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today was crazy..

10am @ novena, collect my danish visa..

11am @ orchard borders, flip magazine to see some winter fashion.. fur is in, black and grey is in.. haha.. plus some dash of red or green in accessories.. hmm.. idea idea..

12pm, orchard, shopping..

winter down-jacket --> 229
g-star jeans --> 229



in 2 hours.. f**k.. my mum better not know i am spending SO much.. ok lah, the down-jacket really cant save on it.. and its by far the oni pure black jacket i could find.. even zara or topman din hav decent down-jackets.. gap, CK, g-star, timberland got.. but either too simple, or too expensive, or the colours are juz wrong.. so i settled for the pull n bear one.. its the LAST S size available.. size M were out even earlier.. L abit too big, look sloppy.. so, S it shall be..

mayb my sis aso shdn't know too, cos they r the ones who will nag, even more den my mum! haha.. cos mum probably knows tat she cant really control me liao, so nag aso no use.. den my sis r probably tinking tat their nagging will help..

i beg to differ! hah..

ok, not like i am damn proud of it.. but i believe some things r worth investing in lah.. like a good winter jacket, and a couple of good jeans to wear all the time for mayb the next 10yrs to go, as long as i dun grow OUT OF SHAPE.. hee..

plus an agnes b jacket my fren lend me.. i am all ready for japan, and SEP.. snowing winter, here i come!! ok, not really.. haha.. i am still scouting for:

a huge lugguage
a sweater/pullover
beanie + gloves + scarves + socks
long johns (no silver, dun be lame)
some shirts / long sleeve shirts
a pair of much-desire TOPMAN slim-fit jeans

i hope i can keep my spendings under 1K dis month.. but by the looks of it, suan le bah.. haha.. plus some post-exams enjoyment.. omFg.. haha..

2pm made my way back skool to see the orthopaedics..

3pm @ UHWC, YIH, NUS

its a waste of my time dis consultation.. cos the ortho couls oni tell me to go see a polyclinic doc to get a referral letter and go back to him with the letter @ his ortho clinic @ NUH..

yes, its tat serious, there is still a little lump at my elbow, and the pain comes on and off, especially bad in the mornings which gets better as the day goes by..

after exams lah.. next wed, i shall hav to go doctor-hopping.. -__-"

5pm @ HSSML, STUDY! finally..

wat a day.. i dun mind if there r no exams.. BUT THERE IS.. sian.. okok, mug mug mug.. 5days to liberation..

bored + stress + photoshop

i was bored from all the studying..

the stress is building up nonetheless..

i had to use photoshop..

sorry vincent, i had to operate on dis pic! haha.. cos i simply look damn ugly in the original colour resolution.. dunnoe wat happen aso, but i was of weird shades lah! haha.. and since i wanted to do some photoshopping, i shall pick the pic with the ugliest me.. haha..

sian.. ok, mayb it's juz me, but dis original photo, is simply gross! haha..

there u go, more dull mellow choice of colours! haha..

clockwise from top left: black, green, blue, cyan..

tweaking with the colour settings randomly with the above mentioned colours.. i like the black one most.. haha.. more retro feel and most importantly, i look better! the green and blue ones, abit freaking.. haha.. well, experimenting mah.. haha..

nope, i shall not show the original pic.. hurhur..

of fried rice and getting fried

finally had my first paper today.. fried.. haha.. waliew, its like a freaking long wait.. ok, havta give it some credit since it meant tat i hav more time to study for it..

but ya see, its not always the case where more time = more studies done.. haha.. juz look at wat i did.. tues morning paper, mon afternoon still sneak out to vivo for lunch, to erm, celebrate him finishing 3 papers liao, while i starting tmr! haha..

weijing ordered dis freaking big bowl of noodles with CHILLI HOT soup base and many many floating garlic and chilli flakes..

and a cup of red bean + condensed milk + ice shavings.. sugar rush i say.. haha..

he already thumbs up b4 eating lah!! haha..

i had a bowl of fried rice with mushroom and chicken + milk tea.. milk tea, my basis for comparing all the hk cafe.. its still as bad.. haha.. ok, certainly better den those kopitiam type, but got alot to catch up if wanna compare to xin-wang or shi-nai.. haha..

and i juz love fried rice.. hee.. (forgot to take pic)

well, everyone needs to eat rite?! haha.. so i guess it doesn't hurt to travel abit (vivo is oni 20mins bus ride away from KR leh..) and take a breather rite?! hee.. studying the WHOLE time, can make one more stressed up, den more pimples, and more time wasted to attend to the face.. wa, vicious cycle! haha..

so i say, relax and cut urself some slack..

last weekend, my house kanna sandwich lah.. on one side, from the window in the kitchen.. the sun was blazing! even tiles on the floor was heated up lah..

on the other side, looking out if the living room window, dark clouds loom and threatened to rain..

o.O

anywayzz, i din realise the view can be so freaking nice! exams r taking a toll on me.. haha..

and my hp camera can come up with such good resolution! woo~ haha..

ok, peace out..

Mars & Venus

Women are the kinder sex..

its true..

notice how easy it is to find a woman to donate for u during flag-days and ask for donations from them.. 9 out of 10 will probably stop and dig hard into their purse to give drop a few coins into ur can.. it true..

notice how often u find women stopping by the road side to give the poor little kittie / doggie a stroke on the head or a pad on their back, juz as it gives a slight purr.. its true..

and probably the guys will bochap u when asked to give a small donation to help the less fortunate.. like mayb 3 out of 10 will bother to search their pockets for coins, 5 pretending not to see u, and the other 2 will GEEN u and show u the "WFT u want from me" look.. they can be juz unkind, but aso mean! its true..

Men are, however, the weaker sex..

its true..

notice on TV all the drankards, jobless punks, 流氓，人渣，败类，社会的寄身虫, are all played by men?! their refusal to stand up on their feet.. their refusal to face defeat and completely fall flat in their face when troubles overcome them and take them down.. their refusal to pick themselves up once again.. men, made all men look so useless and weak.. its true..

women, no matter how rotten they allow themselves to develop, they will nv reach the chui-ness state of men.. its true.. the female counterparts, will, in times of difficulties, 咬紧牙根, continue lives no matter how tough the going is for them.. how abt the woman who always enter emotional disturbance, overwhelmed by sadness after setbacks in relations or work-related issues? tink abt it..

its only temporary (no doubt it might take a slightly longer time for some).. end of the day, they will walk out of the shadows, standing proud in their next path in life.. they, simply refuse to and did not want to manage their emotions as yet.. its a passing phase.. its true..

men, on the other hand, appear to be the almighty, and able to overcome all problems..
on retrospect, not really.. after some setbacks in career or relationships, they will chui altogether, from all over.. thats how they degenerate and become those 人渣，败类, unable to re-start their lives from where they left off the other time.. they cannot handle and manage such emotional demands.. its true..

men, are the weaker sex.. not from external outlook, but from a inspection of their intrinsic self..

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its juz random thoughts that floated through my mind while on my way back hall.. reflections of my inner thoughts and feelings?! u decide.. its juz quite amusing that while my ipod played songs into my ears, yet thoughts were generated and stored into my ipod.. hah!

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DUN SAY I STUPID! its true.. lalala..

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back to study.. 9 more days to liberation..

every meal can be a breakfast

look at the latest collection in my fridge..

yogurt!

i din remember liking it at all..

not in pri skool..

not in sec skool..

not in jc..

not in army..

not in uni..

until now! haha.. under some 机缘巧合，i was given some to try, and i finish the whole cup! haha.. my memory of yogurt was juz some "sour milky lumpy stuff that look bad, smell bad and taste bad.."

now, i am eating my words, and eating yogurt! haha.. the meiji wild berries and strawberries one, shiok.. marigold strawberry aso not too bad! btw, it is full of good bacteria, so it being a health food, yummy yet full of nutritional values, woohoo~

went to do my visa application on thurs (b4 the clinic visit) at novena.. and the 3rd branch of donut factory was opened recently at novena.. i had my hands on the donuts of cos, given the short queue of 5 pple at 11am.. its yanli who tempt me to go de!! haha.. i was abt to give it a miss until he suggested going..

there r new flavours! the top right corner - cinnamon chocolate.. below it is the chocolate lemon heart, and the one with the bitten edge (sorry, its too delicious i cant help but eat it even b4 taking a picture of it.. haha..) is chocolate expresso moosse.. their standard r quite comparable to that of the double chocolate!! nice nice for chocoholics like me..

dun say i greedy leh, they were my lunch, and consolation supper after the frightful visit to the doc.. hee..

i simply heart yogurt and donuts!!

and they make good breakfast food.. i can hav breakfast all day long!

Elbow

woke up on sun, tues and today morning losing the ability to bend my right elbow.. dunnoe wats wrong too.. tot it might juz be a simple case of "tennis elbow" due to strain during exercise or something..

juz to be safe, i went down to UHWC @ YIH, NUS to see the doc.. mayb get some painkiller or physio method to improve the situation faster..

DOC1: What happen boy?

ME: Erm, dunnoe leh, i woke up dis morning cannot bend my elbow, hurts when i try to do so.. thr whole bending motion is rather painful..

DOC1: Let me check.. *starts pressing my elbow and boy, it sure hurts when she hits certain spots, esp the whole area juz above the elbow joint, the tendon there..

DOC1: hmm, let me refer u to the in-clinic bone specialist.. i suspect there is a cyst which might hav developed due to inflammation of ur elbow tendon..

ME: Okie.. thanks..

DOC2: What happened?

ME: Erm, dunnoe leh, i woke up dis morning cannot bend my elbow, hurts when i try to do so.. thr whole bending motion is rather painful..

DOC2: Let me check.. *starts pressing my elbow and really pressing at those places tat hurts most many many times..

DOC2: i suspect its a cyst.. look at the swelling at the elbow tendon.. and tats restricting ur movement.. shall we do a test now?

ME: how is the test gonna be like?

DOC2: we will poke a syringe to draw sample from the swell and see if there is pus or not.. if there is, then its a cyst, and u will have to go for operation at NUH A&E immediately.. otherwise, it could juz be a normal swell, and hopefully the pills will work..

ME: huh, operation?! i am having my exams next week!

DOC2: but u cant wait til den.. it might be acute and we cannot allow the pus to be spread ard in ur bloodstream..

ME: u mean like i hav to get poked by needles now?!

DOC2: yap, tats the fastest way.. unless u want to go the polyclinic and let the doctors there refer u to NUH A&E to take a ultrasound.. we can derive the results from that too, but will take time, and cost more..

ME: hmm, ok, u can proceed with the test now..

DOC2: ok, nurse, wats the largest syringe size we hav? pls prepare it, and anesthetic too..

ME tinking to myself: wtf, largest syringe?! need anesthetic too..

not after long, i was on the ops bed, laying down, shivering.. u drink yakult?! the syringe diameter was tat of the yakult straw! goodness.. no wonder i needed anesthetic..

it was cold, scary and totally out of my imagination.. mini operation juz like tat.. i am not prepared AT ALL.. he insert, drew oni blood, and tried at another angle, same results.. den tried again at another place.. still oni blood..

total 3 insertions, alot of blood lost in the process..

DOC2: hmm, it seems like there is no pus, so either its really juz a swell, or the pus hasn't fully develop.. u observe urself, should u get fever, come back immediately.. inflammation leads to fever, and so if fever, the chance of the inflammation at ur elbow is true, and we might need to arrange for the ops.. meanwhile, juz take the anti-inflammatory pills, and come back for re-consultation next thurs if nothing happens in between..

ME tinking to myself: i am so fucked! its the exams period, and i had to kanna such stuff.. wat if i really need a operation?!?! wat if i had to miss a test?!?! i DOWAN to retake these horrible modules!! omg..

right now, my elbow aches upon bending, my heart sinks upon tinking abt the consequences should things get worse.. fuck!!!

Study Time

when u r so bored while studying, u do weird things..


things tat r uninterestingly interesting..


things tat r so meaningless..


or simply spastic..


like..


like..


i hate to put it up, but..


tadaa..

but hey, its actually quite fun.. really.. cam-whoring --> try it! haha.. the little thrill in trying to make all sorts of expressions and yet not letting pple surrounding find out and starting tinking u r weird or something.. haha.. well, at least it kept me awake! haha..


unless of cos, u r all ready to succumb to the ZZZ-monster..


when to the esplanade library to study over the weekend, and guess wat.. its the ugly crocs on display in the tunnel linking esplanade and citylink.. haha.. i know, its been there some time liao.. but its oni now tat i took pics of it for blogging.. haha..

its coupled with disfigured pokemon (poor pikachu) and barbie.. omg, its starting to get scary rite?!

considering the fact tat the exhibits r actually put up by a bunch of primary skool kids, not too bad a try i hav to say.. creativity is there.. juz gotta work on it a little bit more..

dis, is wat i call art in simplicity..

ok, back to the books..

Filming II

ok, not like i am in another tv show or something.. haha.. juz trying to give full and proper credits to tat fateful day lah.. haha.. tat time, knew had to rush to study for the last test of a module, as well as catching up with some work, so did a pretty slip-short one.. hee.. paiseh pple..

1o.30am was the meeting time, cos of the rain, so starting things later den the stipulated 10am.. tat gave me abit more time to do my hair.. haha.. actually the preparation started on sun..

ME: mum, help me iron the orange stripe long sleeve shirt from topman.. i wanna wear it for filming..

MUM: huh, wear long sleeve, tats for working pple.. u oni student leh.. change wear a short sleeve shirt lah.. nah, dis orange polo ralph polo-tee lah.. looks better on tv de..

ME: (tinking otherwise, i hav to do the ironing myself.. lazy!) orhh, den help me iron tat polo-tee bah.. thanks..

haha.. ok, sounds kiddish, but yar, i was TAT lazy and juz took my mum's word for it..
back to skool and waited for wed to come, and managed to jio benny as one of the food tasters, heng he go and nv pangseh me like melyvn lor.. haha.. if not i will hav no one to tok to lah.. of cos, tat tot was pretty unfounded, cos felicia and dasmond are really frenly dudes who included me in their conversation de.. hee.. from beautifying one's self, to diving, to photography, to travel, to phones, to scam phone calls (and playing back the prank on them), to fans, all sorts bah..

6hours of filming, scenes involving me probably 1 hour in total, for mayb a mere 5mins or so on tv.. haha.. mayb not even tat much after tremedous cutting and editting.. haha.. yes, the advert is airing liao.. i am tat guy with the singlet face on full screen for tat split second.. its the super short video clip submitted for audition, which i did it in my hall room after playing floorball with my hall-team, den shower den juz wear singlet de, hair aso nv do.. so chui rite?! haha.. shit...

back to filming day.. frens came to ask me to help them ask the celebrities to take photos with them.. haha.. xiaoli was the first to make me do it! haha.. and TAT was the first photo i took with the celebrities too.. haha.. at first i aso apprehensive mah, scared they dowan to take photo with me.. haha.. afterall, i am but a small fry.. haha..




i can become a part-time photographer liao.. haha..



i even took dis same pic with 4 different cameras.. haha.. and the camera to pull off with the best shot, goes to my faithful Canon IXUS70! haha.. its true! within this 6 hours of filming, it convinced dasmond to buy it in the evening.. haha.. but he is getting the IXUS75, oni difference is the bigger screen..

the opening was pretty short.. and i am amazed at how dasmond manage to pull it off, and guiding felicia into it.. he made it so easy lah.. den when i came in, the progress became abit slower.. haha.. nervous mah.. after shooting den dasmond commented tat i was speaking in a pitch higher den my usual pitch.. haha.. oh well, juz hope i dun ridiculate myself.. haha..



yes, the tree branch did fall off, but its pretty far away from where we did the opening, and after quite some time when we returned to the engin canteen liao.. haha..



eat food, film, wait, eat food, film, wait.. vote! the nominees are engin indon panggung stall - chicken leg set, arts jap stall - deep fried dory with scrambled egg bento set, and yih munchie monkey - brownie.. and the winner is..


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find out urself in january.. shall not say which one won, watch the show den u will know! haha.. will release the date when nearer.. haha.. but pls support the other episodes too! its nice!!



den oni tat the ending i am to do the shooting for the individual food, i.e. i shall say y is the food reccommended.. gin nv prepare the full script for me!! haha.. heng i got come up with something with huiyian in tues nite lah.. haha.. den gin oni go thru see wat i can say, and she say "good" den i say to the camera liao.. yar, juz lidat lor.. haha.. and my description is not all tat accurate de lor.. she oni amend abit.. haha.. its abit imprompt i must admit.. BUT, i really say stuff tats pretty real, not like those exagerrated taiwan variety shows of "吃了有幸福的感觉" lah.. haha..



good memories, tats y 1 experience, 2 blog entries on it! hiak..

Stroke of Luck

hope i dun spoil it by saying it out..

*prayer* luck, do continue to stay by my side, esp so throughout the exams period..

recently, i been on a lucky spree..

first, i manage to un-SU a module, by my CAP abit to a decent class.. yes, it was at TAT borderline.. totally hate myself for it.. =(

second, got a free choc fondue from the sweetstone in a lucky draw by registering with them..

next, got thru audition to film in campus yummy hunt.. not like i got some big part to play lah.. but abit more den the 30 tasters, haha, and get solo part.. dunnoe how it will turn out to be like on tv.. haha.. and of cos learn more abt this thing called media..

den as a member of Nuffnang, and through a lucky draw, i got free movie tix of watch "Enchanted"..

hmm, mayb i shd push the luck abit and start buying 4D and TOTO.. hiak.. *evil laughter*

Filming

filming, i had my fun share in it..

the hosts, dasmond and felicia, and the owner of engin indon panggung stall..

getting ready for shooting, with students as the background..

host and their obssession with munchie monkey brownie..

me and the helpful research writer, gin..

finally me n the 2 hosts, on 美食大专攻 (Campus YummyHunt)..

i was performing the role of "food guide" lah.. the one tat will intro the food from nus lah, den the 2 hosts supposedly will come and interview the boss / chef and get the 30 tasters to eat and comment and vote for their favourite..

its actually the 2nd episode for the nus leg.. the first leg consisted of more local delight, like arts yong tau foo, science claypot and one other dish, food guide being another guy.. the 2nd one is on engin indon food, arts jap and YIH munchie money brownie..

afterthoughts?! there's plenty of waiting.. so can be pretty sian.. haha.. and the celebrities hav to entertain the crowd with their whacky ideas and smiles (image the no. of photos they hav to take a day?! its, insane man).. kudos to them, for being able to put on the smile anytime, anywhere..

ALSO, there are many things behind the scenes that goes on that pple will not know while watching wats presented.. haha.. either u discover heroes, behind the screen, or see the ugly side of how things are prepared and scripted to juz look good on TV..

haha.. such is media.. oh well.. at least now i know.. thats the biggest harvest..

nope, certainly not the pics i managed to snap with the celebrities.. nor the beauty tips or gossips they share during our conversation.. haha..

if u r interested, campus yummy hunt premieres 27 nov, 8pm on channel U.. mine is the 7th episode, so u can do the counting.. it would be in jan by the time it will be aired.. haha.. in conjunction with christmas n new year on tues, i tink there will be a LONG delay.. haha.. hope i am still in singapore to catch myself on tv.. haha..

Next Week Outlook

Tues - presentation --> something that i always enjoyed doing, but hav not gotten good opportunities..

Wed - something special --> something that i'm interested in n always wanted to try, but nv got a chance to.. finally got chance le.. hope it turns out well..

thurs - planning to settle more SEP preparation.. admin admin.. so mafun..

Fri - test (if switched from wed successfully)--> something i always hated but still gotta do it, and call an end to 1 module..

exams coming up late nov.. yet i am still quite packed, juz not able to settle down to study for the final exams..

can u feel the heat?!

Sentosa

its been some time i been to a beach..

dis time to sentosa, not for orientation camp or beach volleyball..

juz plain walking ard, seeing wat sentosa has to offer..

other den courts for beach volleyball, beach benches for sun-tanning, chalets for orientations, nothing much actually.. haha..

no lah.. i can't be so singapoream in a tourist place rite?! haha.. there's the evergreen underwater world, the merlion, the butterfly museum, the fort siloso, the 4D magix and cineblast, and the skyride and luge..



of which, i did the skyride and luge (take a slow cable ride up to top of a small hill, and coming down in a small go-kart).. it makes me feel young all over again.. haha.. eh, its fun ok, to relive the kid in each of us.. haha.. i was aso tempted to try the 4D movie thingy, as well as going up merlion, or up the sky tower.. or listen to the "songs of the sea" or touch the pink dolphins in in the dolphin lagoon.. and lastly to juz lay and enjoy the sun at cafe del mar (along siloso beach) with a cup of cold drink!

tats wat i call life.. who wanna go sentosa, pls jio me.. i wanna lead an islander life.. haha.. dowan to waste my islander card lidat.. haha..

shit man, exams coming and i am oni tinking of how to send the holiday liao.. kill these tots pls..

i feel like a tourist all though n though.. haha..

Peter, Food and Beyond..

the mysterious link between peter and food..

yr1 holiday @ sakae sushi (yes, notice my cock black short hair..)

@ Kenny Rogers after LNP2006 (food is more impt den anything here)

@ Kuishin-bo after RA2006 (food, erm, as secondary.. rest was wat we really needed after a 7hour race)

yr 2 @ some kitchen outside cityhall mrt (we were so bloated by the quantity of food served)

yr 2 holiday @ Sakae Sushi again.. waiting patiently for THE plate to come.. (i tink we managed to keep the record, at least 20+ plates together..)

recently @ chicken rice stall along Killiney Road (yes, notice the satisfied smile upon arrival of the food, and the satisfied stroking of tummy after eating..)

recently @ Tong Shui

recently @ Oishii Pizza along Thomson Road (yes, the 1-for-1 pizza thingy HAS tables for us to dine in de.. pretty cool, and filling! we had teriyaki chicken and chicken and shiitake)

high times, low times, food will always find us, and we will always find food..

food nv get us down.. at least not him! haha..

here comes the BEYOND part..

its in a way a BIG thankew for helping me so much in the Mech Design Drawing man..

dis is wat i call frenship..

and tats wat / why / where / when / which / how frens r for..

for anytime and everytime, no terms or conditions..

lub u dip dip..