2 down..

2 down!
2 more to go...
GUNNING FOR THE END!
1 week to the end of my study life... i'm gonna miss studying ;p
CYA NUS! i'll miss you! i'm sorry i didn't fully utilise you, but you made me who i m today, so no regrets :)
CHEERS!

Back.

Back in school.
In fact, I'm posting this from school =,=
juz got a locker! came to find it and pack it up before school on monday =p
n.. yes i've stopped wow subscription again.. why'd u think i'm here blogging? wahaha j/k =p

I've bought One Republic's album! too in love with Apologise and too lazy (n afraid =p) to d/l frm internet..
and Cheng Teng, I love both Timberland's remix of the song and the original. the original for the instrumentals. that rox. =)

k and about a little discovery about moi-self. i do prefer to be alone sometimes. even in groups, sometimes u'll find me either eccentric or awfully quiet. yeah i find company... ... weird. mayb it's habitual? like u grow into it; or mayb it's juz something that's been there all awhile. no i don't detest frenz, nor groups n companionship. but i do enjoy solitude as well. n there's that.

yay. i "discovered" the above at ... 23++ years old. damn i'm old haha.

Things we learn in school - Causality

In the beginning, as far as we can tell, causality was not problematic. The urge to ask WHY and the capacity to find causal explanations came very early in human development. The bible, for example, tells us that just a few hours after tasting from the tree of knowledge, Adam is already an expert in causal arguments. When God asks: "Did you eat from that tree?" This is what Adam replies: "The woman whom you gave to be with me, She handed me the fruit from the tree; and I ate." Eve is just as skillful: "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

The thing to notice about this story is that God did not ask for explanation, only for the facts: It was Adam who felt the need to explain - the message is clear, causal explanation is a man-made concept. Another interesting point about the story: explanations are used exclusively for passing responsibilities. Indeed, for thousands of years explanations had no other function. Therefore, only Gods, people and animals could cause things to happen, not objects, events or physical processes.

quoted from "The Art and Science of Cause and Effect". A lecture by Judea Pearl.

Cool. :)

Shyt I failed my Macroecons Midterm...

As above. Failed. Not last in cohort, but very bad. 14/30. First Failure of the semester. Heh.

NO MORE. There will BE no more.
*unsheathes two katanas and pose* =p

KK. Study time. Lets grind that result out :)
I MUST DO WELL this sem..

*hmm.. why katanas? ... coz i don't think an image of me dual-wielding any blades longer or broader than that is realistic. heck! i doubt i can even handle ONE katana. urm.. katana = 2.5 - 3ft samurai blade right? the usual primary weapon? not those manga-style 4-6ft blades wor (think Samurai Kyo's ie. 鬼眼狂刀 blade).. nor sephiroth's 7ft blade (or izzet 9ft?)*

today's post

okok. i know. lame post title. but what m i to do? it's 3am in the morn, n i'm out of creative juice =p (not that i'm creative to begin with =p)
newayz, mourinho has been sacked (termination by mutual consent is the official news though), which i'm very sad to hear, and man u won 1-0, of which i'm delighted about =) i've got a test in... 7hrs? n i'm still awake eating 7-11 mash potato n drinking ice lemon tea =p oh, n blogging this post =p
I missed my IPPT yesterday (ie Thursday)!! ZomG... i was soooo late... shyt =p nvm. muz book another day. more time to train.. ... after today :)
I'm getting lazy.... .... .... wait i've always been like that =p
Thanks Sitoh for introducing Within Temptation to me! Awesome music. You've got me hooked *grinz* Everyone should check it out =D
Thanks Cheng Teng for linking http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/97. even if you aren't a psych major, u'd still wanna check this out =D
Thanks Meisi for your Soci Tutorial! I now know how MUCH I have to catch up with =p
Thanks Brig for always crapping with me online. You brighten up my night ^^
Thanks Xinwei for ALSO crapping with me online :) I'm expecting those baked cookies!! or whatever u're gonna bake =p i just pray they're edible MuaHaHA! =p
Thanks lula for making me jealous =p you got a SLICK SEXY BLACK DSLite!! c'mon!! life juz ain't fair haha =p (i think silver/gold's better tho.. black just reminds me of PsP *cries*)
zen! hope your life is happening ^^ if not, call me (your ever-reliable hotline =p) n i'll inject some fun and excitement!! ... i hope =p haha!
Thanks mark for meeting up today (n returning me $$ hehe) :) u n edwin enjoy raiding tonight!! .. if u can get patched in time for the raid Muahaha!! =,='"
k back to work/study/food =) i miss... everybody ^^ and nobody... meh! -bleah!-

happy birthday tricia n jon! ^_^

Ambrose meets Astro!!

Ambrose sees cute hyperactive dog. Ambrose stunned. Ambrose smiles. Astro shows affection. Ambrose and Astro become good friends. Ambrose and Astro play for 1hr+ =)
hehe. Astro is jie's dog! and he's 1yr old!! like.. juz last wk or something was his bday =D Happy belated birthday Astro! XD
i've seriously NEVER seen a dog so hyper like Astro =) he was like.. jumping all OVER the place ^^ luckily he doesn't shed much, or so jie said =) but.. juz b4 i left jie's place, felt my nose startin to itch. feeling the effects now. nose feels a little flared up =( but it's worth it ^^ get to see jie! n get to see Astro! lol with a name like that, i can juz imagine him with a cloak and flying off to save the world ala Underdog! LOL =p he looks the part too!!!
today, had lunch at some place @ upper thomson. indian restaurant. n WoAh. my murtabak was HUGE. nice food tho =) but.. i won't wanna eat it again any time soon =p kinda rich =) enjoyed my time with Edwin, Brigette and Debbie ^_^ we went to see monkeys at Upper Pierce Reservoir!! =D and the awesome reservoir view too :) we stoned for quite awhile there haha..
then there was Icekimo! @ thomson. i LOVE their espresso ice cream! i mean... they're the pwnzor HAHA =p
yeah.. u can tell i had a great thursday =D sorry i didn't have lunch w meisi tho.. =( i feel Soooooo bad abandoning ya..

I'm soooo happy today! Just got news that UCEP has accepted NUSSU's proposals for review of new S/U policies and there're now gonna be works on a possible one-off exercise for students to reconsider usage of S/U on previous modules! =) well, only to remove, not to use them. but that might just pull up my CAP by 0.2!! that's enough to get me above CAP2.0 again!! w/o even considering this sem's results!! wooohooo!! =)
*sings* i won't get expelled... i won't get expelled!! la la la la laaaa la ^_^ hahaha!!!
oh, n it's been agreed that they'll extend new S/U policies to ALL undergraduates, regardless of batch/intake ^_^ that's like... AWESOME. =) i mean.. totally :)

LCCI Elementary Accounting ie. lvl1 exam is this saturday... i'm DAMN nervous lah!! i need to study... hope i pass!! dammit... freaking afraid i won't pass *cries*
speaking of exams... i'm like SOooooo behind on most of my modules.. i need to start working harder.. like... VERY MUCH HARDER =p
this is gonna sound stupid, but i'm gonna motivate myself to STOP playing ANY MORE DUMB GAMES. been playing Winning Eleven and Football Manager recently... to fill up the void of lack of gaming. I. MUST. STOP. For the greater good of WoW gaming when semester ends ROFLMAO!!! =,='" i'm lifeless =p
then again, i gotta quote brian's MSN personal message: "I don't need to get a life. I'm a gamer. I have LOTS of 'life'."
HAHA awesome i swearz ^_^ n WoW-ers have our beloved spirit rezzers =p

I'm worried. Spiritually, I'm feelin the drain. I'm deviating from my intended path. I'm over-rationalizing things. And I'm still chained to my past.
It's funny.
I was walking by a temple today. Upon smelling the incense drifting out from it, I have the strong urge to feel reverence and respect for the place. Not that we shouldn't respect others religion, but it's not my religion anymore, so i shouldn't feel compelled to do any such thing.. right?
is nurturing so strong that it's an overriding factor to your daily decision-making? how can I ever fully be a man of God? or rather, a servant of God.
I hate my rational self sometimes =p n.. I need to stop hating myself =p

I must have been high on happy thoughts today.. drunk on them even. I was so open with what I said today.. as in, I thoughts and everything was just laid to bare..
the one thing i said which stuck to me was... that i'm a walking (living) hypocrite.
that what i do, the feelings i portray, may be me, and yet not me. that my heart is so cold. so darn cold. and the truth is, it's not that far off. i can be quite cold. i guess that explains the lack of tears shed during occasions of death, the lack of emotions. i'm emotional in that i have a temper and all, n i love and hate and all that.. but. i think.. i lack the intensity of some of them.. and sometimes i lack them altogether.
I participated in a pyschology research experiment. it asked me to think of one incident when i felt gratitude. I. Was. Stumped. I couldn't recall ANY. It took me quite awhile to recall one. And even then, I'm not sure too.
I thought mayb it's coz, by nature, i'm normally the giver rather than the receiver? but then, mayb it's juz coz i'm cold. like. so. cold. not socially cold, juz emotionally cold.
Mayb me being friendly is just a farce. Just something I grew into over the many years I've lived. Mayb the true me isn't supposed to be sociable and friendly.
And you know the scary thing? I won't be surprised either if that were true...

p.s. Planning Gathering for Mark's OG (not my OG. I can't claim that, can I now? =p) cycling @ east coast?? :) working on details.
p.p.s. jia you shan! u should have done your essay by the time u read this. enjoy your wk end, n stay fresh for the new challenges ahead! :)