Taken For Granted

saw on news just now that xu wei lun has passed away.. car accident.. and i was sad to hear that.. she's like among the prettiest female artistes in taiwan.. and she's gone just like that.. i never thought i won't be able to see her on dramas and variety shows anymore.. she's only 28!

i guess we just take too many things for granted.. that good friend you have.. that eye candy in school.. that great boss you work with.. that guy who craps around with you all day.. that girl who talks to you on the phone all the time.. that singer you adore..

wow.. all things deemed beautiful by you will eventually be gone.. yeah..

"let a person you love feel loved before it's too late"

but won't you still lose that person in the end? at least there're no regrets? can there really be no regrets? makes us feel helpless doesn't it?

Millionaire!

wow.. my lecturer showed us a clip from who wants to be a millionaire today.. and i was rather impressed by the contestant.. freaking awesome way to finish it off! ONE MILLION DOLLARS! this one was impressive..

Cool!

but there are those who are not so cool too.. i laughed out loud when i saw this clip..

HAHA!

Singnet

singnet is getting on my nerves.. why is internet so slow!!! i thought all was fine after the taiwan earthquake thingy was over.. now its laggy again.. for what reason i dont know..

"Please be informed that Internet access to services such as gaming and video downloading may experience some delays. We apologise for the inconvenience caused." - www.singnet.com.sg

that is not explaining anything! i couldnt found any explanation at the "news centre" too!
http://home.singtel.com/news_centre/news_releases/default.asp

singnet needs to tell us what is happening..

EPS

it's kinda boring..

it's kinda irritating..

it's very tiring..

but

it's something i haven't done before

it's a good experience

it's a good time to make friends

it's a good time to know your friends better

it's a good time to help sponsor bowls of rice

it's good to feel at home in a large group of people

The merit and commendation people

Singapore

the radio djs never fail to surprise and interest me with their stories.. today while in the car on my way to school.. i heard another interesting story..

many times we play online games.. people ask where we're from.. and we answer.. singapore~.. and they go.. HUH? where is that?

"is that in africa?" - a gamer i talked to recently

well.. that's not really a bad thing.. like we'll know all the states in america offhand.. so unless you're some geog geek.. you're really forgiven..

but from the story i heard this morning.. some people have a rather bad impression of Singapore..

Well, a Singaporean was talking to a Korean lady in Korea...

Korean Lady: Singapore is a place with no freedom and human rights..
Singaporean: What makes you think so?
Korean Lady: I read on the papers that in Singapore, someone threw an unfinished apple onto the ground and got caught. He was then tied to the front of a lorry and paraded in public.. mem bers of public were allowed to throw bad fruits at him..
Singaporean: I've lived 40 years in Singapore and i've never heard of such a thing.. maybe you should come to Singapore and take a look..

it amazing how people from other countries can think this way of Singapore.. i have no problems with them thinking this way.. keeps people from taking jobs away from me huh? =P

Bus Breakdown #1

wow.. all my life (typing this just reminded me to dwl that song), i havent had a bus breakdown on me before.. today, on my way back to paya lebar with elvin and wendy after cutting hair.. 197 decided to breakdown.. we didn't know the procedures when buses break down.. so we only took ONE complimentary ticket.. would have taken more free rides if i had known.. =P

The free ride. Ends on valentines' day!

well.. it was destined that we would end up at bugis.. so we shopped.. hahahahaa..

PS: do not print the ticket and try to get a free ride! theres a watermark at the back that i couldnt scan!

Silly her

i was going to bed late at night.. and my mum was awake.. said she had a dream.. that we were at war.. i was a baby.. she was carrying me tight and running.. ah.. i was just smiling while tucking myself in bed.. but i wonder whats making her dream of something like that.. maybe she's worried about something? lol.. we just don't understand our parents at times yeah..

extreme makeover: home edition is cool.. they find a family in need.. tear down their house.. and build a whole new place for them.. there's lots of emotions in the show.. every family they help seem to have quite a sad story behind them..

Yahoo Answers.

today.. i was surfing Yahoo! Answers.. i don't know how i came across this.. but i found it humourous.. no offence to my dear friends across the causeway! =P

I guess it was the fact that it was voted best answer that makes it so amusing.. =P

One Year Anniversary!

well, i was like half an hour late in updating to the new template.. but well, it's here! i don't know when i'll change it again though.. seems to take pretty long to load..

My blog is one year old! =)

Rush Hour Month

projects, lab tests, quizes.. they're driving us crazy! the stress has infected all of us in IFC and perhaps the whole of engineering.. or perhaps.. the whole of tp.. maybe not design..

it's sometimes nice to quietly watch the people in tp..

people going to class..
people going to the canteen..
people rushing to catch the lift..
people squeezing in between others waiting for the lift to "cut-queue"..
people greeting lectuerers and stopping them to ask questions..
lecturers laughing at each others' jokes..
lecturers eating in the canteen alone..
printing services having long queues on the day of report submissions..
the library's theft alarm sounding without reason..
the security guards marshalling traffic..
the big shot's car parked just beside the design entrance..
students playing warcraft at the concourse level..
students playing maplestory at the concourse level..
people walking past a funnily dressed person while trying to keep a straight face..
students using intercom to talk to their lecturers outside the staffroom..

there's so much more to the stressed up life at tp.. and the things people do to destress.. i guess we'll all miss it when we leave.. seriously.. it's all so worth remembering!

*sab will not fail her lab test

Police!

went to bedok interchange to buy some stuff this afternoon.. saw 5 police officers surrounding a teenage guy.. they seemed to be questioning him.. but come to think of it.. why were they questioning him there? and creating a commotion.. everyone was looking and kept wondering.. i was highly curious too.. haha =/ what did he do or what does he know?

Sonnet CXVI

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

- William Shakespeare

Happy New Year!

ok.. this post came a little too late.. was too lazy to post about new years eve till now...

well.. new years eve.. i went to have dinner with my dad.. at about 7pm.. then i came home..

nah.. it doesnt end there.. i rested for a while.. took the car and went to meet my LAN/soccer mates at 9pm.. its been a longggg time since i saw them! i should make an effort to wake up in time on sundays to meet them (and stop sleeping after 4am)..

well, i ate (again) with them and then we went to simei to chill.. bought some drinks and went to a pavilion to talk and drink.. it's just so fun meeting up with them everytime.. hahahahaa..

okk.. so i had to leave by 10.45pm.. to meet another group of people! and together, with the 4 of them.. i would say i spent the most unique first day of the new year of my life.. hahahaha.. love them man.. =)