Had a long weekend. Surprisingly fast.

Alright it has been some time since I last post.

But before that I have to thank everyone who had send in their well wishes on the day I'd launched my Internet marketing business. It wasn't an official launch though, I've only release it out to my circle of friends. Planned to have another product on hand before I start generating traffic in.

There's still some minor problems on safari though. Webpages created doesnt work well in safari. Gotta solve it soon.

Anyway I taken 3 days off on my own business. hahah self-declared :) The feeling is well, superb. Havent been resting for sometime. Am starting full mode again tomorrow.

Toot :)

zagg.com has been irritating.
This is by far one of the worst online store that I have came across.
I've placed an order for their most hot selling product -- invisible shield protector for iphone.
And that's 24 March 2009.

They claimed shipment took about 7 to 10 working days. So i waited. 12 days passed yet no news. Submitted a complaint, took 4 days to reply. Confirmed a re-shipment, till today still nothing. It has been 23 days since I placed the order.

Don't tell me the invisible shield protector........ is really invisible? Oh god.

Should be easy.

working OT is becoming the norm nowadays.
chop chop mann


so many things to do.
its crazy that i'm actually proud to have such a bursting tight schedule.
pple say i'm a workaholic since i'm 16.
well....
agree. :)
i hate wasting time... thats sinful. lol

Its time to embark, weichang. =D

adobe cs4 is taking years to install -.-
blogging now while waiting for installation complete.

anyway work today is super tiring.
having meeting in the morning in design conference room.
its the first time i feel the "atmosphere" where everyone is so serious, discussing on the same common topic
i admit i'd done a little bit of dreaming about myself holding a meeting as a CEO of my company, where my workers will discuss actively together to solve problems and projects. LOL. it shall happen :)

straight after meeting rushed down to workshop.
carpentry work -.-
cut wood and assemble wood planks into cabinets
my previous time doing wood cutting and D&T stuffs is when i was in my sec 2.
its interesting =] i'm getting abit sick of office environment. lol

one whole afternoon in workshop playing around with wood cutting machines/glue/wood planks/nailer
going back to office with body full of wood chips
i smell of wood
and had to do mad call ups through phone
oh cool

okay cs4 is done :)

oh mann i realised i'm back to the coffee addiction.
one day without coffee = restless + sleepy whole day.

16 days passed. Completing stage one.
it better work out on time...

i shall let excitement overcome the fatigue.


I NEED TO TRAIN MYSELF TO SLEEP FIVE HOURS PER DAY AT THE SAME TIME MAINTAINING MY OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE (with aid of coffee, if needed.)

had billiard on saturday night with cousin and friend from malaysia.

negative 31 points.

-.-


sometimes i admire the way kampong pple speak and talk.
funny and cool.
the words they use are cartoonly descriptive.
and their thinking
simplistic yet powerful.

i have been eating design western breakfast for consecutive FIFTEEN DAYS.(excluding weekends)
harshbrown sausage salad toasted bread egg + coffee.
even the stall auntie immediately knows what i will be ordering the minute she sees my face. lol


and. i promise to trust my eyes and tell myself this is not a scam.
it will work out alright.
determination.
no problem.
goodbye life i've no time for fun anymore

91 days left ._.

can i have something different for breakfast tomorrow?

Happy 2009 =)

2008 has been a WONDERFUL year for me. [statement valid only for the month of nov and dec]

obtained driving license.
japan trip.
achieved freedom. (highlight of the year)

Interesting to say, my time is all jammed after since i obtained my freedom.
possibly its because of the clash of my ord with the school holidays
not a single day of rest in december, but life's fun. lol

wishing everyone a very meaningful and happy new year
Lets welcome 2009, my magical year. =)

have been rather lazy to blog recently.
life after ord is mostly plain relaxation and enjoyment

swimming-shopping-dining-brainstorming-watching videos-weekend sales representative-interviews-malaysia-citizenship ceremony-tp

today's my third day of work in tp.
friendly environment and colleagues.
shant comment much, it's only third day.
and it's a six months contract.
okay dont wanna think about that first. lol

i've been running on a low harddisk space for few months.
in fact my cpu harddisk had a pathetic 2.54GB of space left.
roamed the IT fair with weeyang on sunday again
bought an external 320GB harddisk.. should be enough to last for at least another year.. at least, i believe. lol



Beautifully designed harddisk =]

19/11/08 - 23/11/08
-Malaysia-
-Sitiawan-
-Pulau Pangkor-


Pangkor Jetty




the seats inside this ferry reminds me of the fastcraft to tekong lol




The Great Wall of Pangkor






the adorable cousins



Ah ma! =]

ORD!
-10 NOVEMBER 2008

to be serious, it has been quite a long time since i felt so happy.
it's like being released from prison
i can feel the surge of freedom after the retrieval of my ic
anyway it's my first time seeing my pink ic.

the one year ten months hasnt been easy.
i know alot of pple will say i had an easy life cos of my vocation
i thought so too when i received my vocation posting, until the camp posting smashed my dream.

anyway i would like to thank those who walked together with me during my NS life
be it civilian or military personnel
utmost appreciation to everyone

10 November 2008 was a rainy day.
11 January 2007 was also a rainy day.
the 96 weeks in between are stormy days.
End of NS life.

-New phase begins

okay time has been significantly fast for this month.
i'm left with two last half days in my NSF term.
its time to pack up everything and dump inside storeroom lol
exactly 14 days left to ord =]
people, celebration time

50 laps of swim today.
mild sunburn.
swimming with weeyang is always a new experience. always.
and till today we cant figure out why it always rain when we meet. lol

economy crisis now
wall street falling, banks bursting
inflation increase, electricity increase by 21%, more ERPs, bus fares rise, taxi charges remained and even newspaper prices also increased.
salaries maintained.
the only consoling thing is that the petrol price decrease. by five cents -.- (nothing much to celebrate, reports say it will rise back soon)

i voluntarily propose to bear the 4 years university fees solely by myself
so far these years i have already been largely financially independent since J1
so this time round its gonna be one times good one. lol
i'm fully ready for this great idiosyncratic challenge
its time to rack my brains and make some daring plans

Starting the engine. zoom

Guards Night last friday.
no.. i'm not guardsman. and i did not attend.
did marshalling -.-

and that night was one of the most weird feeling night for me. (in these 1 year 9 months)
that night will be the last time that i would see my encik.
He'd flown off to australia for exercise, and i ord before the exercise ends.
he's so far one of the best superior in bedok camp, he had given us much freedom and welfare that most soldiers would not enjoy during the nsf term.
of course, he shielded most punishments for us.
i witnessed the promotion of him from master sergeant to warrant officer.
i witnessed him doing the sai gangs personally when he had one whole lot of man under his control.
i witnessed how the arrows shot directly to him by some higher ranking officers.
i did not witness him abusing his power as HQCSM
i did not witness him flaring up at anyone (actually my colleagues saw it before, but that day i was on leave ^^)

he gave me a deep handshake and bid me farewell.
i didnt expect that he would remember that that night would be our last meeting, given his busy schedule.
the feeling was, indescribable.

Thank you, Warrant Loh.

went for dental FFI today, check up didnt last for 20 secs but waiting time was 2 hours.
checkup result -- teeth are healthy, no wisdom tooths.
quite expected it.. i'm not very wise. lol

ord FFI cleared. dental FFI cleared. clearance form cleared.
i'm ready.
=)

I'M READY FOR THE WORLD

i need ideas. tons of them!

staying at home staring at monitor screen is a good way to make you feel sleepy.
it keeps your mind locked and you cant think of anything.

yet i dont know where should i go to free up my mind and let ideas sneak in.

i'd just failed a plan. which is, i think, a demoralising failure.

Think. Ponder. Wonder. Intellect. Evaluate. Believe.

44 days! =D


i dont want to know about thomas edison failure story. i dont want to fail as many times as he did. i have no time for that.

Olympic's fever over. And thats the best event for this month.
Caught up with most of the matches this time in Beijing 2008, compared to the Athens 2004.
Impressive grand opening and closing ceremony, watched both live =]
Singapore's women table tennis matches are heart throbbing ones, every hard earned point seems like a step towards grabbing a medal. Congratulations to Singapore women table tennis (team)-- Silver :)

Badminton and table tennis matches are my favourites this year's Beijing 2008 Olympics =]



Pulau ubin's gathering on 16/08/08 :)
Was a rainy day. been there for 3 times, rained 3 times. lol




cycling :)




dream home--a terrace on the island



childhood days










today i came across an alarming discovery : i'm left with 23 full working days =D
Happy 75 days to ORD =]

Today's a day for celebration.
No, not celebrating the start of hungry ghost month.
and definitely not celebrating the start of my guard duty in 7 hours time.

Today marks a significant countdown in my life.

Ladies and Gentlemen, i shall present to you:

ONE HUNDRED DAYS TO ORD

yes. One hundred. 100. 一百. Sa-ratus. சதகம. hyaku.

My civilian conversion course(CCC) lasts one hundred days, and so it will start today.
No more 3 digit days countdown after today. =D



just now during bath, i heard my neighbour singing "stand up for singapore" in his toilet.
-.-
i mean, i can understand his love for Singapore.
but the way he sang, made me laugh till i need to squat down.
to show my support i danced around in my bathroom with his singing. with my bathroom waterworks.
Childish.
but it's fun, it reminds me of my childhood days playing with water.

i'm 20.

shucks

okay its time to update. was having a busy week after the japan trip, and yesterday was serving guard duty.

Let's skip nonsense, i'll go straight to the highlights of the trip. :)

The 10 days in Japan has been an extremely tiring one. We overslept every single day, credits to weeyang who is able to pull himself out of bed to screw me and lertong up.

Day 1



Gathered at the aiport at around 9pm. Excitement overwhelmed.


Our A380 flight. Photo taken in Narita Airport. Didnt sleep much on plane--watched 2 movies



Yokoso Japan :)





We took keisei skyliner to our 1st destination-- Asakusa.





Kaminari-mon Gate













Ryokan Toukaisou, our first night stay

Off for the Sumida river tour, down to the Tokyo city.
























Our dinner set. In a standing restaurant














A bicycle taxi. its something like a trishaw, except that the driver cycles





Toyko Tower

From Tokyo Tower we walked to Ropponggi Hills--the high class night life area of Tokyo.



















Moved on to Rainbow Bridge. Didnt get to go up, cos the lift operation ended at 9.30pm-- we're late. but managed to get some good shots from the base







The first day was one of the most tiring day. Had been walking non-stop since we stepped out of plane. Even the dinner was in a standing position. The sleep in the ryokan was, of course, perfect. Japanese futons are nice. lol

Day 2

Akihabara--- The Electric Town

take a look at how many sim lims here










Japanese girls giving brochures are everywhere on the streets--very different from those aunties who stuffed brochures to your hands on escalators of sim lim square


Lunch: Japanese Curry






The japanese curry is sweet and creamy, not spicy at all. To add spice you have to add grinded chilli to your meal, and thats what lertong do most of the time. lol


Ginza---Grandiose shopping districts










two guys strolling on a Ginza shopping district---doesnt seem so right.














Sony Building. We participated in a game which requires us to tour the whole building... and receive a free bag. lol











Ikebukuro night





Our dinner for tonight. Soba and tonkatsu. Super tasty




Takopachi

Pachinko arcades.

Day 3


Tokyo Dome












Budokan - weeyang's favourite spot


i couldnt remember eating this. hmmm


Shibuya









Meiji Shrine




A long walk to the shrine




My wishes


Takeshita Street, Shibuya






Day 4

Woke up at 5am. The earliest of all. Rushed to catch the morning action of tsukiji fish market


Tsukiji Fish Market




Big sized.




Fleshy










Awesomely big. Look at it-- size of a styrofoam box


Fishes eyeballs


Puffer fish! Deflated.


Its finger lickin' good.


Our breakfast =]

Rushed back hotel to check out, moving towards Shinjuku city.








Tokyo Shinjuku Metropolitan Government Building


Bird's eye view of Toyko city.




Our lunch for today -- Noodles with lots of vege.


Takashimaya, Shinjuku








Isetan









Day 5
Day 4 and 5 are mainly shopping days. Day four in Shibuya, Day five in Shinjuku.






Mister Donuts


Bento for lunch








In Japan their Macdonalds are wonderful. Everything above cost 100yen each. Including famous shaka chicken, milkshake and their Mcpork. i think we had at least 3 shaka chickens each in these 5 days. lol




Off to Osaka by nightbus.

Sayonara, Tokyo.
Yokoso Osaka!

Day 6




Shintennoji Temple




Osaka City


=]












Day 7

Nara Park





Nara Deers






munch munch

they're everywhere
















Okonomiyaki =]

Day 8







Osaka Aquarium










say cheese :)


Penguin parade!




Handsome.




king of the sea


puffer fish! huff puff




dancing crab!










Namba


Day 9 & 10

Nothing much on day 9. In and out of shopping malls





The last night in japan. unloading and repacking luggage. headache


Kansai International Airport










last meal in japan. sayonara meal lol






Goodbye Japan.

That sums up 10 days in Japan :)
Freaking fun, remarkably memorable =)
Success, Project Narita!

Today is the day.
I'm going tokyo and osaka tonight =]
with lertong and weeyang

Project Narita is the name that we've named for this trip
and all these months had not been easy.
Planning, booking tickets and accomodations online, choosing dates and all sorts of administration
i must admit i contribute the least to the planning of this trip, cos of my busy schedule
but these 2 wonderful friends of mine have organised everything perfectly =)

okay gotta go. luggage is not done yet -.-
will be back on 7th july =]

YOKOSO JAPAN!

In life, we aim to accomplish as many wishes as we could. Earn lots of money. Be financially wealthy and stable. Get your ideal partner. Have a grand wedding. Buy ideal house and car. Stay in contact with as many friends as possible. Maintain every friendship. Attend gatherings and cohesions. Be filial to parents. Receive promotion/bonuses in company. Gain boss' trust. Travel around world. Invest and expand business. Be a millionaire.

So many things to do in life. So many things to achieve. All in your lifespan. Take the national's average lifespan. 80 years old. 20years old now, none of the above was achieved. None. And i'd just wasted one quarter of my life.

I'm ashamed of myself.

Even the simplest of all --- Attending friends gatherings/ cohesions, i've failed. Not once, but alot of times. And it tracks all the way back to secondary one, to now.

I hate my busy schedule. This's the thing that is affecting and obstructing my current life. It destroys my future plans. It adds zero value to my future. There's no turning back, i've chosen this path. I guess that leaves me to one last option. Time management. of course, i know i'm lousy in that.

i need to sort out everything.
its too confusing.
My life's now in a mess.
Give me some time.

YES!
I've passed my driving practical!
my first attempt. =]

Seriously i have no much confidence during the test.
the warm up lesson before the test was even more cock up.
My instructor was damn demoralising.

"你FAIL了啦. 你到底有没有看到‘STOP’ SIGN?"

“回家啦你！回家啦回家！我看你等一下扣分扣到很残"

“OI。你没有CHECK后面也没有SIGNAL RIGHT TURN. 八分飞掉了啦"

"我跟你讲每次要这样做你不听。等一下TEST的时候这样的话一定完蛋"

"FAIL LIAO LA! FAIL LIAO LA!"


-.-


During the test the rain gets bigger.
I cant understand why the past few days the weather was so warm and it purposely rain during my test day.
Mist and condensed droplets start to form on the side mirrors.
i opened the window and wiped the side mirror with my hand
examiner: "your hand can absorb water?"
me: "..."

the test was not as stressful as my warm up lesson
the examiner is far more encouraging than my instructor

My weekends are finally freed from driving lessons
No more early morning drive =]

14th May 2008.
i will remember this day.
a rainy one.

thanks to kah hui, i'm considering going for lasik surgery.
wearing spec isnt a chore, but certain times it is a nuisance
usually during sports and water activites.

-you have to take off specs when u go for a haircut
-you cant wear normal sunglasses/shades while driving under the striking rays of the sun
-unless your goggles are those with degrees, most likely you cant see more than 10 metres while underwater, in addition that the visibilty level in the pool itself is greatly reduced due to increasing pollution by... illegal human excretion.
-the trouble of cleaning specs periodically
-the condensation of vapour on specs lens after coming out of an air conditioned area or during eating/drinking hot stuffs
-to hold the spec using at least one of your hands during para para sakura dance to make sure the specs wont fly out as you spin

i'm kiddin.

i dont tolerate placing plastic contact lens on my eyeball.
and so that left with lasik.

I like my current specs. Specs to me are like accessories.
But sometimes I look weird without specs. And this’s funny

My hair cells have been overly active
I have to cut my hair about every three weeks
Even the hairdresser was shocked to see me visiting their salon so frequently
Its all my hair cells fault
Actually it’s not.
I think it’s NS fault. They cant tolerate 1 cm longer and that’s why I’m forced again.

My time is just so packed
Driving lessons, swimming, cycling, movies all jammed up in the weekends.
But this is cool I enjoy my weekend life. lol

The world is not operating like what i thought it should be.

Who cares?

i've gone crazy.
today.

i will censor the cause of my indignation. because i've promised myself not to write any SHIT that occur during work.

.....................
........ .................. .................
..............."$%^##$!@#$@*(!"........
...."(&&*$%$@#$%"......"%$#$@#$!"...!!, and i was damn pissed off that i rapped vulgarities like singing R&B. At home was worse, mom has always said NS problems are minor. MINOR. I cant stand those who never serve NS and yet say NS problems are minor. Comment only if you serve. Those who need not serve please kindly shut up. Even if you have the intention to console/clear his anger by talking to him, i suggest, please, save your effort. Because any army matters mentioned or discussed after office hours will easily ignite the person.

And that i was so over infuriated and crazy just now as though i was possessed.

Morning: Constantly reminding myself to photocopy my passport for visa application once i reached home. he was raiding my workplace. giving unreasonable tasks and demands.

Afternoon: Anger level rose. Tomorrow's off day was cancelled. With a reason which i think was logically unacceptable.

Evening: Reached home. Mom saw my du-lan face. Challenged my tolerance. Flare up. BOOM

Just: Remembered to photocopy passport. So i went downstairs to the photocopy shop. But forgot to bring the passport along. Feeling even more du lan

10 mins ago: Took my passport and went out of house again. While waiting for lift i was wondering whether a photocopy of passport was a necessary document. Lift arrived but i press on to the lift button, staring at my passport with the question zooming in my head. Felt du lan x3

8mins ago : Went back home to check the visa application documents required. Photocopy not necessary.

7 mins ago : Declared temporary insane.

I've totally no idea what i'm doing. That feeling was dreadful. I was possessed.

i can sing high pitched songs!

Singtel's services and employees are superb.

The technician sent by Singtel could not install the mio tv last saturday, and he promised to send another technician to solve the installation problem on the coming monday.

Today is another saturday. Which means the person he promised to send is 5 days late. (and counting)

And so my mom forced me to dial Singtel hotline to clarify the problem.

Time: 3.25pm. Dialled hotline. "thank you for dialling singtel hotline bla bla bla... for singtel broadband enquiries please press 1. For singtel mobile enquiries please press 2. For singtel bills enquiries please press 3. For $#%$##%$^%^&%$ please press 4. and 5. and 6."

After the welcome story i pressed 0 -- the option for other enquiries because i think speaking to the customer care officer would be a better choice.

i was wrong. -.-

"For %$#%$ enquiries, please press 1 and 2 and 3 and 4...."

i pressed for quite a bunch of numbers, listened to their phone advertising while waiting to be served.

Time : 3.35pm

Finally an officer picked up the phone. Explained everything to him. Then he played some call-waiting music and told me that he will direct me to the mio tv department, as he is under mobile department. i agreed.

More call-waiting music follows. With some Singtel advertising contents.

Time : 3.40pm

Mio tv department officer picked up phone. Explained everything to her again. Same thing, played some call waiting music as she checked the status of out mio tv installation in the Singtel database. and she picked up the phone again. Requested me to repeat the whole situation again, because she forgot everything while she was checking the status. I repeated myself.

And again the call-waiting music. I guessed she's trying to reward me for my wonderful story.

poom. The officer says this matter is out of her department control and gave me Singtel's techinician hotline number. 1800-555-6000.

Time : 3.50pm

Dialled the number.
"For #%$#%$#%$ press 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,....10000."
An operator answered. AND. Explained everything to him again. and they checked the status again, checked my name and whatever particulars. this time was even worse. they wanted me to repeat my story sentence by sentence because they're typing a report.

and conclusion: they will call me back. Time now :4.00pm

and after this i spent 10 minutes arguing with my mom because she thought that i was chatting on phone with some friends -.-

Time: 4.10pm

One technician called. AND WANTS ME TO REPEAT EVERYTHING AGAIN. and bla bla bla.
and bla bla.
bla.

bla until 4.20pm.

he then arranged another appointment for me.
Finally.

Hung up phone.

Time : 4.25pm.

whole process took 1 hour.
maybe going down to the customer care centre personally is even faster than dialling the Singtel's hotline.

Singtel's network is just too wide.....

How are you blog.
It has been quite some time since i squiggled on you.

I've to declare i'm real busy during march, with not more than six hours on any night for more than a month. And my busy schedule seems forever. There's more for me in the coming months.

No more days of enough rest. Sometimes i feel i'm worse than machines.

Lethargic.



I'd like to apologise to those last minute cancellations of meetings/gatherings during this period of time, i promise to pay back in some way or another. And to those whom i promised to meet but did not, i'm squeezing time. Please bear with me, i'm trying to stretch every second of my non-sleeping time.



I shall not mention my life in camp. It sucks.



However how busy i am, i managed to squeeze out some of the weekends to plan the itinerary of japan trip with lert and weeyang =] This is my first time planning itinerary with friends, and it's not easy. From booking of air tickets to sightseeing destinations, it requires massive research and infinite determination. Itinerary 70% completed. =D


Range firing yesterday!
Managed to clinch marksman.
wheeeeeee =]




automobiles need petrol to operate.
i need coffee to function. everyday.

Last day of Chinese New Year.
just had reunion steamboat with family again
damn full
10 million dollars draw toto today
lol

my CNY mood already ends 5 days ago.
this year new year isnt fun.
but i forsee the next year will be the best of all.
prediction will be most likely 100% accurate

but this year marks my 20 years of life
20 years - -;
too fast. its like i cant believe i turning 20+ soon.
i dont want my age to start with a digit 2
not prepared

over at my camp there's free airshow everyday
cause the black knights happened to fly past the camp compound
its just above the camp
very close to the camp buildings
and you can see the planes turn and swivel and whatever stunts

watched kungfu dunk with hongguan last week
ok that movie is crap
the movie is totally crazy and illogical
and all their scenes are expected scenes.
me and hongguan were like telling each other what will be the next scene as if we are both directors
and halfway through there's a couple who could not stand it anymore
dashed out of cinema somemore. lol

overall i think eric tsang is better than jay chou.
okay no offence to those jay chou's fans.
but really lar. lol



Junming's recently under 4D/toto craze

jm: "i won $20"
me: "!!"
jm: "but my bets are $25"
me: -.-

you gotta try harder jm. lol

sijin's a highly rare fossil. =D

Who says kids nowadays are getting worse in attitude?
Kids do possess moral values if they were imparted with the right values

Dressed in SAF army uniform, i was waiting for bus at the bus stop as usual this morning
didnt notice there were 2 school children around me, waiting for bus too
probably still in my dreams
they're about 7 to 8 years old
i know they're glancing towards my direction, but i didnt bother

they finally approached me after repeated glances
one of them opened and showed me his palm
on his palm there's one 5 cent, one 10 cents and one 1 dollar coins
his hand was shivering. Anxious.

me: "huh?"
boy: "i found these on the bus stop seat kor kor"
me: -looking at the coins, stunned for a moment- "oh then you keep it lo"
boy: "thank you kor kor"
me: "gong xi fa cai"
boy: "?!"

they walked away happily, with a wide grin on their faces
$1.15 might be just a small amount to us
but for school kids like them (where most schoolkids faces shortage of pocket money)
$1.15 certainly means alot to them

this small sum shall serve as a reward to them for their honesty

Life everyday is so hectic and rush
I cant even find time to think and plan about my future.
rest is never enough; entertainment/leisure time is insignificant

I need a life.

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR =]

i was planning to go chinatown with dad on the eve.
but dozed off at 11+pm.
didnt even stay awake past midnight =\

wont be in singapore till 初四.
its angbows time~

hello february =]
i know it's been quite some time since i blogged.
not lazy, i'm really damn busy.
okay lar... i got a habit of giving excuses =]
but really. busy.
lol


few days back i played my dizi
i know thats shocking
cos i was damn tempted by the chinese instrumental CD songs played in shopping malls lol
dug out my dizi bag in storeroom, only to find it's full of dust.
one blow i can see the whole lot of dust coming out of the holes.
the di mo was still nicely sticked there since 2006 lol =\


dug out the CNY songs scores also.
woah.
i was playing what i had been practising in sec one
it's quite fun to know how to play at least one musical instrument.
self entertain during festive seasons. lol
but i still prefer sports to musical instruments =]


i need di mo.
the funny thing is i dunno where to get one after playing 6 years of dizi.
hmmmm



i admire women shopping stamina
shopping marathon, thats what they called.
shopping from late morning to nighttime, 1 shot can be even more than 8 hours non stop.
Non stop please.
with high heels somemore.
must applaud them.
nvm nowadays women have increasing capabilities
i'm acknowledging them lol


i need more sleep.
in camp i was so tired and sleepy to the extent that i promised myself i will sleep earlier that night.
however whenever i reach home i always convince myself that there's no need to sleep early, after all i can overcome the tiredness in camp.
and this cycle carries on.
till now ._.


nevermind i will take it as a training for the CNY period.
dont think will sleep much.
to achieve maximum enjoyment. lol



got to go.
have some major planning work to do.

peas out

i didnt sleep yesterday

i was practically lying on the bed with my eyelids closed for one whole night
enjoying the cold weather



at 2am i opened my eyes cos i found it tiring to close my eyes for so long =x
sucks.. its only 2am.
did some push-ups and carried weights in the dark, hoping to make myself more tired
apparently it got worse.
i was challenging to myself to more push-ups when i complete one set.
-.-



the cause for last night insomnia --- Paragon's The Coffee Bean.
ordered "the ultimate" ice blended.
Really, its the ultimate.
making me go crazy in the middle of the night


In camp today was hell, without sufficient sleep last night.
felt like as if a walking body without a soul.
like floating around in camp. lol



Havent buy any clothes for CNY yet but bought some accessories though
one of which--- my long waited panasonic in ear isolation earphones =]










got this from ripcurl. to replace the one that my mom dumped -.-


Happy belated birthday Sijin =]
dont watch too much NC 16 movies okay.
All the best for you in 2008 :)

dont try to sneak into M18 movies ah~

okay my mom threw away my slippers without informing me.
her reason: its slippery when raining.
-.-
i just bought that from topman less than half a year ago -.-
now no more casual footwear for me
i have to wear my mom's market slippers to supermart lol =\

my hotmail has 1023 unread emails now.
finally, it has overshot the 1000 mark.
this was accumulated since 05/10/2006 lol

i cant wait for chinese new year to arrive.
the CNY atmosphere. the songs. the lion dance. the food. the activites.
the angbaos.
=]



"what is the difference between a smart guy and a wise guy? A smart guy knows how to get out of an extremely difficult situation. A wise guy knows how not to get into that difficult situation."

Be wise. Not smart.

11th january.

2008.
woots.

overall 2007 isnt a very good year for me.
or i can say, the worst year so far.

even the last meal for 2007 is screwed up.
went to a taiwanese restuarant located bugis junction, recommended by a friend.
recommended by channel u also -.-
i think next time needa seriously consider accepting any recommendations.

we ordered curry chicken
and they just took 2 packets out from the fridge and recook again.
and we're just wondering how long those packets had been inside the fridge.

after that went for countdown at marina bay.
fireworks are nice of course.
people there arent.

for those never go countdown yesterday, just for your info.
YOU'RE DAMN LUCKY.



In Singapore we quite fortunate to have loads of foreign workers helping us occupying job spaces that Singaporeans deemed themselves as over qualified.
they are good people, i know.
they are here to help Singapore in building and strengthening economy, i know.
they mean no harm, i know.
but its the way they celebrate, quite different from singaporeans.

here's how its different.
Singaporeans scream and cheer, they scream too.
but they make sure they scream into your ears to the extent you have to stare at him.

Singaporeans do complain because of the packed crowds, they complained too.
when crowds get stuck and jammed, they will scream again.
its like they love crowds

when Singaporeans do something wrongly, most of them will apologise.
i guess this the result of a highly educated country.
even those who dont apologise will feel ashamed when being told.
yesterday one of them spout sprite out of his mouth and yet they are laughing all the way.
maybe they're just too happy to welcome 2008.
maybe.

anyway its good that 2008 is here.
the year of 366 days.
the year of.............regaining freedom.

Shanghai Pudong International Airport Departure Hall

security guard watching a scofflaw selling pirated dvds outside a shopping mall

真功夫. Taiwanese based fast food restaurant, selling steamed dishes.

so rustic. this is World Telephone OK!!!

selling fruits on a mini lorry, bracing the cold strong wind

Toilet = comfort station!

two aunties playing badminton on a ROADSIDE at 7am

a teenager with a poster begging car drivers for money on a road

street wet market

jade pendants

shui jiao

smelly toufu. cheap. but nobody buys lol. too smelly lar -.-


okay this stall sells all pigs stuffs =/

this one all ducks

souvenir street

went Raffles City after that.
yup, Raffles City.

Hong Kong Plaza

The crowds in Huaihai Road are prevalent.

At every point of road junction you can see crowds waiting to cross the roads.

Over there traffic lights are useless; there's a traffic police at every road junction controlling traffic

now you see the traffic police

now you don't.

went back to hotel at 7pm.
we had to pack luggage back to Singapore.

pics taken on this ferry cruise are nothing compared to experiencing it personally.

i wished i can hire that ferry for the whole night.

the nights of shanghai are simply magnificient

David and Victoria Beckhams

hello albert einstein

Welcome to Shanghai, Clinton

Coco lee

Aaron kwok

Chen HuiLing

go away lar beckham. dont block my way

shuai ge. Gu Tian Le

dont come near us. Warning-- Bruce Lee

my dad was trying to challenge ronaldo to a fight

you should hit the ball this way lar tiger woods

okay this jay chou looks like a kid

Twins

Nicholas Tse
Diana

Vicky Zhao Wei

Andy Lau

nothing much to see. mostly bars and restaurants.

the changjiang bridge. it's misty in the morning

3rd level is for vehicles. 2nd level is for trains. 4th level is where i am standing taking this photo

one of his masterpiece

the longjing tea leaves plantation

drying the tea leaves

my cup of tea. lol

its a kampong village but the government carved out the area as tourist attraction. there's still pple living inside the kampong

toured around the area all the way in, then took this sampan out back to the main entrance

right at the top of wansong academy is kongzi palace. prayed for good results, for university education of course

i like this photo. pacifistic

reached shanghai pudong international airport at around 7.30am.

didnt sleep well on plane.

and the breakfast served on board was nonsense.

i saw on tv alot of actors ate this in dramas. so i bought one and tried. yucks

okay they have barbequed cuttlefish, duck and chicken wings, and some other creatures.

damn salty

coached to Suzhou(苏州).

visited Hanshan temple(寒山寺) and Ouyuan(藕园).

Hanshan Temple

Although there's no time difference between shanghai/jiangnan and singapore, the sun sets around 5pm. by 6pm it's already completely dark.

these pics were taken at 6pm. Suzhou's famous shopping street, Guanqian Street (观前步行街).

1st day was totally burned out.

and because my eyes are not immune to long hours of dry cold air, the dryness reddened my eyes with unconstrained tearing. - -;

on the coach back to hotel, tour guide:"goodnight everyone. tomorrow's morning call, 6am =]"

omg -.-

make-up session. its only 6.30am -.-

make-up completed. the bride and the photographer.

ok this is crazy.

the wedding car

i was trying to shoot the pic of the couple inside. this is wad i got. lol

even my cousin's son styled his hair. Mini Beckham

my youngest cousin. naughty lar he. lol

the wine of love

All the best to my cousin(the bride) =]

she had chosen the right photographer to capture her best memories lol kiddin

And they live happily ever after~

Tan Ler Tong's name appeared as Tan Lee Tong.

Peh Wee Yang's name appeared as Poh Wee Yong.

last sunday

green packet =]

we're analysing the photo. trying to look professional =/

Cybershot

on half day off tomorrow. Full day off on wed.

BUT

have to go army museum on wed morning

WA LAO WHAY -.-

(see, total nonsense.)

i lost my handphone.
1st time in my life i lost my handphone.
but -- the feeling is different. today i feel very restless, even when i knew that my handphone is missing, i still asked myself whether i was in a dream lol =x

i have a habit of resting my legs on the back of bus seats, it must have slipped out of my pocket.

on my right pocket was my handphone, on my left was my ipod. luckily my ipod didnt slip out too, otherwise i will go bonkers.

ok so when i reported this unfortunate incident to my mom, she began her investigation(as usual). Her investigation = nagging. And she began to bring out past cases of me losing wallets. Together with these past mistakes, she will increase her volume and harshness as she investigates further. And when everything's finished, data will be stored and will be used again as future reference. She sentenced me a $300 fine--- payable to M1.

And my mom said she's gonna buy another handbag for her to keep all our passports when we're in shanghai, when she knows i lost my handphone. overreacting again -.-

On off tomorrow. Mid-week break.

the lonely cycling path.

my bike-seeker

wahahaha. sorry sijin =/

SENSE IT!