A sense of gratification

Yes that’s right. Happy i am! (I tend to use “i am”’s for many of my sentences these days… hmm) Because, got back my hard disk i did! Apparently, Jun Hao (from the next class and China buddy) a red gleaming sexy hard disk and he knew that it can only be the hard disk of 6 people in SP (because it’s a limited edition only available in China and only 6 of us bought it) so he thought and thought and voila! He knew it was mine, because your’s truly can be so marvelous at losing things – big small, cheap expensive, dull colourful.

Just in case if you're wondering - my sexy red Houston Rockets portable HDD

Some of you may have already know but IF you haven’t already found out – I’ll be taking part in this year’s National Novel Writing Month at http://nanowrimo.org. It’ll be a month long in November, which is like really really soon, and we’ve to complete writing 50,000 words within that period of time. So my wish is basically just this – to actually hit a target of 50,000 words though it may seem somewhat as a insurmountable task.

And i’ve been blogging almost daily these days. I should stop here now.

See you, world.

The value of pi

3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459230781640628620899862
8034825342117067982148086513282306647093844609550582231725359408128481117450284102
7019385211055596446229489549303819644288109756659334461284756482337867831652712019
0914564856692346034861045432664821339360726024914127372458700660631558817488152092

That’s a value of Pi for you. It’s a small number, with infinite possibilities. As a constant it’s basically the basis of every single thing you see around you. Buildings, cars, airplanes, plates, fork, spoons, bottles all revolve around this little greek alphabet, π.

Anyways, i paid up my 7-year old fine to the good ol’ National Library Board for $40.80. It’s not like i want to borrow a book or something, but just, i hate owing them money seeing them being so kind to little kids (which i used to be) lending them books only to know later on that they’ll return it overdued and for some exceptional cases (like me!) losing them. Nevertheless i was really happy that i cleared that long overdued fine.

Then there are really nice people around today… I lost my portable HDD yesterday right? So headed to the lost and found department i did! Although they didn’t have it (that can only mean some dishonest dude took my HDD) that guy that told me so did it in a very polite way… which, sometimes can be very unlike how a school staff will react to a student. Then there was the counter librarian that was really nice to me even though i haven’t stepped in a library for like donkey years to pay my fine.

The National Library at it's nicest

Neutrality 1.0

As one would describe today it would be lack of nothing but a series of events that might most probably show you the irony of life and the shit that happens day to day. There are just a few incredibly stupid things that happened today and a few retardedly things that shouldn’t have happened, but happened anyway.
If you knew me well enough, you’d know that i seldom take breakfast. But today was an unusual day and i went to school early for breakfast. Here’s the thing, it was 7:30AM and my class starts at 8. So, i headed to class, happy, because i had a full breakfast only to know that my lecturer didn’t turn up until one hour later. Surprise! I could have slept for an extra hour and skipped my breakfast until it’s time for lunch.
Then it’s no over. Did i mention i was having a sore throat? Which made the day really tiring and sneezy and dry and whatever.

I thought Report Writing lesson was pretty much fulfilling until i realised i lost my recently-bought 160GB sleekass hard disk when i was on my way to the driving school.

Oh i signed up for Basic Theory Test! Which was what really got me pretty much excited and stuff.

Bongs suck

So sometimes your mum really do care about you and wants you to do good. It’s just sometimes the rants and loud voices are just too much to take and you just succumb to your emotions – then you shout back. It’s not like i want to have a verbal-retaliation but seriously… It’s only a freaking door man.

Thing is, my room door always produces that *bong* sound when you close it because of imperfect engineering by the contractor which makes my door egde uneven. So here’s the story, my mum ain’t happy with me so i closed my door (i really closed it, didn’t slam. I’m a good boy) but it produced that *bong* sound and she thought that i slammed the door on her.

REALLY MUM, even though you are never gonna read this – i NEVER slammed the door on you. But you still don’t get it!!!

Piece of wooden crap door.

On the lighter side of things…This week has been rather eventful really, learnt quite a bit of new stuffs which really mean completing some stuff on me 101 list! So i actually completed:

1. Learning how to fold a shirt in 10 secs!
2. Donated 3200 grains of rice
3. Bought a portable vacuum cleaner for me room!
4. (Not actually completed, but…) I bought Conan Doyle’s: Hound of Baskerville and Daniel’ Keyes: Flowers for Algernon!

Well, that’s pretty much it for last week. But i’m sure this week will be better than the last. So, until the next 101 post… See you.

Exponents

The faintest existence of definitions sometimes surround questions and what is a function of why, and why is a form of a question… And why is life so hard to bear sometimes? Up’s and down’s are part of a graph and they’re nonetheless the same in life.

Gradients depict on where we stand and who we stand against.

And just like how algebra defines the equation and it’s function, literature in itself, defines feelings. And this piece of literature defines… sadness.

September showers

Just like any other slow moving day (except today’s a wet wet day! rain!) today’s not an exception. For the consoling fact that hey, our lessons in the morning ended early and we had spare time all the way till 1pm to do whatever we want. And visited the library we did!

So apart from borrowing some random books on flight (just for random info!) we checked out the CD sections as well. And i borrowed…

Modest Mouse – Building Something Out of Nothing

math and physics club

For the typical stereotype who wants to know a day in a life of  an SP student, look below. Sleeping in class/lectures/on a table/while eating/while standing is common, but this is something new for a start. And it’s kind of amusing in a way because it makes you wonder if they’re actually studying/researching (hence the books lying around… and on a face?) or sleeping.

Sleepy students on a sleepy day in the sleepy SP library

And on a harder side of things. Assignments and projects… Sigh. Need i say more?

Not today please.

Today, i just encounted one of the most (if not the most) absurd thing that can ever ever really happen to you.

*Walks into the Comfort Delgro office and gets really amazed by a super big fish tank*

Me: Hi, I’d to like ask… (Regarding my really nice hoodie which i lost on the cab on the way home from the airport when i returned from China).
Receptionist lady: Okay, hold on. Let me check with the Lost & Found

Meanwhile, while Luke was waiting for the lady to get back to him, he was looking at fishies swimming in the huge ass fish tank that was there. He counted, and there were like a million fishies there – yellow, blue, traffic light colours, whatever.

Receptionist lady: Okay, i think you have to come back another day (At this point i was like WTF in my head) because… the Lost & Found staff are currently not in the office.
Me: *uber stunned*

That’s sweet yo. Thanks ah? I COULDA WENT HOME AND SLEEP!

101 in 1001

Because I want to remember more:

1. Frame and hang all paintings
2. Print and hang favourite photographs
3. Make an ultimate collage of my life
4. Send a package/letter to my friends in China

Because I love my friends and family:

1. Wish all my friends a “Happy Birthday” when it’s their birthday.
2. Keep track of all birthdays
3. Call grandma once a week

Because I love things that taste good:

1. Learn how to make buffalo wings
2. Learn how to make really good chicken wings
3. Attempt a homemade ice cream
4. Learn to cook chicken curry
5. Eat a lobster
6. Try a new cuisine

Because I’m quickly becoming an adult:

1. Paste post-its to remind me of stuff
2. Buy a plant and keep it alive for 12 months
3. Don’t use the computer for a week
4. Repaint room
5. Take care of all personal items
6. Finish all homework for 1 semester
7. Make my bed every morning for a month

Because traveling gives you perspective:

1. Go to Kuala Lumpur
2. See snow
3. Visit China again

Because I’m an engineer:

1. Dismantle and reassemble all damaged/broken electronics
2. Use rechargeable batteries
3. Build a solar powered something
4. Finish fixing all my plastic aircraft models

Because self-improvement is underrated:

1. Learn to sew
2. Identify 100 things that make me happy (0/100)
3. Learn enough Spanish to be able to read a tourist map
4. Learn how to fold a shirt in 10 seconds
5. Learn to roller blade
6. Take a photography class
7. Read three non-fiction books about things I don’t know
8. Learn Adobe Photoshop
9. Learn how to make 3 origami (0/3)

Because helping and loving others is the best:

1. Donate blood at least 5 times (0/5)
2. Donate to 5 charity organizations
3. Donate money to the SPCA
4. Participate in Earth Hour
5. Donate 1,000,000 grains of rice at FreeRice.com (0/1,000,000)
6. Visit someone’s grave and put flowers on it
7. Donate 30 items to the Salvation Army

Because I like buying new things:

1. Buy something from the internet
2. Buy a portable vacuum cleaner
3. Buy a printer
4. Buy something from Etsy
5. Buy an altimeter clock

Because making things/challenges are fun:

1. Recycle paper by creative means (0/?)
2. Learn to write thank you cards
3. Complete a 26 things challenge while on vacation (http://www.sh1ft.org/26things/)
4. Complete a 26 things challenge while in school
5. Commit at least 2 hours to piano a week (0/143)

Because I love doing artsy things:

1. Watch foreign/independent films at least 10 times.
2. Visit Singapore Arts Museum
3. Visit the Singapore Science/Discovery Centre
4. Read One Hundred Years of Solitude
5. Go to an art exhibition
6. Read a Shakespeare play
7. Make a short film.
8. Participate in NaNoWriMo
9. Memorize a poem
10. Complete 365 photo project
11. Go to a school concert

Because I can’t think of a reason not to:

1. Climb a mountain
2. Go to at least 5 concerts of any kind
3. Go vegetarian for a week
4. Sit in a Gold Class cinema
5. Fly a kite
6. Learn to play Chinese chess
7. Build a new RC helicopter
8. Create a word
9. Leave 101 post-its in random places, with favorite quotes.
10. Finish watching all the movies I have
11. Visit Night Safari
12. Go overseas with a friend
13. Complete a jigsaw puzzle
14. Calculate everything, literally
15. Watch the sunrise
16. Go to Pulau Ubin
17. Get text published somewhere
18. Go watch a movie by myself
19. Bury something

Because there are things we do once a week

1. Take a navy shower once a week to save on water bills (0/143)
2. Bring granola bars to school once a week ( 0/143)
3. Pack my room once at least every week (0/143)
4. Eat fruits every week (0/143)
5. Document my progress in a blog at least once weekly (0/143)
6. Pack/tidy my room once every week (0/143)

Because it has to be done:

1. Clear my library debt
2. Save at least $30 every week and don’t spend it later on.
3. Organise my songs folder
4. Get a library card
5. Organise my computer and storage in the house
6. Finish reading the Bible
7. Sync all my passwords and usernames

Because school life’s like that:

1. Get a GPA 4.0
2. Graduate with Merit
3. Run a 5k

Because there’s and end to this:

100. Reward myself with Famous Amos everytime I complete one thing on the list

1. Convince someone to make a 101 list