Bye Everyone!

Yeapz..so i have touched down a day ago.....left LA on xmas eve....said goodbye to AD for the last time....reached hawaii..spent a lonely xmas eve walking around hawaii and having the whole world speak to me in japanese......took the flight to narita and again endured another round of greetings in japanese...much to my amusement...
so happy to finally touch down singapore...n to see my family again....reached back home at 2am...woke up at 8 to settlethethingineedtosettlewhichresultedinmecominghomeearly and then finally cut my damndamn long hair...and then...it was back to sheares for sepak..i was so excited even on the bus and it was really great touching the ball again...unfortunately the frenly after that didn't go too well which kinda soured the mood for most ppl...so after a 4 hour session...i finally left the mpsh wif sore muscles.....
went back to blk d to chat wif my frens...who sadly..are now my 'ex-blkmates' since i'm not staying in d anymore....lookin at the way things are going..i wonder if i would be actually staying in yr 4..since i dun haf any points and since i dun haf any desire to join anything to get the points..mebbe i'm just tired from the long flight and the jet lag but while i was back at hall..i felt so tired..and nua..and i just felt so old compared to the year ones and twos...
year 4 is going to be a shittified year for me and it's prolly going to be more sian if i hafta keep shuttling to n fro campus...after being so used to staying near campus...sighz...PGP perhaps?..or kuok foundation house?

exchange is over and it's back to the realities of life in singapore...i hope i will never forget the lessons i learn there and keep the warm memories in my heart forver.....i have come across so manymany ppl there who were extremely kind to me.....and i'm so grateful for it....hopefully i become a nicer person after this..hurhur..

so farewell everyone..and good luck to those going on exchange in sem2.. =)

i'm closing the door again..:P

on a food fiesta

not doing much here in LA...except zooming down the freeways...and enjoying good food..
yesterday's dinner at the blue marlin was awesome...rice wrapped in omelette with chicken cutlet and curry...simply great...

pity i forgot to bring my camera...

i know i'm coming back to singapore when i'm using www.streetdirectory.com and www.sbstransit.com.sg again...:)

Goodbye Davis

it's been about 10 days since i last blogged...in 10 days..i have
1) gotten closer to some of the msians as a result of our mugging sessions in the library..
2) started my finals
3) completed my finals
4) got the grades of 2 of my finals
5) cleared my stuff from pacifico
6) attended a farewell gathering by the msians...an ultimate paiseh n humbling event as there were 30 ppl waiting for me...to pack my stuff from pacifico..chuah n jeny had to come pick me up and drive me there..and when i was there..they had prepared the nasi lemak..waited for me to arrive...and i had to give a speech!!!!...paiseh to da max...firstly i dunno half of the ppl there...secondly even for the other half dat i sorta know..i'm not close to them at all...thirdly...i din do anything and yet i had to give a speech as if i'm some big shot...lastly..all of them were waiting for me so they could eat.... paiseh..touched n humbled all rolled into one...totally gan dong by their hospitality..
7) went to tahoe wif some of the msians n nozomi..
8) wasted one whole day (19th of dec) travellin to LA.. missed my first bus ..as i thought that amtrak meant train...so i was waiting for the train..tog wif jeny n peter (who arrived at davis at the prev train)...when i should have been waiting for the bus instead.. totally dumb and stupid of me...
9) met AD again..and he said i'm thinner...sheesh..
10) ate a late supper wif him...and yes..brought back memories of the huge servings i used to have when i was in LA a couple of months back....perhaps i would get to put on some weight before i come back to sg..

the ultimate help sheet

one thing that I've learnt very well in NUS is how to make a good helpsheet. I may not be able to fill it up with the most relevent and pertinent information but I've definitely had a insight on how to squeeze and cram every single thing i think is impt onto a piece of paper...
right now..i have the challenge of converting 2 double sided helpsheets (for my 2 eng45 midterms into ONE double side helpsheet for my final) and in the process..add in one more chapter worth of information. Currently, besides the fact that I'm procrastinating and wasting alot of time away in my room, I think I'm making good progress as i have managed to cram the whole info of midterm1 into half of the first side...so well done to me...since i haven't been using my time constructively in my room..i guess i hafta push it to tmrw..at the lib ba..and sacrifice some pdc time..

i bought a packet of fried rice for dinner...and after eating some of it for dinner..and some of it for supper..i still have half the packet left..argh...all for the price of 6.50...i have food for dinner..supper and breakfast..

do horoscopes have an element of truth in them? is cancer necessarily right?
heaven forbid the day when i believe in them totally...

how strange that our schedules are almost similar in fact our schedules have almost been similar for the past 4 months...and also for the next 7 months

i run away
because i don't want to get caught
i run away
because i don't play games like others do

farewell parties

it's the time to say goodbye...todae was my last day of sch.....and jeny ordered pizza at the msian meeting partly cuz it's my last day at sch..kinda gan dong and paiseh...cuz firstly i dun even go for much of their meetings..todae was only the second...so i didn't warrant such treatment....but they have been reallyreally nice all these while...and definitely made my stay in davis much better...
initially din wanna come back to pacifico...cuz even as i type ...there's a party going on right outside my door...and i'm totally against it...argh...wanted to sleep in the lib..but i tot my bed would be a better choice..and besides i din have food to sustain me...haiz..so here i am..wasting my friday nite away...chatted wif xy n jw..n jeny..for most part of the nite...(ooops..i wasn't really chatting wif xy n jw..i was like interrogated by them..hahaha...although jw came to my defence thankfully..haha..and miss lawyer-to-be posted some incriminating pics of me..hurhur..so pls don't offend any lawyers next time...they are highly dangerous..wahahaha)
.n i dunno how long the stupid music is gonna last..the party was supposed to be somesort of farewell party..since like some ppl are leaving..(mainly the singaporeans)...but somehow i doubt that that's the main reason...they just wanna party n drink for goodness sake...and cook up a damn excuse...
tmrw there's another farewell party..which i ain't really interested in goin...so..dat's dat..

the last lect for pdc(157) was todae too..dunno why no one clapped for the prof...i guess they were just dulan wif their lousy grades for the recent test...hurhur...dunno wad's their problem..kena tricked by the ezam onli den dulan...

it's so ironic..when tests are hard..ppl aren't scared of the final...instead..for 158A..where the class average is 80% for the midterm, alot of ppl are worried for it..
that's so like life back in nus.....

time flies...it's kinda hard to say goodbye...:(

congrats!..

woke up dis morning n saw the good news on my dear fren kokming's blog...hahaha..actually feel happy and excited for him..haha.. wad a year it has been for the 2 of us....from the low point in the NUS SRC swimming pool exactly a year ago......to our current state now...how we came thru dat to where we are now i don't know...but we have made it..woohoo..!

sorry dude..i din add more publicity for u like ur wad "cleo eligible bachelor" crap.....have fun shopping for clothes... and set aside money for my genghis khan treat upon my return...mwahahahahahaha

jiayou! (literally)


one of the last words my ech160 prof told us at yesterday's lecture was..

As you go through life, focus on the doughnut...and not on the hole.....i,e Focus on what is..and not what isn't.....

At The Stars

Maybe I should drop you at your door.
Or leave tonight and vanish up the shore.
Anywhere but here.

It's three o'clock we're driving in your car,
You're screaming out the window at the stars,
"Please don't drive me home!"

Blame us because we are who we are.
Hate us because you'll never get that far.
And who'd suppose you would go?
I've already learned enough to know.

Tell me all the places we could go.
And count the headlights passing on the road,
A long, long time ago.

Here we are.
Foreign to their world.
Straight and composed.
Your sermons I can do without
And I finally found.
That everybody loves to love you
When you're far away.

Could it be we've done something wrong
We'd make it home to your place before dawn
"Please, don't take me home."
"Please, don't take me home."

it's ending soon..

suddenly it's become apparent to me that my days here are numbered...i had the impression that there's still sometime to the finals but i realised i was actually counting down to the finals to end... and in fact..it's only FIVE days to the first paper..i guess the main reason why I don't have the mood is because there's no reading week..and lessons are still ongoing..
the 158a lesson was held today...and at the end of it..there was a round of applause for dr.feerer.. it's pretty common to clap for lecturers at the last lesson...but i think he really deserved it...he's been a simply awesome lecturer...n has helped me quite a bit...really grateful to him..

the average for the horrendous 157 test was 41.7%..haha..it's sucha typical chemengin module .. where everyone dunno how to do..and everyone's results are like crap..and den the bell curve sets in...hurhur..thankfully i got above the average...and thankfully i'm used to such crap tests....so go ahead..make the final a killer...bwahaahaha...

sacrifice

the last 24 hours has been an extremely trying one for me...

it had been a long time since i last felt so down and out....

some horrifying news...
hasty plans to book tics to the east coast..
saw my values obtained for my costing project was way off target..
saw ashish and he told me that a segment of the eng45 final would consist of stuff the lecturer talk in class (i haven't been going for classes due to the overlap)
went for pdc class and he still has 2 more chapters left of multivariable control and the final is next monday..
more horrifying news..

i sat on the floor with my back against the wall...totally defeated as i wait for my pdc class.
i wondered how on earth did i throw away something so valuable to me....i was questioning myself if God was playing with me....and wondering what He was trying to tell me...

with my hair messed up...and my tired face.. i must have looked a total wreck..i had spend the last 2 nites at chuah's place..cuz it was near to the lib and i din wanna walk home in the cold wif my thin trackpants..
i couldn't take it anymore after pdc and left for home...and skipped ech140 in the process..

talked to AD,WL,Jeny online n rach n shipei at pacifico..plus my family...thanx..it did help relieve the pain..

slept early at 9pm as i had totally no mood to do anything...esp studying..was tired of waiting..

and i received a fone call at 10pm...

and suddenly a new set of changes were made..
cancelled my tix to the east coast....
and booked a new flight back to singapore..

so goodbye white xmas.. goodbye new year countdown...goodbye to birthday in USA..goodbye eastcoastgoodbye 100USD just for bringing forward my flight..

hello Singapore 27th December 2006

you learn to cherish..only when u lose it....

A ChemE weekend...

friday's pdc test was quite buang...everyone came out of the classroom shaking their heads with all the "wtfs" spewing from their mouths....my smart jap fren who topped the first test also said it sucked.."bad test" as he says in his jap accent...nick also din know wad he was doin....oh well...i guess these classes just suck...whereever the place is...the farniest was this gal who came out with her question paper in hand and asked "what was THAT? is it some foreign language or something?" haha..

minutes after the test..i was back in the lab...to do my individual costing project..which was due on mon...spoke to dr feerer..and he questioningly asked me.."are u just starting on ur costing proj?" i sheepishly acknowledged..and he said "u're gonna have a busy weekend"..

haa...so here i am on a saturday in the lib...been here since taking the earliest bus i could in the morning..hurhur...sux lah..this proj is worth 25% of the grade..same weightage as the final...tian ah...and the lecturer tells me the grade for the proj depends on the value...the closer your value is to the answer..the better ur grade..kao..if u cost some equipment wrongly den die la lidat..

saw a chemE clazmate walk past me juz now..n i asked if he was in the lab...apparently alot of them are in the lab too...haiz..i thought it was locked so i din go...

mebbe sunday ba..

2 weeks more....