BLACK HAWK DOWN!!!!!

boo hoo!!!! my laptop crashed since monday nite.... the blue screen of DEATH!!!! busy with work and i havent got the time to really go fix it. My toshiba warranty just ended and the people at toshiba care centre, comp centre and yih keep playing tai-chi until i dunno who to ask for help.....

i have been stuck in KR computer room to do my report for the past few days and surprisingly, its quite a good place to concentrate on doing work, plus 24hrs free aircon!!!

den came chongyunn aka my comp wizard who agreed to help me reboot. BUDDEN!!!! apparently my cd rom drive is spoilt and cannot read my recovery disk!!!! TA MA DE!!!!

now i got a new 40gig hard disk that i just bought but a spoilt cd drive...i dunno what to do liao

i wanna faint

Remember the sucky design project i have to do..... remember i said the other 2 groups each have a Dean's Lister? And remember how i said i think i may be the smartest in my group???

i just realised.....one of my team mate has ajaw dropping cap of 3.... and the other has 3rd class right now..... the other malay girl rarely comes for project meetings and always comes up with last minute excuses like "i've got a wedding to attend" or "sorry i can't come today because i have a fever" or "sorry i got an urgent family issue to resolve".... the last guy is a touch rugby IVPlayer and doesnt't seem very smart to me......So i am quite sure yours truly is the smartest guy in the group with a wonderful cap of 3.67.

Some shitty luck i have to get this group man.....

Update!!! (part vingt)

hey.... not dead yet, just super busy.

1. Currently swarmed with super a lot of things to do. Despite the fact that i am only taking 4 modules (FYP, Design Project, 2 level 5 modules), somehow i feel that its more tiring than when i was taking 7 modules. It's only the 2nd week and i already feel like breaking down.

2. The fact that i got assigned to a lousy group for a lousy design project doesnt help much either. Plus i have to produce the design within effectively 3 weeks. And this has made me question my decision to go SEP.... What if i didnt go for SEP, i wouldn't have wasted 6 months in France not studying anything substantial.... i would have taken more Level 3 electives in NUS... and therefore i wouldn't die so badly for design project.

i dunno what the hell is going on in Lab and i'm the only person in the group who hasnt taken the 2 prerequisite modules..... And the rest of my grpmates who DID take those modules are damn CHUI!!!!! the other group has dean's listers and i think i am the smartest in my group.... with a super duper cap of 3.67..... HAIZZZZZ. Lousy grpmates plus pple with lousy attitudes = die very badly. Even if i wanna be on also cannot.....

3. Just finished running probably the last race of my life.... and probably the last IBG game. Old man.... only managed to get 3rd place for the 4 x 100m. Heng someone fell, otherwise i wouldnt have caught up with and get 3rd.... in the end i pulled my hamstring and had to drop out of the medley last minute. OLD MAN!!!!! Wouldnt have time nor the energy nor the talent to participate in the other games... mainly because i dun do ball sports. Damn SMU for taking swimming out of the events this year.... my only time to shine.... has been robbed away from me. sobz.

4. My wing is damn unhappening..... why is my wing always so unhappening??? And someone has smelly feet/shoes. ta ma de

5. Very stressed.

Formal Dinner

Ok. by the request of Shanny i've decided to post some stuff.... had formal dinner last nite. For the 2nd year consecutive, i had no date. And thats not the worst part.... i can handle not having a date. i hate small talk anyway.... THE WORST PART is.... having a last minute arranged date pang seh you... But then again i cant blame her.... she had a last minute family thing to attend to. Oh wells.... gives me the chance to hang out with the girls and their dates... and i must say everyone looked mighty fine last nite!

And in conjunction with dating game's formal dinner, the entire hall went down to GV Grand/Marina for a lame movie called License to Wed. Lame because it stars Robbin Williams (whose last hit was probably Mrs Doubtfire), Mandy Moore (whose last hit was..... no wait she has no hit) and some unknown guy. Trust the FWOCers to choose such a lame movie to make us watch, the same weekend as Bourne Ultimatum is released. I wouldnt even mind if they made me watch Knocked Up instead.... at lease the reviews were good.

Yeah that's about it. Design Project is literally killing me.... hopefully the next 4 weeks passes by quickly. And it's raining.... nice cool morning. WHich makes me wanna....zzzZZZZ

Back into Familiarity

First day of school.... finally had the long awaited bluestones reunion. 'Cept for the chio french angmoh. It's great to see my project mates again, since basically almost everyone left for IA and Exchange last sem. Munchie Monkeys still rocks.... for NUS standards that is, or maybe i was just too hungry.

Speaking about the French angmoh, she was from the same school and even the same dept i went for SEP in.... wah kaoz damn small world can. She said she has seen me before in class, no thanks to the big yellow water bottle i always put right smack in front of me.... but somehow i dun have any recollection of ever seeing her. Althou i am quite sure i dun suffer from All-French-look-the-same-to-Singaporeans Syndrome (also known as AFLTSTS Syndrome, something i stole from Weiwei's blog), i just dun remember seeing her.

But she's quite nice, and she speaks quite good english. She even commented that Singaporeans are so damn friendly, unlike the French (yes the french blasting their own folks at home.... what TRAVESTY). And me being the nice local who've just experienced some not-so-nice French hospitality decided to be kind and gave her my contacts. My motto this academic year is to be nice to all Exchange Students who look lost and blur.... but somehow that only transcends and applies to Angmohs.... i cant bring myself to be nice to Ah nehs and Ah viets. Ah tiongs maybe still can.

YEah....

best eff-ing dance of the season

Still alive

Sorry for the lack of updates... been really busy the past 2 weeks. Waking up at 9am, going for Rag Dance Practices... sleeping at 2am everyday and the cycle repeats itself.

Unfortunately, my final year of Rag was not a successful one.... didn't win any major awards (damn those Sheares bitches) nor did i enjoy myself very much during practices... dunno why. Probably because of the generation gap.... or the fact that i am the oldest rag dancer...

i remember last year when Emily and i were back in the float after finishing dancing, we were practically screaming and yelling in joy and euphoria that we did it.... but i felt nothing this year.... like seriously nothing. i was just glad it's over....ok i should stop harping about the fact that i am old when i am not even 24 and stop all these negativity.

School starts tomorrow and i am sort of excited... but it doesnt feel like it's starting... mainly because my ivle is super empty.... and so is my timetable. Seems like i only have lessons on Monday and Fridays. Ahhhh the life of a final year student.

Going to chiong next wednesday with th girls. Quite excited. other than that, my life is almost as mundane as i left it half a year ago. i leave you now with a picture of the KR Flight.

oh ok... this is the 201th post

oh man i had no idea i already past the 200th mark.... which is good.

Currently busy with Orientation.... my 4th orientation. Very bored with it.... Have been doing the same thing for 4 freaking years. Creativity pple CREATIVITY!!!! i dun even give a flying eff if i get a date or not for Dating Game and Formal Dinner... it's just so pointless. I've never kept in contact with the 2 girls i dated which proves to show Dating Game is ... totally lame-o.

Or maybe i'm just old... all those incessant cheering is really quite overkill.... KR yo-yo, yo-yo KR.... PLEASE, like seriously please shut up. Rag dance isnt as fun as last year, without all my bestest dance mates... super big fat sigh. Jaded.... Cynical... and totally uninterested at this point in time.

On a different note altogether.... i can't WAIT for school to start. ok, u can stone me now.

HAPPY 201th Post!! haha

the signs of aging..

has slowly started to creep in....

i'm not as flexible as i used to be

i cant run as fast as i used to run

i don't have as much stamina

my knees ache so bad after dance practice and exercising

in fact.... my whole body aches like mad

i wake up automatically in the morning and have trouble sleeping when there is sunlight.

sigh.... i'm becoming old.

HELPPPPPPPPPPPPP

I need to move back to hall NOWWWWWWWWW. My mother is irritating the CRAP outta meeeeeeeee!!!

i can't wait for monday to come for me to move back.... then i can have free access to the NUS pool, i don't have to pay nearly 5 bucks every trip back to hall for dance practices (which happens to 5 times a week!), i can go joggin at nite and i can sleep and wake up whenever i want without feeling guilty!

PLEASE LET MONDAY COME NOW.

Feeling useless

While I love meeting up with friends, catching up on what everyone else is doing, but sometimes i cant help but feel really useless. Like my useless-ness is magnified when everyone seems to be doing better and better.

I've got friends who are scholars, doctors, one working in the investor relations for world's largest palm oil company, accountants, insurance agents, civil servants.... everyone seems to know what they want to do with their lives, they know their goals.... and i'm 1 year from graduation and i have ZERO idea where i am heading, i have ZERO working experience, i have ZERO clue how to write a CV, i DUNNO if i wanna be an engineer....

i've always been slower to react.... like forever 慢三拍.... i dunno what i am good at, nor where my interest lies.... i think i'm quite screwed.

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Sorry for the lack of updates.... unfortunately, life has become a lot more monotonous after coming back to Singapore. Everyday is just the same old routine of waking up at 9, checking emails, watching some tv, having lunch, napping and going off for dance practices. Kinda miss drinking..... a lot. And talking cock with friends....

Bought a new phone thou.... 3G. I'm still no used to it. Always have been a technophobe. There are probably tonnes of functions i can use, but i'm just to turned off to read the manual. But i love it! Cos it's white slider phone (Nokia N6288). I'm quite sure it's an old model cos its so big and fat.... but after trading in and having some promotion, it was down to 48bucks. HELL YEAH give me the cheapest phone pleaseeeee.

the weather nowadays have been really nice.... cloudy, zero sunlight, nice cool breeze, which makes me wanna sleep even more in the afternoons, when i really should be heading to the pool to work out those lard hanging over my pants and having a nice bronze tan. Where is the sun when u need it?? I'm so fat i've resorted to unbuttoning the button of my pants. i feel ashamed.... so ashamed.

I wanna be alone, but i've never felt lonelier. Is there something wrong with me?

i need my freedom back.... pronto

i need to move back to hall asap... because

1. i hate it that i have to emotionally blackmailed into sleeping early everyday

2. and have to be forced to wake up early, awoken by the incessantly telephone calls from my mother

3. i hate to be forced to iron my father's and my clothes, JUST BECAUSE i have nothing to do at home

4. i hate to have to off my internet when i go and sleep (i am ususally environmentally frenly but not when it comes to internet usage)

5. i dun like to have chinese newspaper SHOVED into my face and forced to read them....

6. I need to be able to invite hot random strangers over to my room to have hot random sex whenever I want

ok scrap point 6.

I NEED TO MOVE BACK TO HALL NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWw!!! Saadiah SAVE MEE!!!

UPDATE (part dix neuf)

okok.... a certain Mr Li was complaining that i wasnt blogging enuff after returning to Spore so ok, here goes:

1. It's wierd when u are abroad you crave local food, but when u come back and eat it.... you will be like "huh, like that only ah...." hahaha. Like it's better left imagined.

2. Dancing rocks.... was a little tough getting back into action again after what feels like eternity, but today was really AWESOME!!!! and i wanna dance like Blake Mcgrath dammit!!!



3. Just caught Transformers today and it was so cool i nearly pee-ed in my pants. Transformers RAWKS man....



4. Apparently i am not as fat i think i am.... despite what my family keeps saying. people think i look nicer fatter..... they say i was too skinny last time. YAY!!! I'm still HOT!!!

5. The non existant "close" button in France has got the better of me... now i go into the lifts and just hit the floor button and then i realise the doors doesnt close by itself

6. actually there isnt much to update.... life has returned to normal. i cant wait to move back to hall so i can do whatever i like, sleep whenever i like, wake up whenever i like without being under the watchful eyes of my parents....

touchdown babyyyyyy

YAY!!! i am back in singapore!!! actually it has been a few days already but it seems like i'm constantly lying in my own pool of sweat.... so i dun really have the mood to blog.

But i'm getting accustomed to everyhere surprisingly well.... no reverse culture shock of any kind. So thats always good. My good old 8days is still serving me very well. heh....

my bed is still as soft (or hard for that matter, just the way i like it) as i remembered. Everything is so god damn efficient.....

Everything except the weather.... SWEATY is my middle name.... eeeks. (The world is dying!!! use less plastic bags PLEASE)... and wear green on the 7th and 8th of july....

And dance prac starts tmr.... OMG cant wait!!!

And please. got mahjong please jio thanks

Reflections...

6months, 180 days.... wow. As i look at my almost empty corner of my room, i cant help but want to say "well done, i did it."

Being in France, a country that i love to hate.... and hate to love, for the past 6 months was indeed and eye opening experience. New friendships forged, new places visited, doing new stuff. i've probably grown so much more here, than in army.

i have a supportive family back home, and my adopted family here to keep me sane (or insane for that matter). Thanks to them, i've gained so much here. And i realised that in life, there are certain risks and certain sacrifices you have to make if you want something to happen. I managed to pass my courses..... despite not studying that much. To me, studying wasnt the most important thing here... i flew halfway around the world to see the world. And in a way, i feel like the luckiest person right now.

*My thoughts are really random right now so i am spewing out nonsense*

3 more hours before i take the tram.... i am going to miss so many things here..... the sights and sounds of Vieux Lyon, the view of Croix Rousse from Pont Bonaparte that never ceases to take my breath away..... the Fourviere which we mounted countless times.... Parc tete d'or. I realised i may never come back here again....

But i think its time for me to go home.... i am really going to miss this shitty place that i now call my second home. And its always better to leave when u are feeling high.... than to leave hating it....

So. Au Revoir Lyon.... i will miss you. really. And to my friends.... may u achieve the best in life and may we meet again in the future!

Bisous

Ma Grande Famille

INSA Lyon Exchange 2007
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I know i really should be studying for my re-exam on thursday but i really don't care for it right now.... instead i've have spent the last few day trying perfect this video that i have painstakingly put together.

All these pictures have been taken over the past 6 months..... birthdays, vacations, food nite, partying. As i look through all these pictures, i realised i am really going to miss these people, my adopted family, far away from home. I havent really told them i re-did the video, probably gonna show them on thursday.

If you have 11 mins spare time you may wanna just watch it.

BBQ... encore une fois

One last weekend, one last burst of fire, one last BBQ. 4 days from now i will be heading home. And these are the people that have made this exchange possible

Fernando, Me, Marcos, Christiano, Damien

Isabela, Luis, Martha

Tytti and new found love Thomas

Chris, Damien, Jose Miguel

Martha and Dali

Marcos, Me and Sundeep

Ale and Me

We were giving out awards that nite and i'm happy to tell you i won 2 awards. The Drunkard and the Funniest Drunkard award.... hehe. I DID SINGAPORE PROUD!!!

4 days and counting and slightly dreading it.

for the equality of ALL mankind

Nuff said.

THIS is what i am SOOOOOO not going to miss

fucking pig.... good riddance in 5 days. Not for the fainted hearted...