drop tuition kid = drop GF

something i tweeted which i thought wa sfunny:

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For those who also give tuition.. there may be a point where you had to drop a student (or two) due to study commitments, or too many students, etc. In fact, it is very likely that this occurs, unless you're extremely forward-planning and anticipate your schedule/ability to handle work very well.

So i was thinking how hard it is to drop a student.. like how do you even go about saying it?

In fact, it is exactly like breaking up with a girlfriend.

"Sorry, we have to stop seeing each other. I found someone better."

In fact, anything after 'sorry' applies for both scenarios, e.g.

"Sorry, I don't have time for this anymore."
or
"Sorry, I need to concentrate on my studies."

and of course there will be the funny ones

"Sorry, someone else is paying me better."
and
"Sorry, I have to drop you as i have too many others."
which are just LOL from a relationship perspective.

Ok. that's it. bye.

no smile

In a bid to prepare myself for the rigors of university that includes essay writing and massive reading, I have decided to make have weekly blog entries that are properly written in terms of language and structure.
Well, maybe not in perfect English because that would just be boring (i think) but, more coherent and proper than how I usually write.

Just a few weeks ago I extracted my wisdom tooth in a painful process that will be forever etched in my memory. But that aside, I was pretty lucky to avoid some of the side -effects, such as swelling, and inability to move the jaw. (I even had to give tuition the next day)
I could move my jaw slightly, just couldn't open my mouth too wide because it would feel like I'm tearing the stitches apart. So i couldn't really move the left side of my face much.

As such, one thing that I was deprived of was a smile.

Now you may think this is nothing, but having a neutral-dao face like mine, if I just keep my face relaxed, I'll look very unfriendly and angry or something. So I probably looked grumpy for the few days following the surgery.

The most annoying thing for me was the inability to smile. I never realised how important this was until I started talking to people - normally playful-friendly conversations just sound like i'm pissed off because I don't smile.

Just try it - go smileless for a day. When you talk to people, suppress the urge to smile and see how it sounds like. You'll sound snappy and grumpy in whatever you say without a smile. You see a friend and go "Hey, havent seen you in a long time." -no smile-
It'll sound like you're implying 'aw damn, unlucky to meet you".

Any good thing will sound like you're saying it begrudgingly too. Imagine you are playing a sport, and your teammate scores, and you go 'Good job.' -no smile-
You'll sound bitter like you wished it was you who scored.

It's hard to fully paint the scenarios for you unless you experience it yourself. In fact, you can go one step further and similarly omit all smileys in your online/phone text conversations (unless you're the type that doesn't use smileys at all) and see how you sound. (this looks wrong, since you don't exactly SEE how you SOUND. But yea.)

In fact, how have you felt reading this post? Bored? Glum? I have deliberately left out any smileys or exclamation points to accentuate my point. A world with no smiles is a bleak place.

a random update

hi people sorry for not updating for so long.. didn't really have the motivation to blog. had a good idea to write about like last week after i removed my wisdom tooth, but never got about to penning it down. work la, too little time for recreation. My work's ending tmr so sure blog more k :)


Anyway, last thursday was bestie's birthday! and being the awesome best friend who totally sucks at buying presents (that's why i don't normally get people presents.. so if you get a present from me... it's extra effort so better appreciate it ;p ) , i decided to bake for her!


I went over to weiqin's house (cos i dont have an oven or the equipment at home) to bake. We (or rather I, i did most of the mixing k.) made the batter from scratch! Like not those instant mix kind, we mixed the butter/sugar/flour etc on our own.


BEFORE



AFTER!
Ok la sorry the shape abit screwed up i never shape properly. Next time i make perfect round shape k.
And this time round the cookies were a little normal. Like normal crispyness, which is nice la, just that i wanted to achieve the subway softness.

I made like 2 batches which turned out to be ALOT. So i brought to office to share it.. and people loved them =) hahaha. i'm a baker i rock.


Tastes better than it looks



Fail self-shot of my assistant baker (HAHA ok fine she is more pro than me and guiding me more than anything but.. i did all the hard work k.)



nom nom


THANKS WEIQIN FOR LETTING ME USE YOUR KITCHEN AND HELPING TO CLEAN UP AND HELPING IN EVERYTHING. =)


and a random picture i saw in the papers:


ANAL packages... hmmm.

hahahaha. not a smart logo choice.


AND. the biggest news of all.
As some of you may know, PC Show 2010 was on this weekend, and so i went down with a group of people to get a new laptop! The people ranged from pewi/bestie to some forum user whom i didnt even know. But we buy together to hope to cut more.


In the end, i bought an Asus A42JV @ $1500!





lazy to take more artistic shots but yea. It's nice. It's not very light though, and battery life is kinda short (3-5 hours i think.. i unplugged the power cable just now and it said "3 hours remaining" but it kept changing so i dunno. haven't ran a proper test yet.
But the graphics card is good and all so.. yea.

and to end, tomorrow is my last day at work at IBM and probably the rest of my life.. cos school is starting soon and i probably won't get another short assignment from them or anything.
This 2 weeks was fun, some days very free:


This is my email, one mail at 9.38AM, next mail... 6 hours later. :D

But of course sometimes quite busy la. but it's all ending tomorrow!! time to prep a few months worth of tuition work and start working out :S

Ok bye time for world cup.