Tuesday, November 30, 2004
My goodness... An adult leh... Not an adolescent, teenager or youth... but an adult... Now, you're supposed to be responsible for everything in your life... officially anyway... hee... Turning 21 and everything that comes with it, I guess that is just supposed to help me get used to working life, and ultimately, a life with your own family...
Oh well... no matter how overwhelming that might be... Guess I'll just take it one day at a time...
I just feel like enjoying my holidays now... relaxing, not having any care about my studies until next year... I feel like going for a drive... but no car... so I can't go driving... and I don't want to waste money just so I can drive for a while... I only rent them when I have a need for them... not just for fun...
Quite a lot of ppl think that I always rent cars, thing is, I don't... at most, is twice a month... but usually once a month... I've added up the amount I spend on renting cars... everything came up to around the equivalent one would pay for the installment of one month for a normal car... so have I spent a lot? I don't think so... it's definitely cheaper than getting one... not that I could anyway...
Although I do like cars... it's not only the car that draws me in... it's how it would feel for me to drive that... To feel the engine come to life when you turn the key... To be in control of where you want to go... that's what I crave... I crave not only a car... but a car I would enjoy driving... A car that goes exactly where you want it to, speeds up and slows down exactly how you want it to...
Of course, there's also that fascination with driving a convertible... That's one of my dreams... to be able to own a convertible... To just let the top down and speed off on the highway... just me, my girl and 300 horses under the hood... hee... Feeling the wind rushing through your hair, our clothes... Feeling yourself wrapped in the wind as your car cuts a path through it...
Of course, I don't only want to go drive to nowhere... That's y, my other dream would be to be able to go for a long drive in a sports car... Probably a Ferrari, but a Lambo wouldn't hurt too... That's would be just great... To be driving an exotic sports car down Australia's Great Ocean Road and take in all the sights... Wait a minute... even better is to drive a convertible there... hee...
All these are just dreams... but hopefully one day, I might be able to make them come true... But for now, it's just me and my rented cars... hee...
BTW, Half Life 2 rocks!!! But pls check that you have the requirements met before buying... it's rather demanding... hee...
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Saturday, November 27, 2004
It's the end of my exams!! Whoohoo!!! And in the name of the ever affable Mask, "It's time to partay!! P-A-R-T-why? Cos I gotta!! Shmmmokin'"
Hehe... I know... it's lame...
Anyway... yup... my exams finished today... I don't even care how I did... I just want to enjoy... hehe... After the exam today... I went down to Sim Lim Square and was faced with a dilemma... Should I get Need For Speed Underground 2 for $49.90, or Half Life 2 for $60?? Hrm...
In the end... I just bought both!! Wahahahaa!!! Sometimes, some games are worth getting the original... hehe... Man... I'm so happy... it's nearly as good as the feeling when you ORD... hehe...
But I haven't installed the games yet.. came home and played Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas... hehe... Damn fun game...
I've already stocked up on my games... Here's the list..
1) Half Life 2
2) Need For Speed Underground 2
3) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
4) Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
5) Resident Evil Outbreak
6) The Sims 2
7) Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
8) Hitman: Contracts
9) Burnout 3
10) Onimusha 3
11) Gran Turismo 4 Prolouge
Hee.... quite a lot huh? Don't know whether I can finish them... hee...
But on top of that... something more urgent... Who wants to go clubbing!!! Wed nights at China Black!!! Whee!!! Hee... I want free entry... ;P
Guess that's all... time to go enjoy my freedom!!!
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Sunday, November 21, 2004
Thing is... i've been slacking today... only finished reading through Microbiology section... and that's like only 10% of the total notes... tomorrow have to piah through all the rest... then see if I can squeeze in some chem or stats or something.... ugh... I'm such a procrastinator at times... Chem still have the last 4 chapters left... I'm trying to understand the mechanisms so that I can remember them... and can use logic to recall them... hee... Thanks for the tip Dexter... Hope it helps... hee...
On the lighter side... I was passing by the game shop today... found out they dropped the price to 8 for 1... 4 for 30... so... I went to buy 4... hee... Need For speed Underground 2, Metal Gear Solid 3, Resident Evil Outbreak... and reserved Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas... So far... think only the NFS got problem... hangs when loading... so I'm going to change it tmr... when I go get the GTA... Hee... stocking up games for the holidays liao... I'm soooo bad... Hehe...
Oh yeah... Y does Olinda have to be kicked out!!! Argh!!! Sly should have gone!! sian... tot could have a battle of the sexes... hee... Now, got a repeat of American Idol 2... Clay and Reuben... sheesh.... The young girls really don't know singing talent... just go for looks... I just think talent should come before looks... It IS a singing competition and not a model competition... Hai~... well... that's just how the cookie crumbles...
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Friday, November 12, 2004
Yahoo!!! Finally... Singaporeans made the correct choice... There is a God!!! It's not that I really detest her... but she just sounds kinda nasal... it's starting to get irritating... Hee...
That means the Top 3 are Sylvester, Taufik and Olinda!!! Yay!!!
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Tuesday, November 09, 2004
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not flunk;
He keepeth me from lying down when I should be studying.
He leadeth me beside the water cooler for a study break;
He restores my faith in study guides.
He leads me to better study habitsFor my grades' sake.
Yea, tho' I walk through the valley of borderline grades,
I will not have a nervous breakdown;
For Thou art with me;
My prayers and my friends, they comfort me.
Thou givest me the answers in moments of blankness;
Thou anointest my head with understanding,
My test paper runneth over with questions I recognize.
Surely passing grades and flying colors shall follow me
All the days of my examinations;
And I shall not have to dwell in this university forever!
~anonymous
11 more days to final exams!!! argh!!!
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Wednesday, November 03, 2004
I remember that ever since my sis taught me how to fold hearts with the bus ticket, I always took every chance I got to practice... so everytime I took the bus, I would fold one with my ticket. But that time, I still had no one to give them to... so rather than keep them for myself, I would do the exact same thing... slip it under the handles of the chairs in front of me. I folded so many that I actually lost count... from the time I was taught, when I was in Sec 4, till the time I had to change to Ez link and the farecard sytem was no longer needed by me. For about 2 years, it became a habit for me... taking the bus, sitting in my seat, pondering whatever came into my mind, my hands automatically folding the little heart and placing it where others might find it.
I guess I started doing that after the end of my 1st relationship... a short lived but still memorable one... Guess I just wanted to find someone that I could give those hearts to... But that person hadn't appeared in my life yet... So rather than be selfish and keep those unused hearts to myself, I chose to let everyone else see them... And somehow hope that they may brighten their days.
To think that I chanced upon the heart again now... it's really surprising... But in this time of Ez link and ticketless rides, I hardly have the chance to do that again... Not that I have to anymore... Eventhough I stopped folding those little hearts for a few years, a few months back, I found someone to share all those lost hearts with...
So wherever those hearts might be, be it in other people's memories or thoughts, I hope they would have accomplished their purpose and given others hope... The same hope that led me to find my dearest...
Happy 4th Month Val... :)
NB: Here's something else inspiring that I got from my email
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared, he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no further.
So the man decided to help the butterfly, he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Nothing happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.
That man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were nature's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we went through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be so strong as what we could have been. And we could never fly.
The key to happiness is not that you never get upset, irritated or frustrated. It's how quickly you snap out of it.
**The happiest of people don't neccessarily have the best of everything, they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...**
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