It’s been ages since I last blogged.. well, just too lazy =x.. Will try to get back to the habit of blogging.. but I just wonder who still visit my super dead blog…

Well, last night I met up with Roy, Omar at Parklane’s Mac… had dinner with Roy & Omar.. I must admit, it is tough to fast for around 14hours.. especially withstanding the thirst..but well, after dinner.. it was time.. for L4D2!!! 3 of us played first as Roy’s friend – Farhan would only arrive later.

Starting, we completed 2 campaign (normal mode) = no kick.. Then we tried survival mode when Farhan came.. omg. it is damm difficult but hilarious at the same time.. it was our first time playing survival.. we played the dark carnival survival..first few rounds, we couldn’t even get past the bronze timing standard (4mins)..haha..

We decided we should go the higher grounds, and we stayed on the open 2nd floor where there was the grenade launcher, i couldn’t find any shot gun.. our team record was 5:37 after trying over 10 times we still can’t beat that lousy timing.. we always have problem with the irritating jockey…so we gave up.. haha.. we played at total of 4hours at the lan shop..

I went youtube to see videos of L4D2, there was one video where the team just camp inside one of the room.. and i think all were using shot gun, dual pistol… (i think shot gun was located inside one of the room).. they prepared lots of fuel/propane tank/molo to fight against the tanks.. and they only use secondary weapon to fight the horde as there were no ammo to replenish in that room.. well, the video will explain everything :

After killing zombies, we went to West Coast Park’s Mac to relive some old memories. Roy was sharing his personal experience and what he see in the current education system in Singapore. MOE is becoming more and more like Mindef, where you have to do paper work like filling RAM forms even for excursions!!! Schools have become so performance-driven, where ONLY results matter and they do not care about the background information of the students and whether do the students made any improvement.

Well, it takes two to clap and I must say that parents also play an equal role in “shaping” the current situation. Nowadays, it is so common to see family where both parents are working, which results in either the grandparents or maid who spent more time with the children. And the kids are talking to their teachers like they are talking to their maids.

Child: “Teacher teacher, I want to go toilet.”

Teacher: “No.”

Child: “Why?”

In my time, which was not too long ago, we never question our teachers in that way…On top of that, the parents are being over protective of their kids till teachers are treating the students as CLIENTS! Because once the parents complain and it reaches to MOE level, your career is good as done. Of course, this is not something new as we know the turnover rates for teachers are high. That makes me wonder what the teachers are imparting to the students : care only about results, “wayang” ??

And to think that I thought of teaching when I was choosing a course for my university. It’s very saddening to see that the kids, who will be the future of Singapore are becoming this way. It makes me wonder what can we do to prevent this impending doom.

Upon reaching home, as usual i will log in fb and check my stocks & email.. Played my fb games for a while, and log in twitter to see any updates.. When i saw jeannie’s tweet about her spending the day at NUH, i got curious and concerned.. i replied to her tweet, asking her what happened, but i guess she was already sleeping (It was 2am when i replied her tweet. haha). And of course, i should sleep too.

The weird thing was that that night I dreamt that Jeannie replied my tweet.. and the reply was something so bizarre that I immediately woke up from my sleep..But it was just a dream.. I found out what happened.. So Jeannie, if you are reading this post.. Take care, don’t worry too much. I believe he will be fine.

Today will be day 1 of Jay Chou’s concert in Singapore, wonder whether will he sing this song again?

And just if you are wondering, No – I am not going for his concert ( Never been to any of his concerts =x)

In the afternoon, my dad suggested going to the Double Helix Bridge near Marina Bay Sands Resorts. Both my mum and I felt it was a good idea so off we went. We set off a little late due to my fault, because I was using the computer for quite some time. Nevertheless, my dad drove there and he parked at Marina Square car park : $2.14 per entry.

We reached Marina Square at 6pm. So we decided to have our dinner first before heading to the bridge, where we had no idea where it is. We ate at the food court. I was surprised to find out that a number of food stalls had already closed down. The last time I went, there were  none ( but it was quite some time since I last went to Marina Square). So, there were many empty seats. My parents & I sat at where we could see the Marina Bay Sands Resort. We could see where’s the bridge from where we were sitting, so we walked out to the area outside the Esplande to have a better view.

Then we realised that it was along the way if you walk to Singapore Flyer. And it looks nice and interesting. But the bridge was quite short? I could finish walking within 5 minutes. There were a total of 4 viewing pods – an area that extends out from the bridge to have a better view of the city. A certain portion of the bridge was closed and the bridge connects directly to the retail shops area which was still under construction. ( My dad commented it can never be completed anytime soon. I think they announced it could be completed by June?)

I took some photos using my hp. It’s uploaded on Facebook.

Oh ya, an interesting point that I found. To fit into the theme of double helix, the lights on the floor of the bridge were lighted with the 4 basic groups of DNA – “A” “T” “C” “G”. I took a few photos of that letters.

After that, we went to the tou hwa shop at Rochor road(yum yum!) before heading home.

It was a nice family time evening.

oops… I realised it was almost a month since my last post.. well, I was studying hard(ok not THAT hard) for my exams.. which ended on 28April… so today is one week since my freedom…

what did I do for this one week? ENJOY!!! hahah.. first of all, right after my last paper, I went to get my Final Fantasy 13 which I had planned to get it after my exams.

Also, I managed to get Starcraft 2 Beta from my friend. As it is still in beta, so this crack only allows me to play standard game and without choosing race and AI difficulty level. Initially, I was owned by the AI for the first few days. But the last two days, I found out how to beat the AI ( there’s bound to be some weakness in the AI, no matter what its still programmed by human).

Well, didn’t had much chance to play FF13, cuz the PS3 set is in the living room. And my parents would want to use the tv at night. So usually, I could only play in the afternoon to evening time. (Now I understand how Wan Qing felt that time when she is playing FF13 too). The graphics is really fantastic and in my opinion, this game they are focusing more on the storyline/graphics and rather on the gameplay. Certain parts of the storyline are really touching. I must admit that the gameplay is very linear for most parts. Also, it was easy to always get 5 star rating for each battle for the most of the front part. The only problems I had was with the Eidolons. And I like the sound track, because it’s by Leona Lewis!

Ok! Apart from games, I also started to watch a Japanese series(with recommendation by YB). Its called “Liar Game”. The female lead – Nao is way too honest and gullible. She will believe whatever anyone says to her. She would report to the police just for a coin that she picked up on the floor. Only then, her horror started when she found out she was dragged into the “Liar Game” – where you have to lie to win the game. But she continued to be honest and trusting everyone, and manged to proceed into the few stages of the game, of course with the male lead’s help – Akiyama.

Well, I can enjoy for a few more days as I am going to start my special semester soon – 10th May-25th June. Hopefully I will do well for my exams for this special semester. So that I can not worry about my electives too much.

Just one minute ago(taking now its 0000H of 8th April) marks the end of 7th April, which is Sophie’s birthday. Now, it’s mine!

Actually, there’s nothing much to be happy about. I am rushing my Computer Graphics Lab assignment which I have to get it done by Thurs night.

Had a simple early celebration by eating out with my family. My dad suggested eating Pepper Lunch at IMM as i told my parents I have not tried the food at Pepper Lunch before (Don’t you dare laugh at me.)

I always got that mindset that the food at Pepper Lunch is expensive, but i realised that it is not that expensive as compared to many other restaurants. The food was not bad, I like the hamburger meat – Very soft and tender. I ordered the “Beef with Egg”, the meat was a little tough. The ice-cream with the sesame was something special.

Well, its birthday and somehow I will always think of this song and think of the past. Call me “emo” or what, but sometimes you just can’t forget some stuff that happened in the past. Maybe by opening up, I will let go of such “emotional baggage”

*Disclaimer* I like the song but not the video( all those kissing have totally no link to the lyrics)