What a day!

Dear Dean: You have really made my day!

Right at the beginning...

Hi (Insert Chinese Name Here)

Please see comments below. We are unable to grant you exemption from ASCT.

Regards
Adeline
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Following the appeal email...

Hi (Insert Chinese Name Here)

Can you let Adeline have the course outlines for the courses that you have done in NUS, and we will certainly consider granting you exemptions from these courses.

Adeline, pl see me once you have received the course outlines from (Insert Chinese Name Here)

Associate Professor PANG XX
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Woohoo...

Dear Ryan

We are please to inform that you have been granted the following exemptions, in addition to those granted earlier:

Creative Thinking (0.5 course unit)
1 Course under General Education (Art)
1 Course under Technology & Entrepreneurship

Regards
Adeline

WOOHOO!!!!! And I got QM for something like 15 e$~!!

Withdrawal?

With the crap timetable that I've been allocated that just about conflicts with that of everyone else I know. I felt lost in the rush of the crowd, and this feeling was so... Dunman High? Oh no...

Just that school's just started, and its really up to my distinction. Should I withdraw into the shell that I've lived in for so long in my Dunman years? I was pretty surprised at how much I enjoyed myself during Circle, the euphoric feelings that accompanied each triumph and the jubilation that followed. The sense of invulnerability, of being able to enjoy my very own SMU experience, as depicted by my bros.

Sure I could start afresh. Get to know each and every one of them. These unfamiliar faces in my class. How many 'hi's and 'bye's can I stand? The inanity of such shallow relationships. I hope to learn as much about others as I possibly can, and in the process, perhaps meet another Koof or Meng. Will time prove me wrong again?

I feel lost.

Ok... Here it is.

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY
1. Ryan
2. Bob
3. Yusheng

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD
1. LA_Gear (back in 1997-1998)
2. korn123
3. =DOM=RyanBob

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE
1. I spoke fluent Teochew once.
2. I have always been a fat boy.
3. I love l33t g4m3s, g4m3r5 since Digger/MS-DOS 5.1.

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU
1. Other people's negative views of me.
2. Public speaking of any form.
3. Excessive perspiration, which is a self-propagating process.

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS
1. Mobile phone
2. The computer
3. Extra shirt

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW
1. FBT Singlet
2. A&F Boardshorts ($22.90 at Peninsula Plaza)
3. Contact lenses (150 degrees more and I'll be legally blind)

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS
1. Ronald Cheng
2. Three Doors Down
3. Ekin Cheng

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS (at this moment)
1. Ekin Cheng-爱情岁月
2. Three Doors Down-Kryptonite
3. Van Fan-I Believe

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP
1. Maturity
2. Trust
3. Enduring care and concern

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE
1. I have had only one girlfriend.
2. I used to be the Head Prefect.
3. I flirted with my GP tutor post-lessons.

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE PREFERRED SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU
1. A huggable body (No Diazes pour moi, s'il vous plait)
2. My hand must fit hers
3. Long flowing tresses

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES
1. G4m1nG
2. Soccer
3. Eating

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW
1. Lose weight
2. See my baby...
3. SLEEP! I just got back from the chalet and I haven't got any yet!!!

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING/YOU'VE CONSIDERED
1. Lawyer (Can't think on my feet though)
2. Bouncer (More fat than muscle -_-)
3. Engineer/Teacher ('Nuff said)

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION
1. La France!
2. Nippon
3. The Maldives

THREE KID'S NAMES YOU LIKE
1. Ryan (Junior la)
2. Zack Kwek (How cool is that?)
3. Alphania (Unique name. FULL-STOP!)

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE
1. Leave my famiy in good hands
2. Have kids (Patriotism k?)
3. Find HER another bf

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A BOY
1. Girl-watch
2. I hate shopping
3. I have a deep territorial instinct/Animalistic behaviour in competitive events

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A GIRL
1. I am too sensitive
2. I whine (So what, Phillip Yeo?)
3. I am indecisive

THREE FEMALE CELEB CRUSHES
1. Elva Hsiao
2. Liv Tyler as the elfette in LOTR
3. Maria Sharapova

THREE MALE CELEB CRUSHES
1. I am not gay.
2. It's crazy to have a crush on a guy.
3. If I'm a girl, then Koof and the Frankee's lead singer.

THREE PEOPLE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TAKE THIS QUIZ NOW
1. Koof
2. BABY
3. Wanzhen

4.5 years... and still, we are...

My LOVE, there's been no one else like YOU: YOUR sweet charm, YOUR warm embrace.
On this day, I say again. ILU...
My one LOVE.
________________________________
I don't know, but I believe
That some things are meant to be
And that you'll make a better me
Everyday I love YOU

I never thought that dreams came true
But YOU showed me that they do
YOU know that I learn something new
Everyday I love YOU

It's a touch when I feel bad
It's a smile when I get mad
All the little things I am
Everyday I love YOU

If I asked would YOU say yes?
Together WE're the very best
I know that I am truly blessed
Everyday I love YOU
And I'll give YOU my best
Everyday I love YOU
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YOU know why YOU are always in caps? Cos I figured, if "I" am that important to be capped, "YOU" are too...

I am Noir... and Nua!

Sentosa was pretty good... After trying so long for a decent rally (that did not come to pass), I must still say that we had some fun out there in the sun. The kayaking, the yakking and all. Exhausting, but overall thanks to everyone who turned up.



I am noticeably darker post-Orientation activities, but I am none the worse for wear for it... Today we had a full-strength dinner for the group of brudders... And there was so much to talk about...

Abit tired now, and will blog more after some much-needed sleep... Zzzz...

ASuck My Ass

Why do some girls, simply by thinking that they are of a higher intellectual capacity, deem it fit to judge that 'this guy is so damn uncouth', and then dismiss him with a perfunctory wave of the hand? Oh please.

So what if guys feel challenged by their grey matter? Are they really there to be 'conquered'? Do they want to be tossed aside like some old rag doll after use? There's something about the male ego that makes it desirable about getting with a girl of higher intellect. It's almost as though if holding her hand would necessarily translate into a direct increase in IQ on the guy's part.

We're all academic equals here in SMU, and like it or not, despite all your introspective thinking and idealistic principles, a healthy dose of pragmatism is essential to living a life of fulfilment, as opposed to the lessons in futility that social skills classes purportedly are supposed to impart.

I do not profess to be a master of social skills, but sensitivity and tolerance does come in handy in dealing with the 'peasants' that inhabit the 'lower strata' of society.

Alright. I shall not begrudge them their youth. It is, after all, through trials and tribulations that experience is amassed. Life is only lived when one truly experiences a sense of loss.

Pig trotters anyone?

My hands are disgustingly swollen... Never underestimate the power of an ant's bite, especially when it has yellow dots and differently-colored thorax and abdominal parts. And so I went home from the Freshie camp at Sentosa, courtesy of ASoc...

I didn't really enjoy myself, probably cos I've enjoyed myself so much at the Circle thingy... Kudos to 61 yet again. And I had the time to witness the one rendezvous. So very much into each other, hopelessly caught up in a world of their own. I hope that things do work out, and no matter what, one does not love to order. So please, Cool Dawg, before you set out on staking Bukit Timah as your own, please do find your way about the numerous routes there.

I'm talking crap... but I guess I'm just too tired... Cya peeps!

Island Life... Love it?

Alritey guys... I'm gonna be bumming around in Sentosa for a day or two... So just hang around in there... And BABY, don't you worry... I'll be back soon k? And SFH's birthday is on Monday, 8th August. So there.

Gastronomy for the Gluttony

This post contains scenes of explicit gluttony and graphic savagery. Viewer discretion is advised. Any hunger thus induced is purely incidental, and this exempts the blogger from having to 'qia' supper as it is.

Prepping for the Operation required much help from the ever-reliable Jimmy... *Hic*


=Operation DSB=
At Excelsior Hotel, circa 11.28am...


The initial bombardment, circa 11.52am...


The battle stained soldier holds up the casualty list, circa 1.26pm...


And so ends Operation DSB, and the proud warriors live to fight another day.

Post-Op Debriefing was conducted at Cafe Cartel, Plaza Singapura.
Attendees included Corporal D.Heng, Private B.Ryan and Major S.Heng... The 3-Man Crispy Combo was finished with much relish by the diminutive Corporal Heng.


Private Ryan Pigging Out...