5:52 PM
CG blog..I guess I really need to take this whole week off for break.... I seriously really need to take a break from all the negative things that are happening around me.. Next week then I will resume on the making for my CG blog... Hope all my CG brothers & sisters understand my situation right now... Need you guys to pray for me too... Really appreciated you guys for the understanding and God bless everyone here...
Labels: church
Victor Lim
5:35 PM
Still... I still have to MOVE on!!Had been busying and feeling very down for the past few days and weeks..
!@()@#$%&*(#$%^&*(@#$%^&*(#$%^&*(@#$%^&*()(*&$#@#$%^&*(&#@$%^&*
Don't wish to describe everything for the past few days and weeks... Just feeling so tired and sickening at times... So many things which bothered me a lot, and I have been getting ENOUGH OF ALL THESE SHIT THINGS...
No matter what, I still have to MOVE on in my life... I must tell myself that I am not going to ruin myself or making myself feel even more depressed just because of someone... To think back, it's not worth it for me to really bother it, and what for I still do that?! Sorry if I seem to be too harsh but I just want to be DIRECT... Period...
My external hard disk and Singtel also makes me feel very angry and frustrated.. Also don't wish to say anything much here.... The more I mentioned about it, the more headache that I have...
RIGHT NOW, I GOT TO MOVE OUT OF THIS UNHAPPINESS HERE AND GET MYSELF MOVING ON IN MY LIFE, instead of feeling @!#$%^&*(*&^%$#@#$%^& (sorry I just don't wish to type any word here hence all the symbols, not vulgar words, it's just to vent off my anger and everything that are negative)!!!
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH... I JUST WISH TO STOP ALL THESE STUPID CRAP THINGS WHICH MAKES MY LIFE EVEN MORE MISERABLE!! PERIOD!!
Labels: school
Victor Lim
Friday, April 25, 200811:20 AM
Feeling weary...This whole week, I just somehow having emotional breakdown.. It's like everyday I am dragging myself to go to school (except Thursday's lesson because that's the only module which will bring my mood up..)
Every single day, I slept after 12am...
- Monday night slept at around 4am
- Tuesday night slept at around 3am
- Wednesday night slept at around 2am
- Yesterday night fall asleep with my laptop on at around 12am++
God bless everyone..
Victor Lim
Thursday, April 24, 20089:02 PM
Trials & Tribulations - Spiritual BreakthroughSigh.....
2 nights back, we had our 2nd fellowship meeting. As usual, Isaac, Ben, XY and me were there.. I brought Raymond there too.. All 5 of of us were at XY's relative house, and thank God for providing us a very nice location and still in Tampines area for the benefit of Isaac...
Had meeting from around 7:45pm to 9:30pm, and besides worship, we also shared our problems and concerns for both ourselves and our fellow bus enthusiast friends out there, and after that we closed off with prayer and worship.... Wonderful meeting we had over there, especially when Raymond's our guitarist for this meeting, and that he can really see how our bus enthusiasts fellowship group growing.. It's really truly a blessing for me to be part of this group...
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Yesterday night, while we were on the MSN group convo, we realized that all of us have been facing a tough time right now... As what Ben told us, we are currently facing trials and tribulations, and we have to stay strong in order to overcome it and have our spiritual breakthrough..
But 1 thing we have to bear it in mind, is that no matter how tough our spiritual life is right now, God will be always there to provide solutions and guidance for all of us, giving us encouragement as He takes control of all of us...
Most of us we are too stressed or moody due to all these factors like school, friends, etc.. We do also feel very weary at times... And to the extent, that some of us couldn't resist our emotions, and we cried...
For now, what we can do, is to continue to pray that everything goes smoothly especially for the next few weeks.... And leave everything to His hands, to let Him take control of us and guide us well...
Before I end off this post, I will really like to share with you guys this song, which is indeed very encouraging for me whenever I feel very down... Sent this song to our leader yesterday, because I can see that he's indeed really super duple feeling very very down, and God told me to share this song with him... And I even feel the urge and wanted to initiate a conference call with XY and Ben, just like how I did to Terence last Monday midnight, but Ben's not free in the end....
Sanctuary- CHC
WHEN MY WORLD WAS IN DARKNESS
YOU SPOKE YOUR WORD
NIGHT TURNED INTO DAY
YOUR BEAUTY FILLED THIS PLACE
WHEN MY WORLD STOOD IN SILENCE
YOU FILLED MY HEART
WITH SONGS THAT NEVER END
FOREVER I WILL PRAISE
TO THINK THAT THE UNIVERSE
COULD NOT WITHHOLD YOUR GLORY
YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE IN ME
I'M SO AMAZED
(AND) I WORSHIP YOU LORD
MY LIFE IN YOU RESTORED
HERE IS MY HEART
MAKE IT YOUR SANCTUARY
FOR NOBODY ELSE
BUT JESUS ONLY (YOU)
YOU ARE FAITHFUL AND TRUE GLORIOUS LORD ALL MY LIFE IT IS YOU I ADORE YOU'VE TOUCHED MY SOUL COMPLETED MY WORLD I SURRENDER TO YOU
Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me.
John 14:1 KJV
Victor Lim
8:18 PM
THE LONGEST RJ I HAVE WRITTEN SO FAR!!!Well done lah!!! =.="
All thanks to my Financial Accounting faci, Mr Sim Choon Hou.... But he's really the most respectful facilitator that I have seen so far. Although he's really deem strict and particular even for the slightest minor thing such as the spelling mistake in our PowerPoint slides, but when it comes to teaching and everything, his lessons are really the most interactive ones among all the facilitators that have facilitated me so far, and he really makes sure that he really wants all of us to push our limits to the max, and making sure that his class will always be the BEST class that we ever had...
Okay enough of craps, let's proceed to the stupid and longest RJ that I have ever write so far... (Usually all my RJs are less than 10 sentences long only...) And if I don't get an A grade for the RJ section, I seriously can go and ________ liao.... =.="
Question: Evaluate your members (including yourself), on the level of competency they have for the module. Justify your evaluation.
Response:I will evaluate on myself first follow by my teammates.
For myself, I find that I am actually quite strong in
this module, probably due to my prior knowledge that I
have gained during Secondary 3 to 5 when I took up POA
(Principles of Accounting) as 1 of the subjects. I
actually scored quite well in most of my POA tests and
exams, at least a B grade, and also have quite a strong
foundation in the area of calculations, I actually refer
to my Ten-Year-Series (TYS) book that I have bought, and
keep practicing the questions until I really fully
understand the whole concept, and also for the fact that
I did actually coach my peers who were weak in this
subject and it helps to enhance my learning as well in a
way that I can recap all the knowledge and concepts that
I have learned so far.
For Fanni, I find that she is actually quite weak in it,
but she really puts in 100 of her effort and hardwork
to try to understand the concepts behind it as much as
possible. It's a pity that she did not take up POA as 1
of the subjects for upper secondary level, hence she did
not have prior knowledge of accounting and foundation
before this module (Financial Accounting). However, she
is very helpful in this team in a sense that she really
tries her very best to help out in whatever she can do,
such as doing up the PowerPoint slides while the rest of
us are trying very hard to figure out for the
calculation part in all the accounts that we did.
For Wei Guo, I find that he has a very strong foundation
and prior knowledge in accounting. He told me before
that he scored a B grade in his O level exam for POA,
and he has a strong determination and confidence that he
would be able to get all the calculations for all the
accounts and ledgers right. He is also very helpful in a
way that he would help the weaker ones to make sure that
they really understand the whole concept of a particular
thing, and having initiatives to start the discussion
going during the first meeting after the problem
statement for the day is being released.
For Muhammad, I find that he is actually quite weak in
it, although he took POA as 1 of the subject in upper
secondary level, but he did not score well during the O
level. His foundation is actually not too bad because he
has been exposed to the accounting concepts through POA,
just that he needs to practice more, just like
Mathematics when we also practice more to gain a better
understanding and foundation in the subject. He’s
actually quite helpful also in a way that he tried his
best to help to solve the problem.
For Wan Lin, I find that she also has a very strong
foundation and prior knowledge in accounting. She also
scored the same grade as me during the O level for POA.
She is also very determined and willing to help her
teammates whenever they need any help in understanding
the concepts in accounting. She also has the initiative
to start the discussion going during the first meeting
after the problem statement for the day is being
released, as usually, we would be sitting down there
waiting for other teammates to start the discussion.
Labels: school
Victor Lim
Wednesday, April 23, 200810:08 AM
It sets my thinking..It sets my thinking, whether to left this group of friends... Sometimes... I just feel very negatively and useless deep in my heart when I am thinking of someone in this group.. It's like I don't even feel the friendship in her heart... Sometimes I just feel that I shouldn't be part of the group... It sets my thinking when she start disregarded me as part of the group.. It seem that there is a sudden change of her attitude towards me which really makes me really thinking through lots of things...
I really hope that she read this entry and really, whatever she wants to voice out, be in negative or positive, just say it all out to me... At least I feel better when things are being said to me...
The next question that I have in mind for myself is:
Whether to continuing to stay or .................?
Haiz.....
I hope you guys should know who is the "she" or "her" that I am refering to....
and I am wondering how many of you even bothered to read it in the 1st place.... Haiz...
Labels: school
Victor Lim
Saturday, April 19, 20082:23 AM
This week...Last Wednesday, went for some night shot at Toa Payoh during the outing with some of my bus enthusiast friends.. Had a lot of great fun down there and I really feel very happy that we as the fellow bus enthusiasts, can really come together and build better bonds among one another... This should be the way, and in future activities, we will include the seniors as well provided if time allows for them, because some may work until very late everyday.. Shall not describe the night that we have on that day, next activity you (for bus enthusiasts) shall experience it yourself.. Those who went on that day, all of them enjoy themselves very much, and it's really meaningful that we can sit down in circle somewhere and really getting to know one another well..
Some photos that were snapped from the new 40th story HDB flats..
Can you see the Singapore Flyer from here?
Just now in the morning(Friday), somehow I just feel really very bad for a certain reason... You can regard that as emo or what I don't care.. To be honest, just now at the Cafe Esplanade in school after lesson, I really feel like having tears roll down my eyes, but managed to resist and control in the end.. Just somehow I feel that my freedom of speech level really dropped down to -100%, even if the particular sentence was meant to be a joke or just say it without any negative intention.. And whole day in school (excluding in class), I was really very (3x) quiet.. Somehow or rather I just got the feeling of being outcast, in a way... Okay, enough of the what-you-all-called-it-as-emo thoughts of mine..
Went to meet some of my bus enthusiast friends for buffet dinner at Sakae Sushi (CPF Building, along Robinson Rd) as Bing He's going to enter Tekong and have botak head next week (if you get what I mean). Got Kenny, Bing He, Kok Pern, Wei Chuen, Terence and myself over there.. Had a very good dinner there with me spamming at the Salmon sushi.. Spam about 6-7 plates of Salmon sushi in total... (plus some other stuffs of course)
All of us took Service 130 after that to pass by Sin Ming area (near Vicom Inspection Centre) to check out on the new SBS Transit M.A.N single-deck bus, but it wasn't parked there anymore when we passed by there... All of us departed from Ang Mo Kio and I transferred a few buses back to Bt Panjang... Then when I was about to enter the lift in my block back home, I saw Lucas cycling and he called me, and I accompanied him, Cassandra, Clement, Rui Ping and Serene to Kim San Leng 24 hours coffee shop to have a drink and chit chat... Really, it has been a very (3x) long time (I think got more than 1 year) ever since I last saw some of them.. Some of them really changed quite a lot, and I really miss all of my Sec 5N friends very much... Probably this year's Teachers Day we would all go back to Zhenghua Sec together? As many as possible...
Chatted from 12am to 1:20am, and we went home after that.. Thankfully my facilitator has extended the assignment to next day 10am, which is about 7 hrs 30 mins from now.. And I am going to finish up the assignment before I go to sleep...
During Teacher's Day 2006, with our Principal, Mr Lim; and our A-Maths teacher cum HOD for Maths, Mrs Michelle Chew/Mdm Michelle Low
Sometimes I just feel very tired in my life journey... Too many things and changes happening around and also feel the sudden heavy burden of stress onto me.. But 1 thing I learn from the bible, is that I should trust God that He will be able to lift up all my burden away and don't have any worries about the burden.. In this case, the burden can refer to all the whatever-you-called-it-as-emo thoughts that I have.. Okay I going to stop until here today... Got time I will update again...
Take care everyone and God bless! ^_^
Cast your burden on the LORD,And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.
- Psalm 52:22
Labels: night scenery photos, outings, school
Victor Lim
Friday, April 18, 20081:48 PM
Sometimes.................. I just have this feeling..... that I have been ignored by some people sometimes... Just have the bad feeling in it, that sometimes it really makes me pondering through and make me unable to concentrate well in the things I do..
Haiz... I just don't wish to say anything much for now... The more I think of it, the more I am going to get emo, which I don't want... The side effect of EMO-ness is too strong that it .................................................. (leave it to you guys to complete the sentence...)
I really would like to visit Fullerton Hotel this Sunday afternoon again (with XY).. Sometimes I just wish to go to a very quiet and comfortable area to really sit down/stand there and "stone"....
Enough said....
Labels: others
Victor Lim
7:52 AM
FYP...Reached class @ 7:50am... That's very early (1st to reach in my class somemore), but it's better to be late, and it has been quite a few months or even a year ever since I last took TIB1055T's slot on Service 169.. Usually is TIB978L's slot and if I ever missed that, that's it.. 85% LATE for class..
It has come so far for me to reach this level... A level of stress, stress to the max for poly life.. Past few weeks and days I have been staying back after lesson for FYP.. And it's indeed quite stressful but yet slacking.. Stressful because this isn't a easy project and it requires all our hard work.. Slacking because for the past few FYP meetings, we have been delaying our time to slack here and there being distracted by MSN and my usual frequently visited websites (not ____ as what you guys may anyhow think) for me and drama show for Mel.. It was only until yesterday late evening in the FYP room that the whole atmosphere seems very peaceful and quiet that at least my team finally get down to very serious work.. I seriously hope that for every FYP meetings, we can be as serious in our work and not get easily distracted... Lolx... Really... If not it's very hard to get things done... Initially XH booked the "FYP" room for their FYP project, but in the end, some of us "invaded" that room and in the end XH's team getting distracted at times because they couldn't concentrate on their FYP work..
Thankfully for my team we have done the SWOT analysis of the agency that we are going to do (all thanks to the china girl's idea... Okay from now on I shall just call her Chinese name, Lu Hongwei..) and part of the marketing plan as well.. I just feel that I have not been contributing much in my team.. Most of the time is Mel who contributes the answers etc.. Ahhhh..... I cannot be like that!! I must change!! And I must NOT laugh at Lu Hongwei every Wednesday when we have our meeting with her.. Last Wednesday before we went to meet her, I told my teammates that "I swear that I will NOT laugh at her during meeting". In the end, before we walk a few more steps to meet her in our usual meeting place, I hide behind the pillar and started to laugh... 1st thing is that it is really very bad of me to laugh at her just because of her China accent. 2nd thing is that it is really sinful of me to do that.. Christians shouldn't be like that, they should learn how to respect others, and I have failed to fulfill it..
Respect others even if they don't deserve respect or haven't earned it
Thanks to XH who sent me this link.. =)
More commitments really come up my way.... Now I haven a lot of things to focus on..
- Year 3 modules (lesson + revision)
- Final Year Project (FYP)
- My usual CG meeting and Sunday service
- RP Campus Crusade
- Interest group fellowship meeting (not RP one..)
- Tuition (in future)
- Bus forums (as a member, NOT moderator)
- (Surprise for my CG, E447) - shall not say anything until the thing is ready
- My own blog
- Meeting friends for dinner..
- Quiet time...
Take care everyone and God bless ^_^
Labels: school
Victor Lim
Wednesday, April 16, 20089:14 AM
Just some thoughts...Time flies so fast... It's now the 2nd week of Year 3 Semester 1... I really (3x) need to be able to adapt to the most stressful part of my poly life... I can't afford to slack around anymore, and I can't afford to waste anymore time, must really cherish every minute and every second I have...
Sometimes, it's because I feel so stressed up that some thoughts really went inside my mind... I'm not being emo here but sometimes, when it comes to night time, I tend to be more soft-hearted and more passionate, be it in a very peaceful or busy city environment..
Went with XY in the evening for evening/night shots at Church of St. Mary (located at Bt Batok East area) as we found that it's a very nice place to have night infrastructure shots...
After which, XY went back home while I went on to my hometown area to have some night shots as well before I went back home since I brought along my tripod...
View from the highest story of Blk 542
Top-down view of Bt Panjang Plaza from the highest story of Blk 545
Cross-junction in the vicinity of Bt Panjang Plaza from the highest story of Blk 545
Top-down view of Bt Panjang Rd from the highest story of Blk 545
Thinking of ....?
Sometimes I just wish to be alone in a very peaceful night environment.. In the midst of all my stressful life, I need to find somewhere when I can really relax, even just for a short period of time like 15 minutes...
Relating back to my previous post... Sometimes, as we walk though the pathway of our journey life, we tend to come to a point (in these 2 photos above, it's a cross-junction) whereby there are multiple directions to move on further, and we don't really know which direction shall we move on... Some of my friends here may get very emo at times, because probably there are some obstacles and barriers which they have encountered, just like the photo below..
Of course, in life, we cannot afford to get very emo forever, and we have to overcome it no matter what... Sometimes things that we have to let go, let it go, and don't ever think back anymore, for that we still need to carry on moving in our walks of life... Like for me, I will NEVER ever want to think back of the memories I had during the NPCC days in my Secondary school life, especially the POP (passing out parade) part... No doubt, POP is 1 of the most significant and memorable event that uniform groups have, and that my batch of NPCC mates (Zhenghua Sec) did not get to go though this very significant event due to some reasons, I still have to learn to let it go no matter what... It's not as if that I will commit suicide or what, if I never get the chance to go through POP...
Friends, I really hope that you will feel encouraged after reading this post, whenever you are feeling very down... Sometimes, we need to remind ourselves of our existence in this world, and not just feeling very emo for days and nights just because of a particular thing & cause our daily routine to be disrupted.. These few days, especially from the start of this RP semester, I have been keep seeing some of my friends feeling very emo... Although I may not be so expressive to others in person, but that doesn't mean I don't care everything, because deep in my heart, I am a very passionate person, and that's when care and concern comes in...
Cheers to all and God bless! ^_^
Labels: night scenery photos, thoughts
Victor Lim
Monday, April 14, 20081:18 AM
1st week of RP Year 3..For the past few days in the week, I have been busying for my team's FYP meeting.. Almost everyday after school, we have been staying back to meet up and to discuss about it. So far, 1st week meetings were pretty slack, but I foresee in the coming weeks, that our FYP meetings will get more and more stressful and tougher in terms of finishing this project..
This year, the modules I taking are all those business-related modules, and can be very challenging for me although I have the best interest for business as compared to some modules related to IT and others. It's going to be a tough journey for me for the whole of this year, as I walk through the final year of my poly life in Republic Polytechnic..
For the past few days in the week, there were things happening whereby it really ponders my mind or set my mind thinking, having a lot of thoughts going through in my mind...
First of all, is the one which I posted about the lessons to be learnt.. That one I have entirely explained it in that post.. (Few posts down the blog)
Secondly, is about 1 of the post in 1 of my senior bus enthusiast's blog which somehow relates to the one which I talked about the barrier between the senior and junior bus enthusiasts.. Somehow it's really better for me to share about my thoughts and everything in person for those those whom I really wish to share with or those who asked me about it in person..
http://www.litemax.info/2008/04/no-chase.html
Last Saturday, went down to have night scenery shots with Xian Hao, Wendy, Melissa & her bf at Esplanade, and after which Melissa went off with her bf while the rest of us went over to Benjamin Shears Bridge (Esplanade side) to have some night scenery shots.. For the both of them were their 1st timers and I can see that they really had a great experience there, while for me..... 2nd time for night scenery shot but 1 time (this week) for my personal quiet time.. (I am only going to post 2 photos for this post, because I am going to relate both the photos in a way or another..)
Each of us have different paths and directions to move on in our personal walk of life... As illustrated in this photo, one can choose to turn left, or remain in the straight road in the expressway (in this case it's East Coast Parkway, in short, ECP). In this photo, it shows that the there is no car passing through at least in the 1st few lanes from the left... In life, most of the time, our life journey are not really as smooth and peaceful as what you see in this photo above..
Over here in this photo, it shows exactly the same place as the 1st photo above, but this time round, one can see all the red lights on the road itself.. Let me tell you why I use expressway as an good example.. At least for Singaporeans in general, their life will be a very stressful and rushing one, to the extent that their journey path of their life are not that smooth as some may thought that way.. Sometimes, things just happened too fast in our eyes, that we may somehow feel lost somewhere in our stressful and busy life..
Let me relate it to my personal walk of life... This year, I am really facing a lot of stress and feel very weary or maybe even get lost out of somewhere in life, but I want to make it a point, that I will finish this race in my entire poly life, without any failure..
As I was having quiet time just now at the void deck in my house block, I asked God to give me a verse or 2 which will really impact my life or encourages me in my spiritual and personal walks of life, and this is what God spoke to me:
But as for me, I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy; in fear of You I will worship toward Your holy temple. Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make Your way straight before my face.
- Psalm 5:7-8
In these 2 verses, the enemies can refer to all the physical and mental stress that I have due to my school work and FYP... And in a way, these 2 verses really encourage me a lot, not to just got lost out of nowhere but come back to the Lord and follow His way that He will guide me through the final year that I have in my poly life.. Before I end off and take a 4 hours sleep, I shall end off with a prayer..
Lord, i lift up my stressful and rushing life that i am facing into Your hands right now. Lord, as i pray that from the verses that You gave me during my quiet time just now, that You word will encourage me to continue my stressful race in my final year of poly life.. Lord, as i may feel weary and stressful in time to come throughout this whole year, i pray oh Lord that You will provide me with the supernatural holy spirit, that this spirit can overcome all the difficulties and uncertainties i have in my life.. i pray oh Lord that You will continue to channel Your blessing to us so that we can channel our blessings to all our fellow friends, even within my team for FYP.. Bless them and me in all areas of our personal walk of life.. In Jesus mighty name i pray..... Amen.....
Which path should i go? Will i be confused and get lost somewhere just because everyday i have been keep busying on my FYP meetings and other stuffs? Lord, i really need Your strong guidance in walking through this final journey of my poly life... Lord, i really want to finish this race without any failure and giving up...
Cheers to all and God bless! ^_^
Labels: God, night scenery photos, prayers, school, thoughts
Victor Lim
Friday, April 11, 200811:51 PM
Life of a RP Year 3 student...... is very different from Year 1 and 2...
Gone were the carefree days of SLACKING....
Gone were the days of staying back after school to play LAN GAME...
Gone were the days of going out after school like nobody's business everyday...
Now.....
Final Year Project..... (FYP in short)
Year 3 modules..... (need to go find textbook and study+understand it)
These 2 things are already enough for me to jam pack my schedule le...
And somemore, assuming that I have future opportunity for tuition job for weekdays night, my planned schedule for weekdays (not taken into consideration for UTs) will be:
Monday:-
5am - 6am: Wake up + breakfast
6am: Set off from home (to school)
6:20am - 7:55am: Safe point @ Woodlands Regional Int
8:30am - 4pm: Lesson
4pm - 5pm: Dinner
5pm - 6pm: FYP meeting
7pm - 9pm: Fellowship meeting/activities/quiet time @ Benjamin Shears Bridge
11pm - 12am: Finishing daily sch assignments & bus forums, etc..
12am - 1am: Revising + studying for my Year 3 modules + FYP stuff (if any)
1am - 5am: Sleep... (4 hours)
Tuesday:-
5am - 6am: Wake up + breakfast
6am: Set off from home (to school)
6:20am - 7:55am: Safe point @ Woodlands Regional Int
8:30am - 4pm: Lesson
4pm - 5pm: Dinner
5pm - 6pm: FYP meeting
7pm - 9pm: Fellowship meeting/activities/quiet time @ Benjamin Shears Bridge
11pm - 12am: Finishing daily sch assignments & bus forums, etc..
12am - 1:30am: Revising + studying for my Year 3 modules + FYP stuff (if any)
1:30am - 7am: Sleep... (6.5 hours)
Wednesday:-
7am - 8am: Wake up + breakfast
8am - 9am: Relax + Bus forum, etc..
9am - 12pm: Revising + studying for my Year 3 modules + FYP stuff (if any)
12pm - 1pm: Lunch
1pm - 2pm: Rest + Journey to school (RP library)
2pm - 4pm: Revising + studying for my Year 3 modules + FYP stuff (if any)
4pm - 5pm: FYP meeting with our FYP advisor, Lu Hongwei aka china girl
5pm - 6pm: FYP meeting
8pm - 10pm: Tuition
11pm - 12am: Blogging + Bus forums, etc..
12am - 1am: Revising + studying for my Year 3 modules + FYP stuff (if any)
1am - 5am: Sleep... (4 hours)
Thursday:-
5am - 6am: Wake up + breakfast
6am: Set off from home (to school)
6:20am - 7:55am: Safe point @ Woodlands Regional Int
8:30am - 4pm: Lesson
4pm - 5pm: Dinner
5pm - 6pm: FYP meeting
8pm - 9pm: Tuition
11pm - 12am: Finishing daily sch assignments & bus forums, etc..
12am - 1am: Revising + studying for my Year 3 modules + FYP stuff (if any)
1am - 5am: Sleep... (4 hours)
Friday:-
5am - 6am: Wake up + breakfast
6am: Set off from home (to school)
6:20am - 7:55am: Safe point @ Woodlands Regional Int
8:30am - 4pm: Lesson
4pm - 5pm: Dinner
5pm - 6pm: FYP meeting
6pm - 9pm: Spare time slot (Priority goes for dinner + chill with my outside friends such as from bus enthusiast ones)
11pm - 12am: Finishing daily sch assignments & bus forums, etc..
12am - 12:20am: Preparation of song sheet for next day cell group meeting
12:20am - 1:30am: Revising + studying for my Year 3 modules + FYP stuff (if any)
1:30am - 8am: Sleep... (7.5 hours)
Saturday:-
8am - 9am: Wake up + breakfast
9am - 10am: Relax + Bus forum, etc..
11am - 12pm: Bible study with Raymond @ Riverwalk
12pm - 12:40pm: Lunch
2pm - 4:30pm: E447 cell group meeting
4:30pm - 10:30pm: Free & Easy
11pm - 12am: Relax + Bus forum, etc..
12am - 5:45am: Sleep.. (5.75 hours)
Sunday:-
5:45am - 6:15am: Wake up + preparation
6:20am: Ride on 1st Service 966 bus (to Expo Hall 8 with transferring of buses)
7:30am - 1pm: Church service + serving in Ushering ministry
1pm - 4pm: Lunch + Fellowship with cell group friends
4:00pm - 10:30pm: Free & Easy
11pm - 12am: Relax + Bus forum, etc..
12am - 1am: Revising + studying for my Year 3 modules + FYP stuff (if any)
1am - 5am: Sleep... (4 hours)
Good luck to me and I really want to pray for this semester to move on smoothly and that I can follow with this schedule as much as I can..
Okay i gotta do my RJ and then have some early rest liao...
Cya guys around, take care and nitez! God bless! ^_^
Labels: school
Victor Lim
Wednesday, April 09, 200811:24 PM
A lesson to be learnt...Skipped the afternoon part of the day because I got no mood to talk about it.. (Anyway it's mainly about FYP for afternoon)
Left the school at around 6pm++ and I went to Benjamin Shears Bridge (Esplanade side) to have my quiet time alone there... And 1 of the things I speak to God is about moulding my character, my life.... It has since came to pass in the form of my tagboard.. I was reminded of being too impulsive towards my harsh actions that I have did for the bus in the past few days.. I was being reminded of the moral values that I have impacted on others as well... Before that, I already post in SG Forums that I will try not to do it on certain bus services which my friends would tend to ride on, but after what was being told to me, I really get the point and really wanting to make an appointment to write down the "10 Commandments" in my own version to suit my personal self especially in the form of my character..
Annoymous (in my tagboard), now I know who you are, and I shall not reveal your name here to protect your privacy. But I really very thankful that you saw my entries in my blog and posted that to me, that once again, you have reminded me something... I know that you can be very blunt in your words at times, but to think back, sometimes, being blunt is good, in the sense that your message is being brought across in a more direct way, and I like people that just express their opinions in that way, rather than those who will just go 1 big round just to say something which is very minor.. So blessed to have a bus enthusiast friend like you, although you may seem to be fierce at times... ^_^
Whereas for Nameless (in my tagboard as well), I really wish to know who you are... Be it a bus enthusiast or not.. Don't worry I will NOT delete and deny the fact that I am in a wrong.. I am not like the old self anymore... Now that I am more willing to open up my heart, even in such kind of things like now.. Any opinions or things that you are really unhappy about, just make a point to tell me without any hesitation or fear that I might do some negative things here and there.. I will not be angry or having any grudge towards you for such comments, so please please, let me know who you really are... I really wish to talk to you about it... ^_^
And Jack as well (although he never tagged me in my blog but I have spoken to him through the phone).. It has been a great blessings to have friends like you, to keep constantly reminding me of the things that I have done, especially the negative ones like now... Got the points that you have said to me just now, and I will really make a point to really write down the 10 Commandments of my own version for myself, just like the 10 Commandments in the book of Exodus in the bible, Chapter 20, Verses 1 to 17...
Shall end off this entry with a prayer and after that I will think through what to write for the 10 Commandments of my own version for myself...
Lord, i thank You for 1 of my prayers which i have prayed for just now at Benjamin Shears Bridge to come to pass, and i really feel guilty and sorry for the negative things that i have committed. Lord, as i seek forgiveness from You, i pray that You will continue to mould me and change me in terms of my character. Lord, i pray that You will remove the impulsiveness that i really have, and cleanse me from all the unrighteousnesses that i have, provide me with a new and clean set of character. Lord, i don't want to be the old self and repeat my old self character ever again. CHANGE me, EMPOWER me, RECHARGE me with a new set of myself and i really want to continue having my life in a better way each day.. In Jesus mighty name i pray... Amen...
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you.
- Pslams 32:8
Labels: lesson to be learnt
Victor Lim
10:00 AM
FREE ride on TIB637X of Service 960 yesterday!Thanks to SMRT's "excellent" and "wonderful" frequency...
Following SBS2795C incident last Monday, the next day, after I met Wei Chuen for the resume thingy at Far East Plaza KFC, we took Service 190 to Whitley Rd and transfer to Service 960... Guess what? I really have sort of Republic Polytechnic bus advertisement luck... Never ever did I expect TIB516L (permanent bus of Service 189 under Kranji Depot, the only Kranji Depot bus that has this advertisement) to come, and we just boarded it. Not that crowded for that one...
Upon reaching Whitley Rd bus stop, we alighted and waited a few minutes for Service 960. Guess what? TIB637X the Scania rigid bus arrived, and front door is jam packed with people, so......... Like what I did the day 2 days before yesterday, just dashed in without hesitation from the exit door since got some people alighted over there. Wei Chuen and 1 more lady whom we don't know of, just followed my style and just entered from the exit door like that as well. That lady tried to tap her card but failed because the ez-link reader mode is set to "exit" mode. I told Wei Chuen, that if the driver don't want to set the ez-link reader to "entry" mode, we got a FREE ride, and he also cannot do anything, since this particular service is well known for super bad frequency and the fact that SOME INCONSIDERATE PEOPLE JUST DON'T WANT TO MOVE TO THE BACK!! And I told Wei Chuen that if the driver want to yell and scold at me, let the driver be, I am just NOT GOING TO GET OFF THE BUS until I reached Bt Panjang... Thankfully, the driver didn't do anything and just close the exit door and drove off.
I guess.... This is going to be a REAL new trend, given the INCONSIDERATION of some people out there, and the SUPER POOR FREQUENCY that both the 2 major bus companies in this public transport industry have (especially SMRT BUSES)... This is what we called the "1st class public transportation" with "3rd class services" brought to their fellow commuters.... Well done!! Keep it up and I shall practice more of such stunts...!!
Hope you guys enjoy your day too! Cheers and God bless! ^_^
Labels: buses
Victor Lim
Tuesday, April 08, 200812:05 PM
1st day of school celebrate life with SMRT...Well done... 1st day of school yesterday already celebrate life with SMRT....
1st: The usual crowd at my house bus stop at around 7:55am onwards
2nd: Choa Chu Kang MRT got people commit suicide and jump down onto the track, causing disruptions and even scare off some of my classmates... (Mel is 1 very good example.. Read her blog to find out..)
And in school, these things actually happened for 1st day:
- Lift breakdown, causing us to walk the stairs from level 1 to level 6 (for my class is at there)
- No air-con in the study clusters... (Due to power failure)
So far, my classmates are all nice people, at least for those who I have talked to (excluding Liana and Cheryl who were the same class as me for 1 of the past semester), like You Kai and Joo Kiat who I was teamed up with yesterday for Marketing module... And really feel blessed because all 4 days in the week I am in the same class, W66F...
Yesterday we just had our 2nd FYP meeting... As usual, that china girl advisor (Lu Hongwei) didn't turn up, and said on the e-mail that she will meet us this coming Wednesday (which is tomorrow) at 4pm... It's really indeed very challenging to have her as our "wonderful" advisor... I think next time we can just speak Chinese to her le... 1 week back when we had our 1st meeting, I keep "huh?", "pardon?, "(repeat) again?" when I was answering the phone call from her... Well done well done...
Our 2nd FYP meeting is mostly spent on e-mail-ing to that china girl, asking and "stressing" her a lot of questions and queries, as her instructions and everything was quite UNCLEAR... I think next time we can just type the e-mail in Chinese to her liao... Lolx.. Stayed from around 4pm++ till 6pm and I went off 1st because I need to be at Tampines area by 7pm.
Met the usual bus enthusiasts fellowship group (XY, Ben and Isaac) at Tampines Library and we went to Sun Plaza Park to have our 2nd meeting which is right opposite the library.. Talked about various stuffs and after that with worship and prayers, we ended the whole thing at around 9pm++.
After that, Isaac walked back home while XY, Ben and me waited at the bus stop outside Tampines Library... SBS2795C (NTU concept bus, perm HGDEP 107), cameo on Service 27, and both of them decided to wait for it.. I took SBS9487X of Service 168 and moments after, XY sms me that they were on SBS2795C, and I alighted somewhere along the way before the TPE to wait for that bus. SBS959K of Service 27 came 1st, with lots of seats, and seconds after that, SBS2795C came. XY and Ben stood at the entrance door steps. (means the bus is packed with people) I 1st knocked very hard on the bus a few times because the BC (driver) didn't want to open the entrance door, and because there were some people alighting at the exit door, I just dashed in and dashed + squeezed in all the way to the front and tap my card. Many people in the bus were looking at me, I even overheard some comments from others saying that I was being crazy or whatsoever... I didn't want to care about other people's comments because I seemed to be quite fierce when I boarded it. And that I even told off the BC.... Conversation between me and the BC was somehow like:
Me: you all cannot just set the ez-link reader to allow people to board from the back?
BC (driver) of SBS2795C: we cannot anyhow do that cos sbs transit say only during breakdown or what then can like tat (but in the end i still dashed in without hestitation)
Me: because in front people dun wan to move to the back sometimes, then very unfair for those people outside the bus who wanna board it when the back is quite empty or not packed
BC (driver) of SBS2795C: bo bian.. this is company say one... cannot anyhow one...
Me: sometimes the head of company (sbs transit) must use their brain and think ma.. cannot just allow this thing to happen and just let it be like that..
BC (driver) of SBS2795C: because got the CCTV in the bus so cannot anyhow... if the sbs transit staff found out about it, we the drivers will be questioned with lots of questions..
Me: 0o0o okay..
After reaching Punggol Rd bus stop, all 3 of us alighted and I went to the opposite side to take Service 161 while they took Service 86 VSO back to Sengkang and went home from there..
Perhaps I was rather too rushed that I resorted to this stunt... And I already did it for SBS Transit, let alone SMRT Buses... 1 day I will do that if I really HAVE to DO so!!
I guess, none of my friends, or even bus enthusiast friends, have resorted to this extent before... But any comments from you guys here I will really like to hear it.. =)
7th April 2008: TIB 565 U of Service 966 around 7:58am. Many people cannot board the bus..!!
Around 10 minutes later.... TIB 825 U of Service 963 came, and the same cycle goes again...
Many people waiting for the door of TIB 825 U of Service 963 to open and board...
The usual overflowing crowd of Service 902 queue all thanks to SMRT... Poor efficiency indeed..
To the extend it has another queue perpendicular to Service 902 queue.. So down there was it Service 964 queue? or Service 902 queue? Chaotic situation as usual...
This morning, at around 7:55am, this bus came, and the cycle continues.. And after seeing people trying to squeeze in the bus till the limit that they can reached, I just dashed in without any hesitation again and stretch out my right hand all the way to tap my card.. Around 3 more addition minutes of delay to close the entrance door again all thanks to me... Lolx.. What to do? This is SMRT... Celebrating life with SMRT by the "by left" ways...
Cheers and God bless! ^_^
Victor Lim
9:30 AM
Replies to tagboard..Pai seh guys... As usual I will reply all ur taggies quite late...
To TS (1218R): should be can load ba... I think is because there is too many photos to load hence you can't manage to load some photos? Lolx...
To SBS997A: yea... sad but still have to carry on life without them yeah...
To THEPEK: Lolx... Speak biao(1) zhun(3) hua(2) wen(2) [proper Chinese] I think also can speak till I will say "huh?" or "pardon?" or "again?"... Lolx... Anyway, Cavvy Chin's MSN sub-nick say that "31 April is my last day..." So whether what exactly he means, I don't know... Lolx... And no worries, he taught me before, a very nice and friendly guy.. Just don't make him angry can le, cos if not, don't come to me and say that he's being nasty to you all... Lolx..."
To kpbuses: Lolx... See I free or not 1st, and next year I already having my NS Liability liao... So.... Must depend.. =D
To ben: yeah amen! ^_^
To Xing Wei: That was very long man.... Lolx..
To Ray: Lolx.. yeah very shiok... For the last time I sat on that bus... And now that bus is gone forever....
To 8086B: yeah bye to all the Mk 2s... Lolx...
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Victor Lim
1:41 AM
Fruitful days but busy days ahead..Yea.... I will blog more about it probably this coming Wednesday morning or Tuesday midnight.. These days... Hectic schedule... I think no more jump bus to E shift as what I mentioned in my blog le... Should be A/P shift and have a perm bus per day (per module). Now it's 1:47am when I type this sentence.. Quite tired for me and time to do my own quiet time before I sleep... Cya everyone around and God bless...
Victor Lim
Friday, April 04, 200811:59 PM
Volvo B10M Mark 2 - A test of faith for me..Indeed, like what Ben told XY and me yesterday at Kallang Leisure Park, it is indeed that God wants to test the level of faith for us, especially for the past few days when XY and me were after the remaining Mk 2s... For yesterday while we went after SBS1893J on Service 92A in the afternoon, it only drizzled a bit when we were down there doing some stunt with Service 92A and 92B desto plates. It was only after we finished our stunt whereby the heavy rain + flooding came.. Indeed, both of us really have the faith in God that he would plan everything nicely for us.
After what Ben reminded us of the faith yesterday, I have decided to put my level of faith into test.. So it went this way...
This morning, after not able to catch a glimpse of what bus will the 7:30am slot of Service 100A will use (because it uses SBS1890S on last Monday and it's a cameo slot. Perm slot it uses a Mk 4 bus). I was praying that it used back its perm crossover bus (Service 82/100A morning crossover) and indeed minutes later, I saw SBS1890S and later on also SBS1886E at along Hougang Ave 10 towards Punggol while I was already at opposite Hougang Central Int. Hence, I took Service 89 from Hougang Ave 10, and upon reaching the last stop along Punggol Rd before TPE, I just walked up normally up the bridge and down the bridge to the opposite side and waited for SBS1886E without any hurry. After about 5 minutes or less, that bus came, and I just ride on it using cash because I wanted to keep the precious ticket. Along the way at Kovan MRT bus stop, I saw SBS1882R (Service 113) and SBS1884K (Service 112) arriving together at the opposite direction. Continued my journey all the way till Serangoon Interchange and I took NEL all the way back to Hougang. Upon reaching Hougang, I walked to the junction opposite the bus interchange, and I saw SBS1882R at Hougang Central Interchange parking, hence I waited till it departed and just snap a shot of it. Shortly after, SBS1884K also arrived to Hougang Central Int and I waited for it to depart. Finished my snapping of SBS1884K and I saw SBS1886E just zoom past Hougang Ave 10 towards Serangoon, hence I took NEL all the way back to Serangoon, and after about 5 minutes, SBS1886E came, and I snapped it. Thereafter I took Service 105 and 190 back home for lunch first. Terence came to my house after lunch..
Then 1pm++ we went out of my house to the Service 184 bus stop. I didn't really panic or feel very rushing like how I may feel that previously, and TIB854K of Service 184 come without having to wait for more than 1 minute. After boarding it and when it reached the junction between Dunearn Rd and Clementi Rd, I saw SBS7275D on Service 74 and usually the bus stop before Ngee Ann Poly, the buses will just skip down there, but I never look back and doubt the Service 74 bus will overtake our bus on Service 184. When we reached Ngee Ann Poly bus stop, we alighted and the Service 74 bus came, and we boarded it all the way to Buona Vista Terminal there. Met Wen Jun down there...
The 3 of us boarded a Mk 3 bus on Service 95 to Kent Ridge Terminal... and upon reaching there, we saw SBS1881T (The very special Mk 2 bus) and we just waited patiently for SBS1881T to depart. Indeed, the lady anutie BC was very friendly, and allowed us to take photos after it departed Kent Ridge Terminal. Weather wise, I also never doubt about raining, and in the end all the way for today and tonight, it didn't rain at all.. Indeed it's because both XY and me have the amount and level of faith, that God really blessed us in this way... Previously, we have been praying for days and nights that it will not rain, and today, it really come to pass that it didn't rain for the whole day..
Indeed, it's not really necessary for us to sacrifice our work/other important stuff just because of buses. For me it's because I am still having my last week of holiday and I also not really got much work to do, hence I use this time for the Mk 2s.. Like what Ben told me, it is just only a bus. It's not like as if it is the end of the world after the Mk 2s lifespan is up this coming Sunday.. Our life still goes on as usual... Have to learn to let it go...
Yesterday, when Wan Ning returned me back my external hard disk, it was found that my external hard disk was unable to read the files, and I wonder whether is it the firewire cable problem or some other problems.. All my nostaglic photos including the Mk 2 buses are there too.. If it's really beyond hope to recover those files, i still have to learn to let it go... But, I have faith in God that He will make a way for me, and according to His plan, i will follow it. For now, I just leave everything to God's control and somewhere next week or the week after, i will change a hard disk cover and see whether it helps.. As what i mentioned again, whether it helps or not, i will still not fear or worry about that...Okay... Post up some of my shots before I close this entry..
(If you don't know what the particular photo is about without the caption, go refer to the filename and you will know.. Don't know again, then ask me on MSN or in person..)
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The day when we went after SBS 1881 T of Service 95:
(4th April 2008)
At Kent Ridge Bus Terminal parking.
At Kent Ridge Bus Terminal parking, with TIB 633 G of Service 189 from SMRT.
Some interior shots of SBS 1881 T
Dennis Dart on Service 92 (SBS 8010 U):
Interior shots of SBS 8010 U:
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The day when we went after SBS 1887 C of Service 11:
(1st April 2008)
My favourite button for SMRT buses to press when celebrating life with SMRT...
This drink was bought from the Korean shop just a few shops away from KouFu foodcourt inside Kallang Leisure Park. The Salesgirl bluff me saying that the taste is like 7-up. End up the taste is more like Soda drink instead...
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The day when we went after SBS 1893 J of Service 92A:
(3th April 2008)
This drink was also bought from the Korean shop just a few shops away from KouFu foodcourt inside Kallang Leisure Park. This drink is nice and it only cost $1. Much more cheaper and seems fresher as compared to the KouFu foodcourt which sells about $1.50 for a standard NORMAL drink... Lolx..
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The day when I went to Hougang & Serangoon:
(4th April 2008, morning)
Yea yea! Chua Aik Ngwan you botak head, I finally caught you on photo on the bus advertisement!!
The BC driving Service 89 in front is my very friendly and favourite BC friend.. Previously driving Service 161, now driving on Service 89 perm S shift and jump bus..
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Last of all, our duo and trio shot on SBS1893J:
As you can see, the "vandalism" on the window of the bus in the midst of heavy rain.. Lolx..
Take care everyone and God bless! ^_^
And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”
- Mark 11:22-25
Victor Lim