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Run [Snow Patrol]

2009-06-01T21:51:00.000+08:00

RUN [Snow Patrol]

End of May.
Apology for not updating blog in May.
Busy month.
Sentosa Happenings on May Day.
Awfully Chocolate ice cream is FABULOUS.
Port Dickson in Malaysia.
Relaxing.
Nothing exciting though.
Beach is LONG.
Way long!
Passion Run 2009 at East Coast Park.
10km competitive.
51:59.91min.
Then Carl’s Junior after the run.
YUMMY!
Adidas Sundown 2009.
Ran 21km nonstop from the start.
Knees almost gave way.
Completed within 6 hours.
Awaiting for official race result.
But still, completed faster than last year’s timing of 6:33hrs.
What’s on the month of June?
I am awaiting.
Hopefully, more happenings.

LOVE ME [Collin Raye]

2009-04-28T22:45:00.000+08:00

LOVE ME [Collin Raye]

To my beloved grandma,

Thank you for being there for each and every one of us – your own children and grandchildren.

I vaguely remember we [my twin brother and I] used to rush back your place after our kindergarten session, played around and ended having to get some sense talk from you. But back then, we were too young to fully understand. And, every Friday night, we will pack our “camping” stuff and shift to your place to “camp” in front of the TV and watched the movie editions of the Japanese Godzilla and Ultraman. Eventually, we fell asleep without switching the tube off. Or if there isn’t anything on TV, you will switch on the Redifussion Radio to let us listen to sleep.

Soon enough, years have passed. I’ve grown up, but I still miss everything I’ve done when I was younger. During my army days when I was away from home, and I was back for a short break, I remember I came back and you had a shock, asking why I was so skinny and whether any parasites are growing within me. HAHA! I still remember that.

Grandma, I wish you best of health. And lastly, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Love,
Me

SUPPORT [Earth Day 2009]

2009-04-21T20:42:00.000+08:00

S.O.S. [Rihanna]

2009-04-19T22:33:00.001+08:00

S.O.S. [Rihanna]

S.O.S. Please, someone help me!

My final paper for MICR2205 General and Applied Microbiology is this coming Friday. And I am barely halfway! Someone help me! I hope I can finish typing all my notes!

Anyway, sorry for not updating for the past week; been busy with both school and work, especially when I was preparing for my Practical Examination.

EASTER EGG HUNT!
Yeah, I must really thank HUIJING, for asking me out to join my classmates for an Egg Hunt at Singapore Botanical Gardens. Though it rained and some eggs went missing thereafter, we had lots of fun. We took few photos and I shall put the nicest one up for viewing pleasure. :]

UNIQLO
Yes, I went to the first UNIQLO outlet in Singapore, at Tampines 1. I went after work on Friday despite hearing stories about being crowded and stuff. However, I managed to go into the store within 5 minutes, grabbed whatever I want and pay for it. The waiting time for the fitting room was alright, very fast. I bought 3 items for close to 100SGD. After that, my colleagues – BERNARD, YVONNE, IJAH, KEHLUH – went to this Korean BBQ restaurant for our meal. The service was a little messed, with our orders being missed and the manager gave us discount for inappropriate service. Sadly, I told them I did not want mayonnaise on my food but they added it inside. All of us were so full and tired after such a long day; we took cab home. My first time taking a cab home from an East area, because normally it will cost a bomb riding it alone.

I shall go back to mugging; otherwise I cannot finish before Thursday. Good luck to me! I wanna go clubbing!

BRING ME TO LIFE [Evanescence]

2009-04-11T10:59:00.000+08:00

BRING ME TO LIFE [Evanescence]

My weekends seem to be going to the waste chute, as I practically slept the entire day away yesterday, on a Good Friday. Can you believe it!? I couldn’t believe myself too. SIGH. Can someone bring me to life? BRING ME TO LIFE!!!!

This few weekends will be pretty much empty for me, as my lessons have ended, and preparation of exams is on the way. However, it seems like I didn’t really study for it. I need motivation!!! Perhaps I should go for more runs to complete my resolutions of running 120km in 8 weeks, which I’m 7.2km ahead of my goals. Wondering how I track my goal and my distance so far? I track my running regime with Nike+iPod. It’s a simple capsule-like device to be attached to your running shoe.

So far, with my Nike+iPod, I have completed 23 runs for a total distance of 150.27km. I cannot really believe I ran so much. HAHA! Sundown’s coming, so I guess I will have to train harder.

I need my life back!

NOBODY’S HOME [Avril Lavigne]

2009-04-09T22:20:00.000+08:00

NOBODY’S HOME [Avril Lavigne]

My parents went to Genting, Malaysia for a long weekend escapade! ARGH! *I wanna go as well!

So I’m alone at home, as of the time I’m writing my blog. A long weekend, and a lone weekend, as well. I don’t have plans; plan to go JB with my best friend is canceled, due to her overspending this month. Sigh. No plans. No plans. No plans. ARGH!

Long weekend, I think I will just go down to Wheelock Place tomorrow to get some Apple accessories and to Suntec to take a look at Braun Buffel wallets. Seriously, I need to get a new wallet; the one I’m using now – Ripcurl slim wallet – looks so unbearable now, it might just get torn any time soon. One of my cousins, LAWLI, has a Braun Buffel wallet; same goes to YVONNE, my colleague. I got to say it looks real cool, especially slim wallets. GOSH, I love slim wallets. Slim wallets give me a sense of simplicity yet functional.

I shall go online to shop; it’s having 50% off. I shall shop before Singapore government devalues the Singapore Dollar. Online shopping, here I come!

BUILT TO LAST [Melee]

2009-04-07T23:44:00.001+08:00

BUILT TO LAST [Melee]

My blog is revived!

Sorry that I have not been updating as often though; I was either extremely tied up with work AND school, or I was plain bored to even write nonsense on my blog.

Every title of my posts will be named after songs that are related to what I am going to write. For this post, my blog is going to be built to last which I hope I can maintain frequently, like what I did during my poly days [those posts from that era are deleted; nothing fanciful]. Be it rubbish or something I find it fascinating, I will want to pen it down.

How I wish I have time to take photographs, like nice photographs of place I went or things I find it real cool to take it down as a pictorial memory. Hmmm, thinking of getting an old Polaroid camera to fill my love for instant photos, but it costs pretty a bomb, around 150SGD per camera, and a cartridge of 10 films is priced around 30 bucks. *GRASPS* I shall wait for the next range of Polaroids before I decide. I think I am a vintage person, yet love the fascinating world of IT.

Facebook is something I love lately, with [almost] real time updates from friends, and practically, chat over there. Follow the following equation and you will understand:

Friendster + MSN/Live Messenger = Facebook

However, the updates or changes they made are something unpleasant. It is still difficult to navigate around. I cannot find a lot of applications I’ve added, but I still got my Nike+iPod avatar there. Sweets!

Alright, it’s half past 11 at night, and I have to work and school tomorrow. Sigh, long day for me. LEICESTER, keep holding on!

Goodnight everybody.

bad

2009-02-28T00:29:00.000+08:00

I finally pen my very first post since I abandoned my blog [kind of]. I apologized for that.

Anyway, I had a week of bad luck, with losing my employee pass on Wednesday, water drained off from my 1.5 liter NALGENE bottle inside my bag, during my Practical Examination on Thursday, and sending my iPod Touch for servicing as the audio jack is damaged [the Service Center decided to change my iPod Touch for a brand new one, though]. One more thing, my backspace button on my laptop seems not to be working properly nowadays. SIGH!

I hope it will turn better in a way or another. On a happy note, I am going to be trained as a volunteer in 1st Asian Youth Games held during the month of June. I hope I will have lots of fun. YEAH! =]

*yawns!* I guess I will try to post something again as soon as possible. Good night.

20 week 1

2009-01-05T23:39:00.000+08:00

last!

2008-12-31T18:25:00.000+08:00

Last day of the year 2008.
What have I done this year?
What’s good about this year?
What’s bad about this year?
Any resolutions?

Hmmm. This year is finally ending, but it didn’t end much happily for me with the economic crisis. SIGH!

WHAT I HAVE DONE THIS YEAR?
This year, I worked for the entire year, with 8 days of MC, 12 full days of leave [due to examinations]. I got myself enrolled into a part time degree course in Biomedical Science in PSB Academy/ University of Western Australia. This year was a little tough for me with all the stress and workload. However, I made it through. I hope I can make it through the coming year.

I went for quite a few of sporting events, particularly the first night marathon in Singapore – adidas Sundown Marathon, which took me 6h30m to complete. I took part in my first New Balance Real Run 2008 and second Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon [5h42m, compared to 5h45m last year. Though it was like three minute improvement, it’s a good feat for me].

I bought quite a few “wives” this year as well – iPod Classic 80GB, iPod Touch 8GB [you guys must be wondering how dumb can I be, but guys are plainly like that! HAHA!], SAMSUNG Omnia 8GB, and FUJIFILM f50fd Digital Camera. Total retail prices for these gadgets cost me around 1673SGD. HAHA! That was quite a huge sum, but I love gadgets. My next targets – Apple MacBook Pro, probably Apple iPhone [of course, without contract], and my 1TB HDD [yes, your eyes ain’t wrong again; didn’t get one last IT Expo]. I got myself a new Crumpler Fux Deluxe 25L Messenger Bag which I saved for it for two months before purchasing it. I will save for a smaller Crumpler next year.

WHAT’S GOOD THIS YEAR?
I got my first Higher Distinction in school for Statistics. HAHA! I hated that module when I was still in NUS. I improved my 42.195km timing by three minutes [read above].

That’s all I guess.

WHAT’S BAD THIS YEAR?
A lot, not convenient talking and blogging about it online. I hope it will not happened again.

RESOLUTIONS?
I hope I can go gymming regularly, provided I can tolerate the boring environment. I need bigger arms, leaner abdominal region. I hope I can join both Sundown and Standard Chartered Marathons next year. Oh yah, of course, pull myself through my degree program. And, I hope I can travel overseas, be it a short trip or whatsoever.

Better me, I always hope.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, to everyone out there. =]

23!

2008-11-25T00:13:00.000+08:00

Happy birthday to myself! It’s been a very rocky year for me though. And I’ve been working in my current company for exactly a year as well. One year of working, one year of independence, and one year of hardship. I wish for a better health and a better me. Most importantly, better rapport with all my closed friends and loved ones. Through the most difficult times, they are there for me, helping and supporting me. I love you guys so very much!

DANIEL gave me this task for writing 30 things I want to do before I turn 30 years old. I will post it as soon as possible. HAHA!

COUNTDOWN!

2008-11-23T00:36:00.000+08:00

A special thanks to my dragonboat friends for the birthday dinner and the gift they gave. THANK YOU SO SO MUCH! We went to Sakura Japanese Restaurant at Orchard Road for dinner. And SIMEON put so much effort in getting the gift [which is The Body Shop’s Maca Root Face Wash and Maca Root Energetic Face Protector SPF 15] and the yummy cake [though I don’t really like cake, but this cake tastes nice]. They must have known that I don’t like to apply sun block or face protector, so they bought that for me. HAHA, thank you, guys!

I know it has been a long time since I’ve really written a post on my blog. From the last post, posted on 9th November till now, it’s exactly two weeks! GRASP! The rest of the post summarized what happened during this period:

13 November 2008 | ISABEL’S BIRTHDAY

That day, we met pretty early, around 0830hrs, for McDonald’s breakfast. We had our Molecular Biology final examination on that day. Sadly, ISABEL had to celebrate her birthday with the entire class. HAHA! I gave her a collection of CDs by her favorite idol, AYUMI HAMASAKI. I hope she likes that present.

15 November 2008 | IPPT

Yes, once again, I failed my IPPT. However, this time round, I failed only Standing Broad Jump, and I managed to pass Chin Up! YEAH! Anyway, I took it with a bunch of senior NSmen and they are pretty funny in a sense that most of them said they will walk 2.4km since they know they cannot pass the test. HAHA! But I took 10m23s to complete the run. And I left the place at nine in the morning. TIRING!

15 November 2008 | QI’S WEDDING

On that same day, my cousin got married and her weeding dinner was held at Swissotel Stamford. It was fun seeing all my cousins and the hilarious part was that only four of us sat on a table, and eventually we requested two more of our cousins to eat with us. Otherwise, the food will go to the rubbish bin as we cannot finish. That was the only wedding dinner that I managed to eat till bloated. HAHA!

18 November 2008 | KEHLUH’S BIRTHDAY

The whole QA Fuji Hunters celebrated our latest colleague, KEHLUH’s birthday on her birthday. We bought the Fruit Gateau cake from Bengawan Solo for her. I hope she liked it. Anyway, she was so shy sitting alone facing the cake and all of us were standing there singing the song to her. HAHA! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Yah that was all I can remember during that two weeks of disappearance from my blog. HAHA!

UNFOCUSED!

2008-11-09T21:33:00.001+08:00

Supposedly, I am studying, but I realized I did not bring my Lecture Notes out to the McDonald’s. SIGH! I am such an idiot. Anyway, I apologize for not updating my blog for so so long. I have been busy going to school almost every day; and preparing for my upcoming IPPT which will happen on the 15th. That day will be so darn packed, with IPPT in the morning, haircut appointment in the afternoon and wedding dinner in the evening, partying till late. ARGHH! So packed! But I like it. HAHA! I am making full use of my weekends to enjoy myself! WEE~!

I still can’t bring myself to the studying-mode. ARGGH! The paper is held on the 13th, and I don’t know what the module is all about? 4 more days to my Armageddon! ARGGH!

Alright, I shall stop blogging, in order to get myself back to the studying mode, which I doubt I will be.

Anyway, this song moved me when it was played on the latest episode of Grey’s Anatomy.

I still can’t bring myself to the studying-mode. ARGGH! The paper is held on the 13th, and I don’t know what the module is all about? 4 more days to my Armageddon! ARGGH!

Alright, I shall stop blogging, in order to get myself back to the studying mode, which I doubt I will be.

Anyway, this song moved me when it was played on the latest episode of Grey’s Anatomy.

MAMA!

2008-10-27T14:28:00.000+08:00

Happy birthday to my mum! What did I get from her? I have not gotten anything from her yet but I will give her something from her favorite shop – The Body Shop. Happy birthday, MUMMY! Love you!

Alright, an update to the results of New Balance Real Run. I am positioned 389 out of 2244 participants. YEAH! This is my first time in my entire life that I was positioned top 500 in a race. YEAH! I will participate next year again. WEE~!

Today’s also the festival of lights, Deepavali. Happy Deepavali to all my Indian friends!

This weekend was one of my happening weekends ever encountered. On Friday, after a tough war with my tests, ISABEL and I went to Plaza Singapura for a movie treat. We watched Nights in Rodanthe, which is based on the novel of the same title by NICHOLAS SPARKS. The movie was a little draggy for me; ISABEL liked it. Perhaps she liked it because it is from her favorite author. HAHA!

Then on Saturday, I went shopping with ISABEL until four in the afternoon. I bought a shirt, a skinny jeans from TOPMAN and a polo tee from RECOIL. After that, I met up with my relatives and cousins for mass walk at the Southern Ridges. It was a very long journey, six kilometers. Even though I’m a runner; imagine having kids around, and you’re the elder. You need to really take very good care on them. ARGH! It’s a killer. But it’s fun, walking and talking with cousins. I just find someone just drifted away from us. Sad to say though. I shall not talk much about it.

My Saturday didn’t just end like that. I met up with my very close friend of mine, JUNWEI, for a night’s out. We went clubbing! We partied till four in the morning. It was so fun, though there ain’t a huge crowd. SAD!

On Sunday, it’s back to my US drama marathon. All the latest episodes of my favorite dramas. WEE~!

real!

2008-10-20T22:22:00.001+08:00

It took me 1hr28min [tentative results only; final results will be out soon] to finish 15km of route with a mudslinging [which I don’t think so; my running shoes weren’t even covered with mud?!?] trail. I told myself I must finish it within 1hr30min, and I did it. The last stretch was tough, with the blazing morning sun on top of me. ARGGH! It made me stopped during the last km, just before the entrance of Changi Exhibition Center. Then I was sprinting towards the finish line once I had regained my energy.

ARGGH! I’m so tired.

UPDATE!

2008-10-14T22:03:00.000+08:00

I know; it’s been a long time since I’ve updated my blog. Sorry! What have I been up to? I went to a lot of functions, like my cousin’s baby’s 1 year old birthday party, another cousin’s baby’s full month dinner, my little cousin’s I-do-not-know-how-old-she-is birthday party. HAHA, lots of party, lots of yummy food.

Then few days back, my cousins and I were having such a great conversation when we noticed from JACKY’s new iPhone 3G, that we had old pictures that he possessed all these while. ARGGH! I hate to post this but I find it interesting how everyone changes over time.

Last Friday, I watched Eagle Eye [starring SHIA LABEOUF and MICHELLE MANAGHAN] with my best friend, ISABEL. It was great! Then I watched The House Bunny [starring ANNA FARIS and KATHARINE MCPHEE] and it was so hilarious, especially when ANNA FARIS wants to try to remember people’s name like some ape trying to speak human language. Oh yah, and when she was trying to impersonate MARILYN MONROE on top of a manhole [she said: “Oooh! I like the word ‘MANHOLE’!].

EXHILARATED!

2008-10-05T00:20:00.001+08:00

Finally, after such a long wait, iPod Touch is on my hands! [*exhilarated!] I am so happy! YEAH! WEE~! Alright, I know I am over exaggerating my emotions. But I don’t care! YEAH! WEE~!

So, there will be an addition to my Wives’ Collection [can see my list on right sidebar of my blog]. I do have a lot of things to buy, including one more Crumpler bag, a 1TB hard disk drive [yes, your eyes ain’t blurred; it’s ONE Terabytes] and many more [I can’t remember, but it will be in my head somewhere].

Sigh, in few hours’ time, I will head for a dragonboat training. SIGH! Tired!

Formula!

2008-09-27T13:48:00.000+08:00

I was worried, yesterday; that it will be damn packed in City Hall Area. Indeed it was packed, but as you walked towards Suntec City or Marina Square, there ain’t a crowd. I was happily shopping with ISABEL. Finally, a weekend without the crowd. [*grins!*]

By the way, that missing crowd was so glued to the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix Marina Bay Circuit. And I, as curious as ever, took some video:

TOUCH!

2008-09-24T21:54:00.000+08:00

He stood on stage

Nervous

Thousands of pairs of eyes

Locked on him

Just him alone

He was sweating

Mama’s watching at the backstage

Mama’s praying

He started singing

With awe

Everyone stood up

Dancing with him

Swaying their hands up in the air

++++++

There is this guy, trying to meet things end for his family, sang on America’s Got Talent. His background was so touching that I cried, and the host cried. Oh gosh, his mama got abused by his dad. And now they are trying their best to feed the family. I do not know how big their family is, but I am touched by his heartwarming singing.

After chatting with GARRICK yesterday on gadgets, we have decided to get Apple’s iPod Touch. I’m getting the 8GB one. Oh my! I like the wireless networking part, which means I can surf my email account[s] everywhere I go around the island [other than those uberly secluded places]. I can even do MSN, perhaps? I am not very sure. Currently, it is out of stock, and the stock will only be arriving next week. I shall wait for it to be on our shores. Good things are meant to wait. HAHA!

++++++

A standing ovation

He took a bow

He cried

Mama cried

The host cried

He deserved this

After fighting for survival

For these few years

He truly does

Three judges

Gave their support

Bringing him closer to his dream

To be a singer

The rest of the journey

Is up to him to walk

Only he can decide what he wants

COOKIES!

2008-09-22T22:19:00.001+08:00

Thanks to IJAH, who gave me a container full of homemade chocolate chips cookies! [*grins!*] I am so delighted to receive such gift. I have not tried the cookies yet, because I am undergoing some weight loss and abdominal training at the moment, to get back to my leaner abdominal. I need a lot of time dedicated in getting that back. I hope I can get it as soon as possible.

Though I am a little tired, but I find my week is going to be a boring one, without school, and nothing else for me to do. HAHA! Never mind, I shall treat this as a week for me to exercise and letting my peeling skin regenerate. It’s really killing me.

FUN!

2008-09-21T15:47:00.000+08:00

Finally, my burden is over, for now at least. I’d just completed a module with two exams, one practical, and the other theory. It’s tough, because I squeezed all the lecture shows [it is in MPEG4 format] into three days [Monday to Wednesday] and went for the exams on both Thursday and Friday. How cool is that? A six-week module squeezed into a week. Efficient? Hmm, I doubt so. I am still as clueless when I entered the examination room. HAHA! Smart? Nope.

Since it’s over, and I’ve a week’s break, I shall play hard to compensate what I’ve lost for the past six months [though I still party hard during this period. OOPS!].

Last Saturday was my cousin’s wedding. Sigh, she’s married, and I’m single. That’s not the point. The point is she’s younger than me. Luckily, no one asked me when I am going to find a girlfriend [*shrugs*]. Rather, they keep asking why I am so skinny. ARGH, they commented so much when I was fat; now I’ve slimmed down, they commented too. Okay, it’s a good thing, natural attention attraction. I’m an AA person. HAHA! Furthermore, in the dinner, I finally get to take picture with my grandparents. I LOVE YOU, AH MA and AH GONG! I am so pleased to know that my family rocks, with wacky cousins, and lovely relatives. So blessed!

You guys must be asking why I am blogging on such a lovely day. HAHA, bored; waiting for time to come, going for movie and dinner later. YEAH! Yesterday was even more fun, with rollerblading with some of the 7 Princes – GARRICK, RODNEY, ROLAND and ADRIANN. We took some pictures, but I don’t know when I’m going to receive it from ADRIANN, but I shall wait. I sustained a little abrasion on my right hand, and bruise on my right hip. But who cares? I need to fall and injure to remember how to blade. It’s a fun sport; I hope I can master it. WEE~!

GIVE!

2008-09-11T23:47:00.000+08:00

Recently, MARIAH CAREY, BEYONCÉ KNOWLES, CARRIE UNDERWOOD, RIHANNA, MILEY CYRUS, SHERYL CROW, FERGIE, LEONA LEWIS, KEYSHIA COLE, LEANN RIMES, NATASHA BEDINGFIELD, MELISSA ETHERIDGE, MARY J. BLIGE, CIARA, and ASHANTI recorded a song – Just Stand Up! – for an organization called Stand Up to Cancer. The lyrics struck me when I was listening to it. GOSH, it can move me to tears. Way to go, Girls!

exclusivity!

2008-09-09T15:06:00.000+08:00

LOVE!

2008-09-08T20:59:00.000+08:00

I enjoyed myself during AVRIL LAVIGNE’s concert last night. It was a long wait ever since she came to Singapore almost seven years ago. I was exhilarated, but the fans, including myself and YIHUI, waited for more than an hour before she really popped out into the stage. It’s a well-deserved wait. And AVRIL knows that very clearly. Enjoy the video clips, available on YouTube:

EXERCISE!

2008-09-02T22:31:00.000+08:00

I am so tired! However, I still feel refreshed after a run and a nice warm shower. AHH~!

I’ve been running every day; just to keep myself fit, in order to partake in Standard Chartered Marathon. Yeah, I’ve gained a little experience in running marathons in my previous marathons – Standard Chartered Singapore 2007 and Sundown Marathon 2008. I really need a lot of training to make my journey worthwhile in this upcoming race.

Yah, besides that, my IPPT window has officially opened for the year. SIGH, I still cannot manage to pass chin-up and standing broad jump. Since I can’t pass, I shall book my IPPT nearer to my birthday, and go for IPPT Preparatory Training. At least I can learn how to achieve a pass in IPPT. I hope I can pass once and for all and forgo going for Remedial Training. SCARY!

This week is pretty packed for me, with school and AVRIL LAVIGNE’s concert over the weekend! It falls on Sunday; I applied a day off from work on Monday, so that I can sleep more! HAHA! I can’t wait for Sunday to come! Comon’, Sunday! Weee!

END!

2008-08-31T02:05:00.000+08:00

Today marks the end of August. I am writing this post in the wee hours of Saturday night/Sunday morning. HAHA! I went to COMEX 2008 with ISABEL today [Saturday]. She was looking for an ultra-portable laptop where she can bring it around with her, without forgoing all the necessary applications like Office, MSN, Bluetooth, and stuff. In the end, she bought this PICO brand. I have no idea what sort of brand is that. I didn’t go home empty-handed; bought a silicone case for my iPod, and a 4GB thumbdrive at a deal of 20 bucks! Good bargain! Finally, I can transfer all my files from my old laptop faster than in the past when I was still using a 1GB thumbdrive. And I had dinner with her and my good friend, DANIEL! I had a good time having dinner with both of them. It’s been a long time since I had so much fun. YEAH!

Anyway, I will blog again after my beauty sleep and my dragonboat training. Good night!

SPECTACLES-LESS!

2008-08-25T21:15:00.000+08:00

Finally, I went for a trial on wearing contact lenses. It was so discomforting to insert the lenses. GOSH! I spent most of my time in the opticians’ trying to wipe away the tears that are coming out from my eyes. HAHA! I wasn’t crying, or tearing; it’s just the discomfort that my eyes produced tears. It’s a biological effect.

Hmm, it’s a little giddy now. Perhaps it’s the same feeling whenever we tried new spectacles; I’m sure those who wear spectacles before will understand how I feel.

Monday. It’s a pretty good Monday today, with a new colleague to share my overloaded burden. FINALLY, I screamed! In my heart, that is. [Oh GOSH! I actually thought I was wearing my spectacles while typing this blog! I did the pushing-my-specs-up-a-little-action! GOSH!] She is a nice girl, pretty quiet as well. I am her mentor for now, guiding her into the job. It’s a tough job to do man, even though I’ve done this before. I hope she will stay with us for long; otherwise, I am going to be all stressful again.

It’s real giddy now. GOSH! I practically can see stars!

Weeeee~!

HANABI!

2008-08-24T19:15:00.000+08:00

Gold, red, green, orange. The common colors of pyrotechnic display. Yes, I was at Suntec yesterday to view the wonderful [and free] display of fireworks, as part of the Singapore Fireworks Celebrations this year. Despite the drizzle, there were a lot of Singaporeans [like myself and RODNEY] took by the entrance of Suntec Tower One watching the display! Those who were queuing for cabs were practically ignoring the drivers and just watch. HAHA! I find that was funny!

I want to go for the celebrations next year. I went to the ticketing website and found out that it was priced at 25SGD [excluding handling fees] per ticket. Cool price; probably will get a pair for my parents as well. The last time they watched fireworks live was during the Preview of NDP 2004. Yeah, I’ve got to remind myself to book the tickets for next year’s celebration.

I didn’t go for training today. The team is kinda segregated again. I felt that the team is like very political again. ARGGH! Why is it has to be like that? SIGH! I miss the pioneer batch, with BERNICE, TAI KEE, KHAIRY, CAREY and many others. SIGH!

Last day of the Olympics. The Closing Ceremony will be broadcasted at around 2000hrs later. Since it’s raining, I shall watch the ceremony. 16 days of competition. It’s over. YEAH! Back to normal TV! I missed the usual TV programme on Channel 5. All the American dramas! I miss them so much. I felt so empty. But anyway, it’s good to watch Olympics though, with all the actions, especially the aquatic events and table tennis. Way to go, Team Singapore!

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CONGRATS!

2008-08-17T22:06:00.000+08:00

Congratulations to Singapore’s Table Tennis Women’s Team for clinching the silver medal for our country, after a long wait of 48 years. They fought very hard throughout the entire match. I am very happy that they clinched a medal for Singapore in the Olympic Games. I came to know that there are a lot of criticisms on their nationality. To think of it, I find those who find it too ridiculous to get them to play for Singapore, as they are not truly Singapore-born citizens, why don’t you guys do the sport instead? Do you think it is easy to go that far? Just a few shots on that tiny table will do the trick? Go give it a try man, since you guys think you can play better than them and you are truly Singapore-born citizen! You guys are total idiots, whoever you are.

I totally understand how it feels to be a sportsperson in a particular sport. All the stress, the tension during races. All unspoken and unprecedented.

Games aside, I’ve a lot of things to blog about, but I am too tired from today’s dragonboat training; it was tough but interesting.

[*YAWNS!]

Yah I am too tired to continue. Once again, congratulations to Team Singapore and SHUT UP to those who don’t favor the win.

BREAK!

2008-08-11T23:16:00.000+08:00

Today marks the end of my well-deserved break. Why it has to end so fast? I didn’t get much fun! HAHA! Nah, I’m just kidding. Saturday I was having lots of fun at my younger brother’s birthday party [Hey, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!]; the cousins are as usual, bonding together. My mum wanted me to play host to the relatives, so I did. But I apologized for not attending to my uncles from my mum’s side. I was a little carried away with the cousins. It’s been such a long time since I saw them – JIE, JACKY, RENJIE, YIHUI, YISHU, YIXIANG, JERINE, etc. I felt so much at ease whenever I hang out with them. We should have such gathering as often as possible. The next one will be on the 13 September, when one of our cousins is getting hitched.

YEAH! I found someone to catch my punk-pop princess – AVRIL LAVIGNE – with me. She’s none other than my beloved YIHUI! I will book the ticket soon. YEAH! I can’t wait for that man!

Sunday, as usual, I went for my dragonboat training, and it was an experience to be a coxswain. Initially, I was like panicking that I might just get the boat in collision with other boats. But overall, it was a good experience.

Today, I went town for some shopping, alone. I find it weird to go alone, but it was pretty free and easy man. I bought a shorts from TOPMAN. Recently, I fell in love with their products; maybe because it’s 1/2-priced promotion and final clearance. HAHA! I am such a cheapo, isn’t it?

ARGH! I hate my internet connection’ it’s loading so slowly nowadays! ARGH!

It’s the end of my three-day break. SIGH! Back to work and school from tomorrow. Good luck, LEICESTER!

REVAMP!

2008-08-09T14:53:00.001+08:00

I deleted all my previous posts in this supposedly-to-be-new blog of mine. I wrote ten posts previously. I deleted it all away. Why? I have no idea. Perhaps, then, I couldn’t find my identity. Now, I decided to revamp my blog, to revive myself back.

Despite all the unhappiness, I still managed to have some fun. I went out with my dragonboat khakis, and colleagues. It was total fun in two different outings. I hope I can have some outings as often as possible; otherwise, I will be bored! HAHA!

I am coming up with my photoblog too, to post all my photos in it. Pictures speak thousand words. Do keep a lookout for it. I am learning HTML codes and Dreamweaver, so as to combine all my blogs under one look, one navigation panel. ARGGHH! It is a little difficult, but I will try my best.

By the way, HAPPY 43rd BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE!

This song I am going to post is looping in my iPod. This song reminds me of being invisible to many when I was fat [Of course, I am not a miss!].