Home is where the Heart is

A project that promises to be fun and enriching for participants, explore your ideas through the use of clay. Learn how to create form & shapes, tile, plate and others using sheets of clay. Participants will be guided through pottery-making methods and will get to learn general applications of clay in our environment, through the hands-on experience.

Soap Crafting is a popular new-age hobby in the United Kingdom. Learn and experience first-hand how you can transform ordinary looking soap into creative works for any special occasion.

The title says it all. Firstly, the internet was down just when I want to increase my bid points. Then, dear dear car got knock by another car from behind. Luckily, was just a slight touch. And when I’m back in my room, my transponder can’t open my room door!! Had to wait for the technician to come unlock and lock for me every time.

It’s the time of the year again where we need to shift to our vacation stay room. Block 11 will be closed for conference so I was shifted to block 12.


Luckily for me, this time, my room is just located a few meters away i.e. at 12/6/O. I was planning to shift on Monday, but was just too lazy to pack and decided to get the key from the management office today and start shifting bit by bit.


Guess will be staying here for the next one month

Having endured people moving out last week; kids screaming at the amphitheater; cleaners shouting across the corridor; My exams are finally over!


In order to avoid the same fate as last year, I've decided to go and confirm my vacation stay room and to my disappointment, the same thing happened again. Not only they didn't know what's Resident Assistant, there's no room allocated to me. They just kept questioning me why I didn't apply for vacation stay. On top of that, there's no proper queue system. They just choose who they wants to serve first. There was 2 people that overtook the queue, not because they want to but because they were told to do so. And finally after sitting there for almost 20 mins, two of the staffs did not know what to do and direct me to another person. Maybe they should brief the staff on the procedures.


I also heard that we are required to pay for the trolley rental. Not very sure about this but I hope that's not true. We are already forced to shift to another room so that they can earn more money by renting out the place for conference, it is just not right for they to make even more money from the students by asking them to pay for the trolley rental. Given only 4 hours time period to shift everything, having a trolley will definitely speed things up. 


On the bright side, shifting around can make you throw all the unwanted things away. Sometimes, I don't even know there's so many things stuffed into my room until I have to pack them when shifting. Also, it's a good exercise for the lazy me :D


Going out for outing now..Packing? Wait till tomorrow. 

After repainting the walkway, repairing the water dispenser and the lift, there's more maintenance work coming up this month:

Planter Box below my block - 1st to 15th April 2011

External Facade & Window Cleaning - 7th April to 12th April 2011

Replacement of Energy Saving Lights - 12th April 2011

The lifts had been taking turn to go out of service. The maintenance is scheduled to be over by this Saturday. I hope it will be done soon. It's really quite inconvenient to have only one lift functioning at a time especially when we need to go up since we can't use the stairs to get into our cluster.

We took a company photo today! I really enjoyed my work at Acumen. Dr Ong had been really nice and teaching us lots of new things.

2009 is coming to an end, so is the semester break. One month of holiday seems to have past so quickly.

Right after my exams, I had to attend the Sunburst Youth Camp 2009 organised by STEP. Similar to the previous year, the friendships formed and experiences gained were invaluable.

With participants from Cambodia at the airport


Photos with our Chaperone, Abel and ACES.


Campfire Night! Organised by the ACES :)


Coach C - Group 5 and 6 ACES


At Outward Bound Singapore :D

I slept for almost the whole day after the camp (although I kept falling asleep during the camp *shy shy*)

On the 16th, we went out for shopping and walk along Orchard. Nice Christmas decorations, too bad it was raining, making it not so nice to walk. But it was enjoyable anyway. Photos in a separate post :)

I took a plane for the first time to go back to Malaysia on the 20th of December2009. It was really exciting except for the continuous delay in the flight. Attended Michelle's 21st Birthday Party and manage to catch up with my friends whom some I last met 4 years ago. Spend the rest of the time with my family, going out, visiting people and eat lots of good food.

Came back to Singapore in the 27th of December. Met up with our new RAD and discuss the activities for the coming semester. We had a mini Christmas treat by Dr. Gerald too.

Went to watch Sherlock Holmes at GV Max (I was so tired that I fell asleep not long after the movie started but manage to wake up in time for the climax)

Visited Bo Chao's house and his mummy cooked yummy duck + pork ribs noodles. Nice Nice. She's really a good cook.

It's New Year eve. So many things happened in 2009.

Hope you have a Happy New Year and a better 2010!

My blog title says it all..HOME!

The wasp that was in my room was caught by my savior! It look quite scary. Luckily it's gone now.

Grandma was hospitalised last week. I hope she will get well soon. The weather's so unpredictable everyday. Take care everyone!

There's a wasp in my room. I thought it was a bee initially until I saw the body looking like this
And I have no idea where it is now. It was flying around just now until the fan hit it. Scary!! Hope it's not in my bag or on the bed.

Check out some of our Publicity efforts. Well done everyone! More to come...

I learned how to perform CPR and use the AED kit. Haha..so it's supposed to be quite safe being with me:P BUT I don't know how much I can remember from the course and since I tried it on a CPR Manikins I can't guarantee it to work on humans too. Haha..since they can't feel the pain. Blek...

One-Man CPR Guide
Early recognition and access.

• Check for chemical spill, exposed electrical wire, fallingitems, fire, leaked fuel and gas (basically check for danger :))
• Tap on the shoulder gently, shake te person and call out loudly "Hello! Hello! Are you OK?
• If no response : "You! Call 995 for ambulance. Go and get the AED here.

• Lay the patient lying flat facing up on firm, flat surface
• Perform "Head Tilt - Chin Lift". Check airway & remove any obvious foreign object.
• Maintain "Head Tilt - Chin Lift"
• 'Look, Listen, Feel' for signs of breathing, ie. chest rise, sound of breath & air flow.
  
• Give 2 breaths & watch chest rise concurrently
• Check for pulse with index and middle fingers pressing at the groove at the side of neck
• Observe for signs of circulation - coughing, consciousness, movement & breathing
• If no pulse: Maintain head tilt, locate hand position next to the sterna notch, place heel of other hand on top of the hand on the sternum
• Perform CPR: Interlace fingers of both hands & lift fingers off chest wall
• Straighten both elbows and lock them in position
• Position your shoulder directly over the patient's chest
• Use body weight to compress patients's chest by about 4-5cm
• Count loudly as you compress
• Perform at least 3 cycles of CPR

• Check pulse / sign of circulation for 10 seconds
• If negative, continue CPR and wait for arrival of AED and ambulance
• If patient is recovering, place patient into recovery position