Nice catching up...

Had an excellent day today... Met up wif an old pal from CMU, someone whom i think i can quite click wif... ITs darn nice of him to bring me ard NEwcastle, bringing me to a nice place fer lunch and also dinner... We went ard shopping fer soccer jerseys, though i din buy any due to the unsuitability and steep price... We had a long chat at his place, doing nothing much but just talking... Felt really great to have him as my fren, he's a real nice chap to have as a fren... Whenever i hear him talk bt his studies, it never fails to inspire me to really work hard n understand the stuff i'm doing... cos he's those kindaf person who's interested in learning n stuff, not just some other chao keng guy who's out to get a degree n siam... Sry larz, but i kindaf despise those who are just getting a degree fer e sake of getting a degree, without really having any interest in the subject and just trying to get by... Talking to him makes me feel like really taking my work seriously n having a sudden urge to just go back to my studies... But of cos, its always easy to feel inspired... Doing it or remembering it is a totally different thing... Haha...

Think Newcastle is really quite a nice place to be in compared to pitt n even london... I feel tt its like a bukit batok central or wadever, wif a nice city centre where most of the activity i concentrated... N wif food tts not so ex... n several activities to do there... One of them being shopping of cos...

Went to a house party at newcastle at night... It wasnt too bad, had quite a few shots... But heng in e end i was still alright... Wasnt tt drunk n din really say anything inappropiate... but still, i think i drank quite a lot, felt better than i actually thought i'd feel... But anyway, Dunno if i really drunk or not so typing this entry at this unearthly hour of 4 30 am... Hopefully it sounds rather like my old posts... Setting off the Italy soon... Hope i'll haave a great trip!

More thoughts...

Was listening to some chinese music on e train to Durham juz now... Surprisingly, i was really able to thoroughly enjoy the music that flowed through my ears, n wif it, i feel so nostalgic... In that sudden spur of moment, i felt like just going fer ktv wif my pals back in sg... Yar lorz, dunno y also... Mebbe cos i've recovered 99% from my "shi sheng" a few days back... Its really bad to be not able to speak... In fact, i'm so scared of that tt i'm trying my best to drink as much water as possible... Thinking of doing something fun that i like next sem... after c-ing mingyang taking up his guitar studio... Mebbe i shd go learn ice skating, or soccer... But i'm too scared of the outside cold i think... Hmm... How lehz? Think suan le bahz... Stick to old my schedule bahz...

some thoughts...

Just realised something bt me.... I'm quite a bad conversationalist... Dunno how to really start talking or get ppl to talk... Ppl who talk to me is cos they already want to talk to me, or they gimme face... But otherwise, towards ppl who arent really keen on talking, well, i oso cant do a thing bt it... Hmm... thought i was quite ok initially... but oh well, dun think i can do much bt it... 22 yrs already... too lz to change my style of words or wadever... But come to think of it, mebbe its just different ppl... Realise i adopt a different style towards different ppl... To those who are witty, i think i can be a lil witty too... To those who are very into thinking, i'm also not alright wif deep thoughts... To those who are serious, then sorry... I really dunno how to continue talking... I mean, my life aint the most interesting of lives around n i'm seriously not into glamorizing my life or wadever just to start a topic... N definitely i'm not into acting cute!!! Well, think u get the idea... Full of random ramblings these days... Showers are especially intriguing these days... Dun ask me y... Mebbe cos the UK showers are different...

Back to Newcastle...

Went to Edinburgh fer 2 days... think the sights there are really pretty, wif nice castles n buildings n also a nice shopping street... haha, after 2 days of shopping yeah, i'm shopping again... Went to do some sightseeing in e day, but cam was down so couldnt really capture any pics... In e end however, we ended up doing more shopping than sightseeing... Window shopping that is... pounds is really jia lat lehz... a simply 10 pound tshirt is actually 30 sgd... N knowing me, i'll nv pay 30 Sgd fer a tshirt, unless i really really think its very nice... I'm more of a shirt fan, but i've so many shirts i like tt i doubt i can find 1 shirt different from the ones i have tt i really really like... Yar... Food there was alright... Had a dish called Haggis fer lunch... Heard its Scotland's national dish n really very nice...
Here're its ingredients after coming back n researching on it:

• 1 sheep's lung (illegal in the U.S.; may be omitted if not available)
• 1 sheep's stomach
• 1 sheep heart
• 1 sheep liver
• 1/2 lb fresh suet (kidney leaf fat is preferred)
• 3/4 cup oatmeal (the ground type, NOT the Quaker Oats type!)
• 3 onions, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 3/4 cup stock

It was kindaf mashed up in a ball so i couldnt really tell wad it was, except eating it n finding it not bad... Feel so cheated now... though i'm a huge fan of pig's intestines n kueh chap, but lungs n hearts are really... Err... Nvm... Lets move on to something more interesting...

Went to a pub to drink n watch the everton liverpool match... Had a gin tonic there, which was nice n of cos, its even better to watch liverpool win once more... Real glad that they're finally picking up their form now... As compared to a few seasons ago when they were playing like shit... Finally, i'm beginning to see some nice touches n passes...

Think Edinburgh is really a nice city to be in, the only thing is tt i dun have enuff money to be able to spend there... heard tt there's a really really nice ghost tour, i.e. ure brought to some place to see ghosts... Dunno how real or scary it is, but from all the advertising n stuff which we heard from others, its really really scary... Fer once, i feel like being brave n go join the tour, but the rest werent too keen about it so e idea was scrapped... Kindaf wasted... Went down to the newcastle shopping place today, its really quite not bad i feel, its just 1 storey but it has really many many stores... N the pastries here are all so delicious.. At least they smelled soooo good... but i still din buy or eat it... Think i shd seriously go on a healthy diet after i go back... I'm getting fat...

N yeah, here're some differences which i find in UK...
1. There is a hot water tap which has very hot water n a cold water tap which has very cold water... N yeah, u cant mix them...
2. There are no light switches in UK bathrooms, u gotta pull a lil string to light up the room...
3. U can c ppl drinking in pubs at lunch times... Beer seems cheaper than water...
4. There're so many kindaf liquors here tt i've nv seen b4... N so cheap too...
5. They have no water coolers here... N the drinks are all quite ex... So yeah, i usually go ard not drinking anything from lunchtime till dinner time...
6. UK showers have movable heads... As compared to US showers...
7. There is no tipping system in the Uk... N they dun include taxes too... So its juz a raw price of say 5 pounds...
8. Fish n chips is their kindaf staple meal here... N the chips are huge chips... More like fried potatoes... N the fish inside dxn really have much taste imo...
9. Uk ppl dun eat fast food cos it is a luxury to them... It costs ard 4 pounds... US ppl dun eat fast food cos either there's only mac ard and also there are other cheaper options ard...
10. Sg ppl who come to the UK shd be able to cook better than those in US... They normally like all but a few meals, while the US ppl cook only like several meals...

Its been a while...

Left London on a happy note, off to York n Newcastle... Was a lil apprehensive bt how the rail system works initially, like how to get seats n stuff, but well, we learnt soon enuff... Met up wif Wan ling in York, she's been really nice to sacrifice part of her shopping time to come pick us up... Sales there were not too bad, only a lil disappointed tt i couldnt manage to get to the TopMan over at the shopping district before we departed fer the shopping mall... Realised tt i've been spending quite a lot of money already so well, bo bian gotta cut down on my shopping expenses... How i do it is to c if the money's worth it in pounds 1st... (The numerical value always makes it worth it...) Then convert to USD n c if its worth it... (this means comparing wif the prices in US... eg c if i can get a CK jeans or Gap shirt fer less...) Then lastly, convert to Sgd n c if i think it'd be worth the price... (This mostly makes me dun want to buy the stuff i thought i'd buy...)
But well, in e end bought nothing but a chelsea jersey... Yar, chelsea jersey... Cos its on sale... Man u n arsenal jersey not on sale, n the liverpool jerseys all gone... Tmd, 2 shops i went to 2 shops all dun have... Sibei sian... A jersey costs ard 40 pounds if not on sale which is kidnaf ex imo... Actually, i dun really hate chelsea that much, just tt i dun really like the fact that they have so much money on hand as compared to the rest of the clubs... Never believed that money is omnipotent n i tried in vain to support this belief of mine, by hoping that chelsea n real madrid will not do well... Yar lorz... Mebbe its just self-delusion larz, i always believed that there are much more impt stuff ard then just money alone...

Drank a lot last night... Think its the 1st time in this yr i drank so much... Yeah, had a lot of wines which i nv drank b4.. like wines wif peach flavor, raisin flavor n even wif coffee flavor.. Super nice n shiok.... Really must thank Eugene n wanling fer their hospitality... But too bad i think i overshot my limit... Felt a lil gone after tt... Think i cant hold my liquor well enuff... Next time shd really control myself more... Yeah... N we gng to edinburgh soon enuff... Yay...

Boxing day sales...

Finally, boxing day sales... now its the time fer me to strike... Woke up early to go to the sales, n it was really bustling wif life... Unlike the past few days of london where we visited... Could only visit a few shops before we met fer lunch... MAlaysian food... HAd Mee hoon goreng Istimewa which is darn nice... Its something like normal char bee hoon wif an egg and beef rendang and satay by the side... Really shiok man, y dxn pittsburgh have something like that!! Haiz... N fer some reason, i'm bearing the brunt of all the b****s jokes again... All thx to Tj lorz... Now its like almost even spreading to IC already.... Better dun... 1 yr of b****s jokes in CMU is power enuff liao, no need more propaganda... Haha... Heng it still din spread tt much to the hosts here... who've been really very nice to us... wanted to treat them initially, but think they all dun feel good bt being treated too... So in e end, they treated us back to ice cream... Well, it just means mroe food, n an occasional ice cream never hurts...

Was suppose to meet mingyang at the Nike town but i guess a mis communication made us all wait at the wrong place... Arrgh, sian... Think i may have been the one who told him to meet at covent garden but we changed the meeting place soon n i thought he knew... but yeah, i tot i think who cfm? Haiz... Tried to go to other stations to meet him but i guess its more likely tt he's gone liao... Hai... We were splitting up but got a fren's fren who was gng in a different direction, n think she's been kindaf attracting some unwanted attention or wadever so decided to c her back... But as usual, i kenaed suaned again becos of this again... Hai... Eh, yar larz, she dxn look bad, looks a lil like andrea de cruz (whom i think dxn look gd) but she looks much better... But juz think so long my conscience is clear, its alright... yeah..

We sent another fren home again but this time, it was darn bad lorz... She dxn know where she staying, n not sure bt the address n stuff... but kept telling us its ok... Oh man, if we din c her home, i think she'd still be out now... No hp, no specific address.... N somemore her navi is err.... We brought us to where she thought the place was but err... Then we asked her fer the address she oso not sure... She dxn really know how to read the map also... N the funny thing is, she kept asking us to go, she'd definitely find her way back... Comon lorz, if she cant do it when we're ard how much higher are her chances wen we're gone? Somemore its kindaf dark already lorz... After when we found the correct block, she couldnt recognise the apartment she was in... We walked up like 5 flight of stairs wif her, but she said tt the rooms all dun look familiar, so we went down n called the ppl she living wif... Then they re affirmed the address and we walked up again, n this time, we walked all e way to the top, which we thought was 7 flight of stairs... Finally found her apartment but one bizzarre incident is tt when we walked out of the building it seems as though the building has only 5 stories... But the 3 of us vividly remembered tt we definitely walked more than 5 flight of stairs... WEird... Oh well, today's been a kindaf funny day, wif some weird things n wadever... But all's well that end's well... So i shall just relax now n look forward to tmr's boxing day sales at York!

Christmas...

Finding our trip very relaxing actually, relaxing as in there's no rush fer us to go to visit any place or anything like tt... which is wad i want in a holiday... Woke up late again on the 3rd day, met up wif PC n chatted a lil b4 gng to Bk fer lunch... Bk yeah... Long time nv eat already, cos US there no Bks near where i stay... N dun think anyone wanna drive just to go BK to eat... Yar lorz... Went to visit the london bridge and tower bridge in the afternoon, which was really quite a sight... London bridge itself is kindaf boring, unlike tower bridge which is much more interesting... No wonder they say "london bridge is falling down"... haha... Went to shop ard a lil n managed to find n buy a england jersey... I aint such a fan of england, but its always nice to get an england jersey at a cheap price... The other jerseys are more expensive, n after the conversion to sg, its comparable to the prices here.., so better dun buy... Walked fer really quite a distance then, n we saw no less than 10 starbucks along the walk, which is ard 1.5 hrs... YEs, 10 different starbucks at diferent places... Always tot british ppl like to drink tea, but guess they've converted to coffee...

Also had a nice lunch at a Dsta fren's place, really appreciated their kind gesture to prepare lunch fer us, even though they juz came back from their holz n leaving again soon... After talking to them, i realised how lucky we are... At least we dun have fixed schedules n finals which are worth 70%... Its much better to have ur course work n everything spread out over the sem, being able to earn enuff points for a more relaxing finals... Never liked last min stress so i always endeavor to try to do as well as possible initially... N being able to plan ur courses definitely better than having to stick to a fixed schedule... Think i really made the right choice in going to US fer studies... But, they have sooo many ppl here... N they play dota! haiz, unlike cmu ppl, wif so lil ppl playing dota... After lunch we took a little stroll along kensington park, but too bad the weather was cold and a little chilly... Thought we've been used to the cold weather in pittsburgh, but however, think becos the wind here is stronger and its a lil more humid, we tend to feel colder... So we went back after like 1.5 hrs of walking, without really being able to reach our destination of hyde park...

Joined our hosts for a christmas dinner, which was really a very enjoyable occasion... Its like a pot luck session, where everyone brings something simple... It was nice meeting new ppl, n also, meeting one of my jc class juniors again... Chatting wif her brings back memories of JC, where i think i really enjoyed myself then... N of cos, reminding me of my old pals back in sg, i wonder if they would actually be thinking of me too... Hmm... Who else but those bunch of jc frens... Really miss them a lot... we had some games after dinner, wif those familar forfeits n stuff... Though it may seem childish, but it really brings back nice memories... Heng i din really kena any bad forfeits, unlike some of my frens who were being forced to act cute... haha... Finally, they got their just deserts for keep making fun of me n my ... Yar, the joke has been on for 1 yr liao, n amazingly, it just keeps going... think mebbe in cmu we shd organise some of this kindaf gatherings n play some games or wadever... but oh yar, the ratio in cmu is like all guys lorz, if not most guys... Think tts e reason y we dun really play games or wadever...

Off to london!

1 day of slacking is nv enuff... Tts something i learnt juz 1 day after slacking back in pitt... Thought i'd be ready to fly off but yeah, i was kindaf hoping we could fly off a little later after tt day... Still haven really properly cleared up my room... Yeah, was kindaf lazy too... Fer some unknown reason, i haven been able to relax totally yet... Mebbe cos i haven really enjyoed myself to the max to the pt tt i watned to go to do other stuff... But oh well, i'm leaving fer london liao so cant really say anything more... Just leave lorz... Spent quite a little time packing n stuff, n before i know it, i'm off!

The flight to Charlotte was nice, had a gd sleep then... The Charlotte airport was really great, it has lotsaf shops n stuff to eat or shop... As compared to the stupid Toronto airport which has nothing but expensive n sucky food... Have i mentioned tt the last time? If i din, well, its really sucky... Advice: Eat ur lunch or breakfast or dinner or wadever b4 u go to the airport... unless u wanna eat expensive n sucky food... Then we had a 7 hr flight to london... The dinner was gd, i feel, better than the NW ones... Coleslaw, apples, beef, everything was nice... Even the cream crackers were nice too... THe only bad thing was, i cant get to sleep!! Yar, coming from me, i know its a lil surprising, after all, i've always been the sleep king... Having a repute for being able to sleep anywhere, any time if i wanted too... From all the past flights n greyhound bus n wadever... But this time, i actually had a hard time sleeping... Kept thinking bt things, about ppl, n about how i did on the finals... Even though my most dangerous subject was over, but i just couldnt help but worry bt the rest... But in the end, after an hr or so, i finally slept... For ard 3 hrs i think...

those 3 hrs really helped... Reached london at 8 am london time, which corresponds to 3 am US time n 4 pm Sg time... So in fact, i slept fer only 3 hrs tt day... The london airport wasnt as great as i thought it would be but oh well charlotte has been too great a sight to behold... Took a rail n then a tube (underground train, or rather MRT) to our destination, realised that its actually kindaf similar to singapore... In the sense that its subway is really similar to our MRT, n the streets were once again left hand drive... Met up with Tj's frens n we managed to get his fren's room to ourselves, all 5 of us... which was really great... cos she went to egypt, ALONE... Yar... How brave is that... Considering she's a girl n going to such an exotice place all by herself... I will nv do that lorz... prefer to travel with frens, cos i get bored easily... Need ppl to entertain me.. which of cos, Mingyang has always nv failed to do so... Haha... With his "jokes" n humor... though all mostly bt the same category, but still, good enuff... Lol... Yeah, really appreciated his fren's gesture, n she even went as far as to lent us her hp and also left her laptop n internet here fer us to use...

Had pad thai fer lunch, i aint a great fan of pad thai, prefer to have more "liao" on my food... Eg more meat or veges or wadever, instead of juz having the staple food... Mebbe tts y i dun like rice so much... But it was not bad, just a lil little... But my aim here is to eat lesser food if i can, to both save money n lose weight... Went to Stamford bridge, the pity being tt i am not able to go into the stadium to have a look... A tic costs 48 pounds, which is a lil ex... If it wasnt fer the fact tt i am trying to travel on a budget, i'd have immediately go wif mingyang to watch the chelsea fulham match... Had a lil nap after tt, which was followed by a great dinner... Met up wif my cousin Darren, whom i haven met fer some time... He brought us to a great dinner wif roast duck n stuff... We ordereed like 1.5 ducks, char siew, beef tripe, fried squid bean curd... all fer 12 pounds... Which was really great food, n the duck had really very crispy skin! Reminds me of the roast duck in sg, which i must definitely eat when i get back! So Johnson Duck, get ready... 1 duck coming up... (fyi, i've ate 1 duck b4... dun ask me how... but i did it... )

Went to do a lil grocery shopping b4 finally gng back... N having an early night... Was thinking tt we could all wake up early the enxt day... Even had the whole schedule planned out... but, yeah, as u'd have probably guessed, we woke up late... A whooping 3 hrs late... Went to convent garden in london, where there's lotsaf shopping to be done... But due to lack of time, n lack of enthusiasm, we din really shop but settled the more impt stuff first... Managed to find tix to "The producers" at 25 pounds, i really wanted to watch a musical, one tt i've nv watched b4... N this fits in the bill nicely... Realised tt its only 2 days b4 christmas so probably, tix wun come cheap... But 25 pounds is really gd, for front seats in the balcony... Went on a walk around the area, london eye, big ben, n several shops before settling fer a japanese meal... I was quite full though, so did not really eat a lot... Din even feel like eating one, but thought it might be good so just try lorz... But the fried chicken is really like in humongous portions, i did not even touch the rice lorz... Just ate the chicken n salad was enuff fer me...

The producers was really nice... I thoroughly enjoyed it... Always loved to watch musicals, i really like those leads with powerful voices, its juz so captivating... It was really comical n funny too, the musical being more of a witty nature than serious form... Really hope to be able to watch another one in maybe, Venice? Hopefully, fate will allow tt... by finding us cheap tix... n good plays... The only thing left fer us to do now is, planning fer tmr... lol...

ITs all oveR!!!

Haha, finally every is over... My exams... All of em... Well, the 2 exams today arent too bad... Macroecons wasnt as tough as i thought, spent lotsaf effort trying to mug the stuff... But in e end, realised tt i din need to know tt much stuff... Haiz, shd i have known, then would have spent less time mugging... Was darn scared of my ece midterm... It can really be hard... Was quite nervous all the way until the exam itself... But when i c the exam's 1st qn.. I almost luffed... Hmm... An ez 10 marks... Wah seh, cfm ram liao... But well, the other qns that follow werent exactly tt err... U really need to think n understand the material to do those other qns lorz... Wasnt exactly sure of my answers, but as i continued doing, i began to enjoy my self more n more... Its really quite interesting i feel... Though in e end spent like an hr thinking of how to do a 2 mark qn, but well, think its a nice experience all in all... N wads better, its all over!! Hurray! now left wif my europe trip to go! Looking really forward to it... A pity couldnt get more frens to come wif me... hope everything turns out fine... The only headache left is: Whether i shd bring a big suitcase or just try to travel light... Haha... N of cos, what to do tmr n later in the nght... Lolz... such a tough decision to make... tsk tsk...

Now that the sem has ended... Hmm... Its time to refllect upon the sem again... I think this sem has been the best sem ever so far... Even though its my busiest( But nowhere neear next sem) I think i really enjoy the balance between work n play so far... I played quite hard and also worked quite hard at times... Esp wif programming, it really took a lot of my time... Haha... but oh well, i managed to survive it... Hopefully wif gd grades... Think this sem i really enjoyed working in the ssa exco this sem too... the committee was great, i really enjoyed their company...
Only regret is tt i am too tired n lazy to really go n maintain my fitness this sem... Hai... Getting fatter... Arrgh... Someone pls stop me from eating n make my metabolic rate higher... Hopefully i can really be interested in the subjects i'm taking enxt sem... Cos really want to go into depth in these areas... LEts pray tt i'm interested... despite my laziness that is...

a Great 22...

Had a really great birthday today... Wasnt like super exciting or wadever, but well, things really went my way... It was great to have several ppl wishing u happy bday just as the clock strikes 12... Esp when they're all ur gd frens...I really appreciated tt... N of cos, not to mention ppl wishing u happy bday in the morning just b4 u woke up... guess it really helps to have ur msn on all e time, even though u're away mode... Haha... But wad made me even happier is to have old frens chatting wif me... Ppl whom i really value as frens, or perhaps ... Think i'm really an easily satisfiable person when it comes to company... So long i have ppl whom i value as pals wif me, i'm more than happy...
Real surprised to get a msg from yihang asking me fer lunch... Its been quite a while since i talked to him... As in like really talk to him... But still, i'm glad he remembered my bday... N fyi, Korea garden's food rox... Was a lil ex actually, but still its really gd... One of the best meals wif rice i had... I've always disliked eating rice n dishes... Cos i'm more of a dishes person n not a rice person at all... But the chili there was so great, i couldny help but ordered another bowl of rice... think its the first time in USA i actually ate more than 1 bowl of rice... Haha... Must be the chili... Real thx fer e meal man...
then after i went home... Gues wad... I slept... Haha... Felt tired after a lil reading of my wu xia xiao shuo... Then dozed off... Wanted to go gym today one, but err... inertia kicked in... N the cold weather was also kindaf discouraging... So yeah, din go... Instead read the novel online n played games... Its a darn great feeling to have calls from other countries calling u n wishing u happy birthday... I was seriously touched when i saw like, unknown call.. tot its some wrong number but oh man... cant believe tt my frens actually took the trouble of giving me a call... Was supposed to go n have dinner then movie one, but due to some mis comm, well, we ended up just eating n not watching movie... the grp was supposed to be smaller too, but well, i dun really mind having a smaller grp actually, cos i think quality is much more impt than quantity... Was feeling quite satisfied already, only missing 1 more person... But surprisingly, more n more ppl joined in, until we had a grp of 11... Was feeling really happy then... could c all my close frens present there... Wanted to foot e bill one, but they were kindaf reluctant... So well... N i thought saving money was hard, wanting to part wif it is even harder... Haha...
played poker fer e first time my life... But the way we played it, dxn fele like gambling at all... Or rather, mebbe i'm addicted... Haha... but it was fun i must say... won quite a number of times, only to lost big time twice to moderate my winnings haha... But well, its the process tt counts, results eh, a few dollars dun really matter...
Din manage to open my nice wine to drink, but nvm, shall save it fer another day... but this is definitely one of my best bdays, makes me feel as though i'm still remembered... It may be a simple wish or wadever, it may not mean a lot to u, but to me... It does... I'm just the sentimental kind... bo bian one... It may not have been a darn exciting day, but i'll always remember it as one of my best birthdays ever...
Now tt i have time to think... Lemme recall some of my bday wishes...

1. May all the ppl ard me, n of cos, including me myself, have a great year ahead... I really wish to see my frens happy, their being sad will oso kindaf affect me... So dun think i'm so noble to wish tt u all are happy... Haha...
2. Hoping tt my family n frens back in sg will have a great time too, esp my parents n sis... I really hope to c u all again, my parents, sis, my best buds, my chatmates, my soccer pals, n etc... 3. To have a happier time mugging... Haha... (I'm a cmu student larz, wad u expect!)
4. To be able to keep fit... Getting fat now, cant take it... Sian...
Hmm, think the last wish really sounds a lil weird previously... So i've decided to just say it out...
5. N of cos, hopefully can find the mischa barton in my life soon... Haha... (Eh, guys will oso be despo one lehz... Esp when u're 22 already haha... old old... But, i shall still maintain my standards... ;P)

Finals!

Had a busy week... Both cos i had lotsaf work to do, n oso cos i'm trying to get some entertainment despite the ehctic scheduel.... Which makes me even more anxious to try to churn out my work... Well, it wasnt too relaxing but i could not really put in the mind n effort to pia... More of like trying to finish up my work n tts it... Instead of really trying to make it to perfection... Think mebbe cos i'm a lil addicted to my drama serials... Always had this problem of being addicted to something fun during my exam period... Glad it din happen last yr, but this yr, well, after watching xiao yu er n hua wu que, i actually found a website with all the wu xia xiao shuos... Then i kept reading n reading... I studied yeah, but not very assiduous... though i still believed that the time i put into my work was more than enuff...
Had 3 finals down... Monday's exam was hard... Think its hard to me... but not really to everyone... Its not tt i din put i effort, in fact, i put in the most effort into it i think... But yet, a homework qn came out which i couldnt really do... N as usual, i nv managed to understand what the qn's asking... I know my stuff but its always the language tt makes it painful for me... Same thing for my midterm too... I understood the stuff but i din answer it in the way they wanted.. So oh well... It was kindaf bad...
Tuesday's exam was a killer! Math exam somemore... reminds me of the F maths of the past... It was really traumatizing... Heng i need 30 % fer my A... Else can really die... I dun mind admitting tt i've been quite proud of my mathematical abilities... But this time, well, even if u gimme 3 more hrs, i dun think i can do much better... In fact, i finished like 1 hr b4 time n then I was staring at the paper liao... Haha... Only gd thing was the soccer after tt... N guess wad... I kena sliding tackle twice lorz... Once from behind... once from side... On an indoor court... Kaoz eh.... If it was a competition... I'd have already zammed him lorz... But i dun wanna be too rough n so gave it up.. But its darn sian lorz.. I mean, friendl match, no need to play until so agressive lorz... Then the game will be interrupted after tt... Really darn knn... But at least, 1 gd thing is tt i feel myself improving... My control is getting better... really fele like gng back to sg to play wif my frens there... Hai... wei xiong... my fav soccer pal ever... wonder how he's doing now...
Can afford to have a little rest now... Next final is on mon, 2 finals then... Was suppose to take 1 today but couldnt finish studying n dun wanna risk 2 finals so decided to take it on mon instead... So can enjoy n relax a lil.. .Somemore tmr is *ahem ahem* ... So die die must enjoy myself...
gng to europe soon yay... I'm really quite enthu bt the next sem, at least, i'm enthu bt the courses... As compard to this sem... When i'm less enthu... Took many of the courses becos i had not much choice, all thsoe courses i want clashes with my core courses... Yeah.. .But of cos, b4 all e work sets in.. .There's Europe to look ferward too... Hehz...

Y is everyone whom i can talk to offline? Arrg... But at least its gd, else u'll be hearing me bitch pages n pages of stuff... Consider urself lucky if u're offline now... 2 am 7th December 2005... US time... Seriously cant take it anymore... Tmd... Its rare that i actually feel so angry... Think its e first time this whole sem... Just felt like xploding in front of my comp... Freaking ppl cant seem to be able to understand some basic facts of life...
1. I admit i'm not a genius or even a smart person (ok, everyone can understand that)
2. I try to do what i can...
3. If u wnt to do last min work, n be irresponsible, well so be it... Dun pull me along to be a part of that...
4. I tried to do things beforehand, but if no one freaking cares, then dun blame me for any thing that turns out bad... (Not that i care a lot, but if i care enough to try to do it, ALONE, then pls at least show some respect... U're bz, but i am not so free too... U think 73 freaking units + research is really as easy as i make it out to be ar! Knn!)
5. If u want to criticize someone's work, pls at least do so politely... Show some respect for the other party, no matter how smart u may be, or if u are even smart in the first place... If u dun even care enuff to do anything, then pls dun criticise...
6. Pls stop trying to be an arse n get on my nerves... I have certain working principles, n i know u have too... But if u're ferever trying to go against mine for the selfish sake of ur own ones, then i guess it'll be better if we each do our own work... I never minded war attrition...
7. N this whole freaking thing pisses me off soo much i dun even have the mood to continue mugging my essay... When i had the mood initally... Knn
8. I feel so lonely for once... Really felt like talking to someone now, but everyone seems to be offline...
9. I finally understand y i have been enjoying my labs last fall n this fall...
10. I dunno wad to write but i just wnana continue typing what i feel... getting every freak thing out in 1 shot b4 i go back to my essay...
11. A man has his own patience, if u're ferever testing the limit, well, one day u'll hit it... N congrats... Mine has been overstretched...
12. 2 more weeks b4 europe... Shiok...
13. I miss Singapore... My family, my frens... Esp the bunch of u all! U know hu u are larz...
14. Hopefully next sem will be better... At least i know i'll be wif all the close frens here... Which is much better than trying my luck wif some ppl i dunno about...
15. If u've read till here... I really thank u fer ur patience... Ask u something ba chi....
Green crab run faster or red crab run faster...
Ans... Green... A cooked crab cant run...

bored...

Ive just read 100 + pages of philo stuff n statistics... Dun really know wads gng on... Sianz... Still a paper to write based on that... but now, dinner time is coming cant really carry on reading anymore... Eyes already "hua" now... N guess wad, i still have 1 more book to read... Well, 2 actually, but i figured that the other book is not tt impt so shall not read it n add on to my torment... Only now then i realise how much of a maths person i am... At least i nv minded doing maths... Compared to reading stuff i dunno, n loads of them too... Well, tt aint exactly me... but well, its my own fault too, for not reading regularly... oh well... dinner's coming soon, not really looking forward to the food but oh well, at least its a time for me to relax officially...

Weekend...

Yay, the weekend finally arrived... Haha... Finally managed to finish off my drama serial, after like 3 + hrs of hard work... Even went to bnet to play dota... though it lagged badly such tt i was being pawned like a free frag... Slept at 3 but still woke up to watch the liverpool wigan match... REal glad to be able to watch liverpool playing well n winning... Still think Morientes is gd, even though he dxn score... Really like his flicks n touches... N headers... (which is something i can nv do... ) N watchin soccer b4 playing really inspires u to play well later on... though i was kindaf lethargic in my movements today... N i kena hit quite a few times... Injury proneness today: 19 /20 ( the -1 is because i din get my specs being hit today...) blocked a few power shots n my shin/calf is hurting now... kena collision n the knee was badly hit... Wanted to pull out to rest a while, but as everyone still playing, i just decided to carry on too... N the worst is, someone elbowed me in the *ahem* region... Yar... I was like jumping up n down around the whole court lorz, sian, even elbow oso can kena... Wtf right...
Went to watch pride n prejudice just now... think its a really nice show, n Keira Knightley is really darn pretty lorz... Wah... She dresses plainly in the show, not really meaning to be stunning, but for some reason, i am more attracted by her beauty amidst her plainness... which is much more beautiful than those who purposely put on make up n stuff... the plot was gd too i feel, with very interesting and witty dialogues... Too bad i couldnt catch all of them, but just being able to catch 1/2 of them is more than enuff to make me say tt its a great movie to watch... but preferably wif ur bf/gf... rather than in a grp of 5 guys... haha...