Holiday in July

During this holiday, I work like hell..
Plus the YOG is around the corner and the university side gives priority to all the YOG related person such as the committee members, athletes and volunteers. The students who want to stay in the campus encounter problems of accommodation.

Last few weeks(I think 3 weeks ago), I was struggling with SAO(student affairs office) to ask for accommodation on campus. After struggling with ridiculous reasons and with the advantage of first round room excuse, I got the room..It's like heaven if you have your own room and not staying in your friends' room where you will cause inconvenience for your landlord.(E.g. I saw my landlord was about to kiss his gf on the bed, and I was just like going into the scenery without giving any notification.)

With extra space in the room now, I always want to go out to buy some books to store in the room and I do.
Buy the books which are really quite widen my view towards the hidden ones. And also, with the holiday will end in the end of August and the Freshmen Orientation Activities(FOA) will be coming up at that time, I will be very busy and probably cannot go for the first lesson of the week.

Whether it's managable or not, I feel that NTU has promoted itself towards another tier in the world university's ranking. Though it's still far behind NUS or any other universities in the region. I still prefer this university as it provides a lot opportunities with just one certificate( as for the slogan of the EEE school..)

Holiday in July, why it's terrible? Because I really hate holidays and love it also at the same time.
Terrible because I had the mixed feelings again!
This kinda feeling came back and found me..I tried to resist it..
And I think the most important thing is when I chat with someone important now, I feel I am comfortable and soothing...a very nice feeling going through my soul...

Well, hopefully August( busy with FOA while working), will be a better month to come..
I just want to enjoy my holidays..especially weekends..buy more things...or save money for the next item spotted-----> Digital SLR camera...probably the cheapest one in my list...

Something that shocked me in the morning

For all people in Malaysia or in Singapore, people who embrace Islam cannot touch or eat non-halal food like pork and wine...well, this is a stereotype that we all know and we know that everywhere you are, all Muslims are all the same....Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Singapore, etc...

For some reasons which I have no idea why is like that, and to my shock too, Uzbekistan's Muslims eat pork and drink beer/wine ---> hard drinks!!!

My supervisor in Lee Wee Nam Library in NTU just came back from her trip in Korea and Uzbekistan. She told us her story during the trip and she is a Muslim. And usually for all of us as known, Muslims eat only halal food..What's halal food anyway? Is it non-pork and non-hard drink related considered as Halal? Maybe the chicken can be considered as non-halal too if the chicken is slaughtered in a brutal way...

Well, in Uzbekistan, the Muslims eat pork because it's part of their culture and they rear pigs since many many years ago. Uzbeks are farmers in a place called steppe( a inland meadow ). They rear pigs and chicken. But, they also have cow in my opinion. OK, maybe the cow they rear need more water than others. Uzbekistan, geographically is isolated from the sea and they hardly find water source except by one way, the river that flows from Aral Sea to Artic...This river has been stopped flowing for years and the river has become a lake instead of flowing motion thing.

They eat pigs, and I don't know why..
But, they don't eat pigs during fasting month of Ramadan. Rather than eat pigs, they eat fish!
They believe that eating fish will purify every sins they have done including eating the pigs..
Why eating fish can purify everything? Perhaps this can be a very good excuse for them..

Water is hardly found in Uzbekistan. So, water is a holy source for fish to survive. And since water is holy, for them, fish is also considered as holy food for them. That's why can purify all the sins they did.

Now, for the case of Hari Raya Puasa, I have no idea whether they still enjoying the pigs or having fishes as their main course meal. But, one thing I am very sure is Uzbekistan and Turkey are the countries who embrace the same belief---> Non radical Islamic beliefs..

Maybe eating char siew or siew mai in Uzbekistan is really a nice thing to enjoy for us(chinese)

稳重与成熟

“嗨，好久不见...” “对咯，好久不见..”

“你看来稳重许多了....” “....（低头小微笑），是吗?”

“不懂哦，就稳重了许多....”

大家知道怎样分辨稳重和成熟呢？

其实，对我来说，怎样的说法都好，都无法抵消掉心中失去的那块..

稳重与否，是重（身体）还是重（心灵）？不知道...

我只能说，近几天，我都很像失魂鱼那样....眼皮快要关掉了..真的很累...

Mistakes- I would like to post it in Freakonomics

Everyone makes mistakes......No one can avoid doing those stupid and simple things..
It has been in our lives and we always engage with this kind of situation..For example, I just went back from a forum regarding to the distinguished alumni's achievement...

One of the speech, given by the chairman of the forum I guessed...He said:" we are proud to have the distinguished alumni's list in an increasing trend....blah blah blah....." " one of the sitting distinguished alumni was skiing from Singapore TO Antartic"

Well, is there any mistake in the sentence??
If you are just purely listening to what the chairman said, it's truly not wrong at all..
But, rationally, did anyone build a bridge with permafrost on top of it range from Singapore to Antartic? That's a huge project we are talking about...

Well, a simple English sentence structure mistake I bet he made... Or I mistakenly remember that that was not what he tried to convey...
He tried to said :" ..... skiing across the Antartic..."...that might sound more rational..
To be honest, I don't really agree to have a construction object built across the sea...huge project and spend quite a lot of money...

This simple mistake that I captured and listed down throughout the forum...This was what I got..
"Skiing from Singapore TO Antartic!"....from a professor...you can see....professor still make mistakes...So, don't we feel ashame when we do the same thing, do we?

And also, there's a quite funny thing to share...Once you want to climb Mt Everest, and touchwood-ly saying you found yourself die so soon and there's something like this...

Ok....I won't go and do such thing in my life anymore because I really appreciate what I am doing now...and Mt Kinabalu gave me a lot of satisfaction, what's more I want anyway?

Well....for the forum I attended just now...it's simply ok and I found that most of the forum like this are too individually cored... namely it is just emphasized in individual / self improvement...

I would like to see something new...like team work thingy...and also about some amusing things like what I have read recently in the Freakonomics and Soccernomics...really interesting if you have time to read it..

Emotional post last year

Comparing now and previous year at the same period, this year I am quite good in mood..controlling it...not bothering any negative influences that might affect my emotion.

Last year, due to the routine- working and do nothing except working schedule, and was also experiencing the financial dillema during that period...I had a bad time at that moment... Seems like no one can understand me and I did not want to tell anyone for that...not only that...I was always in the trough of the emotion....always showed the pessismistic side of myself...

Now, is a lot better...I bet I did not post any negative post recently....And also, I am also working at the same place where I worked last year...a better situation now where I got better pay....though I need to wait for nearly 1 and half month for my salary to come to me..-.=""
I think that's not the problem...as I am ok with what I've now...

Reading is really can calm myself down...especially the funny one like the one I posted recently...
It's non-stop fun for me....I found it 's interesting to read those books...though my friends said that those can be borrowed from libraries...

From what I 've learned, I grow up......
Better in emotion....I bet....

I like it~

我站着我坐着我走着我
盼望着,心早已经飞了.
我知道我想着有一个快
乐的我就在什么地方.
在快速生活找到一些从容,
在复杂世界有一点天真.
我喜欢这样的感觉,
我只想要简单的快乐,
希望和你一起拥有轻轻松松的
享受,常常欢笑,做个好朋友.
我看着没表情走在那大
街的人他们在想什么,
灿烂的阳光下解放了心
中的我这一刻放轻松.
在快速生活找到一些从容,
在复杂世界有一点天真.
我喜欢这样的感觉,
我只想要简单的快乐,
希望和你一起拥有轻轻松松的享受.
我喜欢开心的感觉,
给好心情留一个角落,
想想过去想想未来,回到最初的
感动,常常欢笑,我的老朋友.


I like the feeling in this song...relaxing~


and what I really want to convey is ...I just like it~
Want to have a great feeling...
want to have a nice one to talk to, but no one can be my ears...
I just want to have a heart with me....^^

Soccernomics + Freakonomics

ok.....looks like I have the collection which comprises these two international bestsellers..

Soccernomics and Freakonomics..

I wonder whether I will get the latest Super Freakonomics..
Fun and enjoy the book....I am really so in with them since I first saw the blog of a reporter..
It's worth to read..

意见

我给爸爸意见...一路以来，我只是在听他的劝告，
这个不能，那个也不行..

有一天，他拨电来，问我一些意见..而且满重大的..
我的mode有点转不过来..以前只是听他劝;
现在，太突然了，来个给什么意见酱的..

我就给..但是，我想了想...我到底给的意见是否有建设性..
我还怕给了一个很不对的意见..然后，又让他为难酱...
但是，最终决定还是在他手上...

我不是难过还是内疚...只是，觉得我有能力这样说服一个经验比我多的人吗？
只是怕给的意见不好吧了...

无论他的决定是怎样，我还是会支持他的...只希望他不会担心太多就好了..^^
家里孩子们都长大了，也懂事了..所以，别担心吧..可以的!

Random: World cup + rumours

Spain is still standing....

西班牙依然屹立不倒!!!!

超爱西班牙的踢球风格...让我想起arsenal vs barcelona 酱...^^

其他大热门已经倒了，但是，我希望西班牙能够继续发挥它的本色..

尤其是david villa...woo!!!! haha....救世主就是他了~~

但是，有个数据还蛮准一下的，就是...

1978'n1986' champion - Argentina, 
1978+1986=3964,1974' n 1990' champion - Germany, 
1974+1990=3964,1970' n 1994' champion - Brazil, 
1970+1994=3964,1962' n 2002' champion - Brazil,
1962+2002=3964,so 3964-2010=1954, champion of 1954 was Germany!!!!!!!!!!

所以，如果换成是那种赌徒的话，他们会相信数据还是相信booky 咧??

Rumours..

Facebook, I believe everyone is familiar with it...

and this thing..is being used as the device to spread the rumour.
.what the fuck fark!!!
totally disappointed with the people, especially close friends..

Just because a friend did sushi and there was extra rice and she gave me 
to eat as supper, 
it doesn't mean anything..stupid!

And you guys go spreading around..As I said in my previous blog, 
if you really want to do like this, why not go and study mass comm?!

Why still studying in ntu? Why not working at SPH(Singapore Press Holdings)?

Really hate that happens as it will ruin everything...including friendship..
speechless for anything 
happened last night(3/7)!

Breakfast + lunch @ newly renovated canteen 1

It has been ages ago when I dropped by at canteen 1.
And unexpectedly, I was shocked with the newly designed interior facade and it is really astonishing..(I did not take the pictures down, too bad...)

Well, there were only 3 or 4 stalls previously and now add in a few Hong Kong style dishes and also the drinks..
Not bad at all and of course, with the new interior design and the new owner, the price of the food is also better...What I mean better here is more expensive than before!!! shit!

I can't believe that this toast, previously sold just 80 cent or 90 cent, now in $1.10!!
The drinks, with no ice tea or ice coffee...they add the ice coffee with ice cream, because they (the stall owner) claimed that it's HongKong Style~~
So, I called for a normal tea....quite nice but still too expensive because previously it was sold at 50 cent, and now in 80 cent!!!!

It(The price) is really a big leap and perhaps it is done for the sake of YOG...who knows?

and of course, the quality of the food at can 1 is better than before and I hope that I can try more good dishes in this canteen in the coming days...^^( though is expensive, I still want to try it out....can't resist it when your principle of life is enjoying the food!!)