Toking Donkey

2011-07-31T21:57:00.007+08:00

After a very long break from Magic: The Gathering card game, i was back to playing it again when my family (cousins and in-law) got interested to play it again. Previously i only played constructed decks but now we are playing draft which is new to me, my first was a average performance at 4th place out of 5.

Today we played again and surprisingly i so lucky to draft some power cards and they proved themselves to be MVP cards.

These 3 cards helped me to win a stunning 4-0 score and i thot mono-black control is not feasible in draft format, today's game proved me very very wrong but was also very lucky to draft "Life Finale" to clear the board and library of creatures and "Lashwrithe" to pump my creatures big to unleash more poison counters, lastly "Caress of Phyrexia" to finish it beautifully with poison counters, life counters, and unexpectedly depleting the library.

Looking forward for another draft...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

2011-04-27T14:17:00.005+08:00

It has been a long time since i last blog...haha...just busy for the past 2 years but now i'm finally relaxing. Which is why i finally get to read the books that i've brought over the years, i started to read the 7th book of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which i brought it like 2 years ago?

Anyway, i finally finish reading it at the wee hours of today. It ending is somewhat expected, so i feel that is not too much of a "cliff-hanging" except the part he had to die lah...but like many plots the hero(s) dun die. After reading the book i was hoping that the movie to feature the battle of hogwarts greatly so that i can see lots of "magic" happening if not it will be as boring as part one which i almost fell alseep watching. As a consolation i watch it online...haha...bcos my cousins advised me not to watch the movie.

After the part 2 is shown, i wonder how long do i need to wait for another fantasy film to be shown sia...tat's my favourite genre of movies, next will be superheroes movie which i will have a great time for months or maybe years to come. Tml will be the opening of Thor, it luks damn interesting and after that is green lantern, actually i dun really like green lantern bcos of how he is portrayed in cartoons which i feel he is "useless" among the rest of the superheroes. But the movie seems to be diff so i guess i will have a great time watching it. And not forgetting X-Men, Captain America, Batman, and then they said they are gonna do Justice League...woah!

Man walks into McDonald&aposs at 4am to buy coffee -- naked

2010-12-14T15:48:00.000+08:00

Man walks into McDonald&aposs at 4am to buy coffee -- naked

Master...no Grand Master

2010-09-15T16:38:00.002+08:00

Recently i chanced upon this book inside a bookshop that sells plenty of books on feng shui, zi wei duo shu, bazi, etc...basically all those new age (chinese) types.

And the title of the book is (translated into english) "Teach you how to become a Feng Shui Master". So amazed that there are publisher and people authored such a book, feeling that this book will entertain me and also bcos the cost of the book is onl $12+. So i brought the book as a form of entertain.

This book takes you thru what a Feng Shui Master needs to know like the different schools of feng shui like San He and San Yuan which includes Xuan Kong Da Gua, Fei Xing (Flying Stars), and Ba Zhai (Eight Mansion). Have gained myself some information on Xuan Kong Da Gua bcos that is the only school that i've yet to study, but after reading it in this book i think i'll skip it cos the usage is not suitable for housing audits unless your house is like the palace lah!

Then it goes thru with what a master should do before, during, and after the audit. Also included are the FAQs of feng shui and the possible cures to some problems.

Upon the end of the book there is ad saying that a 2nd book will be out and is for the professional master...haha! i wonder if i can find the book?

So the questions comes, am i a feng shui master now? Of cos not lah, if like that everyone can become one with just 12 bucks and nobody will pay 1000+ bucks for lessons by acclaimed feng shui masters. Come to think of this, i really cannot understand the reason why people would pay such money to attend these courses whereby they can get it from books. If the knowledge is not on these books and it is really advanced knowledge not so-called advanced then there is reason to go. Which is why i can't persuade myself to go for such courses no matter how much i wanted to have certification, but then in feng shui world certification is nothing as compared to the academic world.

Another thing that i often come across is hearing people had advice from their master to do something, although the principle of it is not wrong but wrong usage. One of the most common i heard is that no matter what they have to facing the most auspicious even when the internal forms are conflicting. Don't these master know the basics that forms supercedes formulas bcos forms are the ones that affects the flow of qi, so no matter how calculations come out good it will not receive the good qi.

Sometimes i wonder if i am already a master in this field, cos there are so many so-called master giving such incorrect advice. Maybe i shld start calling myself a master, or maybe even better a grand master since i'm better than most "masters", or go even higher to call myself great grnd master...hahaha...!

So there's no need to go great lengths to find a master cos there is one just around the corner and that's ME!

Ulcers...OMG

2010-07-22T13:39:00.003+08:00

Being tortured for days by a tupid ulcer, now that it is recovering........another tupid ulcer has to appear...WTH! Bonjela is useless other den taste good, Watermelon Frost is somewhat useful, do i really have to try the salt rubbing....it sounds so painful!

Eyes of TIMMY

2010-06-17T22:47:00.004+08:00

Me and TIMMY!

Holga TIM meaning Twin Image Maker

This is such a "Hello it's me" kind of cam!

See See...two image on one exposure of film
Got 72 pics on 36 exposures!
Did not photoshop this OK!

See wat you get when u multi exposure it

You get pic onto pic creating overlaying effect

The best pic from the film

2 ordinary pple's legs

From the pics you can understand the person more

the 1st is a misunderstood gay type of legs

2nd is a container fetish bitch type of legs

how to see? u dun cos i noe them tat's y!!!

haha!

When will i be able to bring Timmy out again?

Daiso Fun Magic Series

2010-06-09T17:36:00.028+08:00

Daiso has always been a favourite shopping place for me bcos of their everything always $2 but bcos their stuffs are special and many times "limited edition". Another one of my favourite is their "Fun Magic Series" which are magic tricks, below are my collections so far...

No.1 Magically Changing Card

This is numbered 1 in the series but it's package is some what a later design

and it came out in recent years.

No.5 Disappearing Aces

Did not manage to get no.2 to no.4, either they are not available or i've similar tricks before but since i've decided to collect them all i'll not care whether i've anything similar...anyways it is only $2 so can afford to "pai jia".

No.7 Lighting Speed (My own interpretation)
The packaging design is of the earlier design where it is more colorful.

No.10 Teleporting Cards
Somehow i find those of the black packaging has

better tricks than those of the colorful designs.

No.12 Hearts Galore
This is a old trick that has its place in many magic books.

No.13 Color Changing Coins (My interpretation)
Bought this together with no.7.

No.14 Rope With Disappearing Knot
Bought this during my recent shopping spree at Daiso.

No.16 Disappearing Cards
This is a very very old card trick called Princess Card Trick,
have no idea why it is called this name?

No.17 Magical Predictions
i remembered that this is one of the few tricks bought at
Taipei's Daiso when i was there last Oct.

No.20 Spining Predictions (My interpretation)
One of the first 2 i bought for fun.

No.27 Magical Spinning Board (My Interpretation)
This is the other one i first bought.
It is also the only one that i do not know how it works
bcos the intructions on the earlier packaging are all in Japanese.

No.28 Magic Knitting Yarn
A similar trick i first learnt it in my first big book of magic by Mark Wilson.

No.29 Magical Puzzle (My interpretation)

One of the 2 tricks that i've performed for people.

No.33 Bending Spoons

One of the first 2 tricks i bought when this new black packaging came out.

No.35 Magic Coin

One of the only 2 tricks i've so far that has a diffculty of E, which is the hardest.

But this is more diffcult in it's preparations than performing.

Also saw this trick on tv and was surprised to find it at Daiso selling only $2.

No.36 Predict the Fruit

Only can use for 5 times, dun think i'll use it.

No.42 Trick Cards
Similar to one of the famous trick decks "Marked"

No.43 Disappearing Sounds
An earlier packaging but with english intructions,

so can be considered a 2nd edition before the black packaging.

No.44 Levitating Bill
I've a exact trick of this and i think i bought it at $5+ or more from "POW Magic series" which i collect it too until it became unavailable or difficult to find.

No.47 Magic Chain and Ring
My cousin tok to me abt a trick that has amazed him and this was the trick. Another of the only 2 tricks that i've performed in front of people and this has the greatest response.

Very worth it for $2.

No.48 Magic Elevator Cards
Similar to a famous trick deck "Tapered".

No.49 Magical Teleporting Cards
Similar to a very famous deck "Svengali"

No.50 Flower Card
A special card trick bcos it is abt magically changing

a unbloom flower card into a bloomed flower card.

No.51 Amazing Mind Reading Number Trick
Among my collections this has the longest name.

No.52 Lucky Seven of Hearts
This trick has very close relation with maths.

I can't wait for the Daiso at BPP to open in mid Jun, i hoped it will carry the Fun Magic Series bcos i can only find lots of them at IMM. If not i'll need to plan for another shopping spree at Daiso with Sharon again so that she can fulfill her container fetish.

Sharon "exaggerating" Liu

2010-01-14T22:53:00.000+08:00

Suddenly rmb smething that happen recently was that sharon said that i commented saying she getting married in such a short period of time is lame. At tat moment i cannot recall abit it, and she told me i blog it, so i went to search on my blog and the following is the exact comments:

"Oh ya...my best fren Sharon is getting married...OMG! but her reason to me was quite lame lah. She told me bcos she is not young liao so need to get married soon, wa cau she is like only afew months older than me leh!? Anyway good for her lah, can get married and some people like us doesn't even have a galfren or boyfren...bahahaha! Why everyone have to get married this year, 3 weddings...why can't they spread out so that every year got happy occasion. Guess i juz need to buy one set of clothes and i can go for every one...cheapo!"

So the truth is "she is exaggerating it again"!

2009-09-15T19:13:00.002+08:00

Finally brought a digicam after making so many considerations for months, until my frens are so "fed up" with me, cos i keep changing between 2 models that i like.

Brought it not at Comex, cos Panasonic did not have a booth there, wasted my trip there. Then got to know that Panasonic had a F1 promo at Millenia Walk, so went there to see see and they really have discount for the cam i wanted.

It's the lightest and slimmiest model that i ever had...

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3

Light as a paper and Slim as a paper lor?!

Turns up that they sold out their stocks even before they finish their promo, so i got to preorder for it. Haiz need to wait for ard 2 weeks for it to come, maybe it will arrive in time for my birthday?

2009-07-20T17:57:00.002+08:00

Over the weekend went to watch Harry Potter and the Half-Blooded Prince with my cousins, and also got to travel in my cousin's Honda Fit which is a interesting little car! Ok back to harry potter, we went to vivocity, GV for the movie. While waiting to enter, me and one of the cousins noticed someone holding a drink with a sorting hat dangling onto. Immeditately we wanted to have that, then later on we saw some others with a cauldron together with the drink, and we guess it must be a popcorn combo set. And so we went to buy 3 sets of it!

My sorting hat drinking cup and popcorn cauldron

Nite Safari and SJ CCB ceremony

2009-06-28T21:33:00.013+08:00

Date: 27th of Jun 2009

Venue: Nite Safari Park

Yeah! my first time to visit the nite safari park, even though it was there like so many years liao.

Yeah! we got 50% off coupons!

A group photo upon reaching...btw did a elephant walked past? why the space? maybe a elephant did walk past after all we are at the nite safari park!

I hunted a leopard!

Great fun at the park get to see lots of animals especially the tigers and leopards, but bad for photo taking cos it is so dark sia!

Date:28th of Jun 2009

Venue: SJ de Grande Ballroom

The biggest big cast to attend a event organised by me (together with jane).

Ms Dennis Phua (an MP leh!)

H1N1 terminator!

H1N1 "carrier" being lasered!

My Deputy Chairperson, jane!

Receiving our appt letter aka "contract"

My Chairperson, which is me!

Also receiving "contract"...can break bond?

Mixed feelings for this event, but negative more than positive. Positively is that both jane and me manage to execute out this event according to our plan with 85% of it and 90% a success number. Negatively is there is simply little cooperation and almost no communication given among those that are supposed to help. My recognition from this event can only be the "thank you" and "well done" given by some of the people. Lastly thank you so much for those who had help us ALL the way (especially my beloved Zone 7 members) and thank you to those helping TODAY, and have a Nice Day for those who did not help us at all!

My life story...for now

2009-04-16T14:35:00.002+08:00

Woah! It has really been a long...long...time since i blog, so here i am today blogging if not blogspot might just delete my blog bcos cobwebs are forming already.

Hmm...wat shld i blog then?

Ok for start let's start with my work, today will be the start of the 4th pay period that i'm handling ever since i took over the task of payroll (people practice). Kind of abit blur at something cos i wasn't trained for it but i think i am getting the hang of it now.

Then this month i got another highest number of graveyard shift ever since working at Mc, this month there is a total of 6+2 graveyard shift. Initally only 6 but then suddenly my fren need to change shift bcos of some family matters, so in the end a total of 8 shifts. I feel like a vampire in the making now, sleeping in the morning and working in the night. Maybe next time can call mi Dracula but definitely not Panda!

Oh ya...i got 4 Off-In-Lieu (OIL) this month, meaning i got lesser off days this month...haiz!

Almost forgot...i finally finished and graduated from Basic Shift Management and Advanced Shift Management liao...i am officially now 2nd Assitant Manager liao...not to mention pay raise too!

Ok now for SJ, the "crisis situation" for CCC is finally settled so now we are having a peace time into planning the rest of the details, i really hope there won't be anymore problems cos i dun think we got anymore "luxury" time to spend liao.

Then another for SJ is that we kena arrowed for CC presentation, got notice of this from jane and so suay it has to be on the day i got fever. I really feel i dun have time to plan this cos it is like 2 months away, how can i hold meetings to discuss when i dun even have so many weekends to use. My precious weekends is either work or used for CCC planning already. If they would give notice like probably 4 mths before then it will be more feasible for me to plan. For consolation i still got jane to help me for this event, so can still barely make it for me, thnx!

So that's all folks!

Good luck Farid

2009-02-06T13:06:00.002+08:00

It has been long since i last blog sia...very very long i guess? Very busy since working at Mc, shift work sometimes can really be tiring...but finally this month i'm working lots of night shift so have some free time in the afternn.

Anyway yesterday together with some of my colleagues went to changi airport to send one of our fren back. He is Farid from Indonesian, here for training for 6 months, so yesterday was his last day in S'pore. Quite sad that we have to part ways after establishing such good frenship, some of my colleagues cried during the send off. Lastly, wish him best of luck and may be one day we will meet again!

Good luck Farid!

BNCOC 2008

2008-11-24T18:08:00.002+08:00

Have been so busy with my new work and the planning of NCOC i dun even have the leisure time to sit in front of my computer and do some blogging. Time is like so precious to me now that i make sure i make use of each second to the fullest, which includes planning enough sleeping time.

Anyway today NCOC has ended but i was not there to see to it as i got to work in the morning, but i am quite impressed with myself for going to camp in the morning during the 1st day of camp and going work overnite, and then going back to camp after my work. That is like not sleeping for 24 hours?

Also i think i am kind of jinxed cos 3 out of 5 camps that i took part in, rained before campfire starts but it will stop almost just before the campfire starts. The 2 exceptional case, one some accident happened and another i book out for a wedding. This kind of makes me think that i am a campfire jinx but the fortunate part is all 5 manage to have campfire as planned.

Overall this year's NCOC is the best NCOC that i ever took part, cos i really enjoyed the company of my 61, 31, and most importantly my 23.

S'pore Idol at my store! and "wei ni la"

2008-10-13T03:28:00.002+08:00

Hey pple i saw taufik and jonathan from singapore idol at my store having meals! i made a mistake that my store isn't near mediacorp...instead it is the closest Mcdonald, tat's wat i heard lah...abit road idiot.

Today at work is so funny when one of the crew said "wei ni la", i ponder for very long time wat the heck is "wei ni la" and it turns out to be "vanilla". I laughed out loud but with control cos got customer around. Cannot blame him also lah, cos he is from China and his english isn't very good. Must teach him nxt time when i do shift with him again.

Stars and Lousy dinner

2008-10-03T22:38:00.002+08:00

Saw Jeff Wang, Lin Chui Fang and Jeremy today just outside my workplace, btw if you cannot seem to know who are they...here's the hint...they are from TV. Din know that it was them from afar but i did noticed them cos they are all dressed up, only when they walked past me then i realised who they are. Quite surprised to see them here...commonwealth...which is not even near caldecott hill (did i spell it correct?).

Another thing i wanna say is that i brought a pack of chicken rice back home for my dinner and to my horror i saw soemthing with legs on top of my drumstick, and blardy mary it is an insect. Spoiled my appetite, but still abit hungry so end up cooking instant noodles. I WANT FRESH FOOD!

Happy 25th Birthday!

2008-09-25T21:33:00.002+08:00

Happy Birthday to Myself!

I can't believe what i did on my birthday...sleep like a pig for the whole day...woke up at 10am and then back to sleep at 2pm again until 5pm then wake up. Such a coincidence that i'm off today if not still have to work, but still quite a happy day cos sleep alot so that i can go a longer way.

Anyway yesterday my first mangement meeting at work, woah! it is a really long meeting...we started ar 2pm and it stretch all the way to 11pm, but lucky i get to leave early at 11pm, the rest still have to continue. Also yesterday our dinner was at the new fish & co at great world city, and my frens at work celebrated my bday with me with a bday cake...AND we got 10% discount bcos of my bday...haha...so lucky.

Then i got a cake (with 2 more pple) on sunday also for my birthday and a song to go along with it from my cousins!

Lastly thank you for all the sms wishing me starting from morning, which i din even hear my hp ringing...guess really into deep sleep and those in the afternoon where i have to view them during my afternoon sleep...but no problem with that.

Almost forget, i got a early bday present from sharon...thank you!

My OJE

2008-09-19T22:12:00.001+08:00

My OJE, Prelude to what is coming...

Caramel Corn (Coffee Float and Cream Soda)

2008-09-07T00:26:00.008+08:00

My trip to Daiso is always a good find in one of the snacks that can (i think) be found only in Daiso, which is Caramel Corn. If you want to know more abt wat is Caramel Corn, type C-A-R-A-M-E-L space C-O-R-N on google or yahoo and most importantly dun forget to click search or enter if not it won't work!

One of the two flavours of Caramel Corn found at Daiso during my recent visit.

Lucky for my good japanese, it states Coffee Float flavour. If you can see the red words on the pic it is translated as simply Limited Edition, cos this flavour to only available during the summer season, which is why it is a flavour of a drink cos the best thing in summer is a cold drink.

There's a secret to my good japanese...

There's a english translated information sticker on the packaging lah!

Here's the tasting...

Qty: 89 pcs (with one or two in half )
Pros: Great coffee fragrance
Cons: Mild coffee taste

Testings are conducted on Caramel Corn to determine their "dryness". Cos those who ate caramel corn before knows that you can get real thristy after eating it.

Mouth Lab Test: On the 32nd pc a mouth of water is needed and followed by the 70th pc before i finished the testing.

Conclusion: Nice for coffee lover that doesn't want to be affected by the caffeine.

Next is another flavour

Cream Soda flavour. Like the previous it is also "limited edition" only for summer season.

Tasting time...

Qty: 102 pcs

Pros: Great Cream Soda fragrance, really gives me the feeling of drinking a glass of cream soda, very refreshing. The thing you really need in a summer season (although i'm in a tropical island). Other than that, it has a stronger taste and it lingers in your mouth!

Cons: I can't find any, unless you dun like cream soda lah!

Mouth Lab Test: Surprising it does not makes my mouth "dry", and i continued to eat one pc followed by another until i finished the whole pack.

Conclusion: If you want a good snack for summer, this is the one to choose! and also bcos it is a "break through" of caramel corn for not making your mouth dry!

Undesirable experience with a cotton in my ear!

2008-09-04T23:31:00.003+08:00

What are the chances of you having a cotton bud stuck in your ear? Whether high or not, it is a possible situation! And so i have become one of them, so horri-G-ble for me lor, and the "ordeal" was an hour long before i manage to pull it out.

The story goes...

I happily finished my shower just ard 10 mins before the show Ugly Betty, so sitting on the sofa waiting for the show to start. During the wait i was thinking whether shld i clean my ear, cos i only clean on particular days and today isn't one of them. Which i (unfortunately) decided to clean my ear so randomly took a cotton bud from the box, which so sickening that one of the cotton attached to the stick isn't well attached but without knowing it. So i WAS happily cleaning my ear and when i put it out i can feel that the cotton is stuck in my ear.

So i search for the thing-other-than-the-cotton-bud-that-you-will-use-to-clean-the-ear to dig out the cotton, kept trying for the whole show of Ugly Betty, only manage to see bits of the show but not in the good mood to watch also. Finally i decided to use the tweezer from my gundam model tool kit to "pluck" it out. At last after some trying i manage to pull the cotton out. So relived cos i wonder what will happen if i can't get it out.

Story ends...

A word of precaution...ALWAYS CHECK THAT THE COTTONS ATTACHED TO THE COTTON BUD IS WELL ATTACHED!

"Officially Lao Chek"

2008-08-31T23:04:00.002+08:00

I am now "officially" as termed by weiye that i'm a "lao chek" and no more encik, cos yesterday AGI i received my service medal from the order of sj. The medal is awarded to members for servicing ten years, twelve for me cos cadet years is only counted half. If you want to know more abt this medal juz go google or yahoo it and you can read all abt it from any website cos the medal is the same thru out all sj in the world.

The Service Medal of the Order of St John (above).

Someone asked me why there is a girl (lady) on the medal? Then i told him is Queen Victoria not any girl, then he replied back i thot shld be Queen Elizabeth (btw there is two Queen Elizabeth, and assuming he is refering to the living one but either case not relevant). Wanted to explain is bcos Queen Victoria granted the order of sj royal charter but i think i'll hav to explain more wat is royal charter, therefore i juz answer back with something simple.

A pic of me at AGI after i've received my medal.

After this i hav to spend $$$ on mounting my medals, that's the bad point for receiving medals. Maybe they shld include free mounting and this time they din give us the ribbon so hav to buy too, aiyo going broke liao leh!

My 2nd overseas in my present lifetime

2008-08-24T14:49:00.042+08:00

Yesterday went on a one day tour to Johor, Malaysia cos my cousin won ticketsduring a lucky draw. So those pple that are wondering why i din appear at dunman, this is the reason cos this is my 2nd overseas tour in my present lifetime!

Me and my cousins at the meeting point at 6.30 am...gosh waking up and taking 1st train!

Finally we are onboard the bus! Proceed with our tour...yeah! OMGosh the sky is super dark, it's gonna rain but it doesn't seems to dampen my happy mood!

Yeah our bus finally went through Singapore custom and we are on our way across the 2nd link to Malaysia, here i come michelle yeoh!

Got my stamp! i can enter Malaysia liao.

I am on Malaysia's land! Can't seems to find Michelle Yeoh, so got to do it with this Malaysia's flag banner. Although i can also make do with a board showcasing a custom officer (auntie) welcoming you to Malaysia, i prefer the flag better!

We stop by at this food place to have our breakfast, seems abit lok-kor but inside many pple sia.

We ordered all these plus char siew bao, quite cheap cos everyone is like paying for $2 plus (Sing dollars of cos), and it was a treat by my cousin too.

Next we stop by this cocoa factory or outlet for some purchases and culture learning, purchase has more priority over learning...bahaha! But still here's the history of chocolate in Malaysia.

And professor tan of the cocoa university of extra tasty chocolate presenting to you the making of chocolate.

They have alots of cooca products and chocolates.

And the best of all is this...Tongkat Ali flavor chcocolate...OMG! They even put this into chocolate...viagra soon to be replaced or viagra going to appear as chocolate soon?

Then we went on our way to Yong Peng. Along the we see trees...

...more trees again...

...finally some houses and a far away mountain...but after that more trees and trees again...then something happen! i became too tired watching trees...i fell asleep as we continued our way on the bus to Yong Peng. Gosh the journey was long, taking an hour plus to reach there.

After stooping by Yong Peng for toilet break and petrol pump up for our bus we continue our way into the village plantations. Along the way the scenery is different now, we don't only see trees but we also see alot of houses...

Finally we reached our first plantation, the-one-that-grows-the-fruit-that-will-produce-the-sugar-that-is-found-in-ondek-ondek. Paiseh dunno the name cos in Melayu. Anway our in-house guide explaining to us about the fruit or plant that produces it.

The product when it is cooled. When required to use it, it will be boiled into liquid and it will appear to look just like the sugar syrup we see in ondek ondek.

Me in front of the huge boiling pot.

Then on our way to the coffee plantation. This is the "canal?" of the village which was used many years ago for water source now the have water pumiping system. So dangerous at night cos you might drop into it...now i loved the drianage system in Singapore and their covers!

My cousin with a "not-so-wild" cherry pluck for us by the guide.

We reached the coffee plantation. Here the owner showing how to prepare the snacks that we are going to have, dunno what is it called but my cousin kept saying you can find this in S'pore pasar malam, which i never seen before.

Who's the handsome beside the coffee tree? (Er...yucks...puke all over the place)

Caught in the act of eating my snacks!

Another with me eating my small surry puff.

Last one liao...eating a salted little fish, very salted but after tasting it and then a mouth of coffee makes it less salted and the coffee more sweeter (btw the coffee is black coffee).

Before boarding the bus, i took a pic on the road of Malaysia's kampong.

Then a pic of the place where we visited the coffee plantation. This pose makes me look fat...regretted taking my cousin's suggestion.

Reaching the next stop, we had a introduction on palm tree and it's "flower?". Btw palmolive, the soap leh, is made from these palm oil produced by the trees.

OMG what big hairy balls you have...behind you? Erm...that's rambutan!

Look at the big hairy _______ i have!

The aftermath of a visit of a bunch of Singaporeans tourist...

And on the plantations, we get to try on the playing the spinning top...which everyone fails except one auntie...auntie very powerful one leh! (advise to you dun look down on one)

Next we went to pineapple plantation. Should pluck one and upon reaching home throw one inside the house to represent "wang lai". Btw try it when you are moving into a new house, it is a tradition together with the switching on the fan and boiling water at the same time (feng sheng shui qi).

I looked like i'm gonna do something to this plantation, just like a thief or a baddie but surprising i like this pic the best...bahaha!

So dark...but i think you can see the yellow thingy sticking out from our mouth, that's pineapple and it is very nice it does not sting your tongue like those we buy at supermaket.

After visiting the plantations, we headed back Johore for our dinner and i caught something. Not the milo girl lah...but the number on top of the traffic lights. In S'pore we have the numbers showing to predestrian how many seconds to red man, in Malaysia this is for the motorist instead leh.

At the seafood restaurant for our seafood dinner. Surprising the only seafood that we see on the table are fish and sotongs, the rest of the dishes are vegetables, tofu and chicken. So we wondering what's so seafood about this seafood dinner?

On board the bus for our journey back to Singapore. Happy that i'm going back S'pore but feeling a bit down cos my 2nd present lifetime overseas tour is ending liao.

Concluding my overseas experience is the local food product that we brought. Din't buy alot cos all my riggits are from my mum cos din't intend to buy things before the tour, but receive some from my mun the night before the tour so just brought a few for her.

Lastly, want to show you but dun think you can see lah, the one in pink standing is our local tour guide who happens to be a teacher by profession. Doing part time as a tour guide during weekends. My cousin commented the first time she speak to us that she sounds like a teacher and it turns out she really is a teacher.

Ok that's my 2nd overseas tour in my present lifetime, hope to go on tour next time if not like very "frog-in-the-well" lor must go out walk walk see see.

2008-08-13T22:30:00.017+08:00

My Keroro Gunso invasion of Tan's residence...de arimasu!

4 sets in total, as compared to other Gunpla it is not alot.

My first completion of the Keroro's head, a shocked reaction!

Transforming the eyes and i get a diff reaction!

The body in a sitting position

The full body with moveable limbs

Half body with a diff hands

Half body with a clenched fist

A alien cannot do without their flying saucer, here's Gunso san's!

Kero-chan's podium/stage/dais/watever u want to call it!

Gunso's misc items (hitting fan, banane, gunpla)

A angry Keroro

Kero-chan can't resist the temptation to step on banana and slip (even though he noe is a trap), cos he likes pple to laugh at it

Gunso with his "own" gunpla

Keroro with his "not-so-dangerous" fan

Flying on his saucer

Keroro Gunso Gundam Strike Noir!?

2008-08-10T23:07:00.002+08:00

Today was a long-awaited mission! i went down to kino to buy books at 20% off...haha...cheapo hor, but not very lucky one of my book is out of stock.

Anyway my surprise was the discovery of the plastic model kit that i wanted to collect, which is KERORO GUNSO (a.k.a SGT FROG). It is a anime about these group of "alien frogs" trying to take over earth BUT failed almost immediately the reached earth!

Talk about my model kit (plamo for short) is a 1.5 verison, which is a expanded version of the 1st keroro gunso plamo. Included more actions, especially the banana one! Will update once i've assemble it together.

Guys, if any one day that u happen to visit my blog, it means that u are really bored to come and read my blog (dun deny!). Anyway if u are bored go to this link and watch the anime, i got hooked on my 1st episode after it was introduced to me by sharon.

Part 1 of Episode 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC9K3-kzXi4

Part 2 of Episode1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coP4dGfmkwg
Part 3 of Episode 1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI1pqgOYI_o

I'm ALIVE

2008-07-29T19:03:00.002+08:00

OMG...it has been a very long time since i last blog! The reason is...my computer broke down a couple months ago. Adding on to the changes made to my computer, it is like a new computer cos almost everything inside the CPU has been changed and my motherboard was changed twice! Wat has happened to HP? Last computer which was also HP was ok except for a few minor problems but this time was horri-G-ble!

Managed to find some time after my dinner to blog so as to let everyone know that i'm still alive and kicking, in case you are wondering why am i missing but if you did not feel a bit of missing anything then goodbye my f*** friend! Haha...juz kidding and i meant "fish".

Lastly...I'M ALIVE!

Happy St John Day

2008-06-24T00:15:00.002+08:00

Happy St John Day!

This day celebrates the Saint John the Baptist.

It also celebrates the founding of the Order of St John, and its establishment St John Ambulance. The actually founding date was lost in history so the monks serving in the Order use 24th of Jun bcos their patron saint was Saint John the Baptist.

This year's St John Day is also my first encounter that this day does not falls on a school holiday. During my secondary school life, this day always falls on school holidays and we only get to celebrate it on the first friday when school reopens, then at sometime it was changed to first wednesday...i guess bcos friday sometimes clashes with NCC day.

St John members, let's show our pride as a member by wearing symbolic items of our organisation today bah!

Lastly, enjoy this joyous day (even though it might not be but since it is St John Day, make it a happy one!)

My food adventure...

2008-06-22T19:38:00.010+08:00

Too lazy recently to update my blog regularly, so today got time so blog everything together!

If you want to start with the latest of my "adventures" u can read from the start, if not u can scroll down to the bottom of this post and read up to read from the earliest adventures.

Chicken Buffet Adventure!

Yesterday together with two of my cousins we went to Dallas Chicken @ Upper Cross Street for a $10 eat-all-you-can chicken buffet.

The buffet does not include burgers but almost everything else and a can of drinks for each customer. The food there was good but not great though but if i were to choose between this and KFC, it will be this cos it's cheaper. Anyway the buffet i find it not so worth cos the three of us can only finish ard $32+ worth of food only. Also the owners are quite friendly and comes to every table to chat with us and get feedbacks on their food.

Lastly why only got one foto? Bcos i was so hungry i just remember to eat and not care abt anything else.

At Swensen with bday boy!

Went to swensen last week with two of my cousins, also bday of one of them.

A regular earthquake for deserts

My dinner order, Tic-Tac-Toe, it's a sandwich and a big one with lots of eggs, my favourite!

My cousins Keith and my cousin Long (bday boy)

Long and Me

Dinner @ Kim Gary at Vivo

My favourite Hong Kong food restaurant at present!

OMG...this is the thickest toast i ever had! This is wat i call a THICK toast! This is good but can be better cos other than the cream and peanut butter there's nothing else inside the toast, so abit wasted.

My cream soup that comes with my set meal, normal soup i should say, hear from my cousin the other choice of soup is better cos got alot of ingredients!

My chicken baked rice with white sauce...this is the best baked rice i ever had and like it alot. This is the first time i wanted to finish this before i touch any other sides we ordered, cos i always alternate between sides and main dishes. I'm drooling at the thought of it liao!

My ice yuan-yang that comes with my set meal. This is a better yuan-yang, the tea taste is more and still can taste abit of coffe and best is that both taste did not overpower each other, this is by far the best yuan-yang i had.

Start here if you want to start from my earliest adventure...

One Camp, Four Corps, Many Friends

2008-06-10T13:51:00.003+08:00

It has been a tiring past two weeks for me. First week was CDI, a 3D2N camp, quite a relaxed camp as focus was on skills training. Tired for me even though i wasn't doing much drills but i guess people do get old cos all those long hours of under the sun, standing, walking around to guide the trainees kind of make me feel tired maybe also the lack of sleep. Not much to say about the camp cos most of the times we are doing drills and nothing but drills.

Then in 3 days interval, i departed for another camp, Combined Corps Camp. This time longer 5D4N for us trainers. This is the first camp that i am holding the highest appointment, Camp Commandant, but lucky for me many officers are very well experienced and that i can leave all the details to the departments heads to settle.

Firstly i'll like to write abt the objectives of the camp, this year's theme is "Bonding", which is also the long standing objective since the start of the camp. From my point of view, i see that everyone are getting along well, whether it is the officers, trainers, or trainees. So by this, i can say that the camp is a sucessful one!

The 2nd objective is to sort of trying out whether the camp can function well under the structure of a semi-training semi-leisure camp. Bcos the camp consists of sec 1s so i do not wish that they have a big culture shock. After observing and feedbacks from trainers i sense that the picture of a semi-training semi-leisure is blur, so i think in future we have to draw out the picture well in order to achieve this objective.

Now let's talk about the rest, for this camp i find that the barrier between officers and trainees are much lesser, which the trainees are more ready to speak to officers, i think this is bcos the camp is semi-leisure structured.

Some fun stuffs, during the night hike operations sunshine was activiated, ops sunshine is a renamed of ops freedom for those who ar familiar with it. Why code name sunshine? bcos we went to sun plaza for a short retreat. The fun part is when we are walking back we encountered the cadets hiking and one group is not far behind us, so in order not for them to catch up to us we brisk walked then we were stopped by traffic lights. Not wanting to jaywalk we waited anxiously for the traffic lights to change, and we were like those racers glueing our eyes on the lights and when it changed we dashed across the road. While dashing across we heard the trainees about to greet us, so it was like..."Good evening si..." then we dashed across the road.

Also we played a game which i fogotten the name liao, it was like everyone will draw a card and placed it on the forehead and we will bet the amount, then the loser either biggest number or smallest will be forfeited. Bcos lunch had alot left so we used the food to bet. It was so much fun and i ended up eating 5 drumlets bcos the total bet was 50, equivilent to 5 drumlets.

There's alot more funny stuff, which most of them comes from James, too may to list down here. You have to experience it and i'm lucky to have the chance to it, also the officers loved to "suan" james whenever possible!

May everyone enjoyed in this year's Combined Corps Camp and i hoped to see everyone next year!

Closing...

Ah Tan
Camp Commandant
Combined Corps Camp '08
One Camp, Four Corps, Many Friends!

7's FAC 2008

2008-04-20T13:13:00.002+08:00

Yesterday was the "d-day" for zone 7's corps, which also involves my corps lah! Feeling very sayang that NA did not manage to maintain their 3rd placing last year and if only they could get another nine more marks, they would've maintain 3rd.

Also sayang that the officers cannot fork out time to help both teams in their trainings, as we have to go for this and that, if only we can help out probably the outcome would be better?

No matter what, done cannot be undone, therefore we must look forward and not dwell on the past too much. Only to look at it as a lesson learned, that we must work even harder towards our goal. May we worker harder for next year and achieve our goals! Yeah!

Yeasterday was quite a relaxing day as compared to the last two years, bcos i'm not involve in the working committee this year, yeah! So relax that i went around the place talking to people, watching competitors compete, etc. Interestingly i met sock peng and kim sum, both of them had finished their work and had nothing to do, so i mixed around with them so as to have entertainment. Kim Sum was the most interesting one...among one of our conversation i asked "you got go camp mah?" he said "dun like camp" then i said "then why you still join uniformed group" he said "i dunno". I thought someone like him couldn't have been a active member bah and it turns out he goes for all the trainings...i'm amazed!

I wonder whether if he knows who am i, those of his peers when they speak to me they gives me the vibes that they are abit scare of me, but he dun seems to have that. He asked for my name, it really means he really doesn't know who am i.

Conclusion week post

2008-04-06T20:30:00.005+08:00

The week is coming to an end and i did not post anything yet, so this post will be a concluding post for the week. Actually din't do anything quite spectacular to blog about lah, except that i took some photos randomly.

One of the best pic from my phone cam a.k.a hand-cam's burst shot mode.

Dun like the red spot but no choice took this pic while in a fast moving vehicle, also lazy to photoshop it. If i rmb correctly this is on the ECP...bah!?

We always see people take pics of sunrise and sunset, so i also wanted to try when i accidentally chance upon it. I think this pic is quite obvious that it is a sunrise hor cos sunset is more orange rite?

Another pic taken onboard of a vehicle, this time on a bus. Although on a slower moving vehicle this time i can't control the shot cos i cannot afford to let the rest of the passengers think i'm a FREAK!

Took this pic is to highlight to pple the view of a passenger onboard a bus.

Lastly, my rocher flowers (or roses).
It has become a habit of mine to make these roses whenever i eat a rocher chocolate, and these are a collection of roses i made for the last two years also the number of chocolates i ate. Doesn't seem to be alot rite, dun be fooled cos i actually ate slightly more than this amount cos some of those roses i made have been given to some of my frens.

If you look carefully some of the roses i made has some diff, not in terms of their shapes or sizes. My 1st generation looked more like a tulip than a rose, my 2nd generation looks more like a rose. Btw does my roses look similar to those on the rocher chocolate advertisement?

Hello Panda Choco Chips and BBQ

2008-03-30T20:55:00.009+08:00

Time for my 3rd tasting of Hello Panda biscuits! This time i've got Choco Chips and BBQ, this time proudly sponsored by Chelsa (a.k.a journalist 1). So let's begin with the tasting bah!

Choco Chips Hello Panda (although i've no idea what is Marie?)

The box is so different from those Hello Panda

Hmm...this packaging reminds me of Double Choco

The biscuits itself is also so different from the rest (and what it was printed on the box, the actual looks so disfigured and un-cute as compared to the printed)

When the 1st biscuit enters my mouth, the biscuit has a strong milk taste and very mild choco chip taste. In addition it is slightly salty (losing to potato chips only), i needed a cup of drink after the 3rd biscuit.

This isn't what i'm expecting, no doubt it is supposed to be milky bcos it is the same as drinking 2 glasses of milk. So they should name it "Milky Choco" or just "Milk Hello Panda" and take away the choco chip bcos the chips' taste isn't significant.

And who the heck is "Marie"?

Now time for BBQ(ing) "HELLO" Panda(s)

(Disclaimer: No pandas are hurt or killed in the process of the it, we are panda lovers)

Is BBQ-ing related to cowboys...if not then why is the panda on the box drawn this way?

Same box shape as Choco Chips

Hmm...slightly different packaging in the sense that the words are printed in blue

Hmm...the biscuits looks almost exactly like Hello Panda cousin (is it called Panda Land?)

Before tasting it, i can already smell the BBQ fragrance. Tasting it feels like i'm eating those commonly found BBQ flavoured biscuits, the taste is almost the same. In terms of a good BBQ taste, it can only be placed together with those common and average ones, no way it can be placed side by side with the better ones.

Chinatown outing

2008-03-25T18:38:00.014+08:00

Yesterday went to Chinatown with two of my cousins, dropped by Hong Lim Complex for our lunch. We decided to eat Curry Chicken Mee as it was a famous stall and it serves delicious food.

This is where the stall is located. Hawer Center inside Hong Lim Complex

This is the stall that we went. 1st floor

(There is one more upstairs)

My Curry Chicken Mee

(with 3 pcs of breast meat, katang, and tau pok)

Too bad there isn't any drumstick left, said to taste better. The katang is also those that are used to cook in curry, not the soft type for bake. Also the curry isn't thick, is more soup-y and although it is abit spicy it is not the hot type. My favourite is the tau pok, soaking with the curry...simply irresistible in my mouth.

Finished product

One of the obstacles that we overcome in our journey

While waiting for the train to arrive

Then after dinner we went KTV

(it was a ardous journey to the KTV cos raining cats and dogs)

Is cheaper than other KTV like "Par-Ti" and "Kena Box"

but go with at least 4 pple cos is charged min 4 pax if not you'll will be like us 3 paying for 4.

With such cheap price, they even serve you "mock sharkfins" and you get to have free flow of drinks

Can see that we enjoyed ourself with 4 hours of singing...shiok and tired!

Also some of my greatest works of self taken pics from chalet.

My "Case Files of Young Kindaichi"

2008-03-17T00:19:00.003+08:00

Just finished reading one of...rather my favourite manga "Case Files of Young Kindaichi". This is the newest release of the series, could have got it early if i were to get the taiwan version but waited for the s'pore version bcos of the price.

Liked the manga alot bcos of the detective story and i always like to "become" one, so this manga is a great source for me to "experience" the investigations of an detective. This time round i manage to figure correctly who is the murderer, though abit not too sure bcos of one clue that i interpret wrongly but then again that clue will only be obvious to those familiar with japanese culture bah!?

This time didn't manage to figure exactly the methods used, only have some rough ideas but these are the same as those methods used. Up til now i can only remembered vividly one time i manage to figure out the murderer and the method exactly. That was when i watched the anime together with my family (including my parents leh) and we were thinking who is the murderer but only i manage to figure it correctly and also the method used.

LEGO Indiana Jones

2008-02-19T23:50:00.004+08:00

Recently (and now) is hooked on a flash game created by LEGO. The game is made from LEGO Indiana Jones, the game consist of four levels but only first two levels are available now. The game is very simple to play, you just use your mouse to scroll over items to pick up, you only pick up coins and treasures lah. The game wouldn't be Indiana Jones style without dangerous obstacles, so players uses the mouse to click on those obstacles. Additionally there are secret treasure in the game, so remember to find them and click on them. Also there is no turning back if you missed out on any coins or treasures, because the boulder is behind you (nah! it's bcos the game is set to scroll right).

This is the game click here to play!

(Remember to register as a member, if not your game progress is not recorded)

As i've promised to showcase my LEGO Indiana Jones, here it is!
(erm..why so plain!)

Added a background taken from LEGO website.

(Hmm..looked more interesting)

CNY and its goodies

2008-02-10T22:28:00.000+08:00

3 days of CNY celebrations have rewarded me with quite alot of fun and some goodies! Sadly was down with fever on the first day, pop-ed two panadols and it was better then later at night it was back with 38.3 degrees. Making me quite weak, can't even stand well when taking another two panadols, but at least the panadols worked very fast as my fever was gone in the middle of the night and i can sleep properly. Still i've missed quite a number of funs in drinking but at least i've tried vodka pear which is very GOOD! Second day was feeling better but still with cold so did not eat much during our visit to my Xiao Gu's house cos alot of the food are fried.

Third day is the day i brought quite of number of goodies that i always wanted. I finally collected the series of Liu Qian's magic books, the "so called" LEGO bible, and the Indiana Jones LEGO set.

The 2nd book of Liu Qian's series of magic books.

The "so called" bible of LEGO: "LEGO Book Museum Vol. 1

This book is in Jap as you can see lah, so i can't read jap so really dun understand what is it inside but bcos there is alot of pictures inside so still can look at the pictures. And this book is by far the most expensive book i've ever brought, which cost me $53.90!!! A little disappointed with the book cos quite a large portion of LEGOs are not inside, maybe can hope for those parts in volume 2

The last my new year goodies is the Indiana Jones LEGO "Motorcycle Chase" set, haven taken any pictures yet though i've already assembled it and placed on display in my "enviromentally friendly" aka "recycled" or maybe "cheapo" rocher box. Will try to take a good picture of it when i'm more into the mood, you know "artist's mood".

Oh! and i got my hands on playing Wii at my sis's place and it was fun. Played the most in Wii sports, especially in tennis which i manage to win almost everyone. Played too much liao now my right arm is quite aching leh but hoping to play it again.

Also i've helped Fay in her project in doing a clip, helped her record the clip with the camcorder. The experience was fun to me as i feel like a director, telling the actors where to start and bah bah. Maybe one day i should do a film myself hor then can become a real director. Anyway hopeful those clips are useable and my camera skills are ok.

Mocha Tango yucks! LS and LS..oh no...

2008-01-29T00:05:00.000+08:00

Aiyo...aiyo...aiyo...my stomach is so so...LS afew times liao, i'm guessing the Mocha Tango that i drank this afternoon with sharon. Its mocha with orange, first few mouthful is still ok but the rest is just not my cup of tea (kopi). Anyway still believe it is that which is making me LS, cos the other things that i ate is ate by my family too and none of them are having any LS. Ok...now got the feeling to LS again...hoepfully it will get better tomolo. That's all and i'm not having a good time LS-ing!

My LEGO Castle creation

2008-01-11T00:29:00.000+08:00

Did you guys watch "coffee prince" or rather "ka fei wang zi yi hao dian"? Cos in the show, the male lead has a similar hobby with me, collecting LEGOs. What a coincidence leh, cos just recently i took my LEGO Castle series on display but didn't took any photos until today, cos more free today. Anyway look at my photos...

The Good King and the Evil Skeleton King

Suddenly a ray of light started emitting from the good King's sword!
Good King: What! Ah...I can feel the strength of the sword!

The aura of light gets greater...

Skeleton King: Arh! What is this power coming from the sword!

Then the aura of light exploded...

Skeleton King: Arh! The power is far to great for me resist!

Good King: With this power I shall banish you and your foul creatures back into the abyss!

Ok that's part of it and also the end cos i may not be doing it again...maybe only. Anyway the effects in the photos are not created from photoshop or any, it is purely the reflecting lights from my two torchlights, one white light and another red light. Do you think that it is nice? Nevermind if you guys dun, cos i'm really happy with my creations, kind of makes me feel i'm artistic and makes me think i can go for photography...haha! (think only!!!)

Last moments of 2007

2008-01-06T21:53:00.000+08:00

It has been over almost 6 days since the new year of 2008, til now then i'm posting my first post of the year. But i'm not gonna tok abt my resolutions of the year cos i can't think of any...or rather too lazy to use my brain cells! So this post is the last moments of 2007, the last few days of how i spent my year 2007.

Attended (and part of the organising committee) of Zone Presentation and Inspection on 29th of Dec. Was awarded the "Meritorious Service Award" but unforutunately i misplaced the award when "someone" (not in foto huh!) wanted to take picture with me, the one who got promoted lor. I placed my award on the table behind me then went for photo taking, after that took fotos with chien wan and eileen, so u can look carefully at this foto and spot a grey thingy on the left, and that's my award!

Chien Wan, Me, and Eileen (and my award on the far left)

Jia Wei and Me

Me, Khee, and Long with our barcardi celebrating new year's eve!

Me, Long, Sheng, and Khee with our lychee martini (made by me!) celebrating the last 5 mins of 2007!

Long, Sheng, and Khee with their lychee martini (again) celebrating the new year of 2008!

Festive season

2007-12-26T21:40:00.000+08:00

Festive season meaning there's a festive package for blogging. So i'll be blogging what i've done through the festive season, and i'll start from the most recent to the distance...btw i think this time is the most photo extensive blog i ever did!

Some of the drinks that we drank during x'mas eve

My cousins...Ah Li, Qilin and Ah Sheng

Ah Li (with my reindeer headband)

Qilin...looking like a shaman!

Me and my cousin Ah Long (with our barcardi)

Doing the x'mas shopping

Too pek cek with the shopping?

Qilin (acting cute) with the big ribbon at daiso

8 fish murdered faraway from the rest...

Steamboat gathering with my frens...the three ones with the acholol chocolates! Mine's Jack Daniels

Finally found the book i'm looking for...just in time for the x'mas present for myself!

Bookfest 2007 and my Cybershot phone

2007-12-17T21:39:00.000+08:00

Yesterday went to BookFest 2007 at Suntec Convention Halls with two of my cousins. Surprising (to me) the place wasn't cramped up with people, can leisurely walk around looking for books.

So went around looking for any books that can catch my eyes, strolled to a feng shui section (a very large section with a big pillar stating feng shui). Didn't find anything interesting so walked over to another section by the side, and saw one of the book that i was looking for (see below)...

Liu Qian de mo fa qian zheng

It's a book on magic tricks, which i borrowed a copy from my community library but pages were torn from it making my reading experience (and learning) an unhappy one. Still learned a few tricks and showed to a few and the results was great, so wanted to own myself a copy for keepsake and reference too in case i forget the tricks. Always have this problem when i dun practice the trick for a long time.

Anyway brought the book at a 20% discount, was even more pleased with it but unfortunately they did not have his previous two books "Ah! Bai Ge Mo Shu" and "Ah! Bai Ge Mo Shu Part 2". I wonder where can i get my hands on these two books to add to my collections, also the his upcoming fourth book also makes me excited whether will it be as good as the one i read.

Btw...wondering if you guys noticed that my posts are getting more graphic...it is bcos i got myself a new cybershot phone! So excited cos it's only $68 (w/o any trade in) for a 3.2 megapixel cybershot handphone, and bcos it is one of the few cybershot phones with 3.2, where the rest are far more expensive than this one. With a cybershot phone, i can now take pictures whenever i want and i get to blog it, so my blog is getting more interesting liao cos a picture says a thousand words!

Sis's Wedding

2007-12-16T10:57:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was my sis's wedding...scroll down for the photo blog of the event!

The lighting of the "Long Feng Zu" starts the day (at 7.30 am -_-") with the hair combing and makeup.

Just before the arrival of the groom, my parents did the "ritual" to cover the veil of the bride.

And after that is my showtime liao! I got to open the car door for the groom, which i get to receive an ang bao in exchange for two oranges ;P

Groom stuck outside the gate to my house, which they are "forced" to do lots of funny games like tying an egg on the groom and one of his best man and they are to break the egg with each other's egg.

After the tea ceremony is abit of phototaking, too many people so didn't manage to take any fotos. My parents and the wedding couple.

Finally! Time to go church...oh my...my first time in church!

Part of the blessings script from the book...

Reception time! The Decor seems nice...so took a pic.

The one dish i didn't manage to eat!

The plate of my cousin's...took in case i didn't manage to get any food cos there was alot of people.

Commotion during the cousins photoshoot with the couple!

Finally the end of the wedding and reception. Two of my cousins helping to clear the tables and chairs.

Lousy trophy supplier

2007-12-06T13:00:00.000+08:00

@#%&!!! Yesterday was the worst day of my life!!!

When i'm abt to step out of my house, it starts to rain...blardy. Then still have to go down HCI to bring down the trophies cos the blardy trophy supplier did not give us those that we wanted. Anyway got help from ding jie and glen to help carry the 4 boxes to the bus stop. Flag for numerous cabs and kena rejected by them...blardy, then finally got one said ok liao. On the cab then we showed him where exactly to go, then told us he dunno how to go cos he only started driving a few days only, wa lau what luck man!

Finally reached somewhere near the place but cannot find the place, so went around the place for sometime then finally found it. Unloaded all the boxes at the gate cos cab cannot go in, then carried the boxes to the shop and to my surprise they've moved...blardy and they did even mentioned they moved...idiots!

Then found where they moved to, so we carried the boxes to the overhead bridge cos is still raining and that is the nearest shelter to get a cab. Blardy...have to be "rained" by the rain...i'm becoming "Rain" liao lor! Got a cab liao, moved all the boxes onto the cab and this time i kena my head while moving...blardy, then went to the place and the place is blardy difficult to find the stupid shop. We went around the whole building and still cannot find, then asked someone they said middle still got shops, wa lau why the place got left right and center one?

Reached liao...the blardy idiot is not there lor, told us to go drink something first. We came back after drinking and the blardy idiot is still not back, so we asked the rest. After some "communication" between the workers and the blardy idiot we get to settle some stuffs. So told the worker what are the changes need to make and what are those missing, asked her to show us exactly everything so to confirm. In the middle, some other customer came and she went to entertain them. i thot only a while, then another group came to get their trophies and she start to look for it also. So pek chek...i said in front of the customers and workers "xiao jie! wo men teng hen jiu liao, wo men xian lai de leh!" then she help us again...blardy!

Finally everything settled, on the way back, the moment we step out of the building the rain poured on us...blardy. So we decided to take a cab home with only $14 on us, before reaching the meter already reached to $14 plus, lucky shusian got bring her course group funds so can use it first.

Dun ever get me to order anything from this blardy supplier no matter how nice their trophies are or how cheap, the services is super duper lousy!

My first sunburned parade

2007-12-03T17:42:00.000+08:00

Saturday went for parade rehearsal even though it was my sis's "guo da li" but bcos i'm in-charge together with wy, have to be there. Anyway went down at ard 8.30, was actually earlier but got abit disoriented and also walking slowly, 8.30 then reach HCI. Upon reaching walking slowly trying to find where is the place, then someone called me, luckily the colour escorts are there early too!

Saw the "parade sq" and was very very blank, without a slightest clue how shld i mark the parade. The parade sq isn'r square and not big but the worse is the two lamp post in the middle! Which made me keep on saying "Call 42 SAR to activate their tanks to trample the lamp post down". Watever i finally start to mark the parade after blank-ing for 15 mins.

At 9.30 plus most of the key appointment holders have come and we did some rehearsals with them...known as "subaltern parade" haha! Then came the trainees of ANCOC and BNCOC at 12, they did sizing but they can still dun remember their position even straight after their sizing...aiyo...nco-to-be...!!!

All of us rehearsal under the super duper hot sun, which made me look like a roasted pig. To my surprise i actually got sunburned...this is my first time, not bcos i never got expose to sun for long time, is that at most i'll be blacken but not sunburned. So abit pain when the skin gets irritated...my first experience of sunburn!

In the end the trainees did quite well for rehearsal, but still have to hope that they keep up the good job and got improvement on actual day. As for the key appoinment holders, so far so good but bcos are important factors on parade so must practice more and be more confident!

Lastly, i sincerely pray that day will be a very fine weather day, if not may not be able to have the parade when all of us have put in so much effort! Sunny Day...everyday!

My 1st SJ banquet

2007-12-02T11:21:00.000+08:00

On 17th of Nov, was asked to attend the annual SJ banquet @ SJ "Grand Ballroom". So wanted to share what i experience during the banquet, i decided to blog on the dishes that we ate.

This the 1st dish, some spring rolls, salad prawns, some "fake" abalone, and some other things. The 1st dish is known as the "cold plate" which it really explains why the food on this dish, cos the food like the spring roll is already like "autumn roll" liao...no need to mention the rest you also know bah.

This is the 2nd dish, when the waitress is serving i joke with the rest of us whether there is abalone, then we noticed the waitress nodding her head like signaling that there is in the pot! So we were quite excited, but in the end we didn't find any except some that look-a-like.

THe 3rd dish is chicken (with veg), not very to my liking except for the veg, although i did eat a big portion of the chicken. Also during this time they decided it was "time" to made their speeches, so as a mark of respect we didn't eat when they are speaking. i find that they should make their speech, presentations first then everyone can eat happily mah!?

4th dish is my favourite, it is prawns coated with some sweet sauce. It is real tasty that i feel like eating more, luckily 2 out of 8 of us went off before this dish so we get to eat more but still manage to eat ard 3 only...haix!

5th is the commonly seen dish on chinese cuisine, the fish. This time the fish is like so-so only as compared to the one i ate during my cousin's wedding, that why i only ate abit of it.

6th is spareribs, the one on the right is the sweet one and the left is kopi. Both of them are quite good except that the sweet one can eat more and not feel sick of it, no wonder everyone keeps eating the sweet one lah. So left quite abit of the kopi and i decided to eat them all, after eating for quite a number of it can really feel sick of the kopi liao.

7th dish is the "He Ye Fan". By the time this dish arrived i'm already quite full and cannot eat more liao, so only eat 2 small bowls of it...the 2nd one is bcos dun wan to waste the food mah!

Last dish is my first try, Fried Ice Cream. This is really well made (i think) cos the other layer is cripsy and to my surprise the ice cream inside is not melted but still cold and hard leh. Sadly i only ate one cos wanted to left the place fast cos is already 11pm, still have to catch the train. Haix...i regretted the moment i left for not eating another one!

Lastly the "crime scene" of what is left of our table. If you see clearly and remember what i've blog, you can surely find where i was seated!

My conclusion, or rather everyone's is that next year if we are ever to come again, it will be that the "Grand Ballroom" is air-conditioned!

Pon Pon Sheng Se Zhan Pu

2007-11-06T15:49:00.000+08:00

Was surfing the net and chanced upon this interestingly-made flash "game" or rather a "divination game". You go about inputting your two last digits of your year of birth, then your month, followed by your date, last choose a digit you like today and then you click the word "占卜". Alas your divination for the day is out...try this link http://www.yx8.cn/126/2753.html and enjoy yourself.

Entering the 神社...

(going to...) Entering my Year, Mth, Date and Lucky No.

Processing...

My prayer has been answered...i got a "small luck"!

Mo Shu, Mo Shu Wo Ai Ni

2007-11-04T12:27:00.000+08:00

It has been a long break from blogging, only 1 post for the month of Oct. Was busy occupying my free time with the practice of magic tricks. Went to library to borrow the book "Lu Chen's Magic Visa" or in chinese "Liu Qian De Mo Fa Qian Zheng", after i chanced upon a clip of the magician, Liu Qian, on youtube. So after watching it, discover some very interesting tricks that i will like to learn, so went to check whether my community library has it. Luckily it did have the book and i happily boorrowed it but after some reading, i discovered that there are missing pages, some are even missing the whole trick. Wah biangz, somebody tore the pages away lor, why can't he or she just photocopy it, or maybe he or she doesn't want others to learn the trick? (Mai Yu...Selfish)

Anyway spend my free time practicing some of the tricks in the book and one other trick that i've always wanted to learn but never had the chance, that is the rubber band penetration trick. After a few days of training, i think i've practiced enough not to reveal any secret, i showed it to my cousins, SJ cadets, and a fren and they find it "magical". Also i "tried" to teach one of my cousin a trick cos he wanna learn it but i think he has rather "a big" problem in learning the trick, cos i learned the trick in a matter of minutes and familiarized in a few hours. Now then i know the "level" of a beginner magician and a magician who has been into it for many years.

Also i'm looking for these books to add to my magic collection, if you see them in any bookstore do tell me. "Liu Qian De Mo Fa Qian Zheng", "Ah! Bai Ge Mo Shu", and "Ah! Bai Ge Mo Shu (Part 2)".

Pek Chek

2007-10-04T15:09:00.001+08:00

So pek chek with my computer these every nowadays, the computer everytime siao siao one, will restart itself. Called the HP care center yesterday liao and was asked to do a harddisk check, the process was quite long and asked to called back after finish. Didn't called back cos it took around an hour and thinking the center may have off work liao. So tried calling today again but was on hold for so...so...so...long lor, the music i listerned for two times and there isn't anyone picking up, so pek chek i hang up the phone.

This post is just to vent out my pek chek-ness, so it is also sort of a mindless post except that there is alot of pek chek-ness surround this blog.

Cousin's 1st Expedition

2007-09-30T15:48:00.000+08:00

At 5 plus, me and a few cousins hop onto the rented car and we proceed to meet up with the other group. Along the way we got lost not one but a few times before you finally to to the place, always plan your route first if you are not sure of it!

Anyway after all the fetching, it was my time to drive to "tian wai tian" for the fish head steamboat, i guess that is what you call it in english. Whatever, we got lost this time cos got miscommunication and we do not know where the place is. Finally reached there and have to do parallel parking, long time never do liao and so many cars behind, make me ka chiong and make me forget about the "formula" of parking.

The service there is rather what one of my cousin said "LL" one, meaning "attitude". We basically eat like banquet style, one dish after one dish, they seem not able to serve a few in one time. The main aim is the fish head steamboat but not exactly the fish head, it is the soup that is the tasty one. Drank one bowl and find that it is quite nice, where the rest like it more cos i not the one into fish head.

After that we went to east coast park, originally decided to go walk walk the beach but in the end some of us went to play acrade and some stayed at BK for small talk. Tried my hands on the soft toy grabing game, was fun for me, very tempted to grab one. In the end didn't manage to get any cos the soft toy always drops out whenever the machine "jerks". We also played mario kart and that was fun and the thing about this game is to get items rather than chiong first, cos the first one is always the target board for the others.

Finally we take off to changi, wanting to visit old changi hospital, along the way dropped by changi village to see XXX. The following details is too obscene or gross that it has been censored away-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------OMG-----------------------------------What the---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Are they real?----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------, then we took off to old changi hospital.

Reaching there, seeing some many people seems to like spoil the mood but luckily they are leaving. So after arming ourselves with a few torchlights and with me a videocam, we went into the grounds of the old hospital. The first thing that "greeted" us was the recording of the "amitabha" song, it was actually the guard playing the recording. Then we went into the building and it was super quiet except with the song playing, and sounds of a few girls. Happened that there are a group of girls playing somewhere near the building at the bottom of the hill.

Did not manage to catch anything or see anything that, except that some of us felt something like the heavy smell of dettol. Cos the place is unused so for a long time, so why is there such a heavy smell of dettol. Also some felt that one particular room the air feels to be stagnant and not comforting. After circling the building we found that we are at the fourth and fifth floor, so we decided to go to the other side to explore more. We went back to our cars and just so unlucky one of our car battery went dead. Some of us feel that it is too much of a coincidence, but there is a more proper explaination, the rented car is very old and lousy. At least we "jump start" the car and it is movable again, but we did not carry on the exploration because one of us is too scared after the first exploration.

Then we went to geylang for supper, along the way went to petrol station to pump up and then the car cannot start again, so sian. So called the vendor and ask him to do something about it, luckily he seems to be in the vicinity and came down quite fast. Charged up the battery and the car can start up again. Procced to meet the rest at the dou jiang shop and had our supper, the you tiao are not bad it is crispy and one of the toast, forgot called what liao, is also very nice cos the fragrance of the egg makes it very nice. After that we wanted to go some other place but some of us is already tired and some afraid to go for more exploration, we decided to go back home and end our journey at geylang.

In overall sense this trip is fun except for a few "cork up-s" and "screw up-s", the trip is fun and i hope to go for another time especially to go for spooky explorations. Should do more of this, if not when we are old liao we may not have the time to play through mid-nite liao.

My bday present!

2007-09-29T12:39:00.000+08:00

Yeah...hurrah...banzai...Happy Birthday! Yesterday i got myself a LEGO for my birthday present, although this isn't the intended set i wanted. But since it is a new release and most importantly it is on offer! The original price is $109.90, very ex though i brought before sets that are much ex lah, anyway this set is on offer for $69.90! Woah it's almost 40% off, so it is too much of a temptations not to buy myself one.

The set i brought is a LEGO chess set, so it's like a normal chess set but the pieces are all made of LEGO minifigures, and almost all have special characteristic. Unlike those previous ones, they all identical on both sides, just the different in colours. So this is a great collection fro me!

Actually i took fotos of the set i brought but the fotos turn out to be rather disappointing, that's why i didn't post any and took the pics from LEGO website. i guess a cheapo digital camera still has its limitations, hope to get a good camera in the time soon. The pictures from the website is not very closeup but just to let you guys have an idea of how it looks like.

Also later today the cousins are going on their first trip out in car, rented one car and borrowed one. We intend to go makan at potong pasir, geylang, changi, and other places, i think it will be a great fun as there are 10 of us going on this trip and we intend to play until the next day!

Birthday and Mid-Autumn together for the 1st time!

2007-09-25T13:38:00.000+08:00

Birthday and Mid-Autumn together, what a special birthday! I get to eat two kinds of cake, cream cake and moon cake, haha...no cream cake this year though but got moon cake! Should i put candles on the mooncake so i can make a wish and blow the candles? Erm...maybe not lah seems to be abit old for that, but still thinking of buying myself a present. Want to buy myself a LEGO but still pondering on which set to buy, haha so many i like that came out this year and also early next year.

Btw yesterday went to Botak Jones for the first time with my cousins, i think the gathering is some sort of celebration for me cos i got a treat. The food is quite cheap as compared to those at restaurant, the good thing is no service charge cos is at a kopitiam. Ordered fish and chips, the fish was rather dry for me, like it juicy, but there was alot of chips. We even ordered more chips but with cheese and bbq wings, can't even finish the sides.

Anyway time to showcase my LEGOs again, happened to found another "cheapo" display box somewhere in one of my drawers. So get to display another set of LEGO, this time is still Star Wars but is Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, where Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker battle it out at the final duel.

Luke Skywalker taken as prisoner, escort by a stromtrooper to Emperor Palpatine.

the final duel and the saga continues...

LEGOs in my cheapo display box

2007-09-21T17:45:00.000+08:00

I finally discovered that my LEGOs are really dusty, cos most of them at placed at other rooms, only the smaller ones are placed in my bedroom, under my bed. Happen to place them there bcos doing some shifting so just casually placed them under the bed first, and what do you know, it was left there until i finally realised that it has become dusty.

So took out a paintbrush, not used for painting before of cos, and brush off the layer of dust on the LEGOs and used the magic wipes to clean it. Afraid to use water to clean now cos last time i did that and dunno why, probably the water not dry yet and left a strain. So now very sad over it and looking out for strain removers.

Anyway clean some of the LEGOs and found that if i place them back to the same place it will get dusty in no time, so thinking how to keep it from dust? Then discovered this big rocher box filled with "golden flowers" that i made whenever i ate one. Emptied the box of flowers and placed my LEGO into it and using it as my cheapo display box, until i found a suitable one.

Below are two of the better looking photos i took after i've place the LEGOs into my new cheapo display box. It is Star Wars: Episode 1, where Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi fend off the Battle Droids.

Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi (left) and Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn (right)
*Lying on the ground are the damaged battle droids*
*Facing them are the weapons of the Destroyer Droids*

No pork, no lard...Halal?

2007-09-16T00:14:00.000+08:00

This morning (opps midnite liao) *erm* Yesterday morning went for KSJ test, the one test that i never pass before when i was a cadet, but not going for retest either. Something more tiring which is to invigilate the test, but still i'm not the chief so still can slack around and "tok cock". BTW an annoucement to everyone, Plea...Ssse volunteer yourself to invigilate the test also leh, i everytime very lonely go down alone, where everyone is a couple...(-_-"). The department is always open to everyone that enjoys giving numbers, printing, shopping, chit chatting, etc, in conclusion it is a "super duper" fun department to be in! Please volunteer (fine print: THIS IS COMPULSORY VOLUNTARY, which means "IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER, VOLUNTEER, BUT IF YOU DUN WANT TO VOLUNTEER, STILL VOLUNTEER!)

btw, get to know someone by the name of... "no pork, no lard", Halal? Chao Guo Tiao w/o lard? Its Adelard (i think the spelling is correct bah?), quite a "special" name eh!? Whether he is halal or not halal, i can only remember him as "Chelsa's Bf", cos...er...you get the details yourself. And i thot my name is the most unique, Ah Tan, hmm...i need a more special name but still must be close to my name...it shall be "Genki Tan Ah Tan"...bahahaha...special eh!?

Anyway...my main aim for this post is to inform future KSJ test takers, if you kena Set A paper your best choice is either B or C, cos most of them are Banana and Chiku. But still study for the test lah...use this method only if you really cannot decide which is the correct one.

Hello Panda: Cookies and Cream / Choco Peanut

2007-09-05T13:59:00.000+08:00

Yesterday went for dinner with some of my cousins, went to clementi wanting to try the "heard to be" very nice western food and the satays. In the end it was disappointing as both stalls are not opened. So in the end went to our usual eating place, the coffee shop beside mac, and we ate our usual claypot rice together with other dishes like sambal kangkong, rojak, popiah, and stingray. Ate super-ly much, no wonder today weighted and found myself heavier, haiz have to go on diet again!

Anyway, then we went to walk around the pasar malam and happenly to chanced upon a shop that sells Hello Panda. Nothing to be amazed right cos you can find them almost everywhere but this is special, it is two new flavours i've yet to try. Initially thought one of them is the "legendary" cheese flavour but it turns out to be something else.

This is the two new flavours.

(left) Cookies and Cream (right) Choco Peanut

In case you can't see properly, i've circled it.

So...first will be the Choco Peanut... *de...de...de* (opening sound of box)

Here's the package! Erm...same colour as Double Choco. You can check back to my old post for the previous two flavours i've tried. (Double Choco and Strawberry)

Here's the biscuits...

The filling looks almost the same colour as the orignal Choco. And it tastes almost the same but this you can smell the peanut but cannot taste it. It is not what i've expected, thot that it will be more like peanut butter or something more peanut-ly.

Rather disappointed by Choco Peanut, i went on to try Cookies and Cream.

Here's the package...*drooling*

OMG it is black man...(relative of Double Choco)

The taste is like the brother of Double Choco because of their chocolate biscuit but this time it has the cream instead of choco. i find the taste to be more balanced than its brother (Double Choco), you don't taste an overdose of chocolate in your mouth. This will be a better option for those who do not like too much chocolate.

Last note: i brought these two box from a "sort of" convenience store and i would advise everyone to buy it from more established stores like NTUC, Watsons, etc. The reason is that these two boxes's biscuit is not as cruchy as those i brought from NTUC. Dunno is whether is because of the different manufacturer or what lah, so anyone who has met the same thing can share. These two boxes is manufactured from Indonesian, where the previous two i brought is from Singapore.

Annual General Inspection '07

2007-09-03T12:58:00.000+08:00

Yesterday AGI was expected...not so great or rather not good but the gathering of everyone member is great, which is the only reason that i went for it. Expecting alot of waiting, prepared a "sort of" fun pack for my corps. Brought some tibits, want want, bin bin, oreo wafer, and lollipops, lucky there is more than enough for everyone. Also joked around with the planning of making "real" fun pack like the NDP for next year with alot of very stuffs like fans, party pops, etc, it really we did that we'll be a very special zone!

For the parade part it was rather disappointing, ignoring the marching contingents and their commanders, the most disappointing is the colour ensigns. With practice, they still can commit mistake so obviously, haiz! Cannot blame them for everything also, cos the organizers should have call for rehersals much earlier for more practice. No matter what, our zone did quite good, with our marching contingents and commanders marching well. Which prompted our zone to clap for them (we are the only zone that started clapping, then other zone followed suit). Also lastly is that all my corps members did very well for particpating the parade throughout, Well Done!

Other things that happen is this officer who kept interrupting us, wa biangz eh, we know when have to salute and when no need leh. But bcos of his interruption i became blur for a moment and did some salutes not required, wa lau!

My packed weekend 09, 10, 11 Aug

2007-08-15T17:01:00.000+08:00

I'm back! Probably you won't feel a thing if you dun visit this blog often, but for those who do will find that my last post is two weeks ago. Computer was abit "short short" so can use the com as much as i like and becos last week was a busy week to do any blogging. So it's time to catch up with those moments of last week.

First was the National Day Parade, it was much anticipated for me and likely the rest of Singapore. Watched the parade and find that this year sort of like very quiet as compared to other years, but at least this year is better than last year mostly bcos of the "march in". Last year they did a run instead of march and i feel that it looks messy, "some up and some down". Overall the parade is still very much my favourite. This year they did a uncasing colours at suntec, should have gone down to watch it but then again too lazy to go bcos over there is bound to be crowded. Lucky someone did took down a video of it and uploaded onto youtube, lucky for me but the video did not capture everything. As usual i am attentive during the parade but almost fell asleep during the rest of the performance.

Then on friday, the brunch of cousins went for a KTV-ing seesion to celebrate one of the cousin ah li's birthday. Enjoy the session but did not sing much bcos of the "mouth problem".

Saturday, my cousin pei fern's (aka Sha..."what"...ni) wedding. This is "sort of" of first time attending a malay wedding. Reaching there saw alot of people most of them i never seen them before, then later saw some familiar faces...on the stage...preparing to take photo and all those are my cousins, so i immediately dashed up and managed to be in the picture...haha!

Friends of Tanglin

2007-08-05T15:53:00.000+08:00

Finally got the time and energy to blog on my fantastic weekend.

04/07/07

Went to NH for the CDI course in the morning wearing my formal wear with my favourite canvas shoe, where everyone were in their uniform. Haha...to lazy and troublesome to bring so many things cos later still have to go SP's convention hall for a presentation.

Anyway the course has the attendance of around 20 people (i guess) but that is expected for me that not so many people will attend. Still the course seems fun to me...and probably the cadets cos they get to learn my things about drills. I guess the most interesting part (my perspective of a cadet) should be the colour drills and what i'm teaching is probably the most boring. On the other hand (which is my own persepctive) i think mine part is more "useable" because it is more applicable.

Another thing to note is that after the course, I went eating with some of the cadets (i think most) to Mcdonalds. While i'm drinking and talking with some of them the rest are into planning the parade. Seems to me they are enthu enough to come together and plan rather than just "qing cai, qing cai" do it. Feels assured as an instuctor to see such a scene.

After the hangout, went down to SP with some og my cadets. Reached liao, then looking around trying to find the teachers or some spot that can tell me that i should go there. Then my phone rang and it is mrs koh, to check whether i've reached, and i happen to be. After that she find me my seat, but the sitting area is empty with no one. So after sitting there for like 5 mins, i decide to msg some of my other cadets, and after a few sms i went looking for them. Dunno how long i've wandering about the place, i was told that guest will be seated at 6.15pm, so wander abit more and it is time to be seated. Finally there are some people sitting in my sitting area but they are nowhere near to me, and without a choice i went to my seat trying to keep myself entertained with the programme booklet which i've read it like umpteen times.

Finally someone came and seated beside which is also a fellow award recipient like me, felt more lonely but then i dunno him well except that i seem him before in boys brigade. Then i saw someone with a police uniform came to sit with me and other award recipients, but i presume he is one of the npcc honourary officer that i've read in the booklet. After looking at the two other fellow award recipients, i feel that i'm the oldest among them but for consolation my other award recipients are members of the parents support group, so i feel younger in this perspective.

I was presented with this award which is " Friend of Tanglin Award" and a fruit basket, which i gave it to the members to let them share among themselves. Best thing is that i've to place the fruit basket on my lap for the rest of the performance, which was like another 1 hour!

What surprise me is that i'm treated the same like those VIPs, never was one until that day. I was only seated at the back row seats that the Guest of Honour is sitting, and i get to leave the hall when it is only the time for "ladies and gentlemen pls wait while the GOH and guests makes their way to the reception". I think the two UG fellow award recipient felt the same cos initally during the annoucement we thot we have to wait also but then my teacher-in-charge told us we can make our way to the reception liao.

Didn't eat anything at the reception and left early becasue tomorrow still got CPB meeting in the morning.

Computer sucks...HSM great...

2007-07-30T14:25:00.000+08:00

At las...finally got back in...was having problem with my computer. Really makes me feel like not using the computer anymore but that is not possible cos we are in the IT era, without it will only makes you outdated and being outcast in matter of seconds! If still cannot solve the problem then i shall call them and let them handle this fustrating problem(s).

Nevertheless yeaterday was a pleasant day because of Sunday Primetime Movie as Channel 5 was showing High School Musical. The show really make its way into my list of favourite movies, along with those big production movies. In the show there are quite a number of singing and dances, which really makes me feel like singing and dancing. This is the first time that i've ever watched a movie and have the urge to go for KTV-ing sessions. Also it also reminds me of those Bollywood movies that also have alot of singing and dancing but they have something more like the running around the tree. Still both the Bollywood and High School Musical seems similar but Bollywood sometimes are more "magical" in the sense that suddenly you find many people dancing with the lead but when they are in a desert...(-_-"). Although the plot of the movie is somewhat typical of a romance but what is captivating is the singing and dances in the movie. Lastly it make me feel like going to the stores and buy the other versions of the movie so that i can listern to the other versions of the songs.

Being critical (not most of the time) of mediacorptv, not for no reasons, is that their local programmes are somewhat not very appealing to me. On the other hand they do bring in some interesting overseas programmes which are appealing to me and most audiences. For this they deserve some praises but limited to their "importing" capbilities. This makes almost all my stay home Sundays a pleasant experiences as i get to watch movies that i dun feel like catching in the theatres, and also those that i thought would not be interesting but turned out to be appealing.

My undesirable Sat...

2007-07-28T20:23:00.000+08:00

My plans for a rest day on Saturday seems to be unpleasant and there goes my precious Saturday. First of all wanted to sleep till afternoon before i wake up and have my brunch, but then was bombard by a series of bad dreams, yes a series. Can't remember the dreams liao, just that i cannot go back to my sleep liao, and that was 7 plus in the morning. So i chose to get out from my bed and switch on my computer, intending to play some games and when i'm tired i'll go back to my sleep. Played for quite some time and didn't find myself tired to go back to my bed, so carried on until my supposedly brunch is back. In the end my sleep but instead wash up for my early brunch, which was around the time of 11 plus. After my brunch went back to my computer and after one or two hours have passed, i'm starting to feel sleepy. So back to my bed lor! My sleep wasn't a good one even though i fell asleep quite soon but was constantly disturbed by the "noise" at my void deck. It seems that someone is getting married but then again the wedding seems to be much more nosier than any i've encounter. So wake up a few times, went back to sleep, then wake up a few time again and went back to sleep again. I think this lasted for two to three hours after i decided to just wake up and play some games instead. The noise still goes on even when i'm typing here, why do they have to be so...so...so...noisy huh? When they sing a song why do they have to like shout into the mic, is it because it makes them feel like "divas" and "sopranos"? Sadly this seems to conclude my rest day on a Saturday, it i've known of this would happen i would have make plans to go out, at least it will make my day slighter better...i think.

With nothing on the tv channels to watch and after hours of playing computer games, i feel that i'm bored with nothing to spark my excitement. Except that i'm here typing here on my blog with some mindless nonsense. After looking at this Saturday it seems that tomorrow will be a better day cos i believe the wedding will be over, unless they decided to have one more lah?! Tomorrow on tv also have something i wanna watch, which is High School Musical. The show seems to be a nice show with lots of singing, i guess it can make my viewing experience a interesting one.

Now...now to make my day slighter a better day i've decided to look into the future so as not to "waste" another weekend. That is to plan my program for tomorrow, and what i'm gonna do is to go for a shopping trip at bukit panjang. Planning to stocked up some snacks so that i can eat during watching High School Musical, probably starting back to my Hello Panda tasting campaign. After thinking, feels like wanting to eat some chips, chocolates, and many others...aiyo...cannot eat so much leh. Afraid of getting heaty again!

Nothing in my mind to type abt anymore but because i am quite bored that i can only find abit of entertainment though typing on my blog. Haiz...so sian but also dunno what can be done to get my boredness away and they are still making so much racket downstairs...can they dun shout into the mic mah? Is there really a need for that people...?

Transformers

2007-07-25T14:00:00.000+08:00

Yesterday gotten a free ticket to watch Transformers from chen mei, so this is my chance to watch the movie. Initially don't want to watch the movie or rather don't want to spend a few bucks to watch the movie.

My review for the movie is that i find the story a little interesting for the part that it involves parts of the elements from the cartoon series, for the rest of the plot is rather very typical of the good vs evil and trying to save and destroy the world (or earth in this case). Still the story is able to capture the attention of the audience through the actors and actresses, especially the main character played by Shia LaBeouf. His acting is exceptionally good that it really brings out the humor part of the character.

Other than the characters, the main should be of the transformers, the autobots and decepticons. I find that the robots are too robotic in the sense that they do not have a specific feature, unlike their predecessors (the cartoons) who have very distinctive feature that can be easily recognised. That's why during the fighting scenes of the transformers, sometimes i can't figure out which is this transformer. For the voice of the transformers, only optimus prime has the original person doing it (was told). The rest of the voicing is also disappointing especially for starscream, who always does his high pitched together with screaming, but all these are not found in the movie.

From my personal perspective of a avid fan of transformers, ever since i've watch the cartoon when i was very young. i prefer the transformers from the cartoons and i believe fans of transformers also prefer the cartoons-kind of transformers. Which is why i find it disappointing as the movie does not help me reminisce my memories of the old times when i watch the cartoon. The movie feels rather new to me, more like a "new" transformers, which is why i think newcomers will find it interesting and oldies will have some disappointment.

My First Aid Cert

2007-07-22T18:33:00.000+08:00

Yesterday forgot to mention that i've gotten my First Aid Cert. Now i'm a recognised first aider!

Some things about the cert:

The certificate is recognised in Singapore by a few of the relevant ministries.

The certificate is the same qualification as of from Red Cross.

The certificate is recognised internationally, bcos other countries also have St John mah!

The certificate is smaller in size from Basic First Aid, bcos it is more compact to put inside a wallet, which can be shown easily whenever required.

The certificate is valid for only 3 years, same as from Red Cross. Can extend by attending a refresher course before the expiry date.

From my understanding, St John and Red Cross is the only two (very recognised) organisations that issue First Aid Certificates. The reason for the inclusion of very recognised is bcos there are other corporate or non-corporate organisation providing certification, but then most people recognise mostly St John and Red Cross probably of their long history in such services. Just to mention, St John has a longer history ever since the First Crusade.

i respect those who DARES!

2007-07-21T23:29:00.000+08:00

I AM SUPER DONKEY! Why? Because yesterday till now i haven't sleep and still can do blogging sia! Wanna know what made me the "SUPER DONKEY"? Read the following lor...

Friday nite went to do some marketing with sharon and kar for the steamboat later, went to NTUC, and the shopping trip was not a organized one cos we keep on going back and fro the place to look for this and that. Finally done with the marketing, went back to sharon's place, and everyone still not there YET. So play abit of mahjong first...then the rest finally came at...hmm 9 plus bah?! Anyway eat the "steam" and the "boat", was quite fun except that i think i was talking most of the time...After steamboat we played mahjong, quite fun initially cos i got win abit, then later sian liao cos i lost alot. We ended at 2AM plus...OMG! Tml everyone still got work and i need to wake up at 5.30AM...wa biangz! Got on a cab after that and reached home in 5 mins lucky my fren lives at CCK. Shower liao, do abit this and that...it's 3AM liao...wth...i only got this little bit of time to sleep. Jump on my bed and try to sleep...BUT i cannot sleep...dunno wth why.

Wake up or rather got up from my bed only and went to wash up at 5.30. Then make my way on the 176 bus to bukit merah...is far de lor...reach liao...yeah! Wear uniform...people rushing...people fall in...and the strength of the course is only half of the original. Didn't feel sad initially until i found out that people didn't come bcos they scare...wa biangz...so low confidence. Tat's the sad part... I think is better to come and face it then just avoid it, therefore really appreciated those who DARE to showed up, even though some may have failed, but still they have MY RESPECT. "Hormat...Senja....TA"

stupid ulcer!

2007-07-20T11:25:00.000+08:00

I'm finally back to my blog...why the long wait? Cos very sick these past two weeks, 1st week kena ulcer on the left of my tongue, then this second week kena another on my right gums! Wa lau back to back kena ulcers, cannot chew my food well, in the end resorted to only eat porridge or very little of rice. So sian...1st week have to chew all my food on the right, then when the ulcer is gone, 2nd week have to cheww all my food on the left. So when can i get to enjoy the food i want....hhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaa!

Harry Potter...and got this chinese...Harry zap them with your wand!

2007-07-14T20:33:00.000+08:00

...*ring*...*ring*...my handphone alarms rings and my day starts. Wash up and prepare to journey to jurong point for breakfast with afew of the cousins and after that my anticipated movie, Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix. Went to LJS for the inch-thicked sandwiches, ordered a turkey bacon set. The set was filling cos after the meal didn't even want to touch on any of the popcorns that the rest brought.

At around 10 went into the cinema for the movie, waited for around 10 plus minutes, while watching the meaningless advertisements, the show finally starts. So excited that the point of time when it starts! The movie was ok in my sense, dun worry i won't provide any major spoilers except on how i find the show. Why ok and not fantastic? Cos as you should know that the book is very thicked, which also means it contains an extensive amount of information. But the movie is only 2 hours plus show, so surely it cannot contain the extensive information, therefore there are many details not included in the movie. Probably the director or scriptwriters already had in mind that most audiences would have read the book before they watch the movie, which explains their shortage of many details. For the best part of the movie is the action that is packed into it, the uses of magic for the battle scenes captivated me the most, maybe bcos i'm a avid fan of magical fantasies, therefore i always like magi to cast spells and fight each other with it. My most disapointment in fantasy is LotR, cos the magi in the movie didn't have "powerful" spells or spectacular magical effects.

Whether i recommend to watch it or not, then if you have already catched the previous four why not carry on the trend and catch this as well. If you haven't catched the previous four movies but already read the book, why not catch the show cos you already know all the details so the story shouldn't bother you too much. In short go catch it!

Now the unpleasant part that we encounter is that through out and i mean THROUGH OUT the show, the people behind us keep on talking and comments ALOT abt the show this and that. Then one of my cousins told them to keep quiet (in english), after a while probably only seconds, they started it again! Then another cousins told them can keep quiet anot? (in chinese), cos they are talking in mandarin, which sounded like Chinese (China one!), same thing quiet for a few seconds and they went on again. This time another cousin turned his head and did the 'Shhhh' sign to them, same thing again...continue in matter of seconds. We dunno ask them to keep quiet for dunno how many times lor! After the show, we looked at them clearly and they looked like they are in the late 20s! Wa biangz...so old already they still cannot think and act like one, i've cousins at the age of 16 to ask them to keep quiet! Dunno is their own habits or they have a serious cultural problem that everyone in China is talking in cinema while watching!?

After the show went to pasir ris for my young cousin's year old bday. The house was decorated with 1st bday decorations as we approach my uncle's place. Saw my two cousins, the older one and the bday boy. The older seems to be excited and approached me whether i wan drinks, feels abit weird though cos i'm not very close with the younger cousins, except that i played with him afew times and showed him some magic tricks before. Anyway the party or celebrations is fun, my favourite are all the food. The buffet is nice with my favourite salad you tiao and the cake was nice cos it is lychee martini. Seems weird rite for kids, but actually the cake has really very mild of the achohol probably only the fragrance, but anyway liked it very much.

Indiana Jones LEGO

2007-07-13T12:29:00.001+08:00

Is FRIDAY THE 13th! No wonder it is not a very good week for me. Kena ucler, then later cough, then this morning my stomach... Anyway not a good week, now worry whether i will recover tomolo which i've a outing with my cousins to go watch Harry Potter and after that year old bday of my youngest cousin, Ian.

So enough of the misery liao, time for some good news, probably only good to some of the people out there. Attention to all LEGO fans, collectors, builders, or watever as long as you like LEGO, listern to this news. In the year 2008, LEGO is going to produce Indiana Jones LEGO sets!

[extracted from http://www.lego.com/eng/info/default.asp?page=pressdetail&contentid=37097&countrycode=2057]

LEGO Group Secures Exclusive Construction Category Rights to Indiana Jones™ Property

--World’s best-selling construction toy brand to bring blockbuster movie franchise to life in LEGO® form—

NEW YORK (June 18, 2007) – LEGO Group, the world’s leading construction toy manufacturer, today announces a partnership with Lucasfilm Ltd. to produce building sets based on the Indiana Jones franchise – one of the most globally successful movie series ever made.

Three worldwide blockbuster films, and the highly anticipated May 2008 premiere of the new Indiana Jones movie, will provide inspiration for a series of highly iconic and action-packed build-and-play adventures of the rogue archaeologist and hero.

“There is such a natural synergy between Lucasfilm and LEGO enthusiasts of all ages that makes combining our stories with the LEGO play pattern an easy decision,” said Howard Roffman, President of Lucas Licensing. “We’re thrilled to have a chance to share the history and success of LEGO Star Wars with another Lucas franchise.”

Four playsets based on the classic trilogy are slated to launch in January 2008. Three sets based on iconic scenes from Raiders of the Lost Ark include: Temple Escape ($49.99 USD) which brings the legendary rolling boulder scene to life in LEGO form as Indy faces spiders and poisoned darts in his search for the Golden Idol of Fertility. With Race for the Stolen Treasure ($29.99 USD), kids build two desert vehicles and recreate Indy’s truck-hopping fight to save the treasure. Indiana Jones and the Lost Tomb ($19.99 USD) recreates the eye-popping suspense of Indy rescuing Marion from slithering snakes in an Egyptian tomb. And based on Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade action, Motorcycle Chase ($9.99 USD) depicts the scene where Indy and his father escape with the map to the hidden temple.

Four more constructible playsets based on the fourth movie will launch in May 2008, with suggested retail prices ranging from $9.99 to $79.99 USD.

“We are thrilled to be bringing yet another blockbuster Lucasfilm property to life for LEGO kids and adult enthusiasts,” said Jill Wilfert, vice president, partnership and alliance management for the LEGO Group. “The marriage of strong story, well-known characters, dynamic vehicles and action-oriented movie scenes with the classic LEGO play pattern is a proven winner, and Indiana Jones lends itself perfectly to the build-and-play world of LEGO building.”For more than 25 years, audiences have been enraptured by the exploits of Indiana Jones. The film trilogy – Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – garnered 14 Academy Award nominations, won 7 Oscars, and grossed over $1,182,000,000 at the box office. The films are among the most popular movies ever made and have become a legendary part of film history.

[end of extraction]

I wonder what kind of sets will it be, if the sets aren't interesting to me probably will only collect one or two small sets. Hope to see what the sets look like asap!

Now is S'pore Sale dunno whether there is any LEGO on offer? Didn't go for shopping cos whenever think of going town, i feel very sianz liao. Bcos the so many people in town during weekends, will only go on weekdays. Hope to find a few sets that i like to be on offer like half-price! Hahaha!

too-pid ucler!

2007-07-09T17:41:00.000+08:00

@#$%...wah lau eh, kena a ucler on the side of my tongue. So painful, cannot chew my food cos very pain when my tongue brushes with my teeth and also when the food touches the ucler. In the end resorted to only eat porridge for brunch. So...so...so unforunate leh, cannot eat well not bcos of appetite but bcos of the too-pid ucler. Every now and then have to drink more plain water and apply the bonjela on the ucler to relieve abit of the pain. Dunno whether the bonjela really heals the ucler faster anot!?

From yesterday onwards i started to become "mute", lazy to talk cos the everytime i open my mouth to talk the pain comes. So very reluctant to talk now, and when i need to talk the pronouciation of my words is not clear and need to repeat myself, this really adds up to my suffering. So in the end i will not talk at all, if can minimise all conversation unless it can be written. That's why i can still "talk" so much here even when i've such a lousy ucler!

So sianz arh...so many food i want to eat! I want to continue to try Hello Panda for the two other favours! I want to eat curry'O and pepper'O from old chang kee! I want to eat sushi, long time din eat liao! So many to eat but so little energy to eat, cos of this too-pid ucler!

Walkathon Card 2007...can u donate $1?

2007-07-08T02:09:00.000+08:00

Early in the morning... 2 A.M.! What a wonderful time to do blogging sia!? Anyway just got back from a cousins gathering, and afew of us went to the weekend 24 hrs Mcdonalds around my place. Showered and is waiting for my hair to dry before i can go to my soft bed, therefore decided to do a blog since i've switched on the computer to check some stuff.

Btw shouldn't have come back so late, but since tomolo, which is sunday lah, the meeting was cancelled so no need to wake up early in the morning. In the end stayed longer to spend more time with my cousins. Though abit bad also lah, cos since got meeting then wanted someone to collect their certs from me, but since the meeting is cancelled and i want to rest for my sunday, decided to cancel the appointment as well. Felt abit bad lah...but very quickly my mind tells me that it's abit of my priviledge for doing so much for CPB. Haha...lame excuse...but will return you the certs during one of the weekdays lah.

Oh...and after dunno how many donkey years since i've collected a walkathon, i've collected one today (actually is yesterday) voluntary. Wanted to help abit, but will be on a casual effort lah, cos i dun have much meet ups with friends these days. Today got small cousin gathering so brought along and ask for their donations. Didn't really ask for donation, instead i asked them whether they got $1 and asked whether they can give me. Cos we are close cousins they just gave me a dollar without asking me why, then told them thank you for your donations. Haha...manage to get 4 cousins but got $5 liao! Oh...cos i know quite a number of SJ members are reading this donkey's blog so must be politically correct to advise you guys NOT to use this method cos is unethical. I did this bcos i'm already very close with my cousins and they don't mind my actions.

My donation card for Walkathon 2007

(blurred the name and NRIC in case you didn't notice)

Exorcist...D.Gray-Man!?

2007-07-05T22:30:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, got the chance to catch one of the Exorcist series, Exorcist: The Beginning, though not the best of the series, still excited to watch. Cos i dun watch horror movie by myself and especially late at night, the most is i watch documentaries on hauntings only.

So at 10 pm plus, switched to channel 5 for the movie. Starting of the show is more like introduction, nuthing scary. Then as the show goes on, the horror gets more intense, but i dun feel scare cos the scary parts are quite predictable. When the lights suddenly goes off, and when it comes back, something will happen. There are some parts that i even find it amusing.

After the show i kind of find it disappointing but then i figured that probably becos this is a prequel, so it is more focus on telling the story than scaring audiences. Hopefully this is what the director wanted, if not i think there is still room for improvement. Probably should go rent The Exorcist to watch cos i think by far it is the best of all the series.

This morning, interested to know about the series and abit on exorcism, i went to read it on wiki. Gotten quite abit of information on matters pertaining to it, then happen to come across a related subject on a manga and anime. D.Gray-Man.

[extracted from wikipedia]

The plot revolves around Allen Walker, an Exorcist, at the end of a fictional 19th century Europe. Allen is a member of the Black Order, a group of Exorcists connected with the Vatican. Their mission is to stop The Millennium Earl, an evil being planning to cleanse the world by destroying all the humans in the manner of Noah's great flood.

The Exorcists themselves are special people gifted with the ability to control and use Innocence, a divine substance created in the ages past to combat the Earl's minions, the Akuma. It is said that there are exactly 109 units of Innocence scattered around the world. Once an Innocence finds its compatible person, it will evolve to become a weapon to fight the Akuma.

As the story progresses, Allen Walker is introduced to more Exorcist characters, among them are Yu Kanda, Lenalee Lee, Lavi, Arystar Krory, and Miranda Lotto. Also in the spotlight is the older brother of Lenalee Lee, Komui Lee, the church's science department supervisor, Bookman, a mysterious colleague within the church, and Cross Marian, a General in the Organization and Allen's master.

More villains also appear along the way. There are higher level Akuma, with greater power, skill and wit. Also appearing is the Clan of Noah, a group of humans descended from Noah himself. Each member is gifted with great power, and the group has allied themselves with the Earl.

[extracted from wikipedia]

After watching 9 epidsodes, i find it interesting and would have continue watching, if not for some problems. So far it has released 37 epidsodes liao, got to catch up asap, anxious to know how the story will unfold.

ANCOC and CCC BBQ

2007-07-01T13:43:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, embarked on a journey before the "sky becomes bright". So early have to wake up, 0530!!! Then have to take a long journey bus from one interchange to another interchange, the journey was tiring man, and adding to it i dun have anything to do ecept looking out the bus for things that might spark my little interest.

Finally after a long distance travel, reached the destination liao, HSS. Was there to help conduct the ancoc. Starting of it the response was super lousy, so we decided to do the "iron fist"...haha! Mine was much better for the trainees, i guess, cos is in air-con room mah. Dunno how exactly i did for the lesson, cos ask them just say the usual "funny" and "ok". Not very constructive leh!

Anyway had some fun sort of "sabo-ing" the trainees, told them "people always say they are here to pass you, but we are here to FAIL you". Also emphasize to them i'm serious, even though i was smiling when i said that. Then told them "we are only expecting 30 people will pass the course"...then a "huh". Then the most fun is when swee kiat was tekan by nora, so funny. He seems to me like he is being stressed. After the incident i continue to sabo him, saying "he just had brushes with death", meaning he is so close to failing the course. His expression during the tekan and after is so amusing. Although i told them this when i dun seem serious, it is actually true, haha...cos we are expecting a very high standard from them.

After the course, we went down to HQ. The journey is long...very long, bcos of the traffic along orchard rd. The BBQ was quite fun, except that not all turned up. Overall i still had fun with everyone. The most surprising thing abt the BBQ is that when james told the few of us to pay $1 for the BBQ, for a moment i thought he was kidding, then he explain why. So this is my first time in my life that i paid the least for a BBQ.

After BBQ, most went back but some...i think 9 of us decide to go eat deserts. Initially was going to army market but instead went to bugis cos suksi recommended. So walk from beach rd to bugis, along the way we chatted and laughing...almost creating a racket. Then we met some tourists riding the trishaw with techno music on!? when we went pass them they waved at us and we also waved at them together with some hello and "ahhhing". Finally reached liao, but the recommended one was fully packed, some went to it's opposite which has air-con lah.

Everyone can't seem to decide wat to eat cos this is the first time for everyone, took a long time before we decided to order what. Before the ordering, everyone was looking at the menu and some comment that the price is x...and some mumbling...then suksi said "this will be her treat". Woah everyone suddenly more readily to order liao...commented that everyone are so good in their "acting" to bargain a treat. We continue to make a racket in the cafe with our laughter, laughing at almost every conversation. The batch of us never fails to make each and everyone happy and laughing loudly all the way.

Finally we finished at ard 11.15pm before we embark on our journey back home. Reached home at ard 12.30pm, went shower and after that remove everything from my uniform for washing, while doing that can feel my eyelids are heavy and closing in liao. So within minutes i went to bed and very quickly went in my dreams.

Enjoyed alot myself for the day, it was a fun day. Hope to have more of these days more often, cos will make our lives more meaningful and happier!

CCC '07 "The Combiner spirit goes on..."

2007-06-29T22:05:00.000+08:00

Hi guys, although CCC '07 is over, but the "spirit" still continue till this day and also tomolo. Yeah! That's rite, tomolo there will be a 'reunion dinner', actually BBQ lah, for all the CCC '07 trainers and officers. I hope to see everyone again and we will be able to make joy and laughter!

Adding to the event tomolo, just gotten all the fotos of CCC '07 from weiye. So guys don't hestitate to get a copy of it from here http://gallery.alphainitiative.com/v/ccc07/. Below are afew of the group fotos and the small bit of the extensive collection of CCC '07 fotos.

The PSOs, Deputies, and Assistants of CCC '07.

(1st Row, left to right) Zi Hui and Melissa (Logistic A/PSOs), Weixian (Admin A/PSO), Chui Han (Ops A/PSO), Atikah (Safety A/PSO)

(2nd Row, left to right) Yifang (Discipline Deputy), Yufeng (Logistic Deputy), Jane (Admin Deputy), Jia Wei (Ops Deputy), Chelsa and Zhi Wei (Safety Deputies)

(3rd Row, left to right) Weiye (Discipline Officer), Shusian (Logistic Officer), Nora (Admin Officer), Suksi (Camp Advisor), Ah Tan (Ops Officer cum Deputy Camp Commandant), James (Safety Officer)

Combiners of CCC '07

Watermelons...Durians...

2007-06-27T22:30:00.000+08:00

Durain for deserts after dinner! Dunno where did my father got the durians from, but never mind, get to eat durians. Quite long time since i ate my last durian. Then again these durians are very "meaty", but at least i have a (small) box of durians, so should be enough to "fill my stomach". Erm...cannot eat too many also leh, cos gotten uclers on my lips, quite painful at times, so got to avoid too heaty food. For consolation, my house got watermelon leh. So can choose to eat either one, scare eating both will have "stomach problems", but really want to eat both leh!?

And btw, gotten my final sem results liao! I've passed my higher diploma liao, with a credit, and (again) gotten high distinction for another computer related module. Am i in the wrong course or wat? Why do i keep getting higher grades for computer related subjects...shld have taken IT issit?

Anyway, these days seems to be HOT hor even though i'm at home. Cause i so restrain to leave my room, reason because i got air-con in my room. Is it becasue it is summer time or it is just me?

My long weekend...

2007-06-24T18:32:00.000+08:00

This week's weekend is quite packed so only managed to find time to blog now. Let's start with

Sat...

Sat 23/06

Journeyed my way to paya lebar, so far away, cos i the furtherest i go is central and mostly only west side area. Wanted to meet jane at the mrt stn cos dunno how to go to the police center, but was very early, and so went to jalan jalan abit at the s'pore post center (btw it is a shopping center). During the wait, figured out how to agar agar go there liao, but since meet liao then wait for jane.

Reached the police center, saw some of the rest, kenneth and willie sitting outside the police center staircase (won't kena scold by the policeman for loitering meh?). Anyway, then went in and saw nora, chelsa and adrian all sitting at the lobby area. Obivously it was a sign for me to join them in the wait at the sofa seat. THen all of us waited for any "signs or omens" to tell us that the course is starting. Finally a pink shirt-ed guy came forward and asked whether are we here for the crime prevention course, and we nodded our head. We were then urshered up to 3rd floor for the course.

Being directed into a room full of crime prevention exhibitions, we are greeted by a lady and was asked to register our name. And the list has my corps' name inputted incorrectly...became Tampiness Sec...since when i studied or served in that sch? Still prefer Tanglin Sec leh...dun anyhow change my corps leh...(btw is the fault of NHQ). After registration, we saw and smell "old chang kee" and felt hungry, and so is the anticipation for the refreshment time. Hmm...esp adrian lah, cos he mentioned he wanted to eat the curry puffs, and sort of has "plannings" to get himself to more curry puffs.

Watch a video, then a talk. The talk was more fun than the video but starting of the talk was quite boring...maybe the instructor or the audience (which is us) or both still haven get over our sleep. Later part was interesting with quite a few of jokes. Then finally was the refreshment time, we enjoyed the refreshment and started interacting with each other. After that another video and the course ended...erm...my feeling was "like that nia?", cos they did not touch on how we should exactly conduct the course, but at least she said that the coordinator will provide us with more info. Either way lah, i already know most things abt the conducting liao, so i go like go for nuthing much leh!? But at least i got a cert to certigy that i'm a instructor for crime prevention liao!

After the course went for lunch at LJS with nora, chelsa and jane, then talk abit and we went off. Proceeded to my next destination, which is West Coast Park, quite difficult to go there from paya lebar leh, changed a few mrt and bus before reaching. Was lucky to meet up with my corps members, as they are walking into the park. Went to search for the "pit-less" pit, cos ei chien booked a BYOP pit, which stands for "bring your own pit". Everyone was complaining to ei chien for her "recommendations" lor, me too. The worst is can't find the pit, and ei chien dun exactly know where is it. After much commotion finally found the pit and prepared abit before we start bbq-ing. Went to start a fire, quite sucessful, and bbq-ed a few prawns and within minutes can smell the fragrance of prawns. Quite fun doing bbq-ing and especially with a BYOP, cos a number of pple walked past and we can hear them discussing wat are we doing. One of them was so loud that i pretended to talk to someone by saying..."bcos is BYOP". Obviously not many pple know of such thing leh...including me!

This is one of the few fotos of me at the bbq taken by shusian. Why choose this one with a "urh" expression, cos this is the only foto that is better looking. And bcos this foto doesn't make me look fat. See the "thing" on the grill...that's the prawns that i'm talking abt. Why you dun see anybody, cos i think they preaparing something or on my right side doing another pit.

The bbq was fun cos i find it fun and the rest are enjoying it too. But too bad lah...quite a number went back early...but that's the disappointment lah. Otherwise was a good event, great experience of a BYOP!

Sun 24/06

Woke up at 6.15 AM...wa biangz...when i was so tired from yesterday's bbq session, cos went home quite late. Prepared myself in 30 mins and journeyed down to HQ for the ceremony, later my regret for not spending more time preparing.

Reached liao, saw the cadets were there already, but cannot find my fellow log. So instead i start preparing some of the items first. Followed did the banner...by weiye and companies lah, while i do the seats. Wa lau they keep on changing the plans leh...make the cadets "go stun" and forward the chairs. Then finally all the logistic are done and it was time for the ceremony.

During the ceremony, me and afew other officers were toking behind and laughing at jokes, trying to entertain ourselves as the cadets make their way to the stage to collect their deserving badges. Upon Zone 7, then i was more attentive liao, "DEMANDED" (haha!) our zone members to clap loudly for their fellow peers and of course i also joined in the clapping team.

Finally the last cadet went up to collect her badge, hurrah, the officers including me. Then was tea reception together with foto taking, waited for our zone turn and went for the foto taking.

After that then realise i din style my hair, and i believed it is in a mess, OMG, how will i turned out in the fotos? Someone who juz got off his bed? OMG...pls remind me to style hair for all foto taking in the future! But still i hope they can send me the foto lah, even though i might looked like a FREAK, but still i wan to keep it as a keepsake, cos this is my first batch of cadets i helped them processed their badges.

At last was my eating time, after getting my food, got asked to help take foto for NH. After that back to my plate, then came annoucement for all officers for a group foto, diao!? my food! Took the foto liao, again back to my plate. Was looking for my corps members but cannot find them, cos wanna congrats them. Back was interupt by some other things...after that pple slowly disappeared and they started packing up. So after my food also went to did my packing up cos i'm in log mah. Oh ya...did a improvised table skirting with used cloth and double-sided tape and it turn up really like a normal looking skirting...good job leh...BA(Hon) in improvisation.

Gonna take this opportunity to congrat Cynthia, Ling Feng, Ei Chien, and Pearle for their hard work in earning the Chief Commissioner's Badge! So if any of you chanced upon this "great" blog imagine me shaking hands with me oh!

After the event rushed down to IMM for a lunch meeting with khee and lin. Ate at the popular HK food outlet outside daiso. Tried the recommendations from khee, and the food are quite good and the portions are alot. Juz the baked rice can already made me full liao, but we ate two side dishes and three deserts too. So full! And this is a treat from khee cos he said he gotten his bonus, btw a disclaimer...we din eat this much bcos it was a treat...bcos all this are ordered by khee.

So that shld be all to conclude for my two weekends liao, and i doubt i will have anymore to shared in the night time cos i'm feeling tired from the busy schedules liao. Need to do some hibernating in my room with the air-con switch on and leisure surf the net for interesting things or maybe have a couple of chats before i decided to go lay on my bed to sleep. BTW tml receiving my results...WAH...so nervous leh, scare got kena failure leh even though i think i did quite ok for all the assignments leh. but still will find it abit nervous leh. Probably the tiredness will drive it away...and PRAY PRAY i kena good grades...yeah..."OMG listern to this "poor boy" prayers".

Hello Panda

2007-06-21T22:44:00.000+08:00

After my "arduous" journey to beach rd, dropped by at bukit panjang plaza to buy the mosquito patch at watsons. Then spotted 'Hello Panda', all four favours! So decide to try the 'Double Choco'. After paying, receive 90 cents, and bcos i dun wanna keep this cents, i went for "window shopping". Saw NTUC and went in to see see, found 'Hello Panda' again, and also found that it cost cheaper than watson. Per 50g pkt cost 85 cents at NTUC and 90 cents in watson, and best double choco cost $1.15! (Kena cheated...) Then decided to buy another pack, this time strawberry favour.

Somehow, my "aspiring food journalist" was awaken! So i decided to take fotos of the snacks that i just brought and write something abt it on my blog. Maybe a editor will chance upon my blog and will get me to write for a food or snacks magazine. That will be a dream come true man, and i get to enjoy all sort of food!!! (Fat chance!)

Double Choco on the left, and Strawberry on the right!

You won't missed it, cos each favours has different color packaging. Double Choco is yellow and Strawberry is pink. If you are color blind, then you can read bah!?

Also buy it at NTUC, cos they selling it at 85 cents. Unless you can find somewhere cheaper then go ahead and buy it, but hor remember to check the expire date leh!

You see that! That black black thingy is Double Choco! You can hardly see the picture on the biscuits...i have a hard time trying to figure out the picture of each biscuit. That why i stopped at the first.

For the taste, it was really more chocolate-ty than the rest. The taste part i not very good, cos i really tasted it as a more chocolate-ty.

Within a few minutes, i finished up all the Double Choco in the 50g pack! See...you can't find any trace of Double Choco, and you wouldn't know it was Double Choco if i haven told you.

Followed up at 10 plus after my shower, it's time for the opening of the second pack. Strawberry!

Can't wait to get my hand onto the biscuits!

As expected within minutes, the pack is down to one. Oh and for the taste...it is strawberry-ty, tat of cos lah! But when compared to Double Choco, i prefer Strawberry cos i feel that Strawberry gives you a "cheerful" feeling. You don't feel sick of it after finishing the pack, but Double Choco has that feeling for me. Of cos this also suggest that Double Choco is indeed very chocolate-ty lor.

And finally Hello Panda went to where they are supposed to go. The biscuit of cos went into my stomach and will come out in another form tml. As for the packaging, they go right into my rubbish bin lah!

Woah...this is my first time writing such an foto extensive blog entry, and i can tell you it is really a difficult job. But i guess good for you readers lah, cos alot of graphic mah.

Anyway there is more to come lah, cos i have only try Double Choco and Strawberry. I am going to try Vanilla and the original, so be prepared for a sequel lor!

Fun weekend coming...

2007-06-16T00:13:00.000+08:00

Wat a great time to start writing on my blog...like in the very early morning at 12 plus! Don't like the feeling of writing on late morning, afternoon, or evening...only like to write things in the night. Probably bcos i'm a "night cat" or in mandarin "ye mao zi", seem that i have more to share in the night than any hour of the day, but maybe also bcos at night i have more things to write about...like wat happen in the morning, afternoon, and evening. Haha...life for me now seems "pretty" boring so not much to share, have to accumlate the little interesting things before i can write out a proper length of post.

Anyway, this weekend luks very interesting again, cos later in the night got PARTY. Hmm...it is actually a bday celebrations for my two cousins, mostly (definitely) alchol is the only drinks that will be served. So i've prepare for the countless neats of vodka and shots of tequila, oh and the very fun tequila pop!

These days i only luk forward to gathering of SJ and my cousins, cos it is sure to have fun. But also bcos no galfren at the moment mah, so cannot enjoy any romantic time. Thinking about galfren, sometime i preferred to be carefree so to be able to go or do watever i wan, but then there are times i would like to someone to care for me. But...(so many but-s) then i think at this moment i prefer a carefree life more than a relationship.

Oh ya...my best fren Sharon is getting married...OMG! but her reason to me was quite lame lah. She told me bcos she is not young liao so need to get married soon, wa cau she is like only afew months older than me leh!? Anyway good for her lah, can get married and some people like us doesn't even have a galfren or boyfren...bahahaha! Why everyone have to get married this year, 3 weddings...why can't they spread out so that every year got happy occasion. Guess i juz need to buy one set of clothes and i can go for every one...cheapo!

Combined Corps Camp 2007

2007-06-11T23:21:00.000+08:00

Hello guys, i'm back from Combined Corps Camp 2007, today! And i'm now being officially a "Combiner", what is it? It is to term a participant of the above mentioned camp, instead of camper, trainee, trainer, or officer...we are together-ly known as Combiner! Hmm...start to wonder whether shld we name our camp commandant as Head Combiner?

Take a read at what some memorable moments happened at the camp:

Day 0 (a.k.a. advance party)
Went to AI at ard 9 plus to help build the campcraft structure with weiye and some seniors, hmm...rather than building it, i was only helping to move the structure around, just like elyas! Nothing much happened later until 1400 hrs which the trainers start to book in. The interesting part is the bunking in, keep hearing someone dun have this and that, most memorable is kenneth who din bring his toothpaste, toothbrush, mug, slippers. The most stunning is that his uniform cover is made of trash bag! Initially wanted to get him to do reporting every hour with a costume of trash bag, but kept forgetting until no time to do.

Day 1
The booking in of trainees...this was soooooooooo slow leh, we as the observe the trainees as they drag their heavy bags and heavy wooden poles (?) onto the parade sq. We found "potential" candidates for Singapore's Next Top Model, cos they have really special pose when they stand. Joking told some that we shld have a runaway for them to come into the school man! Discipline was really slack, so the officers began switching into "no mercy" mode. During the inspection get to know these five "wonderfully" guys, zhenhao, wei loon, chester, nigel, and nicolas. They are so "wonderful" that they made this camp so funny! They officers dun know whether to scold them or laugh cos they really have very unexpected reaction man, especially nicolas ("huh"...his fav opening line)! The COS of the day also very interesting guy, cos he got really alot of "pattern", and also a joker lah!

Day 2
Nothing much in the day though but night was different. At night was firedrill, and really tekan the campers jia lak jia lak, cos they really take their own sweet time. Some can't even wake up, still need me to go wake them up. Asked them to wake up nicely initially, no response, shouted then got response but still taking their time. Shouted again and rushing them, really super blur leh, guess who are they? (hint: "the wonderfuls") The most memorable moment is at night when nicolas reported to me, he came reporting in his mickey mouse t-shirt. After talking and he is ready to go, i commented to him that you got a nice mickey mouse t-shirt. And suddenly he used his hand to cover mickey mouse and ran out of the room, so unepected that everyone in the room was laughing.

Day 3
Fun of today is the photo taking, really try lots of different ways to take group photos. First was normal group photo where everyone is seated in rows...like class photo lor! Then was a breakdown of respective groups, got "bunny" style and the "look at our backs" style by the officers, which i suggested it. Then we tried jumping in our photos but not able to capture. After the rain is gone, we went to take a formation one. Everyone formed the letters CCC 07, which weiye and me is the the dots between the Cs. Then at night was wandering about the campsite looking for people to entertain me, found myself talking to two trainers on night duty, then one of them ask me why he kena COS, then explained to him. Makes me recall last time someone also asked me why he was kena DN (previously known). Surprisingly both are appointed bcos of the same reason, cos they got this "attitude". After which went to prowl with the four "wonders", and found that they dun feel stress with me following them, instead they are themselves. They shown their normal self, the silent is no more the slient, the shy is no more the shy, so different from what they showed.

Day 4
Yeah book out day! Finish the pack up at around 1 plus and journeyed to northpoint for lunch, had LJS with james, shusian, and jane. We tok about the camp and was laughing away, so many things happened in the camp that can make us laugh like crazy. On the journey home, felt that i can rest liao cos the camp is closed but also feeling sad cos that may be the last time everyone spend time together.

Time for some other stuffs:

My first experience as the Deputy Camp Commandant was dauting at first but later found that the camp has assemble a wonderful committee that is efficient, thus i faced little problems with the planning and execution of the camp. Do not whether i've done well in my duties, cos i kinda of like practicing free -and-easy leadership, leaving authority to the heads in their respective area of command. Cos i believe this way the camp will be able to expeience with many different "styles" and not confined to my style.

Then my another experience is as the Ops Officer overseeing the programs. Initially wanted to teach my deputy and asst what i've learn through my experience, but the result wasn't up to my expectation. My way to teach is to let you learn through hand-on, so i'll make you work instead but after that i wonder if both of them had learned anything?

A big thank you MUST be expressed to the following people:

Nora, Jane, Weixian for their wonderful administation of the camp.

James, Zhiwei, Chelsa, Yi hui, and Atikah for their CC and BCC skills in ensuring the safety aspect of the camp.

Myself, Jiawei, and Chui han for the everchanging schedules.

Shuian, Yu(zhu)feng, Melissa, and Zihui for being able to meet with the big demands of resources of the camp.

Weiye and Yi fang for their efforts in leading the trainer and trainees, also their efforts in the courses of the camp.

Keith, Elyas, Yong yue, Hao guang, Iffa, Hanisah, Valencia, and Angela for all the memorable photos of the camp and not to mention those ugly photos of mine.

Teachers for being so supportive of what we did for the camp and being understanding of our actions.

All HQ trainers for their effort in their dept duties and their work on telematch and campfire nite.

All Group Commanders for their leaderships in leading the groups and their work on ice breakers and night expedition.

All trainees for coming to the camp and making it happen.

*Hope i din missed out anyone, remind me if i do cos the mind not yet rested enough.

Lastly, hope that next year there will be another Combined Corps Camp, and making it a annual event that cannot be missed! Cya guys next year!

Tml is CCC day!

2007-06-06T13:11:00.000+08:00

This is an annoucement! Tomoro at this hours i'll be at a camp for 5 days, so dun bother to find me blogging on this blog...dun bother to ask me out cos i'm out on camp...but you can still call me or sms but will depend whether i'm busy anot.

So excited, like a kid having a new toy, cos going on this camp the third time (just like Shrek! digress abit...cos haven watch). Last year was a enjoyable one...hopefully this year also the same...but better lah! Hopefully nuthing terrible will happen to leave a traumatic experience as a dy...though next year i might not be again lah!

Ok...will update again after i come back on monday!

Hey O...mate! Pirates 3

2007-06-01T18:07:00.000+08:00

Yesterday...on Vesak Day...instead of go praying, but then again we aren't in the religion,
we gang of cousins went to watch Pirates 3 at cineleisure. Gosh...too long didn't go orchard liao, cannot remb where the hell is cineleisure at, even resorted to search for it on the streetdirectory.com.

After gathered and brought tickets for a later show, we have abt an hour time for some bites (or rathe lunch for some). Went to the restuarant that offers hong kong food, did not eat anything except for trying the "yuan yang". My cousins tried chicken chop baked rice and is really chicken chop baked rice...cos they serve you with a piece of chicken chop on top of the rice and is covered up with cheeze like any other baked rice. One of them also tried the curry chicken bread, which he said it was nice! Got to try it myself someday too!

12.45 liao...we hurried to the cinema for Pirates 3, no advertisements unlike the cinema where you got to see advertisements before the show. Show started and the cinema is soon to be filled with laughters. Dun worry i will not reveal the story to you guys, just wanna to tell you guys to see the show...cos the 3hrs show has lots of funny sences that will really make your day! Oh...btw remb to stay after the credits cos there will be a extra scene!

After the show, we decided to go meet another cousin at the book fair. Wa biang the journey was fraught with lots and lots of people, there was even a jam at the brigde to suntec. Traffic jams are common but not human jam lor! Eventually we decided to go suntec via marina, thinking do abit of window shopping, but was very wrong...so so so many people.

Finally reached suntec, and after a short walk at the book fair we decide to leave the human packed disaterous place for a much more quieter place...our favourite hang out place...also my neighbourhood...bukit panjang plaza! Also bcos got straight bus from suntec to plaza lah!

After reaching back to "homeground" the feeling was so good sia...no more the feeling of pressure...no more walking so slowly to only advance afew centimetres. Went to Mac for a rather big feast...ate the shrek meal and shared a box of 20 pcs nuggets...woah that was too much for a person having diet sia!

Overall quite a wonderful day for me lah, hope that you readers also had something interesting on this day! If you dun...feel happy for me lor...then maybe you will be happier...bahahaha!

Shrek's Ears...OMG i'm back at RO again!

2007-05-30T21:54:00.000+08:00

Funeral is over liao...so life shld go back as "normal" as it can be...

Btw...something that i wan to boast about is that...i brought the Shrek's ears at Mac, cos happened to visit Mac and they are having the promotion. The funds from the ears will be donated to the Ronald McDonald Children's Charity.

So funny sia...cos when ordering, i said "Can i have Mac Chicken Meal, and this ears (pointing to the ears)" Felt abit weird cos i so old liao and not even dragging a kid, is buying the ears! Told those who went with me to Mac that i'm a "BIG kid".

Too bad there isn't any batt spare for my camera, if not u may see me in those ears oh! i feel that i look CUTE when i wore the ears and "admiring" in front of the mirror.

Should i bring my Shrek ears when i go watch Shrek 3?

Aiya after clicking the publish post...after afew minutes i remb something that i want to mention also. That is i've been "coercion" by my cousins to buy the installation disc for Ragnarok Online, new free server. The thing cost $2...so no matter what i've play the game for more than the worth of $2 so that i get an edge of it.

Never thought that i would play back this game since i've stop in the year 2005 or 4, can't remb liao! Now playing as a magician, after afew days of training as a novice, so much more longer the training time. Then found out that the server has a 50% reduction experience...wah biang no wonder train so long lah! And lots of things are not the same as the time i last played it, the teleport service is gone...need to walk. And towns are diff also, and the server is also problematic. Nevertheless i wan to train my magician into a lv 99 wizard, cos last time i din manage to train him to lv 99.

No slp but got RBO!

2007-05-20T17:31:00.000+08:00

Tired...tired...tired...did not manage to catch even a wink on friday night (cos sleep too much in the day liao :P). In the end wake up on Saturday with very dark eye rings sia, then prepared myself for the camp briefing. Hmm...the briefing session has some good response leh, except all the Dy PSOs (except zhiwei) were absent! Some got ample notice, some last min then say cannot go, and some did not rmb to inform! "Someone said "they buay on leh!"Wa biangz...therefore the PSOs concluded to "tekan" the DYs and below for the camp...wahahaha! Oh ya someone kena aimed by us liao, which we have appointed him/her as the first day COS...bahahahahahahah...wahahahahahahaha...hehehe!

After having lunch at northpoint, went back, feeling so tired sia. Reached home liao, wash off the wax on my hair and went straight to my bed. Within few seconds, i'm away in wonderland liao! Then woke up at ard 7, had my dinner and surfed the net and found this (below)

And i downloaded the game...woah quite long sia...took me ard 4hr to finish. After finish downloading already quite late liao, so din install the game.

After this morning meeting, went home and try to install the game. Woah it is in japanese leh, cannot understand what the hell is toking abt leh, but at forunately the game is quite action based with little dialogue. Still to got to surf the net for the translations of the controls and skills. Finally after some time, i got to create my 1st char, a mage. Played with it and find that the game is quite interesting and quite challenging. Died quite afew times, then after i master abit of the tricks, finally get to clear stage 1. Stage two is difficult leh, and some more without any decent spells, cos spend the skill points in some other skills.

Anyway, try this game! It is a creation from the popular online game, Ragnarok Online. This game is free unlike his online brother, i like online games but i dun like paying every month to play...which is costly!

My Friday!

2007-05-18T19:43:00.000+08:00

Ba...ba...bahahaha....wa..wa...wahaha! Yeah, HP finally sent someone to fix my "not-even-one-year-old" com! When the clock strikes 2.30pm, my doorbell rang...i guess it is the HP guy. To my surprise...i was expecting a "more technician" looking guy, but then it was a "more like doing survey" looking guy. Anyway got him to fix my com, quite fast leh, he only took abt 15 mins to fix my com (while i'm sitting in my living room watching documentaries). He told me he changed the hard disk, or rather what i make out from his dialogue, cos he is speaking abit fast and not very "loud". Then was told not to saved anything in the com 1st, cos he will be coming again to change my motherboard, hmm...too was what i make out of his dialogue again.

Gosh...time travels quite fast leh...today is already friday liao. Tml will be a busy start of my weekend again...Sat got this, Sun got that...quite hectic though!

Anyway this month is quite a good month leh, cos got POC and Shrek 3 leh...two of my fav! Yesterday saw the trailer for shrek and it was funny cos i was laughing out, shrek never fails to make me laugh since the 1st, and the 2nd was so funny i was "crying"!

Oh oh...today watch a documentary (again), this time a group of people created a machine loch ness monster and wanted to show to the public, making them believe that it is real. Something like a hoax lah! Very interesting leh...cos when doing testing quite a number of accidents, one of it almost had someone dead. Finally the hoax was carry out, and the people who saw it really believes that wat they saw was real, but at the end of it they reveal to the people that it is a hoax. All admitted that it is really a well done hoax, cos most of them believe that they saw something.

Mindless blog 1

2007-05-14T19:13:00.000+08:00

Finally settle the CCBs yesterday liao, alas can take abit abit of break leh!

Today got nuthing to do, so after my brunch, decided to watch a documentary "Mythbusters". The show is about these group of people who will do experiments to see whether the myths are credible or not. This is i got to watch a 2 hrs pirate special, this time they did experiments on myths related to pirates like whether is the wood shards from cannon able to inflict more damage or a direct hit, also the reason why pirates wear eyepatches even though i have a pair of perfect eyes, and a few more other myths.

My favourite was the eye patch one. The pirates wear the patches because when are have to fight in dark, they can switch over to another eye which is has ready night vision, thus allowing them to see their enemies. The experiement they did was a night obstacles course, where two of the guys were tasked to complete the course without switching the eyes. During the experiment the two guys were totally "blind" when they enter the lightless room, only after 3-4 mins then they will able to orientate themselves. Followed was another experiment where they will switch over to the night vision eye, surprisingly upon entering the course, they could immediately orientate themselves and complete the course in 1 min plus.

Haha...learned something special again. i guess that watching documentaries do open up your world of general knowledge, this also reminds me something i've learned in my course of studies in mass com. That is documentaries are believed to be "true" because it has historical facts or artefacts to prove the saying, but then this is the interpretations of the producers of the documentary, so how "truthful" is the information will be up to the audiences to decide.

While typing away for this entry in my blog, wanting to my my blog a long one cos for very long time haven't write something long liao, but then again i dun have much to write abt my life at the moment cos i'm like semi-hibernating or having a semi ice age in my room. Dun feel like doing anything and just do some relaxation cos quite sometime since i've been able to do these things liao.

So much blabbling liao and i've yet to find another more interesting topic to write about, except what i'm thinking in my mind and writing it down immediately without any form of "gatekeeping", a word i learned in mass com too. One of my assignments that i've done on, did quite an amount of research work, hopeful can pass liao...though i also hope can do very well too!

Oh ya finally remember something liao, that is this is my 150 post ever since i've started my blog in the year 2005. Woah keeping this blog for quite sometime alredi leh, i wonder what prompts me to start writing about myself, becasue i'm a exhibitionist? Whahaha...actually i'm a shy person leh, though many dun believe that i'm shy lor, cos most of the time i am doing things that a shy person is not doing. Doing such things cannot mean the person is shy meh, or becasue i'm actually not shy but trying to act like i'm shy...like pple acting cute...and i mean really "acting' cute only, not like me who is always so cute and adorable sia!

Alamak my mind now is "sort of" blank now dunno what to write anymore, but then again i'm still typing away from what i'm thinking in my mind now. i'm thinking what the hell am i doing, typing all these stuffs without thinking, kust typing what is in my mind now...am i siao...oh definitely not lah. If i'm siao i will be visiting umi at IMH liao lor, and staying in the room that i always tells people about whenever they say i shld go IMH. Which room? There the one with alot of pillows fixed on the walls one leh, and not to forget about the very warm jacket that they let me wear, where i've to hugged myself all the time.

Aiyo...so boring, no wonder can keep on typing for so long with just a load of rubbish thinking in the mind. Seems like boring people can do alot of boring stuffs leh! Gosh i've type for quite a long entry liao bah...hmm i guess so bah, cos need to scroll the scrollbar before i can see my first word that i've typed in this blog entry. This long typing makes me thinking of those thousand words essay that i've to type for my assignments, though this is a much much more easier job, cos i'm typing rubbish unlike the assignements i need to type in quotes for mfamous people. My friend always tells me that if one day we get to publish such a book, people will quote us and we will get to see our name in their references list. i.e. Tan 2007 "My Blog entry that is wanted to be long" Blogspot, Singapore.

Still typing away you might be thinking rite, read until so long also sian liao rite, but then this is what my mind is thinking about at the moment. You seldom get to know what i'm thinking in my mind leh, though you won't know what others are thinking in the mind too lah! Nevertheless this is still a rare opportunity for you to go into my mind and know i'm thinking. After reading so long i believe you must have guess that my mind is consently thinking of dumb and stupid, not to mentioned about meaningless stuff too.

Wahahaha...waht was the laugh about i also dunno...anyway it is time for me to me a couch potato liao...gonna go watch my fav HK drama serials liao, cya guys soon on my next mindless blog entry again bah! Bye!

Best Day? Bad Day!

2007-05-09T17:53:00.000+08:00

Your horoscope for today (Pig) is BEST!

Certainly my day did not start off good, was waken by my handphone, luk at the number and it is a unknown number. "Hello", "EH arh, Mr Chua huh, your CCB applications..." Wa biang the thing he already signed liao still wants to see the certs attached, no logic leh! So wake up, switch on my com, and the com keep restarting. Feedup, went to wash up first, and let the com restart until he likes. Finally came back and see that the com is "ready" for action, printed the certs and packed my bag. After brunch, changed and went don beach rd, to settle the things.

At last settle most of the things liao, sent back some fo Dr Chen to sign. Finally going back home, yeah! Waited for 6 mins for a train to come, like wat james said previously "we paid $ to enjoy 6 min of the waiting time", took the train after the 6 mins, got seat so sit down. Then after the next stop, the uncle on my left alighted and "this other uncle" sat beside me. The moment he sat down, i smelled something, OMG BO sia! Too many pple around and dun wan to embarrass the uncle, i continue sitting. Then came another guy who sat on my right, after awhile i see that he is trying to cover his nose, just like wat i'm doing but less obvious. During the journey hoping the uncle can alight soon, and thinking shld i alight and wait for the next train. Finally reached jurong east, alighted to switch to the north bound train, at last away for the terrible encounter. Went into the train and got myself a seat, then to my horror, the "uncle" came in to the train and went straight to the empty seat on my left. My reflexes told me "GET AWAY", which i immediately stand up and walk away.

After that, constantly feeling that the smell lingered on my body or clothes, keeping having the feeling i smell the BO again...so horrible leh...so trauma for me! I think i'm going for a shower now...

Carefree....

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

Finally can do some blogging again! Last few weeks the computer very unstable, restarting as and when he likes, like a kid throwing temper. Now at least it seems that it has calm down abit, cos not restarting so often liao.

Life quite ok these days cos having a short break before i start to source for job opportunties, hopefully can get something that i like doing and somewhere i can work happily. Anyway these days are spent sleeping, watching tv till late night, and maybe do abit for 'serious work'. Other than that i'm living quite a carefree life at the moment, but this is not gonna be a long period, i hope...hahaha!

So nuthing much to share with you guys except how i love my bed and taking afternoon naps!

Finally...almost...

2007-04-26T17:25:00.000+08:00

Yeah! Yeah! Bansai! Bansai! Sheng Li! Sheng Li!

Finally left only alittle bit left of my two assignment, bahaha! Btw if you wann see my web production assignment you can go to http://www.geocities.com/genki_ahtan/main.html, you will see that i've created website on a pusedo anime channel. Hmm...overall i preferred the flash and the logo as my favorite, the rest have been changed from my original plan cos the software had some restrictions on what it can do. BUT it also means that my creativity has exceeded the functions of a software, wahaha!

Anyway, yesterday while watching a documentary it mentioned that drinking cold water will help you burn more calories, this is because your body naturally will keep it warm, which is why if you drink cold water your body will need energy to warm your body. Haha...finally i can drink cold water and say that it is good for me to burn some fats leh!

Die liao...Siao liao!

2007-04-24T23:15:00.000+08:00

Die liao...die liao...siao liao...siao liao...assignment deadline coming soon! The ...watever... dreamweaver seems so difficult to understand my thinking sia, wat i wan u to do is like that only mah, why is it that ur function does not allows u to do it! Biangz...spend my whole night doing the "thing", which it even stretch to early morning THREE O'CLOCK! Siao liao siao liao...still got Media Representation waiting for me to "understand" the four media texts, which i'm suppose to analyse it. How worse can it be? I haven started anything yet, die liao die liao...

Eh...ok let's be abit more calm now ah...at least the web productions is so far so good liao, and almost finishing, and Media Rep has now four texts fro me to analyse liao. Finally i still got 3 more days before the deadline...so still can biang!

So guys this is the last time you will read me blog liao...after this i'm will be slogging like shxx to meet my deadline, erm...nope to finish my assignment...meeting it is easy, finishing it is diff. So see you guys after the deadline...which is FRIDAY!

FAC '07

2007-04-22T13:52:00.000+08:00

FAC started and ended yesterday, and was completed sucessfully though there was abit of some problems, but then again where got problem-less event one, seldom or never. Overall the event was very enjoyable, provided you dun include whether you are the losing team or the winning team lah. But as for the working committee, i believed we have enjoyed ourself doing our duties on the day, this was proven when we can tok crap together...hmm...especially...adrian (corrected...hehe sry!) who really can TOK!

Then come to whether we won, we din't win the champion though but maintain our position from last year, 2nd Runner-Up for NA. So need to work harder for next year to secure champion, maybe should even start training now hor!? I guess our corps is quite easily satisfied, cos though only won third, they are still happy abt it...which is the same for me. No need to win the champion to tell urself you are good, putting in your best efforts is the way to prove that you are good.

Now for some personal stuff, yesterday was the longest time i wear leather shoes, no wonder i feel so relaxed when i took them off. It is also the longest for wearing my uniform, wear until the inside of the unform is more dirty than the outside. Also the most comments on me for wearing my uniform, some say i look smart in it and some say my cap is too big. Finally the most toking i did too, toking to almost anyone for an average of five steps. Hmm...old liao...like to tok lah!

Sianz...and wondering what life it will be in my future?

2007-04-15T22:24:00.000+08:00

Aiyo...Sunday still have to go 'there'...sian diao sia! Woke up ard 8 plus, then feeling super no strength, dunno is too tired bcos of the hectic weekends schedules or bocs i'm getting sick. Nvm that liao, still have to go down to finish...no is start the 'unfinish/un-started' business for the '53 wonderful shinning golden rounded shapes'. Die die have to go, cos he can only be free on this day, which he even told me bcos he is so busy lately that he din even have time for toilet break. But i can understand so try my best not to disturb him unecessary. Something to brag abt is that today i applied 31 applications at one shot, which it will amount up to 1,125 printable certs sia...that's a record somewhere at my level leh...and not to mentioned it is gonna be a feat for me to finish the project!

Anyway finally reaching 'there' then saw a group of senior citizens playing gateball, hmm it is the game were you used a 'hammer-like-but longer-handle-thingy' to hit the ball, erm if still dunno then forget it lah...not important! Ok back to it, while walking past them, was thinking that they can spend their retirement playing such game, and btw they are having a tournament, is such a wonderful thing. So begin to ponder whether when i become a senior citizen will i be slogging myself for living or having such leisurely-wonderful retirement?

Also finally my computer has a pair of speakers liao, the courtesy of my sis...been using my headphones to listern to music or sounds since i've bought my computer...now i can hear the sound whenever someone msg mi at msn liao, previously depending on the flashing to know if they've replied.

Aiya..still have to wake up early sia!

2007-04-15T00:00:00.000+08:00

Aiya...no lesson also have to wake up early! Went for a campsite recce, though the recce was quite interesting, got to know a interesting story about 'something' that hentak kaki outside a toilet...erm and the toilet will be next to our sleeping quarters sia! Hmm...as usual make a joke out of it, saying if really see that, den will give 'it' the command of, maju or berhenti. Seem like maju will be better, so 'it' will go away...

Oh ya...almost forgot to mention, during the journey on the bus to the campsite, wah the bus uncle super duper 'skilful' in his driving lor, cos starting off so fast that the four of us have to grab the grab hold and carefully make our way back to the bus. Then i joked that the bus uncle preparing for F1 leh!

After the recce went to corps to see the home nursing training, today two corps came down to our corps to learn home nursing from us, though we are not considered the best in home nursing lah. But even though we are gonna meet again at the FAC, i think it is ok to train with other compeitors, though some may be jealous of 'sharing' their knowledge with others. But i rather we win the rest through the cadets' hardwork than winning bcos the others are not prepared, though it is still winning, but it isn't a well deserved one. The cadets of the two corps are also very polite, cos they expressed their thankness before they went off, and i believe they are sincere. Which i believe my two cadets who stay from morning till late afternn was rewarding, though they missed their breakfast and lunch, hopeful they also feel the same as mi lah!

Flush flush

2007-04-12T18:12:00.000+08:00

...*flushhh*...*flushhh* again...

Wah...stomach not good sia...keep having the feeling to go toilet leh. Still decided to go to sch, prepared liao went out, reached the bus stop liao, waited...and waited some more, then suddenly the feeling is back again. Hesitated awhile thinking whether to continue my journey or go home rest, after (little) much thinking decided to go home instead, cos dun wish to use outside toilet, house toilet always the best one.

Hmm...seems to be getting better liao...not so much of the feeling liao, guess i'm getting better. So good tml dun have any class, so can go library do some research for my assignment, though still thinking of which library to go, Lee Kong Chien, or regional, or my neighbourhood one (haha!). Hmm...i wonder if my fren has returned the books for mi, if not cannot borrow books leh!

Lagged out...Masters and Commanders

2007-04-10T23:50:00.000+08:00

...biangz...just got "lagged" out from the new free online game i just downloaded, Rappelz, i believe. Anyway the game wasn't too bad, except for the lag and the client download is so...long. Finally went thru all the basic quest of the game, doing the advance quests now but too laggy liao!

So instead to kill some time before sleeping time kicks in, might as well do some blogging. Btw recently bought a vcd, Masters and Commander, the show wasn't too bad as compared to some of the reviews by the critics, though some was impressed with it. For me it is quite a good show, cos its interesting though there are some errors in the show, go find out urself, some logical and some historical facts. Saw some reports that the show is gonna have a sequel...thot it was mentioned by some of the actors ard 2005...and now it is 2007, two years liao still no bits of news about it...so most probably there isn't any sequel afterall. Though there are many volumes of Masters and Commanders on book, may or may not get myself to read one!?

Anway got to know some interesting things from the show, that is midshipmen are almost all teenagers...so young and they are allowed to board a ship that goes into real battle, i'm not toking abt military exercise. This seems to be true although shows are mostly fictional, cos i surf abit on the net and it claims it. Also in sea navigation, we often hear the "knots" thingy, though i know is sort of a measurement for something, but in the show they showed the midshipmen doing measurement and reported how many "knots" to the captain. And to my surprise is that knots are actually knots, they used a rope tied with many knots that has a uniformed distance between each knots for measuring. Interesting leh!

Bit...a...ch with P

2007-03-31T20:02:00.000+08:00

Almost can't wake up and bring myself to beach rd for the meeting, reached there at 9.30 but only three of us are there, then followed by the rest at ard 9 plus to 10. After which the meeting began formally with the discussion of the programs. Seems to be a breeze in the planning, guess bcos it was already a familiar job, and manage to finish theplanning by 11 plus and time for lunch!

Went to food center at army market, went to buy chicken rice for my lunch together with the rest. The chicken rice not bad sia, also bcos james wanted to add rice, so ordered a pkt with added rice. When ready i ask the uncle which is the added rice one and he told me all got add rice, i was like...hmm...ok nvm...then he said no extra charge. i was like woah so good arh!

After lunch we waited for the corps to return their collection tins, btw today is SJ flag day, so collected two corps in the early afternoon, then waited for the rest which all came 3 plus onwards. Waited for so long, end up playing abit of game and singing around in the room. Most imptly today is a Bit...a...ch came to our room and complain that one of our corps do not where to return and was laying around, wat a b... already inform the people to returned the tins to the room we are with prior notice. She made it sounds like the zone didn't inform the sch, hello...all the other corps can go to the room without even calling us where we r sia! If you want to know who the bit...a...ch is she is P........ (respect that she is old...so dun mentioned her XXX name)Diao! finish everything by 4 plus sia, then went to dinner with weiye and yufeng at JE for Long John Silver, after that was home!

Actually dun wish to write this blog but bcos whenever i thot of the bit..a..ch i feel so annoyed, not only this incident also the other incident, shouted at our people. Wah lau so old already still cannot behave urself, as a senior officer who shld not be so tempermental and shout at people, why can't u just tell the people nicely, even our age we dun do that sia, (PS: i only does it during training camp, if u dun believe ask ard whenever nt in camp i always tok (rather chat lah) to pple instead sia) really CMI leh!

Long Weekend

2007-03-25T19:41:00.000+08:00

Wat a hectic schedule for me this weekend! Below is my schedule from Fri to Sun...

Friday 23/03/07
Began my day at sch, 9 am, for my Web Productions unit. Interesting subject + interesting lecturer, learn alot abt the basics of html, and alot on web productions with Dreamweaver. Then after which is a Journalism, so sianz, almost the whole class is dazing. Not bcos the lesson is not interesting is that the lecturer, WE SIMPLY DUN LIKE. So most of us are waiting for the BBQ session later at East Coast Park.

At the East Coast Park, we had lots of food for BBQ and beer. Had quite some fun but still not as fun as compared with outings with my other friends or families. But nvm, cos only the first mass outing with my classmates. Ard 11 plus some of us decided to go back, but on the way we went for sightseeing, went to Seletar Reservoir to see cars and motorbikes. Finallyreaching home at ard 2 am, cos i'm last to be sent home, just bcos i'm stay nearer to the driver...haiz!

Saturday 24/03/07
Woke up at 6.30 am and prepare for the SJ event at HQ. Abit excited cos first time wearing my new safari uniform, but felt weird cos only 3 officer (including me) are wearing, the rest din wear thinking no need to wear. Also they find me weird bcos of the peak cap i'm wearing, probably bcos my first time wearing so not use to it.

After that was a meeting, starting at 1 plus. Wa biang the meeting finally reached to my agenda only ard 3 plus, and my agenda was placed 3rd...wah so long sia! After the meeting, almost all the rep started talking to me, wah i'm so popular...haha, then had another meeting for some financial matters, sianz!

Finally time to relax, went to pastamania with weiye, jane, yong yue and elyas, had baked rice. The baked rice was very good especially the cheese on top of the rice, good man! Took quite long waiting for ordering and serving, so discussed with weiye on some SJ stuffs while waiting, fortunately founded a "one stone, kill two bird" plan...brilliant!

Sunday 25/03/07
Went with my mum and bro to SGH to visit my grandma, bcos she had an operation on her leg. She looks well and very attention when we visit her, doesn't look sickly, in fact she is the only one out of the 8 patients in the ward to look not sickly.

After that went to IMM with my mum and bro for some shopping, had snacks over at the "Streets", the serve quite a number of nice hong kong snacks, especially the "yuanyang" and i find it nice. Then went to Daiso, bought nothing...initially wanted but cannot freakingly can't find the thing i want. Ater that was Giant, bought some groceries and time to go home. Reached home ard 6, but had some good time cos haven't go outing on a car for sometime liao!

Kingdom of Heaven...and i'm a Knight Hospitaller!

2007-03-11T16:27:00.000+08:00

Yesterday i finally bought the Kingdom of Heaven vcd cos only $8, so just bought. Was interested when it was in theatres and bocos is related to the crusaders, knights templars, and especially the knights hospitallers but did not watch it cos the critics did not give good ratings to it. Then now since it was on offer, so just bought it, and i've found that it is very interesting movie. Later found that there is a director's cut version which has an additional 45mins, so surf on the the net to check and found that there was a subplot to the story. Now just wanted to get my hands on the director's cut version.

The movie is based on true events, and these events are some what very familiar then i remembered that i've read all these before in the knowledge of the order of st john. Although the characters are not very accurately portrayed lar, but read on the net that many of the actors have been praise by critics, especially jeremy irons, liam neeson, and edward norton who played the masked king baldwin IV.

Now the sad thing, even though this movie could be useful in the teaching of KOTO, it cannot be screen cos it has a NC16 rating which means those under 16 are not allowed to watch it, haiz...
Anyone who can get ur hands on one do watch it, especially those interested in knights templars, crusaders, knights hospitallers, or about christians during that time.

Ok see you guys nxt time, going to watch the movie a seond time now....cya!

CNY 2007

2007-02-20T22:07:00.000+08:00

Back with my blog again...bahaha paiseh! Cos since the start of Feb i'm having this holiday mood, so dun feel like doing anything that doesn't relate to CNY. Ok let's get to the chase and let me share some of my moments during the CNY's days, although there are some more days to go before it ends.

The nite before eve is a no lesson day so slack abit at home and did some spring cleaning in my own room only, after that went out with my cousins to westmall for some nice pastas. Also wanted to get myself a new pair of converse but sadly they dun have any stocks for my size, my size so common meh, or so uncommon that they dun have many stocks? In the end this year i only manage to get myself new from top to knee level, bcos i'm wearing bermuda that's why is knee level only.

During CNY eve's afternoon was still slacking while my family is preparing for the dinner, hmm actually only my mother. Then decided to forecast my fortune for the new year so got out some of my books and begin my "ritual". Doesn't seems that this year is a very good year for me, and it really proves it, which you will know later.

1st day of CNY, went over to my grandma's place for gathering and played afew games of blackjack with my cousins, reallly no luck was winning for the 1st two hand then later everything returned and lost more $. Until ard evening the gang of cousins went over to one of my cousin's place for another gathering, this time not gambling but on drinks. Drink quite abit on this day, i think i drank 9 neat(shots) of vodka. Only keelin drank the most with 11 neats followed by Ivan and me with 9 neats. Woo...almost collapse that day, cannot stand still for too long cos abit dizzy but still very clear of what i'm doing. Rest of the gang also drank abit with each ard 1 to 2 neats and some additional of some mixtures of vodka. Some was almost gone and some was totally gone, but it was very fun!

2nd day of CNY, changed our cousins' gathering my sis's place, where we again played cards, mahjong, and some played magic cards, and the little one played the videogame. The gathering ended ard 11, so time to go home. Among some of the cousins which lived ard the area took the mrt together and we really laugh our way back home, cos one of my cousin said something which is so "out-of-the-world" thing that we even discussed abt it and created a few versions of it, wahaha!

Happy Chinese New Year, and also Happy Birthday to Me (cos it's my year!)

Free...free...free!

2007-01-31T18:34:00.000+08:00

Yeah finally back to do some blogging! Previously was doing my assignments therefore do have leisure time to do some blogging, also because feel tired of typing stuffs cos assignment typing alot mah! Finally today is the due date of my assignment so it also means i've completed it and handed in liao, and so i'm free for assignments for at least 1 day before i embark on my next assignment.

Also today i only have lesson in the morning so afternoon i'm free, but didn't go anywhere just went back home to sleep. Still it was pleasant cos finally i can stroll into the MRT and still can get a seat, and also for LRT where i can even choose where i wanna sit.

Erm...nuthing much for me to blog leh...so i'll end here, cya guys next time!

2007-01-18T18:32:00.000+08:00

"Move away" this was what a auntie said, who pushed me from behind while I was boarding the MRT. Wa biang keep pushing as if no one was in front of me, then she said "People rushing, walk so slow", wa biang eh...u think i want to walk slow arh, there is people in fornt trying to get into the train too wat! And also i wasn't really walking very slow wat! After she said that, i immediately said "Can you don't keep pushing, there is people infront also", then she keep saying i walk very slow and she walk to the next cabin. Blardy hell, lucky i was good enough to not pursue the matter, if i was feeling down today i would had walk up to that idiot auntie and reprimand her. Having live til this age still dunno how to show respect, at least say "Excuse me" lah, and i will try my best to let you cross. Furthermore she was speaking in English, so she shld be highly educated among her peers, still can be this RUDE! To require a youngster to teach the elders what to do, there is a serious problem with it man!

My series of unforunate events...

2007-01-09T19:11:00.000+08:00

So eventful was today...was happily walking towards the LRT station to take the LRT to school, then this auntie approached me and kept telling me "Malaysia", "Water" and "2009". I was thinking whether she is trying to tell me that Malaysia is going to stop the water supply in 2009. Then after that she tells me of "gold" and showing me the round shape with her fingers, I'm still pondering what is she trying to say. Then she ask me whether i'm a Singaporean, which I told her "Ya", which she said "then you dunno meh?". After which I make up the idea that she wants me to give her $1 to buy a mineral water from the shop located at the station. So I ask her whether that was the case and she nodded her head to argee with me. After listerned to how she speaks, I strongly believed that she could be suffering from some mental illness, therefore I took out a $1 coin and gave her to buy the water. After that I carry on my way to school.

Upon reaching City Hall, I saw that the Today newspaper is giving out so I went forward to take a copy. Reaching closer I saw the guy giving out the newspaper is telling another guy that he can only take one copy and he is selffish. The guy hearing that became angry and used the newspaper and hit the guy giving out, then both "hugged" together and after awhile released each other. Each asking for witness who started it, and since I was the only one left around the scene they kept telling me to witness. After seeing that I told them not to fight lah, and one walked away. Then I left without taking a copy of the newspaper, thinking that it was so embrassing for me cos I believe that everyone was looking at them but bcos i'm around there too, confirm got people look at me too.

Then went to attend my lecture. After an hour into the lecture, suddenly the alarm went off, WTH...and the alarm is just above my head. Everyone was thinking what happen, and my lecturer went to check it out. Then I was telling my friends how typical is Singaporean, whenever an alarm goes off their first thought is "Got Fire arh?" and not "Fire, let's evacuate". The previous meaning a doubtful thought, like "Is it faulty?" or "Firedrill arh?", and the later which believes that there is an fire. Anyway I stayed in my seat cos no one else is moving and also bcos I was thinking "Got Fire arh?"

What's happening today man, 3 different kinds of event, which I don't think all these are any kind of forunate events. So therefore this is my "Series of Unforunate events".

My Flu Bug...

2007-01-03T23:44:00.000+08:00

Damn sian today, early morning wake up and kena the flu bug, what best to start a long day with man! With no time to waste got myself groomed and step out of my house for the journey to school. On the way was reading Today then started sneezing and running nose to go along with the wonderful flu. Attended my 1st lesson of the day, sianz...flu still around and the lesson isn't very interesting. After the lesson, one pack of tissues is gone and my nose is painfully after all the sneezing and blowing my nose. Then after my last lesson, my last pack of tissues is gone too and with a more painful nose, so pain that when i gently rub it, my nose will feel the pain.

What a sad day, better pray for myself that i'll have a good rest tonite so that tml i'll have a better nose. At least tml there's only one lesson, so not too bad lah, but still hope that it will be interesting! Now come to think of it, what will become of my nose tml? Will it still be red and painful, if that's the case OMG i'll be looking like a freak!

Resolutions...nah...not for me!

2007-01-02T23:57:00.000+08:00

New Year resolutions are no more a thing for me now, cos i dun remember i 've achieve any resolutions that i set, better still i dun even remember what resolution i set. So this year i'm not setting any resolution for me to meet, so instead this year i'll just do whatever that i wanna do, which is what i always do. But if there is really a need for resolution, then it will be "do whatever that pleases me".

Tml starting course again, more sian bcos it is a long day tml. Why can't we have a half day lesson tml just for the sake that it is the 1st lesson after the break? Maybe for consolation tml's lesson is on Film Studies and Advertising, hopefully film will be insteresting!?

Anyway today my cousin brought the World of Warcraft boardgame together with some of my other cousins (including me), although we only fork out $10 each (total of $50) and my cousin paid the rest ($95). So one of these days we will be going over to test out the game. Seems like it has been some time the cousins have been gathered for a boardgame, so time to revisit it liao. Anyway the game seems interesting with the items, it said on the box that there are over 1000 components in the game...wooh...!

Cut my hair...and DIY color my hair...

2006-12-31T16:04:00.000+08:00

Yeah...finally cut my hair liao, feel much more lighter and manageable now. After cutting my hair decided to dye my hair cos i find that there are too much white hair growing all over my scalp. So today i DIY to dye my hair, hmm quite fun but during the process wasn't quite sure of the outcome, thinking "will the color comes out?". After i wash off i double check in front of the mirror, making sure that i colored all my white hair and whether the color is even spread all over my scalp. Luckily it did, now my hair is in the color of light brown but it is not very obvious, so next time when i wanna dye my hair again i will be more confident liao!

Yesternite went to drink again bcos there is still afew bottles left after the x'mas party, so went over to my cousins' place to drink. This time i drank a vodka sprite, afew cups of white and red wine, and as usual i'm not drunk but in the case of one of my cousin he is drunk the first (as usual).

Today is New Year's Eve but i'm staying at home relaxing, guess too much partying for this month liao, wanna relax down abit so as to prepare for the rush next year. Ok...so see you guys next year, hmm which is ard 7-8hrs away, lastly Happy New Year!

Merry X'mas

2006-12-25T18:10:00.000+08:00

Yesterday's X'mas dinner was great! Ate lots of food and had lots of fun playing games, also had lots of drinks...white wine, hoegarden, barcardi, tequila and tequila pop (which is mainly just for the fun of it, not much of a kick to drink), and lastly had vodka neat. Woah this is my first time drinking so many types in one nite, no wonder i got abit giddy after my 2nd vodka neat but still i'm not yet drunk.

The food was good, especially the sabu sabu beef, which is my first time eating beef and it was good, another is the terriyaki chicken, which i had two servings. The rest includes the usual dishes like clam chowder, this year is really thick as compared to last year's, and pasta, which we called it meepok bcos of it's looks.

Next we played zhong ji mi ma, managed to only lost once! Then was the indian poker, where i lost the last round and had to eat the grapes, cos we used fruits as our stakes. Lastly was the dunno-wat-it-was-named game, where we had to called down the numbers 1...2...3... then when u have to called out 7 you have to say merry x'mas instead, when merry x'mas is said there will be a reverse of direction. So this is the game but the best part was that we cannot say any ni, wo, ta, otherwise it will also be faulted. Only after the second round, everyone accidentally said ni, wo, ta, and it carry on and on and on until someone said going to finish the beer liao and told us not to say another word otherwise kena again, then the game continued.

Ok...Merry X'mas everyone!

Toking Donkey

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Man walks into McDonald&aposs at 4am to buy coffee -- naked

Master...no Grand Master

Ulcers...OMG

Eyes of TIMMY

Daiso Fun Magic Series

Sharon "exaggerating" Liu

Nite Safari and SJ CCB ceremony

My life story...for now

Good luck Farid

BNCOC 2008

S'pore Idol at my store! and "wei ni la"

Stars and Lousy dinner

Happy 25th Birthday!

My OJE

Caramel Corn (Coffee Float and Cream Soda)

Undesirable experience with a cotton in my ear!

"Officially Lao Chek"

My 2nd overseas in my present lifetime

I'm ALIVE

Happy St John Day

My food adventure...

One Camp, Four Corps, Many Friends

7's FAC 2008

Conclusion week post

Hello Panda Choco Chips and BBQ

Chinatown outing

My "Case Files of Young Kindaichi"

LEGO Indiana Jones

CNY and its goodies

Mocha Tango yucks! LS and LS..oh no...

My LEGO Castle creation

Last moments of 2007

Festive season

Bookfest 2007 and my Cybershot phone

Sis's Wedding

Lousy trophy supplier

My first sunburned parade

My 1st SJ banquet

Pon Pon Sheng Se Zhan Pu

Mo Shu, Mo Shu Wo Ai Ni

Pek Chek

Cousin's 1st Expedition

My bday present!

Birthday and Mid-Autumn together for the 1st time!

LEGOs in my cheapo display box

No pork, no lard...Halal?

Hello Panda: Cookies and Cream / Choco Peanut

Annual General Inspection '07

My packed weekend 09, 10, 11 Aug

Friends of Tanglin

Computer sucks...HSM great...

My undesirable Sat...

Transformers

My First Aid Cert

i respect those who DARES!

stupid ulcer!

Harry Potter...and got *this* chinese...Harry zap them with your wand!

Indiana Jones LEGO

too-pid ucler!

Walkathon Card 2007...can u donate $1?

Exorcist...D.Gray-Man!?

ANCOC and CCC BBQ

CCC '07 "The Combiner spirit goes on..."

Watermelons...Durians...

My long weekend...

Hello Panda

Fun weekend coming...

Combined Corps Camp 2007

Tml is CCC day!

Hey O...mate! Pirates 3

Shrek's Ears...OMG i'm back at RO again!

No slp but got RBO!

My Friday!

Mindless blog 1

Best Day? Bad Day!

Carefree....

Finally...almost...

Die liao...Siao liao!

Harry Potter...and got this chinese...Harry zap them with your wand!