Dead man's Chest
*hurts*
I feel dead. Napping for more than 4 hours is probably why I feel so now. Remind me not to do that again. Gosh, I've overslept the food court business time in PGP.. that can't be good. I don't think I keep a spare store of food in the fridge nowadays, since that incident. =P
Man, I must've been demn tired , courtesy of the hour-long rowing session we had just now with the girls, and not to mention this opening ceremony of some water sports center that we had to attend to so-called "perform" a race for the audience(now that's a first, ain't it? just wait till you see the colour of the water in the river we raced in, as GuoBing put it, we were literally rowing in milo 'peng'). xD
Will probably start to feel hungry soon. Hopefully I can elicit some instant noodles from Chik Mei.. taa!
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Personal Profile (as deduced by http://www.paulgoldinresearch.com/cg/)
You appear to others around you as a person who is simply 'laid back'. From time to time you shelve your ambitions and forgo the desire for prestige and recognition and you are often considered as mentally lazy. You have the ability and you are the first to know this, but you prefer to take things easy and indulge your longing for comfort and security.
In the past there have been - and maybe there still are - many things that you have had to do without. You have now decided to set your sights on a position or situation that could give you greater prestige and which will afford you considerable self esteem.
You are feeling under considerable pressure and you are being forced to make concessions. You are not particularly happy with this state of affairs but you feel that you have no alternative. If you were to force issues you would be left out or completely ignored by one and all.
All of your stress arises from lack of mutual understanding. The existing situation is unsatisfactory and you feel that you are unable to improve it without the help and co-operation of others. The need for understanding and for affectionate 'give and take' remains unsatisfied. You are experiencing the feeling of being 'handcuffed' - 'tied down' - 'hindered' - 'restrained' and this untenable situation is giving rise to impatience, irritability and the desire to escape from it all.
You really would like to be completely uninhibited - to let your hair down - but you are held back by your sense of logic and rationalilty, since you realise that by simple stupidity you could lose everything - whatever that may be.
You appear to others around you as a person who is simply 'laid back'. From time to time you shelve your ambitions and forgo the desire for prestige and recognition and you are often considered as mentally lazy. You have the ability and you are the first to know this, but you prefer to take things easy and indulge your longing for comfort and security.
In the past there have been - and maybe there still are - many things that you have had to do without. You have now decided to set your sights on a position or situation that could give you greater prestige and which will afford you considerable self esteem.
You are feeling under considerable pressure and you are being forced to make concessions. You are not particularly happy with this state of affairs but you feel that you have no alternative. If you were to force issues you would be left out or completely ignored by one and all.
All of your stress arises from lack of mutual understanding. The existing situation is unsatisfactory and you feel that you are unable to improve it without the help and co-operation of others. The need for understanding and for affectionate 'give and take' remains unsatisfied. You are experiencing the feeling of being 'handcuffed' - 'tied down' - 'hindered' - 'restrained' and this untenable situation is giving rise to impatience, irritability and the desire to escape from it all.
You really would like to be completely uninhibited - to let your hair down - but you are held back by your sense of logic and rationalilty, since you realise that by simple stupidity you could lose everything - whatever that may be.
Monday, March 26, 2007
How do you want your life to be?
Ah yes.. that cheeky catch phrase used by the Singapore Armed Forces(SAF) adverts which proliferated throughout the island nation's mainstream media was used again at the starting line of our final dragonboat race for the season -- at the grand finals for the Singapore Dragon Boat Association(SDBA) Masters' Series .
Indeed, our lives are really how we want it to be, whether we give our best and stay in sync with the team throughout the race sets, bringing glory and fostering the notion of family within the team. Though I have to admit that it was extremely tactful of team captain Teddy to point out that irregardless of the outcome of the race, we would still be heroes of the morning, and once we retire to our homes, it's studying all over again.
*imitates book flipping motion*
*flip flip flip*
"TAN JO! Push TEN!! READY!"
"READY!"
"GO!!"
"3.. 2.. 1.. and,"
"ONE" "TWO" "THREE" "FOUR" ....... well, you get the point ^^
Anyway, we only managed to come out a modest 2nd for the race, losing to the excellent performance of the team from NJC.
I wouldn't say that there was alot to talk about for the race, as in, the whole race was really a 'budget' race. Organiser SDBA really outdone themselves this time -- no drum, no dragon head, no dragon tails were attached to the boats. Addtionally, the competitors actually do not need to have a drummer. For the uninformed, dragon boat drummers functions as the control center of any dragon boat, calling out orders for changes in stroke styles and strategy, additionally, he is also the one who will be holding on to what we fondly refer to as "The Sausage", a small white, cocktail-shaped bouy anchored to the bottom of the lake which is used to align all the boats at the starting point for a particular race. Basically, TeamNUS was the only team to have rowed in the heats with a drummer(partly because we found out too late that we didn't one, and we couldn't possibly ask our dear Vincent to jump overboard right? xD)
Well, perhaps one thing worth mentioning was the unsportsmanly behavior shown by the team from the Australian Chamber of Commerce(AUSCHAM) during our semifinals, in which they took the lane next to ours. Because we chose to row with a drummer, they were threatening to make complaints against us to the officials for cheating. Technically, putting one extra, non-rowing person on the boat seems to be more of a handicap than an unfair advantage to me, but of course we clarified with the official starter on this, but not before the jeers and sneers from the AUSCHAM boat.
"H'mate, sure, you guys go ahead and row with your drummer, so that we can make complaints about you to the officials so that you guys will get a 5 sec addition to your race timing later so that we will beat you for sure.." well.. something along those lines..
So you can imagine how it spoiled the mood of the team for that race.. good thing we still managed to scrape thru into finals dspite the distractions. Despite being Australians, civilised white men, yada yada, their behavior really lack sportsmanship, not to mention class and stature. Just a friendly reminder would've been more than sufficient. Their actions are really a big contrast from the usual warm and friendly treatment that our team has received over the past from the Canadian and German teams. Perhaps it is a fallacy to stereotype against a whole nation's countrymen, through the actions of a mere few, which I shall not commit, but this incident will certainly make me think twice about setting my impression of Australians in the future.
Ah yes.. that cheeky catch phrase used by the Singapore Armed Forces(SAF) adverts which proliferated throughout the island nation's mainstream media was used again at the starting line of our final dragonboat race for the season -- at the grand finals for the Singapore Dragon Boat Association(SDBA) Masters' Series .
Indeed, our lives are really how we want it to be, whether we give our best and stay in sync with the team throughout the race sets, bringing glory and fostering the notion of family within the team. Though I have to admit that it was extremely tactful of team captain Teddy to point out that irregardless of the outcome of the race, we would still be heroes of the morning, and once we retire to our homes, it's studying all over again.
*imitates book flipping motion*
*flip flip flip*
"TAN JO! Push TEN!! READY!"
"READY!"
"GO!!"
"3.. 2.. 1.. and,"
"ONE" "TWO" "THREE" "FOUR" ....... well, you get the point ^^
Anyway, we only managed to come out a modest 2nd for the race, losing to the excellent performance of the team from NJC.
I wouldn't say that there was alot to talk about for the race, as in, the whole race was really a 'budget' race. Organiser SDBA really outdone themselves this time -- no drum, no dragon head, no dragon tails were attached to the boats. Addtionally, the competitors actually do not need to have a drummer. For the uninformed, dragon boat drummers functions as the control center of any dragon boat, calling out orders for changes in stroke styles and strategy, additionally, he is also the one who will be holding on to what we fondly refer to as "The Sausage", a small white, cocktail-shaped bouy anchored to the bottom of the lake which is used to align all the boats at the starting point for a particular race. Basically, TeamNUS was the only team to have rowed in the heats with a drummer(partly because we found out too late that we didn't one, and we couldn't possibly ask our dear Vincent to jump overboard right? xD)
Well, perhaps one thing worth mentioning was the unsportsmanly behavior shown by the team from the Australian Chamber of Commerce(AUSCHAM) during our semifinals, in which they took the lane next to ours. Because we chose to row with a drummer, they were threatening to make complaints against us to the officials for cheating. Technically, putting one extra, non-rowing person on the boat seems to be more of a handicap than an unfair advantage to me, but of course we clarified with the official starter on this, but not before the jeers and sneers from the AUSCHAM boat.
"H'mate, sure, you guys go ahead and row with your drummer, so that we can make complaints about you to the officials so that you guys will get a 5 sec addition to your race timing later so that we will beat you for sure.." well.. something along those lines..
So you can imagine how it spoiled the mood of the team for that race.. good thing we still managed to scrape thru into finals dspite the distractions. Despite being Australians, civilised white men, yada yada, their behavior really lack sportsmanship, not to mention class and stature. Just a friendly reminder would've been more than sufficient. Their actions are really a big contrast from the usual warm and friendly treatment that our team has received over the past from the Canadian and German teams. Perhaps it is a fallacy to stereotype against a whole nation's countrymen, through the actions of a mere few, which I shall not commit, but this incident will certainly make me think twice about setting my impression of Australians in the future.
Saturday, March 24, 2007
It's 7.30am in the morning, you only just managed to drag your sleepy self to campus, despite having just reluctantly woke up from your sleep less than 30 minutes ago, after working at insanely hours last night on your almost overdue assignment. And you ask your friend:
Well, that's a dose of campus life for ya ;)
Well, that's a dose of campus life for ya ;)
Friday, March 23, 2007
Kind of depressed dammit
I have to admit that life can really suck sometimes. I'm sure quite a few of you out there would be quite surprised to hear this coming from the usually optimistic me, but all I can manage now is a wan smile and to give you a quote from AJ's favourite physics tutor, Chan C. M., "Well, that's life al'rite!" =/
One could probably expect what is to come next in this post -- my lamenting about my bad week. So for those who would rather not hear about them and spoil their moods, I suggest that you just stick with the summarised version - "... it was just a bad week.. but all in a week's work larh.. "
Well, it all started last weekend when the NUS Dragon Boat team did not do very well in the Mr500 race at Lower Seletar Park. Only one out of two of the NUS men's teams got into the finals, but even so, we lost by breath to a bunch of canoeists from NTU. I admit that perhaps being too sure of winning was perhaps why I was rather stunned inside, despite me not showing it on the outside. Time to work harder ;)
The 2nd blow came when I realised that I've wasted 3 days trying to figure out how to solve a physics question in my online assignment, all because there was a typo in the question which asked for a numerical answer when actually one in terms of unknowns would have sufficed. The worst part was, there wasn't any announcements from the Physics Dept abt this mistake. AND(yes. AND).. 2 stupid idiots(who probably have no idea what they are doing) were posting in the physics forums telling everyone that there's nothing wrong with the question mentioned. Those 2 were the reason why I spent so much time trying to figure out what I did wrong. Have I not read their posts , I would've eventually came to the conclusion that there was a typo in the question. At least, long before Li Hui enlightened me just minutes before the submission date. Give me back my 3 days! omg, all the homework that I could've done instead.. but then again, this incident did spur me to really read up on the topic and scrutinise the lecture notes inside-out again and again -- something that I wouldn't have done normally.. so maybe it is something that I should be thankful for? xD
Perhaps the most dissapointing thing which happened this week was find out that I would not be able to row with my team during the dragon boat festival, a race which pits long time rivals, NTU and NUS in a all or nothing race for glory, this June. This is so because as a scholar, I am obliged to go for attachment at my company during the vaction period. I mean like, work always comes before play, but but, it's like THE race for the team, and I would like so much to be be on the same boat with my brothers as we charge towards victory. I feel so much like I've let them down. Sigh. How should I ever start breaking it to them?
This morning after waking up, I went to the kitchen to get some breakfast, only to find that my frying pan was on the stove and filled with oil. Shocked, I opened the fridge, only to find my whole packet of chicken nuggets(save the packaging) was gone form the fridge.. Intuition prompted me to feel the sides of the pan.. cold. So someone was cooking MY nuggets using MY frying pan sometime last night from 3-6am probably! Someone from my own cluster no doubt. WTH. He took the whole packet, which costs about 7 bucks! And there I was, planning to eat it throughout the month T-T. OMG, I HATE THIEVES. I'm so sure that whoever took it, must've had a friend along, i mean like, who in the world would eat 20 plus nuggets in one go?! WHY T.T WHY T.T how I wish I have some means of dusting for fingerprints on my pan to catch the culprit T.T Food has always been a soft spot of mine, and this has done it -- sunk me into deep depression, at least for the next couple of days. Drats, just thinking about it makes me wanna cry again.. Good thing Poh Sun and Kean Siong came to visit me from Malaysia last Wednesday, or else, this week would have been completely lost. Thanks you guys. Some of the happier moments in the week..
Come to think of it, my room looks quite clean from here^^
Gonna go pizza hut with CS this Sunday and stuff ourselves silly.. hopefully that'll make me feel better ;) till then.. ciao~
I have to admit that life can really suck sometimes. I'm sure quite a few of you out there would be quite surprised to hear this coming from the usually optimistic me, but all I can manage now is a wan smile and to give you a quote from AJ's favourite physics tutor, Chan C. M., "Well, that's life al'rite!" =/
One could probably expect what is to come next in this post -- my lamenting about my bad week. So for those who would rather not hear about them and spoil their moods, I suggest that you just stick with the summarised version - "... it was just a bad week.. but all in a week's work larh.. "
Well, it all started last weekend when the NUS Dragon Boat team did not do very well in the Mr500 race at Lower Seletar Park. Only one out of two of the NUS men's teams got into the finals, but even so, we lost by breath to a bunch of canoeists from NTU. I admit that perhaps being too sure of winning was perhaps why I was rather stunned inside, despite me not showing it on the outside. Time to work harder ;)
The 2nd blow came when I realised that I've wasted 3 days trying to figure out how to solve a physics question in my online assignment, all because there was a typo in the question which asked for a numerical answer when actually one in terms of unknowns would have sufficed. The worst part was, there wasn't any announcements from the Physics Dept abt this mistake. AND(yes. AND).. 2 stupid idiots(who probably have no idea what they are doing) were posting in the physics forums telling everyone that there's nothing wrong with the question mentioned. Those 2 were the reason why I spent so much time trying to figure out what I did wrong. Have I not read their posts , I would've eventually came to the conclusion that there was a typo in the question. At least, long before Li Hui enlightened me just minutes before the submission date. Give me back my 3 days! omg, all the homework that I could've done instead.. but then again, this incident did spur me to really read up on the topic and scrutinise the lecture notes inside-out again and again -- something that I wouldn't have done normally.. so maybe it is something that I should be thankful for? xD
Perhaps the most dissapointing thing which happened this week was find out that I would not be able to row with my team during the dragon boat festival, a race which pits long time rivals, NTU and NUS in a all or nothing race for glory, this June. This is so because as a scholar, I am obliged to go for attachment at my company during the vaction period. I mean like, work always comes before play, but but, it's like THE race for the team, and I would like so much to be be on the same boat with my brothers as we charge towards victory. I feel so much like I've let them down. Sigh. How should I ever start breaking it to them?
This morning after waking up, I went to the kitchen to get some breakfast, only to find that my frying pan was on the stove and filled with oil. Shocked, I opened the fridge, only to find my whole packet of chicken nuggets(save the packaging) was gone form the fridge.. Intuition prompted me to feel the sides of the pan.. cold. So someone was cooking MY nuggets using MY frying pan sometime last night from 3-6am probably! Someone from my own cluster no doubt. WTH. He took the whole packet, which costs about 7 bucks! And there I was, planning to eat it throughout the month T-T. OMG, I HATE THIEVES. I'm so sure that whoever took it, must've had a friend along, i mean like, who in the world would eat 20 plus nuggets in one go?! WHY T.T WHY T.T how I wish I have some means of dusting for fingerprints on my pan to catch the culprit T.T Food has always been a soft spot of mine, and this has done it -- sunk me into deep depression, at least for the next couple of days. Drats, just thinking about it makes me wanna cry again.. Good thing Poh Sun and Kean Siong came to visit me from Malaysia last Wednesday, or else, this week would have been completely lost. Thanks you guys. Some of the happier moments in the week..
Come to think of it, my room looks quite clean from here^^Gonna go pizza hut with CS this Sunday and stuff ourselves silly.. hopefully that'll make me feel better ;) till then.. ciao~
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Ah, it's certainly has been sometime since I've posted here. I could probably blame it on midterms, and perhaps the fact that the MR500 race is looming(in fact, heats starts this weekend =P), but I guess I shall just be truthful to myself and admit to being just lazy.
Midterms was, well, midterms as always. Never was able to kick the habit of making careless mistakes in any paper. I'd reckon current careless mistake ratio stands at 1 in every 10 questions><. Dad hinted that it's not so easy to correct this kind of inhernet tendency to screw up at my age (I feel so old T_T). Well, doesn't hurt to keep my fingers crossed, does it ;)
Been rowing quite a lot lately, probably by virtue of the fact that MR500 happens this coming weekend. To those who may have any minute interest at all, be it to come watch the race, or just to checkout hunky-half-naked men with sexy looking paddles, the race site is at Lower Seletar Park, and will probably start about 9-10am.
Speaking of half-naked men Sashi and I agreed that being around half-naked men too often and too long is not doing wonders to our interest and attraction towards the opposite gender. Perhaps it's time to go stay in halls and get to meet more girls to try and get back what is lost? hahaha.
Speaking of which, I shall declare last Tuesday as "Lihui day", by virtue of the fact that I kept bumping into her throughout the whole day, even twice in my dreams. It's funny the circumstances under which people appear in my dreams, but that was just beautiful la.. another person to be added to the list of people that I've dreamt about =)
Recently, stories about a girl going completely head-over-heels over this male lecturer has been brought to my attention through a mutual friend. For the uninitiated, any form of dating, personal relationships between lecturer and student are prohibited. And yet this girl is literally stalking him, showering him with gifts and spending nights in school just so that she could catch a few moments with him after he finishes work. Sigh. As Yinglee puts it, there is NO way she'll listen to any advice offered by anyone on the matter, so I should probably just mind my own business. But I guess I just feel sad for the girl that it has come to this - a charge towards certain sad ending without anyway to stop her. I guess we can just hope that her good friends who will be there to pick up the pieces when it's over.
Midterms was, well, midterms as always. Never was able to kick the habit of making careless mistakes in any paper. I'd reckon current careless mistake ratio stands at 1 in every 10 questions><. Dad hinted that it's not so easy to correct this kind of inhernet tendency to screw up at my age (I feel so old T_T). Well, doesn't hurt to keep my fingers crossed, does it ;)
Been rowing quite a lot lately, probably by virtue of the fact that MR500 happens this coming weekend. To those who may have any minute interest at all, be it to come watch the race, or just to checkout hunky-half-naked men with sexy looking paddles, the race site is at Lower Seletar Park, and will probably start about 9-10am.
Speaking of half-naked men Sashi and I agreed that being around half-naked men too often and too long is not doing wonders to our interest and attraction towards the opposite gender. Perhaps it's time to go stay in halls and get to meet more girls to try and get back what is lost? hahaha.
Speaking of which, I shall declare last Tuesday as "Lihui day", by virtue of the fact that I kept bumping into her throughout the whole day, even twice in my dreams. It's funny the circumstances under which people appear in my dreams, but that was just beautiful la.. another person to be added to the list of people that I've dreamt about =)
Recently, stories about a girl going completely head-over-heels over this male lecturer has been brought to my attention through a mutual friend. For the uninitiated, any form of dating, personal relationships between lecturer and student are prohibited. And yet this girl is literally stalking him, showering him with gifts and spending nights in school just so that she could catch a few moments with him after he finishes work. Sigh. As Yinglee puts it, there is NO way she'll listen to any advice offered by anyone on the matter, so I should probably just mind my own business. But I guess I just feel sad for the girl that it has come to this - a charge towards certain sad ending without anyway to stop her. I guess we can just hope that her good friends who will be there to pick up the pieces when it's over.
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