the lastsplash

Last Wednesday I sat, stood, sat, stood, and sat again. At one point, my girlfriend was sandwiched by two pregnant ladies. For the record, I gave up seats to three pregnant ladies on the trains in two days, and two of them within the same ride! That explains why my girlfriend was sandwiched by two. And their smiles actually made my day. In fact, one of the ladies actually called out to me and thanked me when we alighted at Jurong East. She did not take things for granted, and showed her appreciation. That touched my heart. Some people may be hesitate as they are afraid that it'll be embarassing if the lady is not pregnant, just overweight. While some fail to let the lady know that the seat is for her, and someone else take up the seat. I have met those situations before. I think as a rule of thumb, no matter she has just boarded or has been standing there for a long time, as long as it is within five seconds from the time you see her, you can give up your seat and approach her dire

Just saw the news clip on TV about pamphlets from the Suntec travel fair being littered all over the Suntec-CityLink overhead bridge. Isn't that just so typical of those few inconsiderate Singaporeans? I guess most Singaporeans will do the same as those people interviewed - dispose when they find a bin, dispose into recycle bins after they get home, or simply reject the pamplets. I personally prefer the latter method, especially when I am near the MRT stations. The lil' more considerate Singaporeans will not throw these pamphlets everywhere, they will throw them into the rubbish bins, even when the rubbish bins are already overflowing . That is a common sight along underpasses, especially the Yishun MRT Station-Northpoint underpass. Well, at least they are making an effort right? Yesterday, at Orchard MRT station, I was quite surprised to see the creativity of Singaporean at work, when it came to disposing rubbish. Some ingenious Singaporeans had decided to use the empty Today

I had to blog this down because I feel very very TL. Not even the inconsiderate commuters can beat this. The thing I am very very TL about is The NUS Graduate Studies Module Registration System. I was told module registration was on a first-come-first-serve basis, no need for bidding like the undergraduates. Unfortunately that was not the case. I was surprised to see that the only module offered by my programme was already full when I first logged on to register. I wondered if there was some under-table pre-module registration. Anyway, I was not so bothered by it, since that module wasn't my first choice. I happily registered 2 modules (planning to take 2-3-3-2 in the two years). In Week One, I attended the two modules, but only one of them had been registered, the other was still processing. Later I found out that only programme core modules were registered automatically, and priority were given to students who registered to modules from their own programme. And yes, my programme