Round the corner

Hello people haha i have been lazy and didnt really wanted to post anything new... but now i feel like i should or else i might just forget it.

Recently met up with frankie to fix up his boss pc, and the power supply has really been giving me lots of problems. I vow to never buy another cheap PSU. Through my experiences, I feel that the PSU is a very important part of the PC and we should never just get a lousy one and wait for it to die out in a few months time.

Frankie's grandfather just passed away 2 days ago, my deepest condolences to frank.

I remember seeing my grandfather pass away numerous years ago on his deathbed, cant remember how many years... He died as a result of lung cancer, and I think it must be because of his heavy smoking habits. My grandmother died a few years later, due to brain cancer. It might be due to the 2nd hand smoke from my grandfather, but I won't really know. I feel a heavy heart everytime I think of them, because they really dote on me alot, taking care of me in my childhood years. My grandfather would buy toys and stuff for me, bring me to see the doctor (I was frequently sick during my childhood years), bring me to get a botak haircut at the indian barber. My grandmother was always there to make sure I had my meals on time, the yummy teochew style porridge I will forever remember. Their cooking is really the best... I will say that their cooking is even better than teochew restaurants'. Hehe I remember my grandfather always chasing me out of the kitchen, which I really liked to play in when I was a little kid. I would lie that I needed to use the toilet in the kitchen but actually I just wanted to stay there to watch them cook.

I really regretted not going to spend time with my grandmother during her final years in the new flat in teban gardens. Back then, our flat was very old and the government was renewing the estate, demolishing the old flats and then building new flats for us. We had already moved out with my dad, and after my grandfather passed, only my grandmother was left with the new flat. I remember promising my grandmother that I will go stay with her once in awhile... a promise I never fulfilled. Its funny how people will only regret something after a person whom he loves is gone. Luckily my aunt was able to take care of my grandmother when she started to become ill. My aunt's place is a huge apartment in bukit timah and it was in her place that my grandmother finally passed on.

Rest in peace yeye and popo.

School is starting next wed, and Im not happy that I have saturday classes again... it means that I will not be able to spend more time with Jamie during the weekends... and my schedule looks to be more tight than last session. Hope I have time to blog sometime soon...

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Freelancer

Hello, I earned 170 bucks this week by servicing a laptop and a PC! Yay! Finally my skills with PC has paid off by adding some weight to my wallet haha... Anybody need help with their PC can intro them to me okay? I charge much cheaper than market price for servicing.

I feel like reviving an old PC at home, but I don't have a working monitor to go with it... I was looking through ebay and I found CRT monitors at 15 bucks! Seems like I can get a good buy, but I don't really have space for it on my table... and Jamie will definitely give me hell for cluttering up my table :x

Actually I just want to have a so-so PC running unix so maybe I can use it as a server or something. Its real fun to play with unix systems, you will definitely learn more skills by playing with non-windows systems. Hmm... I think I will run some kind of Sun OS, its really good for running servers.

Just got back from a late dinner with Jamie, I picked her up from work and we went to chomp chomp for a feast! We had stingray with kangkong (yes, from Lucy's), goreng champedak!!!, chicken wings, and satay! On top of that, Jamie ordered 2 huge cups of sugar cane drink, a "small" one and a BIG one. The 2 cups costs 5 bucks!!! Well the super hot kangkong made us finish the 2 cups of sugar cane with much ease hehe... I love to go food hunting with Jamie. Its so fun to eat with her :)

I have made up my mind, and I'm going to stop my aikido training until I finish my degree. Logically its not feasible to continue training when my schoolwork is so much, and I want to spend time with Jamie. And the fees are paid per 3 months. Every session of my course is 2 months, and about 3 weeks of rest. I can't possibly pay 3 months just to train for about 3 weeks right? And its disruptive for my progress too. I believe that training in any martial art needs to be as often as possible, and one must be fully commited in order to progress. And i personally think that turning up for training only when I am free is quite rude to my Sensei. Many people do that but I look at it with a more martial attitude. So aikido will have to go... I made a promise with Ramlan that I will go back to train when I finish my degree... hopefully I don't lose my interest till then...

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Assault Completed

Hello, just finished my exams last friday :) so happy...

The last paper on algorithms & data structures was quite hell... it was like doing A maths back in O levels... so little time, yet so many things to write :x lost 10 marks due to lack of time... should have written like a man possesed right from the start haha... well what the hell.

Results are due to be out about end of the month... Im quite anxious about the results actually... I wonder how much marks Im going to get for all my effort plus the assignments which nearly killed me sometimes. Im praying for the best.

Right now Im back at work for my dad, Aiesha, in charge of admin has gone to have her baby, so I can't really rot at home and game away haha... Today is the first day back at work and Im doing a very huge lot of tedious work engraving nameplates... luckily I have my laptop here to keep me company haha. Ok back to work!

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