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Sunday, July 30, 2006 7:52 pm
<--- Rewind !!
Man, I didn't blog for 5 days !? Time really flies that fast eh ? Alright, time to rewind then. I'll skip Wednesday and Thursday because there wasn't really much happening if I remembered correctly. L0L!
On Friday after school, I went to watch The Lake House with Alex, Andrea, Gavin and Qing Xiang at West Mall. The cinema was quite empty actually, maybe because it was $9.50 as it was on Friday after 5pm? Yeah, it's damn expensive in my opinion, but fortunately it was really worth the money. I enjoyed the movie a whole lot and I recommend everyone to watch it. It's basically a romantic love story featuring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. They were living 2 years apart but they were able to communicate with each other via a postbox by the Lake House. Seriously, a MUST watch especially for those couples out there. L0L! This is probably one of the best romantic love story since The Notebook in my opinion. Anyway, after the movie we went to the arcade to play for awhile before going to the food feast to grab some dinner. I bought Takopachi and Mee Goreng, but both were not up to standard so it was disappointing. We left about 10pm and while I was walking back to the Bus Interchange, this lady from Prudential came up to me and asked me to do a short survey. I helped her willingly because I wasn't rushing for time or something. She asked me if I could spare some time to allow her to share their savings plan with me. I decided why not and we went to Burger King to sit down and chatted for about an hour. Basically, the plan is called Prusave and it's a fixed deposit savings account. For example, you have to put in a fixed amount of money each month. I found the plan very attractive because the interest they are offering is 4.2% per year and it fluctuates with the economy. Normal banks only offer 0.25% per year, so there's a huge difference there. The thing is that you have to put that money there for 25 years and you can't take it out till the end of the 25th year. Let's say if I put in $50/month, this means that my principal amount would be $15,000 and the total amount of money at the end of the 25th year that I get back would be *drum rolls* $27,000 +++. That's like more than $10,000 worth of interest, which normal banks never give. Furthermore, the plan includes insurance in case of death or critical illnesses. Yup, so I actually signed up for it and I'm given a period of 1 month to change my mind or anything. My parents are quite hesitant about it, but I'm trying to persuade them because it's a good deal in my opinion. I think I'll still go on with the plan, but I'm basically just letting them know. Yesterday, I went to Jeremiah's house to bake brownies for our IS project. We managed to complete the "Team Completion" thing in the IELS as well. We went to his house about 1pm+ and make brownies till around 5pm+ ? We went downstairs to play soccer for awhile after that. L0L! Yeah, then this small boy came with his dad. I'm not sure how old he is, but I don't think he can speak yet. However, he could walk already and he wanted to play with us. So, we played until 6.30pm++ and we needed to go already, but the boy didn't want us to leave. L0L! Oh ya, Jeremiah nicknamed him as Marshmallow Man. L0L! In the end, his dad had to carry him off home and he cried all the way. L0L! Yup, that's pretty much what happened for yesterday. As for today, I went to Jeremiah's church to sell the cookies. Farhanah couldn't come as in wasn't very appropriate as she was a Muslim. Anyway, me and Leonard reached his church at 12pm and Jeremiah was busy with some stuff till 1.30pm. So we toured around the church and went to the fun fair. We went to find his store and we realised that everything was already sold out. L0L! I just remembered I forgot to pay Leonard $5 back as we share money to buy 1 coupon which cost $10. We played a few games as well and I managed to get some prize for young kids, so I'll give that to my cousin. Leonard and I left for home at around 2pm. When I got home, I finished doing all the online stuff there is before revising through a little of my maths. I got to get back to my studies right now. I'll be really busy mugging for this coming month, so wish me the best for my exams yeah ? Take care everyone and god bless~! =] "You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need." - Vernon Howard
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Tuesday, July 25, 2006 10:20 am
Squash ! (Revived Entry)
Wah... Hey everyone! I'm damn tired right now. L0L! Today was like the first time I actually exercise in 6 months ? My stamina is HORRIBLE!!!! OMG!!! L0L! I can't even run 1km! I ran 1.75 round the track and gave up after that. Yeah... My stamina has always been bad, but it has become worse! Oh... I actually gain weight i think; my weight is finally above 50kg and I'm proud of it! =]
Anyway, besides running, I played squash and a little bit of basketball with my classmates. L0L! Our lecturer wasn't able to make it, so we just WHACKED! L0L! Nobody had an idea of how to play squash, so we made our own "rules". L0L! In my opinion, it wasn't fun especially when you have no clue how to play the sport. L0L! We played till around 8.30pm before leaving for dinner at McDonalds at King Albert Park. After dinner, we walked to the bus stop at the Shell kiosk. Halfway there, we saw the bus and decided to run for it. L0L! Exercising again! While running, both Dennis and Gavin heard something dropped on the ground. However, nobody checked if they dropped anything as all of us were chasing the bus. We reached the bus stop in time and there were two 61s. We wanted to take the one at the back, but the driver drove off even when he saw us flagged it. Then, we had to run to the one in front before he left the stop. L0L! Damn funny la... On the bus, we were discussing about who dropped what. L0L! Jeremiah kept saying we dropped this and that. In the end, he found out he dropped his best pen. L0L! You should have seen the way Dennis laughed. L0L! Anyway, it was a good day although my legs are damn tired now. L0L! Hopefully, next week my lecturer will be available to teach us squash. L0L! I reached home at around 10pm and my mum was still awake. She reminded me that the "Chinese 7th Month" starts tomorrow and that this year it will last for 2 months. I forgot the reason, but I think it was something like every 8 years, the 7th month will last for 2 months ? Yeah, so have to be careful everyone! Anyway, I saw in fei ge's blog that he shifted house already!! If I'm correct, he moved to Redhill already! Hopefully, I can get to meet him more often from now on as well! =] And how come you didn't invite me to your house colding ? Sad case! =X L0L! Kidding! Anyway, hope to meet you sometime soon! We have a lot to catch up on! =] Alright people, I am going to stop here today. I need to get to bed soon as well. L0L! Alright then, cya all sometime soon! Take good care peeps~! =] "The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done." - Allard Lowenstein
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Sunday, July 23, 2006 7:54 pm
Squash ?
Hey all ! How's everyone doing ? I have decided to pick up squash! L0L! That's what's new. My lecturer was talking to the class on friday and asking whoever is interested to learn squash to join him on Monday. At first, I didn't want to because I thought I would be the only person, but Ezekiel wanted to learn also ! L0L! So, why not ? I can improve my stamina and fitness as well in time for NS. I can increase my stats and attribute points as well! L0L! I think I should really go jogging once or more every week as well or play some sports. L0L! I cannot be lazy and rot at home already.
Exams are approaching in a month's time and there seems to be a lot that I do not know. I'm actually freaking out already. I don't really understand anything in lectures or tutorials. Even when I go home to study, I can barely understand a thing. *Sighz* Another thing is everytime I study, I'll fall asleep. L0L! Die la liddat... I think it is time to be more hardworking already and less gaming for me. I don't want to be in deep shit during the exams. I have to maintain my GPA as well if I intend to get into a University in Singapore. Pray for me? =] Hmmm... I can't remember what else I wanted to blog about. L0L! Anyway, go check out this song call "Just Like A Pill" by P!nk. I'm addicted to the song right now. L0L! Alright then, that's all from me today. I'll cya all soon~! =] "It's not the hours you put in your work that counts, it's the work you put in the hours." - Sam Ewing
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Thursday, July 20, 2006 4:26 pm
New Zealand !!!
Guess What ? I couldn't wake up in the morning for school again !! L0L! Maybe it is because I slept at around 2am ? However, even if I sleep at 11pm++, I still can't get up. Does this mean that I have to sleep even earlier than 11pm? I don't want to sleep at 10pm+ as the night is still young and there's so much things to do. L0L!
Anyway, it was a tough day in school because there was so much things that I didn't understand. *Sighz* I have to revise what I learnt for DEL today later again. I managed to get a new game from my friend though. It's call "Virtual Tennis"; yeah the one in the arcades. So perhaps it isn't that new after all. L0L! Anyway, lessons ended at 3pm today. I proceeded to the UOB bank at Bukit Batok Interchange before going home. Yup, I went to deposit a little cash. When, I went inside the bank, there were 2 people in the queue. There was another deposit machine that was empty, so I went that lane. I didn't notice that the machine was down. L0L! Yeah, pretty dumb of me actually, but I was rushing to catch the 947 home. Luckily, the uncle in the queue said to me "Young man, that machine is not operating." Thanks uncle !! L0L! So I queued behind me and he was saying something to me, but I didn't hear because I was listening to my iPod. Furthermore, it was a nice song. I only heard him asked "You depositing money ah ?" and I answered him by saying ya. Thinking back on that incident, I realised it was damn funny. I queuing in the cash deposit lane, so obviously is deposit right ? L0L! At least I didn't say anything irritating like "No lah, withdrawing." L0L! Anyway, soon it was my turn and I quickly deposited my cash. I was quite surprised to see my account balance actually. I'm not going to say how much or how little I have here though. L0L! Fei Ge, you still owe me money somemore!! After all that, I went back home for a good bathe and I just defragged my laptop as well. While my computer was getting defragged, my mum asked me to look for a CD by Lobo. I bet most of you do not know who Lobo is right ? L0L! He's a classic oldies singer. It took me about 5 minutes to find it although it was right in front of me. L0L! However, I stumbled upon a CD by "No Doubt", which leads me to the fact of the day!! *Drum Rolls* Did You Know that Gwen Stefani was part of a band group called No Doubt in 1996? Yup, that's the fact of the day for you. I'm actually looking at a New Zealand itinerary by Dynasty Travel right now. I miss New Zealand a whole lot and I really want to go back there soon. My parents are planning to go there sometime at the end of the year. I don't think I'll be going with them though, so I'm hoping that I get to go to somewhere else doing my long break. Hopefully, Fei Ge is going to Australia then he can bring me along as well. =] Alright, I'm stopping here for today. Take care and cya all peeps~! =] "Every time you state what you want or believe, you're the first to hear it. It's a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don't put a ceiling on yourself." - Oprah Winfrey
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006 9:08 pm
Pirates of The CaribBEAN
Let's see... I had a hard time waking up for school again. Fortunately, I didn't reach class really that late. L0L! I got back my results for the Fourier Series Quiz. It was alright, better than I had expected actually. This reminds me that I still have to complete my EM3A tutorial and some other online stuff for other modules as well. *Sighz* So much to do and so little time. L0L! Tomorrow would be a good day to clear all these stuff. Anyway, the day went on fine till the last hour. It was ACDA and I think that the lecturer was having one of his "bad" days. Ah well... I don't really care about him anymore actually after that incident where he took my 3 marks away from me. However, let's be honest here. He was plain unreasonable, hands down without a question. So, good luck to him and his life...
Alright, so after that hour of crap, Alex, Syam and Tim needed our support for their IS module. They were presenting this proposal to the audience who were supposed to be principals. Actually, Dennis, Gavin, Jeremiah and myself wanted to catch the Pirates of The Caribbean at 4.30pm. However, they really needed our support if not they would fail their IS module, so we decided to go support them and catch a later time slot. All of us gave them our warmest support and everyone was happy after that hour of ACDA nonsense. I seriously think it was a very good proposal and they would pass without much trouble. I think their lecturer was quite pleased by the number of people that turned up. Yup, all the best !!! =] After their presentation, the four of us went to West Mall. We reached at about 4.40pm and decided to have dinner before the movie begin. The time slot for our movie was at 5.40pm and it went all the till 8pm. The movie was damn FUNNY!!! L0L! Good action and adventure and comedy all at the same time !!! I recommend you guys to go catch it. Anyway, there's going to be a third installment in the series and I can't wait for it. L0L! By the way, Spiderman 3 is coming out in May 2007 and it seems really interesting as well. Oh, Pan Ge has been down with fever this few days. Please take care of yourself and rest well big bro! =] Well, that would be all from me today. I don't have any fact of the day for you guys today. L0L! So take care and good nitez! =] "Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such." - Henry Miller
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Friday, July 14, 2006 8:44 pm
Thoughts...
I slept at 1am plus in the morning and I just couldn't get out of bed this morning. L0L! I was damn tired when I woke up and still very sleepy. I dragged myself out of bed and went to school for telecommunications module at 10am. I made it on time !! L0L! I reached class exactly at 10am and there were only 4 of us in there. Ah well... Expected it more or less. L0L!
During the 2 hour lunch break, I went Beauty World with my classmates to eat Pizza Hut. It has been such a long time since I last ate Pizza. L0L! Yummy !! Andrea and Cassandra came along with us, but they ate something else instead of Pizza Hut. Anyway, after eating we tried to contact them to meet up with them. However, they didn't replied or answered the phone, so we walked around and waited for half an hour. I managed to buy a pair of Lotto slippers. The actual price was $19.90, but the aunty in the shop sold it to me at $18!! Thanks!! I decided to get this instead of the Teva slippers because it is way cheaper and I couldn't afford the $65 pair of Teva slippers! However, if someone will like to treat me, feel free to! =] Alright, so after buying my stuff we decided to head back to school as it was running late. It was already 1.40pm when we left the building and lessons started at 2pm. We walked from Beauty World back to school and fortunately, we made it to class on time. L0L! Surprisely, we saw both the girls in class already. I was pretty shocked and stunned actually. The reason being they didn't even bother to contact us or answer our calls and just left us waiting like clowns. I don't have much to say about that already. What more can I say ? If it's so hard to give a phone call or send a message, so be it. I was very tired during the last lesson of the day which was Maths. L0L! I didn't really pay any attention to be honest. I was talking with my classmates the whole time. After talking to them, I realised that I have not really been touching my Xbox very often. L0L! I'm not too sure exactly why as well. I mean I have some good games, but I just don't seem to get attracted to playing my Xbox. Usually, when friends come over, then the machine will be on. Perhaps, (I didn't spell it wrongly) I'm bored of playing it all alone. I mean console games are more fun to play with other people right ? L0L! This leads me to feel that I'm actually pretty lonely at home. My dad works and comes home around 7pm plus on weekdays and he is usually tired, so I try not to disturb him. I do talk to my mum at times, but I don't really have much to say to her also. I can't get along with my sister because of "age gap" ? That's my opinion. By the way, she's 3 years only than me. I know la... It's only 3 years, but just cannot get along. L0L! I envy some of my friends that have elder brothers because there is more things in common to talk about and they share the same interest as well. For example, all boys loves to play games! In my opinion, elder brothers are more sensible than elder sisters. No offence to anyone, that's just my opinion. It would be awesome if I have an elder brother, then I won't be so lonely at home. At least I have someone I can talk to and play games with and someone who would shower me with gifts!! L0L! =] Luckily, I have two wonderful elder godbros! Pan Ge and Fei Ge !!! Wahahah! Pan Ge is also 3 years older than me, but I can get along really well with him although we don't really meet up often. I feel that I can get advice from him as well as share my problems. Thanks for being there for me! Fei Ge also!! He's always damn good to me no matter what! Although he's only a year older than me, but he's really a good big bro to have! Furthermore, he's moving to Redhill soon, so I can get to see him more often as he promised. I can't really get to see Pan Ge very often anymore since he's in the army. =( Anyway, hopefully I can get to see both of you really soon! =] Imagine if I have a real brother by blood, life would be better. Unfortunately, I don't have that kind of luck, so I've just have to live with it right ? But HEY! Having 2 great godbros is better than nothing right ? =] Fact of the day: Uruguay provides free schooling for everyone from primary to post-graduate education. ( Ahh... If only Singapore does the same... *Sighz* =] ) Alright, that's all from me today. I'll blog again sometime soon, take care and tong tong tong! =] "Undoubtedly, we become what we envisage." - Claude M. Bristol
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Thursday, July 13, 2006 6:47 pm
"Paisei" Day.
Hey everybody! I made my decision yesterday night at about 10.30pm. L0L! I thought about it the whole day and still couldn't make up my mind. However, I followed my gut instincts and this was how I ranked my choices. First was Aerospace although I fear that I won't be able to get in as there are only 40 places. I put Computer as my second option after much consideration. Then, I chose Computer (Alpha) followed by Telecommunications. Last of all, I chose Micro Electronics as my last option. I had really a hard time deciding on what specialisation to choose and I would like to thank the people who gave me their advice especially my Mum, Dad, Pan Ge and Fei Ge! =X Thanks a million !!!
I was pretty down the past 2 days actually, but for no apparent reason. Emotions suddenly started rushing up and I really didn't have the mood to do anything or talk to anyone. Once again, thank you to the people that cheered me up! I really appreaciate it a lot! =] Sometimes, I looked around me thinking that nobody cares or gives a damn about me. I realised that I was wrong after yesterday when people chatted with me on MSN asking how I am and telling me stuff. I learnt that there are people that really care and I was quite surprised actually to see who were the people who actually cheered me up. You guys know who you all are, so thanks again !! =] Alright, let's talk about today. Lessons actually started at 9am today. As usual, I met my friends outside the lecture theatre. We were talking and waiting for the rest of our classmates to arrive. In the end, we decided not to go for the lesson for some reason. L0L! There goes my clean sheet for full attendance in school. =( Anyway, I had a horrible time in DEL as I couldn't understand most of the stuff that the lecturer was teaching, so I think that I'm pretty screwed. The rest of the day went fine. After school, I went to West Mall to get my hair cut at "Jantzen Salon". I couldn't take my hair any longer because it was getting long, messy and irritating. My hair was also very thick and I always feel warm due to that. Anyway, I got my hair done for $20 and I proceeded to "Watsons" to get a bottle of face wash and an Adidas Cologne. That cologne cost me $19!!! Damn, heart pain already... L0L! See la, nobody wanna treat me! =( I knew I had something else that I needed to buy, but I just couldn't think what was it. So I proceeded to the counter to pay for the stuff. I didn't have any more cash on me, so I had to pay by Visa. I was signing the receipt and I swear that no ink came out of it, so I told the lady at the counter. Then, she took a piece of paper to try the pen and it was like MAGIC! There was like so much of ink, so I tried it again and it worked this time. I felt so embarrassed and there were a few people behind me furthermore. L0L! Obviously, I left the shop as fast as I could. I left West Mall quickly as well. L0L! While I was walking back to the interchange to catch the bus home, I suddenly remembered that I needed to buy shampoo, but I was too lazy to go back and get it. L0L! Oh well, there's always next time right? Hahaha... I really have short term memory man, perhaps even amnesia. L0L! By the way, I just realised that I have been mis-spelling perhaps for a LONG time! I usually spell it as "perharps" and I just spotted my mistake after checking it at dictionary.com. L0L! Alright, so I went back home and took a shower. When I came out of my shower, I realised that my dad just arrived back home. It was 6.30pm at that time and he came back pretty early compared to other days. I told him I had a haircut and asked him if it was nice. L0L! Family bonding alright!! L0L! He said "Not bad, how much?" I told him "$20." Then he said "$20!!! So expensive!? I only cut at $10!" L0L! Then I told him "But I only cut after 3 months." He said "Ya. I also what." L0L! Then I said "Yours different case leh because you got dropped hair." L0L!!! My dad gave me the -.=" face after that and walked away. Hahaha... Family Bonding!! ^^ Anyway, recently I haven't been enjoying any games I play. It's supposed to relieve stress, but I think that it is only giving more stress. L0L! Especially DotA, I just can't seem to perform up to my mark and I'm damn frustrated with myself. *Sighz* Even my Championship Manager 2006 sucks pretty bad. Fifa Street 2 on Xbox is even worse and the worst thing is that it keeps hanging. Just my luck eh ? BUT all of these is going to come to an end today!!! The reason being that I had a haircut and it is sort of like a new beginning! L0L! Yes!!! That's my theory!!! =] Okok, time to stop here for now if not people will get impatient and not read the rest of my entry. L0L! Oh, here's a fact of the day! I just learnt this yesterday from Anwar as well. Did You Know That Zidane's A Muslim? Yup, that's the fact of the day for you guys and I'm signing out now! Take care and cya all soon~! =] "Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave." - Mary Tyler Moore
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Monday, July 10, 2006 9:18 pm
Specialisation ?
Hey guys! I'm back to give all of you an update once again. It has been awhile since I last blogged, so let's get started.
Firstly, I just came back from Kuala Lumpur yesterday evening. I left Singapore on Saturday morning at 6am and reached there at 10am. I went there with my relatives and cousins; there were 8 of us in total. My uncle drove all the way up without stopping. He was actually speeding at 120km/hr to 140km/hr. L0L! I had a pretty alright time there although it was a really short trip. I managed to buy a shirt at least and 2 xbox games. Oh I bought a 20-pack chewing gum for my friends as well. L0L! Anyway, the more important thing now is that I have to choose my specialisation by Wednesday at 11.55pm. I have a total of 5 different options to choose from. They are Aerospace, Computer, Computer (Alpha), Telecommunications and Micro Electronics. I have yet to decide what I'm going to choose, but I did ask around for opinions. My dad told me to take Aerospace because I've always been interested in it. He told me the best second option for me would be Telecommunications. Pan Ge told me not to take Telecommunications though and Fei Ge said take Aerospace. L0L! My friends are all taking different options as well, but I'm not going to follow the crowd because I think I should choose what I'm interested in the most. Oh well, I'm going to have to make this tough decision by Wednesday at 11.55pm. L0L! Hopefully, I'll get into the first option that I picked. Oh yes, thanks everyone who gave me their advice and support ya? I really appreciate it a lot ! Thanks a million! =] Other then this "Specialisation" thing, life has been pretty normal. L0L! I caught 2 movies recently as well. First was "Just My Luck" starring Lindsay Lohan. It's a romantic comedy show and I really enjoyed watching it. I had a good laugh and I'm happy that I went to catch it. Second was "Superman Returns" starring Superman... L0L! Obviously... Anyways... I didn't like the storyline. It was an average movie to me and I felt that there were too much things going on within that 2.5 hours. Alright then, I'm going to stop here for now! L0L! I'll try my best to blog more often k? Ok then! Cya all and take care everyone! =] "Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe." - Robert Service |
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