Monday, December 29, 2008

Why do I like to drink?

You should know that I am talking about alcohol right.. haha..

I like to drink as a social drinker.. I can't say I love to drink becos sometimes when I reach a limit, I will not want to drink.. why I like to drink? I feel that I am a bit addicted to drinking.. addicted to the feeling that I get from drinking.. usually when I drink, I need more than 2 glasses to get that feeling.. the high feeling.. the feeling of my mind starting to float around.. and my head feels light.. I like the feeling when my head feels light.. becos I always feel that my head is heavy.. heavy with a lot of thoughts and a lot of worries.. which is so depressing to me.. I very easily feel depress and I think alcohol can drown my depression at that moment.. becos when I am high, all these burdens seems to get blur and lighter.. and I can sort of relax myself.. feeling not so constraint..

I do have a bit of hangover.. that's the part which is not so nice about drinking.. but nothing serious for me.. I am never drunk until drop dead before.. never vomit before.. I know how to limit myself by drinking slowly and I always keep myself concious to know how much I have drank and seems like I can drink quite a lot compared to my friends.. I actually will like to find out my limit.. to be drunk once but after looking at how some of the gals are so unglam when they are drunk.. I decided not to be drunk at all.. however I think if I have a drunk experience.. experience all the bad things.. then I may cut down on drinking.. maybe being drunk will make me hate drinking.. haha..

I never done any silly things before when I am high on alcohol.. becos I am so concious about what I doing.. but it will only give me the energy to dance as much as I can if I am in a club becos if I am not high, I feel sian about dancing.. haha.. so I seldom likes to go clubbing..

After drinking quite a lot last week for the Christmas celebration, I can still feel the alcohol in my liver.. haha.. really.. not lying.. I think if I do drink on New Year Eve.. it will only be sip by sip.. that's what I have done during the dinner with boss.. haha.. unless the alcohol has been completely broken down in my liver by then.. I don't think I will enjoy drinking..

Mojito is my favourite!


Quoted from Wikipedia:

"... traditionally made of five ingredients: white rum, sugar (traditionally sugar cane juice), lime, carbonated water, and mint. Its combination of sweetness, refreshing citrus and mint flavors are intended to mask the potent kick of the rum, and have made this clear highball a popular summer drink.

When preparing a mojito, lime juice is added to sugar (or syrup) and mint leaves. The mixture is then gently mashed with a
muddler. The mint leaves should only be bruised to release the essential oils and must not be shredded. Then rum is added and the mixture is briefly stirred to dissolve the sugar and to lift the mint sprigs up from the bottom for better presentation. Finally, the drink is topped with ice cubes and sparkling water, and mint leaves and lime wedges are used to garnish the glass."

It's sweet and minty.. you don't really taste the alcohol at all so I love it!

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Do I really look like I am from China??

haha.. 3 ppl have said that to me.. One is my colleague who says that I look like from China.. First time hear somebody say that of me.. really makes me wonder..

and then I took cab and 2 taxi drivers also say that I don't sound like a local.. more like from China or Hong Kong.. Huh?? Do I have the accent? I don't speak like a local meh.. Maybe to strangers I speak proper Mandarin.. does it mean Singaporeans don't speak good Mandarin? haha.. but I also doesn't sound like from China yah.. so weird.. to ppl I know, I always speak with lah, lor, meh.. haha.. so singlish lor.. really can't believe it..

I don't care it is a compliment or not but I just like to be seen as a local.. I am a Singaporean and like to be a Singaporean.. haha..

Saturday, December 20, 2008

4 unique videos..

Recently, while I was sitting on the bus, something on the TV mobile makes me stop dreaming and watch what is on the screen.. who will think what the video means until the msg that appears at the end.. These videos make me wonder.. does these situation only happens for glue sniffing.. but it does make me aware that glue sniffing is back.. it is not an old fashion practice of inhalant abuse.. it is still around.. maybe it is cheaper and more accessible to young ppl than drugs..

Cindee


Benjamin


Fauzi


Rohaina

Sunday, December 14, 2008

I can't fake..

Working life is so much complicated than school life..

My intention is just so simple.. I don't like to be misunderstood and keep myself controlled.. I will like to open up but seems like it is not acceptable.. I like to trust ppl and be trusted but it is quite impossible.. I can't be naive and must be careful.. but I just can't get used to that.. that's not me..

Seeking death in a bottle..

This title is well-given.. it appears on the saturday paper.. the issue of euthanasia has been heatedly discussed in the whole world.. and my stand is against..

Euthanasia maybe is a way to die peacefully and with no pain.. a way to release a terminally ill patient from the pain that he suffer from.. this pain is indescribable.. and nobody can understand unless you been through it.. so it can be unbearable that makes the patient wants to die instead of living.. maybe his family will also not feel too painful to see him suffer and also spend too much money to care for his living.. but is this thinking right? It may seem reasonable.. but is it how life should end.. it is like suicide.. but this is suicide assisted by the doctor.. the doctor will give you an injection to put you to sleep forever.. if you feel like dying, why not you do it yourself? there are so many ways to suicide.. you just too scared to end your life in a ugly and painful ways.. maybe if the poison is given by a doctor, you will feel more peaceful and 100% guarantee of dying.. I just feel so.. I am not encouraging suicides.. but I just see the similarities between euthanasia and suicide.. the difference is the doctor is made the killer..

if the doctor is given the right to kill, it will conflict with his responsibility to save ppl.. doctor is also human.. is he always right in deciding when to save ppl and kill him? that is like making him the god.. who's know this right will not be abused.. to save up on the beds, terminally ill patient may be put to death before he is given the treatment and chance to cure.. how to guage correctly that the patient is suffering "unacceptably" and he has no chance to survive the illness and they have a desire to die.. when you are in serious pain at the moment, you will think of the easy way out which is to die so how can this momentary wish to die be trusted.. and will stories of miracles of ppl recovering from terminal illness and from near death still exist if this option is given to the doctor?

what is the meaning of life? if ppl don't go through the different stages of life which involves unhappiness, pain and problems.. we can't give up so easily.. choosing euthansia is just like saying that it is right in taking the easy way out in everything to end pain.. it is just like running away from problem.. not everyone is brave enough to face pain but it is this pain that exists to train you to face it bravely..

Terminally ill patient should give palliative care a chance.. which will help in reliefing pain which includes taking care of the the psychological and spiritual needs of the patient.. maybe the patient will feel more comfortable in the remaining days, spend more time with family members and take death to come naturally.. who knows how much things can be done in the remaining days and how much wishes can be fulfilled..

there is also the advance medical directive which is the living will that instructs doctors not to go to extremes to preserve life when a person can no long be saved. It has to be signed by the person himself and two witnesses, one of whom has to be a doctor. Medicator and palliative care will still be administered but not intensive care, like using a respirator to keep a person from dying.. so no the families will not be put in a difficult position to decide when to pull the plug..

there is no point in making a doctor a mercy killer..

Driving is fun!

Anything new to me is always fun.. haha..

the instructor is nice to me.. will joke and make the atmosphere not so awkward or nervous for me.. haha.. he says my biting point and braking is good.. got talent to drive manual yah.. haha.. but I always step too hard on the accelerator.. so hard to maintain it at 2000.. and I will get gan cheong.. haha.. nevermind.. will do better in 2nd lesson.. will be taking the basic theory this coming fri.. should be able to pass bah.. haha..

I hope to learn driving as fast as possible.. don't like to drag yah..

How can I be so careless?

I never so careless.. but I am now.. I lost $100 that does not belong to me at all.. why am I so absent minded.. I just believe myself.. I just lose it within 15 min.. from my jeans pocket.. hai~ I feel so bad.. ppl trusted me by handing me the money but I never safely bring it to where it should be..

I have to be very careful next time..

A pastime I love: Watch movies..

I actually have watched a number of movies but no time to review on them! some of them have passed so long le.. more than a month..

just last sat I watched Bolt.. the animated movie.. It is really a nice movie that really makes me laugh.. the behaviour of the animals in the movie will make you laugh.. the main character is Bolt who is so called a super dog on tv but in reality he is not.. this is the twist in the movie.. I am so bewildered by the power of the dog.. ran at super speed, shake the earth with his super bark and cut metal and glass with laser eyes.. how is it possible? I thought to myself.. haha.. then all the cameras and lights came.. but the dog itself don't know anything.. he thought he is really a super dog who always been saving his master, penny..

Penny is voiced by Miley Cyrus.. I think she is acting herself.. a very popular child actress..

the ignorant dog thinking that there is really a bad guy.. run away to save penny and then he incidentally was transported to new york city from hollywood.. he thought he had lost his power becos of the peanut styrofoam that he is contained in.. and he first time sees a red liquid from his paw and didn't know it is blood and first time hear the rumbling of his hungry stomach as he has never been hungry before.. I think this is showing the reality of the life our pet animals.. after they are born, they will only know things by the way they are raised and trained.. if they are never injured before, they will not what is blood..

with the help of mittens, the cat and rhino, the hamster, he found his way back to hollywood and the pets see some hope that actually there are some owners who will never abandoned them and forget them.. they see it in the case of bolt and penny.. and bolt is not a fake super dog at all.. he saved his master from the fire..

more than a month ago, I watched burn after reading becos of brad pitt.. haha.. okay lah.. not only becos of him.. I thought it will be a nice movie.. but I think it is not.. okay it is a black comedy but I think the comedy is actually some silly jokes.. the characters are so silly.. brad pitt is a hippy gym instructor doing funny actions.. not like him at all.. haha.. he is the first to die.. in a silly way and make you go "huh?? so fast??"

George clooney's character is so obsessed with sex that he makes a sex machine.. and John Malkovich punctuated his every sentence with uncountable "F" words.. Both are the killers in this movie..

Thinking that they have obtained a cd of top secrets of the CIA, the two employees from the gym tried to it to blackmail the ex-CIA agent and actually it is just some parts of the memoir of the agent.. and the silly episode continues with ppl get killed for nothing and no reasons..

To me, if you bought the dvd, you should just burn it after watching.. what is the point of keeping or watch again.. haha..

I also watched 2 dvds.. one is sky of love and the other connected..


I have always been wanting to watch Sky of Love (Koizora), a jap movie.. becos I have heard from many ppl that it is very touching and many ppl cried.. but to be honest, I never cried while watching this movie.. is the love story touching? maybe but not to the extent I will cry.. you may say I have no feeling like a mantou (cold joke).. but I did feel something.. I feel anger and pity the gal.. becos of the guy, she ended up being raped and become pregnant and then lose her unborn baby.. should all these things happen to a good gal like her? but she is never sad for long as long as she is with her bf.. her love for him is so deep.. the guy's love for her is also as deep.. he hopes for the happiness for her by giving her up but she just can't give him up.. why can't she? I never experience this kind of love before.. so I can't explain.. to me now, it is just silly.. between a nice guy who has loved and helped her a lot and a dying guy where the love is mutual and so deep, she has chosen the latter.. the comforting truth that she is happy with him and even if the time is short..


Connected also has good reviews from my friends.. it is an exciting action movie.. but the story just so so.. all the way just about saving a few ppl.. the women, her kid and her brother.. what so worth about watching is the exciting action.. flying and crashing of cars.. will a stranger go such a extent to save you? I think only in this movie.. he nearly become a wanted criminal becos her.. maybe an ordinary guy just wanted to do some heroic acts to prove that he is not useless at all..

The good of starfruit!

Starfruit has always been my favourite.. I love everything about it.. From its taste, its health benefits, its unique and colour.. haha..

I found a short description of it in last month's Cleo mag..

"Rockstar SUPERNOVA

Starfruit isn't merely a pretty fruit. Taiwanese researchers report that the insoluble fibre from the pulp of starfruit may carry about 11mg of Vitamin E per gram. Insoluble fibre contains cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, which cannot be dissolved in water, and consumption of insoluble fibre has been associated with reducing the risk of obesity and diabetes."

yum, yum, yummy!

Monday, December 08, 2008

You are the anchorman!

what does it means? My dad said that to me yesterday and today..

Becos I have started earning money so I should be able to spend more for my parents.. it is a way to show filial piety.. therefore, when my mother's birthday comes, I should buy present and pay for the dinner and my father will just attend the dinner and pay for nothing.. what he will buy for my mother? a card and who will write the card? me!

yah.. I am not complaining about paying a lot for the birthday.. I should do these.. she is my mother.. I am happy to give my mother a watch that she really wants and she don't mind sharing it with me! haha.. To be honest, I never really give my mother anything precious.. yah.. I don't really care last time as I don't really like to spend my parents' money to buy things for my parents.. but now is different.. I am using my own money to buy something for her which is so much meaningful..

But the behaviour of my dad is not really nice yah.. what does he means by this? they are old husband and wife so gifts are not required anymore.. Will I like to have this kind of husband next time?

but why everything is me now? I know my dad likes to joke.. but sometimes the jokes are not funny at all.. "If I need money, I will let you know okay?" Is that what I have to face when I started working?

Before and After..

Before there is youtube, there is American's funniest videos!

haha.. just a random thought..

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Small updates..

now.. blogging from office.. shh.. don't tell anyone yah..

anyway.. It has been quite some time since I last blogged.. actually have many many things to update.. but every weekend so busy.. haha.. busy with what? going out? haha.. and weekday I basically busy with watching tv and falling asleep during the show.. so sad lor.. is it how working life should be? after work, can't really can do own stuff and is so tired that you will fall asleep early? I need time to watch tv!!

currently I still haven't start anything really in my jobscope yet.. learning lor.. but now doing something related to designing.. not really creating things from zero.. but just helping the designers.. haha.. doing things with illustrator.. so I need to wait patiently to be assigned real things to do lor..

anyway.. I had a really good week.. knowing more ppl, talking to more ppl, getting closer to more ppl.. which is good lah.. I like that.. and knowing ppl who really care and help you.. which is not bad..

Today, I also started changing my breakfast habit.. has been eating bread and cooked oatmeal for years already.. from pri sch till now.. very long hor.. so should change already.. not now then when?

last weekend I went to my cousin's wedding at JB.. seeing how my cousin had planned everything for the wedding dinner.. effort leh.. not easy at all.. planning the schedule, the line up of program, the script and guest list.. getting married is not easy if you are on a budget.. everything DIY.. but it is once in a lifetime mah.. so should be worth it.. seeing her get married I also want to get married.. wishing for it.. haha.. but what you hope for will not always come easily.. and I understand that.. but when will the time come? nobody knows..

I going for another wedding dinner this sat.. so many ppl getting married this month lor.. haha.. is this really a good month to get married? maybe..

Sunday, November 09, 2008

Feeling a bit stress..

I was given a sat off yesterday.. my boss wanted me to go for off.. take a rest.. I didn't ask for it actually.. but he is so kind to give me off.. don't know is becos I have worked for a month so he gives me a off or he wants me to rest to prepare for something more xiong.. haha.. just my guess.. but I really feel the stress when he treats me so good.. don't want to make mistakes to disappoint him..

anyway.. I am happy working there.. although my butt is still sticking to the chair while my eyes stick to the com screen.. preparing some excel sheets.. I feel a sense of achievement when I am able to conquer the excel formulas.. haha.. my friends say that I can be an excel expert.. I haven't touch any signage projects yet.. but I always learn a lot from the technical meetings.. a lot of stuff I really don't know.. so I am so enriched from what others have shared.. of course not to be left out I will try my best to contribute whatever I can help..

I have been getting well with some of the colleagues especially those who sat near me.. eating lunch with them everyday.. and now I getting closer to those younger ones who are around my age through all the secret chat.. haha.. which makes my life there more enjoyable.. the environment there is quite casual which I like.. and when it comes to work everyone is so serious.. nobody is slacking.. which is good..

the only thing that I not yet adapt to is waking up early everyday.. damn tired lah.. I need a lot of sleep lor.. haha..

I also feel the stress now from my parents..especially my dad.. he has told me how much money I should contribute to the family.. and I also have to help pay for his insurance.. I really very stressed after that.. that will be nearly half of my salary.. I don't want to give so much.. I need to have my own savings and expenditure. he really gave me a shock.. there is a lot of stuff that I want to learn like driving.. that will need a lot of money.. and I still have to pay back my debts.. to the cpf and my mother.. suddenly I feel that I am tied down so much things.. money money money.. why is it so impt.. talking about money.. I really feel scared..

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Movies, movies, movies..

Watching movies has been my favourite past time.. I used to think watching movies alone is quite pathetic.. a lot of ppl also disapprove that and they never do that.. they rather watch the movies at home.. either download or dvd.. but now I actually don't mind watching alone becos coordination with friends is not required and no need to wait for friends to be free.. and by the time they are free.. the movies will have stopped showing.. so watching alone is actually not troublesome at all and I always watch it impromptu.. and rush to the cinema just on time to buy a tix to watch.. since you can't talk to any one during the movie, watching with somebody is not really required.. but of course I still prefer to watch with somebody.. it's not so sad lah..

more than 2 weeks ago I watched mama mia.. it is a interesting movie with all the familiar ABBA songs and good acting by Meryl Streep, my favourite actress and the dynamite sisters.. Meryl Streep not only can act well.. she can also sing and dance well.. who can be as well rounded as her.. ppl have been so used her seriousness but she is so cheerful in this light hearted movie which is a different side of her..

this movie is not boring.. but I actually find it quite retro and cheesy for the way the characters behave and speak.. I feel the senior citizens should watch this.. haha.. they will learn to live their lives to the fullest and no regrets.. most of the main characters of the movies are so old.. this movie will make you want to get its soundtrack or ABBA album as the songs are so catchy.. but I must say that Pierce Brosnan's singing is quite weird and he don't really can sing yah.. but a good effort from him.. haha..

This week I have watched painted skin.. thinking there is so many stars casted in this movie should be quite worth it to watch but I must say that this movie is just average.. I thought it will be quite scary as there are demons in this story.. but it is not at all.. just a normal story that can just be shown on tv.. now tv drama also have visual effects yah.. this movie emphasizes love.. love that is so strong that devils can't take advantage of it at all.. it is a simple story and a lot of scary details in the movie are not shown but only told by mouths.. so the scariness is not there.. not much of a climax.. and the ending is just a normal happy ever after..

I also watched vicky cristina barcelona.. it is a movie funded by spain.. so to encourage ppl to travel to spain for its beautiful scenery and old monuments.. but this is quite a "crazy movie" which is what my friend has put it.. becos of the crazy way that they characters in this movie handle love relationships.. there are suggestion of threesome to cure loneliness, bisexual relationship to fill up the missing puzzle in a marriage of 2 "crazy" artists, a normal woman who thought she will want a normal husband and normal marriage but actually don't like it to be too normal and is tempted and attracted by a not so normal artist and another woman who is so unsure what she wants in life and don't mind trying out things to know what she really don't want.. Are these what really happening in Barcelona? these may be quite surprising and funny to ppl in our conservative society... but not impossible to happen anywhere.. but is it a good potrayal of the life in Barcelona?

This movie started quite slow but many unexpected twists started to appear that you will not be bored.. Vicky and Cristina are back to their normal lives as they returned to America after experiencing the "exciting " trip in Barcelona.. They end where they began.. we the audience also have the same feeling when the movie ended..

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Yeah!

Finally can stop reading the classified, applying for jobs and going for interviews.. this is a hobby that I don't really like.. haha.. Thankz to all my friends who have been very concerned about me getting a job.. yes I have found it.. so happy! :) so happy that informed my friends about the good news immediately.. it is actually quite frustrating to be always reminded with questions like "haven't found job yet?', "what jobs you are applying?", "any more interviews coming?" and I have to explain again and again why I want to find something totally not related to what I studied.. I know you are concerned.. I felt it.. but to be asked over and over again.. is not a good feeling..

This is a project executive position.. have been saying this many times also.. but this is something good to share lah.. I will be working at a signage company which did all the road signs in Singapore.. yah.. the company that I has been talking about.. this boss is so kind to accept me who knows nothing about signage and project management.. becos he sees my passion in designing.. yes.. I am doing something related to designing.. so happy to be doing something related to what I like.. I am not doing designing of course.. becos I don't have the knowledge and skills required.. but I will learn about doing signage.. from its conceptualisation to its installation.. signage system and wayfinding signages are just some of the signages that are made.. I am so excited about it.. will reading up more about signage and also project management.. I have so much to learn!

another good news is I have also bought my avril lavigne concert dvd.. yeah! missed her concert in Singapore.. nvm.. will watch it on my computer screen.. haha.. live effect not there.. but at least can also watch her singing, actions and power.. haha..

F1 heat?

I missed the live telecast of the F1 final last sun becos I went on a photography field trip with my photography friends.. it is a walk from the alexander bridge to the henderson wave.. anyway.. will blog about it when I have time yah..

I was so worried that there is no repeat telecast of the final.. becos I heard the surprising and unexpected results of the race.. Fernando Alonso won the race!! From a 15th position.. that is amazing.. I watched the qualifying last sat.. he has been doing so well for the practice.. to be positioned at 15 for the final race.. was so disappointing for him.. his car broke down and after he got out of the car.. he waved his arms in frustration and buried his head in his hands in disappointment.. so sad for him.. in a race circuit that is quite impossible to overtake.. to be positioned so behind will be difficult for him to get to the front..

but seems like the he is lucky.. I watched the repeat telecast of the final yesterday.. many crashes have taken placed and the famous Massa's accident that caused him to lose his winning momentum and focus.. the F1 race can be so unpredictable.. anything can happen.. no matter how great the technology of the car is and no matter how good the racer is.. any human mistake or technical error can bring down the racer and the whole team..

now Ferrari has dropped from the top position.. and Massa is even further from the top position.. will Hamilton be the top racer? it's hard to say.. anything can happen in the next 3 races..

the Singapore leg of the F1 race is over so did it bring any impact to Singaporeans? It is truely an eye opener for all of us.. we finally know what is F1.. but it is still something we can watch but not to touch.. and the heat doesn't really last.. let's wait for the races in the years to come.. to see whether it is really our cup of tea.. to watch cars racing 61 rounds of the same circuit again..

it is really quite boring for me..

That time.. I went to work a 3 days part time for a WDA roadshow and there was a display of the F1 race car and it was the winning Renault race car model..
haha.. the racer is fake..

that's me with the car..

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

My designs

That time, the signage company executive director wanted to look at my designs.. yah.. somebody so high in position is interested in looking at my designs? I am quite surprised lah.. and I am just learning designing and anyhow design de.. but he is interested to look at them.. this makes me more positive about getting this job.. so I went to dig out my designs.. actually not many of them lah.. just the designs I did for my sch project, , fac tee, sciphi and grad dinner.. I have uploaded those that I never upload before for you all to see.. any comments just post.. I am just a beginner.. haha..

These are the designs and articles I did for current issue of Sci phi..

Front and back cover.. somebody commented that it is not very nice.. no focus and direction.. don't really understand what it is about.. and the photos should not be cut out..



Nice photos taken by me.. haha.. and three from bellamy.. of course his are the nicest lah.

The first window signage I designed for use before the opening.. that time I don't really know the existence of illustrator so I actually used photoshop to design this and I used many many layers.. just to get the special font effect..
Sciphi previous issue cover.. I gave the idea and pic and it is actually done by Andy..

Below is the series of designs for a write up in previous sci phi..





Ticket design for my grad dinner.. not very nicely done.. haha..


he replied and he likes my fac tee design.. which can be found here.. http://stars-fruit.blogspot.com/2008/03/thank-you.html.. what he says really makes me more confident to do designing..
"The design of your faculty tee is quite nice. I like the way the graphic flows around the T-shirt. The juxtapose of the two very different text treatment is quite nicely done as well."

Really happy to hear this good comment.. and he also says this when I emailed him to ask him about the interview result.. I was quite worried about it lah.. becos no news for quite some time..
"We are still reviewing your job application. If it helps, I like you to know that your application is viewed positively. I've personally enjoyed the good vibes we shared."

then now the phone call. :)

Monday, September 29, 2008

A good lot..

Yesterday, I went to the si ma lu guanyin temple.. my mum suggested that we go pray.. becos she is actually very worried about my jobseeking.. scared I jobless for too long and no money yah.. she is very concerned about money issue lah..

Acually, from this outing with my mum, I found that my relationship with my parents is quite strained.. last time, I will talk to my mum about anything.. yah.. basically everything that happens to me.. becos we are close and she will listen.. yes.. she will listen.. but now? she don't listen to me at all.. when I want to share something with her about my photography field trip on sun.. about the fun I had.. she is not interested at all.. and always try to divert the conversation to other topics.. why is she like that? becos she thinks my nightmares the previous night is caused by my field trip on the forest trail from the alexandra bridge to the henderson wave.. it is ridiculous.. yes.. my nightmares were quite bad.. two which were so scary that I cried twice during my sleep.. don't know why leh.. it is really scary.. I never tell her the details of my nightmares.. becos one of them is about her bullying me.. haha.. funny right.. she also appear in my dream..

I had been quite depressed and really about my relationship with my parents which has been affecting me so much.. that somebody says I am not looking happy at all.. I don't know why.. I just can't find the strength to smile a lot.. some people can just smile.. and they find it tiring to look serious.. but I am the other way round.. I like the feeling of smiling but it just don't happen frequent.. I know it does not happen frequent at home now.. becos my parents are all forcing their ideas on me.. they already know that I will not listen to them.. but they just to say them over and over.. even if I have threw my temper becos of what they say.. they just want to say it.. and they really hope that I do what they like and say what they like to listen.. then how can I share anything with them.. how can I talk to them.. I can only say things that they like to listen.. but will I be happy? will I? and they always potray me as someone else which is not me at all.. misunderstand me.. I just give up and don't talk to them much..

like a few days ago.. I fell down becos I slipped on a pool of oil in the lift.. I thought that is just a pool of water.. never expect that to be oil.. and I just stepped on it and slipped.. luckily I landed near the door which does not has much oil.. but I did dirtied my clothes a bit.. then just have to return home to change to go out again.. once I stepped into the door.. my mother just scolded me for being so careless.. why I have to enter while I see a pool on the floor.. how I manage to fall while I am so young.. does she means that young ppl can't fall down.. can't have careless moments.. can't just be unlucky? must she nag at me repeatedly.. and just stand there and never show any concern whether I hurt myself at all.. I am totally angry and disappointed.. why my mum is like that? am I an only child? am I pampered at all? some interviewers see that I am only child and first thing they are afraid that I am pampered.. and will not be hungry for sales at all.. but am I? that is a misconception.. I am hungry to show my parents that I can do something not my major and do it well! I will show them de!

I really felt very sad and depressed.. I just try to sleep it off.. maybe my bad memory will throw these unhappiness away.. makes me not to think about it again.. becos I can't remember! but it happens almost everyday so it is difficult to forget! I just bottle it up somewhere inside me..

anyway.. that is just another unhappy complain I have.. here is the good news.. I drew a good lot yesterday.. seems to be the best lot.. it says something good will happen that means I will get my job soon and I will be contented.. it is a good sign.. and I just received a phone call just now that I need to go to the signage company for a final discussion on fri and that will decide whether I can work there.. I am really keen to work there.. I can work as a project executive.. not chemistry related at all and there is some designing related as this company do designs of signs.. I should be happy to work there.. so hope the discussion goes well!

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Cheers to Paralympics!

This post came quite late.. has wanted to talk about it last week.. becos I am so touched by the performance of these athletes.. no matter which countries they are from.. they have shown all of us what is sportsmanship.. what is determination and hard work.. they are truely the sportsmen..

this was the first time that I have watched the matches on tv.. sitting volleyball where the handicapped volleyballer will sit down to play.. even if some of them don't have a leg.. they still could play with their hands and move about using their one legs and buttocks.. when the match finished they also jump up in joy and hopping around and hug each other like any other able bodied athletes..

The swimmers also have shown to us that even if they have lost the strength of their legs they still could swim well to complete the lap..

Goal ball.. an interesting game.. it may seems just an easy throw ball game.. but it is not so for the blinds.. they have to feel the ball and also use their hearing..

Marathon runners may have lost the strength of their hands, they still could train their stamina and leg strength to run the marathon..

These athletes have shown to us that whatever difficulties they have they could overcome them.. they are both mentally and physically strong.. and I feel that the problems that able bodied people face seem to be very small compared to theirs.. so how can we give up easily when they can do it!

Congrats to Swimmer Yip Pin Xiufor clinching gold and silver and breaking the world and paralympics records.. we are so proud of you.. seeing the singapore flag being raised and the singapore anthem being played is so emotional to everyone.. no gold for olympics but still have have one at paralympics.. and it is clinched by a true singaporean..

and also congrats to rider Laurentia Tan for clinching two bronze for equestrian.. she is the first Singapore paralympics medallist.. I found an article on her and will like to share with you all..

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/cna/20080912/tap-273-singapores-laurentia-tan-wins-se-231650b.html

"When she was five, Laurentia Tan was described as a "vegetable". Born with cerebral palsy, she could not speak, hear, walk or sit, and her parents Anselm and Jannie were advised to admit her into an institution.

They refused.

Today, their 29—year—old daughter is an Oxford Brooks University graduate based in the United Kingdom. She has a career, drives a car and is now a star athlete, after collecting a second bronze medal at the 13th Paralympic Games on Thursday.

...

Anselm and his wife Jannie moved their family, including son Ephraim, to the UK when Laurentia was four.

"When she was a year old, the doctor said she was spastic. Back then, they didn’t call it cerebral palsy," said Jannie, a government officer.

"We moved to England because the special schools there are very good with the necessary facilities. It was there her deafness was diagnosed. I’m not sure if she could have achieved all this if she had stayed in Singapore then."

Anselm, a businessman, added: "That was Singapore then. Singapore has come a long way in the last 20, 25 years. With the present conditions, she would definitely have been able to achieve this. The level of awareness is much greater now, and we’ve received so much support, including from the Singapore Sports Council, the Singapore Disability Sports Council and so many kind souls."

..."

This is called miracle..

I feel that Singapore still has a long way to go, even now, to have the right facilities to take care of these people with handicaps.. only the last few years that the MRT has built lifts and slopes and other facilities allows these people to take the train conveniently..

More awareness still has to be created.. and the society still has some old mentality needs to be changed.. like "scared" of them or avoiding them.. viewing them as "weird".. I feel this is only a start but it is a great start.. as the medals have sort of open our eyes..

Boy A


Watched the movie last tue.. after my interview which was quite short.. and just nice I was at PS and this movie only shows at GV plaza..

I have been wanting to watch this movie.. becos it has good review and I like the story.. The acting is also very convincing.. It is about this Boy A.. he is named Boy A on court to conceal his identity for killing a gal with a friend when they are just children.. it was a gruesome murder.. it was not shown but you know how cruel they are.. and this cruelness has imprinted into the minds of the people in the society that even if he was imprisoned for 14 years.. this murder can still be remembered that when he get out of the jail, the society and media will still want to dig him out.. media just know how to make use of the mentality of the society to get news and viewership..

he changed his name to jack and wanted to start a new life.. he wants to adjust to this new world that he had lost touch for 14 years.. and find love in this new world.. his friend is gone.. he had passed away.. what caused them to commit the murder.. they are not inborn psycho.. they were just children but the bad childhood experience caused them to behave weirdly.. the friend being sexually abused and bullied by other men.. Jack had an alcoholic father and sick mum suffering from cancer and he was always bullied by other guys in sch.. they are basically ignored by others.. nobody to depend on other than each other.. Jack was the weak one but he was influenced by his only friend.. it was sad to see them being imprisoned.. even if their crime is so bad and maybe unforgivable at that time.. but they have already paid the price.. is there no second chance for them.. I just feel sad..

reward is put out to catch this boy A, to dig him out.. he is said not to be forgiving and so he has to always hide his past.. forget about it to start anew but can he? he has nightmares about the past.. the past is still holding on to him and the story being played on the news doesn't help at all.. even to his new found friend in work and girlfriend, he has to keep them from his past.. how can he live this life.. his only comfort is he still have a social worker who really takes care of him and the good thing that he did which was to save a little gal's life.. he has really changed to the better..

When everything was exposed, he tried to get help but where was the help? who was there to help him.. no more friends there for him.. and he can only escape from all these nightmares by leaving this world.. what a bad ending..

Is the society really so unforgiving? I wonder whether the yellow ribbon project is effective.. I really hope it is..

Friday, September 12, 2008

A useful tip to clean your pc..

I happened to chance upon this article in the straits times Digital Life on 3 Sep by Lim Yee Hung.. that teaches me how to clean my pc so that I can get my pc running faster and smoother.. which is very useful for my desktop which I bought for about 5 years ago.. I have reduced my use of this desktop after buying my this laptop last year.. why did I buy this laptop? becos the desktop is too slow le.. startup slow.. internet loads very slow.. so when I want to book nmr slot for my honours project, I always lose to others.. Therefore, I hope these following steps will help to speed up my com.. I tried them.. it did help to speed up a bit but maybe my desktop ram is 256mb only so it still run quite slow compared to my 2G laptop.. I am not used to using my desktop already.. maybe I need to upgrade the ram..

I still want to share with you all the steps.. so that all of you can try it out on your pc.. hope it is useful.. There is only one requirement which is an internet connection for downloading..

1. Tidy the startup
Remove the needless programs which run automatically when your com is turned on. Go to Start Menu, Run, and type "msconfig" in the command prompt. Click the startup tab which displays the list of programs and uncheck the ones that you don't need running at boot up. Restart your com after that. Programs like itunes and skype can go.
A small note: After your com restarted, you will prompt with a dialogue box that tell you that com has startup with a selective start up and asking whether you want to change it to normal. You can ignore that and check the box that you don't want to be reminded again for every startup.

2. Clean up the crap
Over time, your computer accumulates GB of junk and slows down your system and reduces the free space on the hard disk. Go to www.ccleaner.com and download the latest version of CCleaner. Run the program. In the left hand pane under the windows tab, check th boxes of the files that you want to remove such as Temporary Internet Files and your Recent Documents history. If you are unsure, just leave it at the default settings. Click the Applications tab and do likewise. Once you are done, click on Run Cleaner at the bottom right corner and let CCleaner do the magic.
I managed to clean over 2 GB of junk from my com!

3. Clean up your registry
Your PC also collects useless or erroneous entries in the computer registry over time. However, since the registry contains critical files for your computer to function, create a system restore point by going to the Start menu, All programs, Accessories, System Tools and click System Restore. Check the Create a Restore Point button and click Next; follow through the process.
Run the CCleaner and navigate to the Registry tab on the left hand pane. Click the Scan for Issues button. A list of problematic registry entries will be generated. Once the scan is complete, click the Fix All Selected Issues. Click No when asked to create a backup of your registry, since you have already created a restore point and then click Fix All Selected Issues. Restart your computer once it is done. Should something go wrong and you wish to restore your registry, simply restore your com to its original state using System Restore.

4. Remove viruses and spyware.
Many old com are stuck with expired versions of antivirus software. Simply download the latest AVG Free Internet Security Suite which incorporates an antivirus and antispyware scanner and remover from free.avg.com.
A small note: I believe AVG Free is one of the best free antivirus software around becos even the computer centre in NUS also recommends using that and remember to download the free version and not the standard one which requires you to pay after the trial period.
Run the program on startup and click the computer scanner tab on the left hand pane, then click Scan Whole Computer. AVG will then weed out all viruses and spyware and you can choose to delete or quarantine them.

5. Uninstall unwanted programs
Bloatware are a burden on thbe system. You can remove them swiftly and completely with the free Revo Uninstaller program. It scans your system after you uninstall any program and removes any files that are left behind. Go to www.revouninstaller.com, download and run the program. Click on a program you wish to remove from your computer, such as PC games which take up large amounts of space, and then click the Uninstall button on the taskbar.

That's all. Go and try it out!

Thursday, September 11, 2008

I really need luck..

I don't have luck getting full time jobs.. I also don't have luck getting part time jobs..

I tried getting a part time.. but seems like there are also many ppl looking for part times too.. and I am not as eligible as them.. so the answers I got are negative.. or just no news.. who will like this feeling? I don't too.. I am feeling the stress.. and is desperate now.. will I just anyhow get a job now? am I choosy? I must say is no for both qns.. I am not so shui bian.. and I also applied for a wide range of jobs.. so don't ask me what kind of jobs I am applying now.. it is so difficult for me to answer now.. becos I am also don't know what I am actually applying.. I know but as long as I feel okay with it.. I will apply.. without thinking too much.. I have an interview next mon.. which I not even sure whether I am up to the job.. the job description looks so chim to me.. I just have to try my best.. *smiling forcefully*

as my parents are so worried about me.. they brought me to a guanyin medium at a temple.. who can really help me and is so accurate about my situation.. which is quite scary.. I am not superstitious but how do you explain these kind of stuff.. she speaks in a language that cannot be understood and so there is this translator.. who will translate what "guanyin" is talking about and what are the talisman for..

She said that I am not focused enough and my mind is quite in a mess about what I want and even I got a job, I will not stay long in it.. and she said I had a bad temper and I should maintain a good relationship with my parents and I should not keep everything to myself.. should communicate with my parents.. isn't this scary? how did she know all these? I am wondering.. why is it so accurate??

and she gave me a few talismen that will bring me good luck in getting a job.. I have to drink and wash with these before going to interview.. and carry it with me.. and I am warned from going to wakes or weddings.. becos it will bring me bad luck..

I should just believe in this.. and hope luck will come..

Sunday, September 07, 2008

Now addicted to the OC..

No more the funny jiangzi who is mad but still logical sometimes.. no more the bossy and funny Anna.. and no more manly and caring zhexiu.. I have found a new drama to be addicted with.. haha.. it is the OC.. yup.. it is a very old drama.. I used to like it a lot.. love it.. watched the first season on tv.. that was about 5 years ago.. that's is so long ago..

I think I did watched the 2nd season.. a few episodes of it.. didn't complete it.. why? becos.. if I'm not wrong.. there is some heterosexual content in the story and so Channel 5 changed the timing of the show and put it very late in the night and I can't watch it becos I was studying.. they can't show any lesbian stuff in the prime time.. haha.. silly right.. just becos it will mislead the kids.. anyway.. that is the last of what I know of the OC..

then now that the technology is so advanced.. people upload the dramas online.. and I can watch it.. on tudou.com.. haha.. yah.. I watched many shows on tudou.. what I like about this show? maybe it shows the 'exciting' lifestyle of Americans.. something that is not typical in Asian countries.. so much twist and turns and excitements.. maybe there are but it is ever portrayed on the local tv.. I think this is what so great about american dramas.. they have interesting plots that they can play with.. and I love marissa cooper.. there are most dramas in this character played by Mischa Barton.. the most messy.. which added some interesting factor to the show.. as much as I wish that this pretty gal will get together with ryan.. there will be problems that prevent them to get tog.. then appears several new love interests.. I also love the music used in this drama.. mostly by indie rock bands.. which I enjoy listening to.. yeah!

I am still watching season 2.. in the mid of it.. and there are still so many episodes to go.. haha.. there are seasons 3 and 4.. can't wait to finish it..

I have uploaded the opening song for the OC.. if you have watched it, you will definitely find it familiar.. it is so catchy.. California!

As the local chinese dramas are not catching my attention, I have turned to watch Channel 5.. the Heroes on Mon, Ugly Betty on thurs and project runway! all my favourites!

Saturday, September 06, 2008

Not going to avril lavigne's concert.. so sad..


I have wanted to go to the concert all along.. and wished for it so much.. I am so happy to know that she is finally coming and I can finally watch her perform live! missed her 2 previous concerts here.. so I thought since this year I graduated.. I should be more free to attend and maybe by this time I got a job and can pay for the tix.. but...

I am still jobless.. I am broke.. I want to buy the most ex tix $165 +$3 sistic fee.. I can't afford.. online somebody is selling the 2nd row tix at $150! so tempted to buy! but I really can't spend this kind of money.. I tell myself that going for this concert is not a must for me.. I can't anyhow spend my money.. but this is not anyhow! Avril Lavigne's my idol!

I don't want to buy the cheaper tix becos I being to indoor stadium.. I know how bad the view is at the back.. can't see anything other than hearing the singing.. no point.. if I were to go I will want to take photos of her.. see her real expressions and feel her singing and energy.. and not thru the big screen.. so no other tix other than the most ex one..

I just have to bear with it even though I am free tmr.. and I will buy her toronto tour dvd when it comes out.. it will right.. the best damn thing!

Anyway, I uploaded a new video of her tour at the bottom.. pls take a look :)

Wall.E and Eve

It is really a good animated movie.. it is not only a cartoon for kids.. but it also sends a strong msg to everybody..

The show is touching with the innocent love between Wall.E and Eve.. it is so pure and only needs to be expressed using actions and expressions and not much words.. sweet talk is not required.. just certain sparks and interlocking of fingers.. the robots are ideally humanised.. more human than the humans in the movie..

the humans are so scary.. are they what we humans will be like 700 years later? bone loss and fat.. and only know how to communicate thru a screen.. why are they fat? becos they are served by robots and just need to open their mouths to get what they want.. they are always lying on a couch everywhere they go.. and they have forgotten how to walk.. they can't walk.. they need robots to carry them.. oh my goodness!! now beauty is thin.. is fat the beauty in the future?

What became the earth? it is just a ball of junk with mountains of rubbish and no greenery.. who cause this? Humans who escaped in a large spaceship and leave the rubbish to wall.E to clear.. this is so pathetic.. humans did nothing to save earth.. but just run away.. escape from the fact.. this is so sad.. how long can we run away from it..

Sunday, August 31, 2008

There is still hope..

last 2 weeks have been quite disappointing for me.. not only becos of the poor response from job applications and also some other things..

I never feel so helpless and powerless.. where is the power I used to have? is it me or is it them? Is it becos I not really impt.. or the rest not impt.. what is the point of having orientation? just to have friends on the surface? just for studies? close friends not really.. yah.. when do og lasts? we only spend a week or so together than after that? If we are in the same course.. if we are in the same cca.. we will stay tog.. maybe only.. how can bf and friends of a few years compared to a week or so? even if we the first friends that we meet in uni.. is it significant enough?

I am thinking.. through my four years in uni.. I have so many friends.. even more than many other people.. so should I go and care about all these ppl.. should I? should I put in so much efforts? but I never care about the return.. becos I just don't like the feeling of being left out.. being pangsei.. being blur blur in uni.. I being thru all these.. so I want to help.. I don't want ppl to suffer like me.. so maybe I should just think that it is the orientation system problem.. or the mentality of the youngsters have changed.. they know clearly what is impt to them and nobody can easily change their mind, unless you are somebody impt to them.. I assume this is the reason becos it happens to many other groups too.. not only mine..

so what is an outing if somebody say that you all can have it without me.. anyway.. I not so impt.. or should I say it doesn't hurt me or you if I don't go.. by putting it bluntly.. it quite sad to hear that.. I will feel really sad.. what friends is this? therefore it has been a long time since I organise a gathering.. I used to be enthubut not now.. I tried again.. but it was disappointing so I don't think I want to try again.. I rather go out alone.. or just a few friends..

okay.. now that everything is over.. my last official sci club event is over.. if I am invited.. I may consider.. I have no more reason to go back to sch.. so I no need to face anything.. I just have to concentrate on my job applications which I have sent out quite a number... got interviews coming up so no more worries.. there is hope!! and I can have time for my hobbies.. watch videos, blogging, take photos, reading up on designing, go gym and learn dance! yah.. I signed up for a hip hop class at the sports complex near my house.. really enjoy it.. don't want to have stiff shoulder anymore and can be more flexible and expressive.. hopefully.. haha..

I am enjoying life.. I really am.. haha..

EQ is so impt..

all the controversy that revolved around the ping pong game in Singapore is so called over.. the main characters in the story held their hands and raised high for everyone to see.. for the whole singapore to see..

it should be something happy that singapore finally won another olympics medals after 48 years.. but becos of the minister who don't have much EQ or should I say has no training to deal with media.. she burst out in front of the reporters about how angry she is and how the manager and coach will be deal with.. and following are some out burst by the other characters like the coaches, manager and players.. now they are washing their dirty laundry for everyone to see.. now everyone knows how bad the internal situation is.. there are unhappiness that is kept in the hearts of the people for too long.. izzit the biasness.. izzit the cockiness.. only they will know themselves..

I think all of them.. the ministers and sportsmen should go on course to deal with media.. I think they are not trained enough on how to face the reporters and public.. now that cameras and flash follow them everywhere and singaporeans are so much concerned with sports now.. with the F1 and youth olympics coming.. I think we should all portray ourselves in a better way to the whole world..

Monday, August 25, 2008

The finale..

The olympic ended today.. there is no more sports to watch.. the last that I watched is the rhythmic gymnastics.. so sad..

The closing ceremony is nice.. but you don't feel so wow as compared to the opening.. but it still has its impressive elements like its human tower..

Congrats to our women table tennis team for getting a silver.. and I see a future with better medal with feng tianwei around.. maybe a gold.. the way she plays is so much better than li jiawei.. more calm.. and less errors.. and she can really fight with zhang yining.. and her match is so much more exciting.. Li jiawei missed her bronze again.. and she is so sad.. but can't be help with so many errors..

I hope Singapore will have chance to win more medal in the next olympic with more locally born sportspeople participating.. foreign talent is good but we can be more proud of it if the medal is won by somebody local..

Watched 2 non-blockbusters

Last week, I watched 2 movies.. one is more of the indie kind, artistic kind which have won many awards overseas.. and the other which is a documentary that has received very good reviews..

Bad habits.. a film about not eating either becos of religious reason, losing weight reason.. it touched on the issues of anorexic, the reality of religion and the common concept of thin is beauty..

there is a gal who believed in god fully, such that she thinks god can save everyone, stop everyone from dying and stop every disasters.. even better than what a doctor can do.. yah.. she is a doctor.. and she thinks by not eating good food will help, will get the god's response but didn't she know all these deaths and disasters are part of the life cycle? and all the praying that did came true maybe just coincidence.. I am not trying to say that religion cannot be believed.. it just that god can't save everybody.. deaths are part of life..

and there is a mother.. who thinks skinny is beauty.. and wants herself to be thin and her daughter to be like her.. but don't she knows that chubby can also be pretty and her daughter has her father's gene too.. the fat genes.. yah.. her father is fat.. and likes to eat a lot.. so how can she be thin.. they tried so many ways of sliming down.. placebo.. the fake food in slimming centre.. the acupuncture.. so crazy..

the funniest thing is the father architect.. at a point in time thinks that the gastric acid from the vomit of the school gals can corrode the pipes? so ridiculous..

What so artistic about this movie is the way some of the scenes appear.. and the sound effects.. it is a fine movie.. but not so fantastic.. maybe becos I don't always watch this kind of movie..

The second movie is mad about english.. it is funny in the way the china chinese speak english, and the funny road signs or signboards they have.. the chinese are so into learning english even the near 80-year-old elderly also want to learn.. they conquered the bad memory.. all the difficulties to learn it.. and this old lady who is a sinseh.. also can speak the illness in english.. amazing.. all of them want to be part of the olympic fever and this is not only about olympic.. it is also about their future.. their wanting to have progress in the development of the country.. their patriotism has pushed them to learn english.. they are also kaisu de..

There is this crazy english teacher.. or should I say he is a motivator.. he not only teaches english.. he teaches values.. he yelled english to teach english.. he says "The only way to learn english is to memorise and recite." and he has a dream which is to change China, change everyone to learn english.. why.. is not to follow the westerners.. but to pity them becos they cannot speak chinese well.. wah.. quite proud yah.. and he motivated the youngster to learn english so as to show their patriotism, their filial to their parents.. english will make them a better person.. Wow!!

and there is this very crazy intensive camp that is military style.. parents spent a lot of money to bring their only child there to learn english in a crazy way.. cannot sleep much and have to learn english almost 24 hours.. and there are tests every day.. and to learn it is thru yelling.. you can see all their determination.. you will think they are really mad..

Thursday, August 14, 2008

My last Rag and Flag day..

Last Sat, I experienced my last Rag and Flag day.. the last float that I will be involved in doing, pasting, painting and cutting.. I don't think I will have the chance to be truely involved in the future..

I was asked to be our own Sci Rag photographer to help to take some photos of our Sci Raggers working, Sci fac cheering and also photos of other facs' and halls' floats and dance.. I woke up very early to be at NUS track for the touch up and prejudging.. yes Rag Day is back to NUS.. no more padang and this year due to the clash with national day, president nathan has to be at the istana and cannot be at the Rag Day..

Anyway.. Rag Day as usual is an emotional day.. many kinds of emotion.. anxious, excited, tired, happy, sad, disappointment, relieved and lost.. imagine having so many kinds of feeling in a day.. so it is really a memorable day for both flaggers and raggers.. you either cry for joy or cry for lost..

Biz ad is the big winner for faculty while KR is the big winner for hall.. Biz ad almost sweep all the flag awards.. and KR swept almost all the flag and rag awards.. we at least won a best float design award.. it's impressive that KR won the best float and environmentally friendly.. if you look at their float carefully you will be impressed by the kind of things and materials they used for their float.. things that you can't think of they will think of it and use them effectively.. although they have raised a lot of money last year, they still manage to receive the best progress award.. really can't imagine how much efforts they have put in.. I think we really have to learn from them.. quite impossible to follow completely the same, but at least try their model..

Pharmacy has such great improvement that when you look at their float presentation, you will feel wow.. impressive.. never expect such a good presentation from them.. can see they have really put in a lot of efforts and have very strong support from their department.. but the sad thing is they should be working with sci and not be our rival..

Although the criteria for winning chancellor shield has changed to 50% flag and 50% rag, it did not help much at all.. I believe the marks for rag are too close.. the judges should be quite lenient.. so the deciding factor is still flag.. and the difference in the money raised maybe quite a lot.. sci has improved in the fund raising but seems like everyone has also improved so did biz.. so the results are something not liked by all sci students.. especially the comm ppl.. but even if we have lost, we have to lose with good sportsmanship.. no point talking bad about anybody.. so the flag and rag directors really did make a good closing speech for the day.. I respect you all!



we are not bad losers.. we didn't win this year, we will win next year.. the most impt thing is we have enjoyed the process and achieve the more impt and meaningful aims which are to help the less fortunate ppl with the money raised.. and the bonding between seniors and freshies that are built thru the process.. the strong friendship and spirit that will not die down easily.. and every sci club event has to end with this powerful cheer.. that I will never forget..



Took about 3 GB plus of photos and videos for the event and I have selected some photos which I really like and have captured the right moments..