tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56259592012-02-10T00:27:02.377+08:00[Open Up Your Mind - XI]KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.comBlogger11061100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-74419980288054457572012-02-09T22:32:00.017+08:002012-02-10T00:27:02.385+08:00Did it really take me 9 days to start writing the first post of february? every day, i've just been either too busy or too tired to blog. actually, the former causes the latter. but thankfully, there's a temporary lull in the activity now, which i'm using to recharge.
to be honest, i can't remember everything that's been going on in the past week and a bit. i do remember feeling increasingly KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-64297023256501443402012-01-31T21:37:00.028+08:002012-01-31T23:11:10.899+08:00Beginning tutorials last week has made me realize that i've made a colossal planning error in my timetable. you see, i put japanese tutorials in the middle of my free days, which were to be used for UROPS lab work as well. now, i'm aware of how annoying it is to stop lab work halfway and resume it after 2 hours of japanese class. what makes it slightly worse is that i need a block of at least 6 KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-71004702422760651242012-01-29T22:33:00.000+08:002012-01-30T00:30:53.584+08:00Money-collecting seems to be over for now, so let's do some addition. there's $280 from various less-close relatives, $110 from tuition, and $30 from refereeing. parents gave a total of $600, while my aunt gave $500. That comes up to a total of...$1520. wow. i didn't think it would to amount to that much. and that's not counting the $600 my dad gave me (which i reluctantly accepted). looks like aKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-16187691415440077502012-01-27T20:22:00.046+08:002012-01-29T12:44:46.143+08:00On the way home earlier this evening, a certain event left me unsure whether i'd been trolled or not. at my block's lift lobby, there was a middle-aged/elderly couple waiting for the lift even before i got there. when the lift came, they got in, and pressed "2". they were carrying stuff, but (in my opinion) not numerous or heavy enough to warrant a one-floor lift ride. but since the man looked KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-37008893356979438802012-01-24T16:51:00.081+08:002012-01-24T23:18:39.307+08:00Very sadly, i still haven't completely recovered from the flu in spite of today being the fifth day i've been sick. still having a persistent cough, which i hope does not become even worse. thankfully, though, the blocked nose has cleared up, which makes breathing so much easier.
it's day 2 of CNY, but there's nothing really special about that. for some reason, i found CNY this year to be...blehKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-10252057829703640782012-01-22T00:22:00.002+08:002012-01-22T01:03:42.383+08:00Living with me, i think, is not all that difficult. there's just one simple thing i ask: do not move or take anything which belongs to me, no matter how small it may be. you'd think after 10 years (i started being really annoyed by this in sec 2) of living together, people would get the idea, right? well...apparently not. i can live with the fridge not containing everything i desire. i can KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-21227672656653442922012-01-20T21:22:00.037+08:002012-01-20T21:38:52.262+08:00Similar to this time last year, i'm falling sick. nose is blocked, cough is getting worse, and there's the beginnings of a fever. i've had flu panadol already, along with large quantities of water. will probably call it a really early night, too. based on current projection, i won't be well enough to give tuition tomorrow. but let's keep fingers crossed in case the situation does improve.
you KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-35031043359432490852012-01-19T20:56:00.009+08:002012-01-19T22:18:14.322+08:00The festive season is just 3 days away (2 if your CNY eve is festive too), but yet, i'm feeling anything but happy. somehow, i'm beginning to feel that my life is losing its meaning. there seems to be nothing for me to look forward to, at least not in the near future. so depressing. something needs to happen soon...something that shakes things up a bit, and makes me look forward to the next day KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-79434372229904978812012-01-15T14:36:00.205+08:002012-01-16T09:16:32.961+08:00In Ratatouille (the movie), the food critic asks for a serving of perspective. i think that's what i need now. yesterday, i was feeling kind of overwhelmed and in a bad mood due to rushing from lab (where my experiment failed AGAIN) to tuition. but then, i went onto MMT and saw stories about people losing loved ones to assorted diseases and accidents. compared to that, i'd say that i have "first KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-56505385504268291202012-01-13T22:18:00.000+08:002012-01-13T22:18:49.231+08:00After spending close to 2 weeks in the UROPS lab, my self-confidence has taken a severe beating. i can live with not knowing everything and asking people for help. the thing that bugs me is that i can't get a simple reaction right even after 4 or 5 attempts. what's worse is that the reaction is easy. heating or precise control or anything like that isn't required at all. guess my lab skills KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-4494383949249466542012-01-11T22:49:00.000+08:002012-01-11T22:49:28.542+08:00Hunger and fatigue are battling inside me now. well, that's a kind-of melodramatic way to say that i'm hungry, but too tired to rustle something up. sure, i could microwave something or make instant noodles, but the convenience comes at the cost of being less healthy. hang on...looks like hunger won.
ok...due to the lack of real cookable food in the house, i gave in and microwaved something up KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-39567086733740967462012-01-08T20:42:00.000+08:002012-01-08T20:42:07.627+08:00Yet another quick update, because i'm still tired.
so far, UROPS isn't that stressful. my first experiment kind of failed (tiny yield), so i'm hoping that the second one goes better. if this one goes bust too, then it's my lab skills that suck, since my mentor has performed it before with satisfying results. keeping my fingers crossed.
right now, my semester looks kind of busy. any thought of KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-54372921946970777082012-01-05T21:31:00.015+08:002012-01-05T22:54:11.150+08:00Deciding to take UROPS might be the best or worst decision of my university life. from the looks of it, i'm in for a semester of hard work. the acclimatization process is kind of awkward, but it'll pay off in honours year, since i would have already been familiarized with the people and the lab, as well as received the necessary training in the various machines. for now, i definitely need to get KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-29441560759129042772012-01-01T23:29:00.117+08:002012-01-02T02:03:31.001+08:00Chances are that you're seeing this post after new year's day. it's not your fault; i started writing it late. but hey, at least it was started on the first, right? anyway, in addition to the usual resolutions, i'm going to do something new this year, namely prioritizing the various aspects in my life. with any luck, this will serve as a reminder/guidance, and let me check whether i'm focusing KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-23346923622278757352011-12-31T21:22:00.109+08:002011-12-31T23:42:10.390+08:00Peace and quiet are things which i need to blog effectively. that's why i passed on going to my cousin's place tonight in favour of completing my end-of-year post in the solitude of an empty house. better make good use of the remaining 2 hours or so of alone time that i have.
as usual, i'm starting with my theme. on my east coast walk 2 days ago, the word "awakening" came to mind, and it's been KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-63349153496883529222011-12-27T04:20:00.056+08:002011-12-27T04:57:48.348+08:00Feels like i'm long overdue for a good, complete soul-searching session. not really surprising, since the year is drawing to a close, and i still haven't made my annual east coast pilgrimage. but anyway, one of my friends' facebook links led to to this site, which is basically a self-help website. there are a couple of questionnaires from there which i will do sometime in the future (probably oneKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-74468922421560267022011-12-22T18:44:00.035+08:002011-12-23T23:54:32.092+08:00Writing and sending out all my christmas cards today made me feel accomplished/productive. this year, i sent 10, which is the same as last year. would have sent more, especially to the chem kids, but i didn't have their mailing addresses. anyway, writing christmas cards seems kind of irrelevant, really. i'm almost tempted to stop this tradition. well, we'll see how i feel next year, and if my KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-24732975028582286722011-12-21T10:26:00.002+08:002011-12-21T12:29:49.859+08:00NUS is seriously weird. the reason i say this is because of my results this past semester. after looking at my results SMS, i was quite literally gaping in disbelief. as stunning as it may be to you, my A- average mission succeeded. here's the breakdown:
CM3221 (A-)
this is the one i find the weirdest. i didn't do that well for the finals (didn't deduce a fused-ring system, and my synthesis partKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-67958704288865666852011-12-14T00:13:00.000+08:002011-12-14T00:13:04.281+08:00Reflecting on things tends to make me unhappy, or at least pensive/brooding. with december being the month of reflections for me, i guess you can see why i'm not at my cheeriest at this time of the year. nevertheless, there have been several events happening over the past few days to keep my spirits up, which is a good thing.
previously, i told you all that i got an iphone 4s. after playing withKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-75892596782498490222011-12-09T23:01:00.078+08:002011-12-12T10:28:08.976+08:00UROPS next semester seems to be confirmed, after yesterday's meeting with my prospective supervisor. on first impressions, he has quite high expectations. to him, a B+ is "not very good". so...it may be challenging. other than that, i feel that he's a nice guy. and as a plus point, he cares about his students. not to mention that he seems approachable, and appears to be, in general, what i'd KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-82954252124263342002011-12-06T20:45:00.054+08:002011-12-06T22:19:31.956+08:00Marathon runners never fail to amaze me. i don't see the attraction in running excessively long distances. maybe once, for the experience, sure, but i know people who do it on a yearly (or even more frequent) basis! crazy, i call them. as for me, there are no plans to run a marathon in the foreseeable future, but i should think that i'd like to try it once in my lifetime.
anyway, compared to theKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-55181060593347388342011-12-01T22:28:00.037+08:002011-12-02T00:50:26.462+08:00Post-exam plans have been set into motion, and that's kind of exciting. the most immediate things that come to mind are getting a new phone and new computer. before that, though, i'll just mention IA to wrap up the exam series.
the exam was easy. too easy. i'm kind of upset with myself for making at least 3 careless mistakes, but i'm also happy that the help sheet i wrote did come in handy, KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-24891163735592948902011-11-28T22:47:00.062+08:002011-11-29T00:01:00.241+08:00Today is probably the first or second time in my (soon-to-be) 5 semesters in NUS when i have felt like crying after coming out of the exam hall. reason being that the organic paper was relatively easy, but i still managed to mess it up. i didn't even feel this bad after analytical, because i knew that no matter how much extra time i had, i still wouldn't be able to do the questions. but if i had KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-77442327058704860042011-11-24T23:07:00.002+08:002011-11-24T23:23:25.347+08:00Short update: japanese went...so-so. it was tough, but i saw people leaving like half an hour into the paper (damned pseudo-beginners. that's supposed to be illegal!). apart from that, the lecturer asked us to translate "clothes" into japanese. the annoying thing is that it was only VERY briefly touched upon in one tutorial. and of all the chapters that he could have tested, he tested on the one KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-90839068609528987592011-11-23T22:37:00.000+08:002011-11-23T22:58:31.329+08:00Let me just put on record how much i detest writing help sheets. it's mainly because i have to squeeze my handwriting so that it fits into unbelievably small places. the interesting thing is that i can still read what i've written! i wouldn't be so stressed if there wasn't a space constraint, but then no space constraint = open-book. bleh. at least i can take comfort in the fact that this is onlyKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-45432360965760403342011-11-19T16:02:00.032+08:002011-11-19T16:34:27.617+08:00It still feels kind of surreal...apparently, exams have started already, and i've even sat for a paper. the problem is that it still feels like reading week. guess it's because my core modules' exams are still about a week away, so i don't feel that much of the pressure yet.
econs today was...i don't know. while i tried to reason everything out logically, i cannot guarantee that my logic was KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-38548582135657152842011-11-17T23:34:00.000+08:002011-11-18T00:34:50.933+08:00Good thing i decided to work hard(er than normal) this reading week. the study plan which i put up is definitely going to need major edits. seems that the allocated timing for certain modules (particularly IA) is slightly off. i'm definitely going to need more time to finish my help sheet. assuming i do a topic a day, that'll take me...10 days. cutting it VERY fine, there. and let's not forget KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-7137728481941586342011-11-15T22:13:00.032+08:002011-11-18T21:58:33.168+08:00Uncle murphy strikes again! my computer (desktop) just died tonight...like, it's completely gone. can't boot or anything. luckily, i have everything i need printed out already. worst case is that i'll do my printing in school. so, it looks like i'll be getting myself a new computer this christmas, after all.
quick update today, because i'm tired and i don't really like typing on a mac. for the KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-21507061521308425242011-11-13T20:01:00.084+08:002011-11-13T23:39:05.772+08:00Kind of apt that it's raining on my last free day before reading week...creating a depressing mood and all that. this reading week, i'm going to try something different, which is to go back to school (almost) every day to get more work done as compared to staying at home.
as per tradition, here's the (idealized) study schedule:
monday (tomorrow) — start on IA helpsheet, macroecons
tuesday — KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-17415300491738591162011-11-09T20:20:00.111+08:002011-11-10T00:02:31.756+08:00Only 10 days separate me from the first paper, which is econs next saturday. after that, there's japanese on the following friday, followed by organic and IA on moday and tuesday respectively. i'd rather have econs and japanese closer together, and have a larger time interval to study for the cores. but well, this isn't horrible...i'm sure i can make good use of the time i have.
like i said lastKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-89083528589110156582011-11-05T20:11:00.164+08:002011-11-06T01:04:53.332+08:00Deadlines have came and went, leaving me incredibly free. well... for this weekend, anyway. nice coincidence that it's a long weekend due to a public holiday on sunday/monday. the not-so-nice bit is that next week is week 13, which is the last week of school. lecturers will be wrapping things up, and leaving us to die study for our finals. but i'm not going to think about that just yet. the most KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-2717454897825297702011-10-29T20:00:00.006+08:002011-11-18T22:07:44.203+08:00Watch this video. i challenge you not to crack up laughing at any point:
if you were successful, try this too:
sadly, the majority of this post will not be as humourous as the video. that's mainly because i just had my lab exam today. to use a popular internet phrase, we were severely trolled by the quiz and experiment. studying the past questions weren't really useful; we would have been KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-6760267847847174132011-10-22T16:49:00.069+08:002011-11-10T00:03:39.973+08:00How on earth did i manage to pull a back muscle while sleeping? i swear, i amaze myself sometimes. now, there's kind of an aching line running down the right side of my back, close to the shoulder blade. this is one of those freak occurrences that i really can't explain. to think that i slept early last night, in the hopes of feeling well and rested today, too. so much for that idea.
the past KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-74603608277492086082011-10-17T22:55:00.001+08:002011-10-17T22:55:53.122+08:00For the record: happy birthday to me!
-random thought of the day: This was a bo-liao post.-KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-90886142136750534832011-10-16T17:36:00.126+08:002011-10-16T22:39:02.337+08:00Birthdays kind of stopped being a big deal a while ago. the last significant birthday that i can remember was my 20th, only because the first digit changed from 1 to 2. seems like the older i grow, the more reluctant i become to celebrate my birthday. maybe that will change in the future, when i'm much, much older, but that's they way it is for now at least.
of course, i'm mentioning this for a KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-51186916060772472662011-10-14T21:09:00.131+08:002011-10-14T23:52:58.516+08:00Sheer panic isn't the best emotion to feel, especially when you don't know how to solve the problem which caused the panic. last night, my computer died before i finished my lab report. after the panic subsided, common sense and signaller training kicked in. in the army, i learnt how to troubleshoot for and identify faulty components. the basic idea is that if you replace components one-by-one KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-31664402824458097632011-10-07T20:47:00.053+08:002011-10-07T23:23:55.394+08:002 pieces of news that i heard of this week are set to have a big impact on my daily life. but before i talk about them, there's one more piece of news i want to mention first.
steve jobs is dead. though it's not the first celebrity death i've heard of, i somehow have some trouble believing it. don't ask me why; i don't even know him that well, nor am i a huge apple supporter. but i have this KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-6872998412870954692011-10-04T22:21:00.030+08:002011-10-04T22:52:15.058+08:00This week is supposed to be science e-learning week, but it's turning out to be quite similar to other weeks. the only noticeable difference is that i can legitimately skip 2 modules' worth of lectures. that aside, it's pretty much the same. my other 3 modules are either non-science, or require me to be physically present (lab), so i'm actually still in school as much as compared to during a KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-40888524800184713262011-10-01T16:20:00.105+08:002011-10-01T22:59:22.021+08:00Waking up to a cramp is something i'd rather not experience. while it is a very good method to shake the sleepiness off, the pain (during) and muscle soreness (after) isn't quite worth it. prior to it happening this morning (which is why i'm blogging about it), the last time i got such a rude awakening was in either JC or army...i can't remember which. i've heard that cramps of this nature happenKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-43907595768308952092011-09-28T20:12:00.060+08:002011-10-14T21:09:52.402+08:00
Every time i read my house description on pottermore, i get this really strong sense of belonging. to be honest, it describes me quite well, smart? i'd like to think so. weird/eccentric? most definitely...though i'd only crack eggs for cooking. accepting of others' eccentricities? sure, why not. makes me wish that hogwarts was real, and that the owl carrying my acceptance letter is still KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-80673583891559867102011-09-27T23:10:00.000+08:002011-09-28T00:30:13.815+08:00Yes! super windy and rainy now...perfect for sleeping. it's been quite a while since i've heard the windows rattle like that...maybe 1 to 2 years ago? whatever the case, i know i'll sleep well tonight; which is also why i'm not blogging that much right now. look out for a long(er) update tomorrow!
-random thought of the day: Mid-terms approaching.-KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-85645936667344648382011-09-22T21:50:00.057+08:002011-09-23T00:04:02.107+08:00My heart hurts.
metaphorically speaking, that is. trust me, i wouldn't be this calm if i felt physical discomfort in my heart. one thing that does physically hurt, though, is my throat...but we'll get to that later.
so, why does my heart hurt? well, i can't be entirely sure, but i'm more than willing to bet that it's because i've been thinking too much this recess week. the "could be"s, "what KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-9986720411154195272011-09-19T21:48:00.034+08:002011-09-19T23:55:11.604+08:00Green is a colour that's not normally associated with good health. since i've been coughing up green stuff recently, that's an indication that i'm falling sick, or sick already. more like falling sick, actually...my symptoms aren't that bad so far. just a slightly sore throat and a cough that's more persistent than usual. if it did have to happen eventually, i suppose recess week is the best timeKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-3688708969084920142011-09-16T20:47:00.118+08:002011-09-17T23:54:43.668+08:00Procrastination is the thief of time. even though i know that, i still put most things (lab reports, sleeping, waking up, to name a few) off until the last minute. while my last-minute skills help me get the job done, they also leave me very little time to study additional stuff, which is causing me some suffering right now.
over the past few days, school has caused me to feel pretty KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-83177249621964597922011-09-13T21:44:00.050+08:002011-09-14T01:17:59.136+08:00A couple of events which happened today have made me try to redefine my philosophy in life. like i learnt before in my philosophy GEM, the way something is defined makes a world of difference in an argument. and more often than not, it's not easy to define something properly.
previously, i'd thought that my life's philosophy was social responsibility...like not doing things which would cause KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-49803650580407543842011-09-11T16:10:00.059+08:002011-09-11T22:51:36.244+08:00Remember the line "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't force it to drink"? well, someone's actions are forcing my head into the metaphorical lake, and it's pissing me off quite badly. but before i dampen the mood, let's talk about happy stuff.
last week, i met up with a couple of my NUS friends who are on work attachment. they're still pretty much the same, and it was nice to catch up KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-64369614636405246092011-09-07T18:52:00.074+08:002011-09-07T22:11:44.310+08:00Hogwarts just sent me an owl Pottermore just sent me an email for early access! i'm insanely happy about it. so far, only book 1's up, which is kind of anticlimactic. nevertheless, it's been great so far. i've been sorted into ravenclaw (see? i KNEW i was smart), and my wand's 12.5 inches, ash, hard, with a phoenix feather core. all the artwork's lovely, and for a beta-stage site, there are KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-82105429549955750172011-09-02T21:23:00.194+08:002011-09-03T01:02:59.527+08:00Spending longer hours in school is seriously draining. that's manifested in me feeling perpetually tired, and practically wasting the weekends away. even then, i think there's a net increase in the things i've managed to do and learn as compared to this time in previous semesters. then again, it may be because i'm kind of neglecting a couple of modules.
i've noticed a pattern emerging as the KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-5380257242743591472011-08-27T21:14:00.122+08:002011-08-28T00:55:53.648+08:00Nice, cool post-rain weather has activated my blogging reflex, after close to 2 weeks of silence. there's no really good reason for not blogging...mostly it's been because the mood just wasn't there, and sometimes, because i was too busy to blog. maybe school's taking more out of me than i'd thought.
about school...i've met all my lecturers and tutors already. the only ones i haven't introduced KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-41652827600651495452011-08-14T20:37:00.055+08:002011-08-14T23:11:57.578+08:00Facebook is about to go down for the semester in something like 3 hours. hopefully, that helps me get back into school mode, because i'm still having trouble shaking off the last remnants of summer. my deactivation is actually late this semester, as i've had a week 2 days one day of classes so far last week. the first 3 days were taken up by national day and the associated holidays, while friday KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-19647550748885144672011-08-09T22:34:00.088+08:002011-08-14T22:29:06.126+08:00I have good news and bad news...which one do you want first?
ok...so they're not really good news and bad news. more like good and bad things that have happened in the past 2 days. then again, i can't really say "bad", because although one of the things was a little on the negative side, there was no ill intention. on to the good news!
hearing good news first makes receiving the bad news later KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-56895664895329853732011-08-06T20:29:00.147+08:002011-08-10T01:50:42.576+08:00"T20" is a word (phrase?) that usually gets a smile out of me, provided it's said by the right people...like my JC classmates. that's because it was my JC class, where i spent 1.75 years with 25 interesting people. maybe i'm having selective memory loss, but most (practically all) of the memories i have about my class are nice/good/fond ones. or at least there are no seriously bad memories. and KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-38766313652846832032011-08-01T19:56:00.050+08:002011-08-02T15:59:52.119+08:00Life without choices sucks. naturally, this leads to the conclusion that the more choices, the better. counter-intuitively, that isn't exactly true. having too many choices can be as bad as, if not worse than, having no choice at all. guess it's a variation of the law of diminishing returns.
the reason i'm talking about choices is because of module bidding and timetable planning. my experience KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-39512630723794451042011-07-28T21:18:00.125+08:002011-07-29T01:02:15.142+08:00Checking out the phones at nex actually raised more questions, much to my annoyance. nevertheless, getting to interact with the phones first-hand was somewhat helpful.
to give myself more options, i tried out both the galaxy s2 and iphone 4. yes, i know i want to get the iphone 5, but there's no sample for me to test...not even a prototype. so, next-best alternative. hopefully the iphone 5 looksKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-91917342785903896012011-07-27T19:47:00.115+08:002011-07-27T23:12:57.182+08:00Days are passing at a reasonable pace, and there hasn't really been much going on. life is nice and slack, and for the most part, i'm content.
sadly, that's all going to change in another couple of weeks. school's about to reopen soon, so i foresee a sharp increase in my stress levels. so far, module bidding's been pretty smooth. secured my 3 cores (organic synthesis and spectroscopy, KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-8640750296046761592011-07-24T18:10:00.072+08:002011-07-27T19:08:45.858+08:00Big update time! i've been feeling tired for the past 5 days or so due to refereeing and recovering from the stress, which is why updates have all but dried up.
wednesday was the last day of refereeing, and in my opinion, it was the best day overall. by "best", i mean best for the referees. no major bombs that i can remember, and the referee director even said we refereed well for the last few KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-25262220620879580702011-07-18T19:54:00.044+08:002011-07-19T23:23:53.214+08:00Short update today...over the weekend, i didn't do much, just caught up a bit on reading, and learnt a bit more japanese. didn't have tuition since RJC girl was sick, so i'm expecting that she'll schedule a makeup sometime soon.
what i really want to blog about are the events that just transpired today. namely, refereeing for the national judo individuals. the first half of the day wasn't so badKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-54858796039900480782011-07-15T21:50:00.151+08:002011-08-01T13:23:01.098+08:00Has it really been 9 days since my last post? i must have put off updating for longer than i'd intended. bearing in mind the fact that my memory isn't exactly perfect, please do expect some things to be left out. but hey, if i can't remember it, it probably isn't that important anyway. what i CAN remember, though (in rough chronological order) are: training, jelly, glasses, cooking, coaching, KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-43764725921455032992011-07-06T22:11:00.003+08:002011-07-15T23:42:16.495+08:00Getting up before 8:00am during summer break should be a criminal offence.
i'm definitely convinced of that after waking up for coaching at the primary school nationals. today was the first day, and so far, we're doing ok. better than last year, but still lots of room for improvement. personally, i'm not entirely happy, because i still see really idiotic errors (like zero on first throw). but i KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-34996793171860722062011-07-03T16:33:00.115+08:002011-07-03T21:05:36.112+08:00About a month has passed since my previous fully-free weekend. while it's nice to have a break once in a while, the fact that it's summer anyway, and that no tuition = no money, makes me think that this break was kind of poorly-timed. nevertheless, nothing i can do about it.
i've got several blogging prompts from 2 posts ago, but i'll talk about them a little later. first, i want to briefly KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-78295244008633333332011-06-29T19:37:00.000+08:002011-06-29T19:37:58.764+08:00Without a doubt, today was the worst day of the holidays by far. most of it has to do with going for an eye checkup at tan tock seng, which was a complete waste of time. if not for my dad bugging me to get a referral and to attend the checkup, i wouldn't have bothered with the damned thing in the first place.
to be fair, the staff and doctors were mostly nice (though i was quite annoyed by theseKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-12953052307082892522011-06-26T00:40:00.070+08:002011-06-27T18:21:42.929+08:00Last week was supposed to be busy...but looking back, it was actually very manageable. that's probably because i spent friday and saturday unwinding, and staying away from sources of stress.
my UROPS search hasn't been all that successful, with my top 3 professors rejecting me due to financial and/or space constraints. only one professor didn't give me a flat-out "no", but his condition was thatKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-20528405194089428072011-06-20T18:22:00.229+08:002011-06-20T22:50:38.231+08:00Monday again? the last week really flew by! i had meant to blog sometime during the week, but being busy/out most of the time didn't allow for that.
to quickly catch you up, let's run through what's been occupying my time. training definitely played a big part in doing that. even though CJC temporarily stood down, i still went for SJI training as i agreed to meet another senior there. the thingsKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-10989569233283535242011-06-13T22:41:00.050+08:002011-06-14T00:58:58.195+08:00X-Men: First Class was, well, first class. lameness aside, it really was a good movie. good character development, engaging story, and spectacular special effects. i had about 12 fanboy moments throughout the entire show, the most extreme ones being when Banshee used his powers. just imagine...i've predicted worse fanboying for the upcoming green lantern movie! no spoilers as per my usual policy,KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-68951296866297744592011-06-08T20:37:00.128+08:002011-06-08T23:56:33.427+08:00Push...
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there we go; i think that (along with the stuff i'll be blogging about) takes up enough space to chase the emo stuff away and out of immediate viewing range. it's been up there for a whole week, which i think is long enough. holidays are no time for emoing.
in the past week, my time's mostly been occupied by training camp and KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-85793222817288973492011-06-01T14:40:00.050+08:002011-06-01T15:55:59.790+08:00
This song is kind of emo, so no prizes for guessing the tone for most of this post. having given you fair warning, i take no responsibility for affecting your mood.
i suppose a good starting place would be for me to explain why that video is up there. well, as its title implies, i'm saying goodbye to someone. yes, it's THAT someone again. we were ok around new year, but apparently, something i KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-11425377652211306102011-05-30T17:48:00.000+08:002011-05-30T17:48:41.582+08:00"Wah, heng bo? heng bo?"
that line from a certain left 4 dead (2?) spoof video describes my reaction to this morning's results SMS pretty well. let's get to the good stuff in ascending order:
CM2142 (B-)
while it doesn't look very pretty, i'm actually pretty satisfied with this grade. taking into account the ridiculous difficulty of the final, and my general cluelessness throughout the semesterKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-60631507905898785882011-05-26T15:34:00.149+08:002011-05-27T01:22:20.921+08:00DCUO has been occupying most of my time recently. that stands for "DC Universe Online", which is an MMO set in the DC universe (yay obviousness!). even though it's my third MMO (the others being city of heroes and star trek online), i'm still learning things fairly slowly. main reason is because i'm slow the controls are really different from those other 2 MMOs. it's been interesting so far, but KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-5227059343408942862011-05-21T21:58:00.079+08:002011-05-22T01:03:28.837+08:00Variety may be the spice of life, but spontaneity (and a bit of good luck/coincidence) was last night's star. originally, my plan was just to join the judo kids for the usual post-friday-training bubble tea/dinner. towards the end of training, a couple of my JC friends called to tell me that they were having dinner at bishan. meeting them then turned into a drinking session/stayover at one of KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-32665740521471029352011-05-17T20:45:00.001+08:002011-07-28T13:04:57.318+08:00You'd expect that i'd blog more now that i have more free time, but that clearly hasn't been the case. there's no real reason...except laziness i suppose.
over the past week and a bit, life's been pretty slack, which is good. i've done yet more cooking, went for a few more training sessions, and borrowed even more stuff from the library. doesn't sound like a lot, and it isn't. most of my time isKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-75357905776244814752011-05-06T23:33:00.054+08:002011-05-07T00:32:14.051+08:00Urge to cook — neutralized...temporarily.
the past 2 to 3 days have been pretty productive. i've managed to sort the semester's notes into cases, and will put them into storage soon. attending CJC training was also good, as i managed to spar with (and secretly evaluate) more J1s.
but the main highlight has to be cooking, which went pretty successfully. did a stew on thursday, and black pepper KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-86814765803284894262011-05-04T00:18:00.001+08:002011-05-04T00:19:33.929+08:00Now that exams are over, i suddenly find myself having housewife-y inclinations. since studying's been pushed aside for the next 3 months or so, cooking and cleaning are suddenly close to the top of my priority list. i swear, watching gordon ramsay youtube videos is going to be my undoing one day. right now, i'm on a stew obsession. problem is, i don't know what recipe to use! maybe i'll just endKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-82157776946879477342011-04-27T23:30:00.002+08:002011-04-28T22:11:56.379+08:001 down, 2 more to go.
organic today was...bleh. i have to be honest here; compared to last semester's exam, this one looks like a bit of a joke. but despite the paper's doability, i'm not too optimistic, considering i couldn't get all the syntheses and i made a pretty serious error/omission in the mechanism question (which means free marks gone). right now, i'm just hoping that my grade remains KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-44930629061143679822011-04-25T00:29:00.000+08:002011-04-25T00:29:10.570+08:00Having a pre-exam party might not be the wisest thing to do, but it certainly helped to reduce stress. ok...maybe "having" might be the wrong word to use, since that implies that i was the host. perhaps "going to a party just before my exams..." would have been a more accurate introduction. but i haven't started a post with "h" in quite a while, so what the hell.
about the party...it was the KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-37508049625308996022011-04-21T23:45:00.063+08:002011-04-24T21:21:58.089+08:00"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done..."
who knows where that line comes from? it's actually the last (or second-last, since i didn't quote it fully) line from a tale of two cities. in my effort not to spoil the novel, i'll just say that the quote above is all about sacrifice. it's particularly meaningful to me, because i'm evaluating some of my interpersonal KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-34138744941921376712011-04-19T23:29:00.079+08:002011-04-20T00:36:24.364+08:00My stalker abilities sometimes amazes even myself. while doing some casual internet browsing, i happened to enter a search term into google that returned very...interesting results. it led me to someone (whom i know in real life)'s blog. this may lead to interesting reading in the future...or not, depending on whether the owner updates any more, as well as update frequency (if updates continue).
KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-23525703202586869522011-04-18T18:14:00.008+08:002011-04-19T00:30:31.321+08:00Politics sucks.
recently, different people have been telling me things about each other...like what so-and-so said about me, how person A doesn't like person B, or how person C has a problem with me. i don't like it. it's been my philosophy that if someone doesn't like something i do, he/she should tell me directly. that's more constructive than gossiping, no?
anyway, it's quite bad, because i KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-20477497522463016992011-04-13T17:07:00.001+08:002011-04-13T18:08:33.258+08:00"Before you judge someone, walk a mile in their shoes"...or so a popular proverb goes. after sunday's refereeing experience, i'm finding that to be true...not to mention kind of apt (judge, get it?).being a referee (or even a corner judge, for that matter), is no mean feat. it's not as simple as making scoring decisions and declaring winners; that in itself is difficult already (i awarded the KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-75277535704215532352011-04-09T18:12:00.008+08:002011-04-12T21:12:06.010+08:00Suppressing urges is generally thought to be unhealthy. unfortunately, i've been having this inexplicable urge to run around randomly, screaming all the way, ending up crashing into a wall at full speed. like i've said, i can't really explain why it's happening to me. even though i know that doing what i've just described is downright suicidal not good for my health, i can't help but wonder, 'KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-32769255748995037872011-04-02T23:40:00.005+08:002011-04-03T01:56:17.868+08:00It's been a while since i've dedicated a whole post to one topic. today, i'm going to do that. the topic in mind — my future. that's actually kind of cheating, because there are a few aspects of my future which i'd like to elaborate on today.the first of these is judo (kind of shows my priorities again, huh?). a few conversations with seniors (ok, senior) and friends have given me quite some foodKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-59026442524633405162011-03-29T22:30:00.003+08:002011-04-01T08:37:48.105+08:00All of a sudden, there's been a huge reduction in my stress levels. that's largely because my ES proposal has been submitted. i hope something good comes out of it...otherwise, staying up until 6:30am between sunday and monday wouldn't have been worth it. nor would surviving a full monday's classes on half an hour's sleep, for that matter.surprisingly, i don't feel all that tired now. maybe it'llKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-63341041659860409752011-03-25T13:54:00.003+08:002011-03-25T15:28:03.837+08:00Clearly, the last post didn't do a good enough job of damage prevention, because i sort of sank into a horrible mood yesterday. my secondary school self would have called it "male PMS" (which i still believe does exist). guess there was still some negative stuff which i didn't talk about. the somewhat scary (yet interesting) bit is that these things are manifesting themselves in my dreams. as an KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-44086709269961748092011-03-23T21:17:00.001+08:002011-03-23T23:03:02.866+08:00Mental backlog is accumulating to significant levels. not anywhere near critical yet, but bad enough to give rise to negativity. figured that i'd better clear it now, lest i risk being overcome by bad thoughts.since the last post, several interesting things have happened, one of them being the training camp. well...grading/bonding camp. i didn't participate all that much in the bonding activitiesKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-48380113626893589502011-03-17T22:21:00.003+08:002011-03-18T00:31:35.433+08:00Trying to get surveys done by going door to door has seriously changed my view about the general singapore population. i went through about 64 floors of HDB blocks, and i only got 30% of my surveys done. to put my statement in perspective, i only had 10 surveys to do. of course, i didn't knock on every single door...but i tried for about one per floor. 3 in 64...that's 1 survey done per 21 housesKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-48477370747982233232011-03-14T00:42:00.004+08:002011-03-14T01:09:13.106+08:00Kind of late/early to be blogging now, but i want to update a little on my injury and other stuff.true to expectation, visiting the chinese doctor involved lots of needles and pain. my collarbone/neck area looks like it's been attacked by a starving vampire or something similar! i don't feel all that well yet, but i guess it's an improvement from yesterday. range of motion is limited to about 50%KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-23152257912540544562011-03-12T23:51:00.002+08:002011-03-13T00:15:09.682+08:00Guess where i'm blogging from? i'll give you a hint...the last time i blogged at this particular place was about...2+ years ago, in january 2009. at least that what memory tells me. in the event i'm wrong, i'm actually blogging from my cousin's place, where i'm spending the night. why would i do that on a seemingly random saturday? read on and find out...for starters, let me just say that this KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-53376536411896303162011-03-04T22:01:00.012+08:002011-03-10T00:44:35.895+08:00Blogging time! figured that i'd get an early start on it, so that i have more free time over the next couple of days for lab reports and tuition, amongst other things. like i've mentioned before, i'm determined to blog deeper, and this post will not be published until i've said everything i want to say — even if it takes forever! a couple of days.starting with the most recent happenings, we went KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-30130352848862884212011-03-02T21:33:00.002+08:002011-03-02T23:23:14.363+08:00A mathematical function that describes my week thus far would have to be a y=sin(x). in layman's terms, what i'm trying to say is that there have been ups and downs this week...unfortunately with more downs than ups.monday was a really horrible day. first, i got killed by the organic mid-term. the worst thing is, it was doable. just that i kind of panicked at the second question, which asked for KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-89337397239682488942011-02-27T23:15:00.002+08:002011-02-28T00:01:05.303+08:00In the world of emoticons, i was equals sign capital d.that's a quote from the big bang theory, by everyone's favourite socially-inept genius physicist. ok, the original quote used "colon capital d", but i like equals signs better for my emoticons' eyes. colons are too...small. i don't want my eyes to be beady.but anyway, the reason for my happiness is that the black belts arrived yesterday! KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-44918556048293499412011-02-25T21:46:00.005+08:002011-02-25T23:58:37.928+08:00"Unexpected expenditure" seems to be my theme for the month. first, there was the $3200 bomb, and just yesterday, my computer died. i managed to call in an SOS from my boss, who drove my computer and i down to funan for a professional diagnosis. turns out the power supply unit was screwed up or something. while i was there, i also got a new graphics card and monitor. my old graphics card was KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-49946848919832003442011-02-21T22:10:00.002+08:002011-02-22T00:43:16.273+08:00Limping around sucks. i think it's my lack of a bio background (particularly anatomy) that has me disadvantaged when it comes to injuries. the main reason i say that is because more often than not, i take simple movements for granted. things like typing, walking, lying down...to name a few simple actions that i do practically every day. when i get injured seriously enough (most commonly due to KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-16556512812626906812011-02-19T22:46:00.002+08:002011-02-20T00:26:31.851+08:00There's a big pink elephant sitting in my mind, and i have to address it before i can think of anything else. as much as i wish it wasn't true, i was involved in an accident today. it was more serious than the one before, and both vehicles were damaged pretty badly. fortunately for me, (1) nobody was hurt (i sustained a sprained toe, but it's a minor thing), (2) everyone was nice and KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-53743661076957581532011-02-17T20:55:00.007+08:002011-02-18T01:01:50.724+08:00People (including myself) haven't been blogging that much as of late. while i can't speak for my friends and some of the people i follow, i just haven't had the time. deadlines, training, and other assorted commitments have been making it difficult to set aside blogging time. and all those things don't really get me into the blogging mood, either. long story short, it's been hectic.over the past KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-49543851434635251592011-02-11T23:09:00.002+08:002011-02-12T00:57:21.449+08:00Busy, busy...so many things to do, so little time. and yet, the week feels like it's gone on forever! ironic much? if memory serves, i'm staring at about 5 deadlines just within the next 4 days. all this rushing of work has left me with too little time to study, let alone exercise. that's bad, considering the updates i received about grading (which i will elaborate on later).tuesday was normal. KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-30490882584769068632011-02-07T23:54:00.004+08:002011-02-08T00:35:20.381+08:00Short post today, because i'm getting tired and it's getting late.i think lady luck and/or uncle murphy was looking out for me today. for starters, i woke up at 8:00am when i had a 9:00am class. mostly my fault for sleeping at about 1:00am, but anyway...showered and got out of the house by 8:20am, and got a taxi at around 8:30am. to my great surprise and delight, lornie/adam/farrer roads and the KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-87459634193583601452011-02-06T18:26:00.005+08:002011-02-06T23:02:49.409+08:00Rabbits are somehow able to control the weather! i've been led to believe that since it hasn't rained over the entire CNY period. but random observation and linking aside, the festivities are over, and life is returning to normal quite rapidly...perhaps a little too much so.so far, this CNY has been the best one (both financially and familial-ly) since i got out of army. i started keeping recordsKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-32340029095376336342011-02-03T01:32:00.008+08:002011-02-03T04:24:23.133+08:00Meeting my cousin for dinner on tuesday night was an interesting experience. we went to hotpot culture at marina square. i thought it was decent, but he said that it used to be way better. never having eaten there before prior to that night, i'll take his word for it. but considering it was my first time there, i thought well enough of it, and i suppose that's what's important.our dinner KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-73682273548151817592011-01-30T22:19:00.004+08:002011-01-30T23:28:11.332+08:00Kata practice sessions appear to be paying off! in case i haven't mentioned it (though i think i have), my kata partner and i have been meeting up at NUS every saturday afternoon for the past month or so (except for one saturday when i was sick). the purpose of meeting up is so that we can work on our kata, under the guidance of one of our judo seniors. apparently, we've been doing something KLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-22594194209019370352011-01-28T21:42:00.011+08:002011-01-29T00:52:08.958+08:00There's still some residual energy left after coaching (unbelievable as that may sound), so i'll blog about some recent revelations, as well as about some older stuff.let's do recent first...like "few hours ago" kind of recent. after some discussion with my boss, i've decided to go for NCAP level 1 practical this year. problem is, the week in which the course is held coincides with my finals weekKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625959.post-26506810380378416992011-01-28T13:35:00.004+08:002011-01-28T13:58:48.956+08:00I have to shower and leave the house in less than an hour, so i'll make this post quick.school has been...school. the pressure is on much earlier in the semester, which sucks. as i've said before, i hope that the extra effort of working a little harder in the beginning of the semester will be offset by an easier time during finals period. right now, i'm still treading water nicely. hopefully thatKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05927616296167761807noreply@blogger.com0