Smoke Screen Formed...

Platoon.. Straight ahead...
300... Fire!

*Throws smoke grenade

*Psssssssssssssssssss
Smoke screen formed...

Section 1, Foxtrot Romeo.
Follow me!

*Runs...
*Stops at a good position

*Throws grenade
"Grenade!" ... "Boom"

Section! Advance...

Alright, enough of crap.

Only 2 words can describe my Money and Banking paper. Gone F*ck.

If unanticipated expansionary monetary policy can lead to the expansion of the economy, unanticipated type of questions can lead to the development of seizures.
How I wished I were more irrational, and had irrational expectations rather than rational expectations like what economists like to assume. Had I been a tad less rational, I would have done so much better.

But on hindsight, most people are as rational as me. So I guess it is still a rather level playing field.

Oh ya, I was almost on the verge of drawing a 2 by 2 matrix for the payoffs of the 4 questions, which I could choose to attempt any 2 of the 4. Because there isn't any questions that I could fully answer especially the compulsory one.

First time I felt so shitty after an Economics paper. And of course first time I threw so much smoke for an Econs paper. Not very good. =(

Oh ya, collected specs le.

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Argh

I am greatly affected by the inability of lecturers and tutors who can interest me.
I feel so screwed for my next paper, Money and Banking.

I need to work on this problem next sem since I can only salvage what I can for now.

It seems like I am being self-serving again, but having capable lecturers really makes a hell load of difference.

3101

The most important module is over. The after paper feeling wasn't good.

It felt funny.

It just seems weird that, working is not going to be marked because it is ultimately a mathematical paper. I don't like it when you only want us to show you the answer.

I am uncomfortable with the fact that if 1 part of my soln is wrong, everything is wrong and no partial credits are given for working for a module of this importance.

Bah. Whatever.

If I screw up, it's my fault for being careless or not working hard enough. I shall not blame the format/structure of the paper.

I shall not be self-serving.

15/100

The feeling is GREAT when you know you can only do 15/100 marks out of a past sem paper.

And marketing grp assignment totally chui. Think I will have to SU the mod. Haha

Oh ya. Bahasa Test 2 can be collected next week. =/

444

I realised the last post was #444.

Although I'm not very superstitious aka "Pan Tang", I'd decided to add another post! (Just to give me excuse for not studying at this point in time.)

Alright, I went for my eye review at NUH yesterday. And as I'd expected, there is a slight regression of the degree. Since the shape of my cornea has changed, Dr said I have to give sometime for my brain to relearn where to focus through my eye so as to reduce the RMI(or something along that line). Then I recalled that the relearning part was actually mentioned in the Cognition section of Psy. So my 'halo' would not decrease in the near future. And since my cornea is thin I'm unable to do any 'enhancement' to the procedure.

So to prevent myself from crashing while driving at night, I'd decided to make a pair of specs. Better service was rendered by my neighbourhood optometrist than the one at NUH. Maybe because I've known him for quite some time.

So has the PRK procedure I've received from NUH Lasik Centre been a satisfying one? I cannot really say I'm very satisfied. But it definitely feels good not having to rely on my specs for minor minor things. To wake up and see clearly is something that I've not experience for almost 17 years. The day when the trauma of the operation declined, the feeling was rather orgasmic. Maybe I could be facing cognitive dissonance post-op. But still, I think my satisfaction level is >75%.

Alright, back to more differentiation and simultaneous equation solving.

MotivatE

Seriously when people are most busy with work and studies, they tend to blog more. I totally agree with Ed on this.

Maybe because while revising, it engages my brain more. And thus causes random neuron circuits to connect and thus sparks some random thoughts that I feel like blogging down. (I'm just trying to justify my randomness using my version of pseudoscience.)

Okay, just thought of the days back in army. Actually I've been thinking about army ever since enlistment till now. I've definitely experienced several gains and losses over the couple of years there serving my nation. Even though the final journey of my NS life was rather on the down side, I still believe that NS really changes a boy to a man. At least for my case, my outlook of life took a dramatic twist, for the better of course. The most important thing I've gained from my 2years 4months stint in the army is the ability to self-motivate. It has definitely served me well then and now. And I'm sure it will be the main ingredient to my delicious soup down the road.

I may no longer be in command, but what I've learnt has definitely not left me. That includes many other things, not just self-motivation.

Why this all of a sudden? Because I'm revising Emotion and Motivation for Psy.

Ms Jenny Yong

Dear Ms Jenny Yong,

You have left us to another world beyond.
Although we weren't close, but you had been a great role model to all of us.
I remembered the time when you were leaving SRJC. The farewell we'd given you.
I was there, filming together with my members of media club. I know I teared because I know I will miss you, a great principal. A strict disciplinarian you were, but still a great principal.

I hope the journey so far has been peaceful and painless.
May you find peace and serenity where ever you might be headed.

Your students will remember you for all that you've imparted to us.

I'm sure of that. =)


Yours sincerely,
Kaiwei, Xie
SRJC' 03

destress.

I have to reiterate my love for mandopop.

Despite the fact that I hum along or even sing out loud while studying. It simply makes the process more enjoyable.

Even though I might be conditioned to recall the stuff only when there is music, I dont care.

Speaking of which, I still want to sing K.


And I just realised, I didnt take out my cam to take pics on sat. How clever.

Crabs.

Had a crabb-ish dinner with Chi, Ed and Jack yesterday at Defu Lane.
Never knew the place existed until ytd. The food wasn't bad.
Despite the absence of Luke, I managed to elicit some lukism on them.
Luckily, I didn't get the crab in the face.

Went on a round island tour in Chi's swift coz we didn't know where to go. We were all very law abiding and put on the seat belts. I wonder why. Haha.
In the end, went back to school to pick ZW up and headed to Bukit Timah for dinner part 2/ supper.

Went for a little chill out session at The Yard, a bar owned by Chi's friend's folks.

It is a pity so many people out there left their common sense in their closets when they go out.

In spite of the lack of time, a little social life makes things so much easier to handle. (Cognitive Dissonance?)

Happy Birthday Chi!

BI Oral

Yay! Bahasa Oral is over.

1 stone thrown away.

Hopefully it isn't too bad.

Scared.

I haven't been following on any current affairs nor politics. But I happened to flipped through the Straits Times today and found out that Umno leaders are still pointing fingers at each other and forcing PM Abdullah to abdicate. I agree with the articles that probably they should just start getting back to governance, else things are going to go on a endless downward spiral. I'm no Malaysian, but I don't want to see a neighbour go haywire.

I'm scared. Very scared.

Of what?

The exams. I've never been so afraid of the exams until now. The stress level has been phenomenal this time round. And that phenomenal level just doubled after attending the final marketing tutorial. I realised I didn't know or recall almost 75% of what was being said/discussed.

Everything has been going so smoothly this sem, that I am so scared that I will yet again fail to meet my ever growing expectations.

Hopefully all that has been read, has already been stored in the LTM. And can readily be mobilisted back into the working memory so that I can use them.

9 more days to Micro.
16 days to end of Exams.
18 days to start of work.

Alright, I promised myself to stay offline. Unless to check mail.
Would MOST probably not be back until the end of exams.

Good luck to me and to all for their exams.

Anything just call/text/email me.

Edit: I believed DR Chee Soon Juan and party members came to NUS today to give out fliers/newsletters. Didn't really see him initially, but I sort of recognised his voice when he tapped my shoulder from behind while I was at the deck waiting for WL and friend. If anyone didnt manage to get hold of a copy of it and wants to read it just tell me.

I think I really didnt do very well for my Bahasa Test 2. =/

Oh well. Wake up!

Didnt do very well for my Money and Banking essay too. It's a good grade, but just not up to mark. =/

Argh.

Plastic

Cmon, stop being an idiot.

I can see why you are facing such problems.
Because even I get irritated.

Don't doubt my genuineness because I ain't full of the plastic crap.

Kamu membuat saya tidak mau berbicara dengan kamu. (membuat may not be the right word.)

Thoughts

There really exist many types of people in this world.



Those that resort of any means to get what they want.

Those that would always be taken advantage of, and those that would take advantage of the weaker/ nicer people.



So what can we do about it?

Always strive to be the big bad wolf because nice guys die first.

Synthesized happiness?
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/97

Quite cool.

No Runs = Fat

It has been a while since I really went for a run. And so after coming home, I went for a good ol run.

I can only think of 1 word. And it is chui. (Even if it isn't an English word.)
Damn unfit liao la. How the hell am I suppose to run the 42 at the end of the year? Haha. Omg..
And I'm getting fatter and fatter, need to get slightly back in shape. Haha. Cham.

Running target:
Pre-exam + exam week, at least 15 - 20km per wk. Spread over 2 to 3 sessions.
Post exam = 20 to 30 per week.
Maybe train for AHM? See how.

AHM anyone?

2 more weeks. Just 2 more weeks to the start of everything.
And slightly more than 3 weeks to the end.

Chat with grandma.

Was having dinner at my grandma's house just now.

A little background info, I go over to her house for dinner almost every night because my mum doesnt cook.

So after dinner, we were talking as usual and today came an interesting topic.
She was talking about how she used to follow my great grandmother to do this and that. How she was like a little boy, chopping down trees for firewood and plucking durians off the tree by throwing stones at them. And how she catches dragonflies and tie a string at their "tail" to fly them around like "kites".

The most amusing thing I found from the conversation today was that, there was once she accidentally stepped on a ducking that my great grandma reared, and its intestines or stomach or some organs spilled out. Fearful that my great grandma would reprimand her, she stuffed the whatever that spilled out back into the poor ducking and sewed the wound back! And after that she applied some black oil (Orrr You - direct translation from hokkien) on the 'stitched' wound and miraculously the duckling survived. =/

Haha. Such innocence and cuteness.

I love my grandma!

Defence against kick to the head.

Seriously I feel like kicking my own head. The only thing that lies between me and doing it is:

1. Courage
2. Flexibility
3. The whatever sanity that is remaining

I think it is the lack of exercise that is making me nuts.
Shall go on a long long long run later.


Screw exams, I want my sanity back.

I talk to myself, am I abnormal?
- Do I experience distress, danger or disability? No, So I guess I'm not abnormal.

Nose is running away.

Hate it.
Detest it.
Go away.

Sakit

Saya sedikit sakit hari ini. Sebenarnya saya tidak mau pergi ke sekolah, tetapi saya harus tangan di PR ke guru. Saya bertemu dengan teman kelas Bahasa Inggris kemarin untuk makan malam di restoran Shokudo di Raffles City. Makanan di sana lumayan, tidak enak sekali, tetapi bisa makan la. Sudah makan, kita pergi ke Marina square ke main pool.

Sekarang, saya mau tidur tapi harus membuat PR, other stuff dan belajar... =/

Did better than I expected for money and banking, so quite happy. But i'm still damn stressed this sem.

Haven't had the best of sleep.
Something has been haunting me.

Leave me alone............ ARGH.

Zinger

I feel sad that I have to say this, but I've been craving for KFC's Zinger for the past 1/2 year and finally satisfied the craving today after bringing mum to the Nat. Skin Centre. Haha. Mum had to do a patch test to find out what are her allergies.

Went to the beach with Na on Saturday after she surprised me over at my place. Hehe.

Hadn't cycled for quite sometime and I must admit I was very chui on sat, but NZ Icecream was nice! Yummy. We just cycled down the usual path that we cycle and look around at others and the scenery. After we're done we sat down and had a little talk. A little talk that elicited the creation of many thoughts. Thoughts of the present and some slightly beyond.

Initally we planned to have dinner at our '1-Hr walk' place, but found nothing to our liking. So in the end we boarded the bus to bedok looking to end my craving for KFC, but our bus was travelling past bedok block 80-ish, and I recalled going to bedok 85 with the gang the other time before ZW left. So we headed there instead.

Sometimes, its good to be impromtu and spontaneous. Makes life more interesting and less mundane.

Accomodation brings the best out of us
Differences may linger, but they shan't interfer
For acceptance and understanding leads to further unison

In case anyone wants to try out the Western food that took over the stall of Botak Jones at Ang Mo Kio Ave 5 Blk 608, don't bother.

Why? Because it failed the taste test of my whole family.

Although the grill is just nice, the meat is quite juicy, but the bottomline is...
It's simply tasteless.

I don't even think it was marinated for more than 1 second.

Failed... And maybe I was expecting something really spectacular after waiting for almost 45mins. =/

I don't even recall the name of the place. =/

Alright. As of now, there is less than a month to the exams.

I need to do a couple of things.

To Do
1. Settle NEFMQ website content.
2. Finish my Assignments (Micro, Money and Banking)
3. Revise on my Bahasa in preparation for the Oral exam and the final test.
4. Start studying
5. Stop Slacking

I only got 4 exams this sem, so I expect more from myself. But how can I expect more from myself when I'm doing less? =/

Saya harus belajar sekarang.
Kalau saya tidak belajar sekarang, saya akan mati!

Haha. I dont make much sense, but I'm lazy to refer to the coursepack for more vocab.

Crisis

Yet again, I'm having this feeling of being in a period of crisis.

I'm not faced with alot of deadlines, nor am I busy like shit. But I'm experiencing the mid sch crisis again! =/ It's this time of the year where I don't know what I want and where I am now.
Feeling so unaccomplished and totally undeserving of many things.

Quite tempted to watch The Bucket List. Anyone interested?

Been listening to 933 alot lately. Love the songs they play.

I want KBOX... Anyone... ?

Math

Math - You love it, you love to hate it.

Ever wondered why we had to learn Algebra?
Why must we have Xs and Ys instead of the actual thing or numbers??

Something that I actually asked myself when I was still little. Now that I'm doing economics (a bit ironic, because the math arent that chim.), I realised that many things in life can actually be simplified to an equation. Something that I never learnt when I did math though.

Now Xs and Ys are my good friends. But will everything be simply reduced to variables in my life? Hope not.

OMG. What is this dy/dx thing?
Yeap. Calculus = Differientation + Integration.

Why did we have to learn it?

Why on earth would I want to know why when
y= 2x+ 999
dy/dx = 2

This is even more useful. Rate of change. Marginal. Maximisation, Minimisation.

Enough said I guess.


If only my Little Ben would read my blog, Pls pay attention more when I teach you math, you cannot dislike math.......... especially if you want to be a rocket scientist.

Updates~

Play is over, Presentation is over!

Just some pics taken. (5/92)

The Cast + Support

The Guys

The Girls

The "You take my breath away" part. (Chorus of "Hero", and yes I sang.)

Ibu Indrianti & Ibu Elmida

Went to watch Horton with Na yesterday. It'a quite a nice show actually, quite funny but yet touching. I liked it. Heh.

Was in a grumpy mood actually, maybe coz the lack of sleep over the past few days.

Had a super full dinner at Ri Ben Chun, The Cathay branch. My first time there, but really liked it there as well, so I foresee more trips there! Hehe

Mouse between a chopstick.

Yummmm

Ri Ben Chun

New Ad for Starbucks #1.

New Ad for Starbucks #2.

This is a really pictorial post. Haha.
Till the next time!

Micro is over! And much better than I expected. Hopefully all those that I know/think i know how to do is correct. Haha. In that case that would be full marks!!!

Fat hope la. Haha.

Bazzar day was not as tiring as I anticipated. Practically slacking around, walking around to chuan men zi, listening to people talk and of course eating! Kind of got to know a few more people! Yay~ Poor sis had to have migraine, but she did kept me company throughout the whole day. Thanks jiemei!

Tmr is the D day for the skit/play. Had a rehearsal this morning, not that bad, except that the female lead isnt around so we had to do without them. Some minor twerks today and all that is left is the thing itself. Cant wait for it to be over. Then I will have to worry abt marketing presentation.

Okay, time to do my ppt slides for mkt.

What am i doing?

To Ed: I'll try. Haha

What am I doing?
I don't know.

What should I be doing?
I know.

Am I doing what I should be doing?
No.

So what should I do know?
Dunno.

This has been my thoughts for the past 2 days.

My Ass

I'm in a grouchy mood.

For the sake of mankind, please change your fucking attitude.
I was expecting a at least semi professionally well done kind of report from you after you delayed for 2 weeks. But what you came out with was as what WL said, a reflection on a blogpost. 2 weeks and you give me crap that is even lousier than the crap I can fabricate in 15mins? Fuck you, understand?

Call yourself a Year 3 Econs Major. A Secondary 3 can probably do better.

Go back to the country where you came from.

Circle of Trust For the Win~ =)
Mini hell week coming up, I just realised I'll be home late every single weekday next week apart from Good Friday. Really welcomed the little craziness to kill the stress cells.

Role in LAB's play became more complex and a tad more awkward. Sian. Although I like my costume. So Gold.

P.S. Am I always so unfilial in your mind for over this half a decade? Maybe, maybe not. If I'm not sure of the situation I wouldn't have committed longer.

Moment of Anguish, Month of Negativity

I was mightily pissed off with the SMRT service yesterday. Missed a grand total of 7 trains because I cannot get in even though I tried my best to squeeze with everyone.

Inference:
During peak hours, try not to have a 10min wait for a train.
Because you will get a train worth of commuters waiting on the platform.

I realised the textbook is your best friend in Uni. With the exceptions of the rare occurrence whereby the lecturers are better friends than the textbooks, most of the time textbooks are better.

Some things always puzzle me. Why is it that for a single module when taught by different lecturers, the focus of the module seems to differ not just marginally. And that how some modules in the level 2000 range can cover 90% of whatever we've learnt in 1000, and just have about 10% new information, which some of them are just an expansion of the knowledge we learnt in the prerequisite.

2 Mid terms gone, 2 more to come. 1 Bahasa play and 1 marketing presentation round the corner. Nefmq stuffs on its way too. Some times, I wonder if schooling is so enjoyable.

But of course, I still have my desire/dreams of doing a postgrad degree (All these could change soon). So I better start regaining my correct mentality.

IT show 2008

Finally got my camera! Haha. I gave up toying with the idea of getting a DSLR when I grad. I don't think I will ever go pro when it comes to phototaking. So, I got my IXUS. There are freaking alot of people there. I'm so glad I am out of it already.

Besides that, it was a day of shoe finding, zaraing, borders-ing and grumpying! Haha.

Damn, I am hungry. at 1 am.

This post is super random. It Almost doesnt mean anything. =)

3 more midterms to go.

Beyond hope

Seriously, I never expected him to be so lazy.

Totally beyond my expectations. I think it is best if you just hand in your resignation letter before you get sacked.

Or please find a wall and knock your head on it and ask it for forgiveness. But I guess you would be even too lazy to open your mouth.

5 Years.

It's really a milestone we have achieved.

Watched PS. I love you. I found it a rather touching show, as in how the husband planned all those things in advance for his wife. So sweet.

Liquid kitchen seemed to have changed their menu for the worse... But I still like the ambience. =)

Thanks dear for being who you are for so long we have been together.

PS. I love you. =)

Brainiac

The cool thing about psychology is that it is everywhere. Something that I wasn't conscious about. This is what makes it so interesting.

How the stimuli stimulate your senses and lead to the perception of certain things and various responses in reaction to the stimuli. How it is possible to train a child to have better behavior with the aid of reinforcement and how it is possible to ring a bell to make a dog salivate.

How you can see everything, but yet only see what your brain wants you to see.

Our brain is such a sophisticated entity that allows us to make such complex mental processes at the snap of our fingers.

The only drawback is that it is damn difficult to study. Too heavy in content.

Most of the thing hardly goes beyond my STM. Hopefully the recency effect stays longer than normal.

"... it barely matters how much or how hard you try to learn something: what matters is how well you integrate and organise the material." (S.M. Kosslyn &, R.S. Rosenberg, 2006. Psychology in Context.)

Mid School Crisis.

Was talking to Edgar for a bit last night.

Hows life? He asked.

I realised I couldnt even answer that question properly. Life just feels messy.

I don't understand why either, I have a midterm schedule that everyone is envious of, I'm not entirely stressed out by my studies as well. I just cannot muster up enough of everything to do anything right.

I've thought I've found the right path, but the query of whether it is the right direction to go seems to come back to me again and again. It is getting pretty damn irritating. Perhaps, just perhaps I am starting to lose my mind as well. I cant seem to remember any single shit that I studied. STM going, LTM going. What else can go?

Maybe he is right on the mid sch crisis, on the bright side at least it gives me some prep when I enter mid life crisis. Haha

Eduardo

My heart goes out to Eduardo for sustaining such a horrific injury during the Birmingham - Arsenal match. He is a talented player and would be a loss to the world of football if he doesn't recover.

God bless.

The Walk Home.

The Walk Home.

It has been half a decade,
Yet it has been the first.
Never have I initiated,
Never has she requested.

Strolling under the bright moonlight,
Makes my heart feel light.
Holding her hands tight,
Makes me forget my plight.

Listening to her every word,
While walking on the path.
Slowly as we walk that night,
Two hearts joined with might.

This is a random post.

First and foremost, congrats to Singapore for winning the bid to host the Youth Olympics. Even though we only won by a small margin, the fact that a small country in SEA being given a chance is something we should be proud of. Not just as a Singaporean, but as a member of ASEAN.

Yay!

Anyway, for Bahasa Indonesia 1 (LAB1201) there are projects such as cooking, folklore play, dance, batik etc. And I had no choice but to join the Play grp because I registered a little later than the rest of the people. And now, I am casted as the Prince who will fight the Giant to save the Cucumber girl. Haha. I shall be able to flaunt my ever-so-lousy acting skills. SO looking forward to it.

Recess week is here. But I think I will either be in school for the whole week or at least 3 to 4 days. Sianz. Need to have a good time table. Main priority would be Psy test and term paper.

Busy like shit! Well, not literally, since I dont think shit is busy.

But I think I will be that in the recess week. =/

MoneySense

The meeting went quite well I guess.

Now we need to twerk the proposal by quite a bit. Hopefully it works out and we can build on to the "golden age" of ENS as what Ben likes to put it. Haha

At this point in time, throwing in the towel seems to be the best option.

There really isn't much point, really.

PS: It is not what you all think it is. Don't worry. And don't ask me about it, it will remain unsaid for now.

Lost

I hate to agree with the rest, but I do believe that it is lost.

Mid Feb.

A busy week has past and more busy weeks ahead I presume.

Went shopping with the guys at vivo just now.

Submitted my marketing report ytd. (Finally).

And tried out Disney Naturally - Mickey Mouse Restaurant!

Was quite disappointed with the flowers. To myself, "Don't be lazy, next time collect from a proper florist."

Some pics!

Sepia is good

Mickey Chair!

Mickey Pizza

Mouses.

Yummm.

Silly Typo

Chey, I thought I ROD liao.

It is actually a typo on 2PDF's letter. Oh well. Haha.

New Year

It has been awhile since I blogged.

Chinese New Year came and now we're back to school. Actually this year, I didnt really have any New Year mood. I don't know why, but I just wasn't really looking forward to it. Of course I welcome the break that it offered and the Ang Baos that follows. But deep inside, I'm not a CNY person.

Spent the eve of CNY eve in school with ENS, we had a steamboat reunion dinner. As usual, NEFMQ isolated ourselves. Heh. Maybe because we click more la.

CNY eve was simply damn full la, always eat so much until feel like exploding. Haha.

Visiting was as per normal, except that we met my whole father's side extended family at my Ah Ma's house for the first time in many years. It has been awhile since we met them. 2nd day was rather different because I managed to borrow the car from Aunty Wendy and drove around. Having a car really makes travelling much more convenient, despite the petrol bill. Managed to clear all the destinations with Na in a relatively short time.

Yesterday was Gramp's death anniversary (Lunar one). It has been 6 years. Still remember the night before he passed away and the day itself. Some things will always remain deep inside my heart (perhaps Long term memory).

School started again! No good! Marketing report not done. Need to buck up alot on Micro, because I realised I'm damn cui, and this module is damn important for Honours year. Psy was quite interesting still.

Better go back to my mkt report =)

Vrooooom Vroooom

Not that I want to complain, but at the rate the transportation system is developing here, I probably won't buy a car. And personally I hate public transport even though at times, it is alot faster than driving (when there is a jam/peanut butter). Besides, public transportation aint all that reliable.

A Nissan Sunny would probably cost 100k by the time I graduate after factoring in inflation and COE rise - which is an attempt to reduce car growth. Owning a car is probably one of the most important material wants that I desire. A home would fall under the most important need, besides food/water. But of course, I've always wanted to purchase private property.

From the current outlook of the economy, if the HDB bubble don't burst, a condo would easily cost 1.5M.

So my views of Singapore 10yrs from now.
-High cost of living. (much higher than it is now.)
-Hike in old age dependency.
-Influx of people (since govt's aim is to have a population of 6M)
-A overly crowded orchard road. (As if it is not crowded enough.)
-A max speed of 50km/hr on the highway. (because there are simply too many vehicles.)
-Private ownership of helicopters becoming normal. (because roads too pack liao, no choice must fly)
-ERP every 5metres, so that people keep off the roads.
-I will still get pushed out of the MRT and only get to board after 2 or 3 trains come.

So my conclusion:
Emigrate to somewhere with more space!

Although I have thoughts of going elsewhere once in a while, I still love Singapore. Its my home. But the way it is changing, doesn't seem to make it as homely anymore.

Patriot no more?

Marketing

Speaking of coincidental.

First, I saw Lisa outside the class, the found out that she is also in the same tutorial class as Wenling and I. Hahaa.

Then when the rest of the people streamed in, I saw Thye Heng. I've only bumped into him once in my 2 years here, and now we're classmates. lol.

Then of course, the proj group is Me, Lisa, Wenling, Thye heng and Daniel, TH's friend.

Swee la. Haha.

400..

Yeah, this is my 400th post!

I shall talk abt something rather astonishing.

I received a letter from PDF, saying I've been posted out of the unit I was posted to when I went for briefing. The content was quite interesting, and from my analysis, it seems that my service has been postponed indefinitely.

Apart from that. Today I had my first Bahasa Indonesia tutorial.

A rather interactive class, not exactly the type that I like, but I kind of enjoyed it.

Learnt quite a bit of stuff and really hope that I dont forget it tomorrow.

Selemat malam.
Siapa namanya?
Nama saya Kaiwei.
Saya dari Singapura, tinggal di Ang Mo Kio.
Anda dari mana?
O, bergitu.

The pile of books is stacking up,
The readings keep piling up.
Just as one chapter is done,
Two more swiftly comes.

Endless calculations on my calculator,
Solving more optimisation problems later.
I thought I understood how it works,
Just to end up disappointed.

I know I shouldn't despair,
For diligence will foster success.
I try my best to stay afloat,
Looking for the buoy of life.
______________________________

Seriously dont know what I was blogging above. Haha.

Seriously, Psychology is damn interesting. Although a bit heavy on content.

Alot of work incoming, better go and prepare for tutorials.

Fooled

Went to watch Fooled with Kaimin just now. It's really above my expectations. Kudos to the actors and backstage people. The plot is nice and the comic relief was wonderful. The medical student was hilarious.

Do dreams happen in reality?

After the play, we went to have a late dinner at Central's BK. Was discussing exchanges, NOC and etc with him.

Just realised that although I always say money is a serious concern with regard to going on an exchange, I am really tempted and interested to go on one. Be it for the exposure or the value add that it provides me in the future, I really am keen to go. Wasn't so enticed by NOC back then, but now that I'm exposed to marketing, I have actually began to like business and etc. I don't see myself being a boss in the near future, but the whole thing abt Technopreneurship is actually quite interesting. The chance to intern at some of the world renown places is actually a very attractive proposal that I will consider in the months to come.

Micro

From the looks of it, it seems like as long as anyone understands 50% of the module, they can get A+.

Not looking very good. =/

After more than 2 hours with 3 person. This is the result of the CNY Goody making event at my house.

And alot of wasted springroll skin.

Cravings

I don't know why, but as I was on the bus home just now, I had a severe craving for Coca Cola. So I alighted one stop before my usual stop to get a can from 7-11.

The feeling of satisfying your crave for something is beyond description. I cannot explain the sensation of satisfaction and joy when the cool cola was slipped into my mouth. As it tickles my taste buds, yet another sensation was felt. This time, it made me realised how long I've not drank coke. Slowly, the carbon dioxide starts building up and you have this urge of burping. It feels uncomfortable, but when you finally get to release the gas, the feeling is simply orgasmic.

So now I realise why so many people love coke. It is a very sensual drink that really tickles your sensory system.

Anyway, I felt damn deprived for real food this whole day. All because of the heaps of bread I've eaten.

Little things

Sometimes, little things tell alot about someone or something.

I don't want to infer too much, about these little things. A tad disappointed and irritated, but nonetheless I'll still treat you/it as a gem.

Sometimes I wonder if I'm trying too hard, I hope I'm not becoming a superficial entity that is not humanised. I hope this is the real me. I really do.

For once, I'm beginning to feel the energy being sapped away since school started.

Money and Banking is awfully boring and extremely uninteresting probably because of the lecturer, even though she is very clear in her explanation.

I'm hoping for interesting mkt lectures because it seems like there are quite alot of stuff to get into the head.

$$

I just bought my most expensive textbook yet.

Intermediate Microeconomics by Varian. - 69.90

But it looks good.

Bahasa Indonesia's Course pack seems quite intimidating. I guess the main reason behind it is that, almost everything is in Indonesian and it isn't a Indonesian - English format.

But lets hope I can do well, I really hate to see it drag my CAP down.

Dr JC said my eyes are recovering very well. The only thing that is bad is that, the pressure on the eye is quite high, so he prescribed me some eyedrops, Tiamol to lower the eye pressure. At the moment, my left eye is 6/6 and right eye, 6/7.5. Don't let the figures fool you, I still cannot see clearly, because I still have astig on both eyes. Hopefully, when the cornea surface is smooth once more, the astig will disappear altogether.

After meeting Ms Indrianti with Felicia and Cheryl, I went to the annual dinner at Leng Ern Jee Temple for the birthday of Ji Gong. For the first time in the many years I've attended the event, the VIP actually addressed the guests in Mandarin. I forgot who the MP was, but he is apparently a retired BG and currently a Minister of State of Ed (according to the emcee.). I thought it was good for him to address the guests in Mandarin because most of the people attending the dinner were kind of old and generally chinese educated, it really bridged the gap between the people and the government. Although he could brush up his mandarin la. Haha.
Dinner was not bad and for once, there isn't smoke coming out from inside the temple.

Today was a rather slack day, did a bit of reading during the day and went for tuition just now. Should start reading a bit on tmr's lecture le. I guess I shall stop here and shall not blog so much from now on.

First Day of School...

It has been a long wait for the arrival of this day. I've actually been quite excited and glad to return to school. Been slacking around too much.

Started the day by meeting Na to collect my brownie! And then passed Huising some of them on my way to school. My first stop was Clementi bookshop where I managed to get my textbooks, followed by lunch at the Coffeeshop beside it.

Met Jack for awhile before heading to my first lect, EC3101.

Initially I thought it was going to be a huge jump from 2101 just because of the notes, but apparently it seems easy enough to understand at the moment. Dr In even printed notes for us. After that was Psy lecture, which was quite interesting and it did made me more interested in it. I've finished reading the corresponding chapter in the textbook liao. Haha.

The only drawback for the day was that I still couldn't see very well. Luckily the lecture theatre's screen is still large enough for me to see, but in poorer lighting, it just saps much more energy from me.

Met quite a bit of people in school ytd. Going to NUH later for checkup, followed by meeting Ms Indrianti, the coordinator of LAB1201.

I'm hoping for improved vision and a very dilligent me for this work year.

Geez.

From that reply I get from you, you might as well don't reply me?

I guess I have to resign to fate that if you are in FASS, and haven't applied for the Minor in Management, and want to do FNA1002x, you are basically fucked.

Because, firstly you need to clear 3 Management modules, to clear the min req to apply for the minor. Then, you have to do 2 lv 1 mods, 2 lv 2 mods, 2 lv 3 mods to get the minor at the end. So, asuming I have enough points to do 3 management modules, of which maybe 1 from the 1000 level, and 2 from the 2000 level, (so that I give myself a slot for FNA1002x), but I would have shot myself in the ass, because I want to take Managerial accounting and Finance that are both from the 2000 level.

I should have just stuck to financial economics.

And of course I know Minor in management is a restricted minor. If not I wouldn't have bothered to email you in the first place.

Of the questions I raised, NONE were answered. Then you repeated what I said to you.
I almost thought I emailed a kindergarten asking if they offered a BBA course.

Don't insult my intelligence. You are not talking to a 3 month old.

You just caused me to develop a change of heart. I might open myself to a minor in Psy or Soci or something complementary to my course, such as maths/stats. I might even take Bahasa up to LAB4102.

Last day before school starts.

Not even the first week of school, I already encountered problems with school. Haha

Clashing of lectures, clash of make up lectures. Not a good sign.

And I really don't see my eyes improving already.

Went for a haircut and I think I look weird, maybe not used to seeing myself spotting a slope. No choice since I want to 'grow' longer hair and get rid of my crew cut style once and for all, or at least while I am studying. Hopefully I won't look like a dork during Chinese New Year.

Micro 2 notes seem a little bit like maths to me, I almost thought they got EC3101 and MA3101 mixed up, haha. Oh well, time to mug like I've never mugged before.

Sigh.

Confirmed Modules

I am quite happy that I got most of the modules I wanted.

So these are the modules I'm taking this sem.

EC3101 - Microeconomics Analysis 2
EC3332 - Money and Banking
LAB1201 - Bahasa Indonesia 1
MKT1003 - Marketing
PL1101E - Intro to Psychology

I have friends taking most of the mods with me! It wont be a lonely sem and with Mkt1003 I am still enroute to get a Management minor.

I'm still hoping for a change in minor req. I shall write another letter, this time to the dean's office.

Nuisance

I've been a nuisance to my Doctor. Haha. Every little thing I will call or sms him to ask him.

Thankfully, Dr Wang JC has been very nice. I feel so much more at ease after consulting him. Perhaps I am really expecting too much from a procedure like this. This is after all not Lasik. I shouldn't compare it to that.

I just hope the recovery will be smoother over the next few days so that I will not have problems seeing when school starts. Else, it will make studying a pain in the ass.

PS. I finally found a use for the revision shades that was given to us during 6SIR. But it looks abit too punk.

Vision...

My vision is eluding me!

I sure hope this falls under the "Your vision may fluctuate daily but will improve gradually.."

Worried.

Experience of PRK

Well, since Ed requested. I shall post what I remember of the whole procedure.

After doing the final checks, and getting robed. I was asked to lie on this bed and was soon pushed under this long metalic counter, which is the "laser machine".

So after that, I was adminstered with more anesthetic eyedrop. Following that, my eyelids were held apart by some tape and some form of clip. After that was done, alcohol was added onto my eye and after that some anti scarring agent. When it was time, the doctor started scrapping off a layer off my outer cornea. This is the most horrible part. I was so scared I was actually shaking underneath the blanket. As the doctor was scrapping, the vision gets blurrer and blurrer. To give you an example, it feels like the windscreen wiper wiping your eye.

After this scrapping process, the laser is applied onto the eye for less than 15seconds. All you have to do is to stare straight at the blinking light. During the process, you may smell something burning. Ya that is the smell of burning cornea. After this, the eye is washed with cold water, a piece of protective contact lense is placed onto your eye and the procedure is carried on on the other eye.

Immediately after the procedure, my vision improved tremendously. I have never experienced seeing somebody's face abt 1metre away from my eyes without specs for many years. But for the first time in that many years, I saw my Doctor's face w/o glasses.

The pain that followed for the next 2 days were horrible, I couldnt even open my eyes. But during the 3rd day, the wound healed and it wasn't painful at all. And today, which is the fourth day, I removed the protective piece of contacts from the eye.

At this point in time, I really should rest my eye now. Seeya!

A day in the life of ....

I am sure this is a rather popular header or subject for many of us back during out junior years in school.

I happen to experience something over the past few days that allows me to write a story which such a heading.

A day in the life of a blind man.

Of course, I didn't really become blind. Some of you might know, I went for my PRK (Photorefractive Keratectomy) surgery on 2nd Jan. Unlike Lasik, this procedure does not create a flap on the outer layer of the cornea. Instead, a thin layer of the outer cornea is scraped off before the laser is applied onto the eye. After which, a piece of contact lense is placed into each eye to prevent infection to the wound.

The experience is certainly not something you will experience everyday. I've never felt so much fear in my whole life. So for the next 2 days after the op, I was in so much pain I couldn't open my eyes. I had to depend totally on my mum as my support. I had to "touch" my way to the toilet, chair, etc. I finally understood how a visually impaired person felt. Not only that, it feels so bad to have to be totally dependent on someone for almost everything.

Thanks to the mouse, who came visiting me everyday! =p
Thanks to Dr JC for making this op easy and fast for me.

Most importantly, thanks mum for being my eyes and hands and support for these days and aunty wendy who took time to send me to the hospital.

2008

I shall end the new year's day with a blog post!

Many things have happened over this 365 days. Some of which were happy thoughts while some were not so happy thoughts.

There are definitely things I feel good about and things I hope that would change for the better.

I've quite a fee resolutions this year. But I shall just keep it plain here, I just want to be Happy. And perhaps world peace. (I am not a miss universe, but I really want world peace - if this can ever be achieved.)

Had quite a enjoyable day yesterday with the mouse. An early dinner combined with a after dinner lazing on a bean bag cushion seat at Tcc. Reading a book, eating fried chicken while sipping on coffee. Thats not a bad way to spend your time. The only regret was that, I didnt like that coffee much. We went walking around and sat by the river chatting on things that we never would talk abt on normal days. The feeling is so nice just sitting there, talking. And I got presents! =D

Mr Long mao mao and earphones!

PRK tmr. Worried.

S/U not

I've decided to stay conservative and keep my S/U. It's tempting to SU genes because my CAP will jump by a bit, but I will never know how many electives I might take (and possibly screw up [Especially maths mods]).

My CAP is improving steadily, I hope it continues until I get a CAP 5 sem. Haha. Damn, I must be dreaming.

I'm going to embark on my first run since 2nd December! Haha. Almost a month of inactivity.

Surprises

Had many surprises over the past couple of days.

Just got back from Desaru with the gang. All I can say is, we are never ever gona go there ever again. I shall not whine about it too much here. But luckily, Zhongwei brought his newly acquired board and card games there. So it turned out to be less disappointing. Both Citadel and Pueto Rico are nice! We had a fun time producing 'bananas' haha.

I shall not talk more about the ants infested room, cracked walls, insecticide smelling room.

I am pleased with my results. Definitely. Of the 6 modules this sem, 5 were above expectation and the last one WAY WAY below expection.

I am pleasantly surprised with my Jap studies results. Never expected to do well for it considering that I had to make a guess between 2 choice for about 20% of the paper.

Although I got full marks for my Midterms for Econometrics I, I found the final paper much more tedious and wasn't confident of securing an A, but I got it.

Macroeconomics was my most confident paper, I told many people that, if I were to get only an A this sem, it would be macro. I was kind of expecting an A since I did fairly well during the midterms too, but never expected to be amongst the top 5%.

Genes and Society. This is least expected. I failed midterms, I didnt know how to do many of the questions in the final paper. But I got a B! But now because it is a B, I dont know if I should S/U it.

EA1101, lets face it. Those who know me well, know that my english is quite chui. Although I think in chinese sometimes, my chinese is even more chui. Haha. So this grade really flatters me. And I didnt disappoint Dr Ngoh, who was quite happy with my performances during the term.

Microeconomics. Disappointing. B-. Enough said. Still don't like Poddar. (To, my friends in EA1101 and ENS taking Micro I next sem, good luck.)

But on the whole, I am happy. =)

And my poor mouse is sick. Hugs. You will get well soon! =)

I haven't had the best of days.

Maybe I'm petty or something, but certain things will be better left unsaid.

Anyway, christmas eve dinner wasn't good at all too. Na and I were wondering if we would ever return to sketches ever again. Haha. And I think it is highly unlikely that we would.

But neoprints are nice! Hehe.

inspiration

I've been reading Joseph Stiglitz's Making Globalization Work.

It has definitely made the neurons in my brain work harder. I have developed an interest in Developmental Economics. Well, I already had interest in such things, but the interest just keeps growing.

Economic policies must not be applied to any country wholesale from a template. Minor twerks must be made to accomodate each country, because every country face different issues. We can't assume ceteris paribus. Sometimes, too much assumption makes things less complicated in theory, but when applied on a real situation, it just creates such a shit hole.

Markets, government, individuals and communities work hand in hand in the development of a country. Which I totally agree with Stiglitz, I don't buy Adam Smith's invisible hand fully. I support government's fiscal reforms to lay the foundation for economic growth. Government expenditure on infrastructure, communication and legislation on commerce and trade are all crucial to ensure a society of reasonable standard of living instead of growing income disparities between the rich and the poor.

Singapore was commended on her hard stances against corruption. And also her policy of having highly paid civil servants proved to be an effective tool in stamping out corruption.

I got 4 new books to read over this holiday. Haha. I am so not going to finish reading. 3 of them are on Economics. lol

Top civil servants pay adjustment

Well, with a boom economy that raised the rewards of the top management in the private sector. Big earners of the public sectors are receiving another pay adjustment above the one earlier this year.

As I've mentioned earlier, it would take my mum abt 171 years then to earn 1 yr of the salary of one of the highest public sector earners. Now the figure just rose to 200+ years. Gee.

I've already mentioned in my previous post regarding my opinions on this.
Just to reiterate on it, not that I think that the ministers/mps don't deserve such salary, but I just don't see monetary reward as the right way to go for the public service.

I shall stop here, before anything politically incorrect slips off my fingers.

Essays

I just realised the MAS essay has already been opened.

And it's topic is on something that I am very interested about. So it is a die die must do essay. =D

Since I feel slightly better, it's time to consume a bit of my brain cells.

Sick

Fever + Diarrhoea + Feel like puking. Had a horrible night last night and a horrible day today.

Went for reservist briefing. Just realised that my unit will be broken up and used to top up the other battalions. =/

Then there aren't people I know. The next few years are going to suck.. BIG TIME.

KTVing

It has been a while since I KTVed, and then suddenly, I went KTV twice in a span of 2 days. Haha

Yesterday with people from EA, then today with the NEFMQ people. Haha. Now my throat a bit sore. lol. Money is flowing out of my wallet like water dripping out of a tap that is not turned tightly. Bit by bit, but in time to come, it will fill a bucket!

But I really did enjoy myself these couple of days. =)
A break from my utter bordem at home.

So now I've got things to do, Budget essay, my part of the new NEFMQ proposal and read up on investments.

Rising Prices.

CPI is rising. Taxi fares are rising. And I believe that bus and MRT fares are going to rise too.

People would have different reactions vis-a-vis the hike in fares, but mine would be to simply cab less.

Sadly, none in my family has benefitted from the boom economy in Singapore. My mum hasn't had a bonus in 3 - 4 years, got her pay docked a few times because her company wasn't performing well and yet she puts in 200% effort in her job. I've a fixed nominal allowance, despite rising nominal wage from tuition from teaching longer hours, I'm getting less utility from teaching my boy. Partly because I feel underpaid and partly because I want to use more brains when teaching.

Some people are filthy rich, while some struggle to stay afloat in the vast and hungry ocean. Some are born into it, while some work hard for it.

Money is such an amazing entity. You can never do without it. Money per se isn't everything, but in contemporary society, ceteris paribus, I'd rather be rich than poor. Thus I need to keep myself motivated in moving towards my goals. Whether I get a Ph.D or not doesn't matter, all I seek is success and happiness.

Motivation comes in different shapes and sizes.

For me, it's my family. What's yours?

I wanted to write the Budget essay. But can't seem to bring myself to start writing it. Haha. Downloaded most of the relevant information to get me started.

Maybe I shall spend some quality time tomorrow morning to brain storm about it.

Jack and Edgar are both away!

Gang:
When is the next gathering? Desaru?

I hate the feeling of emptiness.

Things to do this break.
*Shed at least 2kg.
Meet up with people.
Essay.
*Check my eye.
Shopping.
Read up on investments.
Finish reading my new books.

* indicates priority.

Over.

Finally the exams are over.

Now I am feeling lost. Haha. Feeling slightly empty.
I need to do something constructive.

Went walk walk with wq yesterday before meeting the EA people. Had the mail servers been more efficient, more people would have turned up, but still, it wasn't too bad. More outings planned. =) This could be one of my best december holidays ever. A occupied one that doesnt just revolve around sleeping and gaming. Haha.

Going to restart my training soon. I hope.

Back to watching Heroes.

Tanks.

I was watching TV this morning and realised that there are alot of tank collectors in the world.

I didn't know it is so liberal out there. Haha. But as long as they keep their tanks safely under their custody, I'm pretty indifferent whether they collect tanks or bicycles.

It's quite amazing to see how passionate they are with their tanks and they have mock exercises to replay out battles of WW2. Very cool. Some tanks are even registered modes of transportation - meaning they can be driven on roads / highways.

If only certain things were still what they were.

Switched off.

I'm switched off for studying Genes and Society.

Sucks to have a paper 5 days after all the core modules.

Well, at least I understand something now that I didn't understand previously. Haha. The result for sleeping during lectures.

I'm just waiting to enjoy my holidays.

Anyway, I am considering Lasik. Any recommendations?
Specialist clinics or Hospitals? If you ignore the pricing.

Run run run!

Just completed the Standard Chartered Half Marathon this morning. Quite a disappointing run la. It was quite alright from the first cm to the 16th km, then I cramped. =/ Severe cramp that left me rooted to the spot for several minutes. I couldn't move an inch. I felt the cramp coming after passing the 14km mark, so I did some stretching and walked a bit, was hoping to find some deepheat along the way. Then ALL the medical stations and personnels ran out of deep heat. =/ So I was limping from 16 to abt 19km enduring the pain. I suspect the usual lack of salt, since my arms were full of salt by that time. My shorts had streaks of salt marks too. (I think I can be a desalination plant.) Another suspicion I had is that my calves and thighs are not strong enough. So its operation training on my core muscle group once I recover from the lingering cramp.

Brend and I started the race abt 20mins late because we were queueing for toilet before the start line. Haha. Then we went on a chasing the main bulk mission. Eventually we separated haha. Saw this girl wearing a wedding gown (Ok, maybe just a veil and a white halter dress) running. Quite cool. Another man was pulling a tire along the way. Respect.

When I finally overcame the cramp, it was nearing the end point. Haha. And so qiao, I saw small mouse when we were turning in! Hee. It is fate I tell you. Hee. After that went on to collect the medal and bag. Had brunch with brend before heading home. Slept for a couple of hours. Haha. Tired.

Okay, it is confirmed. I will take part in the full marathon next year. Partly because I want the finisher tee, and also I want to prove that I can do it. So I'm looking for run buddies starting from now!

And now, back to studying for Genes and Society. =/

I was influenced by Jack's post to post this.

I too find it ironic that I manage to find time to do so many other things that I dont normally do. Haha. Oh well. Must be the sian of studying syndrome acting up.

I've actually planned out what I wanted to study next sem as well.

Micro analysis 2,
Money and Banking / Financial Economics/Econometric 2/ International Economics / any Science Gem. ->( Any 2) ,
Intro to Psych (The only draw back is that it is monday 1800 to 2000 - So if my frens not taking this sem, I'll give it a miss again.) ,
Bahasa Indonesia 1.


Yeah, we should never give up when we fail even though giving up may be the easiest way out.

Economics

It's almost the end. Almost.

I'm still quite disappointed with the standard of the micro paper. I'm sure half the students left early. Repeats from past sem paper, tutorial questions. I still think you are not even half as good as Dr Wong. Now half the class will cluster fu*k on the top of the bell curve.

Stop being lazy.

On the other hand, Macro was slightly challenging, albeit time comsuming but at least it is a much better set paper.

And ITS FRIDAY!

开张了.

Crap

I think I just screwed up my JS1101E paper. Haha.

The MCQ questions were so specific. I'll definitely prefer essay questions than MCQs for such modules. There is no point for studying for understanding. More of memorizing the entire reading package. Hopefully with the understanding that I had, I managed to "common sensed" the answers.

Oh well. After almost 3 sems here, I think I'd rather take short answer/essay questions than MCQs. Since MCQ at this level can be a teeny bit annoying.

Looking on the bright side, 3 down and 3 to go! =)

Condolences

Condolences to the familes of the deceased National Dragonboaters.

It saddens me when athletes are lost in such tragic events. They'll always be amongst the pride of the Singapore sporting arena.

Hope that the families can get over it and bounce back soon.

Quack

I hate it when I lose my voice!

I sound like donald duck! Haha

ExamsS

2 down. 4 to go.

Armed with sorethroat and a large cache of phlegm, revision is just oh so wonderful.

Both the papers that went by last week were at opposing ends of the stress-o-meter. Econometrics I and Eng for Acad Purposes, the former being the most stressful one and the latter, otherwise.

As expected, Ec3303 is heaps harder compared to the midterms. I just hope that all those that I genuinely know how to do will be correct. As for EA, despite being 0mc, I still hope to score an above average grade. But I know my essay isn't as good as it should have been. The points were rather insignificant. But oh well, no point crying over spilled milk. Just make sure I don't spill milk all over the next time round.

And thanks to Kai (No, I'm not refering to myself) for reminding me that labour supply doesn't affect the Full employment level in the Keynesian model, because employment is demand determined.

I just realised my macro isn't as good as I think it is. And so happens that my micro isn't as well. Damn. Better buck up if I wanna live my short-run and long-run dreams.

Game Plan is a really great show. I'm glad we made the decision to watch it. Hehe. Oh, thanks Qy for recommending!

Went to collect the racepack yesterday, but kuku me forgot the buy the bus ticket. So I went down today to buy it. Grrr, but at least I didn't waste my commute time. Reading readings on the go - something that I've mastered over the sems.

Lunch today was good. Doing anything with you is always good. =)

Please stop the singing.... Argh...

England OUT!

After so much...

England squandered her chance to get into Euro 08 yet again.

An issue I didn't understand, without 4 first choice defenders and without both their first choice strikers.

McClaren had to give Carson his first competitive international debut.

And with Crouch as the leading man, who happens to be the best 'header-er' among the forwards of the England team. Why not start with Becks who happens to be the best crosser?

Geez...

My only regret is that I did not bet on Croatia winning.

Seriously, the English team needs more depth in its squad.

Revision

This has got to be the worst "week 13 leading to reading week period" I've had so far. I'm not in the mood, I keep having headaches, I can't sleep even though I'm like damn tired. And the next morning, I'll wake up feeling damn lousy because of the awkward sleeping posture and also because I was unproductive the previous day.

But at least things are taking a turn for the better. At least that is what I think so. Been wondering how is it I don't remember a thing Dr Lee Jin said immediately after all his lectures. It's not as if he is an incapable lecturer. Apart from the slight dryness (What do you expect from a statistics module?) he has been rather clear. After eliminating all the other plausible reasons, I've zoomed down into 1 strong argument, it's Math. That must be the reason why I'm taking eons to understand it. Haha. It's modules like this that makes me really appreciate the textbook.

Since I'm talking about textbooks here, might as well digress a bit. I realised I haven't been as hardworking as before. I hardly read up prior the lectures. In fact, I never. I normally do the reading up after the lectures or after the tutorials. It's perhaps due to the lethargy during the beginning of this semester. And once I'm lagging behind, I can't seem to get out of that vicious cycle. Enough of digression, let me get back to the main topic of why I wanted to blog.

I'm finally starting to understand the final few lectures of Econometrics, hopefully I'm interpretting the things correctly. But so far it still seem to make much sense. I'm done with Microeconomics and as soon as I complete the past sem papers of Macroeconomics, I should be left with JS1101E that I will prepare intensively after EC3303 and Genes and Society that I do not intend to touch until the end of all my papers, which is on 30th November.

Japanese studies is a bummer. I do not really know how to study for it. It might seem like a history/sociology/geography module. But the fact that it is a MCQ paper makes me wonder what I should study. I still believe I've made a wrong choice to take JS, I'm much better at throwing smoke grenades than sniping, if you get my drift.

The hidden reason why I wanted to blog this post, is to write something. That is to prepare for my English for Academic Purposes paper this Friday. Haven't been writing alot this semester, although my Academic papers are still of relative above average standards. Hopefully, I do not screw up on the grammar editing segment. Time for lunch and mugging!

I am jealous!

Boo.

Arrrrgggghhhh

Macroeconomics is driving me nuts.

Why so many schools of thought?? =/

Can I just support Keynesian since I buy its idea? Oh bummer.

And speaking of school, it has been more than 2 weeks and NUS Business School still hasn't replied to my mail questioning their rationale behind their new improved requirements for a minor in management.

I'm going to take it to ST forum soon. Grrr.

First CORS dont reply me, now NUS Biz Sch don't reply. Grrr. Irritating.

Alright, I'm done bitching. Back to books.

To digress a bit, here is a link to the Budget 2008 essay competition for those of you interested. I might consider taking part since the deadline is mid Jan.
http://www.singaporebudget.gov.sg/essay.html

There are some things that are more complicated than they seem. I plead with you to look beyond the superficial layer. Look deep inside them, they need help.

It's more than just about providing them with adequate material needs. You're forgetting about the nuturing aspect.

Childhood socialisation is crucial, maybe not so in terms of developing them into future scientists, but moulding them into good people.

They are still young, they need to be taught the appropriate values. I don't want to see bright kids turning into monsters. Especially those from my family.


Another issue, I'm not being biased against PRC or anything. If you all have family members who go over to China, be it for a holiday or on a business trip and happen to buy dried groceries, beware. My grandma bought a hell load of sea cucumbers (Hai Shen) from China and they are definitely unsafe for consumption. (They might even be poisonous.) On the surface they look alright, but after cooking it, she decided to try it. Apparently, it caused tremendous discomfort to her throat and her face became slightly swollen. Prior to this, she already heard her friends complaining about the sea cucumbers causing some of them to have itchy throat and many of them had since gone to the doctor.

From speculation and hearsay, we suspect the seller added cement into the sea cucumber to "add weight" to it. But we have no proof or what so ever, it could jolly well be the case that all of them happened to have mishandled the sea cucumber. But just beware, when you buy such goods. Only buy from trustworthy sellers, and its not just for the case in PRC, but anywhere including Singapore.


And last but not least,

Happy Birthday Edgar!
=)

Runs

I think my ankle is recovering.

Thanks Reilly, for teaching me those ankle strengthening exercises. =)

Touched

I received a sms from someone and that really made my day yesterday.

I shan't blog about the details, might spark some controversy. Might go into the other place.

Thanks. =)

Concluding remarks

This semester is coming to a conclusion.

Rather disappointed with how some things are going on.

Not trying to be sarcastic or anything, I seriously feel damn slack. Despite taking 6mods, of which 1 is worth 0 MC, I find it less taxing then the previous semesters. And because of this, I didn't put in my best effort in everything I did. I know I could have done better; I know I would have done better.

I tried to get involved in stuffs, but I cant seem to fit in. I quit NUSDB to concentrate on studying, but ended up quiting trying to concentrate on my studies. Bah, the irony.

What's left now is to buck up for the remaining % of the modules. I still have that little dream to make it there. Which is still mathematically possible.

I seriously need a kick to the head, and I won't use the defence against kick to the head stance.

Ok, enough of grumbing, time for some happy updates. =)

I'm happy over a certain issue.
I'm glad to be in T9 of EA1101 as I've made some wonderful friends.
DW6 of JS1101E is pretty interesting with the "talk in mandarin during Jap studies tutorial" group.
I've officially gotten over it.
I've made improvements over my presentation style.
I'm more sociable than ever before. (Yes! Finally)
And I've discovered my hidden aptitude with regard to the usage of the Sociological Perspective.

Enough time spent on facebook and blogging. Time to glue my bum to the chair while I work.

Wasn't feeling all that great and happened to chance upon the video of the 3 assholes who didn't pay the poor uncle for the trishaw ride. This just made my blood boil.

The 3 fuckers can fucking die getting run down by a truck 15 times for the 15 dollars they refuse to pay and for their fucked up morals.

Even Satan wouldn't spare them.

James Dunham - Achmed

SILENCE! I kill you!

How I wish this is just an essay topic.

It would be so much easier.

At least I would choose a stand for my thesis.

Actually, I thought we're moving out of it already.

Because it does feel abit better than before.

We'll come to a conclusion, for better or worse.

=)

Benitez said this with regards to Fowler returning to Anfield playing for Cardiff in a league cup match:

`And he is still more than capable of scoring against our defence. As long as we win and score enough, I would be happy for him to score once more in front of the Kop. But only if we win, maybe I can agree that with him!

Doesn't sound very nice in my opinion. I hope Fowler scores a hat-trick.