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Oh well, here i am on the Computer Lab's computer jamming away at the key board when i
'm supposed to be do ing my Java....
Oh i am and i was......i think i'm taking this as a good opportunity to read up and apply what is taught during the lectures....Java ain't easy...even at the beginner level that i am now.
Haha, pressure pressure pressure! Anyway, i don;t know what is up with the people in school today, is it the weather? Is it because its friday? But why are they all so attitudish today? Hah
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I was at the print shop, looking to bind my report since Keny wasn't around and i had no access to his binding machine...
I brought along everything i needed, my plastic binding spine, transparencies as covers and as well as my document. The lady looked at my transparency and shook it alittle, giving that "what the hell is this" look with big dash of incredulousness on it. Then she handed it to another print guy and he too gave that stupid look and that stupid wave...
Then they said something about my transparency, because it is different from theirs, will cause thier binding machine to jam or spoil...blah blah blah. (Honestly, how different can transparencies be????)
So i said "Ok, but i've been using this to bind for many times and the machines never jam" to which she said (and i honestly would have walked out without saying anything to her if not for the fact i had to hand up the report today)
"if that is the case, then go back to where you always do LOR~"
^@*(^@#^!*@&#^(!!!! I swear i felt like binding that mouth of hers. Then i just said
"Ok, fine, then i'll take my transparency and you can use yours"
So she did, binded my stuff and asked me for a dollar.
$1 for this kind of attitude and the best part?
Their transparency is almost exactly the same as mine! I have to pay a dollar to be treated like that. I mean its ok if their incompetent asses missed out so many pages in the notes that they sell and i pay for to study with...but such blatant inflexibility and "I'm higher than thou" attitude is just plain uncalled for.
I'm a customer and although i know i'm not always right, but at least, the least they can do, if they do not wish to use my transparency, to not treat me like some 10 year old kid and return my politeness and enquiries with stupid looks.
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I should have gone to the Campus Supply at North Spine 2 instead, they are much friendlier there, at least they say thank you and listen to what i need. Instead of shrugging me off to "go back where i always go". I would have if not for the fact that i had no access to Kenny's machine....I wouldn't mind paying Kenny a dollar even to use his machine. To pay a dollar and get such attitude is just plain stupid.
I'm avoiding Campus Supplies at Lee Wee Nam Library at all costs now...
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On a brighter note, i'm done with my Lab report, its in and i hope for the best =)
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Dear also managed to finish and hand in her termie too =D Yay!
Next week is more daunting as Java Assignment 2 is due....ahhh~!~ Stress!
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Night lessosn again later, it rocks, i really enjoy going for the maths one =) Hahaha, its much better than all the past tutorials i've been to...at least i learnt something, the tutorials with the profs are really useless...hardly learnt anything from them. The only thing that learnt from them is the white board and OHP screen, since they talk facing that direction more often than to us.
Gambatte!
=D
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Hey hey, i'm in the lecture theater now blogging! Hahah
Today is the presentation for my Nano project and i guess it went quite alright. Hahaha.
Later got night classes for logic design...
Gambatte!!
=D
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Ahhhhh.....so many things to do...so little time!!!
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This sucks....exams in 21 days....ok make that 20 days considering that its already night time
Oh darn it!!!
=(
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There is this webpage i go to everyday...its a bunch of comic artists that post a new comic everyday at 4pm SG time. Haha, some comics are downright funny whereas others are unfunny at times. AT times you even get plain weird comics. Hahah. But thats the joy in going to that page, you never know what to expect everyday =D
www.explosm.com
Here are some of my all time favorites and i hope you'll like them too!
Of course i have many more others hahah but if i do post them, it take up alot of space!!! =D
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An Evening with Mr. Adam Khoo
This evening's talk was simply mind boggling! The amount of people that turned up was massive! Kudos to people like Kenny who did a fine job is getting the contacts. =)
Well, basically i guess i can tick another wish off my wishlist as i remembered telling Chester once that one of my dreams or goals in life is to be able to stand up on stage and share my experiences. Although this cannot really count as experience, in retrospect it is kinda a small fulfillment of many greater things to come.
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It rained rather heavily and the Jam from AYE all the way to CTE was massive! When we finally got there, most of the food had been devoured by the earlier groups of students who went. Kinda sad really as my bus load of NTU peeps had nothing much left to eat. But well, the program got off to a really good start with Chuan leading the wa with his myriad of stories that i've heard so many times but still never fails to get me thinking. =)
Then came Adam Khoo, not surprisingly, what he mentioned and talked about was exactly the same as what i heard last year too :) But there is a main take away from him is that
Mindset is very important in what we all do, and people who succeed are not those who never stop trying but those who are smart enough to always review and reflect what went wrong and to improve.
Being the charismatic person that he is, he took the crowd by storm and you could see the change in the audience.
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Eventually it came to my turn to share....i felt that i didn't share as well as i thought i could have, missed many points i wanted to say, but the emcee kept chasing me to hurry...haha. Oh well, i guess i will have my chance and opportunity to do it again soon. =)
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For some reason or another, tonight's program really helped to reinforce what i believe can be achieved and really put in front of me, the possibilities that i can fulfill if i stay committed and dogged in this track.
No doubt i will still do my best at school, but i will at the same time, build up my business or as what Adam Khoo says, my Empire
I have dreams and goals to fulfill and i will make my way to the end-point that i set for myself. I am the creator of my own destiny and i control my life. =)
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But i still must say this, that the support Ms. S has given me has been one of the greatest motivation for me to want to succeed in this. I know i have the potential and i know i have the correct platform to achieve what others can only dream of. =)
Thank you Dear =) I love you! =)
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My head is hurting badly right now, must have been all the hectic rushing just now to get the NTU hall peeps on the right buses. Hahaha. Oh well, its great now that the seminar is over, now to concentrate on is the internship program and to follow up on those who went for the program to interest them in the internship program! and of course, not forgetting to obtain that license of mine!!!
But first of course the upcoming exams....darnit!
But apart from that, Mr. Adam Khoo was kind enough to sign my script for me =)
"Alan Live You Dreams"
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Gosh things cannot get any worse that it is now!!! :(
Oh darn it!!!
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First up, a Thank you is in order!!!
=)
I need not mention who the person is but i would like to say a couple of things from the heart
Thank You for always pushing me and not letting me slip
Thank You for the 14 missed calls to wake me up
Thank You for standing up for me on Saturday
Thank You for making sure i attend my lessons
Thank You for supporting me in having extra lessons
Thank You for lending me your ears when i needed them
Thank You for giving me hugs and embraces when i felt down
Thank You for cheering me up when i felt down
Thank You for giving me the drive to carry on
Thank You for putting matters into perspective for me
Thank You for listening to my rants and my unhappiness
Thank You for being there for me when i needed you
Thank You for being loving and kind towards me
Thank You for the lovely cheese ham egg omelettes you make for me when i'm hungry
Thank You for saying that you love me everyday
Thank You for the kisses
Thank You for making me feel special and treasured everytime
Thank You for just being there
Thank You for doing things i may not see but definitely feel
and lastly
Thank You for being YOU. =)
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I mean it, there is this special person in my life that has been through with me many ups and downs....and right now though i feel that i'm in the lowest point since i started school, she has been there to pull me up and make me smile =) Thank you =)
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On a sidenote, tonight is the seminar night with Mr. Adam Khoo. I'll be making a short speech and sharing my experiences......I hope everything turns out alright =)
Back to study!!
=D
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Alan gagged and reeled at
12:26 PM
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Well, i know i've said that i should sleep for the past 3 posts....but i still can't!!
Anyway, here is a very interesting political satirical comic from a webpage i picked up today....
www.mattbors.com
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It is interesting because it reflects how devastating the damages can be when an economy faces hyperinflation.....reminiscent of the German marks when the German economy crashed after WW1 when they had to pay reparations in huge denominations......to the point where they had to bring along barrow full of german marks...it was even said that it was cheaper to burn the German marks to keep fires going rather than to use it to buy wood or an axe to chop it. People were just using it for everything, keeping the fire going...to using it as toilet paper.
I wonder what would happen if it happens to Singapore, certainly polymer notes won't burn as well...neither will it be comfortable to the bum bum.....!!
Oh well, random thoughts of an alrea random mind in the earl hours of the morning...
Sleep time!! FOR REAL THIS TIME!!!!
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I can't sleep....must be worrying about the impending exams.....-__-"
Sigh, i've somehow lost touch with my academic self....2 years int he army has dulled that part of me...and i need to get it back. I really wonder how i was like last time in JC whereby i can study for hours on end....
Its so different for me now! I need to get my groove back ad get it back fast!!!!!
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Anyway, i decided to post up my recent family photo-shoot =)
The first we have done since i was a little kiddo =D
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The full family with my Grandmother =) My brother is holding the plaque of Sandhurst where he commissioned from, whereas i am holding my Best Trainee Medal from my Guards Conversion Course =)
Family without our Head Gear
My Solo shot, i look crooked!
My brother and I =) He is a Army regular whereas i'm currently a Large =)
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You know, there are so many things in life i wish to accomplish...so many things i want to do....so many places i wish to bring my parents and her to...so many things i with to explore and do with Ms. S...
To provide for my family...make my parents happy and help them live life the way they never had....
My direction is clear, but i really hope to be ale to accomplish it....it will be a long winding journey and i'm taking small steps at a time.....
Though at times i miss Army alot and wished that i could have signed on, i just know it will not give me that dreams i aspire for....the dreams of financial freedom and freedom to decide my own destiny......
I have to take responsibility for my own destiny and i am the master of my own creations.
Its been a real long night and i will attempt to sleep now......but i'll play a little bit of my PSP first =P
Hahaha
Goodnight everybody in Singapore and especially to my parents, brother and my lovely Ms. S who is currently in cotton candy la-la land =)
Goodnight and Good Luck to all =)
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Did some minor sprucing up of the blog
now it looks better...its been in neglect for far too long
I almost couldn't remember i actually had a blog
A real surprise that i could still remember the blog password and userid
Hahahah!!!
A word of caution though, if my log appears incoherent or truncated in your browser...it means that you're using firefox....and not IE. Its kinda ironic since i'm a big Firefox fan and i tend to eschew IE as it gets laggy very quickly....Also make sure that your settings are set to 1024 X 768 for it to load and appear properly....but i ponder........who would chaeg all these settings for my blog right? Hahaha!
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Things i'v changed :
1) Added a new picture for the profile since the old one died
2) Updated my age as well as schools under the profile sections
3) Reinstated Flooble...so start posting!!
4) Remove phlogger section since it no longer functions
5) Improved upon my marquee board....and updated it too
=D
I will try to blog more regularly considering how much my anglais has
deteriorated since i stopped blogging. =)
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Its been a long night so i'll be turning in now =)
Bonne nuit monsieur et mademoiselle!
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***Note : As i was looking through my archives i realised that this post was never completed nor posted......i wonder why...maybe it isn't complete? Hahah I'll post it anyway....Good job Alan of 2006! =D***
Alright i'm now gonna attempt to chronicle my NS experience through the pictures i've taken while i've been all over the place. Haha. From the dark jungles of Lim Chu Kang to the typhoons of Taiwan.
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It all started out on the 8th of Jan 2005. I readied myself to report on time to BMTC in Pulau Tekong. There i was seperated from my parents and was huddled into a sheltered area, awaiting registration aka "enlistment". There i surrendered my Pink IC and awaited the taking of the Oath of Allegiance. It was something i've always wanted to do since like i dunno when. haha.
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BMT
It all began here, i was posted to Scorpion Company Platoon 3, Section 1, Bed 11. My rifle butt number was S111 and my PS was 2SG Suhaimi while my PC was 2WO Liaw.
It was a time of fun and laughter, hardships and tears as i struggled to fulfill my dreams of going to OCS. I found my limits and tried as i might i could not break it. However i did get a reasonable IPPT Silver after trying very hard. I was never the fittest guy in the platoon. haha.
During Route marches, i took on a very interesting role - that of Song IC. I became so proficient in that role that i could mix and match any song together in an instant. I could come up with a medley almost on the spot. My fellow recruits often told me that they wanted this song and i would start it. Haha I even had my own special songs that i came up with. =) It was fun, especially during route marches when you're so tired, someone just shouts "YOUR LEFT~~~ YOUR LEFT~~ YOUR LEFT RIGHT~~~" Hahaha. Bmt was a moment of self-discovery and hastened adaptation. We were put through the metal to attain required skills. We were forcefully guided along the syllabi and made to excel in it.
Live firing was memorable. After all the dry runs and practises, we were finally allowed to fire a live round. Not to mention a live grenade. Haha. It was interesting and memorable. I remembered my hesitation when i took up the rifle for the very first time. When i squeezed the trigger and when the first round when off, i was like "WHOA~~~" hahaha. Seeing the target drop also made it more memorable for me. =)
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Ok, so i know i just blogged like a few minutes ago...but hey, i stumbled upon the pictures i took on my recent trip to HK/Macau. =D
So here goes! Pictures!!!!
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The interior of the Cattle Class in Tigerair. =D The seats hough comfortable, are only as comfortable as the legroom they provide....which honestly, isnt' alot. Well, but hey, its just a 3 hours flight, surely it won't hurt to sit still for a little while right?
WRONG! When you have a big group of PRCs playing and gambling in the plane, with the noise it makes, you'll be better off taking a sampan and rowing it to Macau. At least its quieter. Hahah =P
My Aunty and uncle at some steamboat restaurant in Macau. In Singapore, our habit is to have a plain soup base then add ingredients in. Over there, the ingredients are already in the soup. The soup is very rich in flavour and thick with fats. Very unhealthy though!....Lamb stew hotpot is in the smaller pot while the bigger one contains the piglet hotpot....
The longest bridge i have ever driven or got driven / seen before is this bridge known as the Taipa bridge. It connects the mainland portion of Macau to the Macanese islands of Taipa and Coloane. There are altogether 3 such bridges of similar lengths in Macau.
It was a chilly and cold 10Degrees at night due to the winter wind comng down from mainland china. It was friggin cold but i chose to wear a Abercomie Fitch shirt my dear bought for me.....yes it was cold, but i was enjoying it! Note the Taipa bridge behind my mum....its so long you don't even see where it ends!
First breakfast consisted of wonderfully good Wanton noodles and "Ju pa boh" or pork chop buns. =D oh and that plate of nondescript fried rice, none of us actually really....touched.....sad...
A view of Downtown Macau, note in th background, the towering struture that looks like a....i don't know what its supposed to look like...but yea...a flower.....thats the Grand Lisboa....one fo the big Casinos in Macau, had its roots in the Casino Lisboa, which is beside it....the first casino in Macau...
At some old Fort......all that remains of this fort/church is the front facade which has since become iconic of Macau, just like the Tour De Eiffel in Paris and the Durians of Singapore.
At the entrance of the Grand Lisboa Casino......its huge......
Entrance of the first Casino in Macau, the Casino Lisboa....owned and operated by Casino magnate, Dr. Stanley Ho (Almost all casnos in Macau apart from MGM Grand and Sands are anyway...)
Woot, Wynn Casino......i liked the structure as it gives it some kind of Vegas feel to it =D
The cattle buses (Ferry\ies victims of greed by the masses!) to The Venetian, the largest building in Asia and second in the world..it is even bigger than the original Venetian in Las Vegas...
Standing in one of the huge hallways leading to the massive casinos....it is so huge that it is beyond compare nor beyond discription...
A stolen snapshot of one of many entrances to the casino proper......a few minutes afer taking this, the Guards chased my camera away and i had to keep it, and get it tagged with a "No Camera" Sign
The Venetian is not just for Gamblers, it is very shopper savvy to....the famous Grand Canal Shoppes was beautiful recreated here in the Macau Venetian.....there are a total of 4 spannign canals, each with its own walkways and rivers with the singing coxswains on them....they can really sign and when they do, their voices fill the surroundings. =D
Some of the signing coxswains =D
Huat AH!
My cousin and her kiddos
I'm kinda tired to actually comment on all of them as i believe they are self-explanatory.....hahah
Alrighty...leave with a last funny photo...
Taken at the Hotel Lobby......lol!
Blogging is a tiring business! =D
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Hi everybody, wow, how long has it been since i last blogged?
AGES!!!
I did a quick check and my last blog post was in July of last year, when i first began uni life in NTU...
Now i'm a bumbling, struggling, crying, wailing, unfortunate undergrad trying to survive overseas here in NTU. Don't get me wrong, i'm not on exchange or anything. But before people blast me for being homophobic or xenophobic or just plain biased.
I want to make it clear that i have a couple of PRC friends as well as friends from the land of many people - India!
Haha maybe not in NTU but outside i guess?
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Its been so long since i last blogged and many things have changed, it has changed to the point where i no longer have that insatiable urge to "blog this!!" anymore. :( But i still love my blog, considering how many hours i used to fiddle around with it to make it work. And just thinking about it, www.firedlunacies.blogspot.com has been around for almost 5 years now! Wow! Hahaha.
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Lets see what has changed.....
1) I've gotten my driving license for the past 6 months already...
2) My darling and i have been together for the past 2 years and it has been FANTASTIC!!!!!! =D
3) I'm into my second half of second sem of first year in Chindia....
4) I'm no longer fit and strong.......:(
5) I've grown long hair and have funky locks and a goatee
6) I've made a huge fortune off trading cookie crumbs and prospecting noodle futures
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Alright, point 4 and 5 are fake, but well, cookie crumbs are good.....and noodles...are ncie...so here, whats not to stop me from trading cookie crumbs next time or maybe investing in the futures of noodles. I mean look at it this way, noodle prices have gone up, it shows that like currency, it is elastic (pun might have bene intended, but since it does sound kinda smart, yea......pun WAS intended then...hahah)! (SHOOT ME DOWN ALL'YE ECONOMISTS!)!!!
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Talking about point numero uno, i guess its always good to have somebody that knows you like no other, i mean, many guys refrain from going into a relationship because they fear commitment. Commitment need always not be a bad thing. =) Have somebody whom you can fall back on and give you reassuring hugs and embraces is really comforting. =) I glad for her presence in my life and i appreiciate all that she has done for me. =) Thank you Ms. S! I love you!! =D
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Hmmmm, maybe something interesting like a talking lobster or a prancing dove might once again spike my interest to blog. TIll then, bye bye to all ye invisible souls of net users!
(I doubt anybody actually reads my blog so i'll go around sprouting nonsense! I realised that even my sentence structures as well as paragraphing has changed too!)
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Bye!
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It was a time of fun and laughter, hardships and tears as i struggled to fulfill my dreams of going to OCS. I found my limits and tried as i might i could not break it. However i did get a reasonable IPPT Silver after trying very hard. I was never the fittest guy in the platoon. haha.
During Route marches, i took on a very interesting role - that of Song IC. I became so proficient in that role that i could mix and match any song together in an instant. I could come up with a medley almost on the spot. My fellow recruits often told me that they wanted this song and i would start it. Haha I even had my own special songs that i came up with. =) It was fun, especially during route marches when you're so tired, someone just shouts "YOUR LEFT~~~ YOUR LEFT~~ YOUR LEFT RIGHT~~~" Hahaha. Bmt was a moment of self-discovery and hastened adaptation. We were put through the metal to attain required skills. We were forcefully guided along the syllabi and made to excel in it.
