food makes the world beautiful...

this logic was fully understood after seeing how ugly this world can be with an empty stomach! a hungry yanxin is indeed an angry yanxin. (haha.) every little thing irritated me to the max! stuff like: 'the ah beng in front of me is too skinny', 'mcsoulmate made me guilty (for 2 seconds) for forgetting to confirm the dinner (he didn't reply me lo)', 'my dear rockers refuse to reply me on whether they are free on thursday', 'the auntie beside wears a ugly rubber slipper with jeans', 'some inconsiderate guy brought kfc onboard the bus (smell so nice~)', 'stupid textbook didn't tell me if my research is pool boiling or flow boiling', 'how can 858 comes before 903?', etc etc. see! so many things for me to be irritated about in just the one hour ride home. even the fact that i solved the interface temperature (after 2 days) and put tim lopaz on repeat for my mp3 does not help! it totally felt like watching spongebob when the screen can't display yellow *sobs*

until.. i see my ultimate savior, FOOD! *grins* the minute i put jenny ma's famous bake beans + egg into my mouth, my life becomes HD LED display! (not 3D TV 'cause i will get giddy watching that). the world suddenly becomes perfect (like it usually is). now i understand why are there depressed, emo and hot temper people around. they must be feeling hungry!

ps: even though my life is back to perfect, i still hate the fact that my school is 1.5 hr away from my home! now i have to predict if i am going to be hungry 1.5 hr later. &$%*#$@^*&

&%^#$@*%^$*

in order to prevent spammers and bots posting on my tagboard (yea, they always ask us to visit their sites when they failed to give us any URL for it), im adding an additional step to post on my tagboard! for the sake of uncle kuah some of you,  i am giving you guys a step by step posting guide!


step one: type your name and message and click go!

be sure to type your actual name (or any nicknames that i actually know you have) because i will not entertain any anonymous message. and by naming yourself 'name' or 'nameless' or 'friend' is nowhere near my definition of  identifying yourself.


step two: enter what you see on the screen and click go!

note: if you cannot see what's written, click on the refresh button beside the 'go' button to change the picture.

good riddance bots and spammers!

ps: uncle kuah, im super nice to you hor? *grins* btw, you guys want a crab session next wednesday or thursday? can ask the rest while we wait for mike to tell us when is he not on night shift?

i'm rolling on my bed, dying in thirty percent pain and seventy percent self-pity. dearest gastric, happy now?

drowning myself in self pity once in a while (like once every 20 years) is therapeutic! but of course, it would be 75385239 times better if my dear buddies had comforted me instead of telling me crappy stuff like 'i need to find someone to seal the nine tail fox in my stomach'. *grumbles*

spongebob in chinese brings an entirely new meaning to the show. now i'm addicted to 派大星. 

btw, facebook's auto-tag is awesome! alvin and yanting. hmmmmm. it must be a hint from someone up there!! so i have been match-making the wrong guy to yanting after all! time for discussion with my consultants! *grins*

re(flections + solutions)

a year older, and a year wiser~

2010 is the year

i spent many 'beautiful' nights in NTU doing my FYP (not to mention those late night hiking trips with Mr-Love-to-Walk)

2010 is the year

i proudly graduated (and walked on the streets) with my harry potter robe

2010 is the year

i cleared misunderstandings of 2 years with a friend and we are buddies now

2010 is the year

i met a group of awesome people from STK

2010 is the year

i found my first job, and my second, only to realise colleagues and boss mean everything for a job. nothing else matters.

2010 is the year

i met with a long series of unluckiness and finally learning how much i am being loved by everyone around me and that's enough

2010 is the year

i realised i am the luckiest and happiest person on earth. good things always happen to me! =D

2011 is going to be the year

i start talking to my dad (i think i am progressing quite well *grin*)

2011 is going to be the year

i travel out of singapore alone to study (hopefully)

2011 is going to be the year

i spread my happiness to everyone around me

2011 is going to be the year

i show love and concern to those i really care

2011 is going to be the year

i find my direction in life (PhD!) and start working hard towards it

2011 is going to be such an awesome year! may everyone have a huat huat cny! 

my first confine space assessment~

Confine Space: SMRT Bus Number 856
Reason for Entry: To shuttle between work and home when company bus/taxi/colleagues' cars are unavailable.
Atmosphere hazard: Presence of awful smelling gas and pungent rotten egg smell.
Emission source: about 40  foreign workers who refuse to shower after work/before boarding the bus.
Physical hazard: Noise
Noise source: the same 40 foreign workers talking at the top of their voice in at least 10 different languages.

Control Measures:
1. Wear air respirators and ear muffs when on board the bus.
2. Stop doing OTs
3. Walk home
4. Urge the MP to provide buses specially for people who bothered to shower before taking public transport
5. Perform a gas check before entering the confine space
6. Bus driver to display "awful smelling gas" warning poster on the entrance to bus

Using the hierarchy of control measures, we should opt to eliminate the hazards if possible. I can choose to walk home or stop doing OT. Walking home will instill additional hazards such as skin cancer due to over-exposure under the sun.

In conclusion, I have to stop working OT! *sign on the permit!*



ps: Boss, are you reading?

my past 4 months...

i have been through many 4-month periods in my life. 69 of them to be exact. most of them are uneventful, studying, doing part time, exams, monkeying around and holidaying. in march this year, i signed the letter of appointment on impulse. (for people who dont know about it, the HR basically employed some car salesman techniques and conned me to sign the letter.) i have absolutely no regret signing the letter. and it must be fate that i went for the networking night, signed the letter and joined STK. i met a group of awesome people who gave me a life changing experience and made my previous 4 months extremely enjoyable and memorable. they are call SME.

i am very glad to be once part of this family. thank you SME.

note: as i was typing this post, someone told me about sth that had happened last week. as much as i can remember, there were no heros, no minorities in SME. just SME as one big awesome family. the differences will be cleared soon. i am sure =]

i think i am still having quarter life crisis~

Just received a msg from my fyp mentor. why didn't i go to him 2 months ago?! he fully understands my situation without me telling him. mind readers are amazing!

I think the main problem now is that you have too many choices so you donno what you want in life. Every choice is a risk. You never know what or where it will bring you to.

I think you are not that suitable in ****ko. I am not so sure about your position but you are not the kind who is suitable for 'boring' jobs. It will only be a matter of time before you job hop.

Have you ever considered finance industries. You wont have problem taking up any job because your IQ and EQ are relatively high. I have a ntu class mate who is working as a financial consultant. He is doing very well now (think his pay quite high, believe to be at least 5-6k a month). However, money is not the main issue here. You get to meet different ppl, talk to them and sell stuff to them. Quite a interesting high paying job (I believe so). However, you will need a lot of time commitment for this job.You may not have so much time for party. Money for time. your choice.

You will definitely get a scholarship if you want to take up PhD. Now is whether you want or not. Guozhan is taking up PhD study. He applied for A*star and ntu scholarships.

The main problem now is that you need to know what you want in life. Money or work life balance. If you cant sort this out, you are just using PhD to escape from making a choice. topic wise, I think mechanical might be better. You have better knowledge on this. There are a lot of fuel cells or bio related topics. Robotic is also a sunset industry, so make that your last choice. Electrical wise, I m not sure, the only ones I know work on fuel cells or controls.

Conclusion: think of what you want before deciding.

i am very easily influenced by a handful of people. he is one of them, SP is one of them. i used to feel that i know exactly what i want. now, not so sure anymore. haha. maybe its really time to go for fortune telling~

hello up there!

i think someone up there is reading my blog! either that, or my ohmm mali mali chant is working~ either way, thank you very very very very much!! lub you dip dip!

for those who are not sure what i am talking about, see this!!

totally cant wait for 15 nov =]

amazing things have been happening to me recently! now, a pipe burst in my toilet! haha. and i just spent 2 mins to stare at it, 1 min trying to tie a plastic around it (haha!) and 2 mins thinking what should i do. FINALLY! i realise i can off the main water supply outside my house. i feel so knowledgeable all of a sudden! 

my dear friend, who understands me very well, helped me identify the root cause of this situation. and this is what he had came out with.

haha. well, so now i am going to do a kaizen on my bathing process. reduce the bathing time from 45 mins to 15 mins! its so going to be a 5 star kaizen project!

hello there~

someone just asked me "if you are to find a camera of better specifications today on a cab, will you keep it?" and without even a slightest hesitation, i answered "i will return it". yes, i just lost my camera. but this made me understand the feeling of losing a prized possession even better. my purple powershot is not just any camera. its a partner, like a secretary, recording all the memorable life moments, knowing what you love and what you need. the bond between my purple camera and me was painstaking built up dollar by dollar, pixel by pixel, then, photo by photo. just when i got acquainted with my purple powershot, and is bringing our relationship one level higher, someone decided to take off with it. i will never ever take someone's property because it may just mean the world to that particular someone, just like what my purple powershot means to me.

to that particular someone who is holding on to my camera, please do not blame my purple powershot if it is not able to take good photos for you. because, the camera is not yours and will never, ever, become your trusted partner.

This is what i see when i reach home today!

Dear paint splasher(s),

we do not owe you any money. So please note down this unit and NOT splash paint on our door again. But if you have to splash the paint to fulfill you KPI, please splash it on the papers provided OR keep it to metal door (it is very hard to clean the paint off my wooden door. please understand). Oh, and please do not let any paint drip on my shoes. Thank you very much.

also, please try not to splash it too high. because my family is not exactly tall and the highest we can reach is as shown in the picture above. we thank you for your kind understanding and cooperation.

Yours Faithfully,

Ah Bob =)

and the results are out!

wow. so we were not very late and were not the last few after all!

(the water points were keeping their stuff when we reached. SO DEMORALIZING LA!) 

anyway, shihua & kelly, let's look forward to our next 10km! we shall not be too ambitious this time and aim for 1 hr 10 mins. okie?

murphy's law

murphy's law states that everything that can go wrong will go wrong. i had modified it and created a new law. that is, everything that can go wrong, will go wrong, all at the same time. really. suay-ness never come alone.

on thursday, four of us went to eat at the same restaurant, only one person (aka me) got food poisoning (or stomach flu as diagnosed by my doctor). on friday morning, just when i thought that i had vomited everything out and was good to go for work, my fever decided to kick in, so i went to the doctor instead. after two hours of waiting and seeing the doctor, i finally return home, only to realise that i forgot to bring my keys! and today, after my brother dropped me off at woodlands interchange, i realise i forgot to bring my wallet! i was stranded there with $2.40 in my bag (train to ang mo kio cost $2.80). totally, win le lo.

well, i hope my suay-ness has reach the bottom peak. i know things can be much worse but i definitely hope that it will not happen to me. lady luck, hui lai ba~

not long agoo...

just two months ago, i sleep for 10 hours every night, and nobody would make a sound when i am 15 mins late.

introducing, the best group of people in NTU! this clique is made up of the most gentlemanly guys and funniest girls in MAE! im so glad that i met them in a particular ulu mountain in boonlay!

happy graduation everyone!!

missing!

this cute little blackie decided to take the lift up to the 14th floor and camped outside my doorstep on saturday. it was love at first sight and i knew i have to adopt him the minute he circled around my feet. BUT! jenny ma decided to stand at the door and denied the his entry! we left food and water outside and heartlessly left him outside. (sobs) on the very next morning, HE WAS GONE!!

dear blackieee, i promise, if you ever every come back, i will bring you to the vet for vaccination immediately and let you enter the house. REGARDLESS of what jenny ma says. hui lai ba~ blackie, hui lai ba~

ps: we almost named him herman because he is black. hermans are black~

convocation!

my convocation ticket says "this invitation card is strictly not for sale". DAMN! who told them!?

anyway, i am still selling my convocation tickets. session 8. start bidding people.

to someone up there,

please please please tell me this is sooooo not true.

i am so going to love you sooooo much more. 

yanxin

edit: i think someone up there is reading my blog. it didn't rain in phuket from sat to tues. =] I LOVE SOMEONE UP THERE!

i know something is very wrong when two friends from different cliques asked if i am still alive within a night. well, dear friends, i am still alive, healthy, not dying anytime soon. so you can date me out anytime but please tell me in advance and try to be budget. =]

ps: my current liquid assets is $21.30. my availability totally depends on the status of my liquid assets. *grins*