Dark times

Bad things are happening everywhere today. Don't feel like going into the details. I'm sure I will remember this day.

Why does time pass so fast

So many days have passed since my last post. It doesn't feel that way in reality though. Today I for some random reason decided to clear out my old stuff in the middle of the night. I began clearing my shelf at about 1 A.M. and continued till just before I began writing this. I watched a few shows - The Adjustment Bureau and Faster, both of which were interesting, but not really good shows. I still have Shooter and Seconds Apart waiting for me to watch.

Anyway just to recap - the past few days have been like this (as far as I can remember) :

On the 6th of June (Monday) I went to Sim Lim Square with my dad to help him get his computer. Went home, installed the OS for him and brought it back to him that very night. Everything was fully functional

I can't remember exactly which day was it, but maybe the next day I went around looking for internet prices for my dad. I learned about the IT Show that weekend so decided to look for good deals there.

On the 9th of June (Thursday) my final semester results came out. I got 2 A-, which was good, but disappointing, and I managed to maintain my CGPA and will graduate with First Class Honors. Didn't do much the rest of the day.

On the 10th of June (Friday) I woke up to an email asking me for my FYP which had been published the day before in The Business Times unbeknownst to me till then. Was kind of excited for awhile. Later in the day, I went down to the IT show to scout around for the deals alone, after which I met Kun and had some Thai food at golden mile. We discovered an air-conditioned desserts place not too far from there at textile center.

11th June (Saturday) I spent at home, only to go out at night for dinner with Alex at Dominos Pizza @ Elias Mall, afterwhich I stayed at his place. Wasn't very comfortable sleeping on the floor (with a yoga mat under me) with strong air-con and no blanket, but it was nice to just stay over once in awhile. Flash won 3-0 over ZerO btw, earning himself the Golden Badge

12th June (Sunday) I had branch at Alex's place after waking up, and headed down to the IT show with him. The queue for starhub was unreasonably long. We queued for like 15 minutes before deciding that we'd be better off without the waiver of registration fees. Alex suggested just getting the internet at a nearby starhub outlet. Luckily, that was a brilliant idea as the outlet nearby had the waiver promotion as well. But before that, he went to get a 2TB HDD at the IT show. So we got the internet, then headed down to town as he was looking for some shoes and stuff, then we headed home after he got his expensive shaving stuff from a mens 'cosmetic' shop in The Cathay.

After Sunday everything was just kinda blurry. On Monday (13th June) I was supposed to meet Kenji for lunch after his bike lesson, but it was inconvenient for him so we postponed it till Tuesday. Monday night I met Ros for a catchup session and some supper, which unexpectedly lasted till 630 A.M. He passed me some Jaga Pokkuru by Potato Farm (Hokkaido). REALLY AWESOME SNACK. AWESOMENESSSSSSS

Tuesday (14th June) I went for the much delayed lunch with Kenji at TP. Sadly it was the holidays so there werent much vibrancy in the school. Surprisingly, the drink store auntie as well as the Western food auntie recognized me even after 5 years. I must have really left some sort of impression. Anyway the food is still cheap, and tastes the same. Awwwwe. I'm gonna go back there sometime soon. I watched Source Code at night.

Multiple outings

Today I went out twice. A feat in itself for me. First I followed Kenji to pump diesel somewhere in Tampines, and then had a bowl of abalone noodle (the abalone of course isn't real abalone) at the foodcourt nearby Z's place. We somewhat verbally decided to have a lunch in TP sometime soon. Monday perhaps.

Shortly after reaching home, YQ called me and we decided to meet and catch up. I haven't met him for ages. At first we decided on East Coast Park. Then I suggested changing to bugis because it was hard for me to get there (ECP), which YQ agreed to, but upon reminder of the parking concerns at bugis changed his mind. In the end we still went to ECP but he came to my place to pick me up since he was taking the SLE TPE route. Awesome. He sent me home after as well. Awesome x2. I'm really grateful since it's rather out of the way.

So we went to ECP Lagoon food center to have some food and we sat there chatting for quite some time. Always nice to catch up with an old friend. He's already begun planning for the 2nd part of adulthood which is getting a house, while I'm meekly still just beginning the first phase - job hunting. In some sense, I feel like a kid around him. But it's good to feel young and we're all only young once. Maybe that's why I like the Forever Young song by Alphaville. Classic song.

School's over

After a really loooooooooooooong time, I'm back! This sanctuary for speaking (writing actually) my mind was stuck somewhere in the back of my head. Until now. I have lots to say but I can't organize my thoughts right now.

First things first.

School is officially over. Well unless I uber-failed some course in my final semester (which doesn't seem very likely), I will be graduating with the convocation being somewhere at the end of July. Meanwhile prior to that iconic ceremonious occasion that many university graduates hype about (I don't really see the big deal), I will have to:

1. Serve the remainder of my disruption from the army
2. Apply for jobs

It might seem odd that I have not already tried applying. Well, there are some reasons holding me back, one of which being me wanting to be very well prepared for the interviews. And that. Comparatively, most of my schoolmates have either already got a job or are fervently applying. Am I supposed to feel stress? I guess so. The burden is weighing down on me slowly but surely.

As of late I've been feeling rather bored and irate. Maybe the irateness stems from the boredom. I don't know. I've also been rather sluggish and lazy, of which partially I blame the hot and humid weather for it. Nothing exciting really happened in the past few months since the last post. Well, I submitted my FYP after long long hours of reviewing, and studied for my exams (not much effort was put in I guess because of the 'graduating mindset'), took the exams and that was that. Results will be released tentatively on 9th June. I'm kind of excited to find out if my GPA will be maintained (which will be fantastic) or if it will fall below 4.5

With the end of school comes a new chapter in my life, and I'm excited how it will turn out. My life will change greatly after this - no more mid/end of semester holidays (deep impact), meeting more people, holding more responsibilities, earning money to support the family and more stuff to come. I also recognize the fact that I'm getting older and older. By the time the next elections come I will be 30 years old. I remember back when I was 15, 30 was like the age where a guy qualifies as being called 'uncle'. How nostalgic. I'm guessing my boredom will bring me back here more often...