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2011-09-15T20:09:00.001-07:00

Woah yeah finally I'm able to create posts via iPhone. Have been waiting for this for a long time. Contract at Sentosa is ending soon and I'm already looking forward to December hols with her. Yup got a girl friend now so gonna reset my priorities a bit.

They've spoken to me and it seems they wanna convert me to perm staff. I'm fine with that except we haven't spoke about the pay yet. Damn they better be realistic and not offer me peanuts.

Will be blogging more after the long hiatus now that I've got more time.

New job

2010-11-02T17:53:00.001-07:00

2nd day into my new job. Didn't know that I would quit Accenture so soon but yeah well... seriously now when I look back it's definitely the right thing to do.

Data Centre

2010-08-03T07:27:00.000-07:00

Alright project went LIVE lo yeah.... this means I still got a job for this year and the next:) Currently assigned to Starhub Data Center for 1 week post production support. Only 2 things to say: 1) This place is cold 2) There's nothing to do.

End of post.

Feeling great

2010-04-18T05:17:00.000-07:00

Went for a Kelong trip near Pulau Sibu in Johore last week and it was very relaxing. It was my birthday and I wanted to escape the hustle and bustle of Singapore. The photos can be found in my Facebook page. The trip made me realize that I haven't gone for a tour in a really long while. Hopefully I can plan a nice long trip towards the end of the year.

I'm shifting house again and this time I hope to shift to a place which is more centralized. That way I can go out more easily and meet up my mahjong kakis for games. I think staying in the East Coast area is quite inconvenient if you don't have a car and before I could familiarize with the place, I'm leaving already. Well, I won't miss the place though.

Converted

2010-03-03T22:36:00.000-08:00

Just got converted to a permanent position with Accenture on 1st March. Feeling quite depressed actually cos I didn't manage to roll off from the project (shh don't tell my bosses). All in all things seem to be pretty settled nowadays so I can start to concentrate on my other interests. Close friends will know what I'm talking about. In the meantime I'm reading Don Quixote which is actually a very comical book. I'll definitely introduce this book to anyone who wants a good laugh.

Last 6 months

2009-09-06T08:11:00.000-07:00

Been a while since I last blogged, so I'll give a brief summary of what's happened diz last 6 months. Contract extended and still slaving away. End of summary.

Just finished this book Othello by William Shakespeare. Very good book, exploring the themes of jealousy, betrayal and love. A tragedy in the deepest sense. Plot's a bit racist though since the main protagonist Othello is a Moor (Black) and his wife Desdemona is a Venetian (Caucasian). Dad told me that during his stay in England he had heard of someone shooting an actor playing as Othello, primarily because he couldn't stand the sight of the Black actor strangling the White actress.

Les Miserables

2009-03-22T04:28:00.000-07:00

Just finished reading this French novel by Victor Hugo. Its the abridged version in English and I enjoyed it tremendously. I really like to read books depicting the poor( the invalides in Les Miserables) cos they remind me that the world we live in is really filled with many unfortunate people and I should cherish every little thing that I have.

1st Day at Work

2009-02-18T07:45:00.000-08:00

Started my 1st job as a Software Test Analyst today at Accenture. Yup, dats right, no spelling mistake there. A-c-c-e-n-t-u-r-e. Its a mighty relief for me to even get a job in this kinda economic climate so I must work doubly hard.Time to sleep though, left office at 9 pm on the 1st day zzz.

Many more days like this to come I think.

V Day Post

2009-02-14T08:37:00.001-08:00

It has been 2 months since I last wrote a post and I've been really busy. Going for interviews, sending job applications, going JB for shopping, reading novels and basically just emoing have been the bulk of my activities for this 2 months.

Well this will certainly be a long post I think. Firstly December was a boring month but I enjoyed it immensely cos it rained alot. I prefer cooler temperatures (that's why I loved Switzerland). Whole month was spent reading novels and emoing. I completed Persuasion by Jane Austen and started to read The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling.

As for The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling it was part of my Sec 2 literature textbook in SJI and I loved the story. However, as the rest of the book progresses it becomes more abstract (difficult for city dweller to understand living in the jungle in India).

January was basically CNY month so the whole month was very nua. The Japanese tenant staying at my family condo moved back to Japan ahead of schedule due to the economic crisis. Therefore I went to the condo regularly to seek refuge from the naggings of my mom and also to use the treadmill there. Since my flat was sold we'll be moving there come April. Bought a new pair of running shoes cos the old 1 was spoilt. Damage was $170. Ouch. Its the Mizuno Wave Rdier 12 and apparently it won the runners' award. It felt light with good support and I can see myself running alot already.

Half of February has passed and interviews and resumes are the routine. Went to StanChart, STE, Accenture blah blah blah... The list just goes on. Hope I can keep the shroud of the Economic Crisis at bay.

My photo

2008-12-05T23:16:00.000-08:00

Ok this is for the readers who dunno how I look like. Sorry to keep you guys in suspense (like anyone bothered). Wearing the stupid gown is really trying on my nerves and I took about 15 mins just to put in on. Thankfully I only have to wear it for the photoshoot cos I pity those people who went for the convocation and need to tahan that thing for half a day.

Dracula

2008-12-04T03:50:00.000-08:00

Just finished reading this book by Bram Stoker. Only 1 word to describe it... Scary.
Read this book at night and you'll have hard time sleeping I think.

Job Finding

2008-11-20T21:05:00.000-08:00

Very busy these few weeks trying to find a job, that's why have not been updating the blog. Well here are two of my favourite MTVs to recommend since I can't think of better stuff to post. Enjoy.

I was there

2008-11-07T20:08:00.000-08:00

Finally here's a post on the inaugural F1 Race in Singapore which I attended with Adlina. The atmosphere was great and the cars were fast. The actual race was actually held on 28 September 2008 and was won by Fernando Alonso. The reason for the delay in writing this post is cos I'm too lazy to post so many pics and also because the pics were with Adlina. Anyway she has put up some of the pics on her blog lo so in the spirit of Blogging Reusability I hereby direct you to her blog.

http://charmedattic.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/f1-photos/

Red lips

2008-10-29T08:48:00.000-07:00

My lips always turn dark red in colour whenever I'm having fever. Female classmate of mine used to ask me whether I've applied red lipstick. She must be crazy, or else maybe she thinks I look like Ah Gua.

Anyway they're dark red again and since I've had numerous fevers throughout my life, I couldn't be bothered to see a doctor any more. Think why I got fever this time was because I took too much chicken's essence.

Oliver Twist

2008-10-18T21:25:00.001-07:00

Just finished reading the book which I have to say, is much harder to understand than Pride and Prejudice. Dickens mocks the hypocrisies of the time by surrounding the novel's serious themes with sarcasm and dark humour. Our hero Oliver Twist went thru much hardship from young and unfortunately, befriended a group of petty thieves who sought to employ him to their devious means. Luckily, fortune favours the upright and he managed, with the help of kind friends, to gain the inheritance which was rightfully his. The story ultimately ended on a good note for Oliver and friends. However, the punishment for the thieves was severe, highlighting Dicken's disdain for criminals.

水调歌头

2008-10-18T08:58:00.000-07:00

明月几时有？把酒问青天。
不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年。
我欲乘风归去，又恐琼楼玉宇，高处不胜寒。
起舞弄清影，何似在人间。　
转朱阁，低绮户，照无眠。
不应有恨，何事长向别时圆？
人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。
但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。

Thought of this poem as I was looking straight at the moon while lying on my bed and the moonlight was really radiant. Enjoy.

Thanks

2008-10-13T21:06:00.001-07:00

Erm pple thanks for the concern but seriously, I'm not sad over the incident so you guys can stop trying to comfort me already. I'm quite happy in fact and the reason why I wanted to throw my handphone was cos its spoilt already. Getting a new handphone now yeah.

This post also serves as a tribute to my Sony Ericsson K750I which has served me loyally for the past 4 years. You can R.I.P now.

Game Over

2008-10-12T08:59:00.000-07:00

It's game over between us and somehow I already anticipated it. I threw out of the window while I was driving home the birthday present which she got for me. I nearly wanted to throw my hand phone out as well. I feel relieved actually cos I think she was just playing me along. Oh how dark the clouds seem to be tonight.

Prison Break

2008-10-07T08:30:00.000-07:00

Watching Season 4 as I type this blog. Seriously I think this is a very good TV sitcom with a damn good plot and great actors/actresses. Every episode is packed with lies, backstabbing and plenty of action. Definitely much better than 24 which was long, dull and boring. Only reason I watched 24 is because of Elisha Cuthbert. She's very hot woohoo...

I love Sarah and Michael in Prison Break and ironically Teabag too haha. Teabag is a lowdown scum but he's just so devious and smart that its quite easy to like him. I pity the stupid dumbass Brad Bellick who's been framed twice already and whom still stays with his mom. He's never fallen in love for somebody his age and thats damn sad.

Sorry I haven't post the Singapore F1 Grand Prix pictures cos I haven't got them from Adlina yet. I promise I'll post them once I get them. In the meanwhile, enjoy these Elisha Cuthbert pics haha.

OMG Carlos Vela is GREAT!

2008-09-24T19:58:00.000-07:00

The video speaks for itself.

Arsenal 6 - 0 Sheffield United Carling Cup 3rd Round

New Pics

2008-09-18T13:44:00.000-07:00

Took some pics with my new digital camera lately. Since I just sent my mum off at Terminal 3, I took some shots there as well.

Claypot Frog Porridge at T3 Food Court

T3 Depature Hall

View of Bishan Park from my room

Acer Aspire One

2008-09-09T10:34:00.000-07:00

Just bought a new UMPC a few days ago and it was a really great deal. Yup thats right its the Acer Aspire One. Bought it for $599 (original price was $699) and a free digital camera was part of the bundle.

Great.

Went out for supper with Jeremy just now and we went all the way to Changi Village. Haven't seen him for some time since he 放飞机 on me and he's not changed one bit. Still full of crap and causing me to lose concentration while I was driving. He's hooked up a girl recently and you could tell from his incessant speech that he likes her pretty much. When we were about to leave Changi Village, he was ogling the Ah Kuas and he seemed so excited. Kept on saying they're chio and stuff... ARGH! I thought he must be siao and nearly wanted to drop him off there so that he can do his stuff. Fortunately, he stopped his chantings after a while.

Dunno how I tahan him. HAHA.

Mr Brown's video

2008-09-04T11:22:00.000-07:00

That's a quite funny video by Mr Brown. For those of you who don't know its about the Singapore Table Tennis Association's President, after she wanted to sack Team Singapore's manager. Her timing was so lousy... right after Singapore won our 1st medal in God knows how many years. I think she must be brainless but please don't quote me ok... many eyes maybe watching haha.

Enjoy.

Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony

2008-08-24T07:20:00.000-07:00

Just watched the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. This concluded this sporting extravaganza which lasted for 16 days and China topped the medal standings with 51 golds. They spent an astounding $43 billion on the games and I must say it was one of the best ever.

Call of Duty 4

2008-08-21T20:59:00.000-07:00

Just completed this game yesterday. The graphics were very realistic and the storyline was great as well, definitely an all-time favourite. I took only about three or four days to complete the game though... maybe cos I've been playing FPS games quite alot and also because I had the perseverance to keep retrying when I died. There were many times when I was shot at in all directions in the game and died countless times.

Aaaargh the joy of gaming.

Pride and Prejudice

2008-08-19T06:50:00.000-07:00

Just finished reading this English classic. It was written by a lady and thus delved at issues from a female point of view. The initial part was hard to read cos it was the first time I've read this genre. It seems more of a romance novel than a literature classic. I'm more used to reading stuff like "War and Peace". "Kidnapped" or "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde". The whole book was all about romance between young people and the events that occurred to them. As I read on however I thought that it was quite a refreshing read cos it was so different from the other novels which I've read.

In conclusion I quite liked the book.

I sympathised with Mr Darcy when he was first rejected by Elizabeth... kinda reminded me of the time when I was rejected by someone as well haha.

Sentosa outing

2008-08-16T19:58:00.000-07:00

Went Sentosa Siloso Beach with my SCE pals yesterday. Played beach soccer with them and the outing overall was quite enjoyable. Plenty of beach babes in bikinis to ogle at as well. We had dinner at Tiong Bahru market and the food was cheap and good.

Olympics Quote of the Day

2008-08-13T23:12:00.000-07:00

I've been busy watching the Beijing Olympics lately so decided to post an interesting quote of the day today. This quote was taken from the official Beijing Olympics website after Michael Phelps became the first Olympian to win 10 Olympic golds.

"I got 80 text messages today. One of my friends said to me, 'Dude, how many times a day do I have to see your ugly face?'"
-- Michael Phelps (USA)

放飞机

2008-08-01T08:11:00.000-07:00

Yup dats right somebody 放飞机 today on me so my schedule for the whole day was ruined.

End of story.

Stolen helmet

2008-07-12T03:46:00.000-07:00

Went to JB with Jeremy a few days ago in his motorbike. Ate alot of stuff at Kim Gary at City Square. Watched Hellboy 2 and bought a pirated bag and jersey. The quality's quite good though. Everything was fine and dandy till we returned to Jeremy's bike parked at a motorcycle park. Looks more like a huge bike storeroom to me. Jeremy's bike had a storage container at the back of the bike where he put the helmets and it was opened. They spoilt the lock and took his helmets away. So LL lo we need to go to a bike shop to buy new helmets.

Crime can be a real bad thing in JB I realized.

New PC

2008-07-06T07:31:00.000-07:00

Bought a new desktop PC from SLS. Yeah... Cost me 1000 bucks to build the thing. Kinda lazy to type in the specs but it will definitely play some good games. Quite amazed by how cheap it is to build a gaming class PC nowadays. Bought a Philips 22 inch monitor to pair up with it as well.

Let the games begin haha.

Dinner with Kong

2008-06-26T19:12:00.000-07:00

Met up with Kong on Wed night for dinner. He's my army bunk mate and I've not seen him for quite some time. We had Teochew porridge at Upp Bt Timah and I think the price has gone up by quite a bit. It cost around 13 bucks per pax which was quite ridiculous.

After the meal we went to Guthrie House for a tok cok session at Coffee Bean. Its quite a nice place recommended by Kong and it's situated at Fifth Avenue which is nearby too. Saw some chiobus there as well haha, great eye candy.

Family Dinner

2008-06-22T21:33:00.000-07:00

Went out for a family dinner yesterday to celebrate belated Father's day cos my dad was not in Singapore last Sunday. My sister was the one who initiated the diner and it can be considered a rare outing actually cos my family seldom have meals together. Actually I'm the one who's not used to it cos I just don't have the patience to sit thru a family dinner without wondering off somewhere else. My grandma always asks me whether I wanna eat this and that (I guess since I'm the youngest she always pays more attention to me. Its not helped by the fact that she says I look like my late grandpa) Being lavished with so much attention always kinda pissses me haha, makes me feel like a 5 year old kid. Ok enough about my bratty crap. The food was quite good actually but the price is abit more steep than your normal zi char stall. Oh I forgot to say that I went to Bottle Tree Park. Actually there's another place called Bottle Tree Village at Sembawang Park (next to Sembawang Wharf) and this one's along Sembawang Road near Yishun Mrt. There's a village type of atmosphere to the place and there's people fishing and prawning.

All in all a nice place.

Earlier in the day I was watching Star Trek at Jeremy's place cos the real estate people were visiting my place and I din wanna be around. Star Trek's quite nice actually cos when I watched it on Channel 5 years ago I thought it was dam boring. But Jeremy that Star Trek fanatic explained to me the story and I was quite impressed. Which means plenty of shows to watch during this holiday haha.

Meeting her for lunch on Wednesday cos she said she wants to treat me haha. She's sick again though so hopefully she'll be fine by Wednesday.

NIce Dinner

2008-06-20T22:32:00.000-07:00

Met up with Andrew Tay, my army buddy whom I've not met up with for very long. I made a bad mistake of meeting him at Vivo City. Seems like everyone in Singapore now is trying to avoid the ERP (just like me) and so shopping centres that are not in city area is crowded to the core. I think those cars queueing up to park at Vivo carpark could have waited up to half an hour easily and still not find a parking lot. Well I did the smart thing and went to Harbourfront there instead to pick him up.

After that we went to La Noce at Chu Lin Road (recommended by Junqin). Its an Italian restaurant which served good pizza but we didn't like the pasta. Not easy place to find though unless you drive a car. Went to a kopitiam at Upper Thomson Road there after the dinner to eat some dessert and then went home after that.

Unbelievable

2008-06-19T20:55:00.000-07:00

Played Warcraft with Antony last night and woke up late this morning. When I was checking the Euro 2008 results, this unbelievable scoreline woke me up from my morning daze: Portugal 2 - Germany 3. Here's the clip.

I bet those punters who bet on Portugal to win must be cursing their luck now. Just like what my bro always said, you cannot write off the Germans no matter how lousy they seem to be.

Nuff said.

Bloody Hot

2008-06-16T20:03:00.000-07:00

Its been very hot lately. There's hardly any rain at all and it was so simmering during the day time that its quite difficult to go out. Even at night the temperature reads 31 degrees celsius.

Ok it has been quite long since I had a post so let me think what I've been doing during this interval. I went out a lot and was basically caught in Euro 2008 fever. Was really happy to see my fave team Holland do so well. They trounced Italy 3-0 and then France 4-1 in their 1st two games. I just hope they reproduce this kinda form all the way and go on to win their 2nd Euro cup.

Oh yah PC show just ended and this time they were really some bargains to be had. What caught my eye was the 500 GB Western DIgital HDD going for $130. That price included the USB casing as well. I bought a Razer keyboard to complement my Razer mouse and I'm happily typing away on it now.

Feeling Great

2008-06-08T16:49:00.000-07:00

This past few days has been just great. It started with me getting my results which was all clear. This means I can graduate on time, on target. YEAH!!!

After that my mood was considerably improved. Yesterday I went to Guanyin Temple to pray and to give thanks to her as I've promised to do so once my result was released. Did a bit of window shopping with Loo Wee after that and then we went my place for a session of mahjong in the evening. I guess my luck was back already cos I won 2 rounds consecutive 满台. This means 5 台. The cards were so good. The first time I did a 半色小三圆 with the prevailing 西风 as well and for the second one I did a 对对半色 with 2 风, 白板 and 发财. 自摸白板 for the win. Won 54 bucks ultimately haha.

Went out today with family to check out a landed estate called Pavillion Park and then fetched her and went Downtown East in the evening for a show. It felt kinda weird initially cos I had not seen her for 2 months. After that it was better when we talked about what we were doing during this interval. We watched Sex and the City and I was glad I watched it with her. WARNING: This is not a show to watch with the buddies. We had supper after the show (鱼片米粉 at coffee shop near her place) and it was great. She said that was her fave dish there. Lastly, she passed me the birthday present she bought for me and I like it cos it's nice and simple.

I just love this feeling.

Hard Disk Upgrade

2008-06-02T07:24:00.000-07:00

Finally upgraded my Macbook Pro HDD. Yeah... The old one, at 80GB, was too small and not enough to cope with my increasing files. The new one is 250GB. It was a very tedious task indeed trying to change the HDD and I had to rely on a website by Ifixit to do it. Here's a pic of the innards of my Macbook Pro. Also had to buy a new screwdriver ($15... very expensive screwdriver man) just to unscrew the laptop's screws. Its a funny type called the Torx screw and its different from the Phillips screw.

Went Sim Lim Sq with Jeremy too. They're seliing laptops for as low as $799 now as I've guessed due to the Great Singapore Sale. These are full-spec laptops and not the Asus EEE PC type. Seems like Asus has really forced laptop makers to rethink their strategies. Gone are the days when a laptop costs 2 or 3 K SGD easily (Sony Vaio comes to your mind easily... they have laptops that sell for 4, 5 K SGD). Nowadays ultraportables are all the rage and having tried my bro's Asus EEE PC, i think I know why they're selling like hotcakes. Small, light and cheap, and furthermore they have many in-built functions for the day-to-day needs of the average Joe. So if u juz wanna surf net occassionally and type a document or too I would also recommend it. The only downside is the small screen size.

20k maintenance

2008-05-30T08:10:00.000-07:00

Sent the car for its 20000 km maintenance today at the workshop near my place. Walked home after I left the car there and then walked back again a few hours later to collect the car. I think the journey's around 2 km each way cos I took around half an hour just to walk there. Nevertheless it was quite a good feeling on a slack Friday enjoying the scenery on foot.

The only problem was the blisters that the slippers I wore gave me. Also, the maintenance was way too expensive... 200 bucks. 100 bucks alone for the labour cost. No way am I sending the car to Kah Motors for maintenance again.

3 consecutive victories

2008-05-22T09:08:00.000-07:00

Played 3 rounds of Warcraft 3 with Antony at Cineleisure. We emerged victorious in all 3 occasions and Antony said this was the result of our training and I think so too. Managed to defeat 2 Normal level computer opponents for the last round and was quite glad. For your info Normal level is quite hard already. I used Night Elf as usual and I simply love my Mountain Giant and Chimera. The latter helped me rake up an impressive unit killed count of 136. If there's a unit that can be termed the killing machine, this must be it.

Pretty dull day in the afternoon though so I guess that concludes today's blog.

Vesak Day

2008-05-19T13:30:00.000-07:00

It's a public holiday today and since she's away on holiday I asked Kelly to go shopping with me instead. We met around lunch time then went Upp Bt Timah for Teo Chew porridge. Didn't know the stupid car park there need to put coupon even on weekends so I suay suay kena 30 dollars from TP. Very out of luck lately.

After the meal we wanted to go Queensway to shop but car park there's full while Alexandra hospital is charging ridiculous parking fees. 60 cents per half hour. Naturally we left and went Bugis instead.

Walked around Bugis junction but that place mostly sells ladies' clothes. Bopian left again and went to Orchard. Saw many xmms today and was busy looking away while Kelly was laughing at me. Bought my second Fred Perry ringed shirt and Kelly kindly offered to buy it as a gift for me. Haha I'm seriously becoming 小白脸 lo. Anyway to clear the air we're just platonic friends and she's getting married anyway.

Fetched Bernard then had dinner with the couple at AMK then home sweet home.

3rd straight loss

2008-05-16T11:22:00.001-07:00

Lost again in mahjong, this time 36 bucks. Its my 3rd consecutive loss. Very down on luck lately so I think I should quit mahjong for the time being. Went gym early in the morn today and felt so nua since I've not exercised in 2 months due to school work. Must go gym more often.

Watched Maid of Honour with Paul, Loo Wee, Christabel and Adlina today and it was quite a good show. The lead actress was gorgeous. I had taken bus today cos I didn't want to incur hefty parking and ERP charges like yesterday. Surprised my EZLink card still got money cos its been a long time since I last took public transport. Many pple in the bus so its quite nostalgic, reminds me of my secondary school days. After the show we went Chomp Chomp for dinner and the food's good as usual there.

Lastly, was quite pissed off at my fren's mum cos she was spouting nonsense midway thru the game and she was saying sarcastic remarks to me. If i wasn't at her place I would have scolded profanities at her I think. I still must learn to control my temper. Although its hard, but at least I'm trying...

Board Game Day

2008-05-15T05:39:00.000-07:00

Organized a board game outing today at Prinsep Street MindCafe. There's me, Jiehe, Ching Siang, Zhenwei, Feng Cheng, Ryan and Eddie. Played Citadels, Bang Bang and a certain Gold Digging game. It was really quite fun and a good way to spend the afternoon. Had lunch there too and they served very nice Chicken Pasta. $5++ per pax for 4 hrs plus free flow drinks and some snacks seem not too expensive. Furthermore, there's a 10% NTU student discount. Makes me feel lucky to be NTU student for e 1st time. For dinner we had Zi Char at Purvis Street Zi Char stall.

However, parking and ERP charges were quite fierce. $13 bucks altogether. Next time better take public tpt during weekday afternoons.

My favorite serial 传闻中的七公主 aired its last episode today and I missed it so a bit sian but then again I can guess the ending already. Tomorrow going town again...

^^^$$$^^^

Moving On

2008-05-13T07:19:00.000-07:00

Ok just deleted a relic of my past... my Friendster account. Hasn't seen any activity in it for months now and anyway there are contacts in there that I would rather forget altogether.

Still keeping my Facebook account though.

Mother's Day

2008-05-11T18:10:00.000-07:00

Celebrated Mother's day with parents and bro today at Acacia at Bishan Park. Had a 6 course meal for lunch which included butter prawn, stir-fried tofu, ngoh hiong, herbal chicken, spring roll and chicken wings. We also ordered vermicelli as a main dish. The taste was good and the ambience was great for a laid-back Sunday lunch. Simply great.

Went to SIm Lim Sq with my bro after the meal cos he wanted to checkout the Asus EEE PC. After much walking around he finally decided to buy the 4GB version at $598. Although many shops were selling it, the reason he decided to buy it at that specific shop was cos it threw in a free 8GB thumb drive in the bundle. The true blue S'porean. He seemed very pleased indeed.

Went to Christabel's place for the second straight night running for a game of mahjong. This time it was Bernard who wanted to play badly and asked me to find khakis. We all lost to Christabel's mum in the end this concluded mother's day.

Animal Idol

2008-05-11T04:05:00.000-07:00

Kop this from Adlina's blog. Quite funny.

Ate like a pig

2008-05-09T20:09:00.000-07:00

Went out on Thursday night with Adlina to Vivo cos she's getting me a birthday present. Yeah.

We had dinner first at Marche and that's where I spent nearly 50 bucks. Had a Hawaiian pizza, a Rosti with German pork sausage and a Sirloin Steak. Haha. I feel like a pig. To round it off I had a glass of watermelon juice. I must be crazy to spend so much on dinner. (The only reason why I can eat so much is because I worked out in the afternoon)

Went jalan jalan with Adlina after that and we went to Ripcurl shop where I chose a pair of Ripcurl slippers and she paid for it. It looks good I think. Sent her home after the shopping was done and proceeded home to an early sleep.

The day after the FYP oral presentation

2008-05-06T08:57:00.000-07:00

Feeling very slack indeed. The wonderful feeling of finishing FYP is indescribable. Watched Top Gear early in the day and then went sch ard noon for lunch at Can 13. Korean ramyeon there's real good. Went SCR after that to play Warcraft and frustratingly I kept losing against Normal level computer. Something must be wrong with my tactics, need to train more.

Zhenwei's got a brand new spanking red EVO 10!!! I always thought the front grill looks like Darth Vader's mouth and the car basically just feels like Darth himself. We left school and went to Sim Lim Square and I was hoping to see EVO 10's performance on the Highway but ZW kept it safe. Too safe in fact. 70km/h is a snail's pace for the car I think but I think ZW is just keeping it nice and tidy before he unleashes the horses in a few weeks time.

Bought a new 250GB Hitachi notebook HDD from Sim Lim. Yeah........

Very Sianz

2008-05-04T01:06:00.000-07:00

Its a Sunday and I'm supposed to be relaxing right?

Wrong. Went back school early in the morn and typing this post at SCR now cos I have my FYP presentation tomorrow so I'm still preparing for it. Read thru my FYP report once more and realized there's so much technical stuff and maths inside that I couldn't believe this is actually done by me.

Lastly, sorry Kuan Yin I'm supposed to go pray to you this morn as I promised but I have to do the presentation. Guess I'll go on Tuesday instead.

Withdrawal from Hall

2008-05-02T06:33:00.000-07:00

Went back school today to withdraw from Hall 3 and take my stuff. Was feeling quite poetic so decided to dedicate this poem to my roomy. Goodbye Hall 3...

再别康桥

作者: 徐志摩

轻轻的我走了，
正如我轻轻的来；
我轻轻的招手，
作别西天的云彩。

那河畔的金柳，
是夕阳中的新娘；
波光里的艳影，
在我的心头荡漾。

软泥上的青荇，
油油的在水底招摇；
在康河的柔波里，
我甘心做一条水草！

那榆荫下的一潭，
不是清泉，
是天上虹；
揉碎在浮藻间，
沉淀着彩虹似的梦。

寻梦？撑一支长篙，
向青草更青处漫溯；
满载一船星辉，
在星辉斑斓里放歌。

但我不能放歌，
悄悄是别离的笙箫；
夏虫也为我沉默，
沉默是今晚的康桥！

悄悄的我走了，
正如我悄悄的来；
我挥一挥衣袖，
不带走一片云彩。

Labour Day

2008-05-01T11:06:00.000-07:00

Spent the whole day today at home downloading stuff, watching videos and playing games. Simply NUA. Just changed BT client to Transmission cos Azureus lost all my settings after the software update n I was dam pissed. Turns out to be a great move cos native apps are way better than Java programs. This, despite the fact that I may apply to be a Java developer. Haha. Plenty of shows to watch in the hols.

Just finished a mahjong game with Loo Wee, Christabel and Hengshi. Won 5 bucks and Loo Wee as usual won big. But its still not enough to pay for my carpark fine... Dam. Stupid farewell present from NTU. Maybe I won't pay the fine cos they dunno who the car belongs to anyway and that's what I plan to do. Then again, maybe I won't. I shall be an obedient guai guai S'porean citizen and pay my fines promptly.

Yeah Right...

End of Exams

2008-04-27T22:50:00.000-07:00

Finished exams today and very relieved its all over. Last paper was AI which was quite hard. All thanks to Eddie who taught me last night and all the impt stuff he said came out in the paper.

Still in school but its now time to go home already. Going home to have a nice sleep. Miss my bed and dog.

To all still having paper good luck!

Inspired

2008-04-24T01:17:00.000-07:00

Ok I know I'm supposed to be studying but you do need a break sometimes don't you? Well I do take plenty of breaks though haha. I was just looking at Stickgal's blog and I personally think she's a very creative person cos she can express her opinions in her blog without using any words at all. Well as they say a picture paints a thousand words so I guess I should put more pics in my blog as well so that you readers won't get bored. But firstly I need a digital camera.......

Well first pic to kick off all pics is this 1 I think drawn by Stickgal herself. I know Adlina likes this guy and so I've placed him here to put a smile on her face hopefully. (Since she's getting me a birthday present I better treat her nicely haha).

Sorry for the long delay for this post cos I was busy studying for my final exams. Yup I'm graduating from NTU and I can't wait to work haha.

Exponentially distributed day

2008-04-07T08:45:00.000-07:00

Alright time for blog of the day and a more interesting one tonight than yest's.

Woke up early in the morning and ~woot~ Guess what? An early morning Happy Birthday sms from her!!! ALRIGHT what a good way to start off the day. I guess she really wanted to show her sincerity in smsing me so early in the morn and also her way of apologizing for missing the date which I had planned so meticulously the day before. I admit I was quite angry but after seeing her sms I'm on cloud nine... Ok that means I'm someone very easily satisfied right haha. Turns out that her diarrhea (difficult to spell word without the spelling checker) is getting better but she's still enjoying her day at home on MC.

Reached school around 12 and went straight for brunch. Call me a pig if you want (although I'll prefer you saying I have a hearty appetite) cos I had a Da Bao and a Char Siu Bao and followed with a Korean Pork Ramyung at Canteen 13. I could have more but I was afraid that I'll be too stuffed and just sleep the day thru. So ok that's lunch for me.

Slept awhile after that and then studied Simulation and Modeling for the whole afternoon. Revision completed and now time for the tutorials and past year paper. Met Loo Wee for dinner at night for a zi char meal at City Harvest (must have nice meal cos its my birthday after all). Butter prawn, oyster sauce vege and pan-fried tofu were the dishes and cost ard 15 bucks. Went to South Spine tutorial room after that and "tried" to copy Loo Wee's tutorial which is incomprehensible. Sms her many times amidst the mindless copying and finally gave up copying after I decided that watching the video lecture might be faster. If Loo Wee is reading this he already knows that his handwriting is out-of-this-world haha.

Oh lastly before I forget, we went to Ah Fang for a drink after we left South Spine and saw many chiobus. My personal fave is a hot babe wearing a singlet and hot pants. I was like woah. She was pretty svelte and I guess her height should be around 1.7m, definitely model material. She also revealed some cleavage which I thought were quite nice as well. Loo Wee in the mean time was eyeing those xmm's which I thought looked like they were still in primary school haha. Left after the drink and now here I am typing this blog and wishing all my readers goodnight...

CORRECTION: According to Loo Wee he was eyeing the model as well and not the xmms... my mistake there.

Second Post

2008-04-06T11:47:00.000-07:00

Just came back from a game with Antony. Used Night Elf as usual and he started to experiment with Orc. Starting to get the hang of the game and seriously this is one game which I enjoy playing. Quite liked DOTA too so will probably train with Antony after my exams.

Its 3.00 am in the morning now so I should get some rest and really start my exam revision next day. Sorry to whoever is reading this blog cos its kinda boring and doesn't make for good reading.

But thanks for reading anyway!

First post

2008-04-03T21:23:00.001-07:00

Lalala first post for testing...

Decided to create a blog after much procrastination and I think blogging kinda relieves my stress as well. My final year exams are going to start soon so I better cut the crap.