The Final Countdown: 4 days.

Today nothing special though... Mugging for the big day tomorrow...

Do You Know That...
If you meet a girl and subsequently become her boyfriend, you must give her a rose on the 100th of your anniversary. Aww!! Pocket spoiler!! *lol*

The Final Countdown: 5 days.

Today weather is starting to get a lil better and I started my day with an Isaac's Toast MVP Burger!! Nice-si. That was accompanied by a cuppa caramel latte from Vero Espresso (cheapest place for students to get coffee). I went to school after lunchie to study Game Theory; to be honest, I read the entire chapters for at least 2 times liao and this is my 3rd go (can't believe I am so hardworking right?). Bo pian, the culture here sucks to the maximum spider and when you got nothing to do in school, this is what you become - a mug machine!! Muahaha!!

I met Emilie and Anne and we agreed to go Shabu-Shabu for dinner @ 6:30pm. Umm, the dinner was so good and I reckon it would be my last time trying it.

It was a pretty short day though since time flies real quick when I am mugging and before I knew it, I am going home. Anyway, time to watch Heroes liao. Enjoy~



Do You Know That...
Koreans have 2 different ways of counting numbers - 1 is purely for monetary related matter; while the other is mainly for anything else that are non monetary related.

The Final Countdown: 6 days.

Shiok, today the temperature rises a little bit and the cold is not as biting as last weekend. I woke up @ 2 plus and washed up, then I realized I have to carry Matthew's and my barang barang to the post office cuz I am mailing them back to Singapore, to reduce my lugguage weight. Man, those stuffs are really heavy and I look like a kukubird carrying so much things around.

Then, I was held up @ the post office cuz the dum dum Matthew never pick up his phone and I have to send it back to my own address zZz. And oh, I finally have my watch repaired @ Expo Core. Power, now I can wear my watch and Daddy sends me some allowance to last me till end of the month. Everything is going smoothly.

I went for my first cuppa Caramel Latte @ the place where Emma brought me, then slowly track back to ICU to do my mugging. Hmm, I read through all the lecture slides for Intro to Multimedia (ICE2312) and I submitted all my projects for the semester. Now I feel the weight slowly being lifted off my chest. I just have to concentrate on the last 3 papers and then I will be set to go to Seoul for my final 2 days!!

Life is so good, but the guys back home started IHG training liao. Siao eh, I must faster go back and join them.

Do You Know That...
In Korea dining, it is difficult to eat alone because the restaurants are mostly catered for group dining and so you cannot order food for 1 person. Hmm, I pity the loneliness person living in Korea because eating is such a chore!!

The Final Countdown: 7 days.

Today I had very little sleep cuz I watched Arsenal match last night. Heng we won *lol* So I went to church (for probably the last time in Daejeon). Hmm, they all threw me a mini partay and the pastor gave me a present before bidding me farewell. I am so gonna miss you guys @ Sae Ro Nam church :) See you guys soon (I hope).

I went to visit Pem after the party and brought her some cake. Now I see she can sit up and like got more freedom of movements, I feel happy for her progress. I chat with her a while and this is probably my last time seeing her before I head back to sunny island Singapore. Get well soon!!

I then chiong down to E-Mart (man, it is a great store) and got some socks cuz my socks are tearing apart and a shoe stick that helps to put ur feet comfortably into the shoes + a pair of shoe soles for my current gonna-be-cui Converse. I went to check out Galleria and grab my new pair of fresh Converse shoes from there. Now I put on my new pairs of toe socks (those glove-like socks) and put on my new Converse and walk proudly and happily. I am not retiring the old pair since I need it to play takraw and street soccer :)

Later I chilled a little @ Starbucks and now is X'mas season, which means the Toffee Nut flavoured latte is back!! I have waited for a year since 2007 to get this. I thought they discontinued this flavour cuz it taste really good @ the same price. Man, I am in love with Starbucks all over again. It gave me no reasons to turn to other coffee joints!! I did some self study for Game Theory until 6pm before taking the bus back to ICU. Oh, later we gonna go to this Algerian restaurant that I went earlier when I was in Daejeon - Ali Baba.

Amin took us to the restaurant in his car and we met Malaz and Enazi there, together with Dennis and Muugii and some other friends from the States - Janet, Lora and Lynette. We had really good appetizer and main course (Lamb Shoulder with Yellow Rice and Potatoes), but unfortunately, for big bottomless pit like me, I am never full. But it was fun just to sit down and chat and not think about school work. I like this kinda life

Do You Know That...
Koreans add a year to their age e.g. if I am born in 1985, I am 23 in Western system but 24 in Korean system. This is because they believe that the moment you are born, you are already one year old. Hmm?

The Final Countdown: 8 days.

The day has come for me to present my project on OpenGL (Graphics Library). Since everyone was unprepared, the T.A told me to go first. So I obeyed and went up to do my presentation. I try to relax the mood as best as possible and the work the crowd a little bit since they look like they just recovered from coma. The presentation was fine and I presented all my points clearly and demonstrated on how does 3D modeling work (since the whole part I am already well-versed in CG lecture in NUS, as well as CA lecture in ICU). As usual, there are lotsa questions which I managed to answered back in a very steady and fluent manner and apparently, my answers are well received. The T.A wants me to use my project for next semester as 1 of the laboratory homework. Awesome dude!!

Now I have gotta meet Travis and Kevin cuz they wanna buy me lunch as farewell. Man, these 2 American guys really crack me up for the longest time in Korea. No matter what we talked about, they will subconsciously link it to the American Economic stuffs and start ranting @ how bad situation is right now. As the ignorant Singaporean guy, I just have to listen and eat my food as I listen cuz I have no clue of what is going on exactly *lol* But darn, we had minced pork with tofu and kimchi stew + this dessert that tasted ultra horrible to me. But it was a good time to spend with my buddies before leaving. We head on to Tous Le Jour (a Delifrance style store) where we had real authentic western dessert - hot Latte with a Mocha Scone. Nice~ Time flies and we parted ways, but it will be the last time I will be seeing Travis because I won't be attending church next Sunday and he is leaving for Seoul for the week. See you Travis, always will be missed. But I will see Kevin tomorrow so no goodbye yet haha.

I got a call from Annie and San-In and we are supposed to dine out with the exchange peepz @ Time World. I quickly chiong down to E-Mart and purchase my beanie + this really cheap winter jacket (since weather is really getting cold, like below freezing point) and went strai8 after to meet them.

We had a different style of Shabu Shabu today and it tasted good. Obviously, the moolah we forked out is also "good" man. Annie invited her siblings to join us - an elder brother and a younger sister. We met up @ Coffee Bean and got ourselves some caramel latte (thanks Annie, you rock!!).

We had a good chat and realized they were all born in the States *lol* ABK - American Born Koreans!! That is how cool lah!! Good times usually fly really fast, don't know why. We parted ways with them as the French girls took a cab back to dormitory and San-In, Muugii and me took the other back to ICU.

It was a wonderful day, as far as I am concerned. 3 more exams and I am done. Let's go!

Do You Know That...
In Korea, you cannot pour your own drinks. The opposite parties must do that for you and the same goes for you to others. Weirdo or respectful?

The Final Countdown: 9 days.

Wah, today got a final (really last liao) class for Movie and Society and super sian, he told us got final exam, but then the exam is like freestyle writing on personal opinion cuz the lecture is scarce and like most of the time, we just watch movie only zZz. This is serious nonsense.

Anyway, it was a good day cuz today marks the end of my semester with the school and next week will be the real exam week (although I got exam later on @ 4pm for Intro to Comm). This school's timetable a lil screwed though.

I went for the exam and it was fairly okay :) Not too difficult I would say because only 4 of us. Dong Hyun and I left the exam room early and went to Jeonmin-dong to eat @ this chinese restaurant - Xin Dong Yang. We ordered JjaJangMyun and lemon chicken and fired Gyoza!! Darn, 10,000 won per person. Expensive bodoh for a meal. It is probably our last meal together *sob sob*

After dinner, I head back to Computer Room to prepare for my Multimedia Presentation tomorrow. Hope for the best!

Do You Know That...
In a Korean restaurant, you will be served more side dishes than the main dish itself.

The Final Countdown: 10 days.

Finally, it is down to 10 days and I begin this day with a huge reluctance to go for my final Game Theory class for the season. Even said, I just dragged myself out of bed and go. Argh! We are finishing the last part of Auctions. Hmm, time flew and it was lunch liao. I went to Jeonmin-dong to have Isaac's Toast since I got time to kill before the Computer Animation exam.

Actually I am pretty like heck care for the exam, but I still study because I will feel bad if I don't do well. The final hour came for the exam and it was 25 questions of comparing-2-terms questions and 1 more extra credit if we can come up with our own 2 terms and compare them. Hmm I wouldn't say difficult but I know He has the strength to carry me through. I am thankful the 2 hours past just like that.

I am out and alive and breathing and happy. Now I have to re-edit my Computer Animation project to suit the professor's need. Darn~ And yah, to Matthew, I received your C.K. belt already; looks darn good and I am considering one for myself too.

Okie, finally I managed to redo my Computer Animation project and I gave it an ultra cool camera animation unlike before. If I have the chance to, I will upload for you guys to see.

Also, it SNOWED TODAY!! YUPPIE!! Now I am gonna start a series of "Do You Know That" about the Korea culture, practices and everyday life. I think it would be a fun reflection of what I have discovered in Korea for the past 104 days that I have lived here. Today will be the first installation.

Do you know that...
I don't know about other cities, but in my school and in some public toilet, the guys just finish his business and leave the toilet WITHOUT washing their hands.