DEADLINE
Oh man! I finally realised that when people say "deadline", they really mean it. Cause if what is to be done by then is NOT, then.... there will literally a dead man then! Holy crap! only less then 2 wks to my deadline for the conference paper, and I am still running simulations which refuses to work! @$@#%$!@~ I am now working from 8am till 10pm everyday, and I still think its not enough to rush for the paper. So I have made the painful decision to cut down kendo training to only sundays for the next 2-3 wks till my paper is completed. Sigh. I SOooo badly wanna improve my kendo, but work is suppose to have priority. Sigh, really feeling low, down and out these few days. Maybe its the stress, maybe its just been swept under the carpet for tooo long. but a lot to think about these days. maybe this is the quarter life crisis coming. HAhaha.... altho i seem to have had it for since 4-6 years already.. what a long long quarter life i have man.. haha..

Ah bah, anyway, back to work for me.........


Oh, here is a picture of the HUGE cloud I saw on 20th Jan 2004. It was really magnificant. Just like the mothership in the movie Independence Day. Unlike other clouds, it was very compact and defined. And with there being very few clouds around it, it really looks like a solid object. I could only catch a small bit of it as it spread so wide across the morning sky, that its almost impossible to catch everything in one shot. And the crowded Singapore horizon doesnt help very much either....:/

I declare the 6th Singapore Youth Kendo Tournament 2004........CLOSE

Yeah! The 6th Singapore Youth Kendo Tournament has offical closed! YEAH!!!!!!!! a HUGE load off my mind.... Was really dead stress that few days. The night before the tournament, was in bed at 1am... but slept only at 2 cos i will wake up every 1-2 minutes to scribble stuff on my notes as i just recalled things to do or say during the opening and stuff i need to do before and during the tournament. But all those sleepless nights and late nights in the office is all worth it. Cos the sensei's left the tournament with a smile on their faces. This is all I ask for. Although there were a few gliches here and there, but for a 1st timer like me, and 1st timers like all my juniors who made this tournament possible, it is a complete success. I should give the perfectionist self of mine a break. and give myself a pat on the back. But it all wont be necessary, with an email from Chan sensei saying its a job well done, its worth 1 million of my pats on the back :)

After the tournament, we all went Dax's place to watch the primere of the LAST SAMURAI. yes, we did, my will power is as strong as tofu... but it was fun. Going though the fight sequals over and over again in slow motion and then normal speed, then slow motion again. And also giving wise crap commens about the movie and effendi fantasizing OUT LOUD.. hahaha.. all this would never be as fun as it would have been if we were in the movies. But we will most probably watch the in the movies again. :):)

Ok, but now i have to get back to work and rush for the conference paper in US by 6th Feb..... STRESS!!!!!! sigh..... how how how how how?????
ARRRRggggggg......i need a miracle!!!!!!!
HELP!!!!!!!

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Back from Langkawi

Firstly, A HAPPY NEW YEAR to one and all who have mysteriously found my website eventhough i've yet to tell anyone about it.:) but you guys are free to roam around. If not I wouldn't have made a blog in the first place.

Anyways...
Whao, the Langkawi trip was fun. We rented MANUAL cars WITHOUT power steering, and almost considered without brakes when we were there. But it was cool, just nearly lost our little lives about 283 times only. Nothing to brag about. Haha.... oh man. the people in our car (cos there were 18 of us, so we split into 3 cars) only have one objective in mind. and thats to STAY ALIVE!!!!!! hahahaa... its like a big thing for everyone when the car makes a turn. besides the driver checking the roads, the rest of the people will be like, "LEFT CLEAR!, RIGHT CLEAR! ALL CLEAR!!!! GO!!!!" AAHahaha... oh man.. now that i look back, its really hilarious. but honestly, then, it was a matter of life and death man! :(

oh, so the first day we went up this so call mountain, but think its just about less then 1000m. but its definately higher then our tiny bukit timah hill:) We took cable car up. Its the BEST way to travel man! i mean if u wanna travel vertically up a mountain to have a view from the summit. The rest of the time(e.g. Mt Kinabalu, Mt Fuji), we usually CLIMB up... so comparitively, this is REALLLY relaxing. The view was really great too. and thanks to us almost getting lost, we managed to catch the sunset:) a truely magnificant view.

We went island hopping on the second day and ended off with doing banana boating in a lagoon like place. it was really fun although the boat dragging us wasnt very powerful. So we ended up Throwing ourselves off the banana boat! hahaa kinda stupid but it was fun.

Then before we know it, the 3 days passed. And something feels amiss when i was leaving lankawi, something i forgot to do.......... SLACK!!!! i didn;t slack nor 'nuar' (rot) around at the beach at ALL!!!! :( ARRrrrggg... and after another 13hrs bus ride, i ended up more tired after the trip then before..... kinda defeats the purpose for me going to Langkawi... ah well, i had fun. But honestly, the most memorable time there is still the car rides, where we struggled to stay alive... haha