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Here I am again, at my comfort zone. In a house where I don’t need to worry about food on plate and dirty laundry or room.For how long should I be here, I don’t know. I haven’t even bought a ticket back to Singapore. It’s like I’ve been home for so long I almost forgot ...Related posts:The End is Near As cliche as it may sound, it’s true. …
Found this brilliant comic by Stuart McMillen that portrays exactly how I feel to finally finish an education.Though reluctant, I realize that to challenge myself, rather than overcoming challenges in education, is definitely my next step.I can’t believe I cried while reading the comic.Below is only the thumbnail of the comic (original comic is huge ...Related posts:My … 
Please tell me I’m not the only one who found the service level in Singapore is like 6 feet under. It sucks.Almost every time I sit down in a restaurant, or simply ordering food at h … 
My new thumbdrive is so small and thin I put it in my wallet.Really.Cost me SGD 20 for 4 GB of storage. Good deal, I think. I mean, look at how pretty it is.I was actually walking around Challenger Funan to look for a webcam for my siblings, but I saw this and I just ...Related posts:What’s inside your Bible? (or any holy scriptures) I remember years ago when I was in …
Before I even stepped in SMU, I had already prepared a post in my mind to release when I’m about to graduate.It would talk about my feelings. About my takeaways. About how I treasure the opportunities I have managed to attain. About how all my previous struggles had been worth it.But seriously?I actually don’t know ...Related posts:Hello Twenty Ten I realized I …
Some days ago I wrote to my fellow choristers that people can help them sing better by singing the notes to them, giving tips and tricks for better sound production, making recordings/midi files to listen to, but no one can magically transform them into a songbird overnight.And I thought, heh, isn’t it also relevant to ...Related posts:Are you what you listen? …
‘Nuff said.I got 111 for the exam, which means I only “pass”. Without merit, without distinction, but who cares? I got through the piano hell! OMG!Now time to play piano just because I love it.Anyone wanna learn playing piano, btw? Contact me!Related posts:(something like) Spelling Bee in My English Exam So if you guys follow ...Related posts:(something … 
This is the current hit song in my choir (SMU Chamber Choir).You Were There by Libera.I hope I’m not the only person that thinks the video is cheese sandwich. I mean, ugh. It’s like somebody just took their pictures and tinkered around with iMovie or the likes (Windows Movie Maker? Eeks).But it IS a really ...Related posts:You’re Still Alive At least in my … 
So if you guys follow me on Twitter/@sylvdoanx, you should have seen my public breakdown over my then impending grade 8 piano exam.I know it’s not a school exam or something, but let me tell you, piano exam is much much worse than school exam. Because unlike in written exam when you can try hard ...Related posts:Exam finished Year 3 Term 2 (08/09) Haha. Yes. This is the …
I, like many other people in the whole world, am sometimes peeved by the way my parents still treat me as a baby. Thankfully they don’t call me up at night and ask me whether I’ve eaten anymore (ugh, so Asian!), but they still feel that they have an authority over me to decide some ...Related posts:The End is Near As cliche as it may sound, it’s true. My …
Sometimes, just sometimes, I wish that I had gone to a “specific̶ 1; school.If you go to a medicine school, you become a doctor.You go to a nursing academy, you become a nurse.Go to a teacher’s institute and you become a teacher.And yet I go to SMU and soon enough I’ll hold Bachelor of Science in ...Related posts:To Be Thankful pt 2 Part 1 I stared at …
We’ve heard a lot of cliches around this : you are what you eat, you are what you wear, you are what you do, etc etc. But are you really what you listen? And do you define what you listen by how you define yourself?I’m pondering about this since my choir (visit SMU Chamber Choir ...Related posts:What’s inside your Bible? (or any holy scriptures) I remember …
I think I just wanna write this post as a public service so that people will stop the misunderstandings that the language that Indonesian people use is called “Bahasa” .“So, do you speak Bahasa?”“Er… Yeah?”You see, people, the word “bahasa” actually means “language̶ 1; in Indonesian. Bahasa Inggris means English …
I realized I haven’t really ushered in the new year 2010 and to me that’s like a customary tradition on my blog.Yeah, right. Like you have any tradition, Sylv.Anyway, this year …
I have taken a lot of crazy terms in SMU, what with 5.5 courses and all computer-related modules mixed in with difficult business modules stuff. But perhaps my very last term in SMU is the craziest. Perhaps. You decide.So I’m only taking three modules this term. I know, I know. Freaking three modules?? How can ...Related posts:Exam finished Year 3 Term 2 (08/09) Haha. …
I’m appalled at the amount of adultery and disrespect of marriage messages actually found in popular TV series. And why oh why, I ask, does it have to be on my favourite shows?Warning : this post may contain spoilers of Grey’s Anatomy, Glee, and Gossip Girl.So I just finished watching Glee ep 13 last night ...Related posts:Don’t Write. Talk. I started …
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I’m currently home in Jakarta and I had a ridiculously horrible flight.I’m too busy enjoying the nice food and watching DVDs to discuss about it though.That’s about it. More updates coming soon… Later.Related posts:Screaming Out From Jakarta The title should be taken literally. Just quick updates. I’m...See you! I’m gonna take off this …
A beautiful, huge church with amazing multi-coloured domes.note: image heavy post. Click Read More to continue. See larger (original) images by clicking on the images.Covered from “h … 
A beautiful, huge church with amazing multi-coloured domes.note: image heavy post. Click Read More to continue. See larger (original) images by clicking on the images.Covered from “h … 
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