Sunday, April 20, 2003
Wednesday, April 16, 2003
Giam
That strange woman, I think her TV fever is getting even worse than usual. Last time she was watching prime time shows but now even those in the afternoon and wee hours she's also catching it without fail. She used to mention that she's using it to relieve her stress but now it seems that it's also a cause of her stress. I'm quite amused/bewildered, as TV is already not part of my life, at least it's not an essential item to me. But my mum is the same..she'll scold us if she forgot to switch the VCR to timer mode and missed the shows for a day. Yesterday Giam msged me suggesting to meet up in the evening after her tuition, and she said will msg me around 6 plus. So i left school and anticipating that she will tell me where to meet around 6, but she say she's going home to watch tv and also just woke up (I suspect from her student's place). I had a swim instead as I've brought my swim gear out, there were less than 10 pple in the pool! This morning she woke me up at 8.13am in the middle of a cosy sleep with a downpour outside, asking me if she should go to her school or come NUS. I adviced her to go her own sch as she said that it's more constructive...then went back to my sweet dreams. At 11am, she msged me saying that it's quite unproductive, might be coming NUS later in the day. At 12 plus, she msged me saying that the unproductiveness had encouraged her to go home and catch a 1pm (!!) show, asking me to force her to study later on. But now at the end of the day, she just changed her plans to go home, have home cooked dinner and slack again.. hahhahahhaha..weirdo!
That strange woman, I think her TV fever is getting even worse than usual. Last time she was watching prime time shows but now even those in the afternoon and wee hours she's also catching it without fail. She used to mention that she's using it to relieve her stress but now it seems that it's also a cause of her stress. I'm quite amused/bewildered, as TV is already not part of my life, at least it's not an essential item to me. But my mum is the same..she'll scold us if she forgot to switch the VCR to timer mode and missed the shows for a day. Yesterday Giam msged me suggesting to meet up in the evening after her tuition, and she said will msg me around 6 plus. So i left school and anticipating that she will tell me where to meet around 6, but she say she's going home to watch tv and also just woke up (I suspect from her student's place). I had a swim instead as I've brought my swim gear out, there were less than 10 pple in the pool! This morning she woke me up at 8.13am in the middle of a cosy sleep with a downpour outside, asking me if she should go to her school or come NUS. I adviced her to go her own sch as she said that it's more constructive...then went back to my sweet dreams. At 11am, she msged me saying that it's quite unproductive, might be coming NUS later in the day. At 12 plus, she msged me saying that the unproductiveness had encouraged her to go home and catch a 1pm (!!) show, asking me to force her to study later on. But now at the end of the day, she just changed her plans to go home, have home cooked dinner and slack again.. hahhahahhaha..weirdo!
Yep, this week missed the weekly blogging slot on Monday as I was busy revising for my exams. =P Think everyone out there must be missing me and wondering how I'm doing..so here I am!! =) Just went to Danping's blog page and then.. it's so 'informative' and eventful, feel pale as a comparison but this can also be explainable by the fact that 1) she's have more free time on hand to blog 2) she's a even bigger slacker than me, or 3) she's even more sian than me, thus spending all her time blogging..hahhahaa. Anyway, the past 3 days had been spent in school studying, and now my studying companion had become Hock Sui. This semester Serene only have one paper left by now, Aileen is hibernating at home and Danping is at IA. So luckily yo..still got him around, but today he went off early to meet his project mates for dinner, so here I am rushing to the comp lab immediately!! hee hee.. my first paper is just tmr, but think I really need a 'well-deserved break'..
Saturday, April 12, 2003
Yoooohoooooo!!! I've finished my very last project in my NUS life (provided I don't repeat the modules).. and also had the last lesson and the last presentation today -11.04.2003. Not much feelings, no nostalgic feelings..maybe a few months down the road I will miss my life in school. Oh well, I dunno... don't care for the time being. 学生生涯划上休止符. My dreams is to go back to school again one day, maybe a few years, maybe five years, or many many years later. Well, now that projects are all finally done, I'm not sure if the worse is over yet. Not quite, I guess. Next week is already my first week of studying for my exams, then everything will be over almost 3 weeks later. And that's really the end. Oh no, it should be the start.. of unemployment. =P
Monday, April 07, 2003
Yeah..it's the time of the week again, welcome back to my weekly telecast about the interesting life of the blogger here. I'm still at the forum, in school, and had been here for the past 6 hours. Can't really say that i'm doing very constructive things for the past hours, but at least I've gotten things done and forced myself to be in school, around people who are mugging to keep the stress level high. Been to YIH study room just now, and it's really a terrible place.. the air-con was actually off and they had placed a few pathetic fans there to keep the room ventilated. It's real pathetic, the joy of studying there is gone as it's quite uncomfortable. Instead of hearing the humming of the air-con and pages being turned, there's only birds chirping outside the windows as not many students are there despite it being opened 24 hours. Well, at least we don't have to worry about the epidermic there anymore, first it's so 'well-ventilated' and second, there's not many students mugging there as usual. (Some muggers had just arrived, think they're going to stay overnight in school. Disgusting! ) Weather had been quite humid these days, and feeling quite sticky now actually, feel like going home and bathe rightaway. Haiz..think will be leaving soon... .
Friday, April 04, 2003
hmm..something strange happened to my blog today, and the page is not loading up properly..
Anyway, it's finally Friday and I'm soooooooooo HAPPY that this hellish week is finally over...=P Had nice dinner with Giam and Wu last night after I've finally submitted my Lit paper yesterday. Was feeling real great that I don't have to go home and rush my work anymore, but yesterday was apprehensive about it as the extension Dr Yeo granted for me was on Wednesday and I've only managed to complete it on Wed night. But when I went to give her the paper after lecture, she only said with a smile "It's okay.." Phew! Had been imagining her interrogating me why I handed it up so late as the rest had already submitted it on Monday, and I've thought of slipping it into her pigeon hole instead of facing her personally. But I've decided that that'll be worse and I should do some atonement for my mistake instead, face up to it man!!~! Anyway, finally it's left with 3 projects and it's all group work now so it's not going to be as tough as what I've been through this week, been staring at the comp to generate strings of words for days, so I'm quite sick of it already.
Forgot to mention that last week, we celebrated Giam's birthday with the club during the BBQ. And Hock Sui and I presented her with a well-chosen gift- a new wallet, was quite glad that she really liked it and she's using it now.
Anyway, it's finally Friday and I'm soooooooooo HAPPY that this hellish week is finally over...=P Had nice dinner with Giam and Wu last night after I've finally submitted my Lit paper yesterday. Was feeling real great that I don't have to go home and rush my work anymore, but yesterday was apprehensive about it as the extension Dr Yeo granted for me was on Wednesday and I've only managed to complete it on Wed night. But when I went to give her the paper after lecture, she only said with a smile "It's okay.." Phew! Had been imagining her interrogating me why I handed it up so late as the rest had already submitted it on Monday, and I've thought of slipping it into her pigeon hole instead of facing her personally. But I've decided that that'll be worse and I should do some atonement for my mistake instead, face up to it man!!~! Anyway, finally it's left with 3 projects and it's all group work now so it's not going to be as tough as what I've been through this week, been staring at the comp to generate strings of words for days, so I'm quite sick of it already.
Forgot to mention that last week, we celebrated Giam's birthday with the club during the BBQ. And Hock Sui and I presented her with a well-chosen gift- a new wallet, was quite glad that she really liked it and she's using it now.
Tuesday, April 01, 2003
Hi.. welcome to hell week. Oh yah, and it's April's Fool but I'm not in the mood for any jokes right now. Today is just the end of my first day of hell week, I wasn't really suffering from Monday blues at the start of the day, as I think I really have very low stress level to begin with. But I went to school at 10am and went off from forum with a drained brain at 10.30pm. Right now, I just had my dinner, bathed and back to the computer again. *groan* Before I go back to work in a few minutes, just remembered that it's Monday and I'm supposed to blog..Heh, it's still the one thing that's keeping my spirits up at the end of the day too.
Deadlines
I have five deadlines from tmr till next Saturday for all my five modules. Since I've blogged about being overwhelmed until now, I'm still as overwhelmed, at moments at least. So far only cleared one presentation last week and feedback was that it's an excellant job though preparation was quite last minute( oh, think nobody knows about this part. Had two deadlines extended due to some reasons, one due to 'technical problems' and the other I've requested for it from my lit tutor, and luckily for me, it was granted! =) I still can't believe that I was still out at sea sailing the whole day yesterday..唉 真是不知死活. Sigh..obviously things are not that smooth sailing now
One of the deadline granted was on last tuesday, was quite shocked/amazed but I was lucky too!
Dear Yurong,
The paper was sent to you last Tuesday. Here is a copy of the e-mail
sent along with the paper to be critiqued. Since you did not receive
the paper I will grant you an extension until next Tuesday, 1 April.
Best regards,
George Bishop
-----Original Message-----
From: ^^ Rong^^ [mailto:chococraze@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 7:59 PM
To: Bishop, George D
Subject: Re: Combined leader and critique roster
Dear Dr Bishop,
Hi. As indicated in the roster sent to us at the beginning of the
year, I
am supposed to do the critique paper for the topic 'Treatment
Compliance'.
The topic was done in Week 8 but till today, I had not received the
paper to
do the critique, therefore I wish to find out from you if I'm missing
out on
anything or if the paper had been sent to me. Thank you for your
attention
in reading this mail.
Best regards,
Chiang Yurong
Really lucky that I remembered that I'm supposed to have another assignment these few weeks and emailed him just in time, I guess he may also be suspecting that I've gotten the first mail (hopefully he's not too suspicious!) but haven't done my work so pretend that I haven't got it. But the fact is that I didn't get it, and luckily he's kind enough to grant me a week's grace.
Right after I've received that mail, I was really on a tied schedule with my lit assignment which is supposedly due today, but I remembered that we could request for an extension of deadline if it's well beforehand and with valid reasons. And luckily I also did well for the Citizen Kane presentation last Friday, so my lit tutor had a relatively good impression of me.
Hi
Yes, Wednesday is fine.
Take care,
Dr Yeo
Dr Yeo Wei Wei
Assistant Professor
Department of English Language and Literature
-----Original Message-----
From: Chiang Yurong
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 2:34 AM
To: Yeo Wei Wei
Subject: Request for an extension of deadline
Dear Dr Yeo,
I am your student from DW4 (Friday 1300-1400), I'm very sorry to
inform you that I may need an extension of deadline for Assignment 2 due
to the following reason: I had just received another assignment from
another module PL3212Y today, and I'm required to do a 5 page critique
to be handed up by next Tuesday. I am supposed to have this assignment
done last week but due to some problems, only received the assignment
via e-mail today and my lecturer had kindly agreed to extent the
deadline till next Tuesday (1st April). Kindly refer to the
correspondance between me and my lecturer Dr George Bishop in the email
below. As there is already an extension of deadline granted by him, I
certainly hope to finish this assignment by the date given, thus may
have problem completing my EN1101E assignment at the same time. Another
reason for my request is that my presentation slot for EN1101E -Citizen
Kane is coming up during tutorial this Friday, so I need more time to
prepare for the presentation as well.
Nevertheless, I will still try to get the assignment done and handed
up on next Monday in the event that the extension is not granted,
however I will be glad if you can inform me of your decision. Thank you
for your attention regarding this matter.
Best Regards,
Yurong
Right now I'm almost done with the 5 page critique due tomorrow but haven't start with my lit assignment yet..argghhh
SARS
Think after I've posted about death a few weeks ago, my world is now filled with morbidity, not because I'm still pondering about the topic but war had broken out at Iraq and now, Singapore in danger of a weird epidermic- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrom. Things had became so bad that you can start up a conversation with a stranger talking about it on the street, and now everywhere it's really 人心惶惶. I dunno which is worse, wars or SARs? Hiak..it even rhyme just by looking at the two words, and I think the epidermic is worse in my opinion as it's the first time I've heard of MOE closing down schools, and it's nearer to home too. The Iraqis are snatching gas masks to prevent chemical poisoning, while we are snatching face masks to prevent a virus spreading. But at the moment, we still got lessons and deadlines, and ultimately, deadlines are still the worst for me! I still have to put aside fear of epidermic, and go to the crowded NUS library to mug at the risk of getting the disease.
Despite all this, I'm still quite happy these few days, can't help it..Maybe it's true that the most important thing on Earth is to love and be loved. Yucks..wahahhahhaa, even I can't stand myself saying all these..
Deadlines
I have five deadlines from tmr till next Saturday for all my five modules. Since I've blogged about being overwhelmed until now, I'm still as overwhelmed, at moments at least. So far only cleared one presentation last week and feedback was that it's an excellant job though preparation was quite last minute( oh, think nobody knows about this part. Had two deadlines extended due to some reasons, one due to 'technical problems' and the other I've requested for it from my lit tutor, and luckily for me, it was granted! =) I still can't believe that I was still out at sea sailing the whole day yesterday..唉 真是不知死活. Sigh..obviously things are not that smooth sailing now
One of the deadline granted was on last tuesday, was quite shocked/amazed but I was lucky too!
Dear Yurong,
The paper was sent to you last Tuesday. Here is a copy of the e-mail
sent along with the paper to be critiqued. Since you did not receive
the paper I will grant you an extension until next Tuesday, 1 April.
Best regards,
George Bishop
-----Original Message-----
From: ^^ Rong^^ [mailto:chococraze@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 7:59 PM
To: Bishop, George D
Subject: Re: Combined leader and critique roster
Dear Dr Bishop,
Hi. As indicated in the roster sent to us at the beginning of the
year, I
am supposed to do the critique paper for the topic 'Treatment
Compliance'.
The topic was done in Week 8 but till today, I had not received the
paper to
do the critique, therefore I wish to find out from you if I'm missing
out on
anything or if the paper had been sent to me. Thank you for your
attention
in reading this mail.
Best regards,
Chiang Yurong
Really lucky that I remembered that I'm supposed to have another assignment these few weeks and emailed him just in time, I guess he may also be suspecting that I've gotten the first mail (hopefully he's not too suspicious!) but haven't done my work so pretend that I haven't got it. But the fact is that I didn't get it, and luckily he's kind enough to grant me a week's grace.
Right after I've received that mail, I was really on a tied schedule with my lit assignment which is supposedly due today, but I remembered that we could request for an extension of deadline if it's well beforehand and with valid reasons. And luckily I also did well for the Citizen Kane presentation last Friday, so my lit tutor had a relatively good impression of me.
Hi
Yes, Wednesday is fine.
Take care,
Dr Yeo
Dr Yeo Wei Wei
Assistant Professor
Department of English Language and Literature
-----Original Message-----
From: Chiang Yurong
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 2:34 AM
To: Yeo Wei Wei
Subject: Request for an extension of deadline
Dear Dr Yeo,
I am your student from DW4 (Friday 1300-1400), I'm very sorry to
inform you that I may need an extension of deadline for Assignment 2 due
to the following reason: I had just received another assignment from
another module PL3212Y today, and I'm required to do a 5 page critique
to be handed up by next Tuesday. I am supposed to have this assignment
done last week but due to some problems, only received the assignment
via e-mail today and my lecturer had kindly agreed to extent the
deadline till next Tuesday (1st April). Kindly refer to the
correspondance between me and my lecturer Dr George Bishop in the email
below. As there is already an extension of deadline granted by him, I
certainly hope to finish this assignment by the date given, thus may
have problem completing my EN1101E assignment at the same time. Another
reason for my request is that my presentation slot for EN1101E -Citizen
Kane is coming up during tutorial this Friday, so I need more time to
prepare for the presentation as well.
Nevertheless, I will still try to get the assignment done and handed
up on next Monday in the event that the extension is not granted,
however I will be glad if you can inform me of your decision. Thank you
for your attention regarding this matter.
Best Regards,
Yurong
Right now I'm almost done with the 5 page critique due tomorrow but haven't start with my lit assignment yet..argghhh
SARS
Think after I've posted about death a few weeks ago, my world is now filled with morbidity, not because I'm still pondering about the topic but war had broken out at Iraq and now, Singapore in danger of a weird epidermic- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrom. Things had became so bad that you can start up a conversation with a stranger talking about it on the street, and now everywhere it's really 人心惶惶. I dunno which is worse, wars or SARs? Hiak..it even rhyme just by looking at the two words, and I think the epidermic is worse in my opinion as it's the first time I've heard of MOE closing down schools, and it's nearer to home too. The Iraqis are snatching gas masks to prevent chemical poisoning, while we are snatching face masks to prevent a virus spreading. But at the moment, we still got lessons and deadlines, and ultimately, deadlines are still the worst for me! I still have to put aside fear of epidermic, and go to the crowded NUS library to mug at the risk of getting the disease.
Despite all this, I'm still quite happy these few days, can't help it..Maybe it's true that the most important thing on Earth is to love and be loved. Yucks..wahahhahhaa, even I can't stand myself saying all these..