blah blahs and thank yous

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Thanks Ling and Cas for the thoughtful comments. Keep those comments coming in, I really would like to hear your views on overseas SIP. Coz there might be areas I’ve not taken into concern.

Anyway, I still have many questions regarding this issue so at the moment I’m not certain I’ll try and apply.

Rain has since stopped. But after continuous raining since yesterday, the air has gotten a little cold. Although I was wearing a long sleeved tee this morning, I was still feeling cold. And the smart aleck me decided not to bring a jacket today. Even at home without the fan turned on, my feet are still freezing.

Ooh…and everytime it rains heavily, I start thinking about the earthwormies and their flooded homes. Then they crawl out onto the pavement which is a disgusting sight. Wormies…eew.

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Just had the SIP briefing this morning. Everytime I think about it, I fear. I thought about doing SIP in school. Sis said that it’s better to be attached to a company. She said you’ll go further, gain more experience. Yea…I do agree with her.

But I still fear. I always fear that someday I’ll just make this huge mistake at work and then I’ll be doomed. Or else I’m not sure about something and my supervisor won’t be happy. It’s like “you should have learnt this stuff in poly so how come you don’t know?”.

I find I’m just the usual, no exceptional flair in this course. I just clear whatever exams there are to clear. Yea…I do learn new stuff…*confused*

Sis said that if I keep fearing this and that, I will never get to try new things. It’s so easy to tell me to have more confidence. But I think most of the work will be on my part. It’s something I have to overcome myself.

I’m also seriously considering whether I should try signing up doing SIP overseas. There’s Australia, Finland, Hong Kong and Thailand. Apart from Thailand, I’m quite ok with the rest of the places.

I’ve always wanted to go on those student exchange programs. Yea…there is the learning part, classes and stuff. But the one thing that attracts me is that you can learn about the country’s culture at the same time. The differences and similiarities when compared with Singapore.

However, there are limited places in this overseas SIP and I doubt I stand a chance. I’m not considered wonderful in terms of academic work. I just clear them. No sky high grades or anything. I’m not very active in terms of other activities. Except that now I do get to help out or plan certain activities in JCG coz I’m in the subcomm. But JCG is not considered one of the huge, busy and recognised clubs.

Don’t even try to ask me to quit JCG coz it’s my interest ok. I won’t just go join something else to get way more points. Interest is a huge factor.

Perhaps I should talk to my parents about it tonight. Need to make a decision quick coz the submission for overseas SIP is 15 March.

*sigh* I hate making such decisions coz I cannot regret later. There’s no room for regret.

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Ame…is “rain” in Japanese. Yupz, it’s been raining all day already.

I guess since half a semester has gone by without much projects, they are taking the opportunity to make up for it in the second half of the semester. ORDS, STMD, ADID, IN3D, HR MGT… Time is running out. Gotta get out of slacker mode.

Rajes had a good surprise for me. Since I skipped HR tutorial last week, I didn’t get to see my term test paper for HR. She told me I got 35/40 which is the highest in the class! *jumps up and down* I couldn’t believe my ears coz it was last minute studying and the last question on On-The-Job Training, I didn’t study that so I just crapped whatever I could.

Mum decided to cook dinner today. And whoa…did she cook a good spread. She tried cooking nestum prawns but it turned out a little too buttery. I love Mum’s cooking simply coz she knows what we like and what we don’t like.

PK has entered the pillow fight pic for the digital photo competition. I suggested she entered that one. So exciting! Ermz Jo…hope you don’t mind. I know you took that photo for us but the digicam’s PK’s… Anyway, to view the pic, click here. *encourages* You guys all go try and take part ok? No harm trying…

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Hehe…uploaded new photos. As in new set of photos. The photos were taken some time ago. 5 of them taken in Australia last year.

The response for the drama screening wasn’t good. There weren’t any non-members. The response for “Moon Child” was better. Maybe coz that day was Open House. And people are more aware of that movie since there’s more publicity for that movie. Dramas…ehz…unless there’s some famous actor or actress. Unfortunately for “YUA”, there aren’t any well-known artistes. Unless you’re pretty into Japanese stuff then you’ll know who Sachie Hara and Misaki Ito are. Or if you watched “To Heart” before then you should find Sachie Hara familiar.

Some idiot pulled off the YUA poster/notice from the IT school noticeboard. Lucky I had an extra copy that’s already stamped with the SAA stamp.

Hehe…it’s been some time since I ate food court food. Didn’t know the Century Square food court has a western food stall. The chicken chop’s gooooooooooood. For $5.50, you get the chicken chop, fries, baked beans, salad leaves, piece of bread and a sunny-side-up egg. And they are pretty generous with the sauce.

Dinner with the family at Sento.

Got Arashi’s new single from HMV. *Per, you read that?*

I’ve decided to take part in the IDA Fun Moments! Online Photo Competition. I knew of this competition through my singnet account. That’s before Lee Leong put up an enticing notice on Ole. All STMD students who take part in the competition, if they win, he’ll award them extra marks for STMD. Wow wee… I’m not exactly concerned about the extra marks coz they just come as a bonus. What bothered me was what pic to use to enter.

My home toilet is not named my thinking place for nothing. After spending time in there, bathing and thinking at the same time, I finally decided on a pic to enter. Well, it took me THAT long to decide coz I didn’t want to enter something that was pretty common. Used a few skills that Miss Chia taught us before. To think more…not just the usual.

Anyway, if anyone’s interested to take part, click here. Good luck!

To end off this entry, a piece of good news. Noah’s Ark has resumed “business” in Johor after their lease in Singapore was up. There’s hope once again for more abandoned and hurt animals. Unlike SPCA, Noah’s Ark does not put to sleep any animals due to lack of space.

This does not mean I don’t support SPCA. It’s just that people gotta learn that having a pet is a huge responsibility. This animal relies on you to give it a home, food and tender loving care all its life. Don’t give it hope only to cruelly snatch it back.

And of course, cruelty to animals is evil.

Wallpaper update…it’s Jessica Alba as Honey Daniels. Winamp skin is Ai Takahashi from Morning Musume in the song “Go Girl! Koi no Victory”.

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Yay! I caught “Honey” with Nad today. Hehe…the 2 of us were dying to watch that movie.

Met her after school at PS. The movie was cool. Although it doesn’t really have a storyline, but the hip hop dancing is cool. Hmmm…but the meaning behind the movie’s good too? Coz the main character Honey Daniels (played by Jessica Alba) teaches hip hop dance to street kids so they’ll have a good future instead of letting them waste their lives on crime and drugs.

Got back my ORDS term test script. And I…passed! Thank God! I heard a lot of people failed. I thought I’ll be one of the failures coz I really have not much idea on ORDS. Although it was a borderline 45/75 but that’s ok for now. Gotta pull up my socks though.

Tomorrow’s JCG’s drama screening of Taiho Shichauzo (You’re Under Arrest). Am helping out.

The kitty pic on Nad’s blogcam reminds me of her…

The orange kitty in IT canteen. This pic was taken by Sof.

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I really should be asleep by now since I have a 9am class and classes end at 6pm for me.

Darn…my handphone keeps flashing that “Battery Low” sign.

Gotta remember to choose my CDS for next semester. I didn’t even know it’s open for selection. Didn’t even dawn to me when Jillene called regarding selection of electives for her. Only dawned to me when Wei Ming wanted to go to the library to make his selection.

Usually I would wake up just in time for the opening of selection. Kiasu lahz…

Haha…reminded me of how my conversation with Jillene started. Hilarious…a bit paiseh too. She called me. Since the number didn’t have a name, I asked who’s that. I heard “Eileen”. And she was going remember me? Xianglin’s friend? I was getting very puzzled. And she repeated her name clearer. Haha…

She’s got a new number that’s why. Haha…make me so blurz only…

And now, the voice in my head yells at me to “GO AND SLEEP NOW!”. *mumbles* Alright alright…

and tell me everything’s gonna be alright

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Today can be classified as bad and good at the same time.

Finally had lunch with you guys. Something we haven’t done in a long while. Hey, hope we could be like this in 5 or 10 years down the road. Meet up again for a chat and a cuppa.

Went to watch a movie after school. “Timeline”. Heh…I had no clue what the movie’s about intially. As long as it’s not horror or gory will do. The movie turned out to be not bad. This is the second time I watch a movie without knowing what it is about beforehand.

Halfway through the movie, Nad sms-ed to ask whether I watched “Honey” already. She wanted to watch it. There was 7.10pm and 9.10pm movie slots. 9.10pm would be too late since there’s school tomorrow. Besides, I wasn’t sure what time “Timeline” would end. Well, it ended before 7pm so I thought maybe I could meet Nad and we could watch “Honey”. That’ll be like a movie marathon.

Turns out she’s just leaving her workplace. So by the time she travels back to Tampines, it’ll be too late. Anyway, we just settled for dinner at Swensens. She needed some company to take things off her mind.

While waiting for her to arrive, went walking round the mall. Bought a top from 77th Street. Went to Toys R’ Us. Childhood memories…wish I was a kid all over again. More innocence, less problems. The world is just one happy place to live in. Went to look at my favourite section. The My Little Ponies. *smilez*

Nad arrived. Had dinner. It was nice talking to her. Reminds me of the time at Long John’s *winks* She became a listening ear to my problems. I listened to all she had to say about her workplace. She really went into detail about her workplace. Describing what she does, the funny things that happen. She wasn’t ready to talk about her problems. Hey Nad, anytime yea…

And she treat me to dinner! Thanks! *hugz* Next time’s my turn ok? And thanks for meeting up. Really appreciate it since I had some things on my mind too. So we both needed a breather. 🙂

I’m quiet only for 4 reasons. 1) I really have nothing to say. 2) I don’t know the person/people well. 3) There’s something bothering me. 4) I don’t usually have a lot to say. Most of the time it’s coz people ask me questions.

Tomorrow’s the ORDS mock lab test. Gonna get back my ORDS term test script too. I think I’m gonna flunk it. 🙁

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Mr Shaw should seriously hurry a little. It’s already half an hour since class dismissal and he hasn’t gotten to me about my lab test. And my stomach is growling louder by the minute. Yea…those who have heard it before would classify my stomach growls as thunder.

And so…the fullstop hasn’t been drawn yet. Guess it’ll be tomorrow.