Today went out with the physics people in the class today =) 10 of us, lian joo, xin wei, audrery, jia wei, lu yang, yan yin, yan zhi, yan min, si min, and I, as well as yan yin's laogong eugene also went to the partyworld at orchard with us today. Haha, I don't like to sing but I do enjoy good singers and some nice muscis ;)

Lian Joo and I was late for the gathering. Meeting was supposed to be at 12pm, but they dragged till abt 1230pm, and I arrive nearly at 1pm at partyworld. So we were made to sing first....

Kindda forgot what lian joo sang first (since we had 4hrs of singing I couldn't really remember who sang what) and I was made to sing shan hu hai by jay chou with si min. x.X

as usual i didn't do well, at least i feel, coz i always zao xia and couldn't really sing out the feel. though the rest could be more supportive :P or are they all tramautized and stoned? and my voice was unheard of for the most of the session :p

ya and our class peeps really can sing! Except me :X even those who dont sing very well try to sing the best they could and of course more pro singers get applauses everytime they finish a song. Hehe..

Not just myself, but others are annoyed by the poor service quality given to us. Most importantly, the drinks there are SUPER ex (7.50 for a cup of soft drink?), at least there is promotion (somewhat) and we each got two drinks in the end, but it is still expensive.. even the towels cost 0.90 each person, and tibits and fruits which each cost $5+ which amount to me around 50+ in the end.

And now comes the most annoying part, the waiter came in to the room, hand us the bill, and said something like: blah blah this is your bill then blah blah somemore and said:

"I will be back in 5mins"

or something like that. I may have phrased it differently, but he does seem impolite and rude when he handed over the bill. and then the 1xx dollar bill.

Kbox is better

and kbox doesnt cut us off when the time is up, like the others said, they would come in and smile at you, then continue singing for somemore, then they come in again smile again and then continue, so dont get too overboard with this and you can get extra 10mins or so :)

oh yes when the same waiter return and give us the receipt, his nostril is like pointing to the ceiling and give us the receipt like "nah, your receipt" yan zhi and lu yang had fun pointing whichever finger at him when he went out..

so finally at 5pm, we left the partyworld and headed to cineleisure. At first we wanted to play kpool at the 8th floor of cine, only then reaslised that it is SUPER ex, 11.80 for billard game. crazy la. so we decide to go arcade. Only yanmin, audrey, jia wei, yan zhi, luyang, eugene and yanyin and I went. And we played table hockey, dance dance revolution, and the car racing (forgot its name again) jia wei and yan min damn sad la, played 3 games of table hockey all lost. First to the table tennis couple yan zhi and audrey, haha, what to expect, good reflex players, then second and third game was audrey and me, haha, won two and blah, they are disappionted, but who cares! Its all fun :p

and after that jia wei and yan min danced on the dance dance revolution. and woo, its super lucky for yanmin to get one of the most difficult one, so they practically wasted 3 bucks. and at the end we had the car racing, and jia wei came in first, yanmin second, me being first due to technical difficulties faced by audrey, so I was lucky on this one, else i could have been the last, haha..

but whatever the outcome, the most important thing is that we had fun! :D

and we chatted a while about possible future activities, we raised ideas like having chalets and cycling around singapore, or going pulau ubin, ya, I like the idea of cycling! or night cycling, man it would be damn fun!

while we are chatting, yan min brought out a plastic bag (and i din notice it). Only until he gives me, ya. wahhh i am damn touched la, coz i seldom receive presents from my friends on my birthdays, and i shaked hands with jia wei audrey and yanmin, haha, and they say that its like prize presentation -_- ya what, its a prize for me after growing for a year, haha

thanks to yanmin, jia wei, audrey and all others who gave me this present, to others who did not, the wishings over the net, class blogs, tag boards, even belated wishes, forums in the game I play, they are all very nice and I really appreciate them. Thanks everyone!

everything has an end, happy hours pass quickly, it is soon 6pm and we are leaving le. Class outing like this is really fun, enjoying and nice. Though I don't really interact a lot with others, maybe some, but I still enjoy such gatherings. I can be a listener, but not the centre of attention =)

I will be looking forward to the next class outing!

8:49 PM

It is the end of the second day of the block test, one more day to go and I shall be liberated from this nightmare...


At least for the time being


Though there are more work coming up, I shall take this chance to update my long outdated blog..

Gave audrey her present from china cum birthday present, dont get too angry hor hahaha =X if you be good then our class would get you a birthday present, :p

then gave yanmin his bag, really hope he likes it.. coz i have a strange taste..

now where is my birthday present....

I seem to start liking to blog in sentences, like some of the posts in junquan's blog, duno why, it seems that physics really had killed most of my brain cells..

I cant think properly

I hope for thursday afternoon to arrive asap and put an end to this

10:07 PM

First of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MYSELF!

Thanks to all of my friends who have wished my happy birthday, thanks!!

I am eligible to watch M18 movie already, lol

Well anyway, this morning is just like any other usual morning, but i wake up abt 1hr earlier than normal (which is not very early either). I dont really like to make this day so high and so special, just a small cake will do, have a group of my friends and family to celebrate, I would be very happy already. I dont really like to be the centre of attention, to simply put this together...

Later going to cafe to celebrate, eat drink sing and play around. There goes today, I practically din do anything today.. :X

Amongst the sms i received, there is one sms that asks me to return the library book this week.. Which is very different from all other sms i receive today. (oh btw i am in china now, sorry if i had increases ur bill a little.. )
Not possible to return the book, coz i am only returning on the 25th!

Happy Birthday to myself again :D

7:19 PM

Yesterday I went to Nan Jing, which is about 2hrs car ride from where I am now. Travelling this long really makes the day shortm having left the house at 830 and returning at 5pm, it seems that there isn't really anything that I have done, apart from meeting one of my friends, who is currently studying in the Nan Jing Uni under the architectural (spelling) course. he is also one of my childhood friends in indonesia during holidays.

All I can say it time can really change a person, even the inner self. Though he hasn't changed much in his character, but his appearance has certainly changed a lot. And he even has a girlfriend! haha, cannot really convince myself that he is in univerisity already. (though if i din come to singapore i would be in NS now)

We didn't do a lot of shopping, spent too much time travelling and eating. We did talk a little, but it seems that we were always rushing with time and also, meeting him finally for such a long time feels weird for the first time. I left him my msn, so hopefully i can get to chat to him online more often. Though I would still prefer talking to him personally... Oh ya, he is having his first year end of school promotional exam. Good luck! All the best =D

Coming back to my own examinations.. hopefully I am done with chem and now I am going to move on to econs.. Realised that there isn't really enough time left, considering that there are still 3 more subjects to study, in a week, also we still have the undefined syllabus GP and PW. Time is really running short. Everyone all the best for the upcoming Block Test! I will see ya guys next time then.

P.S.
Jia Wei: Thanks for helping me in the tagboard. Have to mafan you again next time.. hehe
Yan Min: I haven got your bag yet.. hm.. I will still be keeping an eye out for it ya? =)

3:27 PM

Coming to China during this june holiday is never another reunion with my father. Yet, apart from the reunion, I am finally, able to meet some of my childhood buddies...

Back 9 years ago, when my father working location was moved to Indonesia. We had to visit him every half a year during the school holidays (in February and July-August). It was during that time when I meet some other Taiwanese friends there, whose fathers were working in the same district. I soon made friends with them and every half a year we would meet up and have fun together.

Happiness always ends early. I have to move to Singapore 2 years after my father has been relocated to Indonesia. Being under the different education system, I could no longer meet my friends twice a year. However, we would still meet up during the Chinese New Year, and we would always enjoy ourselves during the short break. I visit them during the holidays in taiwan too, sadly they are having school... So I couldn't stay there for long, but it is good enough =)

However, most, in fact, all of my friends have to move to China, because their fathers have been relocated to the company in China. I could no long meet them, even during chinese new year. Coming to Indonesia seems to be a chore.. I don't look forward to going Indonesia as much as before, spending one whole holiday seems to be endless. The empty playgrounds, staying inside the house for nearly 24/7. I couldn't help but missing them more and more.

It has been 3 years...

Yesterday, I finally met up with one of my closest friend back in Indonesia. He certainly changed a lot, to the extent that I don't even recognise him? Haha, not really la.. I can still feel the 'aura'. Err, ok cut the crap. He was released from school yesterday, and he is going back today.. and then it will be his promotional examination for the next one week. Good luck! Jia you! You have the best wishes from me =)

It feels so great to meet him again. The similar old feeling, though we are no longer kids that run round the residential estate, cycling, swimming together, but we share the same memories. These will stay with me, at least, till the grave? hehe. It was really fun and enjoyable. the only thing is that he is taller than me now =/ haha, still remember how short he was then.. =X things change, haiz

I am looking forward to more of my friends tomorrow, as they will be coming back for their breaks. They study for 11 days (inclusives of weekends) and come back for 3 days. Weird right? But i guess that is the only way, judging by the fact that china is so big and travelling around in 2-3hrs seems to be travelling for 15mins in Singapore. Though they are not mostly my close friends, but still, I can mingle with them, ask about their lives, maybe we can have some fun together? Even though it has been a really long time...

I shall not indulge myself in too much of my past. Sweet memories are meant to be kept, and I am sharing some of it so that maybe I will inspire you to think about your childhood memories in the middle of the mugging spree? Yeah, jia you guys! Do tag in my tagboard, haha, though I cant view it because of some political issues... and the worse thing is i will be here quite often from now on.. sob.. just when i started to blog again..

alright, good luck with the mugging! i will cya in about, 1-2 days time? :p

9:41 AM

Wahlao! blog so long liao then accidententally pressed one button.. nvm i shall not blabber too much about the camp. You can read from the class blog, or any other people who have went for the camp :D

To my most supportive and fun-loving 06s6c-ers who have attend the camp. Without you guys this camp would not have been what it is now.

The camp would not have been possible without the help of my dearest classmates. The support of the friends who went for the camp is extremely important, in completing the team challenge pyramid, we would not have the faith to leap from the log, also we could not have climbed onto the high wall 3.6m high.

Without our encouragement Si Min may not have jumped off the jetty on her own, I would not have been able to climb to the top of the rock climbing wall..

It is all about encouragement and support.

A lot of things I have learnt through the camp. I learn more about my classmate, especially friends whom I have less contact with. It is a pity that some of us cannot make it due to medical problems, but this is not going to be the only camp we have, this is not going to be the only class bonding session we have. Through these sessions, we get to know more about everyone, at least in the class, and we will be more united, as a class.

I can't forget how high we got during the campfire, wearing the same t-shirt, chanting and making ourselves looking stupid but yet fun activities, getting all super high bouncing our hips and shoulders at each other. We must not forget our dearest instructors who are so friendly and so kind to us when we need them. They are the nicest instructors I have ever met! 3 cheers to bloop bloop and instructors!

I cannot forget the stupid games we play and getting all like "wth" after getting the answer.

Though till now i still couldn't get the auntie mary one.. hm.. though i know the rest like the bang bang bang and the black magic after some hints and tips from junquan! :D

This is one of the most memorable camps I have ever had, truely exhilarating.

9:14 PM

Yesterday was the meeting of our PW group with Dr Lim. Went his house at Eunos at around 1pm+.. I was a little late coz I actually miss the stop until I am at Tanah Merah Interchange. Wonder what I was doing.. hm...

Lucky my group never make me treat them lunch. :o)

Met junquan, yan zhi, peng le and kia hui at the MRT. they were the same day to meet dr lim as well, coincidentally. We left for dr lim's hse while junquan's group wait for ben tan to come (who didn't turn up in the end)

Dr Lim's house was quite different from the other units of the same floor, judging by the floor tiles and the doors.. the environment was cozy, and we settled down in the dining room for discussion. He treated us drinks and later, chicken wing, hehe, how nice, but where is the chips? =D

Just moments after we started our discussion, yanzhi they all came. Seems like there is a communication problem and both groups claim that they are at the 1pm slot. So we had briefing on EoM and written report together, then our group proceed with the gpp discussion while the other group waited in the living room.

He commented that the GPP is fine, yay! We just have to be more focused in the literature, data and surveys. Possible A project? :p we should all aim for that.

Then comes our turn to talk crap in the living room, ya, until about 3+ everyone is done, we ate the wings, then terence had some fun traumatising yan zhi and jun quan at dr lim's house. dr lim had swing at his own house! That is so cool, but i wonder if the ceiling can take it.. hm..

So after that we went to the library at bugis.. you even feel intellectual just buy walking in the library lol.. So we looked through the shelves and get the necessary resources that we need. then terence had somemore fun traumatising yanzhi while we waited for xinyi and fandi to finish browsing the books.

And the lame terence was screaming his/her head off in the elevator... again. He did that at dr lim's house, and we were really xia dao -.- but after that we just give him that dao look.. hehe

Going sim lim square buy computer parts later... then yq's bro will come and assemble the computer. Yeah, a new computer soon. Less competition with my brother... lol

alright, gotta go now, tata

10:47 AM

It has been a week since the holiday starts. Common question:

What have I done?

For the past few years, I have been asking myself this question during holidays. But it seems that I always get the same response.

//Qbasic script
Do

y = y + next holiday

Do

x = x + the next day
"I shall start work tomorrow"
Loop until x = "end of holiday"

"I shall not repeat it again"

Loop until y = "Death"

End

It is contradictory... "I shall not repeat it again" is repeating itself. illogical, misleading, contradictory, paradoxical, whatever adjective you can think of.
Yes, parents always say don't do it again, it will definitely happen again. There won't be a World War II if we don't do it again.

Whenever there is a sudden realisation of the lack of time and how much we are slacking our holidays away, there will be a urge to work. Nevertheless, work is not done.

The actual definition of work done should be: Work done = urge to do work - (distraction)^x


where x = {holiday, examination...} and distraction = {R+}


Delusion

condition: work < 0

A state of darkness. Lying to yourself, that there are still time, there is always a tomorrow.

Dilemma

Condition: work = 0

Little motivation to do work, in a state of confusion and self-struggling.

Determination

Condition: work > 0

Happens only in a state or urgency, when urge to do work ~ infinity. Rarely happens during a holiday, unless distraction ~ 0

This post is getting crap, actually, all I want to say is I have a meeting with PW teacher tomorrow and I have not done anything.



Appendix A Sample values of x:

holiday ~ infinity
exams ~ 0

10:26 PM

I woke up 4hrs and 20mins ago. To play game.. I have no life... Not like I want, but ludi pq is sooo hard to get in...

At least I managed to enter abt 6 times today, sometimes chan hop can get in le, lol. But if got track comfirm can enter... tts the good thing abt morning pqs :p

Later going to suntec to buy something at the pc show. Was chatting with yq's bro online last night.. he helped me fix my com and now he is fixing another one for me =D Such a nice guy.. so later going suntec buying vga card.. heard from him that its not just a good buy, its a steal. lol.. coz it is better than my current vga and its only at HALF the price. wahlao i feel so stupid now.. only hope still got stock :p (if its so good it will be out of stock soon, right?)

I am all alone at home.. mother went china already, brother went camp. it feels weird, the home that will be noisy and naggy.. its all quiet. I can hear a pin drop on floor now. The usual morning tv sound, sizzling of breakfast.. Its nothing now.. poof, just like that..

I still have to take care of my lunch and dinner.

Sometimes I long to be left alone for some time, now I have the freedom, yet it doesnt seem as nice as I have thought. True, no one nagging you, no one to quarrel with, I can enjoy the peace, but something is missing, the ambience. I don't know, it just doesnt feel right.

Maybe when my brother comes back it will be better.

I seriously think playing too much game is not good, not just for the health, but you lost in touch with your friends... When you play you would only be focusing on the game itself, nothing else seems to matter. When some of my friends are having bad mood or troubles, I won't know, and I think I am being selfish and, something that a friend ought to do. That is to care and showing concern. Problems dont just go away like that, but at least you know you have somebody supporting you at your back, you know you can move on. I just want to let them know that...

You are not alone

8:23 AM

Two days ago was the band elections. 9am to 5pm. It has been a long day and I am actually quite sianed by it... Coz for the whole day I was practically stoning and listening to the speeches. It was actually ok, just that I have no one to talk to...

First we had the quatermaster, members of welfare officer, librarian. So there was a row of candidates before us, delivering the speech, following by 50mins of Q n A. That is very............ loooong... and I can see that the seniors are quite bored.. haha, playing with handphone, stoning, or reading their own stuffs.. I wasn't trying to pay attention, but 50mins of qna is really too long for me and i started disgressing (spelling?). Also I realised that I couldn't match the faces and their names. Apart from Ai Wen and her friend, the rest I couldn't really tell who, though I know them (by name) better now.. so the whole thing concluded at 11am and we went to lunch.. this early.

spend the time in coro until 12+ then we came back. Staying around the band room is really weird for me since there is no one in particular I can talk to, feels really funny sitting there and *watch* others talk.

This shows that I am not the type who approach another person and interact. Passive.

So finally we begin the student conductor's trials. So each candidate has 20mins to tune, fix, and finally run through one piece together. Choon Boon was as AA as usual, and the others were quite good too, unlike me who cant even read the sprouts properly =X

Then yi hui (our grand senior) came and let me listen to this jazz music called take five? The percussion player on drumset is damn zai lor, the rhythm is like so random yet I can still feel the beat. zai.. need a lot of practices.. when he came i thought finally I have someone to talk to but he left earlier coz he was sianed by the SC trials.. haha.. coz he not playing (duh) and it was really boring...

then comes the BM talk, which I thought will be another boring talk. It was not that boring, when it comes to Q and A. There is this particular question that our seniors asked that tests the ability of the candidates to think on the spot. So this is the question:

"1+1=?"

of course its not a mathematical question, and we were actually able to hear some intelligent answers..

"1+1 is equal to infinity. When one come together with another, anything is possible, everything can be done....

1-1 is nothing, when one without the other, nothing is achieved......"

5:44 PM