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Tuesday, August 30, 2005
+ Life in The Big Uni +
Seeing as its already my 4th week in the big frathouse... it would seem appropriate to blog abt the life here. As most (sane) guys would agree with me, it beats NS life by a longshot. Once u understand the (insane) module bidding system and the ground layout (the labyrinth of the Minotaur). Life (of an arts student) becomes ass-easy. Of course, the mid-term tests are closing in but i only chose to visualise to the mid-term break... hahahahah Marcus has clearly gone insane in the membrane... joining five hostel activities, 2 cultural activites and a brief skint in Dragon Boat (on last count). He's now frequently online but surprisingly quiet, cos he regularly falls asleep at the keyboard...hahahah... im almost lucky not to have gotten a place in hostel i guess. Every major society or cca is trying to be the coolest. So they ALL plan clubbin events. So there is on average, 1 party going down per week. Damn, if only these cca's were more creative, we wouldn't have to spend so much on booze. NUS is like a small city... complete with a sprinkling of cafes. But the sheer anomynity of the place is starting to bug me. Like going to a lecture and not knowing a single person in a room of 300. So methinks i'll be joining a cca soon, even though the points won't come to much use. Occasionally, you'll bump into people you haven't seen in ages, but considering there are 384 different modules in Arts Fac alone, be thankful if they happen to be sharing even a single one with u. Talk about choice overload. Workload so far is peanuts (no, i don't mean $600,000). I've skillfully crafted a 3-day workweek for myself. So on thursdays its like "Wheee! the week is over! next schoolday is on tuesday! Oh my word! That was a whole TWO days ago!" (voice of Jason)... Expenses however, are cut-throat, if i were to buy every textbook available, my account would wither away and die... photocopiers to the rescue. Bidding for sociology was mean this year... spent more than half of my total points on it... i blame idiots who dun understand demand-pull inflation. But eventually i got a lecture that fitted very nicely into my timetable... however, the location was LT 7A. I vaguely remembered seeing an LT 8 while touring the Arts Fac building... so i figured LT 7A cldn't be too far off. Lo and behold on lecture day... i cldn't find LT 7A on the damn map. Had to check an online map... damn soci lecture was in ENGINEERING BLOCK! WATDAFAARK!! Thats like 2 schools away! Why do ENGINEERS need SOCIOLOGY?! What looks like a straight line on the map is like scaling the Andes on the ground. So now every thursday i re-enact The Long March all the way to the far side of the world. Thank God the engineering canteen ain't bad, plus they got a McDonalds to boot. Perks: free Wi-Fi everywhere (except in the infamous LT 11), in fact this blog entry is being typed in the Central Library (lectures aren't for bloggin u bozo, lectures are for Football Manager...hahahahha! Tutorials are for re-charging laptop *sneaky grin*), food is cheap n good (but queues are killer), girls are everywhere, wait, did i say everywhere? nah, scratch that, they're mostly in Arts Fac....HAHAHAA!! So study hard, all u A-level and O-level students... relax once u come to NUS. All roads lead to uni... even the CJC road (hint hint). Or of course there's SMU which is so central that u'll never have to worry about travelling time ever again. Big changes a-comin, but thats what life's all about innit? Cheers! *raises coffee cup at a lecture somewhere*
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
+ 7th month of vandals, stowaways and linedancers +
7th month, i just don't get it... not wanting to offend any socio-religious groups... but the logic behind the concept has more holes than a butterfly net. Supposedly we gotta burn hell money, paper cars and even paper houses to alleviate the suffering of the dead. assumption 1: the dead receive our gifts of money/paper cars/planes/deodorant How will a paper car be of use to anyone?! let alone the dead! even toilet paper has a higher purpose than a friggin paper car. How do the dead spend money? is there an economy or stock exchange in Hell? what happened to people in Hell before hell money was invented? sell backside? ooo... thats probably why its called Hell. assumption 2: everything we burn miraculously restores itself to original form in hell cars, planes houses, money after charred to carbon, pops up in Hell. Sounds almost cartoonic. If that were the case... Hell would receive millions of tons of burnt garbage, vegetation, calories, and ex-girlfren/boyfren photos a day. ooo... thats probably why its called Hell. assumption 3: the gates of Hell open for a month Somehow, Hell gets a better deal than most prisons on Earth. What kinda jail lets the inmates loose on a yearly basis?! Then the demons gotta go thru the whole hallabaloo of finding back billions of damned souls, year in year out. assumption 4: the dead eat food dedicated to them this is really weird, after the food is "given" to the dead... everyone can makan. Thats like Santa Claus taking all the presents back after they've been opened. Trust the Chinese, the same people who invented printing and gunpowder, to think up this crock'o'shit. And we wonder why the kids are becoming more and more westernized. Thank God i don't have relatives who would pressurize me to accept this nonsense. Recently i've left my bicycle out overnight in the neighbourhood twice in two weeks. This is nothing outside my usual habits to trust the locals. But unfortunately, they've let me done for once. Week 1: i find my bike with a punctured tyre, missing handlegrip and broken bell. Fucking assholes. i hope they get mauled by rabid dugongs. Death without diginity. Imagine the funeral where everyone is trying to suppress shrieks of laughter. Week 2 was just plain weird. Week 2: i park my bike near the bicycle shop to get repairs done next day, seeing as it was closed on Sunday. Monday i find a black wristband on my bike which reads "wisdom". HUH??? If someone is havin a laugh, its a sick sense of humor. I kept the wristband at any rate... Strangers in the night... a foreign entity happened to be onboard the family car when we drove off. I've heard of engines purring and growling, but ours started mewwing! Sensing that even the worst engine problems don't cause such weird sounds, we popped the hood at our destination. There was a cute little black kitten in the engine compartment! Luckily it was only a ten-minute journey. I wouldn't like the thought of our car cooking a cat. It just occured to me that linedancers are in fact Neo-nazis in training. No other group i know would willingly subject themselves to such dumbass antics in unison. Harmless uncles n aunties gettin a workout? noooo.... underground goose-stepping Neo-nazi fanatics re-enacting the Nuremburg Rallies. Even the music played sounds horribly similar. Nazis, i believe they're definitely Nazis. Then again i also believe that all chihuahuas are demonspawn and the embodiment of all evil. They are, by the way. Cheers! Have a great 7th month! *raises wine glass*
Monday, August 15, 2005
+ A new season beckons +
a brief guide to the colourful clubs and mini-dramas of the impending 2005/2006 EPL season. (i really should be trying to understand my study packages instead, but wadahell *shrugs*) love.hate.war.peace.loyalty.rebellion.tactics.bravado. more real than reality tv. "The true beating heart of Rome lies not in the halls of the Senate, but in the blood-stained sands of the Colloseum" -extract from the movie "Gladiator" "Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that." -Bill Shankly, recently voted greatest football manager of all timeChelsea FC -last season's champions return to defend a trophy they haven't held for 50 years -accused to using their vast wealth to buy up Europe's creme de la creme of soccer stars (in singlish terms "spoil market") -proven to use media provocation, tatical diving, player obstruction, basically anything it takes to win. -strength: 22 international players covering every position -weakness: 22 players fighting for 11 places on the field. You can't please everyone. -noteworthy incident: last season Tottenham held Chelsea to a draw using ultra-defensive tatcics, while Manchester City handed Chelsea their only EPL defeat all season. Result: This season Chelsea bought Tottenham's Sporting Director and Manchester City's star player, spent 31mil pounds on 'em. God, i love this team. Manchester United -their era of English dominance rudely shattered, they return to battle for the glory of the past. -aquisition of Korean star Park Ji Sung and Dutch goalkeeper Edwin van der Saar, widely regarded as the best value-for-money buys of the season. -hot-headed players known to "lose it" at opponents, fans and even each other. -strength: shrewd world-class manager Sir Alex Ferguson. -weakness: fans and Board of Directors have been bred to become perfectionists, coming in 3rd and failing to win a trophy is now considered a failure. The pressure will either temper them or erode them. -noteworthy incident: They were once invovled in a food-fight with arch-rivals Arsenal. Now known as Battle of the Buffet. Arsenal -Despite selling their captain, they still maintain that winning the Premiership is more than a pipe dream. -respected as the most formidable strikeforce in the league. The same cannot be said of their defence. -manager Arsene Wenger's keen eye and coaching system regularly transforms unknown youngsters into superstars. -noteworthy incident: goals scored against them were becoming so problematic that they briefly appointed an unknown reserve as first-choice goalkeeper. Madness considering they already had Germany's no.2 best goalkeeper in the squad. Liverpool -5 time Eurpoean champions with a rich history, but finished 5th in domestic league. -so many players have been bought while others sold, it'll be a wonder if they'll find their footing anytime soon. -strength: unshakable loyalty of captain Steven Gerrad and master tactician of a manager Rafa Benitez. -weakness: yet to pose as a serious contender for the Premiership, due to players getting too many injuries, too many times. -Noteworthy incident: trailing 3-0 to AC Milan at half-time and orchestrating an amazing counter attack evening up 3-3 within 10 minutes. They go on to win the Champions League on penalty shoot-out. Everton -underdogs extrodinaire, sold their two best players last season but still finished 4th. -everyone expects them to flop this year, but then again, thats what they said last year. -David Moyes earned "Manager of the Year" by League Managers' Association, for his brilliant effort in steering a bunch of (former) nobodys to a Champions League spot. Newcastle -underacheivers extrodinaire, if their players actually lived up to their reputations, they won't have finished a dismal 14th. -strongest fan base in England, 52000 season ticket holders. -manager Graeme Souness is the bookies' favourite for "First manager to be sacked this season". Unless his players brought in this summer work the wonders they are paid for, that just as well might happen. -Noteworthy incident: two Newcastle players were caught fighting, on camera, while a match was STILL BEING PLAYED against Aston Villa! Cheers! Have a great EPL season! *raises wine glass*
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
+ Happy Birthday Singapore +
 ! You are most Like A Sapphire ! Dark, mysterious - but unforgettable. You have a deep beauty. Delicate, and shy you try to stay away from the limelight but often your intelligence puts you in at the deep end. You're like a Sapphire, because, your beauty is priceless. You're intelligent, full of opinions, and not big-headed about it all. Sometimes you need to put yourself out there, as you can be a bit shy. Congratulations ... You're the mysterious gem everybody wants to have and learn more about. ?? Which Precious Gem Are You ?? brought to you by Quizilla Sometimes i get this naggin feeling that these quizzes where meant for girls. Recently i won the "Best Blog Theme" in my sister's unofficial blog awards. Yay...so cool... i wish i could at least get a free pencil or somethin. Not one to rest on my laurels... u can expect further upgrades to this already magnificent specimen of blogging prowess. Happy b'dae Singapore, your fireworks were cool, but you're already 40, time to share your toys with the kids who can't afford 'em. Tml my first lecture in 2 ana half years will begin at 8 friggin o'clock... damn... the slacking is actually over... 4 ana half month holiday to la la land, final call to reality, i repeat.. return flight to reality, final boarding call... don't get left behind. *sings* Those were the days my fren, we'd thought they'd never end... Cheers! Wine is bittersweet today... *raises wine glass*
Thursday, August 04, 2005
+ Read all about it! +
The New Paper published my email on "Whats Wrong With Manchester United?" on Wed. 3 Aug Yeah! 1 small small step towards my dream of being a sports writer! hahahaha! Cheers! *Douse myself in beer to cool a hot head* yeah... i'll hardly ever drink the stuff |
