Fun-filled Day

Alot of things happened today. I do not think i can keep myself awake any longer... Woke up at dawn, it has been a long time since i have woken up this early. I have to go to the driving centre to attend my driving lesson. It is the 1st lesson of the day for the centre. Felt like it was really empty as the centre is usually bustling with people. Did my driving and booked more lessons when i ended it. I came home as it was still early, it is the late morning. I came home and i chatted with my ex-VP. We chatted awhile and i left home soon after. I went to meet up with my friends to celebrate my ex-Treasurer birthday. What a sad day for her, we actually wanted to go cycling. But it was raining. Real bad... So in the end, we went to this restaurant to have our lunch there. We bought cake for her and we ate at the place. It was full of fun and laughter. Took some photographs during the afternoon. It is definitely fun-filled. After the afternoon fun, i had to rush to a meeting. This meeting is rather important as i have to present what we have planned for the previous few months. I have confidence that i can head this committee and make the event a success. The meeting ended rather late because there were so many questions raised and lots of comments on each event. I had to answer them and give response to all of them. It was not a really good one as some of the lecturers and professors were really giving me a headache... After the meeting ended, we went to have dinner together. Dinner was simple and nothing much was chatted. After dinner, my committee member and i took the same bus home. We live like 10mins away from each other. On the bus trip, we chatted and laughed. Had a good time chatting with her. Before i alight from the bus, i gave her something to think about. I guess she is still stunned at the sentence.

Raining on your birthday. That is something that anyone who celebrate their birthday hate the most. Unless you are an pessimistic person, than raining on your birthday would not be any problems for you. You cannot do alot things outdoor. What a sad story for the birthday person. I think today we did our best to entertain her and keep the mood up. I can see that she look a little dejected that the weather did not go in her favour, but we did had a great time. I guess i can conclude one thing. As long as you have fun, it does not matter if it rains hail or have a hurricane around.

Happy Birthday hor...

Driving Slow and Calm

I had a lot of driving practice today. ALOT... Today i had learnt quite alot of things. Learn to overtake and drive off a slope. The instructor told me about the test routes the Traffic Police(TP). One way is easier, while the other is damn difficult. I hope that i can finish it as soon as possible. It was really tiring to drive 200 mins at one shot. But it was worth it. I was really hungry after all the driving, so i went to a nearby Macdonald's to have lunch. Its been quite awhile since i had a meal there. After lunch was haircut. I decided to have my hair cropped to a very short length, the one that i use to have. My stylist was kind of shock as she did not expect me to wait so long till my next haircut. She did my hair and i changed my image again. Back to normal, back to last six months ago. Short hair does not need much time to dry or style. The haircut was very enjoyable, its like having a hair therapy. Totally relaxed and having somebody to take care of my hair. It was home sweet home after that.

What is wrong with cars with a 'L' plate? Does that mean that they can be bullied on the streets? Give them some chance and let them learn how to drive. I mean... You were once on the road like that too. I think if every driver just give way to them, everything would be fine. A few minutes of giving way and having some patience with them... Is it so difficult? Give them a chance and in future, they might remember this and give the future drivers a chance to learn.

Please Give Way...

Terrific Tuesday

Ah... Its a busy Tuesday. In the morning, i went to attend my driving lesson. I was almost late. Thank god the train came just in time. The training was kinda tedious as i have to train myself to get use to the driving skills required. Still not very good at it. My goal; to pass my driving lesson by the end of this year. So that i can drive my friends around during Christmas Season. Add another one is to bring my sister to all the places with the good food. I can do it!! After the lesson, i met with a friend. Had lunch with her. Chatted about the old times and the current situation. I sent her home after that as i was going on the same way. After she alighted, i went on to get another SAT form. It was an arduous journey, but i managed to complete it. I have to apologise to my ex-VP as i messed up the info she sent me. She told me to wait at City Hall at 6.15pm. Even though the bus i came in broke down and i had to wait for the next bus, i arrived on the dot. But i was at the wrong location!!! ARGHZ... I quickly rush down to City Hall to meet up with her. I explained my reasons and i guess she did not really forgive me. Maybe i am thinking too much. Had dinner together. We talked about her FYP project and my current free time. I understand she is always aiming at me for my free time. It is the fact, im really too free to. Finding things to occupy myself. The seat we chose was not a very good one. We had a usual seating place, but we chose another as she wanted to fill up the forms. In the end, we never checked the 'feng shui' and we got quite a bad table. We had our dinner quick and i taught her how to fill up the forms. After filling up all the forms, we chatted a little while more before we left the building. We went to a nearby Macdonald's and i bought her an ice-cream cone. She has this sweet-tooth for desserts after dinner. We continue our way to the busstop where i accompanied her till her bus came. Said our goodbyes and the bus carried her homeward. I went across the road and took a bus home.

"When you get bad grades... Think of this, you can blame two things; either the school is teaching you the wrong way or you are learning the wrong way."

This is a quote i read from a book. It talks about the world where Certificates and qualitications rule all the major jobs. It is quite a long one. From the book, it says that different people learn things differently. Some learn it by doing it than read about it later. Some is after a thorough understanding of the theory, than they start doing. This is the two major category. There are many many more in each category and it is explained in that book. I think that this book is very good as it explains that not everyone is judged by that exam paper. Yes, i do agree that grades show how intelligent you are at the subject. But think about this, it only shows how intelligent you are at answering questions and throwing facts. One last thing before i end this. Another quote from the book, but taken from the Father of Relativity, Prof. Albert Einstein.

"My brain does not keep facts. I do creative thinking in my head. You want facts, go visit a library."

World stop turning...

Super Monday

Another beautiful Monday... Some Mondays are that sweet, some Mondays just killed you over and over and over and over... Well... Today is not that day. I was abruptly woken up by my mobile. Man, i was dreaming. Dreaming of a very good time. Darn that phone, should have shut it last night. It was a serious matter as my Supervisor had lost our Peer Evaluation forms. Now he wants us to redo it and send him a soft copy. Im like so pissed off at this and wonders why is he still keeping that post of a Supervisor of FYP projects. Well, action was taken swiftly. I messaged the rest of my teammates and sent them a copy of the form. By the early noon, i had received almost all the forms. Except one... Its expected... Maybe i will push him a little bit tomorrow. After that, i went to make my breakfast. Nothing beats a cup of hot coffee, eggs and a delicious and nutritious sandwich. I think im overeating... Maybe its my nature that i eat alot. I have to confess... My biggest sin, eating. I love to eat. Not only that, i like to cook too. Enough of that. After breakfast, i rested awhile and packed my table. Nothing much has changed but at least its neater. With the table packed, i opened my cupboard and picked my clothing for leaving home later. I went to this building at the city area where i was suppose to register for the SAT exams. Man... Its really a long walk. Reach the building, got the forms, understood what was suppose to be done and left the building in search of another item. Tonight was the big beef cookoff. I was searching for a bottle of sour cream as i ran out of it. I forgot where i got that bottle but i could not find it anywhere. So i went home without the sauce. Reached home and took the beef out to thaw. Rest my tired body by totally relaxing infront of the television watching a re-run of The Simpsons. Do not know why but i find that the award-winning hit comedy always make me laugh. No matter how many times i see it. After that sparks the beef cook off. Everything went well except that without the sour cream, everything tasted a little off...

Registering for another kind of exams. I always wanted to get a degree. Wear that square hat and tossing up in the air to see it spin. With that degree, i can wear the graduation coat and have a family photo. I always wanted to have a family photo. Looking back at all the photos, i realise that i have never had a family photo taken before. Okie, the baby pictures does not count. I mean, i want to be standing behind them while they are sitting on chairs. Once, my teammate showed us a photo of her family photo. It was really nice and it was beautiful. Really shows the bond the family have. I looked at it and wished that my family have one taken. I just want to keep one in my wallet so that whenever im lonely, i will take it out and look at all the loving and caring faces that i see everyday in my home. That will be a very long time before it can ever be fulfilled. Currently the photos in my wallet are those i care alot. I keep them inside there and take out once awhile to look at it.

Love thy family...

Time is of the Essence

I did not blog for like so long. Count the hours man... A quick recap on what has happened. On tuesday, i had my last and final lesson for the semester. Its all over, my school life have ended. All that involves me in school for school work has come to an end. On Wednesday, i had lunch with my ex-VP. Pin high hopes on her dressing, in the end, its just a normal attire i have seen from the day i met her. Man, that WAS dissapointing. Was expecting her to be in blouse and skirt, at least something that will blend in with the rest. I definitely could not blend in, a Polo-tee and jeans. Man, i stood out like a sore thumb. Anyway, we had a fantastic lunch. Maybe its been a long time i had a weekday lunch with her. After that, i sent her back to her office... Ground floor. After taking my last look on her, i set my course to find those toys i have been collecting since i was a child. It was located at some walking distance. But i guess lady luck was not shining on me. I went in search of the shop and it was closed. Closed for the week as they have gone to Japan to get more toys back. ARGHZ... What rotten luck. So i hit the road, board a bus and head straight home.

Well... That is about it, i shall continue about my life tonight. If i got the time...

Timing is right...

What???

What happened to me... Today is a day of infamy. My fish was pronounced dead today. After so many years of companionship, it finally reported to the gates of heaven. Life of being my fish is a good life. I have a big tank where he can swim around all day with no care in the world. Food was given every morning and evening. When i see the water is all yellow and have a smell, i take out all my stuff and i change the water and clean the tank. All this done while he stay at this corner waiting for his crib to be changed. After that, he wag his fins around like a happy fish. Man... I'm gonna miss those days. Now my tank is empty and the sound of running water is silent. As they say, words can't express what i feel right now. Maybe this is the Lord's way of telling me to get a new fish? I do not know, but what i know is... The tank will be empty for the time being.

Rest in peace...

Brand New Week

This is the special week. This is the first time i ever stayed at home for the whole day just enjoying myself. Immerse myself into my chair and enjoyed my room's stress busters. There is the black and cool looking PS2, the al-powerful CPU, loud-banging Hi-Fi and lastly, my bouncy bed. Man, its heaven on earth here. I practically spent my whole day here. Well not totally every minute. I did went to my kitchen, to make lunch and bring it back to my heaven to eat. I left my heaven for awhile in the evening to accompany my Sis. She is damn tired after an exam today. Looking at her really makes me feel useless. Im her big brother and i can't help her a little bit. All i can do is cheer her up and keep her spirits up. Maybe that is all i can do now. How i wish i could share the burden with her. I sent her home after that. Even though the journey was short, she slept on the bus. Guess she really is tired. After sending her home, i walked about her neighbourhood to look around to see if there were any mobile phone shop. It was really bad i could not find any. So i went back home and continued my games.

I am now on full track on the road to recovery. Im recovering from the stress i have been dealt with for the past 14 weeks. No more stress. No more pressure. No more datelines. Now the road ahead is clear. Enjoyment is all i can see. It will all end when i reach bend in the road. That bend will be called ITP. When that comes, i will stop all this enjoyment and sink myself in that stressful company. That is my challenge for the year. This is a major challenge as i like chanllenges. Hope i can do great on this challenge and continue with my life.

Its to enjoy...

Life of a Free Man

Ah... The good life... Now all that is left is my ITP(Internship Program). After that, its another journey in life that i must undertake. Nothing much happened today. Woke up late as i want to enjoy my bed a little longer. Finally, i got myself up and went to the bathroom to wash myself. Breakfast was next and it was good. Well... Not using my own allowance and furthermore, a good cup of coffee. Definitely it was good. I went back to my room and totally sank myself there. Played games on my PS2, chatted with my ex-VP on the com and listened to great music on my radio. Did not enjoy myself like this for a very long time... After sometime, i went for a swim and cooled myself off. Nothing like soaking up the cold water to relieve your stress totally. My dad came home rather early as he is going to Bangkok for the weekends. We left for the airport and settled our dinner there. Said goodbyes and farewells to him, we went back home.

Nothing is better than a stress-free momment in your life. In this country, every corner is filled with stress. Maybe its just me or is this whole country built on stress? From the day we are taking our PSLE, we are bring pressurised to get good grades. Getting good grades is one thing, but missing a huge chunk of your childhood life is very bad. Do children these days know the fun of marbles? Do they know what is a plastic trasparent piggy bank? Now they are eating ice shavings but it orginated where these shavings were shaped to a ball and sucked the watery cold sweetness from it. When its all dry, we use to throw the ball at one another to create the fun of having snowball fight in a country where there is no winter. Some of the things that i used to do all fading into my memories. Its so pressuring to live in such a stressful life, who wants to pay taxes at everything that have a price on it. Man, i wonder when will the government have such a thing where they tax on the taxes you pay.

Freedom is sweet...

Maniac Monday

If life were this boring everyday, i would commit suicide after three exact same days. Went to school in a happy mood and wanted to make my day better by submitting my project. Once and for all, i am free from the shackles of the FYP. Now for the last final part, the demostration and presentation. This is like leaving the prison just that i have not left the compound. After submitting my project, i left my teammates to deal with the presentation stuff. Prepared a little on it. But i was soon called upon to do another project. Im quite involved in this but the time spent of using the software is too short and we are usually told to just follow the worksheets. I think that is not enough as we do not know what are the functions really doing. So i just sat there and did most of the brain work, while my teammates did all the trial-and-error stuff. It is very drain on the mind. Having to analyze and think whether the diagrams made any sense. I do not know whether was it me or the project, everything seems so boring. I hope after this week, nothing would be this boring even. Did nothing much after i left school. Had this mindset to take a cab home. But maybe my thrifty side kept me from doing that and i took a bus instead.

When i was heading my way to school, i was listening to my favourite DJs of the morning shift. They always have a topic to discuss every weekday morning. Today was no different, today's was about family violence. What really shook me was that husband-beaters are more than wife-beaters and usually husbands that go into the hospital after the abuse tend to be more seriously injured than the former. The reason that the DJs have discussed and confirmed is that husbands when dealing out damage, uses the hands and feet. While wives who does not have the brute strength of a man uses weapons ranging from golf clubs to even a chopper! No wonder that husbands ended in hospital with life-threatening injuries than the wives. My 2 cents, why end up in such violent stuff? We are not the only species that have family violence, and that is a fact. Comparing ourselves to animals or insects, we should be ashamed of ourselves. Why resort to violence when everything can be talked over nicely without raising any weapon or dishing out damage. When couples get married, im sure there will be quarrels. But raising one hand to hit the other, that is getting too far. I believe that when one of the pair starts using violence as a way to end arguements, im sure he/she is not worth the love by his/her partner.

Love thy partner...

Day of Freedom

After so many weeks... After so many days... Finally... I have completed my project!!! YEAH!!! Got ready for school late as i wanted to stay in bed longer. Already done what I am suppose to do. Arrived in school late, i think my teammates are wondering what the hell am i doing arriving so late. They did not make any enquiries or ask me any questions. But i can see that they are kind of unhappy me being late and them early. I sat down and started up my work area. After awhile, we went for our breakfast. It was rather fast, nothing much was chatted. Maybe everyone is stress and pressurised by the dateline given. With a full stomach, we went back to our lab to continue our project. I had to concentrate on another project as the dateline is today. Totally just compiled and lied about everything. To make the report out, we just had to do all kinds of stuff. A five person project ended up by three person clearing up the rest of the project. Sat there for three full hours to clear up the rest of the stuff. After the greusome challenge, we finally completed it and we submitted it just in time. Went back to join my teammates after that. Did some minor testing and found a bug. But my teammate that was suppose to do that was already on his way home. Shucks... Had to bring that part back home and send it to him. After that, i accompanied the girls of my teammate to print the documentation required for this phase of the project. Wow... We spent almost $15 on printing papers. But at least it is worth it. Gave up my file to one of them as they did not bring a file to keep the papers. After that, we parted and i left for home.

Nothing feels better than having something lifted off your shoulders. The stress, the pressure... All gone. Freedom never felt so good. It feels like life have gone back to normal again. Usually when this happens, most of the time im thinking of what to do and what i will be doing next. This kind of life is also not very good. Maybe i am a picky person. Whatever life throws at me, i will have complains on it. This proves that im still human, im still a Singaporean. Got to learn to be more flexible and more adaptive to my environment. Now that im left with less than three weeks before i reach my holidays. Took the initiative to pack my holidays. This will save me the trouble of thinking what to do and where to go during my holidays. Never done this before, maybe this will be a good start to a long period of holiday.

Be stress free...

Bai Ri Meng (Daydreaming)

Another sub-boring day has passed. Woke up too early so i went back to bed, in the end, i woke up late. Damn... Have to stop doing that to myself, wasting time sleeping so much. Pushed myself to the bathroom and prepared myself for the day. Chose my clothing of the day. During that time, i was chatting with my ex-VP. She just got online and i decided to have a short chat with her. So sad to hear that she is all alone today. Her partner is sick(i presume...), and she have to endure the lonliness in the office. I said my goodbyes and i left for school. Arrived late to my first lesson. Glad the lecturer did not mark that im late. He is a kind lecturer and i think he remember as a student of his class and not a student who is always late for his class. I hope he does the former... After his lesson, i went on for the last lesson of the day. Good: The lecturer was a good one, she knows her stuff and she taught very well. Bad: The computer is down!! She talked and talked and we were often caught off-guard by her highlited points. The lecture was the same as taking the bullet-train in Japan. Man, that was fast. Did not complain much as i managed to absorb as much as possible. It was lunch time after lessons. Met up with my Welfare Officer to have our weekly date. Haha... Had quite a good time with her. She wore really nice today. Skirt and a sleeveless shirt... *drool~~* Okie, that was uncalled for. Lunching with her is always fun, always expect the unexpected. Guess that is why lunching with her is never boring. After lunch, i went back to our respective labs to continue our projects. Did nothing much there, practically just testing and trial runs. Did some improvements for the site when i saw it was needed. I received a call that needed me. Went to my friend's rescue. Provided as much help as possible. If you are reading this, you are owing me too many favours le. Keep accumulating, and u might as well commit suicide and stop living. Left her to study the coding. I have complete confidence that she will understand my programming codes and do it without my help. Just when i thought i have completed whatever was needed for the day, my teammate threw me something to do. Im kind of shocked that the function was not done. I tried and tried but i just cannot do it. Maybe its the end of the day therefore giving me not a good mood to do that function. After trying out for the last time, i packed my bag and left the stressed-filled lab for home.

WM(my friend): Hey, i ask you a question. There are 2 girls behind a curtain each. You are to choose one and have sex with her no matter how she look like or what shape she is. That is the bad part, the good part is this. One is a extremely hot babe and the other is the total opposite. If given this choice, would you want to try?

Me: (Think for awhile...)Yes.

WM: Why? Lets think, if you get the ugly one, what will you feel?

Me: I think it the other way, at least i get the chance to have sex with a hot girl. Do you think you have any other chances closer than that?

That is my conversation with him during our 'self-declared' break. What you guys think? Did i make a good choice? Or i was foolish to do something that crazy. I always think life is a challenge, how long we live is also a challenge. We challenge to see who will live the longest. So i look this as a challenge, high risk but high return. Maybe its my nature to like risk.

Having risky life...

Time is ticking...

A few more days, less than 100 hours left. Countdown to my submission date of my FYP. Headed to school late. Woke up rather late too, had a bad time waking up. After i woke up, the construction site caused a ruckus again. Left home soon after... The sunshine feels so good on the body, making me feel so alive. After some lessons, i went to join my friends to tidy up our presentation. Had to present it today. Rush and rush... Finally we have completed it. Sure enough... It was tough, but at least it was something we did last minute. Crash into the presetation with whatever we had. Not a memorable experience and one that i would never regard as one of my best presentation. After that, i met up with my friend to help her on her project. Taught her as much as possible, could not help her much, instead just encouraged her and and gave her some pointers. Finally, had to accompany her to walk to the train. When we left the lab, i followed her. She asked me to keep her company while she waits for her class of boys to walk together to the train. When they have arrived, we set our destination to the train station. While walking, she chatted with them, but she walked next to me. Maybe she felt it was neccessary to do it as she was the one that asked me to do it. When we reached the train station, we seperated as we took different directiions. The train was kind of late due to the mad rush of a typical Singapore evening. Alighted at the next stop and went on to check out the comic store. Went to take a look around to see if the newest volume of comic have arrived. Im not sure why, but i just like to get my comics from that store. Luck was not on my side, there was no new volumes of comic. What a wasted trip. Left the comic store and went home feeling tired and dissapointed.

Time is running out and im left with that little time to settle all my FYP stuff. We have finished it totally left with some clearing of the codes and a couple of comments here and there. Nothing that cannot be done in this short timing. All that is required are done. Hope everything works well when we present our FYP to our Supervisors and Evaluator. I do hope he gives a remark or comment so that i will get to showcase our project again.

Present, present, present...(1 nouns, 1 verb, 1 adjective)

Bored...

Time to blog, (looks at clock), time to sleep... Nohing much to blog anyway. Same tuesday as usual. Maqybe tomorrow i will blog again. Yesterday blog have been cancelled by blogger server. Damn that server...

Boredom invades me...

Bitter Sweet Monday

Finally, mondays that are not that blue. Went to school as per normal. Had FYP slot in the morning. Went to school settle the final details of my FYP. One more thing, last friday my supervisor did not came to visit me. Today he came. First thing he told me was he forgotten totally about friday visit. Im like... ARGHZ!!! Made me so mad. My supervisor and you made the appointment, than you forget... This sucks. But it does not bother me. I just showed everything to him and told him about our functions and stuff. Had this sense of acheivement where i finally able to let people see what we have been talking and writing on paper so long. After we trial demo our project to him, he gave us some comments and advised us on how to do our final presentation. He left soon after and we went to have our breakfast. After breakfast, we continued with refining of our project. Had to switch labs as the other course of students require to use the lab. Before changing labs, we sat somewhere to settle our meeting tomorrow. It's a formal meeting and we are tested on it. So we definitely have to practice for it. I took this meeting rather serious but seeing my members having fun and not taking it seriously, made me relax my seriousness. They laugh, i laugh along. They smile, i smile along. No matter what, i enjoyed my time being with them. We proceeded to the lab that have the software we wanted. The lab was one of my junior's class. She was suppose to have lesson there, but she came really late. I called her and told her about it. After that, she came over quickly. She was the one that i had to help in her project. Looking at how bad she is doing, i quickly gave her some advice and explained the codes to her. Hope she understands what im talking. She left earlier than me. I stayed in the lab longer to finish up whatever im suppose to do. After finishing, i waited for my teammates to complete their tasks. After that, we left together. Though we walk seperate ways when we walk out of the lab, i still feel that its good to wait for them.

Nothing much to say. Not much to say as i have other things to do. I guess im not setting my time management well. Got to set it right soon.

Today good Monday...

One more week till freedom

Last day of the week. Nothing much i can do now except keep doing trial runs and testing to my project. Arrived early in school to start doing project. Glad my teammates were early too. I had an appointment with my supervisor that i will show him a taste of what we are going to present. In the end, he did not come. He did not even contact me. Im not very happy at this but he is still my supervisor. Maybe its our culture to respect and listen to seniority rather than manners. Waited for him for half an hour. After that, i called and left him a message, and i brought my whole team down for breakfast. Told him to contact me when he wants to meet us. Ate and went back to our project lab. He haven gave me a call. Continue what we are doing and waited for his call. We even shifted our lab. And he still never call me. Well... I gave up on him and i just surfed the net while my teammates are cleaning up our project. Had a conversation with a friend of mine. We graduated at the same year but i enrolled into poly earlier. She could not make it to poly as she failed a major subject. We were quite close so i gave her a helping hand on her project. That is when i get to know more about her poly life. Man... She is so popular and wanted by her classmates. 2 different guys chasing after her. Alas, she like none of them. I had to sit in and act 'to be very close with her'. Well... She was one of my good friend during my secondary school days so i just played along. After some acting and laughing at the 2 idiots, i left her with her friend and i went back home. Changed into my swimming gear and went swimming. Its been sometime since i have such a cooling dip.

Just 2 months ago, our Prime Minister(PM) proposed a five-day-week for all civil servants. This includes the employees of all educational organisations that are government funded and this includes my poly. Now, my poly is closed on saturday. Last time i used to go back to school on saturday to enjoy the facilities of the school. I pay almost a thousand bucks each semester to attend lessons and use the school's facilities. Now im being confined to staying home and spending time with my family. I know... We are a stressful and fast-pace country and society. But saturdays are my days where i get to go out with friends, use the facilities my school provide and increase the bond i have with my club mates. Last time it was simple, a call or a simple message like this would settle my saturday; 'Hey, tmr wan to go club? Play bball/soccer/badminton. 9am, club meet.' This was how my saturday are settled. Not much thinking and not much consideration. Now... I had to plan for my saturdays. I have to think of what am i going to do on saturdays. No more badminton playing or basketball games. This sucks very much. Now i wander around my saturdays... Thinking of what to do, where to go every friday. A new chapter of how i spend my saturday has been forced by the higher levels of the society.

Miss the six-day-week...