| Mid Exam Pauses |
[Nov. 25th, 2009|07:15 pm] |
So it's 2 down and 4 to go!
Admittedly, I do feel largely liberated that two-oh-seven (the mother of all papers) is over. And the load and stress caused by the exams seems to have lightened considerably despite the fact that this is only paper 2 out of 6! Kudos to the rest of them CS folk especially the bocellis and other year ones who have finished or are close to getting the exams done and over with; it's time for you guys to just throw the books and highlighters away and party like there's no tomorrow!
Nonetheless, good job to everyone and for those who are still struggling and feeling the fatigue & heat from this incredibly crappy exam fever, fear not for you are not alone! My last paper ends Friday (4th Dec) and it feels like ten thousand leap years away from today. I still can't believe it's only paper 2/6 and i feel like I've ran a marathon, climbed a mountain and swam around Lake Tahoe thrice in terms of my feeble and futile attempts to mug and be as hardworking as the rest of the anti-you population. Ah the agony of being in this rat race is that you never feel you've done enough, and there's always someone much better than you if you were so much as to throw a rock randomly at the crowd that pours out of the exam halls...
On a much lighter note, I'm really looking forward to my post exam plans that include Bangkok, the random cruise and Taiwan! Now if only I'm able to squeeze in a short trip to Hong Kong....
(thoughts running through the mind)
We'll see! haha
Back to Media in America. Oh and random but I miss the room mate! |
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| Student by night, vampire by day |
[Nov. 3rd, 2009|12:00 pm] |
Been downing so much coffee each night that im begining to develop an adverse effect towards that vile brown liquid (well, unless it's starbucks). Throat's all scratchy and dry, woke up feeling all parched and wasted! It's like a post-caffeine hangover!
On a side note, festive flavors are back on the Starbucks counters providing us coffee addicts with the ultimate haven in their toffee nut latte! Yes it is that good!
Ok back to 207; despite the lousy feeling i'm getting in my throat and all i actually feel like eating a slice of Sarpino's pizza now. damn random i know. Ok more layout (pages this time!) tonight and hopefully i will be 2/3 done with media in america...
One month... i can do this!! |
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| B++ is a poor man's way of saying u did decently/badly |
[Oct. 31st, 2009|12:50 pm] |
My HSS Mod (HS813) Tourism, trends and stories lecturer just emailed us saying that our grade for the CA Project was a B++, bringing me to the point of...
What on EARTH IS A B++?!?? I mean is it a B+ or a B or an A- or !#$%^&*
Is it a cognitive/subjective way of putting it across to us that we are B material but the double ++ just serves as a subtle pacifying factor to shut us up? NTU never fails to render me speechless.
I rest my case.
Meanwhile, finals in 3 weeks or so and i'm still floundering at the deep end of the ocean, prodding ever so gently at the 2 projects that won't go away - media in america and FIL230!! IKR, i should just get on with life and them already but i can't! It's just omnipresent and it refuses to swing either way! Ok gimme respite, i need to get away from all this bs. Bangkok in Dec, that's when i'll be back! really..
till then... study study study! I need 72 hrs in a day man |
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[Oct. 22nd, 2009|10:32 pm] |
Inspired by grace's post which left me wondering how on earth 11 weeks flew past without me realising so. School has been nothing short of deadlines, deadlines and yes more deadlines. With mods like com231 coming at us each week like broken down records, it's no wonder every week feels mundanely routine. Com207 readings, biz law tutorials, 231 presentations, fil230 special paper are just some of really persistent thorns that love or hate, are there as weekly fixtures! I really wonder how I'm going to fare this semester... Is uni going to be a total contrast from poly and has army managed to kill off whatever little flair for studying I once posessed; it'll be interesting to find out come December (the month!) I thank God though for all the little things and great people in my life that makes working hard and everyweek all so worth it. People like nat, alex, grace, ginger, jxsha, andrew, kangwei, malcom. sarah (ok there's too many to name...) etc and e rest of bocelli + the awesome committee of foc10, skanky duo of fab & khairi, my almost monochrome sometimes non existent room mate clement (who's really still awesome), and most importantly you *who really keep me going no matter what and maintains that sanity and belief in me always. Of course, my journey with the Lord has also improved and I really want to grow much more spiritually and all. Confirmation this Sunday would mark the start of an incredible journey in cathedral and I'm sure I will continue to grow with His grace and love! You know, everything that God gives us is so beautiful and as a result of His agape love for us sometimes it makes me wonder how or what did we ever do to deserve all this. It's really amazing and I'm just glad for everything. Work aside my finances are nothing but a pathetic miserable string of coins left! I really need to drag my lazy ass self put there to look for work during the holidays! Of course, not before taking a break in sunny Bangkok! Massage, coconuts, Tom yum soup, pad Thai and lots of great shopping... Ok let's not even get started here lest I run this page dry with my swooning! Dec (the month!) would be perfect if our japan trip was still on! Lastly nothing but good small random weekly titbits such as gossip girl, bocelli suppers, occasional meet ups, late night ntu runs, mugging w alex or just doing good decent readings in hall with the melancholic rain outside the windows taking your mind off things, transporting you utimately to another dimension, all lost in translation and dreams! Ah yes... Love em late night ntu rains! Ok blogging via the iPhone is pretty irritating, I guess I'll end here! PS - can't wait to get a good run this sat at the Nike human race! Cya folks there! Shld be interesting... Posted via LiveJournal.app. |
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| A good well worked saturday |
[Oct. 18th, 2009|12:45 am] |
Quick rant before im off to bed. Mad tired today from basketball in the morning and lunch with the bros! It's been ages since we met up, let alone time for a proper match and today's friendly game against the seniors really showed how rusty we are. Nonetheless, it was a good well fought out game which had me working my socks off to keep up with the pace and tempo of it. Gone are the days where i could run from start to end of a match!
Also, this afternoon's incident has confirmed the belief in me that i absolutely fail at doing work or churning out anything related to FIL230. Whatever determination and attempts to stab at that thick pile of notes/readings/sites i have on hand turned into a really long and fulfilling afternoon nap. I was actually really exhausted and needed that nap badly!
Lastly, the gunners go marching on as we beat Birmingham 3-1 at the Emirates Stadium! It wasn't a stroll in the park, save for the first 2 goals cos our defense (this time it was mannone's indecisiveness) which gifted bowyer the 2nd goal and allowed Birmingham to creep back into the game, giving us random scares now and then! Still, it's a good victory and 3 points in the bag for us as we prepare ourselves for West Ham next Sunday! I can't wait!
I'm really tired. I think i'll (try) to blog a more decent post some other time, when my mind isn't fried with work/assignments/projects or my body isn't spent like it is today. Cheers ya'all! Have a good Sabbath day ahead! |
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| Study is the new black, high, hot pink glittery leggings whatever! |
[Oct. 5th, 2009|01:07 am] |
Okay i really need to roll my socks up, pray with added concentration each night and drink loads of chicken essence or whatever gets my sorry ass study adrenaline flowing cos next week marks the start of term 2 and it's not gonna be a walk in the park anymore. No more cheap excuses about trying to adjust to school life after 2 years of army or getting to know the people/environment around me...
I AM GOING TO STUDY MY BRAINS SILLY
I will give a whole new term to the phrase mugger; haha say only...
finals are six weeks away, NOTHING WILL DISTRACT ME! NOT EVEN HAJI LANE OR A MAD ASS ZARA PRIVATE SALE FOR THE MATTER...
PS - loving my new onitsukas! =D
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| My eyes are killing me...literally |
[Sep. 28th, 2009|04:43 pm] |
urgh stupid contact lens issue; why can't i just have perfect eyesight. life would be awesome! 400 bucks for one year's supply! Is clear eyesight worth THAT much?!? Maybe i should walk around in blurry-ness, somewhat to the tune of ignorance is bliss... den i wouldn't have to care so much how people looked at me or whether they are even looking at me or if someone i know is waving frantically at me etc... you get my drift!
Issues apart... yesterevening was great! Even epicentre was good, compared to the ION outlet! Loving em Zara shirts =D
Ok study study study! Stopppit |
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| new listens |
[Sep. 25th, 2009|02:57 pm] |
My new discovery that...
"Breaking my own heart" by Duffy sounds really good.
been youtube-ing the entire morning and catching up with gossip girl! now if only MB107 is cancelled so i can go home; that would be great. i need to leave this place and immerse myself in something different for next week! Looking forward!! |
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| 4-2 to the blue half of manchester |
[Sep. 13th, 2009|03:08 am] |
tearing my heart open once again, it really hurts going to sleep off the back of a loss, especially to man.c whose players are rejects from our club. Then again, the spirit of the game is such that we applaud whichever team played better and today especially, we deserved to lose. Credit to man.c who really took the game home and attacked with great pace and vigour. Adebayor was shameless and disrespectful, he deserves to be banned.
i really think bendtner and song are not good enough to be first time regulars. they've yet to prove me wrong.
im really sad. im going to bed |
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| Note to self |
[Sep. 2nd, 2009|01:21 am] |
Dear Marcus,
please stop thinking about shopping or retail therapy because there'll be no end to it /
Jack Spade, Fred Perry are wants not needs. You should be looking at Giordano or Cotten On because they are essentials rather than exuberant indulgences;
Also, please do your readings and stop being distracted by the evil online world of facebook and twitter. You're wayy behind schedule for a lot of things it's almost not-funny anymore.
I repeat, stop thinking of shopping! No more no more!
Read, and sleep!
If not you're a mouse okay!
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| lack of identity! |
[Sep. 1st, 2009|02:38 am] |
I need more tees.
how ah? stupid uni life, i feel like im wearing the same clothes everyweek!
shallow right. ha |
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| I need to sleep soon |
[Aug. 30th, 2009|03:09 am] |
Powerpoint to do
Readings to catch up on
Law tutorial to revise and do
Photos to edit and post (picnic at the barrage)
Media in America essay to write
Asian film to rent and watch
Ad concept book to read
Overdue fashion mags and men's health lying in the room
Mood book to be done
10th anniversary ideas to be settled, creatives and invites
Location scouting
Clothes needed badly
Jack Spade which i sooo adore but cannot afford
Getting this unnecessary anger of the match off my chest; i can't do it yet
Eating ice cream
Going for runs
Training for Stanchart 09
Meeting friends in NTU for dinner
Suppers with the gang
Haircut perhaps?
Loads of random thoughts and to-dos playing on my thoughts. I want to sleep, i want to forget some of them.
Church tomorrow at 9am, gotta wake up at 730. |
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| Yawn it's 1045 and im mad sleepy |
[Aug. 26th, 2009|10:38 pm] |
Rally is over; it was weird but an interesting experience nonetheless. I'm having mixed feelings about things here... shan't say anything.
Spending the last 2 hours reading (trying to) COM207, i emerged from it all not gaining anything much. If Doctor D. comes up with a quizz tomorrow i'm beyond screwed.
What else...
I'm tired. I need to sleep, sleeping at 3+4am the last 2 nights have been interesting (yes) but insanely dreadful when it comes to waking up in the morning and dragging my sorry ass for lessons.
I miss DMC |
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| Would it be lame to say i miss the laidback-ness of army |
[Aug. 23rd, 2009|11:32 am] |
Procrastination is the bane of my life and it has come back to haunt me yet again.
I dunno how i'm managing to go through an entire weekend not touching much work save for the 10-page reading on Freudian's Theory on sat morning. Just so i can give myself a hard kick in the ass, here's what i have on my plate to complete by this coming week before each lesson.
1. At least 8 sketches for graphic comm
2. Complete my end of the slides and info + budgeting for creative strats
3. Read up on tutorial 2 for business law
4. Media in America readings (gotta really get started on this)
5. At least get started on tourism and trends
6. Finish readings for 207
Every single module has something to do!! And that's not factoring in campaign-ing for sports sec and what not...
I need strength! Respite... and why am i still wondering if i should drop graphic comm to lighten the workload?
Anyway my mind is now on my baptism later and i'm really really excited about it! Not discounting the bundle of nerves i have stored up inside somewhere because i have to read my testimony out to the entire cathedral. Brr why do i always get myself into such "public-speaking" scenarios.
Today i am born again! =)
Faith faith faith faith faith |
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| Bershka |
[Aug. 18th, 2009|02:00 am] |
Bershka opens its doors today at ION Orchard, #B2-09/10/11. And if you find its style and demeanor very familiar you're probably not the only one for the brand is brought to us by the same group of people who introduced Zara, Pull & Bear and Massimo Dutti here in Singapore. Browsing through the Bershka website, my mind totally screamed out RIVER ISLAND. Their styles and colours are reminiscent of the latter & it has that very beach-like, holiday, hair-troussled in the wind, french island/city type of feel.
I must add though that the ladies' collection looks far more interesting and diverse than than the male one. Seems like ION is hell bent on giving the other malls a run for their money. Already, this fashion powerhouse-loaded has in its (growing) arsenal the likes of Topshop/Topman, Zara, Pull & Bear, Fred Perry, Steve Madden, Metrox, Guess, River Island, Uniqlo and my personal favourite Very Woonderland and so on.
It's no wonder the crowd at other malls look awfully dismal and bare. Even the streets look like half the population of Singapore was wiped out or something. Thanks to ION, half of us town-goers now 'burrow' underground like molerats sniffing out a good fashion bargain from the likes of basement 1-4. Takashi-what you say? Or Wisp-ma?
If i had the capital, i would set up a retail outlet pulling in the likes of zipia or gmarket (with competitive prices of course) and offer good, slim-cut, affordable and stylish asian (korean) clothes to people here!
Meanwhile, do go crazy with all the new stores at ION. I'm also crediting Rockstar by Soon Lee @ Cineleisure because they look like an up and coming brand with their very quirky and original wares. Not to mention the ever (staple wear) like doctor denims which are on sale right now over there.
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| Ideas floating about my head; i really want to study hard |
[Aug. 17th, 2009|12:43 am] |
I'm feeling inspired; almost enough for me to start typing my thoughts and ideas furiously on the keys of my mac now... that is if i weren't so bloody exhausted from Church and all today.
Crediting Jianxuan for his enthusiasm and hype in writing for funkygrad and all, the idea of writing a post about the fashion staples and essentials for the everyday guy started forming in my head. Hey who knows, this little project of mine may turn out to be the money spinning web of my future endeavours hoho. As the saying goes "this is where dreams are made of".
I really need to start carrying a pen and notebook around to jot down the random flashes of ideas in my head.
(Tapping my fingers on the table top and humming to Duffy's 'Hanging on too long')
Vest...check
Cardigan...check
Loafers...check
Tote bag...check
Raybans...check
Mod Indie Tees...check
...
Dozed off letting my thoughts wander towards that much needed cup of Starbucks white chocolate mocha, grande, no whip, low-fat milk to go please.
Random stab at the truth before i get some serious shut eye for the night; i'm stressed apprehensive of what the days/weeks ahead will bring, especially so after seeing how muggish the studying culture in CS is and other little factors which are better left unsaid here. Anyway the desired result from all this is the prove to myself what i set out to do 5 years ago and to reinforce certain beliefs and confidence in my abilities.
Am i thinking too much? I love how warped STARS has made us all become...
3 yawns and counting, i'm losing focus and consciousness. I think it's really time to sleep and prepare for the next week ahead.
Shut...Eye...
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| pre school emo |
[Aug. 11th, 2009|12:12 am] |
And tomorrow marks the start of yet another exciting phase in my life! Now that those days of green are well and over, it's time to put my rifle and bayonet aside and replace them with pens and pencils.
To be really honest, i feel extremely apprehensive now for a number of reasons. Also included in this feelings of apprehension is a myriad of dulan-ness, gan cheong-ness and sian-ness. (trying to put my singlish to good use here). The main main reason(s) why i'm feeling so shitty is simply because even though i've 36 AU's to my name due to my exemption, i currently have ZERO modules until add/drop period which is tomorrow at 7pm. That incredible time slot when everyone who's anyone in NTU proceed to whip out their "lightsabre"and commence STARS WARS!
*cue trademark Star Wars music.
Tell me again; is every start of the sem gonna be like this? Cos it's really a vicious cycle and i hate the idea of letting me fate be decided by this "first come first serve theory" driven diabolical system!
I'm emo alr lah. (wallows in corner and sulks about the lack of a concrete timetable in my life till 7pm tomorrow). Also! i don't want to be camping on that retarded system everyday for 2 weeks till i get some modules; that is plain retarded.
Maybe sleep will make me feel better! Bah |
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| supposed to post this on sat night |
[Aug. 11th, 2009|12:09 am] |
I FORGOT TO POST THIS ZOMG!!!
I still feel like getting a camera. perhaps it's time i change my blog from random bitchy musings, complaints and rants to something abit more visually aesthetic and pleasing to the eye. Pictures pictures.
Question is how do you guys (livejournal) upload your pictures? I used to do it via the very conventional
1. post on photobucket, copy and paste the html link in the insert picture tab in lj
but that is wayyy too tedious and i get tired thinking of all the potential photoshop there is to do! So comments, help please enlighten me if you know a faster way (via widgets, apps, progs etc) on how i can upload photos quickly and without much hassle!
PS - Happy National Day to all. remember to say the pledge tonight at 20:22 pm and 22 seconds.
Quick recap of my very fruitful saturday night; had a pretty good dinner with my friends at Tom Ton @ the Central Mall. Table conversations over ramen, and wagyu udon. This was followed by a good 3 hours of continuous laughter and screaming at Settlers Cafe nearby where we played a whole bunch of lame games including guesstures, saboteur, some dinosaur bone game and ugly doll!
Ugly ugly ugly!!! Mine mine mine! |
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| why are you discriminating against an iphone user?? |
[Aug. 5th, 2009|03:04 pm] |
Relating a particular incident that left me both bewildered, pissed and with an angry bitter after-taste in my mouth. It's regarding singtel mobile.
So i'm curently on the i-two value plan worth $48 a month averaging a phone bill of about 80 odd each month due to the exceeding of my monthly sms-es and sometimes talktime. Fair enough, when i signed up for the i-two value plan 1 year ago there wasn't any unlimited sms plan but only the 500 extra sms-es to singtel users crap which of course doesn't give us any benefits because how it works is...
the plan itself consists of 500 free sms (to any service provider) and another 500 sms to SINGTEL USERS ONLY. Thus, my first 500 sms-es, regardless of svc provider or whoever i send em to are free, only then will the 500 free-to-singtel sms kick in thereafter. I mean who on earth counts his/her sms and keeps track to send to singtel users only after your first 500. This plan is in one word retarded.
Fast forward to about a year down the road where due to stiff intense competition from their rivals, singtel decides to offer the unlimited sms thing in their plans now. Woopie, as valued customers you would think that they would open this option up to us to reward us for the loyalty and sticking by them no matter what instead of jumping to starhub or m1 but nooo... we have to self upgrade our plans and re-contract to enjoy this new scheme. Ok deep breath, fair enough you say seeing that to enjoy the benefit we have to pledge our loyalty for another 2 years.
however... because i'm only in yr 1 of my contract, the HELLO SHOP cust svc officer told me that i would have to pay another $100 to make up for the fact that my contract hasn't hit 2 years. Ok that is very reasonable. $100 because i've only ran 1 year of my contract.
Today i called up the usually reliable cust service officers via 1626 wanting to confirm when i can upgrade my plan to include the unlimited sms option and pay that $100. Guess what this cust svc officer (she) told me.
"oh for normal phone users aka nokia, samsung etc you pay $100 and we'll include the unlimited sms thing in your current plan. Also we will recontract you and add on for another 2 years". *yep that i understand and i was well prepared to do and commit myself to the red company once again!
den she goes on to say
"BUT.. because you're an IPHONE user you have to pay $300 instead of the usual $100."
leaving me VERY (and this is already an understatement) bewildered and feeling a little discriminated against. So i asked her
"Erm but what's the logic or rationale, firstly i'm not even on an iphone plan (which were the plans that they offered me when i got my iphone; those w the data package thingy etc with 3G Speeds) and im using the i-two value which any tom dick or harry phone uses as well."
her reply...
"oh because you're an iphone user and we have to charge you $300, normal phone users pay $100."
hello b**ch, i asked a questiona and you reply me telling me the same statement that made me ask that question. Seriously felt like slapping her. So i asked again. and she replied me the exact same thing again!!!! It's like...
Eh why ur hair so long ah?
Oh because i never cut?
Oh why never cut?
Because my hair long lor.
*roll eyes x 145678 times.
I have since sent a very amicable email to singtel asking them to explain themselves and tell me why there's such a logic in place and if it even makes sense. This is the 2nd time that singtel has managed to piss me off, not forgetting the MIO incident that left a very very sour after taste in my mouth. To add onto this, i have word of mouth proof from friends that singtel mio does indeed have a lot of problems and consumers like us are left very unsatisfied.
Tell me again why i shouldn't switch to starhub or something. Friend of mine managed to switch from her normal plan to a student plan with the snap of a finger just like that with M1 today...
I really hope singtel can give me a reasonable explanation. After all, i've been a loyal customer for many years and i plan to continue sticking by them... albeit all these disappointment. Better service and customer loyalty recognition might be good to implement, folks at singtel pls note these complaints from a very disgruntled customer. |
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| FM 09 |
[Jul. 31st, 2009|04:41 pm] |
I want to play football manager 2009!!! i would do anything if someone would just lend it to me or something; im so freaking pissed at all this what crack, patch nonsense bullshit i feel like just buying the stupid original game now.
arghhhh!! help help
=( |
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