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LETTERS FROM THE LIVING

Friday, March 30, 2007

First stop, Tampa Bay in Florida! Was in the last wave of people to set off for Spring Break as most of us did not want to skip class or miss quizzes. The rest of the pack went ahead and toured Panama City before heading to Tampa. The road trip started at 1230am and we reached our destination at around 6am in the morning. We met up with the gang and ate a hearty breakfast before going to the first attraction of our trip – the Renaissance Festival!

The festival celebrates the medieval times and the event was situated across a few acres of grassland and woods (how appropriate!). People come dressed as warriors, knights, wizards, gypsies, princesses, and they all look like extras on LOTR or Harry Potter! We were totally transported back to the medieval age and thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it. We spent the entire afternoon at the festival, trying out archery, watching traditional arts like fencing, joust and human combat chess, as well as meeting cute and weird people!

We headed immediately to Clearwater Beach near St. Petersburg to catch the sunset, and boy was it spectacular! You gotta see it to believe it! Admiring the wonderful artwork of God, braving the chilly gale was simply worth it! After another sinful spread at dinner, we got on the road again as dusk beckons. Next destination: Miami…

Laid to Rest at 4:09 AM;

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

I'm back from an awesome kick-ass 9-day vacation!! Not really alive and kicking (reached back campus at 330am on Monday and attended classes at 9am!), as I'm slammed with another barrage of assignment deadlines and impending midterms! Rest assured though, despite the fun and sometimes wild incidents, I DID NOT:
1. Get shamelessly drunk
2. Sleep around with chicks
3. Get a tattoo at Miami Ink

The rest of the things that I did will be left up to your imagination I guess...
Haha, more teasingly, I will be slowly loading up some pics as time to blog is at a premium. So stay online for some interesting tales and nice pics!!!

Now, back to the books staring at me!

Laid to Rest at 8:37 AM;

Saturday, March 17, 2007

It's finally here! A well-deserved break I suppose - after all the toil and sleep-less nights mugging (the undesired consequence of having too much fun)... It's quite amazing today, cos most of the students in Georgia Tech left town for their Spring Break early, so all my classes were only 30% occupied!!! The atmosphere is just so different in the US as Spring Break is a BIG thing; a time where nearly everyone lets loose and just party or go for vacation!!!

Anyway, I will be joining my GIP(eeps) on a 9-day vacation!!! We'll be driving all the way to Tampa Bay, Florida, Maimi, Orlando... Gonna party at South Beach, Daytona Beach, Key West and go to the exotic Bahamas island for a quick getawayas well!! Finally, we will be going to Disneyland and Universal Studios too!! (Will prob return with burnt pockets and eat potatoes for the rest of my semester... *joking*)

VJ Titanium dishes out a party metal track to simply dictate the mood for the trip!! Cheers!!!

Eighteen Visions - I Let Go

Till then, take care and God bless... (my mum will miss skyping with me... :(

Laid to Rest at 7:41 AM;

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

For the uninitiated, clocks are either turned forwards or backwards an hour so as to have more daylight during the day in many parts of the world that experiences the four seasons. In the case of Atlanta, Georgia, we turn ours one hour ahead as Spring starts. I felt weird to say the least, as I am short-changed for an hour of my life right now! Waking up an hour earlier for school makes a helluva difference mind you!! To make matters a little harder to stomach, my revision time seems to shorten too!!! (I have 3 exams, 1 quiz, 1 hw due and a term paper assignment this week!!) So much so for daylight saving, I felt robbed.

On hindsight, Spring Break arrives an hour early!!

Laid to Rest at 1:50 AM;

Saturday, March 10, 2007

Yeah! Start to appreciate life once more when you realize that you are able to read newspapers, watch tv or even visit my blog! No, I'm not posting a touching article or an inspirational anecdote. The fact that you are alive and reading this pseudo-crap now is a cumulation of both God's wonderful blessing and your will to survive...

Looking at the happenings here in the States and back home in Singapore is simply chilling. Witnessing tornados, hurricanes, horrific bus crash, tremors on TV are jolting. And me and some of my frens accidentally trespassing into a ghetto and watched policemen taking down a suspect and getting out alive is miraculous!

Well, I have to also survive an avalanche of homework, readings, quizzes and exams for these couple of weeks till Spring Break! For your info, we're heading to Florida, Miami, the Bahamas and Orlando during the one week holiday!! Till then, I am busy with my last-ditch efforts to study for quizzes, and hand in assignments...

The past weekend was a great outing to the Smoky Mountains. We stayed in a wonderful wooden cabin and had bbq. We also went for a short trek up one of the snow-covered mountain ridges on the Apalachian Trail, saw a lunar eclipse at the Fontana Dam and went to see waterfalls in Cherokee where the famous Red Indians first reside.

Midweek was even more exhilarating as I went to watch a heavy metal concert with my rommies, Robert and Tommy. We tried a bison burger before the gig and it was delicious. The concert lasted 4 hours as we saw four different bands captivating us with mindblowing performances! The atmosphere was indescribable and I witnessed some of the craziest shit you can imagine. We went home thrashed, strungout and literally deaf. (I was falling asleep with a constant ringing in my ears mind you!)

Here are some pics to illustrate what I meant:

Can't wait for Spring Break!! Argh!!!

Laid to Rest at 3:55 AM;

Friday, March 02, 2007

Whoa!! It's been already two months since I bade Singapore goodbye, and I thank God that there was never a period of homesickness or even a dull one for that matter! Fantastic room mates, great GIP(als), nice classmates and an awesome culture to soak in! Countless nights of mugging, on the road during road trips, talking cock with room mates/ GIP mates, as well as skyping with my mum! I praise God for His constant provision of wisdom, strength, grace and favor (Not a typo, quoting fr a friend, I'm "Ang-modified" liao! Haha ...) even when I'm right here amidst a totally different environment!

This is quite an old song in my opinion, but a recommendation from VJ Titanium nevertheless, cos it struck a chord during my adolescent years... (getting emo liao!) Anyway, here's a toast to a wonderful two months in Tech and for the remaining months to be even better (Spring Break is just 2.5 weeks away)!!!

Eve 6 – Here’s To The Night

Confession: I have a slight hunch I can't bear to leave USA!

Laid to Rest at 9:33 AM;

Thursday, March 01, 2007

Phew! Another quick breather before another wave of exams/quizzes and the ever-present stream of homework! Last Friday was one of the most stressful days I had, or so I thought. This is because I have a homework due, a midterm exam for one of my weaker subjects and a powerpoint presentation for my term paper for another module!! I was still struggling to do the slides and complete my homework into the wee hours of Friday morning itself!!!

Thank God! Whatever I studied for my exam came out, although I only managed to answer 3 out of 4 questions because I forgot what I studied…(Btw, I got back my results today, got 80/100 & still below class average!! Argghh!!! -_-"") And the presentation went well, or maybe it’s because I’m a foreigner, and they just close an eye. I got bombarded with questions, I felt I wasn’t up to the mark as I was rather ill prepared(if u count the slides as a form of preparation). But the customary applause (2 in fact! One after I ended my presentation and another after the Q&A) made myself feel a little better! Speaking in front of a professor, brilliant classmates, a few graduate students as well was indeed a harrowing but enriching experience!

However, things took a dramatic turn (for the better) once I returned to my apartment. My roommate, Robert, asked me along to watch a live fighting event (something similar to the one we saw on pay-per-view at Hooters) that evening. It is held at the Gwinnett Centre, about 20 miles away from Tech. He said that he got free tickets from a classmate of his. However, his classmate, Jennifer got only 2 tickets from a guy she served while waiting tables part time. So we figured we still need to buy 2 more (Me & Tommy, who went because I sportingly agreed to go with uncertainty of getting tickets!)

Once we were there, Robert tried to get us in but to no avail. So Tommy and I went to the box office to check out the prices. Alas, the tickets range from $127 to $47 for the furthest seat in the arena. Disappointed but not dejected, Tommy decided to approach a tout. Lo and behold, that Mexican guy we approached had tickets! And after aome bargaining, we managed to pay $20 each for… Front row seats (Row B, mind you! Just behind VIP section Actual price shd be ard 100 bucks!!!). We got to see the fighters, fights and celebrities up close!!! An amazing event to wrap up a happening day!!!!

Another road trip this weekend, now must do homework!!! Argh...

Laid to Rest at 4:20 AM;