ate instant noodle again for dinner tonite,sigh,didn't expect e Mensa to be closed so early(4pm),thought they'll offer dinner as well,so didn't plan to cook as well,but cannot eat instant noodle everyday,so have to find a way to eat normal dinner...been following the Brazilians the whole day,understood not a single word=(went for a walk around the city center and the uni this morning,took many nice photos=)it was very cold today.sigh,been trying very hard to speak German to everyone,now almost forgot how to type English alr.

finally settled in the studentenwohnheim Karlshof this afternoon,after arriving at Frankfurt airport this morning at 5:30.it has been a really tiring day for me,coz i had to carry 37.6kg of luggage and one of the wheels of my case dropped off due to its bad quality.and it was raining lightly almost the whole day in Darmstadt.coz i arrived too early in the morning,there was no one to pick me up,so i had to find the bus stops,carry up and down my heavy luggage and drag them from Luisenplatz to TUD all by myself.it was such manual torture,my arms and hands nearly ran out of power.luckily in the end Frau Nothnagel's car appeared near TUD,her appearance was such a spirit uplifter for me.after going to her office,2 v nice German students,Alexander and Florian showed me around.In e afternoon went to e Hbf with Frau Nothnagel to pick up 14 Brazilian guys.I didn't expect this WG to be mixed,but the arrangement seems fine coz 2 girls share 1 toilet+bathroom.Karlshof looks horrible from e outside becoz of all e ugly construction works but it's find inside.e lift was so old that one has to wait for a sudden slight stop down after ard 3 seconds after the lift seems to first come to a stop.All in all,Darmstadt looks better than i expected and the air here is also quite fresh.bought a 1.5L bottle of mineral water which cost only 0.44 euro of which 0.25 is refundable when u return e plastic recyclable bottle back,so e water here is quite cheap actually.Ok,have to sleep early now alr...looking forward to muscle pain tmr=(

Ya,today has been a happy day for me and for our design group. First for myself I received my grading certificate during e training tonite,so i'm now officially a 6th Kyu Karate orange belter!(ya,still orange coz i've only had 2 gradings and i dun think i can ever reach brown belt b4 graduation) And, our BN3101 Biomedical Engineering Design group has won the "Most Fundable Design Award" and also the "Runner Up for Best Presentation" after e whole-day final presentation, and i'm proud to say tt our design actually went into e top 3!(There r 12 groups in total.)That was really a big surprise for all of us.We were actually e only group which has won 2 awards!We thought we stood a good chance in getting the "Most Fundable Design Award",but we never expected our design to be in e top 3!That shows our entire-sem's hard work has finally paid off.And we also got a $50 co-op voucher!But this module is not finished yet,still have to submit an individual report by e 26th, which i haven't started and dunno how to write,coz it's supposed to be like a term paper with at least 20+ pages...

Anyway,we've got another presentation tmr for eg2401.Good luck to myself!

Once again,well done everyone in my design group!Really great experience working with u all!

这个时间（1am)在一盏台灯的照耀下一边用耳机听着熟悉的老歌一边悠闲的work on my biomech lab2 report,突然觉得很舒服，看来音乐确实能使人心情舒畅啊！同时觉得饥肠辘辘，只有一块饼干充饥突然觉得很relax,把等着我完成的一大堆work统统抛到脑后，一时兴起来我space里除除草。

今天上午去德国大使馆把签证办了,还算顺利，只不过很麻烦，楼里楼外跑了好几趟，首先要去拍照片，说我拿的照片上的人头不够大，其实已经够大的了（我自己觉得，32cm刚刚好,that's the min. length req'd),但她还说不够大，真服了她了，这么严。第二次又因为只带了一张护照复印件而再次跑下楼，每次进大楼都要换visitor pass,在使馆门口还要过类似机场安检的security check,so troublesome!In fact it doesn't look like an embassy at all,at least i've never seen such a one b4.德国大使馆在Singapore Land Tower（which is a very tall building,in fact there r many tall buildings ard)12楼,使馆不大，只能看到一个保安，一个挺着大肚子接电话的美女客服人员，一个负责collect visa application doc and fees的女的，里面好像还有一个同事，就这么几个人，很冷清的说。那个女的说最少要23天才能拿到签证，希望能在刚考完试或考试期间拿到，说不定可以和小强一起回去呢，praying...

下周简直是disaster,周一周二两个CA,thermody死定了，都没跟上，不会做题，周五还有德语口语考试，从老师发的练习题目就能看出难度系数高达90%，都读不懂题，所以也死定了。最后一周还有德语2nd semestertest和engine prof presentation。。。另外还有3 reports(2 thermody+1 biomech) due soon+BN3101 individual term paper....wanna cry alr...

Suddenly cannot type Chinese again,nvm,shall switch to English,faster.

Seems no chance of doing an internship in Germany from Jan to Mar alr,coz still no news from SIRONA,so shall spend CNY at home!Yeah!maybe not as gd as doing internship in terms of future prospect,but still quite happy

And yes,our 7th anniversery is coming,11 9th.7 yeas...Have we all changed a lot?Maybe,maybe not...Anyway,just wish everybody could stay happy always and be friends forever!

So many things going on at e moment, had 2 meetings this afternoon,2 lab reports due, 1 quiz next week(which i never looked at and understood e notes), German homework若干, design project research and summary, at least 3 project meetings next week, 1 group presentation..feel really stressed.

 

And my fav subject German is giving me headache also,coz i seldom speak up in class.Frau Niemann dun like to point pple to answer qns,so those who r really on will be talking and answering qns all e time.but class participation also counts for part of e CA...what should i do?coz i'm always not confident of myself and has been used to keep quiet in class,and i'm afraid once i try to start talking my awkward German will get everyone impatient.And i'm finding e new grammars taught this sem a bit hard to understand and memorise also.I'm afraid i'm not going to do well for German 5 this sem.For those who have clashes and couldn't take it this sem,conggratulations!coz u won't have similar probs as i'm facing now. 

The same situation happens for EG2401 also.Class participation accounts for 20% of the CA and u r supposed to ask qns or give opinions actively and e tutor even recorded down who has spoken by asking us to state our names b4 we start expressing our ideas voluntarily.Omg,i really dun like this kind of forced participation and worse still e topics we discuss r so philosophical which i find it hard to understand.I really have to overcome my personal barrier of not being confident and unable to speak up in discussions.I've to practise speaking English more,which should have been done during e days at NYGH.

Who can tell me what i should do?I guess i just have to live with it and be gone thru it.Life is not easy after all.How i hope we dun have to study and work,instead lead a carefree life on a remote island and just enjoy life...

Today went to the Hay Dairies Farm with xq,saw so many goats,small ones,big ones,fat ones,cute ones,ugly ones,but the barn is really quite smelly.The goats must be very hungry,coz when we tried to touch them,they not only licked our fingers and even began to chew on our clothes!Also went to some fish farm nearby and the Sungei Puloh Wetland Reserve,in the path saw a really big lizard climbing his way to the grassland,also saw 2 pretty squirrel.

The 2nd week gonna start this morning...got lab on Wed alr=(

好久没更新了，last entry还停留在回家之前。自从回家后就没怎么上网，因为家里不能上网。这三个月的假期过得还算可以吧，接近尾声时去了一趟伊春，还去了一趟内蒙古参加小强堂哥的婚礼，去了草原，还骑了一只羊，就是现在display pic上的那只又老又丑的绵羊（人家说羊一般是不让人骑的）。三个月的假期再长也是会结束的，新学期明天就开始了，我已经miss掉四个pre-lab了，要加油啊！这学期还要继续学German5，因为怕隔时间太久明年去SEP时再忘了，只有13个人take，应该会很难吧，不过德语一直是我的最爱，也是我最擅长的科目，努力就是了。这学期四个Bioengine的core modules，外加一个EG2401，应该会有好多projects要做，sigh，dun like projects...刚回来没两天好象又瘦了，把在家吃的都减回去了，在家的时候可没少下饭店，光金刚山烧烤就吃了4、5次。这几天总看到小狗，开始想我们家豆豆了。

 

30号考完最后一科就要打包回家咯！3号中午就能到哈尔滨了，哦也！

Cell Bio要不及格了，555555~~ 感觉都白复习了，背下来的没考，考的都没背下来，一进考场就啥都忘了，一顿乱蒙乱写。此科经本人鉴定提前被评为本人在NUS期间最恶的一科！

剩下的这科Maths我还啥都不会呢，可是感觉已经不能静下心来复习了，心已飞回家了！

明天我生日哦，可是不打算怎么过了，因为还得复习后天的考试呀。转眼间又老了一岁，岁月不饶人啊！

提前预祝大家和自己有个愉快的假期！

After watching the following movies on PPStream recently, I become obsessed with the crime/thriller series written by Thomas Harris:

Red Dragon (Personally I think this one has the best plot)

Silence of the Lamb (Famous title isn't it?)

Hannibal (Caution: This one has the famous scene of a person eating his own brain. Urghhhhhhhh)

Hannibal Rising (This one is the "bloodiest",not suitable for weak-hearted ones)

Strongly recommend to those who are hard-hearted. For weak-hearted ones, please watch at your own risk=)

Now I'm interested in reading the books...

Hannibal Lecter,really a remarkable man isn't he?

As entitled...

Can leave new comments here

The photos with xq r requested by cc...

Hmm,what else?German Referat and oral approaching...scared

Wish junior all e best!Cambridge awaits u!

Anyone has any interesting idea for my GEM project? Design an innovative pest(e.g.cockroach,rat,fly,mosquito,stray cat/dog...choose one) trap,but must be humane...

 

 

I find this quite a nice and funky song heard during today's German tutorial.Share e lyrics:

Ein graues Haar
 一屡白发

Gerade noch hab ich Indianer gespielt
那时我扮演印地安人
Die Tante im Kindergarten hatte ich furchtbar lieb.
我很喜欢幼儿园的大婶

Dann meine Runder auf dem Mofa gedreht
然后生命的车轮继续旋转，由摩托变成了汽车（表示我长大了）
Erster Kuss,erste Krise
初吻，初恋
Wie schnell die Zeit vergeht!
时间过得多快啊！

Und jetzt steh ich vorn Spiegel,Viertal vor acht
现在我站在镜子前，时间是八点过一刻
Die party wird geil,mein Gerburtstag.
这个晚会很热闹。这是我的生日。
All die,die mich m?gen,haben an mich gedacht：
所有这些东西，让我很喜欢。我有一个想法：
Doch was muss ich da sehen,na was？
这一切都会在我眼前慢慢逝去，不是吗？

Ein graues Haar
一屡白发
Wieder geht ein Jahr
一年又一年
Allers gut,danke,klar
谢天谢地，一切都好
Immer noch ein Grund zu feiern
总是有一个理由是值得庆祝的

Ich sehe ein graues Haar
我看见了一屡白发
Ich sehe mich noch suchen meinen Platz in der Welt
我看见我正在寻找世界上自己的位置
Gelegentlich hab ich ein Glas zu viel bestellt.
偶尔地我要了很多易碎的玻璃杯

Ich sah viele kommen.
我看见很多东西都朝我而来。
Ich sah viele gehen.
我看见许多东西离我而去。
Sah viele unfallen,ich blieb meistens stehn
看见了许多不幸，但我还一直坚持着。
Viele 1000 momente in die Zeit gerafft
大量的时间过去了
Ich wünsch mir noch mehr davon, mehr noch
Hab besser kapiert,was mich glücklich macht
Was mich echt nicht kümmern muss,na was？
我希望我有更强的理解力，能做得更好。
但我真的什么都不能理解了吗？

Ein graues Haar
一屡白发
Wieder geht ein Jahr
一年又一年
Allers gut,danke,klar
谢天谢地，一切都好
Immer noch ein Grund zu feiern
总是有一个理由是值得庆祝的

Erst recht mit grauer Haar
第一屡真正的白发
Wir feiern jede neue Falte,die noetig war
我们为每一条新添的命中注定的皱纹而高兴
Jedes allzu früh ausgefallene Haar
为每一根早落的头发
Wir feiern jeden guten Vorsatz,ein hübscher Brauch
我们为每一句祝福的话，每一个奇特的风俗而高兴
Und jeden guten Ansatz，ob Glatze,ob Bauch
以及每一个（衰老的）开始，无论是秃顶，还是发福的的肚皮。
Auch an den allerschoensten Koerpern nagt
Der Weisheitsyahn der Zeit
即便岁月也在完美的外表上啃出一道道痕迹
—Fürwahr—die Jugend ist vergaenglich,das Alter w?chst
真的，青春在慢慢的流逝，年龄却在慢慢地增加。
Und das zu feiern ist der schoenste Zeitvertreib.
但这种凄美的老去也是一样值得庆祝的

如题。。。

这周终于考完了三个mid-term，虽然考得都不理想，难的恐怕会不及格，容易的也有不会答和答错的，总之都是遗憾啊！下周还有一个quiz。时间过的真快，一转眼半个sem又过去了，离期末就不远了，sigh，每学期都这么颓废，感觉都是混过去的。

春节过的还算有点儿纪念意义，三十晚上一帮人去吃大长今，人好多呢，街头巷尾都坐满了人。之后的三天便和小强张宇雅楠连续三宿通宵打80分（真有瘾），最后还剩四天的时候开始看cell bio，那么多东西要背，又不是不知道本人记性不好，看了一遍notes根本没记住啥，结果考试全忘了，一顿瞎答，肯定又不及格了考完试就感觉彻底解放了，最近竟然迷上了无聊的“我猜”，在PPStream上看，明知超级lame还喜欢看，真是没救了。

Faint,suddenly cannot type Chinese again!!!I'm going crazy alr!!!Nvm,shall continue in English,faster.German semester result ok,but still made a lot stupid mistakes.sigh...still got 2 more vocab tests,1 semester test,1 Referat and e oral test waiting for me...I suddenly realise tt German homework is really quite heavy.

Long time haven't gone for Karate training alr(due to financial reasons).This month die die must go le,otherwise forgot everything alr. 

Hmm,what else?

Dunno.That's all for now ba.

Add oil to myself and to everybody!!!

Wish everyone a prosperous pig year!

Promise了很久要update my blog，但是始终没有付诸行动，真是对不住各位读者了。

尽管今天是周末，按理来说应该在勤奋刻苦地做tutorial，但是以我一贯的作风，只是第一时间把德语的作业全部做完后，就开始slack，上网闲逛。German vocab test 考完了，背得还可以，可惜那不了满分了，因为有个名词一时拿不准，开始写错了，后来改对了，可就再临交卷前又再一次改错了。咳，我每次都犯这种欠扁的错误，可惜世上没有卖后悔药的。

Last minute 报了德国的VIP，纯属撞大运，因为本人CAP实在太低，没想到竟然很快就收到回复，说录取了，至于有没有公司要我就要看运气了，要真成了就不能在家过年了=( 可怜只有我一个人去那没人去的Darmstadt，有找不到合适的module可以map，又不能换学校，真是令人头疼。没办法只有走着瞧了。快过年了，也快放假了，假期一结束就有两个CA在同一天，还有一个project due。目前cell bio根本就不知在讲什么，那个女lecturer每次就只会自言自语，不但讲话速度快，还一点生机都没有，简直就是monologue，难怪我听不进去跟不上，CA肯定死定了。GEM的individual project 也不之选什么好，大家给点意见吧！题目是让找两个similar products，一个比另一个好，要求describe那个不好的不好在那里，那个比较好的有哪些有点，还有什么可以改进的地方。Features described must not be obvious or superficial。听上去好难啊，到现在还没决定写啥呢。

周四出席了Friendship Idol Contest Final，为了支持lu li同学，虽然她和wang tao都没赢，但总算一睹了他们的风采，长的真不错，后来听了原版的emotion，还是觉得lu li唱的比较好，主要是这首歌太难唱了，又不是很大众化，所以没能得到评委们的赏识。再接再厉吧！不过整个event还是蛮successful的，尤其是那个MC，极为搞笑，其他参赛选手也都很有实力，真是大开眼界没白去啊！

 

 

 

 

I can't stand it any more!!!This stupid Chinese-writing system really sux!Appears to be in Chinese,but cannot write in Chinese.Just now wanna write in Chinese,but now have to switch to English...

Ok,seems nobody has been reading my blog.The extreme low popularity is clearly shown from the no. of comments under each entry.Nvm,since i always write boring stuff and do not update my blog frequently.I really dun have much to say.

Ok,let me try to squeeze out sth.I'm now facing new challenges in my favourite and one-and-only-can-do-well-and-get-an-A subject--Geman.Since now the class is only left with 50+ pple,there's definitely going to be fierce competition.I,whose oral sucks,appear more and more inactive during classes,unlike those active ones like Naijun,Guo Qing and Zhibo.I should really learn from them,but i'm just unable to open my mouth and make full sentences quickly on the spot.Maybe becoz they've all gone for immersion last time.So tt's a disadvantage for me,but i believe i can always do well for German.In the end this is my only hope in pulling up my CAP each sem.I'm not good at speaking even English,tt's why i'm weak in German oral as well.But dun give up!u've gone so far and dun forget u r going for SEP,so u must overcome all difficulties.try and practise more often.dun be afraid to speak up.i'm sure u can do well!add oil!

Well,xq's parents r coming next Fri and will only be staying for 6 days.Not my parents but still quite exciting.expecting...

Hmm,what else to say?Nothing else...

2007年的脚步悄然而至，今天是开学头一天，这学期的课表比上学期强，没有8点的课了，用不着那么早起了，happy，只是Geman改到了周三周五晚上，再加上周一周四晚上有Karate，每周就只有拜二晚上空闲了，比较惨。说起Karate，今晚终于下定决心在荒废了一个假期之后重出江湖了，结果由于太久没练了，再加上最近两周也没打球，一点儿体育锻炼也没有，导致今天training的时候及其难受虚弱，直恶心想吐，头晕目眩天旋地转四肢无力手脚发软，差点就坚持不下来了，结果还是硬挺下来了，只是前半节课动作完全没有做到位，一直在偷懒，因为实在太难受了，都要虚脱了。看来体育锻炼还是不容忽视的。明天有GEK1523 Innovativeness in Engineering Design的lecture，期待中。。。要知道这可是我忍痛用500点General Account的分bid到的一个我并不是很想学的GEM，不过没办法，别的想学的不是这个sem不offer，就是timetable clash，到头来只好硬着头皮学这个了，幸好有qi qiong一起学，而且听起来还蛮interesting的，走着瞧吧！

现在外面又开始下大雨了，本来今天白天是难得的大晴天，阳光灿烂的日子，走在校园里，抬头看蓝天白云，放眼眺望大海，好不惬意！我真的好想停下匆匆忙忙的脚步，把这美景看个够

昨天圣诞节，晚上去了乌节路，人好多，乱哄哄的，街道被封了，放置了好多宣传基督教的花车，没意思，连像都照不好，因为人实在太多了，围得里三层外三层的，人人手里都拿着数码相机或手机，郁闷。晚饭在鼎泰丰吃的，还不错。之前还在Bread Talk品尝了choco log cake，上面的巧克力着实好吃，只是价钱贵了点。五点准时查了分，居然都pass了，比我想象的要好得多，因为我原以为有两科肯定fail了呢，本以为可能拿不了A的German居然首次拿了A+，真是令人难以置信，老师对我太好了！感激涕零中。。。CAP基本没变，算是喜讯了，沾沾自喜一下。不过下学期一定要努力了，不能总生活在惶恐中。要加油啦！

首先祝大家和自己圣诞快乐！昨晚去了一趟NTUC，买了五种水果，分别是：澳大利亚的黑樱桃，南非的绿葡萄，埃及的草莓，韩国的小橘子，以及不知哪儿产的七彩芒，因为好久没去NTUC了，看到什么水果都想买，都觉得很诱人，下辈子做个Fruitarian吧。小强也如愿以偿地买到了他的最爱：三文鱼和鳗鱼，收获真是不小，只是回来时等车的时间加起来将近一个小时。带回出发去乌节路逛逛，想必会有很多人，连吃晚饭的地方都找不到，顺其自然吧，反正不能在宿舍无聊地呆着。

没办法，谁让我从小就喜欢记流水帐呢，这坏毛病看来是改不了了。今天下午宿舍停电，于是我和小强按原计划去新加坡河一带逛逛，本来出发的时候还没下雨只是天有点阴，可惜老天不争气，还没到地方就开始下上了，于是只好改变原计划先进Suntec避会儿雨了。到头来只是虚惊一场，区区阵雨下了没一会儿就停了，边朝Esplanade方向寻去，后又抵达the "vomitting" Merlion并与其合影留念，可惜阴天照相效果不是很理想。值得一提的是，在通往鱼尾狮的大桥下竟发现了法论功的据点（虽然以前也在那儿见过法轮工学员集体修炼），墙上贴着一张宣传海报，地上坐着两位uncle，见我们似乎对他们的"摊儿"颇感兴趣，竟笑吟吟的召唤我们过去，这家伙给我吓得呀，赶紧拽着小强就跑，生怕惹火上身，我可不想跟这一邪教组织扯上什么关联。大桥下墙角处还睡着一个小baby，地上铺着被，身上盖着毯子，没有任何人看管，刚开始我还以为是像国内街头要饭的呢。如果不是，他妈妈怎么那么胆大敢将她的小孩儿扔在公共场所不管呢？逛了一圈腰酸背痛肚子饿，由于不知那附近有什么好吃的只好按原路返回Suntec，看到了据说是the world's largest fountain的Fountain of Wealth。在Food Court吃了晚饭后，由于实在没力气再走了，再加上本人对Suntec的地形实在不是很了解，连个Carrefour都不能马上找到，于是便打道回府了。

今天下午再次漫步于植物园，天空中飘着淅淅沥沥的小雨。每次重游都有新的发现，这次是盆景和仙人掌仙人球，还有可爱的小松鼠和小鸭子。我是不是很龌龊，总惦记着坐学校免费的shuttle bus来回植物园不花一分钱，还可以呼吸到新鲜的空气。结果溜达一圈下来，又因为累和懒而决定晚上不去Karate了，并得到小强同学的强烈支持，比我还没毅力。由于手机里剩的内存不多久没照多少相，况且现在电脑的bluetooth又坏了传不了照片，只好等以后再传了。