livE Sp@N

2010-12-26T21:47:00.002+08:00

The Christmas holiday was spent baking with ZL...as she embark on baking her 2 most-wanted pastry: Pancake Cupcake & Cinammon roll!Both of which the first time we're making it...

While im rather proficient whipping up simple meals, baking is very much an unchartered grd for me until recently...well at least im beginning to know what to do now, so not tht bad..haha

The pancake cupcake is a maple & cinammon flavoured cupcake...the steps are quite direct i wld say, at least there's no need to knead the dough and stuff...juz mix everything can le..haha...turns out not bad...haha, not forgetting, zl added her signature "thousand and hundreds"...haha.and its small enough for me to eat a few at 1 go...

The cinammon roll was much tougher...as our mixer cldnt really mix the dough well, end up i had to do manually....shag. It was fun tho, looking at the processing of raising the dough....very different from those we've done b4....but it didnt came thru, as the we took it out of the oven to realise it tasted bland and too hard for a bread....it was quite bad.

Nvtheless still ate 2 of it...well, its abit lyk scones...having it with maple syrup was not bad too..haha. We're not tht sure what went wrong..certainly the incomplete recipe we got from Ikea during 1 of our trips was to blame!! We also realise the yeast we put was much more than other recipes online...

So much it caused ZL to have a stomach upset..vormit some more...poor thing. Tho we failed...its alright, it was meant to be a try-out anyway...we'll try again ya!!:)Get well soon dear...

2010-12-20T20:25:00.003+08:00

Its the time of the year again...christmas!!My fav time of the year...zl n i are also celebrating our 2nd Anniversary!!
This year celebration is more exciting...as i planned an entire day's activity, all of which are Zl's fav!Haha...well, to make up for the not-so-exciting birthday for Zl and to reward ourselves for the tough year we've had-muggin thru the days in school for our Final ExaMs, stressing for our job search, planning for our grad trip, adapting to our new phase in life with work....it sure have been a fruitful and long year we've had....its not always easy, so its also to thank zl for being with me=) First stop was Botanical Gardens, because zl has been wanting to bring Happy out for quite awhile le. i prepared breakfast comprising of Bagel, cinnamon and garlic toast, scrambled egg and bacon!! While the bread items werent that tasty, the bacon and eggs were nice...all thanks to the video tt i learnt from online. There was also meat for Happy(our guest)haha...its been a long time since we brought him out for a run(he loves it). Once again, it wasnt as relaxing with Happy...but it wasnt too bad...

Oh and Zl made great-looking rainbow cupcakes for me...specially went to stay over at her grandma's place to bake the fruit-cupcake...for some reasons i just love fruit cupcakes, tho its a cheapo food..haha..Thanks dear for all the trouble..loved it.In the afternoon, we had Zl's fav 3 tier traditional afternoon tea!! I kept the location secret throughout the train ride til we were there..haha. Its at Fullerton Hotel. We had the high tea at The Courtyard....the serve the 3 tier sandwiches, scones and desserts with a selection of teas. It wasnt a buffet style so they'll just come and ask if you would like any item to be replenished. We sat and talk and enjoyed seating in the middle of the hotel, looking at the flowing bubbles that floated all ard us(the hotel had a bubble machine right on top..it was quite magical) and listening to the pianist....it was perfect. I gave Zl her card that i prepared....=)The scones there are damn nice especially the premium jam that it was served with...it was THE best jam ever.There were salmon bagel, crab meat with baggeutte, egg mayo sandwich....desserts were not bad but not the best...

Its been a long time we had time to talk about things other than our work,away from how busy we are and how we have to plan our times...complain about life's miseries...and just merely talk abt random stuff that comes into our mind. I guess it was a really enjoyable time...after high tea, we took a short walk to One fullerton and the Fullerton Bay hotel-all very good view!!As for the night, again I kept ZL guessing on where and what we are doing...we took a bus to RWS where we watched the Circus show Voyage De La Vie!! Though it resembles First World Genting(which isnt tht spectacular) RWS is still a Happy place to be...and there were loads of people.

The show started with the performers interacting with the audience...climbing thru the seats like spiders and performing simple magic on stage...not bad a start...While it lacks a narrator which wld help us understand the underlying meaning behind..the show was pretty exciting, and there are many talented performers....tho i found it abit short for the price. Its also the first Circus that i see in SG...so im pretty satisfied...I got ZL a rose pink laptop bag which is versatile and compact for her work...and Uniqlo Heattech longjohn for her Jan trip....While I got a great looking watch from FCUK...just what i needed!Hope you had a memorable day...

2010-12-19T22:28:00.001+08:00

I need a break from Work!!!

2010-11-28T12:02:00.002+08:00

its a short weekend this week, and it only means an even more jam packed 2 days worth of activities before i head back to work...
Celebrated Dad's Bdae at Peach Garden OCC.. quite a huge place, quite shiok to be heading to a club and juz relax for a sat morning.We had Dim Sum and zl had her fav Custard baosss..which were really gd. Custard was like oozing out and taste gd as well...the rest were not bad too.
After tht we head down to visit Tubby at the vet hospital. She's old alr and not in gd shape..seeing her in such a bad condition really saddens me...coz i use to spend alot of time with her when i go to my grandma's place after sch. When i called her name, she cldnt even stand up or anything...only mustered enough strength to sit up. And as I stroked her head, and talked to her..she just looked back to me...her eyes, i thought, was teary. Haiz...Staying in the hospital is not only a lot of money, but she's pretty much living in a prison and without the family.Seeing her like tht, i really dunoe to hope she can get to go home or shld we end her suffering...I dunoe if i'll see her again, but seeing the look in her eyes...really made me felt that she really loves the family alot and she's sad to be there and like tt...Hope the best for her!!
After tht, went furniture shopping with Zl and then there's soccer with the guys...which is a blast.(as always)...gonna be another 2 weeks of stayin in!sooon soon..i'll be out!!

2010-11-24T09:01:00.004+08:00

Finally got some time to sit down and write here....
the past few weeks at training, has been alot of things...
1sly, it really took me awhile before i settled into the pace and logic of all the training..it was tough to get use to being a trainee...
2ndly, made me miss my home all tgt again....nothing beats coming hm after work...
3rdly, weekends becomes super precious...esp with zl:) n my family as well...
4thly, certainly got me fitter
5thly, busy?after all the training inside....i have to spend time over the weekend to do work as well!!darn...

so im glad to get some rest at home these 2 days thanks to my coughing...
wld luv to write more...but not today....(zl jiayou 4 ya work!happy always=))

2010-10-18T16:19:00.003+08:00

THe heat has been grossly unfriendly these days....any moment w/o the fan and im perspiring alr...arghh
Been catching the latest Season of Amazing race during my spare time recently...my all time favourite show....

And i not just because i get to see them travel to some of the most interesting and exotic places on earth, and not just cause its damn exciting especially when 2 teams are very close to each other( in fact im beginning to realise many times the producer just create a false impression tht the 2 teams are tight...10 out of 10 times the 1 in the lead gets to the end pt first...so it isnt tht close really)
The thing abt AR, is that i get to see how the relationships of each team affect how the team members react and interact with each other....as usual there is the father-son, Mom-daughter(usually wun last tht long)...the couples(interesting to see em fight over the smallest things)...the friends(who are usually the ones with great teamwork)....and once in a while gay/lesbians(whom i think are there for entertainment sake)

Its not hard to pick up lessons like "never give up" during the show...as the father(in the father-son) team showed when he suffered from heat exhaustion. Sure wasnt easy for him...but curz they didnt just give up...they kept themselves in the game...I guess often we raise the white-flag too easily, reluctant to challenge our comfort level...

And in the same episode...when the gf(frm this ah-lian/ah beng couple team) made a mistake...the guy was so pissed with her he kept scolding her and calling her names. The girl whom at first i thot was a strong ah lian, actually didnt react with vulgarities....instead she just kept apologising(like how a girl-next-door would)...surprising!!

And thru-out the challenge, he kept on with his demoralising talks...blaming her....until she suffered a slight asthma attack. Immediately he woke up and turned nice and understanding towards her...haha!! At least it shows he's just saying the nasty words out of anger...still cares abt her...

iT is these amazing twist and turn and how ppl's roles change as the game goes tht i enjoy watching the show tht much....often u only get to see how dependable ppl are in times of difficulties...

2010-10-11T23:20:00.002+08:00

Spent 32 bucks for a night with the ghosts and the undead...at the Night Safari!! It was a triple date with Jav and John and their gfs!!
It wasnt too long ago when we last went to the safari, but these time rd it was much more fun!!The wandering actors at the entrance was great, and they set the mood for us...as u can see we were rather scared taking photos with some of them...the green guy(below) obviously knew we were afraid of him...so he tried to frighten us after the shoot..leaving us scrambling away!!haha...i was scared!!(the first time tt nigth)
Some other ghost were more friendly...there was the Japanese soldier who played along with all the funny poses that we made!

We went for the animal show first, and it was rather disappointing as the animals werent cooperative...the hyena didnt wana come out, and when he did...he poo-ed infront of everyone...guess they were distracted by the endless screaming ard the safari tt night!! And i thot the attempts in making the show more related to Halloween were poor and not interesting....

THe Forest Giant trail which became the Trail of the undead was not bad...there werent tt many ghosts..but still quite shiok....the conjourned twin sisters were quite scary according to zl...on their own they dun look tht scary, but its their acting tht i think makes em eery...so kudos to the actors!!

The tram of terror was gd...even tho the ride ended being a "Spot the next ghost (before they scare u" ride...there were certain parts where they confused us with fake figurines and man-sized boards...it was quite exciting, like in the movies...
in fact, the whole trip on the tram...i was practically on my toes...looking out like a security guard for their sneak attacks!!heee....
as for the animals.....err, dun really rem seeing em!!haha...

We then queued 1hr for the Haunted House(Gui Mansion)....we waited and waited...all of us cant wait to get in the house...but when we finally reached, we rushed thru the house in less than 5 mins i think!!haha...wth....
i scared myself the moment i went in...mistaking a peice of floating clothe as a ghost!!haha..so embarassing...after tt we just went from room to room screaming at every ghost tht we see...i sorta realise if u scream they know u see em and they'll leave u alone.haha....the method was quite useful...
The house was too short an attraction to be queuing for 1 hr!!!

We didnt go back to the safari after wards coz we were quite tired and hungry...so altho we didnt see the animals much...i enjoyed the night quite alot...and surprisingly john wasnt tt scared thru out...and i thot he wld be the worst!!haha

I wld say its worth the money...for a night of gd qlty fun!!Not much really fun things u can do in SG these days!!

2010-10-03T10:39:00.002+08:00

Ever since early this year, i havent been listening to much music...and following albums and stuff....cant listen while studying, been playin non-stop for holiday and most days after work too...
Have been llistening quite abit recently tho...with Lee hom's and Nicky Lee's new albums....music works all the time when im shag...when im in need of inspiration and when i need to be alone....
One last week before i'll be heading in to OCS....kinda excited yet also a little hesitant...wondering if what my friend said is true....he told me" spent 2 yrs to get out of this shit, yet im dropping myself back into it!"....haha. I just hope im not too old for all these...
Took me 2 mths to get use to working...and now i have to come to terms with staying -in...hope it doesnt go all the way til next yr....

2010-09-25T21:23:00.005+08:00

Those were the days...me the fat boy with uncle

As we start work, we get to enjoy the days after work when there's no more HomeWork!(Tho not all the time), we enjoy the extra few bucks we get to indulge every now n then...but just like school, it becomes a large part of our lives...

In the morning, we prep for work....we travel to work, we have lunch with our colleagues, we go back to work til the evening and by the time we're back hm...not much of us is left. And the same goes on day after day...

The sudden lack of time in my life, made me realise that as much as work is important as it defines how much i earn(haha)...we should not forget our family and our loved ones...maybe its because my boss always ask me abt what the company means to me, what my job means to me...and stuff like tht.It also got me thinking abt the same for my loved ones...what they mean to mean and whether i tk em for granted...

Besides the 8-10 hrs we spend at our work place everyday(some times more for some ppl!)...hm is where we spend the next bulk of our time...and for those ppl who travel overseas for work, time for family and loved ones become even more precious...

So guess its as impt to work...as to rem the most basic part of our lives...

2010-09-22T22:58:00.004+08:00

Its interesting how birthdays evolve over the years...from the little kid that yearned his own birthday party at kindergarden, giving out pre-packed sweets (prepared by mom)...to my 21st with john at the chalet-getting dumped in the sea....
Ive reached my 25th now birthdays have become a day you would want to pamper yourself and enjoy the things u like best...And thats what i got from zl!
Coming up with her own menu and getting all the ingredients...she prepared a buffet breakfast for me. Even tho i sorta guessed it wld be at her place, didnt expect her to prepare such a spread!!haha.
We had American breakfast, Fluffy pancakes, Baggel, and Egg's Benedict...all of my very fav!!Gd thing she prepared some of the ingredients before hand, so we can still have a relaxed meal tgt. The roasted potatoes were awesome, zl also mixed her own salad dressing which altho abit sour was not bad too...loved the poached eggs and the scrambled eggs and toast too!!!yea!!

After breakfast, we watched The Backup Plan( finally after soooo long!!). Quite like the movie...thought it reflects well of the need for mutual support when the wife's going thru all the bodily changes for carrying a child!not bad!
then there was the Banana Choc mousse cake that ZL made herself!!yea!!The mousse was nice and dark enough....i loved it! We fnshed it quite quickly!!ha
For dinner, ZL found this new place Parco and we ate at Tomi Sushi. It serves authentic jap food, especially for their sashimi!! I chose the Sashimi Set while ZL had the tempura one!!
It feels great to be in a restaurant with japs around and serves real jap food(sakae and sakura are all wanabess), reminds me of Japan-all the good food and service!
Anw, sashimi was great(the best ive had in SG so far, beats all the hotels too)...and zl's tempura was done well also.
Seems like we ate alot for my birthday celebration...
But every ounce fatter is worth it....for the time spent getting the ingredients, making the cake, shaggin ure arms beating the mousse til done, waking up early to cook and finding the dinner place!!
Thanks dear! =)

2010-09-10T13:05:00.004+08:00

Wang lee hom's new album is out, and after all these time that ive been busy with work, play and all...this is the reason to be back on my mp3.Haha, and i realise his songs are my motivation to go KTV.

I must say the last one or two albums have been a lil bit disappointing, only one or two catchy love songs...But judging at the songs from the new album so far, i must say its really pretty good.

This is my fav now, 你不知道的事...please enjoy

2010-09-01T22:01:00.002+08:00

As we all start working and our life-styles starts changing; more and more i realise the importance of enjoying your work. Having to climb outa bed before dawn every day and having 3-4 hrs of rest time before your eyes start drooping at night is certainly no mean feat.
Suddenly weekends are so important that it reminds me of my army days(although quite rightly speaking im still in the force now)...but yea, i start to make plans for weekends and after work, spending quality time and wisely. Doesnt work out all the time tho, sometimes plan fail or sometimes i end up doing work at home. Kinda sux, when i think abt it, working at home. But yea, i guess we dun really have a choice...its always expected of us to do that much more than the norm.
And i learn not to procrastinate things you dun like to do, because it'll just get worst as more work piles up. haha....why does it seem like im loaded with stuff at work already....nah, not really.

but yea, hope for a good weekend!!

2010-08-24T14:57:00.003+08:00

zl's back from HK!! The first thing we did was Kiting(ya,again) at the barrage!! haha...still very excited about the new kite i guess. Was there early to avoid the afternoon sun, but what greeted us was a sign that says " public is advised not to fly kites...due to YOG canoing and sailing"...yea, quite a few ppl were bemused by the signage...because we don't see how kites can affect the sailers!!maybe its a form of distraction??haha

Anw the wind wasnt strong,so much so we suspect they tampered with the wind!!ha...and we had a hard time trying to let fly our "Smileykite". not to mention, the kite is a little damged as well. In the end, we got so frustrated..we decided to call it a day!

Disappointing...but we went to visit the gallery for some National education and the aircon!!ha. Where we met the Hawaiin kids!!ha...

Lunch was at Chef Daniel's Kitchen(Iluma), glad we made a reservation..so din hafta wait. it was $10.50 for a soup, maincourse and dessert! Zl wanted her dessert first, but the waitress din forgot the moment she left...and our mains came be4 our soup!!Quite bad service considering they werent even full...but at least the food was not bad...and i had steak at 10.50!!Guess it wldn't be too bad for class gatherings!

2010-08-16T22:03:00.002+08:00

The weekend has been a slack one, with me taking time lazing in bed and slpg overtime, watchin WTV on my phone and doing things like looking thru my Grad trip photos again!haha...

Havent post any of my grad trip photos here yet..heres a few that im particularly pleased with.

Soccer with the guys were great, thanks to the great weather too...and for once i wasnt in the thick of the "agressive" action...as YJ became the target of the outside team. hee

Its end of the honeymoon period for me at work as i report to my new department! No longer with Ah Bing n friends already...looking forward to more challenging stuff at work!! The guys did left something for me tho, as i got the throat infection that affected quite a few of em earlier....haha...coughing sucks..

2010-08-13T22:21:00.006+08:00

Im back!!

finally after i found a new blog skin(which looks more professional), and after i get over my inertia for writing!!

While im glad to be back, after goin to Japan! and graduated!! and starting work....

Check out this space for more updates soon...

..........it'll be a lonely week ahead...miss ya

2010-03-15T23:25:00.004+08:00

After an immensely long time, zl n i finally found time from work and other stuff to go town and just enjoy ourselves. The past few months have been busy for us, so much more compared to the previous sems...so simple night outs like last friday is also a very enjoyable one for me...

We went to Orchard Central to try out Ootoya, a japan restaurant chain, that serves rather authentic japan food. Zl found the place, as shes overtaken me in being the Food search guru.haha....it was a long wait there, 45min i think. The place's rather small, so lucky we only had 2...this other grp of ladies waited more than an hour just to get sitted....what a waste of time, i guess they helped themselves pretty much by chatting among themselves...but they prob ran out of topics by the time they got sitted.haha.

Charcoal grilled Fish

Grilled chicken with egg sauce

Those were our orders, my grilled chicken was done very well and zl's fish wasnt too bad either. I sat on their mega Tatami(which in actual fact is a serious waste of space)...food was good i must say, but curz of the tight sitting arrangement...throughout the entire dinner, i was made to sit right beside a grp of girls that didnt stop bitching the whole night. They were like talking right into my left ear...so i had a hard time concentrating on my food and talking to the zl.So that was quite disturbing...i didnt wana stay much longer....haha

After dinner we went Paragon and then head to Canale at Shaw for dessert! Ha, come to think of it...its the 2nd time we didnt get to eat the dessert we want. Curz the Black forest and Choc lava were both gone by that time...so we had the Le Royale and some tea. It wasnt too bad, but zl was disappointed...i guess u can say, at least it shows we've got great taste coz everyone wants to eat the same as us!!haha...there's always chance to get FAT..Haha...

Maybe its the stress, maybe its the lack of time spent other than work, maybe its just me..but a simple outing, getting to eat,slack and talk about nothing really....felt special to me.=)
Its a brand new week, a brand new start to mugging and FYPing...well on the bright side, finally im making good progress on my project. Im also getting myself to keep in shape..as the chinese new year appetite didnt die off with the end of the holidays...haha.so its time to hit the gym!

2010-03-11T14:27:00.002+08:00

My fyp deadline is nearing but im still stuck with alot of results yet to obtain..every other min i worry about it and i have to work on it....its distrubing, very disturbing....argh

2010-02-26T22:38:00.004+08:00

whOOray-not!!! Its mid term break!!!....gone are the days when mid-term break is a thing to look forward to as beyond it, exam and deadline looms. This time round even worst, FYP!!Its really quite disturbing....not to mention quizes and assisgnments, grad trip to plan, this and that...life is made up of many projects that you have to concurrently handle....
Nothing much to look forward to this break, so soccer is my only carrot! Last weekend , i brought my camera to Soccer and snapped some shots for our FB group!!haha...but i take den nobody take me scoring leh!!wahaha...cant wait for sunday.

2010-02-15T12:46:00.002+08:00

In the cool of the evening, under the tree and up on the little hill at Fairway Drive @ the Saddle Club. The place i brought zl for our exclusive 2nd Valentine's day dinner.

We decided to celebrate 2 days earlier due to CNY,i had prepared her favourite dishes at home along with sparkling juice and the picnic table, to set up a special dinner for her. We had salad, baked potato, aglio olio and the highlight of the night...Baked cheese lobster!!and caramel choc cake frm Da Paolo.
It was first time i tried to cook seafood, was rather nervous actually, because i was afraid i might just destroy the lobster with my lack of experience. Lucky enough except for some hiccups, the entire meal tasted good enough...hiccups being the not-enough-mayo salad, abit soggy potato, abit overcooked lobster....haha, sounds like alot leh.

Having the aerial view of turf city and our very own dining spot, with the visiting blue-bird and some flies(actually)haha...it was a beautiful place for our dinner. ZL gave me my present over dinner, it was a blue Zara shirt and a cup with our photo that changes colour when there's hot water. Very nice!=) I got her a vintage necklace which hopefully she'll like, because it was bought online and my package didnt reach me in time!!!!darn.

We were both very full from dinner as we wiped out everything except for half the dessert. We then head towards the next Highlight of the evening...Night Safari!haha

Zl loves to go to the zoo, so we made a trip to the night version of it since both of us have never been there before. It was really dark inside the night safari as everywhere was dimly lit, so it was quite a challenge to spot some of the animals. But their animal show was nice and funny, one of the better one we've seen at zoo or sentosa. The tram ride was also quite cool as we got rather close to some of the less harmful creatures.

My presents!

Last year's vday was nice, im glad this year's was also as fun and special if not better..

Thanks for everything =)

2010-02-09T11:11:00.002+08:00

frustration is the word maybe....but things haven been goin particularly right for me the past few days. With soccer to begin with, every game i played i lost...was angry with myself rather than the guys. Which is why i left early, so that it wouldnt affect their game...

Overslept for school this morning...

had a nervous presentation w/o my breakfast....

and the lastest to add to my list...

actually misunderstood my prof's email and thot there's a last min quiz today!!sending me in a frenzy to go find n borrow the textbook frm library....

ARRGHH.....im pretty much out of sorts really...really...

2010-01-29T11:08:00.003+08:00

Went out with zl last sat, we had breakfast at JP before heading to Hollywood Dinos at jurong birdpark. Irwin introduced it to us, curz his company was part of the organiser....and so we wanted to support him.but...

(here comes the buts)...

Having been named HOLLYWOOD dino, of curz u'd expect some hollywood blockbusters or at least internation standard exhibits. To begin with, our guide uses a loud hailer as if it were some pasar malam, then they used a huge poster as their photo-taking gimmick!!(erm, i dun think we need to come in to take photo for memory with a POSTER!!??) well everything inside was patched up and basically consisted of a mix of clay-looking "dinosaurs" which dances lyk Peter Crouch!haha...the tracks for the moving dinos werent even properly camouflaged! Overall it just looks like an exhibition set-up by a primary school. Wouldnt even say it was a nice try, curz in my opinion they didnt even try....haha, ok well the only gd thing i can think of is, it was fun laughing at it with ZL ard, besides tht....mediocre.

We headed down to Cathay to watch Legion, it was quite interesting and its been awhile since i watched a thriller,quite shiok.theres something abt angels recently, Legion being angels turned bad and then there is Tooth angel.haha.

After movies, we went to Liang court for dinner and dessert at Tampopo!! Zl had a big crave for their Cream Puff. We had dinner at Saizereiya, (2nd time in 2 days for zl)haha...but this time i got her to try Squid Ink pasta, since she wanted for a long time now. I had seafood riccoti instead. haha, it was certainly a challenge eating that great tasting but nasty looking plate of spaghetti,as zl ate like the most gracious lady in the world.haha..slowly i mean.

We had fun spotting ppl the restaurant eating it as well, and had alot of fun laughing at how a guy was like he had black lipstick on yet showing off to his gf!could be their last tgt,haha.

we didnt get to eat the Tampopo Cream puff though, much to zl's disappointment. We took home the raspberry cream puff and the choco banana chiffon cake instead. The cake was not too bad, but for such a simple dessert, it didnt reali impressed me much. The puff was not too bad, maybe the cream puff might be better. hmm, next time we go buy k...promise!!

So it was a day of disappointments i guess, but we had our fair share of laughs and funny moments...and for me it was a a good enough trade off, since we dun reali have much time to go out and enjoy with school and other stuffs.

happy 13mth dear!!=)

2010-01-21T09:24:00.003+08:00

9.25am: @ CAN A

Not in the mood to mug like im suppose to....

Life's made up of many things that we are "Suppose" to do, suppose to find a job, suppose to do house work, suppose to be this and be that....
dont you wish sometimes you can escape from all the "have to"s and just indulge in all the "want to"s...i guess at some point of time we all do. To leave not only the work in our hand, but also the societal definitions of a successful person/filial son/good husband or bf/dutiful citizen.

Maybe we all want that sub-conciously; to live care-free, boundary less....and basically be selfish, selfish because we only want to do what we personally wld like to do. But we cant. One of the things our parents first taught us even before we went to Primary school, was to share and to be "friend friend" with the neighbour's kid. Because it is the same 2 things that define our society, that one have to live communally and follow the societal definitions, and that we cant be selfish as we want. So maybe it isnt such an easy thing after all to live as we want to...we can, actually, but only if ure also willing to sacrifice ure material belongings, companionship and how ppl judge u. More often than not, we're too greedy to sacrifice them, to be bold enough to leave them aside....
so....
whens my turn to be selfish?....might not happen after all.

2010-01-15T23:17:00.008+08:00

iT was the end of Dec Holidays, my last dec holidays...
Went to Genting with zl and her family and amy...sorta a weird combi at first, but i guess it worked out well as we had our share of fun and carefree-ness during the holiday.

Day one

We walked ard, visited the casinos and made some 'donations' to them. It was actually the first time i played with money at the casino, previously it was only watching. Didnt had the best of hands to begin with, and i was afraid to lose more...probably didnt even play enough for the Beginner's Luck to fall upon me...haha

We had Kenny Roger's for dinner, where they mixed up our orders...but considering the price that we paid..i'll give it to them.ha, after dinner we had movies:" Body Guard Assasin". It was suppose to be quite an exciting movie...but maybe they over emphasized the history part of it, and we were all quite tired, so in the end we all took turns to doze off at some pt of time.haha..what a waste of money. And the cinema is probably colder than outside..haha..

Day two

iT was the highlight of the trip i guess, goin to the them park!! Amy was particularly brave and wanted to take the Space Shot right frm the start..haha, but we decided to train our hearts a lil bit with the other rides before we put it to the test.haha. I guess it was a gd time to visit the place, as the them park wasnt over crowded...the rides are the same,and the space shot juz as mind blowing.
Apparently, parachute training hasnt numb my sense of height afraidness...or maybe im getting old for the machine already.haha...but 1 thing i like to do is to see Indian ppl get up the Space shot. Indians like real indians frm India...ive seen them a few times, and almost all of em arent afraid of the ride. They go up and come down, like there were no difference....haha.
After space shot, we sent Amy off as she had to go back to Malacca. Before we went to take the Classic old car ride...just like the same 10 over years ago. ZL n i den went to try our luck at their game stalls, we surveyed all their stalls and learnt how to win the Soft toys.haha. Eventually we narrowed to 2 stalls..1 is to throw rings onto bottle necks and the other is just to throw coins on plates.
Spent a few bucks at the bottle stall...before we gave up reluctantly curz we were close a few times. Went down to try the coin stall...and bingo!!haha..the first try and we were lucky enuff to get the Medium Sized Toy!!haha...eventually, we got another smaller toy as well, all with about 16rm!yea
The rest of the day was spent slowly exploring the entire genting area and supper at TCC was great too..

Haven travelled since China and Genting was a really good break i shld say. the last 3 times ive been there..it was never with my entire family, maybe i shld head up there with em sometime soon!!

2009-12-31T10:49:00.004+08:00

2009!!
The year 2009...

---was to me a fruitful one to a great extent.

---was a fulfilling one for my studies, though not always reflective in results!

---was an eventful one for zl n i as we often became tourists of singapore visiting numerous festivals and attractions=)

---was an interesting one for my work-life as i interned at the IR and tuitioned a smart but naughty boy

---was an enjoyable one for me n my best friends in life...the Altitude/sunday soccer guys and TGL as we add another year of amazing friendship....10years on with the guys...3yrs TGL

Thanks for being part of it.
Its time for 2010!!! May it get only better!!!

2009-12-30T19:23:00.004+08:00

The end of the year, marks our 1st anniversary, it didnt seem that long ago when we celebrated christmas in Shanghai...

We went to Goodwood Park for their Hightea Buffet, zl had wanted to try it for awhile already. The cottage-like architecture made it a nice place, even though it took us abit of map-reading before we found our way to the EL' Espresso.
Eating buffet (with the guys esp) is often a tactical and non-stopping activity, haha...i guess high-tea is different and what more eating it in the hotel. So i gotta admit i held back alittle..haha.
From Sandwich to cheese to the cakes, i would say i enjoyed eating all the food there served. Quality really makes a difference i guess, curz almost everyone we took made me want to go back for more.haha.

Sitting by the window, with the pool view and the food...the perfect setting for a nice lazy afternoon tea. So we ate and chat and listened to the piano-man on the piano, whom we suspect goes to different pianos ard the hotel to play in intervals,curz he always disappears after awhile.haha
After high-tea, we headed to Marina Barrage to fly Kite. To our surprise, there were lotsa ppl flying kite there, it was like they were having a competition or something.ha.
So as most ppl wld know the taking off part it the hardest in kite flying. So taking out the kite, we tried to team-up and work tgt to get it flying....but to no avail. After awhile then we realized something is missing, as we didnt fixed a part of the kite.haha..so dumb, no wonder i saw the malay kids laughing at us earlier.haha
and that was only obstacle 1...while releasing the strings..we realize that they are badly tangled...and we cant extend it any further. Well we didnt go there to fly the kite at a height we can easily reach flying at the neighbourhood park. So we tried to un-tangle everything...after about another 30mins, we decided to let the knot fly as well..haha..it didnt work either, coz the string broke.haha..it was really quite demoralizing.
Finally we manage to resolve it...and were ready to challenge the other kites.wahaha.oh, but i guess most of them had already gone home, since it was nearing dark alr.haha. After zl hogging it for very long(haha), i finally had a hand..and it sure is fun flying the kite...feels like im flying away with it soon.
So the night was spent, challenging other kites, trying to fly the highest..and learning not to be gan cheong even if the kite seem like falling.haha.
Amazingly, we flew the kite 3-4 hrs long...before we finally headed for a quick dinner and home..after a special and fun day.
Thanks for the presents, and everything, zl.=)

2009-12-18T09:17:00.006+08:00

The holiday has been too much of a slack for me, and im not that use to the drop in tempo...curz the previous holiday was spent working, its really been awhile since i actually had the liberty to wake up and think what im goin to do today.

Haven really played as much soccer as i would like, and mike's leaving.Although, Ive certainly been playing more poker than i think i would, and the guys are still crazy over it, haha.

Been to Botanical Gardens for picnic wif zl again, this time round food was a tat simplier and we brought Happy along. Well maybe it was more like Happy was bringing us along, curz he decided where he wants to go, which path he wants to take and stuff. haha. While eating, it was pretty much the same, as he barge around us in search for food..haha, guess we din had much of a worry about him wandering too far away from us as he was always ard us in search of food.

It wasnt until night fall, that he settled down and sat down with us proper.haha. We had Rice roll(home-made) and Soba for dinner(home-made) and Mango mousse Crumble frm Da Paolo. Rice roll still reminds me of Shanghai, but maybe curz we're not eating it in the cold, and it isnt from the run-down road-side stall, it just seem to lack something. Soba wasnt too bad, and if we were not that full we wld certainly have finished the Mango mousse which was really gd.

It was nice after dinner, as we sat with Happy between us...talking, looking at the lighted Xmas Treesss..
Though it was quite tiring, at least Happy enjoyed it quite alot=) a nice, quiet evening.

2009-12-05T22:53:00.002+08:00

Its finally over, the gruelling 3 weeks of exams, 1 mth of pre-exams mugging and a whole sem of studying!! Every sem i tell myself, ive never studied so hard in my life before...haha, i guess to have so much room improve...i must realli have not studied much in the past..hee

After my last paper, went straight ta town...went to TOAST @ Taka, seems that both times we went there, it was raining!!haha. Had a sandwich, salad and muffins. A healthy and satisfying meal=) After that we went to PS, Diaso to get Flower pots-to do some planting the next day!!haha...so we carried the pot round Orchard the whole day...haha.We went to catch 2012. Yea, certainly abit late...but we din have time out then. Had plan to get a good seat, but by the time we went all were taken up alr....in the end had to sit at the corner, 3 roles from the front.

But at least the movie was nice, apart from the scenes and scenes of devastation, their noah's ark idea was cool too..

Today we stayed home and slack...did some planting with ZL,and then helping her do her Icing Cake.haha. Zl learnt and tried herself, wasnt the best but if it was me i waouldnt have got anyway near....so yea, it was a good job, proud of ya!!
Goin to take my well deserved break now...wooo hooo!!

2009-11-28T00:31:00.002+08:00

Well, ive left my blog out in the cold for quite abit already. Been busy studying for the exams, day and night. 2 down and 4 more to go....

Been aching for soccer, for some KTV session, to get out and into town(and not shuffle to and fro school everyday),to meet up with the guys, to meet TGL, to spend some quality time with ZL away from our books away from school, to take a break.
Goh drove us out to Boon Lay market for dinner today, sat at the back of well-decorated van. We were suppose to remove our slippers curz the back was carpetted. After dinner, we got back to school only for me to realise ZL's slippers were short of one side.Ha, her precious slippers. Think i dropped it while closing the door curz it wasnt shut properly. In the end, goh offered to drive back to find, haha, so we drove all the way back to the market carpark....and eventually found the precious Cinderalla's slippers...haha.
Now that i think about it,its nothing to be excited about at all..but i guess my life's been to repetitive for the past weeks that trivial events adds that much colour to it....

Anw, Westlife actually has a NEW album. I thought they've retired!haha, songs abit different now, slightly more hip. To be honest I was hoping to hear something chessy from them just like the past,haha but nevertheless...Im still proud to be listening to them.

2009-10-27T23:15:00.003+08:00

27/10/09,1105pm
Exam's nearing and hardly gone out to anywhere decent. Soccer last week was merely a a short stint and it didnt even satisfy my toes yet...thanks to the rain...
My FYP's killing me, been going round and round and round and hitting all the humps here and there...hummph.
Only good thing is i met a really helpful lab technician, hopefully i'll be able to get some results by this week...so that i can go study for exams already.plssssssssssss plssssss plsssssss.....

Anw, Jay chou's got a new song, very cool....画沙. Enjoy..........

http://http://www.haoting.com/htmusic/388337ht.htm

2009-10-07T09:47:00.002+08:00

Its stressful times like this that i tend to write more i guess, to get my mind off work and to conc on some other things. Its been a stressful week so far, and i can only see it getting worse...(hump ahead!!)
Completed Prof Communication presentation yest, 1 down for my module....wasnt too bad i think, altho i actually got nervous the more i spoke.haha....so the last part was rather srewed up. More quizzes coming..and FYP!!
Met my prof again today, i actually told him im quite worried abt my progress on the proj. And hail the lord, i couldnt have got a better answer from him. He looked at me and said : " dont worry, you got me...." In times of uncertainty, thats certainly something i would wanna hear. Sometimes, i really do complain about how abstract my proj seems, and it was him who recommended me to it, but i guess hes really a "Father" to me in school!!haha..He's got a slight curl in his hair too, just that he's from India..haha...theres something between me n India i think.haha....anw, my labs not accessible for next 2 weeks, n thats screwed up!!we'll see..i hate hiccups...
Hiccups it is, Dear zhi just taught me a way of curing them. She made me do it that day, and it sure looks stupid..haha.but effective. Hold ya stomach and bend down, before that take some water but dont swallow it. While bending, slowing swallow the water! And there goes, you're hiccup free.
It is hiccup, lifes full of hiccups.Once in awhile, things crop up, screw up and dont goes according to plan. Could be work, could be the bus that broke down on ya way to school or the weird neighbour you have. And when its more serious, u suffer a loud burp. I guess they're all part of life. Instead of seeing how much it screws up ya life, get over it, cure the hiccup...and when ure done with it, dont continue to frown over it. Remember that there are so much more times in life where u dont suffer the hiccups or the burp, magnify the positives and things will look that much better. maybe im guilty of simplifying the problems too much, but its precisely because we have too many issues in life to be bothered by the hiccups. So unless ure suffering hiccups with every breathe u take, in which case i'll agree thats a genuine prob, take time to think about the good things in life.
back to work now....

2009-10-04T00:40:00.003+08:00

well im really behind time in terms of my blog entries, and even though its the holidays..im still very much busy everyday. Nowadays, i wake up feeling tired everyday. Too much work to do.

The guys came over to my place for bbq last weekend, the last time they came was 5-6 years ago.Yea, though we meet every week...haha. Ryan has been pestering me for bowling n bbq so darn long, finally i got down to making it happen.

So with the help of dear zhi, we planned the food and went grocery shopping and prepared the marinate and salad til late the night before. the planning part wasnt that hard, but the execution itself on the day was kinda stressful..haha

John, ryan, my cousin and i were the only ones at bowling...mike n gf came later. i didnt finish my game, coz i had to rush to prepare the bbq pit...was still worryin if i had prepared enough food,haha.curz they seem quite little when i brought it down.
Well the guys, esp john and ryan were rather disappointed i didnt order from EZB, curz "everyone's doing Ezb" apparently..haha...so the whole night this was whay i got...........

haha, then there was prob with making a strong enough fire for bbq with the charcoal i bought. somehow the ones i bought seem like they've been thru a mince machine or something, they were too small to start effectively. It took us a good 2 hrs before our 'cookhouse' starting producing food.(even had to buy another pack of charcoal and fire starter, well the fire starter was curz john pop em in as if he was in a war!haha)

The food were quite good after all, salad dear zhi and i made was good i thot...john's mushroom was selling like hotcakes.ha. so heres a scene of how it went...

haha! after bbq we even went to john's place for poker. my first try with em. Thought it was really mind-boggling and tiresome to have to play all that mind-games here and there.haha. i lost 7 bucks, but it was quite exciting overall.
Bbq was a fun thing, but i couldnt have done it running the whole show myself. Thanks to my sis, cousin, dad and dear zhi, all was good. It might have been quite stressful, but i thought we had a good time...sitting around and just chill in the cool evening.Its been a long time since we had Sat dinner, random dinner at det's place and stuff like that...we're all getting busier by the day, but at least we get to see each other during sunday soccer, our last straw now. haha. Keep it tight ya. Cheers.

Thanks!

2009-09-22T20:11:00.003+08:00

Its been 1 week since my bdae and this year i seem to have more wishes than previous years, ok maybe not more wishes exactly but this yr im got wishes from my lower sec class and even RV ELDDS ppl..haha,thanx:)
And this year, ive got an elaborate bdae celebration from dear zhi! It all started with a surprise Chocolate Fondue on wed night. She called to meet me, and when i did...presented me with a home-made dark choco fondue. She prepared the fondue herself with fruits n all, and it was great. The dark choc tasted realli good and i finished a huge portion of it, even tho it's late in the night alr..haha. Dear zhi gave me a black cardigan, just what i wanted.=)On sat, we went on a day out planned by dear zhi. We were at Orchard at 930am, dear zhi brought me to a unattractive corner at Taka. The place is called Toast, its a cosy pink little place, like a retro kitchen. They have lots to choose from, interesting salads to nice looking cupcakes. We went for the Chicken wrap and the amazing spinach mushroom Quiche, i couldnt stop eating the quiche!haha.After breakfast we headed to ION and Far East for some shopping before going back. Apparently there would be another surprise for dinner.

Dear zhi called me later in the afternoon to say that we're goin to Botanical Gardens. At first i thot we're goin to have dinner at the restaurant or somethig but she actually prepared an entire course of dinner ready for a mega-picnic, haha.

So we lugged ths ice box and container, took a bus down to Botanical Gardens.haha yea with all the food!! We didnt really walked around much, but headed straight to our picnic spot where the famous tree is. There were lotsa families n kids around but we manage to find a good spot. Dear zhi was still worried about the weather, but we were lucky to have escaped the rain and gotten ourselves a nice cool weather for the evenin! Dinner was SUMPTOUS. Salmon sushi, california roll, wasabi prawn mayo sushi and Pasta salad with Italian dessing for a start. Then we had, Pita stuffed with mushroom, roasted potato and home-made pesto sauce! And the basil actually came from the plant we went to buy together 2 months back, yea, she planned it way back already.haha...

After dinner, it wasnt the end, she brought her (once again)home-made chocolate mousse cake from the ice box with deco some more.haha. Dear zhi didnt have a proper mixer at hm, making the cake entirely from scratch must have been really hard.The cake might not have been perfect but I love it and we finished it even after all the food. There were many kids playing ard us, and soon they got bored of climbing trees and playin with dead leaves. So after awhile, i realised we were being circled, by the kids!!haha, a few of them then started come and "attack" us,haha..so i played along and along but they wldnt stop.ha.

After dinner, we watched movie on my laptop. It was really fun lying on our mat out in the cool night, watching the movie with our jolly shandy.haha. We watched Ugly truth, and it wasnt too bad, we had a good laugh.

After the movie, it started to drizzle, what good luck we had..haha.

It was a funfilled and cosy day out with dear zhi, i noe she planned hard for it even though she's actually very very busy. So many late nights before to prepare the food and so much effort to think of the itenary. Thanks dear for the birthday celebration...and for everything else.=))

2009-09-15T16:05:00.002+08:00

Its been a long time since i blogged, lack of action is one reason but i guess its mostly curz im too lazy to write....
School work has been loading me down week in week out, my FYP is also alot of work for me. Rather worried about it actually, curz i dunoe much about bio-engineering and im left to do all the readings myself. Need to do a good one, so i guess the worst of it has yet to come...
Went with Dear zhi to her friend Zhenling's birthday party, we went down early to help and did up her guest book for her. It wasnt all party and sitting around, we played Monopoly (cards version) and though it was rather crappy...i guess,it was quite amusing how we didnt know how to play the whole time even after we lost....Haha
So last weekend, we finally had soccer. After a 2 weeks break, i could feel myself panting harder already. haha, this week we changed the rules abit, allowing strikers to go into the Penalty area. And it sure made the whole game so much more exciting. Didnt score anything this time round, but still enjoyed playing seeing the guys score some really good goals..
Haven joined the guys for Poker though they've been meetin up every week, but at least theres our BBQ to look forward to 2 weeks down....finally i organized the bbq tt ryan has been bugging me for the past 1 or 2 years i think, haha. Yea, thats quite long...
Happy birthday John!!

2009-08-30T21:48:00.003+08:00

Got a new file from Dear zhi which she decorated herself. Its a 20 compartment clear folder. Think its for me to be more organised,haha...talk about presents with a meaning huh,haha.No la, i like it, alot!!Appreciate it.Sat night, dear zhi and i went to Dempsey Hill Ben n Jerry's for some ice cream. Havent realli went out to have fun since school started...besides muggin and goin to school, i guess its good to put down our books and have a good night out,even if its just doing nothing much really.
Although its not that new a place, but i would still consider it another one of my fav spot in SG. Thanks to the nice colonial buildings and feel and the lack of tall and crammed buildings,maybe the nice cool weather helped as well.And its really hard to find places in singapore that is not about malls and neon lights, but to keep things simple and comfortable, not too hectic a place to be in.
We went to check out quite a few of the cool restaurants, and loved a few of em! Price is certainly on the high side, so i guess we'll stick to the ice cream and maybe the drinks will do...we leave the mains elsewhere.Ha. Ben n Jerry's was really packed and noisy. If not for the nice cow-boy/cottage decors, it would have been equivalent to a noisy coffeeshop!haha..Dear zhi and I had Double Belgian Waffle(chunky monkey and our fav coffee ice cream!!). ice cream was great until dear zhis's 'cant find phone' incident, haha. Eventually found the phone in the car, but some of the ice cream melted already,haha. But still i enjoyed it, havent had so much fun talking and just sit back for awhile.
After ice cream, we walked abit more before we head home, finding more nice places to go together next time!!
Thanks, for the file and for the great time out=)

2009-08-26T08:47:00.007+08:00

A specially prepared Waffle breakfast brought to school and a pink rose...that was how we celebrated the auspicious 8th month & coincidentally the chinese Vday(haha) together. haha...

Was suppose to wake up earlier to prepare the waffle proper but overslept, my phone tried to play a trick on me..still had time though and there we are....Aunt Jemmima Waffles with strawberries and California Raisins with Maple Syrup.Sweet!!

In the evening, i waited for dear zhi below her house...and surprised her on her way to Yoga with my pink rose. Then we walked to the CC tgt...=)

The school sem hasnt been exactly kind to us, we've basically been studyin(or at least trying to) day in day out...with lots to stress. Hopefully these wld have made ur days a little more happier.Jiayou dear!!

2009-08-16T21:38:00.007+08:00

Its been 1 week into school, and as always i still get the false impression that 1st week's are meant to be slack...the school loves to play mind games with us and before i know it, its the end of the sem. It took me 3 years to realise the importance of a good degree and the importance of the chance to study. Im banking on the next 2 sem, so if you have that lil' bit more luck to spare, do send it to me.I'll be thankful:)

First friday of the start of the sem and dear zhi and i were spotted at Orchard having a short shopping trip. Not really actually, just that we needed to get her shoes curz the old one is not hanging on much longer. We took a peep at ION orchard, and it sure is a mega mall. Their food-level is also amazing, lotsa jap food that looks as expensive as they are selling it for!haha. But yea, we'll be back to check out the mall proper again.

Dear zhi eventually bought her shoes, almost got an extra one...haha,if not for the not-so-patient staff who got impatient with her trying the shoe.But its ok, there'll be a better one!

We went to Geylang on sat night. Yea,it was a HOT & STEAMY night-both of us...............................at the YongHe Dou Jiang Eatery that is!!(what did u think!!Haha).They served it abit like china-style, not too bad by my standards but dear zhi didnt really like it. We walked abit down geylang road, and saw many china ladies drinking with the old men at the coffee-shops. 'Colourful' night life of Singapore!

The World's worst Dog

Watched Marley n Me over the sunday afternoon on my Com. A really good pick i must say! Eventhough the movie ended as per all 'Dog-movies', with the death of the dog, but i enjoyed watching how John(the lead) grew from a newly-wed young man to a sensitive family man. Beyond Marley the show told about how they grew as a family from scratch. And with marley, it further strengthens my view of how in life, Imperfections can be the greatest form of perfection. Often its the imperfection of someone, something that makes that person extraodinary, and eventhough the imperfection may not be something we like or appreciate but its what makes that someone who he is.

2009-08-14T23:13:00.002+08:00

It seems my holiday adventure is never ending, as a week into my school and im still blogging about them. But this is a true adventure, 2 days before school start, dear zhi and I took a bum-boat to PuLau Ubin for a day-out in the wild!!

We set off at 830 and reached Ubin at 1030, it was a rather long journey....taking the bum-boat already is a great feeling, like going on a holiday, or maybe i just love the sea view. Reaching Ubin, we had some breakfast at the Malay Stall. They were very insistent that we do not eat Outside Food...haha, i guess they saw my packet of Chwee Kuay and so warned me first. Not the most friendly of people considering they were the first islanders we met. Getting a bicycle there is easy as there were loads and loads of them, but they dont come quite that cheap tho as a better bike cost us 8 dollars...the shop-owner kept comparing prices with Sentosa!!(Hello?both also island doesnt mean can compare leh....ure sand is yellow leh not white!)haha...

So we set out, cycling down the Sensory Trail, Mamam Beach and Chek Jawa! Venturing into the Secret Garden we checked out all the herbs n Spices and coffee plant. After that we took the long way to Mamam Beach, which personally was quite a disappointment. THe beach was more like a sand patch, not quite what i had imagined curz i planned to have a lunch break there. Good thing the Orchid Plantation is just round the corner and we got to see lotsa baby rabbits, pet dogs and a pet wild boar!yea...

We then took the hilly roads up to Chek Jawa. It was the most challenging part of the day curz we had actually cycled for 2-3 hours non-stop. When we finally reached Chek Jawa, we were surprise to see a nice cottage sitting right by the sea...the broad-walk extends right to the sea and it was quite shiok sitting there, doing nothing but just listening to the wind.

After chek jawa, i had nothin on my itenary alr..haha.and so we trekked back and reached the jetty at about 230pm. A short 4 hr on the island, but an enjoyable one getting close to nature. Cycling through the hilly paths werent easy, so Kudos to dear zhi who trekked and pushed the bike with me til the end!!Good job yea.

After a rather heavy lunch at Changi Village, inroducing dear zhi to their famous Red-Tea Longan..And since we ended early, we took a bus home from Tampinese interchange to CCK!!oh yea...a whopping 1 plus/2 hours!! You can imagine, thats like 1/3 of our outing time already!!wahaha.

2009-08-12T23:19:00.008+08:00

On the friday before school start i spent a day with dear zhi doing all the simplest things we can and enjoying the attractions around the neighbourhood!!haha.

We started with Sushi making over at Dear zhi's place. It was my first time making sushi myself...and it sure is not as hard as it seems to make an edible one, although im not doubting the skills of the japanese sushi chefs, takes alot to know the amount and shape of the moulded rice. Anw, i picked up some skills from dear zhi who's really quite good at it...yea professional?!haha..Below which im rather proud of are the sushi we made,comprises of tuna, crabstick mayo and california Rolls!!Yea, go on and salivate.....wahaha...

After lunch, we did up our Photo album!!!Contents are secret....haha...

Then we took the free shuttle bus to Qian Hu, where we had the FIshSpa!!Student price was not too ex, 5 per 30mins. Being a grown up man and army trained, but never did i imagine how all those tiny little fishes could conquer me and make me cringe like nobody's business!!haha...it wasnt pleasant at all for a start. So after much suffering, we tried the pool with Bigger fishes..haha..it feels less ticklish but it was too big for comfort for dear zhi. So we went back to the smaller fishes, and this time round it felt much better and i gradually began to enjoy and relax!!hahaha. So much i forgot we only had 30mins...well, i would go back for more, and girls...this is better than your average shower foam that guarantees smooth skin!!haha

It wasnt over, as we ventured down the ulu road to an orchard in search of the Basil Plant dear zhi had been looking for. Thanks to the friendly uncle who seemed really proud of his collection of herbs n spices and introduced us to almost all of it...we found the plant and verified the smell!!Yea, better than those we found in Carrefour. Fresh from the nature!!
Dear zhi headed home a happy girl with her plant, i headed home happy as well...the simplest day out yet the most fun out of it=)

2009-08-06T09:42:00.002+08:00

We're going to the Zoo zoo zoo..

How about you you you...

Went to the Zoo with DearZhi. Had wanted go since the beginning of the holidays...haha, took us so long to finally go. Went there early in the morning to catch the animals when they are most active and to see the elephants bathing but it was too early tho..

Armed with the feeding and show times, we attempt to catch all of em..only to realise its too difficult to cath all!haha. The habitats in the zoo has surely been upgraded over the years, looking better and more like the animals' natural habitat.

The animal shows have also been changed. During the show, the ang moh tourist who got chosen to do the tribal dance first took off his shirt when asked, and when the artistes jokingly asked him to remove his pants as well...he really went to remove his belt and his pants almost dropped..haha..

We were lucky again as the weather was kind to us....the animals were fun to watch, Ben n Jerry's nice to eat...the zoo is a happy place to be!=)

2009-08-04T13:49:00.002+08:00

NDP (Preview)2009 Lucky was the word for the weekend! First i managed to get NDP preview ticket sitting at the VIP sector from someone i didnt know, 2nd the weather forecast for the weekend was likely showers yet we sat thru the show dry and with a nice breeze. So yea, sometimes we really can depend on luck too...=)
It was my first time viewing at the floating platform at MarinaBay. Sure is enjoyable sitting by the Singapore river and having our CBD skyline as the back-drop. I even saw my NS OC at the stands, had a short chat with him..still as sarcastic as ever. He's of course moved up from the supporting to the main contingent leader, good for him!!
The NDP has-through the years-become more meaningfull to me...as i see Altitude went up to perform, and myself doing the Guard-of-honour. The first time i saw it was at Kallang Stadium, i took part in the one at Padang and now i get to see it at Marina Bay.haha.

The show is very much different from last time, as there are less formations and weapon-system parades now, in place of that is more music and dance-performances. We can also get closer to the props and performers as they now can walk into the stands. As night falls, the spectular lights and music made it look like a pop-concert!

8.22pm, we took the pledge together and sang all the other national day songs...there were quite alot of fireworks as well considering its only a preview. After the show we even walked to the bottom of the stage and took pictures.

NDP was really good, although i was quite busy the whole time taking pictures..it was a memorable NDP with dear zhi...

2009-07-28T23:43:00.009+08:00

July 25th. Dear zhi planned a day out for us....

We went to the Turf City where we had nice prata breakfast to kick off the day! Happy came along with us, and had his own share of breakfast at US Doggie Bakery. We were the only ones in the shop, so happy Happy had the whole place for himself, climbing up n down the sofa seats.haha. Later we went to se their Dog Spa area where it felt like a dog community centre all of em gathered, playing and barking at each other..haha

The afternoon was spent shopping for my shoe at Bugis Junction and PS.Which was also where i dropped my wallet, luckily i realised fast enough if not I'd prob just be spending on lunch that day! We shopped quite a bit that day...didnt get my shoe after all!!

Dinner was at Pasta Mania...we shared Pesto penne!! Hadnt had it since TaiKang lu in shanghai...it was nice, but not as good as the shanghai one.We looked quite pathetic i would say, stuck in a corner on what they call 'the staff table' and sharing one plate of spaghetti..haha...but im not complaining, dinner was simple but nice.

Finally it was LOOF at Odeon Tower! Dear zhi found the place! The way there made it seem conspicously Ulu...but once on the roof,it was a different picture. Maybe the nice cool weather helped, curz i particularly like the outdoor chilly setting, altho we chose to sit indoors as we didnt wana share the table..haha.

We sat at the corner(again!!haha)..this time we tried to shift the chairs and tables curz our only view were the construction building beside and the other patrons infront!Then came the waitress with 2 arms full of tattoo coming to tell us to shift back the furnitures! Ya she said it softly, but her tone was surely stern...i tried to talk my way out but in the end i loss to the tattoos i guess..whaha...Nevertheless, we had a nice long chat(dear zhi n i that is...not the waitress!!ha), dear zhi spilled her drink and we tried their pizza which wasnt that good. Towards the end of the night, i passed dear zhi her present! A DIY decorated Pebble, (hope you like it!) which i carried in my back pocket the entire day w/o her knowing..hee..as for me, i got a new laptop carrier wif DIY deco on as well, self sewn pinecones!!! by dear zhi herself.Very nice!=)

On our way back(this is getting too long..haha)we decided to walk into CHIJMES to take a look. I wanted to show dear zhi the banquet area where ppl usually hold weddings...so we walked there. Then i saw a familiar face on the wedding photo on display, took a look at the name..and i realise it was my primary school's best friend who was getting married..haha. what luck!! Wanted to go in and congratulate him, but didnt want to risk him not recognising me or us having any awkward moment. But i shld have! Anw, sometimes, im just really amazed by what Fate can do to us...everyday.

It was a great day out, our 7th month! Thanks Dear, for being around.

2009-07-26T23:14:00.002+08:00

Had intended to blog about my wunderful weekend but since photos are not in yet...heres my thought of the week...

This is my last week of Internship @ RWS, been learning a hell lot and having quite a good time as well...besides all the dirty job i guess. Leaving my post and heading back to School is quite sharp turn i would say, it also left me thinking about my post-graduation life...where am i going to go really? While there are vague ideas of what i really want from my job, but specifically...i still have some decision-making to do....
Ive had various views so far..from the 'pessimistic ones'-worrying about not getting a job, 'contented ones'-just give me job and monthly pay enough for my family(i dont need to climb the corporate ladder, 'Chiong ones'- Must get a job overseas and earn Expat pay(my family can wait) to more 'Balanced ones'-get a job and climb by good performance!!....sure is some contrasting views, i guess i know which is me...but with 1 yr left in school, there really should be some ironing out done soon. i can smell the school work coming already, not good at all, but im ready i guess...its been a fruitful holiday, maybe i could have slacked more, but yea, not too bad i guess.

Well no matter what decision i make, theres one thing im sure of....guess we're all stuck in this rat race to get the best out of our lives!! Strive to do well, but dont forget to stay Happy too!

2009-07-19T17:57:00.003+08:00

Soccer was not bad today, had fun playing with the guys...During the games, it came across to me when my team lost on one occasion...that sometimes...Being good may not be enough. While my team maybe good on paper, it takes alot of other factors to ensure u win the game...guess it applies to our lives as well....

That aside, next week marks the anniversary of my shanghai journey.July23rd 2008 was the day i flew into the ancient land of China, with my 3 good buddies. It was a 6months to remember, enjoying everyday and sharing our fun and sadness as well!!haha..Flipping through our photos, i realised that although we are almot together everyday its rather hard to find a picture with all 3 of us together in it. So ive chosen here the very first photo we took(above) when we touched down at Shanghai International Airport and finally and my last photo with each of them during our trips off shanghai. I couldnt ask for more from them as my housemates!

Brothers!

2009-07-12T11:28:00.003+08:00

Spent the week back in Hendon Camp with the cdo guys, the week has been really really hectic..everyday slpg past midnight and waking up early. With all our short haircut, and donning the green Uniform, it sure feels like NS times once again. I guess its really true that its in difficult times that true relationships can be formed, this i felt during my week long training. Though we only have the occasional gatherings, once back together, it was the same fun and laughs and more importantly the brotherhood with my detachment especially that im proud of, always know that if anything i can depend on them!

Night at the Musuem!

And finally i gotta see my dear zhi after the week!!(its been a long long week u noe?) We attended the Singapore Night Festival at SMU Green and all the musuems, it was a great night of fireworks and interesting exhibits with us taking on a more cultured persona.

It was also surprising that amidst the random snapping, one of the Musuem guide actually compliment my photo on the Glass City(top left above) as "..the best ive seen so far." haha, of curz i didnt take it to heart because it was a really random shot..but still, thanks.

We watched an acrobatic performance called Loop of Fortune @ the SMU Green. It was quite repetitive maybe there were more meaning to it but the lighting and music was great. But it wasnt all smooth, as we saw the lead singer fell from her moving platform during the performance and the show had to pause for a moment. It was quite a bad fall as the platform was rather high, didnt know what happen to her...hopefully she fell on the grass patch and wasnt too bad.And it was also then that a group of yound adults standing behind us that started calling their friend who saw the performance the night earlier to check if the fall/prank was part of the performance!!!Seriously!thought that was really shallow, curz obviously this is not a comedy show...its an art performance. I guess many of us still have lots to catch up on the arts scene, not that im good but at least read up abit mah...The performers were really professional though, continuing the show proper even after the hiccup.Kudos to them.

The National Musuem is actually a very nice place, i think dear zhi liked the place with all the british architecture and history. It was fun, chatting and getting people to help us take photos, and i must say people u get to help u at the musuem takes much better photos too. haha.

Me & Dear zhi

i've missed u... =)

2009-07-03T20:46:00.004+08:00

me n Babynapkin!! Met up with TGL(minus cb and sl) on wednesday and its (surprise surprise) Jiahui who initiated the gathering..haha, okok gd effort k. I think TGL has evolved..since back then, maybe because we're no longer in the same CCA and we meet up less, maybe coz some of us are attached now...but nevetheless still lots to talk about when meet, funny thing is all of us often have very different views and ideas...and we often cant stand each other's habits..haha..like being late and err...being gay for example..haha...but yea, glad that we're still very much keeping in touch. Congrats to Jean who's found a job!!!Jiahui, getting licence, keep driving, dont give up, CB n Sl see you guys soon...hows the card!!?haha...

I injured my leg and was swollen until last 2 days...was quite worried when the swell didnt go off for a few days,even started asking around for Sinseh...but its ok now,thanks for those who asked, and dear zhi's mom who offered to drive me to the sinseh...

Going back for Reservist come next week, its back to Hendon Camp...woohoo, time for some Changi Nasi Lemak and Dessert, haha...its been along long time since i met up with the guys, time for a beer or 2...haiyo, sounds more like im goin in for holiday....haha.wonder hows it goin to be like this time round, 2 yrs nv go back le....

Tomorrow, will be goin for some leisure mahjong and Transformers with dear zhi....didnt have much time out this week, both of us...so looking forward

2009-06-28T22:59:00.002+08:00

Singapore River Festival!!Heres some photos i took at the Singapore River...nice huh, haha. Looking at the photos makes me think...the scenes never change from day to day, its just that often we turn a blind eye to whats beautiful around us. Just like how some of us tend to take for granted whats worth loving for us....cherish your loved ones.I would.

Singapore River Festival was held for the past 2 weeks, Dear zhi and i went down twice...once to Boat Quay and then to Clark Quay just to catch some of their performace. It wasnt that spectacular after all, think its too small scale and not enought hype and vibe to attract more people. But nevertheless, the best thing i had both times we went down.....was the company. Nothing beats, having a nice chat with dear zhi walking down the river and over the bridges =)

Went to Nectarie at Clark Quay on sat night. Wasnt the best place i'd recommend. Firstly, they had a weird and rather unfriendly male staff....kept pestering us for the first 5min after we got a seat, as if afraid that we'll sit and not order!!disturbing. We ordered, Hazelnut Latte,Red wine pear struddel and Choc Truffle. The mousse cake was quite bad for a gourmet dessert place, texture was rather rough...but the struddel was not bad and hazelnut latte was strong!!
"Happy 6 months!!
i ~Heart~ u"

2009-06-20T23:50:00.002+08:00

Chocolate!!Chocolate(real name Baby) was a lost-and -found Dog that stayed over one night at my place last weekend. He was found at the back of my condo lost and wandering around, my dad saw him and since it was going to rain, he decided to bring him home. Chocolate is a Pomeranian thats very smart and lovable!! Even my mom who don't usually love pets at home developed a soft spot for him after she saw him. haha...there was,however, trouble when he went over to dear zhi's place to hang out with HAPPY(her dog)...Chocolate started to pee on the wall and even shit la...haha, not forgetting the vormit(curz my dad gave him one whole can of dog food) and the humping!haha...must have create quite a phobia for HAPPY and family!!haha

Eventually, we found the owner's poster at the Management office, and so Chocolate or rather Baby was rightfully returned. haha, it was fun, to have a temporary dog...did i mention i think he likes us alot too..haha

Cafeterias at Work!

Lately its been all about ,work i guess, no more slack days...been learning alot, about engineers work, how people from different countries are and how ive become a mighty little construction site worker!!haha...While working in the site may not be the cleanest job around, it does have its perks i guess...such as having a sea-side cafeteria overlooking Habourfront, and another one that looks very much like a Chinese Restaurant(on the outside only). Yes i dread having to wake up early every morning, but im also enjoying all the moments at work curz ive been learnin so much.yea.

Ryan n Mike's back, everyone is back again!!Tt's gd.

2009-06-07T23:45:00.003+08:00

Its the time of the year to plan for the coming semester....looking at my timetable and anticipating all that getting-to-know the books is certainly not the best thing i can think of. Its scary just thinking about it.
Some people tell me results,(to quote) 'u think its ok den its ok' while the more practical ones say ' theres no excuse, its either not hardworking enough or wrong study method'...i guess it depends on how one looks at it. It might be an easier option to the first..and certainly makes things look more gloomier listening to the latter...
its important for us to strive to be as perfect or close to perfect, but i guess with that it comes with stress and the never-ending need to prove yourself. How nice it would be if we seriously live as we desire and not worry about anything...."dream on lo..."yea, i noe its not going to happen...life is just full of challenges
But it is also the fact that life is a series of never-ending challenges, that we need to think happier and look on the bright sides of things so that the day is that much easier to see through...
how come, i sound like im so stress when nows the holiday...
may the sweet dreams...bring me a brighter day tml. nitez

2009-06-04T23:33:00.004+08:00

Only royalties celebrate birthdays week long....besides my dear zhi i guess. Its her 21st this week, and...21st are meant to be special!! Planning started way back, as her friends and i planned a 'Pink-Dazzled" surprise party for her!!hee.. 26thMay09:
With the help of my good friend from CDO, weisiong aka puipui (who's a dedicated pastry chef by profession!!) i managed to bake dear zhi's all time favourite cake~Mango Mousse Cake!! Puipui spent his rest time after work with me, buying the ingredients and baking the cake from scratch...while the steps can be easily followed alot of skill is needed at times too. After 2 late nights and much mess in his kitchen...i brought home the precious Mango mousse cake, very much anticipating the taste as well!!haha

28thMay09:
Told dear zhi, we'll be going for dinner. Met her at TeaParty over at 6th AVE...there was quite a scare as some of her friends reached like 2min b4 she did!!haha.As she climbed up the stairs....Surprise!!!Her best friends were all gathered, and dressed in pink(her fav colour!)haha. We had dinner and played some games and took photos before the staff brought up the cake and we sang her the birthday song!! Glad she liked the cake, and her friends found it nice too....tho they didnt finish the cake!!haha, i love it tho...unlike cooking a meal, cakes are more satisfying after u bake em!!Party was fun!

After dinner, i sent dear zhi home...where the 2nd surprise of the day lay in her room!!Her friends came earlier in the day, and decorated her room with pink balloons and a frame with their wishes!sweet.And on her bed..i got her a Top she'd reali liked and wanted for quite awhile!Happy girl she was!!=)

30thMay09:

It's our day out for her Bday coz shes working on the actual. We drove down to Rider's Cafe! Delicious Pancakes for me, while she had Eggs Benedict..both looked as great as they taste!!It was a beautiful place, watching the horses trottle pass, trainers training them..and us walking down the roads with a countryside feel...nice=)be back for sure...

In the afternoon, we head down to Sentosa..despite the initially worrying weather!!It pays to be optimistic rite?hee...

We went to take the Luge ride and Sky ride!Both of us nv tried before..a little too short for me, but i yea, it was fun!!There should haf this at Bukit timah hill or NTU or something..ahah..so many hills!!hee..

After that, we had drinks at Cafe Del Mar. Decided not to soak up the sun on the sunbeds,so we sat in the shelters with better chairs and ambience...and too bad we din bring clothes if not we'd try the pool bar!!haha.Oh, their Nachos are like the best ive eaten!! With 3 different sauce,red,green,yellow!!haha..cool.We hang out for quite awhile..before we went for another Luge ride and the Animal Show at Palawan beach!!hee

The animal show wasnt bad at all with all the animals within touching distance!!haha, and when they asked for a brave volunteer...i raised Dear zhi's hands.And sure enough, she got chosen!haha. In the end, the keepers brought out a humogous yellow python and asked her to lug it around her!!Haha..yea, at the moment i was just as scared as she was,if not more. worrying coz she'll prob NOT go out with me anymore!!haha...but the keepers were nice, just made her touch it a little..heee..lucky!Dinner was at Mussel Guys @ Vivo!Wasnt too great, the food...but we sat alfresco, and we love alfresco!!

4thjune09:

1210am. Called Dear zhi down her block....sparklers, a card, present and a birthday song for dear! Got her a Sovil Titus watch, black strapped and classy...just as she wanted!ha, hope u like it!=)And hope ya 21st celebrationssssss is as special as you are to me...love ya loads.

Happy Birthday dear

2009-05-31T21:15:00.002+08:00

I look at my earlier posts, slacking away going to kuishinbo buffet and all..life's certainly changed quite abit. Ive successfully and luckily found a job, an internship actually and its at the Resort World!!yea, the coolness stuck with me quite a few days too...until i had to wake up every morning at 7 and work 5 days a week...argh.weekends suddenly become so important and yet Short..
I guess we're creatures who never get satisfied easily and content with what we have. When we have one, we ask for others and it keeps going on. When i was slacking, i wanted a job...now that i have one...i wished i could wake up when its time for lunch.haha.
Its been a busy busy week, lots to update...but not yet.haha. in the mean time, im going to get ready for work tml...yawnz..

2009-05-27T00:56:00.000+08:00

I'm tired.

2009-05-23T17:18:00.002+08:00

Results are out, i improved(a lil bit) but overall standings still not good.
Its a case of effort put it but only mediocre results shown, i wouldnt say im sad about my results...but im sad that despite time and brains were already invested, it seem ive only moved 1 inch more. Its not encouraging, not at all.
Maybe you will tell me, improvement is good enough..but from shit to less shit is still shit rite.
or maybe theres always next sem...but i only have 2 left, and i have to do excellent to make a difference.
Maybe i should start studyin for the next sem now, maybe results are not really that important....maybe, im just bluffing myself.

2009-05-16T23:38:00.002+08:00

Friday night it was, and we met with dear zhi's best friend qingyu and bf + qingyu's sis + bf for some prawn action!!
We headed down to bishan park only to find thousands of rods already sticking into the pond, not the perfect scene we've had in mind...disappointed but we were not ready to go home just yet, so we went all the way back to jurong bird park prawning area!
It was my first time down there, quite a fair bit of people too...so we started parwning. This friendly guy came over to teach me how to measure the depth of rod and adjustments and taught me how to catch the prawns...even threw a few prawns into the net. nice chap whom we realise subsequently that he's actually 1 of the operators!..ha, maybe he was trying to waste my prawning time, holding me back with all that lessons...wahaha..juz jkg!
Results this time round was bad, quite a bad place to prawn actually...hardly even had bites on our baits need less to say we din have much to eat in the end. But i guess im getting better at detecting the prawns and hopefully the next time at bishan will bring back better results!!And it was fun and more challenging curz we had a mini competition going on between the 3 couples..haha.By the time we finished it was 3am, and somehow i didnt quite feel like going to bed already, think qingyu also..haha. I suggested we go east coast park and watch sun rise!haha...but it didnt happen, we're not crazy enough i guess.It was fun nonetheless:)

dear zhi's found a job,so happy for her..but im still stuck!!!been sending out resumes everday and faithfully went on to check on any new jobs available every half hour! Even decided to take up warehouse jobs, which i dont really like...still no news!Haiz... Time's running out...reservist's coming....time's slipping away...ryan's leaving for europe tonight, det's goin viet tomorrow, mike's at shanghai, jav n james n marv's all on intern, Jean's in aussie, sinli n cb in virginia.how nice.

2009-05-13T19:44:00.003+08:00

It was Ma Ma Day last weekend, a time when it gets awkward waking up on sunday becoz ure suppose to give ya mom a hug and say Happy mother's day. ha, how many of us does that?huh...ha
But appreciation must still be shown, so i took up the ladles and pans to whip up a Thai themed meal for my mom(and family of curz).And of curz..there's dear zhi who helped me with lotsa ideas of dishes and recipes to cook...but disappeared when its down to the tasks!!haha...juz jkg:p
Cooked Green curry, fried tofu,pineapple rice and chilli kang kong oh n refreshing coconut. My mom was obviously delighted, couldn't believe how i manage to cook all tht. but it didnt all taste good also..haha, the green curry turned out too authentic for our liking,as such much was left over.haha..but ok, at least i tried. But thats quite a lot of cooking at one go for me, it'll be some time before i go in the kitchen again!ha..

When was the last time u skated huh?
Now that Singapore has only 1 skating ring left and its located soo inconveniently far...i guess we hardly ice-skate anymore...
But the GIP ppl, well a few of us..ha, is so desperate to relive the old days...we gathered to go ice skating again. An outing of slightly more than 10 dwindled to only 6 attendees, well at least theres 6...gone were the days where u can hang ard outside the ring to watch ppl skate, it'll cost $3 just to enter to watch.yea.sux.
My greatest motivation that day was probably to prove that i dont skate like a DUCK!!!but i admit im really bad at it, didnt invest enough at the skating ring during my days hanging out at JEC.(maybe no girls to go with was the main reason!!haha)
So it was fun tryin to improve my skating and all of us teaching Wenhao how to skate.not bad i guess...

Anw, my status right now is SADLY UNEMPLOYED! And my job hunting is not proving to have any results at all...at this rate, its worrying. hope for the best!!

2009-05-06T16:11:00.003+08:00

Was treated to Kuishinbo on tuesday by dear zhi....had a lot a lot of good food and what else..sashimi!! We were there for 2 hour plus...eating non stop. haha. Its been awhile since i had buffet and i guess it'll be awhile before i'll crave for more as i ate so much i couldnt eat til the next morning!!Oh and it was my first time there...and i thot its much better than Sakura coz i din feel like i gorged down on alot of low quality food, most of it were quite exquisite. The desserts looked realli good, turns out ok only(maybe we were too full alr) but the chocolate fondue was fabulous.

Have been slacking around for the past few days and its gettin boring i guess...the guy's are going to end their exams real soon but ryan will be leaving, jav and marv have interns and mike's going back to shanghai already. Darn....whats going to happen to soccer! Tgl's also 'breaking' up...cb and sl's going for US work & travel(better be careful ok!) while jean's in aussie already.

All that eating and lack of exercise during the exam has really put me in a bad shape...its time to hit the gym and soccer courts!!

2009-05-04T14:45:00.005+08:00

Date: 3rd May 2009
Time :6pm

It was no special occasion, but i do owe my dear zhi a nice date for our 4th month. So i planned a picnic with her under then sunset, by the sea...our favourite setting. Beautiful it was, juz as the lady herself...we sat by the sea, waved at the passing boats and had our salad and Rice Rolls!!

Sunset!!

Rice Rolls

Took a bus down before we took a nice walk to the place...sitting on the bench, taking in the salty air with dear zhi by my side...its been quite awhile since i could sit down and really breathe. Since mid-sem, all we've done was sit at the table and read the books...and a nice date has long been overdued, im glad i exchanged the initial plan of going there late and just chill to a simple yet beautiful picnic...The rice rolls this time, was much better,80 marks!!haha...we're getting closer to perfecting it.well, dinner was good, view was amazing and most importantly you enjoyed it....=)

"你知道世界上最大的距离是什么吗？

是我在你面前............你却不知道我爱的人是你。"

love ya...

2009-05-01T18:29:00.007+08:00

Finally, the exams are over...i didnt reali end with a bang, curz the last paper was super duper hard!but im reali glad the sem's over and i can say that ive done my part...and am proud of it

Its now that i suddenly realise i havent had slack days at home, didnt reali watched tv, went out and hand around the malls..since a long long time.hahas,so much so that going out and taking the train seemed a rather refreshing experience..hows that.haha...

dear zhi went to school with me for my last paper...how nice, oh and she made me cinnamon french toast bread which reali tasted nice dear, trust me. The day earlier i also got tasty bread wraps from her for dinner...sweet=)
So after my paper, we headed down to town...went to Saizeriya @ Liang Court. Its a Jap-Italian restaurant.dear zhi's good friend qingyu recommended to us....

Hamburg Steak($7+!!)

We shared a salad, minestrone soup, the steak and a baked rice...and they all tasted not bad. Isnt fantastic though...but its relatively cheap so its considered value for money alr. didnt stuffed ourself too much curz popcorns' comin up...haha. After lunch we had a nice walk around the empty Clark Quay checking out the interesting pubs that line the sidewalks...never reali walked in before, it was fun checking out C clinic and some of the cool clubs!!yea

Decided to watch 17 Again over Taken for a a good laugh and lighthearted feel...ha, didnt reali laugh much in the end, but it wasnt too bad a film...oh and it was at the cinema that i realised i left my Matriculation card at the exam hall!!darn, almost didnt get to watch at Student Price, lucky for me, i found my Ezlink card and also thanks to the nice staff who helped me out coz shes already issued the normal tix..so friendly.

We den went to shop abit(though we're not reali suppose to) haha...before we headed home surprisingly tired already!!haha...i guess we've been reali over working outselves, curz a simple date like this was more enjoyable than i thot it would be,or was it juz the company=)

Soccer is resuming real soon....looking forward to seeing the guys again!!

2009-04-28T19:27:00.004+08:00

Shag.

I know its going to be over, last one already...and i so so deserve the break..

but stilll...

Shag!!

2009-04-26T00:18:00.008+08:00

25th April, 2nd week into my exam but still took time off to attend Zhe Hao's wedding at his church. Its the first church wedding tht i attend, and it was nice if not better than a normal banquet one. Maybe coz the crowd is smaller, so everything seem a lil more personal...especially seeing my friend up there taking the marriage vows, listening to the pastor and marriage counsellor give a presentaion...It was a pretty overwhelming experience...my friend who's same age as me taking up such responsibilities and a step forward to building his family...something that seem rather far beyond me at this point of time is happening to him...its a lot of courage and sensible thoughts i must say, but seeing him tgt with his now-wife so blissfully married, sure is a lucky blessed man!!im proud of him...

Bento!!

25th is also the 4th month for me n dear zhi! She made me a cute bento and brought it to school for dinner while we mugged!! With the exam stress still hovering around, her beautiful bento is surely an uplifting delight...there were mr n ms piggy who were made of jap rice n ham(with salmon and egg), and mr red tomato lobster who looks realli handsome(before he was devoured by me that is). There were gyoza and tofu for the main and healthy alfafa mayo and black pepper ham for salad...all realli tasty and finished up spick and span!!hee....thanks dear....for everythign especially the pig n tofu!hee

2009-04-13T19:01:00.002+08:00

1 day before exams now...been muggin like crazy these days and i haven hang out with the guys for soooooooooooo long .....no crazy antics this time round huh??!haha...
Anw..stressful times calls for anti-stress actions..been to changi airport to study on sat and had delifrance buffet breakfast the previous week which was very good indeed. All i can think of now, is to get all the darn papers over and done with...and have a well-deserved break thereafter...my list of things to look forward to is suuuppppeer loong...dear zhi will be treating me to Kuishinbo to begin with!!wooohoo...and of coz soccceer!!!my legs are itching like hell..haha

okok, good luck to all..study hard ppl!!!

2009-03-31T23:47:00.002+08:00

The Ex*ms are nearing...and thats not a good thing. Soccer have since stopped much to my unwillingness and everyday's is either the school or the library.It gets at me sometimes, when i spend the whole day at 1 place studying...i'll get to a point where nothing's going in and i feel all uncomfortable sitting down.

Had an interview session with my prof this week when we handed in our project. And im not sure if he's having a bad day or wat, but right at the moment my group mates and i sat down i knew this was not going to be a good day. He scrutinized our report,and commented about our poor drawings...ok i admit its not the best drawing we can give but thats not all. He qns our design, and tested us on the details which of course we couldnt rem. And darn me, who was tasked to do the report write ups did not have a clue to all the calculations he was more interested in...the qns kept coming and i had none answers for him. Although eventually he did explain his reason for interview and told us thats how professional engineers are questioned in an interview...it did made me realise again that hell ive spent the last 3 yrs doing something i dont really enjoy doing....of curz its not a surprise to me, but this time round the feeling is so much stronger. Sitting there and being cornered, feeling like my physics and engineering knowledge was as good as a sec4 student didnt make my day for sure...

Yea, i expected all this dreading right from the start...and i guess most of us dont end up studying what you really like becoz life's practicality and passion's do not usually go hand in hand i guess...

zoo!!

Last sat, dear zhi and i went to the zoo!!...Breakfast at KFC for a start was great,and the zoo sure is a happy place to perk us up in the midst of slogging for school!! go back soon!!!=)

I also tried to make Tau Suan(that green bean dessert) at home, thanks to some recipe and short briefing from dear zhi...but i was too clever for myself, in the end spoiling the concotion and only my mom said it was nice when i brought it to my family gathering. Considering my mom would praise me even when i cook maccaroni in soup...i guess thats not an accurate review. Haha...i'll try again tho, better the next time.
kk.mug hard everyone, theres only this much muggin we can do before we cant...

2009-03-25T00:01:00.004+08:00

***Happy 3 mths miss 's'!! Cant go out today, but we'll leave it til after exams ya....in the mean time, dont let stress get the better of u, jiayou...and smilez!***miss ya

Happy!! Finally we brought Handsome Happy out last sat!! Even tho it was only a short short outing(too much darn work to do!!!)but i enjoyed it alot, prob as much as Happy did.haha...as dear zhi and i celebrated our happy 3rd mth early!!!=)

We went to a dog cafe, Urban Pooch at Balestier....they serve food for the doggie and humans as well, though the standard is not really high, but i guess it'll get u by considering half the time we were just looking at Happy enjoying himself...haha...there were quite a few dogs there, we saw a small lil toy poodle and that nippon paint dog!!! Happy was really scared and nervous when he first reached(act...i would too, if my mom brought me to a cafe with ppl ard looking 3-4 times bigger than me!!ha), and dear zhi and i had to take turns carrying him..
we all had chicken for that day, Sherpard chicken pie for Happy, Terriyaki chicken for zl and black pepper chicken for me!!haha...
a tiramisu and dark choc souffle from Sweet Secret to top the night off....a short trip but one that i gotta know Happy much better...i enjoyed it alot, really...

2009-03-18T14:36:00.004+08:00

Went to relieve Det's tuition class yest....to be honest i was quite worried and nervous about it initially really. of course ive had experience with tuition before, but holding a class is certainly another level totally. So i asked and asked, and read up on the topic that i was suppose to teach....'Fungi and organism'. Det told me not to mis-read it as 'ORGASM', Haha...
The class was fine except for them talking non-stop and i trying to control them the whole time, i guess i enjoy interacting with kids and getting amused by how easy it is to make them laugh....but its not all that easy as i was like making a 2 hr long presentation, on my own...having to ensure that the class has a flow and they have something to do throughout the time. Still i think pri school tuition is a fun way to earn money, stress level is low(becoz often they dun even know if ure right or wrong!!haha..okok, im not tt bad) and you get funny episodes every now and then, like the boy who counted how many times his classmates said the 'F' word and the girl who said that i made her dizzy when i walk around the class...haha.so yea, hopefully i'll be back for more....
The kids are funny and so happy, sometimes it seems they are the ones giving me a mood-lifting lesson instead...often we are too caught up with working life, that we forget about the simplest form of happiness around us...

School life's been rather packed lately and everyone's complaining about workloads and deadline...and im guilty of that too. Worry worry, shag shag...but we still have to push on. I guess you'd rather be worrying about homework now then worrying about your meals in the future...yea,facts of life, so dont bother changing it. Life's not so tough if you magnify the good stuff and minimise the bad ones...smilez....like a child:)

2009-03-14T15:30:00.007+08:00

Made '饭团' today!!! My favourite breakfast back in shanghai....still remember the first time dear zhi bought it for me...the utter size and outrageous amount of (not just rice but) glutinuous rice made me wonder who in the hungry world can eat soo much rice...ha, but it sure didnt take me long before i became a fan of it.
It all started with a trip to NTUC xtra @ JP at midnight yesterday....where we got the ingredients, and got excited about shoppping in a supermarket in the wee hours!!haha...700am(yes!!haha..ive become pretty much an early bird nowadays huh!!) the next morning, we started making the rice rolls...we didnt cook enough rice, but still manage to make one for each of our famly and one for zl's bestest gf yanxin whom she wanted to surprise her on her way to school!! Inside the roll, was crispy youtiao, seasoned cheena veggy and pork floss...it was delicious and according to zl 95% similar to the ones in china!!haha....the place is different, and im not eating it while slacking at the start of work...but it yea it tastes the same and as good.
zl got yanxin her favourite sesame soya milk too...and we passed it to her on her parent's car...haha, hopefully it brought her good luck for her test and not a bad case of diarrhea!haha...
Making breakfast was fun, and i learnt how to roll a sushi(did i??ha)....but i guess a piece of shanghai to feel nostalgic about was what we were after....and we made it=))

2009-03-08T23:09:00.005+08:00

This week feels like a rather long one....

but i got a delicious pancake with maple syrup during the week for breakfast!!!yea...ive always wanted to make pancakes at home but never got down to it...ha. dear zhi made them for me before we went school and even got her clothes all dirty...hee, thanx dear. i love the pancakes!!! We'll make special flavoured ones tgt soon...=)

this weekend was a busy one...

Sat was the RHB NTU 5-a side soccer competition with ah goh and jIn's friends, playing with people i dont know sure makes soccer half as fun as it would if i played with the guys...but we had a really good indian player in our team and with his solo efforts and my lucky goal we made it to the knock out round on sunday!! A part of me was secretly wishing we didnt get through to the next round coz travelling to orchard to play soccer was certainly quite a chore for me...and i would miss sunday soccer with the guys. With such reluctancy, i wasnt surprise our team didnt make it far on sunday...haha...but yea, at least its my first time playing up-field in a competition!!haha..after all these years...

In between soccer, it was....duh....mugging. Its becoming a habit, a good one i hope...but at least im coping. Nows the time for dilemmas, coz i hope i'll get over the sem real quick as its been alot of studying already....and yet, i want more time before the exams!!haha....

One leaf is for FAITH... The second for HOPE...
The third for LOVE... And the fourth for LUCK!

The 4 Leaf clover is a symbol for luck and is rare. Lets hope i get to find one in my life-time...

2009-02-28T10:45:00.013+08:00

The Recess week has breezed past, ok i'm not going into complain about how short it is at least i think i did what im supposed to.....didnt have much time to laze around and just slack my days away, but had alot of fun with dear zl....

Happy 2mths!

Its been 2mths since christmas, 2mths for me n my dear zhi...=)) thanks for coming down to Lavendar all the way bringing me lunch, and going to orchard with me....though you have loads to do, appreciate it lots.
As promised, at night we went to take revenge at the Bishan Prawning pond again!!This time with greater confidence and improved skill and a hunger for some succulent seafood(ok, they are
fresh water prawns). Was there abt 930pm and by 1030 our returns are almost as good as our previous record already!!haha, with zl bringing in 90% of the catch while i contributed only by removing the hooks from them...haha,i reckon the prawns are just dirty little things as they respond only to ladies....heee!! Our 2nd hr was spent idling away as the prawns all went to sleep!! By the end of the day, we were proud to have more than doubled our previous takings and had a few huge ones to bbq!!

We brought marshmallows to bbq too this time!!haha, tho a huge sign says"only prawns are allowed on the bbq" but i guess a few marshmallows wun kill huh.....We started fire from scratch, overlooking another group of friends who seem to have a really pro-firestarter! Im not that good at it, so i mostly just copied his moves..haha...in the end, turns out our fire burnt much better and longer than theirs,and they even asked if they could use ours when we were done...ha, "erhem sure...go ahead"(smug!)!!wahaha....the prawns tasted much better this time and marshmallows were good, i never really understood why ppl bbq marshmallows previously....guess now i noe what ive been missing out!!

Thurs morning, we took 190 together in the morning!! zhi went for project, while i went to the National Library. Was at the study lounge, and its quite a cool place, over looking bugis and the city. Having a sit by the window, i always had a great view to entertain myself whenever i needed a break from work...it wasnt too bad studying there i guess...In the evening, we went to clark quay in search for half price desserts after 9 but Ricciotti doesnt have it anymore,darn...so we bought starbucks and mango mousse cake from Coffee bean...the dessert was ok, but the simple setting and the talks...they were much better=)hey...sometimes, packaging is less impt too, its the content,the words, the laughs....they are what really count...

Fri night was movie night, we didnt last 2 movies..haha...but its ok, i enjoyed it. Watched Bride wars, it was funny!! and i guess the shows really about mean ways to back-stab another person..haha...i want to watch another movie soon!!Will find better quality ones ya....

School's gona start, exams gona come...deadlines are edging closer....im kinda worried, but i'll take it...cmon!!!give it to me!!!im not a quitter!!yea!!!...haha...okok, so long for now....things to look forward to for me...

1) Start school,2) Fico competition in a week,3)mugging(???),4)u....xoxoxo

2009-02-21T18:05:00.004+08:00

The weeks finally over, and recess is gladly welcomed...9 days break and im 1 day down already. Ok, correction, not break but 9 days without lessons.....
The past week was horrendous, i stayed up late on some nights, studied like it was the finals. Felt realli bad some days, tired and all....i guess the china-man habit of waking up early and slpg early is into my bones already!! haha..Also decided to revive my tuition career, too bad, my previous kid left singapore..if not i would gladly go back...but its quite a headache, time, money, location, level....its harder than i thought...or maybe im juz hindering my own progress. i maybe hasty when making decisions at times, so at least there's zhi to remind me(thanks!:))....Sometimes its easy to say 'no' and settle for a safe decision, while a risk at testing times may prove unwise....i would decide soon...
Its a sat night on recess week and i'm home...im suppose to be studying....haiz, wat a loser...am i?haha...oh well, im going to mug n be bored.....

2009-02-19T16:37:00.013+08:00

hAPPy Vday =)

Its our very first Valentine's day this Feb14th 2009, with only 1 thing in mind...i tried to make it as special as possible for dear zhi....

Day1(Vday Eve)

Celebrations started from Vday eve itself, as zhi made me a 'hearty' breakfast thats delicious and beautiful..there were 2 of em, but i gobbled up the first one so fast i forgot to take a photo of it...haha...i didnt give her anything in exchange then....but...of curz i came prepared!!! Though i was abit late, in between her lessons...i walked up to her classroom and gave her a box of her Favourite candies and munchies!! Surprise!!!Happy Vday eve...
Day 2(The actual Day)
Waking up especially early that day, i sneaked up to her back-door and tied a Balloon(was suppose to be 3 but 2 deflated over night....haha...spoil my plan!!) to the door....called her down to walk 'Happy' so that she would see it....Surprise surprise!!

We went prawning in the afternoon at Bishan(thanks to ryan's recommendation), it was really fun as we laughed at ourselves feeding the prawns more often than hooking them up!! The msians beside us kept hooking up while we only had eyes to be envious of....changing spots and changing ponds didnt help much as we reckon it was the skill that we lack!!haha...in the end, we caught 6 prawns!!!(doin the math: $5 per prawn!!)i didnt know price of prawns are jacked up on vday as well!!!hahah...but we'll be back to take revenge...soon!!

destination 2: Changni Sailing Club

We reached just in time for the sunset, as i discover another beautiful dining spot thats least like singapore....it is near my old camp, so it was nice going back to that area again for me!! Gave her her favourite Blue Roses there, wasnt suppose to let her see at first but i guess she took a sneak earlier on already...haha...We saw many funny people, a newly married couple having their wedding shoot, lotsa friendly dogs as we took a walk on the broad walk....worth the trip for a out-of-town feeling.....

Dinner was at the club, chicken as usual for the lady while i had a pretty forgettable salmon steak....but the place is nice and peaceful, and you dont have to burn a pocket....we'll go back soon...

After dinner we walked through Changni village where there was a Vday Bizarre!!There were quite alot of people...(ive never seen a bizarre there in my 2 yrs @ changni camp) there were vintage gifts, some pirated shirts, dog clothings and girls' accesories on sale...haha, feels like a themepark that we've walked into.....we bought our dessert and drinks before we headed to Changni beach...

the sea....the dessert...the planes that took off metres above our heads...and our creative makeshift mat....the chats....nice=)

we exchanged our gifts there....

Got handmade chocs from dear zhi, which were the best ive ever eaten!!really!! luv it....

and slippers that were the most special in the world...self-carved, self-designed....literally pain-stakingly handmade, the carved pine-cones,the xmas tree and candy cane....they mean alot to me n u too im sure=)....thanks alot dear...i'll wear it even when i sleep...haha...

Got her a pair of earrings(amazingly pine-cone shaped too!!)...tts like the 1000th coincidence in our lives.............................u look beautiful in it....

It was a special day, a day full of surprises(yea surpriseful is not a word! right), a beautiful day....our very first Valentines Day...luv u(xoxoxo)

2009-02-05T23:50:00.009+08:00

To my dear miss "s":

sometimes you really get to my nerves, make me lose sleeps or even make me worry.....

but heres what you should know....

even when u look like this

or smell like this

or Taste like this

or sound like this

you'll always be my everything...promise...

Love,

Uncle "s"

2009-02-03T23:46:00.005+08:00

春雨里洗过的太阳

分开之后另一年的春天

记忆也像下雪一样溶解

那些有你在身边的影片呼的一声飞得老远老远

爱在夏天过完之后锁在秋天

捱过冬天之后的我好了一些

雨后的天上彩虹出现衬出一片蓝天

我在淋过一场大雨之后的晴朗

那是春雨里洗过的太阳

每个冬季带来失落伤得多深

然后忽然看懂云的形状

If you listen to the rhythm of the pouring rain

那是春雨里洗过的太阳

每个冬季带来失落伤得多深

每个呼吸都是新的芬芳

春雨里洗过的太阳

2009-02-01T14:05:00.006+08:00

Its back its back its back.....stresssss.....soo many homework, soo many tutorials......things to plan, to do....Arghhh!!

When we were young, people tell us....."study hard when you are young, then grow up got better life, can enjoy!"....but you study hard, get into top school, meaning more competition...hafta study harder...get into university, more complex subjects to study, in the end..study harder....finally you get a high paid job, but it also means working until theres no day no night....so wheres the better life!!??haha...

I wana read my textbooksssss, my notes, do my tuts, finish my project & Report, i want to be ahead of lects( yea right,u wish),i want to chill the day away with zhi, i want to play soccer @ fico, i want to play piano, i want to spend time wif my family, i want to tok kok with my friends...

haiz, heading back to the books,in search of a 'better life'...haha

2009-01-27T22:51:00.005+08:00

Happy Year of the OX!!! Its my zodiac year...yeah!!!and yeah...that means im reaching an old 24 alr!!! My cousins are laughing at the fact that ive became an adult and on my way to the one-way road of aging!!haha...well, thanks for the reminder...

I hope it'll be a great year ahead where i can accomplish more than i ever will and lotsa luck!! Same goes for everyone...

The change of the year wasnt exactly smooth, as some unthoughtful decisions brought me some scares...hai, feel so so bad, pang seh-ing is bad!!!gd thing is its ok already and a sincere apology did help!!

Mickey!!! :)Happy 1st mth

Got this from dear zl, realli cool keychain that closes its eyes when put tgt...she has the Minnie(Correct spelling???) one!!haha...Was suppose to bring her to Sunset Grill Bar on sat, but my dad's car broke down...so we couldnt go considering its inaccessible location..but we'll go soon....Anw, thanks for the Mickey!!! Luv it...:)

School's gonna start again, it has been 3-4 days of no studying and im behind time!!!darn, good thing is at least im worrying so...guess the next few days i'll be playing catch up amid some gatherings thats still in line...GIP Venture tml nigth and TGL on friday, not to mention i'll have to miss the CDO 1!! Oh well...work hard!!!

2009-01-20T23:34:00.003+08:00

Haven took the time to update for quite awhile already...school work has been rather busy, as i embark on my last few sems of study, its becoming more and more crucial as going out to work in the real world is becoming a reality and a tough one...

But Chinese NEw Year is round the corner, and New year is a joyous time...with lotsa food and gatherings...quite a few gatherings set already....card-playin @ john's, party @ Jean's....

New Clothes!!

And with New year, brings new Clothes!!! Went for a looooooongg day of shopping with Zhi last friday! Jp, Orchard and then ChinaTown!! shag....but fun!! Met john (in his Gay attire)haha @ JP some more...

Apparently my wardrobe is deemed to be too dull and in need of some colours...so the objective of that day was to make me a more colourful person..ha... yea, in the end i bought 2 reali bright top which zl helped me choose!

Yanhao, Tingfeng and Ghimmy is leaving for exchange already....only manage to send yh off...but yea, doesnt mean they are any less of a friend to me!! looking forward to seeing them back at reservice......

ok, i realise im not in the writing groove...and i havent been for awhile already...will be back soon...

2009-01-06T08:52:00.004+08:00

Its 2009!!! and im back in Singapore!!wooo hooo....haven took the time to write this entry for the new year, partly coz i had too much to pack, ppl to meet and sadly school that has already started!!
I was at the Marina Barrage for countdown with zl=)!!! Glad it wasnt that packed and it was a nice place to hang around at night....Fireworks was great even tho we were some dist off Marina Bay and it was quite long....i havent seen live fireworks since the last time i went to watch an NDP rehersal, didnt even see it live when i was doing the marching in army!! Fireworks was nice, the place was beautiful and we had our 1st countdown n that was special=)!! Met up with TGL!!!alls looking even better than before, tho jean is still as slow as b4..haha...so glad to be reunited with em!!Though we din get to sing ktv YET...haha....but i guess i realli missed the jokes and lameness!oh n i made em wake up early to meet up...haha, apparently only people in China wakes up that early!! i guess in Sg, 11 is the official wake up time!!haha...okok, sry la...and when TGL's ard, there's gotta be photos...loads of em...after 6 mths, we're back snapping away...tho it seems we're abit stiff n running out of ideas...but i guess we just need some warmin up!!

2008-12-17T10:26:00.004+08:00

Went to crash FUDAN University on Friday and Sunday(their graduation ceremony)...its a world apart compared to our International Student Campus for JiaoTong University! Its really nice and gives you an artistic feel, just like in the movies and serials...maybe its the weather, somehow it makes everything seem better.

I attended calligraphy lessons at Fudan!! My previous experience was at RV i think...or was it some chinese tuition. It wasnt easy at all, lotsa control and patience needed to write the words neatly...but it was fun and i think i didnt write too badly..haha...the teacher's really friendly too, helping all of us write our Chinese Names himself....

Work's gonna end this week...wooo hooo...

2008-12-15T14:41:00.002+08:00

My blog entries lately have been deemed too supeificial and happy...lacking the emotional touch. Of cuz my life is not only about happy and neutral moments, but i guess its hard to appeal to every department of readers...family, friends(close ones n the not so ones)...hence settling for a midpoint, where all can be accepted...

Yes, ive reached the last leg of my overseas attachment and the finishing line is within breathing distance now. As i complete my IA report, attend graduation ceremonies for my uni in shanghai and see myself turn from eager-beaver at work to a seemingly semi-retired personnel...its also time i prepare myself for the next leg of university life...

Many of us lament about how the good times will be ending and how the same will never be the same again....yes, good times may end but better times may just lie ahead...and didnt they say too much of the same things is just as tough...

I was quite surprise im not feeling too much of reluctance in ending my attachment life...apart from the fact that it means i'll be going back to MUG again!! But if every moment was enjoyed fully, every friendship build upon sincerely and every chance taken rightfully...theres really nothing much more we can ask for...Call me an overly simple minded person you might, but sometimes maybe we care too much about losing what we have now and not seeing for ourself the chance to gain more from the future. Coming to Shanghai for attachment was to complete my school requirement, gain overseas working experience and to try living out on my own...goals set were achieved...and probably more...

I do have regrets too...not mingling with my colleagues enough, i dont really know most of them...and not being able to keep myself dark(im white like ghost now)....but apart from that, its been a great 5-6 mths.

The first weekend i was here mike's dad asked me why i chose to come shanghai....he didnt like my ans then...but tts not important....now thats its ending, its time i think about what ive gained and seen in shanghai...

oh well, mike's here and right away we played 2 days of soccer consecutively...so much my legs are aching...haha...kk more pics ahead...

2008-11-13T10:52:00.006+08:00

Autumn leaves @ JiaoDa University

Its autumn, closing in on winter here in shanghai. Temperature has dropped to below 15deg and can be quite enduring especially at night. Played soccer in the rain and amongst the wind, guess its kinda cool...coz in singapore you only play in the sun or not and thats it!haha..but then you'll run the risk of falling sick easily...and tanning is definitely not allowed(as im turnin white as tofu by the day!!haha). Daytime in shanghai are short...as it starts to turn dark at 5pm. i prefer longer days...get to see more of the sun!

My parents and sis are coming to shanghai soon...got some planning to do....but i think i know the city well enough already to bring em around the nice places!! Looking forward....

My place @ 5.15pm

And heres some photos from TaiKang road, a really cool district where they converted shanghai's old houses to really cool restaurants and cafes and some boutique shops!! Too bad it was rainin when we went, cab was hard to get and it wasnt the best weather to explore the place!! Went to Glitsmatten,a wireless swiss restaurant where ZL and i 'attempt' to eat and do homework!!haha...=)

Balcony

2008-11-07T11:05:00.005+08:00

Next Plane Home Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8KUNyXhJZk

I woke up early to baby blue eyes from the afar whoah whoah
and when the sun comes through and lights you like the angel you are whoah whoah
I know I do you wrong when I’m with you I’ve been gone

With every season change, it looks the same (november to june) whoah whoah
And dont these empty streets skip a beat the flowers dont bloom whoah whoah
I can’t believe I missed your birthday againand I wanna come back but I just don’t know when now

And I’m so lonely your not here with me
That’s why I’m gonna be on the next plane home

The road that never ends around the bend I see your smile whoah whoah
I’d swim across the sea to be with you for a while whoah whoah
cos I’m made a life would be gone now the way that I feel I just don’t belong

And I’m so lonely you’re not here with me
thats why I’m gonna be on the next plane home
And you’re you’re the only face I wanna see
thats why I’m gonna be on the next plane home

Stand around try to make every momentand be somebody yeah anybody
it seems the whole world is taking me over
I need somebody to help me get back to it
and I’ve always been a million miles away
but things are gonna changeI just wanna come home

{nO im not taking the next plane HoME, No i'M not being Emo Here..but Yes, its a really nice sOng!! the Piano Rox!}

2008-11-03T20:45:00.006+08:00

Yea i know i know, and i miss hanging out with you guys too...looking forward to sunday soccer with you guys again!!! having pontian wonton noodles after soccer!!(right john!?)and yes javin,we'll go eat the beef burger!!(even tho im not suppose to..haha)but yea...i'll be back soon!!get ready for Eugenhio!!

It seems ive been having all the fun in china huh....all travel, all play!but no, i have my fair share of work and study too..just that its not worth blogging, nothin too exciting!!haha..
so heres more travellin photos!!Been to the 'Venice of the East', Suzhou...for the 2nd time, this time travelled to more places.

BumBoat Ride!

Well the thing about travelling in china, theres never an end to places where you can go..basically you can go to anywhere your money allows you to!! But the down side, most of the places look and feels the same, with probably the temperature being the biggest difference between any places...ha..same goes for suzhou, we visited 'Ding Yuan'(some park), a pagoda(which we vandalised on top of it)haha, 'Han shan si'(some temple) and had the famous 'yang chen' lake hairy crab which cost 5SGD each!!

Vandalism!

Hairy Crab!

In the pic(eliz,valerie,yeonghui, weijun and zhilei)

Over the last weekend, we had a GIP meet the prof session!!haha, sounds boring huh...it was apart from the crap with my table mates and colleagues!!haha...we were treated rather substandard buffet, haha.after so long....i guess i was expecting more from the school huh...

Venture guys!!

Jiaotong University Friends

Well im aware that theres only this much time left in china, wouldnt want to waste any of it!! Cmon!!

2008-10-23T12:43:00.005+08:00

Yes yes yes, all my friends are mugging hard for the exams already!! And im feeling the stress for you all too......

ok, ive got to be lying...but ya, jiayou ok!! It'll be over soon...

Guys, havent been going supper as often huh??wat happen to our Crazy Antics...now that john can drive too(congrats!!)...haha

Last weekend it was a visit to 'heavenly' Huangshan with my colleagues with thanks to a partially sponsored trip by our Company!!yea...

After queueing up for 1.5hrs for its cable car ride, it was then a rigorous climb up up and up!! Having 200 over people from our company alone is a lot of people, but theres also a whole lot of other people at the mountain itself....i know china is a crowded country but if even a mountainous area 1860m above sea level can be so crowded u hafta queue at certain scenic points....its gotta be really bad!! But i guess im more or less accustomed with being shoved and nudged by people everywhere i go, so the crowd didnt bother me too much.....

The temperature is not as cold as we expected it to be, abit like Genting Highlands during its colder days! The view was really good, thought he haze can be quite disturbing especially if you're trying to snap ya camara!!

Thanks to some brave decisions, for the way down huangshan we decided to use our legs...yea...all the way down that long and trecherous 1860m!! It didnt help that our tour guide gave us the wrong impression that we're short of time and so we were like continuously rushing for time....soon enough we were all shagged!the girls couldnt take it anymore and we decided to just stroll our way down...though still shag, but we had a nice chat...=)

Food around the Huangshan area is really bad though, though we were always eating in restaurants, non of them tasted good and for most meals, we just ate for the sake of eating!! It was so bad we went out to look for food the 2nd night...and even so it was like damn hard to find a proper food stall..and when we finally found a bbq stall(the most common kinda food stall you'll find in the whole of china)it tasted bad too....if bbq can also be bad...that place has really got a whole lot of room for improvement!!

Much as its a tourist attraction, alot of the places are not well developed and feels very much like a rural area!! But it was worth the shagness(our legs hurt for the next 3days) and i had a great time....=)

2008-10-11T20:45:00.010+08:00

Part 2 :Inner Mongolia!!

Train ride from Beijing to Inner Mongo was 12 hrs long, and utterly atrocious!!haha....due to the large number of travellers during this period, they allow standing passengers on board the train as well...yea stand for 12 hrs! But that also means, a cabin meant for 60 over people may now have 100 over people...we were like refugees for that 12 hrs! suffer...

After tht long ride, we finally reached Hohhot(capital city iof inner mongo) and headed straight to the grassland!! Autumn it is now, hence we din get to see limitless acres of green grass, but mostly brown instead...nevertheless, the view was great... Highlight of the day has to be horse riding!! We got to ride the horse and control em ourselves, i got 1 that was super duper hungry....kept bending down to eat!!haha..it was really fun, surprisingly easy but expectedly painful for the ass!!haha...i thought i knew the right technic of riding after awhile..but all tht bumping and galloping gave me some abrasion to bring home as well!!ouch...

Looking into the huge grassland, listening to the wind...it was quite an experience...loved it!

Sunsets are nice, but sunrise is the best times of the day for me....coz its a brand new beginning and end of the dark!! I climbed out of bed at 430am in the freezing weather, met the rest to find our way to catch the sunrise! While waiting for mr sunrise, we stood out in the cold (barely reaching 5 degrees i believe)....and when we finally saw a line of orange....it was well worth the effort...nice:)

Sunrise!

Deserts have always been pictures and imaginations to me, this time round i got to be in one myself...and the best thing is...its not Hot!!haha...we visited the desert(highly commercialised already actually!) did some camel riding(they are really cool and peaceful creatures...and my ass din hurt!!) and did some sand wrestling with my tour guide as well(who loves to challenge me in wrestling,i dunoe y...hopefully not curz i look like a sumo!!)

The desert was a really scenic place as well, but it didnt feel as inviting as the grassland...maybe coz i never even imagine myself to be in one...i kinda felt weird!!haha

Sand boarding!!

Without a doubt, Genghis Khan has to be the biggest hero in mongolia!! We visited his memorial which was really cool...and had a quick lesson on his entire life journey!! Made my wish again at their 'Sacred stone pile'....which was suppose to be really gd!

Finally, when it all ended...i had to endure 30 hrs of train ride back to shanghai!!Went pass many many places..prob half of china!!haha...it wasnt that bad after all, and i got to see the autumn scenaries along the rural areas as well!! 30 hrs is long...but some slp, some card games, some psp and the ever-funny geraldine...helped shorten the trip i guess.haha...

With that...i made my way back from the long long journey...that was exhilarating and really interesting. Got to do many things that ive never done before...see many things that ive never seen before...and the company was great as well!! I cant say for sure i'll be back again...coz its really out of the way no matter where you're coming from..haha..but i'll miss horse riding in the limtless land...and the sunrise!!

2008-10-10T08:03:00.014+08:00

And now, heres the most exciting trip of my life so far...8 days beijing/inner mongolia!!
Oct 1st is China's national day, and unlike us, its a big thing here....we all get 1 week's break from work!!Planning a trip in China is not the easiest of all, as planes are not as budget...trains are the way to go. And 13billion people certainly doesnt fit into that few trains that they have on the tracks,so theres always a frenzy when it comes to train tickets...i had to queue 2 hrs and go to work late before i got my tics...

1st stop, shanghai to beijing!!
Beijing was sorta stop over, stayed there 2 days only...upon reaching and meeting up with the rest, we headed to the Heaven Temple!

Its called heaven temple, but we din get to pray..haha..but i guess we were more interested in taking photos with the scenaries!Oh and theres a spot,where by right it is the closest distance between us and heaven!! and thanks to the proximity, wishes are said to have a better chance of being granted!!haha...i made 1!

next was the Forbidden City! i was there before, but the details and history of it was so rich i didnt mind goin to revisit it again!! This time round i got to see more as well, coz the last time they were preparing for olympics!! And hell, the entrance is not ex la, my tour agent last time must have made a killing on us!!

Wang fu jing Food Street was crazy!!haha..my fav was the 'Bing Tang hu lu' , the fruits were fresh and it didnt seem very sweet!the things you get to eat there is crazy, from different local eats to starfish,centipede, bees,seahorse, and goat penis!!! Any takers!?...errr..i didnt try any tho..haha...

I also went to Beijing Univeristy, tiong lee's sister is studying there!! Its really huge and their class rooms are really nice...their dorms are bad tho...like sg in the 80s!!haha...oH n i also found out Johnny(rv ELDDS) is yun's(tiong lee's sis) coursemate...rang him up, but he din haf time to meet up...too bad....wat a conincident!
One World One Dream....how can i not have a piece of the olympics!!haha...we headed to the olympic village....they dont sell tics at the venue itself, but theres nothing u cant get in china! Black market is always ard, even in broad day light! Go in and see only, also quite high!!haha..the bird nest is really big...but the whole olympic village is even bigger..its like a mega town...like so much open space...got its on train station, park, exhibition area...

Ending our beijing journey with a nice sumptous dinner n dessert with yun, we prepared ourselves for the highlight!! Part 2: Inner Mongo!!

2008-10-10T07:35:00.006+08:00

Took a long break from writing, been rather busy i guess...ha, busy having fun most of the time though, besides, i look at the number of photos i have and get a headache already..haha..but i decided not to procrastinate anymore..so here it is.....

My birthday may have been over, but the surprises continued to come! Dearest TGL, sent me a hand-made card!!! And the card came a long long way i must say, don't know how was it miss-sent to taiwan and then all the way to shanghai again!!haha.....nice reading all the notes you all wrote, thanks for the card and the surprise ya!! Exams coming le right....sinli, this sem no need go library pia Astro online !haha....study hard ok! Jean, i'll bring my ass home real soon...jiahui, always look on the bright side k(cb told me abt it,as usual he veh ba kua,haha), smilez!..cb, i heard you've been training ya body???hahaha....try harder la..oopss...haha, i meant jiayou!!hahaha..thanks again!!

And my mom joined in the fun as well!! She sent me a box of Love frm Chua chu kang!!haha....she loaded a box full of my fav biscuits, bought from behind my house and sent it over...haha...all the biscuits maybe cheap, but the journey over made them the most expensive biscuits i ever ate!!haha....it feels really really good to have a piece of home, especially when i can immediately recognise which stall my mom got it from..haha...:) Thanks

2008-09-21T17:20:00.007+08:00

This yEAR is a special one, one which i spent my birthday abroad!! And indeed it was special..not only did i get wishes from friends in singapore, my colleagues gave me surprise 'party' at work too...wonderful!!

To begin with, who else but the guys....as most years, john n mine birthday celebrations are held tgt! And being miles away did not stop them from planning a webcam party...looking into the camara and taking photos with john n the rest has to be really corny and for a moment i felt like an altar!! BUt i was really glad to be talking to them, poking fun at em and vice versa...haha...too bad i couldnt play winning huh!!haha...thanks for the cake which i didnt eat,but i got the birthday song!!haha

And my wonderful colleagues whom have since become my best friends in china!! They got me a cake and purposely planned a surprise for me...haha..songyi came to my department telling me something cropped up and asked me go with him, ok, brought me to the training room..and TADA...all of em were there..haha!! Its weird celebrating bdae in the office...but yea,appreciate it lots...they had to find time, borrow fridge, gather ppl and zl had to carry the cake frm home(shag!thanks)!Thanks to all Venture Gip:))

At night, it was dinner with my housemates!! Tiong and ah goh brought me to a really nice buffet, Happy House!! Had sashimi overload and haegan-daz overstuffed and many many others...I had a great time with em, as always!! Living abroad has really been made easier with my fellow cdos around, brothers to depend on!!

Bday Present!!

And heres the present the Venture guys and my housemates gave me!! A really nice cardigan from C&A!thanks again!

All in all i had a great time this year, not forgetting i also got a cake from my family through webcam as well, lotsa love from abroad and here as well...thanks!

2008-09-07T16:25:00.006+08:00

Went Ice-skating last weekend with the Venture people, it was really fun and it seems ive become better...though still rather nube at it!haha...Ice skating shoes are never confortable for me, this time round as well...playing with all the pain eventually gave me blisters ard my ankle!ouch....but yea, reminds me of all the times i hanged around the JEC iceskating ring in my sec/jc days..playing Photohunt with my friends...haha

KTV is always a good place for gatherings...and great for hanging out after a day's work!!haha...We headed down to HaoLeDi(china's edition of Kbox!) on wed after work!! Armed with beer, and cards and of cuz the never ending song list...we had fun playing bridge and indian poker, and i found a singin partner(songyi)..belting out all the hard rock songs!haha..

I guess i got sick of going home straight from work everyday, ktv was a good change...helps lighten up the mood...

Food stall selling bbq pigeon!Humongous 'Tang yuan' i had..After lesson on sat, went down to 七宝town with songyi n zl's housemates, oh n collin!! Its a old town with old kinda buildings and a small river running through it!! Might not be as beautiful as other old cities in china, but what got me was how the town was blended into the modern infrastructure-as if its living in its own world. I guess thats the most interesting part about shanghai- where the difference of many many decades can be merely meters apart!!

2008-08-31T11:43:00.004+08:00

Sunday SOccer is a tradition never to be changed, only to be passed on!!haha...guys, sunday soccer has gone global!haha...with much luck and convincing to do, i manage to bring together 12 fine man to have our very first Sunday Soccer!!!haha...bought new boots for it too...R10 Tiempo!!yea, pure bliss...

Over the previous weekend, it was a trip to the Shanghai wild Animal park(previously famous for its tiget mauling a keeper to death)haha..went with tiong,goh and ZL +her house mates....we were lucky for a rather good weather here are the animals....most interesting i saw was perhaps the Camel race, dog race, ostrich race...apart frm that, it was well...animals..ha..nothing too special..oh perhaps the PanDA!!which was realy cute and lazy!!guess Kungfu Panda was a rather accurate depiction....

Having had extra salt and extra oil in all my food since ive touched down Shanghai, i suggested we had a picnic at the Safari. So i prepared some egg mayo, ham n tuna and salad for some sub-way like sandwich...ZL's side bought sushi for us...so yea, we had a rather satisfying meal,shiok!!

Ok, after 1 mth plus frm home...much as ive settled down into my new life...it makes me really really excited to be doing or seeing things that i do in singapore!!Soccer has to be one, but ive also found Yun Tun noodles, and soya bean curd(my sg fav for breakfast!!)....feels good to have a piece of home!!haha...like how we met another singaporean while eating roadside bbq!haha..

And of cuz i miss my family and friends!!! Heard some gd and bad news from the guys...haha, u noe who u are...and i heard sunday soccer hasnt been doin well huh!!haha...better buck up, ive been trainin here...becareful i might surpass u all!haha....even winning i also got train can!!haha...

TGL, miss all of ya....hows the new Impre!!haha...got go Ktv??

and to everyone else...miss ya too..tk care ya...

2008-08-14T22:56:00.008+08:00

Hello hello....sometime never update le. But i havent been idling...started my work at Venture Electronics Shanghai!! Works been interesting, working style can be quite different from singapore...but the people are friendly and nice to us interns. Ive been trying to organise the legendary sunday soccer, trying my best to keep in touch with soccer....haha, but its been hard luck thus far..and in the mean time, i travelled with my colleagues also from NTU...

We went Zhou Zhuang, according to the Chinese Govt it is an AAAAA scenic area.(As if 1 A isnt enough)...haha..but yea, its a very nice town in deed...very much look like its living in its own world...apart from the stalls that we'll see every now and then selling this from silk blanket to pirated mont blanc pens to magic trick cards(which i bought and feel rather conned)haha...

Today is Tiong Lee's bdae!!! We bought him a reali nice Adidas Jacket, that suits him to the max...bought him his mango cake(that his gf from singapore made sure i got) and brought him to a brazil buffet which we paid (18 sgd)..haha..shiok....

This time round in shanghai, i met quite a few people as well. Heres Junni, whos tiong lee's cousin frm NUS, theres also Gim CHuan's gf, my colleague who stays in the same condo as me...whoa..haha

Happy Birthday Tiong !!

2008-07-28T18:47:00.004+08:00

Haha, I luv shanghai??NOt the weather though...its been sizzling since the day i landed and running in and out of aircon has already taken a toll on my health...but im fine i guess...been drinking more water....

This is my house!!! After 2 rds of cleaning and many times of visiting Carrefour...it is finally ready to be called HOME..ha. Our neighbourhood is a nice and quiet one(except for the Cicada!!i think they luv the hot weather)....its not as good looking on the streets as it is inside the house i have to say, but its quite a conveninent place to stay in(Considering its 15min frm my work place).

Though busy settling my house, we made sure we had time to travel ard Shanghai City as well. With thanx to my still fresh memories, i brought my tiong and ah goh(my housemates/ex cdo)to quite a few places....we travelled to Tiong's work place coz its damn far and he's alone, also went to many other places, Bund, Nanjing West Rd,Science tech park, lunch with mike's parents and many...

Shopping was also on our list, as we found many good buys...went to Zara and there was Sale as well...bought working shoes and jeans....nice...totally worth it....

2008-07-23T21:38:00.006+08:00

So finally im on my way to Shanghai...took off last night, with the well wishes of maaaaaaaaany closed ones...

TGL, Soccer Guys, my uncle and family, and even the CDO guys...whom i never expect to come. It was really nice to see all of the people before i go, many of whom rushed down or had work early tml but still came...sooooo glad.

As it was time to go in, its weird how all the excitement from before, came down to nothing but the feeling of how nice it would have been if i had chosen to stay back and lead a normal life..hahaha....but challenges are good...

The flight was bad, cram, no worthy entertainment, and i didnt reali get to sleep the whole night....which meant i had to work my ass of in the day without sleep...and that sux!! As we landed, straight away somebody got burglared..yea, 630am!!10min after we cross imigration!!!Somebody was sick also...

But securing my house was a breeze luckily(with mike's mom's help)....but when alls been done, it was time to get dirty!!

The house wasnt anywhere near clean, as we spend the whole afternoon cleaning up....

After Work, dinner has to be rewarding..

2008-07-12T13:47:00.010+08:00

Hello hello, finally ive got photos for my entry....went to KTV twice in a week this week. Once with TGL and the other time with CMY and Peiling(dumpling??)haha....had a lot of fun both days, with TGL its just all the crazy and funny things we do...with CMY + PL its ktv at its highest standard, we sang lotsa duets...which were really really nice..

TGL is almost one year old now, we've come a long way huh...with every single 1 of them i share many stories and lotsa funny moments...and to add to the collection, presenting to you TGL @Tendollar KTV... Instead of showing the same photos(in Sin's n Jean's blog)....i decided to bring to you....

Ms "i'll laugh..not smile!"

Ms "i'll forever smile like that"
Ms "i dont like to take photos la.."

haha....hope you liked it..took me 1 hr to do this lo...anw, ive just started to pack my stuff for shanghai. Dont really know what to bring...

and im meeting all my friends, before i see them again in 2009..played winning 11 with Ryan, Detz and john just last night...we only met at 12am coz ryan and john were quite busy...they were quite tired and john had a date but still made time to meet up...thanks lotz...appreciate...2 more soccer weekends(OONNNNNNLYY) for me...arrrgh...

................第一次看着你就为你心动

2008-07-06T15:59:00.003+08:00

Yea, haven been updating my blog lately...Again...i guess not many have been reading, i dont have any photos to put up, and i dont have much inspiration to write recently as well..haha

BUt my life is certainly not a blank, been busy finishing my survey job that i got from Marvin...it was a job that requires me to fill up super looong surveys and meeting the quotas is certainly not an easy feat...but i completed it already..and i guess its pretty good money.

Been spending alot of time at home as well, with my mom and family...since i'll be away soon, i try to spend as much time i can with my family as i can....just helped out my uncle with his house moving matters the past 2 days as well....though he already hired professional movers, its always good to have more helping hands around....

okok...i guess i'll blog 1 or 2 more times..before i'll give u guys a low down on my new house(in shanghai) and all the things im gona be exploring in china...haha...

2008-06-19T21:30:00.004+08:00

15th June, was the birthday party of my youngest cousin Lindsey and Lincoln...they had their first birthday party in a hotel la..i din even get that for my 21st....haha...well, it was a nice party and i got to see my cousin from msia as well..yea..

Well i havent been lazing around at home lately, been busy meetin up with quite a few friends...played soccer, went out with yihshy, did IPPT(wahaha got Silver!!), went out with my mom, went out with the EID ppl....basically doing alot of things that i would not be able to do when im in shanghai. ive also got a job as a surveyor(again!!) thanks to marvin..haha...earning as much quick bucks as possible so as to help cover some of the expenses for my overseas trip...which of course is the main highlight of my year now. When im in shanghai, i'll get to haf a 1 week break while PRCs celebrate their national day....and i'll be expecting to quite abit of travelling during the time..hopefully i'll get to go to many places near china...tibet, nepal,japan....to name a few in my wishlist..haha

Well, sat's sINli's bdae party...all the way back to Loyang(where my camp use to be)!!argh...but im looking forward to it...should be fun...

2008-06-14T09:43:00.002+08:00

Time:9.34am
Location: My bed
Day: Saturday
Comment: listening to Class95fm(its the All 80's weekend!!Rocks) + Reading

this, this is what ive been waiting for after working my ass off for work year 2007-2008(dec hols were gobbled up by impresario rem!!), finally i am getting some time to laze around at home,on my bed...haha

Went Heerens yesterday, was doing 'Something Good' for the Make A Wish Foundation(with mike and cassandra)! yea, trying to earn some good karma for myself. We were suppose to sell stickers while they got buskers to perform...sold quite a lot i think, met some nice people and some who totally ignored me!!haha..

Ive been spending alot of nights out lately....the last one(yest) was spent sitting by SG river and eating nice desserts and just chilling out(tho theres never really chilling out in Singapore @ 32degrees celcius) with mike,ryan and det!!haha...it was a really gay setting..haha, but its not everyday that we get the chance to just sit down and talk(notice how simple it sounds but how hard it is for us to achieve)Nice dessert, good company, we were just short of a beer to end off a great chill session!!haha

Anw, i wont be in Singapore for much longer...my GIP shanghai has been confirmed and i'll be leavin on july 23rd! yea, after all that excitement of going overseas, now that its confirmed...i think i'll miss alot of my friends n family(of curz) in Sg!! haha.....not forgetting the Soccer...Gosh..

2008-06-10T12:57:00.005+08:00

So ive been absent from my blog for a very very long time now, not that ive been lazy...but ive been really busy...with my school project (which has finally ended yest!!)and hanging out with my friends...new and old!!haha
So ive been to shanghai 2 weeks ago...yea,it was quite a trip!!Haps ar!!haha....so here it is...

Places i went

We explored pretty much everywhere that we could considering we spent 6 days in shanghai and another in Hangzhou!! KTV, Science Centre, Nanjing Road, Shanghai oriental pearl Tower, Big Thumb,The bund, Chang le Road, Clubbing at MUSE...wooo...thats quite alot of place..haha. We travelled around so much i feel accustommed to the city within a few days...haha..which is good considering i could well be going there for attachment soon!!haha

Food That Rocks

Over at shanghai i guess i can say that ive been thru hell and back to paradise(food wise at least) becuz ive had the best of the best food at Wang Pin Tai Su place and food that is purely substandard when we went on our day-trip to hangzhou(its that bad im serious!)..haha..but at shanghai itself food was really great, and affordable as well!!!haha...theres a good mix of road-side hongkong style food, jap food @ Babydoll(a nicely decorated restaurant) to real posh places...

The people

Mike, john, Janice and Jieying made up the rest of my shanghai party!! Our(john, mike n I) Friends-integrating-program has been rather succesful and amazing considering i only gotta know the girls for 4 hrs before we took the plane to shanghai..haha...how interesting!! oh and not forgetting Shirley whos mike's shanghainese friend we met over there...haha...

Though i always dun get to sleep when i want to, becoz the girls are no-sleepers (they dun slp til 4 am)haha..but there are alot of fun!!:)

The Sights

Over the course of 7 days, i not only got to know new people...i got to learn about shanghai and china. In a way it reduced my prejudice against the PRCs..haha, becoz i saw for myself how competitive their lives can get, how so many people are trying to earn a limited amount of money....

I experienced for myself the sights, sounds and smell maybe...haha..of shanghai!! Metropolitan it may be, it still has its fair share of really shackled buildings....opened to the globilisation it might be, it still has poor english signages here and there..haha...im glad it wasnt just a holiday for me, it was a trip that opened up my sights and understanding of another country!!

2008-05-24T04:12:00.002+08:00

Its Jean's birthday pArty today and i am not able to attend...promised to give her a surprise!!haha...well, hopefully you wldnt see this til after the party..ahah
But yea, CB and I met to do a huge huge collage for Jean's party...getting photos from her best friends..haha..it was more fun than i thought and maybe my art aint that bad after all..haha..well good or not, hopefully this makes up for my absence ya....

Hope you have a great night!!:)

2008-05-13T23:35:00.003+08:00

Was rather lazy to blog since after the exams...as im kept rather busy with my project (hafta go sch everydaY!!!), hanging out with the guys,and of curz....slacking at home!! haha...i guess im enjoying my holidays so far, even though i hafta report to school every morning...but afternoons are usually quite slack and i get to laze the afternoon away or play bball in sch!!haha...feels like sec school again!!haha...
When to Kbox( finally!!!!) with TGL....and while the girls were late, me n cb juz sang like crazy...non stop...haha...its funnie how singing can make me feel excited huh!!haha...

After Kbox, i met Mike...and since john, him n i have come to agree that we should actually integrate our friends!!haha...i brought TGL to meet mike!!haha...the idea itself was kinda funny alr!!But yea, having already met up with mike's friend the night earlier...we seem to have learn to overcome the initial awkwardness of meeting new people thats usually present with much ease....haha, it was fun!

2008-05-05T23:58:00.002+08:00

KL Trip(020508-040508)

It was a trip where we ate endlessly. There was no such thing as breakfast or lunch only heavy meal and light snacks that never stops!!haha...

From Bak Kut Teh to Fried Mushrooms to Stingray to SoTong, to Foccacia to Peanut BuTTer Toast to A & W.....the list goes on...haha,im impressed really,with the amount of food we ate....nobody would have believed how much we've ate looking at our size..haha...

It was fun...i guess...eating is the happiest thing on Earth!!besides soccer tt is..wahaha...

Special ThAnks:

Ms Lim Sinli

(for new source of collage prog)

happy??haha

2008-05-01T00:30:00.002+08:00

ExAMs aRE fInALLY oOOOOOOOOOOOOvvvvvvvEeeeeeeeeeRRRRRRRRR!!!!

Hahaha, this time round its exceptionally relaxing(comparatively la!! previous ones i had were terrible!!) So i really hope its a new and more importantly better way that ive learnt to handle my exams, but only the results will tell!!haha..so in the mean time i shall be a nice person, to save some Karma for my results!!haha....

Anw, lots and lots and lots to look forward to now that the exams are over!! Apart from the usual, TGL outing, Sunday soccer, KTV,winning!! The next half of the year from this moment on, i must say, is looking really good...and exciting for me...

---KL trip is coming this friday
---shanghai trip is next in a few weeks time
---doing some Engineering project for a mth in school(oh not tt im excited abt it, but its prob the most interesting engine stuff ive done!!i hope.hehe)
---Overseas attachment is in the midst of confirmin!!(ya i noe sinli, i wish i had an answer for tt too!)

oh, not alot i realise..haha..but alot of overseas trips for me and Im really excited!!haha...hopefully it'll all turn out well!!

2008-04-13T00:32:00.006+08:00

Yes Yes yes...i dunoe abt you but i get times when i look into the mirror and feel somethings wrong with my face, house's too noisy, work's too hard, time too little, getting too old, table's too messy...bla bla bla....times where all the stress gather into one single point pretty much like a Black hole(ooo...showing off my astro knowledege there!)....times where I FEEEL FRUSTRATED!!! its like......erm....having PMS??haha..not that ive had one EVER before...but its juz arghhh...yea....

so much so...i need this..
Well im not sure about bangin my head...but i sure know that slpg should put me at ease.....maybe im juz stressed....but i dun feel it!!arrr...i dunoe..

2008-04-09T01:48:00.006+08:00

Its funny how its always during exam periods that i start wandering around youtubes or footytube(the soccer equivalent of youtube!)....i guess its the most convenient form of relaxation in times like this...with more notes and less soccer than i can have!!haha...Last sem i kept watchin wang lee hom's videos and was inspired by his concentration and focus on music, tried to emulate it in my studies....haha...err..well ok, i improved!!haha....

So here i was again, watchin videos...videos of my fav team when i came across Ronaldo's latest video....

Well, never really believed Mike as he always claim that the no7 Shirt is legendary and special....well, no questions abt it!!haha

Exams has dragged me down that stressful phase again and hell was i in need of some inspiration after 2 weeks w/o soccer, 1 week w/o running and 3 weeks of pure pain to come!! Watchin C.Ronaldo got me all excited abt soccer-playin with the guys,playin better/faster/sleeker/smarter so much so im convinced i should put in some trainin to improve..haha...(ok, im sounding crazy alr!).but yea, at least it gor me perked up for now!!

Anyone has ankle weights for me to train?(wahaha)....