大事なこと

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Dear TomHa,
Yet another core member of the Lonely Hearts Club has graduated, as he had moved on as he what he had liked. Congratulation, really. It is a club whereby disassociation brings you glory, happiness and gratification. I wonder when is my turn?

So, another mid-autumn, another year that is about to end. Time waits for no one. How true...

何の為に？

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Dear TomHa,
Had you read the papers? There is this supposedly new shipping route in the Arctic region due to the effects of Global Warming. Some of these people are like so people and I really don't know what is those euphoria for. Sure, you'll be able to travel Northern regions faster by sea-craft, but so what? It is time to despair and not to be elated over the opportunity that was presented to us. That the mighty icebergs of the Arctic had bent down to our will is just so disatrous and sad. Where are the polar bears going to hunt? Now that there is more boats to scare away all the seals and anything they eat. Sobzz...

In other news, Australian navy is paying for their female sailors' breat implant operation for psychological reasons. I wonder why...

Bastard

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Dear TomHa,
I feel so bastard.

The first thing i do when i receive those career talk or recruitment mail is to delete it. It is like so wrong...

おもしろい

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Dear TomHa,
This is interesting.. in Egypt, they actually used a cobra as a security measure against thieves of such treasures! haha... Time to hire indian snake charmers to get those babies!
Photos from bbcnews.com

Crazy week...

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Dear TomHa,
Isn't she a beauty? Coupled with incredible storm warning systems and unparalleled barometer and compass readings. It is a definite must have for any rich mountaineering enthusiast! Sadly for me, I might fit the enthusiast bit, but I am definitely not rich... sobs...

And so, another week came and gone like no one's business. In another twinkling of the eye, I guess it would be New Year's soon. Not that I am complaining anyway. My year 4 timetable had been pretty good. Managed to have quite a lot of free slots that I, sadly, spent walking around and doing nothing productive. I had reached some sort of bottleneck with my FYP, with my sensors reporting that there are something within its range when there was nothing. Spooky. So glad that hungry ghosts' festival is over this tuesday. And also, I have absolutely no idea what my professors are talking about in all their lectures. I seriously hoped enough information diffused into my puny brain as I fell asleep in all the lectures, no matter the time.

I should be reading up on robots, programming and more thermodynamics. But, instead, I am like spending most of the time of the day reading the newspaper. Imagine 2h spent in the canteen or engin mac reading the news of the day. How boring had I gotten... Hence, some of the latest happenings that had caught my interest:

Mr Dave Teo Ming went AWOL with a SAR21
Perhaps all the RPs had heard about what I am doing with my FYP and decided that they can take a break. Please don't... My sensors can only sense those good brothers.

Luciano Pavarotti died, aged 71
One of the most incredible voices that I had ever listened to, Mr Pavarotti had left the world, leaving us mortals depressed over the lost of such a larger than life personality. Check out his orbituary here

Nothing much else. The rest of the news are always the same, though more interesting than any modules that I am doing.

Oh and before I forget. Saw this somewhere. If you had beedn reading Archie since young, check this out! It is incredible that someone actually spends time and effort in bloggin about these fictional characters' life, away from the comics. And yah... I still think Betty most chio.

Eerie
Originally uploaded by Minas Morgul.

悲しい

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没有拥有过，又如何失去呢？
でも，どうして今の気持はすごくわるい？

Somebody's smokin!
Originally uploaded by Minas Morgul.

Inclement weather

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Dear TomHa,
No... this blog is not turning into a photo blog. The only reason why I am updating from flickr is because it takes such a long time to log in into blogger. So troublesome. Hence the photos in each and every post recently. Guess it will remain this way until I find a solution. Some photos are chosen to fit in with the theme of the post, others are just ermm... used because I had to use flickr to post...

Well... the first 2 weeks of school had ended, at least for me and next week is tutorial starting week. I have no tutorials or lab... so it is the same. Anyhow, many meetings, many old faces, and also, many of the same of grumbles about school and engine. Robotics is so hard. Thermodynamics saps so much brain juice. FYP is a i-dono-how-to-do-kind-of-thing. So, hmmm... oh ya... i got reprimanded for scolding in lecture for sleeping on the first day. How auspicious. The lousy thing about technical electives is that the class is so freaking small that lectures are not much different from tutorials. I miss those year 1 year 2 days of mass lecture. Wohhooo! Sleep until no one's business. This sem results confirm chui3 liao la like that... cannot sleep in class how to have energy to go home and mug! lol....

And then Xinru had her birthday celebration beside a pool, met up with fellow lonely hearts' club members to wallow in our self-pity, only to find out that one of our prominent members had disowned us... which is not much of a big problem since we don't see him around in the usual meetings... as in he's there, but we cannot see him... hope it is clear enough.

Cheers to a doomed semester!

Sitting out
Originally uploaded by Minas Morgul.

Sitting Out

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Dear TomHa,
I like this photo, quite a lot... Very good memories indeed of the good times spent in New Zealand. Dannies and Hock are the 2 leads in this photo, against a backdrop of whiteout, very nostalgic feeling indeed. I miss those days.

Anyway, I watched Bourne Ultimatum today and must say that it deserved all the accolades that it got, including the rare 5 star by ST's film correspondent Ong Sor Fern. I always followed her reviews, disagreeing with few of them and must say that her 5 stars went the right way this time. Good as Return of the King was, i think it was at most 4 and half stars. Fellowship of the Ring is still the best.. Perhaps as it captivated my heart on the first try. Anyhow, Bourne is the ultimate aikido master as he seemed to like kotae gaeshi and shihou nage very much, albeit doing it a little bit more violently. Very captivating movie and personally, I do not think you need to know the first 2 films to understand this one fully.

Hung out with the canoeing gang yesterday. Very nostalgic feeling, although we agreed that we had grown up as the same lameness does not seem to work as well anymore.

Cheers to maturity! or the lack thereof