Tomorrow, I shall be heading for the United Kingdom for a pre-examination tour. Haha...What nonsense...Anyway, I am overjoyed because I am going to visit SW19, commonly known as Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Club! But before that, I will be visiting Lund in Sweden for a class...How cool is that! All expenses paid for (riding in my prof's car) plus lunch (hopefully it is catered)...Wednesday, April 30, 2008
United Kingdom (30April - 6May)
Tomorrow, I shall be heading for the United Kingdom for a pre-examination tour. Haha...What nonsense...Anyway, I am overjoyed because I am going to visit SW19, commonly known as Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Club! But before that, I will be visiting Lund in Sweden for a class...How cool is that! All expenses paid for (riding in my prof's car) plus lunch (hopefully it is catered)...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Amsterdam (17th April - 21st April)
rows & rows of flowers
i tot i saw a bunny! I did! I did! I did see a bunny...
Most beautiful shot amongst all...in my humble photographic opinion
some tulips...they are orange in color!!!...duhz
Kendrick and I in a windmill @ Keukenkof...
Jessica, YanLi,Jordan,Amelia,Kendrick,Me,Baolai and Huiyian
Funfare @ Amsterdam City...
Huge yellow clog...
Proof that I have been to Rotterdam...
Dim Sum...
Tina Tuner...
Some random shot with Amelia in Rotterdam...
Creative house...but waste space and materials...the designer is definitely not an engineer!
Amsterdam...Baolai, Kendrick, Yanli and JiaLiang visited Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Along the way, they met up with Jessica, Jordan, Amelia and Huiyian. JiaLiang finds Rotterdam boring which by the way...he has informed his readers in his blog previously.
Yanli and Kendrick bought some very very nice stuff. Both are for their loved ones. All of them bought windmills and except for Kendrick, the rest bought cheese. JiaLiang bought some garlic with herbs cheese while Baolai and Yanli bought more traditional smoked cheese.
They met Jessica, Jordan, Amelia and Huiyian in Rotterdam. Jordan is Jessica's and Amelia's friend but Amelia do not know Jessica beforehand. So, what a small world. They are very thankful to Jordan who showed them around in Rotterdam and before they headed back for Amsterdam, they ate Dim Sums.
In the last day, Kendrick and JiaLiang searched through all the Albert Heijns (4 of them) there are in Amsterdam for their Euros 0.65 stroopwafels. Was unsuccessful because somehow they can't find more. Had to settle for 70% of what all of them wanted to buy.
Friday, April 25, 2008
SMS
WHAT IN THE SAM HILL IS SMS (Safety Management System)?
I only know what is short messenger service. But I suspect that I am going to forget how to do it since I cannot use by hp. coz of the unusable SIM card.
I only know what is short messenger service. But I suspect that I am going to forget how to do it since I cannot use by hp. coz of the unusable SIM card.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Warmer
The weather in Denmark is getting warmer and I have observed more people going out in the field to get a tan or just simply bask in the sun. Classes are quite okie but I am not. ha! There were times when I feel ashamed of myself just walking out of the class after lectures and not staying for tutorials. I hope that I can pass my exams.
Done booking the confusing hostels and correspondance with the hostel people concerning change of rooms etc etc. To the moeny collecting part, I have to be extra careful now that I have been bitten once. Have to take extra triplex or infiniplex precaution in the event that if there were any mistakes, I have documentation to fall back on and not get 'gorged to death'. Logistical roles are such headaches and it does not get any better when there are miscommunications.
Done booking the confusing hostels and correspondance with the hostel people concerning change of rooms etc etc. To the moeny collecting part, I have to be extra careful now that I have been bitten once. Have to take extra triplex or infiniplex precaution in the event that if there were any mistakes, I have documentation to fall back on and not get 'gorged to death'. Logistical roles are such headaches and it does not get any better when there are miscommunications.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Irony and Amsterdam
Irony
Definitions of,
1. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
2. an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected
3. the incongruity of this
Life has been likened to many things; box of chocolates, windmill, yardar yardar yardar. Well, in my opinion, life is one of irony too. Look through what has happened in our lives and you will realize there are many instances where life is such an irony.. exasperation, exhaustion and madness are often associated with lives' ironies...
Amsterdam
Just came back from Amsterdam. Lived in the red light district area. It was amazing how the solicitors do their business. Some were really drop-dead gorgeous while others were better off at home baking cookies for their grands. AMS is more of a tourist centre with little more than a few residents who bring in their keeps from tourist dollars.
Highlight of the trip was my purchase of a glass tulip from Keukenkoff. That little piece of glass cost me 16Euros! But it was money well-spent. Did not like it in Rotterdam because, except for nothing and nothing, there was still nothing. Transport was ridiculously priced but that's how things are in Europe.
Pictures will come soon and hopefully, I will survive the projects and the boring life in Denmark.
Definitions of,
1. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
2. an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected
3. the incongruity of this
Life has been likened to many things; box of chocolates, windmill, yardar yardar yardar. Well, in my opinion, life is one of irony too. Look through what has happened in our lives and you will realize there are many instances where life is such an irony.. exasperation, exhaustion and madness are often associated with lives' ironies...
Amsterdam
Just came back from Amsterdam. Lived in the red light district area. It was amazing how the solicitors do their business. Some were really drop-dead gorgeous while others were better off at home baking cookies for their grands. AMS is more of a tourist centre with little more than a few residents who bring in their keeps from tourist dollars.
Highlight of the trip was my purchase of a glass tulip from Keukenkoff. That little piece of glass cost me 16Euros! But it was money well-spent. Did not like it in Rotterdam because, except for nothing and nothing, there was still nothing. Transport was ridiculously priced but that's how things are in Europe.
Pictures will come soon and hopefully, I will survive the projects and the boring life in Denmark.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Kiasu
Kiasu-ism is a national behavorial phenomenon in my country. You can associate it with just about everyone in Singapore. Well, being a conformist like most of the rest, I cannot deny that I am Kiasu. Queuing up for Hello Kitty, buses, trains, food, Toto and what have you.
It transcends everyday people. (hint hint). Kiasuism is not a bad attitude to adopt, in fact, I strongly encourage it. It should be introduced in CME classes and pastorial care. It is an attitude to have to survive in this rat race. No one owes no one a living. He who seeks victory,wins. At this point, I am not making sense.
However, overdoing it might get you in places where you wished you like to keep it only on reel life. Creativity might be a better survival 'kit'. Instead of organizing vehicular racing, holding congregation for important people in the radius of 2000km(approx.) discussing important things or holding sports meet for young kids from elsewhere, we can be creative. Move on mate, what works for other people may not work for us.
We can for example, build a launching pad for commercial space flight, deliberately building an office on soft sand so that it tilts, a 700m skyscraper, declare a weeklong 'pot' day and the likes. These may draw attention too albeit in an unconventional manner. I must clarify these are but my humble, scientifically inaccurate somewhat (admittedly, brainless) suggestions.
It transcends everyday people. (hint hint). Kiasuism is not a bad attitude to adopt, in fact, I strongly encourage it. It should be introduced in CME classes and pastorial care. It is an attitude to have to survive in this rat race. No one owes no one a living. He who seeks victory,wins. At this point, I am not making sense.
However, overdoing it might get you in places where you wished you like to keep it only on reel life. Creativity might be a better survival 'kit'. Instead of organizing vehicular racing, holding congregation for important people in the radius of 2000km(approx.) discussing important things or holding sports meet for young kids from elsewhere, we can be creative. Move on mate, what works for other people may not work for us.
We can for example, build a launching pad for commercial space flight, deliberately building an office on soft sand so that it tilts, a 700m skyscraper, declare a weeklong 'pot' day and the likes. These may draw attention too albeit in an unconventional manner. I must clarify these are but my humble, scientifically inaccurate somewhat (admittedly, brainless) suggestions.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Happy Birthday (to my blog) - The Beatles
I am so glad my blog survived 1 year. Amidst my busy schedule, I managed to find time to update. Useful and useless information regardless, it's been fun expressing my take on things. Looking forward to many posts ahead.
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