So much after the Exams.

My third semester has finally gone. It was my worst semester so far. Let's hope my future semester will not get any worse than that... The worse part was rushing for numerous assignments and projects, and finally got to have a taste of sleepless nights and even staying overnight in school. The good part was of course getting to know a few more friends. Well, you will always get to know more friends at each semester.

Anyway, I am trying to get my life back since now can enjoy my holidays.

The first one was just a dinner with Shaun, Zhen Ming and Russell, now that we can considered one gang. And it is easier to call each other out since we are all Eastern Settlers: Russell in Simei; Zhen Ming and I in Tampines; Shaun in Pasir Ris. The 3 of them watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 first while I joined then for dinner. After dinner, we just stayed and chatted for a while. But after that, we just strolled and chatted on the way. Zhen Ming and Shaun were so boring, they don't play arcade or whatsoever. Shaun just wanted to go home... He and his comfort zone... Really one spoilt-brat. I have not been getting a lot of contact with Alvin during this semester as he spent most of his time studying at home now. Probably will call him too.

The second one was one outing which was not really an outing as it involved the school! Yes, I went school with Ying Cong on a Saturday morning just to listen to a talk. It was about the module that we will be taking for the next semester: Computer Graphics. The lecturer just talked about the history and not so much in depth, because it will be down into the maths part. He also showed us a few clips Pixar animated clips and game footages such as Street Fighters VI (ST-VI). Nothing much, but at least it gave me an overview of what I will be going to do. We then headed to Clementi for lunch. Ying Cong and I just ate at a hawker centre, bought ourselves KOI, then strolled in CityVibe to finish our drink before taking transport home. Then, when we outside the arcade, I took a look at ST-VI, and I saw one familiar person playing it. And it was the lecturer who gave the talk that morning! He must be loving that game too much. Haha.

The major activity that I engaged in was the Volunteering Service for the Standard Chartered Run 2010. I was approached by Jaclyn before the exams to take part. As the run started very early, we have to report that night 2am. Luckily, there were transport provided. Our roles have been fixed the moment we joined as we are allowed to pick which one we prefer.

We were in the Baggage team. The one in charge of depositing of runners' bags. Our role was very easy, but we have to wait down there for hours before our work starts. We were only taking charge of runners participating for the 10km run, which only starts at 7.30am. Hence, we waited from 3am - 6.30am before the runners started to deposit their bags. The queue was getting longer and longer, and lucky I was the one in charge of ushering. I don't really see many familiar faces, probably most of them went to participate in the 42km and 21km run.

We have a bit of rest while waiting for the runners to finish their race. So we sat down and chatted and got to know a friend, Jia Hao, who just finished his JC1. He took part in the voluntary work for the CIP hours. Well, he could really chat with us, and he already knew quite a lot of stuff in the army. I was quite amazed, considering someone who has not gone through army.

There was another around of peak period when the runners came back to collect their bags. Our job has not ended even the peak period was over, because they will be some slow runners who would take like their own sweet time to walk or stroll. And all of us have to stay and wait for ALL these runners to finish and ALL of them to collect ALL of their bags before ALL of us could really call it a day. However, it also took some time for us to sign out and to collect our gift, which is an exclusive Standard Chartered NETS Flashcard with a value of $22 in the card. Well, not bad for a 12 hours voluntary work and can get paid for $22 dollars. This kind of activity can be fun unless you find a group of friends to do it together. But I would probably take part in the run next time.

The last activity was a KBox session with Luvena and Fang Qi, the day after the SCM2010 (which was today). It was not a great time actually as I was having Sore Throat (still having it when I typing this...), but I just sang it out to strain it even further. Haha. Loss of voice will be expected the next day...