Positively! Weekends really are the best.

i don't care if monday's blue

tuesday's grey and wednesday too

thursday, i don't care about you

it's friday, i'm in love!

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...and then it's saturday and sunday! weekends are the time when we can take that short break from all the business in our lives. it's when we really are living ain't it? haha. wether we are working or studying, everybody looks foward to the weekends. (well, most of us anyway)

honestly weekdays haven't been that bad recently (better enjoy it while it lasts), but weekends are still definitely better. sleeping in, eating breakfast at home, gym, run. just some of the things that make weekends, weekends. (okok, i know i gym and run on weekdays also but i still prefer to go hg gym and meet up with my buddies there. school gym....ok la i only know a few people whom i bump into occassionally)

speaking of which, i desperately need new shorts to wear to the gym! i simply don't have enough to keep up with my training schedule! really need to make that trip to queensway soon.

the shorts i'm looking for (picture drawn completely from my memory)

if anyone happens to see this in M size please tell me ok? for some reason it's really hard to find. (argh, robinson's why don't you restock)

i realized i've been too slack with my running recently so i decided to increase the intensity! got to watch out for my diet as well. i've just learnt that fruit juice may not be that good for you. no more fruit juice! no more supper! rawr! and i also decided to focus a bit more on training my deltoids! it's one of the most neglected and underrated muscle groups. time to throw in more exercises which involve my delts from now on.

got to remind myself to stick to my new year's resolution to be brave. be more daring and forthcoming. i don't think there's much to lose.

oh ya! h00ts for CNY have arrived! i'll probably do a short feature on my next post. kind of like a preview of sorts? haha.

okok, time to go. got to watch the stats e-lecture tomorrow morning then go to the gym in the afternoon. that's all for now, cya~

Shopping: Should be made an olympic sport

yup, that's right. man, maybe i'm getting old but recently shopping around in town has been pretty tiring. well, maybe it's because i walk from dhoby ghaut all the way down to far east and back. but, hey, you got to check everything out to make sure you don't miss out anything right? or it could be that with the numerous new malls popping up there's just so much more to cover.

exploring ION is really an ardous task. i only visit the basement levels because the stuff in the boutiques upstairs is probably out of my budget. even so, there's so much to see. i can't even start naming the shops. there's also lots of food at the bottom floor. hmm..honestly 313 only has uniqlo (you don't expect me to go to forever 21 right?) orchard central is another headache altogether due to the horribly spaced out and confusing lay out. i would avoid that place unless i really had to do otherwise.

my efforts have been pretty futile for the past 2 weeks. i actually found the adidas shorts i wanted at robinson's but they didn't have my size (the ones left were too big). it was pretty disappointing because they were on sale too. after that, i've been to every adidas store and anywhere selling adidas that i came across but to no avail. maybe i should make a trip to queensway soon. tough luck with my jump rope too. i'm trying to find the weighted everlast rope. i found it on ebay but the price with shipping was a little too much. if anyone happen to see the item below in stores please let me know.

WANTED:

i did managed to order a pair of shoes and a polo tee online though. you might think "oh yea, why don't you just shop online?" online shopping has it's own sets of problems. i got kind of paranoid over the idea that i might get the wrong sizes so i actually went to the shops to try the sizing before ordering online. so it's actually kinda like double the work. but the savings are really quite significant.

even then, there are stuff i can't find even online. i've been trying to find a nice pair of berms but to no avail. for some reason it's really overpriced. of course there are cheap options but the quality is like meh. then those with slightly better quality are really overpriced. i guess i'll have to look harder.

aside from shopping, it has been the first week of school. no tutorials, just lectures. i tried my best not to fall asleep but ended up kinda dazed for most of the lectures (except accounting II. the lecturer was pretty funny). tutorials are starting next week. 1st tutorials are really important. if you start off on the wrong note. that's it. well, i did managed to get the elusive HMJ1 elective (Japanese level 1) pretty easily. i guess it was a stroke of luck. but i've been camping for a slot to index 00567 for OB but still haven't managed to get it. c'mon, someone change out of the class already.

i've been swimming a bit other than just gymming so i think i got a tad darker. but for some reason my tan line hasn't totally gone away. hopefully, with more sun it will go away soon.

as you can tell time is a resource that really isn't enough for me. i got a little sick last week and was in bed whenever i could. that really sucks. i think my room in hall needs a little more ventilation but ed (who's my roomie for those of you who don't know) refuses to open the windows. i don't care already, i'm going to open them anyway. i mean it ok when the air-con is on but when it's not even if the fan is at full blast it's still kinda stuffy. i mean it's common sense right? anyway, from now on, i really need to do my tutorials fast during weekdays so i can enjoy my weekends. saturdays for swimming and shopping, sundays for gymming and chillaxing. haha.

alright time for lunch and then i'll be heading to the gym later. cya! ;)

Acquiescence: It's the last week of holidays!

here i am sitting in my chair only to realize it's the very last week of the holidays! i've never been the type who dreaded the starting of a new school semester. you could say i'm the type who hold mixed feelings towards it. i mean, although there's going to be schoolwork and mugging and group projects and stuff, it also marks a new beginning.

i think it's important to start off well. it's during the first week that you'll get to meet new classmates and start to form your groups for projects and stuff. if you happen to group with freeloaders or totally useless members you're pretty screwed and it will take immense effort to salvage the situation. aha, but be careful. if you start the term with the impression that everyone starts on a clean slate and are on a level playing field you are so wrong. i've seen people mugging for modules they will be taking in the next semester during the holidays. yes, even though they have no lives they have definitely spoiled the market.

rather than focusing on the eternal conflict between anticipation and apprehension, i've decided to enjoy myself thoroughly this last week of the holidays. gonna take some time off to really relax before the semester begins. if i keep up with the constant buzzing of business i'll probably go mad. time at the gym also helps to relax the mind in a tantric kind of way and somehow the soreness in your body actually feels pretty good. probably because it's voluntary. which reminds me, i need to take my damned IPPT within the next 5 months. i think my jumping needs some work. don't know if skipping will help but skipping is a really good exercise. i think i should invest in a good jump rope. with all the post-christmas sales going about perhaps it would be a good time to pick one up along with a new pair of running shorts which i need.

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which reminds me,it's time to upgrade my handphone! hmm...it's quite a tough choice. honestly i'm not an iphone kind of person and it's seriously way too overpriced considering it's hardware specifications. it's kind of like paying the price of a pistol to get a nerf gun. you get what i mean? well, the first one that really caught my eyes was...

...the HTC HD2! with it's extra large display running on winmo powered by a whopping 1ghz snapdragon processor it really made a striking impression even though i'm not a techie. i even placed a pre-order but ultimately the price singtel offered was way too expensive. i mean it's good but it's still way too expensive. starhub gave a really good deal but too bad i'm still tied down by the red camp.

ok, then i went around looking for the next best option so i considered....

...SE Satio. the 12mp camera is really an upgrade from my c905 which has an 8mp camera (it's actually quite good already). but there are a few factors which is making me a little hesitant to get this. first it's running on the SE interface which has proved to have many limitations and lacks threaded messaging (c'mon all new phones nowadays have threaded view. what were you thinking SE?) also, despite the very sleek looking back view of the phone with the camera lens cover and everything, the phone somehow gives a very plastic feel when i held it in my hand for some reason. well, good news is that according to joseph, after updating the firmware the interface is no longer laggy (i was really quite astounded by the lag when trying out the live sets at the telco shops). i guess i'll keep this in consideration because i've seen a piece of the future....

...the SE X2! *drools* okok, the hardware may not be as power as HD2 but the design is definitely one of the best around. and it has mutliple input options. besides the slide out qwerty keyboard and optical trackpad, it also features a resistive touchscreen with handwriting recognition and also virtual qwerty keyboard. as with the X1, it packs a stylus on board. running on winmo 6.5 and equipped with a 8mp camera you could say it's the ideal combination? i'll really have to wait for the official release before i make my mind. SE, when is this shipping out? hopefully the pricing will be more resonable as compared to the HD2. there's hope because the X10 will also be released soon and that will probably be matching the HD2 in terms of price since it's like SE's offering of the HD2 running on android (powered by the same snapdragon processor). i've just got to hope singtel doesn't screw me over again.

ah, time flies when drooling over sleek handheld devices. it's time to go! until next time, cya guys!

2010! New year new beginnings

alright! it's a new year! hmm...before i touch on the future, perhaps a little retrospection would be good...

2009 was a really busy year and a lot of great things happened but overall it wasn't that fantastic. had lots of great times with my colleagues from starhub as well as the trip to australia with my primary school clique. not to mention my 21st birthday which many of my wonderful friends made really memorable just by turning up (even those who turned up late. i really appreciate the effort). 2009 also marked the biginning of my uni life. but what really marred the year were the continuous setbacks. things have been pretty rough this year. tough situations and tough people just keep coming. even right now i'm still being plagued by these haunting circumstances.

some people are born exuding an aura of annoyance but the thing is they don't realize it. unfortunately for me i just have to tolerate their lack of EQ. but my tolerance is reaching it's limits soon. also, apparently continuous effort and earnestness isn't really appreciated around these parts of the world. trust me, the number 1 lesson i've learnt from 2009 is never to expect an outcome proportionate to the effort you put in. whoever has been telling you otherwise has been lying through their teeth.

ok, never mind. let's forget about the unhappy past. what's most important is we learn from experience and become wiser.

what's a new year without new year resolutions right? my new year resolution is....to become braver. i've been told that it's quite an unusual new year resolution. it may sound simple but bravery covers many different aspects.

1. to dare to stand up to unreasonable (and irritating) people
2. to dare to fight for my own rights and make my own stand
3. to dare to be less dependent
4. to dare to try new things and get new experiences
5. to dare to beat the system

these are just a few examples but it really covers a very wide range of aspects. i feel like somehow in the past year i've let myself revolve around the situations and circumstances that have been happening. it's time for change. i'm going to take back control of my life. i should be at the centre and the rest should revolve around me. time to take a step foward. those people who have been taking me for granted should just look out. you've had your chance with the docile side of me. there's only so much bull i can take so i'm going to be hitting back. and i'll be hitting back hard.

at this juncture i find that it may be appropriate to address this to whomever it may concern (i'll relay the message personally anyway): i'm quiting hall cheerleading! i gave it a shot but i really find it to be unsuitable for me. first, the scheduling is always last minute and random. not to mention the lack of meal times. (the timings are just plain bad) and about trainings in the day time, most people have other commitments that they would actually have higher priority like training for sports. and the person who's supposed to take charge isn't even serious about this. c'mon if you want us to turn up, you got to turn up. you are obligated to do so. also, we don't even have a first aid kit nearby. cheerleading is a high risk activity. any injury i've sustained in a single training session has been more serious than all my softball and hockey trainings combined. and it leaves me so battered i can't even go to the gym! my neck is still injured such that it hurts when i turn my head. enough is enough. i'm not willing to put my health at stake for nothing. seriously there's little incentive (if any) for me to continue. i quit.

that's just the first step to the new me. so whoever else it is, watch out because i'm going to get in your face if you keep it up and take me for granted.

maybe i'm getting a little angsty but this whirlwind of involuntary activities has really been disrupting my gym sessions. it doesn't help that the gym closes early on holiday eves and public holidays (like today). it has been ultra annoying these 2 weeks because of this. well, it's not necessarily a bad thing. at least i've managed to get my thoughts sorted out and i'm liking my shiny new attitude. tougher and better. so to all you muthaf**kers out there, stop wasting my time.

to end this off, i'll leave you guys with my song of the moment. enjoy!