Pre-Ordered C&C Generals
Marina after school with Lian, craving the famous minced pork noodles there. Better on weekdays; the queue's so short I waited barely five minutes, versus the hour-long wait on weekends. What a huge difference that makes.
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MMAD Day
Friends came to work on MMAD Task 2, due 7 February, after Chinese New Year. Sian. I hate being first group to present: no idea what to expect or what the teacher asks, despite first pick.
Lian’s Shopping Spree
Bought my bus concession stamp at Hougang South Interchange, then National Library to return Lian's book. Had fishball noodles from the coffeeshop, lovely, cheap at $3, generous ingredients and huge fishballs. This Fashion at Dhoby Ghaut.
Last Minute CNY Shopping
Great World City for dinner; my brother and I had the Express Teppanyaki, then groceries at Cold Storage. Wanted Nike socks from Royal Sporting House, but they only had white, not the coloured ones I wanted.
Favourite Module
Had my VB practical, easily my favourite module, fun and easy. Hoping for an AD. Otherwise the usual at school. Came home and spent the whole night, till now, getting my site back up and running.
Site Up
The site's back up on a temporary URL until I buy www.orientek.net. Only polls down; too lazy to edit files, so I'll pull them until I code my own poll script. Email me about broken links.
C&C Generals Gone Gold
Westwood has announced that Command & Conquer Generals has gone gold, hitting shelves on 11 February, 19 days away. The press release promises it puts players on the pulse of modern warfare as a powerful commander.
Warcraft III : The Frozen Throne
Blizzard has announced an expansion to Warcraft III, titled Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, due around July, roughly a year after the original launched. Key features include one new hero per race, each with powerful abilities.
Hero
Wanted lunch at the Plaza Singapura foodcourt, but found it gone, not sure if it's under renovation or closed for good. Headed to Basement 2 for food and ended at Pasta Mania, trying the Japanese Potatoes.
Kinki Kids Pictorial Book
School ended early for us both. Lunch at Scotts foodcourt: Korean food. Kinokuniya at Ngee Ann City to look for Lian's Kinki Kids pictorial book, but no luck, much to her disappointment. Wandered Heeren and the Fourskin shop.
Sengkang Community Library
School ended early for Lian and me, so we headed to Compass Point. Lian wanted the Sengkang Community Library, the only one in Singapore with the book she needed not on loan. Browsed around till 5pm.
First Red Packet
Friends came over today for our MMAD assignment, Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. Since I covered it for DEUI last semester, plenty of info and pictures got reused, saving us the hunt. A new expansion's rumoured.
Koichi Domoto Shock Digest DVD
Went to HMV to buy Lian's Koichi Domoto Shock Digest DVD as a surprise. Meant to meet at Boon Lay MRT, but she called she hadn't finished formatting Jean's computer, so I met her at Jean's.
Valentine’s Day Card
Lunch at Clementi: wan ton mee from a stall I always visit at Clementi Market, so good. Didn't lunch with Lian; she ate with friends, girls' talk. Took MRT to Eunos, Heartland Mall for dinner later.
VB Is Fun
My 2nd VB practical, and I'll say it: VB is fun. Imagine building your own Windows application, more fun and less laggy than Java. Maybe I prefer Microsoft. The concepts are the same, only code differs.
Visa Electron != Visa
School ended at 1pm, then lunch at Tiong Bahru Plaza with Lian. She came over to watch the Chinese VCD I bought, Naked Weapon. Grabbed BreadTalk before sending her home, ages since I had their bread.
PC Technology
My first PC Technology lesson: fun, and the lab was freezing. I'll love this module, learning about computer hardware, known as A+. Re-uploading my site to the Anti-Me server tonight while the Orientek domain sorts out.
Koichi Domoto 2003-2004 Calendar
Orchard after school with Lian. She wanted to order the Koichi Domoto 2003-2004 Johnny's Calendar Official Edition from Kinokuniya, but the ordering window had closed, a disappointment. Then Heeren, where I bought a new Fourskin t-shirt.
Printing Modules Notes
A boring Sunday. Lian and I spent the whole afternoon printing my course notes, at least 200 pages across all seven modules. First time I've been this hardworking; normally I only print them when exams loom.
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.
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.