Love Nightmare

Well, although someone has posted an entry about a dreadful dream, this post was certainly not inspired by that. The main reason why this entry was created was because, in my version of a dreadful dream, I thought to myself and decided that I should blog about something (don't get me? Simply read on). However, the style of that entry mentioned earlier would be used since it was simply appropriate =)

Scene 1
I'm not too sure how it exactly happened, but the first scene I remember was that I was with a group of christian friends in a HUGE shopping complex with white tiles and blue + mostly brown (due to wood being used) walls. For all the people present, I knew everyone though I never knew anyone in real life - or at least this was what I recalled.

Scene 2
From there, we went to another part of the shopping centre. The images I got here are quite blurry although the main gist of it was that we simply moved (or rather, walked) from one part in the shopping to another, chatting about something-I-can't-recall.

Scene 3
There was this seemingly-known-but-totally-unknown girl (SKBTUG) whom I already knew though I've never seen her before in my entire life. She was pretty chatty (although I have no idea or recollection about what she was chatting about) and friendly and we were chatting from time to time, together with the other people present. We were also heading to church within the shopping complex. Somewhere at the highest floor of that white-tiled cum blue+brown-walled shopping complex, I came before this wall with lots of doors on them. I supposed it was the main entry of the church. As we entered, the surroundings of that supposed church was similar to that of an auditorium just that it had two screens on the left and right of the stage. Strangely, although we were going to church, we walked out after barely 3 minutes.

Scene 4
The whole big group walked out of the building and down an escalator within the shopping complex. And for some strange reason, it seemed as if that SKBTUG was on super good terms with me, and she held my hand (note to the only other cookie: Hey, it was a dream! I had totally no control over it since the dream dictated the facts). And at that point in time I was a little surprised at the seemingly-close-but-totally-stranger-like closeness.

Scene 5
The whole group was just walking and I was just tagging along, with the whole group chatting with one another, and it was only at this point where that SKBTUG stopped holding my hand after a minute since the previous scene and she told me something that contained the following points (I can't remember what was said exactly)

- Although we were very good friends, there's nothing much between us
- Holding hands mean nothing at all

Thoughts I had at that point in time:
- What? Is this her way of bringing about the thought of breaking up with me?
- Oh man... don't tell me this is happening again!!! (ie. history repeating itself)

As to what history it was, strangely, the dream had already pieced together a piece (duh?) of history that I had:

Once upon a time, the only present other cookie was attached with me. And somehow, she broke off with me by stating that although we were holding hands, happily chatting and the fact that we were very happy, it does not indicate that we were together. And that was how she left me (Thinking about it [nope, this is not part of the dream, but me considering it in reality], that's a strange way of ending a relationship).

At that point in time, I was feeling somewhat disappointed and yet I didn't really feel disappointed because that was a friend that I barely came to fully-knowing for the past few minutes

Scene 6
The group reached the bus stop and I was confused about the fact that holding hands and chatting and feeling close do not mean that the two parties are attached. And hence, I (aha, I recall someone I know in the dream now...) went over to melvin to speak to him about this confusion I had. He was blur too. And hence, I decided that I should blog about this concept to ask all the female readers of by blog whether this is a normal girl phenomenon.

And then, I woke up. I was never so relieved this year that it was a dream considering that my usual nightmares are exactly opposite of this one. And what I recall of reality was that I woke up at 9:00 a.m. and decided to snooze for 5 more minutes but it ended up as a 25 minute snooze. Hmmm, it's interesting how the brain can churn out a crappy dream/nightmare in just 25 minutes with amazing detail (the detail are more on the surroundings, people and decor of the place).

Conclusion: I'm only glad it's a dream.

A Trip To Malacca

Well, just last week, I embarked on a trip to malacca, and as usual (or perhaps not that usual anymore since this is the first time I'm bringing my new handphone with a 2 megapixels camera with me), the following pics were taken (hmmm, sounds duh as usual, no thanks to the previous bracket):

Aggresive Advertising

These advertisements that I see above every single urinal, toilet bowl and sink happened to be the most disturbing of advertisements I've seen so far. Well, I suppose they speak (or rather, display) for themselves...

View From The Hotel

See the nice view that I could observe? Man... I was pretty glad that I was given the better room at random. But if you thought all I'm gonna do is to describe all the scenery on my blog, think again. I mean... given a crappy mind and armed with a camera, how many quirky pictures could I not snap/ignore, given the following observations:

Christmas Candy Cane-cum-...

Hmmm, it seemed that the meaning of christmas to the world seemed to evolve and evolve, first from the scrooge story to santa claus to candy canes and presents. And with the passing of time, voila! Even christmas lollipops (Mahkota edition, Malacca) are now out. Hmmm... interesting...

A Doorway

Well, this is a doorway (duh?) at the hotel that I stayed at. And through the door way one could observe a marble floor, a table on the floor, plants on the table, a window above the plants, lightings above the plants, a ceiling above the lightings... oops, looks like I got carried away. Actually, there is nothing quirky about the stuff beyond the doorway, because as the title suggests, it is about a doorway and not "beyond a doorway". And so... perhaps the next picture would better describe the quirk:

If the image is a little blurry, it states in caps "PLEASE KEEP FIRE DOOR CLOSED AT ALL TIMES". Hmmm... the door is open. And as much as I know, the door was still open when I left the hotel. Well, that's not all. Consider the following picture:

See... they actually used a magnetic door catch to keep the door open in spite of the fact that they labelled the door to be closed at all times. Hmmm, I wonder what's going on here. Or maybe it's better not to know considering that ignorance is bliss...

Umbrella Frenzy

Sigh, this happens when it rained so much in malacca as much as rain falls in singapore nowadays. Hey, even as I'm typing this entry, the sky's getting darker not because it's getting late, but because clouds are gathering. With increased use of the umbrella, repetitive fatigue loading increases on the poor umbrella resulting in a decrease in its fatigue life. Hence, tragedies such as these do happen just before one leaves the hotel on a rainy day. Also, tragedies aside... I have two conclusions/reasons/beliefs about bringing umbrellas: (1) So that I could have a form of a portable shelter when it rains, and (2) so that it would not rain (cause it always rains when I so happen not to have an umbrella with me).

Dinner At The Hotel

Well, perhaps this meal was meant to be educational, describing the different cultures considering that the small plate, the bigger plate, the mug, the container of gua zhi, glasses and the mug are all of different categories? However, herein lies the confusion as to which category the hotel meant to educate us in: Era, class, income level, ironies... etc.

Hong Kong Village

This is a picture taken of the menu at a restaurant in Nahkota Parade (ie. a shopping centre) Hmmm, interestingly, I still remember some of my chinese, and I seriously doubt their xiang is the actual word for xiang gang. Also, based on the menu, it states that they sell porridge, noodle and homes. Well, I guess more and more businesses are diversifying into other products of all sorts in order to expand their business and this restaurant going into properties are no exception =)

Information-at-a-cost Booth

Right after the meal, we went walking around and I noticed this information-at-a-cost booth that provides information, a telephone to call for help, and speakers. Why information-at-a-cost then? You see, although having such a automated and computerised information booth does incur expenses on the shopping mall itself, such a cost is also shared by its visiters (note: there is a coin slot just above the keyboard for users to pop in their coins for more information). Thus, information-at-a-cost is borne by the mall and its visitors...

Snippet Of A Pirate's Life

Perhaps it was the many games of Uncharted Waters, or perhaps it was the 3 shows of pirates of the caribbean. But, I guess at this angle/view, one could almost imagine what it was like for some not-so-lucky pirates during the last moments of their life being able to term people as "landlubbers" or being called "mangy curs"...

Hotel What?

Hmmm, seem to me that businesses are diversifying into more and more products. As much as ad*idas has gone into water bottles and coc*-c*la has gone into slippers, The He*ren is going into inns as much as restaurants are going into properties. And hey, I'm serious about coc*-c*la going into slippers. If that information is new to you, check out the following man:

See what I mean? And based on the current trend, I suppose it wouldn't be long before I get to taste my first micr*soft burger. I only hope that it is not as buggy as their operating systems...

Smoking Crackers

Nope nope... nobody was trying to take the above, roll it with some paper and trying to smoke it due to the increasing risks of getting cancer from cigarettes. Rather, this particular bag of lobster crackers is marketed in the most deceptive manner. Here's a closer shot:

Basically, the ingredients read: "Flour, prawn, sugar, cooking oil & salts". Hmmm, I'm not getting no lobster from no lobster cracker man... Just what on earth is going on???!!!

A Private Joke

Well, I don't expect anyone to understand this pic cause it's a private joke... But all I can say is "Hey, you see! This is so prophetic man... You just so have to get that guitar in time to come =)"

A Scary Indication

Well, with all the rain coming down, resulting in the demise of one of the umbrellas that we had, I can't help but feel/be a little over-sensitive when I saw this plastic-bagged-vent right above my seat in the coach, especially if it was raining at the point I was seated right beneath it. Hmmm... it seemed like water could come down at any moment. I suppose being armed with an umbrella to prevent (yup, to prevent, not to shield, based on the above 2nd conclusion/belief/reason) rain would have been the wisest thing to do before choosing this seat...

Welcome To Aer*space Engin**ring

Introduction
Welcome to aerospa*e enginnering, where about 80 over elite students would be carefully selected to join this prestigious course every year. This is the course where we train masters of jack-of-all-trades, not masters of none.

Professors
Also, in our programme, we have wonderful professors who will train students well so as to prepare them for the industry. For example, a certain professor believes in photocopying certain pages in the textbook and submitting them as notes so as to train students in reading textbooks on their own, increasing their capacity of independence of the lecturer. This constitutes to self-learning, which is a vital skill required in the industry. Also, he also believes in taking questions never covered in his lectures from other schools not from N*U and set them as 50% of the paper, to encourage students to have a deep desire for knowledge, and to search out literature from the world to gain a wider perspective of education in the world as a whole. To top it all, he discourages students from relying on worked solutions to learn from them, and believes in not giving any tutorial solutions at the end of the day.

Another great lecturer believes in learning rather than grades. At the end of the day, should students' work not fall within her expectations, they will be taught that grades are not everything and that they should focus more on the learning process. Also, she is a good professor who would be able to test students thoroughly in their concepts beyond their scope, and to train them to cultivate a keen mind for knowledge, by questioning their assumptions made in their work so as to further their knowledge. As her assignments would take approximately 15 to 20 over hours each during the final weeks leading to their final examinations, these gruelling assignments would constitute about 10 percent of their final grade to signify their importance.

Curriculum
As having the examinations are more vital to practicality, professors here in N*U Aer*space engin**ring are discouraged from setting their modules as non-examinable. So, students can have the assurance that their desired examinations will be enforced as much as possible. As part of our curr*culum to provide a very well-round*d educati*n, students will be taking electives of all sorts, not to mention that their year one labs would include filtration processes from civ*l engin**ring, art drawing lessons... etc. etc.

The number of modular credits of this course is 158 in four years. The path may not easy, but we believe that they will be able do to it at the end of the day and turn out well-trained for they are, afterall, a*rospace students.

The Industry
As Sing*p*re's main focus in the industry is maintan*nce rather than rese*rch, students will be able to apply their knowledge of ae*odynamics, hist*ry of aer*space, to scan for cracks and more cracks using the various methods employed in the industry which we believe, they do not really need to know in detail in this course. Of course, with the added advantage of knowing subjects like drawing, vibrations of civil structures... etc, I believe that students will be more than well-equipped when they graduate. No doubt any me*hnical engin**ring student who chooses to spec*alise in aer*spac* engineering would be able to perform about the same task as that of any aer*space engineering in the industry, with these added knowledge, our students are definitely at an advantage.

Contact Information
So, if you have a passion in aer*planes and are still contemplating whether to choose aer*space as the path to tread on, hesitate no more and join us! For more information, please call us at 6******* or email us at *****@n*u.ed*.s*.