Just as white

Got up early in the morning, I always get up early in the morning. Wonder why mom wanted me to have an alarm clock, looks like I don't need one. Today I woke up first at 4, then around 7. The first lecture starts at 9, and the time needed for a journey to school by bus is half an hour.

So I had time, and wanted to save money by making my own breakfast. Took out my oat meal and put the water to boil. Mom gave me a big container of oats from home!

Problem: There was neither milk nor sugar to go with the oat meal.
Decided to use the landlady's(or landlord's) instead.

Pepper.....salt......sugar! Found the sugar and got my breakfast ready.


However when I started eating, it tasted horrible! My oat meal was nasty because I mistook salt for sugar.
How could that be? Salt is supposed to be finer than sugar, rite? I was sure I took the rougher one.
Well, looks truly can be deceiving. And perception can spoil your breakfast.

I am aware that there are people who take their oats with salt, but the salt in mine was too much.

Just as White

Salt and sugar, they both taste different

though just as white as each other

To differentiate one from another

rely on sight, you just really shouldn't

French fries

Am now sitting in a corner somewhere within the premises(or WiFi hotspot for that matter) of Nanyang Polytechnic. Just went to check out the gym for the very first time as I now have access to the sports facilities, just got my student card today.

Anyway the last class today ended at 6PM, and at 7PM a website was open for registration for our general studies modules. So, I, having no internet access elsewhere, stayed back and waited till the wesite was open. While waiting for the clock to hit 7, I decided to go burn some fats in the gym! After a weekend spent at home in Kluang, I put on about almost 5kg of body weight, so...

So I did some jogging and tried lifting weights, didn't dare touch the dumbbells or experiment around so much as there were many fit and some rather huge hunks building muscles. I felt intimidated, hahaha.. Thus ended up jogging. Looking at the clock, I left by 7.30PM to register for a general studies module.

French was among the top in my list of interested modules, not because of French fries, of course.
By the way, anybody wants to give me a treat or receive a treat from me at McDonald's the next time I return to Kluang? =D

Sigh, guess what..... around 7.30-7.40PM when I signed in to the colleg's portal to register for the module, French was already unavailable. Hello, the time for registration starts at 7. Half an hour later and places for French classes are all gone? Singaporeans, really efficient! Looks like there are many students out there who are as interested in learning up French. Looks like they are more enthusiastic(or kiasu) than me...

Well, signed up for personal financial management in the end.
Good idea to learn how to spend and manage money wisely, so I don't go broke as a student!

终于

经过近一个星期的新生活，终于看见妈妈的脸孔。。。
终于吃到用马币付钱的晚餐（便宜多了！）。。。
终于能再次在路上驾驶！
终于用得到自己的电脑，享受喜爱听的音乐。。。

终于能睡在自己的床上了！


其实只过了五六天，没什么大不了。在新加坡的生活也不是很委屈啦，但回家的感觉总是好的！

Final Moments

So I will be officially leaving, but what's the problem? Coming back again this weekend, Hahaha!!
It has been a great few weeks of preparation for college, planning, packing, etc.
And I am just so thankful to my family and friends, people who have shown tremendous support in my decision and choice of further studies. All the help in many practical ways, the encouragement, information, gifts and farewell parties, really touches me and I am just so so grateful!
If you are reading this, you know who you are, thank you very much.

Final Moments

Spending the first day of the week opening gifts and reading messages,

gonna spend the consecutive as a student of another for the first day.

Spending a few final hours sleeping on my bed in my home,

gonna spend tonight laying on a different bed in a different place.

Spending Malaysian Ringgit on meals with Kluang fellows,

gonna be spending Singapore Dollars eating alone.

Spending some final moments with few worries,

gonna need to be attentive and alert from now.

A bird should never remain in its nest forever,

there must always be a time to fly;

times may get tough, and surroundings harsh,

the bird that gives up might die

but those who trust shall soar the skies

for they were made for greater heights.

© Joel Yap

Night bus

Went on my first past-evening bus ride in Singapore, the 159 I boarded was so filled with people!

First time, noticed the difference between riding during the day and at night. The whole bus was crowded with people but the whole bus was so quiet, noise level so low contrary to the number of passengers.
Mine was a long bus ride, all the was to the last stop. I had a lot of time to feel bored, to think, to enjoy the night view from inside a bus, etc. I spent the time observing people, but after observing for a short while I realised there is not much to observe afterall. Everybody behaves the same, and they all had a similar look on their faces.
People and people, metting unfamiliar people at familiar places everyday. However nobody talks to anybody, everybody looks the same- like robots.


So I hopped on a bus to look at robots on silent mode, aside from getting to my destination.

F&F

What are friends for?

They coexist with you in an environment. They talk to you, you talk to them, some of whom you have more things to talk about with, others less; but it doesn't matter because all are still your friend.
Friends rejoice with you over happy occasions, they are there for you during less-than-happy occasions too.
True friends laugh and cry together.
We are theoretically and technically in a family though apparently not.


What is family for?

Generations after generations, some connected by a surname, others not; but related by blood anyway.
You see each other during festive seasons, or more often- even better.
The young respect the old, the old teach the young. One of most precious between generations is mutual understanding.
Family members should love each other. They see a need, and they try to meet it. When help is needed, help would be offered.
They shorten the distance between you and your dreams, out of concern, making ambitions reachable.
We are literally a family, no need for theory and technicalities.

Friends and family: divine blessings.

kan bu shuang

Ever felt irritated at people by their actions? Ever gotten impatient with such people? Ever felt like slapping someone so hard that the person might end up in the mother's hometown?

Nobody has perfect patience, so it is extremely natural to sometimes feel irritated by people especially when nobody is perfect.


I see the way certain people talk, the words that come out of their mouths, the kind of words that come out, the kind of topics they speak about, etc. I see the way certain people behave on a basketball court or any other sports field, I become so frustrated when people repeatedly play as if the game is not about teamwork.
I see favourtism in all people, I see it in myself. I see the way boys speak to girls, and the way boys speak to boys. I see people treating members of the opposite gender better, and I do not know why should it be this way.
I see people gossiping, I see people backstabbing each other, I see people's various bad habits.

So many things irritates me! Well, who is not susceptible to feeling irritated?

However as I took a break and gave a thought to the things that had been irritating me, I remember the fact that I too irritate people. Perhaps I am even better at irritating people around me!
Friends get annoyed at me sometimes, close friends especially.
My apparent attitude sometimes piss people off, many have been hurt by my tongue, I bet people dislike me too.


Come to think of it, should I even have the right to feel irritated when people do things their way, although when their way is not good?

In need of patience
and realisation.