Thank you!

Was feeling down the past 2 days (see previous post).. talked to a few close friends and feel much better already! Thanks a lot for being there ya all =)

Promised MQ dat I'll stop complaining.. or at least try to! Haha.. Omgz.. my fav pasttime! Aww... Will do my best !!!

In other breaking news...........







COULD THIS HAVE BEEN THE REASON ALL THIS WHILE??!!!!!

Omgz.. someone out there has been LOSING too much weight! *Grinz*

Interesting

During TWC break, went to pick n bite ..

Saw this sign that amused me ..

The irony of it ...

Trust and hurt..

Sometimes something happens... someone does something that hurts you so deeply.

Is it wrong to place too much trust in someone? When betrayal hurts so bad..

But I don't wanna live a life fearing betrayal.. not trusting anyone.. Sigh, just when I thought I can open up. Disillusionment perhaps? I don't know anymore..

A fresh beginning

First day, of the first week, of my second year in school.

Yes, it's already been one year since I entered university... how time flies really. The hols were long, yet seemed so short. I guess that's what they mean about relativity and all, damn Einstein.

Anyways, fun's over. Time to get my ass back to working mode. Heh.. after all, all work and no play is pretty exhausting as well :P

First day in school was pretty okay... but rather eventful! Woke up late (argh) and rushed to meet Ben and Meiqi at Bishan. Just made it in time.. but was a close thing. Learnt that my handphone does not work when it's on low batt... it stays on, but can't message or call... dunno what's the point then.. geez. Luckily, I brought my charger to school, else I'll be uncontactable for the whole day! Kinda makes me wonder when I've gotten so dependent on my handphone... wonder if I can live without it for a week.. or two. *Shudder* Guess that's the price of the digital age.. this dependency upon technology that we can't live without. For good or for worse, we don't have much of a choice now.

I digress. First lesson was financial accounting, which seemed interesting yet could prove difficult later on. Bidding the course together with Mingfei, Xiwen and Alvin, so hope we can get it. We formed our group already, met with a freshmen girl named Sharolyn.. unique name I must say =) Anyways, it's kind of a good situation for me, since I can meet new people, yet get to be together with my friends as well. Sometimes I don't know if I'm too dependent on friends.. I mean, I should go out and meet more people, instead of sticking with the same few friends. Same old argument with myself again I guess.. but that's probably the way for most.. to fear the unknown and stick to the familiar.

Second lesson was CAT... which frankly I found terribly boring. Hope that was just because it's an introduction lesson, and that subsequent lessons will prove more interesting. Yeah.. the optimist in me speaks... The project here looks like it's gonna be tough.. down to even having to source our own real life questions to do .. Oh well, at least gonna be working with Ben and Hui for the first time (KAD/Strategica aside). Should be fun I guess =)

Had to handle Vivace posters after classes... made me terribly disgusted with the school. So much for upgrading to better printers. It's the bloody first day of school, and 2 printers were out of order.. with so many jams and all. Absolutely pathetic. And don't get me started on the amount of red tape needed to get ANYTHING done. Sigh... so much for being different -.-

School aside. Mom's bdae is on Sunday! Yay.. should plan some nice activity; feel quite guilty having not spent much time at home for past few weeks. Any ideas? =)

Next post will be some recap, if I actually get down to it! :P

Last few days...

Last few days til school reopens.

Kinda sad, yet happy about it.

Been going out so much lately - and had so much fun - , that my even my family has started commenting about it. Still, wanna enjoy as much as possible before school reopens.

Will blog more when I have more energy!

Off to camp!

Just finished packing for camp tomorrow... it's not the first camp i'm going to, but its the first i'll be facilitator for. Which is why I'm kinda nervous/excited now. Heh..

Anyways, its been a very packed and busy two days for me.

Yesterday was a day of fun. Met up with the Strategica exco at Buona Vista (ungodly place for me... can't wait til the Circle Line comes up... have to travel one WHOLE ROUND to get to a place that's not THAT far..), and discussed some stuff. We must be getting better at this.. or maybe it was the time limit pushing us :P We did end much quicker than previous meetings!

After that, we went to Settler's Cafe to enjoy some board games again. After the past few meetings at Mind's, I was frankly getting a little .. bored of the place. So, it's a refreshing change. Tried several new games, some fun, some not so.. but the 2 most memorable things that happened has got to be 1. Ben's face when he thought he was about to win in Dragon Delta, but realised that Jinghao had accidently (yes, accidently!) blocked his win! 2. Puerto Rico , one of the best board games I've played so far, with little luck required and mostly strategic thinking. Impressive indeed.. wonder how long the game creators spent thinking about that impeccably balanced game =)

Anyways, been thinking a little about it. Realised I never played much board games when I was young.. besides the occasional monopoly or mad magazine.. I only played the original Risk once! Yet, now that I'm 20+, in university, I find myself playing tons more than I was young! LOL.. 返老还童 perhaps? Heh.. I like to think that even as the body grows old.. aches and all.. the mind can still stay young! Young at heart is the way to go! I don't wanna be old.. throughout!

After Settlers, went to watch a play with George, Ameet and a friend of theirs. Female friend. Hmm.. they seem to pay her a lot of attention ;) Grin.. But I digress..

The play, Homesick, is, I quote the emcee "the first play of the first night of the first Singapore Theatre Festival!" Impressive introduction, and I was certainly not disappointed. It's described as a dark comedy, and indeed its an apt description. Very Singaporean, yes, but with amazing play on words that kept me much amused. They poked fun at current issues, the government, and many other things that Singaporeans do think about.. or at least I do. The humour wasn't just it.. the second half was rather thought provoking.. touching on familial issues, and interpersonal relationships. Indeed, underlying the humour, and the exaggeration is a theme that's close to everyone's hearts, of the misunderstandings we have towards one another. The imperfect exchange of information. I certainly enjoyed myself a lot watching the play.. worth the 38 bucks despite my current dire financial straits.

Well.. on to today.

Had the second meeting with the Mind's boss, Alvin, together with Yaocong again. Certainly much more promising, and he did impress me a little with the quick way his mind works to bring things to his advantage. Got quite a bit this time, not the hard cash we hoped for, but that's kinda hard for a new club like us to get I suppose. A little in a dilemma, I'd love to accept this offer of course, but I also want to work with Settler's. Still, position-wise, perhaps it'll be better to accept this offer. Gotta wait and see i guess. Also met Adrian at Minds while at the meeting.. remembered then that he loves board games too.. gotta try and get him to join =) If you ever read this Adrian, do join! Heh heh..

After the meeting, met Yuanru, Ben and Vivienne .. the original plan being to catch a movie before meeting up with orientation exco for a last min briefing. Guess that's the problem with being charitable.. and letting the international students join.. So many logistic problems! Anyways, it was kinda too late for a movie due to the timings, so we just sat around at the Kaya Toast shop and chatted for a while. Was feeling quite full then, so I passed on the food.. which I kinda regretted later..

We met up with Xiaowei and Xiwen, and went over for the meeting. Turns out I got 2 more new freshmen! Ah wells.. I'm sure it'll all work out in the end! 2 free shirts given .. looks okay to me.. after all it IS free ;) After the meeting.. it was already 8+.. and we were supposed to go for dinner.. but they all decided to go home! (hence the regret just now) Thus.. I had to assuage my hunger on a puny Old Chang Kee curry puff (I love the things.. not for their taste but for the memory it brings me of the time I was out with my dad last time.. heh.. fun stuff!) before heading home!

My tale is done. Heh.. Hope the camp turns out great! Looking forward to tomorrow!

Oh yes, and Happy Birthday Yuanru. Happy 21st in 20 mins time! You're an adult now! *Grin*

LIFE IS SO BORING!

Sinfest (2006-07-16)

Wow... how true is that man. How often have we whined about how bored we are... how life sucks cos of that! Yes! You too! Admit it! I know I do...

In truth, sometimes boring is good.. Its up to us to find our purpose... Guess that's why we're all here.

In other news, bout of depression is almost over. Not over as much as ... in the healing process. Life is full of ups and downs I suppose.. and I do have myself to blame for it. Oh wells.. Thanks to all of you who asked, even if I was evasive. It really made me feel much better to know someone out there cared. Sorry I just didn't want to talk about it.. But you really made the difference. Thank you.

Lame joke of the week! : Yeah.. missed it for the last few posts due to depression.. its back now!

A traveling salesman was driving down a country road when a rabbit ran in front of his car and he hit it. The proverbial farmer was sitting on the fence watching. The salesman gets out of his car and opens the trunk. He then removes an aerosol can and sprays the contents on the dead rabbit. The next thing you know the rabbit gets up and hops about 20 ft. down the road, turns and waves to the salesman, goes another 20 ft. and waves to the salesman. The salesman looks at the farmer and says "he'll be okay now." The salesman gets into his car and leaves. The farmer wondering what's going on walks over to the ditch where the salesman threw the can, picks it up and read the label which said FOR HARE RESTORATION AND PERMANENT WAVE.