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Love

2007-03-15T01:54:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: KEY OF HEART by BoA

I was randomly surfing the net and browsing friendster profiles when I chanced upon something which my friend wrote about regarding love:

Why do you love? Is it to sastisfy your own desires and wants? That's not love. Love is patient and kind. It is not selfish.

If only people truly understood the meaning of love.

Love, to me, remains a constant mystery and a profound insight. Break-ups are ever so often nowadays and I really wonder, is it silly to think that your first love can be the only love of your life? Do we really have to experience the emotional ups and downs of relationships to discover the right 'love'?

Love. Heh.

Writing Whatever I Can Think Of Now

2007-02-13T23:44:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: XI DENG by ELVA HSIAO

Henry just left for Australia to study a few days back and I truly regret being unable to send him off at the airport that day due to work commitments but I made it up by having a good breakfast with him in the morning. Study hard and have fun over there Henry! See you in about 10 months time! And remember to send me pix of your aussie chick! Haha..pity my tennis sparring partner is no more in Singapore and guess I'll be playing tennis less frequently now..

And I'd really like to thank Calvin for spending time to head down my place to help me out with the computer. Without you it wouldn't have been possible for me to be blogging right now. And also thanks for listening me out that night and I thought we had a really good talk over a cup of coffee. Keep in touch and we'll come out for another cup of coffee soon! :)

Chinese New Year is just around the corner and as usual I'll be on a weekend cruise trip with my relatives. Means time for revenge! Haha...I must win back the money I lost at that very same casino last year..Wonder how this trip will be like though. Seems short to say the least, on paper it says 3D2N but in fact it's just 1D1N. We check in and board the damn ship in the evening and check out on the 3rd day in the afternoon so it's really sucky cos we're paying for such a high price and it's goin to be only one day of relaxation on the ship?!?! So I'd betta do well in the casino this time round. This time, Kai An's back and we can eat together at Blue Lagoon again! But there's no Grace this time round as she's visiting her boyfriend overseas..Oh wells..it'd be interesting to see whether I can get to know Carrie better as shez joining us for the first time. 3 days to go..

Planning to blog about gambling and luck and probability on my next entry..I dunno when I will pen my next entry though coz it depends on my mood. Haha.

I'll end here for now.

Liverpool v Chelsea 200107

2007-01-25T00:00:00.000+08:00

I will never get sick of watching these two brilliant goals..

Kuyt's Brilliance

Pennant's Hotshot

Go The Extra Mile For Service

2007-01-23T00:27:00.001+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: ZHUAN SHU TIAN SHI by TANK

The GEMS movement, which stands for 'Go the extra mile for service' was meant to improve service levels in Singapore. I wonder how the campaign is doing right now.

As a service representative (I'm working part-time currently) myself, I hate to say that I will not go the extra mile for service, simply because the customer won't go the extra mile to be nice to us service representatives. If the customer presents himself/herself in such a rude manner, how do you expect me to give you good service? In such scenarios, expect me to be hostile to the customer, simply because I don't need such a arrogant buyer to patronize the shop. He/She can take the filthy money and spend it elsewhere.

In sales, it is true that we are 'high-class beggars' in a sense, because ultimately if customers refuse to buy your goods, as a boss of the shop, you probably will be threadin in deep shit. But that doesn't mean customers can do what they want right? Why can't some idiotic customers just learn to be more polite towards the salesperson and if need be, bargain in a mild-mannered way?

My colleague was an unlucky victim of an Australian customer in the shop today, who was fuckin rude to start in the first place, and he named a last price immediately for the suitcase he wanted which was ridiculously low and barely above its cost price. When my colleague refused to give in to his demands, he raised his voice and said he'd take the suitcase now, but he will never return to patronize the shop ever again. According to my colleague and aunt, they said he was a familiar face and the former remembered him coming back weeks ago saying the same thing. HOW COME HE IS BACK IN OUR SHOP PURCHASING SUITCASES IF HE SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO RETURN? Obviously he is such a shameless loser who does not keep to his word and is one very very unreasonable customer.

As a customer, if you want good service, you must be polite to start with.. it's a two-way thing. Too bad some idiots just don't get the point.

Talking about attitude, I'm still feeling upset about a certain friend's 'cannot be bothered' attitude. The way he conveyed his message to me via SMS was shocking to say the least...I really thought he was kinda rude. If hez readng this I hope he can sit down and think about it.

Maybe he just didn't think his SMSes were, sort of, insensitive. And he needs to know I'm working as a salesperson which means he should stop calling me because it's not nice for my colleagues to see me on the phone when I'm supposed to be at work. It's not *** you know.

Need (nēd)

2007-01-13T00:45:00.001+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: YUAN LAI AI QING ZHE ME SHANG by GIGI LEUNG

I was travelling back home on the MRT when I gazed around and one of the MRT signs caught my attention: You know those two-seater areas? Therez always these signs which read - "Please give up your seat to those who need it more than you do"..and the signs come with pictorials of the elderly and pregnant ladies..

That sentence went through my mind repeatedly as I questioned myself whether or not this was the best way to phrase the sentence...Let's go through it again one more time:

"Please give up your seat to those who need it more than you do"

What if I need the seat more than the pregnant women and the elderly? Does it still mean I have to give up my seat to those with white hair or those with big tummies? Let's check out the definition of need:

Assuming the word is a noun, we have..

A condition or situation in which something is required or wanted: crops in need of water; a need for affection.
Something required or wanted; a requisite: "Those of us who led the charge for these women's issues ... shared a common vision in the needs of women" (Olympia Snowe).
Necessity; obligation: There is no need for you to go.
A condition of poverty or misfortune: The family is in dire need.

Now imagine yourself in a situation. You have just finished work and you have not sat down for one whole day. Your legs are wobbly and you are freaking tired and if you are goin to have to stand any longer your legs might just explode anytime..AHH!!! Salvation...

You find the sacred seat in the MRT...beat the elderly to the seat. HAHA! Just as you thought you are goin to enjoy the comfort for the rest of the journey, you see two eyes staring at you....white-haired, wrinkled face, every feature you can imagine on an old man. Then you look to your opposite and see that stupid sign "Please give up your seat to those who need it more than you do". Would you give up your seat?

How do you measure whether you need it more, or whether the elderly needs it more? Not all old people need to sit down right...if that old man is actually a very healthy person and can afford to stand for a period of time...won't you need the seat more coz your legs might crack anytime? Does this mean you still need to give up your seat to him just because of his age?

What would you do, would you heck it and let others stare at you for all they like since you think you need the seat more, or ultimately succumb to the what the sign is obviously trying to aim at? Come to think of it, the sign does not really state its case explicitly...does it?

A lot of bullshit in this entry right? Haha..whole lot of crap about the definition of need..I welcome any sort of comments..be it vile, constructive, negative or wadsoever.

ORD Thoughts

2007-01-11T22:29:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: KISS ME GOODBYE by ANGELA AKI (FINAL FANTASY XII THEME)

It has been a long long 2 years to say the least, and I'm grateful that it has finally ended. To say that time flies would have been incorrect, but indeed I could still recall the moment when I was still lamenting on my first day after being enlisted that serving NS was a total waste of my time, my youth and wadever. And right now, that pink IC which smelled so good is back in my wallet! Haha...ORD LOH!!! Embrace 2007!

2007 has not been a good start for me in terms of $$ haha...lost quite alot in soccer betting and as eager I am as to recoup my losses, I know I must be patient and wait for the right chance to bounce back haha...anyway, back to the main topic:

I just wanna take this chance to thank some ppl in my camp for these 2 years for making my life so interesting and vibrant, you guys have been my greatest buddies and hope we do keep in touch in the times ahead...

Henry, lover of Agnes
Sounds cliche, but you have been a great friend really. You better be honoured that you are first on my thank-you list, haha but really...I enjoyed 'bullying' you and you also inspired me to take up tennis. OK lar, you may be better than me in terms of tennis but that's about it haha.. Outings with you, the twins and Hian Liang have been great. And thanks for the rides home after our tennis sessions...Buying soya bean for me at times in office and in return you steal my jacket to wear in office rite. See? I knew you had an ulterior motive! Haha..but I know you gonna leave soon for Aussieland to pursue your medicine studies and that totally sucks. Which means I can't thrash you in tennis already moppet. You better remember me because if you don't, I'll KILL U! And please don't deny you like Agnes because I know you do! Haha, anyway just wanna say that without you, 2 years would have been slow coz there no one I can bully! =)

The famous twins, Jiv/Jay
Well loved in VJ and well loved in *** as well. It's a shame I only got to know you guys more in *** but it's never too late. Jiv, you have been a crazy guy to hang out with, and I'm sure we enjoyed bullying Henry..Haha don't think I dunno, you act hardworking in *** only, actually u have been slacking all these while and surfing forums rite? Haha u slacker! Delegate your work to Mark think I dunno! =) And dun worry coz u'd get laid pretty soon! When you go overseas to study I'm sure you will be so popular among the girls coz of your chest hair and cheeky characteristics, you will find yourself spoilt with choices haha! As for Jay, SOTY!!! Forever dedicated in wadever you do, it has been a pleasure knowing you. Your unselfish attitude and generosity has really impressed me. Thanks for always booking the tennis courts for us to use, look forward to meeting up with you twins soon again! It'd be fast, ORD LOH!

Shaun, Workaholic in the day, party animal in the night
My fellow colleague in my department and it has really been my privilege to work with you. This man is crazy. He is so organised with his work (which earned him the title SOTY 2005) that I can't believe he says he is so stressed in SMU right now. Haha...anyway thanks for visiting me near my ORD and such a pity I won't be able to be you schoolmate at SMU...But do keep in touch!

Hian Liang, Slacker Club President
You must be enjoying your bloody time in Edinburgh right now brudder! Still remember I dared you to lie down right at the centre of the bridge at Clarke Quay for 5 minutes? Can't believe you did it for $10 man...all was well worth it! All the people who passed by tot u were nuts! HAHA..been great slacking and hanging around with you...stay cool and remember to contact me when you return!

ZhongZheng, King of Pang Seh
Oh yes you always pang seh one lor.. lazy ass..raining den dun wan to come out of your house..haha..and I dunno why you love flirting with Henry in office everyday. Go toilet also must go together. Haha..anyway you too are going to ORD soon, so all the best and keep in touch!

Tech Support and Simon
My bowling khakis! Haha...and I will definitely miss those late night drive arounds to eat supper, play pool, go KTV..must have such outings again soon! To Victor, thanks for always burning TVB Dramas for me I really love TVB shows! To Albin and Weide, thanks for always being so nice and always letting me slack in tech support room and everything! And of course Simon, thanks for being the never-complaining driver during our late night outings! Forever BRUDDERS!

Like to thank all those people whom I didn't mention too, like Benison(thanks for the Emma Watson portrait! I think I still have it with me!), Sherman, Dhruv and alot of other past seniors who really helped me settle in *** along the way. Thanks Tracy, Chye Joo, Ivan, Chye Ping and Mike for being very nice regulars and offering me food occasionally, I too deeply appreciate it.

To those I absolutely disliked(I won't use 'hate' because that's too strong a word to use), I won't mention my grudge against you but these idiots are only a rare minority so don't worry because if I say hello to you if I see you in office you are probably not on my 'dislike' list.

Anyway,

ORD LOH!

A Blog I Never Should Have Read

2006-12-12T00:01:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: THEME OF 'TRIUMPH IN THE SKIES' by FLORA CHAN

As usual, I'd like to start my post on a rather happy note, since this entry is going to be one that will have different kinds of feelings running through me as I type it down.

Firstly, I would like to thank everyone who made my sister's wedding on 25 Nov such a success, especially Nick's 'brudders' and Dawn's 'sisters', and those who attended the dinner, as well as any other people who helped in the cause in one way or another. Really appreciate every individual's efforts, including those of the hotel staff. It felt great to sit at the VIP table, and I was glad my sister was a very happy woman that night. Although I had to spend on my suit and other stuffs to prepare for this wedding, it was all well worth it as I was glad to receive positive comments that night hehe. Anyway, will update once the pictures are ready.

Next, to those who remembered my 20th birthday, I sincerely thank you all and appreciate it lots. To those who didn't, it's ok..I still love you all :] well I am guilty of forgetting some of my frens' brithdays too at times..but I want to thank these people especially: Henry, Jiv, Jay, ZZ, Simon, Albin, Wei De and Victor..THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL PRESENT and I really love the Adidas Bag that you all shared to buy for me..bloody hell you all are my great buddies man!

Ok, with that, let me start. What actually inspired me to finally blog after such a long absence was the fact that I had chanced upon my former classmate's blog. You see, he was one guy who apparently hated me during our JC times (I only knew that he hated me so much after reading his blog) because he thought that I had backstabbed him in some sort, and pointed me out especially for the split-up of my class into two main factions: he claiming his 'gang' and my 'gang'. Initially, when I read his blog I was really hurt, or rather, affected by some of the things he said about me. Well, things like Bast***, Shi*, Fuck*r,and more vile words aimed at me, as well as occasionally blasting my other classmates whom he thought made him like a total fool. I really didn't think he disliked me to such an extent, since he DID NOT express it so explicitly when we met in school. Guess he vented all his frustrations on his BLOG and criticized me for alot of things..I shall not go into it here.

I just want to make it clear to HIM although he most probably won't see this entry:
1. I am NOT what you described me to be as in YOUR bloody blog
2. All the time you lambasted me on your blog that I speak with no actions, how about you, if you aren't happy with me, tell me IN MY FACE!
3. Regarding your saga with a certain gal, I did what I thought was right and please, DO NOT MAKE IT SOUND AS IF you are a fucking victim out of everything. I can't possibly tell you to stop liking someone so I encouraged you out of goodwill to keep going. Is THAT wrong?
4. IF YOU CAN'T GET A GIRL, don't blame others. Ask yourself why the girl wasn't attracted to you and try to improve on it. QUIT COMPLAINING that others are handsome and that you are fuckface.
5. For the record, I DID NOT usurp the 'throne' as you said of being the CT Rep in class. PLEASE, like I give a damn about that title. You can have it all you want.
6. YOU GOT YOUR STORY WRONG. You were NEVER the class mascot at the start of the term and neither everyone's best friend, at least not for me.
7. And quit your paranoia. Since when do I always stare at you during lectures? For fuck's sake if I wanted to stare you'd be the last person I'd stare at. Crazy.
8. You ASSUME too much. Very interesting story of me trying to upset your GOOD FRIEND by taking the same bus as the girl he liked. Dun be childish can, so I can't go near a girl that you or your fren has a liking for? Moreover, we both stay in the east and are classmates so I don't get your point seriously.
9. You claim I go around telling people I will fail my tests and results, and then I end up with full marks for my Chem Prac. And, you keep harping on that...no other examples to quote? That was the only occasion FYI, the rest of the times I said I would do badly and I really did, at least not to my expectations. FYI I got D E O O for my prelims, you cool with that? So BLOODY ASS STOP using the same example in like 200 of your entries?
10. Don't let your jealousy get the better of you. Touching a girl on her shoulder is an outrage of modesty? THEN THE WHOLE OF VJC males has committed it at least once. I'm surprised you even bother to count and observe the number of times the guys in my 'gang' did that. And there is a difference between molestation and making fun of them. DUN EXAGGERATE.
11. If you hate me that much, why haven't you deleted me on your MSN contact list? Thanks to Meebo, I discovered you still have me. For bad-mouthing me behind my back, you deserve to die and I have already removed you from my list.

The bottomline is, I think you should go do a reality-check on yourself. I don't hate you for writing such vile comments about me, but after reading your blog, I've learnt something really valuable: You can't please everyone in life. Some will hate you, some will like you.

You are the first person I know that really hated me so much. If you count your two good friends in your 'gang', I guess that adds up to 3. And all because of the girls you and your friend liked that caused so much unhappiness between us.. enough for you to conjure up such a wonderful storyline that had me as the main actor, and with other classmates not in your 'gang' serving as a marvellous supporting cast.

For my former classmates who happen to be reading this, you should know who I'm referring to.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...

2006-11-08T10:54:00.000+08:00

Choon Guang, who I believe turned 20 yesterday...May you have many returns! Although we do not see each other often, but you've been one great pal and it has been my pleasure knowing you..missed those 3 months in VJ where we bullshited crap together...HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

and

Twins Jiv and Jay, who will both turn 20 on Nov 10 2006. Hoped you like the T-Shirt man Jay! I chose it...so you betta wear it the next time round we meet up. And Jiv, you hairy-chested niggy, you betta wear those shorts we bought for you..I chose it too! Thank me first for not letting Henry do the choosing...haha..anyway just like to let you know you have been such a busted but I like people like you because that means I have one more person to crap with! Haha...You twins enjoy your upcoming 20th and we'll continue tormenting Henry ya? :)

Do You Still Dare To Wear CROCS?

2006-11-07T22:21:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: HU SI LUAN XIANG by K-ONE

Before I start on the main topic for this entry, I'd like to recommend a recent movie I've watched: THE GUARDIAN starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher.

I'll skip the storyline and stuffs la, you can always read those in other websites that offer better content. But the director's pick for Ashton Kutcher to be one of the movie's main actors was spot-on. His acting definitely surpassed my expectations and I can't think of anyone else that can do his role at this moment in time haha. I really want to recommend this show because I enjoyed it throughout. Go watch it if you haven't before it's too late!

CLEMCUBE rates THE GUARDIAN: 4.5/5 for it's great storyline.

Pity I did not have the time to watch THE PRESTIGE and THE DEPARTED because I also heard from my friends that they were great shows to watch as well. And I've decided to give THE COVENANT a miss becuase Qisheng told me it wasn't good. Guess I don't want to waste my precious money on bad movies...I've had bad experiences haha..need to spend the money elsewhere :]

Well, on to the main topic..not to sound offensive or anything...but what's with toddlers losing their toes these days? 2 cases in 3 days is a worrying sight, hopefully not more to come man..I feel sorry for those two kids who lost their toes, and if they are still suffering from their traumatic experience (come on, wouldn't you be shocked to have lost a toe to a seemingly harmless escalator?), I wish for their speedy recovery.

The question now is: Who is to blame? The escalator? The kids for sticking their feet near the sides of the escalator? Or the type of footwear they were wearing? Coincidently, the footwear of the toddlers who lost their toes were believed to be wearing CROCS, you know, the very popular rubber sandal-like footwear with many holes for your feet to breathe (If feet could breathe haha)?? Yeah that's it. If you read The Straits Times Nov 7 edition, there was an article in it which quoted experts saying that studies have shown that rubber-material footwear are more prone to get stuck at the sides of the escalators as compared to normal footwear material like leather or canvas.

Well, personally, I do not want to condemn those people who spent $50 for a pair of poser footwear but don't you think it's really dumb to get footwear which endangers your feet? Yes, I admit I was once fascinated by it's design when it first came out but after seeing the amount of people blindly following the trend it really began to put me off. And, after thinking long, I began to question myself on why I even contemplated on getting a pair for my own use. $50 can give you 25 plates of delicious Chicken Rice ya noe? Haha..

Now, with toddlers increasingly facing the risk of getting their toe severed, who dares to purchase any more CROCS? I bet sales of CROCS have significantly plunged down by at least 50% after the first incident. I even hear that imitation CROCs have decreased their sale price as well...if it ain't cheap enough..now you can get them for $3.90 instead of $5.90! Haha...roadside vendors do follow news too, apparently..Are the parents of the toddlers affected now going to file a lawsuit against CROCS? Hehe..that would be interesting eh..although highly unlikely becuase there is no real solid argument to justify how CROCS have caused the unfortunate incident directly... ultimately the toddler's legs are controlled by himself/herself..not CROCS! Haha..

CROCS seems to be the next bubble tea phenomenon in any way you look at it. People are going crazy over it, and it will just die down soon enough..maybe faster than expected due to such unforseen ciurcumstances.

Will you still buy CROCS? If they slash their price by 50%? Will it still appeal to public?

ClemCube Goes Vien

2006-10-31T10:25:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: JIANG JUN LING by WU KE QUN

Due to increasing pressure from his peers to give a dinner treat as a result of his successful enrolment into Monash School Of Medicine, Henry magnanimously agreed. So he decided to give his closer friends a wonderful treat at this international buffet place called 'Vienna' @ United Square. It cost him 40 per person which meant a total bill amounting to 160. Haha pretty expensive you would say but I will do the same too because I think it's a great achievement to get accepted into a good school famous for that area of study.

At first look, the food in the buffet looked promising. I thought that for 40 bucks, it was natural for them to have seafood, sashimi, and other exotic stuff...they even have abalone rice! Which was actually pretty disgusting so I did not try..Their bold attempt at making shark's fin soup failed miserably as I could tell it was fake on my first taste. It tasted like latex (raw material used for manufacturing rubber), or at least I think it would. But Hian Liang was really satisfied with their dessert selections..which included some Jap ice cream, Chocolate Fondue (although the choice of fruits were few), and cheesecakes. Complement these with hashima and fruit cocktail, I do not have much complaints about their desserts.

However, I will like to comment on their Teppanyaki, it was awesomely YAK-KY. Their chicken and beef were served in overwhelming portions, and while it was the same for their lamb and fish, at least the latter didn't taste that bad. And the vegetables were much worse. If you go there never try that. Finally, their Pasta counter was fucking low-standard too. Their pasta sauce was hard to consume, and it didn't help when the serving looked so watery, nothing like those pastas you can find in Pastamania or even Cartel. Give me 40 bucks and I can cook much better pasta for you to eat man...

The highlight of the restaurant was their tea. All four of us showed our dark side when we took home quite a number of high-quality teabags when we were not supposed to..haha..but heck we didn't care. Apparently it was to make our money worth, since I was kinda disappointed with their main courses...

CLEMCUBE ratings for VIENNA International Seafood & Teppanyaki Buffet Restaurant:

Food: 2.5/5
Environment: 3.5/5
Price: 1/5

Overall: 2.5/5

CLEMCUBE will most likely not go there for a buffet meal in the future because it is too costly and considering the quality of food served there, CLEMCUBE maintains his stand that the 40 bucks per head is far too expensive and not worth it at all.

Here are some pictures taken by Henry during the buffet dinner...Hian Liang!! Send me your pix pls!!!

Henry and Myself

Hian Liang can't stop himself from indulging in the chocolate fondue..he kept standing next to the chocolate fountain and no one else had the chance of coating their fruits with chocolate.

ZZ accidentally chewing on plastic while consuming a plate of sushi. Should have seen the look on his face...looked really dumb haha.

The outstanding selection of tea @ Vienna

Sorry man, we still did it.

Also, I would like to take this chance to wish Hian Liang all the very best in whatever he does in Edinburgh...ORD LOH! Have fun studying dude! Don't let me catch you with a white chick next time man haha!

Oh..OCT 30..HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RUSSEL!! Happy balls to you and meet up soon ok joker!

The Ugliest Premiership Players

2006-10-24T23:58:00.000+08:00

As the title explains itself, let me present to you ClemCube's list of top 10 ugliest premiership players. Disclaimer: Clemcube has nothing against these players, and just personally feel that they are born with such looks and can't really change it unless they go for plastic surgery or some sort.

10. Diouf (Bolton) - This guy looks like some silly twat asking for a beating. He scores freaking tyco goals and his nickname 'The Serial Spitter' really complements his sickening looks.

9. Traore (Charlton) - Go to the net and search for his pic and tell me your honest opinion.

8. Campo (Bolton) - If this guy changes his hairdresser I might consider taking him out of the top 10 list. Why does this guy insist curly hair suits him best when it's obviously not the case?
Wonder what is the growth rate of lice in his hair. :p

7. Darren Bent (Charlton) - Looks like a total brute to me. Maybe it's his big mouth or something?

6. Chimbonda (Tottenham) - I don't know. Maybe he should have been higher in the rankings but he really looks ugly to me. Haha.

5. Kuyt (Liverpool) - I gotta be fair man. Although I love this guy and am a Liverpool fan, there shouldn't be much debate at him coming in at 5th. He is very white and his hair colour doesn't really help things. But things aside he will achieve great things at Liverpool!

4. Murphy (Tottenham) - To me, he can't be any uglier. Realise that his head is shaven such that there is a sharp end at the center of his forehead? WTH, it makes him look worse really.

3. Adebayor (Arsenal) - This guy was originally my top pick to be ugliest of the lot. But I changed my mind. Scroll down to see who made the top 2.

2. Bullard (Fulham) - He looks really old but is considerably young. Similar to Kuyt, his skin and hair colour just don't match and hence the ugliness. Who can possibly be uglier than him, you may ask? Anyway, ClemCube would like to wish Bullard a speedy recovery from his horiffic leg injury.

1. Kanu (Portsmouth) - Clemcube's pick for ugliest premiership player. Do you agree?

Please post your valuable comments...tell me if u think there are other players worse than this lot of 10..

Frightening Friday

2006-09-13T22:37:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: BEN CAO GANG MU by JAY CHOU

Let's just say I'm lucky enough to be sitting down in front of my computer blogging right now.

It was something which I really did not expect to happen, and something which I hope will not happen for the rest of my life again.

For those who still don't know what happened to me, I was involved in an accident on Friday. For those who witnessed it, it's really up to you to judge whether you felt it was minor or not. To me, being involved in an accident was bad enough for me, so yeah...to think at one point in time I thought I was going to die..haha..guess I was really fortunate to have escaped without any serious injuries. In those sort of situations, anything could have happened. But because the other car who knocked into the car I was sitting in was speeding, the impact was rather overwhelming and it caused me to suffer from a whiplash or some sort. To make things worse, I was sitting closest to the smashed part of the car,and the collision caused my chest muscles to jerk suddenly and this forced motion caused me to suffer severe pain in my chest and neck area for a few days.

And my dear colleagues, please believe me it still hurts a little until today (Damn it I'm not faking it or chao-keng lor!!). I'll probably give it a few more days to see whether the pain eventually subsides, if not I think I will seek the doctor's advise again.

I really don't want to go through every detail about the accident..Many people have told me that I can actually seek monetary claims from the fucker who smashed into the car I was sitting in that fateful day...I did think aboout it. But since Human(name not mentioned to protect identity) did not want to blow matters up, I will respect his decision. After all, he fetched me to the destination out of goodwill so I shouldn't give him more trouble. You know the thing about money and claims and whatever, the paperwork really makes you go mad..

Anyway this whole incident is over and we should just move on...an unforgettable experience and maybe a lesson for other drivers out there, SAFETY FIRST, NO MATTER WHAT.

With that, I shall sum it up with this poster:

The Thing About Clubbing

2006-09-03T18:36:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: BRIGHT LIGHTS by MATCHBOX 20

I've been thinking long and hard about how I should go about writing this entry. I still do not know how I should start, so I'll just write whatever comes to my mind. Here it goes..

Just last night I had another clubbing experience as I visited Gotham Penthouse. Apparently they were having some NUS bash there, and Hian Liang managed to grab some tickets from his friends and stuff so I told Hian liang I didn't mind checking it out. We asked Henry too and he agreed so reluctantly to tag along haha. It was a rather boring night to say the least, not what I had expected definitely. The place was freaking small and there was hardly any room to explore. Sad to say, I thought their toilets were the nicest thing around. In actual fact, I saw alot of people I knew during my VS and VJ days but they were just mere acquaintances and I din felt like saying hi to them so in the end I didn't.

There were lots of pretty girls around, most of them walking around only with a piece of cloth wrapped around them, either promoting beer or tequila shots. Up till now I still can't believe 3 of us got fleeced by these two stupid girls who kept bothering us and kept insisting us to be brave and down 1 tequila shot each. It's not about being brave or not havin enough guts to drink, but we knew they had ulterior motives and stuff so as tough as we tried to resist, they eventually fed each of us with 1 shot each. We are some fucking dumbasses to have succumbed, in the end, the gals gladly told us to pay 8 bucks for each shot. To make matters even worse, they shortchanged me! Claiming they didn't have enough change to return me. Blardy sluts! I wish you get raped someday seriously..I don't give a shit whether you are a FHM or SNAG cover girl...the fact that you robbed me of my money, you deserve to die!! Guess the breakdown of the 8 bucks will be: 1 dollar for the shot + 7 bucks for the feeding service by the girls. Haha..

After yesterday night, I will gladly say that, in my opinion, clubbing is a total waste of money and time. It increases your risk of contracting lung disease too, because of the fact that you inadvertently inhale smoke around you in the clubs. To conclude, don't go clubbing unless you have other intentions.

Why do people want to go clubbing? For guys, I get it because they want to get to know more girls and hopefully be able to pick some pretty chick on the dance floor and stuffs. It is such a sad case beacuase to me, when I think of clubbing, words like 'lust', 'sex', 'temptation' naturally come to my mind too..It's hard to not think that when you go club you are actually seeking for lust. I'm a guy too, so I understand if guys do want to club. But how about girls? WHY WHY WHY do they want to club?

Do they, like guys, hope to meet some hot hunk and maybe hit it off from there? Or do they seek the 'highness' that is derived from drinking alcohol and dancing to the club music? Why do a minority of girls want to stoop so low to sell themselves for the sake of money? Don't they think it's a very unglorious(As Henry always says it) act? Just take last night for example, there was this other woman who fuckin hell tried so hard to make me buy some beer so that she could earn some commission. She touched my arms here and there, pleading with me whiningly, and at one point even rested her head on my shoulder like I'm her boyfriend or some sort. Fuck you la! No matter wad you do I'm not gonna buy your beer can, I'm not like any other Caucasian who would normally give in once the girl pulls in some tactics to persuade you to buy. But thanks for the effort though, I loved that short feelin haha! (Comon, I'm a man too! Haha) 30 minutes later, I saw the same girl dancing with these two other guys and brushing her whole body against those guys. Disgusting, and I was totally turned off by that act. So.. Do these women think it's really fine to earn quick bucks by doing these things? I dunno man.. Girls who are frequent party animals..aren't they worried about the tremendous risk of getting drunk and subsequently being taken advantage of? Hmm...

To be honest with you, I'll be very worried if my girlfriend loves to club week in week out. I will seriously feel uneasy that she is hanging around at these kind of places and mixing with alot of other guys whose background is shrouded in anonymity. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that clubs are a decadent place to be in, but why waste huge amounts of money just to get yourself 'high', or wasted, and next morning waking up to feel a sharp pain in your head?

Just my two cents worth on clubbing as a hobby..or wadever..

Here are some pictures taken yesterday night:

For My Teachers

2006-09-01T23:49:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: ANGELS WINGS by WESTLIFE

How appropriate.

Today is teacher's day and I have decided to pay a tribute to the teachers who have taught me before and whom I think deserves my respect. This idea originally came about thanks to Kian Guan, whom I met on Wednesday for dinner. Haven't met him in a real long time already, and it was nice to have been able to catch up with him @ Parkway that day.

We dined at Crystal Jade Kitchen where I had my favourite roast chicken and duck porridge, while he made a wrong choice in ordering 'Fried Rice With Egg And Crab Meat'. His dish was overstuffed with vegetable cubes and it looked too green to be edible for a plate of Fried Rice. The portions of REAL crab meat (not those red and white cylinder-shaped stuff you can get in supermarkets) were miserably little and the food was definitely not worth the price of $10.90. So don't order that dish for your next dose of crystal jade, for you might regret it. :)

Let's get back on track here.. after dinner we played some pool and chilled out over at McCafe where we talked about alot of things during our VS days. If only we could turn back time and experience those days again...I guess girls will never understand how fun life in an all-boys school can get. So many crazy things we are capable of doing and stuffs.. I wonder how the teachers in VS were able to cope with it last time. Haha.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank my teachers in VS and VJC whom I tot were outstanding in one way or another, and at this same time, I would like to blast some of my teachers too whom I think are not fit to be appreciated on this very meaningful day.

Ms Lau Hui Bian(Sec 1 Maths)
Thanks for being such a bitch and always looking down on me. I remember there was once I did not study for my Maths Test and eventually failed, you lambasted me like hell and made me felt like some dumb fuck. You also criticized me for not putting in much effort for Maths. HELLO. Get your facts rite. Maths is my favourite subject, and why would I not be putting in effort for it? Thanks to your castigation, I so bloody wanted to prove you wrong and I got an A for my subsequent Maths Test and Exams during Sec 1.

Mr Anuar Ikhwan(Sec 1 Geography)
I think he is both a fantastic teacher and a friend. He teaches well in class and almost all his lessons are so interesting. He listens to your problems too and he is just an amazing individual. Full respect for him. So lucky to have been in his form class for Sec 1. And in truth, he was one of the main reasons why I joined Concert Band as my CCA and I have never regretted since then.

Mrs Ho Beng Huat(Sec 2 Maths)
As strict as she can get, I feel she is actually one of the best Maths teachers VS has to offer. She teaches her topics clearly, gives you a tremendous amount of homework to do so that you get to reinforce the concepts thoroughly in your head.

Mr Jimmy Chan(Sec 2 D&T)
You are the man. You truly wanted us to learn. I remember you so graciously gave us the answers to every test questions before every D&T test itself. You were one amazing teacher with your unique style of teaching. Respect is all I have for you.

Mr Alvin Lim(Sec 3 A.Maths)
You could really connect with us. One who taught us well, was like a brother to us, and never angry with us even though we may have upset you in some way or another. Kian Guan was telling me how you gave him that one vital mark for E Maths during the prelims so that he could push his grade up and have an L1R5 good enough to enter VJC for the first 3 mths. Amazing teacher who understands how much pressure students face to perform well in their studies. Kudos to you.

Mr Wang Jun(Sec 3/4 Chinese)
I respect him for his passion in teaching. Although I always slack and doze off during his lessons, I know that he really wants to share his knowledge with us. He is brilliant in the language and he just needs to improve his teaching skills. The 'A1' I scored for Chinese@O Level is specially dedicated to you.

Mrs Lee Kian Soon(Sec 4 Chemistry)
One hell of a great teacher. Just explains why she is HOD Science. Really teaches so well that you have to understand the concepts. If you do not, you can always ask her and she is always there to help you out. She doesn't believe in scolding her students, and she earns full marks for that.

Mr Richard Phua(Sec 4 A.Maths)
He is what you get when you mix an emotionless individual, some cold humour and lots of great teaching. HOD Maths, he proved me totally wrong when I tot he could not teach as well as Mr Alvin Lim. He teaches the concepts with clarity, and is another teacher who gives tons of homework so that you can reinforce the topics taught in class.

Ms Loh Sing Huay(Sec 4 Biology)
How can I forget you? The best Bio teacher by miles in VS. You will always be a great teacher in my heart. The 'A1' I got for Bio@ O Level is dedicated to you.

Mr Michael Lim(JC Physics)
I enjoyed almost all the Physics lessons with you in JC times. You made us understand Physics topics so well even though we always skipped lectures..you always joined in the fun whenever me, HJ, Ken, Koay and Russ talked bullshit in class. And when it's time to be serious you always are. A teacher young at heart, he totally made me enjoy Physics for 2 years even though it wasn't my favourite subject. You know, you play soccer real well. Missed those times when we talked about Liverpool's performances after lessons haha..I'm sorry I let you down because I din do well for my Physics@A Level.

Mr Lim Cher Chuan(JC Chemistry)
You are one biased bastard, looking after the best students in the class and always neglecting poeple like me, HJ, Russ and others. You only look at results and it's true. If I'm not socring well you will just leave me to die. It's kind of different treatment to different groups of people. Being in your class was a bad experience because I always think that I'm unimportant to you. For that, thumps down to you.

And finally,

Mr Basil Chan(JC Economics)
Fun-loving and crappy teacher. He teaches economics but is so anti-economics. Haha. His lessons are interesting most of the times and he tries his best to get the concepts across to us. During the time between my prelims and As, he spent time and tutored me personally to correct my mistakes on econs essays and I was glad there was significant improvement. Thank you Mr Chan.

Conclusion:

For those I have commented, thank you for your hard work. For the two people I have played down, you don't deserve my respect and I hope you have actually changed for the better after I graduated. For those I did not or forgot to mention, happy teacher's day nevertheless! Your efforts will definitely be appreciated by me in one way or another in my heart.

Thank you.

New Song By Jay Chou

2006-08-29T10:59:00.000+08:00

It's called 'Qian Li Zhi Wai'. Very soothing nice song..

But...Fei Yu Qing is entering the pop industry too? Hmm..

ClemCube Tea Break Recommendation

2006-08-26T14:49:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: GALLERY by MARIO VASQUEZ

Went lunch with my dad after my session with the dermatologist today. Haha my skin seems to have improved, but I'm still hoping for better results, having spent so much of my savings on these skincare professionals..

We lunched our main course at 328 Katong Laksa (the one opposite Ampang Yong Tau Foo, that is the authentic Katong Laksa, if you've not been eating your laksa from there, you are eating fake Katong Laksa) along East Coast Road. I love the Laksa there because the soup base is rich in coconut...:p

But my recommendation for this entry will have to be the traditional coffee house a few shops down 328. The name is Chin Mee Chin Confectionery situated right next to Chapel Rd, which is near some church (it's pretty obvious) along East Coast Rd. We went to have some light snacks after the Laksa meal and I must say the food there is delicious! The shop has an incredible antique setting, just like some Hainan Kopi House in the 70s. Their tables are made of marble, even the chairs are almost matching, and when I went in there, I almost felt like an old man reminiscing fond memories (I'm full of crap). Their Kopi-O was fantastic and suited for my taste (I like it thick and not too sweet), served in those porcelain cups which ensures your coffee is kept warm for the longest amount of time.

Then there is their signature dish: Bun-style Butter-Kaya Toast. That is something you definitely must try if you happen to drop by. Soft on one side and toasted on the other, the taste is just perfect. Their kaya is better than Ya Kun's as far as I'm concerned (maybe Ya Kun's standard has dropped tremendously ever since they started on their franchising spree)..and I'm really impressed with such an idea to make toast using these hamburger buns. Most importantly, the setting and the food eaten there matches almost perfectly that it makes people feel so comfortable having snacks there.

ClemCube rates CHIN MEE CHIN CONFECTIONERY: 4.5/5

You might want to note that besides toast and Kopi-O and tea, they also sell a variety of pastries and also their delightful sugar rolls...

Drooling now?

Singapore Idol Season 2

2006-08-24T12:42:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: NA YI SHUN JIAN by DAVID TAO

I'm dying to know how the Singapore Idol judges honestly feel about this competition, about the 6 remaining contestants being the '6 best singers' in the competition. They must be kicking themselves in their faces and asking themselves 'How did Joakim appear in the top 28?' Come on guys you gotta admit Joakim's singing is full of crap (If he could make it to the top 6 by singing like that I could make it to the top 12 at least), so the judges actually have themselves to blame for putting Joakim into the top 28 in the first place.

I feel really sorry for the young lad ya know, he must feel bad for being so popular among the girls, with Gayle, Jay, Mathilda and Rahima all being his victims so far. Does he really want it still knowing that his singing is actually nothing special? Is he hoping he'd get out soon to end it all finally? It's so sad really...to know that people out there are voting for image rather than pure vocal talent.

I've got to say, even though she is my friend (acquaintance, to be precise), Jasmine hasn't performed up to expectations (but she really has a great voice). She is still surviving in the competition because of her cutie pie image. She has to choose the right songs (I think slow is good for her) really. I watched the Asian Pop Spectaculars last night and she chose Tata Young's 'I Believe' to sing. She was struggling la...it was actually quite bad. And her dress sense and makeup just got to improve. She makes herself look totally horrible on stage, and coupled with her choice of bad songs, it's hard for the judges to praise her on anything at all.

Twohill is another guy whom I'm not the greatest fan of. He thinks his bloody fantabuloustic hair can get him all the way to the finals..we'll see. Keep his fringe so long, swipe here swipe there, it really pisses me off and I think hez just acting like an idiot. He can sing but is blardy inconsistent. And I had no idea why the judges were so impressed with his Chinese song last night, but I certainly wasn't. His pronounciation is way off and he keeps doing his trademark slangs, you can't do that for Chinese songs unless you think you can match Jay Chou in terms of singing ability. He should go out as soon as Joakim leaves.

If there is still hope that this competition will be a success and that a top-quality singer will be produced, HADY MIRZA is the one that should win the competition based on pure vocal talent. Extremely versatile, as justified by his song selections week-in and week-out, he can attract the crowd to sing with him and he is by far the best out of the top 6. It would be an injustice I feel if he doesn't make it to the top 2 at least. His malay song yesterday totally shut Ken's mouth up and his English song rocked like hell. I believe Singapore won't make the wrong choice in voting him out tonight, just like how they did for Mathilda.

Although, I would love to see a Singapore Idol Grand Finals featuring Joakim Gomez VS either Jasmine Tye/Paul Twohill/Nurul Maideen! HAHAHAHAHA.

Happy Birthday Pok Pok

2006-08-21T13:03:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: PROMISCUOUS by NELLY FURTADO

Before I start with what I intend to write in this entry, I just want to share with you my viewpoint on a certain issue.

If you have been taking public transport to the airport recently, you would realise that everytime before the buses can go into T1 and T2 they will actually be halted by a policeman at a security checkpoint. The policeman then makes his way up the bus, walks right down to the rear, in the process looking left and right at regular intervals. Once he is convinced that the bus is not jeopardizing the security of the airport, he gives a thumps up and gets off the bus, finally allowing the bus to move on. This whole process takes on average about 2 minutes. Apparently this is one of the many measures taken by 'I dunno who' to enhance security in Changi Airport. But, if you ask me, I seriously think this is crap. I think the policemen will say the same thing too, it's just that they probably have to follow orders.

Come on, if I were a terrorist of some sort, would I make my bomb so visible for policemen to catch me? All they do is just walk up and down the bus and check for any suspicious article on the bus. They don't even check your bags in the first place, meaning, I can just hide my bomb or whatever dangerous crap inside my bag and the policeman can't even see it! So, may I ask, are the security guardposts leading to the bus interchanges a necessity? I think they should just scrape this crap idea and move on. Since it's not necessary, why even install a guardpost there in the first place? It's funny to even think of it. If you want to do a check, do a thorough one, agree? Sometimes, I really wonder how the policemen working there feel about this. Do they ever think of themselves like some stupid fool checking the buses for litter? I'm sorry if I'm insensitive but I'm not against them in any case. That's all I got to say.

Sunday afternoon is never a good day to hang out. That's because you gotta squeeze with all the other Filipino maids in public transports like MRT and buses while on your way to the destination. I remember yesterday as the MRT passed Paya Lebar, a swarm of Filipinas just came storming into the train, there were at least 20 of them I swear, and the train was so packed. It was literally Filipino land. Apparently the huge influx of maids was caused by the location of City Plaza (a hotspot for those maids), which was situated near Paya Lebar and that's why there were so many of them.

I watched 'The Break-Up' with Henry and the twins at Marina Sq that afternoon. The movie is pretty much average. But Vince Vaughn was hilarious and Jennifer was still pretty although she is fast approaching 40. Yeah. It's really normal and there's really nothing spectacular about the show. I wonder if we should have watched 'My Super Ex-GF' instead. But 'Click' would have definitely beaten these two movies by a thousand miles. Haha.

Attended Pok's birthday function in the evening at the expense of Terence's farewell dinner (I'm really sorry, how I'd wish it didn't clash). It wasn't as HAPPENING as I had expected haha. The food...eh I would have prefered Chinese food but the food last night was fine :) But it was really kinda weird as Pok didn't go with the conventional cake-cutting. Instead, she claimed that cup-cakes were the IN thing right now and that was exactly what she planned. Haha, 1 cup-cake for each person. The icing on the cup-cake was horribly sweet and for a moment I tot I would get diabetes. But for me it was just great to see my classmates again. Especially Anthea, Jacq and the never-changing Meiqi! I finally knew where Anthea was studying and it was good to see her doing fine. Megastar Rebecca arrived late because of her President Star Charity's rehearsal, but she was still acting cranky as always haha...Hopefully I will grab hold of some of the photos taken yesterday..that's provided Becks ever come online. Haha.

(: HAPPY BIRTHDAY POK! :)

hope you liked the Mango outfit and the Aldo necklace shared among us...

Understanding

2006-08-11T14:57:00.000+08:00

She is suffering so much deep inside, but I'm afraid I can't really do much to help. I feel so ashamed of myself..It seems like deep down I don't understand her enough..

Please talk to me if you really need to...You don't want to contain all your troubles to yourself..We really do need more communciation.

The Opportunity Cost of $1200

2006-08-02T14:15:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: WHAT'S LEFT OF ME by NICK LACHEY

*ClemCube has a story to tell. The story is about Clementine.

Clementine(Name changed to protect identity) is a soon-to-be 24-year old who likes to watch soccer. He catches up with news concerning global football frequently from different soccer websites. As such, he thinks it is really easy to predict match outcomes and feels he can be a soccer pundit. Very soon he started to pick up gambling on soccer with Singapore Pools. Wins and losses cancelled each other out, so he didn't really earn from gambling. But still he thought he could win big someday. He became more compulsive each day. His gambling habits were made worse with the World Cup setting in this year. Eventually, the tournament ended. Once again, Clementine had a World Cup gambling campaign with no profit and no loss. Therefore, he still thought lady luck will smile on him someday. Then disaster struck....

He even began betting on soccer leagues which he didn't have much knowledge on. And the bet values became bigger and bigger by each day. The inevitable happened. Clementine went on a losing spree and lost $300,$400,$500 respectively. He had lost $1200 just like that to the damn government when he could have spent it on something much more meaningful. Think of the opportunity cost with $1200. Even mahjong won't have caused him to lose so much in a day.

So he sat down and began to self-reflect. He urged himself to stop this compulsive streak of his. He promised himself he will stop for awhile to prevent excessive bleeding. He realised that betting was really harmful and told himself to calm down. He shouldn't be gambling heavily because he told himself there's no way gambling will bring him his fortune. He hopes he can quit eventually, if not play small and know his limits. He is glad he woke up his idea in time.

*Disclaimer: The content of this story is only true to a certain extent. Some parts are exaggerated so as to alert people that gambling is really unhealthy. Clementine's plight is really not as serious as what was described above.

Over here, ClemCube would like to advise people who are gambling heavy to cut down on their bets. Playing for fun is okay, but if addiction sets in, the consequences might be really dire. And if you know that you are on a losing spree like Clementine, stop and don't continue. Always set aside a sum of money that you can afford to lose if you wish to gamble for fun. Never touch money not intended for betting or you might be left to rue on your foolishness.

Anyway, back to normal blogging. IF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED TOKYO DRIFT AND YOU INTEND TO, PLS DO NOT SCROLL DOWN...*SPOILERS AHEAD* STOP READING HERE!!!

I watched Tokyo Drift this afternoon at home(thanks to Victor's Media Services) since I was on MC for the day. Typical action flick with a very shallow plot. But I liked the drifting of the cars and I think its freak cool. Although I didn't really like the main guy's acting, I thought the girl was cute and the main actor's Japanese mentor (Han) was really cool to the max(He may look plain-looking to you but I think hez cool coz of the way he carries himself). It's such a shame he had to die near the end of the movie, but I sorta expected it to happen. Just shows how predictable this kind of movies are. Apart from the drift, I feel the other aspects of the movie are not worth your money(Oh please, thats why it's CALLED Tokyo Drift). Still preferred the previous installment 'Too Fast Too Furious' which had a better cast including Eva Mendes and Paul Walker :)

CLEMCUBE gives TOKYO DRIFT : 2/5

My Theory Of A-Tap-Chi

2006-07-29T17:39:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: FEI XING BU LUO by F.I.R

Looks like dessert vendors are also starting to use shrewd tactics to cut costs in the wake of price increases in Singapore. I'm sure you know what are atapchis (I dunno the proper word for that), those grape-shaped nata-de-coco like stuff you can find in dessert ranges?? Yep, I was having a bowl of chendol at the food court nearby my place and after having that bowl of chendol, it confirmed my 'observations' over the past few months: Vendors always give 2 atapchis per bowl of desserts, and somehow or rather one atapchi will be chewy and soft while the other one will be hard like wood. Have you felt the same before? It happened alot of times to me already man. Haha.

Do vendors mix two types of atapchis, namely Grade A and Grade D atapchis, together so that the probability of getting one Grade A and Grade D per bowl is the greatest? Let us work out the calculations:

Assume 1 bag contains 50 atapchis, we have 1 bag of Grade A and Grade D atapchis respectively:

P(2 Grade A in 1 bowl) = 50/100 x 49/99 = 49/198 (24.7%)
P(2 Grade B in 1 bowl) = 50/100 x 49/99 = 49/198 (24.7%)
P(Mix Grades in 1 bowl) = 2[50/100 x 50/99] = 50/99 (50.5%)

As you can see, if the vendors have really been doing this, then they are quite smart to use the law of probability, because to get a good bowl of dessert (2 Grade A atapchis) it is only a mere 24.7%, while 75.2% of the time you are not enjoying what you have been paying for fully...

Interesting insight dun ya think?

My New Love For Tennis

2006-07-28T00:08:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: FANG SHENG by FAN YI CHEN

I have been playing some tennis recently and I'm already in love with this sport. It's a great way to work out the body as well as build up the arm muscles as tennis involves the technique of swinging your arm to hit the ball over the other side of the court. I'm even contemplating to sign up for tennis courses after I ORD or even better still, hire a tennis coach! Haha.. Madness.. Anyways, just bought my new tennis racquet. The brand is PRINCE and its made of Titanium. The racquet is really light and I can't wait to start using it next week. Promise I'm gonna thrash Henry's ass with his new racquet of mine! Haha. Thing to note: Queensway really sells cheap racquets...or least I think so. Mine is a considerably good one and it cost me 85 only! :)

And how is this for Liverpool's new home kit for the upcoming EPL season? I'm so glad they decided to change it from Reebok to Adidas haha! I'm definitely goin to purchase one of these when I have sufficient funds to spent haha..

If you have been watching TV ads, I would like to share with you my opinion on this particular tourism ad. Recall the 'Taiwan' ad often shown on TV recently? I think its fuckin ridiculous, I don't even understand what they are trying to convey! Their slogon 'Flying High Flying Taiwan' is already absurd, to make it worst in the ad they hav this woman and a fat man flying around parts of Taiwan. What for? It's totally laughable and ridiculous and whoever made this ad is a joke. Total flop. I'm not going to be least attracted to go to Taiwan with such advertising? Never! Haha...but with that said..I still wanna go Taiwan because of the food...the Karaoke there and everything...I feel food is such an important aspect in attracting visitors to Taiwan but why didn't the ad show any of these? On the other hand, I tot the HK tourism ad featuring Daniel Wu and that reather pretty woman was really good. Taiwan should start learning from their Hongkie frens on how to make better ads. Well, if I ever get a chance to visit Taiwan, you must be my food guide Grace! Haha...

CLEMCUBE World Cup 2006 Awards

2006-07-19T12:55:00.000+08:00

It's been so fast and suddenly the World Cup has come to an end already. I just like to share with you some players and teams that gave me a memorable impression of them, be it good or bad...

OVERALL BEST PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT: Fabio Cannavaro (Italy/Juventus)
BEST GOALKEEPER: Ricardo (Portugal/Sporting)
BEST CENTERBACK: Lillian Thuram (France/Juventus)
BEST LEFTBACK: Phillip Lahm (Germany/Bayern Munich)
BEST RIGHTBACK: Gianluca Zambrotta (Italy/Juventus)
BEST CENTER MIDFIELD: Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan)
BEST LEFT MIDFIELD: Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany/Bayern Munich)
BEST RIGHT MIDFIELD: Franck Ribery (France/Marseille)
BEST PLAYMAKER: Juan Riquelme (Argentina/Villareal)
BEST STRIKER: Fernando Torres (Spain/Atletico Madrid)
BEST COACH: Marcello Lippi (Italy)
THE 12TH MAN: Aaron Lennon (England/Tottenham)
BEST YOUNG PLAYER: Christiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester Utd)
GOAL OF THE TOURNAMENT: Maxi Rodriguez (Argentina/Atletico Madrid)
BEST TEAM: Argentina
BEST AFRICAN REPRESENTATION: Ivory Coast
BEST ASIAN REPRESENTATION: Saudi Arabia
BEST CONCACAF REPRESENTATION: Mexico
BEST REFEREE: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
BEST CAPTAIN: Fabio Cannvaro (Italy/Juventus)
MOST INSPIRING PLAYER: Zinedine Zidane (France, retiring after WC2006)
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER: Mariano Pernia (Spain/Getafe)
PLAYER WHO DID UNEXPECTEDLY WELL: Owen Hargreaves (England/Bayern Munich)
WORST GOALKEEPER: Fabien Barthez (France/Marseille)
WORST DEFENDER: Oguchi Onyewu (USA/Standard Liege)
WORST MIDFIELDER: Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea)
WORST STRIKER: Razak Pimpong (Ghana/Copenhagen)
WORST COACH: Zico (Japan)
WORST TEAM: Togo
WORST REFEREE: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
MOST UNSPORTING PLAYER/COACH: Guus Hiddink (Australia Coach)
PLAYER WHO NEVER GOT HIS CHANCE: Theo Walcott (England/Arsenal)

These are my picks, you can choose to agree with me or not. Feel free to leave your comments!

Resurrected

2006-06-27T12:44:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: BEAUTIFUL LOVE by TANYA CHUA

You must have been wondering where the hell I have died to, and why I haven't been updating my blog for years. Since the last post from now I think it has been over 2 months or so?

Then, you might want to ask me, why even bother to start updating again?

I don't know. I just feel like writing something again I guess, but you probably won't get to see frequent entries as compared to last time because I will most likely be too lazy to come online to do blogging. Yes, I admit that I am totally lazy to blog. Haha.

Sometimes I have this funny feeling that keeps teasing my mind: Why am I writing down all the happenings in my life and letting other people be informed of my daily activities? Am I deprived of attention? Do I blog truthfully? I ask myself my main purpose of blogging. Is it to attract other people to visit your homepage or issit really an attempt to write down my personal thoughts just like that of a diary, only that I store these thoughts in something called a blog?

There is this kind of blogging which I would like to term as "selective blogging". What this basically means is that people only blog about good stuff, positive things that they encounter in their daily lives, but never will they release embarassing encounters of themselves in their blogs, or discuss factual things that will portray a bad image of themselves in their blogs. In my opinion, most people want others to look at their blogs and think that they are leading a damn HAPPENING lifestyle, and in turn make a lot others envy the blogger. Probably self-satisfaction derived from the blogger? Do you consider this as a form of showing off by the blogger?

Probably the best kind of blogs I have visited are those that discuss about current affairs and their viewpoints on certain issues (eg. Marina Bay IR, Education Systems). It's kinda interesting to see what bloggers have to say in these issues. Then there are blogs like those of MR BROWN, MIYAGI, KENNYSIA etc. which are real farni, like those podcasts at mrbrown.com are those stupid photos that dear Kenny captures. Other than that, I think other bloggers are just deceiving themselves through blogging (includes me, I dun even know what made me blog in the first place). In my opinion, I think at least 60% of bloggers out there don't even know their main purpose in blogging. Does XIAXUE even know her main purpose in blogging? Maybe shez just blogging because of the tremendous amount of visitors to her site. Haha. But the plus point for her is that shez turned into a blogging icon for her exploits.

If you're a blogger, just ask yourself why do you actually blog?

If you think what I wrote above was all total bullshit and crap, you can choose to ignore it. Maybe it really is. :) I mean, after all, everyone is entitled to their own say.

Still can't believe the bloody Swiss lost.
They suck.
And the whole world will be watching France win tonight.

Die die die

2006-04-12T22:18:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: SUPERWOMAN by CAO GE

Just checked the SMU website and I saw this piece of news entitled 'SMU hits record 10,600 applications for Academic Year 2006/7'.

http://www.smu.edu.sg/news/2006/10_apr06.asp

Haiz...

That will mean my chance of getting a place in SMU will be significantly decreased. :(
Hmm...Shaun you gotta teach me your interview skills!! Looks like the interview will be the deciding factor as to whether I'm able to get the place man. Come on SMU why haven't you called me up for the interview?!??

Haiz..

Why didn't I take their bloody offer last year?

Haiz..

Into the world of taxi drivers

2006-04-03T22:48:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: WHERED YOU GO by FORT MINOR feat. Holly Brook, John Matranga

I'm really satisfied with myself. I've been hitting the gym on a consistent basis and I can feel that the gym workout is really paying dividends. So friends, if you need to slim down or whatsoever, don't wait, head to the gym now and I'm sure it will help your cause.

I shall discuss about taxi drivers in this entry. What inspired me to write about taxi drivers you might ask? It all started from a real cool conservation with this particular cab driver, who happened to be really outspoken and we talked about his experiences as a cab driver while driving me down to a certain destination. Have you ever wondered how hard it is to be a taxi driver? I bet some of you think that driving a cab is really easy money, but a cab driver's income is seriously unstable and anything can happen anytime while you are working on your shift. Some points I'd like to share about a taxi driver are listed below:

1. TAXI DRIVERS GET PISSED OFF WHEN THE PASSENGER WHO CALLED FOR A CAB DOESN'T TURN UP.
This is something that cab drivers face everyday and they cannot do anything about it. Put yourself in the driver's shoes. Someone calls for a cab, you are driving around and the on-call destination hapens to be in the vicinity, you accept the job and drive down to take that passenger. But when you reach the destination, no one's there. So it is either the person played a prank on you or he/she has taken another cab without informing the hotline to cancel the order.
Aren't you gonna get pissed with such a situation? I certainly will and I will curse that person to hell. What audacity to call for a cab and in the end become so irresponsible of your actions! Who suffers? The cab driver. He could have picked up some other passengers while waiting for nobody.

2. THERE ARE MANY INSTANCES WHEN THE PASSENGER CAN ESCAPE EASILY AND NOT PAY THE FARE.
Take for example during a traffic jam. You are driving a cab and stuck in the centre lane of the road. The traffic is so slow and the fare meter keeps on increasing. Your passenger gets fed up and decides to leave the cab without paying the fare. He/She opens the damn door and runs away. How? The fare is 15 bucks. Are you going to give chase and leave your cab unattended? Or are you goin to accept the fact that you are down on your luck? Think.

Another instance would be driving the passenger down to his/her desired destination. You ask for the fare but the person confesses that she/he does not have enough cash in hand. He/She gives you everything that he/she is left with in the wallet and tells you to take it or leave it. Are you still goin to demand for the exact fare? The person cannot pay, so are you going to drive him/her down to the police station and leave matters the the police? The person won't be dumb and allow you to do so rite, so he/she would have escaped long ago. So what do you do?

3. MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS ARISE RANDOMLY.
This point refers more to female passengers and how they can make use of...you know what..to distract or even threaten cab drivers. I'll give you an example. A sexy pretty hot(wadever) babe enters your taxi and she flirts with you. While you're concentrationg on driving (let's assume you really are, haha), she caresses the back of your neck and even your cheeks. In an attempt to stop her you brush her hand away from you. The woman accuses you of molestation. Ok you didn't but no one knows you are innocent. Thereafter, she blackmails you by demanding a free ride to her destination. Are you going to accept it or are you goin to blow the matter up and fight to the end, where in worst case scenario the law can come into action? If I were the driver, seriously I will just blame my luck and choose the former.

4. NOT KNOWING ROADS WELL CAUSES YOU A SCOLDING FROM MORE DEMANDING PASSENGERS.
So do you know where is Chiku Rd? Or Teck Guan Rd? Or wadever fucked up road name you can think of? Your passenger wants to get there and expects you to know the way. You dunno. And you gotta check the road directory. So some problem passengers will scold you so badly and hurl insults at you, claiming you are wasting their damn 'precious' time. In other cases, they accuse you of taking advantage of their lack of knowledge of roads to bring them in cricles before reaching the destination. Assuming you are an honest driver, you just gotta tolerate with their nonsense.

I'm sure there are many other interesting things that can happen to a cab driver while he is on shift. I hope that this insight on cab drivers will help you understand them better. The next time you call 65521111 (Damn it I'm not promoting Comfort), make sure you wait for the assigned cab and be responsible. Every occupation has its highs and lows, more often than not the latter more than the former. Haha.

Are you thinking twice about being a cab driver after you past your prime?

Chicken Rice@Downtown East

2006-03-31T22:07:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: QING ZHU by RAINIE YANG

It's crazy. On two occasions I went down to the newly opened Chicken Rice stall at Downtown East after my gym workout, looking forward to trying the $5 set meal as advertised on TV, but to my dismay I never got to try it. The fucking long queue totally put me off. Business is going crazy at that stall and I could not stand the wait and in the end I decided to settle for other foods instead. Trust me, it's crazy. Never am I going to wait 1/2 hour for my chicken rice. Haha.

I wonder if I will ever get to eat it.

Saturday Night@Marine Parade

2006-03-27T13:03:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: EVERLASTING by BoA

Before I start on this next entry, I would just like to thank my Mum for whatever she has done for me and the family. Although I always dislike the way she keeps nagging at us, I know deep in the heart that she actually cares. It's just maybe she doesn't know how to convey her message across tactfully, which probably upsets my sister frequently. She cares greatly for us, and for that, I am thankful. I just want to let her know that I really appreciate what she is doing for this family.

I still recall not long ago I was down with illness. Feeling so weak in bed, she was always asking if I was feeling better, and when my fever ran high, she helped prepare a cloth immersed in iced water and placed it on my forehead, in hope of running down the temperature. Sounds cliche, but I was really touched. And when I think back on times when I often talk to her rudely and sometimes even take her for granted, I feel a sense of remorse in myself. But I am trying to spend more time with her, and I am glad that I've managed to do that on a more regular basis in recent times, taking her for movies more often now, and staying home for dinner whenever I can.

So I really appreciate it. Thank you mother.

Ok now on to what I did last weekend. In the morning, I pulled myself out of bed to join XY for swimming at Hougang Swimming Complex. With determination I managed to swim 20 laps. It was quite tiring for me ok! Considering I went gym just the day b4..haha. And after that we headed to Hougang Mall to eat the worst Claypot Rice on Earth. People please do not even attempt to try the Claypot Rice there because its really bad and after trying it you might not want to taste Claypot Rice ever again. Then during the evening I met up with the bunch of Grace, Thomas, JG, XM and Jacq. We went to have a good dinner at East Coast Lagoon (The food centre at ECP). Thomas ordered like there was no tomorrow and in the end he had to finish it all by himself. There were 2 plates of fried oyster, satay beehoon, stingray, mussels, chicken wings, fried snails (YES DAMNIT I ATE SNAILS!!), satay and all these were complimented with sugar cane juice and coconut juice. Thomas can really eat his fill and all of us were really bloated after that feast. Tom and Jacq suggested KBox thereafter, 2 of them being most enthu abt it but at the room they were not even singing at all. Why does KBox close at 1 on Saturdays ah? Or issit only the one at Marine Parade? I always tot they would close kinda late. But in the end, becuase it was only me n JG hogging the mike, I guess 1+ hr was sufficient singing. Haha.

Oh I have just rented another HK Drama Series, this one I am watching now has a whopping 40 episodes! Its called 'Lethal Weapons Of Love And Passion'. Sounds cool eh the title? Haha..

On a final note, Liverpool won Everton 3-1 with 10 men for most of the match! Did you see the goals by P.Neville, Garcia and Kewell?? Did you see did you see huh huh huh? Stunning beauty man! Especially the own goal...what a strike! =)Everybody will remember the win, and they will definitely forget about the Gerrard sending off with haste. Haha.

General elections

2006-03-14T13:18:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: YI YAN WAN NIAN by S.H.E

WOLF CREEK wasn't as terrifying as expected and I was really disappointed considering I paid 9.50 for this crap show. Not exactly crap, but I definitely expected more from it. If I had known, I would have insisted to Thomas that we watch 'The Dorm'. I so want to watch it after failing to catch 'Shutter'. But it's okayz, coz I have already bought the VCD and I will be watching it really soon. Thai movies are generally nice, so I would think 'The Dorm' would be good. Just look at films like 'Ong Bak', 'Tom-Yum-Goong', you know Thai movies will never be that bad. WOLF CREEK, if you ever want to watch it, should be a weekday show. Don't waste your time on weekends when you can spend it on more meaningful activities. Heh.

WOLF CREEK deserves only 2/5.

I feel pretty contented with myself as I really trained hard at the gym yesterday. I ran 2 sets of 1.6km on the treadmill, in between doing weights, bench press, lads pull-down and other machines. I'm certainly hoping this will continue on a consistent basis, and I'm setting aside Mon, Wed, Fri for gym. Hopefully I can discipline myself to head down and workout on these days. I have always believed in keeping fit. :)

I feel so sad for Steven Gerrard because his mistake ultimately cost Liverpool their most recent match against Arsenal. I really tot we could get a point out of that game but to be fair, Henry's Arsenal were brilliant. It's ironic because Gerrard was working his socks off and created the equaliser...only for him to make that error and present Henry with that easy goal. But nobody should blame him. Considering his contributions it would be unfair to play him down just because of that mistake. The whole Liverpool team is in a mess right now. I wonder how Gerrard feels really. Hez doing all the dirty work in midfield, supplying wonderful balls for Crouch, Moro and Cisse but they are never taking their chances. He muz be hell frustrated and I'm just worried he might leave the team like Owen if the situation doesn't turn for the better. No Gerrard, no Liverpool. So true. Aren't Liverpool missing Owen right now?

Let's talk about something that has been hitting the news daily. General elections. I luvv the General Elections. Such a waste that for this year I still can't cast my vote. Haha but even if I could it would probabaly be a walkover. Nobody seems keen on opposing at my GRC!! Haha...but I read the news a few days back and learned that my constituency might be facing competition from SDA!! Yay!! At least PAP has something to worry about here... Dun get me wrong.. it's not that I support the opposition or anything, but it's good to have opposition because you can listen to what they have to say.. And usually opposition candidates will be campaigning big-time and I would really relish the chance to head down to one of those open fields in my area to go listen to their loud, crude and maybe sometimes senseless opinions and resolutions. Look at incumbent MPs like Chiam(SDA) and Low(WP), they provide a channel to voice disapproval in Parliament which is healthy at times. Imagine a whole body of Parliament which is made up by all the white men from PAP. PAP will say we should follow this. Who will disapprove? Probably no one because all are pro-PAP. Hence, we should really admire some opposition candidates who can offer healthy competition to the governing body. Having said this, we shouldn't vote for opposition for the sake of voting for opposition. What is the use when the opposition can't do better than PAP? Not saying that the PAP is doing a marvellous job or anything, but if they are the best Singapore politics can offer, then we should stick with them.

Of course, we have seen the worst of opposition. Remember our infamous Dr. Chee? The person who can't contest this term due to bankruptcy? Haha..hez really a joke. Just last Saturday, Thomas and I were at Kino shopping for books and we came across this book written by him. And when Thomas scanned thru it he laughed at what he wrote. He showed me a portion of it and we both agreed it was seriously crap. For someone who can insult SM Goh publicly, he has seriously tarnished the reputation of opposition candidates trying to contest the elections.

Enough said. But I'm defintely looking forward to the elections, like I always do every 5 years. Haha.

It's been long

2006-03-08T22:32:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: CAI HONG TIAN TANG by LIU GENG HONG

I just want to say, I took a nap today and I had the best dream of my life so far.

During the last 2 weeks I watched 2 movies.
Match Point, and
Munich.

Both were fantastic and were definitely worth my money. Both deserve 4 stars.

Yeah. Don't feel like writing too much. Till then, cya.

My fucking poem

2006-02-23T12:49:00.000+08:00

Fuckers seem to be everywhere around me,
and I have to encounter at least one fucker everyday.
Sometimes you really wonder what their fucking problem is,
because they never really seem to understand how fucked up they can be.
Fuckers have a distinct fucked up look,
and sometimes you really fuckin feel like punching them.
Fuckers will always be fuckers,
and they will never change for the fuckin better.
Just one last word to add,
if you think my fuckin poem is good,
please give a fuckin applause.

Parkway Parade carpark is a joke, while KGardens is cheap karaoke

2006-02-20T01:00:00.000+08:00

Had lunch with my father on Saturday afternoon which meant I finally got the chance to drive the car. My last try at his car was actually 1+ months back, believe it or not. He decided to dine at Parkway since there was Giant there so that I could get my cheap new TV set because the old one friggin died on me on Thursday. I was rather uneasy when he said Parkway because I knew how the carpark was like there. Pretty fucked up. So squezzy and with so many twist and turns, it was a beginner's enemy. To make things worst, my parking is atrocious so I'm utterly not confident of parkin at that dumbo place as I'm afraid I would end up scratching the car body again. I fear multi-storey carparks :( But I had to face it. When I got in, I struck kerb once, and when I got out, I struck the kerb again. Be thankful I din hit the pillar or knock onto any other car or whatever. I was really relieved when we exited that cursed carpark. My driving has got lots to improve on. My parking, especially.:(

Was delighted to get my new TV set. Oh yes the brand is AKIRA again. A 14-inch TV for the price of $119. How's that? Quite cheap right. Anyway, if anyone wants to get a TV set like mine, you can't really find it anywhere nowadays besides place like GIANT because the electronics market is fuckin competitive. I was shopping with papi and everywhere was like flat-screen TVs, big and small. Harvey Norman doesn't sell those classic small TV sets, and Best Denki only had one such TV available for sale after we combed the whole TV department. How pathetic. Oh wells, it just goes to show how advanced technology is becoming.

Met up with class people later that evening. People who usually wouldn't turn up turned up! Haha..was quite impressed. Wei Ling and Ching Lok came along and I haven't seen the latter in like I dunno how long. But glad to know shez doing well current in NUS architecture. Wei Ling has become the sporty sort ever since shez joined SMU and dragon boat. So tanned now that she calls herself chao-ta girl. Haha. How funny. The rest who came included Russ, HJ, Ken, Koay, Jan , Becks, KY, KH and Greg. Dined in@Heeren Marche and we were at the centre of attention because our table was just next to the entrance and everybody who walked passed us had to look down on our table to see what we ordered to eat. Singaporeans. Haha. I bet if I were one of those passer-bys I probably would have done the same. Whaha.

Thereafter we headed to KGardens@Serangoon Gardens for a usual doze of karaoke. Sang till about 1am like that. KGardens is another Teo Heng I guess, only that it is slightly more expensive, with better service and drinks and a better selection of songs, which would probably make your money worth. This time round though, I dunno why, as concluded by Russ and myself, the atmosphere was rather boring unfortunately. Why? I dunno. After that it was supper@ Chomp Chomp with HJ of course ordering food like there's no tommorow again, despite the fact that most of the shops were closed by then. Oh Yew Teng joined us too and I had a good chat with him, talking about our primary school days, like whether we remembered people in class. Haha names like Greg Wu, Elvis, Edmund, Zhao Ming, CJ, Rayner Kong and Christopher Tham started popping out. We bitched about our form teacher Mrs Lim too and talked about other stuffz haha. Poor Kenneth had to fetch all of us back home once more, and I must really thank him for the ride home. If I ever get the chance to repay the favour, rest assured I will, Ken. Right now, I just do not have the car at my disposal.

IN CASE U DIDN'T KNOW BY NOW,

ITS LIVERPOOL 1 MAN UTD 0 !

And it's Peter Crouch, walking tall. I saw the goal in the replay, and what the hell, the header was damn powerful can. Well done Liverpool, keep it up against Benfica!

So what did you do on Valentine's?

2006-02-15T09:52:00.000+08:00

Q: Did you enjoy yourself yesterday?
A: Sort of.

Q: So what exactly did you do yesterday?
A: Went out with my cousin and a few friends for dinner and karaoke for a short while.

Q: How much did you spend in all yesterday?
A: Eh.. More Than 20, Less Than 100.

Q: Do you have a valentine?
A: Unfortunately not.

Q: Do you wish you had a valentine?
A: You bet.

Q: How would you have celebrated Valentine's Day with your valentine if you had one?
A: For a first time, probably have dinner with her in a very nice and classy place, followed by a walk along the beach or something, somewhere quiet. I would have avoided those crowded city areas. A bouquet of flowers is a must, of course.

I had fun yesterday although it wasn't with my valentine. Both gals were also happy I guess coz they received a stalk of rose each from me and Thomas. But it's becoming such a sad thing because Feb 14 is becoming too commercialised. Prices are ridiculous as they are being increased by more than double over this period and it's really heartaching when you have to fork out the money (especially the guys). =( But all these is in the name of business and somehow someway we got to accept the fact. Also met a few buddies when I went out yesterday =)Zhi Yuan, Huei Siang, Russel, Melvin and Yew Teng. Was glad Yew Teng still recognised me. Those were the days in primary school when we were classmates. Haha.

So...did you enjoy yourself yesterday?

I've got a french name!

2006-02-14T01:24:00.000+08:00

Your French Name is:

Vardon Olivier

What's Your French Name?

Sounds cool?

Can't help it, I'm KOOL. That's why. Haha.

Mach 3 Turbo

2006-02-13T12:16:00.000+08:00

Finally...

I bought a new manual shaver and a new bottle of shaving cream!!!

Electronic shavers can GO TO HELL!!!

WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.....

Good days are always followed by bad, and vice versa

2006-02-13T01:45:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: CARLITO'S THEME by WWE SUPERSTAR CARLITO

It's true. Good days are always followed by bad days, and then good days, and then bad days and this goes on and on. My most recent experience would date back to last Wednesday.

After work, I went down to town together with Shaun and met up with two of his friends. We had fast food for dinner and thereafter caught the movie 'Memoirs Of A Geisha'. I thought the movie wasn't fantastic, but it ain't that bad either. I'd give 3 stars for that. For 7 bucks, the show's worth the price and Jingyi agreed with me. Made two new friends in Jingyi and Ruby. Jingy is a very sociable girl, easy to talk to, whereas Ruby seems to be the quieter of the pair, but nevertheless shez still nice and sweet. Wednesday was a good day.

Then came Thursday. I woke up feeling extreme pain in the throat and I really could not bear myself goin to work in such pain. Hence, I decided to sleep on and report sick for the day. Stayed home to rest for the whole day. The diagnosis was flu and very bad sore throat. Doctor's medicine was great though, the lozenges provided made quick work of the irritating sore-throat. But the flu had other ideas and wouldn't go away. It was torturous Thursday indeed.

Friday was another bad day. Still sick, I forced myself to work. Tried my best to concentrate, but I finally surrendered to the sickening flu and reported sick at the medical centre. I do not understand why the doctors there are so reluctant to give MCs because I'm seriously sick and feeling so rotten, and yet the only words that came out from his mouth were, "Oh, not to worry, nothing serious, ok go wait for your medicine outside. I'll just give you a light duties slip." Like WTF rite. Went back to office and got permission to rest for a while and fortunately I felt better after the nap. Friday, however, was still a bad day, because my whole day was wasted sleeping my ass away.

The weekend was the transition period. Bad days are gone. Good days approach. In point form let me list down what went well that day:
- My flu condition wasn't as bad as compared to Thursday or Friday.
- I enjoyed the visit to my Aunt's place and got a few more hongbaos.
- I gambled and won quite a pile.
- I finally got to watch 'I Not Stupid 2', the show I'm most keen to see currently.

'I Not Stupid 2' was a great show, and as I told Gillian, I really love Jack Neo productions because his movies somehow bring out a Singaporean flavour in it. Perhaps his movies always have those hokkien lines which never fail to make me laugh. I don't know. This movie is definitely better than 'Memoirs Of A Geisha'. At least I think so. 4 stars I will rate for this movie. Of course, it really goes down to personal liking, I guess if I asked Shaun, he'd probably prefer Geisha. Hahz.

Me, Grace, Thomas, Jacq @ Penang's very own Tropical Fruit Farm

Same people @ Patong Beach, Phuket. I look like I just woke up.

Frozen Desserts Island Creamery

2006-02-08T00:14:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: HUO YUAN JIA by JAY CHOU

Hell yeah Frozen Desserts Island Creamery tastes so good you'll find it hard to resist! Comes in the weirdest but delicious flavours like Teh Tarik, Banana, Horlicks and so many more. One small tub costs 8 bucks. Expensive eh, but its worth every cent of your money. Trust me.

This is my first time blogging ever since my trip to Penang and Phuket during the CNY period. I really enjoyed the trip alot, not only did I get to know people like Jacq and Thomas better, it was also a good opportunity for me to de-stress after facing so much 'pressure' at work. Wadever. It seems like I never get bored of Star Cruises. I've sat the same ship like 4 times I think, but I still enjoy it. The 24hr food hangout on Deck 7 still rocks like socks. The food is so good that I am willing to pay 10 bucks for a plate of Nasi Lemak. And yes, Kai An, if you are reading this, their Nasi Lemak is also great tasting, maybe you can try it if you ever get the chance to board the ship again..Haha..The only downside durin this trip was probably the fact that I lost money on board the ship's casino...=( Well, 100 bucks [heart pain]. But oh wells, I could hav won...if not for my greed. Lesson learnt. Phuket was great. Stuffz were cheap. I bought fake Birks for S$8, a pair of sunglasses S$6, a Levi's tee for S$20 (significantly cheaper than prices in Singapore) and a pair of surf shorts for S$10 which was damn nice but unfortunately I couldnt wear bcoz the cutting didn't fit me exactly well. Wasted sia. Nothin much to talk about for Penang. Only Tau Sar Piahs I guess! Terence loves them! Haha.

Watched Jet Li's 'Fearless' last Sunday with Mom and I'm impressed by Li's superb martial arts skills. If you are watching solely for the fighting scenes, you've got the right movie. If not, overall I would rate it average. 3 out of 5 stars. Watchable.

This guy that I unfortunately see almost everyday is slowly getting onto my nerves and I really can't stand him. Probably the most insensitive farkface I've ever came across. Blunt with words, coupled with shocking arrogance. Whether he meant it or not, I don't giv a damn. Hez really pissing me off.

Terence, no prizes for getting the right answer. =)

Digging out past photos

2006-01-23T23:14:00.000+08:00

Meiqi would kill me if she saw this entry, I think.

I was just bored sitting in front of the computer when I decided to look through past photos that I have taken and oh my word! I saw one photo which probably stood out from the rest that I saw haha. Here it is:

What were we thinking? Haha..

Speechless.

2006-01-23T23:06:00.000+08:00

Rio Ferdinand and the whole Man Utd team can go fuck off.

I hate Man U.

Yes I do.

Idol fever

2006-01-19T00:36:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: YOU ARE MY ONLY LOVE by CYNDI WANG

Today I watched American Idol and Star Idol on Ch5 and Ch8 respectively.

I don't know whether is it because I haven't been watching AI for ages already or wad, but I really LOL throughout the whole show. American people are the best. They are like a zillion times more exaggerated as compared to Singapore Idol wannabes when participating in the auditions. I really enjoyed laughing throughout the show. Therez this particular one I wanna highlight. Paula and Randy actually allowed this guy I only know as 'Crazy Dave' through to the next round. What were they thinking??? He was awful and I bet they did this just to spite Simon. Haha. But when he went thru the audition I laughed like mad and almost had a heart attack. Recall those days where William Hung was introduced to the world. I think this guy will be the next big thing on idol. Hahahaha.

Guess wad. Favourite Bryan Wong has been eliminated from Star Idol. Well at least Jacqueline is still in the competition. Out of the 6 left, if I can choose a winner based purely on acting skills, it has to be her. So I will be supporting her all the way! I just can't believe that Leo Lam and Lincoln are still inside the competition. Their acting is too fake and I can't stand it when Leo gives that smug expression on his face. Wish he'd get out soon.

Nussini!

2006-01-16T20:50:00.000+08:00

I WANT MORE *NUSSINI!!!!!

* Nussini is a hazelnut-covered crispy wafer bar filled with fine hazelnut cream that is so splendidly delicious and addictive. Covert with rich and tender Milka alpine milk chocolate, I have to say that this is heavenly tasty.

Thanks Grace! :)

I cannot understand how 8 Days rate movies. How can they give 'IN HER SHOES' 2.5 stars and give 'WALLACE N GROMIT' 4 stars? Incredible. Though I have not seen the latter, I think it's really kinda ridiculous to give it 4 stars right? Who watched it already? Please tell me it's a good show. As good as 'SHREK' or 'FINDING NEMO', perhaps??

I'll be waiting

2006-01-15T01:14:00.000+08:00

Have you watched 'In Her Shoes'?

Not bad a movie really..I liked it. If you are looking for something heartwarming and touching and anywhere near that line then you should catch it. If you are expecting a thriller or horror, don't even think about it coz I doubt you will appreciate the movie.

I will give it 3.5 stars. Haha.

Sent my cousin Kai An off this morning at the airport. Only the closest to him went to send him off because he claimed he didn't like the presence of too many people seeing him leave. I will probably have the same thinking as him if I ever get the chance to go for any overseas exchange like him next time. All the best to him and I figure it will be a torturing one-year for me..no more Saturday stay-overs..no more meet ups for movies others don't like..I will definitely miss your presence come this Chinese New Year coz you will not be back for the cruise vacation..Oh wells.. I'm sure you will enjoy it there...and how lucky la you! I will never dream of myself doing an exchange at UPenn! So you had better cherish it..Haha..

I hope one year will be over soon.... :)

Here are two pix from the latest 'class gathering' which took place on the 5th.

Ken and Me

Kian Hean, Ken, Jan, Me

Left knee

2006-01-10T15:08:00.000+08:00

My left knee is still a lil fucked up. Especially when I stand up after sitting down for a long time..

Still freakin contemplating if I should seek the help of a Chinese physician to see if there are no severe complications of any sort.

Reflections

2006-01-10T02:37:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: KISS GOODBYE by WANG LI HONG

Did you people watch Channel U's broadcast of the Ren Ci Charity Show on Sunday evening? I watched only certain parts of the show but what really caught me thinking hard was actually how the head of Ren Ci (Ming Yi Fa Shi...as they call it) was encouraging everyone to call in and make donations. Given the recent hype over the TT Durai-NKF case, I guess Singaporeans all over the island have probably lost a tremendous amount of confidence in charity organisations. People do not know if their donations really reach out to the needy...And that is completely justifiable. But Ming Yi Fa Shi never gave up. He had to do one of his two stunts under harsh weather conditions that night, and if not for the crew who did not give the go-ahead for the 2nd stunt, he would have braved the rain and went against all odds to complete the stunt..all in the hope of touching more people's hearts out there and gather more calls. Instead, he made use of the allocated air-time to plead with TV viewers to donate. And I believed he was really sincere in his speech:

1. He assured donors that every cent of their donations will definitely be used to help the needy patients of Ren Ci hospitals.

2. He explained that we should not condemn every charity organisation just because of one person's misdeeds in the management of a certain orgainistion.

3. He broke down in tears in front of all of us watching that night. If you watched and you didn't feel anything at all after hearing what he had to say then I think it's pretty sad for you because you are as good as a cold-blooded person.

4. He emphasized that we should not give up calling to donate at such a turbulent time with regards to charity organisations becuase the patients are still hoping hard that we who can donate have not given up on them.

5. He said that us viewers and donors were not the only victims, and instead, the patients and those who need help financially to treat their illnesses feel most cheated by the fact that a certain oragnisation managed their funds in such a manner that they do not receive maximum benefits from donors.

His words really made me reflect on this issue heavily. My mother was so moved by what he said that she called in on the spot to give her full support. Plenty to ponder...Often we claim that we are victimised, but I bet many of you have never put yourselves in the needy's point of view...they too feel extremely cheated. So, what is your take on this issue?

Ming Yi Fa Shi. He deserves my utmost respect.

Currently watching this recently filmed HK Drama that I rented. 'Revolving Doors Of Vengeance', and I'm loving the show so much! The theme song is so nice and I love main actor Joe Ma(Ko Fung). Hez just too cool to be true. His charismatic nature really brings out the charming persona in him. If I were a HK woman I would have idolized him. Haha.

Oh Sanjiv/Sanjay, when do you want to start our fitness program proper? I'm all set to go man. Fix a time and we can all head down over to your place to do some good workout dudes! :)

Nose-digger of the millenium

2006-01-03T23:11:00.000+08:00

Recently on my travels to work I have been seeing this particular old man at this certain bus stop almost like everyday. He is the most disgusting, gross, fucked up person I have ever met in my life so far. He makes me sick, and totally pisses me off most of the time. I don't know him...so why do I have this huge amount of hatred against this old man, of all old people, you might ask?

1. He digs his bloody nose like nobody's business. And when I say that, I mean it. On the average, he has to stick his finger up his nostril like every 30 seconds.

2. If that is not bad enough, his way of digging his nose is totally fucked up. He digs so hard, that everybody can see his nostrils rotate 360 degrees with the nose bone acting as a pivot. I dunno what's he looking for, but oh my god I suspect he thinks there is something really valuable up his fuckin nostrils.

3. I had a very bad encounter with this old man on the bus. He just doesn't care. Apparently the bus I take is always very crowded so we gotta squeeze. And this old man unfortunately always alights a few stops before mine..and there was this particular time he just forced his way thru a very packed bus and in the process he knocked into me rather strongly and I got realy pissed off. It was not as if the bus was gonna leave without him alighting, so why can't he just wriggle his way out slowly?

Sad to say, until today I still see this nose-digger often and I dunno if it's just me or what, I will try to distance myself away from him because I get really disgusted by his actions. Granted, people do dig their noses, but please if you want to do it, do it DISCREETLY for hell's sake! Not in front of so many people! Everytime I bump into him, I foresee a bad day at work..

Are you psychic?

2005-12-26T15:25:00.000+08:00

You Are 60% Psychic

You are pretty psychic.

While you aren't Miss Cleo, you've got a little ESP going on.

And although you're sometimes off on your predictions...

You're more often right than wrong

So go with your instincts - you know more than you think.

Are You Psychic?

Merry Christmas!

2005-12-25T17:01:00.000+08:00

WISHING EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! (:

CURRENT MUSIC: WU JIAN DAO by ANDY LAU(Cantonese version)

Thanks Colin for inviting me to your party! It was great to see so many people there, and I got to know some fantastic people, got to know others betta through this gathering and I really enjoyed it...pity I could not stay longer coz I gotta rush to somewhere else...Din eat much also but it was a great party! Oh and I saw my senior Fengling as well as eliminated STAR IDOL contestant Terence! Amazing links everywhere man haha...

Grace's party wasn't so lively as compared to the former, but the food there was great! There was the honey ham and also very delicious curry...although I have to say the drinks were kinda weird, or maybe it's just me who dunno how to appreciate sour plum...haha. Anyway, thanks Grace for inviting me to your party too! A worthy mention would be the carolling in Grace's place..haha..the first time Grace organised xmas carolling in her place I think...haha... :)

Then I went to meet the class guys@ Russel's place. Reunited with Lamuda as he came back to Singapore and also met Yi En, Leon and Nigel there. Together we drove to Bedok Blk 85 for supper..as if I was not full enough, I had to gobble down more food...Hwi Jong was like some hungry ghost just released from Changi Prison..he ordered Char Kway Teow, Hokkien Mee, Fried Oyster...and to add to it we had Minced Pork Noodles, Stingray, Sambal Sotong, and BBQ Chicken Wings...it's just crazy. I think 70kg is inevitable but I must be determined and fight on not to exceed the limit! Thereafter, the girls went home and we stayed on at Russel's place. Russel introduced us to his silly game and we all started playing for like 1.5 hours long haha! It was called '007 BANG!!!' Haha..that game was kinda funny and Leon was the big loser all night, and you will never guess what forfeit he was forced to do!!! Haha...I shall keep that a secret though...:) By the time everything finished, it was 5am...and Russ fetched me back... Here again I want to thank Russel for being so nice... :)

I want to make use of this blog entry to also thank everyone who gave me best wishes for the holidays and also those who gave me cards and gifts!! Thank you so much and I really appreciate it! Let us all enjoy the occasion and be MERRY!!!

Nasi Lemak

2005-12-23T13:18:00.000+08:00

Spoilt for choices?

Here are two stalls which I will strongly recommend from the many NASI LEMAKs I have tasted around this small bloody island:

SRI SUJANA MUSLIM FOOD @ CHANGI VILLAGE
[Rice]--->3.5/5
[Dishes]---> 3.5/5
[Chilli]--->4/5
[Value For Money]--->4.5/5
[Total]--->15.5/20

If it helps, this stall is also recommended by Makansutra, a former programme on Channel i featuring good foods around Singapore. :)

PONGGOL NASI LEMAK (THE REAL ONE) near HEARTLAND MALL
[Rice]--->4.5/5
[Dishes]---> 4/5
[Chilli]--->5/5
[Value For Money]--->1.5/5
[Total]--->15/20

This stall is well-known and actually needs no recommendation. But such a pity that the prices are just crazily expensive. A chicken drumstick can cost 2 bucks. The rice is freakin fragrant though and the chilli is absolutely fantastic. But, business is business, it is just logical for them to jack up their prices since the food is so irresistible.

Good food doesn't neccessarily have to be expensive

2005-12-23T00:15:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: FOOLISH GAMES by JEWEL

It just takes a lil effort to go find that place, hidden amongst the rest..
Benison introduced me to this one, and I brought Meiqi, KY to test out the food there..

MISS CLARITY CAFE
5, Purvis Street
Near National Library

Set meals for $8.80 all day! Been there twice so far, and on both occasions the food and friendliness of the staff there didn't let me down at all haha..So, if you are looking for a spot for daily lunch and happen to be loitering around that area, go giv it a try! Bring your laptop, FREE BROADBAND over there! :)

Meiqi hasn't changed abit ever since she left for London. Haha still so crappy as ever :)

Christmas celebrations and lunch in office was great today..by far betta than the previous one. Chandan was the overall in-charge and I guess the difference was the games. Fun and everybody could participate in it..Hez a great organiser and I think he should continue being organiser for the upcomin parties or celebrations in office haha...Pot luck lunch wasn't too bad either. Special praise goes to the bee hoon prepared by Gerald's Mum, and the curry too..which was a lil spicy but nevertheless delicious..

I seriously dunno if I should attend what party tommorow. Why does it all have to fall on the same day? Shucks. I have 2 parties and I'm supposed to meet up with the class guys and I really want to because it's been so long since we met up. Guess I will just show my face at Colin's place then head down to the other party and hopefully by 10+ I can join the guys there..I dunno how I'm gonna balance my time man.

ANYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PLEASE JIO ME FOR MAHJONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MY HANDS ARE ITCHIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Lorry Experience

2005-12-21T12:06:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: DRAGOSTEA DIN TEI by O-ZONE

I think SuperHost is a pretty good competition to watch because of the way they carry out the elimination process. Watched yesterday's episode which featured the guys and they had ninety seconds to show what they can describe about a ridiculously shocking human art piece. I think it's really extremely difficult and I laughed throughout watching how some of them performed. Personally I felt the guys will make much better hosts as the girls and so if the final winner turns out to be male I won't be too surprised because they are much more entertaining. Haha..

Went out with Calvin, Qingyong and Zhenzhong for supper at the stretch of Prata shops which were situated near Anthea's place. Had my usual favourite Tissue while the rest feasted mostly on kosong and cheese. Not the best Tissue I have tasted...The one at Toa Payoh still rocks most so I'm looking forward to staying over at Kai An's place again for another round of tissue prata haha! It's a great feeling to sit at the back of a lorry again because as the lorry moves, the wind that blows at you really makes you feel very comfortable. I still remember the last time I sat was like 2 years back, on Ken's father's lorry when almost the whole class sat behind the lorry and played the number game as he fetched us back to a more convenient location from Marina South where we had JTS in the form of steamboat. Haha. Those memories ring back indeed..

Anyway, Calvin's lorry finally arrived at Changi Village where we took Qingyong to explore gay prostitutes. Yesterday night was one of those better nights because we saw quite a number. Some were just perfect in their figure..and if no one told me about what roams about in Changi Village, I would have mistaken some of them as pure females.. serious. Haha. Then there was one that I want to mention. This particular person wore this mini-skirt so short that really appalled me and QY haha. Shortest mini I have ever seen on a 'female'. Haha. Also, Calvin let me and Qingyong drive the lorry around the Changi Village carpark and I must say, lorry is so much different from the car. Especially steering wise. You need to know when to turn because of the different position of the wheel for the lorry as compared to the car. Haha. Oh, and I miss the gear and the clutch! Haha..The last time I touched it was like when I passed the driving test? Haha.. Anw.. it was a great night to just meet up with a few guys for supper and chat and whatsoever.

Today is the last day of my allowed leave for this year which means I have no more leave to clear...:( sobz...

And to make things worst, I fucked up my left knee while playing floorball@VJC on Saturday. It was fun nevertheless. Just hope my knee recuperates soon because everytime I walk it's kinda uncomfortable. Might consider heading to a Chinese physcian to check out the damage..

The coolest song on earth

2005-12-16T22:45:00.000+08:00

This song is so farkin farny!!!

I lovee it!!!

Machi - Wo Ai Zhou Xing Xing

Sorry readers, if you even bother visiting my website

2005-12-14T21:11:00.000+08:00

Yeah just wanna apologize to all readers out there, of course, I'm not saying as if lots of people visit my freaking blog haha, but for those who expected me to update at least once in a while, sorry but I have been doing the disappearing act haha. Lots of things happened throughout this 3 week absence, things like chilling out with some friends, celebrating my birthday (Thanks Benison for introducing such a great restaurant to me! Damn cheap and good..) and of course playing mahjong and losing...AGAIN and much more that I can't remember for now. Anyways, I would like to thank everyone who remembered this ignorant lil boy's 19th birthday and many many thanks to those who gave me best wishes, be it belated or not. Haha. Yeah, don't really feel like writing much today too..

I miss the JC times....

Meiqi is comin back from UK...if I'm not wrong it should be in the wee hours of 16th Dec haha...Lamuda is also returning...So I'm hoping for another gathering real soon! Mei-mei must meet up once you arrive k coz I'll be on leave for the next few days so I'll be kinda free to entertain :) I'm sure all of us miss you!

Warning to those who haven't watched AEON FLUX, if you intend to watch it, please do not. I watched and I certainly think it sucked. Yes it sucks. But Theron's body still rocks hell! Haha...

Thanks Shaun

2005-11-24T21:04:00.000+08:00

I just want to say 'Thank You' to Shaun, my fellow colleague in the unit. Thanks very much for your birthday gift for me and I really like it and I appreciate it lots. It was really nice of you. :)

One bus, one silent farter

2005-11-23T22:57:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: DIU SHANG XIN by OCEAN OU DE YANG

Before I start on today's main topic, I would like to comment on the Korean drama I'm currently watching - Love Story In Harvard. The first few episodes have rather impressed me..Actors and actresses have their handsome and pretty faces respectively, but what I really want to say is that the theme song is really good!!! Haha..Soothing and the melody is perfect..I always sing along when it plays..haha :)

Okay, onto today's issue. Basically I would just like to share with everyone this experience that I often go through when I travel on buses. Have you ever been a victim on the bus such that whenever you travel on the public bus all of a sudden a smelly stench will somehow get to your nose, and it smells seriously fuckin sickening. Immediately you would think it's fart, which 99% I'm sure it is. Do you get pissed off with this? I sure do. Everytime this happens I swear I felt like strangling the idiot who was responsible, and just fuckin stab him with a knife on his chest. Often I will try to find out who the black sheep is but one will never know who was the one who actually farted. AHHHHHHH!! It's just so shitty when this happens. If this happened to you before, I'm sure you feel the same as I do. And the worst thing is, the smell stays there like forever, so more often than not you gotta live with that smell throughout the whole bus journey. There is no way you are goin to hold your breath all the way unless you are superman who needs no oxygen to live. Sometimes, I really wonder, what those people who silently fart in buses think of their acts? Two most common mentalities will be:

1. Oh my god, I need to fart. I can't help it. I'm so sorry to those people around me. Just endure the smell ok?
2. Oh man this is so funny. Everybody should get a chance to smell my fart...especially in silent mode. WHAHAHAHAHAHA.

As if to fart irresponsibly on the bus is not bad enough, if the farter has mentality no.2, he/she ought to die a terrible death. That is just totally DISGUSTING, SICK AND PERVERTED BEHAVIOUR.

I hope any one you readin this entry is not one of those whom I just described.

Imagine you were caught in one of these two situations. Which situation would you rather encounter?
1. To be sitting comfortably on the SBS bus only for a stench of blardy fart to disrupt your pleasant journey. And you gotta live with that smelly fart for like 45 minutes...

OR...

2. To be sitting beside a madman on the SBS bus, and that mad guy spouts all sorts of nonsense and rants all kinds of funny languages at you and unfortunately you cannot switch seats...

Time to ponder..eh? :P

I love Mahjong!!

2005-11-21T00:21:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MUSIC: PUSH THE BUTTON by SUGABABES

Woke up bloody early today because I had plans to go Colin's house for mahjong. It was bloody hell far as I would have to travel from Pasir Ris all the way to Holland V, but thankfully Terence's mum gave me a lift as I went over to his place to meet him first before we proceeded to Colin's together. Finally got to play mahjong again in a very long time as it took me awhile to get warmed up. It was goin good during the early stages and I was winning quite abit until Colin began his crazy streak, lost to him twice in a row as I fed him the winning tile on both occasions. Disgusted with myself. That was when I started goin down and down. But I was not to be the biggest loser for the day, as Terence got crushed badly. Haha. Poor him did not even win a single round haha! I could hav recouped my losses in the last round as I was on my way to a maximum combination, but sickening Eugene was so fucken lucky I couldn't believe it. He won with a minimum combination and my money flew away just like that...Oh wells...Haha.

On my way home I passed by Janice's place by chance and decided to drop by for a little while since she told me she was at home rotting her time away anyway haha. Her bro wanted to play mahjong but he couldn't find enough people to play so in the end I was lookin forward to nothin. Haha..we chatted the whole time and it was really good to see her after we haven't contacted each other for quite some time already..In the end we were still so bored I suggested goin down to walk around, but unfortunately her neighbourhood had nothin interesting as well lol. Her exams are ending pretty soon so after that we must all meet up ok haha... =)

LIVERPOOL 3-0 PORTSMOUTH
What a satisfying scoreline! Every Liverpool fan would love to see that!! Haha..

November's Chopin and The Exorcism Of Emily Rose

2005-11-20T01:14:00.000+08:00

I can't help but comment on the latest Jay Chou album coz it's really a great album to listen to. For those who haven't got November's Chopin, you must go get it now. This album is betta than the previous one by leaps and bounds and I am so totally WOWed by some of the songs in this album. Here are the songs that I highly recommend that you should listen to (in order of course):

1. Feng
2. Hei Se Mao Yi
3. Shi Mian Chu Ge
4. Fa Ru Xue
5. Shan Hu Hai

- CLEMENT RATES 'JAY CHOU - NOVEMBER'S CHOPIN' 4 out of 5 STARS -

I watched the movie 'The Exorcism Of Emily Rose' with Kai An on Friday evening. And I must say that this show is really not bad. Not the typical horror show that you would usually expect. This movie focuses more on what happened to Emily Rose when the exorcism took place, and how the Father who conducted that ritual was put on trial for negligible homicide. Anyways, some scenes were disgusting as expected. The body contortions were just pure sickening, plus when Emily chewed on insects it was just Eewww.. The best was of course the exorcism ritual of course. I loved it! Couldn't believe it when there were like a total of 6 demons that possessed her body. Emily should get an award for her excellent acting. Serious. Ohh...I must mention the lawyer who defended Father Moore too...the way she fought her case was simply breathtaking. Even Kai An told me he was impressed haha. Good movie to watch. Relax man, it's not scary a bit.

RATING ---> 3.5 / 5

That Friday evening before I watched the movie I also saw Felicia Chin in Town!! Oh my goodness shez so pretty and was dressed so elegantly!! I just love her lots n lots!!! My MEI REN YU!!! Haha..

Today I was at J8 so I decided to check out the auditions of Campus Superstar. It was fuckin crowded all right. And I simply can't believe so many students actually took part. Ok..fine, a minority really sang great but the rest were just bad. I can tell you 80% were just there for the sake of hoping to get their faces captured big on primetime television. Shameless people man. Why would people want to take part unless they are sure they have at least that bit of talent to sing?? Why?? Don't they feel embarrassed at all? I watched the auditions for about close to ten minutes then decided to leave thereafter. Now I just can't wait to see the auditions because I know it will definitely make me laugh out loud...Haha.. WANNABE STUDENTS..This show will surely attract many consumers..

Describing Tioman trip with photos

2005-11-18T15:25:00.000+08:00

CURRENTLY FEELING: LAZY
CURRENT MUSIC: FENG by JAY CHOU

Herez some of the photos we took in Tioman. Great trip indeed!

Strong wind makes my day!!

Another pose on the speedboat..

The majestic waterfall

Me feeling the power of water at its fullest..

5 of us together @ the waterfall

Minus Ngai Han

Tioman Jetty At Night

Me With Qingyong

We r snorkellin baby!!

Just got out from the water...5 of us on the boat

Should I suntan like that??...

or will the effect be betta like this? Haha..

I LOOK SO FUCKIN FAT HERE MAN

Me and MR. STRONG MAN

Lightning captured on camera!!

With a resident on the island

How about 2? Haha..

Time to keep fit

2005-11-18T00:20:00.000+08:00

AHHH I am so happy I am going jogging every evening for this week. I have never in my life went jogging for 4 consecutive days. Let's make it 5 tommorow. Whahaha.

It's STRESS to be in my department HAHA. You have to give a treat for everythin. Pass driving gotta treat the people to lunch, get best personnel for the month also have to treat, ORD also have to treat. Haha. Poor Ngai Han. Think hez already mentally prepared coz Terence is demanding a treat at the Fullerton stretch. 30-40 bucks a person.... he can just die. Haha. If it were me I will just faint.

Oh and finally today I am done watching finish my KOREAN VCD SET. Nopes it's not Jewel In The Palace. It's FULL HOUSE!!! Very good. So hilarious and both female leads are so chio!! I luvvv them deep deep!!!! Haha. Muz watch if you haven't and especially if you are into Korean shows like my mum. Shez fallen in love with that Chengjun-Ge in Stairway To Heaven. Siao wan le she. Haha.

- Clement rates FULL HOUSE 4 out of 5 STARS -

Funny Daqiu

2005-11-15T20:32:00.000+08:00

I finally drove my papi's car for the first time since I got my driving license. I took the chance as I was on leave yesterday and we decided to have breakfast together at Loyang Point, thereafter I drove his car through the entire stretch of the PIE all the way to Jurong area to collect my DVD player which I sent for repair for like 3 weeks back. I miss my DVD player soooo muchh!!! Now I can switch back to the times when I can get to watch my dramas in my cosy room, savouring on my potato chips of course! Hahaz.. Anyways, driving was fun!...No clutch, no need to observe 50km/h and of course no more pressure on myself to need to pass any shit TP!! :) Still need to practise on my parking though, guess more practice will reach near perfection...yep. Looking forward to my next chance to drive papi's car againz..

I just finished watching TONG XIN YUAN on Ch8 and I was really amused by some parts of the show, particularly the scene which took place near the end of today's episode..Here is a brief take on what was shown (translated, of course):

Uncle : We shall use this idea for the upcoming food fair. These are some of the beauties I specially engaged to promote our fishballs.

Daqiu: VERY GOOD!!! To think you were able to come out with such an idea...

Uncle: Yeah, with this we don't have to worry whatever fishballs Dayang will be selling at the fair. Haha.

Daqiu: What??What is that idiot thinking? Hez selling fishballs too?

Uncle: Yeah, apparently hez making chocolate fishballs. It's quite nice..I have tried..

Daqiu: YOU STEWPID AH!!!! DUNNO HOW TO ASK HIM TO MAKE POO-POO FISHBALLS (shitballs) INSTEAD MEH??? CHEY..

It's so fuckin farnie when they act the whole thing out!! Especially when Cavin Soh emphasizes on the word 'Stupid' and the way he told Dayang to go make fishballs stuffed with shit instead..Haha...I really LOL man! Hope during the upcomin Star Awards 2005 he will win the role for Best Supporting Actor which I think he duly deserves...Hahah.

Back From Tioman

2005-11-13T02:24:00.001+08:00

CURRENTLY LISTENING TO: KU XIAO BU DE by KE YOU LUN

My skin on the neck and shoulder area is peeling like fuck. Man.

Yep...it's been one week since I came back from the Tioman trip together with some of my closer buddies in the unit. It was a great experience for me, not the most luxurious of trips but it was still freaking fun because after I went with frens. Tried snorkelling for the very first time in my life (hope it's not too late, haha) and also swam with schools of fishes in the sea. Also gambled every night and it was full of fun. Although I lost quite alot, it didn't really matter coz even if I had won I had to treat the guys anyway, which was what Ngai Han and Calvin did. Haha. It was a pity though there was no BBQ on our 2nd night if not I bet it will be even better. The greatest spoiler during the trip for me was when the sea engulfed my cap when it flew away from my head while I was on the speedboat back to Mersing. Well..was sad initially but I asked for it really coz I should have listened to Yu Tian's advice to take off my cap before that. Oh. After this trip I have learnt to appreciate SBS buses alot. That's because when you compare SBS buses to those of Malaysia, they are worlds apart. Serious. And people from Malaysia dun fucking queue to board the bus. Throughout the bus journey I was feeling like shit coz it was so squeezy in there even though I had the luxury of sitting. Can't imagine those who stand and endure being sandwiched for the whole of the bus journey - which was like almost 2 hrs. It was absolute torture. So guys, appreciate what SBS provides you with man. They are tonnes better than those stupid buses you can find in Malaysia. Regarding what happened throughout the trip, I m kinda lazy to pen it down actually. Once I get hold of all the pictures from the trip, I'll post them up and let em tell you all about the trip.

Was on leave on Thursday and so I made use of the chance to meet up with Kian Guan to catch the movie 'TOM-YUM-GOONG' starring my idol Tony Jaa. Hez an incredible bone-breaking machine. A damn good show it was and definitely worth my 7 bucks. If you haven't caught it, you must.

- Clement rates TOM-YUM-GOONG 4 OUT OF 5 STARS -

Passed my driving!!!

2005-11-02T12:05:00.000+08:00

I PASSED MY DRIVING!!! WHEE!!!

Yeah and it's damn true!! Although it was a marginal pass, but who cares? Still a pass..and that is what it all matters...haha...I could have gotten 8 points if not for my fucked up mistake at the very last part when I was going to turn back into the driving centre...haha..Apparently I missed the driving centre coz I was too concentrated about the oncoming traffic on the opposite road, and by the time I realized it was kinda late but still I quickly turned back and the right turn back to the centre almost looked like a u-turn. Haha. At that moment, I tot I was goin to fail but luckily there were no pedestrians around so he did not jam-brake the car. Got 10 points for that stewpid mistake which eventually totalled up to 18. PASSED! And I was elated although he was still putting on that stern face coupled with that pair of sunglasses, as he kept scolding me for my mistakes but I just didn't care because all I was thinking of was a pass..Haha. There I exited the tester's office, and I couldn't hide my delight as I happily went to close my account with CDC, then waited to watch the video for newly qualified drivers. I am so looking forward to drive my dad's car now that I have passed! Haha....I just knew today will be a DAMN good day..

Watched 'Star Idol' on Ch 8 just now and the auditions were so funny as usual. Really enjoyed watching it. Chew Chor Meng was making a fool out of all the applicants and there were some people who really didn't feel shameless about taking part in the competition. They were so lousy I think I could have performed betta haha! Anyway, Mum showed me one of the pages in TODAY which showed the pictures of all the 20 contestants...and I scanned thru them..only to find Cheryl in there! Haha..Can't believe shez one of the top20 contestants! Back in VJ we were mere acquaintances...haha....now shez takin part in this competition! Truly wish her all the best...she has the 'Star Idol' face la...think she should be able to go far in the contest...and I will be rooting my support for her thruout haha! Jiayou jiayou! :)

Still nervous about Wednesday

2005-11-01T22:51:00.000+08:00

Current Mood: Still Nervous
Current Music: LUAN SHI FU SHENG by MAYDAY

The day has finally arrived for me to face it - THE MUCH DREADED DRIVING TEST THAT I AM SO AFRAID I WILL FAIL.

Thank you to my dear cousin Grace for giving me a treat @Marche yesterday for dinner.

Yesterday I had to work overtime in the office because of the fact that I will be away for the whole week and will only be returning on the 7th. One of the leave combos I have taken..Tmr taken leave because of my driving test and Friday will be goin to Tioman with some of my camp mates. That reminds me...gotta go renew my passport validity tomorrow or I can forget about going on the trip!! Haha..

Anyway I worked till it was close to 6pm and Grace gave me a lift down to town for dinner with my sis, brother-in-law and also my GP teacher. Hasn't changed abit man..but I was impressed coz he has slimmed down alotz physically!!Haha.. Well, it was normal dinner I guess..therez really nothing much I can say about.. A get-to-know-you dinner between Grace and my teacher? Haha..wadever. But conversations were hard to come by..if there were any they always used me as bait haha. But anyway...everything turned out fine and it was just like any other dinner...

Today was the final day of the wake as I went down to see her for one last time. There were cries and tears from several people present there, obviously sad to see her go just like that...Even I felt a tinge of sadness in myself when her coffin made its way to the crematorium. Wish her well in her afterlife and hope her immediate family takes it easy. :)

Just received an SMS from Nagi Han and hez jio-ing me to Zouk tommorow night. Well, if I pass I will probably join them to partee...but if I don't I'm afraid I will have no mood to club. I think tomorrow's outcome should decide if I will be looking forward to the Tioman trip. Jeez.

Here's an interesting question which Yutian posted to me a few days back:

Would you rather live 5 years as a tiger, or 20 years as a sheep??

For me, it would be the former.

Nervous about Wednesday

2005-10-31T00:05:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MOOD: NERVY :(
CURRENT MUSIC: YE QU by JAY CHOU

I'm very nervous about my driving test on Wednesday, definitely no doubt about that. Just had my final revision lesson yesterday at the test centre and luckily for me I got a pretty good driving instructor. He told me about my weakest points and advised me on the DOs and DONTs during the test. He also helped me master the parallel parking obstacle, and if I do really get through that with ease on Wednesday I will thank him lots man. Practically tried everything as he brought me to the more challenging areas like test routes 6 and 7 and Ubi Rd 4. I'll just be so thankful not to get the test route 6 and 7 because it's so fuckin hard. Especially the lane change part, oh my god yesterday was the first time I faced so much difficulty doing lane change. The whole place was experiencing a traffic jam, and the other cars were complete fuckers...all dun wan to give way want le..and it's really tough to judge the cars' speed. I think if I sway sway get 6/7 I'll just be mentally prepared to come back to Ubi for another test date. Seriously.

PRAY FOR ME TO PASS MY DRIVING OK....

Received news on Friday that Mdm K will be treating us guys to a buffet dinner. It's to give ORD-ing boy Jia Hao a treat. An expensive one indeed. Place was at Clarke Quay, Swissotel Merchant Court to be precise. Haha. Dun frequent there really often so had to meet Calvin to ask him to lead the way there. Hence, met him@Parkway for some pool before we took bus 196 down over to Clifford Pier and walked all the way to the destination. I felt extremely gutted because I did not do any workout yesterday went I should have. When will I really get down to business?!?!? The tummy grows but I continue to ignore. Worst still, if you looked at today's Straits Times, Lifestyle section, on the cover page you will see 2 PANDA XIONG TIAN PINGs. One 60kg, the other 100kg. FucK. How did he become so fat?? Anyways, he looks so disgusting now and what I am afraid is that someday I will follow in his footsteps! NoOOOOOOO!!! Never!!!!! I've got to cut down SOON. Anyway, back to the main issue, we had buffet dinner and I guess Calvin and I ate the most. Damn full man. Liked their Chocolate Fountain and Crispy Platter. That's about it. The rest of the food was sub-standard. The sashimi was a total turn-off and the shark's fin soup tasted more like beansprout chowder. I'm serious. Not worth the money unfortunately. Too bad I couldn't appreciate oysters coz if there was one thing that looked really a MUST-EAT it was that. Anyways, thank you Mdm K for your treat. Really appreciate it. It was again the same situation as Calvin and I did not speak to Jia Hao. I dunno what's his problem but he seriously has mood swings because he can talk to you yesterday and treat you like a foe today. Craziness. Why he is not talking to us I donno, but if he wants this to carry on so be it, coz I dun think Calvin and I gives a damn about it. Such a pity.

One of my closer relatives left us on Friday. Din really expect her to leave us just like that but reality is that that has happened and we got to face it. Went straight to the wake after the Merchant Court dinner to pay my respects. I am just happy that I managed to chalk up some time to pay her a visit just last week, and I knew she was really happy to see me. My mum is really sad about this cos she was like a mother to her. I guess my mum will be feelin rather shitty about this but I will try my best to spend time with her over the next few days.. After everythin I stayed over at Kai An's place as we watched Liverpool win West Ham 2-0 and Boro thump Man Utd 4-1. Here is my conclusion about the Man U Middlesborough game:

MAN UTD SUCK, RIO FERDINAND SUCK EVEN MORE.

Just finished watching ONG BAK on Channel U. Tony Jaa is a tremendous fighting machine. I dare say hez much better than the likes of Jet Li and Jackie Chan. Whoo...he just mesmerizes me with his superb fighting skills. Now I so want to watch, and die-die will watch the upcomin Thai Action Movie TOM-YUM-GOONG. Tony Jaa.. hez the man. Haha.

My seduction style

2005-10-24T16:55:00.000+08:00

Your Seduction Style: The Natural

You don't really try to seduce people... it just seems to happen.
Fun loving and free spirited, you bring out the inner child in people.
You are spontaneous, sincere, and unpretentious - a hard combo to find!
People drop their guard around you, and find themselves falling fast.

What Is Your Seduction Style?

Hmm..interesting...haha..

Finally started to do a little workout

2005-10-24T00:10:00.000+08:00

It was a Saturday with a fully-packed programme for me as I started the morning waking up late, as a result having to take a cab down for my driving lesson. Talking about driving lessons, I cannot afford to fail my driving test this coming Nov 2 because I have no more money to set aside for another string of driving lessons plus another booking for the driving test. Besides, the reality of having to wait so long before you can proceed for another dig at the driving test is simply unthinkable. I don't care if it's 6 points or 19 points, damn it I just want to pass. Oh I saw Jeremias as I was leaving the centre, and he hasn't changed abit. A good lad, so easily recognisable. Haha.

After that I arranged to meet up with Xuan Yu to go for some swimming. I decided that I gotta start to do some workout someday and therefore decided to accept his very kindly invitation to join him. I swam a cool blue 22 laps in the olympic-sized swimming arena in Hougang Swimming Complex, and I felt really contented with myself. Swwimming this distance is by no means an easy task but I didn't gave up. Haha.

Then in the evening I went to visit this relative of mine who was really in quite a poor condition, therafter meeting up with Ken, Russ and Tze Hin in town. Found out about the new food court in Wisma Level 4, which I explored for a little while before I met them. It's really big as the food court stretches a whole level and I took a peek at the various types of foods they were selling and it's really not bad. I'm sure I will try out the food there pretty soon I would hope. Haha. We walked around after Russ finished his shopping@TOPMAN and thought of where to go. We stopped over outside Indochine to listen to their house band perform and, I must say they were really good. Finally decided to settle down in Russ's new house@Katong area. His new place was a dream really. A really nice 3-storey house and oh my god it was just absolutely astounding. The whole place had such modern design and how I wished I was living there too. Russ's room was even better. So spacious, and his king-sized bed was just laid on the floor. The whole layout of his room was simple yet beautiful. Equipped with the PS2 console and the plasma screen TV, I wished it was my room. Then, he brought us to the very top of his house which was equally kool. You feel like you are simply on the top of the world. Definitely near the standard of my dream house. Russel you lucky bitch. Haha.

We watched the Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur soccer match and it was rather entertaining. Jena's goal was a beauty and although we were disappointed Liverpool lost to Fulham, we were equally glad Manchester United failed to beat Spurs. We chiong-ed down to Teo Heng to sing about an hour of karaoke, and we tried to sing as many songs as we could, haha singing like one chorus for each song then skipping already. Never have we finished singing a song fully. Anyway what was so crazy about us was that Russel, the ultimate Karaoke King managed to search for one of those stupid songs again and this time it was 'Ai Bu Pa' by Grasshoppers(Cao Meng). The MTV was a joke and it was so funny and the lyrics are even worse. Haha, but that was our last song, and we sang it with a huge bang and I think everyone who could hear us tot we were nuts. Haha. It was fun though.

Our last stop was this Hong Kong eatery along Upp East Coast Rd - I think it's called 'Shi Nai'. Recommended by Tze Hin, we went there for supper. Before we even went in we saw a ferrari parked near the shop and immediately guessed that some big shot was dining in that restaurant haha. Guess wad, we saw Mediacorp Artiste Le Yao, and whether shez the one driving the ferrari, you can go ponder on your own. Haha. For this supper we must thank officer-to-be Quek Jongy, who offered to give of us a treat. We ordered food and beverages including Coffee-Tea Yuan Yang, Iced Mango Pomelo(My personal favourite), French Toast with Peanut Butter Spread, HK Cafe Noodles, Soya Sauce Noodles With Deep Fried Pork and some Deep Fried Wanton. The Wanton was exclusively expensive as 6 of them cost $5.80. Daylight robbery rite? Craziness. Russel also became infatuated with this girl whom supposedly was Le Yao's friend. Probably all of them just finished filming or somethin coz that girl was dressed in a uniform. No other reason to explain why rite, because she doesn't look to be like a student, at least to Russel. Haha. What a bummer coz I din get to see her face as I was seated such that my back was facing her back. Wanted to c if Russel's taste was normal or just totally fucked up haha. Hmm...the things there are pretty expensive, but they're good la. So maybe I'll consider popping by again. Haha. An ideal place to bring your girl to if you have run out of places to dine in. :)

Thank you Russel for fetching me home. Haha. By the time I stepped back home it was already 0345. Quickly washed up and got some sleep. Was originally scheduled to play mahjong with my army buddies Tian Hao and Wei Yang but we had difficulty finding the last leg coz Calvin was not available. Therefore, in the end we cancelled it. NVM. Plenty of time to win money haha. Next time I should jio Justin Neo over. It's just because his exams are underway tt's why I dare not really ask him out for mahjong haha. Prolly when his exams end we will meet up for mahjong again man...haha it's been long since we met up.

Hidden talent

2005-10-20T23:39:00.000+08:00

Your Hidden Talent

Your natural talent is interpersonal relations and dealing with people.
You communicate well and are able to bring disparate groups together.
Your calming presence helps everything go more smoothly.
People crave your praise and complements.

What's Your Hidden Talent?

Oh..

How true.

An interesting viewpoint about McDonalds

2005-10-20T23:22:00.000+08:00

Was looking forward to my medical appontment at NSC this afternoon today coz it's always good to be able to get out of the office. Just a few outstanding stuffs left yet to do, and for once in my new vocation I feel at ease, a lil easier to breathe now that everything has been settled here more or less, and I'm gettin rather used to life over there. :)

Anyways, since it was on my way I decided to lunch on McDonalds to satisfy my hunger. Had my favourite burger - Mcspicy Double, and I must comment on the quality of the french fries today. Fried near perfection and even the colour was good enough to show that it was Grade A standard. Haha. If you realise that whenever you order somethin from McDonalds, there will normally be a sheet of paper attached to the tray and the contents written in the sheet of paper will be nutrition information about the various types of foods you can find in McDonalds. So as I was eating, I scanned through the nutritional values of the different burgers and found some interesting results from there:

McChicken contains 510kcal of energy, 30g of fat and 50mg of cholestrol, while Mcspicy Double contains 504kcal of energy, 22g of fat and 25mg of cholestrol. Hmm... notice any discrepancies? It's kinda weird rite, considering Mcspicy Double is made up of 2 chicken thighs and McChicken only contains a single chicken patty? So why does McChicken have more fat and cholestrol than McSpicy? Something to ponder...haha..will be great if anyone who studies nutrition can answer this query of mine. I tot it was kinda interesting so I should share it up on my bloggy. Maybe it's McDonalds providing incorrect values? Shouldn't be that huge a possibility rite, considering that McDonald's has an enormous reputation to protect. Hmm.....

Also, before I even had the chance to order my food in front of the cashier, one of their restaurant managers had already came up to me and asked me what was my order goin to be. Equipped with just a palm top, she keyed in the order and handed me a slip which had only numbers on it. 'Just present it to the cashier,'said the manager. Actually, this ordering system of McDonalds has been in place for kinda some time already, but it really caught me thinking as I analysed its cost-effectiveness. They implement such a system in place, and the obvious advantages will be to speed up orders and lessen queue time. More orders will result but can the profits from these orders offset the cost of this system? I should feel this system is very expensive, due to the mechanism of generating order codes and buying several palm tops for each and every restaurant, at least those in Singapore..therefore, if you would isolate this situation and not let other factors come into play, would you think it is McDonalds making a loss or a profit? I guess only those working in the higher ranks of McDonalds Coporation would know the answer. But nevertheless, I feel it's really interesting to weigh out the cost-effectiveness of various implementions by different companies, and from there think about the benefits that arise from such areas. Kool to really find out how different organisations work and create opportunities to earn themselves some big-money deals.

Hmm..perhaps....just perhaps....the blogger here has a business mind in the making....hahaha
:p

Lazy ass

2005-10-15T20:09:00.000+08:00

I am one fuckin lazy shit ass.

Someone...

Please....

Wake me up from my eternal slumber...

Good N Tasty Yong Tau Foo

2005-10-13T23:51:00.000+08:00

AIMING TO: REDUCE MY WEIGHT COZ I'M GROWING SO FAT. CLOSING IN ON 70KG WHICH IS DISGUSTING!
CURRENT MUSIC: DREAMS by DIANA DEGARMO

Some people are just pure idiots who simply will do anything to try to get the best out of everything. I know of one such dumbo in my unit and I shan't comment any further.

Anyway had dinner with Calvin today as we dined at a coffeeshop just residing next to Bedok Interchange. It was Yong Tau Foo and it's really cheap and good. I ordered quite alot and it only cost $2.60. Their sweet sauce mixed together with some high quality chilli made the yong tau foo value for money. Highly recommended. U bet I will go there and eat again.

Wake up idiots, September has ended

2005-10-10T13:05:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MODE: SLACKING@WORK
CURRENT MUSIC: MY HUMPS by BLACK EYED PEAS

Just about a month ago Meiqi left for the United Kingdom to pursue her studies. 2 weeks later, another good friend of mine leaves for the same place to further her education. This time, her departure was much more emotional. Several of my other frens who went to see her off at the airport that day broke down totally. A tinge of sadness struck me as I just looked on as she left for the departure gate. The guy who probably was worst-hit was Daryl. Putting up a strong front, he refused to shed a tear in front of us, as she hugged Charlene for one last time. After she went in, Daryl was nowhere to be seen. Perhaps he needed some peace. I did my best by sending him a message telling him not to take it too hard. But I know I can never fathom the deepness of the cuts he has suffered after that very night. I hope both Meiqi and Char are doing fine over in London.

Just last Saturday I played field soccer in what was my first time in 2.5 years...and as expected I didn't perform to my full ability. In fact, I played like a fuckin twat. I was used in 2 positions, RMF in the 1st half and LB for 2nd half. Fatigue set in quickly as I started the game on the right flank. Playing under the hot sun, my energy was draining fast and I knew I was lacking alot of fitness. Haven't been exercising on a regular basis so it was no real surprise actually. Missed tackles, lousy passes, wrong positioning, you name it. My performance was just sickening. And after 25 min I decided it was just too much for me and I told Alex to switch me out. In the 2nd half it was worse as I played in LB which I totally was unfamiliar with. I played the opponents onside and even failed to clear easy balls. What the fuck was I doin man. Luckily, our keeper Simon was fantastic that day and the match ended 0-0. At least the result wasn't wrong. If we had lost I probably was goin to shoulder much of the blame. But anyways, I would like to comment that Alex was shouting the whole time, which I really didn't like it at times. Just shouting negative comments all over the pitch is not goin to spur the team on, at least not me. Maybe....just maybe he can take a few pointers from Shawal, who was at least encouraging. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying Alex is a bad leader, in fact he makes a good leader. Just that hez probably too overbearing at times. Alex, if you are reading this, no offence ok. But, please do know that passion is not anger. Do try to control your temper even though I know it's your nature. Chill dude. Haha. I guess it was a totally good workout and a valuable experience for me that day. Completed the afternoon when I lunched with Calvin and Gerald at some nearby coffeeshop in Cantonment Rd. The Lor Mee was really not bad. Maybe we were just hungry. Haha.

kOOLio!! I won 64 bucks over the weekend as I betted on some soccer matches.... International matches are easier bets I feel. Well...wadever.

Watched "THE MYTH" with Mum yesterday. Kim Hee Sun(I think it's spelt like that) is really gorgeous and Mallika Sherwat was another stunning beauty. I tell you if I were an Indian I would have gone crazie over her. The show was really not bad at all! Exceeded my expectations. The first movie where Jackie Chan actually dies, although it's just a myth n everythin haha.

MOVIE RATING: 3.5/5

Saturday wrap-up

2005-09-25T23:16:00.000+08:00

Despite not being fully recovered from my stomach flu, I still decided to go out and meet out with the usual suspects, this time it was to celebrate Beck's birthday - in advance. And I wanted to kill Hwi Jong for making me wake up so early. He suggested to Ken that we should meet early for lunch, since it was a buffet, so we should take full advantage of it. In the end, I dunno why, but knowing they won't be punctual, I still decided to meet at the time stated by Ken. But when I reached there, only saw Greg Ken and KH. Where was HJ? He should be the first to arrive since he wanted to meet earlier. That idiot. Haha. Anywayz we proceeded with eating first. The place was @Siam Kitchen housed in Parco Bugis Junction. It was ala-carte lunch buffet and Ken acted fast by ordering one of everything available. At first I tot Ken was crazy but when I saw the portions being served I realised it was not alot of food. I tucked in together with the other guys and liked the Green Curry and Thai Fishcake the most. As we were about to finish the first round Janice and then Jongy arrived. I didn't really eat to my maximum that day coz I was still feeling rather terrible. Anyway the other guys were chatting about army life the whole time and I couldn't really join in the discussion coz my vocation was an admin clerk after all...In truth, I was kinda sian listening to them cos I dunno what they were tokin abt. I looked across to Jan and I really wanted to ask her if she felt the same haha. Coz she was giving the sian sian look also. Maybe if I had sat nearer to her we could hav talked about other stuffs...uni life maybe haha..but I guess we endured thru till the main star for the day arrived at the scene. Becky arrived soon after SH and she was really really late. But, what's new? Shez always either late, or the latest. Haha. Wadever. We sat there for awhile more..as usual..took some casual photos..and then decided to take a walk coz we were superrrr full. Crazy HJ and KH decided to kill so many chickens when they kept asking for chicken wings. Haha. I think in total we ordered around 50 chicken wings...and Kian Hean was the ultimate chicken-eater, he counted and he proudly exclaimed he ate 22 wings...haha...enough to form a chicken wing bone mountain on his plate.. haha.

Thereafter we walked around and as usual didn't know where to go. Oh KY and Russ joined us before that. And we stopped outside Hotel Intercontinental. After contemplating for a LONGGGG while, Russ made the final decision, to walk over to BREKO CAFE and hav some coffee. On our way there we really din expect to chance upon Choon Guang, who was waiting for his girl Fanny. Long time really neber see him already. Yah...hez still the same old him..always joking around. Oh saw Fanny too and I thought she really changed alot. Became prettier I guess..Shez got rid of her specs and really looked more feminine. Haha. wadever. Over@BREKO, I ordered Lemon Hibiscus Tea while others drank lattes and coffee ice-blendeds. My lemon hibiscus was really not bad. Haha. Over there, we just chatted and chatted and took more photos till it was like almost 6pm where most of us including me had to go. Yupp. I hope Becks enjoyed the outing today, coz it was for her..eh...if any of my classmates is reading this entry, can the kind soul please let me know if we are getting any present for her? Haha..

From Bugis I travelled to Eunos to attend Brent's birthday party. In truth I was kinda reluctant coz I din know if Brent had cable TV coz I really really wanted to watch soccer yesterday. I am glad he did and I was thankful I could watch the match. But his house was really cool, it was a condo-like building that was built by the Hotel81 president. And Brent's family was few of the lucky residents coz his father worked under the Hotel81 management. Very nice place. Swimming pool, table soccer, large-screen cable TV, gym and karaoke room were some of the facilities present on the ground floor. And in Brent's unit the toilet was open-air one. Unique but also kinda dangerous coz someboday could just easily peep at the person showering. But what the hell, who wants to peep at Brent??Haha.. anyway ate very little over there too because of my bad stomach and watched the Liverpool match there. Was absolutely gutted that Liverpool only managed to draw. The team must really start to win if they are to mount a serious championship challenge. Assholes Chelsea have won again..fucking lucky blues. But was ecstatic to hear that Man Utd lost and even Arsenal only managed a 0-0 stalemate with West Ham. Guess it was a bad weekend for the top teams excluding Chelsea. Oh wells. Felicia also forced me to buy a ticket for the movie premiere of "Into The Blue" starring the ever so sexy Jessica Alba. I really dunno if I can make it, but I still gave in to her constant persuasion and promised to purchase a ticket regardless of whether I can make it on Oct6 or not. Well, I will be consoled by the fact that I am killing 2 birds with one stone - Firstly, helping Breast Cancer patients coz its for charity. And secondly, helping a friend coz it's actually Felicia's term project and her grades are dependent on it. Oh wells.

ANYWAY, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN DONATING TO THE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION OR WATCHING THE MOVIE PREMIERE 'INTO THE BLUE' (starring Jessica Alba and Paul Walker) , you can contact me via email(violentblood@hotmail.com) and I can help you get tix (each ticket priced at 15 bucks). Yup. Oh I think the $15 that you pay will also include popcorn discount vouchers. If that is an incentive to you. Haha.

VENUE: ORCHARD CINELEISURE
TIME: OCT 6th, 7 PM.

I am so sorry I haven't been blogging on a regular basis

2005-09-23T16:26:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MOOD: =( FEELING SICK
CUURENT MUSIC: I WAS BORN TO LOVE YOU by QUEEN

Let's see...How long has it been? Slightly more than 3 weeks..

I really want to apologize..coz it's my entire fault that I haven't been doing some updating here. I have just been a lazy bum who can't even be bothered to update my blog. You should just kill me. I have no farking idea why I am so lazy. But whatever, I am seizing this chance to write out something since I am at home now nursing my illness. Before that, I want to thank Sanjiv for persuading me to do some updating and also apologize to my colleagues at work, namely Shaun and Ngai Han, especially the latter. He was not able to clear his leave today, I guess I am partly to blame. I am utterly sorry but I am really not feeling well, and I appreciate your kind understanding. :)

I shall write the things that I can remember..
We shall date back to....

Thursday, 1st September

I was clearing my off-in-lieus and decided to meet up with Meiqi to crash NUS together since both of us were free that day. Haha, in the end it wasn't a really pleasant trip to NUS. Well, before that we had lunch together at a hawker centre near Clementi Interchange. She had chicken chop while I had porridge if I remember correctly and the food was ok lah. Then we had to squeeze our bodies with the other students from NUS on bus 96 which really sucked. Luckily Meiqi managed to grab a seat fast enough and we had the luxury to sit through the whole trip to NUS. But, it still sucked because it was real stuffy in the bus. Bus 96 had to be NON-AIR CONDITIONED. Then, the tricky part came. We didn't know where to stop coz we were not familiar with NUS after all. Haha. And happiness, we ultimately found ourselves at the wrong bus stop. To make things worse, we had trouble navigating around campus and finally found central library. Well, we went in to dry ourselves coz by that time sweat was already pouring all over us. Haha gotta say the damn library is fucking grand!! I like!! Haha...next we found ourselves at LAW faculty. Walk, walking and walked till we finally found BIZAD. We wanted to attend the lecture but it was too late. We din want to enter the lecture theatre making a 'grand entrance'. Haha. Decided to head back to the area near central library and check out the 'FORUM' bookstore. Then, I asked Meiqi how she felt about this whole crashing thing and she says it sucked. To think we travelled all the way here to lose our way. Haha. So funnie. Hence, we unanimously agreed to get out of this crappy campus since we weren't familiar with it at all and then headed down to Queensway to do some shopping. Haha. In the end, I bought a pair of shoes that I needed so badly and also a T-Shirt which I tot was really nicely designed. Meiqi wanted to go Holland V coz she heard of a factory outlet there which sells cheap and good stuff but it was too late and we didn't know how to go there. Haha. So, we didn't go in the end. We finally went our separate ways at Parkway, where I had Katong Laksa fer dinner while she met up with her frens. Throughout the whole bus journey from Queensway to Katong we both slept like a log...hahaha. But, it was a crazy afternoon man.

Sunday, 4th September

Well, after giving tuition I had a game of badminton with Xuan Yu at Paris Ris East CC which was near my place. It sucked coz I lost to him in 3 straight sets. Haha. Maybe I was too tired or something ..but my work rate is just atrocious. It caused my bloody downfall as I lost. I was pretty sure if I pushed a lil harder I would have won him. HMPH. But anyway, good game and rest assured I will beat you someday. Don't you swell kiddo. Haha.

Friday, 9 September [Ehh...I think]

After work I had tuition with Guo Xiang then I met up with some of my colleagues (Qing Yong, Thiam Hao, Ngai Han, Terence, Colin, Eugene, Shaun, Zhengzhong and Jian Xiong) for supper at CHOMPCHOMP@Serangoon Gardens (I hoped I spelt it correctly). Well, I was bluddy influenced by Qing Yong to turn up coz actually I didn't want to as I was really tired for the day already. But was glad I turned up coz it was really nice to chit-chat with the guys and try to improve some understanding between us colleagues. Well, and also I met my primary school classmate Christopher whom I glad remembered me. Haha. He happened to be Terence's junior I think. After all, they were both in RI so it's no surprise actually. Anyway, we ate and talked and wadever. Also met Janan and Xuan Ming there. Xuan Ming had a big transformation, well at least that's what I think. Haha. Not the normal XM that I knew in camp. But wadever. After that, Thiam Hao and me suddenly had an urge for mahjong so we proceeded to Eugene's house to try our luck. Calvin joined us there and once more I shared my capital with him, as we pit our mahjong skills against the likes of Eugene, Colin and Thiam Hao. Not knowing how skillful they were and knowing Thiam Hao's rash nature to throw out winning tiles, I really fancied myself to bring home at least 5 bucks that night. But it was not to be... Calvin was super unlucky that night. And Eugene just went mad. Sickening as everyone lost to him. He won a grand total of 66 bucks in the end. Just pure SICK. I tried to minimize our losses by winning a few games but unlucky Calvin lost them all AGAIN when he took over. What can I say? Haha. I am never gonna go to Eugene's place to play Mahjong again. It just sucks haha. Bad omen when you go there.

Saturday, 17th September

It was the day my sister was definitely looking forward to. It's the ROM of my sister and Nick. Her bestest friends came over our house to party the night before..Set at Goodwood Park Hotel, it wasn't the ordinary ROM that you would expect. The whole solemnization ceremony was held at this very nice garden, and there were minmal amount of people witnessing this. Due to the space constraint, my sister and Nick only decided to invite immediate family and some of our closer relatives. It was special I guess, and I can really sense the happiness in my sister's face. Dressed in a beautiful green gown, she was being walked down by Daddy..and it was touching to see Daddy hand sister over to Nick. I was the camera boy as sister put me in-charge of shooting photos from her Nikon Coolpix. I wasn't paying attention to the JP during the solemnization, jus busy taking photos. In the end..I am just really happy for her as a brother. I wish her eternal happiness and like all fairy tales say - to live happily ever after. Haha. I am truly happy for her and hope that she had made the right decision for herself. I hope that Nock is the right man for her. I give you both my blessings..:)

Thereafter, I went to Shaun's place for awhile to at least show my face at his birthday party. I congratulated him and ate his birthday cake. It was yummy choc fudge. Shortly after all the OSC people left but I felt rather bad to leave so fast, so I stayed on fer awhile more together with Eugene, Tucky and Thiam Hao. We just chatted and watched soccer while Shaun entertained his other frens for most of the time. I must say that Shaun has some crazie friends man. Haha. There is one called James, who really is insane. And then there's thsi Indian who also talks alot of stupid crap haha. These are the CHIONGSTERS that Shuan hang out with everytime he goes clubbing...as he told us..Like Eugene, restrained myself from drinking besides having only one shot of Raspberry Vodka mixed with a lil 7UP. Also, I was pretty amazed to see Tuck Chen pick up smoking. I never did expect that man and when I shared it with Eugene he told me that he picked it up for fun. Hopefully so, coz it's never nice when you get addicted to it. He probably learnt to smoke under some influence...I certainly hope I won't be the subject of influence. I hate smoking...and I can't imagine myself smoking next time man.

Sunday, 18 September

It was the day where Meiqi and Alison leaves for the UK to pursue their studies. As much as I hate to see them go, the inevitable has to happen. Before sending them off at the airport..I went over to Kiaying's house to watch soccer with her before we would make our way to the airport together. I can't believe Liverpool did not score against Manchester Utd again in the EPL, their 3rd 0-0 draw in 4 league games. It totally sucked. To think I was relishing the chance to play down Man Utd in front of Kiaying's face coz shez a Man U fan. Haha. But there was the consolation fact that Liverpool looked the more threatening. Haha. At about 945pm we found ourselves at the airport, and many other friends of Alison and Meiqi respectively. Well, a few of us came to send the two girls off..and we took our last photos with them...

Me, CP, KH and the girls

Together with Ally

Wish them all the best in whatever they do overseas...And make sure they don't forget us when they stay overseas!! Already I am looking forward to their return to Singapore during their holidays to visit us..

TODAY, 23rd September

I should mention that I watched Fear Factor on TV yesterday night and it utterly made me sick. Yesterday's stunts were just EeWwW. As if having to pierce 10 needles of varying thickness through your skin is not enough, the unlucky contestants for that show had to eat 4 ounces of maggot-infested cheese gone bad. That seriously sucked. You should have seen how one of them really had ultimate difficulty trying to gulp down the chesse. Oh my god. Seriously. EeWwW..

I just called Cindy to tell her that I will be withdrawing from tuitioning her problem kid anytime soon and never did I expect her to giv me such a fucked up reaction. She told me she was really disappointed. Well, you can't really blame me if your kid has no interest at all..because I would really love to continue the tuition if ur kid shows some bloody sense of eagerness to learn. But NO. When I asked Guo Xiang whether he wanted to do well for his PSLE, he had the cheek to tell me: "Well I dunno, go ITE is the best!" It makes it really hard to continue teaching him like that..I am sorry, but I don't regret my decision. I reached a compromise with her that I will tuition him till his PSLE is over..but I can sense that she really hates me to the core now..Oh wells..I don't care. I'm just gonna do my job and forget about this kid once it's done. But I have no idea how I am going to face her for the upcoming 2-3 weeks. I just feel sorry for Guo Xiang. If he had the slightest motivation to study, then maybe...just maybe..

That call just now made me understand.
It's not easy to be a tutor.
Parents are really becoming so demanding nowadays.
But maybe, I have to shoulder some blame.. maybe I just had no confidence and no interest in tutoring this kid becuase of his very bad attitude.
Now I am just worried that the agency will stop giving me assignments becuase of my lack of commitment...

Robinho, Detective Mok and Mr. Wisely

2005-08-30T14:14:00.000+08:00

I just finished watching two HK TVBI serials, namely The 'W' Files and To Catch The Uncatchable.

THE 'W' FILES

If you like the supernatural, you should probably enjoy this show. Well, as for me, it was quite interesting to watch the different types of weirdo stories, some they really portrayed very well...but overall, I kind of expected more out of this show, since it was Gallen Lo's swansong performance. Not fantastic, but good to watch in my opinion. My favourite actors will be Gallen Lo (Wei Si Li) and Michael Tong (Bai Qi Wei), actresses will be Tavia Yeung (HongHong) and Yoyo Mung (Bai Su). Ending was superrr crappy and I was rather turned off by it. But for the rest of it, it is really worth watching.

FINAL VERDICT -----> 3.5/5

TO CATCH THE UNCATCHABLE

Yeah yeah the title may sound extremely cheezy but I tell you this is one hell of a good show. If you want lots of humour you can definitely get it from this show. Perfect show, perfect cast. Favourites included the ever pretty Ada Choi who is really versatile in her acting, Huang Zi Hua aka Detective Mok, Michael Tong as Jim Jim, there is Mary and Mia in the show whom I don't know their real names, and also not forgetting Marco Ngai (Romeo) who will guarantee make you laugh like shit in the show. Really loved the cases they solved in the show, especially the Chan Wai Keung case and also the fake religion case. Strongly recommended..

FINAL VERDICT -----> 4.5/5

ROBINHO

This guy was really impressive when I watched him play. He came on as a substitute for Real Madrid in the match vs newly promoted side Cadiz. Orchestrated the winning goal for Real Madrid and is simply unstoppable. Watch the video and you know what I mean.

Robinho And His Samba (Real Madrid vs Cadiz)

Now, are you impressed?

Weekend at a glance

2005-08-29T22:52:00.000+08:00

Never would I have expected that I would have to use my knowledge of changing tyres to get back home on Saturday. Saturday was a well-spent day, in the morning I went to tuition Guo Xiang, and thereafter Mahjong wannabes Tianhao, Jia Hao and Calvin came over to my place to try their luck at winning some money. But in the end, only two prevailed. That was Calvin and me. WHAHAHA. The usually skillful Jia Hao actually had a bad day, as he was the biggest loser. Too bad we didn't play till late night coz I had to meet up with my classmates in the evening, if not I would sure be happy to continue the session till midnight even. An unsatisfied Tianhao called me soon after they left to ask me if I was available during early Sunday morning coz they wanted to play somemore coz they felt it wasn't enough. Thinking that Mommy won't be too happy about it even if I didn't mind, and that Dawn will surely complain about the noise, I had no choice but to turn down his request, but I assured him that we would have another session very soon haha.

Hurriedly went to take a shower and changed up and rushed over to town to meet my classmates. So long since we got together (That's what I think). Apparently this probably might be the last time we can hang out with Meiqi coz shez going to UK to further her studies. Lucky her how I wish I can go overseas to study too. But she deserved the place because of her excellent 'A'Level results, unlike me...haiz.. Anyway, we met at Marche@Heeren for dinner. Shared the total cost of whatever we ordered, which included pasta, calamari, pizza, crepes, rosti and of course soft shell crab. Haha. Thereafter, we walked around for a while before settling in at Party World Orchard KTV. Sang till like about 2am like that... Me, Russel, Janice, Jong and even KY really sang alot..but a pity Meiqi and David didn't like to sing...in particular Meiqi, we would have loved to hear her sing manz..We tried so many times to get her to sing but shez ever so stubborn and decided to just sit in and listen to our beautiful voices whahaha. Russel sang his favourite HEI SE YOU MO by JAY CHOU, then I duet with him this song by DONG LI HUO CHE, which we tot we sang really to great effect haha. And I was pretty honoured to sing ROOFTOP with Jan..although I slightly regretted coz I didn't sing that song too well that night. Well wadever haha. I'm sure we enjoyed the night@KTV..the song of the night was probably MR VAIN haha..Thanks to Russel Fong, who was able to find that stupid dumb song haha. Ken too found a farni song in FAST FOOD SONG...whose lyrics are just so funny..haha

Then shit happened. The ever so nice Ken decided to see all of us home coz he was the only driver, and I dunno for what reason, the tyre had to go flat on us. Probably because of our excessive weight, or maybe Ken drove onto something sharp on the road? It didn't matter, coz the tyre was already punctured. And we had to change it no matter what. Luckily I had my lesson on changing tyres at the driving centre not too long ago so I was roughly able to recall some of what I learnt that day. All of us guys helped to change the tyre except Hwi Jong who probably helped by safeguarding the wheel screws to make sure they aren't misplaced haha. As for the girls they just sat beside the kerb and watched on helplessly. By the time we finished replacing with the spare tyre..it was already slightly past 3am. And by the time I got home it was 4. Haha. But I think all of us guys would have felt a sense of achievement that night, for we changed a tyre by ourselves. kOOL. Moreover the conditions in which we did the job weren't particularly favourable because it was late at night already and the place we punctured the tyre had no street lamps nearby to supply sufficient light. Our only source were phones and a torchlight provided by David haha. Guys, we should be proud of ourselves. Without our expertise, we wouldn't have got our asses back at home HAHA. But I really hoped Meiqi enjoyed that Saturday night..because it was sort of an outing organised for her before she leaves for UK. Hope Saturday is not the last time I see her, I will probably be free to see her off at the airport on the day she leaves...yep..:)

After that night, I was so beat. I slept like a log till it was time to give Zhang Rui tuition. After tuition with him I went back and I slept again. You probably can imagine how tired I was. Haha.

TRIBUTE TO DJIBRIL, OUR MATCH WINNER vs CSKA MOSKVA in UEFA Super Cup 2005
PLEASE DON'T SELL HIM RAFA...DUN SELL HIM AND BRING BACK OWEN..

How Korean dramas attract consumers

2005-08-23T23:41:00.000+08:00

Drove Daddy's car and we went out for lunch together as I had the day off from work. We went to Ho Kee@Geylang Lorong 27 to eat. The Tim Sum there is just heavenly and I gotta say it's my favorite hangout for Tim Sum so far (I think this is really one of the best in Singapore). If you ever go there the fried seafood ball is a MUST TRY. Anyways, it was money well spent.

Headed over to Bedok Reservoir where I gave tuition to my new tutee, Guo Xiang. Hez an extremely hyperactive kid whose PSLE is just around the corner. That's why his mum requested me to tutor him 3 times a week. The pay is not fantastic but it's not bad either that's why I decided to take this assignment. I will probably take this as a challenge coz his results are horrendously poor. Extremely lazy boy, but well..I will just take things as it comes.

From there I headed over to Ubi to attend my driving lesson after a rather long abscence of 1 week. Reached pretty early so I decided to have a cup of coffee to keep myself awake and alert. What a coincidence it was as I met Amanda and also Moses a while later at the driving centre. I chatted with Amanda for a short while and she told me her test was tomorrow. Haha. Wish her all the best for tomorrow's test and hope her tester will be more lenient since it's already her 2nd attempt haha. She probably got to know me better coz she didn't remember my name before today. Haha just had to tell her I am the guy moving to Registry and she recalled. Anyways, was nice talking to her. Moses came too and it was really so coincidental..Later I had the session with beng-looking Vincent once more and thankfully he cleared my Module Two today so that I was able to book my practical test date. It is now official, 2nd Nov. Please wish me luck cos I think lots of it HAHA.

I have been following the Korean Show recently aired on Channel U at 10pm every Monday and Tuesday. It's a great show and I am just glued to it. I lurve the character playing the young Han Jingshu cos I think shez really pretty for her age..I feel so sad everytime she gets bullied by the disgusting Han Youli and also the horrible mum. They make me so angry everytime I watch the show. So the question is, what makes Korean dramas so successful? Answer? MAKE YOUR SHOW FREAKING SAD. Yes you and I gotta admit it Korean shows are dominating Asia right now with their melodramatic plots, and although we know their plots are so amazingly unrealistic, we still love to watch them. Because they make you bloody emotional. Oh yes it's true. Just look at the overwhelming amount of brainless Bae Yong Jun fans in Taiwan and you will know why Korean dramas are so successful. I hate to admit this, but I think that I am beginning to get infected by the K-WAVE and I even plan to borrow some Korean dramas from Calvin to watch haha. Anwyay, I must emphasize that the young Han Jingshu is really pretty! heh..

Isn't she pretty? Park Sin Hye is her real name, acting as the young Han Jingshu in Stairway To Heaven.

SBS Bus Drivers

2005-08-22T11:02:00.000+08:00

Before I start on the main topic for today, I would like to comment on the Liverpool match I watched on Saturday night. Okay, although Liverpool did eventually win the match, I was disappointed with the team performance, especially when Gerrard went off. It just showed how much we need Gerrard to play every game for Liverpool and also our inability to break defences with good crosses. We are in serious need of a right winger. Rumours are spreading that Liverpool are lining up a bid for Cicinho, and I certainly hope we get the man. But whatever, I must reiterate my point that Rafa should stop playing Cisse out of position. Although his finishing was poor in the last game, I believe in him still and I know he can score. His pace is threatening enough to scare off opposition defenders. The best will be if Owen comes back to Anfield, then I feel goals won't be a problem anymore. To round up, Liverpool need to buck up if they want to win the Super Cup vs CSKA Moscow. I hope I can watch the match..Liverpool vs Sunderland is absolutely not the kind of standard us fans can condone throughout the whole season. We won, but the performance was disgusting. Seriously. I hope their next match they will be playing more fluent football.

Our saviour, Xabi Alonso, scoring the fantasic free kick, to secure Liverpool all 3 points against a determined Sunderland. Hez probably the only bright spark in the Liverpool team, together with Sissoko.

Anyway, to the main topic today. Bus drivers. What triggered me to write about bus drivers today was because I witnessed something that happened this morning on my way to work. There are indeed very nice bus drivers, but unfortunately there is probably an equal amount of unfriendly bus drivers around. The bus driver I saw today probably possessed both the good side and the ugly side. I originally thought he was one of the good bus drivers around by sparing a thought for people rushing to work and couldn't get on a saturated bus. But he helped out by asking the people in the bus to move in. That resulted in me being able to squeeze into the bus and I had a really good impression of this driver. But right after his attitude changed or something, for at the next stop when people were alighting he did not even bother to check if everyone has alighted or not. This resulted in an accident to happen, where one of the bus passengers trying to alight got his poor hands stuck in the doors of the bus. Worst still, that particular passenger had cried for help. Pretty loudly as I could hear it, so there was no reason why the driver couldn't have heard it. Maybe he pretended not to hear it, and he started to move off. Let's just say he really did not hear it. He could not have missed the stuck hands in the door for he had to refer to his side mirror in order to move off. I dont't know. But such negligence on the driver's part is totally unacceptable. In the end, the poor guy gotta to run with the bus for a relatively short distance before he could finally force his hand out of the doors.

I would like to express my thanks to those very nice bus drivers serving us civilians all over Singapore, and I know particularly one of them, driving service 359 in Pasir Ris. He never fails to smile at all his passengers and I really think it's very nice of him to do that. His golden pin worn on his collar probably shows that he is really a courteous driver. But I scorn those low-life unfriendly bus drivers who don't even give a damn and drive a bus for the sake of driving it. Shame on you. How in the blue hell can some bus drivers be so unfriendly? You mean the faster you reach your destination you get more pay? Nonsense. So why can't bus drivers stop at a bus stop in which someboday wants to get on? Oh yes you bet, I have experienced such situations before, where even though you stretch out your hand and wave at the bus driver, the driver ignores you and speeds past the damn bus stop. Worst, sometimes drivers ignore you even though they see you trying to chase the bus. They just purposely don't want to wait for you. These few acts by a minority of bus drivers really make me sick. It's unfortunate that such problems cannot be be tackled by the management because it is beyond their control to as it is human nature. Just sad that some of these bus drivers are even being employed coz they give bus drivers such a bad impression with their bad attitude.

This probably concludes my topic today on bus drivers. I think most of you who read this entry would tend to agree with me, I am sure that such situations happened to you before, at least ONCE..and don't you think such 'bad-attitude' drivers should be expelled from our society? These minority do not even deserve any respect nor do they even deserve to be paid because of their lousy service attitude.

Project Superstar

2005-08-19T15:25:00.000+08:00

I don't wanna watch the Grand Final of Project Superstar anymore.

Kelvin Tan Wei Lian got into the Grand Final at the expense of Hong Junyang? I was always so confident Junyang will definitely ease through to the final but Kelvin's fan base proved to be ever so powerful. Dun get me wrong. I am not looking down on Kelvin because of his physical disability. He sings great and I have to adnmit it, but to be a superstar, I seriously doubt he has what it takes...In my personal opinion I think he is far from fufilling the qualties of a superstar (if that is what they are looking for, of course). I hate to say this, I don't hate him, but I gotta say that I think at least 65% of his votes were based purely on sympathy. Well, yeah coming to think of it, I really feel so sorry for Junyang. I thought he really deserved to reach the final. Oh wells..all I have to say is..if Kelvin gets the honour of being named the Superstar, the show would have failed coz there is no way Kelvin can be groomed to become a Superstar I feel. Kelvin will NEVER be as successful as Taufik.

On the other hand, I was relieved Kelly got into the Grand Final, although I have to agree that Xinhui was a much better performer amongst the pair that night. I'm pretty impressed with Xinhui coz I really hated her the first few rounds for she was so lousy. But she really made the effort to improve and it's there for everyone to see. She just keeps improving and has even surpassed the likes of Kelly. Now that is one thing that I have to respect her for.

I don't really care who wins Project Superstar now coz I thought the deserving winner should have been Junyang. Bleah.

So looking forward to another week of Premiership football...

LIVERPOOL vs SUNDERLAND
live on ESPN, Sat 10pm

I really hope they put Cisse on for a full 90 minutes coz I believe he is our main goal-getter. So Rafa PLEASE stop playing Cisse on the right wing. I don't like it and I don't think he likes it either.

Football can be THAT cruel

2005-08-15T00:59:00.000+08:00

Oh come on..

Surely Wigan didn't deserved that. Fuck Chelsea coz it was really lady luck on their side..Wigan deserved at least a draw. But I gotta say..Crespo's goal was top-class.

If I were the Wigan manager, I would be cursing Jose Mourinho right now.

Rui En My Pretty Idol

2005-08-13T23:34:00.000+08:00

I LOVE RUI EN!!!! so pretty don't you agree?

Determination

2005-08-12T15:54:00.000+08:00

After yesterday night, I understood how powerful one's determination can be...

I felt a great sense of achievement last night when I finally managed to fix the faulty ceiling light in the kitchen. It was much tougher than I expected. Not the usual replacing of light bulbs where you just had to take off the spoilt one and fix it up with a brand new bulb. Initially that was what I thought, but when I opened up the covering it was a complicated electrical circuit to say the least, wires all around and screws and funny-looking things and everything. I asked Daddy for directions on how to get the light fixed and working again and I totally understood how to do it. But the sickening part was the screw. It was so old, so rusty and so bloody tight that I could not unscrew it out at first. Was so fed up about it that I was throwing tantrums at everyone after that 1st try. Then I decided to cool down and by the time I tried again my sweat had all dried up already. I wanted to give up coz I can't stand sweat dripping all over my body. You know it's always tough to fix something on the ceiling because you are acting against gravity..but I told myself to stay determined...and fortunately it paid off. Hah. I got that fuckin screw out, replaced the burnt wire with the brand new one, installed the starter back to where it was originally and..TATA!! I switched it on...and it was working again! At that moment, I really felt so happy for myself coz I did it..and somehow I was convinced that determination always prevails..and nothing is impossible.

I realised how important it is to know how to fix basic electrical units and appliances at home in case they become faulty or get spoilt. Well right now I am wondering if CCs offer courses such that it trains people learn how to DIY when certain appliances at home go faulty. I might enrol into this course if there ever is one in the first place...Could be rather interesting..and I think it is useful knowledge to know some DIY skills..can you imagine when you have your own family and your own house in future, and something goes wrong...you have no fuckin idea how to fix it...what will your wife and kids think of you? Your wife thinks you are stupid and your kids feel Papa can't do anything? Haha maybe not that extreme but it certainly says lots about you I guess...A MAN should be able to do such trivial things. After all, you are goin to be the breadwinner of the house yeah..so in conclusion: Go get some DIY skills and that's what I plan to do.

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

- John Calvin Coolidge

The demise of Everton FC

2005-08-11T10:19:00.000+08:00

Watch Villareal destroy Everton. I just love to see Everton DIE in the Champions League..Haha..

The Josico goal was fuckin sick.

Blame it on Everton's luck that they had to draw Villareal, arguably the worst team to be drawn against en route to the Champions League qualifying group stages.

Figueroa's goal
Josico's goal

Check out the Spanish commentary. I just bloody love their commentary.

Bye Jac...

2005-08-09T19:36:00.000+08:00

Bye Jac...Hopefully you will enjoy your experience in NYU and have lots of fun studying overseas.. Really wish you all the best in whatever you do..hope to have a chance to meet up when you return to Singapore..

Sorry I wasn't present to see you off at the airport on Sunday...I didn't know about it.. If I knew I would have tried my best to make it...but no use saying all these right now...

Yup. farewell...it was my greatest pleasure and honour to have known you and been your classmate for 2 years.

Seven Swords

2005-08-08T15:59:00.000+08:00

Had a very fufilling weekend, well at least I did not laze around at home, and instead made full use of my free time to go and meet out with respective friends.

Saturday morning I had driving lessons at CDC, and I learned the art of lane changing as well as how to negotiate right turns. Then rushed down to Changi after that to give Zhang Rui tuition. I am so looking forward to my fourth lesson with him so that I can get my deserved pay, coz right now I am so blardy bloke. I need funds to supplement my driving!!! Arghhh...

Meet Kai An@Somerset MRT and we decided to catch Seven Swords directed by Tsui Hark. Went to Cineleisure to try to get tickets but it was sold out, considered Wedding Crashers too but it was also sold out. Therefore, we decided to check out Lido for tickets, and walked past Paragon where kai An decided to buy a music CD. 'Funeral for a Friend' was the artist he bought, and he claimed that it was a very good band. Well, he let me listen to one of their songs later that night and I must say that it was a really good song. We queued at Lido, got our tickets, went over to Lucky Plaza to have our dinner and headed for pool@Mambo. I lost touch with pool for like dunno since when and indeed it showed very clearly, I was missing easy shots that I normally would have put in and it's really an off-form day for me at Mambo.

Anyway here were the people I met in town that day, realised I haven't been to town for like 3 weeks at least? Haha...so many familiar faces..some I just didn't bother to say hi because I din really know them well anyway.

Saw Amalina@City Hall MRT where I found out she was in polytechnic studying Physiotherapy. How cool it is to study that kind of subject! Haha..Anyway, she said I looked different because it had been such a long time since we last met. And really she looked so much prettier now..If I were a Malay I will probably get smitten by her wonderful looks! Hah. Anyways, was nice to catch up with her and I wanna wish her all the best in her poly days ahead. Pretty in Pink indeed coz she was wearing a pink top when I saw her...

Saw Jian Wei@ the area outside Ngee Ann City
Saw Favian and Wen Ting@the area outside Paragon, well they seem to be waiting for someone..
Saw Timothy@Lido, he probably didn't recognize me and why should he. haven't seen me since Primary Sch dayz haha...I guess I just got good memory.

Seven Swords was not a bad show, not fantastic but it's still ok to watch in my opinion. Personally I didn't find the movie as sucky as some other poeple might have thought, because I am a lover of swords. I was disappointed that they did not exclusively introduce each of the seven swords, but nevertheless I loved how unique each of the seven swords were.

[The Dragon] held by Chu Zaonan played by Donnie Yen
This is a damn fuckin cool sword. Donnie Yen deserved to hold this sword bcoz the coolest man in the show always gets the best sword. This sword is supposed to be the sharpest and can cut apart another sword. Apparently, the sound generated by hitting another sword is powerful enough to shatter a third sword. Powerful eh.

[The Transience] held by Yang Yunchong played by Leon Lai
This is my favourite sword. Simple-looking sword but actually it is one of the most powerful swords. The power equals to that of the Dragon. This is the only sword that the Dragon will never be able to break. What makes me fall in love with the sword is the name itself. So much meaning. Haha.

[The Heaven's Fall] held by Wu Yuanying played by Charlie Young
Oh a very unique piece of sword indeed. The attack of this sword is basically freestyle and follows the mind of the swordsman. Cool as it has no start and end. The blade of this sword can slip through its handle, making it a versatile sword indded.

[The Deity] held by Han Zhibang
No matter how powerful this sword is, it is still inferior to the Dragon. The nature of this sword is based on strength and probably is used in similar style like the Dragon.

[The Unlearnt] held by Fu Qingzhu
The name itself suggests this sword is a mystery. A sword that is black in colour, and it is an extremely long sword. It makes use of strong airstream to launch devastating strikes on its opponents. One of my favourites too.

[The Celestial Beam] and [The Star Chasers] held by Mulang and Xing Longzhi
I don't really know much about these 2 swords but I reckon they are really cool swords too judging by their names.

Movie Rating ---------> 3/5

Unfortunately the show lasted 2.5 hours which by then, was already 1145pm, which meant that I had no train home. So I had no other choice but to spend the night at Kai An's place.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON

Spent the whole afternoon with some of the HNF guys for karaoke singing @ cheap cheap Party World in ULU Loyang Point. The songs are surprisingly updated which really impressed me. Sang for like 4 hours and with drinks, tidbits and fruits included, each of us only had to pay 13 bucks. That is so much cheaper than KBOX. And remember KBOX don't serve you fruits. Also got a free '4 hr singing@Party World' voucher and a $10 discount on my next visit to Party World. Quite worth it in my view la. But Sze Bee felt the prices were like comparable to that of KBOX..where got lor...haha.

Oh I am so happy Chelsea won the Communuty Shield. Not because I favour Chelsea over Arsenal, but becaused I gambled on Chelsea to win!! Haha good investment indeed, won $27. Gonna collect my winnings tomorrow I think...lalala...

Return to the cube

2005-08-04T22:58:00.000+08:00

It has been long since I last put in an entry, so I shall just update what I have been doing these past few days...going all the way back to last Saturday. I guess there is only one reason that explains why I haven't blogged for the past week..I am just FARK SHIT LAZY. I admit. BEING SUPER LAZY is one negative aspect of me that I have to rectify..hopefully soon..haha.

Saturday

Went with Mum and Dad to meet up with Dawn, Nick and Nick's parents so that the two families could get to know each other better. Lunch was chosen to be at this Japanese Resturant called Hanabi@King's Arcade around the Bukit Timah area there. It was a fantastic place to dine in at simply because of its reasonable price. Around $26 for the lunch buffet i think, and you get to order any amount of sashimi as you wish. It's really crazy. Think that day we ordered 4 plates of mixed sashimi, with each plate having the amount that serves for 5 people. And we just ate and ate the sashimi, never seeming to get sick of it. There was tempura prawns and other stuff too..bloody worth it. And I can assure you its so many times better than Sakae. So, if you want to have a Jap buffet, this Hanabi hideout is just the finest place for you. Later on went to meet up with Calvin, Jia Hao and Thiam Hao for mahjong AGAIN. But this time I decided to share with Calvin and indeed I learned lots from him. He taught me when should I play which style of mahjong and indeed it was really effective. Haha. We were the big winners for the day, after splitting we won $13 each. Now I will be more confident when I play mahjong next time haha. I will win. Haha.

---Fast forward to today---

Haha I passed my FTT!!
Now I can throw away those books!! So irritating that you have to go for all these theory tests..but I am just glad to have passed the theory side of driving already. Now just hafta concentrate on the practical aspect and of course the most important of all will be the practical test itself.

I am so gettin addicted to drinking Kopi C Siew Tai (Coffee more milk less sugar). So nice to drink.. Especially those which are freshly brewed at the coffeeshops haha..

Sometimes it's so frustrating when people do not appreciate the efforts you put in into organising a gathering. Organisers just want to make sure the turnout will be good so that it will be a successful event. But people tend to neglect this point and think that we can get so naggy at times. Do we want to be naggy? Take note we don't actually have to go through all this shit to organise stuffs, and to add to all this people think organisers are a pain in the ass. These minority should just try organising an event. I seriously scorn people who take organisers for granted. Just bloody hell do some soul-searching if you are these kind of people. Please. Appreciate.

No, I am not pointing fingers at anyone so please don't get any wrong ideas about this.

5 lessons for driving module 1

2005-07-25T23:57:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MOOD: STILL FEEL LIKE KILLING SOMEONE
CURRENT MUSIC: GIVE IT TO YOU by JORDAN KNIGHT

Today I need not report back to camp coz I had the day off. So I rested at home in the afternoon and then went to meet Calvin for dinner@Tampines. We originally planned to meet@OSC to have a game of badminton at the Air Force Sch but unfortunately for us the courts were all fully booked. So, in an attempt to kill time, Calvin pleaded with me to have dinner with him whaha. Halfway through I received a call from the tuition agency informing me that the China guy didn't want tuition anymore. Hate them. They are so indecisive. They can just go piss off. One moment say want, one moment say don't want. Catherine told me the mother called to say she had found someone better..well, that better be the case..coz if they come begging me to teach the guy again I am not going to. Mark my words. Poor Xiu Feng. I don't even think he knows the mother made the decision for him. Anyways, think on the bright side. More time to spend at home after work and I won't be so tired travelling from place to place. :) But gutted coz that's gonna be $200 less a month. I need another assignment and hopefully nearby to fund my driving lessons haha!!

After that I headed to driving center for my 5th lesson. Guess who is the instructor?? HAHA IT IS THE BENG-LOOKING, LOUD-SPEAKING AND CAN'T STOP TALKING VINCENT!!! Hez a good instructor la, he makes sure your fundamentals are good before proceeding further...but he just can't stop talking haha. Today was quite special coz it was raining rather heavily so I had to be extra-cautious and drive extra-slowly, as if L-plates' speed limit were not slow enough. Heh. Anyways, finally completed Module 1 after 5 lessons and now I'm looking foward to Module 2. Thanks to Vincent I improved significantly on my low-speed control, knowing when to use half-clutch. Haha. But personally I din really like the car coz everything was like goin to spoil. The speedometer was like flickering non-stop and the headlights were like useless. Haha. Car50. I remember. So folks if you are reading this don't ever kena Car50 or you are just darn suay haha.

I watched Incredible Tales just now on Channel5. Not bad. Haha, very incredible indeed.
(If you think I am trying to be lame, the answer is yes, haha)

I am gonna check out www.itontv.com by the way for some more of these stories.

Farewell BBQ for Jacq

2005-07-24T20:00:00.000+08:00

CURRENT MOOD: FEEL LIKE KILLING SOMEONE
CURRENT MUSIC: SPEED OF SOUND by COLDPLAY

Yesterday I was a happy man. But not today. Let me elaborate.

YESTERDAY, SATURDAY 23 JUL

Had a wonderful barbeque at Russel's place. Apparently our class decided to have a barbeque because Russel's gonna move out soon so he wanted to organise one before he left the Waterside for good. The reason for barbeque was made even more meaningful coz Jacq was goin off overseas for her studies already so we wanted to do this for her. Also, the girls in our class will be starting a fun life in the university very soon on Monday already, meaning we will have less time to meet up I suppose.

I went over early coz I thought Russel would need a lil bit of help and as expected I was the earliest. When I met him, he shocked me by telling me he hadn't bought charcoal, ice and lighter yet. Hahah how unprepared. But, it's Russel. Luckily all these things were available at the minimart at the ground floor so that really wasn't much of a problem. It was kinda stupid coz we bought charcoal which cost 8 bucks a pack. BUT, the price comes with quality of course, and indeed Russ, me and Lirong were impressed as the charcoal was 'cleaner' than usual and also easier to use, especially when starting the fire. Everyone came late, so no matter how unprepared we were, we had ample time to get ourselves ready thanks to the latecomers. Haha.

Then came the people. The turnout was OK, and the one surprise was Rebecca, who came all the way from Bukit Panjang to attend this barbeque. Very nice of her yeah. The usual people came...of course..and we chatted till late midnight, where Ken and Russ fetched most of us home. thank you to them again.

In the car when Russel fetched me home he told me he was very happy because everybody who came to the BBQ was very happy. And we both agreed that as long as the people appreciated our efforts, no matter how hard we worked didn't matter. I, for one, was glad that everyone enjoyed the food that the guys barbequed. Leon psycho-ed all of us to put BBQ sauce, butter and honey in excess and in the end we really did. But the end-product was great. Haha. At least the comments we got were.." Oh the food is great!"...haha..."Delicious!"...and many other positive feedback. So I guess I had to say I really enjoyed myself that day.

When I reached home, I was very happy the BBQ was a success. Looking foward to catching the friendly between Liverpool V Olympiakos at 2am. But with 30 minutes to go, I couldn't fuckin help but dozed off with my room lights and radio set switched on till early morning. Haha, darn. I was so looking foward to see new signing Peter Crouch play. Nevertheless I was happy to know the next day that Liverpool won 4-3.

TODAY, SUNDAY 24 JUL

I was on duty sad to say. And shit happened.

Crap. I just don't feel like writing it down. It makes me mad.

You just have to know that as I sit down here to pen this entry, I am not a happy man. Just hope that when I return to camp on Tuesday I don't have to sign an EXTRA.

Lenard the busted ORDs

2005-07-23T13:50:00.000+08:00

All the best in whatever you do Lenard. Thanks for the chicken rice treat yesterday. I am sure the whole of OSC will miss you and do come back and visit if you have the time. =)

Yesterday Ngai Han fetched me, Shuan and Amanda out of camp so that we didn't have to waste time waiting for bus 94. Got the chance to chat with Amanda in Ngai Han's car. It was actually my first time chatting with her, and shez rather a nice lady to talk to I have to say. To think last time I thought she was towards the 'introvert' region. Oh by the way, Amanda is just one of the regulars workin in my camp. Pretty? Oh sure...shez pleasant looking, in fact the only one in camp. Haha. The one question I really want to ask her next time if I have the chance to (Oh I'm sure I will coz I will still be caged there till the end of next year) is.."Amanda, why did you choose to work in the SAF? Surely there are better job prospects waiting for you outside the SAF?"

Go check out Straits Times 23th Jul 'SPORTS' section. A wonderful peekture of Michelle Wie. Gonna cut it out later after my family finishes reading the papers. :)

Ahhh!!!!

2005-07-22T10:06:00.000+08:00

The medicine given by the National Skin Center is making my skin peel like fuck!!

I dunno if this is supposed to be the case but its peeling really badly right now...oh no...I had betta call up NSC to ask about this..I certainly dun want the condition of my skin to deprove. After all, that's not supposed to be the case..

A doze of Melissa Theuriau

2005-07-21T23:47:00.000+08:00

Introducing Melissa Theuriau, in my opinion the hottest news presenter in the world. Oh, she's French. I am beginning to like her so much...haha.

I've got more pix of her of course, but I am not going to post it all out..haha. That will be too many. Haha..dedicating this post just for Melissa Theuriau. What a babe.

One sweet day

2005-07-21T13:45:00.000+08:00

ONE SWEET DAY

Sorry I never told you
All I wanted to say
And now it's too late to hold you
Cause you've flown away
So far away

Never had I imagined
Living without your smile
Feeling and knowing you hear me
It keeps me alive
Alive

And I know you're shining down on me from heaven
Like so many friends we've lost along the way
And I know eventually we'll be together
One sweet day

Darling I never showed you
Assumed you'd always be there
I took your presence for granted
But I always cared
And I miss the love we shared

And I know you're shining down on me from heaven
Like so many friends we've lost along the way
And I know eventually we'll be together
One sweet day

Although the sun will never shine the same again
I'll always look to a brighter day
Lord I know when I lay me down to sleep
You will always listen as I pray

And I know you're shining down on me from heaven
Like so many friends we've lost along the way
And I know eventually we'll be together
One sweet day

Sorry I never told you
All I wanted to say

The day I woke up to find out I was late for driving

2005-07-21T10:24:00.000+08:00

Shit happens.

I was scheduled for driving lesson at 6.50pm yesterday over at Ubi, but because I ended work rather early to go there straight from camp, I decided to take some rest and go get a nap in the bunk for awhile, stupidly forgetting to set the alarm on my handphone. Anyway I was so confident that I would not oversleep. But damn it god had to prove me wrong and yes, I fucking overslept. By the time I woke up and checked the time, it was like already 6.56pm! Momentarily shocked, I quickly woke up from my slumber and changed up as fast as I could, and got out of camp. I so wanted to catch a cab to save time, but there was no cab in sight. In the end, the bus came just at the right time and so I just took it. Met my head there and I told her why I was still hanging around in camp. Met ZZ, TH and Shaun on the way too and they asked me the same question just as I expected. Yeah yeah and they went on to laugh. I have only myself to blame. Camp was the last place that I should oversleep in. Yet I did the impossible. As the bus arrived near the driving centre, I alighted and I ran my guts out. Luckily I knew the driving instructor who took me yesterday. It was dear Steven who was my previous instructor. Haha. Hez quite fun and good I would say..will joke here and there, teaches me well too...and also instructs me to drive till like the Tampines area before going back to Ubi. Heh. What I was relieved to hear yesterday was that he commended that I had made significant progress in my driving. Haha. The whole time while driving we were talking cock, and he was telling me about his experience with his other students, ogling at chio-bus and stuffs haha. Hope I will get more of him in my future lessons. Hez really fun. Haha.

Today I came in and received some bad news.
Will be on duty this coming Sunday which totally sucks. Concludes what a bad week this is for me. Hopefully next week will be a better week, but by the looks of it...nah...

A tall freak for 7 million pounds?

2005-07-20T09:37:00.000+08:00

Yes, that's right. Peter Crouch is coming to Liverpool. I don't know if this will be a good signing or not. Hopefully Rafael Benitez knows what he is doing. Seriously I don't mind him as an option upfront but to buy him over from Southampton for 7 million pounds?? I think that is crazy. Given that money if I were manager of Liverpool I could have got a more established striker, maybe Sydney Govou from Lyon. But I am sure Benitez has his reasons for putting this beanpole on top of his wish list. Maybe the fact that he is good in the air? I have no idea, but I will need plenty of convincing for me to feel that hez a good acquisition for the club. With him arriving at Anfield, it might be a good thing too, this opens the door for Milan 'misfiring' Baros to leave..haha. More signings pleaseee..Rafa! Haha..

I had a new tuition assignment yesterday and it was around the Katong area near Boon Tong Kee Chicken Rice. It was a China student who seriously needed some help in studies. He had no fuckin notes or textbook to start with, luckily he had an old Chem textbook that his friend passed down to him, and I was relieved I was able use that to guide him, if not, I really wouldn't have known how to tutor him. His English is bad, and he told me that most of the questions asked he didn't have any fuckin idea what they were talking about. So I guided him along and went throught 2 Chem papers with him. Well, if it weren't for the good pay packet, I guess I wouldn't have wanted to follow up. Haha wadever. Anyways I am ending my association with Zavier like next week so I guess I will have sufficient time for him. Heh. Well, at least he gave me the impression that he was willing to catch up with his studies for the sake of his 'O' Levels after so honestly telling me that he fuckin slacked throughout the year without really giving a damn about Chemistry..haha..I guess I should try to help him to the best of my abilities..

Had an interesting encounter while travelling to work this morning on the MRT..
The person sitting on my right had perfume on which smelt like bananas. Serious. Haha.

New skin

2005-07-18T17:07:00.000+08:00

So how is my new blogskin?

Plain and simple.....I LIKE!!haha

Caught in the middle

2005-07-18T11:47:00.000+08:00

Have you ever got caught in the middle?
It's a terrible experience..
And I've been constantly been caught in the middle..
I really can't take it sometimes..
But can I blame my life for all these shit?
No one will understand the amount of shit I face..
But I always tell myself to be strong..
I will conquer, I hope.

You can't choose how your life starts, but you have complete control of how it ends.

A lucky draw winner for a first time!

2005-07-17T01:40:00.000+08:00

So, the NKF CEO and the board of directors stepped down. I guess it was expected. They had to do it, with this whole issue becoming such a big talking point in Singapore. Anyway, I shall not really go into this coz all is over, and besides an interim CEO has even been named. Hopefully he will do the necessary adjustments and the main priority is to ensure people's faith in NKF is restored.

Friday me and my other colleagues celebrated OSC Day. It was rather fun I thought, but really tiring cos we went to many places. You see, we had this 'Amazing Race' thingy in Sentosa where we had to solve clues and find the correct destination to go. Initially my team was doing so well as we led the race. But then we had problems trying to solve the 4th fucking clue which I thought was a very bad clue. That, ultimately slowed our progress significantly. And in the end we finished a lowly 5th. Well, at least not the last team haha. That would really be quite embarrassing. Haha, well pity we didn't make top3, I mean, who likes to lose? Haha..After that, we had buffet lunch at the River Boat Restaurant, complemented with singing performances by Su Chang, Alex, Hao Fatt and Zhen Zhong. Afterwhich was the prize presentation and the lucky draw. LUCKY DRAW!!! Haha guess what I was the lucky one can you believe it?!!?? Haha my first time to win in a lucky draw, after 19 years, well I guess it was time whahaha. Well, the prize wasn't too bad at all! Haha..Takashimaya Dept Store $30 voucher..well I shall go there to do some shopping someday. Haha..anyway, the buffet lunch was not bad too, I liked the corn chowder and the crispy chicken. Thereafter, we headed to Palawan Beach to get a doze of some beach soccer. Very fun indeed, with my team (Alex, Calvin, Tian Hao, Gavin and me) winning most of the matches....until something happened. Tian Hao and Shaun collided and the former suffered a fractured nose. The impact was really great and we could tell because there was a large footprint imprinted on his face after the collision. But I asked if he was alright later that night and was relieved it ain't too serious. I was really beat that night and dozed off just like that...

And today I met up with the usual gang. Russ Ken KY Janice David Rebecca and me. We originally scheduled to meet at 1pm@City hall, but habits fucking never change. And most of us only reached like close to 2pm. I reached at around 1.30pm and I wasn't really very paiseh about it. I learned my lesson and was smart this time of not being so punctual. Hah. Anyway we had lunch together at Cafe Cartel@Raffles City. We sat there till like it was almost 5. Eating bread, drinking water and just plain chatting to catch up with each other. I always looked foward to such meetings, but the girls are now all going into university soon..to start a fresh education, so we will probably meet up less frequently..but they are still my great buddies, and here I just want to say that I feel so blessed to have known them and have them as my good friends. (Oh my god this sounds so fuckin cheezy) I am so looking forward to our next meeting already haha! After Cartel we continued to walk and eventually landed up in Suntec Fountain Food Terrace where Becks ordered some fruits to eat and again we just sat there talking and chatting and taking photos with each other. We just never seem to get bored haha..SH KH and Greg chanced upon us and joined us for awhile..that was about it for the day.

I bought Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code to read.

Dreading tuition tomorrow. But for the sake of money, I have to persevere.

1900 112 ????

2005-07-13T19:03:00.000+08:00

Be it NKF cancer shows, President's Star Charity, or even Ren Ci charity shows. Don't you think charity organisations in Singapore are trying too hard? In my opinion I think there seems to be too many charity shows being held in a year. Which explains why people are so unwilling to donate nowadays. And year after year these organisations becoming more 'demanding'. I understand organisations are eager to help raise money, but i think they ought to understand the donor's point of view. Donors are doing what they do because their hearts go out to all the unfortunate, but being increasingly 'demanding' only serves to irritate donors. My opinion is that a limit has to be set. A majority of the donors aren't rich to start with, which means they have their own financial woes to deal with. To ask for 1 or 2 calls should be fine, but 8 calls!?!?? Thats totally absurd.

I remember... 5 years back they had only 1 hotline: 1900 112 6868 thats for a $5 donation. 3 years back, I think they added two more hotlines. Now you can call 6868(1 call for $5), 6833(that's 3 calls) and 6855(now that's 5). And now they outstandingly added a fourth hotline, for 8 calls...1900 112 6888. But what annoys me and I think everyone is the fact how they try to mislead you during the shows. They show one hotline on the TV screen only(8 calls), leading people to believe that is the number to call if you want to make a $5 donation, when you are actually calling to donate $50 if you blindly follow the numbers to call on the TV screen. Well, that, was what happened to 2 of my silly friends who got 'conned' by NKF. A true intention to donate 5 bucks to the organisation, and in the end they paid 10 times the amount. When the bills came they were so shocked to see the amount being charged to their accounts! Today I am blogging about this in light of the NKF cancer shows that they are currently airing these few weeks.

Well..the main point I am trying to convey is: We want to donate. We know the misery that the unfortunate have to face in their lives. But during charity shows we shouldn't be misleaded to call a specific hotline. That's just not right. They should show all 4 hotlines CLEARLY on the TV screen and that is just fair to us.

Besides, if you are really keen on donating, charity shows should not serve as an incentive for you to make your donations. True charity comes from the heart right?

I chanced upon an article in the New Paper which was titled: 'NKF chief executive earns 25K a month'. I guess the title says it all right. Do i need to explain?

Quote of the day

2005-07-12T09:35:00.000+08:00

A very beautiful quote from the upcoming movie 'Crash':

Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other..

The beautiful game of Mahjong

2005-07-10T12:41:00.000+08:00

Well, playing Mahjong really requires experience, and simply lots of luck.

Lost $35 yesterday playing Mahjong with Jia Hao, Tian Hao and Calvin at my place. Luck was just simply not on my side. Everytime I had nice tiles I thought I would game, but everytime someone had to thwart my plans by gaming first. Pure unlucky yesterday, and considering that it was at my place I thought it was fuck shitty to lose hell lots of money. I throwed out tiles that I felt was totally safe to, but somehow someone had to pounce and game. Think I only gamed like 3 times for the whole of yesterday's session.

Perhaps I need more exposure to the different ways people play, cos Jia Hao and Calvin were really masters in Mahjong, knowing how to guard their opponents from gaming. They told me I had an ultra-attacking mindset and tend to lose my guard on other players. Guess I still have much to learn, especially the 'gurading' area which I really need improving on. The whole day I sat on Calvin's and Jia Hao's right respectively, and they fed me shit tiles all the way through. So the tiles were definitely not coming my way and it was really tough to game. How I wish I sat on Tian Hao's right, well at least I think he could have fed me better tiles haha.

And to round up a stupid Saturday. I failed my Final Theory. It totally sucked. Now I have to wait a month before I can do a retake. I thought I was kinda unlucky coz I got a seriously tough set of questions. Perhaps I need to go for more practical lessons to gain real-time knowledge of the theory, so that I can grasp the facts better. After all, prior to the test I only had one practical lesson. The next time I go for the test, I did better pass. I won't wanna fuckin fail again and drag this shit on and on and on. I just wanna clear this obstacle fast so that I can book the practical test date without any hindrance.

Really sucky mood.

Terror in London

2005-07-08T17:30:00.000+08:00

Looks like terrorism is still very much alive.

A day after London officially won the right to host the 2012 Olympics, the unthinkable happened.

According to London Time, here is what roughly happened:

09:15 British transport police say an explosion was reported in London's financial district in the area near Liverpool railway station.

09:27 Metronet, the subway maintenance company, says power surge has caused explosion in London tube station.

09:41 London Underground reports a second explosion at a subway station in northwest London.

09:53 Metronet says the entire London subway network has been shut down. Police say incidents were reported at the Aldgate station near the Liverpool Street railway terminal, Edgware Road and King's Cross in north London, Old Street in the financial district and Russell Square in central London, near the British Museum.

10:14 News agencies reported a bus has exploded in central London.

10:24 Scotland Yard says "multiple explosions" rocked London.

10:25 Police confirmed explosion on bus in central London in the area around Russell Square.

10:46 Police say serious casualties in London

I seriously think that the Al-Qaeda network is very extensive and extremely powerful. Terror has already struck in New York, Madrid and now London is experiencing the power of the terrorists. Gut feeling tells me that this has been in the making for quite some time, where terrorists have planted bombs in the 5 candidate cities. So, if Paris had won the right to host the 2012 Olympics, it might have been very much a different story. The Eiffel Tower could probably have been destroyed. In any case, it was very saddening to see innocent people losing their lives. In the news on TV I see everyone running for their lives, some seriously injured, blood covering their heads, trying to figure out what happened. Sometimes you really wonder what you would do if your country were facing such a crisis.

Are we losing this fight against terror? All the money spent on fighting terrorism, has it all been worth it?

Then you think from the terrorists' point of view. Why do people idolise Osama bin Laden? Why are they willing to sacrifice their lives to be suicide bombers? And all these actions by Al-Qaeda..what are they trying to show? The world really consists of very very different types of people indeed.

And thanks to these London bombings, I am on overtime again. Sigh..

Gerrard U-Turn

2005-07-07T00:05:00.000+08:00

Went to check the soccer websites again and was quite surprised to see the new developments of the Gerrard transfer saga.

Well..he is staying after all...
what a cheebye..
scare us for nothing..

Whatever. OK hez staying. So i guess my previous entries about him should now be deemed void. Hah.