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I went to Funan yesterday thinking Unreal Tournament 2004 launched then, but shipment was delayed to Friday, 19th March 2004 due to airplane problems. I'd ordered the limited-edition DVD version at Software Boutique, the only shop carrying it.
I went to Orchard yesterday, where my brother bought lots of things and my mom got a new Samsung S500, passing her old Nokia 7210 to my grandfather. We then hit the Suntec City Food Fair.
Nothing to do while my hair dries the natural way, so I'll blog. I met my secondary school friends today after a month, luckily everyone was free. I don't like staying home on Saturdays unless I'm really tired.
I played with my iPod this morning and felt a bit dumb, as the manual is useless, but iPod Lounge online helped. While having lunch with my mom at Hans in Great Eastern Building, I spotted something worth noting.
I met my Pixel-Junkies friends Zeus and Ownage for IT Show 2004 at 11.30am, joining a big crowd waiting outside the hall. When the doors opened, it was like water through a funnel, the single open door the bottleneck.
Last night I helped a friend render in 3DS Max 6, two hours for a single 1024-resolution frame. While waiting, I watched Stuck On You, since nothing good was on TV at 3am; I'd missed catching it in the cinema.
I've finally had inspiration for my ITP, but before it's done more work has been added: I now need to code a simple forum, with two months left to build the lecturer backend and user frontend.
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.
Atari and Epic Games are pleased to announce that development of Unreal Tournament 2004 is complete, with the highly anticipated multiplayer follow-up available worldwide from 15th March 2004. A landmark release for fans of the franchise to look forward to.
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.