New things!

Phew... almost didn't sleep last night... Or this morning. Bleah...

Blogger has given in to Google, and joined it's ranks. For the fresh new upstart, it's certainly slowly taking over the job of the established fellow who's overrunning the world. Well, for better or worse, change is here, and it's time for more experimentation!

It's new tools seem interesting... hope it doesn't screw up the page! Onward to more testing (if my eyes don't shut down on me!)

Drained

Feeling really drained of life now. Arguments, unplanned and unwanted, always barge into my life so easily, no matter how much I dislike it. Why is my temper as such, and pride so stiff-necked that I won't apologize or admit - no matter my inner thoughts. How does one reconcile all his feelings.

Dilemma.

Lots of things happening now. Live for the moment, Carpe Diem. That's all I can do now.

Back

Back from Hongkong!

Really enjoyed myself there, but I'm glad to be back as well. Will update with travelogue/pics another time :)

School's reopening very soon, sigh... oh wells, will worry about that when the time comes. Gotta enjoy the last of this short holiday.

2-姑姑 will need to have an amputation of her leg. Our worst fears have come true - the operation wasn't successful after all. Sigh... it sounds terrible even to me, let alone to her... Feel so terrible. Hope everything goes well.

Goodbye Bangkok, Hello Hongkong!

Whoopy! Tomorrow I'll be flying off to Hongkong! Wow... unbelievable... 2 trips in a single month. After years of not travelling on holidays. This time, will be going with George, Hui and Ben. Looking forward to it! Made a boo boo though, thought it was Friday instead of tomorrow. Phew. Damn heng I found out in time... I can just imagine it, calling them on Thursday asking for details, and learning that they're already in Hongkong without me! Haha. Maybe there is a god somewhere after all :D Still, that means I've had to cancel commitments made for today, Wednesday and Thursday. Ah wells, gotta give and take sometimes. A pity though. I can just envision all you guys having fun baking etc :) Really touched that you all came down to city hall, thanks a lot! Oh ya.. u all must sharpen your skills and bake for me when I get back k!

All in all, it's been a very satisfactory day. Accomplished quite a bit of stuff today - more than I'd anticipated. Updated stuff that I've meant to update for a long time (I can just hear that inner voice go "Finally!" in an exasperated tone!), got my school connection back, and software installed. Played around with several software. Amazing how easy things are, how satisfying it is to learn things by yourself. Got down to playing with msn live space - and uploaded my bangkok trip pictures (well, some of them; there's too many for me to upload all :P) there. Click here to have a look! It's great how many resources there are on the net for things, I marvel at the creativity of people at times.

In other news, it's been raining non stop for almost 2 days straight. Geez... while it does make for a good sleep, it's kinda cold (never thought I'd say this in Singapore) and dreary, especially when you're trying to travel. Pfft.

Rather sad that I didn't get to meet up with sec sch buddies this holidays. Well, guess I'll have to try for the time between where I get back from Hongkong and school reopens! Planning... planning...

Also, I'm rather worried about my aunt who's been hospitalized. Haven't been to see her yet. She's had an op which has like 20% chance. Praying real hard that she gets better. Sounds really scary to me. Sigh. Due to my own stupidity I won't be able to see her, but wells, all I can say is "Best wishes 姑姑, may you get well soon!"

Bleah

So much for my great plan to come home earlier and spend the day at home.

Overslept waaay too much *omg i'm losing my enduarance!* Now i'm back at home for a short while before I go to school for a meeting.

Strange isn't it, how the things I love and enjoy doing can still become like a chore. Not to say that I stop loving them anymore.. they're still fun and good.. but the repetitiveness grates on me. Weird. Guess humans are never satisfied. Greedy creatures, that's what we all are! *Wink Alvin*

Better take a quick nap before it's time for work. All the days of hard play... time for some WORK! Kinda miss it even (just a little) :D

Random Thoughts

At Marcus' place now, with a bunch of friends, enjoying the gamecube. It's amazing how time flies when you're having fun. Feel terribly guilty though. My sis just pointed out how little time I've been spending at home, and it's so very true. And I feel so terrible about it, yet it's a short holiday and so many friends to meet up with. Yet, I'd better 反省反省 as well, get my priorities right. Had a chat with Alvin before this, and I do feel much better after chatting with him. Gotta examine and reflect with myself more I guess.

Watched Charlotte's Web yesterday with Mingfei, Joyce and Alfred, a freshie we got to know from handball yesterday. It was good. Real good - literary classic indeed. I still remember when I was a kid and reading the book. It was so touching - remember crying when Charlotte died. Heh... of course I didn't this time.. somehow the movie didn't touch me as much as the book used to. Perhaps I'm too jaded. Still, I enjoyed the movie lots. The rat - genius man - dunno if many caught the many play of words/phrases he did, intricate and enjoyable indeed. Julia Robert's voicing of Charlotte was also perfect. Even the overcute, naive Wilbur didn't irritate me as much as I thought he would :P Guess I'm recouping my tolerance level atefr all! Haha.

Just realised yet another difference between guys n gals. Shopping - it's like a pasttime to the gals, and just a means to an ends to guys. Heh. When we were in Bangkok, it was us guys who couldn't take it after a whole day of shopping, while the girls were still raring to go. Phew.. Still remember Caren, feeling sick, yet managing to still run around shopping. Unbelivable. That didn't even stop when we went back to Singapore. Sheesh.. a 50% Mango sale, and they were deep inside. Justin, Marcus, Ben and I were like joking to ourselves that we felt like people watching a zoo exhibit:P Even today when I accompanied Mingfei and Joyce to shop before venturing forth to the east, and they went to Miss Sixty. Holy shit. 400 bucks for a piece of clothing. Jesus i was really shocked... lol. Once again, difference in values I suppose :P

Lol.. hearing a lot of screaming from the rest playing the gamecube atm. Competitiveness for the win! Guess it's enough rambling for the night!!

I'm Back!

It has certainly been a busy week. What with exams ending, worrying about results, going out, attempting to, fixing my laptop and preparing for trips. Anyways, now that the semester is over, my long hiatus of non-posting should be over as well. So here I am with my first real post in a long long time!

Strange isn't it. During the school semester, I couldn't breathe due to the workload. Now that it's holidays, it's the 'playload' that is unbelievably heavy! :P As Calvin (& Hobbes) once said, "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want to do". How true is that! How sad is that.. One month of holidays, and I can foresee it being packed to the brim. Which isn't a bad thing, considering how much fun I'll be having:) Still.. where's that slack-time I promised myself? Ah wells, one cannot have EVERYTHING.

Some updates:

Exams & Results :

The exams were easier than I expected... but of course that doesn't mean anything when you factor in the bell curve. Gotta wait and see I guess..
CAT results are out... disappointing.. was hoping it'll be an A ... Sigh .. guess it's not meant to be.

My sis' piano concert:

Turned out better than I expected, considering the amount of practice I put in. Was really nervous when playing, as I'd foreseen, but I guess the presentations in school did help. Managed to play through the piece without panicking, and running around screaming. Heh... Envisioned that SOMEHOW. I guess practice DOES make perfect. Though I'm far from it for now, I'll get there some day;) Met quite a few people - my sis' friend's friends. Interesting people, and real friendly, too bad we didn't get to talk much.. Anyways, the concert was quite good. My only gripe was that I didn't get to hear the rest of the players/singers, besides what I could strain to hear from outside the door.

Laptop:

My laptop went 'poof', or at least the video card. Brought it to CIT, and only succeeded in nearly bursting a blood vessel. Geez.. for a so called helpdesk, they surely don't do much. In the end, they're just there to provide the software. Wat the hell.. why don't they just give us the bloody installer discs when we buy the laptop then?? In the end, just waste my time. Luckily Mingfei accompanied me there to 'pei' me.. if not maybe someone will be nursing a black eye right at this moment. Sigh. On one hand it's working already, on the other hand, I still have to go back there to install MS Office and connect to the school network. Argh.

Outings:

A few KTV outings. Loads of fun, really missed singing (croaking?) in KTV. Heard Alvin sing for the first time... a natural I must say:) Unexpected totally:P Wahahahah... Jokes aside... yeah his singing was really good.. should join talentime or something!

Had a goodbye 'party' with Yaolong & Marcus. Bro, will miss you. Wish I could go with ya man.. Las Vegas!! Oh man.. I'm so jealous!! Hahaha.. Have fun! =)

Next day, had loads of fun with Joyce, Justin, Marcus, Mingfei, Alvin, Ben, YR, Mq, Steven and Dickson (Did I miss anyone out?! My memory is going .. lol) Went to Brewerks with them, didn't drink as I'd already drank the day before (I still hate beer btw... even if I have to drink it cos SOME ppl force me!) Boy am I glad I didn't drink .. I know myself - I can't drink for nuts - and seeing some of the rest of them drunk ;) was kinda amusing. Alvin - jian as usual - was grinning away when he saw so many of them drunk.. EVIL! And then we all went over to Justin's place, except for Alvin who abandoned us AS USUAL! Next time must drag him along! I left early for the night, but most of them stayed... for TWO NIGHTS!!! OMG... don't you guys need to sleep? Or go home? Sheesh:P

Anyways... will be flying off to Bangkok tomorrow, really looking forward to it :)

Fear

In a few hours time.. it'll be my virgin attempt at playing in front of so many people. Urk... feeling the butterflies now. What have I gotten myself into...

Ah wells, will be an experience! Wish me luck!

P.S. EXAMS ARE OVER!!! WOot!