It has been a long time since I last blogged ...
I wish to post more, but my
schedule has got tighter & tighter

it will be like this until December ... I hope to
get a break next year

next year I want to have time
to focus on my postgrad proj &

start horse-riding ...

My driving lessons has dragged on and on;
now i spent my Saturday learning
driving & I'm ENJOYING IT!!!

I'm not myself when I drive; I am
too careful which is quite
unlike my personality.


I always have the same
driving instructor; he was very
critical during the first few
lessons & I was
wondering why I kept
having him as instructor

Although he's fierce, he's quite
a good instructor. Now I'm quite
comfortable with him.


Overall I love Saturday. Saturday
is like an antidote
to a week of work. My week
is long & I start working
on Sunday.


Saturday is about bladeing
in the morning, driving
in the afternoon & either
shopping or dining out
in the evening.


The best part of driving so far, is
switching lane & hearing
the engine roar, still, sometime
my actions are a bit
retarded


The worst thing about driving
is to have your engine stalled. My
instructor will always bark
at me if that's happen. Last Sat,
for the first time, my engine din
stall at all!!!

Junwei thot me bladeing a couple of
Sats ago. I have never been
to tt stretch of
East Coast before. It is perfect
for beginner like me.

The first 5 minutes, I felt immobilised ...
& I was holding onto Junwei & asking him
"how do I move"

I juz fell, picked myself out & sweated a lot
on my first lesson ... like a baby
learning to walk

Two weeks later, I was surprised I
can balance myself much more ...
I planning to get a blade,
it will be a perfect birthday
present for myself

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Sch started on Thursday, 24 Aug 2006.


My lecturer is ultra-interesting,
hyperactive & super-friendly ...


I have never seen a lecturer like tt !!!

She was like half-teaching, half-chatting
& she laughs at her own
mistake

I haven't enjoy a lecture for a long time

Lectures are not my cup of tea ... perhaps
becuz I don have the
concentration & the curiosity


For once, I'm looking forward to
lectures & tutorials on Mon
& Thursday


Sat 9 Sep will be YJC's 20th anniversary

Gosh! My JC is 20th years old, I din
know tt my JC started when I was
six years ago

I was running away from
kindergarten when I was 6 years old

I couldn't write, I couldn't draw
& I was overawe by the
fierce principal of the kindergarten

I was a lone figure in the kindergarten
... tt was when I was 6 yrs old

I din know what sch was about until
I was in pri 5 ... I thot my life
started after tt


In JC, I was a nerd ... not exactly
one but looked like one ...

pple always thot I'm a super diligent
dude ... but looks can
be deceiving ...

I don listen to lectures, din do
tutorials ... how
can I be diligent ???


I don really enjoy JC life, but I do
miss some of my teachers, tt y
I'm gg back for the anniversary
dinner though I felt
a bit sad to let go of my $80 bucks

I wanted to meet Mrs Kwang again,
my mathematics teacher. I only

listened attentively to her lessons. She
never thot I cld do 4 'A' levels subjects,
but she was happy tt I did well

Sch has changed a lot... writing abt
JC makes me feel rather
nostalgic ... so much has
changed !!!

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On National Day Eve, Chunkiat
drove to pick me up &
the next moment, I realised we
were heading towards
Robertson Quay

But I wasn't gg to 'cheong', not
in berms & classes ... look
so unglamarous

though I really missed the music
& the fun, but dressing
shabbily in a disco is a
NO NO for me

in the end, we din went in
but have supper instead ...

the next day, I met zhuzhen & I was worried
tt my tiredness will bore her, but we
really have mo(4) qi(4) , so
there wasn't a dull moment. It must
have been months since we last met.

I din watch any off the fireworks
during the National Day period ... I guessed
I was juz too busy ... maybe I have
missed a lot.

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SEP (Student Exchange programme) gathering
took place on the last week of July ...

Most of us turned up ... after 2 years
the attendance rate was
SUPERB!!!


Everyone chatted & they still talked
abt the funny things tt I did
while I was in Sweden ... old habits
died HARD!!!


When they mentioned abt
gg overseas together, I was
a smitten figure ...

I was the super onz guy when I was in Sweden ...
but now I could only
afford one overseas trip a year =(


Swedish room-mate, Patrick asked me
abt my relationship status ...
room-mate, Cliff, was always
curious until he moved over
to Australia

still, I told Patrick tt I don
have any exciting news
to tell him on tt

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EPL started mid-August ...
seeing the new Arsenal stadium
on TV was like seeing
an impossible dream
realised itself

An inspiring & touching moment ...


I toured Highbury but din get
to watch the match ... still it's a
rustic stadium that will
always remain in
the heart of lotsa fans

Will Emirates stadium be
a fortune ground or a ground
of despair ???


I usually watches EPL with my former
student Youyi, sometime my cousin & pal
Chee Keong joins in

When I first taught Youyi, I never
knew that six years after
we are still in contact

He's the perfect person to catch
soccer, becuz we
got great rapport &
we both like soccer a lot


I have plenty to write, but
it's hard to incorporate above,
so I will "interview" myself below


How was July & August?

July was the start of many things.
It was the beginning of
long hours @ home, learning to drive after
a hiatus & the beginning of my interest
for someone

July is altogether tough, challenging
& stimulating. There were ecstatic moments &
tiring days.


August was an anti-climax; a
devastating week in August sums it all.


Do you like what you are doing?


This is an easy one to answer. Put it succintly,
I don wake up every day feeling the buzz
but neither do I wake up frowning. I see
what I doing now as a stepping stone,
as an obstacle for greater things in the future.