I was wondering about going back in time. Are we allowed to change our past if we can travel back in time, and if so, will it affect our future? There's always that paradox of what happens if you kill your mum when she hasn't given birth to you? Will you cease to exist?

But perhaps we have long assumed the concept of free will. This may all already be predetermined, so you will never be able to kill your mother back in the past for example, simply because you exist. Or perhaps time travel is not possible.

Went to Nex today, the new shopping mall at Serangoon Interchange for lunch at Sushi Tei. Ate till my stomach was really full of good tasting stuff.

I eventually used my Starbucks vouchers, and got mocha frappuchino (I think). It was sort of worth the wait, but a bit sweet for my liking. Don't think I will spend $5.50 on a cup of that in the near future.

We were walking around the mall exploring, and I don't really know how to put this, but I saw this woman in her 30s who looked really scared of her surroundings (lots of people?). It was like looking at a timid puppy who was looking for the nearest exit. Maybe she had a mental condition or something. No one else noticed. It is like real life, isn't it? When everyone is in a happy mood, who actually notices people who are moodier than the rest? No one. It was just lucky I noticed her.

But so what? So what if I saw her like that? It is not as if I helped her or anything. Is that how modern society works? The cold indifference to the person on the street. It has been noted that the the bigger the crowd around you when you get robbed or slashed or something, the less chance of a person doing anything. Cos the perceived responsibility to do something is spread thinner among the crowd, so they are less obliged to do something.

Need to think this a bit more. currently rambling. :(

The time I studied the most/hardest was from Primary 1 to 2, believe it or not. Not PSLE. Not Secondary school (except maybe that period preparing for geo challenge).

Then, I would reach home at 6pm, cos I would be at a childcare centre since both my parents were working. y Dad would go through the day's homework and any other stuff with me for 1h. To me, it was boring as hell. But it was pretty easy on me too. I could ask my Dad for anything I didn't know about, so the answers in my homework were correct most of the time.

I still remember revising for exams in Primary School. So different from now. Flip through the file if bothered to file your worksheets, and you are done. Simple and easy.

Don't even know why I am posting this. Maybe cos I am reminiscing the past. Again.

Got an ipod touch won from a competition a few weeks back. After tinkering around with it, it is not bad, but not great. Maybe cos its just 2nd gen. Maybe I'm that kind of person that does treasure his gadgets after he gets them. You get bored of them after a while, right?

I was looking at the new galaxy tab, something like a ipad. It smaller much easier to hold with one hand, but there are still some issues that have to settle, like apps not scaling nicely to the screen. I have been wondering whether I should get one (either tab or ipad or something similar). Some of my friends say it is hard to integrate into your life, and I guess that is true.

I was thinking about the other day about rewards for good results. I never got anything even if I aced some exam/test/quiz/whatever. It doesn't particularly matter to me, well cos I get to buy stuff I want during birthdays and christmas. Yea, I get presents.

But I was wondering, even if your parents don't reward you, even though it is clearly stated in that good parenting book they borrowed (yep, it actually is stated in those kind of books), does it matter? It is our job to do well, or try to anyway.

Never went for uip campfire. Was it good? All I saw from the pics on fb is a fashion show, which is kind of unappealing to me.

I saw many people there awkwardly posing on stage. i guess they are like me, who pretty much shun the stage. It is ok if it in front of people you know, like your unit, but with guests and all, it just doesn't cut it for me.

I stumbled upon a youtube musician who is surprisingly quite good. Search Christina Grimmie. Great stuff.

2 minutes made all the difference.

Super Super long time since I posted. Partly cos the internet at boarding is so unreliable and slowwww.

Learnt quite a bit from SLC. Thing is, dunno if it will even come useful, as the lessons to me are just seeds planted in your mind. Whether they germinate is a another matter.

NTU is DAM FAR FROM MY HOUSE. yep. I went to NTU for HSSRP (Humanities Social Science Research Programme), to present my team's research project to some teachers and mentors/professors, and then I had to find my way back to RI. Took abt 1h and 10 mins or more I think. For a guy who lives in Serangoon with Bishan 2 MRT stations away, that is far.

My results...lets just say its not stellar. near average of my class. Which the highest in the level. Which kind of rocks cos I am in the best class. But then it makes me look average. bleh. I guess I am average.

During SLC, we ask our principal whether RI was in the endless chase for better results, or focusing on the character development of students. And a bunch of other questions of the school's direction. And to me, from all the vague and beating around the bush responses, the school so called exco does not know where we want to head.

On the other hand, how can we improve? By heaping more work and more extra activities for students?

Oh, and the sec 3s next year will have an exciting time. 6 mths of DMP in year 4, which is cool, but I hope it does not pull down the results of RJC in time to come...

I actually assessed ecareers.sg to find out what was best for my personality. And results such as autmaton engineers, financial advisors and stuff popped out. I guess its rather I have somewaht the passion, but the skills are seriously lacking.

Go into biotech? Go to engineering? Go to business/finance? Go to green tech? I can't decide. Ride on global trends, or contribute to what Singapore really lacks currently (engineers, if you do not know)?

Chewing on some yang shen right now. So bitter bark like chinese tonic that supposedly quenches thirst and boosts yang energy or yin, really dunno and something about good health or thereabouts. At least it really helps with the thirst quenching part. Somehow I dont feel thirsty after chewing a piece of that.

Just checked my audience stats. I have people from Russia, Ukraine and Poland coming to blog other than Singaporeans? o.O I guess lots of people use proxies situated in those countries...

Going for a gruelling hike/expedition on Tuesday as part of SLC, hope I dont die along the way. 5 more days to RIRC VON camp...

Lol played of dota with Ivan yesterday. I was rusty, but still better than Ivan, who dies everytime he met with an insane ai. And then the game stopped abruptly, cos my internet dced I think.

I think I am rambling in this post, so I will end off by saying I started to read chinese newspapers. Gonna read all the papers I get next year, as well as every Sunday. Hope my chinese standard actually improves...