Happy Deepavali
Today's Deepavali, a Happy Deepavali to all my Indian readers. It's a festival for all ages, where people express their joy by lighting earthen diyas, decorating their homes and celebrating the triumph of light over darkness.
Blog
Personal posts and the diary I have kept since 2002: birthdays, year-in-reviews, milestones, and whatever is on my mind.
Compass Point
Went to Compass Point with Lian, Alvin and Choon Sing to explore the newly opened mall and grab Choon Sing's portable hi-fi for the chalet. Surprised how big it is, with loads of shops. Tried deer meat.
#Pixel.Junkies Outing
Helped move my brother's things, computer and clothes, into his room, and helped my dad fix the air-con. My room's empty and spacious, so I'll buy a study table to fill the gap. A #pixel.junkies outing.
Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween, everyone, the English equivalent of the Chinese seventh-month ghost festival, I suppose. Accompanied Lian to her job interview at Mosque Street in the afternoon, along with Jean and Zhi Wei, waiting while they interviewed.
DSAL Exams Over
Reached school at 7.45am for breakfast with my gang before 9am exam. DSAL was tough. I hope I pass, though my overall's confirmed per the lecturer. The exam's only 30%; I've got 44/100 on the rest.
DSAL Sucks
Home all day studying DSAL, out to grab lunch: lor mee from my other coffeeshop, one of Singapore's famous lor mee stalls. Queued 15 minutes since past lunchtime, else it'd be 45. Good food's worth waiting.
P&Q2 Exams Over
Lunch at Clementi with Lian before my P&Q2 exam: Katong Laksa, the best stall there; I'd wanted the market, but renovation or fogging shut all the stalls. The P&Q2 paper today went reasonably well, I think.
Bah Kut Teh
Bak Kut Teh in the morning, long since my last. Suntec to look for window air-con for the study room, so my brother can sleep there instead of with my parents. Only two rooms are air-conned.
Minced Pork Noodle
Minced pork noodles in the morning at the Best Way building canteen, long since my last. That stall might really be Singapore's best; it's won many food awards, with another branch in Marina Square's non-aircon foodcourt.
IWED Exams Over
Lian came in the morning to study IWED, then lunch at my downstairs coffeeshop: wan ton mee, of course. Grabbed BreadTalk at Tiong Bahru Plaza before school. The IWED exam wasn't hard overall, perhaps some tricky questions.
Kenny Rogers
Woke at noon and waited till nearly 2pm for lunch with my mom and brother: Kenny Rogers at Great World City. Home for games, then studied IWED a third time till dinner. Dinner at Alexandra Hawker Centre.
Study IWED Day
Woke at noon meaning to grab lunch, but my mom brought fried sliced fish soup with rice from ABC Market, not bad, though no match for Maxwell Market's. Studied IWED till 3pm, then napped till dinner.
DEUI Exams Over
Lian came over in the morning and we studied together, then lunch at my coffeeshop: wan ton mee, long since my last. I've eaten at that stall since young, over ten years; those were the days.
Infra-Red Blues
Woke at noon to chat with Lian while she was online; had to seize the chance. Lunch at Great World City, teppanyaki at food court, long since my last. Studied my DEUI notes a third time.
New Phone
Bought my Nokia 7210 from the M1 shop at Paragon, $578, less $200 for trading in my Nokia 8310, so just $378. The 7210's cool, no bugs yet except connecting to my PC: an 'IrSocketAPI error'.
Overslept
Overslept this morning, long since my last. Meant to wake at 9am but rose at 9.30, thanks to Lian's SMS, or I'd slept later. A 10am meet at school, so I had my dad drive me.
DSAL Assignment Deadline
My DSAL assignment today: I volunteered to be the first group interviewed so I could leave early, heading home around 10am to sleep, exhausted. Woke at 4pm to fetch Lian, then waited ages for bus 123.
WWWP Assignment Deadline
WWWP assignment deadline today, and I volunteered to be the first group interviewed: first to start, first to go. Afterwards, lunch at Clementi: $3 of wan ton mee, such a big portion I nearly couldn't finish.
Busy Busy Busy
Sorry for the two-day silence, tired and busy with my DSAL assignment, luckily Lian posted yesterday. So here's Monday: we went to Nooch for Jean's birthday, meaning to treat her, but she ended up treating us.
CANI Assignment2 Deadline
Didn't update yesterday, away most of the day helping my uncle move house, then Ikea for dinner, his treat. Came home and did DSAL till 2am before sleeping. WWWP lecture at school lasted under 30 minutes.
Nokia 7210
School morning for CANI; barely did anything, Reaper handled most. Waited for Lian to finish, then Orchard Road for a walk with Jean and Zhi Wei. Light meal at the Wisma foodcourt: Hakka Yong Tao Foo.
IWED Deadline
IWED assignment 2 deadline today, untouched since yesterday, but handed in well before 5pm. The lecturer interviews our group on Tuesday at 11am. Left school 3.30pm, mostly working on my DSAL assignment, which is progressing nicely.