Macau

So my parents have come back from their Macau/Hong Kong/Zhuhai, Guangdong province trip yesterday night. While they had been enjoying their trip for almost 5 days, I had finished 3 papers ~.~"

But they brought back Portuguese egg tarts!!! Lao po bing from Hong Kong and seafood from Zhuhai!!! among others... =DD

My dad was lucky. In a lucky draw he won a free night in a 6-star hotel! ;) My mum won $HK900 in the casino.. Lol~

In about 3 weeks, I'll be going Ho Chi Minh City for my first overseas service programme.. Not sure if I'll enjoy as my friend withdrew due to family objection. Oh well. That means I'll have to try to mingle with the rest, or I'll be a loner for 13 days! It'll be so sad if I have nobody as buddies for the entire trip, especially in the last 3 days of R&R.. Nevertheless, it'll be a meaningful trip yes :)

By the way, if you want to contribute towards school infrastructure building in Vietnam, I'm selling 5 bookmarks for $10 in an effort to raise funds for this project =)) Your contribution will make a difference :)

Alright, need to study =P
Forensic Science on Monday.
MAMA awards on Tuesday.
And finally last paper - Inorganic Chemistry - on Wednesday. For this, I'll be competing with scholars from China. The paper is set by a physical chemistry, which means formulae and mathematical manipulations are very important!

Good luck!

LUCK

GOOD LUCK FOR FINALS!!!

Don't think so much. Put in your best efforts in each question.

Everything will be fine.

=)

那些年，我们一起追的女孩

看了《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》。我想这部电影勾起了我们求学时代的回忆，才会让那么多人都喜欢这部台湾制作的电影。它使我心里有所感慨。

片中的一些台词让我印象深刻，如“其实我们做的很多事，倒头来都是徒劳无功的”，“世上真有一些梦想，不论你怎么努力，还是达不到的”。这令我领悟到原来很多事不是因为我们的坚持不懈就表示将来终究会有所获得。很多时候，是我们所抱的态度，即乐观、开朗、船到桥头自然直、有梦想就有希望，才使我们虽然心里清楚知道结果未必如所愿，却仍有勇往直前去奋斗的决心。

求学时代当然也少不了对某人有所喜欢，而电影的暧昧情节也牵起了大家各自的深刻回忆，不禁都会心一笑。本人也相当怀念国中的日子；那时是我们“小大人”初尝成为大人的滋味，变得有些叛逆，认为自己已经“长大”，可以为所欲为了。都怪好奇心作祟，我们都在想谈恋爱到底是什么样的滋味儿啊？的确，国中给予了我们寻找人生意义的机会，更是让我们体验到挑战失败的平台，我想这就是为何国中是一段令人难忘的时光。它教会了我们许多道理。

令我感到不解的是，以前的人不都较害羞吗，男女主角怎么都那么轻易地说出“我喜欢你”啊？难道不会感到害臊吗？尤其这是作者的真实故事，所以电影多数情节都在现实发生过。后来，我想是他们都拿得起，放得下；喜欢就喜欢，告诉对方心里的感受，并没什么大不了的。我非常欣赏他们的坦白，也对自己感到羞愧。

故事的最后，女主角并没和男主角在一起。我好想知道女主角到底是爱着她的新欢还是男主角。看来只有柯景腾才能知道，即如果他去问沈佳宜，而沈佳宜有坦白地回答他。

男女主角将爱情升华成永远的好友，我想这个结果不尽完美。但这又回到我们最初的论点：人生又能获得几分完美呢？男主角最后认为能够由衷地祝福她，也不见得那么的不可能。因为能够祝福对方一生快乐，也是一种爱她的表现。这或许就是男主角所持有的信念，让他可以继续踏上人生的旅程，而我们今天也才能看到他的作品。

但愿，有情人终成眷属。

Song Sam Dong dreaming

HOW CAN ANYONE NOT BE TOUCHED BY SONG SAM DONG'S PERFORMANCE??!!

Idols

"You said that heaven would only give one hardships that he can handle but that's not true for me. I feel like I can't handle this burden on my shoulders. Harsh, and very cruel. Mum. I've barely started my beautiful dream. But now, I have to say goodbye to it. How should I handle it this time?"

Song Sam Dong

Song Sam Dong has a great character - silly, cute, naive, righteous, courageous, kind, innocent, thrifty, spiritual, unpretentious. I like him =P It's truly sad that he suffered from tinnitus, affecting his hearing. As a result, he met obstacles in pursuing his passion that is music.

Kim Soo Hyun is a great and diligent actor. He spent 3 months learning dancing and singing under JYP. Sure enough, he's good to perform onstage, and he had even performed on Mnet. Watch him on Happy Together! Here's Part 1 of 6.



SNSD is coming! So is MAMA! Both $221 for best seats. Anyone wanna go? I prefer to go for SNSD, since it is unlikely that the groups that I want to see - SNSD and SHINee - are attending MAMA. Into The New World, Gee, Oh!, Run Devil Run, Hoot, Mr Taxi, The Boys! =D

start of a new phase of life - Uni

Went for a 1 day pre-camp and 6 days FOC activities last week. That's 7 days in all for my School's FOC. The food sucks. But the seniors, fellow freshies and the activities managed to compensate for the lack of quality in the food. One activity, Fright Night, was rather scary since it's dark and there were seniors dressed in black and would try to scare you. SP night was really a unique experience for me. Never have I had to perform in front of a group of girls to impress them... lol. But glad that I passed their stage with relative ease. Then again, the unbuttoning of my shirt while walking towards them and singing 月亮代表我的心 still make me feel really paiseh~
Never mind, next year I would treat my freshies 'better' =P

It's really magical and amazing to see how strangers on Day 0 could mingle around comfortably after days of living together in a camp. That's what I like about camps - strangers become friends eventually. Moreover they're my school mates, some even my course mates. It's a good start to another new phase of life :)

So I got my timetable for my Year 1 Sem 1. It's as bad as my JC timetable.
Mon: 2.30pm - 3.30pm
Tue: 9.30am-12.30pm, 1.30pm - 3.30pm, 4.30pm-6.30pm
Wed: 11.30am-12.30pm, 1.30pm-4.30pm
Thur: 8.30am-10.30am, 10.30am-11.30am, 11.30am-12.30pm
Fri: 9.30am-11.30am, 11.30am-12.30pm, 12.30pm-1.30pm, 2.30pm-4.30pm

I'll be clearing 17AUs this sem. Gonna study Chemistry, Math and Physics! My gosh~

My syllabi:

Basic Inorganic Chemistry with Lab

• Stoichiometry
• Atomic Structure
• Ionic bond
• Covalent bond
• Molecular Orbital Theory
• Chemical Forces
• IR Spectroscopy
• Periodicity
• An Introduction to Transition Metal Chemistry
• Nomenclature, Structure and Isomers of Transition Metal Compounds

Basic Organic Chemistry with Lab

• Structure and Bonding
• Polar covalent bonds: Acids and Bases
• Organic reactions
• Alkanes and their stereochemistry
• Stereochemistry
• Alkenes: Structure and reactivity
• Alkynes: Intro to organic synthesis
• Benzene and Aromaticity
• Benzene: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
• Organohalides
• Nucleophilic substitutions and eliminations
• Alcohols and Phenols
• Ethers and Epoxides: Thiols and Sulfides
• Aldehydes and Ketones: Nucleophilic Addition
• Carboxylic Acids and Nitriles
• Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution

So the above is the Chemistry components for the Sem. Most are from A level. But I have forgotten most of what were used to be my knowledge. =/

For math,

Calculus for the Sciences I

• Functions and Graphs
• Real numbers
• Differentitation of Functions of one variable
• Derivative as a rate of change
• Chain rule
• Implicit functions
• Inverse functions
• Local maxima and minima
• Indefinite and definite integrals
• Applications of integration
• Methods of integration
• Fundamental theorem of calculus

Needa revise all the formulae >.<

For physics,

Foundations of Physics I

• Mechanics
• Wave motions
• Thermodynamics

Sian ttm! Dun really like physics since sec sch. But since this is a pass/fail course, shd by okay.

Another module which I'll be taking is Forensic Science. Sounds interesting...

Time to head to the library again (:

Love Forever and Last Forever!

Love this song the first time I heard it! Key's rap at the start of the song attracted me to keep on listening to the whole song. Onew's chorus is epic! Love the chorus and his vocal!

Our love should go on yea :)

Below is another video about how Onew is like in the eyes of other members, especially Jonghyun. So touching...
On a side note, it's lucky that Onew is born 1 month earlier than me so that I can respect him as a hyung. haha



The background music almost made me tear...
Envious of their unity and care for one another among them.

Happy lunar new year 2011!

I will never go for late night karaoke cum drink again. I fell sick that very night. Nose-blocked and body getting feverish as the clock ticked, falling asleep was an impossible task. After seeing a doctor and taking medication, I recovered the next day. I totally abhor the feeling of having a fever, as well as toothache. It makes me feel like vomiting but nothing happened. Neither could I make my mind to stand, walk about nor sit still. =X

Although it can be said that the people who are wealthy and are able to enjoy luxurious lifestyle yet having no idea about how some intangible aspects may be more valuable are 'pathetic', those who can totally understand the values of these cannot-be-bought aspects but have no money to give themselves a better life and to realize their big dreams or desires are even more pathetic.

Birds of a feather flock together. Indeed, only some people who are similar to you in certain ways can relate more to one than others. Simply, these people are more compatible and more likely to be friends for a longer time.
Too talented, too wealthy, too kind, too smart etc. I thank fate for letting me know you as a person but I don't deserve a place in your list of friends. Really, it's not your problem; it's mine.

Reality is cruel. Some beg to differ: reality is just such, the key to gaining a different and positive outlook is how you view it and act on it.
Still, nothing will go the way you desire hence reality is cruel.

Happy lunar new year!
(yea, an ironic ending)

so unprepared

Gonna commence on my teaching stint in 2 days' time but I am so unprepared for it, whether in terms of knowledge or in mental state. How do I make a lesson interesting so that I can captivate their attention? How ｄｏ　Ｉ　ｈａｎｄｌｅ　ｍｉｓｃｈｉｅｖｏｕｓ　ｓｔｕｄｅｎｔｓ　ａｐｐｒｏｐｒｉａｔｅｌｙ？　Ａｎｙｗａｙ，　Ｉ　ａｍ　ｒｕｓｈｉｎｇ　ｏｎ　ｍｙ　Ｂｉｏ　ｒｅｖｉｓｉｏｎ．　Ｓｉｎｃｅ　ｔｈｅ　ｎｅｗ　ｓｙａｌｌａｂｕｓ　ｈａｓ　ｇｏｔ　ｔｈｅ　ａｄｄｉｔｉｏｎ　ｏｆ　ｓｏｍｅ　Ａ　ｌｅｖｅｌ　ｋｎｏｗｌｅｄｇｅ，　Ｉ　ｈａｖｅ　ｔｏ　ｓｔｕｄｙ　ｍｙ　Ａ　ｌｅｖｅｌ　Ｂｉｏ　ｔｏｏ　：（

Ｍｅｔ　ｕｐ　ｗｉｔｈ　Ｅｘｐｌｏｒｅｒｓ　ｙｅｓｔｅｒｄａｙ　ｎｉｇｈｔ．　Ｇｏｏｄ　ｃａｔｃｈ　ｕｐ　ｏｎ　ｏｎｅ　ａｎｏｔｈｅｒ　ａｎｄ　ｈａｄ　ａ　ｇｒｅａｔ　ｔｉｍｅ　ｐｌａｙｉｎｇ　ｐｏｏｌ　；）　Ｔｈａｎｋｓ　ｙｕａｎ　ｋａｎｇ　ａｎｄ　ｈｉｓ　ｄａｄ　ｆｏｒ　ｔｈｅｉｒ　ｏｆｆｅｒ　ｔｏ　ｄｒｉｖｅ　ｍｅ　ｈｏｍｅ，　ｆｒｅｅ　：）　

Ｉ　ａｍ　ａｌｒｅａｄｙ　ｌｏｏｋｉｎｇ　ｆｏｒｗａｒｄ　ｔｏ　ｕｎｉ. Somehow, I feel that school life is better than working life. How I wish that all my wonderful friends can work in the same environment together. But before that, I would have to fulfill my first reservist.

I count my blessings for everything is going smoothly for me. Perhaps I always think of the worst situation it could get, thus everything seems to be better than expected. Still, they have not gone worse and I must feel grateful for that.

Before I make any critical decision, I must clarify with you so as not to leave any regrets. For I know I must not turn back after the decision is made.

And hey, I have got a dream that I would like to realize with you. Hopefully we could have a great time together!

Some lessons I took away from the training:

• Dreams can be caught; they might seem elusive. The quest is worth the best effort.
• Whatever the mind conceives and believes, we can achieve.

I shall perceive it as a challenge. I should get myself out of my comfort zone. Not trying wｉｌｌ be listed as one of my regrets aｔ my old age in future, so I shall do whatever I　ｃａｎ．　Ａｔ　ｌｅａｓｔ　Ｉ　ｃｏｕｌｄ　ｔｅｌｌ　ｍｙｓｅｌｆ　Ｉ　ｈａｖｅ　ｔｒｉｅｄ．