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Ippt!

2012-01-17T15:49:00.002+08:00

Going to take my IPPT at Khatib camp in less than an hour! Manz! Hope I'm able to get a silver so that I can have the cash reward of 200 to supplement my 'bonus' for the month.

Actually had a jog last night. Timing for 2.4 is barely 12 mins. That's the maximum for achieving a silver, so kinda in danger today! Lol. All thanks to all those X'mas feasting!

My First Jog of the Year

2012-01-04T09:33:00.001+08:00

Had my first jog of the year on the 2nd of Jan (Monday). Kinda slow. Guess that's the result of the festive feasting! Or perhaps cos age is catching up with me ?

Really have to exercise more these days because my IPPT window is closing soon! Think I have to clear my IPPT sometime in Feb. I won't wanna go for RT hence better buck up!

Cheers
Nick

Year 2012!!!

2011-12-31T16:37:00.015+08:00

It's been a really really long time since i have posted anything in here. Will do so more this year cos Blogger finally have a iPhone app!

Work have been busy this year. Have really learnt and done a lot. Worked and played really hard this year. Perhaps 2012 will be a more relaxing year

Managed to catch the fireworks at the MBS area last night after watching 'Wicked' the musical. Finally a good end to 2011 and hopefully a good beginning to Year 2012!

Would really like to thAnk everyone in my life who have made 2011 a great and fulfilling year.

Thanks go out to my colleagues at work who have guided and supported me throughout the year. Especially to my team members (Jia Ling, Sharon, Khaiyang and Leellian). Without them, work would be so much tougher!

Been on quite a number of short trips this year. Of which almost all are with my sis and tony. Thank you both so much for your patience during times where i can be rather demanding and short tempered. Forget about those negative and bad xperiences and remember the fun ones such as when Xp got knocked down by a motorbike in HCMC and when Tony almost fall off the elephant in Phuket!

To Bond: think 2011 is a busy year for all of us. Many changes took place etc. new jobs, new relationships, discoveries and new commitments. Although some of the challenges seemed tough in the beginning, everything still fall in place in the end.

Although most of us have known each other for more than a decade, we still manage to learn new things about each other. And since there have been many changes in our lives these past few yeas; from student to working adults; from single to being attached/ engaged etc, people changed more quickly. Furthermore, with the incursions of new members into the group, dynamics changes too and will continue to evolve in the coming year!

Happy New year!!

Wisdom Tooth Operation, Food and Ulcers

2009-10-23T20:39:00.004+08:00

Something happened last Friday which set off a chain of events leading up to today. This is what happened:

2000 - 2400hrs: 16th Oct, Last Friday

The Beginning

Around 7+, 8pm that faithful night, my normally over-sensitive tooth @ the rear of the right side of my jaws started giving me problem. Normally the pain will subside after a while or after i brush my teeth. However, not this time. The pain persists all the way into the night and even after my KTV session with my friends (Ah Fats and Terence San).

2400hrs - 0300 hrs: 16th Oct, Last Friday Night

Sleepless Night

Popped 2 Panadol before heading off to bed. However, the sleep wasn't as calm as hope. The pain was so bad that I woke up in the middle of the night @ 3am to take 2 more pills.

0800 – 1200hrs: 17^th Oct, Saturday

Appointment & Badminton

The first think I did in the morning when I woke up was to google for a Dental Clinic that is open on Saturday. Managed to make an appointment for 12 noon.

Why 12 noon but not earlier??? That is because I have a badminton game arranged @ 10am that morning with my JC Classmate.

The people who turned up for the game was kinda random. They were all friends of friends etc. Even Uncle and Aunt of one of my friend’s friend turned up. What’s funnier was this conversation that I had with this guy. The conversation started off as a really standard one. We touched on area such as where do you live and how we both came to know my common friend. However, the interesting part came about when I asked him what is doing now, working or studying etc. Initially I thought that that I didn’t understand what he was saying etc. All I heard or thought I heard was the word ‘porridge.’ However, upon confirming with another random guy there, I realised that I did not hear it wrongly. The guy’s occupation is selling ‘frog leg porridge.’

1200-1300: 17^th Oct, Saturday

Consultation

Nothing special really. Just did some filling and also got convinced by the Dentist to go for my Wisdom tooth operation the following day.

1830-1730: 18^th Oct, Sunday

D-Day

This is an exciting Day. The op started with 4 injections into my gums and inner cheek to numb the area. It wasn’t so bad. It was followed by an X-Ray. What came after was kinda unexpected. The X-Ray showed that my wisdom tooth is really near to the nerve that is running below. What followed was kinda funny and scary @ the same time.

The Dentist asked me “can you feel the numbness in ur lip etc now?”

Me: Ya

Dentist: “Well, I have a bad news for you. Can you see the black line running below your teeth? That is the nerve. So, can you see that the nerve is very near to your wisdom tooth? Well, the numbness you are feeling could very well be temporary or permanent should there be any damage to the nerve in the op.

The op went rather well despite of the little scare before the op. My tooth seems like a tough nut to crack though. The Dentist seems to be having problems pulling out the tooth, even after splitting it into half. I felt like my jaws was about to fall off then.

23rd Oct, Friday

Ulcers

The ulcers finally came. And not just one or two. There are so many of them that I gie up counting also. It hurts much more than the post op pain. There are ulcers all the way from my lips to the back of my throat. Damn! I had been taking painkillers to ease the pain but it ain’t really helping so far. L

Just hope that the pain goes away soon. Well, to some extend I deserve it too. Why so? Cos I haven’t been watching what I eat after the op. I even went to Jumbo seafood with my friend 2 days back and had Mee Rebus yesterday.

Oh well, tomorrow’s the day for the stitches to go off and maybe another possible Molar extraction or Root Canal treatment which will take off one month of my pay. So yup, I’m just screwed, that it, period! L

Keep you guys posted.

Ulcers Nick

Matthijs and Eva Comes to Singapore

2009-01-30T12:40:00.005+08:00

It's coming to half a year since I came back from my international exchange program over @ Austria last summer 2008. Things have been rather hectic every since i came back from my exchange program due to school work, my new found CCA (secretary of the Music interactive Club) and also the involvement in my 2nd OCIP (overseas community involvement project) to Gui Zhou 贵州, China.

Hardly do i have much time to think about my exchange experience. Pictures had been 'put' aside and stored in my external harddisk, making way for new picture taken during the new term, CCA and OCIP.

2 friends, Eva and Matthijs, who attended the same school as me during my Exchange in Asutria came to visit Singapore during the CNY period. It made me realise that somehow, the interactions between the friends i made then and me had dwindled to almost nothing. Is this just what life is all about? You get to know a bunch of friends, get along, spend great time and moments together and then comes the time to go separate ways in life and the so called 'friendship' somehow take a step back and with time diminishes.

Nick

Bond59's Chalet 2009!!

2009-01-16T16:01:00.003+08:00

Well, my december holiday passed in a blink of the eye. The one month in China is really well spent. Really enjoyed myself over there. Made many new friends as well as seen many lovely things. Learnt many things as well.

Anyway, that is not the point of this entry. This entry is on the once in a year Bond59's Chalet (well, i hope it's gonna be a one in a year thingy).

Didn't really have much time to prepare for this chalet. I haven't really settle down back into school life and i have to go on another 'retreat'. However, the chalet does turns our pretty well. Kinda nice getting back to old days of talking rubbish, slacking and eating junk food.

The thing that 2 of my good friends are holding is a new roll of aluminium foil. A defective roll.
One of the newest addition to the Menu for our BBQ is that of sunny side up! Look @ the pic below, it looks better than what a lot of people can do at home right? hahaha

Look @ the burger that we made during the BBQ. Impressive isn't it? haha

Nick

Steamboat! with MIC People!

2008-12-02T00:21:00.006+08:00

As a end of term gathering and a pre-departure gathering for the MIC people and me, i decided to prepare and host a Steamboat for them after our end of course evaluation @ Hark Music over @ my place. Felt kinda bad that they have to come all the way to Yew tee... but well, too bad!

Since i'm going to fly in a couple of hour's time, i don't really have time to write anymore, so i'll just post the picures first and write some other time etc. Anyway pictures are worth a thousand words right ? (Something like that).

Stupid girls, what is wrong with ms chao ta? NEver see prawns b4?ET is so happy giving out the chopsticks. I Wonder why.
A Series of unglam pictures ! hahaha.Actually it's kinda nice, very REAL!
ET and me! Can see the height difference? So what if i'm fAT! AT least i'm much taller! haha (u know i'm kdding right? haha)

Nick

Last Day of class @ Hark - End of course Evaluation

2008-12-01T22:50:00.007+08:00

This is the last 'class' that we will having over @ Hark Music this term. This is not exactly a class, it is an end of term evaluation where we the students are supposed to sing a song to be 'evaluated'. See the picture below, they are supporters of us, the students!

The picture below not too bad right?quite nice what! Don't know why Weiling kept complaining that it's not nice, haha. Maybe because she don't look good lar. But i look fine, so it's ok.... .......Look @ Shifan below, she is so serious listening to nothing! Don't know what she is doing actually, cos i'm not the one who took the picture. lolTing Ting & ME! Yes! She is our instructor. People are so vain nowadays, look @ All the people around that are trying to get into the picture eventhough it is obvious it is a picture of Jian Zheng and me. Look @ Stupid Brandon, Karyn and Winnie!
WEll, all good things always come to an end. And same for this term of fun and laughter. I guess i'll really miss these people since i'm going to china in like 2 hour's time!

Family Photo. We had so much fun this term. Although i'm sure my results will suffer because of that, it might very well be worth it. (i'll let u all know after i get my results whether is it worth it or not ok? aha)
Eng Teck and Wei ling below. Eng teck as usual always looks good, but can someone please tell Ms Chao Ta to smile properly? hahaha

Nick

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

2008-11-30T15:10:00.004+08:00

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

2008-11-29T13:32:00.007+08:00

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

2008-11-27T14:25:00.004+08:00

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!

2008-11-23T02:29:00.008+08:00

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

2008-11-22T21:10:00.005+08:00

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

2008-11-22T18:17:00.003+08:00

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

2008-11-20T01:47:00.002+08:00

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 !!!

2008-11-16T03:20:00.013+08:00

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"

2008-11-10T08:33:00.004+08:00

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:

Fever/ Flu
Sore throat
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.
'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:

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.
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.
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!

2008-11-10T00:43:00.002+08:00

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

MJ & Day out with Bond (Ikea)

2007-12-08T16:04:00.000+08:00

Somehow i seemed to have new Mahjong Khakis these days. Not exactly new as in all the ppl are new, rather, it's just the inclusion of someone who i normally don't play with. That person is Jas's friend Janet (Ah sim).

BEen playing mahjong with Jas and Sim for quite a few times already. Sometimes with other friends to make up the 4th leg, sometimes just the 3 of us. In fact, i kinda prefer to play 3 leg MJ cos the turnover rates are much faster. Our dinner was Canadian Pizza. Hmmm... not exactly that nice. It was really filling though cos the girls didn't want to eat too much fearing that they might get fat thus i had to finish up whatever that's left over.The next day was kinda a tiring day packed with activities. Early in the morning, we planned to have our breakfast of the day over at 'Dragon Gate Restaurant'. It have been a long time since i last patronize that place thus it's kinda good to be back there. However, the disappointment is that the only good thing i derive from the tim sum buffet is not the satisfaction arising from good food but rather from memories that i have of that place. Well, it's not as if the food is bad etc, just that it does not seem to be as fantastic as before.
Right after our heavy breakfast, JAs & Me proceed to Ikea over at Alexandra to meet up with Hui Yee etc for their shoppping.
There is this promotion by Subway that offers a cold cut (ham), 2 cookies and a soft drink for only 4.95. Kinda worth it thus we all decided to make it out dinner for the day. hahaTerençe came back not long after we are done shopping @ Ikea. Met up with him over at Holland V for a drink and chat etc. It is almost 2 months since we last saw him because of sch stuff etc. Well, he will be flying off to Japan again ina few days' time thus the next time we see him will be during the BBQ on the 20th! haha. kinda looking forward to all the food!

Nick

Movie MArathon @ JB

2007-12-04T16:33:00.000+08:00

As mentioned earlier on, exams are over already thus it's time to rest and relax. Thus it is also time to visit JB again! lol. Jasmine's on off thus we decided to go to JB for a day of Movie Marathon. It's really tiring really. There isn't any time for us to even take a small break in between certain movies to catch a bite etc. Kinda taxing! we watched 4 movies on that day. Lol. It's really cheap also, 6RM if u have student ID, if not it's 8 dollars (which is also as cheap!). Went to this Hong Kong Cafe place for dinner. Not too bad. THe rice is kinda bad but the noodles and the drinks are nice. And of course, it's really cheap. It cost as much as in Singapore, just that it's the nominal value that's the same, not the ''real' value.
Nick

End of Exams --- Rest & RElax

2007-12-01T17:02:00.000+08:00

Exams are finally over. In what seemed like a blink another term had ended again. 15 weeks and i hardly remember anything that took place.

Met up with Yu Hua after my last paper. Planned to go for the Sintex IT Show over at Expo. I wanted to buy a camera actually, however, the show was a disappointment. Well, since we didn't get to buy anything during the show, we turned out attention over to the nearby John Little Mega Sales!

Ended up spending close to $170 manz! Damned! All Yu hua's fault! If not for her constant instigation i would never had spent so much! lol.

Since the exams are finally over, it's time to rest and relax. This thus also means that it's time for Mahjong! Met up with Yu hua's friend Janet (Ah sim) to have dinner followed by a Mahjong session.

Had our dinner over at one of the Indian restaurant in Little India. Curry Fish Head. Not too bad. Kinda expensive though, cost us ard 8 bucks each.

Nick

KElvin's Bday - JB Trip

2007-11-17T20:37:00.000+08:00

It had been quite some time since we last have a day trip to JB. The last time was around 2 months ago when we went to Jusco Tebrau City. This day trip is also supposed to be to celebrate Kelvin's bday as well. Decided to follow a different itinerary instead of going to Jusco again. However, there will also be a constant in all out gatherings and outings - EAT.

The first stop was a japanese restaurant. Went there for its lunch buffet. This set us back ard $20+ singapore dollars. Not exactly that expensive cos there are actually free flow of Sashimi and many other things. Yup. The pictures below should be able to give a general idea of how's the food like over there.
Changes. Innovation. Substitutes. As time passes, with days becoming weeks and weeks going into months and years. Many many things changes. And we, as normal human beings, can't always take note of all changes that's taking place at every single point in time. WE concentrate on the present and forget the past. This trip brought back some of those memories that i had from my childhood ----- with regards to food. Remember the Bubble Gum below and the fake tattoo that comes with it?
What happens when u go to JB with a Dog lover? U'll end up at a pet shop. Lol. Look at the dog below. He is so damn cute!
Remember my new specs?
Bday Boy below! See how happy he is! lol.
This is the latest addition to all the cereals that i have at home. Well. Decided to buy it after all the recommendation from my friends. However after trying it i decided that i still like the blue berry one more. haha
Another new activity that we did for this trip is that we finally watched a movie! Beowulf. Decided on this movie primarily cos of the fact that Angelina Jolie is starring in it. Kinda disappointed in the show. Crappy, boring. Don't like. This is what the movie done to Ah FAt. HE vomitted after watching the movie. Lol. Kinda funny actually. Not that we are laughing at his predicament etc. But seriously, it's really really funny! He is like a MErlion! Nick

Manhattan with CAT Grp - The end!

2007-11-10T20:20:00.000+08:00

Finally the end of the Damned CAt ! FINALLY! As a form of celebration, i kinda 'forced' my groupmates to go with me to Manhattan fish market cos i kinda craved for it. As per normal, we walked over to Plaza Sing from SMU and one of the major landmarks along the way is that of 'The Cathay'. Although this building cannot be compared to those cineplexes overseas etc however, this is one of the building with more 'character'. Another girl that is not in our CAT group decided to join us for dinner. Her name is Song Cui (in red below). SHe is also part of the team that went China for the community service with me during June. The pic below is kinda weird. Dont really understand why anyone would suggest the idea of including the fingers together with the pic of the seafood platter.Oh oh, anyway i'm wearing my new specs in the pic below. Nice right? Haa haa. Kinda different from my previous one huh? Nick

Dao Huai - CAT Group

2007-11-07T17:00:00.000+08:00

Rocher DAo Huai had somehow became the favourite supper place for my CAT Group. Oh, CAT = Computer as An analysis Tool. A course that i am currently taking in SMU. It mainly involves the use of microsoft excel. This course is the culprit behind the late nights that i've been putting in these days. My group mate, Irene decided to give us a treat today, see what it resulted in! haha, We ordered so much that i was so full after eating all these. FYI, we went to this dao huai place after we had our dinner - half a chicken. Lol. Well, i like the dao huai and the drink but i don't really like those fried stuff. They are always not hot and not crispy. Never fails to disappoint me. Sob sob.
WEll, the 2 girls are my proj mates! I didn't get to know them only this term. Got to know them around May. They are part of the team of the overseas CIP that i've taken part in in June. Yup. WEll, they are really good proj mates. Did a terrific job! Now who says that girls are not good with Computers? THat's one of the greatest myth ever! haha, or is it my problem? That i sux at it! lol.

nick

Bday Girls.... ......

2007-11-07T16:40:00.000+08:00

This is a adhoc meeting for Bond59. This took place in the mist of all the proj deadlines etc. Kinda Crazy in fact. I had a proj meeting till ard 9+ after which we decided to meet up and celebrate the bday of one of the members of Bond59. However, in the end, we kinda celebrated 2 of the girl's bday.
The guy in the picture above is "AH FAT". He is the self proclaimed 'elder' of the group of us. Not cos he is the wisest of all of us, but that he is the oldest. The box that he's holding on to are the cakes that we had bought for the girls.

This Ah FAt is really irritating etc at times. As this is kinda a 'surprise' thingy for Yu hua (her bday). Although all of us kinda know that she expect it but still, we are not about to go all out and tell her 'hey, we are going to celebrate ur bday for u". What ah fat did was that he actually passed me the lighter for the candles in the presence of the bday girl. At that moment, i was so pissed that i didn't wanna take the lighter. What happened next was that he actually passed the lighter to the bday girl and asked her to keep it for later! Manz, how stupid can someone get! lol

these are the 2 bday girls. LEft: Yu hua. Right: Hui Yee

This dog is Pepper Lim! He belongs to KElvin Lim, another member of Bond! Cute right? haha. They were feeding him all kinds of food from milktea to bak kwa to many other things. haha. Sometimes i really wonder as to is it because the dog really like to eat so much or that the owner just don't feed it enough!
Nick

JB outing - Tyre Crisis

2007-10-07T09:36:00.000+08:00

It's JB again. Been there so many times this school term it's insane. SEriously. Been there like every one two weeks. However, one of the most feared things happen! U know what? The tyre of kelvin's car gave up on us. sob sob. Look at all the plastic bags lying on the floor. It's all our the grocery shopping from Giant supermart. Spent quite some time trying to fix up the tyre. Why? Cos we don't really have all the equipments available etc. Luckily for the guy over at the pertrol kiosk. Not only did the guy helped iwth the changing of the tyre, he helped us to source for the missing equipments! See the guy in red? He's the man! lol. If not for him we really don't know what are we going to do manz.

Nick

Geylang SeRai

2007-10-07T08:58:00.000+08:00

This is one of those annual events not to be missed for Bond59. Although we are chinese by race, and that it's hari raya (a muslim / malay festival, can't really be sure which is which), we just simply can't give the food a miss. THat's what we as Bond59 do. EAt eat eat & .....eat.

One of the stall that we always patronise is that of the 'Otah sister stall'. Well.... honestly, i don't really find the Otah that nice. It's nothing more than ordinary. Oh well, at least it's not bad. However, it's all for the company isn't it? lol....

It's really amazing how many Otah a person can eat in one go. Look at how many Otahs we bought. Manz... Ah fat himself ate ard 10 maybe? Kinda disappointed with this year's visit. Why? Haaa.. cos the food's not really that great. I can't even find a nice goreng pisang and nice prawn thingy. SAd.... As usual, this will only be one of the stop that we'll be going for the day. AFter which we decided to go to the Cheesecake CAfe somewhere over in the east. Can't really remember where it is. However, it's not important anyway cos the cakes there are not that good as what my friend 'yu hua' said it would be.

Although the taste's not that great, we do gain something out of it. As animals, as humans, we learn from our past and experience. So, we learnt that we should not be going there for the cakes anymore. However, all is not lost, cos the ambience's rather nice. If you want a nice place to make out then it might be worth checking the place out. if Cakes's what u are looking for, then maybe.... just maybe you could go look for other outlets.
Nick

Sony Ericsson - FACE WARPs

2007-09-11T17:04:00.000+08:00

My brother recently bought a new phone. And as you all might already know, i lost my W800i when i was in china backpacking. So yup, i'm using my brother's old phone now. K800i! haha. Same name, just a change of the first alphabet. Well, i discovered this really cool function/program in my 'new' phone.

The application is called FACEWARP. It's really fun! What the application does is that it will take a picture of you and then warp it. Like making ur face look distorted etc etc. Really fun. BElow are a few of the pics that i've saved. TAke a look, can u identify which pictures are me? lol. What a pity that i didn't managed to save all the images.
Warped Nick

See what Procrastination do to YOU!

2007-09-04T23:17:00.000+08:00

Procrastination can have many effects. And one of the effects it have is to allow small problems to grow and manifest into bigger problems.

Just because that i procrastinate in going to visit the Doc with regards to some wart growth that i have, the wart have become too big to be treated and remove with liquid nitrogen, thus i had to go through some small procedures to remove them. Anyway it is 'them' cos i had one on my ankle and one on my elbow!

The procedures were not painful at all, cos there are anaesthestic applied to the areas. However, it's still pretty exciting, cos the Doc actually use some blades and just slice off the damn growth! haha. SLICE! The worse thing is that this removal of warts cost me $200 bucks! CAn u believe it! haha

Also, i realised that this kinda wounds bleed much much more than other kinda wounds! The blood just won't stop! So damn irritating. hahaa. Below are some pics that i had taken yesterday night when i'm back from school. If u don't like the sight of blood then pls don't look!

Nick

JB Outing with BOND------ FINALLY - Sunday

2007-09-02T08:38:00.000+08:00

It had been so long since the whole group of us (Bond 59) went to JB together. I think the last time is at least one year ago manz. Even my Jusco card had expired! Well, as per the norm, whenever all of us (6 of us) are out on a outing, the whole day will be about eating and more eating with some shopping in between. And the first stop is a 'coffee shop'.

As can be seen below, the second stop right after the 'coffeeshop' is Manhattan Fish Market. That's lunch. Actually none of us are hungry then, but well.... that's what i wanna eat.. so no choice, everyone had to go with me. The standard seemed to have dropped somehow. Not only is it not as tasty but the portion is also smaller. Kinda disappointed. And do u know what we have after Manhattan? We had KFC and Papparoti. Oh manz, i really love the Papparoti! All of the stalls are gone in singapore. What a pity manz. It really taste damn good!See the pic below? It had been really a long time since we are all out together. IT feels like the good old days! Everyone have changed so much since the first time we went to JB together. Been years. So many things have taken place. I had been to States, and china. Terence's going to graduate soon. What will things like in a few years' time?

Nick

RATATOUILLE - FRIDAY

2007-08-31T09:15:00.000+08:00

One of my friend - Mahjong Khaki - gave me a pair of movie tickets recently. It's those kinda Corporate events, by CitiBank. Well, the show is Ratatouille, a show about a rat who can really cook. Hmm, guess everyone should have a rough idea of the show given all the advertisments etc that's surrounding the show.

The venue of the show is over at Suntec, thus i met up with one of my best friend for the movie. As well as to go the the Comex show. Actually i really wanted to buy a camera, cos my current one is kinda shitty as well as i'm going exchange soon thus a new camera would really be good.Well, we had our late lunch followed by having some coffee to satisfy the caffine crave that both of us were having then. Decided to buy some mocha ice blended over at 'san francisco coffee', something like that lar. Can't really remmeber the name that well.

What i do remember about the joint is that i had the customer service level over there. Not only do they take more than 10 mins to prepare the drinks, they really don't have common sense. Why do i say so? Look at the pic below, see where i'm sitting? Instead of passing the drinks to me where i'm sitting, they passed the drink to us over at the counter and made me walk over. STUPID!! ALthough i really like the drink, i don't think i'll ever patronise the joint again, cos the CS really SUCKS!

The free tix is really worth it, not only does it comes with 2 tixs, there are also free popcorn and nacho combos! Love it. whahaa. Cos i love nachos. The popcorn? Nahz... we decided to give it a miss.The best thing is that there was even buffet dinner served prior to the movie. Shiok. And the food is not too bad, quite nice. LAstly, in the spirit of watching the show, i've taken some pics of a hamster as well as a short video of the hamster. LOlz. The hamster is SO........... Cute!! OMG> I named him/her the thirsty Hamster cos it kept drinking from the bottle for at least a few mins! U'll love him/her!

Nick

Food

2007-08-29T21:13:00.000+08:00

These are the rubbish stuffs that i cook and eat whenever i'm bored and have nothing to do at home. Hahaha. Some of them look really kinda shitty yea? hahhaa

Anyway the first picture below, the disgusting purple puke-like thingy is actually very nice blueberry yogurt. Yup. realy nice. Below are actually left overs which i kinda put together. haha. Anyway u see the fishballs? Those are my favourite fishballs that my family always buy from someplace in Geylang. Why i like them so much? It's cos the fishballs originates from my ancestor's hometown, Foo Chow. So as u can guess, the fishballs are called Foo Chow fishballs. whhahah. In case u don't know what are they, they are actually normal fishballs on the exterior but have pork fillings inside which will also hold tasty juices! Yummy !

Below are Glutinous rice balls! haha, as u can see, there are pink (peanut) and white (sesame) ones! haha. Nice. I even go to the extend of cooking them in peanut soup. HAHA<> Below is the same left overs dishes. But i made some fried rice. aha, looks nice huh? It don't only look nice! IT's damn nice! hahhaha
Lastly, look at my 'american' breakfast! haha, looks impressive yea? haha. There are 3 hotdogs, scrambled eggs, one fried egg and also 2 pieces of Garlic toasts. haha

Nick

I'm back!

2007-08-17T15:27:00.000+08:00

Hey peeps, i'm finally back from my China trip. Well, for those of you who happens to drop by my blog every now and then, you should have realised that i have not been updating my blog for the whole trip. Well, there are a few reasons for that. One of cos it's hard for me to get internet at times, and even if i can find internet, i cannot upload pictures cos i'm using the internet from internet cafes. And lastly, i cannot really access blogspot from China! Damn it right? hahaha

ANyway, the trip is alright. Not too bad. Nothing real bad happen, the only bad thing is that i lost my handphone. Yup yup.

WEll, a few more days and school will start again. IT's time to do away with those backpacks of mine which had accompanied me for the past 2 months and welcome back textbooks and project meetings!

Thinking back, the past 2 months seems a little bit unreal. I actually went for a community service project in Gui Zhou for 2 weeks and then travelled for one month by myself. Even i cannot really believe it at times. NEver had i thought that i'll be able to travel by myself for close to one month. ANd defintely not China!

well, i'll try to blog about my china trip soon. keep a look out for more!

nick

Alone in Beijing - Summer Palace

2007-07-22T21:14:00.000+08:00

TOday's my 30th day in China. Haven been able to access the damn website untill now. Cos have been using the computers in internet cafes. So cannot upload pics etc. So yea. This will be the first post.

Had a not too bad breakfast this morning. Cost me less than 10 Yuan! Can't finish it in the end, too much.

But i think the Summer palace is worth it. Really beautiful place, just that it's too damn big! Really cannot finish in 4 hours. I reached there too late, should have wake up slightly earlier manz!
Kinda bored halfway through, cos i'm all alone etc, sianz. After a while i just simply stop asking ppl to help me take pics. Kinda sick of keep on asking ppl to take pics for me.

I decided that i have enough of those ancient stuff ard 4+ 5, so i decided to check out one of the shopping street called XIDAN. The place is not that fantastic. But i did something which was my first today. I had pizza buffet alone for dinner! Manz... it's really weird to ahve buffet alone, everyone in the freaking place is like staring at me whenever i'm not looking. Damned!

Decided to go back early to the hostel tonight, cos i'm going to climb the GReat wall tomorrow. Signed up for a package to hike from some Jinlinshan to Simatai of the great wall. Suppose to take the whole day, so yea, wish me all the best!

Nick

Fundraising 2 - Car Washing!! - 29th May

2007-06-16T14:32:00.000+08:00

This is our second attempt at fundraising. OVer at east coast park. And instead of selling roses, it's car washing. Although the sun's bad and the task is tiring, i think it's a rather nice activity. It allowed us to get to know one another better and also have some nice tan yea? haha

Anyway see the girl in green below? Her boss actually came all the way down with his sports car! Nice right? I think we got $50 bucks from him!
Acutally there's really very nice people around. There's this family that i approached when they were leaving. What they did was that they actually declined the car wash and drove off. But a few minutes later, they drove back and handed me $100 buck! manz! THat's so generous of them. I was realy shocked then, as in real shock!
And ya, above is ee suan and her family members who came down to show some encouragement and also brought us some food! Thanks Uncle!

nick

China

2007-06-16T02:45:00.000+08:00

One more week and i'll be flying to china for my overseas community service project over at Gui Zhou. This acutally over at one of the small village over there. Gonna go and help out over at one of the school there. On top of teaching them stuffs etc we will also be helping them with doing something to their bridge like building of the railings etc (i'm not so sure about how this will go about though)

I will be travelling ard china for close to one month after the project. Hmm.... and for the travelling part, i'll be alone for 3 weeks before meeting my gd friends (bond59) over at hongkong! Can't wait manz! Haha, it had been a long time since all of us have the chance to all go overseas. ANd it's really happening for them to fly over and meet me! But well, the only thing that's a pity is that one of our friends will not be joining us for this trip. Hmmm, the reason? Seriously? I don't know. Or rather i think i know but i just don't wanna care too much, cos there's nothing that i can do without making the matter worse. Sometimes in life it's just better to leave certain contentious issues alone. Why be bothered by things that are beyond your control yea? I believe that so long as u had tried, then that's enough, there must be effort from everyone.

Anyway, ya! AS i was saying, it's really happening that they are flying over to hongkong to meet me! ? Why i said it's good that we are travelling again is that it had really been a long time since the last time we all step out of singapore together. All of us had been travelling on our own part, there's like someone going somewhere almost every month! Like yu hua, kelvin and terence who all went to taiwan one after another, Ah Fat to hongkong and the Chans to Europe etc.

Hmmm. Hope this trip will turn out really nicce.

But the most issue that is constantly buggering me now is not about the hongkong trip. IT's more of the part where i'll be travelling alone in china that's kinda making me worried. My plans had not be finalised as of now and i'm kinda worried about things like the accomodations and the transport over there etc etc. So yea, hope everything will work out yea.

okok, that's all for now, Look out for more posts! Ill try to update more often, been slacking for kinda long already! haha

nick

EXAMS TOMORROW!!

2007-06-03T20:05:00.000+08:00

Tomorrow's EXAM!OMG! hahaha. Manz, i think i'm going crazy from what i had gone through these few days. Firstly, 2 days of the study week were taken up by lessons: gene cell and strategy lesson. As if that's not enough, there's a quiz for gene cell lesson N 2 reports due for strategy! manz.

HAHA. If u think it's bad enough, it's nt! I even fell sick from wednesday - friday! Only recovered yesterday. MAnz, so i practically started preparing for exams yesterday! Therefore so far, i've only covered one course while i gonna hv 3 exams this week. Bless me manz.

ANywa tomorrow's i'll be having one of the tougher paper. In fact it's the only one that will invlove any amount of calculation. Yea. And tat's the only one that i have studied so far. Haaaa, thanks to my friends, see my cheat sheet! haha, i stole their format. so yea! haha. THe font is damn small lar, can u even make out any word on it? whahaha

really hope i can do well for this term. especially tomorrow's paper. cos it;s like the only course that i possess any confidence in for this term! whaha. Okok, i gonna go to bed soon, cos i can still feel some of those viruses in me that had been making me sick and blur for so many days! hope my mind's clear tomorrow!

Wish me luck!!

nick

Fundraising - Selling Roses

2007-05-26T10:28:00.000+08:00

Many of you might already know that i will be going over to Gui Zhou, China this coming summer holiday for a youth expedition programme (YEP). IT's essentially going there for to do some community service work as well as to get exposure to the lifestyle of the people living at the rural parts of the world.

We will be helping the people there to 'build' a bridge as well as to teach them some stuff. Like basic english, games, arts and craft etc. AS for the building of bridge, we are not going to build a whole bridge, but it's more like of touching up the bridge which is in a very bad condition now as well as building railings to prevent people from falling off etc.

So, before going there, we will have to raise funds for the building of the bridge which cost ard $5000!! Manz.... so well, we have no choice but to do so, and so here we are, seeling roses and seeking donations.
see the roses, nice right? I hate the red ones personally, cos it's ugly, and on top of that, it's really really throny!
we look really happy right? whaha, but we are not very happy actually. It's damn paisei lar... on top of that, i really hate some of those ppl out there. U know what?

There was once we approached a china lady for donations saying 'hey, we are going china to help the kids there etc etc' , N u know what the lady reply? She said ' i'm from china too' and then just walk off.

WTF! I mean, shouldn't that give u a more compelling reason to help the ppl there? HAiz, really don't understand what these ppl are thinking about. Nick

This is what i do during my most hated class!

2007-05-10T09:38:00.000+08:00

I HATE THIS CLASS !! This class that is full of biasness and have the most irritating prof. HE is the most disgusting prof i had known so far. No one had pissed me so much than him! MANz!! Not even my BGS Prof can do that!

Always saying the same things over and over again! Using the same damn words! 'incidentally', 'for the simple reasons' blah blah blah!!! DAMN!!

I really can't take it anymore, that's why i am blogging now. HAaaa. just sorted some of my pictures. Hmmm, so now i shall indulge in slacking and chat online as well as post some random pics that i had taken for the past few months. Hahaa. Take a look.. whaha.

WEll, the pictures are taking damn long to load, so i shall say some random things here. Haa, cos i realy cannot take it listening to the lesson. Oh ya, anyway friends out there, take note that i will be going china for community service this coming 20th June after my Modified term ends ard 8th Jun. Also, i am currently looking for khakis to go travel with me ard china. So anyone who's keen do let me know yea?

Okok, here are the pics!

Taken in JB's city square: with eugene. One of the hongkong style cafe. NICE. The drink is really nice and cheap.
THe above were taken at home. When i was studying. Whaha. My sister (XP) came home and showed me her new shades and we started taking pictures.
Had dinner with Cheryl over at ICHIBAN Toa Payoh. The occasion is cos she is going overseas to the states for Work and Travel, the same place that i went last week!!
JEllies: Decided to make them one of those days when i was really bored. whahah. Look nice huh?
Ok la, the above doesn't look so nice, but well, it do taste good. ha. Anyway

Okok, the last pic: this pic is taken somewhere new newton circus. IT was pouring really heavily then. SEe what these foreign workers are doing for us. So appreciate what they are doing!

Nick

Friends.........

2007-05-04T00:38:00.000+08:00

Although there are a hell lot of things that i have to do these days istill managed to meet up with 2 of my friends for dinner. One is going to states for work and travel (even to the same work place as i did last year), that's why i met her (cheryl) for dinner. To pass her stuff as well as to get away from all those work that have been tormenting me for the past few days.

Another friends is Yin Zhu (from SRJC). Haven seen her for ages. Because of a past relationship that she had with another classmate of ours, thus she seldom attend those JC gatherings that we have cos the guy will be present.

Just had a short conversation with one of my army buddy earlier on. A simple 'hey, how are u?' kinda conversation. But somehow, deep within, something changed.

This feeling. This seemingly dangerous but yet familiar feeling and that i haven experience for quite sometime.

Memories. Friends. All these images of the past. All those memories of days spent loitering ard kovan with ur JC friends. All those days of me lazing ard in camp with ur army buddies talking cock.

IT hit me that i really do miss the old days. I miss those days much more than what i am going through now. I miss the stupid things that we all do together in the past.

I thought everything is fine. But it's fine isn't it? What's wrong with my life not? But if it's fine, then why am i feeling what i'm feeling now?

Why do i miss those days so much. So much so that it bring me almost to tears just thinking of it. Cos i know that i will nv be able to go back to those days. EVen if the same ppl is to come back together for gatherings etc, things arent' gonna be the same.

Life. This is what life's all about. Ppl come into ur life and ppl goes. Do i understand this only now? Or is this NEW to me? Nahz..

I think this is the reason why i don't really have any close friends in school nowadays. Of course there are ppl who i can talk to, study together, eat together. Maybe go out once in like a term. But that's not the point. Cos deep down, things are very different.

And also, could it be that it's cos i am in the phase of uni now, that's why i think that those friends that i have in school are not really the same? cos i haven 'lost' them yet, so i will only miss them when i lose them.... well, it remains to be seen ...

nick

Class. what am i doing then?

2007-05-03T08:54:00.000+08:00

AMa class again. Topic of the day is performance measurement.

So what are the key words? They are Percieved fairness, TRansparency and Objectivity.

haiz. I really hated this class at times. Why? Cos there are too many ppl in the class and have so many opinions, so it's hard for me to participate! haha. I'm like how MUgger this term, i have to do well! ANyway, that's not the point.

So what's the point? The point is that i'm a mugger! So i cannot take it when ppl are talking more than me in class! hahah

NAhz.. i'm just kidding, it's cos i am not those kinda ppl that talks much in class from the beginning. But well, i did make an mental note that i wanna do it this time round. So i'm trying now! Talk talk talk... but..... didn't i say tht i'm in class now, so i should be talking right? why am i bloggin now instead of trying to find a chance to talk ?? Why?

nick

Gene CEll Field Trip - MelaKa

2007-04-26T11:12:00.000+08:00

The past weekend had been quite an enjoyable one. EVenthough i am reluctant to go initially, but well, as usual it turns out alright. IT's always the evil side of me that causes me to have that kinda negative perception towards this kinda activities. Like how i always hate going camps, hate going for trips etc. But it always turns out well in the end. So yea.

Well, since it's a 'malaysia trip' to melaka like all the treks that i had taken on before in my SMU days, i decided to make 'chocolate cornflakes' for the class to share on the bus etc. So yea, for those ppl who enjoyed it and wants to know the recipe, try to look at the pic below and make out where i get the chocolate, cos i don't know where to get it as well! This field trip is part of my course - Gene Cell etc etc. SO the MAIN Objective of going for the trip is to visit a fruit farm. WEll, the visit could have been more enjoyable if the sun is not so scorching and if there are no mosquitos. But well, the visit was quite interesting as well. I saw a number of things that i had nv seen before. Like the Dragon fruit plant! HAha.. It is totally different from what i had expected. Look at the pic below, doesn't it look like a catus?

Nice rite? Haha, the 'flower' is really beautiful right? REally interesting huh? Haha, Bid for GEne Cell next term !!

Anyway next, we learnt about Marcotting (I'm not so sure about the spelling though, but it sounds like this), grafting. This is like 'cloning of the plants', just in case there are ppl out there who had forgotten about their low secondary science. The most interesting thing about marcotting is that they apply hormones to the affected area so as to promote growth of roots! CAN u believe it?? EVen the plants get hormones! hahaha... In case any of the guys out there are balding, u might wanna try out the hormones (pic below), u mihgt get ome 'roots' growing..! LolxTHe next interesting plant that we were introduced to was the 'TONG KAT ALI"!! Interesting huh? And u know what? THe plant is really strong! COs the leaves will still be in shape, unharm even after we try crushing it with our hands. SO i guess that's why it's strong.. haha. so guys who have erectile problems, what are u waiting for? Got look for it in the forest now, crush all the leaves that u can get ur hand on and see if it's the Tong KAT Ali! haha.After all the sightseeing, we had a rather unsatisfying lunch before we move on to the hotel. THe hotel is called Renaissance hotel or something like that. The hotel doesn't look really nice from the outside, but well, appearance is often deceptive. Same here. The hotel actually look quite nice etc. The rooms as well. Although it's not that big, but it's good enough. Ha. I even went to the swimming pool for a few laps. Ha. A few irritating kids there though. Pissed. WEll, i enjoyed the bathtub in my room as well. Lolx. My roommate thought i had drowned in the toilet cos i spent more than an hour submerging in the tub. The night, Dinner was really fun. It started out rather boring, cos i don't really know the ppl that i am sharing the table with other than my proj mates and also, there are a number of 'talks' by the class rep and the prof etc, so those are rather dry. WEll, the night was rather fun in the end, cos there was a KTV session. Hahaha. so fun. Everyone was singing! haha

The next day is more or less R and R. SEe a few things like the red house or something etc etc. These are my group mates! ahaha. nice huh? haha. They are all really funny guys. One Mugger, One Malay and one Vietnamese. hahaha.Lastly, u wanna know how tough it is to be a student in SMU? Just take a look at the picture below. SEE the ppl who are reading notes etc even while we are on a field trip? That's how mugger the ppl are these days. So how many i supposed to keep up? lolx

Nick

What a break week......

2007-04-12T17:41:00.001+08:00

Something is so wrong this week.

This week is the mid term break. This is supposed to be the time of the term where i can really get down to doing my projects and to finally catch up with those damn readings that i have been pushing back for so many weeks.

Today is Thursday. The 4th day of the week. It signifies that the week is coming to an end. Guess what i've done? NOTHING!

I tried to start on the homework for one of my course (advanced financial accounting) and i only lasted through half the question.

I tried to read the projects readings that i have to read. Anyway the course i'm talking about here is Accounting theory. Guess what? 3 pages. That's how long i lasted! DAMNED!

I also tried to start on my damn AMA (Advanced management accounting)'s projects. For both the forum presentation and also the main project. Guess what this time round? I only managed to find out what the hell is balanced scorecard all about. That's it! I didn't even managed to do anything for my main proj.

LAstly, i am gonna have a strategy mid term this coming saturday morning. 9am in the freaking morning! So i only have 2 more days to study for it. No no no. Effectively, i am only left with one day to study for it. ONE DAY! Cos it's almost 6pm now and i'm so damn tired that i am gonna leave my sch lib's course reserve and head home for a good sleep.

Acaademic stuff aside. What hv i done other than sch stuff for the whole damn week? NOTHING! I was in school on monday and tuesday for proj meetings and the rest of the time at home trying to do something productive. But nothing came out of it. I simply just wasted almost everyday sitting at the *ucking chair in my house!

SO.... so much so for enjoying ur university life huh? HAha. But well. I guess i can't complain much cos i hated working life more than school. So.. Ha.. MUg mug mUG!

WEll. I have another 3 days before this week come to an end. And hopefully it'll turn out better than what i had been through the past few days!

Nick

Slack weekend...

2007-03-31T23:01:00.000+08:00

This weekend is unlike the past few weekends which i had since sch reopened for me 5 weeks ago. I had been studying and going back to schools on weekends since the very beginning of school. For Projects meetings etc. Been reading up for lessons, doing prep questions for lessons etc etc.

But this week, something is really weird. STarting from yesterday. A Friday. And i had nothing to do. As in nothing that i do are related to sch stuff. I went to JB (Johor) with Eugene. Just to relax and slack. Spent the whole day there eating and watch movie and eating. Getting fat and add on to my already 'rocket high' body fat content!!

And today. EVen though i didn't go out, i didn't put my time to good use. Been sitting in front of my damn com for the whole day. Trying to do some school work but can't make myself follow through on all of them. IT goes like this: I would pick up a textbook, read at most 2 page and u'll begin to feel sick of it and chuck it aside. THen i would call some friends up, chat for a while. And when my friend can't take anymore of my shit, i'll decide to have another go at studying. And then the same routine simply just repeat itself.

I did managed to finish a movie titled 'thank you for smoking'. My perception of the movie wasn't really that good initially. But the show proved it's worth after a while. It's really quite nice. I like it and i would recommend u guys to check it out too.... ANyway below is the poster of the show. Interesting huh? haha. And guess what? Instead of pulling myself together and start studying, i am going to play mahjong with my sister and her friends! manz. This is like the 3 time we are playing together since school have started for me! HAHAa... HOpe i'll win!

IT would be good if i am to win, cos i will be going for an expensive (according to me) high tea tomorrow afternoon to 'celebrate' the birthdays of 2 of my best friends --- Ah fat and TErence. SO yea. What choice do i have? HAHa. Okok, gonna play Mahjong now, My sis is back. Ciao.....

nick

Procrastination Revisited.

2007-03-25T16:13:00.000+08:00

Procrastination. This seems to be the 'in' thing nowadays. EVerybody ard me are using it. Proj mates from SMu, friends outside etc etc. Everyone at one time or other are always pushing things back, thinking that someday, they will get down to doing it. Someday. That's it

This word / process / action, whatever u wanna call it is deeply integrated with the way i think, the way i do things etc. It influence me in almost everything that i do. Nothing is ever done beforehand these days. Or at least not for me.

Reports that's coming due does not get a brief attendance with me untill when it's urgent enough.

I still vaguely remember the rare days that i can stretch out lazily on my huge queen size bed. Although i didn't change a new bed or whatsoever, somehow, the size of the bed seemed to have shrinked quite a bit. Now it looks like a super single r something like that. Long gone are the days where i could tose and turn on my bed. All that i could do now is to lie still and get my damn sleep! THe sad truth is that one third of the bed is too often than not covered with clothes that are waiting to be folded and shelved. THat's the right side. THe left side are full of the unnecessary stuff that i have on my bed, like DVDs (at least 10 of them), Phone, extra pillows etc, caps, belts. You name it and u shall find it!

Just take a look at the last frequency of my blog entries these days and u should be able to see he works of procrastination. It really took me a lot of determination to log in and write this entry instead of giving in and telling myself that i will write this some other time.

This phenomenon should be labelled as one of the deadly sins and join ranks with the existing 7 deadly sins. For the benefit of those who have no *ucking idea what are the 7 deadly sins: Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy and Pride.

For now, i would like to state one of my 'resolution for the new year' (although 3 months had already past): I, Kwok Shi Yong (Nick), hereby swear that i would to the very best of my ability (given my weak determination and all) try to fight procrastination..... hahaha

nick

Procrastination

2007-03-18T06:44:00.000+08:00

Below is an entry by one of my best friend. So, enjoy. Yup:

Procrastination

Definiton from Cambridge Online: to keep delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring.

Procrastinate abt waking up every weekday morning: Because at the very worst, i can call in sick

Procrastinate abt kicking that morning coffee habit : Because I need it to truly wake up.

Procrastinate abt skipping yet another drinking session: Because that’s the only social life that i have and seriously, what else can a single woman do?

Procrastinate abt going for that very much needed but dreaded gym session: Because the doc ordered me to rest for three month due to my injured ankle.

Procrastinate abt giving up that scoop of ice cream after my dinner: Because what’s life without desserts???

Procrastinate abt finding back the friends that i have lost along the way : Because that’s how life work. True friends are there to stay no matter how long i take to find them back.

Procrastinate abt reconciling with the friends that i have somhow started a cold war with : Because I am sick and tired of all their nonsense. They need to grow up too.

Procrastinate abt letting that someone into my life: Because I am not worthy of the man that is worthy of me, and the man that is worthy of me is not worth it.

Procrastinate abt submiiting this post: well.. at least i have done it NOW..

The Great Procrastinator aka Big Potato.

Ghost Whisperer..makes me cry.

2007-02-22T23:39:00.000+08:00

Never catch a single episode of this show at all when it was on channel 5. Recently my sis and I bought quite some DVDs, and this is one of the titles that we bought.

The first thing that caught me about this show is that this show is not gonna be scary at all. It's alll about life and about familys, about gaining and giving forgiveness. It's about how we treat ppl and how we should actually treats ppl.

It tells us that in life, not everything that takes place are well within our control but what we could do is to get over with it and learn from it if we could and look beyond it. Take what we could from it and then move on. And i tell u, every episode is really touching cos i almost cried at the end of every episode. Dang, i nv knew that i can cry so much as i almost finished the whole season worth of shows in 2 days!

nick

Good bye EY... ...

2007-02-22T20:09:00.000+08:00

10 weeks. Still remember the doubts, the fear, the uncertainties and the many other emotions that was surrounding me prior to the start of the internship program that i had unwisely applied for and somehow by some weird stroke of luck gotten into. (it must be cos of the fact that they are shorthanded as all i had was a phone interview!), oh ya, by the way my grades sux and i have absolutely not much of a CCA to speak of, so i don't see how i got have gotten in should they are not shorthanded.

AS usual, as with all change of environment etc, with that comes helluva other stuffs. Lotsa people to get to know, faces to remember, names to remember (which i absolutely can't do it at all), new technical stuff with regards to work to remember and learn. That's what i hated most when it comes to adapting to a new environment.

If u're thinking that i'm admitting my weakness here of not able to adapt well to new environment then u're wrong. As we all know, knowing oneself is one of the most important key to success. Knowing that one is weak at math will allow that person to put aside more time to work on it thus leading to success. So knowing that i hate changes and what i'm weak at might very well lead to a success in what i do!

Well well well, the key word here is 'MIGHT'! And according to dictionary.com, the meaning provided is not really very helpful as all that they did was to answer with another word 'MAY'! DANG! So here i go and type in the 3-letter word and see what we get. And guess what? The result is that it resulted in a fallacy (circulation), cos the meaning of 'MAY' is 'MIGHT'. ARGH!!
So yea, as u can see, this quest of seeking the meaning of the word 'might' hv been very unfruitful.. so i just have to trust that u ppl out there know what it means.

So did i succeed in adapting to the change in environment? Of course! Partially at least. lolx! Cos i really can't remember everyone's names, especially my fellow interns! Cos there's just so many of us around! But i do say that i am able to adapt well.

For guys out there, this is one of the most important thing in audit: mingle well and get along with ur team, especially ur seniors and the finance ppl over at ur client's place cos they are the ppl who will save ur arse and make work a lot less difficult than it already is for u!

Now that internship is over... And i had 1 week of rest from it. It really makes me think back and i really misses those ppl that i had known from there. Especially those few who bickered and laughed with me everyday of my last few weeks there (u ppl should know who u are!)

OkOK, i haven been writing, so hope this entry wasn't too shitty. i shall end off with a few pics of my 10 weeks of work.. yea... enjoy!

Sandora and me.

WeNing and me

Asher with her Pizzas!

Janice with her sleepy face.
Fellow intern... haha --- Mei Hui
Tired Ah FAT! haha, my Senior!!

Manager - EE Ling-- last day tea party
Family pic--whahhaa
Wendy and WeNing

nick.....:)

What we could have done differently? (new year eve) --- 31st Dec 2006

2007-01-19T11:46:00.000+08:00

Spent New Year Eve with my secondary sch friends this year as per the norm. But there are a couple of exceptions this year. As in those people present are a little different from those of the past few years. Firstly, Lolanto who had been missing for the past 6 years ever since we graduate from secondary school played a major role in the planning of the activity for the day itself. Another guy by the name of Guo xing came as well, though we haven’t been in contact due to some nasty events a couple of years back. So yea, these are the pleasant surprises that we had for the gathering on New year eve.

What we planned to do for that day is to have a Makeshift BBQ which is supposed to last the night till after midnight. The very reason for that is to appease one of the guy in our group. That is so because should we not do so, then that guy will ask us what other plans do we have etc and that is the most feared question cos there’s really nothing much to do! The worst thing is that he likes to go for countdowns which most of us hated.

So the end to the first part of the gathering kinda ended in a rather ugly fashion. Cos that guy I was talking about didn’t want to go ktv with us, so he decided to leave and join his other friends for countdown.

But well, overall, I would say that the gathering was quite a pleasant one. It had been such a long time since so many of us are together. So yea, it’s really good to gather like this.

Well…. But the question at the back of my mind all the while is that could we have done something differently so that no one will have to forsake the group and all will be happy?

Seriously, I really can’t think of any thing which we could have done to as to appease everyone. If we were to go for the countdown, then many of us would not be enjoying ourselves as well.

Why must ppl always be this difficult? Why!!! But I guess that’s also why we emerged as the dominant life form surviving on planet earth! Lolx!

nick

Moments --- 7th Dec 2007

2007-01-19T11:38:00.000+08:00

Met up with 2 of my secondary school friends several weeks back, before the start of my internship. Should be on a Thursday if I’m not wrong. Can’t really remember as it have been so long ago. I planned it be a chill out and JB thingy. Stayed over at my place and off to JB the next day for food and shopping.

As usual, we kicked off by watching some dvds etc. Went to bed after a few shows.

So what is this entry about? It’s about the conversation that we had while trying to get to sleep. As usual, since my bed is a queen size bed (and there’s only 3 of us), all 3 of us shared the bed. Although everyone is tired, but still, whenever we are trying to get to sleep we’ll start chatting about stuffs.

What is the stuff that we’ll talk about? Well, there’s really nothing what we won’t talk about. But normally we’ll talk about past, present and future.

Past: we’ll talk about memorable times that we used to have during our younger days, especially those days in secondary school where life’s so simple and carefree where the only worry is: ‘what should I do after school? What movie should I watch? What TV program is on tonight’; that kinda stuff. We’ll gossip and laugh over stupid things that had taken place in the past etc

Present: We’ll talk about how each of us are doing these days. Updates on areas like how’s school coming along? How the love life coming along (although mine’s been stale for ages!).

Future: We’ll talk about what we gonna do in the future. What plans do we have, what kinda work we wanna do in the years to come. Stuff like that.

That’s about what we did for the whole night. But that is something which we talk about that night that left an impression in my mind that I wanna talk about here.

We were talking about one of our female friend from secondary school. One of my friend told us that she had a really lousy bf. The bf will actually use vulgarities on her etc and not showing her any respect whatsoever. In essence, he treats her like dirt. So we were saying why she didn’t left him, or that even if she did, they always patch up in the end.

To outsiders like us, we’ll never understand why she never break up with her bf. But who are we to judge? I was wondering then. What we had seen and heard might very well be the negative side of things. Could there be a very different perspective if we are to look at things from some other sides?

And so what if it’s the truth? That the bf really treats here like dirt? Maybe there are really times where her bf showers her with love, care and concern? Could it be those moment of love that she’s really holding on to. Those moments of happiness that she holds close to her heart and that no one else would be able to replace? And so long as she can hold on to the relationship, all the abuse that she goes through would be worthwhile if at the end the day she could retain those moments which she hold dear.

Could that be the reason? It is human nature isn’t it? We often find it hard to give up something for the wrong reason. For example, why are we keeping something like a old watch even after it had stop to serve us? Isn’t the purpose of a watch simply to tell us the time and logically we should dispose of it should it break down and stop working. the reason is because there are certain residual value attached to the watch. The value could be because the watch had gone through his army days with him, it could also be because it is the first present that his /her gf/bf had given him/her?

We’ll. Guess I’ve talked enough rubbish. Kinda messy and unorganized thoughts, pardon me should you guys can’t really make sense of what I had said. Yap.

nick

Updates coming...

2006-12-26T02:31:00.000+08:00

Hey guys / Gals out there... Must be wondering what i am doing and what i am up to these days? Why isn't there any entries these days when my exams are over etc etc? hahha... Don't worry, i'm fine. Will be updating this blog of mine and keep it alive soon. Tomorrow i hope!

Kinda feeling lost and lazy these days, thus not updating anything. Will try to pull myself outta this 'trace' soon (really hope so). yea. So keep a look out! yea ? see ya guys/gals!

Nick

2006-12-05T21:24:00.000+08:00

Mum

Saw this earlier on. Rather touching.

nick

When a guy love U !

2006-12-03T06:24:00.000+08:00

When a GUY is quiet and is alone, He's is thinking how good you're, Missyou!!!

When a GUY is lying on his bed, He is thinking deeply why he loves you.

When a GUY looks at you in your eyes, He wants to tell you how much he lovesyou andhow important you're.

When a GUY answers "I'm Fine" after a while, He is not and feels hurts.

When a GUY keep asking you the same question, He is wondering why you are lying.

When a GUY hugs you while sleeping, He is wishing that you belongs to him forever.

When a GUY calls you everyday, He Miss You and wants your attention.

When a GUY wants to see you everyday, He cares for you and want to know how are you today.

When a GUY sms's u everyday, He wants you to know he is fine.

When a GUY says I love you, He really means it.

When a GUY says that he can't live without you, He has made up his mind that you are his future partner.

When a GUY says "I Miss You",He wants to see you immeditely.

ok folks, that's all for now! and when a guy say that's all for now. It means nothing! haha. But yea. I do agree with certain things up there. I love u ppl out there!!

stupid nick

Last paper --- where's the drive? Where's the love?

2006-12-02T13:23:00.000+08:00

I'm going for my last paper in less than half an hour's time. This is the paper in which i'm totally not prepared at all. Not only that i skipped almost half the lessons, i didn't buy the textbooks and i only just gotten the lesson slides from my friend half an hour ago!

How screwed am i huh? One of the reason is that i was really depressed and sad yesterday. One of those days. Where i think no one in the world actually does love me. When ppl say that they do but at the end of the day, they realise that they are actually lying, both to you and themselves.

In that sense, do we have a right to be angry with that person or those ppl? COs they not only lied and hurt us, they lied to the only person whom they can trust in the world. They lied to themselves. So shouldn't they be more upset that even they have to lie to themselves?

Is it so hard to love ur friends, the people ard u these days? Or is it simply cos it's me? The irritating and easily irritated, the noisy, the superficial, the emotional nick. IS THAT SO?

Well well.... I'm who i am. No one knows me truly. or is therE? If there is, then i don't know. But i hope that there is. i really do... Pls. don't ask me questions should u have some after reading this entry, cos it's just some blabbering that i hv. Ciao

nick

The worst is finally over --- Or is that just the beginning???

2006-11-29T22:18:00.000+08:00

4/5 of my papers are finally over. The toughest one is the very first one that i had. Corporate reporting & analysis of financial statements. I thought i was prepared. I really thought so. That is now officially the most difficult paper that i had ever taken in my 22 years of life.

The rest of the papers are alright. Not really very gd, but it's not too bad either.

So. Exams are almost over. One more paper to go. Can't really study for that very last paper either, thus i have the time to write this entry. Reached home rather early today, ard 6pm.

Been doing nothing since i got home. Watched TV, tidy up my room, packed my stuff. Go through all those notes, papers etc that i had accumulated this term. 1/3 of it was thrown away. 1/3 was turn into waste paper. And the other 1/3? Stashed at some corner of my room. Yep, that's the fate of those papers which had helped me through the whole term.

Since the worst is over. I should be relaxed, should be happy right? That's what i though so as well. But somehow, there's this weird yet familiar feeling, trying to break loose. THat's a mixed feeling of loneliness, depression.

It's actually not as bad as what i make it out to be like. But i know it's there. All it take is a trigger event and it'll break loose. okok, i think i better stop now. If not i'll be giving it a chance to surface! Ciao

nick

TAURUS MAN

2006-11-15T17:12:00.000+08:00

Come across the following thingy online. Take a look. Does it describe me well???

A quiet simple man who can do something unexpected to shock you. Taurus man mostly medium tall, strong with good health, good strong body. When he talks, he likes to turn his head to one side on one direction. His body will be quite straight, facial structure tend to be square shape more than other shape. His eyes sparkle with liveliness.

Even when he is in love, he is still a free wild bird. He is a sand in your palm, the more you want to hold it, it will slip out. If you stand and hold it still, it will stay that way. Don't set the rules and draw a line for him, he will not stay.

When you are with him, he will think only of you. But an hour later he could change his mind. He is very patient with other people, but very impatient with himself. His world always turning and it will not stop just because he loves you. If he up sets, he will show it right away. If something has gone wrong, he will blame his own carelessness instead of blaming other people. H e sincere to his friends even to some friends he does not like. He likes to do odd things and surprise other people. He could be fully dress in a nice suit and jump in the pool. He could slap your back so hard just to make you turn around to see he has flowers in his hand. He never wants to get too close with anyone for he thinks living in reality is living by yourself.

He does not care what people think when he behaves weird. He could be walking bare feet and laughing at people who laugh at him and think they are so narrow minded. He does not likes to follow conformity, but always want to search for new ventures, new mystery. He will interest in a life of a millionaire as much as a life of an old man selling newspaper on a sidewalk vendor.

He like to search and analyze people and things. He will analyze his friends or his girl friend, and once the mystery is gone, he will search for new puzzle to solve. He can not easily understand thing, so he will gradually learning about you till he fills up all his questions.

He knows so many people, but he has a few friends. He looks for quality friends than quantity friends. He will be close with some friends shortly and move on. He always feel lonely even surround by many people. He could create his own little world, and sometimes no one would understand him. He looks only for future and he thinks he lives for the future. He may wonder how many people think like he does, but he does not want to be like the others.

A man with a conflict personality. He is a cool, understanding, able to work well, and very artistic. Taurus man could be an artist. He could shock you as much as he is able to clam you down when you up set. He is a free spirit who likes venture, but when he wants to be alone, do not touch him but to let him be. He won't disappear from the crowds too long, he will be back.

He will give you straight forward opinion or comments, but will never advice what he thinks you should do. He does not like people to tell him what he should do too. He thinks each individual dreams and thoughts should be very private. He will use his brain not his body strength, so he will let other guys compete. He has a certain satisfactory in life and hate to force himself in competition. He may seems careless, but actually he is a thinker and a stubborn one.

He sees anything in details and not easily trusted people till he thinks he Knows them well. You can just smile and he will think why and what are you smiling about, and if you are pretending. Once he trust you and accept you as a friend, no one can says other wise to change that for he will not listen to gossip. He will be honest and sincere to his friends.

He hates lies, so he will not tell you lies. If he finds it is necessary to lie, he will find other ways not to tell you or avoid telling you anything. If he really has to lie, you will never be able to tell that he is lying. He can really keep secrets, so you will hardly know that he is a lonely soul.

If you want this kind of guy, you have to be an interesting person. He has to be curious about you. Hell for him is "No Freedom", so if he marry you then you should know it is the biggest decision in his life. Always be interesting, and then you could have him beside you.

Nick - Taurus man

Sick ---- Appreciate the simple things/way of life

2006-11-08T10:54:00.000+08:00

Not really feeling well these days. Now it’s ok liao. But I was sick for almost one week I think, it was so long that I cannot really remember how long I was sick for.

Had fever, cough, sore throat etc etc. Lots of stuff. Really irritating.

This bolt of sickness really came at a wrong time. I have piles of *hit that’s coming due these days and those datelines are drawing nearer and nearer by the second. Being staying till late in schools almost everyday for meetings etc and that’s including weekends. Well, maybe this is the reason why I got sick in the first place.

This short episode of attack by those Viruses actually allows me to appreciate simple things in life and also those things that I always take for granted for.

Try swallowing some saliva now. How it feels like? Normally we don’t even give any thought to such an operation that occurs numerous times everyday. But this simple act is something that you’ll not miss when u have a sore throat and coughing etc.

I am so used to be able to sing all the time thus this whole week was really bad. I can’t really sing one whole song without having to clear my throat after one or two sentence. I can’t sing when I am walking home from Yew Tee Mrt etc. So I hate it!

Anyway, pls don’t think that I’m some spoiled brat etc. Obviously I know that I’m not suffering much as compared to people out there with other more serious illness. But at this very moment, this is what I’m going through and it will be my suffering. Everyone’s going through different things. ARgh… I don’t know how to put it. Okok.. Let me give an example:

Like for example, take Y as a working adult. Y is working under a really lousy boss and Y feels that life is bad working there etc and tells X that studying is good. But to X, working might seems better because it means that you don’t have so many projs, quizzes, assignments, readings etc etc to do.

So what I am trying to say is that we shouldn’t compare and should always look at what a person is going through in his or her own capacity and see if is it really that bad or not. Because if we want to compare, there is always someone out there that’s going through a more difficult time then us. Yaya, hope that I did managed to say what’s on my mind. It’s so difficult! Guess the virus have gotten to my brain! Ciao……….

Nick

Because of you - Is this me?

2006-11-04T15:13:00.000+08:00

I will not let myself cause my heart so much misery
I've learned the hard way, to never let it get that far

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side
So I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust
Not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid

I lose my way
And it's not too long before you point it out
I cannot cry
Because I know that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake, a smile, a laugh
Every day of my life
My heart can't possibly break
When it wasn't even whole to start with

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side
So I don't get hurt
Because of you
I tried my hardest just to forget everything
Because of you
I don't know how to let anyone else in
Because of you
I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty
Because of you
I am afraid

Because of you
Because of you

Nick

BLIND

2006-11-01T16:25:00.000+08:00

What would the world be like if humans are ‘blind’ to superficial and physical attributes of another man?

Will it make starting a relationship easier? Will it be easier for people to make new friends?

How many times have we formed illogical and inaccurate perceptions of other people simply based on the fact that they are not that good looking or simply based on the sole reason of ‘I just don’t like that person’s looks.’

Will there be lesser breakups because people will not be so superficial and just get together with another person mainly because of that person’s looks but because of that person’s character and goodness which is what they person is actually made up of.

Will the world be a more racial harmonious place to live in if we’re blind to the physical and superficial attributes of man?

There’ll be no races because we can’t differentiate.

We will not mindlessly brush off what someone said in class as rubbish which primary aim is to ‘smoke’ their way through during class and earn class participation points simply because that person is an “India Indian”(no offence) or because that person is a “PRC”(no offence again). –Cos I swear that people from other races does that as well.

Well well well, but all these are easier said than done. It’s human nature to form stereotypes and perceptions about the people that they come into contact with to economize mental effort.

So what we can do is to try to shield off, to reject or to delay all these beliefs and mindsets from the beginning and only come to a conclusion when we really get to know that person that we are dealing with.

nick

Packed like Sardines

2006-10-25T10:30:00.000+08:00

Something's wrong with the train today

Either Singapore's population is exploding or that everyone's taking the same train as me. It was so packed this morning. Seriously don't understand why. I don't even have something to hold on to untill i reached Dover where all those poly students alighted. Manz.....

I was messaging one of my friend (Keith) on the train and that helps to make me forget about how tired i am standing throughtout the whole journey to school.

I wasn't really very close to this friend of mine. He's a really special friend. I don't know how to describe also, but i really do love him as a friend (sounds damn gay huh? hahhaa), but i hated it when he attitude me and try to be irritating. Why can't my friends just treats me better?

But nevertheless, Bond 59 is still at the top of my priority list. Hahaaa.

But on the other hand, Bond 59 is not really friends to me anymore, they have kinda surpass that level and are like family to me. But still, Keith will never be the friend that i love most cos there's Kiat yang who i love most, no matter what. Dont ask me why, it's just like that, no reason one. And Eugene, don't be jealous, i love u as much! U are my badminton buddy, and Indian Rojak Buddy, so don't ever forget that!

Geez... seems like all the friends that i love are guys huh? whahhaaa. NO girls wanna be my friend what, what can i do? Haiz... Anyone wanna help me on this? Okok, talk enough already. Still having lesson now. Whahha. slack slack.

nick

Overslept!

2006-10-23T21:21:00.001+08:00

The room is lit up by the sunlight. Really bright. Something is not right... What is it? Hmmmm...

eh... what was the dream that i had earlier on before i woke up??
What was the last thing that i did last night? What itme did i actually fall asleep?

Oh ya, today's monday. So it means that i have a badminton appointment with Eugene .

Weird... Why haven my favourite Alicia keys ringtone wake me up?? Where's my familiar 'i keep on falling.. in........'. Stretched my lazy body over and search ard for my phone. Yea, found it. Take a look at the time etc and then i was thrown into a mild state of shock!

The time was almost 9am and i'm supposed to meet Eugene over at clementi at 845! Why didin't the alarm goes off? Did i set the wrong time? And isn't eugene to wake me up?

A look at the missed calls shows that Eugene did called, but only once! Can't he just call a few more times?

A few thoughts ran through my mind then.
1. I can ask eugene to wait for me and i'll rush over. I should be able to reach clementi by 930 if i really rush
2. I can call it off n wakes up to do some sch work.
3. I can continue to laz and sleep.

So which alternative did i take? I took the latter, i decided to sleep!

I was shock the second time that i woke up for the day, it was around 2pm i think! OMG! half the day is already gone!

And then again, it's 926pm now, i just came back from a jog (cos since i missed the badminton session, i've got to do something to make up for it yea?). Been sitting in front of the comp for the whole day trying to do all the sch work that have been accumulating since day 1 of school.

But gues what? They pile of shit is still there, i've done nothing for the whole day and no significant effort have been put in to get rid of them. Haiz. ....

And the worst thing is that i'm tired again N i'm going to take a nap no! It's 929pm now, and i'm going to sleep again. ARgh.....

Hope that more work could be done real soon, if not i'll be screwed! Ciao..

rubbish nick

No TIme!!

2006-10-23T10:19:00.000+08:00

Look at the never ending list of stuff below and there's only one conclusion that any reasonable and intelligent man can come to. That this guy here is seriously screwed! So many datelines and stuff to do and all have to be done within this coming 4 weeks! Is it even possible?

Well.... we shall see, and i'll post my grades here at the end of the term. And guess what? Non of the items below are done yet! AS in still in the infant stage. Oh manz. Someone pls help me! haa

MPW - OB scholar Presentation
-Employee Climate Survey
-Report Submission
-Final Submission
Corp Reporting - Project Submission
-Presentation
TWC-China Presentation
-Silicon Valley
-Individual Assignment
Company LAw-Presentation and report Submission
Finance-Report submission and presentation

So my advice to people out there who are comtemplating and deliberating to come to SMU. U better think twice, haa haa. BUt i don't think u'll end up with such of long list of unsettled stuff like me, cos i'm one of the slackest person in the whole of SMU! haa haa.

So yea, this is about what i'll be doing for the up and coming weeks of my remaining time of this term. No more social events and no more chatting on msn etc. Gonna work and rush like mad, like as if there's no tomorrow! haahaa. Don't think i'll even have the time to get depressed. Ha.

Go depression! Don't have time for u now! Come back when i have more free time. U can try the DEc holidays, cos i should be free then, no proj overseas CIP proj for me, no internship for me and no date. So yea, i'll have time for u then for some self-pity etc...... For now, pls... leave me!!

nick

Emotions emotions

2006-10-22T15:29:00.000+08:00

Have you ever wake up one day and somehow, you just feel that thing's not going to be right for the day.

And that without any particular reason, there's just that hint of saddness, that bit of bitterness creeping out from within, trying to take over ur mind, your thoughts, affecting ur normal-rational self, making u do and say things which you'll normally not do so. You can't think straight and u can't rationalise why are you feeling that way.

All you need is a trigger event

Like looking through the testimonials in ur friendster which makes u miss all of ur friends out there who ya hv kinda lost contact with

or watch an episode of grey's anatomy, and without warning, ur emotions will take over you and open up the flood gates.

U don't know why but somehow, tears will come knocking on ur doors.

You can't understand why but deep within, there'll be this sourness. U might try to reason with yourself and tell urself that nothing's wrong. Why are u crying?? U should be happy! IT's a beautiful day out there etc etc.

Well... but the fact is that, there's this loneliness in you that u can't satisfy. There's this hole within that u can't fill. And once u realise it, emotions will really win the war and the blood that's shed in this war will be the tears that runs down your cheeks.......

depressed nick

Steamboat ---- the attack on the mushroomss!!!

2006-10-19T15:33:00.000+08:00

Haven blog for such a long time! Been really slack these days. Guess i'm still kinda trying to get use to life after been away from singapore (i was in the US for 4 months during the summer holidays) for 4 months. I promise that i'll backdate my blog on the days which i've missed out for those of my friends who had been complaining to me that i haven't been updating my blog.

I gathered a 2 of my friends to have steamboat with me this evening. Somewhere near my school, right opposite Shaw. My main objective of the day is to conquer all those mushrooms! Haa haa. I had the craving and desire for those mushrooms for so long! IT's beyond anyone's imaginaton how much i miss them! SEe the whole plate of mushrooms etc. Hmmmm........See the pic below and u'll know how much i love them!
Decided to go for some drinks after dinner. Our Hua jia brought us to the PS cafe, don't ask me where is it, cos i don't know! Still, the place is really good. As in the ambience and all is really not bad at all. But i can't imagine how can anyone get there without driving or taking a cab, cos it's really really ulu!

Our Hua Jie got really upset last night over some family matters. ACtually it's over her MUm and sister. Haiz. I really don't understand as to why can ppl still be so stubborn nowadays n how can someone who'e already 23 or something like that don't even know what's good and bad.

My principle is that why make life so difficult and get upset over certain things that we can't really do much to change or even help? Life's short and i bet everyone will already have enough problems of their own. We should all learn to let things go... Same goes for me. Haa haa.

Nick

Chin Chai's Wedding!!

2006-10-15T20:50:00.000+08:00

The bond 59 have been waiting for this day for so long.... OUr long lost brother's Wedding! haahaa

SEe, i'm all hype up about going for his wedding. Kinda guilty that i have to go for the wedding and not join my family for dinner over at AMK and to see my nephew over at my sister-in-law's place. Haiz...

Their wedding photos are really not too bad. Kinda nice actually. See their poster, haa haa, really cute yea? Eventhough i don't really like Tasha, but i have to agree that they does look good in their pictures! haahaa (pray that CC don't see this entry!)Kinda disappointed when we got there. I wasn't the most disappointed, in fact, i think that i am the least affected. We were being assigned to the reserve table. So sad... ... It doesn't really matter to me but we're all kinda sad about it. Cos we guys used to be rather close in the past until..... SO yea, the number 32 is our table number.
NIck

What's love??

2006-09-26T21:42:00.000+08:00

My msn nick these days goes like this " What's life all about? What's happiness? WHat's love?'

I got a number of friends replying me and telling me what's love.

This is what once of my good friend said:

love is loving yourself

so that other has the capability of loving you too..

and making an effort to make that someone happy..and that someone don have to be your partner, can be a friend, a stranger or an animal

This is what another of my friend told me, He said that he chance upon it in the bible or something like that:

Love is patient, love is kind.

It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered,

it keeps no record of wrongs.

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

It always protects, always hope, always persevere.

So what's love actuallly? Do leave me comment if u have any views on this or any part of the question that i have in my msn nick - What's life all about? What's happiness? WHat's love?.

Orchard Outing with Bond

2006-09-23T10:42:00.000+08:00

Supposed to go for a high-tea buffet over at Cafe Vienna. It's supposed to be really cheap. We even went there earlier by more than 1+hr, but still, we are not early enough!!! The quene was so long by the time that we got there, there's no way that there'll be enough seats for us. We decided to go walk around orchard and eat what ever that we see and chance along. Yu hua did a stupid thing again. She did the forbidden thing. She dare us to finish all the curry puffs that she buy. We accepted the dare and ended up with more than 10+ dollars of curry puffs. Ranging from the normal potato curry ones to those 'exotic' ones like durian and yam etc etc. Everyone took a bite of each of the puffs and pass them along, really fun actually. We had quite a good time eating and 'fighting' for them. Food, food is always the thing that can make all of us bond together. Whahahaaaa Terence was being pick up by a little kid while we are walking around Taka basement. Really funny. The kid just walked up to terence from behind him and puledl at his polo. Really funny!!
Got kinda pissed during the day. So mad then that i decided to walk off and walk ard by myself. It's nothing much actually, it's just a case of mis-com but somehow i was really affected. Went to paragon and shop ard. Bought a pair of adidas sports sch and also a badminton bag. Am alright after that. So what does this have to prove? It goes to prove that Retail Therapy does works! whahaaa. And yea, gonna thank Terence for sponsering me 50 bucks in buying the shoe!

Nick

THe earth is square instead of round!!

2006-09-08T11:30:00.000+08:00

The MOst boring and useless lesson for this term is this. TWC. Technology and world change. Really really crazy. So boring that i'm eating and taking pictures in class!! whhaaa. Look at the Da Bao!! Yam yam. Really reall bored in class manz, that's why Michelle and me were busy taking pictures throughout the whole lesson!!

As mentioned earlier, the lesson is TWC ( Technology and world change). Thus as a motivated and diligent studetn, i tried very hard to put what i learnt in class into practise. As u can see from the pic below, my lappy and cellphone etc!! whahhaa, good student right? whahhaaaNick

ps: because of writing this entry, i kanna called out by the prof to answer a question!! Damn it !!

Preparation for Berkelah Trek ---- Choc Cornflakes

2006-09-07T15:09:00.000+08:00

It is only one more day to my 2nd trek - to Berkelah falls. Thus i set out to make choc cornflakes as i did for my previous trek to gunung nuang. Nick

Supper with Bond....... less Terence!

2006-09-04T10:06:00.000+08:00

Supper with Bond, everyone but less Terence, cos he's MUGGING & MUGGING!!! HAd Prawn noodles with Yu hua n Kelvin before we met up with the Chans over yassin. The prawn noodles was only alright, the special thing is that the soup is herbal soup (not even very strong). But the thing is that Yu hua made it sound so good that i was a little disappointed after eating it.

ANd yea, the reason why i am having the Prata after my prawn mee is because i haven had prata for 5 months!! So this is my first prata since i was back from the states! Look at the crispy prata and the tea, not too bad huh? whahhahaaa
And as usual, guo hao had his tosai(i don't know how to spell it). I've never really tried it, maybe i'll try it the next time. Don't really understand why guo hao like it so much after seeing him eat that for so long.

Poor me have to take bus home from Bendemeer. Have to take bus 985 i think then followed by bus 302. Sianz. took me more than an hour manz. Stupid Guo hao still say that it's gonna be really fast. I almost died in the bus manz.

nick

Dinner with my Swiss Buddy and chilling out with the Swiss at Holland V.

2006-09-01T15:19:00.000+08:00

Finally get to meet up for dinner with my swiss exchange buddy. Felt really bad about this all the while cos not only i didin't pick him up at the airport, i also didn't really help him adjust to like in singapore and smu at all. Ya, what a lousy buddy i am. SHouldn't even have signed up for this at all.

ANyway, i think i kinda made up for it cos i waited 4 hours for my buddy, Dirk, for dinner!! 4 HOURS!! Was so freaking hungry then. Went for dinner with all his class mates etc. With this i got to know 3 more ppl from smu and also 4 more swiss! NOt too bad.

We brought the Swiss to try some 'King of Fruits' near bugis. Some of them like it, especially Yagiz and Carmen, but poor Sven(the guy in red) can't take it at all. Haa haa. Really funny when u see him in agony trying to eat the durian. Wondering why i didn't mention anymore things about my buddy? Cos my buddy went back to sch to mug! Insane!!
Decided to go for some drinks after dinner and durian. Thought about a few places like chijmes, Holland V and even local coffeeshops!! Decided to go to Holland V in the end. Took 2 cabs there. WAited DAMN *UCKING long for the cabs. Stupid cabs in singapore don't stop when ppl wave at them! Either the cab drivers are all blind or that they are too rich that they are just simply driving around wasting fuel. Finally got the cabs after like 20mins of waving and waiting. Haiz.

nick

3rd Day at HOME ----- BORED !

2006-08-29T23:27:00.000+08:00

Stayed home for the whole day today. What a boring person am i manz. THis is the 3rd day that i am staying home for the 4 free days that i have. Didn't have plans for the day, that's why didin't go out. Actually i was thinking of going to school to buy books and study for the day. The catch is that i only woke up at 2pm in the afternoon, thus it doesn't make much sense to go all the way to school and back just to buy a few books (which i will most prob not read) and study a while.

Cooked really a lot for my lunch this afternoon ard 4. Look at the pic below. It's the famous INDO MEE's MEE GORENG with lots of 料（ingredients)!! There's mushrooms, straw mushrooms, vegetables, chicken nuggets. meat and prawns. Zhai right? 哈哈哈哈哈。

And guess what's after eating that filling meal?? i watched my favourite show for the 1st time since i'm back from the states. Know what it is? It's 娱乐百分百. whahahaaa.

Tried to study after catching the show. Gave up after reading the textbook for like 2 mins! whaha, am really tired, that's why. Went to bed for a short nap of 1.5 hours. hee hee hee.

Woke up, had a shower after that and started my first mugging session for this term. Read one chapter and i already cannot take it. SEriously cannot take it. Damned tired and all lar. Insane! I'm really dead manz. Whahhaaa. Actually haveto read another chapter, but i'm too tired thus i decided to give up. yea.

nick

Day spent with Eugene - JB

2006-08-28T10:24:00.000+08:00

Second week of school. Monday. My common free day with eugene. Decided not to play badminton for the week and go JB instead. My first trip to JB with Eugene. The trip is meant to be a slack one. Just to eat and eat and also to watch movie.

I am really amazed at how cheap are the movie tickets in Malaysia that i took a picture of the price guide of movie tixs. It's only 6RM for students! That's approx $2.50 sing!! Damn cheap lar, that's like only 1/3 of the price of the tix sold in singapore! Actually i wanna watch 'Click' but the stupid Eugene wanna watch 'Nacho libre', a really really stupid movie!!! Just take a look at the poster and you'll know what i mean. whahaa, but well, it was rather entertaining afterall, had quite a few laughs. Really can't stand Jack Black being half naked for almost the whole show. Kinda upsetting for the stomach actually.More food after movie. Eugene wanna have the herbal black chicken soup. So rich right? Whaha, scarely later he go back and have nose bleed then he know.It's simple more and more food for the rest of the day. Ended the day over at Taman Sri Tebrau. 大马花园！！Introduced him to the Bond59's favourite stall, stall 59!!! Below is 2 of the dishes that we ordered that i liked more. They are 烧鸡鱼 and 麦片虾。Sorry if i got the chinese characters wrong, cos my written chinese sux!!

Yea THat's about all for the short trip to JB with Eugene. Yap. Ciao

nick

2nd Day in school, Sianz !!!

2006-08-24T12:51:00.000+08:00

Am in my very first MPW (management of ppl at work) lesson now. Was on time for school today. All thanks to Guo Hao, Hui Yee and Britmand who gave me wake up calls.

The lesson have been going on for an hour for now. The prof is nice, everything's good, just that i don't really know what's going on for the lesson. This is my 3rd lesson for my 3rd term in smu. Taken corporate reporting and Finance lessons yesterday. On the looks of things so far, i seriously think that i'll have a really hard/difficult time for this 3rd term in SMU.

THe more depressing thing is that i can't find any of the books that i need over at Verts. Really really sad. Cos it means that i have to get all new books!! It's gonna cost me like nearly 250 Freaking dollars !! Damned !!

Met up with Eugene for dinner after school. The reason i decided to meet him over a t Clementi is because i wanted to buy books over at Clementi bookshop.

Eugene treated me to Indian Rojak!! Really really appreciate it, THanks !!

Went home right after eating Nasi Lemak over at Clementi's Hawker centre. Wrapped my new books and went to catch a nap right after it. Really reaally shag out !!!

nick

1st Day Back to Sch ! And I'm LATE for it!

2006-08-23T09:26:00.002+08:00

Today's the 1st dat back to School after my 4 month's stint over at the united states. The worse thing happened again! I was late for lesson again!! The the very first lesson of my 3rd term in SMU.

Really really unprepared for school. Let me just illustrate how unprepared i am for this coming term.

1. I don't have any *ucking clue as to what lessons

am i taking on the respective days of school.

2. I don't have any of the books that i am required

to have for the upcoming term.

3. I don't have money to buy the books required

cos i spent so much over at the US.

I have 2 lessons today. Really lost etc. Seriously hope that things will turn out alright. Ciao. Gonna start listening to lessons now.

Nick

Visit SMU after 4 months / Mini Cedar point Gathering

2006-08-22T12:51:00.000+08:00

This is my first day back to SMU after 4 months in the states. Quite happy to be back and seeing all the familiar but yet unfamiliar things. But i guess things will all fall into place pretty soon once the lessons starts and the projs etc kicks in. Ran into quite a number of friends etc along the concourse, Really happy to see all of them!!! Especially one of my better friend in SMU - MICHELLE KOH ( 神经婆）。Look at the pic below, we still look the same after all the time spent in US (for both her and me).Only back from the states for less than a week and we already have a mini-gathering. Kinda weird huh??? Whahaaaa. But it's not that case!! Cos it have been some time since we have last seen a number of the ppl that works at Cedar point. The reason is because i travelled for close to a month after leaving cedar point! That's why. The attendance is quite a good one considering the fact that the notification by charles was rather late (only the day before!)
We went to have dinner over at C.A. The good thing of going there is because there's a 50% off for all the cakes! YEa. But the bad thing is that the cakes are not as good as it seems. Nick

Shopping Spree over at Lodi's Prime outlets!!

2006-06-07T10:19:00.000+08:00

Shopping was really really crazy over at Lodi. Spent so much!! Spent 187.13USD in total! That's like 299.208 Sing Dollars! Almost 300 sing!!I've never spend so much at on go on shopping in my whole 22 years of life manz! Add those that i've spent so far over at Aeropostale etc, i think i would have spent ard 300!!

Anyway, let me give a detailed breakdown of the day's events and happenings. WE're suppose to leave the commons at 930am but we didn't leave like till 1030. Cos both the ppl and the driver were late!! Reached the place, Prime outlets (Lodi) ar ard noon. Have ard 8.5 hours for us to shop ard there. The van that took us there is so packed. There's like 17 of us in that van. So packed!! Only 1/2 of my butt is on the seat for the entire 1.5hr ride there. Crazy. My butt and neck was hurting so much by the time that we reach Lodi Prime outlets.

Started off by just looking around / window shopping. Spent the 1st 2 hours walking ard and having lunch. Didn't buy anything till after lunch when we got to Levis. Spent at least 1.5hrs in levis. Whahahaa. I spent like 70 USD over at LEvis. Crazy. That's more than 100+ Sing dollars! But i think it's worth it. Cos i bought quitea number of stuffs. 3 x boxers, a T-shirt, 1 Pair of jeans and a leather wallet. Really like the stuffs there. Yea, i would have bought more stuffs if i can afford. At least like a few more pairs of Jeans and T-shirts. Reallly worth it. Much much cheaper than those that we can get in singapore.

Anyway, the levis shop is really the shop that kicks off the shopping spree! Went to to Polo, Rue 21, Adidas etc. Spent so much!

Was so tired after a while cos of all the trying of clothes etc. Tired like hundreds of clothes manz! Really crazy. Suppose to take Dave's car and be on the way back at 830pm. But again, he's late by an hour!! REally irritaed. REached back to the commons ard 1140pm.

Gabe etc was already back when we came back. Confirmed with Carol etc about the proposed trip to King's Island as well. WE're planing to go over to King's Island on the 22nd. It's quite a long drive away, so really hope that it'll turn up well.

2 of the Johnny rockets girls from singapore kinda 'resigned' yesterday. They have not officially resigned but they're planning to quit and start travelling the next day!! Power right? Whahaha

nick

Inbalanced again!

2006-06-05T11:21:00.000+08:00

I'm currently in the employee recreation centre over at the commons. Feeling rather down now. The reason is cos of something rather stupid.

I went back earlier to my apartment and Gabe was there. I knew that they went over to get a car today, so i asked him how was it. He told me that they have already gotten a car and that the 4 of them: Debbi, yong chang, Carol and him are sharing the car. With that, i kinda got rather unhappy and sad. I know that i shouoldn't be feeling that day but that's the way i'm feeling and there's nothing that i can do about it!

I should feel happy that they have gotten a car cos they wanted it so badly! but on the other hand, i'm not happy about it cos i am not part of it. I wanted to be part of it, but no one really ask me to, so i kinda didn't take initiative to do so. Maybe cos i'm afraid of being rejected or what, but right now, i'm really feeling very sianz!!

The reason as to why i am feeling like this may be because i realise the fact that they will be driving to many other places and going to many other places and that i'll not be able to join them as they already have 4 person pack in the car and that they paid for it! Actually i think we can fit in another person, and i certainly don't mind squeezing at the back of the car, but they do not share the view that i have, they only want 4 persons. It's all my fault from the very first place, cos i didn't take any intiative to tell them that i wanted to get the car with them etc, so i kinda deserve it as well. Damned! Hated to have this kinda feeling. Really hated it!!

Really hated the fact that they'll be going to many places and doing many things together and that i am or rather i'll not be part of it! I really wanna be part of it, cos they are the ppl that i'm kinda closer to! I am not really close to the rest of the ppl, so.......

Shit!! I really don't know what to do for now and how to feel for now manz! Hated this feeling!! REAlly!! Fuck!!! HOpe that i'll be able to get over this asap, if not i'll forsee that someday i'll create some problem for everyone of us and i don't want it to happen. So pls, if there's a god or something like that out there as what alll my friends told me, i pray that i'll get over this asap and pls help me to get over it, i'm feeling so miserable now. Cos i know that i shouldn't be feeling this way but i don't can't really control my feelings!

nick

Day Trip to Michigan!!

2006-05-30T09:37:00.000+08:00

Suppose to wake up at ard 0645 in the morning. Ended up waking up at roughly around 730! Why do we have to wake up so early??? Cos we have to get the car that we rented and drive up to Ann Arboee, Michigan. Yong chang and me are tagging along with Carol and Gabe to the University of Michigan cos they’re going over there to visit their friends.

Gabe’s the driver for the day. He had absolutely no rouble with driving fast and accustoming to the traffic in USA etc. He’s driving at around 90-100 miles on average, that’s like 140-160 km/hr!! That’s really crazy! It’s like double the speed that we drive over back in Singapore! But I’m rather happy that he drove that fast cos it really really shorten the journey by a lot!

Reached Ann arbor ard noontime. Check out the school etc. The school’s nice, but Georgetown’s still better. One thing that university of Michigan is better is the law library that they have over there. Their law lib looks really like those scences in Harry potter!!
Had Japanese food for lunch. Really good. Haven had sushi for such a long time! I was kinda still full from those brownies that I had eaten while on the way to Michigan thus I only shared sushi with yong chang.

Went walk ard the Campus for a while after lunch and then have ice – cream at 3+. The ice cream was really huge! Was so full after eating that manz.

The most exciting part of the whole day is approaching! That’s shopping time! Went over to a nearby mall to shop. The main reason of us going there is cos carol and her friend wanna spend some time together thus Yong Chang and me went shopping on our own. Saw a lot of stuffs that I like. Like cargo shorts, jeans, shirts etc etc. Guess where I end up spending all my money??? AEROPOSTALE!! Damn it@

I spent like 76+ over at Aeropostale!! That’s like $130 sing dollars manz!! I’m really really crazy I think. MAD! Spent so much. I haven even started my travel USA things yet! Gonna work more hours to cover up! Do I have to do it? Should I ? whahhaa

Should I eat into my savings (which is not a lot after paying for everything like the air tickets and program fees) or should I just try to earn more money? What should I do? If I work more then I’ll not have the time to interact with ppl! If I don’t work extra then I’ll not have money! Shit!! Really hated dilemma like this!

Anyway there’s another thing that I have to talk about, that’s about the dinner that we had during this Michigan trip. Guess what? I actually know 2 person over at the university og Michigan! They are Gan chin wei and Jing Shen! Didn’t really expect to see anyone that I know over there, so it’s really a surprise, a good one though.

Haven seen Gan for so long so it’s really nice to see him! Chatted with him through the dinner. This is like the first time that I’m really chatting with him. Really funny, weird in fact.

Really envy those ppl that went over to study overseas. Really. Hated school in Singapore. It’s so boring here in Singapore. Everything’s so competitive and boring. N olife at all. And yea, the dinner’s on the house. One of the gal’s parents came over to visit their daughter and decided to give all of us a dinner treat. Really really nice of them to do so manz. It must have cost them quite a bit to do it. The food’s not too bad as well. Full course Chinese dinner, so yea, really appreciate it.

The last highlight for the night is that there’s a white Castle outlet over at our dinner place. Took a few pics with that and bought 10 of their small burgers to see why ‘Harold and Kumar’ are so obsessed with it! Whahhaaa

If u think the ride to Ann arbor was fast, then u’re wrong, so wrong! Cos the way back was even faster! Took slightly over and hour only! It was so fast! The night didn’t just end there. We went over to Bayside to pick Debbi up for Grocery shopping over at Walmart and Meijers. Planned to buy a fan actually. Same goes for Debbi and Carol. We didn’t buy in the end cos Esmond already bought one for our room.

Everyone’s out during the night. Ran into so many ppl over at Walmart and also Meijers. Yong chang and me had decided to share our food. The thing is that Issac and esmond came along later and wanna share with us as well. Seriously I have no prob with them etc. It’s just that I don’t wanna share stuff with too many ppl anymore.

Gabe gave us a ride back to the commons before making another trip to meijers to pick up the rest of the guys like charles and ambrose. Really tire when I got back. Slept soon after I got back. Anyway I did attempt to drive the car! Whaha….i am the one who drove us to Walmart from The bayside apartment after we pick Debbi up!!!

nick

Work at 3 / Drinking at Kyle's

2006-05-27T09:27:00.000+08:00

Started work only at 3pm in the afternoon! Damn it! Hated this kinda shifts manz, cos the hours are so little! I wana make more money! I was late for work though. By 15 mins. All thanks to the stupid bus driver who was late for like 10 mins! Really hate the stupid bus that Cedar point provide for us. Always does not follow the bus schedule at all!

The only good thing about workk for the day was that it's rather busy, thus time passes by really fast!!

The only highlight for the day was the drinking session over at Kyle's place which is directly upstairs from my apartment. Went Walmart with them to get the drinks before we drink. They are really crazy! They bought 2 x 24 pack of beer, i bottle of Volka and osme other stuff! I only drank a little. Not really a little..... Something like 6 cans of beer and 2 shots of volka. Yea. To me it's enough alreadyy lar, cos i'm not that Zhai! whahaa

nick

Friendship / Glass House

2006-05-26T01:33:00.000+08:00

Come across this quote when working yesterday over at the glass house. The title is called friendship! There's a few of them, but this one above is the one that i like most. ESpecially the last verse 'someone you trust who will let you be you". This verse really touches me. Who are the people out there who really can accept me for who i am?

I know that those in Bond can, i know that my Army friends can, i know that my sec sch and pri sch friends can. Who else? Who are my other friends? All those that can accept me for who i am are not here with me nw! THere're all over back home, in singapore, while i'm all alone here in the states. With no one caring for me, no one to really spend my time with cos there;s not really any true friends over here.

I'm not denying that i don't have friends here. I have a few rather ok friends over here ike charles etc, especially GAbe and Carol who knows me more then the rest i think. I don't know if i'm right about that, but at least they are those ppl who seems like they are able to accept me for who i am.

Pls note that i'm not complaining over here, i'm just sad that after like one month here, there's no one who's i can really get along with and all. I feel so lonely and all at night, nothing to do and no one to spend time with ( but isn't that the same as when i'm back in singapore?) whahhaa, always nothing to do and no one to spend time with...... See=> history always repeats itself!

I don't know, i really hope that i'm not born like this and i've not grown to be like this. I have tried, really. I'm not like the old me anymore, those tht know me last time will be able to tell how 'attitude' i am back then, so yea. I'm already much better now! So yea, those who don't like my attitude and all, pls, don't even try to be-friend me right from the beginning. Cos i'm someone who gets into a friendship really fast and i grow to love my friend really fast. SO if u are not interested in having me as a friend then tell me right from the beginning! OKOk, that's all that i'm gonna say, cos i gonna rush for work now.

nick

Kitchen Scare !!!

2006-05-19T10:19:00.000+08:00

Starting from this morning. I had the shocked of my life when i woke up this morning annd saw the mess the kitchen was in. It's crazy. SEriously. The stoves has some spilled eggs etc that goes all the way into the stove. The table have maple sauce for pancakes with the cap nowhere to e found. There's a bowl of pancake mix that's already mix but unuse. Eggs were fried and left lying on top of the table with a piece of bread lying on top of it and another piece of bread crumpled up beside it! Really mad!! The people are like beast !!! manz !! REally really untidy and messy and....ARGH!!!!! Going mad!

There's so much wasteage of food!! think i might not want to share with all of them in the future! Damn! REally super inconsiderate manz! whahaa

nick

Chinese Buffet Dinner and Jackass!!

2006-05-19T01:05:00.000+08:00

Was sent over to the Cedar point shop after i've closed the candly shop this evening. They needed help to restock and to clean up etc. It was raining again! Sickening. Rose, the candlemaker shared her umbrella with me. So nice of her . Really am touched! whhaa

Work today was rather alright. Started off rather slow but it picked up when the wheather turns nasty! It even hail today! whahaa. IT's the first time i've even seen any hail in my life! And it even happened 2 times today! So funny, those hail looked like those Dippin Dots Ice cream that we are selling over here in Cedar point!

Was kinda looking forward to going back home after work cos we are going for somebuffet dinner. Chinese buffet dinner !! A whole lot of us went there. It's like almost the whole of my apartment + a few of the firls + Dav! Dav went for the buffet with us. Reallt glad that he came with us. One reason is because he drove us there! So we kinda saved a few dollars for the cab. But the main reason is cos he;s really fun to be with etc.

Went took a walk through the Walmart after Dinner. Dav bought a DVD (Jackass) and we went over to his room to watch it after getting back from dinner. Not too bad! Really funnny and crazy! Seriously. They does things that are really crazy! like sticking a toy car that's in a condom up the arse of one of them so that they can go fro x-ray after thatt!! wwhhaaa. But still, i really enjoyed the show, gonna either rip a copy of it or i'll get a copy of it before i return back to singapore.

Nick

Day off !! Rides and shopping therapy

2006-05-17T08:59:00.000+08:00

Today's my second day off since i've started work here over at cedar point. Whahaa, planned to go over to the park for rides and all in the morning, at 930, with a few other guys etc. In the end, only carol and me go together cos Charles wanna sleep more and same goes to ppl like Danny.

Thus i went for the rides with Carol in the morning! Was kinda rush, didn't have time for breakfast manz! whaha, but the rides and all was not too bad. We started off with one of the roller coaster rides!! The highest in the park! the Millenium Force! whaha, that's not too bad, not too bad at all! The first fall is the worst! whaha, it's almost a vertical fall all the way down! Really scary! whaha, wasn't really very prepared for it! but yea, it's fun! whahaa

Took the mantis after that, that's also a crazy ride! Really, the ride was done standing up! whhaa, it's siao lar! then there's alll those bumps and turns! Argh... My ears hurts after that! WHahaa

We also took a really stupid ride, it's some stupid kiddy ride whereby one of us will try to drive a car! It's really slow and all, so it's really boring The route is rather long as well manz! Look at carol there! whahaa

Took a few more rides after Carol left for work. Took the rides with a few of the thais and Danny. Whwhahaaa. Kinda weird taking rides with them cos i am not really close to them all what, so there's nothing to tlak about ! whahaa, luckily it's only for a while cos Danny's going back to work and i'm leaving for Sandusky mall after taing the rides. Took this really stupid Skyride with Danny. SEe above! it's just like cable car that runs through the length of the park! hwhhaaaa, that's really lame!

Anyway got to the Sandusky mall with Charles in the afternoon. Spent like 2-3 hours there shopping. I bought 4 tops! 2 JAckets and 2 Polo tees over at the mall in one of the shop -- aeropostale. The stuff there was really cheap, think they have some sale etc over there, that's why. I spent like 50+ over there! It's close to 80 Sing dollars! whahaaa, i didn't even realise untill now! whhaaa
Nick

Depression

2006-05-16T20:46:00.000+08:00

At the recreation centre now. Feeling really lousy and all. Fuck!! Feel really down and all, how i wish i could cry it out, it's really help! haiz.

Don't ask me why i'm feeling depressed etc, i always am, always. What's the cause of it i really don't know. I was okay just an hour ago, but why am i ike this now? Damn!! REally hated this feeling.

Damned! getting depressed cos of nothing? Weird isn't it? There might be a few reasons which i shall not talk about it here, it's too personal.

One of which which i can mention is because of carol. I asked if i can join for some games but she said 'no' to me outright. I know she don't reallly mean it but i'm really very pissed. Seriously mad. Not gonna talk to anyone!

No one really truly appreciate me. SEriously. Hated that feeling.

See? Here i go aggain!! It's always others' fault and not mine??? BULLSHIT!! It's always my fault and not the others!! Couldn't be that everyone's always treating me the same way, so it must be me as i'm the only thing thta's constant here!! Im the FUCKING PRoblem!!!

ARGH......!! This is so frustrating, i'm gonna go back to my apartment and have some peace by myself! Hated this !

nick