100 days to Christmas...

sorry haven't been writing new entries for the past 2 weeks cos was very busy with sch and church things then didn't have time to write...

well it was sch, home, church for most of the past 2 wks, except last fri which was our sch D&D. it was held at hotel rendezvous... its a 4 star hotel and although the ambience was great, the food issit that great. think it's becos of budget problems so can't get too ex stuffs... usually d&d cost $50 but ours only $29.90 so can't blame it, but we have a good time together...

this week was even worst, got is the lab week so have to prepare the log book, and on thurs spent almost 4 hrs to do the logic logbook until i have to miss the crusade crossroads, so its quite bad. hopefully this week won't. now is the java programming still stuck at dunno what place and it seems like an endless thing to do and the thing is never going to end with all the errors...

today we had a food fair in church to raise fund for the camp and my cell is selling fried rice. at first got fried bee hoon but somehow roger forget to cook it so in the end we just sell fried rice lor. haha. the other cells also got sell things like burger, sushi, dessert, etc... and we have a great time of fellowship together, that's the most important thing...

and its 16 Sep today, which means that its counting down 100 days to Christmas. wow time really flies and we're near the festive seasons again. hari raya and moon cake festival has already started. but now have to mug for the tutorials, labs and exams first and the exams is going to last till end of nov, and dec going back to NS from 3 dec to 6 jan. confirm liao. faster clear and forget it lor. and luckily next wk is the 1 wk break so finally can take a break. will be going to bintan from fri to sun for the pulse youth leaders retreat...

COMEX 2007

just came back from comex after all the squeezing and kncoking around there. cos too many ppl liao then keep knocking into other ppl here and there. bought a printer and a 2.5 inch hard disk to store photos when i go overseas... should be better then my prevoius one which uses USB. this one directly insert the card into the system. but so far can't figure out how to change the format to FAT32. now it's at NTFS which i can't use it here and i can't seems to change it from the com...

miss the lunar eclipse on tues as it rained the entire day so there was lots of mist in the sky and we can't see the moon :( managed to finish the java lab1 with my friends help then now still struggling with lab 2. and tue is the lab test. its a suicidal thing and think it's going nuts. and heard from my friend that its a sure fail kind of thing...

tmr got 3 different tutoiral as 1 of them is a makeup from the one we missed on union day. still have not done 2 of them and its almost midnight and i still need to do some programming... think may ended up going there with empty piece of paper...

its only the 3rd week in sch, but already starting to feel the stress liao...... but this is mainly cause by the programming module, the java programming. the rest i can still read and understand it, but the programming can really make me go crazy.

spend most of the last week doing the programming lab. and it's just lab 1 and already like that. getting stuck here and there. wonder how to survive the next 8 lab. the 1st lab is due on tue and still got quite alot of errors here and there now. think is maybe becos i didn't have java background and yet i'm exempted from the introduction module. so i'm put into the more advance module straight away...

on thurs went for the crusade afternoon event cos it was union day so there was no lesson from 1130 to 1430. in the evening went for the concert engineer welcome tea. luckily its not one that need so much commitment and mainly just ad hoc basis. so just go to learn how to operate the PA system...

now watching the campus superstar final... wonder who can be the grand champion. shawn or keely? well, i'm netural but shawn may have higher chance as he got lots of supporter. so wait for the results in 1/2 hrs time...

Welcome Week 2007

sorry had been busy for the past week although its still the 2nd week, but already got quite alot of things to do...

it was NTU freshmen welcome week last week and we had IT fair, CCA fair, carnival.... yup on monday i bought the new fujitsu laptop E8410 for like $2467 but its already quite cheap compared to outside. took almost 2 hrs to buy it and in the end missed one lecture cos the queueing time was much longer then expected...

as for CCA i put my name in quite a few, like concert engineer, guitarist, astronomy, campus cruasde, photography... but of course can't join all la, just put name only. confirm joing CCC then the rest dunno yet...

for lesson wise 3 tutorials started last wk but no labs yet. but i'm already starting to feel the uni workload and stress liao. faces alot of problems when solving the tutorials and always can't get the correct answers on 1st attempt :( sianz... this week the full swing will start so i got to be mentally prepared, if not may get a heart attack :p

After 1 week in NTU...

it has been a week since i started lessons in NTU, and so far so good... the whole of last week only got lectures so quite free, plus thurs is national day holiday so in total only had a few hours of lessons...

for this week some of the tutorial will start but not all, the rest plus lab will start next week. this week will have CCA fair, IT fair, library orientation, etc. still fumming about whether to buy the laptop from sch, cos all the models i saw either this not good or that not good and cannot find any perfect ones. tmr go see the show then see how lor... as for CCA i'll join campus crusade but still thinking if whether to join a second one but i doubt so cos i dun think i'll have enough time

as for the national day all of us didn't get the tickets to watch at marina :( then one of my SPCCC staff grandma passed away, so some of us went to the wake instead. quite a big difference in the atmosphere between the two side. but those schedule is planned by god so just thank him for whatever he planned as he know best what to give to us...

1st 2 days in NTU

it has been 2 days since i start sch in NTU, and can say that currently it's still not bad but its still the honeymoon week so hard to say. this week only got lecutres so there's alot of free time but spend most of it looking at computers and thinking which one to buy. still havent' decide whether to buy in sch or wait till comex...

i think from week 3 onwards the stress will start to come in with all the lab assigments and reports, esp the programming one which can make me crazy... think must start studying that one myself first.

the sianz thing is all the electives that i want all full liao. i think the seniors took it liao as they have priority so i think most likely have to take econs. the rest i think have to wait till next sem...

and another disappointed thing is that we can't get the ndp tickets after all.. at first on sunday my friend actually got some tickets which he can give to us but somehow i think things screw up so i think he can't get the tickets out or wat i dunno la, but now i think all of us have to revert back to watching the parade on TV. :(

NTU Orientation, Disrupt from NS, Festival of Praise (FOP)

just came back from the FOPit has been a week full of activities since wed, with the ntu orientation from wed to fri then went for the FOP on sat and sun... had been outside most of the time for the pass few days and sch is officially starting in like... 7 hours??? yup its true...

on thurs we had the ntu college of engineering orientation talk where i got a better understanding on how the sch system work, then at night got pulse talk in church which ended only abt 2300h

on fri there was a freshmen welcome ceremony in ntu... mine was in the morning session then after that went back to PLAB to take back the Pink IC! but not ORD yet... only disrupt and still have to serve the 35 days. at night got worship practice...

on sat went for the FOP with zhi qiang. we reached there at abt 1730h so still got quite a good seat. it was full house and totally pack and i think there's still ppl outside when its full. it ended only at abt 2240h and everyone rushes out to take the bus... i think the organistation is very bad as there's no queue for the bus and everyone just rush to the road when the bus comes. so waited for like 40 mins before we manage to got up a bus.. the worst thing there is they use private bus so cannot get too many ppl to stand so there's a waste of space...

then today also went to the FOP after church. there's lesser ppl today and there's no queue and we could just go in after reaching. i went with roger but we reach there quite late. luckily there's ppl who booked seats for us so we could get good seats also. and he drive there so we can avoid squeezing for the bus and just drive seamlessly out. after that went to old airport road for supper. there got a wonton mee store which ppl said is very good. yup i try that and it's really good. but must wait for quite long and they give u a number when u order then when they call your number then u go collect.

now ntu lesson is officially starting in less than 7 hrs... luckily mine monday is start at 1130h so can wake up later tmr. very tired now from the lack of sleep for the pass few days. going to slp soon...

QET

went to NTU today for the QET and it's the same format as the pass year paper, which is to write an essay of 250-300 words. but i think i wrote abt 400+ words but like only use less than 1/2 of the paper they provide. if use all i think can be abt 100 words liao...

basically just have that today and i also went to collect the ezlink card and hand in the Giro form which i think i've miss the deadline liao cos its not written on the website and i didn't see the booklet for quite sometime... for the ezlink i still haven't activate yet cos my NS concession pass still valid till 8 Aug, after that then i buy from the student one which is $9 cheaper...

tmr will have orientation talk and i think i'll be useful as now still quite blur in some of the things and hopefully can solve tmr if not do wrong things then got big prob liao..

New Nokia 6110 Handphone

the clock now is 16 mins to 300707... 1000 secs more to the date i've been counting since 730 days ago... NTU!!!!!!!

just bought a new handphone from the singtel fair at suntec city, a Nokia 6110... it has a GPS function and also includes a singapore map in it so it can detect where you are. As for the other functions i have not use it yet so i dunno about it yet, now still transfeering contact numbers in it if not then u all sms me i won't know who is it except for those very familiar number lor... write more after i've more familiar with it

before that in the afternoon went to university culture centre to watch a musical"Love Above All". its presented by mt carmel BP church and the musical is about god and forgiveness...

yest evening also went to suntec to check out the phone... then at there saw some of my NS friends in the GOH as their resting place is at suntec. the best is when i was going there just i alight the bus i saw the singapore flag flying pass with chinnok helicopter, its the real one for the preview and also hear the national anthem and the 21-gun salute. after that went to marina square to catch the fireworks and took photos of it to send for competition. just send lor by email but i dun think will win cos there're so many ppl taking photos and the chances are really small...

NTU CCC FOC

just came back from the ntu crusade freshmen camp... it was a 3 days 2 nights camp but there's only planned activities for the first 2 days... the last day was just for checking out and admin stuff...

had made quite a number of friends from the camp, all my fellow bro and sis in christ... and was quite close to a few. yup, had there's many games which requires team work and bring us closer to one another... and really thank god for the weather cos for this week it rained quite alot on mon, thurs and fri but i didn't really rain at all on tue and wed where we have the camp and outdoor activites, yeah god is really GOOD!

as for the accom we stayed in hall 4, and after staying there can say that luckily i didnt stay in the hall... cos i prefer to stay alone and with air con which they dun offer to yr 1. and the toilets and bed is worse then my camp one... the mattress is quite hard and the heater for shower is not working properly, and the fan is directly on top of the study table which can make me headache...

for the food wise the food provided in the camp wasnt that great, like same standard as SFI. but the food in canteen 2 & A was great... haha! i think going to frequent these 2 canteens more, and canteen A got mac! haha but cant eat that often also... then on the 2nd night after supper we went to the coffeeshop opp ntu at around blk 908 to eat roti prata till abt 1am then after that talk till abt 4.30am then slp for less then 4 hrs...

then after checking out went clementi to eat botak jones, just got intro to that last fri then eat a 2nd time with anothe grp of ppl just 6 days later, haha! then after that went to play pool but i left at 5pm cos i was very tired... the cos we sent the bags to clementi by car then somehow forgot to take down the file so it was brought to the person house... but thank god managed to get it back today as most of my QT stuff and bible are in it...

6 days to NTU, 13 days to official start of lesson...

the countdown clock says 6 days to NTU... yup, 6 more days to 300707 which i've started counting since 2005 when it was still 730 days away... 300707 is the orientation week then 13 more days to 060807 which is the start of lessons...

going for NTUCCC freshmen camp from tue to thurs and hopefully can make new fellow bros and sis and get closer to God!

Swimming

yesterday went swimming with some of my NS friends... it's also the first time i went swimming since dunno when... yup really long nv go swimming liao...

before swimming we went to clementi for lunch at botak jones... it's on the other side of clementi mrt, not the central side... it's really good, esp the fries... yummy! haha... then while we were eating there's someone got knock down by mrt at clementi station but we didnt see it... by the time we finish eating train service has resume...

so we took bus 185 to jurong east swimming pool... there got some renovation but its mainly the children's section... so we go to the lazy river and the wave pool... but sadly it started to rain only about 1 1/2 hr after we start so have no choice but to come out... it was raining quite heavily and there's lighting and its cold too as our towel is in the locker so we decided not to wait anymore and to get change...so we didnt get the full enjoyment of swimming but manage to have interaction with one another as i dunno if we still got chance like this after we ORD...

Combat shoot & FFI

we just had our combat shoot on mon and tue and sad to say is that none of us got marksman... this's mainly caused by the night shoot cos at night its so difficult to see the target that u don't even know where to aim... in the imt on mon everything was well and most of us score more than 20 of 30... but the actual live round wasn't that good...

the weather on tue was quite good as compare to other days... not too hot and not raining... but it's still quite humid... then at there bought quite alot of things from the ninja van and the SFI food there is better then ours so ended up eating lots of things and i think the last 2 weeks of eating less are all gone liao... worse is we still eat macdonalds at night after coming back to camp and eat till abt 1am, and we each got 2 packet of fries cos the first one wasnt very good so we call to complain and they send a new one here... but we still eat the old one so eat 2 packet lor... haha :p

then yest and today did all the clearence and FFI and thank god all are done liao... now only left those which can only be sign on the last day... but the worse thing now is we still havent really confirm when is our last day, although the disrupt is approve liao...

had experience something which is not good and nobody would like to have it... sounds quite bad and yup, this afternoon went to NUH with some of my church ppl cos one of our brother fracture his shin while playing soccer so we went to visit him... but beside him we also got visit another two more ppl... they are from the elder generation and one of them is our youth pastor's dad... so is like going around the hospital to see 3 ppl... and there's lots of links inside and we almost got lost...

but really thank god that all 3 of them are recovering well and are all in stable condition... pray that they'll recover well and will be able to discharge soon...

Poly 50

poly 50 come and go... yup, congrats everyone for completing the race.. although we didnt win any prize, but its great that we have a good time of fellowshiping and catching up with one another... and we managed to complete the race faster then expected! that's a good thing but i think next year if got run must really train properly... now lots of us including me having serious muscles pain around the leg and stomach esp today friday 13th...

after the race went to PS BK for dinner cos one of our bro flying off to Perth to study next week... so its like a farewell dinner la, as i dun think we'll get to meet again till dec when he comes back...

then yest went back to Sp again for the live meeting... they call it crossroad now... after that have dinner at clementi sumo house.. quite alot of us go and it can really rekindle back my student's day, which i really need now and i'm starting lesson in like 24 days and orientation camp in like 12 days... haha :)

must get the studnet and study mood back! :p

now sitting in my newly arranged room which i've spent the whole of saturday (070707) doing it... its cleaner now but its still messy on some parts cos i've not finish sorting out all the stuff yet... got many of the old notes and letters and must think of which one to keep and which one to throw... if not the whole room will be overflowed again... :p

sunday in church saw one of my ex-spec who was brought there by one of my church friend... quite suprise to see him there esp that we've not seen each other since he ORD in feb... then next week i going to lead my cell for lesson formally for the every first time... so its kinda stress now to prepare the lesson and what i afraid is getting stuck halfway, but hope it wont happen la... for the past 1/2 year cos i was doing shift duty so quite diff to lead... now finally can attend church every week... :p

this morning went back to camp again to clear some of our things but in the end only take back a little thing cos next week got range so still need them... bought a bus concession from today so took bus to PLAB and it took 1h 45 mins... but its faster then expected and if take train is 1 1/2h... Poly 50 is on wed and i think we're still not prepared yet... just go there for fellowship ba... haha... :)

Buffet Dinner & Poly 50 training

had a buffet dinner with some of my NS friends on tue night at furama hotel... although its in a hotel, but the buffet itself is quite disappointing... there's not much variety and the only thing that's more worth it is the clayfish... the rest are quite normal stuff... but luckily OCBC card got 25& discount so each person only abt $27... if not need abt $35...

then after the dinner at first wanted to take cab to go back camp to sign some form but we waited for the cab for like 1h+ still can't find any cab... all the cab are either with ppl or on-call or busy and we refuse to book a cab cos i think they're waiting for us to book one and by booking one means that we've give in to them... so some of them take bus instead but it was quite late liao so i decide to go the next day if not have to take cab home which i dun want...

so yest morning went back to sign the thing and happens to be able to do the blood test and book FFI date so went to do it... at first they say need to wait for the letter to come then can do then suddenly dont need... dunno what they doing also la, keep changing things... after then went to e-mart to buy shoes and use up all my credits...

in the afternoon went to SP to train for Poly 50... i think in the state which we're currently at, i dun even if we can complete the race in 2h or not... dun need to think abt winning any prize liao la.... this year we only train like 2 or 3 times and only a few ppl attend the training... not like last time got almost 10 training and most ppl attend at least 5... then yest run 2 rounds already want to die already and on actual day will be even hotter and have to run more...

Happy 40th Anniversary, JCC & SAF

indeed its a weekend with so many events and commeration... not just the celebrating of the 40th anniversary of JCC & SAF, there's also the closure of the national stadium, the late night shopping... plus also the GST increase to 7% on sunday (1st july), at least 5 ppl i know have their birthday on that day too... plus among other things... luckily the bus fare don't increase on 1st july now, but i dunno if it'll happen in oct...

on sat 30 june, our church had a 40th anniversary dinner celebration at the Chevron ballroom... its a 8 course dinner but somehow cos there's 10 ppl on each table so we didnt get that much food as expected... and it cost $40... but it include the t-shirt and magazine so still ok la...
after the dinner the youths decided to play bowling upstairs... it was already almost 11pm liao but we still decided to play... now i think the price increase liao cos it cost like $3.80 per game... last time was like $2+ only... most of us played 2 games and my score was 99 and 111... still get make it given that the last time i played was like 1/2 year ago... played till about 1.10am then took a cab home...

the yest got service at 9am... so is like me and most of us only slept for only 4h+... cos by the time i finish bathing all these is 2+ then got to wake up at 7am... so was very tired during the service... after the service there was a buffet but can say that the buffet was disappointing... there's only 3 main dish and the dried mee siam was so dry and hard and the chicken wing was quite hard also... the mee siam was worse than the SFI one in camp... but the side dish like the chocolate was great!

at night went to IMM with my family for a dinner at long beach cos we havent went there for like 1 year + liao... and today is youth day so my bro dont need to go sch... the crab there was great but we also got order the fish soup so in the end the bill comes to $191 after adding svc charge & GST... so ex sia...

but overall it was a weekend full of events but now its time to recharge and start preparing for NTU, which is just a month away... :)

Last mount

it's the last mount loh.... the new batch of ppl finally finished their OJT and are now officially doing duty... so its time for us to step down!... but heard from oc that in aug we still need to go back on some days to help out as some ppl got to go for RSAF day training... although i'm already disrupt by then, but still have to go back in Dec...

watched transformer yesterday with my army friends at causeway point which was also the 1st day of it showing... its very action pack and there's fighting scene right from the start to the end... after the show actually planned to go to one of our friend's house for steamboat but it was quite late liao and we havent bought the things for the steamboat, so we decided to eat ichiban sushi instead... it still cost us abt $15 each... and GST going to increase in less than 2 days... so its going to be more costly then...

Pulse Summit 1

we had our jcc youth pulse summit today at jonathan's place which is at heritage view condo... its near dover rd there... it was suppose to start at 1pm but somehow everybody was late so in the end dragged till abt 1.45pm then start... its a summit where we'll discuss the outline of planning for the future of our church... its just a rough idea and it'll be look into more input during pulse talk...

cos we started late so we couldn't finish on time... but we only booked the function room till 5pm... so in the end have to move to an outdoor grass patch to carryon with the discussion...

after that we had dinner at a coffeeshop in the dover HDB blocks... i had mutton mutarbak and its yummy, other foods there are also not bad... after the dinner we decided to walk to the MRT cos we're all very full, but its a long walk which took abt 30mins... then the funny think is after we reach the mrt station some of them decided to take a cab cos got 4 ppl going to around the same area... sweat! cos its like can just take the cab before walking... haha... but we enjoy the fellowship le... :p