jus got back from dinner with e astro ppl... how fun.. and made me realise how long ive lost touch with astronomy... almost a year already.. this also means that i haven been keeping in contact with e astro frens... and this translate to distance between them.. jus now when having dinner i had this vague feeling.. although they have not changed much in terms of appearance, there is jus this invisible gap to be bridged.. its quite sad that some of them whom i know during my jc days and am rather close with then seems to be drifting away from me... the closeness that we once shared is kind of gone and we no longer can chat about anything under the sun.. did i feel a tinge of regret & sadness in my heart??
anyway cant believe another astrochallenge has come and go...NJC is the champion again.. with this win, it is now a 3 time champion.. dunno whether to be proud of my juniors or to be ashamed at my batch for achieving nothing then.. hmm, wonder what is the prize.. and also the budget.. last yr due to some unexpected mistake by NTU admin, i can afford to be a spendthrift and still earn a record profit.. hehe..
back to the dinner, wat is astro gathering without the usual jokes?? last yr aft astrochallenge comes joke of e yr.. seriously think my memory is failing me.. i jus rem last yr we were laughing so hard at LJS and making a din out of ourselves but cant rem e reason... it is only when KK mention it at dinner jus now tt i recall.. it is actually ME that initiates the joke lor.. ha.. the lactose-intolerant joke and it all started with me asking leonard a super innocent qn..
this yr without fail comes several jokes, all coming from the astrochallenge participants.. germ, our usual joker cum one of my shi fu, did not joke as much today.. it is zhaoyong that did more of the talking.. he has certainly changed after NS.. more chatty, more affable.. better looking? (lol)they include and definitely not exhaustive, the 'transformer', 'solar wind' (nearly faint when i hear this, its really omg..) and not forgetting 'bright young minds'... not to ridicule them.. in fact appreciate and encouraged by their interest for astronomy but obviously they lack some basic knowledge tt lead to these hilarious moments.. it also made me realise that one has to think through all the possible scenarios and details in order for any plan/proposal to work.. any loophole can lead to unintended consequences later on.. tough job...
