Monday, December 25, 2006

UPDATE!!! (part dix)

1. Seeing that countdown thingy go from double digits to single digits makes me kinda nervous... one week away from what could possibly be the best (or worst) decision of my life.

2. I STILL have stuff to buy. As of now i've bought a backpack (cos i need one that's big enuff to stuff my laptop as a handcarry luggage and small enuff to bring it to school on a daily basis), bought pants cos i dun think i can survive on 2 jeans for 6months, bought disposible undies cos i really dun wanna wash anything for the first few days. Plus other bo liao things.

3. And by the looks of it, my luggage is most prob gonna explode from unnecessary clothing and shoes that i plan to bring... i cant seem to convince my mum and sister that being a walking fashion faux pas is like committing social suicide in the land of Louis Vuitton, Hermes and Agnes B. And i really dun wanna be associated with any Ah Tiongs

4. Trying to squeeze in gatherings after gatherings the past week and next week. I've had dinner with the dancers at Step's house, one with Skee, lunch with Lynn, karaoke with my Civil Engine frens, dinner with my sec2 class, next week meeting my army buds, my sec4 classmates, and my primary school peeps. It's getting a bit tiring and my pocket is bleeding like crazy. But it's all good.

5. Pon-ning all IBG trainings, even thou i know i shud be looking my best and in need of a desperate tan (where the fuck's the sun when u need it) and not look like a slob with flabby arms. yes i am superficial... like u dun already know... maybe (and that's a big fat maybe) i shud go for one more swimming training on thursday. BUT NO TRACK TRAININGS please.... the only consolation i get from having a fat tummy is that its gonna keep me warm when i am in france

6. Stuffing myself with food i think i may miss. I mean i've even went back to eat Fong Seng nasi lemak for crying out loud. but the afternoon cook was not as good at the supper one. bummer. Still need to eat bar chor mee and bbq chicken wings.

7. argh. i noe some pple may have already know their exam results becos of some leak but yeah. mine's coming out tmr. my grades better improve or at the very least maintain. otherwise i wud be leaving on such a disappointing note.

8. Oh by the way my flight details are on the right (if u havent already noticed) and i am leaving in 7 days (if you havent already noticed) so if u think u are in desperate need to meet me before i leave just let me know. yes i am an egoist.

In the meantime.... MERRY XMAS everyone. have a good one.

Friday, December 15, 2006

DANCE CAMP!!




Holidays have been great so far, with swimming trainings and stuff. i seriously need to tan myself before heading to the frigid cold weather.... and Dance Camp was a hoot man!! Dance wat now?? yeah dance camp. i know, it sounds really tacky, like some sec school bullshit camp, but it was really very well planned. We shud do this more often man.... and lyrical hip hop was friggin cool! Kudos to the dance comm for making this so enjoyable! Good luck guys for DU. My heart will be with you guys! MORAL SUPPORT!!


starting to freak out a lil bit now, less than 17 days... argh

Saturday, December 09, 2006

MY 100th POST!!!

Wahaha my 100th post man... this is so surreal. My previous blog probably only survived like for 3, 4 months max and died due to some personal issues... so yeah, small accomplishment here.

Since its the 100th post, i think i better figure out something more meaningful to write. And although there's still a good 23 days before the end of the year, but i dun anything more interesting is going to happen, let's just do a 2006 in retrospect eh?

1. Let's see. RAG!!! wow. what can i say. it's probably the best moment in 06 man. Euphoria... the joy of winning, is simply indescribable. And to be able to be a part of something like this makes it even more memorable. Feel the Kronos once more during Chingay!!

2. Dance Uncensored 06. I've probably said this more than once but i'm a dance whore.... it's my life. The chance to perform again at UCC is just awesome man. I'd just die not being able to dance for the next 8 months. (OR maybe i'll just join some french niggas and do their hiphop, ghetto style. hehe)

3. My China Trip. Ok... i was a bit skeptical at first... the horrible stories of smelly and cubical-less toilets and dodgy food. But it turned out to be quite good for a cheap getaway. I mean, the toilet part is true, but the food was quite good actually. And did i mention it's dirt cheap?

4. Surviving one semester with 7 modules.... and another with 6 modules and equivalent of almost 7 projects. It's amazing what you can will yourself to do. i dun think i will ever subject myself to such torture again... it's not fun man, when all you wanna do is stab yourself repeatedly with a fork... in the eye... until you die. ok borderline morbidity here.

5. Scuba diving was super fun and the experience was out of this world.... but i dun think i'll do it again anytime soon.... i'm just to lazy to put on all the gear and stuff. been there done that. ya know?

hmm actually i can't think of anymore stuff to talk abt... hmm. i have an uninteresting life man. ok i hope my blog will have many many more hundreds posts! hahaha. And let's hope that this time next year i will have more stuff to tell you about.

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

My virgin encounter with the French administration

was a complete disaster.... useless bunch of crapasses. You see, after checking, double checking, triple checking the documents to bring to do my visa online, i KNEW the French Embassy was going to pull some shit stunt on me, i had a nagging feeling man....

Apparently they needed 4 copies of my passport (they put 1 on the website), 4 copies of the application (1, on the website), and some other stuff that i needed to have more copies of... so how? i walked to BTC (its near) to have them photocopied (and i'm not even going to BOTHER trying to tell you what a complete urban planning nightmare BTC is... i cant find the freaking entrances!!!)

i walked back to the Embassy (of all days god decided not to rain, he chose tuesday) pouring with sweat.... by the time i reached it was 11plus and the visa section was only opened till 12pm. by the time it almost reached my turn (which was over 12pm already), i saw the lady in front taking out loads of cash to pay for her visa, which got me thinking. Cos swear i saw 70 bucks... so i asked the her how much she paid... she said "$198".... i nearly died on the spot. SERIOUSLY... what the hell is wrong with these people not updating their website!!!

SO i was like FUCK IT man i will come back tmr. And i did... and i woke up at 8am to beat the freakin queue. And then i went o get my french brith cert certified... and horror of horrors it costs me 36bucks just to get a chop... A CHOP!!!! and actually i need 2 more photocopied copies to be certified as well, but it costs me another 28bucks per subsequent copies... SERIOUSLY!!!!!

now i know why they are so rich..... all in all i spent 52bucks getting my birth cert translated, 198 for the visa and 36 bucks to get the chop for my birth cert.... *faintz*

Sunday, December 03, 2006

J'ai mal à l'estomac

The past couple of days have been extremely hardcore for me physically... no i havent had sex (i wish)...

i had really bad stomachache on friday nite. So bad till the point that my stomach ended up in knots and i woke up breaking in cold sweat. i only ate curry fish head and hokkien mee for diner, nothing out of the ordinary. and my parents didnt get stomachache, which rules out food poisoning, so i guess i must have stuffed myself too full that nite....

i downed like 5 bottles of pochai pills and some medcine from the doctor... i cant say i've 100% recovered cos i still get like cramps every now and then but at least the shitting has stopped. Thank god. Now i dun have to walk out the door fearing if i'd crap in my pants...

The only thing good abt having diarrhoea is that i get to lose water weight and not look so bloated... other than that, it's just a pain in the ass. Literally.

PS: 1 more freaking day till the end of exams!!!

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Horrible... my bioclock

It's funny how people say i always look very happy during exam time... like i am super not stress.... well, althou i dun LOOK stress, i think sub consciously, the exams are taking a toll on me physically and psychologically...

Last nite, i went to bed at 140am cause i promised myself to sleep before 2am everyday.... and i thought i was quite tired... den around 3am, in a semi-conscious state, i can feel my tonsils and the back of my throat becoming super itchy. My brain and my thoughts were like racing... and my body just started feeling very itchy in general... like a million ants were crawling on my body.... but i just couldn't wake up. ok it sounds quite disgusting but thats the best i can describe it....

in the end i force myself to wake up, go pee and shower, praying that the stupid itch on my body and in the throat will stop... ok the body thing was fine but the throat was just super irritating. In the end i can't sleep after this fiasco so i went to the fridge to get my stupid Carlsberg, and watched the downloaded episode of Amazing race which i promised to watch the following morning before my 1pm paper..... the beer REALLY helped and i'm glad i stocked up in the first place....

i woke up at 10pm instead of 830am which i originally planned cos i didnt plan on studying anymore. When i did wake up, i felt like a truck ran me over and an elephant stomped on me.... it was qutie a terrible night of sleep.... in an attempt to wake myself up, i went to draw money, buy 8days at co-op, buy brunch, ate brunch while watching half an episode of Grey's and consequently went back to sleep somemore... all in a short span of 2 hours, before i woke up again to take my exam.... which went quite well actually.

Argh so yes... it was a horrible nite... i still have 4 more cans of beer which i intend to drink tonight, tmr nite, sunday nite and monday nite when ALL MY FREAKIN PAPERS are over... just nice.

Side note: i think i should be in arts instead of engine cos i ROCKED in all my essay papers. (i hope i dun jinx it)

Sunday, November 26, 2006

Number of papers i have taken in my lifetime

Primary School

Primary 1 to 3 (English, Maths, Chinese)
3 subjects x (2SA + 2CA per year) x 3 years = 36

Primary 4 to 5 (English, Maths, Chinese, Science)
4 subjects x (2SA + 2CA per year) x 2 years = 32

Primary 6 (English, Maths, Chinese, Science)
4 subjects x (2CA + 1 prelim + 1 PSLE) x 1 year = 16

Secondary School

Sec 1 to 2 (English, Maths, Science, Geography, History, E. Lit, Higher Chinese)
7 subjects x (2SA + 2CA per year) x 2 years = 56

Sec 3 (English, EMaths, AMaths, Physics, Chemistry, Geography, History, Higher Chinese)
8 subjects x (2SA + 2CA per year) x 1 year + 1 Chinese prelim + 1 OLevels = 34

Sec 4 (English, EMaths, AMaths, Physics, Chemistry, Geography, History, Higher Chinese)
8 subjects x (2CA + 1 prelim + 1 OLevels) = 32

Junior College

J1 (Maths, FMaths, Econs, Physics, GP, Chinese AO)
6 subjects x (2 common tests + 1 mid year + 1 promo) x 1 year = 24

J2 (Maths, FMaths, Econs, Physics, GP)
5 subjects x (2 common tests + 1 mid year + 1 Prelim + A Levels) = 25

University

Considering i have already taken 30 including this sem and 29 either examinable or CA based
29 modules x (1 mid term + 1 Final Paper) = 58

Which makes a grand total of *drum rolls* 313!!! and thats just a conservative estimate since i have 5 test per french module and we all know CAs are basically a cumulative of a couple of small tests.

So please forgive me if i feel jaded and tired and absolutely xian... i think i have earned the right.

Thursday, November 23, 2006

UPDATE!!! (part neuf)

1. sorry for the lack of updating. been really busy.... busy with everything but studying. i also dunno what i am busy abt... sleeping, tv, eating, surfing the web for the latest gossip. i know i should be shot dead... i am doing everything BUT studying. which is crazy.... but i feel nothing. i just wanna leave the country. fast.

2. everyone in my wing is either dead, or gone, or non-existent. Chongyunn went back Msia cos he only has 1 (!!! Quel Horreur!!) paper, which is on the 5th. Arthur is like Weimin part 2.... my neighbour yet i know NOTHING abt him.... Nicky is perpetually locked in his room.... Chazz, Chazz is non-existent right now. And our dearest ah Tiong Mr Pengzhi is always wit his gay buddy from 1st floor.... i feel so farking alone.

3. Nus is like majorly catching pple who are downloading movies. HENG ah i only dl drama series.... Huiting, TzuQing, Arthur and Jinxian... all kena fined 200bucks. aHhh copyright infringement!!! i just learnt that in Engineering Professionalism!!! Not all we learn is useless... apparently. if i got caught, i would not be a happy camper.

4. i just made 3 new frens from sheares.... they shouted across on sunday and asked for my name and added me on msn... actually i am only talking to one guy... and he asked me to run with him ard nus just now.... and i did. i died about 4 times.

5. Having beaucoup de problemes with geotechnical engineering.... Coulomb and Rankine should just DIE!!! no, wait, they already did.... althou i was hoping sooner. Incroyable!!!

6. hooked onto Alizee's Moi Lolita... its quite an old song but Mr siwei sent it to me all the way from Carl's Jr (ok, karlsruhe) Germany. And it's tres chic!! me love!!!

ok thats all from me now, dun think i can update this thing till the end of my exams.... which is 4th dec. Everyone, let's pray for Cheong Chye....

Friday, November 10, 2006

Just for fun...

I have been thinking these couple of days... i'm 23. I still have NO idea what i wanna do in future... i dun wanna build some building, only to have it collapse a few days later... i dun wanna be a teacher that ends up on the cover of some newspaper convicted for paedophilia.... and i certainly do not want to do banking related stuff. I guess i could open a restaurant and be the head chef myself... but then again the only thing that i can make is a decent tiramisu.

And then it hit me. I REALLY wanna be a male model! Like seriously! i think i've said this before and i'll say it again. I think i can stomp the runway and create my own wind.



D&G Fall Collection '06



Life of a Supermodel... omg total himbos



And i threw in this commercial because Nicole Kidman is sooo fabulous and i could so be Rodrigo Santoro. hehe right.

Ladies and Gentlemen...

Mr Freaky Ziggy is Officially 23!! WOOT!
Thanks to those who cared!!! I appreciate it very much. Seriously.

below are just some of the celebration that has been goin' on:








Thanks again peeps!

Sunday, November 05, 2006

Return of the Boyband (altogether now.... *GASP*)

Return of the Boyband??

Yes... seriously, Return of the Boyband.

I saw online that there was this show called "Return of the Boyband" showing on MTV... and me being me, gasp at the thot of cheesy ballads, synchronised moves and nifty dance steps. "Noooooo. This CAN'T be true" was my first thought.... this, i gotta see.

Apparently, 5 members from 5 boybands of yesteryears decided that they deserved more than their long expired 15 mins of fame and came out with the idea of forming, well, a boyband again. The 5 very thick skinned "boys" are, Bradley from SClub7, Dane Bowers from Another Level, Danny Wood from New Kids on the Block (who is 37 by the way), Lee from Steps and Jimmy Constable from 911. And apparently they have a combined sales of 87 million cds. ya, right. whatever.

Seriously. my goodness. this is like a recipe for instant bad tv right? And after much searching on the internet, this show is actually called "Totally Boyband" in UK and Lee was sacked even before their debut single was out cos of "differences with the band manager"!! LOL!!

Whoever said boybands are back in fashion, is seriously disturbed. And that coming from an ex-backstreetboys/NSYNC/Westlife/Blue-lover, says something dun ya think? WAHAHA. can someone say L for LOSER????

Friday, November 03, 2006

CULTURE NITE '06!





Culture Nite '06 was such a blast!!! It was officially my last dance before taking a 8 month hiatus from dancing.... Awww. Seriously. I miss dancing so much!!! And althou we had some diffculties at the start, but the dance took shape (finally) days before the performance. Wow has it really been 3 years since "Wo de bu dao ni de ai qing"?? Fuck i'm old. And i will be even older by this time next week!! hahaha!!! WOOT!

Thanks to all dancers for giving me the time of my life the past 2 1/2 years. Dancing is my passion and i hope i'll be able to do this while i am in France as well. Join some funky french hip hop club. Wahahaha. (wah piang there's either something wrong with my comp or blogspot seriously needs some maintenance... uploading photos is taking forever now while i'm writing this)

Oh i'm gonna pay for my air tickets tmr already! And since i got 3000bucks from the NUS SEP award, the air ticket is basically like... free!!! and i can even sponser someone to fly over to visit me!! wahhaa, ya right i would.... ORRRR it could mean that my hostel fees are free, OR it could mean that i can eat really good food for 6 months, ORRRRRR i get to buy 100pairs of Birkenstocks there to last me a lifetime!! oooohhh thinking about that makes me all hot and flustered.... heighten anxiety. WHHAHAHA. i am not as worthless as i think i am!!

Sunday, October 29, 2006

hmm...

i think i am running out of creative juices.... juices of all kinds. ARGh... i dunno what to write about anymore... if u want me to write about somethings in particular, just let me know. OKKKKK??

on an unrelated note, i love LovE LOVE the weekends, from Friday till like Sundays!! Cos i have latest class at 2pm on friday and that's it, i'm done for the weekend!! i get to majorly NUA in my room, watching all sorts of nonsense that i have downloaded the past week.... (Lost, Nip/Tuck, Brothers & Sisters, Grey's Anatomy, Survivor, Top Model) seriously. so that basically sucks like almost 10 hours away from me.... (and u wonder why i am still single right?...... noooo i'm so married to TV, or my comp for that matter, right now. Not Single, and so not available)

And when i get home, it's more tv!! Discovery Travel and Living is my favourite channel!! Woot! And i love Samantha Brown's Passport ot Europe.... she's my idol. WAHAHA

The only downside is that i have to give tuition to my cousins.... and i absolutely hate that. period.

I hate it when...

1. This blog is about me, whining and whining... i shud start feeling like... myself again

2. I am starting to be like my father.... and wannabe-drunkard. i mean i draw the line between casual drinking and stocking up on beer in my room.... for those "just-in-case" moments when i feel bored and i need a drink or 2 to make me sleep better.... and i just fell into case no. 2.

3. everytime someone sees me, the first thing they say is "are u very stressed?" or "you look tired".... which most of the time i am, but i really dun wanna be that way.

4. its a yearly ritual to be angry at my friend for being such a lazy individual, but is seriously none of my business..... and chose to sleep the one time when i needed to talk to somebody, even thou he is like 2 doors down. which goes to show that he isnt really a very nice fren in the first place.

5. people take me fro granted.

6. So if dun take me for granted, say "i" so i wun hate u....... nah, just kidding, right?

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

UPDATE!!! (part huit)

1. After a much needed (self-declared) break, i finally got the energy to start to clear away my pile of crap... project deadlines, assignments. ARGH!!!

2. Got my air tickets to Lyon! Leaving Singapore on Air France on the 1st Jan @ 1130pm at nite! can't wait.

3. Sick.... havent been sick in a very long time. Sneezing my nose off, blowing until skin tear (aka puo4 pi2)

4. And to counter point no 3, i drank nearly 5 cups of water the past few hours

5. Which resulted me in pee-ing every 30mins now.... the tap is leaking.... in all sense of the word.

6. I hate it that in a group, people are working towards different goal, people are not working as hard as they should be, at least in my opinion. And i can't assign stuff for them to do cause i know they will give me a crap ass piece of work at the end of the day, so why not i do the bulk of it right from the start, right? Seriously, it is not fun to have dead weight in a team. I am learning that we cannot impose what we want to our team members. We can only hope that they have the conscience not to do a last minute thing and fuck up he whole group. (disclaimer: i am not targeting this at any one person... actually i am)

7. Culture nite is next tuesday!! Can't wait to dance, even thou it is just a small part. Dance is my LIFE!

8. Ate Geylang Beef Hor Fun for supper for the first time.... and boy oh boy did it rock my socks off.

So that's it for now.... pretty boring i know. More interesting things to come come Jan 07!!

Thursday, October 19, 2006

It was a damn fun/horrible night...

Oh man i have no idea how to start this post. Basically my whole body is aching all over due to some intense clubbing session at zouk last nite. It was the funnest clubbing i've ever had cos my girl frens and 2 other older guys (whom i met thru one of my girl frens for the first time last nite) paid for drinks and i was basically drinking like a fish... i was jumping around like a insane maniac and i remember i hit some other guy and he diao me on the dance floor. Oh man. But damn was it fun.....

right till the point when i reached hall when i received news that one of the guy, Chris, who was sending some of the girls back, was stopped at a police roadblock.... and horror of all horrors, failed the breathalyser test. He was detained by the police while my girl fren had to call her boyfriend in the middle of the nite to send the strand-ees home. In the end Chris was charged and have to appear in court and may be fined up to 5000bucks... or worse, jailed if convicted....

I was so perturbed by this news that i cant sleep...... i woke up twice, i on-ed my laptop twice and tried talking to some of my frens thru MSN.... and the irony is, no one in Singapore wanted to talk to me even after a desperate plea thru my msn nick (FUCK!! I NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TOOOOOOOO!!!) ya. and the first person who came to console me was a fren in California.... i went to dining hall to find step and yunn and weijie to talk. damn terrible. But i am thankful for them when i needed to vent my frustration.... this was the stupiest nite EVER.

Saturday, October 14, 2006

FLY ME TO LYON NOW!



See how spastic i look? That's my impersonation of a mad traffic engineer taking traffic readings... farnie rt?? damn retarded la this lab. (hmm i had no idea my finger was sticking out like that...)

Anyway... guess what? I GOT MY ACCEPTANCE LETTER!!! i am so flying away from here is january!! But the nightmare's only just begun.... now i got to source for the cheapest flight to Lyon... and a quick call to Austrian Air (highly recommended by Siwei and only $1170) reveals that 1st week of Jan flights are FULLY booked... no way you say? WAY!! like wat the efff right? Singaporeans too freakin rich!! So now i am a bit worried since the next best alternative is to fly on the 31st dec and arrive on New Year's Day itself to make it in time for my language course on the 8th.... but then, what the hell would be open on NYD???? So screwed up.

And i got to find out abt insurance, i got to do my visa, i got to translate my birth cert in french (no, seriously), i got to proof that i have at lease 500 odd euros in my bank account, i got to find out if i seriously need to open a bank acct since i will only be there 6months... and also internet and sim card.... HELP!!! So many things to do.

I just need to tell myself i need to get out of this place before i really turn into the freak that is shown above. Seriously.

By the way the 1800-send-cc-to-france hotline is still open and will only close next july. do contribute generously!!

Sunday, October 08, 2006

UPDATE!!! (part sept)

1. Yes i do apologise to for not writing more in french... there is now a grand total of 2 posts in french despite my promise to write more often... You see, it takes me 1 hour at least to come up with a decent post in french... and time is not a luxury i can afford right now.

2. Speaking of all things French-y.... Why oh why are the pple at INSA Lyon taking such a farking long time to process my application?? I know they have it already and they have been "reviewing" my application since last Wednesday. Like, i mean, i don't have Mohammed as part of my name (no offence), nor do i look stupid on paper (3.6 is not very stupid wat).... so why the hell are they taking so long!!! Sundeep already has his confirmation and i freaking handed in mine earlier!

3. And damn that IRO for not emailing me the results of the Sep award. It has been freakn 3 weeks since Sept 20th!! Do those pple actually work??? XIAOWEN!!! Tell me what are the iro pple doing?? Did i not get it?

4. I do apologise for all the caps.... i am not shouting... just frustrated.

5. i hate it when personal and business matters gets mixed up. I should be more firm when i do things.

6. And i hate it that i am the only one who is mildly interested in getting the interviews done for my projects. Like seriously... only one.

7. The NUS network is seriously majorly screwing my ass up. What the hell is wrong with the freaking connection!!!! Effffffed up man.

8. I hate it that i sound so angsty. where is the cute ol' me???

9. You know what?

10. CALL

11. ME

12. GOD

13. "CALL ME GODDDDDDDDDDDD!!!"

Monday, October 02, 2006

Alma Mater

Went back to Dunman 2 days back with 8 other frens to take a last look at the old campus, take some photos, before it gets demolished to make way for a brand spanking new school equipped with rooftop tennis courts, olympic size track and what nots. Being back at DHS brings back tonnes of happy/sad memories... Has it really been 10 years?

i still remember the 1st day of school, i had my usual anxiety attack and had to go toilet to take a dump before assembly... yes. so typical.

i remember wanting to quit scouts soooo much cos the seniors treated us literally like crap, but ended up being a Rover scout till now (albeit a very inactive one)...

i remember being the one to raise the school flag during assembly every Wednesday (i think) and have the fear of overtaking the Singapore flag and kena scolded by the teachers...

i remember Leon Lai coming to our school for some NKF thingy and basically causing a frenzy in the school.

i remember abiding to ridiculous school rules like sporting a gaudy and 80s side parting and no cross bra straps for girls....

speaking of bras, i remember pulling my frens bra strap and piak-ing her back... my first and last attempt at such an indecent behaviour.

i remember being best friends with chen bonan in sec 1 and 2, falling out with him during sec 3 and 4, and making up just in time before we graduate

yes... such innocence. i miss those days.... those were the best 4 years of my life. seriously.







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Thursday, September 28, 2006

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Havent really been updating this blog for a while now. Apologies to all loyal readers. No time eh. 5 projects is simply no joke. hmm. what's new on my side.... sent 3 friends off to UK and Germany the pst couple of days... wish its gonna be my turn soon. i need to get out of NUS and be away from all these unhappy things for a while. Be alone. That's what i do best.

My bowel movement has been especially erratic these days as well.... i feel like taking a dump all the time, but somehow only puny pieces of crap comes out. And i feel bloated. (note to self: eat more bananas)

And i realised that it is very difficult to live with my bitch when i see him everyday single minute of my life in hall. i see him every morning i wake up, i take 5 out of 6 modules with him, i eat together with him, he is the last person i see when i sleep... and somehow, i am getting sick of seeing him. And yet i cant live without him.... as in, yeah. Cosmic forces like to play wierd shit one people sometimes. And the fact that i always quarrel with him during project meetings doesnt help at all.

Jumped into the pool today wearing only my shorts and underwear... completely retarded i know. But someone was drowning you see. yes. instant good karma points (kaching!) after all the psychotic bad things i have done thus far. Actually i was contemplating not jumping in cos

1. the drown-ee was like in lane 1
2. I didnt bring extra pair of undies
3. i didnt feel like getting wet... tat time of the month, ya know?

But that bitch of mine pushed me in... so i guess i didnt really have a choice eh. In the end i had to go back underwear-less (eek) and zip up my pants with uber care if i didnt wanna rip my ball sac in two and have a Ben Stiller moment in There's Something about Mary.

Yeah. That's whats happening in life. Cant wait for what's gonna happen tomorrow. Peace out y'all

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Confessions of a Poor Boy (Les Confession d’un Garçon Pauvre)

Il y a longtemps.... mais je suis occupé.

Hier soir, Jingpeng, Chazz et moi sont allés à Paulaner Brauhaus German pour le dîner parce que Jingpeng ira à Bath, Grande-Bretagne pour une semestre d’échange. Nous avons mangé comme les cochons… au-dessous est l’addition pour notre petit soirée:

Le Poulet Cordon Bleu $24.50
La Jambe L‘agneau $29
Le Plat de la Saucisse $24
Margarita $16.50
Verre du Vin Blanc (Shiraz) $11
Verre du Vin Rouge (Riesling) $11
Verre de la Bière $14.50
Verre de Hefe-Weibbier $13.50

Total $167.83 (GST compris)

Maintenant, ma poche est vide et je ne obtiens pas le bourse de NUS SEP... très triste. Je pense que j’ai vendre mes fesses afin de pouvoir acheter mon billet á Lyon. Vous voulez mes fesses? Ce n’est pas cher. $50 par heure…. Argent rendre garantir!


It has been a long time, but i am busy.

Last night, Jingpeng, Chazz and me went to Paulaner Brauhaus German for dinner because Jingpeng will be going to Bath, Great Britain for a semester of exchange. We ate like pigs… below is the bill for our little party:

Chickent Cordon Bleu $24
Lamb Shank $29
Sausage Sampler $24
Margarita $16.50
White Wine (Shiraz) $11
Red Wine (Riesling) $11
Dark Malt Beer $14.50
Hefe-Weibbier $13.50

Total $167.83 (including GST)

Now, my pocket is empty and I did not get the NUS SEP award. I think I have to sell my backside to be able to buy my ticket to Lyon. You want to buy my backside? It is not expensive. $50 per hour. … Money back guarantee!!

Saturday, September 16, 2006

Drawings of a Warped up child...

People say a child's drawing can say a lot about how he of she is felt at that particular time.... so HORRORS of HORRORS, imagine how shocked for words i was when my mum showed me pictures that she dug out from some old stuff i drew, back when i was in nursery.... goodness. notice the ridiculous abundance of hearts... heart shaped apples, heart shaped beings.... rabbits.... female rabbits. WHAT THE EFFFFF??

OH.MY.WORD. I dun think it takes a rocket scientist to decipher what a deprived child i was.... in need of lurrrrve and attention.... and that pretty much explains why i grew up to be such a warped up, twisted, attention seeking and psychotic individual.

but this, ladies and gentlemen, is proof of what a talented young boy i was/am. NINJA TURTLESSS!! Woot! NICE RIGHT?? i am so impressed with myself i think i am about to tear. I dunno what drawing turtles mean but dang... i may be a this close to seeing a shrink but This, is a work of genius.

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Wh-arts this thing about having an arts face?

Someone: eh Cheong Chye, are you from arts?

Me: oh.my.god.... not again. NoooOO i am not from artsssss. i am from engineeee!!

Someone: Huh? You got arts face eh.... you dun look like engineer.

For probably the, oh, say 143rd time, someone asked me if i was in arts fac. Please, for the love of god, let me get this straight once and for all.... just because i take some effort in coordinating my wardrobe, wear funky specs, dun exactly look very smart (hehe, offending hell a lot of pple now), and dun fit into the stereotype of the berms-cum-tshirt-cum-trail slippers, doesn't mean i am from arts fac. i am a true blue engine student who is totally in love with solving trigonometric equations, drawing free body diagrams and playing with soil.

No seriously. i hate doing all those things... who am i kidding.... which makes me wonder... exactly why aren't i in arts in the first place. ta ma de.

sigh anw.... things havent been going well these few days.... flung my first transport quiz... that much further from my 2nd upper. personal life not very good also... hiyah. maybe because my ruling planet Pluto has recently been banished into solar system hell. maybe.... damn u astrologers!!

Monday, September 11, 2006

Yoga Spear... Yoga Teleport... YOGA FLAME!!!

Dhalsim has the power to suspend himself in midair, stretch his extremities in ways beyond the average human, read minds, and sense evil, the latter abilities he uses to locate the sinister M. Bison, and doing his part to aid those who can destroy the villain. He retired from fighting after the second World Warrior tournament, and continued to roam the world helping those in need.

Yeap, that's who i am supposed to be for D&D this year.... and god knows what other extremities i can stretch beyond the average human.... hahaha. COOL RIGHT? haha actually i think i looked more like one of the Shaolin 18 Golden Monks.... oh but everyone said i rocked, so i guess it wasn't that bad. And for a super last minute job, i think my table did fantastically well!! We looked cohesive as a table and we were perhaps the most colourful of the lot! Kudos to the blk for the amazing cosplay and wat not.

Blocking Cammy's attack.... WOOT!


Dhalsim vs Akuma..... Round 1.... FIGHT!!


Morrigan the slut.... hahaha


STREET FIGHTERSssss!


Lord of the Rings.... with a very flop Aragon


Flintstones


the villians


B Blk Cosplay!! Woot!

Sunday, September 03, 2006

Lip service

Since i am no longer taking any french modules, and since i am going to France for SEP, i have decided to practice my french, on a weekly basis, or whenever i feel like it. And what better way to kill my brain cells than to write!! In FRENCH!! All my French amis, help me correct any mistake eh, s’il vous plaît?? (Disclaimer: Portions of the text you are about to read have been altered to achieve comic effect) Here goes:

Ma lèvre est blessée pendant un jeu de frisbee. La blessure est très dégoûtante parce qu'il y a du pus. C’est absolument douloureux et mes amis pensent j’ai le STD…. mais NON!!! Je suis un puceau!! Je n’ai pas les rapports avant… Je suis un bon garçon. Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir? Non? Je ne le pense pas aussi.

which basically translates to:

My lip is injured during a game of frisbee. It is very disgusting because there is pus. It is absolutely painful and my friends think i have STD.... But NO!!! I am a virgin!! I have never had sex before....i am a good boy. You want to sleep with me tonight? No? Didn't think so too.

funny right??? I think it's damn farnie!! Kenneth, xiaowen, Ah Ding, please help me correct k? Merci beaucoup!!

Friday, September 01, 2006

Seriously.... need to be so stressed anot?

Just finished day 1 of dance audtions and i must say the turnout was INCREDIBLE... almost 50 pple flooded the dance room! Happy to see familiar faces from rag and my block!!

What was shocking thou was how stressed most of them were.... to some of them, getting into dance is like do or die. While i admire their passion, i do think there is something wrong somewhere, when one gets so stressed to the point where one has to walk out of the dance room halfway thru the auditions (trying very very hard not to be name names). I mean... need to be so stressed or not? Take a chill pill people!! Dance is supposed to be fun wat, not like its exams or wat.... when i auditioned 2 years back, i was really having a great time... dunno la. haha

I was just thinking, if i wasnt going for SEP, would i be running for Dance Comm.... but in the end, i decided that i better not. After attempting to cultivate some leadership potential in me during my term as Blk comm back in year 1, i finally realised that i suck at leading people. I hate leading and i am really really bad at it. Dance IS my passion, but i just dun wan it to self destruct under my leadership, or lack thereof. I would kill myself if it ever happens... so i better not take the chance eh? Sometimes wanting just aint enuff eh? Maybe when i come back in year 4 la.... but then again, maybe not.

On a totally unrelated note, i have a disfigured lip. No, i did not get it from intense french kissing and love making. Althou i hope that was the case. Yes, that's dried blood you are seeing, not food stain. No, it doesnt hurt.... its just swollen. And yes, i did indeed get it from playing frisbee. Someone bumped into me. Argh. So much for wanting to be active eh? ta ma de. NO MORE FRISBEE MAN.

Sunday, August 27, 2006

UPDATE!! (part cinq)

Here's a 30sec update on the current state of thangsss (just because i REFUSE to start work)

1. I am officially a freelance dancer/performer!! Performed at the army half marathon this morning and it was by far the most retarded/wierdest performance ever. We were introduced as NUS Blast and there were pple moving on the stage when we were performing. Not to mention the heavy drizzle. But for 70 bucks, BRING ON THE RAIN I SAY!!

2. Sent in my application for another SEP scholarship... crossing my fingers now. Hopefully it works out this time darn it. i need the friggin' money

3. Work so far has been... sorta alright. This is the first time i have so many readings. Now up to a thickness of about 6cm. and thats exlcuding notes and textbook. like... wat the afff.

4. Totally not enjoying the heat...

5. I hate that i can't sleep at nite anymore. i used to be the master of sleeping. I guess the Zmonster just decided not to be my fren.

6. It's good to have frens who are working. Cause it means you get free lunches and desserts that are TO-DIE-FOR whenever they get a promotion! WOOT!!

7. Procrastination is a bad habit which i must try to overcome.... right about.... now.

CIAO ya PEEPS!!

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Saturday, August 19, 2006

ONCE MORE... WITH FEELING!!

OK. So, being the winner of 7 or 8 awards during last saturday's Rag day, we were kena arrowed by NUSSU to perform the entire rag presentation at Plaza Singapura this afternoon. And truth be told, most of us had the "oh man... been there done that" feeling. As a senior i was really up for it but i do feel bad for the freshies... like first day into FWOC gong gong audition for rag dance den had to endure so much shit stuff.... but hopefully all of them had a really good time la.... Like i said its a once in a lifetime experience.

After the final performance ended... as i saw my fellow rag dancers taking photos with one another, with the train or even random pple from the crowd... and i see their smiling faces, i guess it was all worth it la. And i cant help but feel really nostlagic about the whole thing.... Call me an emotional being but it was all good man... the endless nights practising the dance... countless hours of waiting for something to happen. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat. This is wat i love to do and if KR wants me back after i come back from SEP next year, RAG DANCE 07/08 HERE I COME!! No shit.

Before i leave you with a few more photos of the float at PS today (stolen from a certain Mr Han's blog), just wanna give a special shoutout to JP and Weijie for the amazing choreo and believing in me... my dear aristocrats for the wondeful time, new frens that i made along the way (the punks and the mechanics) and lastly to Emily for being a supportive partner. Peace out y'all.



Tuesday, August 15, 2006

The day the KRONOS rocked da house!!

Dear loyal readers, if you think the reason why i haven been updating my blog is because i have been slacking somewhere, you are SO wrong. I have been busting my ass (and knees) practising rag dance for possibly the 100th time and making costumes well into the wee hours for the past 2 weeks... and let me tell you, it was ALL WORTH IT. KR won 7 awards, including Best Float and Best Float Presentation... and not forgeting the Chancellor Shield.... the Kronos rocked Rag Day indeed. Words cannot describe how i felt... it was simply euphoric.

Made a lot of new frens along the way, especially freshies... and it made me feel that its ok to miss out in orientation cause i got to know them in another way... and we sort of formed our little OG every nite as well, practising and talking cock while waiting to dance. To me this is more meaningful than FWOC.

People say success is not a destination, merely a journey. But hey, i got both the journey AND the destination so i guess i'm twice as blessed. People ask me why i do this year after year, why i even bother to to do rag dance when it takes away 1/3 of my holidays... All i can say is its my passion, i love to perform and going through this process with so many good friends made it even more enjoyable and worth it... no matter the end result.

Kudos to the entire rag dance team, the raggers and flaggers for this ULTIMATE experience of a lifetime. What a way to kick off the start of a new academic year. Here is the link for the video and some photos of rag day... (i wud have posted more photos but somehow blogspot always try to screw me up by not allowing to do that. Someone tell me why)

Feel the KRONOS...

http://web.rp.sg/lin_tze_ing/rag_photo_gallery.htm












Tuesday, July 25, 2006

I cannot stand old people

Old people who dunno how to operate SAM machine should seriously stop trying to be smart and attempt to use them. Seriously. After a hard day's work of dancing... all i wanna do is pay my bills and eat dnner.... but NOOOOOO.... those old farts just decided to show up all at the same time and waste my bloody time...

So anw i started yawning like a hippo after for waiting an uncle pay 6(!!) bills... and the auntie in front of me started telling me "you know ah last time when i pay 2 bills the people behind me start scolding me already ah!"... when all i wanted to reply was "seriously i dun need to know your whole family history.... and stop talking to me"

5 freakin minutes later, that same auntie fumbled with the buttons... when the machine asked whether she wants to pay another bill, she pressed "yes" when in fact thats all she had, and when she was supposed to press savings acct, she pressed current. i mean seriously, how stupid can a person get.

In the end the SAM machine hung.... IT HUNG!! thanks a lot auntie.... next time ask ur children to pay bills for u.... if not there is this system that was invented ten thousand years ago to help u with billing problems... its called GI-farking-RO.

Friday, July 21, 2006

The Man of Steel RETURNS!!


Superman Returns!! And he is bigger than ever!! Woot! While the world is currently hooked onto Captain Jack Sparrow, i finally found time to catch SR... and boy, was i blown away. I never really considered myself a Superman fan...till now. 11 years in the making, this movie truly depicts what Superman represents... justice, truth and above all things, courage... and don't we need a little of that once in a while? hehe. Go catch the movie if you havent... i was a skeptic too at first (seriously, how exciting can a man in red tights get), but now i am a true convert. Peace out y'all!

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Update!! (part quatre)

1. Horrified that the holidays are coming to an end real soon... i CANNOT believe i actually managed to survive the 3 month break doing nothing particularly constructive to society or my personal well-being. i didnt work, i didnt revise, i watched a whole lotta tv and that's basically it.

2. Speaking of tv, i have 7 seasons of Will & Grace waiting for me.... which pretty much explains point number 1. It's all about pacing man...

3. Dancing 5 days a week now. I am a dance whore.

4. Friends are gradually leaving Singapore for greener pastures overseas for SEP and NOC. Leaving for Korea, US... and den France, Switzerland and UK. Which makes me kinda excited about my SEP, but worried all the same.... because i still havent sent in my application which has been lying on my desk since the start of the hols.... (seriously you say? Seriously... argh!)

5. i am a lean mean (sex) machine called the Procrastinator

6. Did i mention i got silver for ippt? hehe brag a little eh... below are the results

Situps: 40
SBJ: 234cm
Chinup: 9
Shuttle Run: 9.5s
2.4km run: 11:11mins

which makes me... 200bucks richer!! Holla!!

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Those were the days...

Let's play a game of Spot me!

Sometimes when i tell my frens i still have primary school gatherings, their response would normally go along the the lines of "You must be joking.... dun you have a life?" Erm no, i am not joking, and yes, i have a life....

So anyway, after a hiatus of 2 years, the 6B1 gathering is back with a vengeance and bigger than ever!! 21 pple came! haha super happy!!

At the BBQ pit

Its good to know that everyone is going places and surviving well... we have a doctor in making, scholars, market analyst, engineers, auditor, psycologist, journalist, air force sign-on and someone who works for Nestle.

I miss the old campus at the quaint Parry neigbourhood, which was tucked away in a quiet corner... Truth be told, if i were to rank the different periods of my life so far, i would have to say my 6 years is Rosyth is a close 2nd, after Dunman High. Primary school was a time when we had no worries... when things were so much simpler and innocent. Constantly irritating the shit outta each other and catching grasshoppers at the field.

Some highlights of my life in Rosyth:

1. Harold was probably my first friend in p1, cos i had to borrow colour pencil from him the first day of school

2. I used to have 10 wives back in p3... i guess sometimes 1 just isnt enuff

3. Being part the all-star (yes, not shy) 4x100m team for Cheetah house with Zhiren, Harold and Daniel. GO TEAM!

4. Stealing a prefect's tie from Zhiren, because i lost mine.... and i almost lost him as a best fren because of this. (ohmygawd SHOCKER!!! yes...i panicked. i was 11. gimme a break) I've said this before but i will say it again. if you are reading this Zhiren, I AM SORRY and i deserved to be stoned for this heinous act of cowardice

5. One sunny morning in p5, a conversation between Mrs Grosse and Ms Githa, both in charge of prefects, and i went something like this:

Mrs Grosse: Cheong Chye, we have received some complaints about you recently.

Ms Githa: We've heard that you have been using the word "bitch" on other people. Do you know what the word "bitch" meeeeeans?

Me: Erm... a female dog? (with one eyebrow raised)

Such sarcasm at a young age.... tsk tsk. Seriously, what was i supposed to say. I was promptly sacked from the prefectorial board the next year.

6. Singing backup with weifeng for Hamdan the Diva for talentime. Singing Madonna no less. That, was like, major social suicide...

7. Traumatising my p1 buddy when i was in p6. i made the poor boy cry because he didnt know how to count money to buy food at the canteen. hope i didnt cause him any emotional distress.

8. Learning to name different parts of the male genitalia with Zhiren and Weifeng while doing science project... haha good times man, good times. (2nd best water filter!!! woohooo. the winning team used quartz. Like, who the hell knew quartz existed in p6??)

Class photo part deux at Mdm Azlina's house

Memories are flooding my brains now and they are all bittersweet.... ahhh nostlagic... Those were the days.

Monday, July 10, 2006

Beijing BOUND... and BACK!!

My family at Yihe Park

Me and sis at the 17 Arch bridge


Me and dad at Tiantan Park

YAY!! i climbed the Great Wall!! i am a hao3 han4!


Tiananmen is one freaking huge ass place!


Apparently eunuchs and maids come to one of these long corridors to rendezvous...


At the ruins of Yuanming Park


At the summit of Beihai Park

Surprisingly, Beijing wasnt as bad i i thought it would be... if you can look past the really bad pollution, the traffic congestion and the spitting, it's actually quite a livable city.... Contrary to popular belief, their toilets are actually quite clean.... in fact most are actually cleaner than ours! Quelle horreur! Thou i must say the whole idea of throwing soiled toilet paper into baskets rather than the towel bowl is something that i really CANNOT fathom.... apparently their sewage system isnt really that good so toilet paper chokes up the toilet (?!)

Everything there is dirt cheap.... one oyster costs 3rmb ($0.60) and one scallop costs 8rmb ($1.60) so we practically lived like kings and queens there.... but the cost of living in Beijing is actually steeper than that in Sinagpore.... their taxi flat rate is 10rmb and jumped 2rmb everytime.... and considering a normal waitress earns 600rmb a month, i really dunno wat Singaporeans are complaning about here....

Visited almost all the parks there... the emperors really have too much time, building so many gargantuan parks... i pity the sedan carriers... seriously.

So anyway, Beijing is really quite a worthwhile place to go if you are on a tight budget. Cheap Cheap!!