Yesterday had an interesting afternoon at the flea market. Saw plenty of cool (old) stuff. Old camera and such. Also an old Leica on sale for $500. Damn cool la. lol. After that went down to Chomp Chomp to meet my classmates. Sat opp her. We all had dinner then went to Ice^3 for dessert also. After that...I sacrificed a direct bus trip (of course I dun mind) to go Serangoon. I offered to send her home butshe didn't want. =\ I hesitated a while but well, ya. I did ask her to text me when she got home though. =)

Going over to her place with some of our classmates for the 31st. Ought to be fun. =) Today I had a FOC meeting at Starbucks Cathay then went down to Dhoby. Just nice. Scouted around Spotlight and Daiso. Daiso is a good choice. Nevertheless...I spent $36 there, the most ever. And I think I need a bit more tomorrow. Waiting for my friend to come online. I need...ideas? support? encouragement? This is something...really never done before.

I dunno what u all are thinking but it's probably not what u all are thinking. Well at least not so far yet. It's just a gift.

Hmm today I slept in a bit, then did the final rush for my website design and plugged in some media. I had to listen to techno to gtet me in the mood to rush out work. Then headed down to Raffles City for the meeting. Site was ok, and I feel much more relaxed now that it has been through initial inspection without much trouble. =)

So I can take more of a break for now. Came home, relaxed, watched The Godfather II. I wanna print out movie posters and paste them on my wall. Saw it on a friends room. SO COOL. Oh yeah she's online. =))) Hmm meeting Shawn and the rest tmr afternoon to go flea market. Uhhh. I'm not sure what they wanna get but I'll go take a look I guess. Lol. I thought it was a female-dominated activity. After that dinner with my classmates at 630. =)

I am average. That is disappointing

So morning went to ECP to wash cars to do fundraising for our Orienation Camp. However we overshot the bus stop and walked to ECP from the interchage which was FREAKING far away. Lol. Think we took an hour. Arrived damn late. In the end still did get to help out a bit and it was kinda fun. Lol. After lunch we stopped working though.

Went to Marina Sq to meet up with a couple others, we eventually had dinner and walked to MBS for a look see and headed around the bayto One Fullerton to chill at Starbucks.

Anyways. There a lot of CAP above 4 people. This is highly disappointing. Because this means I am somewhat average. Average is not good enough. I can't screw up anymore. I have to pull up my CAP. The B- is simply a disaster and what if...the A-...was I dare not say it. But this can't go on. I have to work like crazy next sem. Grades may not matter as much in this course but I'll be damned if you can take the Singaporean out of us.

Highly distressing. Granted I had to juggle hall stuff but after I quit most of it next sem....it SHOULD be better. CAN BE SHOULD BE MUST BE BETTER.

I cannot fuck around anymore. Not like I did with AR1221. Grr.

Went out for Christmas eve. Had a great dinner at Paradise Dynasty at Ion Orchard then went to Ym's place to play Wii. We watched Mr.& Mrs. Smith then cabbed home. Woke up today morning to go Xmas visiting. Got a cool thumbdrive and $20 Kino voucher and some cash. Merry Christmas. :)

Tired. Went Wild Wild Wet today then had dinner at Tampopo at Taka. Tomorrow meeting for dinner again. Half feel like sleeping soon. Thinking about next sem. Timetable is out. I need to work hard. The two B- is quite scary. I can't let that happen to me. So disappointing. Thank goodness at I got that better grade. Whay do I feel so superstitious about this? lol.

I did do somewhat better than expected initially, but gawd was I scared when it finally came to loading that page. It's also some sort of encouragement to show that I actually can survive doing stuff like this. Which is good for me I guess? =) I feel like sketching more.

Neede to buy my new lens tomorrow. Hmm.

Went for lunch, Tron, then dinner. Took photos. That's about it. Feeling tired. Shall sleep soon. Wild Wild Wet tmr. On a side note, I'M GOING TAIWAN!!! WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!11 And she's coming too! :DDDDD ^^ =)))

Feeling very tired. It's Christmas but doesn't feel like it. After the furore over the semi-failed outing tomorrow, it doesn't seem like it's going to be all it's cracked up to be. So much for our Christmas dinner huh. Well, I learnt not to care now if that helps. Of course it does. It makes things so much more simpler. Just go eat, watch, eat thats it lor. Why think so much. Forget it.

I won't be surprised if my words come true u know. This might just be the best Christmas ever. Because it'll all be downhill from here. Who knows? I'm still working on the website for hall but not much mood to do so. Lots of outings coming up and event comig up. =\ Msged her a bit today. Going for prata with others on Tues. :)

Went Ubin today. Was damn tiring. I'm WAY out of shape. I hope this is sort of 'training' for my trip. However it definitely was a new experience for me. I seemed to have stepped back in another day and age, if not for the Lady Gaga song blasting from the speakers of one of the eateries housed in quaint wooden shophouses.

The main village was mostly wooden structures, a nostalgic little kampung with paths leading to other parts of the island. We visited the east, and the Chek Jawa Wetlands which had a nice coastal boardwalk and interesting flora and fauna. Gosh I feel like I'm writing an essay LOL. They then decided to explore the mountain biking trail. Wow ok. But it was worth the pain and sweat and breathless agony and the burn in my thighs as I got some cool shots up there.

We took the easy trail around, resting at various shelters and eventually made it back to the vilage. Decided to explore a bit but then it rained, so we hurried back and took the ferry back. A novel experience for me.

Huh wow I haven't blogged in days. Nothing much, simply slping till 12-130, waking up, eating and doing a bit of website design for hall, then watching movies all night. This is what I've saved up all my movies for all this while. all the cult classics, all the good stuff. Did you know Johnny Depp was in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas? Man I loved his acting. It was so convincing.

She's back in SG, but didn't reply my msn message or text today. =( Tomorrow I shall go cycling at Ubin in the morning. Must remember to bring my camera. Also must start packing for my trip. I fly off Monday afternoon. Gosh it's been a year since I went overseas. The last time I went I still was in army. Now I'm free of that shit. Yay! Hope to get an amazing experience.

BTW: alackofverisimilitude.tumblr.com is where I upload my nicer photos. In case anyone is interested.

Nothing much today. Woke up late and went to collect my passport. XW booked tmr's xlb buffet for 5PM. Well, I guess that means I can't go for the mountain climbing training. I think I really need it. That means Wed. But Wed I have tennis. Unless...I quit. Damn I just can't figure out how to do it in a nice way. I guess it's for the best but...I suppose i'll just whack. Ugh.

I went and poked around some of the old links on my blog today out of curiosity. It seems like forever. Quite a few are dead, some are still alive, and some are lying untouched. And in one of those, I found the once-smouldering wreckage of something. The embers are cold now, the wood charred and blackened, but I stirred up some soot and dust as I skimmed the words. And one can still smell the burnt remnants, almost still fresh.

Ashesto ashes, dust to dust.

Do you know what I watch movies? It's not some fantastical notion of traveling to a new world or being transported to a different reality. It is simply because in that period of time, for a moment, my mind is taken off things in the real world. I get distracted and engrossed by the film and it makes me forget, for two hours, my concerns. It is the alcohol of the mind.

I was so glad when I was told training tomorrow was cancelled. I'm not staying hall in year 2 so basically I wanna f*** all and ignore all the sports. But I just can't figure out how to quit. I think that I should do that ASAP, yet another part tells me it's not the right thing to do and I should endure till the competitions are over then be done with it. And yet, I dread having to head back to school multiple times for training. And finding out too late there are subsidies for those playing sports to stay on.

So I have trainings that I don't feel like going to. Also, I have to work on the new website for my other cca. Well I just saw emails regarding it and my first response was: This can wait till tomorrow. That said, I shall go to sleep. I need to collect my passport tomorrow and also I oughta remove some stuff from my room. I realised I left a bag of Kit-Kat on my bedside counter. It really shouldn't be there till Jan.

She din reply my last text but maybe that's cause she was busy. Everything else is fine, but somehow I've to work up the nerve to text her again. I used to have no problem doing that. Ugh.

Went school and packed my clothes up and went home. Met up with YM to go shop for a present for his kid brother. Also went to check out a lomo store in sunshine plaza. Pretty cool. But film is expensive. What's tempting is a set of lomo lenses + adaptor for Nikon SLRs I saw online. Hmm. Still shopping around for a camera bag. A small padded bag for a single camera is good. So I can swap around.

But then, hot damn this is tempting lol. It's a convertible weather proof messenger bag with camera insert so I can use it both way. and it looks nice. But I'll settle for what I mentioned above. However it would be good to get it before I left for my trip, so...maybe I'll remove it off the list? I also wanna check out Basheer one day and see all the design books. Sure wouldn't mind getting a couple.

Went sch today. Yup, I lost my matric card. At least I got my room unlocked. However after the guy opened the door for me, he locked it after. So the door is locked from the outside. Ugh. Meaning I need to keep it accessible till tomorrow. Luckily he didn't make me pay $5. Stupid money grubbers. But I still had to come in tomorrow. Well, I guess all those detective and spy novels I read in my youth came in handy. I didn't have tape, so I simply folded up a piece of A4 paper, and slipped it in between the catch and the hole in the doorframe. Bingo, I can close the door safely and access it from outside.

Where a normal person would probably be stumped as to how to close their door and reenter, I was saved by the Hardy Boys. Thanks guys! :) I needa replace my matric card though. Tomorrow going to clear out my room. After being unable to find my card, I dropped by Vivo to buy bubble tea then headed to Serangoon for Karaoke with some friends. Yeah. I don't usually go, but oh well. =\

Midway, S had a small fight with his girlfriend. A-W-K-W-A-R-D. It was resolved later and we went for dinner. lol.

Done nothing much the past few days, just caught up with ALL my TV shows, watched Scott Pilgrim (So funny so awesome!) And then watched BTTF. Kinda boring. Lucky I got my movies. Anyways...life is not that good now. Got holiday training for sports. Kinda sucks that I have to go since I'm not planning to stay in Year 2, but well, I guess I had to go through it to truly find out if I wanna stay. Better to not want to stay and have the points, than not to stay and need the points.

But, it's just not for me. I have a few issues, but I ain't saying nothing yet. I've still got another sem to go. I'll just endure through this holiday. And I suspect I lost my matric card. Ugh. Means. I need to pay those money-grubbing asses to unlock my door so I can remove my essentials. Sigh. Well that's about all. Anyway, a revised list of xmas ideas to make it easier for u guys.

1) Compact padded bag for a DSLR
(So I can pack it safely and stuff it into any of my bags for easier transport. Prolly can be shared by a couple ppl.)
2) Design as Art - Bruno Munari. Book, can be bought at Basheer at Bras Basah. (Cheaper than at Kino. Around $18, I've heard.)
3) Designing Design - Kenya Hara. Book. Heard it's out of print and expensive. Not too sure though.
4) http://www.flashrods.com/frs/Sport.html I want the Silver DeLorean! Dunno if its still sold out. :( Maybe a R8, 2011 Nissan GTR, or Ferrari 458.