Sem 2 has started! It's Week 4 now. one of the important things that involve school life is lunch breaks, and being a Science student, it is only natural that the Frontier (name of the sci canteen) becomes the canteen I frequent most (reason being convenience, nothing else). As such, it is fitting and probably about time I give my own personal reviews of the food and beverages you can find in Science Faculty :)
(omgosh. an out-of-the-blue post and it's food review?!)
So anyway, I would like to highlight first that even though I've been eating at the Frontier almost every school day since August 2009, I have NOT tried every food stall in Frontier (let alone every food on the menu of any stall!). In particular, the stall that sells rice with ala carte vege and meat dishes is one of them. Another is the steamed soup stall, where you eat from a metal, probably stainless steel, bowl. Oh and not forgetting the stall that sells roti prata. Is it a Indian food stall? Gosh... months of eating at Frontier and I still have no clue... As for the Malay food stall, I've only tried it once.
I've tried Dily's and MegaBites too. In time I will review them too!
So, do I start now? Haha, not today! I should take pictures too if I want to review it right?
In any case, I'm currently experimenting different combinations of fruit juices from the fruit drinks stall. I had Strawberry Lime today. In other occasions I've tried Pineapple Kiwi, Carrot Orange, Carrot Kiwi, Apple Orange (common mix I think), Strawberry Milkshake, Carrot Milkshake, Orange Milkshake. Now, before you feel sceptical about any combination as you imagine how the taste would actually mix, I'm proud to claim that I enjoyed them all! However, I'm still far from trying out every single combination! There are fruits I've yet to touch yet, like watermelon, mango, etc...
So stay tuned!
Monday, February 1, 2010
Sunday, October 25, 2009
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Oops. It's almost 3 months since my last post. To say that I was too busy with schoolwork would be a poor excuse, considering that I am always logged in on MSN and facebook. Thus, I shall not account for the absence of updates.
So what got me back to update today? Well I had been wondering why this blog was created... I planned for the birth of this blog to be on my ORD day. I even had the template ready before that fateful day, the day I became a full-time civilian again... So, actually I wanted to post entries, 1 by 1, of my ORD journal. No, the journal is not meant to depict the 2 year story of my soldiering life. Instead, it was a 41-day countdown to ORD. Amazing. Why 41? Well, I started that diary on the night I left Sinagpore for Brunei, and the first entry was written on the plane.
Did I post all the entries in the journal online? No, I did not manage to. Prolly got bored of it...
There was however another goal of the blog. It is to promote my photography works. I bought very own DSLR on my ord day, and started to take better pics ever since.
However, it led me to update my blog only when I have photos to share.
Now, I do have photos to share, but I am just too lazy to do it... Lol.
The year is coming to an end... I must say it's been a fast year. I used to tell myself that this year was going to be a fantastic year. 2009, the year I ORD, the year I pass driving, the year I enter university, the year I turn 21...
No matter what happens, it is definitely better than 2007 and 2008. Those 2 years were lost years of my life. In fact, my 19th birthday is most likely the worst birthday I ever had. A most depressing one in fact... In case you are wondering why, a short answer is army. My 20th birthday was probably ok...
Now... why am I talking about birthdays? My birthday is in one month, and its my 21st! What does it really mean?
You see, this year I witness the most birthday celebrations and having friends attending birthday parties now and then was a very common thing to hear. It's because the 88-dragon-babies are turning 21 this year. Yea, most people I know celebrates 21. Seriously, is it that special?
Initially, I never really wanted to celebrate my 21st this year because I'm lazy to and it falls in the exam period.
Now, my decision still stands, with a different reason. Being a GEK1506 (Heavenly Mathematics: Cultural Astronomy) student, dates no longer seem as unique/special as they used to be to me.
Here's what I think. You survived 21 years, do you actually know how many days are there in that? How many times have you celebrated your birthday on the wrong day without you knowing it (and you probably still don't know now) because of the inaccuracy of the calendar? Ok, that's probably a bit controversial, but let us think about it. Lets say you are born today at 12 noon. Your 'true' birthday next year (2010) would be a bit before 6pm next year on the same date. Ok so what does it really mean? Imagine you were born at 9pm on 25oct2009, then damn, you should celebrate your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd birthday on 26oct, not 25th..
Go by chinese calendars and you should probably ask yourself how many leap months you have lived through. Go by muslim calendars and another interesting point comes into mind. You want to celebrate your 21st year alive on this miserable planet. By the gregorian calendar you may be 21, but don't punch me when I come to your party and tell you that you are much older than you are because more than 21 and a half muslim years have passed.
Am I against birthday celebrations because I'm getting old? But there are still adults who celebrate their birthdays right? Probably just a guess, but I think young people, especially very young people, love to celebrate their birthdays, and also the old people. Families tend to celebrate the old people's birthdays more often than middle-aged people.
You strongly believe your 21st birthday is special. Think of every reason why it is so, and you probably can rule out that your 22nd should be even more special for the same reasons. After all, you are celebrating your 1,2,3,...,20,21 years of survival/experience/achievement on this planet too when you decide to celebrate 22. It's inclusive. You can't say "I'm celebrating my 16th birthday because I'm finally 16th, but hey, I'm not giving credit to my 1st 15 years"
Think about it, will your 34th birthday mean anything to you? Will your 45th birthday be special? Any plans for your 48th birthday?
Will you be rejoicing, or complaining that you are getting old? Either way it doesn't really matter.
So what got me back to update today? Well I had been wondering why this blog was created... I planned for the birth of this blog to be on my ORD day. I even had the template ready before that fateful day, the day I became a full-time civilian again... So, actually I wanted to post entries, 1 by 1, of my ORD journal. No, the journal is not meant to depict the 2 year story of my soldiering life. Instead, it was a 41-day countdown to ORD. Amazing. Why 41? Well, I started that diary on the night I left Sinagpore for Brunei, and the first entry was written on the plane.
Did I post all the entries in the journal online? No, I did not manage to. Prolly got bored of it...
There was however another goal of the blog. It is to promote my photography works. I bought very own DSLR on my ord day, and started to take better pics ever since.
However, it led me to update my blog only when I have photos to share.
Now, I do have photos to share, but I am just too lazy to do it... Lol.
The year is coming to an end... I must say it's been a fast year. I used to tell myself that this year was going to be a fantastic year. 2009, the year I ORD, the year I pass driving, the year I enter university, the year I turn 21...
No matter what happens, it is definitely better than 2007 and 2008. Those 2 years were lost years of my life. In fact, my 19th birthday is most likely the worst birthday I ever had. A most depressing one in fact... In case you are wondering why, a short answer is army. My 20th birthday was probably ok...
Now... why am I talking about birthdays? My birthday is in one month, and its my 21st! What does it really mean?
You see, this year I witness the most birthday celebrations and having friends attending birthday parties now and then was a very common thing to hear. It's because the 88-dragon-babies are turning 21 this year. Yea, most people I know celebrates 21. Seriously, is it that special?
Initially, I never really wanted to celebrate my 21st this year because I'm lazy to and it falls in the exam period.
Now, my decision still stands, with a different reason. Being a GEK1506 (Heavenly Mathematics: Cultural Astronomy) student, dates no longer seem as unique/special as they used to be to me.
Here's what I think. You survived 21 years, do you actually know how many days are there in that? How many times have you celebrated your birthday on the wrong day without you knowing it (and you probably still don't know now) because of the inaccuracy of the calendar? Ok, that's probably a bit controversial, but let us think about it. Lets say you are born today at 12 noon. Your 'true' birthday next year (2010) would be a bit before 6pm next year on the same date. Ok so what does it really mean? Imagine you were born at 9pm on 25oct2009, then damn, you should celebrate your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd birthday on 26oct, not 25th..
Go by chinese calendars and you should probably ask yourself how many leap months you have lived through. Go by muslim calendars and another interesting point comes into mind. You want to celebrate your 21st year alive on this miserable planet. By the gregorian calendar you may be 21, but don't punch me when I come to your party and tell you that you are much older than you are because more than 21 and a half muslim years have passed.
Am I against birthday celebrations because I'm getting old? But there are still adults who celebrate their birthdays right? Probably just a guess, but I think young people, especially very young people, love to celebrate their birthdays, and also the old people. Families tend to celebrate the old people's birthdays more often than middle-aged people.
You strongly believe your 21st birthday is special. Think of every reason why it is so, and you probably can rule out that your 22nd should be even more special for the same reasons. After all, you are celebrating your 1,2,3,...,20,21 years of survival/experience/achievement on this planet too when you decide to celebrate 22. It's inclusive. You can't say "I'm celebrating my 16th birthday because I'm finally 16th, but hey, I'm not giving credit to my 1st 15 years"
Think about it, will your 34th birthday mean anything to you? Will your 45th birthday be special? Any plans for your 48th birthday?
Will you be rejoicing, or complaining that you are getting old? Either way it doesn't really matter.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Science Orientation Week
my one and only camp before U and i loved it! 1 x good one is enough. yes i made frens. yes i had fun. yes i am more ready for uni!
on the first day it was a lil ice breakers and dry games. it started off well becoz holun was in my og. and then i found out that there were quite a few nyjcians around. so in a way theres something in common besides the modules we're bidding for? haha. the games were ok, though i fell down twice in the same area in 2 different games, scratching both my knees. right knee had a wound that lasted for the whole of sow. the pain was horrible especially during showers or when im stretching/retracting my knee. at night theres this fear factor games. one of which was um... a game similar to wheel of fortune. my team had to clear a plate of blue cheese, raw egg, dried frogs, crickets. i took the blue cheese. and omg... it freaking stinks...
2nd day we played wet games. they were quite fun too. there was this game where we play captain's ball using a ball of dough. i got hit in the face by the ball of dough. dam pain lol>_<. secret-pal gift making on this day too. u can see the angel clay i made in my previous post.
3rd day was more games again. by the 3rd day we were pretty much bonded already. after eating meals tgt, playing games tgt, sleeping in a lecture theatre tgt.. etc. but i left at 10:30pm instead of staying with them becoz i had driving revision the next day (sat)
day 4, after my driving lesson in the morning, i rushed down to sentosa to join my og in the beach games! generally ok, everyone seems tired after camping in sch for 3 days, but we still had fun. at night, i had 3 choices to take my journey. either go supper with og, or go take pics of NE Show 3, or go Jowie's 21st bdae. naturally the 3rd option was the wisest choice becoz its jowie's 21st! haha. but sad la, missed out on 2 events.
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monday driving test. PASSED!!! with 4 points only. pro right? hahaha
i dunno which route i was given though. just take instructions and drive. wahaah
after which i rushed down to nus for the freshmen inauguration ceremony.
after the ceremony we went to marina sq where ogl kelvin treated us to pool. =D
tues was flag day! we nus students went to various parts of singapore to flag for donations for the less fortunate. it was a really fun (abit tiring too) day. the morning rush ppl were more generous. some interesting situations:
situation 1: i asked this stranger if she would like to donate some money. she turned away and proceeded on. i said we're from nus. she stopped in her tracks and took out her purse to donate some coins. LOL
situation 2: this middle aged lady asked me where am i from (which organisation am i from). i said nus fac of sci. she then said "but i don't even know if my daughter will get into nus..." though her comments were pretty unrelated to this.. i replied "maybe if u donate some money u may have good karma". she smiled and said "karma, thats a good word. i'll give it to you". and she went on to rant about she will give me all the coins she have, adding that if she doesn't have any then its my bad luck, lol. she gave me quite a lot.
situation 3: this young girl walked up to me and said "are u in year 1?" i said "ya". she put a coin in and told me to study hard and wished me good luck in uni. that was quite an encouraging moment haha.
situation 4: a busker in a underpass called for me and donated 20 cents into my can. my frens and i were quite touched so we sang a song with them. jason mraz's lucky. it was a really fun experience to busk with such a jovial mood. anyway i donated $2 to him before we left.
pls check out my flag day pics. coz its taken by me. haha.
after flag, some of us went to watch Hangover. nc16 show but i find it a bit more towards the m18 category. besides nudity, there were a bit of sexual references. vulgarities come and go easily but im pretty much accustomed to it after ns haha. i like this movie becoz the way the story develops is good. the story is bout this group of guys who are celebrating a bachelor's party for their pal and wake up not remembering anything (sound like a typical hangover? no), and they have to use clues from whatever they have to find out what happened and where did their friend end up. the ending was a great concept too. i find it quite original, to use a camera and show a slideshow of pics to tell the untold story in the movie.
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thurs met up with the og for buffet dinner at crystal jade, went to play left 4 dead, and finally go back to sch to stay over for the next day; SOW Part II. after helping out a lil rag, took a 4 hours sleep till 7:30am. and here we have it. the last day of SOW.
at lunch, our secret pal was revealed to us. my sp is a cute girl from nj. her gift for me was quite nice too, got a camera. kind of thoughtful of her to remember that i like photography haha.
after lunch we went for amazing race. went to chinatown then to esplanade then to fort canning park then to boat quay then to sci centre then to west coast park then back to nus. woah...
had western dinner and changed into pyjamas for the slumber party!
all look so cute in pyjamas!
during the awards presentation was dam sian. our og didn't win anything at all. i think out of the 16 ogs, only got 2 or 3 og nv win anything at all during the whole orientation, including my og, lol. but nevertheless at the end we still get to cheer because we won the best house! consoling la... then they played music and we danced+taopok+take photos. lucky nv tio taupok, though one of my seniors carried me to take pics and i thought i was gonna get stripped or "pillar"-ed. XD
we then went to help rag a bit and went out to eat prata in our pyjamas. yes, everyone was staring at us becoz we were in our pyjamas. but it was a fun experience. went back to sch to shower and it was already 4am. we had a heartwarming talk in a tutorial room till 6am. some of them took a half hour nap but i just stayed awake since its already 6+. so i didn't sleep at all for a whole day.
went to cheer for sci fac (its rag day on sat!), then took a short nap on the slope in front of the University Hall. then went for lunch where we had a good heartwarming meal before departing. it was a good end to the week we shared together, as a OG made up of different people with common goals. we got to know each other, we really bonded well, and we enjoyed the time spent together, forged into memories that will stay for very very long, if not forever.
on the first day it was a lil ice breakers and dry games. it started off well becoz holun was in my og. and then i found out that there were quite a few nyjcians around. so in a way theres something in common besides the modules we're bidding for? haha. the games were ok, though i fell down twice in the same area in 2 different games, scratching both my knees. right knee had a wound that lasted for the whole of sow. the pain was horrible especially during showers or when im stretching/retracting my knee. at night theres this fear factor games. one of which was um... a game similar to wheel of fortune. my team had to clear a plate of blue cheese, raw egg, dried frogs, crickets. i took the blue cheese. and omg... it freaking stinks...
2nd day we played wet games. they were quite fun too. there was this game where we play captain's ball using a ball of dough. i got hit in the face by the ball of dough. dam pain lol>_<. secret-pal gift making on this day too. u can see the angel clay i made in my previous post.
3rd day was more games again. by the 3rd day we were pretty much bonded already. after eating meals tgt, playing games tgt, sleeping in a lecture theatre tgt.. etc. but i left at 10:30pm instead of staying with them becoz i had driving revision the next day (sat)
day 4, after my driving lesson in the morning, i rushed down to sentosa to join my og in the beach games! generally ok, everyone seems tired after camping in sch for 3 days, but we still had fun. at night, i had 3 choices to take my journey. either go supper with og, or go take pics of NE Show 3, or go Jowie's 21st bdae. naturally the 3rd option was the wisest choice becoz its jowie's 21st! haha. but sad la, missed out on 2 events.
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monday driving test. PASSED!!! with 4 points only. pro right? hahaha
i dunno which route i was given though. just take instructions and drive. wahaah
after which i rushed down to nus for the freshmen inauguration ceremony.
after the ceremony we went to marina sq where ogl kelvin treated us to pool. =D
tues was flag day! we nus students went to various parts of singapore to flag for donations for the less fortunate. it was a really fun (abit tiring too) day. the morning rush ppl were more generous. some interesting situations:
situation 1: i asked this stranger if she would like to donate some money. she turned away and proceeded on. i said we're from nus. she stopped in her tracks and took out her purse to donate some coins. LOL
situation 2: this middle aged lady asked me where am i from (which organisation am i from). i said nus fac of sci. she then said "but i don't even know if my daughter will get into nus..." though her comments were pretty unrelated to this.. i replied "maybe if u donate some money u may have good karma". she smiled and said "karma, thats a good word. i'll give it to you". and she went on to rant about she will give me all the coins she have, adding that if she doesn't have any then its my bad luck, lol. she gave me quite a lot.
situation 3: this young girl walked up to me and said "are u in year 1?" i said "ya". she put a coin in and told me to study hard and wished me good luck in uni. that was quite an encouraging moment haha.
situation 4: a busker in a underpass called for me and donated 20 cents into my can. my frens and i were quite touched so we sang a song with them. jason mraz's lucky. it was a really fun experience to busk with such a jovial mood. anyway i donated $2 to him before we left.
pls check out my flag day pics. coz its taken by me. haha.
after flag, some of us went to watch Hangover. nc16 show but i find it a bit more towards the m18 category. besides nudity, there were a bit of sexual references. vulgarities come and go easily but im pretty much accustomed to it after ns haha. i like this movie becoz the way the story develops is good. the story is bout this group of guys who are celebrating a bachelor's party for their pal and wake up not remembering anything (sound like a typical hangover? no), and they have to use clues from whatever they have to find out what happened and where did their friend end up. the ending was a great concept too. i find it quite original, to use a camera and show a slideshow of pics to tell the untold story in the movie.
---
thurs met up with the og for buffet dinner at crystal jade, went to play left 4 dead, and finally go back to sch to stay over for the next day; SOW Part II. after helping out a lil rag, took a 4 hours sleep till 7:30am. and here we have it. the last day of SOW.
at lunch, our secret pal was revealed to us. my sp is a cute girl from nj. her gift for me was quite nice too, got a camera. kind of thoughtful of her to remember that i like photography haha.
after lunch we went for amazing race. went to chinatown then to esplanade then to fort canning park then to boat quay then to sci centre then to west coast park then back to nus. woah...
had western dinner and changed into pyjamas for the slumber party!
all look so cute in pyjamas!
during the awards presentation was dam sian. our og didn't win anything at all. i think out of the 16 ogs, only got 2 or 3 og nv win anything at all during the whole orientation, including my og, lol. but nevertheless at the end we still get to cheer because we won the best house! consoling la... then they played music and we danced+taopok+take photos. lucky nv tio taupok, though one of my seniors carried me to take pics and i thought i was gonna get stripped or "pillar"-ed. XD
we then went to help rag a bit and went out to eat prata in our pyjamas. yes, everyone was staring at us becoz we were in our pyjamas. but it was a fun experience. went back to sch to shower and it was already 4am. we had a heartwarming talk in a tutorial room till 6am. some of them took a half hour nap but i just stayed awake since its already 6+. so i didn't sleep at all for a whole day.
went to cheer for sci fac (its rag day on sat!), then took a short nap on the slope in front of the University Hall. then went for lunch where we had a good heartwarming meal before departing. it was a good end to the week we shared together, as a OG made up of different people with common goals. we got to know each other, we really bonded well, and we enjoyed the time spent together, forged into memories that will stay for very very long, if not forever.
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