Yawn...

Friday: The Sleeping Day
Think I had done nothing much for that day, except to sleep, and maybe to surf the internet for a while. Well, just don't know why, recently I'm just into sleeping... Maybe because this sleeping disease is hereditary? Yup, my mother sleeps a lot, as what I know, so maybe that's why my sister and I also like to sleep a lot... Ok... Think I must do something to do away with the sleeping...

Saturday: The Running Regime
Well, met up with Wei Qiang at Bishan MRT station to run at Bishan Park. Well, we planned to cover both Bishan Park 2 and Bishan Park 1. That would total up to be 6km. Hmm... As we reached Bishan Park 1 (the park further away from Bishan MRT station), I realised that Wei Qiang had slowed down... Hmm... I was wondering why... Anyway, when I was at the road junction waiting for him, I thought he had fainted somewhere in the middle of the park, because he took quite sometime to reach the junction. Wanted to walk back to have a look, but well, managed to see him jogging slowly towards the road junction.

He then asked me to proceed on with the running... Hmm... Well, I supposed he need some rest first, so I continue on... Anyway, when I read his blog, he said he had gastric pain... Aiyah... Should have told me earlier. Then I could help him to walk all the way back to Bishan MRT station. Anyway, I wasn't really running during the last part, since I was already out of breath as I was still feeling very sleepy and tired... Yup, when you are sleepy, you will yawn a lot as your brain needs oxygen. At the same time, when you are running, you also needs oxygen for other body parts... So, after running for quite some time, I really felt out of breath... Yup, walk all the way back to the end.

Well, after the run, we had our breakfast at McDonald's again. Hmm... Can't think of any places to have breakfast, so we just go there.

Had my flute lesson in the afternoon. The teacher again ask me when I'm going to upgrade my flute. He said that it would be difficult for me to continue using my beginner's flute to hit high notes. Ok, I told him that I'll only get a better flute next year, when they had the mid-year sale again. Yup, currently not enough money. I need to get a notebook when I matriculate, and also upgrade my violin as well, so don't think I'll have enough money to upgrade my flute now. He said that I should start saving now so that I can upgrade my flute. Ya, I'm no longer serving as an NSF, and I'm not working now, so I can only get money from my parents, and I don't think they will give me much as well... The money is needed for some other important expenses as well, in which after that I'll only have a bit of money left after all the spendings... Ok, I'm thinking how the "savings" thing can be made possible...

Sunday
Had to wake up early to go to the temple with my family to pray... Yup, I was still in my dreamland... Don't really feel like waking up... Anyway, I'm about to matriculate soon, so I decided to go to the temple with them and pray that I can get good results when I'm studying in the university. Yup, not only that, I also hope that I can win lottery so that I can buy a notebook, upgrade my violin and upgrade my flute without having to worry too much about moeny... Haha... Ok, ok, I'm thinking too much now...

After praying, we had our breakfast at S11 food centre at Ang Mo Kio. Well, at least my father realised that this food centre has more food choices to offer, rather than the hawker centre that they always had their carrot cake on...

In the afternoon, I had my violin lesson. Hmm... Think I had dropped my stantard of playing by a lot after being seperated from the class... Hmm... Forgot how to play some of the pieces he wanted us to play... Well, never mind, maybe I'll spend some time practising on those pieces, which I don't think I'll do it anyway... Haha... :P

The Violin Exam

Mum On Holiday
Yup, my mother had just gone for a short holiday just this morning with her friends to Malaysia. My father specially take leave today just to fetch her to the meeting point for the trip. Ok, think it's time that we had to do our own chores... Well, at least my grandmother knows how to cook, so food is not a problem here.

The Lazy Morning
Just feeling so sleepy and tired when I woke up this morning. Well, after I brush my teeth and ate a bit of things, I went back to the bed to sleep again. So tired... I wish I could sleep as much as I could... Well, the air-con is not working, so I felt a bit uncomfortable sleeping. Well, sleepy but uncomfortable... I still continue to sleep until 11am anyway.

The Violin Exam
Since my father is on leave today, he fetch me to Plaza Singapura for my exams. Well, thought of joining Hong Joo and his colleagues for lunch, since he was just working nearby, but he only going to have lunch after 2pm. Hmm... That would be a bit late since I have to report for my exams by 2.42pm, 15 minutes before my exams (which was at 2.57pm). Yup, they are very precise about the timing, and if yoou don't know, they allocated a very specific time period for different grades. Anyway, I decided to have lunch myself at Yoshinoya myself.

Before my exams, I had some practise with my teacher first. Hmm... The practise seemed to go quite well actually, but during the exams, I made a lot of slips and trips with the pieces, scales and sight-reading that I played for the examiner... Hmm... Don't sound good as well... I made a major trip on my third piece, so think that piece is going to be "buang" (hopeless). Well, if I could at least pass (get at least 100 out of the maximum 150 marks) for this exam, I'll be very happy... :P

After my violin exams, I join my sister for lunch at Burger King, as she had not eat anything yet. Didn't order any food to eat, since I was feeling quite full. After that, I went back home straight, as I was feeling very tired and sleepy. Yup, I went to sleep straight away when I reached home. Haha...

Warm and Humid -> Sleepy...

Very Sleepy...
Well, I had not been doing much things during the past few days. Anyway, I was feeling sleepy, especially in the afternoons, and I just spent my days sleeping... Haha... How nice... Think it must be the warm and humid weather that made me sleepy. Whenever I sleep or nap in the afternoons, I'll tend to sweat, making the bed or the sofa a bit wet. Well, once it's a bit wet, I just couldn't sleep anymore, no matter how sleepy I feel, so I would just get up and use the computer.

Movie: Hookwinked
Well, no want seemed interested about this movie, so I decided to catch that movie at GV Marina yesterday. GV Bishan is not showing this show, so I had to go somewhere else to watch it. Didn't want to go to GV Plaza, because I didn't really want to meet my violin teacher, especially when nearing my exams. Yup, he would keep asking me whether I had practise at home frequently, whether I can play with my accompanist well enough, and so on... Yup, he's teaching at Yamaha Music School at Plaza Singapura on Tuesday, so I'll try to avoid that place until my exams had ended.

Well, at first I thought there was a movie slot some time around 3 plus. When I reached the ticketing booth, which was before 3pm, I realised that the next slot was 5.15pm. Hmm... Did I read the timeslot wrongly? Maybe they might had cancelled the movie instead? Anyway, I still buy the ticket at 5.15pm. That means I still had about 2 hours plus before the start of the movie... Ok, so I decided go to Millenia Walk to look around. Well, I heard from Sock Mui, one of my Maybank temp staff colleagues, there is 1 shop named "Candy Empire" where they import sweets, candies, chocolates, biscuits and chips from other countries. That time, Sock Mui let me try out one of the chocolate sticks (containing hazelnut cream inside) she bought from that shop. Well, I had to say that it was fantastically sweet and nice!!! Yup, I really feel like buying one box to eat. Well, when I went to Candy Empire, I found that chocolate sticks, which cost $9 per box. Hmm... Really wanted to buy one... Anyway, I decided to buy it next time, maybe when it gets closer to Zhen Hao's farewell party, or Zhiliang's birthday party, I'll buy about 2 boxes for you guys to try out. Haha...

Anyway, when I got back to Marina Square, I heard someone calling out my name from my back. Oh, it was Shiqing. He was at Anderson's Ice Cream, meeting his former classmates there. Well, he said that next time he would catch more movies with us. Ok, that is if there are movies that interest at least the both of us first... Hopefully it's not some weird movies...

Well, the movie was shown in Theatre 2, which is just beside the Samsung Platinum Lounge. When I got into the theatre, I noticed that all seats have the word Samsung on the front and on the back as well. Hmm... I supposed Samsung must had sponsored GV Marina's Theatre 1 and 2, no wonder why both theatres are located from a different levels from the other 4 theatres...

Anyway, about the movie, it wasn't so bad anyway. The story that each character tell got funnier and weirder... Hmm... Kind of unexpecting what kind of story they told the imspector. Anyway, the culprit for the missing recipes could be easily guessed when the 4 of them, Red (the riding hood), the wolf, the axeman (which is actually an actor) and granny told the inspector their story.

Jogging from Ang Mo Kio to Kallang
Well, initially Wei Qiang asked me to meet him at 6pm today. When I was about to reach Ang Mo Kio station, he messaged to me that he was unable to make it for the run, because he was very busy. Well, since I was already reaching Ang Mo Kio station, I decided to hop off the train and start to walk and slow jog from Ang Mo Kio station to the start of the Kallang Park Connector near Bishan Park. Haven't tried exploring the road, so I decided to run the park connector by myself.

Anyway, about the park connector, I had to cross some bridges and also cross the road to reach the expressway near Toa Payoh (which is near St Andrew's School). After crossing the expressway, I reached a private hosing estate, where there was a short break in the connectors. Well, had to find the connector myself, but anyway, they had signs to point out which way to run to the connector, so I followed the signs and continue my way with the connector.

Hmm... At first, I thought I lost my way there. Ran for quite a distance already, but still couldn't find any recognisable landmarks, or and MRT stations. Well, I couldn't also run back, because that would be like running another 5km. Yup, by the time I reached Kallang Bahru, I was a bit exhausted already. Already crossed som many roads and bridges, yet still haven't found one... Yup, there are actually a lot of roads to be crossed on the 2nd half of my jogging route... Well, I didn't give up. I told myself that the nearest MRT station should be somewhere near, so I decided to continue jogging until I saw an MRT track. Hurray!!! Finally found the way to the MRT station. I quickly jog my way there to get to the MRT station, which is Kallang station. Yup, I actually jogged from Ang Mo Kio MRT station to Kallang MRT station. Before taking the train back home, I cooled down myself and bought a bottle of mineral water from a nearby vending maching first. Yup, I was perspiring so much after jogging for more than 6km (don't know if it's more than that, they don't have the marking on the 2nd half of my jogging route).

Anyway, as I was still sweating a lot while boarding the train back home, I tried not to stand too near to anyone else... Haha... Afraid that they might not be able to take it... Hmm... What I noticed was that the people didn't really seem to mind stading quite close to me (the train was crowded also), so I guessed it was ok for me...

My Piano Skills: Dipped in Standard...

Attempting the Piano
Hmm... After I got enlisted into the army, I had not been playing much then. Realised that my skills had dropped... Well, it was expecting though, since there wasn't any piano in the camp to practise on...

Well, I just made some video clips on my playing. Made, quite a lot of slips and mistakes, especially Fur Elise.


The second one is the Allegro con Spirito by Hook, which is my Grade 5 exam piece. Made a few slips also...


The third one is the Prelude in D by J.S. Bach. Think this one is still fine...


There wasn't much contrasting dynamics in my playing as well. Not really sure if it is because of my playing, the camera or the piano...

When the Air-Con Becomes the Heater

The Unfunctioning Air-Con
Recently the air-con on all our bedrooms had not been working properly. They had been blowing warm air instead inside our bedrooms, making the bedrooms warmer than what it is outside. Well, we realised that the air-con external unit is spoilt, so that's why the air-con is not blowing the cool air... Anyway, my father had ordered a new set of air-cons to be installed in all our bedrooms, and it would be arriving in about 2 to 3 weeks time. Haiz... That means I had to sleep without air-con for a long period of time... The temperature is also generally warmer in July as well... Looks like I'll have a very bad time sleeping at night... Haiz...

Tertiary Ez-link Card
Yup, I had applied for the Tertiary Ez-link card last Thursday. When I checked the application status recently, it had changed from "Status: Eligible" to "Status: Application Received". Ok, great, they are making my card right now. Well, can't really get the card during Matriculation days, since I missed a period of dates for making the card so that I could received the card when I matriculate. Never mind, I'll just be getting the card another 1 week later.

Once I received my Ez-link card, I'll apply for the consession pass for trains. Yup, the train is the most important form of transport for me. When I'm studying in the university, I'll be taking the trains every day, so it's better for me to apply that. Not really sure if I should apply for bus concession, don't really take the bus so often, maybe except to go to the university from MRT station and vice versa... Well, I shall see first...

Jogging at Bishan Park
Yup, Wei Qiang and I agreed to run somewhere around Bishan on Saturday morning. Anyway, I met up with Wei Qiang at Bishan MRT station yesterday morning, and went to Bishan Park to had a jog there. We ran for about 1.5 rounds then, which total up to be about 4km. Haha... I was exhausted after 1 round, about 2.7km, but I just kept going on, sinced I need to build up my endurance for the comming SSBR/AHM. Anyway, there are a lot of facilities in Bishan Park, like a dog park, which is an area for the dogs to run about, and also and Spa somewhere at the middle of Bishan Park 2. There is also a fitness corner with 19 stations as well. Not really sure how many fitness corner are there. The running path is shady as well, as most of the path are covered by trees. It's really a nice place to run there. Me also haven't been to Bishan Park for a long time, think last time I ran there was with my family, when I was still in lower primary. Haha...

Flute: Starting Level 4
Ok, just started my Flute Level 4 lesson yesterday. There are definitely a lot of things to catch up, like doing the trills properly, and also practising on Flute harmonics as well. The pieces we are doing are much faster, and the range of notes get larger, looks like I need to train more on the fingering and blowing techniques more.

Well, the teacher said that I need to upgrade the flute, or I'll make my classmates suffer, especially when I'm playing harmonics and high notes. Yup, it is really difficult to play harmonics and hit high notes with a student flute, always have to blow out a very loud sound instead, which can hurt our ears. The problem is that I bought my flute just one year ago only, and the new and better flute will definitely need a lot of money... Well, money doesn't grow on trees, you know. If it does, I'll be buying all the high ends musical instruments by then. Anyway, even if I need to get a new flute, the earliest I will buy them will most probably be next year, some where in the middle of the year, where they had the mid-year sale. I had to upgrade my violin first, since my violin is really lousy, much lousier than my flute, and I had been holding on to this violin for more than 2 years. So, I need to upgrade my violin first, and accumulate my money so that I can upgrade my flute.

No Violin Lesson
Well, this morning, my violin teacher called to say that he was not free in the morning. My exam is nearing, so he asked me to come earlier during the day when I have my exam, so that he can practise with me before I go in for the exam. I do not have to go for lesson in the afternoon, so no violin lesson today. Basically there's nothing much in the morning, so I went out with my family to have my breakfast.

Qualifying English Test (QET)

QET: Forgotten How to Write An Essay...
This morning, I met up with Hong Joo and Zhaoxiong at Bouna Vista control station. Well, Zhaoxiong is a friend of Hong Joo, which was from the same BMT company and same platoon in Signal Institute with Hong Joo, in which later he got posted to 4SIR. Yup, he is also a signaller as well.

Anyway, there were a lot of people going to NUS for the QET. When we reached the bus stop opposite Buona Vista, and the first bus number 95 arrived, Hong Joo and Zhaoxiong couldn't squeezed into the bus, leaving me along inside. Well, I've already tapped my card onto the reader, so it was too late for me to get off the bus when I realised that Hong Joo and Zhaoxiong was still outside the bus. Never mind, I told them that I'll be waiting for them at the bus stop inside NUS.

When I reached the bus stop, I met one of my classmates, Kaifeng, and one of my schoolmates (oops, forgot his name) there. Yup, there were also taking QET, at the same venue as me as well. After meeting Hong Joo and Zhaoxiong again at the bus stop, we went to the Multi-purpose Sports Hall 2 (MPSH 2) together. It was kind of crowded outside the hall. Yup, there were actually a lot of people taking the QET. Victor then arrived later and met us there outside MPSH 2.

We were actually discussing if there are air-cons inside the hall, because Hong Joo was sweating a lot, and if there aren't, then Hong Joo might need to used the paper given to us to write our answers to wipe his sweat. Haha... Just joking. Anyway, there are air-con inside the hall, the the air-con is really cold. Kind of freeze a bit while doing the QET. Well, the QET was free sitting, so we just pick any sits somewhere at the middle together.

Hmm... I realised that I had lost touch with my language already. Section A was about spotting the errors in the sentence. Hmm... Can't really seemed to spot the errors easily for me... Maybe I had not been reading much lately... Section B was about essay writing. I realised that I had forgotten how to start an essay... Hmm... I just made an abrupt start, so think I would have lose a lot of points for that. Also, I just write some rubbish out for the essay, and I think I wrote way out of the point... Well, haven't been writing such essay for a very long time, so it is expected for me to forget how to write a proper one... Never mind, Hong Joo and I discussed that we are going to be classmates for the English module. Haha...

After QET, we went to look for a place to have lunch. Well, the canteen at Yusof Ishak house, one of the nearest canteen to MPSH 2, was very crowded at that time. We decided to take a bus somewhere else to eat. The first bus that came was bus 96, which would bring us to Clementi. We decided to board that bus to Clementi, and had our lunch at Kopitiam near the bus stop we alighted at Clementi, as Hong Joo need to hurry to work. Hmm... I wonder why Hong Joo only took half-day leave. If that was me, I would have taken full day leave, so that I could spend the other half to rest at home. Yup, I'm one of the person that like to rest a lot. Haha...

Ok, now we had to wait for our QET result to be posted onto the Centre for English Language Communication (CELC) website on 2nd of August, at 10am. Hmm... Me not waiting anxiously for the results, since I knew that I'm going to do very badly... Haiz...

The Piano Accompanist

Violin Practise
Ok, I decided to take out my violin and practise for my upcoming exams. hmm... Still don't sound that good, there was still a lot of unwanted notes that comes out whatever I played. think I could have lost some of my bowing skills already. Must be because of the temp job that I had, which took up too much time...

Anyway, I only practise for about 30 minutes. For the rest of the morning, I spent myself in front computer, surfing around. After lunch, I took a nap before going out to be the piano accompanist for Luanne's exams.

Being the Piano Accompanist
Took bus 59 from Bishan Interchange to Tampines Cristofori Music school, as 59 brings me directly there. Hmm... The bus journey is a bit long I have to say, and there was some congestion on the expressway. Thought that I'm going to be a bit late, but still managed to arrive there 15 minutes before the exams.

Anyway, Luanne played a bit softly during the exams, so I don't know if the examiner might mark her down for that. Not really sure how well she did for the sight-reading, scales and aural, since I had to leave after I've done with my work. Well, she said that sight-reading seemed easy, so I guessed the exams should be ok for her.

Anyway, her mother ask me how much do she need to pay me for the accompaniment. Well, she ask the teachers and said that usually the accompanist will charged about $35 to $40 for the exams itself. Well, we then agreed on $50 for one practise session and the exams that I gave her. Well, ok, at least that would cover me for the meals for the next few days...

Anyway, the way back was a very bad experience. The bus was so crowded, that I almost could not breathe properly, due to the lack of oxygen. Luckily I was standing under the air-con, so it was not as stuffy. The expressway was also jammed as well, so I had to stand for a very long time inside the bus, throughout the whole journey. Wah... My legs kind of sore after prolonged period of standing, and I still need to use my legs to climb up the stairs when I reach home, as my block is having Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP) now. The lift get congested very easily, so it would be faster for me to use the stairs instead. Yup, had been doing so since they started the LUP on my block, at least that's a good for of training for me...

Let's Run!!!

Tuesday Matters
Hmm... Nothing much happening on the day. This was just one day that I could spent my time the whole day at home. By right I should start practising for my violin exams, but kind of lazy to do so anyway... Hmm... Think I must be taking the exams too lightly already.

Ok, basically, I just used the computer and internet for most of my morning, and rest, sleep and idle on my bed for most of my afternoon and evening. What a relaxing way to spend my day. Oh, and by the way, Tuesday morning was one of the very rare morning that I had my proper breakfast, at McDonald's. Not only that, I had my breakfast at the restaurant as well. Hmm... The probability of me doing so is... Well... I supposed it is less than 1%, that's what I could say safely.

Wednesday: The Running Day
In the afternoon, I met with Wei Qiang outside Clarke Quay station to go to SAFRA Town Club together. Yup, I just got my SAFRA card yesterday, so I was going there to collect my gift. Wei Qiang wanted to go there to sign up for the 10km Singapore Sheares Bridge Run (concurrently with Army-Half Marathon). I already sign up for the 10km run online, now waiting to collect my Race Pack around mid-August. Haiz... If I know that I got my SAFRA card yesterday, then I would have sign up with Wei Qiang at SAFRA centre, so that I could get my Race Pack immediately instead...

Anyway, as I sign up for the 5-year membership plan, I was given a choice of either an Aigo MP3 player (hold up to 30 songs) or a Timex watch analog and digital watch. Well, as I did not really need the MP3 player right now, and the Timex watch looks very appealing to me, I decided to get the watch. Yup, I was thinking of getting a new watch, now I had one for free. Not bad...

Later in the afternoon, I met up with Wei Qiang again at Yew Tee MRT station. We had planned to run at Limbang Park, a small park between Choa Chu Kang MRT station and Yew Tee MRT station. Well, as it was only a small park, we planned to run for a few rounds there. Initially, Wei Qiang suggested running 8 rounds, so I agreed. After seeing me being very exhausted and also lagging way behind while running the 6th round, he decided to stop there to wait for me. Yup, I've grown weaker already, think I going to fail my 2.4km run... Ok, we then do our cool down, and after that, we walked to Lot1 to have our dinner there.

Yup, looks like I need to exercise and run more often. Well, we planned to run again this coming Saturday at Bishan. Think the run at Bishan might be much longer than Limbang Park. There are also 2 places that we can run at Bishan, one is at Bishan Park, the other is the Kallang Park Connector. Mostly likely we might be running the Kallang Park Connector, as I had not try out running that route yet. Well, I shall see how is it... So, anyone want to join us this Saturday for a run? Timing still not confirm yet...

Presenting the Maybank Temp Staffs

Our Group Photos
Ok, finally got those photos that we had taken during the day when Qiuting left. Now, let me present the temp staffs in Maybank. Not really all temp staffs, but most of the temp staffs, I mean...



So, who's my understudy, someone might ask. Well, he is that guy wearing a red shirt and a blue jeans, with dyed hair, sitting in front and at the middle of the camera. Yup, know who's my understudy now?

The Snorlax in my House...

So Tired...
Ok, let me start of with yesterday morning. Had to wake up early to go for my violin lesson. Still feeling very sleepy and tired to go during that time... Well, my teacher wanted me to have my lesson seperately from the rest of the class, so that I could concentrate on my exam pieces and correct some of my mistakes. He said that my playing was still not so clean, and I didn't have much bow control as well, resulting bowing on the wrong parts of the violin some of the time. Hmm... So I supposed I need more practise on that.

Anyway, it was also another short 15 minutes lesson again. Yup, at least I didn't really bother to rush down to Plaza Singapura, even though I knew that I was going to be late. After my lesson, I had my breakfast at Burger King, since I had the BK coupons with me. Well, for teh breakfast, I wanted to change drink to Ice Lemon Tea. The person I ordered the food from did gave me Ice Lemon Tea, but was the medium size one. Hmm... Kind of a bit large... Maybe next time I should specifically request a regular size Ice Lemon Tea.

Wanted to rest on Sunday afternoon, but I felt that the weather was a bit too hot to sleep, and also I can't just switch on the air-con for the whole day, it would eat up a lot of electricity, so I just use the computer and surf around until evening. Not that there were a lot of things to surf, but I was reading forums and boards messages. Kind of interesting to red what other people said about certain things actually.

Well, for today, I spent most of my time on the bed, sleeping. Haha... I was just so tired, I didn't really feel like doing other things. Yup, I need to practise the piano accompaniment parts for Luanne's exams this Thursday, and I need to practise for my violin exams next Thursday, but was not in the mood to do so. Anyway, after having my lunch, I just went to sleep straight away until dinner time. After dinner, I went to bed again to nap for a short while before I got up and type out this blog. Haha... I think I'll get fat very soon like that... That's why there's really a need to cunduct a running regime for me. Ok, will be running with Wei Qiang this Wednesday evening at Choa Chu Kang, let see how it goes.

Ok, I need to go and sleep now. So tried... Haha... Good night!!!

Packed with Activities -> Exhausted...

Tired and Exhausted...
Haiz... Now I really need more breathing space... There are still many things to do even after my work contract ended... Firstly, I have to prepare for my flute exams, practising with my sister, after that it is my flute exams. Next, I have to accompanied one of my classmates, Luanne, for her flute exams, did a practise sessions with her just now. Ok, I'll talk about that later in this blog. This coming thursday, she would be taking her exams, so I'll be going down to accompany her for the piano part. The next day, I'll be taking my QET, and I have yet to prepare... I also have to practise for my upcoming violin exams as well, with my teacher, and also with my sister as well. Once all these exams are over, I'll only have a very short break before I matriculate... Haiz... I wish some people can donate me some time to me, so that I'll have more time to rest and for entertainment as well... To me, 24 hours are just not enough... Maybe just for now. Hopefully things will get better...

Movie: Pirates of the Carribean
Watched this movie with my army friends yesterday. Haha... I was a busy person, but when comes to movies, I'll definitely squeeze out my free time to watch with my friends. That's how much I LOVE watching movies. I'm just one movies maniac... Haha... Anyway, there were 8 of us watching that movie, so that was like more people than usual. We met up at 6.30pm to have our dinner at a food court, Kopitiam, at Plaza Singapura. Well, don't really know what to eat, so I just randomly pick one stall and buy the food there. Didn't finish my dinner because I wanted to save some of my stomach space for my beloved salted popcorn. Yup, that's one of my favourites, something that I would always buy them for movies without fail (unless I don't have the mood to eat, which occurs less than 1% of the time).

The movie was kind of long, think it's between 2.5 to 3 hours. Well, didn't really watch the first Pirates movie, as my mother didn't want to watch that movie with me last time, because she didn't really like such movies. Ok, I think that the movie was still quite nice and funny, not as bad as how my mother thought last time. Haha... Hmm... Kind of sad that the movie ended in the crude way... Hmm... I wonder if we missed anything out from the movie, as we left at the middle of the end credits... Not really sure if they would be showing extra footage...

Miz the Piano Accompanist
Yup, today I had to go to Cristofori Music School at Tampines for a practise session with Luanne. Didn't really know how to get there, so I met up with Luanne and her mother at Tampines bus interchang to take the bus there. Hmm... Luanne's mother asked me to wait near the McDonald's at the bus interchange. Well, there are more than one McDonald's in Tampines. I know that the McDonald's she's refering to is the one somewhere near the bus interchange, so it is definitely not the one at Tampines one. At first, I waited at the McDonald's just opposite the CPF building, as I thought that's the only McDonald near the bus interchange. Well, Luanne's mother then message me that the McDonald's is just opposite to Bengawan Solo cake shop. Hmm... I didn't see any Bengawan Solo at the McDonald's I was waiting, so I decided to walk to the bus interchange to check out. Yup, there was actually a third McDonald's, which was located inside the bus interchange itself... Hmm... Ok... Maybe she should have given me more description about the location. Come to think of it, the 3 McDonald's at Tampines Central were located so near to one another, I wonder if they were actually making money from the 3 McDonald's, since they were actually like competing with each other... Never mind, I still can see that McDonald's is still thriving in Singapore anyway.

Ok, we took bus number 3 to the Cristofori Music School. Hmm... I have to say that the Music School was kind of located at such wierd place. It is located at a building which kind of looks like an HDB flat (or maybe it's really an HDB flat). Hmm... we need to walk around, after that climb the stairs to reach the place. Think if I were to go there by myself, I'll definitely get lost... Hmm... Anyway, I'll be going there by myself on Thursday afternoon, pray that I don't get lost there, or else it would affect her exams...

Anyway, I did some practise with her with the pieces before proceeding on to the aural. Her pieces was fine, so I decided to move on to aural. Hmm... She wasn't good at the beats and the time of the music. I also faced some problems explaining to her about those things... Hmm... I didn't really know how to teach music in a theoretical way, still didn't have that experience to do so yet... Also face some problems with the "Listening music with understanding sections". She didn't really take up Music Theory, so it was kind of difficult for me to explain the terms she need to know and understand... Ok, never mind, aural was just 18 marks out of the total marks of 150. Just hope she could score from her pieces, scales and sight-reading.

Well, after playing the piano as an accompaniment and for aural practise just know, I had something to say about their piano. I DON'T LIKE TO PLAY WITH THEIR PIANO THERE!!! The keyboard touch is kind of soft, and the piano can't produce much dynamics as well, in other words, the keys of the piano are not sensitive with the touch. No matter how I played just now, it didn't turn up that nice... Hmm... No wonder why my cousin hated using their piano after taking her Grade 8 Piano exams at Cristofori last year...

After the practise session, Luanne's mother treat me for a snacks at the snacks shop near Simei MRT station. Hmm... How generous and nice of her. Anyway, the snacks was quite nice. Hmm... Maybe before Luanne's exams on Thursday, I asked Hong Joo (if he's not working, think mostly likely he would be working), Dezhi, or maybe some of the people living near the area to eat the snacks with me first and chat. Haha...

Flute: Changing Class
Yup, I'll be changing class soon. Think this is the 3rd time I'm changing class. Same day, but the time will be from 3pm to 4pm. Ok, this also means that I have to pay more for the school fees... Yup, going to level 4 after that... Think I only stay at level 3 for only less than 2 months... That's kind of short...

Anyway, whatver result I get for my Grade 3 flute (distinction, merit, pass or fail), I'llbe doing either Grade 5 or Grade 6 Flute next year. Will not be taking Grade 4, kind of time wasting to take 1 grade at a time, especially for instruments like flute. Well, for Grade 5/6 flute exams, I mighthave to find other piano accompanist to play the piano part for me. Anyway one with good/competent piano skills willing to be my piano accompanist?

Thursday, The Exams Day

The Exam Day
Yup, for the month of July, every Thursday, maybe except the first Thursday, which is 6th July, would be an exams day. Today, I'm taking my Grade 3 Flute exams at Yamaha Orchard( Plaza Singapura). Next Thursday, on 20th July, I will be accompanying one of my classmates for her Grade 2 Flute exams at Cristofori Tampines. The Thursday after next week, which is on 27th July, I'll be taking my Grade 2 Violin exams. Yup, kind of a coincidence... Maybe they set aside exams needing piano accompanist on Thursday?

Well, anyway, my Qualifying English Test (QET) is on Friday, 21st July. Looks like of break the Thusday exams rule, but anyway, to me, it doesn't break that rule. Why? Well, because it is a test, not really and exams. Well, it is also not a music test anyway. Hmm... Come to think of it, I haven't prepare for my QET yet. OMG, I had forgotten how to write an essay already... Think I will be preparing to fail the test, and take the additional English modules... Never mind, at most I make more friends in the class... :P

Flute Exams
Yup, I'm taking my Grade 3 Flute exams today in the afternoon. Hmm... Kind of made a lot of slips, especially on my solo flute studies, and some parts of the scales... Well, my piano accompanist, which is my sister, made a bit of slips on the piano part, but never mind. That can be improvise, and the examiner doesn't really mark how well the pianist played anyway, he just want to see how well I played and coordinate. Hmm... made quite a lot of slips on the studies, as I did not hold the flute properly, don't know what he would be writing on the mark sheet... Well, it seemed that he wrote a lot of things on the mark sheet, don't know if most of them are negative results... Well, I'll only know when I got back my results in about a month time.

The aural part, hmm... Think I answered very badly for section A, recognising the time and and beats of the music. He said I should start tapping when I get along, but... Haha... Me only tap almost at the end of the piece, and tap on the wrong beats as well. He then ask me about the time of the piece. By right you should answer something like "simple duple time" or "compound triple time", but I just briefly gave him one number, which is 3, and I don't know if it was even 3 beats a bar... Hmm... :(

The rest of the aural part was ok for me. Section B (Echo Singing), I was able to echo out what he played. Section C (Regonising Differences), I was also able to tell out the difference in the phrases he played, and also in detail. Section D (Listening to Music with Understanding), I was able to answer his questions promptly. Don't know if I answered the questions appropriately though... Well, anyway, I did my Grade 8 Piano some time back, so by right I should be able to answer Grade 3 aural sections easily, since the aural test is the same for all instruments, but kind of forgotten how should I answer them. Yup, I took my last piano exams 5 years ago, so can't expect me to remember how to answer, right?

The rest... Hmm... still ok, to my standard, but I don't know what's the examiner standard. If he's grading my playing very strictly, then, hmm... I might not be able to make it. Well, tend to make more slips than usual during the exams, maybe because I'm a bit nervous... Ok, now I have to cross my fingers...

Last Day of Work: Good Riddance Maybank!!!

Maybank, Good Riddance to You!!!
Yup, my last day of work. Anyway, even though this is my very last day, I still work as per normal, keying in the applications needed to be keyed, and printing those things that I need to print. Hmm... I should be sitting down and slacking, but never mind, at least time goes faster when you have something to do. Chae Yun, Guan Si, Serene and me share the cost of the chocolates to give to our colleagues, both perm staff and temp staff, as our farewell gift. Haha... not as good as the one Justina give, but at least there's something.

We had lunch at NYP Food Junction today. Well, thought of going to Ang Mo Kio central to have our lunch there, since the head was not here today, but decided to just go NYP instead as we were a bit too lazy to go so far out. Again had western set for lunch. Hmm... Come to think of it, of all the visits to NYP Food Junction, I only buy from the western meal stall. Hmm... Not that I don't want to try oyut other food, just that the queue were just too long for the other stalls, and the western meal stall was relatively shorter. Didn't really want to wait too long on the queue, so I would just have western.

Tehn, we went to Cheers and bought some potato chips and biscuits. Haha, we actually planned to have an office picnic later in the afternoon, and gather the temp staffs around our work area to eat and talk. Well, our head was not present anyway, so we could just talk loudly and eat as we like, without having her to complained to our supervisor.

Yuppie, my last day of work in Maybank. Finally, I'm free!!! Now, it's time for me to do some exercise after so many weeks sitting on the office chair for prolonged periods. Think I had gone fatter after 3 months of work. Never mind, I'll go for a run sooner or later.

Anyway, this is what I have to say to my workplace.

Good Riddance!!!

Last Working Monday: Still Working as Normal

The 2nd Last Day
Yup, my 2nd last day of work. Anyway, I still work as per normal. Can't just sit down there and slack, it would be very boring like that. The only way to kill of time is to do something, which is to work, that is to do what I need to do inside the office.

Anyway, there wasn't anything much to do in the morning, since there were very few movement charts to be matched, and there was also nothing much to print. The applications would mostly come in around lunchtime, so I just play around with the WebEAA, AS400 and Microsoft Excel, typing and doing all the nonsense inside. Haha...

We went to the Tech Point canteen to have lunch. Guan Si, Sean and Bingtian went to have lunch at the cafe on the 1st floor of Tech Point, while the rest of us went to the canteen on the 6th floor. Hmm... Feel like trying out the food from the cafe, but I already had such good lunch with my friends yesterday, so think it would be better to eat cheaper food today. Yup, this would be my last lunch at Tech Point canteen, with Chae Yun and Serene. Hmm... Missed the place? Don't really think so... Haha... The food wasn't so fantastic anyway, but it does bring memories to me...

Anyway, Chae Yun, Serene and me planned to buy farewell gifts to our coleeagues. We decided to share on chocolates and sweets. Hmm... Don't think the gifts will be as good as Justina's one, where she gave each of us a bag of candies and chocolates, with a handwritten message that is written on a card she drawn herself. Remember the dog that I post on this blog some time ago, and the avatar that I used on my MSN? Yup, that's the one. She drew each of us a different characters. Hmm... Don't think I have that ability to do so...

DS Lite: Anyone Intending to Buy?
Yup, anyway, I have decided to get one. When will I be getting one? Still not really sure yet. Don't think I'll get one so soon, since the DS Lites are only recently released here are selling out fast, so the prices are going to be high. Think I'll wait for a few months, or maybe a few weeks at least, to see if the prices dropped. Now the demand is very high, so it can be a bit difficult to get...

So, anyone intending to buy one? Maybe we can go out and buy the DS Lite together. :P

Weekend Activities

Saturday
Hmm... mostly stay at home and rest. Yup, it can be very tiring to work a full 5-day week from 8.45am to 6.15pm. Yup, some people might say it's all only administrative stuff. Well, I can tell you that you will feel very tired after prolonged hours working with the computers. Yup, someone told me that the person can play DotA, MapleStory or Puzzle Pirates the whole day, whole night, or whatever it is. Anyway, at least playing those games add on to your fun meter. Doing administrative work decreases each person fun meter by a lot. Yup, at the end of the week, not only you are dying to sleep, you will also be dying to have entertainment as well. Hmm... Maybe in order to achieve both, I should dream about myself playing games.

Well, since my lesson is only in the afternoon, I just rest at home and use the computer (haha... think I'm spoiling my eyes) to surf around. Nothing much to do anyway, and I also don't really feel like going out to exercise, or walk around the shopping centres. Just kind of sleepy, and me don't really have that mood to do so.

For the flute lesson today, the teacher ask me to conduct aural lesson for my classmates. Haha... Actually I don't really know how to teach aural. Well, I mean for aural, you should at least know something about the music notations, beats, melodies, harmonies and all these things. Didn't really know how to start off with the aural. Anyway, the last time I had my aural was at 2001, when I had my Grade 8 Piano. Can't really remember how my teacher taught me aural last time... Anyway, the aural lesson went on quite badly, think most of them didn't really know the answer them... Never mind, hopefully things will get better.

Well, after I came back home, I went out again with my family to had our dinner at Chinatown. We just find any place to settle down at eat. Had chicken rice meal for dinner. the chicken wasn't that bad, just that there were a lot of bones inside. After that, we just had a short walk around Chinatown. The place was kind of crowded, not sure if it was always very crowded during the weekends. Well, there was anything much of our interest to see, so we went back home after walking 1 small round.

Sunday
Well, my teacher ask me to come in the morning with my sister to let him listen how I played for my exam pieces. Ok, we reached there way before 9am, because my father was scared that there might be a jam on the expressway. Ya, I can see that the car was still able to move up to the speed limit of the expressway. We actually waited outside the studio for some time before my teacher came in.

Hmm... thought that the lesson would be like 1 hour, so that my teacher can polish up how I played, but in the end, it was only just a short 15 minutes. Yup, the teacher REALLY just listen to what I played, and made some comments. He then just told me to practise at home. Yup, we travel all the way to Plaza Singapura just to let him hear my playing for 15 minutes...

Ok, anyway, my sister and I had our breakfast at Burger King after my lesson. Yup, there was a Burger King coupon that came with The Sunday Times newspaper today, so we used that coupon to had our breakfast. After that, I went back home first, as my sister wanted to cut her hair over there.

Later at noon, I went to Tampines Mall to met some of my campmates for lunch. Well, Andrew was going back to Australia to study, so we decided to have lunch with him at Tampines Mall. Before that, they went for windsurfing. Hmm... Windsurfing seems fun, but don't think I would take up as an recreational activities, since I don't know how to swim... Hmm... Kind of sad...

Anyway, I met up with Hong Joo first, since he wasn't going windsurfing with them also. We went to walk around the shopping mall, before looking for a POSB/DBS ATM. Hmm... Didn't expect the POSB/DBS ATM to be so diificult to find in Tampines. I could see lots of UOB ATM, but couldn't find any POSB/DBS ATM inside and around the mall. Eventually, we had to go out to somewhere futher to the POSB branch to draw money. Ok, so UOB actually dominates Tampines...

Met up with Shi Qing, Wei Qiang, Andrew, Jun Ren, Kai Quan and Haohan in Tampines Mall after withdrawing the money. Well, Jun Ren suggested that we try out the food at Phin's Beerhaus n Grills (which kind of specialises in steaks and grilled stuffs), so we decided to have our lunch there. Well, I ordered the Weekend Dory and Prawn set, which comes with the soup of the day (cream of broccoli) and a drink (I chose Peach Tea as my drink). The food that I ordered was quite nice, and as what Hong Joo said, it taste better than the food in Fish and Co. Hmm... Maybe because they added a bit of beer onto the fried Dory fish, so it taste somewhat nice...


Lunching at Tampines Mall Phin's Beerhaus n Grills, with courtesy of Hong Joo.

After that, we went to have a short walk around Tampines before going to the Tampines library. Hmm... Kind of odd that Shi Qing went home after the short walk, thought he might want to go to the library as well. I supposed he had something on. Just browse around the books there, and after that, we call it a day.

Yup, tomorrow is Monday, the first day of the week, but don't think tomorrow will be as blue as other Monday. Yup, just 2 more working days to go. Haha...

Happy Birthday Dezy!!!

The 22nd Birthday
Yup, it's Dezhi's birthday today. Happy Birthday!!! Hmm... Don't know have that chance to meet him on MSN to wish him "happy birthday". Think I saw him online just now, but was busy watching TV... Hmm... never mind, I'll send him a message instead. Wonder what he did for his birthday just now.

Work: Coming to the End Soon
Yuppie, going to finish my contract soon. Recently, there were very few applications coming in. Think this week average was only like 30+. Well, there was really nothing much to do in the office with just only a few applications, except to play with the WebEAA, AS400, and also surf around the Maybank website. Well, just to let people think that I'm working... Haha...

For today, I was stoning in front of the computer most of the time. Yup, nothing much to key in, nothing much to print, nothing much to calculate... If I helped Chae Yun or Priya with routing or with the credit bureau reports, then they will also have nothing much to do later... Ok, just look around and see what is so special about their cards. Well, nothing much, their debit cards are all MCE (MasterCard Electronic) cards, so the shop must carry the MCE logo if you want to use the card. Shops with just normal MasterCard logo would not accept MCE cards. MCE cards cannot be used online also, so not really that good to apply, unless you are going after the design. Yup, the Flash Debit is kind of cool.

Ok, just only 2 more working days to go. Yay!!! Hmm... Don't know if I should prepare my farewell gift for my colleagues. Anyway, I'm just going to slack inside the office for the last 2 days. Anyway if anyone tasked me to do something, I'll just dragged to the very last day, or just throw onto one side and left it alone.

Superman!!!

Work Matters
Yuppie, just only a few more days left till I finish my contract. Hmm... wonder when they usually put in the money into my CPF account. Just check my CPF account using my SingPass, and well, inside only like $250+... Yup, that's like way too little for retirement... Never mind, I still have a very long time to accumulate the amount. Hmm... Only have like $160+ inside the ordinary account... Don't know if that will be enough to cover my insurance the the next few years, should be enough till I come from the university to work, I supposed.

Many Things After Contract Ends
Ok, only a few more days, but these few more days can be a long time for me. I've been doing the same thing for almost 3 months already, and also I haven't been exercising much. Haiz, after my contract ends, I must really find time to run in Bishan Park or East Coast Park. Anyway, there are also quite a lot of things for me to do after my contract ends. Still have to prepare and go for my flute/violin exams (and my sister still play quite badly on the piano part), and also have to do accompaniment for one of the people for the flute exam, at Tampines. Yup, the person is taking the exams over there. Look like I have to travel all the way there just for practise sessions and exams... Hmm, anyone living in the east want to watch any movies at GV Tampines or Century Square?

Well, taking about music exams, this morning I message to my violin teacher to tell him that my sister and I can make it for the practice session. Hmm... Wonder what he's going to comment when my sister is going to play the piano parts badly... Anyway, the more important one is the violin part, so if my sister play badly, it's still ok for me provided I can improvise a bit and to let her catch up with me. Well, I send the message in simplified Chinese. Yup, my first time ever I send the message completely in Chinese. I had to change the language settings to simplifired Chinese, and type the message character by character, slowly. Need to spell out the hanyu pinying first before finding the characters out. Take me some time to finish just a very short message though...

Exercise
Yup, haven't been doing exercise for a long time. Anyway, I'm back to a zero-fighter again. Hmm... Look like I must sign up for a gym programme already. Can anyone recommend me a good gym? Hmm... Maybe I should sign up as a SAFRA member, so that I could enjoy the gym at a discounted rate (maybe I'm wrong about this, those who know can help me to correct this). Ok, I'll be taking part in the running event, so anyone cares to join me? The next running event I'm signing up will be the 6km Sheares-Bridge Run (or commonly known as Army Half-Marathon, though 6km is not half marathon), which will be held on 27 August 2006, Sunday.

Movie: Superman
Well, watch Superman just this evening, with Wei Qiang, Kai Quan, Chun Hoo, and our dear BSO, Nicky. Yup, Nicky is also the one that likes to watch these type of movies, so I asked him out, as I promised the previous time. Well, as Nicky is unfortunately still in 46 SAR (at Sungei Gedong Camp), we decided to watch at Causeway Point, a midpoint of Lim Chu Kang/Choa Chu Kang and Ang Mo Kio/Bishan, and on Wednesday, so that it's easier for Nicky to leave camp as it's nights off day.

We watch the movie today, but I bought the tickets yesterday, so that we do not have to rush to buy the tickets. Yup, now I'm buying tickets one day before the actual movie outing, so that we do not have to worry too much about getting bad seats, or not getting any seats at all for the movie, after all the experience of buying movie tickets. Anyway, we were still a bit late of the movie, as Chun Hoo need to eat his dinner first. Yup, he was a bit late because he wanted to complete the mission in MapleStory first. Ok, another Weibin... Well, me stop playing MapleStory (and most games) because of tight schedules, never mind, there are other priorities I need to set as well.

Well, about the movie, the plot was not as good as what I expected, but at least it had certain entertainment values. Yup, some people commented that this Superman movie was not really worth watching, but anyway, people like me would watch any kind of movies. Well, at least this is not the worst movies that I watched, I've seen movies that I can fall asleep for more than 50% of the screening time, or those movies that I cannot understand at all, and some of these movies have a high or decent ratings. Well, maybe because I not suited to watch those types of movies...

Anyway, this is also the first time we watch the movies with Nicky. Hopefully he could join us for the future outings. Well, he seemed interested in Spiderman, and one more movie, forgot what is it called (haha). Ok, think I can ask him out again to watch with us.

Monday Blues: Not as Blue Now

Woke Up Late...
Well, today I woke up late, because of the deceiving sky colour... It had rained very heavily before that, so the sky was still very dark even after 7am. Didn't really rush to work, since it's perfectly fine to be late for work. I mean there are people who are late like 30 to 45 minutes everyday, and no one said anything about that... Well, I could still catch the 3rd shuttle bus at 8.45am, so there's still a lot of time left.

Bluey Monday
Yup, go to work in the bluey mood again... And yes, I'm wearing that blue shirt, to show that I'm in that blue mood. Well, at least today was not as blue as other Monday, maybe because my contract was coming to the end already. Haiz... Even though there are just only a few working days more, I still feel that it was still a long time to go... Yup, working in Maybank just make time pass more slowly...

Well, even though in the blue mood, I still do my work just as usual... Anyway, even though there were like more than 100 paper applications that came in last Friday, we still managed to key in and print out all the customers' informations before ending our work day last Friday, and yup, by right the printing should be done on the next working day. Well noting much to do after matching movement charts, so we helped another temp staff to route the applications (which is to prepare for approval/decline) to the officer. I would usually "prep for approval" unless the customer do not have enough income (do not meet the minimum $30000 a year requirement), or he/she is a foreigner. Hmm... Don't know why they want to reject foreigners applications...

There aren't that many applications coming in from the mails as well. Anyway, my understudy wanted to play some tricks to another department, because they always like to give us a lot of work JUST BEFORE we end our work day. Yup, I agree with that. We decided to hold on to their mails until 6pm, and only gave it to them after 6pm. We also opened one for the mails, which contains the paper applications, and glue ALL corners of the applications, staple them very fully and taped up the sides of the applications. Haha... The person will have a very hard time opening the applications, don't know if he might spoil the applications when opening up...

Yup, Monday work day is gone, another 6 more working days (8 more days) to go...

Sunday: A Day to Sleep

Sunday Morning
Well, recently my grandfather had been complaining about his leg pain... Hmm... Yup, he had leg pain, but don't know why instead of sitting down to rest his legs, he would always like to stand up, without moving at all, at the same position, for a very long period of time. This would just make his legs much worst... So much worst that his legs swelled... Anyway, in the morning, we went out for breakfast without my grandfather, since he was unable to walk. My grandmother had to stay behind to look after him... Hmm... How sad...

Well, before we went for breakfast, we went to a temple near Sin Ming to pray. Haha, as usual, I would pray for getting many distinctions A+s and As for university studies, hoping to get 1st Class Honours. Ok, yup, I know that's almost entirely impossible, but well, I should study hard to get a decent grades, right?

After praying at the temple, we went to the S11 food centre at Ang Mo Kio to had our breakfast. Hmm... The S11 at Ang Mo Kio is so much different than in the past, it is more vibrant now, with much more stalls operating. Anyway, I had my ramen for breakfast. It didn't taste that bad though, quite decent. Well, definitely better than the ramen at Yoshinoya. Hmm... there were a lot of stalls that I would like to try out their food on, but well, my stomach can't hold that many food. Never mind, I'm sure next time we will go back there to eat again.

The Violin Issues
My violin exams are nearing. At first, my teacher ask me to come on Tuesday afternoon with my pianist (which is my sister) to let him hear how we play. Hmm... Sorry, I have to say to my teacher that we are not as free as what he think. My work contract haven't end yet on Tuesday, and my sister also had to work as well. Can't possibly take leave just to let him listen how we played, right? Anyway, he ask me to come on Sunday morning instead then. Well, not really sure if my sister will be free on Sunday mornings. Working as an OCBC Personal Banker/Consultant, she had to go for the roadshows on Sunday. Well, anyway, I asked my sister, and she said she might be able to make. Ok, once I can confirm, I'll message to my teacher... in Chinese. Yup, don't think he can understand SMS in English, so I had to change my phone language setting to simplified Chinese to type the SMS in Chinese to him. Yup, can be a bit troublesome...

A Sleepy Afternoon
After I came back from my lesson, I just went to bed to sleep... Well, just feeling so sleepy, I didn't really feel like doing anything else. Well, most of my relatives came to our house during that time, but I just continue sleeping anyway... Too tired to do anything already. Think must be because I had been sleeping very late and very little recently... Never mind, once my work contracts end, I can sleep as late as I could. Haha...

World Cup Quarter-Finals

Watching World Cup
Yup, Shi Qing invited us to watch World Cup quarter-finals at his house, as his father just subscribed to Starhub cable. Haiz... too bad my home doesn't have Starhub cable, we only had Starhub Internet cable, which can't be used to watch cable channels...

Anyway, after meeting up with some people at Tanah Merah station, we went to the food centre nearby to had our dinner. Hmm... The dinner kind of take quite long to prepare... Me didn't really eat much, just mostly rice, as I didn't really had much appetite. Haiz... It's all because of work...

Anyway, we went to Shi Qing house after the dinner. While some people are playing mahjong and cards befor the match start, I was looking at the pictures Shi Qing took when he was in Japan. Haha... He took some odd pictures though. Hmm... Come to think of it, I haven't gone for a tour for quite a long time already. Think I might want to vist Japan, Korea and some European countries.

Well, since there were 2 quarter-final matches going on, we stayed overnight at Shi Qing house to watch the matches. Anyway, my sister also watching the quarter-final matches at her friend's house as well, so basically both of us were not at home to sleep during that night.

Hmm... about the first match between Germany and Argentina, it was kind of boring, I have to admit. No goals during the 1st half of the match. Well, the excitement came in when Argentina scored a goal in the 2nd half of the match. After that, Germany scored a goal as well, which eventually turned out to be a draw... There was also no goal at all during the extra time, as well as the half-time. Haiz... Almost fell asleep while watching... At least the penalty was quite interesting to watch. Well, the 2nd match between Italy and Ukraine was more interesting, but I was already too tired to watch, after the very long match between Germany and Argentina, eventually fell asleep during the 2nd match... My sister even agree with me that the 1st match was very boring, so boring she couldn't stay awake for the 2nd match... Haha...

Well, after a short rest at Shi qing house after the 2nd match, we went to have our breakfast at McDonalds at Bedok. Don't feel like eating though, but still order a Hotcakes meal for my breakfast. Didn't put any syrup and margerine on it, since I prefer to eat plain hotcakes. Haha...

After getting back home, I still didn't really sleep straight away, don't know why, even though I only slept, or maybe just napped, for just a short few hours. Well, I still use the computer to surf net, go out and buy lunch, practise my exam pieces with my sister before I went to bed to sleep. Haha...

Working Blues

1 Day = 1 Year
Haiz... Don't know why, recently time have been passing quite slowly, in fact much more slow than I was serving National Service... Really hate this kind of job, you just really expect the number of applications coming in. All of the sudden, the people from the other department might give us a big pile of applications to key in. I also need to face the computer the whole day as well, either keying in paper applications using WebAA or printing customers' informations using AS400. Think I have gotten very unhealthy after taking up this job, as I had to sit for almost the whole day to type things. The only parts that is well developed is my finger muscles, after all the fast typing. Well, no point developing finger muscles, since I get to train my fingers at home while using the computer to type blogs ro chat with friends, or even play the piano...

Working Blues
Haha... Do you know why I like to wear blue to office? It's because of working blues. Too bad I only have 1 blue fully-buttoned collared shirt for work, or I'll definitely wear the blue shirt every day. Anyway, one of my colleagues is wearing completely black already, to show that her mood is already "black" for work. Hmm... Since I've worn blue collared casual shirt just last Friday, I'll wear dark blue collared casual shirt for the next Friday (we can wear casually on Friday), to show that I'm still in the blues, and my mood is really "dark" for work. :P

Lunch
On Wednesday, we had lunch at the fast food canteen in Nanyang Polytechnic. Well, since I feel like eating fast food, and there weren't as many people in the fast food canteen, we decided to eat over there. Yup, to my predictions, there really weren't that many people in the canteen. We could find seats very easily without having people to help us reserve seats first while we were buying our food.

On Thursday, as one of my colleague didn't feel like going to NYP to eat, and I didn't want to eat at Tech Point canteen, as the food taste a bit horrible (to my frank opinion), we decided to visit the Neighbourhood Police Centre to have our lunch there. Yup, I had my Fish and Chips there, since the Fish and Chips really taste good.

On Friday, we decided to go to NYP Food Junction to had our lunch there. Yup, there were a lot of people in Food Junction, but we managed to find seats at the very corner or Food Junction. Again had western food for lunch. Haha... Anyway, I had breaded fish fillet for lunch. Well, we can choose any 2 sides out of the 6 choices for the main course, with the choices of:
- French Fries
- Wedges
- Baked Potatoes
- Mashed Potatoes
- Mixed Brocolli and Carrots
- Fried Rice
- Spaghetti
- Pasta
(Different days may have different choices)
Well, I decided to have non-fried food as my sides, so I picked mixed Brocolli and Carrots and Spaghetti. The food is nice, even though the portion is a bit small, but anyway, I didn't really have much appetite to eat, so it's ok for me.

Last Day
Yup, Friday was Justina's last day of work. Well, as our head was present on Friday, we couldn't really go to Ang Mo Kio central to have our lunch, since it was a bit too far, and there were too many temp staffs as well. Anyway, she gave each of us a small bag of chocolates. Haha, she also draw us some pictures representing us as well. Well, she drew me a fox-like animal, as she said it kind of looks like me. Hmm... look like me? Well, what do you think?