the one bout starting new blog soon
most probably i'll be starting a new blog on my birthday..which is near the end of july..this blog i find is kinda boring..and i find it tiresome in just trying to maintain it with posts describing my everyday life.
i was figuring i'm hitting 20 soon. And to some extent, it feels kind of surreal. Ha. Since I'm leaving the '1' behind, it's good to just start afresh on the '2'.
Especially in this period of time when I've been thinking about how to make the best of my life in the months following my ord.
Bleahs..lots of thoughts accumulating over the last few weeks. Just hope I can remember them enough to put them down in words. :)
the one about exam finally over. yay.
After weeks of mugging, the 2 exams have finally come to an end. Took leave the last few days to study at home. It wasn't all that efficient but at least I met my target and finished what I planned to do.
I can't recall the last time I studied so hard for an exam. I went through everything at least 4 times. Mindmaps, memorise, make some more notes, memorise again.
I suddenly want to do well. How I wish I had that back in junior college, then at least I could get another 'A' or two. Oh well..I just hope I can do well for this course.
Recently, I've been thinking a lot of my future. What I'm going to do after I ord and how I would fare in university. Some plans I intend to undertake..probably test the market with my diploma when I get it..work in a hotel or something.
Also thinking of picking up a course..anything to enrich myself..I was thinking of language courses..but if it's for the long term, I don't know if I can pull through. Recently someone invited me to learn Salsa. Oh well..something new..I was also encouraged by my mom to pick up this 'healthy social activity' =P
But I didn't agree. My schedule now doesn't allow for much flexibility. Probably during the months leading up to my uni entry.
I have to do something to help myself during this time. Keep myself busy. Stop wasting time thinking of useless stuff and ogling at cars and stop scrimping every cent. I remember my Dad told me before to care more about how to bring the dollars in.
Come to think of it..August 08 is a long long time away...It's almost at the 3/4 mark of the next year..
Wow..so many years ahead of me to conquer.
the one about being damn suay
Just a short post to mark my existence.
Got my first speeding ticket a few days back. 150 bucks and 6 demerit points..oh my..It was a silly mistake on my part and kinda deserved it. =(
And I was unlucky enough to be caught by an overhead bridge camera..well from now on, it'll either be within speed limits or road hogging. Heh.
Went to grandma's house in the morning. Parked my car but didn't put coupon..went up for breakfast but had to go back to the car as I forgot to bring up some stuff..and guess who I saw? Argh....LTA parking attendant! He was punching in some numbers while standing in front of my car so I ran up to him and apologised profusely..and quickly put a coupon..
Luckily he was kind enough to let me off. Wah...have no idea why I'm so 'heng' recently..I'm figuring out if it's karma..
Oh..am leaving for Hong Kong tomorrow morning..hope I can get some good deals there..hoping to get a pair of shoes or something.. =)
the one about poc
Watched Pirates of the Carribean yesterday. Yet another overated show. Draggy plot resulted in the show being too slow paced in the middle. Too much was spent tying up the knots, which was aplenty given it was the third installment of the series.
Again, trying to squeeze in too much in 1 movie, what's with these trilogies nowadays? And the final battle scene seemed only remotely exciting. I had a more vivid impression of the 2nd installment than this one. At least I could still remember some of the action sequences that took place.
I hugely believe POC's success is largely due to the stellar cast it has, but this time round, even Jack Sparrow's antics seem to have grown tired and unnecessary. All the moments of humor are far in between for this show, doing little to lift the dreary mood and pace.
I remember I dozed off in the middle of the show. I couldn't help it. 3 hours was an overkill.
It would be better if they concluded the series in the 2nd installment. I'm putting my hopes on Shrek now.
the one about nice place for dinner and some crazy ass driver
wow. what a long time seems i last blogged..lotsa things i'm busy with right now. The other day last week or so I went out to celebrate another of my friend's birthday at this quaint little restaurant called Basil Alcove. It isn't exactly a restaurant but just a eating place around the street corner at Fortune Centre.
I like it because it's a great combination of ambience, great food, good price and reasonably good service too. They sell these dishes like 'duck served with red wine as sauce', '2 nicely cooked giant sausages with nice mash potato at the side', 'pork ribs with little meat but taste good' and different types of pasta. I can't really recall the names so I'm giving you the most accurate description I've got. They are served like those high class French restaurant dishes - the main item served in rather small amounts but big on garnish and presentation.
Yeah..you get the idea. Yep, those type of dishes coupled with tables dimly lighted by candles in jars. And you more or less get this atmosphere where you can tell everyone that you love them without seeming mushy.
The concept is simple and the food great. A pleasant dining experience I would not hesitate to take my loved ones to. Well..definitely be going back there again.
On to more exciting things, I met up with this guy from the forum to fix my tail lights. He's this drifter that actually represents Singapore in those drift competitions in Malaysia..D1 Grand Prix or something. So he told me about how he got started and all and also about his competitions and so on. It was really refreshing to hear something new now and then.
Later we went for a spin in his Nissan S15. Never sat in a turbocharged car before and the way he drove was really damn scary. So fast yet keeping so close to everyone else. Sometimes I felt those andrenaline rushes that I remember I left behind at the theme parks in Taiwan. Didn't want to appear wimpy so I just kept quiet and gripped on subtly to the edges of the seat, masking any potential displays of fear with 'Wow!' or 'So exciting huh...'
Well. halfway through it wasn't that scary anymore because I had this 'I'm trapped in this pseudo-rollercoaster anyway and I can't jump out so if anything happens just suck thumb' type of thinking running through my mind. And finally I could put my mind at ease when he turned into the carpark.
Ok i think i shall stop here and probably ramble on to the next post. Cheers.
the one about studies, movie outings and a mother's day gift
I'm kinda happy I aced my first 2 modules. But that has put more pressure on me to perform well for the coming ones. There's always this stigma about me being an A level student so naturally I have to get A type of thing going on within me. Ok so that sentence sounded rather off, but you get the idea.
The course isn't difficult but I wouldn't say it's easy either. Everyone has their own schedule so it's hard to meet up and discuss stuff too. On the bright side, the pace of the course is right, the people are great, the campus is full of facilities I haven't discovered yet.
But what I'm not going to hide is that I'm aiming for As and only As. And I'm going to be disappointed if I don't get them.
Last Saturday was great. Went to Minds Cafe to celebrate one of my camp mates birthday. Many people went, including his school friends and his girlfriend's friends and so on. Haha, kinda like the atmosphere there and the games were fun too. Played mostly card games. It's really amazing how much fun can be derived from a stack of cards and an idea.
Pay a fixed price and play as many games as you want. A really fun and healthy way to pass time I would say.
After that, we went to watch Spideman at around midnight. I have no idea why there are so many pre-movie ads at Plaza Singapura's cinema..I forgot, was it GV? Yeah, anyway, Spiderman not suprisingly, was packed with great action and villians, with scenes of deep emotions and comic relief but I felt it didn't really measure up to the second installment.
Not too sure why. Probably it was because the second one was much more of an improvement over the first compared to the improvement they did for the third. But was there an improvement at all? Two new villians introduced over such a short span of time left little for character development. The action was hot but not sufficient for a finale. Some of them ended with an anti-climax. Just look at Venom. A classic, spectecular entrance but lousy send off. The screen time allocated to him was not justifiable given he's one of the major villians.
The comic relief scenes where Parker goes around playing this casanova/jerk was really unnecessary and seemed to be put in in an attempt to lighten the mood of the show. Rather corny and didn't do much to the show.
Ok enough of spidey, right now I'm rather baffled over what I should get for my mum for Mother's Day. I asked her directly just now. So unlike me. Haha. She said she wanted a bangle, those costume jewelry type. Hm. I figured since she loved the crystal necklace I gave her last year, means I've probably got the taste to pick out jewelry that she might like. Hah.
That means shopping on Sunday morning or noon. A bit last minute, but no choice cos' no time. Hope it isn't too expensive. I'm kinda tied up recently. :(
the one about rise in ERP charges and inconsiderate driving
Today's journey home was long and dreary. Traffic flow is usually bad. But today really sucked. Literally jammed all the way from Yio Chu Kang to Hougang to Eunos to Paya Lebar. And it's a stretch with many, many traffic lights.
Don't know why there were so many cars on the road today. And all traffic lights were mostly red. It was kinda terrible. Start stop start stop. And I took one and a half hours to reach home. Like I have much of a choice. The other route home would be to travel CTE then PIE all the way to Guillemard. But that would mean extra charges which would easily total up to 4 dollars. And I just passed by 2 gantries. I can't afford to do that. It's too wasteful on a daily basis.
And like it was any better. Well at least if I could travel consistently at 60kph, I wouldn't mind paying to get home earlier and if significantly less starts and stops would mean I save the cash on the fuel, then perhaps the 4 bucks would be worth it. But no, there'll still be jams.
And the government has decided to raise the charges at 5 gantries. For what you may ask? Actually I also don't know how that's going to help. If someone has to travel the highway to get to work, he would pay no matter what, so as to reach his work on time. Take the alternative route filled with traffic junctions and you'll be worse off in the jams and waiting time that people will rather give up the cash rather than the convenience.
There's always a balance to be struck between efficiency in travelling and the charges it racks up. As if drivers love to travel under gantries for the thrill in hearing the IU beep. I'm not saying the ERP system sucks. In fact, it may be even shittier without it. I'm just questioning the effectiveness of this rise in price. Like it will deter someone who takes the CTE everyday because it's simply the most convenient way to work.
Will there be a time in the near future where drivers would have to pay 10 dollars in a single trip over the CTE..? Like that I guarantee the highways would have smooth traffic flow already. Can afford good lor, cannot then sorry you can just join everyone else that would be crawling on the normal roads. I'm not exaggerating, it might just happen in this country where every problem will be met up with a solution which either involves more laws or collecting more money. Ok like duh.
Anyways, enough of the ERP business. Me shall not interfere with the measures taken to sustain an effective and non-corrupt government. Afterall, a towkay always has to live up to his words if he promises his employees a bonus. Just as long he brings in higher revenue for his buisness. :)
I hate bad drivers who wouldn't give a damn about signalling and just cut your lane. Same goes to inconsiderate bastards who wouldn't give 2 hoots about using a moblie phone while driving. Ok, guess I've ranted rather much today.
Hmm..things coming up..probably going for pool on Friday night with some vogs people, Saturday one of my friends celebrating his bday at Minds Cafe..and yay, prolly watching Spiderman that night. Oh..next week have to send car for servicing already..
the one about msu
Jessica Tan just won MSU 2007.
Wow, like it was a surprise. She's like a totally different league from the rest of the contestants and the whole contest was just a formality carried out just for the sake of it. Like seriously, did the judges actually consider giving the crown to anyone else? Ha.
It was so pretty obvious she was going to win that it almost didn't seem like a contest at all. Ok well, I do admit that I did find the top 5 girls really quite pretty. And most of the rest were just remotely attractive. Girls like Eunice and Judy (she quit apparently) and some others were probably there for comic relief, something like S-League.
On a side note, I just introduced my mum to 'The Mr Brown Show' and she kinda likes it. And I think I'll go try to study now. 2 posts in 1 day, I think I must be going crazy.
the one about clubbing and IPPT
Wow..finally I've decided to place my lazy fingers on the keyboard to actually type a entry detailing the 'interesting' events of the past week, rather than scroll around lazily with my little black hip-looking mouse control which I have to curl my fingers to use.
How's that for an intro anyway, 1 long sentence of incoherent nonsense that will have nothing to do with what I'm about to blog about. I always had this problem of starting off essays back in the JC era, nothing has changed now. Cheers.
Well, I finally went for clubbing last Saturday. I say finally cos' I've been talking about doing it a long while but realised there wasn't really anyone to go with me. How sad. Well..last week was Potato's birthday so a few of us plus his sis and boyfriend went there to celebrate. MOS is pretty fine but noisy (which club isnt'? :D) and we just sat at a corner at the bottom of the stairs and drank, talked and played silly number games. Just for the record though, I didn't drink cos' I drove there. I kinda had to go back to camp the next day for duty so I had to have the benefit of travelling around easy.
We went to the R & B cage area and nodded our heads a little, in sync to the beat of course, and for me at least, no hand and leg movement cos' there wasn't any space to move anyways. I bet I was the only one 100 percent sober on the dance floor unless there was someone else who decided to be a responsible citizen too and not drink and drive or maybe there's this someone else who just wanted to look cool by pretending to drink whisky which was actually green tea. Oops.
I thought you had to get a little drunk before you could enjoy yourself on the dance floor. Apparently, I didn't need it. It was pretty fun watching everyone around you getting high while you just nodded around and pretended you were high. There was this guy/girl with short hair(?) dancing really enthusiastically with a girl who had her back facing me. She was short so she kept bumping into my jaw and kept turning around to apologise. Sorry too loud cannot hear.
But well, it was fun la. I guess all the thrill about getting high in a very crowded R & B cage is that you can do all the stupid dance moves like bobbing your head and cheer hysterically when a new beat comes on and look perfectly normal, just like everyone else.
Self consciousness sticks out like a sore thumb. Like anyone notices anyway.
MOS is rather like a huge hall with many differently themed rooms. Ok, like you need to know that. Well..we just explored the place, went back to our corner, they had a few shots of whiskey, then went back to the dance floor again. Oh, and Gayle from Singapore Idol was dancing beside me. Hur hur.
Left at 2.30am. Kinda liked the whole thing. The acoustics quite good.
Had my IPPT on Tuesday. I never loved IPPTs. Find me someone who does anyway. I always have this feeling of dread in the days leading up to D-day. And it lasts all the way up to the point when I'm at the start of the 2.4km route and someone yells go. Then it's about 11 minutes of hell for me. 11 and a half when I'm off. My long distance sucks, I know. It kinda was 11 minutes at the start of 2007 and it dropped to 11:26 this time around.
Must be the lifestyle. Ok so I got 3As and 2Cs and got a Silver. 100 bucks. Yay.
Anyway, it was interesting watching ET on a sleepy Sunday afternoon. What a classic. And if you have been an avid reader of my blog, you would notice I wasn't exactly a master of ending my posts with a nice zingy conclusion. So yeah, bye and see you soon.
