el_M: Open thy door to happiness...

2008-12-06T23:36:00.002+08:00

Today i experienced a glimpse of band-life that is so utterly different from the one i had been used to... to the point that i felt - pardon me - disappointed...

On one hand, i see a band that is about 130 strong, with nearly all its members striving so hard to achieve their targets of performing in their concert, and performing well, so much so that the energy they have can leave one so amazed n inspired...

While the other... one that does not have even 20 ppl... and it looks now as if they are there just for the sake of being there... well, i cant blame them having an entirely different level of music-making, cos no matter what, they are still learning... But when it comes to the point that whatever instructions and advices i give just seemingly falls on deaf ears, i really don't know what to do...

I got chided by a friend for choosing a simplistic piece for them... cos at this point, with the strength, i think that's the most they can handle, unless i can see a marked improvement next week... i really do hope i can do something more serious for them, as i hope that no matter how, this will still be an enriching, and that all those guys who have put their time in this will gain something everytime they walk out of the band room after the rehearsal...

Let's hope for something better next week, in terms of attendance, or even... some quality...

2008-12-04T00:00:00.001+08:00

To the guys who know what I'm talking about...

u know... that Sanctuary that we congregate at every Thursday evening some months back?

yea... i miss that place... TERRIBLY =(

2008-10-25T14:22:00.002+08:00

Oh well, I know I shouldn't have been so difficult... but sometimes, to put my point across, i have to do it...

Today, i scolded someone on the phone, yes it aint her fault or wad, but as a customer, i had been terribly disappointed with the due service...

I will not name the company for the sake of giving them a LAST chance, but it went like that...

Back in May I placed orders for an office chair and 4 plastic chairs, and there was a verbal promise that the office chair would arrive in end June, while the plastic chairs could only arrive at end September

The office chair took up to early September to reach me, due to delays or wad not... For this matter, I had called them numerous times to chase for it, but it kept having delayed... of course, i was already deeply disappointed and i made sure they send my plastic chairs in time, and notify me of any possible delays...

Now, its approaching end October, and the chairs are not here... I had enuff of this nonsense and called up... I was pretty fierce over the fone, which my mum commented, but at such times, they need to wake up their idea!

The ultimatum is this, they promise to deliver the chairs by this Wednesday 12 noon - 2pm, so if i dun see the chairs:

I will send a formal Letter of Complaint to their main office, attn to their GM
I will cancel order of the chairs
I will not patronise them ever again
And of cos, u guys will get to see which company it is

Alrite, lets hope for the best =)

2008-10-19T01:52:00.002+08:00

I've come to realise, that I'm a dedicated trumpeter... and not just ANY trumpeter, but one that plays in a wind band

Come to think of it, all my other stints playing a trumpet had just gone up in smoke right after their respective performances... some duet with a piano accompaniment back in sec sch which id rather forget, or in jazz which i HAVE to admit... is not my type of music...

but YES, its band... JUST band...

i remember, back in JC, after SYF and all the hype... i decided... ENUFF IS ENUFF!!! i had it working so damn hard everyday playing till my lips CHUI, just for 1 piece... a supposedly beautiful piece of Spartacus which nearly killed all my love for it just playing it repeatedly to perform at some stupid competition to get some stupid Gold Award... as IF i can sell that award for cash...

from then, i stopped... n I shut the door on what I loved before, swearing NEVER to do this ever anymore...

5 years later... i thot I had lost it all, but i gave myself a chance again, to watch a band concert... and I chose the nearest... NUSWS...

the concert was great! Poema Alpestre was something I never heard a local band play (if i could still remember what local bands played)... and somehow, by some really really big fluke... i got to know someone in NUSWS who told me they are flying to Italy for a festival and needed a trumpeter...

i stepped into the auditorium for the first day, knowing ONLY 1 person amongst that sea of faces, not knowing wad to do... I got 'thrown' to the then-trumpet-SL who did a pretty good job in making me feel at home, and ben who was a pretty friendly guy but seemed egoistic typical of a trumpeter... but of cos, the unfamiliar feeling still lingered... and coupled with that stiff sound coming out of my trumpet as a result of 5 yrs not playing... it wasnt that nice... except for the fact that the conductor managed to grab a bit of my attention... yah...

break time, OH NO! now how the hell should i mingle with this whole BIG grp of ppl i dunno myself? so i thot i just stand up and walk around and hope to just get in conversation with someone... come on, JUST ANYONE!!!

then, he approached me, probably sensing that i was lost... a hand stuck out... "Hi! I'm Leonard. Pleased to meet you!" I looked up to see that very same figure who was right in front of everyone just before. We made small talk, and it quickly occured to me that there is just something about him I couldnt describe at that time... but quite unsurprising when he was supposed to be able to lead a full-sized band, at this kind of young age... "Hope you'll enjoy yourself in here!"

from then on, i dont know for what reason, it seemed that what i left behind 5 years ago, came back to me in bits and pieces... i cant say i was entirely convinced at that time, but one thing for sure, my journey in NUSWS began then...

fast forward to Italy, which i loved... but talked... so no point harping again... one thing i really remembered in all the performances: Leonard didn seem to conduct, HE WAS DANCING!!! it struck a chord in me... i was actually enjoying it!

back in singapore, i faced yet another dilemma... should I continue? oh well, HJ said they needed me, cos they are playing Star Wars... I reluctantly agreed...

Star Wars was ok... just... ok... I preferred No Shadow of Turning so much more, cos there, I saw a different side of Leonard... so emotional, its breathtaking!

nearer Da Capo 2007, Leonard said we are 40 years old for Intempo, and its time to celebrate, with something we have NEVER done before, and will prove a milestone not for us only, but for the local band scene as a whole! wad de hell could that thing be?

he said, its a BIG piece, and new! we hope to do that, but if we cant... maybe Barnes 2nd Symphony... by then the biggest I have come across was Johan de Meij's Casanova, which I thoroughly enjoyed... I thought of suggesting, but I'm sure Leonard already has something in mind, and also, where to find the cellist???

3 rehearsals to Da Capo, Leonard finally unveiled the piece. it's de Meij also, but another piece... initially i was a bit disappointed, but wad he said next got me interested "... recently composed his 3rd Symphony... for a full-sized wind symphony, with a cello section, and a 6-part female choir... 50 minutes!" is there SUCH a piece for band???

next rehearsal, the CD was played... "BANG!!!!........" omigod... I AM SO GONNA PLAY FOR INTEMPO 2008!!!

till today, Symphony No. 3 Planet Earth remains the ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE BAND NUMBER in my mental repertoire... it earmarked the journey we all went through, physically in an auditorium, but spiritually in some other place, having beautiful scenes painted in our impression as we rehearsed...

Intempo 2008, the CD played again... "BANG!!!........" ok, here we go!!!

it was... too... beautiful... III. Mother Earth, measure 191, Meno Mosso... we were in a state of spiritual high!!! tears began to well up in my eyes... the Hymn to Gaia was next... i sang, with all my heart, and suddenly, the tears could not stop!!! I broke down... subsequently I had to sit out of a few measures cos I could not control my tears, and was nearly reduced into a sobbing wreck! I composed myself, and finished the piece with all I could... NEVER HAVE I REACHED SUCH A STATE IN PLAYING MY TRUMPET!!!

after Intempo, I was thinking... what's next?

yesterday was DaCapo 2008... Leonard's last one with us... come to think of it, I had known Leonard for just over a year, but it seemed like eternity! he's leaving, but its for his own good... it's for him to be able to offer even more to music when he gets his doctorate years down

DaCapo was yet another one! this time, yet again by de Meij, it was an Extreme Makeover!!! Impressive is an understatement... and like I had expected, Leonard meant to give his all, and give his all he did!!! Last note of Extreme Makeover, the finest moment! We all stood up and blared our resonant bells right into the audience, showing them what our brasses can do! complete showoff, but THAT'S JUST ME!!! I LOVED THAT FEELING!!!

now, I cant describe my feeling... i wrots such a long piece, but i in fact is just a summary... there are so many more things I had left out, as it might have become a bible itself...

this all, since March 2007... only one-and-a-half years ago... it was such an experience!!!

to all who have been with me in NUSWS, those initially unfamiliar faces to some of my closest friends today, thank you so much... thank you NUSWS, yet another home for me...

to the man himself, thank you so so much! i wouldnt have learnt so much and enjoyed so much of music making if not for you... thank you Leonard, conductor, mentor, and friend... bon voyage, and i hope i can still address you with your first name when you return as a Doctor

2008-10-18T12:32:00.002+08:00

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 =)

2007-09-09T18:06:00.000+08:00

I have decided to move on, and put all these unhappy feelings behind... Have even advised my mum to move on and not get too affected by it already... And this time, I hope that since I have decided, it is to SERIOUSLY move on and not run away from it all...

I have decided to face it in a matter-of-fact way...

I have come to accept that we have no control over life and death, and when it happens, it happens, and we can only do so much as to cope with it...

I have decided not to be emotionally stirred when mentioning about Zicong to anyone, but will only do so when I want, or when anyone asks...

I have decided to do whatever I can to mend this hole left by Zicong, especially on myself and my family...

Yes, it's time to move on already... SERIOUSLY!!!

Come to think of myself, I havent been able to accomplish much in any aspects these weeks... Possibly cos I had been so affected by Zicong's passing... Wat de hell???

I guess I need to re-evaluate myself...

Why? You may ask...

When I sat down to think hard, I have thought about the things I have to / want to accomplish in these coming few months...

1. To practise hard for my 2 upcoming concerts...

2. To handle all my work and assignments efficiently...

3. To finally be able to reach my 2nd Class Upper and grad with it...

4. To know wat I want exactly in my job nxt time, frm the recruitment talks I have been / will be attending...

5. ... (an unspoken agenda I guess many do know... Best of luck to me...) ...

And I think that was all I could come up with!! Goodness... so many of them so work-oriented... It does seem that I have become yet another no-lifer in NUS... Where has that fun-loving, happy-go-lucky Dennis gone to???

Well, it all comes here for myself to wish for something good soon, cos if you'd ask me, I dun think I'm really that happy now, thou it seems otherwise to so many of my frens...

Here's to a happier Dennis... I have to be cos I have promised that to a few of my close frens already...

I wish to be happy... Please grant...

2007-09-07T17:13:00.000+08:00

My mum reminded me last night tt today's de 21st day since Zicong left...

I dunno myself already... Is it that I am keeping myself away from all these, spending so much time with work, band and my friends? If not how can people grieve about this for so long while i have "recovered" from it so soon?

I guess the I haven't completely recovered... The mere mention of Zicong, the reminder of the times I bunked in his room, the times we played pool, they all still manage to put me into a stupor, letting all the feelings of sadness affect me, though I have been able to manage not having them engulf me...

I feel guilty... It blardy feels sucky when you know everyone else is grieving, even including someone whu has never met him but chatting with him online for a few months, while I am not! Her message to me today has somehow awakened these thoughts inside me... I guess the fact I had been avoiding her questions did show that I wasn't ready to really face it, all along thinking that his passing was actually for him to ascend the heavens, so it's not neceaasrily a bad thing... Yah that was what I said to her... Now thinking back, I guess I had been cruel and mean... Zicong would never have said that, he may have cried with her... I feel guilty...

Xinyi said before that I am brave... I guess so, but is it that I had been so brave that I have become somewhat... unfeeling? What kind of a person had I turned into? I do hope I could be more sensitive, but would that mean much more grief for me? I seriously do not wish that upon myself...

Another thing I saw today has shown me what kind of person I had become... I walked into CSC clubroom... yah just dis once in such a long time... I have not been there as often as I had, like, 2 years ago... And somehow it felt different already... But the thing I noticed is that life still goes on in there and it still looks like how it did years ago... So if CSC didn't change, did I??? Well maybe I did, to which some people say "matured"...

Yea... matured is the word... I dun seem to know as much as last time how to have fun... But I have grown more appreciative of things around me... In so many decisions I make, I have to look at long-term implications, or rather, how long I can see... And now it kinda became a habit for me...

Guess I have to take myself less seriously already... I thought I always had taken things easy, but guess I hadn't really been tested by a serious event... at least not till 3 weeks back... Maybe one does not really understand something till it is lost and gone forever, ya?

2007-08-24T18:40:00.000+08:00

My birthday was yesterday...

Dis year's birthday hasn't been the best I had, especially so in view of what has happened just a few days back... (I'm still recovering from the loss... so yah...) But it has been the most comforting one I have ever had...

No birthday cakes, no birthday song... Got some birthday SMSes, some wishes on Facebook, n some whu wished me when in school... Thanx guys, really appreciate that...

It was just a simple dinner, of good (but not remarkable) steak in Shashlik, which kinda relieved my memories of young, in those 2 occasions whr my family ate thr... Gave me a feeling of warmth, that kinda feeling that no matter how I have grown up n changed, there r some things still the same, and worth going back for...

The same thing when I went up Mount Faber... It was just like 1 year ago, going up thr with the very same person... that person who I can proudly say is my best friend... U noe, I really owe you one for last night, n dunno how I can ever repay you for that... Thanks

Yah... that friend... one that has shown me that in my darkest hour, she will be the one to lend a listening ear, and a helping hand... When I thanked her, I really meant it from the bottom of my heart, and all she said was "Hey... Ain't that what friends are for? I'm just here for you when you need..."

Yes, my friend... Thank you so, so much... It has made me felt so bad for having made fun of you n teased you time and again, just cos I like to see your cute expression when you get irritated by me... I'll try not to do that too much to you from now on ok?

So that has been what I experienced this birthday... Really, no presents can ever be as great as knowing that you have a friend who will always be there for you when you need...

Thanks, Xinyi... Thank you so, so much...

2007-08-21T14:49:00.000+08:00

Dennis, you may give yourself a pat on the back...

You have done well in the past 2 days, keeping yourself strong in this mess n gloom, and being there as a pillar of support for your family which needed you so much... Please do stay strong, while you wait for your cousin to return, and eventually put the past behind you... Your birthday should be spent happily, so there...

Zicong, this might be the last message im sending out to you b4 i put it all to rest... You had a tough life, although im sure a meaningful one of 24 years... It is really unfortunate for this to happen to you when you are at your happiest... I guess soon, its time for you to leave us forever, but I want this promise from you... Wherever you are, Zicong, please bless all of us, your family... Please watch over your sisters and ensure no harm comes to them... But no worries, I will do my part in taking care of them too, this I promise you...

After the ceremony, you will be leaving, and this time it's not different continents, but different worlds altogether... So please take good care of yourself too... I will pray for you...

Guess you are happy that im still standing, n not that affected by your passing... I know, life has to go on, and rest assured that I will put it all behind me, in a special place in my heart, for you...

Bon voyage my friend... I pray a safe journey for you...

I will be strong, and not falter... so to all my friends, dun worry about me...

2007-08-20T01:27:00.000+08:00

It has been 15 hours since I heard the news, but till now, I still can't fully digest it... To say heartwrenching is mere triviality, n only till now do I find the courage to spill it all...

Wad de hell had u done my fren??? To throw your life away at mere booze??? Why could such a horrendous thing happen to you??? Why did u just leave us here, picking up the pieces u so cruelly shattered??? WHY???

I know, you won't be able to read the birthday card I sent you, you won't be able to read what I pen down here, you won't be able to hear the hysterical cries of your mum just this afternoon... and probably, you won't be able to hear my prayers to you in the funeral to come...

All the talk now, all the advices I have given you, they seem so mundane... meaningless even...

Didn't you tell me that you enjoy your life so much there in Adelaide? Didn't you tell me that you have to repay all that your parents gave you? Didn't you want to come back to Singapore so that we can hang out for supper or pool? WHY DID YOU GO JUST LIKE THAT???

I detest the way you had been yanked away so quickly, without warning... I dislike the fact that I won't ever have the chance to talk to you, or meet up with you again... And I just can't stomach the way you left... Knocking yourself unconscious just for mere booze? RUBBISH!!!

For hours, I could not feel... Even for the several times I teared, it didn't manage to completely wash away the sadness... It just keeps coming!!! I don't know how much am I able to cry for you... Think there's no other way but to keep praying...

Now I know why people say life is so unfair... You weren't some criminal or felon that deserved that kind of death! You? of all people? I can't... just can't believe it...

I'm tired... tired of seeing all the gloom today, tired of having worried for your family, and tired of having grieved so hard for you... I think I will need a good rest, with hope that tomorrow will be better...

Rest assured that your parents are coming for you already... As I write this, they will be on the flight bound to Adelaide... You won't be lonely no more... Please bless them on a safe journey, wherever you are right now... Bless them for a safe journey back, and please come back with them as well...

I don't know what to say no more... Can only pray...

Love,

Your dear cousin Dennis

2007-07-29T01:19:00.000+08:00

Now its Day X ever since I returned from Italy... really regretful of not having any chance to pen mi chronicles in Italy and that beautiful city of Stockholm... but cant blame wad, aft Day 6 in Italy, thr was so much touring n performances tt I cant find miself resting in my room or hostel for more than 30 mins a shot, other than for sleeping... n also, after de trip I just became plain lazy, yar so blame me la... haz...

Ok so let's look at more highlights of my Italian escapade...

Como and Bellagio

Como is a BEAUTIFUL TOWN...

and has a BEAUTIFUL CHURCH...

and we took a BEAUTIFUL FERRY RIDE...

towards BEAUTIFUL BELLAGIO...

I really gotta say tt de day in Como and Bellagio was de BEST DAY i had in Italy... such scenery... n it aint so crowded like de major cities of Venice, Florence, Milan and Rome... would really really love to go back to Como one day... haz

Venice

Fascinating city, wif all de interlocking canals which added to its beauty... Specially known for its Venetian-styled masquerade masks and Murano glassware... Well wad more can I ask for? But too bad, just too bad tt it had become all too touristy, wif such HUGE CROWD of tourists all ard... took away some of de charm...

Florence

Florence was at first kinda lost on me as I didn really appreciate its architecture tt much, mebe cos of de overload of churches and cathedrals... some more most of them nid to pay n cant take pics... SIANZ!!! But well, I came to realise tt Florence had a real bustling art scene, so much so tt even de buskers r professional musicians! Goodness!!! Also, we found some real nice places (Piazza Michaelangelo and Fiesole) from which we can see Florence at a bird's eye view! One word: UNFORGETTABLE!!! Also, I tried de BEST STEAK i've ever eaten in Florence! BISTECCA ALLA FIORENTINE!!! BURP!!!

Rome

Well, here we are! THE LARGEST OPEN-AIR MUSEUM U CAN EVER WALK INTO!!! Serious! Every alley you turn in Rome will behold u yet another monument, church, statue, or obelisk! Thrs so blardy many things to see and take pics wif... I was NUTHING SHORT OF AWED... And some places worth visiting in Rome are de Vatican Museum (especially the Sistine Chapel) and St. Peter's Basilica!!! I can only say tt St. Peter's Basilica can make the Milan Duomo look damn small!!!

Stockholm

Really man! I can't believe that such a city exist! I dunno whether it shd be regarded as a city even, cos while it's densely populated, thr didn seem to be crowds ard, and de whole place is so peaceful! De views across its many bridges are so nice, it's like u're completely taken to another world! I visited the royal palace, and while grand as it may be like de many cathedrals in Italy, it also has de warm feeling of home! Stockholm is another city I will wanna visit again man!!!

So in short, I really had a SWELL TIME there!!! It was so darn hard to just leave man... Darn missed Italy and Stockholm...

Well so after tt LOOOOONG trip I returned to SG just for a few days b4 flying yet again to Taiwan! Will be touching on Taiwan in de nxt entry, so stay tuned!!!

2007-07-05T01:57:00.000+08:00

Day 6 in Italy...

Well, just gotta say sorry to all my extremely-anticipatory readers (well, AS IF i have any) cos i had been too busy playing to blog... hell i dun even have time to go on MSN on a daily basis like how i was in Sg!!! (read: SG everyday go online, no fun; IT no time for online, super fun!!!)

Since my last entry, so much has happened!!! It had been tour tour tour concert concert concert in Italy, from cities to towns to villages to towns to cities to... ... ... ... ... wah i can just go on n on n on... buay tahan siaz!!!

Some highlights:

The Milan Duomo

Ok so that pic has said everything i wanna say... need i say more??? Alrite, now for some pics on de inside of the Duomo...

Ok nuff said... next, San Siro!!!

Ok for a soccer buff like me, thr aint no excuse to miss San Siro after i have travelled to Milan... to the uninformed, San Siro happens to be de home of the European Champions AC Milan!!! I was like blardy excited when i got thr la!!! Just too bad I didn have enuff time, or Id get into de stadium for all de pics I can take! So I culd onie take pics frm outside...

Well, not de best... but I guess having de chance to go San Siro is gd enuff liao haz... ended up gg to de San Siro store n got miself a jersey and lanyard... got de jersey at onie 49 euros!!! SHIOKZ!!!

Wahz... at dis rate, i dun ever wanna go back to SG liao la!!! Hahahaha...

Ok anywae, I shared de happy news, now to break one sad news... will be "decommissioning" my blue shades after using it for 2 years, as it has become old and scratchy liao... sigh...

Ode to my shades

Bro, I think ure worthy of tt word after all u've done for me, keeping all those harmful UV rays frm mi delicate eyes while I go abt doing things under de unforgiving sun... Thanks for all these months of adding a delicate bluish hue to my surroundings, mesmerising me wif all de beauty of de world which i culdnt have enjoyed otherwise... Also I gotta apologise for treating u like trash whilst ure still ard, and taking u for granted, never having bothered to clean u up, and exposing u to all those harmful moisture, which resulted in u having developed a host of "pock marks" which cannot be removed at all... So as of todae, before I keep u into a box till god-noes-when, its time for me to say a final goodbye to u...

To my shades, my fren and bro... BUONA NOTTE...

2007-07-02T08:18:00.000+08:00

Day 4 of Not-in-Singapore

Oh well, my plans of keeping a daily digest of my trip didn exactly materialise, cos it had been return-home-dead-in-de-nite, and I had been too shagged to think of wad to write... So all i did was to dump my fotos in my com and Facebook, and get to bed quickly...

De past 4 days have been good, at least for me... found tt its not that difficult for me to get myself accustomed to life in Italy since I had been eating pasta n pizza since young... n mi hostess is a great cook! really like de food she whip up siaz!

Travelling wise, not exactly fantastic yet... yup i MUZ empahsise on de YET, cos i havent visited de big cities like Milan, Florence, Venice or Rome... but obviously thr r some places tt r worth mentioning...

First is de place whr our Band Festival is held: BESANA IN BRIANNZA... actually thr aint nuthing special abt dis small town... but it houses de most impressive chapel i had seen so far... de town centre building (guess its ok to call it that way) is also quite a looker!

Another place: LECCO, a town beside a lake... really love de scenery thr, thou i can be sure of finding better places... will be gg to Como which, as they said, has better views...

So far, I had played in 2 concerts, in Medolago and Besana... they had been resounding successes n we were given standing ovations by de audiences!!! man, its de 1st 2 times in my life to actually have tt haz... shiokz man!!!

alrite, so tt sums up mi past few days... still got a lot more but im too lazy to pen it... ok nxt, will be in milan for 2 days!!! looking fwd to it siaz!!!

2007-06-29T03:12:00.000+08:00

Day 1 of Not-in-Singapore

In short, a real real happening day... all chock full of fun, surprises, gapes and shocks...

Time now here is 9.17pm and I already felt so darn sleepy liao... muz be all tt jet lag and having noe accustomed to Italy time (it's already 3.17am now in Singapore for de mis-or-uninformed... whu can still stay awake at tt kinda time huh?? huh??)

Alrite anywae I gotta at least explain how i got to de "happening day" conclusion rite? Ok so here goes...

Leaving Singapore for Bangkok for transit... nuthing much to talk abt... all busy wif their stuff hahaha... Oh yah!!! Just tt i happened to shoot my mouth and, according to a rather-paranoid fren of mine, nearly caused World War III!!! Hahaha kidding... Whoever wanna ask can just ask me personally... Lazy to blog out such a long story here...

At Bangkok International Airport, wad started out as just a simple transfer turned into a shockfest when thr was dis one irate passenger smashing his bottle of whisky at de customs just bcos they dun let him bring it to de plane... like hello u dunno u cant handcarry more-than-100ml liquids??? In de end, his reckless behaviour caused an unnecessary scene... but well, he paid de price rite? Lost one good bottle of aged Whisky lor... Siao one...

On de plane frm Bangkok to Milan... MAN!!! THAT WAS LIFE!!! 2 really hearty meals, 3 movies, and of course, 1 window seat!!! BEAT THAT!!! Prior to landing, de plane was flying past de Swiss Alps, and it gave me, de window-seat-boy, a really really enjoyable time, being able to catch all those clouds, mountains and valleys in like god-noes-how-many fotos i took... Breathtaking!!! Those whu dun believe me can refer to de pic below...

From Milan we went to Besana and den settled down in my host's home in Biassono... just travelling, travelling and more travelling... but all these crap changed for de better while our hosts showed their hospitality... Me n my roommate Chris were so well pampered by them tt I dun think we will wanna leave when de time comes... hahaha... Imagine, a risotto lunch and a ravioli dinner, plus all those extra grub n wine... oooooh I cannot move liao...

Other than that, we were taken to a "hiking" trip, to the F1 racetrack near mi host's house, and just nice there was a race, but too bad not F1 cars but just superbikes (aiyo dis Dennis har, got superbikes to see liao still hiam wad???) so it was another foto galore, which continued to de beautiful streets of Biassono, and even a gelato treat!!! well, so who was tt who told me can get cheap gelato in Florence? I got FREE gelato in Biassono!!! Hahahahahahahahaha!!!

Ok so wif all these activities, I now come to de end of de day, and can sign off liao... hopefully everyday can be so eventful siaz!!!

2007-06-26T02:52:00.001+08:00

Kindness

Kindness is most important in a boyfriend/girlfriend. You want someone who will go through everything with you - the best moments and the worst, and all of those other moments in between. You love to be able to say anything to your partner, and have them say anything to you. You are able to be extremely close with your partner for that reason.

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2007-06-26T00:54:00.000+08:00

As of last Friday, the 22nd day of the month of July of the year 2007, I AM NO LONGER WORKING IN SOXAL!!! yes in short, i tendered... erm oops tt was about wad i did all de way back in December, just tt i gave a 6-month notice... oh crap!!! Ok la, i officially completed my Industrial Attachment tour in SOXAL!!! So happy to be free frm de 8-5.30 monotony (of which de 8am rule is one i seldom adhere to hahaha), but damn sad tt i wun be able to see de crappy bunch of peeps on an everyday basis, and de tea n lunch breaks tt take up to nearly half of my working time, and so many other crapz... sigh...

now de time is spent around sleeping, eating, band practice, and packing... BLARDY BAND PRACTICE EVERY OTHER BLARDY DAY LORR!!! dun understand how those guys manage to keep their sanity... but i shd say those practices had been fun, and reminded me of the times i had in AHS and TJ, onie dis is more slack n we can express ourselves more freely in de music (kudos to Leonard, tt VERY VERY ZAI conductor of NUSWS) so its even more fun!!! but everyday leh... no matter how fun i also can get tired...

so today, I PONTANGED BAND!!! dunno y i so proud to say tt, but its not bcos i slack hor!! i already had a prior appointment, although to many it wuldnt seem as important as a band prac, BUT TO ME IT'S IMPORTANT OK??? yepz...

tmr, 1 more marching practice, den its ADIOS SINGAPORE on wed liao... didn noe its so damn fast...

Ok well, I'M SO LOOKING FORWARD TO ITALY N SWEDEN!!! but very little time left to pack, shop, and say goodbye... aye heck abt de say goodbye la, its onie 3 weeks... concentrate on getting ready!

40 more hrs left in Singapore... counting down...

2007-06-18T00:32:00.000+08:00

Your Social Dysfunction:
Happy

You're a happy person - you have a good amount of self-esteem, and are socially healthy. While this isn't a social dysfunction per se, you're definitely not normal. Consider yourself lucky: you walk that fine line between 'normal' and being outright narcissistic. You're rare - which is something else to be happy about.

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Please note that we aren't, nor do we claim to be, psychologists. This quiz is for fun and entertainment only. Try not to freak out about your results.

2007-06-02T15:33:00.000+08:00

A very bored me has come back to blog again... So sianz la!!! So many clouds in de sky now, Mr Sun went into hiding, den I wanna go for suntan also cannot... SIANZ!!!

Supposed to kinda update on wad I had been doing, n mi experiences, good or bad... but just not in de mood for tt... all I gotta say was tt I had a SWELL week!!! for details pls ask me personally, n I try to get mi memory juices worked up again haz...

Something I found on Flixster... quite interestingly haz...

Its actually a movieboard featuring all mi favourite movies, wif mi ratings on them too... Well talking about Flixster, its a website which allows ppl to create a community (like Friendster or Facebook) and share their fave movies n movies they wanna watch... a plus side for Facebook users is tt Flixster can be linked to ur Facebook! Hows tt huh??

Whoever wanna try it out can go to:
http://www.flixster.com

Happy sharing!!!

2007-05-27T01:37:00.000+08:00

THr came another song which i began to listen to repeatedly... Real catchy tune n nice groove!

Well, if u havent heard of Makes Me Wonder by Maroon 5, u seriously havent been listening to radio... pls do so cos u'd be missing out man!

Culd onie as much as put up de MTV video... wanna put up de lyrics but they r a bit too... erm... raunchy... so thot against it lest thr r ppl whu arent of de rite age yet... hey im a good citizen noe... i dun break laws one haz...

Whuever wan de lyrics can look here:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/maroon5/makesmewonder.html

2007-05-21T19:58:00.000+08:00

Here's one darn good song for all u readers... make sure ur speakers r turned on as loudly as u can bear for dis... We're talking POWER here ya...

Listen

Beyonce Knowles

Listen,
To the song here in my heart
A melody I've start
But can't complete

Listen, to the sound from deep within
It's only beginning
To find release

Oh,
the time has come
for my dreams to be heard
They will not be pushed aside and turned
Into your own
all cause you won't
Listen....

Listen,
I am alone at a crossroads
I'm not at home, in my own home
And I tried and tried
To say whats on my mind
You should have known

Oh now I'm done believing you
You don't know what I'm feeling
I'm more than what, you made of me
I followed the voice
you gave to me
But now I gotta find, my own...

You should have listened
There is someone here inside
Someone I'd thought had died
So long ago

Oh I'm screaming out, for my dreams to be heard
They will not be pushed aside or worse
Into your own
All cause you won't
Listen...

Listen,

I am alone at a crossroads

I'm not at home, in my own home

And I tried and tried

To say whats on my mind

You should have known

Oh now I'm done believing you

You don't know what I'm feeling

I'm more than what, you made of me

I followed the voice you gave to me

But now I gotta find, my own...

I don't know where I belong
But I'll be moving on
If you don't....
If you won't....

Listen,

To the song here in my heart
A melody I've start
But I will complete

Oh now I'm done believing you
You don't know what I'm feeling
I'm more than what, you made of me
I followed the voice, you think you gave to me
But now I gotta find, my own..
my own...

After hearing dis song, guess u'd be asking urself... JUST WAD IS AMERICAN IDOL AND SINGAPORE IDOL??? TOTAL CRAP???

2007-05-21T09:19:00.000+08:00

"Anywhere you go let me go too

Love me - that's all I ask of you..."

"Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams!

Purge your thoughts of the life you knew before!"

"Long ago, it seems so long ago

How young and innocent we were...

She may not remember me,

but I remember her..."

My goodness... it was just ytd tt I watched The Phantom of the Opera, n these lyrics got stuck in mi mind till now siaz... tt play was nuthing less than MAGICAL!!! so awestruck siaz... for those whu have watched, im sure u can still remember all those effects n elaborate props - tt BIG chandelier, tt huge staircase for MASQUERADE, tt underground lake... UNFORGETTABLE!!!

really, it was well worth mi 95 bucks siaz... but i wuld have been better if i had felt more generous to get those 140+ tix... culdnt see tt part whr those ppl were 'frolicking' on tt hanging platform... sadz...

but in all, A MASTERPIECE!!! wuld have loved to reccommend it but it had ended its run ytd... so those whu wanna catch it, go buy ur air tix to UK!!!

2007-05-16T20:55:00.000+08:00

My 2nd trip to Cafe Del Mar...

and that was for a FREE PARTY by Whosgoing!! well it aint tt great a party considering i had anticipated sooo much over it... yah... imagine Cafe Del Mar, wif all their daybeds n couches, swimming pool, jacuzzi and all... plus de promise of top Hip Hop, R&B music, just abt ANYONE can be tempted rite?? so naturally expected a lot...

wad i was given instead was still a nice place, wif Hip Hop and R&B... but they arent exactly de best music, just got better near de end, ppl were slow to start de dance - only after MIDNITE did we actually sense movement, well, in fact me n xinyi got soooo bored at de start tt we set out to explore de 'dark unknown parts of de island', to come back n see de ppl still not dancing!!! aiyo headache siaz...

but come to think of it, its quite nice to dance on de sand barefoot... fun in fact just kicking sand ard hahaha... n also met some really fun ppl thr too!!! ok dexxie, ure not so fun afterall... haz kidding... =P

but probably wad killed all of de party was de way they ended it... SHOCKING ANTICLIMAX SIAZ!!! simply turn off de music n go... like wad de hell??? shd at least play 1 slow track or wad to quieten down things... thot Cafe Del Mar have their HUGE collection of slow beachy lounge music? whr r they???

ok well, since someone's cam didn seem to work well tt nite... i culd onie salvage 1 pic frm de party, which i 'koped' frm Whosgoing.sg...

so wuld i go thr again? guess it depends... cos de experience was quite good, but not good enuff for me to look forward to clubbing at Cafe Del Mar again... but come to think of it, its quite nice to go thr once in a while... especially for those whu havent gone b4, just go at least for once!

2007-05-14T11:20:00.000+08:00

a little review of the movie tt i watched a WHOLE WEEK AGO...

well wad had i gotta say abt it ya? mostly tt SAM RAIMI IS A GENIUS IN CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT N STUDIES!!! i have naught to say abt how he manages to dwell into details abt de characters' character... not by blatantly throwing it at us, but by revealing bits by bits subtly... using this engaging method to make up to the rather slow pace in de 1st hr of de movie, muz say he's damn good man!!!

all in all, a great movie for everyone of all ages!!! maybe a bit too deep for children to completely understand (yea its no longer some crap children cartoon), but actually tt is wad i like ya? something tt makes u think n reflect... wad more, some scenes at de back r guaranteed to tug at ur heartstrings! well, i say dis cos i had frens whu cried at de movie lorz...

so for those whu havent watch it yet, WAD R U WAITING FOR???

2007-05-12T17:18:00.000+08:00

hello bloggy!!! whr r u?? stop hiding n show urself!!

haz waid... i gotta go find mi duster b4 i start writing anything... *DUST DUST DUST*

ok... finally found u, trapped under sooo many layers of dust... MAN!!! DIS IS COMPLETE NEGLECT SIAZ!!! n mi twitter is protesting wildly with tt "Last update: 41 days ago" SCREAMING at me!!! nearly forgot i had a blog lor! guess i had been too busy de past month...

n even now, HAVE to talk work... ok lar i spare all de boring details... it still seems de ppl at work r de most interesting... naughty me keeps gg to CES to skive wif Alan, Wan, Bert, Edmund n Strawberry... heh more like i kajiaoing them while they r working hard... AHEM!!... PRETENDING to work hard hahaha... somemore upstairs still got slackers whu keep disturbing me wif non-stop crap n excuses to skive when i pretend to work... ian, rowena, kim, desmond, jenn, even mi sup wuyi!!! wahz HOW TO WORK MAN??? aye give up n countdown to last day la... but really, i cant bear to leave them lor... sadz... LURVE SOXAL TO NUTS LA!!! jialat siaz...

some more, now tt im all done wif tt irritating HR module... its time for me to play siaz!!! had been enjoying miself yea... st james, spiderman3, swimming, cycling, suntanning, makan, chillouts... balrdy shiokz!! looking fwd to forbidden city to9 n cafe del mar on tues man!!! n even more movies i wanna watch too, and of cos, MY COMING EUROPE TRIP!!! WOOHOO!!!

had been listening to a lot of radio some more, n really intrigued wif de songs they r playing now... haz well seems crappy now but i shall put down de lyrics of 2 of mi fave songs here...

fave "old song"...

Ordinary World

Duran Duran

Came in from a rainy Thursday

On the avenue

Thought I heard you talking softly

I turned on the lights, the TV

And the radio

Still I can't escape the ghost of you

What has happened to it all?

Crazy, some are saying

Where is the life that I recognize?

Gone away

But I won't cry for yesterday

There's an ordinary world

Somehow I have to find

And as I try to make my way

To the ordinary world

I will learn to survive

Passion or coincidence

Once prompted you to say

"Pride will tear us both apart"

Well now pride's gone out the window

Cross the rooftops

Run away

Left me in the vacuum of my heart

What is happening to me?

Crazy, some'd say

Where is my friend when I need you most?

Gone away

But I won't cry for yesterday

There's an ordinary world

Somehow I have to find

And as I try to make my way

To the ordinary world

I will learn to survive

Papers in the roadside

Tell of suffering and greed

Here today, forgot tomorrow

Ooh, here besides the news

Of holy war and holy need

Ours is just a little sorrowed talk

And I don't cry for yesterday

There's an ordinary world

Somehow I have to find

And as I try to make my way

To the ordinary world

I will learn to survive

Every one

Is my world, I will learn to survive

Any one

Is my world, I will learn to survive

Any one

Is my world

Every one

Is my world

fave "new song"...

Believe Me

Fort Minor

I guess

That this is where we've come to

If you don't want to

Then you don't have to believe me

But I won't be there when you go down

Just so you know now

You're on your own now believe me

I don't want to be the one to blame

You like fun and games

Keep playing em

I'm just saying

Think back then

We was like one and the same

On the right track

But I was on the wrong train

Just like that

Now you've got a face to pain

And the devil's got a fresh new place to play

In your brain like a maze you can never escape the rain

Every damn day is the same shade of grey

Hey

I used have a little bit of a plan

Used to

Have a concept of where I stand

But that concept slipped right out of my hands

Now I don't really even know who I am

Yo, what do I have to say

Maybe I should do what I have to do to break free

What ever happens to you, we'll see

But it's not gonna happen with me

I guess

That this is where we've come to

If you don't want to

Then you don't have to believe me

But I won't be there when you go down

Just so you know now

You're on your own now believe me

Back then, I thought you were just like me

Somebody who could see all the pain I see

But you proved to me unintentionally

That you would self-destruct eventually

Now I'm thinking like the mistake I made doesn't hurt

But it's not gonna work

Cause it's really much worse than I thought

I wished you were something that you were not

And now this guilt is really all that I got

You turned your back

And walked away in shame

All you got is a memory of pain

Nothing makes sense so you stare at the ground

I hear your voice in my head when no one else is around

What do I have to say

Maybe I should do what I have to do to break free

What ever happens to you, we'll see

But it's not gonna happen with me

I guess

That this is where we've come to

If you don't want to

Then you don't have to believe me

But I won't be there when you go down

Just so you know now

You're on your own now believe me

I guess

That this is where we've come to

If you don't want to

Then you don't have to believe me

But I won't be there when you go down

Just so you know now

You're on your own now believe me

Do what i have to do

You're on your own now believe me

What ever happens to you

You're on your own now believe me

What do I have to say

You're on your own now believe me

It's not gonna happen with me

You're on your own now believe me

alrite tts all for now... funny tt after soooo long i culdnt find much to write... gonna go enjoy mi remaining days in SOXAL, all de fun i gonna have till nxt sem comes, n EUROPE!!!

2007-04-01T13:55:00.000+08:00

was i too busy? maybe... but how can someone on IA be so busy??? yah id admit my IA is fun, having to learn a lot... but is dis kinda workload fit for an intern??? im blardy working like a full-time engineer at a fraction of de pay! n now comes de woes of marketing... it means having to make ppl happy thru ways and means... its not how good ur products are, but how happy ur clients are... i dunno... mebe its work stress, n im hardly coping well, mebe...

wad more, when i go home, i expect to be welcomed into a haven, free frm worries n responsibilities, n i can sit down or lie down to relax aft a hard day... do i have it? thr r still so many things i have to help mi mum worry over... wad wif all de CPF n bank letters i have to look thru which i half-dunno, n try to solve de issues (tts de bad thing of having ur dad work overseas)... helping out with housework with mi mum accusing me of not helping enough (seriously, define enough)... helping to run errands without failure, each time i refuse will be met with disapproval... wad more can i say?

maybe i am too whiny now, but give me a break man! a man cant do with a strong facade all de time, he'll breakdown from the stress one fine day... i think i wun come to that, cos i still can handle all these... de most when i cant take it anymore, id just throw them aside, n go live my own life... i noe as i get older i nid to be more responsible, but y does EVERYTHING demands responsibility??? as much as i acknowledge tt i have to think thru n weigh things b4 acting, i seriously hate it if i have to do tt for everything!!!

thr is no such thing as a perfect employee, a perfect son, or a perfect man... everyone errs, including me...

FUCK...

2007-03-08T00:48:00.000+08:00

for most wednesdays, mi day would end after mi nite lesson, aft which i wuld be too darn tired to even do anything... so usually its back home n straight to bed i go...

but today its different... it seemed like yet another wednesday at 1st, n just when i thot mi day ended, here comes adrian jio-ing us for supper, so off i went wif adrian, dex n cheng... to BOTAK JONES!!! (mi idea lor... hahahaha)

dex had his usual craving for beef, n ordered de BIG 400gm cut n asked me to share... yea whu wuldnt wanna share it (as in de cost) when tt piece of meat cost a fricking 52 bucks??? but hey 400gm cut is not small noe... just look at it!

dis just had to be amongst de BEST pieces of grub ive eaten in mi entire life! tt slab of meat was so darn thick, n de thick chunks of meat we cut out were soooooo tender n satisfying it was a wonderful feeling just chewing on them wif our eyes closed n our imagination run amok!

but de best part came when i took de piece of fatty tendon... when i sank mi teeth into it for de 1st time, i let out an "OOOH!" tt got many ppl staring at me... but heck lar! im enjoying mi food lor! seriously man!!! i felt as if i flew to heaven tt instant n crash landed back to earth! it was sooooooooo juicy, de fat just melts in ur mouth, n biting it just hastened de melting process, resulting in tt piece of grub literally bursting in mi mouth, splashing oil onto every corner! FRICKING SINFUL!!!

wah i dun care man! dis aint gonna be mi last time thr! dex said he will frequent tt place leh... mebe i mite too... hahahaha...

MMMM... STEAK... AHHH......

2007-03-04T16:39:00.000+08:00

after yet another siong siong week in SOXAL, in which i tried to complete de almost-impossible-to-complete tasks on mi hands, de weekend came yet again... n dis time a weekend i was so looking-forward to! mahjong wif mi best frens after no mahjong for sooo long siaz!

well, at 1st thr was a small glitch, having cfmed to use mi home as de mahjong venus, n i forgot to tell mi mum earlier... so practically had to ~~fight~~ negotiate wif mi mum n aunts for de mahjong table... so bad of me hahz =P...

well, in de end mi house became some sort of a market, wif sooo manee ppl thr... mi aunts n cousins, n mi frens... n it just happened tt MR TAN YI KAI overslept, n end up late for de mahjong gathering, tt i had to get one of mi cousins to fill de gap... needless to say, we "punished" him by letting him sit n watch us play... well in de end we did let him play out of pity... hahahahaha

dinner was ooooh soooo good!!! wif all de goodies which i shalt not reveal so as not to incur jealousy frm mi readers =P... but i think i shall be kind to show wad i had for brunch de day after, which is today...

dis plate of noodles has evidence of wad i ate for dinner last nite ie. leftovers... see lar! even de leftovers r soooo nice liao, imagine de dinner man!!! mi plate of noodles had scallops, mushrooms, sea cucumbers n some assorted meats lor... too bad didn have abalone cos it didn manage to survive de dinner...

mahjong was great, dinner was great, texas poker at nite was even better!!! cant believe mi luck siaz! keep getting unbelievably good cards, n won a lot of $$$, even till de point tt i felt a bit bad... but i dun nid to worry la, mi frens very very sporting one, hor? heh...

so in all last nite was really fun, thou not as siao as last week wif those "aliens", n didn end up suffering a hangover... whew... but like wad i said in MSN, i do hope all mi weekends can be tt fun!!! yea!

2007-02-27T01:10:00.000+08:00

"Trèfle à 4 feuilles

Plantez votre Porte-Bonheur

Mode de Culture

Plonger la plaquette de terre de coco dans un verre d’eau tiède pendant une demi-heure. Remplir le petit pot avec la terre. Enfoncer les bulbes tête en haut. Arroser.

Placer le pot dans un endroit lumineux et frais. Maintenir humide mais sans excès. Au bout de quelques jours, les bulbes vont germer, puis donneront des Trèfles à 4 feuilles porte-bonheur..."

and tt was in de little instruction sheet tt came wif a potted plant given to me at a seminar i attended haz...

so u see, being on IA is soooo shuang hor? i can even go for seminars, end up get stuffed fat by some 8-course lunch... man... SOXAL ppl really can eat siaz!!!

cant give much details abt de seminar except tt its by our HQ in france for their subsidiaries in de region... so i got french ppl, japanese ppl, HK ppl, indonesians... all in de same room talking n trying to make sense of their disparity in their Englishes... yea i used a plural form cos it seemed as if they were talking in different languages, n miraculously understood one another!!! amazing siaz... hahahaha

de nice french presenter actually gave everyone welcome gifts or such... i got a pot of 2 seeds n some coconut husk thing... those french words above r de instructions to "start de plant up"... note de pun... hahahaha

so when i got home, read de supposed instructions n was so sianz tt i dun understand any of it... so ok lor... have to go online for a translator... found one frm Boonsong's blog which i guess was useful... THANX BOONSONG!!! oh yah anyone nids a translator can go to here...

Babel Fish Translation in AltaVista
http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr

so de below translation... though de English not tt good, but understandable... so i hope it works... will try out in company tmr in mi free time haz...

"Clover with 4 sheets

Plant your Amulet

Mode of Culture

To plunge the coconut ground plate in tepid water glass during half an hour. To fill the small pot with the ground. To insert the bulbs head in top. To sprinkle.

To place the pot in a luminous and fresh place. To maintain wet but without excess. At the end of a few days, the bulbs will germinate, then will give Clover to 4 sheets amulet... "

2007-02-26T02:01:00.000+08:00

well id never noe mi 181st post could be a bevy of pics depicting how loons frm whichever-planet-u-may-imagine got sent on a collision course to earth, n here they are!!!

Motohniecykelliapszh

Reweyhdeiflsaakcseehrs

Ohmif***inggawd

Part of the hideous monstrousity

Blbaecakredye, Mocuusrtlaicshhe and Motohniecykelliapszh

Averyverycrazyone and Reweyhdeiflsaakcseehrs

Averyverycrazyone and Ohmif***inggawd capturing a normal human being

Finally, de captain of de vessel - Whaddyawant

Note that Reweyhdeiflsaakcseehrs is terrorising yet another human being

See wad alcohol can do to a bunch of an otherwise sane, rational bunch of ppl? Kudos to mi cousins whu go all de way out in a drinking-cum-face-drawing session... makes de mind wander to nowhere huh? Aye wadever... BUT U GUYS ROCK MAN!!! will sue u all de day mi liver fails... muahahahahahaha...

Ok so u seen de mad pics of wad we did on a saturday... lets see some more-sane pics... abt 2 of mi frens trying to act funny in a Clinic...

Seriously, they did it wrong

Ure supposed to feed tt line into a vein, not drink frm it...

Ok aft all those pics (n i think by now mi image is reduced into nuthing but a chiongster n drinkster)...

CHEERS!!!

ok b4 i go i muz thank Averyverycrazyone for de pics she provided... have to write acknowledgement cos Minister once made noise tt i koped his pic w/o acknowledging... lucky no court summons arrived - whew... so learnt mi lesson dis time liao... hehz

2007-02-25T14:54:00.000+08:00

alrite pplz... sorrie if dis one is a bit backdated but i really gotta "report" a bit abt mi CNY...

yupz CNY, as usual, a 3-day-go-ard-eat-n-get-fat extravaganza... guess i had gained weight over those days again, wif god-noes-how-many steamboats, yu sheng, bah kwa n pineapple tarts i downed...

mi wallet became bigger n heavier in those few days also, cos apart frm de ang pows i amassed (ahh... de joys of remaining single...) i also won some cool cash over a few rounds of blackjack...

some things i managed to come across in those days...

you can come out decked like a red-n-gold xmas tree but still manage to not attract stares, cos most ppl wear like tt too... urgh...
u see so much sea cucumbers, shark fins n abalones, and eat so much, that u think it has become some sort of staple... well tt i dun mind man! but ohh de poor sharks...
its right to gamble in these few days... and consequently we can say, its WRONG not to gamble...
de amount of reds in most homes increases at least 10-folds... even if otherwise, de FEELING increases 10-folds...
even de most grouchy, grumpy ppl can eke out a smile..
de most-often-uttered-phrase: "gong xi..."
new "currency": de orange... u can even exchange them for cold hard cash! tip: alwaes give 2...
bah kwa is fattening... alcohol is EVEN MORE fattening!!!
well i cant think of anymore... so its now all up to ur imagination...

in fact most of de ppl still go red-n-gay for 2 whole weeks after tt... just like ytd even, i had a little gathering wif mi family, n it turned out rather out-of-hand... fotos shall be shown when i get mi access to them... heh...

2007-02-21T23:23:00.000+08:00

gooday ppl...

frick! n im now sounding like some aussie frm down under... haiz...

but nvm, pun aside, i shall update on wadever things i done since de last post (groan... boring...)

as wad i heard all abt de hype on V-day every yr... dis yr i seem to be inexplicably lost to all de hype... straightened out mi thots? mebe... aiya just simply say i got no date dis yr n being scroogey abt it la...

so thr, i went back to sch for LESSONS aft work on V-day... sadz life hor? wads even sadder is tt i LOST MI WALLET on tt day lor!!! ARRGH!!! n to think i gotta meet Carrie for supper aft mi lesson?

so i did wad i shd do... simply beg for, or rather, borrow cash frm mi good buddy Dexter to tide me thru de nite... which i managed to, n even managed to go down to St James yet again to meet good buddy n Melvyn for a few drinks...

nuthing special happened at St James... no hot chicks nor cute dudes like someone told me she heard (Miss... seriously whr did ya hear tt frm???) so we ended up like 3 lonered uncles drinking n staring at de dancers up de stage... not really fun lor...

de thing tt made dis day very unforgettable was aft we left de club... by then i had $10 left, wif no wallet (remember? i lost it...) so i decided to cab down to town to catch a Nightrider home...

did tt, n ended up at Esplanade happy to have exactly $3 left... just nice for Nightrider trip home... i came to de bus stop... n imagine de blardy shock i had when i found out tt Nightrider onie operates in de weekends!!! so blardy sian la!!!

numerous options surfaced as i quickly analysed them... cos at tt time i didn wanna surprise mi mum tt i lost mi wallet, esp aft such a late nite out, i decided NOT to take a cab home n call her up to help me pay... final decision: take bus no. 11...

whuever dunno wads bus no. 11 pls raise up ur hands... ok we got 1, 2, 3, 4, ... ... ok lar enuff for me to explain... 11 refers to these 2 structures on which all our body weight rests upon... so taking bus no. 11 is a skill that requires some practice... steps r shown below...

stand up, or make sure ure in a standing-up position...
put ur left foot out, and land on it, in front of ur right foot...
now put ur right foot out, land on it, in front of ur left foot...
repeat 2 and 3 till u reach ur destination.

so in short, I FRICKING WALKED HOME!!! distance covered is frm Esplanade all de way to Simei... tts something i will NEVER wanna experience ever in mi life again... walking like an idiot in de wee hours of de morning for god-noes-how-long... sucks man!!!

so? unforgettable V-day rite? yea go ahead, laff!!! grrr...

ok tt sums up i truly unforgettable V-day... will continue wif CNY in another post... too lazy to continue now haz...

2007-02-11T01:26:00.000+08:00

alrite dis aint american idol... but really wanna show it to all whu havent watch it yet...

b4 u click on the "PLAY" button, take a mental note tt de girl is only 11 yrs old... u can choose not to believe me, cos i cant find miself believing it after watching too...

2 words...

SIMPLY AWESOME!!!

2007-01-30T14:17:00.000+08:00

I realised tt i kept telling mi frens wad a GREAT weekend i had, but now realised i have to repeat de same words everytime i tell another person... thoroughly waste mi saliva... so i think i shd just blast it here, once and for all!!!

ok so 1st things 1st, saturday...

i went to a little workshop by Trybe in tampines... just gotta say tt Trybe is an organisation tt organises activities for teens such as camps n workshops, in de hope of cultivating de right values, and also being thr for them at de trying time of growing up... not gonna advertise for them cos im onie intending to volunteer... hey im not paid to do this noe! anywae, tt session was soooooo fun cos i got to see a bit of their activities on de teens, us being de "guinea pigs" frm those assessment stuff de Trybe staff gave us... but in all really fun, having a lot of fun n laughter along de way, and end up knowing myself better... will not elaborate on tt cos i shy... hahahahaha

went to cafe del mar at nite wif dex n mel... really leh! dex said it rite of tt place being THE PLACE TO BE!!! damn cool lar! wif all de decor (really nice couches n beds), de pool, de *AHEM* bikini babes, and de celebrities (hey we saw jean danker n dawn yeoh thr ok? dun pray pray...) wuld have been soooooo much better if they didn play so much techno, but nvm la... anywae tt place serves de BEST long island tea! just de nics sweetness, sourness n bitterness... not too much of each... SHIOK!!!

sunday...

sunday nite was HIGH HIGH HIGH!!! its been sooooooo long since i attended a rock band gig, n when i went to one, it had to be Hoobastank... HOOBASTANK ROX MAN!!! it was a gig like no other! one in which all de audience were screaming, shouting, singing along, dancing along... really dunno wad more some of them did... well its at fort canning park, open concert, so let them have their own "private" celebrations hahahahaha... no im not so boliao to go peep at ppl doing hanky panky... too high to even care, attention all taken by tt godlike band on de stage... YEAH!!! GODLIKE!!! wahahahahahaha... when thrs another Hoobastank gig in like mebe 2 or 3 more yrs time? im sure to go for it man!!!

well, again thrs de aftermath...

characterised by extremely aching throat, filled wif phlegm, blocked nose, ears tt seem to "eeeeeeeee" non-stop, n a throbbing headache... ytd (monday) still managed to drag miself to work... today leh, K.O. liao, wif M.C. attached... now having fricking nuthing to do but blog n wait till de effects of de Piriton to kick in... getting damn sleepy...

ok off for mi aftnoon nap... which i havent taken ever since i started work... ok rare chance, so shd go... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

2007-01-21T22:13:00.000+08:00

last nite, im damn happy, cos of EPL... it was a case of mi fave team winning mi most hated team! wahahahahaha...

ok lar i shdnt be so evil... i reiterate tt i dun hate chelsea... esp when thr r so many players thr tt i hold in high regard: Cech, Shevchenko, Lampard, Terry n Drogba... its just 1 person tt i dun like, n thrs no nid to guess... whuever dunno just nid to read below...

b4 i say anything more i gotta apologise to all his fans n stuff cos i guess they will take it hard... might flame me, or even slap me a lawyer's letter... but really these words do not come frm me... i quote frm Newpaper one... so anyone not happy pls go tok to SPH... wanna slap lawyer letter better think twice cos u wun wanna be de nxt TT Durai... hahahahaha

i quote frm The Newpaper, Sunday 21/01/2007, pg. 1:

"BYE BYE MOURINHO!!!"

wahahahahahahahahaha...

see lar! nvr start wif Sheva lar! incur de wrath of ur boss lar! trail 0-2 to liverpool in just 18mins, end up lose match lar! whu to blame??? aiya start looking for a new club la...

wahahahahahahahahaha...

2007-01-14T17:32:00.000+08:00

ok todae i got scolded by MS PHYLLIS LAU for not updating mi blog... so here goes...

since de last update, de days been de same, to go to work - leaving home even b4 sun rise, yada yada yada, to return home aft sun set... so more or less no life... i noe, at least no homework or wad to worry, nites free, but usually im so fricking tired tt i stone thru de nite... sorry cant provide much details abt work here, not tt im bounded by some silence agreement, but i think its not nice to reveal la, later touch wood cause mi coy to lose $$$... hahahaha oops...

past few days were exceptions, been gg out so much tt mi mum is now making noise abt it... everyday frm wednesday... nxt week gotta be a guai kia n go home everyday, n think its quite hard for mi to go for PRU bash nxt weekend...

wednesday, it was no choice cos of mi nite class... have to go sch, so naturally didn go home for dinner... den meet mi old fren adrian for supper n tok cock session... caught last train home... well, since its for sch, its ok...

thursday, out to town wif colleagues diana, tenghong n joanne... late dinner at raffles city Bakerzin, cos had to do a bit of OT, den thinking de One Fullerton Bakerzin was still open, we went thr for a wasted trip... anywae one of Bakerzin dessert tapas, de Banana Pizza, is so damn good!!! 1st bite is like a burst of flavours of banana, crepe, sweet mozerella and cinnamon... nearly overwhelmed me!!! aft tt stayed to chat... so, end up reaching home late again... strike one...

friday, CN3B class gathering, as requested by adrian... ended work early so walk ard aimlessly at Jurong Point to kill time... in de end cos of sheer boredom went to queensway to meet up wif janice since she ended early too... as a typical marketer i charge for mi services, so MS JANICE YAP, u owe me $30 hahahahaha... well anywae aft tt went to Holland V for de gathering... at Essential Brew, which de food, again, was below expectations... and we were a bit suay to go thr wif de window seats reserved... so ended up in a cramped corner, adrian, cheng, janice, ben, n yours truly... but still really nice gathering wif all those interesting conversation... again reached home late... strike two...

saturday, whole day out! went for CSC day which was damn fun! actually didn wanna go but was psychoed by tsunting, n also i had to pass mi book o mich... so it was lunch at clementi, in which i was appaled tt MS CHAN TSUNTING!!! 3 sems in NUS alr n u havent tried clementi food??? tsk tsk tsk... ok den to CSC day, whr i didn really join much of de activities due to mi acute shyness, but had fun playing wif de kids, n took some fotos which i shall not put here... not well taken... hahaha... at nite it was to st james for Bizad Bash wif adrian (again), dex, cheng n mel... ok we didn really go for de bash cos not happening, just went in early to take de goodie bags, free drink n entry chop for just $14 bucks... note dis, goodie bags = 3 mags including Jan 2007 MAXIM plus $75 worth of vouchers!!! SHIOK!!! de rest of de nite was drinking n dancing... details shall not be provided cos bounded by a silence agreement... so sorry... anywae i reached home very early... 7am on sunday morning!!! oh well, strike three!!!

so u see... frm de situation, if i go on like tt i will be grounded... gotta stop gg out for a few days so as to let it simmer down... den mebe can hope to go PRU bash... but another matter, coy Family Day on de same day, n mi cousin back frm Aussie... requesting to see me... so really unlikely liao...

fingers crossed...

2007-01-01T01:23:00.000+08:00

HAPPY 2007 TO ALL!!!

hahaha dis yr, im more guai liao... didn go countdown parties n stuff... just celebrated de occasion like every other heartlander... ala uncle-style!!!

so wads uncle-style celebration? gg down to de nearby friendly kopitiam for supper... not normal kinda supper... but uncle-style... fried chicken n beer as shown below...

yupz... dis was mi 1st meal of 2007... commemorative hor??? ok anywae it arrived on mi table n i tucked in 2 mins aft de clock struck 12... n aft abt 20 mins...

tts wads left... de rest alr transferred into mi full tummy liao... wah... really la... beer goes well wif fried stuff... washes it all down... n gives mi de full feeling... *BURP!!!*

ok so i missed de fireworks... so wad? i had a good meal... hahaha... hope u all enjoyed ur new yr celebrations too!!!

2006-12-31T00:08:00.000+08:00

ok here i am once again to tok kock... its less than 24 hrs to de new yr, so wuld be a good time to reflect... mebe on wad id done right or wad i done wrong? argh! screw it! im too lazy to write so much anywae...

some things tt happened past few days... 1st, results... *groan* yah ok, its kinda screwed up yet again... n dis time, its kinda unexpected, wif modules i thot i did well end up imploding in front of me... yah i noe, thr was some kock up in de system tt resulted in de results leaking out... truth be told, i got to see mi screwed up results way ahead of schedule... but told miself it wasnt true cos they still had to moderate... well, it was true after all...

ok at least i noe someone whu got a perfect 5 sem, n she feels so happie abt it (duh of course...) heartfelt congrats man!!!

i dun care man! im gonna review 2 of mi papers, if tts wad i have to do... i still dun believe id score tt kinda grades for them... as for de rest, aiya... lets say i surrender ba...

nuthing much happened since xmas as well... work was still quite fun, but since everyone were in de festive mood... all dun wanna work, so most of de time i sat in front of mi com, staring blankly at mi emails... wad a life man...

soon i will be gg to east coast park, n tt will be de place whr i spend 31st December 2006, rollerblading!!! woah its been so fricking long since i bladed... lemme see, de last time was like... 5-6 months ago liao... hope i can still stand properly on those 2 lines of wheels... haz... CANNOT lau kui man!!!

ok b4 i go, happy 2007 to all!!!

2006-12-25T15:13:00.000+08:00

once again, Merry Christmas to all!!!

haz todae so far had been quite slow-moving, but im quite contented, having to party all nite ytd... so gotta rest mi lazy butt... mite be gg for a movie later, but its gonna depend on de guyz responses, n whether im still lethargic haz...

a thing abt ytd... St James Power Station was DAMN FUN!!! culd be rated as one of de best entertainment ctrs i have gone to... heard it has like 9 clubs n bars lor!!! went to check out Tiger Live Bar, Movida, PowerHouse, Bellini Room, and Gallery Bar... they were all damn good!!! sooooo much better than MOS man!!! its just too bad tt we culdnt get into Dragonfly cos of de long queue, but culd alwaes do tt another day haz... for those chiongsters or ppl whu wanna check out a new club, go try St James!!!

as of now, im Youtubing yet again cos too lazy to move mi arse ard... just saw a movie trailer which i think will be darn interesting... if The Tudors ever land in sg shores, id wanna watch it!!!

enjoy de trailer!!!

2006-12-24T15:52:00.000+08:00

wahz... its been such a long time since i updated here alr... guess had been busy in de hols ba... playing a lot of ps2 perhaps??? haz...

but really... lots of stuff had happened since mi last update, n if i were to write them all here, wuld have easily rivalled those 3000+ word essays i had done during sem time... so just going to write some stuff, briefly i hope...

so yea its true, ive been ps2-ing a lot... in fact completed 2 games, n gonna complete another liao... well lets not go into details cos i guess a lot of mi readers r ps2 n00bs, if i do have any readers in de 1st place haz...

n i helped a particular fren go thru one of de toughest phases of her life, tt is, death of a family member... well, not exactly helped much, but at least did wadever i culd, n i do hope tt gal, u can get over it n live on happily... never forget tt ur granny will be watching over u, giving her blessings in wadever u do...

also met up wif mi TJ class guys for a round of mahjong, and a movie too! wah it had been quite some time i met up wif them, thou i do see them so blardy often since we r all de sad ppls of engineering... but it felt good man!!! at least im quite comforted tt de guys still bother to meet up aft like 5 yrs since graduation...

oh yah... tok abt mahjong... i played a total of 3 times, n won major twice... made a total of $30+ frm mahjong... tok abt luck man!!! haz...

nxt comes mi attachment, which just started a week ago, n will continue for 6 months at least... tt week had been really really fulfiling!!! met so many new frens thr, including mi great supervisor whu is so enthu abt wadever he does, n can be really witty at times, never failing to make mi inception to SOXAL exciting... cheers to u How!!! thrs also mi upperstudy Lionel, whu has done so much to ensure tt i understand de works he passed over to me in just 4 days... wah one thing to say abt him man... tt guy can be a ladies-killer! tall, handsome, suave n really a gentleman, but gals out thr whu wuld be interested, im sorry, de mans taken hahahahha... thr r also a lot of ppl i wanna thank, like mi bosses Roy n Raymond, mi other colleagues Wuyi, Ivan, Desmond n Beng, de CES guys Wan n Jeremy, whu like Lionel, will be leaving SOXAL soon aft his attachment, de gals Diana n Kim, as well as Victor whu introduced me to this wonderful job! thr will be more ppl to mention as i get to noe more in SOXAL... they r all wonderful ppl! im sure i will enjoy mi 6 months thr!

now comes Christmas... tts a sai gang thing for mi at 1st man... having to go down to TM to buy so much stuff for de family celebration... but no choice since everyone is getting something... i gotta play mi part...

so voila! heres de food... in fact, A LOT of food... so darn worried we cant finish lor... but in de end, we managed to... just by having them for lunch n dinner, me, my mum n bro, grandma, my aunts n cousins...

now de drinks... just look at tt!!! n my cousins n i at 1st agreed to finish all of them by midnite... imagine all de alcohol!!! ok so in de end we didn make it... de level of de Cordon Bleu n Baileys didn drop by much, n de Chivas Regal was still unopened... at least we finished de Souvignon Blanc n 1 bottle of Arbor Mist... which is like SO DAMN LITTLE!!! so much for Indian Poker...

n de Christmas tree, complete wif all de deco n presents... dog not included haz... its just tt dis pig was so kaypo tt she just wanted to lie beside de tree while i took de foto... cute huh?

alrite, i had updated up till todae thus far... its Christmas Eve todae n im really looking fwd to gg out to9 man!!! im sure gonna have fun man!!! haz... Merry Christmas to all!!!

2006-12-07T18:24:00.000+08:00

YEAH!!! EXAMS R OVER!!! gonna be some 6 months b4 i start mugging mi arse off like those past few weeks... whew...

thing is tt i hadnt been really hardworking dis sem... slacking a lot as compared to past sems, thanx to de introduction of a few slackers into mi circle... haz... but think id been lucky in a way... having to have braved de exams quite well, wif no papers tt i felt i had screwed up... its a GOOD feeling man!!! felt like i cheated de system haz... well no matter, just gotta see de verdict which shd come out in like 2 to 3 weeks time? but till then, its FUN TIME!!!

ok another music video i found... for ppl whu watch Bleach out thr dis song will be darn familiar... but really got onie 2 words to describe de video...

KICK ASS!!!

well if u dun believe mi 2 words, watch for urself!

2006-12-03T01:13:00.000+08:00

happy happy happy birthday GEN!!!

hahahaha so happie... mi dear little sis finally became an adult liao... n de party was fun!!! kinda like a gathering of old n new frens, but tts not de real point... wad most impt is tt de b'dae gal aka. de princess enjoyed herself! hahahaha... did u? huh??? hope ya like de little gift i got, n tt oh-so-corny card on it =P...

ok came across another music video on youtube... dis time is one of mi fave songs yea! at 1st when i heard it, i was like... "dis song is GOOD!!!" now watching de music video brought another new dimension into it lor!!! watch how they maximised de effects wif de black-n-white feel, n de transition frm de prelude into de main song!

a warning to all R&B lovers whu i noe... DIS MUSIC VIDEO CAN GET REALLY ADDICTIVE!!!

2006-12-01T18:57:00.000+08:00

seriously, i dunno wad de hell's wrong wif me liao... de way im handling mi exams now, in de past i wuld have shaked mi head till it dislodged...

like wad i said to a certain fren ytd... i have lost mi fire... dunno isit bcos im too used to dis exam system tt i no longer feel nervous gg into de exam hall, hoping really hard tt i will do well in de paper... really dunno...

past 2 papers i walked into de exam hall wif no jittery feeling like how i felt in mi earlier sems... instead i felt happy cos in 2hrs id be 1 paper down n can throw de notes n txtbook aside... i dunno shd i like mi thinking now...

yuehyang said b4 tt he liked mi learning style, one tt does not give a damn abt results but focus more of how i can use dis knowledge to mi advantage nxt time when i work, or in a way, how im trying to improve miself, rather than looking at results onie... yah, im in a way surprised wif miself, how i "straightened out" mi thinking last yr aft de burnout frm sem 3... shd i be glad? tt i have eliminated miself frm de desperate rat race to get a good honours degree? some ppl frowned at mi attitude, while others were for dis... pity tt not many ppl in chem eng have dis thinking... eh no im not saying tt chem eng ppl r all cap-hungry muggers, its just tt thr r too many of such ppl in chem eng tt it can get real scary... so i did wad i gotta do, bow out of dis b4 i suffer a breakdown frm de stress...

did i make a rite decision back then? cos i kinda like dis life rite now, not being lured by dis carrot tt reads "2nd class upper honours"... but then again, im quite worried such thinking iwll eventually lead to mi downfall...

no matter how, im just looking fwd dis time to end dis crap once n for all!!! 5th dec, HERE I COME!!!

btw i saw dis thing on youtube... darn nice song by PCD n Timberland... ROX!!!

2006-12-01T00:55:00.000+08:00

yea... tokyo drift...

ok i noe... u watched, u watched n u watched... so wad??? i watched also ma... but since i found dis clip on youtube tt contained my fave scene in tokyo drift, thot id share...

see de scene whr de guy starts de race? fricking cool siaz!!! heard frm dex tt dis guy is some model they employ just to film tt scene... wad de dedication siaz hahahahaha... but really, tt short 30sec scene is darn cool!!!

oh yah btw, speaking of mi brudder dex... tt guy damn funny lor... dis exam ar... he easy paper say difficult, difficult paper say easy... dunno wads up siaz... ey brudder!!! i noe u got read dis one! correct rite? u funny rite??? ahahahahaha... ok i gotta quit niao-ing ppl for now, n go back to study...

wah... no mood to study... haiz...

2006-11-28T19:58:00.000+08:00

ok here i am reminding miself not to get too stressed in mi exams...

AYE SO WAD??? IT'S EXAMS ONIE LOR!!!

2006-11-25T23:06:00.000+08:00

haz dis is de 2nd post for todae liao... but really got 2 things i muz muz muz put up, or else will be so buay song wif miself...

1st thing...

I'M SOOOOOOOO PISSED OFF!!! wad de hell did i do wrong to have one gal i dun noe at all glaring at me on de train??? is tt how ppl ask for a seat on de mrt??? seriously i dunno...

it all started when de train reached redhill n de guy sitting beside me stood up n walked out... 2 gals came in... 1 of them sat down beside me n her fren stood very very close by, machiam knee touching knee tt kind... n they continued chatting while i went abt listening to mi music...

i looked up at de standing gal... N SHE GLARED AT ME!!! hey its not tt kind of sian-cant-be-bothered look lor... its tt kind of penetrating glare tt can really scare de living daylights out of an unsuspecting person! dunno wads her prob la... mebe she wanted mi seat, but if she wanted me to be nice, she at least be nice to me wad! mebe like smiling or asking nicely, since i culd see she really wanted de seat... but after glaring at me like tt, wan me to give up mi seat? FAT HOPE LA!!!

wah dis thing wuld have spoilt mi day, if not for de thing happening nxt...

yah... de 2nd thing...

reached home to have a great home-cooked dinner in front of me lor! wahz... so shiok!!! although its leftover, since mi family ate alr... cant wait for me cos i came home so late la... but really, mums cooking is still de best!!! thrs chestnut roasted chicken, vege in XO sauce, n de BEST ngor hiang ive ever eaten lor!!!

notice de glass of liquid beside it??? its one of de best wines i ever tasted lor!!! think it mite well put mi fave Pierre Jean in 2nd place liao... haz...

mi bro bought dis wine frm DFS when he came back frm his Brunei training... its New Zealand ice wine la!!! darn fragrant n sweet... de taste of heaven man!!! really shiok siaz...

now stoning in front of de TV, watching soccer, when i shd be studying... HECK!!! MORE WINE!!! hahahahaha...

2006-11-25T16:19:00.000+08:00

today, walked into de exam hall wif so so many of mi frens... atmosphere is cheerful, wif anticipation... like all ready to take de paper... n de weather was fine, darn sunny actually, tt kind tt can put a smile on ur face lor...

went in, sat for de paper...

came out... paper wasnt tough, ok actually, culd do all de qns, n finish ahead of time... n most of mi frens seem so happy aft tt paper... but de weather was so dark n rainy!!! arrrgh!!! just 2hrs inside thr de weather changed liao... as if its trying to tell mi something... really dun like dis feeling... kinda dampens mood...

anywae, im in post-paper slacking mode... so sianz... just wanna spend de day walking down orchard n breathe fresh air, but (1) i still got 3 papers... (2) its still raining!!! arrrgh!!!

2006-11-24T01:06:00.000+08:00

less than 2 days to mi 1st paper... so far, have done wad i culd given dis frickingly short amt of time... its time for WAR!!!

BANKAI!!!

Tensa Zangetsu...

2006-11-23T13:47:00.000+08:00

To all ppl i noe having exams, whether NUS, NTU, SMU or A-levels (any more i missed out? really sorrie if tts de case...)

JIAYOU!!!

it shall be over soon!

2006-11-18T00:53:00.000+08:00

1 down, 4 to go...

ok de paper i had shuldnt be counted... its just a test, a final test for an otherwise non-examinable module... so de truth is, i still have 4 MAJOR ones coming up...

it suddenly strikes mi tt i havent made any noise here for a loooooong time... well cant blame mi when mi daily acticities these past few days had been...

wake up, wash up
eat b'fast
go to sch
lessons/study
eat lunch
lessons/study
eat dinner
study
go home
sleep

sounds depressing hor? too bad la... dis is de life of an NUS examinee... seriously hope to break miself out of dis routine asap, but de end is still quite far away... de main prob is, de start is looming close n im no whr near being prepared!!! im screwed la...

ok quit all dis self-pitying liao... gotta work hard!!! so unlikely i will be coming here de nxt few days...

its de time of WAR!!!!!!

2006-11-07T00:15:00.000+08:00

as of today, im on 3-days (unofficial) medical leave...

the excuse slip reads:
(i) excused all forms of programming in MATLAB for 3 days
(ii) excused all forms of conversation that remotely contain elements of MATLAB for 3 days

diagnosis:
allergic reaction (excessive sian-ness) due to overexposure to hazardous elements (MATLAB)

2006-11-06T01:25:00.000+08:00

found dis one on yahoo... so thot id share dis...

really a nice music video, everything frm de song till de video is original! tt guy's really a genius man!!! spoil market for other guys like mi onie... grrr......

hey gal... its 2 months alr... really really miss u... enjoy urself thr!!!

2006-11-01T21:25:00.000+08:00

had been battling wif all those schwork recently, clearing them like stages aft stages...

sometimes i feel tired... sometimes it seems i wuld not see de light of day... sucky feeling...

but i do remember a performance i attended some weeks ago, whr de choir sang,

"Und Gott sprach: Es werde Licht!
Und es ward Licht!"

ok i shall say im not a Christian, but i really admire tt kinda power, being able to call upon light as n when u like it...

come to think of it, i believe in light within de personal self, n u can light it up when u look upon de bright side... so i think i have to remind miself constantly, n keep mi light shining bright!!!

LET THERE BE LIGHT!!!

2006-10-26T22:02:00.000+08:00

ok another day in blogosphere, so i shall make mi post short, sweet n SIBEI BOLIAO!!!

basically, thr aint no point to name or search for an 8th wonder of de world cos its in mi room!

BEHOLD!!! MOUNT TEXTBOOK!!!

looks as if im a NERD hor??? hahahahahahaha...

2006-10-25T15:42:00.000+08:00

i challenge ALL whu watch dis video to NOT LAFF!!!

c'mon!!! try it!!! wahahahahahaha!!!

2006-10-23T13:13:00.000+08:00

dis is just great... wasted another weekend doing work n analysing data for mi lab just to find tt mi values r all wrong... or inaccurate... its darn sianz la!!!

dis was wad i was doing in those 2 days...

1. took de EXCEL sheet given by mi lab partner n updated it, finding de values i wuld nid to graph... see how extensive mi data is? nver mind if cant read de values cos tt aint for u to noe...

2. graphed it out... but it looked like mi values r all darn random n cant fit into a line!!! BAD!!!

3. tried MATLAB wif another correlation, so had to write out a file for linear regression...

4. evaluated mi values, just to find tt it was heavily flawed!!! REALLY BAD!!!

finally concluded aft 2 days of slogging tt i have to redo de lab... wah kaoz!!! dis is just making mi darn sianz lor... de job of a data analyst sux!!!

2006-10-20T01:50:00.000+08:00

mi Mass Transfer Opn midterm results... 38.5/50...

not bad hor? but...

class avg... 39.5/50...

WAD DE?!?!?!?!?!?!

2006-10-17T17:48:00.000+08:00

Quotable quotes...

"I'm not mugging! I'm just reading up to prepare for my nxt lecture..."
- by someone I noe, u noe, n u noe... so dun ask...

WAD DE HELL???

ok so mi turn to say something...

"De world looks TRANSLUCENT todae..."

2006-10-16T18:51:00.000+08:00

ok i was waaaaayyyyyyy too busy last week... tts y no news of mi here...

n something i did, or didn do, on fri n sat cost mi dearly on sun... wad did i do? i slacked!!!

yah fri n sat were filled wif gg out, ps2, tv, sleep, eat, EPL... completely didn do anything, n was not even de least flustered when one aft another frens on MSN went abt doing their homework n tutorials, while i bummed ard...

"chill la... still got a whole sunday to do it..."

yea i did spent de whole of sunday to do it... 2 to 4... er i dun mean just 2hrs... im saying 2pm in de aftnoon straight up to 4am on monday morning!!! all these 14hrs devoted to tutorials n lab report... FWAH!!!

in just de course of one nite, i transformed frm a complete slacker into a hardcore mugger... end up sleeping so little last nite, n look like a zombie, yet again, in class todae...

monday blues man... n im fighting it to finish mi lab report, which is nowhr near finishing... arrrgh!!! ok so far im in control, wif de monday blues being held lying on de floor by mi humongous stren...err... weight! haz...

ok enuff of crapping... its time to go back n conquer tt lab report... hurr!!!

2006-10-09T00:06:00.000+08:00

just dis morning... oops i mean, noon... i woke up to find, in my utter relief, tt i managed to see COLOUR!!!

wah n all along i braced miself for in a black-n-white-ala-charlie-chaplin-movie kind of environment de moment i woke up todae... hengz siaz...

cos de good news is, PSI dropped to healthy level todae!!! woohoo!!!

bad news is... in fact i got 2... i got no excuse to sleep in aircon to9, n i still have to go to sch!!! sianz...

2006-10-08T01:31:00.000+08:00

further evidence of how bored i am...

You Are 84% Happy

It's unlikely that you know anyone happier than you.
You know how to be happy, no matter what life throws at you.

How Happy Are You?

You Have Low Self Esteem 24% of the Time

Generally, you feel pretty darn great about who you are, even when you mess up or fail.
Occasionally, a huge setback will make you question yourself, but you pick yourself up quickly.

How is Your Self Esteem?

You Are a Natural Flirt

Believe it or not, you're a really effective flirt.
And you're so good, you hardly notice that you're flirting.
Your attitude and confidence make you a natural flirt.
And the fact that you don't know it is just that more attractive!

What Kind of Flirt Are You?

You Are Somewhat Honest

You do tend to tell the truth a lot
But you also stretch the truth on occasion
You figure a little lie isn't a big deal
As long as it doesn't hurt anyone too much!

How Honest Are You?

You Should Drive a Saturn Sky

You're sleek and smooth, and you need a car to match your hot persona.
Besides, sometimes you want your top up - and sometimes you want it down.

What 2007 Car Should You Drive?

2006-10-07T23:57:00.000+08:00

hazy saturday... DARN SIAN LAR!!!

y sian? cos of dis haze i decided to stay home n hopefully avoid smoking eternal 2nd-hand smoke... u think haze not so bad? PSI crossed de 150 mark u noe! whu noes how bad it can be in indonesia... can kill lor!!! so ended up playing PS2 for hours upon hours... didn wanna mug cos i just survived 3 tests in succession... so felt like slacking... so dun wanna mug, dun wanna go out, end up a couch potato lor... lethal combi!!!

ok in mi boredom, i collated de haze-related nicks frm mi MSN contacts... really starting to find MSN so colourful wif all those "creative" nicks... as opposed to de increasing greyness of everything else ard... yah if dis goes on ur surroundings wuld look like black-n-white TV programs liao...

1. It's hazy!!!

2. cough cough

3. bad haZE!!!

4. haze haze go away...

5. where's the clear blue sky?!

6. let it rain please.. so that the haze will go away..

7. can u smell what indo is cooking

8. Can the haze be modelled by some sort of dispersion model?

9. hazy hazy my eyes are blurry...

10. Stop the mass bbq-ing! I wan fresh air...

11. haze is making govt's so-called smoke-free campaign look bad...

12. smokers, enjoy while u can, the haze comes only once a year

13. if only the haze is caused by the burning of soc

14. PAP must be damned relieved the haze came right AFTER the IMF meetings

15. girls are like SG weather, wan sun then sun, wan rain then rain, now giv me HAZE, make me duno wat is in ur mind

pplz... enjoy de new, different environment... just dun indulge too much till u fall sick...

2006-10-05T00:16:00.000+08:00

dennis really deserves a good telling off...

2 days b4 test he was supposed to be studying... but thr he was yapping over an hr on de fone... n aft tt gg out for a movie wif frens... wad was he thinking???

oh yah pplz btw, dun watch stay alive if u havent... it plain sux!!! ok mebe as a horror-thriller-or-wadever it employed some scare tactics, effects r thr n not bad... but lets not say it has a bad plot... THR AINT NO PLOT TO EVEN BEGIN WIF!!! well if u guys wanna watch it i wun stop u frm wasting $$$... lets just say uve been warned...

todae, 1 day frm test... n here he is blogging, blog-hopping, n chatting on msn... man!!! i really nid to stop all these n continue writing mi helpsheet already... de test is tmr n im not even halfway thru!!! die la...

ok when i stop blogging i shall seriously go n do mi helpsheet!!! no more internet till aft mi last test on fri!!!

2006-09-29T15:39:00.000+08:00

OMG JUST LOOK AT THAT!!!

2006-09-28T20:59:00.000+08:00

cant believe it man! i actually succumbed to laziness! utter laziness!!!

haz been s few days since i blogged... wanted to blog like in de past few days one, but yah noe... succumbed to laziness haz...

yah so lazy mi dun wanna write too much... got some pics when i went sightseeing on bike wif willy at de wee hrs of morning... of which day? forgot liao haz...

here goes... let de pics do de toking... or blogging...

2 pics i took frm nicoll highway... 1st one was de oasis restaurants which i liked de lights... 2nd one was de city skyline... felt lucky to be able to take out its effects, bright background n dark foreground... too bad, both r darn blur... haz

de tallest hotel, in de world perhaps? swissotel stamford... pic taken frm padang...

steps of de old supreme court, making mi blog look like an advert or sg biennale 06, which i erm... dun exactly noe wad is it... so paiseh haz... just something to do wif art ba... anywae, saw de car lights in front? arty hor? took many shots b4 i got wad i wan leh...

woah... de fullerton!!! now tts wad i call 6-star hotel man! too bad tt nite we ride bike till sweaty, n we wear shorts, so cant go in... mebe nxt time la... hahahahaz

yup went other places like suntec, esplanade, ECP... but didn take fotos thr...

so tts all i have for de bike trip... de rest of de hols i was nua-ing... do a bit homework, study a bit, swim n suntan a bit, but mostly watch tv, play ps2, n stone... wad a wasted term break...

nvm... tmr will be gg for a concert!! neh not westlife or shinhwa... its some arty kind so tt i can proceed to do mi essay for sci of music... also a dinner, which im so not gonna treat cos im so poor... just hope anxiang feels rich enuff to blanjah mi... hahahaha im so greedy =P

2006-09-22T13:15:00.000+08:00

and so, mi 10-day holiday officially begins!!! yayy!!!

but its kinda sucky when i got these 10 days of freedom, but got no plans wadsoever...

yah it aint all 10 days la... i still have to be reminded of 4 tests coming up, and a project due aft dis break, in which i havent even finalised mi grp!!! so screwed siaz!!!

anyone free to ask a lonely guy out??? haz...

2006-09-19T00:40:00.000+08:00

its past midnite... n i just got home onie... AGM... bittersweet feeling...

dis is de 3rd CSC AGM i attended... already de 3rd... m i tt old alr? i got 2 batches of juniors below liao leh... wanna feel like a freshie again... althou tts as simple as FAT HOPE...

AGM just made it clearer tt im into another phase of mi life alr... changes again... cant say i hate it... but too much of these makes mi tired... yup... tired...

izit bcos i become a senior alr? have i lost de drive? yea i told miself b4 tt i dun wanna spend much time on CCAs since i got onie 2 yrs left in uni liao... yea it worked... n i paid a price... it seemed tt things i viewed as part of mi 2 yrs ago seemed unimportant liao... dunno...

as i saw de transition frm de 4th MC to de 5th... it just seemed so... unfamiliar... awkward... it seems like im not really part of it anymore... so redundant... im sorry if u guys get to see dis... but tts really wad i felt...

nevertheless, i still have close frens... mer, toon, fwed, mei mei... u all still made mi feel like i still wanna contribute... loved tt feeling n i hope to love it again... heartfelt thanx to u all...

babe... still missing u... feeling like counting down to de end of de sem liao...

2006-09-18T01:15:00.000+08:00

2 big matches just over... haz really didn regret taking time off to watch them... both were good!!!

chelsea 1 - liverpool 0

really a nice one! althou pool lost n chelsea won, a result i didn quite like... it had been quite exciting... it showed mi how good Petr Cech was!!! de stalwart of Chelsea kept his net airtight, positioning himself nicely to save spectecular howlers frm Gerrard n Kuyt, as well as near chances frm Bellamy n Crouch... Drogba's goal was superb too!!! world class i wuld say!!! tt ivory coast player is simply getting better n better!!! still hate Mourinho though... haz...

arsenal 1 - man u 0

tok abt exciting!!! 1st half was simply mindblowing wif quick runs n exchanges... fwah!!! n it seems tt arsenal's passes r getting better n better... like last time when passing is like artwork for them!!! really emphasised de meaning of "de beautiful game"... goodness!!! man u were sharp in de 1st half too! but slacked off in de 2nd, n paid de price... tt goal came in de 80th min, Adebayor scored... but most of de credit went to Febregas... tt run!!! dodging 3 defenders b4 a well-placed pass... wad a shock man!!!

really great way to end a weekend haz...

2006-09-16T18:16:00.000+08:00

another week of work work work n no blog... haz... n im back here again!!!

yupz!! went up to glass bar for de 2nd time last nite... really an enjoyable nite... havin to catch up wif an old fren... erm does JC classmate sounds old??? haz yea mebe... 4-plus yrs since i grad frm TJ liao lor...

last nite was a long nite chatting in Glass Bar wif Doreen... shared lotsa stuff... including those crappy gossips n scandals mi class had last time, n to think now we're finding them darn funny haz... a lot of other stuff we chatted over... yah seems like 4-plus yrs n we all become different liao... really really different... outlook in life... relationships stuff... chill-out venues... de list goes on n on...

oh yea, one thing to say... thrs dis red wine in Glass Bar which is damn great!!! Pierre Jean, 2005 Merlot frm France! extremely fruity for a red wine siaz! till now still mi fave in Jewel Box... u all muz try when u ever go up!!! yea muz go DFS or Carrefour n see if they do sell dis wine thr le...

now, back home... woke up... went for a suntan... n now nuaing in front of de com wif music playing on n on...

babe, how r u now??? hoping u had a great trip over in Europe... n yea like i said in mi SMS a few days back...

Ich vermisse dich...

"I'll always look back as I walk away

This memory will last for eternity

And all off our tears will be washed in the rain

Will I find my way back to your arms again

But until that day you know you are...

The Queen of My Heart"

Signing off...

2006-09-09T13:05:00.000+08:00

was blog-hopping n found something...

its just a short tag a good fren of mine wrote to another good fren...

"good things r worth waiting for..."

how true...

2006-09-04T13:37:00.000+08:00

been a long time since i posted liao... too busy perhaps haz... but dis time, i really have to put dis one down...

tmr evening, i will find miself at de airport sending a few frens off for SEP in england... amongst them is a very very impt fren of mine... im sure gonna miss her lots... shit feeling like crying liao... control urself dennis!!! *sobz*

ok wad im gonna write now is all dedicated to her so yupz...

gal... i have already told u lots abt how i feel n stuff... all de times we spent together, whether if its a grp outing, studying together in sch, de library or some other venues n cafes, or even movie or dinner dates or such... i really cant count de number of times i seen u in de past 9 months alr... de nxt 3+ months will really be different for mi... mebe u can manage better cos ure overseas havin fun, i dunno...it will be tough for mi but i assure u i will move on wif mi life... i will do wad i have to do till i see u again...

in de past few days everytime i think abt u n all de times we spent i really felt de sense of loss... even breaking down a couple of times... cant imagine how weak i am for such a big guy huh? but dun worry abt mi, just go n enjoy urself... mebe we can keep in touch on msn if thrs chances yupz... just get ur webcam ready by ur side ok?

i told u b4 i wanna go visit u in de december hols... dun go thinking tt im joking or wad k? im serious abt tt... im doing mi best now to work n save up, so tt i wuld be more able to fulfil tt promise... just waid for mi... i mean, pls waid for mi... ok?

i really dunno wad to say anymore... its something like those times in de past few days whr i find miself speechless n unable to tell u wad im thinking... dun feel like writing dis anymore lest i really break down again... no matter how, u gotta enjoy ur trip ok? dun worry abt mi here... cos im sure i will pull it thru... if need be, just forget abt mi aft u leave, temporarily...

oh yah abt tmr... pls try not to cry in front of mi ok? i will really cry if i see tt... im sure... on 2nd thots, i mite even cry even b4 seeing ur tearing face...

one last thing b4 i publish dis n log out... have fun babe!!!

---dude.

2006-08-24T00:52:00.000+08:00

Your Birthdate: August 23

You're not good at any one thing, and that's the problem.
You're good at so much - you never know what to do.
Change is in your blood, and you don't stick to much for long.
You are destined for a life of travel and fun.

Your strength: Your likeability

Your weakness: You never feel satisfied

Your power color: Bright yellow

Your power symbol: Asterisk

Your power month: May

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

2006-08-23T23:22:00.000+08:00

birthday post...

lets not tok abt lab here... a sickening glitch on such a good day...

yea its great having to spend such an impt day wif mi family, albeit onie de evening... a bit sad mi bro cant book out la... but nvm... he was de one whu missed out on de food... haz...

yes i went to bukit timah for dinner!!!

nope, not here... seriously aint classy enuff...

yea... dis is de place haz! dun be fooled by its spartan exterior... u'll be amazed by wads inside...

now yah see wad i mean??? haz...

yup! dis is mi 3rd time to Vis-a-vis n i can say tt for all 3 times, it hadnt disappointed mi... great ambience, lip smacking n intricately designed foods, friendly staff... wad more culd u ask for???

ok lets not say too much... now on to de food... its bound to make u all green wif envy... cant waid... haz...

1st off... simple bread n butter...

althou i took pic, nuthing much to say abt it... but i think de pic was taken artistically so plus points haz... like de way they serve de butter somehow, in tt erm... cup??? hahaha...

sadly i forgot to take pics of de appetiser n mi french onion soup... but its de french onion soup tt i really swear by... Vis-a-vis serves de best french onion soup all ard de island!!! its something i will really reccommend yea...

mi main course! forgot de exact name... but its got a duck leg confit wif mixed herbs, in a grand mariner sauce, wif a small slab of foie gras seared wif peach...

ok pic dun look so appetising... but i really didn order wrongly lor!!! duck leg confit is good, n wif de sharp n tangy grand mariner sauce, tastes exceptional!!! never had duck tt good b4... but wad blew mi off is de foie gras... tender, succluent, n its in perfect harmony wif de peach its seared wif!!! every bite of it is indescribable!!! you gotta try tt urself to noe de feeling... culd even call tt an aphrodisiac... haz

mi dessert... chocolate souffle...

yea tok abt high... im a chocoholic, so u culd imagine how i liked every mouthful of thick, rich chocolate... eaten wif de cherries, i can say it brought mi to another level of enlightenment... de ZEN feeling!!! de hazelnut ice cream tt accompanied it was rather good too... but waned in comparison to tt pot of hot, thick chocolate!!! oh de feeling!!!

finally, a special beverage... irish coffee!!!

sorry peeps... by then i was so delirious tt i remembered to take a pic of it AFTER drinking!!! how i managed under tt alcoholic influence is still a mystery, but heck...

dis special beverage is their most popular liquor coffee... its a blend of Jans Jameson Whisky and coffee... tastes better than Baileys man!!! mebe its bcos of de aromatic coffee they use n de quality whisky... needless to say i finished it as each sip gave mi de craving to continue wif another sip... any more than tt glass culd help mi attain nirvana!!! haz kidding... but yah! it was a really good feeling!!!

other than de classy feel n good food, another thing it boasts is de service... wad wif de chatty waiters whu dun hesitate to reccommend de best they can offer... n even give u tips on how to enjoy ur meal in de best way... or even anything under de sun, food n wine included...

in all, really really great experience i had at tt humble little restaurant in chun tin road... hey pplz! if yah wanna splurge on food, dis is a great place to go to!!! try it one day man!!!

2006-08-23T00:14:00.000+08:00

today, im officially 23 yrs old... n mi blog is officially 1 yr old... yayy!!! cheers!!!

yea rite... wad a way to spend de 1st few minutes of mi big day finding mi way outta tt BIG pile of work!!! omg...

nvm... it will end soon, somehow... n i will go to sleep, whether i finish de tutorials n lab report or not... in few hrs i will wake up to another day of lessons (sianz)... den aft tt, a good dinner at mi fave restaurant!!! yesh!!! havent visited thr for so long liao...

muz remember to bring mi cam tmr... hope they let mi take pics in thr haz...

haz... no big party planned, in contrasts to wad many of mi frens have done for their big days, so not expecting any presents...

2006-08-17T22:44:00.000+08:00

oh i cant believe mi luck dis past week... think i muz have done something wrong tt incured de wrath of de God of Gadgets...

just wondering y so many electronic stuff tt i have malfunctioned in dis just 1 week... haiz...

1. mi modem... it arised frm mi home internet speed being too intermittent n generally too slow... so slow tt i culdnt even load even a single webpage smoothly without problems... ok changed mi modem n thankfully got tt fixed... whew...

2. mi home PC... just culd not even start up properly... all i got was a blank screen after switching de com on... no warning, no error msg wadsoever... suspect tt its motherboard died... means com dies liao... haiz... havent brought it down for a full diagnosis yet cos no time...

3. mi handphone memory card... corrupted aft just a few days of usage!!! n to think i spent $49 on it... arrrgh!!!

4. mi laptop... harddisk down!!! oh so i didn backup??? i had 2 harddisks in mi com ok... n i backed up mi files whenever i can... but whu wuld think i culd be so suay till BOTH mi harddisks decided to commit suicide SIMULTANEOUSLY??? ok fujitsu replaced mi harddisks for free, cos still under warranty... but ALL MI FILES R GONE!!! all mi pics, mi mp3s, mi movies n trailers, de work i done in de past sems to be proud abt... sobz...

now any more gadgets wanna die in mi hands? cmon! try mi... n a word of caution pplz, if u value wadever coms, laptops, hps, mp3 players etc... dun let mi touch them for now... i really scared mi hands will jinx them till they breakdown for no reason...

fricking unlucky la...

2006-08-14T12:29:00.000+08:00

3 whole months of holidays... OVER

1st day of sch... OVER

now im blardy rotting in de clubroom wif nuthing much to do... life can get so darn boring sometimes... haiz...

think i shd start moving mi arse off n go out enjoy de sights n sounds, before all de momentum kicks in... yea...

in de meantime, waid till someone comes into de clubroom so i can leave...

crap post... cos im damn bored!!! help!!!

2006-08-09T16:16:00.000+08:00

mi poor red nose... so darn pain!!!

ok mebe tt was a couple of days ago la... now it aint pain anymore, but thrs tt remaining scab of infection... sux!!! i hope it wun leave a scar...

all bcos of tt bad sunburn i got frm CSC sports day n sentosa trip lor... think i overdid it... sun was WAAAAYYY too strong for mi delicate skin...kena suburn... esp on de nose...

den de nite aft sentosa, felt de itchiness on mi nose... yup it was peeling, so i scratched, hoping to remowe those wretched dead skin... think i overdid it again... scratched till felt some pain... think too much skin came out...

nxt morning, nose pain... wound got slightly infected... put ointment, but still, pain lingered for a whole day!!! so irritating...

again, i hope i wun end up having a scar on mi nose... haiz...

2006-08-05T22:42:00.000+08:00

Today, CSC Welfare Sports Day...

Lets not tok abt de games i played, wif whu, or wad... lets tok abt de aftermath... i turned into a COOKED LOBSTER!!!

Shit manz... now i have burns on mi face, arms n legs... got frickin ugly tanlines liao... n overall complexion??? Comparable to de evening sun yah noe!!! arrrgh!!!!

But tts not de end...

Tmr, Sentosa wif Quetesians...

I'M GONNA FRICKIN BAKE IN DE SUN!!! ARRRGH!!!!!!

2006-08-03T18:56:00.000+08:00

aft abt 1 week of on-off reading, i finally conquered Deception Point!!!

yea tt book was darn good i wuld say... not as controversial as Da Vinci Code or Angels and Demons, but far more exciting!!! i think it shd be de best book by Dan Brown... can it get any better???

Verdict: 4.95/5

yes pplz! its a muz-read!!!

anywae another thing... tried Bacardi 151 Daiquiri at O-Bar last nite... n guess wad? tt blardy shot is frickin 3/4 full of pure unadulterated ethanol!!! yea u read tt rite: 75% alc. content!!! tt thing gave mi a splitting headache when i woke up dis morning, n till now, effects still thr... darn seh...

so mi alcohol tolerance aint tt high afterall... haz

2006-07-30T01:21:00.000+08:00

right at dis moment, im having mi lets-call-it-weekly dose of Valente Bellini... dis sparkling wine n peach cocktail is really de best of its kind man! or mebe i shd say one of its kind? wadever... its just good!!!

mebe u all r wondering y i wuld mention tt im drinking now... 借酒消愁??? haz mebe ba...

hey ok pls dun misunderstand!!! im really ok right now, n in fact aft enjoying mi time during dis hols, i shdnt be feeling any sadness... yea im ok right now... serious!!!

but come to think of it... de hols r coming to an end... n its gonna be a new sem... yea... its gonna be a different sem i can say, n i guess i wun be as happy as i am now... yah, sad, triste, traurig... wadever!!!

alrite dennis... dun worry too much abt de future... now just enjoy de remaining hols, n gear up!!! have faith!!! it wun be so bad...

yea it wun be so bad... i wish...

2006-07-26T23:15:00.000+08:00

yea i noe its tough...

but...

i wun give up!!!

2006-07-23T16:54:00.000+08:00

something for u all to noe, n ensure...

sentosa gateway carpark is NOT sentosa beach carpark!!!

dun mix it up like mi n end up gg one big round, missing a good show, becoming sianz to de core, n feeling darn bad tt someone had to miss tt show too cos of mi mistake...

wad a saturday i had...

ARRRGH!!!

2006-07-21T23:08:00.000+08:00

something tt just came into mi mind... so i thot of sharing wif u all here... yea... its something abt myself...

if u were to ask mi wad wuld be one thing tt exists in dis world tt i wuld rather not exist, id say cigarettes...

hey i dun mean tt im anti-smoking or wad... in fact, im indifferent... but after seeing how ppl suffer frm it n such, im truly saddened...

dis may sound like some advert, but i really have to say tt smoking does not onie harm urself physically, but also psychologically... in fact, it harms ppl ard u, wad wif de crap on 2nd hand smoke, i heard waaaaayyyyy enuff of tt...

i seen 1st hand of de harm... i have smokers in mi family i admit... n due to their habits, stench or wadsoever, de rest of de family dun really be close to them, so much so tt i culd obviously see de rift! friends avoid each other cos of smoking n stuff n i think most of u wuld noe wad i mean here... it really sux!!!

see? im not anti-smoking... i do not ostracise smokers... but wad has happened due to de existence of de cigarette has actually caused so much sadness in life! so y muz all these happen?

i realised a long time ago tt i will play mi part... i have never smoked in mi life, n will NEVER try it!!! a smoker fren back in BMT once told mi, "if ure a non-smoker, dun ever try it!" how correct!!!

i dun wish to say anymore, but i guess u all noe mi msg... pls, do ur part!!!

2006-07-17T16:54:00.000+08:00

can't believe it... im actually here again, blogging...

really, dis aint de kind of life i wan, sitting in front of de com wif nuthing much to do... actually i have a lot to do, but just too lazy to set them gg... sux...

i love outings... i love gatherings... i love spending mi time having fun... think i acquired all these love during dis hols or last, n i become really restless if i have no fun... sitting ard to think... seriously, wads thr to think??? mebe tts wad ppl call stoning - sitting ard wif an expressionless face wif ZILCH in mi mind... oops, im really really getting retarded...

thrs onie 3 weeks of hols left (or less than tt)... n im really dreading gg to sch liao... yes pplz, i havent played enuff, n i soooooo wish time stops so tt dis hols can drag on n on... now, when i tok to frens, its modules, CORS, modules, CORS, modules, CORS... ... ... ... ... ... ARRRGH!!!

i noe i shd not sit ard n see de hols fleet past mi, but thrs nuthing i have to do now, or rather, nuthing i wanna do... its so sianz!!! DENNIS!!! FIND SOMETHING TO DO!!!

mebe i shd find more hols work, organise more get-togethers, or wadever... man... I'M SOOOOOO BORED!!!

2006-07-13T18:29:00.000+08:00

free n bored el_M is here again, putting his experiences n thots into dis dull space haz...

these few days have been twists n turns for urs truly, n i dunno whether to say im happy, or sad, or simply indifferent...

firstly, work... had been working as a grad marshal in de NUS commencement for de past week, on alternate days... i think its rather smart od Ms Hilda to get 2 shifts to rotate cos i felt de utter shiongness of working for a whole day, 3 ceemonies! end of de day, mi feet felt like rotting aft standing sooooo long in tt hard black leather shoes... arrrgh!!! but other than tt i had fun! made a few new frens in thr, esp those buggers in mi team whu keep using de walkie-talkies for gal-hunting instead of work... hahaha!!! overall i felt de ceremonies rather crappy, similar but mebe a bit more formal than de grad ceremony i had in mi pri sch, whr u walk up de stage to get ur cert... its sooooo duhh!!! however i think it might be different if i get to wear those graduation gowns... found them rather nice actually hahaz... got sense of pride if u wear them leh!!! at least better than tt completely black attire which i wore, making mi stand out like a sore thumb!!! but 8 bucks an hr... whu am i to complain???

had another day job reccommended by de ever-so-good xiqian!!! damn i think tt was de bestest job i ever did man!!! earning 50 bucks just for waiting like an idiot all morning... n still got free catered food also, n de food was good!!! lurve tt job man!!!

nxt, family... i actually wanted to put dis paragraph at de end but i think family shd take precedence to frens... i wanna put dis at de end cos it aint some happy thing n im really worried it will spoil de mood of mi readers... okok it aint so bad... just to sum up, i came to some small probs wif mi mum over some issues, n also these issues aint not resolved... in those arguments i had wif her, i came to realise tt im quite a selfish person, alwaes putting miself over others, n also tt im too soft n easily swayed, which often gets mi on de losing end of de bargain... i really really nid to improve on these or i might possibly live a life less happy than wad i want... most of all, b4 i do something, i muz think of all aspects... yea...

ok, now its frens... de hols in dis aspect had been a real meaningful one! not onie have i made a lot of new frens, be it frm camp, work or other stuffs, some present frenships i had wif others have got closer, n i really like it!!! seriously, i havent had such close frenships wif ppl when i was younger, n wonder wad de prob was... mebe i was too quiet then? too aloof? but ok those r de past haz... really thanx to all de buddies i have haz... u all have made mi life more meaningful!!!

ok i think all hose r de stuff i wuld wanna shoot... aft such a long holiday, im jolted to de truth tt i onie have 3 weeks left... damn it... now im looking in mi modules for nxt sem... sucky hor??? as nxt sem comes, all those classes, assignments n tests wuld come in... arrrgh!!! ok its not so bad... thrs worse actually... as de sem gets in, i will realise tt im moving closer n closer to a life of work... thr will be no more 3-month sch hols then... n tt really really sux!!! hope tt day wun come so soon ya?

ok back to mi module planning... arrrgh!!!

2006-07-07T02:06:00.000+08:00

haz... aft so much time, i finally finished reading another book!!! yayy!!!

Angels and Demons (Dan Brown) is good i tell ya! So much excitement as de ppl race against time so tt *spoilers*... haz yea im careful not to reveal anything so dun be lazy... go read de book la!!! well back to it, de artwork they featured was good too! they had *more spoilers*... muahahaha!!! de riddles n clues a bit disappointing thou... too abstract, n i end up not understanding big chunks of them... so gave up n just followed de script... to those whu intend to read, prepare to be surprised!!!

a few more books i read dis yr...

Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)... yea de very one they made into a movie abt some pursuit involving an old man n a pretty lady haz... i think de book is better than de movie, wif more plot n some time to think abt de puzzles, instead of blatantly flashing de ans in de nxt min... but sadly i think de plot goes more n more crappy as de story ends... so still not a really good book...at least not on par wif Angels n Demons...

The Broker (John Grisham)... tts another which i call a good book!!! filled wif adrenaline as we see chases happen at breakneck speeds, all de conspiracy n stuff... it will overwhelm u!!! read at ur own risk i tell ya hahaha... also it teaches u simple italian, n tts not bad too!

The Apparentice (Tess Gerritsen)... in short, even thou de idea is more or less similar to the Broker, its a darn far cry!!! lacks excitement n predictable... n truth be told, i actually dozed off while reading a seemingly nice part... wonder if its tt bad or its just mi? muahahaha!!!

The Testament (John Grisham)... in short, overrated n not good... predictable plot, lacking twist, n characters not portrayed lively enuff... onie plus point is de court proceedings how de protagonist lawyer destroyed his opponent's cases by clever questionings haz... but tt alone does not redeem de book, sadly...

ok i think tts all, think i got another hobby liao... didn know tt reading such thrillers can be tt fun!!! nxt books in mind: The Rainmaker (John Grisham), Digital Fortress (Dan Brown) and Deception Point (Dan Brown)... any more reccommendations???

looking fwd to to9... got dinner wif black shirt gang at ubin!!! den tmr is another 2 rounds of commencement den go see mer in action at ndp preview!!! yea it'll be fun!!! haz...

2006-07-03T23:36:00.000+08:00

here i am attempting to put up an entry... got quite a lot of things to say, but dunno how to organise them... so if dis gets choppy or wad... lemme apologise 1st...

went for yet another job interview todae, n had a long chat wif de AIA manager todae... yah its partly interview, partly on de stuff of selling insurances, n partly on ppl as a whole... n really pplz responses to insurances r quite predictable... practical shunning... even to de extent of keeping their frens away... n tts really wads getting mi to reconsider abt taking de job or not... quite grateful tt hes giving mi a few daes to think abt it b4 he calls mi back... but i mite end up rejecting de job afterall... call it lack of confidence??? haiz... wad do i do???

stumbled across other issues todae... was something to do wif some ppl in ethelonter... wondering y r thr still problems btw ppl or something... unhappy issues... y do they have to happen??? for one, i dun like conflicts... n when i see them happening, i do feel a tinge of sadness, even if im not part of it... wasnt such stuff supposed to end at de debrief already??? no hard feelings??? i seriously doubt so...

dis brings to another thing i wanna say... im a really frank person, n i speak mi mind wif no reservations... at sometimes i can get rather blunt, n hurt ppl in de process... some do end up hating me or watsoever... but tts not something i can control rite??? i imagine a world whr everyone can live harmoniously together wif words such as "conflicts" and "enemy" completely unknown, but i can say such a world onie exists as wad ppl wuld call Utopia... in short, it will never happen... sadly...

yiwen, if u read mi blog, i really gotta say sorry for wad happened at sentosa... n thanx for pointing it out... if not i really wun noe whr i had done wrong... no hard feelings k???

confused, sad, melancholy... but it will be better when i wake up tmr... im sure!!!

2006-06-26T14:03:00.000+08:00

hi again!!! im back to civilization aft 1 week of no World Cup, no movies, no shopping, but loads n loads of fun!!!

no prizes to whuever guesses whr i been to...

YES!!! de BESTEST camp i'd attended! all de way down frm a super efficient OC headed by a very zai 3-man team - mer, brudder n qing-er, so many many onz councillors, n a Qetest whose members have no beautiful personal image to uphold n played as if they were thugs on a mission for de ever-elusive dvd player! muahahahha!!!

Advent Campus is something tt will keep playing in mi mind on repeat mode till god-noes-when!!! Wad happened on de aftnoon of 2oth June 2006 was de result of 6 blardy months of slogging, draft edited nearly 20 times, 2 full-day trials plus 1 half-day recce, n an irritating sponsor which got mi to change mi draft another 2 times... RARR!!! special credit goes to amanda whu stayed up through several nites to help mi complete mi routes n other nitty-picky stuff, even thou having to work in some-shithole-as-u-called-it on most days... credit also goes to dear brudder, whu went thru extra lengths to ensure mi prog was done well, giving mi scenarios, highlighting wad i nid to forsee, n running abt like a madman helping mi to ensure everything goes well... it also goes to all mi neutrals n station ics whu came down on 2 occasions to rehearse de stuff, didn thank u all enuff haz... guess ts not de end here, verdict will onie come out on thurs during debrief, n i think its gonna be good! cant waid for tt!!! hahaha...

de rest of de progs, they r ALL GOOD!!! kudos to all de programmers whu slogged hi n dry for their things to happen... (well, thr r alwaes exceptions but lets not dwell into tt...) U ALL ROCK!!!

thrs still those admin ppl!!! those whu slog behind de scenes n nvr got recognised... w/o u all thrs no Ethelonter!!! so yea... great job pplz!!!

made a lot of new frens among de councillors!!! really a bunch of mad ppl whu nvr failed to keep de spirit of de camp gg n nvr failed to make it fun! also to all ur efforts to make Ethelonter a homely place for de freshies, U ALL R GREAT!!!

finally, Qetest!!! de union of hunks n babes, good or evil, tall or short, fat or thin... but still all shuai-ges n mei-nuus!!! these ppl have no 形相 one lor!!! if u put them out of Ethelonter, together, within a matter of 3hrs they will find themselves locked up somewhr in Woodbridge!!! muahahahaha!!! yes we r tt CRAZY!!! in all, de best grp ive seen in 5 camps i attended... n also, they dance like pros!!! still waiting for de video b4 i can prove mi point... i especially liked de 2 prank calls we made... DAMN EVIL!!! onie thing i regret here is tt im too involved in IC n cast duties tt i had very little chance to interact wif them... so sianz... but nvm!!! thr r still outings to go... but muz check our behaviour cos i dun wanna go Woodbridge!!!

wahz... so darn high frm de camp!!! really lurve it manz!!!

2006-06-14T00:31:00.000+08:00

a short movie review...

CARS

in short, a super duper good movie!!! perfect for those whu like to see car races, play racing games etc, n also for those fans of animated films!!! i wun really wanna say more abt it in fear of spoiling ur movie experience... but yea, a MUST WATCH!!!

mi rating: 9.99 out of 10

of cos, no one or no movie is perfect... thrs always room for improvement... haz

2006-06-10T14:04:00.000+08:00

i cant really predict whu will win World Cup 2006, but by now, im rather certain germany will not win... soree to all fans of germany...

i was treated to a dismal performance by tt team last nite!!! one of de worst showings of germany i had ever seen!!! porous defence, a midfield which is not effective given its manpower, and mostly, a goalkeeper whu does not noe wad he shd do!!!

yes, de goalkeeper... jens lehmann!!! whr had ur form in arsenal disappeared to??? it was due to ur superb skills, vision n leadership in de gunners backline tt ure chosen over oliver kahn as no.1!!! y de disappointment dis time??? u saw a free-running striker coming at ur goal, y didn u act??? y did u just root urself??? twice tt happened, n they were costa ricas onie 2 real chances!!! which rounds up to say, u didn contribute!!! Klinsmann shd consider taking u out n replacing wif Kahn... Face it, ure not ready to be de german no.1...

defence, bad... real bad...allowing wanchope to free-run into ur penalty box on a couple of occasions says it all already... it had become obvious early in de game tt costa rica was solely depending on wanchope to run in n deliver de goals, n no one marked him!!! terrible!!! if ur defence cant keep out one striker frm costa rica, how de hell r u gonna cope wif 3 brazillian strikers or maybe wayne rooney n co??? if dis is de way u gonna play, prepare to concede at least 5 goals to de likes of brazil, england, italy n france... WAKE UP!!!

midfield, de same 5-man formation as 4 yrs ago... but performance-wise, a far cry!!! to think i hailed ur 5-man midfield as one of de world's best then... i take it back now... imagine a midfield tt takes out half de players in ur team, n still culd let loose balls to costa rica??? atrocious i wuld say... again, beware of de top teams if u ever meet them...

i do hope tt i wuld not see such disappointing performances again in dis World Cup... champions shd play like champions!!! not like some amateur soccer team...

really really disappointed... hope dis team can sort things out...

2006-06-08T22:44:00.000+08:00

i mite get flamed for putting this down... but heck!!!

watched sg idols piano show last nite, n was clearly disappointed at de performances... think de judges were very nice already, cos if it was simon cowell, it wuld be ugly... real ugly...

i was not at all convinced tt any of de 7 gals were of idol quality... true, some of them sang quite well when it comes to de standards of ktv-ing, but for a show like dis we wanna be entertained!!! to be entertained is to be hearing u singing songs mi dear gals! to pour ur emotions in wad ure singing! its music tt r supposed to be coming out of ur mouths!!! its not reading lyrics!!!

thr were some whu went off-keys!!! n they r amongst top 28 of god noes how many thousands tt took part!!! i was speechless!!!

it may be tt im asking for too high a standard, n some wuld retort tt i wun be able to sing as well as any of them, but these ppl r given de chance to represent sg as our very own idol!!! how not to be strict???

todae, 2 emerged out of de 7... n im glad tt they at least have some standards... congrats to rahimah n jasmine!!! but i seriously hope they improve, cos either wad they sang wuld not get them far in de race, or tt we can see de standards of sg idol entertainment has dropped...

anywae, simple advice: contestants, sing well; de rest, vote wisely...

to top it off, mi verdict for SINGAPORE IDOLS 2006 so far... NOT GOOD!!!

2006-06-07T18:43:00.000+08:00

aftermath of a week of work... im damn bored now!!!

last week was busy la, but damn fun!!! made quite a lot of new frens in world book fair, a few which i exchg fone nos wif... shit, now owe some particular person a meal cos of mi high pay, better hope i dun ever see her in sch whn de new term starts!!! muahahahaha!!!

so now, im spending mi days attending camp trials, n looking for work... on free days r reading, TV, PS2 n blog-hopping... n it gets darn darn boring... haiz...

some issue i came across while looking ard, observing ppl n blog-hopping... all those disputes n stuff tt can be collectively themed under "battle of de sexes"...

seriously i dun understand y dis stuff can exist! dis really shows de thirst of ppl for competition n comparison... n wad more apt if comparison is made btw beings which r fundamentally different!!! i mean, i dun mind all these comparison n stuff, but i find it pointless sometimes... thing is, y create all these differences? y make life difficult???

everytime i see things like "gals r like tt", "guys r so...", then thr is feminism, chauvanism, n even science n med have proposed dis left brain right brain thing... wads de blardy point??? n esp for someone whu lurves seeing everyone happy wif their lives, I DUN LIKE TO SEE ALL THESE SEXISM ISSUES!!!

so pplz whu see dis, i dun mind if u guys do compare, have differences btw sexes or stuff... but pls pls tone it down when im ard or wad, cos i dun like it!!! thanx for all ur understanding...

ok back to mi nua-ing haz... now i still havent watch de movies listed previously... but already have plans for over de hedge n cars... anyone for x men n pirates 2??? oso garfield 2 is coming out soon! n thr is another racing movie called tokyo drift, which mite reach our shores soon!!! cant waid man!!!

signing out... gotta go buy dinner... haz

2006-06-04T00:47:00.000+08:00

a super busy week had passed... n i finally had de time to blog... haz

y busy u ask? i had been on de go, travelling ard, working, camp trialing... non-stop for 10 days liao... but to say de least, i enjoyed miself tremendously!!!

1st, work... i work as a promoter for Flipalbum in de world book fair in suntec yea... its tough, having to stand all de way frm 1pm to 10pm every work day... wad more i work 6 out of de 10 days... lucky de pay is darn good n de product is interesting n fun, or i wuld have quit haz... tmr will be de last day of de fair, so im expecting quite a few ppl whu said "i think abt it" to decide to come down n buy tmr, den mi commision will shoot sky high! jiayou!!! yea if u wanna noe more abt flipalbum, go to http://www.flipalbum.com

nxt, i got trial during mi off days... got mi 2nd internal hunt trial, which i felt was a resounding success! finally i see all mi hard work pay off well, n all de triallers were so happy, i think... rite??? but yea i enjoyed it so much, n didn expect de games were so fun haz... esp since i had been reading them over n over again on ms word tt i got sick of them... thanx to all whu participated, triallers n station ics alike... yea...

ytd went for sentosa trial... actually i wanted to go thr as a participant one... just to play de games, but i had to replace li ming as station ic... but it was still damn fun lor! hahaha... other than doing ic work, i played at some of de other stations, n also played frisbee n volleyball, n even suntanned... prob is i overdid de suntan, n mi complexion has degraded into just one grade higher than a cooked lobster onie... muahahaha!!! hope i dun peel la...

too bad i missed so manee things lor... had an east coast outing which i culdnt turn up cos of work, n another movie outing which i missed - same reason... arrrgh!!! i wanna watch X men 3!!!

n nxt week i still wun be free so soon... tmr is another day of work albeit de last, n nxt 2 days come another series of trials for nitewalk... im soooo gonna die!!!

wanna watch movies lor!!! X men 3, over de hedge, pirates 2, cars... WOOOSH!!! gonna wack them all nxt week haz, i hope...

alrite done, gonna sleep now n recharge for another Flipalbum day tmr... yea... JIAYOU!!!

2006-05-23T22:52:00.000+08:00

THE DA VINCI CODE
the movie event of the year... NOT!!!!!!

really disappointed at tt 2 hr hubluh they call a movie... its really boring!!! it doesnt show de excitement n stuff illustrated in de book, be it in solving de puzzles and escaping... everything was sooo... CUT SHORT!!!

dis movie didn do any justice to the masterpiece Dan Brown created... it took out so much of the important stuff! ok i noe tt time n filmroll is limited... but dun just take out stuff like tt, it will leave readers of de book shortchanged n de non-readers confused! some parts just dun link!!! for someone whu has recently finished reading de book, i felt tt de movie was utterly crappy...

1 phrase sums it all...

if u read, dun watch; if u watch, dun read...

n dis movie made mi miss de 9pm chn 8 show... grr...

2006-05-21T21:15:00.000+08:00

1st show of de sg idol todae...

hmm...

can't fight the moonlight

campfire in the moonlight

thrs actually more to say but... lets just say since a picture says a thousand words, a video wuld say a million...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

2006-05-20T22:40:00.000+08:00

ok this may not be exactly de best referee i had seen, but hes de most entertaining!!!

dun believe mi? click the "play" button...

2006-05-18T01:22:00.000+08:00

Qetest outing todae!!! Wow... culd say tt it was really fun haz... We played arcade at ps, nearly played pool but got stopped short cos no tables, nearly went for MI3 bur stopped short cos de timings were too late, had dinner, n went to de new cathay cineplex to erm... "recce" haz...

Dinner was like some usual grp outing fare at Fish n Co... foods good, as usual... mundane... haz... thr was a live band, which i dun think i really classify them as "live" cos they sound so "no life"... hahaha...

But cathay was great! we didn noe tt todae was de premiere of The Da Vinci's Code!!! So we innocently wandered into cathay n saw a lot of mediacopr artistes!!! xiang yun, yvonne lim, kelly poon, patricia mok, tay ping hui... haz got so many! but too bad, im not tt interested in them anywae... them aside, we saw tt cathay was mostly unopened yet... too new ba so shops havent move in yet, so far got an adida's shop, a BIG ben n jerry's cafe, n some other shops... oh yah dis is for all NUS ppl whu read mi blog, Munchie Monkey gonna open a branch at de cathay!!! BE SHOCKED!!! haz...

yea so tt sums up de outing haz... sounds crappy but its not bad la for a 1st outing, n im not de onie one whu say it was fun lor!!!

some other things tt happened to mi:

1. sg poolz dun wan mi... haiz no more world cup job liao... sianz...

2. bought a PINK shirt! yea finally huh? hahaha...

tts it!

2006-05-17T01:17:00.000+08:00

guess we do have wad ppl call a balanced day huh? well, something like tt happened to me todae... something good n something bad haz...

bad news 1st:

i remember vividly 2 hrs ago i was still reeling frm de shock of mi failed Internal Hunt trial... yah its ideas were not tt popular, and they requested for some amendments, but dis little excuse does not take away de fact tt i too was at fault!

in short, i did not put enuff effort to preparing it, n ended up doing a lot of last min work... another case of poor time management on mi part... in short, as a gd fren of mine said, "neglected" it... haiz...

learnt dis de hard way, i really gotta pull miself together n start thinking! get dis rerouting done asap, so tt i can arrange for another date whr i can go down to test it out miself! i got another trial to do it good, n im not gonna waste it!

for those pplz whu r tending to mi stations in dis Internal Hunt, I'M REALLY SORRY!!! feel bad having to ask u all to come down again, aft such a tiring, but partially wasted trial... but I'm sure we will do it better!!!

one more thing abt dis, i really really have to thank mi frens whu helped mi wif dis... thanx fred, denise, zip, zhenqin n others for ur positive feedbacks, even thou u all endured all de nonsense i put u all up wif... to de ppl of mi new grp Qetest, althou u all didn noe i was down, just chatting online abt outing tmr, arcade n soccer really lifted mi spirits! thanks to u all!!! thr was also xinyi whu listened to mi harpings, bitchings, n yakkings of tt failed trial, mi foul mood, n mi feelings of guilt... thanx gal!!! ure de bestest!!!

now de good news:

ive been accepted to work as a part-time sales promoter for E Book Systems! I will be marketing and selling the Flipalbum software... will tell u all wad tt thing is soon when i start work, not now haz, but one thing i have to say is tt its a damn good n interesting product! mi pay is really sky-high for a part time promoter, but i shant tell u all how much i earn... protect de interests of E Book Systems haz... see i sooooo loyal...

tmr will be mi training day as a poolsconnect cust service rep! gotta sleep soon, n rest well, so tt i can be refreshed for mi training!

GANBATTE!!!

2006-05-08T02:09:00.000+08:00

de nite of 7th May 2006 is a great, commemorative nite for EPL!!!

man U won...
liverpool won...
arsenal won...
newcastle won...

... and YESH!!! CHELSEA LOST!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA............

2006-05-05T16:40:00.000+08:00

ok as expected, i woke up at 2pm todae...

but gotta say, last nite at Thumper was DARN FUN!!! makes mi lurve clubbing again... more than ever!!! drank n danced till ULTRA HIGH!!! no wonder tt place was once known as the best nitespot in town!!! great music, great place!!! wad more can u ask for???

a small prob is de crowd... they r waaaayyyy beyond mi age group haz... a bit erm... old haz... yea we were easily de youngest grp of ppl thr - a grp of 20-23 amongst a crowd of mostly 25-40... well wad can i say if im waaayyy below de age limit n was onie allowed in thru sheer benevolence of the nice door lady??? really muz thank her properly nxt time man!!!

one more thing, BEEP remains one of mi fave songs... n tt was reinforced during mi clubbing experience last nite!!! BEEP ROX MAN!!!

even thou i woke up aching all over todae, i nvr regretted tt nite haz!

great nite i had!!!

2006-05-03T22:07:00.000+08:00

for one, i have been quite indifferent to politics... even in de light of this upcoming elections...

however, i am truly disappointed wif the dishonesty of one particular candidate, and his party for covering his misdeeds...

u culd guess whr mi vote will eventually go to...