Friday, July 31, 2009
Haven't blogged in a while. I really have been rotting my holidays away! In one way it feels really good not to slog my break away, but on the other hand I feel guilty. I'm not used to slacking this much. I'm so addicted to shopping! Have been so tempted to buy lots of clothing, but I always manage to persuade myself not to buy it at the very last minute. However, I'm still forever spending lots of skincare and better cosmetics, because my face is like shit. I need better skincare to improve my skin condition, plus better makeup that does not clog pores and cause MORE pimples than what I'm already suffering from. You could say that I should just not use cosmetics, but like I said my face is like shit and it looks like shit too. Need to cover up.Freshmen orientation camp just ended a week ago. The camp name is Avenir. It's pronounced at offv-nir. Sounds a bit like Opna which is the camp name for previous year's camp. Camp is okay. I think I'm getting too old to fully integrate myself into these youngsters, though the local guys in the camp are actually my age. University matures people, so although I'm 21 and those guys are 21 too, I think the girls are more mature at this point of time.
Anyway, back to camp. My freshies are kind of quiet during the first day, but during the 2nd day's amazing race, fright night and after the sentosa games on the 3rd day, they became a noisy and enthu bunch. My og, pyrox, won many game sections, but we still didn't win the Best OG. This is not surprising. I was programmer during the previous year FOC. The points accumulated during the camp didn't really go towards choosing the best og. It's the seniors' opinions that matter in the end. It was kind of a vote thing to see which og they think is best. I'm not sure if the committee did the same thing again this year.
Last night of camp was Special Pal night (SP night). It was held at pasir ris park. It was a pretty sad event compared to Opna's SP night. Nevermind. I shall not reveal much in case my freshies read my blog and they become unhappy that the SP night wasn't great compared the previous year's.
All in all, I just felt old after the camp ended. Feel like I'm not suitable to play these games already. I'm wondering what role can I play for the next camp. Some leadership role? Hmm.
These few times that zac and I met, we sat down and talk for a long time, instead of walking around most of the time, and only sitting down to eat for a short while. Nice for a change. Our relationship needs freshing up once awhile. Sitting down to talk is a good way to get closer once again =)
11:12 PM
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Michael Jackson is gone =( I used to be a great fan when I was younger. My brother bought tons of his CDs and I still have them. He was, still is actually, such a legend. His slick dance moves have been copied by many, his signature suit and hat style. Though he was put in a bad light the past many years, he still continued to be admired by millions of fans. I don't admire him la. But I like his songs, especially the slow, deeply emotional songs. He sang about the earth being destroyed by humans, sang about the earth that so needs healing, sang about childhood that has disappeared (which I feel is very relavant because kids grow up way too fast now).Earth Song (You should have seen the video. Damn saddening but so true.)
What about sunrise
What about rain
What about all the things
That you said we were to gain.. .
What about killing fields
Is there a time
What about all the things
That you said was yours and mine...
Did you ever stop to notice
All the blood we've shed before
Did you ever stop to notice
The crying Earth the weeping shores?
What have we done to the world
Look what we've done
What about all the peace
That you pledge your only son...
What about flowering fields
Is there a time
What about all the dreams
That you said was yours and mine...
Did you ever stop to notice
All the children dead from war
Did you ever stop to notice
The crying Earth the weeping shores
I used to dream
I used to glance beyond the stars
Now I don't know where we are
Although I know we've drifted far
Hey, what about yesterday
What about the seas
The heavens are falling down
I can't even breathe
What about the bleeding Earth
Can't we feel its wounds
What about nature's worth
It's our planet's womb
What about animals
We've turned kingdoms to dust
What about elephants
Have we lost their trust
What about crying whales
We're ravaging the seas
What about forest trails
Burnt despite our pleas
What about the holy land
Torn apart by creed
What about the common man
Can't we set him free
What about children dying
Can't you hear them cry
Where did we go wrong
Someone tell me why
What about babies
What about the days
What about all their joy
What about the man
What about the crying man
What about Abraham
What about death again
Do we give a damn
Heal the World chorus
Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me
Childhood I really love this song! Maybe because I can related to it.
Have you seen my Childhood?
I'm searching for the world that I come from
'Cause I've been looking around
In the lost and found of my heart...
No one understands me
They view it as such strange eccentricities...
'Cause I keep kidding around
Like a child, but pardon me...
7:58 PM
Friday, July 03, 2009
saw that some people searched for via ferrata at orchard central related things and ended up on my blog. so i think i'll post a climbing photo..the photo is actually taken using the canon camera that they were promoting. So it's a photo developed on the spot and i took a photo of it. haha. so it's quite blur.
See the metal rungs... and that the surface is not just like a flat wall. some parts jut out to a certain degree. And we're wearing gloves to prevent abrasions. The metal rungs have grooves which are really rough. Look at the whole mess of ropes around my waist and leg, hooked to the metal cables and the rungs. I was struggling with all the ropes actually because as i climbed, I slowly got tangled up in them, which is rather dangerous. You can see it clearly at the top of the photo near zac. There're ropes hooked to the cable and the rungs. The helmet didn't protect my head enough. I still somehow managed to hurt my head. Read full story below....The bottom line is that this climbing is very technical. It's not like normal rock climbing where you need pretty good forearm strength or you can't grip properly. The grip is excellent here-i mean..metal rungs?? It's like ladder! Your sweat is absorbed by the glove, there is no danger of slipping off due to sweaty palms. It's just techical in the sense that, without a belayer, you must learn to make use of the ropes and carabiners to secure yourself as you make your way up.
11:36 PM
There're more updates to be done though, but i want to get photos from zac first...Just got done doing subject registration. Should I take an elective? The timetable is more slack than last semester, but I already have 6 examinable modules. Last sem I had 6 core modules but only 5 were examinable, the last one is project based, so I could take an elective to add up to 6 papers. But this sem all the 6 cores are examinable. I should make use of the more slack timetable to ace my modules next sem right? Anyway i already put up 2 electives on the waitlist. If I didn't get any, so be it. If I get one, I'll try it out during the add-drop period and see how.
Next sem is nuts! Neurobiology, plant biology, developmental biology, human genetics, cancer biology and research seminar. Only cancer biology and neuro sounds not bad. But almost every senior said that neuro is crazily difficult, and I can see why. The textbook is more than 1400 pages.
