Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Current trend:

" Young executives earning big money
Hardworking and diligent
Unwind and chillax on Friday / Weekend nights
Willing to spend on good food and drinks
They can also be termed the contemporary Ah Bengs / Ah Lians "
(Ok watsup with this?)

Yes we are hardworking
And we LOVE to unwind and chillax on Fridays
(who doesnt?)
But we don't spend much cuz we don't earn that much
But we love going out to explore the different places
(=

Ah ha. LYJ doesnt like monotony
And he prefers pubbing to clubbing,
good food and great company
The ppl at EM always like to stick like a
bunch of bananas together
With our individual personalities
The banana would look colourful in colour
=p

Life should be full of colours right?
But those colours would come in the form of
many different experiences

" Experiences in life is just like a library owned by the author "





We come to a point in time whereby the mailbox
becomes our good friend once again!
The feeling of receiving a letter always is....SHIOK!
=D

Monday, March 30, 2009

Last week...
Hmmm. This extension period....

Besides working...
I think I learnt quite a lot in life skills
Ricky pull us (me and Chong Yee) for a talk one fine day

Ya. Ppl just have some misconception about some stuff
But after the talk
I realised more about my future prospects as an engineer
Or as a technician for now

And one thing I take away from the talk is that
(throw in some random article I came across ytd
and dinner at Plaza with the XMS bball gang)

" People's mouth grow on their faces
They can choose what they want to eat
They can say what they want

At the end of the day...
If you are good, ppl will support you
If you are not good, you need to work hard

No one is gonna discount your hardwork
No one is gonna shortchange you "

But life's not all nice like a bed of roses
It's tough
It's hard
But I think we just gonna grit our teeth
And pull it through
Without losing ourselves though
(=

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We reap what we sow
With more consistent hardwork
The fruits of labour have finally bear-ed
I got the letter too!
That means I'm invited to the dinner as well!
Ah ha!
Good news and good news nowadays right?
All the hardwork throughout this time
It's finally paying off

Anyone told you GG stands for Golden Graduate?
And did anyone mention SS stands for Sucess Story?

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Its only 3++ months into 2009..
And I have already chalked up 2 major regrets this year
Like WTF can?

1st major major regret
Which until now
Every time I see someone wearing the OCBC jersey reminds me
That I didnt went for the OCBC On Your Bike Singapore Challenge!

Every Sat I see cyclists wearing the OCBC Jersey
Then I would like.....sianified
Whats more hurting is that the company sponsored
a large portion of the registration fee for us
And Henry and gang went for it
Ok. I may not know his friends but at least can still mix around what

Another major point is that if you pay a bit more
The event sponsor is renting out road bikes at the starting point
Which all the more makes me wanna tear my hair out
Like WTF WTF double

Sadded
=/




2nd regret (not so major since I'm not a runner)
The Adidas Sundown Marathon has reached
maximum capacity for registration!!!

ARGH! Like WTF the third time?
I was just browsing through the MH magazine
This month's theme was on running and it featured
some upcoming races around the town

Then I was like curious and go click on the Sundown website
for more information and pictures etc
Cuz it was scheduled to be on the 30th of May
And I thought ok got time to train after finishing work
So might as well go for it right?
And then jio Wei Ying, Jia Jun, Eric, Jia Yong, Jon or whoever
who might be interested for the race
All go and have fun together
(provided dont die after the race lah!)

Furthermore, I click and click and click
The pictures looks damn good and stuff
Plus of course the unique Adidas marathon shirt!
=p
And got ppl of all kinds (from flabby to fit and young to old)
finishing in times of 10 hours??
Makes me just wanna go try for it

Then see the race route starts and ends at Changi Point
Wah got direct bus there


Race map

Plus it looks kinda cool and stuff and etc....
Then was about to pick up my hp to msg ppl who might
wanna be interested in running
(NS men / Pre-enlistees sounds good right?)
while waiting for the page to load

Then...
Then...
And...
And...
It says registration is FULL already!
Since the 1st of Feb (if I rmb correctly)
Like WTF the 4th time
While I was munching on CNY goodies (you were guilty too!)
Ppl were already chionging to register liao

Sianz...
Anyone got place and wanna invite me there?
I mean if you got something on and don wanna go
Like being a lazybum or just feeling too rich
You can sponsor me or something

Aiya. Damn pissed leh
Like pissing that kinda of pissed liao
Zzz

Now go for the army half marathon lo
By then already don wanna run liao
Cuz botak and stuff
Weekend and bookouts and no life
Zzz

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Black & Series - Continues...

The 2nd off day is being used up already
Haiz....

Might as well
Cycling trip to Mandai Zoo!
(or somewhere near in Mandai thats it...)


I wanna go to the zoo or night safari!

Any takers?
I can meet you by cycling there!
Ok that was crazy
I WON'T be cycling there so no worries
But any interested participants?

So 11+ km off...


Upper Seletar Reservoir

Ah. It was an incredible slope
I gave up 75% through
Then realised pushing my bike was harder than
cycling up though
Sugar Honey Ice Tea


Cooling shelter with a killer view of the waters


Apollo 13

Anyone remember this rocket?
Yup. It did not blast off with the speed of light
And you didnt surrender now and fight fight fight
Ok. Pokemon anyone? Team Rocket please?

Anyways this was the place whereby Felicia Chin
punched her tummy in an attempt to force Tay Pin Hui
to let Li Nan Xing off in the drama 黄金路
And everyone knew Tay Pin Hui got together with Felicia
in the end
So kudos once again to all the baddies
You go man! Salute you!!!

Those photos above are just some stuff which I feel that
colours bring more feel to the pics

The following pictures are in the collection of the B&W Series
They can tell a story too

So let me tell a story on love then....
Kinda inspired though
By break-ups actually...
And song lyrics definitely...



Love is like a long-winding road



It started off once that special someone has unlocked
and gained that unique place in your heart
Be it through love at first sight or through his/her little
actions that carries all of his/her thoughs and efforts
He/she found the way there




When troubles come and storms brew



He/she was the one in shining armour/glowing angelic wings
that came by in a flash of light and helped you


Be it throwing you a lifeline in the form of a float
or just be there as and when no one bothers to be there
in their quest for individualistic ambitions or priorities





However try as you might
Things turn rocky and you senses trouble on uncharted terrorities





You are now on rocky grounds and the ship is taking
hits in the forms of monster waves

You found yourself standing alone
Unsure, unstable as you are unfamiliar with uneven grounds



You come to a cross junction
Things have reached a point of no return
And the only way to go is separate ways
As 2 different unparallel paths start to appear in front of
you and choices become limited


Things go all the way down
Tumbling down the never-ending winding staircase


But all in all
You have hoped for things to go up
Or turn better in actual fact
But the bitter truth is...
It was always an uphill fight


Never are you gonna last together
Holding hands
Walking down the remaining road of your lives
It was easy, sweet lovey dovey and honey-moon
But actually, there were plenty of hidden problems


All were locked up until the day fear/rage/jealousy
reared its ugly head
Throw in the unforseen external factors that you cannot
see on the opposite side
Be it better persons around or just a wrong choice at the start


You now stare at the remaining road
Empty and alone
But still locked up
Your heart that is...
Until the day someone else comes and takes you away
On his shining R1 bike silver horse/angel wings

Until then....


Until then...next trip to break 100km
Am I scaring you off?

Tuesday, March 24, 2009



So the previous Sat was Jia Yong's commissioning parade
And I was privileged to be able to attain as a distinguished guest
Thanks to superb bad weather in the north east
I was quite drenched with my jeans
And it was becoming disasterous as it was nearing parade time

Thankfully as we reached the ulu ulu land in the western
region of our Singapore homeland
The rain decided to stop and the sky cleared up
If not it would be a wasted trip already
=(

And of course, Shun Jie went more than 130
on the highway on a raining day
Crazy thinking that the back 3 passengers didnt
have seatbelts on
Any sort of hard brake and the car would skid already
Cant we just travel safety when there's passengers?
=/

But anyways got car cannot complain
Somemore its not my car also
Thats why I also have to keep quiet
=.=

So we reached quite on time
And Hui Jeen decided to ask us around to take photos
before the official parade starts


Me and Hui Jeen
(she was dressed in red so that Jia Yong can see
her from far far in the parade ground)


The unmistakable SAFTI tower which I see
everyday after work

So here are some of the photos which I took
(I was in-charge of taking videos though)
And the videos are too big to post here
And I cant find any way to compress them easily
So I gave up trying to do that
For more pictures on the sedia & senang-diri please
visit Hui Jeen's blog
=)


"Parade is formed up and ready for inspection, Sir!"

And the Guest-of-Honour will go round to inspect


And the different religious ppl coming out to pray for
the commissioning officers

For this entire parade, coming from my view
with some experience in this kind of event
I especially like the part whereby the PC gave
the command for everyone to lower their head

And the part whereby the come together
Slow march up the steps
Damn zai!
The parade boots clock clock clock sound is
very pleasing to the ear

And of course lastly, the part whereby there
is a command for them to hold their pick-cap
Before throwing them high up in the air to
signal the end of the parade
=D

So here will be pictures of our Officer-of-the-day
2nd Liet Lee Jia Yong


Mrs Lee rushing to her son

And our OTHER Mrs-Lee-to-be rushing IN FRONT
of the mom
Now thats awesome
While his dad, me and Shun Jie while taking our time
Shun Jie sum it up best
"Aiya, not our boyfriend what!"

Hahaha! And we laughed all the way there


Jia Yong's Dad and Mom putting on the rank for him

And Hui Jeen was complaining why he was not smiling
And I can see Jia Yong was still in the parade mood
Wait until the rank is clipped on then do the senang-diri
before relaxing himself
Good soldier leh
Well-taught by SAFTI!

Anyways it was obvious to see how much Jia Yong's mom love him
She was like frantically finding her son
And of course we already cannot see Hui Jeen since she was
lost from us once the mad rush started to see the officers
But Mrs Lee (the official one) still take some tissue papers
to wipe the sweat off Jia Yong's face

Awwww
Full marks to motherly love!


Family portrait?

Ok no question marks. Just put 1 bottle of expensive alcohol
on our specific wedding table when the day comes!
LOL!


And the 3 of us


YJ & JY


The boy & the girl


Perfect sunset

They sure know how to make the whole place look good
With the background of the tower, guns and etc
Plus the spotlights and the sunset
And of course all the pretty officers' jie jie and mei mei
And their girlfriends and whatever female friends
Hahaha. Sure loads of pretty girls that day!
=D


And the chio bu of the day

How often do you get to see and hear a crazy Hui Jeen?
I mean..

SHE WAS ACTING LIKE A CERTAIN DEBORAH NG LEH!

And Deborah Ng is the only person which I think
me and her got some certain communication problems
Like both of us cannot understand what each of us says
Going "Huh?!" all the time

Hui Jeen was asking me to take the picture of her
with the rainbow in the background
Then she sees the picture and unshamefully say
"Wah chio bu leh!"
And I thought I heard Shun Jie fell down behind
=/

Plus she was talking gibberish and what not
A bit off form that day for her
Not to mention how she can sing the songs during
the parade
And then the buffet
Wah. It can be filled in 1 entry can?
From the way we entered
To the time we started eating
To the time we finished eating
And finally on the way back home
Asking us to gossip when both the guys
had nothing to gossip about
And then taking so many zi-lian photos saying
"Wah so chio!" all the time

And the best thing during this Sat....



Hahahahaha!
Dear Hui Jeen cannot capture a good photo of
his handsome boyfriend in the #1
LOL!
I think she just wanna dig a hole and buried herself in it
Well, plenty of efforts plus comments coming from us too!
I thought we did a good job in making her feel miserable!
Kua kua~

But she admit she was not good enough
And she forgot the multi shot function
O.o
Kua kua once again~













But the next day Sunday was great!
Tennis, Jack's Place then Wii at Kobe's
=D

Sunday, March 22, 2009

12 Minutes

Saw this video on Jon's blog
My recommendation:
Take 12 minutes of your life
Click on this video, wait for it to load
Watch it
Enjoy~

There will always be detractors around
With their negative mindset and cynical comments
They never give encouragments
They never give credit when due
Yet they always will try to undervalue others
Never looking at themselves
Complaining when the going gets rough
Seeking help from others
Relying on dependance
Taking the easy way out
Never reflecting on their own self
And pointing the fingers at others
Laying the blame on the rest
Always the others and not themselves
With their "Planet Earth" revolving around them
They will learn in the near future
That nobody appreciates detractors

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Sorry but I didnt see you at the finish line
Or did you even turn up for the event AT ALL?

Saturday, March 21, 2009

And yes it was the release of the 6th and final semester results
And what day it had to be but on a Friday
And yes I was waiting at the computer to check it before
leaving for work

Yup I swore I wont go to work if I didnt get a A for IAP
So I did go to work....
That means I got an A!
Shiok lah!

And Chong Yee got an A too!
So he decided to treat Zoey to dinner
Plus leechers listeners around too

Yayaya...Can someone please stop the ExxonMobil interns
rich kid thingy rumour please?
Its getting on my nerves....
=/


Anyway back to the dinner itself
Chew Hua went to chop a place at New York New York
I suggested Ah Yi Abalone at 6th Avenue
Zoey suggested some hotel off Wisma there
So since me and Zoey's ideas were off...
We went to New York New York at Jurong Point instead



S0 following would be pics of good food!



Hawaii Teriyaki Chicken Chop

Fish & Chips

Teriyaki Beef Burger

Spring Chicken

Lake Chocolate

Mudpie

And I declare the mudpie as food of the day!
DABOMB! as it is written on the menu
BOMB as Soon Teck mentioned
Shiok until cannot shiok

And thanks to our Mr Chuaaaaaa
=)

OCS Commissioning Parade

Went for Jia Yong's commissioning parade at SAFTI MI
Photos will be up soon
Interesting session
Spore's #3 most prestigious parade wor

















































My motto in life:

Take only the best
Be only the best
要就全部
不然就归零
All or nothing at all....


If I'm gonna spend 2 years in NS
I would go for OCS
If not I would down PES be clerk
There's as simple as that
When everything is dusted and done....
I knew that I had gave my best
But I'm not Superman
And I can use a pat on the back too....

You know whats the best thing that happened today?
It just seeing my mother smile a tiny weeny bit when
I told her I got a place in Chemical Engineering in NUS
That put a smile on my face as I left for work too...

One for the polytechnic students
Who says we are the lower grade of ppl in the society?
70-80 credit points needed for JC ppl for Chem Eng
Plus S papers / H3 modules
And I did it
NUS - Top 30 university in the world
I got in too...

I dont ask for much
Just the right ppl to share the joy upon graduation
(=

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Days are too short for one to remember...

Nowadays arent we all starting to fill up our resume,
application forms, banking account, and many other
administrative forms etc etc?

The information filled in starts to be so brutally honest
Especially parts whereby you stare and think, and then you say
"Wah, actually this part need to go dig up some other information
back in the olden days"
or something along this line

Recently, I have been thinking about what if...?
Nevermind. I shall wait and see and hear the replies
and updates ASAP from the respective people

Never been that not confident about the results this time
Screwed up the final sem, screwed up 3 years of efforts
Always trapped in the rat race
All for the paper chase

It would never end
And thus, you shall always make the best of the days of studying
Every uncle auntie will tell you that
And I will look back and say "I miss the days of studying"
Rather than say "Oh. Its time to go to work now honey!"
Crazy...
Office, 8 to 5, overtime, traffic jams, crushing deadline
Piling workload, suffocating higher-ups

Friday Friday
Even I can get an appointment on Friday night
That means it's my lucky day right?
(=
6am shall just log on online to check my result
If no good shall sleep in and dont go to work
)=





你现在是觉得寂寞?
还是觉得空虚?

这是友情,还是错过的爱情?
还是,这只是一个久而久之形成的依赖?

带我走。。。

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Went to 爱情海
1st time there
Enjoy plenty of great 'live' singing
Songs were good, ambience was great
Concept is there definitely
A place to chill out
Slightly expensive though
But its really a good visit
Not many places can you find Chinese singers
Would go back once again
=)

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勇俊心目中的大眼妹。。。长大了

在其它人中,以年龄做比较
你的想法已经远远超越同辈
但是你还是毅然保存了你的可爱
简简单单

在这里,让我祝福你
希望你早日梦想成真
我愿你。。。幸福快乐
一直到永远。。。

I'm impressed
And thats something I wanna show others
That it can be done too
Just like the way you impressed me so much
For ppl of similar age, your thinking far surpass others
Demonstrating some aura/quality/x-factor which is very prominent
Good job

I envy the path you took
Whereby there's no bumps or humps
All smooth and straight
No hard falls
No need to pick yourself up again
Lick your wounds and move on
Just like what everyone would hope for in their life

All the best in whatever you do
Definitely seeing you going overseas for further studies
Imperial College or Oxford or anything else
You're a high-flyer
And you deserve it
=)

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Cycling Photolog - Black & White Series

Here's an entry specially dedicated to a new photolog album in creation
Its titled is termed as "Black & White Series"

Photos will come in the form of my handphone SE-C701
and my Canon IXUS 95

And it will kick-start off with the cycling trip to Upper Pierce Reservoir
Just some simple pictures here and there
Feeling kinda inspired lately to do more
=)

So here we go!


Stuff I take along on cycling trips (umbrella not included)

10km down and I reached Singapore 1st ever official racetrack
off Upper Thomson Road...


The Devil's Bend

Kinda wicked name. I like it a lot
Some ppl called it " The Snake Bend "
Drove passed here before
Road width just enough for 2 cars
Killer corners and sick S-turns
Can you imagine with our orange grainy street lights,
Molotov cocktails lighting up the sides, coloured flares,
screaming rowdy audience looking for crashes, and the
sound of engine thundering down the tracks...

Japanese modified cars, European models, superbikes
Side by side...
Steel on steel...
Competition...
Cash prizes...
Street racing definitely better than F1

Sad to say
Last year some 19-20 yrs old died here
They missed the corner and went down the roadside
And its a long way down seriously...

Left turn deep into the tracks and reached the entrance of
the Upper Pierce Reservoir...


Long, fast and easy way down
Difficult, tiring, slow slope to climb back up

The sights and sounds inside
In black and white of course
Sorry to discount off their original beauty with colours...


This patch of flowers comes in 3 different colours
Red, purple & orange

Standing at one side
Looking across...


This way to Lower Pierce Reservoir
Awesome backdrop of Singapore HDB behind
(not in this shot though)

Resting by the hot roadside...


The water beckons


And the extension from an inaccessible place

Travelling with the bike...



See the HDB behind in the far distance?

And our ancestors which scientists say we have no link to...

猴子猴孙

And the young boy who doesnt listen his dad
Courting trouble to say the very least...

Asking for it

This picture reminds me of the actual scene
Whereby the boy stood there
While the Dad was already in front
Then the boy choose to go harass the monkey
Bad decision Ah Boy ar!

Luckily the Dad came and took the boy away
If not the 10-20 monkeys (not kidding) behind
will come and scratch his face
Then 一切就不完美 for him

Which brings me to the point
Whereby kids should listen to parents
But adults like us parents still tell you this and that
Sometimes parents don't realised they are in the wrong too
Nobody is perfect
But someone told me that based on this sentence
You have no right to rebuke them
" 他们把你养大的。。。 "
Hmmm...

So signing off...

Till the next time...

20.86km this time in 1.5 hour

Total distance of 47.82km clocked so far

I love my bike

Check this out
Incredible pictures!


The human body can be programmed by the brain
It can be engineered to do more
Achieve results which you aimed for

Fight the lactic acid
Increase the tolerance level
No pain no gain...

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Listening to Claire's songs always make me feel better
(=