Rage quit

Hi! 

I'm actually super annoyed tonight. There's somebody partying somewhere near PGP and they're blasting this loud, annoying wailing noise all over the place. I actually wanna slp early tonight too. Urg. 

Hope to change the mood by typing something.

Anw... hope people've had a pretty good holiday! What with the long 4-day CNY wkend and all.

Are the number of Ang Paos inspiring? XD

Spent a CNY here without my ma and sis for the first time in like... ever -.- It's a pretty quiet CNY without them here... Not sure if I particularly prefer it, cuz it is a CNY where I don't actually have to be woken up early to wipe *insert furniture* or eat *insert CNY delicacy*. Not that I don't like these things, especially in the case of the latter, but it is kinda annoying when u have to eat a mountain of 年糕, or you have to eat that smelly clam meat thing. Yuck. I got to sleep in, and take my time packing my room and stuff, but in exchange, there wasn't much of a festive feel either. CNY's significance died when they weren't around. Most importantly it lacks the warmth I'd feel every year when we did stuff like that together. Sigh. Kinda wish they were back.

But I think it finally hit me that school's started. Even though it's just after CNY holiday lol. It took a mountain load of homework to hit me, but it finally did, and I'm quiting my gaming le. Damn. Skyrim was just getting fun too =P

Labs and tutorials are starting up again. It's currently wk 3. Got 3 java programs left to write, and labs and tuts for later today, not to mention the remainder of the finance stuff that i'm supposed to finish. Alr have a webcast I haven't watch yet too =\ Yup, school's back with a bang.

Talking abt being back, Syl and Sijie are back! Haha hope to see them ard, tho not really eating at Arts so often le.

...They still haven't stopped the noise. Irritation max. Feel like throwing my fan out the window. Have I mentioned that I'm particularly susceptible to rage when I'm sleepy? Grr.

Alright. Gonna see if I can lodge a complaint somewhere. 

Good night.

Dream

Hello!

I’m currently blogging from HK J Feeling super happy, since I managed to meet up with most of my relatives already. 

It seems a little strange to be over here at this time, since it’s already a week after school started, and I feel like I’m having a holiday even though I’m conscious of the fact that I should be studying. But anyway, I came over to attend my cousin’s wedding! Here’re some pics! 

The bride and groom!

The “Awwwww!” portion, where we got to see how the groom proposed to my cousin ^.^

The kiddies that’re supposed to call me Uncle Raymond now >.< Haha wth feels old =P

I was soooo shocked lo! Even though my cousin was pretty to begin with, she looked absolutely amazing in her wedding dress =P Must’ve been the luuuuurve XD

Congratulations! 祝你们新婚快乐! And ALWAYS BE HAPPY!!! J

Random: I got to eat 烧肉 already!! Damn happy cuz it’s damn nice!!! Really la… roasted pork in hk is THE BEST la XD Now juz steak and the dim sum left! Going for that tml! J

Over to school mode, it’s tutorial registration time! Got like 7 of them to register for lo this time… so many >.< Hopefully I’ll get them ba… then can have best of both worlds – can have friends in all my tuts/labs, and still can keep my Monday free

CAW is next week! Can’t believe it’s coming so soon! All our hard work will cumulate and manifest itself in this coming week! Excited and afraid at the same time! 

Lord, bless us. Bless us so that we can be your hands and feet, your voice and your love to your people. May we become perfect instruments for your work.

Maker of all things and Father to us all, as you gave voice to Moses, please bless us, so we can reach out with courage, and plant the seeds for your harvest Lord. 

                Lord, we lay ourselves at your feet. Take our hearts and make them yours. Let us remember always that it is for your glory that we work.

                Lastly, we pray for this project to be a success, but let it be your will, not ours, be done.

                Amen.

Really hope it turns out well J The journey to the event was really beneficial to my faith, probably much more so than the event itself will ever be. Especially after attending Kelvin Chia from ACT’s talk on Fri and in the previous Befrienders’ Workshop. Learnt so much… and now I have a direction to deepen my faith. Happy.

Still gotta headache over the song choice for mass, since half of them got rejected… grrr :\ Oh and I still haven’t bought CS2100 txtbook lo! So dead -.-

Flying back tml le. Slightly depressed about that. Will likely be spending CNY alone, since parents and sis are staying back… aaand besides… I haven’t seen everyone yet… L My relatives are looking older every year… just wish I could do something for them.

Oh! On a happy note, had first lecture of general bio with Si Bei on Fri! So nostalgic! We’re classmates again! Yay!! XD

Haha dats all I have this time. Gnite!

Raymond

Another Cycle.

New year, and so... new cycle of birthdays!

Went out to celebrate Isaac's birthday today. We tried the Fried Wanton Noodles at Sunshine Plaza, and it was just ok... nothing particularly outstanding about it :\ 3/5 :)

link here: Parklane Zha Yun Tun Mee House (Bencoolen St)

Chat and caught up. Talked a lot about games (Skyrim, some shop rpg thing), anime (gundams and type moon universe) and other random shit. Nostalgic... There really isn't much time for friends when the semester is ongoing. Bumped into Wai Kit, who was passing by. Feels like CHS again, when the biggest problem was finishing homework and doing well for exams...

After that we went to the National Museum of Singapore to view this exhibition titled "Dreams and Reality: Masterpieces of Painting, Drawing and Photography from the Musée d’Orsay, Paris", which featured paintings from Millet, Courbet etc. There were a huge mixture of pieces: made with crayon/oil/charcoal/water colors, different styles: impressionist (heard about Pointism from isaac, which is when u poke the painting with different colors like pixels to make it look good), different finishes etc...


Some nice pieces:

Spring. by Jean Francois Millet.
This doesn't do it justice. Have to see it live to really experience the piece's magnificence.
The objects leap out at you, though it wasn't done particularly in 3D.
The rainbow's colors shift and blends as your distance from the painting changes.
Truly magnificent piece.

Starry Night over the Rhone. by Van Gogh
Looks crude when u see it up close, but as with all impressionist art pieces, you have to see it from afar.
And when you do, it is simply amazing :)

There was one with a girl sitting on a rock, enjoying the wind. Impressionist painting, and you don't see how amazing it is till you stand from some distance away.

There was this one other impressionist piece with a depiction of the sea and a lighthouse using pointism. When you see it from a distance you actually get the impression that the sea sparkles! It's breathtakingly beautiful. Was like I was staring out into the sea itself. Really loved that piece to bits =P

All in all, though I didn't think I would enjoy it so much it being specially for Isaac and all, it was a spectacular experience :) so glad for it.

After that we camped at Plaza Singapura and had some dessert at this shop in the basement next to Sakae Sushi. 4 dishes - Mango Pastry, Mango with Pomelo, Sesame&Almond Paste, and Shuang Pi Nai. Again... just ok -.- not much luck in terms of food today. The Sesame&Almond Paste smelled really good though :)

Discussed Code Geass, Death Note, Gundam Seed and many others with relation to something called "plot armour". Still don't really get it, but the concept has something to do with having a certain plot device do something, specifically in the shonen genre, simply to prolong said story, as with the random activation of Lelouch's Geass while he was talking to Princess Euphemia... still don't really see how Seed Mode is Plot Armour though.

I was gonna leave it at "meh something for another time" but curiosity got the better of me and I did a google search. According to TV Tropes.org, Plot Armour is basically the invisible armour that characters wear that enable them to not have something happen to them, against all logic or probability, simply because the plot requires them to be so. Ie. Untrained noob rushes headlong into an enemy troupe, survives unscathed and takes down said troupe, simply bcuz his task is not yet done. aka. the plot demands it be so. 

Aaaanyway... walked to arcade for some fun, with jason dancing the new ddr3. Comment: Freaking imba. if i were an octopus my arms'd be tangled. This kinda speed button pressing game is juz not my thing perhaps. 

After dat isaac left, and jason and i went to have dinner. Had a loooooong chat at this chill place juz above Dhoby Ghaut mrt where there's free flow drinks and ice cream at $8 a set meal. Talked abt lotsa stuff, like school, and ns lol. Guys always end up talking abt dat kinda thing. I like long chats like this. Communication gets done properly. :) Hope Jason goes to a uni soon! Went home after dat.

End of day. I won't be posting like this again. Feels silly to just reiterate events. And needs more pics. 

Anyway, tml gotta move into PGP again. Packing now... 

After getting used to company at home again, I wonder if PGP would be horrible and lonely again?

Blah. I used to hope I'd die b4 NS so I wouldn't have to face adulthood. Since that didn't happen, I'd better take this as training for the times to come. Until She decides to appear, my future looks to be solitary. Loneliness would be a companion for long times ahead. Better get used to it now. 

Funny how this post progressed from optimistic to slightly emo...

Alright, tomorrow's gonna be a good day :) shall engage it with gusto :) 

Cya soon.

Luv,

Ray