恋人未满

I've to thank Lishen for writing this note down! Quite an old song from SHE. But heck. The lyrcis are meaningful. Here's part of it which he extracted. and I think I've gotta share it.

我们以后
会变怎样
我迫不及待想知道答案
再靠近一点点
就让你牵手
再勇敢一点点
我就跟你走
你还等什么
时间已经不多
再下去
只好只做朋友
再向前一点点
我就会点头
再冲动一点点
我就不闪躲
不过三个字
别犹豫这么久
只要你说出口
你就能拥有我

I GOOGLE EARTH-ED Australia, then into Perth, then to Murdoch Dr, and then South Street (which is in murdoch university) for an hour and found this amazing, incredible street map! As I tried to navigate my way through to the student village, I was awed by this...FARM on the left of the road!! oh my god. I actually came across the farm?! Much to my surprise, I wasn't expecting myself to see the farm at all! but wow. This is awesome.


On South Street.


Some directions.


Decided to make a right turn after looking at the overview of the campus map. And spotted some greenery in front.


Oh my god. Cattle? Horses? wow. It's really daaaaaa FARM.


Horses!


Wow this is huge!


Continued walking...


A sign saying "Hump ahead".


Passed the hump, now..more in front!


whoa. awesome.


Let's go further up.


Looking back behind me.


All the way in!


Now where should I go?


So this is Campus Drive..with a round-a-bout.


Guessed further in would be the student village where the dorms are!

Latest report suggests that the ice cap at North Pole is melting faster than ever, which could result in no ice at all in the Artic Ocean by 2030 summer. Used to be 2050 but given the direction we're heading towards, we've just shorten the life of the Artic by 20 years.

Guys, we can help fight global warming. You will make the difference. Start from the simplest thing, walk (if possible) instead of a bus and bus instead of a car.

It's would really be a pity to have the Artic totally vanished from the surface of this earth we're standing on.

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Today I celebrated my birthday with my ah ma. she very funny, like bought me a cake and cooked some sumptuous dinner. Very heartland and home-cooked. haha, like what I always had during schooling days. But today was better.

She called me 2 days ago to make sure I'll be home today for dinner so she could prepare in advance. Then today she came into my room and wanted to give me something cos she said this is gonna be the last birthday I'll be celebrating with her. and also the last birthday she'll see me in person. (Like I'm leaving next feb to perth for my vet studies). I rejected it and told her she can always give it to me another other year when I'm back to visit her. But she insisted..and told me she might not be around anymore when I come back next year..or the year after..and so on. 6 years in all for my study.

(tried to say something but couldn't bring myself to)

12 years is how long I've been living under the same roof with her. yes, same address all along. She saw me through primary school, secondary school, junior college, and now about to see me through my national service. During my primary school days, I've always been proud to say that I want to be a veterinarian in the future. I said the same thing to her 4 years after I got my PSLE certification. Now that when I am finally being presented with the opportunity, I couldn't bring myself to tell her that I'd need to leave for 6 years.

At that moment I was reading my book on "The Last Lecture", (about a professor who gave his/a last lecture before he left us after a few months' battle with a pancreatic cancer.) I was still trying to finish up a chapter when I realised my mind wasn't with the book anymore, after which I slapped the book in between my hands, and placed it down.

Reality really hits people hard at times. and it gets painful. It's actually something that doesn't make much noise but in fact the most hurtful. I'm counting my months left, thinking every now and then, every night over very simple and mundane issues yet doesn't seemed so when I know I am losing them. 4 months left and counting...

I wished I hadn't need to leave my homeland. It isn't something to get excited over. I know I am not, at all.

Today's the day I will remember for life. A day which will be etched in my memories..

[to ah ma: I'll prove that I'm worth that degree for the next couple of years. I will still want you to attend my graduation!]
*writing this down so that I can look back in futre to remind myself.

GOLD

GOLD is the word. It is the word worshipped by every single one of us in the active unit. I'm now a true believer of certain things which can be done, but of course, with much discipline, determination and perserverance. Finally, I upgraded from a Silver (despised) to a GOLD (holy). Something which I'd never dream of getting it! Took me 3 months, started from scratch after trip to South Africa which added a few unwanted kilos and a chubbier me then. <-- what the hell. but it's true.



It's shit after not exercising for 4 weeks.



But I'm really glad to have achieved it.



20th Aug. It was the last weekday-ed IPPT. First I broke my own personal best of standing broad jump, from previous 255 to 258. woo hoo. Next..shuttle run, chin up and sit up are definitely not my stations of concern. Like kind of easy for me. It's the 2.4km run which bothered me for like 14 months into my army life. It was always around 10.30. Like a "wtf" timing.



On that very day I ran a 9.19 min. It's a freaking ippt GOLD. Under 9.44min that is. It takes two hands to clap. It takes discipline and self-belief to reach for that goal. That morning changed my belief totally.



I loved all my specs. Now I see what's peer pressure. When 11 out of 14 of em has an ippt GOLD tag on the sleeves, you see no reason why you shouldn't be getting it too. ;)





Now I believe pigs can fly.



"If you know what it takes to achieve that goal, go all out." - ck loh

这一种想见不能见的伤痛,

只让我对你的思念越来越浓. . .

Mud. Real Muddy.

Went kaki bukit with my friend to get something after lunch. Afterwhich we got of kaki bukit, went to paya lebar and onto PIE. Didn't know where we heading in that dumb car of his and then finally we ended up at holland village.

Went to coffee club to get something and I got this,

I swear it was so frigging huge that I'll never ever eat this again! It's called the Muddy Mud Pie. oh my god. But it was good as well. =P yumm.

The Chronicles of Narhia - The Last Word

Thanks to "The Chronicles of Narhia" produced recently, readers have been waiting anxiously for the third part. Now here comes the third part (finally completed). First it was "The Chronicles of Narhia - The Infectant's Friend", then came "The Chronicles of Narhia - The He, the R & the huh?".

Now we've "The Chronicles of Narhia - The Last Word".

Exciting trilogy about to unfold.

He, and all his friends, have gotten everything wrong from the start. The unreliable source was really infected. It was very stupid and gullible of him to "click open the .exe file". It wasn't sure what made him open the file from an unreliable source. The virus was a bad one. Something worse than a trojan horse. It doesn't spread. It ENGULFS. That was when things started to change. It's really a virus, I am sure. Think about it. He, who clicks open the file, is innocent. But the virus is the one creating the mess and shit, giving everybody and everyone else a whole new perspective on the scene. HE, is INNOCENT. virus sucked big time. Virus shall perished at the instance my firewall is up.

Next, He, was together with the superinfectants. Everything that could have happened after that, happened. It all came like how a Figure 11 would be shot down by belts of bullets firing from a GPMG (general purpose machine gun).

At the end of the day, He, only had a line to say. The virus might have done certain damage from the visual perspective, but the intangible aspect did not and will never happen. Only a geek or a professional would have the ability to edit the registry, and once the program is designed to run in a certain manner, not anyone can do anything about it.

~The Chronicles of Narhia - The Last Word.

-end-

Perth, Australia

This, is where I am headed to next Feb. 12th February '09 to be exact. Having gotten a place in the veterinary faculty, I'm indeed very lucky to be one of the two or three fellow singaporeans who too gotten in. Competition's tight, especially only slightly above 50 places are open for international students. I won't be expecting to see more than one more singaporean when I get there though.

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Out of the only four universities offering veterinary science in Australia (namely, Uni. of Sydney, Uni. of Queensland, Uni. of Melbourne & Murdoch Uni.), I received the letter of offer recently from UQ, USYD and Murdoch and of course I rejected two of em. It's been tough. Knowing that the only direct entry is through the A lvls; and only an almost perfect straight As result slip would guarantee anyone into the faculty, it's like hell during the 2 years in college. A "make or break" situation sets me right on my path instantly. That's a shitty life out there then.

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When I was in sec three, I could only see myself till the end of O lvls; and planning ahead.

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When I was in sec four, I only saw my life till the start of O lvls. (it's true!)

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When I was in the first year of college, I could still see my life up till end of NS, perhaps just a

little further, but kind of ambiguous and uncertain.

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When I was in the second year of college, what I could see was as fast as the sun rises and as fast as dusk approaches. Nothing further, not an inch or even a millimetre extra.

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When I was enlisted, I didn't even think about anything else. Perhaps looking forward to the end of my service.

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Today, with less than 7 months to completing national service and with an entry ticket to the next destination, I could still, only see up till the end of my service.

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It's a marathon. A marathon ahead.

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Another 6 years of education awaits me. By then, I'd have already studied for 18 years of my life. What a study marathon. Often this will be a lonely journey...but life still goes on.

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That's all folks.