Week 2 at NTU had been more tiring, but very fruitful... Main reson is that I finally got "catch some balls" of the things I'm learning... thanks to the tutorials and my friendly classmates... but my laptop still not here... so a lot of computing stuff cant be done... and also, Went to quite a couple of welcome teas, met friends for meals, bought second-hand textbooks etc...
Important Announcement:
I running for NTU Cultural Activities Club as Orientation Director
NTU Students only, Please make yourself free
on 19th Aug 2005, Friday, 1230H to 1530H
Lessons will be Cancelled at that time.
I need your votes to get the position, thanks a lot...
Venue not confirm yet. Details will be updated soon.
here are the details of my week, lectures are excluded because they are always the same!
Monday, 01/08/2005
1230, Met xiang for lunch at Cafe by the Quad at School of Biological Science, the food there quite ex, and not nice at all, however, it will make a good studying place...
1530, lessons ended... finally met my classmates for the 1st time at the 1st turorial, we talked for about 1 hour... they are quite friendly, most probably because all from poly, they even thought of having study groups to do tutorial together! and also got class mates live in same block as me!
1630, met wen cai to collect a 2nd-hand book, went back hall, setup printer, then realise got no papers and no black ink so went out to buy...
took the shuttle bus, towards popular, but end up at hall 2, so went to Nanyang Supermarket, to buy some tidbits and stationary
then went Popular, oh! I hate the stairs and hills! Luckily, I met cristal there, so cut the queue! felt Really guilty for that...
1900, went back to my hall canteen, Canteen 14 to have dinner with Camp mates for the 1st time since I entered NTU...
Tuesday, 02/08/2005
1230, met Forte for lunch at Cant B, collected $$$ for next week CAC Ball and discussed about our plans after the ball... then went to Cant A to buy the Ball tickets
1530, second break for the day, went library and computer to look for available comps... but as usual, all occupied, sad... when will my laptop come!!! Met Lirong at LWN Library to collect $$$, and talked for some time... Information Exchange, as usual... then went to computer shop, and finally found the "ancient" ink catridge for my printer...
1730, Elective lectures from until 1930, tired!!!
Wednesday, 03/08/2005
0930, 1 hour break, met my sis at the computer shop to sign computer loan
1230, lessons ended and then went over to LT19A for Meet Mentor Session, I'm lucky to have Dr. Yow to be my mentor, he is so friendly, helpful and also very "zai" in his expertise...
1630, I think, Met GQ and ask him help me buy Ball tickets, then went over to Nanyang Supermarket to look look see see...
1715, Went back to North spine, and accompany xiang to go for NTU Ryder's Club Welcome Tea, and also got a free Dinner!
1900, rush over to MLT for Investment Interactive Welcome Tea
2045, rush again to meet liang for movie, Stealth at West Mall...
Reached hall around midnight, yawn!!!
Thursday, 04/08/2005
1130, went to school for tutorial, but heard from others that tutorials for this module only start next week... damm lecturer, didn't inform us...
1700, went over to SRC (Sports and Recreation Centre) for Archery 1-day Beginners course
1830, rush over to CAC Welcome Tea, signed up for Orientation, Impresario and PR as Main Comm, also running for Exco posts...
After the welcome tea, went supper with forte for Dinner cum supper at JP...
Reached hall then K.O. liao...
Friday, 05/08/2005
whole morning stayed at hall, coz afternoon then got lessons...
1230, met xiang for lunch at Canteen 14
1800, wen to SAC for CAC EXCO Interviews, luckily the interviewers didn't give me difficult questions...
2100, went to the Night Supper event, organised by my Hall JCRC (Junior Common Room Committee), we went Adam Road, Marina square and then Geylang... frankly speaking, I didn't enjoy much, not that I not friendly enough, it's that others (esp seniors)didn't even approach me!
0330, reached hall, and slept at 0400
Saturday, 06/08/2005
Shit, I overslept...
0830, met xiang for breakfast and went over to SRC for Archery IVP selection
the whole thing last until 1530, quite boring actually, but learn quite a number of techniques that I have not learn in my lessons at Bintan...
1700, reached home and helped my mother with some recording stuff, then used computer burn discs, print notes and etc... slept at 0500
Sunday, 07/08/2005
0930, 2nd day of Archery selection, waited for very long for the selection... finally it ended at 1530...
rushed to Orchard to meet James at around 1630, to pass him CDs...
went to PS to cut hair
reach home about 1900 and "kunz" until midnight...
wake up at midnight to use computer... slept at 0400...
August 09, 2005
July 31, 2005
NTU, stands for the Nanyang Technological University... for those who still still still don't know.... I had just fulfilled one of my biggest dream, being an undergraduate at NTU, a computer engineering student...
this week have been packed with studies and activities.... running here and there for lectures, to buy books, to collect lab manuals and lecture notes, to print notes, and meet people for meals... BUT university is not all about studying... I always ensure my life are full of other activities... see below:
Monday, 25/07/2005
1st day of school, no lessons... but I'm super busy...
9am, early in the morning, went to the Freshmen Welcome Day talk... and also meet some of my camp mates and sergeants... (frankly speaking I don't want to associate with them much, because of bad memories at camp)... i didn't expect it to be so formal... have to wear a gown, listen to a few speeches, pledge to the University Code of Honour, watched a few performances...
10.30am, talk ended... and signed up for the flag day on wed... suppose to meet wencai for lunch at 11.30, but wait until 12.30pm still haven come...
12.30pm, met xiang, sebes and boon and went to the CCA recruitment fair... signed up for Archery Club, Emcee Club and Cultural Activities Club...
1.30pm, brought boon and sebes for lunch at canteen A then went to visit my hostel room...
3.30pm, went back auditorium to find xiang...
around 4pm, went to labs to collect lab manuals, ordered lecture notes...
near to 5pm, met yixi to see laptops at the computer shop...
5.30pm, went to jurong point to buy CD...
6.30pm, met Forte (orientation group) to watch Jiang Mei Qi & Fan Wei Qi Campus Concert... the 1st campus concert I watched! queue for a very long time... but it's worth it... the concert was great and fan fan is super friendly...
8.30pm, we decided to go for "supper" at the nearby coffee shop... but due to some "communication breakdown" we went to dfferent places.... but eventually we had manage to find the right place...
10pm plus... back to my hall... damm tired...
Tuesday, 26/07/2005
morning, lectures and lectures...
afternoon, met xiang for lunch, then a lecture
then went to popular book shop with mohan to buy books.. the shop i damm crowded and the queue is damm long... what's worse? my books are damm heavy and expensive... spent $144 on 4 books...
then went to computer terminal room to use computer, because my laptop is not here yet! waited for almost to print only a few pages.. because there are people who print hundreds of pages at 1 time!!!
after some studying, went to bed early at 9pm plus, but kenna wake up by a call from xiang saying wan to visit my room! that was 10pm plus... In the end, only fall asleep at 11pm plus...
Wednesday, 27/07/2005
This day is NTU Students' Fund Flag Day! it's been ages since the last flag day I participate... I think that was in secondary 2...
met Anthony, Nick and Andrea on bus 199 and then lirong at boon lay mrt.. we headed to Tanjong Pagar.. on the way, we (especially lirong) took a lot of photos using Nick's phone! LOL! upon reaching there, we had lunch at the nearby hawker centre and then me and yixi began our "begging" nearby... it wasn't surprising that quite a number ask me the money go to where (after the NKF incident)... my answer was NTU student fund, endownment fund and community chest... and purposely avoid saying the fourth charity: NKF Children's Medical Fund... hehe...
at the end of 2.5 hours (2.30pm), yixi got more than 3/4 can, but I only got more than 1/4 can... guess I'm really not good in this business... then we took a break at International Plaza Burger King... after the break, we travelled to City Hall mrt (the wrong collection point), then to Raffles Place (the correct place)... Anthony, Andrea and me contiued to "beg for more", the rest went to "relax 1 corner"... this place wasn't as easy as tanjong pagar, especially when this is not the peak hours... so after some time, we also went to Clark Quay Mcdonald's to rest...
5.30pm, finally we can return the cans at the UOB plaza collection point... after that went to marina square Han's to have dinner... It's really difficult to consolidate order of 10+ people... headache! It 8pm plus when we finished dinner... at 1st want to watch movie, then decided to play pool, and end up playing arcade... as usual, i played Para Para! hehe...
reached back hostel near to 11pm... a really long day... damm tired... but slept at 1am...
Thursday, 28/07/2005
afternoon then got lectures because no lab lessons on 1st week... but got up early to use computer at Lee Wee Nam library... because I need to Self-learn 4 lectures!!! luckily the flash animation is well-prepared and understandable, also with a bit help from what I learn in poly...
12.30pm, met wencai for lunch at Canteen B...
1.30pm, went back library to use computer...
2.30pm to 4.30pm, lectures...
4.30pm, went loittering around and to the book shop again... bought some stationary and a book... saw Xiuwen and Xiang Xin there...
then went to computer shop, then dinner alone at canteen B
after which, went back book shop to buy calculator...
went back hall, study a bit, took a bath...
8.30pm, watched Project Superstar at the TV lounge... it was generally a better show than the guys...
9.30pm to 11.30pm, went to the Hall computer room to "try" to use the computer there, but after discovering that it's running a at 733Mghz... i gave up and went back to room to file up my notes...
11.30pm, the superstar results are out... I expected jason and silver to be out... but strangely, they managed to get in...
damm tired... slept after that...
Friday, 29/07/2005
finally I can wake up later in the morning... but also not very late la... I woke up naturally at 9am... done some washing of clothes in the morning... it was around 12 when I finish... took a bath, and met xiang 1330 at canteen B for lunch... anthony, xiang xin and corina was also there... 1430 started my 4 hours marathon of lectures (inclusive of 2 hours make-up lecture)... went to the wrong LT again... blur sotong... lectures ended at 1630, had dinner and went back hall... done some packing, and went home... home sweet home at last... slept at 1am...
Saturday, 30/07/2005
woke up 10am plus... had brunch and started using computer until now... you cant a person who hasn't really been touching computer to use for such long hours... :D sorry, I cant live without computers, or should I say I cant stand the days not chatting with my friends...
***Disclaimer: Sorry if this long blog bored you... :)
this week have been packed with studies and activities.... running here and there for lectures, to buy books, to collect lab manuals and lecture notes, to print notes, and meet people for meals... BUT university is not all about studying... I always ensure my life are full of other activities... see below:
Monday, 25/07/2005
1st day of school, no lessons... but I'm super busy...
9am, early in the morning, went to the Freshmen Welcome Day talk... and also meet some of my camp mates and sergeants... (frankly speaking I don't want to associate with them much, because of bad memories at camp)... i didn't expect it to be so formal... have to wear a gown, listen to a few speeches, pledge to the University Code of Honour, watched a few performances...
10.30am, talk ended... and signed up for the flag day on wed... suppose to meet wencai for lunch at 11.30, but wait until 12.30pm still haven come...
12.30pm, met xiang, sebes and boon and went to the CCA recruitment fair... signed up for Archery Club, Emcee Club and Cultural Activities Club...
1.30pm, brought boon and sebes for lunch at canteen A then went to visit my hostel room...
3.30pm, went back auditorium to find xiang...
around 4pm, went to labs to collect lab manuals, ordered lecture notes...
near to 5pm, met yixi to see laptops at the computer shop...
5.30pm, went to jurong point to buy CD...
6.30pm, met Forte (orientation group) to watch Jiang Mei Qi & Fan Wei Qi Campus Concert... the 1st campus concert I watched! queue for a very long time... but it's worth it... the concert was great and fan fan is super friendly...
8.30pm, we decided to go for "supper" at the nearby coffee shop... but due to some "communication breakdown" we went to dfferent places.... but eventually we had manage to find the right place...
10pm plus... back to my hall... damm tired...
Tuesday, 26/07/2005
morning, lectures and lectures...
afternoon, met xiang for lunch, then a lecture
then went to popular book shop with mohan to buy books.. the shop i damm crowded and the queue is damm long... what's worse? my books are damm heavy and expensive... spent $144 on 4 books...
then went to computer terminal room to use computer, because my laptop is not here yet! waited for almost to print only a few pages.. because there are people who print hundreds of pages at 1 time!!!
after some studying, went to bed early at 9pm plus, but kenna wake up by a call from xiang saying wan to visit my room! that was 10pm plus... In the end, only fall asleep at 11pm plus...
Wednesday, 27/07/2005
This day is NTU Students' Fund Flag Day! it's been ages since the last flag day I participate... I think that was in secondary 2...
met Anthony, Nick and Andrea on bus 199 and then lirong at boon lay mrt.. we headed to Tanjong Pagar.. on the way, we (especially lirong) took a lot of photos using Nick's phone! LOL! upon reaching there, we had lunch at the nearby hawker centre and then me and yixi began our "begging" nearby... it wasn't surprising that quite a number ask me the money go to where (after the NKF incident)... my answer was NTU student fund, endownment fund and community chest... and purposely avoid saying the fourth charity: NKF Children's Medical Fund... hehe...
at the end of 2.5 hours (2.30pm), yixi got more than 3/4 can, but I only got more than 1/4 can... guess I'm really not good in this business... then we took a break at International Plaza Burger King... after the break, we travelled to City Hall mrt (the wrong collection point), then to Raffles Place (the correct place)... Anthony, Andrea and me contiued to "beg for more", the rest went to "relax 1 corner"... this place wasn't as easy as tanjong pagar, especially when this is not the peak hours... so after some time, we also went to Clark Quay Mcdonald's to rest...
5.30pm, finally we can return the cans at the UOB plaza collection point... after that went to marina square Han's to have dinner... It's really difficult to consolidate order of 10+ people... headache! It 8pm plus when we finished dinner... at 1st want to watch movie, then decided to play pool, and end up playing arcade... as usual, i played Para Para! hehe...
reached back hostel near to 11pm... a really long day... damm tired... but slept at 1am...
Thursday, 28/07/2005
afternoon then got lectures because no lab lessons on 1st week... but got up early to use computer at Lee Wee Nam library... because I need to Self-learn 4 lectures!!! luckily the flash animation is well-prepared and understandable, also with a bit help from what I learn in poly...
12.30pm, met wencai for lunch at Canteen B...
1.30pm, went back library to use computer...
2.30pm to 4.30pm, lectures...
4.30pm, went loittering around and to the book shop again... bought some stationary and a book... saw Xiuwen and Xiang Xin there...
then went to computer shop, then dinner alone at canteen B
after which, went back book shop to buy calculator...
went back hall, study a bit, took a bath...
8.30pm, watched Project Superstar at the TV lounge... it was generally a better show than the guys...
9.30pm to 11.30pm, went to the Hall computer room to "try" to use the computer there, but after discovering that it's running a at 733Mghz... i gave up and went back to room to file up my notes...
11.30pm, the superstar results are out... I expected jason and silver to be out... but strangely, they managed to get in...
damm tired... slept after that...
Friday, 29/07/2005
finally I can wake up later in the morning... but also not very late la... I woke up naturally at 9am... done some washing of clothes in the morning... it was around 12 when I finish... took a bath, and met xiang 1330 at canteen B for lunch... anthony, xiang xin and corina was also there... 1430 started my 4 hours marathon of lectures (inclusive of 2 hours make-up lecture)... went to the wrong LT again... blur sotong... lectures ended at 1630, had dinner and went back hall... done some packing, and went home... home sweet home at last... slept at 1am...
Saturday, 30/07/2005
woke up 10am plus... had brunch and started using computer until now... you cant a person who hasn't really been touching computer to use for such long hours... :D sorry, I cant live without computers, or should I say I cant stand the days not chatting with my friends...
***Disclaimer: Sorry if this long blog bored you... :)
July 01, 2005
paiseh to anyone reading my blog out there... been quite tiring these days that i dun have the mood to write blogs! most impt of all, my comp breakdown again last sat (25/06/2005)... very very sad... i will definitely update when my comp is up again...
well, let's say about my life recently... for most of the people clearing leave, they are very free... but for my case, i am damm busy!
last week,
wed: mahjong with camp mates and ktv with my family,
thurs: job interview and buying my friend's bdae present,
fri: brought my mother to national skin centre,
sat: meet up with my FYP mates,
sun: went to a orientation welcome tea and then friend's granfather funeral then watch Initial D with xiang
as for this week, i had been working part-time as a surveyor counting vehicles most of the time...
mon: counting vehicles at CTE (near amk ave 1)
tues: counting vehicles at the same place
wed: went back to camp to sign clearances in morning, kenna scolded by Miss Ellen Ang, coz OC din approve my leave! night time meet up with Dy (my best buddy in club), i treat him to watch batman begins, he treat me dinner at nydc...
thurs: counting vehicles from 5pm to 10pm at CTE (near bukit timah road)
today: count vehicles at BKE (near woodlands)
hopefully next week my comp can be back in action (so i can try out the S.H.E mp3 player i just collected and start blogging again), and have to make some time out to tidy up my old things and start revising!
well, let's say about my life recently... for most of the people clearing leave, they are very free... but for my case, i am damm busy!
last week,
wed: mahjong with camp mates and ktv with my family,
thurs: job interview and buying my friend's bdae present,
fri: brought my mother to national skin centre,
sat: meet up with my FYP mates,
sun: went to a orientation welcome tea and then friend's granfather funeral then watch Initial D with xiang
as for this week, i had been working part-time as a surveyor counting vehicles most of the time...
mon: counting vehicles at CTE (near amk ave 1)
tues: counting vehicles at the same place
wed: went back to camp to sign clearances in morning, kenna scolded by Miss Ellen Ang, coz OC din approve my leave! night time meet up with Dy (my best buddy in club), i treat him to watch batman begins, he treat me dinner at nydc...
thurs: counting vehicles from 5pm to 10pm at CTE (near bukit timah road)
today: count vehicles at BKE (near woodlands)
hopefully next week my comp can be back in action (so i can try out the S.H.E mp3 player i just collected and start blogging again), and have to make some time out to tidy up my old things and start revising!
May 31, 2005
Selamat Datang Bintan!
23/05/2005, Monday to 25/05/2005, Wednesday
yawn! wake up early in the morning 5am after only 1 hour plus of sleep... that's because of late night supper with my long time no see OG pals and also last minute luggage packing... today marks the 1st day of bintan trip with my family... it had been donkey years since i went overseas last time... as u know, it's hard to get overseas leave as a NSF...
although i wake up at 5am, but due to last minute preparation and my mother's slowness, we only left home around 7.30am and reached Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal around 8am... well, the ferry trip is actually only 40 minutes, but it cost a whoppping $45! (to and fro of course) with that money i think can fly to thailand liao lor... btw, except for my parents and siblings, my brother also brought 6 of his friends... we had our packet breakfast on the ferry, because we really didn't had time b4 that... reached Bintan around 10am (9am Indonesia Time), the ferry terminal immediately a feeling that i'm in malaysia... well, besides the furtest place i had been is Batam... after which we took a "bouncy" 20mins shuttle bus to the resort we are staying... check in time was 3pm, so we put our luggage there 1st... then it begin to rain... oh shit, that means cannot go beach liao... so we decided to take a S$3 bus ride to the nearby "Pasar Oleh Oleh Shopping Village"... (Note: It's Sing dollars, not rupiah, surprisingly most things are paid by Sing dollars)...
Pasar Oleh Oleh Shopping Village... I thought it's a shopping centre at 1st, but I was totally wrong... It's a place of a few modified wooden houses that becomes shops, resturants and minimart... quite boring actually... after some walking in the rain and in the minimart (which sells very expensive things)... we had our lunch at a simple sort-of restaurant... the fish porridge is damm big and nice, and only cost 3 bucks... after which, we went back to the resort, but still cannot check in... while waiting, we choose a cake to celebrate my mother's very belated birthday... the villa (standalone 2 storey chalet-type house) we staying is actually quite near the main lobby... eqipped with 4 bedrooms, a full kitchen and 3 toilets... the best part i like is we are given a buggy (golf car) for our own use! after some tidy up, we celebrated my mother's birthday in the late afternoon, then 4 of my brother's friends went back to sg... i also got to drive the buggy without license! (according to resort rules, only people with driving license are allowed to drive the buggy)... this had been my 1st realistic driving experience... after watching some TV, that marks the end of the day...
on tuesday, after having breakfast, we went to the beach, no mood to go down to the sea, so the rest went into the sea, while sat down to write my blog... after some time, we went back to the villa and had instant noodles for lunch, because the food at the resort is really too expensive... after which, we went to some greenary to take photos and i got a few chance to drive the buggy... then we ended up at the leisure centre... we played ping pong (only 3 ping pong tables), arcade games (limited out-dated games) and pool (only ONE pool table)... i think even the NTUC Downtown East has a leisure centre better than this lor... well, after that, we went over to the main lobby, where we started to search for a affordable dinner... i saw a can drink selling at S$3! a set meal costing S$60! OMG, everything there needs a lot of $$$... luckily, we found a meal at $17++ at an Italian Restaurant... although, it's a simple restaurant, but the service was excellence... my order is a hawailian pizza, when we all thought that it's a personal size pizza, but it's turns out to be equivilant to a medium size Pizza Hut pizza... thus, we had a fulfilling dinner... in the night, we played some board games like jenga... then that's end of the day...
wednesday, wake up, had breakfast, then went over to leisure centre... where my brother's friends tried on the traditional Indonesia costumes and took photos... then we went over to the archery to shoot arrows... finally, i fulfilled my wish on trying on archery... there, we shoot about 30 plus arrows each, mostly on the ground... hehe... but it was really quite an experience... we went back to villa after that, done some pack up and went to the main lobby, getting ready to departure... at 1pm (indonesia time), we are already on the shuttle bus to the jetty... it was a 2.30pm ferry... don't know why, i really tired and dozed off... it was 5pm (Singapore time) when we reached sg again... then we headed back home in a cab... when reached home, I done my usual stuff like surfing net and writing blogs and slept around 3am...
23/05/2005, Monday to 25/05/2005, Wednesday
yawn! wake up early in the morning 5am after only 1 hour plus of sleep... that's because of late night supper with my long time no see OG pals and also last minute luggage packing... today marks the 1st day of bintan trip with my family... it had been donkey years since i went overseas last time... as u know, it's hard to get overseas leave as a NSF...
although i wake up at 5am, but due to last minute preparation and my mother's slowness, we only left home around 7.30am and reached Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal around 8am... well, the ferry trip is actually only 40 minutes, but it cost a whoppping $45! (to and fro of course) with that money i think can fly to thailand liao lor... btw, except for my parents and siblings, my brother also brought 6 of his friends... we had our packet breakfast on the ferry, because we really didn't had time b4 that... reached Bintan around 10am (9am Indonesia Time), the ferry terminal immediately a feeling that i'm in malaysia... well, besides the furtest place i had been is Batam... after which we took a "bouncy" 20mins shuttle bus to the resort we are staying... check in time was 3pm, so we put our luggage there 1st... then it begin to rain... oh shit, that means cannot go beach liao... so we decided to take a S$3 bus ride to the nearby "Pasar Oleh Oleh Shopping Village"... (Note: It's Sing dollars, not rupiah, surprisingly most things are paid by Sing dollars)...
Pasar Oleh Oleh Shopping Village... I thought it's a shopping centre at 1st, but I was totally wrong... It's a place of a few modified wooden houses that becomes shops, resturants and minimart... quite boring actually... after some walking in the rain and in the minimart (which sells very expensive things)... we had our lunch at a simple sort-of restaurant... the fish porridge is damm big and nice, and only cost 3 bucks... after which, we went back to the resort, but still cannot check in... while waiting, we choose a cake to celebrate my mother's very belated birthday... the villa (standalone 2 storey chalet-type house) we staying is actually quite near the main lobby... eqipped with 4 bedrooms, a full kitchen and 3 toilets... the best part i like is we are given a buggy (golf car) for our own use! after some tidy up, we celebrated my mother's birthday in the late afternoon, then 4 of my brother's friends went back to sg... i also got to drive the buggy without license! (according to resort rules, only people with driving license are allowed to drive the buggy)... this had been my 1st realistic driving experience... after watching some TV, that marks the end of the day...
on tuesday, after having breakfast, we went to the beach, no mood to go down to the sea, so the rest went into the sea, while sat down to write my blog... after some time, we went back to the villa and had instant noodles for lunch, because the food at the resort is really too expensive... after which, we went to some greenary to take photos and i got a few chance to drive the buggy... then we ended up at the leisure centre... we played ping pong (only 3 ping pong tables), arcade games (limited out-dated games) and pool (only ONE pool table)... i think even the NTUC Downtown East has a leisure centre better than this lor... well, after that, we went over to the main lobby, where we started to search for a affordable dinner... i saw a can drink selling at S$3! a set meal costing S$60! OMG, everything there needs a lot of $$$... luckily, we found a meal at $17++ at an Italian Restaurant... although, it's a simple restaurant, but the service was excellence... my order is a hawailian pizza, when we all thought that it's a personal size pizza, but it's turns out to be equivilant to a medium size Pizza Hut pizza... thus, we had a fulfilling dinner... in the night, we played some board games like jenga... then that's end of the day...
wednesday, wake up, had breakfast, then went over to leisure centre... where my brother's friends tried on the traditional Indonesia costumes and took photos... then we went over to the archery to shoot arrows... finally, i fulfilled my wish on trying on archery... there, we shoot about 30 plus arrows each, mostly on the ground... hehe... but it was really quite an experience... we went back to villa after that, done some pack up and went to the main lobby, getting ready to departure... at 1pm (indonesia time), we are already on the shuttle bus to the jetty... it was a 2.30pm ferry... don't know why, i really tired and dozed off... it was 5pm (Singapore time) when we reached sg again... then we headed back home in a cab... when reached home, I done my usual stuff like surfing net and writing blogs and slept around 3am...
May 26, 2005
A Fruitful OG Gathering!
22/05/2005, Sunday
Today I had a hugely successful gathering with my 3 months JJC OG (Orientation Group) after months of trying... The attendance had been the best since I enlist, total of 7 participants:
1. Ngiap Hui aka Huige (our OG Leader, now waiting to enter NIE),
2. Josiah (开心果 of the group, now lost weight and going 2nd year Accountancy at NTU),
3. Ronnie (NSF Clerk, tuition teacher, getting married at the end of the year),
4. Minli ("mother" of our group, 3rd year Psychology undergrad at NUS, tuition teacher),
5. Joanna (a always cheerful girl, 3rd year SP Media Communication student)
6. Li Li (the ever "speechless" girl, 3rd year Arts and Social Science undergrad at NUS),
7. and of course Me (the organizer)
12noon, the proposed time to meet at Heeren Shops for lunch. But, (as expected), everyone message me that they will be late. Don't misunderstand, it's perfectly ok with me, because I am always late also... the best part I like about my OG friends is that they are so accomodating and 客气, unlike my other groups of friends. We can be known as misters and misses "anything". And also we enjoy each other's company a lot... Around 12.30pm, Josiah, Ronnie, Minli and me reached and went up to Billy Bombers 1st. Huige and Joanna came shortly. The food was quite cheap and nice and served in large quantities. I paid only $18.90++ for a set lunch. But the service is damm bad, I waited 40 mins for my main course I think. Nevertheless, we had a great conversation and laughter there. Update each other about our life recently and also joke about the reation we got when we heard that Ronnie is getting married.
By the time we finish lunch (actually left a lot), it's already 10 mins to 2pm. Then we rush down to Partyworld Orchard for KTV. Everyone there is well-versed in 1 kind of songs, Huige in Chinese songs, Ronnie in Cantonese Songs, Josiah in English Songs and Minli in high pitch songs. Joanna left us at 3pm plus and Li Li came at 4pm sharp, too bad they didn't meet each other... the KTV session ended at 6pm...
we then went over to TCC cafe at cineleisure for coffee and more talking... there are endless topic we can talk about... we talked until 7.30pm where li li and minli left us and the rest of us head down to Safra Mount Faber... Guess what we do...
we played mahjong!!! it's been months since my last mahjong session, my hands are getting itchy... the charges for the room is $5.25 per hour, we played 4 hours from 8pm to 12mn... it's a room with 3 mahjong tables, fully air-conditoned of course, mahjong set provided. it's my 1st time there, also the 1st time i played 两毛, 四毛... I was reluctant at 1st, but i gave in... surprisingly, i didn't lose much... after which, we went to the nearby pasar to have supper... we had some "Men's Talk" there, about BGR etc. Josiah began to ask this question, "Why our bond is still there after 5 years?", i agree with josiah a lot, it's because we are very accomodating towards each other and all of us cherish friendships a lot... me and huige left there at 1am plus in a cab... tomolo have to wake up early to go bintan... yawn...
Partyworld Orchard, (from left): Li Li, Minli, Ronnie, Josiah, Me
TCC Cafe at Cineleisure, (from left): Huige, Josiah, Li Li, Minli, Me, Ronnie
TCC Cafe at Cineleisure, (from left): Huige, Josiah, Li Li, Minli, Me, Ronnie
22/05/2005, Sunday
Today I had a hugely successful gathering with my 3 months JJC OG (Orientation Group) after months of trying... The attendance had been the best since I enlist, total of 7 participants:
1. Ngiap Hui aka Huige (our OG Leader, now waiting to enter NIE),
2. Josiah (开心果 of the group, now lost weight and going 2nd year Accountancy at NTU),
3. Ronnie (NSF Clerk, tuition teacher, getting married at the end of the year),
4. Minli ("mother" of our group, 3rd year Psychology undergrad at NUS, tuition teacher),
5. Joanna (a always cheerful girl, 3rd year SP Media Communication student)
6. Li Li (the ever "speechless" girl, 3rd year Arts and Social Science undergrad at NUS),
7. and of course Me (the organizer)
12noon, the proposed time to meet at Heeren Shops for lunch. But, (as expected), everyone message me that they will be late. Don't misunderstand, it's perfectly ok with me, because I am always late also... the best part I like about my OG friends is that they are so accomodating and 客气, unlike my other groups of friends. We can be known as misters and misses "anything". And also we enjoy each other's company a lot... Around 12.30pm, Josiah, Ronnie, Minli and me reached and went up to Billy Bombers 1st. Huige and Joanna came shortly. The food was quite cheap and nice and served in large quantities. I paid only $18.90++ for a set lunch. But the service is damm bad, I waited 40 mins for my main course I think. Nevertheless, we had a great conversation and laughter there. Update each other about our life recently and also joke about the reation we got when we heard that Ronnie is getting married.
By the time we finish lunch (actually left a lot), it's already 10 mins to 2pm. Then we rush down to Partyworld Orchard for KTV. Everyone there is well-versed in 1 kind of songs, Huige in Chinese songs, Ronnie in Cantonese Songs, Josiah in English Songs and Minli in high pitch songs. Joanna left us at 3pm plus and Li Li came at 4pm sharp, too bad they didn't meet each other... the KTV session ended at 6pm...
we then went over to TCC cafe at cineleisure for coffee and more talking... there are endless topic we can talk about... we talked until 7.30pm where li li and minli left us and the rest of us head down to Safra Mount Faber... Guess what we do...
we played mahjong!!! it's been months since my last mahjong session, my hands are getting itchy... the charges for the room is $5.25 per hour, we played 4 hours from 8pm to 12mn... it's a room with 3 mahjong tables, fully air-conditoned of course, mahjong set provided. it's my 1st time there, also the 1st time i played 两毛, 四毛... I was reluctant at 1st, but i gave in... surprisingly, i didn't lose much... after which, we went to the nearby pasar to have supper... we had some "Men's Talk" there, about BGR etc. Josiah began to ask this question, "Why our bond is still there after 5 years?", i agree with josiah a lot, it's because we are very accomodating towards each other and all of us cherish friendships a lot... me and huige left there at 1am plus in a cab... tomolo have to wake up early to go bintan... yawn...
Partyworld Orchard, (from left): Li Li, Minli, Ronnie, Josiah, Me
TCC Cafe at Cineleisure, (from left): Huige, Josiah, Li Li, Minli, Me, Ronnie
TCC Cafe at Cineleisure, (from left): Huige, Josiah, Li Li, Minli, Me, Ronnie
Star Wars! Join the Dark Side!
21/05/2005, Saturday
Book out late around 11am, because shift 3 had a quarrel with their PC (Platoon Commander). After which, went for a quick lunch at Tampines Bus Interchange food court. Then to Tampines Mall Sistic counter to help my brother buy tickets. Reached home around 2pm...
In the afternoon, met KT, YK and his brother and 1 of his friends to watch "Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith" at PS. This show makes me finally understand the story of Star Wars, I think I am a Star Wars fan now... The fact that I am watching with my camp mates (who I see everyday) is that those people who initially promised to watch together now say don't want to watch, and also YK's friends are being recalled but the tickets are already booked. Helping friend and also get to see the movie, why not? Back to the movie, the movie is full of exciting fighting scences and fantastic special effects...
After the show, we went to BK for dinner where I got 2 Star Wars Tumbler (cup), ideal for my future hostel life at NTU. We had a good conversation at BK on the movie and also relate it to the situation at our camp. Our squadron is just like the Empire, lesser and lesser do the right things, thus more strange things happen and the "dark force" is overtaking the place. I really hope it will back to what it used to be after I leave this place in July and the newbies come. After which, we walked over to Sunshine Plaza (opp. Parklane) to look out for birthday present for our friend. Sunshine Plaza is an office building with a few shops selling huge collections of models and comics. (p.s. the fried wan ton mee there is delicious!) After a short walk, we went separate ways, I went to Bugis Junction. Had a walk at my usual hangout places, CD shops and Books Kinokuniya.
Reached home around 11pm, and finally finish watching <<蔷薇之恋>>, glad that it's a happy ending. Slept at 3am...
21/05/2005, Saturday
Book out late around 11am, because shift 3 had a quarrel with their PC (Platoon Commander). After which, went for a quick lunch at Tampines Bus Interchange food court. Then to Tampines Mall Sistic counter to help my brother buy tickets. Reached home around 2pm...
In the afternoon, met KT, YK and his brother and 1 of his friends to watch "Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith" at PS. This show makes me finally understand the story of Star Wars, I think I am a Star Wars fan now... The fact that I am watching with my camp mates (who I see everyday) is that those people who initially promised to watch together now say don't want to watch, and also YK's friends are being recalled but the tickets are already booked. Helping friend and also get to see the movie, why not? Back to the movie, the movie is full of exciting fighting scences and fantastic special effects...
After the show, we went to BK for dinner where I got 2 Star Wars Tumbler (cup), ideal for my future hostel life at NTU. We had a good conversation at BK on the movie and also relate it to the situation at our camp. Our squadron is just like the Empire, lesser and lesser do the right things, thus more strange things happen and the "dark force" is overtaking the place. I really hope it will back to what it used to be after I leave this place in July and the newbies come. After which, we walked over to Sunshine Plaza (opp. Parklane) to look out for birthday present for our friend. Sunshine Plaza is an office building with a few shops selling huge collections of models and comics. (p.s. the fried wan ton mee there is delicious!) After a short walk, we went separate ways, I went to Bugis Junction. Had a walk at my usual hangout places, CD shops and Books Kinokuniya.
Reached home around 11pm, and finally finish watching <<蔷薇之恋>>, glad that it's a happy ending. Slept at 3am...
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