It's past midnight already, and I'm at McDonald's @ Elias Mall. On a Monday night.
Explanation? Sheer misfortune. I reached home at 7.30pm to a whole pile of PW deadlines to meet, and when I turned on my modem, I had a terrible surprise. Turns out the Internet access at home was completely cut off, because the phone line ran into some problems. And the best part? There wasn't any immediate way to fix it. So I had to jolly well do my designing for PW void of any form of online interaction (oh the pain), which took me four whole hours, and then make my way down to the nearest free Internet access zone.
Sigh, I should really stop grousing over this unfortunate situation, lest I run into similar ones in the near future. :/ But I have to say, what happened today was really untimely. The WR's due for submission in 4 days' time, so now's the busiest period ever for PW. And for the Internet to conk out on me during this time... that's really something. Seriously life... :(
Anyway, school today was yet another mundane whirl of events. The most interesting part of today was probably (I think) the training with my OBI teammates. After which I walked to the station with Michelle, Sheryl & Kai Yuan. Got KOI there before travelling back to Pasir Ris with Michelle and Kai Yuan. Really enjoy walking to the station/going home with them because we have the most interesting conversations, hahaha. :)
So, yup. That's all for today. Gotta go back home soon and knock out for yet another long day in school, and a long night of PW, tomorrow. Thank God Deepavali's on Wednesday, tsk. If not I believe I'll just collapse.
2011/10/25
2011/10/22
Not TGIF, but rather, for the weekend
Woke up at 1.30pm today! Feels so awesome. :) Thank God for the weekend!
The past week has simply been craaaazy. Yesterday was yet another one of those long Fridays again. And seriously, I doubt I've ever had a free Friday when I can just go home after school even once this year. My life's that sad.
Had to bring training attire, my very, very heavy laptop and the usual books and notes to school yesterday because 1. I had PE in the morning, 2. I had yet another PW presentation in the noon and 3. I was (supposed) to have OBI training and then land training after school, after which I would make my way down to Daryl's place for cell group meeting. Can you imagine how refreshing my schedule was?!
I really, really loathe school now because of all the presentation sessions; it just means that I'll have to always carry a heavy laptop to school because right now, I'm the only person in the group who has one. Actually, someone else used to do the bringing, but apparently he lost his charger in the school we conducted our project's pilot test in. =_=' He didn't show up yesterday anyway, so it made no difference... I'd still have to bring it.
After school, Ms Quek called Fransisca and told her that our PW report has been graded. So in the end, I went for an impromptu meeting with Ms Quek to discuss the report, and it didn't end until about 7pm. And that's how I completely missed all the training sessions I was supposed to go for after school. I would so rather train, though. :S
Michelle & Amira waited in the room for us to finish, after which we went down to Mac's together with Cally. Kai Yuan joined us a while later.
Were happily munching on our fries and talking over the meal, when Michelle started noticing this woman who kept looking at our direction and smiling whenever one of us glanced at her. We feared that she'd approach us sooner or later, but she really did in the end, and she got Kai Yuan to help her set up Internet on her iPhone. As expected of weird people (sorry but, yeah =_='), she didn't even have Internet access in the first place, so Kai Yuan had to let her use the Internet provided by his iPhone. After he fixed the Internet, she walked away, so he went all, "I think she's gonna come back soon because my Internet can only reach that far". And after he said that, everyone on the table gave this why-the-heck-did-you-just-let-her-use-your-Internet kind of face. HAHA.
After a short while, this plump man who looked almost exactly like the weird woman came in and sat near us. When I first saw him I thought the woman really returned, and Michelle went all "I know right?!". We didn't notice him walking back to buy his food, so when we were discussing about whether the woman will return, we saw him walk back to his seat again and once again, everyone of us had a mini heart-attack, hahaha. But the weirdness didn't stop there; shortly after, Cally went, "She's back again. I'm serious". And voila, we saw her again, and she even approached us once more. And as expected, she was rambling about how her connection broke, and tried to get everyone of us to fix it back. =_=' We made her leave our table in the end.
Seriously can't take weird people... and that's precisely the reason why I started disliking Bedok since yesterday.
Went down to Daryl's place after dinner for cell group meeting with Tina. It was great! :) Been really long ever since I sat for such an insightful message, though I don't mean it's bad that usually, we would gather and share our experiences and revelations. I couldn't really concentrate during P&W though, probably because I was just too tired. There's only so much I can take, and this week had drained me completely.
Reached home around 11, and that marked the end to a really, really long Friday. Gonna rest all I can... before starting on my revision for Chinese. :(
The past week has simply been craaaazy. Yesterday was yet another one of those long Fridays again. And seriously, I doubt I've ever had a free Friday when I can just go home after school even once this year. My life's that sad.
Had to bring training attire, my very, very heavy laptop and the usual books and notes to school yesterday because 1. I had PE in the morning, 2. I had yet another PW presentation in the noon and 3. I was (supposed) to have OBI training and then land training after school, after which I would make my way down to Daryl's place for cell group meeting. Can you imagine how refreshing my schedule was?!
I really, really loathe school now because of all the presentation sessions; it just means that I'll have to always carry a heavy laptop to school because right now, I'm the only person in the group who has one. Actually, someone else used to do the bringing, but apparently he lost his charger in the school we conducted our project's pilot test in. =_=' He didn't show up yesterday anyway, so it made no difference... I'd still have to bring it.
After school, Ms Quek called Fransisca and told her that our PW report has been graded. So in the end, I went for an impromptu meeting with Ms Quek to discuss the report, and it didn't end until about 7pm. And that's how I completely missed all the training sessions I was supposed to go for after school. I would so rather train, though. :S
Michelle & Amira waited in the room for us to finish, after which we went down to Mac's together with Cally. Kai Yuan joined us a while later.
Were happily munching on our fries and talking over the meal, when Michelle started noticing this woman who kept looking at our direction and smiling whenever one of us glanced at her. We feared that she'd approach us sooner or later, but she really did in the end, and she got Kai Yuan to help her set up Internet on her iPhone. As expected of weird people (sorry but, yeah =_='), she didn't even have Internet access in the first place, so Kai Yuan had to let her use the Internet provided by his iPhone. After he fixed the Internet, she walked away, so he went all, "I think she's gonna come back soon because my Internet can only reach that far". And after he said that, everyone on the table gave this why-the-heck-did-you-just-let-her-use-your-Internet kind of face. HAHA.
After a short while, this plump man who looked almost exactly like the weird woman came in and sat near us. When I first saw him I thought the woman really returned, and Michelle went all "I know right?!". We didn't notice him walking back to buy his food, so when we were discussing about whether the woman will return, we saw him walk back to his seat again and once again, everyone of us had a mini heart-attack, hahaha. But the weirdness didn't stop there; shortly after, Cally went, "She's back again. I'm serious". And voila, we saw her again, and she even approached us once more. And as expected, she was rambling about how her connection broke, and tried to get everyone of us to fix it back. =_=' We made her leave our table in the end.
Seriously can't take weird people... and that's precisely the reason why I started disliking Bedok since yesterday.
Went down to Daryl's place after dinner for cell group meeting with Tina. It was great! :) Been really long ever since I sat for such an insightful message, though I don't mean it's bad that usually, we would gather and share our experiences and revelations. I couldn't really concentrate during P&W though, probably because I was just too tired. There's only so much I can take, and this week had drained me completely.
Reached home around 11, and that marked the end to a really, really long Friday. Gonna rest all I can... before starting on my revision for Chinese. :(
2011/10/17
Rare days like these end fast
Today was, for me, a day dedicated to self-indulgence. Didn't go out, nor did I get myself involved in school activities or PW (not until later I guess?).
I spent this day nua-ing on the basis that I was tired from a really long week and not feeling very well too, so I hope I don't come off as some lazy bum, haha. Although I admit to being one most of the time.
So, what did I do in school today? Well, I spent the time rushing through Kai Yuan's birthday calendar as well as collecting more exam results. I didn't manage to take pictures of the calendar I made with Michelle & Sheryl though, but I have to say the cover page looks freaking awesome. :) Precisely because I was the one who designed it, haha!
The whole process was extremely impromptu and called for a lot of improvisations... including last-minute printing of another picture of Kai Yuan in the school's Zap shop due to some oversight in our intended calendar design. Because Kai Yuan wasn't with us the whole day due to CCA duties, we had the entire day to do up the calendar, but we could only do it during interstitial time between lectures so it was still a rather rushed job. He was supposed to be dismissed at 12.30pm, so at 12pm we started going frantic. We managed to finish designing by 12.20pm; immediately after that, we rushed down to Bedok Point to prepare his cake, but little did we know that he wasn't released until 2pm, so we spent an entire hour walking around aimlessly and waiting for him to be done. Tsk, =_='.
"Surprised" (failed attempt) him when he came down to Bedok Central with the second row classmates, after which he went to have lunch with them at Tampines Swensen's. I was initially supposed to catch 'Real Steel' with Michelle & Sheryl at E!hub and have Kai Yuan join us after his lunch, but I decided against going in the end and headed home to sleep.
And I really did. Now I'm here, refreshed. But I feel so reluctant to start on I&R, OP slides, WR... PW in general. :( And there's also Chemistry & Chinese tutorials!
How about I go back to sleep and wake up when November ends?
I spent this day nua-ing on the basis that I was tired from a really long week and not feeling very well too, so I hope I don't come off as some lazy bum, haha. Although I admit to being one most of the time.
So, what did I do in school today? Well, I spent the time rushing through Kai Yuan's birthday calendar as well as collecting more exam results. I didn't manage to take pictures of the calendar I made with Michelle & Sheryl though, but I have to say the cover page looks freaking awesome. :) Precisely because I was the one who designed it, haha!
The whole process was extremely impromptu and called for a lot of improvisations... including last-minute printing of another picture of Kai Yuan in the school's Zap shop due to some oversight in our intended calendar design. Because Kai Yuan wasn't with us the whole day due to CCA duties, we had the entire day to do up the calendar, but we could only do it during interstitial time between lectures so it was still a rather rushed job. He was supposed to be dismissed at 12.30pm, so at 12pm we started going frantic. We managed to finish designing by 12.20pm; immediately after that, we rushed down to Bedok Point to prepare his cake, but little did we know that he wasn't released until 2pm, so we spent an entire hour walking around aimlessly and waiting for him to be done. Tsk, =_='.
"Surprised" (failed attempt) him when he came down to Bedok Central with the second row classmates, after which he went to have lunch with them at Tampines Swensen's. I was initially supposed to catch 'Real Steel' with Michelle & Sheryl at E!hub and have Kai Yuan join us after his lunch, but I decided against going in the end and headed home to sleep.
And I really did. Now I'm here, refreshed. But I feel so reluctant to start on I&R, OP slides, WR... PW in general. :( And there's also Chemistry & Chinese tutorials!
How about I go back to sleep and wake up when November ends?
Still chasing my breath
I wanted to put blogging off to a couple of tomorrows, but I ended up here anyway since I'll never start if I keep procrastinating, haha.
So today wasn't a lazy Sunday at all, like how every Sunday's supposed to be. In fact, it was one of the craziest Sundays ever. Probably because I had a PW meeting in my house. No, wait. Precisely because.
Tried to read a little bit of Chemistry in the morning but I had to go down to the station to pick Fransisca up before I could get started on any tutorial, so in the end I didn't really do anything at all. Ran some errands before I met her, including getting myself a new pair of earpieces when I told her I was still buying ink cartridges to print the WR; little did I know that I made her wait for nearly half an hour in the end, haha.
Started with some research to support some new claims we made in our report when we got back. Jeanette came down after a while, and from then on we just went full steam ahead. It was awesome, because for this entire year, we've never had a single productive meeting. Managed to complete editing and printing the report at 9.30pm, with a lot of laughter, jokes and mini antics in between. The objective of the day was bleak, but the process was, well... different. In a good way of course. ;)
My parents were, as usual, extremely amicable and helped me be a good host to my friends. And I really can't thank them enough for that. Looking back at everything they've done today, including encouraging us as we racked our brains over the report and sending Fransisca & Jeanette home, I really have to say that they're the best parents I could ever ask for. Although it's quite annoying how they're way too generous sometimes, haha.
Chilled a little after I got back from sending them home with my dad, before Michelle started a conference call with Sheryl & I to plot a birthday wish for Kai Yuan. Basically she got us to keep quiet, after which she included Kai Yuan into the conference to supposedly discuss PW with him. And then all of a sudden, when the clock struck twelve, we started singing a birthday song for him. It was quite the failure, but at least we did it with sincerity, haha!
Yesterday was a long day as well. In the morning/early afternoon before service, I was over at the Outward Bound Singapore campus at East Coast Park. Had breakfast at Changi Airport McDonald's with Adam, Chu Bin & Alvin before boarding a bus down to the place, where we attended an important briefing about the India trip I'll be going for at the end of this year. Had an ice-breaking session after that, particularly with the Catholic JC students who'll be joining us for the expedition. From the looks of everything, I guess the India expedition's gonna be quite amazing. Though I can't say this so soon. But I should choose to be positive, right?
Got really tired during service because I spent an entire morning out. But the second half really kept me awake, haha. It was basically a really touching display of testimonies from ordinary people who, by the grace of God, overcame their obstacles.
The church screened the live soccer match between Liverpool and Manchester United right after service because Pastor, being the considerate him, knew that they wouldn't get home in time to catch it in its full glory. Since I wasn't that hardcore a fan of either team, I decided to go for dinner before going back to the hall. Had it at Banquet along Esplanade Xchange, but it wasn't exactly that pleasant due to a mishap which ended up with a bag stained by teriyaki sauce, shoes glazed with mayonnaise and chicken sprawled all over the table. And quite a lot of frustration that followed. The situation was overall quite awkward, but I guess everything's been cleared and all.
Despite all the sticky situations, I have to say that I spent this weekend quite fruitfully. And I believe it wouldn't be fruitful if not for the lows and all. Cliched, I know, so I'll stop. :P
Ah... time to face yet another week.
So today wasn't a lazy Sunday at all, like how every Sunday's supposed to be. In fact, it was one of the craziest Sundays ever. Probably because I had a PW meeting in my house. No, wait. Precisely because.
Tried to read a little bit of Chemistry in the morning but I had to go down to the station to pick Fransisca up before I could get started on any tutorial, so in the end I didn't really do anything at all. Ran some errands before I met her, including getting myself a new pair of earpieces when I told her I was still buying ink cartridges to print the WR; little did I know that I made her wait for nearly half an hour in the end, haha.
Started with some research to support some new claims we made in our report when we got back. Jeanette came down after a while, and from then on we just went full steam ahead. It was awesome, because for this entire year, we've never had a single productive meeting. Managed to complete editing and printing the report at 9.30pm, with a lot of laughter, jokes and mini antics in between. The objective of the day was bleak, but the process was, well... different. In a good way of course. ;)
My parents were, as usual, extremely amicable and helped me be a good host to my friends. And I really can't thank them enough for that. Looking back at everything they've done today, including encouraging us as we racked our brains over the report and sending Fransisca & Jeanette home, I really have to say that they're the best parents I could ever ask for. Although it's quite annoying how they're way too generous sometimes, haha.
Chilled a little after I got back from sending them home with my dad, before Michelle started a conference call with Sheryl & I to plot a birthday wish for Kai Yuan. Basically she got us to keep quiet, after which she included Kai Yuan into the conference to supposedly discuss PW with him. And then all of a sudden, when the clock struck twelve, we started singing a birthday song for him. It was quite the failure, but at least we did it with sincerity, haha!
Yesterday was a long day as well. In the morning/early afternoon before service, I was over at the Outward Bound Singapore campus at East Coast Park. Had breakfast at Changi Airport McDonald's with Adam, Chu Bin & Alvin before boarding a bus down to the place, where we attended an important briefing about the India trip I'll be going for at the end of this year. Had an ice-breaking session after that, particularly with the Catholic JC students who'll be joining us for the expedition. From the looks of everything, I guess the India expedition's gonna be quite amazing. Though I can't say this so soon. But I should choose to be positive, right?
Got really tired during service because I spent an entire morning out. But the second half really kept me awake, haha. It was basically a really touching display of testimonies from ordinary people who, by the grace of God, overcame their obstacles.
The church screened the live soccer match between Liverpool and Manchester United right after service because Pastor, being the considerate him, knew that they wouldn't get home in time to catch it in its full glory. Since I wasn't that hardcore a fan of either team, I decided to go for dinner before going back to the hall. Had it at Banquet along Esplanade Xchange, but it wasn't exactly that pleasant due to a mishap which ended up with a bag stained by teriyaki sauce, shoes glazed with mayonnaise and chicken sprawled all over the table. And quite a lot of frustration that followed. The situation was overall quite awkward, but I guess everything's been cleared and all.
Despite all the sticky situations, I have to say that I spent this weekend quite fruitfully. And I believe it wouldn't be fruitful if not for the lows and all. Cliched, I know, so I'll stop. :P
Ah... time to face yet another week.
2011/10/15
Sleep, a luxury that's always traded off
I have been sleep-deprived for the past few days and tonight, there will still be no signs of redemption for I will not be sleeping until 3am again. I guess this is the cost for not editing my Written Report for PW now, but there's just so many things to do and so little time. Factor in the time I need to really just get myself composed again after one bout of madness and voila, I don't get enough sleep at all.
Yesterday was an exceptionally tiring day as I turned in at 1am and had to wake up at 6.30am for school only to run 3km during the first period. I was refreshed after the run, like I always felt after any, but gradually, as the day proceeded, my vitality (as if there was even any in the first place, haha) began to show signs of faltering. And the lectures and tutorials didn't help at all.
Went for my first water training after a long break yesterday as well. At the start the sets were quite manageable but all hell broke loose when I started on the breaststroke pulling, haha. Could only finish half that set because the paddles made treading water a lot more difficult. Really ought to hone my arm strength so that I can go faster next time. Overall I guess I'm glad to be back in the water, although in time, I'll definitely feel nauseous at the smell of chlorine once more.
Had a team dinner at Simei Banquet after training. As usual all the members were really entertaining, but I didn't really contribute much to the conversation. Zi Qin freaked all the girls out over the dinner table once again, this time by demonstrating the elasticity of his skin. It was quite cool but gross at the same time. He was even able to twist and turn his ear so that it folded into a ball, haha!
Anyway, here's a continuation to my entry on Thursday — after much consideration, I went for the Seoul Garden dinner after all. And I didn't regret it because it was thoroughly enjoyable, what with the free flow of ice cream and all. Treated myself generously with peppered & barbecued beef, fried dumplings, tom yum soup, etc. And of course, I had a lion's share of yam ice cream as well.
Right now I'm preparing to leave the house for Suntec City to attend service. Will update about today when I get home before I start on my WR. Look forward to that. ;)
Yesterday was an exceptionally tiring day as I turned in at 1am and had to wake up at 6.30am for school only to run 3km during the first period. I was refreshed after the run, like I always felt after any, but gradually, as the day proceeded, my vitality (as if there was even any in the first place, haha) began to show signs of faltering. And the lectures and tutorials didn't help at all.
Went for my first water training after a long break yesterday as well. At the start the sets were quite manageable but all hell broke loose when I started on the breaststroke pulling, haha. Could only finish half that set because the paddles made treading water a lot more difficult. Really ought to hone my arm strength so that I can go faster next time. Overall I guess I'm glad to be back in the water, although in time, I'll definitely feel nauseous at the smell of chlorine once more.
Had a team dinner at Simei Banquet after training. As usual all the members were really entertaining, but I didn't really contribute much to the conversation. Zi Qin freaked all the girls out over the dinner table once again, this time by demonstrating the elasticity of his skin. It was quite cool but gross at the same time. He was even able to twist and turn his ear so that it folded into a ball, haha!
Anyway, here's a continuation to my entry on Thursday — after much consideration, I went for the Seoul Garden dinner after all. And I didn't regret it because it was thoroughly enjoyable, what with the free flow of ice cream and all. Treated myself generously with peppered & barbecued beef, fried dumplings, tom yum soup, etc. And of course, I had a lion's share of yam ice cream as well.
Right now I'm preparing to leave the house for Suntec City to attend service. Will update about today when I get home before I start on my WR. Look forward to that. ;)
2011/10/13
Temporary shelter from the storm
Long time no see — so long such that I believe that I'm currently writing this entry for no reader.
As promised, I'm here resuming blogging after an extremely long break of 2 months, and after the indescribably tumultuous Promotional Exams. You should have assumed that while I was away, I was busy cramming facts and reciting essays, right? Well, I wasn't, although of course, I did study, though not to the point where I could just drop dead. I guess I'll always be the kind who can't give my best for something I don't even have sub-optimal interest in. And I'm proudly admitting to this as I've also bore the consequences of always not preparing enough for the papers, haha. My results were, unfortunately, terrible. I'm not even certain if I can be promoted to JC2 with the scores I have so far.
Anyway, as with any long break, it's only natural for me to say that a lot of events have happened over the past two months, both good and bad, though not many have been significant enough to leave a lasting impression in my memory. In between the studying was play and my commitment to Project Work (I really can't be bothered with elaborating on this pain in the ass so I'll just leave it as it is). Although life has been difficult for me most of the time, there has always been reasons, although subtle, for me to continue to find meaning in my days.
In case you were wondering, I'm currently not at home, comfortable on my swivel chair and typing away after a nice, warm shower. And I'm definitely not anywhere close to that, as I'm still in school, in a claustrophobia-inducing room, drained and sleepy after a long, long day of exam paper collection, tutorials, lectures and presentations. But I wouldn't deny that the situation I'm in now is the very reason why I decided to take out my laptop and blog, hahaha. Too boring you see. Right now, I'm currently waiting for my friends to wrap up their PW discussion and the reason why I'm so (kindly) waiting is because I'm contemplating if I should go down to Farrer Park to have Seoul Garden for dinner with my friends. Honestly, I'm kinda reluctant to go for the latter, since I'll probably have a lot of PW stuff to do tonight. But it's Seoul Garden!
Sigh, this year, or rather, JC, really forced me to deal with numerous trade-off situations. And more often than not, I always end up doing the things I would rather not do, haha. Guess that's why I feel that my life sucks so much right now. But, as I've mentioned before, I shall always try to look at my circumstances through rose-tinted glasses... as far as possible, at least.
Can't wait for my freedom to come.
As promised, I'm here resuming blogging after an extremely long break of 2 months, and after the indescribably tumultuous Promotional Exams. You should have assumed that while I was away, I was busy cramming facts and reciting essays, right? Well, I wasn't, although of course, I did study, though not to the point where I could just drop dead. I guess I'll always be the kind who can't give my best for something I don't even have sub-optimal interest in. And I'm proudly admitting to this as I've also bore the consequences of always not preparing enough for the papers, haha. My results were, unfortunately, terrible. I'm not even certain if I can be promoted to JC2 with the scores I have so far.
Anyway, as with any long break, it's only natural for me to say that a lot of events have happened over the past two months, both good and bad, though not many have been significant enough to leave a lasting impression in my memory. In between the studying was play and my commitment to Project Work (I really can't be bothered with elaborating on this pain in the ass so I'll just leave it as it is). Although life has been difficult for me most of the time, there has always been reasons, although subtle, for me to continue to find meaning in my days.
In case you were wondering, I'm currently not at home, comfortable on my swivel chair and typing away after a nice, warm shower. And I'm definitely not anywhere close to that, as I'm still in school, in a claustrophobia-inducing room, drained and sleepy after a long, long day of exam paper collection, tutorials, lectures and presentations. But I wouldn't deny that the situation I'm in now is the very reason why I decided to take out my laptop and blog, hahaha. Too boring you see. Right now, I'm currently waiting for my friends to wrap up their PW discussion and the reason why I'm so (kindly) waiting is because I'm contemplating if I should go down to Farrer Park to have Seoul Garden for dinner with my friends. Honestly, I'm kinda reluctant to go for the latter, since I'll probably have a lot of PW stuff to do tonight. But it's Seoul Garden!
Sigh, this year, or rather, JC, really forced me to deal with numerous trade-off situations. And more often than not, I always end up doing the things I would rather not do, haha. Guess that's why I feel that my life sucks so much right now. But, as I've mentioned before, I shall always try to look at my circumstances through rose-tinted glasses... as far as possible, at least.
Can't wait for my freedom to come.
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