Week Four at NIE...

Three weeks has passed.

I am still inundated with tons of reading from the various modules, namely AAE102, AAE203, AAE231 and ALS101. I believe I will be on the verge of self-destruction if there is no change in the way I manage my time for the many weeks to come. Where has time gone to? What is the problem with my time management? And I know I am not alone.

This morning, I was reading The Straits Times when dad suddenly wished me "Happy Birthday". I replied coldly to him that it was not my birthday. He was expressionless. I wondered if I had made him mad. When mum came back, I told her what dad did and she said, "Today's your lunar birthday!" I was abashed by my absolute silliness.

On my way to the bus stop, I plucked up the courage to tell dad shyly that I had made a mistake this morning. He just smiled. I smiled too. I laughed at my own silliness and insensitivity as I was narrating the whole story to May. Oh, yah, thanks for the wonderful birthday card, May! I really hope we will be friends forever!

Week One at NIE...

Friends and classmates who saw my time-table exclaimed, "Wah! Your time-table is so good. Not many breaks in between." Good? I was expecting something like a 3 or 4-day week. I looked at theirs and nearly fainted. Some have 6 or 7-hour break between the first and following lessons while a few fortunate ones have 3 or 4-hour break.

Anyway, nothing interesting happened this week. I have got nothing impressive or exciting to talk about except for the following:

For AAE231 - Formed group with Azman, Kavita and Linus. I have never worked with any one of them for a major group assignment.

For AAE203 - Formed group with Elizabeth, Cindy and Zoie. This will be the third time I am collaborating with Elizabeth. I have yet to know Cindy and Zoie, especially the latter.

For AAE102 - Formed group with Ernita, Lee Ching and Ryan. I have known Ernita since practicum at SVPS and she has conveyed her expectations to me. I hope I do not disappoint any of them.

I really look forward to meeting up and collaborating with these group mates.

小鸡bye!哈！

小牛从小鸡家哭着回来，老牛吃惊见了问小牛为什么哭？

小牛哭诉说被鸡妈妈和全家的鸡追着打，老牛又问为什么被打？

小牛说我只是向他们道别，那里知道鸡妈妈和全村的鸡很生气追打我。

老牛问小牛你是怎么道别的？

小牛说我只是讲：

小鸡bye!
老鸡bye!
全部鸡bye!

Contributed by an anonymous SMS recipient.

Wedding at Sentosa Shangri-la...

Last Sunday, I attended Li Kokh and May Inn's wedding at Rasa Sentosa Resort, Shangri-La. For some unknown reasons, I think I always like to promise people whole-heartedly that I would attend their weddings or birthday parties and then end up cracking my mind whether I should attend at the very last minute. Well, the heavy rain that day might have dampened my spirits or made my bed a little cosier. Yah, the rain.

I went to Jurong East MRT Station and boarded the specially-catered coach to Sentosa. We were told to board the bus at 6 P.M. It left after 20 minutes of waiting, with 6 passengers aboard. We reached Pulau Blakang Mati at about 6.45 P.M. I decided to wait at the lobby for some familiar faces to appear. Within a short moment, I saw Jasmine (Poi). She wore a radiant look on her face. It was her make-up, she told me.

We went down to the wedding reception at level 1, bid our ang pows goodbye and grabbed drinks to quench our thirst. Soon, we saw Debbie (Koh) walking towards us. Shortly, Ludwig and Benny appeared. I was wondering if Li Kokh had invited ALL the lecturers and tutors he knew! After standing for so long, we decided to go in, find our table and make ourselves comfortable. The seats around our table were slowly filled up by Jennifer, Wanyu, Ailian, Susan and Peiling. The last to grace the wedding was Ryan. It turned out to be a gathering for most of us!

Won An Acer Laptop!

I got a shock when Jasmine from the other line told me that I had won a notebook worth $1,500 from a contest held by The Handphone Shop. I could not believe my ears and asked her to repeat what she just said. I was quite sceptical too. Could it be some fraudsters trying to con me? “Where do I collect it?” I asked. “Okay, here’s the address. You may like to take it down.” She replied.

53 Ubi Crescent

Thanks to my svelte Motorola V8! And thanks to my dearest sister and mum who bought this phone for me. She brings me such good luck despite the way she behaves recently; she is unresponsive whenever I try to get intimate with her. Just two days ago, I was contemplating of breaking up with her after seeing Alan pampering himself with a new love - SE K910i.

I had been contemplating of getting a new laptop after recent protests from my Macbook. I had wanted to get a Sony but the price was too steep and I was not sure whether I would fall in love with Vista. Well, with this new Acer Aspire 4520, I am grateful that I did not spend thousands of dollars on Sony/Vista - nice to look at, but incorrigibly slow. Anyway, it's a prize so why hiam?