okiez, in case u're wondering why it's taking so long for me to update things, it's not really becos i have nothing to write, but rather, the network i'm logged into in the hall is freakin' bad, and that i can't even load the main page of the bloggers sometimes. and because of that, i'm like, heck la *click close button*

~I'm still so hooked on Doraemon~
in an effort to make my room much more cosy, i brought in quite an amount of things. which includes...


...My Mat...


...and My Pens Holder!
haha~ no wonder my roomie is complaining. guess i'm like brainwashing him or something. but heck, it's already to a less degree already. i could hav brought in my doraemon bedsheet, my doraemon decors and perhaps my whole doraemon manga collection.

wait, it is worst. cos i hav...


Doraemon Mooncakes!!
FREAK ALERT! muahahah~

~I'm writing much more than anything i've written in my life~
Zhang Zhengyong, writing ENGLISH research reports? you must be kidding. how can someone like him churn out 4-5 pages of words? even if he does, it is gonna be so incoherent.

but yesh! i'm really trying very hard on my essays. and amazingly, i managed to vomit out enuf stuff and details to impress during two of my presentations oredi. i was damn amazed? but it was damn hard work la.

juz the previous morning night, i had to come out with a very complete speech for my CS102 (Intro to Journalism and Publishing) module. because someone told me he failed his presentation in his sms, i panicked and did a lot of finding-outs. so, i laid out lots of newspaper on my bed and was like swimming in a sea of papers as i tried desperately to make my presentation as complete as possible.


i fell asleep in front of my comp at 5am without completing my speech, and only woke up at 9:30am (one hour before my tut and my presentation). wa lao~ i rushed thru the rest of my speech and managed to turn up for the tutorial only 5 mins late. amazingly, prof k k chang praised my group! wow~ i was so happy! but in return, er, k k chang now knows me as the guy who is "always the last, both for lesson and on the name list". darn.

~I hate NTU libraries~
now, i'm working on a lit review for k k chang as well. ok, this is gonna be my first official complain about NTU. I HATE NTU'S BLARDY LIBRARY SYSTEM!!

i went to the main library, Lee Wee Nam library (from now on, termed as nam nam lib) in search of books on journalism objectivity. i search the opac, and i see the books are with call numbers PN4888#### and are at L2OPENSHLF.

being the first timer at the library, i assumed that meant level 2 open shelf books. so, i strolled down to level 2 (down, because the main entrance is at level 3. dun ask. it's very confusing) and *eh?* i cannot find. i found a lot of journal articles.

shit, where r the books? den i saw a sign: "The CJK book collection has been shifted to the new iHSS library. books affected are those with call numbers ##, ##, and PN! bingo. i need to go to iHSS library, which is at the other end of NTU (south) (i'm at the north tip). SHIT!

ok, i left the library, tried to take shortcuts to get to the iHSS lib, and found out *horror* CJK means chinese books. WHAT THE *censored*! and so, unhappily, i made my way back to nam nam lib in the light of hope that there's a section i hav yet to search.

reached nam nam library, searched, *still dun hav leh*! i went back to the opac. searched. still it showed L2OPENSHLF as the location. ok, i decided to click on the DETAILS button. *bling* another screen. location: Library 2 Open Shelf. ARGH~~~ *-------------lots of censoring----------------* library 2 is at yet ANOTHER end of NTU... the west end in fact. bo bian lor i made my way down.

ok, library 2 is the OPEN SHELF BOOKS library. now i know. and so i was swimming in the world of journalism books and i need to borrow books. *gasp* now, that's the scary part. i see a piece of paper attached to the back of each book in a very old-school manner. does that mean i hav to approach the counter to borrow the books? or are there machines like those in NLB? quickly i called mu up, and *phew* the system resembles NLB, i jus need my matric card can liao.

so i happily borrowed the books i need, and decided i need some more articles. haiz, so i made my way back to nam nam lib, searched for the articles i want and proceeded to the photocopying counter. *horror*, how come there's so many different machines ONE? i was just standing there doing a Tom Hanks in a "The Terminal" poster as people were rushing about around me. i discovered there were a few actual photocopying machines with the cashcard, so i went to the counter and requested for purchase of a cashcard. *ops* they ran out of cashcards, and they asked me to photocopy on a normal machine and pay by cash. even better i thought.

as i was queuing up to pay for my photocopies, i overheard a conversation, and discovered all the other machines are for the printing services from the computer terminals outside the photocopying room in the library. ooorrrhhh~. now i know.

wa, the library is very messy in NTU. why can't all the things under the same call number be in the same place? blardy hell. i rushed to and fro between three libraries at separate ends of NTU, and all my sis can say is "you can use the exercise". and there are lots of services and things we could do, but how come no directions and signs were given? i'm like a blardy sua ku lor! and no, it doesn't help that i'm a communication studies student.

but at least after today i know. at least know that L2OPENSHLF refers to LIBRARY 2 OPEN SHELF and not LEVEL 2...

fark.

*legs-damn-tired*,
Johnzzon