How much time does a horse spend sleeping at night?
Horses typically spend anywhere from 4 to 15 hours a day in standing rest, and anywhere from minutes to several hours lying down. Only part of that time is actual sleep time, which is taken in brief naps that last a few minutes each. The daily total sleep time for an adult horse may range from a few minutes to a couple of hours. Foals and young horses, like other youngsters, sleep more, more deeply, and more often than adults.

First day of school today, went to school even though no lesson for me. Meet zf and mingmar to try their graduation attire, but not yet me. Mingmar may be going back soon, depends on the situation, but will definitely miss him if is going back. Had lunch at Flavours canteen, miss the food and dessert there. Today is not enough, shall continue another day. Went library a while after that, saw a lot of people at level 3 slacking, think should be those year 1s in majority.

Temasek Regatta 2007 ended with great success. Everything goes on smoothly and it was a great and tiring day for us. Gathered at sport complex at 7am, get changed into the the tee-shirt and go directly to the reservoir. Once again, being allocated the role of drummer, quite fun. Seeing those secondary school kids rowing their best to achieve victory,especially those inexperience one, it really reveals the importance of team work in the boat. One of the race is the school of IT(guys) which I was drumming for them. They were really very motivating group of people who enjoy cheering for themselves. Kind of like their cheer actually. In the end, not too sure of their placing in that race, think should be either 2nd or 3rd, which makes me feel that school of IT is not actually moulding a bunch of board and dull people. 3 cheers to school of IT =).

After that, take part in the alumni race. Hahaha..got 1st. Will it be stated in the student transcript?hahaha...

After that, ended it with everything wrap up and the debrief, followed by the dinner provided. Hope that such event or more upcoming can provide more bondings for the team.

Training today makes me feel a sense of satisfaction after so long. Perhaps long time didn't row what we did today, after completing it, like that feeling. The motivation among the team is good, hope to have this feeling again in future. 5 weeks to race, I believe the team can do it!~

Today Friday the 13, just got to be more careful.

Went bowling with some of the guys after training on Wed and Thurs.. Wed went to marina square there to bowl, reach there around 6 plus, but after 6pm is of higher rate. Didn't really play bowling for quite some time, feeling kind of shiok playing it again...

I think that some arrogant and egoist bastard should really shut up and stuff that bowling ball into his mouth, and not to say something like "I will win you" this kind of thing to almost everyone. This will only make others more dislike you even more. Hopefully now that he has a lot more time to think, think it over again and be more humble. Even if he really has what it takes, just shut the freaking mouth, worse of all, he really don't have what it takes, not even one pathetic game. (think the guys will know who this egoist bastard is, not worth it to mention in this blog to pollute it!).

Yesterday went to Katong to bowl, damn unlucky!! Went there to find out that it was close down. After that, we headed to textile center at Lavender there. We bowled for 4 games, Shi Han aka Hazel(initially was Mary) says not enough, shall bowl again one day.

Do you think life is fair?

Feeling sick and headache...damn it..

Looking forward to the dinner with my classmate later, got to catch up with them, long time no see. Looking forward to Friday's dinner too. Lot's of dinner recently, meaning no more $$...sad-ed.. Means will have to look for money soon. From where? One-Stop Center again?Happy belated birthday to Xiang Lin, who was munching medicine on his birthday, hope he will get well soon.

My head going to explode soon..

Good Friday today, my Friday seems a bit boring and spend aimlessly. The weather sucks, going on , off and on. Last rowing session, the weather is already like that, very hot, then a bit of rain with dark clouds, then hot again and dark clouds again, what is wrong with the weather man? I think it is also the reason for people falling sick.

Master Series 1 is over, there is room for improvement for the team. After that, chalet at downtown east, organised by Desmond, Raymond and me. Somehow is rather successful I would say for the number of people who turn up. Though the time is short, but is rather fun.

TAIN exams the following after chalet, a bit tired but the question did come out on what I had studied for. To pass shouldn't be a problem. Emailed the teacher yesterday, he say result will not be released till principal's approval, and MAYBE will be around late April or early May, WTF??!!

Happy birthday to Desmond, Raymond and XiangLin whose birthday falls on the same week in the team, and also to all the April kids=)

Thanks for all the greetings and wishes, people!!

People getting sick nowadays, throat getting dry now...

Last week's AGM was a great one, firstly get our nice new polo tee, then watch the powerpoint slides and tributes, followed by dinner and presentation. But too bad can't join them for the gathering after the AGM. Last Friday was really a busy day for me, everything was so rush.

Congrats to Irvin, Alvin and ah boon... and also Audery, lynette and sze hui.

Now mugging alone for the coming and the only paper on monday, master series on sunday, guys, really got to do your best man!~

TAIN (Technology and Innovation) is actually a nice subject, kind of easy to pass i guess, or like what the teacher says. My group members says I am always putting on the black thinking hat during project discussion, hahaa..I would say YOU GUYS ARE LUCKY OKAY? lol...

Well, enlistment date may delay, so sian...who knows there will be another river regatta for me?hahaha...

Good luck for those having supp papers!~

Not sure why my blog got something wrong with it, will be force to close it, is it because of the blogskin?

Assignment period again, but shouldn't be a problem. Time frame is fast, got to complete assignment by this week.

IT fair this year, been there twice already. Bought some items such as thumbdrive, harddisk etc. Someone asked me what is the different between flash drive and thumb drive. Here's the answer:

Flash drives and thumb drives have many similar qualities, but there are a few differences.

A flash drive is a compact USB memory drive that acts a lot like a portable hard drive. You can store data on it, as well as, transfer it from computer to computer. They are able to hold a great deal of information, but they do come in different storage sizes. The greatest amount that is available today is 2 GB. These types of drives have easily taken over floppy disks, because floppies can only hold 1.44 MB. That's quite a difference!

Beside being able to hold mass amounts of data, flash drives are as small as a pack of gum and they can easily fit into your pocket for easy transportation. They are also more convenient to use than an external hard drive, because of their small size. Nobody wants to drag a hard drive around everywhere they go!

Like I said before, a thumb drive is very similar in the amounts of data it can hold and its size. Thumb drives are like digital lock boxes. They come with a write protection feature. This is just a switch located at the bottom of the drive that when it is unlocked, you are able to write data to the thumb drive, but when it is locked, you can only read data from the drive. This feature helps with accidental deletion of some of your files.

Other than that, flash drives and thumb drives both work to store your personal data, whether that be documents, pictures, music, etc. All you have to do is drag and drop the files you want onto the drive and then you can edit them just like you would anything else. You can also transport the information between different computers very easily. So, if you want to show that awesome picture to your mom or share that new song with your friend, you can do that with either one of these USB drives.

Flash drives and thumb drives both usually work on Windows 98 and SE, ME, 2000, XP and on Mac OS 8.6, 9.0 and higher as long as you have USB functions on your computer. They even work on some Linux programs. All of these capabilities depend on your system. The cost of both of these devices vary greatly depending on the manufacturer and the size of storage you get.

Basically, the main advantages of these drives is that they hold more data and they're easier to carry around. They're more practical than a floppy disk, a CD or an external hard drive. So, if you often find yourself wanting to share information on different computers and you want a secure way to save your data, a flash or thumb drive will be perfect for you.

hahaha...4 more days to assignment due.

aarrrgghh!! sian..now alone in school library level 3 using computer. Feeling boring, don't know what to do. All the best having their paper now.

Day 2 of lesson today, so far the lesson have been quite interesting, I will continue and try to pay attention in class. So far 2 days of lesson also late, hahaaa...sorry teacher, I will try not to be late the next time. Intensive lesson, 1 day = 4 days i guess, because all squeeze into 1 mth rather than the normal 4 mths. Still gonna think of a product to enhance, my group think of tablet computer, what do the rest think? hahaa..

Feeling rather restless now, typing this post, hearing some laughter some computers away, watching something funny show from the computer, feel like slapping them, laughing so loud.hahaha...think should head home and have a nice afternoon nap now...=)

Don't know what is wrong is the date setting, now is 26/02/2007, 14:53...

End my SIP around 2 weeks ago... the feeling is great, no more formal wear and travel to novena, no more office hour etc. To those who is still having their SIP, all the way!! it's ending sooN!! Last day of SIP was rather slack, some of us were taking pics, then the rest of the time was walking around to wait for the time to pass. In the morning, there is this division presentation which we were suppose to attend, but who cares man, just went there for free food. My last lunch break, went for lunch at 12pm, go orchard meet my classmate for lunch and went back at 2pm, longest break ever. 3pm interns debriefing, wrote some comment such as the security's attutite, think he got serious attitude problem. I chat with my supervisor, though it was less then 30 mins of chatting sesison, but is the longest period of time which I chat with her. Well, just wish her all the best, and also my supervisor's boss. Don't think will be travelling to novena soon, get rather tired of this place.

Happy Chinese New Year to all chinese!!! Today is the 4th day of CNY, hope that everyone is still fine after eating all heaty bak gwa, pineapple tarts, cakes, sweets, sweety drinks etc (Yummy yummy)!!! hahaa..only 4th day, and now i am having fever. think majority of the new year stuff is eaten by me, not the guest. sick on CNY, sucks man!!

Vocation term elective is approved, meaning no 4.1 for me.(Faster come congrats me!!). The elective is an IT sch elective, starting this fri, today is wed, and I don't know the freaking time table yet, so they expect us to stand by on fri from 7am to 9pm? system sucks to the core...always so last minute. It is gonna be intensive, how intensive is it? Graduation ceremony in next year? sad is the word..

Good luck for all those having exams...

Jan Time Sheet

It ending soon.. Have been counting down everyday, 1 more week left. How i wish the building suddenly caught fire, renovation for 1 week. Well, on that day of grading by my supervisor on Wednesday, i was thinking how is she going to grade me? she doesn't assign me much work, don't know how good or bad my performance is, don't know much about me, how to grade? Well, must be quite hard on her to actually have to grade me within 15 to 20 minutes time, as she got the form 20 minutes before my LO came. Looking at the situation like this, don't think she will give me better grades, then a 'pass' will do la. Feel like learning so little through this attachment, life's so unfair..

For some of my friends out there graduating, what you gonna do after that?work?slack? Have been wanting to travel to somewhere, but no money to do so...sad!

Receive a purple letter, ask me for vocation assessment, hahaha..just hope everything goes on fine. Coming holidays, still not sure how to fully utilize it.

CNY coming, yet to get new clothes.

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, where are you? Please look for me during this CNY ok?

argh!!! 1 more week!!

Lunch time seems to be more enjoyable nowadays. Tuesday went for lunch with Lindy, had a quick lunch at level 2 cafeteria, then take train to orchard to walk walk. Not much crowd at that time, feeling so different. Today went to Raffles place to lunch with ky, kt, jon and vivian.Food over there is definitely better in novena, much more variety and better price. Using tissue paper to book places are often seen there, but rarely seen in other areas. The whole area are filled with formal wear people, all seems to be rushing for time, depicting the meaning of 'time is money'.There are also some seating on the stone bench reading TODAY, youngsters promoting their services and products with noticable outfit. Really like the environment there, but just too bad, I am not fated to work there.

Chinese New Year is coming, got to start hunting for items before doing last minute shopping. So much things to buy, yet money is never enough to satisfy one's need. That's life! So that people will strive hard for it.

Resolution for this year?Still there is lots of uncertainty, need to take some time and think. But so far, beginning of this year already fall sick, hopefully things will get better.

Hate taking train during peak hour, because you will end up like sardin in the can.Recently have been quite late for work, hopefully next week onwards, will be able to be earlier.

3 more weeks, looking forward to this break, because a lot of things yet to be done.By the way, time sheet for Jan is half way through!! Welcome back to those people who had their attachment overseas. NAPFA is coming, got to train. Feel so tired of it...hahaha. Some people are falling sick recently, get well soon... 2 questions to think, don't forget!!

Went back to training yesterday after few weeks, muscles are aching now...

The vacation term elective till now is still under pending approval, why do they need such a long time to decide whether to approve or not? If it's only 8 people in a class, so what? 500 plus for a subject, not worth it man, but what to do?

To think that the task seems impossible, but if you don't try, you may regret it. What can I do man? Got any advisor to help solve this problem?

Now it's year 2007, new year, new resolution!! Too much to mention...

Summary of Year 2006:
It has been a frutiful year, been to 2 overseas races before, both also a great one, or rather, great two. Also we have the POL-ITE race, July race and Regatta race, all at least we do obtain something. Seeing the yr 1s from 100 over people, now only to the selected people, following the footprints which we left it last yr, starting to think that we time is fast. Of course, happy moments is best kept in our heart, and also there were sad moment such as attending friend's funeral. Other than that, going through attachment is also a great experience for me to have a taste of how's the office lifestyle is like. The year has ended, what's done cannot be undone, just hope that in this new year, everything will still be fine, world peace=).

Now in year 2007, the year end sales has been very tempting. Bought some items, now quite broke.20 plus more working days left...

Went back to work today after X'mas, my department seems to be a little quieter than before, as some of the staffs are clearing their leave from this week till next year. Shiok man!~

Monsoon season now, keep raining and raining...Today was raining the whole day, till now still raining. Too much of it sucks. Well, think I have to learnt to prioritize things efficiently...

Back from Penang, and I can really say it was a very fruitful trip.

Meeting the rest of the teammate at 9pm on last Friday at school. Captain forgot the time, and luckily he managed to make it just in time to board the bus. When we were in our first bus, all of us were very excited about the trip already. Later part when we reach the custom, we board the other bus which is 26-seater, from the custom. The coach is really consider comfortable, rather spacious. we started off out journey from the second coach at around 10pm. The lighting of the coach was dim, and we sleep our way till the first rest point where we had our supper.Subsequently, we only had toilet break in between. Sleeping at the bus is quite hard, though it is consider comfortable.Finally, we reach our hotel, Copthorne Orchid, at about 8 plus in the morning. When we reach there, saw many teams from singapore were already there. We waited at the lobby while waiting to check in. As rooms are not available yet, we were only given 2 rooms to be shared among 26 of us.

At half past 12, we were all ready for the first day of our mission. Our first heats was mens' open. We managed to get 1st and get into semi-finals. As for mens' junior, we got 2nd and was ORIGINALLY get into finals since there is not semi-finals.

The next day, due to unforeseen circumstances, we were to go for rapid charge race. Fill with some unsatisfaction, all the guys row their hearts out and we got back our place to finals. As for the results of mens' juniors and mens' open, we got 4th and 1st respectively.

These 2 days of races were very happening. We did experienced something from it.

As day 2 of the trip was Irvin's birthday, we 'celebrated' his day there.hahaha...and we know that he had reveiced his best present, which is the gold cookie. Overall, the trip was memorable.

A dragon boat team worth remembering, Team Hak.

Finally week 8, 42 more working days, meaning "Thank god it's alredady half way!", or " Half way only?", depends on how you think it. Fall sick again, and viruses was spreading it on and on. This got to stop.

As usual, these period of time during attachment is rather boring, no life. Most of the time is only go work, go home and go training.

Today went home taking train. While walking to take another bus, there is this teenage girl, with a booklet on her hand and a pen I guess(if i didn't see wrongly), was coming towards me while I was walking and listening to songs. I thought she's doing some survey and I kind of trying to avoid it. But She seems to be talking something was I have to take of my ear piece to figure out what she wants. It turn out to be her asking what bus goes to Jurong point. This is the rough conversation between us:
She: Sorry, may I know what bus goes to Jurong Point? Don't faint ahz(we were at bedok interchange)
Me: (I was thinking of what bus)
She: You working? You looking young..
Me: (say restlessly) Having attachment
She: Are you rushing to go home?
Me:(just give a smile i think, cannot really remember), I think you can approach the working kiosk over there...
She: thank you

The whole conversation should be something like that, cannot remember much.But really find her weird, if she really wants to know what bus to take, will she ask about if I am working and rushing home all those things? Well, I still think she is a surveyot, using other ways to tricking people in answering their question.

Took some nice postcards at work place, it's really plain and simple, yet quite plansant-looking.

Few more days, kind of excited about it.

Postcard 4