I IS SLEEPING BEAUTY.


This morning, something plain idiotic happened. I woke up at 6.30am, and gave a morning call to Kelvin Lim. After re-setting the alarm on my mobile phone to 7.30am, I gladly plonked back on my heavenly bed and dashed back to Dreamland with all enthusiasm.

The blasted alarm went off promptly at 7.30am. With bleary eyes, I hit the Snooze button. 5 minutes later, at 7.35am, the freaking alarm went off again. So, I did the only sane thing to do, and that is to hit my favourite button again. Went again. Hit again. Went again. Hit again. And again. And again. And again. You get the idea.

Each time my blissful sleep was interrupted by the irritating alarm which goes off irritatingly every 5 minutes, I'll mumble to myself, "Never mind. Enough time. Can reach on time."

8.00am. *beep* Still so early. *hits button*
8.15am. *beep* Still can sleep. *hits button*
8.25am. *beep* Still got enough time. *hits button*
8.30am. *beep* Still can make it. *hits button*
8.45am. *beep* No problem. *hits button*

I guess this is a common phenomenon. When humans are tired, they'll generally become optimistic to the point of idiocy.

8.45am, and still "No problem", when I'm supposed to reach Expo at 9.00am??? Hohoho! I must have been the most optimistic person that morning. The bus journey from Punggol to Pasir Ris already takes 30minutes. And that is already a conservative estimation.


Guess I'm born to be a Sleeping Beauty. Bo bian lah.


Anyway, today has been a real busy one. Attended service from 10am - 1pm, PM from 2pm - 3.30pm. After that, I had to rush down to SMU by 5.15pm for a Memorial Service, which will only end at 9pm. Finally, I reached home at 10.15pm.

BUSY!!!
All that running about is making me see stars.


Anyway, I went to SMU on Thursday night and Sunday night. SMU campus is really nice. There is even 7-11, Watsons, TCC, and Kopitiam. Can you believe it?! And I ONLY visited the School of Accountancy and Law.
AND there are security guards manning the entrance to the inside of the building!!! And these guards operate an automated "gate" made of clear glass (or plastic?), which strongly reminds me of the ones in MRT stations.
AND the majestic glass doors in Level 2 leading to the Conference Hall is AUTOMATIC, can?! Got sensors one, leh!!! High-tech loh!
AND the best part is: THERE ARE ESCALATORS IN THE CAMPUS BUILDING!!!

Don't play play, ah!


Having gone to SMU campus, I don't feel like going back to my pathetic campus anymore.


THURSDAY'S NIGHT VISIT TO SMU


This is the MRT-lookalike automatic "gates" in SMU. Got security guards manning them, okie? Don't play play ah.



I've told you that there are escalators. (Unfair. And all that climbing and "hiking" up the hilly and mountainous terrains in NUS are killing me.)





Upon passing the sensor-ed majestic glass door in Level 2 which I mentioned earlier, this is the "corridor" that leads up to Conference Hall 2. Man, even the "corridor" looks so sophisticated.


Conference Hall 2.

And I noticed that there are power sockets between each seat! OH MY!!!! This is such a stark contrast. Whenever I want to run my laptop using AC power, I have to either sit at one miserable corner in the Lecture Theater or untie and lay out the entire length of the laptop charger. Grrr...

And when the lights dimmed, I noticed that even the Conference Halls in SMU are SPECIAL!




This is the staircase on the slope of the hall.

And on closer examination...



Do you see the alphabet "D"? Feels like you're in a cinema, doesn't it?





And this is one of the dedicated leaders in the ministry, most of whom had "graduated" from the mandatory 6-weeks training as one of the pioneer batches. (Princess graduated last year as the 9th batch, which so happens to be her favourite number. The 10th batch is under recruitment. Yippie!!!) Doesn't he look very MAN and MACHO in this photo? But he's a really nice and amiable guy.


Anyway, despite all my gushing about how wonderful SMU is, my allegiance is still wholly with my school. Very much.


So much to blog about the Memorial Service. And more photos to upload.

But I'll continue another day.


Till then.