Meeting up with my sis

Met up with my closest sis to date.. spent quite a lot fo time talking to her today.. i wonder if she enjoyed my company.. cos i enjoyed having her around listening to me rattling on and on, on god knows wat.. haha.. sometimes even I have difficulty understanding myself.. we talked about our lives recently, updated about the ppl around us, our love life & future, our recent entertainment, mooncakes tasting, dressing sense well her bf's dressing sense.. yupzZ.. the list goes on.. after finding out more abt her and her bf, i really think she's gonna get married before me.. haha... all in all.. i enjoyed myself with her company..

Thanks Mei, for being my sis, being a patient listener to endure my crapping.

Settler's Cafe

It was suppose to be a class outing, but due to poor response and most of the classmates being busy with one thing or another.. the turn out was poor.. perhaps it's just my poor choice of date.. but luckily few still managed to turn up..

so i would like to say thanks to james, zhangjun, zip and gf for turning up.. otherwise it could have just been me trying to join in the table of nerds next to us.. yuckzZ.. i can imagine that.. the table next to us really very very very veryVERY nerdy...

anyway.. we had fun.. really fun.. we all wished we could stay longer even though we already over-stayed without xtra charge for quite a while.. we stayed till the shop closed.. that's like 11pm.. so i shld say those who din come.. really missed out.. nvm.. there will always be a next time.. and i hope the turnout would be better..

we did take some photos and they have been uploaded at my fotopic.. just follow this link..

Settler's Cafe

Quite Boring Day

the date has been pretty boring till now.. nothing interesting going on.. when for lunch downstairs with yanli and her sis.. and that's like the most exciting thing i did till now for today.. other boring stuff included stuff like sweeping the floor, cleaning up my room, sms-ing and organising 06/99 outing.. but the worst part is still knowing 12/00 bbq was cancelled due to poor response.. that's so sad..

TGIO

New term i heard today and i was passing by KR, it's TGIO.. and it means thank goodness it's over.. interesting although not really 100% accurate.. they had a band preparing to party tonite i think.. but the sem is not OVER!! it's only halfway thru.. next week may be a break.. but!! it's meant for studying and catching up and preparing for the post midterm quizzes.. but watever it is.. it's time for a short short break.. yeah!! anyone wanna go out next week?? i got 06/99 to come out on tuesdays liaozZ.. anyone else wanna fill up my week?? heh..

F sucks

After almost half a year, and ending up in Civil. I shld have accepted my fate, accepted my F in computing. I have been mugging for the past few days.. catching up on my work.. here i am alone in one of the tutorial rooms trying to do some more tutorial.. my only consolation:- i'm getting work done, while i see many ppl losing pace.. Maybe cos i'm damn bored now, getting sianzZ about working through all those senseless questions. so often the reason why i dunno how to do a question is because i dun understand the question, i dunno what it's asking for. if u think arts have essays with hidden meaning, engineering have questions that have hidden theories, equations, numbers, U name it!!

Anyway, the thought and regret of getting an F drifted it's way back into my head... not sure from where.. but it's there.. and it sucks.. suddenly there's so many options, so many different things i could have done in order to not get an F.. but at that period of time, it just din occur to me..

perhaps this is a part of my character, once i start, i wun stop even if i'm failing.. i'll just follow thru in the failure and wallow in self-misery until i suddenly enlighten myself there's other stuff to do.. a slow and painful process..

Pretty good Day

It's a pretty good day today, although it started off pretty late.. like 4plus 5 in the afternoon.. before that i was just lazing away in my bed.. hahaa... that's life.. anyway.. went yumcha for dinner.. the dim dum is still pretty good.. so not bad... eat until quite shuang.. cos go with elders can always just order & order & order.. hahaa..

den later at night went videoEZ to rent vcd with yanli.. she took 2 shows.. i took one.. wanna watch the dorm.. heh... den went bowling with 4e ppl.. that's almost 11pm liaozZ... play 2 games only.. but results not bad.. hahaa.. quite shuang.. just re-motivated myself to buy my own bowling ball.. hahaha..

den finally.. supper at joo chiat.. roti prata.. kindda pissed with the service.. maybe cos no competitors nearby, so they quite yaya-papaya... but the prata was quite good.. crispy.. heh...

as for now.. it's time to sleep or maybe some tv first.. haha..

CG 12/00 Outing

Just now went out with 12/00 ppl.. went to this ktv in chinatown.. it has a very lame name.. ten dollar family ktv... lame rite?? we paid around $12 for 3hrs ktv & a bowl of "sharks fin" hahaa.. not too bad lar.. & 2 drinks too.. the song are also quite updated.. overall.. not bad lar.. as for the singing.. xinwei still the most powerful of all.. impressive.. he makes those songs seem so easy..

after ktv, i managed to psycho them to go Tung Shui.. hahaa.. made them eat the thick toast.. i think i really made quite a bit of business for them recently.. we stayed there for a long long time.. only just got home not long ago..

trying to upload e photos now.. they will be at my fotopic very soon.. go see see k..

Kitty Sleep

That's a very very good example of wat i see during lecture..

Frustrating Weekend

It's been a super unproductive weekend for myself... haven done any of the work i told myself to do.. like readings which i have missed for a long long time.. i need to do my readings... and also my tutorial which i have done halfway on friday.. i wanted to finish them off over the weekend.. but i wasnt able to.. so wat happen?? well... i think i spent most of saturday at home sleeping.. that's y.. as for sunday.. it's more meaningful.. i played basketball in the moring.. and went to fix up yanli's place in the afternoon.. did some drilling.. and mind u.. drilling is very strenuous on e back.. esp when it's drilling on the ceiling... super shagged after the drilling.. back still aching.. i guess i could say that's what keeping me from going to school.. haha... lame excuse.. but yah.. that's the truth.. i personally extended my weekend to monday, as well as the UNPRODUCTIVITY... yah.. tml will be tues.. and i'm expecting better productivity... HAIL self-studying...

I've Decided

I've DECIDED!! after much consideration.. i'm not going for lecture later.. i'm going to stay in the library.. and do some work.. lectures are getting too boring.. the lecturers are all singing.. lullabies!!

time to experience the life of UNI.. life of self-study..

First Day oF the Week

today's my first day in school for this week.. yes i know it's a tuesday.. yes i know i pontang'd yesterday.. yes i remember telling myself not to miss any lessons this semester... but no, i'm not really guilty.. i did manage to conjure up a pretty extensive report for my hydraulics lab which is due today.. yupzZ.. quite happy about that.. although i only started on it like 7pm yesterday.. hahaa.. but the key is i finished it...

it's gonna be a very long day in school today.. espcially cos i haven slept.. spent most of the time in front of tv after finishing my work... guess i'll have to rest well tonite.. cos i have plenty of readings to do...

Plane Day

it's another of those weird days whereby everything seems to go against u.. let's just start from the moment i wake up.. i woke up late.. my alarm was suppose to go off at 7am, but the clocked stopped at 6.45am.. den i only woke up at 8am.. my lesson was at 9am.. so i quickly washed up and packed my stuff.. and rush to catch a cab.. somehow i went to a spot where there's totally no empty cab.. i usually wouldnt go there.. someting must be wrong with me today..

e rest of the day was kindda ok.. till vball training.. i find out i was left out of the IVP team again.. although i knew i wasnt the best.. and i've already told myself a long time ago that i wasnt in the best shape to compete.. but somehow to know that i was left out of the team just doesnt feel good at all.. kindda suxX actually...

after training.. was supposed to meet yanli for dinner. she was suppose to come to NUS to find me.. after training i rushed to bath afraid that she was waiting for me.. but after bathing den i saw her msg saying she's just left her house.. i was super sad.. was hoping to see her immediately after vball esp how sucky i felt after not making the cut for the team... i felt so abandoned.. so i became pissed and called her.. told her off.. and asked her to meet me at my place instead.. i dun want to wait for an hr alone in sch for her to come.. the original plan was for me to meet her after vball.. eat dinner.. den mummy would come pick us up after her lesson at SIM..

and mummy called me as i was on my way to MRT.. i tot she had finished her lesson.. and could come pick me so i told her i was at Bouna Vista Mrt.. but she was like why was i at MRT.. den ask me if still want her to pick me or not.. i mean if she done with her lessons at SIM wy not rite?? den she told me she was at home.. she din go for lesson.. aarrgghhh.. waste my time.. never tell me earlier also.. aarrgghhh.. why is everything going against me...

Last Day of August

does anyone what does the last day of august signifies for a UNI student in singapore?? it means orientation period is over.. tutorials are piling up and work is snowballing.. time to switch into the next gear or else you will be left behind again.. this is the crucial period which we cannot slow down.. if we slow down here, we wun be able to pick up in the final third..

yupzZ.. so i'm off to do some work.. muahahaaa...

The Silent Whisperer

today i had my first tutorial and lab of the semester.. and they happened to be the same module.. and same tutor.. BUT.. this tutor has a HUGE problem.. a very very quiet problem.. remember the silent whisperer from SG idols?? yah?? now imagine the indian version.. that's my tutor.. OMG!! very painful sitting at the last row.. i'm practising lip-reading thru-out the lessons.. moreoever, he talks a lot.. and the best part? his voice is uni-directional, somehow it's polarise or focused, however u many wanna put it.. as long as he is not facing u.. u cant hear a word.. he's that good.. he explains quite a lot of stuff during his lessons.. but he is WAY too soft.. someone in the class already told him that.. but.. it seems like that's his maxed.. i cant's even see before his teeth.. not even the gums are visible. that's how big he opens his mouth.. and i think he's an indian scholar, and there's this other indian in the class, who seems to hear him pretty well, cos he's the one answering most of his questions... but i think i'm gonna hate him.. why?? cos he "diao" me when i asked the tutor to repeat wat he just said.. wat's wrong with asking qns.. i belief wat i'm asking is relevant to everyone else.. cos they also cant hear.. he thinks he's SO smart.. stupid indian scholar, come spoil market only...

Tiredness Lingers...

being tired is not something that happens suddenly, you dun suddenly get very very tired.. nope.. it's a built-up from past activities.. very often mental activities make u tired faster den physical.. and actually physical training helps to keep u awake longer and better...

now here's my problem.. i'm so so tired.. i feel very zombie-fied... why?? cos i rushed my tutorials yesterday.. although not really everything was done.. but did quite a lot to my standards.. i seriously do not like to do my work on weekends... weekends are supposed to be spent sleeping, enjoying, couching.. yah.. stuff liddat..

i slept thru most of today's lectures.. i was struggling to stay awake.. but too bad.. it din work.. the zZzzZZz monster has reappeared... i'm now rotting in the study room in YIH.. later still got trainin i wonder how i'm gonna do anything tonight.. no time.. no strength.. is this when or why ppl turn to god?? hmmm...

Supper @ TSC

met up with some of the 4e guys just now.. went for supper at TSC.. i was trying to introduce this cafe to them.. i think the thick toasts really got to them.. and we tried the D24 durian one.. that was really fulfilling.. we also tried the coconut floss one.. for ppl who like coconut floss, the taste is very rich too.. and i realised something.. the cafe has live EPL matches on matchdays.. cool.. that's y it was quite crowded just now.. anyway.. i only manage to salvage some shots before they finished everything.. hahaa.. look at the durian..

Yummy Food Fiesta

Had dinner with yanli at the foodcourt @ Millenia Walk.. There's this korean stall which i had mention before, quite some time back i think.. It sells pretty tasty Korean fare, although the dishes look pretty much similar to other Korean stalls in other foodcourts, but it's not... It tastes much much better, and the reason behind it? that's b'cos it's a branch of a very very nice and a little expensive Korean restaurant called MANNA.. no, it's not country Manna, totally nothing to do with it.. anyway, the restaurant is @ Telok Ayer St.. the food is nice.. but not cheap. the place gives u a feeling of modern korea, and there are always korean speaking ppl there..

ok ok.. back to the foodcourt stall.. this stall is my fav place for cheap and tasty bulgogi, saba, kimchi soup & bibimbaps.. there's also cold noodles, which i have yet to try.. maybe next time.. just take a look at the mouth watering food..


aftermath..

went to watch Jennifer Aniston's "Break up".. it was supposed to be some super hilarious movie.. but it turned out rather disappointing.. turned out like some romantic drama instead.. yah.. so din really enjoyed the show.. so went for supper after that.. hahaa..

Supper was at Tong Shui, or TSC which means tong shui cafe.. haha.. i had my 1st try in this shop at the shop opp great world city.. this place is famous for it's Super Thick Toasts and desserts.. but many ppl order a maggi-lookalike-tastealike ramen.. haha.. anyway.. it's a good place for supper.. it opens from 12pm till 6am.. there's scv too.. haha.. we visited the new opened branch at liang seah st.. somehow the business here looks poor.. perhaps it's still un-noticed..

the decor is pretty nostalgic.. and the staff's uniform, traditional too.. haha.. but the main attraction is still the food.. not exactly coffee shop price.. more like a chinese style starbucks.. but the food is GOOD.. just look at the dripping peanut butter...



just click the photos for more..

Results of IT Security Quest

Recently i ttok part in a NUS IT Security Quest.. I dragged one of my fren to join me.. so we went to look for ans but in the end.. most of the ans were found by me.. and we submitted wat we tot was the most correct answers.. anyway.. the results were out and i got nothing.. but my fren got 2nd.. kaozZ.. i'm so so not lucky.. this is the prize.. good rite.. better luck next time.. but he was nice enough to give me $60 out of $100 NTUC voucher which was also part of the prize..

Fantasy Weekend

it's been a very different weekend for me.. why? cos it's was very exciting yet very boring... there were numerous exciting swordfights, great scenaries, impressive characters, fate which draws the envy of many men.. yet i stayed at home for most of the time.. in fact i was in my room for almost 24hrs.. why?? i was watching VCD.. i rented the whole set of "天龙八部" it's the china 2003 edition.. it's actually being shown on SCV currently but the showtimes are too lousy, maybe cos it's rerun.. i missed the 1st run quite some time back.. watched only bits & pieces.. somehow it seems i was captivated by the showwhen i watched the 1st few episodes 2 weeks ago.. with tutorials and labs starting soon.. i doubt i would have the time to watch the re-run.. so i rented the whole set on saturday.. 27 discs in total, only $10, this tells u it's a 2003 show.. hahaa.. anyway.. i'm done with the show.. i finished abt 21 discs in a weekend... i dun think i've ever done that b4..

it's quite fantastic that i finished everything in one weekend.. with the whole set in my hands.. i just din want to stop for too long to know what happens in the next disc.. and finally it's over.. with a weekend totally filled with "天龙八部", now i feel kindda empty.. alittle lost.. seems a lot like a withdrawal symptom.. a lot like the feeling when i finished watching my "倚天屠龙记" and "宝莲灯"... and i think this feeling will still last for a while.. so ppl if u see me feeling or looking a little lost for the next few days.. u know why..

i always wonder why i like watching such dramas.. my conclusion is i would always immerse myself in the show to an extent of putting myself into the shoes of the characters.. feel what they feel, do what they do.. it's a great feeling, to have great abilities to do great things.. maybe that's wat intrigues me, and have me watch them over & over again...

well den.. that's my exciting weekend activity.. it's over for now.. and maybe it shld stay less exciting till this sem is over.. it's time to study real hard.. hahaa..

A Proud Moment

I'm suddenly so proud of myself, why? cos i spoke up during lecture today. actually it was a built-up to the event.. the previous lecturer already had me on the verge of shouting out.. but someone else did it first... although i din think his solution was good at all.. anyway... this lecturer was telling us that he's starting lab sessions next week and tutorial the week after next... when we have not gotten our groupings.. cos he DOESNT know we have got our groupings.. and i'm so pissed that no one bothered to voice out to him abt out situation.. and so i did...

i raised my hand and told him straight that we cant have our labs next week, cos our lab and tutorial groupings will not be confirm until the end of next week.. and FINALLY he understood our situation.. i'm so proud of myself.. and when he asked if the whole lecture group has the same problem.. everyone ECHOED "YEESSS".. omg.. that's recognition man.. hahaa... only 1 word.. shiok!!!

oh yah... i managed to sell one of my books.. for $20.. but i'm only getting $17 back.. haha... and i totally dun rmember how much i got the book for.. must be ex.. hahaa..