Ah, yes

I had to remind myself that, if this had been the December vacation instead, it'd be over soon.

But now I still have 2 months.

All other plans are going on fine, but I've gotten a few books for the summer and I expect to finish them by the time school reopens.

I have important things to do next Sem. And study. I cannot afford to get such results for a third time.

Plus, I'm still giving myself a deadline to achieve that goal. I haven't much time left.

P.S.

I was bent on not buying any clothes this summer, 'cause I have enough of them already and also I have to save money.

And then I realised, Great S'pore Sale happens now.

Shit.

Screw that confidence

'Cause in the end the grades of my elective modules weren't as rosy as expected.

And my cores, I'm just grateful they didn't get any worse.

Quite a few marked differences in this Sem and last Sem, but still not good enough to push the results up considerably. If everything had proceeded as planned, things would now be very different.

I shan't say anything about academics for the next Sem for the time being.

Bean there, worn that

After an evening of "reckless abandon" in A minor preparation for gig at Ben & Jerry's on Saturday, Roger, Evan and I decided to continue on this whole beanie idea that we'd been toying with during audition day.

And Roger's finally hopped onto the Musicians' Black-Rimmed-Specs bandwagon!

Same answer, "Tsk, not used to it la."

Conclusion: New beanie for Roger. No beanie for Evan.

As for me, I'll save my beanie for some other day. This Sat I'll be turning up with a fedora.

What I really wanna say is

There're times when you encounter people who just can't stop taking jabs at you to satisfy their own ego. Truth is, they're simply making a clown of themselves, and as far as I'm concerned 我~

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The Full Confidence of Faith - FES 50th Anniversary Talk

FES, or Fellowship of Evangelical Students, is the umbrella organisation of my school Christian fellowship.

I wish I could go for the full session, but looks like I can only go for the Friday one.

Though I should say, I really think the Saturday session would be useful for me.

Time Management

Who talks about time management during long vacations like this?

Me.

First 2 weeks have been eventful and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Be it outdoor trips, overseas beach retreats, music practices for band and church camp, "Live Long & Prosper", or just plain pigging out.

Got all the time to do the stuff I love. Just that all of them are crammed into May & early June.

Cool.

At first everything was nicely laid out. Now everything's starting to clash with one another. I'm so stretched out now that I can't give more time which I'd otherwise have given to polish the individual projects on hand.

And the apologetics talk for which I have to give a pass.

This is so like the exams. Just that I'm still enjoying myself nonetheless.

I merely wish I can worry less about schedules and logistics.

One (more) night in PGP

One more night in PGP Residences.

And I'll be checking out tomorrow.

Everything happened too quickly in my stay here. Even more so for the events that transpired which led to my getting a room in the first place.

Tuesday, mid Feb:

E-mail from school: "We've got an empty room right now. Those interested please get back to us by this Friday."

Best part? I wouldn't even have noticed this mail if Outlook hadn't opened by itself in my Science Library PC!

Of course I replied.

Wednesday:

E-mail: "Alright the room's yours! We won't reveal the room type to you until you've checked in so you can't say no even if the room turned out to be that ATAS Type-A with air-con, attached bathroom; the type that takes a heavy blast at your Dad's pocket."

Hmm...

Thursday, 7:30 a.m. Mom's already (!) at work:

"Bye Dad! See you soon!" Thank God I got the most affordable room type!

That day I had to lug both my instruments along 'cause there'll be band practice the following day. Worked out quite a sweat that morning.

Phew!

Thus began my half-Semester stay at PGP Residences!

Suddenly, Vivocity became the nearest shopping mall, Bus 10 was... still my friendliest bus (now it goes past Vivo + Katong Shopping Mall + Church + both my homes :D ), and the quiet view of Science Park and the harbour beyond bidded me goodnight.

Everyday.

Everything that transpired after that seemed like a breeze too.

Tech Runs. And rushing with Julian and Jon for the last shuttle bus back to PGP.

Publicity Booth, erm, "mending". And that night in my room when I transcribed about 10 songs in total. Hoped whatever was done managed to put the pub side at ease.

More Tech Runs. During one of which I almost went insane. Simply because someone else got lucky (go figure). Ugh, silly me.

Rehearsals at Lunar Bar. And it was only my third time there when I looked up and saw... those pictures o_O.

Emerge.

あの事件。It was in this room, all those nights, when I prayed all the time, but didn't stop to listen. You'd never have expected that fine day to turn out this way. I didn't either.

And it was in this same room, when things got a little brighter. I'm very thankful for whatever followed, given the mess I've made.

Steph's birthday bash. 8 songs in 2 days. And my eyes got larger too.

Campus Reunion Concert. Practices till 3 a.m. and the like. Supper at Fong Seng. All possible 'cause I have a room at PGP.

And the dead goldfish.

I'm not gonna talk about exams here.

Point is, tonight will be my last night here in PGP. This room will forever hold those memories of Year 1 Sem 2.

How timely it is, then, that tomorrow I'll be going for VOICES new Exco election straight after checking out. Right into a new beginning. The week of Emerge 09, which forms the bulk of my ties to this room, is but a distant memory now, but I think I'll pack it into my last batch of luggage too as I leave.

When the clock next strikes 12, the room shall be back to how it was again.

Crisis Core

McSpicy, it's calling my name now ARGH!!!

~

Kai Guan: "what do YOU think of this semester?"

在下: "Picture an apple with its 'core' removed."

Fuji Apple. What's left is purely Japanese. OK I'm getting too cryptical here...

Ubin

SUMMER.

Not the time to unwind yet, but there's definitely time for some Ubin fun!

We met at Tampines, so I could afford that little extra sleep. And woke up to: Rain.

That meant, plans B all the way to Z. We could always hit the ice-skating rink, and go for Karaoke... but the rain stopped so we could proceed as planned.

I miss the exhilaration of cycling, especially in the cool weather after the rain. And I was sure glad I went in flip-flops... all the mud!

Tour guide for the day: Huachuan!

Boys. All under cover

A piece of the multicoloured wonder

Kimochi

Another of my favourite tracks on my iPod.

Spotted this group WaT (Wentz & Teppei) a few years back on a review on i-Weekly, got curious and went to get their album. Loved everything from style of music to the youthful theme of the lyrics.

“僕のキモチ”, "My Feelings" in English, is one of their most famous songs.

Wonderful LIVE setup. If only Teppei hadn't been crying from the start of the song... LOL.

I shall do justice to this song in my next visit to Cash Studios KTV. The last time I went I had sore throat ARGH!!!

Must Wake Up

Must Wake Up At 8 a.m. Must Wake Up At 8 a.m. Must Wake Up At 8 a.m. Must Wake Up At 8 a.m. Must Wake Up At 8 a.m. Must Wake Up At 8 a.m. Must Wake Up At 8 a.m. Must Wake Up At 8 a.m. Must Wake Up At 8 a.m. Must Wake Up At 8 a.m. Must Wake Up At 8 a.m. Must Wake Up At 8 a.m. Must Wake Up At 8 a.m. Must Wake Up At 8 a.m. Must Wake Up At 8 a.m. Must Wake Up At 8 a.m. Must Wake Up At 8 a.m. Must Wake Up At 8 a.m. Must Wake Up At 8 a.m. Must Wake Up At 8 a.m. Must Wake Up At 8 a.m. Must Wake Up At 8 a.m. Must Wake Up At 8 a.m. Must Wake Up At 8 a.m.

So I shall go sleep now.