To Commence or not to Commence

Update:

Much to the delight of my Mother, I have decided to go for my Commencement. The last straw was when some friends decided to outcast me, for planning to not attend the Commencement, from right now! Sigh... friends I have...

On the brighter side.. There is gonna be free food!!!!

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To Commence or not to Commence that is the question.

I am in a dilema. I don't want to go for my Commencement. But I do.. :S





I feel that Commencement ceremonies/ Convocations and all similar things are just a way to show off your acheivements. It's like a time to go up on the stage and say, 'Look I am so smart, I graduated from NUS!'.

Personally, I feel that there is no great acheivement in graduating from NUS. It's not that big a deal and really... anybody can do it. So what's there to show off? And in anycase I don't like showing off. Plus, its really lame to wait like 3 hours just to go up get a fake certificate and smile while your photo is being taken. The worst of all is the fact that CPE is like the last few course to have convocation. Its like 8pm on 13th June!!

But I really want to go for mt Commencement ceremony. That's possibly the last time I'll get to meet so many of my friends. It will be fun hanging out, wearing stupid gowns and making fun of each other. I am already missing NUS and the people. This will be one chance to go back to NUS and meet so many..

Sigh.. I have to decide by the end of next week... Help please..

Flying Time

It's amazing how time flies . Exams end.. Projects end... Semsters ends... Years end and Eras end.

It's also ironic that I have not posted for the last 2-3 weeks just when so many things happened. I'd rather not start on that.

When a chapter ends, another begins. The old chapter should not be delved on for much longer. And the new one, started on as soon as possible....

That reminds me, I have to read Da Vince Code before the movie ceases to exist in the theatres!!

Milo at 430...

Yup its 5am on a Saturday morning. I have no exams, school, work or anything.. But I am up..

Sigh. I kinda skipped dinner yesterday and was too sleepy to think about supper. And now like 3 hours after I slept, I wake up with crazy nightmares in my head.(I dont even wanna go there). So I decided that I was hungry and decided to grab some Milo from the vending machines and a granola bar.


So I went walking around PGP at 430am, in my PJs, half-asleep looking for Milo. And NO freaking vending machines in PGP have any freaking drinks left in them.. And I mean NONE. I walked around for 30mins looking for some drink and returned empty handed.

What does a man have to do here to get a Milo??

Web2.0

As a part of the fringe benefits of doing my FYP in I2R, I got to attend many interesting seminars and talks there. Just attended one on Web2.0 today. Very simple, very straight forward, and very interesting.

Reminds me of a blog post from a friend..:p

Wikipedia has a nice long article on it.

A few points I took home..

• All the Web2.0 applications are content driven. The technology allows people to share and access the content easily. It’s just the means.
  
• Lower hardware costs are major driving forces for the Web2.0 'boom'.
  
• Mashups (linking multiple available services to create newer, more useful, services) go a long way..
  
• Look at alternate sources of revenue..
  
• Finally..All you need is a simple idea.... The technologies and support is there. If you do it right, your start-up can also be bought by Google at $2m+++ ;)

Any Ideas???

D-O-N-E... Done

Its Done!!!

Exams are over! NUS is over.. :(.. Well kinda...

Anyway..now to plan for the 'Vacations'.

I need to.

• Finish up FYP
  
• Get a JOB!
  
• Plan for the Roadtrip
  
• Build new Computer
  
• Organise Backups
  
• Get Broadband at Home
  
• Catch up with friends.. old and new!!
  
• Make Minty! +++
  
• Learn Diving
  
• Join a Gym!
  
• Read Da Vinci Code (hopefully before I watch the movie)
  
• Continue Chinese lessons..
  
• Learn Music... kinda
  
• Learn... so many other things
  

So many things to do so little time... How is this different from being in NUS again???

Addicted..

I started listening to Time Traveller by Rahul Sharma yesterday. I tell you I cant stop listening to it. I wanna go get the CD this weekend.


Its quite fusionistic. But more of pop+classical. Personally, it's the sound of the Santoor that got me addicted. It so soothing, so bright, so cheerful!

Here are some excerpts.

Destinations


The Time Traveller

It has 9 tracks. 4 are on the same dhun, but have different approaches. Including one where Rahul Sharma sings. Very refreshing indeed....

Pills

Blog-hopping as always, I found a friend mention that she wished "there was some kind of pill I could take to give me immunity from ever falling sick."

I was thinking.. what other pills would I wanna have....


1.Pill to fall asleep immediately. For those sleepless nights/days

2.Pill to not fall asleep. That doesn't taste horrible like coffee.

3.Pill to focus. Less extreme way to control my gameplay and/or internet time.

4.Pill for hyperactivity. Alternative to an expresso shot. Usefull when I need that extra punch while coding..

5.Pill for motivation. Tons needed before boring exams.. Like now!!

6.Pill to be creative. Ah this one... I really need.

7.Pills for food. Who am I kidding?

8.Pills for exercise. That's my conscience speaking..

9.Pill to force one's behaviour and feelings on thought.. Sigh..

If only..

Google Calendar.

Not that it's new, but Google Calendar Beta is out. Check it out. Really cool.. Some nice features including the ability to share with people; Creating calendars and saving them as files; multiple viewing styles.... Just take a look..


The only qualm I have is that it does not work well with Opera... I hope that changes soon.

What I just found out is that there is a way to sync my favourite desktop calendar, Rainlender, with Google Calendar. Using the iCal interface avaliable on both I can move events around.

Still a bit buggy, but I am sure Rainy will add Google Calender support soon. Or maybe I should try to hack a calendar application myself..or extend Rainlender...:D

All in due time...

Goodbye Rhumba Frap

Starbucks stopped serving Rhumba Frappcino's recently. I found out about it while blog hopping.


(Image from sixthseal.com)

Sigh.. one more of my favourites gone... Though I never really liked coffee (addiction is another thing.. I dont drink because I like.. I drink because I need to stay awake), I love Frappcinos from Starbucks.

I remember the time when I was first introduced to the Fraps.. It was during the 1st 3 months of JC , a class (00S09 from TPJC) outing to PS. One of them recomended me the Rhumba Frap and the rest is history... Wonder any of them read my blog...:S

I only wish I could have a "Power Rhumba Frap" one last time.... Sigh...

And so it ends..

Just realised that today was the last day of school for me! Tomorrow's Good Friday and next week is reading week.

And so it ends.... It was the best four years of my life so far.. Learnt so much, got to know so many people, so many things. Feel that I really grew in NUS, in a way.


Parting is painful...sigh.. Gonna miss NUS...