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Change blog add liao

2007-08-05T20:02:00.000+08:00

Aaah ok. With effect from today, I will not be posting anymore posts here. Address changed to...

http://amazingdon.blogspot.com

Reason being:

1. I dun like this sometimesx4 username. Why i changed to this in the first place, I also forget le. This username, like not very me la... Then if i change with this existing, I dunno who still reading. Damn sia suay if i tell XYZ: "Hey i changed blog address le!"
And XYZ said: "Haa ok, but i never read ur blog for long time le."
So... so... like this lor...

2. The layout not nice... Feedback includes:
a. Must scroll one! So mafan!
b. Font size too small! (this post in larger than normal, so font is larger)

Yeah I know I can change the layout and template.... But well... haa

3. The archive list is so long. Is there a tag to put in only archive posts from a certain date to a certain date??

4. It's free mah...

Will be posting there liao from now on. =)

hairy potter

2007-08-02T14:34:00.001+08:00

I just want to say, I really feel like blogging in Chinese nowadays, everyday, but unfortunately...
- There are people who are more angmoh, dunno Chinese.
- Even the more cheena people dun like to read Chinese.

So boh bian, I cannot blog every post in Chinese liao. I still prefer the beauty of Chinese language than English...

Finally watched harry potter and yeah it wasn't as exciting as the previous one. What I was hoping to see was some spectacular effects, like the previous one when I still remembered the dragons and the maze. Maybe I should start reading the books, then I'll like it more?

I got this question, if only harry and the white-haired girl can see the pergasuses, then how come the whole group can all ride on the creatures to London afterward?

And why didn't Harry make up with Cho? So sad...

And when the movie ended, none of the audience left! So I thought, maybe there is some exotic ending after all the acknowledgements, so we decided to stay back (more of I want to...). Maybe there is a surprise ending, like x-men! And when more and more people left, and finally when the lights came back on, *chey*. They should at least put a surprise ending to make up for the not-too-exciting show mah.

等等等

2007-08-01T11:46:00.000+08:00

我最讨厌等。等等等，等到何时？
但是平常我也是个有意无意就迟到的人，害到人家要等我，所以现在可以说是报应，要我等，唉。

等待，并不是个很好的滋味。尤其是当答案并不是很明确，等待就会变成一种累赘，等得越久，时间拖得越长，心灵更累。渴望解脱，却又不在自己的范围内。

我在等什么呢？
嘘，这是个“不能说的秘密”喔。。。
（周董的新歌还蛮好听的，不知道电影会如何。）

阴霾July的感想

2007-07-30T01:15:00.000+08:00

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最近的天气都是阴霾的，感觉怪怪的，因为七月应该还是阳光的。这种天气让人觉得特别地懒散，而我今天也睡得蛮迟的。

上个星期，南大举行毕业典礼，代表着一批学弟学妹将加入社会工作。想起去年我的典礼，那一天，三年的成果就仿佛在那一天划上一个句号。上台时，有那么的一点小紧张，想着要怎样走，会不会踩到袍而跌倒，想着父母有没有看到我，想着握手时我一定要记得望向镜头。等等的忧虑，在那10秒钟结束了，那十秒，代表着三年的耕耘。

耕耘的时候，大家都埋怨，但是埋怨中，却隐藏着快乐和满足。现在各走各路，偶尔的意外碰面，心里总会涌起一股惊喜，短短1分钟的交谈，还是挺有默契的。刻意安排的聚会，心里就会涌起一股盼望，会有人要结婚了吗？嫁如豪门？还是移民？难道，坏消息？？想太多，就算没有什么意外的惊喜，大家还是总会有说有笑，侃侃而谈。

不知道，5年后，会有什么变化？10年呢？20年？
唉。不能唉声叹气！
呵。大家一起继续耕耘吧。

post 4th ICT

2007-07-16T12:44:00.000+08:00

Booked out on sat! This ICT gave me a lot of 感触, the after-effects were still lingering after I booked out. And I grew to like Beyond's "海阔天空" more, thanks to xiao bai playing the song on the last night. All of us have grown up, we are no longer the boh chup NSFs we once were. Lots of sai kang and shit then but life was pretty carefree (there's no freedom yet we dun have to worry much at the same time), to be honest. And most of them convo-ed this year, and so we are no longer the even more free undergrads we once were. We have learnt to forgive certain certain people and accept some incompetent people. Surprisingly, everyone's back for this ICT, though some took leave here and there to attend convo and interviews. Thus, great to catch up with everyone (almost) and for some bonding.

I think I have been pretty wilful over the past year. Living the past year without a good goal, a good aim. ICT has been a good time for me to prioritize my goals.

To nbs frds, apologies for being a bit overly quiet on bbq night. Had great fun with you guys and catching up with you all too. Just that I was really tired and feeling complicated. Otherwise, i sure win the bowling one...

Beyond - 海阔天空
今天我寒夜里看雪飘过
怀著冷却了的心窝飘远方
风雨里追赶
雾里分不清影踪
天空海阔你与我
可会变(谁没在变)

多少次迎著冷眼与嘲笑
从没有放弃过心中的理想
一刹那恍惚
若有所失的感觉
不知不觉已变淡
心里爱(谁明白我)

原谅我这一生不羁放纵爱自由
也会怕有一天会跌倒
被弃了理想谁人都可以
那会怕有一天只你共我

仍然自由自我
永远高唱我歌
走遍千里

Pre-ICT post

2007-07-08T20:03:00.000+08:00

Reservist 09 July - 14 July!!

I hate packing for reservist. I spent almost half a day digging my stuff out. Worse than packing for holiday. Where's my beret?? L-torch working? How many sets of uniform? Bring poker cards? ?

I hate pre-shopping for reservist. I was buying only some necessities and i saw this and saw that, and bought some snacks here and there. And this was only done at my friendly neighbourhood store! I might have bought a whole shelf of groceries if i was at supermarket...

I hate my haircut. It's a good boy look once again... But the back and sideburns are still kind of long. Let's hope RSM will be kind and be charmed by my *smile* and ahem *seduce*

I hate being in the hot sun for the next few days handling some big heavy weapon... And it's worse if it rains and there's outfield. Of coz, it's a different story if it rains and we'll just sleep in our bunks...

I hate the food. Civilians out there shouldn't really be fooled by the media reports of the delicious food in army. Well perhaps some camps, some days, some occasions, but most of the rest are just yucky.

But still, I look forward to this reservist, especially since most of the platoon should also be there this year. Fun fun! Pity no camera phones though.

Plus, i guess i shall use this in-camp to re-think and re-look my priorities again. Some things, maybe shouldn't have happened at all. Glad my best-est friends will be going in too, can have a good close chat with them. This is what in-camp is for, to catch up, to talk cock, to spend time together cursing and swearing... lol.

Waking up at 5.30am tomorrow... See ya guys when i out-pro on sat!

photohunt

2007-07-02T01:49:00.000+08:00

Playing near to 2 hours of Photohunt in the arcade after midnight is a real strain to the eyes...
We were so close to breaking the hi-score!

random

2007-06-28T01:42:00.000+08:00

this is a random thoughts post. wrong grammar, wrong caps...

Now that i have more free time, i have been going to the gym... less. is this human nature or what.

Bought a new pair of pedro brown leather shoes. Nice nice. Almost spent another 100 bucks to get their membership... control, control.

Reservist in 2 weeks time. Great, can network, time to be a social butterfly. But, can't close anything in that week. No make-up pay somemore. And its time to train for ippt. No camera phones allowed at all now. Wonderful.

i gonna work harder. there's these 2 other guys in the training class today who seemed to be those type aiming for mdrt one, and i happened to sorta know one of them. but then their agency seemed to be more garang type one. stressful but motivating. wat about peaceful and smooth sailing?

red+blue=purple
red+yellow=orange
red+white=pink

red's my fav colour now.

a cockraoch juz sneaked up beside me, and i killed it by smacking it. seriously. my house's breeding roachies and mossies. grrrr.

wisdom tooth

2007-06-23T22:33:00.000+08:00

Having this pain in my mouth for the past few days... Went to the dentist who kindly slotted me in between some patients... And with a x-ray,

The dentist asked me, "You know what is a wisdom tooth operation?" Coz there's a wisdom tooth grinding its way out, and if it's not removed, it could set a food trap, then the other tooth might decay and i'll have to remove 2 teeth then.

啊... The pain isn't that bad now, so i haven't scheduled a date for the op. Maybe this slight pain would go away, maybe it'll be okay. *ouch* =(

第18届台湾金曲奖

2007-06-17T01:12:00.000+08:00

Last year, I briefly blogged about 第17届台湾金曲奖. One year has passed... It's the 第18届台湾金曲奖!

Happened to catch this event on TV as I was channel surfing. Not so exciting this year... maybe coz my YZ is not there this year, and there are always some parts of the non-and-less-mainstream which I have totally no clue who they are. The only thing I want to know is, how many awards will hot favourite 苏打绿 garner out of their 7 (?) nominations?

Some pics (taken from sina website):

A*Mei! The focus there, other than her boobs, should be on the diamond necklace and pendant. There's also the diamond earrings, bracelet etc, and she mentioned a figure of 1亿+... *Wow*
They played old videos of some celebrities at the beginning of the actual show, including A*Mei, Stanley Huang, Zhang Zhen Yue and Tao Zi. It's quite funny to see how they looked in the past and how they have transformed themselves to who they are today.

Jolin performed the opening act for the actual show with the song 舞娘. Seeing her dance is always *Waaaaaaa*

Jolin won 2 personal awards, the 票选最受欢迎女歌手奖 and the more prestigious 最佳国语女歌手奖.
Her thank you speech for the latter prize was very cool, coz her first thank you went to her critics and people who predicted she CMI, would not last, and that spurred her on. ANd she said it with such confidence! Woah!
Although I would like A*Mei to win, I have nothing against Jolin for winning this award. Her singing has definitely improved over the years and coupled with her dance moves, she's a sensation on stage.
Btw, i think the costume she wore with the plastic, hmmm. What's the plastic for?? It seems like a cheapskate umbrella cover. Jolin should just dump the plastic cover and flaunt her body.

最佳国语男歌手奖 : 李玖哲
The black horse. Ok yeah his singing is really good...
But what about Gary?? And JJ?? These 2 are more deserving in my opinion.

Here comes the hottest band now: 苏打绿!
Awards include 最佳乐团奖 and 最佳作曲人奖: 吴青峰《小情歌》.
Yippie! I was hoping Best Song would go to 《小情歌》 too tho.
Very touching to see them go on stage, receiving the ward and thanking people who have helped and supported them, like their teacher. I caught them on tv earlier for a pre-award programme hosted by Patty Hou and learnt that they are tertiary students, like us before. A bunch of music-loving enthu people who set up their own band, composed their own songs and performed for people.

They just make me feel that i could have done more in my uni days. While I have made many good friends, there could have been more vibrant memories in my uni days... I just don't have something that I am truly proud of.

"...就算整个世界被寂寞绑票
我也不会奔跑
逃不了最后谁也都苍老
写下我时间和琴声交错的城堡"
~ 苏打绿《小情歌》

Keyboard classmates!

2007-06-10T23:21:00.000+08:00

I am stuck! There's supposed to be more things on this template but they refused to show up! Grrrr...

I have been taking keyboard lessons at Replugged Music for 1 year plus already, and I remembered i took it up during my final sem. And I always had to rush down to Bugis after AB312 tutorial in the evening for my keyboard lesson, after which I would take the mrt all the way back to hall. Then when I started working, I always had to miss a few lessons here and there which pissed me off. (Other than no make-up lessons for last minute cancellations, i lagged a lot last time). Now, we are in the "Performing" stage, but why do I feel I am still in the "Progressive" stage??

My keyboard classmates!

Me, Angeline, HH.
Yeah the pic is like a bit yellow coz of some special flash used on some special camera.

I love to be in this mon class! A is a real funny and chatty gal who sings pretty well too, while HH is steady with the keyboard.

Aaah i like this pic. I realised we didn't take with our instructor, Juliet. She very zai one!

Our school had a recital session a few weeks ago, where students put up performances as a form of stage practice. Feeling somewhat regretful that i didn't join in due to other commitments, coz it would have been a great experience. Performing for others can be a challenge, but its also a pleasure.
Never mind, next time got chance!

New Template/Nasir's wedding

2007-06-05T02:55:00.000+08:00

It's a new layout! But I am still trying to figure out some things. There's supposed to be a header up there, and some colours here and there, but they vanished. And i dun have many photos inside my flickr, so it's very likely the same few photos will appear: from the steamboat and D&D. Hah. And it's already 2am and considering I have to work tomorrow, these things shall wait.

Wait. Work?

Yes! I passed the required exams and will be starting my first day of training soon! As a financial advisor! Eh it's quite tiring to answer people's questions like isn't it a waste, blah blah blah? Well if i did get into cabin crew, people would also say it's a 'waste' mah. (I didn't! Grrr) But seriously, no one know what is a waste a not until embarking on the path. This may be tough, but it's helping people in a way too.

Attended my first malay wedding on sat!

They had signboards there to direct us to the wedding! Nasir was formerly our mortar PC whom we all respected. One of the few officers worth respecting. Now he's our OC in reservist.

Our OC's quite a good catch, good-looking, officer, ex-captain of nus soccer team (i tink), good hons and a good career now. And yep his bride is beautiful too, but I dun know much about her.
He's more closer to the nus guys la.

Sweeeeeeet! I'm seated in front so i could easily take these photos with my new k800i! Aaah yes, my new baby! Sidetrack: I was actually tempted with k810i, but then it has the same specs as k800i, so what for pay more with a phone that only has a different number pad with funny looking round metal buttons? I would much prefer the N95, but budget leh.
Back to topic, dun they look sweet in pink??

I find it disappointing though that only 5 of us men from our platoon turned up. I think OC was too, when he asked CK where were the rest. I knew that some of the rest had genuine reasons but for the others, if our OC had taken the trouble to extend the invitation to us, i thought it would be rude not to attend.

Oh and i just came back from the gala preview screening of Gui Ah Gui Ah Men in White! A local comedy directed by Kelvin Tong. I was there coz i called in 933 last week! Wahaha!

Kelvin Tong's the one in suit. Leading actor and actress are Shaun Chen (2nd from left) and Ling Lee (3rd from left). And we saw stars there too like Felicia Chin, Pat Mok, Ix Shen etc. Saw Chongqing too whose hand was still in a cast, poor thing.

The movie's abit lame. But beneath that crappiness, i'm sure there's some things Kelvin wants to voice out through the movie, and i dun think i was wrong. Even the title seems so obvious right, and i dun think i'm thinking too much!

Ok it's 3am liao. 4 more hours to waking up to a full day training. Siao liao...

2007-05-23T00:11:00.000+08:00

Starhub called me today regarding my request for mobile vouchers... And they are not giving me any vouchers!! All I got was a 6-month off Caller-ID charges (Worth only $30)! Sigh. Where is the loyalty. And now it doesn't seem effective to threaten terminating, coz I tried that before and they just shoved me a form to fill up...
And SH's phones are horribly grossly overpriced.

*
Good to take a break.
But i think too many things, and all sorts of thoughts running here and there...
*

Army outings

2007-05-16T15:33:00.000+08:00

Wheeeeee! Had a great time last week with army buddies! Most of them were engine, so it's post-exam time for many of them too, and a great opportunity to meet up before the upcoming ICT...

Thu
Met ck for suntanning @ sentosa. Wonderful day, wonderful beach, wonderful sun. We were supposed to meet earlier but he had to go to nus to submit his fyp (which, he didn't submit eventually....) then I went to some interview and hence we delayed.

Heng the sun loves us that day.
Shamelessly proclaim: When there are 阳光男孩s around, there is 阳光。=)

Had a good time at Minds cafe later. Sometimes, things are more fun when we create our own rules. Who says we must follow rules??

And the night ended with us proceeding to ECP for a drink where we heard more news... Possibly break-up? Relationship problems? Uncertainty about the future?

And yeah, we were coming up with this idea on who's the first in our platoon to get married. Each of us would contribute a certain amount into a pot, and the first 3 to get married would get the money in the pot. Everyone has more or less the same names in mind... Yep me confirm not in the list. Haha.

Sat
KTV. KTV was crazy, made crazy by the craziest people in the world... haa. Like when the waiter came in for the bill, but someone boh chup him and continued to stand on the couch and blasted his voice into the mic. Like people going wailing when someone sang One Night in BJ. What a song. BJ=Beijing, not... heh!

Steamboat @ bugis. Well there're some people in our platoon which were not really in our circle and we seldom mixed with them, but quite surprised that sq managed to get them to come. Everyone still looked pretty the same, but i was most glad that i got to meet up with mel. Had a brief walk and chat, and some ogling... wahahaha.

Proceeded to TCC. Blah blah blah...

ICT in july, which i'm looking forward to... the gathering of the leopards again. *raar*

2007-05-07T23:58:00.000+08:00

last fri, met up with hall frenz for last gathering in hall.
nice to meet up with apus =）, time flies.
crapped and played mj, i won. yay~

funny clip intro-ed by pq n yk (dick lee singing we r sg):

this one also funny, hossan leong singing we r sg-pura:

aint we all glad to be in sg? cheers~

let's not forget our neighbour too: 麻坡的华语...

2007-04-28T23:12:00.000+08:00

This quite interesting!

http://dna.imagini.net/friends/

My screen name is silverlite there btw. yepz~

2007-04-27T00:47:00.000+08:00

Eat. Sleep. SCV. Surf net. Gym. Snack. Swim. Practise keyboard. Play stupid games. Watch stupid dvds. Read books.

Aaaah this should be how life is mah...

Wonder how long this lifestyle can go on...

2007-04-09T01:33:00.000+08:00

Religion?

Friday was Good Friday, it was also Guan Yin Dan.

I suddenly remembered that in the past, I should be in church, giving thanks and singing songs of praise and worship.

But i went to the temple on Good Friday instead. Well I did visit temples quite a few times in these few years when I stopped going church, but visiting a temple on Good Friday felt a bit funny.

I guess religion confuses the soul. Only true devotion consoles the soul. Like doing good everyday instead of relying on going temple or church regularly. Karma.

Many thoughts in my mind now, but I am terribly sleepy and confused to get them out in words. Maybe coz it's Monday again.

2007-04-01T22:39:00.000+08:00

We are responsible for our own actions...

And I believe what I did wasn't done in a moment of impulse.

And I am happy for taking that step forward. =)

That song's been playing continously on my player. The 2007's wo bu nan guo!

歌曲：我怀念的
歌手：孙燕姿
专辑：逆光

作词:姚若龙作曲:李偲菘

我问为什么
那女孩传简讯给我
而你为什么
不解释低着头沉默
我该相信你很爱我
不愿意敷衍我
还是明白
你已不想挽回什么

想问为什么
我不再是你的快乐
可是为什么
却苦笑说我都懂了
自尊常常将人拖着
把爱都走曲折
假装了解是怕
真相太赤裸裸
狼狈比失去难受

我怀念的是无话不说
我怀念的是一起作梦
我怀念的是争吵以后
还是想要爱你的冲动

我记得那年生日
也记得那一首歌
记得那片星空
最紧的右手
最暖的胸口
谁记得
谁忘了

想问为什么
我不再是你的快乐
可是为什么
却苦笑说我都懂了
自尊常常将人拖着
把爱都走曲折
假装了解是怕
真相太赤裸裸
狼狈比失去难受

我怀念的是无话不说
我怀念的是一起作梦
我怀念的是争吵以后
还是想要爱你的冲动

我记得那年生日
也记得那一首歌
记得那片星空
最紧的右手
最暖的胸口
谁忘了

我怀念的是无言感动
我怀念的是绝对炽热
我怀念的是你很激动
求我原谅抱得我都痛

我记得你在背后
也记得我颤抖着
记得感觉汹涌
最美的烟火
最长的相拥
谁爱得太自由
谁过头太远了
谁要走我的心
谁忘了那就是承诺

谁自顾自地走
谁忘了看着我
谁让爱变沉重
谁忘了要给你温柔

我怀念的
我还有想要爱你的冲动
我记得那年生日
也记得那一首歌
记得那片星空
最紧的右手
最暖的胸口

我放手
我让座
假洒脱
谁懂我多么不舍得

太爱了
所以我
没有哭
没有说

2007-03-21T00:01:00.000+08:00

风停了又吹我忽然想起谁
天亮了又黑我过了好几岁
心暖了又灰世界
有时候孤单的很需要另一个同类

2007-03-19T00:32:00.000+08:00

I'm not going to say too much, coz it is gonna make me sound like an idiot...

Let's just leave it as I got back my wallet with everything intact.

Haha... Thanx people for ur concerns...

我的钱包不见了！

2007-03-17T18:31:00.000+08:00

我的钱包不见了！

Was @ gym today with sw n js (who joined us for the first time... shiok hor??) and my wallet went missing somehow. Conclusion is, never leave things unattended for even 30 seconds. Replaying the events, i tink it was some sleeping guy in the locker room who stole it since he seems the most suspicious then. raaaar!

May the stupid thief ___________________________. (Please fill in with the most venomous curse...)

The UOB hotline waiting time is damn long. And they are charging for replacement of cards but not POSB. And the dbs call operator sounded more friendly too lor. Stupid uob.

Police officer told me to wait and not make a new NRIC so quickly since people may return it... Huh sure a not... Anyway she said its about $200 for a replacement??? WTF!!

All in all I lost:
- $30 cash (this is not a lot...)
- $75 taxi claim receipts (this IS a lot!)
- NRIC (what if people use my NRIC go loan shark?? *choi*!)
- Library card
- UOB CR card and DR card
- POSB DR card
- Parkway Shenton clinic card (no MCs til i get a new card!)
- SAFRA card (it's expiring soon, so nm)
- Popular student card (erm this expired)
- Matric card (no more student discounts! ok i'm not a student for a long time le, but yeah...)
- Passport photos (heng these are old ones...)
- NTUC Link card
- Membership cards (K-Box, Biotherm, Hardwarezone etc.)
- EZ-Link card ($3 balance! Glad I didn't top up!)
- $100 wallet. Braun Buffel one...

I just paid a hundred plus for a printer, a thousand plus for some registration and now my wallet is lost!! raaaaaar!!

I am 漏-ing 财!! Does a fengshui shi fu help??

Back here

2007-03-12T00:57:00.000+08:00

Ok that was a depressing post previously...

But i am an extreme person la...

Anyway I'm in a better mood today coz:

1. I finally put a new chat box here. That previous stupid flooble deleted my previous chatbox for no reason! What?? They hate me or what?? I'm sure my chatbox wasn't that unutilised for so long, and even if so, they have no reason to delete it!

2. I killed a cockroach today. And I killed one last week too... Wonder how many more xiao qiangs there are lurking around in my house...

3. I took new passport sized photos today! The kind uncle took 3 shots instead of the usual 2!
And to those who haven't seen me for a long time, in case u miss me, i'm gonna put up 2 for comparison...

The first photo is dated 12/03/2007. The second one dated sometime in Oct 2005 (updated: this photo was kindly scanned in by ZH for my online applications, ahhh...) About 1.5 years le! Personally I prefer the first one, though the 2nd one looks more fresher.
What do u think?

4. I have gained weight! Now I'm over 60kg, which I've never achieved before! Yeah I know many people out there might be thinking of stoning me after I said that, but it's not my fault that I have such a high metabolism rate right...
Speaking of gaining weight, some of the KGs are settling down at the wrong places... Like I feel my pants getting much tighter now...

5. I bought a new all-in-one printer/scanner/copier from the IT show! Only $129!
But i went to buy additional ink catridges (actually I didn't know catridges were included...) to get free photo paper. And I won some stupid water dispenser in the lucky dip... I want the TV! Sound system! Do people actually win those??

Oh the passport photos up there are actually scanned in with my new toy... I'm having fun scanning in documents and stuffm coz I have never had a scanner in my home before... haha.

The only bad news is, I need to wake up at 7 plus to go to work again... After 2 months of heaven, I was in hell last week. These 2 weeks, I've got a feeling it should be quite hell too...

post cny

2007-02-24T23:28:00.000+08:00

This is gonna be a pretty isolated post... with no photos.

Arrgh I really post less nowadays, one reason being there are no photos. In fact I hardly bring my digicam out now because it is so bulky and heavy. So I hardly take photos. So I hardly post. I think I am gonna get myself a new slim digicam soon, but I want a new HP too. But I have limited funds, so do u think I should get a new cam or HP? Or a HP with a good cam? But that still doesn't beat having a real camera. Aaaaah...

CNY is generally ok... the usual boring relative visiting. Some MJ sessions here and there, with h14 peepz @ my place. And my mum never gave pq n yk ang bows, coz CY who came earlier jokingly said "Oh the husband and wife not here yet" and my mum took it seriously! Haha. And I played MJ with my uncle for the first time too... Expert sia.

Had our annual army gathering too, but the turnout was abit sad, even though the response was generally "hot" according to cck. Played 21 points at old ps's home, where we were sorta informed of our tentative reservist dates. Which seemed to be during my leave period. OMG. I was hoping for reservist during my shit job where I can take leave, not during my block leave period lor.

CNY 轻轻地来，也轻轻地走，好快喔！

And yeah, wat happened to my flooble chatterbox???

CNY!

2007-02-17T22:35:00.000+08:00

Happy Piggy year to all!

Have been going on some shopping these days but haven't really bought a lot. There was this adidas shirt that caught my eye a few months ago, and I just thought of it again. But can't find it now...

There's this O Tiger shoes that looks real cool. But it's the last pair and dun have my size...

There's this biz shirt that looks nice and loud on the shelf, but looks like pyjamas on me...

There's this G-star jeans that fits me perfectly. But... I'm not going to spend sooo much on a pair of jeans...

There's this Vincy 泳儿's 2nd album 《爱如雪》that I am looking for, but HMV said it was sold out since they brought in last week...!!

So unfruitful! Why can't the malls open later on Fri evenings and Sat?? I even forgot to cut my hair lor and then I dun feel like paying more a week before CNY.

Once again, may everyone HUAT AH!!!
Oh... my mum found a MJ set while spring cleaning! But... the MJ set has no animals one! I saw flowers, I saw HUAT, but didn't see the cat, mouse, caterpillar and cock. According to my mum, animals were not that popular then... Hmmm...
But at least, the MJ table seems to be still working! Heh! *hint*

update

2007-02-14T23:23:00.001+08:00

I'm stilll alive!
Havent come here for a long time, not really because i'm busy. On the contrary, this is a heaven job i am in now when i dun really do much OT. But sometimes, i log in here and then *blank*. Nothing to write lor...

Just some updates...

- Pete's Place at Hyatt Hotel... the buffet just doesn't seem very worth it. The variety's so limited! No doubt, there is quality, but quantity also important. I dun want 10 bowls of shark fin, i want shark fin + abalone + top grade durian paste + top grade chocolate + ....
Eh they dun serve shar fins and abalone la, just ana analogy... Overall, not my cup of tea.

- My client's place @ Chinatown, and coincidentally, downstairs is the famous Jin Fu Yuan bak kwa shop. And we'll see long queues there during lunch time. Wonder how much profit bak kwa sellers make during this period...
And i lunch frequently at Hong Lim now, where there're lotsa nice famous food too, and some stalls have consistently long queues...
My new ambition is to go into the F&B someday! Let's see...
Don'z Bak Kwa Donuts.
Donz Curry + Donuts
I dun have an obsession with donuts, but doesn't Donz just go well with donuts??
If my food become famous ah, i grant my readers (u!!) special priviledge.. no need to queue, can cut and buy direct! Haha... Be honoured...

- Is it just me, or do all newbies working people feel this way, that CNY seems to be here so suddenly, worse than in our final year. I haven't cut my hair and prices have risen, haven't bought new working clothes, haven't got time for a decent suntan, haven't got time to mj, meet up, etc etc...
And then CNY will be coming in a few days?? Arrrgh!

CNY

2007-02-04T01:20:00.000+08:00

Whee me was on MC on friday! Down with a horrible running nose since wed, and on thurs, my sup told me to see a doc and take MC... But it's sunday now, and my running nose is still running. Believe or not, I went swimming on fri (MC day, but sianz, no sun!) and gym on sat! Better dun let my sup and snr know... Hah!

The CNY atmosphere is here! Especially felt, coz my client place is in Chinatown, and 933 been playing CNY tunes every now and then (the one by duo mei mei, seriously, isn't very nice...) Have u done ur CNY shopping?? Have u done ur spring cleaning?? Has ur family prepared the CNY goodies like bak gua??

Pardon me for being suaku, but i really didn't know a can of abalone can cost around $50. I saw a few cans of New Moon at around $15, and i thought they were already quite exp when buying them, until I went out of the supermarket and saw a New Moon booth, where they were selling the real premium abalone at about $50/can. Arrrgh! I bought 2 cans of lousy abalone instead!

CNY! Yay!

Carrie's performance

2007-01-20T10:50:00.000+08:00

I missed superstar this week... But after reading here and there, it looks like this is the only worthy performance... Chu Mo, by Carrie...

Nice!

2007

2007-01-08T01:02:00.000+08:00

好累。。。

2007... 如果这新的一年是一张空白的纸，我希望用最灿烂的颜色填满它。我不想这张纸到了最后，只是黑白。

我要画上浅蓝色的天空，因为天空是浩瀚无边的，就有如我向往的自由。天空是晴朗的，虽然偶尔会刮起台风，可是最终会雨过天晴。完美的天空，要经历过好多场风暴，才会与彩虹呈现。所以我也会涂上彩虹，把现实中不持久的彩虹，永恒地保留在画里。

我要画上浅绿色的草原，而且还有几只小羊、小牛和小狗。它们悠哉闲哉地度过每一天，吃东西后睡觉，然后跑个一两圈。好~轻~松~ 草原上也种着不同的花，有时开花的是带刺的玫瑰，有时也看到大黄菊，还有茉莉、康乃馨，各聚一堂。

我还要画上红色的大太阳，这样才会有晴朗的天空，还有健康的草丛。看到太阳公公高挂在空中，心情也好起来。而且，要有太阳才可以suntan 嘛！

希望这年的纸，我会填上五彩缤纷的美丽片段！

Btw, 祝 pQ 生日快乐喔！

Expensive PT

2006-12-25T18:16:00.000+08:00

Blessed Christmas, everyone!

Cold and sleepy... If only I could slack for the rest of this week... But my senior extended my booking and I would need to return to Jurong on non-stocktake days... Pondering if I should execute my initial plan of taking MC. Lol.

I am now having post-Christmas blues, pre-working day blues, pre-pre-pre-...-New Year's blues and pre-pre-pre-...-peak period blues.

Arrrgh.

Oh I went for my first gym session with my PT on Sunday. PT sessions are expensive!! 10 lessons for like $700+! But well, I figured (and hope) it would be a good investment, coz since I have spent so much for a gym membership, I might as well spend a bit more to make sure I get the basics right. Besides, there was this initial fitness consultation which showed my fitness scores to be quite pathetic, where I scored miserably in the strength and flexibility sections. I got so weak meh...

And so all the more, i can't quit w/o a job now... no more savings...

And my PT also told me to eat, eat and eat! 4 slices of bread every few hours in addition to my usual diet, so it's almost 1 loaf of bread each day! More buffets, less ala cartes liao!

Gymming, my latest obsession!

Kawaii!

2006-12-19T18:53:00.000+08:00

Sometimes life feels like one big raincloud above your head...

...and you wonder what meaning is there to it anymore.

You study so hard since young...

Whatever for? Certainly not to earn lotsa buckaroos just to pay off those bills, bills, bills!

But come to think of it, you can buy berry yuck-tasting milkshake to gulp down after working out in the gym to grow, grow, grow!

And grow till you become an !!! (oh that's Hercules by the way)

...so that you can find someone as yummy as that plate of spaghetti and meatballs you can share with.

And instead of washing the dishes straight after eating, you, um, ahem ahem...

And shortly after you asleep how easily , as easily as how you fell deeply in love...

only to wake up to find that (s)he's going to leave you (and the plates unwashed).

Was it all but just a dream? You asked yourself... *sigh*

You keep rubbing and rubbing and rubbing your eyes...

...but in reality it's just that you've burnt your ass so happily without you knowing!

And then it's back to the mundane again for a year.. or two.. or three...

But as you grow a lil wiser each day...

...you realise that what you're seeking for at all times is just like the bone you hang over your head from the back of your neck!

Nevertheless, and most importantly, with every bad or sad experience, you must learn to love yourself more and more each day...

before you start loving others first... only then can others love you back in return! Whee!

And psst, guess what? It comes just in time for Christmas too! Yay!

Many many thanks to peaces_icons!

So Kawaii nez!!
Copied from an unknown person's blog... But cute things are meant to be shared! =P

It's Christmas soon... And everyone, almost everyone, seems to be able to clear leave and go somewhere overseas this Christmas. Not me... stocktakes here and there... Still remembered 3 years ago when I spent X'mas in KL with sq, ed, peck n wh. It was so much fun then!

Christmas... =)

Corrinne May

2006-12-17T22:34:00.000+08:00

Saturday... Went to watch Corrinne May in her X'mas concert!

My first Corrinne May concert and it really got me into the X'mas mood! She's an awesome performer, and I really enjoyed sitting back and listening to her singing X'mas caroles. Kinda reminding of those days when I was involved in carolling too (Yeah I was! For 1 X'mas!). The overall experience is a very cool and refreshing one.

Bumped into XP and someone else whom I dunno. Heard someone calling my name and when I turned around, saw his face which I dun recognise... And when he saw me, he turned to his partner excitedly and said ,"是 Donny!" But my face throughout was "你是谁?" So paiseh... And I still dunno who he is now!

And... My X'mas present to myself:

I finally signed up for a plan with planet that will last me until June '09.
*Heart pain*
Paid a hefty downpayment to reduce my monthly instalment charges... Travelling plans next year may need to be shelved or reduce budget...
And most importantly, as I said honestly to the sales person,"Now I cannot tender without a job liao." And he smiled n laughed along... Coz he earned my commission and he can happily plan his travelling...

I must go to the gym more often now otherwise I will feel very very bad. Even if it means waking up early to go gym. Even if it means dragging to the gym after a long day at work. Even if it means sleeping less on weekends. Even if it means missing the repeated telecasts of PSS n TVB dramas.

I will try to try.

old

2006-12-15T02:45:00.000+08:00

I'm starting to feel the reality of being old. Although I keep telling myself I am still young, no, it's really no longer. Especially when 2006 is coming to an end soon. This year I'm 24, next year 25 le.

My senior is 24 too, she's same age as me yet she's married with a child and she has more years of audit experience than me, earning a higher pay.

While I enjoy my 2+ years of NS, it's now when I really start working with '82 ladies that I realise how much difference the 2 years of NS have created. I must start aligning my mindset to my age.

In conclusion, I feel old. Arrrgh.

D&D

2006-12-11T00:50:00.000+08:00

My table ppl from the D&D on thurs!

Overall... D&D is ok la... Haa I won't really rate it as overwhemingly fun coz it's really another event of taking photos. Somemore we had to put up a performance, so we practically have no time to sit down and relax, which I thought should be the whole point of a D&D! And speaking of my dept's performance, hmmm, well... haha. Won't comment too much since I have chosen to involve myself only on the actual day.

No luck from lucky draw though! Sad... I was hoping to at least bring something home.

A photo with our CMP ie. Country Managing Partner. I hope I haven't got his rank wrong...

It looks good right? Well but it surely does not taste as good as it looks. Well firstly, the food was all cold already when we returned to our table after our performance. And secondly, the food really isn't nice... The whatever meat was just horrible.

But thanks to the waiter who kindly scooped the food for us in our plates and arranged everything so nicely that it really looked like an emperor's feast!

Until the food went inside our mouths...

Taken at the lobby when we were going home at about 1plus near 2am.
Actually I wonder why the person helping us to take photo does not know how to tilt the camera and take the photo vertically since the x'mas tree is so tall. Of course, thanks to him for helping us take photo la.

This has been a most busy and tiring week n weekend. But meaningful. =)

2006-12-06T00:17:00.000+08:00

D&D is coming this thursday, and I haven't got an idea what to wear! And what accersories to go along! And I haven't cut and colour my hair either!

Rush rush rush!

Hall BBQ/MJ

2006-12-03T23:47:00.000+08:00

It's a small BBQ pit, but sufficient for the few of us ex-hall 14 for a mini BBQ session!
And yeah the crazy us travelled back to hall for a gathering cum MJ session... Far, but there's no more suitable place we could find for MJ therapy yet. So... Boon Lay... aaaaaaahhhh...

31 n RQ, whom we haven't seen for a long time. She took quite a long time to pack up and just when we got on the cab, she realised that she forgot to take her medicine and the cabbie had to go back to her office... But still, I'm glad I waited for her coz we chatted all the way in the cab, and she also told me more about banking and working stuff. Heh.

Hall days... Haaaaizzzz...
Oh btw, 31's shirt "WTF" means "Welcome to Fourteen" which was our slogan for FOC la. So dun mistake demure 31 for some obscene girl... The most she does is cosplay and then look like some heroine (or demon) from some anime. Haa.

The organisers... mr n mrs tan... who both didn't want to take a photo initially coz they said "难看". I boh chup... Need to take a photo of the organisers to thank them for their efforts mah, in organising this and buying the food and of course, for still being a resident of de hall.

Halfway through the bbq, this insect that looks like 小黑 interrupted us...It's probably hidden somewhere beneath this mat we are sitting on.

And this mat is eh, the banner for our hall's FOC... At least we made good use of the money spent on this mat k! Not sure how much it cost, but since it's printed, not hand-painted, it must have been not too cheap.

The job market isn't really as good as reported by the media... see?

And yeah, the MJ tiles on the MJ table! But but but... not a day for me to play coz...

I didn't get to play in the first round. And so i watched the first half of "The Devil wears Prada" and skipped to "Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift" coz the former dvd was too badly scratched to show me the second half, when I was sorta getting into the Prada-ish mood...

And when it was my turn, I developed a running nose. And a runnier running nose as the 2nd n 3rd round progresses... A weaker immune system caused by insufficent sleep daily.

And by the end of everything, i lost $20+ in all! AAAAAH! See everything in my life is going so not smoothly...

The only thing to rejoice is that they never heeded my suggestion to play something more challenging, like removing the stakes for max limit and adding $1 or $2 more for each tai>5. Or playing 30/60 cents. Else ah, I may even lose my pathetic pay increment next year (which I would rather not have...)

Monday... again... I'm feeling the blues ever since I woke up this morning........... Sigh.
To be honest, sometimes I regretted studing acc in the first place, it's just... not me.
And sometimes, I feel that my degree n hons can be a blessing and a curse at the same time.
In fact, sometimes I wonder how would life be if I had not followed my friends to go tpjc but went to tp instead to study that course I was interested in...
And sometimes, yeah I just think too much. But life would be so boring w/o imgaination, right??

2006-11-15T22:39:00.000+08:00

- Rushed home today and managed to watch the last 15 mins of Project Superstar. And I realised Kewei was supposed to be in the top 24! Arrggh... but they eliminated her. How can?? She sings wonderfully great and she's pretty too. PS2 would be more worth watching with her around.

- Cheesecake market is really good now... Really just feel like letting go to have more freedom to grab a better one. Missed the date of one that I quite like... raaaar...
My body n soul (n my wallet) deserve better treatment.

- I'm suffering from withdrawal syndromes from lack of MJ. Mr Tan is having his exams so we're all taking a break. But I told pq, since he got job(s) liao, then its ok not to study right??
But I shall not be a baddie... Awaiting the big thing in Dec!

- Suddenly, X'mas will arrive soon again. Working life seems to speed everything up. Coz everything becomes so routine, we all become like robots. It's a vicious cycle, i feel so old.

Project Superstar 2

2006-11-09T23:28:00.000+08:00

Project Superstar is back! Yay!

Project Superstar was my fav show in NTU days then! It's just so amazing to hear people sing so well and PS for me is like, ok I cannot sing so well and I definitely cannot be there on the stage, so I shall be a die-hard audience! And so week after week, I watch, my friends watch, then we'll discuss this and that! Still remember...

- Initially I'll just watch in my own room coz we are in the comforts of our own rooms. But we'll just open our doors and then during commercial times, I'll pop over to yk's room where pq will be around, and also over to zq's n cy's rooms too. And we'll discuss about the contestants. And oh yeah, they always have maple story on when I enter their rooms...

- For one of the beginning episodes, mi n xm was at wh's house to watch PS. I wonder why we went for dinner in the first place...? But anyway that episode was when the chubby girl forgot her lyrics for the 2nd time and we were wondering why was she still around?? WH even threw his pillow at the TV lor.

- Betted with wh and xm for one episode, when I betted in favour of Jason Tan while they betted that he would be out. And I won! Now the bet wasn't fair to begin with since the loser was to treat the winner, which was 2 (both of them) vs 1 (me). If I lose I will treat both of them. But I won! Then both of them just shared costs to buy a char siew rice for me, I think. Coz I guess they still could not believe that Weichong was out instead (was it him?). But the bet is still unfair!

- Near the end of PS, we just went over to zq's room to watch... I still remembered once, cy and me msn-ed pq to come down zq's room to watch PS, coz watching with more people is afterall more interesting than watching alone. And the TV lounge is too far la...

- Watched the last few mins of the finals in TV lounge. I think I went out to watch "The Maid" that day and then we rushed back to catch the last few mins of PS. And the lounge people went mad and explosive when WL got to the finals instead of JY. I guess WL wasn't really that popular then, to me too then, but now, everyone is ok to me la.

- Watching PS means watching the contestants grow. We see their image on the first day of taking part and compare with the finals, and *omg* a complete makeover. And of course, their voice, their personality and attitude are all different. We like some, we hate some, and everyone has his preference. But in the end, the true winner is one who never abandons what he loves and strives to walk on the stony path.

This season of Superstar contestants are not bad quality IMO... 2 of them have especially left an impression in me!

The first is a gal called Ling Yi. Well actually she strikes a chord in me coz the 3 songs that I heard her perform are all Yanzi's songs... So I guess she's a Yanzi lover too, so that's why lor! Haa. Honestly, I thnk she's not one who really makes a strong impact initially and I may not notice her if she wasn't singing Yanzi's songs throughout. But I'll watch out for her over the weeks. Perhaps she will shine later, if she's still there.

The second is a guy, Le Sheng. I definitely have heard of him before, he's from NTU and is quite famous in the xin yao scene. He's in the same gang with Kelly Poon, Kewei and Alfred, the guy who took part in Impressario, so obviously he sure can sing. Heard him sang before in Hark Music Cafe and he really sounds great. So this is definitely one talent to watch out for and he really has what it takes to bring him to the end! So I hope he does get there!

But the most important issue is, will I ever get to go home in time on Wed & Thurs to watch PS?? Today's an exception. And hopefully I will get calls over the next few days... I am also a Superstar, I also want to be happy k!

No money

2006-11-04T23:41:00.000+08:00

My money flies?

1. I spent $40 on a haircut, and what's worse is, the haircut is not really anything special. It's just some trimmings off the side but partly coz I told the stylist to not cut too thin. But there could be more layers or some special effects right... Well at least, the hairstylist taught me the right way to style my hair.

I term this haircut Clean and Elegant. Well that's what marketing people always term designs that are simple right?
Oh that pic... Taken when I went with Chris n Gil to Sentosa last saturday evening for the free Jazz by the Beach thingy.

But we went to the musical fountain instead and were abit disappointed with it. Esp the 2 girls who saw a grander version in US and for me, I felt there could be more water displays. So boring...

But we did went to the Jazz by the Beach near the end of the performance and the performer was much better than the laser shows at the fountain.

Good for chill out. Hope Sentosa will have more of such free jazz thingies in the future.

2. A bottle of moisturizer costs $50. Not anything shocking, really, since I can use it for 3-4 months. Guys do splurge on skincare (and hair) k. I think my skincare products plus medicines cos eh... I refuse to sum up. Scary, but well, they're worthwhile investments.

3. Increased my insurance coverage to the recommended range of 10% of income. Time to start planning. Will invest in the financial market when I have excess cash.

4. Transport. Still have about $600 due to me since Sep. I shall watch my bank a/c 2 weeks after to ensure that I receive back every cent.

+++

My co is holding D&D a month later, and every freshie is supposed to be involved in some performance. I think I am one person which the other freshies might expect me to be very onz on these sort of things. I supposed I could have if I felt more attached to my co... But no. Saturdays are simply so precious to me now and I dun want to waste them by going back for rehearsals. They had one today, I didn't go coz I was working in office. No I dun want to work on saturdays again, but neither do I feel like going down for rehearsals. I just want a saturday where I can sleep until noon admist my busy schedule now and busier schedules soon, is that too much to ask for?

And the dilemna is due to the need to maintain good r/s with other people. It's not good to be deemed as someone who is overly unconcerned with these social events.

But... But... Some things are best left unsaid, despite me already saying so much le. Hah.

2006-11-01T01:21:00.000+08:00

I didn't really think much of what new name... Just that I have been listening to this song recently after hearing it on lz's departure day...

王菲 "红豆"

曲:柳重言词:林夕

还没好好地感受雪花绽放的气候
我们一起颤抖会更明白什么是温柔
还没跟你牵著手走过荒芜的沙丘
可能从此以后学会珍惜天长和地久

有时候有时候我会相信一切有尽头
相聚离开都有时候没有什么会永垂不朽
可是我有时候宁愿选择留恋不放手
等到风景都看透也许你会陪我看细水长流

还没为你把红豆熬成缠绵的伤口
然后一起分享会更明白相思的哀愁
还没好好的感受醒著亲吻的温柔
可能在我左右你才追求孤独的自由
也许你会陪我看细水长流

There are 4 "有时候"s in the chorus. "有时候" is such a imaginative phrase really. 有时候 u know some things will eventually come to an end, so that means u still hold on to some hope that they will never end.

The lyrics are so meaningful. It's songs like this that makes me look back at my memories... Especially during some 有时候 and then I just hope that I can go back to the past and relive it again.

Bye Lingzhi...

2006-10-27T00:54:00.000+08:00

If u listened to 933 "就是万人迷" this morning or passed by Cruz's blog, U would have heard the news... Lingzhi is leaving 933! And Friday will be her last day on air... This post will be my 933 listening experiences wrt Lingzhi...

Firstly I must say that I am quite sad to hear the news. Coz Lingzhi is my fav DJ on 933 lor... Loved listening to her Music Diary then! The first time I heard Music Diary was only when I was in army, and then I tried to listen to it whenever I could. Once I was having outfield in Tekong acting as enemy and I remembered switching on my receiver at 8 to listen to MD. I didn't really remember the story, but it was about letting go when it is time to, and one of the songs being played was Stefanie's "相信". Listening to Lingzhi's voice and nice songs helped me to be less sad in the mosquitoes-infested jungles of Tekong. And in camp, I would always bring along my receiver to listen to MD whenever I was on guard duty too!

And then... NTU! I still tried to listen to MD or the replays whenever possible, and there were some shiftings in timing too, something like to 8.30, then to 11 and back to 8.30. Other than MD, "2300 寂寞有人陪" ,the night show by Lingzhi, was my favourite too! I listened to it when I was studying at night to keep me awake, I even called in a few times and dedicated songs to my friends, where I'll be like rushing to mention as many names as I could... Do u know, I once even wrote down a list of names and pinned on my notice board so that when I called in, I would not miss out certain names?? Haha...

I love Lingzhi's night show because it creates a perfect studying environment for me in hall, complete with my own room and my own desk. *Bringing back many Hall 14 memories now* And I always think that many NTU students listen to her prog too, esp during exam time, when there'll be many phone & sms dedications from NTU grads! U can hear representatives from almost all of the 15 halls... Ok usually its the same ppl calling in, but still, 933 rules in NTU k!

And then in my final year... Lingzhi went to host "就是万人迷" with Cruz! Every morning 7am... abit early for me honestly. But on some days, I had lessons at 0830, and I would tune in to 933 in the early morning to listen to their suaning each other and lame jokes and wake up! If I had lessons at 1030 or maybe noon, I would probably set my alarm at 8 plus or 9 and if i managed to wake up, I'll laze in bed while listening to 933 before I finally washed up. I love the 默契 between them, and Chuan Lai would come in and guest star on Tues (?) too.

I forgot when Mary came in, but things certainly got more exciting with 3 people hosting the morning show, and somehow the 3 of them are like the combo. I just thought that if it was another 933 DJ joining LZ and Cruz, the effect would perhaps be worse. But with Mary, everyone seems to be complementing everyone else!

However there were some ridiculous listeners who actually wrote in to the media and complained about Lingzhi! One was about her suaning Zhiyong's looks and the other was about her mentioning about toilet bowls and spoiling the complainer's appetite. How utterly absurd! No comments lor. Some people are simply boh liao.

** *

Byez Lingzhi...

Perhaps Lingzhi left because she is tired, like how Kit and Yanzi were. Perhaps she felt it's time to let go and, she has been letting go of Music Diary bit by bit, letting it remain only in our memories. Perhaps she just wants to find back herself. I dunno... But I wish Lingzhi all the best, and hopefully someday, we'll still hear her on radio again.

2006-10-25T12:30:00.000+08:00

Someone commented my blog has been very sad lately...What to do... The weather has mostly been hazy for me, no sun, no rain...t's just hazy and stuffy.

Perhaps some pics of a cute little girl could brighten this place up!

I guess she's my niece. "I guess"?? Nono, this family is a close relative with mine, and this girl's mummy is my aunt. Well, actually not really too, coz if she's my aunt, she has to be my mum's or dad's sister right? But she isn't, and I'm not sure if my aunt's mum is my grandma's sis too.

It should be kinda complicated... I know I once asked when I was young and I think it was kinda complicated for me to comprehend then. And I never asked again since then coz I conclude it doesn't really matter.

So back to Zelene... aaaah special name rite.

She's a hyper-active and hyper-energetic little girl, like any other hyper-active and hyper-energetic children on this earth. It's just amazing how much energy children have nowadays... They can keep running and jumping around non-stop. One day with her is still ok, but if everyday...

Btw, 2 more months to Christmas! Yay~!

Change blog address

2006-10-24T18:00:00.000+08:00

Oooh I didn't know I can change blog address so easily... So peepz, I will be changing my blog address le. Coz the problem now is, this blogspot nick is the same as my msn nick. It's not such a good idea to have it the same as my msn nick, especially when msn is like passing around one. I like to maintain some 神秘感。Hah!

So I guess I'll just change this blogspot username instead of setting a new one, since it seems much easier to do so and I am lazy. Meanwhile, I am thinking of a superb new nick... So, soon, when this blog says "Error 404: Not in use", and u still want to read, MSN mi! And yeah, update your links too when the time comes!

Btw, my blog banner is changed too... The previous one can be a bit, eh, scary right, sometimes... At least I admit that me myself do try to scroll down asap before the previous banner starts loading... Haha.

2006-10-23T23:38:00.000+08:00

3 songs on my playlist running on continously...

1. Jay's "听妈妈的话"
2. Yanzi's "雨天"
3. Fish's "亲亲"

Selamat Hari Raya to all! If only there can be more public holiays in the second half of this year... Aaaaah...

Birthday wishes

2006-10-06T00:17:00.000+08:00

The day arrived, 14400 minutes flowed and whizzed past in the twinkling of an eye. And now, my age is officially 24! No more telling people "23" liao, which wasn't exactly a lie tho.

Thanx to everyone for your birthday wishes!

SMSes in supposedly no order...

Pingwen: Hey donny, HAPPY 22nd BIRTHDAY! Hope u r doing well in ur work and everythg u do!
(My first! So touched... coz this sweet girl's was also the first to sms me for the past 2 years!)

Bro: Happy bday! Got the jacket back?
(My bro sent my jacket for dry-cleaning, and this company actually sent it back to my home, despite it only being a jacket and cleaning costs are only $6.50! My jacket is now clean like new! It's "Spick and Span" @ Suntec City Tower 2 #31-02 if u r interested.)

Siwei: Lol... Happy 24th birthday! Lao le los...
(The "Lol" is becoz he msn-ed me happy birthday, and I asked "Y no sms??" Hrrmpt. But good la, he even called me again to wish me... Thanx buddy! Not i geh gao... but well... Hah!)

YK (or rather, YK+PQ): "Bear pic" in sms format + It's us! Wishing u happy birthday! Hope you enjoyed yourself'
(Bear pic as in those now-almost-extinct sms where u get pics of bears, pigs formed using symbols in sms format. I used to send lotsa those to everyone!)

Davin: Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you!Happy birthday happy birthday! Happy birthday to donny! Don't forget to organize bbq ok! Good night!
(So I was so surprised to receive Davin's sms... then I see the bbq part. Hur! And yeah, after I thanked him and said I am surprised he actually remembered, his reply comes with a hint that his birthday is one week after mine... aaaah. But I somehow still dun believe that this is the reason that he remb.)

Shimin: don! I may not b e 1st one to msg u, but u're e 1st person i msg 2day. ha... happy 24th bday! may all ur wishes come true, includin changin of cakes. :)
(Ah, I have pirioty over someone else in her heart for that day!)

Jingsi: Hey Donny HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 祝你everyday开心健康快乐. may u find d right kind of cake for yourself. I wish for nothing but d best 4 ya.
(My 2nd sms on cakes, appreciate it! The only paiseh thing is, I lost her contact ever since I lost my HP, so I had to embarressingly asked her for her name... But thanx gal for the sms!)

Xinmin: Hey don i cant meet u for lunch. Need to go dwn to a co to do post balance. Tell u again. Btw. Happy bdae!
(Met XM for lunch the day before, but it turned out to be a big group and I hardly have any chance to talk to her. We need to meet up again!)

Wenhua: Hey happy birthday!
(Short and sweet!)

Huiyi: blessed 24th bday, don! :)
(My old friend from AHS, TPJC and cell! Lost contact with her for the past few years, and so it's really a pleasant surprise to receive her wishes!)

Ruiqin: Hey. It's ur bday right? Happy bday! Have an enjoyable day.. :-)
(And I happened to not have her contact too. It's getting very paiseh when people sms me happy birthday and I dun have their numbers. While losing hp is a very legitimate reason, but if I am the one who bother to send an old friend sms and the old friend doesn't have my number, I'll prob curse the bdae boy/girl while sms-ing a "It's ok dear! Never mind! =)"
Speaking so, I believe JS, RQ and Des are very kind people (unlike me) who have a forgiving heart, right? ^___^

Aunt Jean: Happy birthday! may all yr wishes come true!
(I realise that ever since I turned 21, no more ang pows from my close relatives... Sorta regretting not choosing another 21st bdae gift... Hmmm I realise I do have many regrets in life. I promise to live my 24th year onwards, the life I want. No. More. Regrets.)

Christina: Happy birthday!! Luckily make it in TIme.. Msn e wish to u this morn but think my msn kok up.. And I forgot bout it during lunch.. Sorry! But hope u enjoyed urself today! =)
(Ok I spent my day in the office doing web based learning. D Day might have been more exciting, but since there're only a few of my gang left in the office and these are new colleagues, I suppose I could be minimally satisfied with a peaceful day at work. After all, honestly, I never had a good look at the compiled contact list myself.)
And not even an email from the mgr or whosoever! Even in army, my OC sent a card to the birthday boys. Ok probably the OC runner was the one who had to do the sai kang, but at least, there was a card from my superior!

Michelle: harlow! blessed birthday brother. may the knowledge of His goodness b revealed to you more each day. :)
(Old friend too, from AHS n cell!)

Xianpei: Don! Happy birthday! Here's wishing u a great 24th year filled with much joy n happiness! Have fun celebrating!
(XP's just started her step into her mushroom cheesecake too, but hers is Prada's brand, so should be more delicious. Haha.)

Shuqiang: Hey, glad is your turn to join the age of 24. Happy birthday! Enjoy your birthday week ba
(SQ's bdae is one week before mine, and perhaps this is why he's glad that after he turns 1 year older, he knows there's another person who will be turing 1 year older too the week after...)

Zhonghui: Donny! Happy birthday!! Rem to cut mi a slice when u find ur new york cheese cake! Haha..
(This one ah. I had to msn him at 11pm when I got home to ask "Y no sms??" And he thought he sent a sms already in the morning! Where got... so the shameless me decided to ask for one myself. Heh!)

Changyuan: Since you want it, i give you... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
(So unwilling hor, when I asked for a sms... But I really prefer sms over msn mah, coz I can store them in my phone and bring my wishes around mah...)

Des: Though this may come late, my best wishes to u for ur birthday. Always stay strong and chirpy! :) Happy birthday!
(I lost his contact too... And so I sent my 3rd embarressing sms to ask for the wisher's name...)

Special thanx to...
Edwin C for his treat @ Cafe Cartel! The meal for 2 persons was horribly filling, but it was really worth it!

Phone calls
~ Siwei! Talked to him over phone for quite some time. Heh.

~ Leon! I was abit shokced to receive his call from office... Haa I supposed pQ told him and he called to wish me happy bdae in advance. Shocked, but pleased la!

Also got MSN greetings from...
~ Shanyi! It was a wish in advance, so it was my FIRST birthday greeting!

~ Gillian! She wished me twice, before 12 and after 12! Hehe!

~ Shuting! Greetings by another new colleague!

Thanks to everyone for your birthday wishes! Hope I didnt miss anyone out...
Long weekend for me... Yay yay~!

first day

2006-10-04T00:18:00.000+08:00

歌曲：第一天
歌手：孙燕姿

下过雨的
夏天傍晚
我都会期待
唱歌的蝉嘿
把星星都吵醒
月光晒了很凉快
就是这样回忆起来
第一次告白(初次告白)
尴尬的我看
爱装得很哲学的你其实
很可爱
你说活在明天活在期待
不如活得今天很自在
我说我懂了会不会太快
未来第一天要展开

第一天我存在
第一次呼吸畅快
站在地上的脚踝
因为你而有真实感
第一天我存在
第一次能飞起来
爱是腾空的魔幻
第一天的纯真色彩
它总是永远那么灿烂

你很搞笑你很奇怪
你头发很乱
有的时候
你突会为我的事情
变得很勇敢
这么说来很不单纯
你陪我看海
海那么蓝
我又好像
不应该把你想得有点坏
坏的是我发现不知不觉
不见到你不是很习惯
你的眼神里好像也期待
期待不一样的未来

第一天我存在
第一次呼吸畅快
站在地上的脚踝
因为你而有真实感
第一天我存在
第一次能飞起来
爱是腾空的魔幻
第一天的纯真色彩
它总是永远那么灿烂

蓝色的海(阿信:蓝色的海)
海上的云(飞:海上的云)
云的那端(阿信:云的那端)
不转弯(飞:不转弯)
到未来(阿信:到未来)

Song of the day!
=)

2 books

2006-10-01T23:30:00.000+08:00

Feeling kinda unhappy for the past few days. Yep. Returned to office on sat to finish off the engagement and when I thought I could go, some last minute thing happened and I had to finish it off before meeting my friends. Horribly late...

Today was good though. Couldn't wake up to go church though (i'm not one, but oh well...), but managed to pull off my music lesson somehow. Loving both my music lessons, coz music is like another dimension in the universe and brings me away from the world.

And then... I actually forgot to get my yanzi's cd, but bought 2 good books in Kino.

One of them:

SQ21 stands for Singapore Queers in the 21st Century, compiled by Ng Yi-Sheng. It's a collection of real-life stories of gays, lesbians and bisexuals in their coming out process... the difficulties they faced, the tribulations they encountered, and the love some of them got from their more understanding parents. One contribution was from a mother, who described how she dealt with the realisation that not one, but both of her sons, are gay. I love this book because the stories are just so real and not at all hypocritical. I applaud the authors for having the courage to depict their life stories under the scrutiny of the public eye, with their names and photos in the book too.

This book is not only written for the GLBTs (gays, les, bis, trans) in mind, but for anyone who has love. This book may not necessarily make SG a less homophobic place or have our garmen make SG to be ~~more gay-friendly~~ less gay-unfriendly, but at least, it's a first step.

Inspirational and touching book.

The other book is a life improvement book called Living the 80/20 Way by Richard Koch.

Sidetrack: I shouldn't have searched for this book... Walmart is selling it for roughly US$10 plus, and even with the shipping costs and everything, it's much cheaper still...

Basically... this book is about the 80/20 principle. Quoting from the book's website, "Living the 80/20 way – If we have the courage to go against conventional wisdom, we can work less, worry less, succeed more and make the people who matter in our lives hugely happy. " Motivating.

So yep. I haven't gotten to reading the book in-depth though, but my heart tells me that I didn't buy the wrong book. I trust my gut feeling in buying books. These 2 books make me feel better.

Anyway... I've got this plan in mind. It's sorta something that I've been wanting to do... and maybe I'll be doing it end of this year or next year. If I'm going for this plan, I dun think I will be staying for peak...

monkey game

2006-09-20T00:18:00.000+08:00

Super poor resolution, but my score is 4873 k! Higher than the scores I have seen! Hoho!
http://totebo.com/mko.php?c=qrosqBoissoEstorFBoUBopBsosFEro4ONoutUp

Can u believe it... I just came home an hour ago. Ok u can believe it, but it's not the peak season for mushroom blooming yet. But we were rushing for dateline for some sox compliance... So end up doing control testing, like ensuring the temperature of the oven for baking is ok, the chefs are competent, the ingredients come in on a regular basis etc. Crap... It isn't funny, coz I am not happy. ~_~

Seriously...

I dun like mushroom cheesecake... Not sure if it was yy or rs who said something like this, that we should accept the cheesecake (figuratively) only if we say 'yes!' to it in or hearts. And i only recalled myself going 'ok lor' when i got this cake. And now, I'm kinda regretting. Sigh. U all think my character is one that is suitable for mushroom cheesecake a not?

Hmm... At least I am invited for a mj session soon. Motivation for end of week!
Better dun last min cancel hor...
And in case my friends forget something, it's end of september soon. Yay~!

Training

2006-09-09T23:56:00.000+08:00

Working... and the effect for me is less blogging. Coz I dun really like to blog about work since I'm already on my work everyday. And since I'm already working everyday, there's really nothing interesting besides work, except for the routine lunch breaks and occasional outings after work. So there.

Well anyway, my trainings for the past few weeks have been meaningful. Got to know how some audit procedures are being carried out, and such knowledge should be useful... i hope. Got to know more people too, mostly from ntu though.

My complaint is, my pay is too low to qualify me for a credit card! And I want a credit card for a gym membership... Coz it seems that my co doesn't seem to have membership tied up with any gyms, though there were people saying there is. A bit sad for me, eh, very sad for me coz I am one who likes those good benefits and free stuff (which my friends in civil got alot! I wan IMF goodie bags! Or free concert tix!). Yeah la, i admit i am giam beng, and somemore, being auditor means I will NOT have gifts from clients. Suddenly I feel so poor thing. And I console myself by saying it's not fair to compare... sigh...

Here are a few more photos from the penang trip...

Taken on the first day when we reached the hotel. Food there wasn't too bad, but having it consecutively for 5 days can be a bit sian.

The group I was in! Actually I was in another group with my friends, then the trainer told 2 from each table to stand up... and move to another table! Well... so... this was how I made new friends! Hah!

The nightlife in Penang. We didn't go inside the pubs but we just feel like going there to see how the nightlife scene is like. So all we did there was take photos... We all very guai one k.

The cakes from XXX, which are much cheaper than from SG's branches! And I name the cake shop XXX not because it's some dark secretive underground business but I got a temporary memory loss on the name. It's the one which sells great cakes and people will keep saying you should eat when u are in M'sia coz it's almost half-price. Get it? No?? Never mind...
And yeah... A&W! Yummy!

One of the funny and/or stupid poses. This is just one of the many many other funny and/or stupid photos. I think some of my fellow colleagues were amazed at some of our poses and also how we could keep taking photos.

And a reminder to my blog readers... October is coming soon. *Ahem*

2006-08-26T19:28:00.000+08:00

Back from traininnnnngggg! Woah!

It has been an amazing week to be on training with many other fun chaps! Actually it was sorta like a ntu gathering, since i suppose more than 75% were from ntu too. There were some others from overseas uni n i tink smu too, but since we were spilt into groups, i dint get too much a chance to interact with them.

The view from my hotel room. There's a bit of the sea view there... quite nice!

Food!! There's nothing to shop in Penang, at least for the guys, so what can I do but eat eat eat!

Some takeaways from my training trip...

1. I must learn to shut my mouth when necessary. That I should always think before saying things, especially when I get too high...

2. Foot reflexology is more painful than ticklish for me. I think I am having many problems all over my body since I feel at least some pain in almost every part massaged, and intense pain in some parts. Generally my digestion system isn't good, my head/shoulder has some problems (i agree) and I should cut down on sweet foods. Haiz...

As for the technical takeaways, hmmm...

flying

2006-08-20T23:54:00.000+08:00

Karma occurs when, I fly other people's aeroplane, and then some other people fly me aeroplane too on the next day. So I dun really blame my friends la, coz I understand, since I myself did the same thing. Hah!

And yep, I'll be flying on a real aeroplane soon! Will be away for the week and back only on Fri, w/o autoroaming on hp this time. Hope it'll be enjoyable, and I need to think of smart answers when people ask me, "So, what have u been up to this period?"

Need to wake up in 5 hrs time... Byez~~

2006-08-19T00:02:00.000+08:00

Flew someone aeroplane today.
Uh oh... Die le...

new banner

2006-08-18T02:29:00.000+08:00

That's my new blog banner done using Photoshop! The results of my learning... ah... But actually, I really didn't read a lot coz all guidebooks do get boring after some time. The best way to learn something is to use it yourself and playing around with the functions, which can be pretty enjoyable sometimes and sickening sometimes. I'm still a noobie though, n some parts could be improved on, but i'm satisfied for now. Coz it's late and i'm sleepy...

I'm finally going to start work le! I'm quite looking forward to it rather than feeling a sense of doom approaching. Need to remind myself now, i love work, i love audit, i love OT, i love long long OT everyday n being underpaid! The things I hope for are helpful n friendly teammates (*pray I wun have to work with some people whom i dun really like* ssssssh... secret!) who can impart useful knowledge upon me, as well as seeing opportunities being open and given to me. =)

2006-08-16T23:51:00.000+08:00

Forbidden City: Portrait of an Empress... starring Kit Chan.

anyone... interested?

1 more week

2006-08-13T23:55:00.000+08:00

This could very well be my last Sunday staying up late to watch Guess, and my last remaining weekdays staying up late to watch SCV like 康熙来了，红色风爆，小气大财神 and other nice shows that are shown quite late. But I'm not complaining la... It's time... it's time...

I've decided... I guess I should give myself some time in audit and then see how. 1 year? A few months? Dunno... When the time comes, I will know ba.

In response to Gil's tag, I'll do the following wile watching Guess. I think I did something like this before, will just do one selected section ba.

7 random facts about me

1. I've ONE set of tarot cards bought 1 or 2 years ago. Used it a couple of times, and sometimes the results can be quite accurate. Like when I was asking about audit, and this card signifying long working hours through midnight came out. But I wun indulge too much in tarot too, rather, I use it once in a blue moon for some general directions in life.

2. I've TWO ear piercings on my left ear. Actually I had thought of having like 1 or 2 more, but they can get quite painful when I can't pierce my stud through. Anyway, I will be working soon in a not too open environment, so I can forget about having more piercings now.

3. I've lost THREE HPs altogether ever since gotten my 1st HP in JC Yr 2, and spoilt one. So after losing my most recent one this Jan, I have been on high alert for my HP always.

4. To play mahjong, FOUR people are required. And yeah, MJ has become one of my favourite hobbies since hall life. Even during NS, i didn't play so much and wasn't very good at it. Now, I enjoy MJ as much as I enjoy KTV, shopping and gaming.

5. These past FIVE and a half years have been my most memorable times of my 23 years of living. Both NS and NTU are things of the past now, but I cherish every moment of my these 5 years.

6. I used to think I had some SIXth sense when I was a child, or rather, I hope to have some sixth sense like reading people's minds. Especially now when everyone has grown up, who knows what are one's true intentions?

7. I've been slacking for SEVEN days a week ever since my exams ended a few months ago. No doubt I will miss these days in the future.

宇恒 - 依然是朋友

2006-08-12T23:44:00.000+08:00

宇恒 - 依然是朋友

情人节的前一天,
他离开你身边
却剩下你到至今的想念,
那一夜我陪着你,
你哭了一整夜
你是否知道我对他一样很想念
直到有一天我和他碰面
在那间我们常去的咖啡店

才知道有些感受
我和他谁都不曾说出口
我们之间隐藏了什么
除了我自己没人懂
可是你,你怎么说
你知道好事不是从此避开我 OH~
我一样难过多希望我们不曾相识过

才知道有些感受
我和他谁都不曾说出口
我们都是最好的朋友
谁会有勇气去开口
不在乎不再难过
我们还有好大好大的借口 OH～
故事的最后我们都不曾失去过什么
我们依然是朋友噢～

有些歌曲，听了第一次，好想再听第二次，第三次，然后重复连续听了好几十次，也不会觉得腻或烦。

这首歌虽然不是在描述我此刻的心情，可是它却打动了我的心情。我也没经历过这首歌所说的情景，但是我还是有某种感动。我只想说，这首歌真的很好听。

如果有一天，我爱上了我朋友的情人（A)，结局会如何？也许当初我不知道A是我朋友的情人，可是却无意间对A产生了好感，甚至还会有些主动。如果知道了事实后，我想，我应该会保持沉默，因为我不想做第三者，因为我不想失去一段友情，因为我会措手不及而放弃似乎是最正确的方式。可是这毕竟只是想像，如果真的发生这种事情，我真的应该完完全全放弃吗？可以吗？放得下吗？我能够衷心的祝福他们吗？

我希望我不会被困在这个情景，不会成为这三角恋的任何一角，因为这是很痛苦的。
其实，我们都没有错，只是时间不对，缘份不合。。。

NBS Convo Ball

2006-08-11T23:46:00.000+08:00

Aaah... Convo ball pics! Yeah la, I know I'm a bit late... ok quite late to be honest... But then, late better than never...

The first pic of this post, of course, must be my pic la!
Taken earlier in the car! Around 6pm... I wasn't as tired as I looked la, in fact I was quite excited. Just that maybe I was already prepared to set off some time ago, and then I switched on the TV and subsequently felt a bit sleepy...

Many thanks to smint's friend for driving us! Forgot his name, but he's a kind person la... haha. Thanks to smint for the lobang too! I forced them to take this photo, when we stopped at a red light!

Zenith was the name of our NBS Convo Ball! I dunno what it means, but at least, it doesn't sound too bad...
Dun u think that the hand that's creeping out to point at the "Zenith" is a bit out of place and a bit creepy? It's WH's hand, no doubt, but from this angle, it doesn't look like, right?
Or... was that WH's hand in the first place at all?? It was still the 7th month lor... eeeee...

This was one of the numerous pics taken outside the ballroom. Taken with Kelvin here! Basically we were looking for anyone we knew then taking photos here and there. I quite like this pic coz I looked tall here! Of course, not that I am that short in real life (180cm! ok la... 178... ok, 174... okok 171!!), but which guy doesn't want to look taller?

A picture of the ballroom of Fullerton! Classy... chio... whatever... The ambience was great!

Table 27! There's supposed to be the 6 of us, including xp, but xp was unable to attend this Ball because she had a rashes outbreak! Poor thing...
Anyway, the other half of the table was invaded by 4 super chio ladies, also from ACC, and though we didn't know them well, everything went well eventually!

Hall 14!! Eh yy, my table also got nominate you for the Ball Queen (I think it doesn't sound right here... but i forgot the actual title...), with me strongly recommending u on my table... haa. There were 3 slots lor, and our table only filled in one name, which was yy's!
Hall 14... aaah... Only chio bus and yandaos are worthy to reside in this Hall, as seen in this pic!

That's me and SW, my army buddy! We've been through much together and he's one of my best friends, in army and now! Only thing is, he only wanted to smile widely in this pic and not pose like me... And i dun mean to be rude ah, but the pics that his friend took of us were a bit blurred... tsk tsk...

Me and QF, also my army friend! He was also in mktg too, like SW, and while posting this pic, I remember that I am supposed to email him this pic as well as another pic he took with his friend, but I dun have his email wor...
Anyway, the trend for mktg guys that night is to wear white suits ah?? Hmmm...

Me and gil, being punched! Gil mentioned earlier on msn that she might be wearing some retro polka-dotted dress! Hmmm if she did, she would be simply outstanding there... Hah! Anyway I liked this pic a lot, especially our expressions! They were just right, not too over!

Mr TYW and mi! He's great, coz I said, "Let's act cute!" and he went, "Eh, ok!" He was also game enough to go on stage later as a yodelling drummer wanking drums! Ha!

Me with my CP and her programmers! Hmmm... Why am i the only one giving expressions here?? Anyway, lychee n jing are 2 eh, very interesting people to know... haa!

I realise that I knew a lot of mktg people... Out of the many people in BUS, I guess I knew the most from mktg, followed by econs, sorta know one guy from acturial, and that's all... Never knew anyone from B&F, IT and HR!

** Renovation of blog in progress... pardon for the little crosses here and there, and some funny stuff around...

National Day Blues

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

Happy Belated Birthday, Singapore.

Gee... the wishes came a bit late, and as u can guess from my tone, i don't sound too excited by National Day.

At least, not initially. Firstly, I'm on holiday everyday now, and National Day as a public holiday doesn't excite me. Secondly, I seriously still dunno why Kaira Gong is selected to sing this year's song when she's just a newcomer, thus I'm not really paying much attention to this year's National Day songs. And lastly, National Day seems rather fake this year to me... I just can't feel the mood this year despite the pap hanging so many flags in my neighbourhood and on my blk becoz no one is hanging. Everything just seems so... u noe. x_X

Nonetheless, I am still moved when I see kaira's performance at the end as well as those fireworks in the sky. I'm suddenly reminded of my family and my friends. Yep. And I felt a bit emotional, esp when I heard "Home" again... "This is home, truly, where I know I must be." I'm reminded once again to treasure everyone around me before I lose the chance to do so.

Here's some inspiring words from the late David Marshall, in an exclusive interview done by a blogger some years back. Hope it'll inspire you too, especially when you have stepped/are stepping into a new phase of life like me too.
Click: http://thinkhappiness.blogspot.com/2006/08/meeting-david-marshall-in-1994.html

Bianca Ryan

2006-08-09T01:48:00.000+08:00

Never underestimate kids nowadays... May I present to you, Bianca Ryan!

Wow! Not one of the SG Idol contestants sounds even half as good as this 11 y/o girl! She's simply amazing!

WTF FOC

2006-08-05T23:39:00.000+08:00

This past week was quite a busy week... It was the FOC week for Halls, so the kaypoh me decided to go back Hall to see the happenings in FOC. Think that the main comm n subcom put in a good job in organising a great experience for the freshies as I think most of the freshies enjoyed FOC alot.

And I could really feel some sort of generation gap... It seemed a bit hard to engage the freshies (female freshies are from 1987 one!) as they seemed to be in their own world always, in their own groups. Well, at least, they made new friends with one another...

Other than FOC, I also went around campus, engaging in some photo-taking in my convo gowns with some Hall friends. Honestly, I enjoyed being with my peers than in FOC... Coz the FOC isn't really meant for me, and I really felt a bit out of place there, and somemore, I dun really feel so attached to hall liao la.

Fright night... and 31 客窜 as 1 of the ghosts in her cosplay costume! She looked horribly scary, especially her eyes!! EEEEEEEE!!!

SP Night... Ciming (beside PQ) 客窜 as an Apus SA... We got along with her better than with the freshies. So, it really must be the generation gap.

So... this should be the last FOC i m going. 2 more weeks to starting work, and i m seriously anticipating it... zzzz...

Oh yeah, my favourite Superband, 迷路兵, won!!!! YESH they are the Superband!! Congratz to Nic, Weiqi n Sam, the 3 super talented and full-of-pattern guys!! Woah!

I've always supported 迷路兵 because they are truly talented. Young, and full of musical sense, judging by the arrangments of their performing songs. Other than J3's rendition of Xiao Wei, I think the other great performances all came from 迷路兵. Haa, i may be a bit biased, but seriously, 迷路兵 is really good lor, if not, why they win leh??

v(^_^)v

2006-08-01T01:22:00.000+08:00

Update from previous post:
Aaah... Gil was from Table 17 and yeah, they wrote "Whisper" as well and got the others right as well! I guess they submitted sooner than us... So, yeah lor... haa...

Update for today:
- Went for the briefing for NBS Welcome Day... Well, it should be quite interesting, at least I hope so! Anyway, me and gil were not the only grads there, altogether there are a total of 5 grads in the noon's trg session. The other 20 are yr 1s moving onto yr 2s! So, you could have guessed how old I feel... Hah!

- Went with mab n yy to take some grad photos @ heritage centre and yunnan centre. Yay yay, and sorta mastering the skills in tossing hats, and taking photos of tossing hats!

- Will not be around my lappie for the next 3 days because I have paid for my Hall's FOC, and thus, I will be going for every second of it beginning tomorrow!

2006-07-30T22:45:00.000+08:00

Aaah... By right, I should be talking about my NBS Convo Ball, and posting some stupid photos. But by left, I'm quite tired and sleepy now leh... I post up fotos when I get more from my friends...

A few thoughts about the Ball: Wonderful, great, memorable. It wasn't so much about the seats, food or the gifts (Knn, i must say this lor, my table 27 was the rightful winner of the Table Game but the stupid MC said Table 17 instead! Confirm he say wrongly lor based on the "'Whisper' from the winning table statement"! Condemned!). It's about the people, people who had been in the same school as me for the past 3 years, some course-mates, some lecture-mates, some tutorial-mates, and some hall-mates.

Now, everything can be summed up in 3 words: "No more liao." Sigh.

Convo

2006-07-26T17:48:00.000+08:00

Convocation 2006 is over! It was wonderful, but i got one regret, that is, didn't take enough photos during the ceremony! Arrrgh... I missed taking photos with my business friends e.g. RS, YY, and to those that I did take with, I haven't wear my convo gown yet! Arrgh! Then when convo ended, I was basically running around, from lvl 3 audi to lvl 1 audi, to SBS and back to audi, yet I still missed out photo-taking with many ACC people, like pQ, XM, gel etc. Raar!

Looking forward to the next round of photo-taking during convo ball, as well as going outside to take photos in convo gown. Did someone obtain the zoo passes yet? Haa!

Top
1. My parents & my grandma went to the convo with only 2 tix! It was a risk, but I somehow believed that they could all enter the audi. Heng, somehow they managed to went into the audi with only 2 tix! The ushers were initially reluctant but I guess, they are kind-hearted people after all.
2. Me with smint and ZH, and a part of WH's hand when he tried to jump in when we were taking the photo. And I looked horribly short in this ctual sized photo.
3. SW and me! My army buddy who's in Mktg and it feels great that we are graduating together on the same day. My regret, where's my gown??

Middle
1. This pic will be worth alot in the future coz got star inside. Oh, in case u're wondering it's me, no la, I'm referring to Lee teng. Haa.
2a. Me with mabel, one of the few hall 14 ppl whom I take picture with. Once again, regret, where's my gown??
2b. Can't see who's she? Gillian, my AB311 groupmate as well as my future colleague! And we'll both be going for the NBS Welcome Day for freshies!
3. Stylo milo with hoi. She's got so many family members coming with her! Oh and hoi appears in the convo publication thingy, with half a photo of her... haa...

Bottom
1. With XP n WH, who just came back from the US with HMM in midnight! Looking forward to their tales and fotos from US!
2. The pic with us throwing our hats (what do we call them??) into the air! It took us quite a long time to take this pic. And I wanted to use consecutive shots for this, but somehow my cam's not set to that mode. But still, this lone pic isn't that bad la.
3. The Hall 14 pic, but w/o mi!

2006-07-24T15:18:00.000+08:00

Arrgh ridiculous lor...

25 Jul 2006
10 am: 100 cards
2 pm: No extra cards will be issued
6 pm: 200 cards

Ridiculous coz it's so qiao... Out of the 15 ceremonies, 3 will not be issuing extra invitation cards, and 1 of the ceremony is mine lor.

^%#!@#$#^&@&*

But... I believe there will be extra seats in the Audi, and I hope the ushers will be kind...

2006-07-23T19:20:00.000+08:00

I'm a Mercedes SLK!

You appreciate the finer things in life. You have a split personality - wild or conservative, depending on your mood. Wherever you go, you like to travel first class. Luxury, style, and fun - who could ask for more?

Take the Which Sports Car Are You? quiz.

Wadrobe

2006-07-22T22:30:00.000+08:00

Do you know... the Great Singapore Sale is ending?
Do you know... G2000 got season clearance sale up to 50%, and members get additional 15%? (谢谢 mabel for the card!)

So... it was some simple shopping for me for some of the past few days. Boh bian mah, starting work soon leh (ok la not very soon...), then still not many clothes to wear. To make it sound less painful for me, I exchanged about S$200 cash into 1 pair of shoes, 1 pants and some long-sleeved shirts. Actually, I could have bought more when I went to Taka and saw many more 几美的衣服喔 (I used the correct "几"?), but enough for now, I still need to eat for the following month lor.

At least, now my wardrobe has more business wear... =)

But my business wear is still very little compared to my casual wear... =
Eh, still got more t-shirts folded below leh.
My aim is to have my business wear filling the hanging compartment, and all my casual wear folded neatly below, which means I would have to clear the tees that I no longer wear but 不舍得丢掉的。“我舍不得你, yeh yeh, 无奈我要创造未来...”

~~
Speaking of long sleeved shirts, I bought my first cufflink shirt! I think I bought my first cufflinks late last year, but I had no cufflink shirt. I was even wondering, how do I wear the cufflink on my long sleeved shirt ah? Yep, this smart guy here didn't know he needs a special cufflink shirt to wear cufflinks. I was even contemplating cutting a hole in my sleeves to wear the cufflinks! 笨笨笨！ -_-"

So how did I figure out the mystery of the cufflinks? I remember it was during the AA206 presentation when I saw ryan wearing a cufflink shirt to present. So I went to ask him after his presentation, and I even blurted out quite innocently, "Oh need to buy a 'special' shirt one ah? I thought need to cut my shirt or what..." I think some people were stunned dio...
~~

Sigh. Now. I need to stay at home more and practise my keyboard ("江南" is so hard) n fiddle with Photoshop. For Photoshop, I'm still trying to digest the 1100-page Photoshop Bible. The book is pretty comprehensive, perhaps I could buy in the future as a reference guide. Now, I'm just trying my best to use Photoshop... trying...

Oh I was in Taka and I saw this brand of pens...

LAMY! That's my NTU userID lor! I think the brand has been there for quite long le but I never really noticed it. Haha... Who want to give me PRE-birthday present?? *Ahem* 74 days to my birthday, still far far away, that's why I said PRE-birthday present... Haha!

updates on last week

2006-07-17T16:50:00.000+08:00

Whenever people see me nowadays, the question, "So 你最近在做什么ah?" always pops up. I'm not ashamed to say that I've been zhuo bo la, ha... But giving that reply always make me feel I have been wasting my time... Ok I've been, and I love this!

Went back to Hall (Yes, the Hall that I used to stay in, the Hall that's all the way in Boon Lay!) on Fri for a MJ cum DVD session. This time, my luck wasn't so good, never even got a full tai in the 3 rounds (Almost made a Da 3 Yuan tho...) This time, i lost almost as much as 31. It seems that whenever I play with ZQ, my luck won't be so good. Pity CY wasn't there to join us though.

Met the couple to pass them their convo stuff on Sun. Haven't really met up with them since they started working so it's great to see them again. They seem to be enjoying their jobs pretty much for now.

My blog has been pretty photo-less lately. I've decided not to post any photos until I have sorta master Photoshop, and this few weeks shall be intensive Photoshop training camp for myself, with the 3 Photoshop books I borrowed from the library. 1 book was 1000-page, and I do hope I can finish it by the 3 weeks dateline... I just want to do something constructive during my holis!

AHS school song

2006-07-14T14:32:00.000+08:00

To all ex-AHS-sians...

I checked my email today and found this email entitled "FW: Reinstatement of School Song of Anglican High School - Petition Online". I thought, what was it, what school song?? Upon reading the email, I then realised that the school song of AHS has been changed to a simpler version, and it was apparently changed in 2004! The new school management had changed the lyrics (no change in melody) from the old 文言文 version to a more easily understood 现代文 version.

Let's see...

The old lyrics:
浩荡嵯峨气象雄
黉舍峙狮岛中
圣洁公义道之宗
肇锡佳名号圣公
咨爾多士慎磨砻
维上帝临汝躬
春弦夏誦莫从容
干云之木自青葱
进德修业树风声
三教就四德成
永为基督之精兵
永为邦国之干城

The new lyrics:
浩荡圣中气象雄
如鹰展翅岛中
圣洁公义我尊崇
远近嘉名号圣公
治学立业须谦恭
师友爱乐融融
把握今天勤用功
创造锦绣之前程
进德修业树校风
向着标杆力冲
永为基督之精兵
永为邦国之忠臣

From the email, orginally written by an ex-teacher to inform some of his ex-students of the change, it seemed that the change was required as new students nowadays, even new teachers, could not apprehend the underlying meaning of the lyrics. This is part of the email:

"...The change started during the time of Mr David Wang, our ex- principal
who took over from Mr Moo. The reason is becos the old version of the school
song is written in the old form of Chinese (wen yen wen), and many of our
students (including teachers too) have problems understanding it, not less to
say appreciating the meaning behind it. It was Mr David Wang's idea,
therefore, to change the lyrics of the school song, but maintaining its melody
and rhythm.
The new lyrics are suppose to bring out as much as possible the meaning of
the old one, so that the spirit is preserved. Two versions have been proposed,
one by Mr Wun Fook Cheong, another by Mr Liew Chee Kong. These were presented to the school board, and vetted by Revd Lim Kok Heng, our ex-school chaplain.
According to Mr David Wang, the lyrics also went thru the Chinese Dept teachers.
The final version was adopted and supported by the school board. It was first
taught and sung in school in 2004. So this is already the third year the school
is singing this new version.
As I have been involved in the work in the school heritage centre, I got a
chance to speak to Mr Wang and heard his explanation. Hope this helps. I don't
think he is trying to do anything detrimental to the school culture, cos we know
he has contributed greatly to bring the school up in its academic results, as
well as lay down the strategic plans of the school. However, perhaps the alumni
was not involved, and understanding you guys have a lot of fond memories of old,
and may feel indignant about the change. But hopefully after understanding the
background you may act more objectively..."

Seriously, I dun think the new lyrics can preserve the old AH spirit. If new students cannot understand, then teach them la! I vaguely remember that during my first music lesson, HCL was patiently teaching us how to sing it, as well as the underlying meaning. Being sec 1 and freshmen, I dun think any of us understood then. Eh, in fact today, there are still some parts I am still unsure, and some parts forgotten...

Today, I'm already an ex-student, but the old school song is still roughly etched in my mind. The old chim lyrics surely represent some of the Chinese spirit that the forefathers of AHS had in mind, and I seriously do not like the idea of simplfying the school song just to make it easier to understand. The school song is part of the heritage of the school, so how can 说换就换？I wonder if the pledge is still read, and commands still being shouted, in Mandrian during morning assemblies. By simplfying the lyrics, it suggests that the Chinese standard of AHS students today have been brought to a lower level, which is ironical because of one AHS's core calues is to "to develop well-rounded individuals who are effectively bilingual, appreciate Chinese culture and value diversity."

Some ex-students, in response to the ex-teacher's email, have set up an online petition to show how they feel: http://www.petitiononline.com/AHS2006/ It may not make a great difference at this point in time, but at least it shows how I feel.

And the school management expect each alumnus to pay $80 for an alumni dinner when the alumni were not informed of such important issues previously??

2006-07-11T14:40:00.000+08:00

Another nice show on SCV, HK serial 《老婆大人》is coming to an end soon again... Like it a lot, anyone watching it too? Initially I didn't really like the show coz I thought, how could there be such a husband, such a man?? So obedient and hen-pecked... But as I watch on, I enjoy the show more. It's more about love and compromise, and where to draw the line. What truly defines a successful marriage? A pre-marriage arrangement?

And we should also be careful of the people around us. Even against who those appear blur often, because for them, in order to get what they want, they may turn vicious and regard friends as enemies. It's scary whenever I see Yoyo onscreen in these last few episodes!

Went back to school to collect transcripts and certs yesterday and saw many familiar faces. A bit 不舍得, so went to some familiar places such as S4, FAL etc, and said goodbye to the photocopy shop auntie too. Wonder how long she has been there and how many batches she has seen coming in and out of NBS...
Byez NBS~~!

Melancholy

2006-07-09T21:46:00.000+08:00

Melancholy is in my soul...

"这是我们的纪念日
纪念我们开始对自己诚实
愿意为深爱的人放弃骄傲
说少了你生活淡的没有味道"

"走不出的路口
一个人一瞬间
淹没在人群中
寂寞的路口
一个人一转眼
走进了回忆漩涡"

"美的忍不住停留
而任性的风
吹过了
却飘下一片片叶落"

I just feel a bit disappointed at some old JC pals. Even if I return back there, I dun think we could be as good friends as before. I can't sense their (or to be more specific, her) sincerity. Another old friend, not from my old JC, seemed to understand me more than my ex-JC pals.

Being busy is never an excuse for not making time for friends. Nor should religion be. But for my ex-JC pals, the latter appears so for them and it suddenly occured to me that I was like that in the past too. A bit too narrow-minded, and even a bit brain-washed.
=(

Everyone asked me what have I been up to in the past week. My answer: Zhuo Boh. Ok la, not really, but that's the main part. Coz everyone is telling me to enjoy while I still can, based on their experiences. But really, I've been doing constructive stuff too. Other than relaxing, I've been applying elsewhere just because I'm too bored. Killed my brain cells when I went to do a test I thought was those reasoning/IQ tests (the receptionist said so!), but turned out to be a maths & english test. Hate lor! Like those questions asking me that there's this bathtub, and i turn on the tap above @ X litre/hr and let the water flow below @ Y litre/hr, and how long would it take to empty the bathtub. Conclusion is, I dunno how to do many of the questions lor...

And I've been gaming too... Hero Online, a bit dota. And sleeping alot. And watching TVs and VCDs and DVDs. And going out less regularly coz I need my savings to tahan until I get my first paycheck which should be in Sep. And yeah, awaiting treats from my dear friends reading this. Yes! YOU! You know who YOU are! Hah!

Bored...

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

It's been a peaceful week for me... Too peaceful that I really have no updates. While most people are probably haveing an interesting first week in work (like going zoo and hot air balloon rides...), I have been having fun on this MMORPG that I have started playing called Hero Online. Kinda addicted to it... and what I like about this game is that there's really no standard build for the characters. There are many options available and I thought I added some stat points wrongly here and there. But whatever, the character will always work out at the end.

And I knew our G wasn't up to any good... They must have been real unhappy with all the commotion caused by B during polling period and are sorta taking revenge now. *shakes head in disguist*

Me going back to NTU on monday to collect my transcripts and I'll be helping some friends too... If anyone else is working and needs help, can simply sms me. If I am really bored, I may consider even free delivery to ur home... Haa!

Others first day

2006-07-04T01:32:00.001+08:00

Most of my friends have started work, some in mid-june, most today... like pq, zh, smint, xm, rs... Hope u guys had a great First Day at work! I believe that the first week should be quite slack, so may everything goes fine for everyone who have embarked on their first step into the corporate world of snakes n ladders.

For me, I predict myself to be pretty slack till I start work... I'm gonna take my words back on my msn nick when I said I was so bored that I think I should start work earlier too, coz that was typed in a moment of impulse. I still prefer this long break afterall! Especially when I woke up at 11am today and I thought, what if I am starting work today...? *shudders* And I dun think I will actively seek any PT jobs, but if some do come along, then I may consider...

While it seems a bit late now, I am starting to seek other options. Dunno le... I think I think too much always (even that sentence has 2 "think"...) Like when I think of what should I do when I apply everything and I have many job offers?? Which should I accept?? Yeah lor, I know:
-_- Precisely, when 99% that would not happen, but I just tend to think along that line. Take it as I am super optimistic la. Now, I just apply lor, since I may not be called up for interviews anyway.

Speaking of online job applications, I hate it when they send me a link to complete a pre-evaluation online test, but the link does not work somehow... Especially maddening when I spend so much time to fill in my particulars and customise details here and there lor! Grrrr!

ICT 3

2006-07-02T16:17:00.000+08:00

I'm back! Actually I booked out on Friday and reached home during early noon. This ICT, tho low-key, is rather packed and maybe I'm getting old but I thought it was quite tiring.

Day One: Woke up at 5.15 am or so to prepare to go in-camp. So early... But we're supposed to book in by 7am, and it's good to be early to get the best beds. I was glad I was not caught by RSM for my hair coz I thought it was still a bit thick and sideburns were a bit long. Anyway, Day One was nothing for us men. Basically we just slacked the whole day in our bunks... This must be a real slack ICT, or so I thought...

Day Two: Woke up horribly early for IPPT, even before the sun rose. I was amazed at how they automated the whole IPPT test stations! At the pull-up station, the sensor knows if u straighten your arms a not. And the shuttle-run, aaah, everyone seemed to get better results coz the timing appears to start a little bit later after the taker runs. But then, no one should ever fail this anyway...

And of course, I managed to maintain my silver. =)

Day Three: Outfield in the noon... No one likes outfield. We always have so many stores to take care of and to clean after outfield. And feeding the mosquitoes in Lim Chu Kang, pretending camo cream is facial mask and applying them, digging holes... And enduring someone's showing off of power by shouting and screaming (not to me, heng)...

Day Four: Ok fast forward to end of outfield. Return to camp? U're wrong, man. After enduring a whole night of outfield with hardly any sleep and food, we had to attend a COC (Change of command) parade. What's worse, we had to rehearse under the hot sun and wait for goodness-knows-how-long under the blazing hot sun for a certain high-ranking officer to come. He expected the whole batallion to wait for him when he's not even the main character?? RSM even dared to say, "The weather is very kind to us today." Well of course, if it rained there wouldn't be any parade at all which would affect the high-level more than us...

Day Five: WTF?? I still can't believe they put a 5BX with a 3km run super early in the morning. Can't they just let us rest after outfield and after a stupid COC parade under the blazing hot sun?? And once again, someone (the same someone as the one in Day 3) was wayang-ing once again... "Company let's sing song!" Huh? Reservist still sing song? Before one starts to think that he is really on, how about it if I say that the CO is just in front of him and us... No need so obvious right...

Anyway I was really glad to out-pro! I was totally worn-out and deprived of sleep! And besides, I couldn't stand many things too. I must say, though, that the standard of food seemed to have improved. Except for one or two CMIs, the rest of the meals do not taste that bad.

Pre-ICT

2006-06-25T20:27:00.000+08:00

Going back to ICT soon... ICT = In-Camp training = Reservist (Not Reservice)...

My close friends will know I dun really detest ICT... in fact, I enjoyed my past 2 ICTs. Really, if ICT is being done with my close army buddies, how seriously bad can it get? Except for some of the cb commanders. I take it as a period to bond with my army friends once again and recall some of the good memories in army back then. If certain things like ICT can't be avoided, why not make the best out of it? Can still remember last year, when I took many silly videos of people being forced into cupboards, being stripped and being stuffed into the duffel bags. *Lol* (No more such videos this year! V3 sucks in taking videos as compared to E680!)

But... the one thing i hate is packing. It was last minute packing for my Taiwan/HK trip, very last minutes packing for moving out of Hall, and now very last minute packing for ICT. I packed for 5 mins, got tired of it and went to surf net for 1 hr. Packing for ICT is worse, coz there are a number of compulsory stuff to bring. I started to take my things out in the noon at 2plus, and now I am still only 50% completed in packing!

Will be back on Friday... Gimme a call if u miss me. *Muacks*

Bored me...

2006-06-23T01:43:00.000+08:00

The bored me went online for some MJ therapy. Good thing is, i'm the winner there, sad thing is, there's no real money involved. For MJ, nothing beats the real thing... (*hint hint* surely u guys wan to take revenge? =P). Oh btw to my MJ kakis, I realise I do have a MJ table (but no MJ set) @ home, and although it is very old, it should be still in good condition. Bad thing is, it's not very convenient to play @ night at my home. So the point is? We might still need to travel back to that faraway paradise for a session.

Havent played MJ with army buddies for a long time too. I really feel like bringing a set of MJ tiles to ICT lor! But i guess this seems ridiculous... Even though the schedule should be quite slack, but I can imagine the eyes of my platoon mates if I do take out mahjong tiles...

MJ ah MJ... Where art thou??

And the bored me also surfed forums as usual...

Note: IT refers to Incredible Tales
Haha! If u watched SI for the past few weeks, u'll get the idea. I thought any of the pre-finalists of Project Superstars sounded better than any of the SI wannabes... Eh no, those above were not my postings.

There was one particular contestant, i forgot her name so i shall call her bitch.
Ken: You have a weak voice. (something along this line)
Bitch: (indignantly) I certainly do not have a weak voice.
Bitch: (later after Gurmit comes up) - Forgot what she said exactly but if I remembered correctly, her tone wasn't that polite and she didn't thank the judges as well -

BITCH!!
Update: And then I realised smint posted this on her blog too! Aaaaaa... this proves that the contestant is really a BITCH with a capital B!!

Now remember that on Wednesdays, Incredible Tales is a whole night thingy. AAaaahhhHH!

TW pics funny

2006-06-22T19:40:00.000+08:00

Was spending some time updating my profiles on the internet... Friendster as well as some other similar social-networking sites. Hmmm still remembered in the past, I would be pretty enthu about Friendster etc, and was even wanting to get as many friends as possible. But no longer now... I just want to update my profiles in case people think I am dead. *choi*

I was thinking about the photos I took in Taiwan/HK and which to develop. And as I was looking through, there are a couple of funny poses pics... enjoy...

Muneru Valiba~! Hail the 3 sacred monks!
Taken during one of the bus stopovers. I thought our poses quite seh... haa.

Aaaah... A trying-to-look-artistic pic.
XM arm chio in the pic lor... if not it'll be perfect! Like those MVs sia!

The couple decided to copycat...
Somehow I think that mine and xm's looks more artistic... maybe due to more tree branches in mine? Then the fault would lie with the photographer, and oops was it me?? Should be xm ba...
No matter what, mine and xm's poses look nicer la... muahahaha!

Wenhua! These 2 pics are our gifts to u! How come u never tell us that u opened a bakery shop and a travel agency in Taiwan??

We looked like hungry beggars ah?? We were simply starving when we were returning to SG so we bought a couple of baos to eat on the plane (Not budget airline so can eat =) Me powering on my camera there coz I told smint that she take our photo with hers, then I take hers...

The other side. Eh ok this pic not funny...

Oh the 8pm SCV show has started! It's getting exciting... more pics next time...

Cali

2006-06-22T17:27:00.000+08:00

I stepped into the gym for the first time in 5 months, i think... My last gym time was during CNY coz I needed to look good. So when I stepped into the gym again, I was quite stunned... As in, I never been to this gym before and also, I forgot how to operate some of the machines. I tried to be cool and not embarress myself in the gym. Imagine all the *KLANG* *BOMP* and everyone's eyes...

And I decided, I need a gym membership... Heard from my bro that Cali currently has a promotion for their lifetime at $2488, which is the lowest I have heard (normally is $2888 liddat). But I still cannot forget the horrific marketing experience I had in Cali a year ago...

Well I was supposed to have a week's free trial and I brought along my friend. But the first thing when I was there was to have their staff marketing to me their policies. He seemed so desperate to sell us plans and I really think we got one of the lowest prices then.

Me & frd: But we only students...
He: There's this student rate...
Me: Still quite exp...
He: Ok can lower price... But can only come at these timing and cannot go all branches...

Eh that was only "Me" in the latter part of the dialouge. My friend had already indicated he wasn't that interested and me, as usual, was hesistating although my heart and pockets said "No!" while the body said "Yes!".

And then he showed his tactic: He told us to use fake names and addresses! He even printed out our fake names and addresses and showed us, saying that with this, we could terminate our contracts after 3 months coz the prices he offered us were for one or 2 years. *Stunned dio* Me and friend were going "wow... desperate sia... and a bit scary sia..."

So in the end we didn't sign up for any plans, leaving a pek chek sales officer and 2 pek chek customers who entered and left the gym with their gym attire dry and clean. And without the 1-week membership too. My friend later kpkb that I should say dun want if I dun want earlier, then we won't have wasted so much time there... but it's me mah...

Aaaaah that was one year plus ago. Today, Cali has a branch in Bugis which is more convenient for me and it has many interesting classes too like kickboxing. But the problem is, I have no money now for any gym memberships lor... Should have requested to start work earlier to save me the trouble of looking for temp jobs now... Coz... "Freedom without money is prison."

2006-06-19T16:16:00.000+08:00

It's been quite some time... Last week was quite a busy week for me, meeting up with people here and there, eating good food as well as a 15-hr MJ session with soccer in the background (aka RS's nick now... haha).

It's been about 11 weeks since I started on my keyboard lessons @ Replugged Music. Nice place and I suppose my progress should be quite okay. Well I am still in the beginners stage so there's still a bit of unsmoothness here and there. There's another guy in my class who seems very pro despite in the same stage. He's awaiting uni admission so I guess he has all the time to practise his keyboard now. But wait, I'm not the worst okay. Because, there's also a working adult and i think she doesn't have much time to practise... But she's very funny... Ha. And erm, since I have all the time in the world now, I should really spend more time... hmmm... eh hmmm...

Smint has this sudden urge to learn salsa. Well I desire to learn a new skill too, just that I thought I should learn some vocal skills to better perform in KTV sessions. But seriously, salsa sounds like a good idea too, just that I dun know if I'll have the time and energy to continue taking lessons when I start working... Seriously, auditing can't be that no-life right, or am I still in denial?? I should really start seeking other options, ah...

Reservist next week and i hope I will be able to achieve my silver IPPT. I need the cash!

Settlers n Brewerkz

2006-06-15T12:06:00.000+08:00

I finally went down to Settlers Cafe yesterday! I have always long wanted to go down there have a look and relax while playing some games so... finally!

The first game that was recommended to us was this simple reaction game... It's not hard, it's just confusing. The objective of the game is to lose all our cards, and it's confusing because there are many similar but not identical shapes. Eh dunno how to explain la, the game gets more exciting as it progresses.

This was the second game we played before xp came along. It's a painting game that we have to bluff one another. It's not that bad, but i dun think it's ever possible to finish the game...

This, is an advanced version of Cluedo... Sibei confusing. Very chim for me, so i thought it's a bit boring... I kept hinting, wanna change game? See HMM working on it so enthu? Yep he was the winner coz he was the first to find out who was the missing character! This sort of games too chim for me le... haa...

Actually its quite cheap, coz they have a student package for June from 2 - 6 for only $6, free flow of drinks. After ordering some finger food, it wun get too exp too! Quite wu hua if the right games are being picked to play...

Then in the evening, we were pondering if we should stay to play games or go Brewerkz eat, drink and watch World Cup. We didn't manage to get a reservation so we decided to try walk-in at Brewerkz and see how... And we managed to get a seat, in front of a screen somemore! The only bad thing is, our side there dun have sound for some reason... It was a commentary-less soccer game. Still, the game was exciting because of the 4 goals by Spain!

We ordered 2 towers this time. We mistakenly thought that there's 50% off for beer during happy hour... But we managed to finish almost all the beer la, playing a bit of cai quan at the end...

The 2 chio beer girls!

The 4 suave guys at the table!

2006-06-14T01:48:00.000+08:00

U are invited to a friend's party and boy, u really want to attend it because there are friends there whom u have not seem for a long time. Even though u are terribly busy, u agree to your friend's request to attend it and even perform the best talent there. Even though this means rushing back from another country u are currently in. Even though this means cancelling your clients' appointments, and even risk compensating some money.

However, on the day of the party, a series of unfortunate events happen. Your flight is delayed. You lost part of your luggage from previous transit flights, which contained many important things, such as costumes for your performance later. You only have a few hours to sleep before you prepare to rehearse for the big event. And it was only a few hours before the party that you managed to rush to get back your luggage.

So it's the big event starting! Everyone is having fun, and is looking forward to your performance because you are the so-called King (or Queen) in this item. And it's your turn finally! You step on the stage with pride and proceed with your performance, hoping to awe everyone. Unfortunately, the worst nightmare occured and you cocked up your performance a bit here, a bit there, and perhaps to some, a lot everywhere. ARRGH but you proceeded to finish it off still! The crowd still cheers, but the next day, rumours start flying about your mis-performance. U wished u die...

Isn't this sad? U rushed all the way to show face for the party, yet ended up being criticised horribly by everyone. Of course, criticism is inevitable as honestly, the performance wasn't that great. But won't u be disappointed even more if everyone chooses only to focus on that performance and not on the sacrifices u have made? U are not making excuses, but honestly, u wished people would see your sincerity as well. On how u have rejected some clients (and even possibly pay compensation) to attend this, on how u chose to sleep less to rehearse more, on how u have managed to make it on time for the event despite the rush.

The horrible side of the media is, it doesn't report your sincerity, It only reports your end result. Because everyone would be more interested in how come the reputed performer has failed miserably. Besides, they have no incentive to publish the other side of the story.

Everyone has encountered such incidents before, and we tend to judge people by their results. It's in the nature of people and our education system only made it worse. Get straight 'A's and u r smart. Otherwise, u really are not, never mind if u excel in other areas such as sports and music.

Life goes on despite disappointments. The only way life can be happier is when we live up to our own expectatations and not living for others.

2006-06-12T23:57:00.000+08:00

What the?? Aus kept scoring against Japan in the last 10 mins... Me not a soccer crazed guy, but since the TV in my house is always tuned to the sports channels, n now channels 27 & 28, I do watch occasionally. What's more, now's the World Cup season, need to be in sync...

Actually watching soccer isn't that boring... It's just that i feel there are other channels with programmes that seem more interesting to watch alone, like some taiwanese variety shows or talkshows or gameshows.

And as i am writing this, Czech scored an early goal against USA. Wah~~~~

台湾第17届金曲奖

2006-06-11T04:00:00.000+08:00

While the whole world is on World Cup fever now, there's another major event bustling in Taiwan that just ended not too long ago: 第17届台湾金曲奖, The major award ceremony in the Mandrian pop scene! Since I am quite free, let me bring you on a brief picture walkthrough!

Karen Mok looks super x 3 GLAM in this golden dress on the Red Carpet! She was going to give out the award for Best Male Singer again this year! Haa she gave out this award last year too and was partly responsible for the blunder involving Lee Hom.

Golden Melody Hosts, 小S & 陶子, on the Red Carpet. Super hot mummies, and their hosting skills are still the best, so it's great to see them hosting together!

Miss Cutsey Pop Princess Rainee Yang, showing one can be chio and cute at the same time! With her black oriental dress and black gloves, an element of cheena mystery was added onto her tonight! Dun miss her 35-carat diamond necklace too...

陈绮贞 & her bf 钟成虎. Oh I didn't know that her bf was also the producer of her album 《华丽的冒险》, which had many wonderful media reviews and which I loved a lot too.

3 male powerhouse singers, 陈奕迅、张学友、庾澄庆, posing together! Eason perfomed with Yanzi, belting out previous golden hits in the ceremony, while Jacky sang a medley of Teresa Teng's songs. Wow!

Sidetrack Update: Yanzi didn't perform to her standard. I read that she only had 3 hours of sleep because she reached Taipei at only 4am on the day of the Awards. This is due to her losing her luggage which was fortunately found in HK. Plus the fact that her appearance at this Awards was very last minute and she still has ongoing concerts in China, she hardly has time to memorize song lyrics by other male singers. Thus, she should be pardoned for her less than optimal performance.

As for some of the winners...

最佳国语女演唱人奖: 蔡健雅《双栖动物》

Congratulations to Tanya Chua!!! She deserves this award for the album for which she performed really well! Penny Dai and Cheer Chan should be the other stronger competitors here, so I'm really glad that Tanya managed to garner it coz in S'pore, Tanya hardly receives any recognition. Tanya never really expected to win, so she was really stunned dio!
Tanya: "我妈妈今天拿到了母亲节她的礼物，这是献给你的." And Tanya's mum was there too, brimming with pride and joy!

最佳国语男演唱人奖: 王力宏《盖世英雄》

Lee Hom, congratz!!! He did well in this album too, and he was highly expected to win. This year, he didn't go up the stage mistakenly like he did last year, but I thought he talked a lot of crap in his thanksgiving speech at the end.
Before the award was given out, I was most amused at the part when 小S & 陶子 presented a video clip, popping fun at various people for last year's Male Singer blunder by putting the blame from Karen Mok unto Jay Chow, unto Machi, and even unto the audience. What a great way to ease the tension!

最佳国语流行音乐演唱专辑奖: 陶喆《太平盛世》
No pictures coz David Tao wasn't there. His dad received the award on David's behalf, where David already prepared several speeches for his various nominated awards, so his dad just read out the right speech accordingly.

For more pictures, come come here: http://ent.163.com/special/00031TN9/goldensong.html

Grandma cat op n Taiwan 2

2006-06-09T17:34:00.000+08:00

There's this strong temptation in me now to look for other options, but the problem is, I dunno what... But I also dun want to wait and see, coz if I wait and see, then confirm I will wait until August and go Penang see see liao. So now I'll just actively keep an open eye and an open mind. Hmmm anyway the reason why I entered Acc in the first place was because I thought, Go Acc confirm got job in the future, save the trouble of self-looking. Sounds so lazy ah... haa. Now since I have nothing else to do, so might as well look for something better if there is.

Anyway I went to Eastshore Hospital today with my mum as my grandma had to do a cataract operation. There was a moment of shock initially when...

Nurse : Left eye?
- translate-
Grandma : (in canto) No it's my right eye that has problem!
Nurse : Huh?! But your letter said left eye...
- translate-
Grandma : Can't be... My right eye is the one that has problem....
Nurse : I go check...

No la the doc didn't make a mistake. After contacting my grandma's doctor, it turned out that my grandma's both eyes' cataracts also got problem, but her left eye was worse. But there are some floaters in her right eye so she thought it's her right eye that was to be operated. My mum wasn't very sure too, but never mind, the issue was resolved quickly.

Me and my bro thought that a cat op would be very fast, coz it makes use of laser, similar to Lasik, which is over like in 5 mins. But nooooo, cat op takes a much longer time. We reached hospital at 9.30, registering took 30mins+, then pre-operation eyedrops every 15mins or so for 2hrs. Soon it's 12.15pm, op time...

The op appararently took 0.5hr only, but grandma had to stay in op theatre for another 1hr for observation or so. When she reached back to her ward, we had to wait for almost 2 hrs before the bio report was out and she could be discharged.

That must have bored you, but the good thing is my grandma is fine after the op, although she is a bit unhappy over the waiting part at the end. And also over the 4 or 5 eyedrops & some pills issued to her. Btw, I thought that the staff there were all very helpful and friendly, especially the doorman and the nurse attending to my grandma. Great service.

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Speaking of eyes, I would consider my eyes to be the most important part of our body... Thus, in the sun, we should always wear sunglasses to protect our eyes from UV rays!

This pic was taken on our first night in our hotel room after reaching Taiwan! I bought mine at the Yu Ren Ma Tou while Smint bought hers at the Shilin night market. Regretfully, that night, we only had like 2 hours or so there in Shilin!
U tell me, 2 hours only, shop wat?? Shop wat??? Somemore, saturday shilin is horribly congested. So we went there again ourselves on another night and it was much better and shoppable!

We were waiting for the bus to drive us to Jiu Fen (?). I remebered there were quite a number of Chou Dou Fu stalls... However the scenery up there is awesome...

Can see the sea, some offshore islands and the sky... I love Taiwan when it's not raining...

One unforgettable part of our Taiwan trip was the long and longer bus rides from one place to another. I think we spent the whole afternoons travelling on some days. Well, there's our witty tourguide to entertain us onboard but most of us 4 people seem to be sleeping most of the time. We managed to play tai tee once though, and ate mango and shui yong on the bus on another. The fruits there are pretty juicy and sweet!

Taiwan part 1

2006-06-08T15:52:00.000+08:00

Got my laptop back from 8 Flags... The HDD cable was spolit, so the guy changed the cable and the problem was solved. That spoilt cable left me without much internet access for the past few days though. But I still somehow managed to check my results on monday and there, a pleasant suprise for me. Makes me wonder if its the effective blessings of Kong Zi in Taiwan, and if so, must I go back Taiwan to return blessings?? Very far leh...

Speaking of Taiwan, I finally uploaded the Taiwan/HK and ZQ's bdae photos into my com. Some photos are really nice, and I dun mean just me, haha... The scenery in Taiwan there was really beautiful, with the mountains and rocks... Take for example, this...

Very nice! Not because u cannot see my face, u idiot, if this is what u wan to say... haa
It's as though I was admiring some calligraphy picture, which I could just walk inside and it becomes real. I forgot the name of this place, it's a scenic spot where the bus stopped for a while just for us to take pictures.

This is another scenic post where the rocks came in different sizes and shapes and looked like bee hives. I forgot the name of this place too, but I saw this on TV too where I think Tay Ping Hui and 715 were advertising for their new show and they were speaking in this place too. I dint like this place much coz it was raining when we were there.

This pic has nothing to do with beautiful scenery, but the man-made structures are magnificent.
This was the temple where there's a dragon and tiger. Erm that's a stupid description I know, but i think this is what the temple is well-known for. And our guide said that whoever touches the tooth/teeth of the tiger when exiting the pagodas will get to live one extra year. Well that could be either a blessing or curse but who cares, just touch la...

Through these pics, I realise I never really remember the names of the places that I have been to. I should make a greater effort in remembering the names of the places, rather than snapping pictures... I guess it will make the pictures more meaningful.

2006-06-02T17:51:00.000+08:00

I'm in the school library now, probably for the last time? My lappie failed again, most likely is the hard disk problem like last time. So I have to come back to school to find my invoice and send it to 8 Flags as well... And my home PC has failed as well, for quite some time le, I dunno, maybe it's a HDD problem too? The CD drive was spoilt as well for quite a long time, so I also dunno what's worng with it. Probably the motherboard. I was thinking maybe I should just sell the remains of my PC away and see how much it can fetch.

And this is why there's still no photos from my trip yet here... there's no computer for me to upload my photos now! Pathetic... Results will be out 6 June, wondering even if I have a computer for me to check my results then...

X-Men

2006-06-01T23:37:00.000+08:00

I watched X-Men last evening!

Actually I won't say I am a fan of X-Men... never really watched the X-Men cartoons when I was young. But I did watch the movies X-Men I & II and wished I could have some powers like the mutants too. Like Storm... whipping up some lightning and killing the bad guys. Or Iceman, whose powers will be terribly useful in our hot SG. But not that porcupine head guy though, he's kinda scary to have needles popping up everywhere from his head to his toes.

Anyway I thought X-Men III was great as I thoroughly enjoyed watching every second of it. I dunno how hardcore X-Men fans will find it, maybe they think the plot isn't thick enough, maybe they think some scenes should have been emphasized more, but personally I love it. Maybe it's because it's a X-Men movie afterall, and I am especially attracted to the screen whenever Storm displays her powers. Woah!!!

X-Men was adpated from a cartoon which probably has an underlying meaning other than plain entertaining. There are always X-Men living amongst us, fighting for a certain cause in our society. Respect for one another is the key to survival.

PS. if u are going to watch X-Men, dun be in a hurry to leave after the movie ends... Wait until the credits finish rolling and u'll catch something...

2006-05-30T14:30:00.000+08:00

Aaaah I am back in SG after spending 10 days overseas! We arrived in SG around midnight with bags and bags of clothes, shoes, food etc and I suppose we could have bought even more stuff if we had more days in HK. Hah!

Need to pack my stuff first and i havent moved my stuff back from hall! My digicam cable in hall, i'm expecting to shift my things back finally by this week and upload my photos into my laptop.

Need to unpack my luggage le! =)

2006-05-20T00:05:00.000+08:00

Oooooh I will be flying off in like 8 hours time to Taiwan n HK... Haven't been on a trip since Year 1 to KL, n haven't been on a plane since NS days. So am i glad that I will be flying off, finally!

Exchanged money, prepared toiletries, packed luggage, etc all in one day. Hope i didn't miss anything... Hmmm I travelled to parkway to change money and i almost went out of money! I haven't exchanged my ERS yet and I thought now I can still change it over the atm easily... But no, the dateline for redemption through ATM was Dec last year. So I withdrew all the cash in my bank account, with a $3 balance in my account now. Eh I hope the money I'll be bringing will be enough and I dun have to withdraw anymore cash over there, coz there's no more cash for me to withdraw. Maybe I'll help them wash plates over there, like the what, play-and-work scheme?? Lol.

Praying for a safe trip and everything to be smooth when we are overseas... Will be back on 29th May!

2006-05-18T23:26:00.000+08:00

Although my home PC is down, at least I've got a new router that works fine, thanks to the helpful customer officer @ D-Link! It was worth the trip down to Jurong East there where I got a one-for-one swap for my router and I learnt how to protect my network le. Lifetime warranty for D-Link, heng2 hao3!

This week, Survivor and Amazing Race end le. Well, the winners in both were not exactly who I prefer. In Survivor, I hoped that Terry would be the winner... He fought so hard to win almost all of the immunity challenges and can u imagine how did he spend his life a an outcast among the cassaya tribe-mates, which might have explained why he may seem arrogant to some. But honestly its quite for him to get to the final 2 even if he had given his immunity idol to Danielle. So well, at least he got a car. And it wasn't that bad for Aras to win, at least not Danielle or Cirie...

Then, for TAR, I wished Eric & Jeremy would get the $1m since they have been the most consistent players and they played the game well too. It was such a waste that they lost by that tiny margin to the Hippies at the final flag challenge when they have been leading. But since the Hippies are nice guys too, so its ok...

And for American Idol, arrrgh, Elliot is out... He's one of my favourite contestants, the other being Paris. Anyway when all the 3 votings were so horribly close, i somehow felt that Elliot was the one with the lowest score. Katherine's votes should be higher with her excellent rendition of Somewhere Over a Rainbow. Taylor's... always high votes one mah... So it seemed sadly obvious that Elliot was the one out...

Flying on Sat, and I haven't packed (or decided to use which luggage bag) or changed money (or decided to change how much) or buy the necessary stuff (or think which are the necessary stuff). Arrgh... =)

2006-05-17T13:11:00.000+08:00

Home PC died down on me... that's why i cannot update for the past few days...

These few days have been days of slacking... Dint really go out much though, just feel like lying around like a corpse. And also resisting the temptation to shop now until i get to HK soon.

I am still packing my room... it's a terribly slow process considering the junk that I have accumulated over the past 3 years. I hate to pack... I love neat and tidy but i hate the process of maintaining it. That's why packing is such a cumbersome process now when i still have 2/3 of my room not packed...Haiyoh...

Packing room...

2006-05-12T12:31:00.000+08:00

I had my last BBQ cum steamboat in Hall last night with my Hall friends. And then some of us played MJ til dawn. It's probably the last time we would be doing so bah.

I'm packing my room and I threw out many plastic bags of notes and junk. And yeah, as I was packing, many memories came back. Like, when was that photo taken, what events are in the Hall mags etc. And it was in this last year, and last sem for some of us, that we started to organise our own steamboats, BBQs and MJs in hall. Perhaps we all realised that if we do not initiate such plans in our final semester, we won't have a chance to do so again in Hall...

I think i am undergoing depression period now, with the end of school life and Hall life. There's this emptiness, this feeling of lost. And it gets worse with every item I pack in my room. But I know I have to carry on packing and clearing... And soon, we'll all no longer be neighbours in the same block...

=(

再见了 nbs lec mates

2006-05-09T23:50:00.000+08:00

在没多久，就要考最后一张试卷了。兴奋？紧张？不舍？

三年了，我学会了很多东西，也长大了不少。虽然偶尔还是蛮幼稚的，但我还是觉得我也成熟了，也许别人看不出，感觉不出。这一路上，结交了朋友，但也觉得得罪了一些人，我想我还在学习吧。

许多许多几乎每天都看到的人，大多数都只是泛泛之交，但是我想能在同样一所学校，因该是缘分吧。也许他们只是生命路途中的过客。

比较要好的，不知道以后还会维持良好的关系。似乎有一种还不怎么熟就要分开了，也许是有种后悔为什么不去更了解你们。我想，是因为在学校见面多了，就理所当然了。

我不会怀念中学日子，有一点怀念初院的时候，非常怀念当兵的时光。现在我觉得，我也会非常怀念大学的路程。

我改天再写下去吧，其实我不想现在写听起来有点感伤的话，只是忽然想到过了这张试卷，就好像写下了大学的休止符，所以心情也难免有点怪怪的。

因为我们曾有过
理想类似的生活
太多感受绝非三言两语能形容

与你分享的快乐
胜过独自拥有至今我仍深深感动
好友如同一扇窗能让视野不同
与你分享的快乐
胜过独自拥有至今我仍深深感动
好友如同一扇门
让世界变开阔

2006-05-09T13:31:00.000+08:00

It's my last paper tomorrow... Finally!
And then my main concern will be how to pack my room...

If only there's a "Cut" and "Paste" function, then I can simply cut everything in my room and paste them at home. Lol!

Meanwhile, I feel it is good to engage in some friendly banter in politics, since politics usually isn't discussed except under circumstances, like the GE in this case. I dun feel like saying more things now because I still have lots of stuff to study for AA304! Arrgh! But maybe u would like to visit the sites below for some interesting articles and views, pre- and post-elections. =)

http://www.yawningbread.org/
I like their articles and their coverage of rallies especially.

http://forums.hardwarezone.com/forumdisplay.php?f=17

http://forums.delphiforums.com/sammyboymod/start (need to sign up)

http://www.mrbrown.com/
=> Eh, the podcasts, i mean, especially no. 6 http://media.libsyn.com/media/mb/tmbs-060501-the_persistently_non-political_podcast_no6.mp3

plus some others here and there...

Dun wait until the next election (Erm, 5 years later??) then read la... Because they did mention they would consider the influence of the internet on voters, so i suppose, they will find some way to FIX it.

2006-05-07T17:03:00.000+08:00

Sianz. I can''t believe who won the award for MTV Favourite Artiste Singapore. Yanzi didn't win. JJ Lin didn't either. It's Taufik. O_O

I had hoped Yanzi would win again and voted for her as much as I could, as the website only permits voting every 5 minutes.
I also thought that JJ should be Yanzi's greatest competitor since his album sales has always been topping charts too.

Then... taufik won??? He got so many fans meh?? I question the intergrity of the polls.

Every disappointing result this weekend has to do with polls. Polls polls polls.
And yeah I got a disappointing result for class participation, thanks to turtle lee.

This past week has been a week of disappointing results!! The week of no fairness.

Need to get back to 306 le, otherwise my grade will only get lower...

Post election

2006-05-07T10:55:00.000+08:00

The real player on my blog was giving me problem... There's this pop up window asking if u want to install a activeX control and I realised its caused by the embedded real player. Then the whole window closed by itself. Hmmm.

Anyway, I saw smint's post, and I would thought that if the main ruling party wanted more votes, they themselves should improve their image in the first place. Not physically. I was not going to vote for one who says he is thinking of ways to fix the opposition and buy his supporters over, and declares that he prefers a one-party dominance in the government. Doesn't this sound dictating? Or one who says that unemployed people should not approach the NTUC to look for jobs. Instead of focusing on more important daily issues, they chose to focus on gomez instead. What about the progress of SG and issues like healthcare, transport hikes etc? I dun think continually harping on the gomez issue were rational speeches by them. And the following week might be a good show, seeing how they will FIX gomez.

Speaking hokkien was just a way to get closer to the heartlanders. My parents speak Cantonese and me too, and I dun think we are beng. My friends' families and relatives speak dialect like Hokkien too, and speaking such languages was the best way to connect with them. Unless, well, the candidates are as chio as Glenda, who drew wolf whistles from the crowd...

The alternative parties do provide decent proposals too, for example, Low mentioned pegging the pay of ministers to the lowly paid SGreans. This would never be realised in SG when PAP continues to be the main ruling party and earns high salaries still. As for pap, lets take this example when khaw initially said means testing would be implemented in sg over the next few years. Then after a few days, he sorta backed out and Today reported that means testing would not be implemented in sg after all. And for PAP, their main proposals so far has been to upgrade lifts and estates. And SGreans will continue to live happily in our "wah so nice and new! every floor got life one!" estates, which is all that matters. I dun find this sincere. I feel that lift and estate upgrading is what should be done, election or not, to be fair to all SGreans. Instead, I want to know after I graduated, what will the gvt do to ensure that the cost of living would not escalate, and what are their long-term plans for SG. Estate upgrades are only short term plans and myopic in nature.

The PAP no doubt has aided in the economic progress of SG, but that was the earlier pap. What makes u think the pap candidates today are worthy of the job now? Too bad, all's over. I'm not targetting this to anyone, but I am beginning to understand more why Li Ao said SGreans are stupid. It's like, we've been living in this bubble that SG is the best and the gvt will continue to strive for us as long as we support them, and we just enjoy our estate upgrades and lifts on every floor.

I sound so pro-WP... Haha but no, I'm no WP Youth candidate here, but just an average S'porean k.

2006-05-07T00:43:00.000+08:00

Disappointed that WP didn't win Aljunied GRC. But at least they got 43.92%. And 33.87% in AMK where Lim Boon Heng expected 80%. Hope Sylvia will be a NCMP. She's so magnanimous, the first sentence of her speech was to congratulate the pap on winning aljunied.

And its so damn obvious our media is sibei biased... When Low and Chiam won Hougang and Potong Pasir respectively, the media actually zoomed into the pap losers, and not the opposition winners. No wonder our media was ranked 140th+ in the world. With such biasness, how reliable do u think were the reports n broadcasts by the local media leading up to this election? There were only a few rare worthy articles, like one by ms sumiko tan.

pap continues to be the ruling party over sg. I have nothing to say. At least the mandate is not as strong as the media would make it out to be. As for internal controls & checks on the gvt, i guess it would not happen in the near future...

fri pre-election

2006-05-05T09:22:00.000+08:00

I really think I knew more about the elections through watching local news and ST, until I surfed online and realised I have been quite naive. Well because our local media does not exactly give us what we need to know, and always paints a more pleasant picture our main party. Like this example that an observant reader from HWZ forums noticed...

From the Straits Times...
If the opposition held 10 to 20 seats in Parliament, he would have to spend much more time thinking about how to counter them and 'how can I solve this week's problem, and forget about next year's challenges'.
From CNA...
"Right now we have Low Thia Khiang, Chiam See Tong, Steve Chia. We can deal with them. Suppose you had 10, 15, 20 opposition members in Parliament. Instead of spending my time thinking what is the right policy for Singapore, I'm going to spend all my time thinking what's the right way to fix them, to buy my supporters votes, how can I solve this week's problem and forget about next year's challenges?"

And one posted this...

I thought this would be the worst statement ever made. Threat 1 is no lift upgrading, threat 2 is no jobs. What is the primary objective of NTUC??

And i really like Sylvia Lim, she's definitely more zai than many of the new candidates fielded by the other ones. Her managing style after the hyped-up G-issue (which became a sage like the nkf) shows she knows what she and wp is doing.

Hmmm voting is like auditing somehow. In auditing, we need to know the industry and economic conditions first and foremost, and obtain external information. We can't just rely on internal information provided by the management. Likewise, we cannot just rely on the news reports and ST times but should make the effort to read up more. Like visiting each party's website and read their manifestos, reading forums and internet articles, and attending rallies if one is free. Of course the internet may not be reliable as well, but at least they are less biased and look at the other end where the local media does not, giving us a more complete picture of the prevailing situation.

smint predicted who will win our grc, but i hope for otherwise. haa...

Food!!

2006-05-04T03:50:00.000+08:00

I am full! Had supper just now, thanx to yk who went to buy for us. I ordered Moonlight Hor Fun, which I have not eaten for quite some time. Last time in army, we always eat esp when there was a craze for it. If u dunno what Moonlight Hor Fun is, it's actually dried fried hor fun, with an egg added in after the hor fun has been fried. Nice! But if u want to order, please dun say "Moonlight Hor Fun", I dun think the uncle will understand... say 月光 Hor Fun. Haha...

That was a prelude to my post... This post shall be dedicated to a very important part of our lives, which is, eh, food. Well I was looking through my folders and among many of my own photos, I found some non-human photos, mainly food. So I guess I should give the food an entry of their own. No humans, no animals, pure food.

Food 1
This was taken during one of my KTV sessions with smint, xm & wh. It should be taken in K-Box when we went on a friday evening (i think). Yep it was expensive, u bet, and we were unable to sing until late midnight (which wh thought we could). But we still went that evening becoz we know that we would not have anymore time to sing K other than that evening. Still we managed to sing quite a number of songs that we wanted that evening, and we adjourned for supper after we got chased out.
We need to K soon!

Food 2
It was BBQ night in Hall! Quite diu nian, but in my 3 years of Hall, this BBQ in my final sem in my final year was the first BBQ that my Orientation Group has in Hall! In fact it was us seniors BBQ-ing only, firstly coz the pit is quite small, and secondly we had been expecting our juniors to organise one BBQ, or steamboat, or outing, but in vain! So never mind lor, we have our own BBQ then. And we'll be having another soon after my 304!
My 2nd, and my last BBQ in hall!

Food 3
Taken during of my few platoon outings. This dessert was sponsored by our sgt lee since he was our platoon sgt for ns! We went for ktv earlier and then found this italian restaurant called Giuseppe where we had our dinner. I still remember my entry on this outing! I forgot the name of this dessert but I recalled that it tasted real good. Well doesn't it look good to u?
My next meeting with my platoon... ICT?? Hopefully one outing before it!

Food 4
A jug of beer. It was a celebration for grace's birthday @ Brewerkz and i liked that place! The food was great, except for smint's which was some catfish thingy. It's a jug of beer here but if u order a larger part, it comes in this distiller thingy that looks cool... It's supposed to be some sort of... i dunno... haa!

Food 5
Block Supper! We enjoyed hall and block suppers, when somehow i (or perhaps, we) would coincidentally forgot to eat dinner, and then go for hall/block suppers to fill our stomaches. It'll be another time of gathering cum feasting for us once again! Sometimes the suppers were good and satisfying, like the curry supper featured, which I dun think was too bad. The most recent one was quite good too: choco fondue and pizza.

Those were some of the food pics in my lappie. Wish u a fulfilling breakfast, lunch and dinner for the day ahead!

2006-05-04T02:18:00.000+08:00

This is an interesting blog... Hohoho.
http://www.happycitizen.blogspot.com/

nothing much for me personally in my life... studying and watching tv. i seriously feel that although PA has caused Acc Group B to start school late, nbs need not push exams to start 2 weeks later too. Last week was a whole empty week, quite a lot of time to study, and i really think it would be good to have 312 exam last week, and then 304 + 306 on weds n fri this week. There's really lots of time to finish up everything since we had 2 quizzes each for 304 + 306 already. And yeah, it feels horrible when most ntu have finished their exams already, some others finishing this friday, but then hor group B still...

After 312 exam, i really think everyone was in a happy mode. The group A (and other misc) were celebrating the end of their exams, and group B would most prob be feeling, "Oh finally we have our exams... One down!" Sounds so poor thing hur hur >_<

pre Election

2006-05-02T19:39:00.001+08:00

Just wondering...

if the market near my house wasn't burnt down 2 or 3 years ago, would they have bothered to use funds to renovate the market? Maybe yes, coz it was old. Maybe not, coz it poses much inconvenience, and my area is also a bit ulu....

i live in an old block where lift upgrading on every floor is impossible. Even so, I live on the 2nd storey. Tell me, what does the emphasis on lift upgrading have to do with me and my family? I know funds are used for other purposes, but when the majority of it will be spent on life upgrading that they are emphasizing so much on this, then our block how?? To be fair, they can like give us ikea vouchers to buy furniture for us to renovate our own houses mah...

But honestly, I have been away in home for so long. And I dun mean this exam period only. I mean for my NS years (2.5 yrs) and staying in hall (3yrs), so practically i was away from home for 5 years plus. Where will my sacred vote go to...?

面对希望逆着光 感觉爱存在的地方