Today I overslept! Haha. Supposed to go for the NUS talk for returning NSmen, but I kinda overslept. Lol. Coz I slept only at 4am. LOL. Anyway so sorry to Zhi Xuan and Ji Xiang. Haha. Pang-sehed them. Haiz. Heard it was quite useless since I can't do the modules I need during special semester. Also, it clashes with Orientation. Haha. So yupz, I'm going to give it a miss and continue with teaching all the way to June bah. Haha.

Anyway going to APEC rehearsal later. Sian lah so late at night (or rather early in the morning). Haha. But yupz, I'm getting offs for this, so i will do it anyway. Haha.

I'm back to mugging! Haha. Finished inequalities today. Haha. Pretty easy yah. I need to be 100% sure of the stuff before I can teach right? Haha.=D

I woke up so damn early today coz of driving lessons. Damn sian. Slept at 3am, woke up at 8am. That's bad. Isn't civilian conversion course supposed to have more sleeping time? Oh and I'm sick of driving lessons already. Haha. Time to give myself a break. haha.

I think my 2IC's quite dumb (it's a fact though.. but he's pretty nice=D). I need to book in tonight coz of APEC. Then book out tomorrow night. Then book in again on thursday night. Then book out on Friday afternoon. This is retarded. I've been Sathe'd man! Haha.

Spent an entire day yesterday doing my holiday itinerary. It's the 1st time in my life I read so much chinese in a single day. *applauds*. Hope it turns out fine.

Today I was too lazy to run. So decided to give it a miss. Now I feel bad. Haha. Nvm tomorrow still can go gym in camp. Haha.

I'm tired...

I think I'm growing really old. Haha. Ok this is just a random thought that crossed my mind. Just came back from my maternal grandma's birthday celebration. Yupz, the food's great. But talking to my cousins, hear them chat about PSLE, O levels, blah blah blah... These issues suddenly sounded so foreign to me. But then again, these things took place quite some time away for me. Haha. I can't help but feel that this is the effect that time has on one's mind. We tend to forget things so easily. Haiz. Seeing my baby cousins, I can't help but feel OLD. Haha. OH NO. Haha. Oh and I realise that my cousins from my mum's side are pretty much on a different wavelength as me n my bro. Haha. It's weird talking to them. Not weird as in weird. But rather, we talk about totally different topics, so to communicate, I actually have to constantly think and think. Like they chat about poly and I will go ... *Blank* Haha. Quite tiring. The feelings quite different from talking to my cousins from my dad's side. Haha. Probably because my paternal cousins and me lead very similar lives, whether is education, play, and the place we live. Haha. We're all from JC's and all around the same age. Haha. So that makes communication so much easier. Haha. And we grew up playing together because we lived just next door! Haha. Those were the really fun days, where we could just call each other down to play every single day. Haha. Although we are no longer neighbours, we still live very near each other. Haha. So yeps, that's the reason why I'm always more at ease with my paternal cousins. Oh and I forgot. All of us are guys and yes, there are only 5 of us. So yupz, extra close. Haha.

Yesterday went out with 01 peeps. Haha. Yes! My holiday plans are well on track. Haha. Just nice that Suntec was having some travel fair, and the staff of ASA travel gave us quite a number of tips on backpacking and stuff. Haha. It's so cool. And how about New Year in Taipei! Wahahaha. So excited just by the thought of it. Haha. And yes there's more people going.. Wahaha. So far the head count's at 7. Haha. I want my holiday! Hahah

Haha. Today's a nice day! Haha. 1st was my relief teaching application. Mr Cecil Ang replied me and confirmed my place in TJC for relief teaching from feb to june 2010. Haha. Oh yes! I'm EMPLOYED! Haha. But the pretty sad thing is that I won't be teaching chem. Will be teaching H2 maths to the year 1s. Haha. But I'm alright coz math's cool with me too. Haha. Time to start reading up my math. Haha. It should be fun! =D

Next was my driving. The instructor said I only need 4 more circuit lessons before I'm ready for the test le! Haha. That's damn fast. It's only my 9th lesson. =D Alright, but the bad news is I still won't be getting my driving license that soon. Booked my test date tentatively on 29th jan 2010. I can't believe it. There's so many people in Singapore learning how to drive! Which is the cause for the extremely long queue for the TP test. Haha. Ok whatever. I just need my driving license before school reopens in August 2010. Haha. =D

Have been very disciplined these days, probably due to not having much to do. Haha. Have been diligently keeping to my running schedule of 3 times a week.. and at least 50km/week. Haha. It's about getting used to it. Haha. Now I think my body is very used to running distances of up to 21km. Haha. Don't really feel as terrible as before. Haha. Anyway that's a good sign. Haha. =D

I'm beginning to really appreciate the feeling of being a civilian! =D

Tiring but fun day. Haha. Afternoon went to Velocity @ Novena to collect my race pack for the new balance real run. Met Chok Kee to collect together. Haha. Haven't been there for ages, but the place is still so.. boring? Haha. Seriously. There's really nothing there. A few sports concept stores, california fitness, a mini-MPH.. that's about it. Haha. Anyway, went to shop around with chok anyway, coz I don't exactly come to Novena very often. Haha. After that went Tiong Bahru to meet Vincent and Bernard for dinner. Haha. Yes, I didn't want to go to town area, so vincent suggested Tiong Bahru Plaza. Excellent. Haha. Coz there's like nothing there too! Haha. No nice makan places. Yupz, so instead, we took a train down to Vivocity. Haha. By then, we were so hungry that we could swallow a cow! Haha. So went to scout for buffet restaurants. Haha. Yumz. Narrowed down to 2 choices.. Carnivore and Tajimaya Yakiniku Shabuya. Initially also wanted that Chinese Mala Steamboat restaurant, but there isn't any seats left. Haha. So In the end we settled for Tajimaya Yakiniku Shabuya. Haha. The place's damn nice, and the food was good too. Haha. Pretty satisfying. Haha. Haven't eaten such good meals in quite a while, so yea, it was great. Haha. After that went to shop around before going for dessert at Bakerzin. Haha. They were having this 50% discount on blueberry cheesecake. Haha. Yupz, so we had cheesecake and coffee. Haha. Love it. There's this thing about eating out. Haha. The ambiance's great. Plus eating with fun people. Haha. Great fun and laughter. Haha. Yupz, overall had a really good day out. Just that it was exhausting. Carried soo much stuff that I bought in my bag, plus a huge Osram circular light bulb that my dad asked me to buy. Haha. =D







Oh and damn I should get a camera phone soon too! Today was my most horrible experience on the MRT. It probably just shows how inconsiderate my commuters are today, and how they take many things for granted. Haiz. Was pretty mad at 1st, but to thing of it, no point getting my mood down because of it. Damn it I should have Stomped them!

P.S. Today, we took special attention to Bernard's extra small eyes. Look at all his pics. Haha. His eyes are realllyyyyyyy small. He always looks like he's closing his eyes! HAha.

Ran my longest ever distance today. 30km! Haha. Ok I'm now 3/4 there for my marathon. Woah and the feeling's great. Haha. Now my whole body's aching. I don't know why but yes, I ran till my arm almost got cramped. Haha. Anyway today's weather was nice so yes, ran abit further.

Alright then there's driving. I'm beginning to dread driving lessons. Haha. Actually I enjoy driving, whether a commercial car or my ULTRA. Haha. It's great. But the lessons are quite boring. Haha. So structured and restricted. Hmm.. just now me lah. But thank goodness my instructor today was pretty chatty. Haha. So great. And he happens to be my bro's instructor a couple of years back too. Haha. So qiao lah. Anyway nowadays I really have to drag myself to lessons. Yawnzzz.

Oh and NUS has sent an email over, saying that there's this briefing for engineering, business and computing students on 30 October. It's for those who already got a place reserved and is matriculating in 2010. So that's me. Haha. Yupz, it's supposed to be on administrative issues and about the special term. Haha. Sounds sian. But think I'm gonna sign up for the special term to lessen my workload when uni starts. =D

Oh and Now got to think about relief teaching le. John reminded me about it and yea, me, john and yewei want to go back tj as relief teachers. Haha. Quite a joke to have the 3 of us as teachers. But what the heck. I think it would be interesting. Going back tj next week or so to verify our certs and ask for vacancies. Haha. Hmm. Maybe I should ask Mrs Lim first. Just in case there isn't any vacancy left. *Choy!* Hahaha.

Anyway so that's about it for now. =D

Went to Kusu Island this morning for some praying with my family. Haha. Has been like 2 years since I last went there. The last time I went over, it was still from Sentosa Ferry Terminal, but now, it has shifted to Marina South Pier. Pretty nice pier, however, the ticketing service is horrible. They were super late lah! Haha. We were supposed to take the 9am ferry, but the ticketing people only arrived at like 8.45am. Haha. Damn late. Anyway we got tricked into getting onto the ferry that goes to both St John's island and Kusu Island. The trip was damn long. Haha. Anyway throughout the trip I was entertained by a pair of young kiddies on the ferry. Haha. They are damn cute lah. Damn I should have taken a photo with them. Haha. Lol. I sound like a pedophile. Haha. Anyway, yupz, pretty nice trip.



After that went Vivocity to have lunch and yea got my parents to buy me and bro a pair of havanas each. Nice. Haha. Shopped for a while before heading home. Haha. Nice day. Now I need my sleep. Slept like 4 hrs yesterday only.. Yawnzzz

Yeah. 孙自佑 won 超级星光大道5! Haha

But kinda expected. Haha. But I like. =D

Yay! My 表哥 is getting married! And me, my bro, and my 2 堂哥堂弟 to be his 兄弟团！ Haahaha. This is soooo gonna be fun fun fun. Haha. To think about it he's only 5 years older then me. Haha. Time really flies. Still can remember just not long ago that he flew over to UK to study law. Haha. And now he's back, career on track and ready to get married! Haha. Heard my 大嫂 is a PhD student somemore. Ok that's besides the point. Haha. Anyway wish them the best. Really looking forward to it. HAHA.

I went on facebook today and i saw THIS!


Temasek Secondary School Mass Display item at the 2002 National Day Parade! OMG. THIS is classic. The old Maestan nagging days. Haha. Oh and I flunk my exams coz I was soo tired after the rehearsals that I just went home and sleep. Haha. Anyway, this brings back good old memories.. Enjoy!

Ok monday night went to NTU with my bunkmates to watch 徐佳莹 live. Haha. She's the winner of the 3rd season of the Taiwanese talent show 超级星光大道 and damn she was good. Haha. Never really understood why she won then, but listening to her performance live.. *gasps!* How can such a powerful voice come out of someone so small and petite? Haha. Anyway it was great. Oh thanks sebastian for the tix. Haha. Oh I forgot to mention, I(or rather We) saw ROY TAN! Hahaha. My dear platoon sergent eons ago. Haha. He's still as weird. Lol. After that booked into camp coz I need to go for my Dental FFI at SAFTI yesterday morning. I'm telling you, SAFTI is damn visitor unfriendly. Haha. The stoopid medical and dental centre is a good 20 minutes walk from the gate! Oh my god. This is so unlike Pasir Laba, whose medical centre is just at the gate. LOL. Anyway the checkup took like.. 10 seconds? Haha. My teeth are perfectly fine and fit for ORD. Perfect. But the walk's terrible. The 7 of us walked a total of 40 minutes just for a 10 second checkup. Super efficient indeed. Anyway I booked out yesterday evening. Going back to camp on friday for my ORD FFI. Haha. This time at PLC medical centre. Thank god I don't have to go back SAFTI again. Oh and I've maintained my record. The only time I've visited the medical centre is during my Blood test and FFI. Haha. I've never ever reported sick. Haha. They should give me a prize for it. Haha. Saving tax payers money. =D

Oh and my tummy has been giving me problems since yesterday. LOL. Now I feel terrible. And my parents ban me from running until I'm fine again. lol. I should be happy. Haha. More time to rest. =X

Now that my off is officially on the way (a.k.a. I'm only going back to camp one day a week! Haha.), time to undergo some civilian conversion programme. Haha. First up, my phone! Haha. I want my camera phone back! Haha. Alright have been scouting for new phones. And I've narrowed dowbn my choices to these few:

1) Nokia X6 (upcoming)

Some of the main features are:
- Touch screen
- 5.0MP camera
- 32 GB internal memory
- 8.5hrs talk time
- Good music playback
- runs on nokia series 60 platform
- Price : TBA

2) Nokia E72


Some of the main features are:
- Qwerty keyboard (no touch screen! I still love my keypad. Haha.)
- 5.0MP camera
- Push mail ( Somehow, I need to use my email ever so often. So yupz, this is extra helpful)
- 250MB internal memory
- 12.5hr talk time
- runs on Nokia series 60 platform
- Price: TBA

3) Samsung Omnia II

Some of the main features:
- Touch screen
- 5.0 MP camera
- Runs on windows mobile
- 8GB internal memory (expandable with up to 32 GB micro SD)
- 10 hr talk time
- Price: $498 w/contract (and i reckon the price w/o contract to be around $800)

Yupz so that's about it. The 3 phones I'm considering. Haha. If I were to stick to my norm, I would probably get the E72 or X6 since I've been using nokia all my life. Haha. But the price is also important. Haha. Most probably I'm buying the phone without contract, so yea the price would be quite terrifying. Haha. Alright. I shall ask around more about these phones before deciding what to buy. Haha. No rush. But I want it so badly. Haha.

Alright next up in the agenda. Jobs. Haha. I've written up my CV and sent it to various organisations in search for a job/internship. Haha. They include:
- PSC internship programme
- NEW programme(a.k.a. National Environmental Agency)
- ExxonMobil HR
- Shell HR
- Jotun Paints HR
Surprisingly, all were super efficient and have replied to me. Unfortunately, Shell and Exxon only accept undergraduate interns. Haha. So too bad. Then PSC, NEW and Jotun all have replied favourably to my request. Haha. I'm trying to see if I can go for all 3.. good for experience. Haha. the 2 internships do not coincide so that's good. Haha. But unfortunately, the pay or allowance is quite bad. (a.k.a. worst then my NS pay) Haha. But then again, I'm there for the experience, so the pay isn't really that important. The Jotun paints one pays much better then the other 2, but its a full time job till june and I can't do any other internships on top of that. Yupz. So thats the down side of things. Alright, there's always one other job I can fall back on if every other job opportunity falls through - relief teaching. Haha. John, yewei and vincent is also interested in teaching. Haha. Mainly because it pays well and the environment is so familiar and good. Haha. I kinda like the TJC culture and life there. Haha. So I have absolutely no qualms about it.

Third on the agenda is a mp3 player. Haha. Or rather, it's more of whether I want to get an Ipod Touch or not. Haha. The 32GB Ipod Touch sooo nice and the price is really attractive. The 32 GB would be put to good use since my iTunes is getting really full. Haha.

It's priced at $468 for a 32 GB model and $648 for a 64 GB model. Haha. Very much more affordable than previously. Haha. So it's really attractive~

Alright, there's more. I have to discipline myself to run regularly. Haha. I've got 2 upcoming runs. First up would be the New Balance Real run. It's a 15km cross terrain run that's on the 8 november 2009. Haha. That run should be pretty ok since I've covered distances much longer than that. But the scary thing is the 700m beach run. Running on sand is indeed a nightmare. But cross terrain running should be fine, since I've ran at Pasir Laba outfield road sooo many times le. Haha. Alright then after that is the Standard Chartered Marathon. That's a challenge man. 42km. I havent run any distance near that yet. At the moment, the longest distance I've completed is 21km, and I've did it twice. Both under 2 hrs. Haha. So it should be good. Haha. Now to go for longer distances. Haha. Anyone interested in running with me near the East area please contact me. Haha. I'm running every alternate day, so yea.

Ok I've been watching lots of drama serials these days. Probably due to the extreme boredom in camp and at home. Haha. I've completed watching 痞子英雄, featuring 仔仔 and 赵又廷，which is damn nice. Haha. Quite a good detective show. It's about 2 police agents that are totally different in terms of personality and they are put together in a team. Haha. Quite cool and I think it's quite worth watching. Haha. And now I'm currently watching 幸福又安康, featuring 陈桥恩 and 蓝正龙. Seems like a really interesting show about a chinese herbal medicine tycoon, and how his daughter, son-in-law and grandsons want him dead, just to inherit is assets. And there's the tycoon's first love's granddaughter who's coming into the picture to inherit the assets. Haha. The plots seems good and in Taiwan, it's the top-rated chinese drama. Haha. so yupz, really addicted to it le. Oh and there's 超级星光大道5 grand finale coming up next week le. Haha. Really looking forward to it, although the winner seems quite obvious to me now. 孙自佑 seems like a sure win, due to his excellent vocals and drama background. Haha. And and there's also 李杰宇 who seems to have a pretty good chance too. Haha. Ok that brings me to my point. The level of competition in Singapore idol is soooo much higher than that in the taiwanese version 超级星光大道, but where's the standard? Many of the Taiwanese do not speak English too often and as a result, their pronunciation of the languange is poorer too. However, when I hear them sing even English songs, they sound better than many of the Singapore idol finalist (no malice intended). I've put up a video of 孙自佑 singing Jason Mraz's I'm Yours. Oh the video is actually part of the latest episode. Haha. The team is like theatrics and plays. Pretty interesting and entertaining, so please enjoy!



Ok another thing. I've started to read up on a few Chemical engineering modules already. Thanks Yanshan for the notes! Haha. The principles of chemical engineering (CN1111) seems alright. Not too difficult. But it's all PHYSICS! Haha. Lots and lots of formula and stuff. Haha. But still much easier than I had earlier expected. Haha. Many people have been saying how life-less chemical engineering students are due to the extra hard syllabus and heavy workload. Haha. From what I see so far, things are going better than expected, so pray for the best. I heard from Wentao that I can actually do advance placement exams at NUS even before entering uni to clear a couple of simpler modules like basic chemistry and biology. Haha. It would be a really good idea to do so as my course would be really taxing (double degree) and that I want to do an SEP, so I've gotta cram more modules per semester so as not to extend my course of study to more than 5 years. Haha. So I'm gonna check it out and if it's ok then why not? Haha.

Ok so thats about it for now. Pretty long and time consuming post. Haha. So till whenever I feel like blogging again, cya!