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Hate? Or Hobby?

2011-05-05T21:34:00.003+08:00

Actually I hate Facebook... for many reasons....

But I don't know why, when I have to be studying, Facebooking becomes a hobby (this doesn't mean that I love it).... Cos somehow every 10 minutes, I find myself looking at the wall updates of what's going on.

Not that I find joy in doing so, but it's just something to take my mind off the studying that I have to do.

Your MPs are servants, not maids.

2011-05-05T00:46:00.003+08:00

The heat of the General Election is really going up, as we are only 2 days away from Polling Day now.

I've seen many people giving their comments on Facebook about the incumbant and the Opposition parties. One thing I noticed most is that people complain that they don't see their MPs for 5 years until General Election.

Please, for goodness sake, what are Meet-the-People sessions (MPS) for?!?! Harlowww... Go to your freaking HDB void deck notice board and check out where the sessions are held. And if you need help from your MPs, then go for the MPS. Even poor/handicapped or others who are unfortunate in one way or another proceed personally to the MPS to look for their MP for help and counselling. What more, you are a fit and healthy individual. You expect the MP to go around every single day and night, knocking on everybody's doors for 5 years? It's ridiculous, isn't it? What if you start to find them a bother cos they always disturb you by knocking on your door, when you're having dinner or when u're catching your favourite TV show on HBO, etc etc....

Please... be sensible.

Reason vs Emotions in the General Election

2011-04-28T09:41:00.002+08:00

Please people, don't vote based on emotions.... Once again, not advocating for any Party....

Coming to think of it, shouldn't our leaders be remunerated accordingly? They work their ass off, running here and there, not having a life, ensuring the livelihood of 5million people. Pardon me if I'm wrong here, but I believe the Opposition in Parliament are also earning the same. Do you see them donating it out? Where is the moral basis here to even start complaining?

First World Parliament. Hmmm. Let's look at what's happening in the US right now. Are we prepared to face the tsunami of impacts that will come and hit us if we follow in the footsteps of the US? Democrats vs Republicans. Near-downfall of the civil service sector. Astronomical budget deficit. I don't think I want our future generations to be branding ours as the ones that caused this all to happen in Singapore. *gulps*

But of course, having the voice of the Opposition is not a bad thing. It serves as a good "checkpoint" or a "watchdog" whatever you call it, to attain a balance. Living in Hougang for the past 2 decades of my life has let me understood that a capable Opposition is a plus-point for Singapoerans. Mr. Low of the WP has been doing a fantastic job of course. But look at this now, the job that entails foreign diplomacy or affairs ain't a job for the commonman. Let's face the truth.

Let commonsense prevail. Vote for a valid reason. Don't base it on emotions or spur of the moment.

Sense of time management

2011-01-20T23:22:00.002+08:00

Why do people these days not keep to appointments made eons ago? It goes to show how significant people regard the appointments made.

A simple once-a-year dinner has been planned long ago. Preparations are already underway. And people can call and say that they forgot about it and had arranged other events on that evening itself.

Many more such cases.... but forget about it. No point thinking about them.

These days, getting things to happen feels like asking an elephant to dance like a butterfly.

Get a freaking planner and make an effort to refer back to it regularly, for heaven's sake. And stop all this nonsense to create unhappiness that isn't necessary at all.

Thought of the morning

2011-01-16T09:47:00.002+08:00

It's amazing how much people are willing to help others to do free advertisement, but not willing to even help themselves or their own family members do anything.

Nothing wrong with that (aka wanting to help friends out, I do that sometimes too)... just some thoughts running through my mind right now.

Back to work.... it's a beautiful Sunday morning by the way... :)

The route less taken.

2011-01-15T18:00:00.003+08:00

I finally understood what my teachers from my primary school, all the way till junior college, meant by "Take the route less taken". (It was even the title of a GP essay that I was supposed to attempt.)

Of course, they didn't use the exact words. But the meaning behind was the same. They had wanted me to, through the unconventional route, grow to become a better and different person. Better in the sense, be more than what I thought I could become. Different in the sense, to be unique.

Definitely, it's easier said than done. But I've decided to take a step out. My first step. Yes I may be slow in finally understanding why my teachers had wanted me to do so, but it's better late than never. And I'm slowly beginning to see something.... something that I've never seen before because most probably it was previously masked.

I'm glad.

Cheers to myself...!

*where's my pinot noir?*

C'mon people......

2010-12-06T21:20:00.000+08:00

..... your handphones exist for a reason.

With or without you, you, or you...

2010-12-01T12:31:00.001+08:00

.... I'm getting there.

Sometimes....

2010-11-20T21:08:00.001+08:00

Sometimes a little empathy would be nice....

But in this cruel world.... forget it.

Time to reflect....

2010-11-17T20:29:00.001+08:00

Why am I always the one giving others a chance.... while nobody gives me any even before I can do any?

Hmmm.......

Oh well... =) Smile and move on.

Wad the crap

2010-11-16T21:28:00.002+08:00

Feels like being backstabbed already even before I had the chance to do anything....

I'm fine.... really.

2010-11-05T20:30:00.002+08:00

Just hanging in there....

I'll reach that goal if I hang in there. Really.......

I'm doing great.

Where the Hell is Matt? 2008

2009-01-12T06:53:00.001+08:00

Watch the HD version... it's much clearer :D

What an alternative ending for Little Nyonya...

2009-01-11T22:22:00.003+08:00

I think MediaCorp tried a little too hard, but not enough. What was that 5 minutes of Little Nyonya for? Just to thank people for giving their show the highest number of viewership? Or to create a even higher number for a 5-minute clip? I think they should have just let it be, let the emo ending stayed. At least, it'd have left a deep impression in my mind. Actually this 5 minutes clip did leave a deep impression too, but for all the wrong reasons.

But then again, it was good to see Yueniang (the character played by Jeanette Aw) once again :D

Tomorrow is Monday once again... but then again, everyday seems the same to me because I go to lab even on Sat and Sun! Urgh. No wonder people get so scared of lab life after their FYP ended, and thus many don't carry on working in this field thinking life would be really like that week after week after week.....

Anyway here's the new Visa World Currency advertisement... Posted it on Facebook already, but then I still have many friends who don't use Facebook! So I have to share it here lolx...

And Visa most probably got the inspiration for this video from Matt Harding's other videos that he made himself and posted on YouTube... like this one.. titled "Where the hell is Matt?"

Can go check out his other similar videos on Youtube :D

Piece of advice

2009-01-06T21:44:00.001+08:00

人在做，天在看

The Little Nyonya

2009-01-05T22:27:00.003+08:00

The Little Nyonya has just ended its 34-episodes long run earlier. Hmm... quite an emo ending I personally feel, albeit a meaningful one. It's one of the rare MediaCorp dramas that had me having this 依依不舍 kind of feeling towards the show. And of course not to mention, no more Jeanette Aw to rush home for. Haha, yeah she's one of the motivations for me to end work early and go home to watch the show.

Mmm... I must say I really enjoyed this particular drama and I love it deep deep. Of course there are many loopholes spotted in the show, but well, we should appreciate the effort by the producers right? C'mon, if you ain't happy with the way the show is made and just 不爽 that the show is soooo popular, why don't you come up with a masterpiece yourself and show it to the world. Don't know what's wrong with some people that criticize others who follow the show religiously.

Okay next up.... my dad just gave me the next mission order... to organise a Peranakan meal outing for the family! Only Vivocity's Nyonya & Baba and Chilli Padi @ North Bridge Road are in my mind... most probably Chilli Padi it shall be ^^ Shall see how. If anyone has better suggestions, do drop me a SMS or, of course, drop me a message here! :D

Happy New Year :D

2009-01-01T23:14:00.005+08:00

Happy New Year everyone!! Happy 2009 :D Although the last couple of weeks was horrible and full of disappointments, it's a brand new year today!!! And I'm gonna start it off good! No more having headaches over things that is not within my control anymore. 2009 is gonna be my good year!

First, I guess I have a new set of New Year resolution this year (not that I have one every year). And I hope that this set of resolution would guide me towards improving things at home and that this horrid period would tide over soon, and that everyone at home would be happy once again! FYP has started, and I also have spent very little time at home. Even if I am, work still goes on. This New Year holiday really meant a lot to me for once, I don't have to sacrifice the break to return to lab, and I can really spend time at home.

Second, I really sincerely hope that things would be much much much better for my friends whom I have really seem to have lost contact with, like the Hall 12 peeps. I do miss my Hall 12 days a lot and I guess not staying (or being able to stay) in Hall anymore kind of robbed me of some of the closest bonds I have fostered during the first two years of my undergrad life. But still, all the best to my friends who are about to embark on their final semester soon. And to my juniors in Hall 12, enjoy and cherish your days in Hall :D

Third, to all my coursemates in SBS, jiayou for FYP!!! It's tough, but hang in there... our seniors have all gone through it, so can we :D We are already at the final hurdle. No more mugging like madness anymore. And hope that you all can get a job or PhD. studies soon :)

Really been busy at home these 2 or 3 weeks because there is a major overhaul of my home to prepare for both CNY and an impending event that would take place in February.. wooohoo~ And as of today, I can proudly say that 3/4 of the overhaul is completed. Left with just the teeny weeny bits to clear up still. Really hope that it can be done by this weekend!

Okay back to finishing off some work stuffs and off to bed... WORK TOMORROW AGAIN!! If I were still in Sweden, it'd be a holiday tomorrow still. But never mind, I'm in love with FYP :D

Istana Changing-of-Guards

2008-12-07T23:22:00.004+08:00

Finally I went to watch the monthly event that occurs at the Istana - the Changing of Guards ceremony which takes place on the first Sunday of every month at 5.45pm. Have been wanting to go see it at least once and since today I went to the temple with my parents, and was in town after that, stayed back till the evening to watch it :)

I'm lazy to upload the photos here cos it takes a freaking long time! So can take a look at the Facebook album by clicking here.

I've also uploaded some videos and posted them on Facebook. But embedding them here is easy so I shall do it :D

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

Miffed...

2008-12-06T15:19:00.002+08:00

见人说人话，见鬼说鬼话.

America's Got Talent

2008-12-03T21:44:00.003+08:00

I was watching America's Got Talent on TV and this contestant, Neil E. Boyd, his singing really captured my heart and attention. Really wonderful singing there.

This song he sang is titled "Opera"

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I love this following song that he sang for his mother.

And I recall watching Kaitlyn Maher, this 4 yr old girl, a few months back too... super touching.

Wooo~~ Who likes Hokkien songs?

2008-11-21T14:35:00.002+08:00

Got too bored studying as usual, and once again YouTube saved the day. But this time I didn't know what song or video to look for. Suddenly recalled the long long long super duper long-running 意难忘 that my mother & grandmother watch every weekday evening. So I looked for two of the nicer songs that I personally like.

(Okay some must be laughing their heads off already, at me for being so 'uncle' listening to hokkien songs... I know it.......)

雪中花

云中月圆

Exams almost coming to an end...

2008-11-21T00:25:00.004+08:00

With 2 out of 3 papers already down within one extremely, crazily hectic week, I can finally heave a sigh of relief, well at least for one night.

Current Topics in Immunology on Tuesday (18th November) wasn't as easy as expected and I didn't have much confidence in alot of questions.

And with only one day in between to mug for Current Topics in Cell Biology, I totally went to bed with a strong feeling of unpreparedness, only to wakie at the next morning at 5am and get ready to leave the house for my 9am paper. And boy was I shocked to see Weibin msging me at 5 plus in the morning to remind me to wakie. Stunning can. That's how early lah.

Kinda suay I must say, because I expected to reach school earlier since I took a cab. BUT some smart alek from you-know-where decided that they wanted to do road re-alignment on CTE the night before and dragged on till the peak hours in the early morning. Bleddy hell, there shouldn't be such a jam at that hour, what more, the school holidays can. 4 lanes become 1 lane. Faints.

But then luckily, the paper wasn't as difficult as I had expected, fortunately. Haha, and thanks Chun Cheong for the lift to Jurong Point today. Without you, we would have had to wait and squeeze with the others for 179 man... and he has a sunroof in his car!! My first time in a car with a sunroof can, and so I was tempted to take a photo of it (^^).

*woo~~ sunroof*

Watched Madagascar 2 with Jiehui and Anthony after lunch at JP too. Not too bad a show. I was lost initially, but then the show got better and funnier towards the end.

Now I'm down with Systems Biology to mug for, and I have 7 days to prepare a module which I have understood almost nothing from the lectures, and lots of references to catch up on. I hope 7 days is enough :D Wish me luck man.

And one thing notable is that, I realise I can also study at home :) albeit not as effective as compared to studying in hall, but it isn't that bad (^^). Just that I suddenly had the urge to go watch Raijin-Oh, a childhood Japanese robot anime where you get to combine 3 different mini robots to form a big one. And I so happen to have that toy cos I bugged my aunt to buy it for me when the show was aired on TV in 1991 or 1992. :D And guess what, I couldn't resist taking it down from the top of my cupboard and play with it for a while :D (I haven't taken it down for at least a decade).

*Out from the box*

*鳳王, 剣王, 獣王*

*绝对无敌, 雷神王*

Muahaha, I should be shot for wasting time playing with toys seriously..... time for bed!

Overdue Entry #3

2008-11-21T00:04:00.004+08:00

My pseudo-24th birthday (cos I'm only 8 acty) was quite erm.... exciting? Never ever have I had to spend the whole day thanking people for the birthday wishes, instead of studying. In fact, I didn't really have the mood to study on that day itself anyway. But I really did enjoying thanking everyone!! So once again.... here goes the list of thank yous:

Thanks alot to everyone for the flooding of my Facebook wall with birthday wishes, my friends and cousins from all over Singapore, to my cousin in Melbourne, and of course my Exchange neighbour from Belgium (^^).

Thanks alot to everyone who sent me their wishes through SMS too. And yes of course that lovely birthday cake with 8 candles too (^^).

Thanks Prakarsa for that phone call right after your paper, and also to Yuhui for the phone call greetings.

Thanks for the surprise celebration in October (see Overdue Entry #1) and for the macaroon :D.

Thank you to Shermain, Anthony, and Mariel for the lovely birthday cards - the really early one, the one-day-late one, and the one all the way from the UK. Appreciate it lots.

And finally thank you to my family for the wonderful dinner and blackforest cake :)

Overdue Entry #2 - Cam Whoring Day for SBS Year 4 Students

2008-11-12T08:20:00.012+08:00

Finally, the dreadful day is here.... the very last day when we will all attend classes together as the 05/06 BS cohort ourselves. After this day, it will be the examinations, and then everyone would go their separate ways for their respective Final Year Projects, internally or externally. Kind of sad that some of us would not see each other till the day we submit our FYP thesis or even the day when we have our Poster Day, half a year later.

And so, we had our cam whoring day on this day, 7th November 2008, Friday. Pictures from here on =D I didn't really have time to go select photos, just roughly some of the nice ones that I've seen on Facebook (yes people, you shld all get Facebook for some who don't have it, it's gonna replace Blogs one of these days man).

*The welcoming sun rays for me on the last day of school*

*Students go in here for various reasons, mine's to look for Irene Tay =D*

*CR1 - where we did our presentations and attend our lectures*

*Rows & rows of cool red seats*
-We were forming the letter 'A', hope we score As this semester-

*One-third of Amazons*

*20% of our cohort*

*Emo-ing in SBS foyer*

*Argh, how to do how to do? OH I KNOW!*

*Lunch @ Executive Cafe*

*Our table number was 8*

*And the 99-cents abalone*

*Heroes in CR4*

*I super love this picture*
-Well, according to Anthony, this looks like the casts of a new Japanese 偶像据 with Weibin (in the center) as the cool main character. The rest of us...
Well, from your left:
(1) Kimberly, Xiangting, and Kelvin are the classmates of Weibin
(2) Peggy and I are a couple (?) somehow
(3) Weichao is Weibin's father *wahaha ah pek*
(4) Anthony himself as some guardian angel O.O (hmmm)
(5) Kheng Boon as ???
(6) Paul as the neighbour-next-door
(7) Johnson as the irritating one who will di xiao xiao the main character
(8) Shermain also as some guardian angel

*In the resource room*
-I'm a freaking mugger, 必勝!!-

*Shermain and I*

*Ahh, the power of a Canon DSLR*

*Anthony and I*

*Xiangting and Kimberly*

*Xiangting as Miss 必勝*

*Kheng Boon, Johnson, Me, Weichao outside Resource Room*

*Me, Zixian, Weichao, Alicia*

*Ah Huey - Lihua*

*Weibin and I*

*Kah Suan said we looked cool here*

*At the quad outside SBS*

*Playing a fool at the 3rd floor*

*Baiyang and I*
-I will miss mugging at these study benches outside the main building-

*Ter Ner Ner - Jasmine*

*IrriTating - Sophia*

*The couple - Terence and Chyi Lin*

*Titans*
-I am not in here, but I was the photographer, and I think I did a pretty good shot here-

Well, once again, 天下无不散之宴席. All the best to everyone for our very final written examinations in NTU this semester, and good luck for FYP next semester, no matter which labs you are in. Cheers~~

Overdue Entry #1 - Early Birthday Surprise

2008-11-11T21:14:00.003+08:00

I didn't really really expect it but.... thanks alot my friends, for the early birthday surprise (for Zhenwei and I) on 31st October 2008 =)

It really came as a surprise because I was also involved in surprising another birthday girl on that very exact day itself.

Thanks alot to Wei Tzer, Weibin, Roland, Xiangting, Kimberly, Shujing, Shuling, Kelvin, Weichao, and Kheng Boon for the surprise and the present :D

*Thanks Xiang (& ur bro) for the wonderful Tiramisu cakes*

*Zhenwei & I*

*My new wallet =D*

*Zhenwei loves Ayumi... I like her too lea =X*

*Big thank you to all of you*

'Live' from my kitchen

2008-10-18T18:12:00.002+08:00

Well, not so 'live' lah... but it's an entry right after I finished cooking the crabs for dinner!! Yes I cooked!! muahaha...

*Ready to cook*

*Cooking in progress*

*End result =) Chili Crab*

*Together with lala and vege that my mum prepared*

Hungry hungry... ^^ impressed impressed...

Billie Jean vs 比你贱

2008-10-18T15:58:00.005+08:00

My childhood idol, MJ with Billie Jean...

And coming up with a song title that is more on the daring side and a title that sounds similar to "Billie Jean" and with a chorus that comes from Billie Jean, S.H.E. with 比你贱

I miss playing my Michael Jackson game on the super old SEGA 16-bit set...

but then at this age, I think the game is abit sucky though muahaha

SBS Seminar Announcement

2008-10-16T21:00:00.000+08:00

PhotoFunia

2008-10-10T00:33:00.007+08:00

In a damn lousy mood now... so I decided to amuse myself with some cool photo templates... courtesy of PhotoFunia (http://www.photofunia.com)

*I made the headlines when I arrived at Lund University*

*I escaped from Azkaban!!*

*Paris Hilton loves us*

*4 cool guys*

*We're part of the Art Museum!*

*Cool painting*

*My sister and I on a billboard*

*Damn, I'm on the greenback. No wonder Wall St. in the US crashed.*

*I shall go to Mr. Putin's faction then*

*Mr. Putin thinks this one looks better*

*What's that idiot doing up there, with a forced smile on his face?*

1st October 2008

2008-10-01T00:07:00.000+08:00

Happy Children's Day to myself ^^

Chevrolet Scalextrics Competition 2008

2008-09-29T01:05:00.005+08:00

I just spent my Sunday helping my uncle out at Gotham Penthouse for the Chevrolet Scalextrics Competition, which was held in conjuction with the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix final race. Aunt Linda and my cousin, Malcolm, were there to help out as well (and my uncle really pays us well and I ain't complaining muahaha)

*Gotham Penthouse*

*Scalextrics Digital Tracks*

It was quite an eventful start to the whole competition, from the preparation phase till the packing up, I must say. When Malcolm and I first arrived at Gotham Penthouse, the lady from there was like in a panicky state. She asked if we were from Hobby Bounties, and yes of course we were, and she was asking us to look at the table with the tracks.

Lady: See? Too much grass!! Table still quite empty.
Me: Err, okayyy, Linda should be on the way with some of the other props.

*Table too empty, too much grass*

And so Aunt Linda came.

Me: Where are the props?
Linda: What props??
Me: zomg!!

Okay, so the next task we had was to make the table look not so empty. So Malcolm and I got down to making the track circuit more difficult by adding more tracks to cover up the green areas of the table.

*Extending the circuit*

*The best we could do*

And then came the problem of "short-circuits" because suddenly after extending the circuit, one throttle/controller could control 2 cars which were on different tracks! We had to dismantle and re-fix quite a number of parts and time was running out... zzz stressed.. but we managed to do it still.

And so by 7pm, the event at Gotham Penthouse started. Participants could just come in and sign up and play for free. There would be an overall winner out of 32 players. And so, the rest of us were just supposed to be in charge of briefing the players on what to do, guiding them on how to race the cars on the digital tracks, and be the timer for the competition.

The race totally made me see the fact that, in the case of an emergency, Singaporeans can never drive a sports car!! Zomg, who in the world increases the throttle when negotiating bends?! The cars would definitely fly off the track. And true enough, 6 cars were used, and all 6 had broken windows and windscreens at the end of the evening. And each car ain't cheap - ~$135 minimum? zzz. And one Indian guy who wanted to try out the game blasted the throttle till it burned out totally, causing it to be non-functional anymore, had the cheek to tell me "Take it home, I don't want to play it anymore." zzz why dun u just take yourself home, and don't come out and play at all?

And so after all the qualifying rounds, of course we had our winner. But the lady who came in 2nd place was very good too! In fact she beat almost half of the male players to reach the finals! We wanted to take a photo with the Chevrolet girls as well, but zzz, working... and they disappeared soon after the prize presentation ceremony.

*Scoreboard*

*After packing up*

*They have nice basins in the toilet*

Anyway, Gotham Penthouse also broadcasted the F1 race live on the big screen!! And in the midst of working, I could still steal some glances at the F1 race, and everytime I look at the screen, I see the most happening stuffs! First I saw that Nelsinho Piquet totally crashed out and then I saw how some technical fault made Felipe Massa drive off from the pit when the fuel tube was still connected to his car causing his mechanic to fly and enter the hospital. And then of course I saw Kimi Räikkönen crash his Ferrari too. Last but not least, I saw my prediction come true!! Fernando Alonso became the champion of the first ever F1 Night Race!! Happy for him!

Besides getting to steal glances at the F1 race (I'm still gonna watch my recorded version another day cos I wanna watch the whole race), I also got to eat free catered food there which was super nice, and of course enjoy the free-flow of drinks!

So in the end, after everything has ended, it was time to go home. And I was so drained out that I totally dragged myself home. And it's so friggin' late alr.. I wonder if I can even wake up tomorrow morning. Feeling kinda weird cos my whole body is aching like mad. Urgh

*The beautifully-lighted stairs from Clarke Quay*

Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix Night 1 - Circuit Trial Run

2008-09-26T23:39:00.005+08:00

Stood outside the Parliament House this evening to catch a glimpse of the event itself! It was freaking exciting, and the vroom..... just makes one go high for the moment. But after awhile, we decided that it was bad for our ears, and we left the area. But yeah, at least I've seen and heard the F1~~!! I'm not a sua-ku (mountain tortoise) anymore muahaha

Managed to capture a few (lousy) pictures lah, and videos too, but I don't know why I can't upload on YouTube... but I can share them thru MSN if anyone wants to see it =) Anyways, I'm sure you guys also do watch it on TV already, or maybe even been to town to catch the race or the roar of the F1 engines yourselves.

*My view of the track - it's a turn point*

*See the F1 on the left? It's so blur cos it's moving so fast!*

I'd love to go down to Millenia in fact to watch it too! Harvey Norman is a good spot according to Yuhui... but, I don't think I'd be able to make it since I won't be free tomorrow evening, and I'm helping my uncle out at Clarke Quay on Sunday evening. Zzz....

But anyways, tonight Alonso finished 1st place, followed by Hamilton and then Massa.... So who would it be this Sunday? haa... i'm so hyped up about F1 now....

Of korean dramas, biology, some ranting..... and huh? Charlie?

2008-09-25T01:16:00.003+08:00

Okay, many people have been asking me what "你想要闻土的味道吗?" means. So far only Ah Boon has made the smart guess.

It simply means, "you want to die is it?". Why? Because if you die, then you will be buried, and that's when you get to smell the soil.

But well, Shermain argued that as a Biology student I should know that:

Medically dead = Brain shuts down = Olfactory senses (in your nose) shuts down

But c'mon... the phrase is from a Korean Drama!! HAHA.. and dramas and biology don't mix.

Anyway, for now, I just wish that things back home would be normal once again? Where's the harmony? Are we really that hateful? Are we, huh? Why can't you and I even hold a proper conversation anymore? I just hope that you can back here with us. Sigh... Isn't our conversation the kind that family members have with each other? If not, then what are we supposed to communicate about? Why don't you enlighten me a lil'? And so much things are happening at home, do you even know? I don't even know if I should be saying all these here. Bah

Okay time for some lame shit that was shown to me on YouTube earlier on while working on some slides... Let's welcome Charlie =)
*Beware: the following videos can get annoying after awhile*

Charlie the Unicorn 1

Charlie the Unicorn 2

Now the "stuff the bananas into your ear" song is embedded into my head zzz

A new favourite drama =)

2008-09-21T22:08:00.005+08:00

I have found another Korean drama that I like, and I think it is worth watching. The title of the show is 不良家族 .

The 大纲 of the story is about a little girl (娜琳), who is the youngest child in the family, who lost her memory after her whole family got into an accident during a family trip. And the story went on to tell how the girl's uncle employed a man (达健) to create a temporary family for 娜琳 and help her regain her memory, so that she can narrate out what had happened to cause the tragic accident. 达健 sourced out the members of the temporary family by looking for those who have owed him money (达健 was a loan shark then).

The sweet thing about this story is that the story tells of how a whole family made up of total strangers could become so closely knitted together and eventually becoming a real family on its own, and also how 娜琳 could actually bring so much happiness to everyone. Oh and how could I forget 娜琳's temporary sister, 良雅, who is really beautiful I must say and how she supported 达健 throughout the whole issue after she got to know what happened.

So, all in all, I say this show is a must watch :)

*Members of the temporary family*

*Snapshots from the show (娜琳 is in the centre)*

*All the casts*

Preview (sorry no subtitles)

And I love the phrase that is always used in the show every now and then - "你想要闻土的味道吗?" wahahaha

Paul Mauriat with his Orchestra

2008-09-18T21:35:00.006+08:00

Music for the night, from Paul Mauriat (which my dad was crazy over when he was young) and his Orchestra.

Love Is Blue

Chanced upon this piece, while helping my dad look for a song, which I remember listening to when I was much younger, but never knew the title. Soothing indeed.

Medley - Love Is Blue with El Bimbo

Talented arranger, isn't he?

Toccata

I love this piece too.

Toccata & Fugue in D minor

And I'm sure everyone knows this piece ^.^

Hungarian Dance

Ahhh, super love this piece.

Medley - Hungarian Dance with Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 Final

=)

Ah, and to sidetrack abit, just visited the Nike+ Human Race website a few days ago and I saw that SRJC won the Category A School Team Challenge, BUT nooooo~~~ we are not SJC. We are SRJC!! Omg. Since when did we become St. Joseph's Convent? Geez...

*SRJC, not SJC >.<*

And the first red guy on the left beside Utt, was my PE teacher Mr. Teng, whom I am super grateful for because he helped me in doing my very first successful chin-up!

Alright that's all. Hope everyone enjoyed the music :)

A minute off from my work.....

2008-09-14T22:25:00.001+08:00

A msg from ah cui.... quite funny

“幸福”就是猫吃鱼，狗吃肉，奥特曼打小怪兽；

“代沟”就是我问老豆觉得“菊花台”怎么样，老豆说没喝过；

“自恋”就是下辈子我一定要投胎做女人，然后嫁给一个我这样的男人；

“无语”就是法官问：“你为什么印假钞？”罪犯无辜地答道：“因为我不会印真钞。”；

“绝望”就是中午在食堂点了两个菜，吃了第一个，我震撼了：“世界上还有比这更难吃的吗？”吃了第二个，我哭了。“还真有啊！”；

“诚意”就像是像我这样祝你中秋节快乐！

Happy Mid-Autumn =)

2008-09-14T01:10:00.005+08:00

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone (^^,)

As of now.... it's one presentation and two assignments down.

Left with one presentation (wic is giving me one of the biggest headaches ever), three more assignments, and one more quiz.

We finally presented our Current Topics in Cell Biology topic on Friday morning *heaves a huge sigh of relief*. Thank you to my group members - Jian Zhong, Ant, Weibin, and SJ, for all the hard work and effort put in. And also a big thank you to everyone who gave me so much encouragement for the past one week to relieve the nervousness in me.

Went to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival in Yunnan Garden (for the 1st time in 4 years) on Friday evening as well. We got to make our own mooncakes and eat them at the event. We also got to watch the 变脸 performance! We were also hoping to win the PSP in the lucky draw, but nope, none of us got it. Not even a steamboat voucher >.< but okay lah, most impt is that we all had fun.

*Yunnan Garden*

*Ant lighting his own lantern*

*Weichao tries it too*

*Don't know why everyone was praying for some divine lots here*

*Our foreign friends try making their own mooncakes too*

What else, hmm, went out with some hall peeps for dinner at BAB noodles in Millenia Walk, and watched Liverpool vs Man Utd at the pub in Conrad Hotel. Liverpool won 2-1 !!! yay-ness! Felt damn good to be cheering all the way for Liverpool and seeing how much the Man Utd fans there hated us buahaha.

Talking about sports, I'm really proud of our riding ace, Laurentia Tan, and our swimmer, Yip Pin Xiu. Because Laurentia won 2 bronze medals while Pin Xiu won a silver medal (50m freestyle) in the Paralympic Games!!! These people somehow seem more capable than many of the normal us. Congrats!! =) All the way for any other remaining games!!

That's all for now I guess, 中秋快乐 to everyone once again.

i ish going mad

2008-09-08T12:43:00.001+08:00

The semester is getting crazy.

The craziness is getting out of hand.

Nike+ Run The Human Race

2008-09-03T01:31:00.005+08:00

Sunday 31st August 2008, was Singapore's first ever Nike Human Race. Trust me, when I was on the train that day, every other stranger around me were wearing the same red Nike shirt for the run. Since each person has a unique number printed on the shirt, I totally felt like I was on a train that is fetching prisoners to a faraway island.

The run was 10km, and I really enjoyed it alot, together with all the wonderful entertainment along the running route. It had to be one of the best runs (no not diarrhea) I ever had, except for the part whereby people suddenly stop to walk and bottleneck regions of the jogging route. Totally broke my momentum so many times, made me unable to hit below 1 hour.

But anyway, the week before, if you remember, I was saying that I queued 5 hours for the goodie bag right? So well, the only useful (and really worth it) stuffs are like the tee-shirt, the Nike water bottle and, the tote bag itself.

*The Nike Race Pack*

And yes back to the race proper, there was a part when suddenly the panda mascot was running beside me at the same speed, and I was like "wth, how can someone wearing a mascot costume be running at the same pace as I am?!" and totally spurred me to run on faster haha. Joanne Peh was there too, but I didn't see her though. Met Kheng Boon on the way too, and also my army pal, who is also working for Nike. Okay now I have two friends working in Nike. Maybe I should join them muahaha... Wanted to watch Boys Like Girls perform Live but they, for obvious reasons, had to put the long-awaited performance at the last, allowing the local talents to perform first. So I decided not to stay.

And I saw familiar faces at the finishing stretch cheering people on! The NTU ACES team was there, and I saw Mun Chun, Ya Yun, and Rina. Funny that I don't really know Rina, but she gave me a High-5 when I ran past them haha.

*Waiting for the flag-off*

*The Panda mascot*

*Drummers providing entertainment along the Singapore River*

*People stop running at such areas, causing the jam*

*Us after the run*

*Chin Teck and I decided to play Pass-The-Baton*

Okay okay, and in my last post on Hall 12 D&D, I mentioned that good luck came to me in another form right? Here's the whole story. The emcees for the concert at the Padang were throwing iPod Nanos down to the audiences as free gifts! So the catch is, well, you have to go catch it! But me, being the lazy person as usual, was like "aiyah, sure won't be able to catch one la, tons of people snatching for it lea." and then the guy emcee, Utt (The Brand's Cheeken Essence guy), threw one iPod Nano off the stage. I saw it fly and everyone was like trying to grab for it. So at that moment, I thought, "aiyah since i'm already here, just join in the fun lor." And the moment I raised my hand to pretend to want to catch it, that freaking iPod bounced off somebody else's hand, and landed right onto my palm!!

*Concert stage where the iPod Nano was thrown from*

At that moment, I was like "OMG!!!" and in that instant, I knew I had to start running away from the crowd, just like how a rugby player, who has caught the rugby ball, has to run for his life. Haha, and Nick, JJ, and Adrian all started jumping onto me like rugby players trying to snatch the ball from me! Haha... I'm one lucky bitch.... It was a Silver 4GB iPod Nano that I caught!

*My iPod Nano*

Anyway, I hope there will be another Nike Human Run next year, because it really is meaningful to run for a cause (choose 1 out of the 3 possible charity organizations) and the goodie bag stuffs are really worth it too. Nike is too rich. Haha.

The race results are also out.... and I really performed like shit compared to the top runner from Germany. And Singapore's acerage timing was also quite bad... The pictures speak for themselves. Only consolation was that I'm better than Singapore's average timing (^^,)v

*I'm rank no. 152954*

*We don't see Singapore here*

*Singapore is ranked no. 25!*

Okay I guess that's all for this entry haha. Time for bed.

The 12th Parallel - Hall 12 Dinner & Dance 2008

2008-09-01T19:59:00.011+08:00

The day was finally here, 30th Aug, Saturday, my final DnD event with Hall 12 before graduation. The event was held at Grand Copthorne Hotel and the theme was "Heroes and Villians". But well, as usual, most of us didn't really dress to the theme. But the programmes were really good and entertaining. Kudos to the programmers and also to the rest of the main committee. And especially, the Deal or No Deal event for the person who was picked to win the 1st prize of the evening. He had to play the game, with the maximum prize money of $250. He won $175 if I remember correctly.

But anyways here comes the photos. Not many taken this year though. But I'm glad I went for this Dinner & Dance event because it really meant a lot to me.

*I love my ticket number... 007*

*Shuwan and I on the way to Grand Copthorne Hotel*

*Michelle, Kristle, Adrian, Junjie, Wu Juan, Michelle*

*Yewhong, Ben, Hongda, Ruifang, Rol, Mike, Chin Teck, JJ, Gareen, Nick, Andy, Kyon, Alvin*

*Sandar, Yayun, Munchun, Ben*

*Siewhoon, Wenxin, Michelle, Siting*

*Lihua and Liling - Buttercup and Blossom*

*Regina - Bubbles*

*Finally got all 3 Powerpuff Girls together*

*Roland and I*

*Buttdy Emily (^^,)v*

*Xiumei and Andrew*

*Xiumei, Nick, Adrian, JJ, Hongda, Em, and I*

*Ex-Hall Queen - Jingying, who always thinks she herself is hot*

*Alex as The Joker*

*Elyn, and thanks Liling for trying to squeeze my head into Blossom's*

*Jianyang (as L), Mingyong, I-dunno-him*

*Leon - DnD 2008 Chairperson*

This year never win any prize from DnD.... BUT something bigger awaits me because luck came to me in another form! Check it out in my next entry on the Nike Human Race, coming up soon maybe after I've done all my work.

Can't study with hurting teeth

2008-08-28T22:39:00.005+08:00

Damn, I've got a serious toothache. Okay, I don't know if it is considered a serious one, but it has never ever hurt so much before. I don't know the names of the teeth but it's weird that all 4 of them are hurting together. No, not wisdom tooth. It's the 2nd teeth from the center one, on all 4 sides. I hope this pain goes away soon. >.<

Hall 12 D&D this Saturday at Grand Copthorne Hotel (^^,)v I hope it would be fun since it would be my very last D&D already, as an undergrad. Never mind all the unhappy matters that had happened within these 2 days, I just hope everyone goes there happily. And of course, I hope I can win a prize again this year!! Having won prizes in my 1st and 2nd Hall 12 D&D, of course I want it this year too :D I didn't get a 3rd year prize since I was in the main committee myself, and I was away in Sweden anyway. Hopes are high (^^,)v

Was reading sh's blog earlier and was reminded of days of the past. And of course with that, I would like to show here, a garfield comic strip! One that made me laugh my head off because it was just so funny. And it is also one that made everyone else in the room laugh their heads off because they found it so funny that I was laughing in a manner, as if I've lost my sanity.

Yeah so who else, besides Wong, finds this comic funny too? Don't ask me why it is funny. I can't put a finger as to where or which part is funny. Just looking at the last two rows of the comic strip can trigger my laughing receptors! buahahaha...

Yups, so... mmm I guess groups or cliques may have disbanded. But I still hold everyone close to my heart, each and every individual one of you, be it if you're from Hall 12 or SBS, the friendship I have with each one of you will be unique, special, and forever.

Okay, emo time over. Enough squatting at one corner with finger drawing in circles for now haha.

Cheers to all our final year, and 加油 everyone!

Oh my Sunday.....

2008-08-24T21:20:00.005+08:00

Firstly, I'm very happy because I completed my 21km Singapore Bay Run today. It was a totally new route this time as compared to previous years' ones. The stretch along East Coast Park was kind of demoralising though, because it just seemed so never-ending, and worse still, you see people already running back on the other side of the park. And I got so freaking hungry at the 12km mark. When I saw the 14km mark, I got kind of hyped up, cos I knew I only had 7km more to go. BUT, that marked the beginning of the horrible track trail where the ground was softer, and some parts were muddy. I was kinda put off by that because I could really smell the tar. But when the track trail ended, it was the Marina Barrage!!! I swear the view of the CBD from the Marina Barrage is extremely beautiful. I stopped running to enjoy the view, and this is the first run ever to go across this Marina Barrage.

As I went on, I met Albert, my JC classmate as well running, and also some of my previous Enciks during my NSF days along the way walking and chatting with each other. When I saw the 18km mark, I was super high already! 19km....20km.... FINISH line!! I was friggin' burnt out after that, but it was kinda surprising that I could finish in 2hrs 30mins :D Not too bad for a first-timer at his 21km run ba hahaha!! And I got my finisher's medal after that, and bumped into Dennis who was part of the organising committee.

*Uncle Dennis, Me and my finisher's medal*

One horrid thing about this year's Singapore Bay Run is the freaking muddy Padang!! Had to totally wash my shoes when I reached home.

But anyway, after the run, went to Suntec for lunch at Joaquim, which serves Porridge buffet lunch. Not too bad, but I wanted Burger King badly instead :(

*Porridge Buffet Lunch*

We took our own sweet time eating lunch, hoping that the queue for the Nike Human Run race pack collection over at Clarke Quay would go shorter, because I got info that the queue was freaking long. However to my dismay, when we arrived there at 1.30pm, we saw that the queue didn't shorten at all. In fact, some Nike guy told us that we would take about 2 hrs for us to collect our run packs! And he told us to come back at 5pm instead, when they might be lesser people queuing. I'm so glad we didn't heed his advice. We queued for a whopping 5 hours! 2 hours my foot lor, and the queue didn't seem to shorten at all by the time we collected our race packs.

*45 minutes after queuing*

*3 hours of queuing*

*After almost 5 hours of queuing, finally reaching*

*Finally got my race pack*

I so love the race pack for the Nike Human Run. A 1-litre Nike water bottle, and some other freebies along with it.

In fact, I shouldn't have had to queue for 5 hours! My friend, Zesamine, is part of the organising committee for this race and she wanted to help me cut the queue and get me my race pack. But when I told her that there were a few of us, she told me that it's tough for her to help all of us :( IrriTating~ But never mind, it was kind of her to offer her help though :D

Super tired now after standing with a very fatigue pair of legs for 5 hours. I think I should start treating my legs better soon.

And Beijing Olympics finally ended :D The closing ceremony was very nice.... kinda sad that Olympics is over once again. Looking forward to what London has to offer the world in 2012 :D

One year ago.... One year later

2008-08-23T16:18:00.004+08:00

This entry was supposed to be written on the 18th, but I simply have no time. Life now and life one year ago was so different, at least for me.

One year ago, I was still doing last minute packing the day before my flight and then suddenly I find myself at the airport already, with all my dear friends at the airport sending me off, and many other dear friends who couldn't come but flooding me with well-wishes via SMS.

One year ago, I was still trying to adapt to a brand new kind of life in Sweden and a totally new environment. I remember initially, I'm always strolling and wandering alone in the town with a map in my hand, and orientating myself to Lund, and finding out which buses go where, and what the shortest way to school or to my friends' places were.

One year ago, I was learning a new language, Swedish, with the many other exchange students.

One year ago, I was still attempting to jog in a brand new kind of climate. I learned that I shouldn't do so, because my lungs are not used to breathing in so much cold air. And anyway, it is hard to perspire in that kind of weather.

One year later, I'm having the slackest timetable ever in my undergrad history but I don't feel slack at all. There are so much work to be done, so much papers to be read, FYP to worry about, my own career future to ponder on... The days after graduation is one big worry man.... and recalling what Drew Barrymore sang, but i'm taking it into my own context...

I've been watching but the stars refuse to shine,
I've been searching but I just don't see the signs,
I know that it's out there,
There's got to be something for my soul somewhere!

One year later, everyone seems so busy. Circumstances have changed. I have changed too I guess. I don't want myself to be at the losing end, so I guess I've got to change too and lead a new kind of life with missing portions here and there and also with more new challenges.

One year later, I attempted to learn a new language too. I managed to get the Japanese elective (out of the 3 languages that I have chosen, with Korean and Malay being the other 2), but I dropped it in the end because I don't think I have the confidence for it and there seems to be no time for it. Maybe it's just that I'm not disciplined enough lahz.

One year later, I have not really jogged much and the most I could go now is 10km provided no up-riding slopes. And guess what, I'm (not so) ready for the 21km Sheares Bridge Run tomorrow morning. But I guess, I should be okay with the run as long as I don't push myself too hard. The only irritating thing is that I've got to reach Esplanade Drive by 6am and that means taxi again. Luckily I found a few people to share the cab with, or else heart pain.

Yeah, that's about it I guess.... I gotta go do other work now. Cell bio assignment 1 almost down... wonder what's next.

Congrats China & Singapore

2008-08-17T21:57:00.003+08:00

Congrats to our table-tennis female team for winning the Silver medal. And congrats to the China team for winning the Gold once again.

The hype for this end of the medal-draught for Singapore has finally ended with Singapore clinching the Silver award. And I must say my admiration for both Li Jia Wei and Zhang Yi Ning always increase by the thousands everytime I watch them play. I watched Zhang Yi Ning in the Athens Games, and tonight I watched her once again. She really deserves to be World No. 1, I feel. And for Li Jia Wei, although she always misses the points, I feel that she is still one of our better players. Feng Tianwei is really good too. I guess they just don't have the luck, most of the time.

It's really heart-warming to watch the China crowd cheering for the Singapore team as well during the match. And I loved what the commentator said at the end of the Victory Ceremony after the flags were raised:

"The 5 stars of China and the 5 stars of Singapore, looking down upon the young ladies representing them, and proud of their achievements."

*Congratulations*

On a side note, I totally admire Usain Bolt from Jamaica.... I wish I had those legs when I was in secondary school and JC. I could have won many races during the Annual Sports Meets. Haha. And congrats to Michael Phelps for having accomplished the 8 Gold medals dream and for being the best Olympian ever with 14 Gold medals to his name.

The Stars and Stripes

2008-08-13T11:53:00.004+08:00

It's extremely sensational! My gosh, these guys are making me miss the days of the Nationals when you can feel all the adrenaline rush yourself at the pool.

The whole world has been talking about Phelps. When you think swimming, you think Phelps. Jason Lezak might have been the one who helped him secure the Gold for the 4 x 100m freestyle relay on Monday, but today, he showed the world that he really is God (no intention to be blasphemous here).

Today he freaking broke 2 world records within an hour. 2 Finals within an hour. 2 Gold medals within an hour. Sensational, isn't it? Firstly he broke the world record for the Men's 200m Butterfly Finals. Secondly his team COMPLETELY SMASH the world record for Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay with a timing of 6:58:56. The first time ever that a team clocked this event under 7 minutes! I was literally sitting on the edge of my seat while watching it.

Michael Phelps set off the first 200m way ahead of the World Record line that was chasing behind him. And his whole team consisting of Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens, and Peter Vanderkaay carried on maintaing ahead of the world record line. You just definitely know that the world record would be smashed totally. Wonderful.

Okay time for lunch with Fungus Tan soon. Will be back to catch more of the Olympics action.

And here is a video of the Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay on Monday, where so many teams were ahead of the world record line during the race, in particular USA, France, and Australia. Oh where did the Republic of S. Africa go to. Zzz...

An Exciting 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Finals

2008-08-11T16:24:00.002+08:00

I think this event was one of the most exciting one so far. It really got me sitting right at the edge of my seat.

In this match, I was only concentrating on the US, French, and the South African teams. However what got me soooo excited was the closeness to clinching the Gold between the American and the French team. And furthermore, it was Michael Phelps's hope to win 8 Gold medals in this Olympics, so without this Gold, Phelps would not be able to fulfill this dream at all.

Ah yes, I've said it. So the American team won. The American team swam the relay in this order: Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones, and Jason Lezak. Phelps and Gale did well to maintain the close distance between themselves and the French team. However Jones slowed down and that almost caused them the Gold medals. The anchor swimmer, Lezak, tried his best to catch up. At this point I thought that they would definitely lose. But a miracle happened. Within the last 10m, Lezak caught up with Bernard, the French guy, and were on par with him. With 2m left, Lezak stretched and touched the wall 7ms faster than Bernard.

Phelps was totally screaming his lungs off when the results appeared on the billboard. But I totally understand how the French felt. The gold medals were so near yet so far. Who would have known that Lezak would create such a wonderful miracle for the American team at the very last second.

Meanwhile, the S. Korean female archery team is also damn zai. Bullseye almost all the time when they were pitting against the Italian team. Ahh..

I hope there would be more exciting matches like these.

The More We Get Together

2008-08-10T20:13:00.001+08:00

A little bit on the low quality side, but finally chanced upon it!

My favourite sponsor advertisement for the Beijing Olympics by McDonald's.

43rd National Day and other randoms

2008-08-10T00:30:00.006+08:00

Started off the day with a scare thinking that I had already slept for 24 hours. Signs that I'm really burned out after the horrible week of staying up till 3am and waking up at 6am the next day. It really did feel that I've slept for a long time. I even had a weird dream, which I think I have dreamt of before. In the first one, I died. In this second one, I survived. It felt also somewhat like I was part of a Role Playing Game (maybe I am the main character of the next Final Fantasy game series huh) HAHA. But maybe this dream is telling me that difficult situations would keep arising, but I'll make it through eventually. I hope it is this way in reality.

Started work on project again after breakfast, helping Xinyi out with the business market portion of the feasibility plan. Searching for what we wanted online is just so difficult and it's irritating that the information just don't seem available. Eventually, I dozed off while reading.... and zzzz until it was almost... 5pm? Around there la.

Headed out to meet Shuwan for dinner at AMK before meeting Jingying, Xp, and Meisi for the fireworks display outside The Fullerton Hotel. Erm, the fireworks were nice but there was very little variety. Got kinda bored with it after a while, until a point when I could have just say "let's go now" without regrets. Shall look forward to maybe the next fireworks display, maybe somewhere end of this month.

*The very first fireworks of the night*

*The mad crowd*

*Pink ones*

*Blue ones*

*And the white ones*

*I like this shot*

And then it was supper time! Shuwan and I waited for Nick at Raffles Place while the others went off first via MRT to meet up with Wu Juan and Jieming at Chomp Chomp. It sure took the 3 of us long to reach Serangoon Garden because we had to walk all the way to the National Stadium to get Nick's car. ZZZZZzzzz.... Shag. The food in Chomp Chomp still tasted as good as ever. It didn't disappoint us, even though it had a new look now. The sugar cane drink was good, and the black carrot cake and cheeken wings were awesome.

It was a nostalgic feeling to be back in Serangoon Garden after don't know how many eons. My secondary school used to be in the vicinity and now it's closed down already. Everything there seems just so familiar and I realised I kinda miss that place, where Shi Chuan, Kevin, and I would wait for our respective buses there to go home after school. Getting a Mr. Softee and a copy of the day's New Paper was a must at that time because waiting for our buses was always a long drag.

*Serangoon Garden Circus*

*The only bus that sends me to my Secondary School in those days*

*And the bus to send me home after school*

Backtrack to 8th August, it was the Biomedical Sciences students FYP Poster Day! Familiar faces include Zhiqing, Yanying and Yinjie (Hall 12), and Melissa and Youli (Amazons). Finally they have graduated from SBS, and will be on their way to Beijing next month! Congratulations friends, and enjoy your 2 years in Beijing :D Please be my tour guide if I visit Beijing when you girls are still there. Oh talking about girls, this batch is the pioneer batch with the majority being the female students. Only 2-3 guys i think, and I don't even know who they are. Amazing. And Yu Chii, the girl who koped my calculator on the very first lab session! I will always remember that, made me search frantically for my calculator when I'm already so stressed over my first ever biology lab session.

*Yu Chii - the mad girl who didn't sleep for most of the nights during FYP*

Further backtracking to 7th August, was supposed to have dinner with Jacjac and Wilfred that evening. And Wilfred pang-seh last minute!! Reason? To stay in hall to discuss with Chi Kwan and Yew Hang, the future of Hall 12. OMG, Wilfred, it's time for you to retire. Let the young ones take care of the hall. Can't believed you don't want to go dinner just because of that little matter haha... Ah, but you offered to organise the next dinner, I will hold you to that. Decided to have dinner at Blooie's at Jln Tua Kong. The ambience was really nice that night, and I super like the songs they play. I think it was mostly R&B.

*At Blooie's*

Okay, I guess that's all for this week. Back to my project... No day no night totally. 3 more days to go....

Beijing Olympics Opening

2008-08-09T00:16:00.006+08:00

Brilliant! It was really awesome. The Beijing Olympics opening ceremony was just brilliant.

The torch relay in the Bird's Nest Stadium is one of the most innovative ideas I've ever seen, especially that of the final runner towards the stadium's torch. Totally impressed. I must admit that the person who came up with this idea is really good. I totally love the "running in mid air" stunt! When I saw it, I was like "omfg... 漂亮!"

北京万岁

HAHA...

And I think the Beijing Olympics Song is not bad...

Familiar faces include 孙燕资，梁咏琦，陳奕迅，成龙，5566，FIR, 蔡依林，谢霆锋, Jang Nara, etc....

And I totally love the McDonald's advertisement for the Olympics too, the one which has the song "The More We Get Together" playing with it, and is shown on our TV these few weeks, just that it isn't on YouTube yet.

08/08/08

2008-08-07T23:48:00.001+08:00

While everyone's excitedly waiting for the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony tomorrow.... I'm excitedly waiting for $$$ to roll into my bank account!

My S$8,000,000 jackpot prize!!!

希望在明天
希望在 08/08/08 =)

Whiny Mingky

2008-08-06T01:46:00.003+08:00

Kind of frustrated with the written report for Bioentrepreneurship now, because up till now, everything still seems so unclear. I mean, it's getting better and we are starting to see the clear picture of what we need to do, but I just can't help whining because it's already so late and it's been 2 weeks non-stop of insufficient sleep, squeezing with others on the train, and having to stare whole day at the laptop looking for information.

No, I am not regretting my decision to take this course. I'm just being whiny that's all. Blogging is free anyway. 不打白不打 right? To my group members, 加油吧!

Another set of decisions have to be made soon too. Which modules should I register for? I'm more or less confirmed of my own choice already. I hope the Add/Drop period passes soon, so I can stop thinking about it. And what about the extra elective that I got? What should I do with it?

Here's Melee for everyone, with Built To Last. Enjoy.

Bioentrepreneurship and Hall 12 FOC

2008-08-04T20:15:00.012+08:00

The hell week just passed so quickly. Okay, it wasn't as hellish as I thought it would be. But then, come to think about it again, it was kinda hellish lah, in the sense that all of us had our fair share of insufficient sleep, and having to attend classes the whole day for 5 days straight. The cause of the lack of sleep? It's the presentation that each group had to present last Friday on a local bioentrepreneur.

ll we are left is a written report on an upcoming trend in the biotechnology field, which contributes to 50% of the marks, and that's it. 3 AUs down, by 12th Aug. But, this written report is the tough one, it's getting on my nerves that the Internet doesn't give me the crucial information that I need. Is it time to hit the libraries once again? I don't have enough time for library books since the deadline is 12th Aug.

*Orientation cum Team Bonding Session last Saturday at NTC in betw SBS and SCI*
-Team Members: Lavin, Me, James, Sophia, Xinyi-

*Our sticker name tags, one new piece each day. Wasteful*

*They should have just used this alone*

*Days and nights of presentation preparation in the SBS Pantry*

*Our roles in the presentation*

*Rehearse rehearse and rehearse*

*For my team members who can't remember their lines.. haha*

*I love this group's opening, they interviewed a Dr. Ken Lee, so Agnes and Johnson (standing) started off by singing what the Belgium Idol girl sang.... "Ken Lee.... LibidibidouchooOO"*

*Team Purple Jelly after presentation*

This course wasn't just about bad things, there were many good aspects too. Besides learning whatever the course instructors had to teach us, we all made many new friends too because we were all grouped randomly.

AND most importantly, which other BS core modules would allow you to:

Use CR7 for the whole day (except for those who take TCM classes).
Doze off after lunch without worrying about not catching the important points for exams, because this is a non-examinable module.
Go to the washroom like 5 times within every 3 hours while the lecture is going on, because you need a break from the classroom.
Visit a lab which keeps not rabbits, mice, or rats, BUT houseflies and maggots.
Realise that BS people can actually be quite creative.
Clear 3 AUs in just one week.
Score a guaranteed minimum of grade B if you are present for all lessons, do your presentation and assignment.
Surf the web non-stop during lesson time.
MSN the whole day (I didn't do this).
Facebook the whole day (I only did this for a quarter of a day).

Bringing your attention to point #4, the lab which keeps maggots. I bet most of you would find this uber disgusting, but it really had me starting to think and wonder why some people are just so innovative. Okay, firstly the maggots are useful because diabetes patients who got gangrene would need these creepy crawlies to "eat" off their dead flesh, and this saves the patients from amputations! But really, this bioentrepreneur made use of free, or cheap, resources to get his insects. He used rotten raw meat to attract the flies, and captures them into cages. Smart huh. The lab naturally had this pungent smell, whenever the cage is open, and we could see some people's faces turn green! Quite funny.

So at the end of the day, it was quite a relieve that the presentation was finally over and we could concentrate on the written report, which is what I'm working on as I'm typing now. I guess everyone really didn't regret doing this module even though initially everyone had their worries and doubts. Great job friends!

*Jianzhong, Me, Anthony, John*

*Joleen, Shermain, Me*

*Bioentrepreneurship Class 2008 July Batch*

*Dinner at Central Mall and Hokkaido ice cream as dessert*

The next day, Saturday, I managed to make a trip down to Hall 12 with Yeo Si Boon to support the FOC on their last day. Many people didn't come last minute huh, u know who u are~!! HAHA but you're all excused :D Went down to move my stuffs back into Hall as well since I have a car ride to hitch. So here's one big group picture...

*Juniors, Seniors, Alumni*

Commencement and Convocation

2008-07-30T01:05:00.007+08:00

The past few weeks have seen many of my friends graduating with their Bachelor degrees. Kinda sad that I won't get to see them in school anymore, but happy for them as they are finally able to get out and start earning big bucks (and of course treat me when they receive their first paychecks). But so far... hmm none yet. HAHA. C'mon friends, good luck with your job hunting for those who are still jobless.

So, the SMU Commencement came first, held at Suntec City... yeah yeah with all the news that this batch of SMU graduands is the largest one so far. Freaking used up almost all the convention halls haha and had to run about everywhere to find friends from the different faculties.

*SMU Commencement 2008*

*Happened to see the unveiling of the Colours for the NE Show*

*Yunnerd! Yun Huimin - starting work in PWC this Sept*

*Clement Shen - faster get a job and stop partying alr*

*Yuhui (good luck with the applications) and Ben (in Mitsui)*

*Yicui (Bank of Tokyo)*

Then came the NTU Convocation a couple of weeks ago... yeah yeah guess what, this is also the largest cohort so far. Haha.

*Buttdy Emily!! Slacker, starting work in KPMG only in Sept*

*Xiumei at Ernst & Young - no nid to sleep*

*Kevin - also good luck with the applications*

And of course, there is the "returning to Hall to take photos together" and yeah, the non-graduands like me, we end up being photographers again.

*I like this shot - Xiumei, Emy, Natalie, Zinc, Laona*

*And I like this one too!*

*Artemis*

Happy graduation to all my friends :D

一切完美

2008-07-25T23:01:00.004+08:00

The final episode of <<一切完美>> (Perfect Cut) just ended. What Thomas Ong said to end the show off really is meaningful, but how many of us could actually do it when the need to do so arises? I guess I've always been trying to achieve that, but I can't say that I've done it perfectly. Still I've always done my best I guess :D

"If you can tolerate imperfection, there would be perfection"
- 如果能包容一切，就会一切完美了 -

This is really one great show. It's like, it features things that doctors don't usually tell ya. Hope that a great show like this one would be out soon too.

End of my last summer vacation

2008-07-25T22:33:00.002+08:00

It's approximately 11 hours more to the end of my last ever undergrad summer vacation!!

Taking a one-week module (Bioentrepreneurship), which begins tomorrow with an orientation day. And then it will be HELL week from Monday to Friday for us. Hmm, I wonder who my group members would be since Nanyang Technopreneur Centre would be the one grouping us. I hope I get to work with really wonderful group members.

But well, at least there's something wonderful to look forward to. The course content has been released and I think I would be able to learn many useful skills from it, and of course I would be down with one module even before the actual semester starts *grinz*, and and and not forgetting that it's non-examinable. Ah, factors that are bonuses for taking this module at least.

So guys, while you're enjoying the Hall FOC, don't forget about me ah!! I'm having my Hell week!! HAHA. Ah, nvm, not like anyone would really care haha.

Oh oh, and here's a video made from scenes from the Japanese Version of Hana Kimi. Not that I'm gay because this video features the male character of the show, but I think he really is the reason (and of course together with Maki Horikita, the female star who plays Lu Ruixi) that the show is really worth watching. It is totally hilarious and much better than the Taiwanese version I feel. And the video has the OST for the show as well, which I totally love.

Okay, that's all I guess... Back to School! Happy schooling mk (Self-talk that my Mind Over Stress lecturer taught) :)

石欣卉 — 你没想像中爱我

2008-07-21T23:09:00.002+08:00

I like this song... But... it's kind of heart-wrenching, especially when the video scene used is that of the episode last week.

Final Fantasy XIII

2008-07-16T22:20:00.002+08:00

Whoever said that Square-Enix would not collaborate with Microsoft? Well, guess what. Final Fantasy XIII has been released in the US and Europe already, based on the friggin' Microsoft Xbox 360 console! The PS3 version would only be released exclusively in Japan. Geez...

But anyhows, I hope somehow, there would be a PC version of the game, because I really am looking forward to it after having missed out on playing FF 9-12. Final Fantasy 8 was awesome but those following it weren't that good. So I shall pray hard for a PC version to appear somewhere :D I have no $$$ to get a Xbox 360!!

Holy Mama

2008-07-16T14:25:00.002+08:00

My goodness... I couldn't believe it when I first watched the video!

But seeing is believing.. This is Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, from SMAP!!

*credits to jingying

Can't recall who, or what, SMAP is? Check this out to jolt your memory a little :D

SMAP - Lion Heart

A sign to ignore every other thing else and focus

2008-07-13T01:50:00.002+08:00

Signs from my stars....

"You cannot be responsible for the behavior of other people -- don't feel obligated."

Thanks!

Shitty work, Yummy food

2008-07-09T23:41:00.008+08:00

In a blinking of an eye, our very last summer vacation of our student's life is going to be over in a couple of weeks time. After this, it would be our final undergraduate year and then it would be time to start hunting for jobs. Yikes...

It's like the 2nd week of July now, and work this month hasn't been a very happy one, especially with that old donkey spoiling my mood in lab ever since last week. It just feels like that old donkey has stolen all the happiness and laughter from me whenever I'm in lab. I don't even know why I am embroiled in such office politics. And not to mention some issues that have been brought up very discreetly these few weeks, many uncertainties in the near future. Rargh...

Work has been really busy too. Really really busy... Wanna see the CBD area of our cell culture room?

*"Tall buildings of the CBD" - look at the amount of cell culture waiting for us*

Ever seen liquid nitrogen? Well you can't really see liquid nitrogen since they evaporate into the gaseous state at very low temperatures... and liquid nitrogen is extremely cold and it kind of "bites". Everytime I go collect liquid nitrogen, I find it amusing that we have to let the tank take the lift back down on its own in the fireman lift! And I have to either climb down the stairs or take the passenger lift to the same floor, walk to the fireman lift and retrieve the tank. I just found out the reason recently. It's because that if the lift breaks down and you're in the lift with liquid nitrogen for a long period of time, you will begin to hallucinate. Cool huh?

*So you see smoke while refilling a liquid nitrogen tank*

Anyway, a sucky day should end with a great dinner to cheer myself up. Brought my family to Brotzeit in Vivocity last Friday to eat. A pity Ms SLC couldn't join us... next time next time. Yeah, back to Brotzeit. To initiate all of you, brotzeit is German for "Bread Time", from I have learnt, correct me if I'm wrong. It's basically a german beer bar and cafe. I wanted to go there because I wanted to try out their pork knuckles!! It's a dish that is not on the menu hence only those who know of it would order it. So friends, now you know that there is a pork knuckle dish, go ahead and try it! My parents loved it so much, that we had a 2nd order for it. Some of the food come with this side dish which is called Sauerkraut, which I have tried in Vienna and Prague before, kinda sour but nice, it's the white vegetable side dish in the pork knuckle picture below. The best part of the dinner was the beer, since I felt so frustrated at work so I thought a little alcohol with the nice ambience helped to chill me out a lil'.

*The star of the evening - Pork Knuckle*

*Sausage Platter*

*Salmon*

*Part of "Paulaner" reflected in my beer"

I think I'm really getting fatter... Too much eating this vacation! Everyday it's work, eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep.... (feels like expanding Binomial Theorem).

For those who haven't been to Jurong Point for donkey years, here's an update for all of you!! The basement 1 level has been extended!! Go towards where Ichiban Sushi was before, yes.. WAS. Now they have an extension that seems like a Japanese village. It's all Japanese restaurants in there, and Kuishin Bo is there too!!!! This Kuishin Bo is way much better than the outlet in Suntec City! Like seriously yes, way much better. The food is really too good to resist. I ate till I almost puked.

The moment I stepped down from the escalator, I turned into touristy mode and began taking pictures of the place.

*Don't know why it's called Shokutsu 10'*

*These soft shell crabs (ignore the shell food) are my new addiction*

*Never miss this*

*Pretty layout*

*Desserts!*

Hi Jack =)

2008-07-06T17:07:00.002+08:00

Ever wondered why the action of seizing (a vehicle) by force is termed 'hijack' ?

Seriously, I have no idea why too.

Imagine me boarding a plane one day, and I spot my friend, whose name is Jack (or even Jac for my female friend), from far and I shout over, "Hi Jack (Jac)!!!"

Oh gosh...

Lots of RAGE within me now...

2008-07-01T22:25:00.002+08:00

Some kuku just think they're the boss and everyone must do things according to his freaking wishes, but I just won't give in today. Bad mood? Yeah yeah, u think u're the only one with a bad mood. What crap. Go eat shit and die. Take your friggin' things back, and don't borrow anything from us.

I'll still be nice and dedicate a song to u... A song with an ending that is suitable for the mood now.

Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name Of

Malacca Trip (13th - 15th Jun 2008)

2008-06-22T17:37:00.009+08:00

A long overdue post and I'm also kinda lazy to type too much. But anyway, the whole group of 10 of us left for Malacca on Friday the 13th!! Yipee... Rented a car from JB to drive up the N-S highway. But, the car has wheels that looked smaller than it should have been! So not fuel-efficient lea...

But anyways, we took a break by stopping over at Yong Peng to have dinner where we had the 西刀鱼丸面. After driving for almost 3 hours, we finally arrived at the Toll station in Malacca where Andrew came to pick us up to his house. His house was really big with 2 storey and cows roam the neighbourhood anyhow there.

*At the toll*

*Andrew's House with 4 cars*

*This was embedded in the living room's floor since they have a Levi's shop*

*The Levi's shop*

Over the weekend, we just spend the time eating and eating every couple of hours. I swear I was so tired out by the eating sessions instead of the shopping and touring done there. We played 3-on-3 games outside Makota shopping centre even!

*Basketball*

*Rock climbing*

*And receive lotsa 100Plus just for playing*

*Road sweeper*

*Portuguese settlement*

*St. Paul's Church*

*History explained*

There was hell lotsa local food to try out there... chicken rice balls, chendol, bak kut teh, kueh tu tu, just to name some. And not forgetting the roadside stall selling mee rebus and rojak (the area was part of a graveyard).

*Chicken rice balls*

*Cooling Luo Han Guo*

*Satay Celup*

*Nasi Lemak*

*Kueh Pai Tee*

*Laksa*

*Chendol*

*Check out the billboard behind*

I guess that's about it for this entry. The trip was tiring, but it was really fun, finally being able to try out the local dishes of Malacca. Many thanks to Andrew for being our tour guide, and hosting all of us at his house!

Songs on the move with me everyday

2008-06-21T09:52:00.002+08:00

Maroon 5 - Won't Go Home Without You

OneRepublic - Stop and Stare

Chris Daughtry - Over You

東方神起 - 千年恋歌

Malacca Trip updates coming up next...

Colbie Caillat - Bubbly

2008-06-02T23:57:00.002+08:00

Not a new song, but it has been one of my all-time (all-time as in ever since its release) favourites, and a must-listen-to on my iTunes everytime. It always makes me feel much at peace, especially after days like today... things just don't go right. Urgh

Also, to everyone out there who feels blue or down, please stay cheerful and bubbly :)

Enjoy.

Bank Acct. + $200 and some other randoms

2008-05-31T10:32:00.006+08:00

Finally took my IPPT for my 3rd time already today. And I got silver again, as usual, haha but with an improved 2.4km timing!! Amazing, considering that I have never really trained ever since returning from exchange.

What was different from my usual IPPT was that I took it at Bedok Camp II at Upper East Coast Road this time round since I left from home. Used to take it at Maju Camp in Clementi since I used to go from Hall in the past.

Bumped into Christopher (Han) who was taking the test too. After catching up with him about life, I realised he does have the same childhood dream as I do... to fly for Singapore Airlines, and he is already planning to go apply for it! I wonder if I ever will make it there. Many people dared to pursue their dreams and passion, especially after I watched The UnXpected band performing twice already and looking at the performers who had so much passion for music and are doing quite well too.

Met someone else too, Terence (Lim Jun Xian). For those who don't know him, he's M3 from the 2007 Hall 12 Gala Grandeur Dinner & Dance. Surprised that I saw him there, cos I always thought that once we ORD, PTIs don't have to perform such annual IPPT duties anymore.

Bedok Camp II was very lively today, with many people there for different purposes. There were people like me going for the Non-ICT IPPT, there was the Commando ICT IPPT (I was so stressed for a moment cos I thought they were taking the test with me, fortunately they weren't), and then there were many many many small kids!! They were there for NDP rehearsal and the rehearsal was taking place concurrently with the 2.4km run at the running track! Luckily I finished my run before they started, pity those who took the 2.4km with subsequent batches. I watched the rehearsal for a while, and really pity those kids who have to keep re-doing the performance. Reminds me of my NDP days too 4 years ago. Time really flies.

Anyway congrats to Anthony who was taking IPPT at Maju Camp today too... and good luck to Adrian, Victor, and Colin who would be taking it later in the evening at Khatib Camp!

Enough of IPPT and Bedok Camp :) I was at T3 last week again to send off my grandmother and aunt who were leaving for Melbourne to look for my uncle & family.

I saw the two kids sleeping on the floor and I couldn't resist taking a shot of it! A family of 4 Australians on transit going towards Germany. The two kids were soooo tired that they just dozed off lying on the floor there. And the mum just went, "Yes, they're angels..... only when they're asleep." Haha... Adorable (the kids, not the mum =.=)

I don't know how to end off this entry, so I shall end it with a song video.

郭静 - 下一个天亮

用起伏的背影　擋住哭泣的心
有些故事　不必說給　每個人聽
許多眼睛　看的太淺太近
錯過我沒被看見　那個自己

用簡單的言語　解開超載的心
有些情緒　是該說給　懂的人聽
你的熱淚　比我激動憐惜
我發誓要更努力　更有勇氣

等下一個天亮　去上次牽手賞花那裡散步好嗎
有些積雪會自己融化
你的肩膀是我豁達的天堂

等下一個天亮　把偷拍我看海的照片送我好嗎
我喜歡我飛舞的頭髮
和飄著雨還是眺望的眼光

用簡單的言語　解開超載的心
有些情緒　是該說給　懂的人聽
你的熱淚　比我激動憐惜
我發誓要更努力　更有勇氣

等下一個天亮　去上次牽手賞花那裡散步好嗎
有些積雪會自己融化
你的肩膀是我豁達的天堂

等下一個天亮　把偷拍我看海的照片送我好嗎
我喜歡我飛舞的頭髮
和飄著雨還是眺望的眼光

時間可以磨去我的稜角
有些堅持卻永遠磨不掉
請容許我　小小的驕傲
因為有你這樣的依靠

等下一個天亮　去上次牽手賞花那裡散步好嗎
有些積雪會自己融化
你的肩膀是我豁達的天堂

等下一個天亮　把偷拍我看海的照片送我好嗎
我喜歡我飛舞的頭髮
和飄著雨還是眺望的眼光

Congrats 二表哥 and 二嫂

2008-05-24T21:53:00.006+08:00

Today's my niece's first month celebration!! Didn't manage to attend her sister's the last time, so this time I made sure I could make it.

She's just so adorable 'cos she just smiles at ya when u tickle her and play with her chin.

*Chloe*

*I think I am 五叔 if count by number of cousins I have*

*I want to stretch*

*Now I want to sleep*

*Her face is the size of my palm minus my fingers*

*Jolin, Chloe's sister*

*got forced by Jolin to play her Mario Kart and pose for a shot*

Basically, the whole afternoon, I'm just busy entertaining Jolin and getting my cheek splattered with all her saliva when she kept talking so close to my face... urgh. The food was good with some catered food, KFC, and the otah that I have been craving for days!

Congrats 二表哥 and 二嫂.... 大表哥 and 三表哥 must 加油啊!!

The UnXpected

2008-05-23T21:00:00.001+08:00

Another reason to look forward to Thursday nights....

*The UnXpected*

*Shirlyn, the band's main singer*

*She's really good and preeeetey of cos*

And the other band members too, totally love the way they "communicate" with each other and to the audiences with their guitars. Just way cool. I'm beginning to love Thursday nights.

Song

2008-05-17T22:35:00.001+08:00

伍家辉 - 虽然我愿意

Nice show and song. The characters in the show remind me of so many friends of mine.

Jason Mraz - Geek in the Pink

My stomach caught a cold...

2008-05-16T20:26:00.003+08:00

Damn, it's one of the rare times that I'm so seriously sick, seriously being body aching, and not feeling like doing anything at all. It all started from this early afternoon when I was working when suddenly I felt as if someone has casted voodoo magic on me. I was probably feeling about as comfortable as an elephant trying to act like a butterfly!

So I decided to leave for home and sleep. Didn't eat anything much (or rather, meaty) at all today, except for the salad that my sister made for me this morning, and a watermelon for lunch on the way out of school. Almost wanted to die on the MRT cos I was so energy-less.

Decided to try out the TCM clinic this time cos I wanted to know if my pulse was strong or weak, since my TCM schoolmates always say that my pulse was weak! But the doctor said otherwise lea. So I'm still young and dangerous eh? HAHA... Aiya, but the chinese medicine really taste horrendous. Yucks! So yeah, stomach flu was the diagnosis.... sian. What a wonderful start to my long weekend.

Something else for this entry, some old school feel - had lunch at Seoul Garden last week with JM, JY, and cheena juan... I think their meat improved alot, cos I rmb hating Seoul Garden as the food was sucky.

*Sichuan Chicken was the best*

*JM, JY, cheena juan, me*

Talking about sucky, em and xm came to school for lunch with me at NTU's executive cafe! The food is... simply horrible. Urgh, only the mango pudding and congee can make it. Even their Chinese tea tasted weird!

Okay, I think I feel like puking again, and my body temperature seems to be rising non-stop. I think I can just eat a raw egg and it'll be cooked inside me!

Random Memories...

2008-05-09T00:36:00.013+08:00

It has been quite a happening and busy last 2 weeks in Hall, with all the drinking sessions, the mahjong games, steamboats, movie etc, since everyone is already packing up, or rather has already packed up, and left Hall by now.

As for me, I have also vacated my room (partly cos it's getting too expensive already), and the unpacking at home is really madness. For the 3rd time, that same sucky feeling of leaving a place which I've become so attached to came when I returned my keys to the Hall Office. First time, it was having to leave Hall 12. Then came leaving Sweden. And now leaving Hall 16 for the holidays. I guess the 4th time would be inevitable, i.e. if I still can get a room next semester, upon graduation next year.

These few days, staying at home gives me headaches, and I don't know why. I guess I'm just not used to staying home all day after all. Work begins next week, and I just got my concession pass for the very first time today since I am not staying in Hall anymore for the vacation HAHA...

Random pictures up next....

*Drinking Session*

*The participants*

*A cool pose after a few shots*

*Look at those tipsy faces haha*

*SRJCians*

*With Gaukhar, from Kazakhstan*

*Alvin, Yewhong, Kyon, Hongda, Jarren, Jieming, Vinz*

*Steamboat Part I*

*Thai Green & White Curry at Anchorpoint is very nice*

*Nick and Andrew at "ROM"*

*Weird position I'm in*

*At Clarke Quay*

*Yummies at Brewerkz*

*At Brewerkz*

*Supper at Smith St. in Chinatown*

*That's what happens when you try to teach Xiumei & Emily mahjong, until 6am*

*Steamboat Part II*

*He has the same grey shirt as I do*

*The last time everyone gathers in Hall*

*Frozen Black Pepper Chicken*

*Home-cooked lunch before moving out of Hall*

*Back to its original look 5 months ago*

So much for the good memories that will live in us...

Back in SBS, I just attended the SBS Poster Day, in which all FYP students have to exhibit their research posters and would be graded by examiners who will ask questions about their FYP projects. Kinda scary when you really think about it. I guess Ant was right after all, if u really think about it, time flies and it will be my turn at the Poster Day in no time at all. Good luck to all of us for our final year in NTU!

Exchange Students fight in NTU to conquer Canteen A

2008-05-02T14:03:00.001+08:00

Exams... and everything that comes (and ends) with it... Part II

2008-04-30T12:29:00.017+08:00

Finally, my 3rd year in NTU is over. I don't know if you see the word "finally" as being a feeling of relieveness or one of trist. I guess it is more or less, a mix of both. Why do I say so, I guess slowly this post will tell.

Anyway, why is this post a Part II? Haha, simple, cos there was a first part already. Okay lame.

So after my first week of the examinations, which was Hell Week, the study period for my last 2 papers of the semester was much more relaxed (except for the day just before the paper of course). My last 2 papers were "NMR" and "Pharmacology", both of which are considered the only modules that I like relatively more out of the 5 modules that I had to take this semester. But still, I learnt a lot of things from all 5 modules, so I should not complain that much lah huh.

I was quite happy that the Pharmacology paper was not as difficult as expected. Recalling back, I was still worrying that I would not be able to memorised all 150 (it is this much right?) of drug names (no, you cannot find these names in an English dictionary) together with their functions, uses, and their side-effects. Really makes me wonder sometimes how we should really create a good balanced system in our bodies when something goes wrong. But I should confess that I felt extreme euphoria when I realised a day and a half before my paper that I could recall almost 90% without looking at the notes, because I seriously never ever thought I could do it. So I guess this paper is the only one that I felt happy after the exam.

Okay, too much words than expected for this entry liao... Let's look at some pictures :) Some like the first one is really "bo liao".

*Finally repairing the aircon*

*Why face the butt at me??*

*I see that Leon & Cyndi aren't big fans of vegetables*

*Bird's birthday cake made me sleepy after that.. urgh*

My happiest night during this whole month was the night when Freddo brought back alot of BBQ food from his family gathering! All of us looked like we were hungry ghosts, and the herbal chicken was really tasty! That has to be my favouritest already out of all the food on the table. Why is it favouritest? Because all are my favourite, and favouritest is more favourite than favourite. HAHA... Ok not funny.

*See that herbal cheeken at the right side, nice*

*Even watermelons tasted nice that night*

*Everyone loves supper*

While studying for NMR on Wednesday, Ant suddenly appeared beside my side, giving me a shock! For a moment, there were cold chills down my spine, suddenly got someone standing beside me like that. He just finished his Stem Cells paper that afternoon, and decided to come by and play with my handphone because he is considering buying it since the price of it dropped to $68. My goodness, $68 for K810i.... BUY!! Haha... And yes, I think by the time this entry is up, he should have gotten his new phone already.

Very funny things happen during the final week of the examinations as well... First I decided to vandalise something...

*I got so bored with Pharmaco that I vandalised Ruifang's Kaya Waffle*

And then something decided to give me a smile....

*Smile*

Was walking towards Hall 12 on Friday morning when I saw 3 separate groups of Yr 1s and 2s, ready for their final paper on that day. Wu Juan came out with a group of 3 people and was busy saying hi to me and crapping about something else and didn't notice the gap in the walkway ahead! I turned away and suddenly "AHHH!!" haha... she's gonna hate me forever for that because she says that she fell into the gap as she was talking to me, and although I didn't witness her falling, all the other Yr1s out at the walkway saw it! And I got scolded again when I asked her to fall again to let me see. Bah.

*The picture says it all*

Michelle was another funny person. She is one who is afraid of the dark and ghosts, so it was really easy to scare her you see... so during dinner we decided to talk about hostel ghosts. And Michelle literally threw her spoon on her plate cos she was so frightened (and she had to sleep alone that night w/o her roomie) haha.

Xiaopang was another joker. Want to eat supper but was afraid Jing Ying would find out. Diaoz.... But then when he ate, he totally enjoyed eating... so engrossed in his food and he kept praising the food while eating!

Hongda, whose index number for his Wireless module was "444" HAHA... and the guys decided to play a prank on him of course! They made a wallpaper for his laptop and it really covered his own screen.

Some of the yummy stuffs that kept me going during the study period...

*Jarren's Starburst*

*It's really chewy & yummy*

*I am not a big fan of this but it did keep me awake*

*Freddo Choco from Fred... I loved this when I was young*

*Shaved ice champagne grape at Canteen 2*

Yeah, so after this exams, the 3rd year NBS and the other final year students are all leaving - my favourite lotus bun head-buttdy-little eunuch Emily and Xiumei who always jumps out of her seat, literally, whenever one of us guys decide to walk into her room quietly to scare her and the others like Yew Hong, Kyon, Alvin, Hongda (the PBK), Vinz (the Pussy), Freddo (my food source), Leon (stop pointing ur middle finger at me), Colin (no more clown fishes to look at), Jarren, Kevin (always saying Chao Cheese Pie). But hey guys, all the best to your future endeavours! Keep in touch yeah!

*Sheng An, who isn't going to stay in hall next year*

*Xiumei*

*Yeo Si Boon... haha okay, Emily*

*Colin*

And to my SBS frens, we have all worked hard this semester! With all the mad rushing for the 3 or 4 crazy projects and having not enough time to properly revise for the first 3 papers, we have all made it through! So do enjoy your holidays and don't just spend too much time working be it in the lab or outside. We don't have much chance to enjoy our undergraduate days too hehe!

Guys, wanna reduce the risk of getting prostate cancer?

2008-04-27T00:11:00.002+08:00

Check this out....

News Report

Of NMR Exam

2008-04-24T16:18:00.002+08:00

Damn it, today's paper was the only one I had high hopes for, and it was dashed upon arriving at Section 2 of the paper. Answer any 3 out of 4 questions (each 15 marks). All 4 looked very difficult. Basket. Cui.

But the Chief Invigilator (CI) was a funny piece of crap though.

Before the paper started-
CI: Please be reminded that any communication devices such as handphones, pagers, (and then he came up with some crap stuffs which I couldn't catch, but got everyone else laughing) are to be switched off.

CI: If any of these devices are found to be switched on while the examination is in progress, you're liable to being expelled by the University..... from. (He was supposed to say from the University).

CI: Or alternatively, we may just shoot you.

Me: HAHA~~

I can't remember if there were any more funny stuffs.... but zzz damn sian diao now....

While paper is being collected-
Dr. Surajit: so how was it (with a grin on his face)?

Me: Okay, not too bad... (unwillingly)

Urgh... I hope the marking will be moderated in my favour :D

Shall take a bath now, then re-format my brain and prepare it to store 150 drug names and functions for Tuesday's final paper.

Goodbye, Miss Jenny Yong

2008-04-21T01:13:00.002+08:00

A sad news I got on my mobile this afternoon....

This is for all fellow former SRJCians, especially those who were from the batches before 2003.

Miss Jenny Yong, our former principal passed away today (18th Apr 2008) peacefully at 11.10am. Her wake will be held at Blk 816 Tampines Ave 4.

The funeral will be held next Tuesday, 22nd Apr 2008, although no time has been given yet.

Please do spread the word to other ex-SRJCians. Thanks.

Exams... and everything that comes with it...

2008-04-19T01:28:00.020+08:00

Sorry for the lack of updates, but I've been really busy these 2 weeks and haven't really been turning on my laptop too. I have never had such a crammed (is that how u spell it?) exam timetable before. School only officially ended the week before and together with all the due reports and projects, didn't really had as much time as before to prepare for the papers.

*Basket Adrian, ask you study, u happily YouTube-ing*

*My buttdy-cum-Little Eunuch being greedy*

*And she came down to study for once! Because XM had food poisoning and wanted to sleep*

*Ant, who looks like casting spells when he's studying*

*Jian Zhong - the Sensitive New Age Beng cum Teacher-to-be*

*The one who studies for less than 1 hr and goes to watch TV*

And where there is studying, there is always the Z-monster going around catching people....

*Just amazing she (i can't rmb who this is) didn't suffocate herself*

*I guess my friends from Hall 12 had a good time watching her sleep*

And recently, I keep getting prank calls (I don't know if it's prank, but it's still all the same I guess). Once there was this little small kid who called me and kept asking me to guess who she is. I was like huh.... And Liling who was at the same stall at the canteen with me took over the phone from me and I don't know what she did, she just passed the phone back to me and told me to say "Ok". Weird. And then the kid went on and on again, and I couldn't take it anymore, I just hung the phone up. I felt bad though, just a small kid afterall. Initially I thought it was Xiangting trying to play a prank on me, so I guessed that the kid was her nephew, Yongle! HAHA, but I was wrong... and Yongle is a boy. -_-"

This semester, I have 3 papers so close to each other.... here's the timetable:

So the first paper was BS412 - pure memory work for 10 sets of lecture notes. My brain was feeling shitified after that, and I (or rather almost all of us) had our second paper at 9am the next morning. No choice but to go back and immediately get back to trying to finish my revision for that paper... oh and did I mention that the second paper was another test of memory work? Well, at least for me, it was. It was supposed to be commonsense because it is Human Resource Management & Entrepreneurship, but I guess after reading Bio Science for too long, my brain had no more commonsense.

Oh, and I will always remember this night, because every single one in the function room was so stressed out. I never ever seen so many of us having consecutive papers like that before. Looking at everyone's faces.... I think everyone had the same stressed out feeling that evening. I guess those studying at home too, must have been pulling hair out from their heads. I can't believe I was friggin' able to wake at 5am to finish reading for my second paper that morning.

*This champion, Jarren, had two papers on Tues, and one at 9am on Wed*

*Dozing off*

*Don't know how to do past-year questions*

*Stressed Kyon - some mean pple says he stand still looks like he's sitting HAHA*

And no, I'm not busy taking photographs only.... I also got study!! See see....

*Got study one ok....*

And I just had my third paper of the week earlier this afternoon. It was a very bad paper in my point of view. I can't believe everyone was feeling so happy after the paper... except me. All had laughter and smiles on their faces. Hmm maybe they were happy that the third paper is finally over? I don't know. Anyway I came back to Hall 12 to look for Yew Hong and gang... and they were happily playing PES 2008 (another soccer game) on Kyon's PS2. And I joined in! Cos I was waiting for a friend anyway. These guys had 4 consecutive days of exams and yeah they deserve a break too, and anyway they are down to their very last paper in NTU! Urgh, won't get to see them anymore after they graduate. I cannot believe my batch would be the most senior batch already, so soon.

*Gaming in progress*

Went out to Raffles City to eat dinner after the paper. The dinner did make me forget about the paper for awhile, but when I reached my room, the horrible feeling came back again. I hope by the time I wake up, I can forget about it because I know it isn't the end of the world. Two more to go.... I hope NMR (being my favourite this semester) doesn't disappoint me and Pharmacology.... haiz another test of my memory skills. Shall do my best!

HOLA

2008-03-29T18:21:00.000+08:00

Remember to register for hostel for next acad year ah.....

Reminder: Earth Hour

2008-03-29T00:18:00.003+08:00

I'm sacrificing some sleep time just to put this entry up, but it's for a meaningful cause - I don't mind. Warning... Preaching session ahead...

So to my friends or anyone out there who chances upon this, it is 29th March 2008 tomorrow and at 8pm, it is Earth Hour.

Do turn off your lights and other electrical appliances if not in use at 8pm for an hour in a bid to help reduce annual emission... Do your part to save Mother Earth.

But, you can do more than just an hour - make Earth Hour an everyday thing, part of your everyday life.

One thing I have tried to do is to not turn on my computer at all if I don't really need it. Dare to click on "Shut down" on your computers or laptop if you really don't have to use them (though I know it's kind of hard for students these days to do so, but I'm trying my best everyday too).

In these days when undergraduates always stay up late to study, lights in rooms are always turned on. So, make your life a luxury if you can, sleep early hehe. Wake earlier the next morning to study, if you don't have early lessons, with the Sun giving you natural light.

Although Singapore is not one of the participating cities in Earth Hour 2008, all of us belong to Mother Earth. So let us do our part too.

Michael Jackson - Earth Song

-From wazibelle who asked to be acknowledged for this video

Of NMR Lecture and an animal...

2008-03-27T23:15:00.003+08:00

NMR Lecture by Dr. Surajit this afternoon....

Dr. Surajit: can anyone tell me what animal this resembles?

Me: Seahorse?
Dr. Surajit: it's close to that.
Me & Isaac: hmm...
Dr. Surajit: a crouching dragon

Isaac and I banged our heads on table...

Stupid Game Show Answers - Dumb Luck

2008-03-26T23:59:00.002+08:00

Got this from Adrian's blog.

Urgh, how I wish I'm as lucky as these people who give dumb answers and get them right.

And the Wheel of Fortune scene reminds me of the good ol' days when I always will watch it during dinner time.

Scary Stares

2008-03-25T18:06:00.003+08:00

Never ever shout Chengxi's name as if you're calling out for a normal friend....

While waiting at Canteen A this morning......

*spotted Chengxi walking past me*

Me: Cheng Xi!!
*all the girls in the vicinity turned around SO suddenly, and was wondering if their necks broke at that speed of turning*
CX: Hey, 好吗？*puts his hands on my shoulders like any normal friends would do*
Me: Yeah.... *staring back at all the eyes that are getting wider* 要去上课啊？
CX: 对啊，有 lecture.
Me: Okok... 改天见
CX: Okay, Byebye

This incident totally reminds me of the other time when I met him on 179 and he waved at me, and all the girls and aunties on the bus suddenly turned and looked at me.

So, this is the power of fame...

新不了情

2008-03-24T20:46:00.005+08:00

Was supposed to be studying in school but ended up watching 超级新光大道 when Anthony met both Kimberly and Shujing so excited over it.

These people, 蕭敬騰 and 楊宗緯, made 萬芳's 新不了情 sound so different yet touching. I remember having this song somewhere..... Gotta search for it. If not, I'll get it from someone... Ha.

蕭敬騰超級星光大道踢館賽--新不了情

楊宗緯超級星光大道踢館賽--新不了情

The 2nd video was especially funny at timepoint 2:56 when 陶晶莹 said "真个头，连奶头都有放松的感觉"

SBS Day 2008

2008-03-13T22:00:00.003+08:00

This year's SBS Day was one of the best I guess, out of the 3 that I have seen so far. We had plenty of vendors setting up stalls in our school lobby. It's just amazing that some of my friends actually set up their own stall too - I just don't know why I never do that even though I have always wanted to try to. I guess what is stopping me from doing other things is just the fear of neglecting school work. Ah, but that's another story.

Back to SBS Day, the lunch catered was hontou ni oishii ne (really delicious). Not to say that the lunch that we had during yesterday's Life Sciences Symposium was very nice too. That's a total of 2 days of free lunch already. The crowd that throng over when the food was ready was damn scary. The TCM students also suddenly appeared out from their classrooms in the middle of their lessons to join the queue to grab the yummies.

*Lunch*

There was free ice cream as well - those Orchard road motorbike style ones.

But the highlight of the whole event is definitely the performance section. I watched 3 of the performances since I had to rush for my lecture after that. We had Adeline (Yr 2 BS) who is also a professional magician, performing for us. She was also featured in The Business Times, I remember reading about her in another article before. Up next was Prof Mark Featherstone, who performed an A cappella - he performed 月亮代表我的心. I am really impressed by his performance. And the last performance I watched was a violin duet performance by Prof Willmann Liang and Yu Sheng - if I remember correctly, they performed a Violin Concerto No. 5 and Canon in D.

*SBS Day 2008*

*Vendors*

*The food was finished in just a short period of time*

*Adeline, the magician*

*Magic Show*

*Prof Mark Featherstone*

*Prof Alex Law was asked to perform impromptu - horrors & shocked look on his face*
But...! He promised to perform on D&D evening. Heh

*Prof Willmann Liang & Yu Sheng*

*Free Sarsi from Sponsor F&N - my only favourite carbonated drink*

*claps claps* All the performances were really good this year (and of course the free lunch too).

Taylor Swift

2008-03-13T19:56:00.000+08:00

Teardrops On My Guitar

Our Song

Cool beans!!

2008-03-06T20:14:00.002+08:00

Wow... my dad was so lucky!! He alighted from the bus that he takes every evening to Outram Park MRT Station after work, as usual today. But today, it was special! The moment he stepped out of the bus.... "BANG!"

Damn, why wasn't I at Outram Park today?????? It must have been so interesting to experience hearing the gunshot from a police officer and with everyone in the area running about (imagining myself running about too... hmm).

Yeah, the police officer shot a man who was a suspect in a stabbing incident. According to the news that just appeared on CNA's Website, he charged at one of the police officers with a knife. The other officer discharged a single round in close range, and shot him in his chest.

Here's the news report.

Moving on to school life.... Finally the last quiz for this semester is over. I can finally concentrate on the reports and other assignments that I have to complete. I don't really feel like coming back on Sunday for the meeting, but I guess there's no choice. But it just felt like I had to give up a day that I can spend at home with my family, considering that I'm in Hall for 5 days a week.

哇！帮美女开门！

2008-03-04T20:18:00.003+08:00

Okay, earlier on I was just passing Wenxin the printer cartridges that I helped her buy when this not-bad looking girl walked towards the entry gate to my block. She was searching for her access pass in her bag for awhile but couldn't find it.

So in a bid to offer some help.....

Me: 好啦，我要去帮美女开门了。
Wx: 拜拜。。。哇！！帮美女开门!!! (THANKS　ＡＨ stupid shite)
Girl: *turns back and look*

Okay, I didn't know what to do but just to smile.......

Me: Forgot your card?
Girl: Yeah I can't find it.

At the lift lobby..... the bleddy lift was taking ages to come back down from the 5th floor. Not that I am trying to pick her up lah.... But the situation was so awkward at the lift lobby thanks to wenxin. So i tried to find a friggin' topic to break the eerie silence.

Me: This lift always takes forever to come down.
Girl: Yeah lor.
Me: Which floor do you live on?
Girl: 5th floor.
Me: Ah, then I don't suppose you would want to climb the stairs.
Girl: Haha yah, but if I want to I can lah....
Lift: Ding Dong... First Floor... Going up...

Back in my room.... I was telling my roomie what happened downstairs...

Steve: Oh I heard that while I was coming out from the toilet..... 原来是你啊。。。 HAHA
Me: -_-"

Okay, that's so much for my mini-adventure of the night. Thanks for listening/reading my short story. Please donate some money to support further story-telling. Thank you so much for your generosity.

Urgh~

2008-03-03T23:43:00.004+08:00

What a start to the new term today. Things don't go well in the morning during lab session with the recording machine throwing a tantrum and some reagents leaking out from the mini tube I was holding on, and my stapler almost murdered someone too.

But as usual, studying in school is always great with Kimberly and Ant telling funny stuffs in the midst of studying. But still, things didn't go well. A heavy downpour came and we had to move from the benches outside of the SBS building and go into the Resource Room to study instead where it's so noisy. And big thank you to Ant for the papers.

Back in hall, many actions that are occurring are not making sense at all I think.

But then, the night did end off well still fortunately with the short chit-chats that I had with everyone I talked to on the 6th floor.

I'm bored, so I blog.

2008-03-02T22:58:00.002+08:00

The new coffeeshop near my place just completed renovation. Apparently, a new management took over ownership and its name is changed to "3838". Initially I was wondering why they painted "38383838383838" all over, turned out that it's the name of the coffeeshop. But why "3838" I really have no idea too.

And this is also one of the rare times you get to see an uber clean chair at a coffeeshop.

Back in hall, whenever my roomie does this....

I get a free KTV session! Because I can sing along to his guitar music and he can't hear me since his earphones are blasting music into his ears.

Ok I'm bored...

Life is really fragile

2008-02-29T22:37:00.002+08:00

These days, too many people around me have been going through really bad times.

Their loved ones are either hospitalised with a serious health condition, or passing away so suddenly.

I just feel so upset thinking that there are suddenly so many such cases.

People, please cherish your loved ones. And, to every individual... my family members, my friends, or just any passer-by who happen to chance upon this entry, please take care of your own health too.

1.406 SGD -> 1 USD

2008-02-25T22:10:00.003+08:00

And as Miss Wong says.. It's time to shop online!!

Singapore Airshow 2008

2008-02-25T19:55:00.009+08:00

I went to the Singapore Airshow on Saturday with my cousin, Malcolm, and Ms. Virginia Wong. I was kind of excited initially because I just so wanted to be in close range with the A380-800. Well, to some people, it may be "what's the big deal", but to me it was the best I could do to satisfy my love for planes and flying since I did not walk down the flying career path when I was younger.

Okay, back to being excited initially. While on the bus towards Pasir Ris, Virginia SMSed to inform that the queue is madness, my heart almost dropped. I was so afraid to be late for the air display since I really wanted to watch the A380's Slow Dance. The queue started from Pasir Ris MRT Station and looped outside White Sands (there were many many loops). And I met Melissa Ong from SBS! HAHA... What a small world. I couldn't believe that she's into watching air shows too. So we queued for almost 2 hours and yeah, we were late for the air display which would be on from 12.15pm till 1.45pm

And some M**** family just cut our queue without us noticing! Basket, and only the couple in front and behind us saw them cut in but they didn't say anything. Goodness. So, how should we still look at them without the perception that they are just simply ugly by nature? From being excited, I got a little frustrated with the whole thing. Well, everyone was frustrated. The organisation of the whole thing is so poorly done. But I guess, some chance had to be given since it is the first time that this committee is organising such a large-scale event.

Finally got onto the bus, and we managed to catch glimpses of the air display outside from the bus along the way. As usual, the Black Knights never fail to disappoint. They simply got the kids on the bus so excited that they were just wow-ing the whole time on the bus. It was a domino effect thing. When the kids wowed, all the adults got excited too and everyone just tried to peer out into the sky trying to watch the air display.

The whole time, I was just hoping that the A380's slow dance just don't begin so soon. And Melissa, who arrived there with her mother and sister earlier first, did give me some consolation that the A380 hasn't taken off yet.

*It really was a large-scale International Event*

And when we finally arrived, the F-16C was showing off right up in the skies with its various somersault moves. Right across the road, we saw the back of this huge plane. From far, we could even tell that no doubt, that was the A380 on the runway, preparing for take-off. Soon after, it did take off and I just shifted my attention from the F-16C in the sky to the A380 which is only just lifting off from the tarmac runway. Sorry Mr. Fighter Pilot, your F-16C is not as fantastic as the A380 *grinz*. Haha, well since young, I only liked commercial planes and not fighter jets.

*The A380-800 preparing for take-off across the road*

The slow dance began soon after and it was just so graceful. My eyes just never left the A380 in the air, all the way even after it finished its performance and was leaving the scene to make way for the next group of sky-performers.

*A380 performing its Slow Dance*

After the last air display, we made our way into the Exhibition Centre where we got the chance to view the many planes and choppers on display. And I couldn't what the SAF Armour vehicles were doing in the exhibition area in an AIRshow. Urgh... I know some of them can be air-lifted but still....

*The Bronco with my cousin looking at it*

*The Armour Vehicle-Launch Bridge**

We see queues everywhere! Ok basically, the whole day was spent queuing. We queued to board the bus at Pasir Ris, we queued to enter the Exhibition Centre, and then we had to queue if we wanted to board some of those military planes and view its interior, Virginia had to queue to enter the ladies, and then we had to queue to leave the Exhibition Centre, and then finally queue to board the bus which would bring us back to Pasir Ris.

*The queue outside White Sands*

*The queue outside Pasir Ris MRT Station*

*The queue after alighting from the bus*

*The queue to enter the Exhibition Center*

*The queue to board the USAF Bomber*

*The queue to leave the Exhibition Center*

I didn't queue to board the military planes and all I wanted was to board the A380. But when I got to it, my heart broke. *Preang*. There wasn't any queue, and when I got closer, I saw this board that says "By Invitation Only". What the hell... where am I supposed to get that friggin' invitation? Traveled so long just to see the A380 and this has to happen. I wouldn't mind queuing an hour to go up and look at the inside. Sigh. What a pity.

*The A380-800*

*The A380's Tail*

*The A380's Nose*

*The A380's Rolls-Royce Trent 900 Engine*

*The A380's 20-wheel main landing gear*

*Chio-ness at its prime - V. Wong*

*My A380-800*

*Virginia, Me, Malcolm*

Okay, anyway I was just so tired at the end of the day. Fell asleep on the way back to Pasir Ris and I was so famished. We settled for Burger King, and I then sent my mobile for its 1-week holiday at its chalet (Sony Ericsson Service Center) at Eastpoint Mall.

That's it for this airshow entry I guess.

Viewers' Choice ... My Choice

2008-02-25T19:01:00.000+08:00

After watching the advertisement for Viewers' Choice 2007 so many times, I still think M1's Suntalk Plus Launch Campaign advertisement is damn good and hilarious.

Especially the part where he ended by saying "Singapore... Butterrrr Chicken.. Parcel"

Enjoy..

Dinner @ Central

2008-02-25T18:45:00.003+08:00

Dinner on Friday with the SBS group was great... We had dinner at Manhattan Fish Market in The Central at Clarke Quay.

We had a big group and there was a long waiting time before we all could finally get our seats. But still the food and company was great!

*The mushroom thingy is good*

*At the Singapore River*

Cheers to a great term break!

Youth Olympics 2010 !!

2008-02-21T19:18:00.004+08:00

Yeah, we beat Moscow to host the Youth Olympics in 2010.

News Report on CNA

Who has this piece?

2008-02-21T00:23:00.001+08:00

It's Minuet String Quintet in E major... Composed by Luigi Boccherini.

Shiteous

2008-02-17T00:16:00.002+08:00

Argh, I'm so shocked!

Something happened to my Firefox! All my bookmarks are gone!!

There goes all the websites that I've bookmarked for my projects.

There goes all my friends' blog URLs.

There goes all my music score websites.

Horrors...

On a lighter note, thanks to Wei Tzer and Kimberly for coming today to make my house seem more happening for a few hours.

And thanks to Miss Chan for the foam spray in my ears.

Argh, my bookmarks.... *heart breaks* preang....

My 初七 2008

2008-02-14T16:15:00.005+08:00

What a 初七 I had yesterday.

I had planned to go home after lessons to eat the 7 different vegetables for dinner in the evening and my trip home had to be delayed!

Zhen Wei and I was planning to take the North-East Line from Outram Park as usual, however seeing that it was so crowded, I suggested taking a station down towards Harbourfront, also with the hope that we could get a seat.

No seat, never mind. It was fine, really, I wasn't blaming fate or Heaven like for not giving me a seat. But why did I have to be stuck at Outram Park again? When the train arrived at Outram Park, the announcement came on telling us that the particular train we were on would be sent to the depot for servicing and we had to alight at the next stop which is Chinatown. When the doors opened at Outram Park, the train never moved again. The staff told all of us to alight and we waited. That faulty train still did not budge. We were starting to worry that there would be tons of people squeezing onto the next train with us since it was the peak period already.

It was later that it was made known that there was a power trip! The first of two power trips that would happened yesterday evening! Urgh.

On the other side of the platform, the train towards Harbourfront also never came. So most probably the people on the train that never came had to alight at Chinatown. But fortunately for us, we did not have to alight at Chinatown instead because Chinatown is not an interchange! We could still go back to the East-West Line and transfer to another train that brought us to Ang Mo Kio.

The crowd was initially like this...
and it became this...

and when we decided to take the East-West Line, the amount of people stuck at Outram Park NEL was like this....

Imagine how you would move out from there to take the East-West Line if you were stuck in between those people who were bent on waiting for that train to budge such that the next train could come in.

I wanted to Stomp! this picture but I couldn't remember the number to send the picture to, so forget it.

My trip home took 3 hours.....! Gawd.

Click HERE for the news report.... Why wasn't there any photos taken? Maybe Zhen Wei and I might appear somewhere in the news HAHA!

Chinese New Year 2008

2008-02-11T22:12:00.001+08:00

Very quickly, 4 days of holidays just passed like that. How I wish it was still the first day of CNY. Anyway we finished the very final batch of 发菜 that we had at home on Day 1 for our vegetarian breakfast. No more 发菜 in future already because the government of PRC has banned the export of 发菜 years ago due to the land turning infertile after these plants were pulled out from the soil. Kind of sad since I liked it quite a lot.

*The vegetarian dish that my mum cooks every CNY Day 1*

*This is 发菜*

*My family on Day 1*

*And my favourite 白果 soup*

It's the 5th day of the CNY today and the atmosphere in my room now can be described with just one word - sian. Why? Because my roomie and I are experiencing a 双从打击 (Post-exchange plus post-CNY blues). I hope our engines get started up once again soon...

And not to mention that I almost won S$300 from Singapore Pools for Saturday's 4D draw! Well, because Liling and I were crapping about 4D and she came up with "8 and 4" while I came up with "2 and 1" on 除夕, and I went to buy "2184" the first thing on 初一 !

*2184*

*1184 (circled)*

财神爷啊~~~~~

Now I'm still wondering if I should go home on Wednesday for 人日 because I want to eat the red-white 汤圆. Maybe I should just go home and come back for lessons again on Thursday.

Goodbye Ah Meng

2008-02-08T20:48:00.001+08:00

Such a sad news for the Lunar New Year... Ah Meng, Singapore Zoo's Icon, passed away today :(

I couldn't believe it when I saw the news while having my dinner earlier on. But that's life...

Goodbye Ah Meng.