I came home all tired, but smiling. The day wasn't as bad as i said earlier. 8 hours of classes are the longest i've ever had in a day. And it wasn't easy when i didn't sleep well the previous night. I was falling asleep practically in the lectures.

I had a 7-9pm class and i was kind of having a negative mood about it. Who the hell holds a tutorial at such unearthly hours? But boy am i glad i went for it.

It was at SDE and me having missed 15 mins of my PF2201 tutorial because i wasn't orientated to the place, made me even more apprehensive about where it would be. But i roughly know it should be at the 3rd storey where all the tutorial rooms were at. Somehow at the back of my mind, i knew i copied down SR14 for the venue.

Anyway i reached the rows of rooms and i walked down until a lighted and crowded one, took a peek at the timetable and module code on the door and every single student who saw that would believe that is the class too.

So I walked in and sat down, expecting nothing but to stone through another 2 hour class. Hell no, first thing i know was, "Pssst, the guy in the striped shirt.. what's your name?"

I turned around and there were this guy, Adriel, 2 girls, Cindy and Celina, and they apparently were on the quest to know everyone in the class. I was somewhat amused by their behaviour, but something inside me perked up. I like friendly people, and this people exude a lot of positive feelings. Constantly hyped up, constantly curious... and even though it was a short 1 hour, i seriously feel happy and energized suddenly.

I knew we were supposed to have "icebreakers" in the first tutorial and since the tutor wasn't around, i was talking to the people around me. And i was truly surprised by how friendly they were.

Maybe it's them being 3 weeks old. No longer freshies. Oh by the way they are all first years. PFM majors. Me, 2nd year Arts student. The moment they hear that, i was kind of under "attack". Haha enemy in the wrong territory. =p But honestly, i enjoyed their energy and spirit.

Maybe i didn't feel much of that from the freshies in my faculty. Maybe i had a lonely and tiring day, too many familiar faces, too little things to say. Maybe a side of me just crave for some kind of companionship when i attend my lectures in SDE.

They asked me all the sorts of question... and it made me reflect on why i had chosen to minor in PFM. From time to time, we were all wondering what happened to our tutor. Did he mistook this week as even week? Was he stuck in a traffic jam? Was he still eating his prata?

There were 20 of us waiting for him in the class, and Adriel called him a few times, but he cut the calls or didn't pick up. So we were kind of chilling inside and outside the class. Found out that most of them had classes since 8am ...

And one thing that struck me was that they were not that ... sian? They weren't complaining and they took their sucky timetable all in their stride.

I know how Arts students will react. Because i reacted like that, i never had a class earlier than 10 until this sem. I never end later than 6pm until this sem. I think the Arts freshies are to know that they've got classes that start at 8am or end at 9pm, they will complain and complain.

This girl, Cordelia, who was sitting next to me stays at Pasir Ris. And i feel that YCK is far enough.

Well... maybe i don't know them well enough. Maybe they had complained enough. But when i was sending a couple of them home just now, the impression i got was that they are used to the long tiring days.

Anyway back to the tutor, in the end at 8pm, we found out that he was indeed at SR14 with 6 students and WE, 20 of us were all in the wrong room. Hah.

Imagine how he would had felt before we appeared. 6 out of 26 students turned up for his tutorial!

Had class and it ended at 930pm!! Zzzzz...

But i am glad i met that bunch of people ... =)

So i've decided not to run again. I think the elections officers will think i am a joke. But once again, i think i got to go through this process every year, and then come to a conclusion that i am too slack and not zai enough.

I would rather have time for myself. I can't see myself burning my weekends and not playing soccer or dota or ps2 or just simply worrying about schoolwork.

I think it's time i finish up Harry Potter. I must be the last person on earth to finish reading it. Haiz.

Anyway some thanks...

To Mr Jiang for lending me his super cool bike for night cycling. Even though it made my butt and balls sore, but i am sure it saved my legs plenty of energy.

To Shiwy for the fabulous gifts and the surprise postcard today! Thank you thank you! =)


To my dearest Alison the cock: no more syndroming for i've long surpassed you with my version 1.2 yeah... take care of yourself over in US and remember ar... SPIKED DRINKS!! =x Will be waiting for you to return 10 months later, and be prepared for more shit k... =)

"We all try to understand other people. Determining why other people behave or feel something is not easy to do. In fact, we do not always understand even our own feelings and behavior. Figuring out why people behave in normal, expected ways id difficult enough; understanding abnormal human behavior can be even more difficult."

I think there's always somewhere in me this urge to help people with psychological disorders. I believe that most of these disorders are curable or at least, the effects can be lessened. The only disheartening thing is when the victim himself gives up and resign to fate.

I am reading through my text now and since sy talked about OCD to me that day, here's the definition ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by persistent and uncontrollable thoughts or urges (obsessions) and by the need to repeat certain acts again and again (compulsions). Of course, most of us have unwanted thoughts from time to time, like an advertising jingle that gets stuck in our mind, these are DEFINITELY not symptoms of OCD. And most of us also have urges now and then to behave in ways that would be embarrassing or dangerous.

But FEW of us have thoughts or urges that are persistent and intrusive enought to qualify us for a TRUE diagnosis of OCD. For a diagnosis of OCD, the obsessions and compulsions must either cause marked distress or interfere with functioning.

Obsessions are intrusive and recurring thoughts, images, or impulses that come unbidden to the mind, are uncontrollable, and usually appear irrational to the person experiencing them.

Compulsions are repetitive, clearly excessive behaviors or mental acts that the person feels driven to perform to reduce the anxiety caused by obsessive thoughts or to prevent some calamity from occurring.

Symptoms may include some, all, or perhaps none of the following:

Repeated hand washing.

Repeated clearing of the throat, although nothing may need to be cleared.

Specific counting systems — e.g., counting in groups of four, arranging objects in groups of three, grouping objects in odd/even numbered groups, etc.

One serious symptom which stems from this is "counting" steps — e.g., feeling the necessity to take 12 steps to the car in the morning.

Perfectly aligning objects at complete, absolute right angles, or aligning objects perfectly parallel etc. This symptom is shared with OCPD and can be confused with this condition unless it is realized that in OCPD it is not stress-related.

Having to "cancel out" bad thoughts with good thoughts. Examples of bad thoughts are:
Imagining harming a child and having to imagine a child playing happily to cancel it out.

Sexual obsessions or unwanted sexual thoughts. Two classic examples are fear of being homosexual or fear of being a pedophile. In both cases, sufferers will obsess over whether or not they are genuinely aroused by the thoughts.

A fear of contamination (see Mysophobia); some sufferers may fear the presence of human body secretions such as saliva, sweat, tears, vomit, or mucus, or excretions such as urine or feces. Some OCD sufferers even fear that the soap they're using is contaminated.

A need for both sides of the body to feel even. A person with OCD might walk down a sidewalk and step on a crack with the ball of their left foot, then feel the need to step on another crack with the ball of their right foot. If one hand gets wet, the sufferer may feel very uncomfortable if the other is not. If the sufferer is walking and bumps into something, he/she may hit the object or person back to feel a sense of evenness. These symptoms are also experienced in a reversed manner. Some sufferers would rather things to be uneven, favoring the preferred side of the body.

An obsession with numbers (be it in maths class, watching TV, or in the room). Some people are obsessed with even numbers while loathing odd numbers (they cause them a great deal of anxiety and often make the person uncomfortable or even angry) or vice versa.

Twisting the head on a toy around, then twisting it all the way back exactly in the opposite direction.(see even body section)

Notice that these are very severe symptoms and doctors have stressed that slight exhibition of symptoms which does not cause EXTREME DISTRESS or DISCOMFORT does not qualify for the disorder.

Treatment? Lazy to type... but it's known as Exposure and Ritual Prevention. Go Wiki it, it's all there.

Now i've done this, i am ready for to choose this topic for my group project! Hah! =p

I know a thing about sounds and music, their effects on overall effects, but still i get frightened by sudden booms and bangs.

Anyway, my heart felt a pang when i watched how the plot slowly develops in Lost 3 and Charlie came to accept the fact that he must die.

I knew he was going to die in season 3 because i wiki on it. But, it didn't feel much then. Charlie is a major character like Jack, Kate, Sawyer or Locke... and he isn't like Shannon or Boone or Eko who were more minor.

Haha pretty weird to be writing somewhat like a testimonial for him, but i am sure viewers have developed a sense of relationship to this badboy ex-heroine-addict/driveshaft guitarist. His accent will be sorely missed. =x

And i went to read up on Dominic's(the actor's real name) and also the producers opinions and response to the killing of the "Charlie", and well... i thought it is a good and apt way. Desmond's flashes and predictions got to come true and like what they say, if Charlie isn't killed off, it would leave a bad taste in our mouths.

I don't know how i will feel if i am in his shoes. 3 whole seasons leh... i am sure the crew and cast are your friends and having worked with them for so long, leaving and suddenly "out of work" will feel weird. But i guess that's how it's like in the world. People got to move on to other projects, other stuff, and they don't simply stay in their comfort zone.

That part when Hurley offered to come along with Desmond and Charlie, and Charlie knowing that he must go alone with Desmond made him called Hurley "too big" was depressing. The fact that he was so resigned to fate and had to resort to hurting his friend takes the icing for "Most Emo scene". And then he went on to hug Hurley... which was definitely tear-jerking.

Ah well... funny how you feel so bonded to a fictional character in a drama series.

Went for night cycling a couple of nights ago. Bryant jio-ed one so i thought is only our own group of friends going. Got there then found out is his church friend's event. Got stations and games all plan out one.. haha...


Started off from East Coast, went to Fort Road, down to Kallang, stopped at Indoor Stadium to play some games. Then continued down to Lavender for some food, zoomed down Jalan Besar Road and got to Suntec, Esplanade. Played another game there then went to Lau Pa Sat for more food. Passed by One Fullerton and back to ECP.



Pretty leisure ride except for the last part when the team leader shouted "last one back treat breakfast!" =)

Was quite pissed Kenneth didn't win NUS xiao hua xiao cao. The votes and supporters there for him were so obvious la... Dawn Yeoh obviously don't know how to please the crowd. (But she's still pretty though! =p)

His metal flower which they used for us to paste our votes on was FLOODED and filled that i wanted to ask them to bring out one more flower... but haiz i guess the talent performance by Alywin was better. His guitar with song definitely melted several female's hearts.

Fiona Xie didn't come =( But Kym Ng took over and was witty and good as a host. Ben Yeo was irritating la... and subtly suaning the M3 guy... felt the girls a bit cmi but don't know where they from also.

NUS winners ...

Sometimes(or maybe all the time) i take it out on myself too harshly. I set too high expectations in the things i do and then i get really really disappointed when i don't fulfil them.

Or worse still, when i disappoint myself so badly i feel like shit.

Didn't get through selection for IVP. And i played like a wuss. Wtf was i thinking when we were playing? I was seriously too relaxed.

But fuck it. I must stop feeling like this.

Anyway, yesterday had OG outing at Mind Cafe. Had lots of fun and plenty of stress moments while playing Ticket to Ride. =p

The group of us @ Mind Cafe ...


Then we went over to Manhattan's Fish Market to meet Wenhui, Frans, Boon Ee and Shermaine for dinner ... Had platter for 2 with Wenhui ... ate till damn full la ...

All of us minus Kim who was taking the photo ...

Just came back from Alison's farewell at Zouk. Feeling a little emo suddenly cos i think it's going to be a long long time when i next club.

Read from shiwy's blog that she had left Tok and i started to recall the period of time when everyone was still back here and all(me included) excited about their trips. Everyone's either back or coming back(except alison and jeremy who're going away) and ... everything's going back to ... normal again.

Feeling kind of funny. Ah well... shall go sleep!

I've found my new superhero... JASON BOURNE!!!!! He's like the coolest kickass superhero la. I think spiderman or james bond will lose to him in a fight.

He takes more battering than spiderman... and he does more stunts than james bond... you know how it's like when you watch james bond shows and you wonder when a bullet is gonna hit him or when assassins will successfully kill him. He never ever gets hit right? But Jason Bourne, Matt Damon's character, does even more extreme stuff, stuff that we will all go... "jialat this time he confirm hong kan"...

But NO... he still lives. Car crash, dozens of people chasing him, jumping from roof to roof, falling 10 stories into the water... Nothing kills him. He's like wolverine.

This show's seriously good. Watch the fight scene in the room closely. That one for me qualify as best fight scene of the year... Go watch!!

Anyway, a couple of shots of my new additions... 3 goldfishes!


Seriously i don't know whether they will live or not or whether they will affect the 3 tiny ones... but i really hope the tiny ones don't die. They are at least 6 months old and i've developed feelings!! =p

Haha didn't know having Arts Bash at DXO last night had its plus points as well... we had UNCONGESTED roof space to enjoy the fireworks even though it was a bit blocked.. but at least, no jostling around with the hordes of human population at marina square and esplanade area yesterday.



I was looking at the fireworks and thinking... not only did it allow people to come together for a major event, allowing to feel a sense of togetherness but psychologically it also allowed people to feel good. The feeling of celebration, jubilation and joy all came together as the fireworks exploded. The occasion enabled the people to have a sense of pride and that the country is rich and strong... despite lots of murmurs about "ahh there goes the taxpayers' money"...

Anyway, congratulations to "my boy" M1 Alywin and F1 Sarah for winning Arts Bash 07!!





And also Wenjia and Nigel for winning prizes that i didn't quite hear... =)

Great to see Leon, Naga, Sock Hoon, Kim, Yong Ping, Wendy, James & gf, Yen mei and Kelly turning up... Can see this batch of freshies not the chiong type...

Didn't dance much cos i was damn shagged la... went over to the sofa to sleep until i got strong craving for sugarcane juice. So i went next door to makansutra and bought a whooping 1.80 cup of sugarcane. Haha damn random la but it was a fun night!

Anyway i was thinking about Man U's crappy start. I think it's cos last season they kind of won the league all too easily that this season, all the teams play ultra hard against them. Only Chelsea was in the race and it was still 6 points. 15 massive points from 3rd place Liverpool... and it's the same case with England. I think why England always don't win anything cos there are too much publicity. Chelsea had that when they won 2 seasons in a row so they suffered a bit last season. Teams tend to play harder to win against champions. The urge to win is bigger.

Ok back to my Lost ...

Some photos from Temasek Hall Bash @ Zouk!

With Mich's friend, Michelle(PARTNER!!=p) and Kenneth ...

'06 Bash guys ...

With Birthday girl Carol, Tyler and Kenneth ...

The bunch of us ...


Just came back from badminton with Sock Hoon. I am seriously old le man... back aching all over... but it really feels good to play again after so long. I really miss the training we had in cathigh.

Trials next thurs... hopefully can get in so i can use this opportunity to continue playing badminton and also to exercise! =p

Need a hair cut soon also.

Had my 3rd lecture today. 2 more tmr. Luckily shiwy coming back soon... then can go abnormal psy with her. Went for stats with georgina today. It's been long since we last attended class together but except for the a bit boring lecturer, she was still pretty and funny. =p And serene's in there too so i ain't too lonely.

Anyway, had a realisation of myself today... which i guess it's good.

Gonna shower then rest my tired body... Balloting tmr!!!

A series of unfortunate events ...

My modesty... ALL GONE!!

SPAS running around!!






And some armpit shots ...



And check out the guy's face behind Sarah... it's absolutely "kangaroo-in-the-spotlight" man...

More photos again... House photos!! T-house got the biggest strength throughout oweek la!! Teh Ong ROCKS!!

At sentosa!!


And lets play "Spot the Anhong game"!

Actually i not in their OG one...



Haha i wanted to fly!

And i flew in front of them! And they got pissed with me...

LOL! So in the end they let me flyyyyy!!

And Prison Break Season 2 left me hanging there... again...

But so many people dead... just because of a conspiracy that framed Burrows.

Ok onto Lost Season 3!

Just came back from Rush Hour 3... Not as good as the previous ones but plenty of humour still...

Some group photos... all the photos i've got now are very luan... so ya...

So... Oweek's over. Was feeling a little emo watching the video yesterday. Even though it felt short, but the amount of activities were really a lot. But i guess only those whom went regularly can truly understand.

Edna and i were talking about the arts culture yesterday on the way home. I told her some people suffered from a culture shock in arts because we really know how to play and have fun. She agreed and said she's thankful she's in arts.

Even at MPSH when we had the prize ceremony and the speeches, we could all truly feel that we are in one BIG arts family and not 4 divided houses.

To Bobby, Ben, Hock, Camy, Chonghan, Kerching, Shuning and Michelle, You people have done a terrific job as house ICs. Even though there were times when the freshies refused to attend because of some stupid reason, or refuse to cheer because they can't stand being fun and arty farty like us, you guys continue to lead and inspire.

I will always remember Bobby's sensual dancing queen and Hock's Welcome to Singapore! Chonghan's wit and charisma like always, is something i look forward to every camp. Shuning's craziness and ultra-thickskin attitude just make everyone respect her again and again. You can see in the end during Rag, she's the one commanding the whole arts fac.

And to all the Teh Ong's OGLs - Qianfu, Doris, Chingfeng and Yenghong, it has been my utmost pleasure to work with you people. You all are the craziest bunch of people and i had tremendous fun with all of you. I will remember our pretty and PROFESSIONAL mascots.. Teh Gao, Teh O, Teh Peng, Teh Ci and Teh Nee... together we come together and Teh Ong once again, BEST HOUSE FOR OWEEK!! 3 years running!!

I feel sad knowing that next year, many of them will graduate and we won't see them anymore. But Doris and me(and hopefully Yenghong if she's doing honours), we will continue to push T-house to greater heights. And there are people like Vanessa and Leonard who will step up as OGLs or even House ICs...

To all my Teh Nee freshies, i am glad to have met all of you!! Even though many of you disappeared once in awhile, but i am happy that many of you made friends among yourselves.

Wah sian ...

Post-camp-syndrome ...

Kuchi-peh-peh kuchi-peh! Kuchi-peh-peh samu-leh!

What say you say i say what say i say!

Bang! Ahhh!! Barup palup palup pab pab! ooom chi chi ooom chi ooom chi chi oom chi!

Photos up soon!

My parents asked me to join them for a movie just now after lunch. Then i suddenly realised it's been years since i actually watched a movie with them.

But too bad the movie money voucher was for GV and we were at AMK. They didn't want to go to J8 so maybe another time.

Last night wanted to go zouk intially. But i was too shagged when i got home so in the end didn't go. Luckily never go cos they messaged me told me it was too packed and they went to catch a midnight movie.

Was talking to my mum about the dragon year batch and now i've got some understanding on why they are so kiasu. They have been competing all the way since they were in primary school and i guess they are rather a more competitive bunch. Ah well...

Sentosa yesterday was nice. I've got a nice tan but my blister skin came out and it was kind of disgusting but it wasn't really painful. I had a burial ceremony for that piece of skin which was larger than a 50 cents coin!

And my OG won lots of Yohos for doing "special assignment". That one that top the list would be throwing Kynneth into the sea, stripping off his shorts and underwear and then bringing his underwear to our "client". =p

Some personal feelings about the ocomm for Oweek. They've got a lot to learn as programs are not as well-planned as should be. Several occasions when circumstances were not well-thought and House ICs had to cover their asses. Miscommunication and delays. Oh well... learning experience for all i guess...

Ok it was flag day today. But i didn't manage to get the PINK flag tshirt.

And it was nice so many of them stayed over in school last night. But i was pissed i couldn't be the ghost last night during night venture. Was rotting my ass off watching My Sisters.

Some photos from oweek...
My OG mascot!! TEH NEE!!

ARTS!

House IC Bobby in performance!

Before FIC...


Ok gonna watch prison break!