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Back in Perth

Samuel — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:58:41 +0000

Okay, I have been very lazy considering the long break from the previous update since I got back to Singapore last year, so here’s a bumper-update that I have been thinking of doing for a long time already (point-form to avoid being long-winded).

1) Youth Camp – had a great time connecting and catching up with the people I rarely see nowadays.

2) Bryan & Siaw Tze – hosted them in Singapore for a few days, brought them sightseeing.

3) Family Cruise – family went on a cruise to Penang & Phuket. Enjoyed all the great food and bonding.

4) Back to Perth – new accommodation, new friends, bought a car. Looking forward to a more exciting year!

Photos have been uploaded to Facebook, but here is a few of the nicer ones:

Christmas Holidays Happenings

Samuel — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:19:04 +0000

21 Dec: Church Christmas outreach dinner

22 Dec: Dinner at relative’s house

23 Dec: Uploaded lots of pictures to Facebook

24 Dec: Visit Tan family, dinner at Eng family’s house

27 Dec: Birthday celebration at Bubble Tea chalet BBQ

29 Dec: Birthday party with relatives

Tried creating a Facebook app using clearspring.com

http://apps.facebook.com/wordscram/page

Updates

Samuel — Sat, 26 May 2007 12:00:28 +0000

I was sick with high fever for a few days from 12-14 May.
Ok after seeing A&E doctor and taking medicine.
I just had to produce the SAF ID card and everything was paid for.

Last week after the field camp, my bookout was held back because my company was missing a bayonet (restricted item).
They let us out on Sunday morning after failing to find the weapon. I think it was covered up.

Last Sunday evening before I booked in (same day as weapon lost weekend) Si Yi Zhang brought us (Ah Ma, Ah Gong, San Yi, Da Jiu) for dinner somewhere in Geylang.

San Yi went to China today (Saturday 26 May) and will be coming home on (3 Jun).

Will be graduating from my Basic Section Leader Course at SISPEC on Wed (promotion to CPL).
No news about having any guests. Block leave from Thursday to Sunday.

Bought a book on Tuesday during nights out.
http://www.bookshed.co.uk/product_info.php?isbn=0600613240

Update

Samuel — Tue, 23 May 2006 12:02:16 +0000

The past two days I was sick with fever and was feeling very weak. Probably because I overexerted myself playing tennis on Saturday.

> On Sunday, my family attended my uncle’s cremation ceremony. Shall not elaborate any further on it.

Today, I had fun playing around with our FYPJ RFID system. Scanned tags and tried to find bugs on it. I was happy that our (my group’s) past weeks of effort is finally realized and can see the system running the way it should.

Play Set Game!

Samuel — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 23:32:10 +0000

Today, my father said that his application for the overseas studies was approved. My entire family will be going to the U.S. for 2 years, except me who will be staying back to complete my NS.

My schedule is now very tight as it is nearing the exams, with my IT innovation project due and business com 3 presentation this coming Tuesday. I’m worried about the integration of the project, and I haven’t done any research for the biz com presentation.

I have also programmed the SetGame game at
http://www.samliew.com/Resources/Downloads/Programs/SetGame/index.html

Updates

Samuel — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 15:55:14 +0000

Today there wasn’t any IT2652 Operating Systems lab; so I stayed at home playing GunBound and got carried away until 12:30pm, when I quickly changed and left the house just as my brother came home. I missed the bus by half a minute -_-” and ended up 13 mins late. The bus timings are getting more and more irregular. I should get out 40 mins before classes start.

During IT2064 XML & Web Services lab session today I got to join a very friendly group in BI0404 which has 6 members already; the tutor realized that I was “new” and had no group, so she introduced me to one. We discussed an case study for the lab session. I realized that all the lab sessions for this module was all theory and no programming at all after looking through the notes & worksheets. This made me feel disappointed as I was looking to a hands-on module.

Anyways, during the practical a lady from CMPB called and asked me to get a letter of certification from my poly and fax it over to her immediately (around 2pm), but I told her I was having lessons and will do it ASAP. I decided to skip tutorial as I figured that I had not much time to rush to the post office to fax it (before CMPB closed for the day). Read on for the reason: My father is going to the U.S. for further studies in June 2006 and my whole family is going. By right I am not allowed to go as I have to enlist for NS (National Service) after graduating from poly, but my parents have talked to an MP (Minister for Parliment) for deferment and an appeal is under way. The MP referred the case to CMPB and now they are processing it. They needed to certify that I’m still studying before they can continue with their stuff.

Just to mention happenings during this last week: I managed to get my web host (byethost.com) to remove the forced adverts on my site (http://samuel.byethost24.com), but I first had to place that banner in some other place in my site. I designed it to me at the bottom of every page, but coded javascript to remove it within 10 seconds after the page is loaded.

MapleStory Summary: MiracleKid lv 47 Assassin (Bootes), MysticDoor lv 20 Magician (Bootes)

Hope I haven’t been too boring… It’s just my style to be detailed. Could have typed more but I’m going to bed now. Have to wake up early tomorrow for tennis.