My new Toys

Meet my new companions in the car.. one makes me sleepy.. one keeps me wide awake.. here's chip and sleepy chip.. hahaa..





but it does not end here.... here's another Toy.. not mine totally.. but i get to use it for sure.. hahaaa...

Thanks!! Many Many Thanks.. :)

This year's birthday is special.. cos many people remembered it.. although some are due to my constant reminder.. hahaa.. nonetheless, it feels good that people remember my birthday even though i did not call for a celebration or anything.. So i'll try to give thanks to everyone.. so here goes....

Thanks to qiwei, stephhie, esther, miann, bunny(see the 2nd last para), shengyu, carlin, xiujie, zoe, wengseng & shiyun for wishing me happy birthday..

thanks to 4E guys who came out for supper with me last nite.. and the happy birthday handshakes.. hahaa..

Great thanks to bingguang, wanyang, alvin, lihui, yinglan, jasmine, markus for celebrating my birthday with a great day out.. beach volley, dinner, bowling.. shiok.. and not forgetting that ultra creamy cake from breadtalk.. hahaa.

Most of all, thanks to yanli.. love all your presents.. loved the cake.. the taste of the cake.. haha.. and the almond jelly.. and everything else.. thank you.. oh.. i love that bloody bunny t-shirt.. hahaa.. brings out the psychotic carnivore in me.. hehee...

I believe i didnt miss out anyone rite?? photos will be up soon.. as soon as i can sort them out.. hehee.. very very soon... once again.. thanks to everyone.. :)

Supper with 4E guys

Went for supper with a few of my 4E guys.. at the "you tiao wang" in geylang.. sat, ate, talk... the usual stuff.. wat made me really blog abt this event is the fact we talked abt the pagers.. yes.. pagers came and went just like bubble tea.. in our CCHS days.. we were crazy abt it.. first it was using numbers to represnt short messages.. then the alphanumeric pagers came.. and we were typing furiously on public phones.. you know those 10cents phones.. yup.. we could type messages with those.. haha.. super nostalgic.. those were the days of memo jazz.. and $10 pager subcription with voicemails.. pity this era only lasted a little less than 3yrs.. came and dissipated like the wind.. too fast.. and i guess this would also be a very unique memory among ppl our age..

A Super Super Long POST...

I think this post is rather overdue.. And super long.. but better late than never.. events will be described in a narrative note, so if you find any part familiar or true.. it's not purely coincidental.. it's true.. so here it goes..

Melaka 1 Day Trip

I came back from malaysia last sunday. But somehow i felt i left some things undone when i reached singapore. So i discussed with yanli, and decided I'll go to melaka to meet the volleyball people. Especially those that i did not see on my last trip. It turned out to be loads of fun.. even though it was only for one day.

It began on the early morning on the 29th. Ask my mum to drop me at lavender bus terminal on her way to work. and there i got a $16 ticket to malacca.. so this marks the beginning of my journey. My first ever solo voyage across the border. felt a little nervy at first.. but than i told myself.. "ahh hell, it's only malaysia.. and half of the time, i know what they are saying. i just act blur" hahaa..

it was supposed to be a 3hr plus ride. the last time i came with yanli, the journy took 4 hrs cos the driver was freaking slow. this time around, it wasnt any better, the driver was just as slow.. and worst, he even made a pitstop.. in fact 2 stops.. one for food.. one for toilet.. hahaa. crap.. this driver has a leaking bladder and a bottomless stomach.. hahaa..

ok so by the time i reached melaka sentral, it's already after 12pm.. so i took almost 5 hrs to reach.. wat the hell.. anyway.. going to try another bus company new time around.. the bus is really quite sucky.. but i can accept lar.. hahaa.. first thing i did when i reached was to find food.. and i decided on A&W.. hehee.. root beer float.. shiok.. but kindda boring to be eating alone.. :p

spend about 45mins ina internet cafe at the sentral.. dirt cheap.. only 2rm per hr.. haha.. but the place is also quite rundown.. so yah.. the place justifies the price. next.. i began my shopping trail.. cos gotta buy something for yanli's sis.. so took the panaroma bus down to mahkota.. and i was told the vball people saw me on the bus.. which was like.. DUHzZ!! mainly cos i tot you all haven reach melaka.. i told fung to msg me when u all reach.. duhzZ again..

anyway, so many paragraphs down.. and i still haven talked abt meeting the vball ppl.. this shows how much time i spent wasting walking around in melaka.. even more duhzZ.. when fung said they will only walk around in the early evening.. haha.. melaka does really have much of a night life.. esp weekdays.. oh well..

after getting wat i was suppose to get at mahkota.. i decided to look for a peranakan restaurant which me and yanli somehow just couldnt find on our trip here.. and this time.. we had a discovery online that the road which we were looking for the restaurant is longer than we thought.. and truely.. it was damn long.. it took me almost 30mins to walk from one end to the other before finding this shop.. and i just took a photo of it..

after this photo, i begun a super long and actually rather fast journey.. i took a brisk walk down several roads and unknown alleys.. all based on my acute sense of direction and random luck. i managed to find the hotel they are staying in less than 45mins worth of walking and sweating under the horrible sun.. but i made it.. this hotel looks rather presentable from the outside.. but once i stepped it.. Voom!!

time travelled backwards.. 2 decades...

the super outdated layout and the ancient wooden reception desks and counters.. omg.. but i still feel the lift is the most classic of all.. 24 storeys of hotel rooms.. and the lifts crawl at 5sec/storey speed.. you calculate how long it takes to get to 17th floor.. oh yah.. the buttons in the lift.. super retro.. acrylic buttons... haven seen them since i was in kindergarten.. hahaa..

I was dragged to play bridge a while after reaching.. bridge is fun.. haven played in ages.. loved those days in tj when bridge is a legal card game everywhere in school.. the canteen is filled with bridge players.. felt so intellectual back then.. haha.. who did i played with?? eeeehhh.. i think it was michelle, chermaine & krystal.. and i think i din win at all.. suxX.. hahaa..

soon it was finally time to set off.. shopping time.. the tj bus brings the gang to mahkota.. oh yes.. back there again.. :P it's alrite for me.. i dun mind shopping at all.. just that i couldnt really find clothes that fit and look good.. anyway.. the guys aint really interested in shopping.. so we ended up in the bowling alley.. here's where the fun begins..

that's wengseng there desperately trying to do a hook, which din really materialise through all his frames. it was kenneth who stole the show.. 170+ score.. owned all of us.. all i could do was occasional cheers are a nice spare or strike.. which wasnt too bad actually..

we were way past our meeting time by the time we finished bowling.. anyway.. i dun think anyone was really complaining about it.. or maybe there was.. but i din hear them.. ok.. it wasnt really our fault.. the lanes were just damn faulty lar.. and i think wengseng could have caused that.. for dropping his bowling balls so hard.. spoil the place..

met up with the reat of the gang and i brought them to Formosa Chicken Rice Balls.. Table separation seems quite clear everytime.. it's the TAs, Fung's Table and Mine.. hahaa.. Again.. i have to say this is not the best in melaka.. the best one i personally like, doesnt open at night. so too bad.. go for 2nd best.. but i think most ppl like their food pretty much.. they looked enjoyed.. hahaa.. JP dropped his rice ball while trying to pose for this picture.. hahaa.. poor kid.. lost his balls and din even get a good shot.. hahaa.. so he stuck his head into the next picture as well. hahaa..

the most hilarious thing happened on the way to the chicken rice.. JP was freaked out by this buddha statue which was placed on the floor behind the grilles of a shop.. the way he freaked was super super funny.. BUT.. when i looked into the shop myself when we were walking back.. I got a little freaked too.. haha.. it was in a rather eerie and shocking position. hehee

walked the long walk back to Dataran Pahlawan after dinner. we were suppose to meet the bus there. wengseng wanted to look for auntie anne's, so we went. and I was rite!! there wasnt any. hahaa.. i bought Dairy King Ice Cream for some of them, with everyone contributing watever small change they have. I ended up paying the cashier with a whole stack of 1RM.. whahaaa.. the ice cream was nice.. creamy and totally no sign of any icey bits..

this dunman high TA gang did not join us for dinner, they went shopping instead. they seem to have endless stuff to buy. amazing.. they bought this mini bolster.. which many others went to buy the next day. or maybe they already bought it. I'm not sure.. i just know MANY bought that mini bolster.

took some photos on the bus, thanks to xiujie. i passed him the cam while i go get a drink in mac.. and he goes whoring with the cam.. hahaa.. after that it was back to the scruffy looking hotel.. amazing the place did not shake while we were in it.. guess i was getting used to the shaky hotels in taiwan. earthquakes are common there.. k i sidetrack.. :P

k back at the hotel, after some washing up, the non-TA-gals gang all gathered in kenneth/shengyu/jp's room... heard the TA gals were playing in-between.. but i'm not sure.. din go join them.. hehee.. but i'm sure they had fun.. they are a crazy bunch.. anyway, the room is adjoined to zoe/serena/shiyun's rm.. so yah.. it becomes a BIG room.. mahjong was the first activity on the list.. like JP said in his post, he and zoe are simply damn good lar.. or damn lucky.. the tiles are falling for them.. aarrgghhh.. they managed several big wins.. and all i could conjure are some puny little wins to minimise losses.

while all this mahjong was happening, 2 major scandals were brewing.. hahaa.. kenneth was trying to sleep on the bed just beside the mahjong table.. and serena lying pretty close by.. haha.. scandal 2 was more lewd.. hahaa.. wengseng and shiyun in the adjoining room.. doing god knows wat.. haha.. and that shiyun keeps screaming as if u know what is happening.. hahaa.. oh well.. we could only imagine.. initialy mahjong was rather boring.. cos the JP and Zoe tagteam are winning almost all the time.. suxX... we got sick of it..

we gathered everyone in shiyun's room and started to play some dumb game.. so i suggested playing closed-eye version murderer.. but somehow i couldnt get the game mechanics going rite.. aarrgghh.. my fault.. so it was rather boring.. murderer and the multi-level heart attack are the most fun games i've played.. all thanks to hay introducing them in taiwan... but sadly.. i forgot how the games went.. aarrgghhh.. oh well.. let's skip the boring murderer part.. i think most of them are falling asleep during the game. and i was the most entertained.. hehe..

Next up is basically the highlight of the night.. truth or dare.. with no option other than truth.. hahaa.. and we played it indian poker style.. with plenty of cheating involved.. haha.. the juiciest truths as usual came from the most scandalous issues.. scandalous people, scandalous issues... it's all a setup i say.. hahaa.. but the truth was good.. as for actual confessions are only available to the privilage few of us who are present.. hahaa.. for the rest who aint around.. keep guessing.. hehee... but i must say.. wengseng is somehow the target of everything.. every question either has him involved or he will be one asking question.. hahaa.. super involved in the game... the game ended with the last question at me.. think they got bored with my answer.. hahaa..

back to mahjong again.. just JP, Shengyu, Keith and me.. played for money.. and JP still continued his winning streaks.. suxX... but i dun think anyone paid him... hahaa.. so yah.. JP.. good game lar.. hahaa.. u good.. while we were playing.. the rest konked out one by one.. kenneth just sat on the floor by the table.. xiujie & wengseng slept in the gal's room.. the gals slept on the guy's double bed.. looking just like a bunch of sardines.. cos they were in the exact same position.. very sardine-looking.. hahaa.. oh yah.. where's xinzhi?? hmmm.. was he playing mahjong with us?? cant rem.. hahaa

when we got tired of the game around 6am.. the 4 mahjongers.. disperse.. i went back to fung's room to take a nap... and i fell dead asleep.. when fung woke me up, i thought he was going for breakfast.. but he was actually back from breakfast.. duhzZ.. so it was about time to checkout of the hotel.. hahaa.. washed up a little and packed up my stuff.. me and fung walked down 17 storeys.. the lift was just too slow.. i was still half asleep so i had to take each step carefully.. almost missed a step quite a few times.. zZzZZzzZz...

back on the bus.. and off we go.. where else but back to Pahlawan/Mahkota again.. hahaa.. the girls went shopping again.. while the guys went roaming around in pahlawan.. and shengyu went to get ice-cream.. he could no longer resist the temptation of the creamy Dairy King.. hahaa.. i bought cup corn.. but i got sick of it after a while.. and i saw fish in the fountain.. and i started feeding the fish with the oily corn nibblets.. the fish swarmed at me.. hahaa.. see that splash just behind serena, that's wengseng feeding the fish with my corn.. those fish are starving.. oh. did i mention no feeding was allowed?? hehee...

we went across to the arcade in mahkota parade.. the arcade is not really dirt cheap.. but not bad lar.. kenneth and xiujie are good at arcade games... esp xiujie.. he just trashed xinzhi and JP with his initial D style driving.. he and kenneth also completed the whole time crisis 2.. with some extra $$ of cos.. hahaa.. but i still think the highlight is when many of us played daytona together... i tell you.. i really wanted to win.. but somehow the steering wheel is just not working for me.. so i had to improvise to have some fun.. i struggled to make a 180degree turn and wait for victims.. hehee.. i waited and waited for the cars to come around the bend.. and i started my engines and VRROoooMMM.. BaAAAANNGGG!!! EuphoRIA!! hahaa... cars flew in the air.. hahaa.. shiok.. this tells us, you dun have to be first to control the game or have fun in daytona.. hahaa.. :P

oh yah.. that's kenneth there.. trying to "avoid" bullets flying at him.. hahaa..

time for the last meal in Melaka.. i brought them to the famous cendol in the area.. generous servings of gula melaka... finely shaved ice.. large red beans and the green cendol.. oh yah.. for you ignorant ppl out there.. the green jelly is call cendol.. hahaa.. the little eatery itself is actually quite nostalgic.. so we couldnt resist taking some dumb photos.. hahaa...

after this was making our back onto the team bus.. and back to singapore... but a few things happened on the bus.. like kenneth going around taking pictures of ppl sleeping.. and the MSN chat room which consist of xiujie, wengseng and me.. zoe got approved of her application much later.. hahaa... yah.. than we had this stop at a shop that sells local products at so call wholesale prices.. my foot.. been there many times b4.. and it's not at all cheap.. and most of the products are available in singapore.. hahahaa.. but we still spend $$.. just to expend our ringgit...

I guess that's about the end of the whole 1 day trip to Melaka... i wanted to visit vanessa as well.. but i had to go back to tj with fung.. to get key from him.. anyway... amazing how much you can write about just 1 day rite?? hehee...

Malaysia 2007

Day 1

It all started with an early morning bus to Melaka... that's why yanli fell asleep on the bus very very soon.. haha.. and that gave me the chance to take her photo in sleep.. hehee...

the journey there took us more than 4hrs.. basically cos the driver was surprisingly slow.. havent seen such a slow bus driver in a very long time... anyway.. by the time we reached there.. we were hungry!! and first on our menu was Hainanese chicken rice balls.. YUMMY!! the chicken was very tender.. the black sauce is nice.. so was the chilli... all the key ingredients of a good chicken rice is present.. except for the rice.. not as tasty as we expected... rather bland in flavour.. butit was still good.. and the balls were smaller den i imagined.. i was thinking larger balls.. but these were.. rather bite-sized.. they were good no matter.. worth the $$...

we went to explore the rest of the city of HISTORY.. and came across this signboard with all the directions.. complicated.. anyway.. getting around the town centre is quite idiot proof.. most of the places are within walking distance.. so just walk..

next stop was a whole bunch of museums.. luckily, one ticket will basically bring you to most of the important/popular museums... BUT.. seriously.. i dun think there's much interesting stuff inside the museum.. perhaps i was just turned off by the lousy and ugly human they have in the museum.. UGLY.... something else pretty dum was the fish in this picture.. they suspended fish to make them appear in water.. SO SO SO corny... so so dum...



We also saw someone familiar... Sir Stamford Raffles.. this reminds me that actually our histories are pretty similar and pretty much linked.. do some research and you'll know why... i'll shall be lazy on this aspect.. there's still loads to cover here... heheee

These are Quail Eggs.. Very High Cholestorol.. But they are NICE.. especially when they are fried like this.. my faves are those i ate in Taipei, Ximenting.. so i guess these will have to be 2nd best.. anyway.. there was a Thai Fair at this shopping mall.. so this aint local... it's thai...

GO



GOING



GONE


That's me gobbling up all the quail eggs.. no more eggs for the rest of the TRIP.. hehee..

this is the landmark of Melaka.. the Red Buildings.. a mark of the dutch influence in this place... the day continued with more walking around in the area.. looking and also some shopping..

This was our first dinner there.. peranakan food.. not fantastic.. not the best i've eat also.. tried it simply cos it was near our hotel.. and the place look rather cosy & homely...







This is a very interesting place in our hotel.. this hall is just behind the main lobby.. and it's called "Ying Yan Ting" which literally means Hall to welcome Swallows... and the birds actually have nests on this walls.. kindda freaky at night.. but it's really interesting..

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At this point in time.. i'm alittle lazy to continue.. but i'll show some interesting photos that i must mention instead... for more photos and happenings in our trip.. just click on the photos and the link will bring you to the fotopic gallery..

<<<< this is yanli looking super freaked out.. cos she din know i was taking photo.. and was afraid i couldnt get onto the cable car.. Priceless expression... :)
^^^ this was taken in the cinema in Genting Highlands.. First time trying these seats.. these are massage chairs from OSIM... and tickets are only 15RM.. which amounts to around S$7.50.. cheap cheap.. super shiok.. lie down flat to watch movie..

^^^This was taken on the morning which we were leaving Genting.. when i saw this beautiful rainbow appearing horizontally across the sky.. so i took a panorama shot.. simply beautiful..

Just as we were on our way back to Singapore, we saw this as we were crossing the causeway.. I never knew there's such a beautiful sight in Singapore too.. the land in the background u see.. that's woodlands..

Answers To My Boring Survey

Many thanks to people who actually tried the test. And for those who din have the courage to take it.. here's all about me!! :)

Question #1
What's my FULL name??
Li Kelun
My name is total hanyu pinyin, cos my parents lazy to put in the dialect one, which i presume could be lee korloon

Question #2
What's my Dialect group?
Hainanese
Yes i'm hainanese, i can cook chicken rice and i speak hainanese pretty well compared to people in my generation

Question #3
What's my favourite colour?
Flourescent Green
Yeah.. i like that colour, it has to be bright green. It gives me a happy feeling. But i wun wear that or drive in that colour.. looks a bit COCK on me.. haha..

Question #4
How many real siblings do i have?
1
I have one younger sister, 6 yrs younger than me...

Question #5
How many god-sisters do i have?
5
just look at the birthday list on the left.. carlin's my good friend.. e other names are sisters.. savvy??

Question #6
How many girlfriends have i ever had?
2
one in cchs, one from tj till now..

Question #7
How old am I this year?
25
Me born a QUARTER century ago!!

Question #8
Which JC was I from??
TJC
Yup, that Ugly green uniform..

Question #9
What's my first class in JC?
23/99
was in that class for 1st 3 mths... very happening class.. but sort of lost contact with them liaozZ..

Question #10
What's my A-level grades?
ABB B3
this is wat u get for studying 3 yrs for As... simple leh... hahaa..

Question #11
Which sport do I not play?
Table Tennis
Simply CAN'T play the sport.. ball too small, too light.. not my cup of tea..

Question #12
Which stroke do i not swim?
Breast stroke
hands and leg cannot coordinate.. makes me move back & forth.. and end up not moving at all!!

Question #13
What's my handphone Model??
Samsung X500
This is a very basic phone, no camera, no FM.. but pretty slim and nice.. not very common.. so not many ppl know.. haha

Question #14
When's my Birthday??
3rd June
so now u know...

Question #15
Which is my favourite looney tunes character?
Tazmanian Devil
This character is kindda DUMB, brainless, rash and pretty kind but destructive... just like me.. hahaa..

Question #16
What's my favourite number?
12
recall all my jersey numbers...

Question #17
Which of the following have I not kept as a pet before?
Hamster
somehow haven kept them before.. but i believe one day i would

Question #18
Which of the following countries have I not visited?
Australia
not money and no fate to go there yet..

Question #19
Did I pass my driving test on the first try?
No
stupid yellow box caused me to fail the first time..

Question #20
What colour is my Car??
Scarlet Red
i think red is my 2nd fav colour.. hehee..

Announcement!!

Going to Malaysia for a week. Malacca KL perhaps Genting. WIll be back on 27th May... Seeya...

FA Cup Nite's Out

This should be a volleyball outing, cos everyone in the pictures are from volleyball is from TJVB. So i'll mirror this post on TJVB blog too.. hahaa..

I tired asking most of the TJ vballers, past and present. However those who managed to turn up are basically free like me.. haha.. either waiting to enter Uni or having hols. Anyway, 6 of us met at raffles place and went of to look for a place for dinner. Had a pretty hard time looking for something decent to eat. We were just TOO UNfamiliar with that area. Lot's of korean/Jap/Chinese restaurants. BUT!! Our recently-back-fm-taiwan Bingguang want's western food, which is somehow a rarity in the area, so we settled for PIZZA HUT.. haha.. haven had it since... Mr fung treat us to that YEARS back.. hahaa.. As in eating in the restaurant.. Home Deliveries are not counted. Anyway that wasnt enough at all, so we had 2nd part of dinner at Don cafe, Some of us like the chicken pie there very much.. some just din really like it.. and somehow we just did not take any pictures there at all... Must be too engrossed in the food.

Harry's Bar was pretty good, we got a good table right infront of the big screen. quite shiok. that's wat u get for booking early. :) the drinks are not bad.. magaritas are NICE.. esp passion fruit magarita... and some other house cocktails.. pretty interesting.. Bingguang's Harry's 92 was pretty good... good for light drinkers and wanyang's Scarlett O'hara was.. woah.. strong.. or maybe they just got the proportion a little wrong.. but it's still good.. haha..

watch out for this drink though..

SUNSET PARADISE... I personnally do not like it.. yucks... Avoid it people!!

As for the soccer.. the action was pretty end to end.. BUT.. goals were lacking.. the 1st and deciding goal only came late in the 2nd half of extra time.. It was a pretty nice one though... a few exchange of passes between drogba, lampard & mikel.. the result was a magnificently crafted goal.. oh well.. chelsea won.. even though i was wearing Man U tshirt.. hahaa.. nvm.. it was a good goal...

for more photos taken that nite.. point ur mousey on wanyang and click!! hahaa...

FRIDAY

Today is a stay home day for me, the only time i step out of my house was to eat breakfast with my dear and send her to work. Oh our usual wanton mee stall moved, felt pretty lost when we saw a different stall in it's place. We were like stunned and momentarily became idiots staring into blank space. However, we still tried the new stall, not bad, but the old one was much nicer, this was just "not bad".

Anyway, i came home and did practically nothing except stare at the com and wait for someone to online and talk to me. Once in a while there were some chatting to do, the rest of the time was spent just staring at the reincarnation game screen. waiting for turns to appear. haha..

BUT, it's not a day where NOTHING was achieved.. Spent quite a bit of time going thru the whole lot of photos which fung gave me, consists of those from his cam and kelly's cam. OMG!!! There's more than 600photos almost 1gig worth of them.. 2 days.. that's how much photos they took.. and only a few hrs each day.. BUT!!! i still think it's quality that counts.. too many blurred shots. and too many "i dunno what u are trying to take" shots... haha.. so i'll only be uploading those that are less ridiculous onto the fotopic website.. stay tuned for photos.

oh yah, I did 2 applications today too.. or rather, 1 application and received one call.. the call is for the usher position in EXPO, arranging interview 5th jun.. NERVOUS... and i also applied for Customer Service Officer @ cathay, which basically is te usher and box office staff. Wonder if i'll get the jobs. Wednesday went to apply for the IT trade show with wanyang.. but if there's clashes in timing.. most prob i'll let go of the IT trade show, cos ushers have higher PAY!!! hehee..

7th Year Anniversary Dinner

Yesterday we went to have a very very tasty dinner which cos pretty tasty too. I'll let the picture of the gorgeous food i had speak for themselves..


potato salad
S$ 8.80

braised veal cheek
S$ 20.80

linguini with bratwurst balsamico (spicy)
S$ 14.80 *I added mushrooms so it's more Ex again...

Interesting Flavoured Sodas

A sliced of this..

A smaller version of this...

TOTAL BILL's quite a bomb, but quite worth the quality. Service and quite surroundings at the Millenia Walk outlet really made the experience pretty good. Oh we saw William Su Yong Kang there too.. hahaa.. That's out of point but ya.. it's a nice experience.

Check out the website for other details...http://www.bakerzin.com/

VERY Early Sunday Morning

Just came back from bowling and supper with the 4e guys.. Haven bowling in ages, felt good bowling again, although wasnt very good. But this rekindle my desire to buy my own bowling ball. hehee.. save $$...

Been talking with the current batch of vballers a lot on MSN recently.. full of crapping and gossiping.. damn funny.. just like those days when was still in tj.. full of memories.. those were fun times with very little to worry about..

I always try to remind them to cherish and enjoy every minute in JC, cos this will be the happy times and enjoyable days.. UNI or army will be a whole different ball game..

Time to sleep and get ready for basketball later...

Dark Friday

Drove home from CCAB with a passenger overload in my car. All was well and there werent any traffic police along the way. Way out of point, but the sky was looking damn gloomy, as if reflecting my mood. Was laughing and talking out loud with some of the guys at prata cafe but i felt like shit actually, just cant understand why the guys cant win. Or rather why cant they just put that extra pint of effort into their receiving, spiking and blockings. AJ is not a team with better players den we do, but yet they have a winning mentally which i'm seriously envious of since the times i was in JC. That was the mentality of their game, win, just whack fearlessly but with brains. I aim to be fearless like them, and be stronger than them one day. Perhaps today is not yet the day. We have different players coming in every year, yet the problem of mental weakness remains. Why? Why does this remain even with different batch of players leaving and coming in? My guess, physical weakness, physically we are not strong enough. We build up mental strength by perservering physically, by challenging our limits, we learn to go against the odds. But our training lacks this. I guess this will be the major change i'll bring about in training if I'm able to continue in TJ.

The "Do You Know Me" Test

Create your own Friend Test here

I've just create this semi survey & test thingy. Friends please attempt OKIE???

For full results.. http://www.truefriendtest.com/scoreboard/355361

The Game of Life

Guys lost their match today, but they took 1 set from their opponents and that's the crucial point. That set will bring them thru to the semis. So it's still not so bad. They have lost the game mainly to themselves again, very similar to the manner they lost to MJC.

In my many posts in TJVB blog, i've talked about plenty of ways to keep the morale up, how to face their opponents. When they fail to achieve what's stated, i find it hard to put blame on them. Cos in the past i couldn't do that well, in fact i still might not be able to do it. But i guess there's a crucial difference, now there's ppl like me and other seniors telling them the rite things, in the past, there's only fung. And truthfully, fung wasnt that proficient then. All is better now, I do hope that the guys achieve something in this competition, get into finals minimum. But my biggest regret will be not being able to bring the gals further into the competition.

Someone asked how to improve in the game of life. Well the question i would ask in response would be, "What do you consider an improvement in the game of life? Are you sure that improvement is really an improvement or just a meer desire to feel better?" To me the best outcome is being able to live and survive through the game of life.

In this game there are no resets, no replays. Only memories, good or bad, those will be the only things that will follow us for a very long time. As much as we would want to redo so many of the things we could have done better in one way or another, having done some things the way we did is what makes our lives unique and special. Be it good or bad, winning or losing, they are part & parcel of life, losing makes you cherish future winnings. The most important mentality to have the desire and hunger to win, while being able to survive thru and learn from loses.

I've spent 3 years in TJ, without much aim or direction. In fact i'm still pretty lost now, no idea wat i'm doing in NUS. Even less idea what i'm doing in civil engineering. The one thing i'm certain of, I see my role in TJVB to give all members fond memories of the 2 years they have in TJVB.

Pretty Boring Weekend

Saturday was slightly more eventful than sunday. I had volleyball training in the morning followed by badminton in the afternoon. I realised it's kindda hard to find a place to restring my badminton racket. Went to the sportlinks at bedok interchange just before i my badminton game. They had the service there, but it will take 1 week!! So that didnt work out. Guess i'll just go back on another day, or does anyone know where i can do it and not take 1 week? In my memories, restringing usually only take 30mins.. :P

Sunday has been pretty boring except when yanli came to find me for lunch. pretty much rot at home after that. So boring, so sianzZ... And all this sianness is due to one little monster!! yupzZ, that's the little monster!! hehee.. Yanli's niece, both her parents are in US so her aunties are taking care of her. She's taking up my timeslots.. :P

yah, she's cute and yanli say's she looks like me when i was young. Conclusion, all babies look alike when young. :P

6 more days before her mum comes back. boohoohoo...

but that also means, hey ppl!! I'm free, please ask me out.. hehee..

Good May

May has been good so far, Tj guys won against HCI today. Morale overwhelmed them. GOod win, good play, good supporters, GOOD GAME!! 1 more win and SEMIs will be knocking on the door. Went to BK at millenia walk with all the guys and gals, kids are funny. hahaa..

Second day of may and i've already watched 2 movies!! muahahaa.. Watched WILD HOGs yesterday at bedok. It's a very good show. Very funny and rather corny but it actually has a morale of them story.. hahaa.. Watch it and find out for yourself.

Today I watched the long awaited spiderman 3. 1 superhero vs 3 super villains and his own dark side, while getting a little messed up in his love life. Lots of content in the plot, i guess that's the justification for it 2.5hrs showtime. It's action packed and a rather good ending to the series, IF it's going to end. Kirsten Dunst does look a little pale, anorexia?? Watch it!! it's good..

Mayday

Exams are officially over since yesterday. I'm free from studies for the moment. For the next few months, i'll need to find a part time job and support myself alittle. My little red picanto need $$ to maintain also.

Meanwhile, i have volleyball to bother with. Gals got knocked out yesterday through a series of unfortunate events. Our main player got injured and the rest of the team just couldnt seem to recover from the shock and they finally lost. It just proves that they are still very young and not able to control themselves yet. When a teammate falls out due to injury, the rest of the team will just have to work doubly hard to cover for her lost. That something they will need to learn, but sadly this is the end of their season. Guys however are still in the running, and tml they will face their toughest opponents so far. In fact none of their opponents in the second round can be considered a walk in the part.

I miss those days when i can actually play and make a difference to the results.

I'm enlightened!!

After today's paper, i've almost guaranteed myself of not being able to achieve any honours in my degree, UNLESS!!! miracle happens and i still scrap thru this module. totally, lost in the woods when i looked thru the questions, i spend the last half an hour planning how to retake and study for the module again. haha. anyway!! 3 down!! 1 dead!! 2 more to go!! hehehee..

Tj lost both matches today, gals almost won AJ, it's a pity they lost. I was really looking forward for them to upset SAJC, especially when it seems like SA were underestimating us. But it was not to be, thankfully, the gals still have a chance to get into the second round. Monday, they MUST win MJC. Guys lost to MJC today, I had a feeling they would lose today actually, firstly, they dun look prepared. They dun look scary. They dun really look like they wanna win. Anyway, they are already thru to the second round. The real fight is only about to begin.

My Ass Burns!!

Diarrhea!! Vomit, fever, dizzyness. You name it, i have it. luckily, i feel much better now. thanks to the pretty effective medicine from the doctor. I had 2 papers today, and i was feeling okay during the first one. at the end of that paper, i started going to the toilet very frequently, and immediately i knew something was wrong. I called yanli to check up on her too, she also has similar symptoms. AARRGGHHH... must be the stupid muslim food we had the night before. we went to this shop new kembagan MRT, it's call al-ameen or something, ate Nasi goreng USA & Murtabak pizza. I'm boycotting this place from now on, and people!! watch out for it!!

Picanto's Here!!

here it is, a photo of my little picanto, it was taken on yanli's birthday, had a small little surprise for her too. It's the cake!! hehee.. oh well, for more photos, either click the photo, or follow the usual link on the left. :)

back to the books...

I'm ROTTING in School!!!

I came to school today today. but al i did was to print my notes and tutorial solutions. I think that's all i'm going to do today. really cant set my mind to studying in the day time. maybe it's just too bright, i belong in the night. I'll start all over again tonight. going to kill some time now, and find yanli later to accompany me. hahaa..

btw, the little red picanto is in my grasp. i drove it around for the past 2 days. it's a real challenge to drive it. firstly, the engine's pretty weak, secondly driving manual really keeps me on my nerves.

Crawling into the Final Phase

Assignments, Lab reports, Term papers are all matters of the past for now. It's OVER!! Just finished the last of it a while ago, but THIS IS STILL NOT THE END!! Exams are round the corner. Frankly speaking, i'm totally not confident in any of the papers. Why do i always have to choose so many modules and in the end, kindda mess up all of them? Arghghgg.. Well, it's also too late to regret, i'll just have to do wat i have been doing the past few sems, start "hugging buddha's leg", it doesnt always work anyway. Luck seem to have left me long long ago. Energy too..

Oh well.. 2 more days, 1st paper, Computer Programing practical exam. It's a repeat module for me, cos i failed it last yr. not confident of passing it this year too, but i believe i'm at a better state than last yr. the rest of the papers will start rolling in starting from the 21st. the good news is, it's going to end by MAY.

starting in about the same time, is the A divisions. Going to be part of the TJ coaching staff, well officially there's only me and fung.. haha.. unofficially.. there's plenty of seniors who are coming back. BUT!!! i still dun see enough people coming for alumni training.. super saddening...

SNEAK PREVIEW : I'm going to get a RED Picanto VERY VERY soon...

Relieved!!! --- For now..

Completed 3 Lab Reports, 3 Assignments in the past 7 days. Although that's not the end of it, at least i can take a slight breather. Coming up next will be mugging and more mugging, which i hope will be able to start soon, cause my lag is getting bigger by the day. As for deadlines, there will be a Term paper and 1 HUGE lab report due next week.

300 & Stomp the Yard

These are 2 movies i've watched over the past week, though i did watch some thai shows on vcd like "the dorm", "mercury man" both are rather corny, but entertaining.. haha.. and re-watched "just like heaven" on SCV, that had a pretty heavy impact on me. It reminded me how much i like to watch reese witherspoon, and her movies.

anyway, back to main points, i personally like "300" pretty much. it's basically a small army fighting a mathematically enormous army. i like the simple plot, pure-simpleminded-egomaniac thinking of the spartans. the fight scenes war pretty well shot, there's no jumpy views which really just cause headache instead of creating tension. teamwork is the essence of their combat tactics. it's always exhilarating to see impeccable teamwork in the process. shiok. haha. i think greek history is as messy as rojak, some bright colors are evident in the dish, but most of it is just covered in a black gluey marsh. BUT it still tastes GOOD. haha.. spartans are actually short, just look back at the scene when Leonidas met Xerxes, Leonidas looked like a hobbit in front of Xerxes. one word can describe the situation, comical. the scenary in the whole show is quite beatifully done, esp when it's totally shot in blue/green screens.. xerxes is from persia, which essentially is asia, and wat bugs me is that the producer depicts asia as a place full of freaks and freaky creatures.. ouch!! overall good show, goos entertainment.
(3 of 5*)

"stomp the yard" is something i watch just last night. it's about black culture in US, hiphoping, battling but the MAIN in this movie is called STEPPING. Stepping and stomping to heavy rhythmic music, radical moves and unison is the key of this dance. it's probably adapted from s stomping musical, cos there's just lots of action. the stomping gets your body beating to the rhythm, gets your blood pumping. simple plot with the simple ideas of life, dun give up doing what's right. it make you wanna dance, and that's wat makes a good movie good -influence-
(4 of 5*)

1 essay down, 4 more lab rep,5 more assignments

End of Labs

Done 4 Labs in the last 10 days, busy weeks are only halfway thru... after doing the labs comes lab reports.. so in the coming 2 weeks, i'll have 4 lab reports to hand in, 1 term paper, 1 essay, 2 assignment.. and lesson are still on going.. so sianzZ...

Recent Movies

Just watched "music and lyrics" on monday.. It's a very entertaining and enjoyable movie.. Funny with a tinge of touchings.. i wonder if the songs sung were actually done by themselves.. cos i really quite like the songs.. good, catchy songs always make good enjoyable movies.. just like in dreamgirls.. nice..

The next movie i want to catch is 300, the review of this movies seems very positive, but i receive news from some sources in US that the movie was actually quite disappointing.. hmmm.. i wonder... i'll still watch it anyway...

Not a good week

It has not been a good week up till now.. got super lousy results for my test last week, and i totally dunno how to do the test which was just over. this feels totally like shit for me. aarrgghh..

End of CNY

The 15th day of the Lunar New Year has just past, and celebrations are officially over. This marks the beginning of several week of crazy and busy schedules, loads of test, lab reports and assignments will be due during this period.

BUSY BUSY BUSY....

2nd Half of the Term STARTS!!!!

It's exactly 2 weeks since my last post.. i wonder if anyone missed me during my absence from here.. ANYONE??? leave me a message. hehee..

Anyway, Chinese New Year is halfway through, i have not counted my red packet $$ yet.. i'm gonna wait till the 15th is over.. just for the mystery of it.. hahaa.. i ate quite a lot of titbits this year.. i think it's cos i'm having my midterm break at the same time.. so i just try to finish up the remnants of the titbits after most of the visiting to my place was done.. din invite anyone over this year, except for the annual visiting of my 4e ppl, have seen them in ages.. really!! i've been missing most of the outings mainly due to volleyball commitment in TJ.. this year is also unique, cos quite a few of them brought their partners along, huiting brought joe, silie brought lirong and latest of all tenghui brought jane.. took some photos while they were at my place.. just follow the usual photo links on the top left..

went KTV with yanli during the break too.. haven been singing for a long long time.. so the 2 of us just sang non-stop for aronud 5 hrs.. hahaa. the consequence is sore throat followed by throat infection.. followed by flu.. headache which is still on going now... huge price for a KTV session dunch ya think so?

it's into the second half of this semester, speed of things are going to pick up once again. i have 6 modules and i've just S/U one on sunday just before the deadline.. for those who aint in NUS and dun know wat's S/U, it's basically opting a module to be graded only satisfactory/unsatisfactory.. takes some pressure off the module since there will be not grade score to affect the CAP and getting U is almost impossible.. so technically that leaves me with 5.5 modules to work with.. still alot...

i'm now at east coast mac trying to get my reading assignment which is due today done.. hehe... back to work....

Essays are DONE!!

I've completed my 3 day marathon of essay writing. Completed my final and most tedious essay this afternoon and asked my fren to submit for me. i had to read through more than 60 pages of readings for this essay. i guess it's quite an achievement for myself. although i try not to think too much about the final product, i still doubt it's going to gimme very very good grades. perhaps passable. that's all i ask for. for now.

I'm back in action

Been really missing in action for the past 2 week or so.. missed a few days of lessons.. skipped a few volleyball trainings.. just couldnt seem to get myself sorted out and motivated.. i simply allowed myself to drop back below the pace of lectures and tutorials even more..

well it's over and i cant do anything about it.. after this week will be chinese new year week and also our mid term break... which is basically my mugging week.. but irritating NUS actually place it in the same week.. and eat up my mugging days... aarrgghhh...

this week is the busiest week so far... been rushing on 2 essays the past to days.. and later a third one.. which is also the toughest one to complete... 5 webpages to assess plus 2 more written articles... aarrgghh... too much essays for a civil engineer!!!

time to hit the readings...

Confessions of a Undermotivated guy

I DID NOT GO TO SCHOOL TODAY AGAIN!!!

I woke up around 7plus, but i fell asleep again. Arrgghh. The next time i woke up, it's 10 plus which is too late for any lessons, cos my day will end at 12pm today. So i just went back to sleep again, and by doing that i totally forgot i had to go for a survey at School of Computing. That survey pays $15, aarrgghh. There goes my $$. Seriously, i don't feel too bad about missing today's lessons, cos only a few hours. I'll try to go for tml's lesson. Hehee..

HOWEVER,

I did make it to training in Tj, although, i felt i was rather not involved in their training. Only did a few drills which i did not feel was quite achieving the results that we were looking for. Gotta find other ways to train their mobility on the court. To me that's their BIGGEST problem now and PT may not be the best way to do it. PT makes them move around, but that doesnt mean they will transfer that moment into the court. I think training should revolve around the court, make them move towards the ball as an aim to achieve. We shall see.

Sidetrack -

I just finished watching the 1st leg of the Asean Championship Finals and to my surprise. Singapore won by 2 to 1. It's a match with a HUGE controversy. Singapore was level at 1-1 till around the 82nd min, when a penalty was awarded to Singapore. Although it doesnt really look like a penalty, but that's the kind of things that happen in soccer, or rather all sports. Referee's are human, they don't make the best decisions all the time, but we still have to respect their decisions and get on with the game. What's ridiculous here was Thailand's response to the penalty decision, the Thai Captain, simply rallyed his players and immediately walked of the pitch and they refused to carry on with the game! Oh my god, that's the first time i've ever seen something this unsporting at this sort of level. For goodness sake this is an international match that's telecasted across the region. The worst part was that the Thai coaches & managers seemed to condone their players actions. This will be remembered by all who are watching this match as THE most humiliating thing the Thai soccer team ever did. They were always known as the soccer Kings of Southeast Asia, after this episode i really wonder how low their popularity will drop. Sheeesshhh..

It's more than just NUS

Looking at the past few posts, it's seems as if my life has just been taken over by NUS. But that's just not the case, in fact i would be rather please with myself if that were the case. At least i wun have to be worrying about my homework everyday and lagging behind, like i am now. School is supposed to be taking up a huge part of my time at this stage of my life, but i've been wasting a lot of time in front of my TV and my laptop. Sometimes, well most of the time when i'm wanting to do work, i get sick of it even before starting to do it. and so, i switching on my laptop or tv and start wasting my time away. successful people are those are are able to turn away from TV & computers and DO WORK..

if i were to sectionalise the times and activities for the past few weeks it should look something like this:

sleeping - 15%
eating, drinking, traveling + other miscellaneous stuff- 10%
school related - 20%
volleyball - 20%
lazing away + watching TV + laptop - 35%

a little off balance i would say... time for some time and activity restructuring.. first, i've gotta work on my sleep,

more sleep = more work done, less sleep = less work done.

and i really MUST stick to my 2 hr/day entertainment time.. aarrgghhh...

3 weeks of school

This week is filled with ups and downs... missed a few days of lessons cos i was just feeling super low.. but on the days i went to school i felt i've learnt something from the lessons.. however after the lessons i face the cruel reality that i'm still laggin behind and the gap justs seems to get greater & greater..

going back to tj for volleyball has been really enjoyable for me.. winning or losing is never the main point even though no one wants to be on the losing side.. the main thing is to enjoy the game and have people who enjoy the game with me...

it's piling up on my mind, i really want a car.. any car will do... i just want my own transport...

2nd week of school

In a blink of an eye another week has past... i would say i've gain slightly more in this week than the last... however i feel the greatest knowledge i've gained is the alarming fact that my workload is actually quite heavy.. because there's reading to be done very week, there's not just tutorials, but essays & reading summaries... feels as if i'm taking a lot of arts modules.. and there are also quite a few lab projects to be done.. labs are no longer just 3 hrs in the lab.. do some dumb experiment and submit a few pages of writen report at the end of everything.. labs this semester involve planning, data collection and analyses and finall consolidation and report, which could take up to a few weeks.. OMG... and there still volleyball training everyday for me.. now i think not being able to play in the IVP may just be a blessing in disguise.. i just hope to get thru this sem safely with good results..

1 Week of School

After my first week of school nothing much was achieved. I've missed everything since wednesday. stay at home, din go school, din go for volleyball. I ask myself, why am i killing myself? by not going to school, i miss lectures. I get lost with the procedings in my modules. Not wise at all.

By not going for vball, i miss training chances. I will be deem irresponsible by my players. I'm diggin my own grave. It's time to buck up and set my priorities straight. Yes, i need to set my priorities straight.. SCHOOL, VBALL, ENTERTAINMENT. not the other way away...

1st day of School

Just spent my 1st day in school for the new semester. Only 1 lecture today, quite boring, but i have to endure, cos i sense more coming. Arrgghh.. gotta jia you.

This semester, there will be 2 main focus for me. School work and TJ. IVP is now officially out of the picture, cos i'm not in the team. not too big of a surprise though i wanted to be on the team. at my present physical state i dun have much to offer anyway. shall just respect the decision. meanwhile i will stick to my 10 things for 2007 to get into better shape, and i'll fight for a place next year.

haven spent much time with yanli lately, cos her grandfather just past away. yah, i've been to the wake. i've only seen his grandfather once b4, and was not introduced to him. anyway, she's been spending a few nites at the wake already, poor thing.