The new school term has already started and I'm fretting the shit load that will come soon after. On the first day of school, I had forgotten to bring my school pass but managed to get in with the help of my school mates.

So, the first lesson of the week was Information Security & Trust taught by China prof. No, I'm not against the China citizens, it is just the enunciation of every word made it very painful lesson. For the half of the lesson, I was not that interested at all. Come on, at 8.30am in the morning and you expect a full class participation. I paid attention when he moved on to Project part and he randomly chose our team. My friends and I decided to go against with it and managed to sort it out with our Teaching Assistant (TA).

After I had a quick lunch at Koufu, I headed for my next class Global Software Project Management led by Benjamin Gan. He told us that we have the opportunity to work with students who are in other parts of the world. He cited that we may be working with Qatari students and students from Boston. It sounds interesting but he likes to digress and talk about something else.

The following day, Computer Analysis Tool (CAT) was quite disappointing. Early in the morning the professor suggested that we should drop the course if we could not take it. The thing is that, he already had 3 sessions under him and the Registrar decided that he should take another session due to high demand. He retaliates this by telling everybody that we should drop the course. Is this how an Associate Prof should behave? I was already quite turn off by the style he is teaching. No doubt that he has a number of accolades and being one of the professors who is highly sought after.

After his class, I headed to my next class, Enterprise Integration (EI). It is one of the successful bidded modules I have besides IST. Luckily, it is not that stressful and the course is pretty new to me. Some of my classmates have the reputation of getting straight As and I think it is quite competitive to get that grades.

Overall, I love my timetable as my weekend starts on Wednesday. Yeap. I had full 5-day rest and hopefully it will stay that way.

The new year is ushered in with loads of extravangza just like the previous ones. I wasn't at any of the places but yet it is predictable. Year after year we have fireworks at the Marina Bay to usher in the new year.

I had headache after I got home and it got worst towards the end of 2009. I had no choice but to go home and didn't have the mood to celebrate. I didn't even have the mood to celebrate in the first place.

Tomorrow, I'm accompanying my aunt to Malaysia for a while. I'm not really keen but my mum kept pestering me leaving with no choice. With the headache like this, I have to continue. I can't really say no and the repercussion can be quite bad.

So 2010 is already here what my resolution going to be...I'm going to set my goal that is to get my GPA above 3.0 and maintain it that way till the following year. I know it is going to be hard but let's pray that I make it to the end.

Save up my money and plan carefully for my trip around Asia. :)

I really want to travel and I could not help but money woes kept creeping up at difficult times.

So okay, yet another Malay won the Singapore Idol. The first season won by Taufik, second season won by Hady and now we have a new Malay dude, Sezairi.

There's nothing against Sezairi just because he is a Malay or the fact that he is a gentlemen. Initially, I thought he should have get rid of those glasses or choose glasses that portrayed him like a star. Although he can sing, he should also look like one.

I cannot agree more when Ken prefers Tabby to be in the final 2. She could definitely sing better and would add another interesting history as female Idol.

I didn't really religiously watch SI week after week unlike my mother. I was rooting for Sylvia not because of her vocal chords, but her personality and her charisma that can be commercialize and bring fortune to the local music industry.

No, I didn't deny the musician's lack of personality or charm. He just looked like the boy-next-door or the occassional gig performer at the esplanade. Like Dick said, local music talents should be push to the front line and be exposed as much as possible despite the small market size.

When they have solid ground here, expand regionally and grab that slice to propel forward. For example, the power house Charice who happens to be a Fillipina. No doubt her voice seranade the entire Singapore Indoor Stadium and has even duet with A-list Singers like Andrea Bocelli, Celine Dion, etc. An Asian that achieved so much should be made an example.

If Singaporeans started to think that these is another Suria's Anugerah or Channel's U Project Superstar, nope. This is Singapore Idol where the best competes and no matter what the result is, the Singapore label could be placed at a better place like the Phillipines who lucky to have Charice. Regardless of race, we should rally around the contestant who we want to see them carrying the burden of representing Singapore in the music industry.

Think broad. Think far.

So, I hope in the next season, such sentiments should be buried with this vision. :)

Labels: Malay, Racist, Singapore Idol

I don't know have any original ideas to begin with when I revamped this blog. I just need to change it a few times before I get the right one. I don't really like with the colour of the words especially.

Well, the results, I know most of them. It will only be officially released by Friday, hopefully. I just hoped that my GPA will hover around 3.5 when I graduate.

Next year, I'm going to start with my planned classes. Yeap. I got all of them thanks to a few more classes open up due to hot demand.

Recently, I just installed Windows 7 into my computer. It is nothing new except that it actually deletes everything and make it clean without any installations. I had to make a trip to school to get some applications installed.

This month will be a relaxing month. I can laze in bed and wakeup anytime I want but I always wake up early. I tried to get back into shape by running and swimming on alternate days and that keeps me quite happy.

I know there's a lot of things in my head. From thinking when to shop to planning for a holiday in April 2010. I think it would be fun.

I want to start with Asia first then slowly creep to Europe and lastly US. I know many of you had been to all these places. It is always had been my dream to travel before I get married. Some places can leave you breathless and others unforgettable yet horrifying experiences like I had in India.

I shouldn't discredit India being horryfing place to visit. It's beaches are breathtaking. Even though I had a recollection of the 2004 Tsunami struck the very coastal beach I visited, it is nothing compared to beach at home. I also got to set fireworks on the beach. Nothing is as awesome as that.

I still don't know what my next year's resolution going to be so I shall make a yearly scrapbook to keep all my resolutions and ponder whether I made it or not.

Alright, that's for now. More later.

Alright, here I'm again. I had just finished my Software Engineering (SE) mid-term test and there will be more coming up within the next two weeks. Life can never get better with each stress starts to pile up one after another.

Okay, I shouldn't blog during class time but I'm bored. Having Ethics on early ( that is at 8.30 am) on Monday morning, yes, its Monday, is terrible thing until you have your first break after 45 minuntes later.

So here, I'm going to digress a bit :)

Recently, my grandmother had just passed away. It is exactly a week ago and of course, the whole family is sad about it but what can we do. Hari Raya preparations is still on the way and I still haven't bought my clothes yet.

Interestingly, I'm not that worried or excited to celebrate. Maybe, the celebration mood has been put off with increasing school load and more projects. However, my cousin is planning to go back to Kampung in Malaysia to play fireworks. I'm so looking forward to it.

My sister also had bought new oven and mixer and I got excited myself. Of course, I would love to try to make cakes and cookies but my mother and sister had been busy with them.

T.B.C

When school starts this term, I hadn't been so productive for a while. It is as if I have not shift my gears yet. Projects and meetings started to roll in and it is very frustrating to get everything organized.

I'm now finally back with my family in Tampines and no longer with my aunt at Bedok. I have no reason why I shifted back but I guess it is just that I want to be with my family when I fast and prepare for upcoming Hari Raya.

But my shift didn't go to well for my aunt who chided me for leaving without telling her. In fact, I have already informed her that I'm leaving soon but she kept using excuses that her husband always stressing her about my sudden departure. It is not that I'm not believing, it is just a lame excuse that anybody can use.

I finally submitted my MOE Bursary application because I seriously need the money to sustain increasing cost of living. It includes the rising cost of transportation and of course, the exorbitant textbooks. Even the money I got from tutoring is barely sufficient to cover my meal cost for a month.

The next thing is that, I also applied for Business Study Mission to Middle East, namely UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain. I never had the intention to do it this term but I guess I might complete it sooner so that I can concentrate on other modules.

It is just the end of week 2 and I'm already so exhausted. I tried to scramble for CCA and I will try Air Rifle. Hopefully, it wouldn't be to taxing for me.

I'm supposed to organize my notes but I think I shall leave it for the weekends. I have no mood at this hour to do anything related to school. So good night for now.