July 8th & 9th, 2006.

2.01pm

On bus 23. On my way to Suntec City. Going to meet Wen Han and play Magic. It had been a darn long time since I had played. I missed the most exciting block since Urza Saga. "Argh!" Some people may think that it is very childish to play such games. But all my avid readers will know what my life is about. Playing Magic is one of the rare times which I truly relax from work and shut myself from the outside world. It is an indulgence which I feel I need and should be having. So happy and looking forward to it later. *smiles*

There are a lot of things which I want to blog about these past few days. But when I get home, all I can manage is to bath and crawl to bed. It had been a hell of a election for the past week. First, I would like to congratulate all who had got elected. There are namely: Terence, Tat Ming, Sarah, Yee Ping, Soon Poh, Wei Sheng, Clifton, Jodin, Yiling, Yuting, Yi Jia and me. 12 members because there is a tie this year, again. Last year, it had been between Rajes and Yao Ming. Both of them got 181 votes. This year, it is between Glenda and Elene. Both of them got 194 votes. As per tradition, both of them will have to garner for votes for the internal polling by the 12 elected members. On the average, we had a very well done participated election this year. In total, there were more than 10,000 votes casted. Barely.That will be the word I would use to describe my win over Terence. I only won by 20 votes. That is a very slight margin. Yes. I got the Presidency. A VERY BIG THANK YOU! to everyone who had voted for me and to all who participated in voting for the Student Elections. So many people asked me about it. It even went to Mr Mah's ears. He congratulated me and asked me to share my campaigning strategy. *grins* "So no need!" "Haha!"

I would like to express some of my thoughts with regards to why I decided to run for Students' Union again. A lot of people know that my past year of commitment to Students' Union was not a bed of roses. Some of the people heard me whining and complaining. Why would a year 4 student stand up for elections again? By the way, my fingers are freezing. *grins* Going to change to bus 133 soon. Anyway, there were a great percentage of people who asked me to quit the Union if I did not manage to get the Presidency. It will be kind of bad for my image. It will be embarrassing. I am ashamed to say that, the thought actually crossed my mind. As I was the Vice President last year, the only way is to move up. But as the time went nearer to the end of the elections, I made up my mind not to quit just because I did not get the Presidency. It is for the students. I am doing all this for the students.

Alighting...

8.58pm

On bus 518. Continuing my entry. Had a great time. For the past 5 hours, nothing was in my mind except to find a way to beat my opponent. For me the feeling of playing Magic is like being a monk in chanting in a temple. Not too bad. Had 3-1 score. Considering I had 2 bad draws in the first game and the length of time since my last play. This new set, Coldsnap, is alright for me to play as it is something like a subset of Ice Age. So as a old school player, it is alright.

On the way to T.Y.S.E's 21st birthday BBQ. Situated at Downtown. So not too bad. It is near my house anyway. T.Y.S.E = The Yellow Salted Egg. *grins* Actually it means Tan Yong Sheng Eugene. My classmate since year 1. Cool fellow. Also like to scratch his stomach. So cute. *grins widely.* He is quite a good pool player and a darn good archer. No. It is true. Archer. *grins* He is in TP's archery team.

Reaching Downtown soon.

Today's PF meeting was alright. The attendance was alright too, although I hope to see more people each week. Until now, PF 2006 Subtheme 1 is still the most happening, compare to the others. Everyone is great! *grins*

Alighting...

July 9th, 2006.

9.01am

In the office. Very sad. Could not wake up for Germany's match. "Argh!" And I promise to wake my friend and watch together while chatting on the phone. "Argh!" So sorry! *Sad* Anyway, I heard Germany won 3-1 against Portugal. Yeah! Kudos to Germany! So cool.

I think it is something very serious for me to continue to blog what I wanted to blog in 2 entries. I think there must be something terribly wrong. I can only blog on bus and during office hours. And now the time in office are also filling up, work are piling up as high as my table can contain. Terrible. *shakes head* There are a lot of things which I wish to blog about but when the time comes, I am too tired to do it. "Argh!" On top of all this, I will need to write entries on to the ESIP. "Cannot just read my blog ar?" *grins* I missed a couple of weeks of entries. Hope I am not penalize for all it.

Just to highlight some of the things that had happened for the past week:
Tuesday Ivan treated me to Cafe Cartel.
Had a off day on Thursday to go school for campaigning. I think it save my Presidency. *grins* Thank you Ivan! And everyone in the office! For the past few days, I was unable to do any work. I was very worried. All along I seriously thought Terence got a higher chance of clinching the Presidency. I was not wrong. I only won by 20 votes. All the people, especially Mdm Koh, Cik Fatimah, Mdm Pang, Ivan, Steven, Dorothy, John, and of course Hadijah, had to tolerate my jumping about, moody state for the past few days. I am so sorry about it. I will make it up to you all. I am planning some sort of farewell present for everyone! Cool right? How sweet of me... *grins*

10.18am

Just came back from breakfast.
Continuing...
Friday had seen a heart stopping, face melting, blood rushing, toes freezing, lips drying, eye watering and strangely there was this particular silence in the mist of all the cheering and talking of so many excited voices. When my name was called, my heart skipped a beat. I had got 400 plus votes. Whatever was the rest of the number after 400, was lost in the uproar of cheers, applause and cat calls. (It was until later did I know I had got 411 votes.) When Terence's total number of votes polled was announced, I felt my heart skipped a beat for the second time in a short time frame of 15 minutes. The feeling is more gut wrenching than the first time I did the tower jump for scuba diving selection!

5.12pm

"Argh!" Lots of things to do. So little time. Having PAssion Card Drive these 2 weeks. Anyone who wishes to buy, please look for me. Having at least 7 official meetings next week. Some of which are back to back ones. Sadly, I will not be able to go to PF Facilitators Meeting this coming Saturday. Going to have 1 presentation to Mr Mah and the other to Mr Sin. All in one week.

Tonight is going to be the World Cup Finals. Still contemplating who should I bet on. Thinking of Italy... *wonders*

Played Pickleball today. Lost to Hadijah. *sad*grins*

Have some credits to do...:
Thank you everyone for all the support! And showing so much faith in me.
Thank you Sook for the time we spent together for elections.
Thank you Siyun and Joanna for convincing people who do not know me to vote for me. I know it was very difficult for Year 1s who do not know anything.
Thank you Michelle, Fishy and Serene for doing so much background work for Sook and me.
Thank you Darren for offering to help.
Thank you Huan Yang and Ressa for publicizing to Dance Ensemble during their AGM.
Thank you to all the INT candidates who shown their support! And Congrats to all those who got elected. For those who did not, please do try to help out.
Thank you Ivan, Hadijah and the whole office of TECC for all the tremendous support and tolerated my nonsense since I got into the office. Until now I am still getting congratulations from everywhere.
Thank you Wen Han for informing me to go and play Magic.
Thank you Dr. Lim for writing my recommendation letter.
Thank you everyone for the hell of exciting elections.
Thank you Yu Lan and Mingzhu for helping me to sell PAssion Card.

Congrats to Jason and Hazel for getting reelected into RPSU's Students' Union. Especially Jason as he got the Presidency. I must say TE YEC is quite some kind of power house. We have 2 Polytechnic's Students' Union Presidents as members.
Congrats to milo_dino for getting into NUS and I can see that he is enjoy so much there that he cannot wait to start school!
Congrats to all my friends who had successfully graduated, gotten into Universities, found jobs, etc.
Congrats to Ah Boi, for the new found love. *grins*

I really should get back to work. Ending working in 15 minutes. Should finish up some stuff. NDD is getting on fine. Just need to work hard on sponsorship. Still short of some cash sponsorships. Other than that, everything is more or less on track.

Anyway BR's 3rd webisode is up already! Cool! So funny! For those who had forgotten the webby or had not visited it. It is www.becomingroyston.com It is a must go. Please give it a view. It is mind blowing! "Wow!" Today's entry is full of all this phases. So steady! *grins*

9.46pm

I love to watch shows that make me "feel" at the end of the show. Watched "Honey" and "Pirates of the Caribbean". Cool. The ending part of "Honey" was quite touching. Everyone got to do what they like and everyone in the community accepted and understood what they are doing and what they are trying to tell them.

Going to get some sleep. Watching the Finals later. Hope who win? *wonders*

Good Night Singapore! Picture of the day is the Rosli's kid. One of the member of MAEC. So cute right?! He messed up my office and fell asleep straight after. *grins*