Irritating bus journey

U shld really read this esp. if u've a yellow Crumpler/Overland sling bag (I dunno how to differentiate these 2 brands), because, I think u're v inconsiderate. I dunno ur name, but I noe u're from Engin cos there's a image in my mind that u r one of my fren's freshie (but I 4got which fren isit), and that u take 151 on 29th Sept 2005, at around 8pm. Budden again, I dun think u read my blog, I juz feel like complaining, again, =P.

1. Please move to the rear of the bus as far as possible cos u're preventing other ppl from getting on the bus and also causing ppl near the front door to squeeze like mad.


2. If u dun wanna move to the rear of the bus cos ur fren is sitting down, pls @ least take note of how ur bag is blocking other ppl from moving to the rear of the bus.


3. Also, pls take note of how ur continuous back-and-forth movements affect other ppl on the bus, esp ppl standing behind u. Both ur bag and ur movements aren't v small.


4. Last but not least, pls understand that ur voice is quite irritating so u shldn't tok loudly on the bus, esp when other ppl are already irritated with u blocking their way and pushing them as u keep moving back-and-forth.

It's quite obvious that I happen to be one of the "other ppl", haha. Actually wat happened was aft sports buffet & dinner, I SMSed Zhao Yong to see if his SS lect ends already. Happened that it juz ended and ZY was @ the bus terminal & he called me to tell me the 151 is leaving. I was @ the bus stop opp. Ctrl Lib & decided to stop walking. But I made a wrong move cos the bus was so damn crowded... The bus stopped for quite a long time 2 bus stops later to enable the ppl @ the bus stop to get up the bus. The guy-with-yellow-sling-bag and frens happened to be standing near the rear door. They were like blabbing away and blockin ppl who were trying to squeeze so that more ppl can come up the bus. Was already quite irritated with the scene.

A few stops later, some people were trying to get down the bus and this guy and frens were STILL blockin the way. Arrrgghhh. Comes to a point where I was standing behind him (cos quite lotsa ppl already got down the bus), trying to balance myself. He kept leaning forward and backwards for god-knows-what... so for no reasons, I was being pushed by him for a few times. ZY was sitting @ the last row of seats, so I was thinkin of not sitting down @ this vacant seat behind the rear door. But I couldn't stand the guy's movement (and voice) anymore and decided to take the seat, which the guy was blocking also. Aft that his fren sat down @ a seat near where they were standing and I can see him blocking other ppl's way still... So damn inconsiderate can?

Then when I sat down I saw ZY's sms apologising, saying that he shld have asked me to walk 1 more bus stop so that I get a chance to sit down. Budden not his fault also wat, haha. I replied him, complaining bout the inconsiderate guy. He replied saying no wonder my face looked so irritated.

The only consolations for this bus journey: It was an air-conditioned 151 (though I can't really feel the aircon...) and that my journey home took less than 1 hour.

Lesson learnt: Nv take 151 from bus stops from opp. Ctrl Lib onwards on Thurs 8pm, it'll already be damn crowded by then and u might get irritated by The Yellow Sling Bag Guy

Weird dreams

Had this super weird dream on Mon nite... Please dun ask me wat isit bout... It's so weird I dun dare to tell anyone. Haha, cept for 1 or 2 ppl. 1 of my fren who happens to read on dreams told me that there are many schools of theory on how dreams are form. She told me that we get weird dreams cos different brain cells transmit different frequency of waves and so we can dream about any1 that we know, at anywhere that we've been, doing anything, even if u're not close to the person, or even if u're not familiar with the place. It's sth like a mix and match. Haha. Well, mayB that's y I got that weird dream...

Well, had my Living With Maths reasoning test on Mon. 1 of the questions was this interesting question:

A: B is lying
B: If C is telling the truth, A is lying
C: A is lying.

Assume that there is no contradiction, who is telling the truth and who is lying?

I came out with the answer that A is lying, B and C are telling the truth. Cos B will be lying if "C tells the truth and A tells the truth" (*see below for a related rule), which contradicts wat C is saying (cos if C is telling the truth, A shld be lying), so B muz be telling the truth, which means A is telling a lie, which means C is telling the truth (which seems correct to me =P)

*A rule says that "If p implies q, then not(p implies q) = p AND (not q)"

I think by this time, most of u r falling asleep, cept mayB for Amy. Haha. Budden again, I told Amy of this question already, haha. The test was quite hard lah. But I dun care liao, I don't have to touch reasoning anymore!! Heh.

And on Sun, I went to Joo's bday. Can't upload the photos cos BLOGGER GOT PROBLEM AGAIN!! Arrrggghhh. Y isit that everytime I wanna update my blog with photos, Blogger is having problems... Anyway... we got Joo a pink Guess watch that she likes alot, but she's gonna change it white cos I guess the white one suit her more (the white watch looks more tai-tai-ish).

On Sat it was appreciation dinner; again I can't upload the photos. There was this v hilarious photo taken by Paparazzo Teik Yoong, shall upload the photos when Blogger's photo function is working.

Last Fri was the start of my miserable weekends: ending lessons @ 9pm, cos the lecturer is working in LTA (as in Land Transport Authority, not an LT which uses the letter "A" instead of a number), he can only come for lecture after his work. Then again, he ended the lecture b4 8pm... So in the end I took 151 home with Lisheng & Zhao Yong cos they had Physics test till 7+pm.

And last Wed and Thurs was sadly occupied with my Structural Assignment 3...

I realized that I'm becoming lazier in updating my blog. Is it 'cos I'm having too many things to do? Hmmm.... Anyway, I shall upload the photos when I can...

Happy (belated) Bday to my sista (22nd Sept) & Joo (24th Sept)!!

Ok, I'm sorry it's belated and combined. But I made this entry juz to wish the 2 of u happy bday ok?

And nothing else, cos I'm so not free. Haha.

Anyway, my sis can now watch NC16 shows, while Joo can now watch R21 shows! Congrats! Lol.

Sakae Buffet and visit to the Zoo

Went Sakae Sushi's buffet yesterday & visited the zoo today...

Mon 19th Sept

Went Sakae Buffet with Amy, Charles, Jiali, Jimmy and Joo. Gord is a pang seh kia, he overslept again!! (PS: He overslept when we were supposed to meet @ 3pm...)


Charles & Jimmy acting cool

Joo & Jiali happily eating & the computer that's not working... =/ I wonder y they off the computers during buffets...

Amy, Charles & Jimmy

The fish cake that reminds me of Ranma...

This bowl of Udon was supposed to be mine but I didn't wanna eat cos it'll make u feel full. Jimmy die die also wanna eat and Charles was psychoed to share it with him. The extra bowl that the waiter served us look like those u use to make tea in Jap animes! Reminds me of Ranma again. Haha

As usual we were laughing over stupid jokes that Charles & Jimmy were making. I can't rmb wat we were laughing bout but we laughed until nearly all of us cried. Haha. Went eyebrow threading with Jiali & Joo aft that.

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As for today, went to zoo with Aimei, Lisheng & Zhao Yong. We didn't take any photos of OURSELVES. Haha. We only took loads of photos on the animals there. I'll put up some of the photos I've taken...

1st up, the polar bear!!

Poor polar bear, he was like swimming laps in his small swimming pool...

Next are the zebras!

Their butt were facing me cos they were eating... -_-

The tallest animal, the giraffes!

The pythons.... so damn long and humongous... and so slimy looking...

But do u noe that snake's skin is actually dry n not slimy? Heh

Then it's the turtle, they were humongous also...

Their actions were actually faster than I tot!

Here comes the penguins! So cute!

The manatees!

It's super big also. ZY commented that he cannot imagine how ppl associate them with mermaids cos they're so fat. Haha

And this monkey is funny...

It has a nose that looks like Jackie Chan's and it's sitting very "ungracefully", as according to AM. Haha. U can see that it's opening up it's legs v widely if u view the enlarged version. LS scolded me for taking a porn photo -_-

And aren't we lucky? There were a few new ducklings!

So cute!! But the parents immediately "chased" em into the hiding when they saw us...

After this we went KFC @ Children's World to eat lunch. Aft that we toured ard Children's World. This miniature pony is only 2 mths old!


Miniature pony cos the mother is a miniature horse. A small kinda horse even when in its adult size. Btw, this pony has it's bday on 27th July, 1 day b4 mine! Heh.

And this is a kpo goat. Hehe...

And last is this white tiger which looks reallly white in my pic... cos my camera's white balance is auto...

Wat's the most sian is it started to rain aft we finished lunch... So we had to hide @ shelters @ intervals cos the rain...

ok... think enuff of posting of photos...

End of busy week

I actually wanted to post this entry on Sunday but Blogger had sth wrong with the uploading of photos, so I only update this entry now...

Finally it's the end of my busy week and the start of my mid-term break...

A summary on what happened...

1. Sat, 10th Sept: Doing structural assignment
2. Sun, 11th Sept: Doing structural assignment
3. Mon, 12th Sept: Doing structural lab report
4. Tues, 13th Sept: Study for transport test
5. Wed, 14th Sept: Finally can rest for a while...
6. Thurs, 15th Sept: Tina's bday
7. Fri, 16th Sept: Engin Day
8. Sat, 17th Sept: Slack day
9. Sun, 18th Sept: Centennial
   

That's the summary, juz to let u see how many days I spent on school work cosecutively. Haha. Shall start elaborating from Wed onwards...

Wednesday, 14th Sept

Reached sch @ 9+am to study my transport test while ponning my structural lect. I'm gonna flung my transport test. But it's ok. Everyone's gonna die together, which means moderation!! Muahahaha. Aft that dun really feel like moving, juz feel like slacking ard outside my LT. So I slacked ard, while toking to Qiulin, Steph & Weicong till it's nearly 6. My initial plans of going Parkway to buy Tina's bday present and Swensen's ice cream mooncake was cancelled cos I juz feel like slacking for the day...

Thurs, 15th Sept

Feel so stupid to go school... I attended the transport lect, which was aaa bit useful and then went for engin prof, which was a waste of my time... (basically this module is stupid...)

Aft that I met Lisheng & Zhao Yong for lunch & I went Orchard to walk ard to buy Tina's & also my sis's bday present. Got a The Dog - Maltese calendar for Tina (cos her dog is a Maltese), and a dog handphone holder that barks when a call or sms comes in.

Rush home aft that to bathe, print card, then left home. Chew Ying waited for me for nearly 1/2 hr. Haha. Paiseh lah.

The gathering was really fun! Tina was wearing a Kimono cos her maternal great-grandma is a Japanese. We were all hiding behind the sofas and walls when she started to walk out & her father signal us to jump up & we juz did w/o knowing wat to do. So we juz went, "AAAHHH!!!" Then some1 started singing the Happy Bday song... Haha. No chance to take photo of Tina's shocked face.

Anyway aft that we all had dinner. Tina's mum is a great cook! All the food taste so nice. Yum! N CY ate 4 eggs in total loh... She's in luv with the eggs that Tina's mum cooks. Haha. Oh! And did I mentioned that Tina's mum is a great fortune teller too? She graduated with a degree in fortune telling back in Taiwan. So interesting! Met a couple of my JC 1st 3 mths classmates there (cos my 1st 3 mths class was Tina's class aft 1st 3 mths, haha).

V fun gathering, with Tina's mum doing most of the talking haha. And Lucky is still as cute as ever!! Though I dun think Lucky recognises me anymore. (Btw, Lucky is her dog.)

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Fri 16 Sept

Engin Day!! Wanted to go early to helpout, budden had GEM tut @ 2pm. This module's tutor is really wasting my time. He toked bout his army life during that tut...

Well but Engin Day was fine. 'cept that we've been listening to Aqua's "Happy Boys, happy girls" whole day long 'cos Tai Nam used this song to make our video. The video juz brings back our memories on Orion. Weicong was so sian of the song he plugged the speaker into his laptop and played his mp3s instead. Lol. The sales for our stall was better than wat I've expected, heh.

Asked WC to take a photo of me & Qiulin with the exhibit.

Anyway the only entertainment was Engin Idol, with a Michael Jackson imitator as the winner... Eric from my lecture grp who got into top 50 for Project Superstar only won 2nd runner up. Think his voice wasn't in a good shape that day. Here's 4 supporters of Eric. Haha...

More pix...

Arthur and Steph

Josh & Small Kel manning the booth

Weicong with the exhibits

At the end of the day, I celebrated MAF with Amy, Cailing, Carol, Charles, Eliz, Gord, Jen, Jiali and Joo. V fun time! Thanx Gord for da-baoing dinner for us! The hor-funs muz have been damn heavy. Anyway we tried writing "mooncake!" using the sparklers but cannot cos we're not fast enuff for Jen's camera (we also dunno how to set her shuttle speed). Too bad.

Sat 17 Sept

Slacked @ home. Went out @ nite to Parkway to get Swensen's mooncakes (4 for $14 only!!) and also sent the photos for developing. Shopped ard Parkway also. Saw Hwee Hwee on the bus. She was on her way home from her church camp.

Sun 18 Sept

Centennial Run!! Woke up @ 6am... @_@ So damn tired & it was such a nice weather to sleep... When I wanted to leave home, it suddenly rain! (Does this sentence sound familiar? =P) Budden it was raining damn heavily and the wind was v strong. So I had to leave home abit later loh.

Saw small Kel when I reached clubroom & the 1st thing he did aft greeting me was to show me his umbrella, which has its handle dropped out... Qiulin had already started to walk to SRC with the goods & was @ old U-hall, so we started walking also. I tot QL will wait for us @ the old U-hall, so we walked down the slope from E4 to old U-hall. But no loh... Actually me & Kel shld've walked the shorter way to SRC instead... Anyway, it was the 1st time I walked from Engin to near Sci loh! Cos the carnival was nearer to Sci than SRC grand stand.

Business wasn't good cos it was raining... Here's our best salesman of the day, Yeeming!

But well, there were entertainments now and then! Like realising Ronghua aka Xiaohua dances Salsa!! Took a photo of him dancing with a mei nu. Haha...

And there was this little kid who's 6 years old and damn cute on the drums! Saw him b4 on TV...

Came to a point when I was hiccupping and it can't stop. And it happens that Law fac setup a balloon stall beside us. Then a balloon burst... I continued hiccupping. I only stopped hiccuping when the 2nd balloon burst. Haha

I actually wante to continue updating yesterday and today but I realised there were too many photos to put, so I shall seperate em as another entry!

Btw, I've removed the flash animation from my previous entry cos Cousin Weiying complained that I upload too many things and she dl v slow... Hehe. Paiseh lah. =P

Finally near my retirement

Join in the Monya fan club

I came into contact with this character quite long ago cos Lisheng sent me this emoticon b4:

The icon will go (slowly... I cant capture the print screen every sec lah...) from...

to this

Very cute rite?! But I tot it's juz a emoticon that ppl created... Until yesterday, when I saw Xianzhi's MSN pic from the preview panel & I told him I've the emoticon. When I asked him what is this thing called, he told me it's called Monya~~ SO CUTE! He told me to go see the flash files & I did. Here's the Introduction flash...

I only uploaded the introduction flash lah. So if u're interested u can go http://www.shine-info.com/shawn/flash/ to view the Monya flash files, but it's only up till episode 8. So sad... ='( Anyway I think the tail of Monya is such a poor thing. Haha.

Pon GEM lect today cos there's not Geotech lect today. Shall go do lab-reporting now...

What's ur definition of a good friend?

From dictionary.com,

friend (I can't find the definition of "good friend", =P)

1. A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts.
2. A person whom one knows; an acquaintance.
3. A person with whom one is allied in a struggle or cause; a comrade.
4. One who supports, sympathizes with, or patronizes a group, cause, or movement: friends of the clean air movement.

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From my own dictionary,

1. A good fren is someone who will be there when u need him/her if he/she has the ability to. He/she doesn't need to be always there cos he/she might have his/her own problems to solve. Human beings are born to be selfish, so u can't blame your fren if he/she doesn't help u when he/she has his/her own problems.
2. A good fren is someone who clicks with u.
   
3. A good fren is someone who tells u honestly wat he/she thinks is wrong bout u. As a Chinese saying goes, 良药苦口, which literally means "good medicines tastes bitter"..
4. A good fren need not know u from inside out. U only need 1 person to noe u the best, and the ans is "urself".
5. A good fren is someone who not only takes the limousine with you but also the bus. The limousine-bus theory is extracted from a fren's blog. =D
6. A good fren is someone who appreciates what u've done for him/her. Pls @ least say a thank you mah... =/
7. A good fren is someone who expects u to do all the above too. It takes 2 hands to clap...
   

And I found this on astrology.com...

Leo Friendship Profile
The Lion can never be accused of hiding behind their mane. They're happiest when people surround them, especially as they're likely to be the center of attention in any crowd. Leo has a ton of friends. After all, anyone who thinks so highly of themself must have something good to offer! The Lion makes a great friend, though. They can be playful as a kitten and are always ready to spread their sunshine around. Beware of their competitive side, though. As your friend, Leo wants to be proud of you and will do everything in their power to ensure your success -- so long as you don't outshine them. As long as you're the underdog, you'll have a loyal friend. Everyone can be friends with a Leo. They don't really discriminate, preferring to have a big mix of people to play with. Leo always wants the best and might take you out for fancy dinners and such. Don't worry if you can't quite afford it -- the generous Lion is quite willing to chip in. Make sure you remind them again and again how grateful you are for their help, though. A friend who is not appreciative enough of the Leo's charms and generosity may not get the chance to show it later.

Hmmm... I think it's quite true, I like to be the center of attraction & I like to be appreciated. But the part on being competitive... No lah.... Haha.

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Ok, that's enuff on friendships. My sprained foot is getting much better. I think by end of this week I'll be able to walk normally.

For these 2 days, whenever I pass by some1 I noe...

1. They wave/say "Hi/Hello"
   
2. See my walking in a weird way
3. "What's with ur leg/foot?!"
4. "I sprained my foot..."
   

MayB I shld've wrote down my answer on a piece of paper & flash it whenever I'm being asked the famous question. Haha. Ok lah, thanx for all the questions asked. Greatly appreciated. I already said I like to be the center of attraction mah! Haha.

Anyway this busy week is ending. I had to submit Geotech assignment on Tues but dateline was extended till yesterday. CE lecturers are nice. So I suppose that the Struct II assignment dateline will be postponed from tmr to next week. =D Finished my proj on designing a building wrt wind load. Here's the ugly building of me, Chris & WC:

Compare to...

Which is the picture of Q1, a building which is going to be completed in Gold Coast. Picture taken from http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=4637. Very interesting website. U shld go search for buildings whose status is "vision" or "fantasy". U'll lol loh. Haha. Anyway, I hope that the report is adequate to be for satisfactory for my CE3101. Heh.

Joke of the week: I was askin my sis to re-scan my assignment for me cos when I finished scanning the 1st time, she accidentally cancelled the compiling process. I asked her to save the file as "Geotech assignment 1" & she saved it as "joetech assignment 1".

I sprained my foot

My foot is now officially swollen… Anyway… u’ll laugh when hear the reason why I sprained my foot…

I juz came out from lab & was somewhere near Engin canteen where some roadwork were going on. I saw a guy who’s ard 10m away & seems to have the same bag as me & was trying to see if I know him. The next moment I know, I sprained my foot cos the road wasn’t flat! Gggrrrr…

The immediate pain was unbearable, but aft a min or so the pain went off & me, Cailing & Weihan proceeded to the canteen for lunch. But aft lunch I found out that I can’t walk w/o feeling the pain in my foot…

Anyway… the pain got worse since then. I had a hard time walking from LT2( down the slope to LT6( down the slope to Computer Centre bus stop. Luckily there were slopes, easier to walk than stairs (I always tot it’s the opp… well I guess a sprained ankle is different from a sprained foot).

And I tot when I reached home I can get immediate treatment from my father. But well… he’s out to work @ the clinic… I feel so tired… I shall go take an afternoon nap…

江美琪 - 我爱夏卡尔 Jiang Mei Qi - Wo Ai Xia Ka Er

仰望星空 让我想起Chagall 恋爱的人 总是浮在城市半空中
视若无睹的 忘情忘我的 紧紧眷恋着 连公鸡都在温柔歌颂

我看爱情 爱情看我 两头
我唱了歌 歌给了我 美好期待中
你在那里呢 我们将在哪座城市相逢
小猫相作见证趴在窗口 流星划过我们就恋爱了

你还没来 我一个人只能跳跳舞解闷
你还没来 我一个人看着Chagall画册
虚构着可能属于我的美丽爱情
怎么忽然流泪了 后来又笑开了

My sister is an asshole

Yes, I'm obviously angry with wat she has done.

I came out from shower aft a tiring day, feeling refreshed, & she actually said to me, "Ur alcoholic chocolates, I'm gonna finish it even though I ate em slowly." With a duh look on her face (she's trying to imply that I'm eating my stuffs @ a v slow speed).

So wat am I angry with? WTH!! She KNOWS that the chocs are my bday present! And she don't even have the sorry look on her face or even say sorry. And I tot a 16-years old-girl is old enuff to noe that she is in the wrong in this situation. When I started screaming @ her, she repeated her sentence, emphasizing on "I ate em slowly". So wat's ur pt? U still ate my chocs w/o my permission. Wat's the difference b/w stealing $50 @ a time and $10 daily over 5 days? Imagine me touching ur bday present w/o ur permission, how do u feel?

I hope I can get the respect I'm supposed to get. I'm ur ELDER sister and yet u're taking me for granted. MayB I shld get sth so that I can lock my stuffs all inside, including a small fridge mayB.

MayB u guys think I'm getting angry over sth v minor. I dun care. I'm angry n I juz wanna complain.

Final decision for SEP

That's it, I've decided not to go for SEP. There's no more turning back, I've already sent email to both Ding Mei @ CE office & Dawn @ Dean's office.

Module mapping is such a tiring thing to do, esp if u're in CE Dept. So much for all the time I've spent trying to map 5 miserable modules juz to get 2 rejected 'cos the total number of hours is less than 40h. So much for the 买东西吃东西...

I realise that as I grow older, I become more indecisive. A nice way to say it is that I look @ things from both sides. Another way to say it is that I'm fickle-minded.

Well @ least I get to see how my transcript looks like... all my Cs & Ds I got in the past...