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Sunday, 18 November 2007
Friday, 16 November 2007
A mega Update
Its been a long hiatus since i last wrote down my thoughts. An eventful time filled with ups and downs. The exams are in a week and one semester is gone. How apt, the phrase "time flies." We often reflect on our past, seeking to regret the many opportunities and actions we did not undertake. Reflections are good, but it can not bring gratification, only a timely reminder of ourseles in the past. So lets all cherish the present and approach the future with an open mind. Optimism will always stand one in good stead. Why look at a withering flower when next to it is one that's just about to bloom.
The doctor prescribed me a dose of "break". You see, I've been diagnosed with studyholism. The symptoms are significant, I mean who dreams of himself studying, wakes up, studies and then sleeps only when the sun is right about to rise. I woke up this morning and first thing i did was to rummage through my notes. Deciding on the agenda of the day, "what to study?" Exams are a bane to the human experience. A test of one's ability to absorb the maximum amount of information and to spill it out within a stipulated hour or two. Constant learning is key to knowledge advancement, but without any impetus to do so, that objective is lost in a mirage of dreams. My marketing and general biology modules are excellent examples of how the lack of midterms made me leave them out in the cold. I am as well off now in terms of marketing and biology knowledge as the day I began this semester.
I was at the central library last night. It was a peaceful and motivating experience. Add a coke and Macdonald's and that experience is upgraded to a whole new level. I must be turning nocturnal, or maybe because NUS means "No undergraduates sleep." The library reminded me of a marathon I ran in Dec 2006. The crowd forming an unseen force carrying me along. A momentum that created inertia. The sheer number of people studying at that late hour worked like caffeine. It wasn't till 4am in the morning that yawns started leaving my mouth.
My dad gave me a rollicking on the phone, when he called me at midnight. I left the house at 10pm for school. Our conversation went:
Dad: Where are you?
Me: In school.
Dad: What? Are you crazy? its midnight. Why do you have to go to all the way to school to study? You're crazy.
Me: Its better.
Dad: You're crazy.. Ok bye.
Anyway everythings fine, you can't really blame a person for wanting to study. haha.
I've found myself in a wonderful streak of luck in recent weeks. May it never end. Just today, I won a BLACKBERRY 8320 phone. I've never won a lucky draw since I was primary 3. I still remembered the black box folder i won for participating in the zhi shi hua bao contest. It was a nationwide thing, so imagine my glee to see my name printed in the nice chinese paper booklet. I gave the phone to my dad, so I'm no better off now than before. Luck has a strange way of changing one's mood. A game of chance that requires no effort except for one's engagement.
Been a little out of control with my finances recently, my spending is spiralling upwards. I need to wake up a little earlier and avoid taking taxis so often. I need to eat a little less junk food and drink a lot less coffee. Substituting coffee with coke is not a very healthy solution either. I could do with much lesser clothes. Just the other day, I went to vivo to shop with Mat and Shen. I ended up splurging on a top and a pair of pants that was absolutely unneccesary. The shopping therapy was good though, but therapy's never free.
Bizad night to the movies was fun. I realised I haven't watched a movie at the cinema for ages. Stardust was exceptionally good. Cliche, but still definitely worth the four bucks on a friday evening. Robert de niro was his charismatic self as usual. Comedy at its best, it was also romantic and action packed all bundled into a very long movie.
The lack of football in my life right now is making me turn yellow and sallow. How I've missed the sun. To make matters worst, its international week this weekend, and there's no Liverpool to support. I haven't had a decent game and exercise since 3 weeks ago. Its an awfully long time and the effects are becoming obvious. Like i said, exams are a bane to the human experience.
I got myself a job as a financial director at BIZad FOC 2008. The post sounds big, but I'm a director of me myself alone. So I collect money, spend money, and tabulate the money, zero bureaucracy and of course I'm a trustworthy sod so everyone can have absolutely nothing to worry about. I look forward to the planning and conception of the camp, may it be better than 2007's. Exciting times ahead. Ok, I also got myself a job as structural head for rag. Definitely a rush of blood to the head, but still a project worth looking forward to. Success awaits.
I'm getting a little tired of typing. The stamina to think is waning and i've probably exhausted all the ideas for this post already. I need to thank my mugging family, Shen, Mat and Jian Wei. Haha, you people are the best. The late nights one, Jia li and Klar. My Jc classmate jas and her friend melissa. and Nicholas for calling me for no reason, cutting my one hour nap by half. Haha thanks bud. My sister, for finishing her o levels and reminding me about that fact all the time.
Holidays i hope you come soon, I sure could use the time to catch up with old friends, and give my brain a breather, watch some tv and of course go on a holiday.
Time to leave. Got to study again tmr... and may my good luck continue. I'll be back I promise. Bye blog....
The doctor prescribed me a dose of "break". You see, I've been diagnosed with studyholism. The symptoms are significant, I mean who dreams of himself studying, wakes up, studies and then sleeps only when the sun is right about to rise. I woke up this morning and first thing i did was to rummage through my notes. Deciding on the agenda of the day, "what to study?" Exams are a bane to the human experience. A test of one's ability to absorb the maximum amount of information and to spill it out within a stipulated hour or two. Constant learning is key to knowledge advancement, but without any impetus to do so, that objective is lost in a mirage of dreams. My marketing and general biology modules are excellent examples of how the lack of midterms made me leave them out in the cold. I am as well off now in terms of marketing and biology knowledge as the day I began this semester.
I was at the central library last night. It was a peaceful and motivating experience. Add a coke and Macdonald's and that experience is upgraded to a whole new level. I must be turning nocturnal, or maybe because NUS means "No undergraduates sleep." The library reminded me of a marathon I ran in Dec 2006. The crowd forming an unseen force carrying me along. A momentum that created inertia. The sheer number of people studying at that late hour worked like caffeine. It wasn't till 4am in the morning that yawns started leaving my mouth.
My dad gave me a rollicking on the phone, when he called me at midnight. I left the house at 10pm for school. Our conversation went:
Dad: Where are you?
Me: In school.
Dad: What? Are you crazy? its midnight. Why do you have to go to all the way to school to study? You're crazy.
Me: Its better.
Dad: You're crazy.. Ok bye.
Anyway everythings fine, you can't really blame a person for wanting to study. haha.
I've found myself in a wonderful streak of luck in recent weeks. May it never end. Just today, I won a BLACKBERRY 8320 phone. I've never won a lucky draw since I was primary 3. I still remembered the black box folder i won for participating in the zhi shi hua bao contest. It was a nationwide thing, so imagine my glee to see my name printed in the nice chinese paper booklet. I gave the phone to my dad, so I'm no better off now than before. Luck has a strange way of changing one's mood. A game of chance that requires no effort except for one's engagement.
Been a little out of control with my finances recently, my spending is spiralling upwards. I need to wake up a little earlier and avoid taking taxis so often. I need to eat a little less junk food and drink a lot less coffee. Substituting coffee with coke is not a very healthy solution either. I could do with much lesser clothes. Just the other day, I went to vivo to shop with Mat and Shen. I ended up splurging on a top and a pair of pants that was absolutely unneccesary. The shopping therapy was good though, but therapy's never free.
Bizad night to the movies was fun. I realised I haven't watched a movie at the cinema for ages. Stardust was exceptionally good. Cliche, but still definitely worth the four bucks on a friday evening. Robert de niro was his charismatic self as usual. Comedy at its best, it was also romantic and action packed all bundled into a very long movie.
The lack of football in my life right now is making me turn yellow and sallow. How I've missed the sun. To make matters worst, its international week this weekend, and there's no Liverpool to support. I haven't had a decent game and exercise since 3 weeks ago. Its an awfully long time and the effects are becoming obvious. Like i said, exams are a bane to the human experience.
I got myself a job as a financial director at BIZad FOC 2008. The post sounds big, but I'm a director of me myself alone. So I collect money, spend money, and tabulate the money, zero bureaucracy and of course I'm a trustworthy sod so everyone can have absolutely nothing to worry about. I look forward to the planning and conception of the camp, may it be better than 2007's. Exciting times ahead. Ok, I also got myself a job as structural head for rag. Definitely a rush of blood to the head, but still a project worth looking forward to. Success awaits.
I'm getting a little tired of typing. The stamina to think is waning and i've probably exhausted all the ideas for this post already. I need to thank my mugging family, Shen, Mat and Jian Wei. Haha, you people are the best. The late nights one, Jia li and Klar. My Jc classmate jas and her friend melissa. and Nicholas for calling me for no reason, cutting my one hour nap by half. Haha thanks bud. My sister, for finishing her o levels and reminding me about that fact all the time.
Holidays i hope you come soon, I sure could use the time to catch up with old friends, and give my brain a breather, watch some tv and of course go on a holiday.
Time to leave. Got to study again tmr... and may my good luck continue. I'll be back I promise. Bye blog....
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