When Silence Is No Longer Golden

Hi readers!! Again, it has been a really long while since the last post! A little bit of catching up first; I have finished my exams (yay!) and is now having my 'winter' holiday in my home country (though there is no such thing as winter both in Singapore and in my home country). Just as a warning, this is going to be a melancholy post so for those in high mood because of the holiday season, I highly recommend you all to skip this post. Suit yourself if you want to read them still, though. At your own risk! Okay so here comes the melancholy part. Perhaps let me start with what I have been doing over my first semester in NUS. Just as a recap, or for your information, if you have not been following my blog (is there even anyone that follows my blog? Helloooww??!), I did not take any CCA (that's co-curricular activites for you non-Singapore-educated readers) and instead took a part time job as a helper for a research that I do not even know what. The job took quite a bit (a lo

Hi readers!! Once again, a long while after the last post. I am so sorry for that, I am really, like really, busy such that I do not have any time to spare to blog. Now that the semester has ended (there is still finals though, but that is still (only?) a week away~) I can spare some time to write something. And just nice, I have something to say as well! Okay so basically, today (by the time this is posted is yesterday) I went back to my secondary school, SJI - that's St Joseph's Institution, in case you don't know - to attend a farewell concert. The concert is in conjunction with the moving of the campus as it is going to be renovated. The school is going to be moved temporarily to another campus in Bishan (I think it is used to be an ITE or something) for a couple of years. Shortly, I was a sort of..... fooled(?) by the nice-looking e-mail invitation, thinking it is some kind of grand concert that would take place in the PAC (Performing Arts Centre) or something, where o

Hi readers! I do not even remember when was the last time I wrote here... Has it been more than one week? University life is indeed very hectic, extremely so such that I lose track of time. Suddenly this coming week is recess week (or in Singapore, is actually "mid-term preparation week") and mid-term exam will follow thereafter. If I am really that busy, why do I even bother to write now, anyway? Well... Because I love you my readers!! <3<3 .......... Nah.... Are there even readers? Is there any reader at all actually? Lol..... Anyway the real reason I write now is because I am waiting for the big data migration, just as what the title says. Well, remember I bought a new laptop last week? (Or was it 2 weeks ago? I seriously lost the track of time!) Yeah, so finally I am able to spend some time looking through my old files and decide which will stay, which will go over to the next laptop, and which will be deleted. It is pretty similar to tidying up your room; you will

Hey readers!! Finally, a more high-spirited post from me! Before I start proper, let me apologize to you readers (if there are any) that my last few posts have been really.... depressing. There were not much to be hyped about in my life thus far, really. Even now, actually my life has not gotten much better. This week (or should I say last week since today is already weekend) is e-learning week. For readers who have not entered university yet would say, "Yay! E-learning! Extra holiday, you mean?" While those who are currently in or have graduated from university (especially Singapore university) would say "I know how it feels, broooo." Yeah, e-learning is not so much fun anymore now that I am in university. E-learning week for me now has turned into "catching-up-with-studies week".  The pace of the lectures is crazy. It is not possible to get a good command on a certain concept before piles of new concepts are bombarded onto you the very next lecture. Thus

Hi everyone! This time, it is really quite a long hiatus since the last time I posted here. Indeed university life is very different from the relaxed life of the 6-month holiday I just went through (you don't say!), even JC! Some of you may have heard the saying that if you can go through JC, you can go through anything in life. WRONG. I would say that the more correct saying is that JC is the preview of what real life (or rather, university life, since I haven't gone to work yet) would be like. Things come and go really quickly and without you realizing it, you missed out on a lot of things even when it is only week 3 of your university life! Anyway, I am posting now not to compare JC and university. Okay so the reason I am posting now is just to create a checkpoint in my university life so far, so that the future me can have a reference of his past, for whatever reason he may have. So far, things have been pretty okay. I took a hardcore "introduction to programming"

Hey readers. This post is once again another emo/melancholy/depressing post of mine. Feel free to close this tab if you do not feel like reading another person's miserable mind or you can also keep reading if you want. Disclaimer, it may make you feel as down as me, hopefully not worse. Just as a background story, my mum, my brother and my sister came to Singapore to visit me, or rather, came to help me bring the stuff that I could not or I forgot to bring when I went to Singapore. Today was the last day of their short visit, which was only one night. After sending them to the airport, as I boarded the train back to my campus, I felt a sudden feeling of deep loneliness. Like, I suddenly felt that I am actually all alone in this world. I remember one of my friend who came to PGPR (the place where I stay in campus) earlier than me said that I should find a girlfriend if I do not want to be lonely here. Indeed he was right. PGPR is a really big residence and the chance of me being in

Hey, readers. It's been quite some time, again, since the last time I posted here. Just as an update, I am already in Singapore to do my undergraduate studies which would start somewhere in August. I am staying in an on-campus accommodation which turns out to be rather below my expectations. If you readers happen to be Singaporean or intend to stay in NUS, I am in PGPR. If you want to apply for an accommodation here, I suggest you to choose type A. My first few days in my type C room is horrible. I am not sure if it is the weather, but the room is really really hot. There is a ceiling fan, of course, but it does not really help much when there is not even a ventilation; just windows that cannot be opened too widely. Moreover, the fan may even become the source of another problem. It is located right above the bed, so all night long, you sleep while being blown by the wind from the ceiling fan directly. For some people who have a sensitive nose or some other respiratory problems, it

Hey readers. It has been quite a week full of thoughts and reflections (thus the more frequent blogpost than usual). I do not know why. Maybe because I am turning 20 soon. Or it could be just a coincidence. Whatever the case, I just found this post on 9gag which I find quite ..... profound. Do not get me wrong; I have dropped the habit of scrolling through 9gag for hours long long ago. The last time I saw 9gag, it basically full of shits that are not even funny, and the comments sections are full of people flaming each other. Nowadays, I only see 9gag posts on Facebook that are shared by my friends, which means all the posts have already been "filtered". Here's the link to the post I am writing about. I know the title in the post is different, but I personally feel that my title fits better. Well, I call it "my title" but I cannot say that I came up with it by myself. It is from the comments section. For once the comments section contains useful stuff. Now, I k

Hi, readers! I am sorry if I have made you all curious about my seemingly perfect past life because of the previous post, and yet have yet to continue my story. Unfortunately, this post is not about that. I am currently addicted to an old-school game "Yugi-Oh! Duel Academy" on GBA (of course I am playing it on my computer using emulator) and thus much of my time is wasted playing. Actually, it is possible that I am indulging myself in old-school games as an escape from my current rather miserable life. Not extremely miserable actually, but I have the tendency to exaggerate my troubles in my own mind. That reminds me. I just attended a sort of reunion with my 4-year scholar friends. It is really nice to see some of them again after so many months. Some were in China, rendering them not contactable via Facebook. Some others, to be honest, I do not really care to keep in touch with them. I just do not quite clique with them and I do not see the point pretending or attempting to

Continuing from my previous post, I managed to convince my father (or rather, made my father felt guilty, thus granting my wish) to meet my friends in the afternoon, leaving the event halfway. As a substitute, my younger sister took my place. I did not know if she enjoyed herself there, but I knew that she enjoyed the food and the room. Unfortunately for her, it is me who get to stay in the room, not her. *evil laugh* Anyway, I am writing this not for the sake of explaining what I meant by "not" on my previous post . There are more things I would like to write down; things that often disturb my mind. It is about the past and my personalities. It was actually because of the communication skills seminar I attended last night that made me think about this again. The main aim of the seminar was to teach those doctors and nurses on how to communicate with their patients about a programme in which their clinical data would be collected for an international-scale research on diabete

Hi, readers! Once, once, again, it took me forever to finally post another thing on this blog. Actually, there are many, many posts waiting to be posted here, but I finally gave up chasing after the non-existent deadline to post those, because I just remembered the reason I created this blog in the first place; to improve my deteriorating English and to prepare me for the was-upcoming interviews. Now that there are no more interviews, I have somewhat lost my main drive to write. Therefore, I think I will just turn this blog into a kind of my record of thoughts instead of my life record. And as a consequence, I may post even less frequently than now, though there is also a possibility that I post more frequently since I can just post anything, however short or long, not confined to certain events and free to omit any information that is irrelevant to the thoughts I am writing about. And all the above changes about the content of my blog will start from this very post. Firstly, I want to

Hey readers! It's been a while since the last time I posted (it is always like that, I know..) It is because I am not really in the mood. In fact, my mood is really low these last few days. I just went for a supposedly fun-filled faculty social camp (it was, actually) but on the subsequent days, my mood just cannot get any worse. I  am merging the post about my faculty social camp and about why I am in such a low mood because they are somewhat... related. Basically, my low mood is because I feel out of place. I was grouped with a bunch of fun people; a guy from MJC, a guy from SAJC, an Indonesian from Polytechnic (I forgot what poly), a guy who is still serving NS (National Service, for the benefit of those who do not know), a girl from HCI, and a friend of mine. The OGLs (Orientation Group Leaders) are a guy and a girl. Quite a good mix of people, really, with 4 Singaporean guys, 3 Indonesian guys, and two Singaporean girls. The three Singaporeans happen to clique together really

Hey readers! Finally I am able to fulfill my promise to post about my third interview with Ecquaria! Are you surprised? Perhaps, since it is the first time I actually fulfilled my promise for posting something... One takeaway from this event is that procrastination is bad. I mean, I failed to fulfill my promise to post about introduction and Skyrim because I keep procrastinating. As a result, more events come along the way and I feel more compelled to write about the more recent ones. Returning readers (if any) will realize that I have been away for quite some time. Well, after this third interview, I fell sick a few days after. After I recovered, I went back to work and thus less time to spend doing other things. I took some days off again and thus now I am able to update my blog again. Anyway, let us not waste another moment (aka procrastinate) and get to the main story. On that day, I was feeling more confident than on the day of my previous interview , mainly because I was better p

Hey readers!! Firstly, I would like to apologize for, once again, not keeping my promise of writing about my third interview, which was with Ecquaria. I initially wanted to, really. However, there is a really good news that I just do not want to miss a single day to tell the world. Three guesses.. never mind. I am offered the NUS ASEAN Scholarship!!!! =) Don't ask me how I got it. You saw for yourself how I screwed up that interview , really badly. Nevertheless, an offer is an offer, so let us (anyone?) rejoice for my success!!! Actually, now I feel obliged to go back to the temple I mentioned on that post as well, just to show my thanks, if my success is really due to some kind of divine intervention. I need to remind myself to go there if I go back to Singapore. By the way, I would like to apologize for my last post because as it gets increasingly difficult to read as you read more of it. That is because I did it at night (well, all of my post was written at night) and I was rea

Hi readers/passer-bys!!! It is really amazing how my blog's pageview always increases tremendously whenever I am away and increases ever so slowly whenever I am actively posting (like once every two days or so). I am pretty sure I only left this blog in less than a week, yet the pageview has exceeded 400! Anyway, I am sure you have noticed how obsessed I am with pageviews. Maybe that number somewhat fulfills my ego as a person to be famous, or accepted, at least. You know, people my age are rather crazy for... being accepted. Especially if you happen to fall at the lower end of the social strata. The thing is, we never really know in which social stratum we fall into. You may think that you are at the lower end though your friends actually think you are somewhere in the middle or maybe slightly higher. Or the other way round. Anyway, I am not going to give you any advice on socializing, since I am having a problem in socializing myself. Well, I believe I have told you in previous p