Rio

Secret War Journal[24 April 2011]
Today is Darian's Birthday!

And we plan to watch a movie (since it's been a long time since we last watch) and we decided to watch Rio! Here's a trailer on it! :)

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We watched the one at 12:25pm, but perhaps the most epic part was that Darian overslept so he missed the movie. So in the end, only Keller, Jie Sheng, and I went to watch the movie.

I didn't catch darian's SMS before arriving at the destination because I was playing on my phone and didn't bother to check my SMS. Oops! Sorry, darian!

Granted, this movie is a family movie but the mood is jovial which i believe suits us all because we need to relief some stress. :)

I'm not sure about the rest (those who didn't watch) and their opinions but I personally liked this particular movie.

Why? You know I always liked comedies and this movie is one of them with its jab of humour. Secondly, it reminds of Toradora! and Shana during the screening. Blu + Jewel = <3. Just had to say it, hahas.

That's Jewel. :)

Well, since Darian came late, he only had time for the usual rountine but that's his main objective anyway. I tried to drag him for the movie. Guess that failed. Sad.

Well, the next movie we're gonna watch would be THOR! Stay tuned! :)

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"There are things that we don’t want to happen but have to accept, things we don’t want to know but have to learn, and people we can’t live without but have to let go." — Unknown

First Impression, do they matter?

Secret War Journal[8 April 2011]
Today, I witnessed some incident and once again, it led me thinking about how people are so influenced by first impressions.

Someone(A) had a bad first impression of another person(B) because the latter appeared to be somewhat rude to his colleague.

In his defence, he wasn't exactly rude, it was appropriate for equal seniority. It was later revealed that he was actually the superior so it was nice he treated the other as his equal.

But the first impression was ruined, in A's sense. A had a very negative view of B, trending towards bias.

So I'm going to pose you a question right here, are you influenced by first impression?

I'm not sure about others but I had begun to view people at face value, the first impression hardly played a role in my opinion of that person. It's more about the person's attitude and behaviour, which can only be revealed with time, that I'm more concerned about. Yes, appearance play a hand but it's only useful if you getting that person for public appearances. Nothing much.

Of course, that's just my own view. I believe a lot of people judge people by their first impression. Disturbing though.

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"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within." — Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

TM: Symposiums and NRP

Secret War Journal[16 April 2011][TM Session#6]
Ah, how fast time passes. Today is the last session for Talent Management for this term.

Over the past 3 weeks, we discussed serious issues regarding Singapore and current affairs and had a intellectual discussion on them. This is the tradition of TM, sessions are set aside to discuss current affairs and solutions to them.

In addition, groups are tasked to present their findings before each discussion in the form of presentations like a Symposiums of sorts.

My team members are:

1. Chun Hong
2. Yonson
3. Tian Hoe
4. Stephanie
5. Vanessa

Really liked how we managed to set aside time to do it despite our busy schedules. Hahas, the presentation is rushed but it's good job nevertheless. ;)

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NRP Symposium
Alright, the other I wish to inform you people would be the NRP Symbosium!

Hmm, actually I think I posted about that already. (Had to go recall if I did) *Shrug* Hahas!

Well, then I shall announce the results instead! :)

I'm proud to tell you guys I got Gold! :)
All those hard work paid off. I couldn't had done it without the help of my supervisor Assoc.Prof Ma and my partner Jesse Tang. Thanks! ^^

Wore blazer on that day. ^^
As the picture above indicated, there were three student presentation shown on that day to everyone, including the 2011 NRP Participants. One was really nice. It was the mod of the Guitar Hero guitar controller to a educational game. It was really amazing and I learnt something new that day day. I learnt that it's possible to mod any console controller with a program as long as it can recognise the button commands. It's like a remote control. After that, you can specify what each command does in your program and bam! You made a simple console game. Wow!

Finally, congratulations to all award winners! :)

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"Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself, and yourself alone the question. … Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good. If it doesn’t, it is of no use." — Don Juan

Time for all Eternity

Secret War Journal[5 April 2011]

"Time is too slow for those who wait,
too swift for those who fear,
too long for those who grieve,
too short for those who rejoice,
but for those who love,
time is eternity." — Henry Van Dyke


Just a short post on my current plight so far. Hahas, I'm working on some overdue Economics Homework right now. Took eons to finish one part of an essay question. I question my own wisdom in taking up Economics in Junior College...

Alright, back to work! Ciaos~!

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"To live without art would be rather (he)artless." — Sateesh Malla