CNN carried specials throughout the Fall, commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago with "Autumn of Change." Certainly, I was not around then, but there has been change throughout my Fall semester.
When I started the semester, I felt good and things were looking up. How time flies, and now things... well they don't look as up as before, but they are looking up. All sorts of things going by, girls, guys, friends, study, tests, projects, speeches... I think I realized that I'm not that mature after all, it's pretty obvious.
On a more serious note, one of the last things of the semester I did was attending the "town hall meeting" with Dr Reinier. At first, it was a presentation, but towards the end, it did have a town hall feel. Let's say I have a feeling he is willing to listen to the students, we will see, but I have a good first impression of him. Hopefully we get more things passed. Dance studios, jamming studios, PBXes, more subjects, we never know, we can try. Oh yeah, we are confirm moving to Leisure Commerce Square in May 2010, in between January and May 2010 hopefully there will be some renovations.
Alright, good luck with Finals.
Saturday, 21 November 2009
Monday, 2 November 2009
2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
That was a spectacular race to end the season. I enjoyed the race, the fact it was day-night, the hotel, everything. The lighting is just nice, as good as, if not better than, Singapore's. Too bad Lewis Hamilton had to end early.
Congratulations to Sebastian Vettel on winning the race, and Jenson Button on winning the championship.
Congratulations to Sebastian Vettel on winning the race, and Jenson Button on winning the championship.
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Girls Blues
I am currently taking speech class and I gave this speech a few days ago. The text below is the speech as prepared for delivery.
Every morning, you wake up and do your daily routine. However, one day, while carrying out your normal routine, you get hit by a thunderbolt – you notice someone from the opposite sex. What do you do next? Sadly, in my case, I almost always humiliate myself with what I do next. Don’t believe me? Ask my high school friend, Azman Faris, who asked me rhetorically, “Jia Wern, you’re ever ready to embarrass yourself right?” Most of these embarrassments, in my case, are due to the opposite sex, as in, girls. No matter how well I do for any exam, I somehow still manage to mess up when it comes to girls. Hence today I want to share with you some of my embarrassing experiences with girls, in the hope that we will learn from the mistakes.
I do not know how to deal with my infatuations, and this causes a lot of problems for me. My nerves when speaking with my crushes were worse than my nerves now, giving this speech – my heart will melt and my body will go hot when I see the girl I fancy. Consequently, I could never carry a conversation for more than 2 minutes with the girl I fancy. No way. At this point, Ms. Anna must be thinking, “I must tell Jia Wern to take Interpersonal Communications next semester.” Then I thought I needed to be cool, like James Bond. So I dressed up nicely, tie buttoned up, long sleeves fully down, thinking that girls like formal stuff, which in my opinion was very “Bond”-ian. Now, I started sweating while talking to the girls, and worse still, I was speaking very formally. All this, though, is an improvement on my previous tactic, which is hang around the girl, in the hope I will get noticed, which is also probably how not to get a girl as well. I suppose the more education I get, the worse off I am in this department, because somehow this year I repeated that tactic again, and the girl figured out, and spared me the blushes of having to tell her. Also, I like to stand behind a girl and go, “boo!” By now Ms. Anna’s only thought must be, “I really need to tell Jia Wern to take Interpersonal Communications next semester, he doesn’t even know how to greet girls.” Anyway, in short, I can get very nervous around the girls I like, and this can lead to all sorts of funny things happening to me around girls.
I did not help my cause when hanging out with my friends. I have too large a mouth even for two people. Somehow, I always manage to let slip to my friends who I liked. Being from a small school, information travels faster than the speed of light. The fact that someone liked someone would probably spread the fastest, except perhaps fights would be faster. The girl would somehow or other find out. Half the battle is lost there. My friends also went, “Jia Wern…” and stared at me if the girl I liked passed by my class. With friends like these who needed enemies? I think all this was because I was not only usually top in class, but also cocky, brash and insensitive. Cocky genii, sorry I mean, geniuses, inspire resentment, I must say. My friends and I also had this mutual thing – we liked to talk near the girls we liked. While we were talking, we could steal a glance or two at “her.” So there was once, my friend Rizal and I were genuinely discussing our Mathematics paper in front of a really beautiful girl. When I heard he made a really silly mistake, the 1+1=3 type, I feigned a heart attack and fell down on purpose. But when I tried to get back up, I slipped. All this happened in front of a really beautiful girl. Not that she cared. Anyway, when it comes to girls, no matter in front of them or not, I always embarrass myself.
In conclusion, Ms Anna will scream at me to take Interpersonal Communications. I certainly need to improve myself and I will think about it. Being an embarrassment in the past does not necessarily mean I will be embarrassed in front of girls in the future. As much education as I will get, there is much more room for improvement for me when it comes to the opposite sex. I still cling on to the hope, the hope that one day, just one day; I am going to get a girlfriend. Thank you.
Every morning, you wake up and do your daily routine. However, one day, while carrying out your normal routine, you get hit by a thunderbolt – you notice someone from the opposite sex. What do you do next? Sadly, in my case, I almost always humiliate myself with what I do next. Don’t believe me? Ask my high school friend, Azman Faris, who asked me rhetorically, “Jia Wern, you’re ever ready to embarrass yourself right?” Most of these embarrassments, in my case, are due to the opposite sex, as in, girls. No matter how well I do for any exam, I somehow still manage to mess up when it comes to girls. Hence today I want to share with you some of my embarrassing experiences with girls, in the hope that we will learn from the mistakes.
I do not know how to deal with my infatuations, and this causes a lot of problems for me. My nerves when speaking with my crushes were worse than my nerves now, giving this speech – my heart will melt and my body will go hot when I see the girl I fancy. Consequently, I could never carry a conversation for more than 2 minutes with the girl I fancy. No way. At this point, Ms. Anna must be thinking, “I must tell Jia Wern to take Interpersonal Communications next semester.” Then I thought I needed to be cool, like James Bond. So I dressed up nicely, tie buttoned up, long sleeves fully down, thinking that girls like formal stuff, which in my opinion was very “Bond”-ian. Now, I started sweating while talking to the girls, and worse still, I was speaking very formally. All this, though, is an improvement on my previous tactic, which is hang around the girl, in the hope I will get noticed, which is also probably how not to get a girl as well. I suppose the more education I get, the worse off I am in this department, because somehow this year I repeated that tactic again, and the girl figured out, and spared me the blushes of having to tell her. Also, I like to stand behind a girl and go, “boo!” By now Ms. Anna’s only thought must be, “I really need to tell Jia Wern to take Interpersonal Communications next semester, he doesn’t even know how to greet girls.” Anyway, in short, I can get very nervous around the girls I like, and this can lead to all sorts of funny things happening to me around girls.
I did not help my cause when hanging out with my friends. I have too large a mouth even for two people. Somehow, I always manage to let slip to my friends who I liked. Being from a small school, information travels faster than the speed of light. The fact that someone liked someone would probably spread the fastest, except perhaps fights would be faster. The girl would somehow or other find out. Half the battle is lost there. My friends also went, “Jia Wern…” and stared at me if the girl I liked passed by my class. With friends like these who needed enemies? I think all this was because I was not only usually top in class, but also cocky, brash and insensitive. Cocky genii, sorry I mean, geniuses, inspire resentment, I must say. My friends and I also had this mutual thing – we liked to talk near the girls we liked. While we were talking, we could steal a glance or two at “her.” So there was once, my friend Rizal and I were genuinely discussing our Mathematics paper in front of a really beautiful girl. When I heard he made a really silly mistake, the 1+1=3 type, I feigned a heart attack and fell down on purpose. But when I tried to get back up, I slipped. All this happened in front of a really beautiful girl. Not that she cared. Anyway, when it comes to girls, no matter in front of them or not, I always embarrass myself.
In conclusion, Ms Anna will scream at me to take Interpersonal Communications. I certainly need to improve myself and I will think about it. Being an embarrassment in the past does not necessarily mean I will be embarrassed in front of girls in the future. As much education as I will get, there is much more room for improvement for me when it comes to the opposite sex. I still cling on to the hope, the hope that one day, just one day; I am going to get a girlfriend. Thank you.
Monday, 12 October 2009
What To Do Now?
Really, I don't know what to do. Well, let's see what's next, with God's help, hopefully I will survive.
Monday, 5 October 2009
The Fire
All that's needed to start one
Is a spark and some fuel
But,
How long can it last?
Will this fire burn as long as we want?
Will it blow out?
Can we make it last forever?
Does it know anything else but to burn?
Is a spark and some fuel
But,
How long can it last?
Will this fire burn as long as we want?
Will it blow out?
Can we make it last forever?
Does it know anything else but to burn?
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
2009 SingTel Singapore GP
As I understand, it was a particulary grueling race, and it's more humid in Singapore than in Kuala Lumpur. I know, even I felt tired after the race haha.
The winner deserved it, really, Hamilton didn't put a wheel wrong. Good race. The talk about Singapore being the new Monaco... not so sure yet. We'll see.
The winner deserved it, really, Hamilton didn't put a wheel wrong. Good race. The talk about Singapore being the new Monaco... not so sure yet. We'll see.
Thursday, 17 September 2009
Malaysia Day
Two score and six years ago, a band of patriots, seeing that we had a common interest, formed Malaysia out of Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore (only to leave later)
Yeah anyway, enough of that lofty stuff, it is hard to write like that on a consistent basis. I think it will be awhile before the next one, after two bummer ones, on Merdeka Day, and Automatic Transmission Driving Tests.
In any case, it is quite a day to celebrate.
Haha, it's actually my birthday. I removed my birth date from Facebook for the day, just to see whether anyone will remember. Sorry everyone.
Alright, I suppose that is all for today. Good night.
Yeah anyway, enough of that lofty stuff, it is hard to write like that on a consistent basis. I think it will be awhile before the next one, after two bummer ones, on Merdeka Day, and Automatic Transmission Driving Tests.
In any case, it is quite a day to celebrate.
Haha, it's actually my birthday. I removed my birth date from Facebook for the day, just to see whether anyone will remember. Sorry everyone.
Alright, I suppose that is all for today. Good night.
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