So What Happened?

In no particular order:

ArtJam, Marmi Pork, Nike Walk, Assignments, Presentations, Quizzes, O Sole Mio, Brown Wrapping Paper, Lost in Bukit Timah and so many many many many many many birthdays.

21 Days.
(im scared)

19th

Photos hijacked from Jiahe.

Somehow I felt that I got to talk about one of the defining phases of my life in NTU.

I'm in the CAC 19th Exco as the publication director. And sometime I even think that I'm crazy because theres an internship coming up for the next semester.

The work has started to set in, the checking of the members list, looking for people to do their job, making sure that they do their job and the neverending number of meetings.

And to really appreciate the work behind the scenes, one have to experience it themselves. And boy, its not just art jam that i have to worry about. The entire HR management aspect of it is simply killing me. For those that knows me, im very prone to speaking my mind without putting in any thoughts, not good for someone doing HR at all!

Ok, im not complaining and im sure that once im at the end of my term, i'll look back and say that i had fun.

Hopefully.

no time for updates

ok, so theres still people reading this.

anyway had a a quiz which i wasnt fully prepared for. i cant really say that i dont have time. lets say that i didnt manage my time well.

oh, for those that are reading. art jam is still running the post secrets section and i will like YOU to contribute. go here for more information. im not sure whether the uploading mechanism works on that website. either pass them to someone thats heading to the cac room or just mail it to:

Art Jam Editor
Cultural Actitivties Club
C/O Student Affairs Office
Student Services Centre
642 Nanyang Avenue Singapore 639815

help out okay? do send me a post secret!

im outta time

Busy.

Either that or there isnt any motivation to write something here. So show me that somebodys still readings this by tagging on the tagboard (shameless attention whoring)

Skipped all the tutorials this week, i mean whats the use of attending them if im not even prepared for them.
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Rock song in acapella? Bad idea. At least i didnt made anyone thats listening feel like chopping their ears off. I feel that people doing the comments are being friendly.

Wheres the real constructive remarks?

Maybe thats why Noel left Oasis because i butchered their song during my presentation.
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Somehow my ability to screw up stuff reached greater heights. Think first then speak, not the other way round. They say that the pen is mightier than the sword. To me, the mouth is even mightier than the pen.

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You should seriously go read what people actually write on their nomination forms.

Perhaps its not such a good idea for someone that couldnt even construct proper sentences be in charge of publications.

Note the pattern of mainly non-Singaporeans running for Union Representatives?
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Murphy's Law in action once again. Why is it that when you want to sneak out of the house (dont ask, its not what you think it is), your parents decide to sleep really late that night.

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How come everyone thats single is getting 'oh youre so old already better find a girlfriend soon' messages. The problem is, how come im not getting them?


Unless they predict that i will remind single for my entire life (high probability of that happening, according to danny).

you dont know danny

I know that i shouldnt be affected by such trivial matter but its in my head for the past few hours.

Others' emotions affect me. I should be really happy right now due to my shortlisting but somehow im not. And its emotions of someone that isnt that close to me to begin with!

What's wrong with me? cheer up okay?

random musings of week 1

In case you dont get it, the guy in glasses is the same.

So you know your music, but it doesnt mean that you can sing. I went for this choir elective audition where there's this guy that's going

'oh he's a semitone flat'

'hmmm, he cant follow the rhythm at all'

throughout the entire audition. And hes loud enough to be heard from the piano.

Unless hes a really good singer, I seriously think that he should keep his remarks to himself, or share them with his friend discretely.

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One's a real slacker that doesnt attend lessons and another has girlfriend duties. Coming soon: Lunch Alone.

Yeah you can easily say 'just get other friends to have lunch with you.'

Easily said then done. Everyone has their clique thats formed over two years in mse. Its difficult to break into a tightly-knitted group and knowing myself, its even tougher due to my personality.

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Had this weird sense of deja vu. Feels exactly like the chief programmer situation last year.

Offered something - Check
Someone else with better qualifications coming into picture - Check
Offered a deputy position - I really hope not

If im underqualified in everything that im trying for, then theres no way that im ever going to be qualified for anything if nobody gives me this break.

Never compromise in what you believe in.

And the madness begins

A break from FOC.

School's started. Not much excitement for the first day. Frankly speaking, i didnt spent much time on the spine today due to my early morning elective at ADM, which was really interesting, and lunch at canteen 2.

Lectures really boring, i'm still on the sleep at 2am and wake up at 2pm schedule. And add in OJT's sleep inducing voice, its no wonder that 20% of the lecture hall fell asleep.

Wednesday's going to be crazy. 5 hours break. Somehow i got a feeling that will be like my mugging session when the mid-terms start.

FOC: Day 1/2

Got back from FOC. Somehow it didnt lived up to the hype. Being an SA is really boring. Either that my OG is boring or I'm boring.

Day 1

*Morale is easily shattered.
- just one wrong move during the first day and with encouragement from the GLs made the entire group depressed. I dont really know where the group went but judging from the pictures and points they got, I got a feeling that went to slack at one corner.

Somehow during Senior Camp, the RPG isnt that lousy at all. However, that was done with smaller groups and with people that knows each other other.

*I can really talk if I want to
- all the SAs are tasked as station masters and to pass time, there's only one thing to do - talk. And I managed to keep it going for like a couple of hours. Not bad for someone thats known as the 'fiercest senior during the camp'.

*yellow, peach and white on yellow is a bad idea.

- Im never an arts person but I know a bad colour combination when I see one. And our flag is one such example. Furthermore, I cant see the group's name on first glimpse. To think that our group has 3 ADM people in it.

Day 2

*killer slopes ahead
- i wonder if anyone drives a manual vehicle in the area. Its liken to that infamous slope on the Teck Whye test route sans traffic. Its like a nightmare when youre trying to do a three point turn while trying to prevent the engine from stalling.

*the right bus takes forever to come

- and the worst thing to come out of that? its full when it comes. Made us play the catch up game.

And we did managed to lead the second pack at the end of the day, coming back from being last in the entire race. Thats like the most satisfying feeling I had out of the entire camp.

why i hate facebook quizzes

I wonder why people still do the quizzes on facebook. I guess they're really bored? Almost 90% of the quizzes are really dumb.

I mean if you choose red as your favourite colour, swinging around on web, having a mask totally covering your face and loves cracking jokes while fighting enemies, it's obvious that you will be 'Spiderman' in a 'Which Marvel Comic Superhero are you' quiz. Even a 5 year old can see that coming.

The worst thing about it, those that took the quiz sounded so surprised when they saw the result.

And they're choking up my news feed, depriving me of news about my friends that really matters.

Take me out (again)

It seems like everyone's really busy these days.

It's either FOC...
or quizzes...

and if they're unlucky enough, it's reservist.
Which means a really bored Danny.

I guess I'm really passive when it comes to asking people out. Usually I adopt the 'if-you-ask-me-then-i'll-go-out' attitude which might explain why I'm always complaining when nobody asked me if they want me to join them.

Either that or they have the very intention NOT to ask me in the first place. And this is one occasion which I hoped that I'm wrong.

Take me out.

What's Danny Up to?

Sick for the past week. The whole idea of whether i got swine flu keeps running through my mind as the symptoms are the same.

Luckily it wasnt swine flu but the sore throat remains. Hope danzen pills isnt expensive.

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And danny's not stressed at all. He's just reverting back to his actual size after years of gaining weight during NS and temp working.

Island creamery's still worth making the journey, even though its like smack in the middle of Bukit Timah.

Need to buff up in time for FOC though (haha).

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So when you know youre old? When you go to a beach at sentosa for a a picnic. AChia even brought newspaper to read!Then again, you cant do much with just 4 (old) people with lots of food laying around.

How to impress your future in-laws? Rosa's sister's boyfriend treated 9 for dinner which could easily come close to $250. I'm sure he wasnt expecting THAT much people celebrating Rosa's birthday.

wired

Its a tuesday afternoon and the entire family, excluding my parents, are sitting in front of the computer.

I dont know whether it happens in other home, but I feel that we are somehow incapable of leaving our computers and internet connection behind. Just imagine what happens if the internet access is disconnected in my house. This inability to do something else without the internet is really frightening me.

My brother and sister are stuck on the computer almost 80% of the waking time and its sickening. I hardly see my sister except for like twice a day (during the hols) - when she comes out of her room to take her meals or use the washroom.

Not that im a saint when it comes to this issue but theyre really getting closer to be a slave to their computers. And im worried.

Send Danny a Postcard

Two blog posts in quick succession, that means Im terribly bored!


My mother made a comment on the way I look is somehow comparable to the number of days spent at home.


Clean shaven Danny means that I had went out at least once within 24 hours
Caveman Danny (with the entire facial hair set up) means that I had not been out of my house for the past 1 day.

Dont anyone find it troublesome to keep a clean shaven face? I do! But I have to do it because I look damn funny with facial hair and it ages me by at least 5 years. Many are saying that I'm already in my fourth year, I'm not THAT old alright?!


Everyone's going overseas for their summer hols, guess who's not?
That's why Im like asking anyone that i know to send me a postcard when theyre overseas.


The above is from Kahhui. From his almost unreadable handwritting, I can see that he's really having a ball over in Hokkaido. I wonder what does 'people here are fantastic' mean? hahahha.

Anyway he's back and Ive yet to see him. I heard he came to the PC Show and he didnt even visited me on the sixth floor. Now I have some reservations on whether to make that 'contribution' to FOC hahahhaa.

Yeah, I know my address's on the postcard. So send me one if youre reading this and having a blast overseas!

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Please have a clearer display picture for your facebook account? Preferably one that shows your face so that I know who's adding me. Not that Im popular or anything but I dont normally add people that Im not familiar with.

Somehow people are just adding me to increase their friend count. Secondary school classmates that NEVER talked to me in my four years there are starting to add me. It's called 'friends' for a reason!!!

(The above doesnt apply if youre a pretty girl. Yes, I'm that pragmatic!)

Days of Living Hell

Saw shining's title and decided to used the same.

I used to think that sales should be a relatively easy job but after 4 days of the PC Show. I got to change my tune and tell myself NEVER to do something like this again.

Standing from from 12-9 sure makes one cranky at the end of the day. I think that I have stronger calf muscles from all that standing.

The best thing about it? 30 dollars goes to FOC since its a canvassing drive. On the bright side, I managed to pocket 20 dollars per day.

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Anyone tried this CP shrimp wonton? It's absolutely awesome! I just had one box the other day and I can say that it taste better than some of the wonton I get in the coffee shop near my house. I mean where can you get one whole prawn in a wonton these days. Though its a tad expensive, I feel its worth every single cent.

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I really need to keep my temper in check.

Work work

Taking stock in a warehouse, shouldnt be that difficult right?

Somehow, it involves lots of moving and my entire body's aching from it. The things I do for the money =/

The worst thing was that sengs was supposed to help me, but that lucky bastard got to make some deliveries with a dispatch driver that's an absolute slacker.

Tried the new ice cream outlet at westmall that gregory strongly recommended. Now, if gregory said something's good, it must be good.

And it's awesome. One of the better ice cream I had tried. It's hidden at the corner of the sportslink where a murder took place years ago.

So where do we start?

Let's start on a Sunday where we had a gathering of the OG, organised by sengs. Went to a boardgame store (someone got to give a name to these kind of places), similar to your Mind Cafe and Settler's, on Second Avenue.

Everyone's like complaining the ulu'ness of the place, but it's fine with me because I'm real familiar with the entire stretch of Bukit Timah/Dunearn Road from my days travelling to the novena area.

The food's just mediocre. The mushroom soup sucks, too mushroom-y for my palate. The boardgames and cards are in great condition.

Go to their website for more information. I think due to its ulu'ness it's easier to get seats, but the place's rather small.

Seniors "due to manpower constrains" camp on the following day.
Pictures on facebook, go search under jiahe's albums.


Met a bunch of interesting people from afth and naf. The first day was spent running around campus. Camo cream overkill. Got to know LT 19A inside out. Stepped into innovation centre for the first time since i came to ntu. Some trees isnt a good description for a location. Went home at night to sleep on my comfortable bed =) I dont think i missed anything in the night because almost my entire group went home and the rest probably will be hanging with their own groups within cac.

Four more joined the group on the second due to our pathetic number. Tested amazing race. Island creamery wasnt opened when we reached serene centre =( Long wait at the botanic gardens. Had a filling lunch at BK before doing some jumping (ughhhh) and even more eating (ughhhhhhhh) right after that. Managed to finish second! A great suprise since we set off from school second from last.

Confidence walk in the graveyard at 8pm. Paired up with danielle and missed out 2/3 of the route as we skipped the first station. Rather suprised that she will talk about that with me.

To sum it all up: I'm glad that i'm not a sub com programmer!

Noticed someone having a mood swing during those two days. And nobody's telling me ANYTHING!!!

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Federer better win this year's french open.
Nadal out. Murray out. Djokovic out.

It's like the whole thing's rigged.

The Problem of Being Idle.

For those that reads my blog, I'm still here. Don't worry, I haven't been caught.

It's just that nothing really interesting had happened.

Got used as a tool because I drive as the FOC people needs transport to LCK graveyard. I'm actually very willing to tag along and I hold no grudges to FOC for being used a tool. Otherwise I will stay at home and complain to myself that I'm bored.

Back to the story. I decided not to enter the graveyard because I'm scared. I'm a chicken. I don't feel good doing these kind of 'things' in the middle of the night. And there are like 3172485 mosquitoes around the area, so I waited for them in my car with SWT (yes, I know you are reading!). The funny thing is that somehow there's 5 cars in the end as some decided to drop by after their meeting.

Supper is a good study in 'people-dont-really-know-what-theyre-talking-about-but-trying-to-know-what-others-were-trying-to-say-by-acting-like-they-know'.

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Why are there like so many bust enhancement ads on the local channels in the dead of night. And some of them are really funny in the 'its-so-bad-its-funny' way.

Ad 1
Guy sitting on the sofa in a lobby.

Girl walked in with low neckline. Huge subtitle appears: 'flat chested'

Another girl walked in, also with low neckline. Once again huge subtitle appears: 'sagging bust'

Lastly, two girls walked, you guessed it, with low necklines too. Subtitle: 'perfect' (or something like that).

The funny thing is there's a close up on the guy's face. He's staring at them and giving a creepy smile when he saw the last two girls.

It looks like the aim of the ad is 'how to get creepy men to stare at your well developed bust'.

Ad 2
Two girls took the same dress, with low necklines AGAIN, and changed into them. One of the girls stared at the other, who have well developed bust and said: 'Why I couldnt get the right one?'

I'm sure she's referring to getting a right dress.

But the 'well-developed-bust' girl replied: 'Why dont you go for bust enhancement treatment? It works and it's all natural'

Followed by a close up shot of her bust.

By the way these two ads are shot, one will suspect that the ad is trying to get guys to spend money on their partners to get bust enhancement.

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Oh in case anybody will like to know how I had done for the previous semester...

DAMN YOU TRUSSES! DAMN YOU V&M DIAGRAMS! DAMN YOU MECHANICS!!!

Yeah, I'm pissed off because I've spent like the most time on it but got the worst grade of my entire uni life =(

Otherwise this semester will be the one that finally crawled back into the second upper range.

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Something's brewing...

Next week's senior camp! Not looking forward to the trip through the same graveyard though =\

The Problem of Being Idle.

I think I'm becoming nocturnal. I have been sleeping close to 4 and waking up at 2 in the afternoon.

So what I've been up to lately? Not much basically. Keep thinking that I should had signed up for special semester. But knowing myself, I will kick myself for going through the whole mugging-for-finals experience.

Everyone is having the time of their lives during this period, just log into Facebook and you will see countless pictures and videos of outings and such. But here I am, sitting in my room typing this in the middle of the night. I know I'm missing out lots. Sometimes I wonder, is it me that's the problem over here? Why don't I have enough friends to keep me occupied during this period of time? Are my friendship just limited to 'lunching buddies' in school during the semester?

Maybe too much time on my hand makes me have crazy thoughts. Take me out damn it!!!

Effective Communication

I got to admit that I could be tactless at times, however things got blown out of proportion and I just felt that I got to write something about it.

Never take things seriously over MSN, because it lacks a certain element to it - facial, body language and tone of voice. Just by taking words as it appears over MSN, you're translating what you're inherently thinking.

"You're an asshole!"

Surely, while reading the above text, you will picture that someone is hostile or unhappy with the receiving party of the message. Ever occurred to you that by adding a chuckle and a pat on the back, it becomes something totally different?

Alright, take me out now!