Aug 31st

in a few more hours, it'll be September...August has been exciting and it's ended pretty well. I'm feeling a little stressed on the academic front and relationship wise, it's a test of patience. things are working out a tad better after I've prioritized my commitments...hope things continue to improve

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
wake me up when september ends

like my fathers come to pass
seven years has gone so fast
wake me up when september ends

here comes the rain again
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
becoming who we are

as my memory rests
but never forgets what I lost
wake me up when september ends

summer has come and passed
the innocent can never last
wake me up when september ends

ring out the bells again
like we did when spring began
wake me up when september ends

here comes the rain again
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
becoming who we are

as my memory rests
but never forgets what I lost
wake me up when september ends

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
wake me up when september ends

like my father's come to pass
twenty years has gone so fast
wake me up when september ends
wake me up when september ends
wake me up when september ends

what a song to start the month...

what time is it?!

seeing the routine

I wake up, rush to lab, submit the lab report which was done on monday night, do a new experiment, leave the lab, go for lunch, return to hall, nap, do some work, go for tuition, return to hall...that's my wednesday. and the next day is a horrible 5-hour-no-break-but-lectures session. shit

I wanna do well, I really do. I wanna get my 2nd Dan, I wanna go trekking and more than almost everything else, I want...I truly do.

I been listening to 北京欢迎你 from haoting.com and humming it wherever I go. post Beijing Olympics syndrome?lol

okay. time to stop procrastinating

week 3

it's more than halfway through week 3, and things are getting different. or is it just me? I have to start prioritizing the events and activities around me and it feels bad to have to let some things go. at times, I doubt my decisions. at times, things are clear; at times, I regret the choices made. at times, I stand firm.

obviously, securing the scholarship is of top priority and that means I have to put in serious effort (that comes with time) in to studying. for the clubs, societies and activities, I've placed ODAC/trek on top of TKD and Wushu. I hope to attain a 2nd Dan in TKD within the stay in NTU. so most probably I'll drop wushu even though wushu seem more interesting (and seemingly less xiong than TKD) and would give me greater exposure to martial arts as a whole.

now hall. Hall III is indeed a very very happening hall. less than a month ago, there was the NTU joint hall bash. and tonight, Hall III is holding one itself. and I just miss both of them. interblock games has already started this Monday and it will last for at least 2 weeks. after which, I suppose they will start training for inter-hall games. I'll stand with my decision to stay in hall for no further than this sem (at least in the short term). I suppose I'll miss out a lot on hall. but staying in hall was something that I didn't expect or intend to. this short stay was just to have fun and know more people.

I wonder...
how you feel about this.
what your fears are.
if you know who 'you' is.
if I'm pushing too fast too far.
if you know what I mean...

2 weeks of school

been busy and drained for the past 5 weeks - 3 weeks of camps and 2 weeks of school. I've uploaded the photos for the first 2 camps, namely, F.O.O.T.(ODAC) and NYS camp to my facebook and my webshot accounts.


the camps has been fun and memorable. new friends found and new experiences. I feel that F.O.O.T. was the best of them all because the activities were more enriching and meaningful. it was so good that I bought myself a 75litre haversack after that. ready to go trekking any time. NYS camp was short(3days) but very fun as well. and more importantly...hmmm...I'll leave this for another day. Hall 3 FOC lasted for 6days. the amazing race was a great experience and of course the fav activity for Chor Yen-the-glut is the food-hunt at Geylang.

school started 4th Aug. but in the first week, it still felt like orientation. there was lotsa things going on in hall and in school. bash, mahjong sessions, makans, OG gatherings, NTU TKD etc. I haven't been playing basketball for a couple of weeks already. on the academic front, I've overloaded myself with 24 AU this semester. 5-day week and most days see me end at 5pm. for CCAs, I've been joining the TKD club for training on both tuesdays. but I injured myself on both occasions. I'm joining ODAC too. but I'm still not sure how much commitment I'm going to put into each of these. I really want to strive for a first class honours and I'm having some difficulty with studies, esp math.

for my tuition kids, I'm sorry I haven't been able to give you much time. but I assure you things will get better in the weeks ahead =)

I'll stop here for now. piles of work stacking up