11.27.2005



Thanksgiving break was a good respite because everyone went home and I had the whole room to myself. Wed- I tried to do some homework in the library but gave up after a while. The dining halls had closed and we had to order from peace restaurant from collegetown, which had weird charsiew.. I really like Wendy's though. niceniceburgers..
Thu- Snowed overnight, I got up at like 1pm, the first time I've slept so late since orientation. Went down to a field and we had snowball fights and traying. Traying is where we slide down the slope on a tray some seniors stole from the dining hall. The slope wasn't very long and so there was no adrenaline rush to it. Still it's quite fun.. it's the only source of entertainment when everything's closed.
Thu night- Drove to woodbury, which is factory outlet heaven. The road leading us there were really icy and the other car skidded off the road but thankfully noone was hurt. Though it was really scary to see the car spin 180degrees. So we went real slow after that, like 30mph on the highway. Lots of accidents that night. So we had prepared this battle plan--what shops to hit at what time, where all the best deals are. It was good that we prepared cuz there was a long line at the information counter. The midnight sale was crazy. At 12 o
clock there were people lining outside the door waiting and we joined in, and when the doors did open, they rushed in and grabbed anything they could find. Noone bothered to try on the clothes even. We started at A/X and it was freezing cold. The line at Coach had about 150 people in it. Some shops allowed about 20 people in every 20 mins, so we spent most of the time waiting in like -10 weather. Down jacket is not enough! I can't survive this winter.
Fri-So it was nonstop shopping till about 10am, and I concussed.
That was pretty much friday. Screwed up body clock ensued.
Sat- Attempts at doing work ruined by extremely hard topics that left me writing only half the answers. I swear I will stop doodling on my notes from now on.

11.15.2005

ok, i think talking about work is really boring. it's like reading about med school people going for their cytoplasmic tutorials and cadaver explorations. i don't know why i'm here, don't know why i'm not sleeping, i have a test on java tomorrow. anyway the lesson i learnt is, never tell people your grades, especially the good ones. see after i said i got high marks for the last paper, she gives me a c- for the new one and i had to rewrite it cuz she was like "i was really looking forward to reading your paper and this surprised me blah blah". that took up much of the weekend and prevented me from playing frisbee in the last days of glorious weather. yea the winds are getting stronger, the sun sets at 5pm, and i didn't even got around to taking pictures of the fall foilage.

highly anticipating peru, but i think i'm gonna be so unfit. i even fell sick after eating too much beef jerky. what else is there besides work? oh, watching desperate housewives and assorted shows on fridays in christina's room, us falling asleep there every single time. and great acapella concert--one guy totally nailed jacksons 5's i want you back in falsetto-- and late night ice skating (still stumbling). no fun history of rock music class next sem-- they're all full. we had a singaporean food fest called makanmania and we made three huge ice coolers of milo and bandung. 2am snow fight, snow from cartops and carhoods. really painful in the face. and still no plan for thanksgiving.

top evidence that school is not very fun and we have to find other means to amuse ourselves::

CORNELL UNIVERSITY 9 SSA
ALPHA COMPANY ROUTINE ORDER 14 NOV 2005
OFFICER COMMANDING:
CPT SHANON SIM JIA RUI

Thought of the day:
Failure is the root of success. <--especially poignant, this

Safety Message: All personnel are reminded to have 7 hours of sleep.
Security Message: All personnel are reminded to keep their doors locked after silent hours.

A. DAILY ROUTINE ORDER FOR TUES 151105

OFFICER COMMANDING: CPT SHANON SIM JIA RUI
COMPANY 2IC: MS (DXO) KWOK CHRISTINA
COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR: SSG TEOH ZHIERN
REVILLE: 0730 hrs-0745 hrs
5BX/BREAKFAST: 0745 hrs
FIRST PARADE: 0800 hrs
LUNCH: 1300 hrs
DINNER: 1830 hrs
LAST PARADE: 1930 hrs
COMPANY DUTY OFFICER: MS (DXO) KWOK CHRISTINA
COMPANY ORDERLY SERGEANT: 3SG NG CHEE WEI
COMPANY DUTY CLERK: CPL KU HUANG YU
COMPANY DUTY MEAL PLANNER: OCT CHEW YUANXIANG
COMPANY DUTY MEDIC: 3SG LIM ZIQIANG JOSHUA

A. EXTRAS AWARDED
xxcensoredxx

B. OSEANS BADMINTON TOURNAMENT ON 191105

LTA SHANON SIM JIA RUI, 3SG JOSHUA LIM and REC ONG YUJIAN JOEL are to take part in the OSEANS Badminton Tournament on the 191105 from 1600 hrs to 2100 hrs. PTE CHIN YIZHUAN will furnish more details by the end of the week. All personnel are encouraged to turn up for this event at Helen Newman Sports Hall to show their support.

C. EX FINALS

All personnel are reminded to prepare for the upcoming EX FINALS. EX FINALS will commence in early December.

D. AREA CLEANING & PERSONAL HYGIENE

RSM 1WO TAN YINGYI would like to remind all soldiers to carry out their area cleaning before 0800 hrs tomorrow as there will be a routine spot check. Any laundry lying around should be removed as it affects personal hygiene. Soldiers should bathe at least once a day even though the weather is cold and there is no visible perspiration.

...i hope this isn't against some military law.
zj- confessions.. just makes me want to dance. the first 15 mins are insanely catchy and the how high are the stakes song is pretty awesome too. if i were at home i'd be blasting it out like it's a club haha. meanwhile, friends in cornell refuse to watch the ema video i sent them.