Many things to celebrate this week...

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First, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO NICK~!"Oh yeah, Darryl's the one taking the picture hehe..."

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1) Firstly & most importantly, our very own Nick's 26th Birthday! Though an impromptu last minute celebration, nonetheless it still manages to be ridiculously funny & entertaining. We gave Melvin a new, not-so-glam nickname called "Gay Referee"... chatted with the Canteen 5 uncle & revealed that his son is a dragonboater from SP who once tried to "jio" my girlfriend... Good rewarding meal & good laughs after a tiring training. Yup, definitely a fine evening.

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"See... good food! BBQ stingray, prawn paste chicken, hong kong noodles, hotplate tofu..."
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2) Another thing to celebrate is about my girl passing her BTT. Honestly, I've never seen or heard anyone studying so hard for BTT before in my life... But it works for her, so let it go, hahaha. Yeah and thanks to Caryn for lending me the Basic Theory Book. Looks like I don't need to ferry my girl around in the future... maybe she can drive me around instead? Nah...

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"CONGRATULATIONS to my Girl, Charmaine!"
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3) It's the end of a work-overloading week~! Two quizzes in a week, Polymer Synthesis on Tuesday & Polymer Technology on Thursday. So I've not been having proper sleep since Monday night, because those people who know me well know that I don't really sleep much at night when I have quiz the next day. So if I have a quiz on Tuesday, I don't sleep the Monday night before due to studying. In this case, quizzes on Tuesday & Thursday means no sleep on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday.

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And then there was the promise I made to JinHan to help him draw up a 3D drawing of a wheelchair for his project, using a software called SolidWorks '08. That software was a different version from the one I used during my Polytechnic's Industrial Attachment, say erm... 6-7 years ago? haha... So I ended up drawing & experimenting with the software the whole night before till the next morning. I had to rush through the night because the deadline was in the afternoon! In the end, I didn't think I did a spectacular job when I handed the work back to JH, but he liked it... maybe he was just being nice. I dunno? hahaha...

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"HAPPY BIRTHDAY~ AMOS the Birdman"
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4) My roomie, Vincent & I celebrated our good pal, Amos's 24th Birthday that following Friday morning, after I stayed up the whole night doing the 3D drawing (We call him "birdman" cuz he sells parrots & parrotkeets)... Together with Hui Ying & Hui Xin, we went to the "Ichiban" Japanese restaurant @ the basement of Jurong Point. It was the first time I had my meal at the Japanese corner at the basement. I ordered Tempura ChaSoba & I must say the food is not that bad there... the salmon sashimi is fresh too. YUMMY-LICIOUS~! After the celebration, we took a photo & rushed back to school for tutorial! hahaha...

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5) Mom's buying a new TV for the living room... We went down to Plaza Singapura, because they were having a road show... We managed to get what I believe to be a great deal... a Samsung 42" Plasma TV priced $1499... but the package comes with a new digital camera, $400 gift voucher & a home threater system... total worth of about $1000... so technically we are getting the TV for $500 bucks only... Wooooo... GREAT DEAL. Luckily when we went, there were only like 4-5 sets left... and by the time, I passed by Plaze Sing' on Sunday, the package deal has already been taken down. SO with that 42" Plasma TV settling in the living room. The existing TV will be moving into my room, replacing the 27" old TV... =P

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6) At the end of wednesday's training the most delighting piece of news long since heard was that the Evaluation next week will be cancelled, along with the training to give us more time to study~!!!! WOOHOO~ It's like a major load off my shoulders... Every evaluation is like a CA for hehe... Total Stress to the max! Everytime I have to get through Evaluation, I will get the jitters~! So this came as a major good news... but it doesn't mean we'll be slacking. I'm still doing my own training time to time...

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Okay, so I've come to the end of this week's blog entry... I must say, it has definitely been a week filled with quizzes, (solid)work, fun & laughter... A good week... Thanks to God~ =)

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Ohhhh... before I foget my "promise"... I just can't take it... I have to show it to the WORLD~!!! *bleah* Sorry, "Thunder thighs" (at least I have changed your name to protect your identity hehe...) All in the name of good fun laughter... =P

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"These sculptures remind me of various positions of "18 Arhats" for Thunder Thighs... Quite cool eh"

"Sometimes, don't you just hate yourself..."

MS4523 POLYMER SYNTHESIS QUIZ TWO:

After staying up the whole night studying for the quiz along with my roomie, the moment of truth finally arrives as the clock ticked closer & closer to 9:30am. The lecture notes & tutorials never left our hands even as we made our way slowly to the lecture theater.
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As if a curse, once I step foot into the LT, I forgot what I know & what I didn't know... This seems to be a persistent bugbear for all of us, students. The point of saturation. You just can't stuff another chemical structure for Nylon 6,6, another equation governing the rate of propagation or another value for the molecular weight of isoprene, into your brain. Then there comes the point of time, when you want to step into the LT, grab that test paper, & get it over & done with, ending all that misery. I have that impulse all the time...
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So the paper is finally in my hands. It's mainly MCQ's. Each question is worth 4 marks. Relatively simple, I must say. Having said that, no doubt that makes me hate myself even more for losing 12 marks worth of points. Two of the questions are because I was thinking too much, or due to the lack of me understanding the question, or due to the poor structuring of the question which makes it very misleading...
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It was something about cationic & anionic polymerization, & the charge of the carbon that terminates the living species... Is the charge neutral, negative or positive? There are two questions regarding this, & I totally screwed it up because I was thinking too much, thinking that it might even be a trick question. Haiz... so much for looking in too deep.
LESSON ONE: Just go with your instincts, man. Don't think too much.
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I screwed up for the other question too. I didn't really know the answer to that question. But I happened to catch a glimpse at the answer for the question, of my friend who was sitting diagonally infront of me. He circled (B) while I circled (C)... But needless to say, I wasn't confident enough so I changed my answer to (B) too. But thinkng back, I don't know what clouded my judgement then... because I know that options (A) & (B) belong to the same species, thereby leaving (C) as the odd one out. AND I DID CIRCLED (C) AT FIRST ACCORDING TO THE LOGIC OF THIS THINKING. But I had to wavier in my answer & choose the wrong one, when in fact I had the right answer all along. Haiz...
LESSON TWO: No more copying from others. They are in the same league as you. Just because you think you don't know, doesn't mean that the others know...
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Why don't you ever learn from your mistakes, Leslie? Two more weeks to the exams... buck up, buck up! No more mistakes... (Damn, these mistakes just have to spoil my day)
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TOUGH TIMES DON'T LAST, TOUGH MEN DO:

See this picture? That was like my nose all through Tuesday night and Wednesday... Just visualize it with a loose tap, a lot more flow, and a whole lot less gracefulness. Well, maybe also a lot more mess, judging from the mountain of tissue papers piling up in the rubbish bin and a whole lot of disturbing noises (like when you blow into a tissue).

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My whole point is that it was hell going through all these AGAIN (yeah, it happened once before, crap~), while studying for another major 4AU quiz on Thursday. Going through all the online lectures (I counted - 15 of them)... It's like a movie marathon or something, minus the 'fun' part. And it's harder to concentrate on them especially when you're not feeling well. I got only in-between naps, & not 7-8 hours sleep during these tough times. I think it's getting far too damaging for me (at this age). =P Late nights, insufficient rest, pushing your body to its limit...

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The quiz is finally over, I can't say I fared well for it, I dunno. I just dunno... But at least now, it's over and I can really get some good rest now. I'm feeling all exhausted & drained now, from the stomach flu, to the cold & sore throat all in a short span of 5 days (Sunday till Thursday). My friends analyzed it for me, they say it's due to my late nights that my stomach produces more acid - which led to the stomach flu & cramps, after extended period of times. And that lowered my immune system. Coupled with the stress of one more quiz, lack of healthy food when you're staying in hall & even more lack of rest/sleep, the cold & sore throat decided to kick in & join in the fun.
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I used to do this all the time. But now, my body doesn't seem to be coping quite well with my usual way of doing things. So now, I've decided to lead a Healthy Lifestyle~! Well, at least try to... Sufficient rest, exercise, essential nutrition from my diet, more studies & less crap. Haha...
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Oh yeah, regarding the driving after my quiz on Thursday, it went pretty well. The lesson whereby I made the least mistakes, & had my smoothest drive. Initially I thought I'll be too darn tired to concentrate on the wheels, but that was totally opposite to my case. The footwork was fine. The changing of gears was fine. The control of the steering was fine. The picking up & slowing down of speed was fine too. Of course, there are still some minor hiccups... but that's all fine. It went well. Guess when you're not so tensed over something, you might even perform better. =]
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Things coming up:
10th Oct - HW310 Presentation
13th Oct - MS4525 Materials & Energy Quiz 2
28th Oct - MS4523 Polymer Synthesis Quiz 2

30th Oct - MS4520 Polymer Technology Quiz 2
07th Nov - Driving Test
Ongoing - FYP
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Gentlemen, the tough times are now. They're not over yet. Focus, focus, focus~!!!

LYRICS:
She likes me for me
Not because...
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She's the one for me
And I just can't live without her
My arms belong around her
And I'm so glad I found her once again
And I'm so glad I found her once again
Yeah, I'm so glad I found her once again.
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We managed to find this 'old song' that we both found familiar.

Even though, I gave her all the wrong words to the lyrics... ={
We got something telepathic going on, I must say... =P
Now I'm addicted to this song.
As long as we are together, I believe there's nothing we can't do...
I believe my arms belong around her ♥...
Even seeing her face online on web cam lightens up my weakened spirits. =]
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Word of Advice:
Always find someone who loves you for who you are
And love someone for who he/she is.
Never try to change someone, & don't try to be someone different.
You will soon realise that it's far too taxing to hold up that facade. You won't be happy.
It never works out, & the repercussion can be damagingly deadly.
When that happens, things are gonna fall apart anyway... sooner or later.
Having said that, to love someone for who he/she is, & for that someone to love you for who you are.
You need to get to know that someone well enough, & let that someone know you well too.
And that takes time & effort on both your part.

(I'm glad I found that someone, who I can be comfortable with)
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Rule of the thumb: "Rome wasn't built in one day".
Let things flow...