Wad a weekend!

Friday afternoon after project at Bishan, went down to Marina square 爱琴海民歌餐厅 to have dinner and chill with m friends... not bad la i thought the singers were good and entertaining.. anyway they are not professionals also la, so sometimes abit here and there not to our expectations still okie ba i suppose....

Although we wanted to catch up there, but den the music was kinda loud for us to talk, so after that we proceeded to Holland Village, Tapas Wine Bistro.. haa, Hoegarden with orange is nice! worth trying... Maybe beer lovers would think that it don taste like beer anymore, but i think i prefer the sweeter taste that the orange adds to it... not as bitter, well it's just my preference...

hmm we talked about stuffs at the wine bistro, too bad the kitchen was already closed by then, SA said that the food there was great, no chance to try it out, so i think we will be back again one day to try out the food! In the end we left at about 1 plus... cos tml morning still need to go ZOO, no choice, otherwise i sure cant wake up... ( I didnt ordered any alcoholic drinks as i'm driving haha just tried out a few sips of their drinks..)

And earli in the SAT morning i went to zoo with Yee hwee and Shi Tong... quite surprised the zoo is actually quite pack with ppl... but its quite nice and interesting la, just that its very big... walk until my legs very suan hahah.... too old for such things le maybe...




The recce was actually quite a short one, we started at about 1030 and ended at around 1pm... think we never dwelled for v long at each station ba, thats why... cos i got another appointment to go to! haa

MAHJONG session with KX, ZR And Chris... haa i was a little late la, and in the end we onli played for 1.5 rounds onli... sorry about it, not cos i'm late but cos i keep diao zhing haa... hmm i think lady luck was with me ba, den i kept winning although not in a big amount each time, but it caused the game to drag on... In the end KX AND LT gotta go catch their movie, and i gotta go ah gong hse for dinner le, so we stopped at 630 pm...

After which went ah gong hse for dinner haa, quite a sumptous dinner at ah gong hse cos he striked 4d during the CNY one of the days haa.. although not super alot, but i think its a good excuse to pull everyone in the family together for dinner le... hmm so we left at around 1000pm...

thinking that's the end of my saturday? haa nope!

haa reached home at around 1030, and super tired le after so many things... so took a quite nap until 1130, before leaving home again for Alvin's house in sembawang.. haa its the 2602 gang this time.. my AJC mates... hmm realli been some time since i went his house le, cos i didnt realised that the old sembawang shopping centre has been totally tored down le! i have been looking for the landmark, and i got lost cos i cant find it... that spells how long since i went his house... later i found out that its about 1.5 yrs ago le.. wah...

haa as usual la, at alvin house, watch soccer and play MJ... lost this time round but its okie la, i don realli like to be always winning... when u win some, u lose something else.. thats what i always think...

We lasted until 6 am... we talked ba and cooked maggi mee, milo, bread to eat haa, we realli treated alvin's house like our own... there was onli 4 of us, me alvin, guo xiang and jia rong.. Guo xiang has always been the more enthu one, in organising gatherings like this, kudos to him... always trying to pull ppl.. sometimes its not i don wan to go ba, realli cos too bz and too far le... ya who ask me a jurong west guy go study in Ang Mo Kio... my JC friends all live in AMK area and Seng kang... super far...

yea reach home this morning at about 11 am.. den i slept until 5 pm.. haa there goes my sunday... did a bit of gardening after that... one of my plants died... worms attacked!

the root was attacked by worms and it rottened... so no choice i gotta do an operation! ahaa i cut it up and replanted the healthy parts into smaller pots.. haa nw it look better.. hopefully they will survive and blossom....

ya den rearrange all the nicer flowers together to take a picture haha...

so these are the things i did over fri to sunday!

1) Project in Bishan (FRI)

2) 爱琴海民歌餐厅 (FRI)

3) Tapas Wine Bistro at Holland Village (FRI)

4) Zoo! (SAT)

5) Kx house MJ (SAT)

6) Ah gong house dinner (SAT)

7) Alvin house MJ and soccer (SAT)

8) SLEEP (SUN)

9) Gardening!!! (SUN)

haa suddenly my life seems full of actvities right... and colorful right... haha kinda proud tat i did so many things in 2 days! hee... maybe next week wouldnt be so le, cos will start on all my proj and assign and quizes.. yea.. gonna be a tough week ahead...

Austria? Vienna???

VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS & BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

I got accepted for my INSTEP application to Austria Vienna! in my last sem of my 3rd year... but now, comes the headache... to accept or not..

$$$, plus i got to overload all my core like crazy in my yr3 sem 1 cos vienna onli offers one core to me... now i got a few days.... plus the need to convince my parents... oh man...

Busy few days ahead!

Ha next few days gonna be BUSY!!!

Haa, today got exco meeting at night, tml after lessons going for interview for IT project at turf city after which i still got a tuition to go... Friday after lesson at 1230 will be AA202 project discussion(at Bishan OMG) and then meet up cum drinking session with my navy brothers! Saturday should be going for a zoo recce for the up coming outing, and after which got a not-confirmed mahjong session with Chris and kx... haha...

i think one that i look forward to most will be the navy brother meet up ba, been some time since meeting up with nicolas le... yeah and i just realised we haven been taking pictures together.. really don have much pictures of us to show... we shall take some on friday...

Hmm gotta catchup with each others and update each others about our lives ba over some booze haa... Still remember we were all bachelor during Navy time, den recently for a short period of time it was all 4/4 attached.. now down to 2/4 le... fast isnt it... hopefully it will be 3/4 soon... SA jiayou ar!

talking about projects i';m like deadmeat... got IT AC213 report that haven started a single thingy to be handed in in 2 weeks, AA201 project just released, AA202 presentation right after recess week, AA202 boardrooom meeting project just released, on man hahahha.... but that's life isnt it....

oh ya i just watched a tv show last night by 933 DJ pei fen on 简单就是。。。 美 hmm really an insipiring show... haa, show how simplicity can be so nice.. something i hope for as well yea... life don have to be so complicated isnt it haa, self fulfilment is more important than prestige, money and material comforts =)

I'm a dangerous driver...

Wondering why my blog is always so updated recently? guess cos i'm bored with nothing else better to do.. actually not really nothing to do la, just that never go and do... haa


Anyway was just back from sending my brother to camp in yishun and made a realisation... i'm actually a dangerous driver... especially when i am alone...


i took this with one hand as i drive... cool right the pic... Was driving the van just now on the expressway and listening to music..


There were times when i was stoning as i drove.. and there was time when i was just thinking about some stuffs as i listen to the songs... hmm i was like just going thru the motion of driving... i am driving but i am not... it was only like after maybe 8 or 10 seconds later that i woke up and realised hey i'm driving... but after awhile i got back to dreaming again...


Dangerous right? prhaps cos maybe the van was going too slow and there wasnt too many cars on the road, or maybe it was the songs that were being played... but the expressway was relatively straight and smooth... or maybe i wasnt so xi guan to be driving alone anymore... ya i also donnoe haa... Anyway next time if u guys wanna seat in the car i drive be careful ar, or keep talking to me make sure tat i'm really driving haa.... otherwise at ur own risk!


or maybe next time i shouldnt be driving ppl anymore.. haa, i die is my business, but shouldnt lian lei ppl right hahh....

Gardening!

My latest hobby?

Haa, please don say i'm uncle or ah pek... but that was wad i did yesterday... Hmm i think it can be quite fun sometimes, especially after the process when u see the fruit of your labour and the sense of satisfaction that u can derive from it... hmm the plants in my house has been suffering from a lack of attention from us for donnoe how long le, and they all look like they are going to die and wither... i think they just look like me, haa scrawny and suffering from malnutrition so i decided to do something about it yesterday...

it was also a good opportunity for me to get some sun... in the end i shifted some potted plants, added soil and fertilisers, water the plants etc... hopefully they will look better in the weeks to come...

hmm, actually i think planting and maintaining a relationship is very alike.. you need to show the plants enough attention and care for it, watering it regularly etc before it will blossom.. just like in a relationship, you gotta put in the efforts... also, alot of times there are things that is not within your control... like the weather, fungi, viruses, worms which may kill the plants... they are just like the externalities in a relationship... with problems like 3rd parties, environment and peer pressure... no matter how much efforts u try to put in, sometimes u just cant help the situation...

This weekend really don feel like a weekend to me, dunno why... maybe cos i haven been going out to town or some shopping malls... but there are so little things i can do also.... hmm everyone busy with school work and preparation for quizes and project, haa nt easy to get ppl out... i miss my mahjong...

ya i also wanted to try out cable ski... that was like since some time ago le... i don forsee me trying it out anytime soon... Maybe until i find that someone i want to go try it out with... =)

Back with my blunders again...

I just got home... red-faced...

I was waiting for sometime at Canteen A bustop for the 179 just now as i didnt drive today... Finally it arrived and i quickly boarded it...

A few stops later, an indian couple with 2 kids came onboard with a pram that makes the whole passageway so squeezy, therefore i offered my seat to the lady with her daughter... As the bus moved on, the little gal begin to play with the bell, and she kept pressing it, and the blur mum didnt even know.. the bus was moving quite fast ( the mum should pay more attention to her gal because if there is some sudden hard braking, i'm sure the jumpy gal will fly off, but she didnt...) and i can sense the frustration of the bus driver as he refuses to stop at one of the busstop even though the bus stopping light was lit and the bell was ringing away... anyway there wasnt any one who wanted to alight...

i wanted to go up to the mum and tell her to stop what her daughter was up to, but i think nvm la, just let her be, anyway my stop is approaching...

As i'm afraid that the bus driver may refuse to stop as he thought that there may be a prank, i decided to stand at the exit door early so that at least he can see me from his mirror... but as the bus approaches the bus stop, the driver did not stopped! i panic and as the gal is beside me and is still playing with the bell, the volcano within me exploded...

i spoke loudly and sternly to the mum: Can you please stop your gal from pressing onto the bell! she has been pressing it for some time already! ( Hinting that because of her playing with the bell, the bus driver skipped the bus stop totally...)

Next i thought its still okie, i can still alight at the next bus stop, so i walked to the driver and told him, uncle i'm sorry but i need to alight, and he replied:

"Sorry bus 179A do not stop outside NTU"

Den i thought, oh man! this is bus 179A! what a blunder! oh shit, why didnt i even notice! well i guess i was too much in a hurry to go up the bus le... In the end i apologised to the driver and plead to him to let me alight somewhere along the road... luckily he i still okie with it... otherwise i would have to make one big stupid round...

And i didnt dare to look back or walk back to the exit door, i just stood rooted beside the driver until he stop somewhere and i alighted and nv look back again....

But i think i still did right in scolding the mum...

Enough is enough....

hey friends,

Have a happy Valentine's day! Hope ya all will treasure whoever u are with now, haa, i think its time for me to move on already, true, i will still be reminded of things that happened before ba, the good memories, the feelings and stuffs it just cant be helped...but the world wouldnt stop spinning for me right, yupz... and as long as the people i care for is happy, that will solve it isnt it... Ultimately that's what i hope for too... Be happy okie?

thanks people like jase, hua jie, james and all that were there... =)

Start of the day...

I was munching my bread at canteen B this morning when this little small boy was seating two tables away from me and he kept looking at me... and showing off his packet of pocky that he is nibbling away... he is so cute...

Therefore i decided to take a picture of him haa... i guess there wasnt much for him to really look at ba, therefore in the end he turned away... haa children has short attention span i suppose...

Hmm today is the first time tat i got this feeling:

i was queueing up for my usual cuppa coffee at the drink stall, but just as it reach my turn to dispense the drink, i thought " oh man... coffee again..." i didnt know why i got this feelign, but i just suddenly think that i'm so short of option... although there is also tea, but tea is like half equivalent to my coffee already... so i didnt chose tea in the end also...

Hmm maybe i got this feeling cos i'm sick of cooffee already? maybe i shouldnt be depending so much on coffee already? or is it something in me is changing? i dunno... maybe i'm just a confused individual now who donnoe wad i wan anymore and what i should be doing anymore... feels like i lost my drive, and motivation and a goal... i always thought that i understand myself and know what i want to do and what i should be doing... seems like that's not the case now...

i think i'm just living out everyday for nw, and just do whatever that comes along my way... do projects when they are due, read tutorials when its time, go for lessons everyday... aint i like a zombie who just listen to the bells of the priest and follow what ever instructions that are given? maybe for now, it's like that....

i dunnoe what else to get and what else i would want, not having an idea... feels like i'm a stranger to myself... anyway in the end i still chose coffee... not because i want coffee, but rather because i didnt know what i want...

Next two days for CNY

Oh so fast and it's day 3 le... haa chinese new year never passes by slowly... always in a blink of the eye... same to the everyday in our lives.. haa therefore we should really learn to treasure everything and everyone around us =)

Ya other than gambling and at my ah gong house the previous few days, been to the movies also to watch CJ7... not bad as a show la, for some laughter.. went with my bro, and cousins (weifen, sin yee, kai peng, ah ying) 6 of us on day 1 night of CNY haa.. was totally too bored la, so decided to go watch...

Day 2 went to a couple of places also before dropping by at ah gong house... not too bad, won at mah jong ( one win 3), just glad that i didnt lose, i didnt feel as much when i won haa kinda void of feelings now...

Yeah and later will be going ah hui house, gambling should be the thing we will be doing ba, nothing else much we can really do....

And tml day 4 will be ah mei house... all these visitings are quite the same as the previous years.. i think its good that our family keep together each year... these ties should and will never be broken.

CNY aside, i have a hill of school work to follow up on, but totally not in the mood to do anything about it...

got a AB214 Evaulation worth 15% wad the hell...got a big big IT project due in early march worth 35% that i never even started on, got a quiz coming up worth 20% ( the quiz that was postphoned and i got lucky cos i never realy study for it, so i think i should really grab the god given chance to really study for it this time round when i got the chance and time, but sometimes 心有余而力不足... think that will explain all...

Yeah i shall tell myself that i'm in the university now to study hard and do well and shall not disappoint my parents who work so hard... ya i hope i can keep it drilled into my head and not get affected by things so easily...

Chinese New Year

oh its chinese new year again...

And cNY to me will not be CNY if i don go my ah gong house on chu xi for reunion dinner and then to the temples to pray on day 1 and visiting on day2 haa... actually each year i go to the same places and go thru the same procedures la, but now it seems as we grow older, the novelty wears off? it's not so fun anymore? or is it just because we got more things in our minds now to worry bout, and we are not as innocent as before anymore? therefore we cant learn to enjoy ourselves totally...

i guess its the latter....

Since young, i dread going to the temples, cos it will be smoky, and filled with people, and i hope to finish the ordeal fast so that i can go find my cousins soon at my ah gong's house to play cards, but this year, i no longer just take the joss sticks and go thru the motion before planting them into the "lu" or "urn" whatever u call it in ang mo...

i feel that it's much more meaningful this year as i visit the temple.. perhaps it's because this year i have something in my mind i want to wish for? This year, i really wish and say the prayers from the bottom of my heart, i wish for the good health, prosperity and happiness of not just my family, but someone else's... I went to many temples, and each temple there are a few "lu" and gods to pray to, and each time i repeat all my prayers conscientiously... i do not know where i got the patience... my mum must be wondering what's wrong with me this year as i took so long each time i pray to the god... Now it seems that they are the one going thru the motion and not me...

it may seems foolish, saying all these prayers when u don even know whether it will work or not, but i think maybe it doesnt really matters anymore, perhaps i will feel better by doing all these as i will choose to believe that after praying, she who matters, will be blessed... and i shall be happy for that...

To be treasured...

It started on a Sunday night, 21/10/07,

It ended on a Sunday night, 27/01/08,

99 days is the short time it lived...

but eternally is the time it will last...

Thanks for all the sweet memories that you gave me