My brother just came back from his poly FOC (Freshman Orientation Camp, for those who have no idea what that is).
He told me that they had this activity at the end of the camp where they paste a piece of paper on their back and they go around writing comments on each others. He thought it was rather stupid.
Totally remind me of PSL camp(: I used to love it. I think I still have my piece of paper from those days! I should dig them out to take a look at it. I'm pretty sure the word "airport" will be everywhere.
Hees. A newer version of this "activity"? The tagging idea they have at SMB? Lazy to link.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Blogging in terms of Tweets.
After 15 gruelling hours, I am finally done with my AB213 report! Yes, I feel like stabbing group mates. Two for not explaining the charts and one for not listening to what I was telling her and just chucking whatever theories she can get her hands on without applying.
I realised the main reason why I was so disappointed with my presentation on Friday. It was not because that I screw up the Q&A. But because my group mates forgot their speech, even though I practically wrote their speech for them. They just blanked out and clicked through the slides. Throwing helping words at the side, in the hopes of jolting memory failed. URGH.
Alright, I am going to blog in terms of Tweets (in chronological order) -
Are you tempted to join Twitter yet? Join!!!! Alright, bedtime.
I realised the main reason why I was so disappointed with my presentation on Friday. It was not because that I screw up the Q&A. But because my group mates forgot their speech, even though I practically wrote their speech for them. They just blanked out and clicked through the slides. Throwing helping words at the side, in the hopes of jolting memory failed. URGH.
Alright, I am going to blog in terms of Tweets (in chronological order) -
- late nights + being a camel (not drinking water) = 2 huge pimples on my forehead. total crap. any quick fix? about 11 hours ago
- drinking water like there's no tomorrow-.- about 9 hours ago
- aren't we Finance students? aren't we supposed to be good with charts and figures? my group mates sucks in explaining them!!! WTF. about 8 hours ago
- alright. even i am confused with the charts now. i think i should go take a bath to clear my mind. about 6 hours ago
- on the phone with bestie. a little break from my stupid report. about 5 hours ago
- back to the report. jiayou! flooding myself with tweets-.- about 4 hours ago
- quote by me to describe lousy grp mates: if you expect me to clean your shit, then at least, learn how to take off your pants. about 3 hours ago
- bernice chua is hereby given the responsibility of poking, bugging, kicking and *insert adverb*
me until i send an email to my tutor! about 44 minutes ago
- you are also invited to join her. i will not let my group mates leech on me any longer. this is going to the tutor! about 45 minutes ago
- bedtime!! at last! putting toothpaste on pimples! hopefully it works!! oyasumi~ less than 5 seconds ago
- 91.3 FM is playing the national anthem!! OH NO!!!!! less than 5 seconds ago
Are you tempted to join Twitter yet? Join!!!! Alright, bedtime.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
New Gadgets.
Everyone is getting or going to get new gadgets.
My brother just got a new laptop.
My sister is going to get a new handphone and iPod.
Someone (can't remember who) is going to get a Nitendo DS.
Someone (can't remember who) is going to get a new iTouch.
What about me?! I have to wait till August before I get a new handphone. Maybe get an iTouch. A new laptop is way out of my budget (which is okay since I love my laptop now. Just that it's not a Mac). I need a gaming console or whatever you call those things! :(
I want new gadgets as well!!!
My brother just got a new laptop.
My sister is going to get a new handphone and iPod.
Someone (can't remember who) is going to get a Nitendo DS.
Someone (can't remember who) is going to get a new iTouch.
What about me?! I have to wait till August before I get a new handphone. Maybe get an iTouch. A new laptop is way out of my budget (which is okay since I love my laptop now. Just that it's not a Mac). I need a gaming console or whatever you call those things! :(
I want new gadgets as well!!!
Sivan's 21st Round 2(:
Woke up at 4pm today. Eyes were still a little swollen from all that crying the day before. But, I guess I am feeling slightly better.
I need some change in my life. I envy Cynthia because she is leaving for Australia in July. She can just leave her life behind and start again. I want that too. I need that. Maybe then, I will stop not liking myself so much.
Talking to Cynthia on the cab home about Deyi made me think. How did we go from there to here? What happened to my simple life? My confidence? My motivation? What happened to her?
I like going out with Cynthia because she's the only person who knows how I really feel. Why I do some things that I do. But sometimes, we can get so bimbotic. Thanks for saying that you want to kick his balls(:
ANYWAYS! Met up with Juan, Kelvin, Saran and Cynthia to go for Sivan's 21st chalet. Initially, I didn't want to go. But I pushed myself to and it was the correct choice(: Took some pictures but I look pretty awful in most of them cause of my swollen eyes and lousy mood.
I was late! Went to the bus stop near the market to take 88. The first 88 came and it was super duper packed. Kelvin and Saran was on the bus and they kept asking me to board it. I REFUSE TO BECOME A SARDINE! So I waited for the next bus(:
I'm the last person to reach Pasir Ris interchange. Opps. Took a cab down to Aloha. It's a good thing we were there early! We managed to steal a picture with Sivan before she got swept away.
Standing among all of them, I look so so so fair! Heh. We sat around taking pictures and talking while we waited for the party to start. Saran took some pictures of Cynthia and me. But it looks awful!! Haha. And he still dare to say, "Don't doubt my photography skills. I am the VP of the Photography Club last time!" Yeah right. Hahas. Saran will always be Saran :D
Took a picture with Saran:
Doesn't it look like those kind of pageant photos? M1 and F1! Haa! Saran, you need a haircut!
Anyways, the photographer today was super funny. He came to us and told us that he will be taking candid pictures of us. Erm...If you are, then why tell us? -.-
After awhile, Renu, Shalini, Gaya and Ranjan came! I was so happy to see them(: Being around them makes me smile!! Hees. I was rather quiet and all. But listening to them talk and joke is enough(:
Renu said I look glowy(: Aww~ But she also said I look angry when San came and said hi. Of course I am! For reasons I shall explain next time or when I feel like it. But yeah. I miss Renu so much:D
The party started and Sivan's relatives, parents, brother and Gaya gave a speech(: So sweet and nice(: After that, there's the whole cake cutting "ceremony"! And then there's the DANCE! Sivan can dance!! Whees~ I didn't know she was from Indian Dance! Hahas. And she had long hair?! Cynthia and I was shocked! Here's a blurry picture:
I'll try and get the video from Cyn(;
We left the party around 11 (: So yups. Once again, HAPPY 21st, SIVANNY WANNY BOO!! (:
I need some change in my life. I envy Cynthia because she is leaving for Australia in July. She can just leave her life behind and start again. I want that too. I need that. Maybe then, I will stop not liking myself so much.
Talking to Cynthia on the cab home about Deyi made me think. How did we go from there to here? What happened to my simple life? My confidence? My motivation? What happened to her?
I like going out with Cynthia because she's the only person who knows how I really feel. Why I do some things that I do. But sometimes, we can get so bimbotic. Thanks for saying that you want to kick his balls(:
ANYWAYS! Met up with Juan, Kelvin, Saran and Cynthia to go for Sivan's 21st chalet. Initially, I didn't want to go. But I pushed myself to and it was the correct choice(: Took some pictures but I look pretty awful in most of them cause of my swollen eyes and lousy mood.
I was late! Went to the bus stop near the market to take 88. The first 88 came and it was super duper packed. Kelvin and Saran was on the bus and they kept asking me to board it. I REFUSE TO BECOME A SARDINE! So I waited for the next bus(:
I'm the last person to reach Pasir Ris interchange. Opps. Took a cab down to Aloha. It's a good thing we were there early! We managed to steal a picture with Sivan before she got swept away.
Standing among all of them, I look so so so fair! Heh. We sat around taking pictures and talking while we waited for the party to start. Saran took some pictures of Cynthia and me. But it looks awful!! Haha. And he still dare to say, "Don't doubt my photography skills. I am the VP of the Photography Club last time!" Yeah right. Hahas. Saran will always be Saran :DTook a picture with Saran:
Doesn't it look like those kind of pageant photos? M1 and F1! Haa! Saran, you need a haircut!Anyways, the photographer today was super funny. He came to us and told us that he will be taking candid pictures of us. Erm...If you are, then why tell us? -.-
After awhile, Renu, Shalini, Gaya and Ranjan came! I was so happy to see them(: Being around them makes me smile!! Hees. I was rather quiet and all. But listening to them talk and joke is enough(:
Renu said I look glowy(: Aww~ But she also said I look angry when San came and said hi. Of course I am! For reasons I shall explain next time or when I feel like it. But yeah. I miss Renu so much:D
The party started and Sivan's relatives, parents, brother and Gaya gave a speech(: So sweet and nice(: After that, there's the whole cake cutting "ceremony"! And then there's the DANCE! Sivan can dance!! Whees~ I didn't know she was from Indian Dance! Hahas. And she had long hair?! Cynthia and I was shocked! Here's a blurry picture:
I'll try and get the video from Cyn(;We left the party around 11 (: So yups. Once again, HAPPY 21st, SIVANNY WANNY BOO!! (:
Saturday, March 29, 2008
In the train.
Got on the train at Jurong East as usual.
No seats so I stood near the pole with my laptop and huge bag. Sitting down in front of me was a rather good-looking guy around my age.
He saw me. He looked around. Realised there is no seats. Looked at me. Looked away. Looked at me. Made small attempt to stand up. Decided against it. Looked at me. Looked away.
To ease him from his misery, I walked to the next cabin.
I love deviantart -
Love everything about this picture but there's something inadequate about the expression, no?
No seats so I stood near the pole with my laptop and huge bag. Sitting down in front of me was a rather good-looking guy around my age.
He saw me. He looked around. Realised there is no seats. Looked at me. Looked away. Looked at me. Made small attempt to stand up. Decided against it. Looked at me. Looked away.
To ease him from his misery, I walked to the next cabin.
I love deviantart -
Love everything about this picture but there's something inadequate about the expression, no?
this is what happened.
Had a totally crappy kind of day. My morning was like BLAH because of some things that I don't even want to talk about. The girls were rather pissed too. A lot of balls will be missing if they can get their way.
Fell asleep while watching TV. Was trying to get those emo-ish thoughts out but I fell asleep. Woke up to have dinner and when my dad came home, things went downhill a lot quicker.
I do not like people going into my room without my permission. But my dad seems to think he has this "special" privilege. He likes to go into my room, mess around with my stuff, moving my stuff and god-knows what else. And, he has this habit of walking out to the corridor without shoes (like eww?)! So I totally hate it when he enters my room because god-knows where those feet have been?
I have tried telling him nicely and explaining to him patiently. Didn't work. So, as I was having a bad day, I told him, "You entered my room AGAIN?" and he started yelling at me. Saying that he is my dad so that gives him the right to do anything he wants to do (my ass!) and moves anything he wants to move. Not only that, he started coming up with really ridiculous and downright childish comments like, "So, let me check with you. Can I help you touch your cup?" and all those ridiculous stuff (even my mum thinks so).
And I started crying and crying and crying. I guess this just kind of triggers the water works. I've been feeling downright awful since the start of this week and it sort of got worse with the events that happened in the morning. I don't know.
I am feeling so tired. So sick of the predictability of my life. Sick of how monotonous my life is.
Why is it that people can have such colorful and exciting lives? Why is my world still stuck in black and white?
How many friends do I have? Do I have any at all? I've been talking about ephemeral friends. Maybe all my friends are those kind of friends. Why is it that I can't seem to find those kind of friendship that seems so easy? Who do I call when I am crying like that?
Questions and more Questions circling round and round.
I don't even want to look myself in the mirror now. Because if I do, I am just going to ask more questions about myself. My appearance. My tummy. My height. My shape. My chest. My butt. My skin.
Do you know how it feels like to not like yourself? When your self-esteem decides to commit suicide (i.e. plunged)?
Maybe everything looks so bad now because I am tired.
I am going to watch whatever show I can find and go to bed.
Tomorrow will be a better, won't it?
Fell asleep while watching TV. Was trying to get those emo-ish thoughts out but I fell asleep. Woke up to have dinner and when my dad came home, things went downhill a lot quicker.
I do not like people going into my room without my permission. But my dad seems to think he has this "special" privilege. He likes to go into my room, mess around with my stuff, moving my stuff and god-knows what else. And, he has this habit of walking out to the corridor without shoes (like eww?)! So I totally hate it when he enters my room because god-knows where those feet have been?
I have tried telling him nicely and explaining to him patiently. Didn't work. So, as I was having a bad day, I told him, "You entered my room AGAIN?" and he started yelling at me. Saying that he is my dad so that gives him the right to do anything he wants to do (my ass!) and moves anything he wants to move. Not only that, he started coming up with really ridiculous and downright childish comments like, "So, let me check with you. Can I help you touch your cup?" and all those ridiculous stuff (even my mum thinks so).
And I started crying and crying and crying. I guess this just kind of triggers the water works. I've been feeling downright awful since the start of this week and it sort of got worse with the events that happened in the morning. I don't know.
I am feeling so tired. So sick of the predictability of my life. Sick of how monotonous my life is.
Why is it that people can have such colorful and exciting lives? Why is my world still stuck in black and white?
How many friends do I have? Do I have any at all? I've been talking about ephemeral friends. Maybe all my friends are those kind of friends. Why is it that I can't seem to find those kind of friendship that seems so easy? Who do I call when I am crying like that?
Questions and more Questions circling round and round.
I don't even want to look myself in the mirror now. Because if I do, I am just going to ask more questions about myself. My appearance. My tummy. My height. My shape. My chest. My butt. My skin.
Do you know how it feels like to not like yourself? When your self-esteem decides to commit suicide (i.e. plunged)?
Maybe everything looks so bad now because I am tired.
I am going to watch whatever show I can find and go to bed.
Tomorrow will be a better, won't it?
Friday, March 28, 2008
I will only blog about happy things.
Even though I am feeling very VERY drained and emo-ish.
Presentation was disappointing and I blanked out during Q&A. 40 minutes of sleep lah! 假厉害。At least my group mates made an effort to try and answer? And the class clapped after the whole presentation(:
After presentation, I saw KL!! (: Haven't seen her for so long. I was just telling scotchey that we should get her a *ahem* for her birthday in the morning(: She got into Ernst and Yang!(: Then I saw scotchey again and boy boy! She was climbing up the steps to FAL when I said her name. She couldn't see me and she went, "Who call me?" Then I went, "Boyboy!" She still couldn't see me. But she went, "Eh..Huishan!" before she finally realised where I was standing(:
Had lunch with Mabel at JP's Pizza Hut. Nice(: She ate more than me! Can you believe it?
Saw Chan, LauLau and MeiLing at JP's Perlini's too(: Love love(:
Everyone is so happy that I got my internship at SIA(: I was a bit put off by the distance but I can't help but feel happy again because of their excitement(: Thanks, people!
Keng Tiong even went, "Huishan, 我真的很羡慕你！" and he told me how I should start printing name cards and start distributing them during my intern. Hmmms. Chan and LauLau said the same thing too. Hmm.
Tired. Alot of things to say. Nasty things. But I am heading to take a nap.
He don't deserve you. You don't know how much I want to be you now.
Presentation was disappointing and I blanked out during Q&A. 40 minutes of sleep lah! 假厉害。At least my group mates made an effort to try and answer? And the class clapped after the whole presentation(:
After presentation, I saw KL!! (: Haven't seen her for so long. I was just telling scotchey that we should get her a *ahem* for her birthday in the morning(: She got into Ernst and Yang!(: Then I saw scotchey again and boy boy! She was climbing up the steps to FAL when I said her name. She couldn't see me and she went, "Who call me?" Then I went, "Boyboy!" She still couldn't see me. But she went, "Eh..Huishan!" before she finally realised where I was standing(:
Had lunch with Mabel at JP's Pizza Hut. Nice(: She ate more than me! Can you believe it?
Saw Chan, LauLau and MeiLing at JP's Perlini's too(: Love love(:
Everyone is so happy that I got my internship at SIA(: I was a bit put off by the distance but I can't help but feel happy again because of their excitement(: Thanks, people!
Keng Tiong even went, "Huishan, 我真的很羡慕你！" and he told me how I should start printing name cards and start distributing them during my intern. Hmmms. Chan and LauLau said the same thing too. Hmm.
Tired. Alot of things to say. Nasty things. But I am heading to take a nap.
He don't deserve you. You don't know how much I want to be you now.
At ABC conference.
One of my FYP group mate thinks that ABC stands for Accountancy and Business Club-.- Noooo. It means Association of Business Communication!! Hahahas. And I was forced to keep her anonymous.
I thought we were supposed to hear a talk on Business Communication? But it feels like an award ceremony-.-
Anyways, I took a nap today. Okay, it's suppose to be my sleep. But I end up sleeping for 40 minutes only. URGH. I am sure I have taken a nap that last longer than that.
Drained. I feel dumb too. I was working so hard on my group mates' slides yesterday that I neglected my own part. It took me another 3 hours to groom my own slides and another hour to practise my speech. By the time, it was 5am and I need to wake up at 6am :(
I feel dumb because I realised that the presentation is graded individually!!! So I am basically helping to get higher marks:(
I am incoherent now. Hopefully I won't be during Q&A late.
Back later.
I thought we were supposed to hear a talk on Business Communication? But it feels like an award ceremony-.-
Anyways, I took a nap today. Okay, it's suppose to be my sleep. But I end up sleeping for 40 minutes only. URGH. I am sure I have taken a nap that last longer than that.
Drained. I feel dumb too. I was working so hard on my group mates' slides yesterday that I neglected my own part. It took me another 3 hours to groom my own slides and another hour to practise my speech. By the time, it was 5am and I need to wake up at 6am :(
I feel dumb because I realised that the presentation is graded individually!!! So I am basically helping to get higher marks:(
I am incoherent now. Hopefully I won't be during Q&A late.
Back later.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Done!!
I forgot what I wanted to say.
Anyways, woke up and started editing the AB213 presentations like a mad woman. Wanted to stop and rest but the brain keep saying, " GO GO GO! Edit. Rearrange. Simplify. Do your thing! GO GO GO!" and I stormed through.
After 12 hours of editing, I am finally done. At this point, I am more proud of my group mates' part than my own. Probably because I rearranged and edited quite a lot of their stuff. The whole, "You will only feel satisfied if the task was difficult" mentality.
Now, I am drained.
Oh, I remembered! 91.3 seems to be having problems with their webcast. I am going to storm into the toilet and get my small radio out!
Anyways, woke up and started editing the AB213 presentations like a mad woman. Wanted to stop and rest but the brain keep saying, " GO GO GO! Edit. Rearrange. Simplify. Do your thing! GO GO GO!" and I stormed through.
After 12 hours of editing, I am finally done. At this point, I am more proud of my group mates' part than my own. Probably because I rearranged and edited quite a lot of their stuff. The whole, "You will only feel satisfied if the task was difficult" mentality.
Now, I am drained.
Oh, I remembered! 91.3 seems to be having problems with their webcast. I am going to storm into the toilet and get my small radio out!
Dg: Failure is not an option tmr...knn...how cum nobuddy from NBS made it to hedge fund this yr?:
eh congrats SIA girl
Dg: Failure is not an option tmr...knn...how cum nobuddy from NBS made it to hedge fund this yr?:
haha
Yesyes, I got my internship at SIA(: Now, who knows how to get to Airline Road from Ang Mo Kio?
eh congrats SIA girl
Dg: Failure is not an option tmr...knn...how cum nobuddy from NBS made it to hedge fund this yr?:
haha
Yesyes, I got my internship at SIA(: Now, who knows how to get to Airline Road from Ang Mo Kio?
They got my name right!!
3 person - Daryl, Weilong and Ulrike - got spelt my name correctly!With that said, it feels so weird to see my name on people's blogs. Even if it's just a passing remark or something.
I am super tired and I have yet to start working (properly) on my AB213 presentation! It's on Friday by the way. Took a look at the slides my group mates sent me, shouldn't be a problem, I hope. When it comes to presentations, I am very picky. I freak at the nitty-gritty things.
I am super tired and I have yet to start working (properly) on my AB213 presentation! It's on Friday by the way. Took a look at the slides my group mates sent me, shouldn't be a problem, I hope. When it comes to presentations, I am very picky. I freak at the nitty-gritty things.
And my desktop is at its messiest. Take a look:
Anyways, I was googling for Guides' Law yesterday and got this:
Hmmm. Anyways, was stoning in front of the TV and watching The Ellen Show and saw something that looks like the Scout's Logo? And below the logo, it says, "Rebirth". Is that what it means?Alright, back to my slides. Been a pretty normal day so not much to say. Counting to Monday - end of projects! *endures cramp and dance*
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Reply from the school.
I know the whole SMU = NTU ad thingy is so yesterday's news.
But the school just replied me. Here it is:
But the school just replied me. Here it is:
" Dear Hui Shan (they never spell my name correctly! It's Huishan. Not Hui Shan!)
Thank you for alerting us to this matter. Sorry for the late reply as we wanted to make a thorough investigation.
NTU had bought into the search engine's Sponsored Links with keyword search. When one does a search using one of the keywords, a link to NTU marked "sponsored link" will appear. The descriptor should be "NTU Official Site" or "Study in Singapore" and not what appeared in the printed-screen above. There is no intention to mislead. The underlined descriptor above the ntu website address should not bear the SMU name; but names like "NTU Official Site" or "Study in Singapore". The title of the sponsored link observed in your screen capture on Thursday evening was due to a feature of the search engine known as 'dynamic ad copy'. When a user typed in eg. 'SMU Singapore', the search engine automatically generated 'SMU Singapore' as the title of our sponsored link. This resulted in the screen that you emailed us on Thursday.
We alerted our advertising agency on Thu night (20 March 2008) to investigate and rectification was completed at about 10.30pm on the same night. We have since made checks and there is no further occurrence of the unintended descriptor. SMU has also been informed and updated accordingly the next day, on Good Friday. They have accepted our explanation.
Regards
Patrick Ang"
They contacted SMU? Hmm. Nothing much to say about it. But yeah.
OH! The people in this department probably didn't attend communication class. SERIOUSLY! I will not talk about it.A crampy kind of post.
Woke up this morning (Tuesday) with horrible horrible cramps. 1 hour of shut-eye only. After having breakfast, I literally crawled back to bed to catch forty-winks. Instead, I end up curling up and whimpering-.-
Still! I dragged myself to school. Even though everyone is going, "Take medicine!", I didn't. Proud of myself. With that horrible amount of pain, I got through school and a horrible long project meeting without any medicine(:
In a sick and twisted sort of way, this is kind of like a way to test my endurance? To prove to myself that I am no weakling! And the pain just sorts of distract me from doing circles in my head. There's just me, the cramps and whatever-task-on-hand.
Still! I dragged myself to school. Even though everyone is going, "Take medicine!", I didn't. Proud of myself. With that horrible amount of pain, I got through school and a horrible long project meeting without any medicine(:
In a sick and twisted sort of way, this is kind of like a way to test my endurance? To prove to myself that I am no weakling! And the pain just sorts of distract me from doing circles in my head. There's just me, the cramps and whatever-task-on-hand.
Project meeting was...how shall I put it...Expected? Everyone did the reading I assigned them and then after that, " I read! But I have no idea what I am reading!" So, yeah. I am the brain and thinking machine again. *fumes*
The meeting was 4 hours long for me. For the rest? Probably an hour or so. Why? Because they only ever pay attention when it was their part I am going through. At the end of the meeting, someone actually said, "Eh?! What did we do today? What did we complete?".
I was ready to kill. But yes, I AM A PATIENT WOMAN! So, I recapped the whole meeting. They are sending me their slides tomorrow. Hopefully everything goes well.
Dinner at Ya Kun@ Boon Lay with the girls after meeting. It was nice(:
You know, I am such a softy. I can find so much things that I don't like about a person but still get along perfectly well with the person. I guess I separate things clearly into "compartments". I may not like your lifestyle/working style, but when it comes to play, we can be the best of pals.
That's good, right? I "compartmentalized" my feelings :D That's how Tyra Banks function too. Heard it somewhere. Hahas.
Okay, better go.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Duffy - Mercy
Duffy - Mercy
I love you
But i gotta stay true
My morals got me on my knees
I'm begging please
Stop playing games
I love you
But i gotta stay true
My morals got me on my knees
I'm begging please
Stop playing games
Thoughts on local shows.
Worse cramp of my life :(
Some thoughts while watching TV:
Channel 8, 9pm show - Just in Singapore
This is definitely much better than the usual channel 8 drama. For once, they are not actively "promoting" government policies. For once, their storyline is actually quite "fresh". I'm using "fresh" very loosely. Because the "fresh" means using a SUPER old storyline that no one has been using since eons ago.
I like this show in general.
BUT! I can't help but feel that it's a little unfair? The way the show goes, it's as if all people who lives in 1-room or (horrors of horrors) HDB flats, only have 1 thing on their mind and that is MONEY. And that is definitely not true. The show seems to be sending out a message that poor people are either a) out to cheat people's money, b) trying to find a 金龟婿 (rich husband) regardless of their feelings c) always fighting with each other or d) cheapos.
What happened to all the good stuff?
The show is a little too 夸张. But in general, it's a good show(: Especially since Fiona Xie is in it! Opps.
Singaporeans sick of "talent shows"?
Is it me or is it me? Was watching the new show - "唯我独尊" on Channel U and I realised that out of the 16 finalists, half of them are not Singaporeans! And! There seem to be more and more foreigners going for the audition (or maybe the directors edited it to be this way?).
Are Singaporean tired of all these get-famous-quick/shortcut-to-fame shows? Has Singapore run dry of talents/pretty faces? OR have they realised that you don't really get famous or get anywhere at all with these shows?
Anyways, I find that this show totally lacks creativity. My brother calls it a "cheapo beauty show". Basically, they pick 8 guys and 8 girls. Then each week, the finalists will go through a theme ( 4 for the guys and 4 for the girls). If you can look good and work that theme, you win and get additional points on your scorecard which will be used during the finale. During the finale, a guy and a girl will be crowned the champion and out of the 2 of them, one will be the OVERALL winner.
Hello? Boring? Besides, this is such a no-brain competition so why do they need the contestants to have some form of talent? Trying to make it "appear" more "intellectual"? And the way they pick the male contestants are like ERMMMMMM. Every single guy that went on stage will have to REMOVE their clothes and show off their abs. HELLO?? Seriously!
I think it's just Mediacorp's way of milking money from the audience or in this case, the contestant's friends and family. Because who still vote for these kind of shows?
No one that I am rooting for because I feel no one looks really outstanding? *shrugs*
Here are the themes:
Seriously, I think it's not that hard. Oh wells. Next week is "Hunk" which means there will be more abs showing (save me!) and lots of sleeveless shirts. Shave please! SHAVE! I saw the commercial just now and I almost fainted. This guy raised his hand and WOAH! Amazon forest!! :X Opps. Bitchy~
Miss Singapore Universe 2008 axed?
Have anyone noticed that MSU 2008 was not broadcast on TV? Have you read the article in TNP sometime back? Apparently viewership was low and no sponsors want to fork out the money to put the pageant on TV.
The finals is in April 2008. We'll see. But they didn't broadcast on TV for applicants anymore!
I heard that someone actually suggested to stop the whole pageant since we never win anyway. Wait. We never get anyway close to getting on stage.
Why are pageants more successful in Western countries and not in Singapore? Is it because Singaporeans just can't be bothered with such things? Singaporeans don't support our own Miss Singapore? Or are our girls really that bad? Or maybe our pageants are not that interesting? Too conservative?
Okay, I better head off to bed(: Morning class tomorrow which means I have to wake up at 6am. Eeps!
Some thoughts while watching TV:
Channel 8, 9pm show - Just in Singapore
This is definitely much better than the usual channel 8 drama. For once, they are not actively "promoting" government policies. For once, their storyline is actually quite "fresh". I'm using "fresh" very loosely. Because the "fresh" means using a SUPER old storyline that no one has been using since eons ago.
I like this show in general.
BUT! I can't help but feel that it's a little unfair? The way the show goes, it's as if all people who lives in 1-room or (horrors of horrors) HDB flats, only have 1 thing on their mind and that is MONEY. And that is definitely not true. The show seems to be sending out a message that poor people are either a) out to cheat people's money, b) trying to find a 金龟婿 (rich husband) regardless of their feelings c) always fighting with each other or d) cheapos.
What happened to all the good stuff?
The show is a little too 夸张. But in general, it's a good show(: Especially since Fiona Xie is in it! Opps.
Singaporeans sick of "talent shows"?
Is it me or is it me? Was watching the new show - "唯我独尊" on Channel U and I realised that out of the 16 finalists, half of them are not Singaporeans! And! There seem to be more and more foreigners going for the audition (or maybe the directors edited it to be this way?).
Are Singaporean tired of all these get-famous-quick/shortcut-to-fame shows? Has Singapore run dry of talents/pretty faces? OR have they realised that you don't really get famous or get anywhere at all with these shows?
Anyways, I find that this show totally lacks creativity. My brother calls it a "cheapo beauty show". Basically, they pick 8 guys and 8 girls. Then each week, the finalists will go through a theme ( 4 for the guys and 4 for the girls). If you can look good and work that theme, you win and get additional points on your scorecard which will be used during the finale. During the finale, a guy and a girl will be crowned the champion and out of the 2 of them, one will be the OVERALL winner.
Hello? Boring? Besides, this is such a no-brain competition so why do they need the contestants to have some form of talent? Trying to make it "appear" more "intellectual"? And the way they pick the male contestants are like ERMMMMMM. Every single guy that went on stage will have to REMOVE their clothes and show off their abs. HELLO?? Seriously!
I think it's just Mediacorp's way of milking money from the audience or in this case, the contestant's friends and family. Because who still vote for these kind of shows?
No one that I am rooting for because I feel no one looks really outstanding? *shrugs*
Here are the themes:
Seriously, I think it's not that hard. Oh wells. Next week is "Hunk" which means there will be more abs showing (save me!) and lots of sleeveless shirts. Shave please! SHAVE! I saw the commercial just now and I almost fainted. This guy raised his hand and WOAH! Amazon forest!! :X Opps. Bitchy~Miss Singapore Universe 2008 axed?
Have anyone noticed that MSU 2008 was not broadcast on TV? Have you read the article in TNP sometime back? Apparently viewership was low and no sponsors want to fork out the money to put the pageant on TV.
The finals is in April 2008. We'll see. But they didn't broadcast on TV for applicants anymore!
I heard that someone actually suggested to stop the whole pageant since we never win anyway. Wait. We never get anyway close to getting on stage.
Why are pageants more successful in Western countries and not in Singapore? Is it because Singaporeans just can't be bothered with such things? Singaporeans don't support our own Miss Singapore? Or are our girls really that bad? Or maybe our pageants are not that interesting? Too conservative?
Okay, I better head off to bed(: Morning class tomorrow which means I have to wake up at 6am. Eeps!
Monday, March 24, 2008
coding.
It's 5.16am in the morning. 3 hours since I said I am going to bed.
But here I am, coding my survey. Tabulating and everything else.
If I don't do it, who will? Lack of initiatives from my group members.
Tips for working with Huishan #1 - Be initiative.
Tips for working with Huishan #2 - Be very initiative.
You know, maybe I should make it a law. Like how Guides' motto is "Be prepared" so Shan's motto is "Be initiative"? Idea?(:
But here I am, coding my survey. Tabulating and everything else.
If I don't do it, who will? Lack of initiatives from my group members.
Tips for working with Huishan #1 - Be initiative.
Tips for working with Huishan #2 - Be very initiative.
You know, maybe I should make it a law. Like how Guides' motto is "Be prepared" so Shan's motto is "Be initiative"? Idea?(:
My weak attempt to answer, "Why blogs?"
Been a topsy-turvy kind of day. Right after I posted the previous post, my day mood started going downhill. I skipped dinner and had some Ritz biscuits. Self-esteem is below low today. Bestie called and I didn't pick up cause I don't want to bawl to her over the phone (again).
When I'm in this mood, the slightest hint of care/concern can make me cry. Which is a good thing because after that, I'll feel better. Hey! I can cry again! That's good news right?! NOT!
Anyways, was bathing and I kept thinking about the question that was asked during my presentation on Twitter, "What if someone post something bad about your products on Twitter? Isn't it be better to not be on Twitter at all then?"
Okay, I am not very familiar with Twitter. But I think this question is not just applicable to Twitter. It's applicable to blogs and well, any forms of social media. So here I go, trying to answer it with my very shallow understanding of social media or marketing or common sense.
Whether you are on Twitter, blogs or not, if that person wants to say something bad about your product, they will say it. They will still post it.
I don't know about Twitter but by having a blog, it kind of "directs" all those negative comments to one place. I mean, hello? Human nature? If you have something bad to say about a person/company, won't you want to hit where it hurts the most/where the most damage will be done? So, where else better (better else) to do it than on the company's "official" blog? Right? Right?
And when the company receives such negative comments on/in their blog, they will then have a chance to respond to the comments!
If the company handles the criticisms well, they will a) impress their supporter even more, b) have those critics convinced and c) wow new customers! Because with those criticisms on the blogs, it kind of provides a balance view of the company, no?
It's better than just having a website that makes the company sounds like little Miss Perfect!
It's part of the whole 2-way communication and humanizing a company thing right?
Of course, just having a blog by itself is not enough. But, you know, it has some added advantage?
And unless the company comes with die-hard fanatics, like Apple, than maybe it can live without a blog since the fanatics will be all ready to jump its defend. (Erm..Apple still don't have a blog right? I remember reading it somewhere when I was not paying attention in class :X)
Okay, I don't have the energy to carry on typing. Tired and I better go to sleep before this mood swings drives me conkie.
Naked Conversation is turning out to be a rather pleasant (not nice or good) read.
When I'm in this mood, the slightest hint of care/concern can make me cry. Which is a good thing because after that, I'll feel better. Hey! I can cry again! That's good news right?! NOT!
Anyways, was bathing and I kept thinking about the question that was asked during my presentation on Twitter, "What if someone post something bad about your products on Twitter? Isn't it be better to not be on Twitter at all then?"
Okay, I am not very familiar with Twitter. But I think this question is not just applicable to Twitter. It's applicable to blogs and well, any forms of social media. So here I go, trying to answer it with my very shallow understanding of social media or marketing or common sense.
Whether you are on Twitter, blogs or not, if that person wants to say something bad about your product, they will say it. They will still post it.
I don't know about Twitter but by having a blog, it kind of "directs" all those negative comments to one place. I mean, hello? Human nature? If you have something bad to say about a person/company, won't you want to hit where it hurts the most/where the most damage will be done? So, where else better (better else) to do it than on the company's "official" blog? Right? Right?
And when the company receives such negative comments on/in their blog, they will then have a chance to respond to the comments!
If the company handles the criticisms well, they will a) impress their supporter even more, b) have those critics convinced and c) wow new customers! Because with those criticisms on the blogs, it kind of provides a balance view of the company, no?
It's better than just having a website that makes the company sounds like little Miss Perfect!
It's part of the whole 2-way communication and humanizing a company thing right?
Of course, just having a blog by itself is not enough. But, you know, it has some added advantage?
And unless the company comes with die-hard fanatics, like Apple, than maybe it can live without a blog since the fanatics will be all ready to jump its defend. (Erm..Apple still don't have a blog right? I remember reading it somewhere when I was not paying attention in class :X)
Okay, I don't have the energy to carry on typing. Tired and I better go to sleep before this mood swings drives me conkie.
Naked Conversation is turning out to be a rather pleasant (not nice or good) read.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Calm before the storm.
Someone adjusted the height of my chair (or did I?) and now it feels much more comfortable! No more hunching of my shoulders just to reach the stupid keyboard. The day went by quite alright. Sitting in my armchair reading (school and novel) with my legs propped up on my study chair.
Been reading up my AB213. Statistical analysis for research is a pain in my flat ass. Realised that we need to use SPSS in some ways and I can only think of one. Will try to think of more later.
Non-response from that group mate of mine. I just need your citation and references. How hard can that be? I mean, at least let me know you have gotten my message + email or something.
Anyways, I have just sent a 2-page long sms to all of them. Asked them to read up on the statistics chapter of our untouched AB213 Research textbook and to prepare some possible analysis that we can do. Hopefully they will come prepared on Tuesday.
I do not wish to hear, " I have no idea what they are saying. 我不会。" as an explanation of why they came empty-handed.
I am a volcano that's about to erupt. Plates that are about to diverge. Plates about to converge. All these plus all those scary earth movements you learn about in Physical Geography.
For now, I shall sit and wait.
Been reading up my AB213. Statistical analysis for research is a pain in my flat ass. Realised that we need to use SPSS in some ways and I can only think of one. Will try to think of more later.
Non-response from that group mate of mine. I just need your citation and references. How hard can that be? I mean, at least let me know you have gotten my message + email or something.
Anyways, I have just sent a 2-page long sms to all of them. Asked them to read up on the statistics chapter of our untouched AB213 Research textbook and to prepare some possible analysis that we can do. Hopefully they will come prepared on Tuesday.
I do not wish to hear, " I have no idea what they are saying. 我不会。" as an explanation of why they came empty-handed.
I am a volcano that's about to erupt. Plates that are about to diverge. Plates about to converge. All these plus all those scary earth movements you learn about in Physical Geography.
For now, I shall sit and wait.
Sivan's 21st Birthday Celebration(:
Alright, this is the kind of post where I list and talk about what happen during the day. The just-in-case-I-knock-my-head-and-
have-amnesia-this-post-help-me-remember kind of post(:
It was a funny mix of people. But it turned out to be rather fun(: There were more guys than girls though. Anyways, people who turned up are - JC, YK, XY, Kelvin, Cyn, Mabel, Me, Sivan (duh!) and San, Saran(for a little while).
Met the girls slightly earlier to get the photo printed for the special gift from SPP. Initially, I wanted to fit our faces into (onto?) the body of cartoon characters. But alas! My photoshop skills are not that "powderful". But here's the two version(:
Yups(: Then we met up with the guys and dilly-dally a little at the MRT station. And we gave her the first present! The toilet brush! Hees(: We didn't give her any bag to carry the brush :X And of course, we did silly stuff with it. And, me (the cuckoo girl) did this:
Statue of Liberty? Miss Congeniality?
And we had a traditional/ compulsory SPP birthday picture with San before she leaves:
After that, we headed to The Cathay(: Billy Bombers were crowded so we had to walk around abit while waiting for the seats. I stole the cap of the toilet brush from Sivan and she went into one of the shops to get a plastic bag(cheater!;p):
Dinner at Bombers after that. The food was (were?) not as great as I remembered it to be? Sivan and I shared the "Catch of the Day". I gave half of mine to Kelvin and he complained! That guy forever bullying me! Blehs! Anyways, the manager at Bombers was rather nice. He offered to help me pour ketchup! So sweet!! (:
We rotted abit outside The Cathay after dinner. Took a group picture and some totally random shots while Kelvin practiced his shooting skills for his job with Mocca on Monday. The idiot has a habit of blocking my face just before the picture was taken. So, I decided to do this (you have to click on the picture to see):
I'm gonna eat your fingers!!
have-amnesia-this-post-help-me-remember kind of post(:
It was a funny mix of people. But it turned out to be rather fun(: There were more guys than girls though. Anyways, people who turned up are - JC, YK, XY, Kelvin, Cyn, Mabel, Me, Sivan (duh!) and San, Saran(for a little while).
Met the girls slightly earlier to get the photo printed for the special gift from SPP. Initially, I wanted to fit our faces into (onto?) the body of cartoon characters. But alas! My photoshop skills are not that "powderful". But here's the two version(:
Yups(: Then we met up with the guys and dilly-dally a little at the MRT station. And we gave her the first present! The toilet brush! Hees(: We didn't give her any bag to carry the brush :X And of course, we did silly stuff with it. And, me (the cuckoo girl) did this:
Statue of Liberty? Miss Congeniality?And we had a traditional/ compulsory SPP birthday picture with San before she leaves:
After that, we headed to The Cathay(: Billy Bombers were crowded so we had to walk around abit while waiting for the seats. I stole the cap of the toilet brush from Sivan and she went into one of the shops to get a plastic bag(cheater!;p):
Dinner at Bombers after that. The food was (were?) not as great as I remembered it to be? Sivan and I shared the "Catch of the Day". I gave half of mine to Kelvin and he complained! That guy forever bullying me! Blehs! Anyways, the manager at Bombers was rather nice. He offered to help me pour ketchup! So sweet!! (:We rotted abit outside The Cathay after dinner. Took a group picture and some totally random shots while Kelvin practiced his shooting skills for his job with Mocca on Monday. The idiot has a habit of blocking my face just before the picture was taken. So, I decided to do this (you have to click on the picture to see):
I'm gonna eat your fingers!!Whees~ We headed to Mind Cafe at Purvis Street after that. Quite a long walk but we sang A1 songs all the way there(: Forever In Love, Ready Or Not, Everytime.....Almost all of their songs actually(: I love singing with them (and on/in the streets)!(:
Mind Cafe@Purvis Street! Hahas. That's where the funniest thing happened. YK, Mabel and I headed to the toilet. Mabel and I, being girls, were walking a few steps behind. When we reached the toilet, we couldn't see YK and the guy's toilet was unoccupied!! Guess what? He went into the Ladies' Toilet!! Damn funny :X
We played some totally random girls and then we played Taboo! Some funny quotes -
Word: Chest
Kelvin: Huishan! Huishan! Airport!!
(The guys in school used to tease me because I am flat-chested)
Word: Airport
Kelvin: Huishan! Huishan! What do we call her?!
(Ditto)
Word: Fireworks
Kelvin: In the air. During National Day.
Mabel: Houseflies! Cockroaches! -.-
Word: Titantic
Me: Movie! Do-do-do-do-dooooo *continue to do-do "My Heart Will Go On"*
Cynthia: Shan! They will never get it!
JC: What?! What? I can't hear!
*everyone laughs*
Hahas. It was fun(: Totally! We played Snorta! And guess who lost?! Sivan! AGAIN! See, even the photos look the same(click to enlarge)!
Saran is bad at Snorta too! Juan too! Hehe. I am rather bad at it too. But at least I am better than them :D Hees ;p
After which, the girls cabbed home while the guys rushed to take the last train home(: I am so tired but happy(:
For more crazy pictures, go to myFacebook album(:
Alrighty, I am off to bed. Editing the result analysis for my AB213 tomorrow. I'll be so glad when next week is over. No more AB213 and I am freed from all projects *blissful sigh*
BUT! My exams are nearing and they are so far apart! 7-7-9! Grrr..SMU people are going to end so much earlier than me:(
Mind Cafe@Purvis Street! Hahas. That's where the funniest thing happened. YK, Mabel and I headed to the toilet. Mabel and I, being girls, were walking a few steps behind. When we reached the toilet, we couldn't see YK and the guy's toilet was unoccupied!! Guess what? He went into the Ladies' Toilet!! Damn funny :X
We played some totally random girls and then we played Taboo! Some funny quotes -
Word: Chest
Kelvin: Huishan! Huishan! Airport!!
(The guys in school used to tease me because I am flat-chested)
Word: Airport
Kelvin: Huishan! Huishan! What do we call her?!
(Ditto)
Word: Fireworks
Kelvin: In the air. During National Day.
Mabel: Houseflies! Cockroaches! -.-
Word: Titantic
Me: Movie! Do-do-do-do-dooooo *continue to do-do "My Heart Will Go On"*
Cynthia: Shan! They will never get it!
JC: What?! What? I can't hear!
*everyone laughs*
Hahas. It was fun(: Totally! We played Snorta! And guess who lost?! Sivan! AGAIN! See, even the photos look the same(click to enlarge)!
Saran is bad at Snorta too! Juan too! Hehe. I am rather bad at it too. But at least I am better than them :D Hees ;pAfter which, the girls cabbed home while the guys rushed to take the last train home(: I am so tired but happy(:
For more crazy pictures, go to myFacebook album(:
Alrighty, I am off to bed. Editing the result analysis for my AB213 tomorrow. I'll be so glad when next week is over. No more AB213 and I am freed from all projects *blissful sigh*
BUT! My exams are nearing and they are so far apart! 7-7-9! Grrr..SMU people are going to end so much earlier than me:(
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Just a note.
I have finished editing and compiling the critique report for my research modules! (: *bows to applause and rose throwing* Of course, I got a little fed up in between and did a quick post in livejournal but other than that, it went relatively well.
Quite a lot of things I wanted to say but for the life of me, I cannot seem to remember any *scratch heads*
I was telling ber that I am feeling rather sick of NTU. No, not because of the whole fake ad thing. But with its culture, grading system, way of life and most importantly, the people. I am pinning my hopes on an exchange to SMU next semester but looking at my grades, I think the probability of me seeing a shooting star will be larger than the probability of getting the exchange. BUT! On the bright side, I have one more year to graduation! (: Bye bye, NTU!
Okay, it's getting late. I better get to bed. I am so tired and my neck is feeling creaky. Apologise for these totally random post! Will be back with the promised post about working styles -soon!
Quite a lot of things I wanted to say but for the life of me, I cannot seem to remember any *scratch heads*
I was telling ber that I am feeling rather sick of NTU. No, not because of the whole fake ad thing. But with its culture, grading system, way of life and most importantly, the people. I am pinning my hopes on an exchange to SMU next semester but looking at my grades, I think the probability of me seeing a shooting star will be larger than the probability of getting the exchange. BUT! On the bright side, I have one more year to graduation! (: Bye bye, NTU!
Okay, it's getting late. I better get to bed. I am so tired and my neck is feeling creaky. Apologise for these totally random post! Will be back with the promised post about working styles -soon!
Now it has become a joke?
The brother told me that someone invented a Mas Selamat pac-man game last night. He showed me the game and I think it's total crap. Perhaps, the person who created the game is mocking at the government? God knows.
For those of you interested, you can check it out here.
Then! Someone group in facebook came up with a t-shirt! Quite a clever idea actually:
Love the "Instant ORD" thingy. But the producer say that they are not out to earn to money. Hmm. Really? I seriously doubt so. Opps. But hey! Smart idea! Thumbs up!
For those of you interested, you can check it out here.
Then! Someone group in facebook came up with a t-shirt! Quite a clever idea actually:
Love the "Instant ORD" thingy. But the producer say that they are not out to earn to money. Hmm. Really? I seriously doubt so. Opps. But hey! Smart idea! Thumbs up!
Friday, March 21, 2008
Follow-up.
I tried googling SMU Singapore again. And this time, there's variation. But, does it make it any better?
Here are the 3 possible results that you can get:
Seriously! Do we Does NTU need to resort to such methods to get students?
I'm disgusted.
I can't believe one of my friends actually thinks it's alright and rather cool to do this. I'm like HUH?!
Come on, man. We keep saying that we are a "World Class University", then why are we using such a low class tactic? World class, my ass!
Maybe I am over-reacting? Hopefully there's some logical explanation or something. Or that media contact from NTU can come up with some really nice answers.
Here are the 3 possible results that you can get:
Seriously! I'm disgusted.
I can't believe one of my friends actually thinks it's alright and rather cool to do this. I'm like HUH?!
Come on, man. We keep saying that we are a "World Class University", then why are we using such a low class tactic? World class, my ass!
Maybe I am over-reacting? Hopefully there's some logical explanation or something. Or that media contact from NTU can come up with some really nice answers.
Step Up 2 The Streets.
Basically, I rotted the whole day away. Like REALLY.
Ok, other than glancing through the critique report and realising that none of them remembered to cite, I did nothing.
Step Up 2 The Streets was basically not too bad. Not highly recommended unless you dance or like dancing. If not, you will still love the last part where they danced in the rain. Wow-wee.
Ok, I must finish my critique report by tomorrow. Die die also must.
For now, BEDTIME!
Oh wait! Anyone wants to catch Vantage Point?
Ok, other than glancing through the critique report and realising that none of them remembered to cite, I did nothing.
Step Up 2 The Streets was basically not too bad. Not highly recommended unless you dance or like dancing. If not, you will still love the last part where they danced in the rain. Wow-wee.
Ok, I must finish my critique report by tomorrow. Die die also must.
For now, BEDTIME!
Oh wait! Anyone wants to catch Vantage Point?
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Disgusted? Mistake?
Apparently, when you search for SMU on google, you get a fake ad for NTU. Read it here.
Hopefully it's a mistake (what are the chances?) or a reasonable explanation to this.
For now, I am disgusted. How much? VERY.
Anyways, being feeling kind of lethargic these days. Procrastination at its max.
My nails and the "flesh" (cuticle?) are having a major divorce! Most of them. For the past week, I have had 3 cases of seperated nails and "flesh". Ouch ouch and double ouch. It's like having things driven in between the nails.
Walking in the rain today cause I was too lazy to take out the umbrella and now I am having a cracking headache. Weak.
As summer rolls by, will I gain weight like I did last summer (I gained 6 kg last summer! Bringing me to a all time high of 48kg! *faints*)? Will I repeat what I did last summer?
Oh wells. Exams first eh?
Step Up is not as nice as everyone hyped it up to be. Wonder if Step Up 2 can live up to its name?
Hopefully it's a mistake (what are the chances?) or a reasonable explanation to this.
For now, I am disgusted. How much? VERY.
Anyways, being feeling kind of lethargic these days. Procrastination at its max.
My nails and the "flesh" (cuticle?) are having a major divorce! Most of them. For the past week, I have had 3 cases of seperated nails and "flesh". Ouch ouch and double ouch. It's like having things driven in between the nails.
Walking in the rain today cause I was too lazy to take out the umbrella and now I am having a cracking headache. Weak.
As summer rolls by, will I gain weight like I did last summer (I gained 6 kg last summer! Bringing me to a all time high of 48kg! *faints*)? Will I repeat what I did last summer?
Oh wells. Exams first eh?
Step Up is not as nice as everyone hyped it up to be. Wonder if Step Up 2 can live up to its name?
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
The Video is Out!
I was so distracted by the fault in my presentation that I keep looking at the screen and NOT the audience.
SHIT!
I am so going to score the lowest in my table again. I am angry with myself :(
SHIT!
I am so going to score the lowest in my table again. I am angry with myself :(
Pageant of the Masters.
Saw this on Ripley's Believe It or Not while I was eating dinner.
Cool! I want to go see this exhibition!!! Pageant of the Masters is one interesting show(:
Cool! I want to go see this exhibition!!! Pageant of the Masters is one interesting show(:
AB214 Post-Mortem
The presentation went fairly okay. Much better than my impromptu presentation (then again, ANYTHING is better than my impromptu).
Kelvin asked me, "Are you going to sing today?" the moment I stepped into class. Hahas. Opps >.< style="font-weight: bold;">Ulrike: I'm not quite sold on this Twitter thing. You mentioned that it sounds silly to send an email to a friend just to tell her that you are having coffee. So how is Twitter different?
Me: E-mail is(are?) mainly one-to-one communication. You choose who gets your message, regardless if they want to or not. Whereas, on Twitter, the audience CHOOSE you.
Ulrike: What's the main advantage of Twitter over blogs?
Me: Blogs have no word limits and they can get draggy. Audience may not have the time or want to make the effort to read such a long post. In Twitter, we are restricted to 140 words. We have to be concise and therefore, reading becomes much easier for the readers.
The question that I could have done better?
Ulrike: Do you think Twitter is catching on in Singapore?
Me: Erm.. I think it's more common in SMU than here in NTU. *pause* Yeah.
URGH! The answer should be: Singaporeans tend to be late adopters in the aspect of social media. For example, it took quite sometime before the Facebook fever hit Singapore. Therefore, Twitter is not common in Singapore but I think it will after awhile.
Or something along that line.
But then again, Ulrike seemed to post the last question as more of a casual question than a graded question. So hmm.
But oh wells! Only one question from the class and it was fairly simple? But I think the person was not sold on social media (not just Twitter) at all. She's rather concern of her "image" being damaged/ruined as you can't really "vet" the comments or control what people want to say about you on social media?
Oh wells! My class is rather anti-social media.
I'm glad I did my presentation on Twitter(: Cheers to all who voted for Twitter!
Ratings: 3.75 out of 5 microphones.
Make me use Twitter by adding me! I have reset-ed my passwords for ten times!-.-
Kelvin asked me, "Are you going to sing today?" the moment I stepped into class. Hahas. Opps >.< style="font-weight: bold;">Ulrike: I'm not quite sold on this Twitter thing. You mentioned that it sounds silly to send an email to a friend just to tell her that you are having coffee. So how is Twitter different?
Me: E-mail is(are?) mainly one-to-one communication. You choose who gets your message, regardless if they want to or not. Whereas, on Twitter, the audience CHOOSE you.
Ulrike: What's the main advantage of Twitter over blogs?
Me: Blogs have no word limits and they can get draggy. Audience may not have the time or want to make the effort to read such a long post. In Twitter, we are restricted to 140 words. We have to be concise and therefore, reading becomes much easier for the readers.
The question that I could have done better?
Ulrike: Do you think Twitter is catching on in Singapore?
Me: Erm.. I think it's more common in SMU than here in NTU. *pause* Yeah.
URGH! The answer should be: Singaporeans tend to be late adopters in the aspect of social media. For example, it took quite sometime before the Facebook fever hit Singapore. Therefore, Twitter is not common in Singapore but I think it will after awhile.
Or something along that line.
But then again, Ulrike seemed to post the last question as more of a casual question than a graded question. So hmm.
But oh wells! Only one question from the class and it was fairly simple? But I think the person was not sold on social media (not just Twitter) at all. She's rather concern of her "image" being damaged/ruined as you can't really "vet" the comments or control what people want to say about you on social media?
Oh wells! My class is rather anti-social media.
I'm glad I did my presentation on Twitter(: Cheers to all who voted for Twitter!
Ratings: 3.75 out of 5 microphones.
Make me use Twitter by adding me! I have reset-ed my passwords for ten times!-.-
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
TickTock.
It's 4.28am and I am still online. Nothing new except that I have a morning class tomorrow! I will probably go late or something.
I have finally completed my slides for my presentation later in the afternoon. Actually, I have ONE completed presentation and TWO incomplete ones. Why? I couldn't make up my mind so I did one each for Twitter, Facebook and Blogs. In the end, I went with my initial idea - Twitter.
This is a presentation on MicroBlogging from SMU. I like the presentation layout!! Much better than the usual Title and Points format that we see in NTU.
Alright, I shall go and practise my speech one last time before I go to bed and wake up at 7am.
Wish me luck, my dears!
I have finally completed my slides for my presentation later in the afternoon. Actually, I have ONE completed presentation and TWO incomplete ones. Why? I couldn't make up my mind so I did one each for Twitter, Facebook and Blogs. In the end, I went with my initial idea - Twitter.
This is a presentation on MicroBlogging from SMU. I like the presentation layout!! Much better than the usual Title and Points format that we see in NTU.
Alright, I shall go and practise my speech one last time before I go to bed and wake up at 7am.
Wish me luck, my dears!
Monday, March 17, 2008
Presentations.
Seriously, I think I am giving myself too much pressure about my presentation for my communication class tomorrow.
Stress is not good. Because the more I care about a presentation, the more I will screw it up. Look at my last presentation! And THAT final presentation of AB114. Gosh. Utterly, totally embarrassing.
The key to a good presentation (at least for me) is to HAVE FUN. Who cares what the rest thinks?
JIAYOU!
Stress is not good. Because the more I care about a presentation, the more I will screw it up. Look at my last presentation! And THAT final presentation of AB114. Gosh. Utterly, totally embarrassing.
The key to a good presentation (at least for me) is to HAVE FUN. Who cares what the rest thinks?
JIAYOU!
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Post-B323 Trauma.
Alright, I think I am having cramps. SHIT!
I have to wake up in approximately 5 hours.
I have just completed my BF323 assignment. Could have completed it much earlier but I keep making stupid mistakes like forgetting to change the YTM, coupon and period. %#$%#)*^&^* BF323 (Financial Risk Management) is not for the faint-hearted, my dears.
As a result, I spent the whole of my Saturday night (starting from 8 - 9.30pm and 11.30pm - 4.45am) working on those stupid questions.
I do not care how much net worth changes by or if I can sell my loan to another bank. I need SLEEP!
Out tomorrow morning.
Then probably work on my comms presentation. Topic = Social Media. Contributions on how social media have changed your life or how you communicate are welcomed. Really. Because I am trying to convince a class of people who DON'T use social media. *dry laughs* That's how "interesting" my class is.
I shall win boot-licker for this presentation. I WILL! That A+ should be mine not his!
Alright, bed.
I have to wake up in approximately 5 hours.
I have just completed my BF323 assignment. Could have completed it much earlier but I keep making stupid mistakes like forgetting to change the YTM, coupon and period. %#$%#)*^&^* BF323 (Financial Risk Management) is not for the faint-hearted, my dears.
As a result, I spent the whole of my Saturday night (starting from 8 - 9.30pm and 11.30pm - 4.45am) working on those stupid questions.
I do not care how much net worth changes by or if I can sell my loan to another bank. I need SLEEP!
Out tomorrow morning.
Then probably work on my comms presentation. Topic = Social Media. Contributions on how social media have changed your life or how you communicate are welcomed. Really. Because I am trying to convince a class of people who DON'T use social media. *dry laughs* That's how "interesting" my class is.
I shall win boot-licker for this presentation. I WILL! That A+ should be mine not his!
Alright, bed.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
(:
I called Dad and before I can say anything else, he said, " You want Small Marie Biscuit, right?"
*sheepish grins*
Like what my brother said, "The things you eat are seasonal. Predictable!"
*sheepish grins*
Like what my brother said, "The things you eat are seasonal. Predictable!"
Quote + Note to FYP group.
Quotable Quote from ANTM 10:
"...whats most beautiful about a beautiful woman is her flaws.."
The judge said it really really quickly but it caught my attention.
The girls this season have horrible runway walks and cat fights aplenty. SPARE ME!
--
Anyways, FYP group, I have something for each of you on monday:
The book Ulrike wanted us to read. I went to the library and got two more copies.
I figured if we take turns to read her copy, it will take us approximately 5 months and by then no one will remember what was said in the book and we won't be able to discuss the points brought up in the book. If that's the case, we might as well don't read the book at all right? So! We are all going to read the book at the same time. Preferably finishing it before 12th May (i.e. the start of PA).
tired. ach-ey/sore. bed.
be back soon to talk about my working style/pattern. maybe tomorrow night. *yawns*
"...whats most beautiful about a beautiful woman is her flaws.."
The judge said it really really quickly but it caught my attention.
The girls this season have horrible runway walks and cat fights aplenty. SPARE ME!
--
Anyways, FYP group, I have something for each of you on monday:
The book Ulrike wanted us to read. I went to the library and got two more copies.I figured if we take turns to read her copy, it will take us approximately 5 months and by then no one will remember what was said in the book and we won't be able to discuss the points brought up in the book. If that's the case, we might as well don't read the book at all right? So! We are all going to read the book at the same time. Preferably finishing it before 12th May (i.e. the start of PA).
tired. ach-ey/sore. bed.
be back soon to talk about my working style/pattern. maybe tomorrow night. *yawns*
The Impossible Quiz.
The guys introduced this to me during Wealth Planning class:
It is addictive. Well, at least for me. The competitive side of me(:
I was clicking like an idiot on the train home-.- Oh wells(:
Go try!
It is addictive. Well, at least for me. The competitive side of me(:
I was clicking like an idiot on the train home-.- Oh wells(:
Go try!
Friday, March 14, 2008
Sabotage.
The school is sabotaging me!!
I went into my AB213 class (late!) and this lady asked me to ticked my name on a namelist. So, I thought it was to mark my attendance (I mean, you never know what kind of funny things the school will do). THEN! After ticking my name, she handed me a CHOCOLATE BAR.
Yes, you heard me right. A CHOCOLATE BAR! C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E BAR!
It's those 55g Cadbury Chocolate bar.
AHHHH!! Don't tempt me with chocolates!!!! It's only been *checks* 6 days, 12 hours and 30 minutes!!
I am going to give it out during Wealth Planning class. Watch. Me.
This is my 4th post today. Wow~!
I went into my AB213 class (late!) and this lady asked me to ticked my name on a namelist. So, I thought it was to mark my attendance (I mean, you never know what kind of funny things the school will do). THEN! After ticking my name, she handed me a CHOCOLATE BAR.
Yes, you heard me right. A CHOCOLATE BAR! C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E BAR!
It's those 55g Cadbury Chocolate bar.
AHHHH!! Don't tempt me with chocolates!!!! It's only been *checks* 6 days, 12 hours and 30 minutes!!
I am going to give it out during Wealth Planning class. Watch. Me.
This is my 4th post today. Wow~!
Lucky!
I found 10 bucks stuck in-between my Financial Mathematics book from last semester!!
It's a good thing that I didn't manage to sell the book!!
*laughs* 10 bucks!!! It will pay for my YaKun breakfast tomorrow(:
It's a good thing that I didn't manage to sell the book!!
*laughs* 10 bucks!!! It will pay for my YaKun breakfast tomorrow(:
Procrastination.
"..Procrastination happens because of a deeply-rooted belief.."
I am a serial procrastinator. Procrastinating usually puts me in a bad mood. And the belief that causes me to be a procrastinator?
Perfectionism.
I'm a perfectionist through and through. Totally. Utterly. Deeply. Seriously. Initially, I thought I'm only a perfectionist when it comes to presentations. But, nopes. It's everything :(
I procrastinate when I have something to do. Like assignments, presentations, reports, cleaning the room and yada yada. Because I am afraid to find that I won't/can't do them well. So, I tend to these things off so that I won't have to find out that I am a "failure". That I cannot do these things perfectly.
*sigh* And when time pressure comes in, the angel and devil battles. It will be something like, "Do your work NOW!!!" and then the other half will go, "NO! I have something else to do!" Or some stupid excuses.
End result? Lousy mood. Tired feeling. Nothing done. BAH!!
That probably explain why I am in such a bad mood tonight. I am putting off doing BF323 :(
Procrastination. And I am feeling selfish :( That's another story for another time. Well, it's on LJ.
I miss this song!
I am a serial procrastinator. Procrastinating usually puts me in a bad mood. And the belief that causes me to be a procrastinator?
Perfectionism.
I'm a perfectionist through and through. Totally. Utterly. Deeply. Seriously. Initially, I thought I'm only a perfectionist when it comes to presentations. But, nopes. It's everything :(
I procrastinate when I have something to do. Like assignments, presentations, reports, cleaning the room and yada yada. Because I am afraid to find that I won't/can't do them well. So, I tend to these things off so that I won't have to find out that I am a "failure". That I cannot do these things perfectly.
*sigh* And when time pressure comes in, the angel and devil battles. It will be something like, "Do your work NOW!!!" and then the other half will go, "NO! I have something else to do!" Or some stupid excuses.
End result? Lousy mood. Tired feeling. Nothing done. BAH!!
That probably explain why I am in such a bad mood tonight. I am putting off doing BF323 :(
Procrastination. And I am feeling selfish :( That's another story for another time. Well, it's on LJ.
I miss this song!
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Seasonal/Ephemeral "Friend(s)".
I don't know about you guys, but I seem to have one or two of this kind of "friend(s)". The inverted commas are there because I don't know if I can classify them as a proper friend o.O
Who/What are Seasonal/Ephemeral "Friend(s)"? Let me explain.
These people are friends who disappear during a certain period and then re-appear again after a certain period. Example? They will disappear during the start of semester and appear towards the end. MAGIC!!
They probably block or delete you during that "disappearing" period.
When they do re-appear again, they will either pretend nothing happened or give some excuse like they haven't been online for such a long time(liar liar!) or "I lost your email add!" (Someone, PLEASE tell me how you can lose someone's email add in MSN!).
Totally DUH and UH! #$@#%$#%#$^#$^%^
*shrugs* Weeding to be done soon, me think.
You gotta do better than that. Want them? Then stop treating me like a 2-dimensional object and start engaging me.
In other news, went for facial today. Took a cab there and back since it was raining cats and dogs. $4 per trip, rather cheap! Why? If I take a cab from my house to AMK MRT station, it cost me $3! And since, the location of my facial place(lousy english) is further than AMK MRT, $4 is cheap(:
FYP group registered! Supervisor approved(:
PA Phase 2 has sucky jobs. Okay, they are not really administration work but they are not that interesting? So I am thinking maybe I should just put IRAS as my first choice. I mean, since I am indifferent to the job scope, I might as well choose one that is closer to my house?
Credit Suisse have yet to get back to me. I heard some people have received rejection letter. So I guess, no news is good news?
Off to watch the last episode of Dirt!
Who/What are Seasonal/Ephemeral "Friend(s)"? Let me explain.
These people are friends who disappear during a certain period and then re-appear again after a certain period. Example? They will disappear during the start of semester and appear towards the end. MAGIC!!
They probably block or delete you during that "disappearing" period.
When they do re-appear again, they will either pretend nothing happened or give some excuse like they haven't been online for such a long time(liar liar!) or "I lost your email add!" (Someone, PLEASE tell me how you can lose someone's email add in MSN!).
Totally DUH and UH! #$@#%$#%#$^#$^%^
*shrugs* Weeding to be done soon, me think.
You gotta do better than that. Want them? Then stop treating me like a 2-dimensional object and start engaging me.
In other news, went for facial today. Took a cab there and back since it was raining cats and dogs. $4 per trip, rather cheap! Why? If I take a cab from my house to AMK MRT station, it cost me $3! And since, the location of my facial place(lousy english) is further than AMK MRT, $4 is cheap(:
FYP group registered! Supervisor approved(:
PA Phase 2 has sucky jobs. Okay, they are not really administration work but they are not that interesting? So I am thinking maybe I should just put IRAS as my first choice. I mean, since I am indifferent to the job scope, I might as well choose one that is closer to my house?
Credit Suisse have yet to get back to me. I heard some people have received rejection letter. So I guess, no news is good news?
Off to watch the last episode of Dirt!
Books!!
Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
Saw this in Popular when I was stationary shopping. Looks nice? Plot sounds familiar but I like Sophie Kinsella. Shopaholic series, Undomestic Godess and Can You Keep a Secret? are all decent books albeit a little bimbotic and too chick-literature.
I want to buy!! (:
You can read the excerpt here.
My Favorite Wife by Tony Parsons
Based in Shanghai, the book is about sex, cheating and second wives. I don't necessarily love the storyline but then again, this IS the author who wrote "Man and Wife" and "Man and Boy"! Maybe it will turn out to be nice?
Anyone buying? Lend me!!!
The Spiderwick Chronicles
The movie trailer got me interested(: I want to watch the movie!
The setting is like Narnia's? And since I like Narnia, I want to read this series too!
I can probably borrow it from NLB but the books are located in the CHILDREN section. I do not want to go down to that section and get laughed at.
Anyone have the chronicles? Lend me!!!
Artemis Fowl
But, now, I WANT TO READ!!!
And again, I can most probably borrow it from NLB but they are located in the CHILDREN section:(
Lend please?(:
I am such a bookworm(: *wriggles away*
Saw this in Popular when I was stationary shopping. Looks nice? Plot sounds familiar but I like Sophie Kinsella. Shopaholic series, Undomestic Godess and Can You Keep a Secret? are all decent books albeit a little bimbotic and too chick-literature.I want to buy!! (:
You can read the excerpt here.
My Favorite Wife by Tony Parsons
Based in Shanghai, the book is about sex, cheating and second wives. I don't necessarily love the storyline but then again, this IS the author who wrote "Man and Wife" and "Man and Boy"! Maybe it will turn out to be nice?Anyone buying? Lend me!!!
The Spiderwick Chronicles
The movie trailer got me interested(: I want to watch the movie!
The setting is like Narnia's? And since I like Narnia, I want to read this series too!
I can probably borrow it from NLB but the books are located in the CHILDREN section. I do not want to go down to that section and get laughed at.
Anyone have the chronicles? Lend me!!!
Artemis Fowl
Heard of this book from Kids Central (yes, me darlings. I watch Kids Central!). Was curious about it but didn't do anything about it cause it looks more like a boy kind of book than a girl's.
But, now, I WANT TO READ!!!
And again, I can most probably borrow it from NLB but they are located in the CHILDREN section:(
Lend please?(:
I am such a bookworm(: *wriggles away*
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
this is me.
about sexy.
Most people I know from myspace will use the word, "sexy" to describe me. I have grown to hate the word.
I think what's sexy about me to them is NOT the fact that I have an hourglass figure(I don't), flawless skin(I don't), drool-worthy abs(I don't) and all that (none of the above). What's sexy to themis was my gut. The pictures and topics I blogged about. And of course, I am more "reachable" than your average supermodel.
It's just another funny theory of mine. None of you will get it unless I explain in great detail. Which I don't want to do here. Lengthy here = No good. MSN me or something.
about micro-blogging.
this thought came into my mind last night while I was brushing my teeth.
If you liken blogging to a bowl of mee-pok, then micro-blogging will be the individual strands of mee-pok. You know, mee-pok post --> micro mee-pok post = bowl of mee-pok ---> strands of mee-pok?
It made me laughed last night. My brain really do come up with funny stuff once in a while.
*dry laughs*
microsoft and blogging.
I was reading the book, "Naked Conversation" before sleeping last night. My brain was mal-functioning so I have to read each paragraph twice before I get what it was trying to say.
Gave up after 15 minutes and switched off the lights at 3.15am.
Guess what? The whole night, I was dreaming about Microsoft and blogging and Channel 9 and Michael Dell! *faints*
Therefore, I had less than 2 hours of sleep before I unwillingly woke up at 6 to go to school.
It's 2.04am now and I am still surviving. Woo-Hoo!!!
*runs off to lie on bed*
Borders discount!
jumps in glee!! But, I don't have the time to go down and wander and browse :(
Most people I know from myspace will use the word, "sexy" to describe me. I have grown to hate the word.
I think what's sexy about me to them is NOT the fact that I have an hourglass figure(I don't), flawless skin(I don't), drool-worthy abs(I don't) and all that (none of the above). What's sexy to them
It's just another funny theory of mine. None of you will get it unless I explain in great detail. Which I don't want to do here. Lengthy here = No good. MSN me or something.
about micro-blogging.
this thought came into my mind last night while I was brushing my teeth.
If you liken blogging to a bowl of mee-pok, then micro-blogging will be the individual strands of mee-pok. You know, mee-pok post --> micro mee-pok post = bowl of mee-pok ---> strands of mee-pok?
It made me laughed last night. My brain really do come up with funny stuff once in a while.
*dry laughs*
microsoft and blogging.
I was reading the book, "Naked Conversation" before sleeping last night. My brain was mal-functioning so I have to read each paragraph twice before I get what it was trying to say.
Gave up after 15 minutes and switched off the lights at 3.15am.
Guess what? The whole night, I was dreaming about Microsoft and blogging and Channel 9 and Michael Dell! *faints*
Therefore, I had less than 2 hours of sleep before I unwillingly woke up at 6 to go to school.
It's 2.04am now and I am still surviving. Woo-Hoo!!!
*runs off to lie on bed*
Borders discount!
jumps in glee!! But, I don't have the time to go down and wander and browse :(
Reality TV shows.
sneaked out to get some ice cubes to crunch on and saw my mum in the kitchen. darn.
Project Runway Season 4
I know the picture says, "Project Runway Season 3" but I find this photo rather nice. No?
Second season that I have watched. The other season that I watched was the one with Chloe Dao and Daniel Vosovic.
This season is nice(: Funny, witty and to quote one of the contestant, "..it was fierce.." *do diva snaps* There's one contestant who spits to make markings on her material (eww), one does nothing else BUT draping and yada yada.
Every episode will make you laugh(:
Ratings : 4 out of 5 TV.
I am currently watching ANTM Season 10. But, I'm kind of losing interest. After following 3 consecutive seasons, I have had enough of cat-fights and biatch-ness.
Going to start on Celebrity Apprentice soon, me think. But first, Victoria Secret's Fashion Show 2007!
Project Runway Season 4
I know the picture says, "Project Runway Season 3" but I find this photo rather nice. No?Second season that I have watched. The other season that I watched was the one with Chloe Dao and Daniel Vosovic.
This season is nice(: Funny, witty and to quote one of the contestant, "..it was fierce.." *do diva snaps* There's one contestant who spits to make markings on her material (eww), one does nothing else BUT draping and yada yada.
Every episode will make you laugh(:
Ratings : 4 out of 5 TV.
I am currently watching ANTM Season 10. But, I'm kind of losing interest. After following 3 consecutive seasons, I have had enough of cat-fights and biatch-ness.
Going to start on Celebrity Apprentice soon, me think. But first, Victoria Secret's Fashion Show 2007!
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
urgh.
I am expected to "lead" for my AB213 meeting tomorrow.
It was okay during the proposal stage because I know what to do then. But for this report, I seriously have no idea.
It will be the blind leading the blind then. Let's see who have a clearer vision.
It was okay during the proposal stage because I know what to do then. But for this report, I seriously have no idea.
It will be the blind leading the blind then. Let's see who have a clearer vision.
Social Media.
[Wikipedia, 2008] "..online technologies and practices that people use to share opinions, insights, experiences, and perspectives with each other.."
At the beginning of this year, I have zero idea about what social media is. Facebook is just Facebook. MySpace is just MySpace. Blogs are blogs. RSS feed are just that. RSS feed.
Then I started reading this blog and these things are no longer one dimensional. There's stuff like Twitter, Del.icio.us and god-knows what else. Social media is so much more! Facebook Fatigue and this and that. Wow-whee!
Can't say I know exactly what social media or media or whatever that blog is about. But, yes, I am interested and "hooked". Lucky that I stumble upon the blog eh?
In communication class, we had a small discussion on new media and I realised NTU's people take on social media is rather limited. Which cause me to want to find out more.
And *tada* my FYP topic is about social media!! We got rejected/ditched by 3 tutors before we FINALLY settled on one professor that we like and one topic that is rather interesting (at least to me). I came up with 3 ideas for social media and we expanded on one. But after meeting up with the professor, I am more interested in my 3rd idea >.< How now, brown cow?
I have no idea what's the point or purpose of this post! My thoughts are short-circuited before they can go any deeper.
I hate it when my brain mal-functions. !@$!@$@#%@#$%@
At the beginning of this year, I have zero idea about what social media is. Facebook is just Facebook. MySpace is just MySpace. Blogs are blogs. RSS feed are just that. RSS feed.
Then I started reading this blog and these things are no longer one dimensional. There's stuff like Twitter, Del.icio.us and god-knows what else. Social media is so much more! Facebook Fatigue and this and that. Wow-whee!
Can't say I know exactly what social media or media or whatever that blog is about. But, yes, I am interested and "hooked". Lucky that I stumble upon the blog eh?
In communication class, we had a small discussion on new media and I realised NTU's people take on social media is rather limited. Which cause me to want to find out more.
And *tada* my FYP topic is about social media!! We got rejected/ditched by 3 tutors before we FINALLY settled on one professor that we like and one topic that is rather interesting (at least to me). I came up with 3 ideas for social media and we expanded on one. But after meeting up with the professor, I am more interested in my 3rd idea >.< How now, brown cow?
I have no idea what's the point or purpose of this post! My thoughts are short-circuited before they can go any deeper.
I hate it when my brain mal-functions. !@$!@$@#%@#$%@
Monday, March 10, 2008
Book Reviews.
E: A Novel by Matt Beaumont
Took me quite some time to find it in NLB cause NLB keyed in the author as "Matthew Beaumont".
Borrowed it and realised I have read this book before! Back in J2, I think. Thought it was crap back then and returned it within 3 days.
On the second read, I rather like it. Lots of witty comments and office politics. Best thing about this book is that it's actually written in the form of emails. Takes quite some time before you get used to which e-mail belongs to who. But when you finally do, it's a hilarious and engaging read(:
Besides, I realised I am rather like Pinki Fallon in the book. Always ending my e-mails/sms-es with a (: even when the message is possibly lethal. Opps.
Ratings : 3.5 donuts out of 5
The Book, the Film, the T-shirt by Matt Beaumont
I found this book before I found E: A Novel. The book title attracted me. See, the importance of a good title!
It tells the filming of a commercial from the POV of many many different characters. From the director to the cook on the TV set.
Not too bad. But sometimes, it can get kind of draggy and some of the characters are totally unnecessary (e.g. the cook).
Ratings : 3 donuts out of 5
I am on the hunt for books again! Book recommendations are more than welcomed!
Took me quite some time to find it in NLB cause NLB keyed in the author as "Matthew Beaumont".
Borrowed it and realised I have read this book before! Back in J2, I think. Thought it was crap back then and returned it within 3 days.
On the second read, I rather like it. Lots of witty comments and office politics. Best thing about this book is that it's actually written in the form of emails. Takes quite some time before you get used to which e-mail belongs to who. But when you finally do, it's a hilarious and engaging read(:
Besides, I realised I am rather like Pinki Fallon in the book. Always ending my e-mails/sms-es with a (: even when the message is possibly lethal. Opps.
Ratings : 3.5 donuts out of 5
The Book, the Film, the T-shirt by Matt Beaumont
I found this book before I found E: A Novel. The book title attracted me. See, the importance of a good title!
It tells the filming of a commercial from the POV of many many different characters. From the director to the cook on the TV set.
Not too bad. But sometimes, it can get kind of draggy and some of the characters are totally unnecessary (e.g. the cook).
Ratings : 3 donuts out of 5
I am on the hunt for books again! Book recommendations are more than welcomed!
Sunday, March 9, 2008
A new beginning.
Instead of moving to LiveJournal, I have decided to shift the old blog to another address and start a new one at the current address.
Using the old blog, I feel cramped, trapped and a whole jumble of feelings that I don't even know how to begin to describe to you.
Hopefully this new blog will also means I will have a new take of life. That maybe perhaps I will stop having so many blogs at the same time. I can blog about G, PG and M18 stuff all in one place rather than having 3 seperate blogs. 4 if you count the one in myspace which I have yet to close.
You'll notice that I have closed out my tagboard and re-introduced "Comments" so yeah. My tagboard was not that active anyway.
Under "About Me", I have added the link of my old blog. And soon, I will be adding "myspace secrets" there too. After I finish transferring all the blog post over. If you want to read that blog, be warned that it is slightly more frank, more X-rated than this. Judge me if you want. I really have enough of hiding and running from my "dark" side. Keeping it under wraps and being all "angelic" when all I want is to be the opposite.
With that said, I have spent most of my weekend decorating and un-decorating this blog. Time for me to head on out to the living room, spent some time with the family and get ready for next week. Deadlines are piling up.
Using the old blog, I feel cramped, trapped and a whole jumble of feelings that I don't even know how to begin to describe to you.
Hopefully this new blog will also means I will have a new take of life. That maybe perhaps I will stop having so many blogs at the same time. I can blog about G, PG and M18 stuff all in one place rather than having 3 seperate blogs. 4 if you count the one in myspace which I have yet to close.
You'll notice that I have closed out my tagboard and re-introduced "Comments" so yeah. My tagboard was not that active anyway.
Under "About Me", I have added the link of my old blog. And soon, I will be adding "myspace secrets" there too. After I finish transferring all the blog post over. If you want to read that blog, be warned that it is slightly more frank, more X-rated than this. Judge me if you want. I really have enough of hiding and running from my "dark" side. Keeping it under wraps and being all "angelic" when all I want is to be the opposite.
With that said, I have spent most of my weekend decorating and un-decorating this blog. Time for me to head on out to the living room, spent some time with the family and get ready for next week. Deadlines are piling up.
Friday, March 7, 2008
test drive.
Went for my AB213 experiment and it was a marketing experiment.
The professor asked me why I didn't choose marketing since I am minoring in Psychology and I am interested in Marketing, I just stood there and gave a really crappy answer, " Cause I did better in FM than Marketing?"
I should have chosen Marketing! Never mind.
OH! I finally know how the sex position "London Bridge" looks like. Saw it on Facebook's Bumper Sticker. But I thought there's suppose to be 2 guys and 2 girls?? o.O
Opps. Am I being too straightforward? Ah, HECK!
The professor asked me why I didn't choose marketing since I am minoring in Psychology and I am interested in Marketing, I just stood there and gave a really crappy answer, " Cause I did better in FM than Marketing?"
I should have chosen Marketing! Never mind.
OH! I finally know how the sex position "London Bridge" looks like. Saw it on Facebook's Bumper Sticker. But I thought there's suppose to be 2 guys and 2 girls?? o.O
Opps. Am I being too straightforward? Ah, HECK!
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