Listening...

And just now I went back to camp JUST TO do a stupid ABSD survey (aka commitment survey), which I have done so many times b4. Owellz, nvm, at least this is the LAST time I'm doing it..

And after MUCH much thinking on HOW to improve my Japanese Listening, I bought the "Tanoshiku Kikou 1 + 2" which comprises of 2 books and 4 CDs. Okay lar, cuz I was surfing the MOELC then realise they use this to teach O-level Japanese Listening component.. And summore got the CDs and answer, so can easily replay n replay n replay a few hundred times until I can UNDERSTAND what the hell they r toking abt. And I think these 2 books shld be MORE THAN enough for me to practise my listening till JLPT3 level, although it's definitely way below sufficient for JLPT2, but hecks, I shld just concentrate on clearing my JLPT3 this yr 1st..

And so juz now I was looking at chapter1 (Numerals) for the listening book. So expected lar, confirm is test on all the ichi, ni, san, yon, go roku, nana..bla blah blah.. And so I played the CD, okay, starting still okay, but when they tok big big numbers like a hundred thousands tt kind then I think I'm listening to Greek liao arz. Wah laoz, this shows how terrible my listening is.. And summore listening constitues 25% leh in JLPT, so CANNOT afford to just waste tt 25%. Maybe JLPT4 can afford to screw up listening, but then from JLPT3 onwards, whereby the grammar n vocab also getting harder, then must try to score in all components arz. I think maybe I shld just keep replaying, n replaying n REPLAY non-stop until I can make sense of the "spoken japanese" in the CD....

Yakuza Moon

So I finally read finish "Yakuza Moon" which JingWen lent me yesterday. I think most ppl shld know that book, cuz it's like placed over the counter at most book stores, meaning how popular this book is which can be compared to books such as Harry Potter. Btw, Yakuza (Gokudo - 極道) means gangster in Japanese society arz.

Let me copy from the website an overview of the book:

A shocking yet intensely moving first-person account of one woman's experience of growing up in Japan's yakuza society.Born into the family of a wealthy yakuza boss, Shoko Tendo lives her early years in luxury. But labeled "the yakuza kid," she is the victim of bullying and discrimination from teachers and classmates at school, and of her father's violent rages at home. The family falls into debt, and Tendo falls in with the wrong crowd. By the age of fifteen she is a gang member, by the age of eighteen a drug addict, and her young adulthood is marked by a series of abusive and violent relationships with men.After the death of her parents and her own attempt at suicide, Tendo turns her life around. A pivotal moment is the decision to get tattooed: an act of empowerment that helps her take control of her life.This is the universally appealing story of a young woman's successful struggle to escape from a life of ostracism and abuse, and a rare glimpse into Japan's closed yakuza worldfrom an insider's viewpoint.

Somehow I think this book makes me kinda emotional as I was reading it. It's like at such a very young age (pri sch age), she already faced difficulties/challenges which most of us can't imagine. She was hooked on drugs, hang out with the wrong crowd, had sex with countless men, be it "willingly" or "forced". Then being abused physically by men, meaning kana beaten up umpteen times, until gonna die tt kind. But of cuz, the part which I was most touched, was when she felt very sorry towards her parents, for all her wrong doings and rebellious acts. However, before she could have a chance to repent to repay back her parents, her parents didn't live long and passed away. Haiz, I really felt sorry for Shoko San. In short, I think her life was one which normal ppl like me and you cannot imagine, and you will go "wow" or "omg!" as u read the book. Really, it's totally amazing that being traumatised so much throughout her growing stage life, she was able to repent in the end and forget her unhappy past. I guess not many ppl will be able to take it arz.

And from the book, I also learnt one thing. Okay, not that I learn from the book, cuz I also got thought of it b4. Just tt Yakuza Moon so-called "reassures" my thinking. When you are young, you are so naive and gullible, thinking how "perfect" this world is, living in a carefree life. But as u grow up, enter the society, interact with all sorts of weird ppl u can ever imagine, then u will start to realise what a broken down world we r in. Everything around us is just illusions and pack of lies most of the time. Those so-called "moral values" that we learn in pri sch/sec sch CME lessons are just bull-shit. Integrity? Dignity? They are just bull-shit lar. Just how many ppl around us can give u tt image "Wow..this person got integrity sia" or smth like tt. It's like very RARE lorz. Instead I think u bump into scums or jerks more often than not. However, Yakuza Moon proves that family kinship is really impt. Right at the end of the day, although after going thru so much quarrels/fights, the ones that r gonna stay by u is not ur "Hi-bye friend" but ur very own family members. No matter how screwed or farked-up r u, ur family will still be the one that stays by ur side.

Bleahz, I talk majiam I like giving some CME lesson. Owellz, I also don't know why I'm saying all these. Maybe cuz I find that book so fantastic that it's really really worth the money to buy and read it.

And I think I find it very very hard trying to memorise the possible pairs of transitive verbs and intransitive verbs. Piangz. Just hope that I won't take AGES to memorise arz...

ORD.. NOT in peace

Although it's ONE WEEK left to ORD.... Seems like I have so many things to do. Next week Tues there's combat shoot lar. Wtf!? Just a few days b4 ORD then also wan to have combat shoot. Sucks lar. Meaning I must book in on Mon night then have the shoot on Tues, then stay overnight until Wed(CNY eve). And just now my friend sms me say "Ehz.. u know next Wed CO wans to hold a parade to give out the IC to those ORD-ing next week.." I was like "OMGGGGGGGGGGG!! This is so LAME lar, wah laoz, take back IC also wan to hold some parade!?" It's really demn amusing to hear that lar, cuz if it's like typical ORD parade then still okay lorz, like invite parents, wear no.1 tt kind or watz. BUT IT'S LIKE JUST TO GIVE OUT OUR PINK IC!!!!???? Demn boliao lar. Haiz, so basically next week my Tues is burnt due to the shoot, then Wed morning during the parade take back IC must faster get the hell outta camp lar. Really lorz, I can't stand my unit. Even the last 2 days of ORD also must come out with stunts. Haiz. Nvm, for the sake of the pink IC, seems like I also got NO CHOICE but to go back to do the shoot + attend the parade. Sucks sucks sucks sucks sucks.

Haiz. I'm really worried whether I will be able to get my driving license b4 sch starts in Aug. A few days ago, my father said he wans to sell away my sis's stupid Hyundai Matrix (farked up car) and most probably will buy Nissan Latio (which I think in any way is BETTER than Matrix). As ULTIMATELY I'm gonna drive to NTU for the next 3 yrs everyday, so of cuz it's impt that I like the car lar. Anyway, my parents wanted both of us to have equal usage next time, but NO WAY lar. Fuck. My sis stays in that stupid hostel for 4 yrs, and as a result for the past 4 yrs she doesn't even care a single shit that happens in the house. Everytime juz come back on Sat then Sun go back, n of cuz never help out at all. And of cuz for the past 4 yrs I'm NOT happy. Not that I miss her presence, cuz I will definitely quarrel with her most of the time. Is just that she managed to "smoke" her way out of many things during this 4 yrs. U know, like saikang or watever shit. And even though she lives in hostel, MY FATHER ALLOWS HER TO DRIVE THAT FARKING MATRIX TO HER HOSTEL LAR.

WTF!!?? U stay hostel, then still can drive to sch? why? Why? WHY!!!!???? JUST BECAUSE YOURS TRULY DOESN'T HAVE A FARKING DRIVING LICENSE. Of cuz I'm not happy. U know, I don't like it why she so SHIOK. First, she can siam so many things. Secondly, stay in hostel still can DRIVE to sch. My goodness, I'm demn demn DEMN buey song.

And so during family dinner just now, I DEMANDED that if I can get my license, then I shall have priority in using that NEW NORMAL PLATE NISSAN LATIO. Of cuz lar, since I don't stay in hostel, then I shall drive lar. Then my sis said wat during weekdays, when I come back from sch, then at night she use the car. Then weekends must let her use the car also. NO WAY LAR. If I can, I will like 7am leave house then I return at 10pm tt kind. EVen I have NOTHING on, I will purposely stay in sch to "STUDY" until late late then go home. And I declared loudly I shall VOLUNTEER to go back sch on Saturday to do projects or study. Obviously in a demn sacarstic tone that my family didn't like. But I also don't care. Then if I really drive to sch, especially between 7am to 9am on weekdays, must pay $2 per day for the ERP. Then must consider carpark, ERP usage, then petrol. So maybe one month will need around $500 to $700?? Fark lar, not that I'm paying. And I think I like so choosy. I say I want normal plate(obviously), then the meter must not be in the middle 1, such as Hyundai Matrix or Toyota Vios. Fark man, don't u all find it demn inconvenient that it's in the middle? Wah laoz, like so retarded lar. And of course must be AUTO car. For hell's sake, I can't DRIVE a manual car!

And guess what? My sis said "O..nvm lorz, don't buy new car. Just change the matrix red plate to normal plate" O fark man, I knew she will say that.

And hence, I said perhaps after CNY, then I shld learn class2A license also. And since I'm gonna work for the next 6 months, then if WORSE COME TO WORSE, if there is no DECENT car for me to drive, then maybe I spend like 5K to buy a motorbike then ride to NTU everyday lar. Of cuz they worried, but I replied in a sacarstic manner "Aiyaz, NO MONEY DRIVE CAR THEN RIDE BIKE LORZ. If die then die lorz. Not that my life is worth $1000000000 or smth like that".

Bottom line is: I shall not take MRT/bus to NTU. NO NO NO NO WAY MAN!!!!!! The options are either I drive or I ride bike.

But why am I so stubborn?> I also donno leh. I think I'm demn pissed that I didn't go to Japan. Maybe I still have grudges over them, Everything I also think of myself. I then don't care abt how it will affect others. So next time even if I can just spend $110 on the MRT + Bus concession and take public transport to sch like most students did, I also don wan, I rather be spendthrift and like use up $500 a month so that "I can travel to sch."

And hence, I really hope I can pass my driving test! Hope I can get my driving license ASAP. And most impt get it b4 Aug. If I can't get either my driving/bike license, then fark it, I'm such a balrdy loser man.

I'm pissed lar. I'm angry. I don't care. I want things my way.

Work @ Kinokuniya??

And after much thought, I have decided to apply to be a part-time cashier at Kinokuniya(Orchard). Okay arz, it's weekdays from 6pm to 10pm... So if I really can get the job, then maybe I will need to find some other job so tt I can do during day time. I went for the walk-in interview and there were quite a number of ppl who wanna apply to work in Kino too. Argz.. Just hope I can get mine. And the interview was basically talking cock, first look at my o-level n a-level cert. So the interviewer asked where I'm going n I say NTU Acct and she was like "Hmm.. Okay..." Don't know what tt means. Anyway, then she asked me describe my personality. As expected, I just say I LOVE Japanese and I bought alot of Japanese books which I think cost abt $500++ in total so far? Say I'm currently attending JLPT3 level Japanese course. It's really tok cock lar. So towards the end, she just say that if I'm short-listed, then I will be notified within the next 2 weeks, b4 CNY, as I agreed with her that I shall start work on 11/02/08, which is the week after CNY/ORD. So okay lar, if by CNY/ORD I nv receive any news then I shall go recruit express to find work lorz. So now also no harm trying. If I can get the job, then it's a bonus. If cannot, then nvm lorz, find some other full-time job to work until Aug.

Karma???

So I went for my dental FFI with some of my camp friends. It's like wait 45 minutes and then u go in less than one minute come out liaoz. -_-''' Owellz, nvm, not that I'm gonna have another dental FFI again.

And so I was chatting with a friend of mine how's things in camp ever since I was on "off+leave" from last last fri till now.. And he told me so many things happened! Okay, to make things easier, let's name these 3 person, Mr. A, Mr. B and Mr. C. So in terms of rank/appt, A is the biggest, followed by B then C.

In terms of my relationship with them, Mr. A is okay to me, Mr. B is okay too but can be a fucker at times, then Mr.C is a demn blardy farker at all times. oO.. Btw, Mr.C always suck up to Mr.B and Mr.A, then Mr.B will always suck up to Mr.A.

And so within this one week or so, bad things happened to A and B. For Mr. A, it seems that his car was badly vandalised and damaged by someone. Tyres kana punctured, kana splashed acid till the metal corroded away, all the windows kana smashed, kana scratched, lots of paints, blah blah. It seems the person who did it was able to "switch off' the alarm or smth like tt, and so it didn't ring till the next day when Mr. A went down to his house carpark to see his car in such pathetic state. And it seems that the repair cost abt 10K lorz.. that's alot man... Of cuz he was demn angry and knew sum1 in camp did it, but then I also donno who did it. Okay, fine, but then Mr.A offended too many ppl in camp (excluding me) that he also didn't know which guy did such a thing to his car.

For Mr. B.. Wellz, in the past, there was a case when one of his men's wife was abt to give birth, but he refused to let him book out to accompany his wife during the labour. But overall in daily life, he's a SUPER wayang person, and just like Mr. A, many ppl curse n swear at them. N according to my friend, this Mr. B's wife has a miscarriage last week and he was very upset over it. But to the rest out there, they don't sympathize with him n in fact, felt he deserved it.

And so now is Mr. C. When he heard n knew abt wat happened to the 2 of them, he cried with them. Some ppl guess that perhaps he just wanna WAYANG to suck up to them, must like "act abit" to show he share with them their sorrows blah blah. But some ppl who r of the "same level" as Mr.C felt that he cried becuz he felt that smth might happen to him, after seeing such things happened to Mr.A and Mr.B. Of cuz, like I mentioned earlier, this Mr.C is the most blardy farker.

Personally, I'm someone who believes in karma. If you always like to do all sorts of funny things to saboh ppl, ill-treat them, blah blah, then u shld know sooner or later, u will get punished. I believe regardless of what religion u r in, we believe the "good gets good and bad gets the bad". It's just a matter of time. I don't have to curse this Mr.C now, although he really did alot of shit to me in the past, that up to now I still cannot 4get how a fucker he is.

So Mr. C, you better be careful. I won't say anything, I won't do anything. I will leave it to supernatural to judge u.

So morale of the story, pls stop thinking that u can get away with things if u know u always do evil things to ppl. Okay lar, I admit I do get back at certain ppl as usually they stepped on my tail first. But watever it is, Karma applies to everyone. Applies to me and you, so don't be naive n indulge in some kind of "self'-denial" that "oO.. Nth shall happen to me. I shall smoke thru everything". To such a person, I can only say one thing: "GO TO HELL!!!"

Driving Sucks.

I think my driving really sucks. Not just sucks, but sucks to the max! Sumtimes I just get so disappointed with myself wat an idiot I can be when comes to driving, making tons of errors with lousy techniqes and such low regard for safety. Haiz. And it's 1 more month to my driving test. To be frank, I won't be surprised if I get 30+ or 40+ demerit points for my first driving lesson. Really, my psycho-motor skills really DEMN TERRIBLE lar.

Haiz. Sad lar. Sumhow I regretted never learn Auto. But then again, it's not as if Auto is as easy as most ppl think. Afterall, if ur driving skills suck, don't care auto or manual also CMI. So I shld stop blaming on y I nv learn auto, but instead blame on y my driving so terrible.

So I continued lesson 41 of Minna No Nihongo at the Japanese Language School which I attended last year. Hmm... Luckily this time round I did abit of self-study b4 lesson, so today's 3 hrs of Japanese lesson wasn't that "alien" to me. Compared to last year when I was so busy and with so little free time, to choke out time for studying Japanese was so difficult and ended up I always get lost in wonderland. And this time round I think both my lecture and tutorial sensei are good. Lecture is taught by Naomi sensei and tutorial by Reiko sensei. Actually some of the students who were taught by them previously also have very good comments abt them, so okay arz, at least not like previously my tutorial sensei. OMG lorz, so terrible, her lesson was so boring that during lect there were 10 students, but after the 15 minute break when tutorial comes then left 4 students only, cuz the rest all find it too sucky to stay for tutorial. But this time round the tutorial was good as the sensei got engage the class in discussions, so no one finds it bored n stuff like tt.

Then Reiko sensei actually reminded me of my RSM.

-_-'''

Because throughout the tutorial lesson, she will ask for ボランティア Borantia (aka Volunteer) to answer some questions or to construct examples. Then of cuz everyone just act blur lorz and then pretend to look at the book but was praying hard won't so suay kana picked. But okay arz, in the end everyone got the fair share of being called out to become " ボランティア " of her ques. And apparantly Reiko Sensei is from Hiroshima, although I had this stereotype that Japanese sensei are usually from Tokyo. But okay arz, doesn't matter, not as if my Japanese level is high enough to differentiate between Tokyo dialect/Osaka dialect/Hiroshima dialect/Hokkaido dialect etc etc. They all sound almost the same to me lorz. -_-'''

As this term of lesson41 to lesson50 is the last portion of Minna No Nihongo which basically marks the end of the whole JLPT3 syllabus, both sensei urged us to revise and recap our lesson1 to 40 frequently, and to ask them ANY questions asap if we have any. This is because 10 weeks later when we finish lesson50, it will be a brand new JLPT2 syllabus and they say the teaching system will be slightly different, and of course the sensei will ASSUME that everyone has strong basic foundation of Lesson1 to lesson50. Haiz, so now I still got 10 weeks or so to fully revise and practise. Hope by then I can complete ALL my assessment books/kanzen master/tys. Nvm, I got plenty of time till CNY. Shall mug harder.

Was surfing the Channel Newsasia Website when I came across this:

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/323232/1/.html

Korean content available on MediaCorp's radio station in Feb

SINGAPORE: Korean content will be available from the beginning of next month on MediaCorp's radio station, FM96.3 The International Channel. The programme was officially launched at a signing ceremony between Briyo Media and MediaCorp Radio. The Korean segment will air between 9pm and 11pm on weekdays. It will include contemporary K-pop music, useful information on living in Singapore as well as the latest updates from Korea. This segment caters to the Korean community here and Singapore listeners who are interested in learning more about the Korean culture.

So that means next time morning 7am to 9am can listen to Japanese content while at night 9pm to 11pm can listen to Korean content. Hmm... ... I wonder how it will be like.

日本語...

So this week I have been waking up punctually at abt 7am everyday to tune in FM 96.3 and study my Japanese while listening to the Japanese FM. Initially I got very excited cuz it's like I can listen to spoken Japanese!! But then after awhile, I realised certain advertisement keep repeating in Japanese, and it's GETTING VERY IRRTATING lorz. Cuz can repeat n repeant n REPEAT God knows how many times. And better still, got one session I think last for 10 minutes, then is about LEARNING CHINESE. That one is also demn #$%^&*. Cuz is abt 2 Japanese, then one teaching the other Chinese, so obviously the "student" was speaking very terrible Chinese... Which I hear liao also find very weird lar. However, there's also certain programmes which I enjoy. Example is TRAFFIC REPORTING. Just like all radio FM, they will tend to report like which roads got accidents, got traffic jams etc etc. So the same lorz, juz that in Japanese. Then arz, amazingly, I can only understand words like "PIE, CTE, ECP etc etc".

-_-'''

OF COURSE LAR. These are the only audible English words which the DJ say.. Other than that all the words are in Japanese, including places in Singapore, such as クレメンティ (Kurementi) and チャンギ (Changi) then I can understand lorz. If not basically is toking alien lang with a few familiar words here n there... N of cuz is toking at 新幹線 speed.

I think soon I'm gonna spend a bomb to buy some Japanese Language software so that next time I can type Japanese in my comp, such as MSN n blogging. And I think blogging will really help alot. Okay lar, I know I have ALOT of grammatical errors, such that when I read some of my old posts, I will be like "WTF, how come my Eng like so kns, like so hard to digest also" Whatever lar, I believe that blogging is abt blogging in a style that u r comfortable with. Not that I'm writing some educational blogsite for ppl to learn. And with that, I guess soon I will try to blog in Japanese sometimes. Okay lar, although it's gonna be terrible grammar. But at least it can let me practise my Japanese vocab and some grammar structures often so it will make learning Japanese more naturally. (Although I know my tense will be wrong, and I will NEVER understand how Japanese particles work)

And I'm glad I spent this week quite meaningfully. Believe it anot, I actually mug an average of 6 to 7 hrs of Japanese everyday this week. Lolx.

So I bought 3 assessment books, 1 sec1 maths and 2 sec2 maths books at the Bras Basah Popular Bookstore. Not for me, but for my 2 new students. Actually arz, wah laoz, I don't even know what's their syllabus like now lorz. Then I also donno whether got choose correctly anotz.. In the end I juz go browse some maths TB then from there I juz see the assessment books got same chapters as the TB I just buy lorz. And to my greatest horror, they are learning SETS in sec2 maths. Wah laoz, I thought tt 1 is sec3 A-maths learn 1? I was browsing a O-level Biology TB, and then they are teaching stuff like donno wat cell division, got the prophase or telophase or donno wat phase. OMG lorz, cuz I know tt one A-level then I learn 1... Piangz, I think nowadays the standards are getting higher and higher. Sumtimes I'm just glad that I wasn't born like 10 yrs later... If not I think I sure die 1... I think maybe a few yrs later I won't be surprise if they teach differentiation/integration in lower sec maths? Lolx.. N so I wasted almost one hour popular.

After that I went to PIERCE 2 earholes on my left ear at Bugis Street. YES, 2 earholes at one go. Initially I was tempted to pierce maybe 3.. But I think don wan lar, just pierce 2 testing first. Yalorz, now pierced liao.. But okay lar, I don really feel it's PAINFUL or wat. Then now every few hrs or so must keep twisting the ear studs to make sure the pus or watever thingyi don get sticked to the ear studs, if not will become jialat. And these 2 earholes cost me $8, cuz is $4/hole.

Anyway, after that I went to buy 4 ear studs of different design, so that next time can put on. And most importantly I bought one packet of those transparent ear sticks, so when I go back camp I will have to switch to that. So mafan. Nvm, just hope for the next one month nth happens to my 2 earholes. No infection or stuff...

As for my 神風 (Kamikze) tattoo, I also donno leh.. Maybe I shall wait till after CNY when my 2 earholes more stable liao then I see how bahz...

CLEAR OFF AND LEAVE

Yesterday I gave my CSM my "Off + Leave clearance calendar" which I created. Cuz I also scared I put too much "OFF" on the dates then kana farked, so I just put like one week come back once lorz.. So actually I had like 5 or 6 days which I didn't cover up.. And with that piece of calendar, I showed my CSM, and was half thinking perhaps he will say 'WAH LAOZ, SINCE WHEN U GOT SO MANY OFFs ONE!?" or smth like tt.

So when I showed my CSM my calendar, he looked at it and say "Wow.. Why got blanks on some date 1?" Then I juz told him say I will come back on some days to help out abit in Audit lorz (Although it was demn bullshit).. And amazingly, he just said "Nvm lar, I just give u 3 more days OFFs, u go add inside then show me"

I was like -_-'''

So since he give I take lar, I went to edit and then my FINAL piece only means I need to come back for 2 more days, 30th Jan and 5th Feb (To do clearance n medical FFI n collect IC). And my CSM just say "Okay, can, u put one copy on OC table let him see in case he needs to know"
Lolx.. I didn't expect things to be so easy arz.

So now from now till 30th Jan I shall just ENJOY as much as I can. If not when ORD liao find work then cnt rest le. Owellz, so I got plenty of time to study my Japanese.. And to book many more driving lessons cuz I skip too many liaoz.

I think this week I have been mugging Japanese so intensively as if JLPT3 exam is coming in a few weeks time. -_-''' Okay lar, cuz my motive is to complete JLPT3 syllabus (And when I say complete means that I have memorised the 300 kanji, 1500 vocab words and 120 grammar structures, finish up all the assessment books and tys which I think I bought quite alot.)

But I think no matter how I study, my listening and speaking will still be very CMI. Haiz. Hopefully can complete by CNY/ORD.

Tutoring

So just now a tuition agency called me to ask whether I am interested in an assignment. Okay lar, $50 for 2 hrs... teaching LOWER SEC MATHS only... BUT then is teach 2 boys. A sec2 express and a sec1 normal academic (both of them r brothers). And luckily they stay super near me. Of course I took up this assignment w/o even thinking arz. Cuz lower sec maths I think should be OKAY lar. At least is not as bad as last year when I taught the sec5 Maths and Chem... WAH LAOZ.. Must go revise the WHOLE O-level syllabus again.. Kns lar. So now I learn my lesson lar, I'm not gonna take any sec5 or sec4 students taking O-levels soon.. Really can die lar.. Imagine u have to go thru the whole syllabus with the student.. Then must do alot of self read-up to refresh. Piangz, for me I admit I CMI lar.. So the best is I stick with sec1 to sec3 level lorz.. Summore now is start of yr shld be so slack, not like tt time the sec5.. In Aug I started teaching then left 3 months to O-levels, piangz, tt 1 really can die. Also donno how the students/parents will find me.. Hopefully don't kana sack after first lesson lorz. -_-'''

Also don't know how my student will fare for his O-level. I think within one month or so shld be releasing O-level result arz.. Just hope he can get at least B3 or what for Maths arz.. Then his Science.. Hope he can get B4 arz..

I love Kinokuniya

Wah Piangz, I spent $150 today in Kinokuniya. And finally I applied for the membership card. $20 for a year, okay lar, I think next time once awhile I'll go Kino to buy books, so with the card can save quite abit of money arz.

Then just now at Kino, there was this farking idiotic man at the service counter. As I couldn't find the book that I wanted, so I went to the Japanese books info counter to ask the assistant to help me find arz.. As you all know, Kino at Orchard is so demn big, I gave up searching after looking for 1 hr. So there was this man I think he's in his 20+, CONFIRM is Singaporean, NOT Japanese lar, from the way he talk. Anyway, he was holding onto this **dirty** "Japanese yellow Magazine".. Then the magazine was wrapped up already lar, so obviously u cannot browse, and CLEARLY there was a label at the front of the magazine that states "CONTENT NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN" or smth like tt. So that man was asking the counter lady, "Can you help me tear open? I want to browse" So the counter lady like explained to him politely due to the content of the magazine, she cannot just tear open and then after that just put back at the shelve arz.

Then the man was such an ass. He was like demanding "But I am not a CHILD watz. If I never see, how I know whether the magazine is suitable for me?"

-_-'''

WAH PIANGZ!? IF YOU CANNOT BROWSE, THEN DON'T BUY LAR. Gosh, and I really pity the counter lady trying to explain to him until can vomit blood. There's like so many people buying books in Kino, not that got one less customer like him will die lar. And if he wants, GO BUY FHM lar. Or go buy illegal blue tape lar. Kns, for one stupid magazine want to make a big hoo-haa.

All right, so the KANZEN MASTER JLPT3 book that I juz bought, I can study it during all my COS duties next week.

Wah Piangz, I'm doing duties this coming Sunday, next Tues, next Thurs and next Sat. 4 alternate days of duties. Really sianz 1/2. Maybe I shld bring my "Minna No Nihongo" to camp to keep myself occupied.

January Schedule

This week is just so busy, and next week my duties are fantastic: Doing COS on 080108(Tues), 100108(Thurs) and 120108(Sat). Alternate days arz, but then I also didn't really feel anything. It's like aiyaz, LAST MONTH of COS duty liaoz, do alot I also don't care arz.

And the plus point:

In view of the fact that ATEC is next week, and so there will be off-in-lieu from 140108 to 180108 (OMG, one whole bardy week). And to add on, I've yet to include all my OFFs and LEAVEs to cover me from 210108 till perhaps I ORD, other then the fact I still have ONE LASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSST duty on 220108. So okay lar, whole of this month got 4 days of duties, on account of the many days of rest that I'll be getting.

I'm quite a happy man now.

And now is "Happily studying Minna No Nihongo".

Japanese FM 96.3 (7am to 9am - weekdays only)

Just now I wake up early just to try to listen to FM 96.3 from 8am to 9am. OMG lar, when I listen to it, majiam reminds me of the horror of LISTENING COMPRE during JLPT4. Demn terrible, cuz I don't know is they talk too fast or I simply cannot catch. I think is the latter arz.. Although some words here n there sound quite familiar, but still, I couldn't understand much. Owellz, but maybe next time when I'm free I will try to force myslf to switch on the radio n listen, and hopefully over the time can slowly pick up the pace. But of course it will take some time.

End of 2007 marks the start of 2008

45 minutes to 2008! Okay lar, although now Japan already New Year liaoz, cuz they one hour ahead of Singapore time. -_-'''

Very irritating arz? Always talk abt Japan.

So maybe like most ppl, I should just list down a few resolutions that I have for yr 2008. Hmm... Let me think:

1) ORD IN PEACE! (This 1 very impt lorz)
2) Quit smoking before I ORD, aka before CNY (VERY IMPORTANT lar, cuz I estimated I have spent abt 1K just on cigarettes this yr? And I know it's bad Bad BAD for health lar... -_-''')
2) Can proceed on to get ready and do well for JLPT3 in Dec 2008. (Okay lar, I also don't know can pass JLPT4 anotz. I think even if fail, I also can't be bothered n shall just work harder for JLPT3. Lolx.)
3) Pass my driving test on 1st or 2nd attempt. LOLX.
4) Earn abit of money before Uni starts. (This 1 very impt lorz, cuz I simply waste too much money liaoz)
5) Learn to be thrifty (Very impt also, cuz I don't have a habit of saving and tt's BAD lar)
6) Start Uni afresh, get to know more friends. (Fuckers can just get lost.)
7) I shall do well in Accountancy. No matter what, I shall MUG MUG MUG very hard to do well. For my future perhaps to be able to apply scholarship for post-grad studies in Japan.

Okay lar, disgress abit. Although now u all may think like I haven't even start Bachelor's degree, want to think of MBA, like so far-fetched. But wellz, I guess among ALL the possible solutions that I can think of (together with Mengyang, Dennis, JingWen and Xueli, thanks arz guys for giving me valuable opinions), I think the BEST + cost efficient + save time solution is really this:

Study 3 yrs in NTU get an Accountancy degree, at the mean time I will force myself to absorb as much Japanese Language as possible in this period of time. Build up my foundation in Japanese in Singapore first, so go over there won't suffer that much. So firstly, I save time cuz Japan Uni is 4 yrs arz. Then also save money because (i) Study Japanese in Singapore is MUCH cheaper and (ii) At least when I go over to Japan don't have to start from scratch, so can save alot of money in terms of attending shorter duration of Japanese Language lessons in Japan as compared if I were to go now. (With a pathetic JLPT4 standard? -_-''')
Likewise, according to JingWen and Xueli, can apply wat overseas exchange programme go Japan study one sem or watz, like quite fun horz. And also, I think every yr got those career fairs n stuff in NTU then I can try finding potential employers from MNCs such as Big4 abt overseas posting or I think some company can also sponser the employee to study Masters in Japan if ur deg is good or performace is good? Like so good horz? Owellz, so bottomline is:

1) STUDY WELL FOR ACCOUNTANCY!
2) STUDY WELL FOR JAPANESE LANGUAGE!

Although perhaps it will be quite hard to juggle between Uni studies and Japanese (as they r 2 totally diff stuff), but I guess is really all about proper time management and willing to put in the extra effort. When people get to play, I will make use of the time to study Japanese. So saying this, I guess I won't be staying in hall or joining any CCA bahz. Afterall, staying in hall also must take part in hall activities. Join CCA also must give commitment to attend weekly. So mentioning that, I shld perhaps make use of the time for hall/CCA activities to study Japanese instead.

Alamak, I like talk too much liaoz. Owellz, just hope that 2008 is a good year to start with! Although it may not be easy when Uni starts, but with a clear goal, I shall press on no matter what I may face. For my future, I shall work hard! Hope all those around me will have a smoot-sailing year too!

Tomorrow is 正月, shōgatsu! Japanese New yr! But.. Not that I got celebrate like tt. -_-'''