Yup, with the start of this week, lectures will progressively be pre-recorded and uploaded online on the Portal, or be done through discussion forums. Hence, physical classes at school are officially off. This is following the continued rise in cases here, and the government's closing of entertainment venues like pubs and karaoke venues to limit the spread of the virus.
Ahh... this means a lot of discipline needed on my part, to self study and keep up with my own revision. Not to mention, I'll also have to make it a habit to check on my emails for updates and to check the Portal and discussion forums to keep up with things.
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Friday, March 20, 2020
Classes cancelled
Amid the escalating COVID-19 pandemic (WHO declared the COVID situation a pandemic just a week ago(11/03)), so far I've received cancellation of both my weekday classes this week. At first I thought Tuesday's class cancellation was a one-off, due to a recent Case having gone to school and thus the need to clean and disinfect the school premises. However, now this seems like classes may be stopped and moved online, revision classes as well. At least, I am pretty sure revision classes will not be conducted by the UK lecturers. I have yet to receive information on Saturday's class though, but given the feels now of the whole situation, am still two minds about attending the lecture. It might be better to just visit the recorded lecture anyways.
Around the world, things are looking pretty bleak too. Nearby across the Causeway, numbers of infected are skyrocketing and the situation is worse in the West, with numbers growing exponentially day by day! Places where the virus seems out of control include Italy and Spain, with the situation rather bad in the UK and the US as well. The spread of the virus is quite scary at this point, considering how I had initially thought the virus would be contained within Asia since the western region was distancing themselves from countries hit by the virus. Or so I thought.
Back where I am, the number of cases has so far been on the rise, though still relatively low numbers. It seems the virus has inevitably reached somewhere near me though, with one recent case quite close to where I reside. Argh... people really ought to take more care and precautions, and heed the advice to stay home if unwell.
Around the world, things are looking pretty bleak too. Nearby across the Causeway, numbers of infected are skyrocketing and the situation is worse in the West, with numbers growing exponentially day by day! Places where the virus seems out of control include Italy and Spain, with the situation rather bad in the UK and the US as well. The spread of the virus is quite scary at this point, considering how I had initially thought the virus would be contained within Asia since the western region was distancing themselves from countries hit by the virus. Or so I thought.
Back where I am, the number of cases has so far been on the rise, though still relatively low numbers. It seems the virus has inevitably reached somewhere near me though, with one recent case quite close to where I reside. Argh... people really ought to take more care and precautions, and heed the advice to stay home if unwell.
Friday, February 7, 2020
Virus madness
So the Wuhan virus (official name 2019-nCoV) is around right now. Already there are several confirmed cases locally (33 thus far) and human to human transmissions had been confirmed since a while back. Virus was first detected on 21st Jan.
Just today DORSCON level was increased to Orange and there was already panic buying of food supplies, masks and even daily neccessities with supermarkets cleaned out literally. Images online of shopping trolleys full of bags of rice are so many that it is crazy... Really think people are overreacting and overdoing things Wonder how many are actually really going to lock themselves up at home and not leave house *roll eyes*
Just hoping all those food won't go to waste. Especially since food is not something you can keep over a long time, and we are simply heightening measures to be taken so as to minimise the spread of the virus. At least for now, supermarkets and malls will still be open for people to get supplies, if needed, and we are not made to stay at home anyways.
For us now, individually, we ought to just avoid anyone who is coughing or sneezing around and just stay home if we have any of the flu- like symptoms. That is crucial to reduce chances of catching the virus, since the virus is air-bourne.
Measures to minimise the spread of the virus have also been updated since January, For instance, all visitors from China are now not allowed here, an increased scope from just passengers from Hubei province previously.
Furthermore, huge gatherings or events are to be cancelled but classes in schools are still ongoing it seems. People are still going to work too, but temperature checks and certain distancing measures are to be in place.
Oh and of course, with the rising paranoia and panic stocking up, face masks, and N95 masks even, have run out in retail outlets here. Not surprising tbh...
Households have now also been issued masks, four to each household, which hopefully will reduce the massive stocking up of surgical face masks by households.
Till the next update on this situation.
Just today DORSCON level was increased to Orange and there was already panic buying of food supplies, masks and even daily neccessities with supermarkets cleaned out literally. Images online of shopping trolleys full of bags of rice are so many that it is crazy... Really think people are overreacting and overdoing things Wonder how many are actually really going to lock themselves up at home and not leave house *roll eyes*
Just hoping all those food won't go to waste. Especially since food is not something you can keep over a long time, and we are simply heightening measures to be taken so as to minimise the spread of the virus. At least for now, supermarkets and malls will still be open for people to get supplies, if needed, and we are not made to stay at home anyways.
For us now, individually, we ought to just avoid anyone who is coughing or sneezing around and just stay home if we have any of the flu- like symptoms. That is crucial to reduce chances of catching the virus, since the virus is air-bourne.
Measures to minimise the spread of the virus have also been updated since January, For instance, all visitors from China are now not allowed here, an increased scope from just passengers from Hubei province previously.
Furthermore, huge gatherings or events are to be cancelled but classes in schools are still ongoing it seems. People are still going to work too, but temperature checks and certain distancing measures are to be in place.
Oh and of course, with the rising paranoia and panic stocking up, face masks, and N95 masks even, have run out in retail outlets here. Not surprising tbh...
Households have now also been issued masks, four to each household, which hopefully will reduce the massive stocking up of surgical face masks by households.
Till the next update on this situation.
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Rainy days
Cold, wet mornings lately... Guess the monsoon season is back.
Started about three weeks back, thunder storms, showers, light rain been dominating the skies.
With it, of course, comes the strong winds and nasty cold, sometimes even bone-chilling.
Three weeks, oh yes, that was the start of November. Time really flies.
So much has happened in this three weeks though. Had countless study sessions with J(almost every weekday of the week), visited two ToastMasters(TM) Outreach(one was a workshop though, very useful tips given) and Hullabaloo #4 as well as Humour Night! Both Hullabaloo #4 and Humour Night were a blast! Went there expecting nothing much, maybe just looking forward to the buffet but immensely enjoyed the experience.
Oh, and just got briefed yesterday on a side project were doing for Eco-SIM, some boards to create awareness of our actions on our environment around us. Pretty interesting, really got to allocate time and effort for this!
And on top of all that, weekly swim sessions have still been going on(every Wednesday) with J and Pokemon Go as well. Recently, or not so recent actually, Gen 4 just came out with alot of new stuff and new EX-Raids and raids. For instance, Level 5 raids just switched from GIratina to Cresselia just this morning!
So, yup! Lots have been going on of late, studies wise... gotta get a study plan together so I don't enter panic mode and get all flustered. Study plan is coming together, and oh!
Last thing, I actually signed up for a TM competition after giving my first speech last month in October. Competition is two weeks away and I have yet to come up with a speech..
Things sure are getting exciting as the year draws to a close, what with the Christmas spirit already in the air with Starbucks already coming out with their Christmas food and drink items.
Looking forward also to this Sat's TM Workshop on giving evaluation, hoping that will be useful for my competition.
Only bummer so far has been the lack of sun due to rainy weather, which has on some occasions hampered plans for swimming or tanning.. Gotta get my tan back!
Started about three weeks back, thunder storms, showers, light rain been dominating the skies.
With it, of course, comes the strong winds and nasty cold, sometimes even bone-chilling.
Three weeks, oh yes, that was the start of November. Time really flies.
So much has happened in this three weeks though. Had countless study sessions with J(almost every weekday of the week), visited two ToastMasters(TM) Outreach(one was a workshop though, very useful tips given) and Hullabaloo #4 as well as Humour Night! Both Hullabaloo #4 and Humour Night were a blast! Went there expecting nothing much, maybe just looking forward to the buffet but immensely enjoyed the experience.
Oh, and just got briefed yesterday on a side project were doing for Eco-SIM, some boards to create awareness of our actions on our environment around us. Pretty interesting, really got to allocate time and effort for this!
And on top of all that, weekly swim sessions have still been going on(every Wednesday) with J and Pokemon Go as well. Recently, or not so recent actually, Gen 4 just came out with alot of new stuff and new EX-Raids and raids. For instance, Level 5 raids just switched from GIratina to Cresselia just this morning!
So, yup! Lots have been going on of late, studies wise... gotta get a study plan together so I don't enter panic mode and get all flustered. Study plan is coming together, and oh!
Last thing, I actually signed up for a TM competition after giving my first speech last month in October. Competition is two weeks away and I have yet to come up with a speech..
Things sure are getting exciting as the year draws to a close, what with the Christmas spirit already in the air with Starbucks already coming out with their Christmas food and drink items.
Looking forward also to this Sat's TM Workshop on giving evaluation, hoping that will be useful for my competition.
Only bummer so far has been the lack of sun due to rainy weather, which has on some occasions hampered plans for swimming or tanning.. Gotta get my tan back!
Thursday, August 3, 2017
New Job
New job starting tomorrow
Not sure what to expect really, then again it's only for three days. On the bright side, at least I'm finally at a 9-5 weekday job
Not sure what to expect really, then again it's only for three days. On the bright side, at least I'm finally at a 9-5 weekday job
Saturday, April 15, 2017
50 Hr Non Stop Run 2017
Okay, I'm back!
So the annual 50 Hour Non- Stop Run started off yesterday. JL and I joined again this year which is the third year we are attending this run if I remember correctly. First off, many of you might already be wondering what's the 50 Hour Non- Stop Run and will participants be required to run for 50 hours straight non- stop? That's over two days of running!
Haha fortunately no. The concept is something much more interesting and rather light. Basically, this running event will last for 50 hours and participants have to finish 10 rounds (or for this year there's an additional category to do 15 rounds) around Bedok reservoir to get three medals - bronze, silver and gold. This is OTOT(own time own target) though. For instance, one could do three or four rounds, collect his silver medal, head out somewhere for lunch then go back to finish another two rounds and call it a day and head home. He can then come back the next day to finish up the remaining few rounds.
This year's race started at 9am yesterday which was also supposed to be our start time, but I got there late so we started only at 10am. After our first time, we knew better than to select a start time too close to noon haha! We then did three rounds to start off and ended off a little later than we had intended but still not too late for lunch. By the way, we were just walking rather than running. After a quick lunch at a nearby Mac's, we then headed back to complete four and a half more rounds before heading home. It was already almost 9pm when we were done.
As compared to previous years, this year's seemed a little less torturous. From what I remember, in the last two events both our legs were aching really badly, with sharp pains here and there, even after the third round and our lunch break was a lot longer as we needed time to rest our legs before continuing. Needless to say, we were both hobbling by the time we finished our target 6 or 7 rounds during those two events. Comparatively, our lunch break yesterday was really a quick bite and we were back walking. Moreover, my legs are feeling quite alright now and I'm sure I would have no difficulty completing the remaining two and a half rounds later.
I'm not too sure if the improvement this year was because we chose to walk for the whole race this year or it was due to our legs more adapted to running and walking long distances, but I sure hope it is the latter.
Day 2 - Saturday
As mentioned earlier, my legs felt alright when I woke up this morning (no aches and pains in my calves and ankles) so the last two and a half rounds were a breeze. Woooo.. we got our Gold medal by late afternoon and then headed home. Glad that we didn't need to use up the remaining hours of Day 3 this time round. More importantly, our legs aren't giving us problems. Looking forward to the next 50 Hour Run, Labour Day 2018!
So the annual 50 Hour Non- Stop Run started off yesterday. JL and I joined again this year which is the third year we are attending this run if I remember correctly. First off, many of you might already be wondering what's the 50 Hour Non- Stop Run and will participants be required to run for 50 hours straight non- stop? That's over two days of running!
Haha fortunately no. The concept is something much more interesting and rather light. Basically, this running event will last for 50 hours and participants have to finish 10 rounds (or for this year there's an additional category to do 15 rounds) around Bedok reservoir to get three medals - bronze, silver and gold. This is OTOT(own time own target) though. For instance, one could do three or four rounds, collect his silver medal, head out somewhere for lunch then go back to finish another two rounds and call it a day and head home. He can then come back the next day to finish up the remaining few rounds.
This year's race started at 9am yesterday which was also supposed to be our start time, but I got there late so we started only at 10am. After our first time, we knew better than to select a start time too close to noon haha! We then did three rounds to start off and ended off a little later than we had intended but still not too late for lunch. By the way, we were just walking rather than running. After a quick lunch at a nearby Mac's, we then headed back to complete four and a half more rounds before heading home. It was already almost 9pm when we were done.
As compared to previous years, this year's seemed a little less torturous. From what I remember, in the last two events both our legs were aching really badly, with sharp pains here and there, even after the third round and our lunch break was a lot longer as we needed time to rest our legs before continuing. Needless to say, we were both hobbling by the time we finished our target 6 or 7 rounds during those two events. Comparatively, our lunch break yesterday was really a quick bite and we were back walking. Moreover, my legs are feeling quite alright now and I'm sure I would have no difficulty completing the remaining two and a half rounds later.
I'm not too sure if the improvement this year was because we chose to walk for the whole race this year or it was due to our legs more adapted to running and walking long distances, but I sure hope it is the latter.
Day 2 - Saturday
As mentioned earlier, my legs felt alright when I woke up this morning (no aches and pains in my calves and ankles) so the last two and a half rounds were a breeze. Woooo.. we got our Gold medal by late afternoon and then headed home. Glad that we didn't need to use up the remaining hours of Day 3 this time round. More importantly, our legs aren't giving us problems. Looking forward to the next 50 Hour Run, Labour Day 2018!
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