The most important so far, and definitely why I start it off with this. My girlfriend, Thanh. She is a Vietnamese, an ASEAN scholar, but not a very good cook. I noticed her since the day I joined the Taekwondo Orientation Camp, a.k.a TKDOC. I must say she wasn't the first to catch my eye, but I developed feelings for over a few more sessions. I longed to see her every session, and I guess I gave the game away when I first SMSed her during one training asking why she didn't come. Her suspiscions enveloped our whole relationship from then on. From just friends who she didn't even have a good impression from, we trekked this relationship through a series of long MSNings and SMSes. It was discovered at a later time that the feelings developed and this became mutual. With my most recent event, she was there for me a almost every free time she had, which was my injury of the open dislocation of the right big toe. Also through this accident, my family got to meet her, something that was way unplanned for. Luckily for that, my parents like her. It really means a green light.In all the days of this month, she is working most of time, with a stringent and quite demanding boss. But she still makes attempts to visit me at home. The times we spent during these festives are precious even without Orchard Road in mind, just the two of us are enough. I love you Thanh. *muackz*
Thanh, my wonderful girlfriend*I skipped the whole courtship part; it is a secret.*
Next , chronologically, was when I entered NIE. I met the two best friends in most of my modules at the bus interchange, without knowing that it might be them. You are, Dawn and JieLing. To be a bit more biased, it would be JieLing. I share more modules with her, and I find that we can relate to each other better. Same age maybe. There has been alot of fun times with the two of them, when we embarked on our first project, Greenberg Essay-Presentation. From then on, everytime we see the colour green, it was sure to spark a laughter. Now, we are again working together on our next essay-presentation: A New Pyschoanalytical Approach to Aesthetics.
JieLing's boyfriend, Mervin, resembles me. Often, I would tell her my likes and dislikes, and she will compare her boyfriend to my self, finding much similarities. An example would be corn. We both hate corn, yet we love popcorn. When JieLing was a free frag in DOTA using the character Lina, we both said the same comment: " You must anticipate where the enemy is running, then you stun." There are certainly many more which I can't remember at hand.
Jieling and DawnI shall give credit to another dear friend, Farida Diva.( thats her nick) I call her thunder. Our friendship grew when we would always argue (sensibly) during our presentation for Problem Based Learning. Hailed as English Nazis by our group members, we paved the route to the end for this horrendous project. It was certainly mind-boggling, yet fun and enjoyable with the company of such a great friend. She is also very liberal and open-minded to the way we deserve fun and enjoyment.
Farida
Art group
PBL groupAfter entering NIE for a few days, there was this orientation camp where I got to know my Group Endeavours Service Learning members. I gave our team the name AHOY and we used it as our slogan every since. We completed a project of teaching disabled children the olympic-recognised game of Bocchia, after a series of meetings and intense votings. From there, I learnt that democracy may win you the result, but it may not win you the heart.
On the CCA side, I tried for the presidency of the Teachers Trainee CLub, the constituency club in NIE, on which I lost terribly. I left for another CCA, which my parents objected once again furiously, Taekwondo. There, I met a group of wonderful friends whom I also met Thanh. Amongst the first and closest was Andy,Xuanie, Chengyi, Winnie, June and Randal. We created the club named "GOSIIP CRUB'', for a group of people who can't spell properly and spend their time gathering gossips to share. It was hilarious and we had a great deal of fun. A lot of time was spent in Hall 11 playing cards or watching movies. In the end, Xuanie got attached with Andy after much ordeals. Chengyi was always our joker, whose jokes were sometimes not appreciated. Winnie our cook always brought food to hall 11 after her Home Econs (teacher too) practical on thursday evenings. June is the perceived jokingly more EMO one and a slogan was tagged to her of ''Don't waste food''. From then on, any leftovers was dedicated to her. Of course, there are man more of you whom I shall attempt to name w/o referring to a list. Don't scold me or blame me if I left you out.
Gosiip Crub
Sebastian WenXiang Nelson William Celeste Ee On Shimin Kuan Rei Rikki Daniel XiaoNic
oops I can't remember the rest! Don't scold me!
Randal is the best friend I made in NTU I guess. We clicked off qutie well during our TKDOC and joked non-stop from then on. He camped over at my hall a few times after trainings and we chatted about everything under the sun. Music, r/s, games etc. I was there during his ordeal with Sandy(his gf) about their relationship and a new found liking, and he was there to support my liking for Thanh. Views and suggestions were always exchanged to help each other. His ''bak kwa'' injury was the best incident that happened, often showing off that he can't bathe himself, and Sandy would have to bathe him. Pleasurable. Into the exam period, I moved into his hall for convenience since it is closer to NIE, and Thanh since she stayed at hall 16 as well. He was also the partner for which my dislocation was caused, but I never blamed him. It was a mere accident. A good friend always!
Hmm the above are mainly about friends. 因為是人, 所以需要朋友. This is something I saw in Romantic Princess and Xuanie's personal message. Without all my friends, I would not have enjoyed all the privileges I'm having now. Thank you all of you.
Followed up are my art projects: I don't have my paintings. Only my sculpture works.
My PADA presentation
Mask Project
Box Project
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