Fifteen.

Long overdue. Went for a JC classmate's surprise birthday party last month. Let me tell you, he WAS surprised. I guess few guys get big wonderful surprise birthday parties/dinners, yah? I shall keep mine low-key. AND NO KKGK.

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Picture 73: Baobei and Me at the celebration of a JC classmate's surprise 21st birthday dinner.



Picture 74: All acting cute; Momok, Baobei, Me and Lufi.



Picture 75: Birthday boy on the left, getting a LIVERPOOL jersey, while the Menace presents it to him, manager-style.



Picture 76: No, we weren't drinking anything alcoholic. C'mon, we had $20 tofu for dinner. It was a health food restaurant.



Picture 77: Yay, 01S16!!! 

Fourteen.

I just saw my tagboard, and GodSpeed is asking for me to update. Update simi! The last update was at the beginning of the month! But well, since I'm bored and have nothing better to do, might as well occupy my mind by putting up more pictures. Blogger/Hello is hosting them anyway. d=

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Kai Outing on 21st Dec 04
(yes, I know it's still last year)


Picture 69: Meimei and Wai. My flash was too bright.



Picture 70: Zach (visitor from UBC), Zhenfeng and Yasashii-Man. One of my favourite pictures.

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JC Class Outing (sort of) on Hari Raya Haji


Picture 71: VJC 01S16 guys. Not all of them, just a few.





Picture 72: My Baobei took this picture of me. 

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Whee.

Thirteen.

All well, term has started. Modules that I'm taking this sem:

EL1101E - The Nature of Language
EN2113 - Reading Film and Cultural Texts
MA2202 - Algebra I
MA3110 - Analysis
MA3215 - 3-Dimensional Differential Geometry

As you can see, I'm going to kill myself by taking another Calculus module (MA3215). As the lecturer said, "It is not easy." It's like taking Advanced Calculus I all over again, but worse. Also, Analysis is taught by a visiting prof with the very odd name of Lian Bong Hor. While looking for his transparency marker today, he said, "I shall use a different colour... if only I can find my damn pen." Also: "Why the hell do we want to study Real Number systems? Anybody?"

Why are all the level 3000 maths modules are being taught from a textbook? This is the first time I have to buy textbooks, because everything taught will be "following the textbook very closely". There's always the option of selling them off next sem. d=

Goodbye!

Picture 66: NUSKK with Kato Sensei at Changi Airport, 1st Jan 2005

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Byebye, Kato sensei... Hopefully, he'd be back in 10 months, like he promised. He's the first sensei I ever learnt Kendo from, and I'm extremely grateful for his patience with beginners. I'll miss his little letters that he gives out on special occasions. Also his "hohoho!" and "very goot!". Ah, heck, I'll miss Kendo without him.

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More pictures!


Picture 67: Saizou, Meimei, Me, with Lambchops Leesar peeking over our heads.



Picture 68: Gathering outside the Departure Hall.

Kendo Camp 2004

Kendo Camp '04 01: "Let me show you how to use this microwave oven..."



Kendo Camp '04 02: "I think we need naps. zZzz..."



Kendo Camp '04 03: Caught in the act.



Kendo Camp '04 04: Waiting for dinner.



Kendo Camp '04 05: Uncle Brown Nut doing the boogie woogie.



Kendo Camp '04 06: "Let me tell you the effectiveness of Oolong Tea."



Kendo Camp '04 07: Look at the big bruise!



Kendo Camp '04 08: Enjoying a game of daidee.



Kendo Camp '04 09: Uncle Brown Nut acting camera shy while trying to be intellectual.



Kendo Camp '04 10: Kimchi mei mei acting cute again... d=



Kendo Camp '04 11: In deep thought, mentally preparing herself for the showdown with Takeuchi sensei.



Kendo Camp '04 12: "Do not mess with me, I am a Kendoka!"



Kendo Camp '04 13: NUSKK, end of 3 day camp, together with Kato sensei and Renata sensei. 

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If you're from NUSKK, please poke me for the *.zip file that contains many scandalous pictures. =D

animated picture

I made this last night after finding out that I can use Adobe ImageReady 7.0 to make animated graphics. o.O I learn new things everyday! So... let me share something that I made:



=D

I hope Uncle Brown Nut doesn't kill me for this.

The Sims 2

Are you curious what I've been up to since the last post?


The Sims2: Don't repair your computer if you have low mechanical skills.



The Sims2: You will get electrocuted and look like that.



The Sims2: Looking chao-ta isn't exactly very glamourous.



The Sims2: This is what happens when you don't have a fire alarm, and you have lousy cooking skills.



The Sims2: This is what happens when the maid, whom you're having an affair with, catches you sleeping in the same bed as your wife. 

Yes, I've been screwing up Sims' lives. Hehe. Life is what happens to you when you're not noticing... unless you're a Sim, then it's MY choice. Romance, Knowledge, Fortune, Popularity, Family... 5 reasons to live if you're a Sim2 sim.

Pictures, pictures.

Picture 61: Different points.



Picture 62: Blazing shinais.



Picture 63: Ooo would you look at that?



Picture 64: So dark...



Picture 65: This is a nice picture. 

More Kendo Pictures.

Because the MA2108 (Advanced Calculus II) test in about eight hours is gone case, and because I can't resist doing something on the comp.

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Picture 55: We should do this to our shinais too.



Picture 56: Kendoka taking a moment of silence.



Picture 57: Kata from a different angle, literally.



Picture 58: Taken from the same website as the picture above. I kinda miss this particular exercise.



Picture 59: For some reason this picture reminds me of Yasashii Man. Maybe I'm starting to recognise people in their bogu!



Picture 60: Many many more shinais today. 

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And that's all for tonight, folks.

Kendo Pictures.

I was bored last night and went to search for "Kendo Pictures" on Google. Found many nice ones! But I think too many pictures at one shot will take a long time to load, so here are some pictures for now:

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Picture 50: Kid looking at Kendoka training.



Picture 51: Can you see those shoes? We're not the only ones who train in shoes!



Picture 52: How do they practice???



Picture 53: Apparently you can train anywhere...



Picture 54: I think this is a nice labelled picture of a shinai.