Future, Someone And Me

I don't even know how to blog this.

Okay, going out with someone tommorow.

Don't ever get any wrong ideas.

Present, CCA Mates' Outing

As with most CCA outings, you can't really have full attendance. So are really busy people, some just don't bother. I, for one, pounced on every opportunity whenever anyone ask me out. After all, I can't just waste my block leave staying at home. Eventually, 6 people went today, which was an ideal size as we were able to come to decisions fast.

Turns out everyone in the group chose to study in NTU rather than NUS, which came as a shock to me as I was the only NUS guy. Why sia? Is NUS really that unpopular? Right up till now, I still haven't heard of any of my friends going to NUS. My buddy Hao Zi's going to NTU, I'd better go ask the other guys.

Okay, I admit I'm a mountain tortoise coz this was my first time eating at Subway. And woohoo, their cookies are delicious. I wonder how they made them. It's not too crunchy and not too soft and the topping (chocolate and candy) was oh so heavenly.

And so this outing marks the first of many to come in my one week's stay away from army camps, so I will cherish every one of them. Later, we partied at Party World. Again I feel like a man just back to civilization coz I lost touch on the latest chinese pop songs. What more can I say? Time for some catching up on the latest buzz before my brains rot.

Present, Family Versus Girlfriend

Turns out my trip to The Central gave me something more than just food and scenery. Here's what happened on my trip back:

While on the MRT carriage, there was a couple having some small talk with each other. There was nothing really interesting about the talk, not that I was eavesdropping or anything (hello, packed carriage here). So they droned on about educational matters (anxious about results, whether CCA would help, blah blah blah) and the girlfriend suddenly came up with a statement completely unrelated to studies at all.

'Hey you know what? Chinese New Year falls on Valentine's Day next year.'

Do girls like to test their boyfriends on this kind of stuff ever so often? I mean what's the guy gonna say? Sure enough, the poor guy seemed kinda stunned.

'Wow, cool.'

Okay, I could almost feel the next question coming up.

'So how will you spend the day?'
'With you lor.'
'No, you should spend it with your family.'

I didn't hear the conversation after that coz I'd found a seat. And so it seems the guy had got the right answer. I wondered if I would do the same thing if I were in his shoes. Count myself fortunate (or unfortunate) that I do not have to face the dillema come next year (don't even know if I get to celebrate CNY outside camp).

Movie Tidbits, Terminator Salvation

Everybody deserves a second chance, I've had mine.-- Marcus Wright

In the year 2018, humans are outsmarted by the things they have created, machines.
The few that remained became part of the resistance force, led by their leader, John Connor.
But who would have thought that a new and unlikely hero has risen?
He is Marcus Wright, and he is part human, part machine.
He is the one who (which) is going to salvage the human race.
This is Terminator Salvation.

Present, Finally Back, But Not For Long

Wow, finally I passed out of BMT. This blog has been dead for 3 months now and I'm surprised that someone is still following it. Sorry about not blogging sia, but NS really takes everything out of me. So here I am now enjoying a short week break from NS life to blog for my faithful follower. For now, I will blog the week's worth and then head back to my new camp.

But Ying Hui here only likes 'the 5-dollar crush' sia. What to do? The story happened like so long ago liao still wanna bring up. Anyway, I will still blog it my way, whether you like it or not. But I have to give you credit for inspring me to blog again.

So better watch out, the first post after 3 months will be up tommorow.

Present, About Driving (Part 5)

I seriously wonder if I'm just not driving material. It's my 5th lesson already and I'm still stuck in the driving course. Perhaps the instructor thinks I'm not good enough. This is bad, coz learning to drive isn't cheap.

Apart from the lack of confidence in myself, today's lesson was pretty relaxed, owning to the joker nature of the instructor and the ease of driving in the course. Considering that this was the eve of the release of the 'A' Level results, I felt that I drove well. Well enough to have a little chit-chat session with the instructor while driving. Of course, this was because I was in the driving course rather than outside the big dangerous public roads.

I was like a caged bird, protected from the outside world but hoping to roam free. Perhaps driving is something like learning kung-fu, you always start with the ma pu-- the half squat position and you need to do that for years. Well, the instructor is always right. If I'm not ready, then I'm not. Better luck next time.

Speaking of luck, I guess I need a lot of it tomorrow.

Past, Chapter 3: The 5-dollar Crush (Part 14)

I quickly brushed off the kinematics question and came to the focus of the day. Her question was on functions and I didn't let her down (after all, functions was my specialty). The difficulty was how to translate my methods for her to understand. And so we started talking face to face, me answering her every question that tested my very foundation in maths that brought me here in the first place. I liked the way we can talk as if the other 2 people at the table were invisible, liked the way she looked at me in admiration.

I really wish I can just explain the math to her forever, but she understood soon after. My time was up, was I daring enough to ask for a place at their table? I lacked the courage, and tracked back to where I started.

I couldn't really study anymore for the day, yet I didn't want to go home. Just then, I noticed they were leaving but their stuffs are still on the table. Maybe they went out for lunch, whatever they are planning to do, she didn't ask me along. Me and my wishful thinking, I wasn't really anybody to her, just somebody she knew.