Short break.

Yes, CT is finally over. ITBullshit tortured the hell out of all of us, but it’s over. The past few days have been stressful, and I really hope I will get back good results for the CTs after school reopens. Oh well, time to enjoy my short 2 week Christmas BREAK for now. Notice the BREAK is in caps, because it’s no holiday, but just a short break for us to catch our breath and take a break from school for awhile.

Going to Sentosa with TB27 peeps tomorrow. Looking forward to it definitely. hahaha. It cannot rain tomorrow, it must not rain tomorrow, IT WON’T RAIN TOMORROW.

Yuri and Seohyun of SNSD are just hot hot hot. Super cute looking as well. hehehe.

Yuri.

Seohyun.

The smiles on their faces bring a smile to mine. (((((((((((((((((:

“The happiest moments in life can be found in the least expected manner.”

Common Tests.

Alright, MIEC paper is over, left with BSTATS and ITB. Mugging for Bstats now, hope I don’t screw up ITB on wed. It’s just 2 more days before I can finally enjoy my short 2-week break. After the break ends, straightaway there’s a OBSE 30% test. And the 2nd week after the break ends, there’s the 20% Bstats test. This means there’s the need to study during my bloody short 2-week break. Oh well, life’s like that at times. Learn to adapt, and move on.

United fail to take advantage of Chelsea’s slip, now the gap is 3 points. Wasted. It’s okay, I believe it was a one-off. United’s form will peak come Christmas.

On a lighter note, I really like my desktop now. Here’s how it looks.

Plain, neat, simple. Now that's beauty.

Rocketdock is really cool, makes my whole desktop look better and easier to open my documents. (:

Okay, all the best to everyone for the remaining papers! Off to continue mugging for Bstats. Bye.

“You can be young only once in life, but you can be immature indefinitely.”

SCSM.

Ivan's creation of my name card, LOL.

OBSE workshop turned out to be better than I expected. It wasn’t too boring, and there were times the class went bursting into laughters, enjoyed it in some way or another.

After the workshop, went to have dinner with Mum, dad and bro. We went to Holland Village to eat at Amici, which is an Italian food restaurant which specializes in wine & dine. The food there was yummmmmy.

Food there was great, especially their cod fish and the lasagne. Had a tiramisu cake after the main dishes, but I didn’t really like it cause the alcohol content was too strong that it overwhelmed the taste of the tiramisu cake. hahaha. It’s definitely a place I would go back to visit.

Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon was great, but it was super tiringgggg. We worked like from 4am plus till 2pm plus. Body is aching all over now, and I desperately need more rest. I really wonder how people manage to run for 4 hours plus straight for a 42km race, like wow, your legs won’t even feel like they are yours after the race. haha. Nevertheless, it was great making new friends at SCSM and seeing the satisfied faces on runners upon completing their race. The event was a huge one, and it was quite an experience for me. ore volunteering work next time? Maybe. haha.

Okay, it has been an awesome week, with events packed like almost every other day. I really enjoyed this week, and common test week is just this coming Saturday, time to mug hard people!

“Boundaries are necessary so that you can protect yourself, because once you are broken, you will never be fully fixed.”

What a week.

What a week this week has been. ITB and OBSE presentation are over, like finally. I guess I didn’t do too badly for both presentation, except for fluffing my lines during OBSE, but it is over, I will do better next time.

Stayed at loft for the past 2 days with NPTT peeps, as we planned a “study camp” for the upcoming Common Tests. Ended up studying only a little, cause when we are together, there is bound to be bursts of laughter, crappy jokes, and lots and lots of nonsensical madness. HAHA. I really enjoy the times I spend with them, they are awesome people, really. It is great to see how bonded we are after like less than a year knowing each other, and this friendship is one I really treasure.

Well, common tests start like next Saturday, and I think I am really going to die for ITB, unless I mug like a super mad man. Sigh. It’s okay, I will put in my best effort, and just hope for the best. hahaha.

OBSE workshop from 9am to 5pm tomorrow, what luck to have it on a Saturday. Volunteering work at the Standard Chartered run on Sunday, looking forward to it somehow. What a packed yet fun-filled week this has been and is turning out to be. hahaha. Bye.

When there's them, there's fun.

“You have to make yourself feel good and once you do that, your life also becomes good.”

Super Sunday.

 

133.

Yes, I went midnight bowling with my uncles and aunties again last night. Played till around 2am? hahaha. Had fun, and United’s 4-1 win over Portsmouth certainly made my day an even happier one. hahaha. I achieved my new personal best score of 133 for bowling. A new achievement, and it will be a score I will be working to surpass. Played pretty well last night, with scores of 101, 113, 113, 133. All above the score of 100, and lesser balls going into the gutter. HAHA.

It’s Super Sunday tonight. North London derby between Arsenal and Chelsea. A team who plays beautiful football with agility and technique, against a team who plays forceful and direct football. Anything but a Chelsea win would make my day. hahaha. El’Clasico between Barcelona and Real Madrid. Any match that involves Barcelona is a match worthy to watch, as the football they play are out of this world, it’s like they are from a different class of their own. The manner which they destroyed United last season in the Champions’ League Final and how they recently outclassed Inter is evident of just how strong they really are.

Back to school tomorrow, and presentation on Tuesday and Thursday for ITB and OBSE respectively. Hope it would be a good week ahead. All the best to everyone who is presenting for projects! Okay, bye.

“There will be a point in life when your whole life flashes before you, make sure it is something worth watching.”

 

Ishi Mura.

Nice lightings, I like. hahaha.

Alright, went to Ishi Mura for dinner with mum and bro. Mum finally treated the meal she owed me for my reasonably good results for last semester. hahaha. Thanks! Food was quite nice, and the price was quite reasonable, not too costly. Their Teriyaki Chicken Pasta is nice. Overall, the lightings around made the place a good place to dine at as well.

Had a mini birthday surprise celebration for Jason today, as tomorrow is a public holiday and there won’t be school. Guess the surprise was a success, judging by Jason’s reaction just now. HAHA. Bought him a cake and sang him a birthday song at ourspace. hahaha. Happy 19th Birthday Jason!

There is no volleyball tomorrow, as it is a public holiday. Sad, but I will just treat it as a break. I am going to go out with NPTT clique tomorrow anyway, so yeah, tomorrow will still be a fun-filled day with them around. hahaha.

I felt happy seeing you today.

“While you cannot change the reality, you can change the way you react to that reality and hence, the outcome.”

E-learning.

Oh well, E-learning week is like halfway gone. This means that it’s getting closer and closer to Week 7, which is the week that I have 2 project presentations. Hope everything does go well.

I feel E-learning is really bullshit. Yes, there are no lectures to attend, and you can wake up late. But we have tons of work to do, from E-learning assignments, tutorials catching up to do, and BLOODY PROJECTS TO COMPLETE. Going back to school almost everyday in the week to meet up with project mates to chiong projects. Oh well, whining about the fact doesn’t change it. Common tests are like 2 weeks plus away. Sigh. Oh well, I am just in Year 1 now, imagine the work Year 2 and 3s have to do, and maybe I will feel better after knowing they have tons of work more than us to do.

Well, at least I am not in psychology, whereby you have to write like tons of essays about life and psychology related stuff, also some bullshit. But one thing I like about psychology is that it is interesting to learn, and your English will improve tremendously after learning many new words from the course. I don’t really regret going to BS anyway. The people in BS are pretty awesome, and I have made some really great friends already. I am glad. Somehow, BA people are really friendly and easy to communicate with, sociable people I would say.

Okay, tired out from a day of projects and training. Bye.

“Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.”

 

Manhattan.

Alright, went out with Jun Arn to Plaza Sing today. Went to Manhattan Fish Market for lunch. It was my first time dining there, and their fish is yum yum. I had the lunch set meal, which includes the main course, soup of the day, and a choice of soft drink. It costs only $9.90, and I felt it was definitely worth it.

 

Manhattan Fish & Chips.

After eating, we went to shop for Daren’s birthday present. Ended up buying a Naruto’s sword set as his present. Went to play pool after that. And it was my first time playing pool outside with only 2 people playing. Good thing is that you get to play every round. Bad thing is, you get bored of it quite easily. haha. Headed home after pool.

Okay, going back to school for projects tomorrow, again. There’s training tomorrow as well. Sorry eh Daren, I can’t make it tomorrow cause I have to go for training, especially after skipping it last friday. Hope you will enjoy your time with Jun Arn tomorrow anyway!

Because a girl like you is impossible to find, is impossible to find.

“Trouble is part of your life; if you don’t share it, you don’t give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough.”

 

Bowling.

BA Appreciation bonding camp was alright. Played icebreaker games, had lunch, then played some station games. People there were rather friendly, so making new friends was kinda easy. hahaha. Most of the people were from either ACC or BS. Cool. Overall, I pretty much enjoyed the day camp.

After the camp, headed to grandma’s place for my cousin’s birthday celebration. Had some really nice homemade food and barbecue food for dinner. Yum yum. Went for midnight bowling, cooooooool. It’s been like ages since the last time I went bowling. I guess I didn’t bowled too badly, got scores of 75, 105, 126, and 98 for 4 rounds. Bowling is a real test of concentration, technique, and strength. Gonna go bowling someday again definitely. hahaha.

United 3 – 0 Everton. Woohoo! A big response from United, and let’s get the winning run going. And hopefully, United’s form will peak come Christmas, and then United will get a big chance of claiming the title.

Got to go back to school tomorrow for Bcomm class even though it’s E-learning week. Guess it’s more like E-project week, since it’s a week for us to really work on all of our projects. haha.

Each time I text you, I don’t really expect a reply from you, but actually deep down my heart I am dying for that reply from you. Any reply from you really means a lot to me, even though it’s a one-word reply. I am tired of you treating me like this, I don’t know the reason for your doing so either. I feel like giving up, cause I don’t really harbour much hope. But, it’s you, and I feel you are worth every single bit of my efforts, and that’s the thing that is pushing me till today. I won’t give up yet, cause I don’t want to. I want to persevere, because I believe that someday, I will touch that heart of yours.

CATS.

Alright, volleyball in the morning was fun. It didn’t rain in the morning, yay. Glad that Sze Li and Jasmine managed to serve pretty well, especially Jasmine who served like 9 times in a row? hahaha. Alicia continue to work on your service okay, just a matter of getting the technique and strength right. (:

Had my CATS group presentation on the divergent thinking tool. It is finally OVER. I think my group did pretty well for the presentation, and we managed to engage with the audience a little here and there. The other groups did quite well too. Just glad that this 30% project is over. hahaha. And, I want to thank my group members for making this project a success, even though it was mostly done last minute. I feel that they have put in much effort in this project, thanks.

Didn’t go for training, because was meeting up with Jaryl and Co for dinner to celebrate JJ’s belated birthday. We went to Far East Plaza to have dinner at Ramen Ten.

Food tasted alright. First time eating at Ramen Ten. hahaha. Talked quite a lot about many things with them. And I just got home not long ago, and I am tired. Aching from volleyball and all the walking around today I guess.

Tomorrow is the BA Appreciation Camp, hope it would be a fun one. Okay, bye.

“It takes 20 years to build a reputation but only 5 minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you will do things differently.”

Improvement.

I felt I played some real table tennis yesterday.

Winning those points with a smack instead of just waiting for the opponent to make a mistake feels tons better. I need to work on my accuracy, and slowly I will improve.

I want to improve, I want to do my best in every training, I want to be a better player.

CATS project presentation tomorrow, hope everything goes well. I don’t think we are prepared at all, but we will see how things turn out. Bye.

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”

Days alone at home.

Alright, mum and bro are back from Genting. They were away for 4 days. Was home alone most of the time, except for the times when my dad was at home with me. House was like super quiet, but it was a conducive environment to study and do my stuff. Being home alone may not be such a bad thing afterall eh? Just that it’s not good in the long run, cause the house will definitely lack family warmth. hahaha.

Stayed back in school today after 4 hours of ITB straight to chiong CATS project. Wasn’t really productive because I felt extremely tired, and mind was malfunctioning somehow. In the end, the CATS project is like 70% done? Considering the productivity we were at, I think it’s quite an achievement already, especially with the cheers and noise caused by the RED camp people. Projects are slowly piling up, with most of the deadlines in Week 7. Seems like deadline is never an unfamiliar word in poly life. hahaha.

E-learning week next week, but it feels more like a project week. Will most probably be spending the time to work on projects, so there is not much of a break either. BA Appreciation bonding camp this sat, kinda looking forward to it.

I feel too laid back this semester already, got to buck up, if not my grades are bound to slip, and slip real hard. Bye people. Goodnight.

“Love hurts the most when the person you love has no idea how you feel about him/her.”

DOWNNNNNN.

Alright, haven’t been updating, cause I was super lazy. Now I know the consequences of being lazy during weekends and procrastinating my work. The consequence is, the need to chiong tutorials and other work on weekdays like a mad man. I was super lazy during the past weekends, cause my mind was full of BCOMM OP. hahaha. And, my BCOMM OP went alright, I am glad. Especially the DOWNNNNNN thing, I am happy the effect went well with the audience. (:

Finally had training on wednesday, and I felt stronger. I smacked more, but the accuracy isn’t there yet. I need to train more, work on my weaknesses, then I will improve.

Legs are tired now like don’t know what. Body is aching, I think due to lack of rest.

Volleyball tomorrow. Yay! Bye.

“Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect, it means that you have decided to look beyond the imperfections.”

Mummy’s Birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUMMYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

I wish you the best of health, and the best in everything you do! You have been an awesome mum, one that I can boast about. I appreciate all the things you have done for me over the years, and all the love you have showered on me. I could never thank you enough, but I will do my best in my studies, and get a good career in the future to support you. Hope you like the present I gave you! (:

“Time is like a drug. It kills you if you have too much of it.”

Museums.

Seoul Garden, many many types of chicken.

Yes, I went out with NSP clique to Seoul Garden on Thursday. My first time dining at Seoul Garden, thanks Soonyi for cooking for me. Great cook, really appreciate it. hahaha. The food there is superb, but it left a hole in my pocket. hahaha. I felt it was worth the money though. Char siew chicken and garlic chicken are 2 of my personal favourites. Alot of other nice food as well. (:

We planned a birthday surprise for Mengyang, but the surprise didn’t really turn out really well. Sometimes things might not turn out the way we planned it to be anyway. Nevermind, it’s the thought that counts anyway. hahaha.

 

The birthday boy.

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY MENGYANG! Hope you enjoyed the celebration, except for the failed surprise. hahaha. Hope you like the card we made for you also! “ITS MY BIRTHDAY!” on the cover of the card. hahahaha. All the best in everything you do!

Okay, volleyball training for S and W today was fun. We got to play a practice match, and counted points as well. hahaha. Got to finally use what we learnt in an actual match. I can serve the ball quite decently, happy happy. Practice makes perfect. (:

 

Creamy Chicken. Drooling? HAHA.

Before heading to museum, we had lunch at Pastamania. It is like my 2nd time dining at Pastamania. hahaaha. Yum. Yum. Bought bubble tea after the meal. I had Peach milk tea, my first time drinking this kind of combination. Sounds weird to me, but the taste isn’t that weird afterall. hahhaha.

Museum visit to Singapore History Museum was interesting. I explored the musuem with my other groupmates from CATS class. They are like all dam hyper, I like. I never knew visiting a museum could be so much fun. hahaha. I must say that you have to go with the right group of people to really enjoy visiting a musuem. hahaha.

After that, we went to play pool, only Daren, Jun Arn and I played pool only, cause the other 2 people had to go off for something else. Pool was fun, been like some time since I last played. Happy Birthday Jun Arn! Thanks for making me and Daren laugh like don’t know what. hahaha. Sorry I didn’t know it was your birthday today till I saw facebook like 1hour ago. But I think the time we spent together today made up for me not knowing it was your birthday? hahaha.

I missed another outing with Table tennis clique, super sad. But I know I will be too tired to join them after pool just now. I bet I will miss out on alot of fun again. 2nd time missing out already. Sad. Next time, promise. hahaha.

So now I am super dead beat. My legs don’t feel like mine anymore, due to excessive walking, plus volleyball in the morning. My eyes tell me they want to be closed. However, I feel all the tiredness today was well worth it, had loads of fun, and laughed till my stomach is suffering. HAHA. I think I am going to sleep soon. Nights bye.

“When you find something is worth it, you will find that even going miles for that particular something is worth all the effort and time.”

 

Tolerance.

Life can be such a test of one’s tolerance at times. I feel unfair for Nicole though, she was not even given a chance, and was sent out of the class just like that. Towards the end of the lesson, things got better and she actually did teach us some concepts. Tolerate oh tolerate. We have to put up with whatever we are going through anyway.

Anyway, training was cancelled last minute today as the hall was booked for some other purpose by other people. Was slightly disappointed cause I was kinda looking forward to training. So went straight home after school.

Oh yeah, bcomm practice OP is finally over. Everything went quite smoothly, except for the fluency part of my presentation. I think everyone who presented today did a pretty good job, thumbs up people! Bcomm tutor just reminds me more and more of Mrs Yeo. She is attentive, gives good feedback for us to learn from, and speaks very well. She is someone worthy of respect, unlike someone else.

And, United are through to the last 16 of the Champions League after managing to come from 3-1 down to level 3-3 with CSKA Moscow. Cheers! BRING ON CHELSEA!

“Life is short, so give your best shot.”

Liverpool fans.

Okay, quick update cause I am feeling really tired and it’s late. Just got home from grandma’s place not long ago, cause today was my godmother’s birthday. Happy Birthday Mama! (:

Had Ben & Jerry’s ice cream there as well, super nice. Yum yum. hahaha. Birthday cake was super rich in flavour as well. Yes, all the sin of eating such good stuff. hahaha. Anyway, here’s wishing her all the best in everything!

Bcomm practice OP tomorrow, hope it goes smoothly. There’s MIEC tutorial tomorrow, so you know who I will meet. hahaha. Then training afterwards. Long day ahead, 9am to 9pm of school.

Oh yeah, just now when I was at my grandma’s place, my uncle, who is a Liverpool fan, was gloating and taunting me, after Liverpool won United 2-0 last week. And one thing he said that really struck me. “Liverpool fans are die-hard fans, we stick with the club and support them even when they hit rock-bottom. We may lose and lose matches, but what matters is the joy we receive from beating United. You can’t buy that joy anywhere. Liverpool fans have character.”

I find that really true, and all the while I admired Liverpool fans as I found that they really have this sort of die-hard spirit for their club, even when they are down, down, down, amidst all the crisis. I still remember the comeback Liverpool made in the champions league final against Milan, from 3-0 down half time, they came out in the 2nd half and fought their way back to 3-3, before winning the match on penalties. That will go down as one of the most dramatic comebacks in history. I applaud them for that and Liverpool fans have my respect.

Okay, enough about Liverpool. Long day ahead tomorrow, I need my rest. Goodnight people!

“We do not remember days, we remember moments.”

Heavy downpour.

Alright, bcomm presenters for the practice session today were mostly great. I have alot to learn from them. Mine’s on Wednesday, just feeling a tad nervous. Tutor gave some valuable feedback for everyone who presented, and it was a good learning experience.

Had lunch at KAP mac, since we had 2 hours of break. Had a great time laughing at many many things that we talked about at mac. HAHA.

Also, we had a mini-celebration for Anastasia’s belated birthday before MIEC lecture, as we couldn’t celebrate it on last friday. Happy Birthday once again Ana! hahaha. There was alot of information to be absorbed during MIEC lecture, demand and supply, blah blah blah. After lecture, headed home and got kinda soaked in the heavy downpour a little.

It has been like raining on-off since 5 plus till now. Only now then it stops. Guess this heavy downpour may not be all bad, cause the weather over the past few days has been crazy. hahaha.

Okay, 4 hours of ITB again tomorrow. Bye.

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”

Rock-bottom.

Okay, could things get any worse? KPT is my advisor, for real. I couldn’t believe my eyes at first, but I know I will just have to accept the fact. Can’t escape the fact anyway. What’s worse, she has a bad impression of me already. She’s definitely going to pick on me, I know, and I am prepared already. On another note, I suspect she has her reasons for treating us in this manner, sarcasm, being strict and all.

I feel she’s like using super reverse psychology to make us work hard on our own to score well. By not giving us tutorial answers, and not even going through the tutorial questions one by one, she wants us to be independent. However, I feel that her teaching method is abit extreme, some people who don’t understand her efforts might just hate her to the core without knowing her intentions at all. Well, we will see at the end of the 17 weeks plus, when I get my MIEC final grade. We shall see how things work out.

Btw, I came across a super cool FIFA 09 tribute to Brazilian Samba football video on youtube. Omg, it’s super cool I tell you. The person who made the video must have put in tons of effort, the editing and all the skill moves used in the video. Players like Ronaldinho, Robinho, Kaka, etc. It has made me really respect Brazilian Samba football. If  you are interested, go to youtube and type loaded88 in the search bar. Wow, if only I could play like that on FIFA 10, how great will that be. hahaha.

Okay, week 3 of school starts tomorrow. Off to sleep, bye.

“Face reality instead of avoiding it, because avoiding doesn’t help at all.”

Response.

Yes, Liverpool may have won United last week, but what happens now? United 2 – 0 Blackburn. Fulham 3 – 1 Liverpool. United currently have a 7 point lead over Liverpool. And I have a strong feeling Liverpool might just finish outside the top 4 this season. So what if they can beat the big teams, but drop points against the other teams in the league, no point. Enough about Liverpool, they aren’t really worth talking about either. But, I do admire Liverpool fans for their You-will-never-walk-alone spirit. The atmosphere at Anfield during important matches are unbelievable. The fans get behind their players and become their 12th man on the pitch. I always believe Liverpool fans have character. Yes, we got a response from United, and hopefully they will get into top gear come Christmas.

There’s oral practice presentation on this coming Wednesday for me, I am quite prepared for it already. I am rather more afraid of the actual 10% presentation on next Wednesday. I want to do well for it, and thus I spent almost half of yesterday preparing for the oral practice session and the actual 10% assignment. Done with MIEC tutorial this morning, and I am glad. I will do the tutorials despite the fact that the tutor will not go through it with us, because I feel doing tutorials help with my revision, and I don’t want to be dumbfounded when the tutor asks me questions in class.

MIEC was fun, until someone came along. I don’t care and don’t want to care about what you think of us, but I will just do my best to score well for MIEC.

“Learn as if you were going to live forever, live as if you were going to die tomorrow.”