It has come to the time of the year when we have to bid goodbye to the year 2006. This year has been eventful, with the release of 2005 A levels results, my ORD on 220806 and the start of a new term at school. It is not very happy but I still manage to pass by this year fruitfully. My only regret is not being able to enter NTU, at least I did not brood over this issue. Aiyah, perhaps all is fated, no point thinking about it.
Next year will be a challenging year, with most of the time studying and the two Semester breaks. Last year, I was still in the army, now I can be free to do whatever I like. Not much of a resolution, merely want to do well in my studies, hope that it will be a peaceful year. 2006 has been special as I went from being an NSF to civilian to a guy in a holiday mood. 2005 was happy, with lots of nice things happening, 2006 was alright.
Don't know what other people's resolutions are, nevertheless, it is 2007 soon, we cannot deny it. For those who have a happy year, good for you, for those who do not have , try to look forward to 2007 as it might be a better year. 21 years old liao, next year I will be 22 years old, 2 more years to work life, so fast. It is going to be 2007 soon, hope that next year will be mroe enriching and fun. Alright, I end here now.
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Saturday, December 23, 2006
21 Years Old Liao!
21 years old liao, so fast! Well unlike many who have friends to celebrate their birthday with them, I merely have a simple celebration with my family, went out to eat , buy a cake, that is all. Being a guy, I wouldn't mind so much as it is just another day to me, 21 years old is nothing special. I am more worried about going out to work, don't know how to survive in this fast paced society?
In 2 weeks time, holidays will come to an end and it is back to studies. Next semester is not going to be easy with Commercial LAW as a module. Partly because of my command of English, partly heard many say that law modules are hard, and plus to get into the law faculty requires straight As and an A1 in GP, so dare not think so much. Aiyah, just try to understand it, maybe the lecturer will make it interesting?
Don't know anyone have played Guild Wars and completed it before. I did not even reach 75% of the game. It is real tough, compared to FF series, in FF games, gil are almost free, in Guild Wars , you have to fight more monsters to earn more. So I feel that it does not have much appeal to RPG gamers like me, I prefer side quests and wonderful storylines, like Chrono Cross. So far, to date, I have played only more than 10 RPGs, Chrono Cross, Chrono Trigger, Radical Dreamers, FF3,FF7,FF8,FF9,FFx,FFx-2, Pokemon yellow version, Pokemon gold version, Guild Wars , Legend(Jin Yong Qun Xia Zhuan), Uncharted Waters 2, Mario RPG, and lastly, Planet Edge.
I don't know if planet edge is considered a RPG, it is a game about a group of 4 astronauts travelling to space to retrieve parts of a machine that can save the earth. I guess the weapons, the storylines and the missions made it a RPG. I do not play strategy games, as I am always losing, like DUNE 2and games from the C&C series. My 2 brothers perfer that to RPGs, so it is really hard to know what they are talking about at times. I know that there are people who played at least 100 RPGs to date, even more than that. I am not so rich and resourceful to have so much RPGs. These are really avid gamers, I am just pro-RPGs, that is all.
Didn't know that a topic like games can make me write so much things, maybe I am really long winded, so not many like my style. Anyway, 2 more weeks and the holidays will be over, must make use of the remaining time to tidy up a bit for the coming year.
In 2 weeks time, holidays will come to an end and it is back to studies. Next semester is not going to be easy with Commercial LAW as a module. Partly because of my command of English, partly heard many say that law modules are hard, and plus to get into the law faculty requires straight As and an A1 in GP, so dare not think so much. Aiyah, just try to understand it, maybe the lecturer will make it interesting?
Don't know anyone have played Guild Wars and completed it before. I did not even reach 75% of the game. It is real tough, compared to FF series, in FF games, gil are almost free, in Guild Wars , you have to fight more monsters to earn more. So I feel that it does not have much appeal to RPG gamers like me, I prefer side quests and wonderful storylines, like Chrono Cross. So far, to date, I have played only more than 10 RPGs, Chrono Cross, Chrono Trigger, Radical Dreamers, FF3,FF7,FF8,FF9,FFx,FFx-2, Pokemon yellow version, Pokemon gold version, Guild Wars , Legend(Jin Yong Qun Xia Zhuan), Uncharted Waters 2, Mario RPG, and lastly, Planet Edge.
I don't know if planet edge is considered a RPG, it is a game about a group of 4 astronauts travelling to space to retrieve parts of a machine that can save the earth. I guess the weapons, the storylines and the missions made it a RPG. I do not play strategy games, as I am always losing, like DUNE 2and games from the C&C series. My 2 brothers perfer that to RPGs, so it is really hard to know what they are talking about at times. I know that there are people who played at least 100 RPGs to date, even more than that. I am not so rich and resourceful to have so much RPGs. These are really avid gamers, I am just pro-RPGs, that is all.
Didn't know that a topic like games can make me write so much things, maybe I am really long winded, so not many like my style. Anyway, 2 more weeks and the holidays will be over, must make use of the remaining time to tidy up a bit for the coming year.
Saturday, December 16, 2006
2 Weeks Liao
Well, two weeks have past, a lot of events happened. Got my results on 6 Dec 2006, about 2 weeks ago, was satisfied with it. Initially thought that I will fail my Business Computing module, but luckily I passed. I got 2 HD( High Distinctions) and 2 CR(Credits), equivalent to 2 'A's and 2 'C's, how nice if it was the grade for my A levels, then I would not have been disappointed then. Anyway, I dare not be complacent or be too overjoyed as there are 6 more sems to go. Suddenly, I feel so relaxed, at least I know I deserved such good grades as I have worked hard for it, sounds like I am really conceited, or in Chinese known as 自负, but I really spend at least 3 hours each day studying at SIM during SEM 1. Next sem is full time studies , and subsequently is part time studies. Looking forward to another sem of new knowledege and work.
Yesterday, just went out with my family for a meal to celebrate my birthday. I am the type that do not have any friends to celebrate my birthday with me. I am used to it, at least I have my family celebrating it with me, unlike some who do not have parents to celebrate with them or their parents forgetting their birthday. Whenever I read about people talking about celebrating their birthday with friends, I am full of envy and it really sounds like fun. Not that nobody care about me, just that I do not have much friends. Logically, birthday might just be another day, you still eat, sleep, do the necessary stuff. Somehow, we as humans see it as a significant day as it is the day when we first enter this fascinating world and came to know ourselves as humans.
I am not trying to impress anyone with my strange thoughts, it is just that I like to think a lot. I am a bit like datoufen , a character created by Peifen recently in the programme " The world of datoufen" aired on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8:30 pm. Howver dtf is so cute, I am just a plain looking guy who do not yearn for much except to meet my goals I set for myself in life. I do not need much people to understand me, just don't force me to do things that I do not like. Frankly speaking, I find that my standard of English is below average, even in this blog, there are grammatical errors and spelling mistakes. To me, the usage of bombastic words or imagery or similes are just to attract attention , let people know that you have a lot of "ink" . In Chinese, we called it 有墨水 。
I am more apt at using Mandarin than English, partly it is because I am exposed to Chinese media more often. I feel that it is best for a person can use his mother tongue to converse with friends of the same race and use English in their jobs. I do not yearn to be like some people who speaks fluent English very proficiently, but I do not want to feel lost when it comes to speaking English. I don't know how I fare in speaking English, but I know I am quite proficient when it comes to speaking Mandarin.
Recently went to stomp, which is a forum set up by The Straits Times. I am particularly interested in the "I confess " list of threads. I came across a thread saying that "Many Singaporeans are Lame, I am going to migrate" by a person who sign off as Emo. I guess from her other threads she started , she must be from a prestigious girls school in her Secondary school days and unfortunately faced some really unpleasant incidents with her peers. That is why she is rather oblivious to the fact that the Singaporeans she termed as lame, ( and the reason might be we use Singlish?) , are actually not lame at all, what is lame is her peers throwing penknifes at her because she failed her Chinese test. I guessed they must also have called her a Banana women, "white inside, yellow outside".
I empathise with her for going through this, but the point is that she have expressed her unhappiness to the wrong group of people. Singlish is no doubt not a communication tool for formal occasions and in your job, but we cannot deny it s existence and say that those who use Singlish are lame. Besides, a forum is an interactive and less formal platform for stompers to pen their views, as long as we know when to use Singlish and when to use English, it is alright. I do not object to using fluent English in less formal occasions, but please do not think that by using standard English, you are high above the others. Sometimes, it is that we prefer to use Singlish as it is closer to our hearts.
Some stompers turn stomp forums into battle zones where they argue and debate with each other. What I feel is no point feeling so frustrated, you don't even know who is on the other side, you can rebuke , but please do not have any personal attacks or pen down too sensitive views. I saw a comment of my stomper that he/she hate a group of people and Singapore have 80 % of them. I know who he is referring to, being in that group of people he "hate", I am frustrated, but after a while, I thought about it, I don't even know who he is, and besides he hate that group of people, who knows how many from that group of people hate him too.
I just feel that it is a bit dangerous to post such comments, you can write it on your diary or keep it to yourself, but try not to post such racist comments. All it takes is just one brainless comment to spark a potential racial riot in Singapore. If that happened, the hard work and the constsnt reminders for us to live in harmony will be futile. I know it is too idealistic to let people of different races not have differences, but we could try to be tolerant and be less myopic.
3 more weeks of holidays and it is study time again, blog about so much thoughts about forums , it is so weird. Alright, I end here now.
Yesterday, just went out with my family for a meal to celebrate my birthday. I am the type that do not have any friends to celebrate my birthday with me. I am used to it, at least I have my family celebrating it with me, unlike some who do not have parents to celebrate with them or their parents forgetting their birthday. Whenever I read about people talking about celebrating their birthday with friends, I am full of envy and it really sounds like fun. Not that nobody care about me, just that I do not have much friends. Logically, birthday might just be another day, you still eat, sleep, do the necessary stuff. Somehow, we as humans see it as a significant day as it is the day when we first enter this fascinating world and came to know ourselves as humans.
I am not trying to impress anyone with my strange thoughts, it is just that I like to think a lot. I am a bit like datoufen , a character created by Peifen recently in the programme " The world of datoufen" aired on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8:30 pm. Howver dtf is so cute, I am just a plain looking guy who do not yearn for much except to meet my goals I set for myself in life. I do not need much people to understand me, just don't force me to do things that I do not like. Frankly speaking, I find that my standard of English is below average, even in this blog, there are grammatical errors and spelling mistakes. To me, the usage of bombastic words or imagery or similes are just to attract attention , let people know that you have a lot of "ink" . In Chinese, we called it 有墨水 。
I am more apt at using Mandarin than English, partly it is because I am exposed to Chinese media more often. I feel that it is best for a person can use his mother tongue to converse with friends of the same race and use English in their jobs. I do not yearn to be like some people who speaks fluent English very proficiently, but I do not want to feel lost when it comes to speaking English. I don't know how I fare in speaking English, but I know I am quite proficient when it comes to speaking Mandarin.
Recently went to stomp, which is a forum set up by The Straits Times. I am particularly interested in the "I confess " list of threads. I came across a thread saying that "Many Singaporeans are Lame, I am going to migrate" by a person who sign off as Emo. I guess from her other threads she started , she must be from a prestigious girls school in her Secondary school days and unfortunately faced some really unpleasant incidents with her peers. That is why she is rather oblivious to the fact that the Singaporeans she termed as lame, ( and the reason might be we use Singlish?) , are actually not lame at all, what is lame is her peers throwing penknifes at her because she failed her Chinese test. I guessed they must also have called her a Banana women, "white inside, yellow outside".
I empathise with her for going through this, but the point is that she have expressed her unhappiness to the wrong group of people. Singlish is no doubt not a communication tool for formal occasions and in your job, but we cannot deny it s existence and say that those who use Singlish are lame. Besides, a forum is an interactive and less formal platform for stompers to pen their views, as long as we know when to use Singlish and when to use English, it is alright. I do not object to using fluent English in less formal occasions, but please do not think that by using standard English, you are high above the others. Sometimes, it is that we prefer to use Singlish as it is closer to our hearts.
Some stompers turn stomp forums into battle zones where they argue and debate with each other. What I feel is no point feeling so frustrated, you don't even know who is on the other side, you can rebuke , but please do not have any personal attacks or pen down too sensitive views. I saw a comment of my stomper that he/she hate a group of people and Singapore have 80 % of them. I know who he is referring to, being in that group of people he "hate", I am frustrated, but after a while, I thought about it, I don't even know who he is, and besides he hate that group of people, who knows how many from that group of people hate him too.
I just feel that it is a bit dangerous to post such comments, you can write it on your diary or keep it to yourself, but try not to post such racist comments. All it takes is just one brainless comment to spark a potential racial riot in Singapore. If that happened, the hard work and the constsnt reminders for us to live in harmony will be futile. I know it is too idealistic to let people of different races not have differences, but we could try to be tolerant and be less myopic.
3 more weeks of holidays and it is study time again, blog about so much thoughts about forums , it is so weird. Alright, I end here now.
Saturday, December 02, 2006
A Nice Long Holiday
This week, finally know that lessons will commence on the 15th of Jan 2007, still have one and a half months of rest. Counting the number of weeks for my holidays, it is around 10 weeks plus, since 2003, I haven't have such a long break. Just so strange, we should have studied for at least 9 months per year, but end up studying for half a year and resting half a year.
The past few weeks have been happy, went to many places and did a lot of things I want to do. Sometimes though, I feel so empty, don't know what am I doing, why I am doing those things? I can't say I have been through a lot but somehow I just feel so weird. At times, I wonder why am I in such a state, I should be like this and not likt that. Fortunately, I have never experience being ditched or jitted yet, or face "betrayal" by my lover.
I actually more than once thought about being on a relationship with a girl, but if it have to end up in vain, what is the use? Afterall, is it that important to experience such things at an early age. I know people will laugh when I say that 21 years old is early, but I am just not ready physically and emotionally to deal with such issues. I feel that you can like someone and the person will not like you, but you cannot force someone to like you.
I distinguish between affectuations and love clearly, so the sort of admiration and liking that we feel for the person is different from love for your lover. Too bad, nowadays, few people realize that love does not mean that you must say it out to your partner , your simple acts of concern and not possessing that person is love in my view. Affectuations are just feelings of admiration and liking for a person, they are periodic in nature, you can have many affectuations but only one or two love in your entire life.
Well, why am I talking about all these? I have never been in a relationship or loved someone before, perhaps my narrow view is wrong. Must be too free, that is why have such weird thoughts. Anyway, right now, I will never have a stead, I am very sure of that. Alright, I end here now.
The past few weeks have been happy, went to many places and did a lot of things I want to do. Sometimes though, I feel so empty, don't know what am I doing, why I am doing those things? I can't say I have been through a lot but somehow I just feel so weird. At times, I wonder why am I in such a state, I should be like this and not likt that. Fortunately, I have never experience being ditched or jitted yet, or face "betrayal" by my lover.
I actually more than once thought about being on a relationship with a girl, but if it have to end up in vain, what is the use? Afterall, is it that important to experience such things at an early age. I know people will laugh when I say that 21 years old is early, but I am just not ready physically and emotionally to deal with such issues. I feel that you can like someone and the person will not like you, but you cannot force someone to like you.
I distinguish between affectuations and love clearly, so the sort of admiration and liking that we feel for the person is different from love for your lover. Too bad, nowadays, few people realize that love does not mean that you must say it out to your partner , your simple acts of concern and not possessing that person is love in my view. Affectuations are just feelings of admiration and liking for a person, they are periodic in nature, you can have many affectuations but only one or two love in your entire life.
Well, why am I talking about all these? I have never been in a relationship or loved someone before, perhaps my narrow view is wrong. Must be too free, that is why have such weird thoughts. Anyway, right now, I will never have a stead, I am very sure of that. Alright, I end here now.
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