2nd Japanese buffet at the SAME restaurant within 3 days hahaha..........tok about saving money......i tink at tis rate i'll go bankrupt even before the holidays kick in........but heck with the company i'm getting, who's complaining........?
It was a last minute affair frankly..........cos i dun even rmb about the dinner thingy until i this afternoon when i was randomly going thru my smses and saw the msg i got ytd nite........wasn't sure wad we were gonna eat but cos they wanted jap buffet but i didn't want kuishimbo cos ex and not veri good so in the end went bck to the same place kah sing brought me just last saturday. And since it was near City Hall and thus SMU we were wondering whether Menny would be in school and lo and behold she was!!!!!!! So all 4 of us happily went to Hanabi Japanese Restaurant and Sake Bar AGAIN (for me) for a delicious and overly satisfying dinner.
And after that, someone suggested we go to the top floor of Odeon Towers and there it was, a nice little rooftop bar called Loof (i tink....) Nice place, cool atmosphere...........ordered a few drinks and as usual cos i dun drink we ended up ordering sum veri veri light cocktails......mine was this thing called Gummy Berry or sth liddat and even though i really didn't like the alcohol taste (even though it was very very VERY light already......) the drink was pretty awesome, especially that layer of thick cheesy cream on top!
Craving for ice cream after that so we went to Raffles City and ended up at Ben n Jerry's for ice cream supper............all in all it was a perfect meal for the day............great company, lots of laughter and goofing around, reminiscing the past, enjoying not 1 but 3 good meals at different locations, and best of all, transport back to my hall..............what more can a friend ask for.......?
We were sitting at the counter......... :)
Fresh sashimi............!!!
And more, and more, AND MORE...!!!!!!
Running Amok (it's a mocktail)
Lychee Martini
Gummy Berry (look at that awesome layer of delicious cheesy cream....!)
Thanks again Arvin hahaha for everything......! And Aga and Menny as well!
What a wonderful day it has been.................... :)
It was a last minute affair frankly..........cos i dun even rmb about the dinner thingy until i this afternoon when i was randomly going thru my smses and saw the msg i got ytd nite........wasn't sure wad we were gonna eat but cos they wanted jap buffet but i didn't want kuishimbo cos ex and not veri good so in the end went bck to the same place kah sing brought me just last saturday. And since it was near City Hall and thus SMU we were wondering whether Menny would be in school and lo and behold she was!!!!!!! So all 4 of us happily went to Hanabi Japanese Restaurant and Sake Bar AGAIN (for me) for a delicious and overly satisfying dinner.
And after that, someone suggested we go to the top floor of Odeon Towers and there it was, a nice little rooftop bar called Loof (i tink....) Nice place, cool atmosphere...........ordered a few drinks and as usual cos i dun drink we ended up ordering sum veri veri light cocktails......mine was this thing called Gummy Berry or sth liddat and even though i really didn't like the alcohol taste (even though it was very very VERY light already......) the drink was pretty awesome, especially that layer of thick cheesy cream on top!
Craving for ice cream after that so we went to Raffles City and ended up at Ben n Jerry's for ice cream supper............all in all it was a perfect meal for the day............great company, lots of laughter and goofing around, reminiscing the past, enjoying not 1 but 3 good meals at different locations, and best of all, transport back to my hall..............what more can a friend ask for.......?
We were sitting at the counter......... :)
Fresh sashimi............!!!
And more, and more, AND MORE...!!!!!!
Running Amok (it's a mocktail)
Lychee Martini
Gummy Berry (look at that awesome layer of delicious cheesy cream....!)
Thanks again Arvin hahaha for everything......! And Aga and Menny as well!
What a wonderful day it has been.................... :)
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......................................................
I'm finally going on a holiday trip soon......................
To TURKEY!!!!! :)
There better not be any last minute changes or i'll be very pissed............getting my hopes up for nth............
But anyway, my mum asked me whether i wanted to go on a holiday trip to Turkey with her and some others (frens and relatives) for 10 DAYS!!!!!!
Well of course i said yes lar which idiot would say no................duh..............
Imagine that.........10 days in Turkey...........i've never been to such a faraway country before.......the furthest i've ever been to shud be Australia bah..........
I wonder what i'll see there..................
Nice.......? I found these on a lonelyplanet site.............cool..........................
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh (i can't help it.....) 5 more weeks for my Year 1 to end.......i can't wait..................
Who can?
I'm finally going on a holiday trip soon......................
To TURKEY!!!!! :)
There better not be any last minute changes or i'll be very pissed............getting my hopes up for nth............
But anyway, my mum asked me whether i wanted to go on a holiday trip to Turkey with her and some others (frens and relatives) for 10 DAYS!!!!!!
Well of course i said yes lar which idiot would say no................duh..............
Imagine that.........10 days in Turkey...........i've never been to such a faraway country before.......the furthest i've ever been to shud be Australia bah..........
I wonder what i'll see there..................
Nice.......? I found these on a lonelyplanet site.............cool..........................
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh (i can't help it.....) 5 more weeks for my Year 1 to end.......i can't wait..................
Who can?
My long-awaited Jap dinner.................was suppose to have it as brotherhood outing but since Arvin and Mathias both can't make it, it was supposed to be canceled...........but i was feeling bored cos din go back for Qing Ming.........and originally wanted to buy a new pair of slippers..........so smsed Kah Sing ask him go buy with me..........and he wanted to eat dinner too so in the end booked 2 places at Hanabi Japanese Restaurant and Sake Bar at Odean Towers, which is near City Hall there.........
But cos Kah Sing had sth to do before hand and i was doing my tutorials so went late and din manage to do any shopping............went straight to the restaurant and started our journey lol..........it's an ala carte japanese restaurant so there's this big menu with rows and rows of food items which you can order..............things like sashimi (salmon, tuna, yellowtail, sea bream, octopus, cuttlefish and salmon belly), sushi (all sorts.....like salmon, salmon skin, soft shell crab with avocado, unagi, ebi etc etc), tepanyaki, tempura, grilled items (like yaki tori etc etc), soup, soba, rice, and other popular items like stir fried beef, pork, baby octupus, jellyfish (my fav) and many many more..........!
So we ordered...................
And ordered......................
And ordered somemore....................!!!
Edamame (Green Soy Bean)
There's this japanese name for it but i can't remember.....it's basically just a fish with its roe stuffed full inside it and grilled........very nice texture and subtle flavour.......
The inside of the fish above.....see what i mean when i say it's stuffed full of fish roe?
Unagi and rice........loved it
Stir fried pork belly.......may not look like much from here but trust me it's pretty heavenly......
Stir fried beef (in sum sauce....wad's the name.....sounds like "tapan" or sth liddat....) Again heavenly as well..........!
Chawanmushi........tis is one jap dish i'll never miss in a jap restaurant for one reason or another.......
Jellyfish!!! My fav!!! I had 3 plates of this!
Sushi.........assorted flavours....... :)
Sashimi! Too bad i forgot to take a pic of the mixed platter one.....the octopus sashimi and the cuttlefish were pure heaven......!
Another picture of it......i tink we had like 4 or 5 plates of it........
I can't do without pickled ginger when it comes to sashimi......cos i absolutely hate the artificial taste of wasabi.........
Baby octopus.......smaller than usual but equally good
Ok that's the carnage of my plate........pretty gruesome but that's what u get after a long and enjoyable gastronomic experience...!
But cos Kah Sing had sth to do before hand and i was doing my tutorials so went late and din manage to do any shopping............went straight to the restaurant and started our journey lol..........it's an ala carte japanese restaurant so there's this big menu with rows and rows of food items which you can order..............things like sashimi (salmon, tuna, yellowtail, sea bream, octopus, cuttlefish and salmon belly), sushi (all sorts.....like salmon, salmon skin, soft shell crab with avocado, unagi, ebi etc etc), tepanyaki, tempura, grilled items (like yaki tori etc etc), soup, soba, rice, and other popular items like stir fried beef, pork, baby octupus, jellyfish (my fav) and many many more..........!
So we ordered...................
And ordered......................
And ordered somemore....................!!!
Edamame (Green Soy Bean)
There's this japanese name for it but i can't remember.....it's basically just a fish with its roe stuffed full inside it and grilled........very nice texture and subtle flavour.......
The inside of the fish above.....see what i mean when i say it's stuffed full of fish roe?
Unagi and rice........loved it
Stir fried pork belly.......may not look like much from here but trust me it's pretty heavenly......
Stir fried beef (in sum sauce....wad's the name.....sounds like "tapan" or sth liddat....) Again heavenly as well..........!
Chawanmushi........tis is one jap dish i'll never miss in a jap restaurant for one reason or another.......
Jellyfish!!! My fav!!! I had 3 plates of this!
Sushi.........assorted flavours....... :)
Sashimi! Too bad i forgot to take a pic of the mixed platter one.....the octopus sashimi and the cuttlefish were pure heaven......!
Another picture of it......i tink we had like 4 or 5 plates of it........
I can't do without pickled ginger when it comes to sashimi......cos i absolutely hate the artificial taste of wasabi.........
Baby octopus.......smaller than usual but equally good
Ok that's the carnage of my plate........pretty gruesome but that's what u get after a long and enjoyable gastronomic experience...!
Well, that's about it..............we ate till we almost burst our bellies but this time round i swear i din overeat cos was watching my weight...........luckily i went jogging ytd nite.......plus i'm going again tmr morning............but all in all it was quite a good jap restaurant with quality food..........at least it was better than kuishimbo and the best part of it is that it's cheaper than kuishimbo too..........S$33 for the buffet dinner.........add 17% for the taxes and u will end up with sth like S$38 bucks.........not too bad lar for a dinner of this quality.............
Ok the weather's absolutely horrible.............one moment it's fucking hot and the next moment it's pouring cats and dogs ( i always wonder why it must be cats and dogs..........why cannot carrots and oranges.............or kuey chap and char kuey tiao.............) and before you know it, you're perspiring like nobody's business again.............. -.-
Can't wait for the next chance to say TGIF man............
In case you dun noe...........it means Thank God It's Friday............
Ok the weather's absolutely horrible.............one moment it's fucking hot and the next moment it's pouring cats and dogs ( i always wonder why it must be cats and dogs..........why cannot carrots and oranges.............or kuey chap and char kuey tiao.............) and before you know it, you're perspiring like nobody's business again.............. -.-
Can't wait for the next chance to say TGIF man............
In case you dun noe...........it means Thank God It's Friday............
Been watching Planet Earth these couple of days after seeing one episode on Discovery Channel and it's just mind-blowing!!! Some of the footages shown, well i just didn't know they exist on our planet lol............it was simply magnificent...........making my travel bug itch even more.........
And may i say that David Attenborough is simply one of the best documentary narrators i have ever come across.............
I didn't go back after all cos all the travelling up and down again for Qing Ming is gonna take up a lot of my time...........and i was "hoping" that i could make use of this weekend to catch up on my homework considering the fact that we have but 4 weeks left for this semester............imagine that! 4 weeks left only!!! Then it'll be the exams and then we're done!!!!!!!!
Hopefully i get to go on a holiday trip be4 i have to return here for the holiday committee..........
Started jogging again...........but as usual the start is excruciatingly painful.............haih long way to go..............
And may i say that David Attenborough is simply one of the best documentary narrators i have ever come across.............
I didn't go back after all cos all the travelling up and down again for Qing Ming is gonna take up a lot of my time...........and i was "hoping" that i could make use of this weekend to catch up on my homework considering the fact that we have but 4 weeks left for this semester............imagine that! 4 weeks left only!!! Then it'll be the exams and then we're done!!!!!!!!
Hopefully i get to go on a holiday trip be4 i have to return here for the holiday committee..........
Started jogging again...........but as usual the start is excruciatingly painful.............haih long way to go..............
Was looking through some of the student exchange programme stuff..............and i realised it is going to be SUPERRRRRRRRRRRRR troublesome to apply..............have to settle on a country, find a suitable uni, map your modules unless u wan to do an extra sem, apply for the modules mapping to be approved and that takes like freaking long, settle your accomodation and plan ur studies over there in advance, register at your embassy, prepare the appropriate financial stuff etc etc............
Wahhhhhhhhhh a lot of things to do..............and to a born slacker like me its pure NIGHTMARE...........i mean i haven even caught up with my maths tutorial and now u wan me to do all those stuff.....? Luckily i dun tink i'll be going on exchange so soon.....................
But now i dunno which country i wanna go............cos theres so many places i wanna visit! I mean France shud be an obvious choice since i'm taking french modules right now........and having prior knowledge of the language certainly helps! Plus France is such a nice country!!!!! But then.........i saw this testimonial thingy written by a civil enginerring graduate (a msian girl too!) who went on her exchange to Sweden and all those stuff that she mentioned sounded so cool! But i was wondering is Sweden same as Switzerland.....? No right......? Cos i thought ppl speak either french or german in switzerland.......but in sweden the senior mentioned they spoke swedish and u can take up the language course in uni................
And then i saw sth else............one of the partner unis for the faculty of engineering in US is.................PURDUE! Isn't that the uni u're in Alvin? Hahahaha so if i go on my exchange to US and i choose Purdue u can act as my tour guide LOL! FOC summore hahaha!
Ok have to go door to door later to sell the Hall Diary cum Annual thingy...........i'm not a really good salesman leh haha jialat..............but still it's only 4 bucks so i guess most ppl would be willing to buy it bah.............
The screening was quite successful yesterday and i'm glad our film turned out quite alright! Glad to know ppl enjoyed it. :)
Pour maintenant, je suis contente..........mais..........je dois faire quelque choses avant que ce ne soit trop tard.................
Celine Dion ~ You and I
Wahhhhhhhhhh a lot of things to do..............and to a born slacker like me its pure NIGHTMARE...........i mean i haven even caught up with my maths tutorial and now u wan me to do all those stuff.....? Luckily i dun tink i'll be going on exchange so soon.....................
But now i dunno which country i wanna go............cos theres so many places i wanna visit! I mean France shud be an obvious choice since i'm taking french modules right now........and having prior knowledge of the language certainly helps! Plus France is such a nice country!!!!! But then.........i saw this testimonial thingy written by a civil enginerring graduate (a msian girl too!) who went on her exchange to Sweden and all those stuff that she mentioned sounded so cool! But i was wondering is Sweden same as Switzerland.....? No right......? Cos i thought ppl speak either french or german in switzerland.......but in sweden the senior mentioned they spoke swedish and u can take up the language course in uni................
And then i saw sth else............one of the partner unis for the faculty of engineering in US is.................PURDUE! Isn't that the uni u're in Alvin? Hahahaha so if i go on my exchange to US and i choose Purdue u can act as my tour guide LOL! FOC summore hahaha!
Ok have to go door to door later to sell the Hall Diary cum Annual thingy...........i'm not a really good salesman leh haha jialat..............but still it's only 4 bucks so i guess most ppl would be willing to buy it bah.............
The screening was quite successful yesterday and i'm glad our film turned out quite alright! Glad to know ppl enjoyed it. :)
Pour maintenant, je suis contente..........mais..........je dois faire quelque choses avant que ce ne soit trop tard.................
Celine Dion ~ You and I
I got back my French paper today and thank god it was better than expected..............u dunno how relieved i am, especially after the disastrous MLE1101 mid term..............i noe it may still be very hard for me to get like an A- or above for French 2 but at least my performance up till now is still quite consistent............and i noe what to improve on and what to avoid for my next oral test. So there's still hope as long as i stop slacking and do my best, especially when the next quiz and listening comprehension is next Tuesday..............
Short film screening today in hall.............i can't bear to watch cos it feels weird watching sth u created...........especially when it features u like a lump of meatball running on the tracks alongside with other much MUCH fitter guys in 1 of the scenes...........at the beginning summore...............awkward.............but never mind............i'll try to post it up onto youtube after this and see whether it fits.............den can let others watch it too..............it did take me like MONTHS (alongside with my team) to get the freaking film done...............
Sorry no pics to post lar Kee hahaha i din go out recently except for that movie cum lunch wif u and then i forgot to take pics of that wonderful jap meal we had even though somehow mine tasted more like Italien food cos of the tomato base sauce. Still, hopefully i get to go out soon although i really need to start saving money.............very broke lar..............
I've decided to join tech crew after all even though it means that i have to sacrifice like 2 months of my hols.........cos when i'm in year 2 i may go for internship or maybe even work and travel so this is my only chance to join this event (holiday comm). Hopefully it will turn out to be a wonderful experience and let me learn how to use photoshop properly though i've never tried it before lol..........
Only 5 more weeks plus the exams and we're officially done with our 1st year in uni..............how time flies.................sometimes it's so hard to believe that we're standing at where we are right now.............all the friends we've gained and lost along the way.................all the memories...............they dun seem to have happened too long ago do they....? But still, whatever happens, it's great to know that you have friends that are more than just friends............they are friends whom you don't have to explain yourself to................they just accept you for who you are everytime you meet................
And that feels good.
Acoustic Alchemy ~ Winds of Change
Short film screening today in hall.............i can't bear to watch cos it feels weird watching sth u created...........especially when it features u like a lump of meatball running on the tracks alongside with other much MUCH fitter guys in 1 of the scenes...........at the beginning summore...............awkward.............but never mind............i'll try to post it up onto youtube after this and see whether it fits.............den can let others watch it too..............it did take me like MONTHS (alongside with my team) to get the freaking film done...............
Sorry no pics to post lar Kee hahaha i din go out recently except for that movie cum lunch wif u and then i forgot to take pics of that wonderful jap meal we had even though somehow mine tasted more like Italien food cos of the tomato base sauce. Still, hopefully i get to go out soon although i really need to start saving money.............very broke lar..............
I've decided to join tech crew after all even though it means that i have to sacrifice like 2 months of my hols.........cos when i'm in year 2 i may go for internship or maybe even work and travel so this is my only chance to join this event (holiday comm). Hopefully it will turn out to be a wonderful experience and let me learn how to use photoshop properly though i've never tried it before lol..........
Only 5 more weeks plus the exams and we're officially done with our 1st year in uni..............how time flies.................sometimes it's so hard to believe that we're standing at where we are right now.............all the friends we've gained and lost along the way.................all the memories...............they dun seem to have happened too long ago do they....? But still, whatever happens, it's great to know that you have friends that are more than just friends............they are friends whom you don't have to explain yourself to................they just accept you for who you are everytime you meet................
And that feels good.
Acoustic Alchemy ~ Winds of Change
Apparently my idea of completing my tutorials was to skim blogs till it's dinner time...........
And while we're at that, i mite as well post sth funny i came across from Poh Ku's blog (his blog won the Best Malaysian Blog in the 2004 Asian Blog Awards or sth liddat........)
Once upon a time the various parts of the body quarrelled on who should be the boss. The brain said " I think for all of you. I should be the boss".
"No!" said the eyes. "We see for all of you. We should be the boss."
"But we carry all of you everywhere," said the legs. "We should be the boss".
In the midst of all the noise they all heard a squeak. It was the anus. He too wanted to be the boss.
They all laughed at him. The anus took offence and clammed up.
In a few days the head became groggy and the brain could not function. The eyes became red and watery. The legs went wobbly and unsteady. They could not stand the anus clamming up. So they all decided to let him be the boss.
That is how the asshole became the boss.
Quoted from here.
Funny.......................
And while we're at that, i mite as well post sth funny i came across from Poh Ku's blog (his blog won the Best Malaysian Blog in the 2004 Asian Blog Awards or sth liddat........)
Once upon a time the various parts of the body quarrelled on who should be the boss. The brain said " I think for all of you. I should be the boss".
"No!" said the eyes. "We see for all of you. We should be the boss."
"But we carry all of you everywhere," said the legs. "We should be the boss".
In the midst of all the noise they all heard a squeak. It was the anus. He too wanted to be the boss.
They all laughed at him. The anus took offence and clammed up.
In a few days the head became groggy and the brain could not function. The eyes became red and watery. The legs went wobbly and unsteady. They could not stand the anus clamming up. So they all decided to let him be the boss.
That is how the asshole became the boss.
Quoted from here.
Funny.......................
Have been thinking of changing the template for quite sum time already cos i was kinda tired with having to source for new ones all the time, esp when those u find on sites like blogskins can be pretty complicated, and worse, having small areas for the posts..........i wanted something clean cut..........simple and most importantly BIG cos i dun like the post area to be small........i mean the freaking screen is there to hold whatever u can throw at it so u mite as well make good use of ur screen space rite....? Instead of having the bulk of it filled with nth but empty coloured background, i would rather have mine filled with either words or pictures............
So i used one of the templates given by blogger and added a few stuff to the sidebar and voila! Simple and clean! And best of all the font's actually quite big so it makes reading easier i guess.........and the post area is relatively large so it can host big pictures easily too!
Just came bck to singapore............veri sien...........got a shock of my life on friday nite when i saw the results of one of my mid term papers...........it was like freaking below average........i tink i failed..........and the worst is i actually PREPARED for it.............i went thru my notes, my tutorials (twice) and even read the freaking textbook (which normally ends up as nth but another decorative item on my shelves...) and after the test even though i knew i made a few mistakes i didn't expect to get such low marks....!!! I mean it was FREAKING BELOW AVERAGE........! What the heck! I spent 1 day preparing for maths and i got full marks then for that module i spent 3 days doing my revision and in the end i failed......?!
If i actually scored for my french paper which i should be getting back soon, i most definitely will not study too early anymore..........cos i onli spent 1 day on my french revision............
Wad kind of fucked up relationship do u see between the time spent on ur revision and ur eventual results..........? I say they're negatively related.................
t = -kR
time = -k(Results), k= arbitrary constant
Damn it............they did mention that we can appeal.............so i did..........but then i'm not hopeful cos they told us in the announcement that they marked the papers twice and checked it trice when inputing the data............so somehow, somewhere, there exists a problem.........or problems, for all i noe......and since we wun get back our papers, i most probably wun know wad's the problem anyway.........
Which leads me to an issue that has left me perplexed since last semester...........there are quite a number of modules that do not allow students to bring back the question papers after the test........and thus they also do not post up the answers/solutions onto IVLE after the test (onli exception being maths i tink........) SO HOW THE HECK DO U EXPECT US TO KNOW WAD'S OUR MISTAKES AND LEARN FROM THEM TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THE FINALS THAT WAY!!??
I mean by simply telling us what's our score doesn't help does it?
AND WHAT THE HELL IS THE USE OF PUTTING PAST YEAR QUESTIONS INTO THE LIBRARY PORTAL WHEN YOU DO NOT INCLUDE THE ANSWERS/SOLUTIONS???
Gods.............do you actually expect us to complete those past year papers ourselves and then bombard the lecturers/tutors with our solutions and ask them to mark it for us? I tink they will be the first ones to stage a street protest if they realise they have to mark like 3 papers PER student.............but the sad fact is that most students wun bother to do/attempt these past year papers when they realise no answers are available.............
Ok one stupid mid term fail is causing me a lot of frustration..........mostly because i dun understand wad went wrong............it wasn't a tough module..........AND I STUDIED..............did i leave out anything from the formula...............?
Crazy maxis has been smsing me the results for the Sepang F1 continuously even when i'm already in Singapore with the Singtel line on.............they better not charge me for anything since i most definitely did not subscribe to that service...........i dun even watch F1..........the only F1 news i noe is that Lewis Hamilton guy cos his face was all over the Sports section nowadays............
Time's up.........need to bath, then start completing my tutorials.............i'm not gonna give in........i'll fucking get the results i want even if i have to start attending lectures and tutorials (the irony, OH THE IRONY!!!)
Bye for now................(btw i left my contacts in jb........damn.............)
So i used one of the templates given by blogger and added a few stuff to the sidebar and voila! Simple and clean! And best of all the font's actually quite big so it makes reading easier i guess.........and the post area is relatively large so it can host big pictures easily too!
Just came bck to singapore............veri sien...........got a shock of my life on friday nite when i saw the results of one of my mid term papers...........it was like freaking below average........i tink i failed..........and the worst is i actually PREPARED for it.............i went thru my notes, my tutorials (twice) and even read the freaking textbook (which normally ends up as nth but another decorative item on my shelves...) and after the test even though i knew i made a few mistakes i didn't expect to get such low marks....!!! I mean it was FREAKING BELOW AVERAGE........! What the heck! I spent 1 day preparing for maths and i got full marks then for that module i spent 3 days doing my revision and in the end i failed......?!
If i actually scored for my french paper which i should be getting back soon, i most definitely will not study too early anymore..........cos i onli spent 1 day on my french revision............
Wad kind of fucked up relationship do u see between the time spent on ur revision and ur eventual results..........? I say they're negatively related.................
t = -kR
time = -k(Results), k= arbitrary constant
Damn it............they did mention that we can appeal.............so i did..........but then i'm not hopeful cos they told us in the announcement that they marked the papers twice and checked it trice when inputing the data............so somehow, somewhere, there exists a problem.........or problems, for all i noe......and since we wun get back our papers, i most probably wun know wad's the problem anyway.........
Which leads me to an issue that has left me perplexed since last semester...........there are quite a number of modules that do not allow students to bring back the question papers after the test........and thus they also do not post up the answers/solutions onto IVLE after the test (onli exception being maths i tink........) SO HOW THE HECK DO U EXPECT US TO KNOW WAD'S OUR MISTAKES AND LEARN FROM THEM TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THE FINALS THAT WAY!!??
I mean by simply telling us what's our score doesn't help does it?
AND WHAT THE HELL IS THE USE OF PUTTING PAST YEAR QUESTIONS INTO THE LIBRARY PORTAL WHEN YOU DO NOT INCLUDE THE ANSWERS/SOLUTIONS???
Gods.............do you actually expect us to complete those past year papers ourselves and then bombard the lecturers/tutors with our solutions and ask them to mark it for us? I tink they will be the first ones to stage a street protest if they realise they have to mark like 3 papers PER student.............but the sad fact is that most students wun bother to do/attempt these past year papers when they realise no answers are available.............
Ok one stupid mid term fail is causing me a lot of frustration..........mostly because i dun understand wad went wrong............it wasn't a tough module..........AND I STUDIED..............did i leave out anything from the formula...............?
Crazy maxis has been smsing me the results for the Sepang F1 continuously even when i'm already in Singapore with the Singtel line on.............they better not charge me for anything since i most definitely did not subscribe to that service...........i dun even watch F1..........the only F1 news i noe is that Lewis Hamilton guy cos his face was all over the Sports section nowadays............
Time's up.........need to bath, then start completing my tutorials.............i'm not gonna give in........i'll fucking get the results i want even if i have to start attending lectures and tutorials (the irony, OH THE IRONY!!!)
Bye for now................(btw i left my contacts in jb........damn.............)
From the pics i've seen on sum celebs' blogs, Bali and Sipadan really really looks amazing......the islands, the sea, where shallow crystal clear water stretches for miles and miles with corals and abundant sea life..........and the magnificent view at Bali too..........it's just mind blowing..........
If i do go to Phuket this hol, i hope it'll be as good as those places too..........i mean i really dunno how phuket looks like and i dun wan to find pics on the internet cos 1stly i'm too lazy and 2ndly it'll probably spoil the surprise but i hope it's a very nice place too!
But i hope we can go for 2 hol trips haha i'm so greedy..........
Went for supper with Arvin just now since he drove and was at TH...........ended up at McD's cos i didn't want to eat at fongseng........cos i'm sick of the food plus the place is hot n humid............we had sundaes plus fries and McWings...........sinful but thoroughly enjoyable cos i enjoy these kind of meetings wif frens..........u dun often get frens whom u can go out wif on such short notices (either u call or they call)............but i guess the most important thing is to have frens whom u're comfortable wif. :)
Oh ya hope ur hp will be ok soon Aga! :)
I'm currently out of things to look forward to..........so i guess i'll either have to find something or come up wif 1 myself............hmmmmmmmmm..........i wonder if dat new book by Raymond E. Feist is out already..........?
If i do go to Phuket this hol, i hope it'll be as good as those places too..........i mean i really dunno how phuket looks like and i dun wan to find pics on the internet cos 1stly i'm too lazy and 2ndly it'll probably spoil the surprise but i hope it's a very nice place too!
But i hope we can go for 2 hol trips haha i'm so greedy..........
Went for supper with Arvin just now since he drove and was at TH...........ended up at McD's cos i didn't want to eat at fongseng........cos i'm sick of the food plus the place is hot n humid............we had sundaes plus fries and McWings...........sinful but thoroughly enjoyable cos i enjoy these kind of meetings wif frens..........u dun often get frens whom u can go out wif on such short notices (either u call or they call)............but i guess the most important thing is to have frens whom u're comfortable wif. :)
Oh ya hope ur hp will be ok soon Aga! :)
I'm currently out of things to look forward to..........so i guess i'll either have to find something or come up wif 1 myself............hmmmmmmmmm..........i wonder if dat new book by Raymond E. Feist is out already..........?
Well i got my new specs liao......it doesn't really look very different or anything but since i've decided to wear my contacts more often i guess it doesn't really matter..........
But my pimple outbreak is getting worst...........i dunno y...........probably becos i've been eating so much unhealthy food lately.............cos i've been washing my face diligently plus putting pimple cream n taking vit c but still its veri bad...........haih............
Nvm............going bck tmr.............can eat home-cooked food..........lol :)
Finally got around to catching up wif my tutorials...........and it feels great knowing dat i'm putting in sum effort into my studies hahaha cos it's been a long while since i last did dat............
I lurveeeeeeeee my new way of downloading songs hahaha i'm practically addicted to it :P
But my pimple outbreak is getting worst...........i dunno y...........probably becos i've been eating so much unhealthy food lately.............cos i've been washing my face diligently plus putting pimple cream n taking vit c but still its veri bad...........haih............
Nvm............going bck tmr.............can eat home-cooked food..........lol :)
Finally got around to catching up wif my tutorials...........and it feels great knowing dat i'm putting in sum effort into my studies hahaha cos it's been a long while since i last did dat............
I lurveeeeeeeee my new way of downloading songs hahaha i'm practically addicted to it :P
C'etait une semaine horrible.............avec deux tests............le deux de lequel je prepare tard.........je ne serai pas etonne si je echoue tous les deux.......................
It basically translates as "It was a horrible week..........with 2 tests.........both of which i prepared late..........i will not be surprised if i fail both.............."
Don't get so worked up i had help from wordreference.com ..........................
Well at least it's gonna be good friday............i tink i'll be going bck on thursday.
And i found a new way to procure the songs that i like.......esp those that are hard to find online............simply just download the flv files from youtube and get them converted into mp3 files using a converter.......! Dat way new songs and non-mainstream songs that i like can be acquired so muchhhhhhhhhhhhh faster and easier!!! :)
I noe i noe............we're not supposed to do such thing..........but heck some songs i really REALLY like can't be found on any damn websites............like Hometown Glory by Adele and See Who I Am by Within Temptations............and after being tortured for so long to listen to their voices only when im back in my room with the laptop switched on, i finally got em onto my mp3!!!!!!!!
Wahahahaha i'm so evil............those label companies sure hate to have ppl like me surviving on the same planet as them............
Emo emo emo hahaha and not without reason but i shall not bore u guys here...........after all i'm going back home soon so shud rejoice........!
Ya rite.....................
Btw i found a new song dat i lurve a lot..........from youtube 1st of cos lol but i got the mp3 file from baidu later on.............
Alin - 失戀無罪
It basically translates as "It was a horrible week..........with 2 tests.........both of which i prepared late..........i will not be surprised if i fail both.............."
Don't get so worked up i had help from wordreference.com ..........................
Well at least it's gonna be good friday............i tink i'll be going bck on thursday.
And i found a new way to procure the songs that i like.......esp those that are hard to find online............simply just download the flv files from youtube and get them converted into mp3 files using a converter.......! Dat way new songs and non-mainstream songs that i like can be acquired so muchhhhhhhhhhhhh faster and easier!!! :)
I noe i noe............we're not supposed to do such thing..........but heck some songs i really REALLY like can't be found on any damn websites............like Hometown Glory by Adele and See Who I Am by Within Temptations............and after being tortured for so long to listen to their voices only when im back in my room with the laptop switched on, i finally got em onto my mp3!!!!!!!!
Wahahahaha i'm so evil............those label companies sure hate to have ppl like me surviving on the same planet as them............
Emo emo emo hahaha and not without reason but i shall not bore u guys here...........after all i'm going back home soon so shud rejoice........!
Ya rite.....................
Btw i found a new song dat i lurve a lot..........from youtube 1st of cos lol but i got the mp3 file from baidu later on.............
Alin - 失戀無罪
I just realised arvin has been updatin his blog since like a few weeks ago..........cos i sort of gave up checkin after he left his blog hanging for, what 6 months....? But surprisingly most of his entries have been slightly on the emo side lol......... (i noe i shudn't be doing the "lol" thingy since ppl's entries were emo but its so hard to imagine him being emo in the 1st place)
I guess it's just like what he says.........it's hard being the big bro.........cos u have to be there for others whenever they need help but it's so hard to have someone to be there with you when u're the one dat needs sum cheering up..........dunno y but all of a sudden i realise most of the ppl around me have been rather emo..........and sum of them are kind alike me in the way they cover up their "emoness" when they're in front of u but when they're back in their rooms (or houses, depending on who they are...) they get emo again........and i only know dat cos most of the time they tend to express their "emoness" int heir blogs.......so it's like 1 hour ago u just met em and everyone was joking around and the next moment u're blog hopping and u come across their entry for the day and it's all emo and emoness.......
And me...........? I'm the guy who's being emo (onli when there's nobody around to see) when there doesn't seem to be anything for me to be emo about........lol there's actually another name for it and it's called pathetic........seeing how others are doing all dat they can to finish off their assignements and projects and mug their brains off for their mid terms (meimei is one of em cos i just read her blog too), i kinda feel dat i'm really being pathetic............cos i just can't seem to get myself to study! And to think dat just 2 years ago mugging was my life! I practically viewed every single test and exam as a life-threatening issue! I would have mugged till all my brain juices came oozing out of my nostrils and eyes and anus before i went to sleep for a test that's going on the next day (and i would have started like 1 week ago....) but now, now i'm practically in a heck-care mood even when i noe my test is tmr.......... And i wouldn't feel much after the test too.........it's like just being numb.............but that's not the gist of it........the main point is i continue to do that despite being fully aware that i am in serious fucking deep shit risk of losing my scholarship and thus my uni education in spore if i dun get at least 3.5 for my CAP this semester.............and to lose everything i have worked so hard for the past few years (though i've partially realised that i haven really been working towards sth i've come to enjoy.......but that's probably a mistake many of us have/would make, so i'm not feeling so bad about it...)
I have my last mid term test this monday...........and it's a module for which i have never been to a single lecture or tutorial since the start of the semester...........i know my reasons for not attending even a single shit of it is probably just another shit load of excuses which wouldn't even stand against the ridicule of a 3 year old boy, but then again i probably don't even know what made me choose to not go in the 1st place............to prove that i can do everything on my own...? Or simply to further reaffirm that self-discipline is non-existent in my life...........probably because i know that my tuition fees are covered by someone else.........and so even if i miss lessons that i've paid for, i'm not essentially the one who's paying it, so i have the luxury of choosing not to go............well things probably would be totally different when they day comes for my scholarship to be revoked..............
I have 11 chapters...........i've just gone thru the 4th...........6 tutorials and i'm only done with the 1st...........and i can't do shit cos all the answers seem to be eluding me.............i dunno what's going on..............and all of a sudden i realise i really dun have that many frens cos i dun even noe who i shud approach to talk about things..............
Or maybe i just dun wan to talk...........
Je ne sais pas..........Je ne sais pas ce qui est le probleme..........Je sais seulement que les choses ne vont pas bien, et il me fait malheureux..... J'espere qu'il y a une solution, mais je suppose que je dois le trover moi-meme........Je ne veux pas de choses a empirer, mais...........
I guess it's just like what he says.........it's hard being the big bro.........cos u have to be there for others whenever they need help but it's so hard to have someone to be there with you when u're the one dat needs sum cheering up..........dunno y but all of a sudden i realise most of the ppl around me have been rather emo..........and sum of them are kind alike me in the way they cover up their "emoness" when they're in front of u but when they're back in their rooms (or houses, depending on who they are...) they get emo again........and i only know dat cos most of the time they tend to express their "emoness" int heir blogs.......so it's like 1 hour ago u just met em and everyone was joking around and the next moment u're blog hopping and u come across their entry for the day and it's all emo and emoness.......
And me...........? I'm the guy who's being emo (onli when there's nobody around to see) when there doesn't seem to be anything for me to be emo about........lol there's actually another name for it and it's called pathetic........seeing how others are doing all dat they can to finish off their assignements and projects and mug their brains off for their mid terms (meimei is one of em cos i just read her blog too), i kinda feel dat i'm really being pathetic............cos i just can't seem to get myself to study! And to think dat just 2 years ago mugging was my life! I practically viewed every single test and exam as a life-threatening issue! I would have mugged till all my brain juices came oozing out of my nostrils and eyes and anus before i went to sleep for a test that's going on the next day (and i would have started like 1 week ago....) but now, now i'm practically in a heck-care mood even when i noe my test is tmr.......... And i wouldn't feel much after the test too.........it's like just being numb.............but that's not the gist of it........the main point is i continue to do that despite being fully aware that i am in serious fucking deep shit risk of losing my scholarship and thus my uni education in spore if i dun get at least 3.5 for my CAP this semester.............and to lose everything i have worked so hard for the past few years (though i've partially realised that i haven really been working towards sth i've come to enjoy.......but that's probably a mistake many of us have/would make, so i'm not feeling so bad about it...)
I have my last mid term test this monday...........and it's a module for which i have never been to a single lecture or tutorial since the start of the semester...........i know my reasons for not attending even a single shit of it is probably just another shit load of excuses which wouldn't even stand against the ridicule of a 3 year old boy, but then again i probably don't even know what made me choose to not go in the 1st place............to prove that i can do everything on my own...? Or simply to further reaffirm that self-discipline is non-existent in my life...........probably because i know that my tuition fees are covered by someone else.........and so even if i miss lessons that i've paid for, i'm not essentially the one who's paying it, so i have the luxury of choosing not to go............well things probably would be totally different when they day comes for my scholarship to be revoked..............
I have 11 chapters...........i've just gone thru the 4th...........6 tutorials and i'm only done with the 1st...........and i can't do shit cos all the answers seem to be eluding me.............i dunno what's going on..............and all of a sudden i realise i really dun have that many frens cos i dun even noe who i shud approach to talk about things..............
Or maybe i just dun wan to talk...........
Je ne sais pas..........Je ne sais pas ce qui est le probleme..........Je sais seulement que les choses ne vont pas bien, et il me fait malheureux..... J'espere qu'il y a une solution, mais je suppose que je dois le trover moi-meme........Je ne veux pas de choses a empirer, mais...........
Just great............the french paper was one tough bitch............and i accidentally broke my specs while sleeping on it................not that i was intentional but still it's such a chore to go and get a new one done, plus the fact that i have no idea what kind of frame i want (i'm done with frameless) and the prices they may cost........
Dunno y but my contacts rite whenever i wear them it feels like theres this air bubble or water bubble between the lenses and the eyes........and they'll always be there no matter how hard i try to squeeze my eyes or just about whenever i put them on............is that supposed to be normal for permanent lenses? Cos i had no such trouble when i was wearing the monthly disposable ones.......
Aiya veri sien i'm not exactly in the mood to be doing new specs and things liddat.........shit........monday still got one last paper and i haven started..............DAMN IT LAR!
On the other hand, my life has been largely uninteresting lately........i din sleep ytd at all cos was mugging for french..........and when i finally came back to sleep i crushed my specs under my sheer body weight..............fucking highlight of my week..............
Dunno y but my contacts rite whenever i wear them it feels like theres this air bubble or water bubble between the lenses and the eyes........and they'll always be there no matter how hard i try to squeeze my eyes or just about whenever i put them on............is that supposed to be normal for permanent lenses? Cos i had no such trouble when i was wearing the monthly disposable ones.......
Aiya veri sien i'm not exactly in the mood to be doing new specs and things liddat.........shit........monday still got one last paper and i haven started..............DAMN IT LAR!
On the other hand, my life has been largely uninteresting lately........i din sleep ytd at all cos was mugging for french..........and when i finally came back to sleep i crushed my specs under my sheer body weight..............fucking highlight of my week..............
I didn't realise it's elections day already until Ee Wuen told me Samy Vellu lost his seat (state or parliament i dun really noe....or care.....all i noe is dat HE LOST!) Naturally i was quite shocked (or not depending on how you see it) cos on one hand he has been the incumbent for god knows how many years already but on the other hand seeing how he dealt with the indian riot fiasco earlier on and had his popularity drop straight like Michael Jackson's masculinity it's really not much of a surprise the PEOPLE didn't want him back for another term.......
Well, shock defeats to many BN candidates this year apparently.........and not really for the worse cos you have to hand them an ultimatum at some point....if not they won't have the incentives/motivation to do a better job right? I mean i haven really been that interested in politics but seeing that i'll soon qualify to vote and there has been so much complaints lately about how young people nowadays have been largely indifferent to politics drove me on to pay just a bit more attention to what's going on in our local political arena......
Well, actually depending on where you grew up, you get certain ideas placed into your head about who you should be supporting during the elections. Having been a JB bred rascal all my life (be4 i came to spore) and JB being a BN stronghold all this while (the whole of Johor in fact), of course i thought that the most natural thing to do was to vote for BN! I mean they have always been the party in charged so what could go wrong? That and the fact that both my parents used to be civil servants... But then that was during the time when i didn't know much of anything......and even when i grew up more, i tend to ignore or jump over articles in the papers when it concerns politics and stuff........so out of sight, naturally out of mind.........
But nowadays, as u grow older, and when certain reports are made known to you, it's no longer that easy to just ignore them like that. You feel frustrated that certain things work the way they do and that the current government is involved doesn't make things better..... Like how construction tenders have a strange tendency to fall into the hands of construction companies either owned or affiliated with the ruling government/political party/chief minister etc etc....or the kind of decisions made by the people in power regarding certain issues you feel strongly about.....
So.........now that i noe things doesn't really seem to be what they appear to be, it's very hard to convince me that voting for BN is the only way to go. Well i certainly know i wun be voting for PAS that's for sure, or any other opposition party in the near future, but that's either because i know that some opposition parties may not be better than BN in the 1st place or that i haven done my homework about what they can do for me had i voted for them. But the point is BN seems to be getting for bad to worse.............all the BERSIH campaign and political/pre-elections stunts are for show only is that it? When will they finally be able to do a good job? Or is that just a wishful thinking regarding politicians...?
They need to buck up...and maybe certain changes are sorely required....like what another blogger said (he's a caucasian living in msia i tink) why the heck does msia need political parties formed according to races in the very 1st place? Why must Chinese approach MCA and MCA only when they need help? And the same for Indians to MIC and Malays to UMNO? Why can't MALAYSIANS help MALAYSIANS ? And all that personal attacks on each other during the pre-election period? Why all the talk about what the other party can't do or achieve and not what YOUR PARTY CAN DO OR ACHIEVE?
Hey don't look at me.......look at them.........as usual they're making a fool out of themselves but as responsible citizens we still have to vote right....?
Ok enough of this heavy stuff......i need a holiday a holiday A HOLIDAY! I realise (or maybe u did too) that i've constantly been rambling about having holidays here but that's because i just can't get enough of traveling.........and they're made worse when i read about other people's travelling experiences on their blogs.........mum says may go Phuket so i really hope it's gonna happen! Or maybe if they're feeling wealthy we could go Goldcoast cos airasia got cheap tix........
CABAL is taking up a lot of my time..........
Well, shock defeats to many BN candidates this year apparently.........and not really for the worse cos you have to hand them an ultimatum at some point....if not they won't have the incentives/motivation to do a better job right? I mean i haven really been that interested in politics but seeing that i'll soon qualify to vote and there has been so much complaints lately about how young people nowadays have been largely indifferent to politics drove me on to pay just a bit more attention to what's going on in our local political arena......
Well, actually depending on where you grew up, you get certain ideas placed into your head about who you should be supporting during the elections. Having been a JB bred rascal all my life (be4 i came to spore) and JB being a BN stronghold all this while (the whole of Johor in fact), of course i thought that the most natural thing to do was to vote for BN! I mean they have always been the party in charged so what could go wrong? That and the fact that both my parents used to be civil servants... But then that was during the time when i didn't know much of anything......and even when i grew up more, i tend to ignore or jump over articles in the papers when it concerns politics and stuff........so out of sight, naturally out of mind.........
But nowadays, as u grow older, and when certain reports are made known to you, it's no longer that easy to just ignore them like that. You feel frustrated that certain things work the way they do and that the current government is involved doesn't make things better..... Like how construction tenders have a strange tendency to fall into the hands of construction companies either owned or affiliated with the ruling government/political party/chief minister etc etc....or the kind of decisions made by the people in power regarding certain issues you feel strongly about.....
So.........now that i noe things doesn't really seem to be what they appear to be, it's very hard to convince me that voting for BN is the only way to go. Well i certainly know i wun be voting for PAS that's for sure, or any other opposition party in the near future, but that's either because i know that some opposition parties may not be better than BN in the 1st place or that i haven done my homework about what they can do for me had i voted for them. But the point is BN seems to be getting for bad to worse.............all the BERSIH campaign and political/pre-elections stunts are for show only is that it? When will they finally be able to do a good job? Or is that just a wishful thinking regarding politicians...?
They need to buck up...and maybe certain changes are sorely required....like what another blogger said (he's a caucasian living in msia i tink) why the heck does msia need political parties formed according to races in the very 1st place? Why must Chinese approach MCA and MCA only when they need help? And the same for Indians to MIC and Malays to UMNO? Why can't MALAYSIANS help MALAYSIANS ? And all that personal attacks on each other during the pre-election period? Why all the talk about what the other party can't do or achieve and not what YOUR PARTY CAN DO OR ACHIEVE?
Hey don't look at me.......look at them.........as usual they're making a fool out of themselves but as responsible citizens we still have to vote right....?
Ok enough of this heavy stuff......i need a holiday a holiday A HOLIDAY! I realise (or maybe u did too) that i've constantly been rambling about having holidays here but that's because i just can't get enough of traveling.........and they're made worse when i read about other people's travelling experiences on their blogs.........mum says may go Phuket so i really hope it's gonna happen! Or maybe if they're feeling wealthy we could go Goldcoast cos airasia got cheap tix........
CABAL is taking up a lot of my time..........
Ok left with friday's french oral, next friday's french written and next next week's Eg1108 mid term.......den i'm "officially" done with my mid-term..........but by then the finals wud be near already.........is there no end to all these misery.......??!
There is...............DURING THE 3 MONTH HOLS!!!
But then i tink i'll be joining tech crew....so officially only will have 1 month hols plus 2 months of work.........nvm i'll get tuition then........so can have fun while earning money!!! Plus my mum says wanna go phuket during the hols so yeah!!!
Din do badly for my maths mid term....in fact i got the same results as my maths mid term last sem so double yeah! But still dunno about MLE so.............
Playing an online game called CABAL............really similar to maplestory lar but at least it's 3D.............dunno how long i'll remain interested in the game anyway...........
Adele ~ Hometown Glory (she is soooooooooo good.....)
There is...............DURING THE 3 MONTH HOLS!!!
But then i tink i'll be joining tech crew....so officially only will have 1 month hols plus 2 months of work.........nvm i'll get tuition then........so can have fun while earning money!!! Plus my mum says wanna go phuket during the hols so yeah!!!
Din do badly for my maths mid term....in fact i got the same results as my maths mid term last sem so double yeah! But still dunno about MLE so.............
Playing an online game called CABAL............really similar to maplestory lar but at least it's 3D.............dunno how long i'll remain interested in the game anyway...........
Adele ~ Hometown Glory (she is soooooooooo good.....)
So the CCA points are out already........and i din realised that until chris's fren told him when i was in his room.........and yay i have enuf enuf points!!!
And i was quite surprised to see some comms giving so much points cos initially when i joined they told me may not give that many points for this or that particular comms........but in the end gave a lot lor that's y i hit the cap for organisational points........
Cos every comm or activity you join will fall under a certain category.......and i tink there's only like 6 categories altogether......for me right now my list onli has 2 different categories - organisational and arts/culture. For organisational i have a lot of points even though i din expect it lor cos 2 of my 4 major comms are considered as "small" comms - block comm and insights. So i tot i shud only have about 30 ++ points from there.....in the end turned out to be 58.1 points pulak! Gave me a shock haha but then since the cap is 40 i'll end up with 40 anyway.......here's the breakdown:
Welfare Comm : 10
Video Production Unit : 12
Insights : 12
Block Comm : 10
Culture Comm : 4 (tis is for the short film assignment)
Interim Block Comm : 4
Interim Video Production Unit : 4
Add these up plus some bonus/demerit points (for absence i guess) and u get 58.1 (dat explains the decimal point...cos sum bonus/demerit is like 0.1 or 0.5 points....weird but true....)
The arts/culture thingy is actually from the filming of the Indian Dance one hahaha and they gave me 13 points yeah! Luckily it falls under a different category so i wun end up with just 40 points only..........so in total i'll have 53 points for now! (71.1 in actual fact) But then i realised they din add in everything yet.....or maybe they wun but there are sum stuff dat i did which was not added in........like the volunteering for the NUS run thingy.........plus the inter-block games where i joined touch rug (i was the capt actually lol imagine dat....) And since touch rug belongs under sports if they actually give me points for that i can add into the grand total still! Hahaha that will help to put me higher on the list when it comes to choosing my room!
Well it's actually pretty satisfying to see the list of activities that u've joined plus the points that come with it.......i noe it's not as important as our grades plus in actual fact international students like me onli need 4 pathetic hall points to be able to qualify and stay on for my 2nd year but as i said sometime last year i wanted to see a change and thus participated in more activities..... I may still yet to be as active as some others in hall but i dare say i'm one of the more active ones already, what with my duties for VPU, welfare and block comm plus the other miscellaneous ones..........so i'm really really glad that i finally achieved sth i said i wanted to! I became more active and sociable! And i guess i did meet more people, though yet again i'm only close to like what...2 of them..?
And that leaves me with a dillema.....cos on one hand i noe i have enough points to stay on in hall liao......so there's really no need for me to join a holiday comm to secure a place in TH.......but then at the same time the people i'm close to are leaving hall next sem......and if i dun get involved with the next orientation in one way or another, i'll basically end up as pretty much a loner again when i return for Year 2.........plus the fact that if i do not intend to stay on for my 3rd year (if they still went on with that ridiculous price hike of theirs), then i most prob wun join much activities when i'm in hall during Year 2........cos need to focus on studies........so will meet even less people...............
Haih i dunno.............2 months of holidays being sacrificed in the name of expanding one's social circle is actually just a facade covering the truth of being fearful of ending up alone with no one close to talk to........well not that i'm not used to that kind of life but i would rather not have it for 2 semesters long..........it seems too much even for me.........already i'm not very close to anyone in my tutorial class.........i need to at least have sum close frens in hall.........or the emo-ness will probably just drag me down for good.........
So..............at least rite now i noe accommodation ain't gonna be a problem for me next semester. One problem down already! (see how far i worry about things.......? Dat's y i'm always stressed.......)
Maths paper tmr........instead of worrying about sth that's set to happen in less than 24 hours i'm wayyyyyyy into the future looking at things that may or may not me.........kudos to me........i'm such a daydreamer..........
Fine............to cheer me up.........or anybody out there feeling down..........here's a nice picture.
Man and wife lung slices huh..........? Man i hate to admit this but the picture seems oddly tantalizing to me..........maybe it's time i practice cannibalism.........
The Frames ~ Falling Slowly
And i was quite surprised to see some comms giving so much points cos initially when i joined they told me may not give that many points for this or that particular comms........but in the end gave a lot lor that's y i hit the cap for organisational points........
Cos every comm or activity you join will fall under a certain category.......and i tink there's only like 6 categories altogether......for me right now my list onli has 2 different categories - organisational and arts/culture. For organisational i have a lot of points even though i din expect it lor cos 2 of my 4 major comms are considered as "small" comms - block comm and insights. So i tot i shud only have about 30 ++ points from there.....in the end turned out to be 58.1 points pulak! Gave me a shock haha but then since the cap is 40 i'll end up with 40 anyway.......here's the breakdown:
Welfare Comm : 10
Video Production Unit : 12
Insights : 12
Block Comm : 10
Culture Comm : 4 (tis is for the short film assignment)
Interim Block Comm : 4
Interim Video Production Unit : 4
Add these up plus some bonus/demerit points (for absence i guess) and u get 58.1 (dat explains the decimal point...cos sum bonus/demerit is like 0.1 or 0.5 points....weird but true....)
The arts/culture thingy is actually from the filming of the Indian Dance one hahaha and they gave me 13 points yeah! Luckily it falls under a different category so i wun end up with just 40 points only..........so in total i'll have 53 points for now! (71.1 in actual fact) But then i realised they din add in everything yet.....or maybe they wun but there are sum stuff dat i did which was not added in........like the volunteering for the NUS run thingy.........plus the inter-block games where i joined touch rug (i was the capt actually lol imagine dat....) And since touch rug belongs under sports if they actually give me points for that i can add into the grand total still! Hahaha that will help to put me higher on the list when it comes to choosing my room!
Well it's actually pretty satisfying to see the list of activities that u've joined plus the points that come with it.......i noe it's not as important as our grades plus in actual fact international students like me onli need 4 pathetic hall points to be able to qualify and stay on for my 2nd year but as i said sometime last year i wanted to see a change and thus participated in more activities..... I may still yet to be as active as some others in hall but i dare say i'm one of the more active ones already, what with my duties for VPU, welfare and block comm plus the other miscellaneous ones..........so i'm really really glad that i finally achieved sth i said i wanted to! I became more active and sociable! And i guess i did meet more people, though yet again i'm only close to like what...2 of them..?
And that leaves me with a dillema.....cos on one hand i noe i have enough points to stay on in hall liao......so there's really no need for me to join a holiday comm to secure a place in TH.......but then at the same time the people i'm close to are leaving hall next sem......and if i dun get involved with the next orientation in one way or another, i'll basically end up as pretty much a loner again when i return for Year 2.........plus the fact that if i do not intend to stay on for my 3rd year (if they still went on with that ridiculous price hike of theirs), then i most prob wun join much activities when i'm in hall during Year 2........cos need to focus on studies........so will meet even less people...............
Haih i dunno.............2 months of holidays being sacrificed in the name of expanding one's social circle is actually just a facade covering the truth of being fearful of ending up alone with no one close to talk to........well not that i'm not used to that kind of life but i would rather not have it for 2 semesters long..........it seems too much even for me.........already i'm not very close to anyone in my tutorial class.........i need to at least have sum close frens in hall.........or the emo-ness will probably just drag me down for good.........
So..............at least rite now i noe accommodation ain't gonna be a problem for me next semester. One problem down already! (see how far i worry about things.......? Dat's y i'm always stressed.......)
Maths paper tmr........instead of worrying about sth that's set to happen in less than 24 hours i'm wayyyyyyy into the future looking at things that may or may not me.........kudos to me........i'm such a daydreamer..........
Fine............to cheer me up.........or anybody out there feeling down..........here's a nice picture.
Man and wife lung slices huh..........? Man i hate to admit this but the picture seems oddly tantalizing to me..........maybe it's time i practice cannibalism.........The Frames ~ Falling Slowly
With a voice and a melody like that, sometimes words fail you utterly...............
And why bother...? Just sit back and listen.........the rest will guide you through.........
Adele ~ Hometown Glory
And why bother...? Just sit back and listen.........the rest will guide you through.........
Adele ~ Hometown Glory
So it was 11/05 outing yesterday! Last minute changed to Bugis cos Arvin reserved a place at Tian Tian Huo Guo so we went there for dinner. Managed to meet up with Jonathan, Jason, Xinyi, Agatha, Peixun, Chaiyun (even managed to finally see who her bf is), Serena (still as cute as ever plus she's attached now!!), Joanne, Kah Sing, Zhao Xiu and of course the birthday boy himself!
Pretty good turn out and the steamboat was honestly good! They ain't kidding when they repeatedly say that their soup is good in their advertisements haha! Plus it's those buffet style and u can order plates after plates after plates of thinly sliced beef, mutton and pork as well as things like liver, kidney, wanton etc etc and the buffet bar is also quite well stocked so ya not a bad dinner after all!
Joanne also bot a chocolate cake which was very nice and we managed to polish the whole thing off rather quickly!
Me Arvin Zx Aga Xinyi Ks later went to Arvin's house n we da paoed this tao huey from this supposedly very famous shop near Arvin's place and it was really really good!!! :) Watched the match btw Man U and Fulham too and they won hahaha 3-0 i tink........
Managed to have a very long and deep talk with all of them, and it felt great...........haven talked liddat for a very long time liao.............sent Aga and Zx home later at ard 2 plus and den me n ks stayed over, sleeping on the hard floor again............
Pooled our money together when we were paying......
Me kah sing and arvin's shoes.....plus xinyi's one at the side....pls honestly say that mine looks the best out of the 3 (excluding xinyi's one 1st)
Ok mine and xinyi's rulez!
Aga Zhaoxiu Peixun and Chai yun
Joanne plus Serena
Xinyi Jonathan and Jason (forgive the laosy photo taking skills)
Dat's how we finished the cake
Xinyi's balloon for Arvin!
Paramore ~ Crush Crush
Pretty good turn out and the steamboat was honestly good! They ain't kidding when they repeatedly say that their soup is good in their advertisements haha! Plus it's those buffet style and u can order plates after plates after plates of thinly sliced beef, mutton and pork as well as things like liver, kidney, wanton etc etc and the buffet bar is also quite well stocked so ya not a bad dinner after all!
Joanne also bot a chocolate cake which was very nice and we managed to polish the whole thing off rather quickly!
Me Arvin Zx Aga Xinyi Ks later went to Arvin's house n we da paoed this tao huey from this supposedly very famous shop near Arvin's place and it was really really good!!! :) Watched the match btw Man U and Fulham too and they won hahaha 3-0 i tink........
Managed to have a very long and deep talk with all of them, and it felt great...........haven talked liddat for a very long time liao.............sent Aga and Zx home later at ard 2 plus and den me n ks stayed over, sleeping on the hard floor again............
Pooled our money together when we were paying......
1st time see 1000 sing dollar haha forgive the suakuness......
Me kah sing and arvin's shoes.....plus xinyi's one at the side....pls honestly say that mine looks the best out of the 3 (excluding xinyi's one 1st)
Ok mine and xinyi's rulez!
Aga Zhaoxiu Peixun and Chai yun
Joanne plus Serena
Xinyi Jonathan and Jason (forgive the laosy photo taking skills)
Dat's how we finished the cake
Xinyi's balloon for Arvin!
Ok so fun's over........gotta go back to my books............maybe not...........here's one last thing.....
Yup u gotta alip and fall down carefully..........cos if not u'll damage the road by causing a dent......and we wouldn't want that would we............?
Yup u gotta alip and fall down carefully..........cos if not u'll damage the road by causing a dent......and we wouldn't want that would we............?
Paramore ~ Crush Crush