Goodbye 2009 Hello 2010

Today is the last day of 2009. Time has indeed past very quickly, I can't believe I am here tying this when the feel of me typing one on the last day of 2008 felt just like yesterday. Anyway, I would like to firstly apologize for not updating this blog of mine for ages because ever since school started, I was very busy and totally not in the mood to blog even when school ends. But still, I guess it remains a good annual practice for me to summarise my entire year on the things that impact me and my life significantly, as well as to set new year resolutions for me to achieve in the coming 365 days.

To me, 2009 was a fruitful year where I get to experience significant change in my lifestyle. However, it is also a year where time past very quickly, especially after I started school. To start off, I ORDed this year in March 15th, which marked a transition from military life to civilian life. The transition was smooth and it really leave me with a sense of satisfaction and selfworth for being able to survive 2 years as a soldier which I would not have imagined myself to do way before I enlist. Being able to breathe the fresh civilian air holding my pink IC was great.

I also fulfilled one of my resolution for 2009 and that is to exercise and stay fit. Although I would not say I am very fit now or comparable to my fellow friends but i guess with the "regular" exercises that I do, it makes me fitter than before. At least it makes me feel good to know that I am fitter. I started to visit the gym, though not regularly, perhaps once a week during holidays and stuff. I also started to run for once or twice a week. It makes me feel good to sweat but i guess i could have put in more effort and double the effect and push my fitness even to a greater extent. In overall, i guess i am happy that at least I made a move to improve my fitness if not i might still shun the gym and jogging around my neighbourhood at this point of time.

Thirdly, I am happy to participate in orientation camps organised by my faculty which introduced me to many friends and hence widening my social circle. It was also when I am able to let down my hair and play like i never used to. Where would I ever had the experience of playing beach game or visit haunted sites or run around the school doing crazy stuff had i not join these camps. And I do enjoy the company of the new friends i've made, even though some of which now becomes hi-bye friends, but still, I'm glad to expand my social circle.

One significant change in my life this year would be starting school in NUS. I always look forward to starting school in NUS during my NS days. And I would always remember the first day I started school because I turn 21 on that very faithful day. Perhaps due to a hiatus of using the brain for studying purposes for near 3 years, it has been a struggle for me to cope with the fast pace of learning and get back the momentum of studying and mugging. I seriously think that time past very very fast in uni: before i know it, i was into my recess week studying for mid term test; and before i know it, i was sitting for mid term test; and before i know it, i was into my studying week studying for the final exam; and before i know it, i finish my exams and hence marking the end to sem 1 in NUS. Things just happened too quickly and i do not have time to think properly. I recalled my first time doing lab reports coz we're not guided on how to do a proper lab report, or how to actually conduct lab experiements during lab sessions....we just gotta do what we feel is right. I was so psychologically against writing lab reports then, and now, i am sooo used to writing lab reports already. And also, uni is where the lecturers and teaching stuff do not care whether you attend lessons or not, everything was self-directed. I still can't imagine how i survived sem 1 and shall be entering sem 2 in a week's time.

Schooling life in uni was much different from that in JC or secondary schools. Given the freedom on what to wear to school and what modules to take and whether or not to join CCA. This year, i did a daring move to join a CCA in uni that I always wanted to join - Radio deejay !!! No one is interested to join it with me and i doubt i can enter when I had my auditioning. Nonetheless, i was one of the lucky few to be selected and now, I belong to this wonderful Radiopulze family, having to host radio shows and learn lotsa stuff...not forgetting the wonderful people i've met. Like my ex CCA president said, now I can go around to tell people I am a radio DJ in school. Lolx. Feels so good. Think back then, I was still hesistating to go forward to sign the application form or do the auditioning, hesistating whether to join or not due to academic and time factor, but now, i'm glad i've done so.

Nonetheless, I am into my dec holiday currently, bidding modules for next sem. I also got back my results for sem 1, which is disgusting according to my standard. However, I shall push on and strive for better results next sem.

To talk bout the things I did not do this year, 2009, i guess there are a couple. Firstly, I did not manage to find a part time job during the period between ORD to start of school so i spent my time idling at home and contributing to the unemployment rate. If i had found a part time job, i could have earned some cash, work experience and something to mention about in my resume. Second, I did not manage to find a girlfriend and thus still remain single. Made a resolution last year that i would find one this year but things aint as easy as it sound. I guess i would have to work harder next year in this aspect. Thirdly, I did not work hard enough in school this year thus contributing to my undesirable results. Well, I could have live off with the excuse that this is only the first sem in school and I still have problem adjusting to school life but i didn't. I take sole responsibility for my doing and I condemn myself for not working hard enough, hopefully taking this as a warning sign and push myself for better results next year.

Moving into 2010, I shall make a couple of new year resolutions for me to work towards in the coming year. Firstly, i want to work harder in my studies and score better result. My aim was to achieve CAP higher than 4.0 and i shall work harder towards that. Secondly, I want to pass my IPPT. I also want to sustain a fitness regime in spite of the heavy school work and hopefully I can be physically fitter than before thus healthier. Thirdly, I hope to find a girlfriend soon, lolx....this shall stay in my new yr resolution every year until I eventually succeeded i guess. Forthly, I want to expand my social circles and make more good friends. Hi-bye friends are plentiful but i guess i need to make more closer friends. Fifth, i hope to do things that i've yet to do before in my life. Perhaps its to travel oversea on a plane for a tour or participate in some events or stuff....

Finally, on this very faithful last day of 2009, I wish everyone a happy new year, a very fruitful year ahead !!!

Examzzz....

I almost forgot that I've got a blog. Exam is ending soon, I am left with one more maths paper on tues morning and i'm done !!! Thats it for sem 1. Woot. Had a long break btw my 2nd last paper on last thurs and my coming last paper this tues. Spent the whole holiday+weekend preparing my 2 pieces of cheat sheet. I am sooo proud i can actually squeeze so much stuff into 2 pathetic pieces of paper with ridiculously small handwriting. Sooo looking forward to holiday !!! FREEDOM !!!

Rants Of A Year 1 Uni Boy

I see cobwebs growing in my blog, for I've once forgotten about its presence after officially starting school in uni 4 to 5 weeks ago. And now, I'm left with one more week to recess week, which marks the start of mid term test after that. I'm still trying hard to catch the tempo and style of learning in uni but my brain which has been stagnated by NS for 2 years has been failing me over and over again. I felt like an car that has not been driven for a long time with a cold engine, and the engine keeps on failing to start despite many times i turn the key. But I hope i do make it, hopefully for this term and onwards. I'm still taking a step back and enjoying life, although I know its not the right thing to do at the right time now. Modern Chem and physical chem is killing me. And i was so demoralised by myself for not knowing how to do simple mathematics in MA1421 which i've learnt and mastered very well last time in school. Too much fact was fed into me from my Basic Bio lifesci module and the only thing I can fall back on my past knowledge is Econs 1301, where the tutors during tutorial class sux to the max. Guess I just have to keep on going....i have absolutely zero motivation to push myself into the lifeless mugger state i used to be in during sec sch and jc days. And for those friends of mine who have found ur ideal girlfriend in uni already, stop stressing me to find one myself !!!

I AM TWENTY-ONE !!!!

Happy Birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me !!! Woohoo, today is my 21st birthday. I am officially an adult !!! To make things sound a little more negative, i am officially OLD ! Well, i didnt really celebrate my birthday, coz age is just another number, no big deal. I would like to thank those who gave me well wishes and for not forgetting my birthday or me as a person. Also like to thank, once again, my pri sch clique who celebrated my birthday 2 to 3 weeks ago, its some advance surprise celebration, yah. And to those who wonder why i nv invite u guys to any party, the reason is, i didn really have any party nor did i celebrate my 21st. Well, 21st birthday is a very significant day to many of us, its rather significant for me as well since i am going to start school today. My first day of sch in uni!!! The screwed up thing is, my lesson started at 4 and ends at 8pm. What am i going to do now? Just enjoy every moment of freedom? Hahaha. Well, just like other years, i shall celebrate my birthday alone, just me myself and I. Happy birthday to me !!!!

Sci O Wk Part I + FIC + Flag Day

Ok i was back from Sci O Wk 2009 Part I 2 days ago saturday and i had a great time there. A great thank to the seniors especially for their patience and guidiance, especially in the area of module bidding. We played station games and sentosa war games and stuff, just like SCAMP, but we did not really run around the island or go for any fright night at old commando barrack like back in SCAMP. Joy and Javin were in my OG, there were my scamp OG mate as well. Tgt with us was a SCAMP shargen OG senior binglin who was my SOW OG Ninji senior.

Anyway i lost my voice on day 3 and got sunburnt on day 1. I regret not putting on sunblock which i reserved for the last day at sentosa. Thankfully after seeing a doctor on sunday, i manage to recover well in time. Well, my OG Ninji is made up of mostly reserved quiet pple but we are still a strong OG who remain undefeated most of the times during the few days of station games. However, if you still ask me which i enjoy more, i would still say SCAMP. Personally i think my scamp OG pple are really damn high, so is the OGL and seniors. Shargen was at super high mode then and we play out hearts out, we cheer our lungs out and we really enjoyed the time spent. I didnt enjoy as much in Ninji but i can sense the bonding improving with post-part-1 activities such as FIC and flag day which was held today.

I woke up damn early today for flag day and met Ninji at bishan. The entire university's freshmens were involved so theres some kinda small competition between faculities to see who get the most donation. Me weiyao n mariam went to Mayflower market to flag and having found myself a strategic location between the market and shop and save got me almost 2/3 to 3/4 full of donation funds in my tin. The aunties and uncles who went marketing there were lovely. However, things became different after lunch when we set on to our 2nd tin to flag outside MRT. The donation was significantly lesser, given the fact that many pple hav donated alreadi (coz NUS flaggers wearing yellow were all around the island) and they like in a rush. Haiz. Well, at least i feel i did some "gd deed" today hopefully improving my karma.

Fri is Sci O Wk part II finale but i will not attend the slumber party at night. I think i would giv sat's rag day a miss as well since i just landed myself a new tuition assignment from agency teaching J2 chem. Sch starting next wk. I got all my modules but now the troublesome part is tutorial and lab balloting. Damn chem modules' lab and tutorial registration coz its done first come first serve basis on IVLE unlike e rest thats done in CORS. So by the time i figure out how to register for my chem lab slots, the ideal ones were taken. Haiz. Wish me the best ba. Btw, sch is starting on my birthday !!! Wad a way to celeb my 21st !!!

我要开学了！

天啊，时间过得真快，一转眼我就要开学了。还有许多手续还没办妥，最重要的是心理准备还没作好。虽然说参加了一个迎新会和一个英文语言能力考试，但心里还处在一种庸懒的阶段，仿佛开课还离我非常遥远似的。再过一个星期我将官方登记成为学生，也将购买生平个人第一台手提电脑，也将参与第二段迎新会与其开始网上竞镖自己在第一学期修读的科目。好多好多事情和活动将接踵而来。已经两年半没有动用大脑的我不知又如何适应全新的学习环境与其即将面临的课业压力。现在的我是又兴奋又紧张，心理又害怕又复杂。就希望接下来要走的路将一切顺利。啊！！！ 开课咯！！！

SOW Brief + 1st OG Outing + 2205 Dinner

Yesterday was a long day. Woke up at 8am, had breakfast and went down to NUS for science orientation week brief. I arrived half an hour early at Sci Fac and i met up with BMT mate Xavier who is also attending SOW. Near 10am, i met up with a few of my SCAMP OG mates who are attending SOW as well. The brief was short but the queueing up for payment and submission of form took a long time. After the entire brief, the few of us Shargen pple went down to City Hall to meet up with the rest who are turning up for the movie. We had lunch at BK and then proceed on to watch Transformer at Marina Square. The movie was relatively ok, and megan fox is hot. After movie, we walked around for a while before i left Marina around 6.30pm to join my JC class for a farewell dinner for Jiamein. The train ride was fast but i waited for 45minutes for the only bus to bring me deep into the end of Pasir Ris park where the farewell dinner was held. Soon, the rain started to pour as i waited with increasing fustration for the bus. Just as the bus finally arrived, there was this china family who most likely were hawkers, moving sacks of rice, trolleys and all other things they could have brought from their stall onto the bus thus delaying the boarding process of the entire long queue behind. Finally reached the seaside bistro at 8pm roughly. I was the latest to arrive i guess. Just as we were having dinner the rain continued pouring, thankgoodness there was shelther above our heads, which i worried there werent when i was waiting back at the bus int. Dinner ended around 10+ when we made a sprinting dash for an approaching bus 403 which if we missed, we had to wait for another 45min. It was a rainy night. By the time i reach home, it was already midnight. It was indeed a long day.