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Car's back...

2009-12-02T00:23:00.002+08:00

We collected the car on Sat, finally its all done up... although the workmanship could be better, but we cannot complain because of the price... We paid about $1400 in total and there are still some minor problems.... Going to fix them on this coming sat... If not for the accident, we would have been $1400 richer... But i guess its a good thing, at least we have our aircon back...

Went fishing after sooooo long, the fishes are mostly gone, thanks to baiters and netters... its really irritating actually... what to do?

As for myself... nothing exciting happened after our class gathering... was so bored that i actually attended a speak good english workshop for parents... can't say that it's useful, but it was quite interesting, until it became a complain session for the parents...

Was supposed to go for a trip on 23dec, but nik's been quite hesitant about it... plus we are not sure if he will be free in the first place... its super irritating lah~ Hiaz...

Am i so forgettable? Why is it that i have made myself so darn clear that i am interested in the outing! yet things have been planned and i'm totally forgotten... i didn't know bout it until i asked... now that i know its on, i dunno if i wanna go or not... i think i'll feel stupid, knowing that perhaps it was intentional to forget me, and i still turn up... hiaz... all the stupid things...

Been really easily irritated nowadays...

Class Outing~

2009-11-25T20:13:00.002+08:00

Today's outing was FUN~

Went to this North Indian Restaurant @ ECP (big splash side) and had their buffet... food was quite nice, atmosphere not bad, price quite good since we were able to use the 1-for-1 promotion...

After that, we went for bowling at Kallang... Everyone played well and had FUN! Although i felt that i could have done alot better... hahahaa!

That's pretty much all...

Been so bored...

2009-11-23T23:49:00.002+08:00

Cleaned up our room quite a bit, jus this semester's worth of work and notes remaining to clear up... After that, the room should be back to the original "neatness" before the exams... But i'm so lazy to start on that... reminds me of how badly i might have done this semester... :(

As for fishing? haven't started on it yet... The places that we go for fishing is more accessible with cars i guess... And i hate to do these stuffs alone... So have to wait till nik is free to go with me...

Our swift GTI? Still in the workshop... they have started working on it... Hopefully it will be ready by this saturday... Will be spending quite a bit of money on it, but its our choice....

As for other programs? i have a camp coming up on the 7dec... RTT most prob on the 17dec... Bike TP most prob on the 7Jan... Hopefully it will be earlier than that...

Started reading novels again... quite fun actually, "living" the lives of the characters in the book... disappearing into fantasy world while i still have the time... I can't believe that i "forgot" about reading... been losing out quite a bit... perhaps i'll be able to brush up on my english while i'm at it... :)

Facebook has become kind off boring now... Its like routine work, checking up on ppl's daily anecdotes, playing mindless games... but it seems like other than facebook, i do not have an online life... Nik can spend hours in front of the computer... surfing sites and forums... I don't even have a favourite website or forum to visit... such a hassle... :(

Anyway, i'm looking forward to the camp... wonders what will it be like...

Out out OUT!!!

Good News~

2009-11-21T03:13:00.002+08:00

Car's in the workshop... fixing it up... may cost up to 1k, but hopefully will be much less than that...

Exam's over... Paper was a b***h... but well, my own fault for not studying well enough... That's said, its my lass paper for the whole 4 years... next sem will start in bout 6 weeks time... that sem will last 6 weeks, then its attachment for 10 weeks... quite scary actually... been starting to doubt myself quite a lot lately...

Results will be out tentative on christmas eve... kinda scary as i know this sem's result will not be as good as before...

For the next few weeks, camps... fishing... more fishing... bike practice... more slacking... food... fun... boredom... facebook... nik... more fun... more boredom... ETC.... hahhahahahaa!!

Over and Out~

So much for renewing road tax and insurance...

2009-11-16T18:52:00.002+08:00

Guess what? After renewing road tax and insurance, the car may have to be scrapped... Why? because nik got into an accident and the front part, according to him, is totally destroyed...

Although i am very glad that nothing happened to nik, but i'm quite upset too... i have always told him to drive carefully and see further ahead... but his driving has been reckless... this type of accident is expected, although his luck is really quite bad... he is the last car, meaning no one bumped into him, so he got no one to claim from... NCD is not an issue, coz its only 10%... but its the fact that our car cannot be salvaged... (maybe)

Need to wait and know more... Hiaz... I'm really really upset right now... How to study? Want to talk to someone about this but nobody around... Dunno lah...

Hate accidents... (3 mishaps and 2 accidents...)

Not enough time...

2009-11-16T17:37:00.001+08:00

Exam's in less than 3 days... i have more than 70% to study for this paper...

Enough said... DEADz...

Cairnhill Carpark

2009-11-14T05:35:00.000+08:00

DO NOT park there anymore...

Wilson has raised the parking rates for the carpark and it has become ridiculous...
Usually it is 3.50 per entry on weekdays after 5pm... NOw? It is 3.50 for the first 3 hours and subsequently, 1.50 per half hour... Daylight robbery...

Parked there so many times before and took it for granted that nothing has changed... The board did, except that it DID NOT LOOK like it has changed any bit... So DISCREETLY... I wonder how many other ppl suffered the same shock as we did...

IRRITATING...

Okay... Exams!!!

2009-11-13T03:39:00.004+08:00

I have just completed my last assignment for this semester.. After today, i can officially concentrate on my exam already... provided i dun suddenly turn off lor~ I have a very bad habit... i tend to switch off for at least 1 day after completing an assignment... but i have to tell myself that i have no time for that already...

My exam is on the 19th of November... and after that, its HOLIDAYS!!! Our class is going for paintball right after the paper... So exciting! Can't wait... Love paintball man~ Very fun~!

I'm already planning for my holidays already... and that's not good~ coz they are DISTRACTIONS~! Better concentrate... Can't jeopardize my grades for fun man~!

Alright, better slp now... still gotta go visit my sis in alexander tml... Oh... One more thing... It's FRIDAY THE 13TH~ if anyone's interested...

ZzzZzz... BANG!

No car today... and probably for the next few days...

2009-11-03T11:53:00.002+08:00

Firstly, congratulate Nik on his new job! He is working with this company called Animagine where he will work with kids on animation projects.. One of the big one most of us will be familiar with is the Total Defence Day's N.Emation... However, this new job comes with time restriction... He will start work at bout 7am and end about 7pm usually... Then, when the crunch time sets in for the schools to produce clips for the competition, then he might have to work till as late as 3am plus plus...

Pros and Cons lah... I'll be more hardworking during the time when he is working... but when i have to work overnight for my assignments, i will feel super guilty because i wun be able to spend time with him when he is off work! So like I said, pros and cons lor.... Hiaz... I need to work on my time management and brush away my laziness...

As for the topic, yesterday i drove to school, then pick him up during the peak hours... the jam caused me to feel the ache in my calf till today and the motion sickness i had yesterday... It was really quite bad... So i told nik to drive instead and i'll get my motion sickness from the train and bus rides instead... Either way, i'll get it... So might as well do it the less stressful way... No worries about finding free carpark, other irritating and reckless drivers, pedestrians that decide to dash across the road suddenly and accidents that will cause long jams and therefore will be late for class... AND MORE...

Anyway, i better start working... not enough time for my assignments and exams already!!!

CHIONG AH!!!

Sleeping Hours...

2009-11-02T03:18:00.002+08:00

Seems like my sleeping hours have changed again... I have been sleeping at weird hours and waking up at noon on weekends and normal hours on weekday... Somehow my body can tune to the days too! Hahaa~ Its 3.18am now and i haven sleep yet~ Best part? i got to be up by 6am to send nik to work and my class starts at 9am... I was supposed to prepare some stuffs for that class... but i really didn't have the time and energy now... Hiaz...

At least 1 major assignment is completed by today~ it was supposed to be due on last friday, but time was extended... lucky for us because come to think of it now, my work seemed a little tad shitty before... Now, it looked so much better... Hopefully that's wat the lecturer wants~

I think my grades will definitely suffer this semester~ :(
What can i do? blame myself for slacking so much lorz...

Slack~! STILL Slack!!!

Just my usual rantings...

2009-10-27T13:34:00.002+08:00

Exams are drawing near... assignments are piling.... I am dying... But still slacking....

I have to hate myself for that... i keep reminding myself that i do not have much time left... All the assignments are due soon... reflections, essays, etc etc... very irritating... But what am i doing? slacking... Still hovering around doing nothing... Sleeping... Facebooking... Hiaz...

Arrgh~

PCK Spoof of Miss Singapore

2009-10-16T19:30:00.003+08:00

Seriously, i have no idea what is the criteria for Miss Singapore. Is it the Singlish language? Or is it "pretty can liao"? I dunno man... Anyway, I found the PCL spoof of the interview super hilarous and decides to share it... Enjoy!

Don't Pray Pray Ah!

Guess who did i meet today?

2009-10-15T21:05:00.002+08:00

The local actor turned director Huang Yiliang... His movie was not picked up and now, he have to sell his movie on dvd... So as i was saying... Met him today at AMK hub's carpark... He was selling his dvd there... Yes, at the carpark... I was initially shocked when he approached us... But felt kinda sad for him afterwards... Anyway, below is what the newspapers are saying about him...

Director's broken dream (TNP, 15/10/09)

HE followed his aspirations. But now, he says he's in debt.

Local actor Huang Yiliang had high hopes for his directorial debut Autumn In Winter.

The movie is about an emotionally unstable woman, played by model Sheila Sim, who rents out rooms in her home to strangers and then refuses to let them leave.

The cast also includes Bernard Tan, Phyllis Quek and Nat Ho.

But with no local movie distributors picking it up for a public screening here, Yiliang has now resorted to releasing the movie on DVD. He even goes to video stores promoting the movie.

Yiliang told The New Paper: 'Maybe the film is a bit too artistic, and distributors are not confident that movie-goers would watch it.' Yiliang said it would've been easier for him to make and sell a funny movie. But, he added: 'If I make a comedy, people will say I'm copying Jack Neo.'

Yiliang's situation seems to perpetuate the notion that only Jack's movies can score at the box office. Yet, critics lambast his work.

On the opposite end, Eric Khoo's movies have artistic acclaim, but fail to really draw in the masses.

(END)

Hiaz... If you see him, do support him? He tried something different but ended up like this... Anyway, the dvd is only $18... So yeah...

Dunno How...

Okay... One more to go for this week...

2009-10-07T11:14:00.002+08:00

Yes... I just finished another assignment... Rushed it out since yesterday 5pm... No sleep, No rest except for dinner break... Finally its done... Not the best work, but considered okay ba~ :)

Now's the time to catch some sleep before my lesson at 3.30 later... gotta go hand in my assignment at 3pm too... Haha!

Whats next? Micro teaching for math... Need to think of non-examples and prepare my slides properly.... seems like a lot of work... hopefully i'll finish in good time on thurs, then i can last till my presentation at 4pm...

Oh, we went for the tetanus jab yesterday... $30... but can last 5 years... gotta take it coz our fishing hooks seems a little rusty... so dun wanna take the risk... nik got poked by some weird metal piece from a $1000 fly rod... seems quite deep the cut... so scary... but now the rod dunno how... may have to ship to USA to fix... hiaz... Uncle billy very generous ar! Dare to lend so expensive rod to us... Now we feel that bad lah~ dunno how the think broke also~ :(

Nitez for now...

Yet another assignment's done...

2009-10-05T14:49:00.002+08:00

OMG... i'm feeling the effects of slacking too much now... I've slacked a lot during the recess week and now i have to rush like a mad woman to get my assignments done...

I've spent saturday night and sunday rushing my lesson plan... finally i've finished it and handed it in... What's next? Test construction assignment for math and math micro teaching....

So many stuffs to do... slacked too much...

Canal Fishing, week 6!

2009-10-03T15:43:00.005+08:00

Its been 6 weeks since we started fly fishing at nee soon... We arrived at 9am, which was slightly later than usual... But its a good day! There wasn't many people around so we practically had the whole place to ourselves. It was quite boring at the start, no fishes at all... We were so bored that nik started taking photos...

After about an hour or so, melvin (the guy squatting down) showed us the good spot to fish... billy (the guy with the cap) came shortly after... We fished for a while and started striking fishes! Although we fought with the fishes many times, we only managed to hook up one each. I almost caught another one, but the line broke... So sad...

As usual, my dearie was the first to catch one... Then its my turn~! It is my first time using a fly fishing rod, which is very different from the spinning rod... But both fishes were caught by our original spinning rod... So weird...

Anyway, we practiced catch and release, so both fishes were unharmed when released back into the canal... Hopefully it will still be there when we go back next week.

(Btw, we went back after 3 days and its gone already... all kena TABAO... Hiaz...)

Stop using baits... dead or alive...

Irritating Math Quiz

2009-09-25T12:47:00.002+08:00

This is one of the worst test ever... The phrasing of the questions is just so irritating. I spent so much time just trying to understand the question.. Its not that i dunno how to do lor... I dun have time to work out the questions lor... And i really need to write smaller? There isn't any space at all... If liddat, i rather they let us do the test using fullscape paper or something... Should have asked if i can use pencil to do the test or not... Den don't have to keep using corrective tape! Arrgh...

As for another irritating part, the lecturer didn't need us to separate the tables for the test. So the person sitting beside me was shifting around the table so much, trying to use her body to cover her work away from me... dunno if that's her writing style thou, but it gets really irritating when it seems like she was trying to cover more and more of her paper with her body. Why so doubtful? Hiaz... I know i made a mistake for being happy about not having to shift tables but its just for fun... So doubtful..... Arrghh...

Haiz... Hopefully working marks are allocated for it lor... Hiaz... Damn stupid man~! Feels so stupid lor! ARrgh~~!! Anyway, its over... not going to be bothered by it anymore...

Dunno means dunno lor~

Random Post

2009-09-20T00:10:00.002+08:00

Added some fishing links to my blog's side panel... Do take a look when you guys are free or interested~ :) And here's some pictures of my aunt's dogs... They are the most adorable dogs EVER!!! Hee~

Phoenix (7 to 8 years already ba, still VERY Cute!!!)

Rainbow (age: unknown, given to us by my cousin's friend, very very adorable! Love's kissing people on their mouth!!)

So CUTE!!

12 hours of fishing...

2009-09-19T23:35:00.004+08:00

No wonder i have no time~ spent 12 hours fishing today!!

The day began at 6.30am at nee soon canal near springleaf... we were there just before day break to try and "catch" the best time for fishing, but no luck... We lost ALL our flies... so started using lures instead... but still no luck... Nik's friend came along and gave us some flies to play with... and Nik managed to catch a small fish!! After 4 saturdays, finally we caught something... Its a "Marbled Goby" also known as Soon Hock... But its small lah, size of my palm maybe... Anyway, we practice catch and release, so we released the fish after taking photos~ Haha!

Bout 10am, we left the place for some breakfast as it started raining... From there, we went to lentor area (reservoir) to fish... there, nik caught his second fish! Peacock Bass... Also tiny lah~ No luck for the rest of us, especially me...

Went to another place, lower pierce reservoir... Tried a little... Everyone caught some fishes except us... We left after a while coz it started raining again! Arrgh~ We decided to go changi for nasi lemak and top up some supplies for kelong fishing...

By about 4pm, we decided to go home le... tired liaoz... We took jalan kayu and somehow, we decided to go fishing at the lower seletar reservior instead~! Tried for about 90 min den go my aunt's house le... All in all, its aobut 12 hours, inclusive of travelling and makan... HAhaa!! Shag...

Fly Fishing is fun~!

Scaredy Bear...

2009-09-18T13:41:00.004+08:00

So Cute! OMG~! Look at the facial expression of the bear!
The koreans must be really sadistic to allow the bear to go thru that experience, but need to "toughen" it up lah~ its a bear leh~ Haha! Hmmm...

Can't they make the video any smaller?

One presentation down...

2009-09-11T12:20:00.002+08:00

Today just cleared a major presentation for 1 of my module... i'm very happy that its out of the way already! The presentation went well, no major hiccups, SO... Good lor~! I'm quite lucky because i'm blessed with good team mates. We all did good amount of research and made the presentation such a successful one~!

Next up would be the task cards and the lesson plans for this coming monday... after rushing for the presentation, now feel a little nua already... no mood liaoz... just wanna rest... but also afraid that if i rest too much, my engine will stall liao~ HOW HOW HOW???

Suddenly decide to initiate a chat with a friend that i haven't met for like a year... So many things changed for him... For the better of course... He got married, have a two-month old baby now, stopped smoking, own a car, stable job... What else does he need? Nothing!! Its the best when u are happy in your little happy family! Haha! Wow...

I must catch up with all my friends if possible... If so many things can happen in 1 year, then for my friends that i lost touch for years.... what will become of them now? I'm lost for words...

Status Quo...

I gave it all...

2009-09-06T22:24:00.002+08:00

I gave my 100%... no... more that 100% effort during the games... i ran like crazy, i marked my opponent like crazy... but no one acknowledged that effort... when things go wrong, everyone gets frustrated... but please consider yourself before shooting everyone down... yes, you scored goals... but you also allowed your opponent to score goals too... at least i'm about 2 metres away from my opponent when that happened... but you are easily 5 metres away when u allowed your opponent to score... please do not say that i did not sprint hard enough... i sprinted so darn hard, but not just hard enough to please you all... so what if i gave up? considering that i pointed out a FACT and yet got shot down for it, den there is no point in me being there... me being there will just spoil everyone's mood...

Sorry for being me... but that's just me... anyway, it was fun playing with you guys until that happened... its not just about me... no one even bothered asking why our team captain (plus manager) were sitting in the stands after a while... did you even notice? hiaz... i dunno wat to say anymore...

good job anyway... maybe ivp will be better...

School, Fishing, Training, Stupid Driver...

2009-08-30T21:17:00.003+08:00

Assignments~! Bane of my life~! Whatever that means~ I just dislike doing assignments... So many assignments coming up and i'm feeling the stress already~ But i'm still slacking... I need my life too~! ARRGH~ Whatever... When the time comes, it comes... And if i do not wake up by then, too bad for me then... Hiaz...

Been trying out fly fishing at the river near nee soon area... no live baits~ only lures and flys... quite fun, except we didn't have much luck at all... We'll see how it goes and will update on the catch reports (if any). Haha~!

Training has been really tiring... The effect of my 3 month disappearance from training and exercise is seeping into my body... My sprints are slow to begin, stamina is down, throws and catches are inaccurate and pretty weak, game awareness also not that good already... Need more practice, but time is running short... SUniG is just round the corner, and our team is barely ready for the competition...

Stupid DRIVERS! @#$@%!$# Its really irritating when drivers do not value other people's life like how they value theirs.. If they dun care about their life, please drive down to genting den roll down the mountain or something... But please do not endanger other people's life by not checking blindspots, signalling very late or not signalling at all, doing illegal u-turns, overtaking unneccesarily, swerving from lane to lanes and other stupid driving acts... Its really dangerous and irritating~! ARRGH~

Breathe in... Breathe out... Relax... ARRGH~!

Updates!!

2009-08-20T02:34:00.003+08:00

First of all, sorry for the 2 weeks disappearance from blogger.com! I was extremely busy, slacking before the semester starts and followed by a not so hectic 1st week of school... No excuses for not blogging as you can see... I'm just simply being the lazy me lah~

Anyway, many things happened since i last blogged... Hmmm where to begin... Let's just start from where i left off, in order of events ba~ :)

Teaching Practice: Everything ended quite well, good comments from my CT although his written ones were quite different from his verbal comments. "Acceptable" for all areas only...

Night Cycling (01/08-02/08): We (me, nik, beka, andy) rented our bicycles at east coast park at 8pm, the one with the coin lockers. And we journeyed from east coast park, to tanah merah (expo), to tampines mall where we had our macdonald supper. We continued to changi village where we bought some fishing stuffs and that was already 6am. We decided to head back to ECP so that we can return the bikes by 9am... Cycled along changi beach and THROUGH the Osim Triathalon where we had to PUSH our bikes through the beach... Anyway, we returned our bikes at 9.30am and drove thru macdonalds for their breakfast~! Oh yeah, one important detail, we had a jack russell (phoenix) and a chihuahua (rainbow) with us all this while~!

MacRitchie Recce: To help samantha with the planning of her month-niversary, i went to the reservoir with her on 08/08 (sat) morning. We started at Venus Drive entrance and walked towards the Tree Top walk, followed by Jelutong Tower and finally a LONG walk on Rifle Range Link before entering the "Kampong Trail" towards Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. We gave up when we reached the bukit timah road area... Hahaa! The walk was tiring and the weather was hot and humid, but we had fun taking silly photos and getting chased by monkeys~ Although the couple did not do the trail in the end, the experience was still fun for me~!

Pond Fishing: My friend's company had this Night Fishing Competition at Pasir Ris Pond also on 08/08. Nik, me, beka and andy were participating in the event... We only caught 2 fishes for the full 3 hours... Very pathetic because other participants went home within minimum 3 fishes, and all above 1.5 kg... Our fishes weighed at 0.95 and 2.02kg... Can't even get consolation prize lorz... My aunt and uncle came down to support us, and brought with them some luck~! We caught those fishes after their arrival lor~ Pond fishing is a different experience from fishing at kelong or reservoirs, its fun but very expensive... Think we will do that again some day...

Night Safari: The night before my semester starts, the four of us decided to visit the night safari~ Somehow, nik's mom, sis and her bf decided to join us too~ So its 7 of us in the end... We went their mainly because of the promotion on straits time (4th aug's straits time life - hope the date is correct). Its 1 for 1 ticket not inclusive of tram rides... Quite a good deal, we saved on average, 11 bucks per person~! Since we arrived quite early (7pm) we were able to catch the first animal show and didn't have to queue that long... After that, we walked ALL the trails and ended with the tram ride... It was really fun and interesting~ Most of the animals were awake, unlike my previous experience~ :)

Schoooooool : It has been quite a hectic 2 weeks since the sem started... many assignments piling up, project meetings, readings, training etc... Quite tiring mentally and physically man... all i can say is that i'm not ready to start, but i have to~!~!

I think that is all for now ba... more updates next time... hopefully it will not be another 2 weeks before i blog again~ :P

Nong Nong ago.... Nong Nong ago...

Demoralised and Down...

2009-07-30T14:44:00.002+08:00

Feeling quite demoralised with my observation feedback... Its mostly "acceptable" and a few "good" for both pe and math... No "excellent" at all... I'm not aiming high, but at least dun make me feel so sucky lah~ I know this is just a "pass" or "fail" grade only and i definitely passed already... But still............

I can kiss goodbye to my honors if this is what i get from my observations... Hiaz... maybe next sem dun need to work so hard for my grades liao... GPA above 4.5 also no use if the practicum grades are sucky... Might as well just relax in school and settle for 2nd lower class can liao...

Anyway, still have 2 more observations... 1 today, 1 tomorrow... Surely will get sucky feedback again... I'm starting to doubt my abilities as a teacher... Can i make it? Can i be a good teacher?

Demoralised...