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Last weekend, Weiann & I participated in a Bike Bash to Desaru. We joined other 30 peeps from his company at Changi Village to take a ferry to M'sia (blue), then cycle all the way to Desaru (red).

It's my first time taking part in such a LONG cycling trip, approx 100km from the ferry terminal to Desaru and back. We started cycling at 1030am, went past alot of kampong houses and coconut trees, a sight that's also quite common in Pulau Ubin. We were pretty lucky cuz the sky was covered with dark clouds - it didn't rain and the breeze was cooling & fantastic!

After 2hrs of cycling, this is our first stop for lunch break at Restaurant Good Luck! @ Sungei Rengit.


Oh, I also spotted one of the uncles that looked so much like HK actor. Anyone watched Gem-of-Life? This uncle looks so much like the actor portraying HoFung in that show. hehe...


The second part of the journey was super challenging! First of all, the seasoned cyclists keep telling the newbies bout the high slopes and they always gestured it to be like a deep valley. Then they warned us to be cautious of them and learn how to adjust our gears properly so that we won't fall down etc. Quite daunting k! Secondly, the rest of the journey is practically treeless and the sun was blistering hot already! :( Oh well, was too focused cycling up and down the slopes that we didn't take any pics, but the rustic scenery was very nice. Fields of lalang moving in the wind, little boats sitting stationary out in the sea, beautiful sight :)
And thanks to dear for all your encouragement!! The slopes were really tough to take on... but when we finally reached Desaru, that sense of achievement was immense!

At Pulai Desaru Beach Resort! Beautiful sandy beach~ ;) Buffet dinner & breakfast the next day!

Ah An floating~ *and his face looked super calm*

Sumbodies shoe...

Nice sandy beach!!!


Amazingly, some of the guys still got energy to play volleyball! *Ayez* but weiann & I still joined in, haha.


Well, after day 1, dear fell sick - had high fever - everyone was really worried bout him, especially the uncles. They all took turns to tell him to drink more water (so did i) until Ah An got a little irritated, hehe.

Yup so I had to cycle back from Desaru to the ferry terminal on Day 2 without a companion cuz An took the safety car following us. Well, but most of the journey, I was really motivated to reach asap - cuz Ah An was still being super encouraging.

Despite being sick, he still waved at me whenever the car drove past, showed me 'thumbs up' gesture, and shouted from inside the car "Jiayou!" Thanks alot dear, it's a pity we don't get to cycle back together cuz the return journey was really more manageable & the downslopes were shiok!

But most of all, I still enjoyed the trip and definitely learnt a great deal bout cycling - sense of achievement! ;)

For the past month ever since exams are over, life seems pretty mundane for me compared to friends who are flying all around the world for their grad trips. No grad trips for me yet.

So began searching for jobs, and that's no easy task at all. Applied for a few jobs, got 3 replies and all ended up unsuccessful. Even my biggest hope as product designer ended up in rejection, quoting "You do have talent in design, but we're looking for a person who is industrially trained". Sigh

I'm beginning to feel pretty demoralised. Everytime I look at available job positions related to engineering, they just look so unappealing to me - requiring us to know specialised softwares, design & calculations, need experiences. Then when I look at design-related jobs, they all require knowledge of Illustrator/Photoshop etc. I feel so lost, and feeling full of regret that I never pursued what I liked. Now it seemed that whatever I'm interested to do is not related to what I've studied at all, and it feels terrible cuz it's like I've totally wasted my parents' money and effort putting me through university. Everytime I felt this way, my FYP prof's words will come to mind... "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail". Yes, I failed to plan my future for myself... now I just need some positivity, some direction & guidance in life. Cuz I really dunno where to head from here on.

Wow.. thanks guys, for all ur slaps and punches & supporting me! Well, the worst is over le. And I also mean exams are over liao!!! Woohoo~~ on the road to graduation! Feeling kinda lost, cuz no jobs secured for me yet.

BUT...Tmr I'll be meeting my profs to submit FYP bounded thesis (oh ya, Hazel said must take photo with it. haha!) & then meeting up Lufbra peeps for ktv & dinner! *excited*

More happy updates coming up :)

Hypocrite = a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or principles that one does not really possess - Here's a perfect showcase of hypocrisy.

Today, I was very irritated with one of my groupmates. This person is so hypocritical - in class she's all participative, and out of class she can't be bothered with our group project.

For countless number of times, she's always late for meeting. I'm not saying like 10-15mins, it's like 45mins to 1hour for the rest of us to wait la! Today, she's late for meeting, giving the reason that she's getting some snack for lunch. Any considerate soul on earth will dabao some snack over, it's OK with all of us. In the end, she spent 45mins with her lunch and turning up for meeting an hour later, with no work done. She's NEVER ever once appeared on time for meetings except for attending tutorials and getting all enthu about class participation.

And to show how responsible she is in her work, she ALWAYS turns up unprepared and saying things like "oh, i'm not done with my part, I'm so ASHAMED to show it to you guys". Oh please, if you're so ashamed you would have done up your work, and its clearly obvious to everyone that she didnt do ANYTHING at all. And she also said "This project is not important to me at all. It's very easy." *rolls eyes* I totally feel like slapping her manz. She just don't understand that what's not important for her may be important for others. And this is group work, if she's gonna give s**T, everyone in the group gets s**T too!

How nice. Why on earth are there people like that around?? Wth.

One of my fav songs. :)