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Toffeenut lattes really bring me back, like four years back to my first term in SMU where people like myself, Eric, Zal, Dorothy and Wanida would be holed up in the then-fishbowl-for-a-studio studying and go on coffee runs (complete with triple shot lattes on some days). And until today it’s a shared thing that we’ll [...]

I didn’t create this video, but the person who did…. pure genius!!!

After over a week of being hyped up for the Milo Challenge, the day finally came. The challenge: To consume 350 litres of Milo in less than 29mins 59seconds, which was NUS’s previous record.
Unfortunately, we didn’t manage to break the record (SMU students don’t know how to drink Milo?), but I think most of us [...]

It’s 5:13 in the afternoon right now. I’m in the library with Tim Hortons and arguably I’m simultaneously surrounded, engulfed and swimming in an orgy of media: Music through my earphones, a textbook on mass communications, and the internet running.
My attention consistently switching between an amazing line of lyrics (”Why are there so many songs [...]

I’m making that terribly premature announcement, but I don’t think I’m going to be wrong. After lamenting that the courses here are SMU-esque, I get into my 6:30pm FILM240 class and receive the course outline: 95% exams, 5% participation. Say what? I haven’t had an exam worth more than 40% since.. ever!
The class (taught by [...]

If it’s not readily apparent by all the blog posts, pictures and videos I’ve been sharing, I love Queen’s and I love Kingston. But like Terence, Queen’s is turning out to be uncannily like SMU! From the class participation to the almost-weekly deadlines to the group work to people studying in the library from the [...]

Well okay they don’t call it “Vivace” here, but I don’t know what they call it, so I’ll use the SMU term for it. For those not from SMU, Vivace is our annual “fair” held for all of the clubs and societies in school to tout their wares and lure unsuspecting freshmen to their clubs.
Honestly, [...]

I was at the Future Generation (aka student) track of ad:tech yesterday and I was really disappointed (almost disgusted) by the lack of professionalism in the crowd. About 140 students from the universities and polytechnics, and no one knows how to state their name and affiliation before asking a question?
I actually asked a question and [...]

Today I headed back to the wonderful MTV offices to pass a photo for the upcoming MTV Asia Awards, and everyone I met thought I looked weird in formal.
Same thing happened a few weeks ago when I headed down to SMU to collect my (broken) laptop. I walked past three friends and one professor and [...]

I haven’t really talked about this so far, but I’m heading up to Queens University in Kingston, Ontario on August 24th for exchange. I originally wanted to leave on the 22nd of August so I could celebrate my birthday here, and then land on the 22nd and celebrate it again, but oh well, no seats.
So [...]