Sagittarius Popiah

2009-08-08T02:39:00.000-07:00

Using faith as a support of life is actually not believing in yourself. A faith might make your life easier, because you might think there will be a higher power that will help you to do things. But actually the things that you can do are not written yet and nobody else can do them except you. You can pray to God to help you, but in the end it is still up to you to do it.

No offense to anyone out there.

Peace out,
Vincent

Trying a hand at cooking... Hope it attracts chicks wahaha!

2009-03-29T06:51:00.000-07:00

I have been trying out my hand at cooking, since i may have to leave my home to strike out a living in the not-so-distant future. Anyway, here's a recipe that i cooked up myself, and in no way taken or plagarised from any sources. I posted it on other websites which i deem too sensitive to reveal here, so if you do see it, it's mine.

Ever went on a picnic and found that carrying a pot of curry a hassle?
Well, why not switch to dry curry instead?
Non-spill, and less space occupied = lighter load!

I used to organise BBQs for my classes, and usually cook a simple dry curry to round up the course. It's a very simple dish to cook, and takes around 25 minutes to prepare the ingredients, and 35 minutes to cook it(give or take).

I have tweaked the recipe a little to serve 4-5 people, i mean come on, you don't usually cook for more than that right?

Utensils Needed
Wok** (if not, a really large pan, large enough for a whole chicken)
Small cooking pot (for blanching)
Flat ladle (for stir-frying)
Chopping Board
Vegetable Knife

Ingredients
1 whole chicken (tell your butcher/supermarket helper to chop/clean it up for you, it's easier than doing it yourself)
3 large potatoes
1 stalk of carrot
1 stalk of lemongrass
100ml of water (half a cup)
100-150ml of coconut milk (use full cream milk for those who cannot take too much cholesterol, also around half a cup)

Condiments
1 whole onion (shallots will do fine too)
3-4 cloves of garlic (i usually use 5-6, but your call, i love garlic)
2-3 tablespoons of oil (any will do, i usually use vegetable oil)

Seasonings
250 grams of Curry powder (curry paste is fine too, get meat flavour)
Curry Leaves (around 2 pinches)
Salt (pinch)

Preparing of ingredients
1. Skin your carrot, and cube it.
2. Peel your potatoes, and cube them.
*Try to first cut the potato into planks for easier cubing*
3. Chop your garlic finely and set them aside.
*Smash the garlic with the flat of your knife for easier removal of 'skin'*
4. Wash, then smash the bulb of the lemongrass. Break the lemongrass as if you are breaking a stick, but leave the ends hanging together.
5. Remove the 'skin', and chop onion(s) finely.
6. If haven't done so, chop chicken into bite-sized portions.
7. Bring a small pot of water to a boil.
8. Blanch the chicken pieces for around 2-3 seconds each, and remove from hot water. Drain off excess water from chicken.
*This is to remove the icky stuff from the raw chicken, like dirt and such*

Cooking
1. Heat wok with oil over high heat.
2. Add onions, garlic, curry leaves and stir fry until fragrant.
*or until golden brown, try not to burn them!*
3. Reduce to medium heat.
4. Add curry powder/paste, and stir-fry for 1 minute.
*WARNING PUNGENT SMELL THAT WILL MAKE YOU TEAR/CHOKE IF YOU'RE TOO CLOSE WARNING*
5. Throw in your pieces of chicken and stir-fry for 3 minutes.
6. Place lemongrass into the wok and add your water.
*Try to add your water around the wok, to ensure equal distribution*
7. Put in your potatoes and carrots.
8. Sprinkle salt and stir-fry for 2 more minutes.
9. Leave the curry to bubble for 18-20 minutes. Keep an eye on it.
*Leave the wok uncovered, you want the water to evaporate*
10. Add coconut milk, and stir fry for last 3 minutes.
11. Turn the heat off, and serve hot, with rice preferably Very Happy
*For those moving it, make sure to get a large enough pot to carry it around with*

2009-01-15T08:32:00.000-08:00

It's not like me to blog often nowadays and so far i have not broken that habit.
But i know i used to blog quite often, just that i think i have either lost interest in recording down my daily/weekly/monthly exploits or more probably because i have nothing much to blog about.
Either i am working in the day or working out in the afternoon or lazing around at night. My insomnia's keeping me awake pretty much all night til about 3am although i am exhausted by work and exercise. Really, i cannot wait for poly to start for me.
But hey enough of complaining man, one should always look on the bright side, if there are none then look at your backside. Since you can't really see your backside, it means that whatever troubling you is a paradox, and paradoxes don't exist, therefore i conclude that trouble = gone. There, geng geng logic. Anw, carpe diem! Means seize the day in latin.

What normally happens to me daily? Lemme see...
-Wakes up at 6am-
-Wash up and depending on time left groom( i pay much more attention to my hair now)-
-Take the @!$#! MRT to Toa Pa Yoh and reach my workplace at 7am-
-Restock on the fruits and veggies(my section) and argue with Mat that tottenham will win liverpool any other day, even if it means having to make Gomes knock out 6 of their players by punching them during corners lol*-
-Watch on as the workplace politics fly here and there. I don't take sides, and it's a wise choice-
-10am is when i get really really busy, as that's when the deliveries start coming faster than sarah palin giving birth to her (over 9000!) children**-
-12am! Time to let off and small talk with the kelly girl hehe-
-Depending on my schedule, i will either eat with Mat and Vinnie, or go straight back to yishun to eat lunch-
-If having no appointments with company e.g. soccer, go straight home change into to-be-washed clothes-
-top up rabbits' water drip and make sure to stop Cookie humping Oreo and Oreo from humping Xiaobai haha.(vicious cycle, luckily xiaobai doesn't hump cookie or i will faint on the spot)-
-Depending on mood, i will do one of 3 things.-
-(1) Get out my bike and ride out as far as i can and be back by 4pm-
-The most common route i take is from yishun to jalan kayu to amk and back to yishun-
-(2) Whip out my lappy and do some work on my codewriting. Basically i will be so frustrated i will switch it off within an hour and a half and go play my psp-
-(3) Bring my personal bag down to the park and continue on my to-be-released-when-i'm-99-years-old book. When inspiration strikes i can write all day long. If not i will let the jogging pump some into me-
-(4) Occasionally i will do all 3, by riding to Sembawang Beach with my lappy in my personal bag, and just relax by the sand, sea, and breeze-
- Now i eat out more often, as my mum is working and dad is like working overseas. Granted, i have a lot more freedom now, but i still cannot shake off this feeling of that tiny little void in me-
-Mum, sis, older sis will be back by 8pm. Mum watches channel 52 and 54, sis plays with rabbit with older sis, i playing psp on the bed with Oreo on my head. When mum goes away i cop the remote and start watching AXN and Sports Channel. Before 'turning in' i glimpse at channel news asia for latest news i didn't see in today's The Newpaper-
-this is when my insomnia kicks in. No matter how i try to sleep i cannot. And did i mention that whenever i force myself to sleep and succeed i have nightmares. So eventually i gave up and just lie on my bed thinking. I think about a lot of things. Heck, i think i spend about 3 hours a day just closing my eyes, not sleeping, but thinking. Normally i will start to fantasize in my little dream world, where i daydream of being a nomad hunter like Monster Hunter, or one of those save the girl scenarios, and even how like in a zombie epidemic what i will go and do, where to hold up and barricade and survive. Yeah, crazy stuff, i know, but it's good to just think you know? But eventually i come back into reality and start to worry about my future. Will i be able to get into poly? Yes, i can but what if i cannot? And if i could will i fit in? Being naive and of more than slightly optimistic nature, i will push all these thoughts away, but they will always linger and eat away at my defenses, my dreamworld.

I reminisce about the old times, how i used to play the clown in primary school, there was this case of an old friend of mine liking the assistant head prefect, and he brought her a drink, which she declined, which i promptly downed and ran away being chased by him while the others roared in approval. Hahahaha but then i started noticing the existence of girls, and my (in my own words) raging hormones (hahahhaha) started acting up. So by the time i entered secondary school, i was, what brendon termed, shy as ****. If a girl started treating me nice i would fall for her in a crush, to that sort of extent. After several mishaps along the way in sec 1 and 2 when i was very confused about my personality, as i behaved very differently in different company. I was like, wearing a mask for every occasion, you know? But those were good times, i admit. I remember when the canteen closed down and everyone hated the temp canteen, i made sandwiches and drinks and brought them to school to sell to my dear old class, 2/6. My mum cooked carrot cake, which was all snapped up within recess. Another incident was when i brought my rubber chicken and duck to school. Brendon hung the chicken at the screen and threw the duck to the construction site. And flushed tweety bird down the toilet bowl where it got stuck and clogged the pipes haha. We were such retarded imbeciles man. But heck, we had lotsa fun, as a class.

Streaming. Sec 3. I distinctly remember posting day, as that was the day i found out, to my absolute horror, that i was going to 4/4.
*peers at list*
...
only me and weian...
plus cindy bliss edna michelle etc.
ABISH.
The sight of brendon laughing and rolling around on the floor will be forever seared into my memories when he found out that jia hao was in 4/4 too. They have a rivalry together since NCC sec 1, so i wasn't surprised. Maybe he was just relieved. But jh turned out ok as a friend in the end. I mean, yeah, ok, the glass incident pissed me off and as anyone who knows me should know i dun get pissed off easily, i'm more of a let's be friends even tho you are capulet and i am montague kind of guy. But looking back on hindsight, let's just say that everyone has their flaws and kinks, and who's to say that you won't do the exact same thing? And like what i like to say, it's never too late to forgive and it's never too early to forget, so let's just carry on with life. Life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. Life gives you limes, you make lime juice. Life gives you sh!t... You feed your plants like how i dispose of my rabbit litter.

3/4 was... i dunno, passive at the start i guess? Only a certain few joined the community we created online and even though we posted stuff like the kway chup uncle going crazy saying EAT MY KWAY EAT MY KWAY, which we like posted as if we were smsing lol, eventually it got less active and died a natural death-faded away.
Being the CLASS SPIRIT MUST EXIST SOMEHOW guy i always tried to organize bbqs, outings, chalets etc... I did the same for every class i got into, and i doubt that will change when i get into poly. I did suffer as a result of course, as any other organizer knows it's a pain in the @ss to do all these yet i still find it enjoyable to be able to like just get together and have fun, makes all the hassle and annoyance go away planning ya know(even though the 2009 new year thing was an utter disaster and i was crushed, i must still apologise to the people i made step out of their houses for nothing. For that i am deeply sorry). Anw, we somehow got along, with funny interesting incidents happening along the way (who can ever forget Mrs Sin, heck she calls me Cheng An, might as well call me Cheng Tng and eat me up sia haha), with some rather sad moments for me sob sob lol. But as they say, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and even though it wasn't that big or small a deal, these good times and bad times strengthen you for the future. Bad times for you to learn from, and good times for you to fall back on. yeah.

Ahh, NDP 2006. I am proud to serve my country no matter how small my contribution might be. And NDP 2008 too, this time as a cheerleader wahahaha! Don't think just because i'm small sized doesn't mean i'm not strong ok? hahaha.

... To conclude, i would say that those times were memorable, some happy some sad but all unforgettable. And i would like to devote this little section to the people in 4/4 who changed my life just by being in the same class as me then, as most likely i would never be seeing you guys ever again, ya?

To the people of 4/4 07, you guys may not be perfect, you girls may not be flawless, but what would 4/4 be without you all? A person once said:"4/4? What 4/4?"
I replied:" Even if there's no 4/4, i would try my best to make 4/4, and even if i fail in your eyes, i know deep down there was a bond, no matter how small and tiny it was, between each and everyone of us."
If i am making you, the reader, most likely a 4/4, sick by being over dramatic, let me tell you, i won't even be bothered to assure you, that these are from the bottom of my heart. There are a lot of memories that i would like to share but i know some are sad ones for others and having once made the same mistake i swore never to make others sad again. And as i type i realise that not everyone will feel this way, as i feel about 4/4. And that my poly term's up ahead, and that i need to start anew, i need to let certain parts of 4/4 go, certain feelings, certain memories, certain people. That i am sure that as the years go by we get to know more people and forge new bonds, these things will slowly fade, but deep down, in our hearts, we will take refuge in them when the need arises...

Lastly, i would like to thank a few 4/4 people, and as i know i have not been updating my blog very few ppl have come to visit, which is why i am just going to write it down and let all these go before i go abroad.
Firstly, i would like to thank Terence, when i first met you i thought you were crazy, but heck ahaha, you are one fine friend. I can be sure that when my back's to the wall, you will come to help me, and i will surely help you when the need arises.
Secondly, thank you Lee Teck and Kia Woon for just being there to listen as i poured my troubles to you two online, and for that i am grateful.
Thirdly, arigato MC, for being there when i was confronted, for sticking with me even though it was of no connection to you, i really appreciate it.
Fourth, thanks pete, for sharing the burden of booking the chalet and payment and everything. And for coming to my 1st ever choir concert with MC and Adi =]
Fifth, xie xie ni sing ee, for faithfully bring the ball home after soccer.
Lastly, hui ting, i would like to say sorry that i caused a bit of trouble for you back then, and that i will always have a soft spot for you as a friend, maybe we will meet each other when you become your business woman overseas then haha.

Signing out,
yours sincerely,
and faithfully,
ever so comic,
gengan

2008-12-11T22:24:00.000-08:00

.......
I don't know whether to be angry, amused, or flattered.
Probably all three.
It's never a everyday thing to be called miss, xiao jie and xiao mei on three separate occasions by three different people at three different times of the same day.
And i seriously wonder if all three people in question being female really comforts me.
And to those jokers out there, yes i know what you are thinking.
"At least they never call you auntie BWAHAHAHAHA!!!"
......
*peeks into pants*
.....
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

2008-11-23T09:14:00.000-08:00

YES! The last day of bookfest 08 is finally over!!!
This should be enough dough to buy myself a psp and some games haha.
My bank account is growing day by day and i cannot help but grin like a monkey.

But seriously, working is really different from studying.
Tan Tock Seng, Night Safari, Popular, Cold Storage, GBC...
Clerk, waiter, promoter, sales assistant, stock taker...
Quite different from studying.
Well, at least no more complex chemical formulas for me haha!

Bought a ICON OUTFIT bag for myself, including 3 PC games too.
$40 in total, i later found out that was the most i have ever spent on myself on my birthdays.
But the games were a steal man, seriously.

GAME 1. ONIMUSHA 3
What can i say. I played this on my (spoiled) PS2 and didn't finish it. So i must finish this whahaha! Awesome story, awesome game play. Cool samurai.

GAME 2. COLD FEAR
Ever heard of DOOM? Here you are put into the shoes of a US Coastguard, investigating a distress call from a Russian tanker in the middle of the Bering sea. But little do you know what took the crew has already changed them...

GAME 3. TITAN QUEST
Now this is something i have never heard of before. Seems like a diablo clone, so my expectations have been raised. Maybe it will be worth my moolah?

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The Day Before

I was watching the man city-arsenal match and was laughing my socks off on how easily arsenal was dismantled by city and Kompany( PUN!). Just when Robinho was about to score his 2nd (disallowed) goal, a brown, wee little wabbit hopped out of my sis's room and straight towards me.

Now, i like pets, i really do, but the sight of that cute little bugger made me choke on my milk. I mean, i'm watching soccer and a brown baby wabbit hops out of nowhere towards me? Man, that's far out.

Memories of our former pet hamsters escaping their rolling balls resurfaced and made me panic. My sister would always let them play in their rolling balls and somehow they would pull of a houdini and scoot off into the darkest corner, leading me to frantically chase after it and hope they don't go out of the house. Man, those moments were heart in mouth moments for me.

So while the sight of such a cute little wabbit hoping out of no where with sparkling eyes full of love towards you will make most go AWWWWWW, it made me go AHHHHHHHH NO DON'T MAKE ME GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN!!!!!

While i was stunned tioed, my sister picked her (yep, it's a char bo) up and carried her back to her den under her bed. Luckily the main door was closed, otherwise i would have freaked out. She later explained to me she bought two baby wabbits, one brown and one white, both girls ( i would later name the brown one Hazel and white one Wabbit).

After getting over the initial shock, i left arsene wenger crapping his pants on the soccer field and went inside to ooh and ahh over Hazel and Wabbit.
Shall provide pics for ppl to see, they are so darn cute, the wabbits.
Wabbit wabbit wabbit wabbit wabbit!
Wabbit wabbit wabbit wabbit wabbit!
I luv wabbits! =]

fighting chance

2008-10-26T11:22:00.000-07:00

now we have a fighting chance.
welcome, harry, to Spurs.
goodbye, ramos, we appreciated the cup, we know it ain't your fault.
and please forgive us defoe, we shouldn't have sold you and we are happy
that you are having the time of your life.
now we have a fighting chance.

Friends are meant to share

2008-10-05T20:38:00.000-07:00

Friends tell you their secrets
Friends are meant to share
Friends are meant to cheer you up
What happens if they're not there?

What if you were split
Up from your best friend?
Do you think you'd care
If your friendship ends?

Would you slowly drift apart,
Go in separate ways?
Or would u both grow closer,
Grow closer day by day?

What if your friends started
Saying things behind your back?
Would you stand and face them
Or would your courage lack?

Perhaps it would be safer
To let your friendships mend,
Push these thoughts behind you
And make the questions end.

2008-09-30T04:40:00.000-07:00

Channel NewsAsia - Tuesday, September 30

SINGAPORE: Former opposition MP and former Secretary—General of the Workers’ Party, Mr JB Jeyaretnam, died of heart failure early Tuesday.
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He was 82—years—old.

His son Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam told Channel NewsAsia that Mr Jeyaretnam, who had a pre—existing heart condition, had complained of breathing difficulties at about 1.30am on Tuesday.

He was rushed to Tan Tock Seng Hospital but doctors were unable to revive him.

He died of heart failure with both his sons, Kenneth and Philip, by his side.

A lawyer, Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam was the first opposition member to win a Parliamentary seat in 15 years when he defeated the People’s Action Party’s (PAP) Pang Kim Hin and the United People’s Front’s Harbans Singh in the Anson By—Election in 1981.

He retained the seat in the 1984 General Election, but had to vacate it in 1986 after he was convicted on charges of mis—stating his party’s accounts.

Barred subsequently from standing for office, Mr Jeyaretnam returned to Parliament following the 1997 General Election.

That year, he was part of a 5—member team from the Workers’ Party who contested in Cheng San Group Representation Constituency (GRC), and garnered 45.18 per cent of the votes against the PAP’s 54.82 per cent.

A Non—Constituency MP seat was offered to the Workers’ Party for turning in the highest votes by an opposition party, and this was taken up by Mr Jeyaretnam.

In the late 1980s and 1990s, the fiery opposition member faced several defamation lawsuits brought against him by PAP leaders, among them Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong.

In 2001, Mr Jeyeratnam was declared a bankrupt and disbarred as a lawyer.

As a bankrupt, he was also barred from taking part in the General Election held that year.

Later, in October 2001 he left the Workers’ Party he had led since 1971.

After he was discharged as a bankrupt in 2008, a new political party, the Reform Party was formed in July by the 82 year old.

Mr Jeyaretnam leaves behind two sons.

The family later said in a statement that the family is overwhelmed with grief and will make further announcements after the necessary arrangements have been made.

According to the statement from both his sons, Mr Jeyaretnam had spent his last hours at the Evelyn Road apartment of his son Kenneth.

"Earlier this evening he and I had enjoyed a light dinner and chatted and then he sat out on the balcony for a while before retiring."

The statement went on to say that the family was woken up at about 1:30am by Mr Jeyaretnam who was "obviously in distress" and was rushed to hospital.

"But unfortunately the medical team working on him were unable to revive him despite their lengthy and strenuous attempts. My brother Philip joined me at the hospital and we were then informed by the doctor in charge of his care that he had passed away" said the family in their statement which also gave thanks the medical team."

PS: One of our founding fathers have passed on, i wonder if we are strong enough to carry on their legacies and mantles.

Why Men Cheat

2008-09-07T19:02:00.000-07:00

Why Men Cheat
By Constance Holden
ScienceNOW Daily News
2 September 2008

Like meadow voles, some men just don't seem to be built for monogamy, whereas others, like swans, mate for life. New research hints that some of the difference might be due to a single genetic variation.
The gene in question, AVPR1a, governs a receptor that regulates the brain's production of vasopressin, a hormone that contributes to attachment behavior with mates and offspring. A few years ago, scientists found that when they added extra copies of the AVPR1a gene to the brains of promiscuous meadow voles, the animals began acting more like monogamous prairie voles, spending more time with partners and grooming offspring. A similar role for the AVPR1a gene has been observed in chimps and bonobos.

Might such a simple switch be found in humans? A team led by Hasse Walum of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, sequenced the AVPR1a gene in about 500 pairs of adult same-sex Swedish twins, all of them married or cohabiting for at least 5 years, and their partners. One variation of the gene was particularly common; about 40% of males had either one or two copies of a version--or allele--of the gene known as "334."

Although not simply an analog to the polymorphism found in prairie voles, allele 334 seems to have a similar effect on the stability of human relationships, as measured in interviews and questionnaires. The tests included a Partner Bonding Scale containing items that reflect affection and cooperation, such as "How often do you kiss your mate?" and "How often are you and your partner involved in common interests outside the family?"

Scores on the test were significantly lower for the men carrying either one or two copies of allele 334 than for those without it, the researchers report online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The highest score possible is 66; those without the allele scored an average of 48, whereas carriers of one copy of allele 334 scored an average of 46.3. Carriers of two 334 alleles had the lowest scores of all, averaging 45.5. Although the score differences seem small, Walum says they are statistically significant. (No connection was observed in females.)

More striking were the answers to questions as to whether the men had experienced a marital crisis or threat of divorce during the prior year. More than one-third of carriers of two 334 alleles said yes, compared with only 15% of those with no 334 allele. What's more, 32% of those with two alleles were unmarried, compared with 17% of those who didn't carry the allele. Evaluations of the relationship by the men's partners tended to correspond with assessments reported by the men themselves.

The behavior appears to be somewhat heritable. Because the researchers were dealing with a population of twins, they were able to separate genetic and environmental influences. They found that about 28% of the behavior could be chalked up to inheritance, which is similar to what other studies have estimated for the heritability of marital satisfaction and of divorce.

Larry Young of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, whose team found the association between the vasopressin polymorphism and pair bonding in voles (ScienceNOW, 9 June 2005), says that assuming the finding can be replicated, it shows how a brain system developed early in mammalian evolution has been retained over the millennia and continues to play "a critical role in social relationships in both rodents and man." Geneticist Simon Easteal of the Australian National University in Canberra adds that "the effects of the ... polymorphism may be greater than these results indicate" because the study didn't cover single men, who presumably are less inclined to fidelity than those in relationships.

Personal Comments: The scary thing is that it is inheritable. Hope some guys don't use that as an excuse to cheat.

2008-09-02T07:25:00.000-07:00

all the best to you berbatov...
thanks for these two years of excellent service to Tottenham and hope you will win your champion league's football silverware soon.

PS: Please don't score against us lol.

2008-09-01T07:09:00.000-07:00

i take that back.

Responsibility

2008-08-11T08:26:00.001-07:00

As life goes on I'm starting to learn more and more about responsibility
I realize everything I do is affecting the people around me
So I want to take this time out and apologize for things I have done
And things that have not occurred yet
And the things they don't want to take responsibility for

Donating blood

2008-08-05T05:45:00.000-07:00

Just donated blood today.
Wooooo shiok, the pain was no kick.
Felt very satisfied that i could also do something to save lives.
Not bad, 7 more days to freedom...

Look into our hearts, and you will still find memories of you

2008-07-07T09:00:00.000-07:00

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2008-04-28T07:30:00.000-07:00

Dota

2008-04-25T06:40:00.001-07:00

Listen to Basshunter - Dota

2008-02-23T05:32:00.000-08:00

7 things i learned since this new year.

(1) Primary school friends become closer to you again.

(2) Secondary school will be missed in a funny kind of way.

(3) Music is one of life's greatest comforts other than food.

(4) YJC is THE JC to be in.

(5) Jam and Hop is the bomb!

(6) It's never too late to apologize.

(7) It's never too early to forgive.

I feel different this year. I play less computer.
I cook more than i ever cooked in the past 16 years.
I sleep more than i ever slept last year.
I find myself singing in the shower more often.
I find that people care more about you than you think.
That i find it easier to forgive others now.
That i now bear no grudges, that i feel at peace.
What i do feel is the imminent expectations of JC.
Bring it.

2007-12-24T07:44:00.000-08:00

16 SIGNS YOU'RE IN LOVE

16 signs you love someone!!! <3

SIXTEEN: When you´re on the phone with them late at night, and they hang up, you still miss them even when it was just two minutes ago. FIFTEEN: You read their Texts and Ims Over and over again. FOURTEEN: You walk really slow when you´re with them. THIRTEEN: You feel shy whenever they´re around. ELEVEN: When you think about them, your heart beats faster but slower at the same time. TEN: You smile when you hear their voice. NINE: When you look at them, you can´t see the other people around you, you just see him/her. EIGHT: You start listening to slow songs while thinking about them. SEVEN: They´re all you think about. SIX: You get high just from their scent. FIVE: You realize you´re always smiling when you´re looking at them. FOUR: You would do anything for them, just to see them. THREE: While reading this, there was one person on your mind this whole time. TWO: You were so busy thinking about that person, you didnt notice number twelve was missing ONE: You just scrolled up to check & are now silently laughing at yourself. NOW MAKE A WISH. YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO....... * ** *** **** ***** ****** ******* ******** ********* ******** ******* ****** ***** **** *** ** * * ** *** **** ***** ****** ******* ******** ********* ******** ******* ****** ***** **** *** ** * ** *** **** ***** ****** ******* ******** ********* ******** ******* ****** ***** **** *** ** * KEEP GOING * ** *** **** ***** ****** ******* ******** ********* ******** ******* ****** ***** **** *** ** * * ** *** **** ***** ****** ******* ******** ********* ******** ******* ****** ***** **** *** ** * ** *** **** ***** ****** ******* ******** ********* ******** ******* ****** ***** **** *** ** * GO A LITTLE MORE * ** *** **** ***** ****** ******* ******** ********* ******** ******* ****** ***** **** *** ** * * ** *** **** ***** ****** ******* ******** ********* ******** ******* ****** ***** **** *** ** * ** *** **** ***** ****** ******* ******** ********* ******** ******* ****** ***** **** *** ** * ALLMOST THERE * ** *** **** ***** ****** ******* ******** ********* ******** ******* ****** ***** **** *** ** * * ** *** **** ***** ****** ******* ******** ********* ******** ******* ****** ***** **** *** ** * ** *** **** ***** ****** ******* ******** ********* ******** ******* ****** ***** **** *** ** *

Merry Christmas!

2007-12-21T08:43:00.000-08:00

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Congratulations!

2007-12-17T07:26:00.000-08:00

Yeeaaaahh!
Our own Hady won the Asian Idol!

Hehe.
I personally recommend Alvin and the chipmunks movie
to everyone.
Eh, think i mentioned that already.

Nevermind then.
Okayyyy, there is a confirmed 4/4 gathering this Sunday,
from morning til night.

In the morning we would be going to the zoo ( ooh oh ahh ahh)
and have lunch there as well. After that we would be going to Marina South
for steamboat, but should be playing at the field opposite before booking our tables.

So please take leave on that day and try your best to make it.
Cheh.
Pardon me.

Oh, and if any of you are in need of class tees/cca tees/company tees please do not hesitate to contact me, i am now working for Point East Pte Ltd which is the ONLY company that displays an ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management Logo in this year's 2007/2008 Singapore Yellow Pages Buying Guide and 2007/2008 Singapore Yellow Pages Commercial Guide, under the Tee Shirts category.

~Christmas, christmas, time is near~
~Time for toys and time for cheer~
~We've been good but we can't last~
~Hurry christmas, hurry fast~

Cha~tah~

Tottenham are on a roll!

2007-12-15T08:59:00.000-08:00

Woohoo!
Nice set up by youngster Jamie O'Hara who passes it beautifully
to Aaron Lennon before unleashing a superb cross which
star striker Berbatov who hasn't scored in 8 games controlled
with the precision of a surgeon and slammed it with minimum effort,
yielding maximum results.

And it ends with Portsmouth 0-1 Tottenham.
Woo hoo! Our first away win of the season!
And at Fratton Park too!
Jamie O'Hara seems to be an up and coming talent,
so be sure to watch out for him in the future!

2007-12-14T00:32:00.000-08:00

(All right you Chipmunks)
(Ready to sing your song)
(I'll say we are)
(Yeah)
(Let's sing it now)
(Okay, Simon)
(Okay)
(Okay, Theodore)
(Okay)
(Okay, Alvin, Alvin, ALVIN)
(OKAY)

Christmas, Christmas time is near
Time for toys and time for cheer
We've been good, but we can't last
Hurry Christmas, hurry fast
Want a plane that loops the loop
Me, I want a hula hoop
We can hardly stand the wait
Please Christmas, don't be late

(Okay fellas get ready)
(That was very good, Simon)
(Naturally)
(Very good Theodore)
(Ahhh)
(Ah, Alvin, you were a little flat, watch it)
(Ah, Alvin, Alvin, ALVIN)
(OKAY)

Want a plane that loops the loop
I still want a hula hoop
We can hardly stand the wait
Please Christmas, don't be late
We can hardly stand the wait
Please Christmas, don't be late

(Very good, boys)
(Let's sing it again)
(Yeah, lets sing it again)
(No, That's enough, lets not overdo it)
(What do you mean overdo it)
(We want to sing it again)
(Now wait a minute, boys)
(Why can't we sing it again)
[chipmunk chatter]
(Alvin, cut that out..Theodore, just a minute)
(Simon will you cut that out? Boys...)

LOL sounds gay but Theodore's my favourite chipmunk of the three.
Go watch it, wouldn't disappoint, especially the girls =]

4/4 Outings

2007-12-11T07:01:00.000-08:00

Oh yah.

Sing Ee's organising a marina south gathering/dinner this sat/sun for 4/4.
Nightime bah.
Ard there bah but maybe can get there earlier so can have seats.
Too bad i working that two days =[
Can come but maybe just maybe will be late =[

Oh yah also a zoo gathering not confirmed yet.

Cha~tah

Work is tiring

2007-12-10T20:22:00.000-08:00

AHAHAHAHAHA
~crazy laughter induced from working~

Now i really understand how come people prefer to study than work.

PS: Charity salespeople get my respect. They really are people of character.

After Dark

2007-12-01T08:05:00.000-08:00

The intervals between the back of my shadow are cutting off and breaking
They’re running away
I skip over the peeling flowers unnoticed as they fall down
A sweet smelling fragrance flows out of a street corner
And from far off in the distance I seem to hear a crying voice

My faint hope is carried away in the night wind
Won’t it reach to anywhere?
As if refusing this world is swaying
And it’s like everything snatched away
If this is a dream then I’ll awaken however
We are still going without any accomplishments

As if breaking off my midday laziness, I float upon my attitude
And fly as I try to look down upon newly formed cloud
There’s the preferable smell of blood far off in the distant street corner
And I seem to hear a crying voice coming from everywhere

The deep redness flows thickly
And the moon appears to be on the verge of falling down
I want to get rid of these nonsensical days
So that I can continue with an innocent look

My faint hope is carried away in the night wind
Won’t it reach to anywhere?
As if refusing this world is swaying
And it’s like everything snatched away
If this is a dream then I’ll awaken however
We are still going without any accomplishments

Happy Birthday

2007-11-24T07:47:00.000-08:00

My only wish...

To cook a simple dinner for my family to enjoy.

Too bad my sis is away...

LOL what the hell i'm missing her.

Hahaha alright, i'm still going to cook anyway.

When she comes back, that is.

Haha, and thnx guys! Loved the gifts!

Acknowledgements in the next post! =]

End of 4/4

2007-11-22T06:48:00.000-08:00

Lol. Don't know if you can see my title, seems very depressing if you could.

Alright, 4/4's chalet has ended, along with... Er, cannot find words
to descibe what i want to say, can't seem to put it in words.
I have read through other people's blogs and journals and most of them
mentioned the leaving of school and seperation from friends and what not.
All these made me feel a little bit sad, and mostly regretful that i didn't make full use of the time in school to accomplish what i wanted to do. Well, at least i have done some stuff i wouldn't have thought of doing at the start of the year.
Some i regret, some i enjoyed, but if i could turn back the clock, i realised that it wouldn't have been much of a difference, for these experiences have put me through life's lessons and teachings, even though it was sort of rough on the road.
Nevertheless, sad, mad, bad, glad... It was fufilling.

Never ponder too much over the past, and prepare for the future.
Now let me recount what happened during the 4/4 chalet, in case i need something to reminisce by in the future, haha.

Day 1
19th Of November

Woke up at 7am in the morning. Smsed people to remind them where and when to meet again in case they forgot. Terence came by later to help me carry stuff.
The irony was that he was carrying as much as me -_- haha. Thanks anyway.
He ended up playing Hellgate London on the laptop while i packed my stuff.
Time passes so damn fast when you're in a hurry. Then it started to rain and i was cursing to myself that it would stop soon and everything. When we got to Yishun MRT i discovered the disappearance of my wallet. Ran in the rain all the way back to notice it on the piano. What a time to forget your wallet. Just before chalet.

On the way i smsed Pete to tell him we would be late and that he go ahead 1st.
When we were almost reaching Pasir Ris he called to say that we may have a chance of making it there b4 the shuttlebus came. So we hoped and hoped but just as we reached the bus left. -___-"

Took a cab to Cranwell Bungalow. It was horrible man. I swear almost all taxi drivers have no idea that aloha changi actually exists. When we reached the guys were all going mad. As in very high that kind of mad. Lee Teck, Adi, Jiahao, Sing Ee, Prasaanth, MC were playing soccer in the chalet, while Jie Ling and Jieming looked on calmly. Pete was checking the chalet. To my amazement they forgot to checked the whole of the chalet.( oh no!) Then we all counted the number of spoons lah, showerheads lah( one was broken in half lol)...

I was then told that the girls were informed that bbq was for 2nd night.
No problem then, we then changed it to 2nd night while we ate cooked food for the 1st night. When the bbq stuff came we paid then we settled dwn on the rooms and such. Watched Borat and were laughing like siao throughout. Was glad i brought it =]
After that played some soccer game with Sing Ee. Being Arsenal and Tottenham supporters we obviously chose them to play. Won Sing Ee 4-2.

After that Weian suggested to go Old Changi Hospital aka Old Chang Kee( lol my idea)
At first Wei An was still at the chalet and we guys were outside the chalet below this haunted looking warehouse. Adi and i decided to go up and lead the pack around it since we couldn't get in. Oh i rmb le. It was the exact same house 2/6 tried to cross around during the chalet in 2006 where some of us saw a figure coming out of the warehouse when the front group were beside it. Brrr.
After we successfully crossed it Weian joined us and we then proceeded to OCH.
When we looked up at it the feeling was wat-the-hell-i'm-aint-going-in-there-man. It doesn't help when you watched horror movies like Shutter and Alone before. Weian was our guide and told us we were just going in for a while and then coming out. Armed with torchlights we climbed the desolated stairs overgrown with plants up slowly the dark building. It was around 10pm. When we reached the top the realisation that we were almost inside hit us all. Raindrops hitting the metallic roofs startled us and puddles of what should be water were lying around. We then partnered in 2s, Weian and I in front, Adi and Prasaanth at the back i think. You know what they say about people in 3s. The middle one always gets spirited off in theory and we weren't very eager or brave to test it out."Just going through, very fast one" were the last words uttered before we climbed in.

Turning right we reached the place i would like to call the first checkpoint,"The Door On The Floor". If you were there you would see this old, brown door lying in the puddle of blackish water, pointing to the stairs in front. Graffiti was everywhere man. Crytic messages and warnings plastered the walls, doing no help to our nerves. As we climbed we reached the next floor. It was damn dark, and thankfully there was a full moon to provide some precious light. Continuing to walk we reached what i would call the 2nd checkpoint, "The Red Skull". The drawing was so bad that if it wasn't so scary in there i would have laughed. The light played over it's face as if it was alive. We quickly hurried through. Passing through wards and rooms long abandoned years ago, lifts that plunged down into the darkness and stairs that seemed to beckon with dark curiosity. We then reached what i would call the 3rd checkpoint, "The View Of The Sea". It was a corridor with a splendid view of the jungle and sea. Too bad we weren't in the mood to sightsee. we just wanted to get out of there. ASAP. At least i was. Walking down the corridor i mused to myself: only if sec 3 camp was here man, if we survived all these we would really be bonded. As a class, you know. Oh watever. We then walked down the stairs, taking care not to step on the glass and debris. We would then reach the last checkpoint, what i would like to call "Cryptic Warning". It was spraypainted onto the walls of the stairs leading below. It said: "Warning Do Not Go Here". It was actually the damn exit to the open. Some bloody idiots actually spray painted it in the hope that adventure seekers like us would actually take heed and not go there so that the group would get lost and walk around in circles scaring themselves. Even when i'm sitting here narrating all these i still can feel a shiver down my spine. Thankfully we have Weian who actually went in before and knew. We then procceeded down, the area getting even more darker when suddenly WHOOSH! There was some light and we were out in the open. But still inside OCH. Breathing a sigh of relief i looked at my hp. Barely 7 mins had passed. As promised, we only went through the 'safe' path, not having explored the rooms and everything. We then slowly walked out into the welcoming orange lights of the familiar streetlights. We then took one last peek into the machinery room and then off we zhaoed to Changi Village for supper!

Day 2
20th Of Novemeber
12:00am

Changi Village! Home to the best ever Nasi Lemak ever!
Had a light supper there and planned what we would be doing 2mrw. Or later as it was past midnight lol.
Walked back, the feeling was great. Reached chalet and an impromptu pillowfight/taupok/gangbang ensued. Everyone got a piece of the action.
Ouch. We then tried to sleep as the day after the night ends would be where more would be coming. I fell asleep at ard 4am i think. Snore...
Woke up at 10am! What a pig man. Turns out they had eaten all the garlic bread i ordered!!!! So no breakfast for me (turns out there was one more box left but they nvr tell me agrhhh). Watched them play soccer on the xbox. LOL 4/4 guys ah, soccer crazy. Real time play soccer, virtual time play soccer. But i like it =]
After a thrilling match between Juve and AC Milan we went out to kick some soccer.Being Singaporeans we could play anywhere so we made makeshift goalposts out of trash bins. After a while Dinah and Shahidah came by. When i walked back in i discovered another box of garlic bread!!!! But empty, cos the girls ate them all T_T
BEing ultra-super-uber-mega-tetra-imba hungry i decided to go along with the guys to recki at OCH b4 going Changi Village for lunch. Asked the stayers what they wanted so can tapau for them b4 going. Eh, it was in broad daylight and we actually went in once so it wasn't so scary le. Just that when we reached checkpoint 3 it was super windy and the creepy metal roof kept on banging on the wall. After that it was ok le. Pete went with us as he missed the 1st time. Finally reached the hawker centre.
Ordered immediately some Nasi Lemak. All i can say is..............
SSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!
And the chilli, well, was HHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!
And then it started to rain again. BOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Was worrying abt bbq later.
Walked back to chalet first as i was carrying the food. Decided to take a bus until i discovered my card got no $$$. Damn man haha. Walked back in the rain.
Which was very nice, a very cooling effect. Just had to cover the nasi lemak with the umbrella as i don't think bak sak nasi lemak would be good ahaha lol.
Olomok, look at the time man. Gotta go catch some sleep 1st, having badminton match with sing ee, jieming and vernon 2mrw at sengkang. Would complete the 4/4 chalet 2mrw when i have time.

Well, sweet dreams people.

I will miss you

England 2 Croatia 3

2007-11-22T06:32:00.000-08:00

Firstly, to all England supporters out there.
Condolescences.

Alright, i just noticed i have not been updating my tagboard.
Why do it later when you can do it now?

~Tagboard replies~

Adi: True. Mourinho was one of the more interesting managers.
I would rather him coach Spurs then Ramos. Lol masterballs.

Lee Teck: Here's one true (can't say blue,that's for Chelsea)red Man U fan.
Yeah, to dare is to do!

d: Eh, and i hate ladyfingers. Guess everyone hates something.

Pete: Haha, teacher's day what. Must make fun of teachers. LOL AnCorp's my secret company. Not(Borat style).

-=}{oT~dEv1L 666=-: Wow. Well hello to you as well.

bEn: Hahaha. Alright.

anon: er what? Please state your name so i can get back to you.

weewing: You are welcome to haha. Very nice game.

jieling: Thank Pete, he's the one who booked the chalet man. And Sing Ee still looks like The Godfather.

Jieming: Yours also what haha. Thanks.

Ding Ding

2007-11-17T05:20:00.000-08:00

Ahahaha!
Decided to use this blog again as my old one was outdated.
I would be 16 soon, and gotta be more mature.
The road ahead will be long and hard, but definitely interesting.
As graduates, we must aspire to achieve even greater heights!
We will not forget our former schools and come back to serve!

~for he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow~

Alright, time for some updates =]

Energetic midfielder Lee Bowyer scored eight points this weekend as West Ham demolished Derby 5-0. Bowyer scored two goals and got an assist for setting up Matthew Etherington's goal.

Tottenham midfielder Jermaine Jenas also scored eight points as Wigan were beaten 4-0. Jenas scored the first two goals of the game and slid in Darren Bent to complete the scoring. Dimitar Berbatov got four points for two assists.

Wing wonder Cristiano Ronaldo scored six points for his two goals in Manchester United's 2-0 win over Blackburn Rovers. Ronaldo opened the scoring with a header and then slotted home Carlos Tevez's precise pass.

Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina scored five points after adding an assist to a clean sheet. Reina's long pass set up striker Fernando Torres to score in the 2-0 win over Fulham.

Bolton, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Portsmouth, Tottenham and West Ham kept clean sheets.

Oh right, not a bad week for Tottenham ahaha!

Now, grad ball/grad dinner/prom night/prom dinner.
Well, fun, funny and definitely filling LOL.
Nice MC up there, and an even nicer one sitting beside me LOL.
Everyone looked nice, some nicer, some nicest(sp?).
The guys all looked normal, but maybe because i'm a guy haha.
Prasaanth told me that perhaps we guys looked nice like how the girls looked nice to us.
Lemme see.
Hmm.
Oh yah i rmb le.
Adi looked Broadway-cool, with a black hat to cap(PUN!)it off.
MC looked like a BPL soccer manager ahaha!
Prasaanth looked like Mourinho haha.
Pete looked like a classy pick-me-up waiter ahaha.
Jia Hao could have passed himself off as a cool reporter.
Lee Teck was some G2000 model.
Sing Ee definitely was The Godfather.
Jieming was the successful businessman.
Wei An was the friendly valet.
Terence looked like a hey-you-look-at-me pubgoer ahaha...
And i looked blur, as usual.

Haha! Ordering bbq now, for 2007 4/4 chalet!
It's really a shame the scholars couldn't join us...
But nvm, we still have each other haha.
Afterall, this should be our last gathering as 4/4.
We may not be as flashy or outgoing as other classes,
but it's okay, we are unique in our own way,
how we quietly stand for one another and unite in times
of trouble and crisis and overcome as a group.
Differences will never be solved, but could be ride over.

Oh well, need to confirm who's staying and stocking up of food.
Anyone who needs to know more about the chalet can call pete oe
me at 98735725. Wishing you all a happy night and sweet dreams.

Just a brief pause of longing and inner peace

2006-11-15T00:35:00.000-08:00

When the door opens thrice
A triple roll of the dice
Will determine this trio's fate
I just hope this trilogy's not too late

As the stars shine brightly above
I drew my bow and arrow at thou
A goat, bleating happily along
Always singing your sad, sad song
Half man, half horse, one broken heart
How could i bear to fire my shot?
Half goat, half fish, one unknowing heart

You broke my bow
With a single bleat
You broke my arrows
With an innocent stare
You broke my defenses
With a slight brush
You broke my heart
With all of the above

You belong to the Earth
I belong to the Fires
Yet all in all
We both belong to the Sky
On a mistless night
When we shine oh so bright
You are just but
A star's distance away

But as always
The Archer seeks
Always moving on
And as always
The Goat builds
Always staying in one spot
But can't the Archer see
That the one he seeks
Has always been near
Never moving, always building
While the Archer
Never stopping, always seeking

The archer thinks with both his heart and his mind. He won't always be wise. Sometimes he'll be foolishly courageous. He'll stumble and fall, then get up and try again. But you'll forgive him for almost anything, because he'll set your heart free with a very great gift-an honest love.

Who says she doesn't believe in fairy tales? Only a wise goat maiden could look deep into the eyes of an awkward frog and see that he's really a prince in disguise.

Almost Another Day

2006-11-02T17:45:00.000-08:00

See this teardrop?
Not mine, not yours.
See this dewdrop?
Not mine, not yours.
The sun may be rising high
But today it's pouring
The stars may be shining bright
But tonight it's pitch black

See this smile?
Maybe mine, hopefully yours.
See this twinkle in the eye?
Maybe mine, hopefully yours.
The sun may be rising high
And I will always help you hold it up
The stars may be shining bright
And I will always help you polish them

Alas, the ever changing mood swings of my owner...

In just but a day's time.

2006-10-23T10:42:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday.
The Gates of Hell shall open.
And all thous nasty and foul shall pour forth.
And kill and maim and crush under its powerful wake.

Yet another start...

2006-09-11T01:11:00.000-07:00

This dusty old blog has just been revived! Now 1 year and 1 month old, its back from the dead.
Now is Term 4, end of year exams coming too. Must start mugging already, no more time wasting!
Wah last time i blogged here was... Feb? Haha well im back arent i?
Hmm simply, this blog is the hollow side of me, that explains a lot, no?
Hahahaha nvm then, im sure they will understand in the near future...
Just u watch geng an... im coming for u... i promise...
(lol if u dont get me first)

Another start...

2006-02-09T02:41:00.000-08:00

hello.
i started this blog again caus my friend wee wing started one and needed help.
so im on his board now.
haven posted since August 2005...
well, jus had my maths mastery test jus now and felt that i should be able to pass.
well k then gd luck for all ur exams.
ty for reading.