Friday, June 19, 2009
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.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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.
Friday, June 12, 2009
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.
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
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. =)
Monday, June 08, 2009
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.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
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..
Friday, May 22, 2009
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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
Thursday, May 14, 2009
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.
Saturday, May 09, 2009
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.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
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...
Sunday, April 26, 2009
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.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
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.
Friday, April 17, 2009
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....
Thursday, December 25, 2008
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.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
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..
Saturday, November 15, 2008
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..
Friday, November 07, 2008
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..
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
ok. the title says it all. have not blogged for a long time and the 1st entry after such a long time is none other than my facourite CHRISTMAS!! yeap. its season time again. ho ho ho. christmas deco are up in malls around the island. orchard is beginning to transform into a huge candyland, the theme this year. candies, lollipop, rainbow lollipop can be seen hanging across the road and on the trees. streetlamps are turning into huge candycanes. the arc gateway at the entrance of orchard road at shaw and mariott hotel junction is getting built. taka's tree, paragon's tree, plaza sing's tree and raffles city's trees are up. og orchard has already hung up its deco and lighted up its chasing lights. light up of the lights and deco should be happening in 2-3 weeks time i suppose. in paragon, metro has already set up a mini christmas trim shop selling trees and ornaments. robinsons and taka has yet to set up their trim shop, but when they do, its gonna be a wala big christmas shopping time and paradise again. going to do what i have been doing all these years - taking lots of pictures and videos every fri night when the light up has begun, taking pictures of the deco of every shop and mall and supermarkets and roads and everywhere, any night of the week, whenever i am out. whoohoo.. boy. do i love christmas.. merry christmas people.. will be blogging more, with pictures of this christmas of course.. =)
Friday, September 19, 2008
its the end of wk 2 in tk. been fun and enjoyable so far. mentor teachers are caring and helpful. been looking forward to going to sch everyday. totally different from the feeling i was having last mon. anxious, scared, nervous. haven really taught yet. not sure how it will be. at least for now, i am enjoying myself. =)
Thursday, September 04, 2008
its the mooncake festival again. taka square is finally having the mooncake festival fair. restaurants and hotels display their mooncakes for sampling and sale. mooncakes this year are much more expensive than last year. but there are quite a few new flavours too. bought from 3 stalls so far, costing me $100. =x fare will be on till next sun, 14 sept. there will definitely be super big discounts and promotions on the last day of the fair as the promoters try to clear their stock. will go next sun evening and grab those fantastic offers. haha. yummy mooncakes. after this mooncake fair, the next major event/fair to look forward to and wait for will be the christmas trimshop cum toy fair. my most favourite fair of all. 1 of my most favourite festival of the year too. christmas. ho ho ho.. haha..
divert a bit, suntec is having another food fair again. i love food fairs.. lots of yummy food. haha. i love food. i love to eat.. long live good food..
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
august has been quite normal. went for make up high key ict last week. was a 1 wk prep for 6 div commander coc parade. it was a very easy and slack high key. reported to gedong last mon at 10am, did nothing at all in the office except reading magazines and left at 3pm. similar thing happened on tue. went down to mandai hill camp to liase with all the vehicles from the various camps. left at 4plus. wed was the worst. after the run in gedong at 9am, i just sat there and rot all the way till 3plus when we went to mandai hill camp. thur, fri was the rehearsal. even so, there are plenty of breaks. sat morning was the actual rehearsal. sun came and i went for the ahm 1okm run. was raining a lot the past few days and the field was muddy as a result. and what happens? my new running shoes are stained with mud!! arg.. i was so pissed.
went for the spf psychologist talk this morning. was an interesting one. 2hr session. but it was fun no doubt. still couldnt make up my mind whether to join moe or to join spf. sigh.. headache..
oh, and mooncake festival is coming!! all around the malls in singapore, you can see restaurants and hotels selling mooncakes. taka's mooncake festival fare will open on thur 28 aug. bought a box of white lotus paste double yolk mooncakes from dong hai restaurant today at $33. quite cheap i will say. but thats because of the offer. without offer, the price is $45!! expensive!! looking forward to the fare on thur.. so many nice and interesting mooncakes to choose from and sample before buying. there's chinese mooncakes and western mooncakes. western mooncakes meaning there is no lotus or dao sha or those traditional paste in the mooncake. instead, mousse is used as the filling. coffee flavour, mango flavour, oreo flavour. interesting indeed. fare in parkway is alread open today i think. was there just now. compared to taka's fair, its a far cry. no harm looking at it anyway, right? afterall, its the mooncake festival coming soon. yummy yummy mooncakes.. slurp..
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
been 4 wks since the genting trip. so happy and in joyous mood 4 wks ago. 4wks later now, who would have known that i will be feeling sad and no way near the same feelings 4 wks ago. only if i can go back to 4 wks ago and relive those few days again and again..
Thursday, July 31, 2008
been 2 wks.. 2 wks ago, 336 hrs ago, at this time now, we're at chin swee temple. cooling, nice scenery, shiok wind. still miss the place. still wish i am there now, relaxing. its ok.. dec will come soon. will be back there again in bout 4 months time.. =)
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
woke up with a tingling feeling at 93oam today. woke up much earlier in the morning at 615am, time that i met dear in the cab exactly 1 wk ago. time pass so very quickly. at this time now 1 wk ago, we were on the coach on the way to genting after leaving yong peng at 930am. i should be watching DOA on the coach now, which is about to end. somehow, this 1 wk seems to pass much much faster than all the other 1 wk previously. its not so much of genting and the place that i miss. i go there every 6 months. its the trip there with dear that i miss so much. shopping around first world plaza, looking around in the casino, watching movies, eating yummy food, bowling, playing games at the indoor theme park, sight seeing and riding the rides at the outdoor theme park. how i wish last week can just repeat itself again and again and never end. sigh. i will be back there with dear again. just like how i said i will be back there again everytime i left genting.
Monday, July 21, 2008
it has been the most wonderful 88 hours spent with dear last week. patiently counting down to the day since 1.5 months ago, the day finally arrived, and in a blink of an eye, gone.
monday 14 july
time seems to be passing by slowing exactly 1 wk ago on monday. went to police hq to submit my documents in the morning, before heading down to pasir ris to meet dear for lunch at whitesands where we had kfc. headed down for tuition after lunch, while waiting for the day to pass all the time. tutition ended at 10pm and decided to have macs for dinner. so there i am, buying macs, getting the olympics collectible glass and that marked the end of monday. 1 day down and 1 more day to our long awaited for trip.
tuesday 15 july
dear had a telecommunications course at midlink plaza. met her and her colleagues during lunch. same thing again, after lunch, i started heading down for tuition after shopping around. halfway through her course, got an sms from her saying that her contact lens broke in her eye and is stuck. got a shock and good thing she managed to get it out. so there she goes, continuing her course while for me, time will pass even much slower today. 2 locations, with the last one being a whole 3 hours. was totally brain-dead after class ended at 10pm. cant wait to go home and wait for morning to arrive. though the day can be considered to have ended, morning still seems so far away. cooked noodles for dinner, watching national geographic channel and discovery channel while eating. was supposed to slp early but i couldnt slp. ended up watching air crash investigations on national geographic channel till 2am before heading to bed. then again, couldnt have a proper slp. kept waking up halfway throughout my 3hrs slp.
wednesday 16 july
the day has finally arrived. couldnt slp the whole night and woke up at 5am where i turned and tossed around till 530am. getting out, called dear and before washing up. finished preparing at 6am, waiting for dear to call. call arrived at 6.10am and met her at 6.15am, the start of our 88 hours together. cab ride to golden mile was fast, arriving at 6.25am. checked in, waited for coach to arrive. left golden mile slightly before 7am. journey to genting was fast and comfortable. coach was a 18-seater first class coach, with personal entertainment system and we reached genting at 1pm, 2 hrs faster than usual. went straight ahead to purchase movie tickets first before checking in to our hotel. haha.. kiasu-ism being displayed. checked in to our room, 13346, after getting the tickets, and we went shopping around and taking a look around the casino. halfway inside the casino, dear discovered that her watch was missing. i thought that she dropped it but she said she did not wear it when we came out of the hotel room. went back to the room to see if it was there and luckily, it was there. continued to shop around after that before taking the genting skyway cable car down to gohtong jaya where we had dinner. dinner was great. had black pepper prawns, claypot tofu and live steamed "soon hock" fish. both of us had never eaten so much fish in a single meal before. a whole 1.1 kg of fish, finished up just by the 2 of us. after dinner, we went back up again by cable car, and went to have baskin robbins ice cream near our hotel. weather got very very cold and misty, and because of the ice cream, i was shivering and my teeth was chattering very loud. went back to the room and hid under the blanket for a while. went back out again after feeling warmer. shopped around first world plaza and took the venice gondola before going for our 1st movie. hancock. show was nice.. will not talk about it here. went to the casino to take a look around after the show before going back to our room. with that, the 1st day has ended.
taking the coach at 6.55am. here we goooooooooooo.....
7.33am. our coach at tuas checkpoint.
11.33am. arriving at outskirts of kl for toilet break before beginning the journey up to genting highlands... we are early!!
2.45pm. dear outside our room, 13346.
4.52pm. taking genting skyway cable car down for dinner.
6.46pm cable car ride up after dinner.
7.10pm. baskin robbins ice cream after dinner. yummy.
9.08pm. shopping at first world plaza with dear.
venice gondola ride at 9.55pm.
waiting for our movie, 10.02pm.
thursday 17 july
wanted to wake up at 6.30am to have breakfast but ended up waking up at about 7.30am instead. washing up quickly, we went for breakfast soon after. went to good friends restaurant, aka, hao you ji, in chinese, for dim sum breakfast. the dim sum was excellent. had a full and yummy breakfast. so full that we had a bit of difficulty walking. after breakfast, we went to the cinema to buy tickets for the dark knight. kiasu again. show was at 10.15pm but we bought the tickets at 9.30am, a whole 12 hrs before. haha.. oh well.. who cares right.. after getting the tix, we took the shuttle bus ride down to chin swee temple. view and scenery was beautiful there. hanged out there for an hour, before taking the shuttle bus back up theme park where we took the antique car which dear drove. took the bumper boat, similar to the bumper car, except that its a boat instead of a car. dear and i got wet in the bumper boat ride and we had to wash up after that.. but it was fun though. our last ride was the train, which was soooooo very very slow. the ride around the whole theme park on that train lasted about 15 minutes. with the end of that train ride, we went back to the hotel to wash up before going for dinner at hao you ji restaurant again. dinner was ok but not up to expectations for dear. both of us had homemade water chestnut cum sugarcane drink which actually was quite nice. went to play arcade for a short while before we went for our movie. played RM20 of games. played the mario racing game and the basketball game, then went back to the room to get our popcorn before going for the show. the dark knight was excellent. will not talk bout it here. after the show, we headed straight to the casino. played jackpot for a while but luck was not on our side tonight. lost RM30 on jackpot. tired also, we went back to our room to slp. witagain at 11.15am. went to the outdoor theme park where we wanted to take the flying coaster. it was still closed so we decided to go to the outdoor theme park first instead. our 1st stop, the go kart. we queued for almost 45min before it was our turn to drive the kart. 45mins queue for a 5min drive. but it was fun so it was worth the wait. next stop was the super tobbogan.. dear went 1st, i behind her. again, the queue was long, but not as long as the go kart. ride was over in a minute. our 3rd ride was the carousel. dear and i each sat on a horse. a bit too old but who cares what others think as long we enjoyed ourselves. next ride was the spinner. dear was afraid in the beginning but soon got used to it during the ride. it was very exciting and fun, screaming and whoo-ing while being spun around. we got off feeling a bit dizzy after the ride has ended but it was fun. took the "cyclone" roller coaster next. no 360 degree turns, just a mild roller coaster. it was my 1st roller coaster ride and i took it with dear beside me. =) when the cyclone coaster ride ended, we went boating together. boating at the top of the mountain with dear. the flying coaster was the next ride after we finished boating. that is the best ride in the entire theme park. the most fun and exciting ride of all. dear and i were just screaming, laughing and whoo-ing throughout the 2 minutes or so ride. with the end of the flying coaster ride, all the exciting rides have ended. the rides we took after that were all family rides. went to the dinoland, took the pirate train, which was a total waste of time because it was sooooo dark that we cant see anything. went for the mad space lab ride too. wanted to take the rolling thunder mine train ride but it was closed due to heavy mist. went for the antique car but the queue was too long, so we went to first world plaza for bowling. prob too tired, so both of us didnt bowl well. dear and i each played 2 games, before heading back to theh that, our 2nd and last night in genting has ended.
9.01am. after our dim sum breakfast at hao you ji restaurant.
9.37am. sight seeing outside our hotel before going to chin swee temple.
10.49am. chin swee temple with dear..
1.07pm. at the outdoor theme park with dear.
1.31pm, on the carousel.. overgrown kids..
2.05pm. boating with dear.
3.09pm, the flying coaster in the background after we finished the ride.
6.02pm. bumper boat!!
6.26pm, lazy train ride around the theme park.
friday 18 july
woke up at about 7.30am again and washed up, before going for breakfast at the good friends express restaurant. dear had char siew wanton noodles with orange juice while i had char siew sui jiao noodles with mango juice. paid only RM1.20 for breakfast because i had "traded" my worldcard points for the noodles. right after breakfast, we went to the arcade again. this time, we bought RM30 of credits. as we went to play the basketball game, we found out that the machine we went to had 17 credits left in it. some kind souls had accidentally deducted the credits but left without paying. so there we are, playing 5 free games of basketball. i "cheated", crawling onto the platform and simply dropped the ball into the basket instead of throwing it in. only dear threw the ball in, playing the proper way. we won a total of 664 tickets. changed a mug, a pair of bookmarks, a namecard holder and a whistle. told dear that we are lucky today. went to the casino, put in RM20 into a jackpot machine. played 9 lines at 3 credits per line. the very 1st button dear pressed, we won a special dove feature. we just sat there, watching the machine roll and increase our winnings. won a total of RM110 with that very 1st press. took the winnings and left, making a net profit of RM40 overall. leaving the casino, we went to first world plaza to check out the pizza hut outlet at about 11am. walked by the downslope roadside path since it was very cold and misty. was so cold that my hands were freezing. was told it will take about 20 minutes so we went back to the room with our winnings and prizes in the arcade. packed up and checked out and reluctantly headed to pizza hut for our lunch. mist was so thick that the seats and tables were all wet from the condensation of the mist. took a value meal for 2 person and waited almost 40 minutes for our pizza because the staff had forgotten where they placed our orders. if i had not pestered the manager angrily, our pizza may not even arrive. what great service. finished our pizza and went for our baskin robbins ice cream again, this time at first world plaza where we had 2 3-scoops sundae. baskin robbins really rocks. ice cream was shiok. haha.. finishing our ice cream, we went to the lobby of first world plaza where we took a cab down to berjaya times square for RM85. left genting at about 2.25pm and arrived at berjaya times square at around 3.35pm. checked in quickly to our room, A2008 and went shopping at the shopping centre in berjaya times square itself. the room was huge and very comfortable. the shopping mall was huuuuuuuuuge, with a total of 10 levels and 2 basements. the shops were high class, with branded brands like chanel. pretty much like malls in singapore, there is cold storage, best, cinema, and all kind of fashion shops. bought tickets for the show journey to the centre of the earth, starring brendan fraser. however, shops were repeated from level 3 onwards and we got bored and tired of shopping there. there is even a theme park in the mall, claimed to be the largest indoor theme park in malaysia. roller coaster was long and scary. at 7.30pm, dear and i decided that we had enough of shopping and we had for dinner at a restaurant called uncle duck. had steamboat there. dear had the seafood set while i had the grouper fish set. the food was good and yummy. we even had dessert. dear had mango sago with grapefruit while i had mango sago. wanted to go opposite to shop for a while but we were tired and so went back to the room for a rest. i dozed of and dear had a hard time waking me up. haha. show was at 12.15am and ended at 2am. went straight back to the room after the show ended and we knocked out once we hit the bed.
saturday 19 july
wanted to wake up at 630am for breakfast. again, we couldnt wake up in time. woke up at 730am and after washing up, went for breakfast at the big apple restaurant for our buffet breakfast. breakfast was ok. the waiter was very friendly and it was a good meal. took the monorail at imbi station and alighted at bukit nanas. walked to the lrt at dang wangi and took it to the station at klcc. dear applied for the tourist priviledge card upon reaching there and we asked for directions to the skybridge visit. by the time we reached the ticketing counter for the skybridge visit at 935am, the tickets have all run out. a bit disappointed, we went shopping at klcc shopping centre. this time round, the mall was much nicer than berjaya times square. there was vincci, branded brands again, non branded brands like crumpler and even A&W. dear had wanted to buy a crumpler bag but there are no other colours left except red. disappointed, we left and continued shopping till 11.25am where we went to A&W. ordered a large root beer float with 2 scoops of ice cream and a double scoop ice cream waffle. was a real yummy meal. there is no more A&W in spore and both of us missed it so much. finally got a chance to eat it again. yummy. after eating, we took a cab back to our hotel. cab fares are really cheap in kl. the entire journey back only cost us RM4.10, cheaper than all the monorail and lrt rides which we took. reached our hotel at 12.03pm and our cardkey has already been deactivated. having no choice, we had to go to the reception to reactivate our cardkey. key activated, we went back to pack and checked out at 1235pm. got our deposit of RM100 back, deposited our luggage at the bell counter and went to level 3 to purchase our couple polo shirt. done, we went opposite to shop for about 30 minutes or so. went back to the mall at 1.55pm and had lunch at a cafe called gasoline. food was not bad. waiting time was relatively short. finished our lunch at 2.25pm, went to cold storage to buy a bottle of chewing gum, before heading back to the hotel lobby to collect our luggage and check in at the coach counter. coach was already here so we boarded immediately and reluctantly began our journey back to singapore. coach was not as comfortable as it should have been. dear got a little giddy. good thing she felt better after the toilet break midway through the journey. journey was fast, and we reached tuas checkpoint at 8pm. reached golden mile at 8.40pm, where we went to lodge a complain for the lousy coach. took a cab home after that, where i unpacked and went for dinner at the hawker centre with dear. had wanton noodles for dinner and sent dear home after that. at 10.15pm, dear reached home, and i bid goodbye to her, 88 hours after i met her on wednesday morning.
till now, i am still missing the trip. my dream of going to genting with the girl i love has finally been realised, after 5 or so years. was really a wonderful wonderful and beautiful trip with dear. felt so sad and reluctant to end the trip but all good things have to come to an end. what will not end is my feelings for dear, the memories we shared in this 88 hours and that this will not be our only trip. looking forward to the next trip with her. love you dear.. =)
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
time flies.. been a wk since we had live firing during ict. at this time last wk, we had just finished range and are on the way back to camp. and now here i am writing this entry. this time now next wk, i will be be nice cooling genting. yeap. i'm going back there again. my 1st trip there this year. alrite. i'm off to bed. nitez...
Saturday, July 05, 2008
came back from 3rd ict yest. was a great and fun 5 days. meet up with all my specs again. chenghao n edwin are back as ps and pc respectively. haha. and best things is we have 3 pc. lta larry, lta quek and lta edwin tat totally rocks man.. enjoyed myself in ict.. missed the high key last year so have to make it up 1 way or another. next ict will be another low key ict, preparing for ATEC. looking forward to next ict.. sound crazy and insane but i really did enjoy ict. meeting up with old friends, gg out and do shitty things, chiong sua, getting dirty and tired, being the ps runner, as always. but still, really enjoyed everything. this ict was quite relaxed anyway. main thing for this ict was range. no drawing out of vehicles and ovm, signals and optics and that sure makes life way much easier. my specs and i got marksman, so tats an additional $200 for each of us while i got gold for ippt and tats $400. good money isnt it? sept will most prob meet up again for mobilisation. tat wont be as fun as ict though but its another chance for all to meet up again.. go mortar platoon.. =)
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
dear..surprise!!! hee..actually not really a surprise also since i asked for ur password just a few mins ago =x juz wanna say i'm missing u so badly now =( make sure u come back in one piece on fri nite! can't wait to see u again..muakz!
loving u always,
your silly gal =)
Monday, June 09, 2008
jig is back and gone.. he's gone back to the states again. been 3 days since he left spore. made a new fren this time he came back. chris. nice guy. tall.. humourous.. and most impt of all, he shared the same view as me bout jig. haha.. sorry jig, if u are reading this.. no offense intended. u know that dont u, milo monster? haha.. anyway, hope he n chris enjoyed themselves. jen n i def enjoyed ourselves very much last tue. love u dear. miss u jig n chris. cya next yr, jig.. take care my fren. =)
Sunday, May 18, 2008
today was the last day with sneha. time flies. been more than a yr since i've been helping her. joshi n family had been treating me well, been very very nice the past 1 yr. they'll be flying to the states on 1 july for their new life. was a touching farewell today. wrote me a touching card. cant send them off on 1 july cos of in camp training. sigh. can only wish them all the best.
Thursday, May 08, 2008
as the title says it, i'm welcoming 2 of my very good friends back from abroad. jignesh came back on mon. its not permanently. he's leaving in a month's time. but at least i can to see him and catch up with him again. known him since sec 1. many funny n memorable incidents along the way. going to be another few more years before he finish his studies. at that time, not sure if he is going to come back to spore for good for work overseas. miss him when he's gone. all his crap and jokes, all his actions which makes one cant stand him at times, the humour way of course. he's a good friend and a great pal to have, a friend i will treasure for life...
next up is chenghao, my ns platoon sergeant. as i type, he is on the way to the airport now. will see him on sat, the way of our csm's wedding dinner. he's coming back for good. dont know if he will be able to join us back in 428sar. hopefully he can. but if he cant, we can still meet up now that he is back.
welcome back my friends. =)
Friday, May 02, 2008
this will just be a short post after a long time of no updates. finished my last exam in nus on mon. 1 last final fyp presentation to go before i am done with all academic stuff in nus. did not have extreme happiness and excitment feeling when the "time's up. please stop writing." announcement was made on mon. feeling i had was sad. sad because instead of going out to celebrate, i had to go to my grandmother's funeral wake. she had a long and good life. 85 years of age and a great grandmother. she was laid to rest yesterday. missed her pretty much. esp my childhood days when we used to go to her house every sunday. now she's gone to a better place. will miss you ah ma. rest in peace.
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
darn fyp. freaking fyp. screwed fyp. i hate this fyp. arg.. never ending.. torture extended. pain deepened. wont it ever end? will it ever stop? sooooooooo very pissed with this fyp. the darn wind tunnel is cursed... i swear it so is... arg.. hotwire breaking at 6pm everyday. what the hell. on the verge of giving up. i want to stop, stop, STOP... can i? aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh... to hell with the darn wind tunnel...... extremely pissed pissed pissed PISSED!!!
Saturday, March 29, 2008
fei yue had its annual dinner tonight. this yr its held at kia hiang restaurant at bukit merah. the food was not bad. healthy dishes. even won 9th prize in the lucky draw. this yr was extra fun not because of the food or the prize. its the whole feeling, the atmosphere there. volunteers and staff alike, went on stage to perform and sing songs from each era, the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. the 90s was represented by volunteers from the youth sector. zhou hua jian's peng you was sung. the ra-ra atmosphere was simply fantastic. the whole restaurant was just singing along, waving their hands, clapping their hands. beautiful songs by feng fei fei and liu wen zheng from the 70s and 80s were performed. the feeling is just great, simply wonderful. attended many such dinners very often, on average, once every month or every 2 months. haha. yeap i socialise a lot. anyway, tats not the point here. volunteers and staff at fei yue are indeed a great bunch of people, esp the youth sector. enjoyed myself totally everytime with fei yue. from the gathering to the volunteer appreciation bbq to the annual dinner. really enjoyed volunteering with fei yue. never regretted this decision. liked the organisation, liked the staff and volunteers, liked my friends i made there. thanks fei yue for a truly memorable and enjoyable night. =)
Thursday, March 20, 2008
woah.. been almost a month since i last blogged.. been very tied down by fyp. sigh. still no progress done. God help me.
went for armour road relay(arr) today. was running for 54 SAB. total of 12 runners and we won 2nd place in the NS brigade category. woo hoo.. haha. considering that we have not trained at all, and that i have not run for quite some time, its quite an achievement i will say. won a medal. my 1st medal related to the army. not bad. been a nice experience. last arr i run in was during the active unit days in 40 SAR. nice feeling going back to sungei gedong again. met my mcc 2IC, warrant cheng. had a nice short chat with him. this trip back to sungei gedong for arr brought back many memories of my school of armour (soa) days. the vehicle shed, the cookhouse, the soc ground and grass patch where we did our mortar drills, the hq armour parade square where we had the armour anniversary parade on 2004, the only chance i got to wear the number 1. the smell of the grease and lubricant oils like sae 10 and sae 40. many changes had taken place though. bunks are "renovated". mcc is no longer in soa. guess changes are part and parcel of life, even in the saf. but 1 thing i think is true, and that is: Once Armour Always Armour. yeap..
Swift and Decisive we shall be..
now that arr is over, what's next? cobra challenge? am i ready for it? or am i even up for it? hmm.. we shall see..
hip hip hooray 54 SAB!!! hip hip hooray!!
Friday, February 22, 2008
its 22 feb today. founder's day. our founder, lord BP's birthday. was originally called founder's day. now its been changed to world scout day. oh well, it still means the same thing. be prepared for anything, so must be prepared for a name change. haha. well, pretty normal day today too i suppose. with the exception that i went for hq's founder's day dinner at CDANS. the food was quite good. guilin restaurant at CDANS. atmosphere was alright. a bit too cold for comfort though. was shivering. or maybe its just me. anyway, it was a nice dinner function. mr teo ser luck was the GOH too.. just right after we won the bid for youth olympics 2010 yest. haha.. was super cool. excited for spore too.. go spore.. anyway, the scout association, aka ssa, is gonna bid for the 2015 world scout jamboree this year too. we lost the previous bid. hopefully we can win this time. then it will be a double celebration i suppose. hosting the world jamboree on spore's 50th year of independence. significant year indeed. =) alright. shall end off here.. this blog getting stagnant also. only update when there are major or significant things to talk about. sorry to all my readers. been busy, super busy with fyp and reports lately, so do not have the time to blog. will do so regularly again after the crazy period is over. alrite. here off i go. before i do. here's to all scouts and guides out there, both in spore and around the world:
Happy World Scout Day and Thinking Day. !!!!!BE PREPARED!!!!!
Friday, February 15, 2008
ok. i shall keep this short and quick. time is not on my side.. as always. always gone in a flash.. chinese new year is over for 1 wk. v day is over yest. though cny this yr is a whopping 5 day holiday, including wed, it still seems so short. time flies when 1 is having fun. how very true. was 1 of the best cny ever. flew past so quickly. never really had enough fun. or rather, not enough time to enjoy and have more fun. looking forward to cny next yr. as i always did.. xmas and cny..
v day was great yest, with dear. made her feel special yest, the envy of many. =) hope you enjoyed urself as much as i did. 6hrs flew by even before i know it. well, at least it was a nice time. =)
happy and fun times are over, time to rush for my projects. a mad mad rush for time. fyp and review projects. a project-sem indeed. ok.. got to go. back to the seemingly never ending reports. arg....
Friday, January 25, 2008
so very stressed now. so many reports due soon. fyp ending on 31 march. 2 reports deadline 31 march. thesis due mid april. 1st report is halfway done only. 2nd one is untouched. fyp progress is super slow. only getting data tomorrow. hopefully the set of results taken tomorrow will be correct. i feel so dead. so many things to do. so little time. why am i spending time here, updating this entry? i dont know. i am brain drained. been struggling with the submarine report. cant think of how to rephrase the information. i am literally drowning. will any submarines be able to save me? skin friction report? all i can say is there is definitely be lots and lots of friction opposing my progress. i am in panic now. i am physically and mentally drained and stressed. add on to other non-academic problems. at the verge of everything now.. help... panic mode alarm has sounded..
Friday, January 18, 2008
after 5 months of hard, banga work (sorry, no offence), the setup is finally done. the spires are mounted, the planks mounted, the roughness fetch done. the roughness fetch, which are done by painstakingly drawing lines and then gluing the cubes on the plywood 1 by 1 looks so beautiful on the wind tunnel floor. after all the delay.. the computer crashing, the manometer not working and being inaccurate. real data can finally be collected.. whoo hoo.. not much time left. hopefully everything runs properly and smoothly this time.. =)
front view of spires
side view of spires
front view of spires and roughness fetch
full stretch of roughness fetch.. guess the number of cubes.. haha..
cubes making up the roughness fetch.
another view of the cubes.
full roughness fetch with spires again.
roughness fetch to the turntable view.
view of wind tunnel near the turntable.
turntable. even the plastic supports at the sides have to be hand-made...
Saturday, January 12, 2008
my 25th birthday has passed. its the best birthday i had ever had. dear spent the day with me, with a wonderful gift and dinner. and throughout the day, birthday wishes came pouring in, online and sms. dun think i had so many well wishes before.. cant really remember also.. important is, this is a really wonderful year and birthday. thanks for the wonderful day dear. the gift, the card, the dinner and most importantly, the company. love the card a lot. =)
Friday, January 11, 2008
the title says it all.. i am so very very happy and excited now. so far it has been a great start to 2008. dear and i are together. and now, minutes before my bday, i saw the email, asking me to go for a 2nd interview. that is such a great news. i managed to get thru the 1st round! hope i can thru the 2nd round too.. i am so happy now that i do not know what else to say.. totally lost for words.. dear sang me a song and will be spending the day with me. just 10 min and i received 6 bday wishes. what more can i ask for. this is gonna be my best bday ever. =) really thankful to the Lord for all the good things that have been happening to me so far. thank you Lord.. thank you.. =D
Saturday, January 05, 2008
dreams do come true after all.. mine are coming true 1 by 1. had such a wonderful night tonight with my dear. if u r reading this dear, wanna tell u how happy i am tonight. my dreams are coming true and you are the reason why this is so. now, i have found new meaning n purpose in life and that is you. really glad that u r here to make my dreams come true.. thanks dear.. dun have to take half day leave next wk k. dun waste ur leave. being able to spend the evening with u is alrdy the best bday i can ever have.. =) u are alrdy the best new year gift i can have n i am so thankful for that.. love ya dear.. =D
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
how time flies. been 1 wk since i came back from genting. n to think that 40 over days before the departure, we were counting down and now, i'm back for 1 wk already. was a really great great trip. went to 2 places that i had never been before. the mushroom farm and the chin swee temple. scenery was fantastic at the temple. air was much fresher than at the hotel because of the lack of vehicles. really enjoyed the trip very much. and now that the trip is over, christmas is also over. time really flies past so quickly indeed. back in nov when i started listening to xmas songs, ppl are saying its still so long away, 1 month plus away. now, xmas is over. another 365 days before xmas is here again. xmas is great this year. was at the countdown on xmas eve, as usual. went for CCIS - Celebrate Christmas In Singapore, today. orchard road was closed from 1pm to 1am. concert today was nice. floats were ok, not tat fantastic. last year's float was nicer. but the atmosphere was great. prob will volunteer for CCIS 2008 next year. well, i got to wait patiently already. but again, time flies so it prob will be here again pretty soon. alrite then.. to all, merry xmas and a happy new year.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
its the holidays. supposedly holidays. but there are so many things to be done. 2 research projects and 1 fyp. there goes my dec holidays. its the christmas festive season. orchard is so beautiful. christmas spirit and the magical feeling is so strong there. the shopping malls are filled with so many christmas decorations, toys, gifts and cards. taka has its own christmas bags and wrapping service, as like the previous years. there is the christmas toy fair and christmas trim shop at taka square. metro has its own christmas trim shop at paragon. so does robinsons at centrepoint and raffles city. its just so beautiful, cozy and warm despite the cold rainy weather these past few days. the beautiful snow flake and crystal lightings theme of prince noel searching for princess ballerina lining the entire stretch of orchard road. so many places to go and things to do. wanted to fully just enjoy all these sights, the christmas mood, the many many beautiful malls from bugis to city hall to orchard to tanglin. wish i can just spend at least 1 entire day, immersing myself in the christmas mood, the magical feeling, christmas shopping all the way, without any worries. but alas, i'm not sure if i can do so.. so many projects to be done. and the dec holidays are coming to an end very very soon. christmas is only 2 wks away. exactly 2 wks.. not sure if i can finish all my work and have at least 1 day to fully spend outside, without having to think of work. few days left.. got to put in more time to get all the stupid work done. then i can really enjoy christmas, whatever is left of it... i must make it happen.... christmas cant be ruined by the stupid work not done.. no way am i gonna let that happen..
Thursday, November 29, 2007
as i enter this entry, the memorial service of the 5 rowers would have been over. at this very moment, as i am typing, the bodies of 5 men are being reduced to ashes, or maybe, even having already been turned to ashes. its hard and so sad to think that just less than 6 days ago, these 5 men are alive, breathing, able to be touched, hugged and held, are today motionless, void of life and now being placed in a furnace. the scene must have been extremely heartbreaking, to see the 5 coffins side by side, while family members and friends look on at the service. can imagine how devastated everybody must have been, especially when the coffins are being pushed into the furnaces. many lives will definitely never be the same again. 5 impacting lives are gone forever today, taking everything physical of them away with them, leaving behind only memories for those who know them, and sadness and condolescenes for those who do not.
rest in peace, rowers.
deeply saddened by the loss of 5 lives. why do such loss of lives always occur near christmas? oh God, why do such things happen? i'm feeling the saddness as if i had known them personally as a friend. why am i feeling so emotional? the heartwrenching news reports and photos in the papers are just so tear-invoking. not that i actually cried, but the emotions are welling up. the photos and description of the family members at the site of the accident, calling out for their loved ones, never to return, the surviving team members, experiencing the pain of knowing their friends and buddies died in front of them and yet unable to do anything to save them. had this experience last year. watching the life drain out of a living person and yet unable to do anything to help. its almost 1 year now. maybe i had not really gotten over it. maybe this incident triggered the inner emotions. maybe.. maybe.. maybe what? i do not know either. perception of life will no longer be the same again. the fragility of life....
Saturday, November 24, 2007
i'm feeling really really really bored now. its sat and here i am, in hall, trying to study.. felt no motivation at all. just moments ago, i was at the staircase, looking at the main road, feeling like going out. saw a lorry doing a u-turn at a roundabout and the scene reminded me of thailand during crescendo. dont know why, know know how to explain, but this is not the 1st time this happened. guess i kinda miss crescendo and wallaby. looking back now, days in 40sar have been fun, especially the overseas training. hopefully, there will be a chance to go back to either crescendo or wallaby again during ict in the near future. know ppl will think i am crazy, but heh, i am crazy now. exams always drive me nuts, even though i have only 1 paper this time. the stress is still there nonetheless. alright. shall end off here. got to get back to studying, if i can even concentrate at all.. got to try.. no choice for me..
Sunday, November 18, 2007
that's the title of the show on screen on channel 8 yest nite at 1230am. the story revolves around 3 person, a heart surgeon specialist, a teenage girl and the girl's social worker. the heart surgeon, dr kwok, lost his wife after failing to save her in a major heart surgery. after her death, her lawyer informed him that she has bought a 15million dollar insurance policy under his name. thinking that he knew of this and hence deliberately killed her, the insurance company put him under investigation. extremely sad that he failed to save his wife whom he loved very much, he lost confidence in himself as a doctor. the teenage girl, ah wi, supposed dumped by her boyfriends is disappointed with life and has no money and no place to live. both kwok and wi wanted to commit suicide and by a twist of fate, met on a few occasions and on the last, went to kwok's apartment to commit suicide. as he was dying, he "saw" his dead wife, who "lectured" him, saying that he is a doctor, a doctor who is supposed to save lives and not help another person to die. heeding his wife's words, kwok decided to live on and help wi change her opinion of life. on the other hand, wi's social worker, ms chan, loves to help other ppl but yet other ppl always treated her badly. chan's bf blackmailed her for money with nude pictures of her and she has no idea what to do about it. one day, while dining at a restaurant, kwok and wi saw a "gangster" boss get hacked on the hand and was bleeding profusely. kwok saved him and later met chan. trying to save chan, kwok, wi and wi's bf decided to buy the nude photos from chan's bf. as they entered the restaurant where the meeting is to be held, the "gangster" boss recognised kwok and called him his saviour. being a scum, wi's bf only gave some of the photos, saying that the money they offered could only buy that amount of money. they started up fighting and at that moment, the "gangster" boss returned to the restaurant to get his hp which he has forgotten. seeing wi's bf fighting with his saviour, he was furious and got his man to grab wi's bf. learning bout what he has done, he was even more furious with him for blackmailing his saviour's gf (chan) and demanded him to hand over all the photos. having no choice, he did as told and as they are bout to leave the salon where the photos are hidden, chan's bf used a pair of scissors and tried to stab kwok. chan blocked the blow and was stabbed in the heart. the "gangster" boss ordered his man to beat up the scum while offering his car to send chan to the hospital. knowing that kwok has lost confidence of himself as a doctor, chan, as she was dying, requested that he do the surgery. eventually, he gathered his courage and did the surgery, which turned up to be a success. in the end, kwok became a gd heart doctor again having regained his confidence, wi and her bf are married, and chan continued to help other ppl. the 4 of them, together with the "gangster" boss, became good and close friends..
yeap. that's the whole story. was a very touching show. i liked the "gangster" boss. his character is so cute, so full of "yi qi", ever grateful to his saviour. hopefully, channel 8 will screen this show again.. =) here's the movie review..
http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews/troublesome_romance.htm
Saturday, November 10, 2007
went for bcls today. was a tiring day for me, with only 3 hrs of slp yest nite.. practically dragged myself out of bed today to attend the course. reached slightly just before 8am, thinking that it starts at 8am but to my horror, realised that there was nobody and the revelation that the starting time is 9am struck me. was pissed with myself for not checking yest nite b4 i slp because i could have had slept for another hr. oh well.. tired as i was, i was fully awake by the time bcls started. yeap. the course was very fun and interesting. not trying to boast here, but on my 1st attempt, i had already met the passing criteria. was very happy of course. did pretty ok throughout the entire course and at the end, i passed. i'm now certified!! hurray!! made some new friends too.. carol, james, and oops, i forgot her name.. haha.. oh well.. was a great and very enjoyable course.. aed next? shall see how it goes..
anyway, met tecktien for dinner just now too.. finally got to meet up with him after so long. he's a real busy man. haha.. had a gd chat and dinner. after dinner, went to town. boy. . the xmas spirit is getting stronger and stronger. even the paragon tree is up.. part of the lightings was lighted up just now as a test.. it was so beautiful. the blue and white lights created such a magical feeling. that's why i love xmas so much.. its just so beautiful everywhere when it comes to this time of the year. next wk i believe will be the full lightup. haha.. cant wait.. woohooo. its the magical time of the year again!! enjoy ppl.. =)
