Monday, October 30, 2006

Period Of Absence & Delirium

i've been MIA'd from blogging for sometime.. pretty much longer den usual i would say.. it's not that i dun have anything to say.. it just i feel so tired.. so so tired.. just din have e energy to load the webpage and talk about my day or past few days..

it's the period of the semester when all datelines and exams are converging together.. and that creates trememdous amount of stress.. however i've been able to hang on.. for now.. but this has taken a toll on me.. my body is no longer used to long hrs of studying.. plus vball training.. plus housework.. yah.. it just seems there's not enough time.. not enough energy..

it has come to the point that my mind is kind of saturated.. it's taking me more and more effort to understand anything.. i just cant seem to think properly anymore.. cant seem to think straight.. my whole strain of thought seems to be screwed up... so is right, wrong? or wrong, rite? wat's rite?? wat's wrong??

Sunday, October 22, 2006

How Impt is Work? More work = less time.

Just how important is your work? Does your life depend on it? Will you die without it? Or will u just not feel right without doing it? People view and value their work differently. The level of responsibility and commitment differs on an extensive range.

Personally i feel work should belong only in the workplace and only during the specified workhours which was agreed upon when the job is promised. I understand that this is sometimes not possible, therefore i can accept overtimes perhaps at a rate of 10-15%. I feel beyond that is plainly overcommitment which will mean overnegligence in many other aspects in life. Life is not just about work, work is essential as it give us the experience and money to self-sustain. If the job is also a personal interest, it just make the job slightly easier.

But when the job becomes over-consuming, we have to think through our processes and priorities. We have to ask why are things progressing so slowly, what's wrong with the process and immediately make changes to it so that things can get back on track asap. Plainly trying to put more hours into the work and not solving the root which is causing the problem will not help get the job done faster. It will only cause more problems to surface as you carry on. It like a leak in a dam, if all you try to do is to patch up the leak and not think about releasing the pressure from behind, all you get will be more leaks spring up as you try to patch up more cracks. It a vicious cycle, and it just keeps on spiraling until you feel that it's normal.

No, it's not normal at all. It's a very big problem waiting to explode. Sometimes while you are involved, immersed in the situation, you don't see the big picture. You just get so engross about solving your little part of the problem and hope everything else will just go well and fall into place. This is when you need someone to tell you that, there's a problem. And the problem is not on the surface, but right at the roots. And this is when, you face a very very tough decision. Often we will not have the resources to solve the problem at both ends, i.e. patch the cracks and relieve the dam pressure at the same time. And just as often, the root requires much more effort and time to solve as compared to surface problem. That's why most people choose to constantly patch up the crack.

Like I just said, it's a tough decision facing a snowballing issue. But when sometimes you just have to make the TOUGH choice. Relieve the dam pressure, although it's gonna take a while and most likely a few areas are going to get flooded due to the cracks not being repaired. But it is the tough choice, you lose some areas at first, but you save even more from the fate of a dam burst. And that's the big picture. So what's the rationale in working overtime almost everyday, when the only problem you are trying to solve, doesnt really solve the problem?

When leaks appear, it's never without reason. Please look at the root of the problem at the larger scale and stop wasting time patcing up holes here and there. Utimately you could have spent 40hrs patching up 40 holes while you could have just spend 36hrs diverting some of the dam water to another river.

Sometimes it's just your attitude, come on and toughen up against the problem. It's like making another tough decision, even though you personally have chosen to solve the problem at the root. You'll just have learn when to stop patching up cracks only, and start addressing the real problem. There will always be people who may not see your point, and people who will be at the receiving ends of the unpatched leaks. You have to brave through those people and make the correct decision, some people just have to wake up their ideas and they won't know pain until it really hurts. Some people will just have to be sacrificed for the greater good...

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Monitored LIfe

I suddenly have some IDEAS in my head and I din want it to be together with the last post cos it's totally irrelevant, i think.

It's about monitors.. Firstly, what are monitors? they are just like windows, but they are windows that show us images BEYOND reality. The first monitor that enter the life of the human race is the Redifusion, or simply the black & white TVs.. yupzZ.. that's the generation one of the little black box..

the little black box has totally chaged the world.. the TV has becomed from a pure form of entertainment & pasttime to an addiction, turning everyone of us into lifeless zombies(in nicer words coach potato, technically they are very much the same). the little black box has enable people to receive knowledge about the entire world by just a flick of a button.. Maybe if u weren't that obsessed with that black box, you would really lead a much more meaningful,eventful,fruitful life..

dun believe me?? dun think people are obsessed?? just look back.. since when is a drama series a must do thing in our life? remember how depressed you would become if u missed the last episode?? how about being so engrossed watching vcd/dvd until eat and sleep becomes unimportant?? or being totally oblivious to ur family calling at you while u watch ur fav comedy?? "knowledge cravings", when one shows ends, u switch channels and look for something else to dwell ur mind into... that's obsessed..

however TV is evil no.2 nowadays.. now's the IT age.. and the number 1 EVIL goes to... *drumroll*... the computer monitor. Everyday, almost everyone would face a computer monitor.. it's no longer just wat the tv decides to show you, the computer and the internet give u the power and control to chosoe watever, whenever you wanna see... it has becomed a way of life.. it's not just entertainment like TV.. it's much more den that.. it's work,communication and many more..

see how the monitors are appearing everywhere and taking over our lifes.. and how i can i leave out the latest doll of the IT industry since the late 90s?? the HandPhone.. dun forget the screen u have on ur HP.. it's a monitor too!! now everyone has a portable monitor.. when was the last time u ever get onto a public transport which has NOONE using a HP?? not in the last 20 yrs i tell you...

have u ever wondered.. as we look into the monitor and see an image.. there might be someone staring right back at us and we dun even know it.. better still.. that someone is telling us to do things right now.. which we dun even realise.. aint that scary?? not possible?? well i seriously believe it is possible.. just that no one is crazy enough to try it out yet.. just imagine planting messages into the computer images which isonly recognisable by the brain and not the eye... or radio frequencies in the sub-audible ranges... i could be telling to transfer all ur $$ into my account this very moment..

anyway.. dun worry just yet.. i'm just in the mood to tell stories.. k back to my main point.. Our lifes are so filled with monitors and maybe cameras.. everything we do is being scrutinised and watched.. pretty much like the events in the move "enemy of the state".. no wonder more and more ppl are running back into the woods..

one day monitors will become non-physcial.. like the holographic stuff we see in sci-fi movies.. yupzZ.. that's the future for monitors and e future for us.. We are not living in the age of computer or IT.. We are living in the age of MONITORS...

A Week On

it's been a week since my last post and YET i have nothing much to say.. i haven done anything much in school this week.. felt really like shit for e past few days... maybe it's my PMS (Personal Mental Syndrome) kicking in.. it's just the time of the month when i start feeling low esteemed and super discourage about everything and a severe lack of motivation to do anything..

but i hope it's getting better, cos i'm finally starting to do some work.. been in front of the comp doing work for the past 5 hrs or so.. so yah.. perhaps the engine is re-starting again.. but i have stuff to catch up this time... i'm no longer ahead of time like i was in the past few weeks.. just a few days of slacking and now i'm behind time.. that's how fast-Paced uni is..

well.. today in gonna be a long long day in school.. 9am to 4pm.. after which there's IFG vball.. shld i go down for IFG or shld i just hide somewhere and study/do tutorials?? perhaps i'll do both..

seriously, life is definitely not just about studying.. NOR is it only about playing Games...

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Tough Week

it's been a tough start to the week.. physically.. IVP training on monday, and that almost killed me totally... the training was slightly for physical den normal.. and i was totally drained.. even now my back and chest are stil aching.. really unfit..

fell really sick yesterday.. think it was my lunch.. contaminated food which i made i guess.. i heated up the food which was in the fridge for like, 1 week.. yah.. my stomach just couldnt hack it.. and i felt like shit the whole nite.. vomited late at nite.. guess wat came out.. it was my lunch.. it was still intact.. so wat's e cause of my weak stomach?? and this morning too i felt like shit.. but i still dragged myself to school.. cos i really felt i would be lost if i din attend the tutorials.. esp when my group mates aint the type who pay attention.. anyway i'm feeling better now.. and it time to head back to the books...

oh yah.. i would be going back to tj to help in coaching.. that's so exciting..

Sunday, October 08, 2006

Sunday Blues

it's sunday, and it's giving me pre-monday blues.. why?? cos tml got test, which i haven study for.. mum's not around cos she went cruise.. din go for basketball this morning cos there was poor attendance.. due to even poorer PSI index...

It's a blue blue day.. heh...

Saturday, October 07, 2006

Tiring Week

It's been a long long week.. tiring week.. din have much sleep at all.. cos slow work rate and study rate.. so stayed up most of the nites.. played game online too.. been playing this online game Reincarnation for a long time.. u just get hooked onto it.. why?? cos there's so much to learnt in this game.. how to defend, attack, build and many other aspect of e game.. if this were a course in NUS.. it would take plenty of modules.. hahaa.. anyway i'm going to put a link to the game here.. for MY easy access.. ppl interested can go take a look too.. but let me know if u are going to play k.. i dun mind more allies... hehe..

just now went to huiting's "surprise" birthday party.. which wasnt really a surprise.. thanks to her boyfriend's not too good planning.. hahaa.. but ok lar... got frens down.. talk talk, eat eat, play play lor.. usual stuff.. and of cos alcohol.. boring rite?? but yah.. that's the way things goes in this part of the globe.. duhzZ...

looking forward to a weekend of good rest.. still got test on monday..

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

How small things can affect u greatly, a.k.a. the Butterly Effect

How big a thing is printing alot of notes.. say like 200 pages of it.. on 2 sides.. that makes it like 100 pieces of paper.. for me , it took me almost 3 hrs just to complete that task.. i bought a laser printer to make my notes printing faster.. but it can only print 1 sided.. 2 sided printings have to be flipped manually for printing.. i could have just reduced the page size and just print 2 pages on one side.. but for the sake of readability.. i did the flipping.. and stupid me.. lost so many hrs of sleep cos of that.. esp after a long day in school and vball training..

so 3.30am was the time i finally can pack up.. omg.. by the time i woke up.. it's 10am!! and i was suppose to go to 8am.. 2 hrs late, lucky for me lessons only start at 10am.. well yah.. at least i din miss too much.. just one lecture... managed to reach school in time for my 2nd lesson.. but that cost me $12 in taxi fare.. and i was really struggling to stay awake.. tough man...

lessons ended quite early today.. by 1pm it's end of day.. went to buy a textbook which costs $35 bucks... luckily a fren is going to buy it frm me.. and i'll just photocopy the whole book.. heh.. save a bit of $$, btw my daily budget is only $10.. just one taxi ride has already landed me in deficit.. suckzZ man.. so in order to photocopy the book.. i gave up plans to stay in school to study.. when to katong shopping centre instead.. took 10 from outside HMK..

along the way there was this irriting uncle, whose phone was ringing away and he just refuses to pick up the call.. at first i was thinking if he was just interesting in listening to is monotonic ringtone.. den i realise he's avoiding the calls.. after the stupid song was played like 4 times.. i was on the verge of going up to him and tell him to turn of the ring tone and switch it to silent.. BUT, this indian guy sitting behind me got to him first.. and he was frenly at all.. yell at the man to turn of his phone, saying he was disturbing his sleep, blah blah blah.. heated argument.. but the uncle's phone just went on ringing.. but he got off the next stop.. they even exchange middle fingers as the bus went pass him.. damn comical.. i think i would handled things in a totally different way.. i think...
hahaa..

anyway, he was really disturbing our sleep.. i fell asleep soon after.. and zZzZzzZz.. i overslept.. only woke up at siglap.. so i had to alight and take a bus back to Katong.. still gotta climb overhead bridge.. sianzZ.. but the lucky ting is that i found a shop that manage to get the photocopying done by tml morning.. so i can collect tml.. that's good..

Ever imagine how different this day could be if the notes din take me so long?? A hell load different i tell u.. that's why when i see time travel movies.. sometimes u know it's just now realistic.. cos if ever someone manages to get back in time.. everything little thing he does will just create not just a small change but a whole new different alternate universe... SCARY!!

Sunday, October 01, 2006

Starlight Cinema

It 's almost the end of the week long break.. it seem as if it hasnt begun.. why?? cos it felt as if i have not done anything during this week.. neither entertainment nor work.. it felt as if the week has just disappear.. however.. tonight's my last nite of fun.. well thursday shld have been my last day of fun.. somehow it dragged... after tonite.. actually after bball tml morning.. i'll mug.. mug like hell cos i got loads of stuff to do.. SHIT..

anyway back to the point.. it's the highlight of the week.. had a surprise for yanli tonite.. wat is it?? this..

she totally doesnt know anything about it.. well. neither do i.. except i hear on the radio quite often.. and this poster i pass by everyday at aljunied mrt.. so i planned this surprise for her..

starlight cinema = outdoor movie screening.. so i chose tonight... 2 movies.. MI2 & MI3.. and also prepared a lot of food for a picnic.. and i have a new dessert.. it's creme caramel.. pretty good.. looks quite posh.. but real easy to make, although a bit time consuming.. really quite shiok except the sitting on the ground kindda gave me a backache... some vip actually got air beds in the middle of the field.. that's shiok.. i'm gonna find out how to become VIP.. and next yr i'll be shiok too.. hahaha.. anyway.. we had a lot of food and fun.. cos this event is sponsored by Nokia, so they had ppl going around with the new N93 & N73 taking photos and videos for us.. den we'll get to see ourselves on the big screen and also free photo developing done.. heh..

then there was this couple from NUS in front of us.. OMG.. cam whoring.. hahaa.. see their face so so many times.. they must have gone to every sales person.. crazy.. anyway... we took quite a bit of photos ourselves... it's up at my foto site.. go see...


Thursday, September 28, 2006

Meeting up with my sis

Met up with my closest sis to date.. spent quite a lot fo time talking to her today.. i wonder if she enjoyed my company.. cos i enjoyed having her around listening to me rattling on and on, on god knows wat.. haha.. sometimes even I have difficulty understanding myself.. we talked about our lives recently, updated about the ppl around us, our love life & future, our recent entertainment, mooncakes tasting, dressing sense well her bf's dressing sense.. yupzZ.. the list goes on.. after finding out more abt her and her bf, i really think she's gonna get married before me.. haha... all in all.. i enjoyed myself with her company..

Thanks Mei, for being my sis, being a patient listener to endure my crapping.

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Settler's Cafe

It was suppose to be a class outing, but due to poor response and most of the classmates being busy with one thing or another.. the turn out was poor.. perhaps it's just my poor choice of date.. but luckily few still managed to turn up..

so i would like to say thanks to james, zhangjun, zip and gf for turning up.. otherwise it could have just been me trying to join in the table of nerds next to us.. yuckzZ.. i can imagine that.. the table next to us really very very very veryVERY nerdy...

anyway.. we had fun.. really fun.. we all wished we could stay longer even though we already over-stayed without xtra charge for quite a while.. we stayed till the shop closed.. that's like 11pm.. so i shld say those who din come.. really missed out.. nvm.. there will always be a next time.. and i hope the turnout would be better..

we did take some photos and they have been uploaded at my fotopic.. just follow this link..

Settler's Cafe

Saturday, September 23, 2006

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..

Friday, September 22, 2006

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..

Thursday, September 21, 2006

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..

Sunday, September 17, 2006

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..

Saturday, September 16, 2006

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..

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Kitty Sleep



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

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

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...

Thursday, September 07, 2006

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..

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

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...

Friday, September 01, 2006

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...

Thursday, August 31, 2006

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...

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

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...

Monday, August 28, 2006

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...

Sunday, August 27, 2006

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..

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

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..

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

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..

Sunday, August 20, 2006

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..

Thursday, August 17, 2006

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..

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

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..

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

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..

Saturday, August 12, 2006

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..

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

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..

Sunday, August 06, 2006

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.

Friday, August 04, 2006

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..

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

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..

Monday, July 31, 2006


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

Sunday, July 30, 2006

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..

Friday, July 28, 2006

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..

Thursday, July 27, 2006


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...

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

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...

Monday, July 24, 2006

"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..

Sunday, July 23, 2006

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..

Friday, July 21, 2006

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


Wednesday, July 19, 2006

this is wat i did today..

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

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

Sunday, July 16, 2006

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

Thursday, July 13, 2006

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..

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

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..

Sunday, July 09, 2006

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...

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

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..

Saturday, July 01, 2006

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..

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

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...





Sunday, June 25, 2006

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...

Friday, June 16, 2006

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...

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

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...

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

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...

Monday, June 05, 2006

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..

Saturday, June 03, 2006

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!!

Thursday, June 01, 2006

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...

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

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..

Sunday, May 28, 2006

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...

Thursday, May 25, 2006

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..

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

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..

Thursday, May 18, 2006

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..

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

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

Saturday, May 06, 2006

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..

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

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...

Monday, May 01, 2006

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..

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

one last paper to go...

Saturday, April 22, 2006

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.

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

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...

Friday, April 07, 2006

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...

Sunday, April 02, 2006

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..

Thursday, March 30, 2006

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

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

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!!!

Monday, March 27, 2006

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..

Saturday, March 25, 2006

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

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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...

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

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..

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

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...

Sunday, March 12, 2006

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..

Thursday, March 09, 2006

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!!

Sunday, March 05, 2006

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

Saturday, March 04, 2006

rhumatism... ouch...

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

hungry...

Monday, February 20, 2006

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...

Saturday, February 11, 2006

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...

Thursday, February 09, 2006

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...

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

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...

Friday, February 03, 2006

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!!