My 2nd Pay
I applied online for NTU and NUS admissions on Saturday night. The online system is decent, though the form is a bit user-unfriendly. My first choices are Computing at NUS and Computer Engineering at NTU.
Personal posts and the diary I have kept since 2002: birthdays, year-in-reviews, milestones, and whatever is on my mind.
I applied online for NTU and NUS admissions on Saturday night. The online system is decent, though the form is a bit user-unfriendly. My first choices are Computing at NUS and Computer Engineering at NTU.
I woke while it was still dark at 6.20am, doubting any of you woke earlier. My mom drove me to NYP, reaching around 7.45am. They started early, and I was first to register but third to arrive.
I met Jacky and company at Holland Village yesterday for dinner at NYDC. Finally the Mushroom Monster wasn't out of stock; Georgina, Serene and I all ordered mushroom-based pastas, clearly craving mushrooms. We had quite a good time.
Yesterday I went to my mom's office to fix her computer; I've no idea why it always has problems. I solved the 56k modem and HansVision issues, and I'm heading back today to sort out the modem trouble again.
Finally my flu is improving, more reinforcements battling the virus; thanks for the concern, friends. It's March, and from memory here are the March babies, starting with Yong Tang on the 6th and Elaine on the 13th.
I went to the Adidas Sale at Suntec City Convention Centre yesterday. The hall is huge, so it didn't look crowded. I bought nothing, as nothing caught my eye; it was mostly old stock.
I woke at 7am, rare since leaving secondary school, and reached NYP around 8.15am. As expected, I got lost, the signs not very helpful. The whole thing lasted about four hours, and we didn't have an interview.
Yesterday I went back to school with Xiu Yu to eat there; I miss the food, and had the wonton mee, which never tasted better. I also helped my mom move my old computer to her office.
I met my ITP supervisor in school yesterday and passed Georgina my SAT book to photocopy on the way; I got an A for my first month's grading. Charlene takes her TP this Saturday, good luck!
I went to RELC Building to book my SAT I test, but didn't; my first impression was that it looks like a hotel, and indeed there's a RELC Hotel. The examinations bureau is on the third level.
I went back to school yesterday for a World Skills Competition workshop, which was lame; I'd rather have slept. It was all about stress management, but I have no stress. As William Hung said, just give it your best.
I woke at 7.30am for the first time since ITP started. I met Xiu Yu and had breakfast at Bukit Merah McDonald's, where the assistant manager was very polite, the kind of good service I appreciate.
I did nothing productive on Monday and, for the first time, got sick of programming. Today I met Pei Jun for lunch at my downstairs coffeeshop, having the wonton mee for the first time in months.
I met Patrick and Denis, my primary school classmates and friends of over a decade, our first meet-up in over a year. We had breakfast in Bugis, then headed to Sim Lim Square.
Yesterday I had lunch at NYDC in Holland Village, wanting the mushroom side dish but it wasn't ready; I've craved it since Georgina ordered it on Li Xiang's birthday. At night I had dinner at China Square.
I went out with Laily, Serene and her boyfriend for dinner at Marche in Suntec. Afterwards we caught a performance at the Esplanade before heading home. There were pretty girls all over the streets today.
Yesterday I had lunch at Pete's Place, an Italian restaurant in Singapore's Hyatt Hotel, with my mom and two of her friends; the food was great and reasonably priced. Later we had dinner at Ikea.
Yesterday Xiu Yu came over and I installed some software on her notebook; either the graphics card or the monitor cable is faulty. I skipped supper with my secondary school friends as I felt unwell.
I missed the live telecast of the 46th Grammy Awards because I just couldn't get out of bed, so I'll wait for the 10pm encore on Channel 5. Yong Tang came over for help with his FYP.
A busy two days building the administration interface for my ITP project. Since my design skills are poor, I went with the Windows XP Silver colour scheme, and I'm authenticating users with sessions instead of cookies, which I prefer.
I just had a laksa lunch at Depot Road, the best laksa in Singapore. My dad's car has been repaired since yesterday for $140, though the IDAC chap had warned it could be almost $1,000.
Today I met my liaison officer at SP's cafe; he needed help installing Apache, PHP and MySQL, and showed him my work, which satisfied him. I then met Georgina at 2055 to collect my Heeren card.