My Simple Life...

long time no see

2010-03-25T10:17:00.002+08:00

wooooahhhhhh.. its been a freaking long time since i last posted an entry.. haha.. i wonder if there is anyone still reading this blog. haha..

well, for completeness sake, i shall continue to update here on and off, even though i am not gonna be particularly thrilled, if my boss is reading this now.. blahhh..

thats the dis-incentive for working i guess..

nonetheless, i shall talk abt less sensitive issues.. hahaha.. for workplace harmony and peace..

work-wise, seems that i am on the "restless" side when it comes to work.. haha.. prob cos of the cold environment that i am working in.. coffee seems to help, STILL.. so its alrite..

shall channel more effort to making "weekly tennis with nic and mum" work out so that my body remains slightly agile and retain whatever little ball-sense i hav within me! haha..

after jason the clerk left, there is no one to organise badminton liaoz.. sianz.. imagine 2 X 2hr session of badminton weekly while he was ard.. damn shiok rite??!!?! haiiii.. i miss those moments..

of cos, to get back on the runs so as to maintain stamina and train up that weak knee of mine.. and not neglecting gym workouts so i wun become skin-n-bones after 7538473km of running.. hahah

financial-wise, time to save more money for the future.. sideline of mahjong and 4D shall not stop to potentially increase my savings exponentially.. haha.. yesshhh, although the danger of endless "investments" may be made here.. but.. its the fun and thrill in it.. =D

i believe in one thing: good health is the way healthy mind, heart and soul.. so lets all revive the healthy living and start exercising!!

cool song

2010-01-11T09:24:00.001+08:00

end of 2009

2009-12-31T15:26:00.002+08:00

wat best way to end the yr, to mark the yr i am re-starting to work??

yap, by bring on duty thru-out the countdown.. hurhur..

sian to the max..

but oh wellz, will use the silent time to tink of how i hav managed my life for the past 1 yr.. good things, bad stuff, happy moments, disappointing times, all in the blink of an eye..

i will get stronger, ONLY..

all over again

2009-12-19T14:37:00.002+08:00

not tat i am complaining, in fact i enjoy doing events.. haha..

kinda started small in secondary 2 when i took over the class monitor's role, and started organising class outings and stuff..

den sec 3 i tink i was re-elected as class chairman (yar, a switch in nomenclature) and sec 4 switched to "social IC" and focus on events organising..

jc was quite a flop, oni get the class to go library.. the studious ones are there to study, while the hapz ones were there to sleep! hahahah.. ehh, aircon lehh.. hahah..

den army times, i guess there wasnt really time for recreation..

uni, hall-life was shiok, and i was in the block committee in yr2, in charge of all the blk suppers here n there, everywhere.. hahha..

now work, its kinda natural for me to take up such roles, and i havta say after facing some firewalls, i am now really familiar with all the work processes to get things paid via different channels, and getting it done without beating ard the bush..

last few days was quite exciting.. the event wasn't confirmed until on thursday morning itself!! hence with the 10 000 calls i made, and coordination, it was set in stone n cast and pushed out on friday itself!! whoaaa. the fact tat i was on duty on thurs nite din help..

and so i tot.. but in the end, its the shift tat made it REALLY possible for me.. all the miscellaneous jobs are taken care of by pearly, joann, eric and vincent (extra help).. so i could do up the slides, and they even sacrificed sleep to brainstorm with me!!!

glad tat the event was rather successful, and hope everyone enjoyed it as much as i did..

shall jiayou and complete all subsequent events smoothly, and successfully..

last but not least, thanks to all the pple who offered help, u guys are the source of energy, the tint of motivation, and are simply the best..

a crazy week..

2009-12-08T18:36:00.002+08:00

thurs, car accident..

fri, course ended.. best trainee in terms of score, but nothing in recognition.. no distinction as there was none given in history.. if not.. grrrr..

sat, won some money..

sun, ATTEMPTED marathon, ran until 18km, walked to 31km, and took cab!! haha.. timing from the marathon thingy, 1hr 04mins @ 10km mark, 2hr 40mins @ 21km mark.. tats abt it.. hahahah..

mon, started work again, practically limbed my way ard.. so embarrassing..

tue, OFF.. shiokz..

lots of ups and downs over the past few days.. i hope it will oni continue to be good..

medications

2009-11-24T21:24:00.003+08:00

suffered from flu since last week.. tot after some rest, it will auto get better, den i'll be up and running again..

BUT after the weekend, it seem to hav gotten worse.. and a trip to the doctor is essential..

to my shock, it cost 58buckaroos lah!! juz for simple flu with inflammed throat, cough and phlegm problem..

and the phlegm horrr, i tot i saw traces of blood as i was coughing and ALMOST threw my lungs out.. sighhhh..

did i mention tat i was slapped with 6 different medications already?! @.@

ilike

2009-11-20T01:24:00.002+08:00

playing pranks on frens.. =)

juz something for myself

2009-11-10T00:58:00.003+08:00

ok, i dunnoe if i will regret dis or not.. haha..

on course now, and the skool is fitted with pool and gym but there is like unlimited food @ teabreaks and lunches, all catered for..

so bascially i find myself going to the pool and gym pretty often during lunch or after lessons.. decided to take some pics by the pool.. haha..

the thing is, i am normally the ONLY user of such facilities in the skool, tats y i dare to take the photos..hurhur..

emo-ing by the pool side.. i need a lomo to capture the essence lah.. hai.. too bad, no money to own one..

getting out of the pool.. actually, to pose for dis, i was going in!! hahahaah..

shopped, tempted..

2009-11-06T00:09:00.001+08:00

went to tampines courts+ikea+giant with my coursemates from spore, malaysia, nigeria and seychelles..

window shopped..

eye-opener..

and so so tempted to get new stuff for my house, and makeover my room..

but.. i am not financially healthy to do so, yet.. hee..

Highlights for the past MONTHSSS

2009-10-06T01:32:00.004+08:00

turning back the hands of time..

jiayong's wedding 190909 - was part of the swordbearers' team.. felt great to have done the service for a great pal @ work..

5 hrs of badminton 180909 - the feeling is damn shiok.. doesnt matter the wins or losses..

xiaoting's 21st 060909 - first time visiting the sail, 44th floor.. shiok.. ohhh, and i was the oni guy among the blue sea of girl.. how ironic lah.. hahah..

KR DnD 040909 - good food with great company and stunning entertainment (by Eblk pageant).. i was awed..

NUS Commencement 210709 - the day to make all its worth for the past 4 yrs..

Taiwan trip 010709 - 070709 - thanks to joe and his family for hosting me there.. its almost a annual holiday spot for me liao.. my newfound godmother orders so!! haha..

my bdae 200609 - first of its kind.. damn retard.. but thanks guys, and the organiser..

joe's bdae 130509 - a session of 10dollar club ktv @ chinatown, and got myself back to baking after a long break..

a long week..

2009-09-22T00:46:00.002+08:00

some problems with pple..

den some problems at work..

den got so sad.. glad everything worked out (kinda) after the long weekend..

fri worked, and 5hrs of badminton actions!!! whahaha..

sat was spent sleeping, and preparing for jiayong's big day.. so glad that he n zairu tied the knots.. i could really feel the bliss between the 2 of them, n nearly teared at the video of the wooing process, and at zairu's speech.. cos jiayong did share the major issues of their R/S, and i could totally feel wat took place, the process of them grwoing together, and its really close to my heart tat the 2 of them r proceeding to the next stage of their lives.. awwwwww.. seriously, for such close frens, its definitely worth the trouble of having to draw No.1 lah, prep lah and everything to make them look good on the very day.. (dis require another entry)

sun was ISTANA OPEN house!! and its my first time over at the president's house (of office i would say) with joe kevin n melvin.. the nite ended with a mahjong session over at my place, and joe kevin melvin n me actually all squeezed in my humble room for the nite..

den morning came, i sent them off, before getting my family to ECP for Tung Lok Seafood Dim Sum Buffet on monday brunch.. the quality of food and its variety dropped. but i guess the 33 per pax was worth it while..

good food followed by napping until dinner time! haha.. light serving of fried bee hoon, den it was TV n internet all the way..

now i need to find the "wanna sleep" feeling.. hahaha..

wat a weekend to forget the past nitemares.. =)

depression

2009-09-16T00:45:00.002+08:00

wat happened 5yrs ago, happened again, today!!

it was assured 5yrs ago that it starts afresh 5yrs later, and it wun happen again..

but it did.. and it was assured that 3yrs later, it will not happen again..

somehow, i just hav a bad feeling that it can possibly happen again 3yrs later..

oh wats new..

how nice..

wtf..

plucked

2009-09-01T21:30:00.000+08:00

plucked my wisdom tooth.. gum pain, heart pain, hungry stomach..

surviving on porridge at least until tmr dinner i guess..

den shall go all out for good (cheap) hawker food tat i miss so so much!!! hahahaah.. wat to do, 750bucks gone into cleaning, x-ray, surgery, extraction, medicine..

oh well, its not the first time i extract liao.. 2yrs back on the right, now the left.. it oni scary thing of the whole process was to inject the anesthetic.. den no feeling liao, all the way to the lips.. bottom one, was saw-saw-saw (like 5minutes of sawing lah), den broken into 2 pieces.. den pulled out.. yeshhh, micro-surgery.. den the top one, juz 3seconds of brutal pulling downwards to get it out!! hahah.. its quite amazing isn't it?! hurhur..

i manage to take a pic of the x-ray of my bottom wisdom tooth, BUT i am facing huge problem with blogger.com and the new I.E interface i downloaded.. grrrrr..

2009-08-24T00:00:00.000+08:00

i tink this is the difference between working n studying..

when i was in NUS, all i did was to study(not), do all foolish stuff like making doortags, running ard making neighbours do stupid things, chat, visit the rooftop, suppering, IBG, IHG, DnD, dating game, formal hall dinners, nite cycling, overnite trash talks n planting surprises for pple.. and every event is special n unique and i wanna blog them down to make sure that i dun forget them, and keep them alive in my memory..

now tat i am working.. everything i do seem ordinary n monotonous, and i can repeat them anytime i want it, eating out, clubbing, drinking, taking a spin in my car, movie, shopping, paying fines n bills at AXN machines.. and i dun see a need for me to record them down.. cos its a cycle.. it juz keeps coming back..

hence the HUGE reduction in blogging entries..

but i will continue blogging.. i tink, my life, much of it is still ALIVE!! haha..

watched many movies of late.. GI JOE (fantastic), BRUNO (sick like BORAT), UP (intrique, sets me tinking alot, n deeply), the proposal (my kind of movie).. i tink, there is still an industry for movie makers.. =)

umbrella

2009-07-28T16:58:00.000+08:00

in sync with the recent unpredictability of weather nowSdayS, shall put up dis youtube video.. hahaha..

grrr.. i juz sent my car for washing on sun and monday rained, BIG TIME somemore.. there goes my 7bucks.. and to make things worse, i parked under the piney tree at my workplace overnite.. and now, the car appears to be even dirtier and RUGGED then before.. grrrr..

MJ MJ MJ

2009-06-29T13:03:00.002+08:00

dis weekend was pretty shiok..

played damn big MJ on fri.. 1-2 leh.. tot it was 10cent 20cent.. but its actually $1 $2 lah!! *sweat* but heng won all the way.. hee..

den sun play the typical stake.. won again..

total winnings 200bucks.. yay.. let it take care of the next 3 petrol tanks.. haha..

ohhh, and i love driving my white jazz ard.. STILL trying to be familiar with the roads in spore.. grrrrr.. =)

grades - belated entry

2009-06-08T02:33:00.002+08:00

retrospect - my grades..

not too bad.. all within expectation.. i know wat i can score in and wat i cannot.. hurhur..all the module codes and stuff, not like u pple will understand.. haha.. so shall describe along the way..

here we go..my FYP is a FAILED project tat i actually worked on.. half the time the machine was spoilt and i cannot proceed.. by the time it was repaired, my US strawberries acutally went OUT OF SEASON!!! omg u would say.. i tot so too.. but hearsay tat my prof anyhow aso give A one.. so i juz based it on TAT belief, and submitted a half-pass-six report.. in the end A-.. whahahaha.. *happy for myself of cos*

my Design II is one whereby the chem engineers group ourselves into groups of 7 and do individual units for a plant, and assemble them together n make sure tat the flow is consistent with the desired products as stated in our problem statement.. i did my part half-pass-six-ly AGAIN.. haha.. cos the time line wasn't very favourable as i was putting my heart into solving my FYP machine problem.. the end result, B.. heng i din spend a hell lot of time on it.. haha.. cos i gather tat its hard to push for an A in dis setting.. =)

took another chem eng module, FOOD TECH.. half memory half calculations module.. without my dear floorball-cum-chem eng-fren, i would hav failed at midterms TERRIBLY.. tats when i realise i forgot ALL MY MATHS le!!! haha.. panic like hell.. exams, still chui.. BUT as usual, i kinda expected it le, and glad i passed it.. D+.. hahaha.. 2nd D in NUS.. hahah..

i took aso, a ja-pa-lang IT module.. mcq and short answers for final exam.. open book.. so basically its copy and paste into exam paper oni.. alot of qn, so its a matter of who copy the fastest.. hahah..B+.. nothing interesting.. juz din manage to copy faster den the rest..

hahah..tats all for now.. semester CAP is 3.7 again (like all semesters in yr 2 and 3)..

2nd lower as expected.. no surprises no shame no regrets no nothing.. i did all i can, all i wanted, and enjoyed dis 4 years fully..

ohhh, checked results with another 2 frens.. had a fren who scored 4As and 1B to pull himself up to 2nd upper (and tat made me the lowest in my batch of peers working in the same organisation).. the other had 4.74 BUT he got B+ for his FYP, so he missed out on 1st class, can oni settle for 2nd upper.. one happy one sad, and me, nonchalant..

now i look forward to my paycheck.. hurhur..

Sparkle Sparkle

2009-05-12T20:56:00.002+08:00

dis post is like the condensed version (plus abit of illustration) of facebook.. hurhur..

once again, LONG-backdated post.. hahahaa..

let the pics do the talk..

the most successful wording formed tat nite - LOVE by cheryl jacinth kaixin clara..

the girlies.. haha.. the up the challenge to go for something cheem!!

can u make out wat is it?? me neither.. it was supposed to be EGUANA.. erm.. gambette.. hahah..

the future SIXTH 6 floor chiobus..

rachel pang can't take it laying tat her wordings din manage to turn out nice, so she regrouped jacinth kaixin n cheryl along with her to do LOVE.. still the first one nicer rite?!?! hahaha..

all those hapzz pics took place with courtesy of my CANON IXUS70.. haha.. the trusty camera good for any shot (of cos dun compare to those tua-leng-kong SLRs lah..) and of cos me as the photographer! =D

with tat, that kinda ended the LAST FEW hall activities that i ever had as an undergraduate liao lor.. 就是这样了咯。。

dun like to sleep

2009-05-11T22:20:00.003+08:00

i hate going to sleep nowadays..

for i know that when i wake up the next morning, i will experience an excruciating pain on my right elbow.. the pain will gradually subside as the day pass..

believed to be some injury sustained during floorball.. and made worst when i missed the step and fell while trying to board the bus 2 weeks back..

now the pain is recurrent EVERY MORNING when i wake up..

i used to love sleeping.. but to skip the pain, i rather not sleep..

last exam

2009-04-28T09:48:00.003+08:00

last exam in nus liao.. dis time, juz 2 papers, a HUGE difference from the usual 5-6 papers i used to hav compared to yr 1 or 2.. haha.. but, tat doesnt mean i am more motivated to study..

"u r like the most hardworking FYF ard lah, still come library study".. haha.. i wish.. cos i hav been SO slack for the entire sem, if i dun study ABIT, i tink i am a goner dis exam!! haha..

prays *let me pass, let me pass*

finishing on wed.. anyone wanna go out to celebrate?! haha.. yeshhh, tats all in my mind.. =D

KR FYF COMMAND 2009

2009-04-21T02:24:00.004+08:00

ok, sorry guys for the lack of post and very belated entries.. haha..

once the momentum is gone, hard to find back to blog n update regularly.. haha.. partly time taken up to chill, partly nothing interesting going on, partly lazy, partly take used on facebook! haha..

ok, back to topic of COMMAND 2009.. yesshhh, the much anticipated performance of the year tat i was talking about.. i did the opening dance (which is compulsory for all involved), as well as the finale dance..

all AY08/09 final year kent ridgeans

dinner in formal wear

opening dance - pink polo (yeshh, was being a camwhore n went ard taking photos while waiting for our blk's turn to go up the stage)

for those who hav been keeping urself abreast on facebook, might hav came across all the videos uploaded on facebook, as well as on youtube..

yesshhhh, its the "nobody (by Wondergirls) + Single Ladies (by Beyonce)" dance piece we prepared for our fellow kent-ridgeans..

some poses from the finale dance.. nobody + single ladies..

it was a meaningful nite, as we saw deserving awardees getting their recognition on tat nite with the hall awards, as well as precious final gifts (the bouquet of flowers and the sash tat makes me look like some pageant winner.. lol..) done up by the blk for the final year-ers..

in short, i really enjoyed myself on tat nite, my stay in KR for the past 3 yrs.. other den the frens tat i made over the yrs, COMMAND nite will be 1 particular day tat i will remember KR forever..

E-Blk Ichiban forever

command 2009 (opening)

2009-04-08T02:16:00.000+08:00

i didn't emo and cry thru-out the whole command performance.. yay!! haha..

i am getting stronger.. hehe..

ok, stay tune for the complete post with pictures!!!! =)

last 5 nites and before..

2009-04-04T11:09:00.002+08:00

some nites last week.. including the past 5 nites, i hav been dancing my nites away..

yeshh, for COMMAND 09.. the event-of-the-yr where all final years will come together to put up a performance for the entire hall..

was very enthu abt it after coming back from exchange last yr.. but as the day approaches, actually feeling contradicting emotions abt it..

its really the end of the hall journey, yet its something tat every final yr looked forward to.. and when it comes, we might not want it to end so fast, so soon..

hmmm, cant really express my feeling out in words.. mayb cos my engLAND sux.. haha.. but i tink dis kinda feeling, oni final years will understand de lah.. haha.. its the "i want it, but i dowan it at the same time" type of feeling.. haha.. COMPLICATED... yeshhhh.. hahah..

doing the opening dance and the finale dance oni.. due to the lack of enthu. when the preparation started, i oni signed up for the finale dance, and the opening dance involves all final years doing command.. HOW I WISH I HAV SIGNED UP FOR BAND.. and satisfy my rocker-wannabe-desire for juz once!!!!!

hai.. too late..

but its alrite.. the finale dance is gonna be one of its kind experience aso.. watch dis space!!

March

2009-03-30T10:56:00.002+08:00

wow.. without blogging much in the month of march, the entire month is ALMOST over!! haha.. sorry readers.. but yar, not like there r many left.. haha..

din mean to store dis blog in cold storage or wat de lah.. was really busy with my FYP presentation followed by the mad rush to complete my designII report.. (which, is not 100% den after much rushing.. haha..) i tink my personal standards hav fallen much!! hee..

but it wasn't too bad.. for i actually managed to play majong twice, when for fren's bdae celebration at ritz, watched "watchman", "marley and me", "push", "chunli" and "confession of a shopaholic"..

din really like "watchman", "push" and "chunli" lah.. heng "confession of a shopaholic" made it all up.. else, i tink the movies industries will SUFFER big time.. haha..

economic recession, everyone seem to be spending less, except for me!! haha.. been eating pretty good food - mayim lah, dragon gate lah, sakae sushi lah.. hmm.. time to save up for something BIG coming up..

ohhh, did i mention i renovated my room?!?! like FINALLY.. so nice lah!! thanks to my uncle. simple instructions to him and TADAA, outcome in 2weeks.. nice.. shall show photo next time.. haha.. yay.. more storage spaces in my room, less boxes and stuff will be thrown all over.. haha.. ok, but first i need to unpack them.. hmm, LETHARGIC!!! hahah..

ok, now i got a task in april to do..

secondhand serenade - fall for you

2009-03-17T21:36:00.001+08:00

juz a super-uber nice song to share.. awwwwww...

hell-week 01 --> over and done with

2009-03-16T23:40:00.004+08:00

fwahhh-sehhh.. finally done with one-of-a-hell hellweek.. haha..

last week had to study for the IT1003 mid-term.. and do my designII..

dis week had the IT 10% assignment + poster presentation + some calculations for designII.. waliew.. almost dieD lah..

mon was rushing thru the rain to get my poster printed at sunshine plaza at the all-too-familiar dhoby ghaut area.. den went for meeting to give my 2cents worth..

tues n wed took a breather n caught 2 movies.. hehe.. marley n me, and push.. very different genre i noe.. me being the emolomo me, of cos prefer the marley n me lah.. haha.. and stupid push got no ending!!! grrrr.. need to wait for push 2 de lah.. kns.. !@#$%

thurs was D-day.. was questioned by moderators with stuff tat i dunnoe how to answer.. like "i dun understand y ur objectives are as such.. u know the industrial standards, no one does it dis way wat.."

my not-so-fanciful-cos-i-din-put-in-100%-effort-in-doing-it-poster..

the supervisor give one leh.. and say seniors all do lidat.. ask me to continue.. wat u want me to do?!?! hai.. plus the fact tat the strawberries really went out of season wat u expect me to do?!?! sian-one-half..

fri was the mass-orgy general poster presentation for the entire cohort.. i reach on time to mingle mingle abit den left liao.. haha.. political reason i gave - not feeling well.. real reason - waliew, so bored lah.. not like there is anything for me lor.. its like a show oni lor.. and, i dun really like to be part of it.. hahaha.. left to meet joe for sakae sushi tea-time buffet, shopped vivo and met CK n frens for catching up along with some drinks..

DUN TELL PPLE I K.O. with juz 1.5 glass of house white.. whahahaah.. i had fun though.. catching up with the gang, and thanks to paul for the ride to the far west to makan the super-nice nasi lemak at taman jurong!! haha.. den went back hall to rest for sat.. deliberated very long, and decided not to join the NUS Saints anymore.. tats abt it for my floorball passion.. haha..

sat nite when to yishun-sembawang with my family for dis famous thai-food stall in some industrial park which serves freaking cheap yet tasty thai food lah.. had non-spicy phad thai, pineapple rice, fried fish, sweet n sour pork, asparagus, tomyam soup, oni 56bucks for all 5 of us lah!!! haha.. cheap cheap..

den proceeded to find joe to meet up when back hall to pick up some stuff from hall den go meet mel n jim at jim's place for majong.. *interesting interesting* tats for another post!! haha..

Perfect Cut II

2009-03-05T13:54:00.003+08:00

juz caught the MUST-CATCH Perfect Cut II, first episode..

谢韵仪 is still so pretty!! Flawless!! 不老的传说..

王田裁 is still so handsome like nv age lah.. another 不老的传说.. (but i tink his eyebrows abit the short aren't they?! omg, i am so evil.. hurhur..)

the dialogues between the two of them is still so intriguing, still so interesting..

but i prefer the perfect cut I song by 石欣卉 previously - 你没想象中爱我.. 郭美美 is totally crap.. haha..

first lesson of the series " do you pursue the quality of life over the length of which u live?!"

and to choose "3yrs in misery or 1yr of happiness".. tough choice isn't it?!

long time

2009-03-04T01:53:00.003+08:00

wow.. its been quite awhile since i last blog.. haha..

hmm, nothing interesting seem to be going on in my life lah.. so yar, less blogging... haha..

its very very amazing how time flies.. juz lidat and 2 more months and i will be graduating and on my way to build a CAREER.. very fast very fast..

suddenly it seems tat i haven enjoyed enough..

getting involved in MANY MANY hall activities in yr 1.. joining IVP Floorball since yr1.. switching hall in yr2 and getting used to the whole new culture.. mugging like there is no tmr in my earlier yrs in uni.. getting in and out of relationships, be in flings or serious business.. playing IHG seriously with KR and coaching the hall's girls' team as well.. flying off to japan with floorball teammates.. first snowy winter overseas in japan and playing floorball with the japanese dudes.. planning and flying off to denmark for 5months on student exchange programme there.. falling in love with gymming in denmark cos any outdoor activities seem too cold.. travelled 10 countries and 20 over cities in europe during my stay in europe.. missing spore really deeply and coming back to find my sense of belonging.. late nite supper and insufficient sleeps in hall, yet the convenience to wake up late and STILL in time for lectures.. convenience of not having to squeeze with 10 000 commuters on trains and buses due to the morning office crowd.. pool, gym and court facilities readily available for use anytime in NUS.. getting used to stereo blasting at my ears and STILL going for regular dosages of music, booze and fun with the gang..

i must say i HAVE to be contented with uni life dun i?!?! hee..

but, now tat i am graduating SOON, wats gonna happen to me?!?!

my lifestyle, my frens, my family, my career..

uncertainties.. to hell with it! hiak

"control those tats within ur control, and dun worry about the uncontrollables since we can't do anything about it.." -NUS Floorball Coach How Chong 2005-2007

*i shd come up with a collage showing the change in me over the 4yrs lah.. change is the oni constant mah.. but tat will be after march lah.. suddenly so many deadlines in my final yr, abit not used to such heavy workload after slacking for the past 2sems.. hehe..

to play or not to play??

2009-02-21T22:24:00.002+08:00

final yr in nus.. final chance to play in national floorball div1 league under NUS Saints.. tentative april-june.. am predicting a delay and will prob start oni in may-july.. but i starting work early may.. hmm.. once every weekend.. dunnoe if its gonna take the toll on me..

to play or not to play? tat is the question..

upcoming

2009-02-05T03:30:00.002+08:00

dis sun is coming soon..

where the best of halls pit against each other in the interhall games (IHG) Guys Floorball Carnival..

nerve-wrecking, high-spirited, emo-lomo, watever it takes..

final yr in hall, final IHG, final chance to take it down..

process, product of the IHG, lets wait and see.. hopefully KR gets all the support tat we need and perform..

grrrr, i am starting to feel the HEAT already.. R U ??

some things..

2009-01-20T02:25:00.002+08:00

some things in life, r juz hard to swallow..

no wonder so aptly put by some wise man eon yrs ago..

ignorance is bliss..

deeper tots, deeper meanings

2009-01-10T02:05:00.003+08:00

lonely friday nite.. good time to express the emo-ness in me..

randomly, had some tots, deep ones i presume.. mayb it was inspired by a movie i caught mid-week..

"its not abt wat u r fighting against.. its abt wat u r fighting for.." there lays the subtle (or big-O) difference in my opinion..

its the same as "its not abt wat u dowan, its abt wat u want"..

for example.. u can be fighting against the policy tat some other pple set, but wat is it that u r fighting for?? hope?? something different?? or juz being a devil's advocate or a rebel??

something along tat line.. if u get wat i mean, den the difference is significant..

so end of the day, its abt wat i want and not abt wat i don't want..

wat is it tat i am seeking??

wat is it tat i want??

i am kinda clueless..

n with the wink of my eyes, its 2009- final yr in NUS.. omFg..

2009 - a short post

2009-01-02T03:07:00.005+08:00

counting down was fun, especially with great company and exciting music..

*with the "days" pple ready for the countdown.. i dunnoe where did the courage come from, but we actually bought the tees together in bangkok and wore it for countdown.. all in the name of fun.. haha..*

getting home was not fun at all..

cabs are either on-call or WAITING to be on-call..

cab companies NOT picking up call-ins NOT helping.. picked up but no cabs bidding for ur calls, NOT helping..

*its moments like dis tat i really wished i had a car*

had to take NR to get out of town area..

went to stayover at fren's place, and oni reached at 4.30 when we left for supper at 2am and started waiting for cab since 2.30..

slept half of first day of 2009 away.. woke up at 2ish in the afternoon.. whahaah.. getting to sleep all tat i want to without being nagged at, sounds like a great start to 2009 isn't it?!?!

ohh, b4 i end, happy new year dudes and dudettes..

*shd be posting another entry on reflections and resolution soon*

bbb

2008-12-30T15:41:00.002+08:00

Baolai Back from Bangkok le..

it was of a pretty serene and soothing feeling even though we were in a foreign land.. company matters..

it was relaxing to hv massages twice the length of time at half the price.. price matters..

it was scary to come back with 7 t-shirts n 2 shirts when my mum's parting sentence was "dun buy so many cloths hor, go there play can liao"..

it juz makes me feel like continue holiday-ing and not come back to work on my FYP.. sianz.. .. ..

merry christmas

2008-12-24T18:38:00.003+08:00

how fast time fly..

its been a yr since those happy times spent in japan with the floorball team..

its been 6months since those SEP days with no worries and nothing to fret over..

its been 1month after the exams last semester..

its been quite a while since i did some catching up with frens..

but i will be flying off soon to bangkok.. haha..

merry christmas to all..

p.s. to santa: i hav been pretty well-behaved dis yr, is there a BIG present waiting for me?? o.O

friendships r on the rocks

2008-12-12T15:06:00.001+08:00

when no one is talking..

decent

2008-12-06T14:39:00.001+08:00

last decent shot b4 i got wasted last week (by juz 2cups of drinks mixed by some evil pple.. haha..)

i am beginning to tink of owning a dSLR all over again.. hmm..

seems like dis flame of passion for photography, i nv really got rid of..

hmm..

hmm..

hmm..

opps.. rainbow..

2008-12-01T02:44:00.002+08:00

opps, completed my last paper (not much comment, it was a chem eng module, so no thanks to all the muggers out there, my grades will DEFINITELY NOT be impressive de lah.. haha..), and the first and oni thing on my mind was to head home!! haha..

yeshh, home-sweet-home.. homecooked dinner.. routine long run ard my estate..

the all-too-familiar buildings.. that nostalgic smell of the wind.. the refreshing steps took along the road.. and not forgetting the irritating perspiration dripping down my face as i ran.. hurhur..

nope, gave wed mambo a miss.. haha.. needed a good nite sleep on my beloved bed which i kinda forsaken for some time.. haha.. in fact, i would love to hav many more sleeps at home.. haha..

weekend was at jimmy's bdae party.. wicked dose of boozes lah.. haha.. potent until machiam alcohol came free lah.. omg.. i am so glad i was one of the first few to be KO-ed.. cos i got sober juz in time to take care of others.. haha..

cleared the mess at the hotel (swiss-otel), facilitated someone who was trying to puke thruout the nite, and clean up thereafter, tried all sorts of way to create a good sleeping posture.. i felt so fatherly for once!! haha..

den it was already 4+ o.O.. showered and when out to the balcony, and the view from the 40th floor, overlooking bugis-suntec-marina square-flyer-esplanade was breathe-taking.. especially during dawn when the day was breaking.. the orange hue of the sky, the crisp warm air..

followed by gossipping with some of them of the nite's happenings.. and juz like tat, i was kept awake the whole of sat.. sun was ktv @ Dynasty and boy, the 5buckaroos per hour room charge and standard drinks at 5buckaroos nett are SO SO cheap tat, i tink anytime is a KTV time.. hahahaahah..

great dinner at dian-xiao-er (esp the herbal roast duck) followed by dessert @ Bakerzin.. i LOVE tasting good food with pple who appreciates good food as well..

finally back in hall concussed.. woke up for some heros season III n hall supper, together with a huge clean-up of my room.. yay.. haha..

tats one lovely weekend spent..

i would love every weekend to be as such lah.. spending time with joe n gang can get pretty wicked..

oh no, i ending with 12 paragraphs oni, cannot hav 2 sets of rainbow in dis post.. i missed catching rainbows.. ESP if u catch them on planes, travelling like nobody's business.. awww.. those beautiful moments of exchange are flashing back every now n den.. miss those days actually..

shall juz make do with dis.. baolai-mon rocks! now we hav 14.. wahahah

oh la laa

2008-11-24T23:08:00.000+08:00

2nd paper started at 1pm in KR lah.. shiok.. 10mins b4 the paper den juz walk down with pencil case n matric card enough liao.. dun need to pack anything else with me.. oh la laa..

den after 45mins, done with paper, walked out of exam hall with kelvin at 1.45pm!! oh la laa..

i tikam-ed 9 out of 60 questions.. some got correct, some wrong.. oh wellz.. i tink i did well enough.. hurhur.. oh la laa..

plus an A- for the midterm essay (with really great help of yx n char).. oh la laa..

i tink i shd do pretty fine for dis module.. oh la laa..

with my not-so-high-CAP, not so much pressure.. B+ can no need to SU liao.. not like kel, need A- den can dun SU.. hurhur.. oh la laa..

gek 1541 - reproduction health: what one must know.. not juz abt the birds n the bees.. oh la laa..

oh la laa..

on a side note, sat weather was so good for a swim during lunch.. but after lunch, the clouds took over the sky and i was like !@#$%^&*.. =(

write wrote written

2008-11-22T11:59:00.001+08:00

last minute decided to be kiasu (trying to be a typical sporean here for once) and decided to write my helpsheet at 8pm at nite on the eve of paper..

finished at it 2am with hand aching like crazy and eyes going dizzy with fonts oni fit for an ant.. heng i got some colours here and here, with passable handwritting..

so impressed with myself.. hurhur.. went to bed at 3am, and FORTUNATELY i woke up in time for the 9am paper on sunny (finally) saturday.. and found neighbour who suffered insomnia lah.. haha.. albert's bio-clock CHUI liao..

left hall early to avoid crowd to get to exam hall, BUT guess everyone tot the same, and the bus was already SUPER SUPER CROWDED..

damnz.. walked to SRC from KR lah.. damn far.. perspired abit prior to paper.. sian.. hate dis "warmed up" feeling.. haha..

den wrote n wrote n wrote for this ethics module.. crapping my way thru.. haha.. ok lah, i DID infuse my tinking while writing..

written, submitted, time to relac.. going for a swim.. hope the sun remain good for me.. hurhur.. omg, damn relac i tink, plus i oni started revision on monday.. haha.. but, WATEVA..

final yr liao lah, its lidat one.. for seniors, dun envy, u must hav "been there done tat".. for juniors, dun jealous, u will SEE IT HAPPENING TO U SOON.. wahaha..

mon n wed to go, and i am ready to party!! yay..

btw, was SO BORED tat i had to play with photofunia and came up with these 2 interesting effects.. hurhur..

i am everywhere..

big poster, so old school..

high tea

2008-11-19T22:26:00.000+08:00

had sunday high tea @ Goodwood Park with my buffet kakis..

benny

yenny

dilys

calvin

junkang

service quite inadequate, ambience chill and relaxed, food was EXCELLENT (warrants a 5STARS juz for the food)!!

the last time we pigged out was b4 i left for denmark lah.. haha.. yeshh, its TAT LONG ago.. haha.. but the company was still as great as ever.. full of shit!! H.E.A.R.T. them..

waiting for them to send me pics actually.. haha.. was lazy to bring out my camera while the other 3 were happily snapping away.. yenny was obviously gonna leech on calvin's photos.. and dilys aka purple aka big time bimbo actually brought her pink sony camera WITHOUT the battery inside.. -___-"

piggieSSSS, lets eat again after the exams!!! haha..

hp pics

2008-11-12T15:09:00.000+08:00

finally manage to upload my hp pics to com.. previously dunnoe y, the pics juz doesn't load, cable got problem i tink..

huge-frame specs r in rite.. tink again..

was made to wear dis pair of UGLY safety goggles in lab while i was juz pouring some ethanol from the container to beakers.. forgot my own (nicer) pair of safety goggles lah.. hai.. but aso not like i am heating it up of something lor, pouring oni wat, tat dangerous meh?? growl..

more old photos from my hp coming up.. mostly taken in denmark.. hurhur..

survived

2008-11-12T11:48:00.000+08:00

went to see doc on tues after puking 4times and visiting the toilet for 3times in the early morning..

feverish.. body aching, i seriously tot i would hav died..

whole day din eat anything (cos i dun like the idea of puking.. so no food intake = no puking).. slept the whole day..

until the nite when sherilyn cooked porriage for me.. thank god, if not i tink i would really hav died..

wed, i tink i shall juz continue sleeping.. no energy to do anything..

holiday-ing my holidays

2008-10-24T12:13:00.000+08:00

last christmas - tokyo, japan..

last New Year - Singapore..

last CNY - copenhagen, denmark..

last easter - italy..

last bdae - vienna, austria..

hari raya and deepavali - spore..

coming christmas - bangkok, thailand..

i still owe my mum n sis some money, yet i am SO spendthrift.. o.O

bangkok

2008-10-22T01:06:00.000+08:00

to go or not to go, tat is the question..

hmm, a short getaway to bangkok end december.. shd i go??!!?!?

tiger airways tix, last week 210 oni.. now is 270 liao.. no thanks to my procrastination.. hmm.. need to confirm by dis week.. arghhh..

dilemma dilemma dilemma..

macbook

2008-10-21T03:42:00.001+08:00

hmm, the "photo booth" in macbook is really pretty cool.. many many effects to choose while pple get high on zhi-pai-ing..

i am no exception..

i look like some mean fat-ass lah.. omg.. haha..

snobs..

dig dis pic.. my twin.. woohoo~~

a little update as well..i am pretty contented with life as it is now.. pretty balance between work n play, hall and home, frens n family..

i tink i finally found the true driving force to keep me going on in life, and hope that ur pple find urs too..

cos with it, u will lead a fufilling life.. =)

nice song

2008-10-17T01:21:00.000+08:00

recently in the mood for good songs..

I'm Yours, by Jason Mraz

Well you done done me and you bet I felt it
I tried to get you but you're so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks
and now I'm trying to get back
Before the cool done run out
I'll be giving it my bestest
Nothing's going to stop me but divine intervention
I reckon it's again my turn to win some or learn some

I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I'm yours

Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your heart and you'll find love love love love
Listen to the music of the moment people dance and sing
We're just one big family
And It's our God-forsaken right to be loved love loved love loved

So I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait I'm sure
There's no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I'm yours

Scooch on closer dear
And i will nibble your ear

I've been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror
And bending over backwards just to try to see it clearer
But my breath fogged up the glass
And so I drew a new face and laughed
I guess what I'm be saying is there ain't no better reason
To rid yourself of vanity and just go with the seasons
It's what we aim to do
Our name is our virtue

I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait I'm your's

Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your heart and you'll find that the sky is yours
Please don't, please don't, please don't
There's no need to complicate
Cause our time is short
This this this is out fate, I'm yours!

funky one last time

2008-10-15T01:06:00.000+08:00

new hair colour, new hair cut, new beginning..

here we go, funky for one last time...

Hanfeng's short return

2008-10-13T10:53:00.001+08:00

dedicated to hanfeng, who made a short trip (but long journey) back to spore..

floorball addict who is still looking good

yes lah.. he is back to KR for some teh-tarik + prata (ok, technically its FS not KR.. haha..) not forgetting FLOORBALL action (now dis is KR we r talking abt)!!! hurhur.. upz! for those who missed him, (i.e. Rachel Pang who is enjoying herself in hk, n gerald sim who is self-high-ing in korea) dun worry, he will be back in late nov.. more action to come.. whahaha..

Apologize

2008-10-09T01:32:00.000+08:00

i could still recall tat dis song was played almost EVERYWHERE in europe when i was there for SEP lah.. denmark, sweden, oslo, spain, italy, switzerland, austria and germany..

now the song is STILL ringing in my head.. there is juz something so FEEL abt the song when i hear it lah..

perhaps it's juz cos WEEWEN has been singing it in hall everyday.. haha..

KR DnD

2008-10-06T22:35:00.002+08:00

annually fancy dress party begins..

dis yr, the theme was "when we WERE seven.. .. .. "

so to begin, ithas gotta be costume-making!! no fyf table for me.. in fact, our table is a JIA-BA-LANG mix of pple.. see, true blue Eguana Family.. hee..

kaixin and her painstakenly painted UK Flag.. me with my SEP country Denmark.. Sherilyn and her "i like to movve it movve it" Madagascar..

next, is the photo-whoring in our proud costume.. hee..

hey, dun pray pray hor.. we won "Most Creative Table" lah.. wee~~

with timothy, kenny from Southpark.. with xiaoting, the green soldier.. with engtat, the macDonalds Drink.. with weewen, the SLUT.. haha..

with Dilys the Dwarf (which we ALL SO CAN'T TELL.. hahaha).. the whole bunch of imps playing with the family jewels of daniel lean.. with beatrice the modelicious chun-li.. with melissa, Vega, aso from street-fighters..

the crowd of dubious characters..

other half of the table..

the better half (acting spasticated).. the expression on sherilyn, is PRICELESS..

ok, after the DnD which was held in Raffles Town Club, we headed back hall, and tinking we r back to reality, NOT QUITE.. haha..

more photo-whoring!! haha..

with one of my favourite E-Blk Floorball freshies, Unagi Don the Archangel from X-Men.. with lixuan.. with siaoEr.. with kelvin..

Presenting to you guys, KR DnD 2008,

E-Blk the BEST BLOCK!! hee..

Fireworks

2008-10-05T12:51:00.001+08:00

Fireworks are nice..

bcos they glitter against the cold dark nite-sky..

bcos they shine for such a short time tat no one can hold on to..

bcos they burst NOT when u know where and when..

most importantly, juz bcos they dun last..

baolai-mon is in the emo-ing mode, and these pics r taken some time back during the korean fireworks display at cityhall area right here in our little island which we call home, singapore..

FYP

2008-10-02T13:34:00.000+08:00

ok, probably the few times i mention my fyp here..

supposedly started in july.. den procrastination + clueless of how to start, i waited for abt 1 month to meet my profs and discuss the direction for my fyp.. by end july den i completed the lab trainings and stuff..

den holiday mood, thinking i power liao, juz waiting to start my experiment.. den shift back into hall, re-adjust lifestyle.. end of august.. haha..

when i was abt to start really DOING my experiment..

1st time, partially-dried strawberries all grew mould.. chui.. wasted 1week..

2nd time, the drying lab not available.. another week wasted..

3rd time, dry liao, everything swee swee, strawberries quite well perserved.. BUT the GC machine (to detect the flavours in my fruit) spoil.. n 2weeks in a roll spoil liao.. 2 weeks wasted.. every thurs n fri i wake up early go lab juz to be disappointed lah.. whole of sept lidat liao.. sian..

everytime i schedule the lab is 1 week interval, as every fri is fyp day.. in sept, i catered both thurs n fri lor.. but still, with the machine down, I REALLY CAN'T DO ANYTHING.. so now start of oct liao, i still got ZERO results.. chui chui chui..

if fyp is graded based on the period of time put in, den i have already wasted 3 out of the 6 months tat i hav.. tats 50% gone, and i am LOOKING AT FAILING IT!! omg..

u might be tinking wat has chemical engineering got to do with drying of strawberries, beats me too! haha.. but i am really enjoying dis fyp, though i got no results and panick button is abt to be pressed..

1 yr back dis day

2008-09-29T23:59:00.000+08:00

was juz sitting on the swing on the rooftop..

alone..

holding the can of strawberry hello panda which i dearly rationed out..

its rare, i know it..

munching, tinking..

suddenly it occurred to me its dis day 1yr back..

tat decision i still dunnoe if its rite or wrong..

mayb there aint juz rite n wrong to such decisions..

its abt having decided there n den, n moving on..

i moved on..

to the last hello panda in the can..

throw away the can..

and walked back to my room..

in desolate..

its quite a gentle feeling to juz sit down and watch the world go by..

i love the swing and the rooftop..

wat i miss, is the can of hello panda..

name thy name

2008-09-25T04:01:00.000+08:00

i juz realised tat actually, quite many the pple knows me as baolai-Mon..

hmm, i wonder y..

is it really easier to remember, over baolai or jason?!

hmm, i wonder..

are there SO many pple who reads cleo?!?! and zhun zhun will see the tiny interview section?!?! n zhun zhun can identify its me, even when i use a OVERLY COMMON name of jason?!?!

hmm, i wonder..

but heck lah.. at least pple know me.. whaha..

Bali

2008-09-17T03:11:00.006+08:00

to be a millionaire overnite, DO NOT play with stocks n shares, juz go chinatown any money changer and change 150sing dollars into indonesian ruppiah! =)

its 1.15 million here.. whaha..

after reaching bali, we hired AMAN, a indon-chinese tourguide to bring us ard bali.. 100USD and tat takes care of all transportation and to all tat we wanted to see and play in bali..

when being transported, we felt really bored.. bali is quite big by OUR standard.. haha..

along the way one day, dis is wat we saw.. we vouch to go see the rice paddy field the next day..

along with the tour package was white water rafting!! shiokz!! a pity i found the ride abit slow.. haha.. in need of something more exciting!! haha..

collage of us having fun in the waters.. yes, my camera ZAI one.. haha.. heng it din "drink water"..

visiting one of the oldest temple in bali.. 15th century, built to calm the raging sea..

how can we miss getting temp tatoos done.. whaha.. its less den 10bucks lah..

ATAS and romantic hotel lounge.. juz for a drink and nice nite view of the romantic beach in bali..

the cam-whoring starts.. its so dark tat, we had to hold the candles and create lightings for ourselves!! haha..

next morning, its time to hit the beach (KUTA BEACH), and get more tatoos done!! =)

great jump shot taken by peixuan who slapped TONNES of sunblock on herself.. haha..

den its abt the food!!

where we had good seafood and great dinner-by-the-beach @ affordable price..

@ Ma Joly.. great beach with cheap n mediocal western food for lunch..

time for peter to flash his tatoo on his arm tat he is VERY PROUD OF.. haha..

in a rice terrace.. too bad we din hav time to go to the biggest rice paddy field in bali..

the volcano..

acting spas in the middle of the road.. haha.. well, juz to show off the tatoo on our ankles!! haha..

while we tasting authentic indonesian crusine (which is really nice in my opinion), peter obviously dun seem to take interested in the food.. the tatoo on his forearm seem to hav taken limelight.. haha.. MAYB its cos he ordered a chicken dish, but some beef was added den he sian diao.. haha..

When in Bali, u CANNOT DUN GO FOR SPA!! haha.. its a sin i tell u.. first its cheap (relatively).. secondly, ITS SHIOK-NESS to the maximum spider!! haha..

2nd day we had HOT STONE MASSAGE and tat nite, we slept like logs and needed morning call to wake us up.. last day, we went for RED WINE MASSAGE n SPA treatment.. it included a maasage with red wine, followed by green tea essence body scrub, followed by a short red wine bath lah.. i am drunk in spa already..

SPA TIME!! juz to note, the body scrub was really effective and i whiten at least 2 tones after the treatment!! haha.. damnz.. all the suntanning on the beach wasted.. haha..

a tour ard Hard Rock Cafe..

next time i go bali, i wanna stay in Hard Rock Cafe lah.. its damn cool with its own internal beach n pool lah.. and its really bustling with activities.. =)

tats all folks, a long post indeed.. dedicated to the threesome who had so much fun in bali.. =)

some time ago..

2008-09-11T12:14:00.000+08:00

yar, some time ago.. missed out on blogging it.. haha..

following the "recovery period" after being back in spore, of cos havta explore spore more rite?! hehe.. so..

top 2 pics were taken at PS Cafe @ Dempsey.. wa, i love the ambience there lah.. cos we reach at 12.30am, ben & jerry doing closing liao, can oni tabao cannot dine in.. so we switch to PS Cafe lor.. haha.. wat a waste.. and the PS signature double chocolate cake thingy, was quite a disappointment lah.. haha.. dun really live up to its name (and price!).. haha..

the lower left pic is this SUPER NICE beancurd with spinach from imperial treasure.. another atas place i reckon, but once in a while indulgence is fine lah.. haha..

n the lower right pic, is the chocolate fondue from The Coffee Club @ Central.. wa, they homemade the marshmellow lah.. can taste the orange n mint flavour.. power, although i am not a big fan of those 2 flavours.. haha.. its nice, but short of ICE CREAM.. haha.. wat a pity.. hee..

ohh, good food, i tink i am putting on weight.. dunnoe is the food i am eating, or is it cos i've been hitting the gym more regularly.. hmm.. ponder ponder..

realisation

2008-09-08T18:35:00.000+08:00

today i come to realisation tat afterall, i am oni worth so little in my fren's eye..

for he tinks tat i dun hav the decency to rush n take a cab after i overslept n woke up..

for he tinks tat i actually hav the decency to go back to sleep after i realise i overslept..

for he tinks tat i actually wasn't anxious at all while i waited 30mins for a cab to come along yck road from 6-6.30am..

for he tinks tat i actually din make an effort to try to call for a cab to oni get the answering machine and not allocated any cabs at all..

for he tinks tat i din react like a 热锅上的蚂蚁 and walked along yck road dunnoe up n down how many times, cross dunnoe how many roads while waiting in the wee hours..

for he tinks tat i wasn't sorry for oversleeping..

for he tinks tat i din hav any sense of guilt..

for he tinks tat he shd get even by reciprocating a "fly aeroplane" incident upon me..

so much said n done.. oh well, i will get over it..

for since i am oni worth so little.. no point dwelling on it..

adios..

Super Weekend Super Company

2008-09-08T02:30:00.000+08:00

sat was kinda rush but definitely not forgotten..

rush to play the game (we actually started the match with 6 pple against a team of 16 pple).. eventually we survived the game with 8players in total.. how cool rite?! haha..

a proper 60mins game.. score was 4-1, 4-1, 1-1.. see, we improved despite the shortage in players.. though overall my team lost 9-3.. but the results were really quite impressive i tink.. haha.. we manage to not lose by a huge margin.. haha..

den we rush to clean up and get our ass out of the sports hall.. "ehh, dun lock up yet, the policeman still inside!!" zhebin exclaimed.. the auntie really freezed there and we all went -___-"

den we rush thru the rain to get to chomp chomp for our dinner/supper.. too bad weijing couldn't join us.. zhebin had "manual wipers" for his helmet using his finger, and the chomp chomp mosquito went thru his hairy leg n toes to give a sting there!! haha.. well, we figured out tat since the mozzie knew tat she is getting stuck n entangled up in the hair, might as well juz sting first den say!! hurhur..

chong zhe-ge-bin..

chen baolai-mon..

sherilyn-yummy..

tay peiyun-mei-li-mao..

haha..

ice-cube was shiokz too!! first time there.. great chill-out place.. but seriously they r under-staffed.. juz a tiny advertisment for ice-cube.. full-timers / part-timers, interested, pls go down for walk-in interview.. haha..

pistachio, brownie n cream, strawberry supreme, green tea, mocha, malt krispies, caramel walnut, cookies n cream..

kudos to zhebin for giving the ride to tampines sports hall from hall.. it was such a smooth ride, i dozed off twice n once gave the bike a serious jerk to the left.. hahahaha..

n of cos sherilyn for the ride from tampines to chomp chomp to hougang n back hall before she can go home to rest n nurse her back..

ok, its time to sleep.. its late..

sunday is a long day.. but time well-spent and ended will with CHEESE PRATA SUPPER.. wee.. back to those supper-ing dayz..

End of SEP Trip

2008-09-06T10:38:00.000+08:00

Yap, finally finish blogging abt all the trips done during my SEP.. haha.. so for the end of sep trip entries, u can find them in archive for June 2008.. haha.. i shift it down so tat my entries r in chronological order.. haha.. if u missed any installations, pls click on the JUNE 2008 on the right scollbar n voila.. =)

nike run aftermath

2008-09-01T11:52:00.000+08:00

was jio-ed long time ago to join the biggest race in human history - nike 10km human race..

huge jam in CBD area.. traffic jam, human jam, wherever, watever..

no thanks to the nike run at esplanade area..

no thanks to comex at suntec as well..

alot of (very slow) pple (still) running after i end my race..

alot of (smelly) pple walking ard (daringly) in unchanged sweaty running attire..

pple walking ard pulling trolleys with LCD lah, monitor lah, printers lah.. omg..

bus packed to the brim..

mrt like tuna cans..

and the trains actually broke down.. and i happen to be on it..

had to alight, change to the next train, which aso got delayed due to the previous train tat broke down..

took TWICE the amount of time for me to get home..

was jio-ed, was pangseh-ed..

was left alone to run the race..

was left alone to eat after the race..

was left alone to shop after the race..

mayb i deserve it.. for oversleeping for the AHM..

thinking back, so glad at least i converted the lost time from AHM over to IBG and got champions for E-blk..

how better can life get rite?!

moving back

2008-08-22T12:09:00.000+08:00

yap.. i made a decision to move back hall liao..

it wasn't tat easy a choice afterall.. so many things to consider, so many pros n cons to weigh..

in the end, it juz takes the SPIRIT of KR (more specifically E-Blk Spirit) to draw one back..

thanks guys, to be all present at the initiation, to make me feel welcome back to the family..

back to those cheering days.. back to those floorball days.. back to the KR days.. back to those E-blk days..

wee..

btw, i am so in the olympic fever rite now.. haha.. nowadays i reach home liao, will juz be glued to the TV to watch 30-60mins of olympics lah.. watever the sports is.. basketball, soccer, gymnastics, table tennis, swimming, decathlon.. cool shit!

Super Singaporean Sunday..

2008-08-18T13:14:00.001+08:00

reached home at 11plus..

watched the "Today @ Beijing" to catch the actions tat i missed out on the Team Singapore Table Tennis Girls against the strong opponents from China..

went to train for AHM and ran 10km (wanted to do 15km ut was too hungry to continue running.. haha..) ard my estate..

saw some indians (or banglas) quarrelling and shouting at each other, a fight looks imminent..

the crowd drew more of them..

i called the police!! (yes, my first time making a police report thru phone)..

5mins for the police to arrive, 10mins to settle the arguement between the 2 tribes of them..

after i called, i juz watched the whole episode from afar..

ya noe.. juz in case i kanna identified by the pple and boxed uop the next time i run..

yap.. juz being a Brave Singaporean to notify the police, and the not-so-brave Singaporean watching from afar.. haha..

i am pretty glad tat the crowd din dissipate b4 the police arrived lah.. imagine i kanna accused n charged for making PRANK CALLS to disturb the police at 12midnite.. haha..

wat a sunday..

Start of final yr..

2008-08-13T12:33:00.000+08:00

first day of skool, i gate-crashed 2 lectures.. howz tat for being hardworking?!?! haha.. cos i was STILL in the midst of bidding/appealing for tat 2 modules.. haha.. yes, oni manage to secure all but 3 modules.. haha.. how shack is tat rite?! haha.. must be aftermath of the exchange program.. haha..

second day of skool, my FREE DAY!! whaha.. haircut + ippt.. damnit.. i missed the elusive gold by 10s.. darn.. will take again SOOON.. after the 2 upcoming marathons.. and when mr kelvin is ready to take with me!! haha..

third day of skool, will see me skipping one lecture.. haha.. cos of BAD time management.. haha.. dun ask y..

3days into my final yr, so UNSETTLED, and SO NOT USED TO LIFE WITHOUT HALL.. =(

back on track

2008-07-09T00:30:00.001+08:00

back in spore for 1+ week liao..

managed to meet up with the many whom i missed SO MUCH over the past 5 months..

peter qihong peixuan yougang chinghong victor mingyao jialing, for our regular casuarina prata outing..

weijing for the local delis at chomp chomp and punggol nasi lemak.. North-east is cool with lotsa yummlicious FOOD lah!!

vincent for the belated bdae treat at sushi tei.. he noes i H.E.A.R.T. jap food and missed it so much in tat 5months lah..

ernest for another round of local delis at food republic.. expensive, but good as ever..

huiyian weili anqi junhao zhiwen qiurong bingxin henghong weili for another round of jap food at ichiban boshi..

party of 10..

gifts presentation..

n yes, its cos of SEP, i return learning how to give the "megawatt smile" everytime, all the time.. haha..

my megawatt smile..

i am not the oni one.. huiyian aso can give the megawatt-cum-10 000bucks smile..

kelvin n geraldine for the xingwang TEH PENG!! and uncoming tennis sessions!! =)

amos n audrey's wedding which once again let me hav an opportunity to mingle over the much awaited lunch buffet and uncle ice-cream with my ex-colleagues-cum-frens dino hsuehfong jeremy kenneth serene prashant and even sean who knows me but i dunnoe de.. haha..

notice how blissful the couple look?!?!

robin n jace's wedding which brought the house down with her drop-dead gorgeous princess-like evening gown lah.. had fun rubbish-ing with sheena n audrey lah.. haha.. and aso sheena's frens whom i dunnoe but they noe me de.. haha..

ok, i admit i am abit famous.. haha..

with Snow-White Princess Jace..

with SilkAir Girl Audrey..

with Braces Sheena..

with the young couple..

yes, one of the many signs of aging - my frens r getting married!! i dunnoe when my turn will come, nonetheless, i am really happy for them, for they found their MR / MISS RIGHT..

sherilyn pangster zhebin hanfeng for prata house and k-box til wee hours.. yes lah, finally exercised my throat after a long long time.. haha..

lastly, a BIG THANKEW to peter-dude for the nagging and spot-checks so tat i got no choice but to follow a pretty strict yet flexible routine of swimming running gymming and sports.. strict as in i will do them, but flexible at the same time, all depending on the weather.. like no rain den can swim or run or go tennis watz.. den rain liao, go gym lor.. haha.. he's good i tell u.. now i feel good abt myself too.. =P

ohh, tell u pple a secret.. everyone lurrrrrves secrets dun they?!?! haha.. here we go.. i noticed that i am, erm, quite, erm..erm.. should i say?!?! later u all say i bua-hiao-bye.. hmm.. ok lah, say lah say lah.. haha.. i noticed tat i am quite an eye-looker, a head turner!! whahaha.. really.. ever since day 1 i return to spore, had my hair cut, and i tink its quite funky lah.. haha.. so its drawing quite abit of attention.. haha..

my megawatt smile and nice short black hair (told by my hairstylist its the most IN ok).. haha..

yay, i love my hair!!

ohh, do check back dis post for updates as i try to gather pics taken from other pple's camera.. hehe..

i'm REALLY back

2008-06-30T14:10:00.000+08:00

yes, back to goody singapore.. the hot and humid singapore.. where everything is pretty much the same as when i left.. mayb juz SOME PPLE got to busy and forgot abt me.. oh wells.. haha.. pple, meet up!! cos wat i miss most abt spore, is u guys and gals!!

will find time to blog abt the 3weeks travelling stuff lah.. yes, even if it reminds me of how wonderful the times i hav had (and will probably not get to enjoy it anymore) as well as those dreadful moments during this long trip..

memories, will be recorded and stored HERE.. haha..

meanwhile, time to catch up with pace of life in spore, and get a grip on reality..

End of SEP Trip XI

2008-06-27T23:59:00.000+08:00

Copenhagen (25-26th June 2008)

ok, officially the last n final stop of the trip.. yap, back to where it all started, it shall all end here.. back to our "temporary hometown".. back to our containers.. back to denmark..

after a span of 5months, things r not as unfamiliar.. trees finally not botak and have leaves.. grass are growing everywhere.. the wind is no longer cold, chill n wet, but warm n dry.. snow is a thing of the past, and bright sunny days beckon upon us.. no longer do we wrap ourselves in thick layers of winter wear, but down to t-shirts n berms.. the sun dun exactly set anymore, leaving the midnite darkness a thing of the past.. twilight dun seem to come, and there seem to be always a ray, a ray of hope n life..

juz one more nite in DTU..

the journey to the airport was filled with mixed emotions.. the eagerness in most, if not, all of us, to return to spore, our REAL hometown.. the joy that we r able to be reunited with our families.. the thought of meeting up with frens spirits us up for the 13hr journey.. yet on the other hand, the apprehension we hold with regards to changes back in spore.. the uncertainty of relations that may or may not hold firm after this 5 months.. the anxiety for us to find out, yet might not wanna know the whole truth, for reality often hurts.. the sian-ness that NUS skooling term starts again, and the days where we cook n laze ard and study very little WILL BE OVER.. thats reality..

at the airport..

yap, with our huge amount of barang barang, we set foot to the airport.. this time, ALOT heavier.. this time, without kendrick (who went back 5days earlier to celebrate anniversary with his girlfren).. this time, the same heavy heart as i departed changi 5months ago..

one more nite on plane, and i will kiss goodbye to denmark, and say harlow to spore..

End of SEP Trip X

2008-06-25T23:59:00.000+08:00

Berlin (23rd - 24th June 2008)

back to berlin.. back to the same "Easterner Hostel".. but dis time round, we took a 2-bed dorm, machiam hotel without the toilet oni.. haha..

cos we scared go back DTU no rooms liao, so we decided to reward ourselves with better sleep b4 going back to DTU.. hehe..

n since its NOT our first time there, we hav covered wat we wanted, though missing out the concentration camps n stuff, but i tink its ok, cos i dun really fancy a depressing tour ard germany.. so.. we went shopping!! haha..

yeah, a good afternoon of shopping n shopping n shopping.. haha..

n as mentioned, its like enroute so tat we catch our Easyjet (budget flight, cheaper den taking bus or train lah..) back to copenhagen..

on step closer to home.. =)

back to

2008-06-25T08:54:00.001+08:00

copenhagen.. haha..

2 more days to spore.. finally done with the end-of-SEP-trip.. 6 countries, 10 cites.. donED..

thanks everyone who still visit my blog in dis long period of silence.. hee.. paiseh lah, not all hostel has free internet for me to use lah.. pay, very expensive.. hee..

and those who remmebered 20th june, thankew the very very much.. i was in vienna tat time.. hee.. but i hav to admit it was one of the worse bdaes i ever had.. =(

but of cos still much appreciation to those in vienna travelling with me to make things a little better den it would hav been..

i miss my frens back home..

27th june hurry come come..

End of SEP Trip IX

2008-06-24T23:59:00.000+08:00

Munich (22nd - 23rd June 2008)

a short one day trip in munich, juz so tat we make full use of the Eurail Pass and connect us north-bound, from italy-austria up to germany den back to copenhagen.. haha..

i would say there is REALLY NOTHING much tat munich can offer lah.. haha.. enough of churches n museums, we were there for a sole purpose - Schloss Neuschwantein..

yap, tats THE castle tat Walt Disney model there theme-park castle after.. the magical castle tat many other mystical tales were created and edged in our memories.. but seriously, this castle is quite the small lah.. no offence, but yar.. haha..

castle high up the mountains..

instead of climbing up, we took the horseride up.. juz in case u were tinking, it din come free.. haha..

THE castle..

sorry, no phototaking inside the castle.. hence, u gotta go there to see it for urself.. haha..

random: THE piece of cloud tat followed me from italy to austria, n now in germany.. notice how darker my travel-mates got while i seem to become more n more fair.. damnzz..

End of SEP Trip VIII

2008-06-23T23:59:00.000+08:00

Salzburg (21st - 22nd June 2008)

its like the land of SOUND OF MUSIC if anyone is to ask me.. and i oni knew it thru my SEP-mates in denmark lah.. haha.. so much for having a childhood rite?!?! haha..

in case u r juz as lost as me.. sound of music is dis great movie production tat brought us the "DO-RE-MI" , "I'M 16 going on 17", "Edelwiss" etc..

so there we went, on the "sound of music" tour and the "saltmine" tour.. hee.. yap, the fastest way to cover the most things during short travel trips.. haha..

saltmine tour.. we were made to wear the "workers' uniform".. quite cute i tink.. haha..

having gelato from "foster cafe" and admiring the grand view of the belvarian mountains..

city in-n-out..

the original "sound of music" tour..

having awesome desserts along the way..

special thanks to sebastian, sheena, peter, kendrick, aeron, sherilyn, meiyee for dropping a sms for my bday.. as well as catherine, yilin, wilson, kumar, shadzad, dilys, veera, kim, qingyou, alex, joseph, aravind and xiaojun for tagging my facebook wall.. =)

End of SEP Trip VII

2008-06-21T23:59:00.001+08:00

Vienna (19-20th June 2008)

when pple mention vienna, probably nothing much comes up to their mind.. me dun differ.. hurhur..

yar, despite the fact tat it was eve of my bdae, and aso on actual day tat i spent my first bdae overseas.. its the first time i spent my bdae overseas sia! haha..

BUT, yar, i barely wanna remember those vienna days..

horrendous, chaotic, nonchalant, emo, heck!

but thanks those who took the trouble to hold a mini celebration for me, despite me showing THE BLACK FACE OF MINE to you guys..

we were all SO hungry for the cake tat no group pics were taken at all lah..

and for tat forgettable city, i got the most unforgettable present..

a mini SEP photo journal..

End of SEP Trip VI

2008-06-19T23:59:00.000+08:00

Venice (16th - 18th June 2008)

another ROMANTIC PLACE ON EARTH u might tink.. but, but. i seriously din hav a hint of romantic-ness in venice lah.. haha..

on the way from "venice mestra" to "venezia".. rahter emo rite?! haha.. the ferry cost 10euros lah.. a bus ride would hav cost oni 1euro.. haha..

the canal-full venezia..

bridge of signs..

jewish ghetto..

the gondola ride cost 100euros lah.. and tats regardless of the number of people lah.. so for juz the 3 of us, is quite bo-hua lah.. haha.. imagine we saw one boat of 7 fat fat angmo sit together in a boat, damn wu-hua and worth it lah.. haha.. poor boat-man though!! haha..

string of gondolas.. the main form of transport alongside with the water taxis n water bus..

the miniature concert band made of murano glass.. its so small tat each band member is abt 2cm tall, and each of them cost 5euros.. do ur sums and dis concert band will cost u at least 300bucks!

the rain, the wind n the beauty..

no romantic nite-shots of St. Marks Square.. cos in june, at 9.20 (last ferry timing), the sun refuse to set lah!! dis is my best liao..

saddening rite?!?!

-___-"

End of SEP Trip V

2008-06-17T23:59:00.000+08:00

Interlaken (14-16th June 08)

out of the train station, to WALK to our hostel.. haha.. interlaken is actually quite a small town lah.. left to right, oni a 5min train ride away.. haha..

our hostel, balmers herberge, one of the most happening nightspot in interlaken as well..

dunnoe y, but somehow, after the swiss got knocked out of EuroCup, the whole country seem to go on a MAD craze to support the dutch aka hollanders..

haha.. the swiss were the craziest bunch of supporters (not for the own country though.. hurhur)so far, with unlimited honking of the cars going round n round on the streets, banners n even bus displayed everywhere to show support as ORANJE FANS..

but BEHOLD, wait til u see my vienna post of the czechs.. haha..

no bullshitting in interlaken, a great break from all the capital and city sight-seeing.. juz nice scenic photos! haha..

by the river with joel (and joey as the photographer), jialiang, kendrick, junhao, gina and huiyian..

yanli is up on the JungFrungJoch mountain range behind me!! haha..

love dis photo due to the sun's ray tats behind us!

we were high on the bridge above the calm river..

we tried paragliding too!!

on the whole, it was quite an advanture lah.. when we did the "spiral", the wind is so so strong tat i experienced uncontrolled tearing lah.. haha.. i cant imagine if i had gone for sky-diving instead.. haha.. hmm.. well, twice the price, i guess twice the excitment and shiokness as well.. whaha..

not to be missed is authentic swiss cheese fondue!! erm, but not to my liking lah.. haha.. they added white wine or champagne into it lah.. haha.. bitter bitter salty salty one, i dun like.. prefer my chocolate fondue ANYTIME! whaahah..

End of SEP Trip IV

2008-06-13T23:59:00.000+08:00

Paris (11-13th June 08)

frenchmen are supposedly known for being the most romantic type of pple ard on earth rite?! haha.. but TATS NOT the focus of our trip there lah.. somemore is juz 4 guys travelling together, how to be romantic?! haha..

having oni 3 days in paris, the guys were on a MISSION to cover as much as possible..

outside Notre Dame..

along the river..

lourve..

lourve.. tats wat everyone does, no?! haha..

with the CHIONG arc de triomph.. haha..

with the real arc de triomph..

with a quick rest b4 we walk somemore..

with a huge-ass spider in the park connecting the 2 arcs..

n of cos, with Eiffel Tower (by day)..

ohh, we paid 6euros (12sgd) juz to see the famous mona lisa painting.. actually got ALOT more art paintings and statues to see lah.. but we seriously ain't tat artsy fartsy, so.. erm.. yar.. haha..

lastly, a good trip to DisneyLand Paris to fulfill wateva childhood dreams and fantasy tat we all hav had.. hurhur.. yes, dun deny lah.. i understand one, nothing to shy abt!! whahaha..

we made a hurried trip to walt disney studios (juz beside DisneyLand, another Disney Theme Park, juz of different rides and sights) as well, as our pass allowed us to do so..

sorry jl we really din mean to pangseh u and go walt disney studios ourselves.. pretty pressed for time, and happened the 3 of us met up n were tinking of dropping by, so we juz went ahead and spend an unforeseen 45mins there and taking the "Tower of Terror" ride..

tats abt it for paris.. too many things to see and do liao lah.. will go there again.. mayb in the long long future.. haha..

ohh, did i mention dis.. kendrick bought a new luggage so tat he could fit the LV bag tat he bought for his sis.. so did jl who got a new sling bag so as to transport his stuff ard while his mum's LV bag was allocated 1/3 of his luggage space.. haha.. and yl aso bought a new luggage so tat he could fit all his tins of Disney Biscuits and Belgium Chocolate back to spore lah.. shoppers.. *shake head"

can SO tell tat i am the oni rational traveller afterall rite?! haha..

i'm back

2008-06-12T07:09:00.001+08:00

from walking ard paris tat is.. haha..

paris is HUGE lah... so tired from all the walking.. its really tiring, though the distance on the map looked so so walkable.. haha.. in conclusion. paris is HUGE.. haha..

be4 coming to paris, we toured berlin, madrid, barcelona den paris..

berlin, a place with a rich modern history so recent yet so distant..

madrid, a DANGEROUS place where JL ALMOST kanna pickpocketed even b4 we could reach our hostel to put down our bags.. glad tat JL was quick enough to react to them, and the LOUSINESS of the pickpocketers. hurhur..

barcelona was such an exciting place with SO MANY attractions AND shopping district, tat i tink, its nv too much time to be spent in barcelona.. haha.. its so GAUDI.. haha..

tats abt it for the short update.. going disneyland tmr.. wee~~

End of SEP Trip III

2008-06-09T23:59:00.000+08:00

Barcelona (8th - 9th June 08)

2days in barcelona, in short, is simply - TOO SHORT lah.. there r so many mind-blowing buildings with such intrique architecture design (mainly by Gaudi), so many shops to go in and sweep uber cool clothings off their shelves..

its really alot of things to see and do, so i shall juz upload afew selected ones.. haha.. without elaboration as well lah, if not ALOT of things to write.. haha..

we took a bus tour thingy.. tats how we covered so much in a day.. well, i must day pple who dun hav more den 3 days in barcelona, its HIGHLY RECOMMENED tat u take the bus tour..

ohhh, i love the huge-sized CK posters in barcelona..

famous structure for the Olympics yrs back..

smiling lobster! haha..

face of barcelona..

barcelona palace.. yes, spain used to be quite a BIG empire lah..

beachline.. look at the palm trees (not coconut trees ok!!).. arghhh, calm-ness!!

yes, the bullet-shaped n phillic (as suggested by wenyong) object.. haha..

the gaudi-inspired grand cathedral STILL undergoing construction.. yes, if u donate money to them now, they will speed up the progress..

n of cos a truely worthy trip to Park Guell..

we had quite a great sunny time there lah.. haha.. yanli n kendrick got sunburnt lor.. haha..

spain has GOOD food to offer.. c/w from top left: fingerfood platter, patatas tortilla (potato omelette, which i totally dig at lah!!), paella (famous spanish fried rice), sangria(famous spanish alcoholic drink)..

onboard an overnite train from barcelona to paris..

End of SEP Trip II

2008-06-08T23:59:00.001+08:00

Madrid (6th - 8th June 08)

we took a flight from berlin to madrid to be mesmerised by the spanish culture..

to our shock, we were so readily greeted by it, in the bad way, on our way from airport to our hostel..

yes, the pickpocket incident in madrid.. SCREW U PICKPOCKETS!! pickpocket A uses tissue to clean ur left shoulders.. pickpocket B inserts his hand into ur right pocket to dig for gold..

HENG the pocket too deep, and someone vigilant lor! haha..

SCREW U AGAIN PICKPOCKETS!!

3 musketeers strikes again, with their shades as well!!

3 musketeers taking off their shades to try on caps.. jockey caps! haha..among us, i tink kendrick got the HIGHEST CAP.. lalala.. =D

i developed a liking for lampost in madrid royal palace.. haha.. its the oni thing tat stands out in the grand square lah.. haha.. uber boring palace i tink.. haha..

i aso developed an unfounded passion for bull-fighting (posters) in madrid.. hurhur..

FACE-OFF.. in actual fact, we 3 not close one.. see, got evidence.. haha..

very very nice authentic spanish PAELLA (fried rice with saffron and vege n meat or seafood)..

and yanli finally joined us after his prague trip..

yanli QUICKLY conquered the spare bed in our hostel room to make it his, dressing table.. haha..

by a fountain in madrid..

by an arc..

by some building..

by now, u shd hav realised tat i am taking pics juz to show off my H&M white berms which i totally love!! haha.. cos seriously, the buildings in madrid r not like something great.. its juz, SO COMMON like anywhere else in europe aso got lah.. haha..

my favourite PATATA TORTILLA (potato omelette) and CALAMARES (fried squid)..

the high speed train tat brought us from madrid to barcelona in juz 3 hours.. there were times it went at 300km/h..

ps: with the CHUI photo-uploading system of blogger, it seriously doesnt aid in the speed of updating dis blog.. haha..

End of SEP Trip I

2008-06-06T23:59:00.001+08:00

Berlin (4th - 6th june 08)

A place with rich modern history.. a place where hitler ruled and many lives were lost.. a place where, the germans speak german! whahahaha..

at least i din say where alot of pple fall sick.. (germ-many!) whahaha..

ok, lame-ness aside.. i tink, berlin is really a beautiful place with the very recent history to remind u tat war is NOT TAT FAR AWAY from us..

the 3 shady dudes checking into "easterner"..

"we care" abt the history.. free apples from hilton hotel, berlin..

our very animated free tour guide..

mr kendrick playing peekaboo with my pics!!

the Brandenburg gate..

in front of the berliner dom.. erm, tats not witches, tats hy n amelia! haha..

in the new parliament building..

some chui angmo, refuse to take us with the whole dome.. at least dis pic got the germany flag.. haha..

the left-over of the "berlin wall"..

the nicer version @ East Side Gallery.. alot longer and nicer, but slightly out of central berlin..

some group pics at the east side gallery.. me insist on tearing down the berlin wall, while mr-痴情汉 kendrick searches for ivy's signature on the wall left yrs ago.. erm, not very successful, but, he found, weixiang's one though.. haha..

i love dis mural the best! haha.. its exemplfies the unification of east n west berlin lah!! yays to world peace! but seriously, i dunnoe if there was any element of mockery..

currywurst! must try food in berlin..

german grilled pork knuckle and pickled cabbage.. nice!

SEP PREPARATION

2008-06-04T19:46:00.001+08:00

for students interested in Student Exchange Programme (SEP as NUS dudes call it) or International Student Exchange Programme (IntSep as NTU dudes call it), here's a BRIEF list of things to prepare prior to taking the plane for 10+hours to some god-damn places 10 000km away from singapore..

1) LOTS OF MONEY
haha.. YES, i am trying to say tat ALL SEP TRIPS ARE EXPENSIVE.. the lowest i heard was a low-budget 6k SEP in the states, BUT tats without much travelling.. the most expensive - 30k, and tats machiam CONQUERING THE WHOLE OF EUROPE.. and i am talking abt 1sem.. so 1yr exchange = twice the amount of moolah.. on average, a europe SEP student spends ard 15-20k bah.. and tats with SOME travelling to cities like paris, barcelona, rome, florence, milan, london, stockholm, berlin, vienna, salzburg, WHICH U CANNOT MISS!! and travelling IS THE BEST PART OF SEP!!

2) LOTS OF CURRENCY
haha.. yes, again, money.. dis time, currency.. CHANGE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN SINGAPORE b4 coming over.. cos, the exchange rates online or using credit card, SUCK BIG TIME.. when it comes to exchanging currency from the money changers here, they charge commission for changing money with u!! haha.. to be better prepared, change ALOT of ur host country's currency, and some EUROS and some POUNDS.. i brought COLD-HARD CASH worth of 8k sing over.. and its barely enough.. haha.. and dun worry too much if u r coming to scandinavia countries, its like so freaking damn safe.. haha.. if go italy or paris or US for exchange, tink, u draw from atms there lah, bobian.. haha..

3) EXCHANGE RATES AT UR FINGERTIPS
1 euro = 2 sing.. 1 pound = 3 sing.. 100DKK = 29sing.. 100SEK = 45sing.. 100NOK = 31sing.. 1 usd = 1.4sing.. 1 chf = 1.3 sing.. 1 aus = 1.2 sing.. its crazy, but U WILL NEED TO DO UR SUMS to decide wat its gonna cost u.. haha..

4) EURAIL PASS
if u r coming to europe, its a MUST to get "eurail pass" in spore even b4 flying over.. its a pass tat comes in different packages for u to choose.. like 9/15/21/30/60days global pass (which r valid for all ard western europe), or select pass which r valid for 3/4/5 connecting countries and for 6/9/15days within 1/2/3 months period.. so plan which cities u wanna go, and see which deal gives u the best offer.. cos afterall, TRAIN-RIDES in europe is the WAY TO GO lah.. haha.. not EVERY city got budget flights de, so train is the next best and cheapest alternative liao.. having said tat, some train rides can cost up over 200bucks.. with the eurail pass, its juz a 6euro booking fee.. haha..

5) BUDGET AIRLINES
yes, be frens with them, VERY GOOD FRENS.. RYANAIR, EASYJET, STERLING, NORWAGIAN AIR SHUTTLE, SKY EUROPE, etc etc.. they can hav air tix at 10euros including tax and stuff!! no jokes.. BUT see heng suay one lah.. haha..

6) MOISTURISER
its A MUST i say.. not juz something for the face, but something for the whole body as well.. haha.. unless u dun mind having dry flaky skin for the next 5 months.. lip balm is REQUIRED too.. the humidity level is PRETTY LOW.. like 40%.. not like spore 80-90% de.. its dry, VERY DRY.. haha..

all used up in 5months.. and i din even apply everyday lor.. lazy.. haha..

7) CLOTHINGS
for the northern hemisphere, winter clothings for nov-jan.. summer clothings for may-aug.. anything in between, will do find with summer clothes + jacket.. haha.. the difference IS HUGE!! i wear like 4 layers, including a fat fat down jacket in jan, and now wearing singlet n shorts in june.. some pple survive on 1 pair of jeans, i am surviving on 6.. haha.. well, actually i tink, 3 is a good number.. haha.. dun over prpare.. packing is a hell load of problem.. tshirts, depends on ur travels and if u intend to wash n go, or keep it until return den wash.. haha.. so yar.. minimum 7 lah.. one for each day of the week.. haha.. LOADS OF UNDERWEAR AND SOCKS.. haha..

8) FOOD
spices and paste and sauces, bring 'em all lah.. haha.. SEP is the time to hone ur cooking skills.. haha.. dunnoe how to, juz try.. internet recipe available aso.. haha.. lidat at least u got something to start with.. buying from the supermarket here, its often more expensive, and aso will not hav as wide a range den wat u can get from spore.. easy to prepare stuff, like bakuteh spice bag, curry paste with coconut powder, teriyaki sauce, BRING BRING BRING!! haha..

assuming all paper work done (like acceptance letter from host uni, visa and stuff), and all the above packed, u r READY FOR SEP! haha.. really.. dun hav to be paranoid and keeping tinking abt it.. haha.. its TAT simple..

oh yes, prepare an OPEN-HEART and OPEN-MIND to the influx of different cultures coming ur way!!

with dis, the blogger is off for holiday for the next 3 weeks, to mark the end of SEP.. there might be post and updates, no guarantees though.. hee.. do check it out sometimes.. hee.. cheerios..

POST EXAM RELIEVER

2008-06-03T23:59:00.002+08:00

wat else can a beach (not bitch) boy do after the exams?!?!

yes, GO BEACH LAH.. WEE~~ with bellevue beach juz 5km east of DTU, the whole gang of us CHARGED our way down to bellevue..

there were TONNES of pple.. mainly students on holiday i tink.. haha..

ohh, did i mention tat actually, bellevue is actually a nudist beach?!?! haha.. means its perfectly legal for u to go topless AND bottomless!! haha.. ehh, let me first say, is the 3 mechanical engineers who suggest going one!! secondly, the chem engineers go is not for the nudity, but for the beach BBQ!! haha..

and juz b4 u tink of anything, NO, I DID NOT GO BOTTOMLESS.. haha..

i love bbq on windy chill days..

i love the beach more!!

now i understand y

EVERYONE LOVES SUMMER!! =)

P.S. photos courtesy of yanli, as my cam battery when FLAT on the way to the beach.. haha..

SEPmates

2008-06-02T23:59:00.001+08:00

curtains closing for SEP liao.. guess the least i can do, is to show appreciation by giving thanks to the great companions i hav had for the past 4 months..

ladies first as they always say.. so here we go.. Ms Wang Xiaoli, thanks for..

the milk-shake treat in italy..
the VLA and stroopwaffles from amsterdam..
the ice cream treat from netto on a hot afternoon..
the chicken wings from fotex..
the numerous pickles from the bottle..
the handphone charger when mine is spoilt..
the many "yixin says"..
the many laugh-n-cry until we dunnoe which is which..
waking up every morning on time to switch on the oven..
printing of course materials and updates from campusnet..
ur "张三疯" of the day..
ur pace of walking to keep up with the guys..

here come the guys.. in alphabetical orders, Mr Kenneth Sim Jia Liang, thanks for..

the fried onion treats..
the potato chips treats..
the ice cream cones and B&J Caramel Chew Chew..
the walking to my room to walk me up for breakfast countless times..

the sheer amount of knowledge u hav at ur fingertips..

unlimited request for photo-taking for u, so my photography skills improved leaps n bounds..
ur promptness in doing projects and meeting deadlines..
ur keeness in planning our trips..
ur urgency in booking accomodation and transport..

ur strong and positive support for a particular political party..

ur enthusiasm in sharing the tennis side of u..

Mr Ian Tan Yan Li, thanks for..

the chocolate treats..
the alcohol treats..
the curries that u prepare for our meals..
the wonderful spread on ur bdae.. yeshh, especially those scallops! haha..
the flipping n tossing of PRATA..
the many packs of sauces from singapore..
the many packs of tissue tat u so readily distribute, i am one of the beneficiary.. haha..

the uncountable times u pick up the wok when i am not in the mood to cook..
ur ever-readiness to organise the grocery shopping list..
ur contagious laughter..
ur trust in me for snipping those precious locks on ur head..
ur lack in blogging, which increased viewership on my blog..
ur willingness to spend during travels, which makes me LESS guilty when spending money with occasional splurges..

Mr Kendrick Wong You-Ping, thanks for..

the daily breakfast prepared which u were almost NV late for..
the standard-getting-better-as-the-day-goes-by rice..
the organisation of poster I and II for materials science..
the printing of wikipedia for travels..
the touring ard different cities..
the constant reminder of FYP and Design II waiting for us in spore..
ur ability to recognise each road n alley tat we took amazes me everytime i tink abt it..
ur trust in me cutting n restyling ur hairdo..
ur optimistic mentality keeping dis group pretty much alive..

ur late-by-2-seconds laughters..

ur "xi-nu, niang niang" jokes..

ur hyper-ness on n off..

thankew all, collectively, for..

tolerating with me dis 4 months.. i know i was nv a easy person to get along.. especially my temper and mood.. they probably fluctuate more vigorously den stockmarkets do nowadays.. thanks for the trust placed on me.. actually, i DUN REALLY cook at home, DUN REALLY bake tat often, DUN REALLY go ard cutting hair.. haha.. i came here den try 2 do them oni.. haha.. now the truth is out, SHOCKED?!?! but i guess nothing went TAT wrong, rite?! whahaha..

trivial or not, each n every little effort tat each of u made, counted and made a difference to dis SEP experience.. lets hope tat 10yrs down the road, we look back, and dis SEP was an enjoyable experience afterall, and we definitely didn't regret taking half a yr off NUS to come denmark, leading pretty much a different lifestyle den in spore, far away from our loved ones and things tat we r so familiar with..

i tink, giving thanks is important lah.. haha.. cos lidat it would SEEM tat i din take them for granted, which i din!! haha.. see, i am pretty grateful for the fact tat i hav dis bunch of SUPERCALIFRAGELISTICSPIADIDOUS-LY FABULOUS SEPmates..

understand

2008-05-30T23:59:00.002+08:00

after a busy period for other pple's happiness, i seem to understand wats "越快乐　越堕落"..

NUA-ed the whole day away.. heavy tots running thru me sometimes.. other times, juz sheer retardation force to start on something kept me well tucked under my super comfortable quilt..

will i get tat kinda treatment / effort i offer to pple for their special day on my special day? or even juz in simple daily routines?? simply put, wats in it for me at the end of the day?!

if its juz for reciprocity, den wats the meaning in it??

worse, wat if other pple take u for granted, and tink nothing of it?!

things tat u take the extra mile to plan, to do, MIGHT JUZ HIT u twice as hard, on the back..

simple?! yar rite..

mayb its exam stress..

mayb its the last few days in DTU..

mayb its the last phase of exchange programme..

mayb its the uncertainty for upcoming travels..

mayb its the homesickness..

mayb its juz me..

but, i certainly dun feel rite abt myself..

i am feeling kinda trapped..

feeling the lack of personal space..

feeling very daze..

feeling pretty lost..

feeling abit emo..

feeling like SHIT..

juz dowan to do anything..

wonder if anyone understand me..

cos i dun fully understand myself!

welcome to EMO-land..

PS dis is publised after everyone embark on SEP trip liao.. so by the time my SEPmates read it, its a thing of the past, and NOT really worth mentioning to them anymore.. hurhur..

Bdaes II

2008-05-29T11:59:00.002+08:00

28th May - YL's big 24

(JL & YL - a difference of a day on the calendar, a hell lotsa difference on personality.. haha..)

c/w from top-left: dump well-beaten (yolk + sugar) + well-beaten egg white + mascarpone cheese together and mix well, dip sponge fingers in coffee, lay alternate layers of soaked fingers and cheese cream, dust cocoa powder on top..

moi bake for yl: TIRAMISU..

c/w from top-left: yl's japanese curry cheese-baked rice, yl's oven-baked scallops (heard yl specially prepared for me! yay =) ), still yl's baked salmon in lemon-butter sauce, and the dessert combi of ken's oreo cheesecake and me's tiramisu..

kendrick's bake of oreo cheesecake getting decorated with 24 COLOURFUL candles.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY YL!!

yanli took MANY BLOWS to KO the 24 candles.. "dude, its oni gonna get harder as the yrs increase leh.." haha..

kendrick took the first cut on the cheesecake lah!! haha.. i bet he is really anxious and worried tat no one bakes for him for his bdae on 16sep.. haha.. yl had to settle for the 2nd cut, and distribute the cake.. heng there is untouched tiramisu waiting for him to cut.. hurhur..

ending the nite with homemade (or i made) chocolate fondue with loads of mashmellow, strawberries, bananas, grapes, apples and oranges (in order of nice-ness to go along with the choc fondue, and sour oranges SUCK!).. haha.. some baileys and daidee.. as usual, junhao ending as the "ultimate assshole".. "oh wats new" i say..

a final pic with adam-DA-MAN.. cool american's last nite @ DTU..

i say "我们全部不要看镜头" (translation: lets all not look at the camera) and adam actually followed my cue!! i seriously doubt he din understand all the bad things we were saying abt him all this while!! hahaha..

no lah, kidding, adam so nice, we were got say bad things abt him, rite pple?!

*dis is JUZ IN CASE adam reads my blog*.. hurhur..

its yet another boring post, cos the blogger is seriously not quite rite abt himself.. refer to facebook pics for more lively caption bah.. it was uploaded when the blogger was of better mood..

Bdaes

2008-05-28T11:59:00.001+08:00

27th May - JL's big 24..

c/w from top-left: dump (flour + salt + baking soda) with (sour cream + eggs + sugar) and beat well.. den dump (butter + cocoa powder + water) and bring to boil.. cool and add to previous, mix and pour unto baking tray, BAKE..

special topping of chocolate, cocoa powder, butter, loads of icing sugar and spread on top of cake..

end product - texas sheet cake.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JL!!

c/w from top-left: curry chicken, green curry, korean glass noodles, korean spicy pork.. damnz, i forgot to take my pride - brocolli cassarole.. haha..

jl's treat of ice cream cones and B&J Caramel Chew Chew.. everyone HEARTS ice cream.. tats sam having his 3rd ice cream cone!! haha..

c/w from top-left: my bake of "texas sheet cake" for JL, dan's bake of "peanut butter chocolate cake" for adam, the combi, and the combi WITH my deco of icing on the plate.. hurhur..

the pple..

the bday boys.. (jl's one is 27th may, adam's on 8th june)

boys, will be boys.. btw, adam's oni turning 20.. darn, i feel so old all of a sudden..

the regular bdae GROUP PICS TIME..

the 5 NUS chem engineers in DTU..

our 7-member dinner group..

the sporeans..

the regular culprits in P-container.. it was aso an advance farewell dinner for us in DTU..

amidst the jovial event, the blogger is feeling kinda emo or sort when blogging, sorry for the boring post..

Hair Show

2008-05-27T17:35:00.001+08:00

BEHOLD

starring "Most Wanted Hair Stylist" of 2008 - Baolai

Guest Model I - Kendrick

Guest Model II - Yan Li

Guest Model III - Junhao (who left the show b4 any photo was taken)

no lah, juz joking.. its the 3rd time i hone my haircut skills on my frens.. hiak..

yan li

kendrick

a great success, AFTER 4hours! haha

kindly sponsored by Meiji Hello Panda (Strawberry) with efficient liasion through brandon

in collaboration with "National Wig Foundation"

peace out

DTU Exams Part I

2008-05-26T16:22:00.003+08:00

juz had my first exam paper in DTU..

as mentioned earlier, its a 2hr close-book paper, consisting of 35 MCQ qns, mapped as Materials Science in NUS..

starts at 9am.. we got there at 8.40 and the exam hall was already more den half filled.. tink singaporeans r kiasu, TINK AGAIN! haha..

covered the textbook as specified by the course requirement, did the 3 past yr papers uploaded over the past 1 week..

2marks for correct answer, 0 for not answering, -1 for every wrong answer..

took the exam, left way b4 half-time..

no cheem calculations, all conceptual qns, half from past yr papers.. hurhur..

kendrick was the first to leave the exam hall at 9.35am.. xiaoli n i left at 9.40.. yanli, junhao, joel, joey n brandon left at 9.45..

its like, erm, qn of JC standard, marking via uni level (with the negative marking), and grades r awarded like sec skool, (like A1 A2 B3 B4 - juz in case u forgot and subsumed under the bell curve completely)..

exchange students oni need a pass..

its not easy.. its freaking easy.. hurhur.. i tink by juz doing the past yr paper would hav guaranteed a pass! not tat i am complaining.. haha..

how i wish NUS papers r like dis..

i am blogging not to show arrogance.. but for many yrs down the road, when i read my blog archive, i can be reminded tat i hav had easy uni exams, rite here in DTU, Denmark..

lalalala..

STUPID

2008-05-25T22:28:00.001+08:00

"he needs to study cos he is stupid"

-commented by an angmo on another angmo..

tats how slack the angmos r here in DTU..

-___-"

LEGO Bakes

2008-05-23T05:31:00.001+08:00

ohh, cos LEGOland last mon was a full-day event, i baked so tat we dun hav to waste money buying expensive hotdogs or something in LEGOland.. haha..

menu I: chocolate muffins..

menu II: soft chewy peanut butter chocolate chip cookies..

such, is divine combination:

BBQ Round 2

2008-05-20T23:59:00.001+08:00

juz went u tot the sem's coming to an end.. in the midst of study week here in DTU, there's a combined bdae BBQ party for jiwon (korean girl) n belated bdae for vangelis (greek guy)..

its kinda back-to-the-wild..

held @ humougous BBQ PIT in the middle of Campus Village, but they forgot to prepare extra wire gauze (and the angmos insisted tat "THATS BBQ")..

of cos, being the health-conscious sporeans, and the emminent exams, we really din wanna fall ill during dis critical period.. so.. we laid aluminium foil and insisted some form of grill.. the baking grill came and was such a savior i tell ya..

some red jacket dude actually suggested we remove the base grill to put the oven grill over the fire to cook the food faster.. siao lah.. the food will juz get CHARCOAL-ED lor.. no brains i say! haha.. yeshh, dis should break any beliefs u might hav tat angmos always come up with better ideas / do things the better way..

they really dun, and dis event made me realise tat, SINGAPOREANS R WAY COOL! haha..

back to the party.. its the regular "bring ur own meat to bbq", oni cakes and some drinks provided..

interesting digs:

2 pair of twins found during the BBQ!!

for MIMI-YAN (kendrick of cos)..

for 白虎 (kendrick)..

5weeks to going back home.. i am really looking forward to it..

LEGOland

2008-05-19T23:59:00.003+08:00

in case u din noe, LEGO came from denmark!! wee~ so, there's something exciting abt denmark afterall.. haha..

LEGOland, a themepark juz beside Billund Airport (2nd largest airport in denmark), pretty ulu i would say.. haha.. the entrance fee was 70SGD, and the 2-way bus-train-bus ride from DTU (4hours each way) to LEGOland cost another 160SGD lah.. its crazily expensive i would say, and after the day spent there, i seriously tink the money can be better spent elsewhere.. haha..

oh well, its a DANISH experience afterall, so no grumbles!

the entrance.. can u believe everything is made of LEGO?!?!

inside, is a display of wateva LEGO dream tat one can hav..

interesting LEGO characters scattered in the themepark..

more LEGO figurines..

not forgeting the rides and shows..

i LOVE teacups! haha..

boys will be boys in LEGOland..

Roller Coaster to Pirate Ship to Viking Splash rides.. we were always on a look-out to see who is the SUAY one to kanna splash by water or water shooting out of mouses and snakes.. haha..

the uber-cool: POWER BUILDER (aka ROBOT HAND).. its so so erm, mechanical lah.. haha.. pulling itself away from the VR world (which is wat disneyland has established itself to be all about), its back to the basics of pure spinning n swirling ard in mid-air by the mechanical hand with programmable moves pre-selected when we join the queue..

even got LEGO Mt Rushmore lah.. i love dis pic.. haha..

ohh, its a freaking cold day btw.. arghhh.. juz when we all tot summer was on its way.. the weather kinda popped back to early spring-ish of <15degrees..

waking up at 5ish am, reaching back DTU at 10pm, is no joke.. haha.. coupled with dis trip made at the start of study week, it means tat i gotta work harder for the rest of the week.. i am not here in DTU to fail exams de hor.. haha..

kkz, gotta study for 1 X 35mcq-qns paper next mon, 1 X 4hr open-book paper next next mon, and 1 X oral exam next next tues..

i am nv so slack in NUS, but i'M loving it.. hurhur..

Bakes n Projects

2008-05-16T08:48:00.004+08:00

last week was like some rush period so tat we can finish our projects well before deadline, so tat we can relaxingly prepare for the exams..

of cos, working on projects all day long makes us (or at least ME) so so bored, tat i decided to bake n bake n bake! haha..

so over a spat of 7days, we baked 5desserts! whaha..

10/05 sat - tiramisu, my bakes..

11/05 sun - chocolate pound cake, my bakes..

12/05 mon - yorkshire pudding, my bakes..

13/05 tues - new york cheesecake, kendrick's bakes..

16/05 fri - lemon bars (2layers of cake+pie), my bakes..

the lemon bars is actually to welcome jialiang's SIA air steward fren, jason.. haha.. yar, acknowledge him abit, since i heard tat he reads my blog!! haha..

i love the done-better-dis-time tiramisu, the kendrick's-experimental-cheesecake-with-me-accidentally-adding-twice-the-portion-of-sugar and the pleasant-surprise-of-lemon bars..

project drives SOME OF US CRAZY!! haha.. scroll down to see HOW!!

navy n air force working together.. tats crazy isn't it?! haha..

no?? hmm.. how abt.. .. ..

stuffing ourselves with some waffles to dilute the monotomy of work work work..

no?? how abt.. .. ..

making funny faces..

or how abt kendrick imitating yanli and his characteristic "stroking of his chin"..

which.. .. ..

resulted in some violent reactions from yanli..

n some other violent actions performed by yanli on jialiang too..

not yet.. how abt.. .. ..

the SUPER RED-FACED yanli after some spastic-until-cannot-spastic liao de jokes tat he himself cracked.. haha..

see, told u SOME OF US R CRAZY liao.. haha..

really.. someone trying to assault xiaoli on her ass!! shall not say who, but its someone who's crazy.. hurhur..

remember the last poster tat kendrick, yanli n i did overnite?! now its poster 2, with inclusion of xiaoli in our group, minus the 3 danish students..

bored while waiting for the poster session to start, we decide to suntan..

the completed poster..

singaporeans with the danish prof.. he may b big, but he is way cool and teaches VERY WELL

since its study week now, i foresee myself baking more!! whaha..