someone's point of view:

"no need to see people go office/school haolian their flowers n chocolate they receive! n blabber about where they going to meet their bf/gf

i m so happy valentine day on cny so can go relative house n seek refuge
WAHAHAHAHA.no need go out streets see those stupid couples

n no need waste money ownself buy present for myself put in bag n 'accidently' open my bag in front of my fren to let them spot my present!! "

joke but funny nevertheless....

 refraction, just the rainbow i need to bring a smile to my day =)

some luck a few days back.. 123, 345, 567, 789, 99..

so totally sick. sigh.

disillusionized with school.. the repeating cycle of 3 CN tutorials per week excluding assignments plus lab reports and what have you..

when even going for lectures mean having to watch webcasts again after that because the lectures cannot be followed.. esp particle and heat/mass xfer..

so so so utterly tired of this regimen they're putting me through.. and its only week #3 for god's sake. its not that i dn have the time, but more of i no longer have the energy!


S-I-A-N is the word.


super painful headache last nite.. i'm wondering if its caused by work.. sigh.

interview's tonight for cambodia ocip to build solar panels!! i'm drawn to it cuz its meaningful and also cuz of the chance to visit cambodia.. otherwise i really don't know if i'll ever visit the place, because i think i wouldn't pay to specially go visit.. frankly i'm also quite sick of those getaways in cosmopolitan cities in asia (hk, bkk, kl, taiwan etc.)..

maybe if i like the experience, i could really think about a grad trip to india, or china.. a wacky kind, not the route repeatedly taken.. although now US still tops my list.. the lure of a uk sep + us grad trip.. cherry on the pie..

damn funny.. when i was filling in the form, i totally blanked out on the part about the skills i have that i can contribute to the ocip.. totally. i kept thinking thinking.. hmmm.. i dn know cambodian, cant assemble solar panels, etc..

well, until soon huat mentioned that i know first aid.. omg.. how the hell could i have missed that? :S that was like 2 opportunity-costing years of my life =(

actually i haven been called up for refresher courses, and i'm quite ashamed to have forgotten a lot of stuff alr.. PAM and everything.. although cpr is already imbued, i'm not sure if i can correctly operate the AEDs that are so ubiquitous these days.. that said, i think i still remember the uses of common drugs, which has been really helpful for self-medication..


well no matter, like i resoluted (i seriously doubt such a word exists), 2010 is gonna be better & more meaningful than 2009! =)  - (not worried about 2011.. haha.. what's better than a UK SEP?)

"Never Lie, Steal, Cheat, or Drink. but If You Must Lie, Lie in the Arms of the One You Love. If You Must Steal, Steal Away from Bad Company. If You Must Cheat, Cheat Death. and If You Must Drink, Drink in the Moments That Take Your Breath Away."

hahahaha its probably as good as it gets..

^5
=)


wed - 2.30am
thurs - 3am - mj
fri - 4.30am - supper

omg if mum sees this she's gonna get really annoyed.. haha.. i hope she's stopped reading the blog.. =x

going home today! haven met parents in 2 weeks.. starting to feel a little uncomfortable about it..

 I have recently come to realised that I only have 5 UEMs requirements left, and 4 more S/Us! Wonderful. In case u're suspecting I'm uttering nonsense, no I'm not.

2 more S/Us + the fact all UEMs in SEP are S/U basis. (intending to take 2 UEMs in birm =) )

I'm taking color n vision (1 of the 5 remaining) this semester.. supposedly a physics + bio mod that engin students normally will pwn the rest..

and today (back to topic), the bestest lecture. I finally know why the sky is blue, the sun is yellow, the setting sun looks red, how rainbows are formed and why some parts of the sky are whitish-blue and other parts are darker!!!

i think its the best stuff guys can learn to impress chicks.. rofl.. but den again, if the chick isnt from science or engin, forget it.. its not worth the trouble having to explain diffraction, total internal reflection, snell's, scattering, wavelength etc..

That said, the lecturer is boring. Normally ang mo lecturers only fall under 2 categories. The super exciting and the super boring. What luck. The ang mo last sem in 2900 and this sem in 1532, they're not super exciting. =(

because i know the sucky feeling of feeling poor.. when your a/c balance lingers dangerously at 3 digits because most of your cash are tied up in stocks.. =x

haven had to really worry about finances since maybe the middle of last year.. (well apart from japan trip where i had to keep controlling the budget of 58k yen cuz that was all the yen i had =x )

the feeling is awweeeesssoommmeee... dont really have to keep track of how much i'm spending so long as i'm having fun.. because if i use the utility theory to classify every expenditure, i'm probably gonna miss out on soo much enjoyable stuff in life..

if i had sold all my f1 tickets last sept, den those 4 wonderful days would have been lost.. those were def worth much more than 2k..

if i hadnt decided to spend 1.4k on hall this sem, i would still be travelling sooo much.. without foosball sessions at night.. =) and luckily rey also thinks along the same line cuz doing tuts in hall is much more enjoyable.. (weekends nua!!)


if i'd bulked on the 20k required for uk sep, i would actually have to go for IA instead.. oh god NO! look where i am now.. counting down exactly 1 year more to sep!!

i guess what i'm saying is, i've come to realise that sometimes things look expensive, but they're so worth it.. muahaha.. (unlike some of those horrible tasting japan snacks that cost so much...) yes, its impt to ensure the perpetuation of wealth by saving up, but that shdnt mean stinging and depriving myself of fun when i'm still young!!



oh yea speaking of foosball (NOT FOOLSBALL), loving it.. missed it from those days back at changi medical centre.. next time i'll ensure there's 1 table in my home and i'll hire experts to keep me occupied! lol..

i still remember the first time i played with one senior.. omg i totally got owned 10-0.. super emo.. and i promised myself that i'd work really really hard and master the game.. i even trained alone during duty.. slowly but surely, i improved.. most satisfyingly, i avenged my 10-0 defeat, by the same margin.. wootness..

well RH's table suck in comparison, probably due to excessive wear n tear.. but still, one of my fav pastimes!! reflexes, power, speed and accuracy, all vital components of mastering e game :)

determination and discipline.. it gets me to places!

in the literal sense, the meal plan in RH doesnt come with lunch.. so yea, literally, no free lunch every day..

but obviously i'm not that bo liao to be whining about lunch.. i obviously need to whine about other stuff too!

when people ask which course i'm from, i state 'chem engine' with pride and satisfaction.. esp when they go 'WAH' you know (it means they've heard stories of our course).. my head swells slightly (major understatement)..

but, nothing comes free.. neither does that pride and satisfaction.. it comes at the cost of tutorials in week 2.. the only course, i believe, where the core mods (CNxxxx) tuts begins so bloody early.. it just makes me so excited.. yea right..

it also comes with barely any PRCs! yay right? NOT. because in place of the ATs and thambis are coursemates who r even smarter than ATs and thambis..


oh shit sorry i need to stop blogging abruptly.. really tired.. i would continue this when i feel like it (this means NEVER)..

and i know there's the option to save as draft.. but that also means this post will never get to see the light of day..

and Home is in nus, at least for the present sem..

muahahaha.. reaching 'home' in 5 mins rocks..

so far, so good.. food is palatable, environment is nice and people are friendly.. well, apart from the idea of the communal toilet.. not too big a fan of that..


cant help but compare staying in hall to BMT/ns.. its nearly identical, just without the 5am wake up calls, stand by areas, lousy food, anal superiors and those pesky regulations..

1 thing stands out though, residents in halls are free to take naps in the noon.. the trainees in tekong dont.

still stuck in sem 3...

2 more days of holidays.. in an awkward predicament.. looking forward to hall stay and fun, yet dreading the 5 core mods awaiting me.. 5 tutorials a week.. plus color and vision which cost me 291 points.. sigh..

i doubt i can take french next sem. in fact, not just next sem. ever. such is the gayness of the nus system. 250 G points per sem. engin students will forever be disadvantaged compared to sci and arts..

already fass is akin to a degree mill, yet the students still have so many points to bid for easy, non-examinable modules. UnBelivable.

CORS is such a pain!! 


anw.. seeing as i did relatively okay for sem 3, deep down i'm hoping i'd be on the dean's list... long shot though.. see how it goes...

The whole world functions merely on those 3 things. The market, sports, relationships etc. Everything in general.

Everything depends so much on timing. When to make the choices and when to take the chances.

The right choice at the wrong timing could lead to disastrous consequences. And yet bad choices made at a great timing could still bring about untold miracles.

Then again, if you fail to take the chances, fearing for the consequences, how would you ever know whether the timing was right? Maybe, if you took the chances and failed, you would be wiser the next time around.

Funny how things work uh?

I wanna live a fulfilling life. If we worry too much, we always tend to miss out on the finer things in life.

I wasted 15 mins of my life!! queued to deposit money only to realised i didnt have my atm card with me cuz i forgot to place it back after the trip...

so pissed with myself...

no more tvmobile.. sad.

holidays truely will show whether people will get along.

i realised that it will never be possible to get along with some over-sensitive, petty and extremely hot-headed individuals..

how things turned out this way, i cannot comprehend, perhaps its the life experiences, over-indulgence or maybe the worthless peers, but the characters leave so much to be desired.. professional help would be required, but here i doubt it will ever be approached..

i'm not saying i'm perfect, but at least i know i have not degraded to that particular level.. a level so detestable they belong to their own world.. looked upon by others with disgust!


much as i had fun in japan, it was marred by several incidences, as was the trip to shanghai a few years back..

as we age, our differences grow wider, our expectations differ and our attitudes to life vary drastically.. and speaking of which, having an attitude problem is a really serious matter..


if it were merely some friends, i could banish them to the depths of hell.. but in this case, they are family.. so tell me, whatever can i do?

one thing i know, this is probably the last holiday i will partake together.. and, am i glad i'll be staying in hall next sem, and going for sep 2 sems later..

cheers to that..

back back back back back!!

its sweltering!!! yet to re-acclimatize to the weather.. so humid so humid!

but nevertheless really nice to be home. free n easy japan is just soo tiring! esp in winter lugging so much stuff ard..

perhaps also because i bought so much stuff there =x

that said, its quite easy to navigate ard though i dn speak a single word of the language..