Mid-Autumn --> Mid-Terms

What's happening today? 45% mid-term test, which effectively contributes to half of my total score. It's even more than some of my final exams. Sweet.

Just Another Day

It was a day of activities and I never got to sit still and chill until 10 p.m. at night. Knowing that certain things will usually drag longer than expected, I allocated some buffer time in between the events, and the buffer turned out to be just nice.

My itinery for the day:

8.30 - 10.30 Church
10.30 - 1.30 Purchasing items for Chingay
1.30 - 4.00 Choir meeting
4.00 - 6.30 Project meeting
6.30 - 8.00 Dinner with brother
8.00 - 10.00 F1 Race

It was just one thing after another without a break. Not that I'm complaining though, it was a day well spent.

Dreams Are the Touchstones of Our Character

"The best reason for dreaming is that in dreams, no reasons are necessary" - Ashley Brilliant

That's right, dreams DO NOT need any reason. We are free to dream whatever we can. If we are willing, we can reach the furthest corner of our imagination by dreaming.

Sometimes, dreams are shaped according to what you're experiencing in reality. Yesterday night, I knocked off early (it was supposed to be a nap, but I overdid it.) I was awoken a few times by SMSes, which I read but didn't have the will to respond. This morning, I got up and looked through the messages again and I found some of the messages there. The strange thing was a few of the messages I remember reading were gone. Fearing I might have deleted them in my half-awake state, I contacted the senders to make sure. Lo and behold, they did not send me any messages. There goes the worry.

It has been a good mid-term break, with loads of activities. Kicking off with Mamma Mia last Friday, the list included Splashdown on Saturday morning, The Next Wave on Saturday evening, KL on Sunday and Monday, and bowling at Chevrons yesterday. Throughly enjoyed the break. Rejuvenated and geared up for more. It's going to be an exciting 2nd part of the semester with projects, assignments and exams. Just BRILLIANT.

Eusoff on a rainy day

Make Every Day Count

7 tasks done, 3 tasks carried over to the next 10 tasks list...

It's finally the end of the week, but as always, this is where the work begins. More time during weekends = more time to finish up work.

Came away from blood donation unscathed. Needed attention the last time I did it because I felt giddy (due to lack of sleep the night before). Not this time though. Can somehow feel my body working hard to produce new blood cells within me.

21st JCRC Investiture was yesterday and I'm kinda glad I got to sit with the B guys and girls, after 2 years having to sit at the high table. It really brings me back to my freshmen year and I remember my first formal dinner in Eusoff very clearly. Everyone was so young back then, totally fearless of what's to come ahead. Compared to now, everyone's a bit sluggish. Gone are the 'at least once a week suppers'. Gone are the weekends exploring Singapore. Gone are the 'talk about everything else besides hall stuff' sessions.

As we grow and our years extend here, our priorities change. Inevitable but understandable. Like I mentioned in my speech yesterday, our days are numbered in NUS and Eusoff Hall. We've gotta make every day count, starting from today. 1...2....3..................

10 Tasks in 10 Hours

The clock is ticking........

IBG Road Relay Champs

Congratulations B Block! Eusoff Hall IBG Road Relay Champions 08/09

We clinched both the boys and girls races with convincing fashion. What a sweep!

Well done to our runners... Lisa, Cynthia, Sharon, Wei Wei, Matthew, Seng Tuck, Weng Ee, and Tony. You've done B Block proud. Now, onto TalentCrime, ladies and gentlemen.

Malaysian Night 0809

I'm in the middle of doing some literature review for my Final Year Project. In all honesty, I'm nearly having my head explode with the 'bombastic' terms used in the papers. The reading is easy but the understanding is a little tougher.

Yesterday was M'sian night in Eusoff Hall. We had a barbeque session which went on smoothly, except for the rain; which did not deter the continuation of the bbq session but instead added to the fun.

This is also the first time I utilized my camera after giving it a break for a long while. The thing was, there was some problems with the adapter to charge the battery and I could never get a full powered camera. Last week, I decided to 'disect' the adapter and managed to get it working now. In fact, it's nicely charging next to me now. Good boy.

Here are some photos of yesterday night from my trusty 7 year-old camera.

Satay Time

The fire-starter & main BBQer for Grass Station, Andrew Hong
Hot from the BBQ pit
Check out the arrangement
Asking for... erm... something
Ipoh-ans

Weekend? What weekend?

Weekends used to be 2 days when you relax and chill after 5 days of hard work. Now, I'm getting used to the notion that weekends are 2 days to cover up for the past 5 days of delayed tasks that is to be cleared before the next 5 days come.

At least it's raining, feels much cooler and calmer. Let's try to get something done before the weekend comes.

There's always hope.........

Google Chrome

Read about Google Chrome this morning and decided to try it out. It's doing well so far and the pages load faster than the other web browsers that I have. I might just stick to it for a while.

Best thing about it is the source code (the code use to program the browser) is open-source, which means anyone can view it and they can write codes to improve it. This makes the development faster.

A few days after release, and this is what Wikipedia has about the browser.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome

I'm not going to make this post too technical but if you want to know more about it, just google GOOGLE CHROME and you'll find lots of information about it.

Best thing to do now is, try it for yourself. Download it here.

http://www.google.com/chrome

PS It might suit you or it might not, but the pages do load faster though some features that you'll find in Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox won't be found here.