Welcome to Rodney's Blog

Entrepreneurial Spirit

2009-04-14T02:11:00.002+08:00

I chanced upon a private message that sparked me with this thought.

Would you actually look beyond the skin of someone and support him, purely out of sincerity and care, in lows and downs to believe that he would make it big one day?

Or would you just assume that he is not someone great and actually he is just a pile of shit as compared to someone whom you really admire because he is already high up there?

This is always happening in the business world especially for entrepreneurs. People do not believe in pioneers. A small amount of people will believe in them. These are really people that are sincere about it. The rest just admire and worship the existing great people. It is only when the pioneers made it big then they come back to them. What a materialistic world. Sheesh.

People fall and people rise. No one is always on the top. No one is always perfect or the best. What defines the best? Is it based on intellectual, status or family background? or is it based on genuine and hardworking spirit of oneself?

Website Design

2009-04-01T03:40:00.003+08:00

Wee. I have finished with my project website template. It is a bit kiddish and stupid. But i guess, this should tide me through the project requirements. Anyway, here it is. My noob website design.

方炯镔 - 坏人

2009-03-29T12:51:00.001+08:00

作词：马嵩惟作曲：方炯镔编曲：杨阳
专辑:好人？！Abin
＠制作
51家族带给您不同的感觉
music......

那一扇车门
关出我们的裂痕
一声就震断了回头的路程

爱无法均分
以后就留给你们
也许用伤害结束爱才更动人

容忍的人其实并不笨
只是宁可对自己残忍
既然爱不能恒温
祝福就给你下一个人

你是好人也是个坏人
对我坦承只为了朝他狂奔
不能放任所以放了
这点痛我还能忍

我是好人也是个坏人
分得够狠你才有借口转身
宁愿爱一点不剩
也不忍看恋人爱成路人

三个人从不对等
总有个人必须牺牲
那永恒就等他带你完成

你是好人也是个坏人
对我坦承只为了朝他狂奔
不能放任所以放了
这点痛我还能忍
我是好人也是个坏人
分得够狠你才有借口转身
宁愿爱一点不剩
也不忍看恋人爱成路人

宁愿爱一点不剩
也不忍看恋人爱成路人

Good Song..

瘦身男女

2009-03-27T10:06:00.001+08:00

Love Journey

2009-03-19T12:43:00.005+08:00

I have come across this statement for love.

"When two people has the same views, they will be walking the path together. When the views change, they will be walking different paths."

True isn't it? However, one can choose to wait for one person's view to change to come back walking the same path. One can also choose to walk on and hope that the path will merge again together. Sometimes people walk away due to superficial means and you hope he will eventually understand u and appreciate your love but somehow sometimes it doesnt reallie work that way.

It might also end up that the two paths will not be able to merge again. Everyone will always worry that the path will not merge again. Thus, a person will tend to push and force a person to make certain decision for relationship.

Such is life. The worry of losing someone always make people insecure. Well, i think if one will accept the logic about what is yours will be yours, what is not yours will not be yours. But on the other hand, we are merely humans. We still scared of losing of the things we want so much.

Shouldnt worry so much about insecurities. Should always be happy and stop worrying instead. Sometimes a person will think if he done so much for a person, the person will appreciate. However, most of the time, people just doesnt appreciate you and choose someone else. That really pains the heart.

I think should really make ownself happier while appreciating people that appreciates you. Dreaming that person will appreciate you doesn't really help you much. It is nice if efforts are paid off but if efforts are not paid off then how? Haiz..such is life..

不能承受的感动

2009-03-18T12:08:00.010+08:00

Many people choose to pursue love in a different way. Some chose to package themselves nice to match up to someone they like. Just like the old Mimi. However, when the person accept u after you made the change, then is he really worth of your love and hardwork since he is just loving the superficiality of yours? If you lose that package of yours will they stay with you? They just love the superficial part and also they are not really sincere people. They are just looking for the benefit in you to stay with you. In this relationship, it is super insecured. Always have to make ownself manage this fear of losing the person for 24 hours and trying to hold him together while forcing ownself to do things one is not comfortable of doing. Rather super tiring and obligating. Love should be change that is beneficious to both people not destructive. Else can hold the person but i can never hold the heart.

Some chose to stick with someone not perfect and experience growing up and maturing together. Like the Mimi after that. What is love? What is true happiness? I guess time will get to answer this question for everyone.

To me, i think true happiness is about finding someone similar that understands and appreciate me while i am being myself. In this way, it is not so stressful and insecured. Maybe a compromise and certain small changes is needed to blend into one another and also make small small effort to touch one's heart.

谁说不能承受
生命中的感动
我们拥抱过
东京最美丽的梦
你的一双手有多不同
当时我无法形容
放下才明白
爱情有多重
你一路陪着我
每当我也学个够
不够爱我的人
再美丽只是个梦
我的一双眼是为什么
想起你总那么红
你能够痛着对我好
难道我能假装不懂
全世界看不起你
难道我就能对不起你
就是爱看你这样子
样子还有什么关系
全世界看不起你
难道我就能骗我自己
爱情不只一场欢喜
以后只是一个回忆
拥抱你我就会舍不得哭泣
谁说不能承受生命中的感动
我们拥抱过
东京最美丽的梦
我的一双眼为什么轻轻地想起了你就变得通红
你能够痛着对我好
难道我能假装不懂
爱情让人不分轻重
不能承受的回忆
就留给东京铁塔保守秘密

However, maybe in real life, we don't always have happy ending. But well, at least i experienced it before in my life. Just remember the sweet things. The bad things just forget it. Sometimes a break is needed when things really do not work out and things are turning ugly. If it is yours, it will definitely be yours. Sometimes really need to let go and let each other pursue their own pastures and thinking about what is our own true happiness in life and what we really want. However, by letting go, there will be a lot of uncertainties like: will each other still be each other's one or it is definitely lost forever. Well life is really full of uncertainties. You can't really force and mould your own love path i guess. Everyone will know their love path only when they are breathing their last.

It is really true that it takes a right person to come at a right time using the right approach to start an explosive reaction. I feel that life is a learning process. It is full of setbacks. You will also meet alot of people. Some people that are sincere in relationships and bonds while some people that want to know you because you have certain benefits to them. However, once you overcome a setback and learn some life lessons after that, you will become wiser to getting the true meaning in life and after that you look back you will find out that why I have been so blur back then.

Real Self Happiness and Hobbies

2009-03-09T02:21:00.006+08:00

I remembered that i had some interest in writing stories. Was learning character creation and so forth. But somehow i didnt venture onto it. Perhaps i should try again.

I also thought of continuing my guitar and piano. I think it is a pity to give up on things like this. Many self interest came up once again. I think i would like to continue to do the things that i used to think of doing.

I think a person such as me will always get lost in many point in life. I always get lost and then lost without knowing i got lost. Until one day, then i found out i had been not treating myself well. Then become vexed and confused then i know that it is time to treat myself well again. I think i got carried away by thinking too much on certain issues that i am unaware of many things.

Too much attention on one thing is really not a good thing as well. I guess this statement is true to me. I guess i like the carefree and chippy me rather than the me that is listless, frustrated, fearful and confused. People i think also like the former me instead of the latter me. One that can give ownself happiness then can give others happiness else he is only adding on to the burden of others.

Mum said one thing. In life, it is good to remember to love yourself and do the things you are happy and comfortable to do. I think i ought to remember this. This is always the path to lead to happiness and achievement in life that's what i feel.

Love is Blind

2009-03-04T22:36:00.005+08:00

I think when you can pour everything in and just hope someone happy while you suffer then you are really falling and falling into love le.

Love is really blind indeed. really blind. Sometimes no matter how obligated and how tough you really have to go through, you still feel you have to go through the miles to do it. All you hope is that person happy. It really reminds me of someone years ago. Somehow, i feel i really understand.

Happy Day

2009-03-02T22:21:00.010+08:00

(mind my grammar.. i didn't vet through what i wrote...i merely just typed out my thoughts randomly)

Today, I saw the NTU news about the kid that tried to murder the professor. I was thinking why some people cannot really take things lightly. It also reflect some recent issues of me. Recently, I also know someone whom got into some relationship issues.

While i was walking home and doing reflections as usual of myself, i got even clearer in my mindset and views of life. Somehow it makes me happier and more relieved of certain issues that were happening in my life. I am really happy because one thing is i thought things through and became more relieved and second is because i felt i grew up a bit again(maybe becoming wiser a bit).

Sometimes i think why us humans couldnt take things lightly. This i guess is part of human's nature to have fears of losing things, fears of obligations, fear of not meeting expectations, or some fears of other stuffs. These fears developed i think because of human's characteristics such as greed, competitiveness, insecurity, and so forth.

I feel that all of this things came from something we called DEADLINES/EXPECTATIONS. Whether is it work deadlines, life deadlines, mental deadlines, emotional deadlines and so forth. We give others deadlines. We also give ourselves deadlines. Deadlines use correctly will become a motivation booster, but if used wrongly and all the time, it will become a pressure.

Deadlines along with stubborn-ness can be a killer.

In this world, i believe everything can be solved. You just need time and tackle it in different ways. Just got to take things lightly and accept the facts slowly.

Take for example, relationships. Sometimes, does it really need to have a timeline to go from stage to stage? I feel no. Sometimes, does it really matter whether he/she is a date/friend/partner or so forth? Does it really have to be that way? If cannot be date, then can be a friend. If really cannot work out, then can always be a friend. Sometimes being friends can be happier than dates. Sometimes being lovers can be happier than being friends. Sometimes lovers will ended up be friends or even not so. But so what, still have to make ownself happy. Do whatever decisions to make ownself happy and carefree.

Life is short. Make ourselves happy and carefree. I think everyone knows how to relieve their own mental/emotional load. Just whether he wants it or not. Being stubborn is not really a cure to most things. Sometimes stubborn-ness is related to hopeful-ness. Know how to relate hope with reality is always a key to solve this issue. Being persistent in a dream in which can be obtained is definitely good. But if being persistent in a dream in which cannot be fulfilled is definitely destructive to oneself. Some people need a hard knock before they wake up. Some people can get out of it easily.

I read a book talking about being happy. It said something about personality and desires. It said that sometimes a person cannot be happy and feel depressed about work because the work conflict with his desires and personality. I think it is true. A person can only be happy when he is doing something in-line with his desires and personality. If the work/relationship/friends clashes with his personality, i doubt any happiness will come out from it. So it is really time to bail out of it.

Everyone knows how to love ownself better. All we need is time and don't need to be so rigid with deadlines and stubborn-ness. All things can be solved.

Take it lightly and approach it with an open heart and open mind. That's my view in life. Hope it is useful to all who is reading my blog.

rodneysyx logo

2009-01-25T00:26:00.002+08:00

Finally, after hours of sweat and squeezing my creative juice, a logo which i like and think quite unique is borne. Next step, creating a banner for a webpage and the layout background design template for my webpage.

Logo Design

2009-01-22T23:14:00.002+08:00

I wanted to design a logo for my incoming personal website. First step to my producing my website but still haven't come out with a good logo.

These are some of the logos that i have come out with so far.

Abstract Business Background

2009-01-20T02:51:00.002+08:00

Another work done by following one of the online tutorials. http://www.webdesign.org/web/vector-graphics/adobe-illustrator/abstract-background.7884.html

look damn nice.

Elementary New Year Design

2009-01-19T23:13:00.003+08:00

Wee... doing some lame lame elementary design practise.. gonna add more stuffs in. Trying the arrows and ribbon thingy.. gonna try meshing effects too.. so fun..

Colours

2009-01-13T03:52:00.005+08:00

While i was playing with the colours in illustrator, I have decided to adopt the combination that i have came up with for my blog.

I need to work harder to have better results with web and graphic designs. Next up i will add graphics as background.

Circle Design 1

2009-01-10T01:08:00.002+08:00

I was very impressed with some popular art that involves using colourful circles. So i thought I would try it out with illustrator. So I took a simple color combination and dabble with the program. After few hours which i think took quite long, i came out with this. i think some would say that this is very elementary design.

Problems encountered during the design process:
1)Overlaying of circles
-Some circles seems to be out of place and out of alignment. Thus, making some parts very unnatural.
2) Pattern of the circles
-Same issue regarding unnatural pattern. It seems like out of no where.

Next piece, I will try to play around with circle with gradient effect. I think it is not easy to blend layers with different angle of gradient effect. Design is really not easy. Colour blending. Gradient blending. Really takes some skills and time to get it done nicely. Really need to practise and practise.

Adobe illustrator

2008-12-30T02:32:00.002+08:00

Spent the whole day playing with Illustrator. Haiz. Really so much to learn for just designing a website. Have to start all the way from learning how to use a graphics design software and photoshop.

Gotta jiayou. At least, i have learnt some basics and getting used to illustrator such as how to do swirling and create new brush.

Dreamweavering

2008-12-27T01:06:00.002+08:00

I was trying to design websites just now. However, I kept hitting nails. Designing a nice web really isn't a simple job at all. It gets worst when you are designing for others and not for yourself. This is because you do not really know what the person really really satisfied with.

Another headache stuff is the designing aspect. Just for the layout design, color choice, font selection can really dig out a lot of time.

Website design is really about satisfying both the demands of the person you are designing for and the aesthetic feel of a designer.

Next, there a bunch of technical problems with using dreamweaver. This is probably because it is my first time designing a web so it is getting pretty hard. But i believe i will tide over.

Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (Live South Africa)

2008-12-21T00:26:00.003+08:00

I miss Whitney.

None of the singers today can actually meet the mark of the singers from those days. Singers these days are just so pampered and well-sheltered. You just don't feel the richness of emotions from their songs. Nowadays, songs are just so technique driven rather than getting emotional.

Blogskin

2008-10-08T22:44:00.001+08:00

Anyone knows how to design blogskin?!?!?

Rodney wanna start a new skin!!!

New Goal in Life

2008-10-05T15:36:00.002+08:00

I feel that in life, most of the time, we complicate our lives and all because of the selfishness in us. We think a lot of things. Wish and go for a lot of things to satisfy own happiness and wants but always at the expense of other's happiness. And sometimes being so stubborn to get in your own way brings about harm an sadness to other people.

What I feel that i hope to achieve at the end of the day is to make a change and make someone's live a more happy one. It is not about being selfish and yearn for your own happiness. It is about making efforts to give others happiness and joy. Sometimes, a small action can bring great joy to a person.

Using own hands and capabilities without adding on to the burden of others to make someone happy is the nicest thing to do. Perhaps this is what i hope to achieve. Maybe this could be tiring and sometimes even bring about great efforts to do it. But perhaps i should start to try to have this happening.

Giving tuition is also something like that. There are great efforts and many times you just feel like being lazy and just give up. Being irresponsible is easy, being self-centred is easy. But at the end of the day, when you see that he has achieved his results. It is quite happy that your results and uncomfort has definitely paid off. This is the most touching part in life. You does make a difference in someone's life.

给我一段仁爱路 - 彭羚

2008-10-04T02:57:00.005+08:00

This song was the first chinese album that i bought during my secondary school days. I like this song very much. I like the melody alot. But until recently, then i know the meaning of the song. Love is always full of dilemmas. Everytime walk to the end will just have to give it a break. Unhappy things just forget. Happy things just remember. Just let fate leads the way. Who knows that one day what it will install for you. It might be a temporary departure or a permanent departure. No one knows. No one can predict. Meaningful words from the song. I think songs are reallie a good reflection of human feelings. I think music is the most marvellous thing on Earth.

Happiness

2008-09-30T20:13:00.004+08:00

I felt that i know and learnt quite a lot this time. Not so much of sadness but rather more of appreciation for the decision that we had came to. It was a mistake that i had unknowingly committed once again. It was all because I had harboured the wrong concept and thinking. I defined the term wrongly le.

But I am glad things didnt go real bad and really was happy for the very short time. It was sweet memories. You had been real nice and i really enjoyed the short time with you. Let's start a new chapter to build a bridge of friendship after this.

Reflections

2008-09-26T22:54:00.003+08:00

So fast, recess week is coming to an end. Yet, there is still so much things that i have to do. After sch reopen, there will be so much routine assignments to do.

I ought to start working on them soon. I have also picked back gymming. Long time didnt hit the gym. I also haven't been eating well. Long time never weigh myself. That day i weigh myself and noticed that it fell from 55 kg to 53+kg. It is not a very good sign. Had plans to get it back up to 56 - 58 kg.

Standard Chartered Marathon also coming. Time to prepare myself for the race. Another thing is that the marathon is 2 days after my last paper and also 3 days after my birthday.

So fast, my birthday is coming. Getting old one more year again. Time reallie flies. My parents are also getting older. I sometimes feel i am not a very good son nor a good brother. Sometimes, i bad mood i really take them for granted. Haiz. i should not stop doing those. But well, my mother was reallie happy this year when i got treat her to a morning dim sum during mother's day. Should do that more to make her happy. Have not really treated her with my tuition money. Should do something for my dad too. He has been sponsoring me with a lot of things.. yet i havent really repay him. Cos sometimes he is just too naggy. Always asking me things i have said before. Then i will be super irritated. I think i need to stop doing that. Should make him happy.

My elder brother's birthday is coming also. Every year, he will get me gifts but sometime i never get him any. This year, i think i am going to get him something. I got my younger brother something this year. As he bought me a nice nice fossil watch and a stuff toy Yoshi. These two gifts really touch my heart that time.

Some things that i reallie like. A bit emo though.. but yup.. I was not feeling well that time...so these gifts i received last year reallie touch my heart deep deep. Should do more for my family members. Maybe will be a revolution wish.

Powerpoint Animation

2008-09-19T00:44:00.000+08:00

Omg.. i didnt know you can perform animation with ms powerpoint. Simply Amazing!

IT Privacy

2008-09-18T23:52:00.002+08:00

Do you know that whenever you use Google to search for something, a cookie of your search is recorded in their database? Whatever your movement is on the internet, those movement are also monitored by the government?

So scary.. like there is someone that is behind you to monitor your movements on the internet.... tat is what i heard from my tutor in my new media class...

But those actions are used to safe guard you and the society. So privacy is also reserved for you.

the lesson also said something like some embarrassing moments posted on the Internet can also pose to be of a harm to your reputation, or job career in the future. so Internet isn't really the most wonderful thing on the face of the earth.

So think again before you want to do some funny stuffs on the Internet. Not so safe sia.

Vanessa Mae - Storm

2008-09-15T04:49:00.000+08:00

She's a devil.

Poly Days

2008-09-14T02:35:00.005+08:00

Out of a sudden, i miss my poly days. I miss my music jamming session with the guys and girls.

Picking up my old harmonica... I blew the long forgotten song...Canon in F..
Feel like organising another jamming session soon...

Music instrument playing is what i am strong at... i shouldnt have given them up.. Not sure if i am able to pick them up againz... i need good music jamming mates to have the feeling come back....

For you guys, long time nevr play le... rusty le...a bit xia sui.. haha

Screen Printing

2008-09-09T23:50:00.001+08:00

Wow! So amazing. Tat's how they make clothes.

林俊杰 - 不懂

2008-08-21T03:02:00.001+08:00

Personality Test

2008-08-20T00:49:00.005+08:00

I was suggested to do a personality test by one of my new media modules. Here's the results.

Courtesy of YouUniverse.com
http://youniverse.com/statement/module/PersonalityModule/New_Personality_module

林俊杰－翅膀

2008-08-08T17:26:00.002+08:00

Learning this song now. Hope to be able to learn how to play its piano version. Then next time i video myself playing this song. hee!

天空

2008-07-30T15:39:00.004+08:00

天空
蔡依林
j game

听着自己的心跳
没有规则的跳跃
我安静的在思考
并不想被谁打扰
我们曾紧紧拥抱
却又轻易地放掉
这种感觉很微妙
该怎麽说才好
时间分割成对角
停止你对我的好
瓦解我们的依靠
在你离开之后的天空
我像风筝寻一个梦
雨后的天空
是否有放晴后的面容
我静静的望着天空
试着寻找失落的感动
只能用笑容
期待着雨过天晴的彩虹

听着自己的心跳
没有规则的跳跃
我安静的在思考
并不想被谁打扰
我们曾紧紧拥抱
却又轻易地放掉
这种感觉很微妙
该怎麽说才好
时间分割成对角
停止你对我的好
瓦解我们的依靠
在你离开之后的天空
我像风筝寻一个梦
雨后的天空
是否有放晴后的面容
我静静的望着天空
试着寻找失落的感动
只能用笑容
期待着雨过天晴的彩虹
oh～～～
在你离开之后的天空
我像风筝寻一个梦
雨后的天空
是否有放晴后的面容
我静静的望着天空
试着寻找失落的感动
只能用笑容
期待着雨过天晴的彩虹
在你离开之后的天空
我像风筝寻一个梦
我静静的望着天空
试着寻找失落的感动

Blading..

2008-07-14T00:55:00.002+08:00

Yesterday went blading... it was fun fun... so fun... yay! nice... i like blading...
brings back memories... too bad never take photo

maybe will take photo next time...!!!

Any bladers around??? so fun!!

Hobbying!

2008-07-06T19:16:00.002+08:00

Time to do some things i have not been doing for long long time. Things like cooking(baking), learning websites, piano-ing, gymming and my new interest....LAN gaming...

It has been a while since i do these things le. Should pick them once more. Hee..

Tutoring

2008-07-06T14:08:00.002+08:00

So fast. Time flies...so fast it has been 2 months..

i have been tutoring my student for two months.. I tried all sorts of methods to teach him....from plain feeding to test to classwork to making notes...

but it seems he is not very receptive...
for classwork, it seems that he is copying straight from the text.. not sure if it is helping...

I feel making notes is the most important le... if he cannot make notes.. i reallie do not know how to teach him... he is not being pro-active abt his studies... I cannot possibly spoon feed him notes..

dat wun help..haiz... i wonder how to make him study... teaching is not easy..

Lunch Kakis

2008-06-25T22:46:00.001+08:00

Yay! I have found a lunch and go home buddy at bugis! So happy! Thanks Adriann to intro your friend to me. Yay! No more lonely rodney at lunch!

Wii Wii!!

2008-06-23T21:45:00.001+08:00

Gonna start playing Wii when i have free time!
YaY! My brother got a Wii!!...

Yoshi Yoshi!! Warck Warck!!

Tutoring Experience

2008-06-13T22:05:00.003+08:00

Headache....

It has been a month since i tutor my student. I have been teaching him geography and social studies, but i have been knocking myself against nails. I am still figuring how to teach him to enable him to absorb it better.

For the first month, I have using the method of just explaining him and telling him facts of the text. However, i find out that he is still unable to absorb it. As my test for him shows that he is still the same as he is before i tutor him. The main reason he does not absorb is because he has not been studying and reading on his own. He needs to be pushed and needs to force to practise how to write.

For the next month, i guess i will try my best to ask him to do exercises in class and then setting more tests for him to do. Maybe explaining will be based on how he writes the answer. I am quite new to the new sec 4 syllabus so it will be quite a challenge for myself too. Haiz....

Trying my best! I feel like i am taking O levels and not him lor.

DHL Internship Interview

2008-06-06T16:38:00.004+08:00

Today I went to the internship interview at DHL that J, Bingjia's friend, referred me to. It was nice. In fact, it was the best formal interview that i had performed as compared to all the internship interviews I have went to. I am able to answer all the questions properly with a tinct of my joking character.

The interview told me about the guy that left the job and told me if i am awared of it. I told her that i am awared.

Then she said, "We have tried to convince the chap to stay. However, it was such a pity that he could not"
Immediately, I inputed. "Ya. I agree. It is definitely disappointing to be unable to keep him. It's is like dating. Just when everything went well. Then out of a sudden, all the efforts in dating all wasted."
They replied, "Ya. It feels so like that lor. It is like we dated for a long time. Then one party just said that it is him not them."

It was nice.

Then another conversation was
They said, " hm... so you are 24? and year 1?"
I replied, "Yup, i am 24 and.....i am single!"
They replied, "Haha.....you're so funny....(in a relaxed attitude....it was not sarcasm)"

Well, they told me about internet website design too.
They said, "....interns will be focused in website designing and also newsletter writing."
I told them, "It's nice. I am learning on website designing too and very interested in it."
They said, "Yah...but unfortunately. The intranet that they are designing has limitation and standard defaults to work on."
I told them, "It's great. It's just like blogging. I do blogs!"
They replied, "yah, it is something like blogs."

And lots lots more...
Very nice conversations....i like it.....
Just hope they like me too... I nearly went overboard to say that it wil be an honored to work with them. haha....But i did ask if i will be working with them. They said, ya i will be working along with them if i get the internship.

Anyway, the lady just called and told me i am selected. So glad...so happy too....yay!

I had Bingjia and J, Bingjia's friend to thank you for this job. Thank You!

D Gray Man Episode 86

2008-06-05T02:41:00.001+08:00

Wow!!...D Gray Man Episode 86 is so so exciting!

Online Videos by Veoh.com

Dragonboat Intensive Training Week 1

2008-06-01T16:34:00.002+08:00

Yesterday, it was a very xiong experience with the dboat intensive training week 1 part 1. It was a distance and endurance training. I don't know why but it was like quite hard to paddle. I am not sure it was the water or is it me? I was indeed in a very bad posture for rowing. My back was aching. The motion seems weird. Perhaps it was because of the switching of places. Perhaps it was mentally. But after training yesterday, it was reallie a shagged out. After that I went home and hopefully that I could go watch a movie with a friend. But eventually, friend was busy so in the end, i have decided to stay at home. However, Jerry messaged me and asked me if i wanna go out. I was shagged but in the end, i still wanted to go out so much. I said yes.

Anyway, we were just shopping around and searching for Jerry's stuff. In the end, he couldn't find his stuff but well i still enjoyed the day with Jerry, Chris, Bernard and his friend.

Today it was dragonboat training part 2. It was more of a strength and sprint training today. In the morning, I was still thinking if i want to just laze at home and don't go because yesterday was a bad experience for me. My back is aching like hell and I was super fatigue. I was afriad i couldn't make it for today. But eventually, I still went. Today training was 4 sets of 600m and 4 sets of 400m. Damnz tired also.. But still persist on. Today i felt better with my posture. At least i got it right. I think i bend too much for saturday and ended up using a lot of back muscles instead of torso muscles so it was swelling. I think i should always remind myself of the posture.

Anyway, it was a sense of accomplishment of enduring these 2 days. We still have 3 more weeks to go before the actual race! Jia You!

D Gray Man Episode 85

2008-05-31T17:05:00.001+08:00

D Gray Man episode 85....enjoy..

Online Videos by Veoh.com

Mo Xiang Online!

2008-05-28T14:53:00.001+08:00

I am going to play this game soon! I think it will be quite nice!

D Gray Man Episode 84

2008-05-23T23:51:00.003+08:00

Yay...Latest D Gray Man episode finally out!!! It's super super nice sia!! Must watch for anime lovers!

Online Videos by Veoh.com

Tuitioning

2008-05-23T23:46:00.003+08:00

Recently i got this student from this tuition agency. He wants me to teach him combined elective geography and social studies. It's a bit tough cos i had never taken social studies for O levels before, but well i did give it a try and hope to improve his grades for it. His results are not so good so I reallie gotta put in a lot of hardwork to get him to improve. Trying my best!! Hope he reallie will improve!

MSNing

2008-05-23T14:10:00.001+08:00

I dunno why. But out of a sudden, i felt MSNing is really so booring and meaningless. Perhaps i grew out of it.

D Gray Man

2008-05-20T10:48:00.005+08:00

Recently, I have been watching this anime. I find it more interesting than naruto shipuuden since naruto again has fillers. I reallie hate the fillers. It is so damn disruptive.

Lappie Down

2008-05-18T11:28:00.002+08:00

For the past few weeks, I have been busy with exams and my laptop was down so i was unable to update my blog. I will be back to update my blog. So sorry for my viewers!!!

Just being philosophical,
To be natural is unnatural, To be Unnatural is natural
When everyday is routine, it is boring and there is change. When everything changes, everything becomes a norm, it will become boring eventually again.

Humans are just tools of changes.

Chinese Desserts

2008-04-29T15:31:00.004+08:00

Red Bean Soup
1) Add dried orange skin, red bean and peanuts into a pot of hot water to cook with high flame
i) Soften dried orange skin with boiling water
ii) Remove the pectin (inner white part of the skin) - Important as pectin gives a bitter taste
2) Add a handful of unpolished rice to give the soup a certain amount of viscosity
3) Introduce sago after the red beans and peanuts have softened as sago disintegrate easily if it is cooked for too long, switch to low flame
4) Introduce rock sugar last to give sweet taste
5) Add cooked mini glutinous rice balls last so as to prevent the overthickening of the soup
i) Prepare glutinous rice dough
ii) Make mini glutinous rice balls
iii) Cooked it separately in another pot of hot water

Green Bean Soup
1) Add green beans and 臭草 (herb of common rue)
2) Add a handful of rice to give the soup a certain amount of viscosity
3) Introduce sago and seaweed after the green beans has softened as sago disintegrate easily if it is cooked for too long, switch to low flame
4) Introduce rock sugar last to give sweet taste
5) Add cooked mini glutinous rice balls and sliced cubes sweet potatoes last so as to prevent the overthickening of the soup
i) Prepare glutinous rice dough and deskinned sweet potatoes
ii) Make mini glutinous rice balls and sliced sweet potatoes
iii) Boil them in another pot of hot water till they are cooked and softened

Almond Paste
1) Get almond solution (plenty of ways to get this solution)
i)Buy 南杏仁 (cos it is sweet almond. other almonds gives a bittery taste)
a)Soak to soften the fruit to remove the brown skin
b)Grind the skinned fruit with water (estimate the water amt neccessary)
c)Sieve mixture with coffee bag (important step for smoothness)
ii)Get instant almond powder and mix with water, then sieve it with coffee bag
2) Get glutinous rice solution (mix glutinous flour with warm water)
3) Get full cream pasteurised milk
4) Mix almond solution with milk in a pot and use low flame to heat it till hot
5) Slowly introduce glutinous rice solution till paste form.

Step 3 could be replaced with raw glutinous rice

Nixon's Birthday Cake

2008-04-22T23:16:00.000+08:00

Here's the long awaited birthday cake video for Nixon. Enjoy!

IT Skills

2008-04-20T00:22:00.002+08:00

Ooh... i am so so interested to learn IT Skills now.. it seems everyone knows a finger or two in programming and website designs... if i do not know, it will reallie make me lose out in this world...

I am determined and planned to go and learn
how to design animations
how to design graphics
how to design websites
how to design games
how to design and edit videos too...

Gonna do something nice for my this blogsite soon...perhaps will have a new and more fantastic site again.... still running around and finding my focus for the IT part..
so might take some while..

Meanwhile.. Stay Tuned!!

Marketing Skills

2008-04-14T12:34:00.010+08:00

I guess i am trained in NUS with the knowledge about the marketing framework guidelines to do marketing. However, when i go for interviews, i am stuck with not passing through the interviews. The problem lies with me not being able to deliver what i advocated. I can deliver the framework and strategy so forth. But on the other hand, i cannot deliver the practical side of it. I lack skills. I do not have enough designing skills with softwares. I do not have video-ing and editing skills. I do not have IT database and website skills. That really puts me at a disadvantage when marketing is going IT and is on the massive media. I really regretted entering NUS Business School. The administrative for the school is not properly done to guide students to the correct path.

It is so different as compared to my Singapore Polytechnic days. Although it is a lower tertiary institution, it can really deliver the entire package that students need to meet the criteria that the workplace expects of the student. In NUS, everyone needs to find their own path with no help and assistance provided. If you enter the school without proper guidance, you will be lost. Just like me now. Lost.. no IT skills, no Videoing and Videoing Editing skills and no graphic designing skills...

Actually what is the point of going to school, when you can learn everything at home? Just buy textbook, know concepts and learn practical skills on your own. What's the point of schools anyway? All i can think of for school is that there are interactions of ideas and views. That's why people goes to school. But the singapore school nowadays really focus so much on the delivering the theoretical part and forcing students to swallow and recap all the theoretical part that there isnt any interaction of ideas and views. Too fast to remember and too fast to forget. I think practical part is more important in schools than the theoretical part. Theory just minimum. Practicality maximum.

Legend of Zelda Movie

2008-04-13T02:56:00.004+08:00

WOW! Legend of Zelda, my all time favourite game from nintendo, coming to the theatres. Simply AMAZING! It looks so interesting.

Ah Chew's Dessert Store

2008-04-12T01:12:00.004+08:00

Hey guys, i am so amazed. I did not know that youtube actually can hold my video. I thought the file is too big. But oh well, I have got it up. Enjoy!

Consumer Behaviour Assignment

2008-04-09T05:19:00.004+08:00

For this assignment, we were thinking of ways in how to promote the brand image of Prima Deli. I thought of incorporating social responsibility into Prima Deli and communicate the message across in the form of featured article on the newspapers along with a printed advertisement.

Due to legal issues, i have taken it down.

Designing in Action

2008-03-27T19:09:00.008+08:00

Recently, I have been doing quite a lot of designing. Have designed for my presentation and also forced to do designing for my promotional marketing project on this image consultancy company, Divine Image International. It has reallie been fun to design. I think the layering and all the effects stuff made designing so so fun.

Here are the pictures:

VolksWagen Kids Advertisements

2008-03-25T15:21:00.000+08:00

This advertisement is so so funny. Haha.

Super Mario Advertisement

2008-03-25T15:14:00.001+08:00

Saw this super mario advertisment on the net while i was doing research for my marketing to kids presentation.

So Cute!

给自己的情歌

2008-03-25T14:13:00.002+08:00

My Favourite Gigi Leung Song

Mandarin Version

Cantonese Version

不能说的秘密

2008-03-24T12:08:00.002+08:00

Another MV posting.

一眼瞬间

2008-03-24T12:00:00.002+08:00

Another nice song by 张惠妹 and 萧敬腾.

Hurray

2008-03-22T02:10:00.000+08:00

Another song that i like.

期待爱

2008-03-22T01:33:00.004+08:00

I fell in love with this song recently.

Most Kissable Guy Contest

2008-03-15T13:41:00.004+08:00

My friend just intro me to this contest. He asked me to nominate him and so i did. In the end, i was also got kind of interested. So i also decided to join the contest. Just for the fun of it. But i looked so ugly inside. Damn ugly. But anyway just for fun, so yah. Please lend me your support k? Thankie!

http://kissableguy.mediacorptv.sg/contestant01.php?id=109

There's a lot of shuai ges inside. But remember don't vote for them hoh! haha.. just joking.

Sudden Thoughts

2008-03-12T00:17:00.004+08:00

I HATE INSINCERITY!! I HATE LIES!!!

Results for Stardust Audition

2008-03-10T19:33:00.000+08:00

Haiz.. didnt make it into semi finalists. There are only 24 semi finalists out of 170applicants. Try harder bah Rodney. Try harder.

Stardust 2008 Audition Day

2008-03-08T21:35:00.004+08:00

Today is the day that i have been waiting for. I am sooo sooo nervous and yet excited. Because this is the first time i am goin for a singing audition. My heart has been racing up and down, left and right for the whole day. Negative thoughts kept running through my mind. I was thinking if i could hit the high notes, have good pitch control, have good tonal qualities, good breath support, remember my lyrics and behave confidently in front of the judge. I was also thinking if i need to record the demo on the same day as i was not prepared totally for the demo. If they were to record it on the same day if i pass the audition, i would definitely die. Furthermore, i found out in the internet that last minute i was not able to change my demo song that i had previously stated in the registration. That made me very panicking. I just felt like quitting and dun appear there. But i think that would make me a coward and not testing myself to see if i have good singing qualities anot.

Upon reaching Lee Wei Song Music School, i was so stressed out to see a bunch of people waiting for their turn. It seems that there is a massive crowd of applicants. In addition to that, they were all very very well dressed and well groomed. They were wearing fashionable jackets with well waxed hair. When i looked at myself, i think i looked bad. I was wearing a billabong singlet, a wore off jeans and a pair of shoes. I think i had failed my image appearance test already. Previously, i thought that i need not dress so well as it was an audition. What matters most is the voice so i didnt bother to dress so nice. Then upon reaching there i found out that i need to take a photoshoot. i was like OMG!!!! They did not state that in the audition website. My image was indeed dead. Haiz... Then at the registration counter, i found out that i could change my demo track to my audition song. Phew.. at that moment i think i was safe. So i grab a seat and waited for my turn. I waited and waited for around 1 hr.. cos i reached at 330pm and i was audited at 430pm. All along in the holding area, i was calming myself down. But i just couldn't.

Anyway, at 430pm, it was finally my turn to sing. They took my shot and my cd. Then i head to the room. While i was waiting outside, i did a peek at the judges. There were two judges. One seems to look like a nice guy while the other seems to be a black face judge and due to that it really adds on to my stress level. Finally, in the room, i was audited. The lady tried to run my disc containing the karaoke track on the disc player and omg.. some technical fault happened. The disc player was having a hard time reading my disc. It spinned and spinned and then a message read no disc found was seen on the player. I was like omg. I am so dead. Then the lady said she will try againz. I was hoping that it will read the disc. Then it read no disc found. Then the heaven fell.. as i asked the judges.. erm... i qing chang ar? That means singing without the track. They said ya. OMG!!! i was so petrified. Singing without the track means i could not hide behind the tracks. I felt so so exposed. Very well then. I ought to finish what i made myself went through to do a finishing cut on myself. So i sang. At first, i was worried that the speaker was not good then i will end up sounding very flat and not having that very rich tone. But as i sang, i quite like the effects. My voice was good. So i continue singing until the verse ended. In the middle of the verse, i know i sang wrongly for a sequence but its alright. I managed to pull it through. Then came the chorus. I sang and opps. I sang the sequence wrong and so i stumbled. Then i asked if i could repeat my chorus. Then the judges said okayz. Then i sang and boy i pulled it through well. Could reach the high notes and also hold my breath pretty well. I was impressed. But i think my stage charissma, image appearance did not pull it well. I think it was quite obvious that they are see that i am nervous cos the eye contacts were not very good. I focus on my song more than making contacts with them.

Well, after that i finished and i left the room and thinking through what happened. I recall that previously i saw them nodding upon seeing me reach the high notes and hearing me sing. I think it is a plus for my singing and i think it was not easy to qing chang. It really needs a good voice quality to qing chang and i think i pull it through excellently. Just that my stage charissma and confident shattered a bit of it bah. See how it goes from now. Results can only be released on monday. If i got through, it will be a satisfaction reassurance that i do have a good voice as i heard they are downsizing to 20 semi finalists from the previous 170 applicants.

I could only keep my fingers crossed and see how lady luck guides me. Hope their marking criteria is more voice orientated then overall orientated. Else i sure get kicked out. The rest i just do not think about it.

Promotional Marketing Project

2008-03-05T22:42:00.002+08:00

Currently, i am taking this module which needs me to draft out a promotional marketing campaign for a corporate business body. In this project, i have decided to use Divine Image International as i have the contact of the boss of this company. She is gorgeous. She is a very glamourous lady that really knows how to bring out the best out from her through her outer appearance and also through her confident communication skills.

All along i have been interested in B2C companies as i felt that B2B companies are booring. I believe that the wide consumers that B2C companies has makes it vibrant to work with. However, from this project, i find out that B2B companies are also interesting to wor with. The reason is because companies really behaves like consumers. There are so many kinds of business entity and each of them really has different sets of beliefs, culture and nature. They are not similar to each other. Some business entities are also as vibrant as like a normal human being.

Through this process, i start to relate business entity to a normal human being. The HR department is like the brain and nerves system of a human. They are the ones that make decisions, decide how to increase the skills of itself, retain memories of the process that the company has done, coordinates with its limbs (other departments) and evaluate decisions. The marketing department is like strategic and loudest function of the human. It talks and communicate to get deals. The finance department is like the saving of a human and the operation department(they are the limbs) is like the working and productive part of a human. Some department such as design department could also be the creative part of the human. ... Interesting.

Art Designs

2008-03-04T15:39:00.002+08:00

Recently, i have been exposed to movements such as cubism, surrealism and so fore that has influenced the image of modern art. Although it appears that these movements and terms are so historical, artistic and have no relevance to us at all, it is actually the opposite. The essences behind these concepts are actually the basic foundation that influence the image formation of nowadays advertising designs, graphic designs and product designs. Simply amazing. So interesting. Spark my interest in art works.

Stardust 2008 Singing Audition

2008-03-02T00:01:00.004+08:00

On 8 March 1540, it will be the first time i go for a singing audition. I am feeling a bit nervous cos it is held at Lee Wei Song School. Although I feel that i could sing properly in KTV, i feel that i would want to be properly tested to see if i could sing out from the KTV context and also in the process gain exposure from it. So i am trying out in Stardust 2008. But, I'm not sure if i could make it though.

Suddenly, all the feelings of side comments that i have been making to the singing contestants in those TV singing competitions starts to direct at me. I hope that i won't make myself a laughing stock in front of the judges of whom i heard that they are instructors in lee wei song music school.

At the end of the day, i think the only thing i have to do is just to remember the lyrics and sing like wat i normally do at ktv. The only difference is that there are no lyrics only.

01/03/2008 Straits Time Home Section

2008-03-01T19:02:00.005+08:00

Woohoo... i appeared on the newspaper in one of articles for Epilepsy Care Group. That's me the second guy on the left. Luckily i still look presentable. In addition, it was lucky that Simeon is not there. Else, i wun appear on newspaper. Thanks Simeon for not turning up that day. Haha.

Designs for Annual Dinner and Dance

2008-02-25T12:22:00.004+08:00

Hm... recently been involved in designing the dinner and dance posters for my faculty. Havent been doing much work in it. But came up with a few designs. I asked my designer friends to see through it and apparently they said it was elementary. Might need to spend some time to revise it.

Anyway, i was thinking of this footie and sillhoutte concept to go with this theme "A Walk to Remember".. was thinking of dull background with colorful neon pictures or neon background with dull pictures... den i was thinking of overlapping all the foots together...

Here's the raw designs... can anyone comment a bit on my designs?

Here's something else...i interpret a walk to remember as a growing up process.. so got this small foot to big foot.. again i got two designs.. might come out with more...

This bottom one is by my friend raphael... this is one way he interpretted it.. i quite like the glittering stuff he put there... but do not really quite like the layout..maybe will derive something out from it later on..

Music Heritage at Boat Quay

2008-02-12T18:36:00.000+08:00

That day i went with my close poly friends to music heritage, a ktv pub. Personally, i didn't reallie quite like the place. It was noisy, smokey and the people there were more like shouting and screaming. Soon i perceived that ktv as a place where the hard work of songwriters was completely ruined.

Making it worse, we have not much chance to sing over there. Thus, i didn't reallie enjoy myself over there. If i was to make a comparison between music heritage and memories, the ktv pub that kenny had brought me to previously, i would definitely choose memories.

Nevertheless, i quite like the wall arts over there. So while i was there, i took some pictures. Out of all the pictures taken, I quite like the one that patrick took. Personally, I felt it carries this artistic flare. Not sure if you will feel the same. Anyway, here's the picture.

Here's some of the pictures i have taken with the focus placed on the beer bottle.

Other than those pictures, i have also taken some pictures of my friend, Zann!

You look cool here, gal!

Connecting Hearts

2008-02-08T11:46:00.000+08:00

I miss the feeling of two hearts connecting as one. I miss the feeling of leaning on each other. I also miss holding your hand. I miss to have a special someone in my life. Somehow by seeing my friends lovey dovey, i felt that i really need someone. It has been a while since i ditch the mandarin music aside. By picking up mandarin music back in life, fond memories came back. I really miss having sweet moments like that. When can i get those sweet feelings back again?

Fossil Watch Advertisement

2008-02-05T01:18:00.000+08:00

I was on the way to meet kenny for the SMU performance at Victoria Concert Hall. On the bus, i got this wackiest idea of mimicking the advertisment for watches and with me being the model for the advertisement. So lame.

Guilty

2008-01-31T19:59:00.000+08:00

Now i am feeling so guilty. I am so used to sleep in the living room as i feel that i have no privacy to stay in the room with my brother. We have different sleeping and working patterns. When i am working, he will be sleeping. When he is working, i will be sleeping. When we are both awake, we will listen to music. In the process, i don't have my space. Either he will disturb me or i will disturb him. I do not have my working table. I do not have a lot of things. In the end, i lost a lot of my own spaces by occupying a room with him. Thus, i like to sleep in the living room because i can do what i want and i can sleep watever time i want without disturbing my brother. He can also do watever he wants without disturbing me. In addition, i do not have my own fan also. It feels so stuffy and warm in the room. I just like the space in the living room.

Today my father decides to restructure my bed ladder, he spent $400 just to change the ladder. He thought that it was because of the ladder so i didn't want to sleep in the room. He assume that because of inconvenient i don't want to sleep in the room. He didn't ask me, the user, of the real reasons and in the end he did his way. As a result, the change didn't answer to my needs and thus, he wasted the money. But it will not make me change my decision to sleep back in the room due to all the above mentioned reasons. Now, I felt bad, reallie really very bad about it. I know money is really very hard to earn but ya, i just cannot move back to the room le. Haiz... why he always do things his own way without asking people one. I know he meant good but he does need to listen to us ma. It reallie pains me for the waste of the money and his hardship to earn that money lo

Designing Banners, Posters, Websites, Blogs, and so fore

2008-01-29T12:14:00.000+08:00

I took on the position as the publicity head for dinner and dance, and had to come out with the designs for the event. I need to learn flash and photoshop soon else i really unable to submit the designs on time. I am really being suffocated now. It seems so much things to know about flash and photoshop. Damned. Had to act quick but can my body take it. It will often shutdown and go to sleep without me having much control over it because i simply had zero concentration when i am sooo tired.

I guess i will post some designs here next time. Nevertheless, i am still very fascinated with designing. I felt this affiliation with it when i get to confirm that i like designing. It suits the character that i have which is change and affection with colors.

Another Attempt with Pancakes

2008-01-26T13:27:00.000+08:00

Today i tried making pancakes again. I used another recipe from another book. The ingredients and composition seems correct as i had a pancake that has that correct thickness and bite sensation. It was neither soggy nor thin. However, the pancake was soury. So in the end, it was still another failed attempt. I think it might be due to the milk that was used. Perhaps, i used buttermilk and it went bad so it turned out soury. Maybe i will use full creamed pasteurised milk the next time. Will post the recipe when i manage to succeed doing it.

Art and Swimming Pool

2008-01-21T16:07:00.000+08:00

Today, I have decided to go to the swimming pool to tan as I have not been going to the pool for a long long time. Thus, I'm starting to get fair which is not a good thing. You must be asking why? It is because I do not want to look like a nerdy boy. So narcist, right?

When i am halfway to the pool, i found out that i did not take my mp3 player. Without it, it will be a boooring session at the pool. However, i still went on ahead to the pool. At the pool, i was so boored. In the end, i decided to take some pictures of myself and then blog my entry about the visit to the pool. In the midst of taking pictures, i had this artistic juice flowing into me. So in the end, i took some pictures of the scenes at the pool such as the coconut trees, the buildings, the clear blue sky and so fore.

These are the scenic photos i have taken:

I like this shadowery picture so much that i put it as my desktop theme now.

Other than these photos, there is also me!

How to make Thin and Soggy Pancakes?

2008-01-21T15:43:00.000+08:00

I took the pancake recipe from this cookbook.

The pancakes should look like this.

Looks delicious, right?

The recipe is this:

200g flour
2 eggs
500ml of milk
1 pinch of sale
70g of butter for frying

Step 1:
sift the flour into a mixing bowl and add salt to it. Next make a well in the middle and break the eggs into it and stir.

Step 2:
Slowly introduce the milk and whisk the mixture. Apparently, i think 500ml of milk is too much. But, i followed the recipe.

Step 3:
Leave the mixture and it should thickens. However, i felt that it didn't. Perhaps i added too much milk to it.

Step 4:
Add butter to pan and add the mixture to the pan. I found out that my mixture is too liquid. Thus, it ended up i had a flat pancake with very soggy feeling and milky taste. It ended up a failure this time. The pancake is milky, soggy, non sweet and too thin. A total failed mission.

Will try a better pancake recipe and modify a bit the next time.

Pancakes or crêpes

2008-01-18T22:43:00.000+08:00

Crêpes are very thin and light variant of pancakes. The big difference between the two is in the ingredients for the batter. Crêpes contain only about 2/3 quantity of flour used for pankes.

I am so totally amazed with crêpes. Gonna make pancakes or crêpes soon. Hope to wake up earlier tomorrow so i can make them. Yum Yum...

My Current Situation

2008-01-18T08:29:00.000+08:00

Finally, school has started. It has been a busy week for me. There's so much things to do. I had to cope with being the marketing associate for one science journal thingy. At first, i thought that the organisation is quite prestige but, after i am part of it, i found out that it functions the exact same way like how Chinese Language Society had functioned. It's like a one man show kind of thing. You are involved with the marketing planning and also you are part of the administrative staff that supports the plan, meaning the ah sums. It's not really what i am looking forward to. Basically, i feel that the marketing associate position in business club is far better. At least, i will get to speak to commericial bodies instead of just student bodies.

Well, there has also been a complicated situation with my timetable as well. I simply just don't like the way how NUS handles their administration. They have made it such a hassle to just get a particular module through appealing. Anyway, i just had a packed timetable on thursday ysterday. I have spent around 9 hours in school. It is the first time that i have ever spent such long hours in school. Now, i am just hoping that my timetable will settle down soon.

SO much to do so little time and of course leisure time. I missed my holidays. In addition to the school stuff, i also have to be active to look for a marketing intern. Anybody has lobangs for that? I really appreciate if i can find an intern soon. Other than the intern, i will still need to participate in a marketing competition too. The only thing i hate about it, right now, is simply going through tons of websites and going through the administration process to find and apply things such as the competitions and also the interns. This was always been something that i don't like. For the interns, i simply dread the process of writing the cover letter as it requires a lot of my time to just view through the company websites and wrting down cover letters that is positioned in the right direction. I also don't really like to keep track about so many deadlines for the administrative part. There can be like numerous timings that you need to take note. These timings is critical in my life. I will need to take note of jobs registration deadlines, competition registration deadlines, cca task deadlines, homeworks deadlines, friends meetup sessions, relatives gathering timings, and miscellaneous timings. How to plan to make sure that you will have ample time to be on track? I will need to have a reminder system that highlights to me before the deadlines are reached. So much so little time... i hope that i really do have the discipline to do these on time... i reallie missed my leisure and carefree times.

Memories of Being a CLS Quartermaster

2008-01-14T14:20:00.000+08:00

Guys, do you recall the days back in Singapore Polytechnic Chinese Langauge Society? I was tidying my computer documents when i came across this word document about loaning equipments for an event we will not forget. Yes, it was the CLS Adverture Camp at St John Island.

To:
Quartermaster
SP Adventurers Council 2002/2003
SP Adventurers

Re: Borrowing of Tools and Equipments

As mention above, SP Chinese Language Society would hope that you could help us out in borrowing 2 axes, 5 big torchlights, 2 loudhailers and 3 walkie talkies for the use of one of our coming event on the 23rd to the 26th of August 2002. The tools and equipments would be returned on the following day of the last day of borrow.

The tools and equipments are needed for our club annual camp on the 23rd to the 26th of August 2002.

SP CLS (Chinese Language Society) will be fully responsible for any loss or damage to the borrowed items.

To contact me, feel free to call XXXXXXXX

Thank You.

Yours Faithfully,

_____________
Sung Yao Xian Rodney
Quartermaster
Chinese Language Society Annual Camp
Chinese Language Society

Reorganised My Life

2008-01-12T13:54:00.000+08:00

Recently, i felt like tidying up my life and making it more organised. However, I have been procrastinating. While i was procrastining, something happened. My lappie just caught a virus and had to go through reformatting. I was forced into a situation where i had to clean up my computer. Since i had to clean up my computer, i have decided to set up a new organised way of managing my virtual files, the first step to reorganising my life. While i was thinking of a down-to-earth system, i had considered what i had done in the past to organise and what went wrong. I found out that i categorised everything down to the nitty gritty stuff regardless of commonly used or not commonly used. It became not user friendly. It became more like a database, in other words too complicated. In the end, it became a hassle to organise stuff. Thus, I felt, this time, it needs to be more simplified and user-friendly. It needs to be grouped into categories of commonly clicked and viewed, and not commonly clicked and viewed (also known as antique files and rubbish). Congrats to me for starting something fresh for the new year. Next step, will be reorganising my past burnt vcds into user friendly formats dvds. Hope i will not procrastinate for too long.

Ballade Pour Adeline

2008-01-12T11:48:00.000+08:00

This is one of my favourite piano pieces that i like so much. It has that grand, soothing and romantic feeling yet it feels so delicate and graceful.

Richard Clayderman on the piano with Ballade Pour Adeline. Enjoy.

Tarts Making

2008-01-08T23:38:00.001+08:00

I have decided to drop the strawberry shortcake idea first because i did not have the ingredients for it. Instead, i will be doing fruitty tarts!

Well, today is my first attempt for making tarts and pastries. It can also be said that today is my first baking session so i had acquired the help of my younger brother in carrying out this sweet mission. My younger brother being more experienced in this baking field helped me quite a lot to get me started. For this first attempt, i think i shall not upload the tarts making recipe because i am quite novice in this field. Thus, i am not sure is the recipe not good or am i lacking in skills so i have decided to leave the recipe out first.

Anyway, we got the dough out by mixing flour, egg yolks, sugar, salt, and non salted and butter. I had taken a picture of this. My bro helped me a bit to knead the dough. Then we placed the dough in the fridge to get the dough hardened so that it is easier to handle with it.

Next, we prepared the custard that is required to be used for the fluffy part in the tart, but i did not take this picture down. After that, we get the refrigerated dough and got them placed in the tarts mould. Then off it goes into the oven.

Then after that the fruits and glazing were placed onto the tarts.. and voila! Fruits tarts done from Rodney's Kitchen... The tarts tasted well. The tarts has the taste of the creamy custard and scent of the vanilla essence. Sweet!

Next time I shall learn how to better decorate the tarts as well as try to perfect my tart making skills.

Library Outing 07 Jan 08

2008-01-08T03:26:00.000+08:00

Today, I made a trip down to the JE library to return my HTML books that i had borrowed weeks ago, but sadly, i had not even started to read it. The mood just aint there to read books. It was rather the slack mode. On my way down, some reflections just came across my mind. I was thinking about my preferred working style, attitude and likings. At that moment, something stuck my mind. I found out that all along i have always been a perfectionist, a creative arts-inclined person while having a philosophical and analytical behaviour. The past few weeks of cooking, creating a blog and the satisfaction that i have gotten out from them made me realised more of myself. People often likes to call me as a frog in the well. However, being a frog in the well gives me dreams and vision of how i want the world to look like and i will seldom allows anyone or impracticality to come in my way. Instead, I like people to conform to my vision rather than the other way round. In addition, i think i do pay attention to many nitty gritty things and details. I want my dreams to be perfect and fine picked. I work hard to collect all the means and ways such as collection of theories and informations to try to get my dreams fulfilled. It is only me myself that could change my own perspective and no one else. When something does not work out to my vision, i will normally scraped the whole idea and hope that it could restart from square one or just abandon the idea. Furthermore, i think i am quite like a designer as i like to start new ideas. However, i dread doing maintenance. Well, i guess i am more suited for creative positions. I think i will best fit in being a new brand or product manager or some other positions such as interior designer, research and development researcher, chef, image consultant, game creator, musical director, graphics designer, webpage designer, book writer so fore. Maybe i have entered a wrong course. Well.. have to see as time goes by.

Anyway, back to the library outing, i took a few photos while i was there. Initially, i did not want to borrow any more books as i thought of myself having no time for them. However, in the end, i was still tempted to take a peek at the baking books and well you have guessed it, i had fallen to temptations. I had borrowed three baking books from the library. Being enthusiatic, i will be making strawberry shortcakes from one of the recipe books tomorrow! Hope i will succeed!

Symphonic Orchestra 06 Jan

2008-01-08T01:08:00.000+08:00

I just met up with Kee Wee earlier on in the day. We went to watch a symphonic orchestral performance by ACS (i) symphony orchestra. Yup, it was ACS (i), the rival of my secondary school, ACS (Barker Rd). But oh well, it did not really affect me much. I don't really bother. Anyway, i heard that the ACS (i) symphony orchestra is good so i thought that i might enjoy it. But apparently, the first two songs were disappointing. They did not manage to get the players to play in sync with one another. It was so obvious that each musicians was just trying to get through the notes quickly. Furthermore, the notes were not played distinctively. It was muffled. But after that, they compensated the whole night with pieces from Star Wars, the all time orchestral favourites. All I can say is that I enjoyed the Star Wars pieces as they were more grand and dynamic as compared to the previous pieces. These were the music traits which I would normally look for in orchestral pieces. I like dynamic and grand music.

Anyway, I have taken some pictures of the outing. So, enjoy!

For this outing, i was also impressed with Kee Wee's ability with languages. He is one of those friends that possesses wide market knowledge and good linguistic skills.

Hog's Breath Cafe

2008-01-06T00:14:00.001+08:00

Today, I went for a hair cut at Ben salon. Recently, i have attempted a lot of first times. This was my first time cutting hair over there. I did not want to try it the last time because i was not bold enough to put my hair on trial. Hair, to me, is an important representative of personality. If it is not properly handled, it would be disastrous. You must be saying how vain i am, right? Well, that's just the way i am. However, during the haircut, I enjoyed it. I am glad i gave it a shot and had a nice experience out from it. Thereafter, i have decided to stick to Ben for my future hairstyling and haircuts.

After that, I went dining with my family at Hog's Breath Cafe that is located in Vivo City. While i was at Vivo, I remembered of the old happy times. Vivo really brought back a lot of fond memories. At that moment of time, I was listening to La Lettre. I was feeling melancholy once again.

Well let's head back to the restaurant topic. It was my first time visiting the place so i took some pictures. Here are the pictures:

This was the restaurant entrance

This was the menu

This was what i have ordered

This was the beverage menu

This was what my dad ordered

This was what my younger brother ordered

This was what i ordered for drink - cranberry drink

This was what i ordered

A photo of myself at the restaurant

The dinner was delicious (Le dîner était délicieux). I had enjoyed my dinner and had thoughts that it would be better if, i had known of this last time.

After that I went to shop at Vivo. I went to Topshop and Pull and Bear to see if they had any of the clothes i wanted. I had taken a few pictures of myself trying out the clothes.

Mr Bump - My first time trying out a cute tee shirt

Green Turtle Neck T shirt - I don't think i looked great in this 'cos i do not have a nice chest

Yellow Turtle Neck T shirt - I think this suited me better. However, the colour did not suit my skin colour. Thus, i had decided to give it a miss.

Simple French Words

2008-01-05T13:54:00.000+08:00

Here are some simple words that i am learning.

Romance - Idylle
Love - Amour
Sweet - Doux
Bitter - Amer
Dessert - Dessert
Pastry - Pâtisserie
Cake - Gâteau
Bread - Pain
France - La France
French - Le français
Hello - Bon jour
I Love You - Je vous aime
I Like You - Je T'aime

You - Vous
I - Je
Like - Aime

Courtesy of http://ets.freetranslation.com/

Ne lui parlez plus d'elle

2008-01-05T13:39:00.000+08:00

Here's another of my favourites by Lara Fabian. The english meaning of this song is: Do not speak to him more of her.

Enjoy

La Lettre

2008-01-05T11:38:00.000+08:00

Here's a song from Lara Fabian's album 9, La Lettre (The Letter). It is one of my favourite melancholy French songs. The one in which i fell in love with.