Let’s see. What was going on yesterday…
As of any usual Saturday, woke at 10+ and dang I was going to be late for tuition again. Grabbed the stuff, threw some clothes on, and rushed off to Phyllis’. Bought Yan his McSpicy plain meal and took a bus down. Bus ride was treacherous as it kept bumping up and down along the way, especially along Paya Lebar. Tried taking a nap but, owells.
Was half an hour late (again) and started the tuition immediately. Marked the graphs question done by Yan, and was rather pleased with his effort put into the 3 graphs. Neat, tidy, precise and most of all, they were all correct. No fray lines, all axis were labeled, all points were marked with a small cross, all those nifty gritty stuff I told him before were all done correctly.
Moved one chapter ahead of his school - Mensuration. Shouldn’t be much of a problem I guess.
Then did revisions for the EMS with Phyllis. Thought that she’s quite alright with the topic and thus ending the tuition half an hour early. Will be moving onto magnetism next week. Waited for her to get ready, and headed down to TPY together. Accompanied her to get the ‘square’ earrings she wanted at one of the accessories shop. Her mum threw the previous pair away cause she though that it was some “wire which fell out from somewhere”. Met a couple of her church friends before saying goodbye.
Took a bus down to Orchard and wandered around. Went to the bookstores to check out some books. Thought of getting the Beach Road by Patterson. Guess I’ll have to wait for my next tuition fee to come in. Shall keep it on my “want to buy, but cannot buy” shopping list. Sigh.
I got interviewed by a funny guy about entrepreneurship and job opportunities at the train station. He just ORDed not long ago and was working part-time, waiting for Uni to start too. Neo was interviewed too.
Remembering one of his questions, do you think $1500 is enough to set up a family in Singapore. And ya, I think so. Apparently, he gave me a surprised face, as though he wasn’t expecting a ‘no’. I guess, it very much depends on one’s lifestyle and living condition? If one doesn’t ask for much, $1500 should be sufficient to get by. There ARE families out there surviving with a 3digit income. Why not? Maybe 1.5k for them would be a blessing. No, 1.5 would definitely be a blessing for them.
This made me think of how blessed some of us are. There are people, 21 year olds like us living in comfortable apartments or terraces, and they get “allowance” from their parents. Many get like, 20bucks a day? Which sums up to $600 a month. Now, remember that this person doesn’t have to contribute any of his 600bucks to the comfortable lodging that he enjoys, the dinner he has every night, or even the clothes that puts on.
Back to those families out there. Maybe they earn a bit more. Say a couple of hundreds more. 800bucks? Family of 3. They’ve got to survive on 800bucks, paying bills, food, lodging, public transport, education, healthcare, etc.
It doesn’t take an idiot to realise how blessed we are. The fact that you have a computer or laptop at home to read this entry right now tells you that you ARE actually luckier than the many others out there. That computer you have right now will take those people out there maybe half a year or maybe even more time to save up for.
Well, anyway it is just a thought. Not preaching about anything. Hope you can think about it too. =)
Met up with Jolene and friend Ottilia at Wisma. Had dinner at the Food Republic. My 2nd time there. Had the same thing again as it had the shortest queue amongst all. Thought Jol looked sweet. And certainly much better than she was in no. 4. Alright, I know this probably is the thousandth time saying this. But, ya. You looked good. =)
Went Nude for our little competition. Faizal and Alan came too. So glad that they did. It was wild! We had drinks and had fun. Pinky tasted like strawberry milk the beer was good. 7-up was a waste of money at 7bucks. (Thank goodness we had complimentary coupons for that) We were like the “most happening” bunch of people our there. Even the Power98.0 DJ (I can’t remember her name. Oops!) had to compliment on our enthusiasm.
Managed to get to the quarter-finals of the foosball competition. Pity we were leading 4-0 but lost 5-4 in the race to 5 competition. What a waste. But all in all, it was fun certainly an eye opener. Got stunned by the girl whose shots I was trying to defend. Those shots were simply… Urgh. Let’s just say that I couldn’t even see the ball. That was how fast it was. Only managed to block a couple of them by sheer luck. Dang.
Photographers were all around taking photos for us. Thought I was kinda fun, but wonder where on earth those photos will go. Took some with Alan’s cannot-make-it 5pixel camera.
Played some foosball again with Okkar and some a couple at the other table. We were practically making more noise than the actual competition. It was kinda dark and the pink ball actually looked purple (maybe because of the dim blue light). But the all the shouting made it real exciting nonetheless.
Contemplated to stay back to catch the 11pm match between Sweden and Germany. Too bad Neo wasn’t too on for it, and off we went. Had to shout to get Otti’s attention just outside the train station. Kinda embarrassing. *smiles*
Bought some durian home for mum and dad and caught the 1st half of the match together.
Heading of to church in a while. Hope it doesn’t rain when I get there. =)
Have a good Sunday everyone.
As of any usual Saturday, woke at 10+ and dang I was going to be late for tuition again. Grabbed the stuff, threw some clothes on, and rushed off to Phyllis’. Bought Yan his McSpicy plain meal and took a bus down. Bus ride was treacherous as it kept bumping up and down along the way, especially along Paya Lebar. Tried taking a nap but, owells.
Was half an hour late (again) and started the tuition immediately. Marked the graphs question done by Yan, and was rather pleased with his effort put into the 3 graphs. Neat, tidy, precise and most of all, they were all correct. No fray lines, all axis were labeled, all points were marked with a small cross, all those nifty gritty stuff I told him before were all done correctly.
Moved one chapter ahead of his school - Mensuration. Shouldn’t be much of a problem I guess.
Then did revisions for the EMS with Phyllis. Thought that she’s quite alright with the topic and thus ending the tuition half an hour early. Will be moving onto magnetism next week. Waited for her to get ready, and headed down to TPY together. Accompanied her to get the ‘square’ earrings she wanted at one of the accessories shop. Her mum threw the previous pair away cause she though that it was some “wire which fell out from somewhere”. Met a couple of her church friends before saying goodbye.
Took a bus down to Orchard and wandered around. Went to the bookstores to check out some books. Thought of getting the Beach Road by Patterson. Guess I’ll have to wait for my next tuition fee to come in. Shall keep it on my “want to buy, but cannot buy” shopping list. Sigh.
I got interviewed by a funny guy about entrepreneurship and job opportunities at the train station. He just ORDed not long ago and was working part-time, waiting for Uni to start too. Neo was interviewed too.
Remembering one of his questions, do you think $1500 is enough to set up a family in Singapore. And ya, I think so. Apparently, he gave me a surprised face, as though he wasn’t expecting a ‘no’. I guess, it very much depends on one’s lifestyle and living condition? If one doesn’t ask for much, $1500 should be sufficient to get by. There ARE families out there surviving with a 3digit income. Why not? Maybe 1.5k for them would be a blessing. No, 1.5 would definitely be a blessing for them.
This made me think of how blessed some of us are. There are people, 21 year olds like us living in comfortable apartments or terraces, and they get “allowance” from their parents. Many get like, 20bucks a day? Which sums up to $600 a month. Now, remember that this person doesn’t have to contribute any of his 600bucks to the comfortable lodging that he enjoys, the dinner he has every night, or even the clothes that puts on.
Back to those families out there. Maybe they earn a bit more. Say a couple of hundreds more. 800bucks? Family of 3. They’ve got to survive on 800bucks, paying bills, food, lodging, public transport, education, healthcare, etc.
It doesn’t take an idiot to realise how blessed we are. The fact that you have a computer or laptop at home to read this entry right now tells you that you ARE actually luckier than the many others out there. That computer you have right now will take those people out there maybe half a year or maybe even more time to save up for.
Well, anyway it is just a thought. Not preaching about anything. Hope you can think about it too. =)
Met up with Jolene and friend Ottilia at Wisma. Had dinner at the Food Republic. My 2nd time there. Had the same thing again as it had the shortest queue amongst all. Thought Jol looked sweet. And certainly much better than she was in no. 4. Alright, I know this probably is the thousandth time saying this. But, ya. You looked good. =)
Went Nude for our little competition. Faizal and Alan came too. So glad that they did. It was wild! We had drinks and had fun. Pinky tasted like strawberry milk the beer was good. 7-up was a waste of money at 7bucks. (Thank goodness we had complimentary coupons for that) We were like the “most happening” bunch of people our there. Even the Power98.0 DJ (I can’t remember her name. Oops!) had to compliment on our enthusiasm.
Managed to get to the quarter-finals of the foosball competition. Pity we were leading 4-0 but lost 5-4 in the race to 5 competition. What a waste. But all in all, it was fun certainly an eye opener. Got stunned by the girl whose shots I was trying to defend. Those shots were simply… Urgh. Let’s just say that I couldn’t even see the ball. That was how fast it was. Only managed to block a couple of them by sheer luck. Dang.
Photographers were all around taking photos for us. Thought I was kinda fun, but wonder where on earth those photos will go. Took some with Alan’s cannot-make-it 5pixel camera.
Played some foosball again with Okkar and some a couple at the other table. We were practically making more noise than the actual competition. It was kinda dark and the pink ball actually looked purple (maybe because of the dim blue light). But the all the shouting made it real exciting nonetheless.
Contemplated to stay back to catch the 11pm match between Sweden and Germany. Too bad Neo wasn’t too on for it, and off we went. Had to shout to get Otti’s attention just outside the train station. Kinda embarrassing. *smiles*
Bought some durian home for mum and dad and caught the 1st half of the match together.
Heading of to church in a while. Hope it doesn’t rain when I get there. =)
Have a good Sunday everyone.
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