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2009-06-25T23:49:00.000+08:00

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SMU Arts Festival 2006

2006-09-15T21:48:00.000+08:00

I am back from busy period of SMU Arts Festival. Feeling both sad and happy at the same time. Sad that all the time spent together with friends in preparing for the Performance and happy coz I will have all the free time in the world and for not having to cab home every night. Have been going home past 12am in the last few days. Practice was from 7pm till 12am. Whopping 5 hours every day.

I was glad trying something different. We did STOMP type of performance. Some of you might have heard of STOMP. It is a musical performance using metal bins, plates, etc to create music. What we did exactly is kitchen musical. It involves cooking, chopping, eating and etc. It was damn cool. Imagine all the sound from the spatulas, knive, chopping board, spoon, fork, chopsticks and whole lot more. Its not something like normal performance. It is extraordinary. Haha. We got some rhythm guy called who used to do National Day performance to come down and teach us. Not easy at all. So it was a big "phiew" that everything is over. But the sound still comes back to my mind some time. I was given the little melamine sauce bowl. Small but loud.

Ours is only one of the section of the whole performance. We also did some Stand-up, stickman and funny sketch. There is this guy who did a damn funny sketch (commedy) and sounded better than Russell Peiter. Then there is a gian stickman. It is like the huge version of pinnochio doll in which we have to control its body parts. Plus 15 minutes of stand up commedy.

We were damn scared that there will be no one watching, coz the opening day was empty and there are more crew and performers rather than audience. But we were shocked to find so many crowd at the stand. It was full house!!! If not all our effort would have gone to waste. Spent so many days of practicing!

Our event was called The BEginning. Then there was other event such as Impromptu, The fourth World, Short and Sour, etc. All of them are damn nice. Contemporary show. Even our toilet were docorated with Arts theme. There is one toilet which is decorated like a jungle. When you go in, you feel like you are in a jungle. Damn nice. But uncomfartable too coz if people "dirtied" the floor you can't even see as it is dark in colour. Then another toilet is designed with a lot of sheeps. You can see all the sheep while you are doing your "business" lah. So hard to concentrate. Haha. The worst is the toilet with many eyes stuck on the wall. As if you have so many people watching you.

But finally everything is over. Looking forward for next week. May be signing up for Business School Election or maybe Student Association. Their nomination period starts next week. Hope I can get some support.

Better than Russell Peiter!!!

Stickman!

All the pails and spatulas...

The whacky performers. Nice photo.

Hectic Weeeekkk

2006-09-07T12:51:00.000+08:00

These few weeks have been hectic for me. Ever since school started, everyday is a mad rush for me. Bidding for classes, buying and selling books, CCAs, presentation, etc. Crazy week. I am still in week 3 of my Term yet I have been having presentation non-stop. This week was Tech & World Change (TWC) presentation, next week is Management of People at Work (MPW) and next2 week is Marketing.

For TWC and marketing, presentation itself is 50% of the total grades. Luckily I have sort of a strong group for both of them. TWC yesterday was a blast. Everybody was great. We had videos, nice slideshow, slick content and really spoil the market. =p

The sad thing is that I don't even have time to go on MSN. Blah. When all the "turtles" started coming out in front of everyone's name, I don't even know. And things won't get better next week also. I will be having regular training everyday for SMU Arts Festival. Crazy thing. Training almost every night. But it was interesting as we will be doing Kitchen Musical. We will be using knife chopping sound, pail, glass, plates, metal spoon, to creat a 10 minutes long musical. We will also be cooking some REAL food. Phiew so gotta practice hard.

Anyway gtg for Mrketing lesson already. Ciao!

Emily's Birthday

2006-09-04T22:53:00.000+08:00

Happy 21st Birthday Emily!

Thanx for inviting us to your party. It was a very beautiful place. The fact that it was beside the beach made it excellent.

New term, New goals, New problems

2006-08-22T23:10:00.000+08:00

SMU is becoming very very crowded due to the new intake of 1300 freshmen. This is crazy and totally overwhelming. Keep bumping into people at every corner of the school. This is bad. Even the classes are packed. It is a sign that I am gonna have a hard time this Semester. It was buzzing with noise almost everywhere. It is just like a fish market. It is a good sign tht people are flicking to SMU. But it is definitely gonna decrease the comfort level of current student. Have to wait longer for lift, food, toilet, gym, etc. Irritating.

More people also means more foreign student. Arrgghh. This is bad. I could see all types of people from different nationalities during lunch today. The good thing is that there are 60 Indonesian Freshmen. The bad thing is when these foreigners are in a world of their own and refused to socialize.

Started the term on the wrong foot. How the hell did I bid for Political Philosophy. It is the most crap subject ever for me. I could not understand a single thing the Professor is talking about. He is a damn good Prof, but when started talking about Alexander the great, Ptah and old Testament, he started to sound Greek to me. I thought Political Philosophy class will be talking about current politics situation, but in the end it becomes like history. I wonder why people become philosopher. The main reason that I could think of is that they are born to be one. There is no way that they could develop interest in it. Imagine having to listen to the “does god exist argument” non-stop. But there is a good quote that I got from the class. “Since everyone say God is Omni-potent or almighty, Can god build a stone so heavy that he can’t carry? If he can’t create it then he is not almighty. But if he can create it but he can’t carry it, then he is also not almighty. Both ways point to god not being almighty” Anyway guys don’t be offended by this. This was brought up during philosophy. Imagine having to endure this kind of philosophical argument. Tough life. I’d rather be in Business. =p

This Semester I must really prioritize and of course school is number 1. I need to pick up my lousy grades and kick my own ass up. No more crazy and whacky CCAs. I just need my As. Trying to get As for all subject. So at least can pick up my mark to a decent level. Anyway Vegustian is on local exchange to SMU. Haven’t got the chance to ask him how he found SMU, especially after attending his first 2 lessons. So my plan for this sem is to mug, mug, and mug. Fullstop.

And everything is damn slow nowadays. Even the school network is becoming very laggy. Twice as slow compared to usual speed. Slowpoke.

SMU Convocation 2006

2006-08-21T23:30:00.000+08:00

Finally, SMU Convocation 2006 was held on last Saturday (19th of August 2006) at Suntec City Ballroom 1, 2, 3. It is a formal welcoming ceremony for new SMU students. And it marks the end of the organizing committee's hardwork and of course my hardwork too. The Convocation video for SMU beat especially took me more than a month to edit. But in the end it turns really great. It's nice to learn that people like it. If not my head will roll. I was hiding in 1 corner of the ballroom hoping that the video turns out great. In fact I have never see a performance such as SMU Beat in which the video interacts with the performers. Great exciting stuff.

I was mostly there to bring my OG and make sure everything was alright. Ended up wearing an oversized shirt with a dark blue shade instead of the light blue shade. First of all, someone borrowed my shirt and never return, so ended up with my oversized shirt. And secondly I really slim down alot which is not a very good news given I am already so thin. So now planning to eat up. Interestingly also, majority of the peopl was wearing lights shade of blue shirts, leaving me and a few of other people wearing the darker shade of blue shirts. Then they "blamed" us for being so extra by wearing such a dark coloured shirt when initially they said any shade of blue is alright.

Once again SMU Beat performance was rocked on! Best performance ever in SMU history. Followed by Classical Trio, Jazz trio and BE Band rocking the house. The Salsa dance was hot too. Overall the performance was alot better than last year. There is also award for best Freshmen and Best Facilitator. Didn't get anything though. Disappointing.

It ended with alot of photo taking session and going round to chat everyone up. Haha. Exciting!

All white..

Inside the Ballroom...

Me and some other facils.

My OG enjoying the performance

Band from SMU Broadcast & Entertainment rocking the house..

Chloe, the hottest Facil!

Run 2 Facilitators!

Last pose before going off.

So many things...

2006-08-18T01:23:00.000+08:00

I am damn dead worried. My mom said my dad is sick. She said it was just a flu. But still I am damn dead worried. I hope he get well soon. I don't like to hear it when any of my family members got sick.

Anyway just had Sushi with Temmy, Peter and Jansen. It is such a worldly temptation. Ichiban Boshi is just so good. My favourite sushi destination. Reasonable price, but very good food. Glad that all those jokers come back from Indo. Can hang out with them more.

Got a lot of things for me this week. There is convocation rehearsal and chalet today. And the real convocation on Saturday plus chalet plus BBQ. Damn it. How to split myself to go for all those things. Arrgh. It is no good when all good things come together isn't it. Coz you can only choose the best.

There is this guy who borrowed my blue long sleeve shirt and haven't return until now. I suddenly remembered it because I need it for Convocation. I doubt he can return me on time. Convocation is tomorrow. Arrgh. Now I don't know what to wear already.

I finished the first draft of the SMU Pageant Video. Quite proud of it. I hope the feedback is good also. This is the second major editing project that I took up after Convocation video. Hmm. I still couldn't believe that now I am a video editing geek. Haha.

I still have a bigger goal ahead of me. Gain some weight, clear up my pimple, do some real business and jack up my grades. Have been postponing all of those things for months. The long holiday doesn't get me started in anything. And now school is starting again. I hope it is going to be a good second year of my Uni life.

Life's so complicated when you have so many things on your hand. And so little time and limited energy to do it. My mom is coming to Singapore somemore. I know she can feed me real well and make me fat. But I hope school doesn't take all my time so that I could take her out. The lst time she was here for two months, I rarely went out with her. Damn. This time I should put her ahead of anything else. I rarely see her and this is the right time to make her happy.

SMU Orientation Camp 2006 (Day 2 & 3)

2006-08-15T23:34:00.000+08:00

Damn it. Everything is so laggy. My laptop suddenly turns laggy and now my internet connection is also so laggy. It even takes so long to blog and upload picture. I got lots and lots of pictures but now lazy to upload coz the connection is damn bloody slow. Damn it. Anyway here are the pictures from Day 2 & 3 of the camp.

Day 2

As usual the crazy group K 57 start off the day with a pose.

We were supposed to fill up the container with water to get the ball out. But the catch is that there is 64 holes on the container. Haha.

Yeah today's activity is done..

Campfire night... I was supposed to dress up as a tribesman..

Day 3

They have to move about in the mini car. We took out our "Mini Cooper Shell"

Going out to the sea using the raft that they built

SMU Orientation Camp 2006 (Day 1)

2006-08-13T20:03:00.000+08:00

Sorry for the late post. I was very shagged after the FTB camp. Yeah if you realized SMU doesn't name it Orientation camp. It is called FTB (Freshmen Teambuilding Camp) or CIRCLE Experience. Circle is supposed to symbolize the 6 values of SMU. It's split into 3 runs and I happened to be in Run 2. It was held at the MOE Changi Adventurial Campsite. It is just beside the Airport and East Coast Park. So every few minutes, an aeroplane will be flying past. It's really damn noisy. No choice but have to bear with it for 3 days! Lots of good things and shit things happened during the camp. But it was certainly a fun experience.

Started with assembling our Mini Car for the Day 3 Final Challenge.

We were given 1 cardboard box, few planks of wood and 4 tyres. We tried to do up a Mini Cooper.

She is supposed to be the driver coz she is the smallest person that can fit in that box

The dirty East Coast beach

Team pose.

Haunted house is next at night...

This year they replaced Fright night to Pirates' night due to the 7th Month. They don't want to take the risk and came out with Pirates Festival instead. There are Pirates themed activity and people dressed up in Pirates costume walking around. The best thing is that it happened at Aloha Loyang Chalet. So priviliged. There is also bus to transport us there.

Having Fun in the back seat. SO scandalous..

We are supposed to shoot down those bottles...

Using the catapault and rubber duckies.

Some fun as usual after the whole day is over

Joel who is damn good at his guitar.

Nicole having fun with the guys.

We were all lying on the concrete path beside the beach. Very windy and it is really a starry night out there.

Why is all the break-ups?

2006-08-09T17:18:00.000+08:00

Shit I am sick again. Damn it. Always the same old thing. Sick before facilitating a camp. Previously I also fell sick a day before Business Camp. Must be because of all those junk food and the aircon in my room that's on full blast.

I don't know why but since the new intake of frehsmen flows in, I heard a lot of stories of couples breaking up. Some of them are my good friends. I feel sorry for them. I was just telling my Orientation Freshmen yesterday during dinner that they can expect to see alot of those girls breaking up with their army boyfriend. Some of the reasons are that Uni guys are more matured, loaded and street smart. We also can't deny the fact that those girls need companion when they go into a completely different environment. With their army boyfriend seems so distant, they need to hunt for a new partner in their new environment. It's saddening, but the same thing always repeat itself. When those army guys ORD, they will also be hunting for new girls. I find that commitment nowadays is a very rare word in a relationship. People nowadays are more into casual dating. But sometimes it's better to be single like me rather than having to worry about all these heartbreak.

There is this thing that I noticed also about girls nowadyas. They tend to go for guys with lots of cash and cars. The society is really changing. It was all about commitment and love in the past. And now it has involved into the battle of who got more cash and who is more flashy. Can't blame the girls though. The choice is in their hand and they have all the right to choose who they want to be with.

Yesterday went I was on my way home, there was this unusual sight of modified cars. There were a lot alot of them. It's seriously more than 150 cars. They keep passing by while I was waiting for my midnight bus. Some of them are seriously damn funky cars. There is even a few modified lorry and van. It looks really different with neon light decorating its exterior. There were a few Lambo and Ferrari. Cool stuff. Really wish I could own one of those. That's why must work hard to own one of those sinful indulgence man.

Anyway I will be off for Orientation camp for 3 days till Saturday. The last camp that I will go before school start. It's gonna be exciting. Especially when we booked Aloha Chalet for our Pirates night. Haha. They don't dare to organize a night walk as it's 7th month. Meanwhile please take care. Will come back with more updates on Saturday.

Nice FireWorks. Happy National Day to all Singaporeans!

SMU Business Camp 2006 (Part 3 - FINAL)

2006-08-06T12:38:00.000+08:00

Silly me. How could I forget to include the most exciting video from the Business Camp.

Enjoy!

SMU Business Camp 2006 (Part 2)

2006-08-05T23:51:00.000+08:00

Now the FUN part of Business Camp is of course the second night. Filled with "Happy juice" and drinking session, what more can you ask for. The freshmen were in for a treat when the "free and easy" period begin. Facilitators were prepared with at least a bottle of "Happy juice". And to my surprise, one of the sleeping room was converted into a clubbing area. Damn it, nowadays freshie are so smart. I was shocked when Melvin drag me into one of the room and people were dancing like in a club and having some "happy juice".

My group finished 1 bottle of "Happy Juice" within 1 hour. We were really lost without the "Happy Juice". The game is boring without any "Happy Juice". Wenduan is kind enough to drive Melvin home to get 3 more bottles of "Happy Juice". The funny thing is that it was 2 am and he accidentally woke up his mom. His mom must be saying "my son stop consuming those happy juice". Haha. But that's so nice of him to sponsor 3 bottles.

Of course I will prefer to play Avalanche. Avalanche is a very fun drinking game if you don't know. We played till morning 5 am until everyone was shagged out. I was wondering how to get up at 7 am when we only had 2 hours of sleep and plenty of "Happy Juice". The atmosphere was just great. We were too busy enjoying ourselves to remember all the sorrow that we had. Just for a night, everyone was wild.

But everyone was high on "Happy Juice" and some unpleasant things happened. It was caused by some NUS guy who crashed into our camp. How the hell could he crash into SMU and still cause trouble. Even we ourselves as the student of the school didn't cause any trouble at all. And he happily looking for a fight in our school. Boy, this is not your playground. And we could easily report you to the police for trespassing, being racist and hurling threat to the public. Luckily everything was settled but well lucky he is not from SMU, or else he will be having a "good" time during his stay as everyone will be on a lookout for him.

Waiting for their turn...

Damn shagged. It's already 4 am.

This avalanche game is really damn fun!

"Happy Juice" Hooo...

I love this pose man... Cool!

SMU Business Camp 2006 (Part 1)

2006-08-04T23:00:00.000+08:00

Tired after coming back from Business Camp. Slept 14 hours straight after coming back. Muscles are aching, had sore throat too. Must be because of the immense drinking the night before. My group was amazing. I was not there some of the time and they really take care of themselves. They don't even need a facilitator to run the group.

Went for amazing race for the first day. 6 stations, 4 hours. Managed to go only to 3 stations. We waddle slowly to our station. Our group agree that bonding is more important than winning. SO we just stroll around. Went to the East instead of the West. Then there is this challenge for a person in the team to cut Mohawk. The ultimate challenge is if a girl cut Mohawk, the team will get double points. That's absolutely crazy. Even the QB aunty thinks it's crazy that's why she refused to cut when a girl wanted a Mohawk. But the highlight of the day was still this girl called Georgia from my group, her pants got stuck on the fence of the road divider when we were trying to jump over it. Haha. Poor Georgia.

Second day was Charity Drive. The aim was to sell all the items that we have in the given period of time. Our venue was Far East Plaza. We wanted Esplanade but didn't get a chance to. I thought we would never finish seling all our stuff. But surprisingly we finished most of it in 30 minutes. Amazing. Then we just spend the rest of the time sitting at the McDonalds outside Lido and playing games. The guys were playing Guess the size and V or not V. Hahaha. Damn lame game, but it does kill some time.

At night was buffet dinner followed by our crazy drinking game. Wuow it was madly fun. Read on the next entry. We also had our own Singapore Idol. And Kelvin really looks like Ken! Damn it.

The first lunch together. Still very quiet.

Kelvin preparing to cut Mohawk. The aunty keep asking us why suddenly so many people want to cut Mohawk.

Taking the bus to Bedok.

Wondering how much money they made from the Charity Drive.

Emir, Georgia and Wei Li gossiping away...

Chia Ying and Kelvin!

Me and a sleeping Eugene.

Group photo. Smile!

Biz Camp Freshie!

2006-07-29T23:34:00.000+08:00

I suddenly felt damn cold just before writting this entry. I don't know why but I suddenly felt really2 cold and was shivering. I off my aircon straight but it doesn't help. Tried jumping on the spot also doesn't work. In the end I had to boil some water and keep drinking warm water. It is slightly better also but still can feel the coldness.

I really don't know what happened. It's out of a sudden I felt the chilling sensation and all my hair started to stand up. I think I should rule out the fact this month is the Hungry Ghost month and something not auspicious just passing by. Maybe it is because I am hungry so the body can't combust enough heat. No matter what, I just don't want to fall sick coz Biz Camp is coming.

Seriously it's no fun feeling like this. It felt like nothing could be done to make yourself warmer. Damn it. During one of my bus journey to school and especially when that day the sun was at its peak, I was telling myself I'd rather die freezing rather than being burnt by fire. But I realized now freezing was as bad. Arrghh I just hope to get better after getting some sleep.

Watched Tokyo Drift today with Jansen. The movie was a rock man! So thrilling. Should go and watch it. But if you are a fan of complicated story line then better don't. Coz this movie is purely thrilling with no story line as complicated as Lord Of the Ring.

Anyway here are some photos of my group 18's freshmen. Only 7 turned out for the mass dinner at Fish n Co Glasshouse. But overall we conquered the place with about 80 people occupying the top level. Haha.

Kelvin, Georgia and Wei Li if I m not wrong...

The guys negotiating...

Relaxxxx...

The Beach Party (Part 1)

2006-07-27T23:51:00.000+08:00

Watched Hard Gay Newest Episode hooo... After they went missing for 2 weeks, finally they released 4 new episodes. It is one of the funniest episode ever. I really hate the Cooking episode. But this is alot better than the cooking one. If you don't know what Hard Gay is go and find it here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv8wYBUCZz4

Anyway that's beside the point. I wanted to show some picture from The Beach Party. It is not an outing to the beach. But it is my Freshmen CIP Project. Basically there are Dod, Bing Xiang, Suiyi, Denise, Siew Ling, Jaenny, Jansen and me in the Main Comm. I don't know where this idea of Beach Party comes from. They were mentioning since we use sand as our material, then we call it The Beach Party. And if we use rice then we call it The Rice Party. Haha. Damn lame rite. We nearly come out with a lame slogan also "Sand-ing the message of harmony". Fortunately not.

Basically The Beach Party is an event organized in conjuction with the 24 hours Racial Harmony day Marathon held at Republic Poly. Seriously that place is damn freaking huge. Total we got 26 facilitators and 100 freshmen. They had 1 day to come out with the plan for the design of their sandart. And 1 day to execute with limited materials.

However other than the cocky name, the art pieces produced by them is marvellous given they have no Arts background. The whole idea of the project is for the freshmen to come up with a huge Sand Art in their group. Not bad some art piece were sold at $500 and some were at $250. I am so proud of them. In total we got 20 sandart with minimum price of $150 per piece. We are planning to sell off the remaining 18 soon. Anyone interested?

Before

Mona Merlie Merlion: Before

4 leaves clover of harmony: Before

The Mask: Before

After

Mona Merlie Merlion: After

4 leaves clover of harmony: After

The Mask: After

SMU pageant filming

2006-07-26T14:28:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was the shooting for SMU pageant. Basically I was handed the job to film and create a short video for the SMU pageant. They want us to do it like Miss Universe style where we will show them choosing their clothes, undergoing make up, etc. And if you watch Diva on a Dime, part of the video will be almost similar to that.

I was still amazed by the fact that I could do some high level video editing and creating a video. I started from zero and totally had no idea what video editing was all about and did not have any mindset to do up any video clip. However things changed when I enter SMU Campus TV. We are a small group but passionate. =p The school paid for our intensive training and our state-of-the-art equipment. Not to mention they spent quite a few ten of thousands of dollars.

I was soon handed my first project to do up a video for Convocation 2006. One of the biggest event in SMU to welcome the freshmen. Then ta-da comes one day when I was talking to my friend about Convocation editing and he asked me whether I could take up the filming of pageant video. Of course I am more than willing. Besides it's a new thing for me, there are other "extra incentives". If you ask Shane he will know what I mean. Shane was the main camera man while I am the chief editor. This is a two man team.

The shoot yesterday was at Marina Square in this shop called Buffalo David Bitton. It was their apparell sponsor. I could tell you that the Jeans there is fantastic and they really have a wide range of collection. Even if you put an ugly person in their clothes, he / she will turn out good. Or at least better than before. But the price is damn bloody expensive. $300 minimum for a Jeans. However if I have the money, I wouldn't mind shopping there. If and only if I have the money.

The pageant contestants was not bad. At least they were charming and fresh. There were particularly 2 girls that caught my eyes. Shouldn't mention who. Haha. I really feel that I met 1 of the girl before somewhere. Well as the saying goes "If we are fated, we will meet again". The whole shooting was a little draggy at first but it was quite enjoyable as the people we worked with was nice. Even the so called "models" were cooperative. If they were cocky I would just take their worst shot and put it in the video. Haha. But luckily there were none.

Ended quite late about 11plus. But I am still grumpy as they promised us to help carry the equipment back to school but in the end they went to enjoy themselves! Grrr!

Buffalo David Bitton
#02-320 Tel 6333-4892

Weekend Hooo...

2006-07-24T01:41:00.000+08:00

I had a great 2 days of weekends. On Saturday was shopping and dinner. Sunday was shopping and movie. Incredible! On Saturday I was damn freaking tired after getting back from some SMU freshmen CIP 24 hours marathon. It is a very interesting event that produces great art pieces. I will write about it in the next few days. Too precious to miss it out.

Saturday

Bought some Polo Tee from CK Tangs and Formal green shirt and tie from G2000. Then went to Ding Dae Feng for dinner. I could tell you the beef noodle was damn fragrant. They improved a lot from the last time I ate there. Or maybe I didn't know it ever existed.

I fell in love with this. The soup is damn nice!

Syahiid and Jansen. Damn act cute. =p

The Afro Guz is back. And cheers for him.

Sunday

Bought 3 more clothes today. Pardon me for buying so much clothes. Honestly I haven't been shopping since January. Now that I can spare some time, I would rather buy some clothes rather than waiting until I have none left.

Well, I was told by my friend. I shouldn't mention who. (name is protected) There is this story about an NTU student that came from China. He has only 1 clothes and he wears it everyday. After he bathe, he would wash his shirt, dry it up and wear it again. He wears it to sleep, to school, to anywhere he go basically. And he sleep on the bed straight without putting any bedsheet. I don't know whether I should pity him or be disgusted. I guess half of both lah.

On Sunday I also watched Thank you for smoking. The show was perfect. I would give it 9/10. I strongly reccomend this movie and I feel all of you should watch this. Movie of the year. Humorous, tactful and cretively produced.

Ratings
Thrill : 8/10
Humour : 10/10
Storyline : 9/10
Overall entertainment factor: 9/10

Funky lines that you will hear during the movie

Little girl: "My mom say smoking is bad for health"
Nick: "Is your mother a doctor?"

Nick's son, Joey: "Dad, why is the American government the best government?"
Nick: "Because of our endless appeals system."

Captain: "I was in Korea shooting Chinese in 1952. Now they're our best customers. Next time we won't have to shoot so many of them."

Short intro to movie
Nick Naylor, chief spokesman for Big Tobacco, makes his living defending the rights of smokers and cigarette makers in today's neo-puritanical culture. Confronted by health zealots out to ban tobacco and an opportunistic senator who wants to put poison labels on cigarette packs, Nick goes on a PR offensive, spinning away the dangers of cigarettes on TV talk shows and enlisting a Hollywood super-agent to promote smoking in movies.

Watch out for MOD (Merchants of Death) Squad. Polly Bailey representing Alcohol, and Bobby Jay representing Guns, and Nick Naylor representing ciggarette. They are damn funny!

Puff-ect movie!

Indonesian Earthquake

2006-07-20T03:11:00.000+08:00

Indonesian Earthquake

I just couldn't believe it. Another earthquake has just hit Indonesia. Only 2 days after the Pangandaran earthquake. What happened to Indonesia. It was first Aceh, then Yogyakarta, now Pangandaran, then today Banten. It is the fourth in a year. So many people had died from the quake and sadly it's going to continue. Blame the people for the earthquake. It's not the fault of the earth or god. It's the people who brought this upon themselves.

Imagine the people who killed each other just because some simple provocation.
Imagine the people who destroyed the nature and forest just for the sake of getting money.
Imagine the people who committed roberry, murder, cheating, adultery, and other crimes.
It is their sin that they need to pay back. Soul for soul. Until they realise their sin, the nature will not stop turning on them and bringing much more disaster. As predicted by Nostradamus, disasters will keep hitting us non stop.

For myself, I feel affected in one way or another. Morally, it is saddening to see so many people died in the natural disaster. I do feel for all those people who lost their family members, houses and lost their hope to survive. Financially, the Indonesian economy is going to be hit badly and capped with the peaking oil prices, I fear for the economy. I am very worried for my family too. Even though they live far from the earth-quake affected area, my house is just 5 minutes away from the sea. I just hope that nothing will happen to my area.

Anyway this time I will let the newspaper do the talking:

AFP
Rescuers dug with bare hands in a grim search for bodies after more than 520 people were confirmed killed in the second tsunami to strike Indonesia in as many years. The three-metre (10-foot) tsunami lashed the densely-populated south coast of Java island on Monday, sparking memories of the 2004 catastrophe that left 220,000 people dead across Asia, 168,000 of them in Indonesia's Aceh province.

CNN
More than 35,000 people have been displaced, Indonesia's department of social affairs said on Wednesday, adding that hundreds of buildings were destroyed.

New York Times
Most villagers said they had been taken by surprise when the wall of water about six feet high pounded the shore, leveling houses and hotels up to a quarter of a mile from the shore. Debris blocked roads, and cars and small boats carried inland by the waves littered the coconut groves.

Ambulances and Indonesian military vehicles raced back and forth from the coast to inland hospitals carrying the injured throughout the day as bodies continued to wash up on the beach.

Officials from the Indonesian Social Welfare Ministry made preparations to take rubber speedboats out early Wednesday morning to search for more bodies, which they said they expected to find, indicating the death toll could still increase.

At one makeshift camp, outside a school perched on a hill in the village of Cikembulan, about 2,000 people huddled together to keep warm as they slept on the ground. No tents had arrived and many were weak from hunger.

Once again pictures describe a thousand words and sorrow.

This is where the earthquake hits.

A man weeping for his deceased wife.

Indonesian Red Cross carrying 1 of the casualties

A man looking for his relatives among the dead bodies.

The last prayer held in a mosque to send off the dead body.

Singapore Red Cross helping 1 of the victim.

One eldery woman in pain.

2 kids hving their simple meal admist the rubble.

Everything is level with the ground.

Everything was lost under the rubble.

Is there still hope for him?

He is all alone now.

If this bear can speak, he will tell you the story.

Pirates of the Carribean

2006-07-19T13:52:00.000+08:00

Finally I watched Pirates of the Carribean yesterday. I still feel that the first one was nicer. Although this was funny but it didn't live up to the expectation of many people.

Anyway I hope you don't miss your secret ending to the movie. Waited about 10 minutes plus for it. Blame the long credits for the wait. But fret not, I am posting 2 secret ending to the movie here. The first one is why the monkey didn't die. And the second is what happens to the dog that was chased by the tribe. This is the one that was shown in Singapore.

The monkey

The dog

Happy birthday Yingsi!

2006-07-16T23:48:00.000+08:00

It has been so long after I have written something. It's so good to be back after 2 hectic week. And this kind of pace is going to continue until the school starts. Need some rest soon. But I had a great day at Ying Si's birthday yesterday.

She was my classmate at Beatty Secondary and she was one of those people in my secondary year that I still keep in touch with. Her birthday was at Ardmore park, a condo near Stevens road. All I could tell you the condo was really superb and luxurious. When I was at the carpark, I could see plenty of sophisticated cars. I saw 2 Bentley, 1 Chrsyler worth $2million, 2 Ferrari, 5 SLK Mercedes, a handful of Porsche, lots of BMW, Mercedes and Lexus. And nothing less than a Lexus. Blah. I was amazed by the range of cars at the carpark. It is really a heaven for anyone. Sadly I was in a rush so no time to snap around tking pictures. Shit I regret it. My friend was damn cheeky to park between a Bentley and a Porsche. I kept disturbing him that he wouldn't be able to pay if he hit one of those cars.

Even the clubhouse was superb. The facilities at the gym could easily beat any of those public gym and the pool was damn nice. What makes it even better is that the lift only serves one unit per floor. It is like you take the lift to your doorstep. Amazing! But the security guard there has the worst attitude I have ever seen in any security guard. So fussy, so naggy and they think that they are the best breed because the work in such a high-class condominium. They chased us out of the clubhouse tht we were in even before their closing time and the didn't allow us to stay around the pool. Anyway the birthday girl looks great that night and the food was delicious.

We hang around for a while before going to Party World KTV at Orchard when the clock strikes midnight. My second time going to KTV this year. I can't really sing, but heck lah. For the fun of it. The only thing that I hate about KTV is that the place is very smoky and when you come out you will be filled with the smell of ciggarette smoke. We stayed till 4 am, then went on to stay awake at Swensens. I didn't know that they open 24hours. It will be my new hangout place if I have to wait for the 1st bus the next day.

And I finally figured out what the hell fussy wazy is all about! It is very irritating if you can't figure out the trick. All you have to do is to continue my fussy wazy sequence. To those who can get it, well done. If not keep trying. = 0

Fussy wazy likes apple, but doesn't like banana
Fussy wazy likes yellow, but doesn't like red
Fuzzy wazy likes butter, but doesn't like bread
Fuzzy wazy... (continue the sequence)

My Secondary school friends. Looks like family picture eh.

Posing at the clubhouse. The sofa is really comfortable.

This is the swimming pool that I am talking about. Do it the Roman way...

Trying to be artistic.

Me n Hui Jie. He is on his way to financial freedom. Gonna seal a $6000 deal on Monday.

Sweet pose before blowing the candle...

Oh noo. How come I only blow 1 of the candle...

Finally...

A pose with the cake.

Just beside the pool...

Some Jay Chou song.

Finally.. A pose with the birthday girl..

so many things!

2006-07-06T01:17:00.000+08:00

I just went back from 2D 1N of facilitation workshop. It was pretty tiring as we have to do a lot of activities. We had “Mine Field” as our first activity and “The Shrinking Black Hole” as our second activity. Ended the whole workshop only at about 11pm. Then we went for “Tao Hui” at Selegie there. I got to facilitate the last activity of the workshop. It was really hard as everyone was tired and their concentration was not there. To make it worse, there are 3 parts of the activity and all of them come with a really long instruction. It was really tough.

I felt so exhausted when I came back home. When I checked my mail I got 70+ emails within 1 day! Oh my god so many things to settle. I am not confident of finishing all these before my other camp that is coming up this Friday. I just hope that there is an easy way out. But datelines are really nearing. I can’t afford to postpone it further. The most pressing issue was printing of T-shirt for the Freshmen CIP camp. Luckily there is Jaenny. Hopefully she could do it without any problem.

On top of all those things, there is also subject bidding for next semester. I wanted to do it with Dod, Jansen, Farhan and Emily, but everyone has a very different schedule. It’s really hard to organize everything and find a common schedule. Even though we manage to find a common slot, we still have to worry about bidding. How if after we had planned our timetable properly, we can’t get what we wanted. I am really overwhelmed this time round.

Tomorrow I still have to tidy up my house as my friends will be coming to watch World Cup Final on Sunday. I guess this week I am going to be burnt out.

World Cup!

2006-07-02T05:11:00.000+08:00

Certainly my Saturday didn’t end with Superman. It will be too boring that way. After the movie, we went to meet Kaiwei’s friend, Eileen, at CHIJMES. It is a girl of course. This girl is very eager to meet Dod. The sole reason being Dod put his nick as “I am looking for a girl who is willing to take public transport with me.” The girl said that a guy like Dod is very rare and almost non-existant nowadays. Hmm. I am wondering how will her impression be when she meet Dod. Right Dod? =) Alright2, shouldn’t tease him already after teasing him one whole day about his three wives.

She turns out to be a nice girl and very spontaneous too. We were not interested in watching soccer at first because all the places at CHIJMES are freaking full. If you don’t book in advance, there is no way you gonna get a table. We ended up at Insomnia where we have a couple of drink. Jansen was damn daring to drink his flu medicine with Carlsberg. Wuow2 that was cool shit! He forgot that he was taking his medicine. I hope nothing happen to him.

We were talking about all sorts of things when it came to Temmy. This popular close friend of mine is always in the limelight. Everywhere I go, there is always Temmy. For everything else, there is always more Temmy. And please don’t mistake him for Tammy NYP. They are totally different things! Yah the girl was mentioning about him and she even knows almost everything about him. Tem, I will tell you more on MSN.

Feel bad to leave them even before the match starts. I had to go to meet my Council friends at Serangoon Country Club. They invited me to watch soccer there. I thought that was cool watching soccer in a cosy place. Andre, Fish, Junhui, Christine, Amanda were there. The screen was big, the atmosphere was great and it’s fully airconditioned! We got a table in the middle of the room and had a really clear view of the screen. The table beside us was Christine’s dad and his colleagues. They were damn generous with us. They keep passing their beer and food to our table to the extent that we were really overflowed with beer and food. Beside that, they were betting heavily on England. I feel sorry for them when they lost.

Well England should have won if Rooney was not sent off. What a stupid challenge by Rooney. Another quarter-final exit caused by another foolish English player. First was Beckham during the last World Cup, or last last World Cup. I couldn’t really remember. Looking at Peter Crouch’s performance today, and to think of the fact that he is Liverpool’s main man, it was really embarrassing. He looks the Pinocchio dancing on the football field. He is always knocked over by every challenge that the Portuguese did on him. He always lost every ball that was given to him by other England player. He couldn’t run even though he has long legs. I just realize that he couldn’t do anything. Oh my god, no wonder England lost.

Even now, I am sad to see Brazil exit from the World Cup also. Looks like it is going to be a European semi finals and final. I just hope that Germany will win the world cup!

Semi-final 1: Germany vs Italy (my pick Germany)
Semi-final 2: Portugal vs France (my pick Portugal)

Those long legs are always on his way and send him tumbling down!

Superman Returns

2006-07-02T03:53:00.000+08:00

As usual every Saturday is Tri-Touch meeting day. We are planning for some Freshmen CIP programme that will clear their 80 hours before the school term starts. It's all because of the damn troublesome 80 hours compulsory CIP that every SMU students must do. Sometimes I think it is a really waste of time. I am in charge of Marketing and Communication. Somehow I have to design t-shirt and banner for the program. Damn it! Don't they know that I can't design for nuts. But well for everything else there is always this guy called Vegustian. He helped me to come up with a few designs (of course with some comission! Nothing is free). But still it's damn nice lah! Thanx Guz!

The best design so far

Design using a coloured background

After that I went to watch Superman Returns with Dod, Jansen, Kaiwei, Amanda. As being said by some HCJC students (in chinese).

Guy 1: Hey, someone returns to Singapore today!
Guy 2: Who returns? You mean your mom returned from vacation?
Guy 1: No lah. Superman returns!
Guy 2: ("-.-)

Anyway, lame things aside. The movie was quite good but disappointing in some way as people expected it to be a lot better. As usual, Superman was flying here and there, thinking that he could save all the people in the world. I think the story line was quite predictable. The usual Superman who will always win in the end no matter what. The interesting twist was only the appearance of his "son". Imagining that he could kill a guy with a piano when he was only 10 years old, he is gona be better than Superman! I heard this is the last installment of Superman. I don't know whether it is true or not. But if this ends, then the next BIG thing on earth will be Superboy Returns.

Bad things can happen. Especially to watch in GV. Blah. The sound system was bad, the screen was small. The only good thing is that the seats are spacious. May be I am too used to The new Cathay. Used to sit in a 600 seaters cinema for every blockbuster movie from MI:III, The Da Vinci Code, Cars, etc. The sound system at Cathay was a blast man. Great job by THX. Their screen was about 4 times of those at GV I should say.

However it is still quite worth it to watch as Superman doesn't return very often. =p

Ratings
Thrill : 9/10
Humour : 8/10
Storyline : 6/10
Overall entertainment factor: 7/10

Blogster in trouble..

2006-06-30T20:56:00.001+08:00

Today, I happened to read the "Newpaper". First thing that I saw:

Slut, Mad dog, Retard
OFFENSIVE BLOG: S'pore exchange student in China uses expletives to criticise its people. OFFENSIVE RESPONSES: China nationals respond angrily. They call her rude names

I wonder when will all these people stop making use of their blog to utter nonsense and insult other people, race, or country. The case of blog racism also happened not too long ago. Now is insult against citizens of other country. However, I presonally think these people have the right to write what they want. It is their blog, their personal space and their private expression. If the reader is not happy reading the content then they better click the little red cross on the top right hand corner of their screen. However bloggers do have to beware of the risk that they are taking. Anyway if you are interested to read more, you can read it here http://newpaper.asia1.com/news/story/0,4136,109221,00.html

On a lighter note, today is the premiere of The Sword Has Two Edges, a play proudly presented by StageIt. Although I am not involved in anyway, I feel that their play is marvellous. I watched them during their full dress rehearsal yesterday. Their expression is damn good. Unfortunately the lack of background atmosphere let them down. I hope they do something about it during the actual play.

Synopsis
The play is set in 3rd century China, in the Prime Minister’s household. The Prime Minister’s niece, Lady Hawlien, has developed a close bond with her maid, Cicada. However, the good times are soon disrupted when the Prime Minister pleads with Cicada to be part of his desperate plot to overthrow the notorious Prince Dong Zhuo.

Prince Dong Zhuo and his adopted son, the young and fearless General Lu Bu had been tyrannizing the commoners for a long while. Cicada is sent into this household to sow seeds of discord between these two and ultimately drive them to destroy one another.

Infamous as the two are for their atrocities, both are instantly beguiled by Cicada, who skillfully manipulates them both.

Watch as Cicada mixes a deadly concoction of love, lust, betrayal and deceit as she switches between the roles of the Prime Minister’s loyal servant, Prince Dong Zhuo’s latest plaything, the girl of the General Lu Bu’s dreams and Hawlien’s innocent childhood friend.

Ticketing

Details:
29th June 2006 (Thursday) – 2nd July 2006 (Sunday)
7.30pm
SMU City Campus
Realigned Stamford Road
Between School of Accountancy and Li Ka Shing Library

Price: $18
Email: stageit_ticketing@sa.smu.edu.sg
Call: 9636 4624

I stay in Mandarin Hotel. Is it?

2006-06-29T18:32:00.000+08:00

Yesterday I went to Mandarin Hotel to pick up my stuff from my mother’s friend who just came to Singapore. She was sending her son for Lasik surgery. I didn’t know that Lasik was now so advanced to the extent that the person doesn’t have to wear glasses anymore. But again that is still dependent on the degree of the eyes. And of course it is very expensive! Ha, guess what! Nowadays all lifts in hotels are equipped with a card reader so that only hotel guests can go up. I guess I haven’t been into Singapore hotels for a damn long time. Luckily there is this hotel staff that enters the lift as well. If not I really could not go up.

It was so late already when I left the hotel, and yet I saw the queue for Taxi was damn long. When you see there is only 1 person waiting at the taxi queue for hotel guest and there are 10 over people waiting at the normal taxi queue, common sense will tell you where to queue. ;) I was so scared that they caught me. But equipped with a room number, I just go ahead and queue. I Could see the expression of those people queuing at the normal queue. Some were jealous, some was pissed. But well, it was already 11pm! Could not wait much longer coz my Brazil match is starting. =p

There was this door guy who was controlling the queue and guests. I already knew that he would ask me my room number. I simply said 12-38. Of course it was the right number. I have been there. I was only afraid that he would ask me for the hotel card to prove. Luckily he didn't. He is quite a friendly guy, and he started chatting to me about how hard is it to get taxi at those hour and it occurs to him alsmost everyday. My Singlish accent nearly gave me away! Damn it! I almost blew up my cover as some Indonesian tourist staying in the hotel. After that I was mindful of the way I speal to him. I removed my "la, "izit", "meh", etc. I can tell you it's damn hard to do without those syllabus.

There was this other door man, I shouldn't mention names here. He was damn rude! He could see I was in the queue and he blatantly gave the taxi to the Angmoh who is not in the queue! The Angmoh didn't even give him any tips. Damn bloody d*ck sucker. When the next taxi came, he wanted to give that taxi again to another Angmoh who is again not in the queue. I was going to tell him off when the 1st door guy told him that it's my taxi!

Within that short moment I could really see all the high-flyers coming in and out driving cars such as Jaguar, BMW 7 Series, Porsche, etc. Wuow man that's my dream! I wonder how long it will take me to get that far. Talking about rich people, I didn't really agree with the few of some newspaper that mentioned that tourists from China are the biggest asset to Singapore Tourism Industry. Alright I may agree that they have a large number of people coming to Singapore, pushing down the number of Indonesian tourist to the 2nd spot. But that's only beacuse they are a big country.

They are only big in number but small in terms of spending. C'mon these Tourism Board people have to get it right. When I was inside the Mandarin Hotel, I did not see any China Tourist staying in the hotel at all. All I can see is Indonesian Tourist and Ang Moh. Blah everywhere I go, the hotel lift, toilet, reception, I bumped into all those Indonesian Tourist. So I wonder about all the hype surrounding Chinese Tourists.

In the end I got a Volkswagen cab. It was really huge and comfy. I have not seen those type of cab before. And of course those people waiting at the normal taxi stand are still waiting for cab. ;p

Italy vs Australia

2006-06-27T01:44:00.000+08:00

I don't normally write about World Cup. But this is really a stunner. How could the referree send off Materazzi. And how could Italy not manage to grab a goal against Australia until that lucky penalty. This is a crazy game. Basically I am part of the game with the 40bux that I put in. Seems little but high return. That's the reason I am worried. But that's only given Italy win. The odds was $4.20 (For non-soccer fans, it means that if I put in $10, I would win $42. Now just do you own multiplication. It's another repeat of England vs Ecuador. A really late goal.

I was walking up and down, hoping and hoping that Italy could score but well the problem is that they have a man less than Australia. All thanks to the guy in black. Unfair dismissal! You might as well as show the Red Card to yourself for destroying a beautiful game and Fair Play. Cmon, juz because you have the card you can flash it? I am sure you will be hunted by millions of Italians when you are going shopping in Milan or visiting the Pope in Rome.

Unfair Dismissal!

The precious penalty kick!

But destiny settles it all. Penalty for Italy in the dying minutes. That is just what I wanted. I know it's not fair to the Australian. But socceroos you did well today. 59% possession for Australia compared to 41% possession for Italy. The only reason why they lose is that Italy have Buffon and Australia doesn't have Rooney. Anyway have a beer mates and cheer up!

Grocery Shopping

2006-06-26T09:40:00.000+08:00

Yesterday I went for groceries shopping. I was really running out of everything at home. Most importantly my Pepsi and my Doritos. Hoho. I feel quite delighted to go shopping coz I haven't been shopping for quite a while. Even though it' s only a grocery shopping, it's still a shopping experience anyway!

Entered the shop: 6.55pm

Went to NTUC @Bukit Timah Plaza. I really like shopping there coz they have got huge collections of stuff. I think it's the biggest NTUC in Singapore. Total of 2 stories and probably the only NTUC that sells Clothes, accesories, toys, camping material, etc. I busy looking around and scanning every sections for the things that I need. Not that I don't know what I want but there could be some more stuff that I need to buy. Dod called when I was looking around at the kitchen section. So he is coming over to give me back my SMU card. So nice of him. Had a little chat and then went back to shopping while he went home.

Probably this is the first thing that I put inside my tray. Prunes and Apricots dried fruits. My mom's order from Indo. Can't afford to forget! The rest can always wait. Also bought my mom Flax Seed which is known to be good for blood circulation or something. Used to buy her the liquid one, but I think she will like this more. Healthy food eh.

I tried these before. Nice Prunes and Apricots!

Flax seeds rich in Fiber & Iron!

My all time favourite Hot & Spicy Calbee and Jigs! Had very fond memory with that Hot & Spicy chips

Onion Cracker. Love to eat this while in Indo. Good substitute for Prawn Cracker.

Wuow this is as good as anything else! Chilli Tapioca WITHOUT ikan billis. It just taste bad when you have the ikan billis.

This is what I eat when I was late for school. Not that many times though.

This goes to the living room.

And this goes to my pocket!

Another world Cup chewy!

Honestly, I don't dare to buy Cadburry after it was reported as having traces of Salmonella which can cause Typhoid Fever. Scary?

Finally My Coke and Green Tea.

Definitely I need some help with the ants and Oil stains

That's a lot of things!

Left the shop: 9.05pm

If you are wondering why I woke up sooo early, it was beacuse of the abrupt morning call from bro woke me up. He wants me to write him a late excuse letter. Understandable when it is the first day after holiday where all the school kids start schooling again. Bleah. Can't sleep already now. I may need to go back to sleep later during the day.

YouTube: The Toilet Musical

2006-06-24T01:01:00.000+08:00

As usual I am sharing cool stuff from YouTube. Enjoy!

This is a cool Toilet Musical with editing effect. This guy was doing it for his school project. But still it's cool stuff.

Settler's Cafe

2006-06-23T23:46:00.000+08:00

I went to Settler's Cafe this Wednesday with my fellow facilitators. As usual the fun gang of people are up to something every week. It was chalet, then Karaoke, then this time Settler's. A great start realizing that we just knew each other only during the 3 days facilitation workshop. Yeah they are great people.

Met Danchi and Jerry first at 6.45. Danchi was so blur to go to SMU to meet me first when Settler's was only about 5-10 minutes walk from her office. But it's okie considering she "picked me up" in school. Haha. Three of us intended to wait for the rest who are coming at 8pm. But ended up grabbing all the food available as we are all damn freaking hungry. Ordered beef, lamb, and chicken chop so that we can exchange food.

Danchi with her lamb chop. Yummy!

Jerry with cloud9 and his beef steak...

Managed to play "Cloud9" for a while before the rest come. Interesting game that test your luck. You are initially on a hot air balloon. You can choose to jump off at any point of time before the balloon burst. The later you jump off, the more points you get. But the challenge is that you won't know when the balloon will burst. After that Chris came and was grumbling when someone actually was ahead of him in getting sponsorship from the Settler's boss. Deeraj must compliment you for being so fast in sourcing sponsorship for your SIS camp. So Chris now you know who stole your potential sponsor. Haha.

Finally the rest came and we played "I'm the boss!". Damn fun game! It's even more fun than Monopoly and Risk. It's about negotiating your way to earn more money and squeeze people's pocket for their money. Too bad no photos this time. Also played "Cranium". Combination of skill, knowledge and cherades. Should try it for yourself.

The bill was not bad too! $20 per head. But considering we were there for 4 hours of fun and good food it's worth it. The waiter said that we could submit our receipt with our guess of World Cup champion for some prizes, but we couldnt be bothered. Brazil will definitely win. =) Went to Al ameen after that to have supper. Great day, great people, great fun!

Here are some photos as usual!

The Funky Cranium!

Cmon this time I got you!

Hmm Piggy

Not here...

Ah another one...

That's us...

Pictures!

2006-06-19T02:31:00.000+08:00

I just uploaded some photos from my camera. Even though most of it are taken weeks ago. But still here are some of it.

Jansen getting drunk before leaving Singapore the next day. He haven't even pack his luggage!

The forever crazy Peter and Temmy.

The Karaoke King and Queen!

Took this picture while I was on my way to Brewerkz to meet Tita & Co.

I had a great time yesterday at Tita's farewell gathering. Met some new people. All those people are freaking "chimney". Smoking non-stop for hours. No wonder the government are so rich. 3 hours, 5 packs of ciggarette! Farewell Tita the fake DutchLady. Come back to Singapore often k.

think...

2006-06-19T01:06:00.000+08:00

Today when I was waiting for my bus, I saw a young boy with his grandmother walking pass me. The boy was wearing a torn shirt and holding the hand of his ailing (sick) grandmother. The first thing that came to my mind was how come there is such a difference in standard of living in Singapore and how lucky I am now. When I look at these less fortunate people I really feel for them.

Actually the sight that I saw the day before was more saddening. I was at ChinaTown having supper when I saw a lot of elderly people was sleeping on the benches. With no pillow and blanket, they just slept there as if it was a comfortable bed. I am wondering what happened to their children. Is it because of their busy schedule and their husband / wife's demand that they throw their parents out of the house? If yes, shame on you people! How can you let the person who bring you up to be what you are today be homeless and sleep in the cold.

Even though I am satisfied with my life now, I feel something is missing in my life. Since she left for Australia more than 2 years ago, I have little interest in women. Not that I like man. But I found it very hard to like another woman. Because I seriously feel that there is no one that is as perfect as her. There is definitely a crush here and there but no one that has seriously come into my heart. To say the truth, there is 2 people that I had considered. But it didn't really turn out very well. So conclusion: I am still single.

Sometimes it is a blessing to be single because I can do anything I like and there is no need to answer to anyone. But sometimes I found it difficult to be alone as I no longer have someone that I can share my problems with. With no emotion running through me, I feel very bare and restless. There is no inspiration to look forward to tomorrow. Sometimes I just feel that I needed a woman badly. I just can't live any longer without that sparks and feeling that usually happens when you fall in love.

I really hope this 'draught' will end. And I will find another angel soon. =)

Wake up call for SMU? More like a bashing...

2006-06-14T23:34:00.000+08:00

I came across this forum a few weeks ago that set me thinking. How does SMU fare in the society. And what people or more appropriately what students from other university feel about SMU. They are going to be our collegue in years to come. Are they going to bring us down just because we are from SMU? Looking at the content of the forum, I see hatred against SMU.

I came to SMU when it was still in its pioneer year. It was not the reputation and hype that brought me there. It was the style. The style they do business, the style of teaching, and the style the are moulding the students. I am impressed by the way they invite popular figure may it be from the business or arts community. It is something that other universities may not offer. The priceless connection that you will get while you are in SMU sets you apart from your future collegue. Enough said. I think you get what I mean.

I personally feel that the forum is a mere criticism of SMU more than anything else. Let me start by the first post of the forum.

Ranting no 1: While we boo them for their marketing s.hit...
//I think that it is a great marketing strategy to attract a record number of students during open house and application process. I don't understand why some people call it shit.

Ranting no 2: How often do we hear SMU students get themselves involved in Charity work, how often do we hear SMU students volunteering their time for the less fortunate?
//This person obviously doesn't get his facts right... Make better guess next time!

Ranting no 3: I know many students nowadays all do things with a motive. But I just find it especially evident among SMU students.
//Oh really? Then just don't work. Because your motive of working is to get money right. Everyone has some motive. That will become your motivation to succeed. Correct me if I am wrong.

Ranting no 4: Compulsory community service for undergrads (read: SMU) is ridiculous. Last time I checked it is sometimes what is dished out by courts to criminals.
//Wuow2. Hold on little guy. So you implying SMU students are criminals?

Those written above were just to name a few. Interestingly that was only the first page of the forum. If you are interested just read on at SMU bashing (click on link). It surely sets you thinking and to some maybe turns you furious. I am not just talking about SMU students. But what if it happens to NUS and NTU. Will students from those schools be furious?

Can jealousy stir up hate? Definitely it is the case here. What's your say?

I still love my SMU!

New Layout!

2006-06-14T03:12:00.000+08:00

Finally my new layout is done... I smell some fresh air here after not blogging for so long. I really miss blogging. It is an avenue to pour out your feelings and emotion, as well as to share interesting stuff.

Watching Brazil vs Croatia now. More engrossed with the TV.

To start off the world cup, here is a very funny video that you MUST watch.

Viva la futbol.

Nice pictures, or illusions?

2005-11-29T23:40:00.000+08:00

Exam is so stressfulll... Until I don't have time to update my blog... Had MA today and AS tomolo. Friday last day. I may not be able to update again until coming Friday. And when I am back, I will write about A real life story of an old lady and a cat! It's very touching. Meeanwhile juz ENJOY!

A day at the busy market

Man and his toys

Classic race

This is where I wanna be . . .

Xmas is comin to town

If you think this is nice, you will soon think that its is indeed GREAT!

Because these are paper cuttings!

Amazed? Surely.

Technology goes Haywire

2005-11-21T23:50:00.000+08:00

I just realized technology is not as reliable as it is supposed to be. I was updating my friendster profile just now, and I SAVED it. When I reload my profile again, it doesn't change. So I reload another time. And it is still the same. When I checked it out, my new profile is GONE. Arggh. I am so frustrated. Damn it. Waste my time only. Always like that.

Then another website called feedburner is also the same. I tried to log in alot of times but still can't log in. What is happening to these websites.

I think my laptop is also infected with virus. I begin to lose alot of my things. Even my icons start to disappear. How can all this happen during my exam! Luckily I already back up all my datas. Oh and another amazing thing is that I just realized I haven't clear my Temporary internet folder for 3 years already!!! And it totalled up to 300, 000++ folder and 3 GB. This is what you call shit! No wonder my computer is so slow nowadays. I didn't know that I got all these rubbish inside my com.

I am pondering whether to reformat my whole laptop, so that it works as good as new. Maybe during holiday!

Okie starting from tomorrow I shall go into full mugging mode. 10am to 11pm. Yeah That's great! So when you are in SMU (Singapore Mugger University), you shall do that often. I was told that there is one guy who even stays at SMU for a whole 2 weeks! This guy practically camped at one of the Group Study Room and bathe in school. I wonder how stinky that GSR will be. His parents bring him clothing and food everyday. So what he does is only mug and mug!

I find this totally ridiculous! And crazy! Dude you won't want to spend your whole youth studying. Take it easy man, you only have a few more years of your youth before you work. Grade isn't everything. When you look back you will regret it for sure.

My exam timetable:

Tuesday (29/11)
Subject: MA (ACCT 102)
Time: 2pm - 5pm

Wedenesday (30/11)
Subject: AS (CORE 002)
Time: 9pm - 12pm

Friday (2/12)
Subject: Biz Law (LGST 101)
Time: 2.30pm - 5.30pm

Oh ya, I am looking for a 2-4 rooms condominium, so if anyone is renting out please inform me yeah! Urgent!

Ciao!

Is this India???

2005-11-20T23:20:00.000+08:00

My body is aaaaccchhinggg all over... Arrgh that's the result of playing soccer yesterday. Haven't been exercising much, that's why I am having muscle ache everywhere. I love being potato couch. Eating chips and reading books.

Anyway I was late for mugging today. Promised Sanket and Jansen to reach school at 1pm. Instead I reached school at freakin 3.30pm. And amazingly Jansen is still at home! So I am not that late after all. Haha. Didn't do much anyway. Brought my Biz Law but only did 1 chapter.

I overheard a couple (about 30 years old) fighting on the bus on my way to school. These are some of the things I overheard.

Girl: Why can't you just give me the happiness that I want!!
Guy: Hey, I was out trying to make more money to make you happy. Cant you just try to understand?
Girl: You are always using the same reason every week! You changed totally!
Guy: Oh so you think you didn't change. When everytime you called your guy friend to complain about me? So you think your guy friend is better than me? And you will rather tell your guy friend more things than you tell me??

Oops.. When something like this happens, it shows the crack in the relationship. Four words! Honeymoon Period Is Over! To cut long story short, treasure your relationship dude. And treat everyday as your first date.

NOW COMES THE AMAZING PART!

I have been wanting to write this for ages but I keep forgetting. Have any of you ever imagine how Serangoon Road (Mustafa area) looks like on a Sunday night? It is a total FREAKING MESS! Oh my god, for a moment I thought this wasn't Singapore at all. People are everywhere on the road and rubbish is all over the place. And there is no police to control the area. It was totally in a chaos. I thought this is a real India for god sake. Really can't believe what I saw every Sunday night.

That's not all! When all these people boarded the bus, they were pushing each other and running towards the empty seats. Yess it a real physical shoving and pushing. It's like there is a million dollar cheque in the bus and only the first one will get it. They did all that for just a seat??? A seat that will last them no more than 45 min! Some people even boarded form the exit door. How ridiculous is that! Arrgh I cant help but to just see what the hell is wrong with this people. This is Singapore!! Hellooo this is not your home country, this is other people's country, so respect please!

If you think that's the end, not at all. Some of them even fight with an elderly for seats! And there is 1 guy who puts his grocery on the seats as if there is no other people that want to sit. What's WORSE is that they are leaning on the sides of my chair!!! arrgh. Their whole butt was sticking on my face. I nearly fainted because it. That doesnt only happen to me, but to the few passengers who sat at e aisle as well. Can you please switch on your common sense dude! You are getting your own comfort on the sacrifice of mine???

I should remember next time that I shouldn't take bus home on a Sunday night. I can't take it man! I nearly fainted when I get out of the bus. And that's when I fell grateful that I have a fresh air to breathe in.

But to look on the bright side, it only happens on Sunday. =)

Soccer in NY

2005-11-19T23:20:00.000+08:00

Finally I get my well-deserved sleep. Can you believe it. I slept form 22.00 till 1400 the next day?? 15 hours of sleep. Haha. But I think that is fair yeah. Coz I havent sleep for 2 days. So 7 hrs for the 1st day and 8hrs for the 2nd day and total it up you will get 15 hours.

Nothin much today. Played soccer with the Councillors. 26th batch (my batch) against 28th batch. Lost 4-3. But it was a great game. 3 hours of soccer. Imagine that. Shag!

My direct Junior is great! Wuow he got got soccer skill and looks cool also. Haha. No wonder he is chosen to lead CCACO (the most happening committee). Another thing is that I am still not happy with the fact that the school moves the council room up to the 5th story of the school. What the hell. How do you expect the councillors to reach out to the student population if you put it at the highest level of the school! Plus they have to run up and down whenever they carry out ay activities.

Didn't join Fish and Des for pizza. Coz I was just damn tired. Felt like sleeping. So bought some snacks and went home. I found some of my childhood snacks at a shop near NYJC. So I bought lots of that. Haha. Haven't been eating it for ages.

Anyway ciao! Gotta eat my snacks

Harry Potter & Goblet of Fire

2005-11-18T23:20:00.000+08:00

I watched Harry Potter & Goblet of Fire today!!! Interestingly, it is not as good as I expected it to be.. The first two series were great. This time it is just normal. As most of Harry Potter fans would agree, how can they summarize the thick Harry Potter series into just a 157min movie! And worse still, they never include some parts of the story. Which made me half lost in transition. And they looks much better and much suited as a character when they were much younger. Now they looks like an oversize giant.

Rating:
Enjoyment: 7 out of 10
Suspense: 6 out of 10
Effects: 8.5 out of 10
Storyline: 8.5 out of 10
Worth the money: Quite worth it

I hope Order of the Phoenix is much better. I love Order of the Phoenix story so much. The best among all the series I guess. So I hope they don't cut it short to another 150 minutes movies!

Hmm. . To think over, Harry Potter GOF makes my day. After such a tiring day without sleep. Yes its WITHOUT sleep. Coz on Thursday night, me and my whole project group stayed over in school to finished up our project and to mug for MA test. We had Proposal due and MA test on the same day. Can't screw my MA already lah, coz I have been doing so badly.

Plus something that makes me more tired is that I have to wait for taxi for a freaking 1hr!!! Another classic story of a rainy day on a Friday peak hour. Even the Comfort booking hotline is down for tt 1 full hour. I tried calling and calling but then still there is no dial tone. And I am late for my movie already. I was so damn dead worried that I would miss my Harry Potter. Sickening taxi operator. Even TIBS taxi also never pick up my call. Another bad experience with TIBS.

So conclusion, even though Harry Potter is still not that good, it still makes my day. Or there is somebody else who makes my day? =p

AS Debate!

2005-11-14T23:40:00.000+08:00

We had AS Debate today. For those who didn't know what AS is, it is Analytical Skill. A subject where logic is being thought, premises are made and fallacies are singled out. Motion for this debate is: Should we install a condom vending machine in SMU. I am in the proposition team.

Basically our argument goes about it encourages the promotion of safe sex and prevention of unwanted pregancies. Oppostion argument is having condom machine encourages sex. But well of course we came prepared. Some of our more interesting rebuttals

We are just ensuring that those people who have sex to play safe sex. Besides they are regular. The students all would be mature enough to make their own decisions and not just do it because the condoms are there.

Kids have sex. It’s life.Why not provide them with some protection.

That's our last lesson with Prof Tan. he is a very nice guy. Shall write about him next time. And we got a real funny video!!! Should post it up soon.

BGS presentation

2005-11-12T22:45:00.000+08:00

Presentation MADNESS!!!

5 groups presenting on a dayyy. It's killing me off. What a great time waster! Spending 3 hours sitting down and watching presentation after presentation concerning corporate scandal. But luckily they are all damn freaking good.

1st group was doing Japan. The decoration was "real", green tea and Japanese snacks were served to all the audience. They dress themselves up in Japanese costume. and there is even a Japanes ghostt. Haha. Supposedly killed by a flying tyre from a faulty Japanese Mitshubishi car. Hmm. Now then I know that even in Japan, all these corporate scandal is so rampant. 2nd group was doing China, 3rd and 4th were South Korea, and the last group was doing Australia. Well done guys!

Xiao, Prof, Debz (From left to right)

Debz the "ghost" and Xiao

After the whole project ended, we are supposed to hand in our "project participation form" We are supposed to give marks to ourself as well as the other team members. We are given 100 marks per person to play with. So if you give 100 marks to yourself then the other team members will get 0 mark! I feel this is the hardest part of the project. How can you bear to give more mark to some of your friend and less for the other friend. Especially if they are all your good friend. This is the best time to check out for your backstabber! To check out for those who are very nice in front of you but ended up giving you ZERO. Worse, they may even give themselves a very high mark for doing nothing! Some people are just full of crap and evil mindset. If you meet these people then better treat them as no more than a piece of rubbish! I hate backstabbers.

Went to Blabbers for dinner. The food was okie (6/10). But it was a really comfy place. A nice place to hang out with your friends coz it was far from the crowd and you can have the place for yourself! I was flipping through a magazine and saw ZOUK OUT!! 10 of Dec is the date to look out forrr.. But then I will be back in Indo already. Or mayb in the aeroplane. My flight is on the 10th itself. What a bad timing. I will miss ZOUK OUT for the second time. Anyway my friends are selling ticket at $34 (usual $38). Contact (Andy at 91395700) or (Shu Hui at 92772531). Get your tix before it runs out!

Tong Hua MV

2005-11-11T23:51:00.000+08:00

Today was cool. My Management Accounting class ended at 12 pm. But I stayed in a seminar room till about 9pm. Comfy chair, big room, and get a chance to play around with the equipments. I was projecting "Tong Hua" MV by Guang Liang on the two big projection screens. It was really like a movie theatre! Debz, Xiao, Emmelyn, Charlene n Nithin are busy with their BGS project about Japan. Me, Sanket and Winny just sit around doing our MA project.

"Tong Hua" MV is really very touching. Imagine if a girl that has been going through so much together with you suddenly goes away. Leavin you alone in this world. I bet 70% of the people who watched this MV cried. Saddening tale. Hmm. Girls, show this to your guy!! They may learn to treasure you more.

In the end went for dinner at McDonald. It is interesting to find out that some girl has a feeling that always changes with time. She only admires guys, but will not fall for them. But the question that puzzles me is that How can you ever get married. Being single for your entire life is not a good option eh.

Anyway I got a reply from TIBS

Dear Mr Feb

Thank you for your email.

We regret to learn of your experience and wish to apologise for the inconvenience caused.We would appreciate it if you could provide us with the bus registration number for the air conditioning leaking incident or your ezlink card number for us to trace the bus concerned. We will need the date and time when you board this bus as well for our investigation into the matter.

With regards to the reckless service captain for service 857, could you provide us with the date of incident as it was not mentioned in your email? We look forward to your reply.

Interesting to see the swiftness of their reply. But still they spoilt my day. And oh I have to go back to school on Saturday and Sunday! How crazy is that.

Whats wrong with TIBS?!!!??

2005-11-10T23:31:00.000+08:00

Why some people are just so stubborn!!!

1st case - Early in the morning on my journey to school

I have a friend that always takes a bus from the same bus stop as me.

Me: Hey you sure you are taking the right bus today?
Friend: Yah I am sure. This is 857 rite?
Me: Yes this is 857, but this bus goes to my school but not Kallang MRT (His destination)
Friend: Oh yeah this bus goes to Kallang MRT. Just wait and see.
Me: For the last time I am reminding you that this bus doesnt go to kallang MRT and please alight before it is too late
Friend: Let's see (and then keeps quieet...)

After a while..

Friend: Hmm.. How come this bus doesn't go through the usual road..
Me: Coz it doesn't go to Kallang!!! How obvious can that be!!! (If only you listen to me..)

2nd case - Late at night on my way back from school

I was taking the same bus back from school. Then there is this Indian worker. The seat next to me was empty. And it was empty for a purpose. Coz it was wet!!! And water was leaking from the air-conditioning.

Worker: I want to sit.
Me: I am sorry but the seat inside is wet
Worker: I want to sit.
Me: The seat is wet
Worker: I want to sit.
Me: There is water leaking and the seat is wet! (For the third freakin timee I told him that)
Worker: Can I sit there??? (Pushing his way in)
Me: Fine! (I just let him in) (Don't tell me that I didn't remind you!)

After some time..

Worker: *&^%%*! (Uttering some Indian word which I cant understand, then force himself out)

I just couldn't understand these people. Why must they always think that they are right. At least if you want to think that you are right, get your facts right! Can't be bothered about them though. They get their own consequences already. Shan't punish them further.

Another freaking thing is that why does TIBS bus always leaks water! And when it rains, the whole bus turn into a pond! Where is the satisfaction that I should get when I paid my fare. What is this. You called yourself a company when you can't even take care of your fleet of buses which is supposed to give you your main income. And its such a shame that you have merged with SMRT but still give this kind of low quality standard. Especially in country like Singapore!

You won't want to get those tourists' asses wet, like what you did to mine!

And please train your driver properly. They think they are some Michael Schumacher driving a ferrari buses! Today was another of that example. The anonymous driver which didn't put up his name on display when he should with bus licence plate TIBS 487 L. He was beating more than 2 traffic lights, always brake out of a sudden and causing passengers to be thrown around. 1 old man lady nearly fell because of your action. So pleasex2 be considerate when you are driving! Our fate is in your hand.

Anyway I am going to write to TIBS a complain letter addressing the reckless driver and leaking air-conditioning and flooded bus when it rains. This has been going for months already. And let's see whether I should release to the press eh. =p Give them sometime to act. If not you will be all over the newspaper.

On brighter side of life

Glad to be able to enjoy sometime with my close friends. Before we get separated into separate classes next semester. I really treasure you people. People like Sanket, Debbie, Winny, Raymond, etc. I am surely gonna miss you people. BOSS bidding system is causing a chaos everywhere! Let me talk about it in my next post.

Anyway tml is morning class for me. So ciao!

House Parties ROX!

2005-11-04T23:59:00.000+08:00

Havin a house party is soo goood. Of course not in my house. Started off with party by the pool. Under the RAIN!! What a spoiler. I am in charge to buy beers. Due to lack of cash I just buy 12 bottles of Corona Beer and a bottle of Vodka plus some soft drink.

Party by the pool is not complete without some dunking rightt. So here we goo...

Oops.. Is there someone inside the pool??

"I feel like a drenched duck!"

"Me too!"

"Since we are all wet, let's take revenge.."

"Stop hugging e table, we're gona throw you IN.."

Lucky I just recovered from flu. If not I would have been thrown in too. Time to catch some action from the house party. The house was unbelieveably beautiful. Too bad I don't have any picture to show it all. Luxury with a cat included. As well as projection TV plus mansion like facilities.

Sankit with his "5minutes" puff..

Xiao Min with her chips. Its "HOT!"

Zoe Pole-dancing with the glass door..

Me with the gang. Plus Emilio (an exchange student from Mexico) on the right.

Another group shot with Hoze (from Mexico too)

After the party at Gayatri's house, we are off to CRASH some exchange students' party. Ohhh their party was really great. They don't play cards during house party!! But dancing to the music. The crowd was hot plus endless flow of beer. Well sum it up yourself. Haha.

Here is the photo of the Xchange Students' house party

Xiao Min, Marcella, Gayatri n Me

Photos with some of the Caucasian.

Puple Joker in action.

Cowboy Zak with his own "styl'e"

Looks great eh. Everything from the start till the end. Im lookin forward for more. That's what we call life rite. Haha. Sealed off the day by watching ZORRO at 2.45 a.m. Wuow. Plus McDonald breakfast.

What a great day!

New layout again

2005-11-01T23:30:00.000+08:00

!!A NEW LAYOUT!!

I Love creation.. Haha..

Yeaaah. After 2 days of hardwork, it finally pays off ehh. I shoould be studying. But who cares. Haha. Im still gonna add some more things into my blog. Still look a bit plain. And I am also gona upload my photooss.

Im inspired once again to blog. So I think I am gonna update it everyday. Hmm. If I have time thou. Haha. Well lets see what I can add tomolo.

Anyway gonna sleeep. Its raining outside and I wil have a really good sleep.

Ciao.

Steamboat

2005-08-15T02:02:00.000+08:00

Today I went to watch the fireworks again. Meet up with some of e council people. There is nat there also. Long time never see him. It has been almost 8 months. He didn't change at all. Still the same old him. Well fireworks were lousy so did Long John Silvers' service. With only three staff managing a busy chain? 1 cashier, 1 cleaner n 1 chef. They muz b dreamin. Customers hav to wait for 30min to get their food. N alot of tables not cleared. Got steamboat for dinner, thou I never really eat coz I have already eaten before that.

Anyway nice to see my friends again after sometime in Indo. Actually I got alot of things in my mind, but I juz cant put it in words. Haiz.

Uneasy feelin

2005-08-14T02:42:00.000+08:00

I have got a mix feelin rite now. Mayb its bcoz I am too tired or mayb I heard lots of things today. I hate tis kind of feelin. Well I tink I should juz sleep n wake up to a new day. Meetin councilors later to go to carnival n see the fireworks.

Renovation is over

2005-08-13T15:10:00.000+08:00

Finally my new blog layout is done. After like 3 hours of searchin of blog skins and matchin colours. Well I juz hope e colour matches. Initially it was almoz totally made of dark colours but I added a touch of bright colours. I dun wan my life to be so boring. ;p Well cant write much at e momment. Im goin out soon. Will pen down my thoughts again tonite. Tata.

she's leavin...

2004-12-08T23:59:00.000+08:00

Today as usual woke up early to meet her.. Eat fish soup noodle near her house for lunch.. The fish soup there is quite nice n cheap too.. Very fragrant in doesn’t smeel too fishy.. I put lots of chilli into my soup n in e end got stomachache even until now.. After tat went to get the lipstick tat she wanna buy.. Its a very nice colour n its e last piece.. Luckily its nice coz we went around looking for it for 2 days..

After tat we went to watch blade at cineleisure.. It has an interesting story line n quite funny too.. This time the story is about a vampire slayer, Blade, against the king of all vampire.. In e end all e vamps died coz of a simple virus tat kills only vamps but not human.. We had dinner at Tonkichi and went for a walk to hav a heart to heart talk before she leave..

Of course I feel sad coz life wil no longer b the same.. Everyday wil become much more quiet wifout her.. She likes to talk and I enjoyed listening to it but now it wil b juz an empty me.. There are so much emotion but there is only 26 words to describe it all.. So wat I should do is juz mover on.. Gotta lots of stuff I need to do before going back to Indonesia.. For e time being I should get some sleep coz tml I need to wake up at 6.30am coz Im meetin her at 8 to send her to airport..

double pizza n ding dae fung

2004-12-07T23:59:00.000+08:00

Todae I was supposed to wake her up at 9am.. So I did cal her at 9am sharp but I was half asleep.. When e phone was picked up, I said “wake up.. wake up..” But at e other side, the person receiving e phone seemed so blur and confused.. So I said again “wake up.. wake up.. its already 9am..” Then finally I realised it was her maid who picked up e phone.. I was so embarrased man.. Lucky never say anything mushy..

As usual today went out early and came back late.. First stop was wisma atria.. Went around shopping n had our lunch at “Pizza Tagano.” The pizza there was really nice.. Much much better than pizza hut and its very filling too.. After that then we circled around Takashimaya and Paragon before havin dinner at “Ding Dae Fung.” Then after tat we went to watch the movie “everybody has secret” at 9.40 at cineleisure.. Its so damn funny but contains some “dirty” scene lah.. Its worth e money lah..

Tomorrow wil b class outing.. 5.30 pm at Marina Bay MRT station. But I dun think I can make it.. I feel so damn guilty coz I heard they kept postponing because of me.. But now I still cant make it.. Haiz.. So sorry guys.. Tml is oso e last day I can see her before I go back n I hafta go wif her.. There is only so little time left that I can spend with her.. I hope you guys understand.. I wil somehow make up to u guys next time k.. You are all still my wonderful classmates for almoz 2 years that I wun ever forget..

Shopping!

2004-12-06T23:59:00.000+08:00

Todae I was supposed to meet Fenny at 10am, but instead 11am then I wake up. Its all because of the stupid alarm fault. Mabbie its my fault instead lah. I woke up at 8am, then switched off my alarm n went back to sleep. I went with her to Singapore Airlines office to change her flight schedule so tat I can hav 2 more extra days with her. Then went around to shop. Have dinner at sakae sushi. We were planning to watch movie at Great World City but dun hav the rite timing. So we walked back to orchard but it suddenly drizzle. In the end we hav no choice but to take a taxi. I should noe better tat it its a rainy season. Haha.

Oh todae is NY prom. I hope those prom goers are enjoying themselves. Must really make a good use of e 80bux ticket which I dun think is worth it. With 80 bux u can go for dinner for 2 plus movie for 2. Haven plus all those suit for the man, gown and make-up for the ladies which wil cost hundreds of dollars. But its alrite lah coz prom is juz once in 2 years of JC life. Especialy when the guys are goin NS real soon.

Time flies really fast. The faster it is, the less time left for me to be with her. The prob is she is goin to Australia and I am not. I am sad but I cant do anything. I cant go to Australia coz my father dun allow me. Tats life. When u hav a beautiful thing in your hand, it wil b taken away sooner or later. Moral of the story: “nothing last forever.”

End of year bash

2004-12-04T04:59:00.000+08:00

HaVoC! EnD oF YeAr BasH 2004. As wat e tittle suggest, it is a really havoc nite. 500++ people were dancing away under e heavy beat of hiphop n R&B. I would like to personally thank everyone who helped us to make tis event a success. People like Shin Leng who brought her 100 SAJC friends over, Kok Leong who persuaded lots of people plus dark chocolate to go, Christine for inviting e CJC people, Temmy for his support and other people such as Desmond, Huiz, Ping, Fel, Eugene, ............................................... plus a whole lot of you who relentlessly helpin to pass e message around. Thank you so much my friends.

Overall I tink there are over 200 NYJCians out there in e club, 100 Saints, plus 70++ angmohs, and other people from other JCs. Some people was shocked when they heard it was NY party. Coz there has never been a NY party in the history book. Its either SA, AC, or CJ party. Actually NY people can be quite havoc lookin at hw they party tat nite.

But in e middle of my happiness I dropped my phone in e taxi. Put it on my lap when I was paying my fare, but I forgot about it when I alighted, so there goes my phone. I don’t mind losing e phone, but my phone memory is all inside plus all my precious sms and my to-do-notes. Tats cal a real bad luck. I hope can get my phone back. But chance is very slim. So for e time being, I am aiming for a new phone. But then dunoe wat phone to buy coz al e models are not nice. Betta wait for a new model to come out.

LTC and Spore Idol

2004-12-01T23:59:00.000+08:00

I realise I haven been blogging for a long2 time. There has been so much things tat is goin in my life but has no time to write them down. Let me start from LTC. LTC was real fun. During the precamp I was really hoping tat I din sign up as facilitator. I saw my group was very quiet and I tot tat wil be e end of me.

First dae I was busy wif bunk allocation and toilet duty allocation. E bunk is actually something like a birdhouse. N after tat I was a station i/c so din see much of my group. But then during e outdoor cookin competition I was shocked tat my group managed to cook 8 dishes by usin only 4 solid fuel. N e dishes taste like restaurant food. Second day til fourth day was kayaking expedition plus height challenge. By e end of LTC I hav got mosquito bite marks all over me which stil remain itchy until nw. Stupid fat mosquito. N my group oso left me a fond memory n I feel tat they are one of e greatest group amongst all thou they are not champion.

When I went home was Singapore Idol. Missed e 1st 30min of e show. Taufik was great throuout. Sly was good too tat nite, but stil Taufik is much better. E judge is trying to be nice too. But can hear some sarcasm if u read between e line. Fortunately Taufik won 64% of e votes. N tats a really big margin. I tink tats a win2 situation lah. Sly can stil get a contract even thou he was only a runner-up. So happy ending for both.

chem + econs = sucks

2004-11-17T18:37:00.000+08:00

Finally e biggest obstacle is over.. Killer man.. Chem pp2 n econs pp3 on e same day.. Make me sleep 3 hours only yesterday.. Lucky I can wake up.. Chem is okie.. Only got e nylon 66 wrong.. Hopefully e rest gets correct.. Econs although e qn is straight forward, its so damn lenghty.. So conclusion... Qn 6 din really finish but i made my points clear already.. Hope can get at least 10 mark for 3 pages of work.. My head is feeling heavy.. Totally lack of sleep.. Im gona eat dinner then sleep.. Wat a good day.. 2 more days n can open e champagne bottle already.. Cant wait for monday...

Sick...

2004-11-12T23:50:00.000+08:00

Sickness

Yesterday was terrible.. Imagine having headache, sore throat, muscle ache, stomachache, heartache and exam fever all at e same time.. Arrggghh.. All e 6 different types of sickness came together at the wrong time.. I was feeling bad all over.. No mood to study and eat porridge for e whole day..

But today I felt alot better.. Drink all types of medicine to cure them.. N e best part is going for a massage.. Tats my 1st time going for full body massage in spore.. I dunoe tat its so ex man.. $36 for an hour.. In indo its lots cheaper.. I hav bad impression about massage parlour coz some of them hav "extra service".. When I come in then its like e massage lady are all china girl.. Then inside got some horny lao ah pe chatting with e girls.. I was cursing why my gurdian brought me there.. But wuahh lucky nuthin happen ah.. E massage was painful coz after 20min they use something to "kua" my back.. N nw its red all over..

After tat I went to the temple in e afternoon.. When I came back I feel like all my sickness are gone.. Dunnoe y.. But tis is true.. Maybe some weird mystical power heal me from my sickness..

Tomorrow should be up n mugging again.. There is so muccchh for econs.. Cant take it man..

So betta sleep early..

-feb-

B@CK!

2004-11-09T22:42:00.000+08:00

B@CK!

Oh nooo.. Wat a bad headcahe I am having rite now.. All coz of e stupid preparation for maths and chem.. But it was really a great thing tat 5 papers are down.. 6 to go.. Tml muz mug for econs econs econs.. My fav subject but sumtimes can be dreadful.. muz write 7 pages in 45min.. If only can bring my laptop there.. For e time being i wil juz enjoy todae.. Hav a good sleep, watch a good movie and juz relax..

Oh man, I hate e construction juz outside my house.. It has been goin on for more than a month n its stil not completed.. Hav to wear an ear plug n study.. So much for the emphasis by the government on reducing e noise level, but then wat hav they done.. They are making alot of noise even in e early morning.. 9am is time for me to sleep.. Cant they wait till 10 before starting work.. Stupid PUB..

2 days ago, I dreamt about takin e maths exam.. N I dreamt about a qn.. Tat qn is qn 11 if you remember.. Its about binomial.. In e end it really came out wif e same question number.. Wah I was shocked man.. I hav got six sense after i drink ginkgo biloba.. I should start dreaming more about e question next time.. Haha..

I should blog more often after my A's.. But for e time being I wil juz conc on my A's.. All of you guys should study hard too.. Only 2 weeks more of suffering and you can hav freedom.. Juz give your all.. Look highly at yourself and never underestimate your capacity.. You will be surprised at wat you can achieve.. (partially quoted from Mr Loke)

Time to sleep.. Nitez..

-feb-

End of year bash 2004

2004-10-25T23:20:00.001+08:00

!!! EnD oF yeAr BasH 2004 !!!

Place of happening: Rouge @Somerset

E date U cant miz: 3th Dec 2004

Xciting time : 8p.m onwards

Price: $18 with a complimentary drink

Music: R&B and HipHop

5 reasons why U should be there:

- 1 of the biggest events of the month (abt 800ppl)

- 1 complimentary drink

- 1 for 1 promotion for extra drink purchased after 11

- Plenty of the funkiest hunks n babes

- Have fun with your group of friends and destress after your exam

Bring your friends along and enjoy e nite together.

Purchase your ticket(s) now! Coz tickets are in great demand.

*For ticket(s) and further info please contact Febri (91911722)

Maia is OUT!

2004-10-22T22:40:00.000+08:00

Maia is Ouuutt...

Oh man.. Cant believe it.. Maia n slyvestre were nearly out.. N in e end Maia was e one being eliminated.. Tats so unfair.. I tot e group A would be safe.. N group B r e one tat wil hav some1 eliminated.. Blah.. I was expecting Leandra to be out.. But well.. Tats reality show.. Anything can happen..

I tink Maia has energy n e voice n e courage.. But well.. Its Singapore's choice tat I wil see 1 less quality singer next week.. Lets c next week whether e result wil b as unexpected as ever..

Missing you

2004-10-21T22:35:00.000+08:00

***Missing you***

Im missing someone so mucch..

How I wish she is here with me now..

For the time being..

I will just put bandaid on my heart..

Hopefully it will work..

But nothin will fill e hole in my heart nicely..

Except her..

My brain

2004-10-20T22:56:00.000+08:00

I guess everyone is mugging hard.. Me too.. Life is boring nowadays.. Have been going to Bishan CC to study.. Conducive for studying but there r lots of big time muggers there tat make e atmosphere so stressful.. My only entertainment is playing my Winning Eleven for 1 hour.. =( Gonna really enjoy my life after A's.. Blah.. Recent mugging period has brought me some abnormalities as shown by my recent Xray..

*This is what happened to my hand after some excessive studying*
I guess i wil hav some xtra edge when writing my GP and econs essay due to an extra finger..

*My brain has been upgraded recently*
For extra speed and precision I chose intel pentium 4.. Should be able to give me ample of As..

Australian Universities Fair

2004-10-16T22:39:00.000+08:00

..Australian Universities Fair..

Today me, veguz, andy and henry went for the Australian Universities open house.. It was held at e Orchard hotel.. Will last for todae and tomolo.. Met at 12 at Orchard MRT.. But as usual.. Andy e duck is late.. Haha.. He was in hyper mood.. And he..... Betta kip e rest to myself.. E fair was quite good but there was a long queue for popular university like Melbourne U, Monash U, UNSW.. Basically juz went around asking for requirements and taking prospectus.. Wats so good about Australia is tat it juz need forecast result.. Can anyhow put ur grades also wil b accepted.. Haha.. But depending on whether e JC wil give u a good forecast result or not.. After tat I went separate way wif they all.. To my home n back for mugging.. Blah..

.: Graduation Day :.

2004-10-13T23:55:00.000+08:00

.: Graduation Day :.

Todae hafta report at 8 in hall coz e whole council xcept 1 is receiving e CCA award.. Its like very early.. Compared to e others who nd to come at 8.45.. Hw I can come at 8.45 oso.. Then i wil get an extra 45 minutes of sleep.. I hav not been sleeping well these few days.. A weird sleeping pattern.. At nite i slept from 3am to 6am then in e afternoon slept from 4pm to 7pm.. Blah.. Tats y I got sore eyes.. N everyone's response was like "You watched too much porn izit?" Haha.. Yah back to e graduation dae.. Early in e morning before e whole event start, they played e video clip of graduation dae by vitamin C.. Trying to create a sad atmosphere I guess..

E 1st on e list for e graduation dae was the photo montage recollection, speech by Mrs Ho, n speech by Mrs Low.. Their speech was not bad.. Contain some viewpoints to be learnt.. Then it was followed by prize presentation.. Quite enjoyable to e recipients but then its a big turn off for e other non-recipients.. I saw them shutting off their eyes and chatting to their friends.. I can understand coz its really tiring to clap for a hundred over recipients.. When prize presentation was over, it was e time for valedictorian speech by teachers n student representative.. Well there were only 2 people worth mentiong.. Saarab n e jc 1 rep.. Saarab was great.. I was thoroughly entertained by his style of delivering his speech.. But e jc1 rep was a big turn off.. Luckyly he scram b4 e yr2 get him.. If not he wil end of in e "pole"ing station.. Tats not very wise of him to offend e year2 students.. Then after tat was e reception followed by CT time.. Took lots of photos until I forgot to go for foreign students meeting wif e principal..

After sch was over, I went wif some of e councilors to Kovan to buy Nat's hamster.. His bdae present.. Oh maaan he was really shocked by it I guess.. Haha.. He kip saying thankiu to everyone.. He deserve it lah for being so nice to everyone.. Soon after tat Im on way home to my dearest dreamland..

Got my cAm... Say Cheese

2004-10-11T01:13:00.000+08:00

Got my cAm... *Say Cheese*

Yeah finally got my camera.. Its minolta dimage.. Quite slim and not too ex lah.. It has 3x optical zoom, 4x digital zoom, unlimited video with audio recording, pattern mode and lots of others.. Haven explore finish e functions.. I bought it at Sim Lim.. Its really a good bargain man.. Other shop sell it at $350 without extra memory card, but I got it from tis shop for e same price wif 256 XD card, 1 casing, 4 reachargable battery plus charger.. Tat shows how good I bargain rite.. Haha.. Im planning to bring it on wednesday.. Tats NYJC graduation day.. E day we are no longer oficially a student.. Haha.. Hopefully i wun forget to bring it.. *Cross my finger*

Today did alot of shopping also lah.. After buying e digi cam, went to Toa Payoh to buy cough medicine.. Its my fav cough medicine.. E name is "nin jion pei pa koa".. Funny name.. But nice to drink.. It soothes my throat.. Compared to those prescribed by doctors.. Take so long to work and cause drowsiness.. Cant afford to feel drowsy.. Muz mug everyday.. Haha.. I tink my throat is getting better already.. Gota go back to study mode tml.. Adiós..

Camera hun..T

2004-10-10T02:31:00.000+08:00

Camera hun..T

Today is basically a half day off for me.. Laze around at home till 5pm.. Then went out to Sim Lim wif my brother to look for digital camera.. Gotta find myself a new source of entertainment.. E price of e digi cam is not as expensive as I had expected.. $245 for a 3.2 megapixels one.. And $340 for a 4megapixels one.. And $400 plus for a better one.. Still not yet decided on which one to buy.. Coz I am going to e electronic fair at Spore expo to check it out first.. Who noes I get a better bargain.. After only 2hrs, I gotta rush home to catch my chn8 7pm movie.. Its e 2nd last episode so muz catch it..

Life is monotonous nowadays.. Especially when a'level is juz 3 weeks away.. E only word in my dictionary now is "study".. Haha.. Wakz.. I am so tired.. Gona sleep soon i guess.. My throat is gettin worse.. Thanx to e stupid doctor who gave me medicine to ease my phlegm, but gave me sore throat instead.. Its really bad.. Gotta go back to e clinic again.. Such a crucial period to fall sick..

Recepción

2004-10-04T16:18:00.000+08:00

.:Recepción:.

Yeah.. Finally my blog is done.. After a day of meddling wif Html code and leaving my books aside.. Tis is my 1st blog.. Tats y i try to put in every extra things possible into it.. Including E blinking poem, calendar and A'level Countdown.. E moz time consuming is finding the rite colour so tat it can blend nicely wif the background.. Hafta juggle wif the color code and trying out almoz all e colours..

I tink dynamicdrive.com is a realli wonderful webbie.. Can get all sorts of website enhancement from there.. Actually I wanna cramp sumore things into my blog.. But its time to get back to my books.. They miz me alot.. Haha..

In case you are wondering wat e funny words all over my blog mean..
*recepción - Welcome in Spanish
*profiel - Profile in Dutch
*mon amour - My love in French
*calendário - Calendar in Portuguese
*meine Freunde - My friends in German

I oso included links to my dearest friends' blogs.. If I miz you out, pls inform me kiez.. So tat I can add in your link too.. To those who wan 2 maintain their privacy, u can oso tel me to hav ur link removed..

I wil try to write an entry as often as possible.. But mabbe can do so only when Im not mugging.. Hehe.. Its damn scary, only 30 days left to A'level.. Gotta study hard to pick up my falling grades.. Muz take a super gigantic leap forward to get my As.. Gotta realli improve on my chemistry.. Btw Im looking for a good n experienced chem tutor.. If you hav some1 suitable in mind pls tel me k..

Anyway.. Enjoy yourself here guyz..