i think i'm getting good at this...

yesterday's vball training quite shiong.. but managed to get some touch back.. still receiving alot of balls to close to the net.. which is quite bad.. better improve more by the next training..

i made laksa for breakfast today.. i tell u, primataste does very good gravy mix for local food.. i tested the mee rebus a few days ago.. and this morning i tried the laksa.. both tastes very authentic.. very good.. see for yourself.. dun u think it's look very pro.. i made 5 portions for my family.. and it's all gone by the time i came back from basketball.. fantastic.. hahaa...

went to play basketball this morning.. it's almost 3 weeks since i last played.. i miss the last 2 session mainly cos i was dead tired.. perhaps it's going back for vball training on saturdays.. it's been so long since i had training.. still feel super exhausted and totally out of breath.. very very unfit... hope can survive the grueling 5 set matches in the open..

quite bored at home today.. so cooked lunch.. yupzZ.. it's my usual duty to clear the frigde of perishables.. otherwise.. the fridge will smell like a dump in no time.. hahaa... so yah.. whipped up some "mee tai bak" and some leftover black sauce chicken.. tastes pretty good.. haha..

but actually i think yesterday's breakfast is more exciting.. cos that date when i went buying groceries with my mu i bought this singaporean food thingy.. it's easy to cook.. the sauces are pretty much pre-mixed, just add water, noodles and other ingredients to get the meal done.. so yah.. that's yesterday's breakfast below.. mee rebus... and it tastes just like the one at parkway.. it's that good.. haha.. or maybe it depends on the cook also.. hahaaa..

made cheeesecake before going training today.. and now it's ready.. and it tastes pretty good.. haha... actually i made some the day before too.. but that din turn out too well.. made some mistake with the proportions.. tastes quite bad... anyway.. after some amendments.. this tastes pretty standard.. except for it's height.. seems alittle flat.. hahaa.. quite easy to make actually...

My new TOY...

went parkway yesterday with mum & sis.. bought almost $300 worth of groceries.. and guess what, most of the stuff there werent only meant for a few days.. quite incredible.. anyway.. the biggest buy of the day was actually this...



hahaa.. my very own ISqueeze.. shiok...

I'm lost in the woods of NUS Civil Engineering...

i logged into my CORS acc to check if i have any modules allocated to me by the system.. this would save me tons of trouble trying to bid for modules.. however, there was nothing in the system for me.. I wonder!?? does that mean i have to bid for all my modules or is the system not updated yet??

and so i email the helpdesk, asking them abt my dilemma.. i also asked some of my fellow CE mates aka my critical thinking mates.. none of them know either... hahaa.. and also mr tth.. who has not reply till now.. i think he must be lost too.. why dun any of know anything.. this is so scary..

anyway.. it for sure school starts on the 14th.. for now it's only the advance bidding stage.. real bidding only starts next monday.. so yah.. there is still time...

"Spikefire" the Beginning...

Spikefire has been my preferred nickname for a very very long time... when did it first start?? i guess it would be far far back in seconday school days... when MIRC and ICQ was the in thing..

yupzZ.. those were the days... think that's when i started using this nick.. so why this nick.. hmmm... cos i am a volleyball player.. and i used to fantasized about having super powerful spikes..

and there was this jap cartoon during that time.. i think it's soccer/basketball cant remember exactly.. but the pt is.. they players have like special strengths and the balls always glow in red or burst into flames when it a very powerful shot.. yup.. that became my fantasy.. to spike the ball so fast and hard it bursts in flame..

i wanted to create a picture to show my fantasy.. and i searched for a suitable volleyball pic.. and i found this.. after some playing around with photoshop and countless try & errors.. i finally got my favourite product.. that's the picture up there.. though it still looks a little fake.. it does look sort of like a meteor..

The Consequences of Lack Of Conditioning... No not the Hair...

training yesterday was actually quite tough... short training only but.. my body is so unconditioned.. almost cannot take it.. u know the extent whereby, ur mind and ur body separates and move in opposite directions?? yah.. multiply that 10 times.. that's the state i was in.. confusion.. however i think it was good to go through that all over again.. it helps to condition urself.. but for now.. my back really aches like hell.. i think it's over extension again... been having that problem since a long long time ago... whenever the pain kicks in.. that only means one thing.. my body stucture is rejecting the weight i'm carrying.. not extra weightes, just my own weight.. been trying to cut down on food.. but it never works... one meal less.. next meal more.. it's a vicious cycle..

lack of creativity and inspiration... so only can do such simple stuff... duhzZ...

this is wat i did today..

there i was.. being bored again.. and i did these.. quite nice i would say... heh..

I was a little bored and i happened to see this in my mail.. so yah.. enjoy it.. i think it holds SOME truth... just SOME...

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Young King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a neighbouring kingdom. The monarch could have killed him but was moved by Arthur's youth and ideals. So, the monarch offered him his freedom, as long as he could answer a very difficult question. Arthur would have a year to figure out the answer and, if after a year, he still had no answer, he would be put to death.

The question?....What do women really want? Such a question would perplex even the most knowledgeable man, and to young Arthur, it seemed an impossible query. But, since it was better than death, he accepted the monarch's proposition to have an answer by year's end.

He returned to his kingdom and began to poll everyone: the princess, the priests, the wise men and even the court jester. He spoke with everyone, but no one could give him a satisfactory answer.

Many people advised him to consult the old witch, for only she would have the answer.

But the price would be high; as the witch was famous throughout the Kingdom for the exorbitant prices she charged.

The last day of the year arrived and Arthur had no choice but to talk to the witch. She agreed to answer the question, but he would have to agree to her price first.

The old witch wanted to marry Sir Lancelot, the most noble of the Knights of the Round Table and Arthur's closest friend!

Young Arthur was horrified. She was hunchbacked and hideous, had only one tooth, smelled like sewage, made obscene noises, etc. He had never encountered such a repugnant creature in all his life.

He refused to force his friend to marry her and endure such a terrible burden; but Lancelot, learning of the proposal, spoke with Arthur.

He said nothing was too big a sacrifice compared to Arthur's life and the preservation of the Round Table.

Hence, a wedding was proclaimed and the witch answered Arthur's question thus:

What a woman really wants, she answered....is to be in charge of her own life.

Everyone in the kingdom instantly knew that the witch had uttered a great truth and that Arthur's life would be spared.

And so it was, the neighbouring monarch granted Arthur his freedom and Lancelot and the witch had a wonderful wedding.

The honeymoon hour approached and Lancelot, steeling himself for a horrific experience, entered the bedroom. But, what a sight awaited him. The most beautiful woman he had ever seen lay before him on the bed. The astounded Lancelot asked what had happened.

The beauty replied that since he had been so kind to her when she appeared as a witch, she would henceforth, be her horrible deformed self only half the time and the beautiful maiden the other half.

Which would he prefer? Beautiful during the day....or night?

Lancelot pondered the predicament. During the day, a beautiful woman to show off to his friends, but at night, in the privacy of his castle, an old witch? Or, would he prefer having a hideous witch during the day, but by night, a beautiful woman for him to enjoy wondrous intimate moments?

What would YOU do?

What Lancelot chose is below. BUT....make YOUR choice before you scroll down below. OKAY?

















Noble Lancelot said that he would allow HER to make the choice herself.

Upon hearing this, she announced that she would be beautiful all the time because he had respected her enough to let her be in charge of her own life.

Now....what is the moral to this story?
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The moral is.....
If you don't let a woman have her own way....
Things are going to get ugly

it's a tiring weekend.. and an expensive one too.. i'm so over budget...

went back tj for training today... it's been a very very long time since i had any sort of training.. it feels great to be back on the court.. however, i've seemed to have lost a lot in the past months.. lost my touch, my footing.. felt kindda lost on the court.. and my legs .. i finally truely understand how it feels when ppl say their legs dun belong to them..

but anyway.. this is a start.. i need to persevere.. and get back a more healthy and fitter me... and this will be my first step to jumping and and flying a round the court again.. i truely hope it doesnt take too long..

i think i gotta rephrase wat i mean below, abt making choices.. hahaa.. it just doesnt really sound rite.. wat i meant was... there are many times when i made choices to do certain things.. like wanting to sign on, moe, computer engine.. stuff liddat... although it turn out that i wasnt able to get wat i wanted.. and i thought life was just liddat, things never happened my way.. however, after sometime, things would turn out just fine for me.. and so that's why i shld let things just take it's course.. dun get too depressed with disappointments..

sad things happen for a reason.. and that's to give space and allow better things to happen...

finally done something more meaningful for the past couple of days... met up with esther just now.. haha.. that's meaningful.. haven seen her for a long time.. and it's fun to catch up with her.. showed her the photos i took in taiwan.. got to know more abt her life recently.. yah.. stuff liddat.. but i just think it's much better den boringly staying at home and be a WONDERFUL supporter of SCV.. haha.. anyway... SCV dulls in choices as compared to the cable in taiwan and perhaps many other countries.. well.. i guess we dun have much to choose from, do we??

i understood something abt myself today.. i am a person who totally sucks at making choices.. why?? most choices that i have made, dun turn out as expected, worst still they make me miserable... instead, when i just let nature takes it's course, and let things happen for me.. most things just fall in place.. yupzZ... that's my destiny..

i have to learn to like wat is given to me... like wat course i'm allocated, the people i'm with... yah.. stuff liddat.. maybe my life will be a little more meaningful..

i'm back from taiwan yesterday.. it's been a very very long time since i last went overseas with my relatives.. and maybe cos it's with relatives, arguments break out easier.. with strangers, we tend to just let things be... but overall i would say it's a good trip.. perhaps still too rushing.. and not really enough time to enjoy.. yah... and i'm totally disappointed in dynasty travel.. yah.. it's free and easy or some other agency the next time.. taiwan photos will be up in a while.. so do drop by my fotopic...

half way thru my trip in taiwan... it's quite rushing... and i du really like the tour guide much.. so yah.. not really the best trip i ever experience lor... yah.. i prefer shanghai i guess..

i'm at changi airport again.. haha... this time i'm going taiwan.. with my parents and relatives... i just wonder will there be any new places which they will bring me to.. otherwise.. i can be tour guide liaozZ...

time to go... plane taking off loh..

went out with a few 12/00 guys... and came back to my hse for ger vs arg... and i won.. cos they drew... now i want ita va ukr to draw too.. whahaaa...



and very soon i'll be off to taiwan.. NARUWAN!! hahaa.. i'll be back.. soon..