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Well, once again, everything's going well! Assignments are all done with, and all thats left to do is let go and let God do the rest. Feeling extremely elated finishing my assignments for the first time in uni... The only thing that'll beat it now will be finishing this semester's exams. Its gonna be a major accomplishment! =D Readings are mostly done for the rest of the sem, all thats left is mugging for finals. Gonna start soon! So the new furniture is here. My bros got really nice desks, we've all got nice professional looking swivel chairs. New beds are coming tmr, quite excited about it! My old bed's been here since I first moved here to Guilin View; will miss it, but some kinds of change should be welcomed right. Other great stuff would be making a new friend through pure coincidence. Met my new friend Jiachi at one of the psych experiments... Since there were only 3 of us there we ended up talking. Turns out we're both from RJ, we're taking both psyc...

Cough cough... Urgh the haze is doing loads of damage to my body. Cough started on wednesday, persisted on thursday, and irritated people during the jap test on friday. Haze haze go away! I think its affected my ability to think straight, do BS effectively and tmr for sure it'll affect worship leading. Not gonna let it stop me though, only if I fall seriously ill. Quite afraid that I'll be really disruptive during service tmr... On the brink of completing my 2nd last assignment, with only minor adjustments and the biblio left to do. After this only one stats assignment left! Scored well for stats test. Though expected 70/100, got an 85, which was amazingly great! This week was considerably bad, with the haze, assignment submissions, having to lead BS, and lead worship all rolled in one. If the haze weren't there many things would have been a lot better, and I'd be able to manage all the rest of the stuff without much more difficulty. Also, really bored of the uni routin...

Hey guys in the NUS central library now... As mentioned in the previous posts I've got a netbook, and its coming in real handy. Prob gonna watch anime later, after I finish blogging and studying for my next jap vocab quiz. I'm here with Kah Kay, my psych tutorial friend. HEY. benjamin went to toilet and its my turn to use his netbook. xD ive only known him for like.. a month? and benjamin is really a quiiiiiiiiiiet person. you friends out there sld make him talk more! :D we are studying for japanese vocab now.. boring life in nus~~~ ( he must be thinking why am i writing such weirdo stuff in his blog ). btw im kahkay here. :D no scandals! dont think too much! Haha yup hope you've got an insight into what my NUS friends are like from this para! =D Wells, I am quiet, no doubt about that, unless I've got important things to say. Its just how I am. =D =D So now, its gonna be a pretty long day for us, all the way till 8pm(kk: nooooo~). A couple of hours to spend... Probably ...

God just knows what to bring to you to give you a great day. Monday was one of the best days I've had since uni started, and its all thanks to meeting friends randomly here and there. Met Jia Yin from SERVE at the bus stop, then when she left, bumped into Hyqel from RJGE a little further down. And the most amazing of all, bumped into Lawry from S03H in the Science toilets beside LT27. A reminder of all the friends I've made from the age of 13 onwards till now, and how they've helped bring me all the way to the person I am now. Sunday was 10/10/10, and special for another reason: the solemnization of marriage for my cousin Elaine and her husband Sean. It was a pretty nice affair, I got to drive my grandma to Parc Oasis, my old house. And witnessing the first ever wedding for a cousin on the paternal side was nice. On monday when we went to our grandparents house to celebrate his 80th birthday, we found the couple sitting on the couch watching Crayon Shinchan together. So swe...

History Essay's done! Footnoting and bibliography too. That was pretty fast... Thank God. =D Moving on to Social Work Reflection paper, and that'll be my 3rd last assignment for the sem. Only 2 more left: Stats Assignment and Social Work Portfolio. Everything's going well. And its moments like this you can't help but feel utterly blessed.

Got to a good headstart on my history essay... So far 390/1500 words are accounted for, the outline is all done up. And all thats left is the remainder of the essay, which will need a lot more research, and the footnoting and biblio. Quite content with the way it's started off so I'll take a break and then get on with research. Need more info on: 1. Nature of Imperialism that China and Japan faced 2. C&J's Ideological changes (1850-1900s) 3. C&J's Educational reforms (same) 4. C&J's Trade stances (same) 5. C&J's Governance models (same) 6. Evidence for Japan's dominance in Asia over China post 1900s 7. Opinions of Western countries of C&J post 1900s Sounds like quite a bit, but lets do it! =)

Alright an update on the tests so far! Psych 100MCQs - Confident of 70% of the answers. Stats 100 MCQs - Confident of 70% of the answers. Japanese Term Test - Confident of 90% of the answers. Social Work 40MCQs - Confident of 50% of the answers. Social work MCQ test was a super sneaky one. Most of the questions had 5 options instead of the conventional 4, and the options were very similar for some questions, or were so diverse I wasn't sure which one to choose. =S The rest of the tests were pretty ok I guess. Jap was the highlight, cos I practically just breezed through the 50 marks worth of questions in 15 mins and spent the rest of the time checking over and over. Leaving the results all up to God! Got a new netbook during the week, and it proved useful for the 6hrs of break in between jap test and social work test. Watched Naruto, read through my lecture readings, studied social work and downloaded itunes in the 6hrs. Looking forward to next week! Its e-learning week! Though I h...