I predict that my life from here onwards is going to be full of report writing. It's not that I don't like report writing, but it's just that writing reports requires crafting words from conversational and colloquial to becoming professional and civilized. It takes alot of mental energy to find the right words and phrasings to construct sentences that mean what you really want to say. I like this challenge, but when I have to keep doing it over and over again, it gets tiring.
Now I know what Grace meant when she said writing is her craft. Indeed, writing is a craft, which requires skillful shaping of your words, such that you can use it to mean things you don't really mean, but yet somehow suggest that you do mean it. I think academics are always very good at that, that's why they can cite other studies wrongly, and yet not be found out.
I could go on and on, but I have to get back to my report now. 2000 words. So near yet so far! How to squeeze in so much of what I have learnt into a mere 2000 words? Again, comes the issue of crafting your writing. How to skillfully carve your words into precise points that deliver your message accurately? How do you pour your reflections into 2000 words and yet express everything you want to say? I wish I could just hand in all 10 of my logbooks and just be done with it, but it's not right either.
Argh. Ok I shall stop my self-pitying and go on with it. I need to finish this fast so I can move on with other things!!!!
Monday, July 28, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Life Goes On
So attachment came and went in a blink of an eye, and starting on the Graduation Project (from now on called GP) is starting very soon tomorrow. I had thought 10 weeks would pass excruciatingly slowly, but I was so wrong. They just came and went, and before I knew it, we had to plan what to give to our colleagues at CEL. They've really been really helpful and really friendly to us, guiding us and teaching us, and I've learnt alot from the experience. How often does one get to experience so much stuff that goes on in Psychology? It was really fun trying out the various tests, and getting the specialists themselves to teach us the interpretations and scorings.
And tomorrow, I'm gonna start on the data entry for my GP. And not too long after that, school's going to start, and everything else after that will be a complete madhouse. The days of rushing around doing projects, meeting deadlines, and studying will be here soon.
Speaking of which, many many things have happened this holiday. I started working at MindEdge, and then quit not too long after that, found a tuition job, ended attachment, and am moving on to other things now. Looking back, I realised life's really full of transitions. We never stop to realize how far we've moved on until we look back and see what we've done.
7 months ago, I thought time would also pass really slowly with Kok Yong gone in China. In the end, though time did seem to pass slowly, looking back, the 6 months passed really fast, because I had also been occupied with things going on in my life as well. I guess even if there are some things missing in our lives at certain periods of time, we slowly learn to live with it, because we have to, due to the obligations and commitments that we have made. I think, people need commitments and obligations to move on, because these are necessary to enable us to function. They keep us going, simply because we feel a need to fulfill them.
I once watched a movie, where the male lead had a philosophy which he lived by: no matter how bad things are, at the end of the day, you will still be in one piece. This had a huge impact on me, and I began to use it as my own philosophy as well. Though it might not seem so, I have actually grown more daring because of this. I used to be really shy and scared. I still am, but I've improved. And I think, since I'm still alive, I ought not to just throw my life away. And that's why I'm against suicide. How could I end my life when I don't even know how it will turn out?
But that's enough about that reflective part about life going on. Because life goes on, and time goes on, Kok Yong's come back! And Evon and Yi Lun too!
I just spent a wonderful day with Kok Yong yesterday. Haha... It's been the longest time we've spent together since he came back from China, and it was really nice. =) We went to Holland Village for dinner, then we went to the main purpose of going there- eating ice cream at Cold Rock Ice Creamery. I've been wanting to try this place, because I've been reading about it in magazines. The first time I found out the location of Cold Rock with Si Huan, Hong Hui and Pei Shan, we were too full to try it out. Then I almost got to go with Evon and Yi Lun, but I ended up feeling sick that day (sickening lar, I tell you!), then FINALLY I went with Kok Yong.
The concept at Cold Rock's pretty cool. You choose the size of ice cream you want, then after that, you choose a maximum of 2 flavours of ice cream, which is rather worth it, seeing as 2 scoops of ice cream usually cost more than $4.50. Then you decide whether you want to put toppings- toppings cost $1 each, but the varieties are so cool! There are Tim-Tams, Snickers, Willy Wonka Nerds, Ferrero Rocher, and many many more! Then they'll take your order, put them onto a granite slab, and mix everything together so you essentially have an ice cream you created based on your desire. How cool is that? I like the concept, though I have to say, in terms of quality of ice cream, there are better ice creams elsewhere, my favourite being gelatos. =) But it was nice.
Dinner was at Amici's, an Italian restaurant. Well, the food was good, but the price was quite high. I ordered pasta in squid ink and fried cod, and Kok Yong ordered the fried cod. We also had the appetiser of fried goose liver with raisins and pear. All of them were good, and I must say, Kok Yong's fried cod was very nice. It can melt in the mouth! =) The goose liver, or foie gras, as is the correct name, was quite good too. I was initially apprehensive about eating it, it being goose liver and all, but the taste was good. Paired with pears, the combination was quite complementary with each other- savoury and sweet. Yum.
I didn't take photos coz at Cold Rock, we were busy enjoying the ice cream, and at Amici's, the restaurant was too dark, so any flashes by the camera would have attracted quite a bit of attention, and for those who know what my Nikon camera is like, there wouldn't have been one flash, but a series of eye-blinding flashes that would make people think there was lightning in the room. Haha...
Then we went to watch Red Cliff. I think Red Cliff is quite a nice show. I liked watching how the strategists pitted themselves against one another in war, and of course, Tony Leung's acting is very good. =D But I was quite turned off by all the killing. I mean, I know war needs to have killing, but the way the blood was shown to spurt out like a geyser, the way the soldiers were killed- ankles slashed, throat slashed, stomachs sliced open, pulled into the group and stabbed continuously... - made me avert my eyes a few times. But it all looked very real. An irritating part's when the ending said that the movie was to be continued. Arghhh.... I was sleepy, but I still wanted to watch! Aiyoh!
Yep, but I still had a wonderful time!!! =)
And tomorrow, I'm gonna start on the data entry for my GP. And not too long after that, school's going to start, and everything else after that will be a complete madhouse. The days of rushing around doing projects, meeting deadlines, and studying will be here soon.
Speaking of which, many many things have happened this holiday. I started working at MindEdge, and then quit not too long after that, found a tuition job, ended attachment, and am moving on to other things now. Looking back, I realised life's really full of transitions. We never stop to realize how far we've moved on until we look back and see what we've done.
7 months ago, I thought time would also pass really slowly with Kok Yong gone in China. In the end, though time did seem to pass slowly, looking back, the 6 months passed really fast, because I had also been occupied with things going on in my life as well. I guess even if there are some things missing in our lives at certain periods of time, we slowly learn to live with it, because we have to, due to the obligations and commitments that we have made. I think, people need commitments and obligations to move on, because these are necessary to enable us to function. They keep us going, simply because we feel a need to fulfill them.
I once watched a movie, where the male lead had a philosophy which he lived by: no matter how bad things are, at the end of the day, you will still be in one piece. This had a huge impact on me, and I began to use it as my own philosophy as well. Though it might not seem so, I have actually grown more daring because of this. I used to be really shy and scared. I still am, but I've improved. And I think, since I'm still alive, I ought not to just throw my life away. And that's why I'm against suicide. How could I end my life when I don't even know how it will turn out?
But that's enough about that reflective part about life going on. Because life goes on, and time goes on, Kok Yong's come back! And Evon and Yi Lun too!
I just spent a wonderful day with Kok Yong yesterday. Haha... It's been the longest time we've spent together since he came back from China, and it was really nice. =) We went to Holland Village for dinner, then we went to the main purpose of going there- eating ice cream at Cold Rock Ice Creamery. I've been wanting to try this place, because I've been reading about it in magazines. The first time I found out the location of Cold Rock with Si Huan, Hong Hui and Pei Shan, we were too full to try it out. Then I almost got to go with Evon and Yi Lun, but I ended up feeling sick that day (sickening lar, I tell you!), then FINALLY I went with Kok Yong.
The concept at Cold Rock's pretty cool. You choose the size of ice cream you want, then after that, you choose a maximum of 2 flavours of ice cream, which is rather worth it, seeing as 2 scoops of ice cream usually cost more than $4.50. Then you decide whether you want to put toppings- toppings cost $1 each, but the varieties are so cool! There are Tim-Tams, Snickers, Willy Wonka Nerds, Ferrero Rocher, and many many more! Then they'll take your order, put them onto a granite slab, and mix everything together so you essentially have an ice cream you created based on your desire. How cool is that? I like the concept, though I have to say, in terms of quality of ice cream, there are better ice creams elsewhere, my favourite being gelatos. =) But it was nice.
Dinner was at Amici's, an Italian restaurant. Well, the food was good, but the price was quite high. I ordered pasta in squid ink and fried cod, and Kok Yong ordered the fried cod. We also had the appetiser of fried goose liver with raisins and pear. All of them were good, and I must say, Kok Yong's fried cod was very nice. It can melt in the mouth! =) The goose liver, or foie gras, as is the correct name, was quite good too. I was initially apprehensive about eating it, it being goose liver and all, but the taste was good. Paired with pears, the combination was quite complementary with each other- savoury and sweet. Yum.
I didn't take photos coz at Cold Rock, we were busy enjoying the ice cream, and at Amici's, the restaurant was too dark, so any flashes by the camera would have attracted quite a bit of attention, and for those who know what my Nikon camera is like, there wouldn't have been one flash, but a series of eye-blinding flashes that would make people think there was lightning in the room. Haha...
Then we went to watch Red Cliff. I think Red Cliff is quite a nice show. I liked watching how the strategists pitted themselves against one another in war, and of course, Tony Leung's acting is very good. =D But I was quite turned off by all the killing. I mean, I know war needs to have killing, but the way the blood was shown to spurt out like a geyser, the way the soldiers were killed- ankles slashed, throat slashed, stomachs sliced open, pulled into the group and stabbed continuously... - made me avert my eyes a few times. But it all looked very real. An irritating part's when the ending said that the movie was to be continued. Arghhh.... I was sleepy, but I still wanted to watch! Aiyoh!
Yep, but I still had a wonderful time!!! =)
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