The Leap Year

Today is Feb 29th... yup its the leap year, only happens once in 4 years and guess what, I'm stuck in school doing my FYP report. Sucks man. Just went to get my car, sent it to the workshop for maintance and inspection. And it cost me a bomb, $872. This car is really getting expensive, the maintance is super high, and my summons just keep coming in. I try my best to evade parking charges, but these summons are just as high. Actually I found the perfect place to park at my place, which is at the private housing, because these parking aunties don't go there unless someone complains. So of course, thinking that Singaporeans are all so friendly and kind, I happily parked my car there. And then it happened. Some bugger really did complain, and I got a fine of $70 for parking on double yellow line. Damn it. Can't they just pity me and mind their own business. The space there is so big, and I'm not disturbing them or blocking their way, so can't they just let it be. Damn those busybodies. Well I've come up with a new resolution, that I am not going to get another summon for the next 2 months (wanted to say 1 year, but a little difficult, and 1 month seems pretty short), so I resolve to park my car carefully and escape these fucking aunties who keep summoning my car. Fuck you.

Well for this leap year, I'll be going to drink again. Will be meeting my band boys first at Walas, then I'll go over to meet cy and gang at our usual hangout. Probably will not dinking too much tonight I guess, a bit poor these few days (because of the car), now rushing out my report, hopefully I can clear majority of it today. Oh yeah, I got my first interview date. Its on the 11 Mar, with SIA. I applied for the post of administrative officer. When my mum heard of the post I applied for, she was sort of disgusted. She say that after studying so hard in engineering, I went to apply for an admin job. Haha. Well I'll see how it goes, its still early so I'll just keep to my look see look see attitude.

So happy leap year everyone!

Nothing much

Actually I've got nothing much to blog about today, just wanted to write something before I start my work, as in school work. Well, this week is term break, so I've got a lot to catch up, hopefully I can catch up. Suddenly it seems like there are so many things to do, haiz I've really been too slack for the past 2 months, really have to buck up now. So I've come up with a to-do list for this break. So hopefully I'll be able to complete all of them at the end of the break.

1. 4E03 Presentation
2. 4E03 Q&A
3. FYP
4. Read all my notes

Well as you can see, there is actually not that much to do, but each item is pretty time consuming, so good luck to me! Huat Ah!

Singapore for the first Youth Olympics

Just got the news today that Singapore was awarded the chance to host the first youth olympics. Hearing this news makes me pretty happy, and very proud to be Singaporean. It does feel that Singapore has got a stage that we are able to compete with big nations and cities to vie for bigger things. Although the youth olympics is only a smaller scale version of the olympics, but for a small country like ours, there is almost no way we would have been able to host something as huge as the olympics. So this is like the biggest sports event that we are capable of hosting. Well, even the built up to the announcement, there was big hopes for us, and I really think that it is only sensible for Singapore to get the hosting rights.

The youth olympics was, in the first place, meant for smaller cities and countries to get a chance to gain experience of hosting a major sports event (just a smaller version of it). So it makes sense to award the rights to Singapore rather than Moscow, a city that has already hosted the olympics before and will be hosting the winter olympics soon. Whats more, this being the first youth olympics, there is a need to set the record right, because if Moscow gets the right this time, subsequent YOGs will be dominated by cities like Beijing, Barcelona, Sydney and Athens. And the whole event will lose its focus and meaning.

So congratulations to Singapore, and I hope that the 2010 YOG will be an astounding success and the whole world can recognise Singapore as a sporting nations as well. Kudos to SG, cheers!

First Rejection

I just got my first rejection, probably of my life (not that I can remember when was the last time I got rejected), and its not over a relationship. Its my job application. I've always tried my best to avoid such situations, and only go for areas where I'm confident that I can at least manage, all this so that there is minimal chances of rejection. Well I guess there's always a first time. And it doesn't really feel good. Although I know my limits, but I've been sending out my resume to a few companies and just 2 mins ago, I got my first rejection email. But on a comforting note, at least the company bothered to email me to say that my application was rejected, that's a little better than letting me wait and wait and wait right. Haiz, so I guess its back to the old drawing board, gotta learn to accept these situations because I got a feeling that this is going to be coming on to me for quite a few applications. Good luck to me!

PS. Today is the 15th of CNY, which also means that its the last day of new year, and it also means that there is the million dollar Toto today, already bought my numbers yesterday. Super good luck to me, Huat Ah!

Gold

Took my IPPT today... and I stuck gold again this year, whoppie. This year is a little difficult because they've started to computerise the course already. And the first to be computerised is the 2.4 run. For the run, everyone is issued a tag (that comes with an electronic sensor inside). So every time the tag passes the sensor line, it will record how much time you have used and how many more laps to finish. So as expected my run time went down. Finished it in 9.40 mins... very very lucky. By the last round, I was really damn shack already (plus it was pretty hot today), I kept telling myself to dash for the finishing point, but my legs just don't seem to be responding, luckily I still made it. So its $400 Ang Bao from the government to me (damn missed out of the $200 shooting ang bao).

But I must say the IPPT this year was very much a cock up. First, of course, was the administration. That Shakil (don't know how to spell his name lah) guy initially called me on wed to remind I had shooting on thurs. And the best part was, that was the first time he called me. Then it was the ROs. No RO was sent to me, I wait and wait and wait for nearly 2 months. And when did I get the ROs, yesterday. after my shooting. And even the ROs were not correctly sent. I got an RO for my shooting on monday (which had already been taken the day before), and 2 ROs for tomorrow's retreat, and no RO for today IPPT. Well I'll just leave this to our top management to settle, I'll just attend tomorrow's retreat and see how things go.

And of course I'm pretty happy now, that $400 in my pocket. Hope they remember to bank it in my account, because I think I'm still missing 1 pay, which I have no idea what happened to it.

Shooting

Just came back home from HTA, and damn it my shooting has de-proved. KNS! Not only did I not manage to get marksman, my total score went down by an astonishing 20 pts. What an ass, there goes my $200 ang bao from the government. Looks like I gotta work hard for wednesday's IPPT now. But it seems like the money is not easy to earn this time round. Been going for some training, but it seems like I'm not going to make it to gold this time. Haiz, sadz... Guess I'll just have to work it on wednesday. Now I'll go and practice my shooting skills, to show the whole world that I can shoot, ass!

Edison

From my previous post, it comes to remind me that I did not say anything on the current scandal between Edison Chen and a whole bunch of female celebs. Well I have to acknowledge that Edison is a pretty attractive guy and he is one hell of lucky person. It appears that he has done it with some of the hottest stars now. Well to give my 2 cents thoughts, I really feel that there is nothing wrong about taking nude photos of yourself or your partners (of course I referring to cases when both parties are in the knowledge that they are being filmed and that they have agreed to be filmed). Just for own pleasure, keep sake, remembrance, whatever you'll like to call it. I mean since the people are all adults, and that sex is not really anything thats so evil, so there is really no harm in taking a few photos of yourselves having fun together. But always bear in mind the consequences that may follow when such photos are being circulated around, through the years, there have been many instances that sexy photos are leaked out to public, in this case its laptop recovery, previously there was a handphone stolen case. So always be prepared for the worse. Maybe I just a little more open minded than a lot of people out there, because I feel that sex is not all that sacred, to me its not something that must be kept to marriage. Lets just face it that many young people are having sex in our society, and I'm perfectly fine hearing people tell me that they are not virgins anymore. Even when it comes to gay sex, I'm quite open to it (this does not mean that I engage in it or that I lead a different kind of lifestyle okie, I'm straight, it just means that I do not crucify gays and that I'm not homophobic). I've had gay friends telling me about their sexapades and their parties and sex romps. Its not something that would encourage people to do, but I just feel that everyone has his own idea of how he wants to lead his life, so there's no reason why I should condemn their type of lifestyle. But then again, this is also very contradicting, because we can be accommodating to our friends who do this type of actions, but when it happens within the family it becomes a whole new story all together. So I'm still in the midst of learning to strike a balance. And I think in the near future more will be done to bridge the gap, and that more differences will be resolved.