surprises and a curse??

it has being a long time since i blogged and hence i don't know what to start with for this entry.
in the end, i decided to start from this wk as i cant really remember what i did for the past few weeks. haha

mon was xmas eve and i celebrated with my 4gians at ben's hse. it has sort of like become a fixed annual gathering on this particular day. nothing was planned for. but it was still fun. went to giant to get food and some dvds movie. after hearing that 'the secret' by jay chou is a nice movie, i finally got the chance to watch that movie on xmas eve. it was really damned good. i was surprised that jay was able to produce such a good movie. nice plot, beautiful actress etc. i certainly dun mind watching again. xmas day was reserved for sleeping and chatting with my dear. so nothing much.

on wed, me and the gang set off for msia (desaru). as what kaiwei had said, i don't want to blog so much abt that trip as there's nothing much to blog abt. what's certain is that desaru is definitely on our 'ban' list of holiday destinations. thanks to zhongwei who brought 1 board game n 1 card game, if not we will be bored to death. haha.the 5 of us also managed to down a bottle (1 litre) of bailey and some bailey chocz also. haha.

met up with my study gang when i was back yest in singapore. glad to know everyone is doing fine. shuen is leaving for her exchange and thus hope everything will be fine for her over there. it was fun chatting with them. the food at ministry of food (bugis) was quite good also. so can give it a try if u want to.

next up was the release of the results. i took 5 modules for sem 1. the sequence of the results was as such:

aa102, aa201, aa203, ab214 and ac208.

i was expecting only an A for aa102 cos my project grade was only a B. i was surprised to see an A+.
similarly, i was expecting only an A for aa201 as my coursework was only A-. i was surprised to see an A+ again.
i was expecting only an A- for tax cos i really found the paper tough. my coursework wasn't fantastic also. once again, i was surprised to see and A. it seemed like god gave me a free upgrade of results for these 3 modules. haha. let's hope this is not my last upgrade in ntu.
the only A+ grade that i was expecting was from ab214 as my coursework was good. and once again, i was surprised that i only got an A. thou it doesn't make any difference at all when calculating ur gpa.
i was also expecting an A for company law as i tend to do well for essay based exams. finally god downgraded me and gave me a B+. it seemed like it's a curse that i will never get straight As (which include A-, A and A+) for any sem in ntu. haha.
but overall, i was happy with my results. hope next sem will be better and let me break the curse, thou i think it's not really possible as i m taking 7 modules next sem.

tired

i m feeling damned tired now. mentally tired.
had a ns briefing in the afternoon, followed by a meeting at katong area in the evening and another meeting at harbourfront at night.

let me do a bit of update.

went for my 1st ever ns briefing and it turned out to be a disappointment. we were told that our original unit will be 'broken up' and used to top up other divisions' ns unit. so u can tell which r the reserve division and which r the important divisions. it's quite sad to c everyone going to different unit. i was taught that the saf respected unit integrity. some how or rather, this unit integrity gave way to higher order. the next 'sian' thing is i m going to a unit that's half way thru their ns cycle. for the next 3 yrs, it will b bn exercise, followed by atec 1 & 2. it's such a huge jump and big change in environment, esp given the different nature of trg we received during our nsf times in 6sir. personally i feel that it's a bit too much to ask for such a huge adjustment for both the men n the commanders that join the new unit. i don't know how things will turn out to be like. I am expecting the worst so that any positive experience etc is a blessing. next ict will be in july which clashed with my professional attachment.

the weather is damn irritating. thur was a super rare day where it rained only in the late evening. the sun was gd from morning til late afternoon. if not for the ns briefing, i will definitely go for a swim. i hate running/exercising in the monring. this means that i can hardly get some decent exercise since last mon n tue. this is bad and i dont think i will be able do well for my ippt. guess it's really time to start going gym. the rain is not going to stop but i need to exercise.

i have also being reading up on investment related stuff and it's pretty interesting. I am currently reading abt warren buffett investment strategy. will be trying to apply his principle soon and c how things turn out to be like.

I finally went back to nuh to volunteer again. it's again a pleasant experience. there's only 4 patients for this wed session as there's less than 10 patients in the ward which is a gd thing cos it's festive season now. no gd to stay in hospital. can tell that the patients really enjoyed the card that zc taught them to do, while i try to help out along the way. tt's our style of working cos he's better in art work so he wil do the teaching while i will help the patients.

went to APSN Centre for Adults (CFA). it's my first time there. had a meeting with the APSN consultant and the APSN executive director. it was a nice meeting and certainly v fruitful one. i have a better understanding of the operations of CFA, especially with rgds to the different projects that they have in mind to try to help find employment for the people of CFA. i can only say that we have to do our best to help these people integrate back into the society and find employment for them. it's a noble cause and im liking it. I am currently helping out in a social enterprise project by the CFA. hope it wil turn out to b successful

As i get more involved in nuh and apsn, i really felt that i prefer not to be involved in sch-related activities. i considered undergraduates as a very fortunate grp of people who can help themselves. so i don't c much value add in the sch activities.

okie,i m really mentally tired. need to go slp le. have a nuh xmas party for the volunteer at 5pm on fri. hope it will be fun =)

"kill the fats" fitness plan

i made a mistake. haha. the previous entry post was actually my 200th post. it doesn't matter anyway.

life after exams is simply wonderful. the 4 days immediately after my exam was great as my dear managed to get leave to keep me company. it's always nice to spend time with u baby. im looking forward to 11 dec where we will go for the wine appreciation course together.

so unofficially, today marks the first day of my holiday where i spent the day alone.
so what does holiday means to u? for today, holiday simply means slept until 1pm, den lunch, den a punishing 50 laps in the pool.

hope this is a good start to my 'kill the fats' fitness plan. benchmark for this plan is to get rid of all my visible fats ard the waist, build muscles, see abit of abs and at least a silver for my ippt at the end of dec. don't think i have enough time to train for gold but i will try my best.

i guess i aim to swim 80-100 laps per wk (ie 2 days in the pool), at least 2 days on the road running (most prob will be doing interval training), at least 1 day in the gym (thou i wld prefer 2 days) and daily regime of at least 20 pull up, plus 40 dips. im still considering if i would want to go back for my taekwondo training or sld i put aside taekwondo and let it just be a past. i still cant really get over all the corrupted and ugly scenes from last yr ivp competition. let see how things go ba

lastly, my muscles are aching now but it feels shiok to ache. at least i feel healthier =)