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Yesterday, after dropping my brother at tuition, I went to Tampines Mall. The whole area was packed with nowhere to park, likely due to a national Monopoly competition, so my dad parked at an HDB carpark above the S-11 coffeeshop.
I went to school yesterday to collect a letter, a last attempt to take three days' leave from PTP. According to the Tekong staff, you should be able to get three days off during PTP.
My ITP is more or less done, with only testing and debugging left. I went jogging with friends at Queenstown Stadium and finally ran 2.4km non-stop, also training pull-ups. I hope to add 400m each week and improve before PTP.
We were meant to jog at Queenstown Stadium, but a soccer match was on, so we went back to SP. The track was dark but cool, and I managed 2km without stopping, though my timing wasn't great.
I was woken by a call from CMPB: SP has told them about my WSC and wants me to defer. The problem is I don't want to defer, since I'd then enter PTP after August and ORD later.
I had a Bak Chor Mee lunch with my parents at Marina Square, before meeting XiuYu and HuiJuan for The Passion of the Christ at GV Marina. The two-hour-plus film was only average and, no offence, rather dramatic.
A busy Good Friday and Saturday on too little sleep, so I'll sleep soon, posting this while my hair dries. On Good Friday I used my dad's car all day, fetching Serene, Jackey and Laily to Li Xiang's house.
I went to watch Hellboy at GV Grand by myself. The film runs about two hours, excluding GV's adverts. I found it more interesting than Spider-Man or Daredevil, so I'd say it's better than both. Thumbs up.
Today I met Patrick, my primary school mate, who wanted to introduce some business to me. It's MLM, but since we've been friends over ten years I gave him face and went. Lunch was at Lao Pa Sat.
I had dinner at Country Mana in Great World City, where their 11th-anniversary promotion offers a $7.99 set dinner, plus $1.99 each for soup and dessert. The food was okay but not filling; give me Ponderosa any day.
On Friday I went to Phuse's place, but after six hours we couldn't fix it, as his motherboard was a goner. We had dinner at the Kopitiam beside West Mall; their ban mian rocks, $4 for a big portion.
I met Jackey at Jurong Point. We wanted Fish & Co, but most were on a budget, so we hit the food court. I had the fried fish steamboat; the fish was nice but the soup too milky.
I just finished watching Timeline and quite liked it, a bit like The Butterfly Effect but less confusing, thumbs up. I also rewatched Love Actually, with the usual cuts from Singapore's Censorship Board on some parts.
It's 1st April 2004, and I present my site updates from February to April. Changes include polls, a users-online feature, commenter information, a My Gadgets page under About, and a Resume page in the portfolio.
Singapore take on Japan tonight at Jalan Besar Stadium. The Singapore Pools odds are telling: a Singapore win pays $15 to $1, a draw $9, and a Japan win just $1.05. I'm 99% sure Singapore will lose.
Yesterday I visited my grandmother's grave to beat next week's Qingming crowds, but plenty thought alike and the temple was packed. I also watched Darren and Evelyn's grand wedding on Channel U; it must have cost a fortune.
I met my team for the competition at Sim Lim Square. There were many cock-ups, delaying the match about 45 minutes. We got trashed by Ash Team 2 16-0, thrashed BDay Team 8-0, and won the third by walkover.
I met my #pixel.junkies friends for a LAN training session at IRC in Parklane; the computers were poor, especially the graphics cards, at the standard $2.50 an hour. Luckily I was nearby when the UT2K4 competition organiser called.
I celebrated my 20th birthday with Jackey, Johnson, Terry, Li Xiang, Serene, Suqin and Laily at Suntec City's Joaquim Buffet Restaurant. The food was okay, but the company was great. We went to the Esplanade after.
I met Zeus for a Bak Chor Mee lunch at Marina Square, then caught The Butterfly Effect, a good film with an interesting, unique storyline, less confusing than Runaway Jury but still a bit. Thumbs up.
Saturday was busy, out from 10am to 4am. Li Xiang and I applied for passports, and to my surprise it took only ten minutes: fill the form, pay, drop it in the box, and it's ready next week. So efficient.
I had dinner with Jackey and company at Newton Food Centre; we ordered plenty but it was all just average. Today I collected my DVD version of Unreal Tournament 2004 from Software Boutique, which I regret buying.