Singapore Flyer!

At long last, I managed to take that Singapore Flyer ride that had been schedule on my birthday last year, but delayed due to the shutting down of the flyer after an incident on the 23rd of Dec 2008. Today was quite a nice day too, with it being the last day of March.

Anyways, I had two tickets for a Signature flight, which is supposedly a special flight with some souveniors and a cocktail drink. All that for almost twice the price of a normal ticket. But it doesn't really matter, since my tickets were complementary.

I went with my family down to the Singapore Flyer for dinner at this place called Popeyes Place, where they serve food that is something like that of KFC. Meaning that they specialise in chicken, and biscuits, supposedly. The food is a tad more expensive than that of KFC, but it was not as oily and more palatable.

The flyer was quite empty today, with quite a number of capsules going up with only one group of people each, even when a group had no more than 2 people. The same applies for us too, since our tickets were special. I took the ride with my father, and the staff there appeared to have noticed us from afar, with them coming over to greet us and guide us along to the ride. Something like a VIP sort of thingie. Must be the lanyards and cards that they have us wear too, so that they can identify us from afar.

At first, I was a bit frightened, as I have acrophobia, or a fear of heights. But the ride was rather slow and steady, and the capsule was big, so I slowly calmed down and could look around and enjoy the view and sights. Thankfully my father was with me too, if not I'll be far too scared to do anything.

We took pictures of both us, and also the night scenery, and enjoyed our cocktail drinks on the ride. Or at least I did enjoy the drinks. My father was a bit reluctant to drink too much, in case he needs the toilet, but I didn't cared too much and drank all of mine, and also my father's. My drink tasted a lot like normal fruit punch, without any much of a taste of alcohol, but my father's drink had a strong taste of alcohol in it. Thanks to that, I think I drank too much alcohol (I rarely drink.) and felt a bit drowsy and heavy-headed after coming down.

All in all, I must say that the ride is indeed something to go for if you haven't been on it yet, just so that you can enjoy the view of looking around Singapore and the horizon from a height of 165m. But it's unlikely for me to go on it again, as the ride itself was rather boring, with nothing much to do other than to look around and take photos. But then again, that's the purpose of such rides in the first place.

やったぞ！去年の誕生日に乗る予定のシンガポールフライヤーはやっと今晩に乗った！誕生日に乗るほうははるかに重要だけど、仕方がない。乗られることだけでもうれしい。

そのフライヤーからの景色もすごかった。はるかのところのものまだ見えて楽しかった。それに、夜に乗るから、夜空はビルのライトのおかげできれいだった。はじめのときはちょっと怖かったけど、お父さんが付いてるから、すぐ慣れた。

今日はとても楽しくてうれしかった。だって、やっとシンガポールフライヤーに乗られるもの。でも、もう一度乗るのはちょっとかもん。同じ景色を何度も見るのもあんまり面白くないな。一度見たら、その経験があればいいと思う。

A little hiccup

Woke up to quite a surprise this morning when I checked my email. One of my project group mate for one of the modules that I'm taking sent an email at 5:50am saying that the poster for that project is due today at 5pm, and he had just managed to rush out the poster and wants me to print and hand it up.

There's no school for me today. Plus it's all so last minute and I can't make it down! Thankfully, that group mate was able to make it down to school to print and hand it up (I think?). And the lecturer for that module also sent a last minute announcement today (YET AGAIN. WHAT'S WITH ALL THESE LAST MINUTE ANNOUNCEMENTS?!?) that the deadline has been delayed till Wednesday.

今朝はちょっと驚いた。朝早く友達からのメールは今日はあるプロジェクトの締め切りと聞いて、午後五時前にそのポスターを出さなければならない。しかもまだ掲げてない！本当にびっくりさせたよ。

幸いのこと、あの友達は自分ができるといって、無事に終わったみたい。もう、こんなのは二度とはごめんだぜ。心臓に悪い・・・

Not in a long time

Haaa... It's so nice to be able to just sit back, stone, and relax. Ever since starting the FYP last year, there had always been some form of invisible stress burdening me. Thanks to that, nothing that I did throughout that period of time had been truly relaxing.

Even though the project is not officially over until the poster presentation is over, there's nothing much left to do now with the final report done, the final presentation done, and the poster printed. All's that left is to just wait for the day of the poster presentation, and everything will be over.

あぁ、なんて気持ちいいな。プロジェクトというストレスがなくなるのはそんなに気持ちいいこととは思わなかった。

まだ完全に終わったではないけど、もうできることとやることは済んだ。だから、今はこうしてのんびりするのはできる。本当ののんびりだよ。ストレスつきのではないぞ！

最後の日は三日後。でも、その日はもうどうでもいいこと。だって、何も変わらないから。

Earth Hour 2009

Okay, today was quite an eventful day, and there's quite a bit to talk about.

I had my FYP presentation this morning. I myself felt that my presentation was a lot better than usual, and I didn't really felt that nervous when giving my presentation, unlike what I had felt yesterday. As for how the examiners found my presentation to be? I have completely no idea about that, but based on their looks, it doesn't appear to be quite good. I also didn't know how to answer some of the questions that were asked during Q&A, which is another minus point. Perhaps the one good point was that one of the examiner said that my report was quite well written.

After the presentation, I rushed down to Peace Centre to get my poster printed. The first shop I asked at quoted me a rather okay, though a bit more expensive than what I had intended to pay price. Seeing as the shop advertised that they have student rates, I tried asking about that, only to be treated coldly by the owner, and he eventually refused to print for me. What an ass. The other shops quoted higher prices, and I eventually went over to Sunshine Plaza across the road to find another printing shop. The very first shop I went to quoted me a reasonable price and I decided to get my poster printed there. In the end, when I went back some hours later to pick up the poster, the owner charged me the very price that I had intended to pay, and that was even lower than the price he originally quoted. Which is of course, a good thing.

Picking up the poster turned out to be quite a nightmare for me though. As I had movie plans in the afternoon, I went down to the shop to pick up my poster before that, and arranged with my father to help me pick up the poster as he was going back home and to bring the poster back first. Through a bit of miscommunication here and there, I ended up having to make my way over to Raffles City (along with a bit of getting lost here and there) to pass my father the poster, and was very late for the appointment with my friends. At least we did manage to catch the movie on time. Thank goodness GV had tons of advertisements before screening and the actual film didn't start until like 15-20mins after the stated time.

The movie we watch was Detroit Metal City (DMC), which was about a person's quest for his dream in music. He wanted to be a pop musician, but ended up in a death metal band, which was the totally opposite of his original dream, with lots of dark themes and songs. The film itself was a comedy, but it also illustrates how the protagonist manages his identity crisis and his two faces, the original him, and the him that was the lead singer in the band.

Dinner after the movie was settled over at Kenny Roger. Nothing too special about that. Just the usual quarter chicken with some sides and stuff.

We went over to the Merlion park after dinner to observe the lights-off in conjunction with Earth Hour, where people around the world are encouraged to turn off their lights for an hour from 8:30-9:30pm to show that they care for and wish to help the earth and the environment. We lighted candles, played with sparkling rods, and had quite a lot of fun.

In the end, I left the group earlier as it was already quite late. They were still playing around with the sparkling rods, and were trying to write words with them and to catch them on film. This was the part where I got lost once again as I tried to make my way over to the train station to get home. Took quite a bit of walking around before I finally found the station and got back home.

In all, quite a tiring but fun day.

今日の発表はよかったのかな？自分から見るのはよかったけど、先生たちから見るのはまったくわからなかった。いいこと、悪いこともあったでしょ。まぁ、当然なことだけど。

とりあえず、発表もポスターも終わったから、プロジェクトのことはほとんど終わった。残りのは来週のポスター貼りだけ。もうすぐ自由になるんだ！

あぁ、そうだ。今日も友達と一緒に映画を見た。その映画の名は「デトロイト・メタル・シティ」だった。この映画は主人公の根岸崇一の音楽の夢の話だった。ギャグコメで、面白くて楽しかった。ちょっとふざけたこともあるけど、大体いい映画と思う。漫画とは違うところがあるみたいけど、まぁ、それは当然なことだから、どうでもいい。

Young is good

Today, when I went down to get lunch over at KFC, the auntie asked if I have finished serving NS. Apparently, I appeared to be no more than JC or Poly age, and she didn't think that I had served NS yet. She appeared to be quite surprised when I told her that I've already completed NS and is studying for a degree now.

Been some time since someone last said that of me, but it appears that I appear to be a lot younger, and perhaps childish that my actual age. I guess some will be angry about that, but for me, it's good to look young^^

緊張緊張！明日はようやく約束の日。今考えても緊張する。このままは大丈夫のかな？

今夜は早めに休んで、できるだけ心を冷静する。

New train carriages

Wanted to mention this yesterday, but totally forgotten about it. Oh my, isn't this a bit too young to be so forgetful? Anyways, what I wanted to mention was that the new train carriages now come with a board above each door that lists out the stations along the line the current train is running on, with lit dots representing the stations left on the route before reaching the final station. The board also shows which door is going to open for the next station.

This is exactly the same as what the trains in Japan have, and I think it's a great addition. This makes it so that even people who are taking the train for the first time, or who are not frequent riders of that line, can know where their destination station is, and how many more stations there are left to go before reaching it.

Great idea. Unlike some of the useless TV screens and horizontal scrollers that they added in the past.

ストレスがあるとき、皆さんはどうするの？私はね、ゲームを遊ぶの。ゲームをやるとそのゲームの世界に入る感じがする。現実から逃げって、仮想な世界に入れる。それで、今の悩みやストレスなどが忘れる錯覚がする。

これは問題自体は変わらないとわかってもどうしてもこのままに続ける。情けないでしょう。でも、そうしか自分を持たない。そうしないといつか正気を失うから。

Down into the valley

Had another test today. As for the expected performance? I guess you can say that the title says it all. This semester is really turning into my worst nightmare.

This is both due to my lack of interest in and drive to study now, and also due to the weight of other responsibilities, such as the projects. At the current rate, this last semester of school is going to turn out to be worst than my first semester, which was already very bad.

And the stress is still there. I'm not really free from the chains that bound me until April. That's when I can finally start to breath again, after all the mess and burden that was my final year project.

試験が近ついてる。あと四週間かな？それに授業も少しずつ終わっていく。そのおかげで、今はちょっと自由時間がある。でも、プロジェクトが終わる前にはまだ安心できない。

すべては四月から。そのときからちょっと休むこともできるでしょ。

Into the track

The train service from Queenstown to Jurong East was disrupted for a period of around 50 minutes this morning at around 7am. Thanks to that, I believe many students who are heading to school had their trips disrupted. Not only so, the major bus services that head down to our school originate around the Buona Vista region, which was one of the stations in the affected region. Other services that do head down over there were also due further west, or further off towards the southeast. This meant that those from the east were abruptly disrupted, and had to try to find ways to still get to school, and yet be able to make it for morning lessons. Impossible.

The reason for the disruption was because someone actually fell into the track. Naturally, the person died. Was it intentional, or was it an accident? From the news that I saw, it appears that it was an accident, and not a suicide. Quite a sad thing to happen. I guess it's really due time for them to do something, like adding fences and doors to stop people from accidentally, or intentionally falling into the tracks.

うちにはちょっと大変なことが起こった。お父さんの仕事のこと。ちょっと言いにくいことだけど、要は会社がお父さんの仕事のことをちょっと変えた。

仕事をやめると思うになった。でも、今はまだ考え中。やめれば、うちもちょっと大変になる。

Employment

I'm officially employed now, though the terms weren't that good. My basic wage is a mere $1700, of which 10% is of a variable component, which means that it could go as low as $1530! Not only so, 20% of the wage has to be contributed to this CPF scheme, which is the nanny's way of saving money for the people.

This means that my take-home wage is but a mere $1360. Kind of pathetic for someone who has spent 4 years studying and obtaining a degree. This shows just how much this country cares about my profession, and just how pathetic our treatment is.

First-class, eh?

仕事があったんだ。今日はその契約をサインに行った。給料は想像通りの情けない程度。一ヶ月千七百ドル以下。

この四年の勉強はいったいどんなために？

Foxkeh!

I changed the theme of my web browser recently to feature this mascot character called Foxkeh. Foxkeh is a cute little fox that was created as the mascot for Mozilla Japan to promote Firefox in Japan. I guess that Japanese really like cute characters!

Anyways, you can find out more about Foxkeh here.

Also, get Firefox if you haven't yet!



あらあら。明日はとても大事なひだよ。だって、就職の契約をサインするひだもの。

ちょっと緊張するかな。給料はいくらあるんかな？

今はどう考えても何も変わらないから、明日に楽しみね。

Finished?

I somehow managed to scrap together bits and pieces of information to make the poster for my FYP. It totally sucks though, IMO. There's too many words, and too little graphics and colours to catch the eye.

Argh, who cares. We'll see how my supervisor responds before any changes are done. I've enough of this nonsense.

やっと終わったな、プロジェクトのポスター。昨夜午前一時半までの苦労は無駄にしなかった。でも、まだ完全とは言えない。

まぁ、今はどうでもいいや。後のことは後に考えろ。

Stress!

Experiencing so much stress currently. It's so bad that I'm actually sleeping a lot more now than usual. And the procrastination is not helping too. During the times when I'm free, I just don't feel like doing the work that is piling up and waiting to explode, but I can't bring myself to do other things either. It's all the guilt. And the net effect is that I'm being driven crazy.

My grades appear to be taking a hitting with all the mess that is known as the final year project too. At this rate, my final semester will end up being the worse semester ever, with the danger of bringing an abrupt end to my sanity.

At the very least, I've scrambled together some text and stuff to organise into slides for the presentation due on next Saturday. And I'm now struggling with the poster that is due 2 weeks from now. With totally no idea of what to do and what to put into it either. My supervisor isn't very helpful too, being away most of the time. All of these is turning into on of my worst nightmares. Hopefully I'll be still sane and alive by the end of the coming 2 weeks.

大嫌いだよ！最近のストレスが多すぎるよ！ぜんぜん落ち着かない。暇があるときもないときもいつもプロジェクトのことばかり。もう考えたくなくても別のことも集中できなくて何もできない。もう飽き飽きだ・・・

あと二週間だね。最後まで続けるでしょうか？自信があんまりない。学校の成績もずいぶん悪くなった。どうやら、この最後の学期が災厄の学期になるようだ。もうダメかもん。

Counseling

We had our first of four sessions of one-to-one counseling today. The cases, both written and oral, were a lot easier than expected, and I guess you could say that things went rather smoothly. Though it was a bit unexpected that we ended pass 5pm after the debrief. Time flies~

And, there was an unexpected change of opinion too. A person that I disliked, turned out to be a rather nice person. I guess this proves that you can't really judge a person without spending more time with them to find out who and what they really are. Just like someone else who always appeared to be friendly and nice in front of us, turned out to be a hypocrite that acts like a bastard when out of public sight.

昔々、ある思いがあった。いつか恋に落ちて、誰かと結ばれて、家族を立てて、美しい夢だった。でも、真実は残酷なもの。夢も思いも何も残ってない。

すべては失った。もうあきらめた。かな？わからない。この世界はなんと醜いだ・・・

Practical test and the end of practicals

I have a total of 2 modules with practicals this semester, and one of them finally ended today with a practical test that involved some hands-on and some theory paper. The test itself wasn't too hard, in fact, it was rather easy. However, being the old foolish me, I made a couple of careless mistakes that could cost me dearly, especially if the others do really well too, considering how easy the test is.

The other practical class ended its regular practical session today, and next week will be the test for it. Which is bad, seeing as there are so many deadlines to meet next week, it is unlikely that much, if any time will be spent in preparing for the test, which encompasses both practical and theory portions. Oh well, hopefully the same can be said for the others too, so I won't be fairing too bad comparatively^^

本当に驚いた。まさかメロパーにまた新しい着せ替えアイテムが発売したのでは。毎日やってるのに、なぜそのお知らせが見てなかった？本当に不思議よね。。。

まぁ、幸いのこと、今回の着せ替えアイテムはパールでの限定アイテムがないため、遅く買うのも別にいいけど。キラリンがないから、パール意外の限定アイテムはもともと変えないから、どうでもいい。これはよかったな。

Steak

Had dinner over at a place located over at Toa Payoh called the Singapore Grilled House today. A total of 4 of us went down there, and the bill totaled $63.90. Being supposedly famous for their steaks, naturally all of us had some form of beef in our dinner menu.

Unfortunately, the meat wasn't that good. I had my steak done medium rare, and it's still acceptable by my standards, but my mother, who supposedly had her's done medium well, had a steak that's like a piece of rubber. Seriously, the meat was so tough, it was totally inedible.

Well, I guess that price wasn't bad. In fact, you can even say that it's quite affordable, seeing as both GST and service charge was not added, or perhaps, already included in the price list. I like this style of pricing much better than those with so many +++ behind their price. No hidden costs = Good for me.

最近日本の友達により要約したゲームの発売日がまた延期した。もう七回目の延期だよ。。。

このゲームはね、二年前の十二月、日本へ行ったとき、もう見たよ。そのときはあと三ヶ月ぐらいに発売する予定だった。でも、今日まだ、もう七回目の延期もあったんだ。

結局いつに発売できるのかな？

A little progress

Finally making a bit of progress in my projects and deadlines. One of it is mostly done, with maybe a bit more to touch up on or not, depending on my mood, and for the other, most of the data collection has been completed. What's left is to put it together for the final view.

ちょっと進んだ、宿題のこと。これでちょっと気楽になるのかな？まぁ、そのプロジェクトのことが終わらない限り油断したことはできない。がんばろうよ～

Open House 2009

Brought my brother down to NUS today for Open House 2009. We went to listen to the talk by the representative from the Faculty of Science and then took a little walk around the faculty booths. Unfortunately, my brother didn't want to ask any questions nor find out more about anything other than what the representative said during the talk, we went back shortly after having lunch over at school. Quite a waste though, to spend but little more than an hour in school when the trip to and fro took more than 2 hours =.=

機能は祖父と祖母のお誕生日祝い。本当は昨日に誕生日じゃないけど、もうすぐし、週末だし、昨日にやった。別に特別なことがない。ただみんなが一緒に食事をするぐらいと祖父祖母と話すだけで。それでもうれしかった。だって、久々だから。

Worry

Things are starting to get really packed and busy. The upcoming 2 weeks are going to be filled with a lot of deadlines and tests. A practical test next week, and another the following week. Then there's also the deadline for 2 projects coming up in 2 weeks time, and the final presentation and a poster presentation.

Too much burden... Overwhelming... But still, the inertia and procrastination...

忙しすぎて息もできなくなるぐらい。来週と再来週にはたくさんの締め切りとテストがある。

それに、今から準備しないといけないのに、ぜんぜんやる気が出てこない。もうダメだ。。。

Noodles

Had noodles for both lunch and dinner today. Pork rib noodles for lunch in school, and wanton mee for dinner at the hawker centre near where I stay. Honestly saying, the noodles were great.

Lunch was simply delicious. The pork rib noodles at the Science canteen is indeed one of the best in that canteen. Something to go for. Must try some more of that store the next time. Perhaps the chicken wings noodle?

Dinner was also delicious. The store is actually a rather new one, so it's the first time I've tried it. The only bad thing about it is that the soup is a bit too salty. I guess they used too much MSG? But anyways, it's something that's worth trying too.

今日の昼食と夕食はとてもおいしかったよ！同じくヌードルを食べた。違うのは昼食は学校で、夕食はうちの近くの店で。

日本語ではうまく説明できないが、とにかく超お勧めだね。機会があればまた食べに行きたいと思う。

Class photo

We had a session on literature review today, but it was a bit boring. I admit that reading through current literature and discussing about them is quite fun and interesting, but with the number of articles we have to go through in a day, there really isn't much time to discuss them in depth. Not to mention that we are more or less just sitting back and listening, or daydreaming for the most part. At least I did answer and ask some questions, so it wasn't that bad?

We had a photo taking session after the last lesson for the day. The venue was over at University Hall, and we took the group photo together with some of the staff from our department, including our department head. It was kind of a last minute thing, so I can understand if some of us are busy and have to rush off to somewhere else or just happened to skip school today, but for those who clearly just want to stay out of the picture and avoided the session, they really should reflect on their actions. It's like leaving behind a memory, and it's really a waste to just run off like that.

On the way home, one of my classmates mentioned about the photo books of the Americans and Japanese, and commented that it is a lot easier to find the person you're looking for in their portrait form of photos. I agree with that, as it's a lot easier to find that person you're looking for by looking through portraits instead of trying to pick out one tiny face in a group photo. They could always do both the portraits and the group photo if they really want that sense of togetherness.

今日帰り道中雨が突然降ってきたよ！本当に驚いた！しかも結構重かった、雨は。

幸いにもうあんまり外に歩かなくてもうちへ帰るから、体は平気。濡れたら病気になるから気をつかないとね。

Discounts and Shows

Two events are both starting from tomorrow and ending on Sunday. The first, and the one that I place more importance in, is the 20% member discount over at Kinokuniya! I guess I'll be going down early tomorrow before classes and get some books before others steal them away. The other event is the computer show that will be held over at Suntec City. Not really interested in that this time round though, as I don't have anything that I want to look at or buy. Guess I'll be giving it a miss.

明日はまた紀伊国屋の会員割引のイベントだよ！今回もたくさんの本を買おう～

でも、前回みたいにもう持ってる本を買った間違えはちゃんと起こさないようにね。もう一度お金を無駄するのはごめんだぜ！

Study and Test

There was another CA test today, but the inertia to study for this test was simply amazing. I was practically free over the weekend and yesterday, but somehow, I just can't bring myself to take out the notes and study for the test. I only barely managed to take the notes out yesterday and place them on the table - but that's just that. In the end, I studied for the test over the slightly less than 5 hours break that I have today.

Honestly, I think my performance in the test is so-so. Well, not perfect, but not bad, so so-so. Don't really know the reason, but the inertia to study and the procrastination is getting real bad these days. If this goes on, I'll really be in big, big trouble, with all the deadlines and exams coming up.

今日は珍しく自分で学校へ行った。えっと、そんなに珍しいではないけど、朝八時の授業はほとんどお父さんが車で送る。仕事もあるし。でも、今日は休みだから、自分で行かなきゃ。それで朝五時おきて六時にうちから出た。

一番むかつくのは学校近くにバスを待つのは二十分以上をかけた。交通が便利だというのに、それほど待つのはないだろう！そのおかげで、七時十五分ごろ学校に着くのは七時三十五分ごろになった。

でも、よるうちに帰るときはよかった。バスはすぐ来るし、人もあんまりないし、無事に駅へ。そして、そのすぐ後に地下鉄が来て同じく人があんまりなかった。それは朝のお詫びなのかな？まぁ、一時間ぐらいにうちへ帰ったのはうれしいから、どうでもいいや～

Time flies

It feels like just a moment ago when my brother first enlisted into the army, but today, he has already completed his basic training and is home for a short break of around a week. Time does indeed, flies by...

CGH contacted me today about the signing of the employment contract. Kind of weird that they think that our classes will end by the 23rd of March though... Hopefully, they won't try anything funny and ask us to go to work during our school term ~.~

がんばりすぎると疲れるでしょう。少なくても、私はそう思う。実はそういうこと。

最近、ちょっとがんばりすぎたのかな？頭もお腹も痛くて調子があんまりよくない。無理しないほうがいいのね。体が持たなくて倒れるのもよくない。

時には加減が必要。

Miscalculation

We miscalculated our time when going for dinner tonight before sending my brother back to camp. As a result, we had like 10 minutes to chomp down our food and rush over to the bus interchange so that he won't be late. And now, my stomach still hurts from eating too much too fast.

Oh, and today's International Women's Day too.

今日はね、何もしなかった。いや、実はゲームとかはやったけど、重要なことなどはほとんどない。

たまたまののんびりの日だね。。。

Happy Birthday

to my youngest brother! Today is both his lunar and solar birthday! What a coincidence. Supposedly, such an occurrence happens once every 19 years. So I guess you know his age now =P

Anyways, we had vermicelli in the morning as per Chinese tradition and had dinner over at Sakura buffet. The buffet dinner was a real killer. Had too much and am now almost on the edge of puking. >x<

今日は弟のお誕生日だよ！おめでたいおめでたい！

えっと、晩御飯はビュッフェだ。そして食べ過ぎて今もお腹が痛くて気持ち悪い。。。orz

FYP deadline

What a joke. The original deadline for our FYP reports was at 5pm this afternoon, and many, if not all of us, had burnt the midnight oil and spent countless hours worrying and rushing out the report just to make it on time to hand it up by 5pm today. But, just this morning at around 10am, the department sent us an email informing us that the deadline has been extended to 5pm on this coming Monday. Wonderful. Simply wonderful.

I guess our department must like jokes and to fool around with us, eh? Can't help but feel this burning rage building up from within...

ふざけないで。元も今日の午後五時が締め切りのはずのが月曜の同じ時間に変えたんだ。私やクラスメートの皆さんがどれほどがんばって、今日にプロジェクトを完成したのはわかってないのか？？突然締め切りを変えるのはないだろう！

楽しかっただね、私たちをからかって。もういい加減にしなさい！

Longer than expected!

Today's lesson was supposed to end at 5pm, but it extended till 5:30pm! And it's all the fault of the lecturer! For changing venues without informing us and making us wait and then having to walk a long way over to the new venue! Waste of our time!

今日はね、授業はね、想像以上の時間をかかったんだ！それはね、その先生のせいだね！彼女はね、突然授業の場所を変えたんだ！そのおかげでね、授業はいつもより遅く始めていつもより遅く終わったんだ！なんと時間の無駄だ！

むかつくぅぅぅぅぅぅぅぅぅ！！！！！

Expected, but unexpected

Expected, but unexpected. Sounds like an oxymoron, no? But that's exactly what I felt today when I took the CA. The topic tested as an extended question (i.e. not MCQ) was exactly as expected, and we all focused our study efforts on it, but the way the question was asked took most, if not all, of us by surprise. Turned out to be a lot harder to answer... even though we spent the most effort on studying for it. Guess that's how the lecturers can play with you. Setting questions that are expected, yet unexpected.

That aside, the afternoon practical session today was quite a breeze. We actually managed to finish all our work in slightly more than an hour and were happily home early. We actually jumped queue to finish early though. Our original timeslot for the final step was booked at 3:30pm, but as we were the first group to finish up all the previous steps, we were the first to proceed with the final process at around 2:45pm. Haha^^

今日のテストは思うとおりだけど、思う以上のことだ。どうしてそういうの？テストの問題は思う通りけど、その聞き方は思わなかった。だから、一杯勉強してもあんまりうまく答えなかった。ひどいでしょ？

まぁ、今日は早くうちへ帰るから、別にいいけど。テストはもう終わりし、どう考えても仕方がないな。

Duck rice

Dinner tonight was settled at an eatery located somewhere beyond Kent Ridge Park. It is perhaps more suitable to call it a little eating house instead of an eatery. But anyways, we had duck rice for dinner there. They are supposedly rather famous for their duck rice, and people actually go there purposely just for their duck rice.

The food wasn't too bad, but the shocking thing came when we asked for the bill. For a plate of duck meat, 3 bowls of rice, a plate of "kang kong", and a plate of gizzard and liver, the total bill actually came up to a total of $26.50!!! OMG!

Totally unbelievable. I guess you can safely say that we won't be going back there again.

本当に疲れた。まさかあの人たちがまたうちに来た。しかも三人も来たぞ！いい加減にしなさいって！本当に迷惑だ！

むむむむむ！！！！むかつく！！！彼も何を考えてるの？馬鹿じゃないの！？ううん、むしろ、馬鹿かもしれない。

それほどのこともわからなくて。そうよ、馬鹿しかない。もういい。飽きた。

The annoying and the nuisance

There are some who simply do not realise what a nuisance and just how annoying they are. And then, there are those that tolerate them and invite them into their own life and screw everyone up. The foolish, eh?

Thanks to one of such that falls into each of the abovementioned categories, I practically wasted an entire afternoon today. And to think that I have so little time left too! How irritating.

今日の昼時間は無駄になった。ある人のおかげで。正直、うざいんだ。どうしてわからないの？あのひと。そういう人は大勢自分がどれほど他人を迷惑しているのをわからないよね。だから、余計に腹が立った。

そのような人は世界から消えればいいのに。。。

Studying and revision

Managed to finish the first round of revision/read-through today. That doesn't mean that I'm totally ready for the CA though. I'm never totally ready anyways =P

Anyways, I can breath again now. Just need to read up on some of those things that are more likely to come out and require memorising. The other parts that are likely to appear in the MCQ section should be manageable with a brief idea of what's going on.

今朝早くまた世代交代した！一ヶ月ぐらい一回世代交代からな。二月はちょっと短いから、今回のはちょっと早かった。

それに、今回の子からのメッセージ：

さすがにもう十代目から、あの悲しいお別れシーンも慣れてきた。幸いに今回の子も笑うのが大好きから、悲しさはそんなにない。

それでは、今回の子もよろしくね～♪