Wednesday, January 23, 2008
So long I have declared myself MIA from my blogging… and finally today I managed to find the time and mood to pen down something… so beware of the length…
Firstly… to share some “good” news… the purchase orders, or so known as PO to many, of mine were approved at last… imagine the pain of having to wait endlessly for 4 signatures to be collected… I am truly amazed by how lazy and slack those staff from the purchasing department is… and the incredible “workload” of those higher-ups which prevented them from just putting a single signature onto the PO approval sheet… no wonder this time round majority of the final year students opted to do software-based projects… cause no need to wait for the POs to be approved… no need to fear that the project would not be finished on time due to some stupid system the university adopted and the working culture down here… I could go on and on… but decided to save some energy for other things…
The consequence of having to wait?
Start my FYP report… and honestly… I am not prepared to type anything yet… but Prof Tan had instructed me to come up with something… so that I could discuss with him and listen to his feedbacks… it might sounds good to have such caring supervisor… but I am stressed… already stuck at the introduction for more than 5 days… though eventually I managed to crap out something presentable and move on towards the literature review today… only to be distracted with the increasing number of people who come to the lab… still a long way to go… and with the many other commitments cropping up… I just pray that Prof Tan would be too busy to remember I exist till next Thursday bah…
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Japanese lessons are fun despite the homework and spellings… Homma-sensei is very humorous and energetic… His command of English is also better than many native Japanese… so I have no problem understanding his explanations… and he always bring along a very huge luggage when he comes to class… making me wonder what he kept inside… so I truly enjoyed the lessons and picked up a few basic greetings and is able to ask people a few basic questions and answer them… the only “bad” part would be that Homma-sensei is very particular about the writing… he had stressed that he would like us to write correctly… and every strokes would be practiced under his guidance… but his intention is understandable… I might try to show what I had learnt here… do look out for any new features ba…
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This semester… I have a very attitude lecturer whom I would be seeing for two modules… he is a monster… and treat us worse than a primary school kid… forever he would shake his head and scold us for giving him blank looks… but who would not do that when it is a 8.30am lecture… and he accused us of not been able to understand him… even though we can just fine since we had heard the same stuff for more than 10 times… and yet… to add on… he even “predicted” that we would not be able to answer his questions when the assessment comes on week 13… so much so that I am totally pissed off with him… no wonder those who had taken his other module last semester had advised us against taking his module… cannot ask question… and have to endure his super lousy attitude… he better not let me see him other than needed… he top my hate-list, toppling MH from the first position… that is my extend of disgust I feels…
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EEE is really cheapskate… what good is 6 packets of tissues doing in the supposing “WOW” goody bag? Not even some notebook or some foolscap paper… no wonder nobody wanted… and the program lined up was also so bad that no crowd could be seen… what on earth happened? Where are the money that we had contributed towards them through the school fees? First time xiao yang managed to find some time to join in the “fun” and experience grabbing goody bag… and yet… haiz~ just have to wait for the Union Day one… and hope that it would fall on either Monday or Wednesday…
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Monday, January 14, 2008
Spent a great weekend out shopping…
Met apple at Bugis to go Sim Lim Tower to get the components needed for my PCB… then had lunch together at the food court… super packed during the peak hours… though we managed to grab a sit in no time… ate the Thailand fried noodles… huge serving with lots of seafood and yummy peanuts… a mouth-watering dish for a rather hungry xiao yang… Haha…
After the feast came the window shopping part… both of us set our eyes on the new year cards… and I am tore between whether to get one for Prof Tan or not… since we had decided to get the pineapple tarts le… would be buying those 3-for-10 bucks one… so can share between hui fen, apple and me… that is if hui fen agrees (^o^)… so in the end… each of us just got two cards… and received a rather cute looking pink-colored plastic holder for the purchase…
But the crowd at Bugis was rather scary… everyway we turned… it was just people… maybe it was due to the fact that xiao yang is not very fond of going out… begin cooped up at home too long le… that’s why a little more people then would feel suffocating… but the little outing with apple was fun… and I enjoyed sending apple home (*o*)… maybe we could arrange for another one to get the gifts for the professor and enjoy the festival mood!!
On Sunday… went to Chinatown with my parents to get the decorations for New Year… but in the end… it became a trip to buy clothes for me… had intended not to buy any new clothes for the New Year… but that resolve melted upon seeing those clothes on sales at This Fashion… they might be a bit out-of-fashion… but the designs were very nice and fanciful… not to add to the fact that each piece only cost about 6-8 bucks… so bought a total of 5 pieces… spending 18 bucks… as the reminder 20 bucks were waivered courtesy of my mom (^o^)… this had my sister jumping and pouting when she came back from her project discussion… and made my mom promised that she would accompany her to Chinatown this coming weekend…
And so… I enjoyed the weekend but sacrificed the time to do my tutorials… and I am still in no mood to start them any where… but would have to buck up if I am to ace my studies this semester… so…
Sinful temptations begone!!!
Else I would seriously have trouble covering my school fees for this semester… Haha…
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Suddenly realized that xiao yang is gaining too much weight… had trouble fitting into M-sized skirts during my quest for New Year clothing… so decided to go into a diet… starting today…
Wonder how long would I last… Any bets?
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008
I finally did it… I had made up my mind on the modules to take… And decided to place my priority in areas needed… Thus, I dropped the idea of completing my Chinese minor… The workload and demands of Chinese modules are too much to bear… And I am not about to sacrifice my FYP… It still requires me to input hours and hours of effort… And comparing both… FYP is of course naturally of higher priority… As the result of it would affect the outcome of my final standing upon graduation… Minor is just an additional piece of information that would be reflected on the transcript… Hence, I would not be too bothered by just how close I had been to finishing the minor… Instead… I would be focusing on my core modules and aspire to ace them… The loss would be balance out by the extra time gained to use on my FYP… A choice that is far wiser than having to struggle between the demands of the minor and do badly in my core modules…
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008
The last day of 2007 was spent going KTV with friends… it was my first outing with them… and my debut KTV trip… not to say a very pleasant and fun experience… as expected… I paled in comparison when it came to singing… yanzi was so high that we bullied her by refusing her the ownership of the remote control… lao gong had a very nice voice and huifen amazed me… yanzi even tried to show me her talents in mimicking wuzhongxian and ella… though she was a bit out of it… and shone when she sang duet with huifen by imitating jayzhou… haha… finally understood the passion in visiting KTV… it was so fun and crazy… we extended our stay and then tried to get the most out of it by singing so many “last song”… till yanzi saw one staff who had came and told us to sing our last piece staring at her…
And yes… after the outing… yanzi had told me to write an essay on my feelings… and huifen added the one thousand words limit… sorry but I would not be able to make it… and yanzi… I would try to learn more songs… though do not count on it coming true in the near future… HAHA… ok… hope that we would be able to arrange another trip again… I am looking forward to K-ge with you all!!
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I witnessed a mini-countdown celebration from my kitchen’s window… Causeway Point actually held a party and when the New Year arrived… a display of fireworks lighted up the area… and I had a clear view of it… it was so beautiful… too bad I did not have with me any camera to snap any pictures and share the scene with all… a pity as it was the first year any party of this scale was spotted in neighborhood… not to speak of the expensive fireworks… but my brother had summarized it rather nicely… “they let you enjoy the fireworks tonight… tomorrow onwards they make you pay more for everything”… which was quite true…
The New Year message from the PM had painted such rosy pictures and vision for the coming year… and yet nothing was true… everything was just pertaining to certain groups… and those groups never involve me or my family or relatives… the hike in everything is becoming more and more of a burden… though with three working adults at home… every dollar spent had to be calculated and ways had to be implemented to save whatever we could… thus resulting in me cursing and swearing at the school when they did not offer my the jobs I had applied for…
Thus, my main wish for the New Year is to do well for my academics… then get a job as soon as I graduate… and stay healthy for the fear of medical cost… last but not least… adapt to having an extra member in the house and stay alive…
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Forest by Emily Bindiger
テレビ東京アニメーション『エル・カザド』オリジナルサウンドトラック1
Summer rain falls on the apple branches
lights from heaven dancing with the shadows
come take my hand
let me be in your forest
sometimes you think loneliness is better than pain
and you sink deeper in your valley
is this the place to be, in your memory?
no, I never wanna lose you in the forest of the night
in vanity’s lair
yearning for the angel calling
hear the lonely prayer ringing through the land of rain
across the thin air
they sing voice to voice
the ancient melodies
calling you
autumn goes by
combing twilight into my hair
I look back on the passing tenderness
let me stay by your side
in your memory
no, you’re never gonna find me in the forest of the night
in vanity’s lair
no more holly angel calling
hear my lonely prayer ringing through the land of rain
across the thin air
we sing voice to voice
the ancient melodies
I’m calling you
no, I never wanna lose you in the forest of the night
in vanity’s lair
yearning for the angel calling
hear the lonely prayer ringing through the land of rain
across the thin air
they sing voice to voice
the ancient melodies
I’m calling you
melodies~
calling you~
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Modore nai modora nai kaeru basho wa mou nai
Ikura furikaette mo kaerare nai
Kirei na ashiato ni nuri kaeta tokoro de
Jibun no kokoro dake wa damase nai
I can’t go back, I won’t go back, there’s nowhere left for me to return
However much I look behind me, I can not change my footprints
And even if I paint over them beautifully
My mind won’t be deceived
(Don't look back) Kakkowarui
(Don't look back) Tokoro koso ga itooshii
(Don’t look back) The unattractive
(Don’t look back) parts of myself are dear to me
Modore nai modora nai kaeru basho wa mou nai
Ikura furikaette mo kaerare nai
Kirei na ashiato ni nuri kaeta tokoro de
Jibun no kokoro dake wa damase nai
I can’t go back, I won’t go back, there’s nowhere left for me to return
However much I look behind me, I can not change my footprints
And even if I paint over them beautifully
My mind won’t be deceived
(Don't look back) Waraeru no wa
(Don't look back) Toori sugita kara koso
(Don’t look back) I can smile
(Don’t look back) Because that period is over
Susumi tai susume nai sou yatte Mayotte
Iru tte koto wa mou mayotte nai
Koko de todomaru nara ikuraka raku kamo ne
Dakedo mune o kogasu shigeki mo nai
I want to go forward, I can’t go forward
Hesitating like this means that I won’t hesitate anymore
It would be easier for me to stay here
But nothing would excite me
Nee dare mo kamo iidasu no wa
Ichiban kagayaite ta koro no jibun
Nante sore wa kanashi sugiru wa
What fulfils everyone is the period in their lives when they shone the most
How tragic that is…
Don’t look back
Susumi tai susume nai sou yatte Mayotte
Iru tte koto wa mou mayotte nai
Koko de todomaru nara ikuraka raku kamo ne
Dakedo mune o kogasu shigeki mo nai
I want to go forward, I can’t go forward
Hesitating like this means that I won’t hesitate anymore
It would be easier for me to stay here
But nothing would excite me
Modore nai modora nai kaeru basho wa mou nai
Ikura furikaette mo kaerare nai
Kirei na ashiato ni nuri kaeta tokoro de
Jibun no kokoro dake wa damase nai
I can’t go back, I won’t go back, there’s nowhere left for me to return
However much I look behind me, I can not change my footprints
And even if I paint over them beautifully
My mind won’t be deceived
Konna fuu ni maku wa orosu
Anata nara ...
The curtain falls in this way
And you…
Don’t look back
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