IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
"Love Me No More" - Bardot
DAAAAAMMMMN. So true.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Gotta Go My Own Way - Gabriella Montez
Underlying meaning, I suppose.
HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
I Wanna Fuck You - Akon
Tsk tsk. I feel nothing like that. Or maybe I wanna fuck my notes!
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Dip It Low - Christina Milian
I have no idea! My life is full of sex connotations.
WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Leave The Pieces - The Wreckers
Leave the pieces and let me go.
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Rough Landing, Holly - Yellowcard
What do YOU guys mean by this?
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Nolita Fairytale - Vanessa Carlton
Sigh. My perfect ending.
WHAT IS 2+2?
Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall
YES. Suddenly I See everyone mugging and I'm not!
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
How To Save A Life - The Fray
Yes, you guys need major restructuring with your lives!
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Identified - Vanessa Hudgens
Hmm, there's many that I identify everyday. Which one?
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Smile - Vitamin C
Put a smile on your face. It ain't easy. It's so tough.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
1234 - Feist
Like a true blue accountant, phwoar!
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Keep It Fresh - Cherish
Cause see almost everyday. So keep it fresh. Like the vegetables in the market.
WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Jenny - The Click 5
HEH. Somehow I think it's SO true. It's a love/hate relationship. Love, mostly.
WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Wreck of The Day - Anna Nalick
WHY WHY WHY.
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
We Are Running Out Of Time - LeAnn Rimes
So sad. You all can't wait to get it over and done with!
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Bad Girl - Danity Kane
Which is why I'm always labelled a whore/slut/bitch and whatshisname.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
La la Land - Demi Lovato
You all are special in my lalaland.
WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Don't Think I'm Not - Kandi
omg. this is saddening. sigh.
HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Sophomore Slump Or Comeback Of - Fall Out Boy
SLUMP. NO WAY!
WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Single - New Kids on the Block
Maybe, perhaps. And yes, I have been ranting for two years now.
WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Tattoo - Jordin Sparks
Not tattoo, literally. But YOU are in my heart just like a tattoo. The memories.
WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
Stick to the Status Quo - High School Musical
life is very sad. STATUS QUO. more sad.
WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
Animal City - Shakira
What is that supposed to mean? That I would be laying/laid before I do.
WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
We Used To Be Friends - Dandy Warhols
As much as I fear this, it happens. EVERYTIME.
DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
Rock You - Jesse McCartney
ROCK YOU. Sounds like something else. :) And whoever likes me, please comment!
IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Genie In A Bottle - Christina Aguilera
i knew i shouldn't have squeezed into the bottle. and play hard to get.
WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Feedback - Janet Jackson
someone called me FAT just now. :(
WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Rehab - Rihanna
precisely what I need right now. And Riri, Chris needs that as well. :)
It has only been less than 12 hours ago since we left the camp but it seemed like forever since we last met. I must admit that the whole three days fiasco certainly bit me hard, making me crave for more. The whole lot was indeed a fun bunch and every second spent with each individual totally affirmed my decision to join the Serve trip. At the end of the day, it was easy to remember the names (for me, at least!) cause I was the “fortunate” one to do the whole round up of names for the guys. Let me see if I can remember all the names.
Guys: Charles, Mah Ting Hui, Raymond, Andy, Hsein Tze, Anderson, Joel, Chee Yau, Liu Hock, Aik Leng, Mr William as well as yours truly, of course!
Girls: Vanessa, Vera, Rosanna, Jasmine, Wan Xia, Wen Yu, Josephine, Kerlina, Kaili, Siew Wai, Ms Dr Rosa and of course Wen Si who couldn’t join us because of her sprained ankle. I wish you a speedy recovery.
There were so many highlights of the whole event.
Bonding games - Gave us the opportunity to totally break the ice and have interactions with the whole gang. I believed prior to the camp, there were cliques from all over and with this, came the chance for us to mingle around. My personal favourite was the seahorse, I mean, the animal game. It was the best, especially when now, we have Vera, the seahorse, as our mascot!
Sharing sessions - We are a team and therefore, in order to be the best team out there, we have to know each other’s strengths and weaknesses. I believe those sessions helped me a great deal because it allowed me to know more about each individual in a greater retrospection. That would certainly help me in my interaction skills further.
Meal sessions - It was fun preparing food and getting our taste buds tested with the culinary skills that our fellow Servers had. Amazingly, the food served were top notch. I’m totally impressed with what they could cook up with; especially when they say that this was their first experience in doing so. See? We learn to do things independently and new all the time.
The BBQ - It was awesome! Although we took a long time to set up the fire (with me getting blamed for being the firefighter and dousing the flames all the time. Hmph!), it ended up with our customers coming back for more. Maybe I have found my calling in life. I should open up the “Syahid BBQ Catering Services.” Now, that’s a thought. Entrenepreneurial skills in my blood heh?
The Dance - Oh my! Joel. What a dancer! Thanks for showing us those moves. Now, I can’t get it off my mind. As a matter of fact, I’ve been practising it since just now. You didn’t just read my thoughts. :p
The Skit - I’m the head honcho for the sharks of course. It was fun doing the skit. It was awesome! I can’t wait till we show those kids the whole deal. Who knows? We might win an Oscar for that. One can only dream, can we?
At the end of the three days, I’m sure everyone was exhausted, but feeling happy. It was a great experience and I definitely will be looking forward to it again in Cambodia! Only a week left before we set off and I’m so psyched especially after looking at the pictures of Cambodia that our facilitators had shown us. I’m so ready to leave behind my sheltered and pampered life for a whole new enriching experience!
In all, I would like to thank WE, as well as the respective groups for being so spontaneous in everything. Everyone has put their heart and soul into it, which totally showed throughout the whole stay. Also, the sharing of Cambodia’s history and significance totally helped me as well as the others a great deal. So, the next time you see me smiling and nodding profusely, you know how I’m feeling heh? *winks*
Business Computing Applications
Me, being an IT idiot, honestly thought I would die for this module. But I was kinda relieved when it was all about EXCEL. Thank god for those admin days. It totally saved me from being a shame at those classes. The practices though burnt my weekends and the projects made me pull my hair. Damn hard. But overall, I kinda enjoyed Mrs Tang's classes.
Intermediate Financial Accounting
Man, an Accounting module! I've never scored an A for any accounting module back in ITE. As a matter of fact, I had completely forgotten everything. And now, I had to take this. To make matters worst, we were exempted from two earlier accounting modules and had to jump on to this second year module.
Cost Accounting
Woo hoo! My favorite module; has always been since my ITE days. However, my CT results were depressing for this. I merely got a B+ when my other classmates were all getting As. :( However, I totally chiong-ed for the final paper! Second year module somemore.
Business Statistics
MATHS! :( Surprisingly, I liked this module despite the fact that it was entirely mathematical. Well, with a tinge of Englishness to it, of course! I was pretty disappointed in myself cause I expected to score well for this but alas, it wasn't bad.
Macroeconomics
OMG. I totally adore this module. I enjoyed the lectures and the tutorials, thanks to Mrs Ng Lai Leng. However, I think I pretty much slacking and thus, didn't do as well for the final paper. But, macro is definitely easier than micro!
Individual and Community
I must admit that this IS module was pretty much boring but I liked the project. We had to do a hypothesis on social behavior and my group did "Is blogging a norm amongst Ngee Ann Polytechnic students?". We thought we killed it! Awesomeness!
Life Management Skills
OOOOOH. I look forward to this lesson every week. It's really damn fun. Mrs Ann Marie was also entertaining and my group was constantly so participative. It was a bummer that our project got a B but I guess we never gave up.
People are usually reluctant to chat with strangers online because they are skeptical about what lies behind the other screen. They can lie about simply everything about themselves and could even misuse your personal information and photos. The many online sex scams have also deterred many from falling prey to such schemes. Thus, they feel safer with people they have met before as opposed to their makeshift impression of people’s personas.
I wanted to see a contrast between chatting up someone with a profile (Facebook) with someone who’s completely unknown (MIRC). The reason behind this is because through Facebook, you would actually know who you are chatting with because their pictures are uploaded. On top of that, details like their hobbies, birthday and even school/workplace are available. Compared to MIRC, you have no inkling about the profile of your fellow chatter.
Thus, I first started out with Facebook Chat. Facebook users actually add random strangers just so that they can earn more money/generate armies with these additional “resources”. The last time I check, more than 100 people on my Facebook list are strangers due to applications. Hence, I started conversing with three of them. One of the other conversations stopped due to language barriers as she could only converse in Spanish while the other guy ignored me after saying hi.
The only successful case was with this Tunisian guy, Mel Taha. I find that it was easy to strike a conversation with him as topics like school, languages and our experiences as students gave us more common issues to talk about. As a matter of fact, I felt at ease chatting with him and we ended up chatting for an hour. We even talked about our cultures and life in our respective countries as well. Mel Taha had striked something about profile securities. He shared his experience whereby others had impersonated him by using his photos. As such, he had created another profile solely for leisure and another private one for people he knew. I personally think that this was a brilliant idea.
The primary reason that I and a few of my online chat friends turn to the cyber world is due to the fact that the online realm is where we can pour our grievances to strangers and possibly not worry about being ratted on because anonymity can be kept. It’s also easier for us to wear a mask and then talk about anything thought provoking or would have been uncomfortable if raised through face to face conversations. I even had friends who found their significant others via this channel.
However, the downside to this is that not everyone can be trusted. People keep a façade when talking to others. There are some who display a different personality when they are online. Cases of pedophiles and rape cases have seen a rise in the past few years because girls fall victims to online deception. Men were not spared either as they were overcome with lust, only to find out that the “girl” that they had been chatting with turning out to be men with the intention to fleece. Thus, it is always important to keep confidential information like your address, IC number and handphone number away from people you do not know.
An example would be with Jeff (Refer to Appendix C). He initiated the chat with me instantly upon seeing me coming online; trying his luck out to see if I was a girl. He even seeks my help in introducing a girl to him. However, I couldn’t bring myself to trust a stranger and subject any unforeseen harm towards my friends. I was so disgusted with his earlier question of a threesome and had to stop the conversation before his sex connotations gets more as we chatted. To think we were chatting in the “Singapore” channel and not the sex chat rooms.
As I had mentioned earlier, I have had friends who seek love via the online portal. After Shandy’s break up with her boyfriend of over 2 years, she turned to online chatting. Through this, she had about 4 boyfriends. However, these relationships managed to only survive the storms for barely a few months or even weeks.
Most people do online dating because they have given up on finding love the conventional way. On the other hand, there are people who seek sex online; particularly in MIRC (and In the case of Jeff) or what we would call, one night stands. Some use love on the pretext of gaining sexual pleasures but ends up dumping their significant other after their satisfaction has been met. These are real life examples and have been covered in Crimewatch.
Personally, I believe that the success of online love is subjective. If we get two minded individuals who sincerely seek for a partner, the relationship might work. The issue I have with online love is that we are not exposed to the flaws of the other party because we tend to sugar coat our words and get away with our true feelings because our expressions are not easily read via our typed words. However, personally for me, I would rather stick to the conventional way as “what you see, is what you get.”
IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Unbreak My Heart - Toni Braxton [:)]
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
I Believe In You and Me - Whitney Houston [DUH!]
HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Never Ever - All Saints [Never ever felt so happy!]
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Quit Playing Games With My Heart - Backstreet Boys [To all heartbreakers!]
WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Butterfly - Mariah Carey [Spread my wings and prepare to fly]
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Torn - Natalie Imbruglia [Really?!]
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
We Like To Party - Vengaboys [My parents damn happening okay!]
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Everybody - Backstreet Boys [Only someone. Not everyone!]
WHAT IS 2+2?
Everyday I Love You - Boyzone [Awww. Equality in love.]
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
That's The Way It Is - Celine Dion
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Genie In A Bottle - Christina Aguilera
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Jumpin' Jumpin' - Destiny's Child [HAPPENING SEH!]
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Breathe - Faith Hill [Yeah, I need the emancipation.]
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Miss You Much - Janet Jackson [<3]
WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Where You Are - Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey [LOL! YES!]
WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Graduation - Vitamin C [It will only mean that I will be getting married after graduation!]
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
The Day We Find Love - 911 [WWWHAAAAAT?]
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Shake It - Metro Station [HAHAHAHA. Shake WHAT?]
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Dirty Little Secret - Kelly Clarkson [Of course they all have them!]
WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
So In Love With Two - Mikaila [Been there MANY times]
HOW WILL YOU DIE?
The Promise - Girls Aloud [Breaking promises can kill me?]
WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
I'm All About You - Aaron Carter [Perhaps.]
WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Love Machine - Girls Aloud [Ooooooo.]
WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
Promiscuous - Nelly Furtado [OMG. Yes, that!]
WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
Stand Up For Love - Various [YES, OF COURSE!]
WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Cold As You Are - Taylor Swift [:)]
DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
Shut Up And Let Me Go - The Ting Tings [Happened already.]
IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Dance Like There's Tomorrow - Paula Abdul [HAHAHA.]
WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Long Way To Happy - Pink [Yeaaaah.]
WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Rock Me In - Britney Spears