First Driving Lesson Since January

Woah, finally... My Driving Test is approaching on the 23rd March. I have been waiting for this day man haha. I just hope that I can pass the test and start driving where I want to! But of course there will be another problem after that - the availability of a car to drive.

I had my first driving lesson since January and it has really been a long time since I have driven the car. Surprisingly, I handled the 4-wheeler quite well today (: My bad habits were still present though. I keep forgetting to check the blind spot. Luckily I got a very friendly and talkative instructor that made me feel comfortable within the car. I was able to feel confident about my skills and voila, I didn't fare that badly at all. I even managed to alight at the bus stop near my house, and not go back to the driving centre. Haha, it was the first time I could do this because the school had just moved to Woodlands which is very near my house. I think I will just keep doing that till i pass the test (:

Just hope that Kai Xin can feel better and cruise through this period. She won't be 'crusing' definitely, but i hope that she can make it in one piece. University has her struggling in her academics. It really hurts to see her like that. I cannot do much, but only stand by her side.

Tomorrow I am going to have my bone scan done on my left ankle. I just have a feeling that the cracks are still there, and hasn't healed yet. It has already been 6 months since I started on Glucosamine. Just hope everything goes well tomorrow (:

Life is full of obstacles. They are there for people to break them down.

Ah, like what Randy Paush has mentioned in his Last Lecture - 'Brick Walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough.' Life indeed till now has been full of obstacles for me.

Handling the injury of the stress fracture in my left ankle isn't easy at all. Imagine walking and you feel that you need to make a conscious effort to make sure that you are walking straight, or look normal when walking. It aches every morning and night. I think I have rheumatism already...

And now the problem about choosing universities. I really want to succeed in life. Succeed - as in I want a rich life, not in the materialistic aspect but an adventurous life that will be both purposeful and fun. Which university and course to enroll in so that I can ensure that?

I have already a few top choices here:

NTU: Accountancy
NUS: Industrial and Systems Engineering
SMU: Accountancy
SUTD: Engineering Systems and Design

I believe that getting a professional degree will be better than getting a general one. The set of skills you obtain in Accountancy or Engineering will be essential, I think, in the future. That is why I am thinking of applying overseas too, to Imperial College for their Engineering Course. But the only Engineering course i can apply to is their Chemical Engineering, because I didn't take up Physics in JC. If only I did that... But oh well, what's over is over. I have to focus on what I have now.

It is really frustrating to choose a university that will suit you, because you will never know until you are enrolled into those universities. I don't think I can believe what others say about the life there, because ultimately I am so different from them. So will it be luck that determines where I am going to go? I don't want to miss out any opportunities, so I am just going to give my best for the applications to all these universities.

And SUTD finally released more information about their Curriculum System and Admission matters. Oh boy, they really demand differently from the other universities. Design? I'm interested in them, but I am not too sure if I have any outstanding work that I can display to them. But I am just going to try anyway. Collaboration with MIT is no joke... That's like saying you are going to work with the world's greatest geniuses. Imagine the career opportunities and prospects after graduating from there! But I will be part of the pioneer batch if I were to apply for it. Though it is still not so recognized in the region, I think it'll be quite fun to be part of the pioneers in SUTD too. Haha.

Will everything be okay? It definitely won't be. I just have to hold on myself and tell myself to believe that I can pass all these trials - my busy schedule for these few weeks. A sneak peek into this week:

17th - NTU Accountancy Interview
18th - Driving Lesson
19th - Bone Scan, Driving Lesson
20th - SUTD Briefing + Commissioning Parade
21st - Floorball Match versus Merahan Gunners

And the driving test on 23rd! Just hope that I can really refresh all my driving skills in the upcoming lessons. Oh well, I should start preparing for tomorrow's work and tuition.

Good luck to myself :/

Bad Performance, but still a Win.

Man, today's match was disastrous. Everyone was playing really bad, but in the end we still managed to win. Well first to start, we didn't have a lot of our players that turned up for the first period of the match. The twins, Soffian and Desmond. 2 defenders and 2 of our best attackers not around for the first period wasn't really good news for our already very small team.

So the first period began and we conceded the first goal within the first 5 minutes. It was definitely a devastating blow to our morale because all the time for the last few matches, we had almost always scored the first goal of the match. We realised that this game was not going to be easy. We managed to snatch back 2 goals in the first period, but only to concede another goal before the end of the first period.

During the 2nd period, Desmond, Soffian and the twins arrived. Although they were late, I still want to say that we were lucky that they still came even though they were cooped up at the open house in NTU. If they did not, I wonder how we were going to win the game.

The game ended with a score of 6-5, with us winning. It was a bad day for all of us as we knew that we were not performing up to our usual standard. Well, I guess that all teams have such bad times, like what Liverpool is having now.

I want to contribute more to the team by scoring goals and giving assists. But with my current injured self, I am afraid that my contribution will just end before the season ends. I have to take good care of my ankle because the pain is worsening after physio. I think I will have to stop the physio exercise soon. It wasn't even aching before physio.

Hope that we emerge as runner-ups at least for the season (: