I have temporomandibular joint disorder.

Sounds complicated and serious, but it basically means that my jaw bone has been 'filed' down at the joints.

Causing me pain.

It's time to stop slacking.

It's time to start working.

What can I do for a start?

My days are long and the rest I get short.

Lord, give me strength to move on in life. Give me strength to do that which I need to.

Today marked the conclusion of InnovateIT.

Two weeks of hard work, brainstorming and presentation creation finally came to fruition in what I would call an unexpected result.

We went into the presentation, got completely owned for the business portion of the presentation, but still managed to get into the finals. Thank you God.

In the finals, we were asked the same questions by the same judge. I don't know what he didn't understand from the term "data aggregator", because he basically asked us the same question with regards to that the second time around again!

So we ended up getting a consolation prize, which in the circumstances we faced, isn't that bad a result.

So now I have a 1GB 2nd Gen iPod Shuffle. Anyone wants for $50?

On a side note, I was elected as the chairperson for the Raffles Computer Science Club on the Wednesday of the previous week. Another extremely unexpected result, but oh well, that's what made me so happy the previous post :)

Gd night world!

I'm extremely, extremely happy today, but I shan't say why :)

But on a side note:

IT'S FREAKING WINDY TONIGHT.

For the first time in my life, I have heard the wind howling around my house, causing my windows to vibrate and roof tiles to shudder.

What's wrong? Anyone knows?

As Kwok Hao puts it, I went through an unintentional class bonding session today.

Granted not the whole class was in the lift when it suddenly decided that maintenance was required, it still was quite interesting.

For one, never in my life would I have imagined that this would happen to me. It's like all those Chinese compositions that you write in primary school, with all those pictures and stuff.

For two, people aren't actually that scared of a life breaking down. We just laughed and talked the whole way through. Granted, it was just 20min (although it seemed way way shorter). Some of us also basically got quite pissed with the school admin (but I personally don't think it's their fault).

For three, Jenny was in the lift with us. Zhaoyang was having so much fun with her :)

But what caused me to truly reflect was the way the people from our class that were not in the lift reacted to the breakdown. Noticing that we weren't in class even after 5-10min after they reached (we were supposed to be ahead cos we took the lift), they realised that something had gone wrong.

And they ran from floor to floor, knocking on the doors to try to get a response from us.

All the way from the 6th floor to the ground floor. Thank you all. I'm guessing that should you not have contacted the admin, we would have been trapped in there way longer than 20min.

This are just some of the small things that make you appreciate the people in your life.

This goes out to all you people. Thank you to all of you 10S03O people for all you did. Maybe a little mushy in terms of what I would normally write, but thank you all the same. It was an experience of a lifetime XD

It's interesting how a week can change the way you view your life.

Crappy finger. Bandaged up once again to stop me from bending.

I is win.

My finger has stopped swelling up and the swelling has actually started to subside. Thank God!

However, I still cannot go for the camp :( due to the fact that the joint on my finger is still freaking weak due to the sprain and I seriously don't want to go for camp and dislocate my finger there.

That will suck. Period.

I still can't bend my finger without feeling pain (it also is kinda stiff and not responsive to me), so this blog post is still typed with 9 fingers instead of the normal 10.

I just got my finger bandaged up. Went to see a doctor today and he said there is a slim chance that there might be a fracture.

I might have to go for a X-ray on Saturday/Monday depending on how long my finger takes to recover.

Thus, I can't go for class camp :( Excused from all physical activity for 10 days, which includes next Monday and Tuesday.

Damn

I SCREWED MY FINGER TODAY!!!

Evidence below:

The pics seriously makes it look better than it actually is. I can't even bend this finger now. Typing with 9 fingers rocks until I forget to not use the screwed finger.

Then ouch.

I am extremely poor now...

Nikkor AF 105mm f/2.8 Micro

I FINALLY GOT A NEW LENS!


The Nikkor AF 105mm f/2.8 Micro is basically one of the best macro lenses that you can get on the market now. Granted that this is the older version (Nikon came out with the VR version in 2006), I must say that this is a worthwhile investment.

Another gripe I have is that it cannot AF with my D40x but given the fact that I might upgrade my camera body in the near future, I don't think this is much of a problem. After all, it's better to MF for macro shots anyway and for scenery, I'll just change to my kit lens :)

It all works out!

Pictures later, I still haven't found the time to play around and my camera's battery is being charged.

I have decided to learn two pieces:

Fantasie Impromptu - Chopin
La Campanella - Paganini, arranged by Lizst

I'm planning to master the impromptu and basically just survive La Campanella.

Wish me luck.

A Whole New World

I can show you the world
Shining, shimmering, splendid
Tell me, princess, now when did
You last let your heart decide?

I can open your eyes
Take you wonder by wonder
Over, sideways and under
On a magic carpet ride

A whole new world
A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us no
Or where to go
Or say we're only dreaming

A whole new world
A dazzling place I never knew
But when I'm way up here
It's crystal clear
That now I'm in a whole new world with you
Now I'm in a whole new world with you

Unbelievable sights
Indescribable feeling
Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling
Through an endless diamond sky

A whole new world
Don't you dare close your eyes
A hundred thousand things to see
Hold your breath - it gets better
I'm like a shooting star
I've come so far
I can't go back to where I used to be

A whole new world
Every turn a surprise
With new horizons to pursue
Every moment red-letter
I'll chase them anywhere
There's time to spare
Let me share this whole new world with you

A whole new world
That's where we'll be
A thrilling chase
A wondrous place
For you and me

JC life is a whole new world to me. I'm gonna go along for the ride and see where it takes me. Perhaps to a whole new, wondrous place.

April 1st

Zhaoyang got his "first white slip today" :P

Vote Fong!

Pranks got pulled, but nothing major. I guess that we all aren't in the mood for doing anything radical anyway.