Holidays started! Not sure if I'm actually happy about it, because I'm too lazy to go out and get a job... And I can't go on spending all my money on outings with my friends. Sigh. Still, at least I can meet up with my friends and bond with my family during this period of time. Hehheh.

I went swimming at Downtown East with my parents on Monday. I thought it would be a piece of cake for me to swim across the length of the pool, but it was longer than what I was used to, and I had a hard time swimming. Well, I did manage to swim two laps in the end... And it reminded me of the time when I was young and went swimming with my family on weekday evenings. Heehee.

Went to Teo Heng with XH, Siew Ting and Shi Yun on Tuesday. We ended up singing for seven hours. Gosh. My singing went horribly off-tune towards the end. Haha. Oh, and on that day, XH and I travelled across the entire island just to return our hall keys. Sigh. What a complete waste of two hours... And we had to wake up at five plus in the morning just for that! We did have breakfast at Can 13 and play Wii (Raving Rabids 2) at the SRC after that, though. That was rather fun. Anyway. I wanted to eat the laksa at Katong! And buy Koi, but we were out of time and had to be punctual for the singing session. Sigh. Good thing Siew Ting asked us if we wanted Gong Cha. Hehheh.

Anyway, I'm going out again tomorrow with my coursemates... And I should end the post here, since I have nothing else to say already. Hehheh.

Looks like I failed in my ambition to post more often. =.= I wish I could blame it on uni, but that's just making excuses.

Anyway, my birthday was celebrated by different groups of friends. And I'm really glad that they do make the effort to celebrate for me even though I'm such a heartless friend. I don't bother keeping in contact with them, but they still come and find me...

And so... It's actually near exams now. And I really should be studying instead of posting here. D: I've run out of things to say anyway, since all I wanted to do was to express my gratitude (silently) for all my friends. ^^;; Okay, shall end the super short post here and attempt to get back to studying now.

Another song from Mayday's latest album~ I didn't come up with the chords, but this is a relatively easy song to play for beginners, since it consists of just four chords. (And I think this would be a pretty good alternative to the older songs which consist of four chords as well... :P)

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歌曲名：Bonus Track T121 3121
歌手/乐队：五月天
编配者（转载来源）:Asince
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key:C
前奏：C     AM       F      G7

C                 AM
学长说过想把马子要会弹吉他
F                 G7
又帅又酷又有才华就是弹吉他
C                 AM
四大和弦依靠指法速成弹吉他
F                 G7
吉他不难学长他说这样弹吉他
C           AM
T1213121    T1213121
F           G7
T1213121    T1213

C                 AM
从小开始就一直想学会弹吉他
F                 G7
很多年后回忆和我一起弹吉他
C                 AM
悲伤快乐任何时刻都想弹吉他
F                 G7
废话少说现在马上开始弹吉他
C         AM
T1213121  T1213121
F         G7
T1213121  T1213121
C
提议而已尚翊二一
AM
体验恶女善意恶意
F
替你恶心伤你和气
G7
体力耐力擅自儿戏

C          AM
时间都停了 他们都回来了
F          G7
怀念的人啊 等你的来到
C          AM
时间都停了 他们都回来了
F          G7           C
怀念的人啊 等你的来到  嗯~~
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Source: http://jitapu.com/tabPages/149/txt20122216042234.htm

Mayday songs are nice~ And so here's the chords to one of the songs in the latest album, 第二人生.
As usual, I don't claim credit for the chords or the song itself, link to the site where I got the chords from is at the bottom of this post~

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歌曲名：我不愿你一个人
歌手/乐队：五月天
编配者（转载来源）:Asince
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作曲：冠佑;阿信@mayday
作词：阿信@mayday

前奏： G    C   D    BM    EM    D   G    C   D   BM   EM   C   G   D   

    G     D        BM      EM
你说呢 明知你不在 还是会问
  C        G   AM    D
空气 却不能代替你 出声
   BM          C  AM      D
习惯 像永不愈合的 固执伤痕
  BM     AM D  G
一思念就撕裂灵魂

    G     D        BM     EM
把相片 让你能保存 多洗一本
  C        G    AM    D
毛衣 也为你准备多 一层
   BM         C   AM       D
但是 你孤单时刻 安慰的体温
   BM    AM D   G
怎么为你多留一份

       C       D       BM       EM
我不愿让你一个人 一个人在人海浮沉
      C       BM     G     D
我不愿你独自走过 风雨的时分
       C       D       BM       EM
我不愿让你一个人 承受这世界的残忍
     C        D      G
我不愿眼泪陪你到 永恒

    G     D        BM      EM
你走后 爱情的遗迹 像是空城
  C        G   AM    D
遗落 你杯子手套和 笑声
   BM          C  AM      D
最后 你只带走你 脆弱和单纯
  BM     AM D  G
和我最放不下的人 

G        D        BM          G
也许未来 你会找到 懂你疼你更好的人
C                 D
下段旅程 你一定要 更幸福丰盛

       C       D       BM       EM
我不愿让你一个人 一个人在人海浮沉
      C       BM     G     D
我不愿你独自走过 风雨的时分
       C       D       BM       EM
我不愿让你一个人 承受这世界的残忍
     C        D      G
我不愿眼泪陪你到 永恒

    G     D        BM      EM
你说呢 明知你不在 还是会问
  C        G   AM    D
只因 习惯你满足的 眼神
   BM          C  AM      D
只是 我最后一个 奢求的可能
  BM     AM D  G
只求你有快乐人生 

      BM    C    AM       D
只求命运带你去一段全新的旅程
  AM     D      G   D
往幸福的天涯飞奔
  AM     D      G   D
别回头就往前飞奔
   AM    D      G
请忘了我还一个人

尾奏：G    C   D   BM   DM7  EM  G
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The formatting seems to be rather off after I've copied and pasted it. D:

Here's the link to the site where I found the chords: http://jitapu.com/tabPages/149/txt20123214053220.htm

This is supposed to be a post to wrap up what has happened in the past year, but let me just write a bit about today first before I get to that.

Met up with the 32 people at Chris's house today! I was kind of worried that I would lose my way, but it's kind of difficult to lose my way when all I have to do is to walk in a straight line. Haha...

We had potluck for lunch and sat around talking. Well, mostly of the guys talking about army and the girls talking about uni life. Mr. Chew came over with his wife and son as well! Benedict is still as cute as ever. Haha~

I'm glad we met up on the last day of the year. I would regret it if we didn't meet up during this time. Hopefully, I'll get to meet them again for CNY next year!

Okay, back to the reflections part. This year has been a year of "firsts" and practising my rusty skills of making friends. First time I worked, first time meeting and interacting with people of different ages... (Well, for me, I see this very high wall between people who are older than me and I.) It made me realise that we're all the same. XD

Actually, what do I have to write about the year? Erm... I have finally learnt that I am unable to commit for long periods of time and stopped committing to CCAs? Something like that, anyway. And I have learnt new things about myself and my surroundings through interaction with my new friends.

I'm glad for all my friends who have still stayed with me this year despite my faults, and thankful for my new friends who let me discover new sides to myself. I hope that in the following year, they will still stay with me!

And no, I'm not going to make any new year's resolutions because I'll never remember them, much less keep them. Hmm. Seems like my current motto is to spend minimal effort on things that I need to do? Strange. And my thoughts are getting more and more jumbled as time goes by... It seems like I really need to write more to make myself understandable.

Short post is short, but I think I've reflected a lot in my last few posts, so I shall refrain from writing more now and enjoy the last few moments of 2011. Hopefully, 2012 will be as good a year as 2011! Or maybe even better? Am I being too greedy? ><

So... I've been going out a lot during the holidays. And I'm still in need of some exercise. Hehheh. Went shopping for CNY clothes, but somehow, the latest trend doesn't really catch my eye. So I'm thinking that I'll go out and shop after Christmas, because I'll have more choices then? Uh, actually, no. More like because there will be different designs available in stores after Christmas. Speaking of which, I guess it won't rain during CNY, because there's going to be heavy rain during Christmas. Oh well, let's just keep this post here and we'll see if what my mom says is true. Heehee.

Anyway, I went out with some of the PPG people to Teo Heng today. Namely, Hui Yi (whom I had lunch with), Pei Wen, Jess, Kai Yang and Wei Liang. Haha. And Kai Yang was saying that he wasn't the oldest out of all of us, because Wei Liang is older.

Singing session was fun~ Spammed lots of SHE songs. XD And then we went to City Plaza to eat chicken at Arnold('s?). I thought we were going to continue to shop after that, but then everyone decided to go home (which suited me just fine, since I wanted to catch my 7 o'clock show). Haha.

It was quite fun hanging out with them, although we didn't get everyone together... I find myself enjoying small gatherings like this. It makes it easier for me to interact with every other individual, because I tend to just keep quiet or talk to the same few people if I'm in a large gathering (of perhaps 20 plus people?). But that doesn't mean that I don't like large gatherings, though. Because there are some people who will entertain the rest of us and that reminds me of why I liked the group of people I was in in the past. (Okay, I don't think I'm making sense here, but I guess I'll just ramble on...)

I'm looking forward to the squad gathering on Sunday! Guess I'll go in the morning and help out if I can wake up on time (mainly because I have no idea how to get to Jing Jie's house on my own). Though I don't really celebrate Christmas because of how I was brought up, I find it a nice reason to get together and chat with them. Because out of all my groups of friends, I've probably kept in touch with my squadmates the least. Oops. I should do something about that, right...? ><

Seems like it's time for me to conclude this post, before I ramble too much. I'll be back when I'm back, but I hope to be back more often, because I need time to reflect on myself, and because I want to keep track of different events in my life...

It's been a long time since I've last posted something. Oops.

Anyway, in the span of these few months, lots of things have happened. Sad and happy events in my family. A whole semester has passed. I'm left with my last paper for the semester. Life goes on.

But I feel like I've learnt a lot more about things ever since I entered uni. Interacted with lots of different people. Learnt more about the things that I can't do anything about in life. Grown a bit fatter because I keep snacking in hall. Haha...

Not going to talk much about my family matters, I think. But I feel like my eyes have been opened, even if by a small fraction.

And it seems like I need to change the way I study in uni. Can't use the same desperate method I used in JC. And secondary school. And primary school. Haha.

I'm glad to meet so many people and found so many friends in uni. Hopefully, I can keep them all, even after uni has ended.

I'm having lots of fun learning Japanese. More than my uni subjects, anyway. In fact, if there were a course in uni that just taught all sorts of languages, I would have taken it. Hmm. I think I shall try and take Korean next sem? It doesn't make sense to me to take Japanese again in school. My mom actually wanted me to take Malay or something like that, which would be more useful in Singapore, but... Well, let's just say that my interest doesn't lie in there.

Still looking forward to what uni life has in store for me. Hopefully, more joy. And more meetups with my friends. But hopefully not getting dunked into a lake for my birthday. I have a feeling that my birthday falls on a holiday, so I'll just make sure I don't turn up for any outings in that month. Hehheh. And considering that my friends all seems to know one another... I'm just going to lock myself up in the room and not open the door for my IEM people to find me. Haha.

After staying in hall, I can appreciate my house more now. And I'll probably start sweeping the floor. Haha. When I can't stand the mess anymore.

I need to stop speaking in short sentences. And go study for my last paper. And study for my Jap exam which is on Saturday after that. And go be a volunteer at the Standard Chartered Marathon after that. Hmm. Seems like my holidays are going to be rather packed. I shall go shopping for CNY clothes! And get a change of wardrobe colour... Hmm. I've tried black, pink and blue. What colours should I try after that? Shall mull over it while shopping. Hehheh.

It’s been quite a while since I last blogged… So I shall start talking about uni + hall life?

Hmm. Although school only started three weeks ago, I feel like I’ve been in the school for months… Haha. I wonder if it’s because I’m currently staying in hall, so the days feel longer? And I walk to school almost every day, which takes me around 20 minutes… It’s a little annoying to have to walk so far, but it feels great to have an alternative to having to take public transport when I’m running late and the bus simply refuses to come. I think I’m just missing the part where I can just walk to school, so I shall just enjoy it for this year since I don’t believe that I will get to stay in hall again next year. Although it’s better for me to stay in hall by participating in hall activities, I’m already lagging behind in my studies… It makes more sense to me to study harder than to play and neglect my studies… Well, not that I’m really mugging very hard right now. :X

One thing good about staying in hall, though, is that my sleeping time is more flexible, and I can go out for supper at odd hours… That
is, provided that I’m still awake. Went out for supper with some of the PPG people the other week and to the roti prata place at Bukit Timah (I think?) with my IEM clique yesterday night… And I went out with a mix of PPG and IEM people for dinner at JP the other day as well… XD I feel like I’m spending a lot of time with my IEM people (in this case, IEM = Insane Eating Machines and not Info Engine and Media. LOL.) and not enough with the others.. Somehow? But I’m still in the midst of trying to strike a balance between all my friends. Oh, and I nearly forgot about all the DHS people. Haha… ><

One thing I don’t really like about uni (and probably adult life?) is how people keep wanting to go clubbing. And drinking. My parents have
explicitly said that they will not allow me to go clubbing and I refuse to go as well… If I go just once, others will keep making me go, so I’d
rather not start the vicious cycle. But whenever I tell my friends that my parents refuse to let me go clubbing, they’ll say things like my parents won’t know and just to try it once. So nowadays, I just tell people that I don’t club. Short and sweet. And they won’t force me to go as badly as when I give the first reason. Haha.

Anyway, I’m glad that it’s going to be a long weekend and I can stay in my beloved home where I don’t have a dust generator… My hall room is
like a dust generator. D: There’s a lot of dust no matter how much I clean, and the hall office has not yet washed the stupid curtains, which are a little dusty, though I’ve dusted them already. D: I always joke with XH about how we should get an artificial sun in the room, since the room is both humid and dusty… Haha. We’ll create rain clouds in the room. LOL.

And I can finally go for a 6C32 outing on Monday! ^^ I feel like I haven’t seen the 32 people in a long time… T_T Although my uni friends are also crazy and fun, I still kind of miss my crazy class… Haha… I hope we’ll end up having lunch together or something… And we’ll get to see Benedict! (Let’s see if my supposed baby charm still works on Benedict… Haha.)

Oh wait. Stupid me just realised that most of the clothes I prefer to wear are still in hall. -.- Hmm. Now that my clothes are separated between hall and my house, I find it kind of hard to dress up when the occasion calls for it. And I should get nice T-shirts so that I can stop wearing school-based tees to lectures. Haha. And I need to get a few more pairs of shorts and a backpack as well. Haha. :X

I didn’t get to send YH off yesterday… T_T So she’s in China now… And she didn’t bring the marimo that we bought for her! >< Oh well…  Guess she had no choice, since her mom didn’t allow her to bring it there, for some reason… I wonder if she brought some of the soil in
Singapore there? I recall my mom saying that some people do that to feel that the soil of their homeland is still with them (probably for  homesickness, I suppose?).

Although I didn’t get to send YH off, XH was thoughtful enough to get tickets for Singapop for all of us… And we ended up not going in the
end, because we’d rather spend the time chatting than jumping on wet grass (since it rained a little that day). Haha… We decided to celebrate
XH’s birthday by surprising her with donuts as well… Though stupid me brought candles but not the lighter… -.- But XH was still quite happy
about it. And that reminds me. I need to get her belated birthday present. LOL. Now I must find someone to go to Bras Basah with me… Or
maybe I should just take her with me to go and buy the book that she wants, since I want a copy of the book as well and she has some discount voucher for it… Hmm. Good idea. Guess I shall call her and ask tomorrow morning. ^^

And I think I won’t be going for the hall D&D. Yeah, I should show my face in the hall OG more, but seriously, I’m not prepared to pay $60 for a dinner where I believe I won’t get to sit with my own OG mates and will end up being isolated. Yes, I don’t want a repeat of what happened for the hall dinner. -.- That is the reason. Don’t ask me anymore. Sigh. I get irritated whenever I’m reminded of that. Zzz.

But oh well, overall, uni life has been rather different and interesting… Haha… Kind of enjoying it now, since I won’t get to enjoy as much of it next year when I get booted out of hall… XD And I’ll have to spend two hours commuting to and fro my house. :/ I don’t think my parents approve of me renting a house with my other friends at somewhere near the school, so I suppose I will just have to live with it. >< Oh, and that reminds me. It’s the first time ever since primary school that I’m studying in the same place as my sis. Haha. Interesting…

And one last thing. I must stop having HTHTs with different people… Haha. Or at least, limit it to not more than two a week… :X

Oh yeah, and I got my MacBook Air on Sunday. The guys have all been laughing at how I spent a bomb on something equivalent to a netbook.
LOL.

Came back from hall camp last Friday but I was too lazy to post about it. Anyway, I ended the camp earlier because I attended the Freshmen Welcome Ceremony on Friday and I had my Jap lessons the next day. It was a good thing I ended the camp then, because I heard that the others had HTHT until 5.30 am after the Amazing Race on Friday. O_O But I feel kind of bad for abandoning them, and I’m always not going for their outings for different reasons. Speaking of which, APUS (that’s my hall camp OG) won the Best OG! :O

Okay, enough with the guilty thoughts. When I moved back into hall on Sunday, I forgot to bring my optical mouse! And to think that I was mentally telling myself not to forget it at all costs. Zzz.

Anyway, it was the first day of school yesterday and I ended up sitting with Wei Long and Alex for the DE lecture (Kwan Chiu and a couple of new coursemates he found were sitting one row below ours). Alex had actually forgotten to register for the DE course and had to crash the lecture… He was quite upset because he had initially planned his timetable such that he would have no lessons on Friday… And this DE module messed up his plan.

After the lecture, the IEM group wandered around the place trying to find where I-hub was (because I am too terrible with directions) and to get their matric cards (because I’d gotten it before they did, since I reached the place half an hour before the lecture was due to start). I wanted to get my ez-link card as well, but the others were saying that I had to wait until they send me the email to collect the card.

Oh well, either way, I suppose I’ll be able to collect it tomorrow! I shall go and get the rest of my notes at the library first, before going to meet my mentor, and then I shall head over to the SSC to get the ez-link card. Hmm. But then, I won’t get any lunch until it’s quite late! Hmm. Maybe I should get others to help me buy the notes. Hehheh. That is, if they’re going to get the notes and it’s on the way. I need to find lunch-mates as well! Looking at my timetable, it seems like all my lectures will be at the LKC LT. Hmm. But I have a five-hour break before that. I guess I’ll just call around and see if anyone is free in between those times so that we can walk around together or something… Maybe with my coursemates, since two of them have the exact same timetable as me, unless they decided to change their timetable.

Okay, I’m rambling now. That means it’s time to end the post before I confuse myself and everyone else further. Haha.