in the recent years i have caught on the japanese drama wave, followed closely by the korean wave. but preference goes to korean drama. love those love stories with the right amount of comedic touch. it's funny how the korean directors are able to create drama with so much laughter, while all i see in the local dramas are just stories after stories promoting values that we should have, mostly family ties. why the missing comedic element? the funny scenes may be what's causing the local dramas to be inferior to taiwan, korean, and jap. even those touching scenes are better overseas.
hypothesis: is it becuz if there's more laughter elements in the show, the sadness part that follows after would be more impactful? hmm... worth a thought.
well, the new interns are well. basically i've been talking too much nowadays to get any real work done. better keep my mouth shut and concentrate on my work. fyp's confirmation deadline coming, need to settle HPAP stuffs, ICT stuffs, get some black pants over the weekend, settle my ICT leave at DPD and NTU... why is my holidays like that? haha.. work just creeps deep into my life somehow.
spent the last weekend watching the korean drama that john was quite crazy about some time ago. watched 16 episodes straight, before sleeping and then waking up to complete the last 4. initially i thought it was a typical korean love story, poor girl falls in love with rich guy, rich guy's mother don't allow, blah blah blah. but it got some twists, such as the magical switch of identity, the refusal to approve the marriage till the end... and i thought the side roles were well played. when hoping for things to happen between the main leads, i was anticipating the developlment of the sides roles too.
whole weekend spent on a drama. shiok.
thought of some lyrics when i was walking to work this morn.
请你别忘了我
忘了我们的所有
就算我们的爱没有结果
也希望你会记得我
如果分手是回到情人之前的美梦
那为何我还在这里等候。。。
i totally forgot the melody of these few sentences. haha.. and downside of me not being able to bring my iphone around.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
air force openhouse
today is the end of 2 weeks from the start of my internship at mindef.
it attracted a bit of attention of fb when i posted it up on my profile.
i don't know why, but the idea of being a regular again, just doesn't sound fitting to the future that i envision.
went with DPD to the air force open house at paya lebar. saw the types of aircraft we had, not so interesting. the most entertaining part was the air show, with the F-15s and F-16s taking off, apaches flying around, fighters flying in for the kill, and the most relevant of all ~ close air support (CAS) mission. it kinda reminded me of the time i did my CAS missions at the southern islands. kinda fun to command the pilots to fire away.
tried to differentiate the fighters in the air, but it was too hard. the easiest way is probably to look at the back since they are two burners, plus the wings. still, too hard when they are so high up in the sky.
saw sam yeo, had become LTA now. asked him about the rest of the guys... only 3 of my course made it to through all the way to pilots.
later on saw sharon when i was waiting at the busstop.
the other day saw cpt kenny at the canteen. went over to congratulate him on his coming wedding, in which he invited me over, and also got to know that he's leaving the force for further studies. it's kinda weird that the old bosses leave one by one, and now only left leck. the turnover rate in the force seemed rather high. and that's why i'm doing on the engagement survey. haha..
when i was going back home from the air base, i kinda felt that me being in the defense psychology department, is like a path that was mapped out to me already. i get to see familiar faces, get to know new friends who i am going along well with... was it me who was adapting to the new environment, or the environment chose me? i might consider defense psych... haha..
missed the darts outing due to tuition. wasn't really that into it also due to my dartitis condition. but after hearing that angela was going, kinda got a bit interested in going. although not close, we haven't seen each other for quite a while.
i realized the deadline of the fyp is drawing closer. perhaps this weekend i should do some work on settling it.
it attracted a bit of attention of fb when i posted it up on my profile.
i don't know why, but the idea of being a regular again, just doesn't sound fitting to the future that i envision.
went with DPD to the air force open house at paya lebar. saw the types of aircraft we had, not so interesting. the most entertaining part was the air show, with the F-15s and F-16s taking off, apaches flying around, fighters flying in for the kill, and the most relevant of all ~ close air support (CAS) mission. it kinda reminded me of the time i did my CAS missions at the southern islands. kinda fun to command the pilots to fire away.
tried to differentiate the fighters in the air, but it was too hard. the easiest way is probably to look at the back since they are two burners, plus the wings. still, too hard when they are so high up in the sky.
saw sam yeo, had become LTA now. asked him about the rest of the guys... only 3 of my course made it to through all the way to pilots.
later on saw sharon when i was waiting at the busstop.
the other day saw cpt kenny at the canteen. went over to congratulate him on his coming wedding, in which he invited me over, and also got to know that he's leaving the force for further studies. it's kinda weird that the old bosses leave one by one, and now only left leck. the turnover rate in the force seemed rather high. and that's why i'm doing on the engagement survey. haha..
when i was going back home from the air base, i kinda felt that me being in the defense psychology department, is like a path that was mapped out to me already. i get to see familiar faces, get to know new friends who i am going along well with... was it me who was adapting to the new environment, or the environment chose me? i might consider defense psych... haha..
missed the darts outing due to tuition. wasn't really that into it also due to my dartitis condition. but after hearing that angela was going, kinda got a bit interested in going. although not close, we haven't seen each other for quite a while.
i realized the deadline of the fyp is drawing closer. perhaps this weekend i should do some work on settling it.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
sunburned
after like 2 months of not playing soccer, i got my face and body sunburned, and a cramp in my right leg which i can still feel strain in the muscles.
was kinda surprised by the number of ppl who came to play this morning. it was great to see everyone, but the fact that i'm not in a good shape to sprint in the court kinda just puts me at the back.
had overnight mahjong, with the army guys, over at jimmy's. tiring, and lost money. haha.. sad. wasn't in luck through the night.
my procrastination took over since friday, and i'm just starting to do my presentation tml. haha.. damn it. and i just found out that syl. is coming next next week, not tml. was looking forward to the whole time and now it's delayed. oh well.
i wonder why i don't get as much sunburn as i get from sunday morning soccer back in secondary school when i do all my parade drills under the hot sun in my blue npcc uniform. was it becuz i was already accustomed to the sun back then? and now i'm just some weak guy who can't stand the sun? haha..
shitz, better finish up my presentation and go to bed. don't really like starting the week with a deprivation of sleep.
was kinda surprised by the number of ppl who came to play this morning. it was great to see everyone, but the fact that i'm not in a good shape to sprint in the court kinda just puts me at the back.
had overnight mahjong, with the army guys, over at jimmy's. tiring, and lost money. haha.. sad. wasn't in luck through the night.
my procrastination took over since friday, and i'm just starting to do my presentation tml. haha.. damn it. and i just found out that syl. is coming next next week, not tml. was looking forward to the whole time and now it's delayed. oh well.
i wonder why i don't get as much sunburn as i get from sunday morning soccer back in secondary school when i do all my parade drills under the hot sun in my blue npcc uniform. was it becuz i was already accustomed to the sun back then? and now i'm just some weak guy who can't stand the sun? haha..
shitz, better finish up my presentation and go to bed. don't really like starting the week with a deprivation of sleep.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
thursday
it's thursday.
i'm already feeling 'normed'.
it's like an ever running cycle of work work work.
before exams, work for the assignments.
during exams, work for the finals.
after exams, work for the intern, fyp, and all sorts of shitz.
think i saw yh's gf at kfc when i had dinner there.
couldn't recognize her at first, so, oh well.
sometimes when i have too much time on my hand, i tend to think about having someone by my side. i stop counting how long was it that i hold someone's hand. i stop believing that love is all that great. i had to. becuz if it's all that great, and i'm missing it in my life, then isn't my life ain't all that great? haha..
it hurts, sometimes. not becuz of the pain of the previous, but becuz of the absence in the present. i don't miss her, i miss it. love's like a candy that keeps you hooked on the first time. it stimulates your very mind, activate your rewarding system in the brain. in biological terms, it excites your ventral tegmental area (VTA) to release more dopamine into the nucleus accumbens, which inhibits the activity of it, causing a feeling of enjoyment. a smile, a touch, a hug, a kiss.
love aside, life's much bigger.
there's more to life than love.
i have to believe that.
or perhaps, i should believe that someday, some place, some girl is gonna come into my life, and blow my heart away.
i'm already feeling 'normed'.
it's like an ever running cycle of work work work.
before exams, work for the assignments.
during exams, work for the finals.
after exams, work for the intern, fyp, and all sorts of shitz.
think i saw yh's gf at kfc when i had dinner there.
couldn't recognize her at first, so, oh well.
sometimes when i have too much time on my hand, i tend to think about having someone by my side. i stop counting how long was it that i hold someone's hand. i stop believing that love is all that great. i had to. becuz if it's all that great, and i'm missing it in my life, then isn't my life ain't all that great? haha..
it hurts, sometimes. not becuz of the pain of the previous, but becuz of the absence in the present. i don't miss her, i miss it. love's like a candy that keeps you hooked on the first time. it stimulates your very mind, activate your rewarding system in the brain. in biological terms, it excites your ventral tegmental area (VTA) to release more dopamine into the nucleus accumbens, which inhibits the activity of it, causing a feeling of enjoyment. a smile, a touch, a hug, a kiss.
love aside, life's much bigger.
there's more to life than love.
i have to believe that.
or perhaps, i should believe that someday, some place, some girl is gonna come into my life, and blow my heart away.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
internship ain't gonna be easy
2nd day and i'm already feeling some pressure.
basics of psychometrics testing - don't know.
organizational psychology - don't know.
statistics - not sure, but it's the best knowledge i have at the moment.
just found out sylvia is joining me next week.
nice.
and found out someone got the intern for touch cyber wellness.
wtheck? my qualifications not good enough? wtf?
seriously, i would prefer something else rather than creating and validating the survey. but since i'm in it, might as well learn something from it. but the thing is, it's an intern. you're suppose to come equipped with the knowledge, or self-learn along the way. the supervisor is just there to guide. and by the way, my supervisor looks a bit like rui en.
she's expecting a powerpoint presentation next mon -_-"
basics of psychometrics testing - don't know.
organizational psychology - don't know.
statistics - not sure, but it's the best knowledge i have at the moment.
just found out sylvia is joining me next week.
nice.
and found out someone got the intern for touch cyber wellness.
wtheck? my qualifications not good enough? wtf?
seriously, i would prefer something else rather than creating and validating the survey. but since i'm in it, might as well learn something from it. but the thing is, it's an intern. you're suppose to come equipped with the knowledge, or self-learn along the way. the supervisor is just there to guide. and by the way, my supervisor looks a bit like rui en.
she's expecting a powerpoint presentation next mon -_-"
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
vesak
happy vesak day~!
last night was out with some psych friends.
never really see it coming though, thought i would always stick around with the pat, karen and kx. but this sem got me closer to this group.
it was fun, but somehow the sense of tiredness just brought my spirits down a little. didn't sleep on sunday night before going off for my first working day yesterday. i kinda gave up on the stats report, the whole thing wasn't very coherent. perhaps we were more focused on how to actually do the statistics, than actually the focus of the study. moreover, sp's english wasn't that good. so i was editing and redoing more of her parts. but i gave up on editing her stats section, too much to change. haha.. oh well, at least it's over.
first day of intern was nice, but torturing. met a lot of ppl, mainly the defense psychologist. all of them seemed rather nice, empathsize with me when i relate my current condition of having no sleep and thus look like shit. my supervisor gave me a treat during lunch, nice.
however, i'm wondering if i can actually do the work they require me of. all those creating of survey questions etc, i never really touch these topics before. borrowed books from xf to read up more.
oh right, last night was a celebration for xf's bday.
gotta need to spend some time on deciding on my fyp topic fast too. haiz.. tempted to just submit a proposal to qu li regarding the field of developmental psych, and just ignore my real interests in other fields. i don't foresee the time to actually go down to sch and chat with the profs when i'm having my intern. damn it.
no holidays, just work.
last night was out with some psych friends.
never really see it coming though, thought i would always stick around with the pat, karen and kx. but this sem got me closer to this group.
it was fun, but somehow the sense of tiredness just brought my spirits down a little. didn't sleep on sunday night before going off for my first working day yesterday. i kinda gave up on the stats report, the whole thing wasn't very coherent. perhaps we were more focused on how to actually do the statistics, than actually the focus of the study. moreover, sp's english wasn't that good. so i was editing and redoing more of her parts. but i gave up on editing her stats section, too much to change. haha.. oh well, at least it's over.
first day of intern was nice, but torturing. met a lot of ppl, mainly the defense psychologist. all of them seemed rather nice, empathsize with me when i relate my current condition of having no sleep and thus look like shit. my supervisor gave me a treat during lunch, nice.
however, i'm wondering if i can actually do the work they require me of. all those creating of survey questions etc, i never really touch these topics before. borrowed books from xf to read up more.
oh right, last night was a celebration for xf's bday.
gotta need to spend some time on deciding on my fyp topic fast too. haiz.. tempted to just submit a proposal to qu li regarding the field of developmental psych, and just ignore my real interests in other fields. i don't foresee the time to actually go down to sch and chat with the profs when i'm having my intern. damn it.
no holidays, just work.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
exams summary
it became a habit to postulate my exams results.
and here it is again.
hp321 drugs - had the most fun in this paper, A
mb102 biz finance - struggle with some parts, B+
hp318 health psych - total trashed by essays, B
he191 prin of econs - no idea what to calculate, B
wah, looks pretty bad there. haha..
hopefully i'm underestimating.
but in any case, the gpa would drop much.
and if does, i'll just need to work harder in my finaly year.
internship starting on mon.
which means no iphone use for the next 3 months.
damn it.
no holidays too in fact.
well, at least i'm definitely doing something productive this semester break.
feel a bit nua to finish up my stats report which is due on mon.
~
and here it is again.
hp321 drugs - had the most fun in this paper, A
mb102 biz finance - struggle with some parts, B+
hp318 health psych - total trashed by essays, B
he191 prin of econs - no idea what to calculate, B
wah, looks pretty bad there. haha..
hopefully i'm underestimating.
but in any case, the gpa would drop much.
and if does, i'll just need to work harder in my finaly year.
internship starting on mon.
which means no iphone use for the next 3 months.
damn it.
no holidays too in fact.
well, at least i'm definitely doing something productive this semester break.
feel a bit nua to finish up my stats report which is due on mon.
~
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