Over the course of the last two days, I've managed to catch up with alot of work. Still lots more to go but I know I am getting there.

I finally caught the bourne ultimatum, yea probably pretty late but nonetheless it was a good show and good movies has no time boundaries no matter when u watch it. Now for Stephen King fans, if u liked The Shining, u gotta catch the latest movie 1408. The reason why I like Stephen King movies is that it is not really about horror but more on the supernatural and unexplained. In some sense the style is unique and different from the mainstream movies so for me 1408 was a break from the normal shows that I watch.

Its 4am and I am still feeling fresh. Can't sleep. My bio clock is pretty screwed up.

I am so happy cos United beat Chelsea 2-0. Not the best performance by Man Utd but who cares. Michael Carrick had a superb game shackling those blue boys. Disappointed with Ashley cole. I used to like him coz he was a tough tackler but seems that nowadays he has learnt to only talk alot and fall down like a wanker. Must have been the Drogba influence.

I was checking out a few Man Utd chants on the net and found a website. http://www.prideofmanchester.com/sport/mufc-songs-players.htm
http://www.prideofmanchester.com/sport/mufc-songs-opposition.htm

I kinda like the chants aimed at the Liverpool team. Here are a few samples.

You Are A Scouser - (to the tune of 'You Are My Sunshine')

You're a scouser,
A ugly* scouser,
You're only happy on giro day
When your dad's out stealing,
Your mum's drug-dealing,
But please don't take my scouser away.

You'll Never Get A Job... - (to the tune of 'You'll Never Walk Alone')

Sign on, sign on, with hope in your heart,
cause you'll never get a job,
you'll never get a job,
sign on, sign on, with hope in your heart....

Steve Gerrard, Gerrard (to the tune of 'Que Sera Sera')

Steeeeeve Gerrard, Gerrard,
He kisses the badge on his chest,
Then hands in a transfer request,
Steve Gerrard, Gerrard...!

A few days ago, a few of my frenz were remarking at how slack the quiz in the module Are U ok? was. The lecturer had announced prior to the start of the quiz that the questions were in the same order and not jumbled up so as not to confused those who wanted to copy their neighbour's answers. I enjoyed his lectures when I was taking it a few sems back, he had that canny ability to make the lecture enjoyable and relaxing. Wished NTU could have more modules such as his.

I borrowed Omerta from the orchard lib yesterday. Its about the Mafia code of honour being broken and the consequences. The book which is written by Mario Puzo looks promising judging from the preface. Also, I got hold of the book Invisible Trade by Gerrie Lim. The latter is about the sex industry in Singapore as related by some escorts experience. I gotta say it was pretty hilarious. Lets just say I didn't know people holding top managerial positions had such weird fantasies.

Tonight is the big match between Man Utd and Chelsea. Two of my best mates from my JC days are coming over my house no doubt to root for our fav team. Which means I have to buy more beer later.

Finally the morning rain has alleviated the humid weather.

I managed to catch the repeat of the Real Madrid vs Werder Bremen match and for once I gotta say Madrid has finally impressed me with their style of play after like 3yrs. I would say its prob due to the influx of Dutch players playing their style of total football which they are reknown for. This champions league season should be an interesting one to watch. Watching the action has made my legs itchy for football again. I haven't played a field match for abt 2months partly due to rain and some reasons. But I will be lacing my boots again this sunday. However its not for the usual social sunday games where there is a referee, Instead I will be joining James and his so called HDB block neighbourhood team. They supposedly bought two standard goalpost at a few thousand bucks and split two teams to play each other weekly. Prob be playing against him. Pace wise I'll definitely lose to him so I guess I gotta play dirty, haha. The people there nicknamed him 'Turbo' for obvious reasons.

Had my investiture on wed. The commitee has a couple of wax, CG,GG. Only Kang will know what they stand for. HAha

The recess week is finally here. Once again, it will be a play catch up with tutorial week. Of crse I will be watching the movies that I've downloaded. I watched Saw 3 and Hostel for the last two days and I have to warn not to eat food while watching. Lets just say that hostel has more bloody and gory scenes than Saw 3.

I hope my newly made fren will dropped by here from the United States as promised. Whack!

Last week, I was struggling with my steel structures, could say I was stuck at the drench pits. After consulting the venkat fella last nite, I was enlightened and finally able to start climbing up the well. By tmr i should be able to see the sunlight.

Yo Ben Chen, can help me ask Lee Man Hon whether he still has last season's Man Utd Jersey and this season Milan jersey plus print kaka 22. Post the price on the tag. Thanks alot, buy ya beer someday.

Last nite was a bad night to sleep, it was so freaking warm. I won't be surprised if people were to die from heat stroke in their sleep at this rate.

True enough, I got fucked by my RC quiz. After asking the previous class what question came out plus the tips my tutor gave last week, I kinda of concluded that design of flange beams was gonna come out. I spent two whole days studying and was really confident of answering any questions regarding flange. Instead doubly reinforced beam came out. It spoilt my mood for the day. It has been a lousy week.

Next week doesn't look promising either esp with steel structures quiz coming along. It will also be a busy week since there is investiture and I am also the umpire for the CEE pool tournament. By the way I am a member of the CEE sports subcom for this year. Decided to join for obvious reasons. Firstly to know more people from my own faculty and best of all, no need to do any canvassing or money raising. After what happened last semester, I decided to take matters in my own hands and not expect people to help me. Its better to have insurance now. The job scope is so much more relax and expectations are not so pressurizing. Having said that, I will of course do my best in soccer and touch rugby for the school. So on next wed investiture, I hereby announce my retirement from inter hall games involvement. Judging from what happened last year, I guess it was an indication to tell me I sucked big time. Fair enough, I shall stick to my principles in life and keep my backbone straight.

I am beginning to believe that as one grows older, injuries take longer to heal. My ankle injury has been niggling me for a few weeks now and it hurts even more after soccer yesterday. When I walk up a flight of stairs, my knee hurts, when I sleep my bad aches, when I look up at the lecture screen my neck hurts. My body is slowly becoming fragile.

I just found out that my room mate and me share the same birthday just that he is a year older than me. What a coincidence!

I am so fucked for my RC quiz tmr.

I overslept for my morning lectures again no thanks to the cool weather. But the real reason for keeping me in bed was the dream that I had. I dreamt that I was with Jason Bourne yes make no mistake in an espionage scenario. There were a team of us with Bourne being the leader. Everywhere we go, we were constantly chased by the bad guys. It was so real so I guess thats why I overslept. The action was quite heart pumping just like the movies.

Ok reality check, I have to prepare and leave soon, gotta chope seats for the fellas.

The plaudits may be singing England's praises for defeating Israel but for me, the match was a bore. It simply lacked class. I was disappointed that there was no broadcast of the France vs Italy match. Surely that would have been more interesting to watch after what happened at the world cup last year. Same for the Holland game too, finally the Dutch team looks like they are coming good this time around, with stars like Sniejder, Huntelaar, Robben, Van Persie, Ryan Babel and the new starlet Roysten Drenthe. After letting me down since 1998, my hopes are rekindled.

I also caught the opening game of the rugby world cup between France and Argentina. Surprising France lost, they were a nervous wreck right from the start. In short, the players were jittery. The All Blacks also opened their account by trashing Italy but they too don't seem to be impressive. I think they might have peaked too early way back in 2005 when they smashed the British Lions to bits. They were scary back then and one would have thought they came from another planet. I shall be rooting for my favourite Ireland and South Africa as usual.

As the 6th week approaches, quizzes inevitably start popping up. I have a mountain to climb for revision. I kinda slack the whole of last week partly due to venkat fella sending me a jap drama called liar game. Initially I was quite skeptical and thought it was a crap drama but turns out the psychology plot does make one think alot and keep it interesting to watch. It made me remember a book called The lady or the tiger, a psychology book whereby one has to read the clues and make the correct decision for if the wrong door is opened, the tiger will eat you up. Of course as the chapters progress, there are more doors and more deceptions. An example would be door A saying that the tiger is in door B and door B claiming that door A is lying and door C claiming that either door A or B is lying. It can get pretty frustrating but at the same time very exciting. Rats, I think I shall go buy the book in the recess week.

This post is specially dedicated to Corporal Dave Teo Ming, who two days ago, booked out of camp and brought his SAR 21 rifle and ammunition into Orchard Cine leisure. I dunno what went through his mind then, all I know is what earned me his respect most is the fact that he is or should I now say by right supposed to ORD next month. Well done son, you have done the nation proud.

Today I just made a new enemy. After what happened last week, I could see it coming. After arguing on the phone, its sad that it has to end this way just because of a project. I still believe that I have the right to protect my self interest and to question my decision time and time again was an insult to me. I hate it when people question my decision, its not showing me respect. Granted everyone has problems, I have my own problems to deal with. Just because you are experiencing shit doesn't mean I have to share the shit with you. The world is like that, take it or leave it. You got urself into a mess so why should I have to clean up the mess for you. Stop using me as an excuse to vent ur frustrations. I have my own list of frustrations people own me. Dun ever think for a second that I can be made used of again.

It was kinda of sad to see Ole Gunnar Solskjaer walk pass the guard of honour last sat. Niggling injuries having to force him to retire, it was a joy to see him play, may not be the strongest or quickest of strikers but makes up with good positioning and finishing. Also, it was a hero's welcome back for Roy Keane, another United legend. Thankfully United managed to win his team 1-0 though.

The current squad looks formidable even though the goals are not pouring in yet. I have never seen any team dominate ball possession as much as Man Utd. I guess what they need are for the strikers to remain fit and bang in the goals. Two players recently stood out for me, Owen Hargreaves and Patrice Evra. Both are super fit, can tackle well and never seem to break a sweat. My bet is on Owen Hargreaves to win player of the year for the squad.

The rain is making the weather pretty cooling, for which is gonna entice me to take a nap very soon. On the other hand, it also means that my clothes can't dry and if I'm walking half way to school, it can suddenly downpour and drench me. Ok, the bed is calling me now.

An unhappy week

Its been a bad week for me. Had problems figuring out my tutorials. Thankfully the poly mates are a helpful bunch in assisting my enquiries. The stress is slowly starting to mount up and I'm beginning to feel a bit of the pressure. To make matters worst, a friend of mine had to add on to my problems. He has some problems on his own and though I sympathised with his condition, I was a bit pissed off no I should say fucking livid when he tried to imposed his situation onto me. Everyone has to handle problems and if every 20cents schmuck were to come to me for help, I might as well open the salvation army in my house. So to the person concerned, Hey I know I am coming on as being selfish but then again I have to consider my own situation, we are talking about grades being involved here. So I hope the line does not get breached for which I will make things ugly.

On a positive note though, the Macdonalds in NTU somehow cost cheaper compared to last time despite the GST increase. So it seems that there is more reason to eat Mac in school now. Also earlier in the week, I bought a new running shoe, hopefully it serves as a motivation to hit the roads running at night. Finally, I also managed to download quite a few new movies. I hope next week will be a better week. I've tried not to get involved in many matters but somehow people always tend to create problems and trouble for me. All I can say is over the last 6 months, I've been treated like fool and I will not allow myself to be led on by sweet words and empty promises again. Enuff said.

I finally just completed my first tutorial of the semester. The rest has been like half done because honestly the calculations are quite complex. Well at least its a good start and tmr I shall continue the form going.

On thurs, there was a small commotion on the top floor. Someone apparently attempted suicide and though I saw someone who I think might be the person, I rather not jump to conclusions lest pple quote me. To whom it may concern, hey chill dude, its only the 3rd week, dunno how to do tutorial doesn't spell the end of the world. I believe almost everyone hasn't gotten themselves into the groove yet too. I just did my first tutorial an hour ago only.

The weather has been on off the past couple of days and as a result I am having a minor flu now. Hopefully it doesn't get worst tmr though chances it might.

For people who are intending to buy new soccer boots, read carefully. Do not buy puma king boots. I barely wore mine for 3 games and already the sole is starting to split. My heart sank when I saw it. Why is it that honest people like me keep getting cheated. Tsk tsk....

I am disappointed that I cannot change my steel tutorial class. When I approached the subject coordinator just awhile ago to air my grievances, the lady grinned and gave me that 'must be you come and kar jiao me again' look. I gave some excuse and lies to try and convince her that I needed to change class but somehow she saw through my smoke and she immediately said 'you want to change back only becos of the tutor right not because you cannot see the words'. Disgruntled, I decided to accept my fate. Honestly the tutor that is teaching me now isn't so bad, but I can't stand the way he looks. He looks like humpty dumpty, is bald in the middle of the head while the hair grows from the side.

The PRC tutor that is suppose to be teaching the class which is now being taken over by another tutor has supposedly according to the subject coordinator gone to "further his studies". I think she was being modest. Singapore should seriously stop the import of people from china including goods. Today's papers reported on a child clothes catching fire. No surprises, the clothes were made in china. Also China airlines had a plane crash, and its offer to compensate the Taiwanese people is a meagre $150 hongbao. Sweet. I think over the weekend I shall search my house for any Made in china tag. Arh fuck, I think my puma shoes are made in china. Damn.

I've just finished mopping the floor and waiting for the floor to dry. I also just opened the clothing cabinet and my goodness there was a 'hei bee hiam' smell, exactly like how u smell them in the market. James drawer had the previous owner's undergarments still in it, haha. There are wax stains on the floor and I seriously dunno what the previous tenants were doing to each other. So right now I am downloading movies from the sharescan network. But I promise myself I shall do the structures 2 tutorial later.

Once again, hopefully.

I've finally officially gotten my room. Did a check, my left and right neighbours are Vietnamese and Indian scholars. Fuck. In any case I still got the campus security number in my hp. I also got a new roomate(again). Its none other than the all brawn and abit of brain James, haha. Well, at least there will be some banter in the room. Well, the first two weeks of school for me has sort of been a warm up. I shall up the gear next week and start to attempt the tutorials by myself.

I gotta agree with Mr Kang. NTU does really have some cocked up Professors. There is this dork from China who does not prepare the tutorial answers and instead ask the students to give it. Even worst, he borrows the student's question paper. I dun see why the school bothers to continue hiring him. It should be pretty obvious, of all five slots for tutorial classes, it can't be a coincidence that only his two slots have like 15 over vacancies while the other Professors do not have any slots remaining. I rather the school instead of wasting money on morons like him use it to hire some super models to stand in the class and let students admire them. The criteria for engineering lecturers always seem to be old china men who seem on the verge of getting a hear attack. Why can't they just hire a few young ladies, I'm sure attendance rate for lectures will improve and I bet everyone will be right awake.

The answer to all these problems is to stop the influx of china people coming over to Singapore. They stink up our country, have no manners, don't bathe, cook poisonous Char Siew paos, the list goes on.... Oei PM Lee, mai hum leh, wake up ur idea.

Taking the mrt to school everyday may be time consuming but it does have its own perks. One gets to meet all sorts of people from wankers to crankers who do daft things. Just today some bloke was singing happily to himself when it was pretty obvious his voice should be left for the bathroom. One thing for sure, when music is played through the loudspeaker, u can bet ur last penny it has to come from a taufik. Also, when a sexy lady steps into the cabin, u can be sure that every hot blooded male eyes will check her out. Teenagers or young adults will from time to time tactfully sneak a glance but ah peks definitely have no tactical sense. In short they blatantly stare, like wolves ready to pounce on their prey.

Speaking of staring, once in a while I get people who eyeball me for more than 5seconds. It makes me uncomfortable, well last I check, no I don't resemble the latest pin up gay model, no I did not touch ur girlfriend's ass. I guess some people don't understand that staring is very rude. Also, I hate it when people try to push pass ya to get into the cabins when even a donkey can tell it is full to the brim. Just a few weeks back, some old chap tried to take the mickey out of me by pushing me away. Well just as he was about to enter, the door 'kiap' him. I took a dig at him by giving that sarcastic laugh and mentioning a few words of friendly advice. The things most people do to rush to get a seat is amazing. Instead of letting passengers get out first, most old folks stand in the centre and barge forward once the door opens. Its like a rugby scrum. Surprisingly Singapore is not one of the rugby power nations, selectors should start finding potential players at the mrt.

Alright this post is pretty random because I am bored after doing my steel structure tutorial. I dun understand what I am calculating. Cheers to myself.

Well last week kinokuniya had a 20% sale so I decided to part with my cash to purchase "The God Delusion' book by Richard Dawkins. Just reading the preface has convinced me that it was a worthy investment. Before one goes on and say oh its another bullshit nonsensical book, let me just clarify that Richard Dawkins is highly regarded as one of the top son of bitches in the world of science and research so unless one can match his credentials, I would say its advisable to keep thy lips shut. He has written many other top notch books and it would be a disgrace if one does not read them.

To begin with, its an anti religion book, but of course backed up with credible and logical explanations. I've only read the preface and one point to note is childhood indoctrination. I was part of it too, being mentally brainwashed by my aunt and mother to believe in God when I was young. Technically the only reason why I followed my mom to Novena church last time was so that I could eat KFC for lunch. The same thing is happening to my nieces now, they are well brought up and for no reason should they not obey their parents. But I would say that they are too young to make any reasonable judgement for themselves so it would be unfair to say that they believe in God because they know it is the correct thing. Its part of upbringing. Ask a child in Iran who he thinks is God and another child from China and another one from Britain, I reckon the answers will be different. A simple analogy would be if a parent were to give his child read baa baa black sheep and nothing else but baa baa black sheep for his whole childhood life, I bet my balls on the line that should a random stranger walk by and ask 'hey Dick, so what story can ya relate to me', well i rest my case.

I shall share more as I read more. No offence, its a democratic world out there, I have as much right as the Christian next door to preach in what I believe in. Peace out!

According to my pops who heard this from his karaoke singing kakis, some bloke committed suicide near my house multi story carpark last week. He apparently jumped down cos he had cancer. I realised that my housing estate is tainted with people committing suicide. Blagadeshi worker hanging himself from a tree opposite my house, maid jumping down to death opposite my flat. I remember having a nightmare after that episode. I was prob about eight years old and it was my second nightmare. The first one was about Gremlins trying to eat me. Back to the 2nd one, I dreamt that I saw the maid fall to her death, yet she somehow lay on the floor, head bleeding but still eyes wide open looking at me and giving me that hysterical laugh. I will be honest to say that the nightmare scared the piss shit out of me. Well its the start of the hungry ghost festival, I better not say too much.

Peace out.