Happened to revisit one of my friend's blog whom I have not seen or talked to for years now since Poly days. Xuan Yang, since I first knew him in poly, is one densely-packed brain of knowledge and intelligence walking on the face of this earth.
Since I'm blogging about him, let me try to recall some of the highlights about him during our 3 years in polytechnic.
1. A walk to remember
And no I'm not referring to the chick-flick starring Mandy Moore! Astrology has always been one of XY's favorite topic and how I know this?
Well if you had no interest in Astro, would you rise from your comfortable bed in the wee hours of the morning to catch a passing star? Or calculate when the next Astro activity is going to take place? Or follow the live updates and telecasts from NASA (No this isn't an acronym from American Pie!)...NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration that is.
2. The Big Bang Theory
I still vividly recall the painstakingly long train rides we took together on the North-East Line (NEL) on the MRT system. The hour-long trips to and fro would usually end up in us doing VERY different things on the train. It has always been a rare occasion that the 4 of us including Christopher and Shao Jie takes the train together but somehow when we do, most of the time you'll probably notice a dude doing his reading on the train while 3 other bozos doze off as quickly as the train pulls out of the boarded station.
And catch this! XY isn't just reading the daily comics or revising his lecture notes! For once out of the countless times we took the train together, I noticed he was actually reading Nuclear Physics! Well it may seem trivial to some (or many) but during our poly days, the last thing on most of our minds was to actually read something beyond our studies. Guessed it must really be his interest!
3. Spaced Out
No I am not meaning to say that XY will daydream from time to time, but the fact that he has a dream (not sure if it still is) to work in NASA (refer to point 1). He actually has a plan rolled out back in our poly days on his route of advancement (ROA) and was dead set on entering NASA. Now that he left for Aussie for his degree along with Christopher and a few other of our course mates, I'm not exactly sure where his location is right now. But I'm pretty sure he's still on planet earth (the last I spied his FB!)
Now sharing about a unique friend, it's time to share about his unique sites. I have put down the links to one his blogs on his daily entries (some call it a diary) and from there you may find really interesting links!
http://www.ultimate-infusion.blogspot.com/
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| Our Polytechnic graduation photo (L to R) - Me, Christopher, Mr Roger Chua, XY, Shao Jie |
I actually do miss this bunch of friends (you will when the few of you do almost everything together in school!). Other than Shao Jie who I see in uni, Chris. is back and running a cafe in SG while like I said, XY is unknown at the moment. Not sure about Mr Chua but I have a good feeling that he's probably still lecturing in SP.
Ending off here on a lighter note, one of my teasers towards XY back in our poly days:
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| Internal Joke =) |
