Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Blackberry Bold 9700 Trial
After using the Blackberry Bold for a month, it was really quite difficult to part with it when I got my girlfriend to drop it back at the Ripplevox office for me yesterday. I've gotten used to it that I'm considering the fact on getting the bold for myself.
Firstly, the whole design of the phone is a lot lighter and compact compared to my current phone, the color black, making it look very stylish. I especially like how I'm able to scroll up to read my previous message even though I'm in the midst of typing a reply because I sometimes forget what my friend replied because this is something I can't seem to do with the iPhone. The emoticons are exceptionally cute, and they make my typing easier since I can just select the one I want instead of manually typing out the various symbols. Plus, I can add a picture to the contact and the picture will appear when my friend sends me a message. On the whole, the messaging function is something that I really like, and how the messages are arranged in an organized fashion.
Though I really didn't use the BBM much since not a lot of my friends are blackberry users, but it's easy to use and also helps me to save on my messages (: I was able to stay in touch and get updates on what my friends are doing via Twitter and Facebook, and it was my companion when I'm on the bus/mrt. All these social networking sites enabled me to not only stay in touch but also allowed me to tweet and update my facebook status as and when I felt like it.
However, it took my quite some time to get use to the trackpad but I got the hang of it eventually ! I think that the red light blinking whenever a new message came in is really great since if the backlight were to light it, it could be quite distracting and once the backlight goes off, I'll forget that I've recieved a message. So the red light is a reminder for me (:
I would say that it's a user friendly phone with access to the internet, twitter, almost anything that I want with just a click of a button. Amazing what this phone can do. It's definitely not just a phone for working people or professionals. If I were given a chance, I would really want to get the Blackberry as my phone.
Thank you Ripplevox for picking me to trial this amazing phone out, I really had a lot of fun trying out the different applications (:
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Blackberry Trial
Monday, January 11, 2010
Sup people! yes yes i am lazy/busy to blog. But yup i decide to wake up and do something about it. HAHA so here i am. Okay shall start with my A levels.
A level
Well it was really THE toughest exam i every took, i was close to a nervous breakdown one night. It was just the fear and it feels like the rubberband in my head is about to snap. But i am glad its all over though still i still feel a little post a level anxiety. :S hope i will be fine SOOON... please!
So here i will get my feelings on the subject i have done.
GP- Well...Essay wasnt my best, compre kinda lifted back my mood. guessing a D
Math - went well. Guessing a A
Econs - SCREWED! Policy dint came out! HAHA. Guess a B
Chem - During P3 i nearly died from nervousness after screwing up one part, i still remember i freaking forget to draw one compound. DAM. Guess a B too.
Physics- Not much to say. guess a A.
Total - 70?
Rather sucky to have such prediction but normally my prediction does goes far from reality. :S March will be the time i conclude my assumption.
Moving on.! 2010! A new year, comes a new resolution and looking back at my previous resolution.
2009!
1. Studies - Well i am glad i did not bad for prelims. now awaiting A level results.
2. Perfect Nafa and 2 mara & 1 race - Nafa gold & 1 marathon
3. Future rolling - None.
4 Pay more attention to my family - yea i do. :D
2010!
1. Doing well for Army
2. Save 5k
3. Be a better man
4. Love my babe
Alright! all done with my new year resolution, will work on it for this year. :D
Moving on, my BIRTHDAY, yup i am 19 alright, old guy!! :( 19! I dont really like being 19. Responsibility seems crashing at my doorstep. Oh well. Anyway thanks to max how kinda reminded me on my pursue of being financially stable. :D Okay so on my 'big' day, babe celebrated my day with me with an awesome dinner and desert and of course her sweet present she made for me, I was so touched by her artistic skills. :D ADORE HER! After which babe tried to fake me to a surpise by MAX,TAK,ZX,GREG. :D thanks guys for the 'surprise' :D appreciate it. :D And to those who wished me, THANKS YOU SO MUCH. :D
Alright done with most of my major happening, i will move on to the last which is waiting for my enlistment to army! :D cant wait! Till then!
Marcus
Saturday, September 12, 2009
This will be the last time I'll blog for Marcus cause after his A levels are over, he has no excuse not to blog on his own, lazy pig. Well, term 3 has been quite a hectic one for him, flower shop, studies and of course prelims. I'm quite proud of his results for prelims (: He did rather well ! And I know he'll do exceptionally well during A levels for sure.
60 days to A levels ( plus and minus ), after that a 3 month long break, well-deserved break ! Well, I've got nothing much to say, he didn't reveal any of his childhood secrets to me anymore ): BOOOOOOOO. But once I have it, I'll be very kind and share it here, since we know he did very silly things when he was young, hamster eater 0.0 Haha, alright, see you ! (L) you Marcus !
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Don't worry, Marcus is still alive and kicking. His prelims are coming soon, in about a month's time I think ! And he's surviving, proud of him (:
Everyday is like a routine, school, study, eat, sleep. I think that is going to be his plan until the A levels end. I believe he'll do well in the end and it will all pay off !! I'm rather bored, oh, today I found out that Marcus had hamsters and rabbits when he was younger. He even put his hamster on his remote control car and drove it around and the hamster stood there enjoying the ride (: Haha, so cute ! And he named his rabbit, rabbit -.- Seriously, trust him to come up with such names. And he helped his friend look after 2 hamsters and then they both disappeared mysteriously though I suspect the first one was eaten by the other hamster but I don't understand how the 2nd hamster disappeared too. It doesn't make sense.
But, I believe that Marcus might be the one that ate both hamsters while he was sleep walking, oh my, he's a hamster killer. Haha, I shall go now, I must not expose more of his secrets (;
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Sup people!! Its insanely heavy rain and freaking thunderstorm now, it spoiled my plan to go running. Stupid. So yup my boredom staying at home force me to do some blogging about present and the plans for future of the year 2009. Well, life is really happy with her and i know there is more to come. Anyway heres to update on my results for my Mid Year Exam.
GP - U
Econs - E
Math - E
Chem - D
Physics - D
PW - A
Total = 49 Points
Well.. This MYE is rather screwed up mainly the reason of a busy schedule. But no excuse can be said for such a result. Hmm. I have worked out a plan and heres the results i striving to acheive at prelims.
GP - D
Econs - C
Math - B
Chem - C
Physics - B
PW - A
Total = 70
Yup. Definitely achievable!! :D I believe in myself. Hmm yup!! But i am not going to peak just yet. Will strive to peak around October period. But first i need to work on my GP. need to stop procrastinating. Alright ya. Looking forward to prelims then. till then folks.
Marcus
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
I should really get paid for this, I even upgraded my service and helped Marcus upload pictures. This is how lazy he can get. Well, yesterday he had picnic with his class at Marina Barrage and he woke up at 630am which is a record, not bad actually. He became chef Ng again for the day and prepared food with the help of his classmates I'm sure. And celebrated Tak Kin's birthday. Well, to conclude, he had a fun time (:
He went to the Science Centre today ! It was rather fun, and he watched Monsters of the Sea but he was like falling asleep in the omni-theatre. There's actually a lot to see at the Science Centre, it was worth making the trip down since it was all the way at Jurong East. He increased his knowledge today and learnt many new things ! Oh and Marcus wants to have 10 kids in the future but later reduced it to 5, so I asked him how is he going to support 5 kids, and his answer is the best, power pack.
" Oh, give each of them 1 packet of biscuits everyday to eat "
-.- His poor children, they will never grow !!! I think it'll be better if he doesn't have any kids in the future. Haha, alright, I should stop now before I embarrass him further (:
Oh and he's very excited because he can finally watch Project RunTHEway tomorrow night on channel 5 !!
( Hehe, I'm so dead. )
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Today Marcus went to watch " Hannah Montana the Movie ". It wasn't that bad, it was alright he says. And he loved the dance especially, so he's going to look it up on youtube and learn it. I'm sure if you ask him, he'll show it to you (:
Not bad, I'm updating his really dead blog now and I think I should get paid for this service ! I'm actually making his life sound interesting. Oh and did you know that when Marcus was young, he went to stick his finger inside the power socket to see how it feels like when you get an electric shock and he found out that it was really painful -.- Brilliant move. Hahaha !! Aww, but we forgive him cause he was a curious child back then.
Alright, I better leave now ! And I am so going to get killed for this. See you !
Monday, June 08, 2009
Marcus's ( really ) interesting life
HELLO.
Marcus is a lazy boy and refuses to update his dying blog so I'll try and revive it. I don't understand why, it's the holidays anyway and how difficult is it to type a few words here ? He's just lazy, really lazy. The time he spends researching on bouncing balls can be spent on this too. Oh and did you know that there's a super ball which can leap above buildings ? Fascinating, haha ! The only reason why he has developed a sudden interest in them is because he just got an aeroplane one today which is very visually enhancing and relaxing for the brain so he has a new found interest and a new toy as well.
He had his medical check-up today and he laughed at this boy who didn't understand the difference between tilting and turning his head. What a mean kid. They drew blood from him but didn't give him any cute bandage like the blood donation drive ones but instead gave him a normal looking plaster which dropped off -.- But I must applaud him from surviving 3 hours of check-up where they make you strip, draw your blood, test your IQ and make you do weird things.
I'm like documenting his life right now for the past week. He completed his Sundown Marathon last Saturday (: It's an achievement considering how it is his first full marathon, glad you survived and came out safe. After his marathon, he had a feast at Popeyes and had chicken overload. We'll forgive him cause he deserves it after running for so many hours during the marathon. He's been eating a lot more now, but we'll just take it that he's still a growing child (:
In an attempt to watch the sun set, he planned a trip to East Coast park for a picnic when actually, everyone knows that the sun sets in the West and the picnic should have been at West Coast Park instead ( if there even is one cause I'm not sure ). Haha ! But it's okay, cause East Coast is more convenient anyway cause West Coast is at like some ulu place, God knows where it is. It was quite a successful picnic, more like a feast ! With pasta, salad, gold fish and sandwiches. Not bad, chef Ng in the making. His hidden talent, now you all know.
Okay that's about it. And it only took me less than 30 mins to finish typing all this. Marcus, why are you so lazy ? By the time you decide to blog, which is after the holidays about your holidays ( he's trying to be humorous here ), you'll probably forget what you did during your holidays. Not a smart move ! Haha, but it's okay (: But we all agree that I'm better at this than he is, I make his blog seem more alive and his life, more interesting. I am champion (;
SEE YOU !
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Sup People!! Recently has been really busy for me. My life was revolving around the preparation for the upcoming Bowling Nationals. I am only hitting average 180+ in my past 2 trainings which is off my target of 190+. However yesterday training at our competition venue OCC was a fresh new environment for me. It was good, in the sense that I like the line my ball is hooking but the lane is rather tricky as all 5 lanes i played has different lane conditions. That's something I have to learn to adapt fast. So yea. Counting down to nationals.!! 9 days = 3 trainings !! Come on Marcus. You can do it!!
Alright, This week I had chem SPA, a science assessment. It was heatbreaking for me as I realise I made a conceptual error. The feeling sucks. But Hey!! I will take this as a motivation to work even harder for the major paper. :)
Alright lets look on the bright side. This week is gonna be a fun week!! the upcoming Rockfest , the SR Olympics.! It gonna be fun packed and exciting. Hope the tuesday Rockfest will be a good turn out and rocking high. And the Olympics will be filled with adrenaline rushes and the spirit of sports.! Look forward to the events! cheers for my school.!
Next up. I recieve and assignment opportunity from Ripplevox! Its been sometime since I last took the assignment, which was the AGVA bag thingy. So yea i decide to apply for the assignment and hopely get the assignment!!
Ripplevox, pick me to trial StarHub’s BlackBerry® Storm™ smartphone because Marcus wants to know whats all the hype with Smartphones and BlackBerry as he only owns a humble phone that can only make simple phone calls. :)
Hope my call to try the hot looking phone will be answered !! Okay then I shall make a move right now! Till then!!
Marcus
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Sup people! I am sorry i have to disappoint you time after time as you enter my blog in view for new post. This because my life is so freaking busy that i don't even have the time to turn on my dust collecting computer. Oh well what can i expect since its my second year in JC. I believe there is more to come. :s
Ok ok. Time to update a little about my life. Lets start of with JC1 orientation. Being an OGL was a awesome experience for me as i get to share my feelings and opinion on issue regarding JC life to my junior. The feeling to be able to lead a group of freshies was also a dejavu of my secondary school times. Oh well. Anyway the orientation was a great success thanks to everyone especially my OG group and the obvious my fellow Draco OGLs. :D Rock on people.
After the 2 weeks long of orientation, reality hits me with all the catching up of work that I missed during orientation. I was quite a hellish time for me as I lose my momentum that i built up during Day 1 of school. However I manage to start building the momentum that i lost through some endless mugging at nights. Cheers for me. So yup, just finish my common test. Everything was quite ok except for MATH.!!! I am sure some of my peers will have to agree with me that the paper was.. a little challenging. So this is a call for us to work harder for the seemingly far but near Mid Year Examination. For now, its a break for me to catch my breath and enjoy my moments with my friends & friend.
Oh before i forget. Yesterday we had a friendly with TJC. They played well and won. Congrats to the bowlers at TJ. Hope you enjoy the B&J ice creams. :D
Ohhhh before i forget even more, I got my sexy running shoe already.!! Awesome right. Its time to focus for my upcoming marathon.!! COME ON MARCUS.!!
P.S : You made me smile.
Marcus
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Hello World. Wow. its been a long time since i last blogged. I have to blame my rather busy life now. I have to admit that J2 life is really.. heavy but still manageable. Its like non stop homework & self learning and time seems limited. Its kinda fun though, in one way, studies makes me think less. So yea. It keeps me focus. Oh well we shall see how it goes.! Well life for me is kinda erratic recently, so many mixed feelings and stuffs to handle. Maybe i have to learn to take things as a 'thing'. :)
So yea Happy Nui Year. what great new year. Red packets keeps coming in. :DD Feels good about myself around people. It was a chill out new year for me as I dint 'gamble' much like the past year. I let me catch some breath for studies. hmm I wonder how many public holidays will come so freely like this. :) And yea. I am feeling guilty for the new year goodies that are fed inside of me. Crap. It makes me feel weak and lazy. COME ON MARCUS. Stop slacking with those excuses!!
Tomorrow the freshmens are coming in~! Wooo. Hope they will have a great time like I experience when i came into SR. :D SR moulded me to a guy from a boy. 0.0 HAHA. sounds weird. but heck. So yea. I shall stop here and hope that i will have time to blog soon.. Hope is what i need. :D Peace.
P.S: I hope the ASCIS dealer come in as soon as possible. I am dying with my damaged shoe.
Marcus.
Sunday, January 04, 2009
Yay. Finally 18. 18 marks the age of adult. I have to behave like a adult now. Full of responsibility. I know i can take up this challenge. First starting off with doing well for my As. :D
Anyway it was a great birthday for me.
Thanks to those who wish me, made me oily, made me high. And they are.
Gwynna, Ronnie, Yu Xuan, Clement, Elis, Wei Tong, Soek Khern, Jasmond, Matthew, Aaron, Gregory, Zi Xiang, Tak Kin, Jacqueline, Briana, Xue Er, Linus, Nicholas, Swee Liang, Bernice, Max, Kleff, Vera, Catherine, Cedric, Siang Yew, Janice, Donn, Daniel, Denis Stanley, My bowling squad, the aunty who queue infront of me at the 4D booth, My Aunties, My Sister, My Parents.
And yes gwynna. you were the first to sms at midnight. :)
So the day was good. Gym-ed , got oiled, dinner with family, and club with buddies.
St. James was awesome.
Anyway I gonna continue to finish my New Moon. Left around 100 plus pages.! Come on!! And tomorrow is OGL stuff plus this wednesday I have bowling compy with a couple of other JCs. BUSY..!!!
Ciao
Marcus
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
A new year, a new blogskin. Nope, I dint have a choice. My old blogskin crash. -.- but hey the new one is aint bad. Looking good so far. :D So yea. what a year. 2008.
Entered SRJC. Something different. New environment. Glad i manage to fit in rather fine. :D No problem with my academic so far, hoping it carries on till As. Well. Made great friends like max,tak kin, zx, aaron and the list goes on for all my classmates, pw group. They have been great people that make my life rather enjoyable and i wanna thank them. Thanks guys. :D
well looking back at my 2008 new resolutions.
1) Doing well in my studies
2) Becoming more cash rich
3) A hot bod
For the first one. I think i did rather fine and rather contented with my J1 results. however i know there is more to be done for next year. A levels and stuff. :D
For the second. I think.... I dint achieve it in anyway. No plans and actions on making money but rather spending, spending, spending the whole year round. Thats kinda bad. :s i will work on it.
For the third. It was rather not bad. When i first entered SR, and they told us that we are going to run 10km. i was like. thats impossible. But after months of changing. 10km is like peanuts. I started intense gyming with gym buddy, max, tk, and maybe zx. Thanks for being part of it. So yea. There is more for my bod to improve. Its gonna be tough. but i take away something i never thought i can.
So yea. heres my new resolution for next year. YEAR 2009!
1) Doing excellent works for my studies. getting As the piority.
2) Perfect score for nafa & complete 2 marathons plus 1 race.
3) Start my future rolling
4) Pay more attention to my family
So here are the 4 aims. Seems tough but marcus gonna handle it one step at a time. What i hope for 2009 is a year of endless joys and possiblities. Hope that it will be good for me so that on 31st dec 2009 i would dare say i had a great year. :D
Would like to end this post with all the best things I had or experienced this year.
My best buddy.
Swee Liang. Thanks for being such a great friend, senior, tutor, rtard. Thanks for all those tutoring of my studies, answering all my noob chem and math questions. Thanks for the runs we did together though i know after your army you should able to own me. Thanks for the guidance you gave. hope you have fun getting tekan in army. Its soon be me. HAHA!! :D cya on sat.
My great classmate
Max. ok. we. gym. train. stand chart. rock band. men healths. lead a healthy diet. go town. talk about workouts. sms ( LOL ). chicken rice. pull ups. biceps curls. and many more. together with me. Youre great with ur surpises. Hope you will get your As for As! Thanks!
My Awesome Grandma
Shes the best. what more can i ask for. Wish her the greatest health. :DD
So yup. That will conclude my last post of 2008. The next will be after 3rd Jan. Till then. Remember to.
10
9
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7
6
5
4
3
2
1
1 (Cause the earth move slower now. so we having a time lag of 1 sec. :s)
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Marcus
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Hello people. Its a long time since i blog so i decided i should now blog. Well my holidays was filled with endless mahjonging, reading book, playing game, a little of basketball, a little of shopping. But i not gonna blog all about it but rather the various party and events i had been over this 5 days. First Up.
Class 1s24 pre-christmas party
Met gwynna, jacq, wei tong along the way to maxi home. They look rather lost so i lead them to maxi home. On the way there, we met an astro boy.
Started off with some rock band 2 while waiting for the majority to come. Its kinda cool as maxi brought alot new songs. eg. paramore songs. After rock banding, we help set up the place at maxis cool 17th floor function rooom.
After the teachers arrived, we started eating and chatting around. We played some cool party games which was hosted by max, created by max, performed by tk. Well. It was really fun and it engages the spirit of teamwork, luck, friendship. Prizes was fully sponsored by Adidas and Nike. Kidding. Its was zi xiang who sponsored.
After that we exchanged presents and started packing up and most of the people started going home. Leaving max, briana, maxi, marcus. we had a round two of food at maxi home and they intro me a rather cool zombie game called. LEFT4DEAD. it was rather fun though at some part its rather scary. After which we cabbed home.
Band Festival 2008 For JC & PolyMet up with max to get some flowers and met the rest at esplanade itself. So yea we got the center seat which was rather awesome. Anyway i shant comment on the bands as mistake was heard rather clearly at some point. But overall its rather ok. Great job to those who performed; Vera, yu xuan, limin, siew yew? ( I dint see you though your name was in the booklet ) and elis.
So we gathered after the concert for some dinner. Saw cat, greg and thier GCE hongkong people there also but sadly we dint combine if not its gonna be a crowded dinner. :D We had our dinner at MOF at marina. It was great eating there. I just love the place. The chawamushi, the soba crepe, awesomeness.
After dinner we did some window shopping and started making our way home.
Party at Clement homeMet up with manfred to get booze for the party. Brought one bottle of bacardi spirit and 24 cans of beer. So we reached there and i was surpised to see some faces there. Started of with some Little noya with pizza and heineken. Got ask to played at the mahjong table and i walked away with $13.50 within 8 rounds. 2 max tai ftw.
After which the party hit the peak when wei lun and gary reached. we started drinking and drinking while playing a little bj and after which the main event. Poker. Won about $28 before i doze off from the drinks. woke up one hour later and continued the game and ended off rather quick as the sun started rising.
Went home earlier with the hougang people and breakfast at plaza. After which went home and prepare for the next event.
S149 group outing. 
So yea. with one hour of sleep and alittle hangover i went to meet up with my group members for some escape themepark. Started off with GoKart. Max finished first followed by me and then gwynna. Gwynna being the first time player did rather ok, except for the couple of bangs she did at the parking bay. 0.0!
Next we wet&wild. Max and I pose for the picture and its SUPER nice! If its aint $15 i would have brought it. After which we played some more windy rides like VIKING.! HAHA! i just love viking. Its great to feel the feeling of free fall. Gwynna was really funny with her reaction. HAHA!!
Took other rides which was rather boring. Escape have to improve on thier rides. So yea. we ended off with another round of viking before making our way to movie.
YES MAN! its a really really must watch comedy! It has the traits of a good comedy; lameness, retardness, deep jokes and etc. I really had a good laugh during the movie. A really must watch comedy of the year. 4.1/5.
After movie we mrt-ed down to cathay for some aston. queued for like 90 and waited for another 30 min for the food to arrive. Aston at cathay might wanna improve on that. But still the food was great though i was so deprived of sleep.
We get some great soya milk at the rochor soya milk and make our way home. I slept for 14 hours.
Now. I have to prepare to make my way to my mums place for some christmas party with my aunty and cousins. Hope to watch some great movie with my mums awesome home movie set up. Its awesome. Shall blog after christmas then. in the meanwhile. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Marcus
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Yesterday went out with 1/3 class to celebrate gwynna birthday. As usual the most of the guys were late. HAHA! ate at cartel. Then we bus-ed down to yx home for some chilling. Played some mahjong while the rest karaoked. After which we went home after watching little noya. We tried to crash at tk home but it seems that we dont know its home unit number. It was retarded. So yea, went home and continue my twilight reading.
So today, no plans or so whatever but! i have a things i have to do. SHOP FOR PRESENTS! grrr. partys going on all require a form a present. I am so lazy to do that. Haha! Okie dokie. I shall start asking people out now. Ciao.
Marcus
P.S: " My heart yearns for ur sight."
Sunday, December 07, 2008
Wooo. 21.1km!! I am a half-marathon finisher. YAY! Its my first time so i am excited about it. Well the journey was rather tough. I was breezing through the first 14km, after which i kinda lose my focus and i was breathing inconsistently. That result in internal abrasion at my gut. It was freaking painful. So then every kilometre was a challenge. I nearly wanted to walk, but i saw this signage. "For the pride you gain, the pain is worth it." That motivate me to keep going and I did it. The feeling was... AWESOME but painful. My legs are aching. Roar.!! After home, I did some reflection and guess what. I decide to go for Adidas Sundown Marathon. :D
Tommorrow is a better day. Ciao
Marcus
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Sup people. Back from Shanghai! Missed me? Kidding. Yup. It was great and i shall blog about it. :D
Day 1
We went to The Bund. It is a famous waterfront in Shanghai beautified by many foreign financial institutions it occupied in the past. Whats so cool about it has to be the the euporean architecture of the building blending into the chinese style of the city. So yea. we took a couple of pictures there as its kinda cool.
Next up we went to cruise on the Huangpu River; the most significant river in Shanghai. Well. It was rather cool, the wind was just nice, the view was great. Saw a couple of other JC people there too. I think its either MJC or PJC. I think we are the better ambassador. So yea.
After which was Shikumen Residences. Rather cool place. Its like a kind of housing with the blend of the west and the east. It was once a residential place but now its has cafes and label shops. The evisu jeans cost $700. 0.0! yea. but what interest me was the Starbucks there. Brought Tropical Nut Latte. Its tasted the same as Singapore. So yup.
After dinner, we went back to our hotel and did reflections. Soon after Group E did some STUFF.
Day 2
Fudan University was the first stop. It was rather surpising for me. Being the 3rd best uni in shanghai, the facilities are aint that good, or rather unpleasant. Thier domes are rather rundown and it caters to 6 students per room. 6! Goodness. On top of thier facilities, thier largest lecture room can only hold 230 students. 230 students compared to LT5 that hold at least 700 students. I feel rather dissapointed by the state of the university but nevertheless the local students there are contented and proud to be in Fudan; that is what matter most. :D
After lunch, we went for another round of sight seeing, now from an eagle point of view. First up. at 263 metre tall. The Oriental Pearl Tower. World number 3 tallest broadcasting tower. It was quite ok. Nothing much except for some photo taking. It was rather warm there though. :(
Next up, standing at 492 metres tall. Shanghai World Financial Centre; a glass skyscraper. It was rather cool. The lift was freaking fast for a start. Secondly the view was awesome, we were able to see the difference in development in Pudong and Pusi. It was cool there.
After which dinner and reflection.
Day 3
This is the educational day. First, we went to Baosteel Corparation. It is China's most competitive steel producer. Well this is one of the funny part of the trip. When we arrive, we went to this place where the process of steel was shown. It was rather ok at that moment. took some pics and went back to the bus, expecting to go to another place within the factory. But guess what. After around 15mins of the bus trip, the thing just end so abruptly. So all those sleeping in the bus like jan,sy and matt was like. "Huh? Finished already?". It was very funny then. :DD
So after lunch we went to a Singapore based company called Hyflux. Its a rather famous company in Singapore. A water treatment company that does the NEWater for Singapore. So yea. I expected more from it as it was like watching video all the way.
After that, Shopping!! everyone was looking forward to it. Nanjing street. Its like the orchard road of Singapore. Dint really get much stuff from there except for a hoodie. on the contary, sy, matt, janice brought quite a bit. Shoes and stuff. It was rather funny then as we are like rushing through shops and stuff as we got quite a little time to shop. At least elis and me brought 2 coke bottles each. Shanghai style. :D
Day 4
This is best day of all. First. We went to Shanghai High School. Its the most prestigious high school in Shaghai or China. Its like the RI in Singapore. We were welcome by the headmaster or something. He gave us a great introduction of thier school, culture , lifestyle. Its kinda cool as thier systems is rather similar to Singapore educational system. So we tour around the school. Saw some cute children studying and stuff. Thier school environment is so greeny, very nice blend of trees and flora. :D It feels good to be there. :D
After which we went to Shanghai Museum. A super cool place. All the history stuff was there. There are seals, currency, pottery and stuff. Very cool stuff. I like the seals and currency the most. I am wow-ed by the evolution of ancient chinese and how they handle things in life. Yup. Enough said about the museum. So yea we were given like 4-5 hours to tour around the museum but we took around like 2 hours plus to tour most of it, and we decide to sneak out to shop. Guess what, along the way we saw the other cliques already shopping. -.- so we were like the last clique to leave the museum. It was rather funny as the 3 shoppers, jan,sy,matt were like complaining we were being fooled. So yea. It was very funny then. :D
After dinner then, we went to catch a multimillion circus performance called "ERA Intersection of Time" Quite a interesting performance. alot of acrobat and stuff. But one thing that spoiled the mood was that, some freaking korean lady put her feet on elis and my seat. So we were like, sitting forward to avoid the feet. Freaking inconsiderate bunch of people. Rarr.
Day 5
The last day of our trip. The main event was definitely Yuyuan. Its like the chinatown of Singapore. First we tour-ed the residential area of the chinese official if I am aint wrong. After which it was shopping for the entire group. Matt, Jan, Sy and practically everyone went back with bags and more bags of stuffs. (Wonder what did they buy). A couple of us, elis, me, dint really brought much. Nothing really interest me there. I was just savouring the moments I had in Shanghai while the rest rush to get last minutes stuffs. :D
After that we head back to the airport through the Maglev train. Its the world fastest train; faster than a bullet train, FYI. It was freaking cool travelling up to 431 km/hr. :) After that its goodbye Shanghai & hello Singapore.
So yea. It has been a great trip for me. I learnt many new stuff from this trip, the culture of people, the history china, the lifestyles of local, how things can relate to Singapore. It benefitted me in one way or the other and I know in future such things I learnt will come in handy.
It wasnt only the educational part (and the shopping) of it that make this trip so enriching but the ones that accompany me makes it better. They are sy,matt,janice,jt,joanne and especially elis and many more. I had a fun time with you guys & looking forward for more. :DDD maybe a trip to sentosa for some under the sun fun someday? :D
So yea. It took me quite some time to blog this out as there are many things I had to do since I reached home. Well, one of them is my preparation for my half marathon this Sunday, 7 dec. The night after reached home, I ran about 15-17km. I was quite contented that i manage to hit such a distance after eating those oily food I had in Shanghai. Anway I just collected my race pack today and yea gonna do some training again later. Hope to hit like 17-19 km today. :D
P.S: ~~Marcus~~ ( Whats nexts )
I am back!
Shall blog soon. For now, I shall rest.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
I NEED TO TRAIN.
Bowling friendly was bad for me. Pressure and lane condition took my focus away. Had to work on it.
SO yea. Holidays are here, around 1.3 months of relaxation time before JC2 year hits us. I gonna use this short time to have a great preparation of the mind and grab the As by the horns when it comes.
Hmm, 1s24 had split into many class. I got into the 2s14. Good or Bad? we shall find out next year. So yea. Everyone was like so down and stuff. I will miss the easy and fun J1 lifestyle that i have been through with my dearest classmates. I will like to thank everyone for making it happen. Especially, the guys. And the girls. ROFL!! kk. pardon me.
Lets look forward for our pre-christmas party at maxi home yea?!
PRISON BREAK 4 IS TOTALLY IMBA TO THE MAX OF THE MAX. :D
If you dont know what is prison break by now. get a life.! :x
So yea. Going to shanghai for GCE this friday. Shall blog about it after my return. So. Until then.
P.S:~~Marcus~~( Wish you were here )
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Here is the picture of 4E2 2007 sentosa outing. Its only 5% of it. So yea. For those who want to full set. please give me a nudge in msn. :DD
I planned my friday so nice already. like wanted to go endurance run in the evening. and guess what. my freaking phone broke on me. and on top of that. my sim card malfunction. CRAP! i am back to the pigeon letter era. So in the end i spoiled my plan and went to Nokia care. GOOD SERVICE btw
After which i pay phoned cami and meet up with jas. Settled our dinner at MadJack. Hmm. MADJACK. its mad??will think thrice before going there again. :S poor jonathan with his chicken penne. ROFL.!!! how delicious can it get. so after this 'tasty' dinner, we just walk around town, browse cds and stuff. Thats how my friday ended
Now saturday. being uncontactable still. Meet up with ZX, TK, Max and we went down to Food expo. ZX being the pro, lead us through the fest. Not that bad. :D After which we rush down to Pasir Ris as we are so late for out outdoor pe. And when we at there. we are like some lostless souls running around to find the meeting point.Super funny.
So outdoor pe was not bad. Though my group lost to veras group. But yea its still not bad. Learn things. Like. How not to make a kite that has no area for wind collection. ROFL!!! So yea. After which, we were quite dirty and tired.
Met up with max after which and we tangs for a while before going to maxi home. WOoo. Rock band is fun! i think the vocalist is the hardest. but the drum was still the best though my pedalling is like..... you know. HAHA. so yea. Watch some rugby before taking nightrider home. Maxis condo is a nice place to host a cool party. I am waiting. *hints to max. :p
Sunday was rather a chill out. Tomorrow, monday. its gonna be a start of another study week. TONS OF homework i have not do. GG. :D so yea. shall stop here. Peace
P.S:~~Marcus~~( Wish you were here )
Yup. So it was a not bad trip. :D
