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today was an extremely easy day. We had to use HTML to design a website, maybe cuz i studied HTML and had my own website back in P5 or P6 then i found it easy ba...



Class situation is really starting to worry me... 2 weeks gone and i still dont have a friend.

my two sem 1 classmates from last year, kai tien and siti, also agree that all 3 of us seems to be the outcasts.. sigh.



had a good conversation playing hexic with another of my sem 1 classmates a few days ago. click to enlarge.

Woke up this morning and was abt to go eat some breakfast in the kitchen. But i walked past my altar and happened to peer into the teacups for my ancestors and saw this. DISGUSTING amount of mould. i had no idea mould could grow on tea.

Anyways, spent most of today in school, playing Xbox with william, adam and joyhan (joyhan left early.) Great day. Tottenham won Arsenal in a spectacular 3-0 victory in fifa 08 with a team of JM&Joy and WL&A

Walked around CWP for abit before we had dinner.

Isn't he cute? so focussed on his noodles. XD

The first

partial of the semester. Object oriented programming. Week 2. sigh...

im starting to dread school again...
Havent felt so sian abt school since back in sec sch...


cant even go home yet. PP briefing at 4.. zzz

A day in an SIT student's life. C207, Database Systems.


Life's been pretty okay all round... nothing spectacular... Bought a novel "Prisoner of Birth" by Jeffery Archer, my fave writer. Really hooking. Wish i thought to bring it to school so i can read it now -.-

Nothing to play... Nothing to watch... No close friends in the class... zzz...

okay

i'm feeling much better today, though still ill, so i shall start to detail what happened at my sister's big day yesterday.

by right, i was supposed to wake up at 5:30, to help prepare stuff, and my sis was to wake at 4am, to do all the combing hair stuff. But the videographer and photographer made so much noise that i woke up too.


At around 6:30, all the preparations were done and we were waiting for the groom to come.

At 7, the groom arrived downstairs, and my brother, as the elder son, went downstairs to open the car door for him.

I had to hide inside my room, because apparently i was born in the year of the horse, which somehow clashes with the groom on that particular day, so i missed the best part, the gate-crashing games.

This pic below is just one of the tasks that the groom was required to do. write down 10 promises to my sister. As i understand, some other task was drinking pure lime juice, herbal tea, eating sugar and prawn crackers with wasabi on it. He also had to put on disposal underwear over his pants and stuff like that.
Soon after, he got in and lifted my sister's veil and did all the prayer stuff (i'm not too sure cuz i was still in the room) then they left (They includes my sister, her husband, and their 6 "brothers" and 4 "sisters") for the grooms house for breakfast and did the tea serving ceremony.

They returned here at 11 where they did another tea serving ceremony for my parents this time.

Then we had a buffet lunch, first time i saw so many people at my house, around 50. everyone had to stand. My cousin from Liverpool, Paul, told me he had kept his promise and bought me my Spurs jersey =D

Around 2pm, the relatives went home, and we went to parkroyal hotel where we rested till 4:45, before proceeding to the poolside to be the witnesses for their solemnisation (HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY! Blazer + long sleeves + tie + hot weather = insane)

At 5:30 i sat at the reception in front of the Emerald hall with Yi Yong, the groom's brother, Pei pei and grace (my sister's sec sch friends). We were responsible for directing the guests to their tables, obviously i was in charge of the bride-side relatives. Yi yong was in charge of the groom-side relatives and pei pei and grace were in charge of the friends or colleagues.

At 7:30, the dinner started, which was late, it was supposed to start at 7. Started late cuz my uncle was late -.-

Anyways, yup, for the first time, i sat at the VIP table with the immediate families.

Watched the video montage of the story of my sis and her husband, etc etc..

Went home at 12. Watched spurs lose to man u, then slept.

Best, best day ever.

it's my sister's wedding today, i woke up really early,and now it's really late, plus, i had quite a few glasses of wine, so im feeling really groggy right now, so i'll be using little words.

This here is the orchird that i had to pin to my chest to show that i am a family member from the bride side. i think the groom side used roses.
A VERY rare attempt to take a picture of myself (note how i deliberately flashed my face out), in full formal attire of long sleeves, tie and blazer
My bro, narcisstic, asked me to take a pic of him jokingly, but i did it anyways.
Here, my sister, kun min, with her hubby, yi hong, cutting the wedding cake.
Leaving to change into their night attire.
Back in their night attire
Pouring the tower of champagne thing.. supposed to represent something abt everlasting something. yeah.
Just before she gave her thank you speech (which she nearly cried in)
The wedding souvenir everyone got, a little vodka glass.

ok, im really tired. my eyes are hurting, my head is pounding.

oh yes, my job today was to lead my relatives to their seats. not an easy task, considering my mother has 8 or 9 siblings, and each of them has like 2-3 children, so it's really hard remembering who they are.

plus, there was a poolside solemnisation. can u imagine being in the sun wearing the formal stuff? i dont have to. i did it. and man, was it hot.

but still, best day ever.

love u, sis.

Module chair.

I don't know if you fellow republicans (buzz off kennie, u damn singapore poly-ian) ever had a module chair take ur lessons. before today, i never had one, and all i heard was bad things about them.

Today. Everything i heard was confirmed.

Right off as she walked into the class, no smile, no "good morning" no nothing but a glower. People walked in 1 or 2 minutes late and she gives no chance. As the lesson started, she rattled off a long list of rules and expectations.

And the worse was to come during the third meeting.

Anyone who has been with me in a team for a long period of time knows that there is nothing more i HATE than having my slides questioned. So i try my best to research, iron out all the wrinkles, make sure there is nothing left to ask.

But omg, this module chair for C215 Web Multimedia seemed almost like she was target practice in a firing range during world war 2.

Pow Pow Pow Pow Pow!

Had i been a more dramatic lad, i would've clutched my heart in agony, puked out white foam, yelled in considerable pain before falling to the floor.

But i wasn't, i stood my ground, i answered her questions calmly and directly like Neo from the Matrix does when bullets comes his way. And i'm glad to say, i survived.

Then, the most horrible rule came. The one i hate most in any faci. I only have experienced one other who does it, Rick Low, my yr 1 sem 2 Ent faci. The dreaded rule. "Laptops down when others are presenting."

With that, she condemned me, blasted me into a miserable entity of boredom as the other 4 teams after me repeated basically what my team had said.

Ah, what cruelty.

Ok, i'm being a bit too dramatic.




Class aspect is improving greatly, i like my team today. hardworking people who have fun...

At first, i thought the wednesday break i have every week would be irritating, cuz it sucks to be at home, but i came to realise, yeah, its pretty good.

If i didnt have a break, i would probably collapse soon under all this talk of programming and what not.

Have you ever

talked to Sean, Adam or me and wondered how an SIT student lives his life?

Well wonder no more, here is one small sneak preview of how it all happens.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the sneak preview of java programming in the module C208, Object Oriented Programming!

Look carefully, this is possibly so complicated that for the first time, i do not have ANY minimised games or msn convos active! also, marvel at how i have to dedicate 6 open windows to do a task that can be so easily done with a calculator!


Okay, seriously now, java seems to be more convenient to learn than VB as VB has too many weird words, java seems more direct and straight to the point. However, there also seems to be alot of things to juggle, and testing for bugs is much harder.

On the class aspect, things have had a slight upturn, and i do mean slight.

it's not

a good day to learn about Java programming today =/ raining early in the morn.. wanna sleep...

Maybe

i was too hasty in saying what i said in the previous post.

It IS the first day after all...

i'll give it a few more weeks before i make any hasty remarks.

End of

the first day... and guess what?

I have a hefty announcement to make.

Somehow, someway, i feel like i am going to hate year 2.

My class is too noisy. i hate it.. i hope that it's only because i don't know them well enough yet. But so far, there really is nothing to like. While people will argue that noisy is good, especially on the first day, and i do agree, dont get me wrong, but there should be a limit to the noise.

If things are said to break the ice or dissolve the tension, then sure. If sexism remarks or really dumb jokes are made, then it crosses the line for me. I recommended that the class call me Jim, or Jimmy, because for some reason, alot of people struggle with my name. But for some strange reason, i am starting to regret that decision and really strongly wish that i had not done so. Because they obviously dont need me to simplify my name for them, because they'd just settle with "razer boy".

Now, i know, they're not the first people to call me razer boy... i was razer boy in year 1 sem 1 and 2 too, but not to this extreme. At the most, only 1 or 2 would call me so sparingly. Here, when i stood up to present, a huge chorus of Razer Boy! greeted me.

I tried.

I tried using the new me, the friendlier me to talk to these guys, but it didn't work, so i swapped back to the old quiet me, to see if maybe i could lure the quieter people out like in sec sch, but that didn't work either. The majority of the class are filled with males whose mind only think about girls. i'll give you an example.

Kai tien and i were in the same group today, and the moment we took our seats, one of the guy whom we totally did not know yet asked her blatantly if she was attached! i mean, c'mon. i thought questions like these had to be handled with style...

As for the girls in the class (i'm excluding siti and kai tien from this group cuz i already know them from sem 1 last year and they're AWESOME people), they are generally nice people from the few i know, but really... not my style? yeah...

Looks like the Curse of Singlehood remains for 6 more months.



I genuinely hope that i can accept the class soon, most of them are nice people, but some of them are really quite infuriating thus far...

First days

with new classmates are always so tense, so strangely quiet.. no one talks, so all you hear is the quiet breathing and everyone else's typing on the keyboard.

so tense. so awkward.

Here i am, once again

In W64F, thanks to sean's reshuffling of classes, his class is just diagonal from mine, so at least it won't take very long to find him.


When i opened the door to my house this morning, i was struck that i am now a Year 2 student. I honestly still dont feel that way. The new "fishes" in rp are now my juniors. But i still feel like a Year 1 semester 3 student rather than a year 2 one...

Nervous nervous nervous... be calm, my heart...

Fear and 2 skins.

I'm feeling just a little frightened at the moment, dunno why.. not really looking forward to the prospect of school suddenly.

feeling uncharacteristically nervous.


To my dear poly friends, u need to know that i wasn't always the guy that u know now. In fact, i might even say, with the exception of one or two of you, none of you really ever knew the true jie min. The true jie min is quiet, anti-social to most people.

However, it was awesome slipping into this new skin, because i discovered sides of me that i never knew could exist. Years ago, if u had told me that i would have the guts to ask a girl out (sem 2), i would've laughed in ur face and called u insane. If you had told me that i would be able to stand up in front of a class and present so comfortably that i lost my nervous stuttering, i would've suggested you get ur brain checked.

years ago, back in secondary school, i was a recluse, a hermit, an outcast of the class with a few others. this few others were outcasts like me too. On the day that we got our o levels results, me and my bestie, kenneth, we gathered together and we made a pact, a promise, an oath.

We swore that never again would we be lonely. Never again would we be outcasts. Both of us have succeeded in our own ways, me on a class level and kenneth on a cohort level..

I feel that somehow, this unexpected nervousness and fear is part of the old me acting up again..
And i honestly do not want that. i like the new me, even if sometimes when im not in the mood, i have to put on a mask and be the new me.


There is also a smal fear inside me because i fear that one day i might get a class that sucks...



Alright. Time to pack up the laptop.

Just

spent the night out playing pool with my buddies again. i think i'm getting better as well as addicted. There is no feeling that can beat the pride at hearing people say "can't do it one la" and then "pow!" "Ker-plunk!" and in the ball goes.

Especially if it's the winning black ball from an acute angle which u have to slice very carefully, which i did in the last 3 matches. over all, won 4 lost 3.

It's great to spend time with friends once in a while...


effin-sleepy though... 1:47 am, gotta wake in 5 hours for that STUPID weekly jog. urgh, when will it ever end.. been what, 8 years already and i still have to lug my sleepy ass out of bed at 6 on WEEKENDS. where is the justice?



On a second note, might be playing pool again tomorrow. =D hope we get the VIP room again. Thought it was sucky at first, but after playing outside in our second shift tonight, it seems like heaven.

As usual

ALWAYS, during a looong holiday, i have nothing to do. It's only when the holidays are ending that i find things to do and wish that it wasn't ending yet.

Just downloaded Vampire-The Masquerade earlier today, seems awesome.

Prison Break season 4 continues.

and only 3 days of hols left.. abit frightened. goodness knows why...






Time goes by, we can never stay the same.

Taken VS Prison Break

Watched Taken today, and the lead character in it really made me think "wow, it's alexander mahone from prison break!", especially because of 2 lines.


Bryan from Taken: "I will not look for you, I will not pursue you... but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you."

Alexander Mahone: “I promise you we will meet again and when we do, I’m gonna show you how personal things can get.”



Bryan: People would resort to things like pulling fingernails... acid drops on bare skin... the whole exercise would become counterproductive. But here, the power is stable. Here you get a nice, even flow... here you can throw a switch and the power stays on all day. (referring to torture)

Alex: The most sensitive nerves are right here, thats why acupuncture avoid putting any needles near them. because opening up the nerve endings in the fingertip can result in quite a painful hot flash. So a 5 inch needle being driven up the length of the finger can make your insides feel like they're on fire.


Good movie, good tv series.

More Than A Feeling

I looked out this morning and the sun was gone
Turned on some music to start my day
I lost myself in a familiar song
I closed my eyes and I slipped away

Its more than a feeling, when I hear that old song they used to play (more than a feeling)
I begin dreaming (more than a feeling)
till I see marianne walk away
I see my marianne walkin away

So many people have come and gone
Their faces fade as the years go by
Yet I still recall as I wander on
As clear as the sun in the summer sky

Its more than a feeling, when I hear that old song they used to play (more than a feeling)
I begin dreaming (more than a feeling)
till I see marianne walk away
I see my marianne walkin away

When Im tired and thinking cold
I hide in my music, forget the day
And dream of a girl I used to know
I closed my eyes and she slipped away
She slipped away.

Its more than a feeling, when I hear that old song they used to play (more than a feeling)
I begin dreaming (more than a feeling)
till I see marianne walk away....





Love it

Drakensang

To take my mind off previous post, i've been playing 2 games. Civilization 4 (for the third time, with it's expansions these time) and Drakensang, an RPG version of a popular german pen-and-paper game. (kinda like how neverwinter nights was for dungeons and dragons)


Both are awesome games, especially civ 4. Drakensang has a good story and gameplay imo, but the camera controls is so uber sucky. but worth playing.

Wow... Who knew

that listening to songs could be so depressing.

I downloaded Top 100 Pop Love Songs the album and listened to it.

When i listen to an album, my first job is going through each and every single song, and deleting those that i don't like. (automatically deleted Beatles/Bee Gees or some other oldies singer because i just can't stand the quality)

So, i started at, what, 2 pm. Abt 12 hours later, im at song 88. (i've deleted abt 60 songs thus far. yeah im uber picky.)

And im starting to feel damn bloody depressed. When you're a guy out of love, listening to hundreds of weird guys/gals crooning about lost love or succesful love or how they want to "make love" to me just feels really terrible. As Ricky Martin sang in this album, Nobody Wants To Be Lonely. Coming from the guy who was "livin la vida loca (living the crazy life)" It's abit hard to believe he's lonely, but what he sang sums it up nicely for me.

Feeling so depressed.

I edited my friendster profile tonight. There is a section that is "Who do you want to meet?" or something like that. Previously, i wrote "The love of my life."

Now i wrote.."Having gone through quite a bit of pain and failure, i'd say i'm just looking for someone who is content with what i am."

The honest truth is this, i can't stand it anymore. i share a room with my brother and every night before he sleeps, he'll talk to his gf on the phone and tell her abt his day's exciting dangerous work (he's a narcotics officer. Rendering his degree in banking obsolete)

My sister's getting married next week. I'm helping her as well as my future bro-in-law pick out their dress/tux respectively.

my best buddies from sec sch, one by one is getting attached or in the process of gettin attached.

Everytime i see a couple on the road, especially a particularly close couple (i'm lookin at you, sean), i feel a twinge of jealousy.

And the truth is, i cant take it. I long for there to be a special one. A dedicated someone that i can take care of and whom will take care of me unconditionally.

Nobody wants to be lonely.

School

is starting soon, W64F, my new place of residence for the next few months.

So far, i've been lucky because both my classes has been great, awesome. i fear that someday, my luck will run out, and i'll end up with assholes.

If you ever wanna get married,

don't go to this place. those fuckers lost my sister's wedding dress 2 weeks before the wedding.

Post 250

coincides with the birthday of my 6-years best friend Kenneth. He turns 19 this year.

The night started of pretty well. We dined at KFC with another of our close friend, irv. then the 3 of us proceeded to watch Shinjuku Incident, which kenneth was very smitten with. The movie was over at about 11pm, where another of our friend, kai, and my neighbour/good friend, yong wei joined us for the second movie. We had a brief debate over whether we should watch The Fast And The Furious 4 or Taken. We watched the former, quite good, though too much talkin, imo.

We then proceeded to safra yishun, a 5 mins walk from my home at around 2:30am, where we decided to play pool, i was reluctant to play as i knew i sucked, but after awhile i joined in and surprisingly won for the team.

happy birthday ken.

3:51 am.

Why isn't Good Friday good?

Because it's a public holidays, so my parents are home.

Your view on yourself:

You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:

You are a true romantic. When you are in love, you will do anything and everything to keep your love true.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:

You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

The seriousness of your love:

Your have very sensible tactics when approaching the opposite sex. In many ways people find your straightforwardness attractive, so you will find yourself with plenty of dates.

Your views on education

Education is less important than the real world out there, away from the classroom. Deep inside you want to start working, earning money and living on your own.

The right job for you:

You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life.

How do you view success:

You are afraid of failure and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed. Don't give up when you haven't yet even started! Be courageous.

What are you most afraid of:

You are concerned about your image and the way others see you. This means that you try very hard to be accepted by other people. It's time for you to believe in who you are, not what you wear.

Who is your true self:

You are full of energy and confidence. You are unpredictable, with moods changing as quickly as an ocean. You might occasionally be calm and still, but never for long.


Pretty much all true except for the part where it says i'll have alot of dates.

http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx

I AM GOING TO BE AN....

UNCLE!

there i was playing some low class VisualBoyAdvance games (couldnt download others yet), and my sister walked in squealing my name, which i usually ignore because she does it fairly often. This time, however, she plonked a card on the table.

I looked at it, and there it was. A scan showing the 2 month old baby. While i am absolutely DELIGHTED at this discovery, it also made me wonder... My sister is getting married this month... but... is it out of love? or wedlock? hmm...

But whatever, im going to be an uncle. =D

I'm not.

Photogenic. I can't take good photos. See, I can't smile. I have this very weird non-typical smile which erases my eyes from my face. Maybe that's why i don't like to take photos.















Because of you, i'm strong enough to know im not alone.

I fear.

my laptop problems might not be over yet.

My freshly system-restored laptop's Symantec Antivirus just had an error and had to shut down. Just like my previous anti virus... What the hell is happening.

YEEAH!

just came back from school from the IT helpdesk. Really good service, though they were severely understaffed.

Anyways the point is, im back online! yeah!

Sad thing is.

1) Half of my games are gone. (unfortunately, they were the good ones that i was playing.)
2) My Bookmarks along with my Firefox are gone, which means there is no way i can remember all the 19 blogs that i used to read daily. so if you like knowing someone is reading ur blog, leave ur link in my tagbox please.
3) SOO much things to download or update again.

The weird thing is, im pretty sure that the virus attack was caused by an antivirus software i downloaded =/ ever since i downloaded it, programs would close by themselves. whatever. Im back online! woo! Let the healing begin!

My laptop.

Is destroyed. Again. It seems every long holiday, my laptop will find someway to implode. I think i have a virus, i was doing my things peacefully last night, when suddenly windows told me i needed to restart. so i did, and since then, i couldnt log in back again. I did a system recovery and now, instead of my RP\82477 account, i have 2 admin account. I know the admin password (thanks adam) but i darent do anything. Im hoping IT helpdesk will be open. alot of people tell me its open on weekdays 9-5:30, but wei liang tells me that they're closed for the remaining of the hols.. zzz.. if thats true... i might really HAVE to buy a console. I can't sit there for abt 15 more days watching tv. especially after watching cartoons with my cousins just now.

Which leads me to my second topic. What happened to the days of good old exciting cartoons. like the first Power Ranger, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. They now come with some silly amped up version like TMNT: Fast Forward! Like talking turtles that do ninjutsu wasn't silly enough, they now put them in the future. Good job, cartoon makers. What happened to cartoons being funny as opposed to educational? now most cartoons try to teach u too much nonsense. I'm glad im not the cartoon kind of guy. havent watched Kids central (or OKTO) as its now known, since the first pokemon season god knows how many years ago...

In case u guys are wondering, my bro let me use his laptop, so i can blog now. I tried getting online with my N85, it works, but im not sure if extra charges apply even though im using my own wireless network, so i decided not to. I used my PSP too, but it cant blog or go to youtube. lame.

i want a

console. Influenced by the videos below. I never had a computer that could do that kinda graphics. and to be honest. im pretty sick of WASD controls and clicking (i still love you, my razer mice, dont worry). I want controllers. Yeah. Like the beasts who label themselves "parents" will let me get one, even if i pay for it. It'd be nice to have good graphics once in a while =/ sigh... people say Yuna is the most commonly occuring Final Fantasy character. sadly, i dont think ill get to see her...

Class outing

wasn't really a class outing. It was more (as joyce and wei liang says) like me and wei liang just happening to find the rest of the gang who went. Oh btw, 9 people went. Me, Wei Liang, Joyce, Elaine, Xue Jun, Indah, Noriz, Nabilah and Aarti.

The day started off fine, met at seoul garden, had fun making jokes, overcooking stuff, elaine wanting to eat adam because he's a prawn, getting laughed at and teased. It was all good fun.

It was AFTER the seoul gardening that the troubles for me and wei liang began.

Due to the fact that we were vastly outnumbered in the ratio of 1:3 by girls, we had no choice but to go shopping with the girls. And... We were ignored...

Wei Liang and I (not shown in pic) lag behind the group as we are ignored. Post-SeoulGarden and Pre-Home, the both of us barely spoke to anyone except each other, so we wandered around Far East shopping center by ourselves, memorising the layout.



It was an okay day, but i think it would have been better if more of "Westlife" had been there.