Friday, December 26, 2008
Been awhile since I posted, but I've been very busy. First, the KL trip. It was quite fun travelling around Malaysia, learning about Malaysian driving habits and complaining about the crazy motorcyclists who think they are ironman. Also complaining about KTM, and their inefficiency. We got delayed and arrived at KL 6hours late!!! I think everyone knows about that now, it was our opening line to almost every conversation. Oh! and most of the places we went to were either closed, or sold out! How unlucky are we. Even the temple was closed, I guess their God was on leave, it's Christmas after all. And after learning from our KTM experience, we decided to fly Jetstar back. It was better, my first time on budget. We took off from KLIA, and then 20min later, we were preparing to land. What a stark difference compared to those who took the coach, they arrived 7 hours later.
Christmas is here!! First time celebrating it without family. It's different... Went to Escape theme park... it has become worse. Only 3 rides were open!! Lucky I went there without much expectation.
My mum is planning to sell the BMW!! Big big change. No idea how I'm going to cope. I guess that's just the spoilt me talking, what plausible deal could I possibly make that would not make me look bad. Seems like I've been finding myself in that situation quite often.
Dan
3:43 am
Friday, December 12, 2008
What did I learn in Brunei?
Petrol costs 53 cents!!!!
A movie costs only 4 dollars!
Telecommunications is unreliable.
But the best part of it all: All the DVDs sold there are not original!!
My brother and I got a shock when we found out. We didn't have a very high opinion of Brunei when we landed after seeing their international airport, and it became worse when we found out that it was filled with pirated dvds. After that we started to question the authenticity of everything.
Hey have you seen any taxis around?
Yea I saw them outside the airport, one long row.
Oh is it? I didn't see them.
They had the Teksi sign on the top of their car.
Is it...real a not?
Wah the massage was very good.
Yea it was...it was very cheap also, $168 for 3 people only!
Really ah? Maybe it's pirated.
!!!!
Dan
10:28 pm
Monday, December 08, 2008
I used to think knowing was what mattered. If I know I have to study, but I choose not to, then I can't blame anyone for my poor grades. If I know that he's sorry, but I can't let go, then I'll still blame him for what he did. If I know that I should have kept my cool, but I chose not to, then it doesn't matter does it?
So what's the point of knowing then? If what matters is what I do. But it seems that what I do depends not on what I know I should do, but what I feel like doing. That sounds so impulsive, rash, immature. After all, that's what small children behave like right? They do what they please, if I recall psychology called it the Id.
So should I feel bad that person A says he knows he ought to accept my apology, but can't? What does that show? But I think more importantly, what should I do? Let things be. Since he knows what he ought to do, he will do it. But there's no guarantee.
One of life's great predicaments.
Dan
3:17 am
Sunday, December 07, 2008
It's off to Brunei tomorrow. Not sure what to expect, I can tell you that it isn't much. That way if things are better I won't be disappointed. I remember when I first went to Melbourne, I was disappointed when their internet service was not as good as Singapore, and their customer service was not even close. What will I ever do for 5 days in Brunei. People say that half the battle is fought in your head. So I guess it doesn't look good.
Dan
8:36 pm
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Singapore is HOT!!! But what's new right? I've been caught up with finding an internship, or something to do this summer I think I totally forgot the option of doing nothing at all! Yes, it's a total waste of time I agree. But with the bad economy, what else can I do but wait.
Had interviews a few days ago. Got myself quite nervous, but it all turned out fine. I didn't do a lot of talking actually. It was more like conversations than anything else. But if there's one thing I learnt, that is to know what you want, and what you're looking for when you go into the interview, and if it's not on the table, don't bother negotiating or trying to look like you'll take anything. Appearing to be fine walking away empty-handed is better than showing that you're desperate I feel. Well, I'm looking forward to my next interview, should I get it.
So for now? Play games!!! Been deprived for a year, slogging away for the exams. Those grades better pay off.
Dan
2:31 pm