On campus

Today.... is my first day bunking over at PGP. It's not bad.. I must say that the place looks rather splendid at night. Gosh... Maybe I should suggest this place as a hang out place... it has a lovely water body... and the place just looks like a nice lively condo with young people hanging all around. Walking back to my room makes me feel like I'm walking past HDB flats... and Liling was just a neighbour near me! It's fantastic when you have friends staying near you man. Can do things together.

It's a relief to not have to worry about waking up 2hrs earlier before the planned arrival time at school the next day. Or to strategize a good time to go home so that I don't have to fight with the working crowd. Aw. One less battle to deal with. Of course I miss home family and homecooked food... but I have come to like my decision after all. Quite different from staying overseas really. Over here I can actually go home anytime I want. Best of both worlds.

Anyway, now that I'm almost permanently on campus, I have decided that I shall be more focused. More focused on my school work! I have been doing almost nothing doing the weekends... trying in vain to find some rest for myself. Well of course I rest but somehow I end up drifting around, which althogether makes me feel rather lost in the end. So focused man. And I am glad to say that I have signed up for the easter production. I look forward to doing something else interesting fun and meaningful besides studying =)

Moving closer

Today I officially checked in to PGPR. Yayyy... Actually I felt very happy when I got that email of acceptance. The room looked pretty good actually. Nice location, neat kitchen, clean toilet, and a workable room =) Yay. Thank God. I did feel a bit hesitant when I wondered if I would really need to spend that much time in school really. $900 plus per sem. Ay. But anyway. I really feel that I need a break from all my travelling. And then I would have more time to rewrite my thesis too. Ha. Even though actually I just need to get a B average for this sem to maintain my 2nd upper. It would be really nice if I could have taken another module like Intro to Film Art. Maybe I will indeed crash the lecture if I happen to be extra free towards the end of the sem. Hahaha.

Yay. It's the week end. I have a feeling that I'll be sleeping quite a bit and catching up on my quiet time.

Socially

http://www.learningplaceonline.com/stages/organize/Erikson.htm

Ay. The 8 stages of crisis during development. How intriguing.

An unexpected miscarriage

I feel so horrified when I think about it but... my thesis got deleted from my thumbdrive man. What an idiotic computer that was... Ugh. Actually it wasn't the first time that it did its wipe out stunt. 3rd time that I known already. What a horrifying experience. I suppose if I look on the bright side... I can just tell myself that it's just words and words can be rewritten. And at least it didn't destroy eveeeeerything in my thumbdrive riiiiiight. And it wasn't my whole thesis. Hai. But when I look at the other bit that I had left in my home hard disk, I feel rather depress all over again. All over again. Evil computer... Can someone go dismantle the virus in it or something.

Today during LCE we sung a really beautiful chinese song

这一生最美的祝福

在无数的黑夜里，我用星星画出你，
你的恩典如晨星让我真实的见到你。

在我的歌声里，我用音符赞美你，
你的美好是我今生颂扬的。

这一生最美的祝福，就是能认识主耶稣，
这一生最美的祝福，就是能信靠主耶稣。

走在高山深谷，他会伴我同行，
我知道这是最美的祝福。

What a wonderful song to God =)

Flowers in the house!

I bought a flower today. It's called a hyacinth. And I and very happy to say that it's a hardy plant! Yay! I don't have green fingers... considering my past experience with growing other flowering plants. So disappointing man. They didn't even grow to very high. I truly hope that my hyacinth will survive =)

Education rigor

Today is the thirrrd day of class. I have been for 3 classes already and all of them have put me to a rather restless state. I somehow feel like an informatic during lecture. The lecturers give me slides to eat you know. I look forward to upcoming lectures whereby there'll be more concrete stuff taught. The joy have having such hope in one's life.

I decided to take the module intro to social work because I found myself looking at ministries such as MCYS during my process of job search. The class today was really useful... tells us about what social workers do really. I wonder if I would have taken a major in development studies instead of life sciences if there had been such a course offered. Even though I have often said that I don't plan to further my studies anymore, that kind of education sounds pretty useful. If I had a talent for it of course.

You light the stars above me

I've come to be rather fascinated by Neil Gaieman recently and even watched the movie stardust because it was an adaptation from his book. Even though I never heard of much hoohaa about the show I must say that it was of rather good standard. Though it was a fantasy flick with some rather illogical moments here and there, all the beauty of double meanings just made them forgivable. What a smooth plot with the themes bought about nicely.
Not to mention pretty Claire Danes, witchy Michelle Phieffer and benevolently fiercesome Robert De Niro.

Scientists of TLL

Today after service I came home to sleep. Just sleep. And it felt good. No I wasn't bored... I would liked to have gone blading if I had more time and energy but that wasn't to be so I just left myself in bed.

Tonight was the first time out with my lab people. Finally this day arrived. Though it arrived because of the leaving of a labmate. Actually I am rather impressed by some of the folks in my lab because they are really nice people =) I just there are just a few problems in the social aspect. Language barrier and busy boss. Of course a bit of politics and competition here and there... which makes me appreciate those wonderful people all the more. Heh.

It was a bit crazy for me before the meetup. Perhaps I am a bit sick of travelling and hence make less effort to squeeeeeze myself into the jam packed MRT cabins. Missed a couple of trains this week because of that! But it was rather inconvinient that I didn't bring my handphone out with me today... Had to try all sorts of means to contact my dear colleagues when I was lost and helpless.

Somehow there seemed to be a bit more violence in Singapore today! Or at least just that witnessed by me. Some people smashed the glass panels of the This Fashion shop. People crowded around to take photos with their handphone cameras. Hahahaha.... I should take a photo of them taking those photos man. Oh course I didn't have the luxury and looked longingly at those devices of communication before overwhelming frustration got me to ask for one. Hahaha. Then Liling and I screamed at each other over the phone.

And then over at the restaurant this couple of customers accused the shop owner rather violently and threatened to call the press and police. Over the food I believe. Wasn't too sure what was going on. But they were the fiercest customers I have seen. They rather deserved to be scolded back by the boss. Of course I had however, not much of an idea what offense in the food triggered such an outburst.

Two rather fierce episodes today. I have a heart for people but nowadays my surprise would come less often liao. You'll have to be a hermit to not witness the crazy things in life. Changes and hardship come along now and then and you just take them in your stride. Too many things in life to feel sentimental about!

Unintentional Shopping

I have tired feet. Actually I had no intention to shop one... but there's been so much sales lately that I just can't help getting some thingssss for myself. I have gotten some thingssss indeed. And ended up with tired feet.

Meeting up with the DPOians is rather interesting because I get to see more of their outside office side. Makes me imagine how were they like back when they were younger and innocent. We were all once young and innocent.

Chee Siong terms our outing today WeiZan's makeover. And I feel rather proud of him because he had new clothes from top to bottom! Except for his hair and bag which are wanting. And it's really nice to meet more knowledgable shop assistants now and then. Uncle Patrick at the Skater's World was fantastic. And today this other store assistant provided WeiZan with fashion advice! It was really nice of him. Especially when compared to other shops around. He really brought WeiZan clothes just to try. A bit of family feeling. Hahaha...

Tired but glad

Going to lab later this fine morning. I have been having vivid dreams for the past few days and for the first time... it makes me wake up feeling unwell rested! Why is my brain being so active at night.

I think I have become more hardworking at TLL. even though I haven't much results to boast about, my pessimism has evolved to lighted-hearted complaints instead. Maybe it's the relief I get from working on the lab report, something that I prefer 10 times to repeating experiments. Heh. But I really thank God for this improved sense of optimism.

I really feel rather optimistic this semester. I DON'T KNOW why. But I still thank God for it. Oh Yea. Reaching the end towards a new beginning already. And a new beginning is starting in many other ways too.

Let's go blade

Rollerblading yesterday was FUN. Even though we were in the stuffy underpass of the esplanade with no where to go but in circles. It was still cool to finally learn some proper techniques!

Sometimes I really wonder what have I been doing in Year 1. I didn't participate in anything at all even though I had the time. Now I remember... All I did was to find tuition assignments... after which I realized that I wasn't such a committed tutor after all. I mean... I would go teach the student... but there is just that sense of reluctance...

Now I'm in year 4 and I found 2 cool CCAs but have no time for them because the 16MC HYP is actually like 50MC. Iya... never mind... let me do some leisure blading. Now if only I can find some nice blades around =)