Home Sweet Singapore (taken from "Home Sweet Alamba")

Oh no not yet. Until 29th Nov. Yes I'm coming home on that day!!! Looking forward to catching up with familiar sights of Singapore, friends and family!!!!

My flight details (I know its way too early but I'll write it here anyway ):-

Date: 29th Nov
Time: Approx 5.45pm
Flight No: SQ 232
Terminal No: 2

See ya all in Singapore on that day!

This not-so-good week

This week is not so good compared to the other weeks. But I'm not complaing about it. Its just that I have reflected on what I've done this week.

I dont think I will ever do well on these on-the-spot projects especially when it comes to working with the other person. Do you remember the last time I wrote about my first 3d test? I was panicking at that time and I knew deep inside, I wont get a good grade for that. And now I did it again. But things were a bit different. I was working with lovely Nikki (whom I think is one of the most nicest persons i have ever come across) to come up with a little simple interactive program. She was nice not because she knew i was deaf, i mean she might been nice to me cause she understood my case but as far as i could see, she was nice even if i was not her partner. As time was ticking off, she was not impatient like me. Guess i have a knack of telling whether the person is nice or not regardless of how they treat me or not.

We didnt manage to come up with a good ending, confirming that i will never do well in "practical exams". Again, it reminds me of my O level science practical exams. By the end of the practical, I knew I faredly badly in that one and it pulled my grade down.

Then Mr Bad Cough disturbed me non-stop. I couldnt sleep at night because Mr Bad Cough was sooo active and noisy. Then next I was to give counter responses with another nice classmate. I know her from the last semester and she is also from Singapore! And is of the same age as me too!! We tried our best to ask questions as much as possible, actually she asked questions on our behalf. I knew straight away, we wont get a gd grade for this although we might pass. But its okay, at the least, I know I have done my best for those stuff. Time to move on, aye!

Before that, there was a lecture. I felt sooooooooooo bad about coughing all the way thru the lecture! I must have been an irritating bug to the rest who sat thru the lecture. Unluckily I forgot to bring my water bottle along so ya.. I couldnt ssshhh Mr Bad Cough. sooooo embarrassing..

Well I felt abit bad today. At the end of the tutorial, Ms Nice (I know I overused "Nice" but I cant think of any other good words to describe nice people) Cathy gave me a ticket as a prize for the best animator for today's tutorial. I know I dont deserve it cause I didnt do anything much, Karl helped me alot. Cause of that, I gave it to another classmate who readily took it. Now I regret giving it away coz after that Cathy told me there would be performances, music and art! Arghh... Next time I better save my goodies. I also felt bad about not listening to the requirements, Cathy was so nice to me yet i told her I posted some work of 300 dpi when she wanted 72 dpi. *rolling my eyes* It was last night, I was dead bushed and just posted it into the server thinking it was the deadline today. Should have waited and posted them with the right requirements after she told the class today!

I dont really hope for a better week, we have our ups and downs. I cant really complain, having seen alot of people suffering alot more than me. Anyway how are you guys? Drop me a message ( you can email me or click "leave a comment" to let me know how you are doing up there. (Psst, I have an ulterior motive, i wanna know who my readers are! heh)

What a small world!

Went to ask my roommate when she will be going back to Singapore... so that we can go back together if possible.. then she showed me her holiday photos and I was browsing thru her photo albums while she was calling our other fellow Singaporean roommate when she would be coming back too. I flipped thru the photos until I saw a very familiar face. Immediately, I thought I've seen her on TV, after all she is sooooo pretty. I asked her if her friend was on TV and she shaked her head. I asked her if her name is Eunice cause I thought she looked like Lily's distant cousin who is also very pretty. She shaked her head saying her name is Stella. From that point onwards, I didnt think much of her.

Then went to celebrate a collegemate's birthday with fellow baxter mates at the other college, Goldstein. It was my 1st time at that college. Looked much cleaner and quite modern. Actually it was not her birthday today, my other friend made a mistake, her birthday is a month away! But still we went ahead with it anyway.

Then went to bath. While showering, something struck me (I dunno why???) that Stella was in fact my secondary classmate!!! I couldn't believe that it struck me while I was showering!!! I knew that was her the moment I recalled being in the same class as her. Its not that I tried so hard to remember her, it just came to me easily (impossible right???) Guess I have NDP to thank for, I thought of Dad's sms that he was watching NDP live with Mum. Then it progressed to old times.... then bingo!

After bathing, I went to tell my roommate about Stella, she also couldnt believe her eyes. Stella's boyfriend is her grandma's best friend's nephew. I also cant believe my roommate and I are connected though a series of people!!! It has been about 11 years since I last saw Stella in my class! Woah a very long time.. I told my roommate if she ever meets Stella, ask her if she knows me and also for her contact. Would be great if I can keep in contact with her!!

Alright, have to read some passages now. If you have time, go have a look at a few photos that I've uploaded at http://andrexng.gfoto.com. Enjoy!

Understanding Media

I really enjoyed listening and understanding Understanding Media, the first topic of Screen Culture. Alot. Before sitting in this morning's lecture, I didnt really like reading Marshall McLuhan's almost incomprehensive passages. Its like reading Shakespeare's words! Until the great Anna (my tutor n lecturer) started spouting words about that topic. Only then it became clearer, interesting and enjoyable enough to digest stuff in my brain. Anna's really very good. Really enjoy listening to her lectures alot.

And just now, we went thru two girls' presentation of that topic and also the responses from a guy. There will be presentations and responses for every weekly topic from different students. Mine will be presenting on "The Televisual Screen" during week 5 and i will also have to engage the class with my responses with my other classmate during week 3 which is next week. The discussion (presentation + responses from that guy and a few students and even Anna) was great, accelebrated my understanding of that topic. Really enjoyed that kind of discussion! I must thank Karl too, luckily he was smart enough to bring his laptop and keep up with the class. For that subject, he always brought it with him. He thinks this subject is alot more complicated than the rest of my subjects, he explained to me.

Oh well, speaking of which, I still have to practise 3D stuff. Got a 3D tut at 3pm which is in 20 mins' time.

Will also post about last night's commercement dinner and a few photos sometime.

Till then.