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Change of Blog

2008-05-13T17:44:00.002+08:00

My new blog is at http://www.sehenmeinleben.blogspot.com Those of you still interested to see what's going in my life and in my mind, go there please. =P

Happy Birthday Dad!

2008-04-21T23:34:00.003+08:00

Oops. This entry is a bit late. But anyway, happy birthday dad!!!! Soon you'll be entering 耳顺之年 so health is of upmost importance. Sadly I'm not earning enough $$$ yet, but I hope you'll start to relax more and not work so hard.**** **** **** ****Anyway, toying with the idea of ending my blog again. I don't have the mood (or time) to maintain it...So goodbye for now.

An Intriguing German - Singapore Link

2008-04-11T12:38:00.005+08:00

Wahaha, it's been 1 month since i've blogged.Anyway, I was busy looking up people's feedback on Changi Airport online when I somehow sidetracked and came across something rather intriguing: That there is a Taoist shrine on Pulau Ubin here in Singapore, and it is dedicated to, surprise surprise, a German girl. Singaporeans praying to a German girl! Very interesting indeed. 拿督姑娘 (Dato' Lady)Schrein

The day that changed Malaysian politics forever

2008-03-11T02:12:00.011+08:00

Ok this post consists of random thoughts and random events that occured around the election time. Which means, a long post with no pictures.As a Malaysian citizen, I felt obliged to fulfil my duty of voting so I took a bus back on 08.03.2008 (三八妇女节, international women's day). I was a little excited as this was the first time I could vote. My polling station was located at the Sekolah Agama. My

Ok, my blog is not dead yet

2008-03-04T23:33:00.003+08:00

Ok, it has been a long time since ">1/2 way through the exams", but my blog is not dead yet, coz I still have stuff to say and memories to keep!First up, let's skip all the part in between the last post and this post. Really no time to blog those leh. Just ask me loh if you meet me.Today after work I rushed over to Goethe Institut near Somerset MRT station to take a placement test. I've taken all

> 1/2 way through the exams

2008-02-10T09:39:00.001+08:00

3 more exams to go...in 1 day's time : Flugantriebe 1 und Gasturbinenin 4 day's time : Flugführungin 8 day's time : Wärme- und StoffübertragungI'm most worried of course of Wärme- und Stoffübertragung (Heat and Mass Transfer) because it'll be the actual written German exam, and since I failed the oral exam it shows that I'm not very good at it. But I'll try my best.So for the other exams that

Football match at Allianz Arena

2008-02-10T09:12:00.000+08:00

Am 12.01.2008 habe ich mit meinen Freunden Allianz Arena in Fröttmanning besucht, um ein Fußballspiel zwischen FC Bayern München und Team China zu schauen. Die Ticket war nicht so teuer, nur €6,-.The pilgrimage from Fröttmanning U-bahn station to Allianz ArenaPart of the 53,000 spectators (+ one of the many Chinese flags there)Seungwon and her Korean friendOlli Kahn!!!Die Fans von FCB haben

农历新年快乐，万事如意！

2008-02-07T07:34:00.000+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year to all!!!! This year is supposed to be special for me, since I was born in the year of the Rat (this year is the year of the Earth Rat, if I'm not mistaken). Due to my exchange programme I'm still here in Germany.Still, I had a simple Chinese (buffet) dinner at a Chinese restaurant at Hohenzollernplatz with Bernard, Seungwon and her friend. We then had cocktails at a bar

Exam hiatus

2008-01-24T03:51:00.000+08:00

Aufgrund der anstehende Prüfungen muss ich fleißig lernen, und deshalb habe ich keine Zeit, dieses Blog zu aktualisieren.=>"Because of the upcoming exams must I diligently study, and therefore have I no time, this blog to update." Pardon the lousy german =PAnyway, after most of my exams are over, d.h. (das heißt, that means) after the killer week next week, I would like to start blogging about

Europe Winter Trip (Part 6 - Rome and the Vatican) (end)

2008-01-14T02:18:00.000+08:00

Day 12Coat of Arms of Vatican City I supposeThe Vatican Museum was first on our list, coz it was the last Sunday of the month, so the entrance was free! Guess we arrived quite late (around 9.30am)... there was already a long long queue. Took us freakin' 2 hours 15 minutes to get in.Then it was a few hours inside... there were many interesting stuff/sculptures etc. to see but we didn't have a lot

Europe Winter Trip (Part 5 - Naples, Pompeii)

2008-01-14T01:24:00.000+08:00

Day 11We took one of the earliest buses from our "camping" ground to Roma Termini, bought some McDonald's breakfast and took the train to Napoli (or Naples in English, Neapel in German). After reaching Naples we had to take a local Circumvesuviana train to Pompeii.The entrance to Pompeii is very near the train staion Pompeii Scavi (Scavi means excavation site). There we no audio guides left...

Europe Winter Trip (Part 4 - Milan, Florence, Pisa)

2008-01-13T22:13:00.000+08:00

Day 9So early in the morning we took the RER (B line) train to Charles de Gaulle airport and from there we took Easyjet to Milan. On our way there we could see the Alps... really nice. Sadly can see that the snow/ice is kinda like retreating.Anyway, from Milan Malpensa airport we had to take a bus to the central station. I didn't plan much for Milan coz people say there's nothing much to do (

2008年首次用华文blog

2008-01-12T09:39:00.000+08:00

心血来潮，想练一练华文。。。最近发现原来我中学的一些朋友有看我的blog, 今天发现原来我没有weblink他们。所以一下子就在sidebar加了5个link。不知道原来阿Koh也有blog。去了新加坡后没好好跟他们联系，只是偶尔在农历新年时见个面，有时一整年都没见面。但没办法，新加坡放假的时候他们通常都回各自的大学了。哎。。。你们也不来新加坡找我玩玩。。。 =P在德国竟然已经呆了4个多月，再过6个星期左右就要飞回新加坡了。一方面舍不得，但另一方面又蛮想回马来西亚/新加坡的。欧洲人饮食习惯我还ok（德国人似乎每一餐都要喝啤酒,不然会觉得有点儿怪。又加上德国啤酒节。。。酒量不增才怪！），但始终还是比较喜欢亚洲的食物啦。其实我来德国面对最大的问题是：干嘛这里没KTV Karaoke啊！！！！**** **** **** ****昨天（11-01-08）要出去的时候有人敲了我的门，

Europe Winter Trip (Part 3 - Paris)

2008-01-08T07:29:00.001+08:00

Day 6Took another early Eurolines bus to Paris. Reached there around 8am. Checked in to the hotel (not hostel, but still, cheaper than most hotels) at Porte de Vincennes first. Did some basic shopping at a nearby supermarket.Ratatouille!We then rushed to the Place Saint-Michel for the New Paris Free tour (they even have it on Christmas day!). Unfortunately the lady there said that the tour guide

Europe Winter Trip (Part 2 - Brussels)

2008-01-03T09:29:00.001+08:00

Day 4So, early in the morning (the effects of the magic mushrooms had long faded) we took a metro to Amsterdam's Amstel station to board our Eurolines bus to Brussels. We were early so we left our luggage at the hostel ("Sleep Well") first then went out to walk around. We got a nice map (Brussels for young travellers) from the hostel. Lots of chocolate confectionery shops around. We first went to

Europe Winter Trip (Part 1 - Amsterdam)

2008-01-03T07:34:00.001+08:00

Day 1So it was about time to leave for the half-a-Europe trip but I still hadn't got everything packed properly yet. By the time I had I missed the last train (1:06am) to Hauptbahnhof (Main station). Sorry Enrique! We ended up walking all the way from Studentenstadt to Hauptbahnhof, which I didn't find too horrible coz it was interesting to see how everything was "connected". But still, sorry

Meeting up with René

2008-01-03T07:30:00.001+08:00

First of all, Ich wünsche allem ein frohes neues Jahr! 2008! New year, new start and new beginnings!My "Europe Winter Tour" photos have been uploaded, you can check them out at the side column. Will definitely blog about my Europe tour but first, my trip to Baden-Württemberg to meet up with René.**** **** **** ****This trip was a rather relaxed one coz I didn't have to plan much beforehand. I

Malaysian Minister Sex Scandal

2008-01-03T07:08:00.000+08:00

Ok I was going to blog about something else but something sensational happened back in Malaysia so I'll be blogging about it first...US had the Clinton scandal, and Malaysia now has the Datuk Seri Dr. Chua Soi Lek. A sex tape has been circulating recently, which was shot in a hotel room. Dr. Chua, health minister of Malaysia, has admitted to being the man in the sex video, and has promptly

Leave of Absence

2007-12-14T01:08:00.001+08:00

Going to Tübingen and Stuttgart the next few days. Will be back on Sunday. Ciao~

A Talk by Patrick Awuah

2007-12-12T20:55:00.000+08:00

Eng Han sent me the link to the following video. It's rather inspiring. The speaker is Patrick Awuah, a Ghanaian who studied in Swarthmore College and worked in Microsoft in the US. He went back to his native country of Ghana to set up Ashesi University College, a liberal arts college, and is the current president of the college.Ghana achieved independence in 1957, the same

Antoni Gaudí & his works

2007-12-11T06:56:00.001+08:00

What can I say? In my opinion, his architecture designs are one of the most unique and imaginative I've seen. I can't claim to know a lot about architecture; I'll leave that to architecture students and arts people. But I have always been interested in architecture/buildings that are different from the usual squarish boring blocks and skyscrapers, such as Frank Gehry's works (of which I have

Barcelona Trip (Part 2)

2007-12-06T06:42:00.000+08:00

Ok, let's go on with it!Day 3We woke up rather early again. The 2 empty beds in our 8 bedded room was now occupied (Someone overheard them say:"let's check if any of our stuff is stolen"). Anyway, as Eng Han wanted to show us around Park Güell (he knows the place well), we went to La Sagrada Familia in the morning.I've finally seen this in front of my eyes! Haha. But it's a bit different from

Barcelona Trip (Part 1)

2007-12-04T04:24:00.000+08:00

Before I start, let me just say that I really like Barcelona~! It's a rather lively city, and above all, has amazing, fantastic architecture. Like no other city I've seen in the world. It's a city Gaudi, Picasso and many other amazing "artists" left their mark. Whilst I learnt more about Jews in Berlin and experienced Eastern Europe in Prague, Barcelona was an architectural feast. So much so that

CSP 9

2007-12-03T04:32:00.000+08:00

Application for the 9th China Synergy Programme for Outstanding Youth has commenced! For more information, check out the official website CSP9. Excerpt from the main page:"In order to extend our vision of “Learn More About China and Chinese Culture”, the 9th China Synergy Programme for Outstanding Youth (CSP9) is now available for application. Simply refer to the Application section for

KZ Gedenkstätte Dachau

2007-11-25T14:12:00.000+08:00

"Arbeit macht frei" (lit. "Work makes free" => work sets you free). This was a motto commonly used at most concentration camps and was one of the first things prisoners see when they walk in. KZ (Konzentrationslager), or concentration camps, have now become one of the representations of life and rule under Nazi Germany. In particular, the one at Dachau was to become the model for the construction

Prague Trip (Part 2)

2007-11-25T12:42:00.000+08:00

Day 3On the 3rd day we woke up early. Left a note for the Europeans in case they decided to leave before we came back (they didn't. Lol). We wanted to see Karlův most early in the morning (as suggested by Lonely Planet).almost empty streetsPassed by the Old Town Square first. Almost no one there! It was really a nice open large space and it felt like a really refreshing morning. Pražský orloj (

Prague Trip (Part 1)

2007-11-20T10:21:00.000+08:00

Imagestation (where I used to upload my photos) is closing down in Feb 2008, so I have stopped using it. At my Photos! section at the sidebar of my blog I've uploaded photos from my HK/China trip, Sommeruni Course, Berlin trip and Prague trip. No captions, sorry. It'll take up too much time. Alternatively if you are friends with me on Facebook you can just see the photos from there.**** **** ****

post - bersih rally

2007-11-12T07:20:00.001+08:00

So November 11th came and gone. The bersih rally met with a lot of opposition by police and FRU (anti-riot police). So what changes for the better will we see?I'm afraid not much, at least not in the near future. There was an obvious local media blackout, most likely orchestrated by the government of course. I think it has become all to common for them and their spin doctors anyway. While there

汉服　Hanfu

2007-11-10T19:05:00.000+08:00

汉服 (Han Fu), which means "clothing of the Han", refers to the Han Chinese type of traditional clothing. It is nowadays however not popular. People usually tend to link Chinese tradtional clothing with Qipao (旗袍) or Tangzhuang(唐装), however they are actually Manchurian clothing. The Qing dynasty (清朝　1644 - 1911), the last dynasty of China, was ruled by Manchurian emperors with the surname Aisin

bersih rally

2007-11-10T15:43:00.000+08:00

Today marks a potentially important day for Malaysia. Some 70 NGO groups and opposition parties have formed BERSIH (Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections) and are organising a peaceful demonstration, demanding for a reform in the electoral system for fairer elections. The "protesters" will gather at Dataran Merdeka (Freedom/Independence Square) at 3pm and will then proceed towards Istana Negara

Berlin Trip (Part 3)

2007-11-08T08:38:00.000+08:00

Day 3We woke up late, and in addition, we were watching TV and they were talking about Bahnstreik (train strikes) being organised all over Germany. We were worried that there were no trains to the city, but worst still, that we couldn't go back to Munich. But it was all OK *phew* However, we spent most of the morning sleeping.We checked out and carried our bags with us the whole day. First we

Berlin Trip (Part 2)

2007-11-08T08:07:00.000+08:00

Day 2We began the day by getting off the Tiergarten S-bahn station, coz I decided it would be nice to walk around in the large city park of Tiergarten, which translates to "Animal Garden". But nowadays people can perhaps only find animals in the nearby Zoologischer Garten. Anyway, apparently the walk along Straße des 17. Juni (17th June Street) towards Unter den Linden was rather long. Sorry

Berlin Trip (Part 1)

2007-11-01T08:37:00.000+08:00

Ok, the Berlin trip as promised! Haha. I will not be explaining too much of the places, you can go there and experience it yourself! Or wiki it...In the beginning... we didn't plan properly and we were unsure of prices and stuff... But anyway, we decided in the end to get a package from this agency and it included to-and-fro tickets, 2 nights stay at a 4-star hotel + breakfasts. If we had planned

Huun Huur Tu

2007-10-20T04:19:00.000+08:00

So one day I was searching YouTube for stuff concerning the Rainforest World Music Festival that is held every year in Kuching, Malaysia. Came across this band Huun Huur Tu from Tuva, which they claim is a country but is technically a part of Russia. Anyway, they have managed to maintain their culture through the ages and it's amazing. They are "throat singers", which is unique enough. What's

HK - China Trip (Part 7) (End)

2007-10-16T07:03:00.001+08:00

Day 16So today started off with the final discussion session where we talked about what we felt about the whole trip in general. Most of us talked about the friends we made along the trip more than the trip itself. I was asked to say something coz I merely translated for the past few times.After lunch we headed off to 上海交通大学 (Shanghai Jiaotong University) for the official closing ceremony. There

Imogen Heap

2007-10-16T07:02:00.001+08:00

Imogen Heap (how do you even pronounce this?) is a singer-songwriter from UK, and she was part of a group called Frou Frou. The first time I heard a Frou Frou song was on the 2nd season of So You Think You Can Dance and it was called "Let Go". I really liked the song but of course like any other song I just leave it at that.Then in the same season of So You Think You Can Dance, the choreographer

HK - China Trip (Part 6)

2007-10-15T10:48:00.000+08:00

On the train... nothing much to do. People were kinda climbing around like monkeys at times; kinda hard for me to explain. But anyway, the beds were OK and it wasn't too cold. And since I didn't get enough sleep the past few days, I slept very well in the train. When I woke up...Day 13...I heard music! Gosh, they actually play music on the train. I remember hearing a weird song (like the original

Hari Raya Aidilfitri

2007-10-15T10:47:00.000+08:00

Ketupat!!!![Blog entry ni mungkin ade banyak kesalahan. Maaf ya. Dah lama tak guna Bahasa Melayu Malaysia. Rasanya aku patut baca suratkhabar online Melayu tiap2 hari. Tapi tak cukup masa lah! ]Aku rasa sekarang dah terlewat, tapi aku ingin jugak mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri kepada sahabat2 Muslim aku di mana jua kamu berada! Maaf Zahir dan Batin.Oleh sebab sekarang kat luar negara,

HK - China Trip (Part 5)

2007-10-15T10:45:00.000+08:00

Beijing (con't)...Day 9This morning's seminar was a general report on the Beijing Olympic Games preparation. I think many were relieved to find that the speaker, who is the deputy director of international relations in the committee, could speak English well. During Q&A the pollution question came up. Seriously, I think Beijing's polluted air is really too much. It's like the haze season in

Oktoberfest

2007-10-15T10:44:00.000+08:00

I was thinking I could research online and write a whole long essay about Oktoberfest but all of you out there can just google it (or wikipedia it), so to find out more about the origins etc., find it yourself ok? =PStatue of Bavaria, overlooking the venue for the annual Oktoberfest, Theresienwiese.Anyway, some basic info about Oktoberfest:1. Celebrated across 2 weeks, 3 weekends ==> 16 days2.

Mind Your Language

2007-10-09T19:03:00.000+08:00

Just recalled a nice British comedy series I liked to watch when I was in primary school recently. It was called "Mind Your Language", and the show revolves around an English teacher, his students from China, Japan, Pakistan, India, Italy, France, Germany etc. and his female boss. I really liked it in the past and now I appreciate the jokes better. It plays around racial and national stereotypes

HK - China Trip (Part 4)

2007-09-21T03:08:00.000+08:00

Next! More about 西安. Day 6 The day's itinerary started off with a seminar on the Terracotta Warriors and Chariots. We learnt about their features and some history of its construction. After that we had a short tour around the campus of 西安交通大学 (Xi'an Jiaotong University), where the seminar was held.Outside the university's libraryWe visited the actual place where the Terracotta Warriors were

Deutschland, endlich! Germany, finally!

2007-09-16T07:14:00.000+08:00

Hallo aus Deutschland!Ok, so today I've finally decided to start writing about my time so far in Germany. There are really so many things that I wanna write about. But for now I'll just be writing what has been going on. I'll delve into certain topics later.This is not my first time in Germany though; in Dec 2003 I arrived in Frankfurt am Main with the TJ choir. We went on to Austria and we

HK - China Trip (Part 3)

2007-09-16T05:28:00.000+08:00

And... I have finally moved on to the next part in my HK-China trip! Haha... Note: I didn't manage to record some parts of the trip in my comp, coz I was too tired after the day. So I'm depending mostly on my memory, photos and the CSP schedule book for some parts. **** **** **** ****Day 4 The ferry terminal in NanSha, GuangzhouOk, we woke up early in the morning, proceeded to a jetty and boarded

Qatar Airways flight

2007-09-09T04:44:00.000+08:00

The last time I had a long distance flight was a Thai Airways flight from Singapore to Frankfurt with a transit at Bangkok in Dec 2003. I didn't quite enjoy it because it was a night flight, the seats felt cramped, the atmosphere felt bad and I could attain at best a half-sleep-half-awake mode during the flight. Also I was separated from the other choir members that I was travelling with.This

The month before leaving Singapore and other stuff

2007-09-09T03:05:00.000+08:00

In the month before coming to Germany me and Bernard were really stressed out over a lot of matters... our exchange programme was not 100% confirmed and there were many times when we felt that it couldn't work out etc. But now here we are in Germany! Haha. There are still things to sort out but that can wait for now.So anyway, I took a lot of random photos in the month before leaving Singapore so

Midway!

2007-09-03T15:34:00.000+08:00

Yo yo yo! Blogging from the Doha airport at Qatar here! Time now is about 10.30am. It's hot hot hot (37 degrees Celsius), and there seems to be nothing but sand everywhere! Unfortunately only transiting here, so I won't be able to see Qatar. Nevertheless, first time on Mid East soil! Hehe...Might not be updating soon as I've gotta study for my placement test tomorrow. Bis bald!

SYTYCD season 3 ends!

2007-08-19T02:38:00.000+08:00

I've got a little more things to settle concerning my exchange programme to Germany... so... no major blogging yet.SYTYCD is short for So You Think You Can Dance, one of my favorite reality TV shows. It's more dynamic in a way compared to American Idol because it has movement, and the associated skills and emotions. And the way the dancers are able to move... amazing. The show has definitely

Hiatus

2007-08-13T21:53:00.000+08:00

Hey guys, I've been rather busy sorting out stuff pertaining to my exchange to TU Munich recently + I haven't got the mood to blog about my HK/China trip. Why no mood? Well, somehow I've become more aware and concerned of my country's politics recently and I am disappointed by the actions (or inactions) of the current government. A government in a democratic government that is supposed to be "of

HK - China Trip (Part 2)

2007-07-26T00:10:00.000+08:00

Oh, I forgot to mention that I've gotten myself a new phone in Malaysia before I went for CSP8. It's a brown K800i. Was kinda turned off when the salesperson told me she only had brown left but I realised it actually looks sleek so I bought it (or rather, my mom bought it). And this is the camera phone that I've taken all my CSP8 photos with. Now, on with the HK - China trip...**** **** **** ****

2007-07-26T00:05:00.000+08:00

Dunno why I feel like blogging so often nowadays. Anyway, went to the Germany embassy on Tuesday morning to settle my Germany Student Visa. Thank goodness everything went smoothly and I could complete the application in one go. There were many documents they required... passport, specific type of photos, a letter from the bank certifying that my parents can support me, letter from NTU, letter

2007-07-24T01:34:00.000+08:00

Bought a "green" bag the other day at NTUC... hope I'll remember to bring it along when I do shopping next time, especially when I stock up on my supplies when I go to the supermarket. Too bad if I'm shopping on impulse =P**** ****Ate at IKEA after the 10km run last Sunday. I like their Swedish meatballs... they have interesting 3-tier tray trolleys too:**** ****I became rather sick of Chinese

HK - China Trip (Part 1)

2007-07-23T01:02:00.000+08:00

As you all who read my blog know, I managed to be a participant for the 8th China Synergy Programme for Outstanding Youth (CSP8), which I think is a platform for overseas Chinese to learn more about their roots and about China today (although, there are also participants from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan).This will be my first blog entry from a series of blog entries. The original version of my "

Mizuno Wave 10km Run

2007-07-23T00:53:00.000+08:00

Thanks Sam for fetching me to the event venue and back!Anyway, we were late and it was rather hard to gain momentum during the run coz there were many bottlenecks and there were simply too many people! As it rained earlier in the morning, the whole route was wet and the track around Bedok Reservoir was especially muddy. There goes my white socks... haha...At many points during the first 5km it

Back

2007-07-18T14:14:00.000+08:00

Took a cab back from Changi this morning at 12+am.Everything seems so surreal all of a sudden. It is as if my whole trip to China was merely a dream... I feel like I'm kicked back into reality.Yet it really did happen, the 8th China Synergy Programme. The theme song is still stuck in my head.Akan datang... my HK-China trip blog series...

Thoughts

2007-06-27T02:49:00.000+08:00

It's one of those nights again. Having lots of random thoughts in my mind. Always comes along when I'm in a stressful/depressed mood. I've just added some classmates' blogs in my links. Read in Wenliang's blog about Inferiority Complex and also read Lin Sui's blog and these actually made me want to write this post.I've came to realised that many aerospace students have lost family members and

Claire's Birthday

2007-06-27T02:38:00.000+08:00

Went out with Janan, Sam and KV soon after I came back from Malaysia on Monday. We all had stuff to settle outside. After that we went to Tampines jalan-jalan until 7+pm. Then we headed to Aloha Loyang to celebrate Claire's 21st birthday. I'm not very close to Claire but decided to go anyway since like 1/3 of the class (or more) was there.All in all, we had fun, lots to chat and gossip about, and

回家

2007-06-24T17:12:00.000+08:00

回家的途中没发生什么大事件。回家的巴士上（KKKL）坐在一位穿马来服装（应该是Baju Kebaya吧）的华裔少女旁边。她看起来还蛮面善的，聊了几句后发现原来她是我中学（SMKDOJ, 俗称 pesta）的学姐。可惜啦，没问她她的名字。她不认得我但认识我很多的中学朋友，因为他们当时都是活跃的华文学会会员。她现在在新山的一间师训念书，专修在国小教导华文。国小开办华文班是政府鼓励华裔父母把孩子们送进国小的一项新策略。Batu Pahat hasn't changed too much compared to the last time I came back (Chinese New Year). I managed to see the plot of cleared land opposite Sri Gading more clearly this time; it's a

In preparation for the 10-km run

2007-06-22T00:24:00.000+08:00

Wednesday night, me, Kok Vui, Paul, Janan and Samuel met up around 9pm. After some stretching etc. we decided to run (ok, as Sam puts it, jog) the circumference of NTU (5.2 - 5.4km). In the end we ran about 6km in total in about 1 hour. The last time I ran this much was probably Stanchart's 10km run, and I didn't even jogged the full length--see this entry). This time however, it was a leisurely

Father's Day

2007-06-17T18:18:00.000+08:00

Happy Father's Day Dad!Sorry I won't be able to celebrate it with you today, but I'll be back home next weekend =)For this Father's Day, I hope that you will take life more easily now and don't stress on work so much. The trip to OZ was a good step... hehe... Hope you'll have more trips and other leisure activities.

National Chinese Debate Competition (Malaysia) and 华仁中学

2007-06-16T12:57:00.000+08:00

Ok I suppose I should blog this in Chinese, but lazy lah =P Anyway, this is actually some old news. Wai Kit told me that Batu Pahat's 华仁中学 won the National Chinese Debate Competition. Well well well... it was not my school, but nevertheless, I believe the capabilities of fellow BP friends/juniors. The surprising thing was that Wai Kit said his Alma Mater, 公教中学 (which has churned out national and

So You Think You Can Dance (season 3)

2007-06-15T00:05:00.000+08:00

I've been a fan of SYTYCD since season 1. I've been so looking forward to season 3 that I wrote down when they will start showing it in US. However, as I can't use BitComet and I couldn't find it on ShareScan or mIRC, I have resorted to... YouTube. Which is quite sad lah... coz people usually don't upload the entire episode so I've only been able to catch bits and fragments of the show.Still, I

Engineering Innovation and Design

2007-06-11T22:28:00.000+08:00

Engineering Innovation and Design (EID) is a programme that was initiated by NTU 8 years ago. It consists mainly of 2 parts. The first part consist of some one-week modules (kinda like crash course), where we learn about writing business plans, computer-aided design (on Solidworks) etc. For aerospace students, we learnt about computational fluid dynamics using Gambit and Fluent, and also about

火锅

2007-06-10T00:21:00.000+08:00

火锅, steamboat.Went to eat 火锅 at 麻婆豆腐小厨 at 345, Beach Road. Alighted from Bugis MRT and walked over there. Booked before going... which was a right move, because although the shop was rather empty when I arrived, it was soon packed. Ate from 7pm to 9+pm... heheheApart from the usual steamboat fare, they specialise in Sze Chuan 四川cuisine. I liked their Pig's Ears. Hehe... Buffet style, Weekdays $15

Exam Results Out

2007-06-10T00:11:00.001+08:00

Exam Results for semester 2, 2006/2007 was out 8th June, 0000 hours (i think).I aimed for 2 things this sem:1. Get higher than 4.5 for Grade Point Average (GPA)2. Get an A+ for at least 1 subjectI didn't achieve point 2, which means I already have 2 semester without A+. I feel like I'm dropping below the average level amongst aerospace students in my batch. Other people might say to me stuff like

Airport Surprise

2007-06-09T22:55:00.000+08:00

My parents and my two sisters went to Australia recently. Visited my uncle in Melbourne, then went off to Sydney. Shen Bao was sick in Melbourne... maybe not used to the weather lah... haha...Hope my 2 sisters are happy now that they've gone overseas finally (Singapore always doesn't count; don't think Singaporeans count Malaysia as overseas too). Got to see snow somemore. =) But I think it's my

Kok Vui's 21st Birthday

2007-06-04T22:20:00.000+08:00

So Kok Vui has finally left the adolescent league of less-than-21 year olds. Hahaha... Present were: KV, Yi Cheng, Jonathan, Jiemin, Jeremy, Sihan, Vik, Bing Feng and me. Anyway... Basically we all had dinner at Pu Tien restaurant. And finally saw Ah Bing (Bing Feng) after so long. He thinks Georgia Tech was better than NTU and so he's a bit sian about coming back to NTU now. Caught up a lot on

How to Change Your Life in 7 Steps

2007-06-04T15:41:00.000+08:00

"How to Change Your Life in 7 Steps" by John BirdOk, there are lots of self-help books out there, and you can find lots of inspirational articles online just by Googling. I'm not claiming this book to be a magnificent one. But as the Daily Mail newspaper says, the book is 'inspirational but down-to-earth', which I cannot agree more. Some facts: The book is the small type (roughly 20cm X 12.5cm)

2007-06-03T03:57:00.001+08:00

Once in a while I go to YouTube to find interesting videos to watch. I usually click on the "top rated" and "this month" buttons to find the best videos around, as voted by youtubers (is there such a word?).I came across this video and I was wondering what was so amazing about it... After I watched I realised she sings quite really well! Her own rendition on Justin Timberlake's song "What Goes

2007-06-03T01:22:00.000+08:00

I had to go to pay the fees for my German class at Goethe Insitut yesterday, and since I felt it was boring to travel alone I asked Sam, Kok Vui and Yi Cheng along. I think it was a good thing that I requested us to go there early, so that we had more time to go window shopping. First GSS outing! Haha... many more to go...Had breakfast with Ge Yao then had a second breakfast with the guys. After

Pirates of the Caribbean

2007-05-24T11:32:00.000+08:00

Went to watch Pirates of the Caribbean with Kok Vui, Janan, Samuel, Gun Kiat, Sihan, Vic, Claire and Dave yesterday.But before that, went to New Urban Male with Jonathan to buy a birthday present for Kok Vui. Last time when I went to the shop I would just make one round, look at some of the prints on the T-shirts, then come out. Not this time. Omg it was so gay. Felt rather uncomfortable...

A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary For Lovers

2007-05-22T15:12:00.000+08:00

This would be my first attempt at a book review... or rather, my thoughts after reading a book.**** **** **** ****First up, "A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary For Lovers" by Xiaolu Guo 郭小橹。 I think I must first clarify two things: one, this is not a dictionary... it is actually just a fictional novel, somewhat based on the author's diary when she moved to London; two, I know I have a Chinese

Happy Birthday Geat!

2007-05-17T23:48:00.000+08:00

Happy Birthday to my dear old bro Geat who grew one year older on 14th May! Sorry bout the late posting =P Some people find it strange that I call my brother by his name (when others would say "gor" or 大哥 etc.) but I got used to it since we were staying in the US, so... yar.Anyway, it's kinda sad that we meet only a few times a year nowadays. Can't be helped with me staying here in Singapore and

Happy Mother's Day Mom!!!

2007-05-14T01:19:00.000+08:00

Mom, I know this is belated, but: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY MOM!!!I'm sorry I couldn't be there back in Malaysia to celebrate Mother's Day with you. Lots of things that I want to share with you about my life now but I guess sometimes we are just too caught up with our hectic schedules. And other times I just don't know where to begin.Sometimes I am really caught unawares when I receive your smses or

声声慢

2007-05-04T23:23:00.000+08:00

我似乎对凄惨的歌、诗、电影等有种莫名其妙的兴趣和感触。也许这一类的作品比较能显示出悲欢离合，又或者是我的人生观太悲观了。今天和大家分享这首感人的宋词，《声声慢》：**** **** **** ****声声慢李清照寻寻觅觅，冷冷清清，凄凄惨惨戚戚。乍暖还寒时候，最难将息。三杯两盏淡酒，怎敌他晚来风急!雁过也，正伤心，却是旧时相识。满地黄花堆积。憔悴损，如今有谁堪摘？守著窗儿，独自怎生得黑？梧桐更兼细雨，到黄昏, 点点滴滴。这次第,怎一个愁字了得！**** **** **** ****p.s.（太久没写华文了，请多包涵）

crazy AE2011

2007-05-03T18:46:00.000+08:00

Ok, so it was supposed to be a happy day for most Year 2 Aerospace Engineering students but it was rather a disaster. AE2011 - Introduction to Aircraft Design and Manufacturing, I must say, was one hell of an exam. The exam constitutes 60% of overall marks, with the remaining 40% based on our 2 projects that we have toiled (and "wasted" a lot of time) to complete during this semester.I would've

American Idol season 6, new MRT line and exam updates

2007-05-01T02:50:00.000+08:00

Ok, I know American Idol season 6 has started quite some time ago... in fact, it'll be ending in a few weeks' time. Unfortunately I haven't been following every episode but I make sure I watch Melinda Doolittle's performances on YouTube. Just wanted to share this video below with y'all... It's one of my favorite performances in AI 6. Not by Melinda Doolittle but by Lakisha Jones, who started off

Ijok Elections

2007-04-25T10:42:00.000+08:00

Ijok is one of the relatively laidback regions in Selangor. Kinda odd coz Selangor is the most developed state in Malaysia. But as election fever started, there has been many claims to bring about development etc. to the region. Barisan National (BN "National Front") is forking out RM36 million, and there is the usual sudden infrastructure improvements (paved roads, traffic lights...).I am not

Post Aero-mati-rial

2007-04-23T17:31:00.000+08:00

Ok, it's actually Aerospace Materials. But I liked the way Samuel put it. Lol...The paper was once again do-able, it would've been more do-able if I could memorise every single detail but of course I couldn't... So what do you in times like this? Crap your way through!! Almost every question also crapped. Then after the exam found out I crapped wrong. Oh well... haha... Was glad that I could

Post AeroDIE

2007-04-22T00:32:00.000+08:00

Alrite, my first paper has come and gone... The much feared Aerodynamics I. It wasn't so hard actually. Rather do-able. A pity I didn't do it faster though... thought I had a lot of time. 15 more minutes and I would've been able to score more points. Nevermind, I'm still hopeful of an A, or at least an A-.Thanks so much to Geyao who is helping me cope during this exam period. Now I'm much more

US Shooting

2007-04-18T14:03:00.000+08:00

It's sad that US still allows people to carry arms, even after the horrific events of Columbine High School.And now this. Virginia Tech.Apparently one of the recommers is the president of the Malaysian Student's Association there and he had help shelter some students. After reading his depiction of the events, it's really scary to imagine myself in his shoes.And then this Malaysian newspaper,

The 8th China Synergy Programme for Outstanding Youth

2007-03-30T20:43:00.000+08:00

Omg! I got it! Woohoo~~~~As promised I am blogging about it... hehe... Actually I have been worrying about it for some time because the login page on the website is "open" now, but it requires a username and password. Obviously only those selected can get in right? They said those selected would be informed by end of March, and as today is the 30th I was really getting anxious so I sent an email

Busy busy busy

2007-03-26T01:29:00.000+08:00

It's that time of the year again...Nearing exams, so not gonna blog much. Except if I manage to get my place in the 8th China Synergy Programme, manage to get my exchange to Technische Universitaet Muenchen settled, if I decide to go for another mountain trekking trip or if I decide to go for the AIESEC event in Taiwan.All the best for people preparing for exams...

Choir concerts

2007-03-10T02:07:00.000+08:00

Recently I attended the NUS choir concert and NTU choir concert (actually just came back a few hours ago from the NTU one).What I liked about the NTU one was that it had all the creative music thingy stuff going on. It was harder for NUS to do that because they chose the musica sacra (sacred music) theme. Both choirs had guest choir performances... NUS had a primary school choir as guest choir!

2nd trip to SAESL

2007-03-01T13:17:00.000+08:00

As with other aerospace students, I am attached to an "industrial mentor". My mentor is a manager at SAESL (Singapore Aero Engines Services Limited). Basically what they do there is maintain and repair Rolls-Royce Trent Engines that are used on many aircraft. They do engine MRO for many aircraft in the region.There are 5 aero student attached under my mentor, but one girl didn't come. In her

Valentine's Day

2007-02-14T19:39:00.000+08:00

Happy Valentine's Day everybody! Haha... my first ever Valentine's Day...Unfortunately, since we are all too busy, we're not going out for dinner. Glad that she's cool with that. I did the bare minimum for Valentine's Day and bought her a bouquet of flowers. She's much better a girlfriend that I am a boyfriend though. I was surprised when she gave me a present today. I didn't expect it but it was

Updates... soon (I hope)

2007-02-05T11:23:00.000+08:00

I'm currently in the CAD/CAM (computer aided design/ manufacturing) lab... I know I haven't updated for quite some time...Lots of stuff have happened in these 2 weeks or so... I was going to update on Sunday but I got sick. But recoving fast... thanks to meine Freundin who gave me some Chinese medicine. =) Ja, meine Freundin... ; )

Zweiundzwanzig Jahre alt

2007-01-23T09:44:00.000+08:00

Omg! I'm getting so old liao! Think i'm still in the teenage years mentality.Anyway, lots of things happened these few days... hopefully got time to write about them soon.Oh, and this is my 200th post. Yippie!

Basah kuyup dah!

2007-01-18T17:10:00.000+08:00

All wet liao! (translation)The past few days were rather sunny (and quite hot), so I was expecting the incessant rainy period to end. But it rained again today... in merely 1 hour NTU was sprouting waterfalls, rivers and rapids. Crazy weather. I think the drainage system was not built to handle such volume of rain. And as the ground beneath is still probably wet (or moist) it is less able to

2007-01-15T22:17:00.000+08:00

The JB trip I help "coordinated" was OK... Got me, Kok Vui, Yi Cheng, Jon, Janan, Samuel...probably next time will go Aeon Tebrau City instead coz there are more stuff to do over there (compared to Plaza Pelangi). Anyway the reason we went there was to sing Karaoke at Redbox. It's much cheaper in Malaysia, so next time I don't think I'll be going to KBox often. We had 2 and a 1/2 hours of karaoke

First post of 2007!

2007-01-04T03:02:00.000+08:00

Yippie! 2007 is here! Happy new year everyone~Lots of things looking good. Kinda hard to not think positive... dunno why also. Maybe it's because the year started with this huge rainbow in the sky one evening: Wouldn't have seen it if Ge Yao didn't sms me (She says this is the first rainbow she has seen in her life!). It's definitely one of the larger rainbows I've seen in my life; or maybe I

The post before 2007

2006-12-30T00:06:00.000+08:00

This would most likely be my last post before 2007. Haven't been blogging much because I'm too lazy now.So why am I writing this post? Because my exam results were released recently!As usual there are shockers... didn't do as well as expected in certain subjects and did better than expected in others. But the latter exceeded the former, so I'm satisfied. Considering the effort that I've put into

NLDS 2006

2006-12-18T16:10:00.000+08:00

NLDS = National Leadership Development Seminar, is one of the main activities organised by AIESEC in Singapore every year.Lots of things to say but I'll like to collect more photos first =P

One week after exams...

2006-12-08T18:45:00.000+08:00

It's already one week after the exams have ended and I feel that I'm so unproductive. There's lots of things I need to get done, extra things I can do to improve myself etc... but I'm not doing it yet. *sigh* Holidays come and my procrastination habit kicks in again at full blast.Summary of how I've spent the past few days:Went to Vivocity (twice!), watched Happy Feet at Golden Village Cinemas

End of Exams and Stanchart

2006-12-04T12:45:00.000+08:00

Updates for the last few exams...Maths 3 was harder than I thought it would be. Gosh... I think sometimes I really underestimate how hard papers can be. Not placing my hopes too high for this one. Might get a B+ or so.I had Biz Finance on the same day. Was kinda worried as I didn't really study it for most of the semester. That was also the reason I S/U-ed it (which means I only get 'S'-

Exam update

2006-11-25T14:43:00.000+08:00

It's kinda like halfway through the exam period now. I had Fluid Mechanics and German level 2 on Wednesday... Fluid Mechanics was quite standard, many people think it was easier than last semester. I'm hoping for a A- only though. German could have been easier, but because I spent more time focusing on Fluids I didn't spend enough time studying German.Then on Friday I had the much dreaded

Exam period

2006-11-17T02:19:00.000+08:00

Pimple outbreak + losing hair ==> exam period is here!Won't be blogging unless i'm extremely bored. Haha...Most "unprepared" semester ever. Wonder how I would do for the exams. 1 down 6 to go. Wish me luck!

Hottest Video Clip in NTU

2006-10-27T18:17:00.000+08:00

Video clips have become rather popular these days, and of course YouTube can take credit for that. There has been one particular clip that has been circulating around NTU recently that has become so hot, my Indian friend studying here in NTU heard about it from his friends back in India! It's also featured on Mr.Brown's website.Take a look! ==> NTU student survey

Selamat Hari Raya and Deepavali Vazhthukkal

2006-10-24T00:52:00.000+08:00

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri! Maaf Zahir dan Batin....and a belated Happy Deepavali!Hari Raya (this year, Deeparaya... hehe...) to me back in Malaysia was just a holiday time to relax and have lots of stuff to eat at the Ramadhan bazaars. But being in Singapore, especially this year somehow, it feels... lonely. The decorations are all at Geylang Serai/Little India. The festivities are all over

Nice comic!

2006-10-07T22:27:00.000+08:00

These are a few comics which I always look forward to see in the newspapers or online:Baby BluesGet FuzzyFoxtrotZitsDrMcNinjaBig TopBefore the recess week I attended a URECA talk, and one of the presenters/speakers was this guy who trains the Singapore Physics Olympiad team (!). Anyway, I noticed some interesting comic strips in his presentation slides. I checked it out online and I've been