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Photostory Contest

2010-01-10T18:17:00.003+08:00

Recently, my church friends organized a contest, which combined taking photo and making a story out of it. It was called the PHOTOSTORY contest.

I had the privilege of becoming a caretaker to four 13-year-olds in their bid to emerge victorious. The caretaker also had a portion in the winning prize. Woohoo!!!

This was how the contest went.
1. Every team comprised of 4 to 6 people.
2. Each team was given 2 hours to take 5 photos in the CBD (Central Business District) area. They are places like City Hall, Clarke Quay, Chinatown, Orchard, etc.
3. After the photo-taking, every team had to come back and form a storyline which link all 5 photos.
4. The most humorous story wins.
Photo #1

Those in my team were Jason, Jackie, Tien Min, and Jun Yuan (from top to bottom).

Location: Clarke Quay. Singapore River.

Story:
They were hungry. They were lazy to walk. But they like to swim. So, once they saw the river. They jumped into the water and swam all the way to Chinatown. (If your Geography is good, Singapore River doesn't go through Chinatown. But it's for humor.)
Photo #2

Location: Pagoda Street, Chinatown.

Story:
They were angry because their food had not arrived. (Though only Tien Min looked angry while the rest were enjoying the photo-taking moments. All for humor.)

Photo #3

Location: Central Fire Station, City Hall.

Story:
They were so angry that they decided to break into the fire station in City Hall but the gate was lock. So, they decided to climb the fence! (I don't see any logic in being angry till want to break into a fire station. But it's for humor.)

Photo #4

Location: Armenian Church, City Hall.

Story:
After they failed to break into the fire station, they decided to give up. At the same time, they felt that they had been bad boys and girl. So, they went to the oldest church in Singapore to ask God to forgive them.

Photo #5

Location: Riverwalk, Clarke Quay.

Story:
After a long day of being angry and releasing their anger, they were tired and fell asleep in the lift which traveled from Basement to Level 2. (It's for humor.)

Seems like none of the photos contains me. What is this!!! I took photo of them but forgot to take my own. More like a photographer now.

Never mind, my team won!!! And I got a free Golden Village movie voucher, which I accidentally left it in the washing machine....

Now it looks a little bit like giam cai already.

Coins & Notes Museum in Chinatown Singapore

2010-01-10T11:15:00.009+08:00

I happened to have a chance to visit the "secretly located" Coins & Notes Museum in Chinatown Singapore for free!

It took my friend and I and a whole bunch of people quite some time to locate it. Mainly because we missed the huge human size "$" sign along Pagoda Street. I even missed taking a photo of it.

We started off with a tour. We were being introduced to some of the earlier forms of currency, such as seashells! Man, the seaside was once a gold mine! Woods, oils and gems were also used.

There were also the set of notes used during the British settlement in Singapore. And what amazed me was, 25 cents was once in the form of a note.

After the British chickened out when the Japanese invaded South East Asia, the banana money was used. It was called the banana money because of the picture on the $10 note.

And there was this old man among us started talking bout his time using the banana money.

Then it we were shown the different series of Singapore coins and notes used after the Japanese settlement. There was also a UV box shining on different notes, showing the secrets of the notes and why your tissue paper cannot be used as money.

There was also a collection of seldom used notes but still recognized.

Being able to see the long forgotten, not seen, not used, mythical, valuable S$25 note.... I'm so touched. It is like seeing the light....

Ok, I'm exaggerating. They have the S$25 that was long not used because old men found it hard to differentiate the color with $20 note and it is also very hard to return change.

People of different culture used money for different purposes too.

Such as the Malay community uses it during weddings.

And funny Chinese people believed that forming a money sword could chase ghost away.

I wanna buy one of these. Not to chase ghost. But to whack my tuition kid for not doing homework!

And of course, who would forget the worse kind of people - the show offs.

It is actually a dress with coins all over it. But of course, if you want to propose to a money loving girlfriend, giving a dress like this would probably work better than a ring! Unless it is 10 carat diamond.

They also showed how coins are produced. The process is called minting. Lazy to take photos of it. Because I had my eyes on something else.

These are no ordinary rocks! They are rocks containing gold!

I was once rich (for a few seconds when I took photo holding it) but now I'm back to being not rich.

And yes, it was a gold bar, tied with a metal wire. The container only had a hole big enough for me to put my hand in. Not big enough to take the gold bar out. Sien....

The economic downturn has caused some country to come out with new coin ideas.

Harry Potter was brought in to practice what he learned in Hogwarts and his experience in fighting Voldemort.

Well, that's all from me.

If you want to experience being surrounded by money, you can consider the coins and notes museum in Chinatown Singapore. If you're a robber or thief, you can consider this place. But if you're really gonna steal, help me steal this one...

The Yap coin!

Marina Barrage Singapore

2009-05-01T17:57:00.008+08:00

When I was growing up in Malaysia, I used to hear from people and also Singapore soap operas and movies that Singapore girls always look for the 5 C's:

Cash

Condo

Car

Credit card

Certificate

After staying in Singapore for around 1 year 7 months, I found out who the culprit behind the Singaporean girls craving for Cs! And he is none other than the Cingapore Government... oh.. sorry.. Singapore Government. (I think they change it to S to make it not so C! - Don't believe this)

Why? because the government has another C and that is.. Clever!

The Marina Barrage

What's a barrage?

It is an artificial obstruction in a watercourse to increase the depth of the water, facilitate irrigation, etc. (According to www.dictionary.com)

But the Marina Barrage, is a combination of
1. Water supply
2. Flood control
3. Lifestyle attraction

It's normal to see a barrage or a dam to supply water and control flood but how many of them will become an attraction to normal people?!!!

The Singapore government turned it not just into a tourist site but also an attraction to the locals!

Come on.. in which part of the world, are they gonna build a barrage or a dam with a shopping mall, restaurant, cafe...

decorate it with some

water pumps,

grass on roof...

with environmental friendly energy usage,

such as solar plates

and nuclear reactor

(ok.. don't believe this one!)

It's definitely worth going to relax yourself from all the stress that Singapore is giving you!

For more information on Marina Barrage, click here!

3rd NTU related death

2009-05-01T16:05:00.002+08:00

Recently, an NTU student and a NTU staff committed suicide, but there was actually another NTU related death case!

My prediction after the first two cases were...

Nationality: Vietnamese
3rd case: Singaporean

Course: EEE (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
3rd case: EEE (CORRECT!)

Age: 27
3rd case: Not sure

Sex: Male
3rd case: Male (CORRECT!)

Type: Graduate Student
3rd case: PhD student (CORRECT!) (fyi, PhD students are graduate students)

Date: 10th March 2009
3rd case: Not sure actual date but it is March 2009 (half correct!)

Suicide method: Jump down MRT track
3rd case: Not suicide. Car accident.

Wanna know more about my post on the predictions, click here.

About the 3rd death case:

News source: Word of mouth! Gossip! Someone said I got things to write in my blog already!

Location: Outside NTU. Inside Singapore. But I don't know where!

More NTU related death cases:

I'm not sure whether it will happen again but it has been peaceful in April. Maybe because it was exam period. No one wants to die.

NTU prospective students:

Come to NTU to study! Don't come and die!

NTU Students:

Just in case you wanna join the league of extraordinary death students, do tell me! I wanna take video! But if you wanna survive the video stunt, do have Claire Bennett's super powers!

2nd Suicide Case in NTU - Hanging!

2009-03-07T21:30:00.007+08:00

Incident: An NTU staff hanged himself in his room.

Date: 6/3/09

Time: Night. Body was found at 10.50pm

Venue: Nanyang Heights staff apartment

Details of Staff: Zhou Zheng, Chinese National from Hubei, 24 years old, staff working in NTU

Similarity with 1st incident:
Both student and staff are from the same Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) lab.

Cause of incident: Not known yet

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In 5 days, from Monday to Friday, two suicide cases have occurred in NTU. This time, he was a staff, who is a former NTU student, whom just started his job 5 days ago, which is also the day the 1st incident took place.

It's the 2nd 'wave', a lot of students in NTU and also Singaporeans are gonna be traumatised by these two incidents once it hits public.

After doing some trend analysis...

Happened once,

Student not thinking straight.. Prof too strict..
Exam too hard.. Scholarship requirement too high..

Happened twice,

the feng shui not nice.. no bai bai (no pray pray)
ying yang not balance.. got 'commit suicide ghost'!

If it's gonna happen the 3rd time ah...

Singapore government and NTU Office of Admission and Financial Aid (OAFA)
will be doing a lot of publicity to attract more students next year!!!

NATIONALITY

1st person to commit suicide is from...

INDONESIA

2nd person to commit suicide is from...

People's Republic of CHINA

If there's a 3rd person to commit suicide, where could the person come from?

Similarities:
Flag - Alot of RED, 2 colors.
Population in NTU - A lot!
Nationality - International, Asia.

Possible countries:

SINGAPORE
Flag has a lot of red color and only 2 colors. Population very high. Asian

VIETNAM
Flag has a lot of red and 2 colors. Population quite a number. International. Asian

INDIA
Population quite a lot. International. Asian.

HONG KONG
Flag has a lot of red and 2 colors. International. Asian.

MALAYSIA
Flag has red. Population quite a number. International. Asian.

MY SPECULATION:
VIETNAM!
Not because I dun like the way Vietnamese talk but because it is the most similar.

COURSE

No need talk! Sure EEE!

First case - EEE
Second case - EEE

If got third case - Sure EEE!

AGE

First case - 21
Second case - 24
If got third case - My guess... 27!

SEX

First case - Male
Second case - Male

If got third case - My guess... SURE MALE!

TYPE

First case - Undergraduate
Second case - Staff

If got third case - My guess... GRADUATE STUDENT!
(Photo from http://www.hsu.edu/)

DATE

First case - 2nd March 2009
Second case - 6th March 2009

If got third case - 10th March 2009??!! Tuesday??!!

SUICIDE METHOD

First case - cut wrist + jump down from building
Second case - hang himself

If got third case - USE GUN! USE GUN! USE GUN!
(Photo from http://www.alexshalman.com)

But Singapore too safe, right? Can't get gun easily... sien..

I KNOW!!! NTU SAYS "TAKE THE LEAP!"

JUMP DOWN MRT TRACK!!!
(Photo from http://www.flickr.com/photos/wongjunhao)

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Enough analysis on trends.

Honestly, life is not so easy for international students. We left all our hometown lifestyle, home country lifestyle, family, friends, to come to a new country which we are not so used to. It is tough in every single aspect - physical, social, financial, mental, etc.

However, it doesn't mean we got to keep it to ourselves. When you are stress, share with people. When you have no money, there's always a way (Econs prove that everyone will get a job!). Share with good people who will help you out. Get to know more locals. Don't stick to your nationality gang oni..

Of course it's easier said than done. So, if you still wanna commit suicide, do call me, I wanna take photo of your act and blog about it!

There are some ways to commit suicide according to How To Kill Yourself Like A Man. (click)

After browsing through the internet, I like this one the most..

Hopscotch your way to death!
(Photo from uncyclopedia)

But still... I chicken out... so i'm still alive.

Stabbing and Suicide in NTU

2009-03-03T19:23:00.010+08:00

Incident: A student stabbed a professor and committed suicide

Date: 2nd March 2009

Time: 10.35am

Venue:
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.

Name and detail of student:
David Hartanto Widjaja, Indonesian, 21 years old, final year student of EEE.

Name and detail of professor:
Chan Kap Luk, EEE professor.

Relationship between student and professor:
Mr Chan is the final year project supervisor of David.

Weapon used: 10cm knife

Cause of incidents: Not known yet.

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Finally, all the news broadcasting is over. So, as it was mentioned above, an NTU student stabbed a professor and committed suicide there after. The reason of David's action was not known yet but investigation is still going on.

The NTU community and also the whole of Singapore are quite shocked by the incident. Nothing like that has ever happened in NTU. It's like Virginia Tech of the east.

...Just that a knife was used instead. Photo from http://www.mediacritiques.com/

So, what can we learn from here?

For professors:

My SPECULATION is, David tried to kill the professor because the professor gave him a hard time in his final year project (FYP). Students don't hand in their FYP report in February, chances are he won't know his grade. However, the profesor must have said something that made David felt intimidated or insecured of his results. Thus, decided to take actions.

Eg.
Prof:
you! stupid dog! like this oso duno! How do u expect me to help u. Simple thing u learn in high school, my little gal also know.

or

Prof:
You sure fail d la! Your project can't be salvage d. You sure retain d. Your project gone case. If I give you fail, it's very good d, coz it's worst than fail

or

Prof:
You're a good student, been scoring A+ in most of your courses and still maintains a CGPA 5.0/5.0 at this stage. But unfortunately, your projects seems like, the most you can get is just a A-, which will pull your CGPA down.

or the ultimate one,

Prof:
Mister! u C2pig a! lu ane kuang, plojet sure fail one! Lu no blain. c2pig, c oledi kno u luk like 2 pig! Now, u, no choie(choice)! lu either pay me S$9999 or u get F in ur plojet! Lu pay money, we no talk. Lu no pay money, I tok ur A, tok ur deglee Ah!

What can I say... professors, don't act like you have the whole world under you. I know that most professors are not proud but all professors will have a certain level of pride that some students cannot take. So, be careful with the way you treat your students, because if u don't, THEY WILL TOK YOUR HANDS AND LEGS!!! (Tok - "chop") Don't think that students are easy to bully! You might be good in your field, but students are good in many fields that you don't, such as TOK YOUR HANDS AND LEGS!!!

For students:

If you feel that you wanna TOK your professors hands and legs, make sure you think twice. You are in freaking Majulah Singapura! Once you tok, you can't hide! Unless you are Mr Mas Selamat, which is still in hiding after 1 year or drinking bear in Negaraku Malaysia! (Negaraku - "my country" in Malay)

Unless you are as smart as him and have so many looks. Photo from http://aendirect.com/

Don't crazily TOK your prof over some stupid grades!

If you're a science freak, there is no FREAKING SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL that shows good grades equals financial security and financial freedom!

If you're an art student, go talk arty-farty to some of your friends.

If you're a business student, forget about the prof and start your own business!

If you're a slacker, you won't get stressed, coz a slacker normally won't get good grades.

Good grades =/= Good money
Good grades =/= Good life

BUT
Financial knowledge + willingness to take action = Good money + Good life.

If you're a science freak, make sure you get the above equation correct for your life!

Enjoy life! Live life to the fullest!

Don't jump down from a few stories tall building, jump down from Burj Dubai.

Photo from www.motherjones.com

coz you get to enjoy the air-ie feeling for at least about 13 seconds (after some simple physics calculation). 8 stories is only 3 seconds max. At least your last 13 seconds are more meaningful, jumping off the tallest building in the world.

Jurong Birdpark Singapore

2009-02-27T22:12:00.016+08:00

On Thursday (26th Feb 2009), I hopped to the Jurong Birdpark in Singapore!!

How to get there?
Go to Boonlay Interchange and take bus 194 or 251. I took 251 though. Need to walk around 200m to reach the birdpark entrance.

This bus stop looks nice.

Without hesitant, I let the worker teared my ticket. She said the show at the amphitheater will start soon. But it wasn't soon enough, so, I went to the penguin expedition

Guess who I saw in the penguin room....

I saw Mumble! from the movie Happy Feet! in the picture I mean. Don't they look alike..

Photo from http://www.moviewallpapers.net/

These are the emperor penguins in the penguin room.

One emperor penguin swimming in the water. They are really nice when they are underwater! Just like in Happy Feet!

This is one funny penguin. Honestly, I don't understand what it's doing.

Well, the entertainment from that funny penguin was enough to kill the time needed to wait for the show at the amphitheater to start.

This is the host with a hornbill. It's my first time witnessing a hornbill. It's big, especially the beak.

The show started off with a herd of flamingos walking out to the stage.

Those are small little flamingos. The grey colour ones. They turn white and pink as they grow older. Well, some Singaporeans will be so happy if they turn ang moh as they grow older. Especially Dawn Yang and Xiaxue!

Next, some parrots!

These 2 colorful parrots were playing basketball, picking up the balls by their beak.

Then, the parrots performed by flying around the amphitheater, flying through one loop to another.

There was this green parrot, called Amigo! Watch the video below to see what it can do.

Other than counting in English, it can also count in mandarin and sing "Rasa Sayang", "客人来", and Happy Birthday. Some of you don't even know how to sing those songs. Better buck up, or a parrot will take over your place.

Before the show ends, many more parrots appeared and we were allowed to take photos of the parrots while they were busy eating.

After that, I went to the World of Darkness.

There were quite a number of owls inside. But the problem is my digital camera works badly for night scenes. Most of the photos didn't show a lot of things as it was so dark inside that I couldn't even see anything in front.

But I still manage to snap a photo of this owl... which looks like..

Now, I know where judges get the inspiration of wearing that weird wig. Photo from http://sparklepony.blogspot.com/

Tram ride. Brought me around the birdpark. Cost: S$5

Took photo with parrots. I got to hold one.

Not far from the tram station, I saw this eagle statue..

It reminds me of this statue below...

This is the famous eagle statue of Langkawi Island in Malaysia.

Singapore saying to Malaysia:
Don't think that you have an eagle statue, you can be proud meh, I have one too. Some more, mine have much more white color than yours!!!

The flamingo lake was nearby.

Could you see all the pinkish-white spots all over the place? Nice, right? It's like a beauty pageant, with all the beauty queens standing beside the pool.

Believe it or not, couples can take their wedding photos here with the flamingos!

Yeaa.. they were all standing one one leg. According to physics, the pressure must be very high at the foot!

At the wetland, there was this bird, standing still with its wings spread open, drying itself.

I can't remember what it's called.

Saw this nice balcony near the pelican cove. Nice place for wedding photo-taking indeed.

While I was at the pelican cove, I saw this white color thingie on the tree...

...and this pelican was on the tree, whereas the others are all down there at the lake. I didn't know that pelicans stay on the trees!

If you still don't know what's a pelican, it's the bird with big mouth that can contain a lot of fish and water in its mouth.

I was waiting for these 2 swans to use their necks to form the famous valentines' day heart.

But this was the best shot I got!

Not bad wadd.. Close.. close.. Quick! Clap for me!

At least I got 2 parrots making the heart shape! This is new ok, most of the time parrots represents intelligence. But in this pic, it shows love, ok! Special photo!

This is a very arty-farty photo! There are 2 birds in the photo. One is trying to get out of the cage (parrot) and the other is trying to enter the cage (outside bird).

I got these photos from Parrot Paradise in the birdpark.

The Jurong Birdpark has this Waterfall Aviary, which is a huge (x10^99) bird cage...

.. with this guy guarding the entrance. Well, he seems like he's from the Night Safari! Just that this one is more disciplined, like

One black, one white. One yellow, one red. One spear, one gun. But they are more or less the same. Photo from www.pinknews.co.uk

mmm.. now I understand where the British palace guards get their uniform inspiration from!!!

The soldiers below sure have a good sense of dressing!

They have missiles protruding from their chests! Maybe they are actually robots.. like mechwarriors.

This is really one funny bird. If you in-laws are like that, my thought is, they desended from Bee-eaters! So, what can I say.. change your species!

Animals used to be hunted and their heads as decoration.

Photo from http://www.cartoonstock.com

But nowadays...

...birds' head are hunted to put at the end of the bridge!

Why did I say the waterfall aviary is a huge cage???

...it has the WORLD TALLEST MAN-MADE WATERFALL!!!!

Every record set by Singapore, it's all man-made!

In another aviary called Lory Loft, visitors are allowed to feed the birds with food bought at the entrance of the aviary.

Someone feed a parrot.

But they just don't have enough...

The jug contains the food sold to visitors. And the parrots are trying to get from the source!

The comparison between a chicken egg and an ostrich egg.

My suggestion, if you're in a hurry, fry an ostrich egg instead of chicken egg. You just need to eat the ostrich egg alone and you're full already!

This ad says, I tried so hard to produce Pepsi! Make sure you drink it!

Some national geographic knowledge: This is a called the casowary. It has a helmet on its head! They run very fast, that's why they need one. If birds are so clever.. knows that they should wear helmet, you human beings, being the most complex living creature on earth, should know better to wear a helmet!

This is the lengzai bird on the United States of America's emblem.

This is a crowned pigeon. Nice, right? It is bigger than a chicken!

The kingfisher! Used to like kingfishers because they look good and are good at catching fish.

This is the scarlet iblis! Iblis means devil in Islam

I don't know why is there a cock in the scarlet iblises cage. Maybe they wanna cross breed. Imagine next time, your chicken has long beak, red feathers and stand on one leg.

The last cage I went to was the Southeast Asian Birds. That was where I saw the peacocks!

These 2 male peacocks are actually fighting agaist one another. Just like when you park your car close to a peacock, later you'll get your car scratch because these silly birds just don't stop fighting against one another.

It was the last place already, so I decided to have some fun...

...chasing after some crowned pigeons!

Just after I left that cage, it started to rain...

I exited the birdpark while it was still raining.

Saw some ducks having fun in the rain...

... while I was trapped outside at the Bongo Burgers waiting for the rain to stop.

Night Safari Singapore

2009-02-25T15:10:00.014+08:00

If you're in Singapore and sicked of going for movies, shopping, orchard-ing, clubbing, k-ing, or whatever activities there are in night life Singapore, you can try out the NIGHT SAFARI SINGAPORE!

Before the start of this recess week, I decided to enjoy my recess week as much as I can, experiencing new things and places. On Sunday, I went to Holland V. So, Tuesday, I went to the Night Safari! The entrance looks grand, with all the torch. It seems like Survivor - elimination night.

It's the world FIRST safari at night! So, they get to do anything and anyhow they like, which includes putting an airplane at the entrance..

... and say it's the World's Greatest Night Safari!

Of course wadd.. with so many orang asli showing off their skills..

Orang asli playing blow pipes to shoot arrows at balloons.

Then they started playing with fire...

...and also blow fire with their mouth.

Please do not try these at home! Unless you wanna be an orang asli and walked around in your underwear.

Throughout the whole performance, they asked a gal from the audience to come up to try the blowpipes, and an ang moh guy to join them in playing with fire.

The coolest stuff they showed that day was passing the fire! The first person started blowing fire and passed it to the next, and then he passed it to the next, and to the next. It was really cool stuff! Just that it's really dangerous. If not careful, you'll get a cooked mouth!

After that, I went to the counter to grab my ticket because I bought online. With the ticket, I followed the crowd to the amphitheater.

Does it look like Pride Rock from The Lion King?

Crowd.. surprisingly there are a lot of Japanese! Even the ladies at the ticket counter spoke Japanese to each other!

Here are some photos of animal performance..

This wolf was suppose to howl but it kept running out, howl a bit, run back, come out again, repeat the same thing for a few times.

This was one funny cat. Once it came out, it didn't want to go back in.

Who can guess what animal is this?! I like this animal! It'll be great if I can have one next time.

The show ended with some otters rushing out to eat. Singapore Night Safari showed that otters are super super cute. I like otters too! But I don't have clear photos of them because it was too dark.

Can't see clearly, right? If I didn't circle them, you won't be able to tell they are otters.

Actually, I can hardly take any clear photos, since most of the places didn't allow flash! Some more my olympus u780 suck big time at night!

Here are photos of some of the animals...

Cute little porcupine..

This is the slender snout crocodile. Long and thin mouth! Used to take some time to imagine how a creature like this will look like in real life, after seeing the picture from an animal book.

This is a MUGGER! Mug! Mug! Mug! Every day also Mug!

Notice anything?

Something that looks like this...

.. a Perodua Kancil!

This a leopard if you can't see properly. They are so close. Just behind the glass. I like their paw! They have big paws!

Cannot miss this one out. Lazy tiger, resting so far away.

After roaming around the safari, with limited lighting and jungle like walkways, finally, there's some civilization ahead. It's a lake if you can't see properly.

A hyena from The Lion King. Looks like a dog. Marley and Me! Can I adopt them and call him Marley?

Mr Babirusa! These animals sure were noisy. Kept making lotsa noise and fighting with each other. They are from Jawa and they have long tusks.

Hoho.. I have a new animal name to scold people already! You BABIRUSA!

After walking one round, I decided to pay the extra $10 to go on the tram. These Singaporeans really know how to earn money. They show half on foot and half on tram. Some more force me to take photo when I'm on the tram. As if earning $10 not enough, wanna charge me an extra $20 for the photo. Force me to see my own photo but don't buy. Make me feel guilty.

But still, I didn't buy. I would rather live with them...

... than pay the extra $20 on a photo.

Holland Village

2009-02-25T10:50:00.004+08:00

After being in Singapore for so long - 1 year 7 months, last Sunday was the first time I went to Holland Village.

According to my roommate, it's 2 rows of shops selling food. I was thinking... "Do they open on Sundays?" But I still went!

I took the MRT until Buona Vista and board bus 95. It's just the 3rd stop.

Yeah! They are opened!

I walked around Holland V for awhile, resisting the hunger, though the temptation was so strong from each and every shops that I walked passed. Most of the food there were western food. Or should I just say all the food there are western food.

Most of the stalls have a stand with their menu outside and a waiter or waitress around to answer questions from customers. There were quite a number of ang moh there.

I saw the Mexican stall that my roommate tried out last time. I couldn't decide on which stall to go into. There were many pubs there. But the surprising thing was, there were quite a number of dental clinics there! Does it mean the food there will cause you to visit the clinics more frequently?!

After taking some photos, I decided to stop at the Chicago Steakhouse to have a chat with the waiter on the food they have. In the end, I chose the beer fish and chips! I also tried out the Iced Chocolate which was super nice!

I have eaten fish and chips so many times, most of the time the fish tasted really bad. But this time, the fish was simply awesome! But the price was equally awesome!

Good Food Comes With Good Price - Wee Peixin

I paid a total of $28.10! Service charge + GST = 17%!!! Paid an extra $4 for that!

I'll go there more often when I have the cash to do so! Gonna try out some other nice food available there.

I don't know where I put all the photos I took there... Super Sien now!

Template Changing

2009-02-21T11:11:00.003+08:00

Please be patient.

I know the template that I'm using now looks kinda sien.. Instead of reviving, it seems like I have not just sent it back into hibernation but even worse, into the grave.

I'll change it very soon.

So, bear with it first.

Warded!

2009-02-19T23:25:00.009+08:00

Hey~~ Mr. XPS M1210 has been warded!

He is in Hall of Residence 7 Hospital.

Let's go visit him.

I know it seems like somewhere in NTU but this is the hospital la!!! walau.. dun believe u see the roof! It's written there! H. O. S. P. I. T. A. L.!!!!! READ! Besides, NTU cannot have hospital meh! You think only NUS got?

Receptionist said his room no. is 37-5-700.

So, it's block 37, level 5, room 700!

Block 37

Level 5!!! NO LIFT!!! Patients are carried to the 5th floor!! I thought this is Singapore??!! Why no lift!

Tired~~~ This room shows 5-700! So, it's this room! Finally!
Singapore! Donate some money to this hospital leh...

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Open the door...

And here is Mr XPS M1210 lying on his bed!

Don't look at the pile of laundry! That is not Mr XPS M1210.

I know some of you are asking, "Then..which one?"

This one la!!!

See! He's so kelian...

He's not Mr Dell ok! He is Mr XPS M1210!
Mr Dell is this one

Full name: Michael Sam Dell
Born on: 23rd February 1956
Born in: Houston, Texas, US
Occupation: CEO and Founder of Dell Inc.
Net worth: $17.3 billion
Photo and information are from wikipedia

So rich! Donate some money and build a lift!!!

Ok, back to the ward.

Mr XPS M1210 just woke up.

Got name tag some more.

Doctor said he kena virus... what virus?

Diablo III !

So kelian still need to connect to the heartbeat machine - duno what it's called...

Some more the screen of the machine is so huge

I know the heartbeat seems weird.. Please lor.. he's not human!

Some more the operation is done using high tech gadgets...

Wireless keyboard and mouse!

Mr XPS M1210 so kelian. Let's hope that he gets well soon.

Time to go! Visitation time is over.

The Blogger has Awaken!

2009-02-19T22:56:00.002+08:00

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uuuaaaaagggggghhhhhhh (yawning - dun laugh!)

After hibernating like 6 months, I AM BACK!

Since shi hui has been bugging me to blog, kacau betui! So, I shall start to blog again!

Busy

2008-09-05T00:41:00.004+08:00

Sorry guys... Busy with quantum.
Live with quantum
Eat with quantum
Sleep with quantum..
Hopefully do well with quantum!

Dear readers, sorry for the long post drought.

I shall continue posting when I have more time.

Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle it's like drinking Carlsberg and Uncertain of whether it's a principle or a principal!

Peixin

URL Change - weepeixin.blogspot.com

2008-08-20T02:05:00.006+08:00

After having my wufoo up for several weeks, the majority of the people voted yes. What yes? Yes to change the address of my blog from px2singapore.blogspot.com to weepeixin.blogspot.com.

Thus, I will change it according to the readers' favor.

I'm sorry for those who are not happy with the change. But still hope that you'll support me.

Previously, I thought of putting peixin.blogspot.com which look and sound nicer. But someone took it away and didn't blog anything! Spoil my name!

Hopefully the new name will show a new future for my blog. Continue reading.

PS: Wang Choon Huey! The url that you suggested shall never come to past!

Pail-ism

2008-08-03T15:29:00.004+08:00

Pail, also known ask bucket, has been quite a famous item for some people in normal day life.

Some people use the pail to carry water. Some to wash clothes. Some use it to store items or bring a whole lots of smaller items from one position to another by just walking once!

But during MSA FOC 2008,

some people decided to use it for different purposes...

First up is... Pink Wan!

Looks a bit like...

Okok.. should be something better...

...or worse.. I have no idea.

Up next! Fish!

Well... do they look-alike?

No, right?

I think this one should...

:-)

And the last one... Adrian!

Cutest of all... which I can't find any situation to relate to. Unless he doesn't smile. Then, he'll look like a beggar with a big pail asking for money.

That's all for pail-ism!

When is there a pail dance? Someone should perform one during next year FOC!

MSA FOC Day 5 (25/7/08)

2008-07-30T11:14:00.007+08:00

Shortcuts:
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4

Timetable:

0700 Gather
0800 To Sentosa
1030 Beach Games
1330 Lunch
~~1430 SP Game~~
1800 Leave Sentosa
2000 Dinner
2100 Pageant Contest
2200 Sketch & Closing Ceremony

Late again!! The following night I was thinking.. I cannot be late anymore! Cannot give bad impression to the freshies! But I was late again!!! I didn't know why but I couldn't hear the alarm when it rang! Haizzz... what to do.. sleeping handsome here.

But no worries.. There are some other halls even later than us. I thought I was very late already but when I arrived with my freshies, there was less than half the total number of people!!!

Well, this morning again, the Hall 7 freshies reached Canteen A by themselves. Of course I was there to make sure nothing happened. Proud of them~~~~~!!!

Today... we're going to Sentosa.. Woohoooooo~~~~~!!!

Leaving for Sentosa!

Because the day before we were the last group to leave, today we get to leave first! We had our breakfast on the bus without any cheers. But breakfast was only buns! Nothing special.

Qeisharo on the bus with another group.

To have an enjoyable trip from NTU to Sentosa, we decided to practice the MSA Theme Song and FOC Theme Song.

KC is no longer the kesi kesi freshie but a more 'On' senior! KC and Wei Shin singing the FOC Theme Song, 'I'll Be There For You' which was also the song for the comedy Friends.

Well, it didn't take long for the people to master those 2 songs. As you all know, we are NTU students! okok.. cut down the show off...

Ching Hong decided to create an A capella out of farm animals. We did it a few times, which I myself was involved in it. Thus, no photos from there.

KC decided to dance for us once we reached Sentosa.

But once we reached Sentosa, we had to wait for other groups to arrive. So, we practiced our a capella. This time I make sure I didn't miss out.

My dear old bro, Yong Ching Seng was also around. The undisputed lame king taught us a new cheer. The shy cheer, which really create a cloud of lameness around the group. Power-nya!

Well, the waiting area wasn't the place we are gonna play our games. We have to walk further down to the seaside.

Along the way, we discovered these...

Same toes!

Similar bags. Just different colours.

Once we reached the pavilion, Boon Kiat plant the flag ~~on cement!~~ among a pile of bags!

The girls started putting sunblock.

A circle helping each other...

The guys just stood around talking and doing nothing. Typical guys attitude!

Of course they had nothing to do. As if the girls allow them help the girls put sunblock.

After that, every group showcased our own cheer. Most group used combo cheers. Some modified cheers. But most of all, every type of cheer was good in building the bonds and trusts between the members.

Qeisharo cheering!

After that, we head down to the beach for our first game!

This game is a group vs group game. Every member had to sit with both sides are their opponents. They had to form 2 circles. Big one outside, facing inside. Small one inside, facing outside.

Kok Hou says, "I have only 1 and it's green!"

Balloons will be passed around the small and the big circle. Plastic will also be passed as protection. The game started when the music was played.

KC posing while the game was in progress!

Once the music stopped, the person on the inside circle holding the balloon will take the bucket filled with water in the center to splash the person with the same color balloon at the outside circle!

Hui Chian going soft on the victim.

This is called pouring!

The people holding the plastic protections must rush to a victim of the same group and protect him/her from the water.

Protect!

Chong Yang veli veli veli veli veli veli careful with the "golden egg"!

While the freshies were busy playing, the seniors were...

...taking photo!

This is a must post photo

Fish and the cute guy beside her. They wanted to take this photo.

The next game was dog and bone!

The bone!

The dogs!

and the fight!

It was a best of 2 sets with 3 sets to play. Grace seemed like didn't want Qeisharo to win when we went neck-to-neck on the last set and Qeisharo leading each point till....

...the storms prevented a winner from that match!

It started raining!

No one can stop the MSA spirit!

Although most of the games were canceled due to the rain, we still had some games in the pavilion!

But before that, once the rain started pouring down, a group forgot its flag! And the forfeit was...

...BREAKFAST!!! With added chili + chili + chili + chili!

Well, they enjoyed it though...

...until it's finger licking good!

The day continued with some games... Making the biggest circle with the items that we wear. So, they made a circle out of slippers, whistles, T-shirts, etc.

Then it was time to limbo!!!!

Ok.. let's skip everything and showcase Qeisharo's bests!!!

Yvonne!

4 + (read in chinese)

and Ching Hong!!!

But I still feel that the limbo champion goes to...

this little gal from Haribe! Wanna know how low the stick actually was, compare it with Andrew's leg. Andrew is the one with the red loud hailer.

Well, after the games, the freshies were given time to prepare their sketch. While the seniors went about playing their own games. Some were lame games. Some funny games. etc etc

Some Qeisharo group photos....

This one with me inside!!! *Happy!* *Happy!* *Very Happy!*

Taking photo right in front of the rain!

Emo-ing

Acting cute! Winners are definitely Raymond and Jolyn! Raymond is the one at the bottom in brown T-shirt. Jolyn is the one in black, standing 2nd row. 3rd from the left.

Well, we went back earlier than the planned timing. SP game was canceled not due to weather. But due to some super bian tai lou who treated their SPs like whores! I want to 'thank' you BIAN TAI LOUs, from don't know which group, which caused my Qeisharo members no chance to play SP games! *insulting to the MAX!*

Let's look at the bright side. The freshies have more time to prepare for the sketch. And.. I have time to charge my camera battery! But this is still not a win-win situation!

At night, Qeisharo freshies gathered quite early at 6+pm to rehearse their sketch. I reached at 7+ closed to 8, so that I can skip the practicing all together.

We gathered at the pavilion at 8pm and had dinner. After that, it was the 'So You Think You Can Be a Girl' pageant contest!!! We were shown some of the photos of the pageant contest during senior camp. How they changed Jacky to Jaclyn, Simon to Simone, Sexy to Thai Chick, etc etc!

Today it was Kah Choon's turn to change from Kah Choon To Choon Choon!

Kah Choon to Choon Choon Transformation process:

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Becoming the winner of the pageant contest 2008!

After the event, there was a break for 10 min for each team to prepare their sketch.

The sketch was really... extraordinarily wonderful!!! I couldn't believe every different group could come out with such funny jokes!

The theme of the sketch are fairy tales and Shanghai beach. Each group chose a specific fairy tale story on the first day of FOC. Today, they had to perform their very own fairy tale at Shanghai beach!

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My dear readers. Sorry I did not record any video of the acting.

For Qeisharo's sketch, the video is with another photographer. I'll get it as soon as I can and post it up!

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Well, although the ugly frog and the princess won but I personally prefer the 3 little pigs! Super funny lorr~~~~

Sorry, I can't elaborate too much on this part. All in all, all the sketches were wonderful! If I had known, I would have recorded all of them!

Photo taken after sketch!

Then, it was time to announce the winner of the best female freshie, best male freshie and best group of MSA FOC 2008!

The winner for best female freshie goes to....................................

Non other than...

our dearest...

Siew Ping a.k.a. FISH!!!

Mei Ying, best female freshie of MSA FOC 2007 presented the prize to Fish!

Best male freshie went to

Yong Hua's brother... Don't know his name. But they really look alike...

Who's the senior and who's the junior?

Another look alike..

How Run and Wen Chin! How Run was the 06/07 president of MSA.

OK.. let's come back to the best male freshie!

Andrew, best male freshie of MSA FOC 2007 presented him the prize!

And the last prize.. The best group award goes to.........

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Qeisharo! Best Orientation Group (OG) of MSA FOC 2008!

~We are the champions ~ my friends ~
~And well keep on fighting ~ till the end ~
~We are the champions ~
~We are the champions ~
~No time for losers ~
~cause we are the champions ~ of the world ~

After some speeches by Teng Seng...

...and Jacky...

....we sang the MSA theme song and FOC theme song. No photos of the singing part as I joined in the fun! And right after that, the mass dance. Everyone began to dance while I began to take photos because I didn't know how to dance!

Boon Kiat with some very nice moves~~~~

A few rounds of the mass dance really bored me to the max! Good thing they ended the dance after a few rounds. If not, have to keep on giving excuses to take photo as I didn't know how to dance!

Every group went to their own sharing session to share bout what they felt about their group.

It was Qeisharo's boss, Beng Beng's turn to share... eventhough the photo doesn't look like she's sharing but it was taken when she was talking.

Then we went for supper at ah fung! Until very late at night!

So, this is Qeisharo in MSA FOC 2008!

I want to apologize for some of the photos not being clear enough as I know I'm not as good a photographer as some people and my camera had problem with battery lives throughout 5 days of FOC!

I'm very sorry if you don't feel the same way towards the 2008 MSA FOC. This blog is of course bias cause I'm the writer!

But still, all 5 of these posts are dedicated to:

Every freshie in Qeisharo!
Every senior in Qeisharo!
and everyone who made Qeisharo possible!

To view photos of all 5 days, click here!

MSA FOC Day 4 (24/7/08)

2008-07-24T20:04:00.003+08:00

Shortcut:
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 5

Timetable:

0730 Gather
0800 Breakfast
0845 Race For Food
1930 Food Auction
2015 Dinner
2130 Bonus Chapter / Reveal Fake Freshie
2230 Reveal SP

I woke up late again! Chor Liang woke me by calling me. So, I asked him to help out by bringing the freshies to Canteen A.

I slept for awhile more, thinking, they must have left! Let Ben appoint a substitute as photographer for Qeisharo then I can sleep more! Then Yik Wen called to woke me up and told me they were still wasting their time in Canteen A. So, I woke up and started my day...

When I reached Can A, everyone was still there! I was 1 hour late! I had breakfast alone cause they finished theirs d and I paiseh joined them.

Today, the freshies have to go out of campus and travel to some famous places in Singapore! They are given a few tasks to complete throughout the journey to score points. Points will be used to bid for food later that evening. No win = no food!

One of their tasks is to take photos with 30 different foreigners from different countries!

In a country like Singapore, to have so many foreigners is quite common.

It was also the first time most of them board a bus in Singapore. Maybe some have never even seen a double decker bus in their whole life!

Taking photo in a bus!

Same goes for MRT

The photo is kinda blur!

Their first stop was.... CHINATOWN!

In front of Chinatown Point

Being the last group to leave NTU, once we arrived in Chinatown it was quite late already compare to other groups.

When they reached their first station, they need to perform!

Kah Choon leading the group to the performance!

Then they had to answer a whole series of questions about Singapore. I don't know whether anyone noticed me but I was constantly showing answers with my hand! Sorry programmers!

Due to us reaching later than other groups, we had our lunch in Chinatown

Raymond had his first meal with Qeisharo though he was an attached programmer. But who knows why he is so busy till we only get to see him on the 4th day.

After the meal, Qeisharo traveled to Dhoby Ghaut. It was just a few MRT stops away from Chinatown. Outside Plaza Singapura, they had to charade. Maybe some people will think that, "Cheh... Charade oni mah! As if I don't know how!"

Let's see how they play charade...

Qeisharo was divided into 2 teams. One team will start doing the actions without speaking and the other guess. And switch after 10 min. Normal rules for charade.

Just that this time, they had to do it beside the road outside Plaza Singapura. Each team on each side of the road. Imagine how much attention they are grabbing! Every car that passed by will think that they might by waving at them.

The game was really a challenging one.

After the game, they walked along the road and passed by the istana.

In front of the istana. Couldn't see anything at the back other than trees.

On the way, of course they took photo of a lot of foreigners. Asking anyone who is white, black, and look Korean or Japanese to take photo with them.

We took a bus to bugis at the nearest bus stop.

Sometimes crossing the road can also be a sight that's seldom seen in Malaysia.

After taking a photo of the fountain which was under construction in Bugis Junction, Qeisharo head towards the War Memorial.

Along the way, we stopped at the National Library.

Taking photos along the way.

After taking photo of the War Memorial. They decided to sun tan first before they continue their journey.

I don't know how long they can sun tan like this with some of the hands held high and the smell from their ketiak(armpit in malay)... But.. yea.. it only lasted enough for me to take photo!

Their next station was an exciting teamwork game which required every single member to play their part.

Calligraphy with strings!

They had to write a few words a draw a smiley in the given time. It wasn't easy.

Boon Kiat gave moral support by taking photo while they were writing!

Right after the game, everyone in the group was given a piece of paper with a question on it to solve. They had to crack the juice in their head to solve all the problems.

We went to the Esplanade to take photo with the "durian shells"!

Kah Choon was still solving the leftover questions.

Their next station was beneath the bridge near the esplanade.

In this game, they need to form 6 in a team. Everyone was given a straw. The 6 people will have to form a circle to support a ping pong ball and walk for a short distance and drop the ball into the bucket

Adrian acting cute with the bucket! Is bucket the 'in' thing for acting cute now?

They said this is a very 'geli' game because the formation that they made to support the ping pong ball will cause saliva to flow into the straw when they breathe. Thus, the other person who is biting the other straw might accidentally suck in the saliva.... eewwwwwwww....

During that time, I ate 2 block ice-creams! Shiok! Shiok! Nothing beats the $1 ice-cream! Nice and economical!

Why is Singapore called Singapore? Because they have a Merlion!

Never mind. I know it's not the actual story. But Qeisharo took photo with the Merlion!

At the platform, overlooking the Merlion, there were more than just the latter but also the Singapore Flyer and the Esplanade.. and soon the casino!

The guys in front of the Esplanade!

And the gals in front of the esplanade!

Some people decided to take it to the extreme in front of the Esplanade!

After taking so many photos, some people decided to go emo...

After that, we traveled back to NTU. It was a long and tiring day but it Day 4 did not end with the Merlion.

Edna was sick, so, Wei Shin brought her back to her hall. Kelian Edna gonna miss the rest of FOC.

I went back to hall too. To charge my camera battery cause it's flat till cannot flat anymore. There was problem in either the battery or the charger. My battery is never full. I snapped a few photos and the red battery low light started blinking!

So, I was hoping it's gonna be alright this time round but it didn't appear so. I had to miss Food Auction, which was one of the highlights! Then even worse! I missed the buffet!!!!!!

Found a buffet photo from another photographer. Sorry, can't find any for food auction.

When I reached, there was only rice and another food. Desperate for food, I took anything in sight, including chili, which made me dig for water after the meal.

The next activity was non other than the revealing of the MOLE! Every group there was a fake freshie! A senior acting as a freshmen. Lied to everyone! Telling them that they are entering NTU whereas they had been in NTU for more than 1 year or even worse 3 years!

I shall skip all the other groups and focus only on Qeisharo!

Ching Hong decided to do Survivor style in determining who is the fake freshie but in the end we were short of time. If not, it would have been the freshies write the name on a piece of paper and say why and I record what they said.

After voting, the results was Kay Dee and 4+ (read in chinese) with the highest votes. As a gentleman Kay Dee went out. And as a not gentleman, Kay Dee decided to pull fish out with him!

The sacrificial lambs.... still feeling happy!

Let's role the video

Kay Dee and 'Fish' kasihan betui.

The fake freshie, KC!!! The one who lie to everyone else!

All the fake freshies and those who were thought to be fake freshies...

After the exciting and shocking part, it's the romantic and even more shocking part! REVEALING of SP!

I heard some people said that the guys talked to the gals about Physics and Maths during SP talk. Walau~~~~!!!! So, un-romantic lor!!

But just to get things straight! Secret Partner (SP) is not a boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife, mistress or whatever sexual relationships! So, guys! Don't simply touch! You don't own your SP. Same goes for girls.

So, that night, every freshie and some of the female seniors seniors were given numbers. They were mixed together and they had to find their SP with the number on their hand.

A video showing all the Qeisharo guys with their SPs.

And a photo of some of the Qeisharo gals with their SPs

4+ not inside. Edna was sick.

Then it was the SP games, which I find it boring, useless and most of all, not well planned!

But we still got some nice photos from there...

Qeisharo and their SP sat together, forming a circle. At first it was Yng's SP challenging Kah Choon to break dance which in the end Kah Choon won.

But Yng's SP won Yng's heart instead. So, she drew a heart for him!

Yng's SP feeling happy... much happier than the winner of the break dance challenge!

4+ gave her SP a "SEXY"!!!!

Wen Qin piggybacked his SP a few rounds.

Out of no where Jacky and Zhi Sin a.k.a. sexy came out of no where to perform the sex-maniac act, whipping the butt of Jacky with a belt.

But nothing beats this

Kay Dee super sporting!

Something not in the plan happened... there were romantic songs and people started dancing.

Beng Beng and Wei Shin doing a funny pose!

Sometimes guys are emotional too... *close one eye*

Chop and his SP enjoy their funny dance.

What is this dance called???

Xiang Ling with Raoul (Is this how his name is spelled?). I have to admit Xiang Ling is still the most caring senior. Everyone, salute Xiang Ling!

With all the heat, I was so hot and had to ate ice cream and a large Sprite from McD which surprisingly was still open at midnight. For your information, the McD in NTU is not 24 hours. Same goes for 7 11.

There was nothing much already after the dancing... people started forming human walls, like in Diablo 3, just that it's zombie walls in Diablo. ... and also trains running here and there.. etc etc etc..

Everyone gathered and left for their own halls. Some brought back fond memories of being with their SPs. Some bad. Some just don't feel anything. As for me, there's another day left and it's back to normal schedule again!

Well, my night didn't end so early, again, for the 2nd night, I decided to let Jia Yi, Jia Xin, Suk Yee and Chor Liang to lead the way back to Hall 7. And this time they managed to reach Hall 7 by themselves!

Say 3 cheers and 3 cheers and 3 cheers to Hall 7 freshies!!!
Hip Hip Hooray!
Hip Hip Hooray!
Hip Hip Hooray!

MSA FOC Day 3 (23/7/08)

2008-07-24T01:22:00.006+08:00

Shortcuts:
Day 1
Day 2
Day 4
Day 5

Timetable:

0730 Gather
0800 Breakfast with AMCISA
0900 AMCISA-MSA Combined Games
1330 Mass Lunch
1430 Secret Partner Game
1630 Explore @ NTU
1900 Dinner
2000 Telematch
2330 Sharing Session

Today's highlights! AMCISA-MSA Combined Games and of course SP Game!

After sleeping late last night, today, I woke up at 7.30am! I became blur blur last night and set my alarm at 7.30am! Everyone knows if you are gathering at 7.30am, you don't wake up at 7.30am lor!!! I phoned Chor Liang, thought of asking him to bring the freshies but he also couldn't wake up! Chor Liang is a senior in my hall.

Thus, I went down after changing and bringing the things that I need. I was in luck as that day I shouldn't bathe until after the combined games.

All the freshies were downstairs waiting. In their hearts, they must be saying, "Walau.. this senior.. just like typical Malaysians! Always late!"

It was quite a long journey to travel from hall 7 to the Sports Recreational Centre (SRC). With the rain, it was hard to move about. With the huge amount of people at SRC, it was hard to find people that I want to find.

All 4 of my hall freshies, Jia Xin, Jia Yi, Suk Yee and You Liang all were placed into Group 3, Teck Hong's group. Due to the different no. of groups in AMCISA and MSA, the committee decided to placed them into 8 groups according to their halls. I can't find a suitable photo of Teck Hong to put because he is too active, moving left right centre all the time. His photo all blur!!!

I met my long lost hall 16 fellow Malaysian who joined Hall 16 FOC last year!!!

And she is non other than Jin Yin! Looking prettier every time. She's the one on the right. Don't know who is the one on the left. Should be her fellow AMCISA member.

I decided to go back hall to sleep, but boss (Boon Earn) said I'm attached to =3 as their photographer! Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

Teck Hong's group is called "Equals 3" (=3)!!!

Why?

Because
+ 1 + 1 + 1 (read in Chinese)
= 3
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All 3 of their Chinese names sounds like "+ 1" (in Chinese)

"Don't play with your food!!!" But it doesn't appear in the Malaysians' dictionary! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamm-seng.... with Milo!

=3 playing with breakfast! Finally a clear photo of Teck Hong. He is the one in dark blue shirt and light blue pants at the front row! (4th from left)

The breakfast was bad again! My aunt said we must eat breakfast like rich people! But we only have 2 buns and a cup of Milo in FOC!!! How can??

After breakfast, =3 turns into Batman...

... or =3man! Whatever!

Our first game is at the futsal court!

Half way there, Cheah Yee was caged!

Because she's a monkey! Cheah Yee monkey! Monkey Cheah Yee! It rhymes!

The first game was the sitting captain ball! What's the difference between a standing captain ball to a sitting captain ball?? For a sitting captain ball, players move with their butts!!! For the game, the ball is a scrub!

And into the court they go...

They look like some spaceship in Star Wars going into battle!

3 rounds were played. =3 lost the first round by a huge amount!

When the going gets tough, the tough gets going! Dai zek lou showed his skills for the 2nd round and score a huge amount of goals, pinning the opponent to the ground! In the end, =3 won as their opponent didn't score a single point after the first round.

The 2nd game was called snake game. It's the normal game passing the chair from one end to the other. But... it has a lot and really a lot of more obstacles, instead of getting longer, it gets shorter after every corner, got limbo stick(or string) half way, mines and a task half way through.

Passing the chair!

Suk Yee going under!

Jia Yi and Suk Yee decided to take photo half way through the game.

With so much support from the committee members, Andrew, Jacky, etc.... They won the game again!

Teck Hong going wild!

And the last game, the 100m relay costume race! We used the 400m race track. Everyone ran 100m. At the 1st and 3rd stop, one item was added to the runner. Everything carried must be passed on to the next runner.

I was at the 3rd stop, taking photos of runners running in, dressing up and running off.

This is one funny superman!

4 teams played the game together.

Ah Chai, the last runner at my stop, dressing up.

= 3 suppose to come in dead last as we were 1 stop slower than 3rd place. But no one wanted a boring ending, so, on the final lap, everyone started together again!

Kah Choon, the last runner of the group, being carried by people to the finishing line!

Right after the mass run, the crowd went wild! The other 4 teams were still playing the snake game and sitting captain ball. But the 4 teams which had finished were singing, dancing, etc etc!

To unite all Malaysians...

We drew MSAMCISA MALAYSIA. Combining MSA and AMCISA. I'm right beside the top M.

For mass lunch(MSA and AMCISA) and the SP talk and games, I wasn't around as my camera battery was flat. I brought it back to charge while I had my bath after a long sticky and wet morning.

This was how you guys look like during SP Talk. Got this photo from Yik Wen.

I came back for NTU Explore! Which was quite fun!

Now, no more '=3'! It's back to Qeisharo!

They were given a photo of the place, clues and hints of places in NTU. They had to look for those locations without the help of the seniors.

I had to work hard for this photo. I was required to climb all the way up the ADM (School of Art, Media & Design) building to take this photo! Isn't it suppose to be the other way around!!!

They decided to have a rest half way through the exploration and...

...the girls decided to act cute.

Qeisharo in front of Lee Wee Nam Library

MSA was scared that the freshies don't know where 7 11 is, so, one of the location was 7 11, which I found it funny to be in the list.

The last spot was near the Nanyang Auditorium where they have to perform this thousand hand indian goddess pose, which gave "4 +" the chance to take away all the limelight! 4 + (read in chinese) is the name of the first person in the photo.

During the time after the NTU exploration, Yvonne taught the group the "Happy Feet" cheer! The cheer that gave her the nickname penguin! It was a combination of blowing the whistle, legs and hands movement that ended up like a penguin.

At night, it was time for telematch!

First round was the spider web!

The freshies had to passed their friends across the holes between the lines without touching the web.

Everyone worked very hard to get every single member across the web. Although Qeisharo lost this game, the game was good enough to strengthen their bonds and teamwork. And this really propelled them for more wins in the coming games...

Next, joining the dots. It's like kindergarten. Your teacher ask you to join all the dots together to form a beautiful picture. Well, it's a different story when we are using human!

They formed a line and everyone has to walked from 1 to 30 something without taking of their hands. If you see properly, their hands were tied. And the worst thing is the numbers are quite scattered! It didn't form a beautiful picture but a complicated mass of humans trying to cut through one another.

They easily won the game. Their opponents were so far behind!

The forfeit for the opposing group was that every guy had to do push up and a girl had to sit on them. Due to insufficient girls....

...Yng has a free horse ride!

The next game was passing the water bags and balloons!

This is the starting point...

Pink Wan act cute by being a hen! ~~or look more like in the toilet!~~

This is how they pass...

I was in luck to have caught this photo by accident! She's gonna kill me if she sees this!

And this is the end point!

Fish (the one under the bucket), trying to act cute to receive the incoming balloons and water bags.

They won!

Next game... picking up the cups!

You think so easy??? With a river cut your path from the cups... It's definitely not a solo game! If you drop yourself flat down, how are you gonna stand up? Impossible! Group members are required to hold you when you go down and pull you up when you have taken a cup!

No matter who you are, everyone have to work together!

Even as big size as Kok Hou! Everyone in the group put him down and pulled him up!

The spirit of Qeisharo was of utmost importance...

...they easily won it! (I like this photo a lot!!!!!!!)

And the final telematch game... MSA soccer! Reminded me of memories of last year, every goal scored, the supporters will run around the court. When the group won, the whole group ran!

But no matter what, with a deceiving attacker

Kah Choon showing off his deceiving skills

...great midfielders...

Siew Wai always stealing the ball from the opponent

...strong back bones ...

Kok How as defender and KC as goalkeeper

...a roaring crowd...

...and most of all teamwork!

They came from 4 down to victory!

The telematch ended with 1 lesson and 3 victories and an infinite of life long experience for Qeisharo! Proud of them!

After a long day, it was the senior's turn to take photos!

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After bringing the Hall 7 freshies back to hall for 2 days, tonight I decided to test them by letting them lead the way. Although today suppose to be an early day, because they took the wrong path, we ended up sleeping at least 30 min later.

It was a nice experience, although feeling tired and sleepy, we went to places that I myself had never been to. We entered the new SPMS building and lost our way there. Wanted to sleep there as there was 24 hours air-con there.

But in the end, we found our way out!

MSA FOC Day 2 (22/7/08)

2008-07-23T03:54:00.006+08:00

Updates on day 2!

Shortcuts:
Day 1
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5

Timetable:

0730 Breakfast
0830 Admin Flow
1630 Prof Talk
1800 Dinner
1900 Banner Drawing
2000 Mass Dance + 'Treasure Hunt'

Breakfast SUX!!! Only noodle! Plain noodle. But what to do... no one pays $1000 for good food!

Believe me! They are not enjoying it. Those are fake smiles!!!!

It was Sai Mun's birthday. So, some of the people sang birthday song for him.

After that, admin flow... haiz.. don't know why my lou ban, Ms Tammy, like me so much, as a result, I'm chosen as Admin SA (ASA)!!! I had to bring some of the freshies to the medical centre to do medical check-up and x-ray, then to OCBC bank to open an account.

But the great thing is, I got to know a funny guy called Christopher! Really funny.

These are the results whenever he's around...

Sexy pose...

...and Master Crane! Christopher is the one in blue strips.

Well, it was a great morning, knowing some freshies and bringing them around. At first, I wanted to get it done really early, then go back and sleep but too bad it ended kinda late.

I had to skip Prof Talk to go for my nap.

During porf talk.

Same as always, it's the same 3 professors with Prof Loh Teck Peng cracking jokes and funny analogies.

Well, when I arrived, it was half way through prof talk, so, I decided to stay outside to talk to the other committees. One of them was Yok Yin, my course-mate. She said a funny statement, "I know another course-mate from my country after 1 year!"

Then, it was the dinner that they never finish!

Some of the boxes passed back to be thrown were heavy!!!

Banner drawing showcased some artistic talents from Chong Yang. With the coordination from Kah Chun, the muscle man and some helping hands, the banner was completed in the allocated time.

Although I feel that it could have been better if they had more time. The color wasn't striking enough.

Half way through the banner drawing... Chong Yang drew the character without referring to anything!!! His own character!

So, this is the completed one with all the members of the group!

Hopefully the banner will be a symbol to all the Qeisharo members! All in all, 3 cheers and 3 cheers and 3 cheers to Chong Yang and Qeisharo... Hip Hip Hooray!!! Hip Hip Hooray!!! Hip Hip Hooray!!!

Last year, we were tricked into having an SP (Secret Partner) Walk, which turned out to be a ghost walk. This year, it wasn't as well-masked as last year, "treasure hunt!!!" The "treasures" are well hidden while they were drawing banners.

Focused on everything in front.

As always, the freshies were tricked to learn the mass dance. At the back line, 3 by 3 were taken away secretly to play "treasure" hunt while others were focused on the dance.

Warm up!

Last year, we were anticipating to "walk" with our SP. This year, they had to solve a mysterious death by looking for clues throughout their whole "treasure" hunt!

Joker decided to dress white this time! Will Batman appears pink???

Sleeping "treasure"

Bow and serve a new master....

....and you shall be the new Sith Lord, Dark Face Vader!

All of the ghost photos are from Yik Wen, my fellow photographer of the camp. You can view the others here http://picasaweb.google.com/navarone1221

Here are some of my dear Qeisharo members after the hunt...

Busy discussing about the "treasures"!

Some others + myself. Because it's my group, so, I have to be inside!

All looking kinda happy rather than terrified after the treasure hunt. Even 4 + (read in chinese), the standing girl in the photo above, was not scared. Ok. Was the treasure hunt created not to scare people?

I have a suggestion for the next FOC committee... think of a way to let your ghost FLOAT!!! Feet above ground!!! Then they'll get scare!

The last item of the day was discussing the sketch for the last day.

The group discussing the sketch.

Some directing

Even sleeping... Chop! You so bad leh! People wanna sleep, you take photo with him!

And even some wanna take photo during the discussion.

The day ended quite late because when the last group finished their "treasure" hunt, it was already 2am!!! Thus, everyone slept late that night.

Add-on: Sai Mun's face was slap with the cake after his 2nd round of birthday songs at night!

MSA FOC Day 1 (21/7/08)

2008-07-22T01:27:00.009+08:00

Yaaaa... I know it is 22/7 already! But I still want to blog about the FOC (Freshmen Orientation Camp).

Shortcut:
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5

Timetable:

0630 Administration
1730 Registration
1800 Dinner
1900 Opening Ceremony
2030 Ice Breaking & Games
2230 Introduction of FOC Main Comm.

I was appointed the head of Hall 3 & 16 Hall Student Assistant(HSA). There were only 3 and 4 Malaysians 08/09 freshmen staying in Hall 3 and 16 respectively. Total 7. I thought lesser people, earlier finish.

But a freshmen name Chuah Kian Pang didn't appear until I left the place at 1700 hour. Imagine I was at Hall 16 hall office since 6.30am - 5pm!!! Nearly 12 freaking hours waiting for Mr Chuah to appear. (Although I'm doing this volunteerily, let me complain a bit, can ah? I want leh....)

Grace waited till lidat....

Carol and I waited till nearly every passing car, we said it's Kian Pang's. She waited with me until 2+, close to 3 but still no sign of him. Unbelievable. Don't want to come must inform mah! Irresponsible! I didn't get to sleep and relax for the whole afternoon because boss(Tammy) said must wait for him till 5pm. *soob*

At night, of course it's far better. The group I was placed in is Qeisharo. Group Leader(GL) - Beng Beng. Assistant Group Leader (AGL) - Wei Shin and Boon Kiat.

Beng Beng

The beginning was really terrible... with Wei Shin shouting his lungs out to ask freshies to introduce themselves while other groups cheer like mad! But still, it brought back memories of my first day with Fung Shin, Jason and Wy Leong last year.

Wei Shin and Boon Kiat beside Beng Beng

After that it was dinner and then the opening ceremony. The theme for this year is....

Well, as always, the Malaysian Student Association (MSA) has it's own collection of lame and funny stories. Must be because of too much RPG! So, the opening ceremony was of course crazy, funny, lame-y... but it was great! The GLs and AGLs also performed the mass dance which ended up with some sound system problem.

The opening sketch by the GLs and AGLs. They are doing supported 'guai boh hei gong!'

Then there were the coin game and standing and sitting together game which were good in team building.

Some people just won't stand up!!!

This reminds me of something else... everyone trying to sit down!

This year, it was a bit different, the sketch that they need to perform on the last day was chosen by a representative of each group on the first day. Qeisharo got Little Mermaid!!!! It will be exciting to see them perform!

After that, it was the introduction to the FOC main committee. Which showed a lot of very yao yeng photos of the committee members. But I'm most impressed of my Publicity and Publication (PnP) boss, Boon Earn's hair! Which was white+black but full black in the photo. Of course, my admin boss, Tammy is the most excited one of all! Everyone knows that and she wants everyone to know that.

My bosses... Shi Ern and Boon Earn(Ben)

Tammy, my admin lou ban! See how happy she is! ~~Especially after putting me through waiting whole afternoon for someone who didn't appear!~~

After some briefing, Yok Yin gathered the Hall Coordinators (Hall Co) to send the freshies back to their respective halls. Taking over from Huai Bao, I need to bring 4 freshies back to Hall 7. The little kids were tired when I brought them back. Of course, after a long day of traveling and admin matters, who doesn't feel tired of all these!

Still, the night ended earlier than expected but it was a good start for every group!

If you see properly, you'll be able to see me at the far left

Qeisharo ke ma ma!! Ole ole Aa Aa!!
Will post more Qeisharo photos for the coming days.

Last thing for today

Zhi Ling and Sai Mun as emcees. Sai Mun! Your English really... you know la... when it comes to Emcee-ing! Brother! Try better next time.

2008 Birthday

2008-07-20T02:06:00.004+08:00

Although it's not exactly the day of my birthday yet, I have already received birthday presents! Woohoo~~~ hopefully there are more to come!!!

The first present that I received,

This is a chain with a pendent that I couldn't recognize until...

...I saw the word BLEACH at the back. Bleach fans out there, is this the Bleach manga that you guys watch??

Well, It is given by still someone who is still quite new to my church Cell Group, Jue An. I don't have his photo. I'm not quite sure whether he gave me because it's my birthday or out of generosity! By the way, he calls me "Bao Da Ren". I also don't know why he calls me that.

My next present...

A book called The 360° Leader written by John C. Maxwell given by Xiao Wei, my Cell Group leader. Got to make sure I make full use of it and make myself a better leader!

See, go Cell Group got presents one!

Chili and Chili Sauce

2008-07-18T01:09:00.004+08:00

I was at Boon Lay interchange, the closest MRT station to NTU, waiting. Being the eating machine, as usual, I'll get something to eat whenever I have to wait.

Along the whole bus interchange, there is always a whole stretch of stalls selling unhealthy fried food. Most of them are Malay stall. Just like those roadside stalls in Malaysia. Being a Malaysian, of course, I'll try to get some Malay food and also ~~show off~~ practice my Malay language.

Out of topic: Whenever I speak Malay language to a Malay person in Singapore, he/she will think that I only know a few Malay words and replied me in English.

So, I walked along the stalls a few times and decided to try out the don't-know-what-it-is-called food with fried prawn on it.

Well, common knowledge, fried food taste well with chili or tomato sauce. So, I asked the abang or adik(since I'm so old already),

"Boleh bagi cili?"
(Could you give me some chili?)

That guy stoop down, took something from under the table and put it into my plastic bag. I wouldn't be so suspicious if it wasn't for the chili sauce bottle was actually on the table!

I had a look inside when he gave me the plastic bag...

*Faint*!!!!

Speechless.

My Computer & The "Special" Menu

2008-07-10T22:31:00.008+08:00

Since the day I bought my Olympus myu 780, I've been using the cable to transfer my photos from my digicam to my computer.

Thus, I always had the idea that without the cable, I can't transfer my photos!

Until my bro told me a few days ago, I didn't know that my laptop has a...

...hole! I mean a slot for my memory card!

What the!!! I feel so noob! Why didn't I notice it in the first place!

Though it's so hidden below my CD drive but having it for close to a year, it doesn't give me the reason not to notice it.

I think I need a course on 'Recognizing Your Computer'. Darn! Eh, tutor need tuition here!

If it wasn't for my lack of computer knowledge, I would have been able to upload this photo earlier on

Saw this at a stall outside the JB custom.

Crap = shit

Walau.. I didn't know that SHIT has a place in the MENU!!! Anyone wanna be my partner in starting a shit selling business??

Crap Collector wanted!
- Diploma in crap collecting from school of crap-ology
- 10 years of crap producing experience!
- Walk-in interview. Do bring along your crap for demonstration
- Able to start work immediately
- Diligent, team work, initiative, multi-task, right attitude, and willing to contribute your crap!

Besides the crap word, it's a bit hard to understand the whole list if you don't understand English or Malay. What's 'Omelet plan'? A living omelet with a plan?

Well, I hope the shop owner increase their class a bit especially when his stall is right in front of the Malaysian custom where a lot of people will pass by that place.

Back in Sitiawan

2008-07-04T02:43:00.002+08:00

Sitiawan is my hometown. It's in Malaysia.

I will be back here for a week. I don't have the cable to connect my camera to the computer. So, in the meantime, I don't have any photos to show you all.

Hopefully I'll have more exciting photos during my time in Sitiawan. I'll post some of them on the blog next time.

Vote Dreamfactory!!!

2008-06-29T01:00:00.008+08:00

Vote for Dreamfactory!!!

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My band!!!

My Name (Cont...)

2008-06-27T13:40:00.005+08:00

This is an add-on to the post title My Name!

I have decided to increase the punishment!!!

If I caught you writing my name wrongly...

Other than writing my name 1000 times...

You have to attend...

...for 6 years!!!

So, if you don't want to attend primary school again, write MY NAME CORRECTLY!!!!

Teacher vs Student

2008-06-25T11:37:00.004+08:00

After much consideration, I've decided to shift this post over from my friendster blog to blogspot! This is one cool piece of perspectives in class, which I produced myself, after teaching in secondary school for a few months in 2007.

After being a student and then a teacher...

'Why does the school have to give me this lousy class?'
'Why does she have to teach our class?'

'IT'S NOT FAIR!! Why do I always receive relief slips!!'
'Why do I have to see this teacher everyday??!?!! First, he doesn't teach. Second, he complains a lot!!'

'I've been explaining this for like 3 or 4 times and they still give me the impression that they know nothing!'
'Why do teachers have to repeat themselves when we can memorize what they say already.'

'I've explained this as clear as possible with the simplest words. They should understand.'
'What the hell is she talking about??!!!'

'What??!! Only 15min? I have nothing left to teach...'
'Yes!!! Today only 15min. We can play already.'

'What??!! Only 5min left and I have so much to teach??!! And the exam is coming.'
'Yes!!! Only 5 min left. Quick! Quick! Quick! I'm starving!'

'Am I teaching students or walls?'
'Is she talking to the air or the wall?'

'Should I speak full English, half English half Mandarin or full Mandarin?'
'为什么他一直讲英文？我听了 tao hing hing!'
(wei shen me ta yi zhi jiang ying wen? wo ting le tao hing hing)

'Luckily Ｉ've tried this when I was their age. If not, I'm gonna be damn embarrassing.'
'Man, this teacher's a professor! God-like!'

'I thought I just told them to add this first then only multiply with the other.'
'I thought she said multiply this first then only add with the other.'

'Nowadays students are so lazy!!!'
'Nowadays teachers are so lazy!!!'

'I asked the students to go home and try and no one did anything'
'I thought she said try. I tried but I still don't know how to do.'

'They are suppose to hand in their work books today.'
'I didn't know that we need to hand it in.'

'I can't believe I'm teaching this class. They just talk non-stop. How am I suppose to teach???!!!'
'Is the teacher a teacher. He's not teaching. Does it mean we can talk?'

'Wow...this class is really quiet. Why are there so many bookworms nowadays'
'This teacher...give us so much homework still ask us why our class so quiet!!'

'They told me they understand what I said but why they still didn't get it right in their test papers??!!'
'I don't think I have ever seen this type of question. All teacher's fault. Didn't teach!!'

'What!!! He failed my subject!'
'What!!! How could she fail me!'

'Man! I doubt she has any eyes. I have so much work to do and she still wants me to help her.'
'Man! She's the teacher adviser. How could she say this to me. I'm the president of the club!'

'Hopefully they'll come for practice this afternoon.'
'Hopefully it rains and the practice is canceled.'

'These students!! I have to spend time with my family! I have to take care of my children! I have to serve my in-laws! Why couldn't they understand!'
'This teacher!! I have to go tuition! I have to go shopping! I have to work part-time so that I can buy a new hand phone! Why couldn't she understand!'

'I have to finish setting this exam questions by today'
'Lazy teacher. Everyday see him play computer only.'

'Finally, after a hard day's work, I get to rest.'
'Lazy teacher. Everyday see her read newspaper only.'

So, who do you want to be? A teacher or a student?

My Name

2008-06-23T23:50:00.006+08:00

Just as the title mentioned, this post is all about MY NAME!

Let's start from my surname and given name.

Surname: Wee
Given Name: Peixin

Common MISTAKES:

1. Worst case: COPY WRONGLY. I write Wee Peixin. Some "clever" ass (ironic) thinks that it's wrong and "help" me "correct" to "Wee Pei Xin". Sorry Mr or Ms "Wise" ass. "Wee Pei Xin" is super wrong, ok! I hate to see this the most.

When I apply for these cards, I definitely have to fill up a form. I can't be writing my own name wrong. So, why can't they just follow what I write! And yes I know those cards are expiring soon.

2. Second case: ASSUME WRONGLY. Most people drop into this category. The sound of my name is pei2 xin1. They thought that normally for Chinese names, the 2nd and 3rd word is separated when written in English. So, they decided to write "Pei Xin". So, can I assume that you have 1 leg and next time sell you 1 shoe. Or I assume you have 1 eye like a cyclops and give u a monocle instead of a glasses.

3. Third case: NOT SURE. Know a bit that the word of my name Pei and Xin are connected. So, they write PeiXin. A P1 or Standard 1 student also know that there cannot be a capital letter in the middle of a word. Please lorrrr... I'm not McLaren or McDonalds lorrr... Unless I call myself McPeiXin...

Please... this is way too impossible!

4. Forth case: TOO LATE! Too late knew that Pei and Xin are connected. So, decided to write "Pei-Xin". Putting a hyphen to cancel away the wrong. Sounds like an ostrich to me!

Wrong already, still trying to hide the wrong with self-satisfaction.

5. Fifth case: ACT CLEVER. Pei-xin. Hyphen looks cool because not many people have hyphen. Then you should grow hair all over your face because it looks cool as not many human have hair on their faces other than...

wait.. is he a human???

6. Sixth case: NOTHING TO DO. Some people just have nothing to do, so, they decided to put a space between the two words, by writing "Pei xin". Please lor... if you have so much time, why don't you find a job then give me the money you earn.

Why waste a character as space when you don't need it!!!

Summary of common mistakes:
1. Wee Pei Xin / WEE PEI XIN
2. Wee Pei xin
3. Wee Pei-Xin
4. Wee Pei-xin
5. Wee PeiXin

I know my name not as nice as yours, but at least spell it properly lorr...

So, next time, write:
Wee Peixin or WEE PEIXIN

If I catch you writing my name wrongly again.. PUNISHMENT!!! write my name 1 thousand times !!!!!

The Good Old Days

2008-06-20T15:52:00.009+08:00

Back in my secondary school days in Malaysia, my CCA was Scout.
(For Malaysians, CCA - Co-curricular Activities or some called it 'Co-co')
05th Manjung! (This is the code name for our Scout troop)

When I reflect back, it was really an experience that no money can buy, no time can exchange back, no other things can replace, other than a whole lifetime of Old Chang Kee chicken wings and curry puffs for breakfast, lunch and dinner!

I still remember in my first day of secondary school Scout meeting, a committee met all the newbies, always being the show-off, I sat in front, hopefully to make the biggest impression! Now that I think of it, why was I so stupid! Those people only look at girls!

My first year in Scout, I went through a lot of experiences that many Singaporeans teenagers do not experience. I still remember, we always cycled to the campsite to do our night watch, which most people just 'sleep' through, especially those people in charge of 3-6am! Once, we even cycled in the RAIN at NIGHT! I could barely see anything in front with my glasses so wet. The most I could see was the bike tyre in front. If he had braked suddenly, I would have crashed into him!

Wearing a glasses like this...

...and all I could see was these...

... so, how much harder will it be when it's at night.

Second year was the year of the gadgets! Gadgets Battle! I had one of my scouting years ever! Building my foundation of building gadgets with peers and seniors! Learned a lot from them! You think veli easii ah! DoN't PrAy pRaY! A lot of tricks behind to build a nice and strong gadget! I should have studied Civil Engineering..

Yong Kang and I, at the Dutch Fort in Pangkor Island.

Third year... not much memory. One of my most sien scouting days. Skip a lot of scout meetings except the last one - Annual General Meeting! ...which freakingly kicked me up to ketua pasukan (Troop Leader) !

4th year. HoHoHo! Ketua Pasukan 05th Manjung! Proud! Proud! Nose high high! Yeah right! I was one of the lousiest ketua pasukan! But I'm glad I had a great team supporting me! I had Yong Kang, Chu Haur, Tsing Teck, Choon Huey, Yee Heo and most of all, big mouth Chuan Hong! (send me your link if you want me to link you)

Back row: Choon Huey, dai lou (forgot his name), Chuan Hong, Tsing Teck
Front row: Chu Haur, Yong Kang, Yee Heo, PX2

Most of our plans, new rules, and activities were from Chuan Hong. Managed and controlled by Yong Kang. Wanna thank them specially.

5th year. My king scout year!
It was the year when our scouting knowledge, skills, determination, body strength, etc were being tested. We had to go for two camps. Both required us to build our own camp site individually. So, it's just like Command & Conquer! We build and we go for war!

My coolest shaded one-man camp table, which could hold 3 persons!

The first time I never slept for the whole night was my last day of camp. I nearly could not finish my gadgets. So, I had to rush them the whole night to get everything done before daylight came.

Though the camps were tough and tiring but we prevailed!

Any junior scouts reading this, don't stop when you are in your 4th year. That's the year when most people loss their steam. But stay strong and FIGHT ON!

One day, you'll look back and tell yourself... you have not wasted your youth.

1st year to 5th year = Form 1 to Form 5

Names

2008-06-16T23:02:00.015+08:00

Let me introduce another CNYang Scholar - Goh Boon Chong

Caught stealing food!!! Actually he was the ~~crook~~ cook.

Goh Boon Chong (Remember his name) a.k.a. Malaysia No. 3 (He was 3rd best for 2006 STPM students in Malaysia). A 5.0 scorer! A cook! And most of all, still single! Anyone interested in him, can get his contact from me ~~with a charge~~ for free.

Now that I'm a tutor, I have to travel quite frequently. Going to Ang Mo Kio has been a norm these few weeks.

But not until the last last time I went there, then only I noticed this

He has a place with a name the other way around of his own name to hide his identity!!!

It makes me think, why Chong Boon calls it Chong Boon View?
Because he found the scenery, from that angle, very nice and unique?

I went up to have a look...

From Chong Boon View, is this even close to unique? I can even see this in Malaysia

So, I turn around...

Ok... this is at least a bit unique. With a shelter in the garden.

But after lowering my head, this one is certainly unique...

Seldom I see Singapore so dirty, with papers and plastic bags scattered around.

Well, Boon Chong and Chong Boon kinda make me remember a boutique called Butik Eileen Chen!

Butik is boutique in Malay.

This is Eileen Chen, only 19 years old and ~~the founder of Butik Eileen Chen~~ my friend since secondary school. She's Maureen's sister (click here to see the post with Maureen). Currently studying in Malaysia. Has become prettier over the years. Not so sure bout her status. I don't mind helping you to ask her ~~with a charge~~ for free.

But nothing beat this...

You don't believe, right?

Show you another photo!

Ripley's Believe It Or Not???!!!

This is a primary school in Yishun, Singapore. If you want to go there, look for this...

Even the SIGN BOARD says it!!! I must be super famous!!!

In Singapore, this is the first time I see my name in small letter written CORRECTly by other people.

Sorry people, my name is NOT PEI XIN, Pei Xin, PeiXin, Pei-xin or whatever nonsense you can think of!
It is PEIXIN or Peixin only!

The school has a logo which looks like this. It's not good enough as there is only PX. They should add a '2' to make it PX2!

So, I decided to help them out...

Looks much better.

Work - Tutor

2008-06-11T15:02:00.004+08:00

The first $50 that I earned!!!

Lately, I got a job as a tutor, teaching an A Level Student in Serangoon North, which is super-duper-extra-duper far away. Each lesson is 2 hours long but my traveling time is longer than that!!!

But it's worth the effort! Firstly, the pay is not bad (compare to Malaysia)!!! Second, the student is responsible!!! This is super important as it determines the effectiveness of my teaching. He will tell me what he wants to do the following lesson. He will ask questions. He will tell me straight if he does not understand. Most of all, he'll pay me without me asking for it!

This post is also dedicated to my student, Meng Guan.
ALL THE BEST IN YOUR COMING EXAM!!!

Besides this, anyone who wants tuition for A Level Physics, Chemistry, Maths (does not include F Maths), O Level Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Maths (both Maths), Combine Science, and other lower level science and maths, can find me!
Phone number: +65 8228 3114

RED LIGHT

2008-06-10T01:23:00.011+08:00

The first thing you learn when you learn how to cross the road:

RED LIGHT!

The first thing you learn when you learn how to cycle:

RED LIGHT!

The first thing you learn when you learn how to ride:

RED LIGHT!

The first thing you learn when you learn how to drive:

RED LIGHT!

The first thing you do when you see this:

RED LIGHT!

The first thing you say when you see this (finish watching the video):

Thanks to foxbow15.
Sorry. No sound.

Show you the same video with sound but without the word

Introducing Singapore

2008-06-05T00:11:00.008+08:00

Yesterday my hometown friends came over to Singapore to play.

Choon Huey, Jih Bao, Choo Cheung and myself. Nice combination of T-shirt colors we had there.

It was Jih Bao's first time in Singapore and Choon Huey's first in a long time. Choo Cheung the 'wise' 地头蛇 (land head snake - person familiar with a place), brought them to Bugis, instead of Kranji MRT station! Freaking wasted my time traveling the "Snail line" (North South line) for nothing!

In Esplanade.

I went to Bugis to meet them. Walked around Bugis Street, the city pasar malam (or pasar pagi-tengah hari-petang-malam, as it opens from morning to night).

Outside Esplanade

Then, we went to City Hall, Esplanade, Merlion, Fullerton Hotel, then walked around that area until we reached Raffles Place MRT Station.

Merlion

From there, we traveled to Orchard to show them the famous Orchard Road. Choon Huey thought of buying something for his girlfriend. But couldn't find a suitable one. And Choo Cheung suggested, "Why don't we buy in City Square and tell her it's from Singapore." I was like, "What the heck! You're gonna cheat on your gf this way!!?!?!?"

We rest in McD without ordering anything for 1 hour! Then continue shopping.

It was raining inside a hotel. Would have used that to quench my thirst if it wasn't too unorthodox.

Well, they left Singapore after that. I don't seem like a good tour guide after all. Must brush up. Learn from Maureen Chen!

PX2 & Maureen.

Blogger - Tun Dr Mahathir

2008-06-01T21:45:00.011+08:00

This post might come a little late but I did know that he started blogging a few months ago. Being in Singapore doesn't mean I'm 'out', ok!!

Tun Dr Mahathir's Blog (click to enter)

Stole his banner!

For some who doesn't know, Dr Mahathir is the only former Prime Minister of Malaysia alive today! (When will Abdullah join him?) And he is also the only Malaysia PM with a blog! Does Lee Kuan Yew has a blog? And most of all, his 1 month old blog has reached 1 million hits already! Even more power than Kenny Sia!

But all of his post are on political stuff other than the one titled The Millionaire Club which is only half political!!

Some more, his Malay got grammatical errors! (Acquired this skill after being a teacher!)

Tun. It's not 'lain-lain pemimpin' but 'pemimpin-pemimpin lain'. 'Lain-lain' can only be used when the meaning is 'etcetera'.

It's not 'Apakah', 'Apakah', 'Apakah'. It is 'Adakah'.

There's no such thing as 'oleh kerana'. Only got 'oleh sebab'.

'dizaman' and 'kearah' are definitely wrong. It should be 'di pada zaman' and 'ke arah'.

There are many more. Lazy to read so many posts. Well, Tun, don't worry. We both know that the Malay language has a consistency, which is its inconsistency. Suddenly this, suddenly that. So, we just use Malay in whatever ways we want.

Sorry to readers who don't understand Malay.

But still, do drop in to www.chedet.com to support our former PM's blog.

Jin Jia Lat

2008-05-31T13:11:00.009+08:00

A few days ago I was walking back from the Humanities and Social Science library, and I came across this professor's name...

It must be quite tough for him to talk to ah bengs.

Ah Beng: Yo! This thing jin jia lat.

Prof Yothin: Sorry, it's Yothin Jinjarak.

Ah Beng: Yalar! this jin jia lat la!

Prof Yothin: IT IS YOTHIN JINJARAK. Not this jinjialatla!

Ah Beng: Walau-eh! You think my ingelis veli poor meh??!?! Need u teach ah??! I anyhow say u jus anyhow listen la! Wan fight ah?!!

Good thing I'm not in School of Humanities and Social Science. If not, my Ingelis must be veli chun oni can communicate.

Another thing, please don't tell him about this post. Later, I die leh.

New Mode of Transportation

2008-05-28T01:50:00.004+08:00

Currently I have two Bus no. 090 in my disposal. Pouring sweat ~~and blood~~ to get them fixed.

I shall reveal them to you when I start using them. At the moment, do try to guess what they are.

All thanks to Yong Ching Seng for his willingness to share them with me.

Dreamfactory!!!

2008-05-26T12:19:00.015+08:00

This is Dreamfactory.

From left: Janice, Careen, Eric, Derrick, Ryan

I'm not just their fan but I'm also their friend!!! Yeah!!!

They are playing in 非常 Superband! Woohoo!!! It's a band competition in Singapore.
(Click here for the link to Dreamfactory in 非常 Superband)

Guess who's the one at the far right...
YES... It's her.. Yes.. She is non other than Fei-er from F.I.R.!!!

They know Fei-er PERSONALLY. Even brought her around Singapore before. Don't play play meh, my friends' friend is singing in F.I.R. meh! Earning big bucks meh!!!

Imagine traveling around with a celebrity beside you... (Daydreaming)... How I wish I can be part of the band.

Then when people ask me,
Interviewer: "What do you play in Dreamfactory?"
Me: "The Poser!"

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Wait a second... I'm already part of Dreamfactory!!!

You can also be part of Dreamfactory just like me!!!
Join us in http://dreamfactoryfanclub.ning.com/

Don't worry, I'm quite sure we'll have enough poser positions for you and me.

Traveling in Singapore.....by Bus No. 11 (Part 2)

2008-05-25T18:47:00.019+08:00

(To read Part 1, click here)

2nd plan. City Hall ----->>> Bugis! By Bus no. 11.

After I came out of the MRT station, I saw this

It's called the maze in the city! I wonder I'll ever get lost in a maze like that.

Since the MRT track in the city is underground, I could only rely on landmarks from the map to go to Bugis. Just to update you again, I'm still taking Bus no. 11.

One of the buildings that I get to see on my way was the National Library.

The National Library is a really unique structure but I couldn't find a great angle to take a photo of it. Too bad. Maybe next time I can bring you there personally. By the way, the biggest lecture theater in NTU is called Lee Kong Chian Lecture Theater.

I saw a nice building with a nice statue in front. The crane of Parkview Square.

The stand of the bird looks like the Obelisk of Light in Command and Conquer(C&C). Just that for this version of the obelisk, it has a bird on top. But it looks better!!! I wonder whether C&C can implement this kind of tower in the next game.

Then I saw Bugis Village!!! I've reached my destination. But I decided to go to Sim Lim Square, the Low Yat of Singapore, to check out the price of my Olympus myu 780 battery.

After that, I wanted to walk to the nearest MRT station. Took a look at the board at the bus stop. It showed the next MRT station is Little India!!! Since when I'm along the purple line ???!?!?!(People not familiar with Singapore MRT stations, click here)

So, my next plan - Little India MRT Station! Take bus no. 11 again.

Walked halfway, had a break there. Ate this...

Not really very tasty. The service wasn't good as well. And the worker kept giving me his indian head shake which made me kinda irritated.

When I reached Little India, I saw there's a park called Farrer Park nearby. That was my next destination.

Took a few photos of the park and left for Lavender! My final one! On the way I saw some weird buildings...

Click the photo to enlarge
The words are School of Higher Learning. When I first looked at it, I was thinking whether it was a private university or college. When I looked clearer it was a mosque. Sound kinda stupid to me for a mosque to be called a school of higher learning.

ABCC??? I've heard of ABC, the ice kacang. But never ABCC. Maybe Singaporeans think that more C's means better luck. Just like the number 8 for typical Chinese. As all of you know, Singapore is famous for the more C's you have, the better you are. C- Cash, Credit Card, Car, Condominium, Certificate, Career, Carlsberg, Cigar, Cecs fabregas, Cristiano ronaldo, michael sChumarcher, ameriCa, etC. So, maybe the ABC add another C become ABCC means, the ice kacang is a lot more nicer than normal ABC. Hopefully ChoColate and iCe-Cream are in the list. Then I can become riCh just by eating them.

When I reached Lavender MRT station, I continued to journey to Golden Mile Complex.

It is the biggest oversea bus station in Singapore.

This whole row of shops from the white boards to the yellow boards are bus agencies.

Behind that row of shops, is Little Thailand a.k.a. smelly and dirty place!

Last time, it was my first experience of dirtiness in Singapore.

After that, I walked back to Lavender MRT station and then to a furniture building to wait for my beloved.

While waiting, I walked around that place. Lavender was really a boring place. No interesting places to go. Maybe because it was late already and I didn't know where to go. But when I passed by a junction, a lady, at the back seat, suddenly fell off her motorbike! I just heard the shouting, didn't see the action.

That was all about my Bus no. 11 journey. Hope to share more of my travels in Singapore next time.

Lastly.... my worn out Bus no. 11

Becomes Bus no. 0 already!

Traveling in Singapore.....by Bus No. 11 (Part 1)

2008-05-25T00:24:00.021+08:00

Last Wednesday I felt kinda bored staying in the hostel. So, I decided to go traveling... in Singapore. The transportation fee here is extremely expensive. In this country, money = enjoyable life! no money = ....enjoy life in a different way.

In order to save money, I have decided to take Bus 11. Cheh.. I know Singapore a lot of bus. You must be thinking what's the bus no. 11 route and how does it save money, right?!!

Let me show u the Bus no. 11 that I took!!! Scroll down ba!
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Sorry.. wrong photo. Not bus no. 88.

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here it is!!! My Bus no. 11

Some people travel using cars. But I travel using my two KAHs (legs).

I took MRT from Boonlay to Marina Bay (For people not used to Singapore MRT stations, click here).

My first plan! Marina Bay MRT station ------>> Esplanade!!! ...by taking bus no. 11!!

When I reached Marina Bay, it looked different compare to last time. Construction sites all over the place.

Could see Singapore Flyer.

Dunno what building is this.. casino???

Though under the hot sun, my determination wants to continue the journey.

I reached the expressway...

Honestly, it was dangerous walking along the expressway with vehicles zooming pass me from behind.

The most cooling part of the journey...

WATERRR~~~~~ I wanna drink~~~~ (Don't worry... I didn't drink from there)

Half way through, I saw the front part of my path was also under construction!!! They were better-ing the road. What??!! I had to turn back after walking so far??

So close to the flyer already!!!

No choice. I had to turn back. Walked all the way back to the MRT station disappointed!

Traveled to City Hall through MRT while thinking of my second plan. Before I could think of it, I went to Suntec and Esplanade.

Suntec, I call it the hand of Singapore. It has 4 towers reprsenting the 4 long fingers, a shorter one representing our thumb, the exhibition centre our palm, and the fountain of wealth...errm.. our sweat pore?? So, the whole Suntec is like a hand.

Esplanade, everyone calls it the durians. So, I'll call them durian too.

Saw this sightseeing bus. Made me remember taking a similar bus in Sentosa.

But after seeing this...

...taking Bus no. 11 is much better.

This weird design by Sopheap Pich in Esplanade.

If I have a hamster, I'll let it run around in it.

The City!

Can you see the merlion? Will try to take a photo of that next time.

Hmm... The building looks familiar.

Doesn't it look like one of the photos above????

To be continue...

(To read Part 2, click here.)

Here In My Home

2008-05-23T09:37:00.005+08:00

Thou shall be Malaysian forever

Sorry for Shakespeare-ism.
Should be
Kamu shall be 马来西亚人 kadakalid!!!
(Malay-English-Chinese-Tamil)

Let's sing together... "Here In My Home... I'll tell you what's all about...."

I was looking for Kenny Sia but too bad he wasn't in it. If not, we will have a new national anthem.

Maybe he can do this in the video

Sorry Kenny. This is just too funny.

179 versus 199

2008-05-20T23:14:00.010+08:00

Bus 179 and Bus 199 are the only 2 routes available in NTU. So, you can tell, entering NTU through public transport is not so easy.

Normally, during term time, there will be a lot and a lot and I tell you again... it's really A LOT of 179 buses. The record photo taken by someone was SIX 179 buses (179 and 179A*) TOGETHER at one bus stop!!! As compared to one 199 bus. From here, we can conclude that NTU has a lot of students not staying on campus. Oooopppsss.. sorry.. out of point. So, we can conclude that there are a lot of 179 buses compare to 199!!

Normally, I'll take 199 bus as it is cheaper compare to 179 if I want to go to the MRT station. Cheaper by a few cents oni lar. But a few cents, save up can buy one bowl of mee ya know! Today, I was in a hurry to get to somewhere just outside campus. I seldom take 179 but I need to take 179 to reach. Of all the timings and days, it chose to arrive super late just now. Resulting in me being late in the end.

How do I know the bus was super late???

THREE 199 buses passed by the bus stop already and not a single 179 bus was seen!

It was definitely a record!!!

*Bus 179A goes directly to the closest MRT station without stopping. Whereas, Bus 179 will stop at bus stops in between MRT station and campus.

New Room - Hall 16C-05-09

2008-05-20T11:20:00.014+08:00

Last Friday, I moved to my new room, which is only a stone throw away.... Literally.. yea! I think I can throw this far, with a pebble, without the win blowing it away.

My old room no. Hall 16E-03-07

My new room no. Hall 16C-05-09

I will be staying in this room for just 2 months, until I know which room I am offered for the next academic year. I might be getting back my old room. Meaning, the shift is a time and energy wasting action. But being a resident of the hall, I have to follow the rules and regulations. Hall office wanted block 16E to be emptied as there will be outsiders coming in to stay on campus.

When I was shifting, I threw away a lot of things that I thought it was valuable last time. Things such as magazines, pamphlets from career fair, stuff in goodies bags, useless papers, paper bags, plastic bags, etc... all made their way to the rubbish bin. I opened the blueprint given by School of Engineering last year, and discovered an ant nest in between one of the books. That explained why there were always 2 or 3 ants crawling on my table last time!!! Stupid ants!! Why can't these ants build their 'lovely' kingdom in soil like other ants do!!! Stupid ants!

Oh.. forgot.. Singapore has not enough land for ants to dig.

Malaysian ant looks like typical Malaysians. Always like to put flags at weird places!

OK... back to my room.

Since I don't have a roommate yet, my room looks like this...

I know. It is super messy. My stuff occupies a big area of the floor and also the tables. The tables are for 2 persons but my stuff alone has taken the whole stretch, from left to right.

But at least I don't need 2 beds to satisfy my big butt. The boxes beside the beds belong to Roy. The bags, plastic bags and everything on the tables are mine. With nothing in the cupboards and wardrobe, and everything outside, I have limited walking space! I can't believe in less than 1 year, I already have so many things. It will be hard to imagine how much I have after 3 more years. Should I just buy a house now to store everything? Someone please donate me some money!!!

Both rooms are exactly the same from the photo point of view. But it's a different story living inside them. In my old room, it feels more humid. Sunlight doesn't shine in directly. It was quite dirty after a whole year of staying there. After stating the conditions, I feel like I was living like a cockroach in my old room!!!

For my new room, sunlight can access the room easily (just like in the photos above). But it feels hotter. I will have the tendency to want to switch on the air-con, which I didn't feel so much for it in my old room. Air circulation is definitely better. It's an open space outside. Some more the scene outside the window is nicer.

The photo above was taken from my window. I can clearly see the blocks opposite. Whereas, my old room, I can see bushes in front of my window.

MOVIESSSSS (no. of S = no. of movies)

2008-05-19T12:12:00.005+08:00

When I was back home in Malaysia~~~~~~~

I watched 5 movies in one single day!

10,000BC
27 Dresses
Rambo
Hottie and Nottie
Horton Hears a Who!

Yea.. I know I am watching outdated movies but at least I'm watching in FREE OF CHARGE!!! You rich people don't understand how hard it is to earn money. Spending money like drinking water!

I will place 10,000BC as not bad. I didn't know that saber-toothed tigers are so big.

27 Dresses... mmm... I can't believe someone will have a life like the main female character... can't remember her name.

Rambo, the huge machine gun rocks.. it went ch'ng ch'ng ch'ng ch'ng ch'ng ch'ng ch'ng ch'ng............................................................................... And also the sniper part. BAM!! the head gone! By the way, my 7 year old sis saw that part. And she enjoyed it.

Hottie and Nottie... typical Paris Hilton movie. Nothing to say.

Horton Hears a Who! Not the best of cartoons. But I like the little people on the speck. Especially the mayor's daugthers.. how many was it.. 99? All so cute~~~ And there is this weird animal.. so cute.. it said, "in my world, everyone eats flowers and poop butterflies"(something along the line).

PHYS1B - Fields and Oscillation

2008-05-19T01:07:00.013+08:00

I was looking through my photos and came across these photos of my scholar mates taken during the last lecture of PHYS1B.

Our PHYS1B professor, Prof. Sum Tze Chien is a very dedicated lecturer. He puts a lot of effort into his teachings. His lecture materials are more than sufficient for a person to understand the Physics concepts. As a TEACHER, literally, he gets close to top score from me. Though his tutorials and assignments could be evil sometimes!

Every year he will take a photo of the whole class on the last day. He teaches Physics modules. The number of students normally range from 50-90. Not like Engineering a few thousands students. He posted the photos on edveNTUre.

Below is the photo

Let me name all my scholar mates.

Last: Yuva (In Man U jersey)

3rd Row (Great Wall of China):
Elbert (Teaching Assistant), Prof Sum, Yik Wen (behind), Zin, Zheng Wen (behind), Tanvi, Zhang Bin, Audrey, ME, Wei Ping, Garen (behind), King Loong, Vee-Liem, Zhong Yi, Lay Yong (behind), Lik Ying, Mabel.

2nd Row:
Jeremy, Azat, Sung Shiuan, Si Qi, Aneel, Yudi, Yuan Hang, Sook Ching, Wen Yan, Mun Ling, Tong Wei.

1st Row (seated):
Boon Chong, Mee Cheng, You Quan, Wahyu (protruding from behind), Aaron, Sheng Tao, Leilei, Chee Yang.

There are a few not in the photo.

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Singapore Taxis

2008-05-17T22:38:00.011+08:00

are GOLD DIGGERS!!!

If you can't see properly, click the picture to enlarge.
The yellow taxi does not represent any particular taxi company in Singapore but all taxi companies in Singapore as a whole.

I came back to Singapore after a 4 days retreat back in my hometown in Malaysia. Unfortunately the freaking bus only stopped in Beach Road, which is freaking far, in Bugis! So, I'm stuck in Woodlands checkpoint as I want to go to Boonlay! For those who don't know about places in Singapore, click here for the map. At that time it was 4AM. There's no bus or MRT functioning at that freaking hour!!! Why can't they have 24hours bus and MRT services since Singapore is so famous for its nightlife!!!

Not wanting to wait for 2 freaking hours for the public transport as I have a 1000 word assignment that I haven't started writing due that day, I decided to walk to the taxi berth, which is so freaking far!

When I entered the taxi, the meter showed $2.80 with extra 50% charge $1.40! If I alight straight away, I still need to pay $4.20, which can bring me to the whole Singapore island by MRT!

Throughout the whole journey, as the price increased steadily, I was freaking cursing the taxi under my breath.... "Freaking Gold Digger! Freaking Gold Digger! Freaking Gold Digger!" Nearly shouted out, "FREAKING GOLD DIGGER!!!!!" I said to myself, 'If it's going to reach a freaking $20, I'm gonna blog about it!'

When I reached campus, I asked the driver to stop somewhere by the roadside close to my hostel. That freaking driver insisted on driving further in. Gold digging freak! You know how fast car moves, in a few mili seconds, before I spitted a word, he has already turned. Worse still, he took a wrong turn which resulted in me walking further! Freak! + Gold digging!

Paid the driver and purposely asked for a receipt to blog!

Guess how much was it............

Company identity is censored to protect that particular company as I am talking about Singapore taxi as a whole. (...and yes I know the blurred part looks like Mickey Mouse.)

A 16min ride and only 18.5km, and I have to pay $19.80!!! It's not $20 but I don't care. I still wanna blog about it! Round it up, still $20. 20 cents won't buy me a bowl of mee!

I took bus from Sitiawan to Singapore only RM50 = $21.74. Some more, the bus drove around 400km and spent at least 7 hours on the road (minus away all the stops). Some more, the bus provided blanket(although it's not thick) and 500ml mineral water! But I don't see the taxi driver serving me all these! Even worse, the driver didn't even sacrifice his smelly saliva to chat with me! Proves even more that he is a gold digger! Only for the money!

Freaking Singapore Taxi Gold Diggers!!!

Never take taxi in Singapore unless you are super rich!!!

If I didn't have assignment, I would have waited like some people, sleeping on the floor at the bus stop.

Freaking Singapore Taxi Gold Diggers!!!

Revived!!!

2008-05-10T11:13:00.007+08:00

Man.. I can't believe the is my 2nd post of the year. I must have lost lotsa viewers from this post 'drought'.

Or it's this again!!

But I don't need to worry yet because at the moment the number of viewers hasn't reach the number of residents in Springfield!

Some Updates

Studies:
Sem 2 FINISH d!!!! Not a freshie anymore!!! I still remember Bing Jian said he hated his seniors call him freshie. But Sem 2 is even suckier than Sem 1. Results not out yet. Hopefully it's better than Sem 1.

I'm doing Special Term. Module - Working in the 21st Century. The lecturer talks a lot and he doesn't like Chinese. First assignment is due on the 4th lecture. Kinda fast though. Well, it's special term.

Research:
Everytime kena scolded by Dr Lee. I feel that I've disappointed her many times. Well, it was just an opportunity to do research. Have to start to think like a researcher. ASK lotsa QUESTIONS!!

My senior(same age as me), one of the URECA students, is going to UCB (University of California Berkeley) for summer studies! So shiok! Some more going with boyfriend. Haven't married can go honeymoon d. Envy Envy. When is it my turn? Who wants to donate this poor kid some money?

CNYang Scholars:
My scholar mates are organizing lotsa activities for the scholars to relax and enjoy life. Well, your busy man here attended none of it. Sorry guys! Maybe next time.

A 2008 NTU applicant emailed me to ask about CNYang scholar programme. Well, all the best to him/her. Shall not reveal who him/her is. Honestly, I don't even know he/she is a he or a she. Sometimes names are so difficult to tell the sex. Just like mine.

Church:
No Emerge for this year. But there's another camp coming up! Inspire camp! I'm sure it's gonna be one power pack camp. Anyone in Singapore interested to join can tell me. It's from 12/6/08 - 14/6/08.

Faye and Real(Ah Qing) from F.I.R. performed in church a few months ago. Guess what, they know my zone supervisor, Eric Wong, personally. So, my friend's friends are celebrities meh! Want autograph, come find me! (Kidding..)

I go for zone leaders' meeting every Tuesday night. Shiok Shiok-nya! It's a pleasure to be able to go.

No more traveling to Expo for service!!! Happy! Sunday can wake up later!

Dr Kim, wife of Pastor Yonggi Cho came to City Harvest Church Singapore. Pastor Yonggi Cho is the senior pastor of the world's largest church, Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul. It has 830, 000 members! Owning! God-like! Dr Kim was only around for Expo services. I couldn't go as exam was coming.

Hostel/Hall:
My roomie is not staying with me anymore next academic year. Hopefully my new roommate is as good as him.

Have to move to another room in another block! Super Bad! I have so much rubbish in my room. But still have to shift.

Social Life:
I saw Ang Kai Boon, my primary school classmate, on the bus, on my way to Boonlay Place! Couldn't believe my eyes till he greeted me before he alighted.

Subodha taught me how to solve a 3 by 3 Rubik's Cube according to the formula. I sux at these things. I'm not Veefessional who can even solve the 5 by 5 without looking at the cube.

I talked to a couple from Fuzhou, China. They were speaking Foochow on the MRT. They sounded more like the Sitiawan Foochow than the Sibu Foochow. At first I thought they were from Sitiawan until I asked them.

Supper with King Loong and Tong Wei. Tong Wei taught us some super techniques on how to cheat. Her ultimate technique is record everything in iPod or mp3 player and wear jacket. Put the iPod in the jacket with the wire along the sleeves and the earphone in the hand. Sleeve, the longer the better. So, during exam, just play it.. and do pattern, put hand beside ear, like some clever student thinking hard on a question. Or should I say listening hard to the answers!

Relaxation:
Only watched 2 movies in the cinema this year. Cloverfield and What Happened In Vegas. Planning to do a 4 movies per day record when I'm back in Malaysia. What's the highest record for the Malaysian Books of Record?

Love Life:
Lee Lee is in Singapore for SOT (School of Theology).

Why did the chicken cross the road?

2008-02-03T16:17:00.005+08:00

I receive this email about "Why did the chicken cross the road?"

Kindergarten Teacher: To get to the other side.

Plato: For the greater good.

Aristotle: It is the nature of chickens to cross roads.

Karl Marx: It was a historical inevitability.

Timothy Leary: Because that is the only trip the establishment would let it take.

Saddam Hussein: This was an unprovoked act of rebellion and we were quite justified in dropping 50 tons of nerve gas on it.

Ronald Reagan: I forget.

Captain James T. Kirk: To boldly go where no chicken has gone before.

Hippocrates: Because of an excess of phlegm in its pancreas.

Andersen Consulting: Deregulation of the chicken's side of the road was threatening its dominant market position. The chicken was faced with significant challenges to create and develop the competencies required for the newly competitive market. Andersen Consulting, in a partnering relationship with the client, helped the chicken by rethinking its physical distribution strategy and implementation processes. Using the Poultry Integration Model (PIM), Andersen helped the chicken use its skills, methodologies, knowledge, capital and experiences to align the chicken's people, processes and technology in support of its overall strategy within a Program Management framework. Andersen Consulting convened a diverse cross-spectrum of road analysts and best chickens along with Anderson consultants with deep skills in the transportation industry to engage in a two-day itinerary of meetings in order to leverage their personal knowledge capital, both tacit and explicit, and to enable them to synergize with each other in order to achieve the implicit goals of delivering and successfully architecting and implementing an enterprise-wide value framework across the continuum of poultry cross-median processes. The meeting was held in a park-like setting, enabling and creating an impactful environment which was strategically based, industry-focused, and built upon a consistent, clear, and unified market message and aligned with the chicken's mission, vision, and core values. This was conducive towards the creation of a total business integration solution. Andersen Consulting helped the chicken change to become more successful. (Honestly, I don't understand at all)

Louis Farrakhan: The road, you see, represents the black man. The chicken 'crossed' the black man in order to trample him and keep him down.

Martin Luther King, Jr.: I envision a world where all chickens will be free to cross roads without having their motives called into question.

Moses: And God came down from the Heavens, and He said unto the chicken, "Thou shalt cross the road." And the chicken crossed the road, and there was much rejoicing.

Fox Mulder: You saw it cross the road with your own eyes. How many more chickens have to cross the road before you believe it?

Richard M. Nixon: The chicken did not cross the road. I repeat, the chicken did NOT cross the road.

Machiavelli: The point is that the chicken crossed the road. Who cares why? The end of crossing the road justifies whatever motive there was.

Jerry Seinfeld: Why does anyone cross a road? I mean, why doesn't anyone ever think to ask, What the heck was this chicken doing walking around all over the place, anyway?"

Freud: The fact that you are at all concerned that the chicken crossed the road reveals your underlying sexual insecurity.

Bill Gates: I have just released the new Chicken Office 2000, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook.

Oliver Stone: The question is not, "Why did the chicken cross the road?" Rather, it is, "Who was crossing the road at the same time, whom we overlooked in our haste to observe the chicken crossing?"

Darwin: Chickens, over great periods of time, have been naturally selected in such a way that they are now genetically disposed to cross roads.

Einstein: Whether the chicken crossed the road or the road moved beneath the chicken depends upon your frame of reference.

Buddha: Asking this question denies your own chicken nature.

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The chicken did not cross the road... it transcended it.

Ernest Hemingway: To die. In the rain.

Colonel Sanders: I missed one?

Clinton: I did not, and I repeat, I did not have sexual relations with the chicken. And I did not tell the chicken to lie.

So, I decided to add a few more!!!

Buzz Lightyear: To infinity and beyond!

Chicken Little: The sky is falling!!!

Donald Trump: Chicken! You're FIRED!

Yoda: To cross the road the chicken must. May the chicken force be with the chicken.

Spiderman: With chicken power comes chicken responsiblities.

D-Buster: Because they are sacrificing themselves to be eaten by the chicken god, who is none other than (only for this occasion) D-Buster!!!

2007 Walkthrough

2008-01-05T14:05:00.003+08:00

2007... A year of extreme ups and downs. A year of fruitfulness and unfruitfulness. A year I made the right choices and also a year I made the wrong choices. A year of joy and laughter but also a year of sadness and cry. It is also a year that I want to remember the most but also a year I want to forget. All in all, it was a year filled with a lot of new experiences.

The beginning of the year, January, which is a year ago, seem not so long ago. Even 1/1/2007 itself was a dateline. A dateline for many big dreams... Columbia, MIT, Brown, Cornell, etc etc etc. I can't even remember all of them. Well, it was a nice experience applying to top universities in the US. I had my first experience in goal setting - the SMARTER goals by City Harvest Church. Goals setting had never been that tough but it was a very detailed goal setting method which made achieving goals more well planned. That month was also the month I started working as a teacher, teaching Form 5 Physics and Form 3 Pendidikan Sivik dan Kenegaraan (Civic & Nationality Studies). The most unbelievable thing was to teach my own brother. Teaching had always been something I wanted to do back then. So, I enjoyed teaching but I did not enjoy being a relief teacher.

February. The month of Chinese New Year. My first holiday as a teacher. That is why if you can be a teacher, try to be one as the occupation has the most number of holidays. Which part time job allows you to have so many holidays? I also had a great Chinese New Year. I drank alcoholic drinks for the first time. Can't remember what it was called already but the alcoholic content was not a lot. I still remember I had to rush to KL for an interview or a leisure talk with a Princeton alumnus. He was really a great thinker but of course anyone who graduated from Princeton has a good brain if not how did he or she get accepted at the first place.

March!!! I finished my job as a teacher right before the one week school holiday. Of course the students did not cry over Mr V for leaving them. March was also the month I started viewing the online application of NUS and NTU while waiting for my results. I was hoping to enter NUS as it is one of the prestigious universities in the region. Then, during the school holidays, Pastor Kevin Loo, the pastor of City Harvest Church KL came to our church. It was really a lot of fun time with him. Right after he left Sitiawan, STPM results! He asked me my target the night we had supper or dinner in Kampung Cina. I told him 3A would have been enough as 3A was enough to bring me to NUS and NTU. I still remember the day the results was announced, I had breakfast and meeting with Pastor Dave and the rest of the core member. Then, one of my best pals, Bing Jian(Sorry. Hardisk spoiled. No photos), a dentistry student in Universiti Malaya now, kept trying to get me during the meeting to announce my results. I called him after the meeting and he announced me the good news. I rushed to school with Lee Lee to get our results. I could not believe it!!! It was really a full mark of 4.0 and A for every paper. First time a results that perfect. What follows? Application to NUS and NTU. The deadline for NTU was just a few days after the released of the results. I so happened to see the application part for scholarships in the NTU website. There was ASEAN, Nanyang and CNYang. Without knowing much about each, I just ticked all of them. Pick, copy an essay from my application to US universities, paste it at the essay section and sent it right away. March was also the month I dyed my hair(Sorry. Hardisk spoiled. No photos). I also spent a few weeks keying in some students details for the teachers. It was hard work especially when they were still using floppy disk and my computer was not so 'OUT'. But all the effort was paid off by all the extra income. And I also received my first cheque!

April. I went back to school to work as a temporary teacher. I taught Form 3 Science, Form 4 Chemistry and just 2 weeks, Lower Six Chemistry. But the passion to teach was subsiding. Now I understand why teachers tend to lose their interest in teaching. But still, a responsible is still a responsible. A teacher's responsible is to shape the students. Besides that, in this month, results!! Rejected by all the top universities from US just as expected. As my Results + Effort = /= Entry to US top universities. But there were 2 special interviews which I was called to. First, was the DKLS foundation fund which was an easy one and I knew my chance of getting it was high. Well, they mentioned bout my dyed hair. Second, NTU scholarship interview. The best thing was it was back to back. DKLS was on a Friday in Sitiawan. NTU Saturday in KL. When I entered, there were 4 interviewers. Scarrryyyy... but the first question shot by a big size, 'a bit' fat interviewer, later revealed to me as Prof Alex Law, the director of CNYang Scholar Programme, "Is it common for teenagers nowadays to dye their hair?" I was like... 'what??!!!' in my brain. Unexpected!!! Then the other female interviewer, Diana, helped me answered, "Yes. It is quite common." Then, Prof Alex asked again, "Did you dye your hair for this interview?" I was like 'NOT AGAIN!!!' in my brain. Then I answered, "errr... no. Not really." Diana helped me out again by saying, "No. He dyed his hair for his girlfriend!" FUNNY!!!

May. After around 2 weeks, in early May, I received my letter of admission to study Materials Engineering, which is my first choice and also the letter of notification that I received the CNYang Scholarship. Then, I was also accepted into NUS to study Civil Engineering, which is my forth choice, with no scholarship. Of course, NTU provided me with a better offer. That month, my school principal, Mr Tan Kee Keat, announced that I got the DKLS award which is a prize money of RM1000 and a trophy. He said I got the all rounder award but it was not that one. I won the best STPM results award, which I jointly held with another CGPA 4.0, all paper A, art student from Ahmad Boestaman. But the money is still RM1000. That guy got a place in Universiti Malaya, studying law, which is a more illustrious course than my engineering course. But I am not interested in studying law as a major. So, it has been proven that dying your hair for an interview is not a let down but an advantage! I received an email from Eugene, the person in charged of nearly everything other than being the director of the CNYang Scholar Programme. Then, Weng Foong, the Malaysian representative from the earlier batch. After that, I get to know my fellow Malaysian scholars through the net. It is also the month I taught Form 6 Chemistry! It was great experience. Teaching students as old as 2 years younger than me. And some of them are even cleverer than me. Luckily only 2 weeks.. if not, siao ar! Then I experienced my first Teachers' Day as a teacher. I couldn't believe my fellow colleagues and students said I look good that day. I wore only a long bermuda pants with a Tropicana Life collar T-shirt. I must have looked very old fashion in formal wear..... Teachers' Day was my last day working as a teacher. During the last week of May, I went to highlight my hair in Hairport in Kinta City. It was very very expensive and the results was not good. I could not see the highlighted part. Kinda feel sorry for my aunt for paying for the highlight.

June!!! Why did I highlight my hair??? For Emerge 2007 in City Harvest Church Singapore! It was my second and possibly my last Emerge experience. Although I only had the chance to attend 2 days, just like the my first Emerge, it was still a great experience to see such a great event. This time, we joined the Cell Groups from EW zone to cheer and experience Emerge with them. I was arranged to a CG led by Eric, the zone supervisor. That's why the zone is called EW(Eric Wong). But he was not around when we were divided into different CGs. So, I was placed in a CG led by a great CG leader, Xiao Wei, also an NTU alumnus!!! The CG consist of very young members, aged from 13-16. Besides me, Lee Lee, Andrew and Si Ying were in the CG too. Other than services, I seldom get to see Xiao Wei. Most of the time, we were with one of the members, called Benedict. He was very helpful. He took care of us, showed us around, made sure we did not get lost, made sure we had good seats, introduced us to more friends, etc. There were also others in the CG but I could only remember Xiao Wei and Benedict. Limited memory. Well, it was nice being with them but I could only attend 2 days as Pastor Dave wanted me to go back to church to make sure things ran smoothly. Then we went to Skudai, which is in Johor and close to Singapore to attend another camp by Harvest Church Skudai. It was a camp mainly for teenagers and it was very helpful for their spiritual growth. This month, I went to Ipoh to receive my admission package from the state representative, which was also Weng Foong. It was the first time I get to meet him in person. He gave me a brief introduction of CNYang Scholar Programme and NTU.

July. The month I prepared myself to enter NTU. I planned to study Form 6 Biology as I need to do a Biology module under the scholar programme but it did not work out. I did not touch a single bit on Biology. July was suppose to be a busy month but I barely did any university stuff. I was supposed to apply for tuition grant but I did not do so. I was supposed to send the declaration form but I did not send too. I only knew about the declaration form when Sin Wei, my ex-classmate, also admitted to NTU discussed with me the things that we need to do and bring. At that time, it was very late already. How careless of me!! I was filled with grief, thinking, "Are they going to accept me?" but still, I chose to believe that it was not a big deal. I emailed Weng Foong and he told me it was not a big deal after asking the Office of Admission and Financial Aid(OAFA) but I had to pass it to them once I reached NTU. One week before leaving for Singapore, I had not even started packing! I left my packing until about 3 days before leaving. The day before I left, I had a Birthday + Farewell party. Friends, colleagues, relatives, etc were all invited. I seldom see so many people at my house. That night was a memorable one. I want to thank everyone for attending but most of all, I want to thank my church members for staying the longest, especially, Lee Lee, Jian Vyee and Jian Huang. We went for supper after that as I did not get to eat much that night. Then, I opened all the presents before them. They stayed until quite late. Really happy for their company. Then, it was the journey to Singapore. My dad drove me there. I get to drive for 2 hours which made me very sleepy after that. We drove to Malacca to pick up my elder brother. Then to Johor Bahru, my aunt's place before we entered Singapore the following day.

NTU! 23/07/2007 - my first day in NTU. The transition period is always scary. Same goes for me. Honestly, I was scared. We went to our hall of residence(hostel) to put our luggage. It was the first time I saw the luxurious Hall 16! Some people said it has the hotel feel. But I feel that it also has the hotel fee. My dad send me to Hall 8 to register for the Malaysia Student Association(MSA) Freshmen Orientation Camp(FOC). This is one of the best camps that I have ever been to, in terms of making new friends, forming new bonds, pushing to the limit, shouting the loudest, being the craziest, etc. I really enjoyed the 2007 MSA FOC. All thanks to all the organizers! The only down side was I did not receive any FOC photos which I really really wanted them. The weekend after the FOC, I went to CHC in Expo with Yong Ching Seng, the first CHC NTU student that I know through the MSA forum. It was Mike Connell's 'summer cleaning' (deliverance) sessions. It was good but I was extremely sleepy after the FOC as the camp lasted until Saturday 6 or 7am and the service was at 5pm the same day. After that weekend, it was the Hall Camp. During that camp, I get to know more Singaporeans and hall-mates. That camp was purely tekan but the organizers said no choice. I had to throw away a pair of clothes. Nearly threw away another. During the initiation night, we were blind folded. That was when we were tekan-ed the most. We had to put our hand into toilet bowl, jumped down from the 3rd floor(but 3rd floor to 3rd floor), crawled around in a maze, walked all the way to the other side of the school to slide down a slope, etc etc etc... by the time we could take off our blindfolds, we had to go through a big drain, like a tunnel which was the most enjoyable one as we could go back to sleep after that. But actually that night, I could see the bottom although I was blindfolded! That was also the day I met my roommate, Roy. A very nice guy.

August. Right at the start of the month, Festival of Praise(FOP)! It was held in the indoor stadium in Kallang. Pastor Phil Pringle, Don Moen and Delirious? were there. I went for 2 nights. First, with Xiao Wei's Cell Group and second with Ching Seng. It was a great 2 nights of Praise and Worship by Don Moen and Delirious? and also great sessions by Pastor Phil. One of the nights, Pastor Zhuang led the offering. The beginning was normal, a bible verse, then he spoke words of encouragement to give. Then.... it was time to fill in the offering envelope. He said, "If you pay by cheque, write your cheque to City Harvest Church." Everyone was shocked. Pastor Kong stood up and said, "Crucify him!" Pastor Zhuang's reaction was funny - trying to hide. Then he quickly pulled it back and corrected it to Festival of Praise. After FOP, school started. First lecture was Biology by Prof. Alex Law, the director of CNYang Scholar Programme. It was the first time I get to see all the CNYang scholars. All of us are compulsory to take some modules. So, most of our lectures are together. We have to take Biology(Introduction to Biology), Chemistry(Organic Chem), Physics(Mechanics) and Math. Math was.... the worst. I had a really bad first time experience for Math. I could not understand a single bit because we were studying Pure Math. For me, it was tough. Really... even chemistry has lesser words than math.

That month, I decided to join Xiao Wei's CG as Ching Seng's CG is on Thursday and in Eunos, whereas Xiao Wei's is on Saturday and in Bukit Batok, much closer to NTU. Dr. A.R. Bernard in town! But I could only attend the Sunday session as I had to go for the Nanyang Orientation. It was an orientation for both Nanyang and CNYang Scholars. It was conducted by Jay, a good speaker. Previously, we had a DISC test to show the type of personality we are. Then, we were divided into groups to create our team flag and slogan. After that, we had to present it. Aaron, our team leader, did a very good job in presenting it. After that, was the Amazing Race going through Kampung Glam, Little India and then Chinatown. I asked Diana, someone from the OAFA. She indirectly forced me to go. So, no choice but to go and missed Dr. A.R. Bernard's first session. The orientation continues on the following day, a Sunday. But I definitely could not attend the orientation as I could not afford to miss Dr Bernard's session. And I was right. That session was so powerful and impactful. I can still remember the things that he said. Even Pastor Kong was amazed. When he spoke, it was a training of the brain.

Archery. It was my first experience playing archery. It was kinda fun. I even went for the school team tryout but I did not get in. They were looking for students who are disciplined in training, can commit themselves to training 3 days per week and the posture before shooting...and of course some friends in the archery committee. During the school team tryout which lasted 2 days, they only trained us on posture. No arrows given. Only bamboo bows. Well, I fail to commit myself to training 3 days per week.. siao~!! Where got so free. Once a while the archery club will have shooting for members who are not in the school team. But I didn't even attend once. Kinda feel like my money's wasted.

Nanyang Scholarship Award Ceremony. It was a ceremony held to let reporters snap photo of the new batch of scholars in NTU. There were performance which earlier during second day of the nanyang orientation, they planned out and only 3 groups were selected for it. I don't know I should say my group was fortunate or unfortunately selected to perform during the ceremony. Well... Aaron and the gals did a great job in putting the whole musical together.

September. Recess Week!!! But there was chemistry term test before the recess week. Relatively to my scholar-mates, I did not do that well. Still remember last time during Form 6, an 80 marks is considered good enough. I got 38/50. One of the lowest mark!! Super beh song! Then recess week. Most of my Malaysia friends went back to Malaysia. I was one of the few Malaysian freshmen who did not go back. It was mid-autumn festival during recess week. I asked Lee Lee how she celebrated her mid-autumn festival and she said she did not celebrate.. wow! Unbelievable as we always celebrated mid-autumn whether it was with church or ex-classmates. Hui Hui had a funny idea. She suggested walking around their house with lantern. And they really did it. Imagine the two sisters, holding lit lanterns, walked around their house, at most 50m in perimeter, for ONE round and that was it. Funny~~~. Couldn't remember much about this month.

October. S/U period. What is S/U? Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. Normally, we are graded A+, A, A-, B+, B, etc. And all the grades have different grade points A+/A=5.0, A-=4.5, B+=4.0, etc. But we can choose to S/U a subject. Then, we will be graded S or U. And no grade point will be given to the subject. If graded U, we fail the subject which is bad. So, I S/Ued my Math. Most of my friends S/Ued Biology. October was also our continuous assessment month. There were test for every subject for the whole month. My first math test. The questions were actually not tough but under that pressured situation, everything became tough and I scored unbelievably bad. First time in Math history I did so badly. Before my Biology test, I broke my sling bag and I bought a new one. I always strained the strap by putting heavy text books inside. Prof Chew, our Physics professor taught us Einstein's special relativity. The way Einstein thought was really extraordinary! My senior told me, Einstein's relativity was the toughest part for Physics that semester. But to me, even the mechanics part was tough enough for me.

The scary tuition grant experience. It's always tough being me as I assume a lot. Xiao Wei always disciples me not to simply assume. Well, before I came to NTU, we were supposed to apply for tuition grant. Even when we are in NTU, we can still apply for it. NTU kept sending email to student who had not applied for it. I thought(assume) that tuition grant was for normal students. I am a scholar. Do not need to apply for any tuition grant of any sort. *Proud Pig* And close to the week student received their agreement form to let their guarantor to sign, my scholar-mates started talking about it. I was like... I think I apply for it already. Then the day before it, Irwan came to my room and we mentioned about tuition grant. Then he showed me the website. I did not tell him I did not apply. I looked at the website, telling myself it looked familiar as I had entered it before I came to NTU. I remembered my dad asked me whether I was going to apply and I told him it was for normal students. I was like.... NO!!!!!!! It was scary. If I do not have tuition grant, meaning I have to pay close to $20k per year!!! Which is directly the opposite of normal students. Normal students applied for tuition grant to cover that $20k and loan to cover the rest. If I do not get, I have to pay the $20k but not the rest. I quickly emailed the OAFA to asked. The person in-charged there said I could email MOE as appealing. So, I quickly typed out the letter with the required details. At that time, when I entered the online application form, there was scheme for NTU which was not there the day before!!! I quickly filled up that form and sent it. I told the person in charged but she said MOE did not receive. Awhile later, the person in-charged emailed me telling me they will open it for registration again on Monday morning. On Monday, I missed that time!!! So careless! So, I had to appeal. Everything seemed in vain... Another OAFA worker phoned to asked about tuition grant! I told her I had talked to the person in charged. A few days after that, the person in charged emailed me telling me MOE had received my application and asked me to go to MOE building myself to get it. Praise the Lord!!! This time I made sure I got the agreement form in the given time. We had to let our guarantor sign and returned it to MOE. Normal students have 4 weeks. I had only 3. And it took the useless POS Malaysia more than 1 week, closed to 2 for one single letter to reach my house. My dad received it with 1 week left. If anything happened, it might not reached Singapore in time. He might have to drove to Singapore himself. After signing, he posted using courier service, which reached in less than 2 days. And I submitted it in time. It was really a big lesson for me. And I want to continue to praise the Lord for it.

November. The start of building fund, which also means start of more blessings!!! I pledged an amount if my parents know, they are going to kill me. Only a few people knows the amount and I am not announcing it here. Pastor Dave and Vara came to Singapore! It sounds so weird for me to call them with the title pastor. I call them Dave ko and Vara jie when we meet face to face. They came to attend Pastor Ulf Ekman's service. We met in Bugis and had dinner in MOS Burger. It had been some time since we last chatted. So, we talked for awhile and I left as the next day I had a math test. November is also the month of examinations. but before my exams, there was another math test. And we were allowed to bring in a cheat sheet. It was an A4 paper, we could write anything on those 2 pages. But the test was really really tough. I only managed to solve 2 questions if not mistaken and I rushed off once the test finished as I wanted to go for cell group. That weekend I attended both services by Pastor Ulf Ekman. He was a powerful preacher. He said all his life, his preaching had always been about introduction as he was too anointed in his preaching. The following weekend was Pastor Phil Pringle, the pastor + artist + author + etc. His visit was to donate to the building fund from his church and also to draw during service. It was his first time doing something like this outside his church. On the first day, he drew The Last Supper. The second day, he drew Jesus on the Cross. Highest bidder will win the picture. All money will go to the building fund. It was no ordinary picture. It was drawn on a large canvas. It is only for people with large houses and big walls to buy.

After Pastor Phil's weekend, it was the start of my exam. My first exam in NTU. The sequence was Biology, Math, Physics and Chemistry. Biology was quite easy but there was also parts that I could not do. Especially the calculation part. Did not really know the method. Math was a day after Biology. So, after Biology Exam, Dr Fedor Duzhin, our math professor met us and gave us tips on the exam. So, basically that night I only study questions related to the tips given. For Physics, speechless. It was tough for most of us. Even some pro students said tough.(Maybe because they could not solve only 1 question. That was why it was tough for them.. *sweat* *|||*) Chemistry. Looked easy but wasted one part for not knowing how to do it. When I figured out the method, it was just a few minutes left and the marks proportion for that question was quite high. That's all for my first exam in NTU.

After Chemistry, I went straight to the city to buy a traveling backpack as I will be going to Bintan and back to Malaysia after that. That night, I started playing Dota. I played till quite late.

Next day, Bintan! Bintan is an Indonesian island south east of Singapore. It is the biggest island among the Riau Islands(Malaysians! Don't forget your history!) When I told people I went to Bintan, they would ask, "Batam arr???" NO!! It is not Batam. It is B.I.N.T.A.N. Bintan. I even wiki-ed it out for u guys to read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bintan. This trip was organized by Wenyan, one of our CNYang Scholar. Around 15-20 of us went. Prof Fedor and his wife went with us. It was a wonderful trip. The time there is 1 hour later than Singapore time. A place located before Singapore in terms of seeing the sun but the time is one hour later. We traveled there by ferry. It took 1 hour to reach. We departed at around 4pm and reached at 4pm. Amazing~~~ We stayed in Bintan Resort. A 5* resort according to what I heard. The room was very nice but the place was not so well maintained. We played some indoor games until around 7 or 8pm. Aaron taught me how to play pool. Man.. He was really pro. He taught me how to play by using Physics, momentum, rolling motion, etc. Then, we went for dinner. The buffet was really cut throat. So, we ate cup noodle instead. Vee-liem asked a few of us to bring our notebooks there to... of course to dota la. The first night was really crazy. We dota-ed till really late. Those people... bullied me. Knew I was a noob, still bullied me. Vee-liem was my roommate.
The next day, breakfast was covered. It was buffet style. I ate a lot for breakfast. When the others saw me, they were kinda shocked. Then we went to play volleyball. But it was like the volleyball tournament in primary school, where there was only starting the ball. They kept asking me to start cause I ate a lot, so I should have a lot of energy. *|||* A part from that was also because I kept hitting it too hard. Then we continued with beach soccer. I could not run too much. Not enough stamina. After that, we loaned some surf boards to ride the waves. It was not the the type that people stand on it. We could only lie flat on this one. It was not easy to ride the wave. Got to go quite deep, wait for the right wave, find the right timing, do the right posture. I managed it only a few times. After bathing and napping, we went to a small kampung like tourist site by 4WD to have dinner and bought some stuff. That night, when we reached the resort, we met Prof Fedor as he did not go with us to the kampung. He was holding a bottle of Bacardi and asked us to bring our glass out to drink with him. At first we drank by the beach but it started to rain. So, we went in door and continued. He smoked a cigar. And I borrowed it to take a shot with the Bacardi. Among my friends, I was one of the ones who drank the most that night. My face was really red. When I walked, I felt like I was floating. Then a bit dizzy. Song Shiuan scolded me for eating and drinking so much. Previously wanted to dota that night but at that state, my hero would have been as dizzy as I was. So, slept early.

December. Last day was in December. After breakfast, the rest went to the beach to snap photos but Vee-liem and I went back to the room to dota till everyone was going to leave, then we only started to pack our bags. The trip back was..... disasterific!(From FF X-2. It's not a word.) The wave was strong. The wave was moving in simple harmonic motion up and down for more than an hour!!! When we reached the Tanah Merah jetty, I felt like I was still moving up and down. That night.... It was Singapore by Night!!! Kee Jin, Cheah Yee, Lok Ping and I went for a short trip organized by ISC(International Student Centre) around Singapore at night to see the night life. We went to Clarke Quay, Orchard, Geylang, some small factories and Senoko fishery. It was too short for Clarke Quay, Orchard and Geylang but extremely time wasting at the factories and fishery. Why? The small factories are just small shops and 99% of them were not opened. For the fishery, the only thing worth seeing is.... none other than Malaysia... on the other side of the straits. Please... do you think we'll buy fish!!!! Clarke Quay was really nice. Everyone should go and have a look at it. There was some concert being held at that time. Orchard. Nothing much to say. Just a street with many shopping complexes. Geylang. haha! The food is nice. There are a lot of... you know la... but we were just interested in the food. We went to a shop which sold 田鸡粥(don't know what it is called in english... big toad porridge?? hahha!). Cheah Yee's friend said it was nice. And it was really really nice!!! We ate till we were late to board the bus. Someone on the bus said he was offered by one of the hookers for.. you know.. spend the night. It was funny the way he said it. By the way, girls are not allowed to enter places with a lot of hookers. You know lar...

I went back to Malaysia for the first time since I came to Singapore. It was just a one week duration in Malaysia for me. I was quite excited to go back as I was eager to see... hehe... Lee Lee for the first time since my birthday party. We had steadily built a closer relationship when we were >700km a part through the internet, phone and sms. I asked Lee Lee out alone for the first time that week and we had dinner. It was quite good. That week was really... packed. Met some of my Form 5 classmates. A few of us went to Bing Jian's house to dota whole night till morning. Unbelievable. And I did it again after yumcha with my Form 6 classmates. On my last day in Sitiawan, Dave ko, Vara jie, Lee Lee, Yan Ying and I had lunch. After fetching Lee Lee back to her work place, I went to meet Vara jie as requested by her. She told me what a man should be, the responsibilities of a man in a relationship. Told me what I should do. But the thing I remembered the most was, she made it really clear that I am now a City Harvest member, which a part of me felt... bad... but that's the reality. I am truly a City Harvest Church member and I should be proud of it.

The night I reached Singapore was Sitiawan Gathering!!! I can't remember the host's name. But it was Maureen who invited me to go. So, just went. I met quite a number of Sitiawanese there. Other than Maureen, her boyfriend, Vincent, and another NUS freshmen from ACS, Chee Eng, I think I have never seen the rest. But the person I was most honored to meet was none other than, former Nan Hwa top 1, Ngo Su Ting. Liang Wei and Su Ning's sister. But was still kinda lonely that night as there were too few Nan Hwa students. So, my juniors who are reading this. Make sure you study in Singapore next time!

The following event was the Breakway Youth Camp. I was.. should I say fortunately or unfortunately selected as the leader of a team. But luckily most of the members are CG members. For me, after going through Hall Orientation Camp, this is not considered tekan at all. But there are also greater matters than going through the obstacles. Matters such as leading the team well, build stronger relationship with the team members, disciple them when needed. etc. etc. But what I cherished the most is to be able to build stronger relationship with some other team leaders in the same house, such as Arif, Lokies and others. After the programme, most of the participants went back home but I went to service. It was really good. A guest was there. Mitchell Lim(Don't know got spell her name correctly or not), from Australia. She was only 12 but blind. She could sing, compose her own song and play the piano well. Eh! She is BLIND but can PLAY the PIANO. She started her ministry at a stunning age of 6. She spoke so boldly on the stage, "I started my ministry when I was 6." But her last sentence was the most stunning one. No one had ever stunned me as much as she did. "Do not be proud of your gifs. But be proud of the the One who gave you!" The next morning, Joanne and Kaiyih came for the service. Joanne told me she was very amazed by what the young girl did on stage.

The week after Breakaway Youth Camp, I had many visitors and outings. First, the Chens - Maureen and Eileen, and a new face, Maureen's long time ago colleague, Now Chung Cheng teacher, Wen Chui a.k.a. 林老师. We went to a few places such as the oldest cathedral in Singapore, the don't know what building beside the cathedral, the Esplanade and shopped at Marina Square. I had free lunch. Maureen paid.

Then, The Kohs. Kaizia told me that Chin Wei arrived in Singapore around that time and gave me Chin Lai(Simon)'s hp no. When I called, Simon was like... Who the Hell are u?! Do u kno who i am?... I thought I called the wrong person. Well, I did call the wrong person just hoping for another listener. I met up win Simon and we watched Warlords in Cineleisure and walked around there. He showed me some of trendy stuff in Singapore but not my taste. He was more of the cool, 1 color-rule-them-all type. I was more of the abstract art, splashy paints and artistic design type. After that, I met Peng Ying Quan, scout senior, long time no see friend and most of all a cook of a hotel now. We had dinner together. A few days after that, I went out with Chin Wei to Vivo City and Suntec. Left him in Suntec to watch National Treasures which I had already watched. And of course gave him a Christmas invitation card.

Then the Lings. My aunt a.k.a. Mrs Lingbena and her daughter, my 'ever-so-pretty' (she forced me to say this) cousin, Ms Ling Yiwen came to visit NTU campus. So, I showed them my famous Hall of Residence 16, one of the newest hostels in NTU. Then, we walked all the way across the spines, from Canteen A to Canteen B, and took a shuttle bus around the campus. Then we called a cab to Orchard. There, waiting at Takashimaya was my cousin's wife. Don't know how to call her, so just called cousin's wife haha!! She's gonna kill me if she sees this! She has been in Singapore much longer than me, so she knows all the corners of Orchard, especially when Orchard is heaven for rich girls. She's gonna kill me again. We enter a Gucci shop and it was my first experience. The prices for bags were.... cut throat. I can easily get one for a few a few 100 times cheaper. LOL! Then we had dinner at a buffet restaurant. Can't remember what it was called as long as I was not paying, just ate anything tasty. It was quite filling. Then we walked a bit around Orchard and left.

Then it was CHRISTMAS... dashing through the snows... da da da da da... da da da da Da Da Da... da da da da da OOOOO... jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way......(can't remember the lyrics). All the streets were filled with lights. Orchard was of course the highlight of Singapore during Christmas. But I did not go to Orchard during Christmas Eve. Too crowded!!! It was my first experience of CHC Christmas Celebration. It was really really nice. The drama was funny. The candlelight was nice. I sat at a far end of Expo hall 8 and could see the whole hall. It was definitely more beautiful than the stars in the sky, the Great Wall of China, Taj Mahal, Eistein's Relativity and even the smile of Mona Lisa. How I wished Lee Lee was there~~~ Swee Xiang had a balloon stall at Hall 7. I helped him sell some balloons.

A few days after Christmas, I went out for pool again. This time with different bunch of friends. Friends who attended the Christmas Celebration in CHC. But it was equally fun.

Exam results coming out!!!! A few days before the end of 2007, we could see our results on edveNTUre. I got a disappointing 4.2/5.0. My target was of course 4.5, a first class honors results. Got a disappointing B+ for Chemistry which I aimed for A. Got to work harder next semester.

Well... It's not how you start but how you end it. The last thing I want to share to everyone about 2007 is, Lee Lee and I decided to start a relationship. So, now I am officially unavailable.

Sorry for the long November and December. So, that's all about Peixin's 2007. 2008! Here I come!!!!

Movies Till Christmas

2007-12-25T19:27:00.001+08:00

Right after Breakaway Camp..... wow!! what a relief... back to relaxing or in other words staying in comfort zone which is not good for muscles.

But I did run around a lot. Watched nearly all the latest movies in the cinemas.

The Golden Compass, Enchanted, High School Musical 2, Warlords
The Heartbreak Kid, National Treasure, Alvin & the Chipmunks, Good Luck Chuck

The Golden Compass was over-rated but the mythical story was not bad. However, I heard it is anti-Christ and it will be killing God in the next episode. Well, as far as I know, how many time the movie is played or the novel is read, my God is still alive and He will always be. How could someone or anyone kill God if He creates everything and He has power beyond any biological or chemical or physical laws.. or even the laws of magic in Harry Potter.. Weird. So, I'm still gonna watch the 2nd episode and not be affected by it. A mythical story will always be as it is.

Enchanted! Lovely. I like it. I think it is my first time watching a part real part cartoon movie. Maybe I have watched one before but it was not so entertaining till I can't remember. Maybe it is also because it is a love story. But first! I am no gal gal. Honestly, I like romance movies. The only down side of the movie was the dragon was kinda fake, the battle wad kinda short and of course the way the dragon died was... premature and silly. Maybe because it is a Disney movie. All hail Mr Walt Disney, the creator of Disney.

The Warlords. Hoho!! This is the best movie among the 8. Cause it suits my likeness of war and love. Though there was not much of love but I like the battle in the movie. It is definitely not a movie for the weak-hearted. It has heads being cut off, hands dropping off people's arm, blood flying here and there, spears piercing through people, etc etc etc. But it was a nice movie. Takeshi or Jiang Wu Yang in the movie was very funny, when he said, “大哥是对的。” and of course the last part, I can't remember every single word but his persistence is really something which should not be taken lightly. But Jet Li's character Pang Qing Yun really sucked big time. I don't mind him being in love with Mi Lan, who is Zhao Erhu's girl. But his way of leading really put people in doubts. Still, he is a great warrior. My favorite Pang Qing Yun part was when he wanted to kill the two lousy boys for raped the two girls. His lousiest scenes were when he decided to kill the army which surrendered and of course to kill Zhao Erhu, the character acted by Andy Lau. Well, all four main characters (Pang Qing Yun, Jiang Wu Yang, Zhao Erhu and Mi Lan) died in the end. But overall, I like the battle scenes in the movie.

The Heartbreak Kid. This movie is R rated, meaning it has sex and nudity scenes. Actually R rated is for above 21 but I just had nothing to watch already when i reach that cinema, so, just give it a try... but the storyline sucked big time. Nothing much to comment. Wasted my money and my time!

National Treasure: Book of Secrets. This one is nice. I did not watch the first episode. Straight away this one and I still like it. I was surprised that it is a Disney production. The adventure felt a bit like Da Vinci Code. But National Treasure does not contain any religious stuff or some stupid cult and an insane killer who tortures himself in Da Vinci Code. My favorite character in National Treasure is Riley Poole, acted by Justin Bartha. His techno knowledge really kick ass and of course his lame-ness was also funny.

Redline! The story line sucks but the cars rocks! The storyline is like some really low class movies. And I read somewhere, they used real cars in the movie. Those cars are supplied by the producer, Daniel Sadek. In the movie, they wrecked a perfectly good Porsche Carrera GT.

A perfect and a wrecked Porsche Carrera GT

And Eddie Griffin, one of actors in Redline crashed and destroyed an Enzo Ferrari during a practice for a charity race. Only 400 Enzo Ferraris were ever made. So, it is very rare and Mr Eddie just destroyed one.

A perfect and a wrecked Enzo Ferrari.

I read somewhere in the internet, the description of the movie writes, '...illegal drag racing competition organized for the pleasure of a bunch of billionaires.' But I think the movie itself was produced by a bunch of billionaires who wants to see supercars being wrecked.

Alvin and The Chipmunks! Cuteeeeehhh. This is one funny movie you should not miss. Man, the chipmunks were so cute

From left to right: Simon, Alvin and Theodore

The storyline was not bad. Theodore was the cutest. Really really cute. Simon, the wisest. He should wear the yao yeng specs.. really yeng. And of course Alvin the egoistic one with the letter A on his shirt.

Good Luck Chuck. Also an R rated movie. But this one is so so so much better than Heartbreak Kid. The storyline is so so so much better. The love story too. But it contains a lot more sex and nudity scenes than Hearbreak Kid. So, Malaysians, if you're under 18, you are definitely not advised to watched. By the way, Singaporean readers, in Malaysia, the minimum age for movies with sex and nudity scenes is 18. When I watched this movie, most people went in pairs, couples. I think I was the only single there. During the course of the movie, everyone just kept laughing. But I like the last part, when Charlie gave Cam the ringbox and when she opened it, it was a small stone. It was an understanding between the couple. I'm sure if u did not watch the movie, you will be asking, why do we give a stone to our love one.

So, till date, I have watched these movies in the cinema in close to 2 weeks before Christmas.

Planning to watch I am Legend and Alien vs Predator in Malaysia if I have the time to go to Ipoh.

My Junior -> Singapore

2007-12-21T12:26:00.002+08:00

Woohoo! Stevie is in town!

My juniors and my teacher (From left: Zhi Han, Sui Cheng, Mdm Lim, Kaizia and Stevie)

Don't know how to spell his name... is it Steven or Stevven or Stevenn or Stevvenn? Stevie still the best. hahaha!! Sorry Chin Wei (His name)!

He receives one of the most prestigious scholarships in South East Asia, the ASEAN scholarship.

He will be going to Nanyang Junior College (NYJC) for A Levels.

The yao yeng NYJC logo. (Much better than most that I've seen)

I heard he is very good in Math, which is the main reason he got the ASEAN scholarship and his peers did not. Well, hopefully he comes to NTU after 2 years. Sorry, NUS! NTU seems to be a better choice and has better offers.

NTU ROCKS!
(No choice. NTU is paying me to advertise for them. NUS doesn't pay me anything)

I went out with him yesterday to Vivo City and Suntec City and of course City Link which we definitely need to pass through to get to Suntec. No photos taken cause I don't have the habit of bringing my camera around nor am I a cam whore and my handphone camera is only 0.2MP.

Any kind hearted souls willing to donate me a better handphone? I don't mind an N95 8GB or an iPhone or any Sony Ericsson phones with more than 3.2MP and cybershot.

I dumped him in Suntec and left by myself! haha! So bad! Nahh~~~ Actually, he wanted to watch National Treasure: Books of Secrets, which I had already watched it the day before.

So, I let him watch his movie and I left. Apart from that was also because that night I had something on. As a result, I still have to leave early.

But still, it is great to see a junior coming to Singapore to further his studies. Who is coming next????

Zhi Han! drop your matrikulasi and JPA dreams. Come to Singapore Polytechnic for optometry! Haha!

Ber-DOTA

2007-12-19T13:15:00.002+08:00

Marilah kita ber-DOTA. haha!

To Vee-Liem, it's called Mind Over Stress (It is the title of a subject in NTU).

This is Saw Vee-Liem.
a.k.a Veefesional.
Ipoh guy.
Pure banana or can only speak English and Malay but can understand and speak a bit of Cantonese and Mandarin.
The reknown Malaysia number 2 in STPM.
One of the best Malaysians in NTU.
Extremely scare of cold.
When I'm warm, he is cold.
Double majoring in Physics and Applied Physics and Mathematics.
Smart Ass.
And most of all, ber-Dota every day.

In order to be able to talk some nonsense to gamers, I have decided to indulge myself in Dota-ing after my exam. Dota-ed right away after my last paper.

The day right after our final paper, we went to Bintan, Indonesia. We even brought along our lappie to play dota there. Unbelievable huh?

After Bintan, I went back to Malaysia. Guess what, Dota again with Bing Jian, Yee Chung, Jih Bao, Choo Cheung and Ting Yi. We used wireless connection to connect all our lappies and dota in Bing Jian's house till the day was bright. A few days later, dota again in the afternoon at my house. Then the day before I left for Singapore, this time was with Vee Ee, Chong Sen and Sin Wei and we went to a cyber cafe instead. They were really good at it. I died the most.

Well, I always told my students that Dota is a very good game as it trains your brain. Now, experiencing it myself was a really tough but enjoyable one. Looking forward to playing with the gang again.

English -> Malay -> English

2007-12-19T10:20:00.001+08:00

I went back to Malaysia for close to a week, between 2/12 - 7/12. On the bus back to Singapore, the bus driver switched on 007 Casino Royale.

Being born in Malaysia, a country exposed to all the Taiwan and Hong Kong soups which the Malays can't understand a single bit, there is always Malay translation at the bottom, which turns out to be an eye catcher and also video blocker often catches my eyes.

That night, there was also Malay translation for the James Bond movie. That night, the sound had problems and it was also not very loud. In order to understand better what they were talking about, I looked at the Malay words.

Then I heard James calling Vesper, "Bloody idiot"
and I looked at the Malay translation..... bodoh yang berdarah..... swt
If you don't know Malay, it means an idiot who is bleeding.

Nice language... cool huh...

Posting Again and My Already-not-so New Bags

2007-12-18T21:27:00.002+08:00

Woohoo~~~ posting again. It's been a few months since I last posted a post. Very sorry to all my readers out there(if there's any...). Hope u guys are not holding your 'fork' and 'spoon'

*don't ever make a farmer angry.

or even worse. Like this....

*never throw pig shit into your residential area pond.

Alright. Let's stop exaggerating things. Haha!!

Previously, I wanted to blog about my newly bought brown bag, which now takes over the duty of my not-very-in but loyal NTU bag.

Bubyeee~~~~~

I finished typing everything - the whole story. How I came upon buying a new one when I was still procrastinating on getting a new buy but suddenly bought a new one, etc etc. It was a a few thousand words essay. Just left the photos. I did some other stuff which made me totally forgot about the post and I accidentally restarted my comp!!! DENG!!! I told myself not to post a single post till after my exams.

So, basically, during one of the Saturdays, I brought along a heavy tome.. haha! A heavy text book to cell group as I want to read it while waiting on the bus and waiting for bus or MRT. The part of the strap that connects to the bag disconnected. I didn't want to sew it back and took it as an excuse to buy a new bag. And there it is...

*Advertising for Ink. Hahaha!!

More stylish. More pockets. More space. More in. More youth. More zips. More brown.

Just that it does not have a strap handle which makes it harder to hold it when the long strap is too long.

Now, it's my next bag's turn to show itself. My karrimor!!!

*Advertising for Karrimor. Hahaha!!

It is a backpack. 30lb. Big enough. the cushion wad quite good. More for traveling. I have brought it to Bintan, home in Malaysia and Breakaway Youth Camp.

When people saw me with that bag, they asked, "Are you going back to Malaysia?" or "Are you going overseas?" haha!!

A very big bag but no special compartment for me to put my lappie. Thus, I always put it with my clothes. hehe. But still the bag is good enough for the moment.

My School

2007-09-26T20:42:00.001+08:00

This is my school - School of Materials Science Engineering.

The building is not very big compare to other schools. Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) is like 4 times the length, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) is like 3 times. Civil and Environmental Engineering(CEE) is like 2 times. Chemical and Biomedical Engineering is like 2.5 times. Computer Engineering is like 2 times.

Though it's my school but the only reasons I've been there was.... to collect my matric card, meet my mentor, collect our 1GB thumb drive, use the computer facilities, collect my lab coat.... that's all! Nothing related to studying or research.... haha!!