up and about...

friday morning i woke up really early, like early early today. just felt like waking up and when i did wake up at 7am, the sun was up. so what do you do when you wake up so blinking early? you make a nice cup of milo, go down to the kitchen to make yourself some pasta and head back to your room to enjoy it all sitting on your bean bag. now that's the kind of morning i'd love to have.

need a break.

monday evening i know i can thrive under pressure but sometimes i need a break too. events over the past two weeks are really adding to the stress level and i'm beginning to feel the strain from it all.

the semester break can't come any sooner. 1 week in melbourne should hopefully be enough of a rest for me before the dash to the finish line till the end of semester.

anyhows. ssa night was on saturday. photos are on facebook together with some videos. guess it went all well and good on the night but i must say that certain things could have been done better and more tactfully. but yeah fair enough, it's always easier to comment as a participant rather than being an organize but still. i hold my stand.

irritated.

friday afternoon i don't like people who are indecisive, people who take their own sweet time doing things. i don't like people who do things at the very last minute and people who take things for granted.

i'm beyond irritated. if things were any different, i think i'd blown my top by now. friggin' hell. -_-

final exams...

monday night draft exams timetable is out. i'm in a fair bit of trouble. my 2 most intense papers are back to back.. the upside of it is i end early so it's all good i suppose...

eBusiness
thursday 6 nov
1430hrs - 1730hrs

IT in eCommerce
tuesday 11 nov
1430hrs - 1730hrs

human computer interface design and evaluation
friday 14 nov
0930hrs - 1230hrs

mathematical modelling 2
saturday 15 nov
0930hrs - 1230hrs

breaks.

sunday night wednesday floorball was crazy. it really was. a bunch of them came down to watch and it was unfortunate that i didn't play really well. i didn't score at all but it felt good to have been able to play nearly as physical as i wanted to be in the past few games. the physical aspect of my games has been lacking so to be able to rough it out with players much bigger than me, well, let's just say it felt good.

thursday night was spent out at night. the rest of it shall remain... a secret. ha! with that, the weekend started a bit early, went out with jimmy sol and jomel to look for costumes for next saturday's party. found the one i wanted so i'm seriously considering whether or not to go ahead and rent it.

went for the school of music's orchestral performance on friday. unfortunately, i fell asleep twice. classical isn't for me. ha! but it was really good, especially the 2nd set which was composed by a student. really fantastic. somehow or rather i enjoyed the violin solo more than the guitar one but that's probably because i always wanted to learn the violin? oh well..

saturday was pretty much a rest day. did a bit of work and made laksa for dinner. think it was alright, better than i thought it'd turn out and dessert was really well done by the "dessert crew". manchester united against liverpool was a shite game so let's not even talk about it.

today was good. had a great lunch before heading back to hall for the finals of the interhall volleyball tournament. b&g won both ladies and mens finals! i must say, it's a different kind of feeling playing to represent your school, to represent your country, to represent your club. playing for your hall is just so much different. the different nationalities, the different culture, the "rojak" of people and everything. it's just that much more interesting. and it was a proud moment to see the team win that comprehensively, especially more so when you have friends playing on the team. ha!

made up my mind to join the touch rugby team and TRY to make it into the hall team. should be fun. hehs.

now it's back to my friggin' tutorials.. yawn.

bitterly disappointed.

tuesday night i walked out of the exam hall in utter disappointment with myself. i prepared for the paper as best as i could and i came out of it shaken. the paper was subjectively easy as compared to the tutorials which are nightmares.

i knew the steps to answer the questions but somehow i just couldn't do it. mathematical induction is the bane of my life now.

simple things that i knew since poly, i just couldn't get the correct answers. 1's and 2's complement for binary maths.. it escaped my mind totally.

will take a break for the rest of the night. think i've almost overworked myself the past 2 weeks in preparation for this paper. it has left its bitter aftertaste and now it's time to get working for the final exams.

:(

bullshit reality tv.

tuesday morning i'm taking a break from studying. incidentally i'm watching some reality court show called judge judy. the show's total bullshit simply because i think judge judy is a total disgrace.. you will never find a judge in singapore who tells plantiffs and defendants alike to "shut up". you'll never find a judge who demeans people, a judge who is anything but impartial. add to that she interrupts them as they are speaking, she raises her voice at them and even mocks them... i'm speechless..

correct me if i'm wrong but aren't judges supposed to be people of certain stature, people able to carry themselves professionally and treat people with equal respect? i'm just amazed that this mockery of a court is into its 10th season.

The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved

Going back to the corner where I first saw you,
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag. I'm not gonna move,
Got some words on cardboard got your picture in my hand,
Saying if you see this girl can you tell her where I am,
Some try to hand me money they don't understand,
I'm not... broke I'm just a broken hearted man,
I know it makes no sense, but what else can I do,
How can I move on when I've been in love with you...

Cos if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me,
And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I can be,
Thinking maybe you'd come back here to the place that we'd meet,
And you'd see me waiting for you on the corner of the street.

So I'm not moving...
I'm not moving.

Policeman says son you can't stay here,
I said there's someone I'm waiting for if it's a day, a month, a year,
Gotta stand my ground even if it rains or snows,
If she changes her mind this is the first place she will go.

Cos if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me,
And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I can be,
Thinking maybe you'd come back here to the place that we'd meet,
And you'd see me waiting for you on the corner of the street.

So I'm not moving...
I'm not moving.

I'm not moving...
I'm not moving.

People talk about the guy
Whos waiting on a girl...
Oohoohwoo
There are no holes in his shoes
But a big hole in his world...
Hmmmm

Maybe I'll get famous as man who can't be moved,
And maybe you won't mean to but you'll see me on the news,
And you'll come running to the corner...
Cos you'll know it's just for you

I'm the man who can't be moved
I'm the man who can't be moved...

Cos if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me,
And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I can be,
Thinking maybe you'd come back here to the place that we'd meet,
And you'd see me waiting for you on the corner of the street.
[Repeat in background]

So I'm not moving...
I'm not moving.

I'm not moving...
I'm not moving.

Going back to the corner where I first saw you,
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag not I'm not gonna move.

what a thrashing.

wednesday night somehow i'm not feeling lousy about tonight's game. got whacked 11-4 but i think i played pretty well so shall allow myself to feel that little bit satisfied for scoring all 4 goals. yesterday's game was an eyeopener. playing for a state team really makes you lift your game to another level, like how it is in the national team. scratch that, like how i transitioned from division 2 to division 1 in singapore. everything moves faster, shots are more accurate, body contact is really tough and well, the goals keep coming. it ended 4-4, scored the last goal to equalise - chipped the ball in from the halfway line. a fluke really but i'll take this goals all the time. hah!

now.. back to good ol' math. i just confused myself more when i redid some of the older tutorials. i wonder how i got my answers in the first place. ha!

周杰倫 - 晴天

故事的小黃花 從出生那年就飄著
童年的盪鞦韆 隨記憶一直晃到現在

ㄖㄨㄟ ㄙㄡ ㄙㄡ ㄒ一 ㄉㄛ ㄒ一 ㄌㄚ
ㄙㄡ ㄌㄚ ㄒ一 ㄒ一 ㄒ一 ㄒ一 ㄌㄚ ㄒ一 ㄌㄚ ㄙㄡ

吹著前奏望著天空 我想起花瓣試著掉落

為妳翹課的那一天 花落的那一天
教室的那一間 我怎麼看不見
消失的下雨天 我好想再淋一遍
沒想到失去的勇氣我還留著
好想再問一遍 妳會等待還是離開

颳風這天 我試過握著妳手
但偏偏 雨漸漸 大到我看妳不見
還要多久 我才能在妳身邊
等到放晴的那天 也許我會比較好一點

從前從前 有個人愛妳很久
但偏偏 風漸漸 把距離吹得好遠
好不容易 又能再多愛一天
但故事的最後妳好像還是說了拜拜

為妳翹課的那一天 花落的那一天
教室的那一間 我怎麼看不見
消失的下雨天 我好想再淋一遍
沒想到失去的勇氣我還留著
好想再問一遍 妳會等待還是離開

颳風這天 我試過握著妳手
但偏偏 雨漸漸 大到我看妳不見
還要多久 我才能在妳身邊
等到放晴的那天 也許我會比較好一點

從前從前 有個人愛妳很久
但偏偏 風漸漸 把距離吹得好遠
好不容易 又能再多愛一天
但故事的最後妳好像還是說了拜拜

颳風這天 我試過握著妳手 但偏偏 雨漸漸 大到我看妳不見
還要多久 我才能夠在妳身邊 等到放晴的那天 也許我會比較好一點
從前從前 有個人愛妳很久 但偏偏 雨漸漸 把距離吹得好遠
好不容易 又能再多愛一天 但故事的最後妳好像還是說了拜

wordplay.

tuesday morning this is really bad. i'm having a writers' block. i've got all my info written down in point form, the skeleton of the essay planned out but i can't get it typed out in a coherent manner. aargh.

in better news, my eBusiness paper went very well. i think it's one of the rare times where i can safely walk out of the exam hall after 12 minutes. i was amazed at the paper really. given that my tutor did give hints as to what topics would be covered, i didn't expect to be so spot on in my preparations for the paper. so yea, 12 minutes to complete 4 essay questions.. think i'll never be that fast and accurate anytime soon. ha!

now, if only the same can be said for my math paper next week. if it's not for the essay i'm rushing to complete right now, i think my math preparations should have started earlier. as it is, i'm behind schedule for my revision. more milo needed for the late nights then! damnit.

anyways, tonight's a big game for me. playing for ACT against NSW. hope all goes well...