facing out and fingers pointing up. Hold for a count of five. Straighten your wrists and relax your fingers.

Then make a tight fist with each hand. Bend your wrists down and count to five. Repeat these stretches eight to 10 times during each break.

~ Do not press on hard surfaces with the heel of your hand while rising from your seat.

~ Ergonomic (especially designed to suit the human anatomy and facilitate tasks without injury) keyboards are available; these can reduce the stress on your wrists.

~ A wrist rest on your mouse pad or a specially designed mouse might help, though the effectiveness of these measures has not been scientifically demonstrated.

~ Keep the mouse as close to the keyboard as possible and try to move it with your arm and not your wrist.

~ Lose weight if you are overweight.

In carpal tunnel syndrome, as in most ailments, an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.

This article is taken from the below website
http://in.rediff.com/getahead/2005/nov/22rsd.htm
it is written by:
Dr Roopa Nishi Viswanathan has an MBBS from KEM Hospital, Mumbai, with a Masters in Nutrition from the University of Texas at Austin.

scribbles...

After scribbling so much in my nation building notes during the lectures, I am now suffering from the consequences of not being able to read what i was scribbling.

But its like rushing to catch a train during nation building lectures. Haix. Guess i should practise on my short hand to make it easier for myself to recognise..


By the way, Happy 100th Post! Haha

furiously..

Prof Victor Shim said this:"... Pressing your calculator furiously."

Because of this, i realised that actually NUS trains many of her students to become furious typists.

U never fail to see students typing away furiously and sometimes i pity the poor keyboard..

Relax people, take a breather... its not about doing things furiously...

lazy sunday...

Every weekend is becoming a lazy weekend especially with it raining..

Very soon i will be overwhelmed and totally consumed by this lethal rain of lethargy. With the gradual loss of energy and the will to battle the lethality of this rain...

I think I shall take a nap.

Retail Therapy..

After today's statics test which i officially mugged very hard since yesterday. I found it too tough to handle, even though i could do most of the questions in the textbooks and i could do the previous quiz.

After that, Sirong drove Geehoe, Waiteng and I out to clementi for lunch. I drank kopi-o while looking at them eat, and i wasnt trying to lose weight. I just wanted tto save space to have lunch with Na. It was a nice lunch trip where we chit-chatted... Shared some of our own experiences etc.

After which I left them, while they went on to do their things. As i reached Northpoint early, i went shopping abit, and i spent $46.65 within 45mins. Haha and nothing was for myself. But after doing this, i felt better as in i was feeling happier and more jovial.. I guess, retail therapy does work sometimes although its not the best way to improve your mood..

After that, Na arrived and we headed off to lunch and had our long lost dosage of coffee..

Now its time to get back to doing my assignments.

More Tests!!

Your Values Profile

Loyalty: You value loyalty a fair amount. You're loyal to your friends... to a point. But if they cross you, you will reconsider your loyalties. Staying true to others is important to you, but you also stay true to yourself. Honesty: You don't really value honesty. You do value getting your way, no matter what. And if a little lying is required to do that, no problem. A few white lies never hurt anyone (at least, that's what you tell yourself!) Generosity: You value generosity a fair amount. You are all about giving, as long as there's some give and take. Supportive and kind, you don't mind helping out a friend in need. But you know when you've given too much. You have no problem saying "no"! Humility: You value humility highly. You have the self-confidence to be happy with who you are. And you don't need to seek praise to make yourself feel better. You're very modest, and you're keep the drama factor low. Tolerance: You value tolerance highly. Not only do you enjoy the company of those very different from you... You do all that you can to seek it out interesting and unique friends. You think there are many truths in life, and you're open to many of them.

The Five Factor Values Test

You Have A Type A- Personality

You are one of the most balanced people around Motivated and focused, you are good at getting what you want You rule at success, but success doesn't rule you. When it's playtime, you really know how to kick back Whether it's hanging out with friends or doing something you love! You live life to the fullest - encorporating the best of both worlds

Do You Have a Type A Personality?

You are a Black Coffee

At your best, you are: low maintenance, friendly, and adaptable At your worst, you are: cheap and angsty You drink coffee when: you can get your hands on it Your caffeine addiction level: high

What Kind of Coffee Are You?

sparked me thinking.

An sms from Aaron, sparked off my thinking cap's engine...

thus i came up with this:


_________________________________

Alot of things can happen in life,
Be it good or bad.
BUT only when its strikes us,
Then will we know its existence.

Cherish what you have now.
Before it becomes obliterated.

Its never too late to try,
Never a time to renounce.
Because once you've given up.
You are DEFEATED in life.
______________________________



People who are successful, be it in their career, love life or family are often victors in life. Because they never say die. And most importantly they keep on trying and refuse to give up.
There is no free lunch in this world. We need to work our butts off to succeed...

finally.

Ok, i havent blog for quite some time. Well, one thing is coz i was still feeling rather sick and the main thing is that i simply had too much things to do..

So i shall do a recap on what i did the past week..

After being Knocked Out by the darn flu bug on monday, i went to school on tuesday. It was pretty well, had a statics n mechanics tutorial followed by a Physics lab.

Straight after the tutorial, Deb and Waiteng gave me a slice of Oreo Cheesecake! for my belated birthday. Well and the cake couldnt have came at a better time,as I started to feel hungry just before the class. Their gesture simply touched me deeply, even though i didnt knew them long, they still made me feel special. Thanks girls.

Then was the Lab lesson. Well, since Faculty of Science was a couple of busstops away from Engineering, so we were kind of late by 20 over minutes. So we started doing the damn experiment, it was quite alright i suppose, but i simply wasnt in the mood to do anything and my brain wasnt functioning very well, my thinking processes were like running at 25% efficiency. But eventually Sirong and me managed to get the results and decided to finish the report at home. Since it was already past 5pm and i had a gathering with the OCS/6SIR guys.

So off i went to meet Zhongwei to leave for glasshouse!

That was the first time i been to glass house and well, i was pretty impressed by their deco. Even the staff are dressed in halloween costumes.. Well the theme was "Bloody Pirates" i presume. At first i thought it was just a gathering of the NUS guys, never expected to see the NTU guys as well. But it was a nice surprise. Well, over at Fish n Co, there were Jack, Luke, Edgar, Zhongwei, Qiyang, Kok Heng and me. We had quite a great time talking cock there, and they refused to let me pay for my meal... Because it was 'pre-determined' by them that i shouldnt pay. And i even received a present which was presented to me by Luke!

After that, we headed to Swensen's to have dessert.. Ice-creammmmMM. Yummy... I had my usual, Frosted Chocolate Malt. But i kind of forgot i was still feverish and i ate a chocolate intensive ice-cream. Opps. But soon, Kuangsheng and Zhichao joined us. Zhichao even took a cab down from school to meet us lor. After that, Jack gave me another present, from him and the compilation of the cards they wrote for me...

Then, we decided to leave after talking a lot more cock at Swensens, and i came up with my reason to why NTU's halls are numbered and not named which is too sensitive to be posted here. (But hey, its a joke) Before we headed our separate ways, we asked a passerby to take a picture of us and after taking our picture, he asked if we are going to NS, and you should see his amazement when we told him we were all NSmen now. He thought we were poly students. Well well, that just made us felt great huh? haha...

This portion is dedicated to all those who met up on tuesday 31st Oct 2006:
Guys, i am very touched by the surprise you guys gave me. I never really saw that coming, it was a very pleasant surprise.
Indeed the strongest bonds are definately those forged by tears, blood and sweat...


quoting from some of the cards given to me:
" .. be it tough ,memorable or savoury, definately we've known and found each other, brothers and friends for life.."
"..even if u finish it, u must remember that u have this buddy here that will always be here for you!..."

Thanks guys for making me feel wanted and important...

This simple gesture moved me deeply, i am tearing as i was typing this...

Love you guys. (No gayism intended..)

21st Birthday.

I actually had quite a bit to blog about on the eve of my birthday, but i kind of forgotten what i wanted to write about...

Well, before i forget more of them, i'll try to post something... On the 28th, my family threw a mini party for me at my house. Simple celebration with just my extended family, something that is to my preference, instead of those where i invited heaps of people and i know i will not be able to entertain everyone.

One outstanding issue bout me is the fact that i am quite anti social or 孤屁虫 as i would like to call myself... I need to get that flaw out of me, not as in becoming a social energizer bunny, but of coz not becoming a social hermit.

In the early saturday afternoon, Na came over and helped me with the decorations of my house, although i was the one putting them up, she was the one who made the streamers! Decorating took us quite a bit of time and eventually, uncles, aunts cousins starting coming in. And it was just like a normal family get together where everyone will just talk over anything.. Something simple but yet enjoyable...

Finally, we went ahead with the cake cutting ceremony, looking back, i havent been standing in that position for quite awhile actually..

I'll post some pictures of the day below:




My Birthday Cake!



A total Unglam shot of my Candle Blowing with my 2 cousins Nicholas and Augustin.



Augustin. Aint he adorable?



My Presents (Of course, there are many ang paos to go along)



Us, after the whole thing.. =)

Birthday Resolution:

Well, although one doesnt change from a teenager to an adult overnight. I know that now as an official adult, the impact of my actions are double the weightage it used to be. All the things i do must therefore be carefully thought of and planned. Much more responsibility thus lies on my shoulders and i really hope my shoulders are broad enough to contain them all...

Flu...

WEll, what a memorable 21st birthday it was, i was down with a flu and had a fever...

...

i cant blog...

funny

Funny, i can only blog thru the BlogThis Link. -.-"

Convincing myself

I stole this from somewhere with a wee bit of change:

It's scary, how one event can affect me so much. As much as I want have a hardened armour against outside dangers, there's still chinks in that armour that threatens to crack the entire contraption apart. I know I shouldn't be so affected but I really can't help it. The hardest person to convince is yourself, but once you are convinced, almost nothing can convince you otherwise.

(Hope i didnt commit any copyright infringement. But sources not to be named.)


Sad but true, i am a victim of my own lack of confidence.

I need to stand up strong and lead myself out of this circle of self doubt.

Well, pics...

Well, remember my post on 21st Oct?

I said something about nice prints, here are the scanned neoprints.

P.S. I know im old liao but i still act cute. forgive me =x

My hero...

My hero in school...



hehe... thats right, its coffee!!... =)

Shopping...

I havent been shopping alone for quite a while, as usual its pretty chop chop ka li pok!

Bought a pair of Asics GT-2100(2E) running shoe (birthday present from my aunt), my yellow '虎' is dying already.... =(

Number of children vs education level

Well, i was reading my readings in preparation for my Nation Building Tutorial on monday. I came across this interesting statement from one of the readings;

"The number of children in Malay families has also been commonly cited as an important casual factor contributing to the poor performance of Malay students............. in 1985, Goh Chok Tong armed with an impressive array of statistical data showing the correlation between large families, poverty and acadamic performance, urged Malays to have smaller families in order to improve their educational standings....... However this is contridicted by the 1990 census which indicated that the mean number of children among parents with university education was 1.36 compared to 1.58 for those with secondary education, 2.37 for primary school educated and 4.6 for those without education...."

cited from (The Singapore Dilemma: The Malay Educational Marginality by Lily Zubaidah Rahim)

Something to think about??
Why do higher educated people have less children?

You Have Low Self Esteem 28% of the Time

Generally, you feel pretty darn great about who you are, even when you mess up or fail. Occasionally, a huge setback will make you question yourself, but you pick yourself up quickly.

How is Your Self Esteem?

You Are 76% Open

You're a pretty open person - and you don't mind sharing the good, bad, and sometimes ugly. And while sometimes you do catch yourself blabbing on, you usually exhibit restraint. You're openness is quite refreshing, and it encourages other people to be open with you!

How Open Are You?

Your Scholastic Strength Is Evaluating

You are great at looking at many details and putting them all together. You are talented at detecting subtle trends, accuracy, and managing change. You should major in: Statistics Speech Conflict studies Communication Finance Medicine

What Should You Major In?

You Are 77% Grown Up, 23% Kid

Congratulations, you are definitely quite emotionally mature. Although you have your moments of moodiness, you're usually stable and level headed.

How Emotionally Mature Are You?

Better person?

With reference from Edgar's Tag:

Ed: And by now you must realise that afterall, you are now a better person for all you've been through, the good times and the bad.


Expensive mistake, take ensures no repetition in it.
Better person i think not. I am much less the man i was.
The confidence that was built up bit by bit through the blood, sweat and tears were lost in the process...

However, its time my life took yet another turn.. And this time, I will make sure, it will be a much better piece of artwork. Even if its not a masterpiece, it will certainly be a much better portrait then before.

Thanks Edgar.
I really dont know how I should thank you for standing there for me then. It is something so significant to me that i will always remember it.

I promise to intro more people to look for you when they have toothache. =)

Clumsy day...

Today was a clumsy day...

Firstly, i nearly fell while standing on the moving bus and while trying to muster an acrobatic balance, i raised my leg up slightly. Just as my right leg lifted off the ground, the bus jerked, the momentum from the jerk caused my rising leg to rise even higher and "WHAM!" i did a banana kick on the side of the seat, any inch off the point of impact, would have resulted in me crushing someone's ribs.

Next was after my CS1101c lecture, enroute to the toilet, i was tossing my water bottle in my hands and by some shear bad luck, my hands became my legs and the bottle slipped off my hand and "cling clang clong" and it continued rolling right into the direction of the GIRLS toilet and ya, the door opened and it rolled in. So malu lor... sianz..

Mr Murphy please leave me alone... =(

time...

As the day draw nearer, the memory grows stronger...

I still remember, the day i was donned in my No.3 uniform for the first time, setting my foot there for the first time, standing there for the first time...

The images are still so vivid... the voice, the people talking in the picture... it all seem as though it just happened yesterday...

What a day that was...

Application

After bumming around for so long, i finally made my application for the transfer of course.

A stay home day...

Its a public holiday, and staying at home never felt better.. Although i originally didnt have any classes today, but still i think a break from the stressful condtions in school is a good thing for students nowadays..

It gives me chance to catch up on my tutorials which i am lagging behind and even allow me to slot some gaming and some exercise time in between.

=)

21st Oct.

Ah, i finally managed to get my lazy bump to blog about the events of 21st OCt. We went to town, Far East to be exact... Call me turtle, call me tortise that resides high up on the mountain.. But, it changed yet again and i duno about it... =/ But then again, when was the last time i went to Far East?? Actually i dont have any recollections of it, so i think it was ages ago.

But, one major change i noticed was that, it was awefully quiet in town on a Saturday afternoon. Thus i began believing the crowd was drawn to VivoCity. And so long after its launch, i still havent been there, i think it will take me Eons before i go there.

Well, after my dear snup got 1 pretty halter from her favourite shop and a denim skirt from another shop where she bought her previous pair of skirt, we went to eat peanut butter + chocolate toast! And had Iced Yuan-Yang too! After that little snacking, we headed to Cineleisure and had neoprints taken. Pretty nice prints actually and since there wasnt any crowd, we spent 45mins designing the pics. Because w/o queue, there wont be a countdown timer! LoL.

Next snup was supposed to bring me to Fosters for my birthday treat. As we reached Holland more than an hour ahead of time, we went to Factory Outlet Store to look for cheap and good deals... And we spent money again. haha.. As the time ticks, we walked to Fosters, and to my amazement, the place was just litted with candles, i tot they were celebrating deepavali or just trying to be romantic. But when we went in, the waiter told us they had a power failure. Much to my disappointment, i didnt get to eat at Fosters again! I had been talking about eating there since like when i entered army. Yap, more than 2 years past... still nothing haha..

By the time we decided on the next location, my hunger was gone... And we ate at 'Out of the pan' in Raffles City. It was Crepes and crepes and crepes in all the menu, though not really my type of meal,(coz of the small serving) but the dinner was nice and not too filling. Because there was this Ben n Jerry's treat after dinner!

Something funny was that, as Na went to buy the 'mix n match' ( 3 scoops served in a waffle bowl) it took her damn long, and as i turn my head over to see if she had lost her way, i saw her asking for a lighter to light the candle. So much for the surprise she planned for me.. haha... Sorry dear, i shouldnt be so Kpo next time... =/

Well, that concludes the outing and it has been eons since we went out till after 10. =p

Well, as Na's request , here is the story of the rock and sand which i read from somewhere, but lost the original version so this is my edited version.

Story of the Professor and an Empty Jar

There was one day, a Professor picked up an Empty jar and asked his lecture grp if they jar was empty or full. "Empty.." the students replied.
Next, he took out a bag of stones and filled the jar to its brim and he asked his students again if it was full.. and unanimously the students replied "Full..."
AFter which, he then take out a bar of sand and scooped the sand into the supposedly full stone-filled jar, and the sand seeped in between the spaces of the stones inside the Jar. Yet again, he popped the same question and the reply was still "Full."
Finally, he emptied the jar and filled the empty jar to the brim with just sand and asked that same question to get the same answers from the students. However he then tried to put stones into the sand-filled jar but he couldnt because they dont fit into the jar anymore.

The moral of the story is that,

The Jar is your life, it is filled up with stones and sand.
Whereby the stones are the important things and people tt revolves in your life and
the sand are the small things that happen everyday.
And if you fill your life with just sand (small things that happen everyday), you will neglect the big stones(important things and people).
As the way life should be is to be filled with important things and people and the small things are there to add taste and a twist to your life and not be the major part of you.

Well, i know to those who have read this story before, my version is definately not as good, but based on memory this is the best tt i can get. So if anyone have the original copy i would appreciate it if u can email it to me =)

naps

Well well well... I was supposed to continue with my physics tutorial after coming home from dinner over at my granny's place at abt 2045. But, i fell asleep and i woke up at 2330... =/ Omg.. Precious time wasted and now im freaking damn alert... so i guess after this entry i'll do the tutorial then =)

This afternoon i went to Na's place to see if i can do anything to save her poor comp and i swear i have never seen such a "dirty' computer. Dirty not as in full of porn or dust but virus... -.-"

I installed AVG thru the CD i burned for her and did a scan, i amounted to 1.3k infect files. And alot of the data in the harddisk is corrupted...
Thus i draw from this analysis that, the web is now a damn 'durtttty' place and without any form of viral protection or firewall... THe results would be disastrous...

Singaporean are funny...

I am refering to the news of the Middle aged man who committed suicide on the tracks recently and had his body severed into 3 parts...

Yes, his story is touching, his family is poor and it touches our heart. But is there a need to raise $300,000 to him alone after he has DIED? If only the help came when he was still alive and kicking...

Refering more from the Newpaper, Singaporeans have kindly donated to people who make the headlines, such as e case of Huang Na, are these kind people all trying to make headlines as well?

If u all look around, there are actually many people who are in difficulty and suffering just as much as these people if not in greater agony... Why doesnt help reach out to those??

Will this create a trend whereby, people thinking of suicide just because they have given up on hope and lost the will to carry on?? Furthermore, singaporeans are so kind hearted and will donate handsomely to his/her family...

So are these kind people really kind? or are they just trying to KPO around and since they are there already, might as well donate.

If it is the former, then im glad but i would still love to see those suffering in silence get some help and of course, help is more effective when the person is still alive.

Just my point of view.

Lazy Mornings....

Oh well its the time of the week yet again, yep, a thursday morning...

I simply hate thursday and friday mornings. Coz i have to wake up at 5.15 just to prepare to go to school... Sometimes i just have this urge to skip the 8am lectures... Well, they do have webcast for the lectures, but i cant bring myself to not go to school...

furthermore, i suck so much in math, all the more i shouldnt skip rite? =/

Tired, tired, tired....

A tribute to 93.3FM

In the past, i used to listen to perfect 10...
That was during secondary sch when i was into linkin park, emninen, and blah blah...

Now, i listen to 93.3fm. And i have been a long time follower... hhaa...
I duno why i am blogging this, but i jsut had the urge to blog something and this is the topic that came to my mind.

Well, since i am at this, i might as well say this:

I MISS MUSIC DIARY! aka "Ying Yue Ri Ji" that was hosted by LingZhi... Now in replace of that, is Peifen's "Da Tou Fen De Shi Jie" aka Big head fen's World..
Though its funny and quite entertaining, but i prefer listening to music diary's love story and combined with Lingzhi's "dong ren"'s voice..
The story never fail to touch my heart.
And of cos, late nite mugging and homework doing or even nights when i cant sleep i had the 'company' of Peifen's "Ni Ke Si De Chen Bao" and now Jiahui's "Oh Yeah Bu Xiang Shui" , i will always tune in to 93.3, in fact i listen to the radio while i sleep... But i hate Chong Ching's "Zhou Gong Jiang Gui"... sometimes it makes me thnk of ghosts and make me cant sleep further... =/

and not forgetting Ma Li and Zhi Yong... =)

Thanks to all the DJs for keeping me company all these years...

Botak Jones.

Hours and location for Botak Jones Tuas

32 Pioneer Sector 2, Sungei Kadut Eating House
at the junction of Pioneer Sector 2 and Pioneer Sector 1
Phone / Fax: 689-89-225
Monday - Friday 10:00 am til 8:30 pm
Saturday 10:00 am til 5:00 pm
Sunday closed

Hours and location for Botak Jones Ang Mo Kio

Yue Hua Food Place
Block 608 Ang Mo Kio Ave. 5
Phone / Fax: 6755-1-225
Tuesday - Sunday 12:00 noon til 10:00 pm
Monday closed

Hours and location for Botak Jones Clementi

Block 325 Clementi Ave 5 (Kopitiam) #01- 129 Singapore 120325
Phone / Fax: 677-41-225
Tuesday - Sunday 12:00 noon til 10:00 pm
Monday closed

And i found their website from google...

http://botakjones.com/index.html

No wonder my lecturer said : "Google is ur friend"

New Bag...

Thanks to Na, i got a new bag! haha...
After so much discussions and considerations and reluctance to make any decision... We finally got my bag. Yay...

Television Ads

Hmm, i walked past the coffeeshop 1 block away from my house and i saw the originally very crowded western food stall there have at least 2 times the amount of customers today. I must say the HDB Tai Tai promoting the stall has really done a very good job. Well, the stall is none other than, "Botak Jones".

Botak Jones is owned by this Caucasian whom i have no idea where he is from and he isnt called Jones, but they serve relatively different type of western food. Its more like American western food and its very different from the traditional chicken chop/ chicken cutlet/ pork chop at our local coffeeshop. Their menu includes different sausages which are at least 6 to 8inches long, 15cm by 12cm burgers, and i forgot coz i havent been there in a while and i guess because of the sudden influx, i wont go in the near future as well, though the menu may not be as exotic and as exhaustive as hotels, but it certainly packs a punch for a coffeeshop western food.

The prices are reasonably affordable, and their food is pretty much worth the wait. But the waiting time sucks. It used to be 30 to 40mins of waiting time during wkends, but now after the increased popularity, i guess it'll take at least an hour.

If u guys wanna find out more about the place, just ask me ba.. =)

Of course all dimensions provided in the post are based on my not so good memory coz i dont bring ruler/measuring tape to measure my food.

Lazy Saturday

Well well, its been awhile since i had a lazy saturday... Its not so bad actually, i can well, catch up on slacking and lazing around and not forgetting improving my relationship with my mama by gossiping with her about my grandmother.

Yep, after living my life for 2 decades, i realised that as i grow older, i talk my mummy less.
One thing is probably because i have my own things to do, i always get cooped up in my room and my mum in her own room watching tv, my dad in the living room watching his tv as well... It has been like that for quite some time, all of us will be in our own little space.

I seldom talk to my dad, not because i hate him but because i have nohing to say to him. Why? Because since young i was always looked after by my grandparents. (maternal) Both parents working, my grandpa send me to school and picks me up from school. Bring me to my swimming class, picks me up from swimming class. After that i will go back to my gramp's place for lunch and do my homework until my mum returns. My dad? he will go back to his mother's house for dinner everyday without fail..

On weekends, its my mum that brings me out, well even though my dad doesnt work on weekends, he doesnt bring me out, he doesnt bring me and my mum out. The furthest place i have been with him is to my grandmother's(paternal) place during chinese new year. We dont talk, he doesnt come to my room and talk to me, ask me how am i coping with my studies etc. On weekends, he will go out himself, and come back at night. It has been like that for well, maybe since i started to "Dong Shi".

On the contrary, I started talking more to my dad nowadays. Well, I tried to communicate, but its tough, i just dont feel close to him, i have even more to talk about with my uncle as compared to my dad. No one told me what to expect in the army, coz dad didnt served the army, my uncle was pes C9L2, my other uncle was a Policeman since NS. So little blur me, bumped around here and there inside BMTC,OCS & 6SIR came out stronger and ended my military life with a 'BANG'. Now as i embark on my journey in persuing a higher education in National University of Singapore, all decisions made were not by my parents, not me, but my aunt. Why? Because she is a graduate, and somebody who really worked very hard to achieve what she had attained. Although she's someone i respect and listen to as her comments are usually more useful and holds more weight, i sometimes would rather my not so educated parents to offer some form of advice and not say: "Ask Aunty Wendy and see what she says." I would rather decide on my own sometimes, and sometimes you know that, following your heart is the next best thing to do when ur brains dont work.

I just lived by my teenage years 'like that' i never enjoyed how being a teen was i was always making decisions about myself, my life and whatsoever, now im entering adulthood and the process of making decisions will carry on even further now. Thus i feel too grown up for my age. I feel so tired with life. I sometimes just wanna be a child and throw tantrums around all over again...

Ok, guess i bitched enough, its time to go back to reading my readings to prep for Monday's Tutorial...

What i want..

Ok, so i have made up my mind to transfer from Engineering to Arts.
So is Majoring in Economics what i want? I sometimes ask myself what i hope to achieve by coming to University.

Answer which never fails to come out of my mouth : Get a degree.

And the reason behind getting a degree? : To find a good job tt is high paying and all?

And the reason to have a good job tt is high paying...... : Have more money so tt i have more money to spend(which helps move the economy) on my family and save and keep for my descendents...

And why again? So tt they can have a comfortable life and receive good education and carry on this vicious cycle...

Well there u have it, A summary of LIFE. =)

Alright, lets snap out of this meaningless and senseless topic,

Qn: Is Economics Wat i REALLY REALLY WANT???

Ans: i dunno. I cant give myself a confident YES.

Why? : I duno what lies ahead with an Arts Degree Majoring in Economics. Its seems so blur and hazy as compared to business.

GOsh. im still so confused...

My LIFE

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Must See...

This is really cool... really go and see.... =)

They made it using still pictures... and normal video is from 15 to 30 frames per second. so this 1 minute video they must have used at least 900 to 1800 still pictures... =/

School

Another Statics Tutorial which i came out feeling even stupidier...
Totally got lost inside the vast ocean of intelligence...

But looking on the bright side, i finally saw Jack in school.. haha thats like the first time i saw him in sch. Haha, ok back to trying to do some work...

Its a miracle.. i got 7/12 for my maths test instead of 5.. lol... i am so LUCKy i can go buy 4D!!!

Maths Test

Well, the answers are out and im not really keen to even look at the answers and solution. Coz, i know i will be fucked...

Well, i checked and *drum roll* OMG OMG OMG, i failed. Whats new??

Bah, its even better then expected, i expected a 3 to 4 out of 12 and i got 5. So i am pretty pleased. =)

Cmon, Lets face it Xie Kaiwei... u are just not cut out for engineering.

So wake up ur fucking idea and stop wasting ur own time... Be something else, look for the REAL you...

Male Restroom Etiquette

Male Restroom Etiquette

Village Name??

Well, this is a signboard in front of the Village in Austria tt is known as 'Fucking' and this is one the most commonly stolen signboards...

=)

National Identity??

Singapore w/o a national identity? Doubt so.

Check this out...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singlish

"Wah, hungry liao! You eat yourself, we eat ourself, can?"
Hannibals in action.

Craziness no more?

I quoted this from Edgar's blog:
"I guess a 21st birthday is a point of inflexion where the lines are redrawn and I'd better be ready to gear towards that day. I need to be more responsible and be more careful. Days of recklessness no more!"

After reading his blog, it sets me thinking...

Having done stupid and crazy things and also being reckless in certain aspects over the past 20 years of my life.. Is it time yet for me to shake off those crazy and mad past and embark on a brand new journey where i am able to think clearly and act decisively and yet do the right thing all the time.

Where was that confidence that had once lived inside me, where has it gone now?
I cant even speak up properly in class now...

I am scared. Really, i mean scared...
Guess things hit me alot harder than i expected it to be.

First MAJOR decision that i will be making and a risk that i think is worth taking is the application to a transfer of course to FASS majoring in Economics from my Current Mech Eng when the transfer window opens...

Something funnie i found on youtube

Enjoy

Waffle

Was clearing my phone for pics, i found this pic of the waffle me and sheena had quite awhile ago...

A nice by the roadside waffle/icecream cafe in Sin Ming...
Cozy environment with the only turn offs being the stained white sofas...

Breathless...

After being lazy for so so so so long, i finally dragged my lazy wormy body up and went running. So the first thing i did was a 2.4km run at YCK Stadium today.

After the whole thing, it felt like i just completed an AHM.

Course

BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering.

It seems so far away. With my WTF level of foundation.

Thinking of changing course.


Comments?

The RULES of life.

Seriously, after finally completing the book... I feel that i have learnt quite a bit about life and the way to live it as best as i can...

The 100 rules inside tells u how to behave and react to people whereby it will salvage even the worst situations...

It also tells u how to handle ur relationships with people be it being a good parent, a good fren etc.. how to be a better person in life...

Although u dont have to follow the rules exactly, it setted me thinking about what i have done so far in life and realised that i havent been the nicest i could have been and i have more to work on...

Seriously a good book which i would recommend all of u to read...
And yes, i DONT get any commission if u all buy the book...

Who to hang out with...

Who should u hang out with in order to be successful in ur life...

"People whom you :
Feel enthusiastic about seeing them.
Make U rise to every challenge.
Make u laugh and smile and feel great about yourself.
Support u and nuture u and encourage u.
Stimulate u with new ideas, new concepts and new directions.

Or people whom you:
Feel depressed after u have seen them.
Make u feel angry, dejected or critisized.
Squash ur ideas and pour cold water on ur plans.
Dont take u seriously.
Dont make u feel as if u can achieve anything. "


These are quoted from 'The RULES of Life' by richard templar RULE no. 85

Drive.

It sucks to have a license but u dun have a car to drive.

Thought of e ntuc carcoop thingy. but after checking the site, i need to be 23 yrs old to join their P-plate plan.

WHy 23?

Quoted:

Why is the minimum age to become a member 23 years, and not 18 years?
Our 9-year experience managing the carsharing scheme shows that members who are aged 23 and above are likely to have less accidents.

Too many accidents affect the quality of service to other members and also result in higher operating costs that will be borne by the innocent members if left unchecked.

Oh well. hopes dashed.

Jay's New song...

Jay's New song Qian Li Zhi Wai featuring Fei Yu Qing



Seriously i think Fei Yu Qing's Vocal Power realli makes this song damn nice =)

Crave...

I have a sudden craving for BBQ Stingray...
Hmmm... MmMmmmMmmmmm

Weee...

Hurray, its the term break... Finally a period where i dun have to wake up at 5ams on thurs and fri and no need to do tutorials until 1 2 am at nite...

Yep.. i think i really deserve a break before i embark on my journey of mugging for my mid term tests... So i shall not do anything tonite besides filing up my notes and clearing other stuff before my room gets raided by my mum..

So, lets see... I had a pretty good day today.. i went to the Singapore Buddhist Lodge with Na to her bursury presentation ceremony... Well, its pretty cool coz although it is a buddhist and a chinese based organisation, they are also giving out bursuries to students of other races and religion... Not just limiting them to buddhists. The sacred occasion which is held annually, was graced by Dr Balaji Sadasivan the Senior Minister Of State for Ministry of Foreign Affairs &Ministery of Information, Communication and The Arts..

One thing tt amuses me is that, throughout the whole event, they had to address him or speak of him for like 15 to 20 times. For which EVERY time they have to say: Let us now invite our Guest of honor , Dr Balaji Sadasivan the Senior Minister Of State for Ministry of Foreign Affairs &Ministery of Information, Communication and The Arts to present the bursuries to the students... So ya i had to hear his name and title for like so many times tt i also remember it now... hmm.. i think its too much red tape.

Oh well, anyway the place did serve good vegetarian food =)... and my dear monster is so disappointed because she didnt get to eat the small small 'Peng Kueh' and the donut served there... haha... =p.

After which we left and she went for work and i went to meet mummy, aunty liling and my grandma for dinner at Lot1. First time i been there, yep.. i m not kidding, and well, there wasnt much as well. so i guess its alright. =)...

ANd now i am home blogging about my day.. while munching on an apple...
*munch*

Finally... i came up with the damn formula to do the Programming Lab...
Although my program works well, i think the way i do it is pretty unconventional... i wonder if it is acceptable.
im drained..
yes the weekend is coming, i can finally rest abit after the past rush week...
haix...


//I am just stoning... ignore me...
#include (stdio.h) <-- just pretend the brackets are the <> ones. coz i can put them here

int main()

{
int k;

printf("Please enter ur level of energy from 1 to 5, 1 being the lowest level and 5 the highest\n");
scanf("%i" ,&k);

switch(k)
{
case 1 :
printf("Go and sleep!!");break;
case 2 :
printf("I think u should sleep soon!!");break;
case 3 :
printf("Hang in there...");break;
case 4 :
printf("hmmmmmmm, u sure u didnt just wake up??");break;
case 5 :
printf("Hyper sia..");break;
}
printf("What ever ur case is, Kai still needs to sleep");

return 0;
}

THrowning of Smoke Grenade

Well, i had to do that for my Nation Building Test today... so hopefully i managed to smoke the correct stuff and chase the mozzie away instead of smoking myself to death...

I cant do my programming lab/tut.

Die.

10 hour physics lab..

I just did a 10 hour physics lab, tts inclusive of the lab report...
this is crazy... e lab was suppose to be 3 hrs... den we couldnt finish n the lab had to close, so we rushed and i did wrongly and submitted the totally wrong report up... so i re did my report... i wonder if they will accept the change in report..

hmmm brain dead...

I am so so so so so so so so so x 10^infinity DEAD for my Nation Building test tomorrow....

HAIX

Somebody shoot me...

work work

-
I am lagging so much in my work... so many things coming in, but nothing registered in my brain.. hmm.. looks like its time for..

-Operation Muggeration-

Things to do??

ACtualli, i have alot of things that i need to do... Tutorials, study for the upcoming EG1109 Quiz, Read up the readings for Nation BUilding and prepare for the coming Nation BUilding test as well... But i just have no mood to do anything.... I just wanna relac 1 corner and stone there....

This is a bad sign...
*Picks up pen n paper and tries to attempt more EG1109 questions...*

Beaching...

Yep, as the title suggests, i went to the beach today with deerdeer.... And it has been EONS since we went to the beach at ECP. Actually it has been EONs since we been to any beach... It feels really nice to have some sun and sea on a saturday especially when u do tutorials everynite and nerd my way through the week... We didnt cycle like what we ususally do, but instead we just walked along the beach and sat down on one of the breakwater to 'chill' out.. Erm to bake ourselves i mean.. Its feels really nice to be back there once again... Looking forward to more beach trips...

Yeah, and also i have been promising myself to friggin go learn how to blade den i can go there and blade, but then i haven done it.. ya so... i must work towards it.. maybe after sem, ill go for some extensive blading lesson... =)

After going to the beach, we had our weekly dose of cafe-ing at mac cafe this time n we just shared a cuppa tea... after that we went down to plaza singapura to meet her sis n her bf to watch Monster House together... I duno if i was tired or what, but i didnt find the show very scary nor exciting... but it was a nice show on a whole...

After the show, we went to Chong Pang Nasi Lemak for supper... well, i must say the Nasi Lemak is nice... and its worth taking the train to Sembawang to take 980 down to the place.. And yea, i 'ta bao' back for mama as well...Yep, so when i get a chance to drive, ill find out how to go there and can bring my family down to eat coz 'ta bao' back dont taste as nice...

Earphones...

Hmm, just noticed this on my way home today...
I was on the bus going out of campus at about 4pm...
Coz there were many people going home, so i had to stand.. since i had nothing better to do, i decided to look around to see if i could see any familar faces on the bus i was on... but nope.. no familar faces... but what i did notice was many familar earphones...

what more interesting is that, the guys all standing beside me in a straight line were all wearing the same earphones as me. the Ipod earphones... and with that, i looked around the bus for more ppl using the same earphones and realised that, many of those sitted are also using the ipod earphones... there are like a total of about 15 ipod earphones on the bus...

So it occured to me that, ipod is thus the uberest leader of the mp3 player industry...

And ya. i am still damn tired.. next time no more sleeping at 1am when i have to wake up at 5am... coz i'll just sleep in all the lectures which is freaking damn irritating coz i already dun understand shit, and with the constant nodding off, i think at most 5% of what the lecturer said got into my head...

Hmm, why is it the examples in given in the lectures so simple & the tutorials so damn difficult?? i freaking cannot even do 1 qn for the eg1109 tut lor.. haix... die la... =/ hope the quiz next sat wont be like the tut lor..