John's Life

Yes. Another year has passed! The updates for this year's new year resolution is kind of late but nevertheless, lets get it coming!

Click to view 2008's New Year Resolutions

As with previous two years, I always review the past year before setting my resolutions so that I could refresh my mind on what I had went through before moving on...

Resolutions 2009
1. Get out of this aloofness. I've been such an anti-social for the past years
2. Strengthen bonds and forge bonds with others
3. Sleep EARLY. Really got to say goodbye to the nocturnal life
4. Maintain and improve my cumulative GPA of 3.583
5. Take LOADS of care of my eyes and prevent it from worsening [Its about 750+ degrees on each side now]
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1. & 2. Well, actually I ain't really anti-social but just that I can't converse well with other people and I'm just used to doing things alone.

Along the past year I've improved slightly but its sad to say that there is not much time left for me to try! Its just less than 6 weeks before the semester end!

3. In recent weeks I've slept slightly earlier than usual so I guess that is a good start?

4. Sigh! After 2 semesters, my GPA went from 3.583 to 3.505 to 3.444. So sad can! I wonder how many seats from NUS were lost due to that.

5. After so many years of increase, my eyes finally matured and maintained its degrees! Though I can't say that I can see clearly now but its still good.

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Lets go back in time for a moment and see if anything exciting has happened in the past year!

Chao Shun's Wedding [8th February]

Hey congratulations dude! Always had the feeling that he would be the one among our clique to get married first. It was a pretty fun experience helping out with a wedding.

Slacked over at Chao Shun's house until 2 or 3am before we headed to the bride's house to fetch her. Before entry to her house we had to complete certain task and one of it was to eat all sort of weird food. They took out a chili and the rest of us turned around and acted like we ate it but Yan Rui ate the thing whole.

WTF? He must really had been nuts to do that XD Managed to get into the bride's house before the neighbors called the police! (We were making a ruckus at about 4 or 5am?).

Had the bridal ceremony of offering tea to the elderly etc.. Soon before we knew it, it was already mid-day and the bride and groom prepared for the wedding dinner at night while the rest of us went home first.

Went for the wedding dinner at Turf City's 啊一海鲜. Feels kind of weird looking at your own friend getting married as it makes you feel damn old for some reason. Perhaps that is because we just hit the age of 18 (Yes now is 19 =/) and the environment and people you mix with are more related to adulthood? Kind of a big step to move on to.

Annual Dinner & Dance 09/10 [7th March]

Ah yes, Annual Dinner & Dance again. This time round its our turn as seniors and overlooking our juniors handling the event. I must say, Wei Liong did a good job as I was quite a lousy senior because of my MIA-ness when I was year 2 and he had to approach his year 3 ex-incharge when he had problems.

Oh well, that was in the past already so SKIP!

ITP [2nd March - 18th April]

Worked in Ricoh Pte Ltd (A commercial printer manufacturer). Was given an IT project to work on and I'm working with another guy from SP, which I'd say ain't your ideal partner.

Hes the type of guy whom facebook and surfs the internet while having one or two tabs related to work and changes his screen once the boss walks pass or came to check on our progress. Sounds familiar? Not to mention that he ALWAYS act as though hes very attentive when the boss is giving a briefing. Super hypocrite.

E.E.E.C. Freshmen Orientation Camp 09/10 [9th April - 12 April]

Ahh yes. It is that time of the year again! Overall camp was successful except that it rained for two days? Both in the evenings so the event were canceled. So saddening! Asides from these, the rest of the days were successful and the campers were great as well. =)

P&E Committee outing [25th July]

Went over to Sylvia's house to help out with preparing the food for our comm. outing today! Tried frying nuggets and turns out quite well! =) Was quite surprised that frying food don't really require much skill except observation skill to see if the food is cooked.

Met up with the rest at Marina Bay and went to Marina Barrage. Spent the day kicking ball, eating, taking photos..

Oh and and I flew a kite the first time in my life! Woo! Was quite fun flying it but after awhile, it gets boring...Lol.

At night some of us went to view fireworks at Marina square. Fireworks was not bad considering that it was just for the National Day Parade rehearsal.

I.C.E. Camp 09/10 [7th October - 10 October]

Ah yes. There a big time lapse as life was just boring as usual. ICE camp this year wasn't too bad as my team was pretty great. Just first part of the day and we managed to bond pretty well. =)

Most memorable time during this camp would have to be the

*BAM*
*Zeeeeeeeeeeeee*
Ouch!
*All shocked*

and also the SHIM night. Venka with his fake boobs along with other shims. Totally hilarious.

Interactive Camp 09/10 [13 October - 17th October]

First time going for prep camp! Was an enjoyable experience =) Not to mention that it was the first time some of us went exploring the other side of St John's Island. Walked through the forest and we went to see the area which camps long ago used for rappelling.

Followed the coast line which was full of rocks and it was a pity that we couldn't went one round around St John as a part of it was restricted area.

Apart from that, the best would probably be posing as a MAD SURGEON for night quest. Asides from acting as a night quest character in school during my year 1 Appreciation Event, I've no experience before! Not to mention that currently its in a forested area which is more terrifying than in school?

FIRST Class BBQ [14 December]

Yes first. There is always a first for everything! Virgin BBQ for class 23. Woo! Sad that we didn't take a group photo. Not to mention that not everyone turned up!

Arrival of wardrobe [19 December]

BAM! First DIY project of mine. So you think constructing your own wardrobe is easy? YES! Obviously so since there is a genius like me =D My house had a lack of space so I absorbed the manual and reversed the way it was built.

Built the base first before putting the top. (Yes it is more tiring but due to space constrains.. Yea..Along the way there were over-screwing of screws which resulted in dents..Missed some nails which resulted in some poking out and had to re-hammer them..etc.. Good experience though! =)

Shall show photos of the crappy wardrobe I did (With some help =D)!

New Year countdown [31 December]

Went for the movie Sherlock Holmes/ Avatar (Can't remember which one) at Grand Cathay. Totally awesome can! Either way, both those movies are great. Especially AVATAR! Freaking blue species owning everything =)

After the movie went for midnight supper at the Rochor Tau Huay nearby. Spent the special 00:00:00 there =D

Happy new year!

AND.......Resolutions.. They're a month late but, BUT!

1. Give my everything for Final Year Project. がんばって!
2.* Dump all fears & Dare to Dream, Dare to Do, Dare to *
3. Experience everything in life and mature mentally
4. More Sleep
5. Time Management

Memories of John at 12:58 AM

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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Back!

Hey People! Yes, I'm finally back from 66 98 days of hiatus! So much has happened in the past 2 months and I guess its time for a massive update!

7 October 2009 - 10 October 2009

ICE camp was fun fun fun! Though quite a lot of the games were repeats from the previous year, the people I've met were awesome! First day there was the flag-making session which most of the people ended up having their body painted due to the ~~paint wasting~~ "paint fight"!

There was Night Quest and they had the usual "Business route" & "Workshop route". This year I random-ed the "Business route" which was different from last year! =) At least got to experience something different. Walked with Beatrice who turned out to be very prone to tripping while walking and she also had night blindness.

*Shes so going to kill me for this*
There was this part of the walk where we had to go into the toilet and interact with one of the Night Quest characters. She couldn't see the floor and turned on her hp light. At this moment, the character spoke to us which we could not figure out what she was talking. After 4-5 times of repeating, we FINALLY got the message and she asked Beatrice to turn off her light.

Settled the checkpoint and when we were going out of the toilet, Beatrice KNOCKED onto the hand dryer and the characters got shocked by it. XD Was laughing the whole walk after that. (Even so when I think bout it now).

During the camp we also learnt something called the Algorithm March. Its a type of dance where the team stands in a row and everyone repeats the action from the first person and pass it down. There was the standard version and there was also a remix to done by all teams! Some teams created really interesting dance moves and some turned out to be kind of kinky.

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13 October 2009 - 17 October 2009

Its Interactive Camp 2009 again! First time going for prep camp and it was great! Though there were times where it was really tiring but it was quite relaxing and fun =) Was station in-charge most of the days and I'm a Night Quest character! Finally got the chance to try the feeling of being a character. I was stationed at "Hamburger Hill" and I initially wanted to station myself at the top of the hill as it was dark and scary.

On the actual night I changed location as the "ideal spot" I wanted to go was REALLY freaking dark and I think no one would even know I disappear if that were to happen. So for safety reasons + the scaredy cat inside me was reacting excessively that night.

Was pretty fun and enjoyable experience! Some teams were scared by me while others didn't manage to experience my might as I got bitten by insect/ants. As I wanted to sneak onto the groups, I took off my slippers and creeped behind them when suddenly my right leg felt this sudden pain and my leg turned numbed after that.

Had to rest at my hiding spot for awhile and I only used my weapon (A real hacksaw) to knock onto rocks and grind on rocks to make scary noises.

Can't wait till Freshmen Orientation Camp for the next (& final) Night Quest!

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Saturday, 24 October 2009

Met up with the Mins since we haven't really been going out lately. Went for dinner at Changing Appetite at Marina Square. Food there was pretty good! Everything was so indulging and I want to try that frakenstein mudpie next time! After dinner went to Dhoby Ghaut for the famous Rocher Tau Huay. As usual, the tau huay was good and not to forget the awesome "you tiao" which crispy and nice but yet not oily!

Had to ran back to Dhoby Ghaut mrt and luckily we took the LAST train! =)

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Thursday, 29 October 2009

Hey Sheena! Happy belated birthday! Sheena's one of my friend whom I'm able to chat with and get along quite well. Oh and guess what! Its the first time that we're actually going out casually! Not to mention that our acquaintance was pretty amazing to begin with. Had our dinner with these two lovely ladies at Changing Appetite.

Camwhored before a bit while waiting for the food to come =)

After dinner, some of her friends came to give her a surprise celebration! Join them to sing a birthday song for her & its on video as well! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Went to Grand Cathay to watch Sister's Keeper. First time watching a drama sort of movie. Not bad I'd say. Touching story.

*PS* Hope you liked your present as well as the card!

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Saturday, 31 October 2009

BOWLING! Went bowling with Doraemon at Marina Square. Somehow I still can't get my posture to be correct! Wonder when I cultivated such a bad bowling posture. Looks as though I'm falling down man! Guess I still have much room for improvement on my techniques as well as posture. Nevertheless, I'd fun though!

Everyone was aiming for a strike or a spare as every time it happens we can go "X!", which was a alphabet which was our camp's trademark this year. We were actually intending to go to Esplanade to chill but many had to went home as it was late for them so we changed plans to go home! Really sorry to Bernice who just reached Marina Square! >.<

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Thursday, 5th November 2009

Met the rest of the batch at Funan's Sakae Sushi to celebrate Shu Min's birthday. Its my first time to Sakae Sushi! =D Sadly the food there was nothing special.

Anyway, after dinner some of the rest wanted to go into a club as they never went to one before. Accompanied some of them to Wei Da's house to change in to shoes and met up with the rest at Arena.

Turns out that Thursday was Men's Night and the cost of the ticket was around $28! (Cant remember actual price but its around there). Omfg?

Men's Night was pretty boring. There was a band but there is not much of a dance floor! Not to mention that majority are working adults! *EMO*

Stayed at McDonald until the first train home =)

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Saturday, 21st November 2009

Met up with Xin Yi & the rest to celebrate Xin Yi's birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! =D

Went to this Hong Kong restaurant at Bugis Junction. Apparently they sell this HUGE glass of milk tea! *View photo above to see the size*

Its damn big right! We had it for free as it was her birthday! There was quite a variety of food available and most of it had cheese as ingredient =) Yum yum!

Walked around Bugis area and we went Illuma as well. First time here I'd say. Its probably been open for like half a year? The mall was really spacious and I'd say that the management didn't use the space properly! They could probably fit in many more stores then they currently could!

Went off in the evening as its Irene's Birthday Celebration today! Happy advanced birthday! Its her 21st birthday so she invited her friends to her house for celebration. Stayed for the cut-cake session and left as it was getting late already.

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Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Ionic Chain Evolution.

Off at ICE. Be back soon!

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Fear

Fear creates a really strong psychological barrier.

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Friday, September 25, 2009

Change

Wednesday ,23rd September 2009

Watched anime while camping for my results till 2am. Gave up and went to sleep as I was too tired and I'm still meeting my teammates for FYP later.

Woke up at 10am and the results are out!

IS1006 INDUSTRIAL TRAINING PROGRAMME - SINGLE SESSION A
ET0130 NETWORKS & PROTOCOLS A
BA9017 TECHNOPRENEURSHIP B+
LC0322 COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR SALES AND MARKETING B+
ET0522 NETWORK SECURITY SYSTEMS C
ST016A DIGITAL IMAGING C+

Semester GPA: 3.132 (Last semester was 3.280)
Cumulative GPA: 3.444 (Previously was 3.505)

It was better than expected as I was only expecting to see 2.80 for this semester at the most due to my lack of hard work and getting troubled by other problems along the way.

The most surprising grade would have to be Communication Skills for Sales and marketing! I'm totally expecting a C+ at most as I didn't do well for my presentation and I also presented myself as an apathetic student as I didn't really like her teaching style. THANKS FOR THE B+! Saved my grade big time!

I'm still pretty sad and disappointed in myself for not being able to meet my own expectations. Oh and not to mention the ominious number for my cumulative GPA. Its like, WHATS THE CHANCE OF IT BEING 3.444 -_-||

I hope its just me thinking too much about it...

Thursday, 24th September 2009

Well, I haven't really been in a good mood this week for a few reasons. Firstly, there is a major problem between me and my FYP team. Everything was still alright until the night before our presentation for part one in August.

What happened was that I was really irresponsible and did not voice out beforehand that I couldn't handle my workload. As the presentation was just a day away and the work has not been completed, two members had to rush it through the night and get something done to be presented.

After this incident, the two of them turned TOTALLY cold towards me and their attitude took a 360 degress turn.From then on, those two members just literally try to treat me as non-existent unless there is no choice.

SO WHAT TO DO?!!!

Friday, 25th September 2009

After killing much brain cells, I came to a conclusion. I shall try to solve the conflict for my FYP before things turn even worse.

Anyway, today went down club to complete my night quest costume. What character I'm acting as?

MAD SURGEON/SCIENTIST/DOCTOR!

I guess you could just literally say I'm acting as a mad guy =D Continued helping Boris with his backdrop for his DeeJay booth. Finally finished painting the base color! Evening stayed for the song practice and actually intended to head for Wei Da's chalet at 9pm.

It was until then which I remembered that there is reece tomorrow for a hotel. Not to mention that after such a long day I'm extremely tired already. Decided that I shall visit tomorrow since the main birthday celebration is tomorrow as well. Time to sleep!

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Monday, September 21, 2009

Life w/o internet is hell

Guess what happened today!? I mistook today as the date for SPInnovex photo taking session! The actual date for the photo taking session is 21st October (1 month away).

I think that this semester it has been really hard for me to concentrate on anything at all. I didn't realize that it was a month away until the point that yesterday evening I went out to get a formal white shirt as I didn't had one. I even ironed the shirt last night as it was pretty crumpled -_-||.

Today after camp preparations ended, we went Clementi for dinner. During dinner it seem that I was in a daze as Winnie and Xin Yi tried to talk to me but I did not realize nor responded at all. Thanks for the concern but lets just say that I'm trying to sort out certain problems of my own. After dinner I was slightly better and started interacting with the rest again.

Anyway! Tomorrow the serviceman for the MIO modem is coming! Finally can get back my internet connection ! =)

*PS* I'm "borrowing" a internet connection from some random person now =X

Memories of John at 11:40 PM

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

SICK!

Saturday, 12 September 2009

Reece at St john's Island! Been quite awhile since I've been here. Nothing really changed except that certain paths has been revamped. Spent the day walking around and checking out the stuff with the juniors.

Tuesday, 15 September 2009

Haven't really been feeling well the past week. I've been getting better and getting worst as the days went by. Yesterday I could not stop coughing at all after eating a cough medicine.

WHAT A WEIRD MEDICINE! Think I would be better off without taking it! Luckily today I woke up and the cough was getting better already. Went school to help out with Interactive Camp preparations. I'd been quiet most of the time today as I was preoccupied with some matters on my mind.

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Thursday, September 10, 2009

Urgh, woke up this morning feeling totally weak. It was until the point where I could not even move and my headache was really bad!

Wonder what happened last night as I was still pretty fine before going to sleep. Perhaps too much thinking over-exerted my brain and its hurting from it..

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Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Massive update!

So much have happened in the past month!Pardon for the lack of updates due to some problems. Anyway, its time for an update!

There were tons of disaster which were happening to me in August but some of those were well deserved wake up calls. Which is why before I face the music (When results are out), I shall not be EMO and act like the world is going to end.

Wednesday, 12th August 2009

The day before this, I'd my FYP presentation. I'm not sure if it was the self disappointment which made me crazy but today I managed to relieve a bit of my depression! Went Chomp Chomp in Serangoon Garden with Hwai Shin, Xin Yi, Adrian, Xinyu and De Sheng.

Food has recently been something which is able to help me relieve depression and stress! Eating just makes me happy =D

After Chomp Chomp we went IceCUBE nearby for desert =) Guess how much we spent in total today? Its approximately $84.10! Thanks to De Sheng for chipping in quite a lot =))

Monday, 24th August 2009

Guess what? ITS THE END OF EXAMS FOR ME! I've only one paper this semester and its on the first day of the exam period! Had some really last minute revisions and seriously regretted neglecting some of the lectures! However I think I should probably be able to clinch a B+ grade for this module as its my ONLY HOPE.

Friday, 28th August 2009

Went to Kovan to get another 6 months of contact lens before meeting up with Xin Yu to go Far East Plaza and shop for Sylvia's present. Damn lucky that she was free to accompany me to buy! As it was exam period everyone else was busy and she took a day off and came with me. Koon Tat was supposed to be with us but he was busy with a weirdo spoiled fridge at home!

Anyway, manage to get 2 "Miss Sunshine" top for Sylvia. While looking around for hers I did some shopping as well =X Bought a T-Shirt and two bermudas. Met up with Julius & co. in the evening for dinner and they wanted to shop around as well!

So walked around Orchard the whole night shopping and I got a new bag! =D Been a really long time since I'd done any shopping and pretty satisfied with what I got!

Oh I almost forgot! I managed to buy a bag from Espirit at 50% discount! =D Original price was $130. XD Was quite surprised when I was paying at the cashier. I think there was promotion probably due to seasonal change and they were clearing goods.

As I was representing 10 people to get presents, there was still a lot of cash left and today was part TWO of getting Sylvia's present! Koon Tat joined us today and we walked around Vivo City. Walked everywhere from Candy Empire to Topshop to Forever 21 to River Island! Today Koon Tat got tempted and bought a new shirt and a new bag for himself. His shirt is damn cute! Totally has the Koon Tat feel.

Managed to get what we wanted and I went back Far East to exchange a pair of bermuda because the sales person gave me a wrong size. Dragged myself to exchange as it was really troublesome and I was damn tired!

The pendant on the right is a sneak-preview of 1 of Sylvia's presents.

Sunday, 30th August 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SYLVIA KOK JIA HUI! XD Was supposed to meet up with the rest at 2.45pm but I really had the feeling to cut hair and went Chapter 2 at Marina Square. Managed to reach her chalet on time and turns out that only some of them were there! So after much waiting, the rest came and we ate, played , cooked, talked, ate, ate, and more eating.

Sent Jane off to the bus stop as she didn't knew her way and met Johnson & co. Seems that they were buying cake for Sylvia! Walked around and we bought a blackforest cake =D Went back chalet and we surprised her! =D So unexpected right! After a much shortened version of EEEC's style of birthday song, its time for photos! No cake smashing though!

As most of the rest had exams, a lot of them went home asides from Alvin, Johnson, Shu Jie, Jonathan, Boon Yong, Sylvia and me. Talked about different movies,played cards, had supper and some of us went to sleep while the other continued. SO DAMN TIRED!

Thursday, 3rd September 2009

Went school to pass Xin Yu my calculator and also get my birthday present from Xin Hui. Thanks! Probably took you quite awhile to finish it.

Went Chomp Chomp to celebrate my birthday with Xin Yu, Sylvia, Jane, Koon Tat, Jonathan and Boris. Its time again for another food parade! =D While waiting for Koon Tat to join us, Jonathan disappeared!

Turns out that they went to buy a cake to give me a surprise. It was totally unexpected! Thanks guys! After eating the cake we headed to Ice CUBE for desert =DD

Friday, 4th September 2009

HAPPY 19TH BIRTHDAY TO ME! XD

Went shopping with Sylvia and Xin Yu. Walked around Plaza Singapura and headed to town as well. Managed to hunt something for Sheena's present =D

While hunting for presents I saw a nice pair of slippers from Levis and bought it! I finally have a pair of slippers! =D Then I headed to AMK Hub to have dinner with my family.

Along the way met up with Hui Xin & Grace as they wanted to pass me my birthday present. They gave me a umbrella which has the appearance of an alcohol bottle. SO COOL! Not to mention that the bottle cover prevent leakage so its really useful as well =)

Had dinner with my mum and sis at Soup Restaurant. The tofu prawn was totally awesome! =D

Thanks for all the 45 birthday wishes! (Yes I went to take note of everyone). This year I made it a point to reply every single facebook wall/msn/sms. Anyway, below are the first 10 people who wished me/celebrated with me. Lol.

Xin Hui

Keng Ying

Jeremy

Sylvia

Jane

Xin Yu

Boris

Koon Tat

Jonathan

Yuan Sheng

Special thanks to Xin Hui, Grace, Hui Xin and Keng Ying for their presents!

While talking on msn, Keng Ying drew out a present for me =D Thanks!

Saturday, 5th September 2009

It has been a pretty eventful and well spent week! (Most of the days). So is it time for a break? NO! XD

Went Yan Rui's house to have a bbq as a birthday celebration + gathering. Julius managed to borrow a bbq pit from his aunt. The bbq pit was out of my expectations. Why you say? Thats because it is those portable ones with wheel that can be moved around.

Took awhile to figure out how to fix it up as it was in pieces. BBQ-ed the whole night until 2am. After that went up to the computer room and started playing some games on warcraft. Somehow it was really tiring until I could not take it and went to sleep at 4am. Such a long day!

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Overloaded 101%

Theres currently so many problems in hand which I don't know where to start solving. I think I shall first study for my exam on Monday and settle the rest later.

All the best for the semester examinations people!

Memories of John at 11:21 AM

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