AAR!

I lost the plot last night. Haha ... there wasn't one honestly, but after 2 nights which i repeated the same mistakes, i guess i finally learnt my weakness.

I MUST stop being aggressive and get away with the feeling of invincibility when i've got the chip lead.

I visited this dementia daycare centre at Tampines yesterday.

And i want to say how much i feel for the place.

I got that on the stroke of 830am and there wasn't any lot to park so i just park in the staff's lot. Rushed up to the 3rd floor where the New Horizon Centre was at. This centre is part of the Alzheimer's Disease Association and what they do is accept stroke and dementia patients and help them with rehab. So i got there and there was this lady by the name of Ivy who showed us around the place.

There were several patients around already and some of them were staring at us, probably wondering what we were doing there. Surprisingly, there were other young adults there too, like nursing students from ITE and Poly, as well as some volunteers. Many of these patients were wheelchair-bound, but throughout the whole visit, i experienced a sort of contentment from them. It's almost like they have resigned to their lives.

After awhile, the occupational therapist Steven came to talk to us. We were given the opportunities to interact with the patients, with many of them really willing to talk to us. There were the older ones, as well as the 40smth 50smth patients. This brought out a stark realisation that anyone can be struck down by stroke, by dementia.

Many of them were going through their morning "exercise" via the various equipments so as to keep themselves active. A singing group was there performing for them and we were given the opportunity to sing for them as well.

It was more or less quite a solemn visit, and it just reinforced my desire to be a therapist. Oh well ... i just hope i don't get dementia too early in life.

吴克群 不屑纪念

十月十八我生日这一天
蜡烛熄灭后浮现你的脸
你说祝我生日快乐
但还有话挂在嘴边

你说你身边多了一个他
之后伤人的话你不想讲
你说你会怀念或纪念
谢谢你我该说声感谢

我不屑纪念这一天我们分别
我不屑怀念你的嘴喊着抱歉
(我不屑怀念你的脸欲止又言)
我后来发现 你的侧脸
只是我脑子里面的一点残缺
一点残缺

忘了说抱歉的是我才对

I am feeling extremely lazy to start on any work for now. It's the start of MID SEM BREAK!!

Oh no no ... On the contrary, it's known as READING week. Zzzz.

Played on garena last night with zhang. Pretty challenging but it's good. At least we don't get those idiot leavers from bnet.

Went to watch He's just not that into you. BGR brought onto a higher level! Haha and while they touched on a few topics/scenarios, it's hilarious to watch how females and their male counterparts react accordingly. But yeah it's pretty true, at least in the western society. Asians are nicer. They do call back. =p

And i was telling the gf that day about how i've observed this particular schoolmate of mine long enough to know how does a sissy boy behave. So here goes ...
1) They will NEVER do anything to make themselves look BIGGER physically. No standing upright with puffed-out chest, or walking with their arms swinging like an ahbeng. It's all "appear small". Their arms will be kept tightly to their sides and legs crossed over while sitting and their walking motion indicates that of a duck.

2) They will never appear in a lecture theatre in a grandeur manner. Notice how their heads will be kept tilted down, eyes looking almost at the floor, AND THAT "SHY" aura they exude. Omg. It's like ... -rarh-

3) Finally their 'small actions'. Take note of that hand, wrist and fingers. They TWIRL. And when they do get near the face, it's like "ohhh this is sooooo unglam, i hope no one notices."

Ok I feel mean now, but really it's just observational behaviour. =)

My chair came. YIPPIIEE. Now i can turn around and around.

Some happenings, angsty and probably funny stuff too that happened over the past few days.

I used the government's tax rebate 100 bucks to go join a poker tournament on fri! Haha ... it's not that but i like to make it sound that way. It was really interesting, with a good mixture of crowd. 2 tables, 15 players in total, with 1500 chips each. Ken and i were probably awed by all that but it was really cool. At least i am convinced we should play with people who has the same concept of "money" as us, ie. student populations. I won the first hand, really reluctantly, since we agreed to play really tight. But can't blame me with the ace and 8 hitting 2 pairs. But yeah they said it's bad luck winning the first hand.

We were exposed to the concept of really loose all-ins. But then it worked for them against people like us. Robin Leong was there too with 2 other caucasians who were really friendly. The flush draws i needed didn't come and so i had to bow out midway through, especially when the blinds were burning us real bad. 2 times the blind each 20 mins! Zzz ...

Ken made it to the top 5 before he agreed with the other guy to split the 4th prize. One really funny sight was when the security guard came to chase us out of the function room and that was like the 3rd time already. So the remaining 3 players had to stuff all their stacks of chips into every pockets they could find, before unloading them bit by bit upstairs in the host's house.

And no. I am not addicted to gambling.

Vday yesterday was funny in the sense that we met so many people i know when we went for dinner at wasabi tei. First person i saw was Ken Chan and cos i had to do my phone, i asked him to help me queue up since he was last in the queue. Then when i went up to check on the queue, Aaron and Edna popped up behind me in the queue. Then after that Linda appeared with her bf. So we made up about half of the customers in the shop at anytime. Watched Bride Wars and it was pretty nice looking at the wedding concept through a female's perspective, at least of the 2 female protagonists. But i was really surprised how Emma's relationship could get so strained nearing the wedding, and then before deciding not to married on that day itself, and then marrying Liv's brother one year later.

Oh and angsty drivers. I was one of them yesterday because so many people were cutting lanes ABRUPTLY without signalling! And there was one who couldn't make up his mind to turn or not and came to a stop on the road itself, with me right behind! I think it was due everyone wanting to have the perfect Vday that somehow they didn't anticipate all the traffic and delays, so everyone was angsty. Somemore today on the way home, this Honda Civic cut into a Hyundai's lane on the right most lane, and immediately, the Hyundai signalled left, cut 2 lanes, zoomed ahead, signalled right and cut back in front of the Civic. I was just behind the Civic when all that happened. I literally CLAPPED.

One weekend of nonstop fun and i am suddenly overwhelmed with work. Not that i didn't know they exist, but i didn't quite anticipate the high amount of stress i am feeling now. 1 presentation and 1 three-page report due on friday, 2 meetings to finish up presentations, another quiz tmr and so many other readings.

Ok enough of whining. Work's like fun. Non stop. =p

Today's the last day of CNY, and i hereby conclude that this year isn't good for Mahjong as no winnings at all! This year's for TEXAS HOLDEM!!!

Sis has left. =( The house is empty and quiet again.

Today's lecture got cancelled! So i've got one free day to whack my neuropsych article. There's a QUIZ tmr and i haven't even gone for a single class yet. Awesome.

Met up with the guys last night at Clarke Quay for dinner. Fred's flying off on wed. Watched Federer gave up and lost to Nadal. Booo~ They came over for some Guitar Hero and i am more motivated to go buy one more guitar set now. Then Ken came over for some Poker and yayyy i won again!

OK time to STUDY and do some work. I've got a feeling i've got lots of projects coming up. =/