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As we grow older, we tend to keep more things to ourself. We don’t update our daily happenings in life as often as we used to when we are young. Less facebook updates, less blog post, less twitter and less check-ins. We sometime don’t want to let others know where we are because the social network has been a very powerful stalking to, to keep ourself updated with happenings in our friend’s life.
Times are bad, and its how you are able to make the bad out of the worst?
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its been a quick 9-10 months in plymouth and I am already back to Singapore for like 2 weeks or so. And i guess I need to sum up what I had been doing for the past months without updating, before i forget and I have nowhere to look back to.
have not been blogging for so long but I am not dead yet! Still alive and kicking well in Plymouth, and still as happy-go-lucky as ever.
and just in case you forgot how retarded/interesting I can be.
Anyway, its official! Spring is here! No more chilly winter and it can get pretty warm sometimes in the day! I can’t imagine how will it be like when I am back in SG, as I feel a little warm with the 15degree afternoon weather just now.
Was at London 2 weeks ago to meet-up with my best friend! And she, forever being so nice was really nice to bring some stuffs over for me, and to bring quite a load of things back to SG for me! How great to have such an awesome friend – Melanie! We watched “Wicked” at Apollo Theatre, had buffet, had italian food and we visited Chelsea FC at Fulham Broadway.
he stadium wasn’t as “WOW” as I thought it will be, and its so small compared to Old Trafford. The only I like about the whole tour is that they got really awesome changing room for their players. With “massage beds” and longue etc etc. Its like a mini-clubhouse. Heard that there is even swimming pool and gym in the restricted area. How cool is that! Talking about swimming! Been so long since I last went for a dip in a swimming pool. 
BUT! I am going Bristol this weekend and the hotel we are staying has a swimming pool and jacuzzi! So its time for a dip in the water, where I really belong! 
So looking forward to the trip with my fellow sin-ka-po-lang and my Chinese friends! They are really very fun people to hang out with.
But in the meantime, have to complete my coursework, and work on my dissertation which is currently progressing quite well as planned. As long as I can maintain it that way, everything is going to be fine.
In a blink of eye, I will be back in SG, back to my family and loved ones and back to the humid and warm country. Having Vit-M deficiency recently and I need to work on my F-health to last me through end-May. And I MIGHT be considering to visit Paris during Easter Break as my aunty and uncle will be there for Biz-trip and I think it will be a good opportunity to visit Paris and to meet up with them. Isn’t it?
Shall continue my battle with my school work and I really miss alot of you back in SG! (:
saw this MTV, produced by Kit Chan together with many other Singapore musicians for Total Defence Day! its somewhat like the “Heal the world – Haiti version” but this time, its a song which means a lot to me.
Especially when you are so far away from home, for so long, and the song make you feel loved once again and remind you that you are not forgotten. “Home” has always been a favourite song ever since it was performed by Kit Chan during National Day in Kallang Stadium. When I first listened to it, I was still young and I didnt really understand what the lyrics was about, but all I know that Kit Chan has a beautiful voice and her high pitch was really good. And as years goes by, as I keep singing, I slowly understand the meaning behind the song and when I heard Kit Chan sang it again during last year’s National Day, it was certainly heart-warming and it was the segment that received the most cheers and applause!
No matter how far away, how long you are away for, we have to know that back in our home, there is still many people loving you, waiting for you and blessing you to be safe and sound overseas. “The grass is always greener on the other side” but we must always remember at which part of the field we are from and where we are brought up. (Ok I don’t know if this make any sense though)
And somehow, CNY has make many of us miss home quite a little, and the closest to home is still the companion of each other! After handling J.C. coursework today, it is like another relief and a step closer to graduation. One more coursework! Dissertation and final exams in May! THATS IT!! 
it’s my first Chinese New Year not in Singapore, a pretty sad thing but surely a good experience that I never had before. There is no public holiday over here which also means the shops still open as usual and everything is stil the same. I skyped with my parents after midnight (SG time) and chatted for quite a while and I 拜年 with the small mandarin oranges I bought here. My mum teared and I guess she miss me too much already! and I also skype and 拜年 with xy’s mum and it was a thrilling moment when my heart beats damn fast.
In the early morning of 初一 in Singapore, my brother sent my parents off to the airport and went to find my Grandma, and I chatted and gave my blessings through the phone to her and it was really good to hear her voice again! My brother even send me her picture of what she wore and it was really cute!! How I wish I can give her a big hug!
CNY in Plymouth was the Singapore gang having a reunion dinner at Buffet City, follow by Karaoke session. The closest to family is the friends you have over here watching over each other. We wanted to have steamboat at another restaurant but it closed down already.
Gao Ning also invited us to her place the next day for steamboat and she specially cooked a pot of vege soup for me! Superbly nice and sweet. And there is also a 麻辣 part which tasted very awesome too til my tongue couldnt really feel a thing but it was heart-warming to eat steamboat in a cold weather during CNY.
and of course, every CNY, everybody will start gambling and indeed is 年年进步, this year was gambling at the casino in Pounds. They don’t have baccarat over here so I make do with Roulette, and the red chips are 5pounds, and black are 25pounds. Free drinks and free mahjong to play over there and its indeed a place to relax and we stayed there til closing for 2 nights and we know most of the dealers and manager over there already.
We lose some and we win back some, and I am really grateful to be born on 24th Dec, as the numbers has brought me luck twice, and I am sure it will bring me more luck!
Can’t wait for tues/wed to come when we celebrate 人日, and by the time, sok is also back and we will be heading to water dragon for buffet and Casino again. In the meantime, I will try to finish as much of my coursework so at least I won’t feel so guilty staying up late on tues/wed.
Day trip to Fowey on 22Jan with Craig, Veron, Sihui, Camillia. It was an hour plus away from Plymouth and the weather was pretty okay. So much better than when I was previously on a road trip, because the last time I was on the road, everywhere was white and we have to look out for icy road.
Camillia has a damn cool gadget when you pluck to your iPod, and you set a radio frequency channel and the car will tap on it by tuning to that channel. I think I seen it somewhere and now i see and hear it for myself!
Fowey is a very very small town, smaller than Plymouth. The typical settings by the river, and I guess this is that kind of place where maritime students like? Probably. We had lunch at Toll Bar and the Pasty and fries I had was not bad. Then we walk around and see the gallery they had.
Didnt actually spent a lot of time there but before we head back, we stopped by the road for some photos taking. Pretty awesome to take a short break out of Plymouth during the weekend to somewhere nearby (an hour away is counted as nearby here). Reminds me of the luxury to own a car here.
Later in the night, went to the student union for their first ever foam party. And it was my first party in the union too, and my first foam party as far as I can remember. The foam came out close to midnight and was pretty excited bout it initially. But it got a little squeezy in there and I almost died!! My vision was blocked by the foam and my airway wasn’t clear. Everytime I want to breathe, I get choked by the foam and I thought I was drowning and I push myself out of the crowd to the open where there is lesser foam. But it was certainly a fun experience!
Look at the fun we had. Gyorgy, De Long, Me. Don came a while and Alicia went missing in the crowd. The song selection wasn’t that fantastic, or maybe not totally my type. It only make me miss the days I party in SG and you-know-what =x
Its the 3rd week of school already and Chinese New Year is just next week! No excitement at all!! Other than gathering together during eve of CNY, because the presents that has been given to us spoil the CNY. Project Dissertation has to be started, and J.C. has yet to give us his coursework which needs to be handed up in mid-feb (which means only 2-3weeks to do it) and Logistics Mgmt has just given its coursework. And after all these are done, its exams then graduate!
Time flies so fast but certain things still remain unchanged though.
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It used to be gloomy weather everyday and you hardly see the sun, so it will never be the morning when you wake up and you just feel like lying on bed. Handed up my coursework on Tuesday and its another major relief, and apparently, ever since it was handed up, I realised that the sun is back on the sky and its so sunny everyday! SUPER LOVE it and I can finally wear my shades out again. I hope that it won’t start to rain after I compliment the sunny weather.
I feel that everytime a coursework is handed up, its a good excuse for celebration or pampering yourself to relax a few days which stretch to a week most of the times. Caught 2.5 movies on Tuesday: the tourist, rabbit without ears 2, departures (half) and all the movie was pretty good! The tourist was initially quite boring, with angelina jolie catwalking here and there, but it got really exciting when everything comes together in the end. Rabbit movie was rated R21 by GV (Sg) recently, and it was a 2009ish movie in Germany. Other than a nude boobs and long dick, the storyline was surprisingly good, about relationship etc. Departures has a good storyline too, but was super slow, thats why it was watched halfway.
Counting down to 2 more coursework, which has yet to be given out, project dissertation and final exams in may and that conclude my studies here! In the meantime, I’m going to catch my Grey’s S7, and Glee S2 before things get busy again. And hopefully I will get my notes sorted and tidy up, and start revising abit here and there (always say but not done).
CNY round the corner and yessss! Gonna pamper ourself with good buffet!! Have been saving up recently, eating at home but I spend quite a bomb on groceries, enough for me to go war! Have been cutting down on shopping (but i bought an adidas long tights for 16pounds, good deal k!) and waiting for Drake Circus student sales, to get TOMS shoes for myself and my brother!! and i bought myself a productive useful book about maritime economics, at least something spent on useful stuffs!
Anyway, I don’t mind Angbao to be mailed over to my address, I will “pai nian” through skype! HAHA
Who doesn’t want to have a high income, and be able to afford luxury house and car, and also to go travelling every now and then. To go shopping like there is no tomorrow, and to eat at high class restaurants which serve superb food! Able to earn so much money that your parents don’t have to work anymore and able to enjoy life with you.
And as much as many people wants to have that kind of life where money isn’t a problem, we are all aware that there are as much people suffering out there at the different corners of the world. Disasters strike more frequently than ever, and there is need of humanitarian aid and we don’t know when the next thing will hit the human beings again. Definitely not a job that can make you super rich in the pocket (not saying about corrupted charities, we never know?), but a job that can make you rich of LOVE. The love for people who are suffering, and you giving the helping hand.
Although I know many people who are rich and still helping out with charity in one way or another, or people who aspire to earn a lot of money and to help these situations in future, anyone thought of starting it now, as your career. Isn’t a easy decision as its a pretty mixed feelings for your loved one, whether to support you in this kind of things. As much as they want you to be safe, they also want you to be loving to the world too.
I attended my first visiting speaker lecture today, and it was about Humanitarian Aid Logistics, where they help those in need, be it in man-made or natural disaster. They seek for young potentials who has the drive to do these and as far as I realise, those people in the picture helping out are of age, very seldom you see young potential leading the team or something. A career that is high risk as you might just die at that very disaster when you save people.
The question is: to seek for a potential sustainable career, or to shower your love for the rest of your life? I believe that many of the human race are loving and wants to help, but on another hand, we still want to live that luxury life, or to try to have a taste of luxury life before. Who can actually says that they do not want it? Very seldom especially when you know you have the potential to earn big bucks.
How colourful was your 2010? And how colourful do you want your 2011 to be?
For 2010, 8 months was spent in National Service, 1 months of slacking and 3 months in UK. NS was like a blink of eye, no doubt there were tough times, but the last 2 months or so was pretty awesome, clearing leaves and off-days. 1 month of slacking was good! Really enjoyed myself with no worries, although there were some very dramatic impactful events that occur, it was a month of no worries, don’t have to report to camp or anything, like a total free man! 3 months in UK sounds pretty short but it seems like i was here for quite some time already. Getting used to it very quickly but the cold sucks some times.
I still regard 2010 as another good year (I don’t have any bad years). Finally finishing my duty as a Singaporean male citizen, and didn’t waste much time before pursuing a higher education and a better future. Still no luck and fate with love but I believe what will eventually be yours will be yours. There were highs and lows, but the timing is just not right, everytime. But one thing for sure, I grew up a lot, in terms of thinking. NS have moulded me and Plymouth has been giving me value-adding services which really keeps me thinking.
2011 will be the year I graduate (fingers-crossed), and I know some people out there will be cursing me for finishing my degree so fast. It will also be the time I start working, and this time round, its a life-time career that we are talking about. I was reading about horoscope and it says that June-July will be the busiest month, which is right after I finish my studies, and Sept-Oct will be where my efforts are recognised (graudation period) and I really hope it will be a smooth and exciting one after my studies. As for love, I was asked to be the change I want to see in my love life, which I don’t really get it. Expect a windfall of romantic interludes to make this a gorgeous summer to remember, and I am really looking forward for Summer now. I will feel the love from Nov and right before my 23rd Birthday, will be the most beautiful. I am really looking forward to it.
I used to think that Horoscope is quite crappy and didn’t pay much attention to it. Til recently I went to read about horoscope compatibility which I found many many true facts about it. And if only I have read about it earlier, things might be so so so different now. But I believe that it happens for a reason, that only til now that I am reading about it.
As always, I always hope for every good year, and everyone to be healthy and happy, which is the most important things in life. Cherish what you have and live with no regrets. I guess this meant a lot than other words.
