Time flies

And time goes on flying forever and ever.

This quarter has been, in one word, hectic. Between 5 classes, girlfriend, friends, roommates, I have no time for myself. No time to blog, no time to reflect, no time to play Dota, no time to chat with my friends.

I feel sad. It's 2:34 am now, and I'm blogging again after a long long time away from home. I've hit the ground running, sprinting even. The first week was a maze of settling in, moving stuff, Ikea shopping etc. etc. Then came 5 classes. Even with 3 100 level classes, the workload is still immense. 2 Problem sets due every Monday, German homework every Tues and Thurs, Blue Chips on Wednesday, Banking presentations to attend... I'm dying.

But strangely enough I'm revelling in this challenge, to prove that at the end of the day, I can survive stressful periods, I can work 24 hours without rest, I can do well in everything that I challenge myself to do. And that is the real reward, a deeper understanding of yourself.

Then again, a blink of the eye, and week 7 is here. That's a long long long long long time. I'm surprised how long it has been. I'm happy in Chicago, I've never been happier in a long time, and really, it has to do something with that little smile the creeps up on my face whenever I think of the life I share with someone I love.

And that, is all I have time to be thankful for. A short spiel in the middle of night, before I immerse myself back into Deutsch.

Indeed, it's better to have love and lost, then never to have loved at all. And it's better to love and be loved, then to have loved and lost.

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Pictures

First snow in Chicago... In October.. WTF

Stitch, the new guy in the house

Chicago Autumn

Some car in front of me, holding up his rear door with wire.

2 rainbows. Or as UChicago students say: Double Internal Reflection

After one of the worse lightning storms in Chicago, a tree stump remains on campus. 30k people without power in the south side.

Tired girlfriend.

At Ikea. Don't ask me what she was doing...

Something I said offended her. Haha. @ Seven Treasures at Chinatown

Hanxue outside ethel's @ Lincoln Park

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Pictures!

The living room

My Desk

My Room

My Bed

Dining Room

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I have no internet

Thus, my blogging is limited to when I bring my laptop to school AND I have cleared all my work and email for the week. i.e. Now.

I think I'll take 5 classes this quarter, Econ 201, GRMN, BIOS, Music 103 and BUS 35000. Essentially, GRMN, BIOS and Music are supposed to be "slack" classes for me, and hopefully, I can direct most of my energies to BUS 35000 - investment from the GSB. Taking classes at the GSB is really really fun, the lecturers use these high tech computer touchpad thingys, and there are cushy armchairs for ALL students, and the textbooks cost $170 +++ (it ended up $270 wif the course packet and etc). Shite.

Then again, I need this class to buff my resume, because frankly, not being in an RSO sucks big time now, oh well. We'll see....

I like my room, it's nice and homely, and we have a PS2, so I forsee my GPA going downhill. I love my bed nice big bed too:)

Meanwhile, blogger refuses to let me post pics, so I'll post my pictures of my room when it is less on the fritz.

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I hate sick people

Quoted from Mark Musch - BioSCI 12107

W Vallen Graham -TA

Some test questions:
(1) THE EXPERIMENTS OF GORTER AND GRENDEL PROVED ONE VERY IMPORTANT FACT ABOUT MEMBRANES. DESCRIBE THEIR EXPERIMENTS IN DETAIL, INCLUDING WHAT TECHNOLOGIES THEY USED AND WHY THEY WORKED, AND TELL US WHY THEIR EXPERIMENTS WERE SO IMPORTANT. (8 POINTS)

(2) DIAGRAM OUT THE EVENTS THAT OCCUR TO STIMULATE THE RELEASE OF INSULIN FROM SPECIFIC CELLS IN THE BODY. (5 POINT) PLEASE INCLUDE IN YOUR ANSWER THE SPECIAL AREA THAT THESE CELLS ARE FOUND IN AND WHAT ORGAN OF THE BODY THIS IS FOUND IN. (1 POINT)

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Friends

Just a short note.

Sorry to all the friends I haven't had time to meet up with over the break. I'm really sorry.

Been busy with the gf, and family, and other less mundane stuff such as WC3 and blogging and other friends. I just don't have the energy to bounce around breakfast lunch and dinner for 7 days a week straight.

I love my friends. As many of my blog entries have so clearly put across. And without friends, I'll be less of the person I am today. And become less of the person I want to be.

So thank you, one and all, for being my friend.

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OMG Lee Hsien Loong. is Worlds Highest Paid PM

For those who can't read chinese: Our Prime Minister earns 380'000 per month. More than George Bush, more than Tony Blair, more than Angela Merkel, and 126 times MORE than Hu Jing Tao.

WTF OMG! And of course, the government will "justify" the high wages due to the "specialised" and highly "difficult" job of PM (more difficult than balancing the opinions of 300 million people and deciding on whether to attack Iraq?)... AFTER ALL, as PM of Singapore, you only have to convince your own party members.

And this comes amid a time when the PTC decides to raise bus fares again, and the rich poor divide grows. Hello. Mr. Prime Minister, can be more Zi Dong or not?

Fuck man.

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Average Asian

I found this funny. And a bit racist. Oh well:)







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I'm Bored

Instructions: Answer the questions by clicking play on your music player and paste the song title for each question. Set they player on shuffle so you don't decide, it does. NO CHEATING!

1. You're being chased by a giant squid: Who Am I - Brandy
Identity Crisis?

2. You meet Itachi for the first time and you scream: So Simple - Alicia Keys
ermm... Doesn't make sense

3. You see Batman at the beach and he proclaims: When it's Over - Sugar Ray
Okay... When it's over you'll kick my ass?

4. You dance in the rain to: No Such Thing - John Mayer
Yup. I'll never dance in the rain.

5. The Monster has his poison claws to your neck. "Any last words?" You choke: Captain's Hook Pirate Ship - SQUARESOFT (From Kingdom Hearts)
Ok. My music from game CDs has got to go.

6. Your surfing music: Oh Happy Day - Sister Act
Very nice =p

7. You have your own anthem: S.M.D.U (Smack My Dick Up) - Brock Landars Snowboard Generation
Yeah!!!! WOO HOO!!!! WOO HOO!!!!

8. Michael Jackson sits down on a bus beside you. He says: Scar Tissue - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Okay. Dude, CUT OFF THE SURGERY ALREADY!

9. Your secret crush asks you out. You reply: Undiscovered - Ashlee Simpson
Yes:) I'm an undiscovered gem of a date. muhahaha

10. A bear starts to attack you. You cry out: Magic Stick - Lil' Kim f. 50 Cent
Yeah, I'll need that.

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Thanks to Andy

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Facebook is now officially scary

Definitely some privacy issues here.

It has recently come to my attention that, in addition to the the apparently controversial addition of the mini-feed and news-feed, Facebook has introduced a new "feature" whereby you automatically consent to allow them to sell or give any of
your information to anyone. It was very sneaky of them to introduce this at the same time as a much more noticeable update. Fortunately you are given the option to remove this taciturn "consent," by following this procedure.

1. Log in to facebook.
2. Click "My Privacy" on the left edge of the window.
3. Under the network, "Everyone" click "edit settings"
3. Scroll to the bottom of the page to the heading "Facebook Development Platform" and uncheck the statement that says "My information may be used according to the restricted Terms of Service."
4. Click Save.

Whether or not this actually prevents Facebook from using your information is anyone's guess. It is almost funny how far Facebook has gone here; for a good laugh you should read these "restricted Terms of Service."

If you care about privacy, please spread this message as much as you can and forward to any listhosts you are on.

--Ryan Winters

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Ice Skating=p

Today a very interesting coincidence happened at Fuji Ice Palace.

In case you were wondering why I was in the West side of SG, well I was accompanying the gf to ice akate, at the same time, proving that I don't fall 90% of the time on ice.

So as we were going through the gate, I was showing my student's card/SAFRA card to get a discount on the entry fee. And guess what? The guy who's ISIC card was taped on the glass panel of the cashier was my classmate in RI!

Lawrence apparently left his ISIC card at the counter when he went to skate 2 weeks ago (probably with a girl, or ogling a girl, or whatever), and it was his face I saw staring back at me from the glass panel.

Freaky.

P.S. Congrats on getting into MIT for PHD/Masters dude:)

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Gathering:)

Had a nice gathering last night with friends. Imagine: everyone studying Economics, Biology, Chemistry and Math 4 years ago is now doing Economics, Microbiology, Medicine, International Relations, Management etc etc.

Very very interesting.

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the GF is coming back:)

Tml night. yay.

On another note, means that tonight might be last mambo, and definitely no more alcohol for me:).

Last week, I just realised my alcohol tolerance has risen 10 fold. Imagine - 3 jugs of stella, 1 beer tower, 1 sampler, 2 LITs, 1 rum + coke, a few lychee martinis and the flaming lambo.

Wow.

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Clubbing in SG

You know you have matured when

1) You go clubbing, and the most interesting thing that happened is talking to a couple and urging them to get married. WTF.

On another note, my bank account has taken a huge knock. Shit.

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Blogger Sucks

WTF is up with Google and blogger? All my entries are like ruined. WTF? New code? And i can't log in with my Gmail account. Some serious shit is going on.

And to quote a anon. commentor on another blog

and you're intelligent? singaporean snobs, thank god i left the country (and i'm not even singaporean!). you guys have been nasty since i stepped onto the island, always thinking you're better than everyone else in asia. shame, grow up people. what goes up must come down.

Very true.

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Back in SG

call me @ 96749273 =)

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Friends

I know I've posted this a lot of times, but then again, sometimes, we all need a reminder.

Friends and family are the most important things in our lives. Relationships with people, how to get along, how not to hate anyone, just being genial etc. are some of the most important life skills we get as we grow up.

Sadly, when we enter the work force, when we are studying, we seem to forget about the term friends. I know people who view others as "competition" - oh! that guy is competing with me for the post of senior manager, or - oh! I must be friends with him because he's going to be successful one day.

What happened to good old friendship?

I wish life never became the rat race it is now, and we can all sit around a table, drink long island tea and talk over prata and eggs. Or just chill at each others' house over night, a game of mahjong, a supper of mee goreng pattaya.

These are the memories I look forward to reliving and sharing with my gf when I'm back in SG:).

Happy Birthday, Singapore. Home.

Whenever I am feeling low
I look around me and I know
There's a place that will stay within me
Wherever I may choose to go
I will always recall the city
Know every street and shore
Sail down the river which brings us life
Winding through my Singapore

Chorus:
This is Home, truly
Where I know I must be
Where my dreams wait for me
Where that river always flows
This is home, surely
As my senses tell me
This is where I won't be alone
For this is where I know it's home

When there are troubles to go through
We'll find a way to start anew
There is comfort in the knowledge
That homes about its people too
So we'll build our dreams together
Just like we've done before
Just like the river which brings us life
There'll always be Singapore

Chorus(repeat 2X)
This is Home, truly
Where I know I must be
Where my dreams wait for me
Where that river always flows
This is home, surely
As my senses tell me
This is where I won't be alone
For this is where I know it's home
(For this is where I know, I'm HOME)

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Chinese for English people

from a forum

Wo Ai Ni and Ni Hao are Mandarin not Cantonese. Any easy way to remember \"I love you\" in madarin is pronouncing it as three nouns in English \"Wall Eye Knee\".



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I am sorry

I will try harder. And I will be the person you deserve.

我的天是灰色我的心是蓝色
触摸着你的心竟是透明的
*你的悠然自得我却束手无策
我的心痛竟是你的快乐
其实我不想对你恋恋不舍
但什么让我辗转反侧
不觉我说着说着天就亮了
我的唇角尝到一种苦涩
我是真的为你哭了
你是真的随他走了
就在这一刻全世界伤心角色
又多了我一个
我是真的为你爱了
你是真的跟他走了
能给的我全都给了
我都舍得
除了让你知道
我心如刀割

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