i woke up at 8 something feeling really sleepy. did some math. went to funan and spent an hour walking around attempting to find shops selling race shields or invisible shields for my phone so that the next time it gets dropped, it wont chip off. giving up and eating mcdonalds with henry. going for the edb roundtable discussion and just slacking around, listening and talking to people. oh and eating nice chicken pies. on a side note, a career in the edb doesnt seem that boring after all. networking sounds like such fun. after that, walking from merchant court to bencoolen street to find a dodgy looking handphone shop in a dodgy looking shopping centre. waiting 15minutes for the guy to get back from dinner. realising that my phone didnt vibrate when i got messages and calls, panicking and restarting the thing, and calming down when it regained its vibrating abilities. leaving my phone in the shop with the guy and coming back home to attempt to study math but generally failing.
just another day.
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and so i shall go without a phone for the next 18 hours with no phone because im lazy to put my simcard in my old phone. yay.
2 more papers to go. today’s chemistry studying session in the library was rather productive. otherwise i would probably have added 20 more applications to my new phone or watched a couple of shows instead of studying. at least now i can slack a bit more before dinner without having to rush mug like yesterday.
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more about the new phone next post. but on a side note, i find it highly irritating to read forum posts about the 5800 when people insist that other people are stupid. there’s a bug in the latest firmware which makes the menu notification light blink even when there is no message or missed call until the phone is unlocked and locked again. but some keep insisting that there is no bug and that everyone’s so incompetent that they don’t even know how to switch off the breathing light on the phone.
and on another note, my brother was complaining about people not knowing how to google for simple computer fixes. i think that the only people who are smart enough to google are the ones who already have some idea on how to fix the problem themselves. and as for the rest, even if you taught them to google, they probably wouldnt even know how to read the online fixes and use them. so there.
i have no idea why this was such an agro post. must be junyi’s fault.
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technology is such a wonderful thing. except when its lowering our productivity and slowing us down. and even then, it’s still much more attractive than work.
jackson is the bomb. watching mtv’s top 40 jackson videos has made me realise what a waste it is that he died without doing his comeback tour. it could have been potentially mindblowing. i guess anything can happen, and we’ve just gotta do everything fast as we can.
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the first week of exams is now over, and i celebrated it by coming home and slacking, adding lyrics to 90 of the songs in my itunes, playing comp and watching anime. such fun.
i guess i should start studying tomorrow.
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if only i’d picked the correct question for bio. which didnt involve me writing the same answer for 2 essay question parts. and which actually made use of more of the whole bunch of facts i memorised while studying yesterday. ahwell. could have been better.
so i started studying bio at 4pm instead of 2.30pm because i got too distracted by this game. http://www.mofunzone.com/online_games/1066.shtml
although ive played games that were more fun, this one is strangely addictive. maybe its because it takes so long to win and i hate losing at such low levels.
but either way, ive finally finished studying my bio notes. but somehow i dont think its even possible to have studied 2 years of bio in 3 and a half hours. i think i must have gone too fast. but ohwell we’ll see how it goes. admittedly its a lot less in depth than secondary school. standard level is such a wonderful thing.
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the first week of exams is drawing to a close. im really looking forward to monday, but not the rest of the week. my 5800 arrives on monday night, and hopefully i have enough time to put sufficient stuff in it to play with. my only regret is that i have to give up my e65 for the 100 dollar trade in value, which is a pity since i still have my first 2 phones. and they both work. it’d have been nice to be able to keep all of my phones but ahwell. cant have everything.
its really interesting how we’ve been taught to view everything as a confluence of structural and underlying factors, resulting in a buildup of tension until a crisis moment comes along and blows the illusion to small shiny bits. and somehow this framework works for anything in life. admittedly, it’s kind of common sensical if one were to look at it closely, but still, its effective. if we dont solve the problems now, today, its difficult to sweep them under when the moment comes.
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strangely im actually looking forward to prelims. after the limited amount of studying that ive done for this exams, studying doesnt look so daunting any more. in fact, and it appalls me that i am even thinking this, but it might actually be fun. once we’ve gotten rid of ioc and foa, we’ll be free. and then the fun begins.
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we keep dreaming till the sun peeks over the horizon one more time.
its been a very warm past few days. i ended up sweating even though i was just sitting in my room playing guitar. and ive never sweat so much while cycling to school before. ohwell.
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my studying has been coming in spurts, which could be a good thing. at least its happening at all. but today i dont feel like doing anything. its like im just waiting on moe to announce whether we have an extra few days of holiday. or rather study time. hopefully they make an announcement today. even if its to say we’re all going back to school on monday. i need more certainty in my life.
if there’s a week off: we get more time to study for common test. but less time to prepare for ioc. and somehow they just about even each other out. predicted grade vs final grade. sigh.
if there are no school activities this week: more time to study but less time to practice. which means that foa will be kinda messy. which is bad.
church camp was an interesting experience. despite not going for the group sessions, i feel like i learn more every year. that, with the fact that edmund chan is a fascinating speaker, made the sermons all the more meaningful. but it matters not what we hear, or even know, if the actions don’t follow. and hopefully this time the effect lasts long enough.
the Ascott is a really nice hotel. well, its more of serviced apartments than a hotel, but still it suffices. so much of an improvement over the desaru resort we stayed in for church camp. the shopping was not too bad, but i didnt really feel like buying very much stuff. what i really felt like buying was an n97, but that is impossibly expensive and i have a bad feeling im never going to get it. especially since my phone’s worth only 100 dollars tradein value. but ohwell.
its nice to be back.
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while stoning in the car listening to my ipod, it occurred to me that there havent been any epic disney movies like lion king or even hercules or aladdin recently. i mean, sure theres nice shows being released, but with so much less of the musical aspect. it’ll be such a pity if future generations only have things like high school musical to watch. makes me feel like going out and buying copies of all these shows and keeping them.
so the 1st week of holidays is drawing to an end. and i have failed to accomplish anything this week. hopefully the mugging starts on saturday. before its too late.
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having gone to school everyday, i think we should just have had an extra week of lessons. it’d probably have been more productive. what? a holiday? whatever were they thinking.
that said, today was a good day. despite the fact that the stupid psc math test killed me, because i didnt check the time. i’d rather have had 2 hours of iq test style questions. thats so much more fun. that and personality tests.
the german ensemble is really really pro. the tone colour and the speed at which their fingers move is insane. despite playing at the 17th fret on a non cut-away classical, the sound came out perfect. and their performance of Mediterranean sundance was just insane. i think that guy can play twice as fast using his fingers as i can with a pick. or maybe even faster, considering that my picking is really slow. i feel inspired to learn the violin now, and im sure if i hadnt already picked up guitar, i would have done so after watching them today. so that’s what its like to be pro.
i must say, im looking forward to foa. quite.
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its just so easy to lapse into the past. even while youre savoring every moment youve got in the present, youre refusing to let go of the ones you had before. its just so hard to forget, for fear of regret. all the while secretly hoping that youre better than before.
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When I was younger I used to be wild
As wild as an elephant’s child
No one could hold me down
No one could keep me around
Now it’s your turn, take a shot
Baby show me everything that you got
Maybe you can keep me alive
Maybe you can get in my mind
But it’s only a matter of time
Before I run far away
I need to take a holiday
Maybe it’s a fall from grace
I gotta find a new place
A holiday
I’ll set off on a new chase
I gotta see a new face
I need to take a holiday
