sick..

at this moment, i am feeling very sick now.. haiz..

it all began yday with an afternoon nap.. sleep halfway, sudden onset of fever..

i was recovering already last night and this morning.. but it got worse this afternoon.. why?

hope to recover soon! i wanna go investiture tomorrow!

however, i am suspecting something.. wait till i come back from the doctor's..

i am back liaos!

so tt was 4 days 3 nights of reservist..

first day of ict, the co straight away told us the dates for the next ict - it will be 7 months later.. so efficient right? it's gonna be a high key 2 weeks ict next july! :s

i think what i said during my active years still stands during reservist - if we were to cut down on the waiting time, the time we serve in the force would be greatly reduced! come to think of it.. about half of the time in this ict was spent waiting.. wait and wait..

other than tt, this ict was quite all right.. had some refreshment ops training.. didn't really take very long for flashbacks :)

the ippt this morning was really screwed up.. who the *&*(&(@ do 2.4km run at 1030 hours? c'mon, mr sunny was high up in the sky shining on us.. 'nuff said..

next week will be another 4 days 3 nights of camp.. this time round it's gonna be more hectic.. hope it will be all right :D

lazy day..

woke up very early - 6.45am - for ipc last morning.. it was quite a domino effect i would say.. because of tt, i slept at 11pm last night.. and dunno why, i woke up at 3+.. being not able to continue sleeping was not a good feeling mans.. drank some warm water and lied on bed..

so what did i do today? nothing much i would say.. filed my notes for this semester.. two files are not enough! hafta think of creative ways to file them all.. measurement notes have archival file yet.. maybe i should combine the two measurement modules notes into one file..

thought of whether to continue taking 6 mods next sem or not.. the 6th mod would most likely be a science gem.. quite a few choices - inside your pc, science of music or reporting stats in the media.. science of music seems interesting.. quite similar to what i had done in one of the courses in poly.. reporting states in the media seems useful and interesting also.. jus look at how sometimes the media can report things without thinking much..

went for my usual run again (didn't run yday).. nothing much already.. my speed has stablised.. so the next step would be to increase my distance.. but i won't be running tomorrow i guess.. or maybe i will be.. why?

will be gg for annual ict on tue.. i think this time round i am gonna wake up even earlier than i would yday.. maybe 5.45am? so many things to prepare mans!

i reckon i will be saving a great deal of money these two weeks.. 4 days in ict; another 4 days in atc.. all meals paid for.. i even get "paid" for it! lols.. we shall see eh?

what's up?

so today is the first day of sem break..

slept quite late coz i was watching online tv.. tt penguin show.. watched halfway then went to sleep, and woke up in the morning to continue watching for a while.. :D

done some preparation for reservist.. washed coverall, no.4; fetched other stuffs back home; conditioned my boots.. gonna do some shopping after ipc tomorrow..

went running again.. same route, same distance.. but this time round, my timing increased; speed decreased.. lazy to go calculate what's the decrease in my speed.. maybe 1 or 2 seconds i guess.. 

okies.. i think gotta prepare to go sleep le.. gonna reach hta at 8.45 tomorrow! meaning 7.30 must get out of house, 6.30 must wake up? :O

Vinz

at last..

(Waiouru - February 4 2007)

hohos.. finally done with exams for this sem!

sat right in front of the invigilator desk today.. hahas.. so how was the paper? all was okay i guess..

i did something not so smart today.. i wrote ten over lines of codes for what could be achieved by jus a few lines of codes only.. so dumb right.. all because i dunno if i can use " " as a parameter for String.split() or not.. argh! waste time.. if i hadn't done so, i could have left the hall sooner!

usual run again.. hahas.. this time round only my speed only improved by 2 seconds.. i think my speed is gonna drop when i increase my distance.. i am quite reluctant to up my distance for now.. :x

i guess it's good to run late in the evening.. coz lesser vehicles on the road = lesser harmful gases.. jus don't like to run in the park, going round and round - quite boring..

so what am i gonna do this hols? first two weeks got activities le..

first week - taken up by the army le..

second week - going pualu ubin for atc.. hopefully no sandfly bite or whatever nonsense..

thereafter, gonna dedicate time to do what i have been wanting to do le.. hahas!

Vinz

finished exams yet?

hahas.. will be having my last paper for this sem tomorrow evening!

but i doubt it's gonna make any difference in me.. coz i reckon tt when i put my pen down at 7pm tomorrow, i would be quite lost.. so..

watched 2012 today.. this show left me with alot of thoughts in my mind..

hmms.. stealth mode again eh? :S

anyway.. went for my run at 11pm again.. this time round my speed improved by 5 seconds! small improvement, but good enough for a start! :D

had banana today to replenish my energy.. in the form of banana + peach juice! sounds cool eh? maybe gonna drink it again tomorrow! :p

A la prochaine, Vinz

amazing feat..

yet another paper today.. last one to go on thur evening and i can enjoy le! wait.. i am already enjoying le actually.. gonna watch movie tomorrow! 

today's paper.. quite all right i guess.. it was an open-book exam.. i brought in my notes and such.. but i was trying very hard to make reference to the notes when answering the questions.. but in the end, 99% of my answers were written without the help of the notes.. amazing right?

darn irritating mans.. the prof was like making announcements, toking to fellow faculty, and clarifying with students their doubts.. his voice was so loud tt it was quite distracting.. can't he set his exam paper in a more understandable manner so tt he do not need to clarify during the exam? zzz..

and so i went for a run when i reached home at 11 jus now.. jus a short warm-up run, to build up the momentum again for the next few days of runs.. my speed has dropped significantly.. dropped by 35 seconds.. tt's bad.. hope to gain back my speed soon!

i need to get back my shape as well! awww.. i have a short term goal for now.. being able to velcro all the way when i don my no.4 uniform next tuesday! hahas.. 

till then, Vinz

yet another one..

so today is d+6.. let's see..

have nth much to say abt today's paper.. jus tt Dr Teo chut stunts again.. come out steel truss :O 

and and.. she said will come out theory questions.. but end up? two short and sweet questions on quantities taking-off.. theory questions were nowhere to be found! made me go prepare for it.. argh!

tomorrow will be another paper.. and one more on thur and i am free lo! time to shed some kilos le.. gonna restart my running regime probably on wed morning~ :D

tomorrow.. might be the last time i am seeing you in the next dunno how many months.. hmms.. how how?

A la prochaine, Vinz

time heals?

well, people says "time heals"..

true.. but the scar will always remain there.. no?

i thought of what had happened some time back.. 

it was jus a tweak of thinking to make myself better.. no?

and now thinking about it.. i was disappointed.. i am still disappointed.. at how things turned out to be.. 

there might be one day i will just _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ..

ok.. who cares anyway.. 

what's up?

a week ago i had no pre-exam stresses/syndromes..

now in the midst of the exam period, i have no exam syndrome as well.. aiyos.. this is so abnormal!

anyway, macbook is confirm coming le! sis has been wanting to get one and here's her wish come true! cools :D

and how about this?

most likely i am gonna get my hands on one soon! so look forward to it :D

i think singnet rox mans.. a solution indeed! (:

so it was d+2 today.. it was quite all right i guess.. now it's time for the next two papers..

today seems like a happy day for me..  so many happy things today!

A la prochaine~

edit: jus saw the result for my programming practical exam.. i got a sweet full marks! :p

how about this?

i have got an additional ambition..

to own one lot of berkshire hathaway shares..

erms.. lemme own ten shares also happy lar..

will add an "ambition" sidebox soon! hahas..

anyway, tt aside.. i am wondering what is holding me back.. 

a quote to share..

"Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."

- Will Rogers

d-day

so today is d-day again.. my fifth d-day so far in nus..

heavily defeated..

cool eh?

hmms.. for you to interpret..

if you interpret the way i do, this picture says it all..

"life is a maze"

your priority?

the past few days yd, mh and i have been studying together in school..

one conversation we had on thursday left me pondering, even up till today..

if i were to classify the topic of our conversation tt day, it would be "priorities"..

in life, we sure have alot of things which we want to accomplish and what not.. and we all know tt time is a scarce resource we have.. and as such, we would need to prioritise these things which we have in mind tt we want to accomplish.. am i right so far?

as with money, maybe we can categorise these tasks into "needs" and "wants"; "must-haves" and "good-to-haves".. right?

back to the conversation we had.. i was appalled how people can mix up the "needs" and "wants" and the like.. alot of times, people are guilty of tt, am i right? 

it seems normal.. BUT in tt particular situation, i guess it was quite obvious what was a "must-do" and what was a "good-to-do".. time was critical in tt situation; not much time to spare you know? why would there be a mix up, i have been wondering..

maybe till i speak to more people on this topic, i will still be left with many question marks.. so much have to say about priorities..

p.s. in tt situation, it was not only being responsible to oneself, but responsible to a few people.. if it was being responsible to oneself, i wouldn't care much i guess.. but it is not..

mysterious visitor..

is tt you?

a change..

i am saying goodbye to them tomorrow.. they have been with me for a year or so le..

oh ya! i think i am very lucky today! wOooooooHoOOOOOOooooo~ :D 

btw, i have jus gotten back my programming lab 5 marks.. haiz.. 14/15.. careless mistake again..  hmms.. i have been avoiding measurements.. not gonna do so tomorrow le.. hahas

sometimes when more ain't good..

agree?

i have so much things to blog about.. but.. i dunno what's holding me back.. laziness again? or do i know tt once i decided to blog, i would spend a significant amount of time, thus not spending time on studying?

talking about studying.. i have no idea how to prepare myself for this exam.. you see.. 6 modules, 5 papers during this exam period (hr mod is gone).. and all 6 modules are open-book exam! good or bad you say lehs? really no idea..

yday i plurked about this.. "i shall remember how you treat me.. don't blame me if i reciprocate it.. after all, being reciprocal is still in me after all these years." putting this plurk entry on this blog would make it more permanent than in plurk.. you know who you are if you are reading this.. ok..

i shall backdate my blog entries when exams' over.. i still dunno what i am gonna do after exams.. one thing for sure the week after exam i will be wearing my coverall, operating the howitzer, and what not..

Miluji te, Vinz

phew!

feel like getting my hand on one too! but then.. 

what a big relief.. finished hr test today.. and also programming practical test..

didn't manage to finish the second question for hr.. haiz..

as for programming test.. it was quite a breeze though.. managed to complete everything and get the game running in less than one hour.. quite good right? but when i reached home jus now, i found out tt i made a stupid careless mistake.. let's see..

----------
int roll_1 = 1 + (int)(Math.random()* 6); //first die roll
int roll_2 = 1 + (int)(Math.random()* 6); //second die roll
return roll_1 + roll_1; //return the sum of the two dice roll
----------

jialat mans.. i was supposed to roll two dice, and give the summation of the dice roll.. however, instead of roll_1 + roll_2, i wrote roll_1 + roll_1.. OMG mans.. no wonder i only get even number dice roll.. no wonder it's so easy for the players to win the game..

hmms.. i think you are really in stealth mode.. really..

till then, Vinny

three saturdays ago..

bonjour!

this morning while brushing my teeth, i suddenly thought of something tt seems so logical to me..

three saturdays ago 24th october we we at cindy's place doing contech report.. it was getting very late and so we decided to call it a day..

and so, it was by usual combination of bus rides to and fro sembawang.. 980/167 then transfer to the bus in the top pic..

however, the usual bus ride was not usual after all.. i thought i saw you on the bus.. but then i brushed off the notion as i reasoned "how could it be possible"..

but today i found a possible reason.. jus take a look at where the bus terminates.. and you will know what i meant..

if that is so.. well, tt's one of my regrets.. regrets again.. all it takes would be a "are you...???", isn't it?

anyway.. i am not sure who has been reading my blog.. so people.. do tag me and leave some comments okies? i would like to know you all! (:

A la prochaine, Vinz

confused

cute eeyore right? :D however i have been wanting to have tt grey eeyore, similar to kl de.. hers is very nice mans!

so today was quite occupied.. with scheduling report.. glad tt we are nearly done with it.. and it was a fun process i would say! lols.. challenging the extremes of reducing the page count.. every little bit of words matter okies? hahas.. and microsoft word can drive ppl crazy.. so "smart"..

amidst editing the report, i was thinking.. however, it seems quite distant.. i am not too sure..

whole day long, my neck was kept long.. but you were nowhere to be seen.. stealth mode again? please don't! (:

i have jus gotten back my marks for programming lab 4.. 30/30.. i should feel happy abt it right? but the fact tt alot of ppl score high marks makes me feel indifferent.. how competitive it is for this module i wonder..

i can't wait for holidays to come.. i am so gonna make it a fulfilling one - realising what i have wanting to do! 

so what's up this week?

so this is week 13 liaos.. 

blurberryy.. it's hr test and programming exam you are having this wednesday.. not yt1101 or fb1101 you know? what have you been doing this weekend? time to pull socks liaos (as quoted by yh)..

talking abt yh.. this morning i told her abt my dreams last night.. lols.. the dreams were so random..

tests and exams aside, there's also scheduling report due on wednesday, and measurement tutorial on friday.. 

amongst all these, i still have some forms to fill in: probation clearance and ACR.. on top of these two, there's submission of application for internship - by friday.. 

how i wish to get over all these soon, so tt i can start studying (note: not revising but studying) for the finals.. contech seems madness..

anyway.. i think i will be making a trip down to uhc early morning tomorrow.. needa go for a checkup to see what's wrong with my shoulder/arm.. the pain has been there since the injury in july and i have not sought any medical advice/treatment yet.. ought to do something abt it right?

A la prochaine, Vinz

blog more!

i guess i shall blog more frequently..

and to make my blog a lil more interesting, here are some pictures..

kinda dumb lar, this picture.. so reminds me of some daily stuffs.. lols

what's next? here's an all-time classic:

jus an update on my "internship, to do or not to do?" dilemma.. after weighing the pros and cons and talking to friends like yurong, it seems that the pros outweigh the cons.. and so, i have made the first move - by updating my resume this morning! now left with cover letter and i am ready to submit the application.. hope it gets approved~

one last thing.. i have received thru mail a "present" today.. it comes in an envelope with "ON GOVERNMENT SERVICE" imprints.. guess what is it?!

sweet dreams!

woke up nearly an hour ago.. 

had a sweet dream mans! :D though i kinda forget the exact details, it is after all what i have been yearning for.. how i wish this dream can come true!

so what have i been doing since i woke up? PROGRAMMING!! this idiotic module.. dunno make us learn recursion for what.. you can say it's an appreciative topic for iterative functions.. but then, it has been killing me! yucks..

anyway, the programming is done liaos.. all thanks to

• Wiener, R., Pinson, L.J. (2000). Fundamentals of OOP and data structures in Java. Cambridge University Press.

this module - i am loving and hating it, both at the same time.. how ironic it is..

some thoughts, again..

two days ago, i plurked something..

“这一切，会不会来的有点迟。。 会不会太迟。。你觉得呢？”

first, i came one year late.. next, things were not good in the beginning.. and now, why things only started to change? or has it not changed yet?

not going for the course earlier has since become one of my regrets.. yes, i have several regrets.. reflecting on it, these regrets are largely caused by my _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...

many a time, i have given up chances bestowed upon me..

there's a saying.. it's better to be late than never.. how true is it?

today is the day..

makes me so wonder.. are we fated? how nice :D

hallucination..

last evening i was hallucinating.. i guess it was due to fatigue bahs.. hallucinating due to tiredness.. it was so weird lors.. my friend was with me at tt time, and i asked whether he heard someone calling my name..

it was quite common when i was in the army.. lols.. but after i ord, the last time i remember encountering such situation was during the agm..

anyway.. yday was the programming mid-term test.. tricky paper it is.. and in just a one-hour paper, there are already two erratums.. how sucky it is.. i had completed one of the affected questions, only to be told a few minutes later that there was error in it.. and because of tt, i had to redo the question.. i originally wrote one whole chunk for the answer.. and when i redo, the answer i wrote was jus a few lines.. :s

this is not the first time erratums occur in this module.. there were even errors/omissions in lab assignments and what not.. please mans.. i hope not to see all these again.. it's causing stress to people who have completed their work, and then be told that there are errors.. 

next week is gonna be busy!! two presentations in two consecutive days.. and many things to settle!

au revoir!

some thoughts, again..

"life is a maze"

same thing again.. i have been wondering.. would it be easier if we don't know one another at all? would it be easier if i don't have my current status at the current social setting? i am still thinking how to tackle.. tell me how...

je.. je...

i am back

before you know, i might be mia-ing from blogging for a few weeks again..

anyway.. there's a compelling reason for me to blog today.. tt's why i am here!

so what is it about?

i had a talk with someone this morning.. it is abt some persistent issue tt the we are facing.. 

responsbility, thoughtfulness, acceptability and all these.. must really give credits to this person.. 

all these, coupled with what was discussed during the wednesday class, sets me into thinking again - "nature or nurture".. 

as compared to the peers of this "someone", would it bring us back to the "stereotyping"?

so.. what say you?

regrets?

how many a time have you not done something only to regret later?

it has happened to me alot of times.. latest addition, i can say, am i not gonna do something now? if i don't do it now, will i regret? i have been keeping all these to myself.. confused..

anyways.. some updates..

went to national museum today.. didn't really get to explore much.. 2 hours ain't enough! a few weeks back when i went to acm, i also spent less than 2 hours there (coz i went there quite late) and didn't visit all the exhibits there.. well well, i will definitely be back there!

yday the conversation between ah long and his student was quite hilarious...
ah long: 你跟守卫说是签证部门的 michelle 叫你两点半到大使馆受反问的
student: michelle 是什么东西？
ah long: michelle 是个人。。

it didn't carry much impact initially, untill boss walked past and iterated what he said "michelle 是个人"..

vincent is emo now..

time flies, indeed.. i am not sure how am i gonna describe my feelings now..

let's see.. though i only know you for less than a month and moreover, interacted with you for only 5 days or so, the fact tt you are leaving is making me feel sad.. tears almost came out of my eyes just now.. i dunno why.. but then, it has been nice having you around.. hmms.. time was ticking away i felt.. haizz.. i wish the time stopped there..

nid-term test..

i failed.. haiz.. nvm bahs, work harder for the next test!!

this evening i saw a fellow iron horse.. should have worn the iron horse shirt, then he would have recognised me.. he saw me a few times before, and find me familiar but can't confirm if it's me.. hahas.. had a good time catching up.. 

seems like alot of things have been happening back at office.. hmms..

i am enjoying it..

you didn't see wrongly.. i am enjoying it! enjoying invigilation.. to the extend tt i wish the exam period were longer.. now tt i am finally used to the life of invigilation, i am scared tt i will have a hard time adjusting back to office life.. but being back to office is a good thing as well..

today after work, i saw somebody who looks like yh on the bus.. i nearly wanted to call out her name, but i thought impossible lars.. lols..

anyway, i am wondering.. how come people can continue sitting in the exam room when they are done with all the exam questions? a 3-hour paper, and some completed it in 1.5 hrs, but still don't wanna leave? sit there, stare blankly.. dun uds..

more exam tales..

start of a new week of invigilation..

only 3 candidates in the morning session.. shiok right.. then only 1 came.. super shiok right? lols

but hors.. for many sessions i have been thinking "i don't uds why people can actually skip their exams!!" pls tell me why..

went for lunch.. i was kenna "said" lors.. what i told my friend what i was having for lunch.. hahas..

afternoon session.. saw crazy people.. sth wrong with tt guy? i dunno..

back to office and i TC asked if i saw her friend.. of course i saw her friend! hahas..

exam tales

#1 happened on wednesday.. this person came for exam without bringing stationeries.. not even a pen.. excuse me, i thought it's a norm for manager to have a pen always?

#2 same exam session.. this person did not bring any photo ID with him.. then he said "i have my credit card with me.. it has my name.." what a joke.. how about me charging 1k to your credit card?

#3 this incident on thursday totally left me mad.. this candidate wittingly took the question paper from the original seat to another seat of her choice at the back row.. behaving like a primary school kid! must treat her like kid then she moved back to the original seat.. 

please mans.. so old already, still dunno what is expected of them in an exam? are the instructions too simple for you tt you can't understand?

filling in the details on the answer booklet is another problem also.. candidates are supposed to tick the questions attempted in tt booklet, as well as tick the questions attempted in the entire exam.. some of them just don't complete these two sections.. if you are lucky, they complete just one.. things are getting better, coz most of them would know tt they hafta complete these two sections, after having sat for at least one paper during this exam period liaos..

other that these, i also have candidates bringing in food to the exam room.. banana, biscuits, and even Ferrero Rocher amongst others.. power right..

rehiz bs

it has been 3 weeks since i closed down my blog at wp, and now i am back at bs again..

so what have i been up to during these three weeks?

work resumed in the first week of june.. friday was courier day.. not a usual courier day.. but a courier day following the OD weekend! meaning, huge stacks of application forms, transcripts and what not.. i still remember last yr, my first friday at work was also OD courier day.. madness.. but no worries, together as a team, we survived! lols.. invigilation on tt saturday.. someone just made me so fed up.. hahas..

spent monday and tuesday of the second week of june at lmsc.. well, what more can i say? met up with fellow HOs for dinner on thursday after their last cycle of lmsc.. time spent was great!

friday ~ sunday were spent at pulau ubin for atc/stc.. i wonder much distance did i clock, walking in and out for dunno how many times.. my cadets.. i am so proud of you all! you all faced up to the challenge and made it through the camp.. not forgetting tt the campsite is called Camp Resilience.. it's definitely a test of your resilience! 

oh ya.. how could i forget the wednesday tt same week? finally saw TC.. her interests really caught my attention.. hahas.. the first words she said were "what are you playing?".. 

moving on to the third week.. 10 sessions of examination i had invigilated this week.. AWWWWWW!!! if you were a candidate, you will want the exam to last longer.. but if you were an invigilator, you will want the exam to finish quickly! it's no child's play mans.. i still have another 10 sessions to go for next week!! i will post interesting happenings during the exam sessions soon.. stay tuned mans!