Life
Monday, March 24, 2008
ppl kept encouraging me to update my blog. but it isnt I dont want to. actually maybe lah, sometimes I feel kinda lazy to put up a new post. but recently it is more like I couldnt access blogger when I most felt like blogging.
so now I will go on and gush about what happened the past week again just to make things look more alive. haha.
I have been going out a lot with melissa (the colleague, not classmate) and li hong lately. no one else seems interested wasting random time doing nothing much in particular so...
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on the 14th march (that is two fridays ago!) I bought another notebook for poly use. this time round I decided to get something that is light, small and full of battery life.
Fujitsu S6510 is kinda the no-brainer choice for me lah. it has a 14.1" screen at a size of typical 13.3" screen laptops, it lasts over 4 hours on battery and is only about 1.85KG with DVD writer (1.7KG without). only bad thing is the integrated graphics but I dont game much anyway.
so I went there with (you guessed it) melissa, li hong and her friend called wei yuan. actually only supposed to go on 17th or 18th, but kiasu me saw free upgrade to 4GB RAM for first 1000 customers and decided to chiong down at 9am+, dragging them along.
those two are obviously not conditioned to wake up early one lah. so I ended up with a few sleepyheads. melissa was also complaining about being nauseous throughout the bus ride because she didnt have breakfast.
I know they do read my blog (haha) so I thought I should just say that I am really paiseh for making them wake up so early loh. haha. some more I am dragging them along like this. like quite heartless like that.
personally I thought taking 154 to NP from Boon Lay is really a long ride as well. maybe when school starts I would take 99 to Clementi for 184 or the free shuttle instead.
after that must go configure whatever course specific-software thing at blk 72 (woo my BA block). at first those electrical engineering ppl with so many stuff to install supposed to go only at 2pm and me do first. but somehow they managed to do at 11+ also.
mine was done very quickly since I have no software to install except that altiris agent. wasted nearly an hour plus plus more while they finish their Visio, AutoCAD and Scientific Notebook installation.
after that went IMM after much debate regarding where to have lunch (one person suggested SIM University). then after after that went to their house to help them set up their stuff and cos got nth to do.
but first they went sheng siong since their bro cant end his DotA game and I went as well. pretty boring la, since I am not really buying anything. come back liao finally got into serious business. password-protected router, encrypted wireless signals, updated configs for existing computers and configured notebooks for the network. other than the small hiccup with MAC filtering everything else went well.
think I left at 7+.
oh before I forget, those two got S6510 as well, then wei yuan got S7211. everyone seems to be having the same line of thought as me, since a lot of people got S6510 too. next time if ppl steal a S6510 the first response wont be of shock but of "whose got stolen ah?". zz.
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the next day went IT Show with the same pair of sisters but with different friends (eh?). met melissa separately at boon lay, then went down to marina square starbucks to meet li hong and her (another) group of friends who are going as well.
since it is a saturday, anyone who have went these shows on weekends before will know that all hell will break loose. and indeed. just trying to cross the overhead bridge to suntec city was so difficult that some ppl resorted to jaywalking that four lane single way Raffles Boulevard. we tried to but gave up and joined the queue for the bridge.
entering the convention centre side of suntec city from galleria foyer is the next nightmare. I am damn sure I was stuck there trying to make my way through that darned doorway for 10 full minutes.
it was slightly better once we went over till we entered the exhibition halls on L4. I am not exactly sure what we did, but we visited booths like Dell, Lenovo, Fujitsu, Apple, Acer and HP. then we went to L6 to hunt down Besta. we walked nearly one full round before realising their booth is right at the entrance (=.="), which triggered one of li hong's friends to complain about the crowds and suffocation from those rounds.
we left after nearly an hour there I believe. met this irritating prick right at the entrance who tried to psycho us into listening to some talk about some savings plan. his level of persistence turned me off even further and we finally shook him off when he gave up after 10 minutes or so.
then on our way home on the train, there is this bunch of monkey boys that hails from the great boys brigade of the gan eng seng primary zoo.
they made so bloody much noise and ran and jumped around like the school had chartered the train for them. many ppl on the train gave them dirty stares but the teachers didnt get the message, smiling broadly as if they are so proud of their level of maturity. one even decided to take photos.
we cracked random monkey jokes and took photos of them, wanting to post them onto STOMP. somewhere near JE there are two little boys who acted cool with their caps, trying to impress the four jiejies sitting opposite them. (I am not lying abt this part. even the girls themselves saw it).
and that day ends with me going to grandma house as usual.
==
sunday must be uneventful.
==
monday on 17th I went to Ngee Ann (again), this time with wei lei and mx. wei lei is there for his course-specific software installation. mx is there for buying laptop. and you guessed it. its S6510.
I went mainly to correct my mistake on the Tuition Grant Declaration, where I declared that I have previously studied in a tertiary institution. stupid mistake. got it settled at admin office Block 1 Level 7 already anyway.
we also checked out the laptops for the second time since there is really nothing much better to do, having arrived at 2+ and the installation only at 4.
some PSPing and laptoping later, we went up to Block 72 Level 6 for the installation. there, my suspicion that everyone loves S6510 is reinforced.
mx and I explored the block as well since that is our future school after all. most corridoors are airconditioned and there is a windy open space cum carpark at L3 that directly faces the convention centre. how interesting.
==
the next day on the 18th, we (and I am sure you can assume the compnay) trudged back to NP to settle the freshmen orientation camp, foreign language programme and the whatever GIRO and whatever reimbursement forms that is left to handle.
the other two went for their colour vision test since unfortunate engineers need colour vision for reasons unknown to me.
I have somewhat forgotten what did we do next. if I ever remember I will tell you all next time.
==
19th was a slack day as well.
==
headed to plaza sing on the 20th to do gmask. no not me. I dont have free vouchers which a few people got without even throwing those irritating darts because of the gender difference between the promoter and them. sexist. zz.
went there and those two fickle-minders spent some time choosing and made a few changes of choices along the way before settling on whatever they want, only to be told there is no stock and must "wait two more days".
since everyone brought their laptop, we ended up surfing at KFC. surf till 4+ then go back. hmm.
==
...I will continue tomorrow. dead tired.
so now I will go on and gush about what happened the past week again just to make things look more alive. haha.
I have been going out a lot with melissa (the colleague, not classmate) and li hong lately. no one else seems interested wasting random time doing nothing much in particular so...
==
on the 14th march (that is two fridays ago!) I bought another notebook for poly use. this time round I decided to get something that is light, small and full of battery life.
Fujitsu S6510 is kinda the no-brainer choice for me lah. it has a 14.1" screen at a size of typical 13.3" screen laptops, it lasts over 4 hours on battery and is only about 1.85KG with DVD writer (1.7KG without). only bad thing is the integrated graphics but I dont game much anyway.
so I went there with (you guessed it) melissa, li hong and her friend called wei yuan. actually only supposed to go on 17th or 18th, but kiasu me saw free upgrade to 4GB RAM for first 1000 customers and decided to chiong down at 9am+, dragging them along.
those two are obviously not conditioned to wake up early one lah. so I ended up with a few sleepyheads. melissa was also complaining about being nauseous throughout the bus ride because she didnt have breakfast.
I know they do read my blog (haha) so I thought I should just say that I am really paiseh for making them wake up so early loh. haha. some more I am dragging them along like this. like quite heartless like that.
personally I thought taking 154 to NP from Boon Lay is really a long ride as well. maybe when school starts I would take 99 to Clementi for 184 or the free shuttle instead.
after that must go configure whatever course specific-software thing at blk 72 (woo my BA block). at first those electrical engineering ppl with so many stuff to install supposed to go only at 2pm and me do first. but somehow they managed to do at 11+ also.
mine was done very quickly since I have no software to install except that altiris agent. wasted nearly an hour plus plus more while they finish their Visio, AutoCAD and Scientific Notebook installation.
after that went IMM after much debate regarding where to have lunch (one person suggested SIM University). then after after that went to their house to help them set up their stuff and cos got nth to do.
but first they went sheng siong since their bro cant end his DotA game and I went as well. pretty boring la, since I am not really buying anything. come back liao finally got into serious business. password-protected router, encrypted wireless signals, updated configs for existing computers and configured notebooks for the network. other than the small hiccup with MAC filtering everything else went well.
think I left at 7+.
oh before I forget, those two got S6510 as well, then wei yuan got S7211. everyone seems to be having the same line of thought as me, since a lot of people got S6510 too. next time if ppl steal a S6510 the first response wont be of shock but of "whose got stolen ah?". zz.
==
the next day went IT Show with the same pair of sisters but with different friends (eh?). met melissa separately at boon lay, then went down to marina square starbucks to meet li hong and her (another) group of friends who are going as well.
since it is a saturday, anyone who have went these shows on weekends before will know that all hell will break loose. and indeed. just trying to cross the overhead bridge to suntec city was so difficult that some ppl resorted to jaywalking that four lane single way Raffles Boulevard. we tried to but gave up and joined the queue for the bridge.
entering the convention centre side of suntec city from galleria foyer is the next nightmare. I am damn sure I was stuck there trying to make my way through that darned doorway for 10 full minutes.
it was slightly better once we went over till we entered the exhibition halls on L4. I am not exactly sure what we did, but we visited booths like Dell, Lenovo, Fujitsu, Apple, Acer and HP. then we went to L6 to hunt down Besta. we walked nearly one full round before realising their booth is right at the entrance (=.="), which triggered one of li hong's friends to complain about the crowds and suffocation from those rounds.
we left after nearly an hour there I believe. met this irritating prick right at the entrance who tried to psycho us into listening to some talk about some savings plan. his level of persistence turned me off even further and we finally shook him off when he gave up after 10 minutes or so.
then on our way home on the train, there is this bunch of monkey boys that hails from the great boys brigade of the gan eng seng primary zoo.
they made so bloody much noise and ran and jumped around like the school had chartered the train for them. many ppl on the train gave them dirty stares but the teachers didnt get the message, smiling broadly as if they are so proud of their level of maturity. one even decided to take photos.
we cracked random monkey jokes and took photos of them, wanting to post them onto STOMP. somewhere near JE there are two little boys who acted cool with their caps, trying to impress the four jiejies sitting opposite them. (I am not lying abt this part. even the girls themselves saw it).
and that day ends with me going to grandma house as usual.
==
sunday must be uneventful.
==
monday on 17th I went to Ngee Ann (again), this time with wei lei and mx. wei lei is there for his course-specific software installation. mx is there for buying laptop. and you guessed it. its S6510.
I went mainly to correct my mistake on the Tuition Grant Declaration, where I declared that I have previously studied in a tertiary institution. stupid mistake. got it settled at admin office Block 1 Level 7 already anyway.
we also checked out the laptops for the second time since there is really nothing much better to do, having arrived at 2+ and the installation only at 4.
some PSPing and laptoping later, we went up to Block 72 Level 6 for the installation. there, my suspicion that everyone loves S6510 is reinforced.
mx and I explored the block as well since that is our future school after all. most corridoors are airconditioned and there is a windy open space cum carpark at L3 that directly faces the convention centre. how interesting.
==
the next day on the 18th, we (and I am sure you can assume the compnay) trudged back to NP to settle the freshmen orientation camp, foreign language programme and the whatever GIRO and whatever reimbursement forms that is left to handle.
the other two went for their colour vision test since unfortunate engineers need colour vision for reasons unknown to me.
I have somewhat forgotten what did we do next. if I ever remember I will tell you all next time.
==
19th was a slack day as well.
==
headed to plaza sing on the 20th to do gmask. no not me. I dont have free vouchers which a few people got without even throwing those irritating darts because of the gender difference between the promoter and them. sexist. zz.
went there and those two fickle-minders spent some time choosing and made a few changes of choices along the way before settling on whatever they want, only to be told there is no stock and must "wait two more days".
since everyone brought their laptop, we ended up surfing at KFC. surf till 4+ then go back. hmm.
==
...I will continue tomorrow. dead tired.
