Nightmares...

Hehe... no... I have not been having nightmares... it's just Math as usual... why they have to make integration so hard is beyond me. It's bad enough that they twist all over the places with xs and squares and roots and differentials... to add trigonometry to the equation... ARRGGGHHH!!!

There... that felt better. I suppose I have to just grit my teeth and bear it. After all, it's only for another two weeks.

Very sleepy now. Last night slept at 1.30 and woke up at 6... about 4 and a half hours of sleep... that is if my math is correct . (smiles sleepily)

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Bzzzz

You know the saying that goes busy as a bee?

It sure felt like it the past few days... homework... assignments... problems to be sorted out... man... when it rains, it pours... but it's over now... not that bad anymore... can relax a bit... Yesterday was the worst though, big Math assingment due yesterday and I couldn't finish. By 2 p.m. yesterday, there was still a question that I didn't know how to solve and the deadline was 4 p.m. I did it though. Finished at 4 p.m. on the dot.

At night, went for a movie... Lady In The Lake... not very nice... the story's screwy... It did help me wind down a bit though... after that, went crawling around town with my classmate... quite fun. I also found a replacement for my friend's tripod... took a lot of searching but I found it... :-)

Today, my dad came back... and brought me back a WIFI router... can expect more posts nowadays I think, now that I don't have to lug my notebook all the way outside to manually plug in... hehe...

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When anxiety attacks…

I am really clumsy...

Saturday, taking photos for the "Love Our Valuable Environment Quiz" at INTI, I broke my friend's tripod... hehe... stepped on it actually... so now I have to go around and find another... not an easy task as the tripod is uncommon... oh well... price of clumsiness.

Yesterday, International Night... as usual.... my old extroverted self... there I was huddled in a corner riddled with anxiety... I suppose it didn't show but there it was... hehe. Then out of the blue, I opened a fortune packet... it read... a man who is full of himself will always be... I can't remember anymore... the big question is... how did it know I was standing in the corner by myself the whole time...
Freaky!!

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Doldrums

Sigh... very moody nowadays... don't know why... guess it's the lack of sleep I've been having these past few days... sleep's been catch as catch can... 5 hours here 6 hours there... last night was tossing and turning... couldn't sleep for some reason. Of course, haven't lost my optimism. The sun will shine again... maybe tomorrow... hopefully.

I've started to try my hand at cooking. Considering that I'll be in Australia next year, I'd have to know how to really cook by then. So I'm thinking of making my own lunch every day. We'll see how that turns out. Today's scrambled eggs were well recieved. My classmates had a sample. They didn't hate it... Woohoo!!

Math test tomorrow... last of the tests... before the final exams.
Why is it tests and exams in college have to be so close to one another. Barely time to catch your breath and another one is upon you again. Oh well... such is life in college. Must learn to get used to it. Surprisingly, I'm holding my own... my marks are not half bad when compared to what I usually got for Form Six. Maybe it's the fact that these people are paid large sums of money by people like us to teach so they're less inclined to cut our marks. Whatever it is... I'm thankful.

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Pirate Fever

Man... did everybody catch scurvy or something... Pirates Of The Carribean just opened on Thursday and already everyone seems to have watched it. I wanted to watch it with friends on Saturday but no tix. Sunday... thought I'd catch it that afternoon... got there to shocking queues and full cinemas... . Guess I'll just have to wait until the hubub dies down before another attempt to watch the heroic adventures of Jack Sparrow....

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The Calm Before The Storm

Just finished the Biotech test today... that takes a load off my shoulders. The sun was shining... the wind was blowing etc. etc. Hehe... just time for a brief respite before plunging in for the finals. The finals will be tough... or so I hear. At least I can do well for the tests and assignments. Got 46 out of 50% final marks for Bio. 25 out of 30% for Biotech. That's not too bad, considering the state of my results in Form Six... hehe...

What A Relief...

At least half my week is over and I'm so thankful that I got out of it alive. Hehe
The computing paper nearly killed me, 'twas that tough. Now all that's left is the agony of waiting for the result...

The rest of the week seems okay by comparison. Biotech test on Friday... but not that much to study so I think I'll be alright. Today we had a practise session for tomorrow's talk. It was quite fun... we were all laughing like anything.

I had some cheering news though in the time since I wrote last. For Bio test 2, I got 29/30. That was a pleasant surprise. Chem test 2 was 44/50. Not too bad... compared with my earlier standard...hehe

That's it for now... nothing too interesting yet... will brief on further developments...

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Ups And Downs

Guess I just needed a reminder that life has it's ups and downs.

Saturday was really fun. I got to run around and learn a lot of things... Also I got a lot of photos... 1Gb worth actually... hehe. That was a real up!! Even though I came back tired, it was worth it. It wasn't perfect but still... approaching....

Negatively speaking... my dad refused to get me that dSLR... to quote " Maybe next year, after your finals"... Bummer.... hehe
Still... not that bad I guess... don't really need it to live and breathe.... Was quite depressed for most of the afternoon though. Cheered up later in the evening.

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Bon Voyage

Today we say goodbye to one of our friends from school. His loss diminishes us all greatly. Life will go on but it will seem slightly different without his presence. No... he's not dead!! Just... gone... far far away to the strange land known as Kuala Lumpur. Off on his own intrepid adventure.

Goodbye Ivan Lee and Good Luck.

It makes me wonder. What will happen when I go off into the great unknown. A bit scary....

It'll be a subject for next time. Too sleepy now.

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Ignorance Is Bliss

In college today, after listening to ev'ryone, I just realised I have even more to do than I thought. Luckily at the end of July we get a break. Class cancellations and such. A week that's quite relaxed then... altho I don't know if I can with finals just around the corner... second week of August... that's only four weeks away... Arrrggghhh!!! {screams head off} Hehe...

For news closer to the present, it's lucky that I can get a ride to SXI today. Otherwise, I need to trek down the hill and take a bus to Komtar and then walk to SXI... whew... shudder at the thought. Thanks Pat!!

Apparently it's white collared tee day at INTI, I saw at least 6 people wearing white collared tees in college today, yours truly included. Freaky coincidence isn't it... Happens quite often actually... people wearing the same colours that you or your friend are wearing. Maybe I'll start a colour diary... or not. Maybe it's mass hypnotism or everyone shares the same wavelength. Whatever it is... it exists. Yeah, I know, paranoia setting in. I'll let it be...

That's all folks.

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Pressure

Man... these college people really know how to keep up the pressure... Assignment pressure last week and test pressure this week and now... on top of that... more tests next week. Well, at least the easier tests are over... now I'll really have to slog. Have to get ready for Computing and Biotech tests next week. There goes any hope I had to relax a little. Added to that... I now have extra 'projects' to take care of. I've to create an update for the SOSAM website and be the photographer for next week's Intel talk.... Not looking forward to next week that's for sure. At least there's the field trip on Saturday. That shows some promise.

On the bright side, I think I've almost convinced my dad to get me a dSLR. The E500 looks really cool despite being last year's model. For now I can but dream... and keep up the pressure. See... I don't only get pressure... I can give it too. Hehe.

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Busy Busy Busy

Whew, loooonnngggg day yesterday... too tired to even go online...

Five hours of class non-stop, lunch and then some drama then class again... When I got home I was almost ready to drop. Wasn't a very good day... still some things got done.

I'm in the process of convincing my dad to get me a dSLR... so have to go survey prices... maybe today or tomorrow. We'll see how that turns out.

I'm going to go... T-2 hours and 30 minutes to Molecular and Cell Biology 1 (MCB121) Test 2. Wish me luck!!

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Early Bird

I suppose I have to get into the habit of airing my thoughts otherwise this blog will go stagnant again. It's about 5.30 in the morning and not that I want to be posting at this hour, but my grandma woke me up... barging into my room. 'Thanks Grandma!'
I've got a Chemistry quiz today... a prelude to the test that'll be on later this week. As usual... too lazy to study much so here I am... writing random thoughts out on the internet.
Nothing much to say anymore so I'm just going to leave it at this for now. Maybe when I've woken up in the afternoon I'll have something more... Gotta get this blog in shape right... Don't like the way it's looking now... so sparse and empty.
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Hiatus

Hey... it's been a while hasn't it... didn't have time to update while working. Hopefully, now that I'm back in school, I'll have more time. I actually forgot about blogging... until that is, a rash of people started... yeah... I know... way to follow the crowd.

But anyhow, to bring you up to speed, I was working at Body Glove BJ since I last posted. Actually hated the job. Very tiring and the coworkers... gosh... any small mistake and they jump on you and hurry along to complain to the sup. 'Very mature' no?

Anyhow, all that's behind me now. I joined INTI... doing biotech. Not bad actually... but biotech and computing suck. Oh yeah... forgot Math. At least Bio and Chem are okay... but seeing as we've covered most of the topics before.... lucky we didn't get all new subjects... that would've been horror.

Made all new friends... and some old ones that I didn't really get to know (not in my class of course). Perhaps it's human nature but after only a month, there were two factions in the class and none of them wanted to talk to each other. Moi was not involved (they said my radar lacked a high enough frequency to detect the salvos of war). So there I was, stuck in the middle while my class (I'm the class rep btw) disintegrated around me. Luckily things have taken a turn for the better and the warring factions have slowly begun to calm down. Still have no idea what the whole fuss was about though (they wouldn't tell me). Still, glad this is over, but now, the next period of difficulty. Schoolwork.
Last week's been hectic. Three assignments due on Friday and two lab reports interspaced in between. Considering that all of them have to be typed and formatted and 'prettified', that's a lot of work. As always, I persevere. Not really looking forward to next week. Exams, exams, exams. Bio and Chem with a Chem quiz (mini test) before. Sheesh. These people are trying to work us to the bone.

On the bright side. I have a field trip coming up. Next weekend in fact ( so... not all is bad). Looking forward to it. I think one faction will abscond though. I don't know what to do with them. Can't mediate because I don't know anything. Oh well... maybe they'll settle it by themselves and forget about it.

Oh yeah. One thing I forgot to mention. I kinda grew up. From not having a decent social life to partying on the weekends. Friends are now into clubbing and so I got dragged out... kinda fun but not really my thing. After the third time out, I got really bored (maybe the booze wasn't strong enough, hehe). Don't know if I'll go again, although if I go it'll probably be very low key. Once in a blue moon... that sorta thing.

Another plus side of going to college, I got my own PC!! Woohoo!. I wheedled my dad into buying me a new laptop. Next target: a camera. Yeah, I know... aiming too high... but still... one has gotta have dreams. Maybe with a laptop, I'll blog more often considering that the college has free wireless.

I guess that's it... The history of Yong Ming, over the past few months, all condensed into a few paragraphs. Left some things out though. Maybe next time I'll add another tale to the chronicle.
Signing Off.