da MAN speaks

Dreamy Ben

2007-01-11T00:52:00.000+08:00

Topic of the day: 'My neighbour was dreaming'

It was the 4x100m relay. The race has started and he was still roaming around his zone (he's the 3rd runner). Ben didn't even realise that Yong qiang has reached the 300m mark already. In the end, our pole position ended up 5th.

It's a pity that people remember the wrong-doings and not the glorious days when Ben was part of the ever-victorious track team. To my dearest neighbour, I'm really proud of you for your contributions to the sports scene. It has been a true inspiration and joy to see you torch the track, especially during IBGs. Well done, sPORtsman of the Year '07.

Salute to ya.

Back to school!

2007-01-09T12:14:00.000+08:00

A meaningful quote to start off my last semester in NUS.

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something I can do.
-- Edward Everett Hale

This quote struck me today as last night before I slept, I was thinking if I've taken up too many commitments this semester (look at previous post for involvements). Hopefully all goes well. I believe my buddies around me can help me pull through this semester.

Looking forward to Command.

Please be fine

2007-01-05T21:50:00.000+08:00

One word - shocked.

First post of 2007!

2007-01-04T16:34:00.000+08:00

Hello everyone! Didn't realize I haven't blogged for quite some time.

Today marked the last time I'm entering the CORS website, which means the end of University life is near. Having mixed feelings about graduating, but guess it's time to move on and enter a new phase of life. There are only a few things left that I want to achieve in the remaining months -

Jan: (1) FYP submission (2) qualify for handball finals for guys n gals
Feb: (1) Chingay performance (2) pass driving test
Mar: (1) FYP poster presentation (2) A Cappella concert (3) COMMAND
Apr: (1) Exams (final day 26/04)

I bet time will fly really quickly man!

Great Festive Season!

2006-12-26T15:16:00.000+08:00

Hope everyone had a blessed and fun Christmas! I had an enjoyable weekend/X'mas with friends. I mean, what's Christmas without the ones that matter in your life?

23rd - KR Alumni Day. Played soccer, bball, netball and some sports at NUS High School. Was fun seeing the 'legends' back in action. Hon n JM scorched the Bball team while Zidane aka keith n short chee hong (charlie) got humbled 6-2 in the soccer field by the current IHG soccer team. It was a successful event overall and the attendance was great. Kudos to Alvin, Wilson, Amanda and Qingyou (only e blkers, the rest i dunno who they are) for making the event a success! Muacks!

24th - Xmas party at Huan's. Same old faces went, spent most of the night playing W11 though. Should have played more team games or just chat, that would have been more meaningful. Had a mini gift exchange and I got a really lame book from Nick da BOTAK - The Va Dinci Cod. When I'm done analyzing the fish (cod), I'll let you know what's the story about.

25th - Christmas! Suddenly felt like spending money so went IMM to shop for clothes and watched "The Night at the Museum". Funny show and light-hearted. Great!

26th - Exam Results are out! Contented with them and happy so long as I maintain my 2nd upper. Congrats to those who did well (mg dean's list again??)

Design 1 - B+
Making Sense of Society - B+
Downstream Processes - B+
Petrol Refining - A-

Sem Cap: 4.11 (boo dropped!)

Still in the festive mood, but must get back to my FYP b4 I die a horrible death.

Movie nightout!

2006-12-21T01:01:00.000+08:00

Just watched Curse of the Golden Flower with Darren, qy and Joel. Chow Yun Fatt got the 'say', Gong Li got the Boobs and Jay Chow just can't act for nuts. The story revolves around the nature (good or evil) of man and the ending is really so crappy. Thought some of these pictures were really good. Enjoy.

I think she's pretty. Good complexion and superb cleavage. Qy was drooling throughout the show. Incredible, good casting. HAHA..

I personally like this one! Damn 'say' la.

miss my neighbours

2006-12-20T02:24:00.001+08:00

It has been raining non-stop for the past 3.5 days, I seriously wonder where do all the water come from. Perhaps the Geog students (melf or yanjie) can enlighten me. haha..

In such cold weather, nothing beats cuddling up in bed with your loved one (not doing naughty things...) or drinking a cup of hot coffee with a friend. But too bad, 6th floor seems to be a ghost town most of the time! QY is resting at home (poor neighbour injured his knee again..), Ben is always out with his girl and YQ is sneaky (still??!!). My new 'best' friend is prob Yang Jiada already - he treats me to his self-brewed Starbucks coffee and we often have good W11 games. Ha..

I only do 2 main things this holidays - handball and FYP. Situation in handball is quite jialat esp with injuries hitting our key players and ruling them out of IHG. Girls team is still very amateur and needs plenty of work. Hopefully I'm a value-add to the teams and able to lead them to achieve their goals. FYP is bad too, my prof MIA and I'm not receiving guidance to progress. I actually feel neglected. Sigh.

Christmas is coming! It's a season of giving and telling your loved ones how much you love them. Remember: love actually is all around.

POOI!

2006-12-18T10:30:00.000+08:00

Terrible football weekend:

Chelsea TYCOly beat Everton 3-2 in the last 10min
Barcelona lost the World Club Championship
Man U lost to West Ham 1-0. Their worst ever performance this season. tsk

One more week to Christmas! But too bad there won't be any Xmas gathering due to clash of dates. Haiz.. Hopefully there can be a mini-one?

Where's everyone? The hall is truly a ghost-town (Dinah, Dec06).

Eguana Gathering

2006-12-15T08:39:00.000+08:00

Kudos to the block comm who organized a great BBQ gathering for the block and the alumni. The food was not bad and the company was superb. There were at least 6 generations of eguanas represented last night.

In ascending order in terms of the graduation year:

2005: Huan, Vimal, Chin, Vincent Gan (the REAL chee hong) and the Golden Girls (Hong Zheng, Mavis, Wanlyn, Ruiyi)

2006: Charlie aka short chee hong

2007: QY, ben, yq, yannick, darren n myself (no girls.......)

2008: Ron, Janice, Robin, Linus, Steph, Alvin and Aiping

2009: Dinah, Albert, J-lo, Sunny, Christina, Hong Ye, Changjie, Val, Miao Hui (declared her love for Nigers), Jiemin, Baolai and the current Yr two

2010: Rachel, Yanni, Yanjie, Esther, Zhenyi, Cheng Kang, Kaiyi and the current Yr ones

The feeling was great. But probably cos I knew everyone there. I'm sure the lao-langs found it awkward to talk to the Year ones (Huan is 6yrs older than them!!). I hope to come back for more of such events, better still Hall-wide gatherings. Brings back the good and worthwhile memories of my 4yrs in KR.

Boring December

2006-12-13T07:35:00.000+08:00

Argh I'm starting to find December very boring. Can't stand doing FYP everyday! Probably cos I'm lost and not sure how to move on. My prof better start helping me!

How I wish I could go overseas for holidays now. BOO...

But one thing to be thankful for: I'm still in selection process in ExxonMobil. I've got a Chem Engine friend -> 1st Class Honours since Sem 1, on scholarship, 3 sems of Dean's List, a relatively decent CCA record (mine is better of course :p) and did his IA in ExxonMobil, but he was just rejected.

I'm shocked and confused on what exactly does the company look for. Whatever it is, I'm thankful that I still make the cut. Scary eh.

12 days to Christmas! yeah..

Meaningful quote

2006-12-12T14:16:00.000+08:00

Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
- Dag Hammarskjold -

Cherish your friends, whatever strengths or weaknesses they may have. Thrash out the problems and move on, running away from the solution makes you nothing but a coward.

Vader: gd luck for Gourami!
Horny yow: welcome back to Spore!
Dinah: rest well ya! don't get burnt out from all the non-stop trainings.

FYP!

2006-12-11T17:21:00.000+08:00

An eventful weekend!

8 Dec - went JB to cut & highlight hair
9 Dec - dinner with chem engine class & watched Manchester Derby
10 Dec - Steph's 21st Bday at Pan Pacific Hotel.

Today's the first time I'm touching my FYP stuff and I'm seriously lost. Need time and effort to work on it again. Argh.

Temperature & RH profile of E610

2006-12-06T12:33:00.000+08:00

As part of qy's research on E blk room profiles, here are mine.

Ha that 55degC is CRAZY! I left it outside my room (on the metal part of the railing) that's why it's so hot. The sun was smack on it, plus the extra heat on the metal.

56% seems to be an understatement. I'm always feeling warm!

I bought a black jacket yesterday from the Esprit warehouse at IMM (newly opened). Ain't that cheap ($59.90) but just felt like getting sth new. haha EVIL! qy's leaving for Phuket today so hope he have a great time there. To the rest who have ended their exams, enjoy urself and may all have a great Christmas holidays!

When I thought that yq was sneaky, there's an even sneakier one out there. tsk tsk..

Feel so slack!

2006-12-04T13:10:00.000+08:00

One week break in between papers is not the bomb! I'm taking things so lightly and playing most of the time! I watched 6hrs of soccer on Saturday night! 3 days to complete a bloody helpsheet. haha..

Mg that cock called me on sun and kept complaining he's traumatized. He did one question wrongly and as if that's the end of the world. tsk tsk.. You must always remember u're the lecturer's PET! ha go JB and forget abt the exams la.

I don't know whether to be excited that exams are ending. I just realized I have alot more work to do for my FYP. I have yet to generate results and write the report! This December will pass very quickly. There are only 3 weeks! IHG trainings, Christmas parties, tuitions, holidays and FYP. Ha..

Think my graphic card is dying on me. Just now half my LCD screen went black. Luckily it is ok now. Crossing my fingers now.

Detour

2006-12-03T02:03:00.000+08:00

The wrong turn along AYE proved to be horrendous and created so much problems. The destination was Maxwell Rd and the plan was to go up CTE(AMK) flyover n go through the tunnel to Merchant Court. But instead, ended up in ECP and were forced to make a detour from Suntec. Haha.. Terrible day. Terrible for the miscom, wrong instructions and other small things.

Feels wrong. Feels bad. Feels just terrible.

Toys 'r' us!

2006-12-01T13:04:00.000+08:00

I want those LCD tvs in my house in future! They're so cool!

Do I look like a sk8er boi?

Sheena playing with the monkeys!
Wonder if these were QY's toys when he was young...

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It feels like exams are over! Oh well, one more to go next Thursday. Qy is free already! He better be our dabao IC b4 he flies off to Phuket man. Tsk Tsk..

Ken's BROKE!

2006-11-30T10:01:00.000+08:00

I'm broke! I don't have much moolah left to sustain myself till I start work. I try my best not to take money from my parents who are semi-retired. (HK cost of living damn high la.. chicken nugget) Thanks to Cherie for getting me tuition lobangs. Starting one at SENGKANG next month n hope more to come?

Talking about money, my neighbour is feeling rich again. He's considering to buy a Creative Zen Vision M (~$300 on sale now!) or the iPod equivalent of that.(>$400). Sigh, a single man with an income is RICH. Living examples are qy n mg, bottomless accounts. TSK..

Hope to go for a decent grad trip and that means saving up now. Help me!

Thumbdrive Scam!

2006-11-29T16:53:00.000+08:00

Very innovative, but next time be careful when you buy a thumb drive!

The weather has been bad today! Struggling to study for my paper tml and can't wait for it to be over! Probably take a day off b4 starting on Design 1 (Paper's next Thursday).

Quote of the day: Bren, ask ken when can ken call ben.
I'm gonna miss melf. hahahahahha... Good luck for your last paper!

Petrolfried!

2006-11-28T04:00:00.000+08:00

Yeah Petrol's over too. Left out a section in one of the chapters and it came out today. And my answer: 'YOU are GOOD.' Argh.. Well wish for the best for that module.

Getting insomnia recently and I don't think it's cos of the stress. Weird and irritating!

Sperm-blocking contraceptive hope

Scientists are working on a contraceptive treatment which would stop men ejaculating sperm.

"It gets really tiring for women always to be the one in charge of fertility." - Rebecca Findlay

Is this to help family planning? Or to promote pre-marital sex?

1 down, 3 to go

2006-11-27T12:19:00.000+08:00

Done for Petrol revision. Tomorrow's paper is all about memory, time management and precision. Typical Singapore education virtues. Hope to score man, might be my only A for this exams.

I've observed recently that when the e6 FYFs come together and talk, the topics usually revolve around words starting with 's'. Interesting.

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I felt restless while doing the Soci paper and really couldn't be bothered about the result I'll get. It was a straightforward paper which anyone could have scored. I could have done better if my organization of information and arguments were better. But as usual, it betrayed me. Nevertheless, I'm going to burn all the Soci notes today!

Result of the clash: Man U drew 1-1 with Chelsea. Drogba should have been sent off damn it.

It has been a long time since I took an exam! Previous semester I was on attachment and I couldn't care less for the HR paper I took.

Beautiful Mind

2006-11-27T08:23:00.000+08:00

It was the 2nd or 3rd time i watched this movie and I really wonder why some people are just so smart. I really admire their curious mind that challenges anything, even a theory that has been acclaimed worldwide can still be proven wrong. Is it due to the education system or the culture here that made my brain so stale?

What determines a beautiful mind? Or does the saying 'beauty lies in the eye of the beholder' apply here too. hur hur..

Guess the whole world will be watching the mouth-watering clash between Man U and Chelsea tonight. Thanks to TV ants, I'll virtually be in Old Trafford.

Soci exams tml, screw it.

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The picture is a bit blur but apparently there are possibilities of creating a 'sunshade' (Oakley brand? haha..)for Earth to fight against the problems of Global Warming. No more blue skies in future?

Exam Distractions

2006-11-25T16:38:00.000+08:00

The 3 main distractions for this exams are as follows.

1. Winning 11
2. Prison Break Season 2
3. Sleep (weather's the bomb la..)

The year ones are all pia-ing, just like the way I did then. Seeing them build their friendships and bud together makes me miss the good old days.

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Just had Ron's famous beef noodles. He whipped up a wok full of instant mee (17 packets in total) for 7 of us. Superb la. Thanks Adrian for clearing up the bones. ha.. Thanks RON! u're da bomb la!

study or watch soccer? argh.

lost it!

2006-11-24T21:47:00.000+08:00

totally no mood to study for exams.

found my best W11 buddy - EL Por! perfect chemistry, perfect passes, perfect formations and most importantly, perfect goals.

that means that i'm not studying enough!