What will be shall be

When I was a student (in poly)

When I was a student in Ngee Ann Poly

- I studied multimedia in Ngee Ann and before registering, I thought it is something like Mass Communications or something to do with the media when you get to meddle with stuff in studio or camera. In the end it's on computing stuff and I AM A COMPUTER IDOIT, even today I still am.

- When I purchased a lap top which is essential for my course, I did not know where the CD-Rom was. Once my friend came over my house to borrow my laptop to do some stuff and asked me to help me insert the CD into the CD-Rom and I told him my laptop doesn't have one. He rotated my laptop and pressed a button and out popped the CD-Rom.

- We once had to do a project individually and upon completion, the teacher passed round a disk and asked us to save into it. Somehow I inserted the disk into the zip drive instead of the A drive. The computer began to give out a strange rattling noise. The teacher came over to see and her facial expression was classic. It read,"How could somebody be so stupid?" In the end, with the help of another teacher and a metal ruler, she managed to extract out the disk. I was relieved, and so were some of the top students in the class. Because they have saved their work in the same disk.

- I only attended the 1st few lectures. After that lectures all automatically become 'self-revision'.

- My classmates and I always like to play stupid games. We would play 'zhong ji mi ma' and the loser will have to do a forfeit like getting a girl's number and so on. Our favorite game was at MacDonalds at King Albert Park. Everytime before we go, we will play the game and the loser will have to carry everyone's bags to the bus stop. I was always the one suggesting stupid forfeits- and always ended up being the one being punished.

- In my 1st semester, we had a module called Business Information System. The book is a very thin one and its contents looked very simple. I joked to my friends saying that it is almost impossible to fail this module. I did the impossible, together with 2 of my other classmates. NNB.

- Mid-way till tutorials and practicals especially those 2-hours sessions, me and a couple of my classmates will always disappear saying we need to go to the loo, and go to the canteen for coffee and tea. We only come back at least half an hour later.

- I get Ds(just passed) for almost all my modules throughout my 3 years in Poly. Teachers always say I am lucky to have passed. I would rather refer it as strong survival instinct, studying just the right thing to get a pass.

- We had a module in yr 2 or 3 called project management. I scored a high B+ in this module, even higher than most of the better students in my class. I told them I am cut out for management, not some dumb programmer. They never agree with me.

- My classmates and I always like to find empty classrooms especially those located more remotely and play Dai-dee.

- Once we went up to the staff level to find a teacher and realized that the whole corridor was empty. Realizing that everyone had gone to a meeting, we explored the place and went into the staff lounge. I opened the fridge and saw one whole carton of sugar cane drinks (6-packs). I took a number of packs and went down to the classroom to distribute. The following week an email was sent to everyone warning that no one unless with the company of a teacher is allowed in the staff area. I supposed the camera located along the corridor really works.

- On graduation day when we went to collect our certs, my teacher said to me," I don't know how you do it but somehow you did it. This is the 1st time I see people who know nuts about computing but yet manage to get a diploma in computing. I really expected you to repeat at least a year." Bitch.

http://malmoncolo.blogspot.com/2006/09/when-i-was-student-secondary-sch.html
http://malmoncolo.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-was-student.html (primary school)

posted by malmoncolo @ 2:25 AM 7 comments

My new name is Surachai

God gracious I realize that I have not updated for quite some time. Sorry for the laziness.

Anyway I just got back from Bangkok and it was a great trip though I exceeded my budget big time. In fact I love that place so much that I got myself a new Thai name- Surachai. Not too bad huh?

Me and my 2 other friends touched down last Friday and checked in at Chapaya Park Hotel, a 4-star hotel. The charges were reasonable for a 4-star- $70 for a night a room. But the charges for the room charges and mini-bar was a bomb. $100 plus dollars for 3 rooms just for room charges +++. Lesson learnt. I will just sleep on the streets when I go there next time.

After checking in the hotel with our luggages, we went out for supper. There was this open-air restaurant selling seafood not too far away from our lodging place. We ordered this seafood platter - a big fish (bai chang yu), some big-head prawns, lots of lalas, cockrels and scallops for just $20!! Kao, for all these if you eat in Singapore, I think it will amount to around a hundred or maybe more.Furthermore the seafood are all very fresh. I was so touched that I cried when I saw the bill.

We went to one of their night markets which only operate during the weekends and bought some stuff. The T-shirts there are all going for around $10. I think the locals there could have gotten a better rate. I didn't dare to buy any food from the street vendors, mainly because their food was cooked right beside gutters, hardly appetizing. My friend bought a bag of fried crickets and I was game to try at first. But seeing the poor fellow's big eyes looking at me fried, dead and everything, I didn't dare to put it inside my mouth.

On Saturday, we went to their shopping malls which is like our Jurong point. Most of their stuffs can be found in Singapore. The difference was a few dollars cheaper. We also went to their Chinatown which was disappointing. There wasn't anything much there. We went to one of their restaurants for shark fins which was just quite average. Also the boss's attitude was also quite stuck-up. And it wasn't really cheap too.

There was much hype over there too as Singapore was due to play Thailand in the Asian cup final. We had actually managed to get tickets for the final at the stadium and ended up not going as we will be sitting right below the Thai fans. It's safety first and we ended up watching the game from the comfort and safety of our hotel room. When Singapore equalised in the 81st min, we opened our door and shouted "Singapore!" before retreating hastily into our room and locked the door.

The Thais weren't that hostile after the loss, as what we feared them to be. At the end of the day, it's just football. After coming back, friends asked whether I have seen any Lady-boys (Ah Qua) or not. Well, they are everywhere. Any corner you turn you are bound to see one. The funny things is there are so many beautiful women there but yet many Ang-mos chose the lady-boys. Perhaps a change of taste is what they are looking for. Ang-mos' tastes are really hard to comprehend.

There are many other more places which we visited but it's 2am in the morning and I have to wake up at 6. In conclusion, I have found another potential place to retire. And, don't call me by my name anymore, call me Surachai.

posted by malmoncolo @ 2:05 AM 0 comments