Well, well, well.
Look who's finally here to remove the coat of dust from http://installationo4.blogspot.com.
Its none other than its owner, Mr James Tan Jie Wei myself.
Hello all after a very, very, very long lapse.
Just felt like penning down my thoughts, since I have quite a lot running through my mind right now at this very moment when I'm typing these words.
Alright, where shall I begin? Ah, yes, I shall use the Compare and Contrast Paragraph Structure to write this blog entry.
Nah, just kidding. =D
To kick things off, plenty of things have changed ever since the last blog entry, which was what, like a century ago? But before you start spewing all manner of vulgarities and expletives at me, allow me a chance to redeem myself. I'm just too lazy (ok, maybe this is why you wanna attack me). But hey, "I am only human~", so I grow bored with fads, and blogging IS a fad for me, joining the likes of Beyblade, Tamiya Cars, Gundam models, Crush Gear, Yoyos, etc.
Enough of the historical lesson, its time to move on. Its no use staying in one's shadow all the time. You need to see the light. And I certainly hope I have.
OK, so this is what's happening this couple of months: I've been working part-time on weekends for some extra income to burn, which proved very useful during the last semester break. And this semester is ending soon, another week of school plus two examination papers more and I'm done with Year 2 of Mass Communication. Pretty darn fast if you ask me. I haven't even found anyone I like, yet. Bummer. But recently, I've become more involved in school activities, particularly Open House 2007. I don't know why but I feel at ease and fun when I'm doing such things, like taking groups of students on tours. Ok maybe I like to man the reception desk more but hey, I'm not a speech person, I'm a word-dude.
OPEN HOUSE 2007
FMSA not only gave me CCA points, it also gave me new friends! I made a whole bunch of friends, Year Ones and Twos alike. I even got to know some of my cohort-mates within the same cohort whom I previously didn't know. How cool is that? Plus, I made more new friends with the other Mass Comm-ers of the other cohort, particularly KL and Madeline. Well, KL can't really be considered new, as he was in my SOCPSYCH class during Year One. We didn't talk much though, I was rather quiet and introverted then. But Mass Comm doesn't want that kind of attitude, so I strove to change, and look where the heck I am now. The pen is mightier than the sword. Ha ha ha.
Sorry for the digressing. Anyway the other new friend made was Madeline. She was complaining about sore feet and fatigue on Day 2 of the War, and didn't help out on the Final Day, leaving me alone to fend for myself against the hordes of merciless secondary school kids. However, by a stroke of luck, I got posted to reception duty, for 4 hours at least. Those were 4 very good hours.
After that I kinda tagged along other tour groups, like Mark's, a Year One friend made. I joined my group with his several times, and he didn't seem to mind. He told me not to slack and to speak to those kids, but I argued that since he liked to speak so much, he could be my guest, and that if he's stuck or anything I'll give him a hand. He relented. Nice guy.
So there we went, leading tours up and down through the by-now-memorised-tour-route. I passed by the TV Studio and guess who I saw? Ya, it was Madeline, doing some stuff inside, but mainly slacking. And since I'm slacking as well, I might as well join her. So off I went, after telling Mark that he's on his own. He didn't sound too happy. Oh well.
So I hung around in the TV Studio, which brought back a lot of good memories, and I also did some explaining of the facilities when some Year Ones brought in a tour group and didn't know what to say. I can't deny my membership of the FMSA, since I was wearing the requisite polo-tee. You win some, you lose some. After that, Madeline said she wanna go swipe some cookies from the FMSA store, and despite my protests, she didn't give in. Strong gal.
The day ended at 4:45p.m, when I had to go to work. Given a choice, I would have stayed till 7, but alas, work calls. Damn.
Alright, thats enough for Open House 07. On to more recent events. I found myself very free these few weeks, for some weird, inexplicable reason. My assignments have all been either completed or pending completion, and the exams are a good 2 weeks away, with one whole week for me to mug at Bishan CC. So I spend my weeknights spamming SMSes, waiting for people to chat with me on MSN, or just reading articles off Wikipedia. Yesterday I just found out about the Butterfly Effect and about giant squid. Did you know that if you swing your arm, you may cause a hurricane to happen some time in the future? And do you know that there's a species of squid called Colossal Squid, which are well, colossal. Fascinating, ain't it?
Also, I'm up to my Mr. Nice Guy routine once again. Just today, I stayed back in school after a one hour class for the day helping newer friends Diyanah and Joycelyn with their radio. They needed someone to guide them through, and I was the one to do it, since I had already done so with the previous two assignments. Then Shawn and Yan Yi came, and I had to be Shawn's guest, THRICE. Daniel also came over, and I was his guest once before I grew too bored to stay in the studio for a even a minute longer. So I left for home, took a long detour to the bus stop, and then got home and revised for a PR quiz tomorrow. Some people have always said I'm being too nice, but what the heck, being nice is better than being bad in any permutation. So to those people, sorry, being nice is just being me, you either like it or don't, its your choice and I live the way I want to.
Further, some people also commented that passion doesn't get you far in modern society. Well, to a certain extent its true, since the materialistic world that is modern society demands just mindless droning and earning money. But still, its passion that will ultimately keep one going. Just look at all those successful people out there. Do you think after all these years of slogging away they are doing it just for money? No. Its the passion that keeps them at their jobs day after day, year after year, decade after decade. Money is but a mere bonus that you can't carry to your grave, passion will remain with you even in death. Therefore, to those insensitive people out there who do not believe in passion, don't let me catch you doing something for incentives other than money. I will personally make you eat your words, literally.
Hmm, I guess I'm done. Well my entries are few and far between, so please, enjoy your stay here at The Silent Cartographer.
Arigato Gozaimasu.
