Quite Boring Day

the date has been pretty boring till now.. nothing interesting going on.. when for lunch downstairs with yanli and her sis.. and that's like the most exciting thing i did till now for today.. other boring stuff included stuff like sweeping the floor, cleaning up my room, sms-ing and organising 06/99 outing.. but the worst part is still knowing 12/00 bbq was cancelled due to poor response.. that's so sad..

TGIO

New term i heard today and i was passing by KR, it's TGIO.. and it means thank goodness it's over.. interesting although not really 100% accurate.. they had a band preparing to party tonite i think.. but the sem is not OVER!! it's only halfway thru.. next week may be a break.. but!! it's meant for studying and catching up and preparing for the post midterm quizzes.. but watever it is.. it's time for a short short break.. yeah!! anyone wanna go out next week?? i got 06/99 to come out on tuesdays liaozZ.. anyone else wanna fill up my week?? heh..

F sucks

After almost half a year, and ending up in Civil. I shld have accepted my fate, accepted my F in computing. I have been mugging for the past few days.. catching up on my work.. here i am alone in one of the tutorial rooms trying to do some more tutorial.. my only consolation:- i'm getting work done, while i see many ppl losing pace.. Maybe cos i'm damn bored now, getting sianzZ about working through all those senseless questions. so often the reason why i dunno how to do a question is because i dun understand the question, i dunno what it's asking for. if u think arts have essays with hidden meaning, engineering have questions that have hidden theories, equations, numbers, U name it!!

Anyway, the thought and regret of getting an F drifted it's way back into my head... not sure from where.. but it's there.. and it sucks.. suddenly there's so many options, so many different things i could have done in order to not get an F.. but at that period of time, it just din occur to me..

perhaps this is a part of my character, once i start, i wun stop even if i'm failing.. i'll just follow thru in the failure and wallow in self-misery until i suddenly enlighten myself there's other stuff to do.. a slow and painful process..

Pretty good Day

It's a pretty good day today, although it started off pretty late.. like 4plus 5 in the afternoon.. before that i was just lazing away in my bed.. hahaa... that's life.. anyway.. went yumcha for dinner.. the dim dum is still pretty good.. so not bad... eat until quite shuang.. cos go with elders can always just order & order & order.. hahaa..

den later at night went videoEZ to rent vcd with yanli.. she took 2 shows.. i took one.. wanna watch the dorm.. heh... den went bowling with 4e ppl.. that's almost 11pm liaozZ... play 2 games only.. but results not bad.. hahaa.. quite shuang.. just re-motivated myself to buy my own bowling ball.. hahaha..

den finally.. supper at joo chiat.. roti prata.. kindda pissed with the service.. maybe cos no competitors nearby, so they quite yaya-papaya... but the prata was quite good.. crispy.. heh...

as for now.. it's time to sleep or maybe some tv first.. haha..

CG 12/00 Outing

Just now went out with 12/00 ppl.. went to this ktv in chinatown.. it has a very lame name.. ten dollar family ktv... lame rite?? we paid around $12 for 3hrs ktv & a bowl of "sharks fin" hahaa.. not too bad lar.. & 2 drinks too.. the song are also quite updated.. overall.. not bad lar.. as for the singing.. xinwei still the most powerful of all.. impressive.. he makes those songs seem so easy..

after ktv, i managed to psycho them to go Tung Shui.. hahaa.. made them eat the thick toast.. i think i really made quite a bit of business for them recently.. we stayed there for a long long time.. only just got home not long ago..

trying to upload e photos now.. they will be at my fotopic very soon.. go see see k..

Kitty Sleep

That's a very very good example of wat i see during lecture..

Frustrating Weekend

It's been a super unproductive weekend for myself... haven done any of the work i told myself to do.. like readings which i have missed for a long long time.. i need to do my readings... and also my tutorial which i have done halfway on friday.. i wanted to finish them off over the weekend.. but i wasnt able to.. so wat happen?? well... i think i spent most of saturday at home sleeping.. that's y.. as for sunday.. it's more meaningful.. i played basketball in the moring.. and went to fix up yanli's place in the afternoon.. did some drilling.. and mind u.. drilling is very strenuous on e back.. esp when it's drilling on the ceiling... super shagged after the drilling.. back still aching.. i guess i could say that's what keeping me from going to school.. haha... lame excuse.. but yah.. that's the truth.. i personally extended my weekend to monday, as well as the UNPRODUCTIVITY... yah.. tml will be tues.. and i'm expecting better productivity... HAIL self-studying...

I've Decided

I've DECIDED!! after much consideration.. i'm not going for lecture later.. i'm going to stay in the library.. and do some work.. lectures are getting too boring.. the lecturers are all singing.. lullabies!!

time to experience the life of UNI.. life of self-study..

First Day oF the Week

today's my first day in school for this week.. yes i know it's a tuesday.. yes i know i pontang'd yesterday.. yes i remember telling myself not to miss any lessons this semester... but no, i'm not really guilty.. i did manage to conjure up a pretty extensive report for my hydraulics lab which is due today.. yupzZ.. quite happy about that.. although i only started on it like 7pm yesterday.. hahaa.. but the key is i finished it...

it's gonna be a very long day in school today.. espcially cos i haven slept.. spent most of the time in front of tv after finishing my work... guess i'll have to rest well tonite.. cos i have plenty of readings to do...

Plane Day

it's another of those weird days whereby everything seems to go against u.. let's just start from the moment i wake up.. i woke up late.. my alarm was suppose to go off at 7am, but the clocked stopped at 6.45am.. den i only woke up at 8am.. my lesson was at 9am.. so i quickly washed up and packed my stuff.. and rush to catch a cab.. somehow i went to a spot where there's totally no empty cab.. i usually wouldnt go there.. someting must be wrong with me today..

e rest of the day was kindda ok.. till vball training.. i find out i was left out of the IVP team again.. although i knew i wasnt the best.. and i've already told myself a long time ago that i wasnt in the best shape to compete.. but somehow to know that i was left out of the team just doesnt feel good at all.. kindda suxX actually...

after training.. was supposed to meet yanli for dinner. she was suppose to come to NUS to find me.. after training i rushed to bath afraid that she was waiting for me.. but after bathing den i saw her msg saying she's just left her house.. i was super sad.. was hoping to see her immediately after vball esp how sucky i felt after not making the cut for the team... i felt so abandoned.. so i became pissed and called her.. told her off.. and asked her to meet me at my place instead.. i dun want to wait for an hr alone in sch for her to come.. the original plan was for me to meet her after vball.. eat dinner.. den mummy would come pick us up after her lesson at SIM..

and mummy called me as i was on my way to MRT.. i tot she had finished her lesson.. and could come pick me so i told her i was at Bouna Vista Mrt.. but she was like why was i at MRT.. den ask me if still want her to pick me or not.. i mean if she done with her lessons at SIM wy not rite?? den she told me she was at home.. she din go for lesson.. aarrgghhh.. waste my time.. never tell me earlier also.. aarrgghhh.. why is everything going against me...

Last Day of August

does anyone what does the last day of august signifies for a UNI student in singapore?? it means orientation period is over.. tutorials are piling up and work is snowballing.. time to switch into the next gear or else you will be left behind again.. this is the crucial period which we cannot slow down.. if we slow down here, we wun be able to pick up in the final third..

yupzZ.. so i'm off to do some work.. muahahaaa...

The Silent Whisperer

today i had my first tutorial and lab of the semester.. and they happened to be the same module.. and same tutor.. BUT.. this tutor has a HUGE problem.. a very very quiet problem.. remember the silent whisperer from SG idols?? yah?? now imagine the indian version.. that's my tutor.. OMG!! very painful sitting at the last row.. i'm practising lip-reading thru-out the lessons.. moreoever, he talks a lot.. and the best part? his voice is uni-directional, somehow it's polarise or focused, however u many wanna put it.. as long as he is not facing u.. u cant hear a word.. he's that good.. he explains quite a lot of stuff during his lessons.. but he is WAY too soft.. someone in the class already told him that.. but.. it seems like that's his maxed.. i cant's even see before his teeth.. not even the gums are visible. that's how big he opens his mouth.. and i think he's an indian scholar, and there's this other indian in the class, who seems to hear him pretty well, cos he's the one answering most of his questions... but i think i'm gonna hate him.. why?? cos he "diao" me when i asked the tutor to repeat wat he just said.. wat's wrong with asking qns.. i belief wat i'm asking is relevant to everyone else.. cos they also cant hear.. he thinks he's SO smart.. stupid indian scholar, come spoil market only...

Tiredness Lingers...

being tired is not something that happens suddenly, you dun suddenly get very very tired.. nope.. it's a built-up from past activities.. very often mental activities make u tired faster den physical.. and actually physical training helps to keep u awake longer and better...

now here's my problem.. i'm so so tired.. i feel very zombie-fied... why?? cos i rushed my tutorials yesterday.. although not really everything was done.. but did quite a lot to my standards.. i seriously do not like to do my work on weekends... weekends are supposed to be spent sleeping, enjoying, couching.. yah.. stuff liddat..

i slept thru most of today's lectures.. i was struggling to stay awake.. but too bad.. it din work.. the zZzzZZz monster has reappeared... i'm now rotting in the study room in YIH.. later still got trainin i wonder how i'm gonna do anything tonight.. no time.. no strength.. is this when or why ppl turn to god?? hmmm...

Supper @ TSC

met up with some of the 4e guys just now.. went for supper at TSC.. i was trying to introduce this cafe to them.. i think the thick toasts really got to them.. and we tried the D24 durian one.. that was really fulfilling.. we also tried the coconut floss one.. for ppl who like coconut floss, the taste is very rich too.. and i realised something.. the cafe has live EPL matches on matchdays.. cool.. that's y it was quite crowded just now.. anyway.. i only manage to salvage some shots before they finished everything.. hahaa.. look at the durian..

Yummy Food Fiesta

Had dinner with yanli at the foodcourt @ Millenia Walk.. There's this korean stall which i had mention before, quite some time back i think.. It sells pretty tasty Korean fare, although the dishes look pretty much similar to other Korean stalls in other foodcourts, but it's not... It tastes much much better, and the reason behind it? that's b'cos it's a branch of a very very nice and a little expensive Korean restaurant called MANNA.. no, it's not country Manna, totally nothing to do with it.. anyway, the restaurant is @ Telok Ayer St.. the food is nice.. but not cheap. the place gives u a feeling of modern korea, and there are always korean speaking ppl there..

ok ok.. back to the foodcourt stall.. this stall is my fav place for cheap and tasty bulgogi, saba, kimchi soup & bibimbaps.. there's also cold noodles, which i have yet to try.. maybe next time.. just take a look at the mouth watering food..


aftermath..

went to watch Jennifer Aniston's "Break up".. it was supposed to be some super hilarious movie.. but it turned out rather disappointing.. turned out like some romantic drama instead.. yah.. so din really enjoyed the show.. so went for supper after that.. hahaa..

Supper was at Tong Shui, or TSC which means tong shui cafe.. haha.. i had my 1st try in this shop at the shop opp great world city.. this place is famous for it's Super Thick Toasts and desserts.. but many ppl order a maggi-lookalike-tastealike ramen.. haha.. anyway.. it's a good place for supper.. it opens from 12pm till 6am.. there's scv too.. haha.. we visited the new opened branch at liang seah st.. somehow the business here looks poor.. perhaps it's still un-noticed..

the decor is pretty nostalgic.. and the staff's uniform, traditional too.. haha.. but the main attraction is still the food.. not exactly coffee shop price.. more like a chinese style starbucks.. but the food is GOOD.. just look at the dripping peanut butter...



just click the photos for more..

Results of IT Security Quest

Recently i ttok part in a NUS IT Security Quest.. I dragged one of my fren to join me.. so we went to look for ans but in the end.. most of the ans were found by me.. and we submitted wat we tot was the most correct answers.. anyway.. the results were out and i got nothing.. but my fren got 2nd.. kaozZ.. i'm so so not lucky.. this is the prize.. good rite.. better luck next time.. but he was nice enough to give me $60 out of $100 NTUC voucher which was also part of the prize..

Fantasy Weekend

it's been a very different weekend for me.. why? cos it's was very exciting yet very boring... there were numerous exciting swordfights, great scenaries, impressive characters, fate which draws the envy of many men.. yet i stayed at home for most of the time.. in fact i was in my room for almost 24hrs.. why?? i was watching VCD.. i rented the whole set of "天龙八部" it's the china 2003 edition.. it's actually being shown on SCV currently but the showtimes are too lousy, maybe cos it's rerun.. i missed the 1st run quite some time back.. watched only bits & pieces.. somehow it seems i was captivated by the showwhen i watched the 1st few episodes 2 weeks ago.. with tutorials and labs starting soon.. i doubt i would have the time to watch the re-run.. so i rented the whole set on saturday.. 27 discs in total, only $10, this tells u it's a 2003 show.. hahaa.. anyway.. i'm done with the show.. i finished abt 21 discs in a weekend... i dun think i've ever done that b4..

it's quite fantastic that i finished everything in one weekend.. with the whole set in my hands.. i just din want to stop for too long to know what happens in the next disc.. and finally it's over.. with a weekend totally filled with "天龙八部", now i feel kindda empty.. alittle lost.. seems a lot like a withdrawal symptom.. a lot like the feeling when i finished watching my "倚天屠龙记" and "宝莲灯"... and i think this feeling will still last for a while.. so ppl if u see me feeling or looking a little lost for the next few days.. u know why..

i always wonder why i like watching such dramas.. my conclusion is i would always immerse myself in the show to an extent of putting myself into the shoes of the characters.. feel what they feel, do what they do.. it's a great feeling, to have great abilities to do great things.. maybe that's wat intrigues me, and have me watch them over & over again...

well den.. that's my exciting weekend activity.. it's over for now.. and maybe it shld stay less exciting till this sem is over.. it's time to study real hard.. hahaa..

A Proud Moment

I'm suddenly so proud of myself, why? cos i spoke up during lecture today. actually it was a built-up to the event.. the previous lecturer already had me on the verge of shouting out.. but someone else did it first... although i din think his solution was good at all.. anyway... this lecturer was telling us that he's starting lab sessions next week and tutorial the week after next... when we have not gotten our groupings.. cos he DOESNT know we have got our groupings.. and i'm so pissed that no one bothered to voice out to him abt out situation.. and so i did...

i raised my hand and told him straight that we cant have our labs next week, cos our lab and tutorial groupings will not be confirm until the end of next week.. and FINALLY he understood our situation.. i'm so proud of myself.. and when he asked if the whole lecture group has the same problem.. everyone ECHOED "YEESSS".. omg.. that's recognition man.. hahaa... only 1 word.. shiok!!!

oh yah... i managed to sell one of my books.. for $20.. but i'm only getting $17 back.. haha... and i totally dun rmember how much i got the book for.. must be ex.. hahaa..

i finally bought my toner but not in NUS.. cos they jacked up the price to $130.. so duhzZ... i bought it for $115 at Harvey Norman.. stupid NUS.. waste my time..

i also brought some books to sell at buybackasia.. i wonder if anyone would buy those textbooks.. i hope they do..

Burning holes in my Pocket

i bought 2 textbooks today... one on probability and another on fluid mechanics.. and it's almost $80.. adn tml still gotta buy toner which costs abt $120... omg.. i'm so broke... trying to stick to $2-$3 on meals to save $$... i sound so so broke..

1st Day of School again

It's back to school after a long 3 mths break.. kindda dragged myself out of bed.. out of the house and to school... it's quite a torturous first day actually... 6hrs of lecture.. but 1 fren had 8hrs.. hah.. that's y i din take a 6th module.. i dun want to go home at 8pm everyday..

surprisingly i managed to stay awake for at least 3/4 of the lectures.. but there's this one china lecturer.. really put me to sleep.. actually it's quite intimidating for a 1st day.. alot of things to absorb,remember and plan for.. it's only going to get worst when the tutorial starts..

recap a little stuff abt yesterday.. had my final game for the vball open.. think it's one of my better performances.. but still lost.. took some photos after the match.. just follow the links on the left... went to watch the philips cup after that.. quite exciting.. i gave up taking pictures cos not very nice.. so i just kept my camera and enjoy the match instead.. hahaa..

A day of taxi

I started off the day taking cab to indoor stadium to catch the opening match of the philips cup. It's a basketball cup organised by SSC, got 8 teams, Argentina, Serbia & montenegro, Slovenia, Spain, Melbourne Tigers, Taiwan's Yulong Club, Sg allstars and M'sia allstars. The match i watched was Yulong VS Sg, and to my horror, the SG allstars consists of 6 locals and 6 foreign imports.. this suck big time.. esp when most of the time, all of the 5 in the court are foreigners.. evening though SG won the game i still think it's a disgrace..

Actually after 3/4 of the 1st match, i left, i had to rush down to hougang for vball.. and it was another disappointing day.. yet i still had to force myself to enjoy the game.. well.. it's hard.. to know more abt this go check my tjvb page..

went back to indoor stadium for the 3rd match in cab again.. spain vs slovenia.. quite exciting.. the europeans are all so huge.. yet they are still quite fast.. amazing.. no pictures today.. but tml i'll bring my camera in and try to take some exciting photos..

Happy National Day Singapore!!

Not a very eventful day, today.. stayed at home... and watch tv for most of the time.. hahaa.. managed to catch some of the action going on at the stadium from my window..

apparently ppl are asking me where i was to watch the fireworks.. so i marked my spot with a star on the map.. just beside ECP on the open grass patch.. it's directly infront of the firesite.. the firesite is actually by the coast of that grass patch.. directly opposite esplanade..

how to get there?? i drove to the seafood centre there and parked.. den walk by the coast all the way to ecp.. very fast 15min only...

After a rather disappointing performance in the opening match of Pesta Sukan, I was utterly disappointed with myself.. the most IMMOBILE libero around.. hahaa.. but den again.. i dun think i was ever very mobile.. it's just that my anticipation now just suxX.. i'm always going in the wrong direction, always wrong footed, always caught rooted to the ground. and all this boils down to?? an extreme lack of match exposure.. it's as simple as that.. i'm defending badminton style.. hands only.. with 1 step radius, nothing more.

anyway, that's history.. went out for dinner with yanli and watch the fireworks festival opening from marina south.. it's my first time watching fireworks form such close range.. the explosions are happening literally overhead.. and many a times the buring magnesium almost reached us.. a few spots of the grasspatch in front of us caught fire though.. it's was simply amazing to see.. ppl out there who haven done it?? there's a few more shows left.. catch it before it's too late.. i've uploaded the photos to my fotopic website, just follow my links on the left column.. or the picture below.

i finally placed a bid for my core modules.. yah.. a huge burden finally taken off my chest..

recently, there seems to be alot of ppl falling sick.. going to hospital and stuff.. hey ppl!! take care of urself!! first grandma fell down went hospital, den mum's husband kena stomach virus, den grandma go hospital like some stomach virus too, den mum yesterday got very red spots all over her body... eeuuww...

yah.. it's the 7th already, and there will be twice the horror.. many places gives me the creeps and shivers.. but yah.. i believe i'll survive.. actually i think more ppl die during 7th month den any other time of the year.. why? cos their relatives whom passed on came to bring them away? i dunno.. but that's wat i feel since i was a kid.. i always felt there seems to be more funerals happening during this month.. or maybe it's just me be cranky..

volleyball training today actually not very meaningful.. last training before our first match but many ppl still din turn up.. quite disappointed.. i cant force them to come.. we shall see wat happens during the tournament..

i made some lasagna yesterday, and i think it really tastes damn good.. hahaa.. just look at the mouthwatering food..

never thought that my failure in one module can cause so much problem... cos of the F.. it means i've only earned 34 MCs.. for promotion to 2nd yr we need to achieve 23% of graduation req which is 160, so i need 36MCs.. so yah.. cos of this.. my CORS still show my status as yr 1.. so i wasnt able to see any 2nd yr modules for me to bid.. so i'm like a sitting duck.. nothing else i could do until they add the module in manually for me.. which is gonna take a few days according to them which feels like shit, this waiting..

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..

I felt bored today... as i have for the past few months.. yupzZ.. i'm boring.. but i did these.. it's fun to explore photoshop...

almost 10 days since my last update.. nothing much have been done.. personally i think there isnt much to be done.. well.. i always think there isnt much to do.. anyway.. i only did stuff like cleaning the house a little.. folded my clothes and packed them.. but the pile of clothes is re-appearing again.. need to clean my room again.. it get sticky after a very short time.. cos i sweat too much.. even in my sleep.. and i dun wanna sleep in aircon too often.. so yah... clean it again..

as for my simple betting.. not too much good news.. have been losing quite alot.. hmmm... barely lasting to the last group match... hmmm... a bit sianzZ... but then... i think it's still under control...

i'm feeling damn emotional today.. tears fell while watching tv during few touching scenes.. one's abt a autistic high school baller in US... in the last match of the season.. the coach allows him to play the last 15 mins.. his team already led by 20 pts though.. yah.. and his 1st shot missed terribly.. but after that.. he just sparked off.. shots after shots just went in.. he made 8 out of 13 shots.. all of which are 3pointers... 24 pts.. top scorer of the match.. emotional man...

den just now spoke to yanli.. telling her the taiwan trip can confirm already... on the 1st of jul.. yet she told me she couldnt get leave... i was so pissed.. so angry.. yet i couldnt say anything.. all i knew at that point in time.. i was very very very very very VERY pissed off... but now.. i'm more lost den pissed.. i dunno wat to do... i arranged the tour for 10 pax.. yanli doesnt go make 9.. if she doesnt go.. i dun wanna go.. i'm going only cos she has been there.. i want to accompany her.. and yet... aarrgghhh... me and my aunt tried to ask other ppl to go.. but to no avail.. and i call the agency.. abt reducing the size to 8.. the outcome.. there will be adjustments to the price.. upward adjustments.. 10 pax implies group bookings.. which makes things cheaper.. less than that.. it's like ordering ala carte instead of set meal.. aarrgghhh... irritating... it's only $1232 for 7 days in taiwan.. fly SIA.. stay 5*.. eat 5*... kaozZ... but it's not possible for me to force her to get leave.. how?? threaten to quit if she dun get it?? no... it's not being able to get it.. it abt how to distribute her work... WHY!!! why must her workload increase now??

wat have i been doing lately??

a simple simple part time job.. wat is it??

betting on world cup.. the method??

$100 capital.. lose all stop.. no big bets.. the outcome??

looking for a mth long of excitement... the match just seems tons more exciting when $$ is involved.. even though not much.. currently.. my capital is still intact.. hahaa...

i want brazil/germany to win.. i think england sucks cos of peter crouch... he is a wimp in attack and a burden in defence.. kudos for the young guns of england though.. i've always favoured aaron lennon and stewart downing in my CM4 hahaa...

other den that.. i'm busy discussing business... wat kind of business?? business with dynasty travel.. i'm trying to give them business and yet they are taking pretty long to get me a quotation for taiwan.. duhzZ.. gopt $$ dun wanna take.. duhzZ x 2...

streaming results are out.. adn thanks to my 2.53 CAp.. i'm posted to the dumpping grd of engine students... civil engine.. but it's fine.. i'll just take any course.. there's still a long long way for me..

meanwhile during this holiday... me and yanli came up with an "investment" plan for world cup.. hahaa... still growing for now.. hahaa..

and for july.. i may be going on a trip to taiwan with my family... yeah.. more holidays...

i successfully bake bread today.. and it was good.. hahaa.. at least that's wat my mum and yanli said after trying it.. haha... that's so comforting to hear after failing so badly the first time.. haha.. can u understand the excitement when u see the dough rise and expands cos the yeast is finally working?? hahaa... shiok!!


it's been a very long time since i met up with carlin, so i met up with her today for dinner and to pass her some of the cake i made.. yupzZ... it was fun to see her after so long.. sometimes u need to see a fren just once in a while so that there will be sufficient stuff to talk abt.. haha... however it seems today i just could not stop talking.. or rather, interrupting.. it felt good catching up with her...

super tired.. cos of the birthday gathering... i personally think for once things had gone well.. most of the food was gone.. which meant wat yanli & i whipped up was acceptable.. hahaa... for those who din come.. this was what u missed..



there's tempura, breaded chicken strips & salmon, chicken soup, boiled chicken, baked pork with potato & pear, salad and apple pies.. and not to forget the cakes, there was mango cake in the pic.. carrot & banana cake was give as door gift.. hehee.. really enjoyed myself in all that cooking..

i'm really grateful for all those who turn up.. u guys really made my day.. i enjoy watching ppl enjoy there food.. although there was some indication that the greatest attraction was the TV and not my food but at least most of the food was gone.. that was my consolation.. haha...

i think my greatest disappointment was fm my cchs batch vballers.. in the end only andre turned up.. i was disappointed cos andre was here alone.. that made him so awkward and me so awkward too.. but sometimes things are liddat.. but i was still
glad andre made it.. thanks bro..



for the rest of the photos just click the picture below..



once again... great thanks to all who came and thanks for the presents.. haha..

i'm 24 today.. how do i feel?? nothing special... it's just another in my life.. hahaa... ppl who are coming to visit me tml, see ya!!

my birthday's this saturday.. and i'm having a small gathering on sunday for dinner at my house.. anyone interested in coming.. sms me k...

failed my ippt today.. actually could have tried for partial pass.. but nah... too lazy to do that.. too long never run also.. dun think i'll pass anyway.. so yah.. i've clocked my ippt attempt..

I've got my horrendous results for this semester.. it's a horrible.. 2.5, although it was not really surprising to see that.. but i was still expecting a little more.. at least from my accounting.. in the end only got B-... quite disappointed in that... well there's nothing i can do abt the results now.. i just wonder where they will post me to.. hmm.. civil or just engineering science... maybe i'll just quit... see how first...

it's my birthday next week... and i'm think if i could get a small celebration up.. hmmm... some ppl go KTV... some come my house for lunch/dinner.. shld be something liddat... discuss with mummy tml...

did some baking for the past few days... and the most important reason for doing so?? the flour in my house is expiring.. in fact they expired last week.. but i'm still trying to make the most out of it.. i'm not expecting much from the recipes.. cos i made some changes..

so yah.. the result was that.. bread became hard like scones.. and my scones look just like muffins.. but they taste not bad though.. hahaa.. and now.. my lastest batch of white bread is resting in the oven just to grow.. the yeast in my house doesnt seem to work.. maybe it's wet... hmmm.. not too sure.. my only aim is to make sure the bread looks like and taste like bread this time.. and not scones..

hahaa..

just finished watching my Bao Lian Deng DVD.. I like this show very much... hahahaa... i think it's all her fault..



and i search online for info on her.. and guess wat.. she's only 19 this yr... from china, beijing and has already acted in many serials... oh yah.. her name's SHU CHANG.. she's an orphan.. nonetheless a beautiful and talented actress..

went to watch the first a div vball match of the season.. and it's also the last one.. it's the finals.. tj guys are in the finals again with a perfect record.. even beating on the way.. and they now face ajc once again.. pictures i took at the game are already up at my fotopic website.. just follow the link..

finals 2006

and the result.. tj lost 3-2.. a result in no way expected nor one-sided.. perhaps the game was lost on physical disadvantage.. but even so.. they had a real chance of winning..

it's a pity not to win.. but definitely not a shame to have lost..

It's been awhile. I wonder if anyone missed me. Well, I just got back from my China trip a few days ago. it's an extremely enjoyable trip. It's been 10 yrs since the last time i was in china and that was with cchs ppl.. long long time ago.. this time it's just me and yanli. we joined a tour grp, so there's actually lots of company. we were lucky that the company was really fun. mostly uncles and aunties, but they were very fun, very active, very funny.. really spark the whole trip.. so i would say we were very lucky..

8 days in china, started off getting to shanghai. took SIA for e first time.. at least for what i remember.. my mum keeps insisting i had take SIA b4, but i totally dun remember anything.. hahaa.. the trip there was worth the extra $100 for choosing SQ.. but it was fun.. lots of food.. movies.. games.. shiok.. 5hrs of flight literally just flew by.. haha.. but there were consequences, we were so tired after the flight.. and we were only just starting on our grueling schedule.. hahaa...

we didnt stay in shanghai for long, after a few stopovers, we were off to suzhou for the night, followed by hangzhou the next afternoon, nanjing on the next, den wuxi, and finally back to shanghai on the 5 day.. tight schedules.. china is just too big with too much to see.. half the time was spent on coach and hotels.. tiring.. but it was fun and quite fufilling.. cos this is one of the furthest trip in the past few years.. or rather past decade..

i think i'll pass on the trip desciption.. i'll let the pictures do the talking.. just follow the link below..

ChInA fOtOs

I'm going to china now.. muahahaaa.... and yanli is hungry.. hahaa.. time to go look for food in T2... T2 is a 24h shopping centre..

i may have to regret not studying for the past semester... i may have to pay for it by getting throw into civil engine.. well.. i'll leave it to fate now... cos i dunno how badly i'll do... luck may be smiling at me once again.. or maybe not.. watever the case.. it's over and there's nothing i can do about it.. so for now.. i'll forward... i have 2 thing sto look forward to.. one is i'm going china for a week this friday.. gonnna have fun with yanli there... yeah!! 2nd... i'm gonna take my ippt soon.. looking forward to it.. ha!!

life shld really be easy...

exams are officially over.. my short term aim is to get into mechanical engine... i just hope i can get in.. cos my resutls totally sucks..

one last paper to go...

1 paper down.. 1 paper gone case... 4 more to go..

~Kelun's Qoute of the day~

When they set the paper at this standard, it doesnt matter if u study or not.. the paper is still blank.

there's always a first time for everything ppl say... today i experience my first.. first time submitting nothing for a major paper... yah.. that's my great achievement today... it's computing... stupid programming... cant understand anything.. cant do anything.. and so i made history today... blank submission.. hahahaa... duhzZ...

haven been going to school lately... i have by my own officially declared study period.. but the catch is i am not studying yet... i'm just piling a very very big snowball now... and i wonder how it will collapse in a few weeks time..

anyway.. i have been doing nothing... i actually done something.. i have more or less completed my part of the finanacial accounting project... wat's left is only compilation and some editing.. yah...

next week will be my biggest hurdle before the exams... i have programing practical exam.. having not written a single program during the whole term... the mention of programing scares the wits out of me.. i really wonder how i am going to even hope to pass that module... we shall see...

life is never easy... why cant it be... some people seem to get a very difficult start in life... but somehow things turn out excellent for them... that's wat a third party will think... wat they dun see is that... when things get difficult.. they work harder...

whereas my case may jus tbe the exact opposite... life started out pretty nicely... i do well in almost everything.. but as the going get tough... i crumble.. is it because.. my initial road was too smooth.. so now i couldnt take any hardship? i hope not.. or maybe i just have more optimism in life... and that everything no matter wat will just turn out fine... I hope so... really hope so... recently.. i'm a loafer.. i do nothing.. although not literally nothing.. but practically it's nothing meaningful...

recently, the greeting phrase i get most often is "hey, where have u been? i haven seen u in a long time"... this made me realised something.. the way i have lived for the past few months.. in almost total isolation from outside world with the exception of yanli and my family... almost no contact with other frens... it actually sounds rather sad when i heard that phrase... it makes me wonder.. how much i have missed.. how much of the life of ppl around me i have missed.. not that it's really impt.. but.. it suppose to make our lives more meaningful..

if this period of isolation was actually well spent burying myself in the stacks of notes and tutorials... i would say it's really time well spent.. but that was not the case... that WAS the initial aim.. but... like wat u shld have realised by now... i haven really been able to reach any of my targets or aims...

tenghui ask me a question today... "wat is ur definition of success?" i told him i din know.. but i actually have quite a clear idea of wat a successful ME shld be... i would be rich.. wealthy.. powerful and well-liked... things around me are always well done... although i had an answer.. but i was ashamed to say it.. why ?? cos it seems wishful thinking.. very wishful.. anyway... he told me his definition... it would be "being able to achieve wat you set out to do" that would be a success... i almost laughed at myself... cos if u apply that to me... i would be very UNSUCCESSFUL now.. and i think i really am...

it's really been a very very long time since i last touched a volleyball.. i still love the game.. but i look at myself... i'm ashamed of my physical state... i'm a fat slob.. looking at the positive side... i may be the most agile and quickest person in the weight category.. but here's the problem... ppl in my weight category are sumo wrestlers.. HAhAhAAaaa...

have wrote so much in a long time... it seems i have more words to depress myself today... but anyway... i received a touching message today... from someone close to me.. tellimg me something that i din expect her to tell me on the day it happened.. so i'm really happy for that... little things make me feel that "I" matter.. thanks..

~crap of the day~
Mr A : Hi, I'm a representative from Singapore Toastmasters.
Mr B : Oh, hi. Are you the one selling toasters?? The Toastmaster 2006??

p.s. Toastmasters is an international association which specialises in public speaking.. just so u ppl know..

fulfilling... gained a lot of knowledge today... though i'm still sratching only the tip of the iceberg...

by the way i did not manage to do any of the things i stated in my previous entry..

this sucks.. the little tennis ball has accumulated to become a huge snowball.. and it's rolling right towards me... aarrr!!!

I'm going to CHINA!! May 5th.. it's been 10 yrs since going back to the "motherland".. well... now i have something to look forward to.. but i have many many hurdles before that... homework, tests, tutorials, revision, ippt, exams, practical exams... aarrgghhh... the list goes on and on...

it's time... time to turn on hyperdrive..

~warning~

"speeding kills"

i'm so lame...

Next up... accounting project.. physics assignment.. maths webcast lectures followed by tutorials..

din go school today... 3 reasons... not feeling well... damn tired.. and dun wanna face CS1101 tutorials...

~~~~

i'm a steam roller baby...
that's roll'n down the street..
i'm a steam roller baby...
that's roll'n down the street..

so u better get out of my way now,
or i'll roll all over u..
so u better get out of my way now,
or i'll roll all over u..

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too bad studying is not an obstacle u can just roll over... duhzZ...

haha.. i'm now in olive cove.. lazing on a couch.. using comp... no one would believe i'm in sch.. hahaa...

my qoute of the day..

"simply ignore everything u have to do today, everything can be done tml, den u'll be happy today."

p.s. when tml comes, apply the above quote again.. hahahaa.... if only life is this great..

spend so much time doing my financial accounting presentation.. initially quite happy and confident about it.. but in the end.. almost every single like kena corrected by the tutor.. so sianzZ, so "throw face", aarrgghhh...

final midterm test is over... only worry is for sociology.. see how.. still lagging like mad on lesson pace... need more haste.. but more haste less speed.. and study stamina is dying..

headache, dizzy,sweating like hell, shivering in cold, stomach pain.. that's wat i felt on my way to school... someone should start sounding out to SBS that making buses too cold aint comfort.. it's torture... esp when entering the bus from a warm place.. sudden change in temperatures cause headache, coupled with the jerky bus movements.. really felt like vomiting!!!!!!!! i'm gonna complain to SBS.. NOW!!

i'm a tenth of a ton.. i'm aching everywhere.. my brain is 386..

rhumatism... ouch...

hungry...

alot has happened in the past 10 days... the majority of the past week was spent studying.. mugging... why cos it's mid-term test week... 3 out of 6 papers are this week.. there will be 2 more after the mid-term break... so yah.. now's midterm break.. but my main itinerary for this short break is catch up.. lots of it... and the dummest thing i did this week is missing my programming midterm test.. why?? cos i din check my timetable earlier... all along i tot my paper was saturday afternoon... so when i checked for my sitting arrangement at noon.. i realised the paper was already over in the morning... my solution?? email the lecturer telling him i was sick in the morning... and so i had to spend $26 to go see a doctor and convince him i had diarrhea in the morning.. haha.. works all the time... the only problem now is that i dun even know if there would even be a retest for me.. sobzZ.. this actually gives me some time to study... i totally haven done anyting for programing..not even lectures or tutorials... HAH!!

valentine's was last tues.. the only day i din do mugging... yah... got a call from yanli in the morning.. cos she received the flowers i sent her.. hehh.. so happy.. cos she's happy... we went to night safari for dinner that night.. we went there for bongo burger... although it wasnt too disappointing but the menu has changed since the last time we went there.. so yah.. think that we would be the last time we are there... anyway there's carl's jr around now...

this weekend is simple enjoyment.. after some tests.. and missed 1 test.. it's time to waste money... saturday night we went to watch NTU's impresario... if u dunno wat's that.. Impresario is NTU's version of talentime.. it's a islandwide competition though.. the quality's better den superstar.. way better... Kelly poon was the guest artiste.. and junyang was her guest.. while me and yanli were sitting just beside junyang's fan club.. so pai seh.. they had luminated clubs.. and scream like there's no tml.. kaozZ... anyway.. the real highlight of the whole show was the performance by MOSAIC.. the winner of another NTU compeition FuXion.. they are not a singing group, they are music performers, unlike any we have seen... that performance simply blew the whole audience away.. it was simply just WOAH!!!!

today went shopping with yanli and spent quite a bit at marina square.. really went shopping.. quite shiok... hahaa.. ate at millenia walk's food court.. had my favourite korean food there.. yummy.. still good... den continued shopping... den bought more stuff.. den decided to watch movie.. so we bought the $48 dollars for 6 tickets package... so yah.. we are expecting a few more movies to come.. haha.. meanwhile before the show... we went to eat kaya fondue at glutton square.. yummy... i like the kaya there.. tastier den ya kun.. ya kun's one actually too sweet... yah.. nice... watch pink panther... it's a just for laughs show... very lame very funny... haha... but be warned.. not all jokes are obvious.. enjoyed myself very much today... gotta prepare myself for a week of catching up...

today the spector found a glimpse of a light... a ray of light which broke through the darkness after a night of grueling mugging... though it was just a glimpse... but it gave me tons of hope.. and satisfaction.. only a single word descrbes my feelings now...

SHIOK!!!

a drifting spector needs a light.. a leading light.. a source of encouragement.. an understanding heart.. and tons of patience...

i still have not found my direction.. i'm now just going straight.. straight ahead cos i have no idea where to turn... it's like walking in the dark.. afraid to turn left or right.. even afraid of taking the next step.. for fear i may end up in the abyss..

but isnt life about taking risks?? every step we take is a gamble.. be it big or small.. without risks.. life is a plain piece of paper... so we be afraid of taking risks?? i guess not.. but if u have gambled many a times... and lost the bet just as many... perhaps u would be somewhat like me.. afraid to take the next step...

i waited and she finally came for me.. for a moment i thought all was lost.. and i was left alone.. in the fire..

the thought of being alone on a deserted island may be scary to some... but i think that's not the worst.. cos u know that that is the situation and things are fixed at the state... after some time u will get used to it...

but now.. imagine u being in the crowded place... there are many ppl around.. having fun.. making noise.. but.. here's the irony.. u are alone.. ppl walk past u as if u werent there.. u become a drifting spector in the crowded.. that sort of loneliness, i feel is many times more horrifying and unbearable compared to the one above...

i feel like i'm trapped in a ring of fire.. and the only person who can save me.. dun wanna come.. should i just jump out of the ring at all cost or should i juat stay here and wait... i chose to wait..

just to continue the last post... sheares won the IHG vball.. again.. though i see everyone celebrating.. cheering.. it means almost nothing to me.. my heart was for the game.. not the result.. while ppl were cheering and chatting after the game... i'm just glad that yanli was around, to pei me and quietly walk away... some were emails sent out expressing their gratitude in everyone's commitment to the trainings and games and blah blah blah... well... i was mention in the emails appropriately as the runaway sons, rather apt i feel.. so was jeremy.. same situation as me i guess.. but sorry to say.. i'm bent on not carrying on my stay next sem.. currently i'm comtemplating whether or not to continue staying this sem.. i've send and enquiry to the OSA, asking for options.. we shall see...

this week was suppose to be a heavy week.. but somehow i reduce my lessons on my own accord.. 8 hrs became 2.. 6 hrs become 1... haha... not good.. maybe cos of my late nights spent at ECP mac.. that was my studying haunt for the past few days.. spent the nites there with yanli... i studied while she played "ming xing san que yi".. though she was playing.. she was really tired.. and i'm really grateful that she spent all that time with me.. esp when she had to work the next day.. she also helped me a lot with my financial accounting.. after missing the previous lesson... she really gave me tuition in the tutorials... and i was able to complete them to great accuracy... all thanks to her...

yesterday i realised i missed the deadline for my physics online assignment.. i din even know it was already up in the web... suckzZ.. so i got zero for my first webassign.. last sem i think i got zerp also.. but that was because i din know how to do.. not din do.. i was having a bad headache most of yesterday.. it was very uncomfortable.. made me nauseaus most of the time... uuurgghh...

today... wat day is today.. today is friday.. today's IHG vball finals, gonna play against eusoff.. today i supposedly had 3 classes.. but i skipped one and another was cancelled so i only had 1 hr of lessons today... today i filled up all the blanks in my FNA notes... today i catched up on my maths lectures, while chatting on MSN, also lazing in my B412 aka hostel room... today i did my maths lab quiz 1... today i had lunch alone again.. that's about it for today for now...

weekends are supposedly my free time... but i dun think i can keep them free of schoool work anymore... cos i just aint doing enough during the weekdays.. so yah... self-declared xtra classes for myself.. going to mac to study again... mid-term tests are coming.. less den 10 days time.. UNI works in hyper-drive... lazy bums watch out!!

2nd day of CNY.. things were better after eve.. nose and throat were slightly better... got quite a few ang baos.. and cos travel around to "bai nian" i incur very little personal expenses.. that's good.. considering i'm very poor now.. yesterday had dinner at spageddies@paragon.. first time eating there.. was expecting cartel-like food.. but i was wrong.. it was much better and and much more worth it... fulfilling dinner.. yesterday we were at cineleisure watching .. tonite we were there again but this time it's a huge family-matter.. although it's only like half of my maternal relatives, we had 20 tickets watching .. WOAH!! first time watch movie with so many relatives... interesting... hahaa.. think CNY is the only time i can mix better with my cousins..

today also went around visiting with my 4e khakis... it's been a yearly custom for us for years.. it's amazing how long this has been going on.. since we graduated.. or rather ever since CCHS we have been doing this.. in the early years.. we would take bus together from one house to another for CNY visiting... it's was fun taking a bus with a bunch of classmates.. years have past.. many things have changed.. but some things still seem the same.. or rather we have grown accustom to each others habits.. nowadays.. we drive around in a few cars... the bus crowd and evolved into a caravan of cars.. haha.. although the amount in the ang pao $$ hasnt really increased over the years.. but that was way besides the point.. haha..

Happy LUNAR NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE...

it's a lousy new year's eve for me... i'm sick!! flu.. coughing like mad.. and i feeling very very lethargic... for the pass few days.. it's just getting worst... this sucks... stayed at home after like 8plus... din go anywhere... not chinatown.. not marina... just at home.. so sianzZ.. so boring.. so irritating.. i'm SICK and BORED!!! this sucks... and i'm not getting and care and tenderness frm the only person that matters... this sucks even more... SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

end of the week again... only a few things worth mentioning since my last entry.. wednesday.. sheares won RH and is thru the next friday's finals.. i play my first game for sheares... seriously... i dun see the need for such hunger in such a game... my mentality for the game still stands... just play as u are happy... no point over-stressing... over-exerting.. over-reacting... after all it's a game.. at the end of the day it's suppose to make u happy...

thursday was a short day.. short short day... dear came to NUS to find me for lunch.. her CNY hols started since weds afternoon... shiok rite? yah... we went for lunch at engine canteen... after that we went shopping at orchard... the original plan was actually to go sing KTV... but both not feeling well.. so din go.. went shopping at world of sports.. got 40% off.. oh yah.. almost forgot to mention.. dear bought me a pair of new courts shoes... cos my old one stinks.. haha.. so nice of her rite??

today... we went orchard again... dear wanted to buy a pair of shoes which she din buy on thursday... but somehow.. there was only e display set left at paragon.. after checking, the salesgal told us.. it's a vailable at bugis.. so we rushed down.. in the end... we realise the bugis one not on offer.. so end up din buy... poor ger... we ate billy bombers for dinner.. very very long din eat liaozZ.. still taste quite good.. but dear order some CNY special.. not too nice.. den went chinatown shopping for clothes... i bought a shirt.. finally... but dear couldnt find anything she likes.. she is so so suay today... so kelian...

it's gonna be a busy CNY.. so many places to go... public holiday like no holiday... duhzZ... lagging behind in schoolwork too..

it's been more den a week since my last entry... this week starts tutorials... it's a disaster.. i missed my first accounting tutorial.. not by choice... but cos of my sleep-like-a-pigness.. anyway... it's really a disaster for now... cos i really dunno wat's going on in my tutorials... dunno how to do... i tot i understand the lectures.. but... well.. yah.. duhzZ...

i think i shld be frantically trying to keep up pace with the things happening around me... but.. aiyah... let things take it's course... shun qi zi ran lor...

just now went to watch the semis... NUS lost to SP after a seriously lack lustre performance.. seriously poor.. think that's the best description i can think of.. ppl ask me why i like so happy they lost... well the truth is.. i dun think they deserve to reach the semis in the first place..

yanli's gonna have a long long holiday for the festive season... and i'm gonna make her spend more time with me.. instead of her charis agatha lum "chai tou".. hahaa i'm so jealous of her newborn niece.. taking up all her time.. sobzZ.. hahaa.. time for me to fight back... come dear.. come... hahaha...

i went down to tp to watch vball today.. was suppose to be supporting NUS.. but they din really play well.. lost one set to Ngee Ann poly.. no wonder they lost 3-0 to SIM.. i was expecting NUS to at least take one set from SIM... surprising.. but the main attraction for me today is to watch NTU vs SIM.. NTU won 3-0 and won convincingly.. 2 factors won them the match.. all out defending.. and a magical setter... for non-volleyballers who were standing around me as i watched.. they were saying "wow, NTU's attacking is so strong.. SIM couldnt black any of their spikes.." but with a few years of volleyball experience and knowledge... one would easily realised it's the setter who controlled the match... NTU's setter in this case.. his deception in his setting, made almost every spike for his players an easy spike.. most of the time with only 1 blocker.. and even when there's 2 blockers, they wouldnt have enough time the close in in the bloack.. leaving a space in the middle of the blockers.. it's been a long time since i've seen such remarkable setting.. reminds me of the time i wanted to mimic his moves and deception... the result.. a clown act.. hahaa..

play badminton today.. yanli's improving with every game... maybe one day we can go enter some competition for fun.. hahaa... playing badminton quite often recently... esp cos now got yanli to play with me.. and she is good... heh..

tml.. morning basketball.. evening go back hall... ballot for tut.. and read up some lectures..

back in room again... 1st IHG match is officially over.. won EH quite convincingly.. i din get to play.. this makes me rethink my purpose.. my loyalty to the hall.. etc.. conclusion... this will be my last sem in hall... next sem onwards... HElloOO MRT... i have no believe in hall culture.. it was suppose to excite me... but somehow i've become inert to the hoo haa... i'm just a slient non-existent ninja.. living in huge almighty sheares hall.. hahaa.. and i'm okay with it... because not many ppl knows me.. i have the freedom to do watever i want..

i'm going home for the weekend now... zZzzZZzz...

back in hall.. back in school.. but that's only cos tonight got volleyball match.. not really excited about it... if i get to play den play... if dun have den so be it..

just now went to buy the rest of my textbooks... and so the total amount i spent on 5 irritatingly cheapskate looking textbook is $150.. kaozZ... never buy any book so expensive before... uni is expensive...

din go to school today... wanted to watch lectures online.. but somehow cannot load... but somehow.. i found a way to watch today's lecture... haven watch though... not purposely dun want to go school one... tml no lectures... so no go school...

school has finally started.. 6 modules for me this semester.. only just moved my stuff into hall.. personnally.. i'm still at home... not moving myself in yet... perhaps friday den move... haha..

i'm looking forward to chinese new year... and also the long long mid-yr break.. hahahaa..

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL.. 2006 is here... and i wonder if it will be a good year for me.. i sure hope it will be a good year for myself.. but... we shall see how things turn out for myself...

i'll be taking 6 modules for the comming semester.. last sem i only took 4.. very soon.. IHG will be starting.. IVP will be starting even sooner, but i still wonder if i'm taking part in it or not. hahaa... i'm the laziest person around...

i regret to say my last year's resolution of losing weight did not materialise... although halfway thru there seemed to be signs of getting lighter.. but nope.. it was not to be.. the mass just bounce back like it never left.. hahaa... and it brought frends along.. duhzZ duhzZ.. i'm now above 100kg.. a historic milestone.. duhzZ even more..

so these will be my resolutions for the new year...

1. lose weight
2. pass IPPT
3. CAP > 3.5
4. be nice to yanli
5. make some frens

yah.. think that's about it for me.. the only thing i'm proud of achieving for this hols is that i revamp my room a little... shifted my cabinets ard... manage to create a little more space... wile the rest of the time was simply donated to the wonderful invention of the little box below my big black box ( SCV decoder below TV).. hahahaaa.......