Name: Weikai
Name: Jeremy
Name: Xinyan
Name: Alvin
Name: Siwei
Name: Chunda
Name: Weikai Back to reality, sure or not?? It's that stupid smile lar...I shldn't have smile...never can smile properly for a photo. Sigh....
Name: Xinyan
Name: Joshua
Name: Joshua
Name: Alvin
Name: Weikai Hey Jeremy and Wen, please tell us more about BTC here yar? Thanks.
Name: Alvin
Name: Yvonne
Name: Jeremy
Name: Weikai
Name: Jason
Name: Jeremy
Name: Weikai
Name: Siwei
Name: Alvin
Name: Shiyin
Name: Chunda
Name: Haoyang i took on weikai's suggestion and popped into the past entries last week..
Name: Xinyan Anyway, yeah. A few days ago, my parents decided that enough was enough and wanted to pack me off to Brunei to "learn the ropes of business" from this never-seen-before-cousin, who happened to be bloody rich, or so they tell me. I was thinking, what the heck, since I wasn't doing anything in S'pore anyway, so i agreed. Decided to finally earn my keep, which happens to be a miserable $500 a month (in my cousin's words, "you've got to start at the bottom"). But then the very next day, this programming assignment came along which promised to pay 10k, which I'm expected to work at till June, so I jumped at that chance. Brunei was supposed to be terribly boring, and my cousin (a female) was the sort who believed good girls should stay home after 8pm *shudder*. So. The Brunei thing will be postponed until sometime after June. Anyway my cousin refused to let me off and I still have to help out at my cousin's younger brother (yet another never-seen-before-cousin)'s soy sauce factory/store. Wonder what I'll be doing. And then today this web programming assignment came up. So I'll be splitting my time among these few "jobs". Guess this is what they call karma. Slack for too long and you'll have jobs crashing down on you. Hope I'll be able to handle them all. Anyway, quite fun to be busy again. Not to mention that the childhood account thingy is depleting fast. I dunno leh, Weikai, just wondering if that's one of the reasons why fewer people are writing. Probably not though.
Name: Weikai
Name: Siwei
Name: Siwei Anyway.. yeah.. hope I'm not taking up too much space on the server.. just thought it'd be nice to add something other than words, to the conv... if we're running out of space.... Weikai.. feel free to take the photos down or something..
Name: Jason
Name: Alvin
Name: Xiufeng
Name: Xiufeng
Name: Huaquan
Name: Marvin
Name: Siwei
Name: Siwei
Name: Alvin
Name: Xinyan and....hahaha....i might be going to Brunei to work. shall keep u guys posted, hahahaha......
Name: Weikai
Name: Yvonne
Name: Weikai
Name: Jason
Name: Weikai
Name: Chunda
Name: Siwei
Name: Weikai
Name: Weikai The clock has been upgraded one level higher again, credits to Jason. Now we have amsterdam time, tho Xiufeng, you are not in amsterdam right? Is your time the same as amsterdam's?
Name: Penny
Fri Mar 2 00:17:43 2001 GMT
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Hi all! Urgh, I'm dying from a work overload here... hope the rest of you are stil enjoying yourselves! =) Speaking of BTC, guess who I just met near my house? Joel Seow. Hehe, at least he still remembers me... he so free, came to London to check out the universities. Anyway, just wanted to ask some questions...
SONGHAI, do you still read conversations? And who's your GIRFRIEND??? (Hmm, I'm gossiping again.)
Xiufeng, will you be coming to London anytime soon? How's Holland? Have you been to this place called Edam? They have very nice cheese and windmills there!
And Weikai, how's work? Are you going to be back in Singapore soon? You said something bout going back for a few days?
Lastly, Happy Birthdays to both Xinyan and Siwei! 
Thu Mar 1 20:41:04 2001 GMT
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Uh-oh, need to clarify here: Xinyan I wasn't talking about you man... Just trying to impersonate DrM. I remember just awhile ago he blamed foreign media and culture polluting his people, resulting in rising crime rates etc. Just thought that it was funny, so mentioned it. No offence!
Jer, BTC sure sounds like how it used to be. Except that the place is different already. Mr Tay is leaving? Man...tho there is no cause to be sad, I do feel a tinge of sadness....do you guys?
Thu Mar 1 19:36:09 2001 GMT
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Hello... Me and Wen got to BTC late, thanks to my lousy return flight time from Bangkok. So we had to take a taxi from Larkin.. Cost us a $140 ringgit. But then , we had great fun. It was like last year, first day climb Belumut. Next day had solo night, solo walk, rude awakening, medical evac. I was carried again and this time they made good stretchers, even had a foam mat to lie on., and they didn't drop me. But then, I think I would have died waiting for them to do all that. Yah.. we had funs talking to the J3s, J5s... and we're J6.. what old fudds. That's what Richard was to us you know... Oh.. well.. Mr Tay might be leaving at year end. The school's posting him out. A new teacher, Mr Shah, whom we saw might be taking over. Well.. dun really know the J1s that well.. so next year..sighs..
Thu Mar 1 17:05:27 2001 GMT
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Tay Wee Kai!! What have I got to do with rising crime rates??? The only time I ever came close to committing a crime was stealing Monopoly money ok (from the bank)!
Tue Feb 27 13:13:57 2001 GMT
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Hmmm... Ruth had a front page article? Tell us abt it leh... Or even better scan it in for us to read =) Not many pple can speak or write proper English I think. I can't tell the difference btw proper and improper English 'cos there seems to be few sources of proper English around to learn from. Hah... SyWei ah I thought the photo quite nice leh. Anywayz the one in Paris looked horrible for me so we're even =) The rest of the photos when I get back home shall bring to some gathering for everyone to see okie?
Tue Feb 27 08:22:17 2001 GMT
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Argh... Alvin... did you have to put that photo in?? I think I looked horrible in that one...
Tue Feb 27 07:38:55 2001 GMT
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Ermm... felling kinda bo leow but i can't tell the different between the before and after looks of Weikai. And why the sudden associations with rape? It like saying I flushed a stone down the toilet so the pipes at Pulau Bukom burst..... =P Okay i'm really bo leow now... going mad with all these japanese civilization stuff. Rgds C.
Tue Feb 27 07:01:44 2001 GMT
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Kechil Singaporean girl, don't talk rot. Or I will cut off your water supply. You are just one small being but I am big in size. It's people like you who influence the once peaceful and law-abiding pple like me. The rising crime rates, esp rape cases, is due to the infiltration of bad influences from people like you! [punch fist in the air]
Hey Alvin nice photos there, I like the Stratford one. Goody, upload more photos man!
And just something I really feel like mentioning: Yuhua's eyebrows have grown back!
Tue Feb 27 06:34:52 2001 GMT
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Hey Weikai, saw your before-and-after-haircut photos and horrors of horrors, thought you resembled THE great M'sia PM *gasp*.
Mon Feb 26 17:22:59 2001 GMT
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YES, I realise I added an extra full-stop. - The Error-prone Defender of the English Language
Mon Feb 26 17:20:09 2001 GMT
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Erm...this is the Defender of the English Language speaking. Siwei, it's monument TO, not of. Speaking of defending the English Language, how can school kids learn proper English if it is not used in our newspapers? Just check out Today...(sorry Ruth, not talking about your articles lah. Especially not your FRONT PAGE one.)and of course The New Paper. Oh, and faculty members from the NUS English and Literature department are fairly regular contributers to various newspapers. Apparently NUS doesn't pay them enough.
Mon Feb 26 13:24:09 2001 GMT
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Hey I finally managed to scan in my holiday pictures. Got 1 of Sywei and I each on the Eiffel Tower. So nice =) It was very windy and cold up there though... And didn't get to reach the very top cos of strong winds. The top of the Eiffel tower displaces by centimetres in strong winds and its considered abit unsafe. That's a Civil Engineer speaking =) The last photo was taken by Mandy when we went to Stratford, Shakespeare's birthplace. It's a nice shop opposite Shakespeare's childhood house. Got lots of other photos but shall not post too mny lah. I've got lots of very difficult tutorials to catth up with . Very headache. Byez!
Eiffel1
Eiffel2
Stratford
Mon Feb 26 03:53:50 2001 GMT
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My website is updated! If you are interested: http://weikai.hypermart.net
Fri Feb 23 12:36:59 2001 GMT
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Hi every1 =) I just went for a LSE bash till 3am this morning... Managed to stumblt to school in time for afternoon design class. Still feeling abit the disorientated though... =) Miss you all. We must have a gathering when we're all back home.... Maybe go have some fun at some club? SyWei said I'm jaded when she was talking to me. I think it's true too but I'm trying to reverse the process as much as possible... if it is possible. Looking forward to seeing you all in summer... Will post more pictures once the Uni finally gets the scanner working properly =)
Thu Feb 22 13:00:37 2001 GMT
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Harlow... :) sudden influx of entries.... was a nice surprise... should be studying now... exams in 2 weeks time.... :( yep so much has changed... we have changed so much... i have changed... sometimes i look back n i wished i were the girl i used to be.... and yet sometimes i look bac n i'm glad i'm not.... have i seen more? grown wiser? or just more jaded n cynical bout stuff? hey wen rem wat u wrote in my autograph about not growing jaded? think i am going that way somehow.... subconsciously.... hmmm dun quite like it... but can't really stop these kinda things.... does it happen to all when they grow old?
Wed Feb 21 13:05:32 2001 GMT
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Well, my original plan was to go visit Phayao Centre and bring gifts, at the same time go to Chiang Khong and visit my village and the school we built. Been there, done that, so now's the holiday part, and I am here in Chiangmai, eating, shopping, and admiring all the pretty girls...(shhh.. dun tell her I said that... Thank goodness she doesn't know this site)... Anyways, tomorrow, I'm going Bangkok. Hopefully can link up with some friends I made on the previous trip, and we can all go out together. Oh well... I've got to go.,.., been sitiing on buses the whole trip till my butts gonna rot.. Tata.. see you all soon, but take care meanwhile
Wed Feb 21 11:14:01 2001 GMT
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Yeah Jeremy, what are you doing in Thailand? Is this the one week break of the school term? Tell us about BTC when you guys come back yah? Do that in the conv at least.
I've put up some photos and videos from our outing on 13 Jan 2001, before I left for Australia. Finally get off my butt to put them up. Those who were present should remember, the night we played pool until the place closed. The pics and vids are under misc. I've also put up 2 photos from Op Nos 2, which I believe most of us should have.
Wed Feb 21 00:24:41 2001 GMT
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Jeremy, what are you doing in Thailand at this time of the year?
Tue Feb 20 11:08:16 2001 GMT
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Hi all, This is Jeremy here , writing from Chiangkhong, Thailand. Well, I'll be passing through Chiangmai and Bangkok the next 2 days. Anyone wants anything from there, just drop me a mail.Anyway, Wen and I will be going to BTC on Friday at Belumut. Anyone wants to join us, can email the J3, Shiying at l_shiying@pacific.net.sg to let her know. You can join the J1s on the bus from RJ. Wen and I shall be going by ourselves later.See you all soon(for those in S'pore). Take care.Jeremy.
Mon Feb 19 20:18:08 2001 GMT
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Siwei you probably can see that Jason's entry somewhere below could display a triangular bracket without being recognised as HTML code right? Can't put the codes here cos they would be recognised as a triangular bracket (it's a vicious cycle), and you won't be able to see it. So the easiest way is to 'view source' of this page, scroll down to the part where Jason's entry is, and look at what the code should be.
Another way (that I use) is using Frontpage (or any webpublishing program for that matter). Type in the triangular bracket in the "normal view" window. Then go to the "html view" window, and there, the code is there, kindly provided by Frontpage. Hope this helps.
Mon Feb 19 19:59:28 2001 GMT
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haha.. talking about skinny guys in weird poses.. I have that photo of you guys at the mokey bars (is that the same photo that you're talking about, Chunda?) =) Yeah... have it in the photo frame that we got for Op Nos in the first summer. That wooden frame from Ikea (??). Still sitting on my window sill.. and probably will be for a very long time to come. Right now, I think you guys still look pretty much like that (well.. those that I've seen recently, anyway..) I wonder what I will think whenI look back at that photo about 10 years down the road. Hmmm.. why's everyone suddenly getting into this nostalgic mood? =PP Hmm... another thing.. I"m using Netscape now, cause I'm in the school library. Why does this line go on forever and ever?? (as in why is there no text wrap?) Oh well.. maybe I'll have to press ENTER manually. Or maybe I won't... just to see what happens.. if anything screws up.. I"m sorry.. Weikai, you don't have to fix it.. we can leave it there as a monument of my stupidity.[grin] Hey.. another question... (oh.. I finally reached the end of the line.. well... that was one heck of a long line... ).. anyway.. as I was saying.. what's the html code that I should type in if I actually want the triangular grackets to appear, and not to be read by the computer as part of some html code itself? I always thought it was LT and GT, but somehow, that didn't seem to work... oh well.. I think I'm rambling.. and besides, I think I ought to go and study for a prelim. I was up till about 4+ am last night (or this morning) as Josh can probably testity.. and I got a reproachful "tsk-tsk" look from my french teacher this afternoon when I told her that I wasn't in class in the morning cause I overslept. Oh well.. not good.. especially since she made it a point to tell me to wake up fpr class on wednesday.. if anyone finds me awake at an uneartly hour on tuesday night (well.. tonight)... shoot me... . BYE !!
Mon Feb 19 16:22:18 2001 GMT
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HiHi =) Nono I never said Penny is lazy... I said she is very busy cos she is hardworking and does all her work, which happens to be alot =) Aiyo if I say shes lazy then I'm totally idle already! Hmm... the photo in Paris looks funni eleh... I never look good in photos. Boohoohoo =) Anywayz I managed to upload one of YuiHua and I taken a couple of months ago. Hope it works =) Otherwise Weikai will have to repair my entry =)
Sun Feb 18 13:07:36 2001 GMT
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Managed to log in at last after trying out many versions of my name ... forgot it was case sensitive ... Just finished 3 days of hall pdn... everynight had to go and entertain VIPs ... it is so boring.. i wonder how adults can take it ... but the pdn was good ... and i met so many ex RGS pple there!! Xinyan's story sure sounds like a Brunei version of the TCS drama "Jing1 Zheng3 Tou2" .. the one with Alex Man and Zoe Tay ... U such such intersting things happening to u.... must keep us updated ok!!!Xiufeng .. what happened to ur emails?!?!!Huaquan u sound like u really dislike JCRC .... I suppose it is different over on ur side ... but just take it as a chance to do something different ... jcrc brings or even forces out a different side of ur character ... good training ground for working life...
Sat Feb 17 09:14:13 2001 GMT
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Hey cool pic... haven't seen Alvin for ages. How are you??? Btw I just came back from a party at Yuihua's place a few hours ago. Not bad, had some good fun and stayed sober (you see, someone was out to get me drunk... =])Oh Yuihua still has a few odac pictures on her photo mnotage so it was quite interesting to see a bunch of skinny guys in weird poses on her wall... I'll definitely get her to down a few lines one of these days... Rgds C.
Sat Feb 17 05:05:46 2001 GMT
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Brunei to work? wah...sounds like those TCS drama...Magnate style story...where u start at bottom then u become rich and powerful....then got alot of family feud over the property and business rivals and arch-enemies.....good pilot oredi....uni-dropout that goes to brunei to "chuang yi chuang"...mebbe a oil baroness in the making? then meeting royalty and marrying a richer prince?
10k for a comp assignment? ...hmm sounds a lil scammy...but i guess it's better than going to ulu-dom in brunei...
no matter what...glad that u are moving along nicely xinyan...haha...we all noe the dollar could be stretched up to 7 times..from econs..but i was really beginning to wonder how long u could live on 9 x 7 bucks for so long.....tell me ur secret....i'd like u to be my accountant... :PPP
i read the past entries..my own ones too...i sounded like ...urrgh...like me older brother...too scrubbed and clean and nicey....eeeyyuu...but anyway...i can't seem to find that enthusiasm i used to have too...it seems to have died off...but i guess i saw it coming when all the guys ORDed and went off to pursue their own lives away from the damn army....and more overseas pple too...well...that's life isn't it? we have to evolve as we move along...i'm just glad we still meet up every now and then.... rite now i guess we are all busy with our own lives...but the ties that bind us will still be there...
Fri Feb 16 16:58:31 2001 GMT
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Hello all, an update on my rather exciting life at the moment. For those of you who were wondering how I survived with only $9 left in my POSB account, here's what happened. I applied for DBS internet banking right, and when I logged in, found out that I had this "secret" childhood account which my parents have been dutifully depositing money into, hahahaha. Anyway, I thought since I'm already 21, I should take charge of my own finances right? So I utilized it. That's a major deciding factor to why I'm not starving now.
Fri Feb 16 12:52:43 2001 GMT
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Not a problem, Siwei. Dun worry about server space, my estimate is taking in account everyone uploading an equal volume. But not many people upload, so it's fine. Your total filesize comes up to only over 100+kb, probably still leaves us 49+mb on the server. No worries, keep uploading! We will love to see more pictures (even if we don't say so).
Hope you don't mind me changing your picture into a link. Anyone clicking on the link will open up a new window showing your picture. And you still use spaces in your filename despite what Jason said...tsk tsk tsk..harhar it's fine with IE users lar but Netscape user won't be able to view the pictures.
Your picture makes me hungry. The food, tho blurred, looks good man. Maybe because I have not been eating good food. It's not easy to survive in France without knowing French, is it?
Hmm Alvin were you saying that Penny is lazy and doesn't do her tutorials? Harhar let's see some defence from Chairman Yapp herself!
Xinyan, add entry should login right, so that we don't get graffiti. Not that we used to get it lar. Do you guys also think login to add entry is troublesome? Give me some feedback ok? I'm the public's man.
I don't believe it, you are going Brunei to work? I mean, for good? That's so cool. As a what? Anymore details for us?
Fri Feb 16 09:45:02 2001 GMT
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ok... that was kind of big.. sorry... I should learn how to scan the photos in smaller.. sorrie lah.. Siwei still quite computer illiterate.. (but not THAT bad, I think... at least I know what I driver is... my flatmate thought that a driver is just someone who sits behind the steering wheel =P) *sshhhh*... all the Cornellians.. don't tell her I told you that.. =))
Fri Feb 16 09:42:44 2001 GMT
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Hihi... it's me again... Taking a break from writing my architecture class paper. Well.. actually it's more like trying to procrasinate... since I haven't ACTUALLY started writing it. Been staring at my book and at the assignment paper the whole time and trying to figure out how to write it.. gosh do I hate analytical papers... =( I can probably BS my way through it or something.. since it's only 750 words, but I don't want to do that. In any case, we were specifically told to be concise. Darn.. why did I ever take this class???
but then again, considering that it's already 4:35 am, I probably should really be getting started on it.. *sigh*
Anyway... since I was bored, I decided that to scan a picture in... which reminds me.. Jason.. I think i should return you your scanner soon... [sheepish grin]. Here's a pic of Alvin and me when we were in Paris. This was taken in some restaurant in "Quartier Latin" or the "Latin neighbourhood". Was quite funny... us trying to figure out what was on the menu. And the waitress was nice but not of great help where the menu was concerned. When we asked her to tell us in english what the various items were, she could only point to each one and say "meat... meat... vegetable.. vegetable.. "etc.. Oh well... But at least she's better than some other guy we had in a Pakistani restaurant. We asked him what some item on the menu was, and his reply was "We make nice.. you eat good..." (topped off with a BIG GRIN) (???) we gave up after a while.... =)
okok.. time to really write the paper.. byeee.. =)
Thu Feb 15 05:15:15 2001 GMT
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Xiufeng, to do a paragraph break, enter <p> at the location where you want it to be. You can also do a line break by entering <br>
Tue Feb 13 12:22:21 2001 GMT
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What's that about Engineers being passionate about their jobs? I think Europeans are more creative and resourceful than Asians. We had this model making project and the ones my classmates made were absolutely marvellous =) Mine wasen't that hot, but I was quite busy in the calculations so didn't really have a hand in it =) hehe... I guess creative Engineers should enjoy their work more? Civil Engineering is quite fun I think... can build big stuff. happie happie =) Hey Penny, when we're both out of the Civil service, let's gather up some old classmates and set up a Civil Enginering firm? I'm sure your roommate would be a willing partner =)
Tue Feb 13 10:09:09 2001 GMT
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Issit possible to keep the entries in paragraphs upon submission? I think tis easier to read.
Tue Feb 13 10:06:40 2001 GMT
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Hi!This is my third week here...n well..like weikai..getting adjusted to the life here..I'm much luckier than weikai I guess since I'm here with other nus pple and furthermore i'm staying in a student house so i'm getting to noe pple from elsewhere too. Guess I'm going to spend some free time experimenting with cooking..any recipe from anyone? Anybody noe how to make sauce for mash potato??? I'll be going to amsterdam this weekend..n i'll see if i can get some pics up..mabbe get my housemate to scan for me in the office or sthg.Well..i'm sure the conv grow with us through the yrs..wldn't it be very sad if we r still speaking the same way, toking abt the same topic now as 3 yrs ago? I do agree that certain things may be gone forever..n that's very sad..but guess its all part of growing up and i'm sure we r now wiser n more mature than what we were in jc..(I hope so!!)I can totally relate to what hq is feeling abt doing things that u dun like..that's realli torturous...When i see how passionate the engineers here are abt their job..I realli wonder what so many of us are doing in engineering..And i'm kinda envious that they r having fun with their work...I'm not sure if that will be the case for me..1.5 more yrs to graduation and I'm still ahving doubts..sigh!Happy Bday theresa!
Tue Feb 13 01:13:19 2001 GMT
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Itz really great to see the Online Conv so well-utilized...=) who wld have tot tt after so many years apart... we are still maintaining some form of contact despite all the odds... of time and space... Am really beginning to see wat a mistake it wuz to join the JCRC... juz goes to remind me how doing sth u're not interested in can be so veri exasperating when u find it taking time u rather spend doing things u enjoy/like to do... Juz noe I'm gonna be dragged into ur standard mundane office job... slogging frm 9-5 like the rest of the world is... saving deseparately for house, car and family... enuff of this depressive rubbish...=P Happy Birthday Theresa!!!.. sorrie I cldnt be there... wuz held up by my hall stuff...=(... am happy 4 u tt it wuz so enjoyable 4 u...=)
Mon Feb 12 19:35:10 2001 GMT
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Hi people, just in case people want to know, my hair is getting longer, but it has yet to reach the Beatle's look. Anyway, just want to say hi to everyone, and to commend Weikai on his effort in this online conversations (though it may seem kinda late). Take care everyone. Yupz, back to work for me....
Sun Feb 11 22:33:00 2001 GMT
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oh yah... one more thing.. Marvin doesn't have that Beatle's look anymore.. he went to cut his hair over the winter break. =) So now he looks a lot nicer (more boyish too ... =P)
Sun Feb 11 22:28:59 2001 GMT
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Hi everyone.. =)
I just came back from a ballroom competition, and you'll never guess who I met there. Ziwei! (aka Frankie)... YOu know.. the guy from transfered from S03C to A01C then S03C then S05A ... (does transfered have two "r"s?... Hmm.. too lazy to check dictionary). He was there for the competition too, as a newcomer. Interesting... I haven't seen him ever since we graduated from RJC and now meet him across half the world, at a ballroom competition!! How coincidental is that?!?!
Anyway.... he seems to be doing fine, for anyone who cares to know.. =) Busy with tonnes of stuff. ANyone still in touch with him?
Sun Feb 11 16:29:30 2001 GMT
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Hello! I got sick of doing tutorials so walk walk to school, stretch the legs, and read conversations =) The weather here is getting better... Dosen't feel like a freezer anymore, so I can stop wearing sweaters to school =) Yah, it's quite boring when all the tutorials are done and nothing to do cos have to save ££ =) I'd expect Penny is never bored then since she has lots of work to do =) Looking forward to seeing you all in summer! Can cath up on old times and share recent ones as well =)
Sun Feb 11 16:22:05 2001 GMT
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No what. Everyone like pretty much the same? 'cept mebbe busier? Tweek, i've got a suggestion. adding entries mebbe dun need log in and password lah. coz otherwise might deter pp from writing?
Sat Feb 10 23:11:54 2001 GMT
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Does anyone read back on past conv? I do, from time to time, and I just did. Somehow it brought a tinge of sadness. It was so memorable, and the way we speak, it's just different already. Think it is quite impossible to relive those days. We have all moved on in life.
If you've got a lot of time, try to read the past entries from 1 thru 17. It will seem like a diary to you, and you will follow through our changes, our growth (or dwindling??), through these 3 years. Maybe you will feel the tinge of sadness I felt too.
Har, just being sentimental here.
Sat Feb 10 15:33:29 2001 GMT
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yep yep....:) i'm still here... have been reading conversations faithfully... just haven't been saying much lar...
Sat Feb 10 09:33:03 2001 GMT
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Jason thanks for the reminder. Yeah basically try to use only alphanumeric characters for the filename, and make it descriptive and unique. Non-alphanumeric characters *may interfere with the characters that perl recognises. Dunno lar, just in case lor.
Is it my imagination or what, but it seems like noticeably less people come here. I wonder how many people still read the conv. Alan, Yvonne, are you guys still with us? Just wondering.....
Sat Feb 10 05:05:26 2001 GMT
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Two quick points to note when uploading file, esp picture. Please delete all space in your filename, cos Netscape doesn't recognize space. If you are stuck in a situation where you only have Netscape and desperately want to see the picture, replace the space with %20.
2nd point(for the sake of Netscape users again) upload any pictures in *.jpg and not *.bmp cos Netscape doesn't recognize *.bmp format (unless there is something wrong with my Netscape). Alright, back to my *cool* UNIX environment again, sigh~
Sat Feb 10 01:15:23 2001 GMT
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Hey those are really nice pics. Nice to see you guys meeting up, with such beautiful scenary as backdrop. Hmm I remember seeing Marvin's beatle look before this, but I've forgotten when. But it's pretty cool huh! Jason you remind me of my BMT days....harhar
Chunda I can't agree more with you. The part about expecting to be wowed by the dazzles of the place as shown in the media, or as magnified by travel agencies. After being here for a while, it feels like just another place. But yeah, getting a new experience is always good. Just don't expect too much from it, which I did.
Fri Feb 9 22:39:54 2001 GMT
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Hey, cool pics...The truth is out about Marvin's Beatle look...=)Ermmm Xiufeng and Weikai, personally speaking, life overseas can be quite boring at times, especially if you're expecting to be dazzled by the sights and sounds as a visitor. (I know I was) Pretty soon I figured out that people get on with their lives pretty much the same way anybody anywhere else would and I also started to live in reality. Getting a new experience is always positive and in that sense I'm definitely thankful for it.Xiufeng, I do have to pity you on the internet part... it's tragic not having web access... =)
Fri Feb 9 17:27:13 2001 GMT
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Hihi... =) Finally have a chance to upload files.. thanks Weikai... (since I'm half-computer illiterate and don't know how to make a webpage and put photos up there....) STill trying....
Anyway.. just a few photos of a little ODAC gathering in Cornell during Thanksgiving last year..jpg)
Hope this works.. [crosses fingers and toes too]
Fri Feb 9 11:04:43 2001 GMT
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Have been about 1 month here already and gradually adapting to the culture and accent here. When I first came I had to strain my ears to catch what the Aussies were saying. Sydney is a pretty boring place, contrary to the image it is protraying. Unless you got lots of money to spare on shopping and exquisite seafood cuisine and cruises, you will run out of activities here very soon. Too bad I'm not into surfboarding, else this place would be my heaven. The Bondi beach is really nice. But beaches here are notorious for shark attacks. I'm still keeping myself out of the water as yet. =)
I suppose to really enjoy yourself in Sydney you will need company, which I quite lack. Slowly knowing more friends, but none comfortable enough to go out with during weekends. Sydney will be a romantic city by night, when you're with your partner, which again I lack.
My job is quite heavy, but at least I'm learning things. The operations of an express company is quite unique, thus I need to learn lots of things from scratch. But I started to get bored of it
Piece of advice if you intend to come to Sydney for holiday next time: don't stay more than 4 days here. It's THAT boring. It's weekend again tomorrow and I'm still thinking of where to go (without burning a hole in my pocket).
Fri Feb 9 10:45:35 2001 GMT
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