End of 2010

The year of 2010 is an epic year of my life.  With it, events that define my life;  complete with joy, sadness, and disappointment with a hint of "cheap" success.  2010, 2009...  when will I get an overall good year? *sigh*

Looking back at 2010, I can hardly remember what happened before I went to NUS.  Its like all the memory space has been taken up by a new environment and massive amounts of data input in a short period of time.

I still remember the trip back in January...

We had lots of fun, and I went shopping crazy.  It all seems so far away, all that is left are these memories...
We're not even that close anymore...


Then there was the CNY.

It was a pretty great celebration, because everyone in the family came back, even my brother did, because he no longer had to stay in India.  Did tons of visiting too, with both family and friends.  I will always remember gambling with beer at Mich's house, about how I made everyone drink and avoided drinking twice in a row!

 I seriously wanted to get a proper job, but I didn't, was it because I couldn't?   Just one of the failures of my life.  You'll see more of that later on.

Who could forget the STPM results day?

the reporter emailed it to me.

It was a happy day, my happy day.  Sadly tho, it did not reap much results for me.


With that came all the University applications and scholarship applications.  I managed to get into all the Universities that I want, even those that I don't, but not the scholarships...  Its like no matter how good I do, I'll never be good enough.  Just one of the failures of my life.  I think its unhealthy to dwell on failures huh?

Scholarship interviews brought me to KL and Miri.

This hostel does not know comfort but has the best locality ever

One of the best hotels I've been in.

Miri

The second Marriot in the same week.

Make no mistake that the interviews were valuable experiences and I met some nice people along with it too, even one person that surprised me, for the better.  I just hoped the outcome was in my favour.  I will ALWAYS think about how it would be like if I had gotten the scholarship and went to Manchester instead. 

I did partake in PC Fair!  I wanted to do it, and I got to do it.

Once again, another good experience.  I discovered that I can do direct sales, but in my opinion, its all about the product, which a lot of people will disagree with me. 

July came around, and it was time for me to go forth onto my next stage in life, varsity.  Cloudy, unsure, undetermined of what lies ahead, I went for it.

Its sad that I couldn't get hall accommodation, I'm pretty sure I messed up the application.  I could have gotten into KR...  You know, I would be a valuable addition to any team, of course I'm not talented or anything, but hey, spit and shine?  desperate?

NUS will be NUS, fast-paced and full of imba people.  I'm glad I'm surrounded by such, but its hard to keep up sometimes.  I know I have to work harder, focus is hard to come by these days... do I have ADD?  For everything you gain, there is a price of equivalent value.  That fact will never change...  I though varsity is the time to do whatever you want?

Singapore on the other hand is great, except for the small space and hawker food.  I do love shopping.  Vivocity is my favourite spot.

I really lost weight...

December holidays weren't really what I expected.  I have actually made a list of the things to do and aims.  I wanted to play tennis, but in the end not even once, brought my racket back for no reason.

I had my results for the first semester.  I want to do better, get into the dean's list because I've never done it before.  I need those CAP puller subjects.

Realising that my holidays are almost over, I have somehow sunk into depression.  This surprised me, I thought I would be glad to go back, ready and all enthusiastic, but I guess I've gotten used to the easy, do nothing life that I have here.  Don't I like studying in NUS?  Hopefully the new semester will be better than the last.

This is definitely a year to be remembered, for better and worse, through sickness and in health? lol...

Since the new year is coming, I guess its appropriate to post up new year resolutions.  I'll think about it, but will keep those I have not achieved too.

Happy New Year to all.

This is a Christmas Eve

As in the title, we have arrived at Christmas Eve night  of 2010.  Looking back a year before this day, things unimaginable happened, but then, who has the gift of foresight?

For the past 2 years, I have been asking for a Nissan Fairlady from Santa.  I guess I've been a really bad boy. No argument about that though.

This year I won't ask for anything, because I feel like I have everything I can have, those I can't have... it can't be helped...

Christmas huh?  Actually I took a hell lot of pictures of Christmas trees in Singapore, and also the Santa who traded his sled and reindeers for a unicorn.  

Bugis

Orchard road

 Should I buy this shirt??

This is something I bought for myself on Christmas Eve.  Ignore the legs.

I have too many pictures to share here, so I'm just gonna have to end this here.

Merry Christmas to everyone!  :D

Period

Well, not the gender-specific type but more of a measurement of time.  Period, it is what I call the extent of time that I'm having now, back at home.

So I have been back for almost two weeks now.  Lets recall how I got back!  (No relevance)  Lets see, that day started with an early early wake up and light packing.  I left with a HUGE and FREAKIN HEAVY black duffel bag, my new messenger bag and also Caldwell.  If you don't know what is Caldwell... you can google high sierra + caldwell  and you'll find him.  hehe...  The moment I stepped out, I regretted it, you can say I bit off more than I can chew, but its actually just because I brought too much stuff back here!  With a laptop bag that weighs almost 2kg on my shoulders, a messenger bag that weighs around 1kg  and then a duffel bag that weights 12kg, I really really had my hands full.  I swear I will NEVER bring that many stuff back again.  You know what, I didn't even need to bring any clothes back at all, except the ones that I don't want to wear in Singapore again.  You know, when I got back and I opened my wardrobe, I was shocked!  I never remembered that it was so damn full!  I really forgot that I had THAT many clothes... and I had to shove the ones that I brought back into it, guilty.  regret!

 

You know... I think it's because of that huge black duffel bag that the cops at the MRT station though I was a bomber?  It wasn't really embarrasing, and I really iced them well for doing that... wakakakaka....  I got checked twice!  Once at the MRT station and once after reaching Kuching.

This is actually my first time ever departing from Changi Airport, so naturally I'd go around exploring the place, noobishly and looking for the ridiculously discounted Crocs.  Well, I did find them but they were still too expensive for shoes that I had in mind.  I gotta say, Terminal 3 is nice, I guess mostly cos its new and I like the interior design.  There's really not much to see except "scenery" but the nice things are hidden behind the departure gates.  I missed the chance to explore the departure hall which had A HELL LOT TO OFFER, arcades, rooms and a gym!  They even had exhibits going on that I got a glimpse of as I ran to my departure gate.  Well, I had to run because I spent too much time at the Golden Lounge which was situated on the second floor overlooking the koi pond.  Yeah, they have multiple levels in the departure hall and also a koi pond!  

Flight was normal.  I almost barfed after the in-flight meal cos I was too full, just ate too much.  Can you believe that the meal that I had going back was identical to the one I had going to Singapore?  

After I landed, I went out and I saw my mom's car.  I waved at it, jumped up and down in an effort to catch my mom's attention to no avail.  I sighed, picked up my bags and walked to the car which was parked almost 30 meters away?  Only when I reached the car did she see me.  Should I be disappointed that my own mother didn't recognise me?  I feel....indifferent.  I guess I somehow saw that coming.  Well, I didn't really look like myself then too.  hehe...

Reaching home, I was quite surprised by how old it looked and my room,  I wasn't used to the room door being so light because my dorm room door was heavy!  So I kept using redundantly excessive force to open the door and it doesn't lock the same way too!  Surprised by the involuntary actions of my daily PGP life.  I wasn't used to this old bed of mine too.  I remembered that I slept very well on my first night at PGP. Wifi at home sucks too... even with the 2MPBS line.  The signal just keeps breaking! I can't stream video properly with a signal like that.  I thought its because settings with my Vista was at fault, so I did a reformat and changed up to Windows 7, but the problem is still there!  Well, since upgrading to Windows 7 was on my list already, so I can't say I did the reformat for nothing, even though I really want to, because it caused me so much trouble!

I have a list of things that I need to do before going back and another list of things to eat before going back.  So far I played badminton twice only!  Stuff on the list is almost done, but the food section however has only barely been broken into...  will need to work on that.

I should live this holiday to the fullest!

Before I Head Home

This will be the final post before I head home for the first time since...July!  Time really passed by unnoticed, well it went by really fast because everything here is really fast-paced, which I think I explained some time ago.  Unsettling fact.

My first semester results is coming out on the 21st December.  God have mercy on us all, LOL.

Yes peeps, I will be back in Kuching by Saturday.  I hope it will be a good holiday, spent with family and friends, making decent and indecent memories, haha! Badminton...eating out...beach...karaoke!  booze?

Packing, once again has been a pain.  I am very surprised at all the stuff I have here.  For a person that has one room, I have stuff to fit two, and I have also come to realise that I don't really have THAT many clothes here...  which could potentially lead to another shopping-disaster-monster-on-the-loose situation.  Frankly speaking, I don't really mind but have to consider the choking, entangling financial chain and leash, which I haven't been doing enough lately... what am I talking about? 

 Let me show you a picture.

I think I own the most expensive bag in my household, which also consists of two working-class females.  I am committing sin smiling helplessly while shaking my head at myself.  Issues.  There is no question that I love this bag.

Did I really lose weight all this while?  People keep telling me I lost weight.  I suspect its cause of the long long messy messy hair I'm "brewing" right now.  Actually, it is a confirmed fact.  I managed to finally get the opportunity to weigh myself when I went to the clinic last week.  Surprisingly so, I lose quite a few kilos.  You be the judge.

After

Before

Ignore the difference in hairstyle, are these the same person?!  You know, it has always been weird for me to look at pictures of myself, like a stranger or something...but lets not open that door now...

Gonna head off to the airport early, because I wanna take a good look around the airport, maybe I can find crocs at 70% off cause I always see them on sale at Terminal 3 in the newspapers.  What else is at the infamous Changi Airport?

I think I am ready to go home, will I miss this place?  Well I am kinda used to living here, though it needs hell lots of improvement without a question...  I hardly get excited anymore, except when I visit a new place, but its always nice to head home. 

So I will be going home.