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Watched the Making of The Matrix Reloaded early afternoon: fantastic, with so much pre-production effort. It drives home how hard films are to make; thousands of people must be involved. Went to celebrate a classmate's birthday.
To the Scotts area to buy my baby cousin's birthday present, my mom, brother and I tagging along with grandmother. Lunch at Scotts food court; the Korean claypot rice was lovely, better than the Chinese version.
Slept till 2pm for the first time these holidays. Saturdays boring if you stay in. Spent the afternoon on my Inventory System, integrating with a simple layout. The webpage is easy; the thinking process takes time.
Met Lian at Bishan MRT; Junction 8 was packed even on a weekday, so their promotion paid off. Plenty of shops have changed since my last visit: Seiyu has taken over Daimaru, and NTUC the Daimaru supermarket.
No idea what's gone wrong with weather: warm and humid, you need to shower twice a day or feel sticky. Crap weather. I wish it would snow in Singapore; in nineteen years I've never seen snow.
Finally a peaceful morning's sleep; they've started drilling in the afternoon now, which beats the mornings. When they drill, I blast my music back. Evil laughter. Spent the afternoon on mobile forums and my inventory system.
The damn noise woke me at 9am, though I lingered till 11, short on sleep. Idiots. This time it was hammering, not drilling. Turns out the unit behind me is being renovated; tomorrow's likely the same.
Woken at 11am by that stupid drilling from downstairs again. I hate being roused by irritating noises; they get on my nerves. My dad later explained they're levelling the floor to stop still water from collecting.
Short on sleep lately, so I slept till 2pm. Lunch the famous lor mee from Amoy Street my parents brought back, not my thing; I prefer my downstairs coffeeshop's. Spent the afternoon coding my inventory system.
Home afternoon coding my inventory system. Checked cheapest Sony Ericsson T610 at $708, $91 more than My Sony's pre-sale price. Something's fishy; I wonder if the warranty's the shop's or Sony Ericsson Singapore's. Watched Matrix Reloaded.
Woke at 10am, my earliest since the holidays began, and rushed to Marina Square to collect my Matrix Reloaded tickets before meeting the #pixel.junkies crowd at 11.30. Nine of us had the Seoul Garden BBQ buffet.
Mom woke me at 10:30am for dim sum lunch at Lei Garden, since her cousin flies to New York next week. We ate till 2pm, then rushed to Orchard MRT to meet classmates for a birthday.
Went shopping for my classmate's birthday present at Ngee Ann City, Heeren and Paragon, grabbing some things: a Talking Cock VCD for $9.95 at HMV and a handphone pouch from Annex, handy for a camera phone.
Bugis with Lian, lunch at Swensen's courtesy of my M1 $40 voucher. Realised after ordering that my set came with soup, coffee and ice cream, so I couldn't finish the other one. The bill was $4-plus.
Went to school to play badminton at Sports Hall with my poly mates. It was open, though packed with every court full. Played till 3pm, shattered; my stamina's dropped from little exercise, I need to train.
Woke early for Mother's Day dim sum brunch at Lei Garden with my mom's side. We arrived to queue for registration despite our booking; last year we came late and waited an hour for a table.
Watched X-Men 2 at GV Marina yesterday; nice, better than the first. Sad that Dr Jean died at the end, though my brother says she'll become Phoenix next time. I can't stand the cinema Ah Sohs.
The TBCM exam went okay, though I made a slip by not reading a question and missed a four-mark part. Finished in 70 minutes, while Lian was faster at 60. Lunch at Pasta Mania in Funan.
Woke late at 2:30pm. The rain makes sleeping good. Spent an hour cramming VB, with functions, methods, properties and events to memorise. I hate written programming exams; I don't see the point in remembering it all.
Woke at 11:30am to meet classmates for birthday celebration. Went to Orchard early to apply for my Fourskin membership card at the Heeren Annex store; the staff still recognise me. Combined receipts of $150 qualify you.
Another boring day. Woke in the afternoon to watch nine episodes of The Animatrix in SVCD. Mom brought back meat porridge from Clementi, really good. Surfed before an hour studying TBCM; not much to revise, really.
Finally woke before noon, thanks to my mom. Lunch at Heeren during a mall-wide sale, its last day. Black Pepper Ramen at The Nudle Bar, yummy and cheap: four of us paid $36 after the 30% discount.