still having hangover of bali. missing bali. much. very much. time flies so quickly. exactly 1 wk ago, i'm preparing to go to the airport, excited. and now, here i am blogging bout it, 1 wk later. its a very nice n relaxing place. wish the trip can be longer. will go back again some time.

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came back from bali yesterday night. landed in spore at 640pm, ending our short 4 day trip. was looking forward to the trip with dear and time flew by so fast. we reached the airport at around 4pm on fri. checked in and shopped in transit before boarding our plane. flight was supposed to be at 725pm but it got re-timed to 8pm. when we checked in at 745pm, the plane was not even at the terminal yet. its been delayed another 30min. as a result, we reached our hotel near 12 midnight. our room was given a free upgrade to the ocean view room. as it was late, we slept once we reached the room. the next morning, we were greeted by the greatest view ever. we could see the ocean from the balcony. we washed up and quickly went for breakfast before taking the shuttle bus to dfs galleria at kutta where we shopped for 3hrs. it was a boring shopping center and we had a hard killing time. 2pm, we took the shuttle bus back to the hotel. i went for a short swim and dip in the pool before going for our spa treatment. the spa massage was very nice. so nice i fell aslp. after the spa, we went for dinner. had "flying gurame". fish was crispy and the asam soup was simply fantastic. it was so damn nice. after dinner, we went to the centre of kutta to shop. got to know from the guide mr lanus that where we went to in the morning was the outskirt of kutta. so we went there to shop, walked the entire length, eventually ending up at hard rock hotel. the hotel was nice, but not as nice as ours. before going back, we went for ice cream at this ice cream shop. had a nice banana split before going back to our hotel by taxi. reaching our hotel, dear soon zonked out while i watched the incredibles on cartoon network. yeap. our hotel had cable tv. after the cartoon ended, i zonked out too, ending day 2 of the awesome bali trip.

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just saw jig off at the airport 1.5 hours ago. its always a sad send-off. he's back for such a short time and gone for so long. 4 weeks flew by so quickly. still remembered the sun 3-4 wks before he came back when he called me. couldnt talk long so i called him back later but couldnt get thru. then the wkday bout 3 wks before he's back when i called him in america. was at taka at that nite, talking for about 20min or so on the phone. talked about what i studied in nie, psychology courses that are similar to what he studied in the states. and then 3 wks later, he is back. met him for the 1st time on the sat of 16 may at raffles city basement, after his trip to marina barriage for the singapore arts festival opening ceremony. the 2nd time was 1wk later on tue when we went to the illuma together to check out the place and then tat same thur at vivo where we watched the premier of the night at the museum 2. the following wk, met up for dinner at pizza hut after which he watched terminator n dear n i watched angel n demon. then it was this mon when he attended my rom, and now, he's on his way back to the states again. will be another yr before i get to see him again. 13 years of friendship. saw a quote on the bus just now: A friend is the best present you can give yourself. i had a very good present which i had for 13 years. n its so sad to see him leave before getting to see him again. take care jig. hopefully i will have a chance to go over in dec to drop a visit. keep in contact my friend.

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had a very good slp yest. was a tiring day yest but totally enjoyed myself. the day passes so quickly. so very happy that my good pals in life are here to share the joy with me. chenghao, kanglun, jignesh, wenxiang, zhihao. even my nie friends, ahmad, brian and meiying gave their blessings too. really appreciate everything. friends who are there for me through good and bad times, friends who comforted me when i'm down, friends who shared my joy with me. somehow, the day passed so quickly. the 7 hours zoomed past in a flash n soon we have part. all good things will come to an end. how true. but what's important is i enjoyed their company and presence. we'll meet up again for sure. jig, if u are reading this, take care and see u when u're next back again. =)

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today marks a new chapter of my life. happily married to dear today, bought our house yesterday. happy with my life right now. have my own car, my career, our house, my dear. dont know what else to say. very tired and sleepy so i tink i shall head for bed. nitez.

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had a relaxed wkend this wk. sch holidays have finally started. looking forward to this hols. went for spa on fri evening with dear. body massage, hot and cold jacuzzi, sauna n steam bath. the spa session was shiok. enjoyed it.

went to food expo on sat afternoon. love such food fares. and as usual, spent a lot there. spent almost $50 there yest. .then went to equinox at swissotel on sat nite. the view of spore at 70th level is amazing. orchard rd looks so different from 70 storeys above the ground. dear n i ordered 2 cocktails n a mocktail. sat there n drink n relax for 2.5hrs before leaving at ard 1120pm. how i wish every weekend can be as relaxing. sigh..

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feeling so damn super sian.. so many things to do on my to-do list. but no mood or energy or drive to do it. need to start serious training for my ippt soon. been running much more regularly for the past 3 weeks. supposed to run this morning. but woke up late n ended up not running. damn.. feeling guilty now. this sucks.. this feeling really is so shitty. arg.. do i have enough time to train? i hope so. have to be more determined. hols are coming soon so i guess i will have more time to train more regularly. but right now, i am feeling so SIAN!!! ahhhhhh. help.. its a fri but why am i feeling this way? do i have time tonight to go out? viewing flat tonight. arg. shall see how things turn out. have to go to sch soon. damn. this sucks. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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finally.. i did what i wanted to do long long long long time ago but always do not have the time to. walk around in orchard, shop, relax, destress till late, way past 11. was at orchard on mon nite but didnt stay till late. tonight i really stayed till late, although not late enough as compared to the good old nus days when i took the last bus back to hall at 12 midnight. but tonight was good enough. robinsons was having a members sale again and was open till 1030pm. shopped there till it close. before that, i was shopping at cold storage at centrepoint, again till it closes at 10pm. from there went to robinsons. after robinsons closed at 1030, i started walking towards heeren. was tinking of going back but the stress took the better of me.. i need to destrss. badly... so instead of heading to the car, i headed towards cineleisure. being a wed nite, the place was closed relatively early. so i just went in and stayed there, looking at the place for a while before leaving towards taka square. its finally empty tonite. the audi fashion show took up the entire square on mon nite and i couldnt sit there and enjoy the night. tonight was different. the place is finally free. i sat at the edge of the fountain, watching ppl heading home. it was a windy night tonight. the sky was orangish red and cloudy. the leaves are swaying. it was a really beautiful night, just like how i had remembered it to be in the good old days. i just sat there, looked up at the trees, the sky and clouds. there was no moon tonight but it was still a beautiful sight. i must have been sitting there, staring at the sky for a full 15-20 min before i got up and walked to the centre of the square, right in front of the main enterance of ngee ann city. standing there in the middle of the square, in front of the huge building, i looked up at the sky again. i felt so small, so fragile. at that moment, i felt so at ease with the surroundings, the building, the wind, the sky. it was a wonderful wonderful feeling. felt so light and bouyant. felt no problems and stress. my mind was a complete and perfect cohesion with the beautiful orangish cloudy sky with the nice wind blowing on a quiet night. i could have stayed there the whole night but i cant. continued walking down the pavement after, towards wheelock place. the whole place will be so livened up with xmas deco in less than 6 months time. couldnt wait for xmas to come again. walking down to wheelock, looking at the huge icon that is gg to open soon, the huge outdoor tv outside shaw house, memories of the good old relaxed days came back again. fought to hold back emotions again, i crossed the road to shaw, took the underpass, came out from mariott, headed down towards heeren to the car. that ended a rare enjoyment that i yearned for in months.. when will be the next time that i get to enjoy this again? 3 wks time i hope.

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missing the good old days. damn hell how much i miss them. the days in nus. how i wish i can turn back time and return to those days as a student again. do not like working life 1 bit. not a single twiny weeny bit at all. feeling so damn burnt out again today. i thought its all over and i can finally take a short break, take my mind away from work, but walah, yest n today pop out 2 new assignments. there goes my wish of a short break, to regain my sanity and to prevent my burnt out further.

once again, i was in the lib till 7 plus pm just now, trying to finish up the new tasks. as i attempt doing so, the more tension i feel building up inside me. the lib used to be so crowed with people 2-3 weeks ago that its difficult to find an empty table. yet tonight, it was just me, a single living soul in the whole left wing of the lib. so eerily quiet and lonely. not that i am afraid of ghosts, but its the emptiness that is taking a nerve on my mind.

took dear's advice in the end and stopped doing everything and went ahead to town. boy, how i miss those days in nus when i can go to town almost 3 times a week. 3 times out of 5 in the weekdays. as i drove, i thought about those carefree times. drove down the exact route of 1 of the ways i used to take to go to town. bus service 106 along holland road. as i drove along this road, i thought of the days when i will take this bus to head to town. i did not deliberately take this route, but its so coincidentally coincident that pie was jammed from clementi ave 6 onwards so i had to exit there and go along commonwealth ave west, ending up taking the holland road route to town. like always, the feeling of being in town is so relaxing. the moment i turn into tanglin road, passing tanglin mall, which always have the snow avalanche and snow sessions during christmas, i felt so much better. instantly, i felt as if a huge rock has been lifted off me.

after i parked, i jus walked down the entire orchard road, from heeren to tangs, going down to the basement where all the household appliances and woks are sold. there are no wok demo tonight. can still rem how i used to watch the promoter demonstrate the wonders of the woks by demonstrating how to fry, bake, and make pop corn. that was how i know how to make caramel sweet popcorn at home. haha. from tangs basement, i took the orchard underpass to shaw house, going to isetan supermarket doing my favourite thing - shopping in supermarkets, looking at the many many and endless kinds of products on sale. looking at the prices, the fruits and veg, the ham and bacon, the juices and dairy products, the dry goods and can food etc. the list goes on and on. i could have spend the entire night there but i do not have the luxury of doing so anymore, unfortunately. i could have easily done so 1-2 years back, but not now. not anymore.

from isetan, i headed to taka, going down to the basement, shopping at cold storage. this is 1 of the 2 cold storage left in the orchard road region. used to have 3, but the building which used to be where the current og orchard is now has been torn down. the cold storage there has a unique layout. its at the basement, but the entire supermarket is in a circular shape. the enterance is on the left and the exit on the right. just imagine a horsehoe and you got the layout of that cold storage. anyway, this was during sec sch days, so now you know how long it has been. from taka, i went on to wisma atria, walking up to the 2nd level, exiting at the exit leading to the taxi stand. from there, i walked along the road, crossed the road to the bus stop. this was the bus stop where i always took one of the last bus from. 65 to vivo, changing to 10, 30 or 142 back to hall. or 106 to buona vista, changing 95 back to hall. as i stood there, waiting for no particular bus for almost 20 minutes, i thought of the nights just 1-2 years ago where i was waiting at the exact bus stop for the bus to take me back to hall everytime i came to town during a weekday. there is no chance for me to do the same thing or retake the same bus along the same route back to hall anymore. all i can do is reminiscence those wonderful days. there are still plenty for me to talk about but i do not have the time to do so. how i wish i have. maybe i had taken too many a breaks during my nus days. maybe that is the reason why i am feeling so lousy about working life, about not having enough breaks now. maybe, the reasons are plenty. whatever this maybe may be, 1 thing is for sure. i sure freaking miss the nus carefree hall and student life.

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may day. or literally mayday!! this is the peak period of life in nie. lessons plans and assignments deadlines every week. struggling to complete them and finally, i can see the light from the other end of the tunnel- half the tunnel to be exact. today also happens to be the last lesson of physics II by mr ravi. had lots and lots of fun during the past 2 wks of microteaching by him. really enjoyed his lessons a lot. his lessons are always very lively, with jokes and all. the mood is light and not stressful at all. he will still be taking us physics III but i will definitely miss his lessons. he is a good lecturer. he is also prob gg to be the only lecturer whose lesson i will miss in nie. spore really need more physics teachers like him to revive the interest of physics in spore students.. alright. got to go. happy may day...

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was activated yest. in-pro at 1445 and out-pro at about 1620. was a nice time catching up with the rest of the specs. had an update of what everybody is doing now. many were "shocked" and "surprised" that i am getting married in june. had a lot of jokes while waiting to out-pro, talking about ippt, ict etc. went to ajisen at lot 1 for dinner and had 2nd round at crowne plaza at the airport at 8 plus at night till past midnight. had a really nice time catching up with army friends. too bad i had to defer for june ict this year because of practicum. would like so much to go for ict. miss my army friends. miss army times. haha. a break from all the work. oh well. guess have to wait till next yr before i next see the rest.

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feeling really jaded the couple of days. life is so very monotone and no meaning. going through the same things, same procedure day in day out, like a robot. waking up in the morning, going to school, doing assignments during free period, lunch, more lessons, end of lesson, doing more work, going home, continuing with work, then sleep and the whole cycle repeats. so what if i have finished my assignments? i cant seem to find a purpose in doing so, just going through motion. need to find something more fulfilling in life. i hope i can.

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wow.. it's been a really long time since i last had an entry in this blog. created several blogs under this account but that is because of academic purpose. nie had been a hectic time the past 2 months. jan and feb was indeed a honeymoon but come march, it was a totally different story altogther. lots of assignments, plenty of lesson plans. lesson plans are the tedious ones. was asked in physics class today to think of an icon to represent us. i used a fast racing car as my icon. fast and furious, thats how my life has been. always on the fast track, seldom slowing down a bit. assignments in nie however seem to be faster and more furious than me though. everytime i finish 1, another came along. got to buck up i guess.

had plenty of remininscence these past few days, esp that of ns. i dont know why too. its a kinda weird feeling. being near to the area d, we could often hear live firing sound in nie. on tue, i heard something else. the sound of armour vehicles. though i was quite certain that it was the sound of armour vehicles, i am not 100% sure. after class, on the way down to the carpark, being at level 4, i caught the sight of bv206 and m113s across the road in the training area. i was right. everytime i heard the song "the longly shepherd" when i was driving, the thought of the 1st time i heard that song stirred emotions in me. wallaby. it was in wallaby, during our 1st r&r that we watched "kill bill" in rockhamptom. although i do miss the r&r, i miss the outfield times slightly more i guess. the feeling of standing high on the cupola, driving at a speed higher than that achievable in spore, the feeling of driving across the australian terrain with sand and dust flying all around, turning everybody into a human "muah chee", makes me miss wallaby and want to go back there again. there will be plenty and plenty to talk about but unfortunately, i do not have the luxury of time to do so. got to rush my lesson plan as i wait for jen in sim now.

stayed in nie till 730pm just now to do my assignments. steping out of the lib, out into the fading light, i got a feeling that i had not gotten for years. the at-peace feeling with nature, of studying in this kind of environment. the last time i had this feeling was in nus, during one of the sem when i was studying for exams in campus till night time. compared to nie, nus is 100 times much less stressful. i can afford to go out to town, relax, shop etc every night after dinner in hall, hanging out in orchard till late at night. miss the fri nites when i will hang out till late, going to plaza sing, going to carrefour and buying drinks, juices, fruits, choc etc back to hall. the feeling came back to me on wed nite as i went there with jen after our movie, one of the rare treats i have these days. back in nus days, i will take the last bus back to hall, bathe and sleep or go for supper at fong seng. if i had chosen not to go out, there will be hall activities, or i will be watching tv on my laptop in my room, listening to songs etc. life is relaxed and carefree. i can do what i want, go where i want. this is no longer so now. studying is really way much better than working. and as i drove out of nie just now, the smell of the trees and plants when i wind down my windows again brought back memories of ns days. going to miss my ict this june again, because of practicum. wish i could go back for ict but i cant. this really sucks. ict will be such a good break from nie.

last thing to update, i will be getting married in june. looking forward to the rom. something to keep me perserving, to keep me going, fast and furious....

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its christmas today. 1st of all, merry christmas to all. went for countdown as usual yesterday. went to CCIS this afternoon. did not stay for concert. had a christmas dinner at jen's house. went to make booking for my car in the morning. hope that the loan goes through and i will have my 1st car by next month. best christmas present ever. xmas 2008 is ending pretty soon. another 365 days to the next one. 364 to the next countdown. till then, cya ppl. merry xmas n happy new year.

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these are some cute xmas items, gifts and souvenirs on sale this year. in response to the "speedy time" post last year, time indeed flies. christmas is coming again. the light up in orchard was started yesterday. from the photos in the papers today, the light up looks beautiful.. prob going there to take photos and videos on tue night. looking forward to it. ho ho ho. merry christmas to one and all..

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blackie was bitten to death last night. it was still so young. just 3 months and its gone. feeling rather sad and missing it now. its cute little face with its big and black shinning eyes, its little mouth and tiny tiny paws. its soft body and fur while stroking its back and head. having a sense of something missing now that its gone. saw it breath its last heavily, take a sip of a drop of water before finally stop moving for the last time, and its body and paws turning rigid. really missing the look of its face when its looking at you. that kind of little cuteness.. sigh.. this is a feeling of sadness that cant be expressed out. now i understand y some people are so sad when their pet dog or cat or just any pet dies. the relationship built up is just like that between human and the loss can be very very terrible. bye blackie.. miss you.. if only you are still around.. sigh..

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16m tall, 100000 LED, 40 solar panels, and 90% energy saving. that's what the straits times reported of this year's taka's xmas tree. early birds are taking photos with the tree which lit up yesterday. i was there the day before, and the day day before. guess that made me an early early bird. which i always am. enjoy the beautiful tree..

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"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven" Matthew 5:16