To talk about today being a WIERD day isn't an overstatement.
Well first, I went out with the guys, and at the Bedok station suddenly this old aunt that works at macdonalds (from the outfit she was wearing) came up behind us and started preaching loudly about supporting the Worker's Party, and blasting away at the PAP. And scolded us (or studying people in general) saying we were good-for-nothing.
My friend had the mind to actually TALK back to her, but was quickly put off by her blasting. Luckily, she apparently lost interest in us, and started preaching to others around us. Making a sight out of herself, till her train came. (I pity the people on the train she boarded)
My friend started singing to avoid talking to her (the same one who got put off talking back to her), and heck, that was wierd too. Singing aloud in the middle of the MRT platform.
Ok! Thereafter we went on our way, and got to Bugis. Saw this sex shop, and my friend (yes, the SAME one) told us "if he can go in, he can come right out also". Lol and we dared him to go in... but apparently he couldn't get in.
Went to Sim Lim Square and took a walk, and decided I wanna get a thumb drive. 1GB for 68! and then there was a 4GB for 139! My god. Right now I'm using my digicam to transfer files between comps. Lol.
Lol well then after walking around sim lim, we decided to take a bus back, but passing by the Mac at Bugis (the one outside, not inside) I suddenly had this cranky idea- You know the Macdonald statue is always posing with 1 hand on his hip, and another waving at you right? I linked arms with it and did a wave with my other hand. You can imagine... (getting the photo from my friend now)
For some reason, nighttime always makes me emotionally thoughtful. And think alot. Sometimes too much.
Anyway, to sidetrack abit, here's a sad, dramatic, sweet story to read: http://crazylicious.com/lovestory.html
Went out to dinner with jan yest (and had, and heard for the first time in my life, VEGETARIAN prata - Cool!), was to talk about her problems- but ended up I made alot of realizations about myself while I was giving advice.
我累了。
I seem to always get in the wrong paths. Get in paths that are not fruitful.
理智的感情，为爱情； 不理智的感情，为一厢情愿； 没有感情的理智，为不懂得去爱。
Its always about finding the midpoint balance between the Conscious Logic, and Feelings. Have I found the equilibrium? That is what I should know. But yet time and again, I have allowed (or rather, I seem to have no control over) allowed myself to follow my feelings. A bane, or a boon?
/rant
Enough about random stuff...
Besides being busy with SIP, sorting out AG Comm matters (talking alot to my committee members), and the upcoming Recruitment Drive, haven't been playing comp games. Instead, I've been talkin to Fan Shu lately. Hey, its effective stress relief! XD Then lately she's into bullying lao fu zi. Hmph! Because I dun have many emoticons, and her bleh looks better than mine. Hahah! tsk tsk...
Met ziting in school today! Had to go back cos gotta update my understudy quatermaster on what had been going on, as well as get the scores for tomorrow's performance from our instructor. Then just nice met ziting coming out with her friends. Haha! Which made me remember, during the China trip... that time we were taking the lift up, and that particular glass lift always stops on the 13th floor - probably cos the Spa and Massage Center is there and they want people to visit it. But during then only a few of us noticed, and ziting didn't know. So I was saying in the lift, Later you all see, the lift will stop at the 13th floor... Then she said You think too much le ba... And it really stopped again on the 13th Floor. XD I was right! Hahaha...
Aha...
9:48 PM
Monday, April 24, 2006
再次失恋的感觉!
Went biking yesterday (inspired by da fan shu who went swimming- I must so go out and get some excersize on weekends, man!) and found (for the first time in my life) Katong Swimming Complex!!
Was so surprised I fell off my bike. Literally. Thats uber cool...
Ok nevermind that.
Talking of UBER, just read about UBERBURGER yesterday in the papers. The place where burgers so for 100+ bucks per. And my friend asked me when I was going to the joint. Probably when I'm feeling uber. But not today, nor anytime in the future. Thats some UBER burger man.
Anyway, I was trying to cycle to Roxy Square, but somehow missed it, and got to Mountbatten Road instead. So I decided to turn back, and almost got lost, if not for Meyer Road. -.-
And on Meyer Road was where I saw-
THE FREAKY STATUE!!
*freaks out*
It was sorta in the shadow actually, infront of some sort of a condo. Or terrace house, I couldn't be sure. It was old anyway. I wouldn't have seen it really, but I was curious. (Curiousity kills Lao Fu Zi) It actually looked something like an ancient warrior from China, in his armor and all. And on his face part was splattered red paint, here and there. GEE! Especially in the 5 - 6 o clock evening light, it was spookily mesmerizing.
Anyway...
I've been practising my passenger driving skills on my bike lately. Just in case you know ;)
I've found out that cycling alone allows for me to reflect and think about things. Be calm. Reason with myself. Thats why i love cycling. ^^
(this is the THIRD time I'm typing this entry: 1st time, can't upload, 2nd time the comp thought it was funny to empty out the contents, and this time is the 3rd time)
Jan and I have been talking quite alot lately. Lol poor gal...
问世间情为何物，只叫人生死相许。
1:53 PM
Thursday, April 20, 2006
It makes me wonder.
I think I give up too easy. I'm the one who defeats myself, not anyone else. I withdraw, thinking to myself a hundred reasons to do so, and somehow discourage myself from further pursuing, thinking its not fated to be.
Is it really that?
Or is it that I'm going through a learning process, through which i discover my true feelings?
I keep telling myself. Be true to myself. Don't force myself to feel something which isn't truly so.
Haha... Janelle has been sharing her troubles wit me lately. And like I said, she reminds me of me. Because we're impulsive, and tend to over-think and become over-sensitive. And that is a bad thing to be!
10:10 PM
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Its the 2nd week
and I STILL haven't gotten my badge at Motorola! I'm still stuck with no identity!
This is so degrading.
Had to call up Susan, and she just got my CID number (it some number they need for identifying people- You know, like criminal numbers) and sent it on Friday. And today is WEDNESDAY and Security still claims they haven't gotten my CID number yet. Just called them, and they said they would go check and make me my badge.
Bonkers!
10:08 AM
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Woohoo! Took leave yesterday. Had to do so to complete the PiCC group report video. In the mean time, Story of Room 405 is also done. Hosting it on Google Video Upload currently, expect it to be verified (if it was porn or not, like I was telling Da Fan Shu yesterday xD) soon.
Yesterday was one of those days when my phone was dying on batt and everyone was trying to contact me. Hm.
The best part of yesterday had to be when Kenny (mr yong) barged in on me while I was at the mac lab. He was like: You no work today ah? Apparently I have to tell him when I take leave. He said it was a serious matter... Ah...
Met hui min during lunch today at the cafetaria. At first i wasn't sure it was her, but lol i decided to take one more look. Joined her for lunch with her sups. Nice people. :) No wonder I couldn't locate her on IM. She hasn't gotten her account activated nor gotten any passwords yet. Ah...
Hmm having an outing with AG later at Dhoby Gaut. Hope to be home earlier, lol... Wanted to wake at 6.30am today and take MRT to work, but woke at 7.30 instead. Gee! Should have heeded Da Fan Shu's advice to sleep earlier last night... Hahaha!
3:05 PM
Saturday, April 15, 2006
YES! Finally done with my Individual Journal. Clocking 2.5k words and 3 pages in total. Lol... And our group report is almost done. But still need to take a half day on monday to get it done. Then I can shun bian finish my Story of Rm 405. Hosting the photos now.
Just came back from performance @ YMS Arts Centre. Quite a small place... The organiser, Glynis? I already found her name familiar... Then her face... Then finally I remembered- she was my piano accompaniment when I was going for my Grade 8 violin. Ah...
The performance was quite good for us... The performers got older, and better as the program went on, if you get what I mean... There was one pretty good Solo singer and piano just before the interval. Those in front were like, quite "reciting" style... No emotion, just regurgitating. There was one fuinny little guy who couldn't wait for the performance to be over, the MC haven't gotten the chance to intro him, and he ran straight up ad started playing. Lol...
Wanted to stay on abit to watch more, but decided to leave with limin.. Haha.
Oh ya I HAVE to mention, Janelle chose to take a shortcut this afternoon when we were going for lunch, and she chose a shortcut through the field, and got all our shoes muddy xD Janelle arh janelle... Tsk tsk.
10:02 PM
Friday, April 14, 2006
As it Rains, as it rains, as it rains
Sure was rainy today.
Wanted to have the Group Report done today, but ended up at Jan's block, and found out we didn't have ANY materials at all... That is so LOL.
So, we just sat there and chatted lo. Chat until it rained, then until she simply had to go up, and wanted me to go off in the rain xD Told her she could go off upstairs anytime de ah... But she insisted on being nice, and accompanying me and seeing me off - in the rain!
Lol... so I ended up with grossly wet jeans and arms (cos the filmsy raincoat I had on did nothing much), and saw - for the second time I believe it has happened - a massive flood at the underside of the bridge and the road at near where RSS is. Super cool if you ask me: the buses were stuck on either of the flood, the queue being like so long. There was also a van stuck in the flood. Owned!
Just came back not too long ago from Toa Payoh, meeting cheryl. Had to collect Jan's mp3 player from her so I could do my recording. Haha we walked around abit, and when she mentioned it - yes she does look alot more tanned and more Malay now... Ahaha... And she bought me a chocolate bar earlier in the day. How nice of her xD
Sigh, hope we can finish the report video tomorrow. And my journal too!
9:41 PM
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Liek OMG what a small world
You guys still remember Shen Jue? (talking about PiCC)
Today I thought I saw her at lunch: went back and did a contact search on Moto's list, and yes it WAS really her!
Like omg.
Talked to her on the IM (Instant Messenger- also MSN). Gee! From teacher-student to colleague. She's doing Tech at Moto now.
2:24 PM
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
The Motorolan Intern
Ok in lieu of so MANY misisng days in my blog, you guys would want to know what I've been up to since I came back from China. I assume.
Actually, I've been tied up with alot of things.
~ First, I've been sorting out the notes on my handphone(yes I don't use notepads on the spot- I've had bad experiences with that), seperating them into Trip Report notes, and notes for blogging.
Then, right the 2nd day I came back from China, I had to arrange the raw footage we captured in China about our trip into tape.
Then, I've been trying to produce the movie Story of Room 405 (its some scandal story I also shot in China, starring Shawn, Parinee, Samuel, Sharon and Dom ^^), but with no luck, I might go down to school this Saturday to do the editing if I have the time. I could do it at home, but I burned the footage into DVD which my CD RW drive cannot read, so too bad.
Then, I've been talking to Da Fan Shu(tze wan) these few days (or in fact, last few days, whichever you want to call it), and inadvertly grew 1) wiser, 2) even more "untrustworthy" - which I shall explain later.
Then, my internship has started already, and I'm on my 3rd day, and I've got some to share about my work there.
And also there's the movie we went to (we being Me, Shawn, Da Fan Shu, Janelle) yesterday. ~
Ah, so you can see, its a whole array of things to be said, and not enough time to blog.
Ok I'll tell you what happened in China later, because its really alot of things to tell.
We can start by what our title suggests, my internship at Motorola.
Ok FIRST day of work:
Totally. I woke up, diddled abit, then when I reached the interchange: I couldn't find 854. (YA I'm like BLIND or something) So I was thinking, could I have remembered wrongly? Hmm... Since I remembered a "5" in the bus number anyway, I took the nearest alternative 25.
And count it as my lucky day, cos 25 actually followed 854's route all the way till Ang Mo Kio before it branched off. But still, in the end, I had to take a cab, and STILL be late for the first day of work by like 15 mins. Interesting.
Well I shan't describe the rest of my day in detail, but just that Motorola is in general, quite relaxed. For now maybe... My first day was spent reading news feeds.
SECOND day of work:
I diddled abit, wanted to wake up at 6.45 but woke up at 7 anyway, this time took the right bus, and was late for 30 mins. -.-
I'am such a punk, matey.
Sat through a weekly conference call in the morning, started getting assigned work in ther afternoon, looked through the news on all the websites and gathered materials (because I was in charge of their Weekly Telco News), and that was about it.
Seriously, their worker care here isn't bad at all, and hey their Cafetaria's quite good. They have this FENGSHUI thing here, changing the name of the 4th Floor to Floor 3A. Ok...
Ok now we talk about the movie (fumbugs I just kicked the network wire AGAIN- tis a piece of loose *muted*).
Watched Inside Man at Bugis Shaw- seems like a branch off of Ocean's Eleven/Twelve to me. Not bad in the story, but shaky and corny camera work at some points of the movie. One of which was the scene where the detective was supposed to be like really angry, and he was running towards the doors of the bank- he was like 'floating' towards the front of the screen, in one straight motion... thats SO corny...
And Janelle has been really bored yesterday. Started messaging me saying she's got nothing to do, and she's really bored. Then she asked what I was getting, I told her, and she started getting jelous (as usual :P)
Well anyway we met up at Bugis (next time I shall say specifically where), and though I was the earliest there, I waited at the MRT station Control, so I ended up being the latest to reach the meeting point, at the Cinema ticketing booth.
And it was MY fault again when I chose middle seats- but abit too in front, which I didn't realize at the point of purchase. Haha! Sorry gals... :)
So, apart from being 1) insulted by the MUTING of vulgarities in the show (they missed out 1' bitch'- I caught that!)(me and da fan shu were giggling at each muting anyway), 2) assaulted by some arabic music theme for the show (both me and shawn felt like dancing- he's been different ever since coming back from china) and 3) having neck pains (janelle especially, and da fan shu), we pretty much enjoyed the movie I guess. :)
Ok, gotta get back to work. More updates as and when I have the time.
8:40 AM
14 ThinGs tO knOw abOut Me
Name:
Joel
Nickname:
hOrse
Gou Xiong
Lao Fu Zi
Location:
Singapore
Sex:
Male
Religion:
Naturalist
Birthday:
3rd July 1986
Zodiac:
Cancer
Occupation:
Student
Contact Me:
lameable.jo@gmail.com
MSN
brotherhood_of_nod@hotmail.com
Status
Blessed-ly Attached 081106 to Wang PeiShi~ <3
Favourites
~ Being with my Darling~
~ Play MMORPG
~ Write song, play guitar
~ Learn new stuff
~ Sleep
