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Recently I have found awesomeness in a sandwich. And it is not just your ordinary staple subway meal, it's the most amazing sandwich I've ever tried. Smoked salmon and turkey sandwich from Raffles Hotel's eatery, Ah Teng's Bakery. Freshly baked bread ( you can choose from a range of ciabatta to wholemeal), stuffed with a generous serving of crisp lettuce, juicy tomatoes and crunchy cucumbers, layered with smoked salmon and turkey pieces, and a squirt of spicy mustard sauce. It doesn't come cheap though, it's $9.90 for an approximate 8-inch sandwich, with freshly brewed coffee or tea from the eatery. Well if you're sick of eating school food, this really is a must-try.

Classes have ended for me, and one whole sem just flew by like that. No more jaded faces and dragging feet and endless projects and late nights, it's mugging for the next 2 weeks before finals. Back to the A level days. I missed it so much. Ew.

We had to interview healthcare professionals for our bgs project. I went down to some clinic to interview this young lady doctor, and asked her stuff like why she chose to be a doctor, etc.. Then she started to break down and said she only did so cause it seemed prestigious and her parents wanted her to study medicine, when in actual fact she wanted to be a teacher. So I spent 2 hours consoling her and told her she was doing a noble job saving lives.
Anyway all the above wasn't true, it was actually part of a dream I had. This really is scary, dreaming about projects and all. Another time I fell asleep thinking of what to do for Comms project and I actually dream-thought of it through my nap and woke up with an idea. Projects are almost all over and done with, just a couple of loose ends to tie up here and there, and I'm done for the sem.

My new love is the school gym. Nice and spacious with rather new equipment, working out there makes me feel happy. Going to the gym is gonna be part of my new routine next sem :)

Sis and dad are overseas, and mum's going overseas soon, so the house will be pretty empty. Chen is coming to stay over and Siska coming over from Indon next week. I can't wait!

Yesterday I left my laptop in the toilet opposite koufu, cause I changed to training wear and  totally forgot about it cause I was carrying my bag and shoebag. 3 hours later after gym training on my way home I realised I was carrying one bag less, and totally panicked. Went back to school, and with bek's help located the lost and found centre in schoool and THANKFULLY someone found it and returned it. The school's security system is really cool, there're over 20 security TVs in a room, like those you see in the movies. There are good people in this world. Thank you so much Shalina.

43 days to Christmas.

		Wed, Oct 22, 2008 The Straits Times
Hey good-looking
(Above: File photo of student beauty contestants from NTU, NUS and SMU.) IF FIRST impressions count, students from Singapore Management University must make the best ones. It secured a clear plurality of the votes (36 per cent) as the local tertiary educational institution with the most 'physically attractive' individuals in our impressionistic poll of 156 youths aged 17 to 27. The National University of Singapore and Ngee Ann Polytechnic came in second and third with 22 per cent and 16 per cent of the votes respectively. Interestingly, the majority of students from these three institutions voted for an institution other than their own, lending some credence to the notion that the grass is always greener (or better looking) on the other side. Our 84 respondents who were either university or polytechnic students also rated men and women from business faculties top in terms of looks. The most important factors behind their decisions were, as 45 per cent of our respondents claimed, 'personal experience', while 29 per cent attributed it to the 'general reputation within/of the institution'. Youth in the poll defined physical attractiveness as 'a beautiful bright smile, nice double eyelids and expressive eyes, high cheekbones and a slim athletic build'. Phrases such as 'pleasing to the eye', 'shapely figure', 'good personal grooming and hygiene', 'physically proportionate and symmetrical', and 'charismatic, strong facial features, good dressing' - all added to this week's poll being labelled 'The Unabashedly Shallow Poll'. If looks alone mattered in life, you now know where the best-looking students in Singapore are to be found. Andre Oei, 22, is a graduate student at Harvard University. This article was first published in The Straits Times on 20 Oct, 2008

This, is hilarious. I read it on tw's blog. What a poll to conduct! But really, smu students do dress pretty decently for school. No fbts for one. No sloppiness, no pyjamas and no going-to-the-wet-market wear. It's not about being superficial. or trying to look good, it's about being presentable. It's time to shop for more clothes, and fuel the dying economy :)

Recess week is finally here! 2 mid term papers are over, 2 more to go. Anyone who's good at statistics ask me out to study okay! Or if you're bad at stats like me, we can drown our sorrows together. haha.
Started off recess week with Dad's 50th birthday party and overnight cycling with TBL. Now I'm aching all over. We went from church to ecp to geylang to singapore flyer to marina bay, and even cycled along the F1 track!!! During night cycling we stopped by geylang to have supper, and I witnessed the saddest sight ever. Along one stretch of geylang, there was a whole long line of prostitutes, waiting for their clients. Imagine yourself in her shoes. You stand there one whole night in high heels, make-up, and revealing clothes. You don't want to do it. But you need the money. You hope the old guy doesn't approach you. You wonder if one day you'll ever get married, or even have kids. You wonder who will ever want you in the first place. If I ever get to be the president, the first thing i'll get rid of is prostitution. Once you give away your purity, you'll never get it back.

Anyway, being in uni makes one a very independent person, I think. You make your own choices on how you want your schedule to be like, who you hang out with, whether you want to go for class, cca etc. Being uncommitted actually feels good. Haha. After BGS mid-term on Saturday a few of us from BGS class went to have Macs breakfast cause we finished the paper in half the given time and there was still time for breakfast. After we finished breakfast we realised that the paper was still not over yet. Haha. My BGS prof is super on he organises stuff like class bbq for us and all. It's rather sec sch/jc-ish but I guess all of us appreciate it cause at least there's some kind of class spirit. In uni no one cares less about your fellow classmates unless they're your friends. Or your project group mates. Or your project group mates turn friends.

For those fretting about your grades, I got this quote from yl's blog, who got it from somewhere else:

“Yet the Grade Point Average does not allow for the health of our students, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of their poetry or the strength of their relationships; the intelligence of their public debate or the integrity with which they serve the public. It measures neither their wit nor their courage; neither their wisdom nor their learning; neither their compassion nor their devotion to their country; it measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile. And it seems to tell them everything about their future except why they should be proud of being our nation's future.”

' Going to school on a sunday for project meetings is a sad thing. The sadder thing is seeing so many other people in school as well' -David

I have a super siao-on prof who replies emails within 5 mins of receiving them, from as early as 9am on a Saturday and even at 11pm on a Saturday night saying he wants to give us a call tomorrow (Sunday) to discuss our project outline?!?! I have come to learn that SMU works 24/7. My seniors say I have yet to seen the worst such as spending CNY in school or staying overnight to finish up a project.

Mid-terms are coming up from next week onward, along with presentations, projects, assignments, quizzes, it truly is never ending. But I am enjoying school life. It's a 2 day school week for me next week, and recess week after that!! I can't wait. I have begun exploring new food places around school now (thank you stalker), do feel free to let me know about more food places im getting quite sick of school food already.
Claire, Becky, Shiyun and caleb all left last week, liz is leaving next. Since Sy was leaving, my primary school clique decided to meet up! It really is amazing to see each other again after so many years. All high-fliers now, every single one of them, except another friend and i, are all doing double degrees, studying medicine or studying overseas now! Wow. I guess the government was right when they selected the top 10% of the cohort to study in sap schools.

The F1 night race is finally here! The human traffic volume at city hall is now insane, and there was this woman on the train on Friday who was so pissed with people not moving to the centre of the train that she started screaming at everyone to move in. But in actual fact everyone was already packed like sardines and there was no way we could even budge an inch. To think the govt wants our population to increase to 6.5 million. Ridiculous! Having to squeeze your way through the crowd to find your space in the train with a laptop and a heaby textbook is not an easy feat already, imagine the population increasing by 50%. arghhh. I am so determined to learn how to drive.

Anyway, it's 12 midnight now, so HAPPY BIRHTDAY TO MUM AND DARRYL HO PING IN UK!!!