just when i thought that my time has come to take a breather, work just comes right smack at my face. i've always been someone who prefers to work alone on projects and all. Partly because of my personality, i've never been a big fan of working in a team like it's a mass orgy and also partly because i can't really work with people that i don't have a measure of their capabilities.

Labels: food for thought, personal, school

i can't believe that i have been so busy since week 1 of school till now. frankly speaking, out of the years that i've been in NUS, this is one packed to the core semester.

Labels: hall, personal, school

this semester seems to be like running on overdrive for me. over the past 2 years in school, i've never felt of burnt out despite the fact that i was very involved in hall and in the ultimate scene.

maybe this is how it feels when i actually study and do my work promptly, took me way too long to realized that workload in school is heavy eh? haha. i've even been less involved in ultimate these days to make time for the school work and the rest of my things.

the upcoming photo exhibition at the end of the month is taking up a lot of my time and energy, spent the whole day from like 11am running around places to grab prints and other stuff. had to rush back to school for a meeting for the exhibition and then rush to training in school after that. i was like so tired when i got back to hall, i just sat at the bench at the common area and fell asleep there. talk about getting burnt out. hah

another long day tmr. zzzzz

Labels: hall, school

January was a pretty topsy-turvy month for me, such that i don't even know when to start writing from.

start of the month was pretty smashing after going to christmas, new year and a week into the new year, i reach the time of the year when i reach the big two-five. so now that im a quarter-century old, everyone up on C4 is making a big fuss out of it although they're ALL only a year younger than me (less guoan, ben and eric). but well, i've always enjoyed getting older, every year i feel more accomplished than the previous and feel like im ready for more up in the year ahead.

thinking about being 25, i realized a list of things that i can probably do now, or i realize that it's happening as im 25:

• i can now no longer call myself a young adult, for the fact that i can use the word "century" when im describing my age
• i know that my quarter-life crisis is going to come soon
• thumper and similar clubs are going to have to let me in now (provided i go there)...
• .... although i should start chilling at bars now instead
  
• im now 5 years older than the year 1 girls now
• im going to be 6 years older than the girls that are coming into NUS next year....
• .... and it'll be perfectly fine for me to date girls who are 7 years younger than me :p

and the list will just keep going on and on and on....

something im amazed at myself for this sem was that i rarely missed lessons and i actually found time to do some revision every week, or at least until the chinese new year week, where the cycle was broken and i find myself starting to have backlog in my work. and i never really liked CNY anyway, for the fact that i have a very small extended family and everything is like closed during the whole period.

at the same time as the backlogs started to pile up, work for my photo exhibition at the end of february went full steam ahead and yes, i've piled up even more work from before and the trainings of my various IHG sports really didn't help the whole cause.

even as i sat down one of the nights to plan my time, i realize that i have close to no time for myself, all the meetings, assignments, revisions, trainings, jam sessions, hall events, shoots, you name it, i probably did it in january, maybe i should have taken out the revisions out to make more time for the other stuff, NOT :p

sometimes i really hate myself for wanting to do so much and not being able to priortize. i know some people find it hard to believe that im doing so much that some of them think that im talking big, i don't blame you guys, sometimes i take a step back and look at what im doing in life, i don't believe it myself either. haha.

february now, still busy, but at least i have a bit of breathing space now, im left with 1 IHG event after a tremendous result at touch and a result on the opposite end of the spectrum for basketball, now i just have to concentrate on my assignments and my long awaited photo exhibition which all of you guys who are reading are coming for!

hope feb will be fine~

Labels: hall, misc, personal, school

the scene of me making that last 3-pointer right at the buzzer but still losing by 1 is going to replay in my head for a long while.

something unthinkable actually happened, losing IHG Basketball in the prelims. seemed like something that's not possible considering our squad. guess that's why almost everyone is in an inconsolable mood now.

i didn't even realize that this is my first update in more than a month. it's been a really hectic, or rather, frantic month full of school work, photo exhibition work, trainings and shoots. glad that everything is settling down now already although im getting myself into a very big project very soon. but the monetary return might just soothe the stress that's going to come when i start that project.

more updates on a later date. time to sleep and watch the scene on repeat in my head...

Labels: hall, personal, school

the past week has been pretty boring and exciting at the same time, boring cos of the fact that we've virtually exhausted the list of things to do while expending the least amount of money. we're all in hall, being bored, tired of playing of dota and just hanging around thinking of what to do.

we were just sitting around and ruing at that fact that we didn't break the lock to the rooftop of discreetly. the hall office found out about it and ended up chaining and pad-locking the gate to the rooftop. i guess boredom drives people to do the strangest things, we decided to break the lock again, so that we can drink on the rooftop again.

we tried an array of tools, scissors, metal rulers, an even bigger scissors to no avail. we suddenly thought of all the tools used of the hall float and we managed to get a big ass metal cutter from the room and the lock was at our mercy. before we know it, we were drinking at the rooftop with sofa sits, candles, music, chips and drinks until almost 6am.

drinking to 6am was pretty much a bad mistake for me because i was suppose to meet up with the guys and lecturer from my photography module at 10am the next day to check out the photo gallery that we're going to have our public exhibition in feb.

the gallery owner walked us through the gallery, explaining how we could use the place and the place is just fantastic. it's really getting me excited about the whole exhibition already and i volunteered to help out with the publicity (what's new?) of the exhibition, so be prepared to see a lot of promotions of the exhibition when the date gets nearer.

i need to head out to shoot some stuff soon. it's calling out to me.

Labels: design, hall, personal, school

*phew* there was a bit of a downtime for the site due to some bills problem. i get kinda edgy when this kinda things happen.

yes, i've been missing for a very long time. life's been through a pretty bad patch lately, hence the hiatus. went to hong kong for an ultimate competition, came back injured, then everything started going downhill for me in life. might be because of the niggling injury caused a substantial amount of morale to do things to vapourize. i started ruing on the fact that im injured, taking one too many fags and just laze around, not working on my injury, or rather, not working on anything at all. not a very good idea considering that it was so near to my submission week and reading week (which is now).

the only takeback from all these things is the fact that i suddenly realize that i have a lot of time on my hands the moment i took a breather from ultimate. it'll be a good thing i guess, im starting to feel a lot more refreshed and i think im ready to start again (provided that my back doesn't aggrevate again).

got my first photography job for a christmas dinner through my sister and im pretty excited about it. makes me wanna take time of studying and do some preparation for the event, BUT it'll have to wait, i have a good feeling about my results this sem and im not risking it.

and yes, i'm doing photography, anyone who needs to engage a photographer or has friends who needs to, please point them my way. my online portfolio is still in the process of construction, so for the time being you can look at my portfolio here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/egomy/

ok, back to studies!

Labels: hall, personal, school, Ultimate

finally found some motivation to set up a photo blog! actually it's more like im required to do it for one of my modules.

here's the link:

http://www.egomy.org/triggerhappy

Labels: design, personal, school

just collected my children storybook module for one of my New Media modules and we're pretty proud of it. im so proud of it that im like showing it off right now. haha

Read the whole book here






anyone, interested in publishing our children storybook and let us earn a few quick bucks? haha

Labels: misc, school

disclaimer: this post might sound disturbing to some readers and may scar your impression of me forever.

it's been a while since i've felt this way. this very high and sensational feeling, one that tingles down your spine and give you a light shiver.

the sight of it gives me a very calming feeling as well, feeling in peace as it frolics around in my sight.

i've spent many hours meddling around with it and i've finally found it....

Labels: misc, personal, school

in the midst of all the madness for the past few weeks, im beginning to see a bit of light, light at the end of the tunnel that is. judging by the last 2 papers that i've had, im starting to be a little convinced that my results might turn out quite well after all, or at least it'll be much better than my catastrophic results last semester, but there is still much work too be done.

exams are harmful to people's health and physical well-being, my friends are starting to say that im losing weight and muscle mass, im drinking and fagging too much for my own good to destress, i can almost hear my body crying out to me already.

detox, i must, after my exams.

anyway, was damn sick of studying the other day, so i decided to record a short clip of a (cina biang) song that i did for a singing competition this semester (i know it's not good, stress doesn't do you too much good). proceed loading it at your own risk. you have been warned :)

Labels: school

school is starting tomorrow but i really don't feel like it's starting. i guess im still very much in my holiday mood but good things have to come to an end and this coming sem i have to work very hard. even if i have to be a model student, i have to get good results to pull up my embarrassing CAP from last sem.

i've come up with a game plan for this sem:

• go to tutorials with answers
  
• will spend at least 2 hours everyday doing work, reading or revising
  
• club less during weekdays
• attend lectures

if i follow the game plan closely, my CAP should be able to leapfrog from it's current pitiful state. just hope that i will have the determination to follow through.

this sem, i will be the MODEL STUDENT!

Labels: school