On going project

This is more tiring than I expected. Being the President and a Vice Pres for two different club is really challenging. Projects after projects I will have to manage. I have a team, in fact a few teams of very caliber people working for me, but I guess its just the idea of making sure everything will work out really wears me out.

But its weird how the more things I have in mind to do, the more driven I am. Having 2 projects, 2 research project (1 is done thank god), organize 1 national comp and participate in another. I can't even find time to study and revise. With meetings scheduled up till next month, I am quite amazed how one can do so much things in 24 hours. I barely get enough sleep nowadays. I hope the recess week will help.

I have no idea why I am writing this. Probably just to update it after so long. I can't even find time to update the blog.

Appreciate

Its like 1 in the morning when i receive the call, from someone out of the blue, hmph, wondering what could it be about. Its my cousin sis over at NUS, "Hey can you go back to Ipoh sooner (my initial plan was end of the month after my internship ends)?" Then i knew smth wasn't right, it was my grandma, the one that all of us love and cares for. At that very moment i know i must go back no matter what. She was hospitalised few days back but was discharged. My mum called me up a the other day to tell me about it.

I thought she was doing well after that, I thought..... She fainted in the afternoon and was rushed to the hospital. Doctor said her condition was not looking good. That was until she fell into coma that very morning (4 am) that i received the call. From not looking good to critical. Ipoh-Singapore bus runs only at 2 times per day, and flight was not an option because of the small capacity of FireFlyz, I took the bus at night with my aunt and cousins.

It was the first time I felt what its like to lose somebody so, so close to you. I went to several relatives funeral, but they were not as close. It suddenly struck me what its like to have somebody disappeared from your life forever. Someone we always took for granted, thinking that they will always be there. Someone who always care for you, look after you and be there for you - vanishes from your life. Words alone cannot describe the feeling.

I almost regretted not seeing her enough everytime I go back to Ipoh on my holidays. Everyone was desperate, we are not ready to let her go yet. It was my first time seeing my grandpa cried. She look so frail, with tubes stucked all over her body. She was surrounded by sophisticated machine, reading her vitals and making beeps now and then. If any of the machines fails, it would be goodbye forever. She was at the brink of death, without the machine, she won't even stand a chance. Lying there motionless, everyone hopes she can wake up and talk to us, or even scold us. We tried calling her, yelling at her but still she lies there motionless.

It was until yesterday, another doctor came to look at her, put her into the isolation ward. Now she is awake. We were so thrilled to see her eyes open. Its like God decided to give us a second chance, to appreciate her, to love her. Everyone was so excited to see her awake again, eventhough she is still recovering, her conditions are improving. She still need support from these sophisticated-life-supporting machine, but doctor said her condition is promising.

I am so glad that she is okay. Its just how human are, losing something makes you realise how important it was to you. We just don't know how to appreciate things around us....

Road to the Nationals

Its weird how fast things can progress. I still remembered it clearly how I met her last year in dance class and before i realize it, its already a year i've been dancing. Running for the president position of DanceSport Academy NTU which now bear me a heavy responsibility.

To organize the 10th SGDF Singapore Nationals DanceSport Championships. It was only like few months back when I competed for the very first time in the 9th. Although my achievement were not very colorful, the experience definitely counts. My name is also on the SGDF website if you must know.

Getting to know more ppl from the DanceSport scene in singapore really opens my eye. This is going to be a hard path to go on but I am glad i have a team of very caliber member behind my back.

Working hard towards the next comp!! Will definitely try my best to enter the finals this time round. Our target: 3 dances in grade E( Cha Cha, Rumba, Jive). 1 more routine to go and all left is to master and sharpen our technique.

We will work hard together ok baby. Lets make this one counts!

In-dependant

Well times flies and by now, most of us(my peers) are now out and alone, away from their parents, now living independantly. Having friends as support, going home once in awhile, pretty much what we are going to experience from now on till god-knows-when.

Well to me its just life, when we are this old(2 decade old), its high time to leave our parents protection and start to venture to a whole new stage of life. This being said, we are now independant.... Or are we?



What do you think independant really mean? Living out on your own?? Doing your own laundry? cooking your own dinner and washin your own dish?!


Well hell NO! Look at the amount of money we are spending. Come to think of it, I am quite grateful that i don't live on my parents money anymore... working and getting scholarship... at least i can spend my hard earned money the way i like it without feeling any guilt. I don't know what its like to be splurging your parents hard earned money behind their back when they think the money they are giving you are put onto good use but instead, regular clubbing and drinking is how its spent.

My girlfriend on the other hand, is not a scholar... sometimes its pretty hard on her. Take for example getting into dancesport... going for competition takes us much more than you can imagine, private classes, technique classes, costume, makeups, crystals (Swarovski), and the list goes on and on. This sort of money is a luxury to spend... it's not easy when you are doing on this on someone else's money...

I know how you felt when your scholarship application was rejected. I know it was hard on you. But don't give up ok? Tuition job will eventually come to you.. no worries

cK 2.0 u

Decided to revamp it a lil bit... i think its nice... haha

Janvier part deux

As you all might have know, I did not have a very long break during CNY. I flew back to Malaysia on the 22th Jan from Changi Terminal 1. It was my first time flying after all. Well Jetstar was not too bad for a first time experience.

Shopping in KLIA is fun, chocolates all around, liquours, cigarattes (yupe got some cigarrettes for my dad and lotsa chocolate for the family to share). Travelling back to Ipoh with my cousin sister and brother after that. Reach home around midnight.

The usual stuff happened- yum cha, snooker, takei etc with bunch of friends. Not much of catching up though since I came back for such short period. But I like the Mac visit around my place, sat there for hours chatting nonsense... haha

Then came first day of CNY. It wasn't as exciting as it used to be anymore.. Not sure why, perhaps I have grown up, I don't really look forward to the ang pau money anymore (probably due to its ever shrinking value - also depreciation of MYR against SGD in this case) but I enjoyed talking with my cousins, playing with my nieces and nephews ( my dad got married pretty late compared to his siblings so all my cousins are married)

2nd day of CNY before i realize it, time to pack and go back to Sg. There will be a special celebration tonight, my grandma's(mum's side) bday, had some sort of big family reunion over at my uncle's hse. First time took a family picture (With the extended family i mean). Had a really nice dinner- prepared by my aunties.. Those food were good. *Picture will be updated later. Blogging from EADS comp, so can't access to my photo folder*

I guess thats all for january. Look forward for fevrier update... coming soon. FYI results had been released, and yes I am still getting the iPhone.

Notice the still word? Ok I didn't get 4.7 but I think I should still reward myself since I didn't expect myself to do so well in PHYS1B. I got screwed by common engineering paper(which are the easier ones)



See? I deserve it right? all As and 2 Bs... Stupid com engine subject... fuck the easy paper...

J'adore le français

I am somehow happy with my results... not satisfied, but can live with it.. at least there has been a major improvement in CGPA 0.03 from First Class Honour. TARGET FOR NEXT SEM.


I can't feel exactly happy though, especially when I see my girlfriend's face... she was sad because she underperformed... so sorry.. lets work hard together next sem ok?

Flashback #1 : Janvier

Sem 2 started, everything was going slow, had a nice timetable this sem. Class does not start until 10:30 and ends at 3:30pm. First time to have something other than CN Yang core. It was definitely easier.

DSA recruitment booth was a success, preparation for nationals begun, we started late but it was fun. Fell in love with dancesport. Going all out for the coming national comp.

Annual Dinner for CN Yang club was coming up. Had fun shopping for lucky draw gifts!

Then Chinese New Year came. Flew for the very first time, and it was with my girlfriend. Flying on Jetstar is only $50 while taking a bus cost a lot more than that. It was a new experience for me and it was nice.

Too bad this year CNY fall on her birthday, didn't get to celebrate her 21st bday on the actual day. I manage to suprise her twice though, once with her OG mate and the 2nd after DSA practice. I am so glad you were happy.

I guess thats all for the first month of the year. Happy Belated New Year and Gong Xi Fa Cai!! haha