Since I am slacking my sunday away, I must as well blog a little here. I spent close to 1 hr on the papers today which is about twice the amount of time i spent usually. The main reason was that the Straits Times really provided quite a concise report on the AWARE saga. For the last few weeks, Josie Lau was more popular than Barack Obama and AWARE was better known than WHO. The enitre saga has finally come to a close, with the new guards giving a 'gracious exit' and the old guards resuming office. I suppose this is a rather positive ending, if not the best. Detractors may complain that the conflict was blown-up and the organisation should have settled for a less-exaggerated, behind-the-door resolution. True, but the extensive media coverage made some impact too. It highlighted the fact that Singaporeans, especially the females, are not oblivious to events happening in civil society, and are prepared to fight for their beliefs with conviction and passion if the need arises. I must admit it was rather heartwarming to read about the AWARE meeting from the papers. Though the voting process was not very gracious with the frequent boo-ing and outbursts, but it has certainly shown that Singaporeans do feel strongly about social events and want their voices heard. And hopefully, with the new-found support from Singaporeans nation-wide (AWARE membership has risen from 300 to 3000 in the past 3 weeks), AWARE can resume momentum and continue being the strongest advocate for female rights here.

Had JTS on sat at a super ultra big house off kheam hock road (imagine 4 levels and a swimming pool). Finally saw how rich singaporeans can be around us. It was basically a card session and some had fun partying ard with special lighting too. Thankfully the food was acceptable and sufficient, think i better keep the caterer namecard for future use. Before the jts was our fac cip which was just plain slack. Took a few class photos finally to put on our ct blog.
And i am so looking forward to class birthday with 401 on wed. No details yet but 401 will come up with something becos we are jus so pro. :)

Looks deceive.

I am getting slacker at writing blogs, eh actually getting slacker at life basically. I still havent finished march hol hmwk, not like rachel koh who did everything b4 term starts. Honestly, it is rather diff to believe tt she was from 406? And there is phy, math, econs tutorial tmr which i am on the verge of dao-ing. LOL, i believe that copying is also a process of learning. And chem lab sucked today cos i kept overshooting for titration. And apparently, the answer for the last qn in the class test was C4H6 while my answer was C4H14. Totally well done..Maybe i shld arrange for a consultation with Ms meta soon. Perhaps i will learn better under a pretty,kind, patient teacher like her, as compared to the Mrs Ho lecturer who refused to use the microphone during lectures while i shoot her my iconic stone look. And one good news today was tt we finally changed the econs lecturer. Not tt i am not recognising the efforts of the female lecturer, wadever her name is, but i must face the fact tt i still dun understand anything about price elasticity. And once the male teacher took over from her today, I felt my entire world light up...
I was dozing off during GP today and was forced to answer qns from Ms Ho. imagine how i felt when i was happily rubbing my eyes and had to answer QTK halfway..and gave the wrong answer.

An entry before sleeping. I have been having early nights these few days because the exhaustion level is reaching max point. I feel doom coming towards me. LOL. At least i am not a bio student or i will have 2 tests next week instead of one. I conclude that i can either accept ms khoo's civilized ' Life is tough.' , my cruder ' Life sucks.' or the more high-class Spanish phrase' Que sera sera.' Life goes on.

I am currently looking forward to the March hols already, after only one week of official lessons. Well, i suppose it is always good to look into the future and prepare for it in advance.

Sat was spent at Interact club orientation with ah fen and shiyu who left early. Not bad, interact gave me a much better first impression than Huang Cheng. LOL. At the huang cheng orientation, i got a bit of a culture shock. The senior kept switching btw Eng and Chi in his introduction, so i had some discomfort listening to it. The most amazing fact is tt huang cheng ppl call in Chinese. Put urself in my shoes and imagine urself hearing this over the phone: '喂，你好，我是黄城的...' God, i was like reeling from shock and even thought tt it was a call from China for a moment. I suppose i am just not the drama type of ppl, especially chi drama. So i will not be joining it, tgt with ah fen,shiyu and liqin.

And i conclude that the most hated and unfair ratio is 5:2.
In case you dun know why, it is the ratio of weekdays to weekends. Educators should proceed to the next level and implement a 4-day work week.

Wow, it has been a freaking long time since i last blogged. With only one week into HCI, i am already feeling more tired than i had ever felt in the 4 long yrs in Nanyang. JC life is really quite different from high school life, and i think i am rather glad tt it will only span 2 yrs, at least for now. Although the college lecturers keep promising a more liberal system from the very first day, actually they are more of a buch of control freaks than the Nanyang teachers. Getting into JC really made me realise how nice NYGH had been and how comfortable the environment was compared to now. NYGH teachers show a level of liberalism tt is meant to be emulated. They will understand if you turn up late for class after PE because you need to change and are feeling exhausted for obvious reasons. They will allow you to hand in late assignments to the pigeon hole, with the worst punishment being deducting half of the total score. And when you doze off during lessons, they will accept that you have had a late night and allow you to listen with your eyes closed.

Now, things have changed. All college lecturers demand 100% attention and absolute punctuality for all lessons. They show great displeasure if you request to go to the restroom before their lesson. You have to stand at the back of the class if you forget any tutorial. And the best act of kindness any tutor has shown to me now is to give a 1min break during lesson time. As Junning would have told you, you get scolded if you had paid attention during bio lecture and reacted to what the lecturer is saying.

I think i sort of miss life in Nanyang and 401. Starting sch at 830 every Monday, copying Physics wksheets during PCCG lesson every Friday, playing ard with junning and kaiyun during math lessons, breezing thru math wksheets without having to stone at the notes first. And suddenly, for a brisk moment, having to write chi compos every week doesnt seem to be the worst thing now. But of course, this is now the past and I shall look into the present and future, even if it doesnt look as appealing as it shld.


Alright, the tone in this entry may be a little extreme and perhaps i dun mean it fully. But i am in a foul mood now because i am really exhausted and the day stretches to 9pm tmr. 50% of my weekened gone just like tt......But what is driving me mad is tt this routine will continue for the next 2 yrs. CRAP.

I am going to post a short entry before going to sleep. The last few days have been quite tiring because we are basically clocking sch time of 7am-6pm everyday. Orientation offers some fun, OG 14 is becoming more enthu and bonded. But i jus feel sour tt the sessions end at 6pm because this is totally the peak hour when you have to squeeze your way at the bus stop to get on the bus, and not before waiting for 2 buses to pass. The experience of having to witness your bus pass you by at the busstop because it is just too crowded is simply unbearable for me. Singapore is suffering from overpopulation, seriously. The government should either stop all baby boosting policies with immediate effect and hire sociologists to look into the problem, or assign more buses island-wide at 6pm.

ISP is totally inquisitive and over demanding. How am i supposed to know my doctor's contact number except if my dad is one. And then not forgetting the gross domestic income. The most irritating part is tt the option for subject combi will not be approved until u satisfy the system's thirst for information. With much effort like digging out my cca record for the cip part, i finally succeeded in choosing PCME with shiyu. And now we'll only have to continue believing tt we will end up in the same CT class.