::The inevitable happened.

Well, my request to defer my GEM was guess what.... rejected.
(Though actually I was not surprised)

Well, initially I was angry. (of course, who wouldn't be?)
Then, I became kind of sad.
Not at the school, but at the whole system.
(Isn't this also the way things are in other places?)

Here in sunny Singapore, life is all about scoring points and KPIs.
So what if taking part in an external course also meets the "objectives" of GEMs?
(Objectives such as broadening my experiences ie. learning stuff and making friends outside of one's course of study?)
Such things are not quantifiable - they cannot be accurately defined and measured.
Fortunately the number of courses one has taken can be measured.
(Whether they have actually succeeded in their objectives or not?)
Therefore it can make a good quantity.
After all, KPIs must be key to organisational success, right?

I am sad to say, I have made more friends and learnt more from my bike lesson than from all my GEMs put together.
For the record, I have not made any friends outside of my course from my GEMs.
GEMs that I have attended so far do not seem to go in depth enough into the topic to sustain enough interest.
(Exasperating to someone who actually signs up for GEMs because the topics interest her, then finds that unfortunately, the GEM she has chosen is kind of like... half-baked. :$ )

::In my dreams

How can I know what you're thinking?
How do I know what's going on?
Don't make it hard to believe in
Don't make it hard to go on

Put a little faith in me now
Put a little trust in me somehow
Cause when I hold you, I'm heaven bound
That is more than a feeling

In my mind and in my dreams
I will love you to eternity
Cause in my heart and I can feel
You will take me to eternity

::Ha Ha! Bloody stupid GEM!!!

Guess what I found on the GEM website today?

"All students can register for GEM classes that are held on Wednesday, 1 - 3pm or Friday, 1 - 3pm.

In addition to these 2 timeslots, student in :

Group 1 can register for GEM classes that are held on Monday, 8 - 10am;"

etc.

(for your info, I am in Group 1).
Ok! Since I'm only free on Monday and Tuesday morning..... problem solved!
No need to go fishing around in the leftovers!
Now the only problem I have is how to get the GEM people to approve my intention to defer my second GEM to year 3!
Bwahahahaha.

~*~

Uh, chill.

It's your blog. You don't need to answer to anybody about it.
If you don't feel like blogging, don't blog. Your readers will understand.

If you're pissed off, just blog pissedly.
If you're not comfortable about making pissed off posts, don't post that pissed post.
If you just have to blog about something unpleasant (yes, that happens), can try blogging a song lyric post.
Or try using the draft function, then you won't do something that you regret.

(But I draw the line at bitchy posts. Making someone else feel bad about himself is a crime)

Readers are selective.
If they don't like a post, they'll skip it.
If the owner of the blog is important to them, they'll continue reading the other posts anyway.
So no worries.

People are not known for being very observant and sensitive.
To get help, one must show that one needs help first.

::The GEM registration system does it again!!!

Ok, here we go again, my "semestral" complaint about the GEM registration system.

As you have realised, I failed to get one of the GEMs that I needed to fufil my requirement and now I am fucking angry.

The complaints:

1) It started late.
If you say it's supposed to start at 10:00, for God's sake, start it at 10:00. Don't go start it at 10:10 or whatever leaving us going wtf? for the first five minutes and wondering whether the browser settings are incorrect and logging in multiple times or whatever, thus wasting precious minutes that they could have spent in "out-racing" the competition.

2) It is grossly unfair to the 2nd year students who have to take 2 GEMs.
2nd-year semester 2 students are supposed to choose two GEMs. Ok, fine. Unfortunately that also means that in the initial rush, they managed to get their first GEM. Then, when they swoop in for their second GEM, wham. Bam. Nothing left.
Leaving the poor student to either take the lesson at some funny time slot or take some lesson they have no interest in or do what I did and skip the second one altogether.

3) It forces students to take subjects that they have absolutely no interest in whatsoever.
We are required to take one GEM from each category (Arts and Humanities, Business, Science and Technology) and one additional one from any category. Unfortunately, that also means that a student which has totally no interest in a certain category (for example, business) will still be forced to take a GEM from that category. Even though I agree that there may still be some GEMs in that category that may not be so focused towards business, many non-"business-minded" people like him will have the same idea. In this case, it will result in a war of the fastest mouse clicks and the losers will have to endure a GEM that positively bores them to death for a whole semester.

4) It assumes that students have no life outside school, ie. they are free every afternoon on days when school ends early
Ok, I noticed that there are some interesting and unusual lessons and most of them take place on either Wednesday and Friday.
Unfortunately, I also noticed that some people (like me) have external commitments on Wednesday and Friday afternoons (well, because they're the only free afternoons I have outside normal lessons!).
Therefore, we are forced to abandon our hopes of taking a large number of more unusual GEMs that we may be curious about. Then, we are forced to fight over a small pool of Monday and Tuesday morning GEMs, which is no easy feat considering that some GEM categories (eg. the Arts and Humanities one) hold most of their lessons on Wednesday and Friday morning.

5) Some lessons are only held in certain locations, making people who come from certain schools which are at the other end of the campus unable to take that certain lesson without transport of their own.
I think that kind of explains itself. Anyway, I'm not going to elaborate cause I have to go prepare for my bike lesson.
Hopefully, this won't be a problem for me the next time I choose my GEM (and you guys all know what that means!) but unfortunately, it'll still be a problem for many many people.
---

Faced with such a inefficient and problematic system, it is no wonder that some students either throw up their hands in frustration and skip choosing a GEM altogether or take a GEM that they have no interest in and end up skipping all the lessons and doing just well enough so that they don't need to take it again.

The GEM website says:

"The objective of having general elective modules is to broaden your educational experience by:

1. requiring you to take modules outside the field of study, and

2. providing you with opportunities for interacting with students with different perspectives, backgrounds and areas of study."

Unfortunately, "broadening your educational experience" is a fat lot of good if the student is positively not interested in whatever GEM he has registered for. In this case, the student will just take it as a hurdle he has to overcome in order to fufil his requirements, and it will be questionable if anything is really learned except how much one hates a certain subject and how to skip lessons and take short cuts but still ensure a passing grade. Although in theory, we are allowed to choose whatever GEMs we want, in reality, this may not be possible because of the reasons (and possibly more) stated above.

Ultimately, we, the students, lose out.

Have to go organise my schedule again.

I hate organising schedules. I mean, I don't usually hate organising my own schedule, but I hate it when I have to fit in lots of different activities where the duration and time is not fixed and affected by factors that I can't control, for example, whether it rains or not, whether my muscles decide to hurt or not, whether there's haze or not, whether my sister oversleeps or not, whether I oversleep or not....ok, maybe the last one isn't something I can't control, but still.....

And add to that alot of stupid school related stuff like that fucked up first-come-first-serve GEMs (general elective module) registering thing, where you not only have to log in during your appointment time, you also have to log in before everyone else does so you can make sure that the damn site doesn't screw up on you at the last possible moment and you end up with some shit GEM about how to think creatively (but only in a way that is useful to society and the plan of the one up there, and we're not talking about God here) or something like that.
(I'm one of those people that believe that creativity can't be taught, it can only be encouraged, and to encourage creativity, one has to be prepared to accept both the expected and unexpected manifestations of it).

Gyarrrrr.
Anyway, I am going to go broke soon. And I didn't even buy anything too! Help!

::铁窗

铁窗 - Mavis Hee (许美静）

我的心早已经一片黑暗
再没有什么是可以点燃
我只剩眼角的一滴泪光
怎能把这世界照亮
对你的恨已经慢慢变少
对你的爱依旧无法衡量
在原谅与绝望之间游荡
唯一的感觉是伤 伤 伤

我以为你给了我一线希望
我伸出手却只是冰冷铁窗
若现实它总叫人更加悲伤
就让我在回忆里继续梦幻
我以为我从此能快乐飞翔
在梦醒后却只是冰冷铁窗
若现实它能教人更加勇敢
就让我在地狱里等待天堂

~*~

Another song by Mavis Hee.

What is so, is so.

There's no point feeling worked up over it or trying to hide it.

It is just so.

Had another disastrous practical lesson today.

Die die, crank course, die.
I dunno why you are always trying to find trouble with me but die anyway.

Spent the rest of my day in a daze on my bike.
(Yes, it is possible to fall asleep on a bicycle and not fall off)

Oh, I got my poly results back today.
Interested? No?
Well, I'm just as interested as you are.
Only served as a reminder that the new semester is starting again.

::Well, time to face it: THAT disastrous practical lesson

Should stop going cycling whenever I get bored.
Yesterday, I went cycling down Yio Chu Kang road cause I was in a bad mood. Today, I had to go cycling again cause I needed to book my bike practical lesson and I didn't buy bus concession for this month.
Now my lower half feels like it has been beaten half to death with a plank.
(That damn road is full of hills, ok? And SATan is unfit, ok?)
And of course, I was too tired to go and run.
:x

~*~

Ok anyway, *groan* that fateful practical lesson.
Well, it's already a part of my history, so nothing to be ashamed about.
(I just needed some time to make myself feel better)
It was my first practical lesson 4 part II.
I was scared to death cause I'm shit at remembering routes, like please, I can get lost while cycling around Yio Chu Kang.
(What is this place? Why is it so eerie? Oh shit, I'm lost. And at 9-something pm at night too.... Am I going to be stuck in this eerie place forever? HELP!!!!!)
First, they let us go and do our own warm up. And my bike welcomed me by being a temperamental piece of shit (but of course, I was too nervous to realise that).
So I wandered around in a panic until I had to change lane to the right and I realised my bike had no right mirror (ie. someone had crashed it earlier, that's probably why it was acting up).
So I changed my bike.
Then, I couldn't remember the lesson route.
Mercifully, an instructor showed me around the route after I asked.
But.....
I was so nervous I crashed wonderfully on get this: every one of the courses.
Except the slope cause once you know the technique, you won't crash on slope.
I think the instructor was a bit like 'sigh, why is this person so 'kayu' (stupid).
What's more, it was in front of all the lower lesson people.
I felt utterly terrible.

Second time round, it was better.
I overshot the emergency brake and fell off the narrow plank.
And missed out a few blind spots here and there.
That was all.
(Hey, that is pretty good compared to the *sigh* first one, ok?)

I didn't pass, like duh.
I was kind of relieved though, imagine if I had passed.
I would probably be a total nervous wreck the next time round.
When one is not ready, one is not ready.
(I wonder how I am going to do my TP test though.... hmm.... better don't think about that yet).

~*~

Hmm.... I am blogging a little too frequently.
Maybe I really have nothing to do.
Bored -> Cycle / run -> Too tired to exercise -> Blog -> Finished blogging? -> Blog again
I can't wait to pass practical 4 be able to book circuit revision!! Then I can go for circuit revision all the time! Then I'll practically be living at SSDC!!
Heheheh.
I am like, that bored.

::Heaven can wait by Gamma Ray

I think I've posted this before, but I'm not going to go through all my earlier entries looking for it and I don't think you want to either.
So here goes, the ultimate pick-me-up song from Gamma Ray!!!

~*~

Heaven can Wait
Gamma Ray

Too many people, too much troubles
Too many problems in the morn.
Another sunrise in the rubble, another ship sunk by the storm.
Some little angel tries to tell me that it's over,
It's just a bad reflection from above.
The load upon my shoulder makes me stronger, even bolder,
Oh no no, I haven't had enough.
Heaven can wait 'til another day,
Cause there ain't no reason to leave.
The world is a stage where we all can play.
Another fine reason to live, and heaven can wait, heaven can wait.

Each day a new reason to give up, each day another reason to sigh.
A hundred thousand ways to live up, a hundred thousand ways to try.
Hey, little angel, don't you tell me that it's over,
You're just a bad reflection from above.
The load upon my shoulder gives me reasons to get older
Tell the boss I haven't had enough.

Heaven can wait 'til another day,
Cause there ain't no reason to leave.
The world is a stage where we all can play,
Another fine reason to live, and heaven can wait, let it wait.

Our eyes are closed but they should be open wide,
Let's listen to the voice that's calling from inside,
Let's stay alive and move on, on our way.
And heaven can wait, heaven can wait.

Heaven - can wait
'Til another day!!

~*~

Lesson 4 part II!!! Come at me all you want cause I'm going to take you on!
I'M NOT SCARED OF YOU!!!!!!!! BLEEEEEAAAAUUUUGGGGHHHH!!!! :P :P :P :P :P

::Send me a sign

Signs of Singapore - a collection of photos of signs unique to Singapore

::Bleh.

My bike practical yesterday was so disastrous that I'm still trying to forget it. (Obviously, I don't want to blog about it, huh?)

Anyway,
went to make booking today, on my trusty 'little' blue bikey.
Sunday morning is not a good time to ride near churches and markets.
All the people who usually don't drive much either go to church or to market and the way they drive is like =_="".

I was making a right turn near the church at my place and there was a car going straight, yes, I know right turning vehicles are supposed to give way to straight going ones, but not when the straight going ones are far away, right?
Then, as I made the turning, I heard the driver step on the accelerator?
In that way like, damn, must overtake that bicycle.
The damn car was racing with a bicycle!
Dude, you don't get a prize for winning a race against a bicycle, you know?

And I met 4 groups of training bikes on the roads.
Some of the instructors recognised me I think, cause they kept looking in my direction.
However, I was too busy to notice who they were, anyway, most instructors look the same with their helmets on.... unless they're very skinny or very fat or whatever.
Up to now, I'm still wondering if I unintentionally did anything wrong or dangerous in front of them and whether they're going to give me shit about it at my next practical lesson.
Ok man, I try my best to behave, but everyone screws up sometimes and people like me..... well..... *sigh*.

Half of a group of training bikes forgot to prepare to slow down or stop at the pedestrian crossing near my house.
The first one was surprised by a pedestrian and stopped abruptly.
The second and third one were surprised and stopped like all stuck together to the first one.
Orh hor, riding in left lane yet never watch out for pedestrians.
Then I myself was so distracted by the goings on that I forgot to stop at the traffic light.
He he he!
But I let the pedestrians cross anyway, so it should be ok.
That traffic light there is a damn waste of money.
There's so little traffic there that everyone just crosses the road anywhere and whenever they like.
(I know cause I do it too..... hehe)
So maybe they were genuinely surprised by the 'guai-ness' (law-abiding behaviour) of that particular pedestrian.

My registration for the Standard Chartered marathon has been accepted!
Whee!
Time to watch SATan torture herself!

::Childish and naive or just plain stupid?

We are supposed to grow up.
Everyone is getting complicated.
Things are getting complicated.
And I am still happily and enthusiastically taking each day as it comes.

Am I really too naive in thinking that you can make a good thing out of everything?
That everyone has a reason for doing what they do?
That others deserve as much from you as you expect from them?
And that all people are good before proven "guilty"?

Or will I get disappointed and disillusioned in the end?

::Yet another strange practical lesson

Having my Theory Trial Test today afternoon. I still haven't finished looking at all the theory lessons. Damn, I hope I don't screw it up.

Well anyway, bike lesson yesterday.
Simulator training!!!!
There were these two other guys taking it with me, this guy from China and this Malay(?) guy. I was in a hyper mood, so I started chatting them up.
The instructor seemed damn 'sian' (bored), and kept giving us that kind of 'sian' expression, like 'what the hell, I have to explain this simulator stuff to these noobs again'.
Well, I noticed! Poor guy probably has been facing countless 'kayu' (stupid) trainees since 8am in the morning.
So I tried to chat him up too.

The instructor asked me to go first.
I was like, "NOOOO!!! Scared!" (covers face)
So at last the China guy when first.
His riding was ok.
Then it was my turn.
The simulator was weird.
I kept screwing up on it at first (steers right off course, then goes "Help, I don't know how to turn around!"), but in the end it became much better.
All through the time I was on the simulator, I was talking crap as usual.

Instructor: Turn right.
Me: This way is right, right? (holds up right hand)
Instructor: See? Can't even tell which side is right anymore.
Me: No la, I always like that one. I'm directionally-challenged. Don't know why I take motorbike lesson also. :P

(Just realised that I can't do anything without talking crap at the same time)
I think they were laughing at me, but it's ok cause I don't mind being laughed at when I'm trying to be funny. (Laughing at me when I'm not trying to be funny is a different matter altogether).

Last but not least (heh, this sounds really cliche) was the Malay guy.
Wah, his driving was really hair-raising.
He went damn fast.
Unfortunately, he also had the most crashes.
Which prompted the instructor to say, "Your driving is a bit reckess, ah?"

When the simulator part was over, everyone was considerably more relaxed.
We were all chatting like good friends.
The Malay guy is from ITE.
It's strange, but the guys who have expressed an interest in me are all from ITE.
Maybe I have ITE face or something.

Next, we had the pillion riding part.
Me with the China guy, and the instructor with the Malay guy.
The instructor said that it was because the Malay guy was a better rider, and thus would be more able to control the extra weight casue he was heavy, like 70kg?
I was like, "No la, it's a normal weight for a guy what."
He was like (looks himself up and down), "Not really for a guy like me la."
Anyway, the China guy was 60kg.
I am like 55kg.....according to my unpredictable and possibly inaccurate bathroom scale.
5kg less only :x

(Actually, I think that he probably decided to pair us up like that because of how the Malay guy drove on the simulator.
Seems like the kind that will drive fast and recklessly, especially if there is a girl around.
Instructor probably thought that if the Malay guy crashes with him riding pillion, never mind.
If he crashes with another trainee riding pillion, then there will be trouble.
Anyway, he probably won't dare to do anything weird with the instructor seated behind him.)

First we went around the circuit.
Then we went up the slope and down the slope.
Then we went through the emergency stop course.
I was like, "Hope they don't ask us to emergency stop with pillion."
Well they didn't.
Then we went to the narrow plank and slalom. With pillion rider? 0_o
The instructor said, "Never mind if you can't do it".
I tried the narrow plank but I ran off because the China guy wasn't holding me properly (being a decent guy).
Then after that I charged through the slalom yelling all the way.
I was like "Hold me tighter man!" cause if the pillion doesn't dare to hold you properly, your entire behind will start shaking like a ton of bricks.
Well, I succeeded this time :)

When the lesson was over, the Malay guy was like, "Let's book the next lesson together!"
But he was rushing for his theory test so he asked me for my handphone no. so I could tell him what timeslot we booked.
I gave hime my handphone cause, whatever la, make more friends, right?
His ringtone sounds like it's by Yngwie Malmsteen?
I asked him but he was in a hurry, and besides I didn't know how to say 'Yngwie Malmsteen'.
Ended up not booking the same timeslot as the China guy cause he wasn't free on weekends.

When the Malay guy had gone, the China guy was like, "Do you know him?"
I was like, "Errrr.....no?"
(Erm... should I have given him my handphone no.?)

The Malay guy sent me an sms last night.
Wishing me good night.....awwwww.

~*~

Went night cycling with sis again, despite my promise to myself to stop cycling and start running until the marathon thingy was over.
(Withdrawal symptoms....hehe)
My sister was really distracted that day.
She moved out right into the path of a car twice, despite having "checked" behind her for traffic.
I was behind her, and I could see the car and hear the engine sound right behind me and I think I was more freaked out than she was.
I was like "Get back in you fucking idiot!"
(What the hell, you didn't see it? What is your checking for? For show?)
Please do not do that man, it is fucking dangerous.

Well, on the bright side, I was riding somewhere round Yio Chu Kang and I saw a whole line of training motorbikes pass me.
Pink tags! (Wonder what practical that is?)
But I didn't notice who the instructors were cause I was busy and they were busy and anyway it was a downhill and I had engaged an inappropriate gear, and I was trying to take care of my sister's behind at the same time (you would too, especially after seeing how she'd behaved earlier).
:x

::都是夜归人 by Mavis Hee (许美静）

是冰冻的时分
已过夜深的夜晚
往事就像流星刹那划过心房
灰暗的深夜
是寂寞的世界
感觉一点点熟悉一点点撒野

你的爱已模糊
你的忧伤还清楚
我们于是流浪这座夜的城市
彷徨着彷徨
迷茫着迷茫
选择在月光下被遗忘

你忘了吧所有的斯守承诺
谁都知爱了没有一点的把握
也别去想哪里是甜蜜的梦乡
还是孤单的路上自由的孤单

你忘了吧所有的甜美的梦
梦醒后多久才见温暖的曙光
像夜归的灵魂已迷失了方向
也不去管情路上永恒太短暂

~*~

I wonder how many of you still remember Mavis Hee?
Recently, after a long period of absence, she was admitted into the Institute of Mental Health after causing a racket in public and yelling at a hotel guest.
She has some pretty good songs though.
This one is from pretty long ago and was the theme song of some drama serial I think.

::Practical Lesson 3 no. 2

Wow, I think this is going to become a SATan's Disastrous Bike Lessons blog.

Well anyway, had my second practical lesson 3.
It went.... ok?
The narrow plank was good, as expected.
The slalom was surprisingly good.
(The key to doing it is to target fixate at the correct thing. Look where you're going, not at the cones. I know it's difficult but..... hey, I only just realised it this practical!)
Emergency stop went well the first time.
Emergency stop went well the second time.
Wah good, this time sure can pass.
And then... and then.... I had my biggest crash ever while doing emergency stop.
I started as usual, and started to kick up the gears.
Kick, gear 2. Kick, kick, kick *why won't the fucking gear budge? Now there's not enough space left to accelerate enough! Help!*
*panics but decides to give it as much throttle as I can and continue, unfortunately my thoughts are already messed up, somehow ends up locking brakes in panic, skids, does the wonderful fly off bike thing, like whee! with all the practical 3 people watching.*
Gyarrrrrr.
"Confirm fail la." I confess to the instructor.

Well so... after lesson, wo get our feedback and whether we passed or not from the instructors...
Instructor gave out everyone's record book. Some had to repeat. The two guys in front of me both passed.
Mine was the last book.
And he went, "Do you know why I have to leave yours to the last?"
I was like "Suspense?"
Well, turns out it's cause he passed me, but everyone saw my wonderful crash on the emergency stop course, so they might complain that he was biased.
But cause my overall performance was good (and it was a freak accident), I was still allowed to pass.

Status: Passed. On to lesson 4 part 1.
(part 1 is simulator training. Like arcade! Whee!)
TWO TIMES!!!!! THIS IS A BLOODY RECORD DAMNIT!!!! ^^
*claps and cheers*

~*~

Oh, btw
after I crashed, I realised:
If someone crashes badly enough to get a fright,
isn't injured,
can still talk and laugh,
says she's ok,
thinks she's ok,

she's still not ok enough to continue riding.

When I got back on the bike, I realised that for the whole way back, I was still in a mild state of shock and didn't check anything at all.
I wasn't even aware of traffic at all.
Shock can rob you of proper judgement.
It was ok because it was in the circuit and the instructor was leading us.
But it would have been fucking dangerous if I was on the road and alone.

I'd think I'd probably stop somewhere safe, and sit down and rest awhile until I was calmer before continuing.
I hope I never need to do this though.

::A run, Practical Lesson 3 no. 1, Teachers Day, and a 重量级人物

Had my first (or rather second, but the first one doesnt count) run after signing up for the Standard Chartered marathon. (Yes, unfit wimpy SATan signed up for a marathon... or rather the *shortest* 10km one la. Stop laughing already. It's all in the name of healthy lifestyle.)

And I will have to cut down on cycling and stop pissing off everyone on the road. Yeah.

So I brought my fat ass down to the park today. I'd made up my mind to stay down there for half an hour. Ended up walking for most of the half-hour. The distance I actually ran was pathetic.
And yet, when it was over, I felt like an overweight 80 year-old man with heart disease.
That's what two years of no exercise and doing endless projects while eating unhealthy food does to you.
:$

So will SATan survive the 10km run? Continue following this blog to find out!
Hah, like real.....
Cannot! Must be motivated! I can do it! I can do it!
=_="'

~*~

I had my first bike practical 3 on Wednesday.
Narrow plank, slalom and emergency stop.
As usual, for the first practical, I have to screw up something right?
This time, it was the slalom and emergency stop.
I think I have really poor turning skills....hee.
Kept skidding while doing the emergency stop, but I didn't fall down at least! ^^
(I'm always falling down, in fact I am very good friends with the floor already)

Then, for the narrow plank, I was..... too slow?
Isn't the criteria for passing narrow plank >6 seconds?
No, actually it's cause, the slower you go, the harder it is to stay on the plank.
Then, it's quite wasted if you exceed 6 seconds at the start of the plank, and then fall off after that. Better to get off the plank before you ruin your "passed" status.

Makes sense for me cause I'm not such a "well-balanced" person la. I can only trackstand (remain balanced on a stationary bicycle) for a few seconds.
And it's not a bicycle this time, it's a motorcycle, so it's harder.
At least I think so....

And it rained all through the lesson, like the really heavy kind..... :x
(In fact, the rain later continued for two days)
This malay guy (we were the only two taking this practical for the first time) was like, "It's very cold leh."
I agreed.
Then we showed each other the water dripping off our gloves.
*drip drip*

At first, I thought we had a new instructor, or rather one that hadn't taught me before.
Then, when I got home, I was thinking, "When I think of the instructor who taught me today, why do I keep thinking of another instructor?"
Then, I checked my practical book and they were the same guy! (same name)
I didn't recognise him cause he changed his glasses for contacts! Brown ones some more! (At leash I think so la).
**Correction: His eyes are naturally brown. I just noticed. Oops sorry, my bad.**
He looked so different!
But looked quite nice la.
Unfortunately, he seemed not to be in a very good mood that day.
I think it's the weather making everyone miserable la.
Cause it's all wet and grey and stuff and most people don't like being outside in rainy weather.
(It's weird leh.....I like riding in rainy weather, very relaxing)
Either that or he just changed to contacts and they're making his eyes itch.

And then I forgot to book my theory test.
Argh.

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Went back to St. Nicks for teacher's day.
It was odd.
The crowd of people in blue uniforms frightened me.
It reminded me of how alienated I felt when I was still in there.
Cause I didn't think like everyone else and I still don't.

I have never bought into all this gift-giving, writing sweet notes stuff.
I try not to say or do something unless I really mean it.
And the fact is that the atmosphere during teacher's day is not really a good one for meeting people.
The teachers want to go home early too cause they need a well-deserved break and probably have commitments in the evening but they need to smile at and socialize with the students who are coming in to see them (what a pain).
The whole place is swamped with over-enthusiastic students.
Everyone is just saying the usual nice "We miss you soooo much" and "Oh, it's beautiful! Thank you so much!" stuff to each other.
How can one have a good talk with anybody?

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Well,
I've been making combined posts lately.
Like happenings over the past few days and stuff.
I guess it's cause I don't always have the time to sit down in front of this computer and blog.
Oh well...

YNGWIE MALMSTEEN IS COMING TO SINGAPORE!!!!
BUT I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GO TO HIS CONCERT!!!
AAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!