completed the spore marathon this morning.
as i crossed the finish line, i thought about the time 2 years ago when i injured myself training for the same event. I felt like shit then, and i promised myself that i'd come back and run it again someday.
crossing that finish line today was SWEEEEET AS!
didnt do too good timing wise tho.... 4hrs 6mins.
Its about 20 mins faster than my previous marathon, but i still wanted to do better. Thought that i could've gone below 4hrs. oh well...that for my next marathon. hahaha. dunno when that'll be. in so much pain now that i cant think about doing another one for a while.
the weather today was great tho. NO direct sun. overcast sky. perfect. i shudder to think what my timing wouldve been had the sun been out in full force. bottom line....spore weather was not meant for running marathons. for suntanning maybe, for drying clothes fast maybe.....but for marathons, NO!
satiish and i went to BK after the run and whacked two burgers (one with meal). felt like the ending scene in harold and kumar (after all, we WERE two chinese and indian dudes eating fast food in a shag state. haha). knees killing me now. hopefully no long term damage. we'll see.... will prob go for a recovery run on wed.
Monday, December 04, 2006
Friday, December 01, 2006
2 more days....NEED PASTA
getting excited...and worried... marathon's this sunday!
woke up early this morning and went for an easy 7km. i left the house at 7.30am, and it was already blaaaaaardy HOT. definitely need to wear shades on sunday.
started my pasta eating (or gorging) yesterday nite. gonna eat pasta for every meal (excluding breakfast) till sunday. Tmr satiish and i will be going to pastamania in the afternoon, then ordering in pizza at nite! woohoo! hopefully we can get it all out of our system on sunday morning (ie: a good morning shit.) haha.
going to NUS later to see suresh's shag pad...erm...hostel.
i seem to be sleeping a lot lately. had a 3 hr nap yest afternoon, and still slept by 12am. not good. must force myslef to sleep less.
results in 8 days.
erk....
woke up early this morning and went for an easy 7km. i left the house at 7.30am, and it was already blaaaaaardy HOT. definitely need to wear shades on sunday.
started my pasta eating (or gorging) yesterday nite. gonna eat pasta for every meal (excluding breakfast) till sunday. Tmr satiish and i will be going to pastamania in the afternoon, then ordering in pizza at nite! woohoo! hopefully we can get it all out of our system on sunday morning (ie: a good morning shit.) haha.
going to NUS later to see suresh's shag pad...erm...hostel.
i seem to be sleeping a lot lately. had a 3 hr nap yest afternoon, and still slept by 12am. not good. must force myslef to sleep less.
results in 8 days.
erk....
Thursday, November 30, 2006
home is where the humidity is
its been 6 days now since i landed in spore. finally got out of my lazy spell and decided to blog.
i find it funny... blogging is one of those things that when you dont do it for a while, you keep procrastinating adding another entry day after day...but when you finally get down to typing that entry, you feel better and want to blog MORE. i was gonna say "in that way, its kinda like studying"...but then again after i study a little, i dont feel like doing more. so i guess its different. haha.
A short recap of whats been happening:
sat - went to collect marathon race packet with satiish. jalan-jalan ard suntec for a bit, then went home.
sun - went to east coast and met with khal and danielle. we rented blades. FUN! went to NTU afterwards to run with satiish. it was the most PAINFUL run EVEEEERRRRRRRR. we did a 2hr run in prep for the marathon. but it only made us realise how NOT ready we are. at the 1hr30mins mark, both of us "hit the wall" and the last half an hour was just pure torture. if not for the finisher's tee, i think i wouldnt be running this sun. hahaha. we were so dehydrated afterwards that we whacked 4 drinks back to back to back to back. went to suresh's place to watch man u chelsea that night. once again, i realise that i NEED to get foxtel in australia.
mon - woke up in PAIN. rest of the day was sluggish...feeling the muscles aching all over. cant remember what i did on monday....hmmm..... must be the post-2hr-run memory lapse.
tues - watched movie with satiish then went to bukit batok to have POWER BRIYANI!!! and MILO GODZILLA!!! hahahaha. damn nice.
wed - met satiish at NTU at 7-frickin-am in the morning. havent woken up so early in a loooong time. but no choice....cos we were going for a 10km run, and by 8am its pretty hot already. afterwards, we went to this new swimming complex in jurong. not bad....had onc nice long slide. no wave pool tho =(
thurs - collected my new specs! but my degree went up =(.... too much photoshopping in front of my small laptop screen. my mom says its too much psp....but we all know thats NOT TRUE!
going to NUS to visit suresh tmr. his exams are over on monday. cant wait!! we got lotsa FIFA and PASTA to catch up on!
i find it funny... blogging is one of those things that when you dont do it for a while, you keep procrastinating adding another entry day after day...but when you finally get down to typing that entry, you feel better and want to blog MORE. i was gonna say "in that way, its kinda like studying"...but then again after i study a little, i dont feel like doing more. so i guess its different. haha.
A short recap of whats been happening:
sat - went to collect marathon race packet with satiish. jalan-jalan ard suntec for a bit, then went home.
sun - went to east coast and met with khal and danielle. we rented blades. FUN! went to NTU afterwards to run with satiish. it was the most PAINFUL run EVEEEERRRRRRRR. we did a 2hr run in prep for the marathon. but it only made us realise how NOT ready we are. at the 1hr30mins mark, both of us "hit the wall" and the last half an hour was just pure torture. if not for the finisher's tee, i think i wouldnt be running this sun. hahaha. we were so dehydrated afterwards that we whacked 4 drinks back to back to back to back. went to suresh's place to watch man u chelsea that night. once again, i realise that i NEED to get foxtel in australia.
mon - woke up in PAIN. rest of the day was sluggish...feeling the muscles aching all over. cant remember what i did on monday....hmmm..... must be the post-2hr-run memory lapse.
tues - watched movie with satiish then went to bukit batok to have POWER BRIYANI!!! and MILO GODZILLA!!! hahahaha. damn nice.
wed - met satiish at NTU at 7-frickin-am in the morning. havent woken up so early in a loooong time. but no choice....cos we were going for a 10km run, and by 8am its pretty hot already. afterwards, we went to this new swimming complex in jurong. not bad....had onc nice long slide. no wave pool tho =(
thurs - collected my new specs! but my degree went up =(.... too much photoshopping in front of my small laptop screen. my mom says its too much psp....but we all know thats NOT TRUE!
going to NUS to visit suresh tmr. his exams are over on monday. cant wait!! we got lotsa FIFA and PASTA to catch up on!
Thursday, November 23, 2006
NICE
im a FREEEEEEE man~!!
yeaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!
went to watch the prestige yest after my LAST PAPER.
its a kick ass show... if u havent watched it yet, you should! i mean, a show where wolverine takes on batman...how could u possibly go wrong!? haha.
im still high.
bought FIFA 07 yesterday!!!! was playing all nite long.
cant wait to watch man u vs chelsea this wkend back in spore!
well, im at uni now of all places. need to collect my work from the studio, but the darn room is locked. and the faculty office doesnt open for another 10 mins...arrgggg.....
gonna watch BORAT later!
NICE.
haha.
yeaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!
went to watch the prestige yest after my LAST PAPER.
its a kick ass show... if u havent watched it yet, you should! i mean, a show where wolverine takes on batman...how could u possibly go wrong!? haha.
im still high.
bought FIFA 07 yesterday!!!! was playing all nite long.
cant wait to watch man u vs chelsea this wkend back in spore!
well, im at uni now of all places. need to collect my work from the studio, but the darn room is locked. and the faculty office doesnt open for another 10 mins...arrgggg.....
gonna watch BORAT later!
NICE.
haha.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
the slide test kinda sucked.
didnt know about 15 out of 60 questions...and several more that i got wrong. looks like im gonna get about 60%. shit. was really hoping the slide test was gonna pull up my marks.
needed to unwind after the test.... so decided to run to williamstown (part of my hopeful attempt to get my marathon training back on track). took about an hour to run there...and an hour back. thats the longest ive run since last year's marathon....and man did i feel it! suuuuuper pain after 1hr30min mark. muscles hurting left, right, centre. and thats only about 28km...still got another 12km more to go. sigh...die lah. that PLUS the hot n humid spore weather will ensure that i WILL suffer a lot. will aim for a 2.5hr run later this wk.... i think thats as far as im gonna train. The knee is still holding up well, thank goodness.
got a lot of mugging to do today. the written exam tmr, which initally i planned to be my weakest link, now looks like it HAS to be the one thing that pulls up my grade. thats not a good thing.
back to the books! ta
didnt know about 15 out of 60 questions...and several more that i got wrong. looks like im gonna get about 60%. shit. was really hoping the slide test was gonna pull up my marks.
needed to unwind after the test.... so decided to run to williamstown (part of my hopeful attempt to get my marathon training back on track). took about an hour to run there...and an hour back. thats the longest ive run since last year's marathon....and man did i feel it! suuuuuper pain after 1hr30min mark. muscles hurting left, right, centre. and thats only about 28km...still got another 12km more to go. sigh...die lah. that PLUS the hot n humid spore weather will ensure that i WILL suffer a lot. will aim for a 2.5hr run later this wk.... i think thats as far as im gonna train. The knee is still holding up well, thank goodness.
got a lot of mugging to do today. the written exam tmr, which initally i planned to be my weakest link, now looks like it HAS to be the one thing that pulls up my grade. thats not a good thing.
back to the books! ta
Sunday, November 12, 2006
i fell off my bike today.
in broad daylight at a very busy intersection. damn pai seh.
i bought new pedals (the clip kind that secure your shoe to the pedal) from Cam for real cheap.
I practiced a bit in the car park clipping them on and off...and after about 10 mins i thought i was ready to hit the road.
WRONG!
at the FIRST traffic light, on an upslope, i had already clipped in my left shoe and was in the midst of pushing off and trying to clip in the right shoe...BUT i missed the clip and so i tried to gain my balance by putting my left leg on the ground...BUT of course, my left leg was already tied to the bike... so i feel flat on my side. sigh...
but that was it. just fell once. so not too bad. haha.
had a nice ride....cycled to williamstown, which is about 45mins from the city.
i DO have my first paper tmr, but needed to get outside and let off some steam.
oh shit... my first paper is tmr??!?
uh oh.
where are those lecture slides!!???!??
in broad daylight at a very busy intersection. damn pai seh.
i bought new pedals (the clip kind that secure your shoe to the pedal) from Cam for real cheap.
I practiced a bit in the car park clipping them on and off...and after about 10 mins i thought i was ready to hit the road.
WRONG!
at the FIRST traffic light, on an upslope, i had already clipped in my left shoe and was in the midst of pushing off and trying to clip in the right shoe...BUT i missed the clip and so i tried to gain my balance by putting my left leg on the ground...BUT of course, my left leg was already tied to the bike... so i feel flat on my side. sigh...
but that was it. just fell once. so not too bad. haha.
had a nice ride....cycled to williamstown, which is about 45mins from the city.
i DO have my first paper tmr, but needed to get outside and let off some steam.
oh shit... my first paper is tmr??!?
uh oh.
where are those lecture slides!!???!??
Monday, November 06, 2006
lookie! building! lookie! building!
AHHHHHHH
so many buildings! so many buildings!
omg omg omg
i can feel my brain beginning to expand, and surely enought it will soon explode!!
shit shit
i havent used this much memorising power since JC.
but theres a difference...
i suck at it now!
AHHHHHHHHHH
dying dying. damn visual test.... only 15% of my grade also. but i need every single mark i can get, cos i got my essay comments yesterday and they werent too good. im thinking i'll get btw 60-70....hmm......ok maybe 60-65. hahaha hoooo hooo hehehe. oh no im delirious shit i shld stop taking so much sweets and tea oh no now my punctutation marks have gone missing too crap dammit help help
im going crazy!
all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy
all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy
all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy
so many buildings! so many buildings!
omg omg omg
i can feel my brain beginning to expand, and surely enought it will soon explode!!
shit shit
i havent used this much memorising power since JC.
but theres a difference...
i suck at it now!
AHHHHHHHHHH
dying dying. damn visual test.... only 15% of my grade also. but i need every single mark i can get, cos i got my essay comments yesterday and they werent too good. im thinking i'll get btw 60-70....hmm......ok maybe 60-65. hahaha hoooo hooo hehehe. oh no im delirious shit i shld stop taking so much sweets and tea oh no now my punctutation marks have gone missing too crap dammit help help
im going crazy!
all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy
all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy
all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy all work and no play makes iylia a dull boy
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Thursday, November 02, 2006
brain dead
not that ive been studying VERY hard lately....in fact i havent been studying too hard at all.
average about 4hrs a day. thats bad.
after final submission last wk, i have no will, no drive to study.
the fact that my hist exam isnt for almost another 2 wks doesnt help. im in the "zone" now. and no, its not the study 'zone'.
at uni now trying to compile a list of important buildings to study for the visual exam. theres just so frickin MANY. ahhhhhh! been sitting here for the past 3 hrs doing nothing but going thru a list of buildings and deciding which ones are important enough to memorise for the exam.
and my brain is dead. cant think straight. need a break. hence the blogging.
supposed to go for training today, but they were doing hills intervals, which wouldnt benefit my marathon training in any way so i decided not to go. that and because i LUUURRRVE being a slave to my history paper.
i need sugar.
i need coffee.
i need to watch Harold n Kumar.
will prob go home soon. cant take much more of this. hungry too.
average about 4hrs a day. thats bad.
after final submission last wk, i have no will, no drive to study.
the fact that my hist exam isnt for almost another 2 wks doesnt help. im in the "zone" now. and no, its not the study 'zone'.
at uni now trying to compile a list of important buildings to study for the visual exam. theres just so frickin MANY. ahhhhhh! been sitting here for the past 3 hrs doing nothing but going thru a list of buildings and deciding which ones are important enough to memorise for the exam.
and my brain is dead. cant think straight. need a break. hence the blogging.
supposed to go for training today, but they were doing hills intervals, which wouldnt benefit my marathon training in any way so i decided not to go. that and because i LUUURRRVE being a slave to my history paper.
i need sugar.
i need coffee.
i need to watch Harold n Kumar.
will prob go home soon. cant take much more of this. hungry too.
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
back to training...oh so bad
after a month (possibly more), i finally made my return to training yesterday. daylight savings has started since then, and now finally training is in daylight! i got to break out the sunnies which, lets face it, makes you run faster! (right satiish? haha)
training session was freakin tough! we did 4 x 1200 reps.... the rest time was measured by whenever your heartrate drops to 140, which isnt much time at all. It works out to about 1 to 1.5mins between each rep.
ok...so this prob isnt the worst session we've done, but i found it so so so hard. was struggling after the 2nd set. my speedwork is gone now. sigh. i guess its a tradeoff....been doing too many long, easy runs preparing for the marathon. will start my speed training again once its over.
studying for exams arent going too good. i went to rowden white library yesterday and borrowed a hardcover x-men comic. ive already read half of it and its almost as thick as my history reader. ah, if only i could read my reader at that pace. why? why? why? oh and i borrowed the xmen dvd too. haha. shit... i need somebody to give me a kick up the arse and get me studying, cos its just now happening now.
hmmm....guess i'll go finish that xmen boook now.
training session was freakin tough! we did 4 x 1200 reps.... the rest time was measured by whenever your heartrate drops to 140, which isnt much time at all. It works out to about 1 to 1.5mins between each rep.
ok...so this prob isnt the worst session we've done, but i found it so so so hard. was struggling after the 2nd set. my speedwork is gone now. sigh. i guess its a tradeoff....been doing too many long, easy runs preparing for the marathon. will start my speed training again once its over.
studying for exams arent going too good. i went to rowden white library yesterday and borrowed a hardcover x-men comic. ive already read half of it and its almost as thick as my history reader. ah, if only i could read my reader at that pace. why? why? why? oh and i borrowed the xmen dvd too. haha. shit... i need somebody to give me a kick up the arse and get me studying, cos its just now happening now.
hmmm....guess i'll go finish that xmen boook now.
Saturday, October 28, 2006
the AD aftermath brunch
Had a nice brunch today with some of my archi frens.
Most of them i only got to know this semester. Altho we've been in the same year all this while, we've never been in the same tute grp. They're a really nice bunch. Hopefully we'll be in the same studio classes again next sem!
Anyways...im totally overloaded on SUGAR now!!!
had a very large brekkie at a cafe with ICE CHOCOLATE. then proceeded to have CAKE and ICE CREAM at another cafe. We only ordered 4 cakes to share among the 8 of us...but the portions were so HUGE that we couldnt finish it. I thought 4 wouldnt be enuf....how wrong i was. hahaha.
sigh....my parents are leaving tmr... so soon. well, i'll see them again in about a month's time.
gonna take a nice break this wkend and catch up on some tv shows and psp games. come monday its back to (sigh) mugging for history paper. holidays, come faster!!
Most of them i only got to know this semester. Altho we've been in the same year all this while, we've never been in the same tute grp. They're a really nice bunch. Hopefully we'll be in the same studio classes again next sem!
Anyways...im totally overloaded on SUGAR now!!!
had a very large brekkie at a cafe with ICE CHOCOLATE. then proceeded to have CAKE and ICE CREAM at another cafe. We only ordered 4 cakes to share among the 8 of us...but the portions were so HUGE that we couldnt finish it. I thought 4 wouldnt be enuf....how wrong i was. hahaha.
sigh....my parents are leaving tmr... so soon. well, i'll see them again in about a month's time.
gonna take a nice break this wkend and catch up on some tv shows and psp games. come monday its back to (sigh) mugging for history paper. holidays, come faster!!
Friday, October 27, 2006
ah! the light! bright! bright!
yes, tats how i felt walking out of the architecture building yesterday afternoon, having spent 2 nights there working on my final project. (ah the sad life of me...)
Ok, to be honest, it was more like one night, cos the first night i went home at about 3am to sleep a little. But last nite was an all-nighter. Havent done one for almost a year now. (see construction-friggin-technology 1B model)
Well, ITS DONE! ITS SUBMITTED! and now i can rest for the weekend. Gonna spend some more time with my parents before they leave on sunday. I've been neglecting them and spending most of my time at uni this past wk.... feel bad. Now we've only got 2 more days together so gotta make the most of it.
in other news.....marathon training has started again after a one wk haitus, i havent bought FIFA07 yet, im still single, and man u beat liverpool over the wkend!!!!!
Ok, to be honest, it was more like one night, cos the first night i went home at about 3am to sleep a little. But last nite was an all-nighter. Havent done one for almost a year now. (see construction-friggin-technology 1B model)
Well, ITS DONE! ITS SUBMITTED! and now i can rest for the weekend. Gonna spend some more time with my parents before they leave on sunday. I've been neglecting them and spending most of my time at uni this past wk.... feel bad. Now we've only got 2 more days together so gotta make the most of it.
in other news.....marathon training has started again after a one wk haitus, i havent bought FIFA07 yet, im still single, and man u beat liverpool over the wkend!!!!!
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
on the right track..
check this out!!
i was reading comics in between my lessons, and i found this gem!
read it... its my life's plan exactly...heh heh.
i was reading comics in between my lessons, and i found this gem!
read it... its my life's plan exactly...heh heh.
presentation over! mummy's here! new racers!
Today is a goooood day!
my mom got here in the morning. i was still very much asleep, having slept at 4.30am preparing for the presentation today. Had a horrid weekend cramming for it....but it was all worth it in the end. i got a good grade! yippie! now its only another 9 days to the final submission. i hereby designate tonite 'REST NITE'. archi work shall resume tmr.....or maybe the day after. haha.
oooh. and my mom brought my new racers! they cost AUD$180 here, but only S$120 from queensway!!! anyways, they're neon blue and they look awesome! cant wait to try them out...but gotta wait till after the fasting month.
off to get krispy kream doughnuts now with mummy. ciao!
ps : khal, i'll post it soon! hee. lazy lah. haha
Saturday, October 14, 2006
esther's grad
Went to Esther's graduation yesterday.
Cant believe my ACJC friends are graduating!!! It really feels like just yesterday we finished A levels.....but 'wow' its actually almost 4 yrs ago... omg we're old!
The ceremony was at the Clayton campus. Yongsi met me at the train station and gave me a ride to the campus. We met Denise there. And so....the four 2SB3 melbournites were together yet again! haha.
Had dinner with esther's family afterwards (felt a bit pai seh)...but the food was really good...seafood claypot rice! Then we took the train back to the city and there was this dodgy, loud, had-too-much-vodka-for-dessert aussie punk on the train making trouble. He didnt hurt anyone...just making a lot of noise. idiot.
I meant to do work today...but i went shopping instead! hahaha. bought 3 giordano tops for 20 bucks total! so happy! i got home just before dinner, and it suddenly hit me that i have only 3 days to my final submission. aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. good thing i havent bought FIFA07 yet.
Cant believe my ACJC friends are graduating!!! It really feels like just yesterday we finished A levels.....but 'wow' its actually almost 4 yrs ago... omg we're old!
The ceremony was at the Clayton campus. Yongsi met me at the train station and gave me a ride to the campus. We met Denise there. And so....the four 2SB3 melbournites were together yet again! haha.
Had dinner with esther's family afterwards (felt a bit pai seh)...but the food was really good...seafood claypot rice! Then we took the train back to the city and there was this dodgy, loud, had-too-much-vodka-for-dessert aussie punk on the train making trouble. He didnt hurt anyone...just making a lot of noise. idiot.
I meant to do work today...but i went shopping instead! hahaha. bought 3 giordano tops for 20 bucks total! so happy! i got home just before dinner, and it suddenly hit me that i have only 3 days to my final submission. aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. good thing i havent bought FIFA07 yet.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
so true its scary
i'll be one of the first people to slam the idea that "our destiny is controlled by the stars", or "because u were born on so-and-so day, your life will turn out as such...blah...blah".
But i took one of these random tests where u input your birthday and the computer generates all manner of information about that date, like your star sign, birth stone, zodiac....etc. One in particular was so true about me its actually kinda creepy...
Your birth tree is:
Chestnut Tree, the Honesty
Of unusual beauty, does not want to impress, well-developed sense of justice, vivacious, interested, a born diplomat, but irritable and sensitive in company, often due to a lack of self-confidence, acts sometimes superior, feels not understood, loves only once, has difficulties in finding a partner.
try it out.
http://www.paulsadowski.com/BirthData.asp
But i took one of these random tests where u input your birthday and the computer generates all manner of information about that date, like your star sign, birth stone, zodiac....etc. One in particular was so true about me its actually kinda creepy...
Your birth tree is:
Chestnut Tree, the Honesty
Of unusual beauty, does not want to impress, well-developed sense of justice, vivacious, interested, a born diplomat, but irritable and sensitive in company, often due to a lack of self-confidence, acts sometimes superior, feels not understood, loves only once, has difficulties in finding a partner.
try it out.
http://www.paulsadowski.com/BirthData.asp
Monday, October 02, 2006
UNIGAMES!
alice, allison, cam, me, elaine
Day 1:
i met up with elaine at her place and we both got a ride with allison to the airport. I had to walk about 1km with a big backpackers-style bag....and it totally drained me! so not combat fit now. oh how i dread reservice...
anyways...moving on. we got the airport and met alice and cam there and surprise, surprise, found that they were on the same flight as us. just as well, bcos one of cam's frens had rented a car in adelaide, so when we touched down we got a free ride to the hotel!
the hotel was nice...BUT! cam and i got put into the smallest room. (or at least thats what it seemed) everyone else's room appeared bigger than ours. there was only one queen-sized bed, but luckily the hotel soon provided us with another single bed so we didnt have to sleep brokeback-style. nothing much happened on day 1. we went to the supermarket to stock up on supplies and had an early night.
alice, elaine, sofie, allison, bry
me, hamish, cam
Day 2:
Woke up at 9am and went for a walk. there are really nice parks in adelaide! but the birds are evil. one attacked me and landed on my head.
We all met up at 12pm and caugt a bus to the race venue at flinders university.
The race? 12km cross country. The course? the most boring-arse course u could imagine... 6 x 2km. super sian. and part of the course was on very uneven terrain which made it that much more annoying.
ran a 48min...not too good. thats 4min per km....
It was a horrible race... there are only a few times in my life that ive felt more shag after a race. But we got a team silver medal, so it wasnt all for nothing. Went back to the hotel and got a massage. (my first ever massage...seriously) Then we went out for dinner to this supposedly nearby place that ended up being 45 mins walk!!! and the food wasnt too great either. i had a pasta that was too creamy and too salty. bleah.
before
after
Day 3:
The day of the dreaded 10000m.
woke up feeling SORE from the 12km the day before. the massage helped...but not much.
I was feeling very reluctant to do the 10km....but cam was doing it too, so i figured what the heck, why not.
10000m on the track is boring boring boring multiplied to the power of infinity.
i had to stop a couple of times and stretch my ITB which was beginning to hurt, prob from running on too much uneven terrain the day earlier.
ran a 39.20....again not so good. just under 4min per km pace, which for 10000m is not fast enough. Cant quite remember what i did the rest of the day. haha. i think we stayed at the track and watched some other races before going out to dinner. oh ya! now i remember...haha. we went to another pasta place. much closer to the hotel this time, and better food too.
tram to the beach!
Day 4:
rest day! no races for me!
went to the beach with cam, sofie and elaine in the morning. unfortunately i was fasting, and coundnt eat the fish n chips by the beach.
we went to support some other people who were racing in the afternoon, and i managed to sneak in a bit of shopping into the day too.
at night we went to this ice cream place called Cold Rock that sofie was going on and on about. i must say, its the best damn ice cream ive ever had. EVER! what happens is u choose a flavour of ice cream and a topping (for example, an oreo cookie), and they actually mash and beat the two together on the counter top in front of u. haha. its great! and it tastes oh so yummy. needless to say, that wasnt my last trip to cold rock.
COLD ROCK ROCKS!
Day 5:
steeplechase!
looking back, the steeplechase was fun. but running it....NOT FUN. haha. why do they have to make to steeples so $%#& high?? i was like the second shortest person in the race, and at some points i had to use my hands and literally CLIMB over the steeple. so not pro. haha. but i definitely want to try it again. im sure i can do a better time. oh yea, i did a 11.28 btw....
poor cam injured his leg on one of the jumps. nothing major thank goodness...he should be back training in a week or so.
again...cant quite recall what we did at night. hmm...
Day 6:
We had to get up early and meet up at 9am in the lobby to head down to the road relay. We showed up at the race course, and there was only one other team there!! hahaha. apparently, the other teams had gotten too boozed the night before and couldnt wake up. hahaha.
the course was 5km, and once again, it was a boring 6 laps of a horse racing track. it was a fast course, though, and i got a good time...17.59. i suspect its a little under 5km, but i dont care! i'll take what i can get! haha.
we got back to the city at around 12 and had lunch at this really nice italian cafe. i had a seafood pizza...and it was WOOO!!! nothing like a good pizza after a hard run.
spent the rest of the afternoon walking ard and shopping. haha. but in the end i only bought a couple of plain tees for 27 bucks. (the thought of saving for my road bike was ever-present in my mind)
i've got so much to write about friday night! we had a HUGE clubbing session!!
but i gotta go break fast now, so i'll dedicate an entire post to friday night soon!
Saturday, September 23, 2006
MUACXC end of season bbq...and off to adelaide!
the white train! MUACXC had an end of season bbq today. was so fun!!
ive said it before, but this grp of runners are really nice people. its great to hang out with them at these social events, cos we dont get to talk so much during training when everybody's so shag. haha.
Roly and Hamish prepared this absolutely hillarious presentation that recapped the season. They're so funny! they should be stand-up comedians...i think they'd make a lot of money off it.
And of course we started getting excited about adelaide and talking about all the parties that we're gonna go to there. haha. Monica was like super excited about all the parties...she was telling elaine and me how she had to sit on her suitcase to close it! haha. I havent even started packing!! shit... must start real soon.
Still not confirmed what events i'll be running for unigames. At the moment my schedule is like :
Monday - Cross country (6km?)
Tues - 10000m
Thurs - 3000m steeplechase.
But i found out today that someone pulled out of the 800m, so i might want to run that! I prefer these shorter track races. Not too sian. haha. its painful but over quickly.
Hopefully can squeeze in a bit of sight seeing too. Definitely want to hit the beach!!
ah...better go pack now! updates n pics in a week!! ta
Saturday, September 16, 2006
a tan at the TAN
today was the last race of the winter season. its kinda sad...i really enjoyed the winter season. Ive always been more of a cross country runner...i like it more than short track races. so knowing that there wont be any more such races till march next year is kind of a bummer.
I will still do the summer season tho (the track season)... wanna try out some events like 1500m and 3000m steeplechase. (satiish! gimme some tips!)
yeap, so today was the final winter race, the TAN relays. i dunno why its called "tan". probably is an acronym for something but i dunno wat. haha. Its a 3.88km route, and each person runs one round only. Its FAST n FURIOUS! oh...and crowded also! had to dodge n weave my way thru other competitors at some points. It felt much shorter than 3.88 tho... compared to running macritchie 4.8 back home, this lap seemed much much faster.
I aimed to do a 14min... and ended up with a 13.36...yay!
originally i was supposed to run in division 5 (there are 7 divs, with div 1 being the best)...but there werent enough runners, so i got bumped up to div3!! the other 4 ppl in my team were pro! i was slated to run the last lap, so i got to see the times of the ppl before me...and they were FAST! they all did ard 13mins flat! so i was like 'oh shit...if i do 14mins plus its gonna look bad.' luckily managed to go under 14mins. phew.
most of the ladies had a good run. some clocking under 14mins!! which is just utter madness. and for the div one guys, some did 11min plus. again...CRAAAZZZY!!
Dave brought many pieces and sizes of our new club t-shirt. its called the "white train"....something like "le blue train" from tour de france, but this time its runners. looks really cute! haha. he even brought really small sizes "for our kids". hahaa. damn funny! we all wore the t-shirt and took photos. i heard they looked really good! will post them once i get my hands on them.
its really nice hanging out with the running bunch. they're all such nice, easy going people. cant wait to go for unigames with them in a week! its gonna be so much fun!
ah...but gotta do my essay b4 then. i read a few books this week... will prob start writing on monday, but i write very..............very..................slowly...................
I will still do the summer season tho (the track season)... wanna try out some events like 1500m and 3000m steeplechase. (satiish! gimme some tips!)
yeap, so today was the final winter race, the TAN relays. i dunno why its called "tan". probably is an acronym for something but i dunno wat. haha. Its a 3.88km route, and each person runs one round only. Its FAST n FURIOUS! oh...and crowded also! had to dodge n weave my way thru other competitors at some points. It felt much shorter than 3.88 tho... compared to running macritchie 4.8 back home, this lap seemed much much faster.
I aimed to do a 14min... and ended up with a 13.36...yay!
originally i was supposed to run in division 5 (there are 7 divs, with div 1 being the best)...but there werent enough runners, so i got bumped up to div3!! the other 4 ppl in my team were pro! i was slated to run the last lap, so i got to see the times of the ppl before me...and they were FAST! they all did ard 13mins flat! so i was like 'oh shit...if i do 14mins plus its gonna look bad.' luckily managed to go under 14mins. phew.
most of the ladies had a good run. some clocking under 14mins!! which is just utter madness. and for the div one guys, some did 11min plus. again...CRAAAZZZY!!
Dave brought many pieces and sizes of our new club t-shirt. its called the "white train"....something like "le blue train" from tour de france, but this time its runners. looks really cute! haha. he even brought really small sizes "for our kids". hahaa. damn funny! we all wore the t-shirt and took photos. i heard they looked really good! will post them once i get my hands on them.
its really nice hanging out with the running bunch. they're all such nice, easy going people. cant wait to go for unigames with them in a week! its gonna be so much fun!
ah...but gotta do my essay b4 then. i read a few books this week... will prob start writing on monday, but i write very..............very..................slowly...................
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
one, two, cha cha cha
Crystal's dance exhibition was fun!
We left the city at around 12pm...caught a ride in a maxi-cab with esther, crystal, and crystal's friend jacklyn and her parents. The place we went to was quite far away from the city in this suburb called forest hills...its about 40mins drive. The actual ballroom itself is right smack in the middle of a housing estate, which is kinda weird...but its a very beautiful location. I can imagine the place being used for small weddings. It only seats about 100-150 ppl, so much less than the void deck weddings in spore *cough cough*.
The event had only just started when we got there, but crystal n jacklyn's first performances werent till about an hour after the start, so we were making good time. I was quite skeptical at first as to whether i'd enjoy watching ppl dance for hours, and i joked with crystal that i would bring my PSP with me...but i must say its very interesting to watch the pros dance! especially the HOT latin dances with the shart movements and questionable groping. (okay..im exaggerating)
We had a lunch break at around 3.30pm. (everyone else had pasta, but i had the vege meal which was just soup!! do they think vegetarians eat less or something???) anyways, as a result, i was really really hungry by dinner time, which was at about 8pm. dinner did not disappoint! it was a buffet. and it had oysters!!! (bennett! r u jealous?? i had FREE oysters!! hahaha)
Oh i must mention one thing. There was this slightly dodgy guy sitting at our table next to esther. He behaved a bit like a perv and constantly "touching" everybody. There was one instance where he (already quite drunk) grabbed esther's arm and pretended to nibble it cos he said he couldnt wait for dinner. I was sooooooooo pissed off, but i didnt wanna make a scene, so i just clenched my fists beneath the table and tried not to lose my cool. Luckily he didnt do it again or i think i might have seriously hit him. arrrggghh...wat a dickhead. Later on he got REALLY wasted and began shouting profanities....then he left (thank god), and the rest of the evening was peaceful.
Esther, jacklyn, her parents and myself caught a cab back to the city at ard 11pm. crystal stayed on the party with he dance mates. All in all, it was a really wonderful evening. Thanks crystal! I'll be there for your march showcase! (am i invited? haha)
ive posted the pics of the nite HERE
Saturday, September 09, 2006
2 more wks to unigames!
I went to Savers this morning. Its this place that sells second hand stuff (kinda like salvation army, but a lot BIGGER). Crystal has a dance presentation this sunday, and Esther and i are going to watch. Its from mid afternoon all the way till 9pm...looking forward to it! should be fun! Its a formal event, so have to dress up nicely ala ball-style. Thats why i went to savers...wanted to look for a shirt to match esther's dress. But her dress is this very unique colour so i ended up buying just a white shirt in the end. Ooooh, but i got a suit for super cheap! its second hand...only 17 bucks!!! and it fit me soooo perfectly! haha. so happy! now i suddenly feel the urge to go to more balls. hahaha. Met up with esther at night and went looking for a tie (since i couldnt match my shirt with hers, the next best thing was to match the tie). We found quite a close match in the end. and it was 25% off! but its damn funny...my tie costs 22 bucks, which is more than my suit! hahahaha.
going to the botanical gardens for training tmr morning. should be a nice change of location. usually we train at princes park, which is behind uni. im so sian of that place! haha. looking forward to the change of scenery. also bcos we are having a relay there (the botanical gardens) in a wks time, so we need to get familiar with the route. Each person runs one lap of the garderns, which is about 3.8km. Some of the ppl do it in under 12 mins!!! crazy lah... i'm aiming for 13.30.
its only 2 wks to uni games!! getting really excited! booked my ticket already. taking the morning flight with elaine on sun 24th sep at 9.10am, and back on sat 30th sep at 7pm. 6 days of holiday! wheeee!! BUT, this also means that i have to finish my history essay in the next 2 wks! which is no time at all considering ive barely started research. argh.
going to the botanical gardens for training tmr morning. should be a nice change of location. usually we train at princes park, which is behind uni. im so sian of that place! haha. looking forward to the change of scenery. also bcos we are having a relay there (the botanical gardens) in a wks time, so we need to get familiar with the route. Each person runs one lap of the garderns, which is about 3.8km. Some of the ppl do it in under 12 mins!!! crazy lah... i'm aiming for 13.30.
its only 2 wks to uni games!! getting really excited! booked my ticket already. taking the morning flight with elaine on sun 24th sep at 9.10am, and back on sat 30th sep at 7pm. 6 days of holiday! wheeee!! BUT, this also means that i have to finish my history essay in the next 2 wks! which is no time at all considering ive barely started research. argh.
Sunday, September 03, 2006
survived the half! new PB!!
im so happy!!
i ran the half marathon without my knee guard, and my knee held up fine. was a little sore at the end, but thats to be expected. after a bit or stretching it felt fine.
but the best part is....i did a new PB!!! yippieeeee!!!
1hr 25min 30s
the course was really nice! although it was one of those "lap" courses (in this case, 3 x 7km laps), it didnt feel nearly as monotonous as i thought it would be. It rained super heavily at the start point, and we were freeeeezing!!! once the race got underway, though, the weather cleared up into a slight drizzle which lasted the whole race. It was actually quite nice to have the drizzle.
Lots of ppl in the club did PBs this time round. it was really good! and a couple of girls ran sub-1hr30mins!!!! i was like...whoa!! PRO!
gonna be really sore tmr morning. i can feel it already.
okie..gonna sleep now. its only 10.30pm but im so tired.
nite!
i ran the half marathon without my knee guard, and my knee held up fine. was a little sore at the end, but thats to be expected. after a bit or stretching it felt fine.
but the best part is....i did a new PB!!! yippieeeee!!!
1hr 25min 30s
the course was really nice! although it was one of those "lap" courses (in this case, 3 x 7km laps), it didnt feel nearly as monotonous as i thought it would be. It rained super heavily at the start point, and we were freeeeezing!!! once the race got underway, though, the weather cleared up into a slight drizzle which lasted the whole race. It was actually quite nice to have the drizzle.
Lots of ppl in the club did PBs this time round. it was really good! and a couple of girls ran sub-1hr30mins!!!! i was like...whoa!! PRO!
gonna be really sore tmr morning. i can feel it already.
okie..gonna sleep now. its only 10.30pm but im so tired.
nite!
Saturday, September 02, 2006
the HALF cometh!
tmr is the half marathon!!
i feel so unprepared. only trained up to 15km...and that was only once!!
back in spore i would've done at least a couple of 18km runs by now. oh well...too late now. haha. hopefully it will be a good run. im not aiming for a good timing (though i wouldnt mind if by some miracle i did one!). hoping to finish is more like it...
this is the first race that i'll be doing without my knee guard...so im really praying that the knee holds up, if not its another couple months of laying off running. nooooooooo...i dun want to go thru that again!
wish me luck!
i feel so unprepared. only trained up to 15km...and that was only once!!
back in spore i would've done at least a couple of 18km runs by now. oh well...too late now. haha. hopefully it will be a good run. im not aiming for a good timing (though i wouldnt mind if by some miracle i did one!). hoping to finish is more like it...
this is the first race that i'll be doing without my knee guard...so im really praying that the knee holds up, if not its another couple months of laying off running. nooooooooo...i dun want to go thru that again!
wish me luck!
Thursday, August 31, 2006
so chio!
i have a new love....cycling!
been going ard the city quite a lot lately on my road bike. its so fun! a bit scary cos of those evil trams, but thats what makes it more exciting! haha.
theres a pro bike shop downstairs at my place, so i went there last wk to have a looksy. arrgghh all the road bikes are sooooooo cool! but damn ex la.... cheapest is like 1000+.
went online last nite to search for cheaper road bikes at various shops in the city (instead of doing my assignment). found one that was 800+ bucks...still ex, but thats the cheapest i could find thats good for starters.
shit la.... why do i always pick up sports that cost so much $$$??? in JC it was bowling, then running in NS(new asics shoe every year = 200 bucks), and now cycling! ahhhhhhh.
im really really interested in trying out triathlon next year. the more i hear my fren talk about it, the more interested i get! but gotta brush up on my swimming....cos, well, it sucks. after 30 laps of the 25m pool at my place im like half dead. i heard that the tri squad at uni swims 2-3 km during trainings! (i know...wtf!)
so heres my plan :
1. from now till feb next year, will start training up my swimming till i can swim (gasp) 2km non-stop.
2. save money from my part time job! and buy less comics! (oh thats gonna be tough...) if i can save 150 a month, and i work in sept, oct, nov, and jan....then by the time term starts in feb is hould have enuf to buy a road bike!
3. join tri squad during feb orientation!
sigh....im like totally not saving money for my future. everytime i get my paycheck i just blow most of it. i was supposed to use the money from this part time job to pay for my cartooning course next year, but now looks like its going into a bike. damn...am i making the wrong decisions? should i not be thinking about all this sporting stuff? after all, few years down the road, a cartooing course cert will be more valuable than a road bike. and its not like im super pro in sports and gonna do it professionally. just doing it for fun but its costing me so much money! sigh...decisions decisions.
(suresh, i think definitely no Man U jersey for me this year)
shit...been typing for quite a while now....back to work! assignment due later today!
4 more days to the half....
been going ard the city quite a lot lately on my road bike. its so fun! a bit scary cos of those evil trams, but thats what makes it more exciting! haha.
theres a pro bike shop downstairs at my place, so i went there last wk to have a looksy. arrgghh all the road bikes are sooooooo cool! but damn ex la.... cheapest is like 1000+.
went online last nite to search for cheaper road bikes at various shops in the city (instead of doing my assignment). found one that was 800+ bucks...still ex, but thats the cheapest i could find thats good for starters.
shit la.... why do i always pick up sports that cost so much $$$??? in JC it was bowling, then running in NS(new asics shoe every year = 200 bucks), and now cycling! ahhhhhhh.
im really really interested in trying out triathlon next year. the more i hear my fren talk about it, the more interested i get! but gotta brush up on my swimming....cos, well, it sucks. after 30 laps of the 25m pool at my place im like half dead. i heard that the tri squad at uni swims 2-3 km during trainings! (i know...wtf!)
so heres my plan :
1. from now till feb next year, will start training up my swimming till i can swim (gasp) 2km non-stop.
2. save money from my part time job! and buy less comics! (oh thats gonna be tough...) if i can save 150 a month, and i work in sept, oct, nov, and jan....then by the time term starts in feb is hould have enuf to buy a road bike!
3. join tri squad during feb orientation!
sigh....im like totally not saving money for my future. everytime i get my paycheck i just blow most of it. i was supposed to use the money from this part time job to pay for my cartooning course next year, but now looks like its going into a bike. damn...am i making the wrong decisions? should i not be thinking about all this sporting stuff? after all, few years down the road, a cartooing course cert will be more valuable than a road bike. and its not like im super pro in sports and gonna do it professionally. just doing it for fun but its costing me so much money! sigh...decisions decisions.
(suresh, i think definitely no Man U jersey for me this year)
shit...been typing for quite a while now....back to work! assignment due later today!
4 more days to the half....
Saturday, August 26, 2006
ultimate spidey 100!!!
ive been collecting comics for about 6 years now...started way back when i was 16yrs old. and the first comic that i started collecting, the one that started it all, was a title called Ultimate Spiderman. at that time, Marvel were just starting their new Ultimate line, in which they were gonna "restart" the universes. and the first character they were gonna try it with was spidey. well, that was 6 years ago, and in a couple week's time, Ultimate Spiderman issue 100 will be out!!!! ive not missed a single issue since it debuted! so excited!! i preordered my copy already! woohoo! hahaha.
met up with my frens from the SSS today. we went to natalie's house to make laksa and bandung. were gonna sell it at the Festival of Nations in uni next week. but silly me bought the WRONG kind of rose syrup. in fact, it wasnt rose syrup at all...it just looked like it. argh...d'oh!
went for a 15km run this morning with jensen. (satiish u remember him? he was one of the cadets during AHM, when we were ocifers) was quite a fast paced run... the knee held up fine without wearing a knee guard. im so glad for that. no pain so far, so im considering risking not wearing a knee guard for the 21km next wkend. we'll see how...
going DFO tmr with esther, yongsi and my mom. i just got my salary on friday, so i have a bit of money to spend spend spend!! but must keep in mind that the variant cover for ultimate spidey 100 will cost about 30 bucks. im definitely getting it! i dun care! its issue 100!!! gotta start saving a bit for uni games...
met up with my frens from the SSS today. we went to natalie's house to make laksa and bandung. were gonna sell it at the Festival of Nations in uni next week. but silly me bought the WRONG kind of rose syrup. in fact, it wasnt rose syrup at all...it just looked like it. argh...d'oh!
went for a 15km run this morning with jensen. (satiish u remember him? he was one of the cadets during AHM, when we were ocifers) was quite a fast paced run... the knee held up fine without wearing a knee guard. im so glad for that. no pain so far, so im considering risking not wearing a knee guard for the 21km next wkend. we'll see how...
going DFO tmr with esther, yongsi and my mom. i just got my salary on friday, so i have a bit of money to spend spend spend!! but must keep in mind that the variant cover for ultimate spidey 100 will cost about 30 bucks. im definitely getting it! i dun care! its issue 100!!! gotta start saving a bit for uni games...
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
2 wks to the half! oh no!
less than 2 wks to the half marathon! yikes!
the farthest ive trained so far is only 10km. yeah....im so screwed. been telling myself to start clocking the mileage, but ive just procrastinated and procrastinated till now theres only 2 wks left. looking at my current condition, i'll be happy to do a 1.40.
went cycling down the coast on sunday with some frens. super fun! road cycling is great! we left the city at about 9am, then rode down to st kilda beach. the ride to st kilda sucks, cos there are lots of evil trams and heavy traffic and annoying padestrians. but once u get to the "beach road", its smooth sailing all the way. at some parts the wind was so strong, u kinda go "whoa!" and feel like you're gonna be lifted off the ground! the views are spectacular along the coast. wish we couldve gone further, but one of my frens had a skin irritation problem, so we had to stop and take a train back to the city. cant wait to go again this sunday!
school is a little less hectic this week. fewer assignments. but there are big ones coming up, and if i dont start now, i'll regret it later. i got my essay topic a week ago. went to the library yesterday to find books and already a lot of them have been loaned out! talk about KIASU!!! and if they're like me, they'll just hog the books and keep extending the loan period till the essay is over. heh heh.
nothing much else happening really. its been very routine lately. cant wait for the mid-sem break.....and UNI GAMES IN ADELAIDE! but my coach wants me to run 10000m on track! 25 rounds! omg....
the farthest ive trained so far is only 10km. yeah....im so screwed. been telling myself to start clocking the mileage, but ive just procrastinated and procrastinated till now theres only 2 wks left. looking at my current condition, i'll be happy to do a 1.40.
went cycling down the coast on sunday with some frens. super fun! road cycling is great! we left the city at about 9am, then rode down to st kilda beach. the ride to st kilda sucks, cos there are lots of evil trams and heavy traffic and annoying padestrians. but once u get to the "beach road", its smooth sailing all the way. at some parts the wind was so strong, u kinda go "whoa!" and feel like you're gonna be lifted off the ground! the views are spectacular along the coast. wish we couldve gone further, but one of my frens had a skin irritation problem, so we had to stop and take a train back to the city. cant wait to go again this sunday!
school is a little less hectic this week. fewer assignments. but there are big ones coming up, and if i dont start now, i'll regret it later. i got my essay topic a week ago. went to the library yesterday to find books and already a lot of them have been loaned out! talk about KIASU!!! and if they're like me, they'll just hog the books and keep extending the loan period till the essay is over. heh heh.
nothing much else happening really. its been very routine lately. cant wait for the mid-sem break.....and UNI GAMES IN ADELAIDE! but my coach wants me to run 10000m on track! 25 rounds! omg....
Thursday, August 17, 2006
finally...a break
ah...ive been waiting for this day for several weeks now.
i only have one assignment to do this weekend. can u believe it?!?! only ONE!!!! woohoo!
finally, i can take some time off to start training again, go for a bike ride, read the new comic books that ive been neglecting, and maybe watch some TV!! its good....its real good.
still sick tho. the fever is more or less gone, but the sore throat is still bad. im glad the fever is gone tho, cos with it went the lethargic feeling as well. its good timing, cos im working tmr, and its no good waiting tables for 8 hrs with a fever.
i was so happy today. this year's issue of EYES (a magazine that showcases the best student work in the archi faculty of the past year) was released. I had submitted one of my projects for inclusion in the magazine earlier in the year, but i was told that i would probably only get a small portion of a page. so i was very pleasantly surprised to see that i had a whole page to myself! yay! that really made my day...especially after a long studio where once again i didnt get a very high mark for this wk's model making assignment.
its almost 11 now and im gonna sleep...and im not gonna set my alarm!!! haha. its been countless nights with 5 hrs sleep or less, so its about time i made up for it!
good nite folks!
i only have one assignment to do this weekend. can u believe it?!?! only ONE!!!! woohoo!
finally, i can take some time off to start training again, go for a bike ride, read the new comic books that ive been neglecting, and maybe watch some TV!! its good....its real good.
still sick tho. the fever is more or less gone, but the sore throat is still bad. im glad the fever is gone tho, cos with it went the lethargic feeling as well. its good timing, cos im working tmr, and its no good waiting tables for 8 hrs with a fever.
i was so happy today. this year's issue of EYES (a magazine that showcases the best student work in the archi faculty of the past year) was released. I had submitted one of my projects for inclusion in the magazine earlier in the year, but i was told that i would probably only get a small portion of a page. so i was very pleasantly surprised to see that i had a whole page to myself! yay! that really made my day...especially after a long studio where once again i didnt get a very high mark for this wk's model making assignment.
its almost 11 now and im gonna sleep...and im not gonna set my alarm!!! haha. its been countless nights with 5 hrs sleep or less, so its about time i made up for it!
good nite folks!
Sunday, August 13, 2006
TNA : Total Non-stop Architectural studies
its 1.31am now.... and i FINALLY get a chance to post another blog entry.
i have seriously not had a minute's rest lately!
the course coordinators for this semester mustve been on crack when they came up with the workload...cos its way too much!
and its not just me.
just take a look at some of my archi fren's MSN nicks:
rachael : architorture
monkie : starting to feel the architect's life
justmich : die
over the past week, ive been sleeping at 2am, wake up at 7.30, do assignments, go to school, come home n do more assignments, go for running training, come home super shag but STILL have to finish assignments. argh... NEED BREAK!
thankfully this week's assignment (one of THREE for the week) was to make an 8-10 page comic book! YES! THATS RIGHT! make a COMIC BOOK!!! i'm loving it!
there's a catch tho...we cant just do it on ANYTHING we want. it has to be based on this placed called CROWN hotel in the city. we went to take photos of the place, and our comic is supposed to showcase the movt thru the spaces...or smthg like that.
who cares! its a comic book! yay!
trouble is, its due in one week! and one week is NO TIME at all to be writing and illustrating an 8-page comic book. i spent from 3pm till 1.30am today (yes, thats right...with only a break for dinner in between.) just pencilling it. still havent got into inking yet. my hand is damn pain n numb at the same time now. ah.....
and tmr have to get up at 7.30am again to do ANOTHER assignment. cant go on much longer like this....
some good news :
im meeting a guy tmr who wants to sell his road bike for less than $100. if its in good condition im gonna get it!! some frens of mine go cycling on sundays, so im hoping to join them.
Uni Games is in end sept!! its this yearly event where all the universities in australia come together to compete in sports. this year its in adelaide!! im gonna tryout for the 1500m, steeple, and 5km relay. the qualifying times are quite psycho, but im gonna give it a go. PRAY FOR ME!
thats all folks. take care my dear frens.
hopefully i can update this more regularly...
i have seriously not had a minute's rest lately!
the course coordinators for this semester mustve been on crack when they came up with the workload...cos its way too much!
and its not just me.
just take a look at some of my archi fren's MSN nicks:
rachael : architorture
monkie : starting to feel the architect's life
justmich : die
over the past week, ive been sleeping at 2am, wake up at 7.30, do assignments, go to school, come home n do more assignments, go for running training, come home super shag but STILL have to finish assignments. argh... NEED BREAK!
thankfully this week's assignment (one of THREE for the week) was to make an 8-10 page comic book! YES! THATS RIGHT! make a COMIC BOOK!!! i'm loving it!
there's a catch tho...we cant just do it on ANYTHING we want. it has to be based on this placed called CROWN hotel in the city. we went to take photos of the place, and our comic is supposed to showcase the movt thru the spaces...or smthg like that.
who cares! its a comic book! yay!
trouble is, its due in one week! and one week is NO TIME at all to be writing and illustrating an 8-page comic book. i spent from 3pm till 1.30am today (yes, thats right...with only a break for dinner in between.) just pencilling it. still havent got into inking yet. my hand is damn pain n numb at the same time now. ah.....
and tmr have to get up at 7.30am again to do ANOTHER assignment. cant go on much longer like this....
some good news :
im meeting a guy tmr who wants to sell his road bike for less than $100. if its in good condition im gonna get it!! some frens of mine go cycling on sundays, so im hoping to join them.
Uni Games is in end sept!! its this yearly event where all the universities in australia come together to compete in sports. this year its in adelaide!! im gonna tryout for the 1500m, steeple, and 5km relay. the qualifying times are quite psycho, but im gonna give it a go. PRAY FOR ME!
thats all folks. take care my dear frens.
hopefully i can update this more regularly...
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
mari kita rakyat singapura...
national day is tmr!!! hahaha. ive never been so patriotic in my life. but being on the spore student society committee means that i must spread the mood!! MARI KITA RAKYAT SINGAPURA... ahem ahem...
anyways...its been a busy as heck week. this semester has started in 5th gear!!! assignmetns are pouring in already!! just this week alone i had to build this weird cube-window-model thing (yes, its exactly as weird as it sounds), go down to some building in the city and draw plans for EVERY ONE of its 35 floors, and prepare a hist paper/presentation thats worth 20% of my overall mark for the subjust. supposed to meet up with my hist partner this morning, and i only just finished reading the reader last night!! die lah...shes gonna be pissed... saw her at lecture on monday and she had already finished the reading over the weekend and had made lots of notes n stuff. and im like..."erm....yeah....i'll uh.....read it tonight."
oh and I GOT A JOB!!
yay!
am gonna start work at this indonesian restaurant in the city on friday. i was very lucky to get this job cos there are only so few halal restaurants in the city. the manager said that he'll put me on 'trial' for the first 20 hrs, and then if all goes well, i can start working on a regular basis.
pray for me!
nothing much has changed on the whole "i dont want to be an architect" front. i STILL think i dont want to be an architect. im so indecisive. one week i may feel like drawing for MARVEL, and the next i feel like going off and doing some humanitarian effort-thing. i wish i had as clear a vision of where i was heading as some of the other students i know. i guess i do have an ultimate goal...... DRAW FOR MARVEL. but thats more than a far-fetched dream than a goal. need to think more realistically...
ok..running late for school!
anyways...its been a busy as heck week. this semester has started in 5th gear!!! assignmetns are pouring in already!! just this week alone i had to build this weird cube-window-model thing (yes, its exactly as weird as it sounds), go down to some building in the city and draw plans for EVERY ONE of its 35 floors, and prepare a hist paper/presentation thats worth 20% of my overall mark for the subjust. supposed to meet up with my hist partner this morning, and i only just finished reading the reader last night!! die lah...shes gonna be pissed... saw her at lecture on monday and she had already finished the reading over the weekend and had made lots of notes n stuff. and im like..."erm....yeah....i'll uh.....read it tonight."
oh and I GOT A JOB!!
yay!
am gonna start work at this indonesian restaurant in the city on friday. i was very lucky to get this job cos there are only so few halal restaurants in the city. the manager said that he'll put me on 'trial' for the first 20 hrs, and then if all goes well, i can start working on a regular basis.
pray for me!
nothing much has changed on the whole "i dont want to be an architect" front. i STILL think i dont want to be an architect. im so indecisive. one week i may feel like drawing for MARVEL, and the next i feel like going off and doing some humanitarian effort-thing. i wish i had as clear a vision of where i was heading as some of the other students i know. i guess i do have an ultimate goal...... DRAW FOR MARVEL. but thats more than a far-fetched dream than a goal. need to think more realistically...
ok..running late for school!
Friday, August 04, 2006
...
friday morning.
the beginning of the weekend.
the beginning of another torturous 3 days where i have to do assignment work, and comtemplate, even more, what direction my life is heading.
weekends arent nice. weekends suck.
during the weekdays, going to school keeps me busy. keeps my mind occupied. but the weekends are a different story. since i dont have sch on fridays, thats 72 hours of time to myself.
i cant turn back now, though.... already halfway thru my 2.5 year course. I must at least graduate with my first degree and find some work. i owe my parents that at least. But beyond that...i dunno. i want to be a comic book artist. sounds cheesy i know....but i really want to do it. and theres only one place to do that.....the states. sigh...am i wrong to have a dream like that? is it immature of me to wake up every morning wondering how much BETTER my life could be, when its already very good now? uncertainty......argh i hate uncertainty. the future is a scary place...its rolling towards me everyday at breakneck speed, and i cant see more than 3 feet in front of me. i think i need psychiatric help...... some moments im super happy, and 5 mins later i can slump into a completely depressive state, and not feel like talking to anybody. tell me im not crazy? is that crazy? oh no.....im going crazy.
the beginning of the weekend.
the beginning of another torturous 3 days where i have to do assignment work, and comtemplate, even more, what direction my life is heading.
weekends arent nice. weekends suck.
during the weekdays, going to school keeps me busy. keeps my mind occupied. but the weekends are a different story. since i dont have sch on fridays, thats 72 hours of time to myself.
i cant turn back now, though.... already halfway thru my 2.5 year course. I must at least graduate with my first degree and find some work. i owe my parents that at least. But beyond that...i dunno. i want to be a comic book artist. sounds cheesy i know....but i really want to do it. and theres only one place to do that.....the states. sigh...am i wrong to have a dream like that? is it immature of me to wake up every morning wondering how much BETTER my life could be, when its already very good now? uncertainty......argh i hate uncertainty. the future is a scary place...its rolling towards me everyday at breakneck speed, and i cant see more than 3 feet in front of me. i think i need psychiatric help...... some moments im super happy, and 5 mins later i can slump into a completely depressive state, and not feel like talking to anybody. tell me im not crazy? is that crazy? oh no.....im going crazy.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
2SB3 nite out in melb!
hey everyone!
sorry but this is a very delayed post.
a week ago, we had a little sb3 gathering here in melbourne. Bennett and Evelyn came from singapore to join the usual suspects of yongsi, esther, denise and myself.
I dunno who came up with the idea to wear our sch uniforms (esther? haha), but yeah....we WORE OUR ACJC UNIFORMS!! hahahahaha...and went to eat a buffet at Crown Casino.
It was so nice to hang out with friends that you feel so comfortable with. Friends who dont judge you, and whom u know u can talk to about anything and everything. Its amazing how after all these years, when we get together, we are STILL the same ppl. still talking nonsense and still lauging at all manner of lame jokes. i miss ACJC!!!!
ok, i'll let the pics tell the rest of the story! enjoy!
PICS HERE!
l dont like mornings
sunday morning. yawn.
i dont like the weekends anymore. theres too much time to do nothing. feels like im not accomplishing anything and my life is passing me by. as u can see, mornings are NOT my fav time of day. i like evenings...sunsets.
went to Crown casino to have dessert yesterday nite with Crystal n Ah Yen... passed by this Warner Bros shop and Crys pointed out that they were hiring at the moment!!! Gonna go for an interview on monday. ahhh....i so so so so want that job!!! working in the WB store, surrounded by stuffed toys and not to mention superman n batman merchandise....its like a dream job. (probably ranking as high on my job-wish-list as max brenner)
yesterday, went to esther's drama performance at church. she was an angel...literally. nice! unfortunately, silly me forgot to bring my camera. d'oh!
i dont like the weekends anymore. theres too much time to do nothing. feels like im not accomplishing anything and my life is passing me by. as u can see, mornings are NOT my fav time of day. i like evenings...sunsets.
went to Crown casino to have dessert yesterday nite with Crystal n Ah Yen... passed by this Warner Bros shop and Crys pointed out that they were hiring at the moment!!! Gonna go for an interview on monday. ahhh....i so so so so want that job!!! working in the WB store, surrounded by stuffed toys and not to mention superman n batman merchandise....its like a dream job. (probably ranking as high on my job-wish-list as max brenner)
yesterday, went to esther's drama performance at church. she was an angel...literally. nice! unfortunately, silly me forgot to bring my camera. d'oh!
Thursday, July 27, 2006
back
hey everyone.
its been almost a month since the last post. sorry!
now that im back in melb and sch is starting again, the blog will be updated more regularly.
tasmania pics and pics from the sb3 uniform nite out will be posted soon.
right now i just dun feel like doing anything. im so sian....
every morning over the past few days when i wake up, i think about what i will be doing in the future. its probably not a good idea to worry about the future too much, and just take it day by day, but i cant help but worry about where i'll be in a few yrs time. most of this i think has to do with my course.
last semester when i started out, architecture was like rEALLY waht i wanted to do. but now that ive dived into it for a year, and seen snippets of what the industry is like....it scares me. cant help but worry that if i dun make it as an architect, i CANT DO ANYTHING ELSE!!! its too specialised. u know that "calling" that doctors have...like they WANT to be doctors....well, i dun feel that at the moment. its as if i just keep going on n on, day after day, rolling forward towards an inevitable outcome that i cant hide from.
bleah....i dunno. like i said.....really sian rite now.
life ahead seems so uncertain. what am i doing???? i dunno..... waht is my purpose in life???? i dunno....
4 more years here is a very very long time. and im not even sure if its what i want to do. to quote someone..."nothing is worse than uncertainty. your soul leaves you."
its been almost a month since the last post. sorry!
now that im back in melb and sch is starting again, the blog will be updated more regularly.
tasmania pics and pics from the sb3 uniform nite out will be posted soon.
right now i just dun feel like doing anything. im so sian....
every morning over the past few days when i wake up, i think about what i will be doing in the future. its probably not a good idea to worry about the future too much, and just take it day by day, but i cant help but worry about where i'll be in a few yrs time. most of this i think has to do with my course.
last semester when i started out, architecture was like rEALLY waht i wanted to do. but now that ive dived into it for a year, and seen snippets of what the industry is like....it scares me. cant help but worry that if i dun make it as an architect, i CANT DO ANYTHING ELSE!!! its too specialised. u know that "calling" that doctors have...like they WANT to be doctors....well, i dun feel that at the moment. its as if i just keep going on n on, day after day, rolling forward towards an inevitable outcome that i cant hide from.
bleah....i dunno. like i said.....really sian rite now.
life ahead seems so uncertain. what am i doing???? i dunno..... waht is my purpose in life???? i dunno....
4 more years here is a very very long time. and im not even sure if its what i want to do. to quote someone..."nothing is worse than uncertainty. your soul leaves you."
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
sooperman
finally after years n years of waiting...superman returns is opening tmr!!!!
and of course ive got my tickets booked already! im not taking any chances with this one.
x-men or spiderman i can afford to watch week after opening.
but for superman, HELL NO!
its gotta be opening day! no questions asked!
and so we come to it at last....JUNE 29th 2006!!!
other things ive been up to when im not counting down the seconds to tmr.
1. went for a run yesterday. it was horrible. ive learnt one thing....dont run after u have taken a nap in the aircon. your body will be too cold n not warmed-up yet. when i ran i felt as though i was running thru a furnace. not a good feeling. its nice to feel shag after a run cos it gives u a sense of accomplishment. but if u feel pain, then something is wrong. and yesterday i felt PAIN. was gasping for breath even as i was walking home after the run. not gonna do that again...
2. been reading this comic called Y:The Last Man. Its about a plague that kills every since male creature on the planet, except for one man named Yorrick BRown. the story is about how yorrick journeys accross the world to get to his girlfriend in australia, while along the way also discovering why is it he was the only man spared. There are 7 collected trades now on sale....i bought the first one from kino the other day and ive finished reading it already. as usual, it ended on a bloody cliffhangar so now i have no choice but to buy the next set. im more than happy to do it tho..hehe.
3. my body clock is totally screwed. been watching both soccer matches for two days straight now. and somehow the afternoon naps are not making up for the loss of sleep. i feel tired ALL DAY LONG now. thats not good.... especially when driving with the air con blowing at my face.
4. need to start practicing my AutoCad. brought the CD back to spore n told myself that i will do it in my free time. still havent gotten down to doing it yet. i want to start, but there are so many other distractions...PSP, comics, world cup. ahhhhhh. truth is im just too lazy to do it.
yawn. im sleepy again.
oh well, might as well take another nap.
the more i sleep, the sooner it will be to tmr.....and the sooner i can watch SOOOPERMAN RETURNS!!!!!
and of course ive got my tickets booked already! im not taking any chances with this one.
x-men or spiderman i can afford to watch week after opening.
but for superman, HELL NO!
its gotta be opening day! no questions asked!
and so we come to it at last....JUNE 29th 2006!!!
other things ive been up to when im not counting down the seconds to tmr.
1. went for a run yesterday. it was horrible. ive learnt one thing....dont run after u have taken a nap in the aircon. your body will be too cold n not warmed-up yet. when i ran i felt as though i was running thru a furnace. not a good feeling. its nice to feel shag after a run cos it gives u a sense of accomplishment. but if u feel pain, then something is wrong. and yesterday i felt PAIN. was gasping for breath even as i was walking home after the run. not gonna do that again...
2. been reading this comic called Y:The Last Man. Its about a plague that kills every since male creature on the planet, except for one man named Yorrick BRown. the story is about how yorrick journeys accross the world to get to his girlfriend in australia, while along the way also discovering why is it he was the only man spared. There are 7 collected trades now on sale....i bought the first one from kino the other day and ive finished reading it already. as usual, it ended on a bloody cliffhangar so now i have no choice but to buy the next set. im more than happy to do it tho..hehe.
3. my body clock is totally screwed. been watching both soccer matches for two days straight now. and somehow the afternoon naps are not making up for the loss of sleep. i feel tired ALL DAY LONG now. thats not good.... especially when driving with the air con blowing at my face.
4. need to start practicing my AutoCad. brought the CD back to spore n told myself that i will do it in my free time. still havent gotten down to doing it yet. i want to start, but there are so many other distractions...PSP, comics, world cup. ahhhhhh. truth is im just too lazy to do it.
yawn. im sleepy again.
oh well, might as well take another nap.
the more i sleep, the sooner it will be to tmr.....and the sooner i can watch SOOOPERMAN RETURNS!!!!!
Sunday, June 25, 2006
one week back in humidity central
phew!
finally after almost a week back home, i have time to blog...
been going out almost every day this wk...wait.....make that EVERYDAY.
monday - went to help Lala at her workplace, then went lau pasat for dineer
tues - went out with mom cos she took the day off, then watched WC with suresh at nite
wed - went to airport to pick up satiish, then hung out the whole day with him
thurs - whole day spent with satiish n marie preparing for the bbq, which was at night
fri - cleaned up the bbq stuff in the morning and went to meet khalsom at orchard in the afternoon.
sat - went queensway with satiish, then macritche to run, then thompson to eat. (nasi goreng ikan bilis! POWER!)
sun - morning REST! FINALLY! malay wedding in the afternoon.
damn shag now. haha.
was supposed to play a soccer match this morning but it was cancelled cos we couldnt get enuf players. just as well, im still reeling from the middle-of-the-afternoon macritchie run with satiish yesterday, and my ankle hurts too. so thanks to the cancelled match, i have the time to relax this morning, before i have to head off to a malay wedding later this afternoon.
just spoke to crystal last nite and she said the tazzie trip is confirmed!!! yay!!!!!
cant wait for that!
still have a good 3 more weeks in spore. 1st week went by so fast! i cant believe its already sunday again. but the faster time goes, the sooner it will be the opening of SUPERMAN RETURNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
finally after almost a week back home, i have time to blog...
been going out almost every day this wk...wait.....make that EVERYDAY.
monday - went to help Lala at her workplace, then went lau pasat for dineer
tues - went out with mom cos she took the day off, then watched WC with suresh at nite
wed - went to airport to pick up satiish, then hung out the whole day with him
thurs - whole day spent with satiish n marie preparing for the bbq, which was at night
fri - cleaned up the bbq stuff in the morning and went to meet khalsom at orchard in the afternoon.
sat - went queensway with satiish, then macritche to run, then thompson to eat. (nasi goreng ikan bilis! POWER!)
sun - morning REST! FINALLY! malay wedding in the afternoon.
damn shag now. haha.
was supposed to play a soccer match this morning but it was cancelled cos we couldnt get enuf players. just as well, im still reeling from the middle-of-the-afternoon macritchie run with satiish yesterday, and my ankle hurts too. so thanks to the cancelled match, i have the time to relax this morning, before i have to head off to a malay wedding later this afternoon.
just spoke to crystal last nite and she said the tazzie trip is confirmed!!! yay!!!!!
cant wait for that!
still have a good 3 more weeks in spore. 1st week went by so fast! i cant believe its already sunday again. but the faster time goes, the sooner it will be the opening of SUPERMAN RETURNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, June 15, 2006
3 days!
its thursday already!
im going home on sunday!
wooohooooooooo!!!
tmr is my last paper. its an mcq paper....120 mcqs. bcos of that i feel so lazy to study. i think today i studied a grand total of one hour. damn. no motivation la.... in the back of my head all i can think of is going home on sunday. ive even done most of my packing already! haha.
im bored now. i dun feel like doing anymore practise-mcq questions, and world cup doesnt start for another 2 hrs...
so to kill time, i shall come up with a list of thing to eat when i get back!!
(not in order of preference)
1. mushroom swiss
2. chicken rice. (the one at rex and the one at far east)
3. roti prata! omg this one on the way back from the airport i'll stop at jalan kayu n eat already!
4. pizza (one with a lot of MEAT)
5. pasta mania fussilli arrabiatta with a shit load of cheeeeeeeese (suresh, its time!)
6. mom's cooking! hehe
7. big mac meal
8. seoul garden
9. nasi goreng ikan bilis (east coast and thompson)
10. cheese prata @ thompson
11. nasi lemak
12. cheese fries @ kfc (satiish, we must go to the suntec one again. hahaha)
13. chicken chop w/rice @ ang mo kio
14. lontong! (but dunno where to get nice one.....anybody? help?)
15. indian rojak (the one near ntu)
16. cook house food! (hahahaha. if i can...just for old time sake)
17. teh bing! (not a food, but i wanna have it sooooo bad!)
k la...thats it for now. cant think already. thats quite a list tho. its good to plan ahead. haha.
im going home on sunday!
wooohooooooooo!!!
tmr is my last paper. its an mcq paper....120 mcqs. bcos of that i feel so lazy to study. i think today i studied a grand total of one hour. damn. no motivation la.... in the back of my head all i can think of is going home on sunday. ive even done most of my packing already! haha.
im bored now. i dun feel like doing anymore practise-mcq questions, and world cup doesnt start for another 2 hrs...
so to kill time, i shall come up with a list of thing to eat when i get back!!
(not in order of preference)
1. mushroom swiss
2. chicken rice. (the one at rex and the one at far east)
3. roti prata! omg this one on the way back from the airport i'll stop at jalan kayu n eat already!
4. pizza (one with a lot of MEAT)
5. pasta mania fussilli arrabiatta with a shit load of cheeeeeeeese (suresh, its time!)
6. mom's cooking! hehe
7. big mac meal
8. seoul garden
9. nasi goreng ikan bilis (east coast and thompson)
10. cheese prata @ thompson
11. nasi lemak
12. cheese fries @ kfc (satiish, we must go to the suntec one again. hahaha)
13. chicken chop w/rice @ ang mo kio
14. lontong! (but dunno where to get nice one.....anybody? help?)
15. indian rojak (the one near ntu)
16. cook house food! (hahahaha. if i can...just for old time sake)
17. teh bing! (not a food, but i wanna have it sooooo bad!)
k la...thats it for now. cant think already. thats quite a list tho. its good to plan ahead. haha.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
best. commercial. ever.
i was just browsing thru youtube.com today when i chanced upon this very old nike commercial. i think its one of the best, if not THE best one ever!!
u gotta check this out. im sure you'll remember it.
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRjiawSZrT8&search=cantona%20nike
u gotta check this out. im sure you'll remember it.
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRjiawSZrT8&search=cantona%20nike
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
aussie aussie aussie! oi! oi! oi!
Went to watch the world cup match btw australia and japan last night at the BIG screen at federation sq with esther. It was maaaaaaaad!
The atmosphere was amazing! We got there about half an hour before kick off, and the square was already totally packed!!! remember those images of a sea of red koreans in world cup 2002? yeah, it was exactly like that!!! there mustve been thousands of people there. luckily we managed to squeeze a bit here n there n get good places up the front. nobody was sitting down tho...everyone stood up thru the full match!!! felt sorry for esther cos i asked her to come along, and she had to stand the whole match. Thanks esther!
oh there was one japanese flag in the crowd...which was quite surprising...in the midst of hordes of screaming, and possibly drunk, australians. pity them...hope they didnt get bashed up. haha.
neways....what a match! down 1-0 till the 84th minute...then up stepped CAHILL!!!! 3 goals in the last 5 mins! DAAAAAAAAMMN!!!!!! everyone went crazy. there were even flares!!! like those that u see in LaLiga or Serie A matches. dunno if thats legal or not. oh well, the police didnt do anything. hahaa.
after the match, people were just going insane on the streets. traffic literally could not move cos there was a sea of people blocking the main intersection of the city. picture thousands of raving fans at the intersection of orchard n scotts road....and cars honking away as far as can be heard. thats what the atmosphere was like. damn i cant imagine what it must be like to be in germany!!! okok...new addition to "things to do b4 i die". gotta watch a world cup final match live.
got home at about 2am after sending esther home, and watched the USA vs czech republic match till about 3am. czech were leading at half time by 2-0, and we all know USA sucks too bad to come back from that, so i went to sleep. wouldve caught the italy matchat 4am, but i had to wake up early today to study. =(
exam is tomorrow. haha...yes exams are still going on amidst all this soccer. im quite worried actually. i dun feel as prepared as i was last sem. oh well.... we shall see. if its meant to be, its meant to be. hahaha. fate can be a good thing when it works to your convenience.
kk...lunch time. ive posted the rest of the photos of last nite in my photo gallery above.
5 more days! just 5 more days!!!!!!!
cya all soooooooon! =)
The atmosphere was amazing! We got there about half an hour before kick off, and the square was already totally packed!!! remember those images of a sea of red koreans in world cup 2002? yeah, it was exactly like that!!! there mustve been thousands of people there. luckily we managed to squeeze a bit here n there n get good places up the front. nobody was sitting down tho...everyone stood up thru the full match!!! felt sorry for esther cos i asked her to come along, and she had to stand the whole match. Thanks esther!
oh there was one japanese flag in the crowd...which was quite surprising...in the midst of hordes of screaming, and possibly drunk, australians. pity them...hope they didnt get bashed up. haha.
neways....what a match! down 1-0 till the 84th minute...then up stepped CAHILL!!!! 3 goals in the last 5 mins! DAAAAAAAAMMN!!!!!! everyone went crazy. there were even flares!!! like those that u see in LaLiga or Serie A matches. dunno if thats legal or not. oh well, the police didnt do anything. hahaa.
after the match, people were just going insane on the streets. traffic literally could not move cos there was a sea of people blocking the main intersection of the city. picture thousands of raving fans at the intersection of orchard n scotts road....and cars honking away as far as can be heard. thats what the atmosphere was like. damn i cant imagine what it must be like to be in germany!!! okok...new addition to "things to do b4 i die". gotta watch a world cup final match live.
got home at about 2am after sending esther home, and watched the USA vs czech republic match till about 3am. czech were leading at half time by 2-0, and we all know USA sucks too bad to come back from that, so i went to sleep. wouldve caught the italy matchat 4am, but i had to wake up early today to study. =(
exam is tomorrow. haha...yes exams are still going on amidst all this soccer. im quite worried actually. i dun feel as prepared as i was last sem. oh well.... we shall see. if its meant to be, its meant to be. hahaha. fate can be a good thing when it works to your convenience.
kk...lunch time. ive posted the rest of the photos of last nite in my photo gallery above.
5 more days! just 5 more days!!!!!!!
cya all soooooooon! =)
Friday, June 09, 2006
ouch
i'm typing this post with only my right hand.
left hand is currently incapacitated.
reason? pen knife accident.
i was so proud of the fact that ive gone almost 1 yr in archicourse without any penknife cuts.
well, now i have one... =(
quite a bad one actually.... managed to slice off a chunk of my finger. ok lah, a chunk is exaggeratin. but it definitely had volume. and it went down to the whatchamacallit beneath the skin. tendons? muscles? wateva...im not a doc.
neways....now i cant play FIFA!!!!! cos i cant press the "WSAD" keys on the keyboard without having to use my index finger. argh! maybe its a blessing. yes, i think it is.
shit. i cant seem to stop the blood from flowing.... used dunno how many plasters n cotton balls already.
maybe i'll try letting it just bleed till the blood coagulates n clots naturally.
left hand is currently incapacitated.
reason? pen knife accident.
i was so proud of the fact that ive gone almost 1 yr in archicourse without any penknife cuts.
well, now i have one... =(
quite a bad one actually.... managed to slice off a chunk of my finger. ok lah, a chunk is exaggeratin. but it definitely had volume. and it went down to the whatchamacallit beneath the skin. tendons? muscles? wateva...im not a doc.
neways....now i cant play FIFA!!!!! cos i cant press the "WSAD" keys on the keyboard without having to use my index finger. argh! maybe its a blessing. yes, i think it is.
shit. i cant seem to stop the blood from flowing.... used dunno how many plasters n cotton balls already.
maybe i'll try letting it just bleed till the blood coagulates n clots naturally.
look ma! no skin!
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
12 days...
HISTORY DONE!!!!!
paper went rather well. although there was this one question that i totally left blank cos i had no clue what it was talking about. mustve been from one of the lectures that i fell asleep or 'zhaoed'. haha. all in all, i left 18 marks blank. sounds quite bad but its not really. im pretty confident about the other 82 marks that i DID answer. should be able to pass...no probs. yay!
going out for dessert now! esther wants me to try this pizza-banana-chocolate thing. sounds awesome! hahaha.
paper went rather well. although there was this one question that i totally left blank cos i had no clue what it was talking about. mustve been from one of the lectures that i fell asleep or 'zhaoed'. haha. all in all, i left 18 marks blank. sounds quite bad but its not really. im pretty confident about the other 82 marks that i DID answer. should be able to pass...no probs. yay!
going out for dessert now! esther wants me to try this pizza-banana-chocolate thing. sounds awesome! hahaha.
Monday, June 05, 2006
13 days...
ahhhhhhhhh!!! first paper tmr!!!!
stress stress panic panic!!
BUT!
going home in less than 2 wks!!
cant wait!!
stress stress panic panic!!
BUT!
going home in less than 2 wks!!
cant wait!!
Saturday, June 03, 2006
15 days...
just got back from the frankston race....
omg it was terrible....took pain to a whole new level.
the terrain was like the first half of macritchie....only this time it was ALL THE WAY.
lots of little annoying hills that screw up your rhythm....
so so so glad its over now.
on the last lap (it was 4 x 4km laps) i dont think ive ever been in that much pain in a run. the army half marathons were pain, and the full marathon too....but this one was somehow worse. i felt as though i was literally gonna pass out of exhaustion. but the girls' race was first, so by the time the men were running, they were cheering us on. so i couldnt stop or just collapse along the way...pai seh ah....haha.
neways...did a 68m 14s for 16km.....was pretty satisfied. i was aiming for anything under 70 mins. and given the harsh terrain, im happy with the timing. no doubt i still finished second last compared to the other men in the running club, but i kinda got used to that already. haha. not being last is a good thing unto itself.
ah....now i can flop onto the sofa, whip out my ta-pao dinner and watch TV....yay!
omg it was terrible....took pain to a whole new level.
the terrain was like the first half of macritchie....only this time it was ALL THE WAY.
lots of little annoying hills that screw up your rhythm....
so so so glad its over now.
on the last lap (it was 4 x 4km laps) i dont think ive ever been in that much pain in a run. the army half marathons were pain, and the full marathon too....but this one was somehow worse. i felt as though i was literally gonna pass out of exhaustion. but the girls' race was first, so by the time the men were running, they were cheering us on. so i couldnt stop or just collapse along the way...pai seh ah....haha.
neways...did a 68m 14s for 16km.....was pretty satisfied. i was aiming for anything under 70 mins. and given the harsh terrain, im happy with the timing. no doubt i still finished second last compared to the other men in the running club, but i kinda got used to that already. haha. not being last is a good thing unto itself.
ah....now i can flop onto the sofa, whip out my ta-pao dinner and watch TV....yay!
15 days...
just about to head off for the Frankston race now..
ankle/shin still hurts from tuesday's training.
spoke to my coach...he said it may be a shin spleen but i wont know till it gets worse...argh.
ive never had a shin spleen before, but from what i head, its a real bitch n takes a while to heal.
been resting it since tuesday, but yesterday i had to walk about 20min to the mosque on an uphill, and it started to hurt again.
crap
gonna wear an ankle guard today.....16km......hope it holds up.
getting old lah...hahahaha
alrighty then. *takes in deep breath*. lets go bring on the pain.
ankle/shin still hurts from tuesday's training.
spoke to my coach...he said it may be a shin spleen but i wont know till it gets worse...argh.
ive never had a shin spleen before, but from what i head, its a real bitch n takes a while to heal.
been resting it since tuesday, but yesterday i had to walk about 20min to the mosque on an uphill, and it started to hurt again.
crap
gonna wear an ankle guard today.....16km......hope it holds up.
getting old lah...hahahaha
alrighty then. *takes in deep breath*. lets go bring on the pain.
Friday, June 02, 2006
16 days...
argh!
i cant seem to shake this feeling of 'un-afraidness' (witness the depth of my vocabulary) that im feeling. I should be worried! very worried! history exam is in 4 days and i havent even finished reading thru my reader ONCE! by this time last sem, i had read it thru once, highlighted the impt stuff, and was halfway thru my second reading.
im getting too slack
there just too many distractions. HAH! excuses, iylia!
but its true!
studying away from home helps. went out to study last nite with some frens till about 10pm. that was the most productive 3 hrs of my day. had i not gone out to study with them, i'd have prob spent the time on my couch, eating chips and watching LOST. argh. its bad....i have little motivation to study. just wanna get these papers over with and get my ass back to spore!
comic book shipment was delayed this week. grrr..... something about memorial day in the states. damn ah-mericans.
i cant seem to shake this feeling of 'un-afraidness' (witness the depth of my vocabulary) that im feeling. I should be worried! very worried! history exam is in 4 days and i havent even finished reading thru my reader ONCE! by this time last sem, i had read it thru once, highlighted the impt stuff, and was halfway thru my second reading.
im getting too slack
there just too many distractions. HAH! excuses, iylia!
but its true!
studying away from home helps. went out to study last nite with some frens till about 10pm. that was the most productive 3 hrs of my day. had i not gone out to study with them, i'd have prob spent the time on my couch, eating chips and watching LOST. argh. its bad....i have little motivation to study. just wanna get these papers over with and get my ass back to spore!
comic book shipment was delayed this week. grrr..... something about memorial day in the states. damn ah-mericans.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
17 days...
asian architecture is boring!
i miss history in sec sch....about world war 2 and the nazis. (not that im for their kinda thing..) but it was interesting!
now im reading about things like the chinese immigration into australia....the accounts of some i-cant-remember-who in i-cant-remember-which-part-of-asia in i-cant-remember-what-situation.
i shldnt complain tho....my reader is only 150 pages long. thats nothing compared to the arts and law students. they read like 100 pages a week! holy crap.... salute to them.
going for a race at frankston this sat. 16km...
thought it would be a nice, scenic route since frankston is by the beach....but it turns out the course is 4 X 4km laps. SIAN!! argh... sure to get lapped on the last lap by some psychos.
17 more days n its out of the freezer n into the oven! whee!
i miss history in sec sch....about world war 2 and the nazis. (not that im for their kinda thing..) but it was interesting!
now im reading about things like the chinese immigration into australia....the accounts of some i-cant-remember-who in i-cant-remember-which-part-of-asia in i-cant-remember-what-situation.
i shldnt complain tho....my reader is only 150 pages long. thats nothing compared to the arts and law students. they read like 100 pages a week! holy crap.... salute to them.
going for a race at frankston this sat. 16km...
thought it would be a nice, scenic route since frankston is by the beach....but it turns out the course is 4 X 4km laps. SIAN!! argh... sure to get lapped on the last lap by some psychos.
17 more days n its out of the freezer n into the oven! whee!
Monday, May 29, 2006
20 days....
the weekend went by so fast!
my lovely slacking weekend is over! nooooooooooooooooo
back to reality
time to start doing what we sporeans do best....MUG MUG MUG.
gotta do hist today....argh.
for this im gonna need some serious coffee.
my lovely slacking weekend is over! nooooooooooooooooo
back to reality
time to start doing what we sporeans do best....MUG MUG MUG.
gotta do hist today....argh.
for this im gonna need some serious coffee.
Saturday, May 27, 2006
lost!!
was supposed to go to yarra bend park for training this morning.
didnt know where it was, so i looked it in an online map.
BUT!
i read the map scale wrong! (this is what happens when u get posted as an admin officer)
thought it was about 2km away...so i figured i could jog there instead of spending 2 bucks on a tram ticket. and after all, 2km would be a good warm-up for training.
BUT!
it ended up being about 6-7km away!!
when i got there i was so shag.....i told my coach i couldnt take part in the training, and instead took a very very slow jog back home.
oh, did i mention...
NO MORE ASSINGMENTS!!!!
ha.
gonna take the weekend off and just relax. will start work again on monday. first paper is the 6th, so theres enough time to bum around for the moment. =p
and...i watched X3 yesterday!!!! it whoops ass! dunno if its as good as X2, but its better than MI:3 for sure. NOTE:if you're going to watch X3, when the credits roll at the end, DONT LEAVE THE THEATRE. stay till the credits are over. theres a 30 sec clip at the end thats really impt!!! you'll regret it if u miss it!
didnt know where it was, so i looked it in an online map.
BUT!
i read the map scale wrong! (this is what happens when u get posted as an admin officer)
thought it was about 2km away...so i figured i could jog there instead of spending 2 bucks on a tram ticket. and after all, 2km would be a good warm-up for training.
BUT!
it ended up being about 6-7km away!!
when i got there i was so shag.....i told my coach i couldnt take part in the training, and instead took a very very slow jog back home.
oh, did i mention...
NO MORE ASSINGMENTS!!!!
ha.
gonna take the weekend off and just relax. will start work again on monday. first paper is the 6th, so theres enough time to bum around for the moment. =p
and...i watched X3 yesterday!!!! it whoops ass! dunno if its as good as X2, but its better than MI:3 for sure. NOTE:if you're going to watch X3, when the credits roll at the end, DONT LEAVE THE THEATRE. stay till the credits are over. theres a 30 sec clip at the end thats really impt!!! you'll regret it if u miss it!
Friday, May 26, 2006
forever young...i want to be forever young
wednesday was the first anniversary of my 21st birthday.
(shhh! that means i'm 22)
didnt do much to whole day. wed was right smack in btw assignments, so most of my morning was spent trying to cough up words for my hist essay.
BUT! esther n the gals gave me a wonderful surprise in the evening!
they came over with a cake n nice indian food!!
thank gals! that was really wonderful...totally made my day!
today is friday. the LAST DAY OF THE SEMESTER!!!! WEEEHOOOOOOO!!
gonna hand in my last two assignments today!
once i chuck them into the assignment chute, thats it! no more crappy assignments!!
exams dont start till 6th june, so im gonna give myself a break and do NO studying over the weekend. ah...can catch up on some OC, LOST, ps2, running.....haha listen to me, i sound like my exams are over already.
(shhh! that means i'm 22)
didnt do much to whole day. wed was right smack in btw assignments, so most of my morning was spent trying to cough up words for my hist essay.
BUT! esther n the gals gave me a wonderful surprise in the evening!
they came over with a cake n nice indian food!!
thank gals! that was really wonderful...totally made my day!
today is friday. the LAST DAY OF THE SEMESTER!!!! WEEEHOOOOOOO!!
gonna hand in my last two assignments today!
once i chuck them into the assignment chute, thats it! no more crappy assignments!!
exams dont start till 6th june, so im gonna give myself a break and do NO studying over the weekend. ah...can catch up on some OC, LOST, ps2, running.....haha listen to me, i sound like my exams are over already.
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
dot dot dot...
hey frens.
yes, once again i have neglected my blogging for over a wk now.
(cue trademark iylia excuse)
I WAS TOO BUSY!
hahahahahaha.
this week has has been, and is shaping up to be, HELL WEEK. (ok la...so its not as bad as "hell week" that those crazy NDU ppl go thru...not being able to sleep for a week and having to crap their pants in training cos they can only go to the toilet once a day. at least i can take a crap as and when i like) But here's how my next couple of weeks is shaping up to be...
Today: Construction Tech 2A presentation
Thurs: Archi Design 2A presentation.
Friday: CT1A postcards submission (day), Melb Athletics Annual Ball (night)
Next Tues: Asian Archi folio submission (12 x watercolour drawings)
Next Thurs: Asian Archi Essay submission (1500 words...and ive only written 200 =p)
and finally......(the one and only good news)....
Next Friday: XMEN 3 OPENS!!!!!! woohooooohoooooo! perfect way to end the sch term.
sigh....but gotta get thru hell first.
ok...time to prepare for presentation. ho hum.
yes, once again i have neglected my blogging for over a wk now.
(cue trademark iylia excuse)
I WAS TOO BUSY!
hahahahahaha.
this week has has been, and is shaping up to be, HELL WEEK. (ok la...so its not as bad as "hell week" that those crazy NDU ppl go thru...not being able to sleep for a week and having to crap their pants in training cos they can only go to the toilet once a day. at least i can take a crap as and when i like) But here's how my next couple of weeks is shaping up to be...
Today: Construction Tech 2A presentation
Thurs: Archi Design 2A presentation.
Friday: CT1A postcards submission (day), Melb Athletics Annual Ball (night)
Next Tues: Asian Archi folio submission (12 x watercolour drawings)
Next Thurs: Asian Archi Essay submission (1500 words...and ive only written 200 =p)
and finally......(the one and only good news)....
Next Friday: XMEN 3 OPENS!!!!!! woohooooohoooooo! perfect way to end the sch term.
sigh....but gotta get thru hell first.
ok...time to prepare for presentation. ho hum.
Sunday, May 07, 2006
great train race
I just got back from the Great Train Race!
It was very fun!....although the weather was terrible. I woke up at 6am and the sky was loooking very dark and ominous. By the time i left the apartment at 7, there was a slight drizzle...and by the time i got to uni it had become a larger drizzle. A few of us met at uni and carpooled to the race, which is somewhere in the dandenongs i believe. Its about 1hr away from the city, so its very suburban. Not to the extent of sheeps n farmstays, but its still a fair way out from the city.
When we got to the startline. the drizzle had developed into light rain. I had to put my warm jacket n tracksuit in a plastic bag and deposit it into a truck that would bring all the stuff to the endpoint. So there i was....in just my running singlet n shorts....in the 15 degree cold, with rain slowly but persistently soaking my clothes. I did some warm-up jogs which didnt serve to warm me up very much, then proceeded to the startline with a couple of friends.
At the stratline, while waiting for the race to be flagged off, it started POURING!! and everyone starting making lots of noise...not in the angry mob way, but in a fun-spirited way. it was great!! The rain continued thru the entire race, although it did subside as the race went on.
for the record, I BEAT THE TRAIN!! woohoooo. i didnt think that i could. I was telling myself in the beginning that i would just treat this as a fun run, cos the timing to beat seemed a little out of my reach. but as the race went on, i felt on form and decided to give it a try. In the end, the train did 54m50sec for 13.2km.....and i did 54m18sec. towards the end of the course, i was almost sprinting alongside the train to get to the finish line...and ppl in the train were cheering us on. it was great!
oh and on the way home, my friend's car started making weird noises and the engine temp was real high! so we pulled over and added water into the radiator, which then started spewing out steam!! haha...it was funny and scary at the same time, cos we were still very far from civilisation at the time.
i'm back home now of course...just woke up from a nap and gonna start working for the rest of the evening. had to wash n scrub all my running attire n shoes just now cos they were drenched in mud! the running course is part-tarred road, part-macritchie-like dirt terrain....so u can imagine after a downpour how muddy it got!
It was very fun!....although the weather was terrible. I woke up at 6am and the sky was loooking very dark and ominous. By the time i left the apartment at 7, there was a slight drizzle...and by the time i got to uni it had become a larger drizzle. A few of us met at uni and carpooled to the race, which is somewhere in the dandenongs i believe. Its about 1hr away from the city, so its very suburban. Not to the extent of sheeps n farmstays, but its still a fair way out from the city.
When we got to the startline. the drizzle had developed into light rain. I had to put my warm jacket n tracksuit in a plastic bag and deposit it into a truck that would bring all the stuff to the endpoint. So there i was....in just my running singlet n shorts....in the 15 degree cold, with rain slowly but persistently soaking my clothes. I did some warm-up jogs which didnt serve to warm me up very much, then proceeded to the startline with a couple of friends.
At the stratline, while waiting for the race to be flagged off, it started POURING!! and everyone starting making lots of noise...not in the angry mob way, but in a fun-spirited way. it was great!! The rain continued thru the entire race, although it did subside as the race went on.
for the record, I BEAT THE TRAIN!! woohoooo. i didnt think that i could. I was telling myself in the beginning that i would just treat this as a fun run, cos the timing to beat seemed a little out of my reach. but as the race went on, i felt on form and decided to give it a try. In the end, the train did 54m50sec for 13.2km.....and i did 54m18sec. towards the end of the course, i was almost sprinting alongside the train to get to the finish line...and ppl in the train were cheering us on. it was great!
oh and on the way home, my friend's car started making weird noises and the engine temp was real high! so we pulled over and added water into the radiator, which then started spewing out steam!! haha...it was funny and scary at the same time, cos we were still very far from civilisation at the time.
i'm back home now of course...just woke up from a nap and gonna start working for the rest of the evening. had to wash n scrub all my running attire n shoes just now cos they were drenched in mud! the running course is part-tarred road, part-macritchie-like dirt terrain....so u can imagine after a downpour how muddy it got!
despite christian's gestures, that cant be a good thing...
Saturday, May 06, 2006
free comic book day
today, sat 6th may, is free comic book day all over the world! how this works is basically, on this day, anyone can go to a comic book store, and pic ONE comic book from a selected list, and its absolutely freeeeee!
i went down to the comics store at windsor with crystal, and we both each picked up a comic. then we came back to the city to another comic store to pick up another two comics. but she only reads archie, and since there were no archie comics available in the city store, she let me have her entitlement to one issue! woohooo! so i ended up with THREE free comics at the end of the day!
the best things in life ARE free
Superbloke! (outside the windsor comic store)
the force is strong with this oneonce an AO always an AO.
guess wat!
i am now officially on the committee of the Singapore Students Society!! hahahahaha.
they recently had the elections for the 2006/2007 committee, and i was running for the post of Activites Officer, which means that i (and two other activities officers) organise...erm.....activites for the SSS throughout the year.
its funny....when i was in OCS HQ, i was the Admin Officer for the weapons team, and hence my title was AO for short. now, its AO again! hahahahaha. i know...thats lame. but its very amusing to me...heh.
i am now officially on the committee of the Singapore Students Society!! hahahahaha.
they recently had the elections for the 2006/2007 committee, and i was running for the post of Activites Officer, which means that i (and two other activities officers) organise...erm.....activites for the SSS throughout the year.
its funny....when i was in OCS HQ, i was the Admin Officer for the weapons team, and hence my title was AO for short. now, its AO again! hahahahaha. i know...thats lame. but its very amusing to me...heh.
Friday, May 05, 2006
tired
ah...its friday night.
its raining...its dark...and its cold.
whoever said autumn was the most beautiful time to be in melbourne, was obviously mistaken.
so far, autumn has been nothing but wet streets, irritating drizzles that never seem to go away, piling assignments, and well...u get the picture.
ok...so its not so bad. at least its nice to run in this weather. much better than running in summer. but pretty soon its gonna get reeeaaaaaaally cold. hopefully by then i'll be back in sunny spore! yay!
was supposed to go out for dinner with esther, crystal n yen tonight...but it rained, and yen couldnt make it last min....so we had to cancel. ended up doing work at home instead, which wasnt too bad cos i have a butt load of assignmetns to finish by next week. spent 4 hrs tonight drafting while watching back to the future part 1 and 2. haha. borrowed the DVDs from crystal. these movies never get stale.
its 12am now but i dun feel sleepy yet. prob cos i slept in lecture today...hehe. ah...but it feels good to have done 4 hrs of work. maybe its just some psychological thing, but i wont feel guilty if i watch 2 hours of X-files now. my brain is telling me that ive earned it.
its raining...its dark...and its cold.
whoever said autumn was the most beautiful time to be in melbourne, was obviously mistaken.
so far, autumn has been nothing but wet streets, irritating drizzles that never seem to go away, piling assignments, and well...u get the picture.
ok...so its not so bad. at least its nice to run in this weather. much better than running in summer. but pretty soon its gonna get reeeaaaaaaally cold. hopefully by then i'll be back in sunny spore! yay!
was supposed to go out for dinner with esther, crystal n yen tonight...but it rained, and yen couldnt make it last min....so we had to cancel. ended up doing work at home instead, which wasnt too bad cos i have a butt load of assignmetns to finish by next week. spent 4 hrs tonight drafting while watching back to the future part 1 and 2. haha. borrowed the DVDs from crystal. these movies never get stale.
its 12am now but i dun feel sleepy yet. prob cos i slept in lecture today...hehe. ah...but it feels good to have done 4 hrs of work. maybe its just some psychological thing, but i wont feel guilty if i watch 2 hours of X-files now. my brain is telling me that ive earned it.
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
gloomy wednesday
wednesdays are the worst days of the week.
its mid week, and sch doesnt start till 3pm....so im left bumming in my apartment alone all morning, with little or no motivation to start studying.
blah... i dun feel like typing much today. sorry guys.
its mid week, and sch doesnt start till 3pm....so im left bumming in my apartment alone all morning, with little or no motivation to start studying.
blah... i dun feel like typing much today. sorry guys.
Monday, May 01, 2006
oooo...lantern
just got my exam timetable today, and thank god....its GOOD!!
couldnt be much better really.
school ends on 27th may, and then theres one week of SWOT(studies without teaching) vacation for a week. The exam period is officially from 5-23 june....so if youre unlucky, u can get an exam on the last day!!!! and i was praying that this wouldnt happen to me cos im booked on a flight back to spore on 20th june!
ah....but luckily all is well.
my first paper is on 6th june (Asian Archi History) and my next two papers for construction technology are on 14th and 16th. that gives me more than one wk to study for each paper. sweeeeeeeeeet.
but from now till then, still have a lot of assignments to be done, and i've just about got off my butt and started doing them....cos time is running out!!!
one of the most stupid assignments is due this friday....im supposed to make a lantern. argh! like kindergarten!!!!! oh well, its better than writing an essay....
speaking of which, i havent started on my hist essay. but thats not due till 26th may, so i can still procrastinate without feeling too worried. heeeheee.
ah..ok.... lantern time....
couldnt be much better really.
school ends on 27th may, and then theres one week of SWOT(studies without teaching) vacation for a week. The exam period is officially from 5-23 june....so if youre unlucky, u can get an exam on the last day!!!! and i was praying that this wouldnt happen to me cos im booked on a flight back to spore on 20th june!
ah....but luckily all is well.
my first paper is on 6th june (Asian Archi History) and my next two papers for construction technology are on 14th and 16th. that gives me more than one wk to study for each paper. sweeeeeeeeeet.
but from now till then, still have a lot of assignments to be done, and i've just about got off my butt and started doing them....cos time is running out!!!
one of the most stupid assignments is due this friday....im supposed to make a lantern. argh! like kindergarten!!!!! oh well, its better than writing an essay....
speaking of which, i havent started on my hist essay. but thats not due till 26th may, so i can still procrastinate without feeling too worried. heeeheee.
ah..ok.... lantern time....
Saturday, April 29, 2006
post-run
Melb Uni Athletics Club mens runners
post-run pig out!ah...my 2nd race of the season is over. 6km relay at Yarra Bend. Its a really nice park, but the course was full of tight turns!!! It felt like i was watching formula 1 on tv.
Anyways, i did a 24mins flat...which is actually quite bad. Maybe it was the flu....haha. here i go making excuses. OH but one thing that definitely DID slow me down was the fact that i ran off course!! There werent many ppl ard me at the time, and i veered into this dirt track down into the woods cos i thought that was the right way. Its only after about 15 seconds that a marshaller yelled out to me to get back on the runnning route! argh! (satiish, now i know how it feels. =p)
so tired now. totally spent.....
gonna have dinner then try to get started on some work. will prob do something easy tonight that i can work on while watching TV. Ocean's 11 is on. nice. hmmm....maybe some watercolouring for my Asian Archi module.
Thursday, April 27, 2006
flu
argh
what a rotten time to get sick...got a 6km relay this sat.
gonna drink lots of water and hopefully pee all the germs out of my system.
eeeww.
sch work's starting to heat up too. Just barely managed to hand in my assignment today. (the one that i thought was due on 19th may. phew! that was too close...) And very promtly received a NEW assignment! yay....hurray.... worth 55% of the grade. but this one is due on may 25th. this time im SURE OF IT! hahaha.
what a rotten time to get sick...got a 6km relay this sat.
gonna drink lots of water and hopefully pee all the germs out of my system.
eeeww.
sch work's starting to heat up too. Just barely managed to hand in my assignment today. (the one that i thought was due on 19th may. phew! that was too close...) And very promtly received a NEW assignment! yay....hurray.... worth 55% of the grade. but this one is due on may 25th. this time im SURE OF IT! hahaha.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
mid wk blues
really felt sad yesterday.
dunno y... was sitting in my apartment alone, staring at my comic books on the shelf.....and it hit me that i'll be here for a long time to come. All the things that have been happening of late have only served to compound this miserable feeling.
I miss home....
luckily its already end april, and soon i'll be back to the sunshine of spore!
but thats only temporary happiness. what about the future?..... i used to be so certain of where i was headed. i would graduate from archi, get a PR, get a job here....blah blah. now all that seems so hazy. I cant see anything past this semester, and maybe i dont want to. I'm afraid of what will happen, because im not sure if i want it.
bah
hopefully this feeling will pass. exams are coming soon so that should keep my mind occupied. also have 3 races over the next 3 weekends. running is good therapy, cos when you're gasping for breath, life doesnt seem so bad. its quite sadistic, but thats the way i see it.
one good piece of news this week... i got one of my models published in a university magazine! yay! its not much...but my name will be printed there n all. haha its a start...
hang in there guys. exams almost over.
dunno y... was sitting in my apartment alone, staring at my comic books on the shelf.....and it hit me that i'll be here for a long time to come. All the things that have been happening of late have only served to compound this miserable feeling.
I miss home....
luckily its already end april, and soon i'll be back to the sunshine of spore!
but thats only temporary happiness. what about the future?..... i used to be so certain of where i was headed. i would graduate from archi, get a PR, get a job here....blah blah. now all that seems so hazy. I cant see anything past this semester, and maybe i dont want to. I'm afraid of what will happen, because im not sure if i want it.
bah
hopefully this feeling will pass. exams are coming soon so that should keep my mind occupied. also have 3 races over the next 3 weekends. running is good therapy, cos when you're gasping for breath, life doesnt seem so bad. its quite sadistic, but thats the way i see it.
one good piece of news this week... i got one of my models published in a university magazine! yay! its not much...but my name will be printed there n all. haha its a start...
hang in there guys. exams almost over.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
D'oh! D'oh! D'oh!
shit im screwed!!
haha this is so terrible its actually funny!
although it probably wont be funny anymore when i end up pulling an all-nighter on wed night.
haha.. so whats going on u ask? i thought one of my BIG assignmets was due on 19th may. but turns out, i was a little bit off...
ITS DUE THIS THURSDAY!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
IDIOT!
dunno how the heck i managed to f this one up. haha.
so now frantically scrambling to finish in 2 days!!
Its ANZAC day today, which is supposed to be a holiday, but im at uni now printing out stuff in the comp lab. ahhh....serves me right. shouldve double checked the dates.
hahahahahaha. its still funny for the moment.
haha this is so terrible its actually funny!
although it probably wont be funny anymore when i end up pulling an all-nighter on wed night.
haha.. so whats going on u ask? i thought one of my BIG assignmets was due on 19th may. but turns out, i was a little bit off...
ITS DUE THIS THURSDAY!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
IDIOT!
dunno how the heck i managed to f this one up. haha.
so now frantically scrambling to finish in 2 days!!
Its ANZAC day today, which is supposed to be a holiday, but im at uni now printing out stuff in the comp lab. ahhh....serves me right. shouldve double checked the dates.
hahahahahaha. its still funny for the moment.
Sunday, April 23, 2006
happy food
mmm... the smell of apple pies in the oven. its enough to brighten up any day. and my days are in dire need of brightening.
but apple pies alone cant do it.... need more happy food to multiply the effect.
enter....ICE CREEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAM!!!!
u scream i scream we all scream for ice cream!
im really losing it......
gotta keep my mind busy.
happy food. happy food!
but apple pies alone cant do it.... need more happy food to multiply the effect.
enter....ICE CREEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAM!!!!
u scream i scream we all scream for ice cream!
im really losing it......
gotta keep my mind busy.
happy food. happy food!
sigh..
im in trouble...
something happened that ive always told myself to avoid, but it happened anyway.
falling for a friend...
its a terrible feeling. because i know i shouldnt...but, as often is the case, feelings of the heart transcend all logic and reason. but that doesnt make it any easier. in fact, i think it makes it worse...
i'd rather be rejected by a stranger 10 times over than be in this situation now..
ah, then of course theres the infamous ladder theory (see "ladder theory" post below). dont wanna wind up in the abyss.
damn it. cant study.. cant concentrate.. this is driving me crazy!
something happened that ive always told myself to avoid, but it happened anyway.
falling for a friend...
its a terrible feeling. because i know i shouldnt...but, as often is the case, feelings of the heart transcend all logic and reason. but that doesnt make it any easier. in fact, i think it makes it worse...
i'd rather be rejected by a stranger 10 times over than be in this situation now..
ah, then of course theres the infamous ladder theory (see "ladder theory" post below). dont wanna wind up in the abyss.
damn it. cant study.. cant concentrate.. this is driving me crazy!
Saturday, April 22, 2006
uh oh...im a chick...
which scifi/fantasy character are you?
http://www.tk421.net/character/
Princess Leia
A strong-willed herald of causes against injustice, you passionately strive to right the wrongs around you.
Somebody has to save our skins!
http://www.tk421.net/character/
Princess Leia
A strong-willed herald of causes against injustice, you passionately strive to right the wrongs around you.
Somebody has to save our skins!
williamstown pics
"Jack! I'm flying!"
kawabunga! 
ka POW!
mwahahahah mine! ALL MINE!!
williamstown = cheap pizza
Friday, April 21, 2006
under construction..
the comic book loft is undergoing a facelift.
this is just one of the many things that i am doing INSTEAD of studying.
went to the great ocean road with yongsi and esther recently, as well as williamstown with chris n grace.
pics up soooooon!
this is just one of the many things that i am doing INSTEAD of studying.
went to the great ocean road with yongsi and esther recently, as well as williamstown with chris n grace.
pics up soooooon!
Thursday, April 20, 2006
the ladder theory
a friend of mine told me of this theory about relationships, but more specifically about relationships that do or do not sprout from friendships.
its called the Ladder Theory, and i have to say its the damned most accurate relationship theory ive ever heard. Well, actually it's more accurate if u are a guy. If you're a girl u may be offended by this theory, so im just gonna give u a WARNING now so that u dont sue me.
here goes.
Guys have ONE ladder. its called the f**k ladder. ( or relationship ladder, if f**k ladder sounds too crude. hey, im just telling it the way it was told to me) anyways, every girl that he meets, he places them on this ladder. the higher up the ladder they are, the more he wants to be in a relationship with her. Remember, ALL girls that guys meet are placed somewhere on this ladder, EVEN FRIENDS ARE ON THIS LADDER SOMEWHERE. girls that he doesnt see ANYthing attractive in, he places them below the ladder, in the abyss. So you see, any girl can move up or down a guy's ladder. The determinants of this movt varies from guy to guy. (some guys like talkative girls, so if a girl he knew for a long time suddenly became the talkative type, she might move up the ladder. you get the idea...)
Now comes the interesting part.
Girls have TWO ladders. just like guys, they have a f**k ladder. BUT they also have a FRIEND ladder. when a girl meets a guy, she either places him on the f**k ladder or the friend ladder. Thing is, the guy doesnt know which ladder he's on! If he's on the f**k ladder, then good for him. if he plays his cards right, he could move up the ladder and maybe one day win her heart. BUT, ( and here comes the MOST impt bit) if a guy is on the friend ladder, he can NEVER by his own actions get onto the f**k ladder. if he really really likes the girl, and tries to elevate their friendship to the next level, he could end up crashing and burning if he was on her friend ladder, not her f**k ladder. when a guy is blinded by love, the f**k ladder always seems within reach. It seems that its possible to leap from the friend ladder onto the f**k ladder. but this is NOT TRUE. guys that try this leap wiil not make it and fall into the abyss.
ONLY a girl can move the guys she pleases from her friend ladder to her f**k ladder. BUT, as mentioned before, the guy is not aware of this. soooooo, the moral here is....it sucks to be a guy sometimes. if u really like a friend of yours, and think that you two can have a more serious relationship, BE CAREFUL!!! U MAY BE WRONG!!! u could be on her friend ladder!!!! if u leap, u will fall into the abyss!!!!! and once you're in the abyss, u cannot be on both ladders.
its called the Ladder Theory, and i have to say its the damned most accurate relationship theory ive ever heard. Well, actually it's more accurate if u are a guy. If you're a girl u may be offended by this theory, so im just gonna give u a WARNING now so that u dont sue me.
here goes.
Guys have ONE ladder. its called the f**k ladder. ( or relationship ladder, if f**k ladder sounds too crude. hey, im just telling it the way it was told to me) anyways, every girl that he meets, he places them on this ladder. the higher up the ladder they are, the more he wants to be in a relationship with her. Remember, ALL girls that guys meet are placed somewhere on this ladder, EVEN FRIENDS ARE ON THIS LADDER SOMEWHERE. girls that he doesnt see ANYthing attractive in, he places them below the ladder, in the abyss. So you see, any girl can move up or down a guy's ladder. The determinants of this movt varies from guy to guy. (some guys like talkative girls, so if a girl he knew for a long time suddenly became the talkative type, she might move up the ladder. you get the idea...)
Now comes the interesting part.
Girls have TWO ladders. just like guys, they have a f**k ladder. BUT they also have a FRIEND ladder. when a girl meets a guy, she either places him on the f**k ladder or the friend ladder. Thing is, the guy doesnt know which ladder he's on! If he's on the f**k ladder, then good for him. if he plays his cards right, he could move up the ladder and maybe one day win her heart. BUT, ( and here comes the MOST impt bit) if a guy is on the friend ladder, he can NEVER by his own actions get onto the f**k ladder. if he really really likes the girl, and tries to elevate their friendship to the next level, he could end up crashing and burning if he was on her friend ladder, not her f**k ladder. when a guy is blinded by love, the f**k ladder always seems within reach. It seems that its possible to leap from the friend ladder onto the f**k ladder. but this is NOT TRUE. guys that try this leap wiil not make it and fall into the abyss.
ONLY a girl can move the guys she pleases from her friend ladder to her f**k ladder. BUT, as mentioned before, the guy is not aware of this. soooooo, the moral here is....it sucks to be a guy sometimes. if u really like a friend of yours, and think that you two can have a more serious relationship, BE CAREFUL!!! U MAY BE WRONG!!! u could be on her friend ladder!!!! if u leap, u will fall into the abyss!!!!! and once you're in the abyss, u cannot be on both ladders.
Saturday, April 15, 2006
alone again..
my parents are leaving tonight!!!
noooooooo......
i feel better knowing i'll see them again in a couple of months.
my mom cooked enough food to feed a small country and put it in my freezer. i think its gonna last me till i go back to spore. haha.
in the meantime...its catch up session for me during the easter break.
been 3 days since the hols started and i havent done SHIT!
auugh....i hate myself for being so slack. but its just so difficult to start being studious. so many distractions!! okok, excuses iylia.... you're just a slack ass. sigh...
tmr prob not gonna get much work done also. morning going for a run in some nature reserve 1hr away from the city with the melb uni runners. carpooling there with a hot babe and two other guys. hopefully the guys oversleep and it'll be just me n her...mwahahahahaha.
then in the afternoon going to the visitors centre (tourist centre) with some frens to scope out any nice places to go for a day trip during the hols. yup, so that will be another day gone.
ahhhhh like this how to study man!!!!
anyways, hope u all are doing well preparing for exams and all... i cant wait to see u all in june. soon soon! =)
ciao for now.
noooooooo......
i feel better knowing i'll see them again in a couple of months.
my mom cooked enough food to feed a small country and put it in my freezer. i think its gonna last me till i go back to spore. haha.
in the meantime...its catch up session for me during the easter break.
been 3 days since the hols started and i havent done SHIT!
auugh....i hate myself for being so slack. but its just so difficult to start being studious. so many distractions!! okok, excuses iylia.... you're just a slack ass. sigh...
tmr prob not gonna get much work done also. morning going for a run in some nature reserve 1hr away from the city with the melb uni runners. carpooling there with a hot babe and two other guys. hopefully the guys oversleep and it'll be just me n her...mwahahahahaha.
then in the afternoon going to the visitors centre (tourist centre) with some frens to scope out any nice places to go for a day trip during the hols. yup, so that will be another day gone.
ahhhhh like this how to study man!!!!
anyways, hope u all are doing well preparing for exams and all... i cant wait to see u all in june. soon soon! =)
ciao for now.
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
paparazzi snapshot!
woohoo.
surprise surprise!
im in the newspapers!! hehe.
managed to get a snapshot of me in the Herald Sun (the melbourne newspaper) running in the Run for the Kids on sunday.
let me savour my microsecond of fame.....ah......
surprise surprise!
im in the newspapers!! hehe.
managed to get a snapshot of me in the Herald Sun (the melbourne newspaper) running in the Run for the Kids on sunday.
let me savour my microsecond of fame.....ah......
Sunday, April 09, 2006
run 4 e kids
hurrah! 1st race of the season complete!
and the timing is...... 61min 0sec for 14.7km.
not too shabby. a lot of my team finished ahead of me, but the important thing is...i did not finish last! yea!
and the timing is...... 61min 0sec for 14.7km.
not too shabby. a lot of my team finished ahead of me, but the important thing is...i did not finish last! yea!
Friday, April 07, 2006
updates!
sorry guys...
i know its been quite a while since my last post. once again, i shall not make any excuses. ive just been lazy.
updates! updates!
1. my parents are here! woooohooooo. my mom's cooking everyday and i dont have to eat my own shitty food! =)
2. i fell asleep in my lecture this morning AGAIN. 9am lectures are just way too early. especially this time of the year when its cold and the sun doesnt rise till 7.30am. anyways...my fren who was sitting next to me said "if you're gonna sleep, why bother coming at all. you should just sleep at home." wise words. i shall take her advice. next friday im sleeping in. we'll see...
3. race this sunday! 14.7km! excited! excited!
4. waaaaaaay behind in my work. need to do MAJOR catching up in the easter one-wk break. i blame my PSP. or rather, i blame myself for being unable to control myself from playing with my PSP. HA! NO LONGER! i will end the slackness HERE N NOW! (ive prob said this three of four times this sem). BUT THIS TIME I MEAN IT! (again, said before several times)
5. went for a food bazaar at melb uni tonite. (kinda like a pasar malam except without the pirated clothes and jersey stalls) HAd lotsa nice food! korean food...dutch food...malay food...filipino food. yum! they all tasted soooooo good. im sure they're super fattening.
i know its been quite a while since my last post. once again, i shall not make any excuses. ive just been lazy.
updates! updates!
1. my parents are here! woooohooooo. my mom's cooking everyday and i dont have to eat my own shitty food! =)
2. i fell asleep in my lecture this morning AGAIN. 9am lectures are just way too early. especially this time of the year when its cold and the sun doesnt rise till 7.30am. anyways...my fren who was sitting next to me said "if you're gonna sleep, why bother coming at all. you should just sleep at home." wise words. i shall take her advice. next friday im sleeping in. we'll see...
3. race this sunday! 14.7km! excited! excited!
4. waaaaaaay behind in my work. need to do MAJOR catching up in the easter one-wk break. i blame my PSP. or rather, i blame myself for being unable to control myself from playing with my PSP. HA! NO LONGER! i will end the slackness HERE N NOW! (ive prob said this three of four times this sem). BUT THIS TIME I MEAN IT! (again, said before several times)
5. went for a food bazaar at melb uni tonite. (kinda like a pasar malam except without the pirated clothes and jersey stalls) HAd lotsa nice food! korean food...dutch food...malay food...filipino food. yum! they all tasted soooooo good. im sure they're super fattening.
Friday, March 31, 2006
good food....for one nite only
had a little masak-masak session at my place tonite. The gals came over and helped me cook. (cos i cant cook an above-average meal if my life depended on it). anyways, we cooked tom yam, baked chicken and steamed egg w/chicken. whee!
thats the best meal ive had in a while. tmr its back to my microwavable pasta...ahahaha.
thats the best meal ive had in a while. tmr its back to my microwavable pasta...ahahaha.
mmmm....foooooooood
the chefs
ready to dig in
Thursday, March 30, 2006
tgif part 2
it wasnt till i looked at the title of my last post that i realised i havent blogged in a wk. time flies.
random thought : time flies faster when you're stressed and doing lotsa shit work than when you're having fun.
my parents are coming to visit me this monday! wheee!
i miss my mom's cooking!
but i better clean the apartment before she arrives or suffer her nagging about my lack of cleanliness. its strange, most of my frens who come to my apartment tell me that its of above-average cleanliness.... but when my mom visits, she exclaims "how can u live in such filth!?! how can u tolerate all this dust!?!?"
sigh....moms will be moms i guess. hee.
the temperature is FINALLY dropping! gonna be sub-20 degress for the first time since i got back here in december. nice nice. had just about enough of this summer heat.
hey, autumn, its about damn time u arrived!!! stop slacking and get your butt here PRONTO!!!
ok..cant type a long post now. gotta catch Family Guy on TV.
later alligators! (yipes...where did that come from??)
random thought : time flies faster when you're stressed and doing lotsa shit work than when you're having fun.
my parents are coming to visit me this monday! wheee!
i miss my mom's cooking!
but i better clean the apartment before she arrives or suffer her nagging about my lack of cleanliness. its strange, most of my frens who come to my apartment tell me that its of above-average cleanliness.... but when my mom visits, she exclaims "how can u live in such filth!?! how can u tolerate all this dust!?!?"
sigh....moms will be moms i guess. hee.
the temperature is FINALLY dropping! gonna be sub-20 degress for the first time since i got back here in december. nice nice. had just about enough of this summer heat.
hey, autumn, its about damn time u arrived!!! stop slacking and get your butt here PRONTO!!!
ok..cant type a long post now. gotta catch Family Guy on TV.
later alligators! (yipes...where did that come from??)
Friday, March 24, 2006
tgif
what a long day.....
sch started at 9am. had to get up at 7.30 which is waaaaay too early. i SHOULD sleep earlier the night before, but i cant bring myself to fall asleep before 1am these days. body clock is starting to get a bit screwy. wish someone would invent something to let people sleep instantly. oh wait....i think thats called sleeping pills. damn...stoopid.
anyways, after a two hour lecture from 9-11am (which i slept about one hour on-and-off), i had to work for 4 hours for my tutor. ahhhhh. supposed to be done with this part-time job last wk!!! BUT NO! he keeps adding more and more tasks and it just keeps dragging on and on. hopefully will be done by the end of next wk. but then again, i said that two weeks ago. good thing im getting paid, or else i would've bailed a long time ago.
so after working from 11-3pm with only a 15min pizza break in between, had a 2 hour total-waste-of-time tutorial in which we were supposed to make a bridge out of spaghetti. wtf....LAME. argh....cant stand these mindless assignments. and on a friday evening!?!? NO. i just wanna go home, not play with raw pasta and scald myself with the blasted glue gun.
at least theres something to look forward to tmr....commonwealth games athletics final day! wheee! cant wait. the stadiums a full house, so shld be LOUD. too bad no sporeans running. (satiish where r u????)
some other ramblings:
i watched this interview with some of the top few MARVEL comic artists and writers. suddenly feel inspired to write another comic, although i swore not to do one again for a while after the painful task of finishing Uberman. but now i feel like going for it again! i'll regret doing this i know...
getting my ass whooped in track training. the aussies are damn pro (and im also not that fit now). put two and two together and whatd'ya get? me getting thrashed. always finish last or second last. hai.... making spore lose face. haha.
sch started at 9am. had to get up at 7.30 which is waaaaay too early. i SHOULD sleep earlier the night before, but i cant bring myself to fall asleep before 1am these days. body clock is starting to get a bit screwy. wish someone would invent something to let people sleep instantly. oh wait....i think thats called sleeping pills. damn...stoopid.
anyways, after a two hour lecture from 9-11am (which i slept about one hour on-and-off), i had to work for 4 hours for my tutor. ahhhhh. supposed to be done with this part-time job last wk!!! BUT NO! he keeps adding more and more tasks and it just keeps dragging on and on. hopefully will be done by the end of next wk. but then again, i said that two weeks ago. good thing im getting paid, or else i would've bailed a long time ago.
so after working from 11-3pm with only a 15min pizza break in between, had a 2 hour total-waste-of-time tutorial in which we were supposed to make a bridge out of spaghetti. wtf....LAME. argh....cant stand these mindless assignments. and on a friday evening!?!? NO. i just wanna go home, not play with raw pasta and scald myself with the blasted glue gun.
at least theres something to look forward to tmr....commonwealth games athletics final day! wheee! cant wait. the stadiums a full house, so shld be LOUD. too bad no sporeans running. (satiish where r u????)
some other ramblings:
i watched this interview with some of the top few MARVEL comic artists and writers. suddenly feel inspired to write another comic, although i swore not to do one again for a while after the painful task of finishing Uberman. but now i feel like going for it again! i'll regret doing this i know...
getting my ass whooped in track training. the aussies are damn pro (and im also not that fit now). put two and two together and whatd'ya get? me getting thrashed. always finish last or second last. hai.... making spore lose face. haha.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
some late pics
a bit laggy here...but these are some pics of the overnight trip to geelong.
enjoy! =)
enjoy! =)
sitting on the floor, MRT-style
obligatory train-platform-with-city-name-display shot
carousels freak me out...
geelong = seafood
pyjama party? erm....not quite
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