ok so the dimsum buffet wasn't as good as expected. sorry yewboon but still thanks for your recommendation. the 4 of us ate until we felt so disgusted with the 蜂巢荔芋角 thingy. so oily and URGH. nvm the thought of me just made me lost my appetite for breakfast.
then chiajin introduced us to this place called gamehaven. for more details click HERE. it's a pretty cool place for gaming and lan, and of course there's console for wii, xbox360 and ps! after dimsum we spent the entire afternoon sweating it out playing rayman's raving rabbids. loved the game.. so brainless and funny. and sometimes tiring but it's great to see everyone screaming and all.
we went back to settle our OG stuffs yesterday - painting our flag, filming our video and making our id tag. everything's settled! that means we dont have to make a 2nd trip back to school :D and i think our flag looks really nice, really proud of it.
1 x sakae sushi buffet ytd night from 7.30pm to 10pm. ate till we dropped, couldn't walk properly. didnt feel like eating much for the entire day today.
gonna cheong yet another 1 x dimsum buffet tmr afternoon! CAN'T WAIT!! BUFFET BUFFET HERE I COME
prep camp from wed to fri. hope everything goes well and everyone goes back from camp healthy!
cycling ytd was not bad. it rained before and after cycling but not during itself so i managed to get my required dosage of sunrays. the bicycle seat was horrible and i am still having buttaches now argh. glad to see that the turnout was good, i wonder when will it be the next time that i am able to see so many pple together again :(
durian fest on saturday WOOT, and followed by a less sinful sakae meal on sunday yay!
it was an impromptu decision to send agnes off to swiss, and in the end we were still at the airport at 2am -.- i slept at 3am and i dunno why i am wide awake at 8am. i must have caught the jeslin virus argh.
badminton later! hope i can find my racket and shuttlecocks. and i have so many kdrama episodes to backlog AGRH!
Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ do you know what's worth fighting for?
apart for the last part which gave me a headache and made me wonder when the movie's about to end (note: it's over 2 hrs long), this show's worth a watch! the moment where optimus prime transformed we just went WOAH! and of course.. bumblebee is so cute as usual hah!
and hannah montana yesterday. yup not bad a movie if not for the poor quality online :( gonna download her songs soon. DO THE HOEDOWN!
this week has been fabulous! let's start from monday:
monday - senior's gathering at chevrons.
it was supposed to be a super fun event, but the weather killed it all. we couldnt play any of the games organised by the committee, in the end we had to settle for icebreaking games that were played within the house. luckily the weather turned better for the bbq. i have decided that i do not eat much during bbq.. i tend to spend most of my time cooking! haha. and the now that the house name has been decided.. it's time to think of cheers! gogo X MEN!
finally had a group photo after so long! but not everyone's here .. :(
tuesday - RE temp staff outing
the few of us (chiajin hannah amanda zinc and me) went to the 10 dollar club ktv to k for the night. thanks to seniors gathering i had no voice on tuesday already. nevertheless it was great to meet up once again. that ktv place is good for k-ing. cheap and freeflow of drinks! (: (and of course the free shark's fin hahahah) we sang until 12 and managed to reach home thanks to jude's car!
wednesday - IPPT
great chance to earn money when i needed it the most! i made full use of the opportunity and went all out with chiajin and his friends. my static stations were all ok (except for sit up, where i began to feel the ache just after 20+ sit ups).. the main problem was my running.. i deproved from 9.44 (the last time i ran in unit) to 11.19! OMG i really need to start training up again. this is not good... i feel so unfit. but at least i cleared my window and got my money. =D
friday - job hunting, angels and demons
i received a msg from my ex-colleague who's currently working at hangten HR. he needed some manpower for some events and i dragged emily and cheryl down to the main office for interview. so i accepted the job and decided not to go for the surveyor one. i think that this job's gonna be hard and risky and all. the pay ain't gonna be that lucrative, but i think the most important thing now is to gain more working experience which will definitely be of help in the future and when i step out of school and enter the working force.
after departing from hangten warehouse i went down to novena to meet my other ex-colleagues for lunch at ah mei's cafe. it has been a year since we saw one another; it was good to see that everyone's fine and all, and it felt like we only didnt see each other for quite a while.. since everyone still remains the same and all. it was a great lunch.. we talked alot alot of things.. something like HTHTing haha.
then i went down to dhoby to meet the OG for angels and demons. it was supposed to be at 6, i reached before 5, so what i tried to complete the book before watching the movie.. 1 hr for 300 odd pages. obviously i failed. anyway the movie sucked.. it deviated alot from the plot, just like davinci, and in this movie some of the characters are differente. i shant be a spoiler here but.. if you read the book, be prepared to see something different from what you expect from the book. if you havent read the book, then prepared to see alot of choppy scenes. i suppose the effect will be better if angels and demons were made into some 5 episode drama or something.
saturday
what a long day it was. went down to karen's house to have fun.. Guitar Hero and mahjong! guitar hero was funnnnnnnnnnnnnnn but i only heard like 2 or 3 songs before. i have decided that if i had the money i would buy a guitar hero set at home too. mahjong's ok.. but the luck isnt there. everytime it's that nearly win one but then.. sigh.
then went down to kellyn's birthday party.. it was ok. understandable that she couldnt keep mingling with everyone of us. that's why i didnt bother to hold my 21st party back then. the place is so ulu.. NSRCC.. which posed a problem for the 3 of us (leonard me jaime) when we left the place and headed home.
will elaborate more on our expedition the next time! i am tired.. feel like sleeping again!
in my opinion this was much better than last year, at least nothing emo or dramatic happened and the concert went on smoothly until the end.
of course there are some obvious problems that can be heard in the orchestra.. like the leaking sound when the 口笛 was played during 飞天 and the 木鱼 that sounded like some dunno what thing. but overall it was not bad. and of course, me and zhiyong were reminiscing the good old memories of playing 飞天. speaking of which, we have played this song like N times since our chinese high days.. at least for 2 concerts bah. and we decided that a player is unable to play the same song for too many times. otherwise we will become numb to the song and will be unable to inject our 感觉 into the songs. ha!
the highlight of the concert was of course 黄河. the pianist is scary. just look at his magic pair of hands, his fingers that make wonders. and the closeup of his hands just made the audience go WOOAHHHHHHHHH. i think that was the only time where the visual effects were made to good use. for the other songs, i think the video had totally no link to the songs and in fact these videos distracted us from enjoying the pieces :( ok back to 黄河. the pianist simply overshadowed the entire orchestra. so much so that when he stopped playing (during a couple of parts in the song), one can actually realise the sudden drop in strength and depth of the song. haha.
this concert was also a chance for a few of us to catch up. saw some of our juniors, like bong, wenxi, shouhao, samuel, zhiguang and co. and also those who were performing, like enoch, jaime, sinhwee, chris, qiquan, and songsim. and of course some of the 老人 gang, like me, zhiyong, tsin li, karin, nat, kaixian and hoohoo (who was helping with stage). it felt like it was good old times back again in sec school and JC, immersing ourselves in the melodious songs. sweet memories.
我总算遇到了我的心结。 我希望我已克服了这个心结。 perhaps NUSCO is a probably next sem after overcoming this major obstacle? i dont know.
the next time i go ubin, it will not be in singlets and fbts. i have a great itch thanks to all the mozzies who patronized my skin -_- and sadly my tan is gone! sad.
recess week seemed much shorter this sem as compared to the previous. as usual, so many things to study, so little time. and i keep ending up in facebook playing geo challenge, trying to emerge triumphant but to no avail :( 2 tests next week.. econs and physical. save me. there seemed to be rumours that there's lsm midterms. can someone pls enlighten me? i cant seem to find the dates on ivle. and i havent touched my lsm cause i thought there would be no tests!
ubin trip was fun and a well-taken break from all the mugging for midterms. i am glad that the weather managed to work out fine with us for most of the day.. until late in the evening where it started to downpour badly. but it's okay cause we have covered quite a distance. and dinner was great, though a little expensive.
today's mock games day's not bad. though the turnout was not as high as expected but i am glad to see that our comm members had their fair share of fun while playing the 5 games. looking forward to the actual event and hope that it'll be a great success.
i think everything's so good so far, till last night where i received my saf100. good game. back to the great old times of smelling grease, dust and dirt again.
valentine's day marks the end of a hectic week. i am just glad that this week is over.. it has been hell. 2 labs (no reports luckily), 1 test, and report from previous week. have been sleeping past 2 these few days.. madness.
caught the curious case of benjamin button today. nice movie.. worth my money. just that it was so long (and i still think that the typhoon isnt really linked to the movie but anyway) and my bladder was full like after the 1st hour passed. so the feeling wasnt very good. but yup! good movie, good company.. sad, touching, woots!
i realised i havent been observing recently. must be the combination of the same old boring routine and my heavy workload. alot of things have changed. new buildings erected, schools demolished (yes my primary school is gone), old shops in shopping centres closed down, new shops up, and many more.
and people. yes.. people. people change, it's just whether you realised or not.
Sunday, February 08, 2009 @ it's one of those quizzes again..
note: i am damn lazy to tag people on facebook so i am doing this quiz here..
USING ONLY ONE WORD! It's not as easy as you might think! Copy and change the answers to suit you and pass it on. It's really hard to only use one word answers. Be sure to tag the person you received it from!
and well whether it is a success or not i am simply happy and relieved that 's 1st event is finally over! in fact this event went pretty much smoothly with little hiccups (except perhaps at the beginning and at the end where there was quite a lot of questions asked during the QnA session). at least 1 major event down, 5 more to go before we step down! =)
it's the 2nd day of chinese new year. nothing much i guess, basically the same as previous years. except that once you hit the big 21, the adults consider you as an adult, and then you start to engage in adult activities. that's not very bad i think, considering that i get to hear more gossips pertaining to my family. today i had like 2 hrs of story-listening session at my 大姑's house. apparently the ramblings have not ended. will probably listen to it with my cousins again next year. and i guess by that time there will be even more stories to hear.. haha!
school's starting tmr. and i feel like typing "it's times like this that i totally regret putting a free day and squeezing my 6 mods into the other 4 days. " all over again. OH I JUST DID. DAMN! i wonder why do i have to keep going back to school when it's my free day. sighs.
I have somehow managed to make my end-of-year post the 299th one. How apt it is. Then I can celebrate 2009 with my 300th post for this blog! Hur hur.
In retrospect, 2008 seems to be easily summarised by one word: 乱. Be it in the social, economic or political aspects, this year is simply nothing but a mess. I doubt there is need to elaborate more; we can simply summarise the events that happened as "3F crisis": food, fuel and financial. To add on, we should not forget all the disasters that happened: cyclone in Myanmar, earthquake in Sichuan (the same time that Chelsea lost to Man Utd in Champions League), and so on. Not that there isn’t really anything good to remember this year, such as the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and the 2 cheena pandas that went to Muzha zoo in Taiwan (and I am cursing as I am typing this, because these 2 pandas should have moved to Taiwan 1 year ago so that I could have visited them during my ORD trip blahblah) and I got my GST offset package and all. But after thinking for so long, these are the few things that are worth mentioning about, unless you guys can enlighten me further. So I can simply say that this year is basically a pretty bad one and may 2009 be a better year. I mean it.
Sidetrack: during yesterday’s meet-up session, wong mentioned that it felt as though we just ORD not long ago. Time flies; it has certainly been a while (over a year in fact) since we stepped out of camp with our pink IC. Post-NS life has been nothing but work for me. I was exposed to 2 companies during my 6-month holiday, each being pretty renowned in its own area. Come to think of it, although time passed by very quickly, it seemed as though it was forever when I was working. I have decided that working life sucks and it felt really good when I ended work at June, although I would say that during these 6 months, I really learnt a lot of soft-skills that I probably wouldn’t have learnt elsewhere. And getting exposed to those office-politics probably wasn’t a totally bad thing, it just reminds you that one always have to be careful and tactful whenever something is done, so as not to offend the other party. I am glad that I have remembered this by heart and even during my university life now, I am applying what I have learnt while I was working as a temp staff.
Working in Recruit Express was no doubt an experience for me. Having able to work in a competitive and fast-paced environment, I was glad to be able to survive for the 3 months that I was there. The staffs are nice and friendly, and I am grateful towards my mentor Liz, who was there to assist and guide me whenever I met obstacles along the way. In addition, I have made a lot of friends with fellow temp staff and we are still meeting up after every one of us has left the company for our further studies. I am glad that everyone is alive and kicking well. Of course, credits go to my working buddy CJ; it’s really fate that we are able to work together in a corporate world after working together in HQ coy for 1 year plus.
I also gained insight through working in SMRT, though working there was pretty much a chore. Working as a temp staff but covering a perm position was certainly not easy; the amount of stress level was high and having a perm staff as your employee was definitely weird. But I still managed to survive working there for 4 months and I am glad I did as I really learnt what it is like to be a HR executive after going through various recruitment drives and handling post recruitment issues like salary issues, promotion, and resignation and termination cases. I still vaguely remember one incident that some drivers were repatriated on the day that they were terminated due to undesirable behaviour (sorry but I can’t reveal too much, it’s private and confidential). It was just so... dramatic and I could still remember my boss saying “it’s part of the job. You have to be cold-hearted sometimes and be rational.”
School started in August, and between June and then I had 2 orientation camps and I am glad I went for it, cause I made new friends with my OG (quote: zee(: says: you made new friends. XD) MAFIA and CONAN! And lots of other new friends as I joined different sub-committees in Science Club. School has been fun and interesting so far and sometimes stressful and tiring too, especially during labs and projects. But I am not complaining because I feel that I have made the right choice so far by majoring in Chemistry. The December holidays have been great so far, I completed a marathon, caught up with friends, went Malaysia, bought a new phone, highlighted by hair… changes (for the better?) and now that the hols are ending soon, it’s time to recharge and gear up for the coming semester!
Also, this year marked by 21st year in this world. It’s supposed to be a very significant year where you are supposed to have more freedom and such, but for me it’s nothing much I guess. Expect for more burdens ad more responsibilities, and probably higher expectations too especially I am the eldest son of the family and the eldest grandson for my maternal side and now that I am 21 I am expected to be able to do more things blahblah. But it’s ok, I am still handling it well, not that stressful at all. Being 21 means that friends around you turn 21 too, this meant lots of 21st-birthday parties to attend. Apart from parties there were lots of outings and meet up sessions; with my JC classmates, sec 4 classmates, army mates and also my RE temps. Busy busy busy! And I seriously spent A LOT this year as compared to the previous 20 years of my life. This is scary; I ought to spend less next year and start saving money.
This year has been nothing but eventful (good and bad, probably more bad events) but I am glad 2008’s coming to an end. I am gonna say what I am going to say last year, may 2009 be a better year for me, in terms of my work and studies and I also wish for better health for my family and friends.
Happy 2009! (in advance lah, still got 20 odd hours and I am going shopping later! WOO FINALLY)
badminton date with SP on friday. it's like 3456789765434567897654 years ever since i have held a badminton racket (i think). ok to be exact, if i am not wrong it's almost 10 years - the last time i played was when i was in p6. ha! we played in YCK stadium, and out of the 5 courts inside, 4 were occupied by RI students who were having their training. and then me and siokhwa used the last court.
it was total embarrassment and stress during that 2 hours! i couldnt even hold my racket properly and there they were smashing all around the court. i admit i have lost like 80% of my skills during the 10 years but hey! i gained strength, and the badminton net seemed MUCH shorter now and smashing wasnt a problem at all :D and after the 2 hours, i swear my right forearm totally cramped! haha so much for trying to keep fit! :P ended the date with a meal at macs. megamcspicy rocks!
went swimming on sat (finally), didnt manage to go for a swim in rawa due to the erratic weather. in contrast, sat was good. there was sun, and after the swim i got a tan! haha hope the tan lasts, otherwise i need to go and tan myseelf further soon.
and today... i caught 2 movies! ok not exactly movies cus i rented one and watched the other online. stardust was nice, even after rewatching it a year later. and the ending song is so :DDDDDDDDDD then i watched twilight online. although some parts were draggy, i think overall not bad la! now i have to read to book, cus it seems that the book is somewhat different from the movie. i rented 300, but it seemed so... catch-no-ball. wasted my money!
Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ To continue where i got off..
We reached the island at around 10am on monday after boarding the minivan at 5.30. The boat ride was unforgettably choppy and i couldn't stand it at all. I swore my my face turned green by the time the ferry went on shore. Everyone was laughing at me :(
When we stepped onto the jetty, we were greeted with a scenery one would never see in sunny singapore. The beach was a patch of white sand, and the seas were crystal clear. Coconut trees were swaying to the rhythm of the winds and although it was raining, i could feel that it's the perfect getaway i was looking for.. After checking in, we made a short walk around the island. It seemed like the island only belonged to us (and the rawa staffs la).. How cool can that be? Sadly the rain got heavier and we couldn't explore much, so we decided to head back to our houses for a rest.
When the weather turned slightly better, we decided to try on the hammock. There's only one word to explain the feeling: heavenly! Lying on the hammock and swaying to the gentle breezes is definitely an experience never felt before.. I believe everyone still misses lying on the hammock, listening to the gentle rustlings of the waves and enjoying the cool breezes :)
Soon, night came. The food was sumptuous and filling and i totally regretted ordering spaghetti for lunch cause the set meals were fabulous! We ended the night with a short game of tabletennis before heading back to our lodgings for a htht session. The girls managed to htht till 3am, i think i fell asleep after 12 :P
Day 2 was much better than day 1. It didn't rain at all and at some times we could even see the sun! After breakfast the 6 of us went for a short hike around the island. We managed to go up to the highest accessible point (or that's what we think it is). The view from there was majestic..
Everything was perfect, well almost everything. The route up to the top was tiring, going downhill was pretty dangerous and exciting with a certain TEOZHXIN nearly killing me along the way ha.
We stopped for lunch break, and for the 2nd time in this post the food was good and I was very satisfied after every meal. After lunch, we headed to the beach and then the 3 guys went crazy; first we started digging on the sand and the result is an big jacuzzi for us to lie on and enjoy the sun.
Then we got bored and started to do stupid things. Only the guys.
Night came, and after dinner we went back to play a few hours of bridge before knocking off. The night was very cold; air conditioning was not needed yet I could freeze the whole night. I had to resort to getting back my windbreaker which i lent to zhixin hours ago. We did nothing much on third day, just taking photos and more photos and remembering the whole island that sort of belonged to the 6 of us. The journey back home was long and tiring; there was an accident somewhere in the NS highway which caused a 1-hour jam. The feeling of getting stuck in the bus with insufficient ventiliation was nothing but irritating. But eventually we managed to hit back singapore by 4. Home sweet home :)
There are many things that cannot be forgotten during this trip. One of them is of course lying on the hammock, looking at the clear sky and letting your sorrows flow away. I MISS THE HAMMOCK!
i suppose the smiles on our faces describe everything.
tired we were, but we conquered yet another 42.195km. this was the first for me (and probably the last? provided i really go and train for it next year).
the experience was unforgettable and it's really a test of your endurace and patience and how you deal with all the pains on your body. come to think of it. all the runs in army was nothing as compared to this. i am glad that i completed it and i really wanna say thanks to nic and cj! w/o you guys i might not be able to head to the finish line.
now that it's over. i need to rest my legs. my left ankle is bloody swollen and my knee is pretty stiff. i just hope that they will recover in time for my rawa trip!
Thursday, December 04, 2008 @ Liquor then beer, nothing to fear. Beer and then liquor, never sicker.
next time, i should drink liquor first before drinking beer. the other way round, the combo is deadly. i think my bowels cannot take it, i have been going to the toilet ever since i woke up. and my ass is burning hot, think the concortion still remains undigested in my stomach.
other than that, everything was great! havent had such fun in such a long time ever since school started and our lives being revolving around lab reports and projects, although i have to admit that 5 hrs Kbox session is really very very very long. 神木与瞳 is not easy to sing, and 五月天 never fails to perk me up :D
drinking was ok, just that i felt that i didnt drink enough. i wasnt that high yet. but it's ok! the company was great and we talked all the way till around 3 before going home. ivy, get well soon! abstain from oily food for this moment!
in short, everything was wonderful, excpet that it burnt a large hole in my pocket. at this rate i will become a bankrupt by the time this holiday ends. GAR
i changed my blogskin! this time it looks much simpler and sleeker.
it's the 1st day of the hols.. nope i didnt go out. i became a good boy and did housework. and now i am aching all over. my arms are all sore. at least i did something good today. then i can go out and play tmr without regrets.
exams are over. now it's party time, at least for the 2 weeks. then i have to settle down and prepare for school next year. and perhaps get a job after rawa.
talking about changes changes changes. changes to my blogskin, changes to my laptop (gonna store my mod docs in my external harddrive and clear my harddrive. changes to this friday cus we gonna paint the walls. changes to my hair soooN! and i got a new guitar to start the hols. loving it.. thanks peijun!
1st time i touched poker in my life. and hey it's a fun and mind-thinking game. enjoyed my session with the guys and their friends and we played overnight till morning. we downed 1 bottle of johnny walker as well! then we had prata and we went home. reached home at 6 plus and slept till noon. but still cannot get rid of my headache which persisted until now. argh
went expo just now instead of studying (now i am feeling guilty). went for the asia-pac food fair. not bad i shld say, really alot of food.. but i wasnt hungry and i was so tired i didnt have the mood to try every single food! agrh. and at the other end of expo there was the crocs warehouse sale. omg crocs at 10 bucks. this is so freaking cheap lah. but the queue is like how long sia. very long. veryyy longggggggggggggggg (lazy to describe)
ok i shall stop here. my head is still spinning.. mug!
Saturday, November 08, 2008 @ this week is finally over!
thank goodness.
this week has been tiring, hectic and largely sleep-deprived. for one who has been accustomed to sleeping before 11, this week has been hell. since last friday.. i have not slept before 1am! omg. and to think that ytd's stayover in could actually make me have enough sleep (aka sleeping before 12 and waking up at 7 to gimme a full 7 hr sleep)... I WAS SO WRONG! i slept at 2 instead omg and woke up before 7.. i slept less than 5 hrs :(
at least term paper is done! no more math lect! no more chem tut! no more gek and sci of music tut! which means i can effectively come to school on 2pm on tues! and 12pm on friday! haha yay =D
canvassing was ok la. just stood at the area and did nothing much from 10 to 3. but it sure was tiring not having to sit down. after the long day, the few of us gave ourselves a good treat at imperial treasure la mian xiao long bao.
beware.. food glorious food!
oops this wasnt part of the food glorious food thingy, but it looks so funny!
Thursday, October 30, 2008 @ soaking in the halloween spirit
2nd day of halloween celebrations and i am totally loving it!
prep started off last sat. and final preps on tues night.. didnt go home, stayed over to decorate into some horror house. everything ended at around.. 4am? then i went to sleep at 4.30am.
and i woke up at 7.30am the next day to go for chem lect! OMG so cui.. and the new lecturer is very cui too!!! she went very fast and i totally dont understand her accent! after chem lect i had 2 hours of duty, not bad. went to mingle around with the booths before going for nano tut.. where i fell asleep half way.. zzz
i went sch earlier than usual for 2 hrs of welfare duty before going for chem lect. lunch was grapes.. 1 kg of grapes, and 3 slices of jeslin's brownies. not bad not bad but my stomach was feeling weird after that. then i went for lab and i got back all the previous lab reports! I GOT A B+ sob sob :(
after lab went to nua abit in with st and then went to watch the skeleton key in LT 27. i love the show, i was abit scared at times, but i totally love the ending. very out of the norm, very unexpected, very cool!
anyway, is now a horror house! but i think it looks more like a brothel.. everything inside all so red HAHA thanks to my red lights! photos are below!
and it was a night of jay chou and 神木与瞳 for me during the preparation.. i heard jay's latest album like 3 times throughout the night? HAHAHA!
