Life was like a box of chocolates.

So the graduation date has already been announced recently, mine is in early September. SIgh- Well that sure complicates things, now doesn't it?  I can't help but to think of the cost, after crunching some numbers, they all add up to be pretty big, leaving me speechless. I have no idea where are we to fork out the money from, because as far as I am concerned, they are no longer in four figures right now. I may have done some approximations in my cost calculation, but the overall picture thus far is not looking good. If cost is not concerning enough, then there is an issue of timing. The initial plan was to get a job, then take a leave to attend graduation. Unfortunately, the date of my graduation seems to overlap my pre-employment program. Yeay. So this means that it's I either: A) attend my graduation, take few nice picture, then be unemployed for another month, which makes it a total of 3 months of doing just nothing, or B) just skip graduation altogether and get a job.  ...

I finished reading the novel A Walk to Remember some time last week. That was the second time I read the whole book all the way to the end.  Given that I not a fan of love novels, the reason why I even bothered that novel the first time a few years ago was because someone wanted me to, and that someone is no longer with me, of course. As many of you might be able to recall, I finished The Great Gatsby earlier this month, thus as I browsing through the folders in my PC, I ran into my Nicholas Sparks folder. I thought to myself, hey why if you try reading this book again? As I was lying down on my bed, reading the novel on my Kindle as the raindrops kept bashing on my windows, the story felt so refreshing. While I was tapping the screen of my Kindle, turning the pages, the whole plot came back to me.  And by the time I finished the whole book in a few days time (being the slow reader that I am), I felt that the story made a totally different impression on me this time around. The plot wa...

I like this song very much. I don't really know why. To begin with, I am in no way successful. Think not of me as being ungrateful, but I personally feel that there is still much more left for me to be done. Though looking back, I can't help to ask myself, if people from my past could see me now, what would they think of me? But as I sat by the window, looking out into the blackness of the night as the rain trickles down the glass, who from my past would I like to see me now? I can't really think of any. Yes, a few familiar names did came into mind, however I am doubtful whether those are really the faces I want to see again in my life. If I could only pick a single individual, who would it be? If so, I wish to see Ang Sensei. She was my class teacher when I was in form 1. I never had the privilege to actually study anything with her since I took up a different foreign language at the time. Despite all that, whenever I had the chance to be with her, she neve...

 The picture above basically describes how the marriage market is modeled using the deferred acceptance algorithm (DAA). The above is an excerpt from one of the many readings I am supposed to do. This is 'College Admissions and the Stability of Marriage' by D. Gale and L.S. Shapley published in the American Mathematical Monthly (1962). It is part of my Game Theory subject. I was surprised as heck when my lecturer first presented this to us all, and the first thing that came to my mind was, 'Wow, this is exactly what my mom has been telling me about!'.   My mom kept telling this time and time again since I finished high school. She would always remind me that naturally girls would always look for the best possible guy for themselves. Therefore, if by chance one day they come across guy B who in their eyes is better relative to guy A, then they will be inclined to go for B.   Whenever she told me this, I'll always smile to her and nod in agreement. To me, the...

Nik loves watching Friends, he does. Every year, without fail he'll do a marathon of the whole 10 seasons of it. Though I do not fully understand why he likes the show so much, but I respect his choice. Since he practically loves the series, together with the fact that he would re-watch the whole show annually without  fail, therefore it would make perfect sense for him to own a box set. Should he has one for himself, he will no longer have to re-download the show one season after another everytime he wants to watch them, not to mention it will save him quite substantial hard disk space. The box includes: all full 10 seasons of the show, guide book, exclusive interviews, and extended episodes. The whole Op (operation) was initiated all the way back since Black Friday. As Afiq and I browse through Amazon's site for interesting offers, we ran into a discounted Friends Bluray box set. We almost went for that one, until our Recon (reconnaissance) mission informed us that Ni...

I finally finished reading The Great Gatsby. What a great book! I am really amazed by the story. To begin with, I have to admit that the movie pretty much sums the whole book up in a great way. So for those who does not have the luxury to read it, the movie is a good enough substitute, I suppose.   It has been quite a while since I last read a literature such as this, it sure brings me back to the days when we had to read and analyze Jekyll and Hyde as well as Phantom of the Opera, just to name a couple of literature pieces which I am fond of. The thrill of finishing the story, and once you've done that your teacher will want you to summarize it all up, dissecting every detail of the story, the characters, themes and moral values etc. What saddens me so is the fact that back then, being forced to do so totally made me ignorant of how beautiful the piece was; when an action is forced, or even made compulsory with scarce justification, one's mind is then trained to be parall...

My Razer Deathadder is here! I wasn't expecting it to arrive so soon, to be honest since I've just the auction last Friday. The mouse was initially the seller's Christmas present to his/ her son, unfortunately the son did not like it, as it was not what he wanted. Funny thing when you come to think of it really. Here on the other side of the world, you can actually refuse a gift from someone just because it's not what you wanted. Where we come from, that is considered to be rude! If someone presents you a gift, you're supposed to just smile and take it, despite your liking of the gift. It's a gesture of appreciation. But hey, regardless of any of that, I got a new mouse. So who cares… I leave the rest to you……. 286 Euston Road, London, England, United Kingdom Sent from my iPhone

wear a suit be a good speaker/ orator  write more find someone to take care of parents while you're away  go to Paris with someone you love  be good at presentations  Have a good hairstyle  be a better cook get more organized  For those of you who are wondering what the list above is, those are the list of things I have always wanted to do in my life. Some of them are pretty stupid, that I must admit, like wearing a suit. I mean, who does that? Funnily enough, there was a time in my life when I thought to myself that wearing a suit is cool, thus I thought to myself, hey maybe I'll look better in those things instead. Nah, what a bunch of lies. For those people who were like me, take note of this, wearing a suit does not make you look cool! Suits are just symbols of power, and as always with great powers comes an immense amount of responsibility.  If there was one lesson I could take-away from 2013 it's this: there will come a time ...