It’s the 4th week of school already. We are at tutorial 3 today yet I barely even done one tutorial. Wasn’t getting nervous about it earlier until today, when I sat with the ‘wrong crowd’ in the tutorial, then I realise almost everyone around me had done their homework. Damned. I had been too lazy and slacked off. If I dun start to catch up now, i probably never will. So its back to my usual routine of staying back in school to catch up on my work till late at night before I return to hall.
Dun put off what you can do today till tomorrow.
Well, what I wanna yell at myself is, dun put off what you should have done YESTERDAY till NEXT WEEK!!!
It’s a nice wake up call. Albeit a terrifying one.
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Monday, January 16, 2006
Officially Retired from TITANS
Played my last ever Rugby match last sunday in midst of the never-ending rain.
Won 10-0 against Hall 10, then lost 15-0 to Hall 1 in the quarter-finals.
It was my first and last ever game against the defending champions whom had been keeping a clean sheet for the last few seasons. Their superior technique and teamwork had won them the game but it was our gamesmanship that has really won us the day. We almost broke their clean sheet when we went beyond their tryline, only to be denied by a last minute tackle which prevented our guy from touching down the ball. It was fun playing against the Hall 1, at least we gave them a run for their money.
As for the game against Hall 10, it was déjà vu for me again. I would always have a near miss in scoring every single year, only by a distance of 5 metres, and it was the same against this year. This was the 3rd time this season that I had beaten 3 men and only to be denied by the 4th opponent coming in.
Well, my final statistics for rugby as I retire: 13 caps, 0 goals.
This is the only regret I have for playing rugby.
Won 10-0 against Hall 10, then lost 15-0 to Hall 1 in the quarter-finals.
It was my first and last ever game against the defending champions whom had been keeping a clean sheet for the last few seasons. Their superior technique and teamwork had won them the game but it was our gamesmanship that has really won us the day. We almost broke their clean sheet when we went beyond their tryline, only to be denied by a last minute tackle which prevented our guy from touching down the ball. It was fun playing against the Hall 1, at least we gave them a run for their money.
As for the game against Hall 10, it was déjà vu for me again. I would always have a near miss in scoring every single year, only by a distance of 5 metres, and it was the same against this year. This was the 3rd time this season that I had beaten 3 men and only to be denied by the 4th opponent coming in.
Well, my final statistics for rugby as I retire: 13 caps, 0 goals.
This is the only regret I have for playing rugby.
Friday, December 23, 2005
It ain't a merry x'mas for me...
Received my exam results a few days back. Felt really depressed for a couple of days. This is one of my most "hardworking" semester, but the results i have got doesn't commensurate the amount of effort, sacrifice and time i have devoted to my studies. Kinda spins me off my track, cos i have always tot that if i have put in more effort into my studies i would naturally get better results. Now i have been proven wrong.
Law of diminishing returns: if one factor of production is increased while the others remain constant, the overall returns will relatively decrease after a certain point
I’m fearing the worst that I might not get a 2nd upper Honours after so much effort, cos my results for this semester just warrants a bottom 2nd lower… The only consolation is that the system that I used to calculate this is not applicable to my batch, so there is still some respite and leeway I can work on.
A brief recap on the stuff that I have done during this short ‘holidays’ :
FYP…. (super sianz already, really no life doing this every day n night)
Went for TMS 25th anniversary dinner (nice catching up with teachers n old frens)
Completed my 3rd SC Marathon. (still recovering from a creaky knee now…)
Played my last 2 Sepak Takraw game for Hall 15.
Had a BBQ and Camp at East Coast Park with dear!
Rejoined Titans after some consideration…
On rejoining Titans:
I was pretty disappointed with the players’ commitment to Titans last year. I was willing to make the effort to travel from Tampines back to NTU for every training. But to see only abt 3 or 4 players present for every training really puts me off. The fact that we were almost not able to field a playing team (no reserves or subs!) on match day really pissed me off. So I wasn’t really keen in returning to the team this year, unless I see proper attendance and commitment in the training sessions.
Call it coincidence or whatever u want, but somehow I would always have something on everytime when I wanted to go to the field to check the team. Until last week when I finally found the time to go down by cutting back on my FYP hours.
I’m not sure whether I mistaken or wat, but the attendance on the session when I first returned was unbelievable. However, the subsequent training on Monday had only 6 players around doing nothing much.
Hopefully we’ll get better commitment next training. Our first match day is on the coming Friday. Praying hard that nothing cocks up.
My thoughts for Sepak Takraw:
Been playing this sport every year since I joined Hall 15. one of the primary reason that I liked this sport more is that nobody is really proficient in this game until that it was quite a level playing field, so unlike soccer, one doesn’t need many years of experience to pick this up. With some efforts, I managed to develop quite some decent skills. However, it will always be a regret of mine not to have won any regu in my time. I admit i wasn’t good enough in my 1st 2 years, but I’m sure I could have won some matches in my senior years had I have had more dedicated team mates. There’s only so many points I can score or save individually. But if the ball doesn’t come to me, there’s nothing much I can do about it.
Oh well, not that its going to haunt me for life anyway. Retirement from sepak takraw for me…
Finally I’ll going for a holiday in Malaysia this coming weekend with dad, mum and dear. We’ll be spending X’mas eve at KL and x’mas day at Genting. It’s the first time I’ll be spending my x’mas out of sg. Think it will be nice!
Law of diminishing returns: if one factor of production is increased while the others remain constant, the overall returns will relatively decrease after a certain point
I’m fearing the worst that I might not get a 2nd upper Honours after so much effort, cos my results for this semester just warrants a bottom 2nd lower… The only consolation is that the system that I used to calculate this is not applicable to my batch, so there is still some respite and leeway I can work on.
A brief recap on the stuff that I have done during this short ‘holidays’ :
FYP…. (super sianz already, really no life doing this every day n night)
Went for TMS 25th anniversary dinner (nice catching up with teachers n old frens)
Completed my 3rd SC Marathon. (still recovering from a creaky knee now…)
Played my last 2 Sepak Takraw game for Hall 15.
Had a BBQ and Camp at East Coast Park with dear!
Rejoined Titans after some consideration…
On rejoining Titans:
I was pretty disappointed with the players’ commitment to Titans last year. I was willing to make the effort to travel from Tampines back to NTU for every training. But to see only abt 3 or 4 players present for every training really puts me off. The fact that we were almost not able to field a playing team (no reserves or subs!) on match day really pissed me off. So I wasn’t really keen in returning to the team this year, unless I see proper attendance and commitment in the training sessions.
Call it coincidence or whatever u want, but somehow I would always have something on everytime when I wanted to go to the field to check the team. Until last week when I finally found the time to go down by cutting back on my FYP hours.
I’m not sure whether I mistaken or wat, but the attendance on the session when I first returned was unbelievable. However, the subsequent training on Monday had only 6 players around doing nothing much.
Hopefully we’ll get better commitment next training. Our first match day is on the coming Friday. Praying hard that nothing cocks up.
My thoughts for Sepak Takraw:
Been playing this sport every year since I joined Hall 15. one of the primary reason that I liked this sport more is that nobody is really proficient in this game until that it was quite a level playing field, so unlike soccer, one doesn’t need many years of experience to pick this up. With some efforts, I managed to develop quite some decent skills. However, it will always be a regret of mine not to have won any regu in my time. I admit i wasn’t good enough in my 1st 2 years, but I’m sure I could have won some matches in my senior years had I have had more dedicated team mates. There’s only so many points I can score or save individually. But if the ball doesn’t come to me, there’s nothing much I can do about it.
Oh well, not that its going to haunt me for life anyway. Retirement from sepak takraw for me…
Finally I’ll going for a holiday in Malaysia this coming weekend with dad, mum and dear. We’ll be spending X’mas eve at KL and x’mas day at Genting. It’s the first time I’ll be spending my x’mas out of sg. Think it will be nice!
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Exams
Exams from 2 to 21 nov. Won't be updating in this period.
Interesting quote: The higher your expectations, the greater the disappointment when it fails.
My words: no expectations = no disappointment!
But its really tough to exercise this in exams... i always set high standards for myself
Off to "maintain" the high standards...
Interesting quote: The higher your expectations, the greater the disappointment when it fails.
My words: no expectations = no disappointment!
But its really tough to exercise this in exams... i always set high standards for myself
Off to "maintain" the high standards...
Monday, October 10, 2005
Chicken Pox...
I’m really unlucky! Down with chicken pox at this critical period. Exams are going to come in 24 days time and I’m stuck at home. Why can’t the stupid virus choose a better timing.. Must have caught it from some bugger in NTU who is sick and still went about in school. Damned. Curse him/her get constipation and cannot shit forever.
Burnt about $200 to buy the strong medication which will let me recover faster. Really expensive. But no choice since exams are so close. Half of my IPPT money is gone. Crap.
My temperature keeps going up n down like yo-yo. Sometimes I feel very cold, sometimes I feel very hot. Highest recorded temperature is 39.3!
Luckily for the past few days my dear has been taking good care of me. Wet toweling me when my temperature goes up. Helping me get all my stuff when I’m too sick to go about. Buying all those food and fruits for me to get well faster. Accompanying me to the doctor. There’s too many to state! My dear is so nice to me! I love shan!
Burnt about $200 to buy the strong medication which will let me recover faster. Really expensive. But no choice since exams are so close. Half of my IPPT money is gone. Crap.
My temperature keeps going up n down like yo-yo. Sometimes I feel very cold, sometimes I feel very hot. Highest recorded temperature is 39.3!
Luckily for the past few days my dear has been taking good care of me. Wet toweling me when my temperature goes up. Helping me get all my stuff when I’m too sick to go about. Buying all those food and fruits for me to get well faster. Accompanying me to the doctor. There’s too many to state! My dear is so nice to me! I love shan!
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Xiao Pang passed away...
One of my hamsters, Xiao Pang, just passed away this morning. So sad...
Think this is the first time i cried over the passing away of my pet hamster. Had a lot of hamsters in the past, but it was always just foul mood for a short period and no tears.
I doted a lot on Xiao Pang, and since he was shan's pet, it felt even worse.
Buried him in the garden outside my room.
Hope he is leading a better life now up there.
Haiz, I always get too emotional over animals...
Think this is the first time i cried over the passing away of my pet hamster. Had a lot of hamsters in the past, but it was always just foul mood for a short period and no tears.
I doted a lot on Xiao Pang, and since he was shan's pet, it felt even worse.
Buried him in the garden outside my room.
Hope he is leading a better life now up there.
Haiz, I always get too emotional over animals...
Monday, September 19, 2005
Wishing Francis n Sis eternal Bliss!!!!
Today is my Sis’s Engagement Day!!!!
She looked so beautiful in her gown. I still can recall the days when we were all still small and fighting with each other over petty stuff, and boy, she’s getting married today. Time really flies. She looked so happy during the ceremony and even more so after it. Wish Francis and her will be forever in Bliss!! Looking forward to her traditional wedding! I'm sure it will be fun!
Term break really flies by when u really needed it. It seems like I din do as much as I would like to. Plenty of projects and assignments to do, and I’m still not quite done with some of them yet.
Gotta step up a gear now, must be on par or ahead of the class progress. And quickly depose off all the projects. Must score straight A’s this sem!
Just took my IPPT on Saturday. Gold again! Ha ha. I dun expect anything lesser than that anyway. Actually I can feel that I’m not as fit as in my prime years, and I’m taking longer to recover from the exertions (actually its more of due to insufficient time to warm up). Whatever. Still got 2 more IPPT in CAT X before I can get an easier timing! Dun you guys think that life hits the expressway once u go beyond 21?
She looked so beautiful in her gown. I still can recall the days when we were all still small and fighting with each other over petty stuff, and boy, she’s getting married today. Time really flies. She looked so happy during the ceremony and even more so after it. Wish Francis and her will be forever in Bliss!! Looking forward to her traditional wedding! I'm sure it will be fun!
Term break really flies by when u really needed it. It seems like I din do as much as I would like to. Plenty of projects and assignments to do, and I’m still not quite done with some of them yet.
Gotta step up a gear now, must be on par or ahead of the class progress. And quickly depose off all the projects. Must score straight A’s this sem!
Just took my IPPT on Saturday. Gold again! Ha ha. I dun expect anything lesser than that anyway. Actually I can feel that I’m not as fit as in my prime years, and I’m taking longer to recover from the exertions (actually its more of due to insufficient time to warm up). Whatever. Still got 2 more IPPT in CAT X before I can get an easier timing! Dun you guys think that life hits the expressway once u go beyond 21?
Saturday, September 10, 2005
Strange day
I had started to stay-in, but since dear’s mum was in hospital, its only right that I should pay a visit. So I had planned to visit dear’s mum and go home today.
My family was going to have a dinner with De Bao’s family today (for those who dunno yet, De Bao will become my bro-in-law in 1 week’s time), and I wasn’t informed cos they thought I was too busy with my work in school so they left me out.
Dear n I went to the SGH to pick up her mum as she is discharged today. She had a surgery to remove her kidney stones on Wednesday. Her mum looks so happy to see me, and even more happy to leave the hospital ASAP. After having dinner with dear’s family, I parted with them to take the MRT back home.
Just as I was stopping by the video shop to watch one an old show on the tv, I checked my HP for sms and found that I had a missed call from mum, so I returned the call and mum sounded surprised and the first thing that she said was “How did you know it?” I was puzzled and din understand what’s she talking about, then she told me that they were involved in an accident, and are going to CGH. So I rushed there immediately.
After I reached CGH, I found mum in the A&E and to my relief, only dad n sis got slight impact injuries. Bro and Mum are alright. Then did I know that they were hit from the back by a taxi on the expressway in a serial accident. Luckily they did not hit any cars in front of them. Then I traced back the time line of events to discover something strange.
Mum called me at 1939 to tell me that they were having dinner with De Bao’s family (I missed that call), but I had knew that already from an earlier call. When I returned the missed call at 2040 outside the video shop, it was almost directly just after the accident had happened. That explains why mum asked me “How did you know it?”, when nobody had informed me of the accident yet. The timing of the events is so strangely coincidental.
Anyway, dad n sis had outpatient treatment and only had complaints of strains on their neck. Luckily it wasn’t a serious accident. Otherwise… scary, better dun think too much.
Am I lucky to have avoided this accident personally? Or I’m so jinxed that people around me always end up in the hospital?
Hopefully this doesn’t start off another series of me having to visit the hospital every now and then, just like 3 years ago. It feels terrible to always send/visit your loved ones/frens to/in hospital.
Well, to those who are interested, my bro’s carplate number is 3901, go buy the 4D if you want. It’s a lucky number anyway. Used to turn up in various permutations on an average of once per month or so. Go figure.
My family was going to have a dinner with De Bao’s family today (for those who dunno yet, De Bao will become my bro-in-law in 1 week’s time), and I wasn’t informed cos they thought I was too busy with my work in school so they left me out.
Dear n I went to the SGH to pick up her mum as she is discharged today. She had a surgery to remove her kidney stones on Wednesday. Her mum looks so happy to see me, and even more happy to leave the hospital ASAP. After having dinner with dear’s family, I parted with them to take the MRT back home.
Just as I was stopping by the video shop to watch one an old show on the tv, I checked my HP for sms and found that I had a missed call from mum, so I returned the call and mum sounded surprised and the first thing that she said was “How did you know it?” I was puzzled and din understand what’s she talking about, then she told me that they were involved in an accident, and are going to CGH. So I rushed there immediately.
After I reached CGH, I found mum in the A&E and to my relief, only dad n sis got slight impact injuries. Bro and Mum are alright. Then did I know that they were hit from the back by a taxi on the expressway in a serial accident. Luckily they did not hit any cars in front of them. Then I traced back the time line of events to discover something strange.
Mum called me at 1939 to tell me that they were having dinner with De Bao’s family (I missed that call), but I had knew that already from an earlier call. When I returned the missed call at 2040 outside the video shop, it was almost directly just after the accident had happened. That explains why mum asked me “How did you know it?”, when nobody had informed me of the accident yet. The timing of the events is so strangely coincidental.
Anyway, dad n sis had outpatient treatment and only had complaints of strains on their neck. Luckily it wasn’t a serious accident. Otherwise… scary, better dun think too much.
Am I lucky to have avoided this accident personally? Or I’m so jinxed that people around me always end up in the hospital?
Hopefully this doesn’t start off another series of me having to visit the hospital every now and then, just like 3 years ago. It feels terrible to always send/visit your loved ones/frens to/in hospital.
Well, to those who are interested, my bro’s carplate number is 3901, go buy the 4D if you want. It’s a lucky number anyway. Used to turn up in various permutations on an average of once per month or so. Go figure.
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