My SaNcTuary

National Day Outing

2011-08-09T23:24:00.002+08:00

This morning, dear and me, together with my brothers, SIL, and pipizhen, set off to the National Musemum Sinapore. It had been quite some time since I last visit this place, probably more then 15 years. The last time was on some China history. LOL.. Actually now isa good time to visit all musemums in Singapore as this August as they are all FOC... think in conjunction with the some art fest and 7th month.

Its interesting how technology had changed the way the N.M work. We don't need any curator anymore. They are being replace with electronic gadget which are handed to all visitors. The advantage of this are you can walk at your own pace, you don't have to follow the curator's group. However, it does lose some personal touch i would say.

There are so many things to see there, it will take one full day to finish, if you will to go through it thoroughly. We left after two hours there. Really cannot finish everything. Plus my two-year-old neice is super tired.

Today weather is super hot today, we came back in the afternoon. I think Dear is super tired and is having giddy spells. LOL.. still say women is the strongest and can do more work after outing.. I agreed lah, but not today. ahaha..

I am around

2011-08-08T18:39:00.003+08:00

LOL... been a loooooong time since i updated this blog..

many new updates available, like i am married.. haha nothing new lah.

job leh? same still working in the office for like 6 yrs? At least this time round i am seated at a different seat. Some changes in my job role, upgrade i would say. Not what I wanted, but better than nothing lor. More responsibilities means sibuay busy.
At least something i look forward to. Everyday time passed like waterfall. Too fast to handle. Don't have enough time to work ah...

After marriage is like full time houseman. family come first. Aside from both of our time, we need to juggle my family, her family... Friends become my third piority liao. I am such a sociable person but no choice lah, need to priorities lor. So sorry all my friends and buddies, pig-dog friends, hahaha, I have to place you all at the third place. But don't be despair, coz you are not the last. The last is me. I am the least priority, coz I don't have time for myself. LOL.

Take care. I hope to update this more.

Cheers....Hocksy.

2010-02-05T11:30:00.004+08:00

You want me to write something on the blog? Here i go...

hahahaha

What do you want to see? maybe posting picture is better.

This picture is taken at BBK last year Dec. So lucky we managed to catch Doraemon shopping at the Central World. Doraemon wanted to take photos with us badly, we got no choice but to oblige (like real, its the other way round, haha).

2010-01-29T10:38:00.002+08:00

I am still alive here... See that, darling? haha.. wanna post something here?

2008-09-04T14:30:00.002+08:00

the more i whine about such minor issues.. the more i feel like i am a fucking pussy who keep whining at small little things....

whahahaha....

2008-09-04T10:00:00.004+08:00

Recently, there had been many unhappiness in my workplace. And it making me very sensitive to certain issues that concern me directly or indirectly. I would like it to be me who is sensitive so that i can change my mindset, otherwise it would mean this place is getting worse.

Take this simple example that happen these two days.

Yesterday, I was asked by my boss to work on a technical task. Such task is usually done by person X. So when my boss discuss it, both me and X were involved. I was surprise why my boss asked me to do it instead, coz i dont wanna cross path with X. Anyway, it seems like my boss reminded me to do it again yesterday evening.

This morning, i m begining to work on it. So to prevent crossing path with X, i asked X again if she wanna do it or had she done it. She kept mum. And i told her that i am going to ask boss about the technical details before i start on it. She said yeah, its better that way.

I went to see my boss and ask him what are the requirement, and X popped in and told boss that she had done an example and if that is what he wants.

Hmm.. so here i am, looking stupid, asking boss what is his requirement, when a solution had already come. X should tell me that there is an example, or if X had done it, just tell me, i am happy to let X do it.

Pleeaaasseee.. tell me i am over sensitive.?

2008-08-10T23:09:00.002+08:00

i was at the 7th month dinner which was held at the nearby block in holland v. My grandma was invited for the event, but becoz she is not feeling well so she told my dad to takeover. My dad in turn asked me to take over him as he is too tired to attend the event.

Haha.. i am not usually that keen to take part in such event even though i had been to it so many times. Surprisingly this time i just had the mood to go there just by myself.

There i was walking towards the venue and looking for a place to sit. I don't know anyone there but still i feel fine to grab myself a sit with a table of strangers. My mind was fill with "f*** it.. just sit and eat" mentality. HAHAA

It was a same affair all the years.. the feeling, the auction, the people, the shouting... What i notice was that the items up for auction are getting lesser. It had decline so significantly as the years go by. It seems like they just had enough items to auction for 3hrs compare to having many leftover items when the event ends. It looks like things are getting lesser as the years go by. The interest to pass on such tradition might just died away....

Last week, i was told by my mum that the 7th mth event at hougang was almost cancel for this year. But because there is someone who believe in carry on the tradition thats why he sponsor the event with his own pocket. I guess such event cannot last for many years as we it to be.

I guess the minister had notice the significant drop of items that in his speech tonight, he said that the inflation and declining growth will be temporary and he hope that things will turn on fine for the people going down the road.

Anyway, its hard to carry on this tradition with declining of interest in this area. I will try to attend this events more to keep it as a memory....

2008-08-01T01:35:00.003+08:00

Since i am awake at this time, i might as well write some updates.

I been quite busy for the past weeks, ever since i returned from my reservist. Even though its school holiday work are not getting any lesser. I am happy that i am giving a small project to handle at the moment and it should keep me quite occupy for next 2 months i guess.. hahaha. Next week will kick off the new semester.

Time passed, its has been 3yrs already at NTU. I thought i would have left after 2 or at most 2.5 years. I think the main reason for not leaving is the economic factor. I got a pay rise last nov. Its not any significant sum but nevertheless its keep me from quitting. And now that i got something new to play with, i probably use this opportunity to learn more before i leave. Lets just set a target, probably 4.5yrs. hahahahah.. or less.

lets see...

2008-07-11T11:45:00.002+08:00

Zzzzzzzz...

Put yourselves in this scenerio.

Two persons : A and B

There is a requirement to shutdown the servers for maintenance by a certain time. "A" is arranging for the shutdown at certain time. All the systems are shutdown except the linux system. This linux system is a baby to A.

After all the system are shutdown, "A" tried to shutdown the linux system. However the system keep restarting by itself over and over again, at least 10 over times. "A" had no idea what to do next. B sees that its about time for the power shutdown. Thinking that nothing can be done further, he do a "hard shutdown", by pressing the power button. Everything seems okay by them.

After 3hours later, B turned everything on, and once again all the servers are working fine except the linux server( which continue to restart by itselves over an over again).

And now "A" blamed "B for doing the "hard shutdown" which cause the server to behave that manner. And "A" told the boss later that is "B" who cause the server to malfunction because what what he did.

So whos fault......ZZZZzzzz

2008-05-29T10:00:00.003+08:00

There are a couple of things that i think i will not get addicted to. Today i just plugged off the ethernet cable from my desktop. LOL.. this is to curb my addiction to games. Ironically, i had a wireless usb on my desktop as well, but at least wireless slowed the speed of that online game and inturn i wont play the game... hahahah sounds funny..

I think i am kinda sport/game person. Always enjoying these stuff. But i think its gonna take some time for me to get addicted to these activities even if i will to do it regularly. But i know that if i will to start watching drama, playing computer games i can be addicted very easily. Which means i would wanna do it everyday basis. That is also the reason why i didnt buy PS3, etc. I can already imagine myself sitting in front of the TV everyday. hahaha.. Not as if i am not staring my PC at home nowadays...

The main reason why i am not into drama ie. those TCS or SCV dramas is becoz i cant seems to get to see the last episode. Either i was caught on some stuff at work or i was outside doing activities. And it is so very frustrating that i decide i shouldn't watch any of them at all.

Sometimes i wish i can have self control over things i wanna do. Plugging the ethernet cable or uninstalling games from the system is what i call brute force method to curb the addiction. My ideal way is to be able to differential what is the more important and act accordingly, and not be control by it.

Hear this out - Blind 5 Year Old Korean Girl Pianist - Child Genius

2008-05-26T14:01:00.001+08:00

Updates

2008-05-20T14:25:00.002+08:00

It has been quite sometime since i update the blog. I had been quite lazy in fact. There had been many times when i was at MRT or Bus or any place, there were many significant events or thoughts that i wanted to pen down right on the spots. Mostly were thoughts that i think are meaningful at that point of time. But they were off my mind very soon.

Last few weeks there had been some management changes in my company and everyone were quite affected in some ways. A new boss had join us, and as the chinese saying goes " Xin Guan Shan Ren, Shan Ba Huo" which means when a new leader comes up, there will be major changes (usually the bad ones) hahahah... Anyway we are still coping with it. Last week i had just submitted my appraisal for FY08. I wasnt too hardworking this time round and i dont expect good rating from my boss.

Last weekend was quite an activity week for me. There were a family chalet organised by Li Ti and her family. And we also invited our mutual friends alone to join in. Must thank them for coming and special thanks to Cow for bringing those "expensive" icecream to the chalet. It had been a long time since i ever had a chalet or bbq. Must really thank Li Ti and her family for the effort.

Yesterday, I had my first taste of the Southern Ridge park. Together with Li Ti, her sister (geraldine) and Alvin(geraldine's bf) we headed for the newly build park that stretch from Kent Ridge to Mount Faber. It was a 4hrs walk and it could had been shorter minus all the photo taking and sight seeing. I had never take those type of photos before in my 28yrs hahahaa.. Thank to Alvin's skill he made me feel younger... wahahahah.. The new ridge walk is a must try for all and there are so many interesting things to see along the way. Esp the Horton Park which looks more like a lifestyle place where you can relax and experience the various setups.

Past few days was quite tiring but was fruitful....

2008-04-14T10:14:00.003+08:00

Its a quiet morning. My boss is on MC(so rare). Three of my colleagues are on mc cum leaves. That leaves me and another colleague manning the office. The school exams are coming and no students are coming to bother us. Haha.. what a bonus...

Yesterday morning I had a nice breakfast dim sum with my dear, Li Ti, and GH&LF at the HongXin restaurant in Outram. We went searching for some short tour packages after that at the nearby tour agencies. We were looking at some nearby countries and wow... the prices had really increase quite a bit. We are still in deciding stage hahaa..

Later in the afternoon i joined my family to for a annual QingMing tomb sweeping at CCK cemetry. A strong 28 members with all the offerings hopped on to five pickups and one car, rallied to visit our late grandfather. It was more like a gathering than anything else...

There were some good news coming from my cousins. Ting ting is getting married at last. The wedding will be by this year or rather before the Rat year. What a surprise sia.. It came as a shock to all of us and we wish her luck. Secondly Irene in her pregnancy stage at the moment, got her flat in balloting at last. It is like striking lottery lor..

Such a happy occasion had to be accompanied by sumptious dinner. We headed to the nearby vegetarian restaurant at Areana country club. This was not surprise as 1/3 of my family members are vegetarians, including my two brothers. We had a very full dinner, thanks to my 4th uncle who give us the treat.

Li Ti was sick later in the afternoon. She got some throat infection, fever, nose block.. Blah blah..

Luckily she is feeling better now... HAHA.. jiayou!!

The Forbidden Kingdom

2008-04-03T11:05:00.002+08:00

Yeah... the highly anticipated movie, starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li is coming!!!!! Can't wait to watch.. .YEEEEHAAAA

YUMMY!!!!

2008-03-25T09:29:00.002+08:00

Boonie says:
update your blog!
Ad Hock - DIET, DIET!!!! says:
i dunno what to update
Boonie says:
-_- what u doing everyday after work sia
Ad Hock - DIET, DIET!!!! says:
...........
Ad Hock - DIET, DIET!!!! says:
isnt tat boring?
Boonie says:
-_-
Boonie says:
its boring if u r boring -___-

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I made interesting discovery yesterday. I found that my house is actually linked through shelter all the way to MRT. HAHAHA.. No more excuse for lateness due to rain liao..

A visit to my old school, Outram secondary.

2008-02-25T21:32:00.008+08:00

Last saturday, i suddenly had thoughts of going back to my old school. My secondary school building where i had spent my 3 years there before it was renovated. All along i had wanted to visit it but i just couldnt find a good chance to do it. Not even on Teacher's Day. What an excuse!

Since I've got my bro's company van that day, there wasn't a better time to do it. It just felt like yesterday as i saw some students with the same old uniform while some wearing the red, blue, yellow PE T-shirts. It just turned my clock 17 years back as an Outramians, so innocent, and worries free.

The first thing when i reached there was to head for the swimming pool. There are so much memories there. We were the famous neighbouring school with a swimming pool then. Everyone were so proud of it. I wanted badly to see how it looked after renovation. There were rumours that it was taken down during renovation. Some that it was renovated with better facilities.

Its still the same. Even the old couple who used to manage the canteen are around. They had aged, but still look as fit as fiddle. I walked to the nearby notice board. There were some old posters dated 1993. LOL.. it wasnt taken down after 15 years, not even after the renovation. Looking at it really bring me back to those times.

I wanted to explore further, I wanted to find some familiar faces. Maybe some teachers who had taught me before or those i had seen before. It was a saturday, maybe there could be lessons or at least some ECAs going on. I walked to the classrooms, offices.. i couldnt find anyone. It was late, 1pm. Maybe everyone had left. Then i saw a light in one of the rooms. I walked slowly towards there and try to make as little noise as possible.

I peeked through the window and i saw Mrs Lui, the home economics teacher. She was known to be a very fierce teacher back then. 10years had past, her look hadn't change at all. I slowly pulled my head back and walked away. I donno her well. In fact i had never spoken to her before. I won't know what to say to her. I rather not struck a conversation. But i am already happy to see a familiar face.

I tried to look around for more things but i was told to leave by the school care-taker. They were closing the school for the day.

What a nice feeling after going back to my school. I think i should organised a small groups of old friends one of these days and visit Outram again...

School assembly area. Renovated.

Swimming pool, the canteen and squash court.
Still remember this spot very clearly. This tree is still there. Growing some fruits which i remembered can be used for medical purposes.

The little shelter is where the swimming canteen is. The old couple are still selling drinks there. They had aged, especially the old man.

Our two squash court are still there, on the right.

The back route where we get to the swimming pool.
They had changed it from a footpath to a road. My PE teacher, Mr Nassim, always made us run up this slope. haha..

Those trees behind, thats why i used to catch my spider to challenge others. haha..

Our famous 70+ staircases, renovated.
There used to be a long staircase leading to the school.. Only crazy people would use it... We got lots of crazy people back then. haha

2008-02-25T21:20:00.002+08:00

The front gate.

Used to exit after our assembly. It had renovated liao.. newer.

Outram famous swimming pool

This is the entrance to the swimming pool. Behind me is the changing room. My canoeing drills were done here as well..

Basketball court. (taken from swimming pool top)

School canteen. After renovation.

Labor Omnia Vincit
Yeah. Thats our motto. Forgot what it means liao.. hahaha

2008-02-10T23:38:00.000+08:00

Eh... I am stuck in KL. I bought 2 tickets for this morning bus to Singapore. And at the very last minute I was told that the bus trip was cancelled. Zzz.... Bobian, i gonna applied urgent leave for monday. Hope nothing goes wrong tomorrow else i might be force to take a plane back.

I think my appetite had increase quite a bit. I dont looked that fat but i can feel my belly getting bigger and rounder these days. At least it is not firm yet haha.. Its not that i been drinking regularly, but rather i been taking more food these days. I used to be quite selective on the food and watched my diet. But i cant control it liao. Whenever i see some food i like, i just buy. Perhaps is my philosophy that i undertake recently to take life easy. Happy is more important.

Wait a moment, thats a bad excuse for not watching my diet... hahaha...

I just took my weight a moment ago, its still 83-84kg range. According to SG BMI, i should be 70kg so that my risk of heart disease is at safety range. WTH, i dont think i can make it to 70. I will be very happy if i can get to 80kg.

I got nothing against fat people. But i have seen many cases of illness due to poor diet. And some of them are people just around me. Ofcourse it doesnt mean that thin people equal to healthy people. But certainly the odds are against the fat one. I havent reach to the stage whereby i can completely give up watching my diet. I've know a few friends who like that. They just go haywire.. hahaha..

My new year resolution is not to slim down. I just hope everything will goes smoothly for me and people around me.

2008-02-04T15:10:00.001+08:00

Tomorrow i gonna take a day leave and help out at my family veggy stall. Every year, without fail, for the past 20 over years, i will help out at my parents stall, from holland->hougang->tampines1->tampines2(shifted to nearby). It had reach to a stage whereby it becomes part of my life. How many more years will i be going there?

Every year, my brothers and i will be asking my parents how many more years they will be working in the veggy stalls. We been asking since they hit their 50 year old mark. It used to be reply like "5 more years lor" when they were 50. Now they are already in 58 liao. Gosh.. times really flies. Their reply are like 2 more years before they stop.

Hmmm... for the past few months i'd worked in the market during the weekends, i can see that they are really slowing down. Mind cannot outdo the body. They wanna work but they body don't. They gonna find other less menial jobs after they really retire from this. They are old but i think they are still fit enough to do many work. In fact their tolerance level is much stronger than many people i've known... I strongly believe the fact as you get older, you will still need to maintain an active lifestyle so that illness will distance you.

2008-01-16T19:08:00.001+08:00

I can't believe that i am staying back in the office to finish off the unsettle work. And i been blogging a little more, probably to pay off for those missing days in dec and nov.

Quite a few of my colleagues are on MC these few days. I am still going strong, probably becoz i might be the source that spread the virus. HHAAHA.

I quite like to stay alone in the office and do my stuff. Nobody to bother me, no students to knock on the doors, no lecturer to ask me to do stuff, no colleagues to talk about stuffs. Just me alone, staring at the screen, clearing all the emails, and work on hand.

Thats just a little quiet side of me....sometimes...

2008-01-13T11:14:00.000+08:00

I was just thinking what should i have for lunch... As usual i will be heading to the food center below my house. There are so many things i can try, but i got so many excuses for not taking each.

1. Noodles.. one of my fav, but since i been taking it so frequently, its out
2. chicken/duck rice.. chicken are oily and fattening, out
3. kuey chap .. one which i wish i can take everyday but becoz its too meaty so i tell myself i take it once a month. I jus had one last week.
4. Vegetarian .. no meat and floury (i am not against animal) but i just feel like taking some meat today.
5. Mixed rice .. sounds good but boring. My mum can do better.
6. Fast food .. unhealthy.

Perhaps the nasi brayani i had freak me out. Cant believe i took it. It was downright delicious but viciously fattening. I always remember heng and au's incident. A week of brayani and they felt sudden chest pain. It is that scary. Yesterday, i had a lunch buffet at clark quay. One of the best in terms of food quality and services i had so far. Definitely worth another visit. hahah..

blah... i guess i will just settle for some boring kuey but i am happy...

2008-01-10T22:35:00.000+08:00

I think the gum problem i had last week looked to be recovering well. Whenever after a visit to the dentist i would always tell myself that i will take good care of my teeth. I will brush them more frequently, take less of icecream or sweet. LOL.. but i tend to forget about them after a few weeks or month. And old habits return. And the cycle continue. Maybe i should have a board in my room that always remind me about it.

Anyway, now i am facing a different problem. I think i was bitten my an unknown bug last weekend at east coast. It got a little worse on tuesday and i had to visit a doc yesterday. My right leg felt itchy and was reddish. It kinda spread to a bigger portion and i realise something is not right. The doc gave me some really high anti-biotics. Today, my colleague told me my leg had swollen. When i got home my parents said i was recovering well. Well, i do feel less itchy and less tightness on my leg but not sure about the swollen part.

Anyway.. still in monitoring stage. LOL... reading those medical symtoms in internet dont help much, in fact it makes u even more worried about your conditions. Blahh...lets see how it goes...

2008-01-05T15:57:00.000+08:00

"Pain pain..." was the only thing in my mind as the dentist continue to clean up my teeth.

Damn it, burly person looked like a little child under the hand of the dentist. It must be the chocolate that i had eaten last week. My front teeth already dont feel quite well last monday. But stubbornness always overtake me.

Yesterday, morning i looked at the mirror, i was shocked to see a small cut at my lower gum. Could my finger be the culprit? Then i remember the previous day, ken told me not to touch my painful teeth with finger coz it can contain lots of baterial. A closer look, i can see some white stuff in the gum. Shit.... it must be infected liao. KNN...

The only thing in my mind was "plss.. i dont want to lose this front teeth" And i am determine to visit a dentist. Liti also pushed me to go for it. She is the kinda who " a sick person must see a doctor". While i am the type, "i will see a doctor when i get too sick" hahaha.

This Dr Koh at BeautyWorld is highly recommended by my cousins. I thought he must be a gentle guy since the gals prefer to visit him. NOoooo....not to me. Probably because i am a guy. This whole 15mins cleaning looked like 2hours to me. And this is the first time i got a two person "operating" on me. Gosh... i was bleeding like crazy..I must applaud those people who can do teeth bracer... hahaah.

The whole process caused me $90 damage. I still need to go for review a month later.....surgery might be necessary if recovery failed.. haizzz

2007-12-05T01:03:00.000+08:00

Two weeks just passed since i last update my blog. Its already decemeber liao. LBS same thing kept reminding me to update my blog. Guess i am kinda busy with many things. My life had kinda changed since sept. LOL..

Time really pass fast. Next sat will be my brother's wedding. Come to think of it now, i really cannot accept that one of my family members will be "leaving" us and go on to start his family. His room will be emptied except for some furniture he leave behind. I probably won't get to see him that often liao. Maybe only on weekend visits or days when he comes home for dinner. Even these days he is mostly at his new home at commonwealth. Probably he is trying to get used to staying there as well.

He will be missed by me definitely. All those moments that we used to have will become memories definitely. No more sleeping together on the same bed, talking in the night, catching the same tv show, having weekend meals together, his utimate nagging, quarrals, neatness, and many many more. Of course all these things can revive again when he comes home. But i guess things will be very much different after 15Dec. He will be a married man, he will need to accompany his wife, and be a good father if he start a family soon(i very much hope).

Well most of us need to get to this path sometime in our life. But at this moment of time i still can't accept this fact. I think i am not that adaptable after all..

2007-11-18T16:02:00.000+08:00

I was on my way back home today from Tampines. The train was very crowded. Right from the first the start. It was a little weird considered that TP was the last 2 stops of the East side train. To hop on the train at 1pm was my usual routine and it had never been that crowded like it is today.

Anyway, I was reading the Straits Times and the heading goes, Singaporeans are tightening their belts. It was talking about the rising oil prices and inflations and cost of living. Petrol prices going up and people are taking less private transport. LOL.. I was think could this be the reason for having a packed train?

DAMN... as i was reading the train just even more packed as it is picking up more pax. I was like suffocating liao. Things improved after the it reached the raffles and cityhall interchange, but still its one of the packest train i ever taken during the weekend at this time.

Come to think of it, its not exactly a bad decision to rise the petrol prices. People are using less energy and in turn save the world???

There could be other advantages, Maybe can buy some SMRT if everybody turn to train... hahahaha

2007-11-13T12:39:00.000+08:00

IS facebook so fun? or am i boring?

i got such a long list of REQUESTSSSS and i can't bother to accept or play. I got no photos in there. Only those that are put up by my friends. How lazy can i get?

No.. i am not lazy, i just need to take life easy.

2007-11-09T15:52:00.000+08:00

I was told by lbs to update my blog...

i wanted to but well some constraits.. hahaha.. stupid!!!

Anyway, i just got my new appt on 2days ago. Promotion means i need to work harder? It also means other plans need to be adjourned liao. It sort of come at a right time i guess. I should be spending less time watching "number screen" and concentrate more on work. I need to justify for myself and my boss for this new appt.

HAHA.. my colleague told me i should change my clothing, less T-shirt and more shirt. Less pictured "t-shirt" wear more plain... For show ah?

.....

2007-10-21T01:00:00.000+08:00

Hmm.. I just came back my Thai trip last wednesday and went back to work the next day. It was really a mistake. I was bloody shagged. My whole body was damn lethargic lor. I couldnt believe it.. bobian next day I took MC liao. I was actually due for an interview in NTU but I know with such a condition, I surely cannot perform well for it.

Luckily managed to arrange for another one on the 29OCT. HAHA... Good time for me to recuperate and plan for it. Actually its no big deal lah, the increment i think also meagre nia. Nevertheless its will still be $$.

I just got in touch with my ex-secondary school classmate. After he had quitted his police, he is now a full time student, taking accountancy and finance. This is totally diff from what he took (multimedia) during his poly days. He told me that it was a regret that he took the multimedia coz. He should have been more practical and went for Acc as it command more pay.

Thinking backward, i pickedup multimedia coz i thot it was the hottest course around and it is not easy to get in. Payslip wasnt in my mind, and to me, hottest course automactically will command more pay in future. Haha .. didnt know i was wrong.

LOL... it is already too late to lament on the past. I got many poly friends had already changed field. That include me, who just diverted a little bit to more IT based. Actually not really a regret lah.. Coz i cannot imagine myself looking at figures everyday and calculating for like crazy. But i was one of the best Acc student in my class.

Anyway it led me to think, so if everyone is gonna take up ACC or any other courses just becoz it offer higher paycheck in future, then who are going to take up other courses which may command lower rate in future? Many a times we didnt realised that in future $$ might be more impt that your interest.. So does a person who is $$ driven make him less worthy then one who are driven by interest?

Come on who care if you are less worthy?

At the end of the day, survival is more important.

2007-10-17T01:04:00.000+08:00

LOL.. doing some live blogging from Thailand. Luckily i managed to find an internet cafe at the heart of bangkok.

Its already 12midnight, but the night life here never stops. This cafe is full of Thais than foreigners. Everybody is so energetic.

The past few days weather is really hot in the afternoon. And strangely it choose to rain in the evening. So either way also jialat for us. HAHA.. But well i must say this trip is just full of eating and shopping. Esp since i am going out with my cousins and family. Everybody is so concentrating on make sure other are well-fed. I can hardly find time to feel hungry. Toilet trips are so important for me HAHA..

Ok.. its time for me to sleep liao, just finished my foot massage here. The foot massage here really sucks.. HAHA.. missed those foot massage in SG. I can't wait to go to Wanyang.....

Night.

2007-10-08T23:14:00.000+08:00

Hmm.. sometimes i wonder how one should live our life. Live it to the fullest? The objective in life? Get a good job, a good wife, have kids, fulfil our objectives?
Well, many people don't bother so much. Why do i bother, i wonder...

Not to worry, i am not into any depression. Just that i quite boliao at times.. so can think about life. HAHA.. big word huh.

Blahh.. jsut some thots.

2007-09-30T17:08:00.000+08:00

Last night I was at ST James' dragonfly with my cousins and relatives. My cousins brought her friends and JB was also there with faith and his cousin. LOL.. OK. i think i remember this JB's cousin now. I think there was a brief encounter with him some years back.

Anyway, i was surprise by something. My cousin's friend was a Butch. I'm surprised not becoz she was a B but becoz my cousin was with her. They were together. Anyway, i shouldn't be talking too much about family matters here. I still hope it will be a short affair. I felt sad if my aunt found out. Feel like drunking that B. HAHA....

My other female cousins told me.. it was guys fault that gals turn to into B. LOL.. there is never ending to whose fault. Then they told me they got a guy friend who was married with kids and in the end divorced and give up on woman totally. He became a gay afterthat. WTH!!! So to speak, anyone can turn into bi-sexual or watever evn you were once a Straight. KNN. What have this world turn to?

I sweared that if we were living in the olden days with these stuff going on, I wonder how many people will be caged and throw to the sea. LOL..

As tipsy, as truthful

2007-09-23T00:46:00.000+08:00

I can't think of a better time to write this blog when i am a little bit more tipsy. LOL... i just came back from Sooling(puroland) and Nick wedding. Writing blog when u are tipsy add a little more favor coz u seem to write a little more "truthful" then u usually will. This wedding was held at Orchid Country Club in Yishun. It was more then a wedding, it was like a gathering for me. Finally some poly frens meetup. This meet up was arranged a long time ago but never materialised. And it had to happen in a wedding night. LOL. Glad to see everybody still kicking well. A few drinks and we all just clicked like we are long lost frens.LOL

At the end of the wedding, there was a supposely a second rounds of drinks at a nearby pub to revive the old poly days. But one of the guys was kinda drunk. He was a kinda emotional guy since i know him during the poly days. He was still holding torch for the gal he known since poly days. Its a bit sad... Guys getting emotional. I wish i could be like him sometimes. But i just couldnt do it. I am too rational to do it. No matter how drunk i am i tries to control myself. Refusing to succumb to liquor and embarrass myself infront of everyone. Just my nature perhaps. Self Control is always important to me. Showing the strong side of guys... LOL.. all guys are like that i guess. Tats how the society made us up.

But not when u are a little tipsy. A little tipsy is good i guess, it bring up more guts one self. I am a little tipsy now thus i am writing this. Listening to some nice, refusing to sleep. Just enjoying the moment. I not a drinker if everyone mistaken. I can drink, but well.. drinking is not my forte, at times we need to rise to the occasion and show respect to the others. LOL. I had one more session next saturday. My cousin's Teng Teng birthday. LOL... show respect again. Trying not to get drunk, be happy and most importantly, everybody is happy. LOL.. thats my nature. My cousin had already booked me for that occasion liao.. Dragonfly. I like that place but not every week. But ocassionally my appearance is important, i had to go and mixed around. LOL.

Been watching TV and always seeing actors saying" feng cang zhou see" LOL.. its happening to me now. Seems like if i miss tat outing i will be left out. I will still go there, show my face and everybody is happy. Life is short.

Making everybody a happy day, it makes me happy as well. But always pleasing other people can be a tiring process. It still okie at the moment becoz i take i am someone who takes in family relationship very deeply.

I am drunk. But you won't to see this everytime. Only when the ocassion rises.

Some stuff have been bothering me for such a long time. I always not sure if i should pen it down. Maybe i should, just do it when i am a little more daring.

Its about me and a gal. There was lots of draging between me and her. And sometimes i wonder what is exactly wrong with that. Its more then just words that i can express. I was thinking of her for so many months... almost everyday, yes hard to believe yes, its true. Well, there was a lot of pressure for me to go ahead it never easy. Sometimes i was wondering, how can some people relationship just go as smoothly, but mine seems to be a little rocky. Things seem easy at times, but looked so difficulty most of the time. Could it becoz of the social differences that we have? I told my aunty about it. She only tell me, are you sure you want such a complicated gal? I dunno, i am a very simple guy. I am easily understood by most people. But looks like she isn't. There are so many things i wanna tell her, but it difficult. There is no chance. Maybe i wasn't as daring as i am now.

I was at the wedding. Every gal looked so simple, i was thinking why am i thinking of such a complex gal? Am i looking for trouble? Perhaps. People said love is blind, ya, i get wat they meant. When u like a gal, you just dont think so much about her negatively stuff and concentrate on the positive ones. For me i wish i had a chance to tell her about all the stuff that i had kept in my heart and .....after that carry on with my life.

It is simple. I think looking for another gal isnt difficult, it just take times. There are so many gals out there, waiting for me know, but its just that a stone is held inside my heart that i couldn't let go that was hindering me from carry on here. I know i will move on, easily, it just take time. I am not like my that fren, who held on that feeling for TEN YEARS, and not movin on from there. Its plain stupid. He is making everybody, himself and his family down. DS told me to let go, i think i will. Just give me some time. Once i lock a target, i will go over it like a cloud passing by.........

once again, i will talk like this when i am a little more tipsy with some nice music, hahaha wait for next tipsy section lor.........

2007-09-20T22:51:00.000+08:00

Trans Fat or Saturated Fat.

TMD... ever since i see this health advert in last Sunday Times i am becoming a little more self conscience. I don't know much about fats lah.... but seeing this does make me a little scare liao.

Saturated FAT- increase bad cholestrol (cannot believe i got this spelling correctly first time in my life without any dictionary) and increase the chance of heart disease.
Ok... if you think this is bad enuff.. you must look at Trans FAT

Trans FAT - increase bad cholestrol AND DECREASE good cholestrol. My gosh.. knn this one is the worse of the worse sia. and also increase the chance of heart disease.

And the worse part is that trans fat comes from pastry etc... walau.. been eating that like crazy since young. Poulty fat(chicken with skin) is one of the worse also plus french fries... ALL my fav sia.....

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Today i was at IMM with Hwee and Xiuyun. They are getting some mattress for their new home while i was at Giant doing my shopping. I was very careful when picking bread and stuff.. must make sure as little trans fat and saturated fat as possible. But well when i go to tibits section.. i bochup just take those that i like hahaha.

My bro keep hinting me to get him something for his home. Since the beginning of this year.. he been hinting me to get him some housing applicances liao. Now they already got all the stuffs liao.. leaving one of the most expensive one not yet bought. TELEVSION. He was eyeing one 37" LCD or Plasma. Probably ard 2k.

My mum had been nagging at me and siong to get him something for his new home. LOL... Our brothers relationship is very funny one. We know we will get him something, but we just refused to open up our mouth to promise. Come on.. a brother getting married, what is a TV to us? I think giving him an big angpow is more practical lor...

I really think my bro is one hell of a lucky chap even though his career hasn't been a smooth sailing. He got a fantastic wife, xiuyun whom i think is one of the best gal i ever met. And both of them are vegetarian.. so compaitable lor. They got a wonderful home at commonwealth with is near my home as well. Not just that, the amenities there are very good as well. And i suppose the valuation had gone up by at least 50k even before they live in.

All I hope is his career will improve when he gets his degree this year end..

2007-09-17T12:21:00.000+08:00

Many people had misunstood about me. During my poly days.. a few guys from other class think that i am a super noisy person. They never talked much to me. I am not exactly bothered by that. Well one of them was beaten up for his big mouth by another guy. Sometimes its hard to convince people if they donno you well enuff. And i can't be bother to explain to them about the real me. Its pointless.

Most of the times we look at people only from the superficial side. Thus, most of the time whenever people tell me about the bad points of a person, i only take in 50%. I believe that everyone deserve a fair trial. I would rather find out that person's true side myself, and that is provided i wanna know the person lah.

Sometimes i felt tired to know new friends Get their contact no. as a gesture of politeness but knowing that you won't ever tried to call them. It is so fake. Knowing more friends is important in this world as we don't live alone. Perhaps i will try to know friends who share the same interest as me. I prefer to know friends who i think i can buildup a deeper relationship with. Friends i think its truely worth engaging.

I am so glad that i had made friends whom i know i had so much to talk with even though we haven't seen each other for years. But once we meet there is not "years barrier" that can keep us distant.

2007-09-13T18:21:00.000+08:00

I was just browsing through some old photos that i had taken last dec in taiwan. This is my personal best. I was at this milk factory and there is this backyard farm they had. There are cows, goats, etcs. There i stumble across this little girl at this rabbit farm. She was together with a little boy probably her brother. LOL, not putting his picture up coz he was posing, not natural enough. HAHAH.. Both of them are feeding the rabbits with the carrot they bought from the farm owner.

I just wanted to post this little girl picture. She is soooo cute. I took a couple of pictures of her and she obviously dunno what i am doing. Coz she was looking at me strangely but carry on feeding. I can see that she was having running nose. LOL... I touched her hair and could felt the greasiness. Obviously she havent been washing her hair for many days. Maybe the weather was very cold that period and thus her parents didnt see the need to wash. I really feel an affinity with this little girl. Brother-sister type hor..HAHA ..

I was told by mum before that I could have a little sis/bro at that time..if... Anyway, it is good to be the youngest coz you seems to get all the privilege. hahah.. but as I grew older i would rather have another little sister/brother that i can take care of. My two brothers also agreed lor. Little sis or bro is okie lah.. but when get they get older they become terror liao.. coz they can get very defying.

HAHA.. its just like pet.. people buy puppy coz its cute but when get older they desert it. So i never wanna own a pet YET, coz i know i won't be able to 100% take care of it. No point owning one if you can't promise to play with it. And worse if it passed away as it aged. Heart pain. I dont think i can take it. I might not owned one afterall i guess... haha.

2007-09-10T00:15:00.001+08:00

12.15am now.

Not very sleepy still. Perhaps i woke up quite late last morning.

Thanks to Kah Swee who reminded me of A-mei old song.

2007-09-06T12:54:00.000+08:00

Yawn.... damn tired. Not much updates.

Right now me inside my school auditorium typing these. Another event here. Gonna take half my workday doing it. Waiting for the school's dean and students to give a talk on animation history. Its so weird u know, whenever there is a talk, the dean never failed to have problem with the MIC. No matter how detail is your instructions, how many times you tell him, he never fail to have the same problems over and over again. And it makes you looks stupid since you need to explain it everytime. Bobian. Dean is ball's is big.

I been eating outside with my buddies.. My mum not too happy about it. HAHA.. less one more person to support her dishes. She luvs to cook but at the same time luvs to complain she is tired after cooking.. Why woman like that one? If tired then dont cook lor. We are happy to eat outside mah.

I have not been doing my research these days coz i was bothered by my work and other stuffs. Also partly becoz i been going out these days. I think i really need to stay at home and do my work. Haha.. sometimes people just like to use lame excuses to cover something they miss out.

Yawn.. these student talking are really boring...

Thank you all

2007-09-01T23:13:00.000+08:00

Special thanks to all my buddies and family who make this a special day for me. Thanks for spending some time to celebrate this day with me. Thanks for all the gifts and i like them very much. It is the thought that counts. :P

2007-08-24T01:59:00.001+08:00

I am the holder of the key to my family letterbox since young. Nobody in my family open it. I just enjoy opening this secret box becoz I will be the one to get the first hand news. Be it good or bad its just full of surprises. Its my little doraimon. HAHA. Nobody in my family bothers about this box. To them this is a very mafan task. So? I'll be the first to dispatch the news to my family members.. My mum and dad can't read.. so i get the privilege to see their letters also.

The past few months was really quite scary for my doraimon. Everyday confirm got more then 5letters. Someday it hit 15letters. These day leh?.. ..2-3 nia...

My big brother just loved dumping used letters in my room. He is the super super clean type. Die die the living room must be clean dunno why.. as if he sleep there. And thus my room is become his dumping ground. Not just letter lor.. whatever used items also put in my room. Its making me very pek chek.. ..My second brother very bochup just live with it coz utimately it will be me who will clear it for him. The letters just piled up on my computer table and worse when these letters are bills and fines.. arrggghh..

Updates

2007-08-23T00:51:00.000+08:00

Didn't have the mood and time to update stuff in the blog. Last week was sort of a messy week for me. Work, course, blah, blah blah. going on.

Glad that today my dad's cardio test turn out to be okay. I was very shocked when i heard that he was warded to hospital last week. I was returning from my course and my bro called me about it. Its always like that.. when things happen then you start tell your dad dont eat this and that... don't smoke.. blah blah.. but after that? he carry on with his old habits once he know he is fine. Old people dont like to see doctor.. me too. When i saw him changing into the patient shirt at that point of time i felt very sorry for him. I think anyone who wears it look very sick. Verdict? Hospital is not the best place for patient. At least now he is confident about his health then before. And most importantly, it bring peace to the rest of us, esp my mum.

It was a damn busy week for me since the start of school. Very luan. I'm suppose to be IT guy but turned out to do many other things like Audio/Visual stuff. My school suddenly turned very ON. Keep letting people use our new auditorium to "haolian" their facilities. In the end i am quite stuck at that place most of the time. Also becoz .. i m supposedly the person who knows the equipment there better. Anyway.. two more admin staffs are leaving us. This bring the total casualty to 4 out of 18 this year. Heard they were too stressed. Well why not? Just imagined the strength of the teaching staffs and students increased to 3times since the ADM started and the supporting staff are not even touching 2times. I ain't surprise that they left becoz of stress.

My course? Hmm.... it is about to come to an end. Not exactly very promising i would say. The good thing is that i learnt many new techniques i bet i wouldnt learn it else where. It would definitely be useful to me for life. Most importantly i get to know how the whole system work. It really sucks if you are learning without a mentor becoz you wont know if you are doing the right things. The bad thing is after knowing how the whole system works then u start finding flaws in it. And your confidence takes a beating. Nevertheless I am still happy becoz i get to make new friends from all walks of life. I like to use a different mentality to look at them and try to feel how they feel about the course and the life.

There are very interesting things you can find while talking to them. You'll have a different perception of life after that. Take for example this classmate of mine, a Houseman(opposite of housewife) . In his mid 40s. Didnt know he had attend many other special courses before that. He looked very happy about his life. He said he is persuing his interest in this area. But he had been doing many courses these few years.. but didnt really stick to one. Just like job hopping. Through our conversation, he said he was lonely a couple of time. Probably he is just looking for kakis then the course. BTW he is married with kids so he is not a lau gay . haha. Hope his dreams can come true.

Yesterday, my dad said his ex-landlord's daughter committed sucide. I was shocked to hear the news. I known that gal when i was still helping my dad at his workplace. She was same age as me and was once a SIA gal lor. So sad lor.. life is just so fragile. I heard it was some problems hat she had with her fiance. It was really a tragic for the family lah.. her stupid father went off with a China gal when my dad was still working there. Could a history of broken family had coz her lack of confidence in her relationship? Just my wild guess lah..

LOL.. i just keep writing lor.. Better write when i still in the mood. Last is the stocks lah. Just hope that the market will recovered soon so that i can recover the massive loss i made during these 3weeks. I know its impossible but Hope mah..

After despair comes hope.

2007-08-12T13:08:00.001+08:00

I was on my way to work today and heard this very nice song over radio on the MRT. Heres the youtube version.

Kelis - Lil Star

2007-08-08T15:12:00.000+08:00

Market are not doing very well at the moment. And its easy to find comfort from someone else. Its always fun to chat with kenny coz he is just too corny. Just to take a break from these "mess", i was chatting with him over sms.

me: hey, tonight the outing at nite safari still on or not?

k: I think no. Yesterday cow say only 3 of us on. I think next time more ppl then go lor. more fun

me:Lol... Okie lor. So few nia lor.. Another time bah..

k: Ya lor. if not, 3 da nan ren, holiday eve go night safari, like very qi liang leh. Although it does reflect my life. Haha!

me: Lol... Well not too bad liao. Last weekend, a bunch of 8 singles guy nites out at some chill out place. I call tat Losers... hahahahah

k: Wah lau! Bo jio! I belong to that group. Whahaha! Me getting old liao, still no gal. Market up still nvm. Market down, si bei sian. No life! Haha!

me: Walau.. Didn't tell me u interested.. Anyway its not hard to organise loser outing coz all quite free... I keep you inform..

k: Wahahaha! okok. Although I belong to the loser clan, still hope one day can find a chio bu as my other half.

So fun talking to him.. Whahahahah

2007-08-05T13:42:00.000+08:00

There was actually a enuff warning for a correction in the stock market. Everyone knew that it was heading upwards in a steep manner. They knew a pull back is immenent, but when? To go into the mkt at this time is a gamble. Are you going in for a thrill, or peer pressure that everyone else is going in at this time?

I wasn't spare in this correction. Aug is not a good month for me. Just a first few days of aug and i said its not good. LOL.. damn pessimistic huh. My trainer and classmates wasn't spare either. A 20 years experience in the market veteran made mistake at this point time. He was saying during his first lesson in july that he dont think any correction will come soon, he don't "feel" it yet. A very important lesson learnt here. No one can predict the market, but we can take precaution from it. LOL... i think i can take comfort from him.

I was particularily very active during the may-july period. The May06 and Feb07 correct did wound me. But i think this Aug one dealt a very heavy one on me. At this point in time i am still trying to figure out what went wrong. There are a few key weaknesses were already shown during this correct. I am trying to figure out more. I just hope to climb up again from this fall.

Will the sun rise again? I hope.

2007-08-01T09:35:00.000+08:00

Chew toh lau gao swau. Coconut tree falled, monkey dispersed
How true!

2007-07-31T12:56:00.000+08:00

You see dragon, but i see phoenix. All to themselves. You are right when things goes your way. You are not wrong if it goes the other way. If you are right you won't be standing before me telling me what to do.

Its all about self-fulfilling. You need to believe what you are doing. We are all living in a made-believe world.

Talk is easy, talk is cheap

2007-07-29T21:52:00.000+08:00

It was a black friday. Monday might be worse. Lets just hope for the best...and pray.

2007-07-29T10:17:00.000+08:00

Last night was my first time at St James Powerstation. I've read lots of news about this new happening place and heard of it from many friends but never been there myself. I thought it must be like those other types of dance club i been to, though i've never been to many. hahahaha.

Anyway. I was at this particular club called the Dragonfly. Same old thing, there are crazy queues. when i got there. But once I entered the main entrance, i was awed by what was before me. There is really big stage there and there were some amatuer singer singing like its their concert. superb band, power lightings and sound, singer and dancers on the stage. On the floor are the "fans" with their drinks and cheering and dancing. These singers aren't singing the regular angmoh pop songs you used to hear. In fact they were singing those old chinese pop and canto pop. They can sing really really well, better then those SG idol.

The audience age range are also wide. Its like 25-50 year old. I saw an 50plus ah pek dancing away at a corner. Then got ah soh listening to the music and enjoying themselves.

It's really an cool place which i will surely visit again.

2007-07-18T23:38:00.000+08:00

Today I was badly "crippled". Went over to the class and everyone wasn't in the mood to study coz most was crippled like me. Some even worse. We decided to skip the class and go for drinks instead. All packed up and headed to the nearby pub in boat quay. The trainer said we are the group that click the fastest. We will buy food and snacks to class and share among ourselves. Now in bad times.. we go to pub for a couple of drinks. hahaha.Well thats barely 2weeks.. how close can we get.

Its always good to go for drinks with new friends coz it just opened up everybody. We feel at ease, open up, and become closer in the process. There is always advantage to be the youngest there coz you get to learn the life experience from the older ones. Lets see.. we got a company director, ex-air stewardess, houseman, engineer and IT people. Everyone just come from different background but gathered for a common purpose. And it makes me think why do they come in at this time, what were they thinking? Are they facing any mid age crisis? Or they coming for fun? many many ???

Seems like tomorrow i might even need amputation liao... :( And maybe another drinking session hahahahaha..

can only pray........

2007-07-13T23:54:00.001+08:00

Just very tired for the whole week. Well... ever since the course started i been reached quite late most of the week, and hardly see my mum. I slept quite late and have to work the next day. Really know what is call lifeless. My time was quite well spend, no time was wasted doing stupid things. In fact there was no enough time to do many other things. Luckily this is only a short course. This is somehow tougher compared to the time when i was doing my degree. Maybe i am a bit old liao, buay tahan.. hahaha

Tomorrow suppose to have another full day course but sway lor.. my cousin's wedding is at malaysia and i suppose to go there with the morning coach. Sheezzzz.. in a dilemna now. Most probably i will just go for the course in the morning only. Then piangz to malaysia in the afternoon. Haizzz.. another tough day.

Many good days ahead... kekeke....

2007-07-10T23:10:00.000+08:00

I'm on MC today. Kanna sore throat, block nose and cough. I know myself very well.. this type of small illnesses i no need to see doctor one. Just give me 3days and i will auto recovered. But this time round i bobian. So long never take off liao .. really gian for a day of relaxation. Chut one MC to my boss. And spend the rest of the day relaxing at home.

Hahaha.. then in the evening go with LBS for a foot massage. He recommended some commercial one.. call the Wanyang foot massage and he said only cost around 25bucks. This is my very first foot massage lor. Always wanted to have one coz the TV always show how they "cuo" ur leg and then u pain means ur this organ bad or that organ got problem. haha.. Today experience was just so so only. Got pain lah, the massasue was a ok okie nia..when he see me pain in one area, just keep on wacking the area. Like he enjoy seeing me in pain. Somemore he talk so much craps and keep on introducing products to me lor.

In the end thought the damage will be around 25bucks. But turn out to be 40! HAHA.. LBS lah.. never do his homework lor. Turn out we must buy package then can be 25 lor. Bobian in the end the damage become $310 for 12 sessions to be shared among ourselves. Lucky is transferable so maybe can ask my parents and bros to try out.

verdict: Wanyang is not very good. Its very WAYANG!!!

Got any good foot massage parlour to recommend, anyone?

2007-07-09T17:29:00.000+08:00

Today was really a sick day for me. I mean i actually wanted to take an MC today coz of flu and cold and Heaty all fall on this bloody day. Before last night wedding i was already unwell. Two nights of late sleep and pre-marriage celebration just tired me out. Last night irene's wedding i also had a couple of drinks and heaty food. Blahh. .guess all these contribute to how i am feeling now. Damn lethargic.

Becoz today i already pre-arranged with 2 vendors for meeting so bobian die die also must come down to meet them. haizz... If i didnt come down i could have done more "things" Arrggghhh
Anyway after this bloody work i gonna go down to town for my course. Hmm.. the thought of going for the course now just suddenly charge up my mood. YEAH!! A lot of things to talk liao hahahaa...

2007-07-07T19:46:00.000+08:00

Believe it or not.. there was another class today. I slept around 2.30am last night after dotaing with fredo and gang. The morning rain really makes me wanna sleep longer. But then i kinda recalled that i "might" had a lesson on Sat.

So i forced myself up and logged on to my email at around 830am to check just in case. Then sway sway got a lesson at 9am in raffles city. On a second look, the lesson is from 9-6pm, 6PM, Arrggg. One whole bloody day is burnt. Not forgetting i need to prepare a laptop for my cousin's wedding tomorrow. It means i gonna rush to prepare the laptop right after i finished my lesson in Raffles City.

And here i am writing this blog from my desk in NTU. Still installing the bloody Final Cut Pro, video editing software. Let me see....... it reads "Time Remaining: about 1 hour and 29 minutes ". Ji bai siao liao. And after this need to rush back for a last get together session with my cousin, irene coz she getting married tomorrow. Okie.. its just rushing here and there.

This is the result of poor planning + unexpected events.

2007-07-05T22:59:00.000+08:00

Just got home and luckily my mum cooked my dinner. I haven't been having proper dinner since monday when my little course started. Usually i just settled with some bread and a banana coz i gonna rush for the course in town. Luckily i didnt called my mum to cancel my dinner and swee swee got a nice dinner. Tonight can sleep very well liao. hahah

I tried to keep myself alert throughout the course but it wasnt easy. There are lots of things to absorb over there. Even though there are things already know, this course becomes a refresher and also give enhancing confidence that what i been doing is somehow correct. Cheers..

Being right gives you the confidence to carry on. But what is right? Right is right and you are right.

Fei hua.

Day 2 of training

2007-07-04T23:11:00.000+08:00

Its getting more interesting now. More interaction between everyone. The training becomes more like a discussion then classroom one to all type. I just found the trainer really sort of egoistic type of person. Talk big blah blah..Hahaa.. very different from the first impression that i had on him. But anyway it doesn't matter as long as there are new things to be learnt.

Err.. actually it turned out that i m the youngest there lor. The rest are all in the thirties liao. IHaha. i think we are more interested in the tips than any other things..

I was really fun interacting with these new classmates, it just reminded me to take things easy. Just hope things comes out better as the lesson goes...

2007-07-02T23:56:00.000+08:00

I've just started my new course today. There are a total of 7 students. I'm quite fortunate to be given a really nice and experience trainer. I realised that most people just joined this course to gain more experience rather then to be in this field. But one of them has no prior experience at all lor. Walau.. spending 4k for a 2mth course and you have no experience at all. Its like spending on those "get rich fast" seminar and u dunno what is it about. I really won't spend such money lor. I mean .... it probably won't make a difference to him if he dont trade at all after the course. Its all about hands-on.

Hmm.. I also found out that I probably have more knowledge than all my classmates, based on the chatting sessions that we had. But well again... knowledge means nothing at all in this area. Its the result that counts in the end.

I rather be lucky then smart.

Family Day... A little more pix

2007-06-29T00:03:00.000+08:00

somemore taken pix from xiuyun, my to-be sis-in-law in Dec.

The first one is a bit out of position taken by the angmoh .. dunno why buai zun. hahaha.
The second one is better. Got another picture is taken together with the friendly angmohss.
Haha.. Anyway... most of the picture taken got baby dowager, EnEn. hehe

Family day

2007-06-25T23:40:00.000+08:00

Its had been like more then 5 years since we last had a family outing in East Coast Park. Ya, those type of really big gang of family members, my ah ma, grand aunt, uncles, big small cousins,nephews. I really missed the time where everyone had lots of fun, when all the uncles turned into kids and played volleyball with their children. Sweated ourselves out and enjoyed the food.

That particular outing had been in my mind for the past few years. I been wanting to organising another one of such events but becoz its really hard to coordinate every family members together coz of their working schedules. But I was ever determined to get one up this year esp. becoz two of the family members are getting married this year and it will potentially be harder to get them in the future.

With the help of my ever helpful Lao Da-cum-sporting Aunty Anna, Uncle Hoe and kids, and my two Bros, and other cousins we managed to get one up Last Sunday, 24June.

The turnout wasnt as good as i wanted, but still got 75% of my prediction. Haha.. the uncles can no longer run like before, but still can enjoy the breeze and food. The aunties will just sit around and talk cock witht the rest. The cousins turned into football players overnight. Somemore still got angmohs who took photographs with us together.

The star of the night goes to baby En En aka LaPiXiaoXin. Haha.. so cute, always like to give Zhu lian(pig face) see the pic below. So chubby and always look so relax and bochup like Ci Xi Dowager. Hahah.. More pix are on the way.. I can only post what i taken with my hp cam.

En En giving me the Zhu Lian (pig face)

Food...

Irene with star of the night, En En

Glad that everyone enjoyed themselves... I'll try to organised another one when possible.

2007-06-17T10:58:00.000+08:00

I've just attended Leong kiat and Karris wedding last night at Orchard Hotel. I've never met him at least 3 years. Haha.. Anyway I was invited to his wedding together with 7 others formal poly-MMC gang except for chris's wife, arlene who was from CCS.

This is the first time i attended a "military wedding ceremony". LK is a full-time serviceman in Guards and his buddies were there to perform the ceremony. They were doing some kinda sword-entry ceremony.. watever. haha. And demanded the LK to do squads while carrying the bride.

Hmm... i didnt know Christian are allow to drink haha.. Anyway, our table were one of those that requested the most wine and beer. All thanks to the heavy wine-drinker, Arlene, and heavy beer drinker, Chris, Eugene and Desmond. Not including me, coz i am both. HAHA. Order until the waitress had to say, "wine serving will be stop temporary". And later came back and said there is not more wine.

Lol.. after saying goodbye to the married couple, the rest of us went on for more drinks at the nearby pub. It was quite a nice pub with live music. The singer was a former Singapore Idol contestant, NANA. She got a damn powerful voice that got everyone in pub mesmerised. We stayed till 2am and headed home. It don't end there.... our mmc-coordinator, desmond, is planning for another session on the 29th June.

Anyone coming?

2007-06-10T14:17:00.000+08:00

Yesterday in friendster got a new request to add a new friend. It turn out to be Robin.

Robin was my secondary school classmates. Let me see, this had to go back 14years ago. If i recalled well, we werent very close friends during the early years. But somehow he joined the school canoeing team in secondary two. Thats where we become closer, but not the best friends type. I kinda respect him some ways during those days coz he shown respect to me and others as well. There was some kinda bullying things going around during those days considering the fact we are oldest fucks(sec 5) around. After O level, most of us went separate ways. no contact or whatsoever.

Its always good to see old friends around. I think it is even more fun if you get to see your old friends again when you in your fifties.

2007-06-08T13:43:00.000+08:00

What does it means to be passionate on something? Does it means that you will do whatever thing just to get that it done? Knowing that it might fail even if you try but at least you try. Success or failure doesn't matter? It is the process that is most important becoz you live only once? If one failed to go for his interest becoz fear of failure overtakes, does it means that he is not passionate about it?

LBS told me he loves snooker, it's his passion. But he cannot start full time now. He felt that it might be too late coz others start young or have enuff $$ to do it. Does it means that he is not passionate enuff? There can be a passion to do something, but becoz of limitation one fails to do it, it doesnt means he is not passionate about it.

Should we let the obstacle/limitation be a hinderance?

If one doesn't have any passion in life does it makes one's life less worthy then the others who does?

Do you have a passion?

2007-06-08T00:10:00.000+08:00

Okiee.. June olreadi. Nothing much to report. Guess last month really overspend. This month till now is like not much, bo lang jio me go out mah.. sad sad.. hahaha

Actually next week heng got jio me go bangkok one. But its too rush liao.. plus i got a wedding dinner to attend lor. So in the end save again.hahaha. But still must give angbao liew for the wedding. This year got estimate got another 3 more wedding to attend. 2 of which is my bro and cousin. So must bao a big big one for them.

July, i missed you!!!

2007-05-31T23:46:00.000+08:00

This is the last day of May. I am still trying my very best do some accounting in an excel sheet on my expenses. This excel sheet thingy was actually derive from Mr Au during our army days. I could still remember that he told me that he needed to keep an account coz he been spending a lot and also for his soccer bets during those days. But now i think he dont even bothers haha... He always plan.... but plan just goes of as time decay.

I'm struggling very hard to do the updates daily. I'm not doing a very good job but at least something i can see. The amount that i've spend for May its rather astonishing i would say. Hope for an improvement in June.

2007-05-28T00:06:00.000+08:00

Once again she jio me and another ex-classmate for a gathering in TCC at ClarkQuay. I thought that probably she was sincere for a small gathering. LOL, this time round there are even more people who i've never met before. Around 5-6 "new friends".

It was my mistake that i keep thinking that they are out to intro some new Biz or MLM to me. It turned out that they were just gathering around to talk about changing of mind set to "think rich". I came to know they often organise such gathering to change their mind set. Self-physcho i would say. Its not bad to talk about these things... but please, come on, I just got to know them first day, and the topic they are interestd is just $$. You don't meet new people first time and talk such topics at least now throughout the whole 2hours.

I wouldnt be joining such gathering if the same people are going!!

2007-05-23T23:44:00.000+08:00

Anyway, it turn out 99% sure that this fren of mine is trying to introduce some "biz" to me. But even though they didnt said what biz it is coz i dont give them a chance to, i am very sure it is some kinda MLM or "Get Rich Fast" scheme. I rattled on and on with my philosophy of wealth and happiness and gave them no chance to introduce the deal to me. Sadly after this meetup, this fren never talk me again like she used to. Really some kinda bad after-sale service!!!

It is sad that the current society had created trend that everyone needs to be rich, financial free, early retirement by 40, 50 or whatever age.. as young as possible. I'd had to admit that i fall into it myself. But aside from gaining financial freedom, shouldn't we be concerned about what we do are not against our principle, ethics. Wealth doesnt equal to happiness. There is much more to just making lots of money in our lifetime. If Mr Sim was concern with making money, there wouldnt be Creative. Anyway this meetup just let me see thru more ppl, sadly.

Hmm.. i am writing this from Mr Au's room. Today a bunch of brothers just gathered at his place for his 26th Birthday. Cant imagine that 3yrs just passed off since we last celebrate his bday in the same place same time.

Liverpool shall win!!!

You'll never walk alone.

2007-05-22T15:48:00.000+08:00

Well ..what about a female ex- uni classmate who jio you out for coffee catchup?

I dont wanna think tat it is some MLM thingy but lots of suspicios points about it. Come on.. i am not some handsome guy nor am i very close to her during the uni days.

-Who the hell will approach you out of sudden and jio you out a few times wanting to catch up with you.

-Err.. talking about "the trend to start a biz at a young age".

-introducing some unknown friends to you.

Okie, anyway currently i'm still chatting with this fren over msn and might or might not go out with her for a coffee session later on. I will update further if i ever go out with her and HER FRENZ later this evening.

Well if she coming to Holland V, my hometown to meetup, why not?

2007-05-08T23:22:00.000+08:00

Among my brothers, i think i am the one who spend the most. And the only who got the poorest money management. My brothers got advise me to get do something about it else you wont even know what ur money gone to. And worse, if you start using a credit card.

I know i gonna start somewhere. So since the start this May, i'd prepared an excelsheet to note down what i been spending. Anyway, i know that i been spending more then i should for the last few months but i just refused to put them down on papers, Truth is always cruel. HAHA..

Lets see... now its already 8th May. I had already spend $500 bucks. Wow.. Barely one week nia leh. How come i spend so much. Err btw, it is already a discount, i haven't count the "sua ka" that i did the last few days. Knn.... I didnt notice any change in lifestyle for the past few months leh.... Well, people say earn a lot will spend a lot one. But hor i didnt earn a lot. The spending is just.....

Nvmind, let me compile the monthly statement then say hahaha..

Self Reflection part2

2007-05-05T21:59:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was still talking about self-reflection, and today a small incident bothered me. I was jio-ed by a colleague to go for a K session with a couple of ex-colleagues. These ex-colleagues are temps who had joined us while they are waiting for university or NS. It had been sometime since they left and so its a small gathering. In the end three out of five turnup. One of them was busy while the other was sick.

Singing half way thru, one of my colleague suddenly mentioned why one of the ex-colleagues didnt not turn up. It was because of me. He didnt wanna come becoz i was going. I was a bit stunned, but i can more or less can guess why he didnt like me. There was a small misunderstanding previously i guess i was a bit harsh at that time. Even though i thought i had already clear up the misunderstanding with him, it seems like he had not got over it.

I will not attempt to try and clear up this misunderstanding with him or be bothered by it after this. I can never please everyone.

Self Reflection

2007-05-04T19:37:00.000+08:00

I logged on to msn this evening. Minutes later C came in.

Excerpt taken from msn.

C says: yo

Ah Hock - Liverpool Vs Milan (i've been waiting for) says : yeah

C says: hey do u have a problem with me

Ah Hock - Liverpool Vs Milan (i've been waiting for) says : what prob u mean?

C says: be trueful

Ah Hock - Liverpool Vs Milan (i've been waiting for) says:
like what probl?. u siao ah

C says: u dont like me as a friend is it?

Ah Hock - Liverpool Vs Milan (i've been waiting for) says:
u eat what pill today?

C says:
dont say siao

C says:
no i not trying to find fault

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Okie .. i thought what happen sia.. why suddenly got this kinda msg from him. And it turn out he was trying to do some self reflection. Damn... in the end i wanted him to give me a self-review as well. But he refused, said this type of things need mood then can ask.

Well, what feels good about this short talk was that he felt i will give a truthful answer than others who will give a "politically correct answer". In other words.. i am Trustworthly.. Knn self-praise hahaha..

"Its impossible to please everybody always"

kopi with kong

2007-04-25T23:47:00.000+08:00

Just had a mini kopi session with ah kong. Walau.. i think got at least 4mths never come out with him la kopi liao. Ever since he go help his cousin with the new biz, i really hardly got time to to meetup with him. Actually got time lah... but well... hahah. But he always make an effort to call me every now and then to say hi. Really appreciate this effort. And he always come down to my homeland to lim kopi with me.. haha this time round i go to his homeland jurong to lim with him.. hahaha.... you lai you wang.

If you ever see this blog, kong, jiayou!!! your effort will be rewarded.

2007-04-22T15:40:00.000+08:00

20th April 2007, Friday, I made a decision.

Just to mark this important day of my life.

2007-04-17T22:09:00.000+08:00

blah. .. out of so many half days off day i took, today . is the best.. no rain... YEAHSSS

i just said "it nothing at all"

2007-04-12T00:27:00.000+08:00

Just finished a record of 4 games of bowling in a row. I just need to released some stress from my work.

i hate monitor, i hate tv, i hate SCREEN!

but i can't live without it :(

2007-04-10T23:59:00.000+08:00

For the pass few days, I been seeing the bloody monitor the whole day, in my workplace.. and then at home... Shitt..
my eyes really poping out liao.. Feels like vomiting also.. Vurraaaggggg...

Weekend, my savior.....

2007-03-29T18:43:00.000+08:00

There is some political tension going around in my workplace. Looks like Mr X is getting into some kinda problem, a BIG one. Technically speaking he is a very very good worker, with vast amount of experiences in his field. But human management and paperwork no good. I think he is getting into a lot of troubles. People are clearing shits for him... Good luck to him.

Losing temper

2007-03-24T22:23:00.000+08:00

Today my elder bro and my father had a big fight over a very small issue. A deliveryman was sending a new handphone to my house. But becoz my brother haven't extract all the data out from his old phone and had the deliveryman waited outside my door for more then 20mins. We tried to invite him to come in but he refused. My father wasnt happy with what he saw. He kinda reprimanded my bro and in the end they ended quarrelling.

My mum joined in the "fun" and reprimanded my dad instead. She needed to support my brother for some reasons. LOL, in the end my dad left the house furiously. My brother is the type that just flared his temper to show his prowess. But he mean no harm, and most of the time he be in talking terms with you after that.

Temper has to be buildup. So, once u reach the limit, you got no choice but to it off at someone. I always believe this theory, emotional goes up, intelligent goes down, and vice versa. So once u flare your temper at someone, thats where ur emo comes into play. With little intelligent left, you become another person, and you end up saying nasty things to them. And somehow u trigger the other person emo button and thats where fights happen.

By the time your intelligent return, its already too late. Damages has been done liao.

My anger management arent too good either. But i been trying to improve it over these years through various fights observation.... HAHA..bad me.

Names

2007-03-11T23:12:00.000+08:00

I've just sent off my relatives off minutes ago. They had came all the way from KL, Malaysia yesterday afternoon to pay us a visit. How nice of them. Our relationship has always been very close even though we stay thousand of kilometres away. As usual the host would prepare a table of splendid dishes for the guests.

We were joking about the names of my aunties and my mum. LOL. My first aunty is called Flower. My mum, Red Peach. Then my third aunty, Garden. And lastly my fourth aunty, Pineapple. HAHAHA... we were laughing like hell. And joked that my grandfather or grandmother couldnt give proper names on those times. All names are on greens. They just took it lightly on naming their kids.

When my grandfather was around my father generation had to settle for "Eng" as their middle name. Then my generation leh? All the middle names comes with "kheng" Its very special whenever i visit my grandfather tomb during QingMing, all the names there are craved with 刘荣 " " and 刘庆 " ". after my grandfather had passed away, somehow this middle name thingy stopped. Maybe its hard to find good first name for my other cousins.

My father has never given anyone of us a christian name. This wasn't a really an issue for me. My brother called himself Andy in secondary school. So coincidentally he became Andy Lau, same as the HongKong superstar lor. I was a puzzled why he would want to call himself that. It was like imitating somebody in my opinion. I thought to myself, why can't we just accept the names that were given to us by our parents? But slowly i had accepted his name, unconsciously.

I came to realised the important slowly as i started working. It seems like its easier to connect to people the first time with a christian name. You remember people easily with their angmoh mia then dialect mia. In my opinion it get things done efficiently. But one should not get overly done with angmoh mia and forget their dialect one. IMHO, dialect name always gives a closer "feel". My mum always called me kheng hock. But when she wanna make me do something, she will call me with my HanYuPinYin name....Arrggghhh....And it never fail to make my hair stand!!!
Ahem.. I'd given her tons of names!!!

Hahaha.. Anway I am considering to get myself a christian name.. still thinking of a good one..

All guys affair

2007-03-05T22:47:00.000+08:00

Last friday had an all guys night outing with the singles.....( au, helen, cock cai, and morbin, me) Thanks to helen toh, i found a really cool place to chill out. Its a Bali style clubhouse near SAJC call the Bali Villa. the environment is very cosy, spaciaous and most importantly they charge inexpensive drink.. i think.... And got free flow of chips somemore. We were given some really nice sittings and had a long nice chat till 2am.

After that we head on to Mount Faber for some nice scenery.

At the bali villa.. nice chill out place

At mount faber.. Me attempting a really tough shot to get all into the picture. stretching with my right hand. streeeetch... arrgghhh.

Yuan Xiao

2007-03-05T22:02:00.000+08:00

Yesterday night celebrated yuanxiao at my uncle house. Two steamboat tables, one for the meaty ppl another for the veggy. Very long never have meaty steamboat during CNY period. Maybe got more 5yrs already. All along all we have are vegetarian one coz most of my bros and uncle and cousins who are all veg. But well.. its always good for a change heh..

2007-02-22T22:23:00.000+08:00

Yeah.. CNY is just over. Not really over but the celebration period. Had a real tired days before it. Gonna do the usual help out at the market. Lots of manual work, sweats, driving. Its very memorable for me especially during the last day when we are doing the clearing up and preparing to rest before the big day. Seeing my uncles and father helping out each other really touched me. They been working that way for the past 40yrs? can really see that age is catching up on them. They looked very tired but still put it up to finish the entire task together. Thats the spirit of the LAUs. HEHE.

As usual, this year we had a mini reunion with my 2 other uncles' families minus my grandma(coz having dinner with another uncle). Was really really fun haha.. and thanks to this mac book pro i had.. i took some fotos haha.

Indeed, The above fun can't be achieved without the help of initiators and players. Initiators who took time and effort to organise the event. Players who agreed to take part in the event. Hmm. .i shouldnt make it sounds like this event is very "ke yi". .it is "ke yi". .blah dunno what i am talking about. Perhaps its becoz one of our very good initiator or catalyst is getting married this june to a "chicken". Thats what she said . hahaha..(jia ji shui ji).

CNY day, as usual.. dress nice nice to go Bai Nian. Had lots of fun and laughter at my grandma house. Just imagine a 4rm flat pack with 30+ ppl. Gamble, chats, food, jokes....

In the evening had to rush for a train ride to visit my grandmother in malaysia. Visited Cameroon highland for my very first time. Just realised that the scenery in Malaysia is comparable to taiwan lor. The next day headed for genting.. yeah Gamble. Lost 150 riggit and decide to leave.. coz feel its a waste of time and effort. haha. My bro and I had a side bet with my Dad, if he can leave Genting with winnings( coz he always loses) we will give him $200SGD each. To our surprise he did..LOL.. he won 1k riggit in the end.

This morning just reached SG nia.. have to start my work liao lor.... YEAH . feel so fresh.

2007-02-15T01:20:00.000+08:00

Just finished tidy up my room for the CNY. My brother been nagging me to do it for the past few days. Day by day, he reminded me while i was watching tv, eating, playing internet... waa.. can really make me go crazy. And my new year clothing also havent buy yet. Too many things to do whenever CNY comes.

Haizz. every new year same routine for me, need to help out at my dad's stall. Bobian have to take a urgent off day to work there. *yawn* .. must go to sleep liao.

"Happiness is a choice"

2007-02-13T00:02:00.000+08:00

Very long never have an nice chat with my butties over msn liao...

no kopi session, msn session is equally enjoying.

Guys can gossip too!! hahaha

2007-02-08T20:57:00.000+08:00

Today just finished my bloody 2day course. Some customer service course... Well its interesting but really take out too much of my time le.. otherwise i could have use it to do something better.... CCB..

I've been trying to find some time to update this blog for the last few days but i always came back home quite late. Plus this bloody blogger.com can sometimes take a hell long time to load a page. And also plus the fact that i m busy paking DOTA in the night. Excuses, excuses, excuses..... .

Last weekend was quite nice, had a nice outing with my poly butties, lbs and yunos. So long never meet up.. and really got so many things to talk about. Yunos might be getting marry soon, next year? perhaps.. Congratz to him..

Then three days ago, went out with au, ks and jb to harbourfront. Plan to buy some clothing for new year.. but ended up doing many window shopping and chatting away. It really been sometimes since we had a small gathering. Everyone is getting into the workforce. Even the most bored guy, Au, is also keeping himself very busy this year. Its so hard to get everyone together. And it makes a mahjong session even harder.

KNN, later that night received another shocking sms from Cow. He had proposed to lifang le and she agreed. He never fail to give us surprises. LOL...

Yesterday leh?... went out with some students and colleagues to Kbox at cineleisure.. Well this outing was supposely to talk out one of my colleagues from leaving our school. Bobian.. he still choose to leave. Today was his last day.

Even though i been in the workforce for only 4years, i had my fair share of seeing ppl leaving the company and this kinda made me numb to it. Perhaps YC havent seen such things enuff plus the fact that this is his first job. Its understandable that he does get a little emotional when a staff leave. Or it could be the sense of belonging that he had in the school so when someone decide to leave, they are like a part of him missing.

And me? Perhaps working is just another avenue for my income...

2007-01-25T00:41:00.000+08:00

I know i shouldnt give up on this "game" without a fight. I didn't.

I am glad.

2007-01-20T23:14:00.000+08:00

Today went to ACM with Heng and Lifang. I always wanted to visit the exhibits ever since i first saw it during my school orientation which was held at ACM. The history of the China always fancinate me, with the kinda technology that they had few thousands years ago, how they managed to get things done. Well this trip didnt really impress me much coz i was expecting more.

Yesterday just got another shocking news from my school. Another colleague of my is leaving. Those that will keep talking about leaving wont leave, but those quiet type will just drop a bomb suddenly. "diam gao ka si lang" Quiet ppl are the most dangerous. HAHA.. Dunno issit a good news or bad. My boss said that becoz of sudden rise in resignation, our dean realised something is not doing very right, so he probably going to do something to keep the present staff's moral high. Plus my boss said there are plans staff increment soon. Wa.. song liao.

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Writing blog is seasonal thingy

2007-01-04T13:55:00.000+08:00

There was some period of time during nov and dec where i dont feel like blogging. I dunno why. Just dont have the mood to pen my feelings or thoughts to it, though I am not writting 100% of what I really feels bcoz of its kinda public. I just felt that its very boliao to write.

Right now suddenly got a mood to write something, be it nonsense feeling, comments or whatever. Just wanna put in an entry for today. Perhaps i am just too bored.

2007-01-03T20:09:00.000+08:00

Today, my av manager, Tomas, just summitted his resignation letter. First day of work nia, and suddenly drop this bomb. He was the one who interviewed me. Kinda like the founding father for this school. But it does puzzled me why he wanna leave this well paid and stable job, one that could easily provide 5-6k a month. He own a private house and had good investment. He could just live that way without worry about bread and butter for the rest of his life. I kinda agree with what he said, "if you feels that you are in the comfort zone, it means its time for you to move on". He did said he wanna try something diff coz he live only ONCE.

LOL, was just surfing friendster and found hairy man, gerald. Msn-ed him and found that he too is leaving his company. He said his company don't value him well and he is looking for some career advancement. With his capabilities, he will survive anywhere.

Economy is doing very well right now, everybody is jumping around like nobody biz. Seeing two cases a day, dunno is encouraging or demoralising.

2006-12-30T23:54:00.000+08:00

Err... did i say i am nei jiu(regret) for the food i ate for the pass few weeks? Yesterday, i succumb to the temptation again. Actually i dun wan.. but peer pressure sibuay strong.. kanna bring to eat buffet at suntec's pearl river palace. Sibuay expensive .but food sibuay nice hahaha.. Already pay $$ liao.. bobian have to activate my second stomach lor. After that the bunch of us walk to esplanade and saw a live performance by some Jazz group. Sibuay entertaining lor.. I really like the live jazz performance, that lead singer dancesteps and voice is so enchanting.. not forgetting the rest of the intrumentalists who did a fantastic jobs. Hhaha.. i must say Blacks are really good at jazz..

Sianzzz.. these days i just dont feel like doing all my usual activities at all. Rather spend my time dotaing lor. Blah.. something just not very right about myself. Dont feel like like going out or staying at home. Dont feel like sleeping, dont feel like watching tv. Used to envy people have SCV sport channel where they can watch those live EPL football matches. Now? I got one myself and i hardly watch the programmes myself. Just feel like dotaing my time away. Complaining that i got no time for exercise? blah.. plain excuses

Well... its just some fishy areas that is affecting me. HAHa fishy huh.. I just hope this new year i can make a breakthru for myself.

2007 我来了.

2006-12-27T14:20:00.000+08:00

Haizz.. i am very the nei jiu (regret) for what i eaten.

Eaten the botak jones twice in 2 weeks. Drink excessively last week... My taiwan trip was full of deepfried stuffs. Sleep very little, keep dotaing....

Worse still i havent been exercising for more 2 months... Where are my fitness spirits...

Arrgggghhhhhh............

Merry Xmas!!!

2006-12-25T10:52:00.000+08:00

I've just returned from my taiwan trip last tuesday. It was very enjoying indeed. Got to know new friends from the tour and at the same time an eye-opening trip for me. I've only known Taiwan from the taiwanese variety programmes and hearsay from friends. It was until i see it for myself that i realised how layback Singapore is. Really....

2007 is coming soon and that means i am getting to 28 soon.. Shit. I will be hitting 30 in no time. Fuck. hahaha..

2006-12-11T23:35:00.000+08:00

Excited.....

Two more days before i go Taiwan. Chatted with my travelling buddies heng and kenny over the msn. What are the essential things to bring, seven disposable underwear, mahjong set, food for plane? Hmmm...KS previously even suggested bring condom.... LOL.. Plzzz this is not some kinda a sexual escapade.

HAHA.. i am all set for this trip man. Just bought a big 25" trolley bag from chinatown this afternoon. I'll go there with less then 50% filled. Let see if I can come back with 150% filled..HEH. I only made a change of SG250 so converted is ard 5kTWD. Dunno how i will spend.. heard most of the things are covered by the tour package. But we going there to eat like the TV show Shi Zhi lu Kou so might not be enuff. I also borrowed a superb camera from my work place. Canon SLR dunno what lah.. good camera but lousy cameraman!

This is my second overseas trip after thailand a few years back. Heard the weather there is ard 16deg. Shiok man.. aircon everyday haha.. My wardrobe no winter wear sia.. must borrow from my brother his office windbreaker hahaha. Then get some winterwear when i am there.

Naruwa here i come!

2006-12-05T15:58:00.000+08:00

"My far right".. i was right for a moment.. Prime spot.

2006-12-04T23:29:00.000+08:00

It has been sometime since i last update my blog. Things are getting pretty monotonous at the moment. Work, play, home, sleep, etc.. i think i am behaving like a robot soon.

I was thinking to get a PDA phone for a change. Thinking about the functionality like reading mails, surfing, msn, games, GPS on the go. And the fact that Singapore's wireless@sg project is launching makes me even more gian to get one.

I was almost about to go for one liao.. but last sat my bro's gf told me this, "if you get a pdaphone, you are just making urself more busy". Her casual remarks just struck my big plan away. Indeed, there is no reason that i should make myself busy with this simple gadget. Getting this gadget will probably add an extra stress point to my lifestyle. I shall stay as simple as possible.

马里莫

2006-11-18T21:17:00.000+08:00

This video about a dog. So touching.....

2006-11-18T16:08:00.000+08:00

I really really really hate the feeling of hangover. Just so sucky. No appetite, want to vomit, headache, tired, waste of my time most importantly.

Yesterday, cow jio me to pak mahjong, but i thought wow.. its likely to be an overnight affair and the fear of tiredness so i didnt join. Later on i received another call from aunty anna, jio-ing me to go Holland V Wala wala. She said quite a few cousins are joining so i thought its a good chance for gathering.

My first time to this pub lor.. even though i been living there for so many donkey years. Haha. There was this live band going on there. Playing some very nice soft rock. But the whole place is damn fucking crampy. Like stuffing pigs in a small stable. If a fire breakout.. i bet not a single one can escape lor.

Anyway, had quite a few drinks with my little cousins. It was a mistake to had a drink with Kent, a hardcore drinker. hahah. With him around i dunno i took how many drinks also. Became a little crazy last night i think. But it was really fun haha.. but the worse havent come yet.

The worse thing just happen the next day, today. Had a terrible headache, wanna vomit but cannot. damn sucky feeling lor. Like a zombie lor. And i remember i had a morning appointment with Heng to book a tour. Bobian... drag myself up from bed and meet him. Luckily there Lifang was there to help book the tour for us. Can see that she is very pro in this kinda of thingy. Me and heng just stand behind her and she do all the talking even though she is not going. She is not like what heng said careless.. but instead i think she is very thoughtful and meticulous person lor.

I had another aftn appointment with fredo and friends for a singing session. But I had to cancel coz i am really in a terrible condition. Fredo, gotto apologies to u guys for flying aeroplane. Dun wanna spoil ur mood also.

The previous time i had this kinda of hangover was like 3-4 years back and i told myself that i will never ever get myself into this kinda situation again. haha .. sway sway kanna again. Must exercise more self-discipline next time.

2006-11-13T21:16:00.000+08:00

Just came across this guy in youtube playing Pachelbel' Canon rock style. Sibuay chio....(you wont regret)

2006-11-07T23:50:00.000+08:00

My Far Right just failed me today... I will not GIVE UP!!!.

PA BUAY TOAD. I will improve as i go along....

Malaysianzz immigration

2006-10-25T13:23:00.000+08:00

Just spoke to YC on my encounter with the Malaysian immigration officers last weekend.

Dont ever pray pray with these officers lor.. they know nothing about customer service, and its always colour helping the same colour.

At the Tanjong Pagar Train station.
I was on the phone when i handed my passport to this female officer. I asked her if I was on the correct lane, she replied rudely " you got a problem issit"?

My blood started to boil, and i knew i would give her a hard time when she had done(i didnt know she was going to give it to me instead... LOL)

After she was done with the checking, I asked her "hey, you got a problem with me issit"

Immediately after hearing this, she stormed out of her office with my passport and headed towards her supervisor. She shouted and pointed finger at me and mumble something in melayu to her supervisor. I thought well probably i might be able to reason it out with that supervisor who supposely looked very "understanding" and its all about customer service. Instead, he told me not to take the train and go by the road. I was kinda shocked by this reply.

Anyway I still managed to take the train somehow...

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Another interesting incident with the immigration when i returned from Malaysia.

Little did i knew that the argument i had with that female immigration will coz another problem when i returned. She didnt not proccess my passport correctly lor.

Here i am, facing a guy. This guy does looked more friendly.... and got that greedy face.

"Hmm.. i cannot let you thru, your passport got no chop", he said with a smile.

"i didn't know, i just took what the previous immigration officer gave", i said, try to act blur.

"How??.. do you wanna settle this", he said with a cheeky smile. At this point i know what he want liao.

I took out 10 riggit and gave it to him straight. But he wanted me to slot it into my passport and passed it to him.

DAmnit.. of course i wanna settle this lah. Actually its not bad to have bribery lor. Imagine you can save a lots of problem with $$. I had heard of such stories before.. and i just wanna avoid trouble.

2006-10-24T10:42:00.000+08:00

Let me just post an entry when i am still in malaysia.

Currently me and my bro are staying with my relative. We've help them repaired 3 computers in total. From Pentium4 system all the way to Pentimum MMX, We just spent half our holiday time repairing them. The other half we went to eating, shopping and my fav genting casino. No ladyluck for me. I've lose over $400 Rm playing my so-call expert game, Pontoon. Well i did won $300Rm but ended up losing more. Such is greediness.

I'll be boarding a bus home in 4 hours time. So fast...Arrgghh.

Dream on...

2006-10-20T10:33:00.000+08:00

Blogger makes mistake once in a while... but me?.. i made two wrong blog entries in less then two weeks.

Shit.

A friend of mine, i think KS, was saying last week that when you were kinda trap or cannot solve something in the dream it means in your real life you are facing the same problem. So it is important that you are able to escape or solved the situation you had during the dream..

I had an interesting dream this morning. I was kinda in a ballroom where there is only one small table serving some food. Out of sudden, more people start entering and the buffet serving became larger, like 100 tables. Lots of food, expensive wine just appear out of no where.

There i was, not interested in the food, perhaps thinking that there will be enuff food later on. Instead, i went for the expensive wine, queuing up for them. Looking around, many people begin sitting down and enjoying the food they have got. But me, still unsatisfied, decided to get more wine for my friends so that we can have a sumptuous meal later on.

When i decided to head back to my table, i realised that i was alone, whilst everyone are already sitted, chatting and enjoying what they gotten. Suddenly I realised that i havent taken any food for myself. The weren't much food left for me. I had to settled for leftover.

This dream probably can be translated that I could be chasing after the wrong dream in real life. In the end you realised that what you been trying to get is not important in your life. And you can only settled for what is left for you.

If you are contented now, you are acutally enjoying your life now. But how many can do so?

2006-10-12T12:16:00.000+08:00

Took a taxi home last night after my OT. Had a interesting journey with the driver. I was tired from work and thought i could keep my mouth shut. LOL.... with such a entertaining driver with me i got no choice but to talk a little bit. He was a comedian thru out the journey lor.. and i think he will make it thru if there is a commedian contest. His voice, gestures, jokes, smiles, facial expression, just too entertaining for me to fall alseep.

Out of every 10 taxi driver, 9 of them will tell me they used to be professionals or bosses.

This particualar driver said he used to be a manager blah blah.. but quitted becoz of politics.. haha. He went on to talk about government, taxes, cars, blah blah.. There always something to pick up from a conversation. In this instance, his optimism in life , being contentment of what he has now and how one should look forward to in his life, etc.

...................Had an early sleep after that, probably just too tired from my work. Woke up at 6am this morning for run. End up sweating like hell during the MRT trip. HAHA.. too hot to handle. Gonna meet au later to buy things for chalet. Preparation and cleaning up is always the most boring things in a chalet.