Attachment Day 1!!!!!!!
As if it’s really attachment. The whole day was just really slack, then slack and after that slack yet again.
After signing in at 8.30am, we went for a canteen break and come back to eGarage for a little meeting. I have joined the hardware team for the trip which means that me and my team were supposed to assemble the cheapest hardware and then send them to India.
We left the school around 11am for Sim Lim in a taxi. Over there we just sort of looked around, from 1st floor to 5th floor and then to and fro and up and down. I think actually we had already in our mind the shop we planned to go for our stuff as they provide the cheapest bargain. However it just so happened that the shop opened later than majority of the shops around. And so we had no choice but to wait.
The shop finally did opened at around 1pm. By then most of us were quite exhausted from walking around. So 4 of us waited outside while the other 4 who were better skilled in IT went in to pick the parts needed for the expenditure. So yet again for me, it was another case of waiting again. But I don’t really mind that honestly.
While we scanned around Sim lim, we noticed quite a number of familiar faces and they were from the same course as us doing their attachment. Some were repairing lap tops while some were doing sales. They looked really busy and us? Well, shopping and seeing and eating and just slack around practically waiting for the time to pass. I guessed I really had the best attachment in the whole of Ngee Ann Poly. HAHA….choosing to go India for attachment is really GOOD idea!! Imagine going to a camp on the 1st 3 days of attachment and then going off on the 4th day. 5th day was basically shopping and we are moving to the weekends!
Anyway, we had to rush back to school to report by 4 pm. And what happens over there? Well, what else but more slacking to do? We just wrote a few things for report and spent the rest of the time making a nuisance of ourselves. Before we knew it, its already time to go home. WAHAHA…I was thinking of the people under attachment at Sim Lim. They must still be working their ass off while I am slacking my ass off.
After that I went for my injection for tetanus. My hand still feels numb till now. It had been so long ago since I took my last injection and I had already forgotten the feeling.
It has been a good day today although the weather had not really been kind and rained where ever I go. Hopefully Monday will be just as slack or better still, let everyday be that way.
Once you have experienced the worst, nothing can be worse.
Rest day
Ever since coming back from the camp I have spent majority of my time sleeping. I also don’t know why but that 3 days camp seemed to have soaked up a lot of my energy. I will sleep till 1 plus in the afternoon and do a bit of my stuff. After that 2 or 3 hours later I will be off to nap for 2 hours at least. At least I feel better now. That 2 days of sleeping have somewhat recharged me.
Anyway my attachment in school starts tomorrow. However I think it will be quite relaxing tomorrow as I will be down in Sim Lim with the team to get some hard wares.
I think I am quite lucky to be going to India for my attachment. I have heard some of my friends that their attachments really sucks and they have loads of work to do. As for me, my first 3 days of attachments is camping and I get the 4th day off and start only tomorrow.
I have just finished the biography by David Beckham and to be honest, its good. It makes for good reading and was not dull as I thought so. Tomorrow I will return it together with the others books I have borrowed. Hopefully I will get another book that is as entertaining to whilst my time away.
Don’t wait for things to happen. Make things happen.
Home sweet home
Yeah! I am finally home after the 3 days 2 nights camp at camp Christine. Although the camp is really fun, there is still nowhere like home. I really miss my soft bed and also my computer. In fact, I slept almost the whole day upon reaching home around noon.
Ok. Now onto the details of the camp itself. To be honest, I had really expected it to be an extremely boring one but it had turned out to be so interesting and fun.
Day 1
We reached the camp around 11.30 am in the morning and settled down. Lunch were cooked by our own people and I was of course nowhere involved in cooking. I can eat but sorry, I can’t cook. Anyway we had Bee Hoon and eggs for lunch and it wasn’t really that bad honestly.
In the afternoon we had a briefing from Siva and the schedule of the camp. After that, we were taught how to play cricket. Before that day, I had no knowledge at all how cricket is played. I only knew that it’s a national sport in India and looks a bit like baseball. Before we knew it, most of us were hooked on the game. Trust me, its really fun. We had some kick-abouts with the soccer ball one of the guys’ have brought along until it started to rain to stop our fun.
Siva cooked curry chicken for dinner for all of us and it was simply delicious. The whole pot was finished within 20 min and most of us were left wanting more. We were left to relax and bath for the next hour or so. At 8 pm, we were asked to gather and had a singing session. We were given an Indian song and in fact, we had to learn it and perform in front of the people in India. God bless me. Luckily, the song was pretty catchy and all of us picked up quite fast. We played some games before retiring into the night.
Day 2
We have to wake up by 9 o clock in the morning and spent the next hour washing up and having our breakfast. Then it was down to serious work. We had to brain storm and think of the things to bring over and set down ground rules while we were at India. We then had a game of cricket against the new boys that came in this morning. We were lucky to win it thanks to David Francis’s 6 point clinch. Lunch was pasta and me and 4 other jokers were in charge of washing the plates after that.
In the late afternoon, we set of for arguably the event of the camp and that is canoeing. I paired up with David Francis who was reluctant to go with us. I had to urge him and promised to partner him before he agreed reluctantly. It was not as smooth sailing as it was thought to be. The waves were pretty big and it was difficult to steer on the right path and we kept going off course. After a huge detour, we reached the opposite island finally in around 45 minutes. By then, I was truly exhausted and suffered a numbness in the legs.
After a short rest, it was the journey back to the camp. It was easier on the way back as the waves were working in our favor. Although we were damn tired when we got back, we still mustered enough strength to play a 2 sides soccer game as we dried ourselves.
Dinner was BBq and the chicken wings were fantastic. For the next 3 hours we had our dinner and washed up. By 9 o clock, it was yet another brain storming exercise. We had to think of a performance to present to the people in India and there were lots of ideas thrown to the ground to pick from. At around 11, we were free to do our own activities. A small group of us sat in a circle with a lecturer and chatted the night away. It was more of a survivor series. Slowly students began to drop out to sleep and eventually only 3 of us remained with the lecturer. At 7 am, we called it quits and went up for a short nap before we woke up to pack up and leave the place.
It was truly an eventful camp and l learnt quite a lot from it. I didn’t regret going there at all although the mosquitoes there were really a lot. I made some new friends and really had lots of fun with them. I think the India trip on the 12th of Nov will be something to really look forward to.
Arsenal ends run finally
All good things come to an end. Arsenal has finally ended their 49 matches unbeaten run in the Premiership, going 2-0 down to Manchester United at old Trafford. It certainly gives the Man Yoo fans something to scream about. I am not a Man Yoo fan but as a betting man, I am a Man Yoo fan tonight.
Going 49 games unbeaten is certainly a huge feat and it will be a record which I don’t think can be beaten. Both sides have equal chances and a brilliant moment from Rooney was enough to earn a penalty for the home side. Nisteroy makes no mistake and slot the ball home. That goal was enough to bring the house down. The 2nd came in the dying minutes where Man Yoo counter attacked and Rooney had the final say when he tapped the ball in. Good job, Man Yoo, but hopefully you can keep up the consistency. I have lost quite a lot of money on you already.
I had planned to play soccer in the afternoon today. But the weather, as of these few days, was really bad. We ended up playing mahjong in one of my friends’ house. It has been quite some time ago where I last touched a Mahjong tile and I am lucky to have won a bit today(amount not revealed due to high rate of kidnap and abduct cases).
Anyway tomorrow I have a camp and there are a lot of stuff to pack. It will be a 3 day 2 night camp at camp Christine. So I will not be blogging these few days. When I come back I will update on the camp itself. Bye bye.
Yesterday...once more
It has been 3 weeks since I went back to the special school for the intellectually(dunno whether I spelt correctly) disabled. The reason was because of projects and preparation for exams that I was absent. Finally it’s all over and I am back there again.
Ever since signing up as a volunteer worker there, I realized I have grown really attached to the place. I am really concerned for their progress and also do hope to spend more time with the kids there. That place is really far from my place. The school is at Kembagan while I lived in Jurong and it takes around 1 and a half hour to reach there.
On the whole, the kids there are relatively quite well-behaved apart from some really active ones who will just run around without notice. There are also some who will scratch you or just scream for nothing. However, gradually I have learnt how to deal with such cases and be really careful when some get violent. I remembered once I was deeply scratched by one of the kids and the marks are still visible on my hand till today. Don’t me wrong. Not all the kids there are like that. There are only some special cases which need your attention. On the whole, they are all right. Really.
Anyway after that I meet my friends for a movie. The title of the movie is ‘Yesterday once more’ by my all time favorite actor, Andy Lau and Sammi cheung. The story is about a divorced couple who became together because they have a common habit and that is stealing. After they have divorced from each other, Sammi was going to get married again with a rich man. When the dowry was stolen, Sammi suspected it was Andy and the story goes on from there. It wasn’t really too bad a movie but I think it could be better. The plot was not bad and the chemistry between Andy and Sammi is also superb. The only weak point is some irrelevant scenes which are like erm what-is-this-for?. Anyway I think this movie is quite worth seeing during the week days where its cheaper. As for weekends, there should be other better choices around.
Brotherhood
I woke up only at 2 today. It has certainly been a long time for me since I slept for 10 hrs. The last 2 weeks have only been about 6 hours on average everyday. Don’t get me wrong. Its not because I stayed up every night to study. Haha, you know that can never happen. It’s the soccer matches on TV that’s keeping me awake.
And so anyway, the first thing I did when I woke up (minus brushing teeth, wash face blah blah blah) was to head down to the market and rent the shows I have been aiming at the VCD rental stall. I rented ‘chong shang xun xiao’(hk drama serial) and also a Korean movie called Brotherhood.
Brotherhood does left a deep impression in me not just because of the story line, but also the love and loyalty between the 2 brothers in the movie. I am unsure of the names of these 2 actors but you are always able to see them on TV all the time.
The movie is set in the 50s where North Korea and South Korea are at war with each other. So brother 2(younger one) has been forced to be drafted into the army to fight against the North Koreans. Brother 1( elder one), who has always loved his younger brother more than anyone else volunteered himself to go along to the war. In the war, the elder brother volunteered himself into all sorts of dangerous missions which include planting mines at the enemy’s frontline and attacking the enemy’s fort. Bro 2 thought that his brother did all those so as to win the honor badge and for fame and glory. In the quest for glory, he had transformed into a heartless and cruel enemy who showed no mercy to his enemy. Even some of his peers died because of his blind quest for his individual glory. Little did brother 2 knew that his brother did all these so that he can request for his younger brother to leave the frontline and back home to continue his studies and to take care of the family. One line went like this, “ I hoped both of us can make it back alive. But if only one of us can make it, I want it to be you.” As the movie rattled on with endless bombing and limbs flying, the younger brother was thought to have died, killed by the people in his own camp. Other than that, brother 1’s fiancé was also killed by the southern soldiers after being suspected to be one of the communists. Brother1 became crazy overnight and even joined the Communists to fight against his own people. Brother 2 who knew that his brother did such a thing because he thought he was dead and risked his life into the communist’s camp and tried to bring his brother back. Little did he knew that his brother is already crazy and is now a killer machine and did not even recognized his own brother anymore…..
The movie is around 3 hours long and is also full of blood and gore. Its quite entertaining though and despite its duration, there wouldn’t be a part where you will feel like sleeping.
Much better than 2046 anyway.
If you can’t suit yourself to the environment, change the environment.
Finally it's over
Not that it makes much of a difference anyway. Exams may be over but I am already in a semi-rest mode ever since I started poly. But at least the burden has been lifted and that is not a need to touch those books.
However, I was afraid for the worst. To be honest, I only started officially opened the book and studied them only a day before the papers I had. My mind was in a blank when I saw the questions. What the heck. Are they testing me on Indian? I don’t understand a word of it. Luckily I managed to calm myself down and started to recall what I had memorized the night before. So, God bless that I will be able to pass my paper.
And finally after around 2 weeks or so, I managed to have a game of soccer today(meaning no interruption by rain). Wah. I do feel I suck. My touches were poor and my passing sucks totally too. I feel its due to rustiness for not playing for so long. I do feel disappointed in myself although its just a kick around with my soccer khakis as I always set very high expectations for myself. I think its time I go for a jog regularly. My stamina are dropping and waistline is increasing. Furthermore my next fitness test is somewhere in December and now should be the time to start practicing.
It doesn’t matter u took a longer way than the others. What matters is you learnt and benefited along the path and reach your destination eventually.
recovered and yet another buffet
My fever had already subsided after a very long night sleep. From 12 plus to around 12 the next day if I not wrong. In fact I was supposed to meet the guys in school to study today at 11. Only their phone call managed to get me out of bed. And so off I went to school to meet the guys to study supposedly.
I only managed to reach the school around 1 pm. By then I could see that no one was really in the mood to study. They were already playing dai-dee, which is a tradition we always used to do when we idle. In the end we ended up playing almost the whole day until someone(was it me?) suggested we go to the Indo buffet restaurant besides Mambo pool for dinner.
We were the very first customers to arrive there and to be honest the waitress doesn’t look very friendly and was quite rude in fact. The buffet is a-la-carte style, where we order dishes and the chef at the back will prepare. The serving they serve us was horrid. Can you imagine 4 persons eating from a plate no bigger than a saucer that a cat uses to drink milk? And to be honest, the food wasn’t that good too. It was just ok, nothing special. While the advertising board said it was $13 ++, the bill came to around $20 per person. The 4 of us almost had a common agreement that this will be the first and last time we will be coming.
And onto more important issues. The IC exam is 2 days away and I still totally have no idea what is going to come out. Or to put it in simple terms, I have been totally ignorant what is happening during the IC lesson. Although I am a bit consoled after I did my calculation (where I calculate how much I have to get in my exam to ensure the prodigious DDDDISTINCTION), I knew with the state and knowledge I have currently, I could get a big fat ZERO. Touch wood.
He who cries is not a coward. He who dare to cry to his wounds is a real hero.
Sick man
After my nap in the afternoon, I woke up with a bout of flu and a slight fever. Great time to get sick with the exams roaming. To be honest I couldn’t really recall the last time I got sick. I think this time is due to the irregular sleeping hours and sleeping in air con room without a blanket.
And so I figured that if I can sweat it out, I will feel better. And so I went downstairs to have a game of soccer with my khakis. And so halfway through the game it started to rain heavily. And so..I am now more sick than ever after being drenched.
As I sat on my bed after a hot shower, I signaled to my sister to get me panadols and a glass of water after telling her I am having a fever. She actually had the cheek to say,’ MA! SARs return liao! Let’s get out of here!’ Thanks ar, great love and concern you have showered on me. I guess the sense of humor runs in my family blood. Not funny to me though. I had to drag my body and almost crawled to the kitchen to get the medicine.
As I am typing away, I am also sweating like mad. I also don’t know why but everytime I fell sick, my body will generate the ‘sweat’ button and it will start dripping like a water fall. In fact, I am now sitting on a float with my lap top on my lap to prevent it from being wet. Hopefully as like always, my fever will subside in a few hours time.
Anyway today is my SS paper and to be honest, I am really afraid of failing it. I totally screwed up and put in different meaning to different terminology. Now I can only pray and hope I can pass. Wish me luck.
Memories is the heaviest luggage you will ever carry in your life
stresssss
Great! Exam is just in around 1day time. Or 28 hours in exact. The great news is that I haven’t really start memorizing the notes yet and I haven’t really got a clue what its all about. The greatest surprise is that I am in no urgent mood. Now, that’s stress. You don’t get me? Ok I will put it in simple terms for you. Exam is just a day only and I am feeling no stress about the exam. The reason why I am stressed is because I am not stressed about exam.
The only reasons I can think of is because since I always leave everything to last minute, I figured that I should be able to handle this as well. After all it has always worked for me. So hopefully there will be no accident and I can meet my expected score of DISTINCTION (D).
I had borrowed 3 books from the library on Friday (YES,I DO READ). One of them is the biography of Jaap Stam and 2 others on Feng Shui and Tarot card reading respectively. I then realized that the last book cannot be read nor understand because I don’t have tarot cards to begin with. A check with my friend revealed that the cards will cost me around $70. That’s a high price to pay for 2 weeks of reading. Hopefully someone out there will be kind enough to lend me a set. Maybe if I do master the art of reading tarot cards, I will tell your fortune for free. Maybe only, I am not making any promise here.
My highlight of the day was seeing an A-Qua at the interchange today. He/she had heavy make up put on and a long pair of slender legs. You will definitely have mistaken him/her for a female if you looked from behind. Man, I truly regretted when I tried to take a peek thinking he/she is a chio bu. Its face is so macho and shoulders so board that it could have been a commandro. I almost puked, to be honest. That thought me an important lesson. Never assume a beauty or beast from the sight of a back view. Always verify, check and double check then triple check to make sure that it is a ‘she’ and not a she-male. Never ever assume. I don’t know what is happening but there seemed to be quite a number of such creatures nowadays. So, guys out there who like to pick up girls, do check carefully before you go. It could save your life and your life time happiness.
Definition of agony
A one-armed man hanging onto a cliff with itchy balls.
2046 zzzzzz
I watched the movie 2046 today despite my exams being 2 days away. I will sum up the movie with just a word. Art. Yes, this movie is all art. It seemed that most Hong Kong movies are going that route at the moment. To be honest, I sort of missed the usual typical slap-stick Hong Kong movies.
And anyway, onto 2046, the movie was extremely slow-moving with its background set in the 60s. The movie was all dialogue and also kept jumping from reality to fantasy and also from one time zone to another. I wouldn’t really say it’s a bad movie and but I don’t really think you will go into an old museum and enjoyed its artifacts for 2 hours right? The entire show almost had the music of soap opera as its background, adding onto the ‘art’ flavor. Away from the screen and onto the viewers, I was also desperately performing the art of not falling asleep. Although the movie may boost many stars, it seemed to me that Tony lan jiao wei is carrying the movie all by himself. The other so-called stars are being reduced to ‘costly extras’. So in my opinion, unless you are a fan of artistic French movies, I wouldn’t advise you to hold too high an expectation for this movie.
Gambling is not a sin
Provided you always win
Study?????????????
Woke up this morning with my heart thumping like a dozen horses racing across the Greenland. Exam is just 5 days away and I have not even start with my revision. I always have this kind of feeling whenever my exam draws near. I supposed this is a message sent out by my brain indicating that danger is approaching. The sub-conscious mind is sending out brain waves warning me that if I don’t start today, its gonna be too late.
Well, maybe I could have my lunch first right? And so after eating, I concluded that I was too full to study. Surely an hour of TV won’t hurt right? Right! And an hour of TV becomes 2 hours and before I know it it was already 5 pm. Maybe I should really start now. However, the Naruto Vcds on my desk seemed to be saying, ’’Come..come…come..”and of course I had to go. I really hate to reject people.
Before I knew it darkness had fallen. Great. I had to force myself to switch off Naruto and turned to my books. But….it so happened to be dinner time. I had to have my dinner. If not my stomach will start growling. Furthermore, dinner supplies me with the nutrients and strength to absorb better in studying. I just had to have my dinner first. My dinner lasted almost 2 hours because of the damn TV. Not my fault, it’s the TV’s.
In case you are wondering whether I did study or not, my answer is YES, I did. From 9pm to 9.30pm. Half an hour may not be an awfully long time but AT LEAST…I started already. The rest of the night was divided equally between being a manager , naruto and soccer matches on TV. Tomorrow, tomorrow I promised. I will focus more on my studies.
And finally before I go, “WALES!! YOU SUCK BIG TIME!! CANNOT EVEN AT LEAST MUSTER A DRAW AGAINST POLAND! YOU OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF! GO! GO DIG A HOLE AND HIDE YOUR LOSERS’ FACES!”
What will be shall be
What must come will come
Battle Royale!!!
Just finished a movie entitled ‘Battle Royale 2’ on my com. I got this movie from my classmate quite some time ago and only had the time to watch it today.
Anyway this movie is a sequel to Battle Royale which raised much controversial comments and remarks when it came out. Some of the comments were that the creators of this movie must be totally sick or deprived of a healthy childhood when they were young.
Anyway, I will brief the story a bit. Battle Royale 1 is about a class of students being sent to an island. There were given different weapons each and were told to kill each other. At the end of 3 days, there can only be 1 survivor. Also each and every one of them were attached to a necklace and if there were to try anything funny, the bomb in the necklace will be activated and Boom! Heads will fly and blood will spill. In the conquest to survive, friends and buddies will have to turn against each other whether you like it or not. From the show, we see the ugly side of human nature. Back-stabbing, betrayal and seducing were all evident in this movie. There were some who decided to take another route by committing suicide so that they will not need to kill their own friends.
In my opinion, this movie has a very powerful story line which set my mind thinking. What if? What if I were struck in that situation? Will I kill my friends in order to survive? Will I really bear to do so? Can I do it? Luckily there was just a movie and not reality.
As for BR 2 (battle royale 2) I think this movie is not as good as the 1st one. I think it is because it has lost its appeal. BR 1 was a hit as the idea was fresh. BR 2 on the other hand, looks to be only ridding on the success of its first movie.
Despite it being a flop, there was a scene in the movie which was memorable. An adult soldier was killed by one of the teenagers in the movie. The adult, when hit, went sprawling onto the floor and before dying said,” Shit! You’ve got me. I have got a family too…”
That sets me thinking. When a war breaks out, soldiers from both sides are no different from each other. Each also have a family to feed and are also made of blood and flesh. Yet, in the hunt for dominance and victories, blood had to be shed and women have to turn into widows. Is war really necessary? Behind every victory there were so much blood being spilled and tears being shed. The people who die are of no difference to you and I.
My birthday wish for this year is world peace. Haha…noble right…BUT..the world is need of it. Its sickening to open the newspaper in the morning and see some places being bombed by terrorists or some planes being hijacked. How nice will it be when you wake up in the morning and were told that there was no news today. How nice is it to know that nothing has happened today and there were no contents to be filled into the newspaper column since all the news in the papers all seems to be bad news.
Anyway away from my nobility and sad notes, exams is just a week away. I think I ought to start studying. Maybe I will start tomorrow. Maybe.
Is there God in this world?
Yes.
He who dares to hold his own fate in his own hand is God.
Eat, eat, eat and eat
Wah, today is already my 3rd buffet in 2 weeks. That’s a huge feat and certainly deserves a place in the Guinness book of records. Today’s battle ground is at the Suntec city, somewhere near the convection centre. For $17 I think this is a very reasonable price for the quality of food served there, much better than marina. In fact, while I am blogging away, I can still feel the weight of the food rolling in my stomach. After 6 hours, it is still not digested.
Today is also the screening of the AVFE project we had done for the past 3 weeks. There were several good entries and also quite a number which simply sucks (in order not to offend anyone, the names and themes of the projects will not be mentioned here). I wouldn’t rank mine as the best, but it is definitely not in the list of flops. Maybe the reason is because there are really some which sucks totally. The kind which if I am the editor or group members, I would have dug a hole and hide my face. Or maybe even hide my whole body. Or maybe get the quit school form from the SSIC and transfer elsewhere to start anew. One entry that simply stood out came from Ma-Rui. A hi-bye friend from M01. His was a trailer of a ghost movie and it was absolutely outstanding. The background music, editing, acting, positioning of cameras, plot were all a class above the rest. That is what I call substance. Not like some *999 darling or *catch me if you can* (you know I know but some others dun know). His trailer holds you in suspense and if it were a real movie, I think I will be off to the cinema to watch it.
I received a call from the Mel service centre saying that my adapter is ready. Ready in the sense that you can come down to collect it now. Ready in the sense that you can collect it but you cannot use it anymore. It was more of a case where the funeral parlor calling to ask you to come down to identify the body and bring it back. Drats! That fellow say my adapter is beyond repair and I have to get a new one. And the new one will cost me $ 69 (and that is equal to the price of 3 buffets).
Something strange is certainly going on nowadays. I just bought a new hand phone a week ago and the charger actually had the cheek to commit suicide 4 days later. I had to bring it down to the shop and investigate its death. The FBI at the shop said that I would have to wait 3 days before he can confirm the reason for its death. I figured that was reasonable as dissecting do take up some time. Maybe I can get ready to arrange a twin funeral. Or maybe there is a virus in the electricity in my house. Wonder if there is anywhere I can download a patch to clear the electricity virus.
I had actually planned to rest at home tomorrow and not go out. However I received an email from Mr Siva who is in charge of the India trip informing me that there is a briefing and there are some forms to be filled. There goes my rest day. Haiz…why is it like so busy everyday one…
I just finished the Cantona’s biography and to be honest, it was quite dull and not up to expectation (though not as bad as *darling 999 *wink). It was far away in terms of standard from the Roy Keane’s biography and its words were so small that I had to squirt my eyes to read it. Hopefully, the next one I am going to borrow (Jaap Stam’s biography) will be a good one (at least in the mould of Kung-fu hustle trailer done by a group of smart and cute students).
Now, its off to Naruto.
The working world outside is like a toilet. Your certs are like toilet paper. The more the merrier.
Finally a day of peace
It is certainly finally a day of peace for me. Has really been extremely busy for the last couple of weeks with projects and lots of other stuff. It has certainly been a long time since I can really sleep late without restrictions nor commitment. The last 2 weeks has been really hectic. I only reached home only around 10 o clock almost everyday. The next morning I will have to be up as early as 9 o clock to prepare for another day of activities. The AVFE project has finally been cleared. Hopefully all will go well during the presentation.
Today for the whole day, all I did at home was only to watch VCDs and rest. It may sound boring enough but to me that is certainly not the case. It is a good way to relax and escape away from the hectic schedule of running to school and fro and from places to places. Haha..in fact I have switched off my hp so that I am isolated away from the world. Give me a break man. I do need to be alone at times..haha…I do really need some time so that I can be alone with myself. A time for me to reconstruct my thoughts and to reflect on myself.
One more thing,haha…I actually failed my 2.4 km run in the physical test. Wow, I dun think I have ever failed before. Hmm…maybe its really time to cut down some weight and not drag the heavy load with me while running. Hopefully things will improve when I take my next test somewhere in December.
It is ok to make mistakes. But always learn from them. The 2nd time will be a better try.
Keano The Man
Recently I had just finished a book on one of my favorite football heroes of all time, Roy Keane. It was a biography written somewhere in 2002 or 2003 if I am not wrong. Keano, as most familiar people will call him, is the captain of Man Utd and the republic of Ireland. He is perhaps one of the most controversial figures in the football world ever. Some will refer him as a devil who always do things his way and have a hot temper to match. Those who truly knew him knew that most people don’t really understand him. The worst thing is he doesn’t care and finds no point to prove to other people the reason why he did such things. It is his winning mentality and never-say-die attitude which makes me really drawn to him. In some ways, I find a bit of myself in him (note: SOME hor…not all hor..I am not that great yet). Through this book, I began to understand more about the nature behind this talented football genius. It is not just about talent. It also involves sheer hard work and determination. It is a real pity that such personalities are almost extinct. Even at the moment when I see younger people picking up sports like basketball or soccer, all they can do is little tricks and pattern. They could be fantastic in making it look good, but not effective. Doubt my words? Look to the nearest CC at your house and you see those young punks trying to emulate Jordan or Kobe. Pattern many many, work done = 0. There are so many a times I see those people trying all those stupid stunts but yet couldn’t get the ball in. Don’t they know that 2 points is only counted when the ball has gone into the basket and not awarded by the panel board when you have done a good stunt. If you cannot even learn to walk, how can you expect to fly?
Having helped out in the coaching arena of my department’s soccer team, I realized that these mainly year ones also have the same problem. All they are looking forward is to play matches 11 a side. Yet the catch is they cannot even pass the ball to their own team mate properly. An 11 a side match always resulted in 22 people chasing after a ball and hoping that the ball will somehow end up in the net. These people don’t seem to be playing ball, it’s the ball which is playing them. I always believe that whatever sport you pick up, always start from the basics. And train your basics real hard. For example passing a ball in soccer. To me, I think that is the essential key to winning a game. It is only through good passing between you and your team mates can you manage to keep possession and control the game. Maybe someday these young punks should go to some place to watch how the veterans play. They should see how even without running so much, these uncles can allow their football to be so free flowing and efficient. Hopefully, these people will learn and do us proud by representing the department to beat teams from other departments.
A long jog is like your life. You can slow down, but you cannot stop. Once you stop, you are a goner
newbie on the block
Hi. New here. I figured that since this is the 'in' thing at the moment so maybe i should join in since i am still YOUNG! I have read some of the blogs people have written and I find them especially brilliant. The web blog provides a good channel for people to relay their feelings and their view points. It is interesting to see some of the opinions some people have over a certain issue.
Now, onto me currently. Have been extremely busy everyday for the past 2 weeks. Projects, projects and projects. Its all clearing up at the moment, with only one avfe project left. Only hope that it wun be a flop. I do have high expectations for it actually. Just got through my 21st bday on the 4th of oct. Had some friends celebrating with me with bday cake. Haha..but that still dun beat the breakfast I had together with my family on Sunday. Sorry guys, family values rule for me. I had a new wallet and a new handphone for my bday, courtesy of my sis and my mum. And oh ya, the real madrid shirt my classmates bought for me too. To show my appreciation, I wore it the next day (meaning i never wash). Anyway, thanks to all who make my bday a happy one.
