Kayaking

Met up with my jc classmates at Parkway Parade for breakfast before heading to East Coast for kayaking. We walked quite a distance over to Coasta Sands Resort where kayaks are for rent. There were quite a number of people there on a weekend as usual and we got ourselves 3 double seat kayaks for 2 hours. Booked from 12.45 pm to 2.45 pm. After changing into appropriate attire and wearing our lifejackets, we were all set to go.

Terence and Edwin were on a kayak, Clarence and i were on one while GS and Jimmy were on another. The 4 of us except GS and Jimmy were rowing furiously as we were eager to kayak. We were wondering how come gs and jim lagged so far behind considering the competitiveness spirit in gs. We waited for some time, then gave up waiting and paddled all around 1/2 the stretch of East Coast. We rowed past a lot of seaweed, some stick-like plants afloat, red, white and black plastic bags, a few canned food containers, empty packet drinks and some assorted disgusting rubbish. Luckily there is not so much rubbish the further we were from the coastline. With so many unsightly things in the water, i don't understand why some people want to swim in it. Nevertheless, Clarence dived into the water as he felt too hot.

We took a break at the west side of east coast near the allegedly haunted viewing tower. Edwin was not feeling very well as he was seasick and dizzy. Terence was thus the main driving force of the kayak with Edwin on it as well. After resting for around 10 mins, we headed back while gs and jim just docked their kayak some distance away. The waves were now directly against our flow and we need to use more energy to overcome them. Being more accustomed to the paddling, Clarence and i rowed almost non-stop for our return journey. We were the first to arrive but there wasn't any competition and i won't consider our speed fast compared to the last time i kayaked with my army friends.


A picture of us after the kayaking

We cleaned ourselves up and got on the free shuttle bus to bedok at Coasta Sands main lobby. Had our lunch at Bedok hawker centre and headed to Suntec for Natas Travel fair.

Upon reaching, an entrance fee of $3 per pax is required and we decided otherwise. Went for World Cyber Games at another exhibition hall instead. There were many people playing warcraft and CS and the exhibitors were not a lot. Saw an amazing offer of a compaq laptop at the price of $1999 with a free X-Box. The specifications of the laptop is considered good with 512 mb ram, 80 gb, DVD writer (dual layer) and AMD Turion 64. I was originally planning to go for a new pc but this offer has made me reconsider my decision.

We then went walking around the shops in suntec before meeting up with Derrick. They were intending to watch soccer at Brewerkz in Clark Quay but it was full house upon arriving. We decided on Fluid bar at Far East Square and had dinner at Chinatown hawker centre before going there.

It was nearly half-time when we reached and we ordered a jug of beer plus a glass of fruit punch. Luckily i brought I-S paper along with me or else i would have fallen asleep or be really bored. The match between Liverpool and Totterham was not very exciting and the result is a plain 0-0. Most of us were quite tired as we had a long day and we headed back home after the match.

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I can start a hair salon

Woke up quite late today and after a few hours of lazing around at home, i went shopping at West Mall for Sang Ju's pens as i'm helping to send them over to Canada where he is studying. The bookstore has only 5 Uni-Ball Signo DX 0.38 mm pens left and i'm short of 15. Hopefully i can get the rest at Parkway Parade tomorrow. Spent the rest of my time window shopping before heading back.

My relatives have arrived as usual every friday as my mum employs my aunties' help to clean up the whole house. My cousins were meddling with my computer and playing Neopets as usual. My uncle requested me to help him cut his hair as my mum had boasted my hair-cutting skills and my numerous "customers" when i was in the army. Both of us had a very hot hair-cutting session (don't get me wrong) as the toilet was incredibly stuffy. We were both drenched by the time i finished as i took around 45 mins.

I couldn't really do any work with the noise and played games with my cousins for some time. My aunty then requested my cousin's hair to be cut and i spent another long 45 mins in the toilet. Many commented i did a good job with their hair, so next time can charge them $$$ liao. Haha... just joking. Luckily i don't know how to cut female's hair or else i think my house will have visitors everyday.

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Quiz

Just did a personality test after viewing KS's blog and found out it's really quite accurate.

Your view on yourself:

Other people find you very interesting, but you are really hiding your true self. Your friends love you because you are a good listener. They'll probably still love you if you learn to be yourself with them.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:

You like serious, smart and determined people. You don't judge a book by its cover, so good-looking people aren't necessarily your style. This makes you an attractive person in many people's eyes.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:

You prefer to get to know a person very well before deciding whether you will commit to the relationship.

The seriousness of your love:

You are very serious about relationships and aren't interested in wasting time with people you don't really like. If you meet the right person, you will fall deeply and beautifully in love.

Your views on education:

Education is less important than the real world out there, away from the classroom. Deep inside you want to start working, earning money and living on your own.

The right job for you:

You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life.

How do you view success:

You are afraid of failure and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed. Don't give up when you haven't yet even started! Be courageous.

What are you most afraid of:

You are concerned about your image and the way others see you. This means that you try very hard to be accepted by other people. It's time for you to believe in who you are, not what you wear.

Who is your true self:

You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.

The link for the personality test is located here.

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1 Week Break!

Woohoo... Don't have lessons tomorrow and my 1 week break has already started. But there are my environmental quality project, hydraulics group assignment, formal lab report, 4 tutorials and 3 CAs on the monday directly after our break!

1 day will be spent canoeing with my jc friends, 1 night will be celebrating KH's birthday, 1 day will be spent discussing the group assignment, 1 day will be spent on my grandmother's birthday, 1 afternoon will be spent singing ktv, at least 2 nights watching movies (Red Eye & The Bow) and 1 day probably will be spent for the Geyong outing. Arggg....... Where got time to finish everything?

Been schooling as usual these few days and watched the fantastic 36 yesterday. It is a really good french film on crime and politics with Daniel Auteuil and Gerald Depardieu as the leads. The shootouts are stunningly realistic, the atmosphere intense, and the motivations for power sickeningly evil. It is the first time i've watched a movie that makes me want to punch the bad guy so bad. It is a movie of tragic proportions and the cast & director did a really great job bringing out the story.

Korean Film Festival is ongoing now and i'm planning to watch Marathon and The Bow.

I might be going to Langkawi Air Show in Dec if most of my course mates are going. If the price is cheap and the trip consists of many days, i'll definitely be going. Looking forward to December break! Countdown to exams: 1 month 25 days. So little time and so much to study.

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Zhangyi's Birthday

KS and i went for a KTV session in the morning and we really stretched our voices to the max. We were taking our turns to "scream/shout" with some of the higher pitched songs and it was quite memorable. We were not able to do that anywhere else without the complaints of everyone in the vicinity.

We did some shopping in Bugis after that as KS needed a watch while I wanted to get a 512DDR Ram for my cpu. Took some time to buy Zhangyi's gift as we required some specific info from him about an item he don't mind getting. Also, the cost of the eau de toilette is too cheap for 7 people to share and we got a bag and a fragrant shower gel from Body Shop as well. Headed to Pasir Ris to meet up with the rest of our platoon mates attending his party.

We grabbed a bite at Mac before walking over to his HDB apartment. BBQ was next and we headed to a pavilion within the HDB estate. The ambience is rather nice with jazz music playing in the background and charcoal cackling softly in the heat.

David BBQing

We did not barbeque much and spent most of the time chit-chatting. It was nice to have a platoon reunion in the midst of our busy schooling/working lives.

We stayed on until around 10.50 pm after cutting the cake.

Derrick coincidentally was in Bedok at that time and he fetched me to PS as GS and Clarence were watching soccer there. We arrived quite late and missed the soccer match totally as Derrick had some trouble navigating the confusing HDB estates in Pasir Ris. Some table tennis matches were screening in the restaurant but we were more interested in chatting. After close to 2 hours, we left for home.

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Comex

Went to Comex 2005 at Suntec on Thursday with my jc friends after school as i was interested in buying a new pc and a memory card. There were quite a lot of people there and Derrick had to spend some time looking for an empty parking lot. The 2 exhibition halls were packed with hundreds of people but we were still able to manoeuver our way inside. The first item i bought is a box of 50 cd-r at the cheap price of $10.50. Next is a 512 mb Sony Memory Stick Pro Duo at the price of $99 with a free card reader. Derrick bought a Canon monochrome laser printer at the price of $199 with discount of almost $70. Edwin got a 128 mb XD card ($42) for his camera as well.

We headed to the newly revamped Marina Square and spent some time looking for a new fast food restaurant Carl's Jr. There were quite a lot of people dining there despite the fact that it was already 9 pm. The meals are not very cheap with an average of $9-10 but the burgers are very big especially beef burgers. My chicken burger is not as big in comparison.

The rest went back home after our late dinner while Clarence and i headed back to NTU. Clarence was driving his parents' old Mercedes as they have just bought a new car. He let me drive around the campus as i haven't drove for many months. We decided to drive around Lim Chu Kang with some time to spare. With almost no vehicles on the wide Lim Chu Kang road, i sped to a maximum of 120 km/hr! I did not drive faster than that as the engine sounds were getting a bit too loud. We did not venture too deep into Lim Chu Kang as the road was getting narrower and seemingly creepy. After switching drivers at the road leading to Sungei Gedong camp, Clarence drove back to NTU clocking a maximum of around 125 km/hr.

Friday, had a physics make-up lecture in the morning and tried to do tutorials in the afternoon but laziness and sleepiness overwhelmed me into taking a nap. Fuli dropped by my hall and we went for our cca together after having dinner. There was a lecture on how to "open" voice, improve stage presence, etc. There was a game after that which required all the different groups to pick a song from a box and there will be a forfeit if the song we picked is not the song we prepared. Almost all the groups were "punished" and my group had to act as the dancers while one of my group members performed a song. It was a rather laid back session for me as i do not need to prepare any songs this week. I was not selected for the second round of audition for the Lantern Festival but Fuli was picked. I stayed on to listen to the selected people at the second round audition while waiting for Fuli and some of them had really very good voices. The male singers have voices that can reach low notes and very high notes while some of the female singers have great voice quality and technique as well. I was really impressed with some of them and looks like i have a long way to go before reaching that standard.

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School as usual

Wednesday lessons are hard to absorb with lack of sleep on monday and tuesday. I have lessons at 8.30 am on mon, tue and wed. Can't help dozing off during almost all the lectures today.

Took a nice picture of NTU after my lessons.


Originally planned to watch 36 tonight but Clarence ended his lessons too late and we went Jurong Point for dinner and some shopping instead. Bought 2 OP t-shirts at a discount of $15 each.

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Boring day...

Been doing tutorials on today and yesterday. Physics and maths are getting harder and harder to do. Spent quite a lot of time figuring the answers to the tough questions. :(

It is NTU's 50th anniversary today and all of us had a half day break. Clarence did not come today as he did not have any lessons and i spent the lonely day in my hall. I guess i'm too bored so decided to take photos of my nice new watch.



Took a long nap in the afternoon and did more homework at night.

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