Now comes the hard part, deciding to buy. I seldom bought anything expensive or luxurious for myself. So I need time to think over. Nexus One also seems very nice....
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Want to buy a new phone
I really want to buy a new phone. My current phone is really nice despite missing all the functions like camera, bluetooth etc. However, the battery is giving me headache and it keeps switching on/off. My dream phone will be HTC Dream. Manufactured by HTC, running Androic, an ideal phone. Even though this is an older model, it suits my need. And it also got a real keypad unlike other HTC Android phones.
Now comes the hard part, deciding to buy. I seldom bought anything expensive or luxurious for myself. So I need time to think over. Nexus One also seems very nice....
Now comes the hard part, deciding to buy. I seldom bought anything expensive or luxurious for myself. So I need time to think over. Nexus One also seems very nice....
Friday, March 5, 2010
My ECA Experiences - Reminiscing The Past
ECA stands for Extracurricular activities. From wiki, it simply means activities performed by students that fall outside the realm of the normal curriculum of school or university education.
When I was in primary school, I was not that interested in ECAs. I wasn't even sure what is it all about. Starting from primary 4 in my school, we were required to join at least one club/society. In primary 5, I joined the badminton club. Every Saturday, I just went to school and played badminton with Ah Boon. I think that was the time when I was fittest :) In primary 6, Ah Fai asked me to join St John Ambulance. At first when I saw the name 圣约翰救伤队, I was like what the heck? This name was so long and weird!!!! Anyway, that started my involvement in St John Ambulance which continues till now. During primary 6, seniors from SMJK Pei Yuan will come down regularly to teach us first aid and foot drill. That was all the ECAs my primary school. As primary school students, we were not expected to organise events, but more to participate and learn.
After that was secondary school. I spent my Form 1 and half of Form 2 in SMJK Pei Yuan. After that, I transferred to SMK Sentosa and studied there till Form 5. In Pei Yuan, you are only required to join ECAs starting From 3. Initially, I planned to slack all the way through Form 1 & 2. So when the representative from St John Ambulance came to our classroom to recruit new members, I did not sign up. However, my mom, unlike other moms who discourage their sons/daughters to join ECA, encourage me to join St John Ambulance. I had forgotten what was her reasons. I think a few years later she regretted this decision as I become more and more involved in St John Ambulance. Anyway, I attended one of the weekly meetings of St John Ambulance and became one of the member. This started one and a half year of hell for me.
Every Saturday, we were required to reach school by 745am. After taking attendance, we will split into different years. We had only two activities, which was learning first aid and foot drill. A typical Saturday will be like this. 800-930am: Foot drill, 930-1130am: Learnig First Aid, 1130am-1200pm: Foot drill. Normally we will be dismissed around 1230pm. Those were the busiest and most tiring Saturdays I ever had in my life. It was because I still had English tuition class at 1245pm.
During the May holiday, our division will have our annual training camp. It was during that time that I was pushed to my limit. I remember one particular afternoon when we were practising foot drill. We kept on doing "Ke Belakang Pusing" while "Cepat jalan". We went back and forth for more than 100 times. My vision blurred that time and I could not see a thing. Everything was pink and red in my eyes. It recovered after a few minutes but it did scare me for a while. On the next morning, I really did not want to go back to school for the second day of camp. As the alarm clock in my parents room were spoiled(not because of me), they did not come and wake me up as usual. I was lying on my bed, hoping that they will keep on sleeping until 8am, when it will be too late for me to go to school on time. However, they woke up around 745 and quickly rushed me to wash up and drove me to school. I could not say anything but to follow and reached school just on time. I finished the camp unharmed but it was unforgettable.
When I was in Form 2, a new school had opened in my town. Ministry of Education decided to relocate all the students living near the area to the new school. Some complied, like me and others applied to go back to their original schools. As this is a new school, everything is still not established. I joined the St John Ambulance and was elected as Vice President. (At that time, the school only has Form 1, 2 and 4 students) As I was still blur blur that time, I did nothing. Luckily for our school, there were two very active girl in Red Cross, Pui Ying and Hui Min. They were also members of St John Ambulance in Pei Yuan before ths. They did everything needed to form a division in Sentosa. They went to consult seniors, they went to Headquarters, the did all the necessary admin work. In the end, a Sarjan, Weng Kit became the officer of our division. In first ever meeting between 4 of us, Pui Ying was appointed as President, Hui Min as Secretary and I was the Treasurer. I kept on holding that position until I graduated from SMK Sentosa.
The three years in Sentosa division was not easy for all of us. As it was a new division, many things needed to be established and worked out. Pui Ying and Hui Min did most of the work while I was slacking around. This became one of my greatest regret in life. I was the top student in my school. This may sound like boasting, but I really could do very well without much studying. The same thing cannot be said for both of them. Instead of putting more effort in division, I spent most of time daydreaming and fooling around. Looking back now, I really wish that I had done more at that time. And then I vowed that I shall never let my friends down. I shall always share their burden. Pui Ying was under alot of stress as president and she decided to resign. I was asked whether I wanted to be the president. As usual, I backed off from responsibility and said no. Hui Min become our president instead and this proved to be great choice. Under her lead, our division started to accomplish more things. Our teams won many prizes in Area Comp and represented Central Area to State Comp. In State Comp, our Nursing Cadet team emerged as the first runner up, narrowly missed the chance to represent Perak State in National Comp. We also organised our first Division Camp, first Cooking Competition and so on. We became one of the most active clubs/societies in the school and received a lot of support.
When I was in primary school, I was not that interested in ECAs. I wasn't even sure what is it all about. Starting from primary 4 in my school, we were required to join at least one club/society. In primary 5, I joined the badminton club. Every Saturday, I just went to school and played badminton with Ah Boon. I think that was the time when I was fittest :) In primary 6, Ah Fai asked me to join St John Ambulance. At first when I saw the name 圣约翰救伤队, I was like what the heck? This name was so long and weird!!!! Anyway, that started my involvement in St John Ambulance which continues till now. During primary 6, seniors from SMJK Pei Yuan will come down regularly to teach us first aid and foot drill. That was all the ECAs my primary school. As primary school students, we were not expected to organise events, but more to participate and learn.
After that was secondary school. I spent my Form 1 and half of Form 2 in SMJK Pei Yuan. After that, I transferred to SMK Sentosa and studied there till Form 5. In Pei Yuan, you are only required to join ECAs starting From 3. Initially, I planned to slack all the way through Form 1 & 2. So when the representative from St John Ambulance came to our classroom to recruit new members, I did not sign up. However, my mom, unlike other moms who discourage their sons/daughters to join ECA, encourage me to join St John Ambulance. I had forgotten what was her reasons. I think a few years later she regretted this decision as I become more and more involved in St John Ambulance. Anyway, I attended one of the weekly meetings of St John Ambulance and became one of the member. This started one and a half year of hell for me.
Every Saturday, we were required to reach school by 745am. After taking attendance, we will split into different years. We had only two activities, which was learning first aid and foot drill. A typical Saturday will be like this. 800-930am: Foot drill, 930-1130am: Learnig First Aid, 1130am-1200pm: Foot drill. Normally we will be dismissed around 1230pm. Those were the busiest and most tiring Saturdays I ever had in my life. It was because I still had English tuition class at 1245pm.
During the May holiday, our division will have our annual training camp. It was during that time that I was pushed to my limit. I remember one particular afternoon when we were practising foot drill. We kept on doing "Ke Belakang Pusing" while "Cepat jalan". We went back and forth for more than 100 times. My vision blurred that time and I could not see a thing. Everything was pink and red in my eyes. It recovered after a few minutes but it did scare me for a while. On the next morning, I really did not want to go back to school for the second day of camp. As the alarm clock in my parents room were spoiled(not because of me), they did not come and wake me up as usual. I was lying on my bed, hoping that they will keep on sleeping until 8am, when it will be too late for me to go to school on time. However, they woke up around 745 and quickly rushed me to wash up and drove me to school. I could not say anything but to follow and reached school just on time. I finished the camp unharmed but it was unforgettable.
When I was in Form 2, a new school had opened in my town. Ministry of Education decided to relocate all the students living near the area to the new school. Some complied, like me and others applied to go back to their original schools. As this is a new school, everything is still not established. I joined the St John Ambulance and was elected as Vice President. (At that time, the school only has Form 1, 2 and 4 students) As I was still blur blur that time, I did nothing. Luckily for our school, there were two very active girl in Red Cross, Pui Ying and Hui Min. They were also members of St John Ambulance in Pei Yuan before ths. They did everything needed to form a division in Sentosa. They went to consult seniors, they went to Headquarters, the did all the necessary admin work. In the end, a Sarjan, Weng Kit became the officer of our division. In first ever meeting between 4 of us, Pui Ying was appointed as President, Hui Min as Secretary and I was the Treasurer. I kept on holding that position until I graduated from SMK Sentosa.
The three years in Sentosa division was not easy for all of us. As it was a new division, many things needed to be established and worked out. Pui Ying and Hui Min did most of the work while I was slacking around. This became one of my greatest regret in life. I was the top student in my school. This may sound like boasting, but I really could do very well without much studying. The same thing cannot be said for both of them. Instead of putting more effort in division, I spent most of time daydreaming and fooling around. Looking back now, I really wish that I had done more at that time. And then I vowed that I shall never let my friends down. I shall always share their burden. Pui Ying was under alot of stress as president and she decided to resign. I was asked whether I wanted to be the president. As usual, I backed off from responsibility and said no. Hui Min become our president instead and this proved to be great choice. Under her lead, our division started to accomplish more things. Our teams won many prizes in Area Comp and represented Central Area to State Comp. In State Comp, our Nursing Cadet team emerged as the first runner up, narrowly missed the chance to represent Perak State in National Comp. We also organised our first Division Camp, first Cooking Competition and so on. We became one of the most active clubs/societies in the school and received a lot of support.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
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Saturday, February 6, 2010
A Pretty Hectic Week
1 Feb - Had to rush my URECA poster. Spent two hours in SIMTech Project Room to edit the poster and get approval from both my supervisors. Ran around N3. After that, I helped the blood officers to move the tables and chairs. In the end, I realised that I had screwed up big time. Won't share the details here.
2 Feb - Helped Umer to put up banner at Boon Lay interchange. Had a short EID meeting. Went all the way to Hall 11 to standby for meeting just to have the venue changed to old Can A. Discussed about Run Round Singapore with Elisha. Realised that this will be a big, troublesome and tiring event. After meeting, went to LDP room to celebrate Yee Teng's birthday.
3 Feb - Wanted to slack in my room for the whole morning. In the end Kelly from HPB called me and spend the whole morning spamming others mailbox. Had my first peer tutoring session for the semester. Response was weak because of the late publicity.
4 Feb - Spend almost the whole afternoon at SAC for blood drive. Nothing much to do there since we had enough manpower. Helped to be blood buddy and did lecture announcement. Weslie really enjoyed being the blood buddy. Went out with Wencin to buy cake for KC. Celebrated his birthday at the new HSS building. Also realised that it is a good place to study with cold/hot water, snacks and benches.
5 Feb - Lots of class. Sucked at drawings. Also helped with blood drive before going to peer tutoring. Still needs more publicity to attract more Year 1 students. Enjoyed the performance at LDP Got talent but did not enjoy the part where we carried all the logistics back to LDP room.
6 Feb - Project RICE. Had a great time with my team. I salute the committee for doing such a great job. Writing this blog
7 Feb - Project RICE. Planning to go eat at Clementi with Qeishians.
2 Feb - Helped Umer to put up banner at Boon Lay interchange. Had a short EID meeting. Went all the way to Hall 11 to standby for meeting just to have the venue changed to old Can A. Discussed about Run Round Singapore with Elisha. Realised that this will be a big, troublesome and tiring event. After meeting, went to LDP room to celebrate Yee Teng's birthday.
3 Feb - Wanted to slack in my room for the whole morning. In the end Kelly from HPB called me and spend the whole morning spamming others mailbox. Had my first peer tutoring session for the semester. Response was weak because of the late publicity.
4 Feb - Spend almost the whole afternoon at SAC for blood drive. Nothing much to do there since we had enough manpower. Helped to be blood buddy and did lecture announcement. Weslie really enjoyed being the blood buddy. Went out with Wencin to buy cake for KC. Celebrated his birthday at the new HSS building. Also realised that it is a good place to study with cold/hot water, snacks and benches.
5 Feb - Lots of class. Sucked at drawings. Also helped with blood drive before going to peer tutoring. Still needs more publicity to attract more Year 1 students. Enjoyed the performance at LDP Got talent but did not enjoy the part where we carried all the logistics back to LDP room.
6 Feb - Project RICE. Had a great time with my team. I salute the committee for doing such a great job. Writing this blog
7 Feb - Project RICE. Planning to go eat at Clementi with Qeishians.
Monday, January 11, 2010
A New Start
Well, it has been a long time since I last updated this blog. I was really busy with studies, exams, Project Kasih 2009 and so on.
I am starting my 4th semester in NTU. I am hoping that a fresh new start will motivate me to do better this year. Last semester was a disaster for my grades as I got 3A-, B+, B, B- and D+. Needless to say, my CGPA now dropped just below first class. If I want to graduate with first class honours, I cannot slack off even abit for the next two and a half years in NTU.
Despite saying that, I enjoyed my last semester. I had fun in both LDP and Red Cross. I made more friends and learned more things. Even though it was stressful at times, especially when LDP Peer Tutoring Session had some many problems, the support from my fellow LDPians really helped me a lot.
Project Kasih 2009 was in interesting experience. I really enjoyed interacting with the kids from the orphanage and also the LTC staffs. Learning to cook was a big challenge for me during the trip as I had never cooked before. Nonetheless, it was fun as we work as a team. However, I did miss the nice food in Cambodia whenever I was eating in Nias. It did not help when LDP Project L.O.V.E. Team members told me that they were treated to 20 course meals every day.
I don't have any big plan for year 2010, just 3 main goals:
1) Study hard and get first class
2) Involve in Red Cross & LDP and enjoy myself
3) Make more friends in Uni
I am starting my 4th semester in NTU. I am hoping that a fresh new start will motivate me to do better this year. Last semester was a disaster for my grades as I got 3A-, B+, B, B- and D+. Needless to say, my CGPA now dropped just below first class. If I want to graduate with first class honours, I cannot slack off even abit for the next two and a half years in NTU.
Despite saying that, I enjoyed my last semester. I had fun in both LDP and Red Cross. I made more friends and learned more things. Even though it was stressful at times, especially when LDP Peer Tutoring Session had some many problems, the support from my fellow LDPians really helped me a lot.
Project Kasih 2009 was in interesting experience. I really enjoyed interacting with the kids from the orphanage and also the LTC staffs. Learning to cook was a big challenge for me during the trip as I had never cooked before. Nonetheless, it was fun as we work as a team. However, I did miss the nice food in Cambodia whenever I was eating in Nias. It did not help when LDP Project L.O.V.E. Team members told me that they were treated to 20 course meals every day.
I don't have any big plan for year 2010, just 3 main goals:
1) Study hard and get first class
2) Involve in Red Cross & LDP and enjoy myself
3) Make more friends in Uni
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
忙到爆炸死掉
Really busy lately. I messed up a lot of things and delayed a lot of things also. Not feeling quite right. Always talking alot and complaining. Dunno why.
LDP got Peer Tutoring and Peer Lecture. And with the freshies coming in, I need to allocate them and work together as a team. I am not sure whether I can do well, making sure that they have enough opportunity to learn and grow in my department.
Red Cross First Aid is always bombarded with first aid request. Just finished the SFA course which took 6 days of my precious recess week. Then OLS and Health Awareness Day planning are coming up.
Studies seem to be the least important thing to me right now, but yet the ultimate goal of uni is to get a degree. Tonnes of works are piling up without me noticing, reaching up to 50 tutorials yet to be done. I have been a useless member in EID group, contributing nothing. I almost never do my lab project, every time also feel paiseh in front of prof. There is still my URECA project, dealing with dynamic resource allocation (I have a REALLY hard time understanding)
I am going through a big change in my life. Since primary school, I have never stretched my limits. I never had trouble with studies, was never overwhelmed by CCAs, and never stayed up late until 4 to do things. From a superslack first year, I become a very busy second year. I am still coping with everything and learning. Hope I survive this.
LDP got Peer Tutoring and Peer Lecture. And with the freshies coming in, I need to allocate them and work together as a team. I am not sure whether I can do well, making sure that they have enough opportunity to learn and grow in my department.
Red Cross First Aid is always bombarded with first aid request. Just finished the SFA course which took 6 days of my precious recess week. Then OLS and Health Awareness Day planning are coming up.
Studies seem to be the least important thing to me right now, but yet the ultimate goal of uni is to get a degree. Tonnes of works are piling up without me noticing, reaching up to 50 tutorials yet to be done. I have been a useless member in EID group, contributing nothing. I almost never do my lab project, every time also feel paiseh in front of prof. There is still my URECA project, dealing with dynamic resource allocation (I have a REALLY hard time understanding)
I am going through a big change in my life. Since primary school, I have never stretched my limits. I never had trouble with studies, was never overwhelmed by CCAs, and never stayed up late until 4 to do things. From a superslack first year, I become a very busy second year. I am still coping with everything and learning. Hope I survive this.
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