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Woots! Yesterday is the grand opening ceremony of the inaugural summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) !

Well, I am not that rich to actually buy the tix and went downtown to catch the show live. I watch it from my television comfortably on my couch instead. Prefer the later better. : )

Despite the smaller scale ceremony (as compared to the Olympic games), it was simply spectacular. I especially love the design of that stage. It wasn't the conventional gigantic stadium with the boring oval stage. It is a floating platform on freakin' sea! And behind it is the beautiful night skyline of Singapore. The night sky, the stunning sky-crappers, the calm blue sea, and the dazzling stage all merged together perfectly, gosh, the whole scene was just breath taking.

I love the mascot for YOG. Merly and Lyo. They are so much better than our Orang Utan back in 1998 Commonwealth Game.

Which one do you like? I like both!

Below is some photos that I stole from other photographers. No copyrights infringement is intended.

The Olympic Flame came to my school on Thursday....while I was playing truth and dare with Kev, Win, and Maggie at Holland V's Starbucks. LOL.

The show begins!

Look closely, the Olympic rings are made of human. And they are splashing water. LOL

Cultural performance

Mass dances (dancing to different songs from the past to the present, wile the backdrop was "performing" the progress of Singapore from a fishing village to a modern city.)

The gigantic story book at one side of stage unfolds as it tells the story of a young athlete (a boxer to be precise)

A monster took the center stage as it was terrorizing the young boxer.

The monster symbolizes fear in each and every one of us. In this case, "fear" takes form of a 20-feet monster.

Err.......Oh something shiny! Bunch of people that looks like they are lost from the set of Lady Gaga's music video are joining in the fight against the monster. The monster (fear) was finally defeated by the young boxer after all.

Hearts...oh...so sweet...

The small lil' girl who play with fire..... (she's cute!)

....and she set the stage on fire. Various fire-motive performances were going on simultaneously.

The fire performers on the stage finally comes together and form a fiery, fire-breathing dragon. As you can see here, the school of carp is forming the dragon body, it was later joined in by other pyrotechnic performers. I couldn't find a decent photo of the completed dragon. Imagine the body of the dragon is lined with fire. It looks absolutely stunning on TV.

Oh something shiny...again!

The most anticipated moment of the night. The arrival of the sacred Olympic flame. The torch bearer came across the sea on a phoenix, while a dozen of dragon boats paving the way for the magnificent creature.

The final torch bearer run across the water towards the cauldron. I love the idea of having a pool of water on the stage, it adds to the mysterious of the performance.

The grand cauldron is lit! The YOG 2010's cauldron takes form of a firehouse, which is appropriate, considering Singapore is an island after all.

 Fire works!

The photos are great, but it couldn't much of yesterday atmosphere. There were seven chapters of performances, and I could only post up photos for a few of them (too lazy to dig up all the other photos..)

I think Singapore has done himself very proud yesterday. Despite the ahem...ahem flag parade, which was quite disastrous (but nevertheless quickly forgiven by the amazing show), everything else was great. It was an awesome opening ceremony and I hope people would stop comparing this to the Beijing Summer Olympic 2008. It is simply not fair. Singapore has limited human resources, limited space, limited budget and limited time in organizing this event (as compared to Beijing 2010). FYI, Singapore could only start planning for this event as early as only two years ago. To be honest, I doubt if any other country in the region could have pull together such an amazing show in the given condition. 

Great job, Singapore! You have done Asia proud! ( Did I mention that I have huge Asian pride?! Now you know, lol)

Enjoy the theme song for YOG 2010

Ciaos~

Amphetamine

It's official, someone is sabotaging my week.

I am talking about sequential events of bad luck. Not gonna go through each one of them, but fyi, yours truly is caught  on the fever. As in, the fever fever, NOT on the Youth Olympic fever. Speaking of which, the Olympic flame will reach Singapore Poly tomorrow. 

Ok, back to the fever thingy. I was already feeling awkwardly uncomfortable since Monday night, my head was hurting like hell. Thank god Nick was there to drive me back. The moment I reached home, I swear the floor was spinning. The next morning, I woke up to a incredibly painful sore throat. Later that night, it develops into a fever and cold.

Went to see the doc this morning. He said something about a disease and how my throat has basically swolen pretty badly. And he mentioned some people takes weeks for it to recover. Seriously. Fuck my life. 

Ok, the medicine has just kick in. Which mean, it is time to sleep. Will continue more on my misfortune soon.

Of This and That.

My latest design...Gosh, I have not design anything for months. Have to admit that the poster is not one of my best, but, I had to get it done in hours, what do you expect..

My next big project that I am truly excited about will be the ISC's Dinner and Dance 2011. Even before the committee board is announced, my position have been shifted from usher to souvenir to publicity & marketing to usher and finally Program Coordinator. @.@ Well, have to admit that I actually like this post! I am gonna spend the next six months with Marchia to draft out the most elaborate plan for that night. The theme of the big night has been decided, but for the sake of publicity, we decided to keep mum about it for the time being : ) More updates in the  future....

Anywhere, today I had dinner at Thai-Express with Dr Ming Tham, Dr Wong and also some seniors for the UK attachment programme. It was a great dinner, we can't stop laughing! LOL! Damn it, I can't wait to go UK this September!

After the dinner, which is around 9-ish...I actually wanted to go and catch a movie. However, in the end, I change my mind and spent 2 hours at Starbucks doing reports...FML....Haih, at least now my report is finish! : D

Some random photos that I took when I was bored. (Sorry lah, I am not a good photographer and I took them with a lousy camera phone...)

My desk...

Complete silence, with a hint of jazz in the back

When I look up, a wall of water ...COOL!

Undisclosed

Note: Are we that incapable of some decent conversation? It is just disappointing to see that the same topic being brought up again and again.Guess I overestimated you at first place after all.

Damn, Monday blues are already here. Seriously, I find Sunday is the most depressing day of the week, where I spent most of the time in the day rushing my assignments. Tsk tsk, procrastination.... Another reason why I hated school days now is the dramas in my class. Too many things have happened in my class, and I just too pissed to even stick my feet into in. Another one and a half year and I be free from this mess.

Two more weeks and it is YOG! Youth Olympic Games, in case you didn't know. I actually intended to join the event as a volunteer, but the overwhelming school works held me back. Further more, exams will be just a week after the event. Rather not taking the risk.

Will be back in KL for a couple of days during the games to settle something. Hopefully this time I would be able to hang out with Yong Jiun they all. Gosh, I am gonna kill him for missing the trip to Singapore a few weeks ago.Speaking of which, it was awesome! Went to Universal Studio with Alanna, Arthur, Pikky, Julius and Di-ann. Though it was the 3rd time I have been there, gotta say it was the best time I had there. Mainly because this time there are friends around to go with. Yes, I went solo the previous 2 times.


Ok, that's all the updates I have in mind now.

Ciao

I Gotta Feeling

Blogger's note: Feeling oddly calm in such mess. I actually enjoy this. Sorry Jcong, no time to get photos into my post. : )

Yo! See, I keep my promise, one post per week. Here I am, to report to you readers~

Anyway, I got this Facebook page recommendation from someone I know a few days ago. Guess who's page is it?

His name is Namewee. Never heard of him? Check this video out then,



Heck, I know many people out there actually like him to the extent of calling him "hero" . Here's the thing, I don't. You're entitled to your own opinion, and so am I. So, read this on without feeling offended, : )

In my opinion, this dude is a piece of shyt, a disgrace to the whole Chinese community in M'sia. People like this is exactly why the stereotype of Chinese (being uneducated and rude and etc.) survives for so many year. He looks like just any Ah Beng/ JinJang who is trying too hard to get some attention.

Seriously? Rewriting our national anthem to insult our own country by using foul language? Is that not enough already? Now he is being an arse swearing around in a government department.

I mean, even if there's an blackout, and someone is at fault, he is NOT entitled to just go and curse everyone. The remarks he made was pretty racist too. There has got to be a more educated way of doing things instead of being an ass.

I still can't understand why some people actually look up to him. Like, he is probably one of the worst role model around. You guys call his action "brave".....and I think that is just a great insult to real brave people like Nelson Mandela and etc.

Racist. Uneducated. Barbarian. Idiotic. All checked.

I been to a Chinese school, a public school, and a Methodist school. I had friends of all races. And they are all awesome in their own way. It is quite saddening to see the way our country is heading. People like him is why racial harmony is such a challenge to us, Malaysians. I hate the fact that the entire community of Malaysian-Chinese is being associated with him. Enough said.

The really brave people are those who fight for peace. Not swearing around.

By the way, Lady Gaga's new video for Bad Romance really rocks!

We Rock!

Blogger's note: There is no note.

The reprinted DCHE Tee has arrived.....The new Tee samples look so much better.. ; )  The EXCO members aka Naziah, Ting Sin, Jufri and I went to MLT 1 to promote the T-shirt to the year 3s during their common lecture..... Ting Sin even brought a mannequin top so that we could put the T-shirt sample over it and promote to the students. The response was ok. I heard that one of the class has all of the students bought it! Hahas!

Heard from Dr.Chia (actually, Marchia heard it from him, and retold the story to us) that our class did very well for APChem! Apparently, I ALMOST got full marks! Woot! I am not gonna be modest and I am damn proud of myself, lol! 'Dah hidung tinggi!  Haha! On top of that, our class, DCHE1A03 has defeated all the other course taking this paper....Yes, all other courses including Biomedical Science peeps! Even their lecturers were surprised as well. Out of the 15/16 distinctions, 7 actually came from our class. Ah well, our class rocks on forever. ChemEng rules!

Yesterday, Yadana and I went to the "Science Pursuit" thing at T1A yesterday...  Why? Course they will be showing the CLS promo video to the audience. I mean, the CLS video featuring us for less than 15 seconds...haha! It is just a short clip to promote all the CLS courses. We were thick-skinned enough to sit on the floor in front of the whole bunch of secondary school students.....LOL. Yadana, Marchia and I were filmed the other day at W318...and we are quite anxious to see it...Anyway, this is how our "scene" looks like..

In the video, I was walking down the pilot plant at ground floor and I tell Yadana to initiate the process via talkie-talkie....on the other end, Yadana in the control room replied and proceed to start the thang using those oh-so-canggih computer. As I walk to the other side to turn the knob on the machine, Marchia on the second storey is taking down the stats...the end.. For the record, the three of us have no idea what we are doing on the pilot plant thingy...lol, don't think we will touch those stuff until I am year 3 anyway.

LOL, lame? I agree so....Haha, but then again, it was quite fun when we did the video. Anyway, as compared to all the other CLS courses, our clip seems to be the most boring. The other courses' clips are bloody colours with all those pretty chemicals...while ours are plain grey-silvery pilot plant, machines and control station.

To be honest, ChemEng was really nothing like what I imagined when I signed up for the course. Instead of Chemistry, as the title sort of "promised", we actually deal more with physics, engineering and mathematics. Of course we still take some minor modules related to Bio and Chem...But still, a bit component of our course is related to technical stuffs.....After taking the module for almost half a year now, I realize that it is not as bad/boring as it sounds...after all, physics are all bout understanding theories....there is nothing much to worry about once the concept is clear. A lot of ppl have asked me this question, and now I shall answer it....

Anyone: Are you changing course to DCP next year?

NO!

I think that is all for now. I am sleepy. nites.

Tides

Blogger's note: I am bored......yet, I have tonnes to things to do. And heck, I don't like the new facebook layout.....

I survived the first week of school.....yay me!....swt. Anyway, 9 modules in one semester isn't as hard as it seems... well, as least for the first week. I am starting to really like some of the modules already....so far, my favourite is Chem Eng Principle B......

Gosh, my lecturer actually give a length explanation and apologies for being late.....for 1 minute. ONE minute only, and he sincerely apologized to the whole class of 23 brats. Whoa...wonder what he'll do if he's late for 15 minutes.

So far, I find Eng Maths the most challenging........that bloody SPM Add.Math syllabus is so much shallow than O-level..... I was feeling lost half the lesson when the lecturer talk about things that are considered "basic" ...and yet I have never learn in my high school. Fcuk SPM. I'm need lots of work to lay some foundation for this module.

On another note, first week into the new position as assistant VP is tiring..... The amount of problems that arise in just one week is enough to kill my brain. Just received some bad news regarding the DCHE Tee.... Marina Barrage trip got canceled. Man...this is not looking good.  I am laughing in agony at the exco election/interview coming in just a few weeks....Anyway, giving up is so not my style.... : )  Gotta figure out an escape plan asap....

When all thing are not working well, you will realise that the smallest thing could really cheer you up. Here was what happened.

There was an email from DHL yesterday, saying that I have a package, which cannot be delivered due to an incomplete address.....So, I updated them with the correct address, and the package arrived at my door steps this morning.

It was a "Case Logic" laptop case sent all the way from Deutschland (Germany lah~).  o.O

The letter attached reads,

"Dear James Matthew,

...............(yadayadayada..unrelated formalities-blabbing )............

You have proven yourself as a true rubber expert and secured the 7. rank on our highscore list. We would like to say "Congratulation" and hope that you will have a lot of fun with your prize!"

First of all......James Matthew?..........It's Matthew James! Fuck it.................James' the surname, Matthew's the given name, how hard can it be?!.......Yes, Azfar, I am telling this to you too! Stop calling me James!......and yes, I laughed uncontrollably at the line "true rubber expert".

Anyway, I got this prize from a German rubber company "Lanxess" . They will be opening their plant here in Singapore in a few more years, and they were recruiting during ChemExpo......There was this nice lady who came to me and told me all this, and also asked me to go online and play the "game"

And out of boredom, I actually did. It was like a quiz, answering questions related to material science, specifically on rubber and co-polymer..fyi, it was pretty much what we have learned from Material in Practice in school :  )

Little did I know that I actually won something out of it. The laptop bag is just a normal simple bag. But then again, I won it.........woohoo! It feels good you know? I mean, I never had much luck in this kind of thing, and out of the blue, I actually won something. Yeah, you bet it feels bloody good! It definitely cheer up my day...

.....Hmmm, I am hoping I have more things to update u guys on...but nah....that's all for now.......

So, good nights!

Quick!

Ok, loads of stuff to get busy with, so, I will update this blog in ten sentences, this is counted at the first sentence.

Had Microbiology lecture in the morning, the lecturer look identical to leng-lei......she is kinda interesting anyway....better than Gina Clara..

Should I register for the ISC committee interview..... don't you think I have kinda overloaded with Student Chapter works... decisions decisions......you know you gotta make them...

Had an essay test for Report Writing and Presentation today......I wrote "My Favourite Colour" .....it was totally crap, hope I don't get sent for SA.....double crossed fingers.

Kinda irritated during Microbiology practical today, after struggling with the distorted-blur image for over an hour...only then they tell me my 40X lens is faulty....bloody hell....I seriously felt like cursing out loud....

Still 5 sentences to go...now 4, : )

Am actually surfing Youtube......to watch some Bio videos for assignment.....mitochondria, RER, SER, Palisades mesophyll cells....crap, all these high school Bio terms has returned to hunt me....u know how much i dislike bio.

In W312 for practical briefing....sat next to Darren and were playing with the plug thing.....and we kinda came out with this bloody sick thing to do with the plug....LOL....it spreads like wild fire among the guys... (inside joke)

Last but not least....was waiting out the lab, and Winna said that Mr Kong looks kinda handsome......errrr........totally speechless......( Winna, don't kill me for writing this... : P )

Nights!

Insomnia Strikes!

Blogger's note: This is another spur of the moment, random, and totally time-wasting post~

Ok, here's what happened. Btw, this photo below kinda freaky, don't you think so? Reminds me of certain horror film.

Figure that my complexion is already horrible enough and I should definitely get enough sleep to prevent any pimples outburst. Figure that my sleep cycle is pretty much screwed up and I desperately need to rectify it asap. Figure that I will need to get enough rest once school started so that I won't yawn during lectures.

After having all that figured out, I made a decision, I shall be a good boy and revert back to the 12am - 8am sleep routine. It work out well too, you know. For 6 weeks of holiday, I actually sleep the healthy way.......And God knows what happened on the very last day of the 6 weeks, I have a freakin' insomnia!

I never had an insomnia, never in my life. What the fcuk have happened? Suddenly I just don't feel like sleeping. Been tossing and turning in bed and I finally gave up, might as well just stay up the whole night.

But I just don't get it! Gah! Too frustrated to put my thoughts into words. I really wanted to get some quality rest especially tomorrow is a fresh semester and I would be having lessons from 8am to 9:30pm tomorrow! *Insert cantonese/hokkien curses here*

Ok, enough with the insomnia. Alright, now is 4:30am. You know, they say at this time of the night, a lot of people would commit suicide.

4:30am....It's already too late to go to bed, and yet it's too early to start the day. People who are still awake at this moment are usually feeling pretty lonely, and yadayadayada some people who couldn't tolerate the loneliness will just give in to the negative thoughts and kill themselves. Sad huh? So, when your feeling low, don't stay up till 4:30am.........No, I am not feeling low, I am angry. Because I am bugging sleep deprived!

Gosh, my bag is bloody heavy.

I am sleepy, I need sleep. Where is my sandman. Sprinkle some sand on me will ya? You need me to bribe you? Here's some "duit kopi"......Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..........

Ok, I ran out of random shyt to post. So, that's all for today.

Bye...........