Boring Core Modules
MMAD and MMAS lectures are so dry and boring; all this semester's core modules are, unlike the electives. The electives are far more interesting, and the lecturer's good. Lunch at foodcourt 4 with Lian's close friend.
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Visual Basic
Lectures till 1pm, lunch at Clementi since the foodcourt was crowded. Had Katong Laksa, long overdue, and lovely. Took my first Visual Basic lesson, fun, with a good lecturer; the language feels almost same as Java.
ISPY
School ended at 1pm. Bought my final two textbooks for $60, bringing my total to roughly $200, the most I've spent on books in a semester. Lunch at the Cineleisure foodcourt in Orchard, duck rice nice.
Orientek.Net Domain Expired
The www.orientek.net domain expired today, too late to renew now. I'll wait for it to be released before buying back. I hadn't realised it would lapse so soon; time flies. Waiting is all I can do.
Shoulder Aching
Thought there was no 5pm PCT lecture, thrilled, but confirming with the lecturer, there is. A six-hour break; no way we're staying in school. Bought two more books for $61: Director 8 and Lingo, plus VB.NET.
School Starts
School at 10am for breakfast, with a practical first lesson. The old labs upgraded to Pentium 4 2.40GHz with 48x24x48 Iomega writers, some with Philips 15-inch LCDs. All better than my machine; technology dates so fast.
School Reopens
A quiet day: fixed some code and played BroodWar with Lian, then called her in the evening for our chit-chat. Wanted new shoes at Queensway, but the carpark was full, as was the HDB one opposite.
Hair Cut
Famous minced pork noodles at BestWay building, months since I had it. A haircut at Everton Park with my grandmother, who wanted a wash too. $16 for cut and wash; I love the scalp massage part.
Site Updates January 2003
Here are the site updates I've consolidated over the past months: added a Related Stories feature, used site.php for content, replaced the previous/next links with vBulletin-style page navigation, and simplified the Archives page into something cleaner.
J-Friends CD
Fetched Lian from Kembangan MRT to my place, where she made a minor fix to my mom's website, 15 minutes' work. Back to Causeway Point for another look, since last time we hadn't covered the centre.
OCBC Bank
Went to the bank with my mom this afternoon to activate my account, done now. Lowered the debit limit to $1,000 from $3,000. My HWM magazine arrived too, with a microprocessor history feature and NVIDIA review.
Elective Modules Out
After a five-day delay, our elective modules are finally out; Lian and I both got the electives we chose. My Semester 2 line-up (Stage 2B): Technical and Business Communications, Visual Basic Programming, and Multimedia among others.
Happy New Year 2003
Happy New Year 2003. Dim sum at Lei Garden in Orchard Plaza with my parents and Lian; my mom paid the first bill at 4% GST. Things get pricier this year. Heeren for Lian's Kinki Kids.
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