While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Wow...one day, I am gonna be pro like them.

Mid Terms!

First paper tmr for most of the 1st year engineering students is MA1506.

Just want to wish everyone all the best for mid terms!!

Just do your best! Achieve your targets! Its not a competition with the cohort but a competition to beat yourself, to gauge your ability, to push your limits!

That is what I am trying to tell myself also!

And when things dont go well, there is always the finals.

Good Luck people!!

Reply to Rui Hoong

Rui Hoong Wrote:
Hehe...you are really my lil sis lar, sooooo gullible ^^
Btw I've prepared a light-speed plane to take you back from madagascar at 9:45pm, so you'll be able to reach TH at 10pm for PA meeting!
So coool, I wanna bluff you more...I bet you believed for more than 4 hrs, went around asking ppl somemore...=D

Dearest Big Sis Rui Hoong,

Really? You were bluffing me? I tot everyone said that you were in Kyoto? I went to ur room to find u but u were not around. I even received the post cards from Japan showing the nice view of the fuji mountain. Dont bluff me lar, u were in kyoto rite? becoz u didnt buy me any sovenir thats why u bluff me u were back in th.

Hey, but I am really going to Madagascar tmr. My cousin's wedding is at 5pm at madagascar when converted to Singapore time zone is at 10pm tonite. So sorry, I cannot be at two place at once. Please Beg for Raymond's forgiveness later k? Ampun tuanku, ampun tuanku. Hey sis dont worry, I will get some cool cookies for u from madagascar.

cheers,
Victor =)

This post contains a msg for rui hoong only...

Dear Rui Hoong,

I will not be attending PA meeting tmr. Coz tmr, I will be going to Antananarivo in Madagascar. Haha...coz my cousin is getting married there. Its rather urgent but it will only be for a one day trip. Yupz, even bought my plane ticket, flight FD3505 going to bangkok first then transfer to Mumbai, then going to Madagasscar by ferry. Anyways, plz tell Raymond I wont be coming for this Sunday's PA meeting, ok? Anyway, I'll be arriving at changi at 4:30pm on monday, so I could take the math test in time. Haha, I'll take lots of pictures there and I'll post it on this blog later when I come back. haha. I'll tell you if I see penguins there.

Anyways, how was Kyoto? Got any souvenirs for me?

Cheers,
Victor =)

Pig year...

Wells, its the pig year...and guess what am I bringing back to sg??


Yupz, I guess from now onwards I will not be continuing blogging, coz everything that I blog out sounds like ranting. And it gives the impression that I take petty things into heart and that I am very narrow minded and pessimistic. Well, I am a bit, but not that much.

But, I dunno whether I would sound hypocritical if I only blog happy thoughts or happy moments....

well, dilemma...

when things become difficult...

Very often, I would have the feeling that I cannot cope with work anymore. Time to time, I have realised that when I thought I was strong, I am actually weak; I thought I could cope but actually I am nearing my limit.

These things helped me to realise my limitations. It is in these times when I feel so helpless that I remembered that I believed in a God who is strong.

Quoting from familiar Bible verses:
"My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weaknesses."

"Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong."

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

It seems a rather unusual concept that God's strength is made perfect in my weaknesses. Although these verses have different meanings and different interpretations, but the underlying principle is: Don't just rely on your own strength, but God's strength, because even in our weakness, God's strength will make our weakness "strong".Somehow, I dont seem to really trust it...

Which brings me back here, why am I up 6am early in the morning?To be a chao mugger, I guess.

Yesterday was a pretty stressful day. But Debz, thanks so much for the encouragement and for checking that whether "I am still alive", lolz... Really appreciate that =) Thanks yq and xy for chatting with me making me feel not so lonely and encouraging me. haha, I know I am a bit irritating but u all still bear with me...hehe...

Anyways, back to work.

...the truth

well, I admit it... I am not strong. And I cant cope anymore...
hold on victor, hold on...

Fine go ahead, demerit my points...

Well, firstly. Its not that I am lazy to do the video, but its just that I have no time to spare.

My CCA commitees do not have a higher precedence and priority than my STUDIES.

So, no amount of threat will force me to do it.

This weekend I am really NOT FREE.

I dun care if u minus my points or sack me (In fact I would welcome the thought of quitting).

I am really trying my best, to fulfill my obligations and responsibilities and I will do it.

However, I am unhappy with the threats. Well, I cant do anything about it right? since I am under the tyranical regime of the hall comm system and enslaved by the CCA points system. Any protest against it would lead to digging my own grave, very much similar to a certain government system.

NUS, beware of MOOCHERS!!

Yesterday, there was this promotion by Subway, selling 10 cents for a sandwich. @@. It was such a great offer that we couldnt resist. However, the time of offer is during 3-4 which clashes with physics lecture...Oh wells, sometimes in life, we have to sacrifice somethings in order to gain something better. So, we left the lecture theater earlier and went to YIH at 3.

On the bus, I got a shock of my life. The queue outside Subway was so looooong. I never seen so many people in Subway, ever. We gave up immediately. Later I heard that someone actually queued up from 3pm till 355pm.

Well, besides that, there are the milo moochers too! They constantly looking out for a green truck...haha

Well, I just found out what is wrong with my C++ lab program. The prob is: There is NOTHING WRONG with my program. Lol. And y am I graded "F" ?? That is due to the fault of the coursemarker (the program created to mark our C++ programs). It made me spend 2 days trying to find out what is wrong with my program...haha.

Finally, I get to have a nice nap =)

I am weak

The first signs of weakness showed up. I fell asleep while studying late at night. Sigh, I've seen my roommate fall asleep while studying at night, but now its my turn.

Am i at my limits so soon? So, much work to do, if only I had more time - by sleeping less.

Sigh... So many things to do, so many things to worry.

I nid a break...spare me please? I have 2 deadlines tmr and 1 more deadline on thursday. I am not doing last minute work. Its just that I couldnt find the time. I thought my lab will be fine but...i guess I still have much to learn. I am not there yet...

The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

*its funny that although I complained that I have no time, I still have time to blog. Irony isnt it? or issit I just dun wan to do any work anymore.

Un dimanche serein. C'est la vie!

A calm, serene Sunday.

Here I am, lying here on my bed, listening to the soft guitar pluckings(Actually I was lying on the bed just now, I couldnt be possibly be blogging and be lying on my bed rite now). The song, "Cavatina(The Dear Hunter)", brings back memories...memories of the time when I had the passion, the enthusiasm to learn guitar during secondary school. Its the song from my friend's cd, and at that time, I "hogged" it, listening to every track repeatedly. After I left form 5, I never had the chance to listen to that cd again.

Hmm...life's been busy the past few years. My guitar was left in the cupboard for a long period of time, collecting dust, since I came to sg. Wat happened to me? Where did my interest go? As, time passes, life gets busier, the more I get involved in things, I forget what I used to be, what I once loved, what I once pursued...

Last night, my friend was playing track on his msn, and I quickly asked him to send me the file^^ Listening to the song, the fire of interest within me was rekindled..

I'll enjoy this sunday while I can. I've been listening to that song over and over again, doing nothing "productive" - havent touched my lab, tutorials and books. Just a nice Sunday, to sit back, breathe, chill and enjoy life.

A time of reflection...how invigorating, rejuvenating, revitalising, refreshing...
=)

Sometimes, we need a smile...

=)

#include < vector>

What's wrong with my programme?? I spent the whole day debugging over and over again but still this error msg appeared in my compiler:
"ISO c++ forbids the declaration of 'vector' with no type"

What do u mean no type? I followed the syntax and I m positive it is correct. Its something like this: " vector < Player> playerlist" I declared "Player" as a class and it is a TYPE! Who says I declared vector without "TYPE"?? So, I wasnt satisfied, and I tried using other types like int, double, string....blah blah. And still the irritating msg appeared again:
"ISO c++ forbids the declaration of 'vector' with no type"

Stupid compiler, THOSE are clearly TYPES!!will u stop giving me these annoying msgs and just compile my programme!
"ISO c++ forbids the declaration of 'vector' with no type"

damn irritating!!
"ISO c++ forbids the declaration of 'vector' with no type"

FRUSTRATING!! HELP ME!!
"ISO c++ forbids the declaration of 'vector' with no type"

and then...I realised:

I didnt type: "#include < vector >"

zzz....

so, the problem was rectified...FINALLY!! Then I press the compile button. To my horror! rows of msgs appeared:
"expected ')' before "name" , expected ',' or ';' before "name""
"in member function 'void FullTeam::removePlayer(std::string)'"
"expected primary expression before '}' token"
"at global scope 'voit' does not have a name type"...

Then, I realised I spelt "sting" instead of "string", spelt 'voit' instead of 'void'...

Oh wells....i give up