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//30.8.2003 9:52:54 AM
Off the air...
Life's getting confusing and tiring... I'm going 'off the air' for a while... Until I sort some issues out. Take care my faithful readers! Ciao
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//27.8.2003 10:21:12 PM
Dramatic change of events
My Lada finally breathed her last breath today... She died on me this morning at kangaroo point at 8:00am in the morning!... I had to 'put her to sleep'. sigh... check out my new 'main squeeze'...
Mistubishi Lancer GL
1.6L
1989 model
$3,700
Talk about 'quick' change huh... 
Thank yous...
Thank you Rufus for helping me transport my stuff from the Lada early in the morning...
Thank you Hsu for 'lending' me Rufus so early in the morning.
Thank you Eugene from changing your schedule to help me go car hunt.
Thank you RACQ for your prompt and effective response to my situation.
And last and most important of all... Thank you Cherri, for going to help me see and choose my car! Oh and thank you for the brakfast I am gonna have tomorrow with you
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//25.8.2003 1:21:17 PM
Insomnia...
I have now officially not slept for 32 hrs! Straight... Eversince 2 nights ago and that was even spent on the sofa in school's office. People ask me why I am so busy? Did I procrastinate? This semester I can safely say is the most hardworking one in my life! I'm sure many of you would agree
Anyway, can you imaging if I hadn't been hardworking? I would have to stopped studying now... Now I really missed those days... lazing around complaining that I have too much time and nothing to do... I haven't been going to the gym for almost 2 weeks now... and I feel weak... Gonna try to train for the 10km river run in 2 weeks hope I can find the time and energy... Anyone wanna join me? It would be good fun and nice atmospher... At least better than army half marathon...
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//20.8.2003 11:16:24 PM
I love my sweater!
Thank you Guohui for buying the sweater with the hood for me... I love it! I love the feeling of putting on a beenie, covering with the hood and having my shades and tunes and just disappear into to crowd... I feel like I am not there among the people... I feel distant, yet around... I have a tingling sense of dejavu... To be the wind... to be forgotten...
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//17.8.2003 11:40:04 PM
Kebab for supper
Cherri complains that she is getting fat! All thanks to me... sigh... I'm like an infectious fat disease... people who hang out with me will eat and eat... I'm in school now, just finished supper at the favorite kebab place. And I am continueing with my work... Juggling 'play' and work is a tiring thing... It's like your mind have to be in 2 modes at the same time. Sigh... I wished I had the time to really enjoy the hols with my parents... But on the other hand I have to do this and get good results... Ultimately, for my parents as well.
I thank God for my mum and my dad for their support and encouragement in the rough times and also supporting me in my decision to study. I believe I am truly blessed and therefore I am compelled to do well. Sigh but sometimes the pressure is a bit tiring...
Ok... back to work... Tomorrow night I have to take a train all the way back to the coast and hang out with my parents and relatives... I do hope that I have enough time for my work thereafter... Ciao...
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//15.8.2003 12:30:09 AM
Car accident
I experienced my first car accident today!! I was braking on the road to avoid hitting to dog. Just as that happened, someone 'kissed' my bum! Now I have a big dent on my boot... Luckily no one was hurt... And the dog ran happily away... sigh!
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//13.8.2003 11:38:31 AM
Parent's visit
As you might already know... my parents are here and I might not be free to write... so see ya guys in 2 weeks...
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//9.8.2003 11:31:04 AM
Life update...
Ok finally I have a day to rest and sleep til very late! I woke up at 12pm today... Hooray! I actually woke up at 7:30am automatically now... how scary is that?! sigh...
Ok here's what I've been doing... I've got several concurrent projects happening at the same time...
1. My thesis where I am supposed to first do an online survey site for the whole world's university and colleges' student's and lecturer to login and do. This research and started and funded by SAP America. For those who don't know who they are, just know now that it's a multi-BILLION dollar computer software company. The project is started by the CEO himself. And for those who know what's going on... YES! I got the scholarship from them... $8,000 bejeezes!!
So in summary, I'm doing research for the CEO of a multi-billion dollar company and have to deal with people around the world. And I'm getting a scholarship from it... How stressful is that?!
2. Second is my thesis minor assignments, an Anotated Bibliography of my research area... Oh by the way my thesis title is 'SAP solutions in University Curriculum'. Click here to see the sample/prototype of the site design.
3. My other subject also requires me to do an e-commerce website and I need to write a proposal for the site development.
4. Personal research - I'm doing a study on Christian forgiveness. I'm trying to prove the writer Bob George's (Faith that pleases God) theory of forgiveness... And mind you it's really different from what we traditionally think it is. Our misconceptions of it.
5. I'm supposed to research and build a PC for Cherri for her new place.
6. My parents are coming tomorrow and a few of these things are due the week they fly back! Sigh...
Ok enough of my life how about yours? Hahaha... ok... as usual I'm rushing of to gym... (notice the constant use of the word rush?) Ciao!
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//5.8.2003 6:46:34 AM
Waking up
I have been trying to wake up early but I can't seem to. I set the alarm for 6:30 and end up waking up at 8:30. At this rate I will never be able to make it to gym. Sigh...
<* Sensored for some reasons *>
gotta rush to the immigration office today to settle my visa.
With all these things to do it's hard to remember all the things I want to write in the blog... I may need to keep an actual written diary...
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//2.8.2003 7:49:54 AM
Darker Pastures...
You heard a million times the word 'greener pastures' saying we always seek it and all that but many people fail to see also the darker pastures... Or they don't want to see it.
I was just talking to Cherri yesterday on they way from sending her to her party and found out something (can't say... not my proprietry right). I realized then that there is always someone worst off that me. Life is fragile... God can allow certain things to happen that just totally tip our scale of balance in life in more ways than we can imagine... We always remind ourselves of Somalia (however it's spelt) when we can't finish our food... Do we 'think of Somalia' when we complain that we don't have enough money to buy a car or something? I used to feel depressed, guilty and felt that my life sucked... Have I 'thought of Somalia'?
I cringe now when I hear statements of complains coming from people stating trivial problems... I feel like a hypocrite having to 'agree' with them and smile and 'be nice'.
People, if you look at our lives, I think we (especially Singaporeans) are a lot better off than many other less fortunate people, who are troubled by REAL problems like money for a simple meal, health problems, broken familiy etc... Let us look at the 'darker pastures' instead, we tend to be more appreciative that way.
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//1.8.2003 8:16:27 AM
Gear 2 and 3
This new 'life' and study is really different from undergrad. The mode of study is different... Writting a thesis and doing research is a whole new ball game. I'm still adjusting and I really do hope I can do as well here as my bachelors. As my supervisor said... 'It's a quantum leap for me' 'cos I've always been a technical person and now I'm moving into a new area.
Met many new people already. They are all cool people! Michelle, she tried to buy my VB.NET book from me but couldn't we ended up talking and stuff. Cherri, she got the earlier scholarship instead of me... but I think she deserves it... she's quite a nice girl to talk to. We'll be doing the same subjects and research together so I'll get to know her better. Then there is my site development teammates, Patrick and Raj one's an indian from Singapore the other's from India. Very funny group and plus me, we make quite a comedy group! As for my thesis, I need to do an online survey, so a project team was set up to devop it, from there I met Andy from Taiwan and Ferris from Singapore. I have a feeling we will learn a lot from this experience working together.
That's about all... I wonder how much of these new people I will remain friends with after, as I tend to not keep friends. But I thank God for all these work and everything. Keeps my mind off other stuff (most of the time).
Ok gotta rush off to gym now. Have an appointment later this afternoon with Michael. Oh yah, Michael is my supervisor for my thesis. Ciao!
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