The Tuesday before setting off for UK

It's been a while since I last updated. There're a lot of things happenning, and I think I'll just jot them down as it comes to mind.

I've updated my webpage links, added a google search bar. My next improvement would be adding rss feeds from sources like bbc. Still don't know how to do it, gotta analyse the code of the rss feed in friendster.

Things I need to get before setting off for study in October:
- The file/plastic folder from SAS. I really like the kind of plastic folders they sell in SAS, it has a wire for you to put papers with punched hole's, and the cover doubles as a pocket which can hold A4 paper, and you can place a table of contents, design a cover, or chuck slips of notes into. I've been searching for it for a while but cant seem to find it anywhere else.

- Foolscape paper from NUS Co-op. 3 foolscape pads for $3, beat that!

- Student Card, entitles you to lots of discounts. Gotta visit their website some day. ISIC

- Lots of passport photo's. I'm editing portrait of myself with my newly acquired photoshop 7.0. Intend to format it (perhaps 4 pictures on a photo) such that I can print it from any photo outlet as a normal photograph, and cut it up into passport photo's. I'll need a lot of it when I'm in Uni, and they dont come cheap if bought the normal way: at least $1 per piece!

My past week...
Went for 2 friend's birthday parties. Enjoyed meeting up with old friends.
Got my Advanced Theory and IELTS Result, passed both (Praise God!). Developed the photo's of my India trip - will have to setup a photo hosting account to host the pictures; I have in mind to create a photo album script for my webserver, so that I can host the photo's presentably on my site, but I seem to have a million other things in mind also... Back to my past week. Got photoshop. Visited SAS for a lesson taught by a 'Doctor' who turned out to be my ex-Fmath teacher in SAJC. Had a further investigation on the blood in the urine found during my ord ffi. sigh, still there, spending lots of $$ on the bills, think i'm getting quite agitated over it, feels like sigh, NS is coming back to haunt me. I hope there's no irreversable damage or something. If there is, ahmee's gotta bear the responsiblity. Got some kidney/bladder scan coming up this week too, they gave some medicine to clear my bowels the night before, and they're going to inject some substance into my veins to highlight my bloodstream in the x-ray. Ah! why?

The week to come:
Departing on friday for the UK, gotta pack my lugguage. But got that stupid scan the day before. Got driving lessons tmr at 11, going to book TP test soon. Have to return the library books before I leave. Got to cancel the original appointment for the scan tmr, my mother decided to bring me to a private clinic after the appointment was made.

Matthew's Birthday,
Photograph of Matthew's Birthday taken by his friend, alwin... He's birthday dinner was one of the most bizzarre. I went there thinking I won't know anyone, and it turned out that I knew about half of them vaguely, one of his church friend was from my JC, two of his other friends were my one-week-induction-program bmt mates, one of whom I used to talk to. He also invited the "Legendary Boon Leong" to quote him verbatim, whom I know from phys o. Matthew's Acount of His Birthday

HTTP Protocol.
Went to funan center before matthew's birthday on sunday. There was this very comprehensive computing bookstore on the 2nd level. Found this book HTTP: The definitive Guide by oreilly, browsed through it, and now it's ended up on my to-read list. Want to understand what kind of info is exchanged in the protocol, and how to access it.

I think I'm removing that seperate frame for by blog entries. It's actually harder to navigate the page with it, cos the mouse wheel does not work in that frame and it's difficult to aim for the scroll bars or the arrows. I'll get down to changing it soon.

For now the immediate tasks would be canceling my medical appointment with NUH, and pack my bag for the trip.

Another product of random thoughts - incoherent writing. Bah, but isnt that how the mind works?