The Far Side

Which Star war character are u ?

2006-02-22T23:17:00.000+08:00

Rich liao

2006-01-24T22:57:00.000+08:00

Just Opened my Chicken Yr Chinese Ang Bao and got $110. Rich already.

Year 2005 in a nutshell

2006-01-05T13:31:00.000+08:00

ok, guess thats a wrap for year 2005.

So whats the most significant events that u ppl will remember? Anything special happened to u that will change ur life?

Well, 2005 is indeed quite an interesting year for me. Hmmm...
1) Get to meet someone special - yeah, this particular someone is quite special to me, Its been a while since im so interested in somebody and it does had an impact on my life, in fact, it rather dictated the special events in 2005 for me.

She(ya, its a she), well, may change my life considerably, definitely make it more interesting than usual of coz. Not really for the better as sometime, or shall i say most of the time, i felt quite depressed in the later part of the year.

to be continued...

Christmas in Singapore

2006-01-04T00:14:00.000+08:00

Some pics of Christmas decorations i took in Singapore.

Christmas Bangkok Trip

2006-01-03T13:15:00.000+08:00

Went to Bangkok on the 23 Dec 2005 on a company tour. Almost everyone were there and some brought their partners too.

Well, the trip was ok, we took the turkish airway there as we couldnt get tickets from other airline and eventually settled in Bangkok Palaces Hotel.

The hotel was a 3 stars hotel with a tub in the shower, they dont have magnetic card reader for the door so 2 guys will have to share 1 key, which isnt very convienient if both dont travel together. Also the fire exit of the hotel is in a mess and not really usable (I have the habit of checking fire exit whenever i checked in a new place)I did feedback to the hotel and noticed that they got workers working on it the next day, so im quite pleased with it. The morning breakfast was horrible but in order to save some money, no choice but to settle with it and the location of the hotel is not that nice either, thou it is quite near to Pertuna, the clothing wholesale area and near Baiyoke sky too.

note: Skytrain in convienient in bangkok and marvelous for beating the traffic so choose hotel near the skytrain stations.

The weather there was ok, much cooler than singapore in the so called "winter" period with a comfortable 24 degree celsius. But bangkok is quite plague by the smog and traffic pollution so that is something to take note of, but the sky usually becomes clear around noon.

Ok. Some update on the trips. We spend the 1st day in a group tour, events including, a dropby to the palm sugar factory, taking a boat ride among the canals to the "Floating Market", snakes shows (ex), and makan in the night.

Girl in palm sugar factory.

note: As i brought a camera there, i was designated the "camera man" of the trip, hmmmm. So in a way, im also actually the only guy "working". :(

The floating market of bangkok is actually about an hour drive from the city area. not really that close. The place is very commercialised by the time we get there, most of them are actually selling things to the tourists as their main source. But its nice nonetheless. Took some very nice pictures there too.

Kid in market

Floating Market

After the market trip, we made a detour to get some lunch and then some shopping of local products. Bot a large box of goodies for my relatives.

Later that night, we went to the Original Lemongrass Restuarant in bangkok. hmmm, it was nice, the dishes are actually considered "cheap" by singapore standard of coz. but dont think of hawker centre price. After the Dinner, we went for some "Ah Gua" shows which are actually performed by transvestite. Some of them are very pretty, but too bad, my camera's battery went flat by dinner time, so what a waste. Maybe will take some photos if i ever go there again.

Me and some guys colleagues went to do some clubbing after everyone went back to the hotel. Wow, it was damn happening man, they got some very big clubs concentrated in some area and the musics are turned on max!! It was very crowded on Christmas eve night so ya, there is no doubt is going to be fun. (the enterance fee is about half of what we expected in Singapore)

We went to a club called the Holloywood. It got a huge dance floor and stage with live band and singers !! not to forget they can easily have 10 over dancers on stage, all models material. The songs are in Thai, but it doesnt matters much (as if i can understand the english songs too :p)The singers performed in very very skippy clothes and even almost half naked... wow... they were very pretty too btw...
Too bad, no photos.

The next day, we went to the Chaptucap market and MBK shoping centre in the afternoon. Both places were extremely big and shopping in 1 alone will take 1 day... outside the MBK shoping centre, i noticed that there was a gathering of cosplayer. i figured they may be there every sunday i think. Only manage to take the pic of 1 girl before i got hurried away by my colleagues...

This is a photographer's heaven.

later the night we went to a german pub where they served selfbrewed beer. not too bad thou, even as im not very fancied of beers. had about 3 pints...after that, we went to the Holloywood club again, hahaha and this time we brought our boss along and he treated everyone. :p

All in all, i really enjoy this thailand trip than the last i had. Really Happening and enjoyable. Will go there again.

Check this link for more pictures.

http://photobucket.com/albums/v413/Ramius75/

23th DEC 2005

2005-12-23T00:37:00.000+08:00

Going to fly to Bangkok today for the company tour, thou its free, im not really looking forward to it. Many times i wanted to cancel the trip but then it may look bad if im so anti-social...Not to mention that i got no good reason to stay back in Singapore too.

Really wanted to spend this Christmas with someone special, but then again, seems like everybody is busy. Maybe they dont find me important. Will anyone missed me when im gone? Hmmm...

Nonetheless, one of my friend from Malaysia is actually coming this Christmas day and she wanted to meet me, havent seen her for almost a year already. haha, also missed her alot actually and hope to have a good talk with her. Some catching up. ;)
Too bad she told me a little bit late and i cant cancel the trip. Will make it up for her next time if i can find the chance to go KL.

Will update the Bangkok trip when im back :)

Scent of a woman

2005-12-23T00:35:00.000+08:00

I like to smell women, hahaha, no no, its not a confession of a pervert. But everytime a nice woman walk pass me, the scent prove to be irresitable and invigorating. Be it perfume, shampoon or body soap.

So how u think u smell like ?

And do u think guys should put on scent too? or like sweaty 1? :p (i hate it when my brother and father put on perfume thou)

18th DEC 2005

2005-12-23T00:23:00.000+08:00

Spent the week looking for gifts and things, haha. Beside all these its quite boring and eventless. Just another working week as one will answer.

Took my father's car for a drive in the morning, deliver a gift to someone and then later detour to the HSA to donate blood. (Finally after weeks of postponed due to weak body).

Went thru the basic questionaires. Do u have that ? This ? Blah Blah Blah. But of coz we must be truthful and serious about this. It will be wrong donating conteminated blood. went thru the usual procedure afterward. While lying on the couch, i did noticed that there were lotsa Malays in the morning, hehehe, guess they like to donate in the early morning, while the chinese will come later in the afternoon(most probably after makan.

One special donor i remember was a indian man with dyed blond hair. not the usual type that one will expect in a blood donation centre. Maybe im prejudiced. haha, but i cant help relate his looks to a serial flirt/clubber. Giving him the benefit of the doubt that he is a nice and decent fellow who told the questionaris truefully. I think he dont get laid that often, haha :P

And look whose talking now... Duh...

11 DEC 2005

2005-12-16T13:16:00.000+08:00

Went to my friend's party in the afternoon to celebrate the birth of her 3rd Son. The foods were good and the hospitality great. hehe.

Notticat and Son

Unknown model

Caught in the act.

After that I went to Tuas to join my other groups of friends for some Paintball action. The battles were quite intense and hard work...(for the legs). After 2 hrs of shooting all of us were tired beyond recog. Having sore legs for about 3 days more... I need to exercise more often.

Too bad cannot see everyone faces...

09 DEC 2005

2005-12-14T00:15:00.000+08:00

One of the best day i had recently.

Drove to Creative's fest trying to get some electronic goods in the afternoon. Met with a friend that i havent seen for sometime, really missed her. We had a talk and found that coincidentally she is going to City Hall MRT to meet her husband while im going there to meet my friends. Its been fun driving her around, haha, she seems quite confident with my driving. Really got to give it to her.

Found that she havent change much either, still the same little girl i knew many years ago. Haiz... If only I did better then...

After that, i met up with a few friends to discuss about our Phuket trip in Feb. I offered to send them home also and drove around to Yishun, Simei, Bedok and then back home. Hahaha really shiok man, will do that more often next time when i got the chance.

04 Dec 2005 - Mom's Birthday

2005-12-04T23:47:00.000+08:00

Today is my mom's birthday. So im a good boy today, cooking Bah Ku Teh in the morning for my family and then later brought my mom to a restuarant in Serangoon Garden named Borshch. It was a restuarant operated by the so called Troika's crew. (The legendary Troika, my mom keeps mentioning about this resturant when asked for the best steak in town) So this is the reason i brought her there.

The food was not bad. Cheap and affordable. Thou the appetizer looks kindof cheap, its still quite ok overall. The steak's taste are reminiscing of the good old days. The 60s favors, (remind me of the Silver Spoon once operating in Parkmall aka Supreme House) They served the steaks on a hot ironplate, My brother likes it alot thou, hahaha. But the sizzling steaks does make the clothes smells like BBQ later on.

The service is quite good(by my standard) and the decor quite ok(oldies) Giving that there was no service charge and GST. I will recommend this restuarant to those that like cheap and ok food. Not bad actually.

4 out of 5 aprons.

Libra

2005-12-04T23:31:00.000+08:00

Libra-

One of my fav sign for many reasons. Thou im not really a believer of Astrology, sometime i do read them when i get kindof bored and lost.(must be despo)

Anyway, i think im more of a Libra than an Aries giving my character. I dont like to do things on impulse, nor am I hot-headed and energetic. Can be stubborn at times and raise an eyebrow when provoked but usually, im cold, real cold.

I believe more in balance, a sense of justice. Give and take. "Do not do onto others what you dont want others to do upon you" This is my motto and my guide. The fundermental of my thinking and character. I believe in listening to both sides of the stories, the balance between good and bad(which both can be fun and necessity).

The Scale is also a sign of trade. Giving values to everything. Is it worth it? Whats in for me? Or for others? An eye for an eye? Sometimes i give, sometimes i take. Its like trading stocks actually, i can be very cold and calculative. One of my friend actually said to me that if i used the same trading strategy on my relationship problem, I wont feel so painful and sad anymore. But sometimes, its easier said than done.

KLK

2005-12-04T23:27:00.000+08:00

My friends called me the KLK. What was it?? Well, its not nice explaining it. but its something bad. Kindof synonymous with Idiot, Stupid and Retard. They said im too stupid, always losing out.

Everyone can laugh at me. But im sure heaven wont.

03 DEC 2005

2005-12-04T22:43:00.000+08:00

Was suppose to be happy today as i finally got a friend out, but somehow im not feeling that way at all. We went to gelare along East coast Road and had some food cum desserts there. The waffle was so so and could have been better. Nontheless its the best in singapore so far since A&W is no longer around...(got chance must go Malaysia to eat that again :P)

After sending my friend home, i drove around aimlessly. First to AngMokio, then to a few others places including Thompson, Bishan, Clementi,Holland and Orchard rd(in time for the lightup) Its my first time driving along Orchard Rd and its quite shiok, alot of practice on my 1st gear, lol.(except the ERP...grrrrr)

All in all, I will remember this day. Dunno what to make of it too but it can be consider my first "date".

Simple Stuffs

2005-12-01T00:03:00.000+08:00

'Tis the gift to be simple,
'Tis the gift to be free,

"Tis the gift to come down
where we ought to be,

And when we find ourselves
in the place just right,
It will be in the valley
of love an delight.

-Extract from Simple Gifts by Joseph Brackett, Jr

Sometime i wonder if the simplest things in life is the best. No complication, no confusion and No conflicts. Everything is easy. No one asking for more and no great expectation. But is that what we wanted in life? Or do human purposely seeks conflict and competition? Or am one branded as a quitter when not seeking perfection? When one was contented to be simple? There are always a higher mountain, wider ocean and deeper valley. When can one find the place where they truly belong?

Life is hard, but coz we wanted it make it that way.

Reserve

2005-11-30T23:22:00.000+08:00

Its my 2nd week in my reservist. Busy i think. lotsa things to do and seems like the department im in is counting on me to clear their works. waiting for a 1 year once miracle... I didnt even do so much works when i was in the forces, lol.

Well, the place wasnt the same thing when i left, most of my friends arent around amymore, leaving the place after one another. Was the decision right? Im sure it was. But was signing on the 1st 7 years a mistake? I dont think so too. Its a different life style i guessed. Best of both world, thou some can argue that i might gained more if i didnt stay in the forces. who knows? Too late to think about it either.

Time to focus ahead. Its what matters anyway.

27 Nov 2005

2005-11-27T23:55:00.000+08:00

Went on photography excusion today with a borrowed panasonic Z20, its quite a nice camera. Love the 400mm zoom thou the machine is quite big. Need some more practice with this camera and improve my photography skill. Current level => 3/65.

Egret in Jurong. Took this with the maximum zoom but hard to keep it centered coz too far away...

Lazy Black Cat :)

Squirral in Fort canning, too fast to react hence i didnt pull out the flash and focus on it... Damn squirrals, I'll be back.

Tunnel, no love.

Xmas Tree in Ngee Ann City

Rainy Days

2005-11-27T00:53:00.000+08:00

Its been raining almost everyday for more than 2 weeks. Dunno if I should love or hate this weather. It can be very cooling or it can be very cold.

I actually like to walk in a drizzle, the little raindrop dropping on the head, cool weather, gentle breeze, the lack of sunshine and most important, the lack of pedestrians on the pavement. My mom said im crazy where ppl stay at home during rain while I like to go out shopping when there was one.

22 NOV 2005

2005-11-22T00:14:00.000+08:00

Been a while since i updated the blog. Quite busy recently and too many things up my mind.

Last week was tiring, rushing to clear some jobs, preparing for my in-camp training this week. Lotsa things to do and also some other personal stuffs.

Managed to take a break on Friday, went to the singapore art museum after work(Its free on friday evening). Many new exhibits, mostly of Southeast asia origin but very nice nonetheless. Some are abstract, some realism and some dunno what. But for some Indonesian/Filipino artist, they are mostly on social subjects. About the "left" and "right", the Rich the poor, the changes in society and hedonism, a recurring subject among the artists. While the chinese artist showcased this time mostly focus on inner thoughts, introspection, the freedom of thoughts, freemind etc etc. Things that the chinese artist found interesting especially, a break from their strong tradition hold. But this is only what i thought of. There are still many many works available.

The Museum is quite "busy" that day thou, haha, lotsa ppl making use of the free entrance(if only they can be more quiet), maybe there were about 50 visitors, but its already better than most of the time.

One of the highlight this month is Gao XingJian (the 2000 Nobel laureate in Lit)Didnt know that he do visual-arts too and i have to say im quite surprise at the standard of his work, its quite refreshing and intriguing. Im particular impressed by his uses of chinese ink and the way he created different shades in those ways. His artwork are all in chinese ink, black on white paper. To create the feeling of something and nothingness. The ability of allowing the viewer to imagine the picture themselves, allowing some thoughts and provoke them to think about it. Black and white, ying and yang, something that was also constantly on my mind. The contrast but one cannot exist without the other and the harmony if they can coexist without conflict or does the conflict create life?

Today is also the first day of my reservist in the airforce, it reminded me how much i hated that place. but different from last time is that now, most of my friends were not around anymore as they all left after me. Its going to be boring.

Went straight home after work. It also reminded me that why i had no "life" when i was in the forces. coz after work, its mostly tired and smelly, not to mention that ugly uniform. I cant go anywhere but home... Going to endure 3 more weeks.

12 NOV 2005

2005-11-13T02:08:00.000+08:00

Took my father's car out for a spin with my brother, trying to get the feeling back. Its been more than 5 years since i drive already, so got very scare actually, hahaa. Never exceed more than 60km/h and since im driving at night, less traffic also. Safety is always on top of the agenda...

Got some feeling back but still unsure, especially the traffic rules. Need more practice before i dare to drive alone. Also might be getting some professional lessons too.

10 NOV 2005

2005-11-10T23:15:00.000+08:00

Got a fright this morning, the company's network server was downed. With this everything were brought to a halt... as all the other servers are connected to this. Dunno what happened also but the system seems to reboot itself and hung there...

Did alot of testing and calling around. Finally decided to swap the SCSI controller card inside and after few tries, it finally decided to start rebooting into window... Lucky... Still unsure of what happening, but the motherboard slot maybe damaged already and think its time to upgrade to a new server as cant guarantee that other slots got problems or not... Meanwhile the system is running and that's why I can take some time to update my blog.

Going to be busy for the new few days sourcing for a new server...

Just got back from meeting Weizhi. Forced him to meet me today to accompany me for dinner, one of my best friend.We went to have some dinner in Burger king, hehe, not bad actually the double cheese burger, almost like Billy Bombers.

Really glad to have so many friends around me.

09 NOV 2005

2005-11-10T13:11:00.000+08:00

Went Billy bombers for dinner with 3 good friends. Seems like everyone is sick these day with 1 of my friend coming down with fever and me with slight flu (escalated from Sunday Sore throat). The foods were ok, So so, but thats what we get from the price i think. But overall its the companions that count. we traded some stories and ideas, hahaha. Mostly contributed by me lah. And got alot of scolding from them... But i really appreciate these friends around me who took time to listen to me.

Thanks guys !!

Disposable Wares

2005-11-09T08:01:00.000+08:00

Plastic spoons, forks, plates, bowls, boxes and the infamous bamboo chopstick. They all seems so familiar in everyday Singapore, all so convenient. Just used them all and when they get all dirty or even when isn't, threw them away. That's the fact of life isn't it ? In this fast moving concrete jungle city. Things without values get thrown away. Rendered useless once used. What's the point of keeping them ? They come cheaper in a dozen and plenty to go around. Always a convenient item for those inconvenient time. But once we used them up, we found that disposing them will be a problem and right now Singapore is building more artificial "island" out of these disposable products. Man , I can make a mountain out of this.

Street Food Junkie

2005-11-07T12:58:00.000+08:00

Im a Street food junkie. cant stop eating even for a min. Love to eat a little bit of everything, need not be those high class restuarant food. infact, i dont really like to dine in the top restuarants.

The beauty of streetfood is that its so down to earth. Maybe unhealthy, but some of the best food, IMHO, can be found around the street corner. Where some sellers spent most part of their life just to perfect that 1 dish. True, some top chef maybe able to do it better, but i like to eat in a carefree environment. Its more relaxing.

Sometime, its those little titbits that can charged me as i went along, living day to day. Its the lesser things of everyday that support us throughout, keep us going. So why not learned to appreciate them ?

Love those small timsums, bah chang, soy bean milk stalls along the roadside. A burger while walking, get the hands dirty. Or a cup of inexpensive but very nice icecream along orchard Rd.

At night, there are lotsa streetsfood in Hawker centre, food court, i love to order a bit of everything and share around. Its good to eat in a big group too. So can order more :p

Nonetheless, eat in moderation is the key. Too much of anything wont be good.

06 NOV 2005

2005-11-07T12:10:00.000+08:00

Went to the HSA in the morning, trying to donate some blood, but when i told the doctor there i got a little sore throat, i was rejected... Ehhhh... The feeling isnt very nice, but i do know myself, they are trying to be on the safe side. Especially all the flu things going around, so maybe will try again next week. Anyway, was feeling ok by the afternoon.

Went to orchard rd to all my usual haunt. Borders, Kinokuniya, HMV, and shop around, looking for some new clothes. Never find anything interesting thou. But got a little workout at the very least.

Meow Meow learned a New trick

2005-11-04T11:43:00.000+08:00

Headache. Meow Meow(my male cat)has learned a new trick to open my closet door and sleep in my clothes. Thats explained the furs on all my shirts and shorts... Grrrr... Need to tie the doors now since they have no lock.

Halloween Night

2005-11-01T10:46:00.000+08:00

Went to Changi for 2 straight nights looking for some "adventure" in the old changi hospital and the surronding area. will say its quite fun actually minus the insect bites and late night. but its worth it all along. Hurhurhurhurhur.

On the first day we were there, we saw some "offering"(foods and hell notes) to the spirits laying on the road towards the old changi hospital... its mostly covered with insects and have no idea who left it there, maybe its some ppl offering peace to the spirits, or its some ppl hoping to get some lucky 4D numbers. Anyway, it did deter some of my friends to continue going into the hospital, so maybe next time.

Got a call the next day and they were ready to challenge the place again. Since i got nothing better to do at home, i dont mind following. We actually went to Bukit timah to search for the Old Ford Factory this time, but cannot find it, maybe its demolished...

Then we decided to try the Old changi hospital again. Well, its reputed to be the MOST haunted so why not.

The place does look very creepy and dark. What most interest me is that although its abandoned, the place looks spackling "clean" beside broken windows and puddles of water, there are no excess of dust or codwebs around. Weird isnt it ? Thou it can be explained that 90% of household "dust" are actually human skin flakes.

The whole hospital feels very warm, we actually spent more than 1 hour inside, looking around. No so called sudden drop in temperature nor gust of wind.

So all in all, its a very nice place actually. Thank you Old changi Hospital.

Living Coffee

2005-10-29T10:56:00.000+08:00

http://www.travelandlivingasia.com/food/ontv_living_coffee/index.shtml

Caught this show recently on Discovery travel channel. Not really a coffee lover myself before this, but this show really brings out my interest in drinking coffee.

There are so much art into drinking coffee just like tea. And it looks very very tasty from my POV. Would like to try some good coffee when I got the chance.

Guess I have to change my tea drinking life style to add a little more "spice" into my life.

Will welcome anyone willing to go a coffee drinking session with me ;)

Financial Scam

2005-10-28T13:20:00.000+08:00

Got a call from this Baylor Byrness company yesterday, offering me to invest in the USA. They claimed that to let me have confident in them, they are willing to share a trading tips with me that in less than 90days one of the stock they recommended will surely goes up and i can make atleast 30% gains from it. Sounds pretty attractive eh ?

If it sounds too good to be true, its probably is.

But man they are surely good at it, hard selling tactic that play on human trust, greed and gullible behavior, spent more than 1 hour trying to persuade me. The lady speaks on trust, telling me all the good stuffs in the world etc etc. Ended up i gave them a verbal agreement and they happily hung up.

Its not long after that i quickly went checking on the internet and with the MAS of singapore that i found that its a common scam. They most often make u buy the stock and then when u want to call to sell it, they just disappeared.

They did called up again this morning, telling me the good news that my stocks are already making money, ya, sure...

I told them that i did a checkup on them and that i didnt see any trading of the particular stock they mentioned. And they still can try to twist the situation around telling me all sorts of craps.. Wow...

Of coz , i hung up shortly after telling them to put me on their "no call list". And also reported the incident to the MAS and CASE. Just to warn fellow investors of such a scam.

What saddened me was that all this sort of lies and deceptions. That there are ppl in this world willing to tell lies just to trick ppl for their money and trust. Trust, what a word. Its something that some ppl willing to give freely and something that ppl take for granted of.

Learning from this experience and nonetheless gaining some more insights into the human society is quite beneficial in a way.

Its Purple not Blue

2005-10-22T23:41:00.000+08:00

Went to Borders this afternoon to read some books. Trying to find "TPTWTBE", looked thru all the sections ,western philosophy, religion, self-helps etc etc but still couldnt find it.

Ended up getting help from the information counter and they finally located the book for me. Its in the western philosophy all along and in the prominent middle shelf. How could i missed it ??!! The problem is that im always scanning for a Blue color book and missed out all the remaining titles and found out thats its Purple all along...damn i even got the cover in my blog and i can still missed it...

How many times in life that we tend to focus on the little things, misconception or even our own prejudice/ideas that we miss out the bigger picture or missing our initial goal? When we are frantically searching for our prizes, that we missed out the prize is under our noses all the time?

20th OCT 2005

2005-10-21T12:45:00.000+08:00

Got bored and dont want to go home too early, so decided to go Orchard rd for some shopping instead... Ha.

Found a nice book in KinoKuniya, Titled "The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: And Ninety Nine Other Thought Experiments" by Julian Baggini. Its quite a nice read actually, the author wrote down 100 scenerios about moral dilemma and giving some everyday reallife examples on how moral decision affects us but shy from telling us what is wrong or right and let the reader decide upon themselves. Read a few stories and found them to be quite insightful, sharing many views with me, some that i already forgotten and some that i never thought of.

Went to HMV after detouring to some other places. Listening to some free musics there. haha. damn cheapo.

Tried something silly that day too. By asking to the saleman to help me identify a song playing thru the Handphone. He commented that he cannot stand us guys, hahah, asking for the impossible. but i told him to try anyway. He then quickly asked me to follow him and got me a CD telling me its that song. But i knew it wasnt "La Vie En Rose" coz i know this song... well, did went thru a few CDs and still couldnt get the song... better luck next time.

2005-10-20T17:23:00.000+08:00

Hmmmm, one of my female friend is having problem with her relationship that just started not so long ago...

She was enjoying her honeymoon period and all of us are so happy for her until recently she went MIA. only that we found out that she is having roughpatch with her relation already.

The events started when her BF's father got into hospital and then she stayed with him to support him day and night, we thought all things were good for her. turn out she complained that her BF has been throwing temper at her and even spoke words of finding better woman than her. That is so sad...

She said her BF is under stress having to bear the burden of the family now, since his father cannot work anymore. But i think that shouldnt be the way either as i believe a relationship should be mutual and both sides has to put efforts into it. And not taking any abuse also.

Still i asked her to give him her support for the moment, since this is the time her BF needs it the most. She isnt giving up hope also.

I will try my best to console her again, hope things will turn out to be fine for her once more.

@-@

2005-10-19T06:04:00.000+08:00

Couldnt get a good night sleep...got a shock this night,as i saw something very very nice by accident...

Iris's Birthday

2005-10-19T05:53:00.000+08:00

First a little update,

Had a very good weekend celebrating birthday for Iris. We had a water bomb party in Sentosa beach.Its wonderful, the weather was good and the place very beautiful. (Should really go there more often too)

We had about 24 ppl there, 10 her friends and about 14 more from SAF clan,haha. This is really fun, the kids were very sporty and almost all of us were wet. Hmmmm.

For refreshment, we had cakes, sandwiches and laughters, that should be enough ;P

Well, after the little party, we brought the kids for some Lan gaming and managed to squeeze 8 ppl into 1 car. Haha. Thank goodness, due to my size, i dont have to squeeze with them. hurhurhur.

Then again on Sunday, we were supposed to have Paintball matches, too bad it rain heavily and was cancelled... nevertheless, we went playing pools and after a very "hot" dinner. We did some exploration around the makan area, hahaha.

I will say, i enjoyed both day very very much. Hope is everyone too.

Ice Breaker

2005-10-08T11:31:00.000+08:00

"Hi, how r u ?", this is normally how i start a conversation. Usually lacking in variety. Sometime, ppl responds to the chat, sometime they dont. i cant do much either than to sit quietly and wait. Then the conservation stopped.

How to break the Ice then ? What can we do to make the conservation more interesting. I know im found wanting in making an interesting conservation, can be a real wooden block at times. I'll rememebered that in the past(like 12 years ago), i can do it so much better. Guess its lack of practice ? Or just lack of common subjects...

They once said that a man can averages only 8000 words a day while a woman can do 100,000. Well, thats explained usually at the end of the day i'm running out of words to say but "duh??". If only action speaks louder than words.

I will try harder thou. To find a common subject. One day, i will break the Ice.

Now, where did i misplaced my icepick under the bed ??

2005-10-01T12:00:00.000+08:00

I got on a bus this morning only to find that the translink card got negative value in it... grrrrr. so decided to pay with cash and then i dont have small changes...Aiyo...

It was then that a malay lady sitting next to the driver passed me a 1 dollar coin. I did try to offer her a 2 dollars note back but she keep insisting that its ok refusing the money... I feel so paiseh. haha, the feeling was very weird indeed.

Well, in the end i took out a old bird series 1 dollar note and gave it to her. (i got a habit of keeping old series money... and it did came in handy)

It had me wondering in the end thou, can i be so generous too to a complete stranger ? How often will i help to someone looking more affluent to me (the lady looks like a maid btw...)? This really sets me thinking again...

Occam's Razor

2005-09-29T12:12:00.000+08:00

Occam's Razor - Given two equally predictive theories, choose the simpler..

Sometime in life, the simplest answer maybe the most plausible but also, the hardest to accept. Which is very true to me.

Being a born optimist (or i think im one) i always try to make up excuses for the things that are not doing well. Deep in me, there is a voice telling me face up to the truth, give up hope, let it go. It's hard, i'll tell you. especially when giving up dreams. But a dream maybe just a dream.

Fallout 2

2005-09-26T21:50:00.000+08:00

Got bored, so decided to install a very old game... Fallout 2. hehehe.
Its one of my fav game by far. Just love the post-apocalyptic setting. The game open ended way of progress also allowed many different ending and way of playing, this is my 4th time so far, haha.

Coincidentally, today in history.

Stanislav Evgrafovich Petrov, a retired Russia Army colonel who, on Sep 26 1983 averted a potential nuclear war by refusing to accept that the United State had launched missiles against the USSR, despite the indications given by his computerized early warning system.

Well, if he doesnt act according to his beliefs and launched the weapons on order, the world will not be the same anymore.

Chilli Crab nite

2005-09-25T23:44:00.000+08:00

Cooked Chilli crab and some deep fried chicken on Saturday, hehehe, i know its not healthy food, but what the heck...

Placed the Crabs into my Cryogenic chamber for some deep sleep, its the easiest way to make them motionless. bye bye crabby.

This is my third time cooking chilli crab and yeah there are some improvement, but this time i forgot to crack open the claws. so my family have to bite thru it. lol. nonetheless, i found that without cracking the crab open before cooking retained alot of juice. so its not bad idea also. haha.

Ate too much and having problem sleeping again.

Hi, Ni Hao Ma ?

2005-09-25T23:23:00.000+08:00

Another week of uneventfulness.

Had a bad night on Thursday, just couldnt get to sleep... Grrrrr...

Anyway, i was thinking alot that nite. its very weird but i was thinking about the time i was in JC, lol. Did my 3 months probabtion then (izzit how it was called?) . Was very nervous then, meeting new friends, and most important of all, can meet girls at last !! Did my 11 years time in Maris Stella (including Kindergarten), its a monk school so im totally isolated from any contact from the female species, dunno good or bad thou. Did have alot of sissy guys around...

The reason i had that flashback was due to me, thinking, do i think in English or Mandarin ? I know it is stupid question but i keep having problem figuring it out, confuse. I wonder if everyone is the same? Do those ppl who only speak in dialect think in dialect too ?

Ok, so the sstory goes. It was my first week there, i was trying very hard to converse in English, am very bad at it. It just wasnt my mother tongue. But still i went around speaking english to everyone trying to "act" cool and dont want to look like a "mountain tortoise". It was funny and stupid but everyone was doing that.

Only 1 fine day that i was talking to one friend from Hwa Chong and suddenly he popped a question, "hey, u speak Mandarin?" I said " yeah" and then it was clear to me that he prefers to speak in mandarin too. And almost everyone else too. lol. There was this guy from Zhong Zheng. And the girls from Nanyang. Wonder why were we bothered in the first place... ??

Baby Steps

2005-09-19T22:56:00.000+08:00

Well, finally stopped playing games (freecell does not count) for the day and finally sent some job applications out. Trying my luck this time to apply for some financial sectors job ,mainly in the investment sectors. Been trading stocks for over 7 years now, got my bad times and good times, more bad than good thou. nonetheless, i think i have learned my "lessons" well and maybe ready to embark into this new sectors.

Trading has been my passion. Yeah, money makes the world goes round (really?), anyway i like to learn more about invesment and wanting to be in the frontline, like the sales department, the peop;le in charge of driving the economy. No longer am i interested in backend support(no more maid-in-waiting) , coding and other computers stuff. Still love computer subjects thou, kindof "natural" in it, but i think i'll might make a change for a moment, see how.

All my life im not a man that gained by leaps and bounds. always baby steps. taking my own sweet time to do things. never hurry also and maybe thats why i always lose out. losing things that i wanted to someone "quicker".

So lets see hows the outcome, i give myself a few months to find the job i want.
Maybe then, im one more baby step toward my goals.

Wish me luck.

Curry Nite

2005-09-18T22:51:00.000+08:00

Another uneventful weekend...

Good ? well, Looking at the bright side, its pretty ok. :S hehehe.

Told myself not going to cook anything but i just couldnt resist and made some curry chicken and fried porkleg beehoon. overeaten on sunday nite again and just couldnt get myself to sleep that night... maybe got something on my mind, but haiz... finally managed to sleep at 5am. Siao, got to work early in the morning again. hehehe

13 Sep 2005

2005-09-13T20:16:00.000+08:00

Ok, this is the official 1st post. Nothing much to talk about here.

Maybe a little introduction.

Im a slacker by nature, slow and totally lacking in the fun department. Like to play computer games, trade stocks and read things online. Interested in knowing new friends (maybe wrong website for this) but well, welcome to my blog.

The far side.