~Notes from a Not So Young Mind~

2009-11-16T20:47:00.002+08:00

I once again after weeks of agonising planning and guessing and decision, I HAVE BOUGHT MY FIRST ASCIS SHOES! Woohooo! Now to put it to good use i think i had better run like twice a week. Haha, better run alittle more else i'll get fat or something.

-wonght
One thing down a few more to go!

2009-11-16T20:47:00.000+08:00

Weekends

2009-11-15T16:26:00.002+08:00

Had one of the more enjoyable weekends for some time already, with my family this time though. I spent quite a bit of quality time with my mother especially actually.

Yesterday went for a quick swim or so, i think i swam 30 laps? I sort of lost count after a while. So much for counting... After that bought lunch home then we(my mum and i) went down to PP to get moi something! Hush hush when i get it next week then post photo for you all to see! It costed a bomb though @ 400. But i was happy for i finally got it after contemplating for so long on how best to go about achieving what i wanted to achieve.

Well after the disappointing cancellation of class outing, could go to cher wei's birthday party in time. The food was ok not bad, selection was good enough for a buffet but i guess darren was too picky haha(better not let him see that). The wine(which sadly isn't sweet or with very low alcohol) was well intoxicating. I wasn't really drunk, was a little high, a little dizzy but still sane. Was nowhere near that time at ECP. Thankfully actually. But well must be careful with spirits!

Today surprisingly didn't have a hangover, just felt super parched. But after all the drama last night at my house, my mum still didn't mind going out for a movie with auntie rahma! We watched 2012. I thought it was a good action show. The CGI was fantastic, one of the best ones i seen so far i think. The plot was not too thick, the actors not too bad. Though it was certainly sad to have watch the death of so many undeserving ppl esp that scientist and gordon. Was quite sad at my parts and i was(not surprisingly though not many believe) quite closed to being moved to tears.

SO we had a wondrous three course meal @ secret recipe. There was lobster bisque, pumpkin soup(no it is not meant for ms. jes), caesar salad(which was pathetic in my humblest opinion), grilled fish with lobster sause(which actually was essentially fried in a way...), fried fish with cream sause(it looked quite herby), fried chicken stuffed with cheese and ham(in my opinion was a good combi but the chicken did look a little small and a little over fried), and the deserts of tiramisu, chocomud and chococheese cake!

After all that delightful food, we shopped around for a while then took the train home. Back home much much later, i recieve an emergency call from proffesor ?. He was having an extremely excruciating time fumbling with his programming module, and with my rusty brain and java knowledge, we finally took 1 hour to finish the code for the long division. Tahdah! So proud of myself. =)

As the d-day draws near, i feel myself becoming more relax as well as happier than ever. My mood feels more uplifted these days despite all the horrible things they are attempting(and will not suceed) to make me do. Hrmph. Well one thing for sure, compare to many i have already planned out nicely my ord time, so wouldn't be so lost. For now, I just need to plan my time during leave.

Final note, my uob card has arrive(without pin) so i can finally get tixs at 6 in cathay! Also now i'm contemplating whether to buy running shoes/running vest/running shorts. Hmm if i do i must seriously go run. So how?

-wonght
Still got to apply for sat again as well as go for my psychological assessment...

Bitch SLAP

2009-11-13T23:19:00.002+08:00

My mood yesterday was pretty good after shopping for cher wei's gift yesterday. But then a phone call had to spoil it all. Come back tmr to take IPPT. Convert ur leave to off.... Rightzzz. WHy the hell would i do that? Leave can excuse you from stuff off cannot. Leave is my entitlement so F _ _ _ OFF. Grrr it is so frustrating man! Well please DO realise leave off conversion is for very very last minute emergency. One i had already cleared this window, so it is not of paramount importance for me to take the ippt. Second, i already been nice enuff to offer to help in things that don't concern me. There is only so much as a man in saf i need to do. I think i'm doing more than some of the over paid officers regular or nsf. Third, my fitness was never the best aspect of my life, so getting pass is already a miracle!

But anyways, ignoring those nicompoos and their pointless senseless arguments. Today made me slightly happier. Though i felt too lazy to be up early to swim and fail to thanks to the long dreary rain. I manage to bake biscottis. No pics cos i didn't bring my cam to my granny's. I had to shell camel's pistachio nuts. The 3 small packs @ 3.90 only yearn 1/2 a cup insufficient but heck. The result was good. Looks professional enough to me thought it was still a little soft(recipe was for a softer version). I had to extend the suggested baking time so as to achieve the hardness i wanted. My mm loved it. Though dad and auntie rahma complained that it was too hard but hey it is suppose to be hard so i guess i should be happy right?

Well at least finally something satisfactory! Onwards to tmr then! Shall swim then buy my shades from rudy project then if i really feel good shoes and running attire!

-wonght
Need to keep in shape man

2009-11-09T22:06:00.002+08:00

Today was a blast except the vaccination though it went fine since i never got to see the needle.

First thing in the morning i bake a brownie! It was less sinful then the first considering that my dad will keep eating so less sugar and less sugar. I used lesser choc too. I tried this new tray i bought. Well it allow the either brownie to warm up fast and thus the original temp became too high. And the low level meant the entire mix cooked fast. Well at least i took it out earlier than planned. Thankfully it was only a little dry. Mainly still moist. Without the beating it was dense. With less choc it wasn't as fudgy. With less brown sugar the surface wasn't as shiny esp since i sprinkle walnut atop. I guess i'll need time to perfect the best brownie. Till then it's time to move on and try something else. Looking at biscotti next! Maybe coming monday.

After that i took the seasonal flu jab with ds, then went to his house and loan his bike. We thought the front wheel was being locked by the overly tight and slightly rusty brake and turns out it was just cos the wire got coiled around the handle bar. His gear could change initially but after that it jammed. Well hopefully he fix his other bike so we can go cycling together given that i'm unlikely to get a bike here. The short trip on road was freaking terrifying. My heart nearly jumped out whenever a car passed me by.

Still this was the first cycling since sec 1 @ pulau ubin that didn't have a crash! I reached ECP safely and met up with zhexi and yi an. We had a blast of a time, cycling in the rain, eating macs, going all the way down to ecp area a, then to icc. We had a lot of fun taking photos along the way. I got 2 models to attempt some camera angles which i wanted to. Sadly i realise that even the best point and shoot i have is just not up to standard to take some more exciting photos but that might be set to change coming comex! Cycling in light drizzle was fun but the rain in the end overwhelmed us and we had to seek shelter in macs... Then we pushed on to the end of ecp which was nothing but construction. Maybe next time if i get a chance i'll cycle all the way to changi beach instead. Before anymore cycling, moi is thinking of kayaking. Anyone interested?

On a side note, Ice cream chef was good. Though my second time there(i ate those my cousin bought for her birthday though like at least thrice), it has captured my heart. And i think the staff has got yi an's heart.

All in all one fufilling day. Tmr looks set to be good again!

-wonght
Need to pack for camp later!

2009-11-08T14:54:00.000+08:00

Just had a good dip and drive to senkang/anchorville cc. The swimming complex was big. We tried the indoor pool but gave up as the water was freaking freezing. Then i dragged zhe up to go for the water slide, and he got owned by the slide la, burnt butt. Then we swam... After that I went up again to the tallest one and the middle one to slide down. I kept bumping on the middle one. I think i too tall le. My back felt like burn but the open air one was more fun though less fast. if only got camera =)

Ah wells time to do a little work soon but i'm procrastinating for now.

-wonght
Work work

2009-11-07T23:14:00.002+08:00

Today had my sat 2 it seemed fine enuff. After that had subway with happy cookies! Realised that the exam place was actually at kaplan. No wonder in town also can take exam. Also realised that there are weird ppl who run in town along dusty polluted roads.

Anyways back home, i then went out with my mum. We went pp first to look at forex. After that we went down to giant to get stuff for lunch. At sort of a spur of the moment but planned to be done on monday anyways, we went to get baking stuff at paya lebar area. Then we went to fairprice to get some more stuff. And guess what we bumped into my dad at the popular that. Hmm so much for coincidence.

Thus ends the first day of my conversion to civilian. Shall find recipes and bake. Thinking of maybe not doing brownie but a peanut butter blondie with chocolate.

And so many places to go for attachment at astar, lost for choice

-wonght
A small step forward.

The path to freedom

2009-11-06T18:25:00.002+08:00

today i actually used the exercise bike at home. i haven't touch that old bike for some time now. the last being i think in jc. ah well at least it gave me something to occupy my time. sighz i guess i better plan out my time for the next few weeks well if i dun wish to die of boredom. Well i have a few agendas though. 1) attempt to lose a little weight. cycling, swimming or maybe even running? 2) learn to bake more stuff. 3) read like serious reading which i have not done much in this 2 years. 4) clear up any leftover promises i made for ns. 5) meet up most of the friends i have made in my life before i fly for studies. 6) plan for outings 7) plan my post ord life. 8) pack up my area

Looks like a long list in a short time but seems achievable to me. Though i keep procrasinating so it's not good. For now it's time to hit the books for math as my sat II looms ahead. Meanwhile i shall enjoy the last bit of brisingr once again.

-wonght
Need to be constantly occupied!

2009-11-05T23:41:00.001+08:00

Had my blood drawn today. The first medic got like 1 ml. The next one got like another ml. In the end they had to activate the mo to do it. Sighz so much for a 3g army eh?

Anyways had dinner with leonard in geylang. First was beef hor fun, then a round of snacks and drinks at beancurd king. Was quite full. Also was a long time since i stepped into kallang. Almost couldn't recognise it. Like it changed so much new building blocks. No more macs, got ntuc. Places do change fast esp in our fast paced society. Gosh maybe i can't even recognise my own house after 3 years. On a side note, i just realise that one of my neighbours work at imre rofl... Betrand's dad or someone some more...

Well left with maths to mug or fail... the bio and chem seems set to go but keeping my fingers crossed!

-wonght
SAT II!!!!

2009-11-03T20:15:00.000+08:00

today i had a wonderful time at the beach doing guess what, building sandcastles. And we realise the fun side in our teachers. Today's ffi was a little crappy but oh well what should i have expected? Hmmm now i'm in a dilemma over where to work and i realli need to iron out the details soon!

-wonght
Freedom freedom!

2009-10-31T21:34:00.002+08:00

watched julie and julia today with kie and bone. it was a good movie only didn't like the part on julie hates me but other than that it's good. tempted to find the book and read it.

after that was dinner at thai express(like again) but this time i tried the yellow ginger chicken. it came with a warning: voted most spicy. but heck we tried it. well it certainly was super spicy and burnt our tongues. 1/3 was chilli. we had to scrap off the chilli seeds to actually be able to withstand the burning sensation.

well other than that i realise that i'm putting back on weight and i think i had better get in shape soon or i'll not be able to wear some of my clothes soon. swim or run? or both? Sighz shall see how first, esp now my right knee is screaming in pain at times.

-wonght
In need of a new pair of running shoes.

2009-10-30T22:58:00.004+08:00

just received my absolutely disappointing sat 1 score. sighz might need to retake like again. so irritating. had a lousy cs, which 2 ppl in my detail fail... Sadly... Shall be clearly leave and off pretty soon. FFIs are coming up. Now i need to be adequately prepared for my sat 2. Hopefully i get a good enuff score for them to ignore my sat 1. Thankfully the only good thing this week was the relatively ok cambridge interview. The only problem: i can't tell if i did well or not. The physiological question caught me off balance especially since i forgot a lot of stuff already. But all in all felt fine to me. Now the agonising 3-4 mths wait till jan...

Still in a dilemma over work after ord. sighz aga wants me to take a 8 week attachment or so and that might throw my plans out of whack.

-wonght
Just upsetting

2009-10-24T21:14:00.002+08:00

Had my tsa today. As expected the qns were hard but well albeit manageable. Only the last question stumped me quite badly. The essay was the horror. I forgot so much content that i hoped having extra stuff not covered in textbooks would help but well... I preferred the nat sci physical ones more. The general qns were a killer requiring in depth knowledge of classical studies which i lack formal education in. I now pin all my hopes on the interview coming tuesday!

Well at least my mock inteview with cook went well enuff. I now more or less had a decent strategy on how to tackle the interview and keep the interviewer on track on my academic pursuits and thirst for more knowledge. Well that is a huge step forward. Now the last part is how i can manage the timings properly that day together with my imt!

-wonght
Another milestone has pass!

Ignorance is bliss

2009-10-04T09:22:00.003+08:00

Afte a long and tiring struggle to more freedom and wish to do what i want, i think i have finalling inched a step closer to where i wish to be independently. Suprisingly, after i sneaked home early this morning from last night's dinner. My mum nor my dad realised or chose to ignore it. Whichever one it is, it doesn't really matter cos it just happened. And yes finally, they have more or less finally accepted the fact that i will be pursuing my studies overseas. That my dear readers is certainly the biggest load off my mind.

Ok enough bout that cos yesterday night was a relatively enjoyable night. First we had early dinner at kushin-bo, where some people seemed to only eat the snow crab or the sashimi throughout the entire meal. But it was a filling and good meal. After which i followed the rest of the alpha ppl to toys r us to search for birthday gifts for some oct babies but it failed terribly. We ended up hopping from one sports shop to another looking for a bag and well water bottles...

Then I met up with cheng and bear at changi village for dim sum. We saw a ferret there but the lighting was too bad to take any photo and the ferret was just too fast. After which we went geylang for rochor beancurd with liesel minus cheng wei. It was a slightly depressing talk but well i needed to get stuff off my chest! And liesel attempted to teach simple german.

Well too lazy to grab my cam now, so i'll just have to upload the photo later!

-wonght
Fun laughter peace and joy, gone were the days we were that innocent.

2009-09-27T01:35:00.002+08:00

Just went to see calvin off before he flew to uk. I realised how detached i had become to some if not most of my juniors. I felt well quite out of place and just well i dunno we used to be close but what happened? I was quite sad. And well going for such things usually sets me off thinking about mine next year and how it will be. I felt deeply depress and upset when such things come out and i think i really miss those days where we were so innocent and anything could intrigue us, hold our attention. Especially the little crazy things we do. Well now i can only do it with a few ppl like kie and sha, like having an urge to bake brownies and eat naan cos we want to eat something.

Days like these are gone. Good frens drift so far away that you wonder if you meant anything to anyone anymore. I always wonder if there is a way i can keep in contact with everyone that i know. Evidently the effort i put in just issn't enuff.

-wonght
So in need of divine relevations

COOKIES

2009-09-24T15:31:00.002+08:00

As some of my camp and frens already know, I baked cookies on tuesday afternoon. I actually made a trip down to katong area to buy the raw materials i needed.

The cookies were ok. They needed more time then was stated. I press them down too much so it was a little flat, fine too flat. A little oily, i think it's either i didn't beat the butter long enough, not enuff flour, no parchment paper below my cookie or i just too slow to put it in. Also a little to sweet, i think it's mainly the chocolate chips.

So this sat, i shall make smaller ones, reduce the white sugar, cut down a little on butter and half the chips added =).

-wonght
What's the great smell?

2009-09-21T22:42:00.002+08:00

Today was uneventful of sorts. We wanted to go frog led porridge hunting but it crashed and burnt without a viable form of transportation. Well i did go to the GREAT John Little whatever it is sale. So not in the mood to shop so i walked around the apparel sections before eventually thinking of buying a pair of loafers but settle on a pair of suede-like leather shoes.

Only thing uneventful was i saw wei feng and had a short chit chat which lasted for quite a while as he asked about what's happening and all. But that's that.

Dinner was at auntie rahma's place where her sis, auntie marriam served lontong and basmati rice with beef. It was good food. Poor mdm rahma was sick and voiceless but still had to mark papers, how unfeeling of her school(not to be named). But well it is not easy to be a teacher. Thus i need to consider carefully over whether to relief teach and where to. Or a lab would be fine...

Ok tmr i shall swim in the morning and bake in the afternoon. Which reminds me that i need to loan a electric mixer from auntie marriam. Ok cookies or brownie?

-wonght
Such a feeling's coming over me!

My first animation in actionscript 3

2009-09-20T23:09:00.010+08:00

After a brief reunion with actionscript, picking bits of it up for some wits projects and reading off a book i found: my first flash animation using actionscript. It's a fountain of sorts that follows your mouse try it here!

2009-09-20T21:44:00.001+08:00

Something we all should learn

2009-09-20T21:39:00.000+08:00

2009-09-20T17:56:00.002+08:00

No wonder i'm going insane and turning histronic. In camp have to deal with retard ppl, some really retarded and tupid beyond hope and can't seem to explore methods that are viable and more efficient than whatever the dysfunct and outdated sop says. At home i have a cranky old man who is angry over xin wang not delivering his food before the rest of the people and stomps out creating scenes of embarrassment. Little wonder why i'm becoming dumber as well as crazier. Sighz my fate is sealed. I'll be the dumbest and most insane scholar astar has seen...

-wonght
Why can't family meals be enjoyable?

Vagabond

2009-09-18T22:41:00.002+08:00

On tuesday night/ wednesday morning, i finally felt how a vagabond in singapore feels like and well it sucks. Not having somewhere to go to sucks. Like seriously. Lazing around walking down mrt lines aimlessly then cabbing at 50% surcharge to t1 only to realise t1 has nothing and was the furthest away. Stoned around at t3. Had ya kun at bout 5. The toast was good, egg a little too overcooked but the coffee was a let down, tasting a little metallic. Then i attempted to find somewhere anywhere to do something. But generally singapore wakes up and do anything at 10am earliest which was exasperating. So i tried to find my viet cafe. But va va vroom either closed down and did not open so early.

So bored little me went down to raffles city to want to go mos burger but it was still not open for business yet so... I went to subway next day and am convince that their service sucks and subway needs to review its franchises. They dun seem to have the right standard. The sandwich artist english sucks assumes things like i wanted my sub toasted and i only want certain veggies or everything, and just cut my foot long up. So irritating. It was the worse subway meal i had so far! It used to be ok. What happened subway?

Totally irritated i decide to go to northpoint for my library fix. Guess what? The libraries based in shopping centres open at 11! Fed up and spending close to 30 bucks with nothing much achieved i went back to camp. Thankfully i had a good time with my class at elise's birthday bash the night before. And i also realised that i'm turning histronic and seriously going mad.

On a side note i realised that cook has sent out my application, cos 1) there was no way i could have emailed him within his 2 days when i was preparing for outfield 2) cannot have answer him cos my phone was not with me in the field 3) had long ago email him and waiting for his reply. thankfully today he emailed me to acknowledge my payment code for coaf. A sigh of relief. Also with this outfield, i have 2 more just to go and i hope my timeout in hokkaido can bring me back to normalcy.

My schedule is turning a little messy from a few miscalculations but must remember my excuse recall soon before people start to disappear. =) And tuesday took off suppose to babysit someone only to realise it was the wrong day ah well anyone free to go out? Or i must really drag myself down to the pool man!

-wonght
Relax relax relax man...

2009-09-14T13:50:00.000+08:00

my flooble officially died today. so now i use c box

Infringement of privacy?

2009-09-13T10:11:00.002+08:00

After exploring gothere.sg based on google map, i just realised that it has a cool but freaky function. It lets you pick a point go down to street view and go 360 to see what's there. I could see my own house... and my neighbour's car and all. Though there was a glitch in the stitch, it still scare me to have such information available to the public without our prior knowledge. Can you imagine if someone used this data and slowly analyse how best to enter the building? This is bad very bad, some parts should be blurred out...

-wonght
My privacy i demand

2009-09-12T22:09:00.002+08:00

Today i had a nice day out with my mum. We went round looking for tour packages to Hokkaido! I also took the chance to snoop around for europe tour packages and taiwan free and easy. So looking forward to take a long long well deserved break! =)

Well and i finally went to 67 temple street. Never did realise we kept going down to that street to buy stuff and the dessert store was just opposite the street and best part is i can't remember the shop name. Forgot tp take photo but might be going back tmr so. Well i have almond and my mum had mango sago. We da bao back one sesame, almond and yam paste back. Sadly my grandma didn't really like the sesame, didn't mind the almond and did not try the yam paste i chose for her. Ah well. Well tmr to book the flight and eat dim sum for lunch!

-wonght
Break away...