checked

EOY EXAM... checked
Great time in SST Trg... checked
Visit to gay bar... checked (i'm now straighter than ever b4)
Grieve over results... checked
Grad week... checked
Graduation (from mil)... checked
Hate-to-say-goodbye... checked
Fly home... checked
Say hi...

HELLO EVERYONE!!!

... checked

busy busy busy

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living

somep pl may call this arrogance.

i prefer to say i'm 知足.

i strongly believe that i can make it big, real big, if i wanted to. but the fact is i wont. i'm happy with the way things are gg at this moment...(relatively) quiet, easy and carefree. it is true i may grunt a little at some imperfections in my life every now and then. well, who doesnt. grunting actually makes life more interesting. furthermore, big-life doesnt guarantee perferction. i will be slogging like a dog. wait... no, in fact, i foresee a life less than a stray dog (maybe not one in sgp, cos it wld be put to sleep).

buddha's leg

does last-minute cramming actaully work for everyone?

i was never disciplined enough to start early and study for exam. even if i did start early, my sub-concious self will some how make sure that i finish my first round of revision just before the exam.

i had one and half day to mug for my next exam on friday. this is more than enough time for revision and practise and then maybe another round of revision. well... seems like a good plan. now, the half-day has just past, but i have yet to finish one tenth of the course. instead i watched a movie (click), went out for dinner, facebooked and now, blogging. procrastination seems second nature to me.

i dont really know if i should be proud to say this: i have never done past-year papers. yes... i do read thru them sometime, but that's mostly other ppl's work. i never really have the time to start doing it myself.

what the hell am i driving at... alright, simply put it: i'm lazy.

during every exam period, my favourite pastime is cross fingers and hoping to catch the buddha's leg in time.

i so hate myself

blood boils

i almost vomitted blood just then when i uncovered my doona and saw the vacuum cleanner lying on my bed. what the hell is wrong with these ang mohs... do they know such thing called personal hygiene.

when i first arrived in aust, i was rather uncomfortable about the idea of wearing shoes into houses, especially bedrooms. fyi, most of these places are carpeted. not just those small size rugs but big carpet that cover the whole floor like what you would find in hotel. imagaine walking onto the carpet with dirty shoes in your own home... yucks.

i have 'lived on carpet' for the past three years and all i can do to keep it clean is vacuum, even if i spill coffee... yucks x2. there is such thing called carpet cleaning service but that is only done once a year. too bad if you spill shit the day after the service. you can either wait for another 364 days or show off that you are rich.

during my times here, i have seen ppl sleep with their shoes on, and sometimes boots too! if this is not enough, there are actually ppl who lay their shoes out on their bed when cleaning the wardrobe. no... this is not a typing error, we keep our shoes in our wardrobe here.

there is more... but i'm not in the mood to say more. at the moment, my blood is boiling cos one of my neighbour decided to tuck the vacuum cleaner in my bed. he thinks this is a joke.

time out 2

some photos from the annual Floriade@Canberra... i thought it would be nice for the tired eyes...

time out

i needed a rest from my mugging... so here i am on blogger.

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... ...

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i blanked out... i dont know what to post.

graffiti

omg... i am getting more and more addicted to graffiti on facebook.

it is probably the 'ah-beng' in me fighting for some personal space.


this was for BennyT


this for Merv


for QM


myself


and lastly JC


tmd... i need to focus. exam is starting next monday.

Re: Right Brain vs Left Brain

someone suggested that most ppl who have done drill b4 would see her going clockwise... that's how we would ka-blakang pusing.

it's pretty cool and yet freaky when u can see it changing direction.

...

alright i'm bored again...

Right Brain vs Left Brain

i though i was a right-minded person, considering i'm an engineering student. however, this article from Herald Sun is telling me otherwise:

THE Right Brain vs Left Brain test... do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?

If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.

Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe

RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking

a is for airborne

i have no time to blog lately due to a number of commitements.

this is one of the major ones:



one of the (compulsory) modules i took this session requires me to design and build an aircraft with a group of friends. it looks rather sloopy from the picture still cos that was a photo taken during the construction phase. when it's properly assembled, it look sth like this :





other just building it, it has to be able to fly as well. 10% of the assessment actually goes to a fly-off competition against two other groups.

tmr is the d-day--time to get this baby airborne and win sth!

fair winds.

friend worthiness

i once told my friend: 朋友是来互相利用的.

friends are those whom you would approach for help other than ur family. good friends are those that are willing to be 利用, with no clause attached, and knowing that he/she would have no problem receiving the same favour from me, if required, later on in life.

recent incident in a new club i joined has called for a redefinition:
further to a good friend, the method of 利用 shouldnt be humiliating in any form.

反效果

吃风... 吃好料... 唱KTV... get pissed... we sure had a great time in sydney over the past few days.

it was suppose to be a morale-booster. but every one seems worst off after the trip.

i'll blame it on jikok and his 'crib'.

break ends

a week of break from school comes and goes like a breeze... in a few days times, i'll be back to my hectic schedule once again.

in one week time, the airplane model has to be completed for the fly-off competition... **stress**

in two weeks time, big assignments coming up once again... **argh**

in three weeks time, choosing topic for forth year thesis... **hmmm**

in four weeks time, the final exam... **booooo**

why did the us attack iraq in 2003?

this is gay... so much reading to do for this 6000 words essay. i can proudly (?) say that the amount of academic reading that i've done this few days can qie all that i've done for the past few years. all of the sudden my life is full of names , acronyms and theories: bush, saddam, wolfwitz, powell, hans blix, NCS, UNSCOM, NSS, Bush doctrin, Pre-emptive vs Preventive, Neocons...

argh... how depressing it must have been when you are already looking forward to next weekend on a sunday.

best coa

my brain seems to be working very harder when i'm reading, much harder as compared to when i'm watching animes, tv series, etc. i have been doing quite a lot of reading recently (a break from procrastination?) and at the end of each day, it feels like i've just been through a day of intensive exams.

i take time off, every now and then, for a bit of rest. but still, i can feel my brain steaming on at full throttle. it is either still pondering over what i've just read or some random wild thoughts. many times, i find that the best way to really relax my brain is watch some shows, some no-brainer shows.

today's random...

it aint always easy to find something that interest me... especially when it comes to work. when i (appear to) find one, do i really like it from the bottom of my heart? or have i adapted myself to like it as a consolation (when all else fails)? or simply bcos it makes me looks cool? am i enjoying it bcos i really do, or bcos i'm good at it, or bcos i'm achieving something else from it?

maybe the ultimate qns to solve these is: what do i really want? to be honest, i dont really know.

i always choose a course based on what is best and most benefitial, not one that i am most happy with. maybe subconciously i've included the 'what-i-want' factor. but looking back, this factor seems to have hold very little importance.

enough randomness for now... time to get back to the best course.

somewhere over the rainbow

report and essay writing (especially) were never my cup of tea. i've tried to lessen the work load this week by starting early, like two weeks before, but the effort didnt seem to have paid off.

a report and a heavy weightage test due tmr, an essay (only 10% done) and another test this friday. am i going to find time for sleep this week. i hope the junk food i've stocked in my cabin will keep me motivated.

i've not worked this hard (in uni) and, trust me, procrastination have been kept to an all-time minimum. i've not watch bleach or naruto or 我猜 for quite a while. neither have i played my ceasar and rome total war. ouch... cant wait for this week to end.

七月初七鹊桥会

is today really chinese 情人节？

牛郎 and 织女 is definitely having their once a year meeting on the 喜鹊桥. is this the reason why it's also know as a 情人节？

joy

not surprising, i'm enjoying my course on rotary wing, particular the part on helicopter and autogyro.

"Happy Singapore Day"

that's what the aussie said to me yesterday. they called australia's national day "Australia Day", so i suppose they arent wrong from their perspective to call ours "Singapore Day".

past 2 years, my friends and i had tried catching the NPD on the internet. but the slow connection in academy resulted in futile attempts. this year, having made some friends from ANU, we finally managed to catch the parade. SSA of ANU had one of the few dedicated bandwidth, so they were able to screen the NPD live without any trouble with the connection.

just as what many would have said or notice: the parade is getting grander each year. with the parade on a floating pontoon this year, i couldnt help but wonder where the next one would be? or what interesting performances would be added to match the scale or outshine it?

i didnt catch the whole show -just bits in the middle and the finale- so maybe it wouldnt be very fair to say that i only liked the finale, with all the fireworks and singing of classical national day songs.

there were a lot of new songs in the middle bit. frankly speaking, i dont at all enjoy listening to all these new songs. i cant figure out what they were trying to convey without the help of the subtitles (or maybe bcos the sound quality was poor). they were just not catchy enough. and who are those singers? i only recognised a few... who are the rest? and what is that mascot? prawn, lobster or crab?

to me, it was quite boring well until they bring in the familiar songs like count on me, one peolpe one nation... the lecture theatre got more lively too, with many people started singing along. do the kids in primary school now still know these classics, i wonder? or are they more into the new-age type?

or maybe it's time to admit that there's a huge generation gap between us and the kids from the 90s. i havent have any friend born in the 90s yet. it would be interesting to know one.

results

sorta expected... but still a bit sad.

                 Term WAM   Overall WAM
First Year  (S1)  88.750      88.750
            (S2)  90.500      89.625
Second Year (S1)  89.222      89.480
            (S2)  88.556      89.235
Third Year  (S1)  84.714      88.463

我怎么进了一次后久一直在退啊...

i'm lovin' it

你是我心内的一首歌
任家萱 & 王力宏

你是我心内的一首歌　心间开启花一朵
你是我生命的一首歌　想念汇成一条河
点在我心内的一首歌　不要只是个过客
在我生命留下一首歌　不论结局会如何

好想问你　对我到底有没有动心
沉默太久　只会让我不小心犯错
不小心犯错

点在我心内的一首歌　不要只是个过客
在我生命留下一首歌　不论结局会如何

RTB

i hope i have done well in settling JC and his friends into sydney and their new house. really hope i could have done more, if not for the fact that i'm running low on $$ for the rest of the month. good luck and enjoy the new life!

alright... back to this fraking boring place.

few more days to results out and then school reopens. there's a lot of things i need to get done before the new semester starts:

1. clean my room - my room wasnt in the best state during the exam period. no time to study liao, where got time to do thorough cleaning. nonetheless, it was still neat with minimum cleaning. i need this min standard to keep the div staffs off my back. then i left for sydney in quite a hurry. so my room now is still in the same state as it was after exam.

2. sell my sunnies - bought quite a lot of sunnies during the May Okley sale. time to sell them away.

3. pack my notes and prep all admin for the new semester. 不要再懒惰了！

4. need to finish up my work experience report. sigh... did the attachment last summer i.e. 6 months ago, but still have not done the report. hope now you understand my procrastination power.

5. book chalet - if i remember correctly i need at least 5-6 months notice if i intend to book saf chalet from overseas. i really hope i can get the weekend slot before christmas... fingers crossed.

hope all these can keep me away from boredom

sydney in july

We (me, JC and his 2 other friends) have been staying with (another of) JC's friend ever since we arrive in sydney last saturday. Sad to say, it hasnt been very pleasant staying at this place. I've bunk-in in many living rooms, but this has been the worst. The carpet floor is terribly hard and dusty. My small little sleeping bag is useless in keeping me warm or comfy. Every morning i wake up with back-ache and sore shoulders. Sigh... it would probably have been better if i have brought my bigger and thicker sleeping bag along.

Not many ppl have managed to piss me off. If you have, BZ (naval slang for well done) to you. Well, this chick that's letting us stay at her place has done well in getting into my hate-book. Maybe I shouldnt be saying any of these considering she has provided us a shelter for the past few days. Well... maybe I really cant ta-han anymore. It's hard but I'll try to describe. Many times, our conversations ended up no where cos she would make some weird remarks, leaving me speechless. She has asked many stupid qns, qns that reflect terribly on the intelligence of a twenty-one year old. She is also a master in putting us in awkward situations. I believe JC would be in a better position to narrate ths considering he is the main victim.

Mainly bcos of her, we are all dying to move into JC's new house (this Sat). This new house is pretty huge... alike most condo in sgp. It has 2 single rooms and a master bedroom twice the size of the single. It's living room is huge too. The main attraction is the balcony with a wonderful view of a golf course.

The best part of this 'holiday' thus far was probably the company. I got to know 2 of JC's frens: Damian and Yusheng fairly quickly. Maybe bcos through 'hardship' bonds tend to grow faster. LoL.

Anyway, good times seldom last long, espeically when money is in the way. I believe I should be saying good bye soon after this weekend.

post exam

exams over
two weeks later, the results should be out. whatever it would be, i'm prepared for the worst. i'm quite disappointed with myself for the half-hearted effort not just for the past 2 weeks, but the whole semester. i've been spending more time on tv series and anime than anything. although assignments were never late, most of them were slip-slop last minute effort. haiz... yet again, i am telling myself to buck for the next semester. 不要再堕落了！

plans for the break
i have 17 days of holidays starting today, before the next semester begins on 23rd.

first up tmr, is a trip organised by the academy to USS Kitty Hawk. i remember visiting this floating beast few years ago in singapore. cant remember the exact details, but i'm sure i had. anyway, this time round would be a good opportunity to see and be impressed once again. photos to come.

then come saturday (the triple 7 day), i'll be down in sydney to meet jicong. i was suppose to help him find accommodation, but i havent been a great help. getting a temporary shelter while we hunt for a better one was not easy either. searching high and low on the internet for 2 days and spending 30+ on phone calls that end up no where was no joke. hopefully, we can find one soon.

this trip to sydney might turn out to be rather costly if i stayed for too long. by the look at it, i would most likely snuggle back into the academy once jc and his friends found a good place. otherwise, i would be a very poor man for the rest of the month.

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(edited - 1800h)

i've lost contact with jc completely.

we’re chatting on msn earlier and suddenly he just didn’t reply at all.

for the past few hours, I’ve tried msn, sms-ing and even called his mobile.

i was quite pissed off at the start, thought he play game or sth… but as time pass, it turn out to be more of a worry.

hope he’s alright.

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(edited - 2200h)

lol...he drugged himself with 2 super-panadol.

老大徒悲伤

everytime i complain about my work, it was never bcos i'm stupid.

it always narrow down to me being lazy.

at the start of each semester, i always tell myself to buck up and not repeat what i've done wrong in the previous sem.

apparently, i never learn from my mistake.

deprived

i realised i can be very chatty when i'm deprived of sleep.

another begining

a week of intense assessment is finally over.

today i decide to take a break (again) and catch up on the anime i've missed.

exam in 10 days time. i hope i'll be refreshed and energised tmr to start mugging for exam.

websites and multimedia

there are three assessments to this GE course. after completing the first two assignments, my group is sitting comfortably at 50/70, which equates to 50% of the whole course if we get ZERO for the last assignment. else if we hand in and pass the third assignment, we'll get at least a credit of 65%.

i have put in relatively more effort than the others for the first two assignments. for this last assignment, i'm not intending to and have not care much about it. i'm just gonna sit back and leave my fate to the rest of the team or whoever is doing it. it is due tmr but up to now, i have yet to see the finish product.

this is the first time ever i dont give a shit about my work. i hope it's the last time.

i hate group work... it makes me lazy.

thank god it's only a GE and wont be included in my honours results.

beat this!

after a day of ktv-ing, we were still in the mood for some more singing...

and JY decided to show me this video he chanced upon while searching for 假音 on YouTube.



omg... 他是人吗!?

break time

i'm in Sydney now. pardon me... but i think it's time to take a break.

initially purpose was to help JC with his apartment stuffs... but things arent turning out right and they way we expect. well... why not make use of the chance to relax a bit lo.

i know i got 6 more assessments due next week... but this long weekend is the best time i've got to relax before the up-coming exams.

i'm sure i'll be fully-charged to tackle anything after this ^_^

tired

... from rushing an assignment which i just handed in 5 min ago...

... slept for only 2 hours last night...

... another assignment due tmr...

... and many others...


This week:
MON - Subsonic Finite Wing Theory Assignment
TUE - Component Design Assignment
THU - Control Theory Test, Component Design Test


Next week:
TUE - Gas Turbine Assignment
WED - Engineering Material Assignment (impt!), Structural Machanics Test
FRI** - Website and Multimedia Assignment, Control Theory Assignment, Structural Lab Report

** last day before the start of no-assessment-week -- i didnt lie

Happy 45th Anniversary

5 years ago, we worked hard, with our heart and soul, and all that we asked for in return was a night of fun and memories.

today, another group of dedicated young ppl gathered for the same purpose. it's a pity i cant be there, but i'm sure it will be just as wonderful, if not better, than before.

best wishes.

busy man

contrary to popular belief, i actually do have quite a lot of work to do... assignments, tests, school events, sports...

since after the outfield (maybreak) a month ago, i had been working on a short video for this GE called Websites and Multimedia. most of the filming was already done before the break; editing was what's left to be done, which i reckon was the toughest part of the assignment. the video clip was only 7+ min long, but the amount of time and effort spent was enormous! this was especially so when i was doing such a thing for the first time. none in my team had any prior knowledge about video-making... and working by trial and error proved to be some what challenging. it took awhile, but it was completed nonetheless.

it was the lecturer's idea to put it on YouTube and here it is. please give it a good rating if you think it's good cos there might be a 'Wammies Award' at the end of the session based on the ratings. ^_^



life after the video submission wasnt any easy either. assignment after assignment, test after test. from now, there is only two weeks left to the exam and as usual lecturers like to cramp their assessments during this period of time. 6 assignments and a test to go in two weeks! who says students prefer do their homework at the last minute? sometimes, we just cant help it.

both smallville and lost have come to their season finales last week. so, i guess there should be more time to focus on homework over this weekend.

fingers crossed.

a new member to the family

my mum bought ME another pendant for my SISTER'S birthday.

sounds pretty weird to outsiders... you must be scratching your stupid head wondering why... haha.

i liked it.

room sweet room

finally back in my room... finally i can sleep comfortably on my bed!

since 4 may, i was 'deployed' outfield for 10 days on 'leadership challenge 3'--the final major military assesment on leadership... and of course my finally outfield trg ever! yes, ever!

i like camping and stuffs like that (and maybe even mountaineering... maybe, bcos i have yet to try it), but i've never include cheong sua under this category, especially when pack-marching is involved. pack-marching was one of the reasons why i'm not in the army.

ten days, i was out there in the wilderness at jervis bay, feeding on ration packs together with whatever that was on my fingers and nails (i dont wish know). i was quite suprise i havent got food poisoning. other than that, trg had been very interesting and amusing. i must say this was the most realistic trg i have yet to receive thus far.

enough of the past 10 days. it would probably bore you...

i'll try to post more the next time. having been out bush for 10 days, it takes time for me get use to normal life again ^_^

心碎了无痕

I wished I had someone to talk to.

 

I'm feeling terribly shit right now.

放飞机

got really pissed off this morning with my singaporean friends here.

i bought some pancake mix earlier this week, enough for around 5-6 ppl with 3 pancakes each. surely i cant finish it at one go on my own. therefore i made an offer to share it. we agreed to meet at 8 this morning at my division, but i waited until 0830 and no body turn up at all!

there was no miss call, no msg or anything... and up to now no one has given me any explanation or apology!

pui... is that what i get in return for being nice and friendly? well, i suppose this should be the last i'll offer anything. the code of 'i-me-myself' seems to inflict less of self-harm.

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(edited)

they apologised. i forgot one of them have access to this blog.

i'm sure i can take this down more easily after a night sleep. i may even forget about it.

but not today... there is no space for forgiveness today. the damage has been done and it still hurts.

three hundred

i like historic films... mainly because i can learn about the history without having to risk reading one, which i know i wont last the first chapter.

like many other similar films, i always wonder what it would be like to live in those times. life seems a lot simplier but still exciting in their own ways. hey, i'm not implying i'm the type that likes the blood and gore, war and killing. i'm more impressed by their sense of loyalty, code of honour and never-say-die spirit, which i think is lacking terribly in many places around me. the common practice seems to be the code of i-me-myself... you bite me, i bite you. whoever bleeds the least wins.

too much energy

yet another long break since my last post. paiseh... not that i dont wanna blog, i just dont get (enough) time to do that. (actually sometime i got a little bit of time at hand, but by the time i think of what to type, there wasnt much left -_-')

i have been keeping my life rather busy since the start of the semester, with a number of extra curriculum activities. firstly, i'm still playing in the social soccer team in which i'll have matches once a week, either thursday or saturaday.

my sundays are now devoted to sea sports down at the canberra lake. thus far, i've done kayaking (hope to get into white-water kayaking soon), in the midst of learning small dinghy sailing (just finish the basic course today), and hoping i would get into board sailing soon.

i also have rock climbing on monday and wednesday evenings.

^_^ seems pretty intense...

well, academic life seems a bit more relax now with only three labs for the whole semester (already completed one, two left). moreover, classes end really early (at 10am) on mondays and tuesdays. so i suppose i can afford to expand my commitments to other areas... and create an 'all-rounded' education for myself ;p. (i must admit, i'm sick of studying.) but, studies still come first. it is what i'm here for. i'll definitely have to put in some effort to hang on the bar i set previsouly. (suck thumb)

anyway, so this is what i've been up to thus far, and hopefully for the whole of this semester. forgive me, if i take ages to put in my next post again.

Synchronising

sorry for the lack of update.

it has been three weeks into academics and i'm still in the process of synchronising my life with this place. i moved into a building earlier this year and life has been rather different with the new neighbours and the new status known as the 'Third Years'.

last year was a hard year to get by. sometime during the 10 months spent in the academy i got lost. many times, i found myself asking myself 'what the hell am i doing here?'. i lost my aims and directions, and day after day i was merely just going through the motion, that sick bloody routine. my motivation then hit rock bottom.

the time spent back home over christmas and cny have been very fruitful and somewhat refreshing. i gained new experiences and at the same time retrieved things that i've lost along the way.

well, i'm back in that bloody routine once more, but this time i'm seeing it in a more positive light. this is my last year as a midshipman (next year, i'll be in my advanced year in which i'll be back into my own uniform and rank), and the thought of it has been very encouraging. now i felt more focused and energised, and i'm glad i'm on track again.

allow me a little more time to set my life in place. i promise there will be more updates there after ^_^

发啊！

what ever happen in 狗年 will be history in a few days.

if the year has been beautiful, good on you. if it hasnt, dont worry. you still have 猪年 to make up for it.

好的来，坏的去!

祝大家猪年行好运！

发啊！

year-end luck

an email from samsung:

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Congrats!

You have won a Sun Yan Zi CD from Samsung Fun Club for participating in FunPack Free 30days promotion in Jan 07.

Pls collect ... ...

On behalf of all @ Samsung Fun Club, we wish you a Properous New Year ahead!

Cheers!
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this is the first time i won something in a country-wide lucky draw! luck hasnt been very kind to me lately... so this is certainly a surprise!

thanks for your 眷顾. please drop by more often ^.^

倒霉的一天

i'm sure everyone has their bad days.

今天霉神对我说: 轮到你了!



(edited)

alright, i'll take back my words.

the day wasnt that bad afterall actually. light work @ office plus knock off early.

it was just the morning.

寻寻觅觅

been back and working @ TNB for quite a while... i realise the same 'annual' problem has occured: 无心工作

studying in canberra has been like living in a monastery: 四大皆空. study was the only focus.

now, too much distraction or simply desperation.

i seriously need a companion to 定性 and of course my 心 too.

finals

any one interested to watch the finals at the national stadium this wednesday?

PRICING:
Grandstand: S$15
Gallery Adult: S$7
Gallery Children: S$2

(edited)

just read the straits times and it seems that the football fever is really in the air.

super long queue for the tix siah...

The brotherhood of Irishmen

An Irishman walks into a bar in Dublin, orders three pints of Guinness and sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more.

The bartender asks him, "You know, a pint goes flat after I draw it; it would taste better if you bought one at a time."

The Irishman replies, "Well, you see, I have two brothers. One is in America, the other in Australia, and I'm here in Dublin. When we all left home, we promised that we'd drink this way to remember the days when we drank together."

The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there. The Irishman becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way: He orders three pints and drinks them in turn.

One day, he comes in and orders two pints. All the other regulars notice and fall silent. When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says, "I don't want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my condolences on your great loss."

The Irishman looks confused for a moment, then a light dawns in his eye and he laughs.

"Oh, no," he says, "my brothers are both fine. I've just quit drinking."

~~Bourbouli

30 days

每个周末来匆匆, 去也匆匆。

一个月后的今天, i'll be back in my little cabin preparing for a week of 'left-right-left', before a new school term starts.

'attack of the clone'

it was 5 past 7 and i was there, as usual, at bedok station waiting for the empty train from tanah merah to arrive. there is this guy, most likely from NUS, taking the same train as me. i've seen him many times on my way to work and he would always alight at bouna vista. (dont get this wrong... i dont aim at guys.)

today, he was in boardshorts and shirt, and a addidas sweater. it was a nice jacket, i thought... primarily white, with black and red patches on the area near the shoulders and the usual 3 strips running down the length of the sleeves.

i was at the front end of the platform, and from that distance, i thought i saw a lady, just coming up from the escalator, wearing the exact same jacket! what a coincidence! she was walking towards that guy. that guy saw her too and for a moment i thought they knew each other. even if they dont, they would have made quite an impression with each other.

as the lady closed in... oh no! not the kind of lady the guy (or i) was expecting. she was still a lady, one with very thick make-up and in her mid forties! oops... i saw the guy turn around, back facing the lady, with a 'omg' expression on his face.

in the end, he didnt get into the same train with her.

sunny weekend

i know my weekend has been great when i dont feel the blue on monday.

there was a slight rain on saturday, but i reckon it was a timely rain, cooling off the noon heat, making the rest of the afternoon refreshing and just great for my weekly skate at the east coast park. (alright, not really weekly... i planned to do it weekly, but the weather hasnt been kind.)

the weather was perfect on sunday. it was sunny and i couldnt resist going to the pool for a relax swim and some tanning. the day ended well with wenjian birthday party @ aloha chalet. (once again, since today is the actual day... HAPPY BIRTHDAY WENJIAN!) this was the second birthday party i've attended in these 2 years (xinlian's 21st was the last one), and i reckon it was wonderful. i'm not going to elaborate much... i'm afraid i'll spoil it. (sigh... i wonder how much i've missed when i left for australia 2 years ago. well... i gain sth... i have to lost some other.)

wet wet wet

the weather was pretty bad to get anything done last weekend.

rain all you can on the weekdays, i dont care.

spare the weekends... please. let them be bright and clear.

**fingers crossed**

Borat

Copyright © 2006 20th Century Fox

Sacha Baron Cohen - star of HBO’s hit comedy “Da Ali G Show,” takes his outrageous Kazakstani reporter character Borat to the big screen. In this hilariously offensive movie, Borat travels from his primitive home in Kazakhstan to the U.S. to make a documentary. On his cross-country road-trip, Borat meets real people in real situations.

 

This is a good comedy, a really funny one if you dont mind racist, sexist, and all sorts of (as stated above) offensive jokes... keep your mind open and dont take them too seriously, they are meant to be funny. i wldnt recommend it if you are the holy kind. well, if you are not and havent have a good laugh for ages, i guarantee this movie will keep you laughing for more than an hour.

looking back, i think i would have preferred sharing the cost of the DVD with a group of friends, settle down at someone's place with a big tv & good sound system and spend the night watching the comedy. i'm the type that prefer actions on the big screen, comedy and drama on the smaller ones. i wont spend 8 bucks (how much is weekend movie?) on a weekend cinema for this.

but of course if you prefer to share the joy with a large crowd, by all means go for it. dont allow me to spoil the good laugh.

(click the picture for trailer)

二十二

meeting huiying (dhs class mate) on two consecutive days was too much of a coincidence. surprise alone wont be enough to describe the feeling then. i havent seen her since we graduated from dhs which seems like ages ago. ha... it was pleasant given a chance, no... 2 chances meeting and chatting with her.

friday was another old-friends-catching-up-session. this time it was a planned dinner with boys from my JC class. there was no girl bcos the three girls that we invited were not free yesterday. next time perhaps. anyway, boys outing was never too bad. there was never lack of corny jokes and 'head-turning' laughter. at least, we dont have to worry about what's next after dinner.

‘光阴似箭、日月如梭’ never thought that i would be able to use these words on myself. 二十二年就这样过了... it hasnt been the best, but it isnt that bad after all. i'll be looking forward to another even more exciting 22 years.

one of my all-time favourite:

陶喆 - 二十二

春天是它最爱的季节
当微风随意吹乱他的头发
他并不在一身边世界的嘈杂　
只想着自己生命中的变化

还有十五分钟才午休
从早到晚没有想像中那么好过
安定的日子不一定就是幸福
忘不掉他在心里做过的梦

他今年农历三月六号刚满二十二
刚甩开课本要离开家看看这世界
却发现许多烦恼要面对

他常会想望能回到那年他一十二
只需要好好上学生活单纯没忧愁
他就像一朵蓓蕾满怀希望

秋天是忽然间就来临
青春虽然有本钱可以洒脱
一场恋爱二十二个月就结束
才知道有些感情不值得赌

九月天气还是有点热
他想公车再不来就走一走路
他开始明白等待未必有结果
一个人也能走上梦的旅途

他今年农历三月六号刚满二十二
刚甩开课本要离开家看看这世界
却发现许多烦恼要面对

他常会想望能回到那年他一十二
只需要好好上学生活单纯没忧愁
他一直满怀希望

人生偶尔会走上一条陌路
像是没有指标的地图
别让它们说你该知足
只有你知道什么是你的幸福

他常会想望能回到那年他一十二
只需要好好上学生活单纯没忧愁
他笑着想过未来
oh 它应该得到幸福
如此的简单的梦
有没有实现

untitled

it was a struggle, trying to figure out what i should put down in this first post for 2007. i'm not a superstitious person, but i thought it'll be nice to start the year well.

juices were squeezed out of my poor brain... but sadly nothing good came out of it. i'm still me, the same me few years ago. i'll try but i guess it will be a tough journey for me (someone who graduate from hokkien U before PSLE) to learn to write better.