I guess Alvin sums it up well in his latest post大雨 (Heavy rain) when he mentioned

"常在新闻看到别的国家在淹水，也曾听过老一辈诉说新加坡以前也常淹水。却没想到当今的新加坡也会淹水，而且还淹到乌节路市区去。

国人怪政府，政府怪PUB，PUB怪天气。问题没有迅速解决的方法"

(The younger generation is used to hearing about floods in other countries in the news, and also about the massive deluges that used to swamp Singapore in the past from the elders instead of experiencing one for themselves. One never thought that modern Singapore will ever experience a flood; yet when it came, even glitzy Orchard Road, the premier shopping belt in the city-state, went under water.

The citizens heaped blame on the Gov't; the Gov't passed the buck to the PUB (Public Utilities Board) and ultimately the PUB resolved to attribute it all to 'acts of God'. No one seems rather interested in nipping the problem in the bud.)

My translation skills are not bad eh? I half suspect it's Rachel who's behind the post though. I'd never seen my cousin ever post in Chinese over the past few years his blog has been in existence.

So Orientation has begun for NUS students.. Finally. Then again I guess the weather's been wrecking havoc on all their plans in one way or another though. Thoroughly unlucky. Hopefully in two years time this sort of weather changes will still be an exception rather than the norm. Or at least rain/flood/anything during curriculum time la.

96 days to the start of A levels then. Whoa, that's ruddy fast. And its August once more. As I won't be touching the big 2-0 until next year, I can still count myself as relatively young even as time flies by us.

Alright, the rain has ceased and thus its about time I take the cue to leave the house and go out.. alone. That's what happens when past friends become mere acquaintances, or even strangers; others have events (on a sunny offshore island?) going on and the rest are pretty much stuck in camp. I guess there's always a price to pay in life. It's nigh impossible to bring back those halcyon days it seems.

And the cycle repeats for every person leaving school and either enrolling straight into Universities/enlisting into the armed forces.

Speaking of the latter.. I need to make a few passport sized photos for my warrant card instead of sticking with the pixelated print-out of a photo I engineered the previous night.

Lastly, I've listed my occupation as Regional Multi-Purpose Disciplinary Interface Customer Service Ambassador on Facebook. Pretty apt, no?

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