like normal

Ahhh…finally able to blog like normal, although I anticipate a few days of no entries in the days to come due to the on-going projects.

Having some problem with Haloscan. It’s pretty irritating when the important entries do not have a comments box. Boooooooooo…

Oh yea…I’ve handed in my application for OSIP. Decided to heed Mr Douglas’s advice and try out. No harm trying. There is a very slim chance I’ll get in anyway. Even if I don’t get it, at least I’ll be contented that I did try.

Sis might be slipping into her depression problem again. She woke up today feeling all wrong. Mum took leave to make sure she was alright.

Went to school an hour earlier. Needed to prepare the STMD tutorial.

There was HR Management tutorial. Mrs Tay returned our PBL Problem 1 report. Our group didn’t do too well. 68%. I looked through it and was rather horrified. That was why I said I didn’t really trust Joel. Instead of organising the stuff and retyping it, he just took whatever information we passed to him and put it in. Oh well…

Was supposed to meet Nad after her work at Tampines MRT station to pass her the LIME Celebrity Double Search at Zouk invitation. Forgot about it until I was bathing. Checked my handphone. *phew* She just messaged to say she’s on the way. In the end, I asked if she could come to my house instead. Apologies to Nad.

yesterday’s entry

Went to get my mc. Stopped by at the library to look for books for IN3D. Found one on 3D characters.

Continued working on the STMD proposal.

At 1am, finally done! Yay!

It’s getting hard to blog regularly. A lot more projects to be completed. Mad rush.

For Friday to Sunday’s entries, click “previous”…

sunday’s entry

Time to chiong projects.

Started to work on the STMD proposal. Stopped around 6pm to bathe and get ready for dinner. Dinner with relatives.

Reached home around 11pm.

Worked on the STMD proposal till around 2am. After which, I had no choice but decide to take mc for the next day to finish it. Couldn’t work anymore. My grandparents need to sleep. I was feeling tired anyway. There’s still IN3D to do.

saturday’s entry

Couldn’t make it for the make-up IN3D lecture at 8am coz I was really very tired. Thanks Xiu Wei!

Went to school a little later to help out with the JCG drama screening. Poor response once again. Only me, Qi Yuan, Shi Ming and Darwin. Heh…all JCG members. I left at 1pm…a little earlier.

Met Sis, Da Ge and Zhi Hao. All meeting up to go to the IT Show. At the bus stop, Raynor, Cas and Xiu Wei joined. At the interchange, Sis left to meet Mum for lunch. I went on.

Met Yingwei and Clare at City Hall MRT station. Whoa…the crowd moving towards Suntec. All going to the IT Show. At the IT Show, worse. Met Shaz halfway. Thought I saw Meliza helping out.

After about 2 hours at the IT Show, I left while they got a drink. Going to ACS Institution at Dover Road for S.H.E’s mini concert. Thought there might be a really long queue. Not too bad actually when I reached there.

The concert lasted for about an hour. Managed to take a few shots and 2 short video clips. Yay!



Called Sis. She was in Orchard with Desmond. They too haven’t had dinner. So I went to meet them for dinner at Taka.

While walking to Taka, at the carpark outside Somerset MRT station, saw this couple. The guy was holding the umbrella *it was raining*. Suddenly, must be some dispute, he just let the umbrella fall to the side and he started pulling the girl by her hand.

I hate guys who get violent with girls. What the hell. Just coz males are the so-called stronger gender, that gives them the right to get violent? That’s why girls cannot be too girly. Must be able to fight back to protect themselves. Must be able to stand up for themselves.

Reached home feeling tired and achy all over again.

My grandparents are staying in our house till Wednesday.

friday’s entry

ORDS lab test. Managed to get the procedure created. But there’s some parts wrong in my procedure coz when I run, the results I get aren’t the supposed results. Oh well…Mrs Ho said I was getting close to the answer.

Rushed down to Cineleisure in a cab. S.H.E’s autograph session. By the time I reached there, it was about 6.30pm. Whoa! The queue was horrendous. There was no proper barrier. The queue was just formed behind cineleisure, near Long John’s, on the grass patch.

I didn’t want to go queue up yet. From experience, the queue will go haywire once S.H.E comes.

S.H.E arrived around 7pm. Couldn’t see anything coz the tent flap was covering. The tent was faced to the front of Cineleisure anyway. By then, the queue was starting to go haywire. But queue was still visible. Police chasing people to just go on the grass patch. I just remained on the pavement.

Around 7.30pm. Saw Joycelyn and Duan Neng. They wanted to go queue. I decided to join them. 8pm. We only moved like 50m. What the hell. The queue doesn’t even look like it’s moving.

Suddenly, the dreaded happened. The queue went haywire. Everyone started running forward, forming a crowd. One lump…as Joycelyn described. It was really stuffy but nothing could be done except to pray hope that the crowd would move along faster.

A few hours pass. The left side of the crowd *my side* haven’t really moved. Only a few metres. People are starting to get impatient. A few yell out at the police to do something. There were railings on the side. The only way to get out of the crowd would be to climb over the railings which was a little risk. At about 10.30pm, the thought of giving up and climbing over the railings crossed my mind. On both sides of me, people were almost crushing my bones. I was thinking it might be impossible that S.H.E would even autograph everyone’s cd. However, Joycelyn and Duan Neng weren’t ready to give up. So I made up my mind to persevere with them.

I could hear my handphone ringing non-stop but I couldn’t even get my handphone. Squashed.

Alleluia. 11.30pm, the crowd finally starts to disperse and actually move. It was declared that everyone’s cd would be autographed. Our perseverance paid off. We were the last few in the queue. Checked my handphone. 12 missed calls and a message. Messaged Mum to apologise and told her I’ll be sharing a cab with the Joycelyn and Duan Neng.

12 midnight and I finally got both my cds autographed! I got to shake all 3 hands. Selina was softly singing along to “Bo Si Mao” which was playing out through the amplifier. Ella was the friendliest. She thanked every fan whose cd she autographed. Hebe was a little disappointing though. She didn’t even smile or look up. Just signed and pushed the booklet along. But I guess she’s tired.

The 3 of us were awfully thirsty. Got a drink from Cheers. Then shared a cab home. By the time I reached home, my body was aching and I had a headache. My eyes were dry. Stupid me forgot to bring out the eyedrops.


The stamp reads “S.H.E @ Singapore”.

2 versions of S.H.E’s new album.


Hebe didn’t sign properly on this one.

sorting

Ok…projects all coming up now. Have hell a lot on my mind. All jumbled up. Need to prioritise so I can get things done.

Targets for this/next week…
Things to be done:

1) Decide on whether I wanna try for OSIP + clear whatever doubts/questions *Gawd…Elisia, you do take a freakin long time to decide…*
2) STMD project proposal
3) IN3D planning + search for books
4) HR MGT “Change Management” notes + look through books
5) ADID planning + decide on organisation
6) ORDS ER diagram

Alritey…this will serve as a reminder. And right now…I should work on the agenda for CMSK2 Meeting Skills.

back home

[edited at 12.18am]
Effective advertising. After watching that advertisement, Sis decided to go download “Hey Ya”. And she insists on playing it now. Feel like blasting back Black Eyed Peas’s “Shut Up” in response. Wahahahaha…
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[edited at 11.44pm]
The project meeting lasted for only 45 minutes. Haha. We decided to prepare the ER diagram individually then meet up again to finalise things.

And it rained heavily…AGAIN. -_-||| Spoilt my plans. Went to TM instead. Mini shopping spree? Haha. Got both versions of S.H.E’s latest album. OP’s got new stuff. Too bad…didn’t have enough money so I didn’t go check the stuff out. Don’t wanna get tempted even more.

I did go walking in the rain. Had to drop by the library to get some books for the new HR PBL problem. Only had my file to provide whatever miserable shelter there was from the rain. Plus I’m wearing slippers. I hate it when it rains and I’m wearing slippers. Makes it easier to slip.
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Heh hey! I’m back home. Having break now, going back to school later. Since the rest are having lessons or doing their projects, that leaves me alone. And I need to get my ORDS stuff…yep…home it is.

Having ORDS project discussion after school. Dennis informed me this morning which is kinda short notice. I didn’t bring my project specs and notes with me.

Was planning to maybe go down to the IT show this afternoon. Since I finish at 2pm. Plus the fact that I won’t be free tomorrow and Saturday. Sunday…not sure. Might be busy preparing certain projects. And my paternal grandparents and uncle will be in Singapore for about a week or so. I think we gotta entertain them on Sunday. Hmmm…I think the rest might be going today.

Anyway, can’t go now since I got ORDS project meeting. Depends. Maybe I might drop by after the discussion if it ends early. Then maybe not…coz I might feel lazy. Haha…

80 years

Went down to school a little earlier coz PK was in TP. She dropped by for a little visit. She was really excited. For what reason, I really don’t know. Perhaps studying in TP for almost 2 years already, makes TP just normal and boring.

Had lunch with PK and Jo at Design school canteen. Saw Mr Douglas. Had a quick chat with him.

And us 3 girls gained the experience of having a cockroach crawl around our feet. It happened too fast for us to even scream. I’m amazed…truly I am. Anyway, die you blasted cockroach…die.

I went off for IN3D lab. The other 2 went to watch “Big Fish”. Rajes and I were delighted to finish our lab a little earlier. Rajes asked Michael Shaw to let us off earlier since we’re done with the exercise. The amused Mr Shaw let us go after a little thinking. Haha…

Went to my grandparent’s house. To celebrate grandma’s 80th birthday. Dinner was soya sauce chicken. Grandma’s favourite.

blah blahs and thank yous

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.