Thanks to countless individuals literally threatening me to update, I shall. Hence.
School has restarted, naturally, and marks, projects and homework have all come flying back. Can't complain. School is school, after all. We have been shifted to another class, which looks like a converted barnhouse with whitewashed walls. I swear, the other class is having a whale of a time with their new home, aka our old class. Compared to our current shack, theirs is like the Hilton. Plush seats, clean walls, modern equipment, what more could one ask for? Repeated threats for them to vacate the premises or ''heavy gunfire will follow'' have gone unheeded. GIT YER ASSES OUT OF OUR CLASS!
German class is tough. We're learning new verb forms now, which is about as much fun as having a red-hot poker driven through your left eye. But I'll manage. We had fun the last lesson, listening to German pop group's Die Prinzen's Millionär, which is a song about this guy who wants to be a millionaire and the things he's going to do, eg. rob a bank, be a popstar etc. It's a fantastically catchy song. I fell in love with the tune when I first heard it. Elegantly simple yet brilliantly memorable. And the lyrics are really funny too.
Accompanied Audrey to reconfigure her laptop. For a good 6 hours we sat there, me attempting to study (in vain) my DE, and her also attempting to knit until a knot screwed up the process. I helped with unravelling the thread/yarn/whatever. I never knew knitting was so fun. No really, it seemed to me. Although I know how to knit about as much as the Incredible Hulk, it seems like fun to me. Must try my hand at it. Knitters beware. After the 6 hour fiasco, and after countless "excuse me Sir why is it like that", "wah lau restart again" and my favourite "shit we forgot to type that", the computer was done and we went to Junction 8 for makan. We met up with Eunice and I got introduced to Audrey's friend Amy. Together they call themselves the Powerpuff gals but you'll catch me dead trying to elaborate on that. Was the only guy in the group so was plenty nervous. And I knew my Chinese was about as fluent as an Eskimo's so I stuck to speaking good ol' English instead.
I hope I'm not conveying a wrong message. I don't want him to think otherwise. He thinking that I'm robbing him is the last thing I want to happen. And today, someone said something that terrified me. I can tell that sowed a seed of suspicion in him. In light of all that happened, it seems true, but it truly isn't. I don't want to disrupt anything. I wish I could explain further but in light of the situation it is best that elaboration be kept to a minimum.
-i've been thinking-
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Thursday, September 21, 2006
the Zoo
Ah Meng
Either something's wrong with blogger or my computer doesn't like me. Either way, the damn thing just can't load my photos. Thank goodness it got Ah Meng loaded or I could never forgive myself for not respecting Singapore's Most Valuable Person (MVP). Sorry to some elderly guy in Government: you don't come close.
Zoo visit was awfully wonderful. Went with Alan, Audrey, Isam, Rusmin and Yiming. Walked around too so many exhibits that I couldn't keep count. I think the Zoo's gone on overkill on the turtles and primates. Damn near every exhibit had at least one of the furry or shelled buggers. It was fun while it lasted, what with Isam going bonkers at the sight of the horse's highly endowed, er, nether regions, and Audrey videotaping the guys in the toilet because it was open air. Thank god I wasn't in the toilet. I have to agree with Isam though. It was like the mare had swallowed a whole pack of Viagra and was ready to have some hot horse sex with, well, any horse. I swear he gave us the beady eye as we walked past. Probably grindin' some poor female horse right now. That was probably the major highlight of the trip, other than watching horses eat their own shit and rhinos drink their own pee.
Came back to AMK only to have Audrey drag me to meet Eunice. How I agreed I have no idea, but must have been her psychotic (yes) powers of persuasion. Eunice was nice to be around with though, and for the record, looks better than in her MSN pic. A cheerful and smiley behaviour completes her exterior. Talks much but with equal sense. A very likeable person indeed. I'd like to meet her again.
Joanne called while I was walking home and I probably asked her 3 times "are you on break?", having been told the same answer 3 exact times. Guess my brain wasn't where it was supposed to be, though in a good way =). Too busy thinking about it. Damn it, I can't meet her for bowling now because my peabrain thought I'd still have holiday next week when I actually don't. Never mind, still can meet up.
Amy's birthday's coming up and I still don't know what to get for her. I'm dead, man.
Zoo visit was awfully wonderful. Went with Alan, Audrey, Isam, Rusmin and Yiming. Walked around too so many exhibits that I couldn't keep count. I think the Zoo's gone on overkill on the turtles and primates. Damn near every exhibit had at least one of the furry or shelled buggers. It was fun while it lasted, what with Isam going bonkers at the sight of the horse's highly endowed, er, nether regions, and Audrey videotaping the guys in the toilet because it was open air. Thank god I wasn't in the toilet. I have to agree with Isam though. It was like the mare had swallowed a whole pack of Viagra and was ready to have some hot horse sex with, well, any horse. I swear he gave us the beady eye as we walked past. Probably grindin' some poor female horse right now. That was probably the major highlight of the trip, other than watching horses eat their own shit and rhinos drink their own pee.
Came back to AMK only to have Audrey drag me to meet Eunice. How I agreed I have no idea, but must have been her psychotic (yes) powers of persuasion. Eunice was nice to be around with though, and for the record, looks better than in her MSN pic. A cheerful and smiley behaviour completes her exterior. Talks much but with equal sense. A very likeable person indeed. I'd like to meet her again.
Joanne called while I was walking home and I probably asked her 3 times "are you on break?", having been told the same answer 3 exact times. Guess my brain wasn't where it was supposed to be, though in a good way =). Too busy thinking about it. Damn it, I can't meet her for bowling now because my peabrain thought I'd still have holiday next week when I actually don't. Never mind, still can meet up.
Amy's birthday's coming up and I still don't know what to get for her. I'm dead, man.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
bleah
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Utterly wonderful piece of poetry. So poetic yet so real. So simplistic yet so direct. Fascinating.
My hands are aching. I don't know how I'm going to the Zoo tomorrow. I'll probably walk around with my hands in casts; they feel dead tired. Throwing a 4kg gun around may sound like your idea of fun, but I tried it and didn't work for me. I'm trying to learn up gun drills now, so I can take over my sec sch's PDS training session. PDS, by the way, stands for Precision Drill Squad. Know the guys in shiny silver helmets who twirl guns like broomsticks at NDP? That's me, albeit at school level. Before that was running around Singapore like a mad dog, getting a stamp and a signature for my timesheet to return to my HR company. Bah.
I'm fucking moody today, don't know why. Maybe it's because I'm tired out with training and pumping and running around to like a million Popular outlets in search of a signature and stamp but I don't think so. I think it's just me. Girls have menopause, guys have andropause. Haven't heard of it? It's a condition whereby a guy undergoes hormornal surges. Not the sexual kind, but the emotional one. It's starting to worry me. It's been a long time since I've felt this way. But I hope it's not long. And I know that I shouldn't be thinking about her, but I can't help it. She'll never go away.
My hands are aching. I don't know how I'm going to the Zoo tomorrow. I'll probably walk around with my hands in casts; they feel dead tired. Throwing a 4kg gun around may sound like your idea of fun, but I tried it and didn't work for me. I'm trying to learn up gun drills now, so I can take over my sec sch's PDS training session. PDS, by the way, stands for Precision Drill Squad. Know the guys in shiny silver helmets who twirl guns like broomsticks at NDP? That's me, albeit at school level. Before that was running around Singapore like a mad dog, getting a stamp and a signature for my timesheet to return to my HR company. Bah.
I'm fucking moody today, don't know why. Maybe it's because I'm tired out with training and pumping and running around to like a million Popular outlets in search of a signature and stamp but I don't think so. I think it's just me. Girls have menopause, guys have andropause. Haven't heard of it? It's a condition whereby a guy undergoes hormornal surges. Not the sexual kind, but the emotional one. It's starting to worry me. It's been a long time since I've felt this way. But I hope it's not long. And I know that I shouldn't be thinking about her, but I can't help it. She'll never go away.
Friday, September 15, 2006
realizing the impossible
I managed to pass all my subjects. What a whew. It was just the day before that I kept telling people that I was freaking out and had decided to retain for one year. How my fears have been allayed. However PEEE, DE and Maths results aren't out yet, which means that there's still a bit of nail-biting anxiety in me. I really hope that I did well in those papers. Granted, there's not much use crying over spilt milk, but you gotta have hope. Pray my other classmates do well in them too. Their futures rely on it. Don't wanna see any of them get kicked out from this class. Isn't nice at all.
Past few days were nothing but tiring. Went for live range at Amoy Quee Camp and had my eardrums blown out repeatedly by rifles firing less than 5 feet from you and brass cartridges literally flying at you. Man those little buggers can fly. Even though I was wearing earplugs, imagine facing the barking rifles all day. Was IC of the chamber, meaning that after every firing detail had completed their haphazard destruction of the targets (some never even hit their targets; they shot the next lane's), I had to lead them, red flag raised, into the firing chamber and retrieve their Canadian bull targets (a type of target used to train accuracy), and replace them with figure 12 targets, which is a picture of a man charging at you. I had to do this twice for each detail, meaning I had to go in and out for 14 times for 7 details. Furthermore I had to assist in sticking litle stickers over the bullet holes in each board that came back so they could be reused for the next detail. Yes, NCC is quite poor. Came home and hankered after hearing aids.
Went for stocktake at Toa Payoh's Popular after that at 2200. Was a long and difficult process, to say the least, but Zitian and I got lucky and were sent to Multimedia, which was at CD-Rama next door. Thank goodness we got assigned there. It's much quieter and less hectic than at the main store opposite. Had absolutely no fun in the beginning. The staff there hadn't performed a precount, which is to count the items before the stocktakers descend, so we had to count them ourselves. But when it came to the games section, the fun began. 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, such numbers weren't all that tough to count. Worked though the night, with a break at 0300. Popular's rich, I tell you. They provided free food and drinks all through the night, which explained the perpetual cup of coffee beside me when I worked. Got acquainted with this girl who seemed to be on good terms with nearly anyone in the store. Wasn't a looker, but she was pleasant enough. Her friend was a pretty one though. She didn't catch my roving eye. Pity. Got cycled from CD-Rama to stationery to text, after which the staff realised I was the wanker screwing up and took away my terminal. No I'm kidding. Worked all the way till 0700 and had a Popular-sponsored breakfast of Sausage McMuffin. Told you so.
Going to the zoo to meet my monkey relatives with YM, Isam and Audrey soon. Not sure if I want to meet Uncle 'Rilla though. He scared the living daylights out of me the last time I went, together with Cousin 'Utan. Hope he isn't back from Butan.
Oh and did I mention, Jo called during range? I had my eardrums jackhammered while she was on the other end nonchalantly saying "You call that loud?" I could almost imagine her doing her nails, reclining in bed, phone cradled between her neck and shoulder, and saying "You call that loud?" Sorry Jo, I'm just kidding. I know you weren't doing that. Her attachment ends on Saturday instead of today, poor thing. But once she finishes she's free. Now where's my bowling trip?
Past few days were nothing but tiring. Went for live range at Amoy Quee Camp and had my eardrums blown out repeatedly by rifles firing less than 5 feet from you and brass cartridges literally flying at you. Man those little buggers can fly. Even though I was wearing earplugs, imagine facing the barking rifles all day. Was IC of the chamber, meaning that after every firing detail had completed their haphazard destruction of the targets (some never even hit their targets; they shot the next lane's), I had to lead them, red flag raised, into the firing chamber and retrieve their Canadian bull targets (a type of target used to train accuracy), and replace them with figure 12 targets, which is a picture of a man charging at you. I had to do this twice for each detail, meaning I had to go in and out for 14 times for 7 details. Furthermore I had to assist in sticking litle stickers over the bullet holes in each board that came back so they could be reused for the next detail. Yes, NCC is quite poor. Came home and hankered after hearing aids.
Went for stocktake at Toa Payoh's Popular after that at 2200. Was a long and difficult process, to say the least, but Zitian and I got lucky and were sent to Multimedia, which was at CD-Rama next door. Thank goodness we got assigned there. It's much quieter and less hectic than at the main store opposite. Had absolutely no fun in the beginning. The staff there hadn't performed a precount, which is to count the items before the stocktakers descend, so we had to count them ourselves. But when it came to the games section, the fun began. 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, such numbers weren't all that tough to count. Worked though the night, with a break at 0300. Popular's rich, I tell you. They provided free food and drinks all through the night, which explained the perpetual cup of coffee beside me when I worked. Got acquainted with this girl who seemed to be on good terms with nearly anyone in the store. Wasn't a looker, but she was pleasant enough. Her friend was a pretty one though. She didn't catch my roving eye. Pity. Got cycled from CD-Rama to stationery to text, after which the staff realised I was the wanker screwing up and took away my terminal. No I'm kidding. Worked all the way till 0700 and had a Popular-sponsored breakfast of Sausage McMuffin. Told you so.
Going to the zoo to meet my monkey relatives with YM, Isam and Audrey soon. Not sure if I want to meet Uncle 'Rilla though. He scared the living daylights out of me the last time I went, together with Cousin 'Utan. Hope he isn't back from Butan.
Oh and did I mention, Jo called during range? I had my eardrums jackhammered while she was on the other end nonchalantly saying "You call that loud?" I could almost imagine her doing her nails, reclining in bed, phone cradled between her neck and shoulder, and saying "You call that loud?" Sorry Jo, I'm just kidding. I know you weren't doing that. Her attachment ends on Saturday instead of today, poor thing. But once she finishes she's free. Now where's my bowling trip?
Sunday, September 10, 2006
the chalet
(Birthday boy Alan with his cake, duh. I ate the green thingy next to the red X on his cake)
(This is Elisha Lim Ee Ching. Smile or grimace, you decide)
(Sorry this is upside down. Sorta class photo)I swear I didn't drink that much, fellas. No really. I was totally sober. Clear as day. Ok, now about that castle of mine I was telling you about.....
Chalet was absolutely fun. There happened so many superDUPERfunny episodes that I really couldn't recount all even if I tried. What i do know is that i got abominably - yes, abominably, that's the word - drunk, and made a damn fool out of myself even more than what I already am (a particular nurse i know well is going to kill me). Had only one cup of Chivas and the world became a planetarium of stars. To top it off, Alan had to go around smearing every living soul in sight with cream. I yelled "Cake fight!" but no-one seemed to listen. So there I was, desperately shielding my camera through my liquor induced haze, yelling "F*** who smeared me again?!?" and trying to wallpaper Audrey (who by the way exacted revenge on me) with cream. I got a few clean, neat shots in but she had me cold when I saw a fistful of cream headed my way. Ducking was out of the question, so I ended up looking like a makeup artist's worst nightmare. I think I visited the bathroom nearly 5 times to clear that goo off my face and hair. Thank you Audrey for giving me my first lesson in makeup artistry. Piece of cake.
With a headful of dead gray matter and a healthy disregard for "Don't drink and drive", I set off with Audrey, Elisha, Louis, Yiming for a bike trip. It was pure fun all the way, and in case you fellas are wondering, I could still cycle in a straight line, thank you very much. We went as far as the park could go, which was at the, er, can't remember. Anyway we did a U turn back and stopped on the way at the hawker centre for sugarcane drinks. I drank my packet in less than 8 gulps and promptly had brain freeze, not that there was much brain left after my Chivas fiasco. By this time I was feeling much better, thanks to the wind and exertion from cycling. We headed back to pit stop, then it was off again to Bedok jetty to play Uno. The stupidest thing I kept doing was throwing down my card, thinking I had won, only to realise it wasn't my turn. It didn't take the others much brain power to figure out what card I was holding on to after that. Yi Xuan pulled a phone prank on Audrey, much to our delight. Two police cars cruised towards us after our last game, just as we were going back. Me, being me, wanted to shout "Run!", but better sense prevailed.
We headed back to the chalet, where Yiming and I had a siesta after all that cycling. Audrey and Elisha (who shall now henceforth be known as A&E) however promptly got back on the bikes and went off again. Yiming and I tried to grab some Zs on any free space we could find. I even tried the staircase, and hey, it was comfortable. A&E came back after some time, which was close to 0400 or 0500, couldn't remember. Mucked around for some time before A&E went off to see the sunrise, an exercise which would soon prove to be in futility. Due to poor planning and an obvious lack of foresight, no one had brought a compass and the two only realised, after half an hour of sitting at the beachfront, that the sunrise was in fact not where they were sitting. We ended our wonderful chalet episode with a Macs breakfast after returning the bikes.
Obviously this had been a fun two days for me. More so, it showed me the fun side of my classmates which I had not seen in full swing until this day. It was refreshing to see them being carefree and talking and generally having a lot of fun. Also, it was very special for me to be able to face one of my personal dilemmas. I shan't say what it is because it is rather sensitive, but it has something to do with, ah, people relationship. I nearly came close to crossing my self-imposed ban but common sense took over and saved me. I'm now the wiser for it. Glad to have it happen to me.
Don't know whether Jo's still sick. Haven't heard from her today. Maybe I'll drop her a call tomorrow, see how she's doing and whether she's going back to work on Monday. Man, do hospitals kill or save people?
Friday, September 08, 2006
the world has lost something
i believe you folks out there have heard of the passing of Steve Irwin, nature's best friend yet. he was killed on a diving trip off Queensland while filming for Discovery Channel. it is a great loss to the world. not only has it lost a conservationist, environmentalist, wildlife enthusiast and one of the greatest animal handlers, it has also lost a colorful personality, a devoted father of two and a fine Australian. i'm deeply saddened by his passing. i enjoyed his shows immensely, what with his trademark catchphrase ("Crikey!") and screen antics. he was a good presenter too. that, together with his vast knowledge of the different animals he handled, made him exciting to watch. anyone who wants to find out about his establishment can point your browser at www.crocodilehunter.com.
on a lighter note anyhow, i'm going to chalet tomorrow! having a stayover. no hankypanky i hope. otherwise i'll die. wished i could bring my huge 2.0mp camera there but i still can't find the battery and charger. dammit. i only can bring my dyslexic 5.1mp camera there, whose motors sound as if they've been running for a decade. i'm still struggling to find a route there. stupid 401 doesn't run on weekdays. and that, by the way, is the ONLY bus that goes direct to costa sands. bugger SBS doesn't want to waste fuel, so they sacrifice that service.
jo's still sick. got kicked out of attachment to go see the doc's today because her flu got worse. she was supposed to tag along to the chalet with me but she can't now. damnit. really hope she gets better soon or she's going to have to do a lot of makeup to cover the days that she didn't go. that really sucks. she suggested a bowling outing by the time my hols end. really hope we can make that. whoops.
i'm still slacking and losing my grey matter to senility. i'm losing my mental stability. i'm not doing anything PRODUCTIVE. one of these days the god of senility is gonna come down, give me a big grin and say "you're next".
NOOOOOOOOOOO!
on a lighter note anyhow, i'm going to chalet tomorrow! having a stayover. no hankypanky i hope. otherwise i'll die. wished i could bring my huge 2.0mp camera there but i still can't find the battery and charger. dammit. i only can bring my dyslexic 5.1mp camera there, whose motors sound as if they've been running for a decade. i'm still struggling to find a route there. stupid 401 doesn't run on weekdays. and that, by the way, is the ONLY bus that goes direct to costa sands. bugger SBS doesn't want to waste fuel, so they sacrifice that service.
jo's still sick. got kicked out of attachment to go see the doc's today because her flu got worse. she was supposed to tag along to the chalet with me but she can't now. damnit. really hope she gets better soon or she's going to have to do a lot of makeup to cover the days that she didn't go. that really sucks. she suggested a bowling outing by the time my hols end. really hope we can make that. whoops.
i'm still slacking and losing my grey matter to senility. i'm losing my mental stability. i'm not doing anything PRODUCTIVE. one of these days the god of senility is gonna come down, give me a big grin and say "you're next".
NOOOOOOOOOOO!
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
in the morning
success! Google's PageRank system finally gave me a 2/10 rating. i'm on Google's list! thank goodness.
holidays are doing nothing to improve my mental state. if anything, i'm going to become a vegetable if i don't sharpen my mind up. i don't know what i shall become. carrot? potato? i should start on some grey-matter intensive work. sudoku, maybe?
having the sniffles now. i have them sometimes, and when i have them they're really bad. i can sneeze for minutes at a time, nonstop. this is getting ridiculous. singapore's weather's nearly 34C and i can SNEEZE?
jo's sick too. poor girl. and she's got attachment this whole month. i know how that feels. i worked in that bookshop for 2 months every darn day. but i got paid, so i guess i can relate only so much. just hope she gets well soon.
short entry to purge my RAM chips before i sleep. need to clear memory, know?
oh by the way, gilbert and i have pledged to speak proper english. sticklers unite!
holidays are doing nothing to improve my mental state. if anything, i'm going to become a vegetable if i don't sharpen my mind up. i don't know what i shall become. carrot? potato? i should start on some grey-matter intensive work. sudoku, maybe?
having the sniffles now. i have them sometimes, and when i have them they're really bad. i can sneeze for minutes at a time, nonstop. this is getting ridiculous. singapore's weather's nearly 34C and i can SNEEZE?
jo's sick too. poor girl. and she's got attachment this whole month. i know how that feels. i worked in that bookshop for 2 months every darn day. but i got paid, so i guess i can relate only so much. just hope she gets well soon.
short entry to purge my RAM chips before i sleep. need to clear memory, know?
oh by the way, gilbert and i have pledged to speak proper english. sticklers unite!
Sunday, September 03, 2006
problems
got the new Zen V Plus player! i'm so excited. i'm paying it out of my pocket even before i've gotten my first paycheck. i purchased the 2GB one, black with green trimmings. it's really small, a technological marvel. what's even more exciting is that Creative's magic wand has swished again. within that player, there are functions that allow me to view pictures and videos. there is an FM radio integrated, and colour schemes are switchable. the screen is a marvel in itself. sporting a 128x128 resolution, it is actually an OLED display, which stand for Organic Light Emitting Diode display. not many know this term, but it actually is a screen that differs from other screens in that it doesn't require a backlight to make itself visible. rather, a small electric current is run across the screen, and that is sufficient for it to glow. this is a breakthrough for electronic devices that are always on the losing end of the power spectrum. such a screen uses extremely minimal power, so you can use the saved power for songs and viewing videos and the like. and did i mention, the screen is viewable from any angle? truly amazing.
however, transfer speeds are dismally mediocre. a picture album of 318mb took nearly 25 mins to transfer. i had expected something far faster from a device that supports USB 2.0 connection. however strangely enough, while transferring songs, it was much faster. supposedly the connection on this gizmo is 1.8mb/s. go figure. all in all, it's a really neat player. build quality is of the highest quality and its surface is scratchproof. totally. get it at $239 for the 2GB version, and $199 for the 1GB version. a 4GB version is also available at $309. i for one think that is a real good deal.
enough of the player. there is a problem in my ncc unit, a very unique one. i do not dare say much because this concerns a very prolific church in singapore. two of my cadets have been attending this church recently, and one of them has developed an obsession bordering on the fanatical towards this church. this church is known for its very questionable methods of worship and spreading the word. their ways of making people join their service is highly objectionable too; some might say 'force' is a better word. in a word, this church is highly UNorthodox. one of the two cadets, who holds a rank of substantial stature, has been persuading other cadets, even some NCOs, to join this church. naturally, objections abound. to make matters worse, both of them have been given official approval to skip the first day of a very important course they are to attend this sunday. worst is, this cadet of high rank is consistently late for class after recess because of a claimed "church meeting" during recess. i am worried because of several factors:
1. parents might start to think that this church and my school's unit are affiliated, which would be a disaster
2. the cadet with the higher rank might derelict his duties, of which he is on the verge of doing, if not done
3. cadets might join the church and display the same indifferent attitude the aforementioned cadet is displaying now
i'm very worried about this situation. it might get out of hand, which is why another CLT and myself have decided to see the Officer in charge to sort things out. i have no wish to see my unit being destroyed inside out because of the church's doings, especially a church of this nature. however, i'm essentially powerless to stop him from going there. all i can do is make sure he does his duties as befits his rank. if he does not carry them out well, however, then there will be a case for me to argue. i don't wish to stop him from attending service because it wouldn't be right, but i will stop him if he attitude deteriorates further. drastic measures will happen to these two cadets if they proceed further. i will make sure of that.
however, there is a problem only i among the CLTs know. another CLT is a member of that church too. i am hoping against hope that he doesn't become some alien after attending that church for long periods. so far, he hasn't.
shan't type further. i'm not about to go sit behind bars because of my statements.
however, transfer speeds are dismally mediocre. a picture album of 318mb took nearly 25 mins to transfer. i had expected something far faster from a device that supports USB 2.0 connection. however strangely enough, while transferring songs, it was much faster. supposedly the connection on this gizmo is 1.8mb/s. go figure. all in all, it's a really neat player. build quality is of the highest quality and its surface is scratchproof. totally. get it at $239 for the 2GB version, and $199 for the 1GB version. a 4GB version is also available at $309. i for one think that is a real good deal.
enough of the player. there is a problem in my ncc unit, a very unique one. i do not dare say much because this concerns a very prolific church in singapore. two of my cadets have been attending this church recently, and one of them has developed an obsession bordering on the fanatical towards this church. this church is known for its very questionable methods of worship and spreading the word. their ways of making people join their service is highly objectionable too; some might say 'force' is a better word. in a word, this church is highly UNorthodox. one of the two cadets, who holds a rank of substantial stature, has been persuading other cadets, even some NCOs, to join this church. naturally, objections abound. to make matters worse, both of them have been given official approval to skip the first day of a very important course they are to attend this sunday. worst is, this cadet of high rank is consistently late for class after recess because of a claimed "church meeting" during recess. i am worried because of several factors:
1. parents might start to think that this church and my school's unit are affiliated, which would be a disaster
2. the cadet with the higher rank might derelict his duties, of which he is on the verge of doing, if not done
3. cadets might join the church and display the same indifferent attitude the aforementioned cadet is displaying now
i'm very worried about this situation. it might get out of hand, which is why another CLT and myself have decided to see the Officer in charge to sort things out. i have no wish to see my unit being destroyed inside out because of the church's doings, especially a church of this nature. however, i'm essentially powerless to stop him from going there. all i can do is make sure he does his duties as befits his rank. if he does not carry them out well, however, then there will be a case for me to argue. i don't wish to stop him from attending service because it wouldn't be right, but i will stop him if he attitude deteriorates further. drastic measures will happen to these two cadets if they proceed further. i will make sure of that.
however, there is a problem only i among the CLTs know. another CLT is a member of that church too. i am hoping against hope that he doesn't become some alien after attending that church for long periods. so far, he hasn't.
shan't type further. i'm not about to go sit behind bars because of my statements.
Monday, August 28, 2006
hols!
thanks heavens, the holidays are here. how i wished they had come a bit later, but they're here already, so stop complaining.
apologise for the lack of updates so far. been busy with exams and the like. so many people have been asking me to update, so i shall. it's been hectic, to say the least. exams came and went just like that, but it was hell while it lasted. i have never been so stressed out or hardworking ever before. i just hope all that hard work pays off if not i'm in deep shit, and my results will be in deep shit, and i can just go transfer to nursing instead.
found a job as a stocktaker for Popular. pay's kinda cool, with enough cash to get me a new MP3 player. not a harddisk-based one, but flash memory instead. i've never been an advocate of harddisk players. true, they store heckuva lot more songs (who listens to 10,000 songs?!), but they have reliability issues. as much protection as the manufacturers say they have incorporated, the majority of harddisk players don't have adequate protective measures in place. as a result the read-write head on the disk surface keeps scratching it and damaging it hence. don't forget, the majority of MP3 player users just don't give a damn about babying the player. as long as it works, fine. as a result you can see people who just bought a 60gb iPod scream 3 months later because it went to MP3 player heaven because they used it as a tennis ball. truth is, the harddisk-based players require much more care than flash-based ones, but people don't know this fact and don't care too. Flash memory is the only way to go. whoopee.
oh yes! got my new electone. how cool is that. it looks really neat. much higher than my older one, naturally, it gives one a more vantage, dominating position over the keyboard. love the feeling so much. and my songs come out much more realistically now, which is testament to the power of the instrumentation. even the guitar sounds real. on my old electone, it sounded about as real as plucking a stretched string over an empty tissue box. totally out of it. i got it from my teacher that i can order books online, but, wait for it, the cost of each book is S$60. and that's not all. i have to order in groups of 3 books. so it will total up to S$180. my dad is so going to kill me.
having some issues now that i didn't in the past. it's coming back now, and i don't like the feeling. it's a bad feeling, and it's dragging me down.
apologise for the lack of updates so far. been busy with exams and the like. so many people have been asking me to update, so i shall. it's been hectic, to say the least. exams came and went just like that, but it was hell while it lasted. i have never been so stressed out or hardworking ever before. i just hope all that hard work pays off if not i'm in deep shit, and my results will be in deep shit, and i can just go transfer to nursing instead.
found a job as a stocktaker for Popular. pay's kinda cool, with enough cash to get me a new MP3 player. not a harddisk-based one, but flash memory instead. i've never been an advocate of harddisk players. true, they store heckuva lot more songs (who listens to 10,000 songs?!), but they have reliability issues. as much protection as the manufacturers say they have incorporated, the majority of harddisk players don't have adequate protective measures in place. as a result the read-write head on the disk surface keeps scratching it and damaging it hence. don't forget, the majority of MP3 player users just don't give a damn about babying the player. as long as it works, fine. as a result you can see people who just bought a 60gb iPod scream 3 months later because it went to MP3 player heaven because they used it as a tennis ball. truth is, the harddisk-based players require much more care than flash-based ones, but people don't know this fact and don't care too. Flash memory is the only way to go. whoopee.
oh yes! got my new electone. how cool is that. it looks really neat. much higher than my older one, naturally, it gives one a more vantage, dominating position over the keyboard. love the feeling so much. and my songs come out much more realistically now, which is testament to the power of the instrumentation. even the guitar sounds real. on my old electone, it sounded about as real as plucking a stretched string over an empty tissue box. totally out of it. i got it from my teacher that i can order books online, but, wait for it, the cost of each book is S$60. and that's not all. i have to order in groups of 3 books. so it will total up to S$180. my dad is so going to kill me.
having some issues now that i didn't in the past. it's coming back now, and i don't like the feeling. it's a bad feeling, and it's dragging me down.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Ich habe Prufung
Tests, tests and more tests. the whole of my next 2 weeks is filled with tests. and more tests.
sorry guys for not blogging so often as before. really starting to feel the stress and strain that comes with tertiary education. it isn't fun. so, for those of you who are still in secondary school, really, do treasure your time, because i guarantee you JC and poly life is helluva lot more stressful. never mind those people who told you otherwise. it really is a sweatshop.
in the midst of all this nonsense, however, i do have some good news. i found my old sony 2.1MP camera and i'm gonna find the charger and recharge the batts i have. then, i'm gonna use it. haha. it's got a lens to die for, i tell you. one of the longest i've seen. going make people think i'm toting some enormous 10MP camera when it's actually a dinky 2.1MP. haha. shutterbugs beware.
I'm gonna get my new Electone Stagea too! wonderful stuff. it's costing a bomb, but i assured the folks that they'll see returns. when i get it i'm planning to have Gilbert over with his pocket amp and guitar so we can jam. i'm so looking forward to that time. however, that will have to wait till after my exams because i can't afford to have so many things going on now. planning too, to grab all the electone scores i can find and have some sort of mini performance at home. tickets are free (cos there are none). if you guys out there have any recommendable pieces you'd like to hear being played, drop me a note.
what else, what else...oh yeah. saw joanne for the first time after 9 months at the fireworks on the 11th. she looked about the same as i remembered her (and that's a compliment!). besides that, some things of her indeed have changed but i shan't delve into details here. it was great to have her as company, although i admit i did feel a slight tinge of nostalgia with her around, it is best that i don't feel such things now. it is a new beginning, possibly a great new friendship with this unique person and i'm not inclined to tote old baggage around with me. those times are better left forgotten. as i always have believed: forgive, forget and move on. winston churchill once said: I have never developed indigestion from eating my words. so true.
my german test was terribly done. 66% only. and those people whom i thought possessed a lower level of proficiency than me did better! couldn't believe my eyes. but i think my reading part pulled me down. only 13/25. the other portions of the test i did very well. darned. i'm taking A2.1a now, which means i'm actually quite proficient in the german language now but who cares. i still have a lot of catching up to do. there's this fella who's sitting beside me in class. he's a south african, and he speaks german plenty well. and i'm literally afraid to sit beside him. he's making me look like a stupid Frenchman.
well, close enough, anyway.
sorry guys for not blogging so often as before. really starting to feel the stress and strain that comes with tertiary education. it isn't fun. so, for those of you who are still in secondary school, really, do treasure your time, because i guarantee you JC and poly life is helluva lot more stressful. never mind those people who told you otherwise. it really is a sweatshop.
in the midst of all this nonsense, however, i do have some good news. i found my old sony 2.1MP camera and i'm gonna find the charger and recharge the batts i have. then, i'm gonna use it. haha. it's got a lens to die for, i tell you. one of the longest i've seen. going make people think i'm toting some enormous 10MP camera when it's actually a dinky 2.1MP. haha. shutterbugs beware.
I'm gonna get my new Electone Stagea too! wonderful stuff. it's costing a bomb, but i assured the folks that they'll see returns. when i get it i'm planning to have Gilbert over with his pocket amp and guitar so we can jam. i'm so looking forward to that time. however, that will have to wait till after my exams because i can't afford to have so many things going on now. planning too, to grab all the electone scores i can find and have some sort of mini performance at home. tickets are free (cos there are none). if you guys out there have any recommendable pieces you'd like to hear being played, drop me a note.
what else, what else...oh yeah. saw joanne for the first time after 9 months at the fireworks on the 11th. she looked about the same as i remembered her (and that's a compliment!). besides that, some things of her indeed have changed but i shan't delve into details here. it was great to have her as company, although i admit i did feel a slight tinge of nostalgia with her around, it is best that i don't feel such things now. it is a new beginning, possibly a great new friendship with this unique person and i'm not inclined to tote old baggage around with me. those times are better left forgotten. as i always have believed: forgive, forget and move on. winston churchill once said: I have never developed indigestion from eating my words. so true.
my german test was terribly done. 66% only. and those people whom i thought possessed a lower level of proficiency than me did better! couldn't believe my eyes. but i think my reading part pulled me down. only 13/25. the other portions of the test i did very well. darned. i'm taking A2.1a now, which means i'm actually quite proficient in the german language now but who cares. i still have a lot of catching up to do. there's this fella who's sitting beside me in class. he's a south african, and he speaks german plenty well. and i'm literally afraid to sit beside him. he's making me look like a stupid Frenchman.
well, close enough, anyway.
Sunday, August 06, 2006
neu Tag
just got introduced to audrey's husband, laogong, hubby eunice. sounds a nice girl indeed although we have much more to know about each other. it's odd: i'm getting to know so many of audrey's friends, while she only knows that Jerrick. Jerrick if you're reading this, please don't kill me.
Ludo has been going places, and i SERIOUSLY mean going places. he's been to little india, chinatown, bugis, SP, Jurong BirdPark, Night Safari, Ducktours. it's like a crash course in sunny Singapore. me? i've never been to bugis. i think by the end of his visit i'll be swearing like a sailor. italians love to swear. it's practically PROGRAMMED into them to swear. whenever he encounters something bad or wrong he just swears like it was the world's most perfectly normal thing to do, while i just stood there and gaped like a damned goldfish. i must learn italian swear words. i hear they're the most powerful in the world.
joanne called today while i was at my uncle's place. talked for about 46 mins before i had to go because a) my dad was becoming suspicious and b) my battery was going to draw its last breath in another 15 mins. i think if i had talked further both a) and b) would be true. but i hate my phone. you have to keep switching ears to listen because the stupid edge of the phone is so hard, my ear hurts after barely 5 mins of pressing on it. silly stupid thing. NEW PHONE!
went to east coast park to cycle with Ludo and my dad and mum. saw plenty of sun-kissed babes there. man, if you want to have a chick-fest, go traipse down to east coast park and take a look at the girls on a sunday. you won't BELIEVE the number of them there. i didn't know Singapore's girls all congregated at east coast on a sunday. Ooo boy. there were so many you couldn't keep count. AND that's not counting those in their swimsuits. i could have been watching Miss Universe multiplied by a hundred.
now that's what i call the FEMALE form.
haven't filled in my NS form yet, need to do it soon. Wish me luck, fellas.
Ludo has been going places, and i SERIOUSLY mean going places. he's been to little india, chinatown, bugis, SP, Jurong BirdPark, Night Safari, Ducktours. it's like a crash course in sunny Singapore. me? i've never been to bugis. i think by the end of his visit i'll be swearing like a sailor. italians love to swear. it's practically PROGRAMMED into them to swear. whenever he encounters something bad or wrong he just swears like it was the world's most perfectly normal thing to do, while i just stood there and gaped like a damned goldfish. i must learn italian swear words. i hear they're the most powerful in the world.
joanne called today while i was at my uncle's place. talked for about 46 mins before i had to go because a) my dad was becoming suspicious and b) my battery was going to draw its last breath in another 15 mins. i think if i had talked further both a) and b) would be true. but i hate my phone. you have to keep switching ears to listen because the stupid edge of the phone is so hard, my ear hurts after barely 5 mins of pressing on it. silly stupid thing. NEW PHONE!
went to east coast park to cycle with Ludo and my dad and mum. saw plenty of sun-kissed babes there. man, if you want to have a chick-fest, go traipse down to east coast park and take a look at the girls on a sunday. you won't BELIEVE the number of them there. i didn't know Singapore's girls all congregated at east coast on a sunday. Ooo boy. there were so many you couldn't keep count. AND that's not counting those in their swimsuits. i could have been watching Miss Universe multiplied by a hundred.
now that's what i call the FEMALE form.
haven't filled in my NS form yet, need to do it soon. Wish me luck, fellas.
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
today and the day before it
did i mention that i am a tour guide? well, now you know.
Ludo my italian pal has been my most daily committment to date. yesterday i wasn't with him because i had that disgusting day called tuesday, which is the longest of all my days. today - wednesday - wasn't that bad because i had the whole day free. spent 1300-1500 in school for math remedial, and dumped him in my school library. he ended up taking a walk around the school himself. what a pity, it wasn't the usual teacher Mr Henry Something for remedial. it turned out to be some old woman. but surprisingly she was good. yiming, wai siong and myself wanted to leave after an hour, but decided to stay on.
wait sorry, haven't talked about yesterday yet. had my german test. audrey and isam wished me luck - thanks fellas. was super nervous when i walked into the room. the written and hearing test wasn't that bad, but the worst part came at the oral. my hands were shaking so badly i had to hide them. and the worst part was, i got the worst card. on it was the word "Meer", which means "sea" and the theme was "Urlaub", or "vacation". and i was supposed to form a sentence. it sucked.
but i saved the best for last. in another section of the test, we got picture cards, and were supposed to formulate requests based on those cards. i got a card with a pic with the word Rechnung. foolishly thinking it was a newspaper, i blared out "ich möchte lesen die Rechnung. Bitte Sie bringen mir die Rechnung?". at that moment the two examiners looked at each other. with a puzzled expression, one examiner asked me: "Kennen Sie das wort Rechnung?", which translates to "Do you know the word Rechnung?" i shook my head. "it is bill", she said. like, meal bill?
so holy shit. what i had said translated to "I like to read the bill. Please can you bring me the bill." WHO THE BLOODY DEVIL LIKES TO READ A BILL?! i couldn't believe it. i think inside they were laughing so hard they could explode. never mind.
pui wia treated mavarick and me to a ramen dinner near hotel grand central. wonderful stuff. even more wonderful, i shared a cab with her back home. i'm so gonna miss her, cos she's not going to carry on the next term of german.
Ludo my italian pal has been my most daily committment to date. yesterday i wasn't with him because i had that disgusting day called tuesday, which is the longest of all my days. today - wednesday - wasn't that bad because i had the whole day free. spent 1300-1500 in school for math remedial, and dumped him in my school library. he ended up taking a walk around the school himself. what a pity, it wasn't the usual teacher Mr Henry Something for remedial. it turned out to be some old woman. but surprisingly she was good. yiming, wai siong and myself wanted to leave after an hour, but decided to stay on.
wait sorry, haven't talked about yesterday yet. had my german test. audrey and isam wished me luck - thanks fellas. was super nervous when i walked into the room. the written and hearing test wasn't that bad, but the worst part came at the oral. my hands were shaking so badly i had to hide them. and the worst part was, i got the worst card. on it was the word "Meer", which means "sea" and the theme was "Urlaub", or "vacation". and i was supposed to form a sentence. it sucked.
but i saved the best for last. in another section of the test, we got picture cards, and were supposed to formulate requests based on those cards. i got a card with a pic with the word Rechnung. foolishly thinking it was a newspaper, i blared out "ich möchte lesen die Rechnung. Bitte Sie bringen mir die Rechnung?". at that moment the two examiners looked at each other. with a puzzled expression, one examiner asked me: "Kennen Sie das wort Rechnung?", which translates to "Do you know the word Rechnung?" i shook my head. "it is bill", she said. like, meal bill?
so holy shit. what i had said translated to "I like to read the bill. Please can you bring me the bill." WHO THE BLOODY DEVIL LIKES TO READ A BILL?! i couldn't believe it. i think inside they were laughing so hard they could explode. never mind.
pui wia treated mavarick and me to a ramen dinner near hotel grand central. wonderful stuff. even more wonderful, i shared a cab with her back home. i'm so gonna miss her, cos she's not going to carry on the next term of german.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
it's the time of day again
don't you just feel like some days, you really feel so awful, but you can't tell what's bothering you?
just had one of those days. still having it.
Ludo my Italian pal just came down from Italy (duh) for a 7 day trip around Singapore. I'm supposed to act tour guide, showing him around the place. he's staying in my room, so i'm relegated to the floor while he gets my comfy bed. darnded.
just came back from amk central after IDEA project work meeting. was with ds, isam and audrey. i dunno why but i'm starting to not like his company. it's not that he's un-fun or whatever, it's just that i don't feel right around him. used to be we could laugh about anything, but i just realised i'm increasingly become bothered with him around. if i could say one thing about him, i'd say he's a trifle odd. he makes oddball comments at the wrong times and it just doesn't fit into the conversation. and he's pushing a lot of work till the end. i can't work with people like that. it's just gonna pull me down plenty.
exams are coming up. assignments need to be done. projects need to be completed. everything's on such a tight schedule. to top it off i need to be a tour guide. i'm not lamenting. i'm just trying to take it all in my stride. that night i was thinking to myself: what if i don't improve? i'm good, but i'm not good enough. it's starting to worry me. i worry that i'll get kicked out of my course. where will i go then? it's not something i want to comtemplate, much less something that i would want to happen to me.
i apologize because i probably made you suffer throughout this post, but that's my mood now. sorry all
just had one of those days. still having it.
Ludo my Italian pal just came down from Italy (duh) for a 7 day trip around Singapore. I'm supposed to act tour guide, showing him around the place. he's staying in my room, so i'm relegated to the floor while he gets my comfy bed. darnded.
just came back from amk central after IDEA project work meeting. was with ds, isam and audrey. i dunno why but i'm starting to not like his company. it's not that he's un-fun or whatever, it's just that i don't feel right around him. used to be we could laugh about anything, but i just realised i'm increasingly become bothered with him around. if i could say one thing about him, i'd say he's a trifle odd. he makes oddball comments at the wrong times and it just doesn't fit into the conversation. and he's pushing a lot of work till the end. i can't work with people like that. it's just gonna pull me down plenty.
exams are coming up. assignments need to be done. projects need to be completed. everything's on such a tight schedule. to top it off i need to be a tour guide. i'm not lamenting. i'm just trying to take it all in my stride. that night i was thinking to myself: what if i don't improve? i'm good, but i'm not good enough. it's starting to worry me. i worry that i'll get kicked out of my course. where will i go then? it's not something i want to comtemplate, much less something that i would want to happen to me.
i apologize because i probably made you suffer throughout this post, but that's my mood now. sorry all
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Ich habe Stress!!!
i can't believe i spent 2 hours yesterday in Changi Airport's Macs, eating like a trashcan and pecking away at my laptop. but i managed to type out elisha's compo. i'm such a bloody nice guy.
played soccer today. i was in goal. can't believe i played so well for my second time. at least i didn'thave butterfingers. kept many a shot out from goal. i need to improve badly, otherwise i'll never make it. it was lovely though, never played such a fast game like that before. it really taxed me. now i'm aching all over, plenty.
audrey's been lending me so many CDs over these past few days. man. i can never thank her enough. it's like, whoa. one day i get an armload of CDs on Final Fantasy that i never knew i loved. and just today, i got another armload of LOTR soundtrack CDs. man i hand to hand carry them back home. couldn't leave them in my bag otherwise they'd get squashed to a pulp, and so will i if she found out. i've like heard close to a hundred different songs i never knew existed in the past few days. THANKS AUDREY :)
the pace of school is going at light speed now. i barely can understand half of what's being taught in class. i envy others who can grasp the concept so fast. how the shit are they able to do that? sometimes when i don't understand the concept, i get really frustrated. it's like there is a block in my head, preventing me from understanding it.
argh. my head isn't working. i'll have to sleep soon. i'll update more tomorrow.
played soccer today. i was in goal. can't believe i played so well for my second time. at least i didn'thave butterfingers. kept many a shot out from goal. i need to improve badly, otherwise i'll never make it. it was lovely though, never played such a fast game like that before. it really taxed me. now i'm aching all over, plenty.
audrey's been lending me so many CDs over these past few days. man. i can never thank her enough. it's like, whoa. one day i get an armload of CDs on Final Fantasy that i never knew i loved. and just today, i got another armload of LOTR soundtrack CDs. man i hand to hand carry them back home. couldn't leave them in my bag otherwise they'd get squashed to a pulp, and so will i if she found out. i've like heard close to a hundred different songs i never knew existed in the past few days. THANKS AUDREY :)
the pace of school is going at light speed now. i barely can understand half of what's being taught in class. i envy others who can grasp the concept so fast. how the shit are they able to do that? sometimes when i don't understand the concept, i get really frustrated. it's like there is a block in my head, preventing me from understanding it.
argh. my head isn't working. i'll have to sleep soon. i'll update more tomorrow.
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
last minute advice
german class was kinda sad actually. it will be the last time we will be together as a class. don't know who are going to carry on for next term. man and i can't sit next to that chick anymore.
now that's REALLY sad.
school was the usual today, with mr wan blaring on and on about op-amps and what not. seriously, i need to study. i've pledged the rest of this week, the entirety of next week and the following weeks to intensive study. mark my words, i shall not fail this time round. not after being told something truly uplifting and encouraging. i've got so many complaints about people in school, but i care not to splutter them all out here. blogs are for typing out your personal thoughts, yes, but not a stage for a virtual slugging match between you and your enemies. that's done with punches to each other's face in real life. bring it on, buster.
i was told by my CRS teacher that i wasn't writing a book. nope, not a dictionary either. i was told that my essays were so long they were encyclopedias. yes, encyclopedias. i don't know whether that was a compliment to me or a veiled despairing cry from the poor beleaguered teacher who has to sift through mountainloads of my elaborations to actually start marking. i'm an optimist, i prefer the bright side. but i was warned if i carried on like this, i would not be able to finish in time during exam. but i pride myself on elaborations. thank you catholic high.
week 16's coming up, and i'm dreading it all the way. CRS book review, IDEA project, CADD test all due in week 16. and if that wasn't enough, german test is scheduled on the same tuesday of week 16 that i have all these tests and projects due. 1st august, tuesday. i don't know how i'm going to tackle all that. it's really daunting. i've never encountered pressure like this before. i guess i must think positive and start WORKING.
messaged audrey last night till late. that session really made me understand her more. i never knew she had gone through things that most of us would not even see in our lifetime. yet she has. she's a very strong person. i shan't say what she has experienced because that would be very unfair, but it is substantial. you have my respect, aud.
just got off the phone with joanne. man, some class leader she is. literally pwned her entire class on attendance and punctuality. she got scolded so many times by her teacher till she had to let loose at those ridiculous buggers who were getting her into trouble. hasn't had any major latecomers since, i believe. man. what guts it took to shellack that entire group for being late. and after that, they weren't late no more. now if that isn't pwnage, i don't know what it is. you rock, girl.
going to school tomorrow for math remedial and finish up my undone practical with yiming, zoo and coupla others. zoo and taufiq the mastermind conveniently left me snoozing on the table even when maths lecture ended, so if i hadn't woken up, i would have been left behind. man i'm so gonna kill taufiq. don't know why i was so tired during maths lecture. must be all that TALK.
i desperately need my new electone. hurry up and come please.
now that's REALLY sad.
school was the usual today, with mr wan blaring on and on about op-amps and what not. seriously, i need to study. i've pledged the rest of this week, the entirety of next week and the following weeks to intensive study. mark my words, i shall not fail this time round. not after being told something truly uplifting and encouraging. i've got so many complaints about people in school, but i care not to splutter them all out here. blogs are for typing out your personal thoughts, yes, but not a stage for a virtual slugging match between you and your enemies. that's done with punches to each other's face in real life. bring it on, buster.
i was told by my CRS teacher that i wasn't writing a book. nope, not a dictionary either. i was told that my essays were so long they were encyclopedias. yes, encyclopedias. i don't know whether that was a compliment to me or a veiled despairing cry from the poor beleaguered teacher who has to sift through mountainloads of my elaborations to actually start marking. i'm an optimist, i prefer the bright side. but i was warned if i carried on like this, i would not be able to finish in time during exam. but i pride myself on elaborations. thank you catholic high.
week 16's coming up, and i'm dreading it all the way. CRS book review, IDEA project, CADD test all due in week 16. and if that wasn't enough, german test is scheduled on the same tuesday of week 16 that i have all these tests and projects due. 1st august, tuesday. i don't know how i'm going to tackle all that. it's really daunting. i've never encountered pressure like this before. i guess i must think positive and start WORKING.
messaged audrey last night till late. that session really made me understand her more. i never knew she had gone through things that most of us would not even see in our lifetime. yet she has. she's a very strong person. i shan't say what she has experienced because that would be very unfair, but it is substantial. you have my respect, aud.
just got off the phone with joanne. man, some class leader she is. literally pwned her entire class on attendance and punctuality. she got scolded so many times by her teacher till she had to let loose at those ridiculous buggers who were getting her into trouble. hasn't had any major latecomers since, i believe. man. what guts it took to shellack that entire group for being late. and after that, they weren't late no more. now if that isn't pwnage, i don't know what it is. you rock, girl.
going to school tomorrow for math remedial and finish up my undone practical with yiming, zoo and coupla others. zoo and taufiq the mastermind conveniently left me snoozing on the table even when maths lecture ended, so if i hadn't woken up, i would have been left behind. man i'm so gonna kill taufiq. don't know why i was so tired during maths lecture. must be all that TALK.
i desperately need my new electone. hurry up and come please.
Monday, July 24, 2006
school's in, i'm out
i hate to admit it, but i'm using Internet Explorer to type this all out. i loathe IE. i prefer firefox instead.
down with IE.
anyway, today wasn't much of a day. sure, the usual scrapes and what-not, but it's tuesday i really dread. it's the longest day of the week for me. always ending at 1730, then german class at 1815 all the way till 2130, then it's dinner for me, then back home at 2300. helluva day.
avoided the person who pissed me off that day. gave the person the usual mm, ah, hmm, no, yes, oei etc. dammit man i'm still pissed. and that person didn't only piss me off. that person pissed someone else off too. but i'm not about to delve in. it'll only make me want to put a hole through the table.
went through the usual day, ending with mr mark wan after lunch. i kinda enjoy his lessons, but they're really tough. i wish i had more time to understand what he was talking about. bah.
i'm losing my grasp of the english language. i find i'm slipping up in spelling simple words. i make errors in spelling. i have made errors in grammar, something that has never happened to me in all my years of schooling. not to boast but my grammar is and still is near-perfect. but i fear if i continue making mistakes i may not keep it up. and my blood runs cold to think of the day i speak and write wrong. oh man.
please crucify me if you spot any grammatical mistakes in my typing from now on.
talked with joanne again. i immediately heard the mistake she made in the first bar of To Zanarkand. holding the note too long. sounded so out of place. joanne, take note. hahaha.
ok please excuse my male tendencies but i'm watching reruns of Miss Universe 2006. and miss singapore is so hot. so's japan. so's america. so's.......ah heck, all of them.
down with IE.
anyway, today wasn't much of a day. sure, the usual scrapes and what-not, but it's tuesday i really dread. it's the longest day of the week for me. always ending at 1730, then german class at 1815 all the way till 2130, then it's dinner for me, then back home at 2300. helluva day.
avoided the person who pissed me off that day. gave the person the usual mm, ah, hmm, no, yes, oei etc. dammit man i'm still pissed. and that person didn't only piss me off. that person pissed someone else off too. but i'm not about to delve in. it'll only make me want to put a hole through the table.
went through the usual day, ending with mr mark wan after lunch. i kinda enjoy his lessons, but they're really tough. i wish i had more time to understand what he was talking about. bah.
i'm losing my grasp of the english language. i find i'm slipping up in spelling simple words. i make errors in spelling. i have made errors in grammar, something that has never happened to me in all my years of schooling. not to boast but my grammar is and still is near-perfect. but i fear if i continue making mistakes i may not keep it up. and my blood runs cold to think of the day i speak and write wrong. oh man.
please crucify me if you spot any grammatical mistakes in my typing from now on.
talked with joanne again. i immediately heard the mistake she made in the first bar of To Zanarkand. holding the note too long. sounded so out of place. joanne, take note. hahaha.
ok please excuse my male tendencies but i'm watching reruns of Miss Universe 2006. and miss singapore is so hot. so's japan. so's america. so's.......ah heck, all of them.
Friday, July 21, 2006
the week(end)
probably the most fitting way to sum up a terrible week is to end it the same way
yup. terribly.
supposed to complete the autocad assignment for my group today. thought my autocad's license would have lasted me till now. guess what. it didn't. and i only can use autocad offline when i have a license. so now my project is half done, and i just sent it off to my lecturer. i'm halfway between a major screwing and death.
now that's a fitting way to end your week.
talked to my electone teacher today. told her i was hunting around for a new electone. she recommended me the, yep, you guessed it, the 20k Electone Stagea. all brand spanking new. but hell. it's 20k, it's practically unaffordable. maybe i'll get its kid brother.
someone gave me an absolutely wonderful gift today. it was an empty, classic coke bottle with a world cup motif on it, with the Germany flag. it was from the France 98 era. i shan't name this person because complications might arise, but yup, you know who you are :) . part apology for the missed lunch treat today, part an apology on behalf of a friend. it was given to me during IDEA class. totally out of the blue. i thought that friend wanted to drink water, so put a bottle on the table. only then did i notice it was glass..and: who brings glass bottles to school? but it turned out to be my gift. and boy did i sit stunned for a minute. no one friend has ever given me a gift like this, and so exactingly suited to my desire for Germany's world cup win. i felt quite uneasy accepting it initially, but since the explanation was that there were actually two in my friend's possession, i gratefully (i mean it) accepted it. it's gonna sit on my shelf where it's safe i can look at it every day. take it as a token of friendship ;)
joanne called again today. just when i was crossing the road. jaywalking actually, but what the hey. she always so happens to call at this time. some mysterious force at work here. any explanations, singtel, hmm? we talked (duh) while i bought food from the hawker centre. i find it kind of nice that she calls me sometimes when she has a break. it's kinda cool. yeah, maybe i should start calling her sometime too. her phone bill's probably shot to Mars and back, and it ain't fair that i'm not the one doing the calling. and poor thing, she's sick again. flu and all. i'll probably remind her that a nurse can't be sick all the time
something just happened on msn between me and another classmate, but i care not to mention it. that will just make me hit the computer screen. told some fellas about it, and they told me to cool it down some. but what Isam told me really hit me. he had some advice for me. one sentence he said: "be someone who can control temper, and not someone who is controlled by temper". man is that meaningful or what? that's some real solid advice for you. i kinda respect him, he being older than us all. and he's a cool guy. and his advice for me really made me cool down. tell me, how often does a friend advise you, and that advice really truly makes sense to you? that just happened to me. you the man, Isam.
tomorrow's PTM. i'm so dead.
yup. terribly.
supposed to complete the autocad assignment for my group today. thought my autocad's license would have lasted me till now. guess what. it didn't. and i only can use autocad offline when i have a license. so now my project is half done, and i just sent it off to my lecturer. i'm halfway between a major screwing and death.
now that's a fitting way to end your week.
talked to my electone teacher today. told her i was hunting around for a new electone. she recommended me the, yep, you guessed it, the 20k Electone Stagea. all brand spanking new. but hell. it's 20k, it's practically unaffordable. maybe i'll get its kid brother.
someone gave me an absolutely wonderful gift today. it was an empty, classic coke bottle with a world cup motif on it, with the Germany flag. it was from the France 98 era. i shan't name this person because complications might arise, but yup, you know who you are :) . part apology for the missed lunch treat today, part an apology on behalf of a friend. it was given to me during IDEA class. totally out of the blue. i thought that friend wanted to drink water, so put a bottle on the table. only then did i notice it was glass..and: who brings glass bottles to school? but it turned out to be my gift. and boy did i sit stunned for a minute. no one friend has ever given me a gift like this, and so exactingly suited to my desire for Germany's world cup win. i felt quite uneasy accepting it initially, but since the explanation was that there were actually two in my friend's possession, i gratefully (i mean it) accepted it. it's gonna sit on my shelf where it's safe i can look at it every day. take it as a token of friendship ;)
joanne called again today. just when i was crossing the road. jaywalking actually, but what the hey. she always so happens to call at this time. some mysterious force at work here. any explanations, singtel, hmm? we talked (duh) while i bought food from the hawker centre. i find it kind of nice that she calls me sometimes when she has a break. it's kinda cool. yeah, maybe i should start calling her sometime too. her phone bill's probably shot to Mars and back, and it ain't fair that i'm not the one doing the calling. and poor thing, she's sick again. flu and all. i'll probably remind her that a nurse can't be sick all the time
something just happened on msn between me and another classmate, but i care not to mention it. that will just make me hit the computer screen. told some fellas about it, and they told me to cool it down some. but what Isam told me really hit me. he had some advice for me. one sentence he said: "be someone who can control temper, and not someone who is controlled by temper". man is that meaningful or what? that's some real solid advice for you. i kinda respect him, he being older than us all. and he's a cool guy. and his advice for me really made me cool down. tell me, how often does a friend advise you, and that advice really truly makes sense to you? that just happened to me. you the man, Isam.
tomorrow's PTM. i'm so dead.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
wrong side of the bed......again
changed the theme of my Firefox browser to look like Apple's Mac OS X theme. now how cool is that.
that was probably the only highlight of my day.
i feel kinda moody now. yup. probably stressed out, i don't know.
talked with joanne on the phone last night. made her talk until the counter on my phone reached exactly one hour. haha. some childish thrill. strangely enough, though this was the longest talk we've had so far, it didn't feel weird to me. oddly enough, it almost felt comforting to hear her talk again. maybe i was just being paranoid earlier or something. i should learn to calm down. it felt kinda nice actually, listening to her and remembering the times we used to talk so long. yup, it was nice. what the hey, it could even be the beginning of a new friendship.
school was a torrid affair, with op-amps and various other what-nots running through my head. tried my best to assimilate the nitty gritty theory bits that Mr Wan was gunning at us. how i wish they were real bullets, so i could dodge them and not get hit everytime he speaks.
but alas this isn't the case for engineering. i've got to start working on my theory bits.
wanted to tell my group to meet for IDEA after class. since Mr Wan had let us off early for lunch, i agreed with Isam's decision to perhaps do it quickly before heading off for lunch, so that we could go home without staying back to do it, as we had earlier planned. but i relented as the others weren't in favour of it, and told them to stay back after class so that we could complete it together.
but then, i didn't realise elisha had misinterpreted my words as we weren't doing IDEA today, and had so called her mum to tell her she would immediately leave class to go back. i only realised this when class ended. and i guess she got angry at me because she had to call her mum and make alternatives. to this, i can only apologize to elisha. i feel really bad about this. i'll ensure i'll make myself clear in the future when making arrangements.
it's been a hectic week, been looking forward to the weekend where i can grab a little R&R. missed early morning calls, misunderstood words, incomprehensible PEEE chapters. to top it all off, i overslept for the first time in poly life, leading to a series of unfortunate events (refer to previous posts). and that isn't counting the morning after world cup. everyone overslept.
i need a vacation.
that was probably the only highlight of my day.
i feel kinda moody now. yup. probably stressed out, i don't know.
talked with joanne on the phone last night. made her talk until the counter on my phone reached exactly one hour. haha. some childish thrill. strangely enough, though this was the longest talk we've had so far, it didn't feel weird to me. oddly enough, it almost felt comforting to hear her talk again. maybe i was just being paranoid earlier or something. i should learn to calm down. it felt kinda nice actually, listening to her and remembering the times we used to talk so long. yup, it was nice. what the hey, it could even be the beginning of a new friendship.
school was a torrid affair, with op-amps and various other what-nots running through my head. tried my best to assimilate the nitty gritty theory bits that Mr Wan was gunning at us. how i wish they were real bullets, so i could dodge them and not get hit everytime he speaks.
but alas this isn't the case for engineering. i've got to start working on my theory bits.
wanted to tell my group to meet for IDEA after class. since Mr Wan had let us off early for lunch, i agreed with Isam's decision to perhaps do it quickly before heading off for lunch, so that we could go home without staying back to do it, as we had earlier planned. but i relented as the others weren't in favour of it, and told them to stay back after class so that we could complete it together.
but then, i didn't realise elisha had misinterpreted my words as we weren't doing IDEA today, and had so called her mum to tell her she would immediately leave class to go back. i only realised this when class ended. and i guess she got angry at me because she had to call her mum and make alternatives. to this, i can only apologize to elisha. i feel really bad about this. i'll ensure i'll make myself clear in the future when making arrangements.
it's been a hectic week, been looking forward to the weekend where i can grab a little R&R. missed early morning calls, misunderstood words, incomprehensible PEEE chapters. to top it all off, i overslept for the first time in poly life, leading to a series of unfortunate events (refer to previous posts). and that isn't counting the morning after world cup. everyone overslept.
i need a vacation.
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
on the wrong side of the bed
woke up on the wrong side of the bed today. literally. had stayed up late the night before to complete my powerpoint presentation. before that, i had the Changi Youth Amb. briefing and interview at the convention centre. waited so long man. pissed off. ended up leaving school at 2015h and having to modify the presentation on the bus home. was so damned tired, yet still had to do the presentation. guess it's good also that i do it myself.
and i promised audrey i'd wake her up.
ended up i overslept for an hour until my dad had to call me up. damn suay. i took one look at the clock and went oh shit. this wasn't the first time i woke up late to give her a morning call. like what the hell, i slept through all 3 of my alarm clocks. how the hell could that happen? it was my own damned fault. and i'm feeling plenty guilty now. i just hope she doesn't lose faith in me. it's bad enough to wake her up late twice, and worse to see someone pissed of cause it's my fault. dammit.
i need a fourth alarm clock. three isn't going to cut it.
sorry audrey. really, i apologize
and i promised audrey i'd wake her up.
ended up i overslept for an hour until my dad had to call me up. damn suay. i took one look at the clock and went oh shit. this wasn't the first time i woke up late to give her a morning call. like what the hell, i slept through all 3 of my alarm clocks. how the hell could that happen? it was my own damned fault. and i'm feeling plenty guilty now. i just hope she doesn't lose faith in me. it's bad enough to wake her up late twice, and worse to see someone pissed of cause it's my fault. dammit.
i need a fourth alarm clock. three isn't going to cut it.
sorry audrey. really, i apologize
Monday, July 17, 2006
new york, new york
silly elisha. she made me stay up the whole night last night till i told her who was the mysterious fella interested in her. in the end, i think i gave her close to zilch.
oh well.
started the day with a walk with dad to macritchie reservoir. along venus drive near SICC. there was a marathon or triathlon going on near there, can't tell which from which. saw this pretty facilitator. oh well, you know me. it's inconsequential though. walked on through the downpour which was coming down in sheets. walked till my thighs were raw from rubbing against each other. man, was it a long walk or what. ouch.
went home and played on my electone for all and sundry to hear. i need an upgrade to a higher model, and i guess my parents agreed somewhat. mine's the EL-37, hardly adequate for someone at my grade. no, i'm not boasting. though relevant, there are scarcely sufficient features to support the sounds required for my pieces now. i'm hoping i get the Electone Stagea, the brand-spanking-new $20,000 electone. but no, in your dreams you dumbshit. i'll probably need just an EL-90. pretty sufficient to last me. but damn, the Stagea is soooooo tempting. it's my dream come true if i get one. wood trim, modifiable keyboard, space age design, not to mention the whole gamut of synthesizal codecs. ooooh. performance-grade, top of the line...i could go on and on. it's the equivalent of someone buying me a Ferrari. but no. that's a story for another time.
nothing much to report on other stuff, cos there wasn't much happenings today. oh and if you must know, i can now send sms messages via my palm handheld and through my phone. pretty neat huh? now i can utilise the full size keyboard on my palm to type out the message. har har.
audrey and i are going nuts using quaint english to speak. shakespeare's style, you know. such profoundness. o saint. o lord. o shit.
gunnite.
oh well.
started the day with a walk with dad to macritchie reservoir. along venus drive near SICC. there was a marathon or triathlon going on near there, can't tell which from which. saw this pretty facilitator. oh well, you know me. it's inconsequential though. walked on through the downpour which was coming down in sheets. walked till my thighs were raw from rubbing against each other. man, was it a long walk or what. ouch.
went home and played on my electone for all and sundry to hear. i need an upgrade to a higher model, and i guess my parents agreed somewhat. mine's the EL-37, hardly adequate for someone at my grade. no, i'm not boasting. though relevant, there are scarcely sufficient features to support the sounds required for my pieces now. i'm hoping i get the Electone Stagea, the brand-spanking-new $20,000 electone. but no, in your dreams you dumbshit. i'll probably need just an EL-90. pretty sufficient to last me. but damn, the Stagea is soooooo tempting. it's my dream come true if i get one. wood trim, modifiable keyboard, space age design, not to mention the whole gamut of synthesizal codecs. ooooh. performance-grade, top of the line...i could go on and on. it's the equivalent of someone buying me a Ferrari. but no. that's a story for another time.
nothing much to report on other stuff, cos there wasn't much happenings today. oh and if you must know, i can now send sms messages via my palm handheld and through my phone. pretty neat huh? now i can utilise the full size keyboard on my palm to type out the message. har har.
audrey and i are going nuts using quaint english to speak. shakespeare's style, you know. such profoundness. o saint. o lord. o shit.
gunnite.
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