Reaching For The Apex

Mission Accomplished!

2009-06-01T06:21:00.000-07:00

pheww... Finally i'm able to relieve after such a long wait. It had been a very taxing semester for me. The beginning of the semester i had to train daily for the floorball competition. u can refer back to few posts back to read bout the competition:) after the competition, i started to prepare for the dinner and dance for my hall.

at the mean time, i still need to work for my float (will talk bout this soon...) marketting stuffs. not to forget that i'm taking 6 modules this semester. but actually there were only 4 modules that required me to continuously work hard on them. then the other 2 were an english modules and biology stuff =.=" so the biology modules i just have to prepare before the final exam as no continuous assesment and the english module was more on group assignment, hence after mid semester, we didnt have classes anymore ;)

however, the last two weeks before the final exams, i studied like hell. i restricted myself to sleep for 6 hours everyday (but most of the time i slept for 8 hours. LOL) and tried almost every past year papers. althought i felt that i did badly in my exams, the results came out pretty okay and i achieved the target i set for this semester :D

okay, enough of self praising xD now i need to work hard for the coming semester as now we will specialize into our respective engineering courses and compete with fewer person and so the bell curve will be narrower ><><

back to my holiday stuffs, went to KL with my uni friends last week. had a very nice trip with them all, but sadly i dont have a camera to snap any pictures :( hope i able to earn enough money to get myself a camera by end of the year xD

my holiday left only 2 weeks before i have to go back to singapore for my activity :( suddenly felt that my holiday is damn short xD havent really take enough rest. haha... starting tomolo will sleep 12 hours per day xD

regards,
rey_z @ malaysia~

VACASYUNZZzzzzzzzzzz...

2009-05-19T04:19:00.000-07:00

What I did so far:
1) Sleep 12 hours per day
2) eat 4 meals per day
3) sit in front computer for 8 hours per day
4) go jogging evening (thumbs up for myself xD)
5) continue reading my Angels & Demons (damn... stopped reading this great novel when i preparing my STPM...)
6) anime finished so far: Bamboo Blade(4.5/5), Witch Blade(1/5)
drama series in progress: Heroes Season 3

VACATION!!!

2009-05-10T08:17:00.000-07:00

weee... my nightmare ended last Tuesday, but until today only i have the time to update my blog xD anyhow, my 25% of university life has just ended, which means another 3 years more i have to work ady >< damn... never know tat time flies until u realized it.

my vacation will be 3 months long, but too bad i have holiday commitment tat requires me to go back to singapore for 2 months :( though it might be a bad thing, after spending one day at home, i felt like i'm very empty, nothing tat i could do... except watching movies and online whole day... all my friends either have short sem now or their vacation havent started yet. so i probably will be bored to death... well, to fully utilise my one month i think i shd start planning my vacation now xD

Things to do for my one month vacation:
1) dl and play lotsa games ^^
2) watch all anime/movies tat i leeched from friends
3) finish Heroes!!! hope tat i can watch supernatural season 3 also ><
4) maybe sleep more? gain some weight before going back to suffer... haha
5) work out abit? LOL

nothing i can think of now... maybe i really need to sleep more xD hope everyone has an enjoyable and memorable vacation xD

regards,
Rey_z @ MY

My Wish List

2009-04-07T10:52:00.000-07:00

My vacation is just around the corner. hoping to find a job here in Singapore to earn some pocket money. havent reward myself for making it here, so currently aiming for few gadgets... hehe..

iPod Touch

iPhone is overpriced. iPod touch is just nice for me xD it has great features and good battery life too. should able to last for the whole journey from SG to S'ban. This gadget can be used as a mp3 player, video player, mini gaming console and most important is can surf net without shrinking the website. and can online anywer as long as there are access points. however, i wont listen to songs that frequent and i dont really always go out but need to be keep in touch~ price around RM 850+

Asus eeePC Netbook

Thinking to get a light weight laptop(netbook) to work along wit my gigantic laptop xD since i need to carry it around (attend lecture,group discussion, study in library) so my humongous 17" dell laptop is definitely a no no... but i not really need two laptops xD it will be a redundant gadget if i just stay in my room xD but if i were really to buy, i probably will mod it into a touch screen laptop xD price around rm1000+

Sony Alpha 300 DSLR

HOHO.... This is my primary priority for now, as i somehow really very interested in photography lately although i never really play with photography before xD i not sure whether i able to take really artistic photo or not, so thinking to get a compact digicam first. but even a decent compact cam will cost around rm1k, so why dun just top up abit more and get a better DSLR xD haha... well, i hope i can lay my hand on any DSLR before really buy my own DSLR... but so sad i couldnt find anyone have it here, very few ppl really play DSLR :( price around RM1.5k

But the main problem is still $$. i dun wan to fork out the money from my bank, i wish i could find a job in Singapore and use the money that i earned to buy the gadgets that i wanted. but seems like it is kinda difficult :( nevermind, will try to convince myself with 'desire vs needs' theory again xD

p/s: final exam in 3 weeks time, panic mode on...

regards,
Rey_Z@SG

EVERYTHING IS OVER!!!

2009-03-28T12:44:00.000-07:00

YAH... finally my last activity is over!! well, i organized a dinner & dance for my hall residents. though, the response from the residents were not wat we have expect, but the dinner was still very grand :D our D&D president was so nervous that night that he couldnt even sit down for awhile xD he walked here and there making sure that everything is in the correct order xD Kudos to him for being such a good president and helping my department to run the D&D accordingly :)

honestly, this was the first time that the event that i organized was carried out in such a good coordination, no lagging behind time, no problem in programmes transition, the programmes were able to attract the audiences etc. unlike the gathering tat i organized twice back in my secondary school :x all turned out to be laughing stock :x personally i think although the D&D was still not up to standard, the residents at least were enjoying the moments :)

and now i facing a 'grand challenge' (at least to me) to accept or not the challenge that is detering me to move forward. but i might fail miserably in completing this quest and leave a very bad impression of me to the others... should i just accept it and give it all out? but it is not something that i expertise in ><>< i might mess up everything and not given the second chance :( time to make up my mind~

regards,
REY_Z@SG

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

2009-03-20T10:23:00.000-07:00

dang... taking a biology module this sem, Gene & Society. At first thought it is a piece of cake as my friend scored an A for this module. But when i taking it, i was totally stunned @@" mrna, trna, dna polymerase, rna primer, phosphodiester linage, glycosidic bond, thymide, uracil, guanine, amino acid, codon, anti codon, recessive, dominant @@" so many stuffs to memorize... well at least i still have some background in DNA, but when studying biotechnology, i'm totally lost in the lectures @@" dunno what the heck my lecturer is talking bout >< wonder how my friend able to get such a good grade... probably is because i dont have STPM bio xD nevermind, study hard will be able to cover up what i lack of... hopefully xD

Regards,
YZ@ SG

My Working Space

2009-03-13T20:28:00.000-07:00

Hoho... finished my electrical test, suddenly feeling to write something xD well, i didnt really show u guys how's my study look like before. see pics below :

Our study table is actually in L shape, but due to the side is too narrow, i cannot put any reference books besides me when i studying the lecture notes. thus, i have to change to study in front of my laptop. but the laptop is very distracting, i will keep 'referring' to the laptop when i studyig :( have to have more self control >< speaking of my Dell laptop, though it is very nice far gaming and watching movies with the super large screen, but it is making my life damn tough. it weighs aroung 4kg and everythime when i have to carry it back to my home, my back will be aching after i reach my home. besides that, i cannot carry it to lecture theather or to the library because it is too damn huge and very troublesome to carry it as i need my backpack to bring it along with me. u couldnt find a proper sleeve for it yet thanks to its thickness. i wish i able to sell it off and buy myself a
Sager which is smaller but more powerful xD but too bad no one wants a 17" workstation :(

this is my 'bell' type alarm clock that i have here. the ringing is very annoying but yet it still cant wake me up xD i will just switch it off and continue to sleep xD recently i am too generous for letting myself to sleep for more than 8 hours per day. my works are starting to stack higher and higher >< any ideas how to stay awake and wake up when the alarm rings?

i have been not playing pc games for more than a months dy, even i also quite surprised. now waiting to play FEAR 2: Project Origin, but i have no time to play yet :( under utilizing my *beast* xD

Regards,
Rey_Z @ SG

Test Shot 01

2009-03-05T03:32:00.000-08:00

A pic for my special one~

taken using my lousy k750i :(
should consider getting a decent digicam or maybe dslr^^

Regards,
YZ @ SG

Floorball

2009-03-04T09:44:00.001-08:00

hoho... finally found the momentum to update my blog xD well, in my uni, i join floorball as my sport. it is kind of hockey court game, something like soccer adapted to futsal. We have a inter hostel game and i played for my hostel. enjoy the pics :)

the one not facing the cam is me :)

dunno wat i doing there ~.~

talking to my teammate

oi... push me for wat?

team talk after a match

waiting to shake hand wit opponent...

debrief for the day

team photo!!

though we lost quite badly in few games, we at least able to secure 4th place (out of 6). hope we able to soar next year xD

Regards,
Yik Zheng@ SG

CNY Shopping Spree~

2009-01-17T22:09:00.000-08:00

CNY is around the corner and i not planning to buy new clothes for myself. However, last friday i went to Bukit Indah Jaya Jusco to have a walk and ended up buying myself some stuffs :P

The newly opened Jusco outlook~

CNY deco...

Very cute jap stuffs :)

Random pic~

Everlast canvas shoes, the design not as plain as Converse.

and my lovely tee... hehe... not sure how will i look like when i wearing this shirt, wanan try something new :P and i bought this shirt in city square :P

well, that Jusco is not fully open yet, still have roughly 40% of the shops havent open. i think still need at least 3 months for it to fully open :) hope i able find a decent jacket there :D

and here i wanna wish all of my friends 新年快乐，笑口常开，万事如意 :)

Regards,
Rey_Z @ SG

Outdated Raffles Musical Concert '08

2009-01-10T21:53:00.002-08:00

Hehe... Have been having my vacation for quite a long time until 'no time' to update my blog. well, a few posts back i mentioned bout a musical concert organized by my hall(hostel) and which i were in the sets department. basically, it was a drama skit performed and prepared by all the year one students and guided by the seniors. it was awesome but time consuming. hope u guys still interested in looking through the photo collection that i have :P

a T shaped wall wit a door for split scene. we built this damn thing for twice as the first version was damaged when we moved it from our hall to the theater.

obviously we dont need so many people to draw on a cardboard :P third from left is our sets designer.

this prop is two sided. one side is the window+curtain, the other side is a kitchen cabinet :) third top left and third top right is my sets head and assistant :)

pool table :) damn hard to balance the thing xD

ahh... they are my groupmates and the fire place is our proud product :P it is not dismember and will be kept for our hall open house :)

the book shelf + cupboard :)

two slackers and he is my coursemate too xD

setting up the big wall.

the grand door and the sets crews .
hmmm... hold like this more yeng... ...or like this?:P
this is the photoframe.

programming comes first :P

hmmm... getting attention?? o.0

trying to strengten the wall so tat it wont curl when it is hung up.

transporting the T shaped wall, but it was damanged and we rebuilt it in one week xD

that are all photos for my concert. dont have any photo that i'm in action to move in the props xD this last photo is the photo with my groupmates which i very proud of them and hope to work with them again :)

Regards,
rey_z @ SG

Exam Tense!!!

2008-11-17T09:50:00.000-08:00

ARRGHH!!! Looking at my exam schedule will just kill me ><" study everyday likes never ending. how i wish i have more time to prepare for my exam... haiz~ anyhow, i have a BIG planning after my exam. there are lots of new games released lately. Most of them are very interesting and the graphic is super nice. Here i gonna intro a few games that i want to play right after my exam.

RED ALERT 3
Highly anticipated game. Comes with super nice graphic for RTS game and u can build Valkyries and Gundam xD

NFS: UNDERCOVER
Needless to intro, this game is all about speed and skill! I miss drag race alot... LoL!
And this time they include alot of new cars ranging from street cars(Evo Lancer, Skyline) to super car(Lamborghini etc).

LEFT 4 DEAD
Yea, judging from the poster, u can guess wat is it about. WinRar FPS and zombies and voila! u get this game! the main attraction of this game is u're able to cooperate with ur friend(up to 4 players) to fight the zombies rushes. yea, rushES! try to search for the cinematic video, then you will what i talking about :)

FAR CRY 2
hmmm... i never play the first game, however, i read that this game is very realistic. realistic as in ur gun will jam suddenly when u are firing, ur car will break down, 24 hours day and night etc. will give a try to see whether it suits my taste or not :P

DEAD SPACE
pheww.. last game, dead space. well, this game attracts me because it is developed by EA, the same developer for Crysis, my all tiem favourite :P so i just want to try out their graphic, and i read that it is very interesting as u will fight in zero gravity, meaning ur enemy can come from all directions. besides this, they say this game is quite spooky. hehe... see whether it can freak me out or not.

Lastly, here i present u the scariest game i ever played sequel...
YEA!!! FEAR!!!! awesome shit game!!! but, this game will release next year February. hope they wont delay it. haha...

that's all from me this time, gonna back to my study now ><

regards,
Yik Zheng @SG, study like hell~

Missing You Guys~

2008-11-12T10:42:00.000-08:00

Ahh.. after been through 9 torturous weeks to prepare for my hall concert, i thought i finally have my own private time to sit back and relax. However, i was super wrong. Right after my concert, i realized that my lectures were like lagging for centuries @@" Sigh... and i have to go down for floorball training. what a fully packed life i have now.

Due to university time table where the classes are separated, which mean u wont have continuous lessons like during secondary school. My time table is like every lessons have an hour break. This makes me not able to revise my work and have to wait until night time where i have a longer time to sit down and concentrate on my work. Until now, i only able to catch up with my math lectures while the other subjects are still floating in the sea. haiz~

Sometimes i wonder, what my uni life be if i chose to stay back in Malaysia? Well, it is impossible to reverse time and go back to make the complicated decision again.

Anyhow, i really miss all my friends back in secondary school. Although they might have a lot of new friends in uni and forget bout this traitor who swims across the strait to study. But yet, i still remember u guys. i really wish to meet up u guys one day and sit down to talk all night long. we skipped our moon cake festival gathering, so how bout we have a mini gathering during December break??

i'll be having my final in around 10 days time, but i am still like just stepped in uni, know nothing at all. haiz~ have to study super hard to survive here. but still, hardwork cant compensate talent. and i lack of time too. so, it is almost impossible for me to excel here. T_T my dream to study oversea turned out to be a nightmare...

guys, i really miss u all alot!! T_T

p/s: sorry hokuan for making empty promises ><" i really didn't mean it><

regards,
yik zheng @ SG & feeling lost...

Busy, Busy & Busy!!!

2008-09-10T19:29:00.003-07:00

Hi guys!! It has been such a long time I didnt update my blog. Lately been very busy with my musical concert things. Every night 8pm-12am have to build props, i mean we really build it, not buying ready-made stuffs=.= I'll show u guys the props that my group built so far...

As u can see, we have to build the structure using metal bars before putting up the wood planks.

Almost there..

Voila~ we finished building the frame+ structure in 20 hours, now left only the decoration which will be done next week i guess.

This is a swivel staircase. This is not the latest design. We had rebuilt it due to design flaws. Will show u guys once i have time to snap the pics. :)

These are the props that my group built, other props i have no time to snap pic yet, will snap the pics when they finished building. So please stay tune~

Most of you might don't know that every Sunday lunch i have to settle on my own as the canteens here are closed. so the only solution is to cook maggi using the rice cooker as i too lazy to take bus to go out to have my lunch. haha... tadaa!! my first attempt to cook maggi using rice cooker!! i so damn worry that the air vapour of the boiling water will trigger the smoke alarm... haha...

hmmm... guess i'll not be able to update my blog that frequent as every night i still have to study after back from building props. so just be patient :p I'm going back on 20th Sept, so see ya guys soon!!

regards,

Rey_Z @ SG

BISCUITS!!!!!

2008-08-19T07:14:00.000-07:00

muahaha... starved for few nights because my biscuits ran out of stocks. and i'm so stingy that i dont wan to restock them here as the price much more expensive here xD so finally met up with my sis's bf to pass him some docs to bring home, while he passed me my precious biscuits!!!! so damn happy to see my empty bucket suddenly full of biscuits xDi think able to last for at least 2 months xD pictars time!

Julie, Muchy, Vege biscuits and Milo!!!

Bucket full ady, cant put in them so i arrange them nicely in a corner :P can u see the Maggi? hehe... so how i gonna cook Maggi here??

Tadaa!!! my ultimate rice cooker!! wakaka!!! but i still have to buy a bowl before i can cook maggi with it =.="

that's all for today!! biscuits time now!!! haha...

regards,
rey_z@SG

Finally!!!

2008-08-10T07:42:00.000-07:00

hoho... tomorrow is my first day of uni life!!! feeling uneasy as i have been in holiday mood for the past 8 months... now suddenly have to attend class makes me feel very awkward=.=" and all the ppl here are top notch brains from their own countries... feeling that i gonna be the bottom few... bah... shouldn't talk bout this... anyhow, will show u guys some of my orientation photos :)

Group photo for Water Ceremony

All the guys.

A mouthful of foods.

All in formal attire.

Jack Sparrow!!!

Mass dance. The one in front is my roomie :)

Group photo at Sentosa Beach.

Block photo under the sun.

Jack Sparrow!!! Sei!!!!

that's all that i can find from the net ><><>< my english is so bad that sometimes cant even continue a conversation.... sigh... Yz must jia you jia you liao!!!

regards,
Rey_Z @ SG

Are U 'Man' Enough?

2008-08-04T09:57:00.000-07:00

How to define someone to be 'man'?
Is it that u're able to stand out to protect ur friends when they are offended verbally, physically or mentally?
Or having six pack abs that most of the guys don't have it?
Or maybe being hot blooded that u'll take down those who challenged u?
Or u can do everything and anything just to prove that u're as strong as the other guy?

whatever it is, seems like the cold headed guys ( the rationale guys) are missed out from the list... maybe they have to take in account of too many matters before making any steps and have to take many precautions to prevent something turns ugly... or maybe they are plainly too timid to go agaisnt someone else...

guess we have to lose our mind sometimes to do something which we're not suppose to do and follow our instinct... but too bad, i cant do it... maybe i dont have the traits inside of me to do so or just that i dont have the guts to do it... have to dig out my balls someday... lolzzz...

/rant.ends/

regards,
rey_Z@SG

p/s: sien ar... orientation for so long...

NUS

2008-07-23T07:28:00.000-07:00

Ran back home last Friday to settle my stuffs, and cant find the 'feel' to write anything. Now i have nothing to do only i thinking to update my blog.

well, currently i still mingle mostly with malaysians as singaporeans not yet check in. so i still feeling like i'm in malaysia=.=" but i guess after the semester starts, everything will be totally different.

as for the hostel, it is quite small, but still consider ok. at least not double decker :P the table is spacious enough and still thinking how to decorate it.

as for the campus, the buildings are very nice, but some quite old too.

foods... hmm.. quite expensive if u do direct conversion, but actually consider quite cheap. the price is almsot the same as malaysia, but their economy rice is much more cheaper. $2+ for 1 meat plus 2 vege. other groceries the value is the same :)

so i guess nothing much to talk about anymore, wait till spend another few days here only i report it here again :P

p/s: every night also feeling hungry>< need to prepare some maggie cup... haha

regards,
rey_Z@SG

Today Is The Day

2008-07-15T09:08:00.000-07:00

16/7 is the day where i going over to Singapore for the first time.
16/7 is the day where i'll walk out from my front door and stay far away from home(for the first time too :P).
16/7 is the day where i'll start a brand new life.
16/7 is the day where i'll be thrown into a total unfamiliar place.
16/7 is the day where i've to face all the challenges with a strong heart which will determine my future.

Now is the time i shake off all the rust and pick up my sword and shield again to strive through the rough sea. Across the sea i will reach an island full with fruits of labour. And hope i'll meet with more true warriors to accompany me through the journey.

All set and ready to sail!! Wish all my friends best of luck and keep in touch :)

regards,
rey_z @ MY

Comrades in Arms

2008-07-09T07:54:00.000-07:00

Since I'll be leaving very soon to study in Singapore for another 4 years, I have to choose an accompany which can stand by my sides always, strives through the ups and downs with me, entertains me when I'm bored etc. So I set up my target to Dell laptops as they provide on site service which means I need not to send the laptop to their place to repair but they will come to me. Next I try to find a laptop which can cope with my mild gaming needs :P Hence, I only have few choices as those high end laptops are way out of my budget. My initial target was just getting a laptop equipped with Nvidia 8600GT M which still able to play games at acceptable settings.

When I waiting for better promotions from Dell.com, a gem stone dropped off from the sky, Dell Precision M6300. And so I bought it at an incredible dirt cheap price and yes, it is a 17" gaming laptop! I'll let the pics do the talks :)

The brandOutlook

Wide open

Keyboards, too bad not back illuminated :(

Media center

Well, actually i bought it few weeks ago, but now only feeling to write about it :P I quite satisfy with its performance (so far), just that it is very hard to find a bag, screen protector for such huge laptop. It weights almost 4kg and its thickness is about 4cm=.= Guess I shouldn't call it a laptop, it is a workstation as it is not portable at all...
/rant ends/

Rey_Z@MY