Hacé cuatro meses escribé por aquí...

Hoy de repente me he sentado que ver mi blog.... que conmocionado he estado! No he escrito nada por aquí cuatro meses.... ha sido terible...

Por eso, decido a empezar a escribir algo....... y muy pronto voy a tomar el examen de español... Tengo que practicar un poco... No puedo creerme que he aprendido esta idioma un año y medio ya..... pero aún no ha sido muy bien.

Vale, ahora es la estacíon de examen... toda la universidad no se puede encontrar algun asiento vacío. La biblioteca es la más mala. Me siento estresadisímo sentarándome con los estudiantes aquí. Prefiero sentarme en mi habitacíon. Puedo dormir o jugar a los juegos de ordenadores o jugar al squash si me siento hacerlo.

Aparte de esto, me dieron la llave de la habitacíon de musica. Qué suerte tengo! Ya que tengo la llave, casi siempre ir a la habitacíon a tocar el piano.... es un cielo para mí. Haha....

No pienso que poder escibir más... todavia he tenido mucho a aprender... adios!

Resultados...

As always.... I post my results.... here goes:

Art in Age of Colonisation - Satisfactory ( I used the S/U option)

Inorganic Chemistry - A- (4.50)

Organic Chemistry - A (5.00)

Organic Chemistry (Lab) - A- (4.50)

Spanish Level 2- A (5.00)

Business Management - A+ (5.00) (How did this get here?)

Term GPA: 4.82/5.00. cGPA: 4.81/5.00

Surprise, surprise.... all the subjects seem to go opposite to what they were.... A+ for Business Management was absolutely shocking.... never dreamed about it for even one moment.... Organic Chemistry.... er.... I learned my lesson.... I worked my butt off this semester to cover my weakness.... =)..... but my inorganic chemistry suffered a little.....

Overall, I am quite content with how this sem went... =)

Después de examem...

I shall dedicate this post to Spanish, considering I have probably screwed up my Spanish 2, and here goes my cGPA..... =( .... So, I shall "try" to write the rest of it in Spanish.... sorry if I make too many mistakes... still taking beginner's class ok....

Ha sigo más que un mes todavia he escrito aquí.... He tenido mucha prisa... con las actividades de la universidad, el estudio y el trabajo... además, no tengo suficiente dinero para los viajes a Corea y Bali... por eso, tengo que trabajar en las vacaciones y sacrifico alguno tiempo con mis amigos... haih...

Pero está bien... no tengo nada examen ahora... ¡Que contento estoy! En NTU toda la gente tiene prisa con sus estudios.... Todos los dias están estudiando... ¿que aburrido, no? Pero a mí me gusta divertirme mientras estudiando.... más o menos porque soy bastante vago... hehe....

He vuelto a Malasia dos dias pasado.... y voy a quedar por sobre dos mañanas ... después tengo que ir a Singapur para mi trabajo.... Dinero, dinero, dienro .... =P ... Pues quienes si tienen tiempo libre, pideme salir de copas o algo.... no me importa... La cosa importante es la reunión...

Ahora estoy aquí en Genting Highland con mi familia... yo sé que va a ser bastante aburrido porque no me gusta el parque tema y no puedo entrar el casino (estoy todavia demasiado joven para lo)... entonces puedo navigar por internet solo.... y por eso tengo tiempo para esto....

La comida local es todavia mejor que las otras.... He comido mucho.... y he engordado mucho..... ¡que bueno! ... haha

Alright.... I have shamed myself enough with mu lousy essay skills.... haha.... but it was fun.... let's see if I can improve after next semester (after Spanish 3....).. and after that I can't go any further in NTU with Spanish.... =( ..... it is a pity since I have come to love this language... I have had such a wonderful time learning it (at least it is better than the time when I learned Chinese... sorry Miss L***** P*** L** and Malay ....lol )

Since I am so bored here.... I might put up another post soon.... =(

Hola

Have been ignoring this blog for too long..... can take some time from my deepavali break to do some updates... can you believe it has been 2 months since my last update???!!! Felt like just updated yesterday.....

As you know, more than half a semester has past.... seriously in a blink of an eye.... in no time all of us will be venturing into the working world... =( .... I would do anything to continue studying and NOT working... somehow studying is so much easier.... (I guess this statement will get me killed by many other students in this world....)

This semester as usual, I am the slackiest (if this word exists) amongst my friends... took 6 modules... lab module has no examination (but trust me, I wished there was one.... somehow reports and assignments are not my forte....). Took an Art module (has Jia Hui gone crazy?) and a Business module.... I gotta salute those who are daring enough to take it.... it is like the toughest subject in the world.... why would someone wanna MAJOR in it in the first place??? Anyway, I used S/U options on them already, meaning that I just have to pass the exam to get the credits and my marks won't affect my cGPA.... what a relief..... So what I am left with this semester is Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Spanish Nivel 2!!!

In terms of study load, I am pretty relaxed... still LOVE español.... I have made up my mind to take all the way to Level 3... and maybe if I have the money and time, I will further it outside NTU (since the maximum they offer is till level 3).... Organic Chemistry turned out to be quite interesting this year.... molecules synthesis... more than ONE correct answer... could let our creativity run wild... haha.... and some of my Summer Research knowledge could be applied here like the cost of chemicals, time of each reaction and how dangerous they are.... I can use all of these to determine which synthetic pathway is better.... =)

I lost the election in Earthlink... in a way it was a blessing in disguise.... I doubt I could manage 2 main committee positions... not to mention I LOVE being in Piano Ensemble.... just to meet up with same passion as I have... (quite many pretty talents this year.....) ... See whether I can get lucky or not... haha....

Something weird happened yesterday.... my ex-girlfriend texted me....

"Stresses, stressed, stressed" ..... That's it.... how cryptic is that???!!!
"???" ..... I replied her.
"Dun mind me.... just stressed out. doing something random".... she replied.
"Wanna talk abt it?"... I sent her.
"Nvm... Ignore me... rest well. Nights."... I got this the text within 5 seconds...
"Ok... nites then." .... the end of texting....

I am terrible at reading girls' minds.... somehow they operate really differently... could someone shed some light on me regarding what she was trying to convey to me???

Anyway..... I recently found another repertoire for myself.... very old song.... from Bach (he was a genius...)... and very famous.... I bet everyone knows this song.... but it will take me years to master it....

Kiasu-ness

After living in Singapore for a year, I have to admit I have officially contracted kiasu-nessitis.... Give you a few examples...

This year the hall allocation was terrible... 17 points aka you need to be involved in main committee plus applying with a Singaporean roommate to 100% confirm getting a room.... wt*!!! So this year everybody is going for higher post... Kiasu me, went and run for 2 main committee posts for 2 clubs. So far I got Piano Ensemble but it is still not good enough to be safe... Kiasu me(again), went and run for main committee of another major club. Now I am starting to have doubts about it because the workload is really hactic. Not to mention I have to prepare powerpoint slides and campaign speech for the ELECTION.... politics... hate it...

Another story: I actually started studying on the FIRST week itself.... =( ... Can't help it, I have Organic Chemistry this semester. Judging on how poorly I did last year, no more fooling around this semester.... one word: KIASU.

Yesterday my roommate and neighbours and I went to Sim Lim Square (whole building also selling electronic stuff). I was actually there just to have a look, but I ended up having an eye on new handphones.... sien.... thank goodness my bank account didn't have enough money, or else I would have swiped my NETS card and I will be in extreme poverty.... What word? 吾钱.... =(

The fact is I am starting to feel the stress already and this is just the beginning of week 3. Next week I have Organic Chemistry first test!!!! This week will all go to Piano Ensemble's audition for new members and its Welcom Tea.... next Monday I have a presentation to do for an elective subject which contributes to 40% of the total marks in exam...... sob..... Not to mention next week is the election for Earthlink (the otehr club I was talking about)... Gee.... university life isn't so relaxing anymore....

A long overdued update....

It has been almost a month since my last post.... I was very busy in the last few weeks.... I finally got hold of the photos from Universal Studio, but I am just too lazy to post it on my blog... I will try to put them up on fb.

So, these are the updates:
1) New semester has STARTED!!! I am officially a year 2 student... no longer a young, vibrant, enthusiastic freshman.... A year in NTU has worn me out... =(.... lol...

2) I am taking Spanish Level 2 after much consideration.... YOG reaffirmed my stand... I just love the idea of being able to speak Spanish ..... ideally can speak FLUENTLY....

3) I got the same job... luckily, this time there is a change in policy. I can work maximum 14 hours per week (4 hours more than last year)... =) ... and guess what.... I maxed out everything.... causing me to have 5 full days in a week..... morning till 7pm....

4) My fear has come back. It is Organic Chemistry II ... First week itself has already thrown me off balance.... I better start revising my first year stuff... Not to mention Inorganic Chemistry... which, according to the seniors, is like HELL.... new, abstract concepts will be introduced. As usual, first week studying it has already taken a toll on me....

5) YOG has ended.... I never regret a single moment for joining it... Made so many new friends from so many different backgrounds.... and made me want to learn Spanish more!!!! And after that French!!!! Y** E**, my unofficial French teacher, I am counting on you... Not to worry, I have 2 new neighbours. One of them is from London, and the other from Sweden. Both of them speak French.... I will try to pick up a bit from them....lol

6) I was very lucky to get a hall as there are about 60% of the Malaysian seniors that I know didn't get one.... Which leads to me running for Main Committee positions in TWO clubs.... kiasu attitude, always want something to fall back on. This is because hall residency is so competitive nowadays I had to spend every second of my free time on clubs and societies....

7) J** M*** is in NTU now!!!! Finally, we got our THIRD person from WMS who, unfortunately, got enrolled into this university.....

8) Summer Research has come to an end as well. I learned so so so much from this experience.... I am so drawn to it that I am actually thinking about giving up Minor in Mathematics to do Summer Research II..... We will see how it goes....

That's all for now.... Continue to study.... T_T ....

Mi Día Primero de Programa Cultura y Educación

My first day of Culture & Education Programme....

Today I went for my first shift at the Youth Olympic Village.... I took the morning shift, so had to wake up at 7am.... =.="""... damn early .... but who am I to grumble when many other people had to wake up at 5+++am to travel....

The competition won't start until 14th (aka 3 days later).. right now everyone was still suffering from jet lag. The only concern in their minds was still THE COMPETITION.... busy booking training facilities etc.... which left CEP as cold as it could get.... lol... not really... some of the Chef de Mission and Team Officials had shown some interest in it... let's hope it would turn up from here...

Anyway, the atmosphere at the village was awesome. Everywhere you go you see athletes from different countries... Although they are only 14-18 years old, boy you will never believe their age judging from their sizes.... It was a great feast for our eyes: both guys and girls.... The guys are like 7 feet tall, all muscular like crazy... The girls are not as bad.... at least I could find a few (I guess less than 10) who are shorter than me... =( .... hispanic and gorgeous.... Mexicans took the lead so far......er......anyway, 50% of them are minors and you can never tell them apart..... which means..... err... moving on....

Having said that, I didn't know how much of a language barrier I had with foreigners until today... Most people from Latin America DO NOT speak English... but they are very nice people.... apparently many translators (Student volunteers) can speak Spanish.... and I felt very Pai Seh.... never mind, another reason to polish my Spanish....

Usually, all CEP officers are equipped with the fluency in 3 languages (or more)... my third language was totally, utterly redundant.... guess what it is? Yup..... what other than our dearest Bahasa Melayu... the most it could be used on Malaysian representatives (which I didn't get to meet).... well, knowing one more language doesn't kill right?

Generally, I felt very positive from the first day of work. While I felt a little bit (or rather quite a bit) intimidated by their SIZES and the language barrier, the people who came were really polite... I even seized the chance to talk to the Spainish athletes and their Chef de Mission.... unfortunately I couldn't even hold up a 20 seconds conversation before saying "No puedo hablar español muy bien, puedes hablar inglés?"... =(

YOG Opening Ceremony

Just finished watching YOG Opening Ceremony Full Rehearsal. Amazing!!!! Everything from stage setup, fireworks, drama, seating, programmes etc was damn damn damn brilliant.... I would love to show some footage but it is against the law, at least not until the REAL opening ceremony is over... but in case any of you guys are free, try to catch it on TV.... =)

Space Cadet

This week is as free as it can ever get.... actually it is getting quite boring... 12 hours of sleep everyday doesn't give me that extra kick anymore.... thank goodness the YOG Committee rewarded us with a VVIP ticket to YOG Opening Ceremony's full dress REHEARSAL.... at least I have ONE thing to look forward ....




Met up with Bernard from NUS yesterday. Went to China Town to eat some Beijing food... same thing happened again, so many queued for that restaurant. We were under the impression that the restaurant was superb but it turned out to be only so-so... This is the typical case in Singapore. As long as you serve DECENT (aka average) food, then you will earn like crazy....





O ya... back to Space Cadet. I was so bored that I spent hours on Space Cadet... and BOOM!

33.5 Million !!!!!!!!!

Lol... I got so lucky and got like tonnes of extra balls and replays....

Back to Singapore ... AGAIN...

Well, my time in Malaysia has finally come to an end.... 1 whole month of nice food and meeting up with friends were awesome... but somehow I still miss Singapore... guess I am not too homey after all...

Last update was more than a month ago.... wow... longest record.... For what it is worth, I think I have recovered from the break up (Woo-hoo... lol). Now I am as ready as ever .... I hope...

Anyway, last Saturday I went to Singapore Universal Studio (finally...). I shall dedicate an entire post on it when I get the pictures. The entrance free is SGD66 during the weekdays and SGD 72 during the weekends... my cousin got a corporate price of SGD 40+++.... so I was lucky...

PS: I am so jeolous of those people who can play 'Draw My Thing' !!!!!

4Mbps !!!!!!!!!

Unbelievable.... this morning I woke up early (around 8am) and went to download some movies to watch.... Since this is the holiday season, internet speed has improved tremendously.... usually around 180kbps as compared to during semester time, which is around 20-30kbps....

But this morning it was so freaky... my movie is around 1GB and the download bar shot up very quickly... something that usually takes an hour finished within 3 MINUTES!!!!! Omg.... I couldn't believe it myself... I guess no one in my hall wakes up that early to fight for internet connection... I better start downloading other movies while the speed is still good.... who knows, I may even presume to the habit of 早睡早起 just for this...lol

New Roommie....

My luxurious life of one person staying in a double bedroom has come to an end.... it was a great couple of months having the whole room to myself... now I have a new roommate... Se llama Richard Foster. Tiene veintiun años. Lugar de nacimiento es Oxford, England. Estudia Quimica en University of Southampton... Yup. He is in his fourth year now and he is only 21 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Screw Malaysian education system.... that's it, ISA will come and arrest me before I know it...

Lol...... NTU has a good relationship with Southampton.... normally we will have 10+ exchange students, so I wasn't surprised at all he came from there.... And so happen we study the SAME course.... come to think of it, maybe they did it on purpose..... Anyway, he seems like a nice person to share a room with .... Thank G** ...

3 roommates from 3 different countries in 1 year.... Am I lucky or the opposite?

Hooligan elaborate....

Well, following my previous post, last Saturday after CEP meeting from 9am to 12pm, we went out for lunch.... at Orchard Road... for Nasi Penyet. Apparently many of my Singaporean friends love it... cuz we had muslim friends, we had to go for halal food.... Personally, I think it wasn't my cup of tea.... quite normal la considering I hate Malay food all along, why would Indonesian food be my favourite out of sudden....

There were 12 of us. But I couldn't get hold of the group shot... =(

Original plan was to go for a badminton game... kononnya in the spirit of YOG.... as a volunteer must support a bit what.... but apparently Singaporeans love sports so much that you have to book 2 weeks beforehand to get a badminton court.... sien... So we went to Marina Square for a game of bowling....

Which I sucked at... I had the lowest score... lol... Malunya....

Then we walked around the mall.... coincidentally it was Singapore Sales !!!!!!!! All of us were going crazy looking at all the discounts...... but we were too broke to buy anything... so lepaked around..... who knows..... we came to this Doraemon Convention.... got colouring competition some more!!! 4-10 years old only.... sien.... So we took some pictures...

The whole idea was to imitate the characters in the background.... I think we didn't do too badly...

As crazy as we were... we got tired. So we stopped by at Starbucks and had some drinks.... Fully charged, we WALKED through Esplanade to the Southern part of Singapore...lol... sounds far but actually was just 10 minutes walk... Singapore is very small.... We passed by the 'Floating Stage' where the Opening Ceremony of YOG will be held...

.... And we passed through this bridge called the 'Double Helix Bridge'.... that's what the locals told me.... They even have ATCG (Correctly and compatibly paired up... geez... no wonder smartness is in the air... ) on the floor along the bridge...

The bridge is supposed to link to the second Integrated Resort... but the construction was still ongoing.... so we took the long way.... we got there eventually....

Double Helix Bridge connecting to the Integrated Resort.... can't wait to see the Sky Garden...

Next.... of course the CASINO !!!! Ironically, while everything else was still under construction, the casino was wide open for business.... and the business was GOOD....... so many people were there... I wanted so badly to take a look inside, but....

Yeah.... this sucks.... I don't think my look will pass for 18.....They are also underage....

So we camwhored outside.....

發唑达

扑唑街

Ya .... pretty much what would happen if we entered.... At night we went to support South Korea in the WorldCup match against Greece at The Penny Black.... it was an English Victorian pub... specially catered for football and rugby fans (I have to avoid using H*******)... with really hot waitresses and no waiters... hmm I wonder why.... I was told that if I went during England VS USA match and supported USA.... ya that will probably be the end of me.... It was a good match though... I cheered until I lost my voice.... but it was awesome.... And then we went home.... FIN

Btw, Happy Halloween, I am part of the "Ghosts" for the coming Freshmen Orientation Camp (FOC)....

PS: I hope you will find a better guy in future. All the best!

Hooligan

Today isthe first time I become an hooligan .... I have no idea how ridiculous we looked, but it was definitely a lot of fun... Congrats to South Korea .... Greece???? You guys played rough and didn't even win ...!!!! In your face .... lol

I am not a huge football fan but being part of the crowd (aka hooligans) is actually kinda fun... Will post some pictures when they are ready...

PS: Happy 5th month anniversary... =)

iPod Touch

Yeap. I have been having this craving for too long... and I can't afford it. So I decided to split it into 2..... iPhone= iPod + Phone.... That's when I started researching on iPod Touch... and it seems that iPod Touch + some ciplak phone is cheaper.

So yesterday night after work, I took a bus to the nearest Apple reseller and bought it. Just a swipe of the card... 10 seconds after and the transaction was completed. Didn't hurt my wallet at all... but wait till the bill comes in the following month... wait a minute... today is June...... crap... I'll have to look at the bill earlier than I thought... haih...

Anyway, I spent the whole night configuring everything..... and I only realized Singapore has this technology called Wireless@SG. Free sign up and then can surf the internet everywhere (except for residential areas and some really hulu places like NTU ... =.=""" ...of course the speed is limited to 512kbps... that's what you get when it is free I guess... anyway, I am very happy with all its functions so far... now trying to get more applications from iTunes...

Yes. The price. I guess it is pretty standard. SGD 327.90 = iPod Touch, silicone casing, small speaker, portabe USB charger, screen protector and one really weird device which I am still trying to figure out...

没有妳的日子真难过

As much as I hate to admit it, but I am really missing you already.
I never knew how much you meant to me until you are away.
For I have taken you for granted all these years.

My demanding working hours are keeping me away from you.

It has been a month since I last touched you.

It started with a slight interest, and now I find myself inseparable from you.
Now I could spend hours with you without the slightest sense of boredom.
Your voice soothes me when no one else could.
You keep me sane in this geniuses-filled place called NTU.
G** I wished you were here in my room right now.
But that is against the rules of course... (It never hurts to imagine...)
While I tried to get by my days with another substitute,
It is not the same, it will never be the same.
I can't wait till July when I go back to my home.
And just spend my one-month break with you.

Lol... Since when have I been so sentimental? As a matter of fact, most of what I said is true. I have gone on without my piano (when I say piano, I mean a proper one, not keyboards) for about a month already. I tried playing the keyboard in my hall's music room, but tak syok langsung.... touching langsung tak ada... haih.... this happens because my Summer Research working hours clash with Music Room's operating hours. I just wished I could take a day off and spend some quality time with my beloved grand piano but with all this work piling up, I don't think it is even possible.

For what it is worth, I will be back in Malaysia for the whole July. My mentor is going back to France for her daughter's wedding.... she is marrying a Malaysian in France... how ironic and this also shows how kepo I am... go and 'bat' my mentor's family history...lol

Countdown towards seeing you: ONE MONTH.... =(

Drought

I have been in the drought for 6 days..... =(

Days left till the end of the drought: 4...

Resultados

Thanks to W** H**. My original horror movie night was interupted. Lol... anyway, congrats to him first.... Well, so this is how I did:

Inorganic Chemistry II - A+
Biochemistry II - A+
Calculus II - A
Spanish Level 1 - A
Communication Studies - Pass (Not graded)

cGPA to date : 4.80

I am pleasently surprised by Espanol.... well, I think I got to start thinking the possibility of taking Spanish Level 2 next semester .... anyway, I am very glad with the results this time... =)

My first Mohawk

This is the second time I visited this hairstylist that my friend introduced me to. The first time he convinced me to start styling my hair using wax. Please note that I HATE hair products... somehow my hair will become really dry and clump together but you should have seen how furious he got when he realised I never styled my hair before.... so since then I started on and off... mostly failures... still working on that...

After 2 months, I went to visit him again. I told him the last haircut was too difficult for me. I asked him to change some other hairstyle.... he replied 'okay' and we started our session. He didn't even tell me what he was going to do. What happened next was still quite overwhelming to me. Within 5 minutes, his scissors and hair clippers flew all around my head... at the end of it, he told me 'o ya, this is a mohawk-inspired hairstyle' .......... WT*.... I have seen mohawk and honestly I am not even close to having the courage to carry that style.... then he started styling... the amount of aerosol he used could have made a football-field-sized hole in the ozone... I was literally choking, grasping for air as he went on....

To be fair, this is not a real mohawk... but it is as far as I will go....

So, there you have it. My first "mohawk"...

Front view

Side view

Back view

For what it is worth, he charges SGD 10 including hairwash, haircut and hairstyling... I think it is quite fair....

In 2 months time I shall visit him again. Probably come back as a platinum blonde.... =(

Passed !

Yeap. I passed my NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) test! To be fair, the passing rate is 100%. As long as you do the training and register for the test, you'll sure pass.... but I am still very glad. This is the first thing I have got out of Summer Research....

PS: Have a safe trip. Remember the table trick. It can save your life ... =)

Results day countdown: 6 days .... =) (smiley face was forced by C****** Y** H** Y**)...