bitch and moan about it

2010-05-11T18:23:00.000+08:00

sometimes when life gets hard, i just do my best to make it bearable for you. :)

you leave me speechless

2010-05-07T16:35:00.002+08:00

sometimes i don't know what to say
sometimes i don't know what to talk about
sometimes i just want to look you in the eye
sometimes i just want to hold you and enjoy the silence we share
under the starlit night.

YOU GREW UP LISTENING TO THEM

2010-05-07T15:58:00.003+08:00

Today, we're in the year 2010, and that means that retro has taken a new definition. Of course, the 60s, 70s and 80s are still considered retro, but i believe it is about time we insert the 90s into the group of retro. And here are some of the old videos you miss.

Backstreet Boys - As long as you love me

Whoever grew up in the 90s and said that he has no idea who the backstreet boys are, clearly was telling a lie. nothing to be ashamed about, these guys were played relentlessly on the radio, much like the justin bieber and lady gaga of today. I couldn't really decide which song to post, it was a toss up between "as long as you love me" and "all i have to give". But eventually, i think the starting scene of this one is more impressionable.

N'Sync - Its gonna be me

With Justin Timberlake in the group, it was impossible for this group to be a failure. Not sure though, if JT wants us to remember his younger days. Honestly, i only remember this song and bye bye bye. haha, so here goes!

Boyzone - Love me for a reason

One of my old favourite songs. nothing much has to be said. haha

I know i left out some other boybands like 98 degrees, 911, hansons and what not, but the following 2 boybands deserved a mention in my opinion. haha. they were the one-hit wonders of the 90s. i dont even know the names of a single member.

ENJOY FOLKS. haha. the things i do when i'm bored.

2010-05-06T19:28:00.002+08:00

dear readers,

however few there are out there.
my apologies for the lack of updates.
life has been great ever since the end of my exams.
despite the random errands that i had to settle, life has been pretty much relaxed and bummm.
this holidays hold much in store for me.

am hopefully going to try my hand at writing.
am going to set up a brand new blog, one with a much clearer theme and focus.
am going on a MUCH AWAITED HOLIDAY.
am going to look for a temp job to earn some money before school starts.
am going back to training. (mixed feelings about this.)
and so much more!

do check back this space for more updates.

exams III

2010-04-29T22:05:00.002+08:00

haha, i am going to irritate everybody by posting yet another continuum on my exams progress.
one more paper down, one more paper to go tomorrow.

sigh.

exams II

2010-04-28T17:31:00.002+08:00

yet another day of exams has passed.
3 papers down, 2 more to go.

today, i woke up early, wanted to go to school early to get some stationery, have breakfast, and browse through my notes before the paper. and i remembered to bring my ipod out. so it was a good day overall. music does lift one's spirits.

one of the little joys in life is to get a seat on the train or the bus and listen to whatever music you like, in my case would be metric, and just absorb the sights outside the bus/train.

i can't seem to explain how it's enjoyable, cos i guess it's just is.

exams

2010-04-27T01:09:00.002+08:00

haven't been writing much lately. busy with exams. was studying really hard over the weekend trying to cram everything into the pea-brain of mine.

today was the first day of a grueling 5-day battle.
2 papers down, only 3 more to go. have a short break tomorrow before 3 consecutive days of exams and then a decent holiday of 3 months. hmm, interesting, the numbers in this post are all prime numbers. hahaha. i bet half of you who read this had to google "prime numbers".

looking forward to friday.

taking a short break from studying!

2010-04-22T14:42:00.001+08:00

this is becoming one of my favourite sites!

http://bottlebohemia.tumblr.com/post/534848807/being-in-a-couple-is-hard-and-committing-making

http://bottlebohemia.tumblr.com/post/528304737/via-idareyoutoclickthis

http://bottlebohemia.tumblr.com/post/533396481/i-wish-you-could-know-how-many-times-every-day

live each day with passion people!

feel good about yourself

2010-04-21T15:24:00.003+08:00

its really kinda late and i really should be asleep but somehow i couldn't get to sleep.
decided to put down some of my thoughts into words.

one recurring idea in sociology/psychology is the idea of "self".
the human condition is complex and one's identity is formed on so many layers.
we all have many sides of ourselves, the one we see ourselves, the one we want others to see ourselves, the one we want ourselves to be etc.

how often have you been compared to someone else? could be your sibling, your friend, or even your parents. and there's always this thing about living in someone's shadow, constantly being seen as an underachiever or always being seen as 2nd-best?

now, if you think about it, there's always someone out there who's better than you. even world champions, there's always someone who's younger, up and coming, all ready to take you down and it's a fact of life that we cannot avoid. this clearly highlights the fact that the whole notion of self-esteem, the entire concept of feeling good about ourselves, is not built upon comparison.

what makes us feel good about ourselves? i guess it all depends on what you hold salient to your identity. for some of us, it could even be the littlest things, such as the one with the neatest handwriting and always being "appointed" to write the cards for friends.

constantly surrounded by a bunch of talented people, sometimes my self-worth just drops so low that i always want to be better. and then i realised, that maybe it's this desire to perpetually want to improve myself that would get me where i want to be one day, and then i will want to thank every single one of these friends who always inspire me to work harder each day.

feel good about yourself. wake up tomorrow morning and tell yourself that it's gonna be a great day and you're going to do something. and make it happen.

learning the hard way

2010-04-20T14:16:00.002+08:00

life teaches you lessons all the time. every single moment you're breathing, you're learning.
except maybe that some lessons are so complicated, so difficult to understand, it takes you a while before you realise what you learnt.

at some point in time in our lives, im sure we've all done certain things, certain things we regret doing and we've always been praying that it doesn't come back to haunt us, we want to find somewhere to dig a hole and leave it behind. but well, guess what, karma's a bitch.

life's lessons will always hit you. mark my words. always.

it hits you so hard, you get knocked off your feet, you feel the pain from your head to toe, you feel like you just want to lie in bed, and just hide and run away from everything in life. sometimes you even feel like you're a piece of shit, deserved to be flush down the toilet bowl. you feel like you want to die. but then you know death ain't gonna solve any problems.

well, to all those reading now, if you haven't done anything wrong, great, keep it up and always be alert not to fall in your ways. to those who started reflecting on their lives, learn the lessons and start living your life the way you want to.

if you were to die tomorrow, would you be proud of how your life has passed?

i won't. and i want to be a different man from the moment i hit this "enter".

Maintenence of Religious Harmony Act

2010-04-16T17:38:00.002+08:00

IS EVANGELISM ALLOWED IN NUS?

two students actually went round the arts canteen and gave out little pamphlets talking about God, Jesus Christ, Salvation and God's plan for us.

what's the school's stand on this? is it fine as long as they don't approach our muslim, hindu or buddhist counterparts?

good advice

2010-04-16T12:47:00.002+08:00

was supposed to be studying in the school's library, ended up spending about 20 mins talking to a very good friend who gave me some really good advice about my blog.

changes are in store.

but for now, i need to tackle 5 excruciating papers. good luck to all.

this is not a love blog

2010-04-16T00:44:00.004+08:00

was on a 15 mins craze, promoting this blog to most of my friends, and in case the last 2 entries gave the wrong impression that this is going to be some emo, love, mushy blog,
IT'S NOT!

just so happened that the last 2 entries were written when i was in the whole lovey-dovey mood.
my apologies.
the older entries can testify to the other themes and topics that i blog about.
most of the time it's somewhat like a laundry list of my daily events, perhaps spiced up here and there.
so watch this space and keep coming back people! :)

P.S now that i know some of you out there are reading, i am going to promote this song once again:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7U8wz78fIM

the bus ride home

2010-04-16T00:03:00.002+08:00

love:
the way your fingers fit between mine.
the smell of your hair when you rest your head on my shoulder.
the look in your eyes when you wake up at your stop.
the walk as though you're balancing on a high wire.
the silence we share.
the goodbye hug and kiss.
the contentment in my heart.

and i miss you the moment you turn away and i make my way home. :)

love is

2010-04-15T09:53:00.002+08:00

http://bottlebohemia.tumblr.com/post/476996880

love is ?

drop some comments and leave some nice quotes!

i have no comments

2010-04-14T01:42:00.002+08:00

not that i have nothing to say, ok maybe i dont have much to say most of the time.
but i haven't received any comments over the last few posts!
why?!
aren't there anybody out there who reads my blog???
sigh.
would this win me some sympathy readership? hahaha

the sun and rain

2010-04-12T19:12:00.004+08:00

it's been such an awkward day, for a lack of a better word. maybe difficult day.

my body feels battered, the weather is suffocating and i can't seem to study properly.

do check out this song though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7U8wz78fIM

day resolution

2010-04-07T00:41:00.002+08:00

if we can have new year resolutions, we can have tomorrow's resolutions.

7th April 2010:

I will run. Distance to be decided. hahaha

sigh, the things i do to prevent myself from being fat.
i will never be anorexic though. love food too much.

swim with shoes, run in trunks

2010-04-06T18:49:00.002+08:00

well, not literally, but in an attempt to start writing again and since im somewhat in the mood today, i wanted to do a reflection on the last 8 months of training, just so in case some of my dear ol' friends wanted to know what i have been up to and how i got my pre-abs. (i apologise for the brief moment of shamelessness.)

i can still vaguely remember i started training last year in july. (has it been 8 months? i didn't count properly with my fingers.) it was the day after the army half-marathon and lemin told me to join them for training. apparently, it was still part of the "base-training phase" and training was still very relaxed and they were still working on the basic stroke work and stuff. however, what happened was, it was the first training when they decided it was time to up the intensity a little.
so i was somewhat shocked, in a way literally thrown into the deep end of the pool and just worked my body as hard as i could to meet all the timings.

it was a weird feeling. i was tired, i felt like shit, everybody was faster than me, even the girls, but i knew that i was going to attend trainings more. having been slacking for about 2 years since i left the army, i was quite the blubber and i wanted to get back in shape, quickly. it took me about 2 weeks, about 6 training sessions, then we were only doing 3 sessions a week, for me to really start to form the habit of going for training. the mixed feeling of anticipation and dread was hard to manage at times.
this one senior left an impression on me, by shouting out, "pain is good," during training, to encourage the team. i remember thinking, this bunch are nuts.
so anyway, after the first sentosa transition training, i was driving lemin and aldrich back, when aldrich asked me why did i join the sport. so i told him about how lemin and joshua was always asking me to join the training, after knowing that i did singapore biathlon by myself last year. and then lemin told me that, he and josh actually had planned to act like "2-pronged attack" to keep psychoing me to join. not that it was a bad thing but it sounded damn stupid.

training was never easy, the long runs were boring, the hills were never-ending. the 50m pool always felt longer than 50m, the timings seem unrealistic and my body seemed to be constantly tired. best part, you never know when training's going to end, there can always be one more target set, one more time trial, one more goal set.

i actually experienced the whole concept of economics PPC. (i cannot remember the exact term, production possibility curve?) the amount of effort needed to cut time off my swim was much less at the start than now, where i feel like it takes so much more to even shave off that 1 sec from each lap. although my timings now arent anywhere near impressive, there have been times when i clock slower laps. lemin shared a story of persistence and perseverance, the discipline and motivation to continue training even if the results arent spontaneous and i'm glad i pulled through that stagnant plateau stage. in the end, i didnt make the ivp team, but somehow, without the pressure of trying hard to make the team, i was able to shave off seconds off my time again. perhaps, it was a coincidence of making the breakthrough at the same time, but we'll never know.

looking back at the start of training, it's now all quite vivid. there's this story i've shared with some, when i first joined the team, everybody had abs and pecs, and i would just change into my trunks and jumped into the pool to hide my flabs. these days, things are somewhat different. :) (apologise once again for shamelessness.) thinking back of those timings when i first joined, i never imagined myself being able to reach where i am now, and now it's just an addiction to keep going faster.

didn't achieve my aims in the recent races, and i haven't trained in a week.
my shoes have been waiting by the door.

the train ride home

2010-04-06T18:21:00.002+08:00

today i made a very careless mistake of not checking if my ipod had battery power. i seemed to remember that the last time i brought it to school, which was last week, it still had half bar after the day. im not too sure if the battery power slowly reduces even if you dont use it, i guess it does. but anyway, so today i brought an ipod out, which i couldnt listen to anyway. it wasnt as bad as it sounds, for i had to entertain myself while commuting and i suppose this makes my visual sensors slightly more acute to the surroundings, and in a way, i had to use my special ability of eavesdropping on loud conversations on the train, so that i was somewhat watch a film on the train ride home. a film of the everyday lives of individuals in singapore, connected by the public transport.

perhaps connected isnt exactly the right word to use, the only connections they shared were probably the train and the telephone connections to their service providers. but it was interesting, that as i stood in the train for the 1-hr ride, all i did was to observe people and to try to incorporate my sociological imagination, (well, with all that training from my university education, it has to have some effect!) and make sense of what i was seeing.

Firstly, i would argue that the train is such an important aspect of society. Its regular timings, its consistency and efficiency moves our society, in more than just the literal meaning. People, or should i say, workers, organise their lives, their timings to these train rides. It helps them get to work, brings them home, takes them to different places in order for them to live out their social lives. Perhaps in a more general term, i would say that it's infrastructure and transportation in the modern society that plays such a significant role in organising the way we live. We cant get to places without transport or roads, we cant meet certain people or do certain activities without such infrastructure. So, shouldnt we look at how this infrastructure affects our lives and how perhaps power is manifested in it? For example, how the State might configure the land space of Singapore?

ok, actually i was just kidding. sociological imagination and a train ride? i'll be surprised if you bought that. technically i should be able to. but im not sure if im gonna make any sense to most of you out there. anyway, the above was just gibberish, trying to smoke some of you peeps out there. haha.

what i wanted to discuss is the whole idea of Singapore being a gracious society. and it appears that the train is a very good reflection of that. there are so many ways of being gracious on the train - moving in, shifting to make way, giving up seats etc.

what happened on the train today was something rather interesting. there was this boy, a student (he was dressed in a uniform, not sure about the school), he rushed to sat down the moment a particular passenger alighted at a particular stop. at this particular stop, a group of elderly, 3 to be exact, boarded the train. i had expected this boy to decide to give up his seat for one of them, but what happened was he was looking down and panting. one of the 3 elderly took a look at him, as though disappointed or surprised that he did not stand up to give up his seat.

yet, when i looked at this boy, he wasn't looking ill, but he was panting and looked rather tired and lethargic. so, my point is, (sorry for being long-winded), what validates who should give up his seat? why do the middle age people always look to the youth and students to give up their seats? arent these 30~40 people also young and healthy? what if, this boy has asthma or some kind of condition that makes it difficult for him to stand for long periods? should he still be given those looks? you cant really diagnose his condition just by looking at his face, can you?

In fact, there are times when i've offered my seats to elderly who look at least 60, with balding heads of white hair, and they still reject my offer, saying that they're fine standing. there's no way one can measure "graciousness", so how do we educate and verify that we're achieving our goal of being a gracious society? even if these people still exist, but most of the Singapore population can behave in considerate and civic minded ways, can we qualify ourselves to be a gracious society?

you know, i think i might have written something similar to this some years back. i was informed that my old posts are rather funny. i shall review them later. but i guess im gonna leave things hanging here for a bit. that's all for now.

I WANT TO BE A WRITER

2010-04-02T01:59:00.002+08:00

As the title says, this is an attempt of mine, to revive this blog. It has been about 4 months since i last blogged, which is also the same time since i last attempted to write anything, excluding all the sociology papers. Recently, i have somehow decided that i want to do some writing in future, as a career option.

Now, most people ask me, why did you decide to major in sociology? Honestly, i haven't much clue myself. What i do know is, i had already delayed declaring my major till year 2 sem 1, which is like 3 semesters into my university life, extremely late in most people's opinion. I had troubles deciding between psychology and sociology. In my opinion, after taking both introduction modules, I felt that psychology was somewhat very individualistic whereas the social aspect and the study of collective behaviour in sociology was much more interesting. This perception is somewhat skewed now, as i am a sociology major and it wouldn't make much sense if i were to argue that psychology is much better now.

Anyway, that's that. And now it has come to a point in time, when I need to start looking at some possible career options. Generally, arts degree doesn't give you much specialised fields, perhaps maybe for economics? So, i was looking at a few avenues, talked to a tutor last semester and she said that basically sociology majors end up in all kinds of field because it's such a general subject. It can be stuff such as social research, PR, HR, publications, writing, policy making, all kinds of stuff. It is still somewhat early, as i have one more year of studies to go, but i think i want to write in some publications. Can be a small niche magazine or something, basically an outlet for me to perhaps be able to express myself in some ways or even if just to do reports and reviews. I definitely do not want to sit behind a computer screen and churn out figures on a daily basis, doubt i'm even qualified to do that.

At this moment, i can't even seem to carry on writing and this blog post is probably gonna end abruptly here. clearly not ready for any writing jobs. hopefully i can start blogging and writing regularly and something comes up in the next year.

2009-12-06T14:19:00.002+08:00

nearly 3 months since i've blogged.
just had the worst standard chartered marathon this morning.
ok, i've only done 3, haha, but this is the worst of the 3. Not that the timing was the worst, but it was quite the bad experience and the obvious lack of training and preparations.
Actually, it all started well, hit the 30km mark under just about 3 hours, and 35km under 3:30. Well on my way to beating my personal best of 4:28, could have achieved a timing of maybe say 4:12 or so... when suddenly i felt a pull on my right calf and left quad.
And that's only the start. Then both my calves tightened, and my quads pulled up. totally could not run at all, even walking became slightly challenging. in the end, i walked the remaining 7.195km and only managed a timing of 4:48. sucks.
it's so weird, how running marathons can be slightly addictive.
the first time, all i wanted was to complete it.
then i wanted to better my timing and now it's becoming slightly crazy.
now i wanna go over overseas and do a run and holiday at the same time!

time to start saving up. and rest. waking up at 4am to run. really crazy.

2009-09-10T21:16:00.002+08:00

my blog's back!
for a few minutes, eunice came and ask me why i deleted my blog when i didn't.
and somehow, i couldn't log into my blogger account too! weird stuff.
but everything's back and fine.

nothing's much been happening, except that school has been really busy and tiring and everything just feels so sluggish for me. sucks!

if only i can shift gear just like a car. haha.

who wants to read a boring laundry list?

2009-07-31T00:08:00.003+08:00

Im sorry to those who still, i have no idea why, randomly, occasionally, still check this blog. Actually i do have interesting stuff happening and i did have the intention of wanting to blog about them but i have been really lazy everytime i get home and see my comfy bed. haha, hence, to those who are reading, worry not, it won't be a boring laundry list. at least i'll try to make it as interesting as possible.

firstly, i was in hongkong last week. had quite a good time. I must say, food in hongkong is really DAMN GOOD. how is it even possible that any random "cha chan teng" serves food that probably tastes better than some of singapore's restaurants?! in addition, the street hawkers also seem to have some special ingredients that make their food damn shiok. eg, the curry fishballs. haha, i was like addicted to it and felt like eating it everyday. another thing we had everyday was this dessert franchise in hongkong called "hui lau shan", (xu3 liu2 shan1 in chinese hanyu pinyin). the mango dessert is really damn shiok, its like mango is damn cheap in hongkong and the sellers dont need to scrimp and be miserly over the portions.

One flaw though, after eating the dim sum in hongkong, i came back to singapore and went for dim sum lunch with my mum and my aunt at peach garden thomson plaza. i totally missed the hongkong dimsum. haha.

shopping, however, was not that great for me. things aren't exactly cheap, and most boutiques sell female stuff. so i din get to buy much, partly also because i had certain items in mind which i looked out for and i wasn't tempted by other random buys, which i might have bought if i were feeling rich.

last highlight from hongkong - disneyland. wasn't particularly fun for me cos there weren't any exciting rides but it was indeed an eye opener. could tell that HUGE amounts of money went into that place. haha. pictures are up on facebook, check them out if you wish.

one thing i wanted to blog about but i was lazy to, happened in hongkong international airport.
we were shopping around in the airport and went into the levi's outlet, in my search of the perfect ideal pair of jeans. ying was looking for this pair of jeans, which she found in sg and was hoping to get a better price in hongkong. she had the item code and went to ask the staff if they had it. at first, they said they didn't have it and so we left. who knows, 5 mins later, ths staff came out of the store, looked for us and said he found a similar pair and asked if my gf would like to try it. we kindly declined.

this is excellent service. i wouldnt know if it was due to the lack of business or hongkong's friendly culture ( more on this in a while. ) He went out of his way to find the pair of jeans and was willing to search the airport for us just so that my gf could have her pair of jeans?
about the friendly culture, i must say, the people are all very nice and willing to help. with our broken cantonese we managed to find our way around, get good deals and food and stuff.

moving on, today i nearly lost my atm card. freaking shit. i have no idea why i was so absent-minded today morning. this morning i went to j8 to change back my hkd to sgd and deposit my spare cash into my account. after queueing like 10 mins to the atm, i deposited my money and left. totally forgetting my atm card! thankfully the lady behind me quickly rushed and returned it to me. SUPER GRATEFUL! i shall be a nice person from now on and help ppl around me. spread the good deed and graciousness! :):):)

till next time.

Durians and Ghosts

2009-06-22T00:41:00.003+08:00

Was away the last two weeks, serving my first reservist training.
Much have changed in the green organisation since i ord-ed in nov 07.
New uniform, new systems, new equipment and all, but still the same familiar faces and familiar feelings.
It was really quite nice to be able to meet all the old friends, sort of like hangout, talk cock, do stuff together, just like during NS, only more enjoyable with less restrictions.
And the canteen no longer sells the good ol favourite roti john.
One new experience was that it was the durian season when we were out in the field, so everybody was just picking durians and eating. the two problems were, however, that it made us feel like shitting and heaty, which is actually damn troublesome out in the field. thankfully it was only a short exercise.
And there were freaking lot of civilians trespassing into the training areas to pick the durians, causing some inconvenience here and there. the durians aren't exactly fantastic or tasty, but it's the fun involved i guess.
Anyway, all's well that ends well and everybody got home safe and sound!

In case you're wondering what's "Ghosts" about, it's not about spooky sightings during training. but i just watched ghosts of girlfriends past. and i must say it's a pretty good show. nearly invoke some tears.

Too Many Broken Hearts In The World

2009-05-28T04:49:00.002+08:00

No, i'm not refering to the mambo song.
I'm pretty sure there are at least 80,000 people out there who are heartbroken at this moment. (approx. the capacity of Old Trafford)
and that gives it away. I am totally heartbroken by the result of the Champions' League Finals.

Well, i don't exactly hate barcelona, for it is without a doubt that they are one of the best teams in spain and now, europe and the world, with some insane players like messi and iniesta. But it definitely still hurts when I see Man Utd fall behind to their own sloppy defending.

I would have to say, the trophy was won by the better team on the night. And as it always is, the football is round and anything can happen. Even the best team can lose on any occasion.
oh wells.

Football is such a passionate sport. It can't exactly be described with words, but it's the emotions and feelings involved, the twists and turns of the plots (and of course, the players) that makes it such a popular sport.

Anyway, i guess this sums up the season for manchester united. Well done Devils, see you again in August.

the last day

2009-05-25T01:14:00.003+08:00

i just watched the last matchday of the BPL 08/09.
what the shit. i cannot believe that newcastle are going down.
it's kinda ridiculous when you think of names like alan smith, michael owen, obafemi martins, mark viduka, damien duff, jonas gutierrez and the likes playing in the championship.
but then it all becomes possible because they have ameobi.
it kinda sums up their season, not playing to their full potential and at the end of the day, they couldn't keep their fate in their own hands.
hope they win the championship next season and promote again. see you in 2 seasons.

And then there was 1.

2009-05-05T23:17:00.002+08:00

I can smell it already.
ahh.. the sweet smell of freedom. one more paper to go. 3 days.

today's paper on japanese studies was really challenging.
well, i would admit, if you had studied hard and read the entire coursepack over twice or thrice, it would probably have been fairly simple. but sadly, i have been relatively slack and i couldn't really put everything into my memory. so i was probably pulling out a few hairs here and there. totally not helpful.

anyway, after dinner with my brother and mum, we went for a little shopping trip and i bought a new pair of berms from fox! haha. happy. clearly retail therapy works for me. nothing can't be solved with a little shopping.

now i'm in such a fix! i wanna go on a holiday, a shopping trip, but my finances can barely make it. i probably would have to break that little piggy sitting in the cupboard (metaphorically).
BUT! i have been recently introduced to the vice of "online shopping."
not that i'm addicted yet, but i can feel myself, standing on the edge, ready to fall into the bottomless abyss anytime, with the simple click of "add to cart".
I've been looking at loads of clothes online and i think i would like to make some purchases soon, after my exams. haha. but then i know that if i really were to go on a holiday to, maybe say taiwan, i might be able to find similar clothes too. :S

maybe. just maybe, i'll try and set aside US$100 and buy some stuff to make myself happy in time to come! haha. we'll see. we'll see.

Confessions of a Shoppaholic!

2009-05-01T19:56:00.003+08:00

No, i wasn't referring to the movie.
No, i didn't see mannequins talking to me.
No, i didn't buy a green scarf nor am i in debt.

But, RETAIL THERAPY WORKS!
what else better to do when you're all bogged down by exams, feeling moody and shitty, lazy and tired and bored?
it's been a long time since i've hit the shopping malls. Went shopping at raffles city and marina square.
i didn't really buy much, but it was just the whole feeling. walking around with my brother and mum, going in and out of shops, looking at nice stuff, nice girls (oops. :P), trying on clothes and shoes. retail therapy works!

in the end, i bought a pair of onitsuka tigers @ $179! really nice and i love it! haha.
have this feeling i'm back to my jc days when i wanted to collect sneakers. haha
ever since i bought that pair of onitsuka tiger limited edition shoes, i haven't really worn it out much! wanted to keep it as new as possible so i always wanted to get another pair of tigers and today was the day! :)

was looking out for nice tees too, especially vintage tees and all, but there weren't much to buy! anyone any idea where would be good place to shop for nice tees? topman and river island were kinda disappointing today.

well, my brother had a great time too, bought loads of stuff, a bag, 2 shirts and a tie! super worth it day for him. and for me, considering the fact that we share most stuff. haha. :D:D:D
can't really reveal how much we spent today. but it was really shiok.

till next time!

2009-03-03T18:57:00.002+08:00

ok random random. i haven't blogged in ages.
probably should do some quick updates now.
psych mid terms was PSYCHO. like crazy hard.
i thought i studied well enough. i guess i'm wrong. time to mug the text book till i memorise everything. haha. can practise the techniques taught in the book.
and before the exams, burn into a glass of water and drink.

anyway. i had to blog abt this random event that happened about an hour ago.
it started about last week. when i received a random phonecall from an unknown number.
basically, some study is going on, and they are collecting data of people swimming 350m or running 2.4km timings. and somehow i got picked by random.

so just now, i went down to bishan pool, swam 350m in 8mins and i got a souvenir of 6 cans of pokka coffee and $10. haha.
damn weird and random. but who cares. got money for tml's lunch!

THE BIG RED FIREBALL IN THE CLEAR BLUE SKY

2009-01-22T11:26:00.003+08:00

clearly an attempt to get into the blogging habit yet again.

yesterday was my free day from school. woot! haha.
i have this weird feeling i'm gonna blog about my wednesdays and fridays since i'm gonna be free and will have loads of time to play and hence more to blog about. hahahahahaha. i know those who are at work or have 4 / 5 day weeks in school will be cursing at me for being such an idiot. but well, last sem i had a 5 day week and i was jealous of so many so now it's my turn! :)

anyway, yesterday was quite a good day for me.
has been so long since i had a proper exercise so i decided to burn my body!
did a 30-lap swim, in preparation for the swim trial for singapore bi.
think i took about 41 mins, which is slow, which will cause me to fail. which means that i need to train harder before the trial in 2 weeks time.

after that, i went to tan for about an hour. damn good.
THE BIG RED FIREBALL IN THE CLEAR BLUE SKY.
i should try and make this a regular feature of my life. haha

after that, got some subway for lunch. (Healthy healthy healthy!)
and to really finish up my day, i did a 5km run. haha.
totally felt like dying yesterday and today my whole body's aching.

this morning i had an 8am lecture. Mathematics of Games.
actually, it's every monday and thursday. (somehow i think i blogged about this before)
but anyway, on monday, the OHP (overhead projector; just in case some of you out there only lived in the computer and visualizer era) died on my lecturer. and this cute hongkong lecturer who speaks with the perfect hongkong accent said, " i don't know how to teach without the projector and i don't know what to do." and ended the lecture like nearly an hour early. haha.

actually, there were funnier things before that, like when he attempted to repair the ohp. haha.
but it was a "you had to be there to appreciate it" moment.

anyway, today morning, the same thing happened and he shocked us by saying that he was going to use the visualizer! haha. the maths he has been teaching so far are pretty simple probability applied to dice and poker cards but his actions totally make the lectures so entertaining. sometimes i feel like i'm watching a show. haha.

remember the scene from Russell Peters regarding the Chinese comedian opening the show? my lecturer really has that accent!

time to go. hungry. will update again soon! :)

2009-01-12T10:42:00.002+08:00

it's been a loooooooooooooong time! haha
i wonder who will know that i update. thanks for reading. :D

a new year, a new start, a new semester!
was feeling the dreadfulness and shitty feeling last night until MAN UTD WHOOPED CHELSEA'S BIG FAT UGLY BLUE ASSES 3-0!!!
totally kicked the blues away. (no pun intended)

anyway, so i find myself in school at approximately 7.45am, in the foreign grounds of Faculty of Science for my first lecture of this sem.

The Mathematics of Games. it's a GEM. and the description sounds really fun, minus the fact that it's 8am on mondays and thursdays and the exam's on the 8th of may (2nd last day of all exams).
First lecture watched 21, gonna learn about dices and probabilities, poker and bridge probabilities and stuff like that about uncertainties.
and the lecturer's from Hong Kong, the homeland of "GOD OF GAMBLERS."
haha
should ask him out for mahjong sessions and bribe that A out of him.

anyway, last sem didn't go as well as i hoped for. looks like studying harder than what i did for A levels aren't enough. probably due to the fact that i didn't really study for A levels too. :D
this sem's all about studying harder and playing harder!

gonna study hard, play hard, make more money and enjoy my hols like mad. making it well deserved. haha

am planning my timetable in the library now. there goes my 3 day week... and i might have to travel to and fro arts and science everyday.
maybe i will look at my options again later.

updates about my life since my last post :

i guess life's been good. haha. having fun, bumping into problems here and there but life's good. haha. i can't give you details cos i probably don't remember them too. cheers to those who had made my 2008 fun and exciting!

2008-10-17T11:32:00.002+08:00

this is a freaking long overdue entry. haha
i have no idea what i blogged about last.
*deja vu
i seem to have said that the last time. haha or at least as i'm typing now, that thought popped up in my head.
well well, i am now sitting, and stoning, and writing this entry, in nus central library.
just finished my last mid term paper. South Asian Studies.
i can't say that i studied for it and was prepared for it. in fact, i would say that i hate this module the most out of the 5 which i'm taking this semester. or should i say, the only module which i do not enjoy one bit. haha. the rest of the modules have proved to be pretty fun and interesting which is so crucial to making learning effective!
i'm not so sure how i would do for this paper.
all i can say is "the only way i pass is from a stroke of miracle."
or as sarah says - through moderation. haha.
of course, that's the optimistic view that everybody else found the paper as hard as i did. or moderation would only make a fail become ungraded. haha

anyway, i think i will give myself yet another short break before i get really stressed up over 2 response papers, 1 linguistic project and a 2000 word essay on films.
and without needing any reminding, final exams. urgh.

well, so far life has been pretty good, except for the fact that i've been playing alot less soccer and even less beach volleyball. kinda miss the beach nowadays.

i have abstained from the vice of retail therapy for quite a while now, at least i don't get those "impulsive buys" anymore. haha. i think i am dying to shop.
am looking at getting a backpack.
something which i can carry more stuff in, cause my current slingbag is giving my shoulder pains during my long days when i bring readings and my super nice cool mac. (not the latest one)

today i brought my south asian readings (course pack which cost me about $14), which is SUPER HEAVY (pun intended), and i had no time to even flip through it before the test.
before i embark on working on the linguistic project, i was wondering, should i be studying it after the test? like for my final exams? haha.

anyway, i'm gonna work on my linguistic project now, if anyone out there who sees this post has something to say about "yaya" and "atas", ANYTHING AT ALL, just leave a comment! thanks.

till next time.

2008-09-11T22:23:00.002+08:00

today my body told me that i was going to die if i didn't rest.
i slept on the bus home.
i slept from 4 to 8pm.
and i am still feeling sleepy from looking at my South Asian Studies readings.
i would say that the readings are the best medicine for insomnia.
there is not a single time when i open up the course pack and i feel awake.
2 out of 2 times, i find myself sitting in the Central Library, with the readings opened, and i'm lying on my arms, sleeping, taking a nice afternoon nap in school. :)
anyway, now i am stuggling with those tiny little words regarding Vedas, Brahmans, Upanishads and stuff. If those even do look one bit familiar to you, kudos.

time seems to fly quite fast suddenly.
mid term break seems to be coming soon, and that means gotta study for mid term tests, start doing projects and assignments and before you know it, it's time for exams! woah.
and i was excited about studying about 3 months ago. haha

i am still trying to be a mugger.

2008-09-06T00:36:00.002+08:00

woah, now i am clearly developing a habit for monthly posts. haha
sorry to all the readers who still put in some effort to check this stupid blog every now and then. haha.
well, i guess all i can say is that uni life is a little overwhelming, in addition to the fact that i haven't been studying for at least 2 years so it's been really hard for me to get into this study mode again.
although i keep saying that i will become a mugger. haha.
well, at least for now, i know i'm still ahead in my tutorials and readings for some modules. haha.
it's only the 4th week!

anyway, just now i had my first tuition lesson, in an attempt to make money, save money, SHOP and go on a holiday and SHOP.
haha.
my tutee is a sec 1 korean boy.
i have no idea why, but he was quite nervous during the lesson and i was afraid that my pronunciation was quite bad cause there was times when he either misheard me or he thought i said a word he knew.
his understanding is pretty decent, but his vocabulary is lacking.
well, i hope things will stay like this and i will get a regular income for times to come.

next, just a quick update, i passed the trials for nus soccer team, but i was dropped from the team on the first day of training. haha.
quite cock up, but oh wells.
and tomorrow's the inter-faculty games, gonna play soccer for arts. that is if the captain is going to play me. haha

studies have been pretty decent. just that some modules have insane readings which i totally do not understand a single shit. school's ok i guess.
oh, just in case some of you might wanna know, i'm taking english language, malay language, sociology, south asian studies, film and history.

well, english isn't like learning to speak and stuff. it's more like linguistic skills, like study of grammar, word classes, syntax, morphemes and stuff. haha. if you even do understand.

malay language is really learning to speak and write malay. which is actually quite fun, cos it is similar to english in many ways. at least it still writes on 26 alphabets and sound similar.

sociology is the module that i was looking forward to at first, but it turned out to be pretty boring cos the lecture is quite dry and content based. will have to mug harder for this.

south asian studies is the module i kinda hate the most now cos i had to take it to fulfil the arts faculty requirement. and that's all i have to say.

film and history is my favourite module at this point in time. firstly, it has no exams, no tutorials.
every monday we just sit there and listen a short lecture, watch a movie and discuss it on a forum. and every fortnight we have to submit a 500 word essay. pretty cool.

last but not least, i am guessing most people wanna know about how i got together with my gf.
we've been together for approximately a month now. depending on how you look at it, 4 weeks already, but if you wanna go by date of month, then not yet. haha.

basically, we started off really as friends only. i never thought of chasing her at all. in fact, if you ask her, she would probably tell you that i didn't even put in much effort.
we just happened to click as very good friends and talk and sms pretty much everyday. slowly, i realised she was a very nice girl and that i might have some liking for her.
it turned out to be mutual and very naturally we became quite close.
went out a few times and then got together on a very nice day. haha.
well, some people might think it's really fast, but to me, i would say it wasn't cos none of us rushed it. it just moved on very naturally, very quickly perhaps, and it reached a stage where things might have become awkward if we didn't talk or do anything about it.
so voila. haha. for more details, ask me in person and i might tell you if i'm in the mood.

and i am going to rest now. till next month? haha

2008-08-13T00:08:00.002+08:00

it is about exactly one month since my last entry.

so now i shall update everybody about what has happened ever since i got my license. haha
not that much of it has to do with me being a new driver.

well, ever since arts camp, i have been quite involved in a NUS event called RAG.
it's somewhat like a mini chingay, where faculties and halls of nus build floats and parade them in school.
and ARTS RAG WON MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND BEST FLOAT!
just to add on about the environmentally friendly part, the floats have to be built with as much scrap material as possible, such as cans, bottles, waste paper and stuff, sort of to help save the world kinda thing.

i was in fact, kinda shocked when i saw all the floats from everywhere, you can hardly believe they were made from those items which we might normally label as "rubbish."

school just officially started on monday.
and today i had soccer trials/tryouts.
and i am very glad that i managed to make it to the 2nd round.
do hope that i manage to fight for a place in teamNUS.
then i will finally get a taste of real competitive soccer.

last but not least, i think many of you wanna know abt my new relationship status.
i promise it's a story for another day. :)

2008-07-14T23:19:00.003+08:00

latest update.
i am a new driver. :)

i can't really remember what else happened in my life. hahaha
happy.

2008-07-01T21:50:00.003+08:00

hmm
ages since i last blogged.

anyway, life has been pretty eventful recently, just that many times i'm just damn freaking lazy to blog or perhaps words just can't describe how i feel
but now i really need an avenue to vent out some frustrations.

last week, 23rd to 27th june, i was at arts camp 08
and i must say it was a blast.

at first, i was both apprehensive and excited about camp, especially since after going through 2 years of NS, it wasn't easy for me to be "ra-ra" and run around nus campus shouting cheers and playing games.
so somehow, through out the camp, i was still considerably quiet, just that i told myself to be very sporting and to take part in all the activities with an open heart and play all the games and try and make as many friends as possible.
i must say, that my ogl, councillors and the rest of the og made the 5 days a very good start for my nus life.

made a lot of good friends and had alot of fun.

i just quarreled with my mum over stupid things.

i signed up for psych camp like nearly a month ago and now many other things have popped up and i don't feel like going for the camp and she wants to lecture me about it.

well, i admit that the past 2 days i have been staying out late, watching euro and playing mahjong, haven't been spending enough time at home.
but now, i'm feeling really sick and tired and i don't wanna go for the camp, plus i have plans on thurs and sat, so it would be really stupid for me to go for the camp only for wed and friday, which on friday i might also be going for rag.

and what does my mum say?
she scolds me about my "3 min passion" thing.
she scolds me saying that i am still thinking only about playing and not studying.

and i tried explaining to her that camps are not even important, in fact camp is EVEN MORE about PLAYING than anything else.
but she says no. she says all i think about is just soccer.

argh.

i also can't really put down what i feel in words. it's just damn frustrating.

2008-06-18T00:25:00.002+08:00

hmm, my last entry was last monday
clearly, this blogging thing is kinda hard to maintain these days. haha
not that i'm busy or what.
probably just really lazy.
i can't even remember what i did last week.

sat was good.
went down to the beach again, and this time, yingyi and some of her friends came and play with us.
they were all much better than us, and we lost twice to them. out of 2 games. hahaha
but it was fun. haha.
after that, we went to dz's place for a pohpiah party and played some games.
we played this game, where we would have to pick a random fictional character from a pool, then we have to ask questions in order to guess who that character is.
this time, the guys won, and the girls had to dance to guitar heroes.
a song called "hit me with your best shot."
haha.

anyway, during this game, something very interesting and irritating happened.
some of you might know, esp those who have played some bnet with me would know, that i used to watch bleach the anime, and my nickname in bnet is my favourite character, ichimaru gin.
and happened that one of dz's friend also watches bleach and she wrote ichimaru! and i had to pick that piece of paper!
and in the end, i couldn't guess it! argh. damn stupid.

some time ago, i also went to the library to borrow a few books on topics related to psychology
pretty interesting. but i must say that reading now has been very shallow for me.
haven't really got to the level of though provoking, meaning what i read isn't really absorbed into my brains.
i still have this idea that the army made me slightly dumber.

this week has been unofficially declared my driving week.
taking lessons everyday to rush my driving lessons
apparently, ssdc has a rule that i must clear the syllabus 3 weeks before my tp, or else the system would automatically delete my tp date.
i am 2 topics away with 3 lessons.
the last 2 topics are mock assessments and both require minimum one session for itself.
hopefully i don't get stuck at this stupid assessments and can pass on the 14th July!

oh. just remembered.
the biggest event last week was that i got a new computer!
haha.
i packed up my room, in preparation for the start of a new chapter in my life!
i got a new desktop and i got myself 2 x 1.5m long tables.
one for my desktop and one for studying material. that way, my room would really be conducive for my studies and stuff. i hope. haha
decided to get a desktop cos my old comp probably wouldn't be able to last more than 1 more year and if i were to get a laptop in uni, it would probably be a small and ultra portable one, just for word processing and simple stuff for projs.
then gaming and stuff, which would have to be greatly compromised in time to come, would only be done at home and that would prevent me from playing games in school!

am looking forward to school abit. kinda nervous yet excited at the same time.
have been trying to psych myself to be a mugger for the next 4 years so that i can probably lead a decent life in the next few decades to come. good time investment. 4 for maybe 40.

yet another laundry list entry. i will come up with more interesting stuff soon!
i know there are still that few out there who always come back to support this blog! hahah

2008-06-09T23:59:00.002+08:00

today, i was watching mtv in the afternoon as i was bored and had nothing to do
and then denise keller shows up with the mtv news! woot.
of cos, i once again found myself admiring her beauty. haha

anyway, i wasn't intending to blog about that. haha
what i heard was.. "john mayor slams the gamers and producers of 'guitar hero'."
apparently, he says that it makes playing the guitar look too easy, and people think that they are guitar heroes just by pressing 5 buttons.
but what the hell, it's just a game. and besides, the fact that you can play a guitar well, doesn't make you a guitar hero cos the game isn't really THAT easy.
of course, it might be slightly easier than playing an actual guitar, but i swear it ain't easy.
for i played at dengzhi's place the other night and it is really very hard. haha

first time playing, i felt like i had a spastic pinky, and my little finger couldn't even press the 4th button. so today when i heard the news i was quite pissed with john mayor for thinking he's some "true guitar hero" just cos he can play the guitar well.
zzz. some people are just too free to make such lame comments.

anyway, talking abt xbox 360. i really do hope i can get one! haha
but then.. i am looking for someone to buy my wii!
anybody interested? just contact me. price is negotiable!
it's as good as brand new. kept in good conditions. used less than 20 times.
it's fun but somehow, i'm the only one home when i'm home. haha. so i don't really get to play it often, only the few parties and the early hype. haha
2 remotes and nan-chuks, wii sports included.

today, i went for a swim again. the last time i went was last week. which i think i didn't blog about.
anyway, things aren't looking so good. haha. my fitness level is at a new low. i wonder if it's worse than my fat jc times.

must be disciplined to keep up this training regime!

2008-06-06T13:56:00.003+08:00

yet again, it has been a week since i last blogged.

waking up early is definitely not in my nature.
had to wake up at 8.30am this morning for a dental appointment.
i'm glad it was only a 5 mins walk away or else i would be damn sian to go for it.
after that, went for driving lesson.
first lesson in like 6 weeks.
stayed in the circuit the whole lesson.
did non-stop parking practices.
like at least 20 parallel parking i think. haha.
do until i sian, anyhow do and knock pole down then kena scolded. haha

anyway, i must say, that good looking people really have advantages in life.
for example, in the driving centre, if a pretty lady were to be using the station and i'm waiting, i wouldn't be like frustrated or irritated that maybe she can't seem to park properly and take a longer time.
and these people actually do make driving alot more enjoyable. haha.

2008-05-29T16:02:00.002+08:00

i just finished a bowl of "chicken curry" mee.
ok, it's actually just one packet of curry and one packet of chicken maggi.
but it reminds me of the good ol' army days.
of course, it didn't taste as good as it did when cooked in a mess tin, but it will suffice for lunch as i am lazy to walk out to buy food.

talking about army days, those were really quite the best days of my 21 years as of now.
those guys were to be with me for 2 years.
we can't really change them, but we can change them.
haha. sounds confusing?
i meant, you can't change the people, but you can change the personality.
all the blanket sessions, where 30 guys ambush the target, turn off the lights and beat the crap out of him so he knows he's not well liked and he's forced to change.
not forgetting the times when we blanket the wrong guy cause the lights went off slightly fast and an innocent bystander was caught in the field of punches, kicks and pillows.
it's really about having fun in the tough times that make all these memorable and forge strong friendships that last till now.

and talking about army.
i was at zouk last night.
and a huge load of army boys pissed me off.
i have no idea why, but clubbing is not as fun as i remembered it to be.
now it seems like there are so many young punks, ah bengs.
and people with weird dress sense.
and yes. i mean it. like wearing over-sized tees, trucker caps and poseur specs.
and worse still, they try to hide that clean shaven head under weird looking caps.
c'mon, army guys shouldn't be ashamed of being a recruit or having to keep the 4 by 2 hairstyle!
there is clearly a need to make the army image better.
it's not a bad thing to be serving your country!
and like everybody who has gone through it would say..
"cherish it while you're inside! cos you'll miss it when it's over!"
but those suffering inside would tell the guy to "f-off". haha.
i guess it's all the mind.

anyway, the past 2 days have been really busy and exciting and tiring for me.
i was an official in the Asia Pacific Robotics Competition.
i was referee-ing the events Robo-Soccer and Sumo.
i must say, it was really intense.
like for the students and teachers, it was their UEFA Champions League or something.

first day, it was sumo and robo soccer for secondary schools.
second day, i took the same events, but for primary schools.

sumo went very well, the secondary school students were co operative and things went smoothly.
i must say, through this competition, i gained alot of experience. saw loads of cool ideas from the students.
for sumo, some really exploited the rules of having a robot of max 30cm by 30cm and made something like a house and other robots really couldn't push it at all.
but of course, there were some un orthodox ideas, like a spinning robot that would evade the pushing of the bigger bots and when these big bots didn't have the sensors to prevent it from moving out of the ring, the small bots would win.
for primary school on the 2nd day, ai tong school had a bot that impressed me, the robot engaged the huge bot, sort of like a fake, then it reversed, went round the big bot and then pushed the bot out from the back. and since the big bot was programmed to move forward, it was much easier for the small bot to push it out!
but sadly ai tong didn't win it, i have no idea why.

soccer was really the contentious one.
as there was a group of students from korea who took part, it slowly became a "singapore vs korea" thing.
the sec school students seemed to know each other and start cheering for each other, wanting some singaporean school to beat the koreans.
but anyway, it was nice to see that the students took the competition seriously and really wanted to win.
the only hiccup was the fact that some students exploited the loopholes in the rules and made the beautiful game turn ugly in the robotic version.

one thing i realised was that, some teachers really take it too seriously.
i mean, in a competition, there's bound to be a loser and a winner.
of cos, it would be disappointing for your school not to emerge as champions, but who can guarantee that you would win or lose everytime!
one failure doesn't make you an eternal loser!
there clearly isn't a need to be so uptight and upset about these competitions.
there was even a teacher who sat next to the sumo ring, as if he wanted to take over my job and raised his voice at a student from ANOTHER school.
i don't think that is very sportsmanlike.
as a teacher, you really shouldn't be doing that. as an educator, you should be teaching your students about sportsmanship and being able to take defeat in stride and not be so serious about winning or losing.
isn't it more important that your students gain experience and take something away from the process and competition?

now, i guess it's time for me to stop work, relax and play just before i start school!
should i get HTC TyTn II?

2008-05-21T17:54:00.003+08:00

it has been 16 days since my last entry
i apologise to all my readers for this long wait. haha.
it appears that my life has nothing to blog about for the past 2 weeks or even 1 month, to the extent that my last few entries have been crap. like some laundry list.

anyway, today i went for my first ever physiotherapy session.
it was ok. not exactly SUPER useful, but i guess it is necessary for me to start working my ankle as it is SUPER weak now.
i couldn't even balance myself properly on my right ankle.
so i learnt some exercises and was made to buy a teraband so that i could do some exercises at home and he'll see if my ankle has improved by the next session, which is 2 weeks later.
apparently, he says that my ankle is quite "dangerous", if i were to twist/sprain it again, my whole ligament might even tear.

work has been quite boring and tiring recently. and the schedule is rather screwed up.
for example, last friday i was told last minute to go down to choa chu kang sec to help them prep for the competition. and just to emphasis how shitty that is, i live in bishan, went down to office at kaki bukit in the morning, and had to go home and change to my teaching dress code before going to choa chu kang. that is crazy load of travelling.

furthermore, today's lesson at holy innocent was supposedly scheduled for 3.30pm, but i was told at 12.45pm that the lesson is at 1.30pm instead. if i had to use words to describe the situation, vulgarities would be unavoidable, hence i think this description would be apt :

!@)$*!@125%&!#%!!@%($#^&$2436)!@($)#*(@#$^256&$@^(*)!*(!#@((@@&&#^) ~

recently, my sleeping problem hasn't got any better.
it seems that the lack of exercise is still making me very awake at night.
i tried to change my body clock on sunday/monday night, as monday morning, we had a match at 7.30am.
i stayed awake the whole night, but alas, i fell asleep in the afternoon on monday and couldn't sleep again on monday night. HAHA

these days, as i am on the bus or train, i keep thinking of what to blog about.
i don't really like to blog about just daily stuff, but more of thoughts and my own perspective on issues, but it seems like i do not really have an awareness of what's happening around me!

of course, it's hard to miss all the news about all these natural disasters around the world.
having some geography knowledge, i truly understand that these events/calamities HAVE to happen every few years, maybe 5, 10, 15, or even more.
e.g earthquakes happen due to the stress along the fault lines of the tectonic plates and these stress will be released in the form of seismic waves which result in earthquakes, tsunamis and many more.

we can't really remove the movement of the tectonic plates, the stress and everything else due to the molten movement in the core of the earth. this is actually the "lava" that erupts from an volcano. these lava also result in new islands and help destroy old islands. as if renewing the earth's skin.

and the worse part is, there's no delay when the natural disasters are going to happen!
of course, scientists can detect and observe the seismic activities under the plates but there's no accurate calculations as to when it'll happen and we cannot always shift our living place to avoid these things, unless of course, the world becomes totally nomadic.
and just like volcano eruptions, these lava are full of minerals and people tend to return to such "dangerous" places as they can help the lives of farmers and miners!

i wonder if all these are correct, mainly from my memories of my geog lessons at least 4 years ago. all those out there who knows your geography, feel free to correct me.
and all these stuff makes me miss studying, learning new stuff and all.

which reminds me of my new favourite tv programme.
"MYTHBUSTERS"
recently, i convinced my mum to change the cable tv channels to include discovery channel and all the edutainment channels. (edutainment = educational entertainment)
mythbusters are super cool. they do loads of experiments to prove alot of stuff which i really enjoy watching and learning.
today i watched one episode where they tried and re-create this myth that Archimedes used mirrors to create a "death ray" to burn roman ships before they could reach the shore.
the way they discussed the topic and made it as realistic as it could be in ancient times are really very impressive.
there were also some funny topics such as "how to beat the speed camera" and "can a ninja swat a bullet fired at 25 yards".

now, here's a problem. a blog entry like this is hard to conclude. haha.
in addition, i have a runaway train of thought.
i can't seem to link all my points into a coherent piece and i guess i shall have to end it very abruptly if not weirdly.

last but not least.
IT'S 9 HOURS TO THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINALS!
I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO EXCITED ABOUT IT BEFORE.
BUT TONIGHT.
IS THE NIGHT.
THE RED DEVILS WILL BE CROWNED KINGS OF EUROPE!
i think. hahah.

2008-05-05T18:26:00.002+08:00

woah
yet again i haven't blogged for more than 2 weeks.
and that is how long since i have injured my ankle.

anyway, last week i went for a specialist review.
and it turns out then my ligament has a partial tear.
so the doc has recommended that i stay out of contact sports for 2 months.
and then last week, i went to see a chinese physician and he administered acupuncture for me.
he also says that i cannot play any sports.
damn sad.
this morning i just called ttsh physio to make an appointment and it's due 21st may.
hopefully by then my ankle would be more or less recovered. then maybe dun even need to go. haha

this past 2 weeks. nothing really much happened cos i have been staying home as far as possible.
trying to rest as much as possible.
the only thing that bothers me is how i've been sleeping late. which the chinese physician was able to point out without me saying!
he says that my unhealthy lifestyle is messing up my heart. i should start sleeping early.

basically, life is pretty much the same.
minus all the sports that i've been doing. so life is a blank now.
plus the fact that schools are having exams so i don't really have much lessons these days.
but will have busy schedules as it nears the robotics competition in late may.

this month soccer has quite a few fixtures but so many ppl cannot make it
really damn screwed up.
injuries and holidays and all the players plans are making it hard for this pseudo manager.

am looking forward to a better life!

and i have been single for damn long.
sigh. haha.

2008-04-19T22:01:00.002+08:00

there's always a first time for everything.
normally on tv, we always see the a&e dept hustling and bustling, as if there are like a million emergencies going on.
but today, i really understand what is A & E.
it's really more accidents than emergencies.
you get to see loads of ppl there who meet with minor accidents, not so much emergencies.
and there isn't much sense of urgency in the place honestly. haha.

ok, i guess i should explain why i was there. haha.
this morning, after having slept 3 hours, i hauled myself out of bed to go play street soccer at sin ming rd.
after just 15 mins, i met with an accident.
intending to block a shot, i ended up being unable to land properly.
i can't really explain what happened.
all i know is that i was feeling intense pain and i just lied down immediately.
anyway, after that, i made my way to the clinic near my place and the doctor suggested that i should go for x-ray.
so he wrote me a referral letter to TTSH A&E.
as i have sprained my ankle rather often in the past 6 months, and there are cracking sounds as i run, the doctor was afraid that i might have fragments in my joints or maybe even hairline fractures.
so i went through the ordeal of waiting in a wheelchair at TTSH for nearly 3 hours.

anyway, thankfully there isn't any cracks or whatsoever crap which the doctor tried to scare me with.
i hope.
so shall just have to wait till the swelling goes down, the pain subsides, go for a review 2 weeks later and see how it goes.
for now, time to take a good break! haha.
not sure if i should go and see a "sensei"/"die1 da3". opinions?

2008-04-17T22:45:00.003+08:00

ok.
i admit i haven't been blogging. it has been a week.
i can't really remember what happened over the week.

friday i was at santoz's office for some training.
and then at night i think we went out to play lan.

saturday morning i went to play soccer at sin ming.
happened that a few rj boys were there too.
damn act seh. when they actually aren't that good. despite my great goal against them, we played 2 goals out, and my team let in 2 goals even before i could score a 2nd against them. haha.

then it started raining and we went down to the beach at 3 plus. started playing very late, but it was still quite fun. there were a few new friends, so some of them can't really play, so it was really all just relaxed fun.

oh, then i went to play some poker texas hold'em at melvin's place. lost like $18 i think.
but considered affordable for one night of fun. haha.

wait, honestly, i can't remember if this was last week or last last week.
feels like it's been so long ago. must be all this work. making me all tired and shit.
oops. shit is a taboo word.

tuesday i went to order the jerseys at queensway.
met up with lemin and yiming.
THEN I SAW SOMETHING THAT MADE ME TEMPTED!
one shop in queensway was selling PS3 for only $549!
ok, those who read this and are interested. just go and buy it. it's while stocks last.
haha, the only thing holding me back from buying it is my nintendo wii lying in my room.
i kinda feel like selling my wii then buying the ps3.
there was this guy in the shop playing winning eleven on it. my god. the graphics damn nice, the console damn nice, the tv damn nice but the player damn noob.
anyway, so the other day i took out my wii to start playing again and see if i still wanna keep it or sell it.
i am still undecided cos medal of honour is fun. haha.

anyway, after shopping at queensway, me and yiming went to parkway to meet melvin for some pool. we were late for half an hour but melvin was in a good mood. dun ask me why cos i have no idea at all. i thought he would complain and all and "wanna punch someone in the face".

driving has been good so far.
monday my instructor felt asleep in the car. and it's the same instructor who was unhappy with me the last two times which i drove badly.
so it's a good improvement for me.
and yesterday was my auto lesson.
something damn funny happened. the instructor came into the car and said "you another auto-man ah?"
then he saw that i was a manual student then didn't say anything at all.

AUTO CAR DAMN EASY TO DRIVE LAR.

anyway, it was so easy, i had no problems at all. damn smooth, easy...
so this instructor was talking cock with me the whole way.
recently, it has shown that being a commando officer is quite a big deal. haha.
everytime someone asks me what i did in the army, this "commando officer" thingy is a big conversation starter.
even during today's medical check up which i will elaborate on later in this entry.
so i figured that this driving instructor is very relaxed and friendly, so in the end of the lesson, i asked him about the question/comment he made at the start.
then he was telling me about how he finds it weird for guys to even take auto license and stuff like that, and then there was the talk about the sissies and stuff like that. haha.

anyway, about today's medical checkup.
during the check up, the doctor upon hearing i was from commandos, yet again talked to me about parachuting and stuff.. haha.
i had to go down to nus for the checkup and i was going to be teaching today at jurong east princess elizabeth primary school, so i didn't want to go to nus, come home and change then go for lessons, so i was dressed in a slightly more casual manner. still shirt and pants though.

ok, my friend told me that the check up would take about an hour, and my mum was telling me that it might take longer too. so i thought if i reached at about 11.30, it might end just before 1 and i would have time for lunch and lesson at jurong at about 2.30.
END UP..
the medical check up ended at 12.10.
i had 2 hours and surplus to waste.
so i went down to jurong east, had an ugly haircut at QB ( i am not going to trust QB ever again. ), had lunch at KFC then went to walk around in the library.
time past quite fast.
the only problem - i left my ipod at home. WHAT AN IDIOT.
anyway, today i was feeling really tired and slept on the train on the way home. what luck to be able to get a seat at jurong east!

i just completed 3 lesson progress reports and now a long entry of crap.
tired. time to rest. till next time.

2008-04-10T19:18:00.002+08:00

today was quite a bad day.
excluding the fact that man utd won an easy game into the semis for champs league.

i found out that on wednesday, during the lesson, i scolded the boys from townsville and actually accidentally used the word "shit". and i received a complaint letter from the teacher.
i feel damn apologetic but i guess there's nothing much i can do now except apologise to her next lesson and really do my best to help the school win something!

then as i was going for today's lesson at princess elizabeth pri.. at jurong.. it started raining like crazy.. before i even reached bishan mrt, i was drenched to the skin.
felt damn miserable. like army days. haha. sad.

anyway, lesson went ok and now i am home and dry. haha.

the other day i wanted to blog about something.
i remember saying something about getting the htc so that i can blog on the move or something.
well, the other day, i had this thought, so i tried and saved a topic sentence about it in my current phone. but i was too lazy to blog these days. haha.

anyway, i was at dhoby ghaut, went to meet dengzhi for dinner.
then i saw this guy in the hwachong pe attire, with super long hair.
then i thought to myself. wah, why now got no discipline one meh?

then i realised that people always like to compare with other ppl, especially the older ppl tend to think that they are better.
like how they always say the older days, army tougher and all that stuff.
people like to think of it so that they feel that they are better and they feel good!
but i think maybe, times do change and it is really subjective as to what is considered "better".

now it's time for my dinner. haha.

2008-04-07T23:30:00.002+08:00

today is healthy living day.
haha, i found out that chin hoe went for a run as well...

today, i decided that it's time i put my plan into action.
in order to earn that $400 from SAF, i have to start training, start doing some aerobic runs first, then slowly move into my interval trainings and get ready for IPPT. which i hope i can clear sometime next month and then get my HTC TyTn II when my pay comes in somewhere in may or something.

therefore, at 9pm, i put on my faithful ol' adizero...
and made my way down to the track next to the canal.
there's a chinese saying that goes "a thousand mile journey, begins under the first step."
and so i started my 12km run...
the canal track is 1.65km long, but my house joins the track at the 1.2km mark.. just nice for training for 2.4km.. so i did 10 laps tonight...
can you imagine the boredom? haha.
honestly, after not running for so long, i didn't think it would be that hard too.. i totally forgot how shitty it feels to run past your hdb block 5 times and every single time you wanna tell yourself that it's ok to start slow and up the intensity the next time...

i have been staying out of the sun as much as possible ever since getting my body badly burnt during the nus beach fiesta..
and plus the time when i had a minor sprain while playing soccer...
seems like the sprain hasn't really recovered, plus my all the accumulated injuries...
my ankles were like cracking with every step.. and at the 8th lap, i really kinda wanted to stop..

then during the run, i really missed the hendon days.
from the officer mess bunks, down the slope, out the gate, along the changi chalets, hearing some shitty ppl shout "ORD LOH!" at you and thinking how childish they are, checking out the BAPOS along changi village, crossing the bridge at the jetty, then changi beach and all the way past SAF ferry terminal then reaching the 8km turning point were there is a water cooler. haha.
those were the days...

ok so anyway, after such a long rest, the run was hard and tough, but i managed to complete it in about 1hr 10 mins.
i guess it's pretty decent, slightly under 6 mins per km...
but it was really tiring and this standard would never put me in a sub 4 hrs timing for stan chart. lucky it's only april. haha. still got chance to train.

this morning, driving wasn't too good. apparently, i made alot of mistakes which would cause me to fail the test immediately.
thankfully my TP is in 3 months time. haha. just got the date today.
so i have more than enough time to really fine tune my driving.
then on my way back, i was thinking.. today and friday.. there were a few common denominators.
myself and the instructor. i have this weird thinking.. maybe this instructor sucks. haha.
but i guess it's more of me. haha.

then in the afternoon, i was teaching at holy innocent's primary.
it's quite a nice place to teach cos the teachers take robotics seriously and expect alot from the students. so in result, the students are really keen on learning. a very good teaching and learning environment.
the teacher even ask me to discipline them. dun be so soft on them. haha.
if i could, i would knock them down. haha

you know, as i was running just now, i thought of another reason why i wanna get the HTC.
because many times, as i am walking around, i see things that i wanna blog about or stuff... i can't remember them by the time i get back home to my PC.
so with that good pda phone, i can either blog directly at a macs or can type it down and then blog it in the evening. how cool.
haha. the rare occasion i remember what i was thinking about 2 hrs ago.

ok, i am looking for someone to go down to queensway with me tml.
gonna settle the jerseys and then probably get my pair of ds trainers.
time to let my adizero retire. it has served me well. haha.

what a long entry. time to stop.

2008-04-04T20:27:00.002+08:00

one should never drive 3 days consecutively.

haha. i wonder how true that is.
somehow, today i felt really very tired and i couldn't concentrate at all during driving.
felt very uncomfortable and fidgety the whole morning.
all my turnings were either late or early. bad.

and then i got home and slept the whole day away.

2008-04-03T19:06:00.002+08:00

today was a yet another long day..

had driving in the morning. nearly couldn't wake up yet again.
and tml i have to wake up even earlier. lesson's at 8.15am.
talking about driving, i just remembered i met wee leng yesterday at ssdc.
she seems slightly different from when i just got to know her.
or perhaps she's just tired. haha. doesn't look as havoc as before.

anyway, after driving, i went to meet my brother at my aunt's place.
he got me a pendant from moshimoshi. a key with the teeth being the number 21.

didn't stay for long. went down to novena velocity. wanted to buy a pair of running shoes.
so that i can start training for my ippt. then get the $400 i need so badly.

i went into running lab, tried on 3 pairs of shoes on the treadmill.
somehow, none suited me. didn't feel comfortable at all.
next, i went into new balance.
tried on yet another 3 pairs of shoes on the treadmill.
yet again, none suited me.
i walked around in velocity. and i found something!
nope, not the shoes. but a beachvolleyball.
mikasa vls200. the one which i asked celest to buy for me.. and she told me she couldn't find it in velocity!
and guess what, the shop actually had an offer for it! only cost $59.90! $30 cheaper than $89.90 elsewhere which celest and the rest paid! omg.
and celest, to think that you live next to velocity!!!

i walked into the adidas outlet at velocity, it was a disappointment. it looked more like a warehouse sale than anything else.
everything was like chap.
so i decided since i'm on the hunt, i might as well make my way down to queensway shopping centre to take a look.
over there, i tried on yet another 3 pairs of shoes.
think i might be sticking back to my adizero again.
but i didn't buy any today. somehow, something felt wrong.
i was quite worried that the shoes might even be fake. dun ask me why.
but the shoes were going at such prices, i had to be wary.

thankfully, i had another event on my agenda.
i went to check out the prices for making jersey for the team.
it appears that i can get a not bad white jersey with name and number for the team for just $17. well under the budget of $20 per pax.
however, it didn't come with shorts.
anyway, since i have to collate the names and numbers of the guys before i go down again, and have to go down again to collect them, i have 2 more chances to decide whether i will get the running shoes and new soccer boots.

i decided to come home and check out my current adizero first and probably run till they tear before i change. haha.
but for now, time to get back to my lesson progress reports which i failed to do after i got home just now. because i was tired and i watched tv till i fell asleep on the couch. haha.
now everybody knows why i am fat.

2008-04-03T01:46:00.002+08:00

haven't blogged in quite a while...
monday, webster psychoed us to watch a show called be kind rewind.
i wouldn't say it was bad. but it was disappointing. haha
perhaps because webster made it sound like one of the best shows ever.

monday i passed my advanced theory in 10 mins.
travelling to and fro SSDC took like 40 mins.
wth.

tuesday i went to teach at princess elizabeth.
good money.
but i haven't done my lesson progress report.
shucks.
and i am tired now. i think i will do it tml.

today.
went to teach at townsville and naval base.
that also means that i have another 2 lesson progress reports undone.
the cab fare from townsville to naval base was $6.60 (split between me and keane.)
then the cab fare to simpang bedok and home was about $22.
plus the games $7.50.

basically, i had this weird feeling that half of what i earned today is gone...

went shopping with my mum, hoping to buy some shoes.
i wanted to get a pair of running shoes/trainers and a pair of nice leather shoes, hopefully smart enough to wear to work, yet at the same time casual enough to wear on days where i have to chill in style. haha.
couldn't find anything.
perhaps this friday, i could make a trip down to queensway to find some shoes.
or maybe tml.

really very tired.
what a lame entry.
it's so hard to come up with good entries every day.

last time, i realised i wrote so much crap on love and relationships.
these 2 things seem to have been thrown out of my life for quite a while now.

"but my mama said, 'you can't hurry love..."

haha. i do miss the good ol' mambo days.

2008-03-30T22:58:00.002+08:00

saturday, the beach volleyball gang had a bbq at sentosa!
sort of to celebrate some of our birthdays.
there was great food, drinks and games!
and we stayed till late.
it was really fun.

dengzhi managed to come down in the afternoon for vball as well.
i met dz and webster at j8 for lunch, together with my mum.
i had a swensen's voucher for 4 ppl, so it was a good chance to use it.
after that, we went to buy some food for the bbq and cab-ed down tog to sentosa.

vball was quite good, except for the fact that i was REALLY TIRED.
i guess, it's not such a good idea to have soccer in the morning and vball in the afternoon.
the sun really drains all your energy.
felt like i couldn't jump at all. my calves and thighs were aching and i just wanted to lie down. haha.
however, still managed to play not bad. haha i think.

good day. haha.
now back to studying for advanced theory!

2008-03-27T19:01:00.002+08:00

IT RAINED HAILSTONES IN SINGAPORE.
http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_221053.html
and i saw it.
i was out with webster, having lunch at bishan area, 5mins walk from my house when it started to rain very heavily suddenly.
as we were walking to a 7-11, webster said he saw ice on the floor and we didn't really think much of it, until we realised that ice were falling from the sky!
it was getting more obvious as the little ice pieces were bouncing way higher than water droplets and some landed on the walkway.

the next thing that confirmed our guess was when we saw loads of people trying to take photos of it. haha.

i can't remember what i blogged about in my previous entry, so i guess there wouldn't be any continuity.

i've been trying very hard to stay out of the sun these past days, as my skin is really peeling damn badly now.
i really do hope that ALL my skin will peel off and i will have new skin. just like a snake. haha.
so, in my attempt to stay out of the sun, i haven't been doing any exercise and i think i can feel that i am putting on some weight. sadly. haha.

and now gotta study for my advanced theory. no time to fail it.
wanna hurry get my license and start driving my nissan cabstar around. hahah.

money is really very hard to earn.

2008-03-25T21:37:00.002+08:00

today i found a damn good reason why i will never be a teacher.

school starts at 7.30am and i would have to be in school before 7.
and that's sucks.
today i had to be at princess elizabeth primary at 7.45am and that resulted in my having to wake up at 5.50am. which is crazy for me, ever since 5th nov 2007.

however, i must say, it can be really fun working with these little children.
they are super cute and funny. so innocent.
like quite stress-free.. except when the school teacher comes into the lab and expects to see all of them sitting quietly and listening to the lesson.
THAT IS NOT ROBOTICS. haha
robotics is for them to have fun and learn and express their creativity! of course will be slightly rowdy, and besides they are not even half my age, how mature can they be!

today there was this boy who is damn cute and funny. cos he just lost his two front teeth and i kept disturbing him about it the whole lesson, calling him "bo gei" and he give that funny face. ha.

but after the lesson, i was damn tired and i slept like the whole afternoon away.
now i think i might have problems sleeping. which is very serious, cos i have to wake up early tml again for my driving lesson.

last driving lesson was damn good. except for that single "stall" moment. which made me feel damn disappointed again. but everything else was quite good i feel.

2008-03-25T00:38:00.003+08:00

(this post has been edited abit due to its boring-ness)

ok, this entry is overdue.
saturday was the day of the nus beach fiesta.
it was a good experience for me, as it was the first time i've taken part in a beachvolley comp and i know more or less where i stand compared to those who play even more regularly than me and have more experience.
the things i've gained from the beach fiesta - experience, hair wax and badly burnt skin.

hair wax is a brand called HEX from london i think that came with the goodie bag. i've tried it once, it's not bad. but i wouldn't think it's superb. think i should just stick with l'oreal or gatsby.

my skin is so badly burnt that it hurts even when i just lie down. and it is starting to peel like crazy.
gotta stay out of the sun for quite a while...

i realised that i didn't describe how badly we played. so here is an insert.
we lost all 3 games. i think in the 3 games, i only managed 1 block, 2 spikes. haha.

because the games were played on a time basis, 2 halves of 7 mins each, the score has no limit.
the last game, we lost so badly, the scoreboard ran out of points for the other team...
based on my superb memory, we lost 33 - 9.

i can't really say who was the weakest link, cos it could really have been me.
made some errors, like being too eager to go for the block and end up touching the net for a foul.
however, it was obvious that we were lacking in alot of composure and couldn't even receive the first ball properly.

the best thing abt the event, was that i saw a super duper pretty girl. haha.
i would think that only jy knows who i am referring to! :P

after that, we went to hohon's place for dinner.
his party made me forget about the beach fiesta, except for the few photos on facebook which showcased my destroyed skin.
i must say, he's quite a good host and dinner was really damn good. very well planned..
we played some xbox yet again, and abit of taboo and scrabble.

gotta go now, tml gotta wake up early to go to work..

2008-03-21T19:45:00.002+08:00

i am tired. but happy. haha.

last night was really quite fun..
i'm really glad that all my friend turned up.. and made the dinner quite successful.
of course, it wasn't exactly a party.. but i'm very happy that everybody showed up and brought me nice presents.
i like every single one of them.

kudos to celest and the clique for being able to find the oh-so-elusive beach volleyball. haha.
and dengzhi for buying the ear phones and the nice bag.
not forgetting melvin and edmond for the nice books. haha.
the shoebag from hohon comes in handy.
ryan's shower gel is perfect for sentosa days.
last but not least, my chen nee and ziying's vouchers means that i can go and get new running gear soon! haha.
happy happy happy.
did i leave anybody out? haha.

after dinner, we went to dz's place to play xbox yet again. haha
played til 4 plus and thanks to hohon for driving us back to bishan and going for supper. shiok. haha.

thanks all.

2008-03-17T14:54:00.003+08:00

i had to blog about this. i wonder why i actually forgot about it.
i wanted to blog about this last night, but i was kinda tired...

let's talk about why i was tired first then. haha.

saturday morning was spent playing street soccer at the street soccer court downstairs.
this is becoming a very good habit as it seems that most of my friends are happy with it and i am of cos the happiest of the lot cos i can play soccer without even having to take any transport.

my new thrifty lifestyle now only consists of 2 expenditures, transport and food.
with transports taking up a large sum, nearly $20 a week on my ezlink. so this new soccer arrangement every saturday is keeping me happy.

after that was yet another session at the beach. played ok ok. hoping for some better stuff next sat during the beach fiesta.

after that was balls of fury at dz's house. haha.
lost 2 games in a row. not that it mattered to me. was quite fun.
even xbox was fun.. first time i won in a game of call of duty. haha. and i won twice in a row. haha.

got home at 4 plus, nearly 5am.
next morning had to go down to braddell/toa payoh to return a friend's helmet.
2nd time i rode pillon. this time was with webster on his scrambler. haha. i really wanna get a bike license. maybe next time.

then sunday evening i nearly slept past court volleyball, luckily elaine called me and woke me up.
had to cab down (SPEND MONEY ON TRANSPORT AGAIN) to SPANS at balestier..
after that took a lift from cheryl back to bishan interchange.

now i am going to blog about something which i really had to blog about.
something really appalling.

at the bus interchange.. i saw this couple.. they don't look very young.
i'm not too sure, but the guy was dressed in shirt and pants, work attire, so i am gauging his age to be about late twenties. the lady however, was in dress and heels so i am unable to give a good estimate.

anyway, you know the small stone seats they have at the interchange.. about 40 - 50cm in diameter, comfortable for one full ass..
the two of them were squeezing onto one.
not just that, they weren't side by side.. but the lady was like seated in between the guy's legs, then the guy was like hugging her from behind. it was really quite obscene. plus their blatant PDA really made it looks like they were going to get it off there and then. and it was still before midnight. (*note, PDA already suggests a sense of blatancy, but the use of the word blatant as adjective is to show the extent of it)

well, if they were like teenagers or something, i would have cut them some slack.
but when you're that old, you're supposed to be mature! hello????
what the hell..

2008-03-17T14:46:00.003+08:00

this is an attempt to make my blog entries less like soccer/volleyball commentaries.

today is a day i would shortlist for "worst day of my life".
ok, maybe not that serious. perhaps "worst day in 2008".

today, i woke up, thinking that it is the 19th.
which i am supposed to have driving lessons.
which of course, i found out that it was the 17th when i reached SSDC.
what a fool.
i must be the biggest idiot around.

since it was early. and the sun was shining so brightly outside my window, i couldn't really get back to sleep after i got back home.
so i changed into my trunks, packed my towel and goggles and headed down to bishan swimming pool. a 1.2km walk away.

what else could have happened?

the pool was closed. for some unknown reason.

the only good thing was that i was out of my house, so i decided i might as well head down to j8 to buy some lunch.
and that holy innocent cancelled their lesson, so today i could stay home and get some quality rest and get rid of the "double eye bags".

for the last 2 reasons, i guess today is afterall, just the worst day in 2008.

2008-03-16T16:29:00.002+08:00

my 21st birthday is coming soon.
it looks like i will probably be having a "dinner party" with some of my closer friends..
consisting of my clique in hc and some of the good friends i've made during my 2 years in commandos.
i would love to have invited more people.. but because it just so happens that my birthday had to clash with good friday, i couldn't carry out my initial idea of booking a chalet and have a bbq and invite more ppl..
if i were to invite more ppl to dinner, it would have to be a really "chup" place.. and since i want to treat all my friends to a decent place, like at least sakura buffet.. and i am so poor.. i can only limit myself to max 20 friends.
sounds like a lot already to me. haha. i'm happy to have so many good friends. haha.

for the rest of those out there who weren't invited.. there is only 1 reason.
i had to invite friends on a "group basis" so that it would be easy for you all to have fun by yourselves, cos it would be impossible for me to entertain everybody at the same time.
if i had the chalet or stuff, i would have gotten someone to be a games ic or something and we can play games all tog and stuff.. then it would have been perfect for me to invite all of you all.
so, to those other friends whom i didn't invite, i didn't leave you guys out.. we can meet up and have fun another time!
i realised that birthdays are actually a very good excuse for all of us to meet up, especially when now everybody is so busy...

i'll move on to the more important topic now..
my birthday wishlist.. so all those who are coming.. please take a look at it and consider if you can make my day. haha

first thing on the list..
without a doubt, has to be a Mikasa VLS 200 Beach Volleyball. haha.
because of its rather exorbitant price, i have always been reluctant to buy it. haha. even though i have been tempted to on many occasions...
so i am hoping that perhaps a few of you can share and buy it for me! haha. :D
currently, it seems that celestine is interested in making my day.. so probably the rest of the clique can talk to her about it. haha. or celest, if you read this, which i will make sure you do, please go and talk to the rest of the guys about it k? haha.

next, probably because i am so into beach volleyball now..
i wouldn't mind receiving a nice pair of boardshorts. haha.
although ziying would tell me "nice is very subjective."
well.. actually i had bought a new pair during my trip to thailand, i think i must have gained weight over there.. cos it was fitting over there but when i arrived back in singapore.. i found it to be slightly loose. so i am back to wearing my old white one which is starting to get dirty after a few months of use. haha. just so i know who is thinking of buying this for me.. sms me and ask me for my waist size! hahaha.

i admit, i feel damn shameful to be asking for presents.

thirdly, i would love to receive a pair of ipod ear phones.
of course, i like the 1st generation ones more.. but i think they are not selling it anymore.
the 2nd gen one would do fine i guess.. cos after having used in-ear earphones for a while.
i feel that it is quite bad. sometimes can get a little uncomfortable. esp when you use for a long time. and i can't hear anything else. very dangerous.

currently i can't think of anything else. haha
but of course, these are just suggestions.
as long as it's a present, i would definitely like it from my good friends.
after all, it's the thought that counts. hope to see all of you soon!

2008-03-14T00:08:00.002+08:00

today, i kinda started my job as a robotics instructor/trainer/"teacher" in primary school kids words.
actually, on tuesday i was at princess elizabeth primary school to help out already, sort of on the job training. then after that, i went back to santoz' office for a super accelerated course on robotics of 2 different robots which they are teaching the students.

today, i was a loyang primary. travelling all around singapore.
end up, last night i was playing soccer at ECP cage from 10 pm to 1 am, then i stayed over at dz's place, so from his place, it took me less than 15 mins in a cab to get to loyang primary, that allowed me to wake up at about 7.15am, instead of having to crawl out of my bed at maybe say 6.30? which is what is going to happen to me in 6 hrs and i should really get to bed soon.

anyway, soccer was good. i wouldn't say great, but i did score a few goals here and there. converted 3 out of 3 penalties. haha.
and still managed to dribble past many of them.
one clear incident in my head was when this guy shouted to his teammate " just watch the ball, he only got one trick."
then i just turned the guy and placed the ball into the top corner. haha.
i can't really remember what i did, either that one trick is a good trick, or i have many other tricks that i dun even know i have. haha. it's all in the feet.

today, work was really damn tiring.
honestly, i think robotics for primary 4 kids are still kinda hard.. cos it's quite complicated at times. and it might be really confusing for some of the less talented kids.
many of them are also very reliant on their teachers, so they also expect us to help them do alot of things.
there were 3 other trainers, teaching a group of about 60, so each of us had to take care of about 15 + or so, i felt like i made 15+ robots. haha.
had to help nearly everybody screw in this, screw in that, blah blah blah. haha.
and i thought today was still yet another on the job training like tuesday...

but just now, i received a call from my friend, he spoke to his management, and they have decided to pay us for these two days! woot. so happy. haha.
now i am looking forward to tomorrow's work.
and i can't wait for next week to start when i will get paid even more. haha. :D

2008-03-12T18:41:00.003+08:00

the weather has been really bad these few days.
i conclude it has nothing to do with my swimming trunks.
thinking back on my excellent o levels geography, i think it's the monsoon season yet again.
some people think that monsoon season only happens at the end of the year, but this is something that most people do not know.
singapore and in fact some of countries along the equator also experiences 2 monsoon seasons.
this is due to the earth's rotation and the movement of winds and clouds ( something called curalis' effect or something like that ) which results in 2 monsoon seasons. meaning to say, the monsoon rain you experience now, comes from a different sea as the monsoon rain you would experience in december.
confused? haha. go read this geography text by writer "marianne chong" i think. haha.

anyway, i have left my dvd job at cinenow. and i am now working with santozkumar.
i am going to become a robotics trainer and help primary school kids with building robots that can burst balloons, move cans, play soccer and stuff.
the robots are actually quite cool and fun, i think i might even buy one for myself so that it can help me take the remote control from the table without my moving my ass off the couch. sounds nice rite. haha.
the pay is good, good experience, fun working with primary school children and the topic isn't dead and boring.

driving has been pretty good so far. except that today was quite bad cos i was damn sleepy and i couldn't really concentrate. haha.
and then it rained like crazy immediately after my lesson. so i was stuck at SSDC.
perhaps i should count my blessings that it didn't rain during my lesson, would have made my life alot worse. haha.
thankfully my aunt and cousin came to pick me up and she treated me to a movie.
10,000 BC. it's the BEST show ever.
believe it or not, up to you. ;)

was supposed to go mambo tonight with edmond, but then looks like no commandos are going so i guess i'll give it a miss.
broke anyway. haha. mambo... haha. it's starting to be not fun already. sad.

2008-03-11T01:30:00.002+08:00

how time flies.
i had no idea i haven't blogged in a week.
last week just flew back as if nothing happened.
the only things i can remember are probably driving. haha.
and saturday's street soccer and beachvolley.

street soccer was not bad. finishing wasn't great. but dribbling was quite good. probably because they can't really play very well so it was quite easy for me to just get past them. haha. but finishing was really bad at times, tried to rush into the fanciful volley but either straight at keeper or over the bar. haha.

beachvolley was damn weird.
the sand was like damn dirty or something
i was feeling itchy after a while, even though i already avoided diving around that day. haha
but i manage to come up with a fantastic spike, so fast and hard that even a friend who was standing there couldn't dink it up in time. haha.
"where did that come from?" was a reaction from a teammate. :)

my swimming trunks are jinxed.
today is the 2nd time i brought my trunks and stuff out, so that i could go for a swim after my driving lesson.
it rained the whole day again. looks like it's a sign for me not to train for the time being and rest myself. haha.

today went to play court vball at old nie/ccab.
quite fun.
then had supper with dz and hohon at holland v.
then that's the end of my day.

wah recently my life has been damn boring.

2008-03-02T05:01:00.002+08:00

today was a great day. or not so great.
ok, actually it was yesterday. aha. rubbish.

anyway, my saturday got off to the worst start ever.
i had to wake up at 7am, dragged my ass into the cold shower and make my way down to st wilfred for a soccer game. only to see a bloody strong looking team in full black jersey, sitting around.
to make things worse, it was starting to rain, kenneth was late and we had no subs.
they were big, fast, strong, and had very good teamwork. they passed the ball around very quickly and we were found chasing shadows. of the ball and their players.
by half time, we were down 5 - 0.
it's hard for me to elaborate on the goals. partly cos i dun wanna remember how they happened, and partly because this isn't so much about them.

our team is slowly improving.
not only based on the scoreline, but based on today's game.
at half time, we were all quiet and slightly disappointed. but we set out an objective for ourselves.
to play well. to make sure they dun score anymore. to score ourselves.
there were some tactical changes and we concentrated on playing on the style that we wanted.
we started to have more possession, moving the ball around, spreading the play across the pitch.
we staggered the midfield, giving it more layers and making it hard for them to play the ball down the centre.
we kept our formation, we stayed compact. we pressured the defenders who were passing the ball around and waited to pounce on any mistake.
our determination paid off.
the keeper made a hash of a clearance and kenneth immediately looked up and lobbed the keeper into an empty net.
5 - 1.
it was a good start to the 2nd half.
we know we got our game together, everyone working hard together, really keeping alert and focused, making sure they had not much time on the ball and had to make the bad pass sooner or later.
yet again, kenneth was involved in the 2nd goal. another loose ball, another keeper off his line, another empty net, another lob and we were staging a fightback.
they were starting to get rattled.
they couldn't play their fluid passing game and had to rely on clearance and long balls which our defence dealt with very well.
the movement was good and kenneth was lively in the middle of the pitch.

the next goal is my first goal ever for the team. and in an officialed game of field soccer.
i've been playing as a left winger for the team all these while and today i finally played the role of striker as we lost jem and zhiyin to studies.
it wasn't easy, especially as i was playing upfront alone, for we compacted the midfield to control the game more.
i made a run down the right, and kenneth fed a great through ball down the middle.
my first touch controlled the ball, second touch to close in on the keeper.
dick was racing down the pitch, and kenneth was shouting for me to square it for him.
there was a defender tracking me, hot on my heels. i looked up. dick might have been in a good position, but the keeper thought i was going to cut back as well, he shifted to the left, leaving a nice big gap at the near post.
my instinct told me. just slot it home.
and that's how i got my first ever goal.
5-3.
it appeared that we had a chance of coming back. but alas, a fluke goal from them made it 6-3 and killed it off.
but it's ok. from the 2nd half performance. i know this team has the potential and ability to play fluid football and hurt opponents when we need to.
new players are coming in but still needs some sorting out.
i would hope to keep it at 16 players so that i don't have to rotate too much and all of us get to play enough soccer.

after that, i had a job interview which i nailed it in less time than i spent on travelling to the place.
it's just a part-time job, but at least that way i can earn some spare cash, and still have time for my driving and physical training.
my new resolution is to work hard at training, learn to drive as fast and as best as possible and to save money for another holiday and hopefully a HTC TyTn II.

i went to BBTC, dengzhi's church, for a talk by this guy called jamie kidd.
he's pretty good.

and after that, we headed to dz's house for a night of winning 11.
there were like 5 teams and we played a league.
ended up me and dengzhi were 2nd place.
cock up. haha. but it was really damn exciting as everybody really played damn well and tense. haha.

and here i am home at 5am. bloggin about my day yet again.

2008-02-29T20:47:00.001+08:00

i haven't blogged in a few days.
felt quite long. haha.
my ankle is still feeling abit weird.
but i am looking forward to the soccer game tml morning.
really want to score a goal at least.
i just realised that i haven't scored in a field match where there's a referee. haha.
bad bad bad. although it just stands at 0 out of 4 matches. but still...

2008-02-26T23:39:00.001+08:00

msn is getting on my nerves. dunno why but cannot seem to sign in. argh.
monday was quite shitty
was conned into going to listen to a stupid mlm network marketing shit.
and this person happens to be a senior. and now he's like harassing me. i damn tulan.
fucked up direct selling is not going anywhere with me. sorry.
in fact, if you do such things, i think you'll just slowly lose all your friends. sad fact.
tuesday was quite good. considering 2am to be part of tuesday, we had supper at simpang on monday night, then left to dengzhi's house for some xbox winning eleven. ahah
played till 4.30am. what a fun night.
by the time i got home was nearly 5 already. slept for 2 hours, woke up at 7 for my first driving lesson.
it was quite good and fun. haha.
looking forward to tomorrow's lesson.

2008-02-24T22:02:00.003+08:00

big time frustrated and upset.
my parents just keep nagging at me about getting a job.
not say i dun want to find a job also. but you dun expect me to just take up any fucked up job rite.
and they make it sound so easy.. "get a job which is related to what you're going to study.."
fuck, i wanna do psychology. what can i work as now? not say i going to do banking or what, can just go and work in a bank.
tmd.

last night was quite fun.
went all the way down to aranda country club, next to downtown east for an army friend's birthday party.
played "extreme extreme jenga" will post the photos maybe later or something.
damn funny.

then went down to boat quay to meet hongyi, shan shan, samuel, celest and her friend.
played drinking games and sing song and all...
turning red fast has both it's pros and cons. haha
it used to bother me that ppl would think that i'm drunk.
but last night, it turned out to be a good thing cos everytime i lost at a game, samuel was helping me down the shots. haha.
it was the first time i saw hongyi like abit seh. ahha.
not bad. haha. we still have half a bottle of chivas there. think we should go back soon. haha
feeling abit guilty though, cos i sprained my ankle yesterday morning during soccer. and i still went to play beach volley. so now it's swollen.. that means that i can't run or train for a while.. maybe i can try swimming...
drink so much, cannot train.
plus i didn't get the job, no money.. shouldn't be spending money on drinks.. ARGH.
bad bad bad.

2008-02-22T12:23:00.002+08:00

today i screwed up the interview. sigh
i can't even remember what happened. or rather i don't even wanna remember what happened.
but it's ok. haha. perhaps it's a sign i should just bum around more. :P

i am definitely in a "i like girls with short hair" phase.
i was watching "xin guang da dao 2" last night. and there were so many pretty girls! haha.
but somehow, i was super impressed with a girl called "wei ru yun"
and this other girl who also featured in the 1st series called "liang wen yin"
of course, there were many more other pretty girls. haha.
looks like i will follow the 2nd series as well. although i already know who the winner is.
quite sad that singapore is only showing it so late.

i am thinking whether i should go swimming. but i am feeling kinda lazy cos i slept late last night and had to wake up early this morning to go for the interview.
i think maybe i will go for a easy run later.
yesterday i did interval training.
1.2km - 4:29
1.2km - 5:15
800m - 3:00

damn sad. only the 1st and 3rd set was within the time limit. haha
looks like i gotta train hard if i want that $400.

ARGH!

2008-02-21T16:10:00.002+08:00

today was such a happy and busy day.

it started off well early at 5am, with carlos tevez scoring the all important away goal at lyon.
although i had bet on man utd winning by more than 2 goals. haha. it was clear that lyon wasn't as lousy as i thought and man utd didn't play as well as i hoped. but still, man utd clearly can turn on the style when they wanted to.
Tevez, Rooney, Nani, Ronaldo, Anderson, Carrick, Evra
crazy stuff.

then i went to sleep and woke up at 1pm. haha.
and i went to enrol at SSDC so that i can start driving while i wait for my advanced theory and hopefully can get a earlier test date.

then i went to get a phone for my dad.
it's his birthday soon, but this isn't exactly a birthday present. haha
although his spoilt and it would be a great gift, but i'm broke. haha.
so he's paying for it himself.

then as i was "ta pao-ing" kfc home for my late lunch..
my phone rang.
it was recruitexpress.
woot. haha, i am going down tomorrow for an interview.
they are offering me a job with them.
probably i sent them too many resumes from too many avenues that they know i am looking for a job quite badly and decided to just hire me themselves. hahaha

so happy. haha. but looks like i might have to change my dates and timing for driving practical lessons. actually, also haven't get job or what, but dunno why i just feel like today very happy. haha.
smiley.

2008-02-21T01:20:00.003+08:00

oh. as i logged in just now, i realised that this blog has finally reached its 100th entry!
haha.
happy 100 entry blogg!

today the day went by with no big event.
except that i went to add everybody into one convo with hongyi and countdown to his 21st birthday for him.
totally lame. haha.
then it became a super noisy room with alot of crap flying everywhere.

today i REALLY WANT TO WATCH MOVIE.
like haven't watched a movie in a long long time.
and it seems like there are quite a few nice shows around.
if only i can just keep watching movie everyday.
slowly watch finish all.
wouldn't it be nice.

tml i shall have to wake up early and settle driving. dumb and troublesome.

2008-02-20T01:10:00.002+08:00

i am traumatised.
i have to blog about this.
i was about to go offline after stoning at the comp for 2 hrs, doing nothing.
when jianyang came and talk to me on msn.

apparently, his gf heard from somewhere. dunno where. dunno who so cock.
that i used to like chengying. the one from our junior class. (i shall not make any subjective comments here due to the sensitive nature of the topic)
it's so weird.
firstly, we all know that samuel used to like her. and i'm like how close to samuel.
of course, not that it never happened that we never liked the same girl before. HAHAHA but that was silly. and this is silly too.
secondly, we all know how i was in love with clara during jc days. and esp since she only came to our school in the 2nd year. not a chance i would like her.
thirdly, wah lau, she's totally not my kind of girl lar. obviously. haha. not saying anything bad or what. just not my type. peiyann's type maybe. haha. dunno how to spell that freak's name.
at the same time, give credits and compliments to some of the nicer girls in their class, i think chen nee and my angel ziying are like better. haha.

at the same time, i am glad that people are spreading rumours about me. haha
clearly i have some conversation value. haha.
just a comment, those senseless immature people out there, thanks but you all have done a great job and you all should take a well-deserved rest and don't have to help publicise me anymore.
big thank you.

all in all, to those who care enough to still read this cosy little blog of mine,
you all should know the truth. haha.
clearly a rumour starts from some idiot's itchy mouth whose brain can't seem to tick properly.
sadly these idiots spawn faster than dota heroes. education, there's a long way to go.

2008-02-19T01:18:00.003+08:00

the last time i blogged was 5 days ago.
my lonely v day. haha.

what have i done since then.

friday night i was at T3 to send jeremy off.
then i met zhiyin for supper at thomson area.
had bar chor mee then we went back to his place, this prata house called wendy's spize. not bad.
big improvement since the last time i was there.
i had a bad impression of that place, but zhiyin assured me that it was good. and i trust him, since he's chief makando.
by the time we got back to his place, it was already 3 plus.
then talk cock abit, surf net abit.. we tried to sleep at 5am. but my back was very uncomfortable, dunno why. recently it has been very hard for me to sleep.
my back and neck aching like crazy. hope it's not some minor injury and i am not neglecting it. haha.
woke up at 6 am. left his place at 6.30am to make our way down to the airport.
after that went back home before 10am.
couldn't really sleep yet again and left the house for sentosa at about 2pm.
beachvolley was not bad.
but wasn't good enough, based on my standards. somehow, everything didn't feel smooth and good.
after that was the highlight of the weekend.
celest's birthday dinner. she treated some of her close friends to a buffet at this jap restaurant near her place at united square.
the food was good.
end up we had extra food, cos there was a spare table next to us, and her dad just kept passing food to us, asking us to finish.
we couldn't really finish up all, and had to play games. haha.
"zhong ji mi ma" was fun and helped us finish alot of sushis.
"open numbers" was good and fast too. haha.
"hei bai chey" was fun. but clearly we couldn't get chin hoe to eat.
then we played chin hoe's game until samuel and hongyi had to drink 2 and 4 cups of green tea respectively. haha.
drink until that night hongyi kept going to the toilet. haha.
the night ended with all of us going to this nearby cafe like place for some drinks while we talked and enjoyed the stars and breeze al-fresco style.
we walked celest back to her place and i shared a cab with two of her friends who lived nearby.
i made it home in time to watch Man Utd whoop Arsenal's ass so badly that Nani was cocky enough to show boat. haha. good stuff. i was happy.

sunday i slept past lunch and got scolded by my parents.
haha. the lack of sleep over 2 nights was crazy.
then my mum dragged me to some fortune teller.
apparently, i will have "tao hua yun" in sept - nov period, but i cannot get "chi1 mi2".
i can't seem to think of an apt word, maybe "obssessed" ? haha.
i dunno lar. apparently, i just shouldn't commit too much i guess. haha.
clearly, it was a reflection of hongyi's tee-shirt "Never trust girls." haha

monday, which was today, was spent rotting at home yet again.
without zhiyin around anymore, who's going to bum around with me?!?!
went to play indoor court vball at old nie, ccab, near bukit timah there.
then supper with dengzhi at holland v.
saw this girl who wasn't pretty, yet was attractive in a way.
probably just to me, cos i am currently in a "i like girls with short hair" phase. haha.
dz drove me home and i am here blogging now.
today i did something for the first time. weird feeling now. haha. and it's not something dirty. horny freaks out there: you can let your imagination run wild, just don't share it.
words of wisdom from celest's friend called shi jun. haha.
nights all.

2008-02-14T22:05:00.003+08:00

woah
it's v day today.
we were back in soccer playing at the street court.
damn sad, my soccer is like shit. haha.

after that i met mrs lee at the canteen, she couldn't really remember me.
i think she force herself to forget the student that spoilt her records of A students. haha.

saw a few pretty girls in school. haha
wonder why the juniors say their year got no pretty girls.
concluded that you will never think that your year is good.
but that isn't exactly true for me. haha
i think our year is not bad. although both our senior and junior years did have a number of eye candies that made me stay in school to study once in a while. haha.
or should i say once in a blue moon as that's what my grades reflect.

hmm, went to amk hub with woon and weeming as they did some last min v day shopping then woon drove me to my aunt's place where i fell asleep until dinner time.
didn't sleep at all last night.
sucks. mambo was bad, phuture was bad. and i came home with my ears ringing and i couldn't sleep. damn it.
so tired.

dinner was great. loads of good food. haha.
now back home, stoning and blogging.

2008-02-14T03:48:00.002+08:00

today i did 30 laps in the pool.
ok, that sounds nice. i shall not break it down into how i did it. haha.
of cos, it's not that bad. not like 1 lap then rest 5 mins that kind. still pretty decent kind of swim, but not 30 laps non-stop. haha. the longest set i did was 16 laps.

after that, i "ta bao" a cold cut trio from J8 subway.. then i was walking to the bus interchange when i called zhiyin and found out that he was walking around alone at amk hub, so i decided to go and find him.
when i got there, we sat down at the amk hub subway so that i could eat my sub. haha.
after finishing my sub, we just walked around, checked out some phones, shoes etc. walking around aimlessly before we decided to play some pool, while waiting for zhiyin's new jeans to be altered and be ready for collection in about an hour's time.
while we were playing, this ah-beng-ish, act seh teenager came into the parlour and took the table next to ours.
best part, he was carrying a cue case, then started to take out his cue and assembled it.
i was hoping to see some good pool.
of course, i can play good pool and i can just watch myself play, haha. but you know, you would expect something from someone who has invested some amount of money into some form of personal cue.
sadly, the guy played like shit. honestly.
even zhiyin who doesn't really put effort into playing pool is better than him.
even zhiyin had the cheek to say "buy cue for what." haha

i think even he felt ashamed when he saw that two guys who are using house cues, pot balls and clear each rack much faster than him and his friends who act seh so much. haha.

after that, i went home, showered, changed and met the commando officers for dinner at fish & co. glasshouse.
we nearly walked out, although we reserved the seats cos we din know that there was only valentines meals and they were at rip-off exorbitant prices.
but end up, we logically decided that, maybe other restaurants are also trying to make a quick buck from all the guys out there who are trying to please some special someone. and where else can we find 14 seats at such a short notice.

after dinner, we walked around, looking for somewhere to sit down and chill, drink abit and talk about old times.
we were at prinsep place, before deciding to go to timbre.
timbre was not bad. the live music was quite good. drank abit of beer.

highlight of the night.
just came back from a disappointing night of mambo.
i haven't been there in about 10 weeks.
and it's really quite sad how much it has changed.
i didn't get to hear my favourite songs. and i don't know the moves anymore. haha.
and it was so packed.
now, everybody like so young.. i feel quite old. dunno why. haha.
and hardly anybody on the dancefloor were like doing those moves.
it felt abit like phuture.
in fact, phuture was slightly better cos now they have crowd control and it's not so crowded. alot easier to buy drinks there. haha.
so we stayed around, drink until about 3 then we just left.
SAD.
time to sleep. soccer on valentine's day tomorrow for all the single boys. haha.
happy valentines' day to all the happy couples out there! hope you all have many more v days together!

2008-02-12T22:05:00.000+08:00

yesterday i started abit of training. haha.
i'm hoping i could slowly day by day get into rhythm and find some form of discipline to keep it going for a while. haha.
i woke up at about 10am.
i did 20 laps in the pool and was quite pleased with myself. haha.
today i aimed to wake up at 9am.
end up i woke up at 10.30am with my whole body aching and decided that i shall take a break. haha.
looks like it would take a bit more to step into gear.

sometimes in life, you would do something in the spur of the moment, on impulse.
then after 2 mins, you think back and you wonder why you did what you just did.
sometimes, you regret it, sometimes you don't.
sometimes, the action doesn't affect anybody or anything, but more often than not, it brings about great repercussions.

today i did something like that.
haha but i will not divulge anything. only two people in this world would ever know.
but anyway, for a while, i felt abit worried about what's gonna happen and stuff like that.
and then i decided that life's too short for regrets.
so i changed into my trunks and was about to step out of the house to go for a swim, when i remembered that yesterday at the pool there was a notice saying that the pool was booked today for a school's swimming event heats. haha. i should take part and see if i'm even better than primary school kids.

anyway, i decided that life's too short for regrets and what's done cannot be undone.
at most i can make it up when the consequences are out. haha.
furthermore, at least i can say that destiny was in my own hands haha.
regardless whether i played the hand the best way or not, was subjective.

since swimming was out, i stayed home and watched tv.
there's this show called "da4 xue2 shen1 le4 mei2?"
over these 2 episodes, the show featured 5 SUPER DUPER PRETTY university students in various unis in taiwan.
and it's so funny the way the uni students reacted to them and vie for their attention.
but it's something i can kinda relate to, the way they suddenly become so shy, miles of difference from the way they behave on other episodes.

in the evening, i went to thomson plaza to buy a new pair of goggles cos my old goggles were like old, and the rubber strap was dried up and was going to tear anytime.
i contemplated between getting a new rubber strap for $4.90 or to get a new pair for $19.90.
in the end, i got a new pair.

then i went had subway for dinner again. clearly trying to have healthier meals more often.
i browsed through a few books in popular before making my way home.
there were a few interesting books on the shelves.
one called "a bad dog's diary" caught my eye and i read about 20 days of its live. haha
it's a light read and the author does a pretty good job of illustrating the world through the perspective and judgement of a dog. quite funny but somehow, i felt it would be quite a waste of money to buy that kind of book.
then there was a bundle of 3 books, on self-improvement, happiness blah blah blah. looked interesting but i guess i might not finish them either.
then i chanced upon a book titled "should i flush my goldfish down the loo?"
it talks about something called "modern morals".
haha. i wondered if morals ever changed since ancient times but it looks at life's situations in a very interesting angle and it's very funny. i would love to give you all some examples but i can't seem to remember any of the few stories i've read on the bus ride home. haha. sorry.

written by a columnist from Times, it works like many short stories and that makes it a very light read, suitable for bus and train rides where you dun have to read it chapter by chapter. each story would take you at most 3 to 5 mins.

now i'm home and i'm back to watching tv, blogging.
tonight i shall sleep early and tml use my new goggles at bishan pool. :D

2008-02-10T23:24:00.000+08:00

yesterday was a great day of vball.
haha, not sure if it's cos the net was slightly shorter than it normally is. but it was day of nice spikes and blocks. haha. the feeling damn shiok.
plus the sun was great and i think i got quite a bit of a tan.
should work on it more...

after that, we all headed down to sherry's place for a cny gathering.
she prepared very nice steamboat for all of us.
and after that, we played some charades.
it was supposed to be a draw but cos the guys were complacent and gave them 3 points for "quando quando quando", thinking that the girls wouldn't be able to act out and guess it.
GUESS WHAT, i can't remember who, but the girl just showed the hand signals for "3 words, 2 syallables, all 3 words the same" and they guessed it immediately.
less than 30 secs.
and the forfeit at the end, the guys all had our faces drawn on with lipsticks.
i think the photos are posted on facebook. i look like a cat, with a stupid tortoise on my forehead.

after that, some of them left, so we started playing some texas hold'em. but cos a few of them dun wanna gamble. it was down to forfeits again.
and it was drinking again.
then played another drinking game. drink drink drink drink drink.
then i got drunk. haha. how sad.
the merlion was unleashed again.
puked 3 times in sherry's house. damn paiseh.

i got home at about 4 plus
and i woke up at about 3pm today.
went over to my aunt's place to meet my parents, have dinner and watch "xiao hai bu ben 2" (I Not Stupid 2)

it's quite a good show.
not exactly the plot, or the acting or what.
but somehow, it's just very real? like it's so local, so easy to recognise with.

it made me think about my future.
i don't need to have a rich family, but i need a nice family.
a close knitted warm family. i want a home, not a house.
and it's so important and difficult to be good parents.
you're responsible for how your child turns out.
and i don't want to be an irresponsible parent and end up letting my children suffer when they grow up. that would be shit.

but now, i would like a gf who loves the beach and the sun. haha.
abit selfish, but i guess that way, i can still spend every saturday at tanjong beach and not worry about the relationship. :P

i am thinking about waking up early tomorrow morning to go for a swim.
if i haven't start work, at least i should lead a more fulfilling life.
swim, run, read, play vball. haha.

2008-02-06T00:12:00.000+08:00

i sold my psp for $100
sort of trade-in.
if i top up another $150 i could have gotten a psp slim. but i decided that i shall not spend that sum of money because i am not going to use my psp anymore.
i hope. haha.

recently, just bumming around yet again.
the other day i talked to kian yong and he said he'll keep a look out for me for a suitable job.
i really do hope i get a job soon man.
just to pass time, gain some experience and earn some money so that i can go mambo again. haha.
i just remembered that i haven't been to mambo in over 2 months and now listening to some of my favourite songs! should i open that hoegarden waiting in my fridge?!

if i dun buy shoe today, which is wednesday, which is mambo night, haha, but that's not the point, which is chu xi, then i have to wait till 1 month later to buy.
apparently, my mum says first month of the new year cannot buy shoe, or else for the rest of the year, i will keep sighing or something like that. haha.

v day coming again. no plans again. wah lau. tmd.
not gonna feel sad. haha.

2008-02-04T21:25:00.000+08:00

i guess i haven't blogged about saturday's soccer.
our first win. haha.
actually it's only our 2nd game. but a 5-0 win was really shiok. haha.
lemin scored a scorcher from outside the box, hohon poked in a goal-mouth scramble and chipped the keeper after receiving a cross from jy. superb touch and finish.
jeremy made the most of his blistering pace and suspiciously beat the offside trap on many occasions but only punishing them twice.
one big highlight was edmond missing the open goal. haha.

the game went well, but mostly because this time the team was slightly weaker and we had more of the better players coming in.

after that was beach volley at sentosa.
it was drizzling alot again. so it was abit irritating. but overall, it was fun.
except that 2 weeks without volleyball has affected me in some weird way.
timing of my jumps and everything is like abit off. haha.

the night was spent at liangjian and jiayan's b day party.
quite fun to see alot of the sch ppl around etc.
then went to watch man utd draw with tottenham at liquid kitchen with jem, jason, aloysius.
so excited when they score in the last min. haha.
cock up.

sunday evening i went to play court vball at spans at balestier.
quite fun. but clearly something is wrong with me these days. haha.
cannot jump, cannot spike, cannot serve well. haha.
sianz.
and i haven't settled the problem of my running shoes.
my adizero can't hold out much longer.

2008-01-31T21:27:00.001+08:00

it's quite weird.
i just did a 10km run.
it's abit like fat burning, but somehow, i felt it wasn't easy.
maybe i got too much fats to burn.
normally when i exercise, after that i wouldn't really have an appetite, but just now, after my run, i finished a whole pack of fried rice.
then i feel like bloated, esp after drinking loads of water.
then i really wonder if my run was of any use.
like i eat and drink immediately after the run. like negate everything.
damn tulan.

2008-01-31T03:57:00.000+08:00

it's 4 am in the morning.
so just a quick post.
today i had a haircut yet again
quite pleased with it
it's short, yet it's nice and i dun look toot or cock or like a stupid student or NSF.

then soccer was not bad. just that i felt really tired. and i didn't score much. but the team play was really quite good.

then went to dz's house. to shower, then supposed to go out for dinner and xbox 360.
but somehow managed to have dinner at his place, then watched contender asia, quite nice.
then went to simpang for supper.
reached back his place at about 11 plus.
played winning eleven and call of duty till about 2.30 am.
then got home and showered. now time to sleep.

8 weeks without mambo.
haha. i think clubbing is wearing off.
yay.

2008-01-30T10:55:00.000+08:00

hey all
thanks for coming back.
i'm back after 2 weeks in thailand.
it was a pretty great trip.

went to pattaya, bangkok, chiang mai.

some highlights.

pattaya - deep sea fishing
deep sea fishing was really fun, the feeling of catching so many fishes really quite shiok. but it's damn gross to take the fish off the hook. but then again, when they cook the fish for you onboard, you're guaranteed the freshest fish possible.

it was a 2 hr drive to pattaya from bangkok, and on the way back, one of the tyre punctured. how exciting. haha. but at least we got to take photos on the highway. haha.

chiang mai - visit orphanage
went to visit this orphanage at chiangmai. dengzhi's mum is sponsoring 2 of the kids there so we went to take a look. it's a very small orphanage. only got 9 kids, so it's just like a very big family which is very nice. most of them are fun yet naughty.
helped to clear the roof, these kids love to throw stuff onto the roof.
helped to sweep the driveway, as the kids run around barefoot so quite dangerous if there were to be rubbish and stuff.
helped to clear the garden and yard for them too.
basically we spent time doing as much labour as we could while the kids were having their afternoon nap. then we played with them till dinner time. really hard to say goodbye to them.

it was a 15 hr train ride from bangkok to chiangmai.
on the way there, the train was quite fun, at the cafeteria, there was running lights and they were playing like old school music.
some i've heard before at mambo. :) and there was this SUPER DUPER SWEET GIRL onboard. *heart melts* haha
but there was a 5 hr delay. shitty. stayed nearly a whole day on the train.

on the way back, the train was older and not so fun. everybody was like so serious. and this guy kept talking to us. zzz. but we played charades until my brain couldn't think of anything else except "2 words, 4 syallables... sounds like... A... etc"

bangkok - shopping at chatuchak
shopping at chatuchak was great. bought so much stuff.
woot. happy. haha.

yesterday i was at queensway with dengzhi again. supposed to buy running shoes.
end up they didn't have size for me.
apparently, the asics dz trainers which i have been eye-ing is old model.
which might be true, cos the shoes i tried all looked slightly yellow. that's one thing i dun like about queensway.
guess i'll stick to adizero again.
my dear ol' adizero has already clocked more or less 300km with me. which is the mileage that the guy told me about when i just bought them.
more importantly, it has completed 2 standard chartered marathons with me and even helped me achieve a good timing this year with minimal training. haha.
thank you!

last evening, it also accompanied me for a 8km run. which felt really good after being lazy for the past 2 weeks. i wonder what kind of pace i did last night. it's really very funny, i can't run with a watch. i would get pressured and can't pace myself properly at all. or maybe my natural pace is really very slow. i have no idea. but i feel fast everytime i run. haha.

this morning i was at ssdc taking basic theory.
bloody stupid dengzhi, keane made me feel so scared.
damn it.
the test so bloody easy even though i studied for it last night while playing dota.
i finished it in 15 mins and checked thru once before seeing the nice word "passed" on the computer screen.
one thing though, there was a pretty girl sitting opposite me to the left, so i had to have alot of self discipline to concentrate on the test and not steal glances at her. haha.

gotta leave the house now.
gonna play some soccer. itching to go!

one more thing, damn it stupid ntu.
i submitted the registration for surf and sweat beach volley so early. i even called the guy to ask if there are slots. he tell me got. then now i am told that i didn't get it cos they gave priority to ntu students.WHAT A COCK UP ORGANISING COMMITTEE. and they shouldn't make us pay by cheque, cos like now, they BETTER SEND ME BACK THE CHEQUE. DUMBASS.

chow's back.

2008-01-13T15:48:00.000+08:00

the last time i blogged was last sunday.
nothing much to talk about recently.
except that i am flying off tml to thailand for a super long holiday. haha
actually, now that i think about it, 2 weeks is kinda long. haha. but lucky we're going off to some islands and stuff so it won't be that boring and we got a thai as a tour guide. woot. haha.

yesterday i played soccer, beachvolley and mahjong
super tired. haha.
woke up early to go return my lib books and have breakfast before woon came with zhiyin and miah to pick me up and drive down to st wilfred for our game.
we played quite badly and the other team was rather rough. we lost 3 - 0. haha. quite sad. but it's ok.

then beach volley was great. luckily. haha
minus the fact that leo didn't drive and i had to walk all the way in, from the sentosa express station to tanjong beach cos the tram queue was SUPER LONG and i didn't wanna stand around and wait for ages with nothing to do.
but it was a great afternoon, nice sun and played some good volleyball.
we're going to take part in ntu's surf and sweat '08 beach volley. hope can at least get into 2nd round. haha.
but we didn't even train tog cos it's the first weekend when we come back from thailand.
in a way it's good too.
by not training together, we dun really hope to win. just have fun and for the xperience.
but i feel quite confident about my own skills these days. haha.

mahjong was fun too. that's all.

2008-01-06T00:38:00.000+08:00

it appears that i haven't blogged since 2008 and this is my first entry.
perhaps it's a subconscious resolution that i don't wanna have stupid shallow meaningless entries that go "today i did this, tomorrow i will be doing this" cos i know no one out there wants to know unless "this" and "this" are interesting stuff. and not the usual boring stuff like how well i play at soccer cos it's always like that. HAHA

anyway, i can't remember how the past few days gone by honestly. haha.
probably nothing much exciting happened.
today i didn't go to sentosa.
cos i went pulau ubin with dengzhi, elaine, ryan, cynthia, hohon.
these days everytime go out with dz and elaine, the outings always feel like some couple couple thingy and make me feel abit left out. haha.
and it's damn obvious elaine always put in effort to talk to me. haha.
sigh.

anyway, pulau ubin was quite fun.
except that somehow the bikes we rented were abit not so good.
so when we tried to ride the off-road trails, i couldn't really climb the steep slopes and fell when coming down the steep slopes too. haha. so quite shag. but a very fulfilling feeling.
hohon suggests going back next time and we go borrow some power bikes then do the trail properly. i think that sounds not bad.
then we somehow got lost. or rather i should use the word mis-orientated.
we came to this 5-way track junction. the odds of getting the correct path is 20%.
and how lucky we were, only to get it right at the last try. haha.
it was really a very simple day of just cycling around, talking cock, playing a fool and spoiling the rental bikes. haha.

but missing beach volley makes me damn gian to play it.
i am thinking of organising one session this week. like maybe tues or something.
so those who read this entry and are interested, please sms me. then i will see to it. haha.

am tired. couldn't sleep last night.
somehow, my body clock is really messed up with all the late nights.
i should get some sleep soon.
i can't wait for uni school to start, then mambo won't be so crowded and i can finally go again after one month without mambo. haha.
hopefully those jc kids also realise that they dun really like it that much too. then it will be fun and happy mambo for us again! haha.

2007-12-31T15:32:00.000+08:00

yet again, it's the end of another year.
i bet half the world is doing their year end review yada yada yada.
i dunno what i can review man.
this year has just gone by without much eventful stuff happening.
maybe my ORD has been the most exciting thing ever. which is clearly not.

anyway, just usher in a new year and hope for the best again!
i am clearly looking forward to the 2 week holiday to thailand. gonna play and have LOADS OF FUN! WOOT!
somehow, i've been to bangkok like so many times, but i just can't wait to go on a holiday.
like just get away from singapore for a while.
sometimes it does get abit boring here. haha.
then work then uni!
can't wait to start studying again!!!
so gonna be a super mugger. haha.

happy new year all.

2007-12-27T14:54:00.000+08:00

i counted down to christmas on a cab with daryl as we made our way down to zouk. haha.
it was a super last min decision but cos melvin, edmond and yiming all the good ol' commandos were going down, i thought, what better way to spend the christmas than with all those who were stuck in a hole for 7 days like me.
that night i found out that i got a friend who works at zouk. haha. power. actually also nothing much. then he came and join us after he knocked off and we drank until 6am in the morning and went for macs breakfast at tiong bahru plaza then mrt home. woot. save money. haha

christmas was spent at home. recuperating.
then the night was spent at dick's house, a mini bbq gathering of some friends.
then they gave a mahjong lesson and we played a bit.
wah lau, i think playing with new players are damn boring cos it's so slow and makes me wanna sleep even more as the night goes on.

boxing day was one of the more eventful nights.
evening i met daryl, dengzhi, cheryl for dinner at nydc hereen
then jasmine came and joined us and we watched a movie.
RED LINE.
totally no plot. just fast cars and hot babes. haha
then went for supper with dz and daryl.
then went to lan for a while. ahha like one hour or so.
and we played gunbound. i think we are going to start playing GUNBOUND AGAIN! haha.

after that, i went to the airport to send kietmei off.
kiet didn't know we were going and her shocked face was such a classic kodak moment. haha.
somehow, it feels nice when you do such nice sweet things to your friends as well. like got a very close family kinda feeling dunno why.
but anyway, kiet will be away for 6 months. no one to bitch with. how sad.
and celest was up to her usual seal like laughing again.
non-stop.
she's like some tickle-me-celest.
sam was there too. even adeline made it. i was so happy to see adeline cos like normally she's busy and she lives so far away. all the way in bukit batok.. so very hard for her to come down and meet us most of the time.
but this time, some of the ppl whom i expected to turn up all pangseh. damn cock up.

oh wells, but thank god for these group of friends who made my 2 years in hcjc the best times of my life.

no mambo in 3 weeks. good stuff.

2007-12-24T02:24:00.000+08:00

today somehow i woke up quite early.
at like 9 plus am.
then was supposed to go have lunch with parents, but i ended up going back to bed again. haha
had late lunch with my parents then went shopping with mum at novena velocity.
bought pork knuckles for the christmas dinner at cheryl's.

then i saw this pair of asics ds trainers at this shop called run lab.
wanted to buy.
but then $213 for a pair of trainers feels abit too steep.
maybe i should check it out at queensway some day.
anyway, the weather has been rather bad, and that has been keeping me from training, so maybe i'm in no hurry to get the shoes. haha.

the party was great.
good food, drinks, great company and loads of wacky games.
fun fun fun.
kudos to cheryl for organising such a great party and letting us use her place. i'm quite sure we kept it quite clean. haha.

2007-12-23T01:01:00.000+08:00

hmm.
yesterday was quite a fun day.
except for the fact that i had to wake up at like 7.30am to go back to hcjc to play bball with the old boys. haha.
bball was rather fun. but i guess it's not my sport anymore. haha.
i attribute it to the fact that i do not have shoes to play bball in. haha.
ever since i started wearing racers to run, i no longer buy track shoes and trainers and playing in my racers are clearly a no-go. and there's no way i'm going to buy shoes just for bball. haha.

then the lack of sleep caused me to fall asleep on bus 93, which i had to take all the way to still rd there then change to 13 back to braddell. tmd. waste time.

met keane for bowling later in the evening at about 9.
last evening the lanes were much kinder. but my bowling is still crap. cannot concentrate for the whole game.
and my timing and footwork is abit off. inconsistent. but i feel that my bowling is now at a much slower controlled pace and that gives my ball alot more hook. if only i could feel this way last time during my jc days. oh wells. maybe i might take up bowling again in uni.

after that, me and keane went to meet daryl and jasmine for some drinks at a nice chill-out place called cafe domus at farrer park owen rd.
it's very nice and cosy. and i think it's like not very famous, probably advertises by the word of mouth, so here i am recommending it to all my loyal faithful readers.
it's very nice, we had a bottle of wine and a bucket of 6 ice cold heineken. power. haha.
the food they serve also very nice.
the night was quite fun, just sit around, talk cock, listen to music.
except for the fact that there were some upsets here and there, me and keane had to lug our bowling balls around, and that for some unknown reasons, the whole of little india was closed, we couldn't find a nice place for supper.
we walked around mustafa abit, really got sell EVERYTHING. but i wonder if the stuff are real, especially the shoes. cos they're selling this asics ds-trainers for $40 less than queensway. which is damn tempting. but i'm broke.
i think i should give my mum my blog address. and start creating a wishlist. haha.
i got home at 4am on a rather eventful evening.

didn't get much sleep.
somehow, my shoulders ached like crazy.
which i think affected my volleyball abit today.
recently i feel as if i have improved a bit.
the timing of my jumps have made spikes much better and contact with the ball has been slightly better too. and i have also started diving abit. although i still hate the feeling of sand stuck with sweat. haha. getting rid of the lazy bones in my body.

had dinner with leo at thomson.
both of us are clearly getting fat and bigger appetites and creating a very vicious cycle.
we both had a bowl of noodles before heading a few shops down for a prata each. haha.
fell asleep the moment i got home and somehow managed to wake up just to cramp in this entry. haha.

it's the christmas period again.
i forgot since when my family stopped celebrating christmas.
somehow i have very vague memories of gifts from my relatives when i was very much smaller.
anyway, then i have stopped celebrating christmas.
only the occasional parties invitations.
last year's christmas was spent at the starbucks at orchard shopping centre ( the one opposite cine, with california fitness ). sadly the starbucks has already closed down. haha.
i was with hongyi, samuel and kiet.
we were discussing and talking about how our 2006 was and blah blah blah.
somehow, i enjoy these coffee sessions. just sit around and enjoy the company of your best friends.
these people made the difference in my hwachong life.
and i think we will miss kiet in a while. awwww....
plans to go taiwan for a holiday before school starts next year, just nice coincides with the summer fashion season. WOOT. shopping spree. better start finding a nice paying job. after what a horrendous experience.

anyway, somehow, on my msn list, i see so many stuff along the lines of "lonely christmas".
is it really that bad!
c'mon. maybe some of us really mature so fast and wanna find someone to settle down with?!
i doubt it. haha.
as tanya chua sings it, "alot of us just fall in love with love."
anyway, i think love is not just for lovers. but for friends as well.
even if you don't send christmas cards and all, just drop an email or a sms telling all your close friends that you cherish them!
and please do mean it.
friends are hard to come by. especially true ones.
so many people, once in a relationship, start to devote their lives to their other halves and neglect their friends and one day they realise that their social circle is so tiny.
i think i was somewhat there, so i'm really glad that i have friends who kept me company when i became single and now i think i'm going to stay single! :D

what a crappy entry

anyway, MERRY CHRISTMAS all.

2007-12-20T23:32:00.000+08:00

today met the clique at about 12.
woke up at 11:05.
actually i woke up at 8:55 because some stupid tele marketer called me.
damn lame. waste my time.
best part is, when he asked if he could have 2 mins of my time, i said no, busy. he replied, then i'll make it fast. just 1 minute.
totally lame to the max. i wanted to scold him at the end of the call that he took 3 mins.
damn it.

anyway i rushed to meet the clique, was abit late, but it was ok cause everybody else was late except samuel. haha.
we had lunch at marina, this jap restaurant called ministry of food.
then something damn malu happened.
when i broke the chopsticks, somehow, one side slipped out of my hand and flew to the next table.
damn paiseh.
the food was quite good. but abit expensive also. haha.
then we went to food court where hongyi had his lunch. he came much later. like after we finished lunch.
then we talked abit. i shall touch on the topics which we talked about today later on in the entry.
then we walked to suntec starbucks for some coffee. by then, kiet had already left for her choir stuff.
after coffee, celest left to meet her tkd friends for movie while me sam hongyi had the lamestest day ever.
we just walked around aimlessly.
we walked from suntec to raffles city for hongyi to check out the price of this ralph lauren fragrance, then after that we walked to bugis st, shopped abit, then we walked to lavender beach rd, had dinner at this mutton soup shop, then we walked to boat quay then fullerton there then back to city hall, then to dhoby ghaut, then to somerset which we met kiet again at centrepoint after her caroling, then we walked to takashimaya for some food and ice cream.
totally crazy.
from city hall to bugis to lavender to boat quay then back to city hall to dhoby ghaut to somerset and then to orchard.
and it's not like the direct distances. we were like walking in big circles. haha. abit lame.
i think got at least 10km. haha
urban topo. haha
then we just walked around then go home. haha
really abit lame.

anyway, today we talked abit more about relationships. haha
honestly, i think chase girls really DAMN HARD.
especially after i found out what some guys do for celest. they really spoil market. tmd.
guys really go to great lengths, shower girls with crazy amount of attention.
i think i really no need to get a girlfriend le.
hmm, i don't think i should tell the whole story of what the guy do for celest.. but wah lau, i really feel like there's no need to go to that extent.. is it really worth it?????

*i added this after i talked to ziying. in case you think i'm after celest. NO. she's my good seal-like friend. haha. but i meant like, relative to those guys who do so much, i think i won't be able to put in so much effort. haha.*

oh wells.
then we talked abit more about relationships and the problems blah blah blah. esp when we have a problematic friend who couldn't turn up for our outing because of his gf.. damn sad. haha
like how much he's willing to give in to her, and try and work things out.
alot of shit. haha

and then we talked about stuff like "what decides whether you would wanna go out with someone?"
like not exactly dating, but like even give him a chance that kind of stuff..
would most girls be willing to give guys chance? would these "nice stuff" really "touch" a girl?
is that why the "boy in army, girl in uni" thing always happen?
then the atmosphere got quite bad. so i quickly suggested to go for the starbucks coffee. haha
then we started talking about the old school days.
wah. i miss school.

looks like i'm going to stay single for a while more. haha.

2007-12-19T15:29:00.000+08:00

yesterday's soccer was not bad.
at least all 12 of us could play so quite fun.
except for the rain at the start, it was quite good, even playing in the rain was quite fun. haha.
and of course, minus away my lousy finishing, it was a good day.
after that, me woon liangjian went for lunch at kfc then took train home then slept all the way till dinner time. haha.

last night, i received this msg from this guy called "jeffrey" on friendster.
his profile was like empty, have no friends, no photos whatsoever.
so i'm guessing it's a new account or something.

but here's how the msg looked like

Re: farking arrogant bastard

heard u got charged...u deserve it u bloody bastard...it was about time ///

haha. well. honestly, it doesn't bother me.
just puzzled why someone could hate me enough to wanna create a new account just to send me a hate msg. haha.
and worse still, dun even have the balls to use your real identity and infact even spell the word "fuck" correctly. sigh. guys these days really lacking in the balls department. and playing a sport with balls doesn't make a difference.

oh wells. dunno since when people have always been getting the wrong impression of me.
in jc, people say i dao. player. flirt. blah blah blah.
haha.
i dun wanna go on about the "dun judge a book by it's cover" crap. but i think this is clearly a good reflection of how lousy most people are judges of character.
these stuff actually only goes to reflect the lousy sides of these people. haha.
the world is round.

the weather has been really lame today.
sunny yet there are dark clouds.
puts me in a dilemma whether i wanna go for a swim or not. damn it.
but i guess i'm too lazy.

2007-12-17T20:47:00.000+08:00

hmm. weird. i haven't blogged since thurs.
time flies by so fast?
haha. bullshit.

friday i went for the stupid interview at meridien shopping centre for the stupid job at this stupid shop called FAMOUS FOOTWEAR.
after that i went down to bedok to meet dick and jeremy and liangjian and shaowei and ee tse for soccer.
there were 6 of us, hoping to find some ppl to play against. and guess what. just when we wanted bedok cage to be crowded. there was nobody. only silly little kids. and RAIN.
so later in the afternoon, the lady from FAMOUS FOOTWEAR called me up and ask me if i can report to work on sunday. so i said ok.
later in the night, i met keane and his brother and his friend, alex from sajc to bowl at marine bowl.
haven't bowled in quite a while, so was quite shiok. i finally went to change the rubber inserts, so now got more rev again. the feeling damn nice.
the lanes were dry and i had to bowl a super outside lane, always kissing the gutter to find the strike path.
we then proceeded to simpang for supper at about 1am. and we accidentally left without paying. haha. damn cocks.

saturday was sentosa day yet again.
but it was raining.. so i hid under the shelter while some of them carried on playing in the intermittent rain. it was abit cold, especially when the "cold wind blows..." so i just wrapped myself in the towel and watched... only played like 2 games the whole afternoon.
then when the rest of the vball gang who were walking around in vivo because of the rain came into sentosa, we had to leave cos we were going to support sarah at st james queen of queens seventeen pageant.
we were slightly late. reached the doors of power house at about 8pm. when entry was at 7. however, there was still a SUPER LONG QUEUE. i couldn't see the end from the door.
but still, after friday night's feat of eating and not paying at simpang, we felt that we had to do something special.
we just cut the queue and all the little kids didn't say a word. haha.
i know it's weird that i use "little kids" especially when i am young and don't look that old.
BUT OMG, there were like people who looked as though they were STILL IN SECONDARY SCHOOL?
dun ask me why, but the last time nus sent volunteers to my hdb to collect newspapers and stuff, they looked WAY YOUNGER than me as well. i wonder how come i can look so haggard after ns and they look like they ate some "minus age" pills.

end up some not so pretty girl won.
i wouldn't want to use the word ugly cos that night they keep telling me not to be so loud, or else will offend her supporters. haha
there was free drinks and free entry for us, so i didn't spend any money. boring yet good clubbing experience.
the last 4 times i clubbed, i felt bored. i clearly am starting to hate it. maybe now i am suited to work in a club. haha.
then i had to leave early after supper cos sunday was working for famous footwear.

sunday was my first day at work.
which was quite interesting cos i learnt a few things here and there.
and i sold about 9 pairs of shoes with the help of the store manager and some colleagues.
anyway, i just served people all day.
the only time i sat down was when i was having lunch in the storeroom and when i was squatting serving customers.
now i think i will be nice to all the sales people. cos although they say consumer is king, but wah lau eh, if people talk to you, at least reply them lar!
and i know that it's always happens that people like to "oh, thanks, but i'm just taking a look around." and people also like to try and say, "aiyar, actually not that nice."
oh wells. i will be nice to all sales people now.

monday, i woke up at 8 to go to work.
and i quit at about 1030.
hah
the boss asked me into his office at about 1030, after i cleaned the windows, vacuumed the carpet and wiped the display stands. nice timing.
so when i entered his office, he had a document on his table with the words "Acceptance of Position" in bold, so i could read it even though it was on the desk and upside down from my point of view.
so he asks me about my first day of work blah blah blah.
so i told him, i went home and did my maths, i was only getting like $3.2 an hour for my basic pay.
and he says, "well it's like that for basic pay cos actually we're looking at your commission."
fine.
at first, he told me that my 12hr work shift is as long as my "training period".
so i asked, "then how long will this 12hr work shift last?"
"oh, the training period is 3 months."
honestly, after working for one day, i more or less knows how the shop runs.
at most, i'm still relatively quiet compared to the other assistants.
BUT. as a consumer, i know i will get irritated if some bugger keeps talking to me while i'm trying to shop. especially if it's a guy. and a not so good looking one. someone like me.
so i just help the customers in the way that they need.
especially when some are there just to waste time cos they're waiting for time to past and some think that cos they have more money in their accounts than me, they can just ignore me and treat me like i grew up on glass.
BUT. that's not the worst part.
this morning, as we were all sitting outside the shop like idiots, because the lady boss came slightly later to open shop, i talked to this malay poly guy who works part time.
his pay is actually $4.50 an hour.
surprisingly more than a supposed full time staff. weird isn't it.
and best part, yesterday i sold more shoes than him. weird isn't it.
i'm the new guy rite?
so i told the boss that "honestly, i can't see myself doing this for 6 months." (these were the xact words i used.)
so i changed out of the red uniform and left after the boss gave me one day salary. i dunno out of what, maybe sympathy. but still. it's money and i'm not going to go against it when i need it so badly.
$38.50 for 12 hrs of work. wow.

so today i met kiet for lunch.
after that, i wanted to watch warlords, but she suggested watching "bee movie".
i agreed just so that i can make noise and complain when i kinda knew it wouldn't "bee" the best movie to watch.
the humour was average and it was just normal plain, digital animation. nothing fantastic.
unless you're watching it out of boredom, which we did, i don't think you would even bother trying to find something nice to say about it like i am now.
the best part of the movie was the starting slogan.
dunno the exact words, but it was something like this...

"we all know the laws of aviation. and scientifically, bees can't fly because their small wings can't carry the weight of their big bodies. however, bees don't care what humans think."
that was one of the few times i had a laugh. i was hoping the movie would carry on being funny but then i was quite disappointed.

walked around j8 and thomson plaza, hoping to find a nice shop that is hiring then i can go and apply. but alas, no go.
went home. sleep. then blog now.
what a long post. i hope i haven't left out much.

2007-12-13T22:24:00.000+08:00

today was yet again another healthy day. haha
woke up early to go swimming.
but today i felt very tired. maybe i'm just no longer used to the everyday train kinda intensity.
today i couldn't do my 20 laps without stopping again. haha. dunno what happened to my swimming man.
after that was subway lunch again, with some takopachi. i think that's what it's called. the octopus balls.
i like that brown colour thingy. dunno what is it also.
then i was damn tired and came home and sleep..
woke up at about 6, and went to do some running again.
today i just did like 3.3km then came home and did some static.
like push ups, crunches, flutterkicks, chin ups.
still feeling abit fat cos i'm eating like crazy and i know my metabolic rate is decreasing at an exponential rate. damn sad.
somehow i'm perpetually hungry.

tml going to go down to meridien shopping centre for some kind of "interview" for a retail assistant in this footwear shop. haha
i abit desperate for some work experience le. dunno why.
maybe cos stay home alone really damn BORING and will die.
after that, going to play soccer with jem and dick and some others at bedok. confirm kick ass again. haha.
woot. bored.

2007-12-12T23:59:00.000+08:00

woah.
haven't blogged in 3 days.
these 3 days time flew by quite fast surprisingly.
i can't really remember what happened on monday.
probably was just bumming around at home due to the shitty weather.

tuesday was like some healthy day.
woke up especially early so that i could go down to the pool for my 20 lap swim before it usually rains in the afternoon. then went to j8 to get some subway for lunch.
after a rest in the afternoon, cos it rained so very nice to sleep..
i went for a run in the evening again.
did a 2.4km run, pace about 10 - 11 mins. probably about 1030 relax run that kinda pace.
then i did 4 sets of interval runs dist about 400m at about 1.45 pace.

today was yet again another soccer day at east coast park futsal cage.
was abit tired cos slept late.
wanted to stay up and watch the liverpool match.
but i fell asleep at the commercial break just before the kick off. hahaa. damn noob.
then woke up late.
but it was still a good day of soccer. scoring a few nice wicked goals. ahha.
met keane and jill at parkway after that for some pool then had nice western food at the hawker centre. these days really gotta save money.

somehow, wanted to mambo tonight. but decided against it. cos i'm a good boy haha.
and this sat probably going down to st james for some event.
hmm. maybe next wed go mambo. haha.

2007-12-09T23:54:00.000+08:00

wah recently feel like shit. dunno why.
feel like a headless chicken.
feel damn lost.

like so hard to find work.
then everyday dunno doing what.
only look forward to soccer and beach volleyball.
then the occasional nights out all so boring and pointless.

sigh. also dunno what's happening to my life.

2007-12-09T21:28:00.000+08:00

last night was my first zoukout.
and i just found out that it's supposed to be the last one too.

it's quite an experience.
it's like just club until morning.. abit crazy and rare feeling..

at first i wasn't too keen on going, but daryl and keane both going then they keep psycho-ing me to go.. plus at first daryl say got free tix.
end up dun have, but nvm, bought at the door for $58.
lucky daryl's friend brought us into the vip area and treat us to drinks the whole night.
so saved money in that aspect. haha.

there was mambo, which was quite shiok.
then later the mambo area became RnB area..
Armin Van Buren was there too, which was quite good. but he came at like 5am, so i was already damn tired. haha.
well, last night there was no picking up of girls or what, which was quite good actually. haha.
because when the sun came up, alot of girls look not as good as under the effect of the moonlight.
haha.

but somehow, as i mentioned in the last entry, i didn't seem to enjoy this whole "clubbing" thing anymore, last night was just a new experience for me, like partying on the beach, nothing more.
wasn't like very high or what...

we left at 7. waited for the first tram out at 8. then went for breakfast at harbourfront macs.
power. haha.

good to meet up with edmond and yiming. haven't seen them for so long after ORD.
kinda miss the good ol' days of the commando officer mess.
the late night suppers and going to changi village to check out the Bapos. haha
sadly, they both going to ntu. gotta put in more effort to keep these good buddies!

2007-12-07T00:59:00.000+08:00

just went to play some pool with zhiyin at k pool just now.
played like shit. haha
but dun care.

anyway, TODAY I COOKED SPAGHETTI for myself!
haha
damn proud of myself.
actually it's quite easy..
just boil some hot water, add some salt.
then put in the spaghetti..
let it cook and become soft and tasty.
when it's cooked, you can smell the spaghetti smell.
then at the same time, prepare the sauce, heat it up.. then put together and voila! haha

but today i didn't have sauce.
so i had to go downstairs to the mini mart which is closing down already and find.
they didn't have sauce too.
so i just bought a can of sardines.
then used it in place of the sauce. so abit like those fish and spaghetti thingy you can find at some cafes. i remember that from the cafe galilee at queenstown library. haha
in fact, the spaghetti is from the standard chartered singapore marathon race pack. haha.
cos i am so broke.. i dun have money to call macs anymore. how sad.

today on the way home from pool, I REALLY FELT LIKE SPEAKING CHINESE!!!
but no one to talk to
damn bloody sad and pathetic.
then i had this thought.
i wanna be a chinese tutor and relive my good ol' chinese high pro china days. haha
oh, i know why i wanted to speak chinese.
cos at amk hub, there was this guy, who tried to do the silver coated body and dance thingy.
then there was this chinese woman on a bicycle who stopped to watch.
then he said, "hey! you cycled here all the way from china?" or something like that.
damn bloody funny yet racist.

just now, me and kiet were talking on msn.
then she tell me she read my blog.
and she said she knows i dun read her.
and i told her that actually i forgot the url to her blog. haha
in fact, i dun read ppl's blogs one. hardly anyway. lazy.
so to those girls who like me and hoped that i would know that they like me cos i might happen to end up reading their entries. i'm sorry. haha
i wonder whether these girls even exist. :P
wah, when am i going to get attached again man.

zhiyin was telling me today that he's in love.
with this korean actress.
reminded me of hongyi. haha
keep telling me to watch some korean drama.
but well, sometimes i do wanna fall in love again.
when will the right girl appear. sigh. haha.
don't go looking for love! let it find you. haha.
or else will become pussy whiped and the girl will have control over you. NO NO NO! haha

i was also chatting with ziying on msn about finding jobs.
you know, i realised that there are LOADS of jobs out there
but cos of my 2 week holiday to thailand.
i can't really get a job cos they all need ppl urgently and want them to commit till may at least
damn cock up.
and it looks like since both of us are single, we both have the idea of working during christmas, hoping that the pay would be much better. haha.
damn broke. dun even have money to eat meals. damn poor thing.

2007-12-06T13:32:00.000+08:00

what a boring night.
i think i have seriously out-grown the clubbing phase.
ok maybe not.
but last night was seriously bad.

it was WAY TOO crowded.
and i was too broke to drink as freely as i used to.
and i didn't see serena around. wonder if she was even there. haha.
i guess i shan't club until next year when i find a job and have some more money to pay for my crazy drinking habits.

anyway, it was just bad.
the music was not bad though.
we were at zouk for most of the time, so at least i got to hear most of my favourite songs.
just a thought though, i could have stayed home and listened to them on my iTunes too. haha.
so now, i have no idea whether i wanna go for zoukout or not.

one highlight though.
just as i was leaving.
i bumped into phyllis. whom i couldn't recognise. and she just slapped me with both her hands. giving me a shock.
idiot.
but she looked abit high.

WHAT HAPPENED TO MY FAVOURITE MAMBO JAMBO?!

yesterday i could have got the job at hilton.
but they didn't want me to go on the 2 week holiday to thailand with dz and co.
so i have no choice but to turn down the job.
actually, i wonder which job would allow me to work say a month then go on a 2 week holiday. haha.
but nvm. i think i shall look for short term temp jobs now. just to make a living. otherwise dun even have money for meals. have to stay home and eat maggie mee until all my hair drop like the botak bird i see at my void deck last time.

oh and i haven't blogged about the haircut i had for the job interview.
it's just short. haha.
i went to cut it until it's super short.
and if i dun style it, it looks like cock.
if i style it, it looks less cock. haha.
but i think it looks neater and more mature than leaving long hair like those poseurs around. HAHA.

looking forward to saturday's beach volley after an unsuccessful day at the beach yesterday.
looking at the bright sun outside my flat now. i am wondering.
WHY THE HELL DID IT HAVE TO RAIN NON-STOP YESTERDAY!

wet wednesdays. sunny saturdays.
let's stick to just saturdays then.

2007-12-05T00:55:00.000+08:00

last night i stayed over at dz's place because we played winning eleven till it was damn late.
this morning played abit more, had lunch then he drove me to tanah merah mrt where i took the train home.
slept in the afternoon.
normal day.

today i went for a haircut at EC.
abit rushed.
i think last time i said i wouldn't go there anymore. but cos tml got a job interview so i thought it might be better for me to look neat.
i think now i look more stupid than neat. shucks.
oh wells.
i dun even know if i will get the job and whether i even want this job.
we'll see tml.

2007-12-02T20:54:00.000+08:00

WHAT A DAY!
or rather, what a week. haha.

friday set the tone for the weekend.
meeting up with the clique and having a great time, talking cock, catching up and then getting conned by hongyi to take the wrong bus home, and having to change to cab at 2am.

saturday was great too, having a fun time at sentosa, playing some beach volley in the nice weather, just chilling and getting away from the city.
followed by 2 hours of settlers at katong.
played a few games, and i think cranium is probably one of the most fun games around. haha.
battle of the sexes.
my brother then picked me up and i slept over at his place for this morning's standard chartered singapore marathon.

TODAY.
slept at about 1am.
woke up at 3.30 am.
went to pick lemin up from clementi mrt.
reached city hall at about 4.45am.

felt a bit sleepy and tired but the feeling was soon gone after the race started at 5.30am.
i can't believe i actually completed the run in 4 Hrs and 30 Mins.
with minimal training. haha.
the last month after i ord, i did a few runs that's all. 6km, 8km, 10km, 16km.
i think that's about all. i can't really remember too. but i guess the soccer sessions every tues and thurs did play a part in keeping my fitness.

today's run was great. me and lemin started off pretty well, keeping our pace regulated, not worrying too much about the time until we hit the 21km mark. all was great.
then after that, somewhere along 30km, lemin started to slow down a lot..
ran with him abit more.. but then i left him at the 35km mark.
anyway, today felt great because i didn't have to walk and i didn't cramp up or hit the wall!
woot.
damn shiok.
after which, when i came in, i saw juliana, who was shocked that i did such a good time without training. haha.
but then i think not hitting the wall, i feel like i never burn alot of fats. less than last year.
means this year, i was fatter when i was running, so i got more stuff to burn then nv hit the wall. haha.

one plus perk of finishing fast, no queue at the champion chip place and the finisher tee got every size available. haha.

great day.
but tired.
smile.

2007-12-01T02:56:00.000+08:00

today started off badly.
the construction works going on in my neighbourhood is abit irritating.
of course, i know it's for the future benefits of having the lift stop at every floor, but it's waking me up WAY TOO EARLY in the morning.
i wonder what i can do to make my room sound proof.
but either way, i forced myself to snooze all the way till 12 noon. about 12:05 if i didn't remember wrongly.
wanted to skip lunch. haha. but my stomach was clearly against that idea.
had a late lunch at about 4pm. i have no idea how i wasted time so efficiently.
but it was just 2 half boiled eggs and some bread and biscuit.

then i left the house at about 6 to meet the clique at somerset at 6.30.
i was late by about 10 mins. but it's ok, i wasn't last. haha
anyway, today's gathering was quite successful, cos all 8 of us appeared!
surprise surprise.
the usual pangseh suspects all showed up despite the busy schedules.

talked abit to chin hoe about his relationship. i was shocked to learn that he and ann have been together for 9 months already. me and clara lasted about 9 months i think. haha. is that a sign? :P just kidding.
but honestly, i have no idea how long me and clara were tog for, cos we didn't have an official date which we got together or broke up. it was like quite natural transition i guess. haha. evolution at work.
that's not my point anyway.

the mode point here is, let's say you and your other half are having some problems.
does it mean that you two are not compatible? or are you supposed to work out the problems together because of the word "love"?
in fact, is it even "love"???

i dunno who's the original singer, but in sun yan zi's song, "sometimes love just ain't enough" ?

relationships, feelings and girls are just so confusing. haha
i think i shall just enjoy being single. haha.
anyway, i realised that i've forgotten how to chase girls and i get shy in front of girls whom i am attracted to. haha.
how sad.

just the other day i saw this book under the psychology section at Bishan Lib titled "The Shy Lover". haha. what a sign.

2007-11-30T14:48:00.000+08:00

oh yesterday morning i blogged about wednesday night which only highlight was meeting serena. haha.

anyway, yesterday was quite a good day for me i guess.
went to meet up with the old chinese high gang and some others to play soccer at the ecp cage again.
recently been playing loads of soccer. which is great, i feel like the secondary school days where i play soccer the whole afternoon, go home, have dinner, sleep then copy homework in school the next morning. haha
soccer has been pretty good. ball control is back, but finishing is still lacking.

anyway, on wednesday, i went to the bishan library for the first time!
it's actually a very nice place to chill..
like i found a few nice books, then got those comfy couches can just nua there and read for a few hours no problem. haha

oh wells. still no luck finding a job.
ziying suggests i register with moe for relief teaching. haha. but i can't imagine myself teaching kids. might kill them. haha

2007-11-29T11:10:00.000+08:00

hmm.
well. i'm amazed by myself how i can wake up at 10 plus due to a call from mr tan dengzhi.
got home at about 4am last night from mambo which, was really quite bad.
it was a bit too crowded.
loads of those ppl who just finished exams, both uni and jc. like i look at the crowd, the girls there, like alot of xiao mei mei. haha. damn weird.
and so many of them ended up drunk outside grand copthorne hotel. haha.
being broke has it's advantages. i couldn't afford to splurge on drinks, so i had to be contented with a jug of vodka ribena and a jug of vodka lime which we used our coupons to pay for. haha.
clearly wasn't going to be high.

the music was quite bad. the crowd wasn't good. the drinks were weak. and my friends are abit the phuture type, so we ended up walking around abit.
last night was really one of the few nights which i feel like i didn't totally enjoy myself. but oh wells, it was quite good to hang out with dick and max after such a long time.

actually for some unknown reason, i felt like abit out of place to be at zouk last night. haha.
i somehow couldn't stand all the fat sweaty ugly ppl pushing their way around. like damn irritated. maybe i've outgrown the whole clubbing thing. haha.
time for me to work in a club, so that i would totally hate clubbing. haha.

anyway, just to round it all up. the best part about last night was meeting serena. haha.
woah, she really is the prettiest thing alive. way out of my league. cannot take it.
pretty like crazy. :)