Finally, my last exam in NTU is over, and hopefully, all is well and I should pass and graduate, apart from the FYP presentation next Monday... Somehow, it seems that even though I have been dreaming of this day almost ever since the day I stepped into NTU, especially so during each biannual exam mugging period. I seem to have this big part of me that seems to be missing student life already. However, I shouldn't be missing the exam mugging, which is so totally hateful... It could be the part of me which seemed to be so lost, with the door open in front of me, yet I don't know where to go... how nice it was to have that door closed with the student me behind the door just caring about my studies, and packing in playtime into between whatever time I can spare and sometimes more. Now, I'm applying for whatever job opening that seems fine and do-able to me, and yet I would worry about whether I suit the job and whether the job suits me. The "TKY" in me also wants to hold out to see if there will be ever-better opportunities coming along, if any... haiz...

Big worries aside, my bedroom is long-due a big spring clean and make-over! Must have dinosaurs living under and inside my cupboard!

My FYP presentation is a little worrying to me too... 30mins long, how am I going to find so much stuffs to present? And TKY also stressed me the other day, by saying that the presentation would take up 50-70% of the total FYP marks... mampos lah... my project seems so simple and unscientific compared to the cheemmelogy-projects of others... would require a dang hell of effort to smoke out my presentation!! ~

A nice super steep, rooty drop on the Offenburg Germany Mountain Bike World Cup course. Looks great, especially when dry. Should be crazy scary when wet and muddy.
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Mampos... I've been spending a bit too much time playing Restaurant City on Facebook. I find it so therapeutic seeing Mas, Wei and Justin toiling in front of the stove hahahaha!! Finally I can "command" Mas to wash the toilet and stuff hahaha!!! Of course, Kelvin is the "running runner" waiter, like the old Kelvin in his Fish & Co. days, pretty much doing the same things, serving food and clearing plates without catching much breath in between (handling Section C really sucks...), except that the Restaurant City Kelvin doesn't actually run. Nor does he mix up his orders. Which is good.~~

Short break after my 3 papers... Took my bike out to West Coast Park. Love the serene peacefulness of a weekday, not missing the loads of kids on bikes, pedal-carts and rollerblades all over the place. Was trying to spot birds at a quiet estuary, but most probably it's the birds which were spotting me instead...


Gleaming in the sun! Took the back-rack off for this ride, and it feels noticeably better! Especially when setting up for corners, where it seems sharper, even though the rack only weighs like 2kg...

Ok, time to get back to business... PV and FYP presentation left to go...~~

Day-dreaming already... I want to revive my Giant NRS trail bike! I want the new Shimano SLX crankset to replace my 5 yr-old Truvativ Stylo which I cannot trust anymore after it fell apart while I pounded on the pedals on the road! I want the new SLX Shadow rear deraileur as well to replace my totally-worn 8 yr old XT! I can make do with my now 8-yr old XT shifters and Deore front deraileur, and my also 8-yr old 2001 model XT disc brakes, and I'll keep the Xpedo pedals which I absolutely love! I want a new 1-inch XC riser bar to replace my straight bars! I can already feel my legs itching up already! Now all I need is a job to finance my fantasy... =p


Nice 2009-model yr SLX Shadow rear deraileur...~


Nice SLX cranks...

More day-dreaming... if I can afford it, I want a new hardtail which can allow me to try cross-country racing again! With full Sram X7 drivetrain, an Avid Elixir 5 disc brake set, a good wheelset, a X-Fusion Velvet fork, and a black frame with gold anodised components! Drool... =p````

Felt like I needed to sweat out a bit, in the evening sunshine, eat a bit of air, but didn't really want to get too tired out as well, a short bike ride is such a nice thing to do...~~

Today's my last morning exam paper in NTU, possibly in my life to come as well! Yay! Even though the exam didn't go as smoothly as I wanted it to be... Went home and "fainted" for a couple of hours on my bed... never had so many weird dreams in the short space of a few hours! Next up are the 2 more papers on next Tuesday, 4 days to cover 2 modules' revisions! 6.5 hours of continued madness on that day! Then I can finally relax a bit for the final paper that is PV, which seems so far away...

Nope, this Mentos isn't past expiry... it's slightly black! It's Mentos Extreme Mint! Never saw this before! Got it from the Value Shop at West Mall... Never been to West Mall for so long, even though I walk pass it like almost every few days! Same for Jurong Point... Stocking up my stash of sweets and titbits at home, in preparation of exams, again... ~~

I've learnt some new words today from a Facebook quiz! The meanings from Wikipedia:

The 'Personality Plus' personality profiles

Choleric: This is the commander-type. Cholerics are dominant, strong, decisive, stubborn and even arrogant.
Melancholy: This is the mental-type. Their typical behaviour involves thinking, assessing, making lists, evaluating the positives and negatives, and general analysis of facts.
Sanguine: This is the social-type. They enjoy fun, socialising, chatting, telling stories - and are fond of promising the world, because that's the friendly thing to do.
Phlegmatic: This is the flat-type. They are easy going, laid back, nonchalant, unexcitable and relaxed. Desiring a peaceful environment above all else.

I'm a Phlegmatic, as what the quiz says of me and what I thought I'm closest to... Apparently I'll be attracted to the Choleric type of girls, hmm... let's see if this will be true, not that I really know of any of such girls yet...

Man, I was really tormented last night, by a pesky mosquito! She was like toying with me, giving little bites all over me without settling her fill with just one big bite! Kept me half-awake all through the night... even with me sweating out under my blanket, with the fan switched on to the max naively with hope that it'll blow her off hahahaha!!!

My GT bike has new bar-ends! Got them 2nd-hand from Togoparts... as were 90% of everything on this GT bike!! A few scratches here and there, but still very much usable... they're pretty good, stubby but just enough to rest my palms on, and they have nice shaping at the ends for me to put my thumbs when gripping them! Been wanting to try bar-ends for a long long time... should be able to help make climbing and spinning on this single-geared bike somewhat more comfy...~~

Found two blogs dedicated purely to chocolate reviews! Hahaha! My chocoholic madness is seeping deeper and deeper, can feel my blood turning brown already~~ Links are on the side of my blog~


Drinking good old Lipton's tea can help get rid of the chocolatey breath, and up the shiokness / satisfaction levels even more!

Link to BikeRadar
A city in Britain will be building 13 miles of fully-sheltered bicycle paths for bike commuters such that they can cycle to work without getting in the rain! Amazing right?! When can S'pore have this? Hehehe~~

2 weeks into it, I'm still not getting over my chocoholic madness yet... in fact I'm still popping a chocolate into my mouth something like once every 15-30 minute! Funny I'm not getting heaty yet either, which is so nice~~

Time for lazy lazy lazy lazy lazy me though to get my ball rolling, since my FYP is finally over for now... time to roll onwards to the last exam of my NTU student life!