2004.

2004 passed quickly for me. not to say that it went by without much happening tho. all those things happening in the world around us, both good and bad, and to those close to us. writing on the last day of the year and thinking back, i do think i've some things that i've left uncompleted, but thats alright i spose. soon enough this year will end and hopefully it brings renewed hope for a better year ahead. the unfortunate incident of the tsunami that devastated asia, the death of the little girl huang na, the collapse of the nicoll highway site, and all the other things that brought out the best and worst in all of us. experiences will always teach us something, provided we are willing to learn from it. to let all these pass without gaining in some way a lesson from it would have made the lives lost unjustified. i will live a better life for that. but i will always be me. :)

messages to some that i know who read/will read this blog..

my group. you guys (..and girls) have been a constant in my life so far and i am grateful for that. as it is the group is already meeting up less due to each being busy with their own lives but it will take more than that to break us up. we might not see each other as often now but all's but a call away. never forget that. a reunion dinner coming up soon after tonight's gathering! :)

wen. u are fuLL of rubbishh, but i thank you anyway just for being there. more jap in 2005 k?

minmin. thanks for being the rational voice. all the best and always believe in yourself. have faith!

ju. we've yet to have that gathering(that you were to plan for) but its been good knowing alls well! have a great year ahead. ;P

wxy+jo+val+all from your batch. you are all growing up too fast for me and the other externals to keep track of, but you're all turning out fine la, wonder if we had a part in that. lol. :P

lastly..

happy holidays all and never give up on hope!!!!!

gtg. just realised i'm running late!!! so i gotta cut it short, sorry!...

my cheeky niece.

lilin's bday...the kinda thing we've stopped doing

us on xmas.. :)

the last week of the year.

a year that has been good by my measure.

this was the year that i spent the longest time every away from home. that i caught the most beautiful of sunsets. that i learnt more about myself. that i made frens that i will keep for years to come. that i believe i've grown a little... in more ways than one. most of all, it is a year that if i were to live again, there wouldnt be too many changes to it. :)

i look foward to next year, in more ways than one. but i'll have more to say before the year is up. tmorrow is the last day at motorimage! so its off to bed i go before i fall sick again... :s i can already feel the fever... heh ;)

christmas came and went.

christmas week.

the frantic rush at work.

the nights out in the city.

the half day off i took to go shopping.

feeling the christmassy mood.

it was all good.

the company party on christmas eve saw the people in my dept working non-stop still. poor peeps. its like that all because of the sales target that has to be met by year end and the incomplete paperwork submitted by the sales people, thus requiring constant checking and re-submitting. but 11am came and it was time for some fun. there was good food and a lucky draw where everyone got something. heh. not forgetting the carolling(sp?) that each dept had to do, with the winners getting some trip prize. (or so i've heard) tha admin dept that i work in was totally unprepared. but we had to do it in the end and even i wasnt spared. if not for the boss joining in, i would have been the only guy. :s lucky. then came the xmas gathering at home with my family. but i stayed only a while cos i had to get to the group gathering at julius' place.

that was the major letdown. sigh.

i had thought the xmas that i spent at a karaoke was bad enough, this was a lil worse imho. at the stroke of twelve, some peeps were still playing mahjong. i didnt really feel the mood of christmas even though we were together as a group. ohwells. it cannot get any worse i spose. so in a way its good. the next time i wanna enjoy myself, i'll make it possible. it just isnt worth leaving it to chance. well, i do appreciate the fact that julius and ken took the effort to plan the whole gatherin and all (after years of planning my us! :P), and the idea was definitely there, ut it just didnt turn out right. i think la. :)

so come nye i will try my very best to make sure i have fun. wish me luck! ;)

update!

i know i havent been bogging. but my reason is valid i think! after being back for almost a month, i am still trying to get my bearings and i still havent met up with everyone i wanna meet. why so? probs all cos of poor planning of the little available time i have for myself. the past three weeks of work at motorimage have been good. busy but good. of the few nights that i had the energy to go out after work, i met up with some frens that i miss the company of so much. falling sick from over-exhaustion (lack of sleep on my part! :P) was bad. i was bedridden for a day or two. it was time wasted indeed. that was also the week were my closest grp of frens had our gathering at yiwen's place. (that was the blog entry that got deleted) it was also the week where i had my frst vball game since i last played almost ten months back. i still love it so. :)

anyways hello isnt cooperating so thre wont be any pictures anytme soon. i will try but it aint looking good. :P

back!

i typed a post and it got deleted. :(

i will post again soon. but i basically was sick the past few days... feeling really terrible!

messed up.

i think i messed up again. ohwells.

life goes on still doesnt it. ;)

sisters.

a new addition to the family! :)

it came and went.

but not without incident! :)

saturday. finally had the chance to sleep in and it was good. very good in fact. slacked most of the day away and met up with wen, cai, ric for dinner at soup restaurant @ suntec. it was then followed by catching the match between liverpool v everton (not that i am keen abt it, its just the company) at paulaner. since val was working there and we've neva been there, i thought why not? they all tried the lager but i had the dark one which i thought wasnt too bad. only complain were the not too comfy seats. :) anyways the night ended early for the lack of any plans after the match. i shall not waste my next weekend so, not to say it was wasted la. just that i would pack more in! :P

sunday. yet another chance to sleep in and one i took happily. it was da-jie's bday and by the time i got down she was gone! apparently she was about to go into labour and so she was at the hospital by then. the 'request' she made to her daughter got through and out came the baby at ard 255 in the afternoon! :) i was sposed to go visit but i had a prior appointment with huisze so i told my sis i would visit tomorrow. :( was i wrong and bad to do that? hmm... wells, i reasoned that it had been so long since i've seen her and that its hard to meetup cos of the differring work schedules that i would do it. =
more of that later. meanwhile, live life with no regrets! :)

a whole new week awaits! with many visits to the hospital for sure... woots!

looooking foward.

the weekend is coming!!! i have so gotta live life the way i like. with close frens and good food. i've yet to have my game of vball tho. grrrr. ohwells.

why is work so busy? its the end of the year. there are sales figures to meet and there is a push to sell cars! subaru wrx's. sti's. legacys. foresters. imprezas anyone? :P with increased sales comes increased paperwork for the admin dept. invoices. purchase orders. coe bids. registrations. brrrrrr. add that to tons of crap to shred and its work never-ending.

weekend. weekend. weekend!

motorimage.

admin work is tiring. so much so that i get headaches by midday. :s
i feel so sapped by knockoff time that i havent been doin much since monday. gone is my game playing. book reading. meeting up with friends. the only thing i did was to visit some frens at a leadership camp that they are running after work. maybe when i get used to it i spose. then will i go out after work. but then again its only for less than a month. hmm.

i need sleep! :)

one week.

its been one week since i've come home. i've been doing what i call 'acclimatising' which i described to someone. being home feels good. there's a warm feeling (in many ways, some not too enjoyable). and i am in a way enjoying it.

the cheaper phone rates plus the need to get back in touch with people have gotten me using my phone alot. the bill will kill. but it is to be expected. it is technically impossible to meet everyone immediately. that i have accepted. what i will do now is just to take things as they come. my planned one month of freedom is officially gone. as of tomorrow i will start my part-time admin work. so sorry min. lol. :P i think it will be work all the way till the end of the year. followed by the most-likely-confirmed internship at e&y in jan. that leaves just the evenings and the weekends. and there are so many more people i wanna meet up with! :s

an attempt to blog more consistantly will be made. for it will help me sort things out and also remind me who i've yet to catch. everyone is soooo busy now. but then again. it is expected. :)

i have met. eric. da. toh. cong. sheeling. gan. yiwen. lilin. terry. cai. val. jo. min. i need to get organised. right.

*i have to sleep now. else i will NOT wake up by 745 tml. damn.*

wed.

did NOT get into zouk because of the crowd. grrr..

wells. it wasnt a good night to be there as it was the night right after the exams. it also didnt help that we arrived at ard 1130 because of the movie. tsk tsk ms. kaly. wad a recommendation. ( i see its cos u had comp tics! double tsk. ) but it was good just being there and feeling how old i am. relatively that is. kiddos 4 years our junior are already up n clubbing. has it been that long already? :P yesh jo. u and val are still relatively kiddos. enjoy it while you can. it was i think the last night of midweek clubbing i were to have for the year. but i think i am slowly growing out of it already. just sitting around just chatting with friends would content me now. hmm.. old i say.

home.

a long delay. but mainly cos i was lazy and busy with other stuff! :)

the first sign of home. thesundaytimes on the flight home. ms.kaly managed to get on the same flight and she is a terrible flight companion. :P tsk tsk. why? cos i lost my window seat that would have enabled me to view the sunset inflight. grrrr...

dinner was alrite. views were great.

company was..... erm... look at the sunset! :0

dusk. can you tell now why i love takin pictures?

after touching down it was a busy few days. getting workwear. meeting frens. eating. so much more to be done tho. meanwhile i've been feeling a little tired and all. geneve's knocking at 10am waking me up and jumping on my bed didnt help. :s

you know you're home when you see squeaky clean train stations and very killer easylink *beeps*.

honjin ala carte buffet! me with silly wen.

sashimi. and the very good food platter.

jap buffet.one of the two i will be having back home that features all you can eat sashimi. :) yiwen was telling me about this and tho we couldnt get anyone else to come along, we went ahead. it was good like she described. definitely worth the price. btw. dont worry ms. prataphile. mirama awaits when you return. lets just hope my funds hold till then. :P

the past few days have done damages of just a little under $400. oh no.... =\