Midway into June

I think this is a wacky piece of 中西合壁, and I even see a glockenspiel inside (I hope I didn't get the name of the instrument wrong).

I'll be going back to Singapore next Thursday to collect my convocation gown, and do the necessary shopping in preparation of my move to Kovan, and for work. I foresee a lot of issues related to logistics to settle.

A third interview hasn't come my way yet but I know it will come. I shall not let my patience be so easily tried.

Meanwhile I'm en route to completing my thick book of (complete) Sherlock Holmes cases at home. :)

Joe Hisaishi + other random thoughts

Been listening to many of his wordless songs again, and wishing I could compose like him. :)

I guess until you really understand all instruments, you can't really put them together. At the moment the piano on its own is already a handful. :p I wish I can play as well too. I'm learning to put myself into my playing more and more but there's this part of me that always holds back.

But don't I wish I understand strings better! I have always been under-using them in my CME work.

My aunt from Australia is leaving for Singapore tonight by train. Spent almost the whole of the week with her and my grandparents. Went to Seremban and KL too.

Somehow I feel more needed at home. Somehow. And I blog less at home too I think.

Da Jie is probably moving in to stay with us temporarily after we shift to Kovan. I miss talking to her :)

天作之盒

I've heard of this movie, 天作之盒, but never actually watched it. This SARS-themed movie is based on a real-life story of a married pair of doctors - who battled SARS in the frontline and gave their lives to it. The theme songs for this movie are quite nice.

I have not sung this song for a long time, but I can still remember how it touched my heart when I heard sang by 张敬轩 and sang along with it later.

There are some people whom you'll never meet, but are striving for the same purpose as you, and encouraged by the same love.

Last Results-Out-Day

As much as I like the feeling of relief upon getting satisfactory results, I'm so glad I'm seeing the last of the results-out-days.

Well I'm very sure that this is not going to be the last time I'm awaiting a piece of paper with bated breath: one fine day the pages on a medical report is going to make me more tense than this (I hope not), but at least the academic ordeal of this is over! It was bad enough waiting for UPSR, PMR, SPM and STPM results, but this uni thing happens every semester and it has always been my least favorite part of the academic year.

I'm very thankful for my results :D I had four different dream-versions of it yesterday night. The last version of it consisted of me missing the third class honors by 0.01 of a CAP. The results came in the pink academic records book we used in Secondary school, and was distributed by my primary school form teacher who looked very grim. I was half-way counting the 'scores' and checking if the marks are correct (hoping to appeal for that 0.01 later), when I woke up. Well, I must say I brought this dream onto myself because I refused to wake up to check my phone to escape reality for a little while more. Now I'm safely right in the middle of the third class rank!

My FYP prof has been generous in his grading and I can't thank him more for that. Finally I realize those complimentary little exchanges we had during post-FYP meetings (Mei & I were writing a review paper for him) were not aimed at 'consoling' us. :p Furthermore I had found a few unwanted typing mistakes in my report after handing it in, and have grieved over them a little too late. :S It was nice working with him + Bevan. My Design Project received a rather good grade too. :)

Now the last thing I want to do in NUS (besides donning the graduation gown and receiving my cert of graduation), is to walk round the whole school and take pictures. NUS is really a very picturesque place at the right angles, and there are a lot of beautiful (non-academic) spots that are really nice. E.g. the top part of YIH feels like a forest especially when it rains.

I'm glad we all graduated in one piece! Thank God for these four years.