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after my haircut,

and a little neglect

i did so badly in my finals
but the counselor said

"your situation is a great challenge"

oh and sana said something like that too.

let me just get moody for the holidays and present to you a reminiscent selection of my pictures, in 16:9 format.

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Me and my Dad. Really a photocopy.


Mum with the yellow flowers, and my shirt!


The most awesome


My little brother and sister


Ah, the Goh brothers.


Mae and Mil. Classic.


Muara Tiger Club. Angel, Diana, Matt, Me


MuzicJunkie


Vee and a really funny facial expression


He sits. And stares. No escape


She's very particular when it comes to ice-cream sharing.


Teenage Girl Squad


Haha. Gotta love random pics.


Ah these boys.


Save the best for last.


have a merry christmas everyone.

Minute

very sleepy

and

depressed

the grand opening of the box of cookies

Let me kick things off with how my first 4 exams went.

Mechanics - Rather brutal. I answered most questions. But the Question of Death was this: A child is playing with a spring, with a spring constant of 5kx. He uses the spring to launch a ball at an angle onto a surface 8 metres higer. The ball lands smoothly on the surface and moves along the surface for 10 metres before it comes to a stop. Find:

1. the angle at which the child launches the ball
2. the coefficient of friction of the table
3. the distance of the boy from the surface

I THINK WHEN EVERYONE SAW THIS QUESTION, DEATH WAS WALKING AROUND THE EXAM HALL WITH A GIANT RED PEN.

Chemistry Lab - If you don't think writing 10 straight pages of calculations of explanations is stressful, you're messed. But I think I did alright.

Engineering - For the first section, we had to answer 100 multiple choice questions in 50 minutes. Exactly 30 seconds for each question. Haha. Crazy? At least we used computers to do the entire exam, instead of 'lo-tech' 2B pencil and eraser. Some of my friends claim to have finished the 100 questions in 10 minutes.

Chemistry Theory - 40 multiple choice questions and 5 rather short questions for a final exam. Should be easy to score.

Yes. Christmas is around the corner. Hence the candycane colors.

Have you seen how long my hair is? I won't be getting a piercing / tattoo / moustache shave anytime soon. Neither will I be getting a car or a new woman.



And these are the two I usually hang out with now.
Two fun-loving people.
Tanya and Jesse.



















And this is what's outside my house for decorations. Yes. That IS a polar bear, and Santa, about 7 feet tall, blown up by air, with a light inside them to make them illuminate! The house is very pimped out, in terms of interior and exterior Christmas decor.















And the snow was nice to see. Covering my house, and a couple of the neighbor's houses.

































So I will end here. I have to blaze through 10 hours of linear algebra review tomorrow. Wish me luck!

AND NEXT WEEK!
-14 DEGREES!

When You See A Bear

The cutest Chinese pals you'll ever see. Unfortunately you either have to be Cantonese Chinese or have to know the story of the two men and the bear story to understand this. If you're not Cantonese Chinese and don't know the two men and the bear story, watch! Thanks to Grace for pointing out that it's Cantonese Chinese, and not Hokkien, Hakka, Mandarin, or apple.

Presenting: Snow Time

Edited after having some time to relax after many repeated 12-hour days in school.

Enjoy!

Soundtrack provided by...nah I won't tell you.

Soundtrack: December Depression

Ready, set, download.

01 - Telefon Tel Aviv - John Thomas On The Inside Is Nothing But Foam
02 - DJ Krush - Song 1
03 - Travis - Why Does It Always Rain On Me
04 - Frou Frou - Let Go
05 - Late Night Alumni - Empty Streets
06 - Kaskade - Distance
07 - Bent - Swollen
08 - Everything But The Girl - Single
09 - The Whatnauts - I'll Erase Away
10 - Natalie Cole - Someone That I Used To Love

Interesting notes:
DJ Krush is a Japanese hip-hop pioneer.
Natalie Cole's song 'Someone That I Used To Love' is sampled in Kanye West's 'Heard 'em Say'.
Ben Watt from EBTG suffered from Churg-Strauss Syndrome, and wrote a book documenting his day to day experiences with the disease.

December: Days of Depression

Looking at the pictures on chocolatte really bring me down.

Let me have my moment to say a few things;

Next to Teo and Chester, I think I am probably having a really rough time. Let me compare my situation to the others who are studying abroad.

JasmineYap: She's in Australia, but she's got her boyfriend there with her, and an AZN squad from Brunei, who know their lahs from bahs, and who know what Gadong is.

JohnD: His parents are a 45-minute drive from his dorm. Haha I really remember when John got arrested. And he gets to come back to Brunei once a month or so.

Sana: Although she was completely uprooted to Australia, at least her whole family got uprooted with her.

Mae&JasmineMarie: At least they've got relatives they've known for a while.

Conan&Jonan: They're in Singapore. Singapore = their homeland. I believe they're having a cruddy time too.

And I have so much doubt about whether I finish this term well. I didn't do such a good job as I promised to myself and my parents. I failed my Calculus (unexpectedly) and my Linear Algebra (sort of expectedly) the last midterm. I am really in fear of failing the finals coming up. The pressure of 5-digit tuition fees to UNBSJ and 5-digit yearly living costs is getting to me.

And yet, I still come up with excuses for my performance.

"I'm too young for all this!"
"I'm new here!"
"I haven't been studying for 10 months!"
"These 6 courses are choking me!"

Sure they sound reasonable, but

"don't make excuses, josh" - says Tanya

And the setting sun at 5pm is really taking a piece of my joy-time.

I am taking these new optimism pills (haha kidding). And I hope to get back into the groove in January.

The following pictures are pictures i have taken the previous month, and the Last Class Bash I went to Friday night. Maybe you can spot my fake smiles.

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At the tour of Saint John city with Tanya


Playing the piano in front of a small crowd.


Philip showing off his project. And Travis...umm.


Waiting for a bus.

Masquerading with Fadia.


That's our solar thermal energy collector projects, with Jesse lying on the grass.


Jesse as my supposed 'date' for the Winter Formal.


YMCA = dancefloor staple


My very first DJ performance for a school dance


Jesse, Tanya, Ali, Me, Fadia, Travis, Joanna

Me and my UNCUT hair

At the piano in school


Lights lights lights


That's where everyone was dancing

Some of them are completely trashed. Can you spot them?

In closing, I think I just need to sit down and pray a long time.