Looking back...

This is going to be a long post. Please consider the following before reading:
1) Are you interested in my life? If yes, go and read. If no, why waste time?
2) Do you have a fair amount of time to spare? If yes, proceed on. If no, come back some other time dude.

*flashback*
Monday. It was a fun day. We finished up FW and Rajan cancelled CONB class again for some bonding time with 05. We went to Tanjong Pagar Railway Station to eat. Briyanni, squid, chicken, fish, cauliflower, ladies' fingers... Yep, and he treated us. Drinks included. Thanks Rajan. =))

We took some pictures there and Carol caught a nice picture of a cat with the train in the distance. I was just happy I could get the desert in macro-mode. Okay, so I'm perpetually obsessed with macro-mode. Heh. But yeah, it was a fun day indeed. And it doesn't stop there...

HFTV was a short class, push forward to directly after CONB lecture by our well-liked Ms Kwa, the Pingster. So by 5 we were done (after consultation) instead of our usual 6pm (yeay!). Went out with Shawn & Phyllis (who had just done her DMA trailer) and ate dinner together. Then proceeded to play pool with them and their friend Gwin. It was cool. And Shawn said my game improved. Either that or I'm lucky. But hey, if its both, the icing on the cake is it not? ;)

Tuesday. Dooms day. Okay, so got mom to wake me up so I could be at school on time. MMR lecture and then preparation for HFTV presentation. Smooth sailing till HFTV. Presentations were delayed up to 20 minutes per group. And we started off okay, until my segment. I choked. Yes, CHOKED while presenting and caused a domino effect to continue through the rest of the presentation. And I ab-so-lute-ly SUCKED at Q&A. What I couldn't think of then I can answer now. But what is the friggin use? bah. Sorry group, I'm really sorry. Poor Shawn also felt bad. Gah. But I stick to my new motto...

"We did our best and we can only do so much."

A big THANK YOU is owed to Ms. Phyllis for spreading the cheer to our group after that poor performance. Next step is to better ourselves and ensure I am far more preapred to answer questions. Dear Ms. Kwa, I hope you were kind to my group. Thank you.

Wednesday. Pretty slack day I'd say. OM test was given back. Yeay, I did pretty ok. =)) Wedgie Weijie is the ultimate at OM. Congrats yo! Spent time in the cut suites with Cawo and Mesh. Bah, those silly chairs! And then hung around with Alvin and Joannah for awhile before going home and thereafter to LaLa Land. Yeay!

6pm was awakened by my bro and mom who wanted to go for an Indian dinner at Sammy's (Sah-mee, not Sem-me) Curry House. I did not get my ice-cream but who cares eh? Came home to watch Project Runway.

My favourites this season include Chloe, the guy with the dyed X in his hair and, uhm, I dunno yet. But the standard has surely been upped this season. Ah, think Kara Saun but more of her in the same season all competing. Yeah, that's the standard. And the contestants seem more stressed out this season for some reason. Probably due to standards and competitiveness. Anyway, hope Andre is out next. Go Chlo!

Recently updated the photoblog, so, again, pictures there. Cam-whored with Phyllis & Shawn so the pics are up there. Actually, there's a video as well, heh. But its not available online.

I am glad I did not receive a call from Phyllis Peter saying I needed to sit for a LSC retest. I passed! All the best tomorrow NAD!!! Ok, so term's ending. Here's what we have for e-learning week so far.

1) MMR - watch video & answer questions.
2) IHRP - group work
3) OM - online work at black board & email to Sheila Kee; project

Does that mean that there is nothing for FW? Whoa. Coolness if there is naught. LSC, CONB, DMA, yet to find out. Guess we will tomorrow. Planning on skipping DMA on Friday since I have completed due CA already. Hope its good enough to get a good grade.

Ok, so I was just remembering the things of the past earlier on. One thing that still remains in my memory is Aunty Ivy's house. She used to have huge, tall trees in her garden. Not just one, at least 5 tall monstrosities (sp?). And being that small kid at 5, heh, imaginations go wild. I thought a Dinosaur would come down and dunno what it'd do. But I remember thinking it would be a T-Rex. Heh, too much Jurassic Park eh? Ey! I'm a film student now!

2 days to 3 weeks of holidays.

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Whirlwind

The past weekend seemed almost surreal. Like a whirlwind that I got caught up in. For instance, Ava's visit, bringing her around, meeting with the juniors and on top of it all, trying to stay on top of my workload (which thank goodness I managed to keep ahead of). Okay, so let's revisit the past few days.

Flashback to Friday, DMA class. I finished my editing since there wasn't really much to do. Mr. Loh was on MC so he wasn't in class. I went around and found Phyllis and Shawn editing in the cut suites. Phyllis' concept is kinda cool and I like it. Anyway, that's how I passed the last hour of DMA, hanging around with not much to do.

We took Ava out that night. We being Frederick & I. We went to Mustafa and Plaza Singapura. It was kinda fun, not bad. But yeah, more walking around than anything.

Saturday. Met the juniors and Xin Le at Plaza Singapura again. Secret Recipe was good. I had the mushroom grilled chicken with rice set, Xin Le as well. The other had BBQ chicken, black pepper grilled and the Mexican chicken. Ah, bliss. I ended it with a Choc Mud Cake. Oh, sinful... Pictures up soon.

We went to the Esplanade at night and the merlion too. Ava sorta sat on her first commercial double decker bus heh. And then there was the accident at night, so yeah.

Sunday. Started the day at 9, heh. I slept at like 3.30? Anyway, went to pick Ava up from church and the sky didn't look great. true enough, by the time we reached HarbourFront, it was pouring cats and dogs. The rain even swept onto the pedestrian bridge. Didn't help that HarbourFront tends to be windy.

I came back and KO-ed. It was good to get some rest. We sent Ava off and had dinner with her at McDonald's Ride Out before saying bye to her. What a fast 3 days that was! I was supposed to talk to Mike, but he wasn't reachable. I heard his voice on his voicemail though. I learnt how to call North America now. Hah!

Worked on assignments when I came back. Finished FW and there's more than 30 minutes to play out still. CONB tutorial is cancelled again [THANK YOU RAJAN] and we're going to the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station to eat an Indian lunch. Updates later I guess.

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Accident

Ok, just came back from showing Ava downtown. And we took 196 back. Then, just as we were going to go into the school grounds, an accident happened. A red car crashed into a scooter. The guy was on the ground and unconcious at first. I called the ambulance and they came soon enough. So yeah, at that point Ava and I walked home. The motorcyclist would be taken care of. Good deed for the day done eh?

But yeah, was a busy day sorta. Been out like nearly 12 hours? Secret recipe. Church. Downtown. Secret Recipe was good with Mahirah, Mervyn and Rahim. Great time guys. And not forgetting, lest she kill me, Xin Le. Lotsa pictures and stuff, yeah. Uhm, kinda lazy to blog plus have to do some research on HFTV before I meet with the group tomorrow. Night all. Love the HFTV group guys.

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Wasted!

Current Music: Only This Moment [Royksopp]

Hmmm, okay. Today was good and, yeah, enjoyable. Firstly, let me say I feel kinda cheated since I didn't stay to watch the last part of the X-men movie which was shown after the credits. Gaaaaah...

And then I haven't watched the earlier two movies. So wasted! Why? I know L said I should go watch, I would like it. Gah, must. Go. Watch. Movies. With friends next time.

Actually, maybe what ZL said is ture. I stick home too much. What do I do on weekends? Stay home. I have no life. My life belongs to saving money, school and grades. Am I that uninteresting???

Ahhhh, the highs and lows of life eh?

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X-men: The Last Stand

Since I'm on, might as well blog. Let's begin with the morning. Today was a good - bad day.

IHRP class & presentation. Yes, so I am no more Mrs. Coco Lat! YEAY! At least I made everyone happy la. Hahahaha. And yeah, I'm glad I pulled it off. I looked damn weird in a skirt though. =S

DMA, left 15 seconds to close my trailer. Have an idea how to. I need a thumb drive.... I need to edit the transitions. Bad Day, decided to use that song. Zhili also is using that song, hmm, ok. No offence ZL.

Next we went to Queensway to eat Laksa. Since I was broke, Reg treated me for helping figure out the SPSS so quickly. And yes, of course Mozzie tagged along. The whole time, was wishing she wasn't there. For the record, OM groups which were drawn by lots are damn mad... I am in the same MMR group minus Xin Le and Mesh. Gaaaah! Mozzie, go away! Don't suck blood..... *dies*

Came back, stuck in the library since 3-.30 reading up Decision Making for the OM test. I hope I do well. Made some stupid errors. I wrote the stuff on the question paper so I wouldn't forget yet I did. Slap my face someone.

Went with Reg, Xin Le and her friend Gordon to watch X-men 3. It was, uhm, okay. Lots of action, but I walked away kinda dissapointed. So many deaths!

And the new honour roll for semester 2 is out and I'm not on it. Okay, I won't try to be all diplomatic and stuff. I was kinda dissapointed not to be on it. Sigh. NEVERTHELESS, congrats Shawn, Arisya, Phyllis and Jessica. Good job maintaining yer standings there. *high 5s y'all*

Dang tired, still have FW stuff to print and type and think about gah.

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Clarification

For record's sake, I do NOT know of any questions un the upcoming OM test like 05 knew what would be possible questions for CONB.

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Pool, Bedroom slippers & Revolutions

Today was a cool day. We met for IHRP, discussed how I am supposed to walk in my debut as Mrs. Coco Lat tomorrow. I demonstrated, embarassed, to the three 01s. Haha! We promptly FORGOT about doing a power point for the presentation and went to Jurong Entertainment Centre. Allow me to digress now...

Tomorrow, I am required to morph into Mrs. Coco Lat. A rather Ah-Lian-istic lady who loves to flirt with job applicant Mr. Frasier Lee (aka Shawn Pang). I'm supposed to act all hot and uhm, you get the picture eh? Heh. Goodness. But yeah, my life is a scandal. I remember the infamous swimsuit photoshoot my parents made David, Frederick & I endure many many Christmases ago. [This is going to do well for my ego...]

Right, so how many times have I worn girl's clothes??? The Sari for that Indian dance (X'mas 97), the swim suit photoshoot (X'mas 97), playing "Princess" with Elaine, David & Frederick (96?) and now, many, many years later... Mrs. Coco. LAT!

Ah, I'll have fun doing it I swear. I mustn't laugh though I cannot imagine where my face will go after the lesson or what the rest of the class' reaction will be. One thing though, I AM NOT A DRAG QUEEN! No, no make up whatsoever. [Somebody please take photos tomorrow.]

Ahem! And after all our my (let's take the credit once in awhile) efforts, we better get an A for IHRP! Heh.

Going on, had fun with Shawn, Kevin & Phyllis playing pool today. I know I suck ass and probably am the worst player amongst all of us. Shawn, yer super smooth. Kevin, great games with ya. And Phyllis, just wow, yer not bad either. Thanks for the great fun today guys. Heh, maybe we can do more stuff like this next time eh?

Oh, bedroom slippers, revolution. Words that will induce laughter at least until I forget today. Haha. Poor Phyllis. Oh man, I am so bad, I should not be laughing at you... =/ Ahh, but yeah, good times guys. Unfortunately (or maybe not) there was no camera-whoring.

Ms. Peter get well soon. We will miss LSC tutorial tomorrow. =(

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To be or not to be...?

Lets get to reality. DMC is a competitive course. The world is competitive. This country favours the elite. Well, that'sthe question. To be competitive or not to be. Do we have a choice? I was just looking at things today and realised my own competitive spirit speaking up. Sigh.

I mean, its things like these that get to you. You have some information on an upcomign test, like possible questions you know might come up. You have the option to tell some friends of yours and the option not to. Which do you do? Say you really like those friends. Do you keep the info to yourself and use it to your advantage or do you go ahead and tell them?

Maybe its just me... Ah, why'd I have to bother with such stuff? And here I am writing for FW "Live a a life without regrets"... How hipporitical! Gah!

Moving on, MMR presentation was on today. I've sorta found new respect for Reg. She was sick, but she still came for the presentation. I mean, she didn't know the time and took the train down. We called her and she realised that she would not make it on time if she continued on the train, so... She jumped out of the train and hopped into a cab and came in when we were about half way through the presentation.

The fact that she came down impressed me. And not only that, rushing out of a train to get a cab. Certainly scored points with me.

Who do we classify as annoying? Irritating? Am I irritating to others? At home, its no hard question. What about out of home? I know mom gets irritated with me and Fred going at each other's throats all the time (ok, so I'm exaggerating...). Hmmm, what IS my self image???

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Reality Crew

Current Music: I Didn't Steal Your Boyfriend [Ashlee Simpson]

Okay, you know I'm like the reality TV freak right? But how about actually getting BEHIND THE SCENES of something similar eh? Yeah, today I had the opportunity. Church is having a semi-reality competition and I was one of the people doing the video-ing for them. Woohoo! Experience is surreal! Why do I say semi-reality? Well, cause its not like those full blown reality series like Idol or Survivor or TAR. Its small scale.

But still, it was damn fun! Its called Shout Your Fame, something similar to Idol. There are 4 judges and the contestants come in and sing. Oh believe me, there are HORRID ones yes, but no bad comments since they're supposed to be "edifying". No dispute to that. No one goes to church to be told, shut up, you sing horribly!

Ahh, digressing! Anyway, this was auditions second week. Next week is the last round of the auditions before they move onto round 2. I was in the audition room today, covering the judges It was a new experience. The thing with reality shows is that its unscripted. If you miss it, you miss it and its not on tape.

You don't know who is going to speak or do something next. How American Idol captures the judges so well I have no idea. Okay, Fremantle, own up! You use multiple cameras for the judges right! *Please excuse me, I think I am high after my chocolate & orange juice*

But ah well, t'was a nice experience. Small production it may be, but it does give insights. Heh. Ciao.

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Observant

Okay, so I've noticed that some people are observant. Hmmm.... They observe trends and try to figure out stuff. Haiz. No, its not about that I don't like doing stuff, sometimes I just need to do different stuff. Thanks for understanding. =)) No offense aight? None at all.

MMR deadline is drawing near, at least we've made some progress. Though, on priorities, I could say that some need improvements. Haiz, group dynamics eh?

What's going to carry me through the week would be awaiting Ava's visit on Friday. Ava is coming!!! Excited. Heh. Well, we'll think of what to do when she's here. LSC, CONB and DMA CAs done! Yeay! Now, the next few... Hmm, to work! To work!

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Thinking...?

Current Music: Somewhere Out There [Our Lady Peace]

The week's like half over. This is week 5 of the term. We have only 7 weeks in school before going off for break and e-learning week. Wow. I didn't know that the weeks flew by. It seems like its been ages since we started school, ages since we started projects like MMR...

This week passed so far, I forgot that L promised to message me when Ava arrived in KL... I wonder how she is, poor gal. Oh, right, I didn't explain why... Anyway, she was engaged to Mike. They were supposed to get married in July. But their wedding and marriage has been postponed indefinitely. She's depressed. Sigh. Hard eh?

Tonight was kinda fruitful. I've helped some people with stuff. And yeah, is it just me? Or do I like helping people, lol. Had some time to talk to DMC people today, and all those who were on my friendster profile got a testimonial from me. Exceptions were Xin Le and Ifah, sorry guys, friendster was playing up and didn't allow me to send you guys one. Ahhh, friendster sucks la. Heh.

But yeah, it was a good night for most part. After taking that panadol, the headache's worn off. Ok, so we can soon look forward to the holidays. Get those surveys done and then we can relax some... I think...

What do I wanna do then? There's that Pulau Rawa trip mom's kinda dragging me to. Then there's the old Cafe meeting. Hmmm, I should get my hair done. Oh, yeah, Vid team training. Haiz, I wouldn't mind going out with the gem friends. Or Cawo, Mesh and Xin Le. Hmmm........
Happy 10th month Dak.
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Connect '06

Fever. Jive. Boogie Woogie. Staying Alive. Cha Cha. Groovy. Limbo Rock. Grease.

Those were the names of the 8 groups of Connect '06. Which was mine? Limbo Rock! We merged with Groovy, whose facs (facilitators) who were Ifah and Xin Le. I'm proud of my group! They were great juniors, very spontaneous and energetic. They won the mass games and came in second for the mass acting. But they didn't stop there, they also produced BOTH the best actor and actress!

You guys rock, Groovy Limbos! Yeah, Connect, as usual, was a fun event to be part of. Not that it didn't have its flaws, but it was not bad I'd say. although things did go wrong and stuff didn't happen as it was supposed to, I think we still pulled it off. My group said they had a good time and they were nice to invite us to share their prizes. Cool!

Hmmm, Connect was good in that the games were great for building up the group, the acting was different. The prizes were way better than last year, offering a year's subscription to the teenage magazine Seventeen and loads and loads of food and even food vouchers.

However, it seemed a bit disorganised though. Students were divided into groups randomly on the spot. And since we didn't have an attendance sheet per group, it was rather hard to keep track of our group members. The theme of retro didn't really tie into the games, decor or acting either.

But that's enough criticism from me! I enjoyed being a fac at the event and getting the first hand opportunity to interact with the year 1s. Cool buncha dudes and dudettes. Some can really surprise ya.

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I realised...

Survivor: Panama - Exile Island, the reunion show, is going on now. Its in its final minutes. Congrats to Aras. 3 months to Survivor: Cook Islands. Meanwhile, I have Lost & Project Runway 2.

Anyway, today was a good day even with the coughing. Ack, my throat was dry whole day, so that didn't help. But I'm going off point as usual. Basically, what I want to say is that I really enjoy the peeps I've met in the course thus far. Through the different classes I'm in, ya get to know more DMC peeps and well, those that I know are a great bunch. =)

Like Joannah & Alvin (tall one) from 03 [GEM1: CCC].
Phyllis, Kevin & Shawn from 01 [GEM2: IHRP].
And of course, the SDFTV class.

Today we also did the discussion leading during the SD class. Glad its over & done with and that the class liked our discussion-presentation. Good job Shawn! Heh. Class was a bit smaller today, 16 of us only. But everyone seemed sorta, uhm, more chummy. Maybe cause of the groupings that mixed everyone up.

It was less divided and more friendly. Actually, I also realised, I'm rather thankful for the friends that I have. =)) They're good peeps. Ok, soIamliketotallygushingoverthefactthatIlikemyfriendsandsowhat?

Well, 'preciate y'all yo.

Exile Island in Panama has taken its final bow. Good bye you horrible cast. For all I said that this season was horrible, the best episodes were the first and the last. Sad I won't hear the theme song again. But ala Shawn, "I watch too much reality TV and its not good". Mmmmmm... Maybe true, maybe true!

Oh yeah, had a great walk back from school today. Heheh! It was interesting walking from SB to Buona Vista station. Oughta do that more often.

For fear of stressing out classmates, highlight to read:
Week 5
Friday - CONB, DMA
Saturday - LSC

Week 6
Tuesday - MMR
Thursday - OM

Week 7 - Last week of term
Monday - FW
Tuesday - HFTV
Friday - DMA

I still have yet to do my DMA script!!! =(

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Happy Mom's Day

Current Music: Another Day In Paradise [Copeland]


She calls out to the man on the street
It's cold and I've nowhere to sleep.
Is there somewhere you can tell me?"
"Sir can you help me?
He pretends he can't hear her

He walks on, doesn't look back
Seems embarrassed to be there.

Starts to whistle as he crosses the street
Oh, think twice, it's just another day for you and me in Paradise
Oh, think twice, it's just another day for you, you and me in Paradise

Just think about it.
She calls out to the man on the street
He can see shes been crying
She can't walk but she's trying.
She's got blisters on the soles of her feet
Oh, think twice, it's just another day for you, you and me in Parardise
Oh, think twice, it's just another day for you and me in Paradise

Just think about it

Oh,is there nothing more anyone can do?
Oh,there must be something you can say

You can tell from the lines on her face
Probably been moved on from everyplace
You can see that she's been there

Cause she didn't fit in there
Oh, think twice, it's just another day for you and me in Paradise
Oh, think twice, it's just another day for you, you and me in Parardise

Just think about it.
Think about it.

Just another day, for you and me, in Paradise

This song is really nice. I have it on repeat tonight. Thanks Reg, for introducing me to Copeland. Heh. Being sick sucks... Uggh. Horrible. Throat's playing funky with me, I know a sore throat is on the way. And that runny nose has plagued me for 4 days now. Mom pulled me outta bed this morning, before 9am. We came home last night at around midnight. Tired as I was, persisted in going online to do some MMR stuff. It was late when I went to bed.

I couldn't keep my eyes open, but downed some panadol and then we went to church. Dozed off in the car, and through breakfast. Mom said I should've told her I wasn't feeling great. In the end, she told me to go home. Slept on the bus, slept on the bed without changing till 4pm. Heh, sleeping in jeans, t-shirt and socks, uhhhh... Okay.

I didn't even get up when mom and dad came home. Anyway, I dunno, throat feels as though its getting worse. And still need to conduct that presentation tomorrow. My voice should hold on for 2 more days if it decides to quit on me.

Happy Mother's day to anyone who reads here, yeah, wish yer mom for me eh?

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CBS admits defeat?

Aha! CBS admits its Survivor: Panama - Exile Island was a defeat eh? Why? Someone "stole" the preview for the next survivor and posted some parts of the preview up at Survivor Sucks. Anyway, it states that the Exile Island twist will be back. And hopefully this time it SHAKES up the game more than Terry idol did!
Logo is, uhm, different than I expected. And no subtitle to this season.

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Think straight, Think straight!

Okay, had time to think things straight through. Thanks Carol for the reassurance. Yeah, we'll get it done yeah? I prolly over reacted as usual. Yeah, I yelled at my rents after typing that out. I dunno, maybe its seeing 01 having done their draft 1 already and consulted Ms Kwa. Ahhh. But slow and steady can also win a race. Like I myself said, rushing is no good.

WJ, thanks for the words man. Yer sensible dude. That's true. I just need to get my thoughts straight. Too many things can get the better of us, and we shouldn't allow them to do so.

Lydia, yer right too. Thanks to you as well. I mean, no use wasting time and energy getting mad at stuff like Mosquito right? Okay, ready to face MMR now. Ahh, I hate over reacting. I suck.

I think tomorrow we really need to plan what to do and I should prolly check myself in future before I react to anything. Ahhh, so embarassing that! Ok, focus and we'll get it done. I can do this.

I just worked up too easily. And Ms Kwa, I was not insulting yer module. Heh. Well, the media industry is going to have everything we are dealing with now and more. Politics, nastiness, deadlines, stress. Its all part and parcel of our preparation to face the working world with what we have got. Behavior like mine just makes things worse. Ala, Stacey J in Apprentice 2 who freaked out her team mates by "stressing" on the first task. And stressing out BADLY too.

Carol, sorry about all the jumping to conclusions and stuff. I need rest I think. No use pushing and draining till there's nothing usefull left aight? Thanks everyone, and sorry. My behavior is totally shit.

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MMR - Meet My murdeR

Right, year 2 is stressful. I am stressed! Over MMR. I feel my group is moving too slowly. And we're hampered by a lot of stuff. Yeah, maybe I'm kan cheong, but I disagree. I'm worried about my results and that's why I am kan cheong if it is kan cheong-ness. We need to do our draft 1, consult Ms Kwa, pretest it and then come up with the final questionaire. In addition to that, we also need to prepare for the presentation with powerpoint slides by next Tuesday.

We're hampered by holidays and things we agreed to do with other people before we got our project brief. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! I guess I could pull my hair out of my head now. Uhm, as scheduler, its my duty to keep us on track and to make sure we have ample time to do everything. Rushing is never good. Our timetable also doesn't permit us to meet much before our date for consultation with Ms Kwa. I disagree with my group that before we do our draft we should consult her on our findings so far. I think we need to come up with some questions and then we can correct ourselves yet already have something done.

Sigh. I will have to set them straight tomorrow. Thank goodness I have a long weekend this Fri, Sat, Sun. And some time with friends and relatives to forget stuff, but not long enough to let it fall into "disrepair".

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Pictures are up!

I finally uploaded the Jalan Kayu pictures! Yay! Go check the photoblog. Uhm, nothing much to blog about today, except that our MMR group seems to have been hit by some Gastro-Intestinal disease. Mosquito had food poisoning last night and Xin Le had other problems.

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Squash, Squash Mosquito!!!

Wednesday:
How can someone be so irresponsible? There was supposed to be a group meeting, mosquito said yes, yes, I'm free, I can come. And today? When we call, mosquito is at Commonwealth. It took a lot not to shout out over the phone. Yuck! I mean, come on. Mosquito is going to pull the group down by not be responsible to attend meetings that she agreed to go to! And stop giving lame excuses. YOU KNOW very well we were having a meeting today. Sheesh!

Why do you keep changing your story? I have decided not to hang out dirty laundry today, I am being kind. But still, the changing story of today must be made public. First you tell her that you didn't know the meeting was confirmed. Is there a need to confirm a meeting for such an important project? It is IMPORTANT! Can it get anymore obvious? IMPORTANT, fine, you do not understand that word. I'll give you another. Major. Don't understand that too? Crucial. Ahhh, go look up www.thesaurus.com or www.dictionary.com for goodness sake.

Like a friend pointed out, can't you take the initiative to ASK? We did talk about meeting yesterday and DON'T DENY it, you WERE there. Before going off today couldn't you have asked??? And then when I talked to you, you say you had a last minute call to work. Why the change in story? WHY??? Give me an explanation. Don't just give a million excuses and say sorry and yes, yes, yes! That's not what I require.

Ever heard, "Actions speak louder than words"? Yeah, show me, show the group you are putting in your best effort. You can say yes all you want when I ask that you do your best at your post and stuff, but we need to say it. You can say something and not mean it. Damn it! For all I know you had one hand with fingers crossed!!! Even the group leader, who had engagements back in her estate stayed behind to discuss with us. Frankly, do you even care? If you don't, why don't we exclude your name from our group eh? Would you like that? No right? I am human, I know how it feels. That's why I am trying to be nice to you.

But do not, DO NOT, take advantage of this niceness.

Tuesday:
Yesterday was Kamesh's birthday. Happy Belated birthday! Yep, so we went to Swensen's to celebrate her birthday. The Swensen's at Crown Prince, next to Paragon. Heh, we all had fun celebrating. So, Mesh, you're legal age for alcohol now. Hope you had a good day. Suppose you were surprised at the MuffCakes eh? Heheh.

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Jalan Kayu, Chinatown

Today was dang fun! Fun! Fun! Fun! Rajan surprised the class by not having CONB tutorial today. We had our FW lesson in Chinatown, tasked to go round and scout around for ideas, leads. Target: 50. Accomplished: 57

And then we were dismissed from Chinatown, "Okay, see you all at lecture"
"Huh? No tutorial?"
That was Nic with the 'no tutorial' by the way.

So, Cawo, Mesh, Xin Le, Nad & I all decided to use this opportunity to go to Jalan Kayu to eat prata (some flour fried till fluffy and eaten with curry, comes in various versions such as cheese version and onion version). Since Chinatown was on the North East Line, it was the perfect set up to go to Jalan Kayu (Sengkang -> LRT -> Thanggam). Thanks to directions from Shawn, found it easily.

We had a fun time eating and discussing MMR project. Oh, on the way, we acted like kids taking the train for the first time, taking photos all over. And Lambie was the super star too. Pics up soon. Yeah, I had 1 cheese prata, 1 onion prata, and a lime juice. Quaint place, Jalan Kayu - so out of Singapore!

All too soon we had to go back to school for lecture. We decided to take a cab from Plaza Singapura since we felt we were gonna be late taking train all the way. But not without suffering from the NEL-effect. That is, since the NEL is entirely underground, the monotonous black views out of the windows make you sleepy. Lecture was fine and discussed IHRP project. Gonna be a bomb since, I'm uh, playing a female role. Mrs. Coco Lat! Haha, lets see how that goes. ;) Ciao.

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Where'd you go?

This video is dedicated to Nad (thankyouforshowingmethevideo!) and whoeverelse likes it! Cheers.



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SDFTV at the Singapore Arts House

First, first, first. THANK YOU MS KWA for the pizza dinner!

Okay, so tonight the class went to watch Singapore Gaga at the Singapore Arts House at the Old Singapore Parliment House (long name eh?). It was a short one hour feature. But kinda interesting.

"National Treasure" - This man who performs thinks he's the country's national treasure. LOL!

"One dollar song lady" - Nice tune! I like her song! An interesting character.

"MRT announcer lady" - Hahahahaha! They interviewed her and she gave her reasons for her pronunciation?

"Novena guitar player" - Nice opening and closing.

"Harmonica and recorder" - Funny stuff. But so TRUE!

Apart from that, got to know EVERYONE'S name. =)) Its really good to know more DMC people. Haha. Networking eh Ms Kwa? But I feel kinda comfy in my group, heh. Maybe I need to mix around more. =P

Sharon & Rubez, thanks for the offer! Glad to get the chance to talk to you guys in the screening room.

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I am supposed to feel stressed

"Music makes the world go round"

Hmmm, interesting statement eh? Well, music's a big part of our lives. Heh. Was trading songs the other day. OLP!!! Coldplay!!! Okay, so I like OLP, Coldplay and Oasis bands I realised. Haha.

Not Enough - Our Lady Peace
There’s nothing you can say
Nothing you can do
Nothing in between
You know the truth
Nothing left to face
Nothing left to lose
Nothing takes your place

When they say you're
not that strong
Well you're not that weak
It’s not your fault
When you climb up to that hill
Up to your place
I hope you're well
There’s nothing left to prove
Nothing I won't do
Nothing like the pain
I feel for you
Nothing left to hide
Nothing left to fear
I am always here

What you want
What you lost
What you had
What is gone is over
What you've got
What you love
What you need is real
If it's not enough
It’s not enough
It’s not enough I’m sorry
If it's not enough
It’s not enough

Hmmm, stress. We're supposed to feel it. What do I feel? Alarmed more than stressed. I just realised the need of communication. Heh. I mean, I know communication is important. But... Let's just say, I've seen the bigger picture now. Yeah.

CAs and other important things
DMC
- MMR: Week 6; draft survey presentation
- CONB: NIL (for the moment)
- LSC: Week 5; CA1 (Test), Saturday
- OM: Week 4; Important activity session 1
- DMA: Week 5; Camera & script CA, Week 7; CA1
- IHRP: Week 5; Submission of CA1, Week 6-7; CA1 presentation

SDFT
- HFT: Week 5; Group discussion leading, Week 7; CA2 project presentation, June 27; CA1 write up

Hmmm, ok. That about does it for Term 1. Of course, there's sure to be more to come. Uhm, I think there was mention of an OM test somewhere...

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Losing Grip

Reg, Cawo & Mesh came over today. And diggin thru old CDs, I found this song.

Are you aware of what you make me feel, baby
Right now I feel invisible to you, like I'm not real
Didn't you feel me lock my arms around you
Why'd you turn away?
Here's what I have to say I was left to cry there,
waiting outside there grinning with a lost stare
That's when I decided

[chorus]
Why should I care
Cuz you weren't there when I was scared I was so alone
You, you need to listen I'm starting to trip,
I'm losing my grip and I'm in this thing alone

Am I just some chick you place beside you to take somebody's place
when you turn around can you recognize my face you used to love me,
you used to hug me
But that wasn't the case
Everything wasn't ok I was left to cry there
waiting outside there grinning with a lost stare
That's when I decided

[chorus]

Crying out loud I'm crying out loud
Crying out loud I'm crying out loud

Open your eyes
Open up wide
Why should I care
Cuz you weren't there
when I was scared I was so alone Why should I care
Cuz you weren't there when I was scared I was so alone
Why should I care
If you don't care then I don't care were not going newhere
Why should I care cuz you weren't there when I was scared I was so alone
Why should I care If you don't care then i don't care were not going newhere

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Run, Lola, Run

I recommend this film to anyone who is willing to watch it. Its interesting and I think the first time I've watched a film that uses alternate realities. It took a Wikipedia search for me to understand it. Guess I have a lot more to learn about film now eh?

And I finally figured out how it those three people's flashes tied into the story. The movie revolves around themes of "every second counts".

The first woman, Doris... Lola bumps into her on the street. In one reality, she loses her baby to social services. Second time round, she strikes the lottery and wins big time. Third time, she goes to church and attends Bible studies (I guess she became more religious or something).

The next guy, Mr. Biker, Mike. His bike is robbed and he gets beaten up.

And lastly, Ms. Jager. No, no relation to Mick Jager! First reality, she ends up in a car accidents and attempts to commit suicide there after. Not sure if she is successful. Second reality, she gets to know the bank teller and they end up, uhm, having kinky sex. She's not featured in the thrid reality due to story variations in the third reality.

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