..:: 586. The One With Hectic ::..
first heave a sigh of relief. finally handed over to a new committee, load off my shoulders. but other stuff seems to be piling up.
been sleeping around 4am these days, rushing tutorials and projects. i guess i really cant play too much moo-moo (warcraft). I am staring at my schedules for the different modules and all of them seem to scream 'I'm coming'...
my laptop crashed due to my itchy finger to force it to shut down while it is updating window service pack, all thanks to the excitement of playing moo-moo. Now rushing for a presentation of internet articles... saw other group post their slides up and here we are: undone. screwed.
I feel like i am playing a losing table tennis game. I need to get back the lead... now i am feeling the lack of control of my time and having the modules the next day dictate what i should be doing.
finally just some thoughts about the olympics.
i never feel so empty before. now i have to resort to watching crappy ch 5 shows... and currently playing S-league. gulps.
the closing ceremony was average. leona lewis would be better off singing her own song. where is stefanie sun? i didnt get to see her though. interesting how mr. hu said 'one world, one dream' in english and the few words he uttered subsequently were incomprehensible.
poor huo liang and zhou luxin lost their gold in diving. =( but am happy that he chong got his.
COMEX this thur! so tempted to skip class to be the first few in the exhibition hall.
oh, the singapore table tennis saga. what's that hype about not renewing the manager's contract? why mention it before the celebration? new management, eager to appease the public? right the wrong? or is it doing more wrong? I hope we dont lose a good coach in the process. Affects the players' morale as well. haiz. should think of the bigger picture.
The Chinese national anthem has been ringing in my head. I even know how to sing it. lol.
起来！
不愿做奴隶的人们！
把我们的血肉，
筑成我们新的长城！
中华民族到了最危险的时候，
每个人被迫着发出最后的吼声。
起来！起来！起来！
我们万众一心，
冒着敌人的炮火，前进！
冒着敌人的炮火，前进！
前进！前进！进！
Monday, August 25, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
..:: 585. The One With Bronze Medal ::..
well, unexpectedly, li jia wei has to play against guo yue. tough match i guess. hope jia wei can really win the bronze =)
wang nan own her match owing to her experience. guo yue's quick momentum didnt distract her as much and towards the last 2 games, she was owning.
well, unexpectedly, li jia wei has to play against guo yue. tough match i guess. hope jia wei can really win the bronze =)
wang nan own her match owing to her experience. guo yue's quick momentum didnt distract her as much and towards the last 2 games, she was owning.
..:: 584. The One With So Close ::..
gosh. feng tianwei was so close. she really stretched the no.1 zhang yining in 4-2 (13:11 12:14 14:12 12:10 13:11). i hope the media would give her some encouragement. She didnt lose any set with a single digit point. I really admire her fighting spirit and tenacity. hope someone can do a wallpaper of her and i can download and put on my phone lol.
li jiawei is damn lucky to first scrape through to the semi-finals, having the USA player eliminating her rival Kim from Korea who took bronze at Athens. Secondly, Li managed to win the USA player 4-1. Now she faces Zhang Yining which will be tough to win. Li has never won Zhang in all her encounters. As such, Feng is the only Singaporean player who has beaten Zhang and in the history of table tennis, she will be remembered for breaking the unbeaten record of Zhang. So how Li fares against Zhang will be measured with Feng. Hope she can upset Zhang and secure another medal for Singapore.
Wang Nan (5th) VS Guo Yue (2nd)
If Li ever has to play against them, i am unsure who will be the easier opponent. Li has beaten both of them before but Wang Nan though seeded 5th has more experience.
There was another controversy of lack of coach support for the men single event. Poor Gao Ning had to play without the coach's supervision and went down 0-4 to croatia while Yang Zi defeated 7th seeded Chinese Taipei player. I can imagine after waiting for 4 yrs having to play an impt match without your coach and lose the match.... how depressing...
i think its due time we should recognize the men table tennis players as well.
gosh. feng tianwei was so close. she really stretched the no.1 zhang yining in 4-2 (13:11 12:14 14:12 12:10 13:11). i hope the media would give her some encouragement. She didnt lose any set with a single digit point. I really admire her fighting spirit and tenacity. hope someone can do a wallpaper of her and i can download and put on my phone lol.
li jiawei is damn lucky to first scrape through to the semi-finals, having the USA player eliminating her rival Kim from Korea who took bronze at Athens. Secondly, Li managed to win the USA player 4-1. Now she faces Zhang Yining which will be tough to win. Li has never won Zhang in all her encounters. As such, Feng is the only Singaporean player who has beaten Zhang and in the history of table tennis, she will be remembered for breaking the unbeaten record of Zhang. So how Li fares against Zhang will be measured with Feng. Hope she can upset Zhang and secure another medal for Singapore.
Wang Nan (5th) VS Guo Yue (2nd)
If Li ever has to play against them, i am unsure who will be the easier opponent. Li has beaten both of them before but Wang Nan though seeded 5th has more experience.
There was another controversy of lack of coach support for the men single event. Poor Gao Ning had to play without the coach's supervision and went down 0-4 to croatia while Yang Zi defeated 7th seeded Chinese Taipei player. I can imagine after waiting for 4 yrs having to play an impt match without your coach and lose the match.... how depressing...
i think its due time we should recognize the men table tennis players as well.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
..:: 583. The One With Gym ::..
been hooked on watching gymnastics finals. love to see the vault event where gymnasts flip and land. for the guys, i love the high bar, ring and floor. china male gymnasts darn good. my current idol is chen yibing. zou kai, 20yo is the new kid on the block who won gold in floor and high bar. he is also the first chinese to win gold in high bar. yang wei was all-round gold but i guess he will retire after this olympics. my fren jo was drooling over the jap gymnast, oh well.
for the female, i love the 'meaty' shawn johnson, power-packed american. the chinese didnt really leave deep impression. i like the beam event for the girls and the uneven bars.
oh liu xiang didnt manage to compete have drawn criticism and sympathy. poor thing.
wonder how the paddlers fare in the women singles table tennis...
i joined the dancesport academy and today had a taste of cha-cha, rumba... cant wait for the class to start next week =) made new frenz.
been hooked on watching gymnastics finals. love to see the vault event where gymnasts flip and land. for the guys, i love the high bar, ring and floor. china male gymnasts darn good. my current idol is chen yibing. zou kai, 20yo is the new kid on the block who won gold in floor and high bar. he is also the first chinese to win gold in high bar. yang wei was all-round gold but i guess he will retire after this olympics. my fren jo was drooling over the jap gymnast, oh well.
for the female, i love the 'meaty' shawn johnson, power-packed american. the chinese didnt really leave deep impression. i like the beam event for the girls and the uneven bars.
oh liu xiang didnt manage to compete have drawn criticism and sympathy. poor thing.
wonder how the paddlers fare in the women singles table tennis...
i joined the dancesport academy and today had a taste of cha-cha, rumba... cant wait for the class to start next week =) made new frenz.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
..: 582. The One With Mad About English ::..
went to watch the show with my GIP friends. initially i thought watching such a show is like watching money no enough 2 on a weekend price was not very worth it.
looking at the trailer, it is easy to think that the movie is actually poking fun at the Chinese people's inability to converse in English and also showing signboards full of spelling and grammar errors.
Some scenes are painful to watch, especially the ones with the taxi driver trying very hard to communicate with the foreigners. He could not deal with questions like 'What can we buy at the Silk Market?' or 'What else is there other than the Silk Market?'. Though he had received formal training from the company and also informal ones from the radio, he could only master the basic greetings but unable to hold a decent conversation.
After watching the movie, the olympics 2008 is not just another international sporting event. I feel that it is like a revival for the 10-yr cultural revolution, the whole nation has the common mission to show the world to watch out for them. You can see how relentless they are in their spirit to overcome obstacles and stigma, work together in tandem so that they can communicate with the foreigners.
The film features a few characters, a taxi driver, a physician, a young girl sent for english training camp, an 'angmo' as the grammar cop, a funny policeman, a english camp instructor/trainer, an interesting old man.
The Olympics is not just about the athletes. The old man who is 64 years old in 2001 where Beijing got the bid to host the olympics, his first thought was to learn English. He wanted to be part of this Olympic experience and to him is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. He became a volunteer to assist in guiding the foreigners through the tourist attractions.
The film has portrayed an important message that learning has no age barriers. Through collective spirit, will and determination, they are motivated to master the language and show the world that impossible is nothing. just like the opening ceremony has proven, watch out for china. One of the speakers mentioned, to learn english, you must forget about losing face. when others see you try to communicate with them in their language (english), they will respect you rather than humiliate you.
I kinda like one of the trainers mentioned, "We learn English not because we look up to the foreigners, We learn English because we pity them not being able to pick up Chinese and understand us."
How effective is learning English from a recommended text and yelling phrases? I am not sure though.
The director of the film is a local Singaporean who was an award-winning journalist and the first Singaporean anchor to be hired by CNN. Her original name was Pek Siok Lian before she changed it to Pek Lian.
I am inspired by the Chinese to learn English. I met up with my exchange friend from Denmark and Mexico and they told me Spanish and Russian are the languages to learn. mmm... NTU allow me to overload pls.
went to watch the show with my GIP friends. initially i thought watching such a show is like watching money no enough 2 on a weekend price was not very worth it.
looking at the trailer, it is easy to think that the movie is actually poking fun at the Chinese people's inability to converse in English and also showing signboards full of spelling and grammar errors.
Some scenes are painful to watch, especially the ones with the taxi driver trying very hard to communicate with the foreigners. He could not deal with questions like 'What can we buy at the Silk Market?' or 'What else is there other than the Silk Market?'. Though he had received formal training from the company and also informal ones from the radio, he could only master the basic greetings but unable to hold a decent conversation.
After watching the movie, the olympics 2008 is not just another international sporting event. I feel that it is like a revival for the 10-yr cultural revolution, the whole nation has the common mission to show the world to watch out for them. You can see how relentless they are in their spirit to overcome obstacles and stigma, work together in tandem so that they can communicate with the foreigners.
The film features a few characters, a taxi driver, a physician, a young girl sent for english training camp, an 'angmo' as the grammar cop, a funny policeman, a english camp instructor/trainer, an interesting old man.
The Olympics is not just about the athletes. The old man who is 64 years old in 2001 where Beijing got the bid to host the olympics, his first thought was to learn English. He wanted to be part of this Olympic experience and to him is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. He became a volunteer to assist in guiding the foreigners through the tourist attractions.
The film has portrayed an important message that learning has no age barriers. Through collective spirit, will and determination, they are motivated to master the language and show the world that impossible is nothing. just like the opening ceremony has proven, watch out for china. One of the speakers mentioned, to learn english, you must forget about losing face. when others see you try to communicate with them in their language (english), they will respect you rather than humiliate you.
I kinda like one of the trainers mentioned, "We learn English not because we look up to the foreigners, We learn English because we pity them not being able to pick up Chinese and understand us."
How effective is learning English from a recommended text and yelling phrases? I am not sure though.
The director of the film is a local Singaporean who was an award-winning journalist and the first Singaporean anchor to be hired by CNN. Her original name was Pek Siok Lian before she changed it to Pek Lian.
I am inspired by the Chinese to learn English. I met up with my exchange friend from Denmark and Mexico and they told me Spanish and Russian are the languages to learn. mmm... NTU allow me to overload pls.
Friday, August 15, 2008
..:: 581. The One With Medal ::..
YEAH i was sitting at the edge of my seat, didnt want to watch the show cos the last 2 games i watched, singapore didnt win.
finally. i thought feng tianwei was the star of today's game and it will be remembered in the history of singapore. 150808.
though jiawei tried her best, i felt it was quite disappointing. cos if she had won, the game would have ended at the doubles. then when yuegu went down 3-0, i though history would repeat itself. so pessimistic my fren called me a traitor. lol.
korea played really well in defence. seeing that PARK player in tears after losing the last set to FENG was sweet. lol. At times, the rally was long and painful. FENG was really calm and know how to play the patience game which i felt if the coach had fielded jiawei, she might not have performed as well as FENG. jiawei i thought was more of the gan-jiong spider, she dont play well with korean players but she is good at being aggressive towards chinese players.
applaud the coach's wise choice in the players line-up.
for finals, i hope to see the following line-up though,
1. LI
2. FENG
3. LI/WANG
4. FENG
5. WANG
I feel that jiawei needs to start the game, if you leave her to secure win for singapore at the end would add more stress to her. besides if she wins, it will motivate the team even more. From the semi, it was quite easy to see that yuegu was quite drained after the doubles, losing 3-0 to DANG whose style was not even a chopper.
it was funny to see in the last match that red cards were given to WANG to be sent out of the court and thenafter KIM from korea from excessive shouting (of advice). i guess when the match is that intense, they couldnt help it.
i think for the first time, the empire has to step in to 'end' the game early. the last serve by DANG missed the table would be the defining moment for Singapore.
i wondered if HKG will upset China, whatever it is, Singapore go for GOLD!
YEAH i was sitting at the edge of my seat, didnt want to watch the show cos the last 2 games i watched, singapore didnt win.
finally. i thought feng tianwei was the star of today's game and it will be remembered in the history of singapore. 150808.
though jiawei tried her best, i felt it was quite disappointing. cos if she had won, the game would have ended at the doubles. then when yuegu went down 3-0, i though history would repeat itself. so pessimistic my fren called me a traitor. lol.
korea played really well in defence. seeing that PARK player in tears after losing the last set to FENG was sweet. lol. At times, the rally was long and painful. FENG was really calm and know how to play the patience game which i felt if the coach had fielded jiawei, she might not have performed as well as FENG. jiawei i thought was more of the gan-jiong spider, she dont play well with korean players but she is good at being aggressive towards chinese players.
applaud the coach's wise choice in the players line-up.
for finals, i hope to see the following line-up though,
1. LI
2. FENG
3. LI/WANG
4. FENG
5. WANG
I feel that jiawei needs to start the game, if you leave her to secure win for singapore at the end would add more stress to her. besides if she wins, it will motivate the team even more. From the semi, it was quite easy to see that yuegu was quite drained after the doubles, losing 3-0 to DANG whose style was not even a chopper.
it was funny to see in the last match that red cards were given to WANG to be sent out of the court and thenafter KIM from korea from excessive shouting (of advice). i guess when the match is that intense, they couldnt help it.
i think for the first time, the empire has to step in to 'end' the game early. the last serve by DANG missed the table would be the defining moment for Singapore.
i wondered if HKG will upset China, whatever it is, Singapore go for GOLD!
..:: 580. The One With Consolidation ::..
Time for some flashback, this week is agonizing. Being the Freshmen Welcome Week, got to man booth and do all the recruitment drives.
On the hectic 8th Aug, I had to print 3500 copies of flyers, run down to harbourfront to repair my camera lens. $ gone
then went back to school again to cut flyers. i was sweating like a hound dog cutting 3500 pieces of flyers into half. the lady was impressed with my speed. I cut them all within 30 mins. Then I have to carry all those back to my hall which was damn heavy. In the end, I took a cab to drop my stuff in hall first and continued back home.
On 9th Aug, I went down to Wheelock Place to fix my phone. It had a software problem which it was hard to describe. whenever a msg comes, the phone would register +65 xxxx xxxx. whenever a call comes, the phone would register xxxx xxxx. So if i store the number +65 xxxx xxxx, the name would be reflected when msg comes but not for incoming call. It is frustrating to store 2 same numbers in order for the name to appear in both cases.
I described the case to this foreign worker and i think he had some difficulty in understanding what i was saying. the report he typed was full of errors which i wondered whether the technician who reads it understand what is wrong with my phone.
I tried using back my old dopod phone which failed me in china. I thought it was a charger problem so when i went to buy it, it didnt work. so i wasted $. shld be the battery problem but I dont dare to buy. haha.
my camera is ready now and it costs 200 =(
i also signed up for a zero dollar plan since my plan with m1 expired. was quite pissed off that they promised that i could collect my nokia e51 on thursday and now they say i had to go down to collect on tue. i really need the smartphone to keep my calendar of events flashing on my phone. been missing appointments.
bought 100+ worth of textbooks and again angry with the army, who not only has not given me my allowance but also my overseas allowance and reimbursement for air ticket.
Time for some flashback, this week is agonizing. Being the Freshmen Welcome Week, got to man booth and do all the recruitment drives.
On the hectic 8th Aug, I had to print 3500 copies of flyers, run down to harbourfront to repair my camera lens. $ gone
then went back to school again to cut flyers. i was sweating like a hound dog cutting 3500 pieces of flyers into half. the lady was impressed with my speed. I cut them all within 30 mins. Then I have to carry all those back to my hall which was damn heavy. In the end, I took a cab to drop my stuff in hall first and continued back home.
On 9th Aug, I went down to Wheelock Place to fix my phone. It had a software problem which it was hard to describe. whenever a msg comes, the phone would register +65 xxxx xxxx. whenever a call comes, the phone would register xxxx xxxx. So if i store the number +65 xxxx xxxx, the name would be reflected when msg comes but not for incoming call. It is frustrating to store 2 same numbers in order for the name to appear in both cases.
I described the case to this foreign worker and i think he had some difficulty in understanding what i was saying. the report he typed was full of errors which i wondered whether the technician who reads it understand what is wrong with my phone.
I tried using back my old dopod phone which failed me in china. I thought it was a charger problem so when i went to buy it, it didnt work. so i wasted $. shld be the battery problem but I dont dare to buy. haha.
my camera is ready now and it costs 200 =(
i also signed up for a zero dollar plan since my plan with m1 expired. was quite pissed off that they promised that i could collect my nokia e51 on thursday and now they say i had to go down to collect on tue. i really need the smartphone to keep my calendar of events flashing on my phone. been missing appointments.
bought 100+ worth of textbooks and again angry with the army, who not only has not given me my allowance but also my overseas allowance and reimbursement for air ticket.
Thursday, August 07, 2008
..:: 579. The One With Sch Reopens ::..
yea. sch finally started. let me recap what i have been busy with.
since i touched down, its back to army. having to write 3 papers as well as being involved in a vacation attachment research project. it was a new initiative of the army student network, giving us this platform for the army scholars to 'touch base', keep in touch with army while still studying.
caught in the FYP craze as well, esp with a tutor who can be quite pushy and demands a lot.
then involved in red cross current affairs competition as a chief tabulator. good to see my old friends.
had to help my friend take over the chairperson's role to organise the red cross recognition day. was quite exciting though, gathering a team and helpers in less than a month.
then came the VA camp at safti which i dreaded initially cos i thought 'attendance is compulsory' events do not turn out well. it was quite a pleasant surprise. i got to know fellow army scholars and some of them were also from NTU. more lunch/dinner/supper kakis! the dialogues sessions with the senior commanders were engaging and i enjoyed listening to their experiences.
preparing for the finals was quite nerve-wrecking. all the other teams looked promising, doing military strategy, effects on operation tempo, while our team was doing recruitment. We have fellow mates from SMU doing business admin as well as NUS and Warwick doing political science.
I would never forget the moment when my friend went to receive the 6th prize and he told me he took a peek at the results the MC was holding. lol. but in the end, our team got 1st! the prize was not the main thing, it was the recognition for all our efforts that mattered most.
1st week of school was relaxing, crashing lectures from computer engineering (damn technical and sian) and going to crash comms studies. met up my frenz for lunch, dinner and supper. feels gd. i felt energised after one sem of non-existence in singapore. this sem taking all my favourite modules except accounting. loved my textbooks so much that i am already reading them. *dont hate me*
i requested to overload this sem cos i wanna take MALAY! i look at the exam paper, damn cool la. got vocabulary. choose the correct word. still got composition of 70 words. lol. hopefully i get the appeal so u will see me reading malay newspaper.
yea. sch finally started. let me recap what i have been busy with.
since i touched down, its back to army. having to write 3 papers as well as being involved in a vacation attachment research project. it was a new initiative of the army student network, giving us this platform for the army scholars to 'touch base', keep in touch with army while still studying.
caught in the FYP craze as well, esp with a tutor who can be quite pushy and demands a lot.
then involved in red cross current affairs competition as a chief tabulator. good to see my old friends.
had to help my friend take over the chairperson's role to organise the red cross recognition day. was quite exciting though, gathering a team and helpers in less than a month.
then came the VA camp at safti which i dreaded initially cos i thought 'attendance is compulsory' events do not turn out well. it was quite a pleasant surprise. i got to know fellow army scholars and some of them were also from NTU. more lunch/dinner/supper kakis! the dialogues sessions with the senior commanders were engaging and i enjoyed listening to their experiences.
preparing for the finals was quite nerve-wrecking. all the other teams looked promising, doing military strategy, effects on operation tempo, while our team was doing recruitment. We have fellow mates from SMU doing business admin as well as NUS and Warwick doing political science.
I would never forget the moment when my friend went to receive the 6th prize and he told me he took a peek at the results the MC was holding. lol. but in the end, our team got 1st! the prize was not the main thing, it was the recognition for all our efforts that mattered most.
1st week of school was relaxing, crashing lectures from computer engineering (damn technical and sian) and going to crash comms studies. met up my frenz for lunch, dinner and supper. feels gd. i felt energised after one sem of non-existence in singapore. this sem taking all my favourite modules except accounting. loved my textbooks so much that i am already reading them. *dont hate me*
i requested to overload this sem cos i wanna take MALAY! i look at the exam paper, damn cool la. got vocabulary. choose the correct word. still got composition of 70 words. lol. hopefully i get the appeal so u will see me reading malay newspaper.
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