el_M: In the moonlight...

Saturday, October 18, 2008

My previous post was on September 9, 2007... I think... I nearly forgot about this blog, or even, how to write a blog...

Now why am I here again, my blog asks me, with a hint of that resentful feeling of hurt for being left aside for over a year...

My blog... I'm so, so, sorry to have left u alone, while i went on about my more important stuff... or was I just looking for an escape?

I read my previous post, and somehow, a feeling of satisfaction engulfed me... Indeed, i have moved on =)

Of the things I set for myself to do previously:

1. Those concerts at that time, DaCapo 2007 and Jazz Christmas at Esplanade, were gems of their own! DaCapo gave me the chance to play with 4 other extremely strong musicians in a brass quintet, a truly great experience for me which i yearn to do again... Ben, MW, RC and Daniel, if u read this, u noe wad to do =)... As for Jazz, I still cannot forget that free-ad-lib solo I strewn for In The Mood, something that I can still listen and feel proud of it... oh yah, for that solo, THERE WERE NO NOTES WRITTEN ON THE SCORE!!! ... well... mebe the alcohol helped a bit =P Anyway, more concerts came, some of which r so great that I will be bringing those memories all the rest of my life (one of it just happened yesterday)

2. My work and my assignments... yup, yr4 was the toughest year in my whole NUS life! it was like a journey thru hell and back, but to my surprise, i survived and made the most out of it! I was project leader of the BIGGEST project I have ever done (engineer a H2-syngas plant) and while it provided me with the BIGGEST headache at times, it gave me the most value-add... In particular i still remember that night i was activated back to the com lab to settle a design flaw, 1 day before the deadline, the ultimate stress was that when everything was hinged on your decision which has to be made fast, with ur teammates looking at you expectantly for a solution... Nevertheless, the team was great, and very helpful (thou can still improve a bit on efficiency =P)... Havent officially thanked them for the work, so here goes... Dexter, Xinyi, Eeling, Michelle, KayYang, Juncong... Thank you so, so much, for without your help and work, this wouldnt have been possible =)

3. Yes I made it! Now, everytime I look at the plaque I made with the words SECOND CLASS HONOURS (UPPER) staring back at me, I have that undescribable feeling of satisfaction

4. As of now, I'm working in SembCorp Industries as a Commercial/Business Development Engineer, a job I had set out for in the beginning... It is stressful as I have REAL issues to deal with, but very satisfying as I have learnt a lot on the past 2 months of my job

5. oh well... i have moved on =)

Looking back, I didn expect to have that so many things happening in that one year of my life... all the ups-and-downs, all the new friends I have made and stuff... I'm glad to say i have changed a lot, for the better mostly...

Really, to all my friends, thank you all for the memories you gave me, be it in the past 1 year, in my 4 years of NUS life, or just all the 25 years of life I have experienced!

I will try my utmost to keep this space alive and provide updates of what I have gone through... probably starting with REALLY SIGNIFICANT events in the past year

Till we meet again =)

Dennis ~ 12:32 pm