Freshmen Orientation Camps

23rd June 2008

I shall set the date for easy reference to my blog inserts until further updates to my blog template. Haha.

Just gotten my orientation package today. Yay, took some time to sort out the ones I'm interested with. Freshmen orientation camps are fun but I shall be practical enough to choose just one to attend for.

1. NTU sports club camp
2. NTU CAC camp
3. NTU Student Union camp

These are not arranged in any merit order. I got to make a decision fast enough to enjoy the early bird offer. Hopefully, it's in line with what Jy wants to attend for. =P

I think this is the only photo that more or less the entire Argentina members are in. Aye, I must train my thighs more in review of the cycling activities that went on that day. Ha, it's fun though. More pictures can be seen on my facebook profile.

Went gym with Aaron, Kelvin and his friend yesterday. It was more fruitful than usual. But still we chatted quite a lot as I don't recall being in gym for more than 2 hours~!

The intensity of the sunlight wasn't as hot as what we thought (what do you expect after a whole morning downpour) so the suntan session was called off. I doubt anyone brought any lotion either. Heh. I also think that it's a bit thick skin to use someone's stuff when I don't even know him before.

Yesterday's outing with E, ML and BW turned out horrible. It was another impromptu one but I didn't expect anything like that would be possible. Until now, I still couldn't figure out the entire story after the heated arguments between E and BW. Something BW must have said to E for her to be THAT indignant... Some sort of negotiation talks went on for 30min+ I believe while ML and me were at a loss of what to do or say. Somehow, I was told that it didn't have anything to do with me but I believe it's somehow related though. I told E that when she's in a state to inform me, then tell me at that time. Will things still be the same thereafter?

Emo Calls...

Hey D, if you want to call me and talk about things, I'm here. I'm just so annoyed that you hung my call when I return your call. If you so want to talk about things, then don't give me 4 missed calls and reject one when I call back and messaged back. Is the friendship that volatile or indispensable? I'm sorry if I happened to be away from my mobile. But I'll respond nevertheless. If you're reading this, think it through and be in my shoes please.

Enough about bitching. Finally settled my matriculation tasks. I'm so sorry Jy for keeping you wait for my matriculation number. It's my bad habit of procrastinating tasks. =x The NTU website has revamped and it looks pretty good. Just that I'm rather frustrated about the photo upload script. It sucks. I have to try again and again before I can manage to upload my passport photo up. I must have a great deal of patience I think.

It's almost coming to an end for GENacts activities. I wonder if any meaningful friendships can be forged out of these few events that I am only able to make it for... Like what wy has said, the group consists of people who prefer to stay in the comfort zone and not those who will go all out and do crazy things. It's not wrong, just that the times would have been more memorable for everyone if we treasure the times more. In the meantime, let's just think of more cheers...

Watched this Korean drama today and saw this scene of a little girl cry and snuggle up to the father. She asked him if his love for the family will vanish just like his love for the wife. Asked in translated mandarin "Ni hai hui ai wo ma?" in tears brimming. I thought this is a heart rending moment. If ever a guy wants to file for divorce, this is the pain the child has to go through...

I guess some things just cannot happen no matter how much you want it to be... Sigh.

Learnt 'saccharine' word from someone's blog. Another new vocabulary for my limited bank of words. Haha.

Don't Say Goodbye...

It's finally over with the daily nags, complaints, rattling of customers which I so hate the job for. But it also means saying goodbye to the people I see in Starhub. In the process of surrendering over the temp staff pass and the calculator, I subconsciously counted back the number of days these items have been with me, yes it's 6 months already. It's time to move on. But why is the nostalgia feeling always there to bug me when I want to move on?

For most of the friends I've come to know, in fact pretty much for sure, it's probably the last time I'll see them around. Hereby, I'm bidding farewell to Desmond, Jonathan, Frank, John, Ronald, Meiling, Yeow Kheng and others in my batch.

As for my team, I suppose team bonding doesn't come that easy. Truthfully, I didn't feel quite bonded to the team at all for the 1st month or so. It's hard to just blend in to the group as though we're a close clique already. It all takes time and I'm definitely not anti-social. Ha. Fortunately, I felt a sense of belonging to the team eventually when I joined them in their endeavour to lower call stats by doing more OT.

For that, I've come closer than just acquaintance with my team leader Terasa. She's a caring leader that can be very nice at times. =)

Here's Jes, my 'neighbour' who sits next to me. She's a very optimistic, independent and approachable person. So much so that it's just so easy for me to ask her anything I don't know. Her patience must have been good, as I never recalled her barking back at me to check my notes instead of asking. Ha.

Here's Matthew. A friendly guy with a cool face. He never says no when I ask him for help. Perhaps he's too nice until the extent that he gets bullied. Not by me of course but someone else. Tsk tsk... I guess for him pouting is the best way to vent frustrations. Ha.

Here's Meiling. My impression of her is that she's a smart girl who's always so bubbly, cheerful and wacky. Her words never fail to make people smile. Hope you can find your Mr Right soon.

Here's weiming, a incredibly tall guy in my team. Don't by deceive by his looks. He's older than his looks. He's always vying for the highest call stats possible. Ha, guess I wasn't in the right mind to even challenge him the other time.

XiaoYong, don't give up! Always will remember you as the team's loudspeaker. Someone very open about personal things and optimistic about things in life. I believe the next girl you find will be a better one for you. Ha. Please keep believing~! (Saying that to myself too... >.<)

From here on, I will want to plan my time better. There's always so many meaningful things waiting for me to do. Just need to sort the priorities right.

It's time to choose my notebook. Deliberating between Toshiba/Fujitsu's notebook or Apple Macbook Pro Student Plan. Hmm...

Living Life The Way You can...

Watched this Japanese drama and was utterly touched by the story. It's based on a true story that happened in Japan. I'm astonished by the courage the victim demonstrated in fighting the disease and living life the best she can. She cannot choose to escape, but she chooses to live on and fight on instead of giving up whatever she has left.

 

In fact, it's not just another mindless show. I felt so much fortunate for having the health that many other people like her loses it to fate. The idea is to cherish whatever that we have now for we really don't know what is going on in future.

Do Something About It!

Feeling so broke at the moment. 21st birthdays are coming in a rush this month. For the next upcoming one I still haven't finish preparing for the present yet.

Attended an old friend's birthday event today. Was quite upset when you send a message to someone and not for the first time the person asked who you are. Am I so insignificant? Thinking back, it's been about 6 years since the last time I went to his house. 6 years seem like a long time and now here we are celebrating each's 21st birthdays.

Honestly, those were the memorable times when doing your best for studies was the only thing that we needed to be concerned on. Sharing foolish stories and tricks were one of the best times in the teenage life. But apparently, life has a way of making things change. Our social circle enlarges but not necessary that the larger your pool of friends is, the happier you'll get. I guess you get the idea...

I know computer engineering is something that I can pursue out of my interest. But I need to do something urgent about my pure laziness. I have to compete with many other foreigners whose knowledge of this area far exceeds mine. The competitiveness is real and I got to do something about it if I want to achieve honours. Had this thought because Christopher had just given me a reality check on that. I appreciate that.

I have so many unfinished business. Reading of books borrowed from library half completed, video making half completed, helping a friend in his website half-hearted. Oh gosh, how committed can I appear to be?

There seems to be something about me that I'll isolate myself from people occasionally. Not certain why it is so though. I sure seem to act very randomly according to my feelings and it seems that I have been confusing some of my friends because of that.