I'm not a Singaporean, nor did I attend the National Day Parade at Marina Bay.
So this post isn't going to be about these things... but rather the more random and mundane things that has occurred over the past few days.
Anyway, as a side note, I have decided not to give up my Malaysian citizenship from the very start, although I would at least give back something to Singapore at some point of time.
Friday, 07/08/09
Uhh so. National Day didn't mean a lot except for the extra holiday and the fact that Friday was a half day off.
At least being in PA/AVA allowed me to go to the Auditorium control room, while the rest of the J1s were in the Hall.
That's a benefit as I can do what I like to do :D
Ricky, Huang Huang, Yixin, Joycelyn (the sleepyhead!) and Benjamin were there too!
The J2 seniors were extremely noisy (especially during the Harmonica Band performance).
It was rather clear from the top that most of them just couldn't care less.
Some were playing with their PSPs, handphones, hair or just plain mugging.
Oh well.
The celebration in auditorium ended rather early. Just lasting 2 hours.
There was also an MOE International Scholars' Meeting slightly later that day.
There was a "survey".
It was a form which had 6 boxes in it - strengths, weaknesses, support, resources and 2 feelings (?)
Appeared to be largely the same as the one we did at the start of the year.
I think it was pretty pointless, so much that I just wanted to leave it blank.
Perhaps one more relevant thing is regarding the warning letter.
I'll probably be receiving one due to my stupid U-grade in Physics. :/
Very unfortunately, my laptop decided to murder itself on the same day =.="
This time the thermal sensor was the culprit, it kept reporting that my CPU was at 99 degrees celsius right from the start.
And that caused the hardware to trip itself.
Attempted to repair it but no avail because I didn't have thermal paste with me.
Apparently this laptop is probably reaching its expiry date~
Wai Chew's laptop seems to be also on the verge of destruction as Windows XP takes around 3 - 5 minutes to start each time.
Felt rather unaccomplished at the end of the day as I just slept through :|
It's interesting to note that 12:34:56 07/08/09 happened :D
Saturday, 08/08/09
Went to Sim Lim Square alone to get the thermal paste I required.
Bought a VGA cable to replace the Boarders' Council's spoilt one, apparently the rate of spoilage of VGA cables within the Council is rather high, amounting to roughly 1 cable per 2 months.
I think I would be running out of money soon :/
MOE doesn't want to take into account inflation over the past 5 years ):
Since I was at Sim Lim Square, might as well take a look at what laptops are available currently to replace mine~
I had fun laming the salesperson(s) at various stores, by telling them that "I want a 14-inch laptop which can play Crysis at high settings".
Apparently one of them was rather ignorant, so much that he actually pointed me to a laptop with nVidia GeForce 9300M GS (which is rather low end) :D
Actually I have already chosen my laptop of choice :D
It's an Asus N81Vp (I saw the less powerful Vg model at SLS though), priced at roughly RM4320, after conversion from USD and taking into account delivery charges.
I didn't know importing laptops into Singapore would incur a 7% GST, whereas for Malaysia it's free!
Specs for Asus N81Vp are rather good :D
Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 (2.8 Ghz, 1066 Mhz FSB)
4GB DDR2 SDRAM
ATI Mobility Radeon HD4650 (1GB GDDR3 VRAM)
14" 1366x768 pixels display
1.3 megapixel camera
5 USB ports, 1 eSATA port
2.50 kg with battery
And yes, it can play Crysis at high settings.
Oh by the way, just wanted to say that PW SUCKS D:
especially when the execution of our trial comes *right after* Physics Lecture Tests, which I feel I'm not adequately prepared for.
Time to get back to sleep~ *yawns*
It is 55 days to promos. Jiayouus! :D
So this post isn't going to be about these things... but rather the more random and mundane things that has occurred over the past few days.
Anyway, as a side note, I have decided not to give up my Malaysian citizenship from the very start, although I would at least give back something to Singapore at some point of time.
Friday, 07/08/09
Uhh so. National Day didn't mean a lot except for the extra holiday and the fact that Friday was a half day off.
At least being in PA/AVA allowed me to go to the Auditorium control room, while the rest of the J1s were in the Hall.
That's a benefit as I can do what I like to do :D
Ricky, Huang Huang, Yixin, Joycelyn (the sleepyhead!) and Benjamin were there too!
The J2 seniors were extremely noisy (especially during the Harmonica Band performance).
It was rather clear from the top that most of them just couldn't care less.
Some were playing with their PSPs, handphones, hair or just plain mugging.
Oh well.
The celebration in auditorium ended rather early. Just lasting 2 hours.
There was also an MOE International Scholars' Meeting slightly later that day.
There was a "survey".
It was a form which had 6 boxes in it - strengths, weaknesses, support, resources and 2 feelings (?)
Appeared to be largely the same as the one we did at the start of the year.
I think it was pretty pointless, so much that I just wanted to leave it blank.
Perhaps one more relevant thing is regarding the warning letter.
I'll probably be receiving one due to my stupid U-grade in Physics. :/
Very unfortunately, my laptop decided to murder itself on the same day =.="
This time the thermal sensor was the culprit, it kept reporting that my CPU was at 99 degrees celsius right from the start.
And that caused the hardware to trip itself.
Attempted to repair it but no avail because I didn't have thermal paste with me.
Apparently this laptop is probably reaching its expiry date~
Wai Chew's laptop seems to be also on the verge of destruction as Windows XP takes around 3 - 5 minutes to start each time.
Felt rather unaccomplished at the end of the day as I just slept through :|
It's interesting to note that 12:34:56 07/08/09 happened :D
Saturday, 08/08/09
Went to Sim Lim Square alone to get the thermal paste I required.
Bought a VGA cable to replace the Boarders' Council's spoilt one, apparently the rate of spoilage of VGA cables within the Council is rather high, amounting to roughly 1 cable per 2 months.
I think I would be running out of money soon :/
MOE doesn't want to take into account inflation over the past 5 years ):
Since I was at Sim Lim Square, might as well take a look at what laptops are available currently to replace mine~
I had fun laming the salesperson(s) at various stores, by telling them that "I want a 14-inch laptop which can play Crysis at high settings".
Apparently one of them was rather ignorant, so much that he actually pointed me to a laptop with nVidia GeForce 9300M GS (which is rather low end) :D
Actually I have already chosen my laptop of choice :D
It's an Asus N81Vp (I saw the less powerful Vg model at SLS though), priced at roughly RM4320, after conversion from USD and taking into account delivery charges.
I didn't know importing laptops into Singapore would incur a 7% GST, whereas for Malaysia it's free!
Specs for Asus N81Vp are rather good :D
Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 (2.8 Ghz, 1066 Mhz FSB)
4GB DDR2 SDRAM
ATI Mobility Radeon HD4650 (1GB GDDR3 VRAM)
14" 1366x768 pixels display
1.3 megapixel camera
5 USB ports, 1 eSATA port
2.50 kg with battery
And yes, it can play Crysis at high settings.
Oh by the way, just wanted to say that PW SUCKS D:
especially when the execution of our trial comes *right after* Physics Lecture Tests, which I feel I'm not adequately prepared for.
Time to get back to sleep~ *yawns*
It is 55 days to promos. Jiayouus! :D
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