I m still the same...

New Year's Eve

I am still the same, after a sleep, and the wonderful weather, i woke up fresh and good. No longer pissed and angry makes me a better thinking person...Ignore my previous blog pls...Though i would still say that family is always my top and formemost priority... then after a sleep, i finally realised the TRUE meaning of "when there's nothing to do, do Nothing"... Doing nothing at the right moment just makes one have a clearer picture...

Hahah...To all those who read, thanks for bearing with me!

Happy Last Day of 2004

Xtra09 AGAIN...

New Year's Eve
Now no matter what, if there is something there is i am not sure, i won't make a decision again...
Priorities are always family, basketball/Soccer, and economics, in order of merit...I will not go against these 3 golden rules, unless in certain situations...Hope thats make me a less xtra person...
Sorry Darryl...

Just realised that i am only 2 days away from 2005

Finally Back from Klang…

It’s had been a busy few days in Klang, there was nothing much I could do in my free time, simply because there isn’t any free time to start with in the 1st place…Was visiting relatives on behalf of my parents day after day ( They were in Singapore). Food glorious food…Went to restaurants, tried the Klang’s famous Bah Kut The, Having steamboat…Wow…Speechless… Anyway, this trip has further reinforced my belief’s that Malaysians are very hospitable, irregardless of whether they really know you or not…As such, I must make sure I return the favors when I see them again…Some Observations…

1. Ah Gu ( Uncle) seems very dejected with life generally in malaysia, give me a feel that he is nearing a mid life crisis, nevertheless still appears to be very confident in front of the whole family…Guess that’s the role man always has to take up.

2. K.L is a very grey city, with serious pollution problems, and serious urban planning faults.

3. Some of the old trades are going to be phased out nevertheless…But proper certification programs need to be in place before such things can be carried out. (Ah Kiong: Who would need phone repair if there is a Nokia Care centre with guarantee???)

4. Saw my Dua Yi, Er Yi, Ah Gu, Wu Yi , PoPo, Ah Gong, Jiu Mu, Yi Diu, and 6 cousins during the trip.

5. Went with gifts of 3 boxes of chocolates and RM200…Came back with RM 600, 2 watches and a host of gifts…(That’s how hospitable they are…).

6. Once again realized and witnessing how men are troubled by families at home, work and play. (Ah Feng)

7. Finally, realized that as an undergrad, many think that I am a whiz kid or something like that…But then again who can blame them? They just heard of too many unsuccessful cases.

8. Lastly, Mandarin was the least used language there; I basically speak dialect and English in
Klang since I do not know Malay. I am also known as Ah Loon to my seniors or Ah Loon Kor Kor to my juniors. Basically I had no problems with that…I am really very glad that I am known as Ah Loon. Just don’t really like Alan ( well it was a given name too!), other for the sake of convenience.

Xmas Day, and i am off to K.L.

Xmas Day…

Good time to do a post mortem of the results I just received…

Macroeconomics2: A
Don’t really deserve it…But I guess a lot of people must have screwed the paper up; I actually managed to get A, when I got almost 1/3 of the paper wrong…God Saves Alan…

Foundation for Econometrics: B+
As compared to the grade that I wanted at the beginning of the Semester, B+ is really quite low, but at the end of the semester…Once again, I am very lucky to escape with a B+…

International Economics: A-Gave my best in the final paper. If I remember correctly, I can do almost of the questions, however the damage had already been done in the midterm, and where I just lie in the 50th percentile of the cohort, plus the final paper was quite easy also…

Management Accounting: C+
The worst grade I had in my NUS life so far, however the damage to my C.A.P was not great, thanks to the brilliance of the other subjects…Saw it coming but really didn’t expect it to be C+… Was expecting a B-…Well, enough said…Luckily I do not have to take another accounting module again. Hope this grade do not affect at how future organizations look at me…

Marketing: A-
In the end, I got an A- for this crappy module, don’t change my attitude towards it, though i was quite hopeful that I could get an A for it. It’s still a crappy module, no doubts about that…

Conclusion: Xtra09 LIVES to fight another day, and the C.A.P was maintained. Achieved a similar result as compared to my 1st semester in NUS…Was satisfying…Especially with the fact that I still managed to maintained the C.A.P with a C+…The Uefa Cup slot is being preserved at least for another season… (PS: In the meanwhile, I will be off to K.L, coming back on the 28th, and will definitely be thinking of the gal with the pretty heart during the trip…)

No longer battle of Changkat, but battle in Changkat...

Once upon a time, the Changkat fratenity consists a lot of people from the streets of 11...But yesterday, i was like the sole representive...Now people just comes to changkat to play ball...No longer the same old spirit that people says " i played ball in Changkat.." The feeling's lost...

Xmas...Home ALone???

A Very Busy Pre Xmas Period

Let's start from yesterday...May I?

5th Aunt and her daughter, Sarah who hailed from Australia, paid us a very surprise visit yesterday!!! It was indeed very glad and me as host, brought them to Orchard Rd to look at the lights...WoW!!! there were even Xmas Carolling..I was quite amazed and i had to agree that put a human face to the otherwise boring Orchard Rd... And when i was on my way back...Saw the 4 pretty ladies from my dear NASS 4B...WAH...Jp was so cute with her new hairstyle..almost like a japanese doll...Anyway Crap a bit and was also happy to see all of them with Yiting...Although we seldom go out together, i am still consoled that a t least certain cliques from NASS still survived...

This morning, went to Dhoby Ghaut, to meet the YC mentors for a meeting on the SMP outings...Not a bad idea that we decided to do voluntary work...Let's see how it goes...
Catch Ocean's 12 there also...and it's like a bit nostalgic, cos i've also watch Ocean's 11 with YY some 3 years back...Anyway, that's history. By the way, you nedd brains to watch Ocean's 12...seriously

Thought about something just now...Sometimes, i couldn't interact with people coz many others are very guarded and not willing to share or simply too shy to share. Whereas some might be overzealous... I belong to the 1st type though but i find it especially easy to open up to kids coz maybe they are not so guarded after all...After all, i think i am not exactly a person who's very 'guarded"...hmm

LAstly, I am still very available this Xmas Eve...Anybody Any programs???
i am waiting for G league though!!! it's been the same activity the past 2 years...

Friday Night!!!

7 days to the release of results…

The musical wasn’t exactly very entertaining…but the day was great! Met up with the Jurong Secondary School mentors and mentees, they were absolutely AWESOME…Made a few friends there, and people like zigui, baozhen and the others were like so interesting, and sonia’s mentees too…Kept transporting me to my memories in Ngee Ann Sec..Wonderful day to be…

The day started off with me helping out in Ming Movers…( and the people there kept thinking that I was a malay, haiz and they kept talking in malay and I hardly know a word) And thanks to Tse Peng that I had such an enjoyable night yesterday…Know new people like Peijia, Wei Jie and Callen. (did I miss out anybody?) Anyway…1 thing I realized about myself after yesterday, I think I am still behaving like a kid at times, that’s why, I think I can keep talking to the kids. Either that or I just had too much memories of Ngee Ann, that I kept talking about my secondary school life. (which begs the question: Can I talk properly now to adults??) Yah I would go to the mentors gathering, to take photos with friends!!!

On another note, glad that Weiliang (my cousin) got 5 points for his N levels…Brilliant Result, make full use of this chance to pursue your Dreams…Anyway, he’s another bugger who likes his secondary school friends very much, so please enjoy your final year in Junyuan…

Moving on!!!!

To pple who knows what i m talking about....i have really moved on liao...NO regrets man...I've beaten the YY disease...hahha...but then again...sometimes abt these things, when u really beat this YY diesease, u would find that the time on ur hands jus keep increasing...hhahaha...maybe...shld jus go and catch a new disease!!!
till then cya...

SMP CAMP: A Revelation

Can I blog now???
I am really overwhelmed by the camp emotionally, I’ve learnt so much about being somebody human, and about being a mentor and most importantly, how to interact with others…

For these genre of camps like SMP, I’ve think I have only attended about 5 in all my life, and frankly speaking, I’ve found all to be boring and meaningless??? Especially: Why Must We Cheer??? Hahaha..I guess I really know the answer now, but I will keep it close to me…Anyway I’ve been dishing out advices in the affirmation session, and I do hope that the mentees do think through those suggestions…Similarly I am thinking through what the others had to say about me too…

However in SMP, the camp’s really fun and meaningful. The story goes like this…

Day 1: Other than our ICs, Maureen and Daniel, most of the people were in half dying state, I guess with thoughts like I think I make a mistake by coming to this camp flying around in their heads, me inclusive of course, of course it would be sianz right?…So the day started quite slowly…and most of the kids were jus plain annoying or jus kept to themselves. However by the lashing session, all were changed, the kids really take heart in the lessons and tried to learn all the knots diligently…WOW I was amazed and of course very happy to see them doing so…But of course the best thing got to be the night walk, though we were under instructions to be quiet throughout the walk( and we did), we managed to even show small support in subtle ways by encouraging each other through whispers. I was really impressed…

Day 2: With our lashing skills, it was no wonder that our raft was the best of the day…But it would not be possible if everybody chipped in their best efforts. This is something I never experienced in all the camps I went, especially when everybody is so half hearted. So from that point onwards, I was influenced and tried to show enthusiasm in all the activities that I am involved…The best part was round off by Philson actually helping Daniel with the BBQ, Edmund being the Model for the pageant and of course the skit ( the most enjoyable skit that i've ever done), once again the focus was not on how well we did these things but it was how we truly enjoyed ourselves…(A 100 Thanks to Tse Peng oso, u managed to survive with 2 big lazy guys like us!!! Hhaha…No worries, we r jus glad to have u, not only because u managed to put a lot of our words into actions. Whatever help you need next time, I will be around…Thks)

I am still a bit reserved today and not exactly very vocal. But this camp has changed me at least 200%… I am now more confident of myself, and not being easily swayed by others…I am simply glad that I went to this SMP camp, it’s been a revelation J

If you think whatever u do is a waste of time, it is definitely a waste of time. If u think whatever u’ve gone through is a good learning experience, then it is...

Holidays

Wah keep posting and posting and it wouldn't work...
Can i just say that i think i am finally moving on after 3 long years?? Yes i think i did, but i still think that i should just confess my love for her for the very 1st and last time befor i move on..hahah...is that an indication that i have not moved on??

that's not definitely....If i do tell her...it should be after christmas...1 last long shot...hahahh

In the meantime, super addicted to Jay's An Jing...No thanks to Sly, he really sang it better than jay...unfortunately that taufik's Me and Mrs Jones was too powerful, though olinda might have given him a tougher fight...No doubts Sg Idols was a Huge Success....Powerful vocals, stly and substance was onshow on the final showdown...Powerful man

Still enjoying An Jing right now