Resolutions of Life

2012 didn't start out well for me, still an army corporal in the human resources department at the start of the year. It started with me getting involved in an investigation for some problems that occur while i was away to Australia in 2011. As a result of this investigation, i find myself often staying behind in the office after working hours to answer questions asked by the commanding officer as well as typing parts of the investigation report which is supposed to be written by my superior officer. Sometimes i also went back to camp on my off days because of the same reason. Still, i am glad that it got resolved. Since something will always be confidential, i'll just say that the first instinct of most people when they encounter some problem will try to blame others. As a result somebody else got implicated and got into trouble. At the end of the whole fiasco, people were properly compensated if they should be and no one was punished. Concurrently with this investigation,...

It has been quite some time since my last post. A lot has happened and a lot had passed. This is already the study week and next week would be the final exams for semester 1. It has been a blast to be the least. Through these last few weeks i felt myself surrounded by wonderful people in the university who constantly pushed each other to go forth; encouraged each other in our times of need as well as to borrow a helping hand in whatever things we need done. It isn't really the same as back in the days of college. We are at the same level and we can help each other well. My progress in terms of academic performance is rather...above average. I get that kind of feeling that i'm doing well, but will always be worse off than somebody else. I don't really like that status of being just 'above-average'. I am trying my best to pull myself up further. While i enjoy this rush of stress and the momentum it gives me, i think i am starting to see some strands of white hair ...

Time sure passes fast when you are enjoying it. It is already Sunday of the recess week, and tomorrow the second half of the semester will begin. To top things off, i'll be having my third experiment tomorrow as well as a physics midterm examination. I have to be honest and say that i didn't really study hard, but i have had some practise during remedial lessons in the week and i am feeling confident. Confident enough that i have no idea where i can further study on. My focus will probably be on the experiment. I have almost no confidence in my previous 2 experiment, hence i will have to ensure that i score high enough in the experiments to follow to offset whatever penalty i gave myself for the previous experiment. Good luck. Can't really think of much to say.

...and what better time for a new post than the few moments before i turn to sleep in preparation for school the next day? Ha, not this week. Week 8 of my university is recess week.Supposedly, a week when the students take their rest from the hectic timetable...but i believe it's a week where we study harder than usual to make up for what we are weak in. --- I had the pleasure to visit a hobby shop on Friday. There were lots of Gunpla featured and many caught my eye. Due to limitation in finance and encumbrance, i could only get 2. Nonetheless, it was an interesting experience and i hoped to go there again someday soon. --- Speaking of recess week that starts tomorrow, i will still be working throughout the week to keep myself occupied. Since i only have one midterm exam to contend with, i will focus exclusively on it during the week. Enough said for now.

...and 3 weeks had passed me just like a dream. I have been rather busy of late, trying to study and study and study. Also, whenever i can, i would be building my plastic Gundam models. Maybe someday i'll put some pictures up here. --- I'm in serious distress with regards to my physics experiments. It is really depressing to know that in the end the data measurements don't give you expected readings. As a result, no useful conclusion can be drawn from its derivation. Hence, i am out of useful ideas to do anything about it. Still managing with regards to other subjects. There are some difficulties here and there but i think it does not constitute to any significant problem...yet. --- I think i will just stop here.

I think i have not the chance to mention it here, but i have landed a part-time job at school as a receptionist. Basically every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon i would be stationed at the front desk of the general office and tend to general queries and directions. Most of the time there wasn't anyone so i would just study, which i have to say that it gives me great progress with regards to computing and japanese language. I also had the chance to meet various professors and enter different labs due to the nature of my job as an asset tracking personnel too. It is kind of a good feeling since i feel that it could be a chance to make myself a prominent figure such that people know that i can assist them...maybe. At least, i hoped to someday. --- I had my first lab session on Monday, 27 August. I have to say that despite earlier preparation for it, i am still caught unprepared by the practical experiment of it. There were lots of errors that i could not have foresaw just by...

A week had passed since my last post. There were considerable changes in dynamics within the school. For starters, Japanese classes had started and i am enjoying the course. I used to be able to read to some extent katakana characters but after attending the first lecture and doing some hands-on practices myself, i am able to write the first 30 hiragana characters. Forensic sciences started to get really nasty. There were lots of chemistry and biology terms being thrown out and i have to listen very hard to catch what the professors are saying. Not a good sign. ...and i have pretty much accept the fact that mugging is not something i can avoid. If i want to succeed in what i am aiming for, i have to. There'll be lots of competitors, both from local and overseas, but i believe that if i try hard, i will be able to achieve a outstanding result comparable to those i have gotten way back in 2009. --- On a side note, i am getting very distracted during lectures of unknown re...

The best kind of thing happened to me today...allow me to walk you through. --- I only had an one hour lecture this morning. As usual i went to the venue earlier so that i can get a better seat. I was about half an hour early, so i washed up and just stood around, enjoying the air-conditioning around the entrance of the lecture theatre. Then there was this female who arrive roughly 5 minutes after me. She took a look at the theatre and just started talking to me. It happened out of nowhere suddenly that i was slightly stunned...partially because she was quite the looker too. We talked for a while before she suggested we go find a seat. I took the time and made introductions. It turns out that her situation is just like mine, being alone in the course without any friends. We talked about various stuff further, like our timetable similarities, staying in hall residence and some miscellaneous topics. We then moved into the theatre and sat together. It was really awesome to sit...

3 months of work had finally reached an end. Today is my first day attending school at the Nanyang Technological University. I am a little nervous but also a little excited about it. I find myself overwhelmed by the information we are required to know, as the lecturers and professors sends us emails and lecture slides to remind us of printing and reading beforehand. ...but it's not all bad. My timetable is something i should be happy for. With the exception of Mondays, the rest of the weeks are rather short and only had a few hours in it. Tuesdays and Thursdays only had an one hour lecture each. Of course, keep in mind that this is only semester one of year one, so i will expect the work load to increase in time to come. This is a good time for me to give in my all, in order to achieve what others can only hoped to.

Yeah, yeah. Hush about the post drought again. --- I had been attending refresher course at the university for about 4 weeks. One thing i notice without problem is that i don't have the knowledge i have 3 years ago. Simple formulae and calculations slipped through me and i find great difficulties in answering even simple problems. I need to revise through before term starts. --- Work is still pretty much the same, just that i got to do more advanced stuff. I realised that my logic system crash easier during work as compared to studying... ...but it will end soon, right?

...was that almost 2 months of not posting again? Pardon me...have been busy. Picking up from where i left last time: Looking for a job...i've managed to find one after my friends recommended me to another job search site. Apparently that new site encourages users to contact the company directly and asked for positions. After contacting a firm, i got into a job of being an admin personnel of a certain home decoration company (I shall not name the company). Since describing my daily activities for the period of almost 2 months is quite a hassle, i will just say it in general. What i do in the company is not really all that different from my normal activities in camp. It's all about data entry and some simple manual labour. Although every now and then i got called to do some heavy lifting, i kind of appreciate those work, since time passes quickly when i do it. ...sure run out of things to say real quickly...no wonder i post only once in a while.

It has been 2 weeks since i collected my IC from camp. 2 weeks of being a normal civilian after being 2 years of national serviceman. An immediate problem i noticed is money. I have been sending job applications for the past 2 weeks. I am not very sure ifthe lack of reply meant anything, or simply they're not done looking through their list of applicants, but i feel that i'm going to be in big trouble if i don't find a job soon Best of luck to myself.

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...been quite a long time since i last posted. So much for all that talk about posting more often here. Let's catch up. --- There wasn't much content in that period, simply because i'm already in the final months of my service. It was better for me not to do anything because in the case i can't finish it, i would have to pass it to somebody else to finish it. Might as well let them start. There was a period in February when i was constantly recalled back to handle a nasty matter that stems from last year. That period was quite hectic for me, because there was the thought of being punished for something i didn't do and that feeling was rock-bottom lousiness. However, i'm glad to say that things end up well and it's a rather happy ending for everyone. --- So i have gotten back my card. The feeling was rather underwhelming. The weight of the card was lighter than i hoped to be. ...but it is just how things are...as i continue moving forward.

Third post of the year! Before i start posting, happy Chinese New Year to everyone out there and i hope everyone can achieve what they hoped to. Well let's begin this with last week. --- Last Monday was the appreciation function of our overseas group. I went to the camp earlier than the stipulated time to help out in whatever they require us to do. Joshua, Bryant and me took a cab to the camp and when we reached there, Keith was still eating and so we went ahead to the canteen and helped ourselves to the food. We talked about 'old' times...well, it seemed pretty old to me. It is something of last year, but i digress. Time flies when one talks about his past. We ended up sitting in the canteen for almost 2 hours waiting for Keith to arrive. When he finally did, we found out that we are not really required to do much. Attendance taking is the main task which was not really a big fuss. We allocated tasks amongst ourselves and headed to the mess. We helped in...

...so i thought maybe making it a point to post weekly might get more posts, as according to what i mentioned last week...but that ain't the point here. Today, i just feel like posting! Heh. --- This past week had been quite busy for me. Even for me. I thought it was going to tone down for me since i am leaving soon, but the fact is quite the opposite. I'm still the one anchoring most stuff and sheez around my branch, and i am not exactly happy about it. However, this time i'm able to hide it. Also did my duty this week. Lots of incidents happened but i can't share what because of the nature of where i'm working at...just leave it at that. --- This upcoming week will be my last 5-day work week. From February onwards, i will have off days on Mondays and Fridays so it'll just be 3 days a week. Tomorrow is also the appreciation function for the overseas group i was working in last year. I think this will be quite an awesome week. So i'll look forwar...

Heh, so much for a new year resolution post. Missed it. I realise that i have only had less than 10 posts back in 2011. Is it good? While it is much attributed to my trip to Australia, i think before that i had less than 5...so i guess this year i shall post more, even if it is for nothing and have no significance just to let people know i'm still here. --- The year starts with 2 of our friends leaving the force. They were with me for the longest and i feel a little sad without them but there simply is nothing i can do to stop it. ...also, i don't feel like working at all. Everyday in the office it just feels like some kind of prison. Worse thing is that i have lots of off days to clear...so i'm really struggling between expending them now and enjoy first or saving them for later. I took 2 days off earlier this week already. While the waste had some impact on me, i generally felt that it is worth it with me not at work. --- The new year also starts with a new ...