So xmas is over..
So christmas is over now.. not a very memorable one tho, my parents were once again seperated during this occasion - dad going to his side's party and likewise for my mom. And poor ol' me had to run about Singapore thruout the day. *sigh* When will this crap end? Anyway, yeah, like the xmas-es before, it's been a lonely one too. And thanks to WoW, I've been rotting @ home playing instead of socialising more. heh.. but who cares, I think I've bothered my friends enough already.. like on the 24th with Quek, Grace, Jit and Yuan Hwa. We watched Kung Fu hustle(Lame yet funny, I guess sometimes it's just ok to be immersed in stupidity).. dinner at Grace's favourite Sakae Sushi.. haha, then proceeding onto Jit's house for Bailey's. woots. And on the 23rd, spending some time with YiEng, taking night photography.. something that doesn't usually happen. Heh, I'm glad the photos came out decent.. even with the ones that YiEng took on her digital camera (will post some later).
Yeah, so it's back to life.. the last few days of 2004 for me. Back to the Driving camp again. wah, stressful man. The theory can kill, but I think I'm still doing fine.. Die2u, Highway Situational Problems.. dunno what "Check safe, give way to, confirm clear, no pedestrians, beware of traffic dashing out..etc. Screwit. What's worse.. PARKING! Omg it look so easy but boy did I have a horrible time at it. My excuse? Driving with boots I guess. I just can't seem to get a good touch of the clutch that lets me reverse.. either stepping too hard or jamming it. Damn boots! Bah, if only the instructors were made to wear stupid heavy leather that locks their feet in place (meaning releasing a pedal would require the whole leg to be lifted up 90degrees instead of just lifting the foot) before they start yakking at us. :(
But I shdn't be complaining too much, it's stayout anyway, tho it's pretty tiring (oops? I did it again). It must be real hard on the peepz affected by the killer waves .. 60k dead already. Sigh, just after Christmas too. I guess nothing can be done to stop Mother Nature. But what I don't understand is that why a bloody earthquake.. NINE POINT ZERO on the Ritcher scale can't be detected and warning be given earlier? Some coursemate of mine said that it was because it was out in the ocean... but even so? I don't think that could be an excuse. Sumatra was hit first, and in Indonesia, a place so often having volcanos and tectonics movement, don't have a scale to record such stuffs? Whatever, let's give em the benefit of doubt.. no technology perhaps. So a damn tsunami strikes Sumatra due to an earthquake, and the next one hits Sri Lanka/India region 5 hrs later. Does it really take more than 5 hrs to access the damage and cause of it? And the possiblity of this tsunami travelling across the Indian ocean? Oh well.
My condolences to the victims of this catastrophe. :(
Yeah, so it's back to life.. the last few days of 2004 for me. Back to the Driving camp again. wah, stressful man. The theory can kill, but I think I'm still doing fine.. Die2u, Highway Situational Problems.. dunno what "Check safe, give way to, confirm clear, no pedestrians, beware of traffic dashing out..etc. Screwit. What's worse.. PARKING! Omg it look so easy but boy did I have a horrible time at it. My excuse? Driving with boots I guess. I just can't seem to get a good touch of the clutch that lets me reverse.. either stepping too hard or jamming it. Damn boots! Bah, if only the instructors were made to wear stupid heavy leather that locks their feet in place (meaning releasing a pedal would require the whole leg to be lifted up 90degrees instead of just lifting the foot) before they start yakking at us. :(
But I shdn't be complaining too much, it's stayout anyway, tho it's pretty tiring (oops? I did it again). It must be real hard on the peepz affected by the killer waves .. 60k dead already. Sigh, just after Christmas too. I guess nothing can be done to stop Mother Nature. But what I don't understand is that why a bloody earthquake.. NINE POINT ZERO on the Ritcher scale can't be detected and warning be given earlier? Some coursemate of mine said that it was because it was out in the ocean... but even so? I don't think that could be an excuse. Sumatra was hit first, and in Indonesia, a place so often having volcanos and tectonics movement, don't have a scale to record such stuffs? Whatever, let's give em the benefit of doubt.. no technology perhaps. So a damn tsunami strikes Sumatra due to an earthquake, and the next one hits Sri Lanka/India region 5 hrs later. Does it really take more than 5 hrs to access the damage and cause of it? And the possiblity of this tsunami travelling across the Indian ocean? Oh well.
My condolences to the victims of this catastrophe. :(
