The ghost of Christmas past.

Ole my friends.

This blog would cease to exist from now, today.

LJ sucks in uploading pictures.

See you at the other side. lukeiss.wordpress.com

somehow, i just...

i dunno.

feel like shit?

because shit really really happens.

I've finally decided to do something which i wanted to a long long time. And that's actually to create a long list of things i want to do but havent got the chance to. And sometimes you forget what you want to do after a while... So! I've created a list of 101 things i want to do in 1001 days!

I will type the list over here now but i will create another blog for it. So as to keep track on what i've done and what i've not done. The blog link can be found on the left of THIS blog where all the links are. From time to time i might edit a little things here and there but as of now it'll stay as it is. And before you question anything... DAMN I'M SERIOUS BOUT THIS. So before you start to get bored... Enjoy!


101 things.

Because I want to remember more:

1. Frame and hang all paintings
2. Print and hang favourite photographs
3. Make an ultimate collage of my life
4. Send a package/letter to my friends in China

 

Because I love my friends and family:

5. Wish all my friends a “Happy Birthday” when it’s their birthday.
6. Keep track of all birthdays
7. Call grandma once a week

 

Because I love things that taste good:

8. Learn how to make buffalo wings
9. Learn how to make really good chicken wings
10. Attempt a homemade ice cream
11. Learn to cook chicken curry
12. Eat a lobster
13. Try a new cuisine

 

Because I’m quickly becoming an adult:

14. Paste post-its to remind me of stuff
15. Buy a plant and keep it alive for 12 months
16. Don’t use the computer for a week
17. Repaint room
18. Take care of all personal items
19. Finish all homework for 1 semester
20. Make my bed every morning for a month

 

Because traveling gives you perspective:

21. Go to Kuala Lumpur
22. See snow
23. Visit China again

 

Because I’m an engineer:

24. Dismantle and reassemble all damaged/broken electronics
25. Use rechargeable batteries
26. Build a solar powered something
27. Finish fixing all my plastic aircraft models

 

 

Because self-improvement is underrated:

28. Learn to sew
29. Identify 100 things that make me happy (0/100)
30. Learn enough Spanish to be able to read a tourist map
31. Learn how to fold a shirt in 10 seconds
32. Learn to roller blade
33. Take a photography class
34. Read three non-fiction books about things I don’t know
35. Learn Adobe Photoshop
36. Learn how to make 3 origami (0/3)

 

Because helping and loving others is the best:

37. Donate blood at least 5 times (0/5)
38. Donate to 5 charity organizations
39. Donate money to the SPCA
40. Participate in Earth Hour
41. Donate 1,000,000 grains of rice at FreeRice.com (0/1,000,000)
42. Visit someone’s grave and put flowers on it
43. Donate 30 items to the Salvation Army

 

Because I like buying new things:

44. Buy something from the internet
45. Buy a portable vacuum cleaner
46. Buy a printer
47. Buy something from Etsy
48. Buy an altimeter clock

 

Because making things/challenges are fun:

49. Recycle paper by creative means (0/?)
50. Learn to write thank you cards
51. Complete a 26 things challenge while on vacation (http://www.sh1ft.org/26things/)
52. Complete a 26 things challenge while in school
53. Commit at least 2 hours to piano a week (0/143)

 

Because I love doing artsy things:

54. Watch foreign/independent films at least 10 times.
55. VisitSingaporeArtsMuseum
56. Visit the Singapore Science/Discovery Centre
57. Read One Hundred Years of Solitude
58. Go to an art exhibition
59. Read a Shakespeare play
60. Make a short film.
61. Participate in NaNoWriMo
62. Memorize a poem
63. Complete 365 photo project
64. Go to a school concert

 

 

Because I can't think of a reason not to:

65. Climb a mountain
66. Go to at least 5 concerts of any kind
67. Go vegetarian for a week
68. Sit in a Gold Class cinema
69. Fly a kite
70. Learn to play Chinese chess
71. Build a new RC helicopter
72. Create a word
73. Leave 101 post-its in random places, with favorite quotes.
74. Finish watching all the movies I have
75. Visit Night Safari
76. Go overseas with a friend
77. Complete a jigsaw puzzle
78. Calculate everything, literally
79. Watch the sunrise
80. Go to Pulau Ubin
81. Get text published somewhere
82. Go watch a movie by myself
83. Bury something

 

Because there are things we do once a week

84. Take a navy shower once a week to save on water bills (0/143)
85. Bring granola bars to school once a week ( 0/143)
86. Pack my room once at least every week (0/143)
87. Eat fruits every week (0/143)
88. Document my progress in a blog at least once weekly (0/143)
89. Pack/tidy my room once every week (0/143)

 

Because it has to be done:

90. Clear my library debt
91. Save at least $30 every week and don’t spend it later on.
92. Organise my songs folder
93. Get a library card
94. Organise my computer and storage in the house
95. Finish reading the Bible
96. Sync all my passwords and usernames

 

Because school life’s like that:

97. Get a GPA 4.0
98. Graduate with Merit
99. Run a 5k

 

Because there’s and end to this:

100.    Reward myself with Famous Amos everytime I complete one thing on the list

101. Convince someone to make a 101 list

FINDING FOR AN FYP GROUP.

I've got no idea what to do.

Ideas, both good or stupid, are acceptable.

I FINISHED MY MATHS TUTORIAL!

For the previous post - I've finally realised and found out how assholic Livejournal's capability in uploading pictures. I cannot seem to upload pictures properly and I've to do so one by one. It can get a little irritating after a while and after a while when you're done you realise that it's not how you wanted it to be. Then, back to square one. Gah! Therefore, apologies to those who cant really figure out what's what in the pictures =(

And over the course of the past few days there are somethings that changed and there are things that didn't. Here are some things that didn't change: the repressive society of Singapore, the chicken rice stall at the Changi Village market and... the vending machine at T17 - it' never fails to run out of drinks, and on a first day of school. Then there are those that changes: prerogatives do and so does routines, and my hope of entering a really really good university next time. Things may be as it seems and i might not be able to make it where i want to go.

So for now I'll have to go wherever God takes me...

And so it's the new school term! But nothing's new on campus except for the timetables that we've to adjust to, which can be kinda comforting at times. But i've got a reallllllllllllly bad ass timetable - 8AM classes for Tuesday, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY and, oh, FRIDAY. I'd like to thank the time-tabling office for giving my class and I such a wonderful timetable and freaking early morning rushes to be caught, just so to get to school.

I've also decided to bring my camera everywhere i go... for the fun of it :) And hey, life can be much more meaningful looking through a lens you know?

I miss China too.

And here we have it, yours truly is back from where my great-grandparents came from - China.

The past 41 days has just been awesome and there are many things that came our way apart from just work and play. Stay tuned as i will continue my update with more pictures.

LONG ENTRY ALERT

This is an ode to time, and how fast it passes. Just right before i leave for China, God bless y'all.

Last leg of the race dawg.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.