About Time

it's been quite sometime since i've last blogged, and for me to finally write again the idea of what i should write here strike me. i mean, i have not define this blog, and it has always been about what i want to write, about anything that interest me, and mostly, on what happens in my life. for those who has been reading, i thank you for still sticking around to find out what i would write about next, i couldn't be much grateful :)

the past week has been a long and exhausting week, i've participated in a bridge design competition where preparation was so last minute rendering of the presentation was done in one night! one night, and we made it, although we didn't win anything, compared to the other well prepared participants from other schools who obviously came to win something (well, our mindset should be set in that way but, oh well, it was a really good experience, and this really is the case where result depends on how much effort you put in), we placed 19 out of 76 groups, and 3rd in the silver category (each category has 10 teams, gold, silver and bronze) so it wasn't that bad, right? first competition! :) plus the best thing was i got to know new friends! and i found somebody else that likes hakka lei cha as much as i do! 

plus i've been hopping around singapore for the internship interview. it was tiring, and i haven't got a solid answer yet so i'm keeping my fingers cross. i think it's slightly tiresome because the interviews are not in one day and i've been travelling to and fro from johor, and i'm doing this alone as all of my friends has decided to intern in malaysia instead. at one point i was about to give up all the trouble, but then you can't always have a friend to accompany you to work or go anywhere right? i'll just make some new ones in the new place. it's scary not knowing what to expect in a new place, but i think singapore is a good place to start trying to live and work independently, right? :)

that day during studio my professor was mentioning about star trek and stuff, and he was looking at us to see if we've watched it, and none of us gave him the nod, which he went to discuss some other shows for the inspiration that he had in mind and yet none of us has watched, leading him to shake his head and say, "how do you guys live? ah the facebook generation", and shakes his head again in dissapointment. ha, i guess i could relate to what he had in mind where when i was in primary school in the 1990's there wasn't any myspace or friendster and the only chat rooms where ICQ which i have never use, the games that we play was marbles, anything that we create like eraser racing, where we add things like staples to make it go faster, and when i mention this to my cousin in primary school while he was playing on his ipad all i get was a weird glance. owh. i swear i would not let my kids near gadgets like this till they're in middle/high school. i grew up with a ban on tv (tv only on weekends and those are limited to 2 hours i think) and yes, you will survive without watching any shows.  some might think, then what do you spend your time on? i read, duh. most of the things that i know comes from books, not wikipedia. and the library at home is located at the floor where my room is :)  if only books in malaysia is as cheap as the price printed in USD or pounds. if they were priced like 7.99 or 8.99 i would buy a new book once a week! and yes i dislike reading through the screen, i need to touch and smell and feel the book! whoever thought of making e-books erm, clearly doesn't understand the joy of having a real book in your hands. yes it's easier, much convenient, but i would rather carry a paperback in my bag, thank you very much.

so that pretty much sums up what's going through my mind, and week right now. the above picture was taken when i was about to take a bath but i had to get back to my room to grab my camera for this because the sky was such a breathtaking blend of blue and yellowy sunset. 

have a nice week! 

:)