And so here I am, having not posted after such a loooong time. Heh, been feeling lazy, that's why. Anyway, felt quite lucky that I finished my papers much earlier than the rest of my peers hehe. And did them pretty well too I felt =)
Right after exams, I headed down to SLS on Saturday 25th April to get the components for my new PC!! So excited haha! Spent about $1.6k in total. These are the components of my PC, which I'll be using for at least the next 4 years:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 (at 3.95ghz), w/ OCZ Vendetta2 and IC Diamond 7
Gigabyte EP45-UD3R
2x2gb Kingston HyperX DDR2-1066 rams
Western Digital 640gb Caviar Black
Powercolor 4870 PCS+ 512mb
Aerocool Horsepower 750W
Asus Xonar Essence STX sound card
Asus Vento TA-M11 chassis w/ Scythe Slipstream 1900rpm fans and Coolermaster Green LED fan
When I got all of them back to hall, I spent the whole night fixing them up, only to realize it doesn't boot up after so much hard work. Went to bed feeling vexed, and the next day, I opened up the casing and reseated the front panel headers, and voila, it booted up fine! Yay, my troubleshooting skills are good lol! Damn happy with this PC!
After settling my new computer, I had to busy myself with the FYP presentation. Luckily, it was all fine =) Very soon, it was off to Vietnam! Woohoo! I touched down in Ho Chi Minh, and spent the first 4 days there. Trekked around the city on foot, and also took some day tours to further places. The exact places and pics are in facebook lol. We then took a domestic flight up to Hanoi (capital), then to Halong Bay (some beautiful scenery, and was once voted to be 1 of the world's great wonders), and to Sapa by train. Sapa was literally the coolest place in Vietnam; temperature hovers around the twenties, like in an aircon room. The rest of Vietnam was just scorching hot! Hotter than Singapore I would say. Sapa was full of those small girls who spoke better English than everyone else in other cities in Vietnam. They said that they picked up the language because they had been bringing tourists around as their main means of livelihood. Anyway, I really enjoyed myself at Sapa, though it was only a short 2 days 1 night. Next, we took an open tour bus and came down to Hoi An, which was known for its shopping. I bought 4 shirts, 2 pants, 1 slippers, and 1 shoes, and all of them were tailor made! Still cheaper than what I can find in SG. Haha! Our next stop was Nha Trang, which was basically a beach city. We were lucky on the day we headed to the beach, as the sun was happily displaying its prowess at the beach-goers. We then ended up back at Ho Chi Minh, where we were to take out flight back to home sweet home. I miss the Pho, the walking under the hot sun, the sweating, the taking of pics, and many other things.
Anyway, when I came back, I signed for the education service shortly after. Now, just slacking and busying myself with DrumZout matters, and then have to start taking my driving lessons and PASSING the test in July. Sian, this year's convo and 1st day of reservist clashes. Most probably I guess I would be going for my convo, rush back home, and book in. Sucks. And, I would be starting work directly on the week after reservist. There goes my honeymoon period in NTU. Bye NTU. I think I will miss you =(
YY
Sunday, June 14, 2009
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