Hark Music's Final Evaluation - 两个人不等于我们

As some of you already know, i had joined a CCA in SMU called the Music interactive club. And under that club, i attended some vocal classes. Below is a video of the final evcaluation by the 'instructor'. For those who missed the 'performance' take a look if u wanna lose ur appetite ok? haha. It might be able to help u slim down! haha

Give me some comments also ok? haha.

nick

081129 - Dinner @ Brazil Churrascaria with Chris, Stanley, yuhua and kel

Went to one of my favourite restaurant for dinner last night with a rather weird group of friends. 2 of the friends are from Bond59 while another one if Stanley from SMU (my ex classmates) and another one is Chris (the hongkong exchange guy). This place is called Brazil Churrascaria, along 6th avenue. Kinda pricy (adds up wto about $50 without any order of drinks etc). Speaking of which, i've yet to return the money to my friend who foot the bill first!

The amount of meat that i ate last night is really sinful. But they are so delicious it's not easy to resist! haha, given my limited will power, you know what happen next.. Look @ my friend Stanley. So stone. Don't know what he is thinking up in his mind. Maybe he is afraid to eat that next piece of meat for fear of gaining weight! 
While on the other hand, Kelvin is so happy eating, he can't be bothered about weight problems! 
U know what's the thing covering my nose? Make a guess?
The thing is Goreng Pisang in balls shape. Banana and ball... hahaha
Guess this will be the final dinner that i'll be having with my friends before i fly off to China for one month. Well, one month will pass really fast and before anyone realise i'm gone i'll be back! haha. And then i'll start my final term of classes in SMU! :( 

Nick

3 Down 2 to GO: Mid Exam Break - KTV @ JB

Finished my AA (Advanced Audit) paper yesterday. Kinda crappy. Cos it's kinda common sense thingy and i don't really know what the Prof is asking for or looking out for in the paper. Worse of all there is this 10 marks question on "the Theory of Utilitarianism" which i have no *ucking clue on what it is!!! Hence i kinda lost that 10 marks cos i don't know what to write @ all. This is like the other time when i had my TWC (Techonology and world change) paper, the same thing happened (but that part was 25%). 

Anyway went to JB with Chris after my exam. Went to Neway KTV! KTV + Buffet! haha..... Quite shiok actually. 

There is quite a bit of selection of food available. Not all is nice however some of the dishes are not too bad.
This is me singing trying to act emo. haha
One of my favourite dessert...I ate a total of maybe 4 bowls of this! 
Stupid Chris after alighting from the Bus back to Krangji MRT. Don't know why he is still wearing that useless specs eventhough it had completely fog up!

See the thing on his head? It is a plastic thing that's used to keep ur fringe up. Interesting huh? haha. It belongs to my sister! haha.... 
Nick

Benedict's Wedding!

Today is one of my Army Buddy's Wedding. The Banquet is during lunch time. More like tea time actually cos it only started @ 2pm. IT's a good time actually cos everyone should be free and it ends early, so I pretty much have the rest of the day to myself. I'm really happy for BEn. He had really come a long way since NS and he looked so happy!

Kinda irritated that i don't hvae my voice today cos i really wanna do some catching up with all my army friends as i haven really seen for a really really long time!

BElow is Mr Fang Yeow and me! One of my closer friend from NS but I haven got the chance to meet him much eversince he got a Girlfriend! haha. HE should be the next one who's gonna get married! haha... That's also probably the next time i'll see him again! 

My real buddy during my days in OCS (officer cadet school) is the guy on my left. THe one in white. 

A really nasty incident took place during the 'Lunch'. The stupid waiter who was serving us drinks actually spill a glass of wine onto my buddy and me! What the hell right??? The worse thing is that it kinda drenched my buddy's camera! Haha ... his D40 or something.  Fortunately the camera is unharmed cos some of these pictures were taken during the aftermath.

trying to act cool. Dont' understand why! IT's not even their wedding! haha. 

One question that keeps coming up during the meal is who's gonna be the next one getting married? haha. Seriously, i don't really care and i can be really confident that i won't be the one. Not that i don't wanna love someone and be with that someone. I just don't see myself going down that path anytime soon or rather anytime in the future and in the distant future! haha

okok, enough said. Really enjoyed myself today those guys!

I know it's really gay but i have to say it! I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! MUACKS!

Nick

2008 End of year Steamboat with Bond 59 & Chris

Less than 2 weeks and i'll be off to China for one month and wil only be back on the 5th of January. Also, 3 of the members of Bond 59 will also be going off to the States for holiday real soon (next wed) thus i decided to hold a STEAMBOAT as a 'celebration' for whatever that's coming @ the end of the year and also for Kelvin's BDAY + the 2 other girls?

Spent the morning preparing the stuff needed for the steamboat with Chris. I really love mushrooms manz! haha

Look @ Chris's sexy short shorts! It's actually my OCS Shorts. Oh, anyway just a short intro of who he is. Chris is an exchange student from Hongkong who is currently taking refuge in my place cos his rent kinda expires and it is stupid to extend it since it comes in 'periods' of 3 months. Yup. Well ... the thing is a lot of people are showing concerns that we are sharing the same bed but THERE IS REALLY NOTHING going on between us! haha. So don't worry. Furthermore, though i'm fat, he is FATTER so even if i do have any chance of liking guys, i will NOT chose him! haha (i hope he don't see this post!)

This is what happens when u eat too much!

We somehow got into a photo taking frenzy mode after steamboat. Below are 3 pictures that I took of ourselves in my house's mirror! haha. Not to bad huh? Personally i think it's quite nice. just that my hair really looks weird! haha

Since all of us are not famous people like Wang Li Hong etc, however we still have dreams and we dream that someday we will have the honour of being the spokeperson of some of the products out there! Well, the products are like drinks and phones apparently.... .....

My dear friend terence must be thinking of his past achievements and also reflecting upon why is he still a SINGLE after so many yearS! haha. So all my 'girlfriends' out there, take a good look @ the picture below, if u like him then do let me know so i can be the matchmaker ok? haha...

*Bro, i'm just trying to help.....

Okok, so overall the Steamboat is a success and i really enjoyed it. I almost forgot how much i like Steamboat etc and hanging out with friends. It made me realised that i haven been a really good friend to all my other friensd out there (other than Bond 59) such as my Pri and SEc school friends etc. Been out of Singapore so often that i don't have time for myself and also to catch up with people. I promise i'll have more time soon ok? Next year onwards. Since i'm going to graduate and most probably not able to find a job! :( 

Okok, Now it's time to go back to my books and Study yea? 4 more papers to come before i fly off to China! JIA YOU !! CIAO!

Nick

2nd Last Class @ hark Music

This is the 2nd last singing class that i'll be having for this term. Not too bad, quite fun actually. Too bad my throat is really feeling bad yesterday. Sad. It was so bad that i can't even speak at all when i woke up this morning! And to think that we have to perform next saturday! what the hell lo, i seriously doubt i can be able to do it then.

Anyway this is ET (Eng Teck) Singing 牵手。Really nice, so u all have to come and support him next saturday ok?

This is my singing teacher, don't see her like this ok? she sings damn well! Still can remmeber the first time i hear her sing 你是爱我的。Was really impressed. 

This is what we do when we are so bored in class. we take pictures with one another. Haha.. My sony phone not too bad right? ha

Nick

Nick's Welfare Pack 2008

As everyone knows, this time of the year is the exam period again. I decided to wish all my friends in MIC (music interactive club) all the best for their exams by making them a 'welfare' pack!

I baked 2 items for them. Hope they will like it eventhough i haven really done it for a long time! haha...

THis is how it goes:

and here it goes into the oven... haha, can u smell it already?
looks really good right? Too bad i can't eat them these day cos my throat is really bad recently! I can't even talk properly now cos i don't have any voice lefT! sob sobs

putting the little things into proper containers/ packaging for distribution to my friends in school the following day! haha. Don't u all think it's kinda cute? small and neat.

Nick

Pre- Exams Retreat!! -- Johor Bahru (JB) Outing with Bond59 !!!

Been a long time since Bond 59 had a full blown outing to JB! haha. This is a really fun trip i would say.... Though it still retains some of the usual activitines such as having a meal over @ our favourite Manhattan FIsh Market, however, we tried many new things such as the discovery of new joints to eat @ and new things to do! Was really disappointed with the food @ Manhattan Fish Market yesterday. wasn't as good as it used to be. OR maybe it is because we didn't order the same things that we usually do. And by the way, the Caesar Salad we had there was the lousiest i had even had. It is really bad, smell like shit and look disgusting.

The 2nd place we ate at is called the Nandos. Not too bad, i like the garlic sauce. kinda nice. And the whole atmosphere is rather cosy too. I like the fact that there is a lot of colours around, like the sauces and the decor.

well, somehow all of us were 'obsessed' with the different types of PERI PERI sauce they have.

See our beloved terence below. trying to show off his recent Gym Sessions. I'm sure dripping eyedrops won't require so much strength right?

Guess what's our next activity after Nandos? We Moved on to buy lotsa of bread from the chain 'Lavender'. It's disgusting, we bought so many as if we haven eaten anything for the whole day here in fact we had been eating non-stop for the past few hours. Once we finished the purchase of the bread, we moved to a joint 'old town white coffee' to have some drinks and to finish up those bread!

One of the special bread that they have is a charcoal bread. What the hell! And i promise u the colour of that bread is really as depicted in the picture above. It's kinda interesting but it's not that cheap. it's 3.50RM for a small loaf. Well, but i guess a lot of people don't mind paying that amount for some novelty! haha

Next we went to 'grocery' shop @ Jusco and one thing caught my eye. They actually have a non-halal section which as the name suggests where all the non-halal food are stored and sold. Kinda amazed. There are even all sorts of non halal instant noodles in there!

Well, the car is kinda full from all the shopping once we are done with the store. look @ the number of plastic bags that we have! DamneD! I don't think my friends will be able to recognise me after this 2 weeks since i will be staying home to study for exams and also eating all those tidbits that I've procured!

Secret Recipe! haha. This is a must go for us even ever we went to JB cos it's so freakingly cheap! although i don't really like cakes but it's still worth it. There are some which are my favourites though, worth trying out are: Apple crumble cheesecakes, choc banana, choc marshmallow!

Oh ya, and since the bday of our of our members, Kelvin is coming soon, we decided to dedicate a bday song for him that day. it was so funny cos we sang it really softly and 'secretly'. Really amusing.

Time for some fried chicken! manz! this is like the don't know how many meals that we had for that day. Kinda disgusted with ourselves! Guess i would gain @ least 3 kg from this one day of madness. Well, it's exam time what, so should indulge!

AFter KFC we went off to PElangi and go BOWLING! MAnz! i don't even think we ever went bowling together as a group. haha, everyone was so excited! Even bought new socks just so that we can all go bowling! On right? hahahaa

well, if u are wondering if i'm wearing those socks then the ans would be .......................NO!!! oh come on, do u really believe i would wear those?

And since this is the first time we are bowling together, we kinda came up with the idea of having a mini competition and we split into 2 competing groups. The losing team will have to treat the other team to MORE FOOD! hahaha ... SATAY! and by looking @ the pictures below it's pretty obvious that we are really serious about the competition right? haha

Ended up the 闪亮三姐妹 were in the same group. hahaha...(see below)

So guess who's the winner! of course it's my group! hahaha. I'm the top scorer lo. THough i think it's purely luck instead of real skills but still it makes me feel good! haha.

to prove that we really take this competition seriously, look @ TErence below! haha, look at the strain in his face and the amount of concentration and focus!

And of course, we headed for more food afer bowling. Went for nasi lemak as recommended by our Kelvin. The nasi lemak is quite nice. Liked everything about it. haha

That is then followed by our usual car wash and SATAY!! Our prize for winning the bowling ! haha..

the Victorous TEam's photo! hahahaPrize presentation! what the hell!! Ms Hon Vs Mr Lim.. can u sense the level of competition that is still ravaging there?

happy nick

End of Term "SMU Syndrome"

This week will be week 13 of school. The beginning of the last 3 weeks of torture that had lasted 12 weeks thus far. So what is this syndrome characterised by?

Below are some of the physical characteristics of the syndrome:

1. Fever/ Flu
2. Sore throat
3. Gaining Mass - You would also by now feel that somehow your shirts and pants are getting tighter due to the increasing amount of time spend sitting on chairs through the many mugging sessions or through the numerous meetings coupled with the decreasing amt of time spend on exercising and eating healthily.
4. 'Natural Eye Shadow' – most people would have by now develop dark rings due to the constant lack of sleep because of burning mid night oil be it to find the very little time left to meet up with friends for supper or for rushing projects to meet dateline etc. Here are some of the non-physical characteristics:

1. Constant perception of in a rush – somehow not everyone if as busy during this time of the term for a SMU Student however, because of the fact that it's the last 3 weeks, by default and convention we, being the students of SMU we are SUPPOSED to be busy thus somehow, this is more like a self serving biasness kinda thing. So even if someone is not busy, that person will suffer from this syndrome and be 'infected' by everyone else to think that he or she is really busy and have to rush to finish some UNKNOWN task etc thus putting stress on his own body.
2. Knowing nothing – One would also think that they have no knowledge of what they had been studying for the past 12 weeks and keep on insisting that they actually don't know anything about the subject matter per se.
3. Compulsive Check List Production(mental or physical) - one would keep coming up with a checklist of things to be done etc be it in the mind or writing it down on paper etc. This checklist could be for the events that will take place in the near future (ie: within the next 3 weeks) or they can also extend into the future and into the december holiday periods like a checklist of what to do in the holidays, what to buy after the exams, what kinda gatherings to have towards the end of the year etc etc.
   

Well, to really list down all the possible characteristics is a really tough one cos everyone experiences it differently to differing extends. so yup. The best way to know is to get to know someone from SMu and to observe each and every actions etc of that person! hahaha...

Nick ... suffering from this particular syndrome right now!

The Slacker's returning!

hey all my friends out there. i will soon be updating my blog once again after taking such a long long break. I know i had been selfish and have not being a very good friend these days. Haven been taking time off to meet up with u all and spending quality time. I'll update more on my blog so keep a look out ok? i promise i won't let my blog die again!

nick