Seriously, how disgusting can this week be:

Tues - AB214 presentation on negotiation (10%)
Wed - Tax quiz (10%)
Thurs - AA202 excel test (10%) + written quiz (10%)
Fri - Quiz for my elective (20%)

And I have screwed up badly for my excel test. GG.

It is already the end of WEEK 9, and then my AA201 and AA202 group has decided to START on our projects. Argz, I really think I'm gonna die horribly this semester. I NEED 48 HOURS A DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sometimes I just wish to burn down the whole Student Admin Office because I believe there's no difference in their existence there.

I feel like quitting school.

FINALLY THE RECRUITMENT INTERVIEW IS OVER!!!

ELECTION/RALLY IS OVER!!!

Okay, I think 90% of the "shit" is over, and perhaps what's left is the AGM and orientation that is next week... So I hope to get my hall asap so that I wont be dragging myself out of bed for 830am lessons from Mon to Fri. REALLY DEMN SIANZ TO WAKE UP SO EARLY!!

On a side note, I have applied for GIP Prelude to China for 2 weeks this coming Dec. I really hope can get in lar, but with my relatively cui GPA and the fact that there's so limited vacancy, I doubt I can get in.. Sianz..

Shall finish my undone tut/readings for this week!!!!

It's only week 2 and I'm trying my best not to procratinate my work, despite the fact that I'm taking 21AUs this sem, and I have all the CCA fair/welcome tea/recruitment interview that will all be happening in the 1st 3 weeks of sch. So I'm just hoping that next week can faster end, and then I'll be able to "slack" for the next one year. Okay lar, I know this shouldn't be coming out from my mouth, especially since I'm in the main comm... But seriously, having 5 days of 8.30am lesson from Mon to Fri, and then after lessons still must attend to CCA stuff is kinda TIRING. Amazingly I'm still able to finish whatever tut/readings that are required thus far, but I guess next week will be really the "hell week".

Firstly, there will be recruitment interview next Mon and Tues from 630pm to around 11pm, which translates to the fact that I wont be able to go home and hence, I'll be squatting in my friend's hall for these 2 nights. And on Wed itself, there's some kind of election/rally thing, which is like compulsory for all the big CCAs. Haiz, what a hassel. And NTU will only be giving us our hall after our election, which means that by the time we get our hall, it will be around week 4 or 5 liaoz (September). Luckily this time round, the projects are not as disgusting as yr 1projects (I think so lar) and also all the quiz/test will be after recess week only.

So yes, I shall give all my attention and time for my CCA during these 3 weeks!!

So yesterday I went night cycling with 3 of my uni classmates, and it was an event that went horribly wrong..for me I guess.

Time was 9.00am. So I cycled from home to East Coast to meet them, cuz they rented the bicycles at ECP for the whole night. Anyway, we wanted to go Changi Village, BUT NO ONE KNOWS THE WAY THERE!?!?! Okay, then I suggest a very BAD IDEA of cycling back to Kembangan MRT station then follow the bus no.2 route!?!?!!? We really did that, so we cycled along the MRT tracks from Kembangan to Tanah Merah, and then reached a place somewhere further up EXPO, then we realised we are STUCK. Expressway is ahead and there's no cycling track for us.

So no choice, we cycled southwards back to East Coast Park, and from there we used the Coastal Park Connector that allowed us to cycle past Changi Airport and reach Changi Village. Seriously, when I reached Changi Village, I nearly want to die already...So were my other friends. I refused to eat anything except got myself a sugar cane drink, although my other friends ordered Nasi Lemak to eat. By the time we left Changi Village, it was 1.30am.

And here comes the horrible part... Initially we wanted to go the other route, which is the Loyang, PR, Tamp, Bedok connectors to reach back ECP. But slightly less than 10min after we left Changi Village, my bike's chain came off. Fine, I admit I donno how to do it, so my friends were very helpful in getting their hands dirty to help me settle the bike problem. But by then, the pedals were abit loose and it was really kinda unstable to continue cycling. Every few minutes, the chain will keep coming off. Okay, I was extremely sianz and guilty to waste my friends' time. The last straw was at Loyang Valley.

And I said "Okay, I really think I'm going to push this bike all the way back home. I suggest you all just cycled back 1st to ECP. It's no joke pushing a bike from Loyang to Kembangan" And really, my friends said they would just push their bikes along with me to go back Kembangan. I was kinda guilty at that point, but wellz, they started saying things like "Aiyaz, nvm lar, our butts are also very painful after sitting on the bike seat for so long. I think push the bikes also good idea, at least more comfortable." Of cuz they were saying all these to comfort me, WHO ON EARTH WILL WANT TO WALK FROM LOYANG TO KEMBANGAN WHEN THEY HAVE BIKES WITH THEM!?

As I'm the only person living in the East (One lives in Jurong, one Yishun, another in Seng Kang), I led them all the way from Loyang to TPJC. And while we were outside TPJC pushing our bikes, we heard a loud "pop". Wtf, my front wheel punctured (AND I'M PUSHING IT LAR, NOT EVEN SITTING ON IT). Excellent, seems like I'm destined to push my bike back home.

All along I know that it's just a straight road down from Loyang Valley to Tamp MRT station, so it was kinda easy to navigate around. From Tamp MRT station, we followed the MRT track and halfway between Tamp and Simei MRT station, we crossed an overhead bridge and soon we reached Simei MRT station. From there we followed the Simei connector that leads us to Simei ITE/EXPO there (Yes, we cycled there initially!!) and continued pushing our bikes to Tanah Merah. From there it was just following the MRT tracks all the way back to Kembangan.

But seriously, I guess pushing our bikes were so much better than riding (Okay, I'm not trying to give an excuse for myself). Because initially, we were all cycling rather fast, until we are all tired out and didn't have the energy to talk to each other. But from the time we started pushing all bikes back home, we basically talked about anything under the sun! Okay, at least I got to know my friends abit better...

We reached Kembangan MRT station at 515am, and then rested awhile until around 615am. So the 3 of them cycled back to ECP and I pushed my bike back home.
And morale of the story is: Cheap bikes are only MEANT for short distance trips, e.g cycling to student's house to give tuition. Not for LONG trips like going to Pasir Ris from Kembangan.

I think I'm kinda lazy to blog about all the places I have been to, but I'll just blog about one place - 靖国神社 (Yasukuni Jinja)

On the second day I was in Japan, I went there to pay a visit. Wellz, that place is kinda large, and yes, the shrine by itself has nothing much. There's a place where you throw the coins, clap ur hands and pray (Japanese style of praying, if you ever watch Japanese shows). So I just follow suit and try my best to blend in with the others who were there.

Anyway, my main purpose was to visit the Japanese War Museum that was inside Yasukuni Shrine. Wellz, I guess not many tourists were there (due to sensitive issues), but I do see a few ang-moh who were there as if they were on some study trip, scribbling notes here n there.

The War museum was rather informative as it showcased not only abut WW2, as well as some of the early warring era within Japan a few centuries ago, and proceed on to sino-jap war, russia-jap war..then WW2..blah blah. But during that 1.5 hrs while I was walking inside the museum (there's alot of things there!), I felt that the Japanese kinda gave "excuses" for going War. Their main "reason" is that there is a lack of natural resources, and so the only way to survive is to conquer new land. Well, perhaps it's true to centain extent, but that doesn't give Japan the right to invade foreign land.

Secondly, I didn't really see any form of "apology" or "remorse" on the part of Japan to the victim countries that they have invaded. They are only concern that to continue this war will bring more pain to their own Japanese people, and so they decided to surrender. Wellz, WW2 has ended almost 60 years ago, and I think I don't have the right to give any critical comments. But I believe non-Japanese will have a more ACCURATE idea of what this Pacific War is about.

And of cuz, one part of the museum showcased how they conquered Malaya/S'pore. The last part of the museum showed all the black and white photos of the Japanese ppl (Soldiers/civillians/males/females) who were enshrined in Yasukuni Shrine. The photos were like "printed" on tiles, and have a glossy effect. Omg, it's kinda EERIE can!?!? There's like thousands of such black and white "photo tiles" of the people that are sticked to the walls. As I was looking around, I think majority of the people in the photos were very young, probably in their late 10s to late 20s. (Actually their age were stated as well, and how they die, where they die etc etc) Some were kamikaze pilots who were in their early 20s, or university/high school gals who helped out in the war, and obviously most of them were military soldiers in their uniform, and all were very young lar! Which means that if there were still alive, they would probably be 80++ of age now.

Conclusion: Wellz, I think it serves as a refresher to my history knowledge? And when I went back to hostel and told some of the Japanese that I went to Yasukuni shrine, they were kinda shocked as well, because they themselves also try to avoid such "sensitive place".

Just came back from my Tokyo trip a few days ago. Unlike the previous 4 times in which I went with guided tours (and only during winter), this is my first free & easy trip there, and also during a different season - summer.

No doubt the weather was quite hot, but I think is comparable to Singapore. And most importantly, I felt I have more interaction with the culture and people there, getting to learn many new things which I will never get to do in a guided tour. In the past, the tour guide only bring us to selective tourist attraction places and we don't get to mingle around with the Japanese. But this time round, I used the public transport extensively and the fact that I live in a rather poor district of Tokyo makes me see Japan in a different light. In the past, they only bring us to Ginza to see all the expensive things, but this time round, I went to rather cheap shopping districts (e.g Ame-yoko at Ueno) and some things can be even cheaper than in S'pore!

Getting used to the Tokyo subway system can be quite challenging, but luckily I did my "hw" b4 I went there, so it was rather easy and comfortable for me. And the fact that I bought a concession ticket (700 yen = S$10.50) each day makes travelling more easier. Firstly, I dont really go for shopping, so it's obvious that I can travel to many places within one day, which is definitely more cost-saving for me. Secondly, if I dont buy concession ticket, I will need to plan my route carefully. Taking the wrong train and changing lines unnecessarily will only mean more charges. Within one station, there can be quite a few train operators, and they dont tell u that! So if you are not careful, you may end up paying much more than what you initially think you are paying for. In short, my advice is to JUST BUY a concession ticket, unless you are confident you will only stick to ONE place each day.

And unlike during a guided tour when all my meals are covered for, this time round I need to settle my own meals. Of course. if you are going to places like Macdonald's where you can just POINT at the picture and order without speaking a single Japanese, that's okay. But if it's like going to a typical traditional Japanese restaurant to order, with no pictures to rely on, it can be quite tough for some ppl. If you are inside a sushi shop, most of the time you can find the food you want on the conveyor belt. But for me where some of the sushi I like is not available (e.g Kani sarada, ebi sarada, shifudo sarada), I have to ask the sushi chef standing in the middle to prepare for me. Of cuz there's no extra charge or what, each typical plate of sushi cost 130yen (S$1.95) in most sushi shops in Tokyo, so it's still not that bad... Unless you order some red plate or what which is more expensive. Bottom line is if you cant speak Japanese, you may have to settle for whatever that's available on the conveyor belt.

The same applies to ramen shop or tempura shops, which can be quite challenging to order when the menu is all Japanese without any pictures. But I think basic understanding of hiragana and katakana should be fine.
So if you dont have much trouble with ordering food or transport, then I guess all other things shld be fine!

The fact that I live in some cheapo hostel means that I got to see many tourists from all over the world as well. I think caucasians made up 70% of the ppl in my hostel? And yaz, my first time interacting with so many ang-mohs, and it can be AMAZING to hear some of the words coming out of their mouth, e.g "Singapore is bigger than a SMALL country like South Korea"....

And yes, I don't want to go Japan during summer again! But they only sell summer clothings (which is what I need) during summer means that I wont be able to buy much clothings during other seasons. Going during Spring and Autumn is definitely OUT OF THE QUESTION becuz there will be school terms and usually the one week sch holiday is so pathetic that I'll be probably busy with sch stuff as well. And tt means going during Winter where they only sell winter products, which is kinda irrelevant to me.

Next post will talk about the places I been to....

Busy busy busy......!!!

Just came back from my CCA's main comm meeting and realised that I need to do up a presentation slides + sharing session for about half an hour next Wed, for those new freshies that will be attending the orientation camp next week.....

But it's like only 4 more days to do up the presentation!?!?!?! And then next Wed I'm also having my GN02 exam in the morning, straight after tt must give presentation liaoz... Arz!! It's definitely rushing for many of us, but luckily my upper-study has decided to help me out with the slides, so that I can concentrate on studying for my exam next week. Thanks so much!

And now..... back to mugging for the next 4 days!

Night at East Coast Carpark

Went out with 5 of my uni friends last night for prawning session, which turned out to be everyone's virgin experience except one. In my opinion, I really think that prawning is smth which I dont think I will ever want to do again with my friends next time. It's an utter waste of time. 6 guys, 2 rods, $15 per hr per rod. And the end result? We caught NOTHING. And seriously, our baits were being eaten up quite a few times throughout, so we have to constantly replace the bait using some chopped-up calm meat (the default bait that was given).... Or u can request for 'live' worms which none of us dare to touch except for one friend of mine, who actually said "Sorry" to the worm b4 hooking it up alive. Kinda gross, but apparantly it seems to have a greater effect than the former bait. Well, at least there was once we nearly hooked up a prawn, but it just flew up, nearly hitting the ceiling before dropping down to the pond again.

But luckily for me and 1 friend of mine, we were busy playing against each other on "Mario Kart", with our DS lite. No doubt that Mario Kart is one of the best games in DS lite/Wii.

And we drove to "Chomp Chomp" to have our dinner/supper there. Actually it's my first time there too, and I think it's quite worth it to go there as the food is quite nice and cheap. So the "exciting" part comes! Initially we have 2 cars, so split 3 person in each car. But since one of them need to go back early, the remaining 5 of us then squeezed into 1 car, while my friend returned the other car back his house.

So where did we go?

My friends said since it's past mid-night, and the night was still young, perhaps we should go East Coast Park to watch some "free show". Seriously, I was rather skecptical initially, because I was wondering we will be "lucky" enough to catch any couple "doing that" in their car. Nevertheless, since we were ultimately "boliao", we decided to try our luck. Okay, according to my friend, I think there are 2 carparks in East Coast that are mostly parked by big-sized lorries/vans. Hence, the easiest method is catch couple "doing that" is to spot any car that is suspiciously parked in between 2 big vehicles. Well, isn't that obvious? We went to the first car-park, and well, some people were well-prepared for "peeping toms" like us. Their car windows were either heavily frosted, OR they have some kind of black-tinted window such that you can't see through at all. Owellz, you must be thinking how "boliao" can we get.

So we went to the 2nd car-park, and this time we were in luck@! We caught this couple in a car that were parked in the middle of the carpark, between 2 big lorries. So my friend decided to park our car as slowly and quietly as possible at a strategic location, so that we can all have a "better view" of what's happening. We watched for a good 5 minutes, where the the couple take turns to "pound" on each other. Well, I admit that we could only see black figues against the streetlight background, but that was more than enough to figure out what's happening. Initially my friend suggested perhaps when the couple were about to reach their "optimal stage", we should just flash our high beam at them, followed by a loud honk, and then we shall make our escape. That will obviously give a rude shock to the couple, and I think that's really farked-up to do, so we think perhaps we should wait awhile more and decide wat to do later.

Hold and behold....... The driver suddenly switched on his car's engine, well, obviously his car's backlight was on as well. I'm wondering izzit because we were giggling SO LOUDLY that they heard us or what. Anyway, what happened next completely took us by surprise. The car decided to do a quick 3-point turn, and instead of the boot of the car facing us, the couple's car is now facing us, as if it's waiting to "confront" us. At that point of time, none of the cars have their front light turned on, so it was still too dark to see each other's faces. And suddenly that IDIOT decided to turn on their HIGH-BEAM at US! Like wtf!?!!?!!??! Obviously the 3 person sitting behind (including me), we were so "hum-ji" that we just bent down and hide our faces immediately. Anyway, it was so glaring that we were blinded momentarily. Pity my 2 friends in front who obviously have no place to duck their faces!

Isn't it obvious by now that they were trying play punk with us. So my friend instantly turned on our high-beam as well. No doubt it was glaring, but we still managed to catch a glimpse of the the young couple. First response from me was "The gal is demn ugly lar!" Nvm, that's not the main point. And the couple decided to advance their car abit, as if they want to block our way such that we will have difficuly getting of our current parking lot. My friend was extremely "dulan" that he just drove recklessly out of the carpark, make a turn round to the other side of the carpark, such that we are now behind their car again. My friend juz shine the high beam at them, as if to convey a message to them "If you want to play punk, we shall play with you!" Arz, at that point I was hoping things wont get out of control. Anyway, while tt couple was trying to reverse their car to come near us, my friend decided to make a quick exit to ECP... And ta-da, that's the end of our "adventure".

And seriously, I also don't know why should we be afraid of them. After all, they are the ones who are doing illegal stuff, not us. Arz, but nevertheless, thank goodness there wasn't any trouble.

Less than 2 weeks to Japan trip... But I'm not really prepared yet. Firstly, I haven't changed my money to JPY. And the fact that these few days JPY has been rising, rising and rising is not a very good news! Arz, can SGD appreciate or JPY depreciate these few days!?!?!? Secondly, I haven really planned my trip yet. I've not printed out the Tokyo maps which I need, e.g Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ueno, Harajuku, Akihabara, etc etc. Thank goodness my hostel is just a 20 minutes walk to Asakusa, where there's a temple that's famous for fortune telling. And the fact that I can even lose my way in a Singapore shopping centre means that I'm really very BAD at navigating. Haiz, ever since young I always tend to rely on others to lead the way, and never bother remembering significant "places" that I have passed by. Okay, I think I better open my eyes BIG enough when I'm in Tokyo 2 weeks later. Oyaz, I want to go Yasukuni Shrine this time round! Previously I only managed to pass by the shrine while I was in the coach, becuz the shrine wasn't part of the itinery.

Currently I'm addicted to 2 PSP games, "Patapon" and "Loco Roco". 2 more weeks to exam and I'm still playing...*tsk*.. Actually I juz wanted to get some new PSP games for my Japan trip lar, in case I get bored, and ended up I started playing now. -_-''' Owellz, no worries, as I have quite a few other new PSP games on hand as a "back-up", in case I play finish some of the PSP games before I even go for my trip.

So I went to school on Tuesday for course registration. Owellz, I managed to get all my default modules, but I juz cant seem to get a class for the stupid AA202. Haiz, ended up "sacrificing" my AB214 in order to get another AA202 slot timing. I'm quite pleased with my time-table now. For AA201, AA203 and AC213, I can expect to see at least 8 familiar faces, so I guess forming project groups shouldn't be a problem. (And I mean doing projects with people who can WORK, so I can free-ride abit...=X) But I'm all alone for AA202 and AB214. Haiz, sianz... But no choice arz.

Okay, I shall start mugging next week onwards!!!!! As of now... Hmm... I shall slack abit first.

So ystd went for a looooooooong session at my CCA venue (cannot type out due to sensitive issue arz) No, not for regular session when we are supposed to play games, but to give tuition to 2 of the boys. As one of my friend who's supposed to give afternoon tuition couldn't make it, I decided to give both afternoon and night tuition since I'm like rotting at home. But seriously, trying to teach the WHOLE N-level (technical) science syllabus from scratch, within 2 months, is so demn tiring!?!?!!??!?! Especially ystd when I have 4 hrs of sci tuition (4pm to 6pm, then 7pm to 9pm). So as of now I have covered about 75% of the syllabus I guess... And hopefully the remaining 25% within the next few weeks before sch starts. I've promised the boys I will definitely be available for tuition during the entire 3 months hols, but can't guarantee much when sch reopens as I have CCA main-comm stuff to settle. Worse is when I feel tt certain ppl in my CCA are so selfish and if I were to ask them take over me, they will probably come out with 101 excuses how they r so busy n stuff. Whatever.

And the time-table planning is giving me headache as well. Initially I just wanted to plan with 3 or 4 friends, so next time we can do projects together or smth like tt. But for this kind of thing, it's obvious must "give and take" watz. Learn to accomodate and compromise. I also dont really like it when I accomodate abit, and yet the other party wont accomodate to me. So okie, I think I will probably stick to my friends for 3 modules, and the other 2 modules I shall be alone.

I will be taking 5 acct modules next sem (by default is 4 mods only), and there is one mod in which I will be taking with grp B ppl, which is AA202. But the shit thing is I DONNO ANYONE FROM GROUP B!!?!?!?!?!?!? At least in last sem, I could still ask my sem1 friends for help in some of the tutorials, projects even if we are in different classes, becuz we r still taking the same modules afterall. But now I'm totally on my own for this module with no one to "rely on" if I need help in project/tutorials etc. Haiz, maybe I shld start asking my classmates to intro all their grp B friends to me so I wont be tt "lost" when I take this mod next sem.

I wonder it may seem a better idea if you plan ALONE as compared to planning with friends sometimes.

Came across this article and thought there was some typo error??

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/437004/1/.html

US says it's ready for possible NKorean missile launch to Hawaii

US media reported on Thursday that the US military was tracking a flagged North Korean ship suspected of ferrying banned weapons cargo in violation of a UN Security Council resolution adopted last week.

The ship, the Kang Nam, departed a port in North Korea on Wednesday and appears to be heading toward Singapore, according to media reports.

Singapore?????? Hmm... I wonder what business we have with N.Korea?

After my exam ended last week, I managed to rest 3 days before school starts on Mon night. This time round is only 1 module (instead of 2), so still okay arz. But the most stupid thing is only during the 1st lesson then the tutor said we r supposed to go library to buy our notes, n there won't be any uploading of soft copy of notes in edventure. Kaoz, and there's a group project for this module...Argz... even worse. Really HATE doing projects. If do individual report still okay, but the idea of doing GROUP project really sucks arz.

Apparantly this module seems quite "okay". This module is on Eco-architecture, which is taught by an architect (like obviously)... So during the 1st lesson, the lecturer spent 1 hr telling us why we must take General Electives...to broaden our knowledge..then say abt NTU ranking.. then talk abt the educational system in S'pore..from PSLE to university... talk abt history of NTU...

Seriously, I thought all these were part of the syllabus, until he said "Okie, all these r juz to let u know why we have GER. I shall start my lesson proper now" Like wtf??? Nvm, then he spent another 1 hr telling us what is Global warming. Say wat the temp rise, then sea level rise, then alot organism die.. blah blah... Then 50 yrs down the road the world will be in a bad shape.. Like wtf again? Okay, maybe cuz this module is about ECOLOGICAL-architecture. Then the rest of the lessons r "pure rubbish", from stuff like how we shld conserve energy. Then say in S"pore we r a "garden city"... And say wat rooftop garden arz, then show us like thousands of photographs of different building in the world.. The 7 wonders of the world?? And I donno watz. Okay arz, this module is kinda "interesting" in a sense.. At least it's abit common sense.

Haiz, I'm really tired after this kind of study-exam-study-exam kind of lifestyle. I probably die if I dont go Japan after this exam in July. Need to get out of this crazy lifestyle, which all my friends told me when they heard I'm taking 3 modules in special terms. Owellz, as of now, try to watch as many Korean drama as possible! -_-'''

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/433332/1/.html

SEOUL : South Korea's main spy agency believes North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has designated his third and youngest son, Jong-un, as his successor, a lawmaker said.

Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-woon or Kim Jung Woon (born January 8, 1984)

He described Jong-Un as a "chip off the old block, a spitting image of his father in terms of face, body shape and personality."

Seriously, ARE WE GOING TO FACE ANOTHER 50 YEARS OF HARD-CORE COMMUNIST NORTH-KOREA? #%&@(##$%^%#@()(*&^$$

So shiok! Yesterday and today I just chiong watching the entire korean drama 꽃보다 남자 (the Korean version of meteor garden - 25 episodes).

Actually I wanted to watch becuz the female actress, which previously acted in this 167 episodes drama 'Pure 19', kinda caught my attention the previous time. She's not pretty or what arz, but I find that her acting skills are quite good, and I'm not surprised that the character she acted in are rather similar. Again, she acted as some poor young lady in which some rich man has fallen for her. As usual, the rich guy's parents oppose and blah blah... Kinda expected storylines that you can get from such romance drama, but most importantly, I enjoyed the "process" where I can sleep 8 hrs, sit in front of comp to watch 15 hrs, and 1 hr is for miscellaneous such as meals or bath or whaever in a single day of 24hrs, repeating it for a few days.

Strangely, I used to complain abt how sucky korean drama can be, about how soapy they are and the women in almost EVERY drama can cry majiam it's the end of world. I still remember my sec3 and 4 form teacher said that majiam Korean ladies have a water tap inside their eyes, so that whenever they are required to cry, they can just 'on' this tap and tears can flow non-stop out of their eyes. Ehz... as of now, I believe everything is still the same? Korean woman are forever so fierce and always fighting and shouting like there's no law. There's always SO MANY slapping scenes. (It's kinda scary if most Singaporean women are like that) Okie lar, perhaps I have kinda accepted the fact that this is the style of korean dramas, and as long the story plot is something nice, I believe nothing else matters. On the other hand, typical Japanese drama are like maximum 10 or 11 episodes, and I kinda feel it's DEMN SHORT!? No wonder one can easily finish one jap drama a day. I dont really have much impression of Japanese drama in my mind arz, although they are good for their anime (like obviously).

And I have no comments about HK and Taiwan dramas.

12 days from now will be the end of my exam, and I shall conquer another Korean drama!

These few days or recent weeks, I realised some of my friends' nicks seem to be all abt the H1N1 infection in Japan.

As everyone knows, there's been quite "abit" of increase in the no. of H1N1 infection in Japan. Whatever it is, I think it shouldn't be that "exaggerating" as most news or people have put it. After all, "The government has urged calm and reminded people that no one in Japan has so far died of the disease and that most infections are mild." So seriously, I dont think it's gonna affect much, unless you're going Osaka or Kobe? Going to Tokyo shld be okie, since there wasn't much news abt the virus taking place in Tokyo. But as experts have predicted, it's sooner or later that the 36 million populated city will be affected to a "large scale".

Bottom line is, regardless how many people are infected, I will definitely be going Tokyo end of July. UNLESS either S'pore or Japan decides to impose new rules against going there, then suck thumb arz. So okie, I seriously just hope this stupid swine flu can stop spreading to make less people paranoid abt this infection.

Got back my result. Okie, that's quite a few days ago already. Hmm... Shall say I'm quite happy lar, cuz at least it pulled me up quite abit such that my current cumulative GPA is at a relatively "comfortable level" to me. (My standard is not that high compared to most of my coursemates..)

Didn't do well for OB (as usual) and hence, I'm now in a dilemma whether shld I S/U my HP807 module. That module is similar to OB in terms of content wise, but the exam format is defintely very diffierent cuz it will ask more direct ques like "What is MARS model (15 marks)" or smth like "What are the big5 personality dimensions (10 marks)". Obviously that's y this exam will be a closed book exam, unlike OB which is open-book. AND AT LEAST IT DOESN'T HAVE STUPID CASE SCENARIOS LIKE OB, so there isn't much working of the brain that u need for this HP807 exam. The lecturer was even kind enough to tell us specifically the ques that he's gonna ask us....-_-''' So that makes me even more tempted not to S/U, becuz all I need to do is to memorise all the model answer and vomit them all out in the exam. (Sounds like typical bio exam paper)

One side of me says I shld S/U since I screw up OB kinda badly. Another side tells me this exam will be different from OB, and all I need is to vomit the model ans out, everything will be fine. Owellz, after much consideration, I guess I won't S/U this module, neither the astro paper.

Full blast of mugging for the next 2 weeks till exam ends!!!

2 weeks have passed since special term starts. Hence, I'm officially left with 3 more weeks of lessons until exam, which is the very week after the last lesson (aka week 6). For some reasons or the other, I felt special terms seem abit "more xiong" than normal terms, which wasn't what I really expected becuz there's NO PROJECTS for electives and hence, I expected myself to be more relaxed. But then, there's this 2000 words report to be handed up in week 5, and tt's like 2 weeks from now. Luckily this is an individual report and hence, I can do at my own free time, ALTHOUGH I'VE GIVEN MYSELF A TARGET TO FINISH THE REPORT BY THIS COMING SUNDAY (17th May).

Astronomy on the other hand was rather neglected becuz there wasn't any assignment or what and the quiz is 2 weeks from now. But I felt kinda disgusted becuz aside from learning planets thingyi, I'm learning things that are taught in A-level physics. And I seriously respect my friends who still can remember physics stuff although it's like... 3+ years ago since we touched it, and yet they seem to be able to recap majiam they juz did A-levels yesterday. Even things like angular momentum or E = mc^2 seem alien to me now.

I guess it's the "holiday mood" that make me kinda reluctant to study. Afterall, I barely have one week of rest after exam when special term starts. So if this continues, I can almost say I've studied "non-stop" from January to November for this whole of year 2009 (assuming that one week rest is negligible)

And saying all these, I'm really really tempted to S/U one of these electives, but on the other hand I felt kinda stupid that I pay $500 for one module to S/U. Haiz, I guess I shall leave it to next Friday when I get back my result. If it's still "okay", then I think I will S/U one of it becuz I can concentrate better on the other. If my results are disgusting (high probability), I shall not S/U any module and start to MUG my life off to do well for these 2 electives. Cross-fingers for next Friday.

And becuz it's the end of the academic year, I have to start learning to take over my "upper-study" in my CCA. During some rally 2 months ago, I was appointed the coordinator for my CCA (Welfare Service Club - Boys Home). And next week is the first main comm meeting I'm having, owellz, must start learning the ropes from my upper-study, if not when sch starts and there's CCA recruitment week, I will be dead if I can't do a good job for it. But guess it's still rather early to plan for the CCA recruitment thingyi now. Hope I'll be able to work well with all the other block heads of Boys Home, as well as Girl's home. (and I still don't know ALOT of people in my CCA, and I cant seem to know everyone's names well enough) Abit doubtful whether I can lead well enough. Haiz, just hope the seniors can "help help abit" and close one eye if I make any mistakes in future.

Had a very "shiok" day today. Went to Pulau Ubin for a cycling trip, good exercise for me, since it's been so long I had a proper exercise. I think we started cycling at around 10am and decided to call it a day at around 230pm.. But then I dont think I managed to burn off any fats becuz I had a LARGE plate of nasi lemak at Changi Village after that. -_-''' Owellz, nvm, it's for the fun of it... Lolx, since I've nv been to ubin for cycling trip before.

And although exams officially ended on Tuesday, there isn't much time for me to rest. School is starting next week! Ogosh, abit sianz, BUT NVM, studying electives is at least not as shit as studying core modules where there's so many rubbish projects to be done. So the 3 modules I'm taking are:

EE8086 ASTRONOMY - STARS, GALAXIES AND COSMOLOGY
HP807 PSYCHOLOGY OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT
GN02 ECO-ARCHITECTURE IN THE URBAN LIVING ENVIRONMENT

So can clear a total of 9 AUs also not bad lar. I think better then working part time, if I can grad one sem earlier. So for the next 3 sem, I will need to take 4 core and 1 elective each and I will be able to GET OUT of NTU by end of next yr. Arz!!! Really looking forward to it! Although this will mean that the moment I finish my exam in late july, I'll have juz 2 weeks of rest and sch gonna start again. But nvm, it's okie. I JUST WANT TO GET OUT OF NTU ASAP!??!!!??

HP807 is almost 70% similar to OB while I was looking at the course outlines and lect notes for next week. Studying things like emotions, attitudes, personality, values, job-matching, MBIT, MARS model and alot alot very "familiar" things that I studied during the useless OB lessons. Dont know shld I feel happy becuz it's smth I study b4 (so got a little bit of advantage) or to hate it cuz it's OB stuff!? All right, I shall study this module and try to love it. AT LEAST THIS 1 DON'T HAVE 3500 words report can liaoz.