Medals and stuff from Primary school till now (less now, more primary school). Haha!
Decided to take a picture for memories sake before i throw them away. Something to haolian about next time.
Medals and stuff from Primary school till now (less now, more primary school). Haha!
Decided to take a picture for memories sake before i throw them away. Something to haolian about next time.
Saw this quote somewhere, and found it very true.
In this hectic lifestyle we have now in Singapore, or maybe in many other countries too, there is a constant stress to excel and do better than others. Hell, we're even stressed to keep up with the average, as the bar is set so high.
So much so that we regret every minute that we spend slacking, when we could have done something more productive. For students, that would be studying, and for the working population, working.
Sure, most people can balance their work-social life, and they wouldn't treat a gathering with friends as a waste of time. However, how many can say that just lying in bed and not sleeping, not thinking, but just chill-laxing, is not a waste of time?
I think its not a waste, if you enjoy doing it. Once again, it ties in with want you want in life. I guess the common goal would be to be happy, and satisfied. Be it working hard now so you can relax in the future, or just enjoying what you are doing. Well, when you do something you enjoy, it is one small step towards that happiness, even if it is wasting time.
Therefore, if you enjoyed whatever you did, no matter how unproductive or insignificant it was compared to whatever you should be doing, it was worth the time.
Chillax peeps. :)
In the future, we'll be telling our kids: "Boy ah, last time there were no multi-storey carparks. Everyone parked on the ground floor, in parking lots with grass beside the void decks. We used to be able to cycle around in those huge open air carparks."
Well, its the 2nd week of 2012 now, and I guess its kinda overdue that i should post some reflections or resolutions of some sort. That is, if i had any reflections. But i don't.
Looking back on the year 2011, i realised i really hadn't done much the entire year! That in itself is pretty mortifying. I came back from Korea, and started my Industrial Attachment. The one in which i got a B+, which kinda dashed my hopes of going up a Class in Honors. Oh well.
The first semester of year 4 was pretty dull. I rented a room in hall, but didn't participate in any hall activities. Somehow they don't seem so attractive now that many of my friends have either graduated, or are no longer staying.
However, I picked up Muay Thai. Have i mentioned that I have always wanted to pick up a martial art? Well, its not much of a start, seeing that is a small interest group in NTU. But well, its at least a start. Hopefully i can get to join a gym after i start work. (heck i even bought gloves and wraps)
Besides that, nothing interesting in 2011, sadly.
Well, enough of that! 2012 promises to be an exciting year.
I will be graduating if all goes well.
There should be a grad trip. Hopefully a backpacking trip around South East Asia.
I should get a job, hopefully a good one.
I should be enjoying myself in this final sem. :)
So far, I've visited wavehouse, and found out surfing ain't that easy afterall. heh. But its really quite addictive. I'm looking forward to the next time we go there already. 1-for-1 wednesdays FTW!
And, I've finally graduated to wakeboarding, after cable ski-ing for three times! Its as hard as i thought it would be, and as expensive. $80 for 4 hours. But since we had to take turns, i ended up boarding only twice. Still, was a good experience, but one i would not repeat in the near future, until i get a steady income.
Hopefully i won't neglect this blog too much now that school has started! :) Cheers and happy new year everyone!
Visited Desaru, Malaysia over the Christmas weekend with my extended family and girlfriend. Was a 3 day 2 night rest, relax and slack holiday I guess. Didn't do much except slack. Visited a fruit farm, where i took some pictures with the cam. I'll upload them when i get them.
For now, here's a pano shot of the rather large, but uncarpeted room, from my phone.
Edit: time for the pictures! :)
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| Walking along the road looking for food. |
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| Besides speeding Protons, there were squashed scorpions too. |
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| Pretty funny sticker on a signboard. |
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| Visited a fruit farm too. What you see are Dragonfruit flowers. |
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| Enthusiastic Guide |
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| And that is a bittergourd. Ha. |
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| Passionfruit anyone? :) |
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| Laksa leaf. |
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| A cat thinking its a Tiger. |
Back to FYP! which i'm stuck.
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| Oh, the new Asics army running shoes are pretty comfy. |
Decided to do up some cover photos for my facebook timeline just now. I'll be changing them weekly! :D
I'm just a sucker for interface changes. haha. Just can't understand why everyone else resist change so much. Heh.
If you haven't already got it, here's an introduction to Timeline: https://www.facebook.com/about/timeline
Alternatively, just visit my profile. :)
P.S: That's me in the picture.
Edit: My phone is working now! Muahahahhaa. The power of rice, silicon gel, a ziploc bag, and a few days of drying. :)
Here's a pic taken with the Pano app on my phone.
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| MBS Infinity pool at dusk |
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| The room! :D |
Just ended reservist, and just in time for a small 2 day 1 night get-away, at MBS. The girl had been waiting for this for quite some time. I just wanted to chill out after exams and ICT, before FYP continues.
So, let the pictures do the talking.
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| Checked in to the deluxe suite we got at staff discount. 7th floor, but you get what you pay for. :D |
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| As expected, the infinity pool was awesome. At least the view was. |
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| How did they get the coconut trees up so high?! |
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| The horizon baby, how often can you see that in Singapore? |
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| Stayed from evening till night. The only gripe i have is that the pool is damn cold. |
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| Dinner at Hangoga Korean BBQ. |
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| Brings back memories 1 year old. |
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| The kimchi jijang which i ordered by mistake. Supposed to be seafood. But was still good non-the-less. |
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| Seafood pancake. Not very awesome for its price. |
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| Woke up at 6.30am to enjoy the infinity pool without the crowd. Shiok. |
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| Half of the polaroids we took. |
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| Laying down in front of a pool of water, overlooking the city. Pretty darn good. |
In all, was a rather enjoyable retreat, kinda expensive with the dinner and the phone. But still pretty good overall. :D
