Not easy to get a table in the Lib these days,
even though not even 1 week break yet.
Y? coz the lib full of Fricking Chinamen!
surprisingly, i'm starting to be able to tell individuals apart from their kind
remember some faces from last sem
with their chinamen faces, remember their chinamen whispering
LOUD whispering. 1st time i hear.
and they're everywhere...
wanted to settle down on a table... looked ard and to both sides, there were stinking chinamen.
settled in a cubicle instead.
went to toilet, found some idiotic chinawoman at the staircase eating pear.
she already had another pear core in her other hand.
fricking hell! go outside and eat lah! u think this is that fricking kunming university isit?
actually, if she mistook this place for it, i wldn't be surprised either.
even rite now, got 2 chinamen talking next to me on the computers.
frick man... did i even leave that horrible chinaman kunming university?
or did we bring it back with us?
or we never needed to "visit" it in the 1st place?
i wanna get out of here... i wanna go back singapore... with singaporean chinese, malay, indian, and all others except noisy, loud, disgusting, selfish, inconsiderate, rude chinamen.
who says we hv ugly singaporeans? come to NTU. we singaporeans are angels.
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Supposed To Be Studying
Got a quiz tml - fricking heat transfer.
supposed to be studying, but slacking instead.
playing games n msn.
Zow requested for an entry, so here it is!
wanted to write a poem abt this,
but i realised a rushed poem wld be sucky.
so i shall just type like this,
instead of a paragraph,
so it looks like a poem anyway.
think i shd go study now,
got 3 tutorials to do,
by tml afternoon.
and it's already 5pm.
siao liao...
3 tutorials only, very difficult meh?
yes if
a) it's an engineering subject
b) i'm the one doing it
gimme 3 psychology tutorials anyday!
or task me to write 3 blog entries!
or produce 3 nice photographs!
or take down 3 UFOs in XCom - UFO: Enemy Unknown! (computer game lah)
but dun gimme a engineering tutorial to do!
looks like i'll be stuck here til library closes. but since got so much time... might as well play game. hahahahahha
supposed to be studying, but slacking instead.
playing games n msn.
Zow requested for an entry, so here it is!
wanted to write a poem abt this,
but i realised a rushed poem wld be sucky.
so i shall just type like this,
instead of a paragraph,
so it looks like a poem anyway.
think i shd go study now,
got 3 tutorials to do,
by tml afternoon.
and it's already 5pm.
siao liao...
3 tutorials only, very difficult meh?
yes if
a) it's an engineering subject
b) i'm the one doing it
gimme 3 psychology tutorials anyday!
or task me to write 3 blog entries!
or produce 3 nice photographs!
or take down 3 UFOs in XCom - UFO: Enemy Unknown! (computer game lah)
but dun gimme a engineering tutorial to do!
looks like i'll be stuck here til library closes. but since got so much time... might as well play game. hahahahahha
Monday, August 29, 2005
Thinking Out Of The Box Abt Chickens
Currently Playing: I Don't Like Mondays by Boomtown Rats
Was having lunch at fried chicken fast food place coz i got coupons... Saw a advert for their O.R. fillet burger - noticed that the chicken was a nice regular rectangular shaped slab, and thot "since when did they make chickens liddat?"
Then, i looked down at the fried chicken in my bandito pocket... it was also a rectangular slab; just like the one in my zinger last week. (OK OK i've been eating a bit too much fastfood. but that's not the pt here.) Oh no... do they really make chickens liddat now???
Remember that earlier email hoax/urban legend abt the restaurant growing "chicken parts" instead of chickens? alleged whole rows & rows of genetically grown thighs, wings, drumsticks, etc... Have they taken that idea and gone 1 step further - just growing "chicken slabs"???
It could be like the earlier internet hoax "Kitten in a jar" except that this wld be "chicken in a box". chickens being forced in and grown into a box/slab shape... then once full, just pop it open and fry the bugger!
hahahahha of coz u all know this isn't true... ( i dun wanna get sued) but think abt it... wldn't it be interesting? restaurants and homemakers all over wld be using "chicken in a box" instead of regular chicken... and if i set this up, i wld be rich!! Why? bcoz...
a) being in regular slabs, the chickens wld stack very well and packing them wld be easy, and transports, warehouses, freezers wld hv no wasted space!
b) no more trying to squeeze 16 thighs, drumsticks, and esp wings, and other irregularly shaped parts in 1 bucket... just present them in a 4x4 box!! like mooncake liddat!!
c) restaurant frontline staff no longer need to contend with fussy customers anymore... no more plump guy with coupons from newspaper demanding he wants "all thighs" or stick-thin girl asking for "all wings" or stinky spoilt little brat screaming he/she wants "all drumstick". "Sorry sir/madam, we only got "all slabs". u wan original or crispy?"
Wow!! this could be a world-changing breakthru! actually useful uses for genetic engineering!! This wld only be the 1st step... next in line wld be "Cow in a patty" or "Fish in a sashimi"!!
Any top food company executives out there? reply to me quickly to gain on this remarkable business idea! "Chicken in a box", anyone? ;-)
Was having lunch at fried chicken fast food place coz i got coupons... Saw a advert for their O.R. fillet burger - noticed that the chicken was a nice regular rectangular shaped slab, and thot "since when did they make chickens liddat?"
Then, i looked down at the fried chicken in my bandito pocket... it was also a rectangular slab; just like the one in my zinger last week. (OK OK i've been eating a bit too much fastfood. but that's not the pt here.) Oh no... do they really make chickens liddat now???
Remember that earlier email hoax/urban legend abt the restaurant growing "chicken parts" instead of chickens? alleged whole rows & rows of genetically grown thighs, wings, drumsticks, etc... Have they taken that idea and gone 1 step further - just growing "chicken slabs"???
It could be like the earlier internet hoax "Kitten in a jar" except that this wld be "chicken in a box". chickens being forced in and grown into a box/slab shape... then once full, just pop it open and fry the bugger!
hahahahha of coz u all know this isn't true... ( i dun wanna get sued) but think abt it... wldn't it be interesting? restaurants and homemakers all over wld be using "chicken in a box" instead of regular chicken... and if i set this up, i wld be rich!! Why? bcoz...
a) being in regular slabs, the chickens wld stack very well and packing them wld be easy, and transports, warehouses, freezers wld hv no wasted space!
b) no more trying to squeeze 16 thighs, drumsticks, and esp wings, and other irregularly shaped parts in 1 bucket... just present them in a 4x4 box!! like mooncake liddat!!
c) restaurant frontline staff no longer need to contend with fussy customers anymore... no more plump guy with coupons from newspaper demanding he wants "all thighs" or stick-thin girl asking for "all wings" or stinky spoilt little brat screaming he/she wants "all drumstick". "Sorry sir/madam, we only got "all slabs". u wan original or crispy?"
Wow!! this could be a world-changing breakthru! actually useful uses for genetic engineering!! This wld only be the 1st step... next in line wld be "Cow in a patty" or "Fish in a sashimi"!!
Any top food company executives out there? reply to me quickly to gain on this remarkable business idea! "Chicken in a box", anyone? ;-)
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Day of Nightmares!
Currently Playing: I Just Wanna Live by Good Charlotte
Slept til 1130am this morning... but before waking up kena plagued by nightmares... probably started abt 9am...
Nightmare 1: NIE Biathlon
Was considering joining it... then decided against it coz i dun think i'd like to run in wet, tight shorts... Major OUCH. abrasion such chialat chialat. So i dreamt i was back in hall... then every fricking door i passed hung a sign "Finisher - NIE Biathlon" or "3rd - NIE Biathlon" or something liddat... every fricking door except mine!!! aaarrggghhh...
It's not abt peer pressure... but it's the thot of if others can do it, y can't i? but i still dun wanna kena abrasions... most prob won't go for the biathlon but will try to match the distances by myself. And will be signing up for StanChart 10km tonite!
Nightmare 2: SCDF & SAF
Somehow, dreamt that i was riding an SCDF vehicle... dunno whether was part of them of being rescued. hahaha. but we (dunno who were with me, but they were ppl i knew) were on some kinda HUGE empty platform out and high up at sea... then we got out of the vehicle and had to climb down this long hanging ladder... now surprisingly, the height didn't scare me coz i was thinking can just drop into the sea...
then i realised, i needed my SAF things!! dunno y. then all my SAF stuff are in the old house, and i lost my SAF card like... 4 yrs ago? and nv bothered to replace it. was thinking die liao die liao... got totally nothing, totally not prepared at all....
then i woke up. once was bad enuff, but twice? 2 nightmares? esp the last one... i lay awake, stunned for a while, wondering if i really needed to go back SAF, thinking where my things were... then remembered i hvn't got any letter or anything yet. whew. decided enuff was enuff... time to wake up.
i really hope they nv call me back, although VJ told me it's all computerised now, no escaping, no losing of documents & records. Sianz... hated my NS life, hated the regimen, the 24hr duties, the backside covering, the rank pulling, the NSF bullying by regulars, the bengs, the red tape, the "discipline", the endless forms, and almost everything abt the army. i hope i nv hv to go back.
hmm... maybe to escape, i cld stay longer in sch.... hahhahahah
Slept til 1130am this morning... but before waking up kena plagued by nightmares... probably started abt 9am...
Nightmare 1: NIE Biathlon
Was considering joining it... then decided against it coz i dun think i'd like to run in wet, tight shorts... Major OUCH. abrasion such chialat chialat. So i dreamt i was back in hall... then every fricking door i passed hung a sign "Finisher - NIE Biathlon" or "3rd - NIE Biathlon" or something liddat... every fricking door except mine!!! aaarrggghhh...
It's not abt peer pressure... but it's the thot of if others can do it, y can't i? but i still dun wanna kena abrasions... most prob won't go for the biathlon but will try to match the distances by myself. And will be signing up for StanChart 10km tonite!
Nightmare 2: SCDF & SAF
Somehow, dreamt that i was riding an SCDF vehicle... dunno whether was part of them of being rescued. hahaha. but we (dunno who were with me, but they were ppl i knew) were on some kinda HUGE empty platform out and high up at sea... then we got out of the vehicle and had to climb down this long hanging ladder... now surprisingly, the height didn't scare me coz i was thinking can just drop into the sea...
then i realised, i needed my SAF things!! dunno y. then all my SAF stuff are in the old house, and i lost my SAF card like... 4 yrs ago? and nv bothered to replace it. was thinking die liao die liao... got totally nothing, totally not prepared at all....
then i woke up. once was bad enuff, but twice? 2 nightmares? esp the last one... i lay awake, stunned for a while, wondering if i really needed to go back SAF, thinking where my things were... then remembered i hvn't got any letter or anything yet. whew. decided enuff was enuff... time to wake up.
i really hope they nv call me back, although VJ told me it's all computerised now, no escaping, no losing of documents & records. Sianz... hated my NS life, hated the regimen, the 24hr duties, the backside covering, the rank pulling, the NSF bullying by regulars, the bengs, the red tape, the "discipline", the endless forms, and almost everything abt the army. i hope i nv hv to go back.
hmm... maybe to escape, i cld stay longer in sch.... hahhahahah
An Astounding Discovery!
Been getting complains abt lack of updates from my fans... demanding ones even bemoan the lack of quality entries... OK LAH! here's one. think i spoil u guys too much.
Apologies if i had dissed chinamen earlier, there is a reason for their boorish behaviour! I happened to stumble upon a little red book which some blur chinaman freshie left behind at the canteen this wk, and curiously opened it. Astounding! It had English translations and was titled "Little Red Book for Comrades Who Are In Nantah" I have some excerpts below:
"Prease, if you are a the lecturer, direct all your words to the projector. They lonely as they are alone in the lecture halls for the rest of the day."
"Prease, if you are using projector transparencys, print smaller words. This is to discourage students from our host country to get short-sighted, which is a large problem in the country."
"Prease, if you are speaking outside, be as loud as possible. The person whom you are speaking to will hear you better as the host country is a crowded one.
"Prease, if you are addressing a group of students in the classroom, be as quiet as possible. This is to discourage students from speaking at the same time."
"Prease, if you are in the library, speak in a higher pitch. In host country, this is called whispering. There is no need to adjust the volume of your speaking."
"Prease, if you are in the library and local students ask you to remove your bag/book/notes/file from another table, firmly tell them that they are subscribing to the evil ideas of dirty western capitalists. The library is for use by the people and for use by the people who come here first. Chairman Mau, he say, do not care whether it is a bag, or a book, or a notes, or a file; if it can chope a seat in the library, it is a good instrument of study."
"Prease, if you are having a bowl of soup noodles, it is courtesy to eat as loudly as possible. This is courtesy to the noodle hawker so that other patrons will know that the noodles are delicious."
"Prease, if you are encountered by a local student, it is not necessary to say please or thank you, or have unnecessary conversation. They are the subcribers of evil western capitalism and we must not hear about such evil ideas! If you see any comrades who are hearing the evil ideas, inform our party officials immediately! The officials are among the students and lecturers, and will make efforts to quickly educate the stray comrade."
Now u know y they liddat liao lah... cannot blame them. they must hv their CCP ppl everywhere watching their every move.... poor buggers.
Apologies if i had dissed chinamen earlier, there is a reason for their boorish behaviour! I happened to stumble upon a little red book which some blur chinaman freshie left behind at the canteen this wk, and curiously opened it. Astounding! It had English translations and was titled "Little Red Book for Comrades Who Are In Nantah" I have some excerpts below:
"Prease, if you are a the lecturer, direct all your words to the projector. They lonely as they are alone in the lecture halls for the rest of the day."
"Prease, if you are using projector transparencys, print smaller words. This is to discourage students from our host country to get short-sighted, which is a large problem in the country."
"Prease, if you are speaking outside, be as loud as possible. The person whom you are speaking to will hear you better as the host country is a crowded one.
"Prease, if you are addressing a group of students in the classroom, be as quiet as possible. This is to discourage students from speaking at the same time."
"Prease, if you are in the library, speak in a higher pitch. In host country, this is called whispering. There is no need to adjust the volume of your speaking."
"Prease, if you are in the library and local students ask you to remove your bag/book/notes/file from another table, firmly tell them that they are subscribing to the evil ideas of dirty western capitalists. The library is for use by the people and for use by the people who come here first. Chairman Mau, he say, do not care whether it is a bag, or a book, or a notes, or a file; if it can chope a seat in the library, it is a good instrument of study."
"Prease, if you are having a bowl of soup noodles, it is courtesy to eat as loudly as possible. This is courtesy to the noodle hawker so that other patrons will know that the noodles are delicious."
"Prease, if you are encountered by a local student, it is not necessary to say please or thank you, or have unnecessary conversation. They are the subcribers of evil western capitalism and we must not hear about such evil ideas! If you see any comrades who are hearing the evil ideas, inform our party officials immediately! The officials are among the students and lecturers, and will make efforts to quickly educate the stray comrade."
Now u know y they liddat liao lah... cannot blame them. they must hv their CCP ppl everywhere watching their every move.... poor buggers.
Saturday, August 27, 2005
Update on Adsports5
For those who are interested, here's an email exchange i had with the current ATC head, Kawei. it seems that Adsports has been relegated... but it is no longer for us to worry or get worked up about... just be happy that we made a difference in Adsports, as it made a difference to us. ;-)
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From: Xunster!
Subject: How is Adsports?
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:07:33 +0800 (CST)
Hi Jiawei,
I don't think we've met, I'm Xun, from Adsports 2001/02 & 2002/03. I've been hearing lao jiaos talk abt the AGM and such events, and out of curiosity, I wld like to ask some questions... hope u dun mind answering an old man's queries.
- since u r now the "ATC Head", is there still an Adsports subcomm? Who is the Adsports head? Is Adsports now under ATC?
- will be there a connection between ATC comm and Adsports?
- wat will Adsports be doing? will there still be local activities and courses?
Maybe u could give me an overall view of wat Adsports & ATC comms will be like this coming year? Thanx a lot...
Xun
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Tan Ka Wei wrote:
YoZ!
This year, ATC and Adsports will be a different committee. ATC comm will only be in charge of ATC and the planning whereas Adsport(Facilitated by>Steven and Jessica from main comm).
In Adsports, they will be in charged of organising kayaking clinics, rock climbing and off road cycling for the school's population.
In ATC this year, we will be dedicated to run the program as well as a new event thats coming up, joinly organised by pumpfest and ATC comm. Its a race for kid age 11-16 from Peoples' Asociation, and this race is some sort of pre ATC preparation thing for our comm. Anyway, hope u seniors will be coming back to help us out this year ya? Any problem updated me k!
Regards,
Kawei
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From: Xunster!
Hi,
thanx for replying. so who are Steven and Jessica? ie. wat posts do they
hold? how many ppl are in the adsports comm?
Xun
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Tan Ka Wei wrote:
Yo,Steven is the current biz mag and Jessica is the Webmaster. Tentatively, there will be around 6people in it. :)
Kawei
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From: Xunster!
Subject: How is Adsports?
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:07:33 +0800 (CST)
Hi Jiawei,
I don't think we've met, I'm Xun, from Adsports 2001/02 & 2002/03. I've been hearing lao jiaos talk abt the AGM and such events, and out of curiosity, I wld like to ask some questions... hope u dun mind answering an old man's queries.
- since u r now the "ATC Head", is there still an Adsports subcomm? Who is the Adsports head? Is Adsports now under ATC?
- will be there a connection between ATC comm and Adsports?
- wat will Adsports be doing? will there still be local activities and courses?
Maybe u could give me an overall view of wat Adsports & ATC comms will be like this coming year? Thanx a lot...
Xun
==================================================================
Tan Ka Wei wrote:
YoZ!
This year, ATC and Adsports will be a different committee. ATC comm will only be in charge of ATC and the planning whereas Adsport(Facilitated by>Steven and Jessica from main comm).
In Adsports, they will be in charged of organising kayaking clinics, rock climbing and off road cycling for the school's population.
In ATC this year, we will be dedicated to run the program as well as a new event thats coming up, joinly organised by pumpfest and ATC comm. Its a race for kid age 11-16 from Peoples' Asociation, and this race is some sort of pre ATC preparation thing for our comm. Anyway, hope u seniors will be coming back to help us out this year ya? Any problem updated me k!
Regards,
Kawei
===================================================================
From: Xunster!
Hi,
thanx for replying. so who are Steven and Jessica? ie. wat posts do they
hold? how many ppl are in the adsports comm?
Xun
=================================================================
Tan Ka Wei wrote:
Yo,Steven is the current biz mag and Jessica is the Webmaster. Tentatively, there will be around 6people in it. :)
Kawei
Thursday, August 25, 2005
Finally an FYP Reading After 5 Mths!
Well... the previous entry sorta helped me bring out my thots and made me realise i shd start working... so for all who read n left their comments of encouragement, thanx a lot.
missed all lessons, but managed to tinker a bit with the simulation and took a reading after 5 mths of procrastinating! can't believe it's been that long. standing at roadside for 1 hr is tiring... not to mention so many ppl walking by wondering wat u doing, breathing over ur shoulder... irritating.
came back home and compiled the data.. of 700+ vehicles. so shack... think tml i shall take another break... ahhaha just kidding. will not take another reading coz it's too draining... but will still pop by the lab, maybe go for a lecture.
late liao... need to sleep.
Note to Self: this isn't enuff! gotta cover more ground! *crack whip*
missed all lessons, but managed to tinker a bit with the simulation and took a reading after 5 mths of procrastinating! can't believe it's been that long. standing at roadside for 1 hr is tiring... not to mention so many ppl walking by wondering wat u doing, breathing over ur shoulder... irritating.
came back home and compiled the data.. of 700+ vehicles. so shack... think tml i shall take another break... ahhaha just kidding. will not take another reading coz it's too draining... but will still pop by the lab, maybe go for a lecture.
late liao... need to sleep.
Note to Self: this isn't enuff! gotta cover more ground! *crack whip*
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Inertia? Or Plain Laziness?
Currently Playing: Drone of the Oscillating Fan Which Irritates Misa Everytime We Tok on the Phone
Apologies, this isn't an upbeat entry. May be one of the reasons i'm so sian lately.
Didn't go to school yesterday, due to migraine.
Still had a slight headache 7am this morning, decided to sleep more, and leave for sch at 1030 for 1230 lecture.
Guess wat? it's 1035 now. And i don't wanna leave. Lately I only go to school when forced to take the car with brother and father.
Wat's the pt of going lectures? the old men don't hold my attention; the only things that keep me awake when they read the notes out loud are SMSes and daydreaming. Even if i wanna follow them, once i start seriously thinking abt some part of the notes, i look up and i realise i've lost them. i cover the notes faster and clearer by myself, i don't need an old man reading them to me like a bedtime story.
Wat's the pt of going tutorials? i only go coz gotta sign attendance, and now dun need liao. nowadays i can buy the tut answers at the library, or borrow from frens. detest furiously copying tiny equations blindly, so wat for when i can get the same outcome by other means?
The problem is, i hvn't been reading my notes or doing my tutorials, even though i planned to start last week. and dread going to school. so fricking far... and doesn't hv anything interesting for me there.
Used to think my FYP was interesting, fun, practical. Lately i've just been sitting at a computer trying to figure out how to programme parameters on components on simulation software. so interesting, fun and practical that i fall asleep at the desk everyday (that i'm there). Feel like an idiot standing at the junction furiously jotting down traffic details too.
I know i gotta read my notes, do my tutorials, programme my simulation and record my data, all by 2 mths time. but sometimes it seems so much that i dunno where to start. and the thot that 2 mths is a long time isn't helping.
I'm procrastinating ending my procrastination. Ultimate.
At least i know that there is a problem. So i shall humble myself... this is a cry for help. Pls encourage me to work on my studies, this final round.
Tell me this is the last time, the last chance, and i shall never touch engineering again.
Tell me time is running short... My draft report is due End Sept, final report due End Oct, Exams in Nov. I will be able to let go of everything and play in Dec.
Tell me you want me to do well and clear this sem, and that i cannot let u down. Let me know you care, coz i rather to do difficult things for others more than for myself.
Just pls don't nag or use negative, sarcastic, scolding tones... coz if so i'll do the exact opposite of wat u ask.
I wanna clear everything, but knowing that i'm fighting this alone is demoralising, more than ever before. Help me out, guys.
Apologies, this isn't an upbeat entry. May be one of the reasons i'm so sian lately.
Didn't go to school yesterday, due to migraine.
Still had a slight headache 7am this morning, decided to sleep more, and leave for sch at 1030 for 1230 lecture.
Guess wat? it's 1035 now. And i don't wanna leave. Lately I only go to school when forced to take the car with brother and father.
Wat's the pt of going lectures? the old men don't hold my attention; the only things that keep me awake when they read the notes out loud are SMSes and daydreaming. Even if i wanna follow them, once i start seriously thinking abt some part of the notes, i look up and i realise i've lost them. i cover the notes faster and clearer by myself, i don't need an old man reading them to me like a bedtime story.
Wat's the pt of going tutorials? i only go coz gotta sign attendance, and now dun need liao. nowadays i can buy the tut answers at the library, or borrow from frens. detest furiously copying tiny equations blindly, so wat for when i can get the same outcome by other means?
The problem is, i hvn't been reading my notes or doing my tutorials, even though i planned to start last week. and dread going to school. so fricking far... and doesn't hv anything interesting for me there.
Used to think my FYP was interesting, fun, practical. Lately i've just been sitting at a computer trying to figure out how to programme parameters on components on simulation software. so interesting, fun and practical that i fall asleep at the desk everyday (that i'm there). Feel like an idiot standing at the junction furiously jotting down traffic details too.
I know i gotta read my notes, do my tutorials, programme my simulation and record my data, all by 2 mths time. but sometimes it seems so much that i dunno where to start. and the thot that 2 mths is a long time isn't helping.
I'm procrastinating ending my procrastination. Ultimate.
At least i know that there is a problem. So i shall humble myself... this is a cry for help. Pls encourage me to work on my studies, this final round.
Tell me this is the last time, the last chance, and i shall never touch engineering again.
Tell me time is running short... My draft report is due End Sept, final report due End Oct, Exams in Nov. I will be able to let go of everything and play in Dec.
Tell me you want me to do well and clear this sem, and that i cannot let u down. Let me know you care, coz i rather to do difficult things for others more than for myself.
Just pls don't nag or use negative, sarcastic, scolding tones... coz if so i'll do the exact opposite of wat u ask.
I wanna clear everything, but knowing that i'm fighting this alone is demoralising, more than ever before. Help me out, guys.
Monday, August 22, 2005
Food Review: Carl Jr's
Went to Marina Bay for dinner, tried out the new burger joint. Had the double bacon cheeseburger combo.
Fries: Pretty normal. Saving grace was the sauce u get at the self-dispensing containers. Try others besides the usual chilli & ketchup. Be adventurous and u'll be rewarded!
Burger: BIG... like a double whopper... but that's only for the meat portion. Just the right amount, but it was sorely lacking in veggies or sauce... tasted nice and meaty but felt dry. had to use chilli sauce to moisten the dry bread and the hidden onion rings. Fair amount of oil for a burger...
Overall Verdict: Carl Jr's is not bad, but might not last in SG coz
1) burgers might be too big and not appealing to most locals... i understand i may be an exception. of coz, i only tried one burger... but fren & fren's fren tried also... complain dry.
2) it provides FREE FLOW of sauces, serviettes, cutlery, and DRINKS!!! sure lose money in SG!! hahaha
Desert: went to Swensen's! they now having special offer... most of their ala-carte ice creams (except earthquake and the expensive >$10 ones) are $4++!! (not counting service & GST) faster go WHACK!!
Fries: Pretty normal. Saving grace was the sauce u get at the self-dispensing containers. Try others besides the usual chilli & ketchup. Be adventurous and u'll be rewarded!
Burger: BIG... like a double whopper... but that's only for the meat portion. Just the right amount, but it was sorely lacking in veggies or sauce... tasted nice and meaty but felt dry. had to use chilli sauce to moisten the dry bread and the hidden onion rings. Fair amount of oil for a burger...
Overall Verdict: Carl Jr's is not bad, but might not last in SG coz
1) burgers might be too big and not appealing to most locals... i understand i may be an exception. of coz, i only tried one burger... but fren & fren's fren tried also... complain dry.
2) it provides FREE FLOW of sauces, serviettes, cutlery, and DRINKS!!! sure lose money in SG!! hahaha
Desert: went to Swensen's! they now having special offer... most of their ala-carte ice creams (except earthquake and the expensive >$10 ones) are $4++!! (not counting service & GST) faster go WHACK!!
The Logic of Emotions (Leeched from Gnowxela)
I'm actually writing this entry in response to my friend's blog, coz i'm blogging too much on others' blogs. "dog" refers to me.
hahah bro, that time, i wasn't letting u know as a trusting fren... i let u know coz it was irritating the hell out of me!! SMS or Adsports2? BOTH!! hahahah"That being said, its just one example that if something bothers you...
pls, as a friend let me know. That is unless you don't trust me. I've always
appreciated when dog would tell me things that he thinks I should improve, or do
otherwise. Like sending out multiple short SMSes wastes money and irritates him.
so I try to send LONGER smses... when possible of course. When I was drifting
away from Adsports2 in the beginning, so dog approached me with ZZ as a
facilitator, (things got abit rough then btn us yah... ), and we kinda resolved
it, and I'm glad I did, because otherwise I would not have this great group of
friends."
"You know what really bothers me sometimes.... when I ask friends about something and they don't say! Pretend nothing is wrong, everything is fine. Don't wear masks with me if you are friendz... I cannot take it one. (....) I can't live with a lie... no matter how beautiful it is. True, Transparency is one of the pillars of any relationship. Believe or not, one can always sense the sincerity, the level of closeness of a relationship, if its faked. I know I'm horrible at faking it. If I'm not happy with someone.... that fella will know.... right dog? (....) Don't decieve ourselves and live onheh... i agree with wat u say... anyone i not happie with will know also! well i believe truth is good... as long as it's real (or perceived by general concensus) can take steps to turn sad into happy! but also sometimes, some things are better left unsaid coz u know it'll blow over and things will be back to normal. no need to kick up a big fuss over everything.. esp within good frens! if u do need to show displeasure or teach a little lesson, do it subtlely so no one's feelings get hurt... when ppl get hurt, natural reaction is to hurt back. if anything causing unhappiness, just discuss quietly with those in the know can liao...
with something that isn't real. Pls... give me a Sad reality.... so that I can move on and change it! Not sure what you think... but its life... live it real."
"what is the use of being a gentleman when you are not happy?"Ah... well it is of plentiful use... doesn't it impress more when u can still be civil when u're angry? coz civil = cool & level headed, shows u're thinking straight, compared to the red-faced buffoon hurling vulgarities at u. one look of disdain and a sharp thrust of a retort is all u need.
"Alot of other people.... well... I can live no matter what kinda of ingratesagreed. life is too short to waste any time on those who are insignificant... and there are plenty. shd spend more quality time with those who r!
they are.... doesn't matter to me you see... coz they aren't important. Those
are are important... well... we'll work it out...."
Sunday, August 21, 2005
Looking Up
Currently Playing: None. Rushing to upload this post before access gets cut like last time!
Well... got comments that my entries the past wk weren't too happy sounding... guess the week wasn't too fun... but things are looking up
Spent largely the whole wkend at home... only went out twice on Sat nite: driving Mum to aunt's place and having dinner, threesome (zz, squid & i) meeting up for supper... the threesome supper was quite fun... makes me wonder y we dun have it more often... maybe coz adsports always hv demand for supper...
At home mostly spent sleeping... but needed to recharge anyway. thot i'd be bored, but actually it was good to laze away a wkend for once. past wkends hv been cycling to ubin, taking photos, meeting frens, meeting relatives, nite cycling, etc.
But time is running fast away... actually planned last wk shd start studying and piahing fyp... but neither carried out. only fyp slowly making progress... but get so sleepy in lab... maybe shd start sleeping early...
So, dear readers, if my quality of blogs start dropping, less commentaries and more gripes, hope u guys dun mind... hopefully i will hv less time to form opinions abt current affairs (is that a good thing?) and spend more time on fyp and studies. sianz... but hopefully this is the last time... then no more farking engineer for me liao... 4.5 yrs is more than enuff of my life.
Note to Self: Work Hard on FYP n Studies! How many this kind of reminders liao?
Well... got comments that my entries the past wk weren't too happy sounding... guess the week wasn't too fun... but things are looking up
Spent largely the whole wkend at home... only went out twice on Sat nite: driving Mum to aunt's place and having dinner, threesome (zz, squid & i) meeting up for supper... the threesome supper was quite fun... makes me wonder y we dun have it more often... maybe coz adsports always hv demand for supper...
At home mostly spent sleeping... but needed to recharge anyway. thot i'd be bored, but actually it was good to laze away a wkend for once. past wkends hv been cycling to ubin, taking photos, meeting frens, meeting relatives, nite cycling, etc.
But time is running fast away... actually planned last wk shd start studying and piahing fyp... but neither carried out. only fyp slowly making progress... but get so sleepy in lab... maybe shd start sleeping early...
So, dear readers, if my quality of blogs start dropping, less commentaries and more gripes, hope u guys dun mind... hopefully i will hv less time to form opinions abt current affairs (is that a good thing?) and spend more time on fyp and studies. sianz... but hopefully this is the last time... then no more farking engineer for me liao... 4.5 yrs is more than enuff of my life.
Note to Self: Work Hard on FYP n Studies! How many this kind of reminders liao?
Saturday, August 20, 2005
A Blog Worthy Of A Visit
I dun usually touch on this kinda topic... but it really makes you realise how badly serious things can get... more impactful from "1st hand experience" than those sob stories u read in the new paper.
http://www.tristefemme.blogspot.com/
http://www.tristefemme.blogspot.com/
My Life is Brilliant
Currently Playing: Siren by Tori Amos
Well, not quite.
2 days ago FYP sup popped into the lab... at the moment when i was listening to mp3s plus reading someone's blog... ARGH!! caught red handed. he just told me to meet him later that day, didn't mention anything abt it but todae i switch on my comp and realised i kena internal firewalled... got no more external access liao... only intranet and thankfully msn still on. sianzed.... heng still got msn, else i quit the fyp ah!!
spent a sleepy morning trying to figure out fyp stuff... only after a long 1 1/2hr break for lunch, a breakthru came... but although it brings me closer to the completed thing... now got more parameters to synchronise... at 4pm, i decided it was enuff... almost 5 hrs at the computer, not including breaks. will continue on mondae.
stumbled to canteen A brain dead and hungry... was a sorry sight when i met a former freshie... i was his GL once. caused a little concern in him that i was more deadpan than usual. hahah
after 1 1/2hrs i made it home... treated myself to ice cream to lift my weary spirit, and decided to go home and take a dip in the pool.
nowadays, the pool has be devoid of ppl at nite due to certain uniquely singaporean beliefs... so when i reached home i asked Mum if she objected to me going swimming. Dad wanted to join me too.
Mum: "Go lah. Y cannot?"
Me: "Todae 15th rite? They lagi come out more ah..."
Mum: "Then you 2 take care of each other lor... or swim in the jacuzzi lah! Just in front only"
Dad: "Haha, nowadays peepur even jacuzzi also dun use..."
Mum: "Eh, where got? These few days i come back always see got men inside."
Dad: "Then after a while u got turn back skarly they not there already a not?"
Well it may hv been a tough day but at least home is always wonderful :-) chatted with Dad at the pool also... talked abt housing prices... jobs... etc. things that i need to know next time.
The rest of the day spent eating dinner, playing computer, taking a nap. Obviously, still on the PC now... exciting Friday hor? Just Brilliant.
Note to Self: *blank*
(dunno wat to write.)
Well, not quite.
2 days ago FYP sup popped into the lab... at the moment when i was listening to mp3s plus reading someone's blog... ARGH!! caught red handed. he just told me to meet him later that day, didn't mention anything abt it but todae i switch on my comp and realised i kena internal firewalled... got no more external access liao... only intranet and thankfully msn still on. sianzed.... heng still got msn, else i quit the fyp ah!!
spent a sleepy morning trying to figure out fyp stuff... only after a long 1 1/2hr break for lunch, a breakthru came... but although it brings me closer to the completed thing... now got more parameters to synchronise... at 4pm, i decided it was enuff... almost 5 hrs at the computer, not including breaks. will continue on mondae.
stumbled to canteen A brain dead and hungry... was a sorry sight when i met a former freshie... i was his GL once. caused a little concern in him that i was more deadpan than usual. hahah
after 1 1/2hrs i made it home... treated myself to ice cream to lift my weary spirit, and decided to go home and take a dip in the pool.
nowadays, the pool has be devoid of ppl at nite due to certain uniquely singaporean beliefs... so when i reached home i asked Mum if she objected to me going swimming. Dad wanted to join me too.
Mum: "Go lah. Y cannot?"
Me: "Todae 15th rite? They lagi come out more ah..."
Mum: "Then you 2 take care of each other lor... or swim in the jacuzzi lah! Just in front only"
Dad: "Haha, nowadays peepur even jacuzzi also dun use..."
Mum: "Eh, where got? These few days i come back always see got men inside."
Dad: "Then after a while u got turn back skarly they not there already a not?"
Well it may hv been a tough day but at least home is always wonderful :-) chatted with Dad at the pool also... talked abt housing prices... jobs... etc. things that i need to know next time.
The rest of the day spent eating dinner, playing computer, taking a nap. Obviously, still on the PC now... exciting Friday hor? Just Brilliant.
Note to Self: *blank*
(dunno wat to write.)
Friday, August 19, 2005
Visting Grandparents
Went to visit Ah Ma, Ah Kong, Lao Ma and Lao Kong with Mum earlier this afternoon.
Felt really weird not bringing anything, it seemed customary. ended up with 6 small cupcakes for Ah Ma, and didn't see any plates around so Mum just opened up the plastic bag and placed them on the table. Hope Ah Ma don't mind... but she always knew i was different.
Back then, i was the only little idiot who couldn't communicate or understand a single word of Teochew. All the other grandkids, as well as uncles and aunties, could at least conjure a decent sentence. Even my father and brother could respond when spoken to. I would hesitantly ask my Mum for a translation. Soon, some of the uncles and cousins and esp aunties was generously translating, even if i could understand. Teochew -> Chinese -> English. If i need a translation, i'll ask. Getting too many translations when i can understand is plain irritating, and smacks of seeing me no up.
But Ah Ma didn't mind... somehow she had a soft spot for me. Not that she scolded often, but she NEVER scolded me. Always patient, even when i seldom understood wat she said. Always caring, even when i didn't care much for the old 2 room flat with weathered furniture and cutlery. I remember once, i dropped a bowl into a pot of hot(!) soup coz i got a little burnt by runaway soup. as i stood there wondering if anyone would miss the bowl, Ah Ma, without warning, just dipped her bare hand in and scooped up the bowl. *stunned* WOW.
during those times, i wld be spending wkdays at her place. there was one sch holidays, i went to market with her every morning, and i wld follow her around, watch her and 1st uncle sell pork, carry the day's shopping for her around the mkt, and squat by the tap with her, peeling prawns and scaling fish. somehow, i found it fun.
in younger days still, after dinner Ah Ma wld take her usual perch against the wall by the kitchen and start smoking, while i wld be jumping ard trying to catch the smoke that floated up in all directions. but it is incense smoke that i remember most... the house was always full of it. my mind now categorises of the smell as "sweet".
but there are moments i'm now embarassed abt too. like the time when i, being the little brat i was, insisted i wanna to watch a cartoon and preventing her from watching her usual drama serial. or the time when i saw her no up, thinking she didn't know wat was a pizza. still, she only had quiet affection for this non-communicative, spoilt grandson with specs.
then one day Ah Ma fell down the mkt stairs, and subsequently we found out it was a stroke. she became bedridden, and was warded 1st in TTSH, after that in a hospice next to it. I remember going to the hospice everyday after JC to see her, since my parents wld be there too. I became so used to it that i even went without my parents anyway... whether out of habit or concern, i still dunno. it was one of those nights of me going alone, when Ah Ma wasn't saying too much. Yet, she weakly whispered to an uncle nearby to ask me to go home, probably coz she thot it was late. wow. being so sick, she still cared abt this grandson who never could understand wat she said.
another wkend, i remember visiting Ah Ma with Mum in the afternoon, when Mum was massaging Ah Ma's head. she asked me to massage Ah Ma's calves... which felt weird coz i had nv dared to touch Ah Ma before... it was her who did all the physical contact. it was a respect thing. at least seemed like the massage wasn't too sub-standard.
after a few mths, Ah Ma got better and returned home. although bedridden still, she was capable of responding. we resumed our wkend family gatherings, only difference being that Ah Ma was in the bedroom. Now that i think about it, i hope she didn't feel left out; that there was always someone with her. The non-communicative grandson didn't dare to go in alone coz he wldn't hv understood wat she said.
then a day before CNY eve at abt 2am, we got a call telling us the worst. I remember holding Mum tightly as she wailed loudly... never heard her like that before. remember thinking that she had become an orphan. remember blasting loud music to numb watever i was feeling.
We still talk abt Ah Ma regularly... and now and then, like today, i miss her alot, and think that if i had made the effort to pick up Teochew earlier, maybe i wld hv got to know her more, be closer to her. It is this guilt that made me speak Teochew nowadays. Her passing, in part, taught me the fraility of life; the stuff some earlier entries are about.
Ah Ma made the most wonderful ou chut (or hei nuo mi) i've ever eaten... thick, just sweet enuff. For some time now, I've embarked on a (never-ending) quest to find that kind of ou chut again... i cannot resist ordering a bowl everytime i come across a dessert stall. but no matter how close to it they come... something always seems to be missing.
Felt really weird not bringing anything, it seemed customary. ended up with 6 small cupcakes for Ah Ma, and didn't see any plates around so Mum just opened up the plastic bag and placed them on the table. Hope Ah Ma don't mind... but she always knew i was different.
Back then, i was the only little idiot who couldn't communicate or understand a single word of Teochew. All the other grandkids, as well as uncles and aunties, could at least conjure a decent sentence. Even my father and brother could respond when spoken to. I would hesitantly ask my Mum for a translation. Soon, some of the uncles and cousins and esp aunties was generously translating, even if i could understand. Teochew -> Chinese -> English. If i need a translation, i'll ask. Getting too many translations when i can understand is plain irritating, and smacks of seeing me no up.
But Ah Ma didn't mind... somehow she had a soft spot for me. Not that she scolded often, but she NEVER scolded me. Always patient, even when i seldom understood wat she said. Always caring, even when i didn't care much for the old 2 room flat with weathered furniture and cutlery. I remember once, i dropped a bowl into a pot of hot(!) soup coz i got a little burnt by runaway soup. as i stood there wondering if anyone would miss the bowl, Ah Ma, without warning, just dipped her bare hand in and scooped up the bowl. *stunned* WOW.
during those times, i wld be spending wkdays at her place. there was one sch holidays, i went to market with her every morning, and i wld follow her around, watch her and 1st uncle sell pork, carry the day's shopping for her around the mkt, and squat by the tap with her, peeling prawns and scaling fish. somehow, i found it fun.
in younger days still, after dinner Ah Ma wld take her usual perch against the wall by the kitchen and start smoking, while i wld be jumping ard trying to catch the smoke that floated up in all directions. but it is incense smoke that i remember most... the house was always full of it. my mind now categorises of the smell as "sweet".
but there are moments i'm now embarassed abt too. like the time when i, being the little brat i was, insisted i wanna to watch a cartoon and preventing her from watching her usual drama serial. or the time when i saw her no up, thinking she didn't know wat was a pizza. still, she only had quiet affection for this non-communicative, spoilt grandson with specs.
then one day Ah Ma fell down the mkt stairs, and subsequently we found out it was a stroke. she became bedridden, and was warded 1st in TTSH, after that in a hospice next to it. I remember going to the hospice everyday after JC to see her, since my parents wld be there too. I became so used to it that i even went without my parents anyway... whether out of habit or concern, i still dunno. it was one of those nights of me going alone, when Ah Ma wasn't saying too much. Yet, she weakly whispered to an uncle nearby to ask me to go home, probably coz she thot it was late. wow. being so sick, she still cared abt this grandson who never could understand wat she said.
another wkend, i remember visiting Ah Ma with Mum in the afternoon, when Mum was massaging Ah Ma's head. she asked me to massage Ah Ma's calves... which felt weird coz i had nv dared to touch Ah Ma before... it was her who did all the physical contact. it was a respect thing. at least seemed like the massage wasn't too sub-standard.
after a few mths, Ah Ma got better and returned home. although bedridden still, she was capable of responding. we resumed our wkend family gatherings, only difference being that Ah Ma was in the bedroom. Now that i think about it, i hope she didn't feel left out; that there was always someone with her. The non-communicative grandson didn't dare to go in alone coz he wldn't hv understood wat she said.
then a day before CNY eve at abt 2am, we got a call telling us the worst. I remember holding Mum tightly as she wailed loudly... never heard her like that before. remember thinking that she had become an orphan. remember blasting loud music to numb watever i was feeling.
We still talk abt Ah Ma regularly... and now and then, like today, i miss her alot, and think that if i had made the effort to pick up Teochew earlier, maybe i wld hv got to know her more, be closer to her. It is this guilt that made me speak Teochew nowadays. Her passing, in part, taught me the fraility of life; the stuff some earlier entries are about.
Ah Ma made the most wonderful ou chut (or hei nuo mi) i've ever eaten... thick, just sweet enuff. For some time now, I've embarked on a (never-ending) quest to find that kind of ou chut again... i cannot resist ordering a bowl everytime i come across a dessert stall. but no matter how close to it they come... something always seems to be missing.
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Thoughts abt The (Elected) Presidency
Been reading Today and New Paper... as i do everyday. A summary, especially from today's Today:
When Mr. Andrew Kuan announced his intention to run, gahmen ppl started casting doubt and displeasure:
- warning of a less-than-desirable election result... implying that getting a qualified person would be more impt than a fair contest. does that mean getting such a person by other means is not out of the question? guess not, as shown by today's "election result".
- questioning his qualifications from the start, before the Presidential Elections Committee even said anything; asking him to open up his resume for scrutiny (which he did to disasterous results)
The commentary on this highlighted that the media also had a hand in casting doubt by emphasising on Kuan's previous employers' gripes abt him, and the PEC rejected him without disclosing the details for such a decision. The writer remarked that with such intense scrutiny, in the future ppl with high calibre and worthy qualifications wld be discouraged from trying to serve the country unless endorsed by the powers that be, thus the gahmen's over-cautious behaviour is actually detrimental to our long term well being.
(From "A price too high to pay" by Siew Kum Hong)
A forum letter writer also brought to task the fact that JTC, being a "kind employer" paid taxpayers' money to keep someone, whom JTC itself identified as not up to the job, in that job; a job which handled even more taxpayers' money. since the TT fiasco, it seems singaporeans are more wary of the spending of public money.
While I hv faith in and agree with the PEC's decisions, i join many others in asking them to reveal the factors that led to those decisions.
While I do not think Kuan would be suitable for President, I salute his ambitions... he must have been planning this for some time; as well as his hopefully well meaning intentions. But i do think he was a little naive to not think that his past wld come back to haunt him, and he does come across as being a little conceited and smoke-blowing on his website (www.andrewkuan.com) and as portrayed by media.
I am rather disappointed at the gahmen's defensive reflex... very quickly casting doubt on an unendorsed contestant, undermining support for him very early on. They mean well, but hopefully, less hand holding and parental cajoling next time. also, hopefully just a bit of encouragement for those who do not wear the same colours but want to serve the nation all the same. please, let me vote at least once in my lifetime?
but i do not blame the media for playing its role, however sensationalised. there wld be no headlines if there were nothing sensational in the 1st place... so far, (maybe partly thanks to SG being the no.1 defamatory law suit capital of the world) news reports have been accurate, telling the ppl wat we want/need to know. otherwise, why all the hue and cry abt the TT fiasco? kudos. (wish i could be an investigative journalist...)
And i reiterate my opinion that singahporeans hv been to spoilt by the gahmen... now ppl will blatantly reject anyone who is less than sparkling white for a seat in gahmen... thankfully, there are some mild exceptions... like the "No Clothes Member of Parliament". Next time not enuff clean and capable peepur how? take incapable but clean or capable but unclean? i can't answer that myself.
after all this has happened, guess who's going to join good ol'TT in SG's list of "Famous People Who Can't Get A Job"?
When Mr. Andrew Kuan announced his intention to run, gahmen ppl started casting doubt and displeasure:
- warning of a less-than-desirable election result... implying that getting a qualified person would be more impt than a fair contest. does that mean getting such a person by other means is not out of the question? guess not, as shown by today's "election result".
- questioning his qualifications from the start, before the Presidential Elections Committee even said anything; asking him to open up his resume for scrutiny (which he did to disasterous results)
The commentary on this highlighted that the media also had a hand in casting doubt by emphasising on Kuan's previous employers' gripes abt him, and the PEC rejected him without disclosing the details for such a decision. The writer remarked that with such intense scrutiny, in the future ppl with high calibre and worthy qualifications wld be discouraged from trying to serve the country unless endorsed by the powers that be, thus the gahmen's over-cautious behaviour is actually detrimental to our long term well being.
(From "A price too high to pay" by Siew Kum Hong)
A forum letter writer also brought to task the fact that JTC, being a "kind employer" paid taxpayers' money to keep someone, whom JTC itself identified as not up to the job, in that job; a job which handled even more taxpayers' money. since the TT fiasco, it seems singaporeans are more wary of the spending of public money.
While I hv faith in and agree with the PEC's decisions, i join many others in asking them to reveal the factors that led to those decisions.
While I do not think Kuan would be suitable for President, I salute his ambitions... he must have been planning this for some time; as well as his hopefully well meaning intentions. But i do think he was a little naive to not think that his past wld come back to haunt him, and he does come across as being a little conceited and smoke-blowing on his website (www.andrewkuan.com) and as portrayed by media.
I am rather disappointed at the gahmen's defensive reflex... very quickly casting doubt on an unendorsed contestant, undermining support for him very early on. They mean well, but hopefully, less hand holding and parental cajoling next time. also, hopefully just a bit of encouragement for those who do not wear the same colours but want to serve the nation all the same. please, let me vote at least once in my lifetime?
but i do not blame the media for playing its role, however sensationalised. there wld be no headlines if there were nothing sensational in the 1st place... so far, (maybe partly thanks to SG being the no.1 defamatory law suit capital of the world) news reports have been accurate, telling the ppl wat we want/need to know. otherwise, why all the hue and cry abt the TT fiasco? kudos. (wish i could be an investigative journalist...)
And i reiterate my opinion that singahporeans hv been to spoilt by the gahmen... now ppl will blatantly reject anyone who is less than sparkling white for a seat in gahmen... thankfully, there are some mild exceptions... like the "No Clothes Member of Parliament". Next time not enuff clean and capable peepur how? take incapable but clean or capable but unclean? i can't answer that myself.
after all this has happened, guess who's going to join good ol'TT in SG's list of "Famous People Who Can't Get A Job"?
A Reply to A Dear Fren's Blog
Coz i shdn't blog on others' blogs
"But can u see what you have missed? It could be a different comm altogether if chance was given to u, to me or to anuther person.""I heal beautifully too. I found the footies."
Once it has passed, try not to focus on what could hv been, but make best use of wat's present. That's y i can say bye and cut off so easily.
Coz one day u'll look back and connect the dots... and see it was everything, good and bad, and how u handled it, that got u to where u r.
It could hv been a different comm if a chance was given to u... but u might hv been as blind to politics as zz and i at that moment.
It could hv been a different comm... but if so, maybe u wldn't hv become ur hall sportsgirl of the yr, or wldn't hv found the footies.
It could hv been... but bcoz it didn't, we hv all grown wiser.
Sorry for leaving u alone then... sorry if i moved on a little too fast. back then i was left somewhat alone too, with a heavy responsibility. In my determination to make adsports work no matter wat, i left u behind. I didn't know if u wanted me around also... felt a little guilty that i couldn't help ur bid to run much.
Abt everything that happened, I'm glad it did. Like u said, it's an experience... to me, a life changing one, one of life's lessons. I've learnt from it, appreciate wat it's given me, and look back and laff. and wld like to apologise to the toes stepped on along the way.
"But can u see what you have missed? It could be a different comm altogether if chance was given to u, to me or to anuther person.""I heal beautifully too. I found the footies."
Once it has passed, try not to focus on what could hv been, but make best use of wat's present. That's y i can say bye and cut off so easily.
Coz one day u'll look back and connect the dots... and see it was everything, good and bad, and how u handled it, that got u to where u r.
It could hv been a different comm if a chance was given to u... but u might hv been as blind to politics as zz and i at that moment.
It could hv been a different comm... but if so, maybe u wldn't hv become ur hall sportsgirl of the yr, or wldn't hv found the footies.
It could hv been... but bcoz it didn't, we hv all grown wiser.
Sorry for leaving u alone then... sorry if i moved on a little too fast. back then i was left somewhat alone too, with a heavy responsibility. In my determination to make adsports work no matter wat, i left u behind. I didn't know if u wanted me around also... felt a little guilty that i couldn't help ur bid to run much.
Abt everything that happened, I'm glad it did. Like u said, it's an experience... to me, a life changing one, one of life's lessons. I've learnt from it, appreciate wat it's given me, and look back and laff. and wld like to apologise to the toes stepped on along the way.
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Digging Up The Past - My Thoughts
With reference to the entry below...
In a way, i am thankful that i was ousted... coz adsports3 had more than its fair share of problems, with alvin's incident being most dreadful. and that main comm was so fractured i'm glad i had no part in it. i'm thankful that i can look at them and think to myself "haha i told u so" and "heng i not associated to u guys at all"
now with adsports being relegated, got ppl wonder if i wld be upset... truth of the matter is, it doesn't matter to me anymore. once they cut me off, i cut them off... i like to return favours. in this incident, i learnt to let go, and totally. since they didn't want me involved, i kept away, with this mindset: if they succeeded, good for them, i hv no part in it, so no credit is mine. if they failed, i wld hv proven my point. in all fairness, kitty & i did try to pass on some of our knowledge... but the 2 yr1s either seemed unprepared to absorb or just couldn't be bothered.
so... wat happens to adsports in odac is little concern to me now... it has been for 2 yrs. becoz i took away wat was most precious and valuable in my 2 yrs there... great frens. something that they cld nv take away from me, esp so after the shabby treatment which left adsports2 disgruntled. despite the lack of contact with adsports1, and despite the occasional hiccups with adsports2, i still love u guys.
and this is the most significant achievement adsports3 failed in... in creating strong bonds among its members. evil, but that gives me an even greater sense of achievement... now i have factual confirmation that kitty & i did a great job.
i took away wat is impt: good frens, plenty of experience, plenty of positive growth, and knowledge that i did wonderfully, to the best of my abilities. i do not bother myself with insignificant ppl or things that happen beyond my control, which will not affect me anyway.
just a couple of shout outs, if they do read this:
kitty: thanx for putting up with my nonsense when we started out, thanx for being an understanding working partner and a helpful fren. just... well... try not to be so negative when i'm trying to help k?
squid: thanx for sticking around for 2 yrs. when u did come around, u made a hell of a difference. just as i hoped. :-) stick around somemore! so i can hv more weird dreams.
zow: try not to be upset... our time was great, but its over liao. it's someone else's show, so let them do it their way... we did things our way too! it might turn out the way they want it, they might be successful in their own right.
lining: apologies for the bo chup attitude during and after that AGM so many yrs ago... didn't mean to be bo chup but i didn't want to care anymore abt an orgn which didn't care abt me. and also knew that time wld reveal how things were... which did. hope u understand now... been wanting to talk to u abt this.
red & lining: i hope i didn't let u down with my way of leading adsports... and leaving it. in all honesty, both comms are different. i think i did an OK job.
adsports2: i hope this is still just the beginning... i will put in effort to make it so.
after everything that happened, why does it still taste so sweet? coz in the end, i was right all along. i may not have done everything right, but at least i did a job anyone wld hv been proud of.
In a way, i am thankful that i was ousted... coz adsports3 had more than its fair share of problems, with alvin's incident being most dreadful. and that main comm was so fractured i'm glad i had no part in it. i'm thankful that i can look at them and think to myself "haha i told u so" and "heng i not associated to u guys at all"
now with adsports being relegated, got ppl wonder if i wld be upset... truth of the matter is, it doesn't matter to me anymore. once they cut me off, i cut them off... i like to return favours. in this incident, i learnt to let go, and totally. since they didn't want me involved, i kept away, with this mindset: if they succeeded, good for them, i hv no part in it, so no credit is mine. if they failed, i wld hv proven my point. in all fairness, kitty & i did try to pass on some of our knowledge... but the 2 yr1s either seemed unprepared to absorb or just couldn't be bothered.
so... wat happens to adsports in odac is little concern to me now... it has been for 2 yrs. becoz i took away wat was most precious and valuable in my 2 yrs there... great frens. something that they cld nv take away from me, esp so after the shabby treatment which left adsports2 disgruntled. despite the lack of contact with adsports1, and despite the occasional hiccups with adsports2, i still love u guys.
and this is the most significant achievement adsports3 failed in... in creating strong bonds among its members. evil, but that gives me an even greater sense of achievement... now i have factual confirmation that kitty & i did a great job.
i took away wat is impt: good frens, plenty of experience, plenty of positive growth, and knowledge that i did wonderfully, to the best of my abilities. i do not bother myself with insignificant ppl or things that happen beyond my control, which will not affect me anyway.
just a couple of shout outs, if they do read this:
kitty: thanx for putting up with my nonsense when we started out, thanx for being an understanding working partner and a helpful fren. just... well... try not to be so negative when i'm trying to help k?
squid: thanx for sticking around for 2 yrs. when u did come around, u made a hell of a difference. just as i hoped. :-) stick around somemore! so i can hv more weird dreams.
zow: try not to be upset... our time was great, but its over liao. it's someone else's show, so let them do it their way... we did things our way too! it might turn out the way they want it, they might be successful in their own right.
lining: apologies for the bo chup attitude during and after that AGM so many yrs ago... didn't mean to be bo chup but i didn't want to care anymore abt an orgn which didn't care abt me. and also knew that time wld reveal how things were... which did. hope u understand now... been wanting to talk to u abt this.
red & lining: i hope i didn't let u down with my way of leading adsports... and leaving it. in all honesty, both comms are different. i think i did an OK job.
adsports2: i hope this is still just the beginning... i will put in effort to make it so.
after everything that happened, why does it still taste so sweet? coz in the end, i was right all along. i may not have done everything right, but at least i did a job anyone wld hv been proud of.
Digging Up The Past - What Happened
was supposed to read my notes in the lib, but since 2 gd frens blogged abt this, will give in to peer pressure and do likewise. be warned: it may get pretty long
odac AGM just concluded last week, with the usual controlled democracy voting system again. it seems that adsports has been overshadowed by ATC, the adventure race entity it created. now the main commer in charge is labelled: ATC SPO, not adsports officer or even SPO (adsports).
my 2 buddies expressed dismay that adsports is no more, but from a reliable source, there still is adsports... but it has somehow been relegated into like trek comm or climbing comm... will find out more details out of curiosity. abt the structure, the roles, etc.
some background: i was in adsports1 as a sub commer in yr 1... the 1st adsports comm. had lots and lots of fun with red, lining, ally, kb, zow, gingin, gill, nicky n thongliang. zow and i wanted to continue as heads... but she wasn't given the chance. those who were going from 6th to 7th comm, esp the girls, were convinced she could only play... none of them saw her work, therefore, she does not work. others, like some guys, felt she was inexperienced.
so i felt (and self-afflicted) the pressure of making adsports2 as much a success as adsports1. the camaderie, the fun activities, the garang-ness that made adsports1 wat it was had to be passed on, and as someone who knew how it was like, i had to make it happen. unfortunately, i made the mistake of wanting adsports2 to be just like adsports1 for the 1st sem... so i was nv satisfied and constantly comparing, giving myself pressure and breathing down the necks of adsports2 (esp kitty's) despite early half hearted attempts by the pres to convince me otherwise.
i don't know when, but slowly i realised there was no point comparing, coz the ppl are not the same, so the comm won't be. the realisation was complete somewhere in late jan/early feb 2003 when after a meeting at cant a, everyone else from adsports2 went towards NIE while i was the only one going down to south spine. i felt a little tinge of loneliness... i didn't feel like leaving this bunch of fun ppl. that was when i knew... i was in love with them. hahahah
unfortunately, most outside the comm didn't take adsports2 seriously. maybe it was because i scaled down the end-of-yr event from an adventure race to a dual-discipline expedition due to manpower constraints: without the competitive element, maybe the main commers felt it was less of a big deal.
having announced that all main commers had to help out in all 3 main odac events, of which ex:ex was among them, the pres, along with his best fren the biz mag, left for spain. the secretary left for germany. as they say, shang liang bu zheng, xia liang wai; with the ones on top setting a poor example, the ones below would follow likewise. in spite of meeting announcements and emails, none of the main commers turned up for the recce, at most 2 turned up for the dry run. wat made the lack of support worse was the complaining. main commers complained they didn't know wat to do, didn't know they needed to pay, etc, etc. someone was even reported (by one of the climbing guys) to hv shed tears over paying $15. but of course, little children... you wldn't know a thing coz u never turned up when we were preparing for the event. poor things... we wld hv taken ur feedback if u were around to give it.
of coz, logistical problems brought on by external companies (notably, a kayaking company situated on the western end of ECP) added to the tensions and headaches, but in the end, participants were coming to us saying it was great... they couldn't have done it without us. of coz there were also problematic, uncooperative and ungrateful participants around...
then came the AGM preparations of that year. kitty and i were poised to stay on in the main comm after indicating our interest and given stamps of approval by the controllers of democracy (ie. those who weren't running again, or who said they weren't). i wld reprise my post in adsports while kitty wld go to publicity, with crying-coz-she-gotta-pay-$15 (CCSGP$) girl.
a few wks after we thot we had settled on this, on the 1st day of sch, the new comm had a meeting. after climbing guy droned on and on abt main commers shd be closer to each other than twds their own sub comm (a barb aimed at kitty and me, an idea i disagree with) the 2-time pres met kitty and me privately and told us the rest of them decided to ask us not to run again, for the following reasons:
- Fresh blood, in the form of freshies, was desired (applies to kitty and me)
- Publicity could do with only one senior, and 2-time pres said he could work better with CCSGP$ girl (kitty)
- Adsports can be handled by freshies alone (me)
- Most of those who were staying on didn't like our style of working (unspoken but clearly shown during ex:ex)
- We weren't in the "in" group (unspoken but clearly shown during ex:ex, and the surprise meeting announcement of us not running)
FINE. i don't stay where i'm not welcomed. so kitty and I left, after a polite announcement from 2-time pres and a polite applause thanking us for our efforts in the past yr. feeling pissed over being sorely unappreciated already, the following happened:
- 2-time pres' best all time buddy, the biz mag, rejoined the comm when he indicated otherwise before.
- CCSGP$ girl stayed on but didn't become publicity, a yr 2 from sports club did.
Which contradicted the point abt getting fresh blood.
- after adsports2, adsports3's yr 1 officers floundered, and messed up such that seniors had to step in and run the show.
Which proved to everyone else i was right all along: Adsports cannot be run by 2 inexperienced yr1s.
and during that AGM, adsports2 accidentally staged a protest of sorts. everyone knew we weren't happy with the shabby way they treated kitty & i, but it wasn't on purpose. with most of us taking basic malay together, we arrived late for the AGM. and since most didn't get a place in hall yet, we had to leave early together, walking out during the break. the lao jiaos were indignant at our behaviour... thinking kitty & i had led this protest. in actual fact, we just wanted to go home - this AGM didn't matter much to most of us anyway. in the end, 2 of us stayed inside and i stayed outside to accompany PP, after someone said it wasn't v nice.
and that was the end of my involvement with adsports. i wasn't wanted, therefore i made myself scarce.
odac AGM just concluded last week, with the usual controlled democracy voting system again. it seems that adsports has been overshadowed by ATC, the adventure race entity it created. now the main commer in charge is labelled: ATC SPO, not adsports officer or even SPO (adsports).
my 2 buddies expressed dismay that adsports is no more, but from a reliable source, there still is adsports... but it has somehow been relegated into like trek comm or climbing comm... will find out more details out of curiosity. abt the structure, the roles, etc.
some background: i was in adsports1 as a sub commer in yr 1... the 1st adsports comm. had lots and lots of fun with red, lining, ally, kb, zow, gingin, gill, nicky n thongliang. zow and i wanted to continue as heads... but she wasn't given the chance. those who were going from 6th to 7th comm, esp the girls, were convinced she could only play... none of them saw her work, therefore, she does not work. others, like some guys, felt she was inexperienced.
so i felt (and self-afflicted) the pressure of making adsports2 as much a success as adsports1. the camaderie, the fun activities, the garang-ness that made adsports1 wat it was had to be passed on, and as someone who knew how it was like, i had to make it happen. unfortunately, i made the mistake of wanting adsports2 to be just like adsports1 for the 1st sem... so i was nv satisfied and constantly comparing, giving myself pressure and breathing down the necks of adsports2 (esp kitty's) despite early half hearted attempts by the pres to convince me otherwise.
i don't know when, but slowly i realised there was no point comparing, coz the ppl are not the same, so the comm won't be. the realisation was complete somewhere in late jan/early feb 2003 when after a meeting at cant a, everyone else from adsports2 went towards NIE while i was the only one going down to south spine. i felt a little tinge of loneliness... i didn't feel like leaving this bunch of fun ppl. that was when i knew... i was in love with them. hahahah
unfortunately, most outside the comm didn't take adsports2 seriously. maybe it was because i scaled down the end-of-yr event from an adventure race to a dual-discipline expedition due to manpower constraints: without the competitive element, maybe the main commers felt it was less of a big deal.
having announced that all main commers had to help out in all 3 main odac events, of which ex:ex was among them, the pres, along with his best fren the biz mag, left for spain. the secretary left for germany. as they say, shang liang bu zheng, xia liang wai; with the ones on top setting a poor example, the ones below would follow likewise. in spite of meeting announcements and emails, none of the main commers turned up for the recce, at most 2 turned up for the dry run. wat made the lack of support worse was the complaining. main commers complained they didn't know wat to do, didn't know they needed to pay, etc, etc. someone was even reported (by one of the climbing guys) to hv shed tears over paying $15. but of course, little children... you wldn't know a thing coz u never turned up when we were preparing for the event. poor things... we wld hv taken ur feedback if u were around to give it.
of coz, logistical problems brought on by external companies (notably, a kayaking company situated on the western end of ECP) added to the tensions and headaches, but in the end, participants were coming to us saying it was great... they couldn't have done it without us. of coz there were also problematic, uncooperative and ungrateful participants around...
then came the AGM preparations of that year. kitty and i were poised to stay on in the main comm after indicating our interest and given stamps of approval by the controllers of democracy (ie. those who weren't running again, or who said they weren't). i wld reprise my post in adsports while kitty wld go to publicity, with crying-coz-she-gotta-pay-$15 (CCSGP$) girl.
a few wks after we thot we had settled on this, on the 1st day of sch, the new comm had a meeting. after climbing guy droned on and on abt main commers shd be closer to each other than twds their own sub comm (a barb aimed at kitty and me, an idea i disagree with) the 2-time pres met kitty and me privately and told us the rest of them decided to ask us not to run again, for the following reasons:
- Fresh blood, in the form of freshies, was desired (applies to kitty and me)
- Publicity could do with only one senior, and 2-time pres said he could work better with CCSGP$ girl (kitty)
- Adsports can be handled by freshies alone (me)
- Most of those who were staying on didn't like our style of working (unspoken but clearly shown during ex:ex)
- We weren't in the "in" group (unspoken but clearly shown during ex:ex, and the surprise meeting announcement of us not running)
FINE. i don't stay where i'm not welcomed. so kitty and I left, after a polite announcement from 2-time pres and a polite applause thanking us for our efforts in the past yr. feeling pissed over being sorely unappreciated already, the following happened:
- 2-time pres' best all time buddy, the biz mag, rejoined the comm when he indicated otherwise before.
- CCSGP$ girl stayed on but didn't become publicity, a yr 2 from sports club did.
Which contradicted the point abt getting fresh blood.
- after adsports2, adsports3's yr 1 officers floundered, and messed up such that seniors had to step in and run the show.
Which proved to everyone else i was right all along: Adsports cannot be run by 2 inexperienced yr1s.
and during that AGM, adsports2 accidentally staged a protest of sorts. everyone knew we weren't happy with the shabby way they treated kitty & i, but it wasn't on purpose. with most of us taking basic malay together, we arrived late for the AGM. and since most didn't get a place in hall yet, we had to leave early together, walking out during the break. the lao jiaos were indignant at our behaviour... thinking kitty & i had led this protest. in actual fact, we just wanted to go home - this AGM didn't matter much to most of us anyway. in the end, 2 of us stayed inside and i stayed outside to accompany PP, after someone said it wasn't v nice.
and that was the end of my involvement with adsports. i wasn't wanted, therefore i made myself scarce.
Sunday, August 14, 2005
No More Presidential Election... :-(
Currently Playing: Silence to Mark This Bit Of Sad News...
How sad... 3 out of 4 Presidential hopefuls have earned the vetos of the Presidential Election Committee... No prizes for guessing who made the cut. Oh well... if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
But still... some thoughts. If ppl want to enter the fray, they have to be totally clean... really TOTALLY. look at how much dirt the newspapers dug up? SG is a small country... someone somewhere sure know your ugly history. And even if u want to enter, will the ppl see u as buay hiao bai, want to be big shot?
And even if many ppl welcome the competition... lets face it, how many votes is the unknown guy or the shady past guy or the keep trying guy going to get? the ppl will be thinking: "i'm glad there's a choice for the public, but no way i'm going to let u win... i'll vote for the incumbent coz at least i know he can do the job."
Also, thanx to our (too) wonderful gahmen, everyone with gahmen power is super clean... that's y they wear all white! so much so that now the ppl as kinda spoilt as well... a little bit of dirty past also cannot... ppl in power must be CLEAN. unlike other countries. good is that we can the best, clean gahmen. but bad is coz once ppl got a bit of dirt, no matter how good they are, either they'll be shot down or the ppl wun accept anyway.
Future how? when no one is clean enuff? when the ppl are over reliant and complacent abt our gahmen and its public services? (oops, its happened already)
Wat will the ppl do if someday the gahmen fails to perform or protect? will we sit around helplessly waiting for someone to tell us wat to do? hope that things will magically turn out well as usual? will we dare to stand up and take positive action? would we even know wat positive action to take?
How sad... 3 out of 4 Presidential hopefuls have earned the vetos of the Presidential Election Committee... No prizes for guessing who made the cut. Oh well... if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
But still... some thoughts. If ppl want to enter the fray, they have to be totally clean... really TOTALLY. look at how much dirt the newspapers dug up? SG is a small country... someone somewhere sure know your ugly history. And even if u want to enter, will the ppl see u as buay hiao bai, want to be big shot?
And even if many ppl welcome the competition... lets face it, how many votes is the unknown guy or the shady past guy or the keep trying guy going to get? the ppl will be thinking: "i'm glad there's a choice for the public, but no way i'm going to let u win... i'll vote for the incumbent coz at least i know he can do the job."
Also, thanx to our (too) wonderful gahmen, everyone with gahmen power is super clean... that's y they wear all white! so much so that now the ppl as kinda spoilt as well... a little bit of dirty past also cannot... ppl in power must be CLEAN. unlike other countries. good is that we can the best, clean gahmen. but bad is coz once ppl got a bit of dirt, no matter how good they are, either they'll be shot down or the ppl wun accept anyway.
Future how? when no one is clean enuff? when the ppl are over reliant and complacent abt our gahmen and its public services? (oops, its happened already)
Wat will the ppl do if someday the gahmen fails to perform or protect? will we sit around helplessly waiting for someone to tell us wat to do? hope that things will magically turn out well as usual? will we dare to stand up and take positive action? would we even know wat positive action to take?
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Nightmare!
Currently Playing: Under the Bridge by Red Hot Chilli Peppers on Class95
My fren, the squid, and I were walking a dirt road and discussing the plight of foreign workers... how they are nameless, exploited and some of them die very pitifully due to accidents, etc. (Dunno why that was the topic)
Then we came across a group of foreign workers who were digging/filling up holes/watever... Squid and I stopped and watched them a while. Suddenly Squid grabbed one of the spades and nearby, ran to the nearest water pipe and started digging furiously!! The foreign workers and I stood there stunned and bewildered, they wondering why this crazy singaporean kapoh one of their spades, and I wondering what he was doing. Finally when the pipe was fully exposed and Squid seemed ready to punch a hole into it, I shouted at him, "Stop! That's our National Resources!" (hahahahah dun ask me, i dunno why!)
Squid seemed to suddenly realise what he was doing, dropped the spade and we quickly walked off the way we came, feeling paiseh towards the workers. After a distance, some guy zoomed past us, shouting "Bees! Bees! Bees!" Squid and I RAN. But soon the bees were all around me, and i tried to pluck out the few that landed and tried to sting me. The one in my palm felt so real as i tried to squeeze it out, at the same time knowing there were at least 3-4 other stings pumping their venom into me... I didn't feel any pain, probably coz of the adrenaline. I was still trying to squeeze out the bee from my left palm to the sound of "Bees! Bees! Bees!"... and I woke up.
Analysis:
I dunno wat's up with the foreign workers thingy... maybe coz i read abt this guy who was flung out of the back of a pick up and died on the expressway.
I dunno why Squid acted liddat but I was with him earlier yesterday... talked about sensitive stuff. Maybe he wanted to dig up the past? hahah.
I dunno wat's up with the "National Resources" thingy... maybe coz it's National Day? haha
I think the "Bees! Bees! Bees!" was a corruption of hearing my Dad shouting at me to wake up... hahahahah
Note to self: Sleep earlier at night!
My fren, the squid, and I were walking a dirt road and discussing the plight of foreign workers... how they are nameless, exploited and some of them die very pitifully due to accidents, etc. (Dunno why that was the topic)
Then we came across a group of foreign workers who were digging/filling up holes/watever... Squid and I stopped and watched them a while. Suddenly Squid grabbed one of the spades and nearby, ran to the nearest water pipe and started digging furiously!! The foreign workers and I stood there stunned and bewildered, they wondering why this crazy singaporean kapoh one of their spades, and I wondering what he was doing. Finally when the pipe was fully exposed and Squid seemed ready to punch a hole into it, I shouted at him, "Stop! That's our National Resources!" (hahahahah dun ask me, i dunno why!)
Squid seemed to suddenly realise what he was doing, dropped the spade and we quickly walked off the way we came, feeling paiseh towards the workers. After a distance, some guy zoomed past us, shouting "Bees! Bees! Bees!" Squid and I RAN. But soon the bees were all around me, and i tried to pluck out the few that landed and tried to sting me. The one in my palm felt so real as i tried to squeeze it out, at the same time knowing there were at least 3-4 other stings pumping their venom into me... I didn't feel any pain, probably coz of the adrenaline. I was still trying to squeeze out the bee from my left palm to the sound of "Bees! Bees! Bees!"... and I woke up.
Analysis:
I dunno wat's up with the foreign workers thingy... maybe coz i read abt this guy who was flung out of the back of a pick up and died on the expressway.
I dunno why Squid acted liddat but I was with him earlier yesterday... talked about sensitive stuff. Maybe he wanted to dig up the past? hahah.
I dunno wat's up with the "National Resources" thingy... maybe coz it's National Day? haha
I think the "Bees! Bees! Bees!" was a corruption of hearing my Dad shouting at me to wake up... hahahahah
Note to self: Sleep earlier at night!
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Late Nite of Serious Thots
Currently Playing: Everybody's Changing by Keane
Late Nites are very conducive for serious thots.
Was reading a gd fren's blog, where she questioned the certainty of marriage and asked, "what is your greatest happiness?"
Well... but why is marriage such a happy thing? why everyone wants it? Coz it is a symbol of hope... The hope that you will never be alone again... Where someone will always care for u and love u and share ur life... and gives more hope that the person you depend on will not leave.
I learnt something recently... abt ppl: Hope, but don't Expect.
Inspired by my parents, rite now my greatest happiness wld be to be a wonderful father to my kids, so they grow up to be good, responsible, balanced, happy adults.. and of coz I need a wonderful spouse to help me with that.
Not so long ago, I wanted to be a big big shot like LKY... change the world, make ppl's lives for the better; so after i die, i will live on in history books, govt policies, roads and buildings named after me.
But now I realise the best way to live forever is thru others... thru the ppl you affect the most... and upbringing is the strongest way to affect others... so I want to live after death thru my kids.
And at the same time... I want my parents to live thru me... so I want to know them as ppl... pick up who they are and wat they like... so part of them will always be with me.
To develop and improve myself, is also one of my ultimate goals... but it isn't be my greatest happiness. To have a large hand in developing someone else, and to develop them well, is.
Late Nites are very conducive for serious thots.
Was reading a gd fren's blog, where she questioned the certainty of marriage and asked, "what is your greatest happiness?"
Well... but why is marriage such a happy thing? why everyone wants it? Coz it is a symbol of hope... The hope that you will never be alone again... Where someone will always care for u and love u and share ur life... and gives more hope that the person you depend on will not leave.
I learnt something recently... abt ppl: Hope, but don't Expect.
Inspired by my parents, rite now my greatest happiness wld be to be a wonderful father to my kids, so they grow up to be good, responsible, balanced, happy adults.. and of coz I need a wonderful spouse to help me with that.
Not so long ago, I wanted to be a big big shot like LKY... change the world, make ppl's lives for the better; so after i die, i will live on in history books, govt policies, roads and buildings named after me.
But now I realise the best way to live forever is thru others... thru the ppl you affect the most... and upbringing is the strongest way to affect others... so I want to live after death thru my kids.
And at the same time... I want my parents to live thru me... so I want to know them as ppl... pick up who they are and wat they like... so part of them will always be with me.
To develop and improve myself, is also one of my ultimate goals... but it isn't be my greatest happiness. To have a large hand in developing someone else, and to develop them well, is.
Sunday, August 07, 2005
UNpleasant Animal Clinic
Currently Playing: I'm Not Okay (I Promise) by My Chemical Romance
Hamster Girl has had a bald spot under her right hind leg, since I got her back from a fren, which spread to above the leg since. Dunno how that happened...
After 1 month with no improvement, been wanting to bring her to the vet down Katong. Checked her this morning, seems there's some improvement. The mid-day heat added to my reluctance to go, but Mum said i shd be a responsible pet owner.
So i pushed away an appointment with frens and walked down the sweltering road under the sun, with an umbrella shielding Hamster Girl's cage. By the time i reached there, i was wet with sweat.
A bit of background knowledge here. The few times i went to recce the clinic, I noticed something really dumb. their opening hours are printed on a crummy little piece of A4 paper stuck inside of their door. they have a little foyer at a right angle and a gate which prevents ppl from entering the foyer. So, when the place is closed, no one can see their opening hours. How Dumb Is That?? No Fricking Business Sense.
So last nite i went, seeing the lights on but door closed, I went into the back door and asked a female worker with specs and 2 large pimples on her forehead for their opening hours. wat she conveniently neglected to tell me is they closed for lunch.
So on reaching the damn place, it was "closed" although ppl were waiting ard. I went in and asked, the unsympathetic biatch of a receptionist said they reopen at 2pm, come back then. i told the woman my hamster isn't feeling well, i dun want to walk back and forth with her when its so hot. she coldly said if i insisted to see the vet, they would charge emergency fees.
WUT DA FARK?!?!? so wat's ur damn motivation in running the clinic? helping animals or making profits?? But then again, with such poor business sense, i don't think profits are much.
So i adamantly protested with my feet. come on use ur fricking brains! u're not the only animal clinic in SG. but with ur poor attitude towards customers u'll be the one i wun visit again. The least you could do is open up one more slot for me, i dun think dropping fur would take too long to diagnose. attitude counted for plenty as well. No "I'm sorry sir, but we'll be taking a break. you could leave your poor little hamster here and come back later, we'll take a look at her then."
Consumers Of Singapore! These few days there's been articles and letters in the newspapers about poor service standards. If we don't show management of service companies we'll willing to vote with our feet and wallets, and if we don't show service staff we will not stand being bullied, the service standards of our economy will never be improved upon.
So do your part of the country on its 40th birthday! Experience lousy service? Walk out. Getting rude service? Tell the sales staff off. but of coz, dun stoop to their level and be rude. tell the person civilly that such lousy attitude will not make the sale. the money u pay will go into the person's pocket, and with such attitude, that will not happen. If the person continues with such poor attitude, he/she might not have a job soon.
Anyway, for Hamster Girl, i'll continue to monitor her fur... but there's been some improvement (i'm being objective here), fur's been growing a little under her leg. so i'll wait another week and see... meanwhile look around for other clinics, and continue to give her healthy food.
Note to self: Stand up for your consumer rights!
Hamster Girl has had a bald spot under her right hind leg, since I got her back from a fren, which spread to above the leg since. Dunno how that happened...
After 1 month with no improvement, been wanting to bring her to the vet down Katong. Checked her this morning, seems there's some improvement. The mid-day heat added to my reluctance to go, but Mum said i shd be a responsible pet owner.
So i pushed away an appointment with frens and walked down the sweltering road under the sun, with an umbrella shielding Hamster Girl's cage. By the time i reached there, i was wet with sweat.
A bit of background knowledge here. The few times i went to recce the clinic, I noticed something really dumb. their opening hours are printed on a crummy little piece of A4 paper stuck inside of their door. they have a little foyer at a right angle and a gate which prevents ppl from entering the foyer. So, when the place is closed, no one can see their opening hours. How Dumb Is That?? No Fricking Business Sense.
So last nite i went, seeing the lights on but door closed, I went into the back door and asked a female worker with specs and 2 large pimples on her forehead for their opening hours. wat she conveniently neglected to tell me is they closed for lunch.
So on reaching the damn place, it was "closed" although ppl were waiting ard. I went in and asked, the unsympathetic biatch of a receptionist said they reopen at 2pm, come back then. i told the woman my hamster isn't feeling well, i dun want to walk back and forth with her when its so hot. she coldly said if i insisted to see the vet, they would charge emergency fees.
WUT DA FARK?!?!? so wat's ur damn motivation in running the clinic? helping animals or making profits?? But then again, with such poor business sense, i don't think profits are much.
So i adamantly protested with my feet. come on use ur fricking brains! u're not the only animal clinic in SG. but with ur poor attitude towards customers u'll be the one i wun visit again. The least you could do is open up one more slot for me, i dun think dropping fur would take too long to diagnose. attitude counted for plenty as well. No "I'm sorry sir, but we'll be taking a break. you could leave your poor little hamster here and come back later, we'll take a look at her then."
Consumers Of Singapore! These few days there's been articles and letters in the newspapers about poor service standards. If we don't show management of service companies we'll willing to vote with our feet and wallets, and if we don't show service staff we will not stand being bullied, the service standards of our economy will never be improved upon.
So do your part of the country on its 40th birthday! Experience lousy service? Walk out. Getting rude service? Tell the sales staff off. but of coz, dun stoop to their level and be rude. tell the person civilly that such lousy attitude will not make the sale. the money u pay will go into the person's pocket, and with such attitude, that will not happen. If the person continues with such poor attitude, he/she might not have a job soon.
Anyway, for Hamster Girl, i'll continue to monitor her fur... but there's been some improvement (i'm being objective here), fur's been growing a little under her leg. so i'll wait another week and see... meanwhile look around for other clinics, and continue to give her healthy food.
Note to self: Stand up for your consumer rights!
Instructions on How to Have A Happy Day Even When Friends Pang Seh You Last Minute The Night Before
Follow these steps in chronological order:
1) Wake up at 11am.
2) Wake up again at 12.20pm.
3) Go for a swim with your new goggles. Afterwhich, laze by the edge of the pool until white arms turn red.
Note: Do NOT do this with goggles! Take them off after the swim.
4) Play with pet hamster while changing the wood shavings and washing cage "furniture". Repeat for all pet hamsters.
5) Have late lunch of Mother's homemade chicken pie and coffee. Help wash up after.
6) Go out to buy newspapers at 7-11 coz you badly need to take a crap and have nothing to read.
7) Return (Quickly!) with newspapers.
8) Crap.
9) Take a nap.
10) Wake up from nap when its dark, and mull about the house while playing MSN. Go out for dinner when too hungry to MSN.
11) Walk through local red light street looking like a bum to the nearest Burger King which isn't very near.
12) Order that Whopper you've been craving for and be very pleasantly surprised when the counter guy asks if you want a Double (DOUBLE?!?) Whopper. Say "Yes, please."
13) ENJOY that Double (DOUBLE?!?) Whopper.
Note: This is best done alone so you really enjoy that Double (DOUBLE?!?) Whopper without worrying about the ketchup, mayonaise and salad dressing on your face and dripping down your fingers; and really, really sink your teeth into 2 huge patties of beef below a crispy, juicy salad in a large bun. ooohhh man... it was sssssssoooooooo GOOD......
14) Stroll about the shopping centre aimlessly.
15) Buy that pouch you're been eyeing for a year. (Optional)
16) Buy a choc fudge brownie ice cream cone which offers a discount when you show your student card. (Extra points if your student card has expired)
17) Stroll down local red light street looking like a bum eating ice cream.
18) Return home and play MSN, chat with frens on the phone and blog til falling asleep.
Repeat as and when applicable.
1) Wake up at 11am.
2) Wake up again at 12.20pm.
3) Go for a swim with your new goggles. Afterwhich, laze by the edge of the pool until white arms turn red.
Note: Do NOT do this with goggles! Take them off after the swim.
4) Play with pet hamster while changing the wood shavings and washing cage "furniture". Repeat for all pet hamsters.
5) Have late lunch of Mother's homemade chicken pie and coffee. Help wash up after.
6) Go out to buy newspapers at 7-11 coz you badly need to take a crap and have nothing to read.
7) Return (Quickly!) with newspapers.
8) Crap.
9) Take a nap.
10) Wake up from nap when its dark, and mull about the house while playing MSN. Go out for dinner when too hungry to MSN.
11) Walk through local red light street looking like a bum to the nearest Burger King which isn't very near.
12) Order that Whopper you've been craving for and be very pleasantly surprised when the counter guy asks if you want a Double (DOUBLE?!?) Whopper. Say "Yes, please."
13) ENJOY that Double (DOUBLE?!?) Whopper.
Note: This is best done alone so you really enjoy that Double (DOUBLE?!?) Whopper without worrying about the ketchup, mayonaise and salad dressing on your face and dripping down your fingers; and really, really sink your teeth into 2 huge patties of beef below a crispy, juicy salad in a large bun. ooohhh man... it was sssssssoooooooo GOOD......
14) Stroll about the shopping centre aimlessly.
15) Buy that pouch you're been eyeing for a year. (Optional)
16) Buy a choc fudge brownie ice cream cone which offers a discount when you show your student card. (Extra points if your student card has expired)
17) Stroll down local red light street looking like a bum eating ice cream.
18) Return home and play MSN, chat with frens on the phone and blog til falling asleep.
Repeat as and when applicable.
Some Thots Abt Life & Love
Currently Playing: She Will Be Loved by Maroon 5
I have the fortune to have a number of close girl buddies, and the misfortune of some of them being attached to other guys. ;-) (hahaha)
Now and then, they have problems and somehow exercise poor judgement by confiding in me. So thru them, I learn how to treat my future gf. thanx gals...
This entry is not in response to anyone, it is just my personal thots collected recently.
Expectations:
After all that's happened recently... I guess the only thing i can expect from my future gf is that she loves me, and is faithful and true. Maybe she won't appreciate every effort i make but that's probably coz she doesn't see the effort or intent. So i shall endeavour to communicate my thots and feelings to her wherever applicable, and accept when she does the same. Also, appreciate every intent, every effort she makes for me. this way, i don't expect her to understand me automatically always.
Appreciation:
Also, i will endeavour to show appreciation always, in words and actions. Affection as well, just like what i do at home for my parents. Times when we sit down and chat about nothing will be often.
Personal Selves:
We both will hv to understand that in the initial stage, both of us would stick together relentlessly... but there'll come a time when our personal selves would push out again; esp so for me, with my affinity towards freedom, space, independence, individuality, and alone time. She will want them too, so i shall endeavour to understand her personal needs and not swamp her with my own. being together doesn't mean 2 ppl sharing 1 life, but 2 ppl sharing their 2 lives with each other. Also, i will respect who she is, and not try to turn her into someone she is not. if she likes to dig her nose (in private lah, which girl will in public?), go ahead and dig... coz i dig too!! *sings: "she can dig, and i can dig, we can dig together..."
Restrictions:
Restrictions on her going out with guy frens one-on-one? I wldn't want that on me, and similarly dun want to place any on her. coz I believe I will choose someone unflirty, someone who will stay true as long as i don't mess up too badly. So she shall hv my trust. If she does stray, it'll be becoz i hvn't been treating her well or things hv become stale... Thus I will endeavour to stay true and honest, always show affection, and make efforts to keep things fun for the both of us.
I know these might be hard to achieve, and i might not remember to do so all the time... but all these have an underlying principle: Life is short, and there's only one chance. So I want this chance of her's, as well as all my loved ones', to be full of happiness and love, and to let them be who they are. What i can do to get that, i will. No point trying to force her to do things she dun wanna do or be someone she's not... i'll always let her choose, but in doing so i will make my offer of choice the best one. (a bit like economics... hahha)
Coz like what those emails always say... if u die, ur company just places an ad in the newspaper the next day to fill your position. but the lives of those who love u, and maybe those u largely ignore coz u see them at home everyday, will be changed forever. Love them, show them you care every chance u get.
And next time, when i intro my gf to you, no need to tell her how lucky she is... coz, she'll know.
She will be loved. :-)
I have the fortune to have a number of close girl buddies, and the misfortune of some of them being attached to other guys. ;-) (hahaha)
Now and then, they have problems and somehow exercise poor judgement by confiding in me. So thru them, I learn how to treat my future gf. thanx gals...
This entry is not in response to anyone, it is just my personal thots collected recently.
Expectations:
After all that's happened recently... I guess the only thing i can expect from my future gf is that she loves me, and is faithful and true. Maybe she won't appreciate every effort i make but that's probably coz she doesn't see the effort or intent. So i shall endeavour to communicate my thots and feelings to her wherever applicable, and accept when she does the same. Also, appreciate every intent, every effort she makes for me. this way, i don't expect her to understand me automatically always.
Appreciation:
Also, i will endeavour to show appreciation always, in words and actions. Affection as well, just like what i do at home for my parents. Times when we sit down and chat about nothing will be often.
Personal Selves:
We both will hv to understand that in the initial stage, both of us would stick together relentlessly... but there'll come a time when our personal selves would push out again; esp so for me, with my affinity towards freedom, space, independence, individuality, and alone time. She will want them too, so i shall endeavour to understand her personal needs and not swamp her with my own. being together doesn't mean 2 ppl sharing 1 life, but 2 ppl sharing their 2 lives with each other. Also, i will respect who she is, and not try to turn her into someone she is not. if she likes to dig her nose (in private lah, which girl will in public?), go ahead and dig... coz i dig too!! *sings: "she can dig, and i can dig, we can dig together..."
Restrictions:
Restrictions on her going out with guy frens one-on-one? I wldn't want that on me, and similarly dun want to place any on her. coz I believe I will choose someone unflirty, someone who will stay true as long as i don't mess up too badly. So she shall hv my trust. If she does stray, it'll be becoz i hvn't been treating her well or things hv become stale... Thus I will endeavour to stay true and honest, always show affection, and make efforts to keep things fun for the both of us.
I know these might be hard to achieve, and i might not remember to do so all the time... but all these have an underlying principle: Life is short, and there's only one chance. So I want this chance of her's, as well as all my loved ones', to be full of happiness and love, and to let them be who they are. What i can do to get that, i will. No point trying to force her to do things she dun wanna do or be someone she's not... i'll always let her choose, but in doing so i will make my offer of choice the best one. (a bit like economics... hahha)
Coz like what those emails always say... if u die, ur company just places an ad in the newspaper the next day to fill your position. but the lives of those who love u, and maybe those u largely ignore coz u see them at home everyday, will be changed forever. Love them, show them you care every chance u get.
And next time, when i intro my gf to you, no need to tell her how lucky she is... coz, she'll know.
She will be loved. :-)
Saturday, August 06, 2005
Reader Census!
Currently Playing: Cornflake Girl by Tori Amos (late quiet nite just great for her tracks!)
Alamak... Have already lost track of who's been reading here...
So quick... Gimme an ego-trip! comment on this post with ur name (or nickname or something i can identify u by) so i know u're a loyal reader!! ;-)
Alamak... Have already lost track of who's been reading here...
So quick... Gimme an ego-trip! comment on this post with ur name (or nickname or something i can identify u by) so i know u're a loyal reader!! ;-)
Friday, August 05, 2005
Uni Education: Lateral Thinking Not Included
Currently Playing: Endless Ads on Class95
Was slightly later than usual in reaching Boon Lay, so I met the queues of 179 and 199 near the 199 queue area. Taking reference with last sem's situation, I walked further on to the 179 queue area and found that there was another queue at the original railings, only half filled.
The shorter queue was clearly visible to those in the front of the other queue, but obviously, they wouldn't want to move. Yet, if they see this everyday, didn't it occur to them that every morning they could have walked further to check the shorter queue and join it, saving waiting time instead of joining the first one that they encounter? Last sem i only went to sch on mondae mornings and i learnt abt it... so why didn't they, who go back and forth daily?
Kind of blindly queuing up isn't it? I know queuing is our national pastime... but must be smart abt it also mah. What does it say abt the bulk of undergrads from this crappy uni? No lateral thinking? No risk taking culture? Sheep mentality? Inability to learn beyond books? Simply no common sense?
But is it due to this particular uni? or SG education of rote learning? Can't say for sure, but at least there's improvements... don't apply to me anyway. I too, am guilty of non-existent lateral thinking.
Today's headlines say a 51yr old ex-JTC CFO wants to run for President. My 1st thot was "wah, so young... sure a not?" (Surely, a remark he hasn't heard in a while) I wondered about his experience and ability... Then in the boring fluids lecture it struck me... why not? if he is up to it, let him stand for election. It's what I want too rite? An election at least.
So although I do not know you, go for it, Mr. Andrew Kuan! I support your intention to stand, as well as the incumbent's. Of course, my vote will go to whoever appears more suitable. The people will be watching... ;-)
Note to self: Don't stereotype, always give people a chance!
Was slightly later than usual in reaching Boon Lay, so I met the queues of 179 and 199 near the 199 queue area. Taking reference with last sem's situation, I walked further on to the 179 queue area and found that there was another queue at the original railings, only half filled.
The shorter queue was clearly visible to those in the front of the other queue, but obviously, they wouldn't want to move. Yet, if they see this everyday, didn't it occur to them that every morning they could have walked further to check the shorter queue and join it, saving waiting time instead of joining the first one that they encounter? Last sem i only went to sch on mondae mornings and i learnt abt it... so why didn't they, who go back and forth daily?
Kind of blindly queuing up isn't it? I know queuing is our national pastime... but must be smart abt it also mah. What does it say abt the bulk of undergrads from this crappy uni? No lateral thinking? No risk taking culture? Sheep mentality? Inability to learn beyond books? Simply no common sense?
But is it due to this particular uni? or SG education of rote learning? Can't say for sure, but at least there's improvements... don't apply to me anyway. I too, am guilty of non-existent lateral thinking.
Today's headlines say a 51yr old ex-JTC CFO wants to run for President. My 1st thot was "wah, so young... sure a not?" (Surely, a remark he hasn't heard in a while) I wondered about his experience and ability... Then in the boring fluids lecture it struck me... why not? if he is up to it, let him stand for election. It's what I want too rite? An election at least.
So although I do not know you, go for it, Mr. Andrew Kuan! I support your intention to stand, as well as the incumbent's. Of course, my vote will go to whoever appears more suitable. The people will be watching... ;-)
Note to self: Don't stereotype, always give people a chance!
Thursday, August 04, 2005
Random Thots on the Same Day
Currently Playing: There She Goes by Sixpence None The Richer on Class95
Every once in a while, it happens, just like today. Some guy/girl who i find vaguely familiar, manages to make eye contact and wave/smile at me.
For those few milli-seconds, my bewildered expression gives away my brain processes:
1) Do I know this guy/girl?
2) Do I respond in kind?
3) Where have I seen him/her before? Searching......
Usually I quickly respond in kind (after an embarassing incident where i kept trying to search and i met the "stranger" a few days later in the same hall!) and after being puzzled for a day, I'll forget the person until the next time I meet and wonder who the person is again...
So why do I not remember this person?
1) Probably I identify the person with a particular context or setting... so when out of that setting, I don't recollect him that easily.
2) Probably there's no emotional attachment with the person. In the brain, the memory function area (hippocampus) is located next to the emotional function area (amygdala) and thus events/people with an emotional attachment are recalled more easily.
See how interesting and applicable psychology is, as opposed to engineering?
About engineering... i obediently went for 2 concurrent lectures this morning from 830am, a rarity by any standard. unfortunately, i brought the wrong notes for both, leading to me not getting a clue wat the old men were talking about. chances are the outcome would not vary anyway, but i was more bored than i shd hv been. ended up reading newspaper in one lecture, sleeping in another. hey, at least i made some effort.
And during this short time in sch todae, I already saw 5 guys i know, who are same batch as me. There's at least 10ppl i know, same batch, and who are still ard... i dun really think too depressively of me staying back, but its comforting to know i'm not the only one, and that there's so many of us. ;-)
Speaking of newspaper... President SR Nathan is running for a second term in office, with 2 possible opponents so far. One of them remains anonymous; the other is Mr. Oei Boon Ewe, who already "failed to qualify for an eligibility certificate" in 1999, when also trying to run against President Nathan. Even if Mr. Oei gets to stand for election, chances are he won't win: Singaporeans are not known for their generousity of 2nd chances towards "failures", and their defiance towards the status quo. Personally, between an unknown vs someone tried and tested, I would go with the majority as well.
So, very likely President Nathan will be running again. One technicality i foresee would be his "victory title", his "statement of achievement". Being President for 12 years, he would possibly be "Singapore's Longest Serving President" if my memory serves me correctly. So more specifically, would he be "Singapore's Longest Serving Unelected President"? or "Singapore's 1st Unelected/Elected President"? "Singapore's 5th Unelected and 2nd Elected President"?
No offense, but it's not an election if the people don't get to vote. But i guess if there's only one person running and he's endorsed by the govt, an election is out of point. even if there's no clear majority, he'll be appointed anyway. Too bad as of now, no one else (explicitly) worthy is running... oh well, since i got no solution, i shdn't criticise.
Note to Self: Stop wasting time blogging and get back to FYP!
Every once in a while, it happens, just like today. Some guy/girl who i find vaguely familiar, manages to make eye contact and wave/smile at me.
For those few milli-seconds, my bewildered expression gives away my brain processes:
1) Do I know this guy/girl?
2) Do I respond in kind?
3) Where have I seen him/her before? Searching......
Usually I quickly respond in kind (after an embarassing incident where i kept trying to search and i met the "stranger" a few days later in the same hall!) and after being puzzled for a day, I'll forget the person until the next time I meet and wonder who the person is again...
So why do I not remember this person?
1) Probably I identify the person with a particular context or setting... so when out of that setting, I don't recollect him that easily.
2) Probably there's no emotional attachment with the person. In the brain, the memory function area (hippocampus) is located next to the emotional function area (amygdala) and thus events/people with an emotional attachment are recalled more easily.
See how interesting and applicable psychology is, as opposed to engineering?
About engineering... i obediently went for 2 concurrent lectures this morning from 830am, a rarity by any standard. unfortunately, i brought the wrong notes for both, leading to me not getting a clue wat the old men were talking about. chances are the outcome would not vary anyway, but i was more bored than i shd hv been. ended up reading newspaper in one lecture, sleeping in another. hey, at least i made some effort.
And during this short time in sch todae, I already saw 5 guys i know, who are same batch as me. There's at least 10ppl i know, same batch, and who are still ard... i dun really think too depressively of me staying back, but its comforting to know i'm not the only one, and that there's so many of us. ;-)
And, I made an exciting discovery! Hot coffee on a cold morning in a cold LT feels wonderful. a bit afraid of coffee spilling on me again (refer to old entry) but it was great... the slightly bitter sweetness of thick warm fluid rolling ard my mouth... the heat travelling down and staying in my chest... the strength of coffee going to my brain as i read the newspaper... shiok. Maybe u have to try it to understand...
Speaking of newspaper... President SR Nathan is running for a second term in office, with 2 possible opponents so far. One of them remains anonymous; the other is Mr. Oei Boon Ewe, who already "failed to qualify for an eligibility certificate" in 1999, when also trying to run against President Nathan. Even if Mr. Oei gets to stand for election, chances are he won't win: Singaporeans are not known for their generousity of 2nd chances towards "failures", and their defiance towards the status quo. Personally, between an unknown vs someone tried and tested, I would go with the majority as well.
So, very likely President Nathan will be running again. One technicality i foresee would be his "victory title", his "statement of achievement". Being President for 12 years, he would possibly be "Singapore's Longest Serving President" if my memory serves me correctly. So more specifically, would he be "Singapore's Longest Serving Unelected President"? or "Singapore's 1st Unelected/Elected President"? "Singapore's 5th Unelected and 2nd Elected President"?
No offense, but it's not an election if the people don't get to vote. But i guess if there's only one person running and he's endorsed by the govt, an election is out of point. even if there's no clear majority, he'll be appointed anyway. Too bad as of now, no one else (explicitly) worthy is running... oh well, since i got no solution, i shdn't criticise.
Note to Self: Stop wasting time blogging and get back to FYP!
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Genius, 24, eats Jackfruit Seed
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(a respite from the ultra long entries u've been reading... dun wanna bore my dear readers.)
Yesterday, a local genius, so referred to as he has spent many more years in university than his peers, ate a jackfruit seed.
He (didn't give his name as he does not want to be identified) was present at his university's sailing club welcome tea, which was held 5-8pm, when finger food was made available by the welfare IC of the committee.
The finger food, meant for 20-30 ppl, consisted of stiff, dry french fries, burnt spring rolls, passable curry puffs, (only) EIGHT chicken nuggets and six suspicious looking hunks of what appeared to be fried chicken meat, mostly bought from a nearby muslim food stall.
Being hungry, it being dinner time, the protagonist, having tried most of the other food to little satisfaction, gamely took a large bite of a suspicious chicken meat hunk, which no one on scene had tried before.
Munching on the terribly crunchy, hard and tasteless food item, not only did he realise it wasn't meat, he noticed a weird phenomenon: instead of teeth marks, a large, perfectly circular concave void was staring back at him in the remaining half of the food item.
Thinking nothing of it, he finished the rest of what he thought was a fried, rather tasteless, dry cake; not unlike that of a fried banana cake, but less oily and with a crunchy component.
After some time spent chatting with friends, the protagonist returned to the food table to find, amongst everything else, a plate empty except for 2 round, hard objects which a fellow commitee member labelled "jackfruit seeds".
The horrible feeling of realisation dawning upon one is quite unforgettable.
Thankfully, the shock was hidden well from the people looking on.
The local genius, hereby re-establishing his title, shall henceforth endeavour to be less adventurous about food.
(a respite from the ultra long entries u've been reading... dun wanna bore my dear readers.)
Yesterday, a local genius, so referred to as he has spent many more years in university than his peers, ate a jackfruit seed.
He (didn't give his name as he does not want to be identified) was present at his university's sailing club welcome tea, which was held 5-8pm, when finger food was made available by the welfare IC of the committee.
The finger food, meant for 20-30 ppl, consisted of stiff, dry french fries, burnt spring rolls, passable curry puffs, (only) EIGHT chicken nuggets and six suspicious looking hunks of what appeared to be fried chicken meat, mostly bought from a nearby muslim food stall.
Being hungry, it being dinner time, the protagonist, having tried most of the other food to little satisfaction, gamely took a large bite of a suspicious chicken meat hunk, which no one on scene had tried before.
Munching on the terribly crunchy, hard and tasteless food item, not only did he realise it wasn't meat, he noticed a weird phenomenon: instead of teeth marks, a large, perfectly circular concave void was staring back at him in the remaining half of the food item.
Thinking nothing of it, he finished the rest of what he thought was a fried, rather tasteless, dry cake; not unlike that of a fried banana cake, but less oily and with a crunchy component.
After some time spent chatting with friends, the protagonist returned to the food table to find, amongst everything else, a plate empty except for 2 round, hard objects which a fellow commitee member labelled "jackfruit seeds".
The horrible feeling of realisation dawning upon one is quite unforgettable.
Thankfully, the shock was hidden well from the people looking on.
The local genius, hereby re-establishing his title, shall henceforth endeavour to be less adventurous about food.
