Saturday, December 31, 2005
Went back to school today for tkd, then settled down in the atrium to do some study... Then it flooded in a matter of minutes due to the heavy downpour. It flooded so fast, people didn't have time to react to it and people were stranded! Funny. Just damn hilarious. It didn't flood from on top, it flooded from below! Apparently, the drain burst from the pressure of the water, and it just flooded the Atrium like a fountain from all the man-holes around the atrium, it literally overwhelmed the students at their tables. Haha, I estimate from a completely dry Atrium, it took 5 minutes to completely flood the area. Or even Less.
Video included. 10.8megs.
Filmed by FX using SE k508i camera phone.
http://www.freewebs.com/fusion2x/Flooded%20Atrium.avi
4:33 AM
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
What does your handwriting say about YOU?The results of your analysis say:
You plan ahead, and are interested in beauty, design, outward appearance, and symmetry.
You are a shy, idealistic person who does not find it easy to have relationships, especially intimate ones.
You are diplomatic, objective, and live in the present.
You are not very reserved, impatient, self-confident and fond of action.
You are self-confident and like to bring attention to yourself.
5:44 PM
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
4/5 stars. A must-watch.
12:58 AM
Saturday, December 24, 2005
Today is Christmas! A very Merry Christmas to all!
Maybe I can write something short about the true meaning of Christmas. Now in this modern fast-paced secular world. Christmas has lost it's original meaning and the truth of Christmas has been lost in urbanization and modernization. Businesses and sales take precedence over the actual reason why we celebrate Christmas. Forget all the media on snowmen, Santa Claus or Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer.
Christmas is the day that Christ was born. Or Anno Domini, more commonly known to us as A.D. The year is now 2005 A.D and Christ was born 2005 years ago. The reason Christmas exists is the love of god has for all of us that he sent his one and only son Jesus Christ to die for our sins.
That's why it's "Christ-mas". The day that Christ was born. Unfortunately, many shopping malls cash in on this festive period. It's true sales jump up by up to 30%, and the marketing themes are always "X'mas", in newspaper advertisements or banners plastered all over the colourful lights of Orchard Road. In X'mas, "Christ" is gone. And in place of Christ is X. When it's only X-mas, the "MAS" stands for "Many Are Shopping".
Yes we all shop for presents for our friends and loved-ones, after all the joy of Christmas is giving. But we must never forget Christ is the very reason why we celebrate Christmas. That's because we are all sinners by nature. MAS = Many Are Sinning.
Then again, if we tell each other the true meaning of Christmas and celebrate Christmas because of how Christ was born in Bethlehem. MAS will be "Many Are Saved".
Have A Merry Blessed Christmas to all.
6:09 PM
Thursday, December 22, 2005
FX, your true color is Black!
Your color is black. The color of night. Serene and mysterious, black conjures up images of elegant evening gowns, dashing tuxedos, and gleaming limousines. Traditionally a symbol of success, black also represents power and an uncompromising demand for perfection. Not surprisingly, you tend to set challenging goals for yourself and do whatever it takes to achieve them — your strength of character is second to none. This unfaltering determination, along with your natural elegance, impresses people. But keep in mind that your personality might be intimidating to some. Try to temper your demanding side with a little softness — trust us, it won't kill you. Overall, though, black is the color of professionalism and achievement, which means it's clearly the color for you.
5:43 PM
The sci-fi actioner is set 400 years in the future, when disease has wiped out the majority of the earth's population except for one walled, protected city-state, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scientists. The story centers on Aeon Flux, the top operative in the underground 'Monican' rebellion, led by The Handler. When Aeon is sent on a mission to kill a government leader, she uncovers a world of secrets...
Turned out that the vaccine had also caused sterility as a side effect, and each time a citizen died or “disappeared”, his DNA was recycled back into the next generation and impregnated into an unsuspecting female citizen, the cloned citizens were beginning to sense something amiss when they felt that they had led another life each time the cloning cycle was repeated, and the system was on the brink of decay. A seemingly perfect world was never meant to last.
The future is flux.
3.5/5
Great action, good plot, good plot and character development.
1:16 AM
Saturday, December 17, 2005
14-12-2005
The end of the week is fast approaching and CT will be upon us in 2 weeks time. Today I just didn't feel like talking to them. No mood to explain the reason why.
For the lesson later, it was basically a revision class. I wasn't paying much attention but my brain was working at full clock-speed. Today for some reason I felt really lousy. Maybe it's because of that incident or how the day has progressed without any progress.
15-12-2005
Today was eventful. I am so proud of my juniors and my comm members who had helped in the decoration of the BME Centre to enhance the christmas atmosphere. Everyone chipped in and helped, seeing everyone cooperate and doing their part really heartened me ;) There's nothing more satisfying than to see your team working together as one.
16-12-2005
Today's ECE celebration was finally concluded with success, and all the comm members deserve their much-earned rest. The concert went well with the inevitable hiccups. Prize winners galore and everyone just enjoyed themselves. This is the satisfaction that an organizer gets.
9:15 AM
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
It's lonely at the top. But at least I am starting to see the fruits of my labour. I am really tired.
7:01 PM
Saturday, December 10, 2005
The silence. There's so much of it.
7:37 AM
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
For the whole week.
The BME Christmas tree is finally up and everyone loves it. The lights really match the tree very nicely and the golden star perched on top is really awe-inspiring. The BME centre is finally distinguished in a unique way that the other centers have not been able to achieve.
Monday and Tuesday was spent at NUS for the ICBME workshop seminar, about regenerative tissue engineering, talking mainly about transdifferenciation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells.
But that week is about to take a downward turn. I performed the worst I've ever done in my life for Napfa. Fine, I did well for my sit and reach at 66 and shuttle run at 9.11secs. 2.4km was horrible, I clocked 11.15 minutes after developing a stitch at the 4th round. I was really down and disappointed in myself. It's a pathetic self-let down.
It was still a depressing night because my own niche in tkd has developed a real doubt about my performance. I am even starting to doubt myself. I hurt someone without even realizing it, I even thought I was protecting that person! It's a curse that has come back to haunt me. The morning was so messed up. The two lessons went by with my moodiness and forlorn face. It was a breeze but there was a torment inside my heart.
I didn't eat lunch with them again, I just couldn't face them anymore. I ate alone before leaving abruptly again, totally out of my own habit, leaving so early without any word or explanation. I left with a cryptic final statement. "relationships eventually fail due to the lack of communication."
At this rate I am going to lose all my friends with this cursed characteristic of mine. It's my fate. Oh well, the short-lived happy period just ended so abruptly with the onset of the stupid ECE society involvement. Or maybe I've handled the situation poorly. Then it's completely my fault.
Now I'm given the cold shoulder. Honestly tell you the truth, in my position I feel hurt, I went back to read my diary again, where some of my happiest days were spent, before it ended just as well. Now it's happening all over again, it ended even before it started. I am losing them more rapidly than ever. I may lose my partner next due to my cursed attitude.
But I feel so torn inside, so pathetic, so useless. The lecturers said I look so stern, the juniors are so afraid to approach me. It's just my accursed face. How am I supposed to smile? Give me one reason that I can smile for. TKD has no faith in me, my lecturer doesn't believe my project will be successful either and believes I should withdraw it from the project exhibition, and up till now it still doesn't work. That statement was like driving a dagger through my soul.
You know what? Screw all the meetings is what I would like to say as of this moment. 5 meetings in 4 days?! First the ECE meetings one after another, completely wasting our time, then the night was destroyed by him from ECE.
Even at 1.30am, he was still getting my comm to do things for him! I was really pissed and took over the job completely, how dare he get my own subordinates to do work without informing me first! I was very tired, but still I must be responsible, I re-did their demands this very night over 10 times to their satisfaction, I was irritated, how can you call someone to do something at 3am?! But fine, I'll do it anyway. It's so incompetent, last-minute, irresponsible, and how can you just say that I didn't turn up for the meaning when it was announced that very day itself! There was no notice, no agenda, nothing! The chairman, level-head, course representative thing is really getting on my nerves. I completely just "took over", and really snapped at him, how can you even be a president when you can't negotiate with people?!
I seem to be merely whining in this entry. So I will stop here.
Every part of my body hurts. I dress like 30, talk like 40, think like 50, move like 60. The whole week sucked. And it can only get worse. If I were to plot my ups and downs in a graph this week, it would fluctuate even more than a stock market at it's worst. I feel like crap now. I don't know how I am going to face tomorrow.
6:18 AM
Sunday, December 04, 2005
Sharity gift box charity (3-12-2005)Today we headed to school for the Sharity gift box charity activity organized by NP Primers and Boy's Brigade Singapore. The objective is to go around HDB blocks, door-to-door to collect food for the less fortunate and needy.
I learnt that Singaporeans are not as stingy as you think! It's the lesser-fortunate that are actually more willing to donate than the richer!
Those who live in the sparsely furnished houses are more willing to donate than those who have extensive decorations and interior, but there were exceptions, there were some families who had prepared large packages for donation and we're more than happy to receive, it's a real joy to give. To the stingy families who didn't bother to answer the door at all and we obviously heard some occupant activity inside.
The shophouse shopkeeper was very generous as well, every time a monetary donation was made, we would go to that shop house to buy food and she'll always undercharge us. She even took out several plastic bags and threw in a lot of food stuffs of her own for donation. That's what we call shopping! It's really nice to meet such generous people. I'd rather give blood, food and my time rather than money. It's for a good cause.
But whatever it is, never forget that there will always be less fortunate people than us out there.
8:03 AM
