IT Show 2009

I'll post for past week most of the days. I'll post for Thurs first. The rest of the days another day, bit by bit.

Thurs
Woke up at 8:40. Went downstairs to buy some bread. Then steamed tuna for my brunch. Talked to Frank on msn for a while then prepared and left to meet him. Reached City Hall MRT at 10:40. We went to wait for the free shuttle bus that never came. It seemed that we were waiting at the wrong place. Tried to look for it but ended up walking to Suntec Convention Centre. We went outside the Hall at Level 6 and proceeded to eat our sandwhiches. It was a budget method to save on lunch money cos the food there was expensive. We went in and covered the entire level 6 which was frank stuff and then to level 4 which was the laptop i wanted. There were 3 or 4 HP shops there. But when i could not find the laptop i wanted, I thought that they did not sell the laptop. Got kinda worried and obviously relieved when i found it. Called my dad to come down to make the purchase but he was busy. We took the time to check around for laptop bags and mouse. We then met Terrence and Charmaine for lunch. Later we went to Funan together to purchase laptop bags,mouse and for me a thumbdrive as well as I did not have 1. The laptop i purchased is the HP Pavilion DV4 1301TX. It comes with the laptop bag what they said earlier when i asked. So in a sense wasted money on a laptop bag. But on the bright side i got a laptop bag which i wanted. Anyway the laptop bags can always come in handy next time. Later went back to the IT show with my dad and paid for the laptop which will be delivered to me this Sunday. Went home exhausted but a memorable experience indeed.(Sounds a bit classic)

Piano lesson

Today i realised that my arms and legs could feel the cramp. I must have overexerted myself ytd. Well what's done is done. I'll try not to go thru that again. Well today i managed to wash the dishes by covering my right hand in plastic bag. Got my bro to help me tie it. But it still became damp. Anyway i can feel slight pain from my blisters when i stretch my fingers. Today had piano lesson. Felt happy with myself after the last 2 weeks of feeling miserable. I shall continue to indulge in my interest and strive for excellence(improvement). Thinking to myself..Jia You...

The last 3 days

Haven't posted for a week so I'll post the last three days.

Sunday
Its my mum's turn in the family gathering. So my relatives are coming over at night for dinner and fellowship,etc. Had lots of housework to do then to put our house in order. Mopped the floors,washed dishes,cleaned windows, fold clothes, cleaned chairs(stools), scrub toilet floors, washed outside the house. That's was what i did for the day and the first relatives to come came at 6 plus. Helped out with last min cleaning up and baking. Had my dinner. After that played the board game, The Game of Life. 4 of us played. It was really fun not to mention that i have not played boardgames for ages. The added fun was that i won. Anyway its just a game, even if i did not win it'll still be enjoyable having fun with my cousins. Wished them goodbye and then did the clearing up.

Monday
Went to Sim Lim square and Funan with Frank. Covered all the floors that sold laptops. Didn't go all the shops though as some were repetitive(just gleaned thru them). I took home alot of brochures and even shortlisted about 5 laptops i would like to buy. I have a budget so its much easier to eliminate all the laptops that did not meet the criteria. Anyway i would like to thank Frank for helping me out in choosing my laptop plus the 4 hours plus spent there.

Tuesday
Met my friend at around nine and went to the stadium with him. That was to do exercise. First i jogged 2.4 km then i had an attempt on holding on the pullup bar for as long as i could and it was cumulative meaning i had to hold on for a total of 3 min. Had lots of trouble and even got 4 blisters on my hand after only 1 and a half min. Went to do the other exercises such as leg raises,jumping jacks and crunches. Later i still attempted the pull up bar but could not make it cos of the blisters( was a bit of a crazy idea i think). So i did another exercise to replace it. Total exercise time inclusive of rests was 1 and a half hour but i spent alot of time on the pullup bar. I'll say the months of neglect of exercise have shown. Well the blisters hurt whenever i touch water but i still go about doing my daily activities just endure the pain( pain but not that intense). So quite pain still. I have not done the dishes since although i attempted it but couldn't carry it out cos was like ouch! I got to rmb to my other exercises this week.

SOTA

Surprise,Surprise! I never knew that the girl that had violin lessons b4 my piano lessons is in SOTA (School of the Arts). When i was told i was just very surprised that i went like huh? My teacher thought i did not know what SOTA was but i assured him i knew.The girl is in sec 2 or 3. (i forgot her name) Was only told her name once or twice. I am supposed to practice piano 3 hours a day but am falling way short of day. That makes it 18 hours a week. I aim to hit 10 hours this week. Its really alot to me. That's probably also why i should not do music for my own sake. Don't really can do long hours of practice. My teacher has suggested lots of various methods to help me. Soon I'll fulfill the target alrite. Speaking of which, someone wants to go SOTA too. Wish u all the best (: Ganbatte. Anyway, Shawn has just started blogging again a week ago. Go check out his blog? I feel its quite good.

Bookmark

I have just read another 2 Agatha Christie books. Yup, i went to the library yesterday. But not to borrow another book by Agatha Christie. Instead i borrowed books from 2 different authors recommended to me by my friend. Its also a mystery book except its not always murder. Well the 2 authors are Jeffery Archer and Philip Margolin. My average is reading a book in 10 days. Thats about 30 pages a day. Maybe it'll increase now that I'm free but it might not too.(Cos i will do other stuff) I have always been using a particular bookmark since after my 'O's. Its an orange tiger and there are some words behind. Its by the Singapore Zoo. This is what it says- Tigers are in great demand for their fur. They are also killed for their bones and other body parts which are used in traditional medicines. The illegal trade in this highly endangered species is one of the reasons why there are less than 9000 tigers remaining in the wild.. How can we help: Do not buy products made from tiger parts. Ok that was a bookmark for the 25th anniversary of SG Zoo. Well i have been using it but not really taking note of what it said. Just read it a few times b4. But i always see the tiger and it really is a striking image in my mind. Well ok that's that for books and bookmarks.

Time spent with Chuan Hoe Youths

Got combined youth meeting last Saturday. It was not bad. But it had to rain as the weather forecast predicted. They prayed for it not to rain as the sky was overcast. The rain did stop for some while and they were saying like we started singing and the rain stopped. Well i felt that by doing that they were claiming that thru their actions and not God that the rain stopped. Meaning thru works and not faith. Maybe i am getting a little too judgemental here. But in saying what they said i felt sure it was going to rain. Well it did and it was a heavy downpour. A group of them used a groundsheet as an umbrella to shelter them to transport stuff to the bus. It was rather interesting. The scene was nothing short of amusing especially the way 3 of them came back. Dinner was okay but got caught in the rain along the way back. For Sunday, i went to Discovery centre in the morning. We were supposed to meet at 9 at Boon Lay MRT station. As usual got the same group of pple that were rather late. Discovery centre was ok just that probably not worth $15. At least got 2 shows so it was alrite. Also went to "cycle" the boat. It was an experience. Had my expensive lunch then walked around looking at what shops were selling. Window shopping it is called i think. After that i went home. Discovery centre was really an experience worth it but i won't want to go there anytime soon.

I am free (:

I haven't blogged for almost a week and actually have had a lots to say. I'll try to blog as much as i can rmb. I'll blog for Wednesday and Friday for today. On Wednesday, at night, i went to piano teacher's house as usual. But this time i just was being observant and took in the sights and sounds around me. I noticed that there was Singapore Post and some major buildings that i was appalled to not have seen ever for the last 3 months. I was thinking alot. About quite a few things. Like work, going out and friends. I was really quite busy then. I was also reading as usual. (This sounds like a journal to me somehow) Well Friday then. I woke up relieved that all my work was over (: I went out at 11 plus to and met up with my friends at Bedok interchange.(2 of them) We ate lunch and then went for a compulsory checkup. We played abit of gameboy colour(imagine that). That's cos my 1 friend forgot to charge his psp and another lent his Nintendo DS to another person. Didn't really play it cos we got really bored quickly. Spent most of the time talking. The checkup had lots of different tests such as Urine test,eye test, blood pressure,heart,X-ray. The total process including waiting time took approx 1hr 45 min. With waiting time being about 1 hour 15 min. After that we went to Bedok NTUC and just walked around idly looking for things to buy to eat and drink. Ended up buying mineral water and some chocolates mint thing. We went to Bedok library as they wanted to pass time as it was still early. Read some comics there. Went home at 5 plus. I was really happy to have spent some time with my friends instead of going home to play computer games. Cos there was the urge to play as i have not done so much for quite a while. Ok that's it for this 2 days. For that week it was really one i had to pull thru. Well i finally got thru so i am happy naturally. A few things i forgot to do but i shan't mention it :P