The Chronicles of ЌαЌα

CDIV: locked

2010-06-05T04:02:00.002+08:00

how do you tell urself to stop thinking in a certain way when it has been doing so for all your life?

tried and failed and brought more harm in the end. =(

im sry. bear with it mom

CDIII: its official! =)

2010-06-02T16:29:00.002+08:00

seeing my name on the final rec list, the feeling was awesome =)

worried for nothing in the end.

CDII: emotional rollercoaster

2010-06-01T01:24:00.002+08:00

1 day of plain annoyance
3 days of utter horror
then sweet relief.

i pray for no more twists in this tale.

CDI: failure

2010-05-29T10:54:00.001+08:00

epic failure of a 1st yr. =(

CD: MBS

2010-05-28T17:52:00.002+08:00

my 400th post on this blog shall be dedicated to MBS (Marina Bay Sands). got dragged to mbs thanks to an insistent mother who wants to see what restaurants there are at mbs so that she can celebrate her bday there -_- a quick online research yielded a very dismal selection. a few celeb chef restaurants, imperial treasure, etc etc, far from affordable.

the visit was dismal to say the least. convention centre seems rather unopened, 80% of shops closed, whatever else is not open, only the casino seems completely open. and the shops due to open are all either not my type, or beyond my payscale (which is peanuts). all i learnt from there is how to get to the place and never to come again unless ppl drag me there. =S

super tired. lakers won game 5 this morning to a ron artest buzzer beater. simply amazing game. incoherent rambling, i guess i shall take a nap now. =)

CCCXCIX: the numbers game

2010-05-27T23:45:00.003+08:00

17
the completely attainable number of pts required to secure a place in hall. with this cutoff in mind, the typical profiles of students SAO are looking for to keep in halls are:

Lives far, like, REALLY far (changi beach campers maybe), from ntu. AND
Superhumans who join SU main comm, jcrc, or anything that gives 9 pts.
OR
IVP players
OR
CN Yang Scholars
OR
Freshies. They seem to wanna house every single freshie on campus given the cutoff mentioned.

well given this profile, i guess its safe to say AD shld be scraped. there wont be enough (if any) ppl to show ur appreciation to.

4.16
gpa for this sem = bye bye 1st cls = hello 2nd cls = bye bye 2nd spec = bye bye exchange = hello super mugger mode

26
of May. picnic@marinabarrage. fly kite (surprisingly simple). eat random foods including ntuc sushi, homemade "charcoal" cake frm sien, ruffles, hotdog buns, amanda's grape n hotdog combo & spanish ham, etc etc. drink random drinks. monopoly deal. meet k grp ppl. foodcourt dinner at rafflescitysc. pure awesomeness.

time to plan the next outing. =) probably going MBS tmr to pei my mother. O.o the shopping/dining guide frm the official website doesnt seem promising.

CCCXCVIII: The ABCs of Year 1

2010-05-15T13:02:00.008+08:00

sry jus bored. trying to clear some dust on my blog and post something to rmb my 1st year exp.

A is for Amanda, Avin, AB1XX, ADM, Ares
Amanda Lye, the craziest person ive ever met. Best frens with her imaginary frens and cushions, as well as of course the little boy. The entertainer during BizMag meetings. Trouble is, she's the BizMag.
Avin, ns fren and roomie. enough said.
AB1XX, all the modules ive taken. some fun, some a real pain in the ass.
ADM, the lush green campus that played host to my OG's MAF celebrations. ever tried flying a kite off a building's roof?
Ares, the hall OG that matters.

B is for Business Subcom, Blk Supper
Business Subcom, sourcing for sponsorships has never been more entertaining due to the above.
Blk Supper, wacky ideas ranging frm Yusheng, Wii, etc etc, how can hall life ever be boring?

C is for Comm. Funds, Canteens
Comm. Funds, a module that was thoroughly useless but essential to get A.
Canteens, 2 semesters of canteen-food-hunting, im probably a walking ntu food guide now

D is for Dinner, Digital lifestyle
Dinner, 7pm at canteen 11 / 55 lounge. sounds familiar?
Digital Lifestyle, the elective that contrived to baffle with its simplicity and its wtf-ness (What is a RCA cable? (4 Marks))

E is for Edmund, Econs
Edmund, the blk 56 manager. Frm A group, Acc like me. Life's nv been easy for him. the guy who drinks more coffee than water. although he is slipping away from us now he has a gf (admit it already!), hope he can stay active with A grp.
Econs, good riddance

F is for Financial Management, Feline, FOC
Financial Management, the module that i understood the most in my yr 1. other than maybe digital lifestyle and comm funds.
Feline, as her name suggests she loves cats. esp the cat outside my door 90% of the time. nv far frm asking me to smile when my "normal" face looks like a frown to her. pls, i need a reason to smile. smiling for nothing is jus tiresome.
FOC, 1 accepted me, the other rejected me. Not that im complaining. NBS is some elitist superficial school anyway. part of next yr's hall foc comm too. hope im still alive once august comes.

G is for Games, GML
Games, whats life without it?
GML, stands for Geek My Life. The NBS Week theme that caused quite a stir, not only for the attn it drew, but also for the shirt selling fiasco. I somehow made top 10 gml quote as well. not that theres a prize for it.

H is for Hazel, Huijing
Hazel, frm A grp and Acc as well. I'll always rmb the time me and avin had to go her room and dispatch a pesky cockroach. the image of her roomie standing on top of a chair screaming - priceless.
Huijing, the adopted A grp girl. Sien's roomie. Always busy with her sports camp stuff, so much so that she doesnt come for gathering 50% of the time. But all the same, cheerful, funny and likeable.

I is for Ivy, IT, Iyeu, IHG, IBG
Ivy, next year's A grp GL. Very enthu on organising social activities for us. she's very attractive - to the softball haha. the number of bruises she received from being whacked by the softball is... appalling.
IT, the world's most useless business module. prof pelly talks so slowly that i think he can be a lullaby.
Iyeu, the Jay Chou lookalike. wah lao wait damn long for ur album leh. finally going to come out this coming tues yay!
IHG, Interhall Games. didnt do much due to lack of training. but did a fair bit of cheering and supporting. Hall 11 5th overall great result =)
IBG, Interblk Games. Practically supersub for blk 55. Never won anything but fun all the same

J is for Jeanette, Johnathan
Jeanette, coming a close 2nd to the craziest girl ive ever met. Not as bonkers as Amanda, but her hysterical laughter borders on hair raising at times. and its not difficult to get it as well. i jus need to say something and off she goes.
Johnathan, the maggi mee and sleep specialist. the amt of time he slps is a bit too much but oh well. slp is gd no?

K is for KArena
KArena, the project original idea had a real market gap in the SG market. then starhub heard my prayers and created Karaoke Channel, thus scuppering my original idea. the remaining idea bordered on crappy and unviable, but hopefully pelly thinks otherwise

L is for Lame
Lame, well yea couldn't think of something better.

M is for Marketing, Matthew, Mahjong
Marketing, memorable in all meanings of the word. cool in the sense that it makes sense of day to day business operations. crappy for the sheer number of presentations required as well as a tutor that channelled simon cowell's spirit.
Matthew, the ACBS neighbour who epitomises what it means to be in NBS. mugmugmug, participate in cls like mad, etc. just talking to him stresses me out sometimes.
Mahjong, I think ive played more mj in year 1 than in all my life summed together.

N is for No-Life
No-life, what does orchard road look like now?

O is for OB, Oyster
OB, just like the acronyms says, let this module be out of bounds from me frm now on.
Oyster, the name of the cat that is in front of my room door 90% of the time. greedy for food, it'll always pester me when i come out of my room. its antics is endless, tho i admit its kinda cute at times.

P is for Publications Subcom
Publications Subcom, writing articles, all in a day's work

Q is for...
Q? Good Question

R is for Rachel, Rong Jun
Rachel, A grp freshie in linguistics. once suggested i'll look gd in pink hair. i mean like WTH??? i'll rather dye it red than pink.
Rong Jun, the neighbour that looks and behaves like a hokkien soldier. best known for wearing his trademark boxers around the blk.

S is for Softball, Sien, Stats, Sushi Buffet
Softball, being softball vicecap has taught me a lot. altho i didnt play much during IH due to a long of ppl in front of me for my position, it was a memorable run to the finals.
Sien, A grp freshie in business and my fellow unfortunate "hall friend". really wonder who nominated us but oh well. still have the photo tho, shall keep it until we graduate then we can laugh over this bit of silliness haha. always enthu, sweet and hungry. and i mean VERY hungry.
Stats, horrible horrible module. gave me nightmares.
Sushi Buffet, ppl seem to love this. Went for it twice with Ares i think. Pretty waste money for me given my special diet, but well im there for the company.

T is for Terry
Terry, his capacity for selfpwn rivals that of ris low. people usually stop talking once they have selfpwned once. well, for him, he jus continues talking. and guess what? doing so selfpwns him even further haha.

U is for University
University, well thats what im here for right?

V is for Volleyball
Volleyball, benchwarmer and nv really got the hang of it. oh well.

W is for Wei Han, Wee Kuang
Wei Han, Publications Secretary, fellow A grp Acc freshie. quite a camera buff. need help to stay in hall leh. plsplsplspls rec me tyvm HAHAHA
Wee Kuang, neighbour and fellow digital lifestyle "taker". plays texas holdem on his iphone like nobody's business, like avin lol.

X is for Xcite, Xspectrum
Xcite, round 1's cycling trip from ntu hall 11 to pasir ris park was simply awesome. my 1st night cycling trip, and the furthest ive ever cycled. and with great company too. round 2's dragon boating is next saturday. hopefully its as memorable.
Xspectrum, my interest in Wii applications bore this concept kids gym utilising wii equipment and other exergaming machines. pretty interesting and having live wii exercise demo in class was a 1st for me in project presentations.

Y is for Yong Quan
Yong Quan, fellow A grp member, head programmer in foc for inititation, which im part of. like his roomie wei han, quite a camera buff as well. take care yea, despite ur family problems.

Z is for Zhi Kai
Zhi Kai, the neighbour that cares for oyster. even has a cabinet full of cat food. he even went to the extent of bringing oyster home once he left hall for the hols. wow.

CCCXCV: 2010

2010-01-01T17:35:00.002+08:00

1stly some updates since my last post

1)1st softball match against Hall 1 (7-5 victory)
too close for comfort this match. was expecting something more emphatic, but oh well, given the form of the players on the day, i guess it was a fair result. played half an inning, enuf to commit a jumping error and an easy out-at-1 play. more training needed, but i guess with ICT now concluded, I'll be able to train as hard as the rest of the team.

2)ICT
the last week of ict was kinda crappy. a typical day included canteen break, sports and games, area cleaning (imagine 1 whole day of area cleaning, and the area is jus the bunk and a small hangar) and 3pm last parades. jus had to endure the mundaneness of it all. BUT THANKFULLY ITS OVER!!! 1 down 9 more to go.

3)Results
1st sem's results was cui to me, was hoping for something above 4.0 but i guess not....... only bright light was my solitary A in ab114. =) oh well. time to study harder for next sem i guess.

well with that, i shall make my new year resolutions (which i hope to comply, double underline and bold the word HOPE)

1)Pull my GPA back to above 4.0
2)Successfully secure a place in hall next year
3)Train hard to go all the way with the softball team
4)Pass my IPPT
5)Be more focused and less distracted
6)Not get called up for another ICT
7)Not get mobilised
8)See how things go =)

quite a list... but whether i can make it happen?

we'll see =)

CCCXCIV: what holidays?

2009-12-24T22:35:00.002+08:00

so much has happened since my last post... so much stuff to do, so little time =(

cls chalet was ok i guess.. turned out to mj mania for me.. nothing much else.. only highlight was playing mj at 5 cents/10 cents lvl OMGOMGOMG O.O

then there are IHG and ICT. IH kicked off with the players' dinner and ICT started on the same day. pretty interesting to see the canteen transformed into a steamboat restaurant haha. good stuff =) shared the table with in general, other hall xi softballers (max, yong quan, sy, sebas, jinghang, renling, yida, huiyi etc etc) the food was ok, the company great =)

ict was kinda nt expected. totally different frm nsf times.. nt as fast paced.. more relaxed. but i guess it comes with the transition frm nsf to nsman. oh well. outfield deployment was ok too. did some pretty interesting and amusing stuff at nite so it was an eye opener i guess. only regret was missing out on the softball xmas party in hall =( all the same hope everyone liked the chocs! (be it A grp ppl or softball team =)) the nama chocs i gave away i nv eat b4 lah.. only heard its nice.. im so nice right give away things that i havent tried and wanted to try.. LOL =)

course registration.. made some minor changes to my classes.. and registered my electives.. nothing much..

exams results out next week.. damn scared =S 1st softball match on sunday.. A grp ppl coming over on sunday as well.. so much fun stuff to look forward to.. so little time.. oh and ict ends next wk.. monday off =) =) =) cant believe its going to end alr.. =D

till next time then =)

CCCXCIII: of rockband, windows 7 and mj

2009-12-02T23:30:00.003+08:00

an eventful wk so far, with more still to come. =)

went jeanette's hse for rockband 2 on monday with the rest of the NBS B group ppl frm hall (for future reference: weihanedmundsienjeanettehazelandmeofcourse). b4 tt had carl's jr at tampines 1. nv been there since it opened though... looks pretty interesting but i guess no time for exploration that day. rockband was pretty ok i guess. jeanette was like going wild to the tunes. LOL still prefer the guitar over the drum, but not used to shifting fingers up and down the "fret board" for hard difficulty. and most of the songs were pretty ancient or old. which is why i prefer bandhero's song selection of modern pop songs =) had dinner at changi airport (hazel's idea of maximum utility of the journey to the east). popeye's at T1 yup. yummy =D

upgraded my laptop to win7 yesterday nite. pretty grueling stuff actually. had to backup my system. reformat and install win7. then reinstall all the win7 drivers. then backup the system again. took me almost 10 hrs to complete the whole process O.O crappy computer for you. then after that was reinstalling all my software. still in the process of doing that actually. only reinstalled office 2007 professional plus and installed microsoft security essentials (free antivirus frm microsoft, nt sure how gd it is tho). so far nt much change in my opinion frm vista for win7 (even my startup and shutdown times are pretty similar) but so far the performance seems to be slightly better than vista, with IE nt lagging that badly as it did in the past. some visual changes for the task bar as well... big icons with no real text, trying to copy Mac OS's bar at the bottom i guess.

had mj session today as well in my rm hahahaha. did ok i guess... fed quite a bit various ppl... but in the end the impt part is a net profit! =) won $8, mong won like $26 i think.. with edmund and jun bin losing quite a sum lol nt sure how much the breakdown is.

tutorial grp chalet tmr! nt sure how it'll turn out.. but i hope it'll still be ok. going sentosa on monday for the sun, sand and vball/frisbee/etc etc. =) hope everything goes well. =)

CCCXCII: semester in review

2009-11-29T11:33:00.002+08:00

out of pure boredom im back to clear 2 months of dust.

its been a crazy semester i must say. in between training, studies, projects, hall stuff, social gatherings, dinner escapades to various canteens, there is little time to rest and idle. i didnt study as hard as i would like (and i feel it'll show in my exams) but i think it has been a memorable 1st sem in ntu.

cant rmb all the activities that occurred frm recess wk till now, but i'll jus provide a list of stuff i did that i can rmb:

1)maf@adm (actually i have a draft that hasnt been published, dun intend to after all ive forgotten quite a lot of stuff)
2)Marketing ppt mania
3)Halloween supper (you can read my article for the Hall XI website for more details)
4)Mugging mania@55 rec games rm

looking ahead, dec looks like a very bz month ahead. ICT coming up if i fail to defer. if i succeed in deferring theres IHG softball and vball, as well as IHG welfare and journalistic coverage. oh and choir. enuf said i guess.

taking fm, accounting I, IT and biz law. plus wadeva elective i can get. gonna start mugging frm next wk, after i get hold of my textbks. dled office 2010 beta to learn access. borrowed some bks as well. yup.

what i want for xmas (santa are you listening?)
1)15" MBP
2)band/guitar hero bandkit
3)digital camera (no dslr pls)

pretty short list. but it'll only probably remain a dream.

CCCXC: digging my own grave

2009-09-24T01:37:00.002+08:00

heres a quick recipe to kill yourself in uni:

Ingredients:
20% Drive
20% Passion
20% workload
20% additional commitments aka hall stuff
20% wadeva that comes ur way

Aims:
1)Get rec listed
2)Get gpa 4.5 (OMG)
3)Try new stuff

Steps to take:
1)Sign up for 5 subcoms, 3 jcrc 2 adhoc. thankfully only got 2 jcrc 1 adhoc.
2)Commit to 2 sports, softball and volleyball
3)Commit to 2 rec sports, scrabble and carrom
4)Commit to 1 cultural group. choir
5)Tutorials, Seminars, Lectures.

yupz thats wad you need to do to get urself killed in the end. something that looks certain for me.

CCCLXXXIV: phew

2009-09-19T02:31:00.002+08:00

how apt to end 2-3 wks of 2-3 am days with a 2-3 am blogpost.

yes im dying from lack of slp. which is why i spent today totally relaxing, sleeping, doing the things i love and putting minimal study time to recouperate.

the past 2-3 wks have been nothing short of hell. but seniors tell me it'll only get worse O.o me being the kind of person that needs a lot of slp (anything beyond 12am is damn late to me usually b4 all this crap came my way) it was pretty hard to handle. but now its like almost 2nd nature to sleep at 2-3am. but the bioclock wake up times have yet to adjust, which is a gd thing in a way, forcing u to wake up at the right times (or wrong times if u wanna look at the it frm another perspective) so far completed enuf stuff to count 30% towards my OB grade and 5% towards my econs grade, and plenty of nonassessed stuff.

6 wks in, i can say life in hall XI has been pretty awesome. discounting all the usual hectic work schedules and deadlines, ive tried more things that ive not tried b4 than in the past 2-4 years combined, built more friendships and acquaintances (which hopefully will become friendships eventually) amongst hall ppl (seniors and freshies alike) and am enjoying life in general. between all the various hall events, mugging sessions in the reading room (which sometimes end up being gossip and laughing sessions haha), dinner outings to various canteens, softball trainings etc etc, we've formed a close bond of friendship that probably will last for years to come. it helps that 50% of my og is frm nbs =)

ok sentimentality aside, jus some other major updates that i can rmb.
1)Hall DnD last sat! the 20s affair... wadeva that means hahaha. wore black suit white shirt red tie and a crappy hat to suit the theme. altho i feel its damn ugly. haha. to amanda and faiz: it doesnt matter that you didnt win ya? we all still love you =)
2)More IBG! didnt win as usual. RELAC ONE CORNER LA. a sidenote: you noe you're going for too many IBGs when your blk manager tells you "you can be blk 55 star ibg player la."
3)bought my 1st tennis racquet today! a wilson k factor six two... an all around racquet suitable for mid level players according to the wilson website... haha a bit blindly the way i bought it, but the owners of the shop (transworld sport) at queensway were helpful in advising me abt some gd models and some technicalities of racquet choosing. even helped me find a racquet with a handle that fit my relatively small hand grip. and they helped me string the racquet on the spot! pretty interesting the whole process. the owners were pretty experienced la the way they conversed abt tennis in singapore back in the 80s - 90s and back when there was a pro tennis tournament in sg (YES there was one). apparently they are the official "stringer" for tennis events in sg so there shld be some reputation there. racquet + string + balls + bag = $228 lol omg $ fly away again. nt sure abt tennis shoes, will look around a bit 1st b4 deciding.

ok gtg back to slp again... =)

CCCLXXXVIII: crappy wk

2009-09-04T14:19:00.002+08:00

commitments from projects, studies and ibg is driving me up the wall.

sick, tired, overworked, under rested.

i jus want to get over next wk. =(

CCCLXXXVII: what if...

2009-08-30T11:30:00.002+08:00

what if...

1)darren fletcher smashed in manu's 1st chance of the game inside 10 mins?
2)darren fletcher was booked and sent off for the numerous crunching tackles?
3)arshavin was deemed to be brought down in the area under fletcher's challenge?
4)foster had kept arshavin's goal out?
5)mikael silvestre had played?
6)foster had nt kept out van persie's 2nd half effort?
7)arshavin had side footed into the top corner after foster flapped at a cross?
8)mike dean had been conned by eboue and sent off evra for a "challenge" on him?
9)rooney's penalty claim was actually waved away?
10)diaby had cleared the danger instead heading in a spectacular own goal?
11)diaby was actually a manu spy?
12)van persie had scored frm a freekick instead of striking the crossbar?
13)berbatov had killed the game instead of showing us why he was on the bench?
14)nani had finished the game off in stoppage time?
15)gallas had not been deemed offside in the buildup to van persie's "goal"?

so many qns. none will ever be answered.

this is why we love this game

CCCLXXXVI: ibg beginnings

2009-08-28T16:19:00.002+08:00

ibg started this wk. had my name down for male vball yesterday and was eventually pressured into playing scrabble as well lol. vball was pretty bad initially, lol with loads of unforced errors and rust and spiderwebs to clear away. lost the 1st match in straight sets 21-10 21-12. hahaha. the 2nd match we managed to win as we fielded a better team, and a more teamwork was involved. and i managed to serve better, and return better. =) eventually won 21-10, 21-19 i think, clinching 3rd place.

then it was back to hall for scrabble. played blk 54 1st. play format was 1 singles and 2 doubles with a best of 3 format i think. our singles lost (its amreet your talking abt here...) but we managed to win both our doubles games to move on to the final. =) i played the singles against the scrabble captain. omgomgomg. whilst the others played doubles. obviously i was pwned by her. her behaviour nt friendly one lor... keep telling to play faster and pressuring me... then somemore play so defensive.. but i got very lousy tiles to play with so difficult oso la.. SIANZ =S got thrashed 90+ to 30+. but still ok la 2nd =)

yupz... wk 3 went by in a flash omg.. in between lectures, tutorials and project meetings, i managed to squeeze in a cupnoodle party (LOL), xing n strum auditions, ibg (interblk games if u dunno), going for a lung bursting run, a OG dinner at hall 2canteen, planning for OG bbq next mon and crashing my OG's JCRC candidates' strategy meeting. =)

die liao la... how to study like tt LOL =)

CCCLXXXV: HELP

2009-08-24T18:40:00.001+08:00

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG auditions is tomorrow and my throat still a bit sore.

DIE LIAO LA. =S

CCCLXXXIV: grandplans~

2009-08-21T22:15:00.002+08:00

quick summary of wk 2:
1) tutorials begin! adding to the confusion due to lack of revision. MUG MORE!!!
2) welcome wk! ice skating for the 1st time brought abt 10 falls mainly due to overambission & pure "good" luck. cultural night quickly turned into volleyball night and sports open house saw me put my name down for volleyball, rugby (WTF maybe not) and softball. i think i have decent ball sense but probably no batting sense. oh well see how things go.
3) erm thats in a nutshell i guess

targets for coming year in uni:
1) dean's list (LOLOLOL whoops try lah)
2) try to stay in hall for another year, which is achieved by:

(a)Aiming for recommended list
(b)Join sports (would have loved to try out tennis but since dun have... volleyball or softball (NO RUGBY PLS) will do)
(c)Join a subcomm
(d)Join a committee for an adhoc event (FOC, DnD, etc etc)
(e)Try for Xing n Strum (auditions next wk!!! nv tried for such thing b4... and i definitely cant hit the high notes... dunno see how things go =S)

3) Train hard! (IPPT window open liaoz... SIAN) For health, for weight loss, for many other reasons as well =)
4) Thats all i hope. looks quite a list seriously. whether they happen... hope for the best. =)

CCCLXXXIII: wk in review

2009-08-15T12:25:00.002+08:00

lectures lectures lectures. slack slack slack. talk cock sing song play mahjong.

ok no mahjong but tts basically wad wk 1 was. go for lecture, go for lunch/dinner with OG/frens, slack in hall, sing song/listen to music in yong quan's room, talk cock anytime, anywhere. oh and some campus exploration as well. i have bought all my sem1 texts liao, costing a grandtotal of $220+ =S thankfully parent sponsored haha.

its great when ur hall og has so many nbs ppl. 1st yr nbs ppl tend to take the same modules so we practically go for lectures as a group. the same cannot be said for tutorials but better than nothing =)

ive done my 1st stats tutorial due on monday. shall proceed to marketing later today. hope its not ownage =)

PS i jus published my post on hall foc today after 7 days lol. extremely long post so read it if ur interested

CCCLXXXII: selfpwn

2009-08-09T23:30:00.010+08:00

came back frm hall xi foc 09 yesterday much to my relief seriously. 4 days of almost total mayhem, fun, laughter, hardly any peace and loads of joy. indepth description coming right up.

day1
awol with headache. but judging frm a fren's description, pretty boring. but i think the closeness to my OG suffered more ways than i thought. tts how i felt throughout the rest of the camp =S

day2
11am vivo to meet up with the lorry bringing us latecomers over. met my og at sentosa. was immediately thrown into the fray for a telematch on the sands of palawan beach. stations include chionging into the water so... gone case within 1 hr of joining camp LOL. then plenty of photo formations on the sand and in the water. gone case x 2. lunch then more games. which include sand sculpturing over somebody's body, table frisbee (imagine foosball with a frisbee) and a extremely comical sumo wrestling session. was asked to be the 2nd sumo wrestler (WTH) but quickly bowed out as somebody whacked me frm behind. then it was back to goldkist beach resort for the dinner and SP activities. being new on 2nd day probably meant i was to get a senior in my opinion, which was unveiled to be true the next day. unfortunately i did most of the talking as she kept asking qns abt myself, and being kinda carried away with the amt of info i had to share, didnt really ask her much abt her interests and all =S ah well. then it was back to playing random stuff like traffic light, mafia, "shoot shag or marry" with my OG blah blah blah till 2.30am. tried to draw a portrait of my SP (homework ya noe) till 3am but gave up in the end.

day3
in the morning was beach games with no sand involved actually. stations include captain's ball (with pairs tied up at the ankles and a rugby ball being used instead), bomberman, water bomb games, dog and bone. etc etc. rather relaxed actually. afternoon was the freaking embarassing part. where u have to "win your sp over". they ask you to do all kinds of extremely embarassingly stuff. the girls would be sitting down in 1 pavilion while the seniors will be there to tekan us guys. the only decent thing i could say is tt i had to perform a song, which i chose to be jay chou's 七里香. did a rather crappy rendition of it in my opinion, which was made worse by constant interruptions by the seniors. ahhh well. but the rest of wad i had to do probably shall stay in my brain and narrated only to those tt really wanna noe. after close to 2 hrs of tekan, i finally passed b4 finding out who my sp was. as expected, it was a senior, as there was a lack of girls in the camp. haha well it was a bit of a blessing actually, cos i could fast track most SP games stations with minimum fuss. hahahaha =)

after sp games was time to wash up to get rdy for sp nite. smart casual dress code, gift required. a bus brought us to some pasir ris community centre. apparently they booked the community hall or something for this event lol. budget but decent i guess. the food was nt bad and the ambience still ok. the performances were pretty gd too, the jam band and sing and strum. my sp even asked me to tryout for sing and strum, which is like wthwthwthwthwthwth haha. i find it a bit weird when ppl say my singing is gd, when i personally feel i cmi at high key. at low key still ok la i guess. anyway if they need bass voice maybe i can suffice. haha. =)

day4
the amazing race (officially known as city hunt). packed up everything and assembled in the car park for a simple game to determine the order by which each OG set off. each OG was given 12 balloons to blow up. after which, shaving cream is applied on the balloon for ppl to shave it clean. the team with the most clean balloons wins. haha we tied with zephyr after the whole thing so the OGL had to play "hai-dai" to determine who went 1st. amreet won so we decided to set off 1st. 1st station was at marine parade cc. jus a simple win lose or draw. 2nd station was at parkway parade. supposed to find certain phrases tt are displayed on the shopfronts and take photos of them to complete the task. 3rd station was at the fountain of wealth at suntec. we reached there to find nobody there. LOL. after abt 10-20 mins the programmers appeared. after much deliberation, we were given a free fast forward. which proved instrumental in our win in the end i think. anyway we had to space out around the fountain and a msg will be passed from person to person via actions. after that we went for lunch at suntec.

after lunch we set off for one fullerton. we chionged thru citylink mall, along the way getting a NUM ambassador to pose in his trunks (OMGOMGOMG), to the esplanade, then to one fullerton in scorching heat. there the task was to apply cosmetics to a GL (amreet in this case LOL) and get 30 ppl to sign on a board to say tt they think he's hot. lol wth. got tt over and done with. next stop was the underground empty area between citylink mall and esplanade that modern/brake dancers use for their personal practice. it turned out to be a cheerleading station. the aim was to get everyone rdy into a specific cheerleading pose they want and take a picture. the pose i was given was the easiest (according to experts). supposed to hoist a girl to sitting position on my shoulders. it wasnt too difficult, the bulk of the difficulty was posed to the girl and the person supporting her frm behind. managed it with si en pretty quickly. but the trouble was tt i had to hold it there for quite a long time as my position was the 1st to be established lol. thankfully nt too long. =) oh and im nt suggesting anything with regards to si en's weight =S

next stop was to vivo's nat geo shop. 5 separate ppl had to wear coats and go into a "freezer" which is at -15 degrees centigrade. and the rest of the group was supposed to pose outside and take photos with the "freezing" people lol. pretty simple station. then it was off to macritchie reservoir. took the NEL to serangoon then changed to Circle line to marymount. walked over to macritchie reservoir, took some photos of school going guys with abs (LOL) along the way to macritchie. the station there was pretty straight forward tho difficult to accomplish. lob water bombs into a bucket with 1 guy holding a board to try and hit off target water bombs back into the bucket. in the end, we cheated by catching water bombs with the board and then dropping it into the bucket lol. got past tt station and we were off to yishun town garden. nt b4 meeting zephyr our sister OG at the bus stop. im sorry but we deliberately tried to slow down their pace by doing a sister cheer with them LOL =) =) =P took 852 to yishun town garden, passing within 200m from my hse along the way. we took a fast forward, completed the simple task (do 200 pushups in total for the whole OG, and mimick a gatsby ad) and it was off to bukit panjang LRT. it was a 100 sec race apparently, whereby you're supposed to sit on each other's lap for 10s, move 1 round with 10 ppl, catch 10 tennis balls in a plastic bag, then caterpillar race to the finish. took us 4 tries to get it right, altho the final time seemed to be almost gone. then it was off to boon lay for the penultimate station which turned out to be nothing a time check in. went off to spray our hair pink for a photoshoot (another bonus item) turns out the random spray yielded the best results, altho ivy got polkadots (LOL), leo a lopsided mohawk and some others with hilarious sprays. grabbed a honey milk tea (my usual bubble tea lol) while waiting for dinner (a zinger paid for by the seniors) dinner didnt come in time in the end, so we proceeded to race for the pitstop at 7.20 pm, with the closest competitor khronos only 10 mins behind. near disaster struck when bus 199 left while we were stuck at the traffic light. we decided to take 179 instead 5 mins later which required us to run quite a distance to hall. thankfully khronos were trapped at the traffic light as well so they missed their bus as well lol. reached hall 11 after a brisk jog to the pit stop, we were asked to find a clue to the final gathering pt, which si en managed to find rather quickly. So it was Ares #1!!! =) (=

BUT Day 4 was not over yet! there was still fright nite to come wth. had dinner (the zinger) on the steps leading up to the lee chin tuan LT b4 going into the LT to try and piece together all the clues given for fright nite. amreet convinced us 13% of the score for amazing race was actually how you answered the question with regards to the clues. (which eventually turned out to be bullshit o.O) after that we waited for fright nite to start and for the pairs to be slowly sent on their way to frightdom. and wad better way to wait than to wait a Shrek MARATHON (thats utter crap) it was like shrek 1........ then shrek 2.............. then shrek 3 (OMGOMGOMGOMG) i (and many others) was so totally sian of shrek after that la... but even so it was only abt 1-2am at tt pt in time.. so we went out of the lt to play some extremely lame games la. heart attack, the "bang bang" game, the "chuckey chuckey" game (sounds retarded i noe LOL), etc etc. forfeits include kiss mr tan chee tuan (or sth cant rmb), get "jay chou"'s number, sms "jay chou" etc etc. played until abt 4am b4 being moved to the fright nite start pt. the very very last batch la.... SIANZ. played oh-bei-som & ji-ko-ba (ok crap the names of the games we play are so retarded to write abt) while blindfolded to determine who went with who (3 guys and 1 girl u noe) ended up with jeanette yupz.

fright nite was ok i guess hahaha. nt tt scary but can be a bit jumpy at times haha. could foresee certain events occurring. but sometimes u let ur guard down and they can get you. =) jeanette was quite power la haha everytime open a door or wad was like practising kungfu to whack the 1st person tt tries to scare us lol. but luckily nv do that. or else arh.... LOL =) but arh after the whole thing arh.. it jus seemed a total random thing, doesnt seem like got much link between all the events that happened lol. yupz after that it was back by lorry to hall 11 for the nite (or wads left of it) KO-ed at 6am and woke up at 730am to get rdy for NBS welcome ceremony/day.

day5
took shuttle bus c to nanyang audi for the welcome ceremony. pretty normal ceremony i guess. the only interesting stuff was probably the speech by lee wung yew (national trap shooter, currently innova jc teacher), wearing the gown (minus the mortar board and the "stripes?" jus the blue gown) for the creed/oath or wadeva, and maybe the "light up ceremony" whereby the audi goes dark and row by row torchlights are turned on to turn the place into ndp-ish. buffet lunch it was while meeting up with mong to go over to LKC LT for welcome day.

my tutorial grp i must say is kinda disappointing. for now la. during icebreakers of welcome day i was damn sian diao. all so quiet, unforthcoming and frm varied backgrounds. forgettable welcome day/ceremony in a way but the freebies were awesome. LOL =) so back to hall 11 with OG nbs ppl to rejoin the fun for the final nite. crash course on cheer fight proceedings and cheers b4 moving on to the actual thing. there were 2 parts to the cheer fight, 1 based on loudness and consistency, the 2nd based on creativity primarily, tho loudness and consistency is part of the criteria as well. 3 mins worth of pure shrieking loudness caused my throat to be blown apart, let alone the 2nd part for creativity, whereby i could hardly utter anything beyond deep voiced raspings. oh and we totally screwed up the creativity segment of the cheer fight, the cheerleading stunt didnt come on time, the last desperate attempt to lengthen the cheer flopped miserably, amongst other things. but somehow, we won the cheer fight LOL. maybe we provided much comic relief, and seriously, if you took away all the cockups, our cheer was the most funny and creative. =)

the final segment of the day was war games, or so they said. our seniors passed us detailed plans to win the war games, a complete floor plan of the battle area, a list of "Seniors of Fortune" whereby seniors with special abilities could be bought to gain certain strategic advantages, and a chart with blank spaces for us to appoint our general, and divide up everyone into alpha, bravo & charlie sections. but b4 we could go to war, we had to go to a gambling den to "multiply our money" for use in war. the gambling den was realistic enuf, with all kinds of agressive behaviour from all the tenants, with the loansharks smoking (seriously in a freaking enclosed room, smoking. its a wonder the smoke alarms didnt go off) pretty fun to watch (cos my job was to look out for ppl throwing money around and not betting at all) but everything went wrong with the "police" came to bust the gambling den, forcing us all to squat down and told us to blindfold ourselves. and thus hall initiation started.

hall initiation was in short, dark (due to the blindfold), slow (long wait times) and crappy. they started by sticking masking tape all over us, telling us those are actually buttons which when pressed, supposed to trigger a shout from us, whereby the msg is told to us when the tape is stuck on us. msgs range from comical ("No.... Giap Giap (A senior) is mine...") to obscene ("Giap your L*N la!" (my right shoulder button)) to nonsensical ("Siap Giap Giap" (my left shoulder button)) to plain wacky ("Slap my ass") thankfully i only had 3 buttons, the 2 above and one on my back ("Somebody's gonna hurt REEAAALLL bad") maybe due to be having lost my voice alr even b4 the whole thing started. but i heard some ppl had like 6-10 buttons all over.. pity them sia. after a while of nonsensical shouting, we were slowly led to various stations to complete certain tasks. some memorable ones include leopard crawling thru a sludge of conditioner, sauces and wadeva not, feeling for an object in the toilet bowl and telling them wad it is (a banana of course, NOT SHIT), jumping "4 storeys" to only realise it was actually the height of a staircase step, playing tug of war with the seniors (when it actually was a pillar), falling from 1 storey height into a bed of mattresses, rolling down into nanyang lake (when it was actually jus down a hill) while wrapped in a mattress, and trying to form sentences with our seniors ka-jiaoing us. in between stations, the seniors would talk to us, ka-jiao us, push more buttons, make us do silly things etc etc. all the time under blindfold. a bit sian as the night came closer and closer to day. when we finally were told to take off our blindfold and go down a flt of stairs, to raptuous applause, i knew it was all over. war games was a myth, which ares seniors pushed all the way to the limits of imagination. we were glad too, as it was alr 5am and war games would have taken us to like 9am? lol. so after a brief video screening and awards presentation (ARES BEST OG =) =) =) siyun BEST Female GL =) =) =)) we took our goodie bags and camp tees and went off to well earned rest.

unofficial day 6
woke up at 830 thx to the hall office calling me to come and collect my cardkey which i misplaced the previous day =( avin's mom was around with her fengshui master? to do some ritual. wasnt around to see it as i went to the hall office then. after that it was another short rest b4 waking up to go for lunch with my OG at the hall canteen. the kungpao chicken rice was kinda like salty black sauce chicken rice so... a bit funny la hahaha. =) after which we left for JP for ice cream which turned out to be bubbletea haha. after wandering around for a while, we dispersed for home. took taxi with jerome, amreet and yawen.

having gone for hall foc, it has galvanised me to maybe try to fight for my place in hall 11 next yr. probably will join some hall activities/sports and maybe run for jcrc? lolol. dunno la. current options include cheerleading (LOL?), sing and strum (at my sp's suggestion lol), some sports (tennis maybe?) haha yup. maybe try for NAAT (NBS Assurance & Audit Team, student auditors basically) and see how things go. =)

ARES FOREVER #1

CCCLXXXI: matriculated

2009-07-31T22:04:00.001+08:00

the final step to uni completed, and now i have my timetable sitting in front of me.

courses to take in sem1:
1) Statistical & Quantitative Methods (y does this sound like maths?)
2) Organisational Behaviour
3) Principles of Econs
4) Marketing
5) Communications Methods (errrr presentation skills? wth man)

the timetable seems pretty gd. friday whole day off LOL. but monday damn packed. so maybe friday is for u to prepare for monday? whos noes.

spent yesterday afternoon at hc for a "farewell lunch" for minhao, jus like old times eh? hahahaha we ate lunch at chinese high canteen. the western food was as gd as it used to be hahahaha. then went to hc staffroom to find some of our old teachers. well managed to find mdm madihah, mr lee lj & mr loy. maths teachers have all left hc, mrs anna goh still overseas, and mr chan kl has left hc as well (nt tt i rmb how well he taught =S) so practically we found whoever we could find, except ms soh. mr loy was as usual conversing in chinese hahaha. he apparently still keeps photos of us still in his laptop wth. haha must be becos we left such an impression LOL (gd or bad? MUAHAHAHAA). well mdm madihah was still her usual self i guess and mr lee STILL, like 3 yrs ago, eagerly rubs his hands while talking. LOL =)

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god talking abt all this makes me yearn for the days long gone, and days tt will nv come back. i want to relive those carefree and joyful days in hc but i guess it'll only remain as a memory. it seemed jus yesterday when i left hc to continue my journey in life. and now im have alr closed 1 chapter of ns life, to return to begin another academic chapter.

crap im getting old =S

CCCLXXX: ramblings

2009-07-24T20:34:00.002+08:00

was watching this youtube video on a fren's blog on emma watson's recent appearance at david letterman's late night show in the us, as she was in town for gala premier for hp6. seeing her for the 1st time (for me) nt as hermione granger was pretty amusing. she was relaxed, friendly, tho slightly uptight in her interview, nt exactly the free flowing humour you expect frm us late night shows. she talked abt columbia university (ivy league wth), her undergrad course (liberal arts wadeva tt is), and of course hp6.

and to think she's 19 yrs old only. around our age. its seems pretty awesome tt some of the top athletes, personalities out there are around our age. and already doing great things that we can only dream of. rooney, ronaldo, messi, etc etc. makes me wonder if i could ever have reached their lofty standards if i put my mind to it.

wishful thinking maybe.

ntu hall 11 it is

CCCLXXIX: the half-baked prince

2009-07-17T22:45:00.003+08:00

monotonous story telling, scandalous omission of detail, chronological order changes, many many WTHs.

tt pretty much sums up wad hp6 the movie was to me. it seemed like a movie meant to jus move the story along, to get rdy for the blockbuster ending to this wonderful series of books. it didnt come across as inspiring, awesome, or exciting as how the 1st 4 movies came across, not including the awful dreariness of hp5. hp6 was a bit better than hp5 i must say, but jus A BIT. the amt of omission of detail was still acceptable, but certain key events tt i felt would do well in a movie setting was left out. the most maddening one being the climatic final battle, or the distinct lack of it. where was the DA when the death eaters entered hogwarts? all probably in bed. (and yet, they gathered around the dead albus dumbledore within minutes of his death) where was bill weasley when he shld be in hogwarts dying or being disfigured by fenrir greyback? probably making wedding arrangements for the wedding in the next book. and why oh why did all the death eaters come thru the vanishing cabinet when there was no battle to be fought? to pay dumbledore their last respects? if all the death eaters were by the name of severus snape then maybe.

certain chronological changes were still ok in my opinion but the lack of explanation of WTHISGOINGON esp with regards to the horcruxes, i certainly hope dumbledore somehow passed the information on in the final 2 movies. another hair-raising point was probably lavender brown and her antics. whenever she appears in a scene u can either expect over-the-top affection, or something crazy. i hope she hides her face somewhere, if she still has any after all tt.

well after all tt negative ranting, i guess hp6 doesnt have all bad no gd. a few saving graces was probably the lighthearted humour periodically sprinkled over the film & the continued acting brilliance of luna lovegood, snape & bellatrix. these 3 characters i feel are 3 of the most well-casted chars from the story, other than the 3 main chars of course. luna's calm air of lunacy, snape's drawling 1 liners, and the crazy image of bellatrix are the thing's i like abt these 3 chars.

ok rating time! i think i'll go with ong sor fern's rating of 2.5/5. a dull uninspiring sequel to the extremely popular series, but nt so bad till u would throw it down the bin. it barely does its job of setting up the 2-part-hopefully-climatic end of this series, but it leaves many qns to the unknowing to figure out while they wait for the next installment. purists maybe be saddened by the omissions of detail, but hey, u cant have everything in can u?

CCCLXXVIII: worldoffriends

2009-07-13T23:47:00.002+08:00

spent some time today (the whole afternoon actually lol) k-ing at topone ktv down at bugis with some ns frens. went to iluma after tt to check out the place. pretty sianz as i predicted due to my earlier visit down when it jus opened. now more or less everything is open, but the place was so much quieter when u compare it to bugis junction across the road. visited a otaku shop tt displayed some pretty cool stuff like anime swords like zangetsu, hyourinmaru, kenpachi's sword, sode no shirayuki and tobiume frm bleach. there was some interesting costumes too, a 1st for me cos i usually see ppl sewing their own costumes, and nt buying rdy made ones. spotted some interesting ones like a akatsuki overcoat (naruto), alan walker and lenalee exorcist costumes (the lenalee one was damn chio) (d.gray-man), and naruto's orange suit (tho i doubt anyone will wear tt ugly suit lol). interesting place. =)

met pri sch clsmate guoshiong on the way out for dinner with my ns frens. small world indeed. went to bugis junction to settle dinner at nydc. ordered a roast chicken and peppers baked penne and oreo choco milkshake. the penne was pretty gd and the milkshake utterly sinful given the thickness of the chocolate. lol it seems it was a day where old frens meet when my 04s7b seniors trooped in as well to my utter surprise. apparently it was the cls bday today omg i totally forgot abt it! pretty nice to see the tradition go on despite the fact tt they left hc for like 3 yrs at least alr... and they met up with such numbers... at least 15 i think.. closer to 20 in my opinion. tts cls spirit for u. =) went over to say hello. spoke with my "angel" (lol frm angel mortal times a long long time ago) guan lin predominantly cos the rest of the guys were pretty engrossed with wadeva they were doing haha.

going to watch hp6 on thurs! =) =) =) cant wait man... nbs foc applicants seem to have started to receive calls liao, apparently frm as early as last friday... sianz... damn scared i dun get in, as most ppl usually end up...

well to round off this post...

happy bday 7b =)

CCCLXXVII: WHATAFINAL

2009-07-06T11:01:00.002+08:00

history rewritten. history made. records tumble in his wake.

for 4 hrs yesterday night, i watched roger federer duel with andy roddick for a place in history, as THE greatest player of all time. and what a match it was. federer with his magic wand of a racket, roddick with a sledgehammer of a racket. this was roddick surpassing his very best and federer digging deep to squeeze out the result.

for the 1st 2 sets, roddick was simply rock solid on his serve. consistently 80% 1st serves in, with accuracy and power. whenever federer caught a glimpse of breaking his serve, he would slam down aces or unreturnable serves. indeed in the 2nd set tiebreak, it was all going horribly wrong for federer, lost the 1st set 7-5, 2-6 down in the 2nd set tiebreak. but federer did a swiss houdini with a combination of luck and finesse to rattle off 6 consecutive pts to take the 2nd set. i clearly rmb going wild and fist pumping like mad when roddick sent his open court volley wide to give federer 6-6 in the tiebreak.

then its was federer who served up a beauty in the 3rd set tiebreak to give himself a 2 sets to 1 lead. the 4th set roddick did well to break federer and served it out oh so consistently to set the stage for the mentally draining, insanely tense finale of a 5th set. there was nothing to separate the 2 sides in the 5th set, for the entire match for tt matter. both serving insanely well, altho federer was broken twice along the way, with roddick nt being broken at all. but as the set went on and on, roddick gradually faltered, seeing more & more duece games on his serve than federer on his, before finally, 2 errors on duece gave federer the win both sides deserved for their performance. it was indeed roddick as ive nv seen him b4, matching federer groundstroke for groundstroke whenever necessary, putting away winners and forcing errors. roddick of the past was so 1-dimensional, with only a powerful serve as his only weapon. but not yesterday, where he played with such finesse, a trait associated more with federer than roddick.

i feel for roddick, but federer still remains as my favourite tennis player. =)

CCCLXXVI: greatness

2009-07-05T19:46:00.002+08:00

another quick update on my boring life.

1)my 5th or 6th & final cessation date confirmed. 3/7/2009 i officially quit working. for now =)
2)FREEDOM as a result of the above
3)More wii games! muahahaha got wii sports frm some random guy at a cheap cheap price of $10 and added animal crossing, mariokart (thx to jg, wee kiat and cr =D) to the ever growing arsenal of games =) plan to get ghostbusters, zelda, mario party 8, warioware, cooking mama, mario & sonic at the olympics by any means necessary. hehehehe =)
4)wimbledon mania! the gracefulness of federer on grass - simply astounding. absolutely no drama frm roland garros carried over. murray crashed out at the hands of roddick, who i feel deservedly won, give the kind of form he showed on the day. =)
5)climatic end to wimbledon later! gotta watch it manz
6)SAF gotta do something soon. selling ronaldo, letting tevez go, and ur ans to filling the gap is valencia and owen?? dude u better get cracking. let me do u a favour by giving some options. simple. kidnap ribery, raid real's dutch contingent (robben/huntelaar??), and top it off with aguero and luis fabiano. fantasy football? maybe =D
7)FOCs are coming!!! in abt 2 wk's time assuming im accepted into the nbs camp.
8)1 wk to my 21st bday chalet! ordered the food and cake liaoz. as for wad to do on the day, god help me with anything beyond mj and wii. hahaha =S

tts abt all for now i guess. PREPARE FOR WIMBLEDON DUDES.

CCCLXXV: the kop comes to asia

2009-06-27T23:46:00.001+08:00

"the kop comes to asia"

"have you got your tickets yet?"

reina: "I got mine"
StevieG: "I goottt mmine"
kuyt: "I got mine"
torres: "...... I got mine"

bunch of idiots really.

CCCLXXV: moreupdates

2009-06-13T21:39:00.002+08:00

been really distracted nowadays with so many new things to do. heres a quick summary (again lol):

1)WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 'Nuf Said
2)EA Sports Active mania! =)
3)Virtua Tennis! =)
4)Wii Motion Plus! Tough to use and play, esp if you're a noob in a sport like tennis
5)Gateway Gaming Laptop for my dad. bought today at PC Show. but going to be used for work. Ultimate irony there. lol.
6)Kaka leaves for madrid to 57M Pounds. CR7 follows for 80M Pounds. vulgar spending of $ seriously. GIVE ME LAR.
7)Names being thrown up for SAF: Benzema, Valencia, Ribery. and maybe Tevez to stay. I dun mind ribery. valencia unproven at the top level but has EPL exp so maybe ok buy. benzema i think a bit overhyped lol. hasnt heard much of his prowess recently at least. well i certainly hope a few decent transfers is made thx to the potential 100M transfer kitty OMG hopefully nt guys like david bellion, eric djemba djemba and kleberson.
8)damn i cant think of anything else.

jus 1/2 a month more of work and tts it for me! =) going thru the troublesome process of matriculating and all the extra rubbish tt needs to be done. in the midst of all this got so many gatherings, a chalet to plan for (lol ive been kiv-ing this actually) and wadeva random things tt crop up.

and of course a wii to play. hahaha =P

CCCLXXIII: insummary

2009-05-31T22:24:00.002+08:00

10 things tt happened since my last post:

1) man utd EPL champs 3rd season running! yay! =)
2) man disunited flopped in the UCL final.. WHYYY! stupid UCL finalist curse...
3) still a phenomenal season tho, winning a quadruple of trophies! =)
4) football season is over!! SIANZ
5) the french open is in! watched some great matches like how federer came frm 5-1 down against i dunno who... and jus now was watching nadal getting beaten by soderling.. but i think now its 1 set apiece for each side. SIANZ nadal pls dun win the french open this yr... give federer a chance dude.
6) mong's 21st event at peach blossoms@marina mandarin. nt bad place, tho the food nt really my thing yup
7) watched Monsters vs Aliens after tt buffet. DAMN FUNNY, but the storyline was DAMN lame too. but who cares as long as u laugh ur hearts out yea?
8) wii-shopping! CURSE MAXSOFT!! money guzzling folks who sell the local wii set. zzz still considering tho, but i'll probably make my final decision this wk. ive got so many games i wanna play! SSBB, mario kart, anything zelda, wii fit, ea sports active, wii sports... the list goes on and on!! argh addiction even b4 ive got the console wth =S
9) continued pressuring of ppl to rsvp my 21st bday chalet! haha actually no la. jus keep visiting my fb event and taking attendance LOL. wah lao june alr... soon must cater food, order cake and plan wad i wanna do. SIANZ
10) NO TROPHIES FOR LIVEFOOLS FC THIS YEAR MUAHAHAHAHA. but actually tts the same as arsenal but i think i'll be kind to them cos their manager respects others now heh =)

CCCLXXII: ifthatshowuplaybballthen...

2009-05-18T22:04:00.002+08:00

yest went with avin to watch the harlem globetrotters in action at the singapore indoor stadium. refer to my earlier post if u wanna noe who the hell they are.

was kinda late due to too much guitar hero earlier at avin's home LOL. cool game tt one. well thankfully it was only 10 mins late haha. anyway when we arrived it was some lame karaoke competition for the spectators to sing "Oops I did it again" which is like totally lame yup. overall the "basketball match" between the globetrotters and the Washington generals (the traditional globetrotter-whipping-boys) was i believe totally scripted, complete with many wtf moments. the acrobatic dunks, alley-oops and showboating were all there, when they actually played bball tt is. a lot of the time was dedicated to various lame moments tt left everyone laughing their heads off. i didnt noe the way to take out an opponent is to strip him to his underwear when he drives for the basket. a pretty memorable play was when american football was played while on court. play was stopped and the 2 teams lined up in a american-football-style line. the commentator went abt introducing all the team members who did lame comical actions in response. the best part was "rewind" was called and everyone reversed all their actions and movements in reverse in the exact right order. real comical to watch lol. the generals also played their part in comedy, by at times trying to cheat using lame tactics like swapping the ball for a remote control ball, putting a round plexi-glass pane on the rim to prevent the globetrotters from scoring and even changing the scoreboard. LOL. even the referee was staged, with comical involvements as well. defensively both sides were porous, washington obviously didnt bother defending so as to allow for the spectacular dunks, harlem to prevent the game from becoming a blowout by allowing their "opponents" to shoot at will. rules-wise i think harlem would have been called for foul time and again for travelling, shot clock violation and back court violations LOL. the clock oso jus kept rolling on even if a foul/timeout was called so tt was a bit unrealistic. but hey, would u even see this in the nba? hahahaha

the overall package was real funny and awesome in gd measure. gd family entertainment i guess esp for the kids. altho i feel if they played the la lakers or the cleveland cavaliers, they'll be murdered lol. money well spent in the end.

oh and no surprises for the scoreline. harlem 70 generals 62 (+10 pts due to alteration to score LOL)

CCCLXXI: NOWFORROME

2009-05-16T22:44:00.001+08:00

EPL in the bag, time to focus on rome.

and hopefully a quadruple is completed. =D

CCCLXX: theharlemglobetrotters

2009-05-14T23:51:00.002+08:00

ok jus did an extremely impulsive thing by buying tix to a performance tt im nt too sure abt. if u all didnt noe (i guess only hardcore bball junkies would noe haha) the harlem globetrotters are in sg this wkend to perform their usual stuff. (huh??? who are they???) yea well i expected as much of such a response. the harlem globetrotters is a bball team frm the us who are world famous apparently for their trade. no they dun win nba championships like the la lakers or the boston celtics, but they do play attractive basketball (or so they say). imagine a team full of lionel messis, ronaldinhos, cronaldos, etc etc, jus tt they play basketball. apparently they are an exhibitionist side, nv too far frm attempting gravity defying dunks, audacious dribbles and comical plays.

the reason im interested was becos i watched a snippet of wad they could do, in an nba match's 1/2 time break. they performed some basketball tricks tt sure were flashy. so when i heard they were performing this wkend in sg, my interest was certainly piqued.

hopefully its worth it =)

CCCLXIX: ICT14-31DEC

2009-05-13T22:48:00.003+08:00

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CCCLXVIII: fullflight

2009-05-06T23:17:00.000+08:00

ronaldo in full flight is totally unstoppable. cr8 1 score 2 causing all kinds of problems, pretty sums up his man of the match performance. hoping he reproduces it against chelsea/barca (i seriously hope its chelsea cos barca will take much effort to stop) and the wks leading up to the season finale, securing the quadruple in the process =)

CCCLXVII: lunchtime

2009-05-05T21:40:00.003+08:00

met a old uncle while at lunch today. nt really a happy meeting i must say with all the negativity he seems to emit, but plenty of food for thought.

jg and i were discussing some weird stuff over lunch when the guy sharing the table with us barged in with his insight on the topic and his life overall. he went on & on abt his life, his children, his NS days and his dogs. yea he's 59 this yr, going thru his 3rd divorce, has 2 daughters around our age. one is in 3rd yr NUS medicine, the other is in J1 SAJC. he describes them as "head-turners" due to their gd looks and seems to worry a lot abt them, esp the younger daughter. worrying abt the amt of CCAs she has, nt coming home till late everyday, her english scores amongst many other worries. he talked abt his 3 dogs, 2 cocker spaniels and a golden retriever, abt how much he loves them and how he can stand them more than other humans. he was from SJI, went law school and naturally became a lawyer. he was extremely bitter abt office politics and having been a small-time lawyer all his life. he talked abt his ns days, how he as PA to then Col Teo (CO of SAFTI i think according to his description) had played punk with the system, using his superior's stamps to secure leave from camp. he was warm & forthcoming with his insight, tho u could tell he was a bit sad and bitter throughout. he has an estranged sister, with whom they seemed to be enemies. the very sight of one ticks the other off. he was glad tt i was going accountancy and jg chem engineering. "dont go law" he said, gulping down copious amts of tiger beer throughout the whole conversation. apparently he works half day, then he drinks till night, spending $100 on tigers along the way.thankfully we conversed over his 1st bottle of tiger.

why am i describing everything in such detail? well, i seriously hope i do not end up like him in 39 years time. sad, lonely, pathetic and a drunkard. very sad indeed. i dun want to look back at all the years gone by and think tt ive not made 1 true fren, not had a loving wife tt stood by me all the way, not had a career that i could be proud of.

uncle, i hope u find ur way back into life soon

CCCLXVI: itrocks!

2009-05-04T22:59:00.002+08:00

spent saturday gift shopping. bought a train (for JG, ya he noes so i wont bother concealing it) and a HUGEBOX for an NS fren (haha nt sure if he reads this blog but ya he noes the url so wont reveal wad it is jus yet. =p oh the nightmare of bringing tt HUGEBOX home. coupled with the model train and 5 stacks (STACKS double underlined and bolded) of testpapers my mother wanted me to buy in my backpack. hell it felt jus as bad as (probably worse) than 24km march. trying to maneuver thru the mrt/orchard/bus/amk crowd was nightmare^infinity. avin u better appreciate the gift and let me use it often ok?! all the sweat and toil (literally) jus to get it for u arh... wah laoz.

friday was ns outing with only 4 ns guys (myself included wth). ate at xin wang hk cafe again (lol jus like a few months ago) spent some time after dinner trying to figure out a gift package for avin but in the end settled on something tt we couldnt get in orchard (or so we thought lol) watched the movie "taken" to much satisfaction (due to a combination of gd story cum free popcorn & drink for every ticket which is WTH la damn worth it) at cine.

another eventful week to see out. promotion exercise rush n 21st bday parties to top it off. cant get any rest like tt lol. =)

CCCLXV: rolling on

2009-04-26T23:47:00.000+08:00

ronaldorooneyronaldorooneyberbatov in that order.

wad a reversal in 22 mins.

CCCLXIV: backontrack

2009-04-23T21:52:00.002+08:00

after watching the entertaining wild ride at anfield, the calm dominance at old trafford, and toothless display at stamford bridge, i can safely say manu is back on track for the premiership.

the match at anfield was wildly entertaining, if ur a neutral spectator tt is. for the 2nd time in a wk liverpool was involved in a 4-4 scoreline. both teams were fascinating in attack, but woeful in defence, which provided a platform for a very open, free scoring game. arshavin grabbed 4 in almost as many shots (i think), torres and benayoun 2 apiece. simply entertaining stuff.

old trafford played host to portsmouth who were totally dominated throughout the whole match. giggs, ronaldo, rooney, fletcher, anderson and scholes combined in various breathtaking combinations to carve out portsmouth again and again. but sadly the finishing was nt up to spec. i must say this was the best game ive seen anderson in, and i think he was awesome in this match. energy, skill and determination all combined into one. ronaldo was at his provider best, creating a few pin point crosses for giggs who sadly did not convert. 1 touch passing the name of the game. more importantly was the cleansheet, which gave me even more confidence with our title run-in. =) =) =)

as for the fa cup final dress rehearsal at stamford bridge, it was jus icing for the cake for manu's midweek results. =)

CCCLXIII: doyouwantmeornot

2009-04-20T16:16:00.002+08:00

im getting utterly confused by the work situation at IE.

seriously. the date originally penned in as my last day was 3 apr. ever since, i have had 3 "last day changes" in forms of short term extensions which were nothing short of bizarre. 4 days, 3 days then 2 days. and just when it seemed its finally my last day last friday (with all the picture taking and handshakes) i was called today to ask if im interested in another short term extension till the end of the wk.

my god. not tt im ungrateful, im thankful for having this job after the bloomdale fiasco, but this is plain crazy. how am i supposed to plan for my next job or for anything like tt with all the last min stuff. zzz.

oh well. back to work tmr then.

CCCLXII: emotionalrollercoaster

2009-04-06T22:12:00.002+08:00

14th min - smile
30th min - frown
58th min - horror
80th min - hope
93rd min - 7th heaven

the barclays premier league - one hell of a ride

CCCLXI: itstheendfolks

2009-03-30T21:32:00.002+08:00

its the time of the year frm most anime series come to an end. last year's fall selection was quite interesting i must say. the 1st time i was watching / archiving 9 anime series at the same time wth. of which im personal favourites would be gundam 00 and kuroshitsuji. gundam 00's heady mix of politics, strong plot, great ms battles, and twists made sure every episode was worth waiting for and definitely worth watching. altho the ending was rather predictable (personally disappointing to some extent, gundam pilots and everyone shld jus DIE to pay for all their sins and make way for a peaceful new world), the producers seems to have allowed for space for a sequel to this series. if any such sequel arises, i can only pray tt it will nt be like gundam seed destiny. gundam series shld always try to stay a 1-series-serial.

kuroshitsuji, abt a boy who sells his soul to the devil so tt he may be resurrected frm the dead, and tt devil becoming his butler/protector, certainly was another highlight. intriguing plot where the producers have done well to know when to be serious and when comical relief was due. and boy were the jokes hilarious. =) my only gripe is tt SHINSEN SUBS IS SOOOOO DAMN SLOW at subbing this series. season ended alr now only release ep14 i think (last ep is 24 that is freaking 10 wks behind schedule guys) thank god i had other great anime to keep myself occupied while waiting in vain for another episode.

ahhh well. back to searching for new anime to chase =)

CCCLX: savetheearthfolks

2009-03-29T16:42:00.002+08:00

earth hr was "successfully" concluded yesterday as downtown sg participated by turning off all exterior and unused lights in their buildings. hotels grabbed the chance by turning off their lights and offering candle lit dinners to customers in celebration of the occasion.

but was it such a celebration to start with? doesnt using candles mean more CO2 output? is the CO2 output frm a candle tt much lesser than the amt of CO2 produced when burning oil/cng/etc to generate electricity? i wonder indeed.

i certainly played a part in earth hr. by nt being at home frm 830-930pm to even use the lights. but when my father drove my family back frm dinner at abt 9pm, lo and behold. hdb districts were all pretty well lit i must say.

lets move on to the events of this afternoon. f1 newbies brawn gp dominated at the australian grand prix. ferrari faded in the last 15 laps. hamilton tyco-ly grabs 4th place. vettel crashes out when on track to claim 2nd place, so do rosberg. plenty of 1st turn drama as well.

but tts nt the point. my father was commenting tt things like f1 are promoting global warming. for a lame reason as well in a way, jus to see who is fastest.

food for thought huh.

i realise im nt making much sense with my disjointed sentences oh well

CCCLIX: contract matters

2009-03-26T22:51:00.002+08:00

contract ends next wk. gotta find a job by next wk, be it at IE or somewhere else. will exhaust all means to stay in IE 1st. today i was offered a shot at wad seems like a rather challenging temp job. middle east desk wans a temp to do market research and write reports abt the research. sounds way beyond me (i dunno a shit abt the sg market, let alone the middle east market) but i guess i'll jus try lor... probably will be more rewarding than my current job in terms of mental power exercised.. probably ideal warmup for uni as well.. report writing hmmm..

gotta work on my cv 1st. hopefully i make it. or else it'll be gdbye IE unless some other dept pops up with something. =(

CCCLVIII: updates

2009-03-22T22:17:00.000+08:00

its been a staggering 2 wks since my last post lol. so long tt i cant believe it myself. i guess its the many things tt "busied" me throughout this fortnight. hmmm.

cant really rmb wad happened 2 wks ago... i only rmb going it show on sat night with jg to get my long overdue purchase of an ext hdd... was hoping for 1TB 2.5" ext hdd to release for abt 1 yr alr... but the pressing need and affordable prices pushed me to buy one at the IT show. settled for a 500gb 2.5" ext hdd frm seagate. metallic green colour... nice =) NETS transactions was down at lvl 4 for a long time, thankfully seagate didnt set up shop at the 4th floor haha.

dad pulled me to help him shop for a new desktop on the next day, hoping to snag one at the IT show as well, as well as settled some general it purchases like printer ink, ms office and wadeva nt. after listening to his specifications, which is kinda out of this world (compact design, powerful specs, ability to downgrade to winxp, double monitor capability), only 1 model came to mind initially. hp touchsmart desktops. but after walking around funan centre (the long carpark queue at suntec put us off), another candidate came into the picture. the apple imac. in the end, the imac won. thx to the ability to customise wad kind of windows my father wants and its sleek design. and huge screen. the comparison between the 2 models was quite simple. both had similar specs. hp's advantage was a touchscreen, while imac's advantage was customisable windows and bigger scrn (24" compared to 21"). and thus the 1st ever apple computer purchase. money tt i personally would nt spend on normally. but hell its my father who decides, so as long as he's happy, tts his problem.

spent last sunday night doing the very thing mac fanatics would kill me for. installing windows on a imac and configuring the imac to run windows as default. ultimate LOL i tell you when u think abt it. the "enlightened ones" (wad mac fanatics call themselves) would kill me if they see this but hell i dun care lol.

hmmm the past wk didnt have much happening. other than spending 4/5 days on OT. monday nite had another bloomdale outing, celebrating the march babies' bdays. nothing much, jus swensons, arcade, talk, then home. friday was another breakaway frm normal work as i became caretaker for an antioxidant scan session tt was organised by my supervisor for all IE staff. due to meetings, urgent work, etc etc, im became a proxy for her at the scan as i tried to coordinate the whole crap thing such tt the employees would come when the queue is short, the external consultants would be busy almost all the time, and wadeva needs both sides had. and of course reporting any probs met to my supervisor. was sponsored by the assistant director (HR) to take a scan. THE RESULTS WAS DISASTROUS I TELL YOU. LOLOLOLOL. ok frm wad i understand. the scanner uses a laser to scan the skin of ur palm to determine the amt of carotenoids in ur skin i think. this is a measure of how adequate is ur intake of veg & fruits. the scale was 10k to 55k, where 50k is pass. mine was 11k. LOLOLOL. jg even better. outside the scale, less than 10k. LOLOLOL. the subsequent health consultation by the consultant was damn boring. all doom and gloom until i felt like saying "yea yea yea, why dun u scan urself and tell me ur result then i'll listen" thankfully no products was advertised to me. visit this site if u wanna noe more.

oh another thing is my father suddenly did a sudden U-turn and subscribed sports group for me! i dunno why but oh well, i dun mind lol. =)

contract's gonna end in like 2 wks time, but i hear im going to get a contract extension. whether its finance dept, or back at hr, as long as theres work tt i can do, im game. =)

CCCLVII: skolaships

2009-03-09T22:46:00.002+08:00

today was breakaway frm the usual work routine so i guess its worth mentioning. lol. today ie sg conducted a scholarship tea session for invited individuals, and hr was involved in it as expected. somehow we were invited to attend but i guess, me being someone who doesnt really believe in scholarships, and jg being nt really interested in the field of work, didnt attend lol. but we set up some stuff tho, like the banners and the table arrangements. on hindsight it was kinda saikang but well at least u get to look around the offices abit lol.

i think lvl 10 of bugis junction tower is sick la. damn nice. and really mean DAMN NICE. got all kinds of interesting stuff, stylish decor, a library (for businesses mainly), a "transit lounge" and even premium lounges. crazy man. tts where govt money goes lol. ah well.

didnt attend the tea session (waste of breathe on me i guess). but was involved in clearing up the food tho. HAHA. guess the reason why i didnt really bother with scholarships is 1)my results is nt THAT (double underline highlight) outstanding 2)i dun like the bond 3)im nt sure wad the future holds, today i may like this employer, in the future IT SUCKS 4)i believe i can get a job in the future if job security/availability is a concern. LOL sry for the overconfidence. but yea. if u are willing to work, work is always available, tts wad i believe.

CCLVI: success

2009-03-08T10:38:00.002+08:00

now certified in wordppt&excel =)

time to think of the next course to take

CCCLV: part 2/3

2009-03-05T21:24:00.002+08:00

ppt............... check.
excel............. check.
word.............. on the way (hopefully lol)

took my excel exam today... quite a few hiccups i must say. lol. started the exam pretty badly i think. 1st qn when i 1st read it i was like HUH??????? i rmb it was something to do with data validation for the 2nd step, and some shit tt i didnt know how to do on 1st sight. wads worse? i intended to skip it to come back later. and i FREAKING CLICKED ON THE "NEXT" BUTTON. zzzzz (there are 3 buttons u can click on. SKIP to come back later, RESET to restart the qn with all work lost, NEXT to save ur work as final ans for the qn) i was OMGOMGOMG when i saw the next qn load to my utter horror. totally wasted my 1st qn's marks zzzz. then subsequently i had to work thru some of the extremely wordy qns, esp those tt tries to explain to u in words wad they wanna achieve using functions. cos they dun wanna mention wad function to use, so they describe the effect in full, which takes a while to understand. thank god there were some qns tt were quite simple and could be done in 10s. i realised i dunno how to use the COUNTIF function!!! WTH MAN. been recommending ppl to use it at times somemore wth. the function didnt work the way i thot it shld in terms of how to structure the criteria argument... so tt qn went down the drain.

at least i now noe wad im nt too sure abt. tho i noe roughly too wad things im nt too confident in. shall make a list to remind myself to learn:

1)custom formats (im totally nt sure wad all the symbols mean thank god they didnt test a very difficult custom format in the exam)
2)sumif/s, averageif/s, countif/s, index, match, textfunctions, the list goes on.
3)macros and vba (not touched on much, maybe i'll learn abt it on my own)

dun think tts all i think. excel needs to be practised with complex situations in order for u to say u are a pro at it. currently i think im only on the basics. still a long way to go.

mcas word exam on sat. hopefully a hat trick of certs.

CCCLIV: paymatters

2009-03-01T21:26:00.002+08:00

submitted my 1st timesheet last fri. hopefully the pay would come on time. UNLIKE BOOMDALE. haiz till now still havent receive the extra $1/hr promised. damn pissed but wad to do... this job was bad business i guess. treat us like dirt and pay like dirt oso... hardly appreciated at all. i think i'll probably call tmr to ascertain wth happened. and if they dun wan to pay due to some imaginary reason (think - some insanemistakewhichihavetotallynopossibilityofcommitting) then im jus going to give up on it and bank my cheque. damn sian alr. i noe its a victory in favour of W**** but i think seriously, $133 nt really worth pursuing small claims or MOM. haiz. my 1st job taught me more abt how unscrupulous the real world is. SO GUYS. DONT BE SO NAIVE OK? not everything is flowers and roses out there. you must be on our guard at all times... esp when its nt a very reputable company ur working with... =(

1 month gone, 1 more month at IE. hopefully i can get a xfer to another dept and get a extension as a result

CCCLIII: stah wars

2009-02-26T23:24:00.002+08:00

met lx and mong for dinner today at vivo. had dinner at hongkongkimgary restaurant. yumyum. =) long time nv see lx le... cos he antisocial mah... a lot of cls outing oso nv come... turns out hes been on deans list for a few sems le.. wah lao some of my ex clsmates damn zai.. dunno whether i can be the same lol.

been rewatching star wars stuff recently. haha. rewatched all 6 movies and now starting to rewatch "star wars the clone wars" animated series which is still showing on cartoon network in the us. dead bored haha. =) rewatching the 1977-1983 movies was kind of a "LOL" session due to the cheapo special effects of the past. imagine the death star shooting a beam at the planet of naboo or something, and the whole planet jus exploding into smithereens... wth damn funny la... ok maybe u cant visualise so its nt tt funny to u.. but when i first watched it it was indeed a LOL session. the animated series is much better i feel. love animation films/series to bits haha. there are some things live action cannot achieve.

oh well, back to more star wars action. =)

CCCLII: updates

2009-02-23T23:28:00.002+08:00

i wonder if i use "updates" too often for my blogpost title. lol but sometimes, i cant be bothered with thinking of a more witty blogpost title, so... updates will do. =)

hmmm nothing much to update abt actually. lol. met sam on the mrt actually on the way home today lol. she was getting on at city hall with her fren while i was going to get off at raffles place yea, so met for 1 mrt stop? lol =) strangely she was abit surprised tt im working alr (i was in office wear) and tt i've ORDed. errrr sam didnt ziyang ORD alr? lol

other than tt i dunno wad to say. work is routine and rather relaxing at times lol. spent the weekend slping/studyingmsoffice/playing soccer. the foot tt gave me so much trouble during ns flared up again frm the forgetable ache to a fullblownpaininthefoot. seriously limped around the whole wkend after street soccer on sat. still nt sure whether i shld go to a specialist for this...

soccer was great tho. altho i didnt noe anyone but jona(as usual), at least i managed to score some goals. at least my scoring touch is still around, tho it needed quite a bit of warming up at 1st.

1st month of work at IE coming to a close. 1 more month then it'll be back to job searching again. =)

CCCLI: strangecoincidence

2009-02-18T22:50:00.003+08:00

was minding my own business throughout the entire train ride home after cls today, be it listening to music or jus staring into space. but i couldnt help but notice a few ppl keep pting in my direction. only when i turned my head to look around did i realise wad they were pting at.

the lady beside me was wearing a shirt with the same pattern as mine, with the same colour scheme - striped top with black bottom. it would be little wonder if she got the top at least frm G2000.

ERPZ =S

CCCL: microsoftcertifiedlol

2009-02-14T12:02:00.002+08:00

jus took my exam for ppt earlier in the morning.. at employment & employability institute (E2I for short, a weird and crappy name i think lol) redhill there.. and I PASSED! haha tho i dun feel like its some great achievement but ya, i passed. the qns were pretty simple i must say, tho i got some things tt they asked which i had to improvise to get the desired result. tho im nt sure whether they wanted me to do it tt way or nt. which goes to show why my results for "Creating and Formatting Slide Content" was only 69% when the others were 100%... haha oh well, ITS OVER. and they dun give u like honours or cum laude for scoring insanely high so yup. =)

1st one in the bag. 2 more to go. maybe 3 if i decide to try learning access, when i totally noe nuts abt tt software. haha.

microsoft certified application specialist - powerpoint. ACCOMPLISHED

CCCIL: wordexcelwordexcelwordppt

2009-02-12T20:09:00.003+08:00

daily schedule:
DAY ACTIVITY: work at IE
NIGHT ACTIVITY: cls on "paste blog post title here"

HELL THATS WAD IM DOING THIS WK. and tts gonna continue next wk. this is like working at bloomdale during cny period, but times infinity the mental toll... work is nt say very difficult.. jus tedious, but i think ive learnt some excel tips so its nt too bad... its the cls tt is slowly draining away my mental strength.. lol. i noe my excel skills are shitty so i cant complain there... but for word to have so many facets tt i didnt noe abt??? wads more according to the teacher some of the features tt i dun noe are actually available since some versions ago... OMG I FEEL LIKE A FROG IN A WELL.

it jus goes to show tt ive got lots to learn... and i have to learn it all within the 2 wks i finish my course... hopefully i pass the exams... including the ppt one this sat..

gonna miss justin's/lynn's/aiping's sending off tmr, thx to cls and exam on sat... jus wanna say its be nice knowing u all. go back to aust and do well k? if any of u even read my blog hahaha....

im done complaining abt w*&^%. time to take action soon.

CCCXLVIII: another 1st day

2009-02-04T21:40:00.002+08:00

nothing much to report i guess. jus data entry into excel, with some simple but brain wrecking stuff to figure out at the start. but the files are pretty interesting reads tho lol. =)

the office is damn nice la. a vastly stark contrast to boomdale. altho im still a vagabond, but at least u can use a conference rm (altho tt didnt happen today due to some interviews or sth) to do work which is still decent. no more pig sty for me lol =) the 10th floor office is damn nice la, tho it looks more like a lounge to me. ceo's office n board rm is there too if im nt wrong. will the 7th floor offices are still nt bad, and there is like a "fun" area there too. lol. a minigym, 2-3 table tennis tables, 2 foosball tables and 2 pool tables. the best part? all FREE TO USE. lol =) challenged jg to a game of pool at the end of the day. due to the VERY level surface of the table the ball behaved quite weirdly in same cases (imagine the ball after getting hit going in a slight curve before rolling into a hole -.-""""") but still ok la. haha.

i hope everyday remains like today's workload lol. but i guess this wont last in the end. esp when i become more "senior" and proficient in excel (hopefully).

CCCXLVII: workwork all over again

2009-02-03T23:57:00.000+08:00

TMR 1ST DAY.

hope it works out fine.

CCCXLVI: confirmation

2009-02-03T09:42:00.002+08:00

going down to sign contract with recruit express and collect my timesheet later. seems my fate is still bound to recruit express even after all the shit i got frm them. =S

starting work tmr. hope it'll be suitable for my lvl of com knowledge. lol. =)

GOODBYE BOOMDALE =D=D=D=)=)=)

CCCXLV: IE

2009-01-30T22:35:00.002+08:00

went for interview at ie sg today. the office was stylish i must say. in the middle of bugis junction towers, the whole place was well designed i must say haha. now u noe where govt money goes. lol =p

frm wad i hear the job seems fairly suitable for my lvl of proficiency of excel (unless they totally overestimate my excel prowess) jus some data patching of their database. in their own words, "you're nt required to have awesome excel skills" see how lor... frm the way she say the job seems quite confirm alr... jus need to work out wad exactly is my job responsibilities with the hr director or something like tt.. well its for 1 month contract, 2 months tops. and off i go again lol.

ah well. being a vagabond in the job market is nt tt bad after all. get to see all kinds of places i guess. so far a hamper company, now a govt stat board in charge of attracting investment to sg i think...

what next? haha =)

CCCXLIV: moving on

2009-01-29T17:44:00.002+08:00

been seeing a lot of bloomdale temps even after quitting last sat. even tho most are younger than me by 2 years, 1 even 4. haha.

went out with them on tues nite for sending off of chris to the army. jus as my ns journey ended, others will begin their 2 yr obligation. well my only advice to chris is take one day at a time, go learn something to prevent ur mind frm rotting (like mine) and spend less time going arcade ok? hahahaha. =) yea well. dinner at fin seafood cafe or sth and dessert at swensons marina sq. went prize stage next. i think its kinda hard to even grab a stuffed toy la... even if u lift it up, somehow it'll slip thru and drop back down... after tt arcade, house of the dead, parapara, bishi bashi and lastly daytona (crap i ended last thanks to overdrift on the 1st turn argh....) then more prize stage. then the last train home. all the time, gossiping, talking cock and dragging wendyng thru the mud over and over and over again.

today went back to office for a final look at the hellhole, and a buffet lunch in appreciation of the staff hard work. was surprised to see more ppl than expected still working there lol. but for me, ive alr officially quit so no more bullshit for me. had lunch, talked cock, set a date for our next outing to send off the aussie undergrads, took some pictures, claimed my last taxi fare (YES IM CHEAPO), and finally said gdbye to the place.

i think ive said for than enuf with regards to my 2 wks in bloomdale, i shant repeat myself again. its been great working with you guys (guys refers to everyone EXCEPT wendyng of course) a camaraderie was forged so quickly between us all such tt i think im becoming positively hasty (quote Treebeard/Fangorn frm LOTR haha) yea well as we move on with our lives, some back to uni, some to ns, and some to getting a lvl results and uni, i hope we can meet up once in a while to relive those torrid insane times spent at bloomdale. and of course, we can always drag wendyng thru the mud again and again. LOL =)

tmr going for job interview at IE singapore. hope it goes well. =) tho i heard the place doesnt really have tt many temps. i guess it'll a different kind of ball game altogether, where everyone is more senior than me.

CCCXLIII: LOLOLOLOL

2009-01-25T22:18:00.002+08:00

strong are the bonds forged thru hell and fire

had reunion lunch and dinner today at 2 places. mind cafe for lunch, swissotel merchant court for dinner. dinner was with extended family and was ex like hell, tho the quality of the food was crappy, so theres nothing much to talk abt there.

lunch was with the wacky bunch of temps at bloomdale. woke up late so came late. lol. but i guess i was nt the only one. met them at the star factory arcade in bugis junction. ai ping and amanda was like going crazy over this ghost arcade game, shrieking their hearts out haha. later alfred challenged me to some hammer game. beat him barely 76 to 74 lol. tho i think i didnt really put in my best effort. LOL hahaha. mario kart was damn LOL as well, all the comical stuff shooting around, missing hahaha.

went over to mind cafe at purvis st, the one where little ms clarity cafe is at. the food is pretty standard i guess, nothing spectacular i guess. but OH WERE THE BOARD GAMES FUN. lol. we played all kinds of board games and card games, the most memorable ones involving plenty of screaming, frantic movement and copious amts of laughter during and after the whole game. and the forfeits... some of them were plain LOL la... imagine yeow hwa "dancing like a ballerina across the rm".... HOLY SHIT... imagine justin crying out "BIG BIRD I LOVE U!!!" b4 kissing a poster with big bird on it... LOLOLOL. rarely have i laughed so much in an afternoon. =D its pretty hard to describe everything, all i can say tt it was DAMN FUN haha.

heard there'll be farewell dinner for chris (leaving to serve the nation (BULLSHIT)) and for justin, ai ping n lynn (back to aussie to continue uni). looking forward to it =) and there'll be a buffet lunch i heard at bloomdale next thurs. dunno whether can make it.

in the meantime, i'll enjoy my brief unemployment while i look for greener pastures elsewhere.

CCCXLII: BOOMdale

2009-01-23T21:31:00.003+08:00

work this wk was bittersweet, and i (and the other temps) sure had hell of a time. both gd and bad. over the course of work, you encounter all kinds of shit and interesting characters, so much tt we can laugh, talk and gossip till no end. made frens so quickly tt i cant believe the speed lol. i guess ppl who have gone thru the same shit will bond better. =)

i must say i got one of the best deals of all the temps. ppl are sorted to take phone calls, handle fax orders, data entry, etc etc, im the only one doing checking of delivery orders and cards. those handling phone calls are the most shit i think, esp with the current nightmare going on at the company. rmb the humongous 300 hamper order? it caused an avalanche of delayed deliveries, as it was delivered on monday instead of last fri, monday's orders were delayed as a result, etc etc, like a domino effect. which culminated in the experience of a lifetime yesterday.

yesterday was the most fun day at work ever, if u treat the customer complaints like music tt is. LOL from 9am to 6pm customers came in (yes TO THE OFFICE) by the droves to demand to see the boss and yelling at the us (temps) demanding to know the reason why there were delays. the best part was tt the BITCH refuses to see them. she jus walks abt looking at them like they are an eyesore and ignores them. only when they storm her office when the fun started. by then i was disturbed by THE BITCH to handle problem delivery orders instead so i was to call recipients to check addresses with them. and i was told to do it in the backroom. and i was laughing along with all the temp staff in the backrm hearing all the angry rants at the boss. TAKE THAT BITCH. LOLOLOLOLOL =D=D=D and her pathetic defenses against them. HAHAHAHAAH

all the temps were like taking cover all over the place. refusing to take calls, cos 90% of them were all complaint calls abt why nv deliver blah blah blah. so some resorted to picking up the phone and listening to dial tone, some even called each other for fun. LOLOLOLOLOL the fax department were looking at all the faxes and calling them to tell them something like this:

"Hello I'm looking for XXX. I'll like to confirm with you your order, but first i'll like to inform you tt the earliest delivery date is on the 30th due to all the undelivered hampers and delays. so if you dun mind i'll process your order. if you want to void the order, i can do it for you as well. but if you wanna look for a more efficient hamper company, you can call Noel (or something like tt nt sure, its a rival hamper company LOLOLOL). im sure they'll provide you with more efficient & timely service."

LOL i was like laughing the whole day la... we were like wrecking up the place, encouraging ppl to order elsewhere, calling each other for fun, and plain acting busy. LOLOLOL. i feel damn bad at the end of it all but ITS SOOOOO DAMN FUNNY LAH. hahahahaha.

BUT THAT IS NOT ALL.

when 5pm came the temps started to leave work, not b4 telling the perm staff ,or for the more brave ones, THE BITCH, tt today was their last day and they wont be coming anymore. ALMOST 90% of the remaining temps (some left alr b4 yesterday, as they found employment elsewhere) quit yesterday. omg man. the guy frm RJ yeow hua even said this to THE BITCH.

BITCH: "Why do you want to leave so soon?"
yeow hua: "BECAUSE YOUR COMPANY SUCKS!"

YEA MAN YEOW HUA, YOU'RE THE MAN.

when 7pm came, all tt was left was jus me and another girl jocelyn. HOLY SHIT. as to why i didnt join in the fun, i felt bad for the perm staff (most of them are nice ppl as ive said b4) leaving them in the lurch like tt, so i decided to finish all the day's tasks tt i could help with b4 leaving. checked delivery orders all the way till 11.45pm b4 finally leaving. decided to take a break today, as i would be only 1 of the 3 temps still working there, meaning IM GOING TO DIE IF I GO. will go tmr to honour my word to them tt i'll make saturday my last day. and claim my taxi fare. and to leave on gd terms at least with everyone, even with THAT BITCH. i dont believe in leaving unhappy, even after all the shit ive gone thru. at least give some notice b4 leaving "amicably"

this short (but felt hell lot longer, ive worked almost 4 weeks working hours in 2 OMG) 2 weeks has taught me many things. working at a comfortable company, with your own office, with no stress as a temp, hell i dun think you learn much. despite all the problems, i can only say i leave with a small regret. the workplace is fun, the nature of work is challenging and interesting as a result, the perm staff are nice (EXCEPT YOU KNOW WHO), theres nothing more you can ask for. but once all the temps started mass quitting, all the complaints poured in, the boss still being stubborn and nt appreciative of our hard work, you jus dun feel like staying anymore. =( i couldnt gotten a better 1st employment in a way.

back to jobhunting again i guess. =)

CCCXLI: BITCH

2009-01-18T22:18:00.002+08:00

the title says it all. as to whom it may concern, u may be able to deduce as u read on.
it definitely gotta do with work. and the people who most guys bitch abt at work are their colleagues, so its getting kinda obvious now so i guess i wont elaborate more cos im going to do so anyway as the post goes on.

ok enuf rhetoric. I JUS WANNA THANK TT BITCH FOR RUINING MY WEEK, AND PROBABLY MY NEXT 2 WEEKS STAY AT THE COMPANY. ok jus to elaborate here's some scenarios.

Scenario 1 (In her office)
Bitch: "Why do you refer to yourself as Mr Goh? Do you know tt its very rude to the customers?"
Me: "Well i just gave them my full name. I cant stop them from referring to me as Mr Goh right???"
Bitch: "I DONT CARE! I DONT WANT TO SEE YOU BEING REFERRED TO AS MR GOH!!!"

WTH?! wads her problem? its nt my fault tt im referred to as Mr Goh right??? does it make me sound like I'm the boss and she cant take it??? (whoops i guess u noe who im talking abt now, like hell i care abt you noeing who it is anyway)

Scenario 2 (In my tiny cubicle)
BG INFO: My main job nowadays is to check delivery papers and greeting cards tt go together with those papers. on tt particular day i was to check a humongous 300 hamper order together with all the regular day's stuff. i was kept being called away by her whim and fancy to keep rejecting the orders ive taken over the past few days, and keep forcing me to speak with the customers to ask them if they can pay by credit card instead. as a result, at 3pm this scenario arose.

Bitch: "So wheres the completed orders tt are ready for checking by me?"
Me: "Eh I've yet to finish any..."
Bitch: "WHAT?!?! C'MON GUYS YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN TT!! THERE ARE 2 OF YOU WORKING ON THIS JOB AND YOU TELL ME TT YOU HAVE WORKED FRM 9AM-3PM STILL COMPLETING 1 ORDER???"

i really felt like slapping her in the face at tt moment in time to wake her frm blissful slumber (ok nt tt blissful, it was a screwed up day for her as well, to my extreme joy =D =D) deep down i thought : HEY YOU KEEP GIVING ME SHIT TO DO, DISTRACTING ME FROM MY MAIN JOB AND YOU EXPECT ME TO PRODUCE THE SAME RESULTS?? WAKE UP MAN!!! ALL THESE PROBLEMS YOU BROUGHT THEM ON URSELF OK? IF U PUT MORE TRUST IN PPL, THEN I WONT HAVE ALL THIS SHIT TO DEAL WITH. AND YOU DARE TO HAVE THE CHEEK TO SAY TT YOU CAN FINISH THE 300 HAMPER ORDER IN 1/2 AN HR??? YOU DO LA, SO DAMN PRO LA, WHO WANTS TO WORK FOR THIS COMPANY ANYWAY! LITERALLY OVERWORKED AND UNDERPAID!

but of course being the nice and kind person i really am, i didnt say a thing and accepted it as if it was my fault. i'll jus take it tt she had a bad day and she was jus finding ppl to vent her anger on. which she has a tendency to do. well the reason for her anger is becos the 300 hamper order cant be delivered on that day thx to a logistics hiccup, with the gds nt being able to be delivered on time. which means, SHE'S SCREWED, cos tt order was taken by her 2 days b4 (WHO THE HELL TAKES A 300 HAMPER ORDER AND PROMISES TO DELIVER 2 DAYS LATER??? ITS YOUR OWN FAULT LA STUPID MONEY FACED BITCH) tt particular day yea so she has to face the music lor. =) =) =)

but other than tt, i feel this company is a gd place to work la. if only there was an OT multiplier and a better boss =( the perm staff are nice and the temps are well, around my age so no problem there. its a hell lot of work, but i think its a great learning exp so far. even the scoldings have taught me some stuff as well. haha. oh well, dun care her la. she can jus rot and die for all i care. as long as i get my pay and my due compensation.

chill man, chill. cant afford to get angry over this bitch

CCCXL: day 2

2009-01-13T23:53:00.002+08:00

familiarity is setting in too quick. if u ask me now wad promotions we have, i can rattle on and on about all the bullshit promos and cut throat money schemes tt the company employs to be a miser and give out as few discounts as possible. but somehow i feel its rather idiotic to be stingy abt 5% discount when the bulk of the shit u pay for in the making of it is peanuts. tts wad i think abt my boss. the perms in the company all refer to her as "she" or "the lady boss as she calls herself". lol. nt too healthy relationship between her and the rest i guess. which in a way i agree. she probably epitomises the image of a boss who bosses around.

i wonder how soon i'll be sacked for the amt of errors ive been making due to unfamiliarity with the system and flow of things but so far so gd i guess. today was the most major screw up i could have made in the 2 days. I TOTALLY FORGOT TO GIVE A CUSTOMER AN INVOICE. or shld i say i didnt noe i had to. which is a immediate DEATH sentence in the eyes of the boss, according to the perms. but the perms helped cover it up by creating evidence of there being an invoice tt the customer took with him lol. pls dun come and haunt me again for it, dear customer. at least dun hound when im still at this company. haha =P

the boss seems real desperate in trying to get more temps on board, which i kinda agree given the amt of work and the no of staff available. but the trouble is tt the amt of coms and phones available or kinda little, esp for coms. us temps have to share like 2-to-1 com or sometimes 3 to 1 which kinda slows things down sometimes. yea so i wonder how effective it would be to bring on more staff. some of them look kinda young, others older than me. hmmm i dunno. any help will be gd help at least for me. sick of reaching for the phone after taking call after call.

then there are the idiotic customers. ppl who send in orders like 80+ hampers to every tom dick or harry they know, even ppl who they dun noe so well. why its a problem? 1stly the logistics and admin nightmare. 2ndly the calling nightmare to try and confirm the order. 3rdly and the most ultimate, is when the idiot only noes the person's number and asks us to call every single undeserving idiot on the list to find out their address and try to work out a gd delivery date. HEY GO WORK OUT UR LISTS B4 COMING TO US IDIOTS. sadly i spent 60% of my day help 2 colleagues call every single person on their humongous orders, hearing all kinds of crap like "pls leave a msg after the tone" and the fanciful ring tones.

i think im becoming deaf in my left ear (the one i listen to calls with). and my left bicep aches like hell now (frm reaching out for the phone again and again and again and again and again and again and...) ARGH.

but in all the job so far is satisfying in tt ive probably learnt much more than ppl in slacker admin jobs now lol =P more practical skills than others and probably how to handle customers, to some degree now even though its only the 2nd day.

hope the rest of the wk is smooth sailing. =)

CCCXXXIX: helldale

2009-01-12T23:48:00.002+08:00

jus came back from work.

YES I JUS CAME BACK FROM WORK DUN GIVE ME THOSE OPEN GAPING MOUTHS.

ok peace. anger leads to hatred, in turn leading to the dark side of the force. alright. im nt tt angry actually at the company for the working hrs. i said yes to the qn of "can you like do OT for consecutive days, sometimes going past 10pm?". well im now wondering if i did the right choice. but based on my calculations, if i do a 5 day work week estimate (btw this job is 5.5 day ww but the OT on saturday frm wad i hear can make it a 6 day ww), it'll give me something close to 70 hours in one wk. 28 hours of OT in one wk. AT LEAST. WOOOHOOO. that rocks ya? who noes man.

actually the nature of the work is simple. the only problem is when the amt of simple work is TREMENDOUS, make no joke abt it. every single possible thing tt is customer svc related is my job, saikang tt the boss needs done is oso my job, etc etc. basically, everyone's jobs is everyone's job if u get wad tt means. i dun think u need 1wk to learn every single shit related to customer svc in this company. 3 days is more than enough. but in a way, its gd for me. crash course in customer svc lolz.

oh well. i think i better slp b4 i become a zombie too soon.

CCCXXXVIII: workwork

2009-01-10T23:23:00.002+08:00

jus a random update.

been looking for work this wk (as always) and it yielded 3 interviews. 1 for a callcentre tt paid peanuts, 1 for a weird admin job tt required music theory, 1 for a customer svc position taking orders and queries for a florist. the admin job interview was totally horrifying and amusing at the same time, due to the nature of the interview. imagine being interrogated relentlessly with questions like "how do you read this note?", "how do you play this note?", "what does this music term mean?", etc etc. OMGOMGOMG. i totally cannot take it. yes i learnt electone b4 BUT NO i nv took music theory. OUCH. ah well, tt interview was gone as soon as the qns started. the callcentre paid peanuts (and i really mean peanuts $4/hr basic with rather outrageously hard to achieve commission) thus i rejected them.

but the florist job was offered to me which i accepted. gonna start work on monday till the end of the month. have to help out with increased orders for flowers/ hampers over the cny period yup so tts why its until end jan. pay wise was $6/hr flat with no difference in OT pay. and OT will pile up as cny gets closer as the interviewer says, so it kinda sucks in tt sense. the only welfare in OT is free dinner and if beyond 10pm, free cab fare. AH WELL. better than nothing i guess. and a chance to gather some much needed exp for future job applications in feb and beyond. from wad i saw at the office, it seems like quite a stressful job, cos there were abt 15 ppl jus to take calls n orders, and all were on the phone most of the time. so i guess im in for a ride till the end of the month, with every day being either embroiled in lessons or work. oh well.

i hope i survive this month intact. haha =)

CCCXXXVII: franticend

2009-01-02T10:30:00.003+08:00

2009 is here and i had a pretty busy end to 2008 2 days ago. lunch with old hc clsmates, dinner with extended family, ns guys lan cum slpover, movie on new year's day with bro. pretty bz huh haha. =)

lunch was great cos i got to see some ppl who i guess i havent seen in at least 10 months (assuming i saw them in datuanbai08) =) arrived the 1st at 130 pm even tho the meeting time was 130 pm diaoz. slowly yanling, kezia, mong, david, pinyun and ziying appeared (in tt order haha). we found tt the queues at shokudo n sushi tei were overwhelming, so went to marina sq to try our luck, but settled on NYNY in city link mall. i admit i was quite quiet throughout the whole outing (well generally im quite quiet haha) cos im the sort who loves to hear other ppl's conversations and random gossips, and as such nt really able to offer much talk to these topics haha. everyone seems to be doing well in uni (for girls) and ns (for guys) yup. oh mong actually cried on his way to this outing (he came straight frm farewell lunch by his ns colleagues yup he ORDed on the 31st thx to VES) well gd for him haha... tts something i'll nv do for my sqn.

everyone except me mong n david (ok the girls) had to leave at 3+ so very soon it was a guys date haha. followed mong around orchard area in his search for court shoes (is tt wad they are called haha) and balking at the 3-digit/4-digit price tags. hahahahaha =) in the end, mong settled on a simple yet stunning pair. mong, the boss of the day. *;) @ mong* haha =)

then it was off to link hotel near SGH for family dinner. it was a a la carte buffet dinner, which was simply put, disappointing. most of the food was either too salty or too bland. thank god i had quite a gd lunch. haha. left at 9pm.
the night was still young when i met ns guys for lan outing. played some wc3 custom maps (dota with bots OMG) b4 leaving for avin's hse for slpover. or shld i say PES fiesta hhaha.

KO-ed in bed at 9am on new yr's day. woke up at 1pm for lunch b4 booking tix for Ip Man at 530pm. altho the cast of the show was rather unknown, after watching it i found it nt bad a show. rather reminiscent of jet li's huo yuan jia a few yrs ago. bone breaking kung fu fights and chinese nationalism against japanese oppression. real similar to huo yuan jia. there were a few moments of humour of the most memorable being:

BG info: an out-of-town kungfu exponent challenges ip man to a fight at ip man's home. everyone clears out, with his wife telling him to not break any of their home furniture. the exponent goes on to miss a few times, resulting in a few broken vases and tables. at this moment his toddler son rides his bicycle thru saying something like these few lines.

"妈妈叫你快点使出你的真功夫，不然家里所有的家具都会被砸乱了。" (hope my chinese is correct haha)

LOL =) ya... watch this film if u love action films. =)

new year new start. hope it'll be a great yr ahead. =D

CCCXXXVI: aimless

2008-12-29T23:29:00.002+08:00

spent the past 2 wks quite aimlessly. after ORD, theres totally nothing to do. too much time, too much energy. met up with frens almost every other day, but other than tt, nothing to show for all the time wasted.

its time to get to work and fulfill the promises i made to myself and my parents.

CCCXXXV: luckydraw

2008-12-28T21:36:00.004+08:00

the craziest thing happened today. i was swapping my mom's sim card with my aunt's sim card when my mom's phone rang. it was the renovation manager who was in charge of our house renovation earlier this yr. he had some quite astounding news.

WE HAD JUST WON OURSELVES A CAR.

i was like... WTH?? after all the holy s*&% and OMGs tt rang around the hse at the news, my parent n bro went down for some event to get details of wad the hell happened. there were 100.3FM DJs there too frm wad i heard. apparently the renovation project entitled us to enter into a company wide lucky draw, of which the top prize was... tada the Nissan Latio. nt bad car. and its free too. haha =) well after some initial suggestions of letting me have the old car (once i get my license), my parents decided to sell the old car so tt we dun have to pay double for parking, maintenance, etc etc while im still learning to become a proficient driver (even after getting a license it'll take a while b4 u're confident to drive alone yup). which made sense so yup. so form of rebate for renovation costs i guess. haha =)

oh well. a lifetime spent of nt giving a damn abt lucky draws suddenly looks stupid with this win. maybe praying for divine intervention gave so other benefits. lol. hope i get a job soon as a result.

for the record, i still dun believe in god. haha

CCCXXXIV: 5610xpressmusic

2008-12-26T23:36:00.000+08:00

mirror images

lol nt 1, nt 2, but 3 5610 xpressmusic phones.. hahahaha. simply love the red. hopefully the phone would be as gd as it looks. updated all 3 to v8.30. hopefully i dun get much crap as the other pioneer users. =)

oh if u are wondering why there are 3, one for me, one for mom/dad, one for an aunt. hahaha =)

CCCXXXIII: anticipation apprehension expectation

2008-12-26T17:07:00.002+08:00

anticipation
the act of anticipating

my phone is coming in a few hrs time.

expectation
the act of expecting

its gonna be my 1st 1st-hand phone im getting.

apprehension
the faculty or act of apprehending

mixed reviews amongst users, predominantly bad due to huge firmware problems. but v8.30 is supposedly much more stable then the original version.

insightful word meanings taken from dictionary.reference.com

CCCXXXII: sayingyesandmeaningit

2008-12-25T09:51:00.002+08:00

"Yes I wanna learn korean, yes I wanna learn how to fly..." etc etc

Welcome to YES MAN, the movie where Yes is the new No! or so the Terence Bundgley wadeva shit says. watched this film yest at vivo with some ns guys and i guess i'll do my review of it.

i went into the cinema being prepared for jim carrey's relentless whacked out humour, and i left without having any major comical events to rmb. i must say jim carrey has been moving more towards drama than humour in recent times, and i feel its reflected in this film, where humour does not take centrestage but acts as a complement to the film's true purpose. it is a story of a man who withdraws into his shell by saying no to everything, gatherings, his clients, his boss, etc etc. but once he attends this seminar by terence bundgley or something he vows to say yes to every single request there is. suddenly everything brightens up for him, getting promoted, close frens forgive him and ultimately finding his one true love. but the problem comes when he admits tt he has to say yes to everything, even to his lover's requests, cheapening the meaning and thought behind agreeing to those requests. it is only when his lover leaves him tt he realises tt saying yes to everything is nt tt great after all. He think b4 he agrees to something and must mean wad he says. and the rest is history.

i would say this film is a ok movie, with somewhat moving story with a tinge of gd old jim carrey in it. if you want to watch this film to laugh your heads off, i think its better to look elsewhere.

overall: 3/5

CCCXXXI: frustratingweek

2008-12-19T22:43:00.002+08:00

my 1st week of freedom. was frustrating i must say. (OH SHIT IM GONNA BITCH AGAIN PLS BEAR WITH IT) esp on the job search front. offers are few, and those i get dun seem to be yielding anything. somehow im a bit jealous of how others get their jobs so easily, while i exhaust every single method to find a job to no avail. (no offense to those who got them easier)

even the highlight of the week so far was not smooth sailing... was looking forward to getting my new hp today. after spending the past week scouting HPs tt were within my budget (basically any zero dollar phone lol, no thx to my very thrifty parents), i finally settled on the nokia 5610 xpressmusic. a great phone, great reviews, pretty gd looks and most imptly ZERO DOLLAR. only downside is slightly more than 1 yr old. singtel was having a promo for tt phone till today, was pestering my mother to go earlier later they play tricks on me, but she could only afford to spare time today. and an almost disastrous outing it was. when i went to down to amk hub hello shop, guess wad i saw...

Nokia 5610 xpressmusic.... $68 with classic/ioneplus... OMG doom was written all over the plan. alr feeling damn sian, i got SIANER when i saw tt. but i decided to check with the infodesk, in the hope for a miracle. thankfully the desk told me tt e offer is still on online, tho today was the last day. so came home, got the phone order, and i have to wait till next fri to have it delivered to me, due to the stupid 3 working day rule (so they dun work on xmas eve i guess) ahhh well. at least im gonna to get it. soon =)

made my new specs, decommissioning the pair ive wore for the last 3.5 yrs. mouldy green, scratched and broken, i guess its way past its due date, as many ppl tell me. lol. getting a pair of transitions specs, which i jus received sms tt its done. gonna get it tmr. =) but i think the design is kinda weird for me? maybe? i dunno somehow i have reservations over tt pair lol. cos i made the decision myself, without a 2nd opinion. hmmm. hope it'll turn out fine. =)

CCCXXX: comeandgetme

2008-12-17T23:34:00.002+08:00

i dunno wad to feel. i was spammed by 2 job offers today, bringing the grand total to 3. all from the same agent. the most driven of the lot i think, every single offer all frm him. even so, pay wise, it has been REAL DISAPPOINTING from him. $6.50... $6.50... $6... SIANZ... Republic poly, republic poly, AIG. in that order. 1st 2 were a bit dotdotdot cos one was customer svc, 2nd was "logistics", but the job sounded more like a school technical assistant, AV set up and stuff ya. well AIG at least is well known, and more like wad im looking for, only downside is the pay. argh. dreams of getting 7/hr is slowly evaporating.

but tough times call for tough measures i guess... no i dun care abt pay anymore. if gd employer, i jus go. esp AIG i seriously think is nt bad. if im in the finance dept or wadeva related to insurance, it'll be a plus cos its nearer to wad i may encounter in the future in my course of study. so i hope AIG will do me a favour. tho i still hope for an even better offer. haha.

goodemployersouttherepleasecomeandgetme.

CCCXXIX: nonprogress

2008-12-16T12:41:00.002+08:00

the search for a job is tough currently. with the economic downturn, a glut of talent (well jus to give u an idea, im fighting with fresh a lvl grads, ord personnel like me and the rest of the tom dick or harry's who somehow prefer temp jobs then permanent ones) and year end company vacations around the corner, the job market (for temp jobs at least) has dried up. most of the people i noe who got a job around now either have connections here and there, or jus grabbed any weird job tt comes along the way. but for me, even weird jobs arent coming my way =( 1.5 weeks of frantic searching (im practically going all out, calling, emailing resumes, visiting job agents blah blah), i guess a common army term sums the results of the search so far.

NO SOUND NO PICTURE.

nothing. zilch. zero. im like on the verge of trying other job agencies, calling every single classified ad contact, and doing every single desperate ploy there is in the book (if there is one). haiz i need for luck man.

ok time to chase another agent. =S

CCCXXVIII: plans

2008-12-12T22:58:00.002+08:00

finally reunited with my ic, its time to plan for the next few months b4 uni admission.

so far i can only think of these few things to work on.

work
learn driving
learn ms office (esp excel which i totally suck at)
work
work some more
overseas vacation with frens (if any tho nt really confirm)
work even more.

yup. pls tag if u have any better ideas tt can help me lol. my tagboard is severely underused hahahaha. =)

CCCXXVII: brink

2008-12-11T21:15:00.002+08:00

been waiting to say this for 2 yrs. but the feeling of finally being able to say it is simply... magical. ns has a way of draining every single ounce of effort tt they can drain u of, till the last moment, with 2 different recalls/activations to contend wif in the past week. but thankfully, ITS OVER. =) =) =) in 12 hrs time i would have listened to my OC's sermon & collected my pink ic. yea man. =)

oh and my heart goes to those who ord in jan-mar. jiayou jiayou you're almost there! =)

PS well managed to get my karaoke system to work liao, but the mike voice sucks =S cheapo mikes for u haha.

CCCXXVI: whirlwind

2008-12-08T22:17:00.002+08:00

loads of stuff happened in the past week. i dun think i can cover all of them or even recall all of them. so i guess i'll try my best. =)

yup got the karaoke dvd player my father was looking for. but after all the trouble of finding mikes for it and karaoke music videos, the lamest shit happened. when i popped in a K-VCD, the voice comes out fine. but when i pop in a K-DVD, no voice is relayed. DAMN IT MAN. real frustrating u noe. will try to get the philips technician to come in the coming week.

yea... been having loads of dinners recently with frens. mostly wif ns guys. had 2 dinners with them on wkdays alr in 2 consecutive weeks. heard there's more to come this wk. went out with minhao, mong, chengrong & yunwei on sat. after the stupid technical recall. THANKS ARH, going to ORD STILL GOT RECALL. zzzzz. ya and minloong went to get mc for it, leaving only me, avin n hl to fend for ourselves. diaoz. anyway back to topic. ate at pizza hut suntec. ordered this curry zazzle baked rice or something like tt and shared a xmas pizza with the rest. the pizza was great, but the baked rice a bit sian haha. yupz anywayz. its been like ages since i last saw them, no thx to "well-timed" duties. grrrr. missed 2 consecutive outings i think. so i didnt get to see some rarely seen clsmates of old, like xinhui, brian n yiling. argh. anyway we talked like 4eva at pizza hut b4 going on a walkabout. oh ya chengrong's status is "its complicated" now. lol =) i dun think i'll post anymore details here hahahahahaha. hmmm yunwei left at abt 5pm to go for some family dinner while we went to the coffee club at raffles city sc. mong surprisingly was hungry alr lol. so he ordered some chicken dish while i ordered some strawberry chocolate blend. ya. real sinful cos the amt of choco was like sky high haha. hmmmm after a another round of LIVELY discussion, we left for home at abt 7.

gonna ORD this coming friday! woot. i thought this day would nv come 2 yrs ago, but i guess its here alr! got loads of plans for the break b4 uni so hopefully i get to achieve all of them. =)

CCCXXV: household changes

2008-12-01T21:52:00.002+08:00

bro n mom's back frm perth for the hols, at least for my bro. mom's done with her mba prog at uwa so tts tt. bro still has 4 more yrs to go. so somehow i'll graduate earlier then him. lol.

spent the weekend hunting for a new tv for the living room. the one i have is abt 5 yrs old and some pixel discolourations or something like tt yup. settled on a 47" hdtv yup. nt bad price considering tt it came with another lcd tv n dvd micro theatre. heh.

gonna look for a dvd player with karaoke function. no more kbox for me! hopefully haha. =)

CCCXXIV: fresh look

2008-11-29T21:38:00.003+08:00

ok its finally done. thx to assistance frm jg as usual. hahaha thx man.

did most of the customisation myself, jg ironing out some creases for me. yup. and dancingsheep doing most of the work with the skin. kudos to u guys man.

ok looks a bit girly maybe? but ok la, simple and fresh to me. =)
hope u all like it.

to cow: on last check it was nt really css compliant, but nt so sure abt html4.0 lol =P

CCCXXIII: dream on dude

2008-11-27T21:24:00.002+08:00

techwishlist:
1)new pc (replacing my 5 yr old p4 with HT tech com)
2)new laptop (nt some junk 7-month-old-going-1.5-yr-old-when-i-start-uni laptop my father bought for me)
3)new ext hdd (hobby hazard frm keeping too much stuff)
4)network attached storage (for the bittorrent freak within me)
5)new hp (NO MORE NO-CAMERA HANDPHONES FOR ME!)
6)erm mp3 player?

hmmm practically a tech overhaul.

DREAM ON LAH.

CCCXXII: random topics continued

2008-11-26T22:45:00.002+08:00

topic1:
gundam00. one of the most intriguing anime series ive watched so far. the only more intriguing one i think is code geass. the heady mix of politics, mobile weapon battles, love it! =)

topic2:
anime fillers. the most irritating things on earth. ok in the anime world. when the anime catches up with the manga, poof! anime fillers come in. wth man. if theres nothing left to show, jus cut the series for a season break man IDIOTS! better than some shitty filler. =S

topic3:
homecoming. mom and bro are coming back on fri. mom permanently, bro for the end of semester vacation. well guess the currently very empty home will finally see some life, i hope. =)

topic4:
why is there always no topic 4? well i guess its amnesia. =S

CCCXXI: random topics

2008-11-25T19:27:00.002+08:00

topic1:
jobhunting. troublesome and hard task. need a resume. many questions. like.
what company? kind of job? do i like it? how to find? gd pay? etc etc.
another food for thought qn.
money or related to future studies?

haiz.

topic2:
music. have gone thru 3 recently released chinese albums recently and 1 english album. jay chou, jj lin and mayday. and hsm3 OST. of the 3 albums i think jay chou is the best (haha dun say i bias hor, im stating plain fact), followed by mayday and then jj lin. JJ really disappoint me la this time. but looking at recent history, i think JJ's songs are becoming one dimensional and sian. so the general trend continued this album. argh. jay chou usually has a well rounded album (altho this time the cover i think is shitty) so it gets my vote this time. mayday's albums i only started buying frm the last album so i cant really comment on history. but i think i like this one as well. tho at 1st i thought it was ok only la. yupz. ok investment.

as for hsm3 OST i think i agree with clement. haha it sounds better with the movie than when u are listening standalone. yup but even so i think its an ok OST la. i like Now or Never and some of the love ballads. yup.

topic3:
religion. ok i 1st shall declare tt im nt against religion. i shall also declare tt im a free thinker. and probably will remain so for the rest of my life.
right. been observing some trends going on in some religions. i must say i dont quite agree with the way they recruit ppl to convert to their religions. modern recruitment methods sounds rather ludicrous to me. bbqs at some random condo/park/ chalet to recruit people? electronic donations? rock style concert-cum-mass? sometimes i wonder if modern religion is abt providing moral and emotional support, or jus a simple means of expanding ur social circle, with not much regard for the thinkings behind the religion. ok i may have hit a raw nerve with tt sentence. but i ask everyone to jus think abt it. im jus asking non-free thinkers to think abt it. wad is the true reason for converting? if its a shallow reason, i think you might as well have gone for some social gathering than make such a big impt decision as converting to a religion. wad i personally feel abt religion is this. if the religion helps you find meaning in life, provide guidance and emotional support for you, good for you. i jus feel its nt right for someone to join a religion to "check out the girls" you noe tt kind of shallow stuff.

this topic reminds me of an overzealous missionary (is tt wad they're called) i encountered a long time ago. i rmb one sunday i was at home and he rang the doorbell. all i did was open my door and listened a few sentences of his preachings for me to become a marked man. he would come every sunday after tt even after i told him im nt interested until i was so pissed tt i totally ignored him when he came every sunday. haiz. in retrospect, i suspect he was JW, becos the 1st line he preached was uniquely JW. shant talk abt it here haha =)

topic4:
no more topics i think =)

CCCXX: dreamgirls

2008-11-24T14:31:00.002+08:00

following the recent screening of hsm3, i decided to check out more "movie musicals" in the past. the 2006 film of dreamgirls, starring jamie foxx, eddie murphy, beyonce and jennifer hudson, came to mind so i checked it out today.

i must say it was a great film. inspiring, emotional and deeply retro. haha. the music was great, as to be expected with powerhouse beyonce and strong vocals frm jennifer hudson. eddie murphy did very well in my opinion for his role as james thunder, a playful and lively former star, who clings on to his past glory in an age where his music is no longer popular. i guess jennifer hudson fully deserved her oscar given her awesome performance overall. =)

watch it if you like great retro music. =)

CCCXIX: updates

2008-11-17T12:03:00.002+08:00

been spending some time recently trying to configure my new blogskin but i think it doesnt really work tt well... yet. will need some help frm the pros, so it'll be a while b4 my blogskin will be rdy. been eyeing it for a long time, jus tt i didnt really sit down to configure it. if u guys want a preview, here it is.

well nothing much else happened frm last post till now. jus living day by day, counting down slowly. yupz.

24 days more

CCCXVIII: ORD

2008-10-31T13:20:00.003+08:00

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Obsessive_Retardation_Disease

1st spotted this article in the qmo office. but the one they have in the office was more "genuine" looking. complete with SAF Medical Corps emblem, really looking like a medical directive. but on closer inspection... lol =D

enjoy!

CCCXVII: highschoolmusicalthree

2008-10-29T23:09:00.005+08:00

after all the negative talk, finally something more pleasant to talk abt.

high school musical 3!

went to jp to watch high school musical 3 with some camp frens while on the way home. being a noob at this franchise of films, i was kinda apprehensive abt watching this film, esp with mixed reviews from various ppl. generally ppl say high school musical 1 was the best, followed by 2, and 3 was the crappiest.

or so they say.

it was potentially the nicest film ive watched this yr so far. =) maybe WALL-E could rival tt spot for me, but i thoroughly enjoyed the film. with no past exp to compare with, i watched this film with an open mind with no preconceptions.

and boy was it a blast. =D

i have to admit, in the initial part of the film, i felt the film was quite lame. troy and gabriella, main chars in the film, would burst out in song at certain pts in the film, after a period of conversation, making it quite awkward to me. esp when the initial few songs in the movie were, at most, avg for me. but as the movie progressed, the undeniable charm of this musical slowly shone through, with the characters being put through mental stress of having to choose between their or others expectations. this struck a chord with me, as in the nt too distant past, i was like them. which uni to go? local or overseas (ok for them is local state or foreign state, bearing in mind US is much bigger than sg)? wad course? etc etc. with the added burden of BGRs, expectations frm close buddies and parents, it was indeed a tough decision for the chars to make. this familiarity helped me relate with the chars, and as such, empathise with them.

the continuous path of self exploration throughout the film was made much more dramatic and emotional with the dance choreography and accompanying music, with emotional songs like "Just Wanna Be With you" and "Walk Away" showcasing the deep feelings troy and gabriella had for one another, and playful songs like "The Boys are Back" reminding us that hey, we used to be children once. =) the choreo was lively, relevant and a joy to watch.

high school music 3: senior year bundles all the thoughts of how most high school students think abt as they move on to the next phase of their lives accurately and effectively. with chars deeply grounded in reality, it has helped the audience relate to them, and as such draws them into this wondrous musical, giving everyone an emotion rollercoaster ride. the soundtrack effectively adds another dimension to this multi faceted film. a touch of comic relief didnt hurt as well. realistic story, awesome choreography, great music, what more can a musical ask for?

verdict: ♦♦♦♦◊
remarks: must watch =)

considering getting the soundtrack, but with so many of my favourite bands/singers releasing albums recently, im kinda tight on cash. lol. well i'll see.

CCCXVI: xray

2008-10-23T17:37:00.001+08:00

went mmi for the xray today. pretty quick procedure.

from what i see, there may be a hairline fracture. but im no doctor. so i shall carry on the investigation next week.

CCCXV: shame

2008-10-23T00:20:00.004+08:00

was thinking abt a qn posed to me while on the train on the way home.

"do you feel any shame in skipping the whole deployment?"

to the unknowning, i shall give the background. recently due to reasons unknown to me, my right foot has been hurting a lot. it has been a problem tt has been bugging me for a long time, jus tt i chose nt to highlight it to anyone cos its nt really tt serious. a minor ache usually when i walk. but recently it got really bad, giving me cause of concern. walking was still bearable, but running would be a real pain. on consultation with my oc, he told me to check it out. which i did recently over the past month.

some ppl have been complaining abt the perfect timing of this injury. with ippt still to clear, ord looming and with a deployment to complete, it seemed too well timed to some.

so i have this to say to those who think im "keng-ing"

it is GENUINE. im nt like certain ppl who purposely dig up past injuries and say tt it is still bothering them when they are perfectly fine. im nt someone who will report sick for the sake of "oh i dun feel like going for deployment/ippt". yes i admit tt these things are irritating, but i wont avoid it if i had to go.

to those who went to do their bit for the deployment, kudos to you. you fully deserve ur offs awarded after the exercise. to the ppl who qn my integrity, i have alr given my 2 cents worth. to the person who posed the above qn, you dont have any right to qn whether i have any shame. you dont have any in the 1st place. if you doubt any further, this i assure you. if i am awarded offs for this exercise, which i only helped out a little in the prep stage, i will definitely decline the reward. i feel i have not done anything to deserve those offs. as for me, i hope the xray im going for today at 9 am will give me some ans.

haiz. the greatest invention the saf medical corps could come up with is an instrument to measure pain. tt would separate the kengsters from the sick.

CCCXIV: capricorn

2008-10-18T00:12:00.002+08:00

after waiting like crazy for the album to come out despite the shop assistant constantly saying "oh it'll be out next week", i FINALLY got my hands on jay chou's newest album. 魔杰座

1st impressions of this album, which i have had the album looping ever since i reached home today, even while dota-ing, is nt really tt impressive. yes there are nice songs like 龙战骑士, 花海, 说好的幸福呢 (BEST SONG in the album in my opinion) 时光机 and 稻香, but the number of crappy, so-so or plain weird songs is appalling. i noe usually most ppl rmb albums by the nice songs present, tt doesnt mean u add songs tt are par or subpar to make up the rest of the album. =(

jay chou reverts to his usual slurring style of singing for the whole album, with most of the slow rock, r&b being the highlights of the album. the only rap/rock song tt is nice (to me) is 龙战骑士. damn catchy rock tune. haha =)

yupz now for JJ's turn to release his album. Sixology. by right on his official blog, his album releases tmr, but whether tt really happens remains to be seen. JJ vs Jay Chou, who will win this head long clash? haha well wait for me to get tt album b4 i'll give u my verdict. =)

CCCXIII: rot

2008-10-12T21:09:00.002+08:00

actually theres a post named "CCCXII: perth perspectives" but cant seem to get down to finishing it so i guess i'll jus write a simpler post in the meantime. if u wanna read it i'll tell u when its done and jus go check it out urself.

yup been in camp for 2 wks since the end of my leave off block last month. 1st wk was hell as i did guard on wed (selamat hari raya ya right) and fri. 2nd was more bearable. well i realise there's nothing much to update. lol. jus tt im going for a dental checkup to determine whether i need to pluck out my wisdom teeth (most probably yes usually) and try to get long term mc or down pes which i think the latter is nt tt possible. foot pain flaring up recently, will try to check it out.

60days and reducing

CCCXI: preflight checks

2008-09-21T09:40:00.002+08:00

so much coming over here to update my blog or facebook. lol. i was either too bz or too tired to do anything or cant be bothered haha. gonna take the 3.55 flt back to sg later so yup, my last moments in perth for this trip.

i'll elaborate later in my further posts (esp abt my excursions to various places) but basically i visited penguin island, fremantle, the pinnacles desert, went 4WD over sand dunes and went sandboarding at the same place called lancelin. when im nt on these trips i have been walking around the city centre scratching my head on wad to buy (which i decided only buy tshirts for myself haha too bad for you all cos theres nt much to buy in the 1st place lol) or jus lazing at home, playing viwawa (www.viwawa.com) haha. other than tt, it would shadowing the life of a student at university of western australia, going out with my family for meals at various student haunts. yupz tt basically sums up my trip in perth i guess. =)

i realise tt my chatterbox is dead. oh well. time to change to a chatterbox with no time limit i guess. haha =)

yupz back to viwawa and cya all back in sg. LOL =D

CCCX: taking off

2008-09-12T23:25:00.002+08:00

taking a flt to perth in abt 9 hrs time... 1st time flying alone so i hope it'll be ok. i maybe updating this blog or my facebook while over there so i guess its only a temp info blackout frm me. =)

hope it'll be fun. cya on the other side =)

CCCIX: desperation

2008-09-11T01:15:00.002+08:00

jus did a real mean thing to get into my home jus now which i dun really dare tell my dad. tho i thought it was real smart tho =) haha.

reached home at 12am to realise tt my keys frm my keychain had broken off the keychain leaving a sad stump behind. which is like WHAT THE HELL???!!! haiz. tried all kinds of things frm calling the hse phone, calling my dad's hp, to ringing the doorbell till maybe the dead awakens. but apparently my dad remained oblivious to his son's desperate plight. i considered going to the macs nearby to spend the night till abt 7 am when my dad starts work but i guess tt would be too long so i decided to try a last desperate attempt to get into my home.

i cut the mains.

out of sheer desperation i cut the mains, in the hope tt when my father realises how hot his room was, he might wake up and realise a blackout and open the door to check things out.

and boy did it work spectacularly.

i spent 30mins calling and ringing the bell to no avail. it took only 5 mins for my dad to respond to the blackout. =)

sry dad =S

CCCVIII: maf2008

2008-09-07T00:32:00.002+08:00

jus came back frm maf08. going for guard duty today in a few hrs time but jus had to post abt maf, THE major event in the hc alumni calendar.

some last min stuff prevented me frm having dinner with some of my clsmates, so sry guys! arrived at approx 7pm at hc 7b cls bench. the cls bench arrangement now sux, totally cluttered and no space for chapteh matches anymore =( some clsmates were playing heart atk. they were sure having loads of fun judging by the amt of noise they were making haha. this yrs light up was kinda plain, jus some fish pattern i think and the centrepiece was traditional. the fountain was well done this yr tho, incorporating some unique laser lighting, similar to sentosa's musical fountain. pretty cool. the fireball had an interesting twist as well this yr. they made the cloud pattern burn in blue flame which was an interesting change i think. probably using some other fuel other than traditional kerosene.

it rained b4 the start of mass dance n song session so it was moved to the hall instead. the songs were great as usual, tho mass dance was kinda.... hahaha u get wad i mean. i dun mind dancing if i had a partner but i guess nobody's tt enthu nowadays abt mass dance haha. which reminds of me of the sighting of a man probably in his 40s dancing with probably his wife. WOW. probably 1st gen hwachongian haha.

ORD is coming! 97 more days to go =D next wk will be on leave frm 13to21 to visit my other half of the farmily in perth. 1st time flying alone tho hahahaha. hope tt it'll be interesting =D

CCCVII: august picks

2008-08-21T22:41:00.003+08:00

been bz with all sorts of stuff so i'll take this rare chance to update this dying blog.

spent some time trying to get info for the proposal for the flt outing im co-organising with yc. or more like taking orders to go various places to find out prices, info, blah blah blah. apparently the proposal as of last friday is tt we go prawn fishing for a while b4 going for seafood dinner. which is OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG for me. due to my ultra unique diet. oh well who gives a damn. i guess the others will have more to eat then thx to me. yupz. after all the hoohah abt submitting the proposal it seems to have died down. or yc has decided to take things into his own hands and finish all the preps for next fri. oh well if tt is the case thank god. ive nv heard of ppl organising an outing to celebrate their own bday so i guess i shldnt be called into action. hahaha =) ok nt tt i wanna slack thru the whole planning and execution process, but hey, im suay enuf to be arrowed, dun need to punish me double for me to work too hard for my own bday celebration right?? lol ok im sry for the flawed logic.

these 2 wks of relaxation at home is doing wonders. i didnt have to take a single day of leave to chain the offs together thank god. its a long story as to why i have this luxury but i can only tell you tt it is well deserved rest =P

yupz it seems maf will be on 6 sep (according to facebook grps) so i hope everyone will attend! sry for missing the past 2 outings but hey, someone has to guard our skies right? =p

in 1 hr time it'll be 113 days to ORD! less than 4 months =) =) =) PLS LET THE TIME FLLLLYYYYYYY! =D

CCCVI: bday activities

2008-08-03T20:57:00.002+08:00

watched the dark knight yesterday. nt bad movie la overall, the joker's performance was great, oscar deserving i think. you all shld watch it if u have the time.

today went for a karaoke marathon frm 130pm to 6pm at topone karaoke with ho lun, avin and weslie. sing until no more songs to sing. lol. then dinner at nydc bugis junction. the mudpie was pretty gd, but each piece costs $11 excluding ++. very ex man.

to those tt wished me happy bday, thanks. to those who paid the bill today, thank you very much =)

CCCV: 20

2008-08-02T12:04:00.001+08:00

20 yrs.

happy bday to me. =)

CCCIV: parades parades

2008-07-28T20:30:00.002+08:00

after 2 "relaxed" weeks on 2 different parades - 163SQN COC & ADOC COC - the time to relax has come. duty, off, duty, off. =) which will keep me out of camp for abt 1 month plus if everything goes to plan. tho i still pray for offs being given for the 163 coc, im happy tt cmdr adoc gave us 2 days off for all our efforts. quite a gd deal =)

it seems tt i have quite a diverse network of friends frm the past to the present. met nichola at chong pang camp while on coc parade there. shes the reserve emcee i think for the parade haha. currently attached to cab i think. xia la sch hols oso have to come back for attachments. tts wad u get for signing on a scholarship i guess. i think potential colonel (at least) in the future, if she stays on all the way. =)

august is coming! a month of relaxation hopefully after such a hectic month. got off but cannot clear thx to parade rehearsals. so its payback next month =) 1 week can have the whole week off LOL =) yes OFF not LEAVE. =) =)

138 days =)

CCCIII: facade

2008-07-18T21:03:00.000+08:00

quotable quotes frm cwo (in army known as rsm):

"I'm very impressed by..."
"Work hard."
"Give your 101%"
"I rarely make mistakes. The chance of me making mistakes is 99.9%"
"Be focused"
"Dont look at me. If you want my photo i'll give you one later"
etc.

dont forget to permutate the above.

sheesh go learn some new vocab man.

CCCII: tired

2008-07-14T13:19:00.001+08:00

while you all were having fun at the cls outing, i was guarding the skies of sg.

what an honourable sacriface.

NOT.

I WANNA ORD! =)

152 days

CCCI: endure, guys endure!

2008-07-08T20:32:00.002+08:00

on the duty schedule, im marked as on OFF today.

in reality, im sweating it out at tekong.

haiz. when will this shit end?

158 days