Hey.

Took out the background music. Realised how irritating it could be when someone wishes to surf other people's blogs in silence (or while listening to THEIR own music). Although Chrono Cross's music sounds good..

Anyways just got back from AF camp (Astro Fiesta). Should be blogging about it sometime this week..

P.S.: Sorry! I forgot about this post and left it under "Draft". Bleh.

MayDay~! MayDay~!

Here we go. The post of May.

Time is a funny thing. (Can time even be considered a "thing"?) It goes fast when we least wishes it to be, and slows to a crawl when we hope for it to speed up. Why?

May certainly went past like a snail.. And I have most certainly been infected by the lethargy.. I was surprised when I asked myself on multiple occasions, "Am I supposed to blog again?" (Like, I'm making this a monthly thing, lolz =D). And yet when June came to replace May, swoosh! Opps! It's already the 3rd of June! (OK, 3 days into the month. What's with the fuss?)

The problem is: 2 weeks of the new semester has yet to pass us by, but I'm already feeling the exhaustion I experience whenever a semester nears its end.

"I have a bad feeling about this."

Heh.

May was pretty hectic.

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So. Let us review my "May's itinerary" first. =D

1) Astro training camp. Ah. Being a Logistic is SO much fun.

2) The Return of Teh dudes! Oh well.. nothing much to say there. And yeah, like I predicted.. apparently there were some.. conflicts that arose when they were overseas.. though it's over now.. =X

3) Ah. The ever-pretty presentation. I'm scheduled for a "rehearsal" later today. *Sleep time, pals!*

4) Ah-ha! My good ol' sista's exams. *Sigh* I hate being right. Sometimes. Her results? 2 "Just-passed" and 5 "Ungraded" (A.K.A Fail).Oh well.

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Alright. Let's do this the "right" way.. From the beginning of May, we shall begin.

First up, the AF training camp. Being a logistic (or "log" for short), I was there being a "log". Literally. Staring at the computer screen, workingon my presentation during the day and practising the use of telescopes at night. (Not much to practise, given that the skies were filled with clouds)The first night had barely went by when I already felt the full impact of being a "log".

The other following days were better.

It rained on the second day. What better weather to have for a camp? =D We ended up doing indoor stuff (the logs at the computers. the GL's painting banners) until evening time. That's when the games started. (You know, camp games.)

At least they helped to pass the time. (And generate fun and laughter in the process)

The third day was.. really slack. Everyone was.. lethargic. It was as thoughno one wanted to do anything. I remembered having spent the day watching documentaries, touching up on my presentation and playing games.(Hey, it IS a computer.. =D)

The third night was.. nice. We were finally granted a "clear sky", and for the first time in my life (18 years!!!), I finally saw Scorpio (along with some other constellations) with my own eyes.

*A meteor shower was scheduled for that night. Alas, everyone was too tired to wait for the meteor shower, so we had to give that a miss. A pity.*

18 years. Astronomers, stay away from Singapore. It's a nightmare. (OK, I admit that I was never interested in Astronomy before this =X)

And on the fourth day, "It was a bright and sunny day. My friends and I ... " Opps. Primary school composition writing habits. =D Sorry. that's redo that, shall we?

And on the fourth day, I awoke to find zombies waking up and walking around.

It was ghastly.

We attempted to do solar observation (looking at the sun through the telescopes, with the aid of a solar filter, of course), given that it was late afternoon and the sky looked real bright and sunny.

As usual, if things worked out perfectly, either you were having a good day, or something's terribly wrong.

Good ol' Grandpa Sunny decided to be shy on that day. Don't need to say more.

We breakfast-ed, packed up, slacked around, lunch-ed and finally, camp was over.

Went home and slept like a log for 24 hours.

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Life continued as usual.. And 10th of May approaches.

Why 10th of May? Because that's the day my classmates went to school to fold paper cranes, shurikens, etc. (Origami!)

For 6 hours. During which they were supposed to complete and submit 6 theory papers of different subjects (Ok, all engineering subjects, so maybe you could consider them to be "the same").

6 hours. Thankfully I decided to give the exams a pass.

The class, as usual, with their "spirit of unity" decided to something "united". So, we held a chalet on the day after the exams. I was told that we were to go to the chalet at our "own time own target". And so I did, late in the evening, alone, carrying 2 sacks of charcoal weighing 8 kg each. Not the mention the backpack on my back. (OK, the bag was light)

*I'm beginning to notice a trend here. Seems to me like I'm the one carrying the charcoal whenever I attend a chalet. o.O*

The first night was boring. What I did then was, play cards, watch TV, until midnight. Some of us were feeling hungry then, so we decided to go out looking for food. First stop, we went to Downtown East, as there's a 24-hours Cheers convenience store there.

We found it dark and locked up tight.

*For you guys' info, Cheers at Downtown East is open for 24-hours during Public Holidays, School Holidays and the weekends.*

High in spirits and letting nothing deter us, we moved on, for someone mentioned that White Sands (a shopping mall, 15-minutes walk away) would have a convenience store open.

We were fooled. There was never a convenience store at White Sands.

In the end, we went to a nearby fishing farm and bought instant noodles and bread to satiate our hunger. With a belly full of warm food, we were preparing to head back to our unit, when a roar of thunder annnounced Nature's wrath. A gush of wind tore at us, and the looming clouds overhead threatened to leave us soaked to the bones.

We "ran". However, we had to stop and wait under a shelter as the rain unleashed its fury. We played some lame games while waiting for the rain to let up, and when it finally did, it was dawn. Some of the guys were tired, so they decided to catch some sleep, taking up the beds. The rest of us "energetic" guys went back to playing card games. And so time went by until it was the morning of the second day..

The second day. Having not slept a wink (I never get to sleep during chalets), I gathered those who shared my fate (and those who were hungry) for a trip down to Downtown East for a MacDonald breakfast. When it was noon, we went to Wild Wild Wet (A water theme park).Watching my classmates play, I felt like I was watching primary school kids at a playground. =D

That activity took up most of the day, and at evening time we went back to our unit to prepare the BBQ. When it was officially night-time, our "Guests-of-Honour" arrived.

They were:

Mr Leung Nan Bun - AEL lecturer, Class Advisor, WSS co-ordinator.

Mrs Peh Lian Huay - ACCA lecturer.

Mr Tan Khee Peng - PDP lecturer, TSO, WSS practical trainer.

*Mr Tan came with his entire family (His wife, two daughters and a baby. I forgot the baby's gender.)*

Time flew. Soon it was after mid-night and everyone was tired. Others than an incident with cockroaches, the night went by uneventfully, and soon, everyone fell asleep (Not enough beds, so some slept on the floor, on chairs, etc..)

The next day, we packed, and left. End of chalet.

*Kinda boring, now that I think of it. Hmm..*

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Alright.. that about wraps up the first half of May.. I'll continue that another day when I'm free.. it's 2 am and I'm supposed to wake up at 7..

ZZzzzZzz And why the hell is my blog interface in Chinese?!?!?!?!

It's becoming a habit!

Lolz.. The habit of posting monthly has taken hold of me, it seems.. =D

Phew! It's already the month of May, and the weather is SO hot! I can imagine the headache my dad's gonna experience after taking a look at the electric bills for this month.

Air-conditioning, afterall, is a huge drain on power. Ah.. the bliss of having a air-conditioned room.. =D

Ok.. hmm.. where do I start? Oh yeah.. let's start from the beginning of April..

......... Damn. Memory loss. lolz!

Well.. it's been nearly a month since TG and Alvin went for their China trip (TG going home, while Alvin's off on his vacation.. I wanna go too!). Somehow I just can't remember the exact date when they left (couldn't care less anyway). And it seems that several bad events took place over there.. TG got pretty pissed off with Alvin.. have to get the full story when they get back.. (erm.. that'll be another 3 days before they arrive back in Singapore, given that there's no flight delay)

And WSS is over!!! Or at least, the VTP sessions are over. (erm.. VTP is.. training)

Results (for the final exams of Year 1.2) were released sometime in the second week of the VTP sessions..

First time in my life i got straight A's... =P (Or rather, since Primary school anyway =D)

GPA was a 4/4! Rock on! W00t!

And yes, the amount of effort I put into the projects paid off.. scored AD for IAC (top 5% distinction! As did my team members. *shrugs* Oh well.) , AD for Oral Communications and A+ for Programming (one grade above A.. i think top 10%?)

=D Feels pretty good.. considering I never did revisions and did last minute studying for the exams (last minute as in, the very morning of the test itself =D)

OK. Enough boasting. =D

The month went by just like that.. pretty boring and uneventful.. And of course, my having forgotten several stuff that happened.. (Hey, try doing a review on your past month's activites/events. You'll see.)

Next up: Next week's itinerary!

1) Astro training camp from 4th - 7th May, 4D3N. *Gawd.!*
2) TG and Alvin's return from China. *Happy reunion? Or the calm before the storm?*
3) Astro "Lecture presentation and notes" to be prepared prior to the camp. *Sigh.. I guess I'm stuck with these.. "presentations"..*
4) My sister's Mid-year exams. *Once again, the "just-passes" and fails.*
5) Etc. Who knows what's gonna happen? =D *Stupid statement.*

I think that's all for "this month". =D We'll see if I manage to get a post in before June.

P.S.: For those interested in politics (o.O), keep an eye on China/Taiwan. Something's bound to happen soon. Very soon.

Post of the April's Fool.. A Month's Delay?

April's Fool! Careful getting yourselves fooled on this dastardly day.. which happens to be my friend's birthday...

HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY TAIGE!!!

(I doubt he'll see this though)

Well. Moving on.

THE EXAMS ARE OVER! BLOODY HELL!

I think I'm supposed to be glad... That I would, for holidays are just right after the exams..

Yeah!! Six weeks of freedom! No more annoying 6 am alarm clocks! No more bus cramming! No more crazy crowds at the canteens! Six full weeks of 12 hours sleep and unlimited play-time! Alright!!!!

If that were true. *Sigh*

Let's take a look at my timetable shall we?

4th April: Back to school, Advanced AEL/ACCA (WSS) Training from 9 - 4, all for the preparations of an extra set of exams which I have to partake in, on the 8th of April.

8th April: The afore-mentioned exams.

11st - 29th of April: VTP (WSS) Training, supposedly additional DCCA/DEL training. 3 weeks, all-in-all, 9 - 4 everyday, Mondays to Fridays. Then the Exams come again.

Wow. That's hitting below the belt isn't it.

3 weeks left of holidays. (And that's an optimistic estimation) Ah whatever.. juz endure another 3 weeks of lectures, practicals, drills, blah blah blah... And then the dreams come true...

3 weeks of play! 3 weeks of hibernation! 3 weeks of do-whatever-you-want!

And then I was reminded that I had to attend Astronomy training camps in May, shortly after the 3 weeks of VTP (WSS) training.

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*Speechless* Perhaps my anti-godly mannerisms has offended someone up there. Scary!!! What should I do? Buy a couple of Bibles and put them on display in my room? Or maybe a couple of Buddha statues would do the trick? Or how does praying to Allah's name every Friday sounds?

Blehz. X.x Ah.. to hell with that. The past month was pretty hectic.. Exams started on the 24th of March and ended right yesterday, 31st of March.. The last few weeks blew through like a hurricane.. leaving behind trails of death and destruction... (In the form of confused and disgruntled students, mad lecturers and papers. Lots of it.)

Couldn't understand a damn thing on the last few chapters that they were teaching. Then came revision week. I gave up, and nearly didn't come for the entire week(Or rather, skipped morning lessons or "ran-away" from afternoon lessons)

Good thing I did. Would've been a waste of my time. The exams were.. a breeze.. for someone who had studied last minute before each and every paper.. (that someone being me, of course =P)

And thus, with the final paper today, Year 1 Semester 2 has come to an official close. Year 1 came and left, just like that.. And it's been nearly two years since I've left Hua Yi.. Tch.. Feels weird reminiscing like that.. I get to see the school building everytime I look out of the windows, or when I'm leaving my house. And besides.. nothing worth reminiscing now.. Nearly all of my teachers are gone, and the few friends that I have in there, are gone as well.

Time flies. Just recently I was wondering what the heck happened in the 6 years that I went from being the wide-eyed, nerdy 12-year old kid, to being the cooler (but still nerdy =D) 18-year old teenager. How old will I be when I look back again? Another 6 years? By then I'll be a 24-year old adult..

...Can't focus on thinking right now.. I'm impatient to get back to my game.. Who knows when my next post will be? =D

Take care everyone.

P.S.: Don't take offense at my jibes against religions. It's my nature to poke fun at everything and anything. Don't mind me. =P

No blog this week!

Too lazy.. heh!

Actually.. that's because I spent my Saturday + Sunday totally on games and family outings. And I mean TOTALLY. That means: No sleep.

That's right. 48 hours of no sleep. Thus I was lazy to blog on Sunday (Actually I still had alot of energy.. but my dad was screaming at me to go to sleep.)

Don't learn from me, OK? Bad for health. Just like smoking. =D

Besides, there's nothing good to talk about the past week.. Was VERY crapy, having all those "unfortunate incidents" happen to me. Blehz. X.x

Talk more the coming Sunday.

P.S.: Seems like I'm head in a totally different direction.. this blog is becoming my dairy!! Have to think up of something touchy to write upon..