It takes 2 hands to clap

I used to wait for people to ask me out, I'd always thought that if people wanted you to be their friend, they should make an effort to ask you out, but recent events makes me do the otherwise. As the boredom creeps in, the thought of leaving my house becomes adhesive. Why not just ask people out instead of sitting around waiting? You never know what wonderful things will happen if you don’t do so. I remembered once a teacher told me this "it takes two hands to clap", no matter whichever relationship you involved, it takes both side to make things work, isn't it?

Don't beat around the bush!

Sometimes people likes to boast about something they've achieved to someone that they seek acknowledgment of, but many people often do it in a way that mocks the other party. They would say something like "Hey! How's your exam results? Are you in the top honored few?". After some rounds of exchanging questions, it's so obvious that the coming words will be "I am in it". Some people just prefer the answer straight to their face rather than you going one round and mocking him or her. But it's human courtesy to show concerns to another party.. Well, it's kinda contradicting...

This again?

It's been ages since my last post, if you are wondering what I was doing, well, I did nothing. First off, I got attached to a BIG company for my internship and guess what, I didn't do much or rather they didn't give me much to do and I didn't bother to ask for stuff to do. I kinda slept through the whole program.

Right after my internship, I've unofficially graduated from school. Next, university application. I had to submit a portfolio for the course that I'm applying. I spend 2 week putting together a portfolio. Here's a look at one of the pieces:



Fingers crossed... I really hope that they'll pick up my portfolio...

Partial solar eclipse

If you are a superstitious person, a solar eclipse on the first day of the Lunar New Year may seem like a bad omen, but for many people here, in Singapore, it's rare to see a solar eclipse. Many gathered at the Observatory Centre in the Science Centre, fascinations and enthusiasm fills the place as the personnel there explains the eclipse to the people looking through the telescope. It's not a total eclipse but it covers a good 80% of it and it was very clear until it went behind the clouds.

I remembered looking at one when I was younger, with the same fascination and enthusiasm, its kinda nostalgic...

Gestures

You know certain gestures or actions that you do, it could just be a sign of friendliness or it means nothing, but to others it could mean otherwise...

The world is round!

Temple of Heaven, Beijing

There's a saying "what comes around goes around", when you are having bad luck for a long time, good luck could be just around the corner...

Human impulses

CCTV future HQ, Beijing. One of the most prominent building in Beijing city.

When people are in a foreign land, they would want to try out things that they normally won't do in their own turf, and very often, these actions are impulsive, but you know, one good thing about impulsive actions are that you will never know the end results, whether it'll be good or not...

How near?

National Aquatic center, Beijing

When you lived in a very small country things there are often of the smaller scale and it's easy to get form one place to another. When someone say a place is near, in the context of Singapore, it's really NEAR, but when you are in a foreign land, their definition of near might be 4-5 times the distance of that in Singapore...

798 art district, Beijing

Summer Palace, Beijing

Summer Palace, Beijing. Longest corridor in the world, span 720 meters.

Welcome? to Beijing...

Beijing International Airport, interior

Normally, when you are reaching a station on a train you'll hear broadcast messages like "please alight at the next stop", you'll seldom hear "Please get out of the train". That's the first thing you'll hear when you get off the gates at the Beijing international airport...

Summing up...

You know blogging is a very self indulgence thing to do... it will not be self indulgence if you don’t allow yourself to indulge in it.

For the past half year, school was busy than ever, one thing that kills it is having the perception of year one and two, thinking that everything can be done in the last minute. And of cause I make a couple of new friends, all hardworking as hell, when compared to them I am a step lower or rather a few steps lower. Will these newly forged friendships last or will it break along with time? Really, I am not an initiator, unless people want this to work, I'll just sit back and wait and hope that awkwardness will not find me.

There are certain things that work out and some become worst, there are also some impulses that I did not really show. Well, everything will work out eventually, like always…

I have three words to sum up the first half of year three... What a year!

Just a reminder?

I always try not to talk bad about others by telling myself that I'm not perfect in all terms and I'm in no position to talk about others bad point, but sadly, the guilt always come a step later...

Cake cream bath!

Normal birthday party or meet out was a thing of the past especially when your rather conservative friends gone wild. They suddenly have all the weird stuff going on under their sleeves. The first was a pandang cake, used as a decoy to trick everyone into believing that we are gonna celebrate someone's birthday using that pathetic looking cake. And then it was my birthday, pairing me with another girl making it look like an anniversary party but it went very wrong. Ends up everyone was smashing cakes on each other's faces, all covered in the cake cream and the whole chalet reeks of the cream.

The reason...

I got through to the next round of QR!... Its never easier, the last QR was nerve wracking, I thought for sure I'll get eliminated, and the things that SOMEONE said did not came true was a relief. This competition really means a lot to me, its what that keeps me interested in this course of study. Having someone said something like, "like you'll ever get through it", what seemed worst, it was the exams and the in-course QR was around the corner, its really disheartening. Having said that, I still got through, and I have to really thank the in-charge for giving me another shot at it...

A taste of defeat?

Its been a while since my last post, and I had been lazy to write out my thoughts or in this case type. Its not like I have a lot of visitors, and hardly any of my friends know that I have a blog, my classmates do, but I doubt they'll read. So I just puke whatever I want about them, maybe not all of them but this particular girl that gets to my nerve. I am sure her boyfriend learnt that I hated her, she always exudes this feeling that I am incapable of accomplishing things, maybe not me but in general. Come man! no one is perfect! If you give people shit, what you get in return is shit.

I doubt myself a lot but for a very long time, I've forgotten how it feels like to be a loser. It struck me when I sat through a 6 hours long practical test, at the end of it everyone managed to somehow complete the test while I only finished 1 out of the 5 pages given. The worst part of it is, me allowing myself to not complete the test, it is not impossible to do, but I let it slipped right through...

Galactic Weapon?

I am sure many of us have watch Starwars, Gundam series or any sci-fi film that has this almighty weapon shooting through the space. This had very well became a reality, if you have watched the news or read the article on yahoo, you'll probably know, there's this black hole that shoots a stream of deadly radiation particles across the galaxy, clearing anything in its path.

Well, imagine it as an "advance civilization" trying to show their dominions across the galaxy. What if its pointed towards Earth? This can be a great subject for the next Steven Spielberg film...

The ugly side...

Everybody has to deal with their problems at some point of their life, for my brother it was his obese problem. When he become fit, and one day I overheard this conversion of him with my mom saying how he hated people to call him fatty or something along the line. Well, he overcome his problem. For once, I thought "hey, he is determine and organise", but that changed yesterday.
For what he did, all the flaws just flood into my mind, everything I thought of him as good become ugly. He's self-centred, and he always keeps his own things clean but not in the thoughts of others.
I don't care if he reads my blog or not, it's better if he read it then he'll know, I don't like to express my displease of other unless they really get to my nerves.

SIT Club...

Its been half a year already, it's hard believe how I actually spent my last semestral holiday there, and how many friends I came to know, the happy times we've been through together. I've never know so many people in a few weeks time. I've also never in life that I use so much English to communicate with people. There's so many "first" in SIT club... After the Orientation, many people loses interest and enthusiasm due to school work or even their personal reasons, I was on the verge too, but still I made it to 1 of the 4 post Orientation events, that is Phat Nite IV...

During the chalet, the very last chalet after all the events, it kinda reminds me of the orientation times as OGLs, how we laugh together and everything. As much as I know, I've grown to love and hate this place so much that I don't want to acknowledge it.

This is it, it's all over, is it? For me it is, but for others, they are only half way there...Wish everyone good luck.... and thank you!

What moms do?

When you got nothing to do... don't ever scared the shit out of your mom by grabbing her legs from below the bed while she is watching a horror movie, chances are, she'll kick the shit out of you... REALLY...