Sunday, September 04, 2005
finally everythin's over.
although there's still the exams to go, at least i can wake up late, stay at home and study at my own pace.
i would like to say a big THANK YOU to all my project groups.
It doesnt matter whether our presentations were bad or good, we can take heart that we can tell the year ones and the other cohort that: We did it.
I want to shout out especially to my Advert Grp: Our efforts have paid off. We had fun times and bad times, but we absolutely gave Jenny Low and ourselves a great comeback. U galz certainly rock! Good luck for the exams!
Well today coming back from my grandma's place, we were on the way to fetch my grandparents (father's side) from my aunt's. There was this new Mazda (I think, car plate was SCY) that sped in front of us when we were along Dyson Road. Then nearing my aunt's place, my mom and I reacted in shock when we saw the same car had collided into a lampost. My immediate thought was whether the passengers onboard were injured. My mom took a turn and slowed down to see if there were any casualties. Luckily, all 3 passengers in the car came out unscathed and a man nearby called the tow-up truck.
This clearly illustrates the phrase: Life is short. I didnt think that such a thing would have happened.
And how stubborn can deaf pple get? Im not insulting them in any way, but this particular bunch was an eye opener for me.
There were a bunch of them playing at the soccer courts when we arrived at NIE. My father politely told them that we had booked the court from 5 - 7pm. They stared at my father in displeasure. This angmoh guy went up to him and started communicating roughly in sign language. He kept on mouthing "paper" and waved his hands to signal my father to show him evidence that he had booked.
The booking system of the courts is such that u haf to book online, and obviously, these pple were new. They hadnt booked, they juz came down, took the court and started playing for a good 2 hrs, from 3 -5. or maybe they had juz arrived.
Anyway, my father couldnt get the message to them, 3 of them who refused to move, all juz waving their hands around. The other uncles went to back my father up but to no avail. We called down security and this old guy, who had a bad leg, had to come down from the office and explain to them bout the bookin system. It was only 30 minutes till they vacated the court.
Argh, normally I would have juz ignored them, but never before had i seen such a bunch of stubborn deaf lot.
ahh...
finally the luxuries of sleepin late...
