December 28, 2010
3:54 PM
Auld Lang Syne
Christmas has come and gone so fast.. not that I really celebrate it, but still. =< Did have an enjoyable time though! And with that, the year is coming to an end. 2011 marks the first year out of army! Time to put the memories of those years behind and get along with life.
On that note, I've been considering applying for overseas universities. Managed to get a fair score on the SATs, and I don't want to just leave it and let it go to waste. Already have a place in NTU's ADM, but as we pretty much all know, the standard of arts and design in Singapore is way down there..
December 22, 2010
4:20 PM
Orchard Road Charities
They're everywhere, and always there. Salvation army, flag day(s), and the all-too-ubiquitous buskers. Not too much about the buskers though.. I think I wrote about a few of them quite some moons ago, haha.
Shops aren't the only ones taking advantage of the festivities here, thats for sure. The influx of volunteers and charity workers is stifling, to say the least. Yes, its the season for giving, but isn't this much too much? This is just a weekday, but the number of solicitors is comparable to that on a regular weekend. Imagine the crowd on Christmas day itself, with the roads being closed and whatnot. Pedestrian pandemonium.. donation dystopia..?
The worst part of it is having to pass by multiple solicitors, each of them looking for donations, and each one of them you have to politely reject, or act blur or busy to avoid their advances. Sooner or later, you start feeling guilty for not donating, especially with Christmas coming up. Is this a crafty scheme to get you digging into your pockets, or am I just thinking too much into it?
December 21, 2010
2:51 AM
Zzzz?
My sleep cycle never actually went back to normal, even after NS..
It all started in primary school. The latest I'd sleep then was around midnight, and that was considered awfully late already. I still remember how my auntie would talk about my cousin, few years older than me, who had to(?) stay up late past midnight doing homework or revising. The thought of that shocked me then.
Then came secondary school. Time in school increased. Homework piled up, games piled up. Inevitably I end up staying up past midnight. 1, on the rare occasion, 2. Same for the IB period, since staying up any later left me in a zombified state for the next day in school. The only time I stayed up real late was when I had to rush for an art exam the next day. Slept at 4, woke up around 5-ish.
NS period, I didn't want to waste precious weekend time sleeping the day(or night, if you'd like) away, so the regular KO timing got pushed even further back to 4. Now that NS is over, this lifestyle unfortunately hasn't changed. Something inside tells me to revert, but my body doesn't seem to think so. Usually just end up lying awake in bed if I turn in early.
So there.. unknowingly or otherwise, I just complained about myself procrastinating. =(
(Time of posting is 3.38am. Go figure.)
December 20, 2010
3:04 AM
Where did they go?
Yeah, this blog was active once upon a time. Nice and active, till a certain period of my life known as NS came. From then on, it was bye bye bloggy. Lack of time? Lack of inspiration? Nah, none of that. In fact, during that period of time, I probably had more on my mind than ever. Hmmm... so where did all of them go....?
My blog got de-digitalised! All you NS boys out there might have remembered getting an A6-ish sized, black covered, ringed book? The ones that you've probably dumped in a corner and forgot all about? Well, not this NS boy! I used it diligently, from the first day of enlistment right through to ORD. Heck, I even 'bound' my BMT section with a nice yellow cover. An entry every single day, except for weekends and outfields of course.
The entries grew sparser after entering the dreaded 5SIR. They gradually became a once-a-week thing toward the end, but nevertheless, I managed to fill the whole book, even spilling into a second book which I found lying around (told you no one cares about them). Counted every day too, all the day from day 1 to day 666 (ironically, the happiest day of my life).
Now I have a nice keepsake to remind me of the good(less of this) and bad times. When times are tough, keep a diary! Write about it, get it off your mind! Really helped for me.
So, its been over a month since I ORDed. Its about time I got this blog restarted up, huh?
2:04 AM
Revive!
Long time no post! Should I restart this blog?