Head splitting

Haven't had the energy to make an entry of late. was down with a nasty bout of viral fever. this has got to be the worst case of fever i've ever got. normally, fever is a one-day thing to me. i'll feel miserable today but after a good night's sleep, i'll more often than not feel a whole lot better the next day. i thought this was gonna be the same as any other regular fever.

Boy, was i wrong.

Got the chills on Friday night, felt bad on Saturday, dint get any better on Sunday and though the fever's gone on Monday, my head still throbs. Even now, there's this slight nagging ache in the back of my head. i just knew i shouldnt have tried to go for lessons yesterday, dint catch a thing the lecturer said and had to leave the LT cos i was getting cold. i was actually feeling cold on a hot afternoon. damn, i've never felt so terrible before. needless to say, i dint manage to get any productive work done these few days.

its times like these when u really appreciate the times when u're hale and healthy. you take loads of stuffs and actions for granted and now when u're sick, its hard to do much except lie down. you cant even take the time to think cos you have this weird idea that your head might explode if you think too much. anyway i guess all the antibiotics are doing their work now. i feel immensely better than i did 3 days before. thats why i think doctors fully deserve the $3911 starting pay we give them. i also think its better to just die than to fall seriously sick in $ingapore. costed me about 45bucks just for some meds. can u imagine the cost if they need to cut you open? >_<

Houston, we have a problem

I think i can now understand how people feel when they suffer from some obsessive compulsory disorder. i am beginning to think i have something like that too. My 'problem' is, i can't seem to walk past any CD store without going in. and coming out with a lighter wallet.>_<. i dint even realised that this occurs everytime, until today, when i was walking out of Sembawang Music with an album and i was trying to think of when was the last time i came out of a store without spending money on some album. well, i don't remember. it seems i buy stuff EVERYTIME i enter a CD store. and its hard to resist entering one.

now i sound like one of those ladies with a shopping disorder. i read about 3 cases like these in the papers some time back and it seems at least one of them ran into debt just because she couldnt control how much she was spending. Having credit cards dint help matters much either. i can sort of totally relate to the rush they get when they buy stuff cos i sorta feel it too. SONG!

anyway its really quite a trivial thing, so i guess i shouldnt really be bothered. after all, i don't really get to be near any CD stores everyday. though this is something i've never thought about before.

anyway, this is the week of the term break.not much different from any other regular week, except my poor professors don't get a chance to see my lovable face for a whole week. haha. well, i am starting to think i have 'bad' professors. not that they don't know their stuff. On the contrary, i think they're very good at what they do. they just suck at delivering it to us. For one particular prof(a very short one, i might add), most of the time, in spite of devoting all of my unwavering attention into every detailed movement of his quivering lips, i have no idea what the hell the guy's saying.-_-.and he has an annoying habit of not showing us what he has written on transparencies. he just goes on and on, oblivious to the fact that no one is copying down stuff BECAUSE we cant see it. kinda dense huh? Needless to say, he dint score too well on the lecture survey. most of us(me) gave him sucky scores.

i just hope he doesnt take it out on us by setting a difficult paper.>_<.

Time

Well, i went for my fortnightly bowling league yesterday and i finally cracked 200 on that annoying decrepit bowling alley. well, it wasnt really all my effort. i've got a 24point handicap to help me out. heh heh. My 177 and 201 scores turned out to be 201 and 225 respectively. My opponent was kinda pissed that my handicap was so absurbly high. hahaha. can't be helped that i dont play as much as them, thats why its really hard for me to bring down my average.^^

watching kate and leopold on tv now and something the male lead said strikes a chord with me. the pace of life nowadays is too quick for comfort. we have progressed so much, with all the comforts and conveniences of the world, but none of the integrity that should have come along with the whole  package. its no wonder the Victorian dude couldnt fit in, despite his quick wit and obvious charm.although this remark was sorta made in a moment of pique, i totally agree with what he said. really ironic that progress can sometimes lead to regress.

If only i can travel back to the past just by jumping off a bridge. i really don't mind living in the 19th century. at the very least, i know i'll like the music.

Anyway, speaking of time, its one commodity i am really in need of. the term break is coming. that would imply the fyp deadline is drawing near, ergo the exams are nearing. i've got to get the final report up, finish all the annoying projects and revision for the exams shouldnt be too far from the list. i've got to look for a job while i'm at it too.>_<

Lonely Hearts?

Well, its V-day today. no date. no surprise there. i never seem to have luck with the ladies.

i do remember vividly this time last year, when i was working in funan, there was this unbelievable queue outside Swensons, just besides where i work. it was still there after 9pm, when i got off work.starving couples in need of some special ambience in order to fill their empty bellies. that food court just doesnt seem to cut it today. Me and my colleagues were saying how amazing it is that people seemed to think a Valentine's day date is any different from any other date on any other day. well, there's a difference all right. everything seems to cost more on this day. this may sound cliche but it seemed to be really true that Valentine's day was actually invented by shrewd and conniving florists rather than some crusty old lover-saving Roman priest.

its weird the lengths people go to on this day, there's the dozen roses bouquet, 2 dozen roses, 99 roses, 999 roses(!!) and the awe-inspiring, impossibly romantic(sic) 9999 roses(!!!!) combo. i really wonder how on earth does one take delivery of roses that are in the hundreds. how does one deliver them in the first place? Have people actually seen anyone delivering 999 roses before? or are those actually miniature roses we're talking about? i've never actually bought ten thousand roses before(dont think i ever will though), so i guess thats something i'll never know.

2 couple frens of mine(thats 4 pple btw) are spending this special occasion in Taiwan; flown there together last night i think. Got to hand it to them though, for the courage and willingness to drop work and the effort to make plans for this special day. That being said, i do believe love should be a daily commitment; there shouldnt be a day where you should love your partner more compared to any other day. and it shouldnt be the case that affection is only expressed on one single day instead of all the time.

so guys out there, get 999 roses for your missus everyday. Capiche?

Quote of the day: What is a date if not an interview that lasts the whole night long?

1 Point

Well, went for another recruitment talk the other day and it has got to be the worst one i've been to yet. The presenter was a good talker, i'll give him that, but there was no mention at all of what job the company is offering to fresh grads. all he was going on about was how good and wonderful the company is, and how good it would be for you to be working there.=/ Great, so essentially the guy's saying i could be working there as a toilet cleaner and yet enjoy the immensely wonderful prospects the company's got to offer?

needless to say, i wasnt too impressed.

anyway, my sister's O level results was announced yesterday. Turns out she got 7 points. Wow. That's like almost half of what i got. what makes it even more amazing is the fact that she got about 20 for her prelims. i guess hard work really does pays off. Now, together with the 4 point deduction she enjoys,(which pretty much means she's got a 3point L1R5. 0_0). If she opts to go back to JJC, she's gonna have a 1point L1R5! i guess she can pretty much enter any pre-U course available now.

I really wonder whether people are really getting smarter or the papers are getting easier.>_<

Well, it has been a slow week, but i have no doubt things are going to pick up next week. There's the fyp and the speakers will probably be here. Probably.
I should probably get started on the labs and projects too. It seems my team mates arent particularly worried and that worries me. I guess i need to get them fired up. the sooner we get these over with, the better. I could do without all these little distractions.

ドリフト!

Went out with Kit and some other friends for supper for the last two days and it was interesting getting introduced to the world of drifting. I'm not a maestro on wheels, and not really much of a tech guy either but it is intriguing hearing and seeing what they know. though i've got to admit i have a few other frens( who i should not name for the sake of not embarrassing them, haha) who seem to think they know all about drifting when all they've done is pulled the handbrakes a couple of times in their hondas and whathaveyous.

Anyway, from what little i've gathered, this is a very expensive hobby to get started.for starters, there is a need to acquire the skills, and there is no better way to do that than constant practice, which leads to unbelievable tyre wear. then there is the machine setup, with the suspension settings, LSDs, camber settings,etc. And they were telling me they mostly have TWO sets of rims, as its easier changing rims than tyres>_<

but i guess they'll forget about all that once they get started. I was in one of the cars when they decided to have some fun at an unnamed public car park and though the driver conceded that he probably needs to practice more, i could feel dollops of lateral Gs; we were going round and round, sliding here, sliding there, really adrenaline-inducing^_^

anyway, talked to Chingwei today, one of my hall buddy. he came back to school to collect his results transcript. we had a laugh at the length of his transcript until it dawned onto me mine would be about the same>_<. we also talked about what he's doing now and he was telling me he had SIX interviews lined up for the week. wow. he painted a bleak picture of the employment situation out there, especially for people like us(people like us will know what type of people we are ,>_<). i guess i've got to open myself up to all possible options.

lime juice is good for you.

well, i've been feeling a bit under the weather of late. and the strange thing is, i think it must be the shady Canadian 2for1 pizza that i had the day after CNY. got a stomachache and a headache thats still lingering. dint know i had such a weak constitution. i think thats probably why i am unconsciously drinking lime juice almost everyday. Hmm... come to think of it, lime juice probably has no connection at all to headaches.>_<

I'm watching I Not Stupid on tv now as i type and i realise that the film is in reality, really a propanganda machine for the government. the film is choked full of subliminial messages that it is amazing that Jack Neo can still incorporate some sort of plot in the movie. though its sad that the message being conveyed about Singaporeans is quite true. we are stick-it-in-mud when it comes to new endeavours. everyone's doing something thats tried and tested. how many people do you know that dares to venture off the well-trodden path and do something different? i can only recall a handful. though the part regarding the foreign vs local talent was quite entertaining.

anyway, does anyone knows how to disable the annoying mail thats automatically sent everytime i update my blog? while i know there are many of you out there who are always fervently anticipating the next installment of this wonderful blog(shameless plug>_<), i do realise some people out there might think of this email as just one extra thing that you have to delete. at least, thats how i see it. so any help will be appreciated.