CRP~

went for the CRP premodule session at KBC today.
when pple asked me "why do i volunteer?" for now, i really cant answer that..
then next, "y with the prisons?" in the past, i wld say its bcos i wanted to volunteer and conincidentally, the opportunity arose. and out of curiousity, about the life of an inmate + and life upon release. everything was so exciting.
the inmates always say learn sthg from us, the volunteers but actually, i tink is me learning somethings from them.
well, after today's session, i realised the curiousity is gone, but that doesnt mean i will just quit lidat.. i found a reason why... some or rather, most of them are repentant and we shld show them we accept them and by volunteering with the prisons, i just try to do my best to help.
talking abt today's crp session, i was very excited before the session but when we got into groups, i tink my grp's quite quiet, so abit discouraged. i try not to say im from nus, cos i dont know how they will feel. i just want them to feel that im sincere in befriending and helping them. it doesnt really matter what level of education they had, at least, to me.
i still rem what *diamond told me, he's appreciative of us, volunteers spending them with them when we can choose to spend the saturday afternoon in town, with friends, shopping. when he said that, deep down inside, im touched. i actually realised that all these lil' acts we nv thot it wld impact others that much, can impact them as well as myself so much! for that, it just keeps me going even when my grp's abit quiet. as long as im sincere, they sure can feel it.
to answer a common qn asked, "how are they like?" i wld say most of them at KBC is very talented, compose music and plays instruments, acts and draws! not only that, they are cOoks also.
i understand there is this social stigma on ex-offenders and its not going to change overnight or sOon...i just want to let all of u know, actually they are not as bad as what we thot like "all of them are baddies even after release", its not true. trust me, most of them are repentent and we shld give them a second chance. who doesnt make mistakes? just that theirs is probably most serious or that they got caught. people do change and grow, try to be more receptive/open abt them.

occupied...

the timetable has been rather slack but apart that, there seems so many things that i need to do, and im still way far from achieving those... like finishing the prescribe reading for fyp and doing tutorials and research for 4214 + preparing the speech and intro and for the interview on monday. *dont be mistaken its not a job interview* its some interview by the GuangXi TV station and since ms Yap asked me to help, i thot, y not?
i guess im gonna to sacrifice more sleeping time to complete them all before the weekend.
anw, happy, CRP is starting sOon, get to go to prison again to share my time with them. hm, YRP week also coming up sOon. next week. this event is open to all. and if u are free, drop by at nus lt13 on 1sep 6pm.

yah, tOok up an tuition assignment early this week. supposed to have lessons today but its cancelled last min cos my tutee wasnt feeling well. *hope she's better now*

thats the update for today.

some online tests again...

was blog-reading again and found this at weilin's site

Your dating personality profile: Athletic - Physical fitness is one of your priorities. You find the time to work athletic pursuits into your schedule. You enjoy being active. Stylish - You do not lack for fashion sense. Style matters. You wouldn't want to be seen with someone who doesn't care about his appearance. Liberal - Politics matters to you, and you aren't afraid to share your left-leaning views. You would never be caught voting for a conservative candidate.

Your date match profile: Athletic - You aren't looking for a couch potato. You seek someone who is active and who keeps his body in top shape. Big-Hearted - You want someone compassionate, someone gentle and kind. A loving, nurturing person will fill that hole in your life. Outgoing - Shy and timid people are not who you are after. You need someone with a vibrant personality to breathe life into a relationship.

Your Top Ten Traits 1. Athletic 2. Stylish 3. Liberal 4. Big-Hearted 5. Wealthy/Ambitious 6. Adventurous 7. Intellectual 8. Sensual 9. Practical 10. Religious

Your Top Ten Match Traits 1. Athletic 2. Big-Hearted 3. Outgoing 4. Religious 5. Wealthy/Ambitious 6. Stylish 7. Practical 8. Adventurous 9. Intellectual 10. Conservative

Take the Online Dating Profile Quiz at Dating Diversions

my comments: i wld say its quite true to a certain extent... hehez. =)

mixed feelings

havent been blogging for quite some time, in fact, i haven been online also.
my lappie's harddisk was dying and went to the IT cOop to change it. they had all the stuff pre-loaded in my new harddisk but i wasnt satisfied with some of the settings so i decided to format the HDD with my recovery disc. well, i knew i was going to make a mess, im always bad at installation stuff. indeed, i tink i overwrote the current windows XP OS on my lappie, not a clean installation, after seeking help, finally got it right... but just now when i startup my lappie, the time is so long leh.. its so worrying.
just hope my lappie wldnt crash halfway.. crucial year, fyp year... thinking of getting an external/portable harddisk to back up my data but no idea how to guage issit goOd or worth the money anot.. *haiz.. anyone can help me..?*

then this afternoOn, everything hit me like a tsunami, came so unexpectedly.. i felt so bad abt it.. i must say, the time, place and pple wasnt rite to break the news and i wished i cld rewind time and just break it to her anw... =s

meet-a-buddy session

met my buddy today.. its kinda like blind date, i dont know how she loOks like, i have no idea what she wore.. the only thing i told her was im wearing pink.
anw, my original plan was to bring her to bugis, simlim.. *thats where she wana go* then to the National Library *never stepped into there myself before* and then to the merlion park.
but after i met her, i was told she has been to the merlion park, so we changed the last venue to suntec.
at simlim, she bought her bluetooth adapter while i met ziyang... he was there to buy hard disk.. i also want to buy a portable hard disk drive leh... *anyone can gimme any recommendations*
then we went to the national library.. tall and spacious indeed.
lastly we headed to carrefour before home sweet homE! =)

interesting tests =)

guess i've mentioned before this bad habit i have... that is i prefer to do my stuff early in the morning or late at night. dont know why, prob its when there is not so much of distraction or less noisy or cos no one is in my way disturbing me... *which probably explains why im still awake now*

just finished writing my vip report 2 and decided to do some blog reading at others' blog before i start to backup my data on the lappie.

was at sh's blog, realise her bdae just passed, *time flies manz, i recalled i just wished her on her last bdae and so fast its one year* and also found sthg on her post... its interesting can try...

What Gender Is Your Brain?
http://www.blogthings.com/whatgenderisyourbrainquiz/

Your Brain is 60% Female, 40% Male

Your brain is a healthy mix of male and female You are both sensitive and savvy Rational and reasonable, you tend to keep level headed But you also tend to wear your heart on your sleeve

What Gender Is Your Brain?

How does Men see you?

Men See You As Understated

You are an intreguing mix of girl and woman. You're feminine, quiet, and a total mystery to most men. Yet they often feel the urge to protect you, even if they don't know you. You *are* a flirt, but you usually only flirt with those you know well

How Do Men See You?

depression sinking in~

feeling really depress at this moment... how i wish i can talk to someone abt it.. but i got a feeling that everyone that is asking me how im doing is more curious than concern to know what happened.. just dont feel like chatting with them.. right now, just feel like telling them "can u guys stop being so kpo and leave me alone for a while?" *this is for those who are not genuinely concern, i can feel it! and thanks to those genuine ones, i felt ur sincerity tOo but pardon me, just dont feel like talking abt it...*
i just want a casual chat w/o pple asking me abt this abt that.. its tiring.. i wrote on my msn nick i dont feel like chatting cos tired, still got some pple coming to ask "u tired?" actually i feel like replying "isnt that obvious?"
i want to talk abt sthg that can help me 放松心情 lor..

i must say today is a good start. had home delivered breakie... *surprised* supposed to be 豆浆油条 but turned out to be macdonalds... *but i guess the sender wont be able to read this post anymore, gotta feeling he no longer frequent this page since he's so busy but overall, he is still 有心lah...*
went to the welcome tea, met alot of pple but decided to settle down with qy.
brought my lappie to schoOl to fix the wireless.. kinda regret not heeding ty's advise to dl the driver on my own, dont know what the comcenter pple did to my lappie.. haiz. plus in the end, i hafta fix everything by myself *of cos, with qy's help..thanks qy! =)*
also asked qy abt the sound my lappie's hdd is producing, she suggest i shld backup all my stuff.. its gg to die sOon.. *its alil' upset to hear but im glad she told me abt it* so shall start to backup my stuff tml, today's too tired.
after backing up, shall reformat the pc else starting up is so slow.. cant stand it.
stayed ard school in the lib to work on my vip report2. finally reached the conclusion after 3.5hrs of writing and paraphrasing...*i wonder if they will check for plagiarism?*
on my way home, saw huayi, have been bumping into him these days.. twice last friday at orchard and wdls, with his gf, and now, him, on train...
*oh yah, missed out 1 thing, andrew's back from cph, saw him today also..*=)

the mOon's round tonight... looked up as i walked home.. reminded me of him.. 他是否看到了这圆圆的月亮呢？... 第二次在向上望时，我想起了在丹麦的那段日子，想起了另一个人。。*aiyo, 也不知道为什么今天那么sentimental...?
我相信人与人之间都有一首属于他们、牵系着他们的主题曲。。。不管到哪里，只要听到这首歌就会令你想起对方。。。
今天心血来潮。。。一口气播放了好几首歌。。勾起了我对于好些人的回忆。。。

...

finally strike off some tasks on the to-do list today.. still more to go..
had a conversation with rachel, glad to know she is doing well now.. =)

i shall start with my internship report and fyp reading.. sianz. =z

tired..

just came back from the airport. rachel left.
tired. thot i will feel energized enuff to clear up the mess on my table but just tOo sleepy. well, decided to take a rest and go to slp first, wake up then tidy the stuff.. and carry out my list of task as planned...

rachel's leaving..

rachel's leaving for japan... everyone's 紧张待发。。。yupz, btw, angelia and benjamin and their family came just now in the evening..
anw, yah, is talking to her now as i blog... i was telling her, 被遗忘在这里的人，时间就难过。。as in time passes quite slowly for those here, but for the one moving on into a new journey, time flies..
haha.. wld prob miss slping with her cos got the bed's still here... haha
anw, gtg and 准备 send her to the airport liao..
coming back, i shall 打扫 and 整理 my table.. and prob stop procrastinating and arrange the pics into my album..
=)

he's nervous, so m i.. haha

perhaps due to the coffee from monday, i didnt sleep a wink that night, then yest night, probably due to the excitment in going to meet him, i didnt sleep well also..
overslpt by abit this morning, but still made it in time to his office @ i2r, institute for infocomm research.
tOok a cab from clementi and the uncle was so friendly he denies being an DOM... dirty old man, that is. cos he says he likes talking to young girls.. cos he got no daughter... *its lame lah.. uncle*
anw, the person i've been talking abt is my fyp sup. quite a nice guy but i tink i fall below his expectations... cos i haven done any modules on the related stuff..
i think today's meeting is a very nice start.. we talked abt each other's expectations, frequency of meetings and he suggested i read some bOoks on digital comm..
was quite nervous but i tink everything went well.. except for some communication error cos we were tOo nervous, haha.
went to the lib to get the bOok, not the latest edition though, cos the latest one is in the RBR shelf...
i cant wait to get down on reading my bOok but my table's still in a mess.. lOoking at my schedule, i tink the only time i can tidy it is on sunday, after sending off rachel.. and perhaps then, i wld have time to arrange my photographs.. stOpped for quite some time since i started my internship..
target to complete my internship report by end of this end and get it cleared n endorse so i can submit it...

last but not least, happie birthdays to all the aUgust babies..
to him, on 1st
to him, on 2nd
to him, on 3rd
to him, on 4th
to him, on 6th
to himS, on 8th
to him, on 30th
=)