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keeping up

2008-12-28T04:06:00.002+08:00

i've not been updating this space for a little too long.
and no, im not gonna close down this blog, simply
because it has just too many things in here!
Army is taking up so much of my time and i cant find
enough time to even update!

Enough of those crap. So since 2nd Nov, here's a list
of things i can recall which happened =)
(im on my bed and its 0430am now -_- . . . Zzzz...)

-birthday 08
-more training
-last days at BMT
-Passing out parade
-many many meetups with: tentons, gang, poly mates,
-block leave + m'sia trip
-more meetup sessions
-SISPEC posting
-Christmas
-papa's birthday

As i think of more i shall come back here and add on

Some of the pictures are on facebook, so check them out!

Time for bed and bookin is 18hrs away!

testssss

2008-11-02T18:18:00.003+08:00

now that the field camp is over, SIT test is round the corner.
thats gonna happen on thursday and all the way til saturday.

im praying hard that the weather will be good and its not gonna
be fucked up yea. celebrating my birthday during SIT test aint
gonna be fun right.

sigh. theres nothing i can do to change this!
before im off for dinner, bath, changeup, i shall wish myself
an advance happy birthday for this Friday!

2008-10-19T17:06:00.002+08:00

things have been going on smoothly on the little island,
nothing much rather than the usual rants, trainings, food & sleep.

booking out on Saturday isn't cool at all, but its the norm for now.
reaching home 2 hours past noon and knowing you're weekend is
just left with the few pathetic hours sucks. whatever it is, managed
to meet up with Melissa, Ping, Jason for some bites and ice cream.
After we parted, i went on to meet kimng for dinnnnner.

Arghs.
this coming tuesday we'll be heading for the woods.
putting it simply, its FIELD CAMP. hopefully its gonna be fun and fruitful,
and of course we pray that we wont get fished up too badly.

wish me luck.
will be back by 26th, Sunday!

motorshow08

2008-10-04T23:33:00.000+08:00

motorshow 08 was pretty much a disappointment.
first time ever, i spent less than half a day at the show itself.
the highlight was probably Russ Swift's and his son's stunt performance.

no more exhibitors that brings in supercars, no more ferraris,
lambos, and worse of all, not even a mercs or bmw. seriously,
the show is bad as compared to the past. i guess that's a good
reflection of how badly the market is performing out there.
people are pretty skeptical and pessimistic on the economic
outlook, especially with the Lehman and Merill Lynch falls.

nonetheless, here's some pictures from the motorshow:

Russ Swift explaning the moves

Him getting into the car

And for the first time... Paul Swift

confident eh!

the father & son duo

Nissan girls.

nothing much other than these.
nothing but disappointment.

selamathariraya

2008-09-30T22:13:00.003+08:00

thanks to our Muslim friends out there, i booked out
for the 2nd time in my life today. frankly, i rather
stay in for this <24hours public 'holiday' given to us.
the hassle of traveling, time wasted yada yada..
i guess its just that we haven't learn how to love
the feeling of booking out.

anyway, to the Muslim friends out there, the title is
dedicated to you, do enjoy, collect more green packets
and share more goodies foodies with me yea.
for the rest, enjoy this little break from whatever
you're doing, be it school, work, or dreadful shit.

oh, the sore throat bug caught me!
seems to be a common ailment for visitors to the lovely
island called pulau tekong. most others have got cough,
flu etc etc, while im having a pretty bad sore throat
that made my voice damn sexy.

wish me well and i hope i shall be fine by weekends.
miss ng, you're booked for friday night and please
let me look forward to it. time for the bed.

remember. LIGHTS OFF 2230. 2230

11 and counting

2008-09-28T11:39:00.002+08:00

yes, and 2 weeks went off with the blink of an eye.
sum it all up, BMT is still bearable and not as bad
as what i've thought. Only if things remain this way
(which i seriously doubt). In fact for the past 2 weeks,
things are pretty fun at times too.

no doubt learning curves are steep, but i guess as long
as i keep my attention span there, things shall be fine.

to my surprise, 95% of the whole company are poly grads.
a couple of sec school dropouts, poly dropouts, ITE, SHATEC,
yada yada. good and bad. bad being u have a less diverse mix,
lesser interesting stories, lesser 'outstanding' individuals.
good being, its a little easier to relate, or rather 'communicate'

11 more weeks til POP
8 more hours til i see tekong again.

til then.

Til then......

2008-09-13T01:00:00.005+08:00

this is getting too fast. and the day is here.
haha. so that will be 2 weeks from now before anyone sees me again.

anyway, i think its no big deal. just part and parcel of life. HAHA
whatever it is, thanks to those who have sent their regards,
and yea, i'll take very very good care of myself!

especially to the following people, thanks for catching up
and sending regards yea

Joanne, prob the last one i see before THE DAY
Mishelle, finally we met (actually i felt bloated!)
Melissa, Audrey, for all the meetups, regards & concern
Jason, hope you're doing fine in there too
Kim, YJ, nice time catching up, have fun in school
Marilyn, BP, JS, for making time after school, & the idea of walking
Corinna, Irene, for the nice messages
Jerold, gay phones and what have you
Justin, when is dim sum coming, finally?
Jasmine, Camen, Samantha Leo, have fun in school/work!
Jessica, Samantha Wong, arrange for our meetup yea!
Jonathan, no more nonsense eh, all the best for Shanghai
Sue Tan, i think you're more worried than i am!
Eunice, Hannah, thanks for the regards and i know you wont miss me
Starhub folks, Conrad, for all the best wishes.
Wenliang, coincidentally, we met again. thanks!
weisheng, probably i'll see you later!
Wendy, have fun in school too!

i cant list all, but these are who i can think of,
i hope i didn't miss out any. now i've got so many
people to tell once im out!

and for now, i'm feeling neither excited nor anxious.
its more of feeling tired. so off to bed for now.

til then.

moblog

2008-09-12T12:19:00.002+08:00

yea. And this is true mobile-blogging.
im doing this on the new brick. No, im not doing this
on the move but while waiting for my com to be reformatted.
met up with kim n yj this afternoon for lunch and catching
up.

we went ard town and ended up at Hans again for some light
tea. what a nice way to spent a lazy afternoon.
oh, i met the folks at starhub as thEy were having kopi
at the usual ISLE cafe.

As we were talking, an evil plan came along and we got so
excited about what was in-store for us. Too bad the plan
was foiled, if not we'll have a great time laughing our
ass off. coincidentally, i caught mishelle at mos burger
while we're having some drinks.
Dinner with her tomorrow. =)

alright, finally my battery is going low. Shall update
when im back on the computer. (lets hope this works)

the new brick game

2008-09-08T01:32:00.003+08:00

the search, as continued from yesterday has been narrowed
down. its now an E51 or E61. weighing between the pros and
cons of the 2 phones. its pretty hard to decide.

the latter is an older model, qwerty keyboard, cheaper, bigger,
while E51 is newer, 3.5G, smaller, lighter, and of course, more
expensive. one important common characteristic is that both
doesnt come with a CAMERA!

and so we went down to fareast as there are a couple of shops
there dealing with phones and also pre-owned ones. at the first shop,
we found an E61 i pretty good condition. Jerold got it and i got rid of
a motorola and a sony ericsson that has been lying around at home.

to the next shop, they had 3 pieces of E51 for sale. pretty attractive
price as they're almost brand new and its around $100 off the new
retail price. little did we know that these 3 phones on the shelf
have got cameras $%^&*()(*&^%$#$%^&*()(*&^%$#

3rd shop, they had 4 pieces of E61, 3 were in bad shape while the
last one was in amazingly good condition. stucked with no other
choices, i got the GAY PHONE. another E61.

i'd say i've got not much complaints with this piece of brick.
it seems to be a pretty good choice, other than having to get use
to a non-T9-qwerty keyboard and also to the symbian interface.

shall update more when i've got more time to fiddle with it
and load it up with more applications like msn and maps!

the phone hunt

2008-09-07T23:17:00.003+08:00

like any other guys of my age or rather those getting on this
phase of life called NS, im stucked with the problem of not
having a proper non-camera phone.

never in my life i hated a camera this much. really.
much less a camera-phone. finding a good phone without a
camera is going to be a difficult task, especially with the
advent of digital imaging technology and at the speed its being
developed by the major phone makers out there.
today, we see camera phones boasting higher and higher megapixel
count and on the other hand, poor people like us are trying to hunt
down one that don't even come with a VGA camera.

phone hunts starts again tomorrow as i've virtually tried all the
bengs and lians shop around my area, to no avail.
i've even tried calling up MUSTAFA, can you beat that?

yumm yumm

2008-09-06T23:00:00.001+08:00

yay! and we met up. there was melissa, jason and audrey.
first stop was to Adam road. we were supposed to have
nasi lemak, char kway teow, carrot cake, prawn noodles (yes, again!)
but after the first round of carrot cakes and prawn noodles,
we have to surrender as we wanted to have ice cream.

walked over to island creamery but it was packed, then it
was awfully chocolate. awfully chocolate doesn't have seats
for us to sit and talk, so we went on to Gastronomia.

hmmmm.

da paolo gastronomia at cluny court

the cakes were great. we had white chocolate, chocbananana,
and also a nutella concoction which was simply too intense for us.
its ultra sinful food for once in a blue moon indulgence. worth a try,

especially their alfresco concept. do it on a lazy afternoon and
you won't regret. have a cake or some ice cream while watching
the world go by. haha.

in the evening, jason, jeremy and myself caught Forgetting Sarah Marshall
at the cinema. had a great laugh before heading home.

well done. there went Saturday=)

series 1

2008-09-05T23:18:00.004+08:00

for those who have asked for..
i'm done with just one set of photos and here they are.

kids =)

click to see it bigger than your boooobs.

shall add more when i'm done with them!

prawny prawn prawn

2008-09-04T23:34:00.005+08:00

finally i had my blanco court prawn noodle with Melissa!
haha. that was our pact since months ago when she started
working at Concourse.

No, we didnt have this, but now that the prawn noodle
craving has been taken care of, there's a prawn tempura craving.

anyway, we'll be meeting on Saturday again, so lets see what we
can have =)

i'm back home

2008-09-03T22:40:00.002+08:00

so many things,

so little time.

anyhow. i'm back now.

so its catching up, buying things

meeting people, having more fun

before the day come for me to protect you people

yes, you people.

out of office reply: miss me!

2008-08-25T19:27:00.002+08:00

thank you for your visit
i'll be away from 25th Aug to 2rd Sep.

in case of urgent matters,
you may reach me at 97****52 (you should know the asterisks)
drop me a sms or something alrights!

take care people =)

#%^&*()

2008-08-25T00:19:00.004+08:00

this is one blood sucking creature that should have no place
to stand in humankind. every other insects / animals exist
for a good reason, or at least be part of a eco-system.
but not mozzies. sure, you may tell me the frogs, lizards,
yada yada eats them, but im sure they survive on other less
irritating insects too.

mozzies are just so irksome that they shall all be brought to
extinction. they bring no good to us, humans, at all.

anyway. this shot was done at botanic gardens.
and just imagine. i whacked it so hard, but i guess it went in
between my fingers, got a jolt on its back and its only half dead!
how irritating these $%^& are!

thou shalt be dead.

again and again

2008-08-22T23:22:00.000+08:00

thanks to misskimng. im back at the gardens.
what great weather to start the morning with. haha.
it started pouring while we were on our way there.
thank goodness it stopped in time and we weren't drenched.

she wanted her pictures to be taken, but i think i have more
pictures of other things. haha. from flowers to butterflies and birds!

and so here they are:

splish splash! still nothing as compared to Phelps.
they are cute little munchkins! feeding them is so fun.

the spotted neck pigeon. pretty stupid bird.
they are scared of the mynahs and lose out to them even
when there's foood.

nice picture. the 2 pinkies

missskim feeeding 001 and 002.

a short walk around and 2 collared kingfishers caught our eyes!

woots. the turquoise plumage is so nice!

spreading its wings

and before we went off, another surprise!

time for bed!

what a PACKED day

2008-08-21T23:47:00.003+08:00

the previous post is undone and i shall come back to it tomorrow night.
im gonna wake up early in the morning and head for the gardens.

today was fulfilling. woke up early for sumptuous breakfast,
followed by a trip down to see Nahappan's exhibition near East Coast

-----------------------------------------------------edited

after east coast, Raymond, fong and myself drove down to
Dunman food centre area and we had porridge for lunch,
then off we went to clementi loop to view some really nice
wooooood furniture. wood is so going to be the next prized
commodity, especially when the Chinese are dying for these.
prices of wood are soaring as supply diminishes. the cutting down
of trees isn't slow enough for the new growth to catch up with.

Kovan area was next where we had dinner. zi char at the new
market/food centre near PLMGS is pretty good and reasonably priced.
we had prawns, veges, soup, eggs etc. yumm yumm

and, finally I was on NEL down to see Melissa & Audrey.
we're supposed to meet for dinner but since i'm filled with so much
food in my tummy, told them to go ahead with dinner first.
joined Mel and Aud at Bugis Junction and went home after a long
nice chat!

we shall do this more often! Joanne and ping, make yourself present!

woohoo! all in a day
=)

the 101th reason to give your wife to convince her you need a Ferrari

2008-08-20T23:59:00.000+08:00

so here you see it.
driving a posh car has got its privileges

take a close look at the pole. it says:
"NO PARKING"

envious?

yes, you can do it and she gets to her Aigner/Bvlgari/
Cartier/Dolce/Ermenegildo/Fendi/you name it boutique faster.
that will stop her even from whining about how slow a Ferrari can be.

lazy afternoon

2008-08-20T23:58:00.001+08:00

met up with samanthaleo, jasmineyong and camenteo
and had a nice time catching up. too bad for joyceong
who decided to leave us!

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was in town in the late morning and its just so enjoyable
walking through the shops with the absence of crowds and
'Stinkaporeans', as how Jer puts it.

it was just so coincidental that Jasmine was having a 3 hours
break in school and so she decided to join me for coffee
after her short nap at the SRC. we had a nice talk at coffeeclub
and she left for her lessons while i lazed around to browse through
some magazines they had.

walked around Millenia area and i'm at the sculpture park again!
its Roy Lichtenstein's sculptures. seen in the day, looks better yea?

and recently, i've developed a soft spot for curved buildings.
hahah. seeing their lines converge is so interesting!

after walking around, its time for me to see the rest!
Samantha was already at Raffles City while Camen was on
her way down from Jurong.

and along the way, i saw a really cool Beetle
look, duotone, with stowage bars on it!
imagine it with a couple of large leather suitcases.
awwww.

finally we settled down at Shokudo for a simple dinner
and had a nice time catching up =)

though we didnt had bakerzin this time round, we got to do
it the next time! sometime in September yea!

fishey'd

2008-08-19T01:47:00.000+08:00

gotten my hands on a nice fishy lens, erms i mean fisheye lens.
something which i have always wanted to do.

yes, its a fun lens, not so much for serious work, but it does
give a nice perspective when used for architectural / indoors shots.
to sum it up after a day of playing with it - FUN.

so i was out with misskimng, round town for one whole day.
from the Singapore Arts Museum to the National Musuem. haha
we sorta toured the 'arts district' in Singapore and took like a
thousand pictures. Needless to say, i've got tonnes of unglam
shots of her which i'll make use of when she misbehaves.

anyway, i'm nowhere near the end of editing the pictures,
but here are some okay ones with the fishy lens.

no, i wasnt paid by katespade!

this is interesting. fishnet stockings are on their way back into fashion!

inst it lovely seeing buildings curve

the twister

roy lichtenstein's works are just beautiful
let me have one in my patio please =)

thats it for now!
time for bed

2 weeks and counting...

2008-08-16T19:24:00.007+08:00

some updates here are long overdue. simply because
i don't have the motivation to post anything.
beats me why.

so the past week have been really a nice time for me
to spend time with myself or people i want to spend with.
no work, no commitments, and that's really how life should
have been! though its not realistic, but for a short while
like this, i think its healthy.

i've done up another list of to-do's for this 1 month.
it really feels good to know what's in store and with
things to look forward to.

anyways, here are some pictures i collected over the past week:

see the little feather near its feet!

this is rare!

the biggest hopper i've seen in my life. it was at least 12cm long!

and those were at botanic gardens!
lovely yea?

and the following few were taken at katong / joo chiat area

these conserved properties are just oh so nice!

ain't it beautiful

and i found this!
in fact, many others. there were like a famous popiah skin cum popiah stall,
a traditional coffee shop that still bake their own cakes/bread/cream puffs,
a couple of peranakan kueh stalls which looks yummy,
a couple of new-age cakeries (along the line of awfully chocolate)
and of course, many katong laksa places,

this was at one of the art gallery along Marshall Road

nice building!

for now, that's all folks

creeepies crawliees

2008-08-05T14:39:00.006+08:00

a trip up to the mandai orchid gardens was nothing much
other than disappointment. the orchids were like so common
and its variety is far far away from the one at Botanic Gardens.

so instead of flora, i tried fauna. lizards to spiders.
so here they are..

peelfresh. hahaha. look, its peeling!

i can't figure out whats the little round thing near its mouth.
looks like a baby spider

dragonfly

take a closer look at the eyes. i've trying to get this for a long long while.
finally i managed!

some caterpillars must be inside!

another spidey

ok.. i dont know what birds are these.
but there were so many perching on the tree!

thats it for now.

(i'm typing this on National Day with a 'heavy' heart cos some
shit just happened. shall update later)

eventful Saturday

2008-08-03T00:07:00.003+08:00

and again, i was in school this morning for the OIAP
briefing/dialogue session. was pretty ok, and the turnup
was surprisingly good, bearing in mind its a Saturday morning.

after which, we went down to Takashimaya for lunch.
since it was 12+ and i couldn't get a place at Crsytal Jade Palace,
we decided to try our luck at Crystal Jade Palace. and yeay,
I managed to get a 10-pax table reserved. Lunch was good!
we had a great time ordering dim sum and by the time we're done,
we started worrying if we could finish all of them. i guess there were
at least 30+++ longs (steam cages, i dont know what you call them!)
to be shared among 8 of us. Yeelin was there but she's on diet!

as far as i can remember, we had
-har gao, siew mai, char siew baos, char siew pastry,
-chicken feet, roasted pork, teochew dumplings,
-chee cheong fun, lotus leaf glutinous rice, carrot cake
i believe there were some more of which my failing
memory couldn't help me. anyway thats A LOT of food.

we went down to Civic Plaza after lunch to show some
support for fellow BA students who were trying to sell some
handcrafted 'wonderknots' to raise funds. woohoo!
they broke Singapore Book of Records too.

(from L-R) Ms Audrey Lee, Wanqi, Yuliana, Jude, Audrey,
Mrs Sue Tan, Ms Sylvia Ler, ME, Yijuan, Yeelin, Kim.

Noster Vir - Awards & Appreciation Night

2008-07-31T23:38:00.007+08:00

yes, and we're back in school again.
this is like the xxx time i'm in school since i've graduated.
anyway, we were in school for the Awards & Appreciation
dinner. TENTONS got the Student Excellence and
Outstanding Community Service & Environmental Award.
hmm.

TENTONS wouldn't be possible without the 6 of us, or rather 7
including MR Ben Tan and we really felt that this is well deserved.
It made us proud and of course, immensely happy.

the evening's programme kicked off with dance by the
Dancesports Group, followed by Hip Hop ensemble by NRA.
pretty nice performances and packed a punch to liven up the mood.
awards presentation followed, and then there was good dinner.

alrights, as usual - photographs!

noster vir - our heroes was the theme.

dance put up by Dancesports

another one..

hiphop by NRA

The emcees for the night

haha. BHB right?

so Joanne and Ping are both missing. Dear Jason turned up in uniform!

this one with Nicole

4 of us again =)

with principal, Mr Chia

the un-glammm Mel

Nicole with the trophies in boxes

this one was taken by ICT students and printed on Canon sylphy
scanned and cropped.

to round it all off. it was a GREAT evening.
still not perfect without Joanne's and Ping's presence

random

2008-07-29T23:12:00.003+08:00

how does one actually define the enjoyment of life?

having the time of the world, doing things you like;

waking up at the time you think you've gotten enough rest;

having meals when you're hungry; meeting people you love;

reading the book you want... what says you?

hmmm. i'm super random these days.

now i'm looking forward to this Thursday when i'll meet

Tentons people and Mr Tan again, though short of Jason

and Joanne in the earlier part of the evening.

shucks. Saturday i got to be in school for the OIAP thing

then lunch with Sue Tan and a few others. last night i told

Joyce that i have got nothing on and i'm fine with a meal

at her place. oh no oh no. my memory is failing on me.

______________________________________________________

i'm so so so proud of myself for a moment. hmm

a little while ago, i was trying to shoot some pictures

out of the window using my little trusty film camera

(in bid to try out the film that has been left lying there)

and after taking a shot, i realised that the multi exposure

lever has been pulled backwards.

this means the next film advance will not be activated

and my previous shot will be ruined if i shoot again.

but i wanted that shot. so i thought for a while, it struck

me. all i need to do is. put on the front cap, turn the

shutter speed to the fastest, and shoot.

since nothing will be captured (i.e. too dark, too fast)

my previous shot won't be ruined. i told myself, heys

i'm pretty smart ok ?!?

thats it for self praise.

time for a quick shower and to bed.

_____________________________________________________

(what's the title?)

2008-07-28T23:53:00.003+08:00

there're like 100001 things that i think i ought to do.
other than work, or do the things i'm doing right now.
i always have this idea, or rather remembered someone
telling me this:

always have a little notepad with you where you could
jot down the little thoughts/dreams/ideas/sparks that come
by everyday. and one fine day, when you read back, you may
find many surprises. like your dream fulfilled, you silly idea
worked, or even funny occurrence that supports your sense of
deja vu once in a while.

then again, i dont have this discipline to make this happen.
and sometimes, when there are things that come by which you
don't wanna forget, you start asking why you have not done so!
yes, many will argue that with mobile phones, laptops, iPhones,
and what have you, you no longer need pen & paper. right, but
i think it boils down to discipline and determination. hmm.
when will i be able to do it ?

enough of nonsensical thoughts. i'm told not to think too much.

went to office, and after work, went to TTSH to give Joyceong
a visit. she's down with some weird allergy which have caused
her mouth ulcers, rashes, yada yada. pretty bad, but i'm sure she's
recovering well in the hospital. poor her cant even have a teeny
weeny bite of solid food. hope she gets well soon !

i got to teach myself to sleep early. so its time for bed now.
goodnights!

Garden Festival 08

2008-07-25T22:16:00.007+08:00

the Garden Festival is back again this year.
worth a visit especially for those exhibits on level 6
of Suntec Convention Hall. the landscape designs are. WOW.

its an Orchid!

this is at least one-foot-long!

underwater theme

woots!

hailing all the way from.... India!

look at the colours on the floor!

this looks like. erm. my house?
i wished.

thurdays

2008-07-24T23:51:00.003+08:00

thursday.
met up with Bp, Js, Marilyn and Corinna at Holland V for food
and some kiddy games. things goes bad when you're with not
one, but many mad ones. shan't elaborate, they made hell lot
of noise. really.

then off i went to Bugis to meet Melissa, Audrey and Ping.
we had dinner at Bencoolen. yum yum. there were pork ribs,
curry, yam ring, veges, rice, yada yada. pretty good food !
we went for tau huay at Laselle, talked and talked till it rained.
nevertheless, it was nice meeting up once in a while to catch
up and talk about every random thing.

now we're looking forward to next thursday for Awards &
Appreciation night in School. Miss Joanne Lim, you missing
out alot alot. so, please join us after the awards night yea?

anyway, here are some pictures taken =)

one of Mel's most unglam shot. she's gonna kill me if she sees this!

i lovvee "mel's school"

the buidling is so nice right?

into the wild

2008-07-21T09:58:00.002+08:00

finally i decided to sit down and watch this show
jerold passed me sometime ago.

i didn't expect the show to end so so so sadly and in fact,
i'm feeling so sad after watching it til now. its like 12 hours
ago already but i still don't feel good. yucks. i hate feeling
so emotional but i just cant help.

the worse part is, it was made from a real-life story making it
so real to you. Christopher Johnson McCandless - how his
dream of embarking on the odessey to Alaska, the people
he met along the way, the cars and trucks he hitchhiked on,
and finally, how he made it, then lost it.

yes, he lost his life in the end.

"happiness is real when shared"

Studio Festi (Italy)- Singapore Night Festival Installation Part II

2008-07-19T23:03:00.000+08:00

so here are the pictures for the second part of the performance
these were held at SMU Green, the open space within SMU campus.
i still like PART I more. hehe.

she plunges into the huge bowl of water...

and comes out of it with a splash

fit for a shampoo ad

another big splash

wow. that was on a bowl.

ok.. this one is. errrr...
jer will ask me if she was wearing anything.

tada! shes out again.

the firey charmer

it was hot. literally.

the venetian masks

the statue of knowledge! haha

and the viola!

this part was interesting. can you make out the faces?
these were projected onto water!

here's another one.

thats about it for part II.
i still love part I more.

Studio Festi (Italy)- Singapore Night Festival Installation

2008-07-18T11:15:00.000+08:00

and so i was there tonight at the National Museum.
shan't elaborate for the time being, pictures shall do the job!
it was splendid. worth a catch if you've got the time and patience =)

i shall do some photoshop and remove the ugly poles!

so graceful!
awwwwww

in case you're wondering, the color-comas are due to the 'rain'

yes, she was standing on the white piano

shadow play =) i like this very much!

set in the background of the musuem

take a closer look. the makeup looks weird.
and i mean. WIERD

'flying' in splendor

fly me to the moon...

i believe i can fly...

the ballerina on air

swinging to her hearts content

if that was moon, this must be MARS!

the end for now! time for shower and bed!

2008-07-18T00:48:00.005+08:00

"nobody can start with a new beginning;
but everyone can start now, and write a new ending"

read it somewhere, and i thought, how true it is.
we can always do something and change what is going
to happen and how something can tun out to be, but we
just cant change things that have happened or have taken
place in the place called Earth.

anyways. updates for the week.

Tuesday
went for SHINE interview after work. hmm
i'd say it went on smoothly, more like a chit chat session.
it was nice talking to the panel and sharing my thoughts.
well. winning is only a bonus, i guess whats more important
is for us to be continually motivated to do things, and to
write a new ending! haha

Wednesday
finally got to meet phoooon and weiwei. though it was something
we always wanted to do since we're back in Singapore. i guess
its really fate that we can even meet in places big like China!
since wei's working at Chinatown, we decided to meet there
and have porridge for dinner.

porridge was disappointing. quality have dropped too much.
yucks. shortly after, joanne joined us after her 3rd day at work!
and so we had dinner followed by dessert at the mango-pomelo
place. afterwhich phoonn and wei left for home while joanne
and myself went down to Somerset to meet Ping.

Thursday
work is getting boring by the day as the work left for me to clear
diminishes day by day. everyone is telling me i'm a workaholic,
but i'm still questioning myself about this. sometimes i dont
understand why i just feel bad about not doing a single thing.
especially so when i'm at work.
%^&*()_)(*&^%$#$%^&*

after work, i decided to walk down to Paragon for Omega's
Beijing Olympics exhibition. hmm. some interesting artefacts
on the equipments used in Olympics timekeeping since XXX years
ago. pretty interesting. but i'd say the limited "Timeless"
collection isnt something to shout about. i'm sure they can do
better than this! anyway, kudos to them for the nicely done up
magazine with insightful articles.

done.
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alrights. i'm still working on this post, shall be updated soon!
my aim was to sleep by 12am this morning, and apparently
i failed. its 1230 now.

goodnights!

14th July

2008-07-14T22:37:00.002+08:00

today marks the 1st year Anniversary of TENTONS project.
dear Melissa tried to make us relish the good 'o memory we
have by sending a sms early in the morning to remind us of
this significant day.

this may not make any sense for anyone else, but to the
whole committee. this will really make us. awwwwww.
i cant stop myself from posting these messages which were
sent the day after TENTONS.

------------------------------------------------------------------

In tribute of TENTONS

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Joanne

haha. ALL of us had worked hard ystd
(not only ystd, for the past few months too) and yes,
today shall be the OFF DAY for EVERYONE! NO work,
NO TENTONS, or JOANNE WILL KILL YOU! heh. seriously,
it had been great working with all of you this few months
for the day, thou there are some little little arguments
sometimes, but in the end, we still work tog as a team!
and yes, our team has never ever, flare damn big, this
shows how much we love each other, YAY!:) and and and
thankyou all for hearing my constant irriating whinningss!
big huggsssssssss*

and now... YES! ystd was great, all of us deserve a
great team trip to somewhere! (not only talk, but yes
plans too!) where where?? haha. i DEMAND (heh.) for
the rights of the girls, the guys shall do the plannings
and the girls job, to enjoy! guys, your reward - the
accompany of 4 girls! HAHAHHA. our two tentons guys, okok??
wink wink*, be a man, take the lead.
(ok, this is damn rubbish, but ya. guys. heh)

ok, (abit off note) but just a little little note,

NOW! after reading this email, this shld be your
ONLY tentons mail for the day.
NO MORE TENTONS today, today is declared OFF DAY!
great sleep, great rest, RELAX, tv, food, everything!
smiles smilesssssssssss!

BIG HUGS,
joanne. :):):):)

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Ping

Dear all,

BIG BIG thanks for all of u!!!! proud of
ourselves, we have MADE IT!!!!! YEH YEH!!!!
but jo, u did not give me any space to thank
all of ya le, cos u had said so much sweet thing,
i had left nothing to said!!! hee :)

meanwhile, TAKE CARE n ENJOY ya.

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Jason

HI ALL,

So many things to say, so many thanks to give.

Firstly, to Mr Tan, thank for being there whenever
the team need you. Haha. Your care and concern
for the team will never be forgotten! You have
always been trying your best to protect us and
making sure that we study hard, eat well and stay
healthy. It was you that make us wanna to be a
better person and work hard in whatever we do.
We really appreciate the every little thing
that you did for us. Thank you.

To the dearest sub-com. HAHA. Come to think
of it, we only know each other for months, yet,
it was the simple things that all of you have done
for us that touches me. It was great working along
side with all of you. Seriously, I never expect
myself to be super Gan Dong and at the same time,
knowing so many lovable and nice people when it
my last year in school.

I hope all of you will continue to initiate projects in
BA CARES together with Mr Tan after we have left.
People, thanks again for being there when we need you,
I try my best to be there whenever you need us!
*Yup Yup!* haha. :) I will always remember the little
jokes and stabs that all of you made!

AND Special thanks to my Pasir Ris sub-com, Debra,
Hongming, Sarah, Denise. It was great having 4 of
you in my area. No doubt. Haha.

Lastly to the main-com. This event has filled with
continuous late night planning, sleepless night, running,
calls, laughter, argument, whining and so much more.
Two words, it is “unforgettable memories”. Words are
just never enough to describe the bonds that we share.
Jason never feels tired working with each and every
one of you again and again and again, BUT, lets
have a break now. Haha.

Study hard and score well for the upcoming exams!

Cheers,

Jason Huang

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Audrey

yup yUp YUP!!! its finally over guys... TEN TONS
is most probably our very last project we are working
on. After this semester, half of us will be on attachment
doing some other things. maybe the feeling is not so
strong now as we'll still be seeing each other every other
day and also for our grand finale, but i'm sure we'll all
miss each other and the things we've done, the so
many long meetings we've had, the suppers after
working through the night and many many other things
once the semester ends. i'll always treasure this team and
the times we spent together.
given a chance, i wouldn't mind another Ten Tons 08??
i'm sure we'll do even better the next time round. haha...
but of course, lets all take a break and pull ourselves
back to earth (schoolwork projects and exams!!)..

throughout this project i know i've been a very bad
secretary and my temper sometimes gets abit up (sorry ping!).
thanks for tolerating me throughout this period.

love,
Audrey

---------------------------------------------------------------

ME

YES!

TENTONS collection has come to an end but
i'm sure it's never over!

For all the time we shared together, from planning
to circling maps, from breakfast to late sleepless
night meetings, thats:

TENTONS of JOY
TENTONS of LOVE
TENTONS of BOND
TENTONS of SMILES.

Most probably, TENTONS of the above will never do
enough justice to thank all of you for all the effort put
in to see this through. I'm so proud to be in a team like
ours and no words can describe this feeling. I know you
can FEEL it. Through all the little things that happened.

The amount of good food we had,
botak jones, max brenner, sun with moon, you name it.
The blocks of chocolate & packs of strawberry hello panda we had
The hours of time spent in school, level 7, traveling to meet the schools,
The countless number of emails we sent & received
The occasions of meetings among us, teachers, directors
The thousands of shots we captured
The little arguments we had

It all sums up to unforgettable beautiful memories, and that's
why i say, TENTONS will never be over. Its already in us!

Hope you had a restful weekend and recovered from the
fatigue, aches & stress.

Mug hard for the coming exams and projects due dates round
the corner and i'm pretty sure we can all do well. Just put the
level of commitment we have for TENTONS into schoolwork NOW!

A Million Tons of Love,
yuhong =)
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2008-07-14T21:52:00.001+08:00

Mrs Ong pang seh'd us!
and so there were Sue Tan, Kim, YJ, Joanne,
Angela & Me. decided to have Thai Food instead of
Lao Beijing at Novena Square. had a really good time
catching up since Shanghai days.

Joanne is leaving for Melbourne. Angela started school at
SIM and will be leaving for Switzerland after a few months.
Kim & YJ are starting school at Kaplan this September.
and I have no other choices but to serve the darn NS.
boooo! i shan't complain anymore. lets face reality.

photos time!

never let the girls get hold of cameras!

the next time we get this shot will be at least 2 years later!

and so, it was Sunday!

2008-07-13T23:53:00.007+08:00

lazy sunday. decided to laze on my bed even though i woke
up at around 930. finally crawled out from my bed at 10plus
and after brushing my teeth, i went to flip the papers.

to my horror (read surprise, sounds better?) i saw this picture
that really resemble misskimngweiqian. and upon reading the
article, i realised its her! she took it on Friday after we met.
i remembered her saying, she's meeting her friend, who's
a Straitstimes photojournalist. now i see the reason for that!

hahaha. this was her line:
"Student Kim Ng, 20, said that getting on a train at City Hall
MRT station last week was hard work. 'I had to wait for two
trains before boarding. It's definitely more crowded."

anyway lunch was at Sun with Moon, Central. food quality somehow
dropped as compared to the last time when we were there.
that was TENTONS days. hahaha. didn't manage to get the
Azabu Sabo ice cream as we're simply too full after the set meal.

walked down to China Square to take a peek at the flea market.
and hey! it was interesting! you see all kinds of stuff being sold
there. from rolex watches to japanese dolls to toy figurines and
even those old vinyl records.

dinner was at Smith street and there went SUNDAY.
alrights. pictures tomorrow. its 1.30am now and time for bed!
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for once, i love the view from my house. oh so lovely sky!

you cry; i cry with you.
you smile; i smile with you.
but when you jump, i watch!

Singapore skyline from Chinatown =)

saturday is so short =(

2008-07-12T23:21:00.003+08:00

went to office for a short while to clear some assets data.
this is an amazing project. it has gone live, and we're still
doing data migration. and this is also where trial balances
don't balance at all. interesting eh?

anyway, met Audrey at Bugis for dinner when everything
was done. after dinner was tau huay time at selegie.
nothing much, and there goes Saturday!

a couple of pictures taken yesterday when both of them went mad

ngeeann's spokesperson!

the rest are too corny to be posted, so they should
remain in my computer for personal enjoyment.
HAHA!

slackaholic

2008-07-11T23:38:00.005+08:00

boo hoo. it has been a long while since i posted something here!
so many things i'd love to share, but my memory is failing on me
recently. i'm having too many things piling up on my head.
i can't even remember what i did on for the week.

anyway, was in school to meet up with kim, yj, sue tan,
joanna tsang and aloysius to see what can be done for the
OIAP session for the next batch of students. and then had
dinner at maxwell. food quality dropped =(

anyway, give me your support yea!
i've submitted the few photos for this competition which
i wanna win. cos i'll get sponsored comm svc trip to Sri Lanka
and at the same time, shoot more photos!
click on the pictures, and if you think i deserve it,
vote for me!

more photos to come. some silly shots of KIM and her broken
heart too! hahahahahaha. its a big joke.

beach goer

2008-07-06T19:38:00.010+08:00

i was on the island of tiny Singapore, Sentosa over
the weekends for a change, since i didn't need to get back
for work. the stuff as usual you'll see on the island.

but this time round, there were a few interesting sightings
of flora n fauna. to think of it, the last time i went was during
year 2, for the IS module. hahs. its Monday again, start of a new
week tomorrow!

i'm really tired though i had an afternoon nap earlier on.
i shall go clear up my desk and check on the little experiment
i tried on this afternoon. for those who are interested, its
a calibration test for any kind of hygrometers.

here's what you need:
1 twist-bottle cap (Snapple bottles works just nice)
1 air tight container (mayo-jar / small tupperware)
1 large tablespoonful of table salt
1 toothpick
20 ml of distilled water (read: pure)
and of course your hygrometer!

here's what you need to do:
1. fill the bottle cap with table salt
2. drop the distilled water in slowly
3. stir the mixture with the toothpick
4. make sure you dont dissolve the salt, achieve a gooey mixture
5. once you get the gooey, thick paste, place the cap into the jar.
6. place your hygrometer into the jar
7. make sure the jar is closed, airtight.
8. place the jar in a cool, dark area
9. after 8 hours, the hygrometer should read ~75% RH
10. tada! adjust your hygrometer according to the variance.

because of the salt mixture reacting with the little air in a confined
space, the humidity should be at 75%. thus, by doing this, you should
be able to correct whatever differences in your hygro reading!

alrights, i shall let the picture speak for my trip to Sentosa, enjoy!

birds of paradise

candlestick flower

arum lily

the sunbird flew

and perched on the heliconias for its share of nectarine!

while walking along the beach.. she posed for me

another spur of the moment shot. aww. i love backlit portraits!

songs of the sea setting =)

and who says you don't get to see kelongs in Singapore?

towards the end of palawan beach, this caught my attention

looks like either a great blue heron or a black drown night heron and
it stood on piece of a drift wood...
look at its plumes (the ribbon like, near the neck)too bad it wasn't 'erected',
something done during only the bird's courtship period.

the next moment, a fish was in his beak!
wow.

and yet another sunbird, this time on a coconut tree. this one here
has got red beaks though

a fly past! look at the SG flag

macaws. one tried to bite me!

running in the wild peacock. it was on the roof of the restaurant!

thats it for now. i need to help xy with her logo
before i head for bed!

turtle beetle

2008-07-04T00:54:00.003+08:00

this cute little turtle beetle paid my house a visit while
i was in the kitchen earlier on. the pattern really resembles
a turtle's shell. dont you think so?

i decided to pose it on a random lime i could diggg out from
my refrigerator and tada! the handsome little turtle-beetle.
i'm very very sure its real name isn't turtle beetle, but who cares!

time for bed!

velviaaaaa

2008-07-03T01:58:00.006+08:00

finally i've gotten my rolls of velvia. these are little rolls of
wonders many swear upon for its contrast and rich colours.
apparently you can't get them here in Singapore. even if you
could, probably someone have shipped them in from America
and tried to sell off in loose packs.

gone are the days when film makes a difference, with digital
and technology today. but hey, there's nothing that can fight
the feel of running thru roll of films and waiitng to see the
prints from it. anyway, these velvia are slides, instead of
negatives. i'm really resisting the urge to run them, process
and mount them. its going to be so so so fun and promising.
(at least i hope it'll be! hah)

today kinda busy at work. though the darn SAP Project
has went 'Live" as of 0800 on Monday, there are still loads
of data/errors/what have you to clear.

time for OT.
booooooooo

productivity = 0.00002 %

2008-07-02T12:53:00.002+08:00

another non-productive day.
history seemed to be repeating itself today. it was like
my first 2 days of work here. when i had virtually nothing
to do. only difference was, i'm able to surf and disturb people
on my contact list. trust me, doing nothing in office is worse
than having at least something to do. you feel totally useless
and it really sucked.

i hope there's gonna be at least something for me to do
and i no longer need to be like a lazy worm, lazing around
flipping web pages and chatting on MSN instead of excel
spreadsheets and reading emails.

here's a shot taken last week when i was around Bugis area.
while crossing the road, this little structures caught my attention.
they were spot-lit and look at the dramatic shadows casted on
the walls. interesting eh! i guess its another NAC initiative to bring
arts into the city and nearer to the public. the building is called the
sculpture sqaure, somewhere between waterloo and middle road.

i think they pretty much represent Indians, getting into
the 'door', perhaps an indian temple?
what makes me 'see' them as our dear Indian friends are
the colour and shapes used. the multi-colour somehow
makes me think of the sarees (ethnic costume of the Indians)
and the shape represents the drape of the fabrics.
the positioning of these little ones facing the door
suggests that they are 'entering' through it.

haha. super random. if you can see it in another way,
tell me!

was at Borders earlier on and they got some nice books on sale.
woots. i got 3 lonely planet citiescapes book. they've got 10
in the whole collection, but i could only find these 3. =(
Bangkok, Beijing & Hongkong. nice books with wonderfully
taken photographs, that picks out the uniqueness of each
city. i hope they have the rest on sale soon!

and there was this newly arrived book, and i thought
the author/editor's name sound familiar. took a look at
it and i realised that he was actually Straits Times
photo-journalist. he did a book on Beijing Olympics
with picture taken in the city itself. The pictures depict
the scenes of development, how the young start with
aspirations and dreams of being sportsmen etc., training hard
to get talent-scouted one day. there were also a section on
how the 'local-migrants' trying to make a living
by riding on the boom of development in the 'Olympic city'.
and of course, there were so many shots on the 'bird nest'
what pleased me was that the book dedicated quite a handful
of pages to the water sports complex.

both complexes under the twilight at dusk =)

everywhere, the Bird Nest is sooooo hype-d about. but not
the water sports complex, which is like 100 metres next to it.
oh well, we're still so proud to be possibly the first Singaporeans
who have entered the compound! despite the security guard's
attempt to stop us, we got in. yeay!

lets count cards!

2008-07-01T23:35:00.003+08:00

21 to me was a pretty well made movie afterall,
despite the not-so-good-nor-bad reviews it gained from
the film critiques out there. the only part that i thought
didn't quite made it was that i could predict whats going
to happen next in the show. somehow it failed to
surprise me a little, even though when the show was
building up its climax.

the show somehow had a couple of unrealistic scenes,
like how Ben stored his piles of cash atop the false
ceiling boards. but if you consider that he's a math
nerd in MIT, then i guess we should excuse this.

anyway, i spent my day rotting in office for most of today.
now that the project has cut-over successfully, i shall
be more free and return to my 'normal life'. the project
room, which was labeled "WAR Room" has now been changed
to "PEACE Room". probably i'm gonna end my stint at this place
by end-july and shall see what's there more interesting for me
to get involved in. no more SAP for the time being.

before i turn into a walking spirit in office tomorrow,
i shall go catch some sleep now. its 215 in the morning!

maybe not definitely

2008-06-30T22:54:00.001+08:00

this may be little late, but i finally got my chance to watch
the show "Definitely, Maybe". the show somehow unfolded
through the male lead telling "who's mummy" bedtime story
to the daughter. nice twist, and it showed us how relationships
were built and abandoned, and how much power does love have
to bring along his hard-earned reconciliation towards the end of
the show.

what joined the story somehow was when She shared about
the book her dad wrote an inscription on. She was looking
basically through all the bookstores for the book by Jane Eyre
which her dad bought her instead of a earring (iirc)
finally he found it for her and the story ended somehow
happily ever after.

on side note, i like the idea of inscriptions on books.
just imagine you received a book as a gift with inscription.
after a long while, you take it out and read what was written.
i guess its gonna bring back lots of memories and nostalgia.
hah.

thanks Jerold for the show!
tomorrow i shall catch 21 then =)

unmotivated

2008-06-29T23:56:00.005+08:00

the past whole week was spent basically nothing but
data integrity stuff. which means baokaliao from finance
trial balances, a/c receivables, a/r receivables to more
static ones like stocks, customer masters etc.
man. it wasn't an easy feat.

whole Saturday was spent at office a.k.a the battlefield.
everyone was rushing data, loading them into the new system,
checking, rectifying errors, running, yelling, jumping, cursing.
it was in total chaos. but thankfully, most of the things went
on pretty smoothly and we were in fact ahead of the schedule.

sunday was sleeping day for me to recuperate a little from fatigue
went out to River Valley area in the evening and had the supposedly
famous 5 star kampong chicken rice for a change. its just a few shops
down Boon Tong Kee. its quite good i'd say, less fatty and oily as
compared. after dinner was to Great World City. anyway
iwannagohome was having a sale, went to take a peek.
and there was this thing that caught my attention. haha.

sounds stupid, but i think its something you can start a collection
on. check out their website at http://www.cowparade.com/.
these reminds me of the BMW Art Cars which were on show
earlier last year. each 'lifesize' design was actually auctioned off
for charity. i like this 2 best, but they weren't available =(

its MONDAY again!

2008-06-24T23:50:00.000+08:00

woohoo. what a tiring day.
work started right in the morning and ended when its
knockoff time. didnt even had punctual lunch today
(partly due to the meeting with CF, jq, yb and xx)
lunched at ichiban and thats for xx's farewell.

back to office around 3 and it was work all the way.
boo. project is supposed to go live this weekend.
i hope there wont be a need to stay thru the night
in the office. though i reminds me of TENTONS day
when we were virtually sleepless and so motivated.

im actually a suaku (mountain tortise). i just realized you
could label on your pictures on flickr!
haha. its so fun, so i did it for the picture of the dry cab.
thanks to the big bulky mama mamiya, the little roof for the
toys is on the verge of bursting, or rather, it burst.

i've been trying out different arrangement for all the stuff
but they just refused to sit nicely in. considering i still have
some nikon lenses & leica stuff over at fong's, i guess its time
i do something about their roof!

super tired. evening was heading to airport to see XX off
and WS drove. he decided to drop us home but he didnt
know the way. not even back to his house. haha.
so there were jq, yim, his, yb and me. we hit TPE and
got out from YCK and they decided to have supper.
stopped at upper serangoon for punggol nasi lemak before
guiding WS back to AMK.

now that i'm back home, hope yim can guide WS back
to bukit panjang and to Bukit Timah. haha
good luck guys!

time for shower and bed.
tired.

creations of passions

2008-06-23T23:04:00.004+08:00

"Exceptional things are limited.
Without limits, life would have no inspiration"

how true.

that's what it says on the preface. thanks to these
German companies who know what real marketing and
customer relationship management is, in the real world.
boo hoo! who cares if i can't afford them. they send
collaterals to you regularly with that hope that someday
you'll become one of their loyals. whatever it is,
kudos to Montblanc and the team behind it for that lovely
collector's guide in my letterbox.

there goes Monday. seemed to have pass me so quickly.
tomorrow will be a packed day. lunch with jerold, then meeting
cf, quan & xx, then back to office for meeting. then after work
i'm gonna head down to the airport.

i pretty like my life which is sooo fulfilling. then again,
when things come at a rate that is too overwhelming,
i rant. life's like that. full of irony and contradictions =(
men got to learn how to be satisfied yea. live life to the
fullest and live with no regrets.

yeay

2008-06-21T23:42:00.004+08:00

a trip down to Ruby before heading to meet xx,
yim and his. picked up rolls of film to try out on
my new toys. i cant wait to try the Tri-X Black & White ones.

in 135 and in 120 format =) color film costs more than B&W
despite the fact that i still think B&W gives better, finer
grain and also sharper images.

went on to clarke quay area to meet them and had some drinks.
justin wanted to catch the football match which was at 245am!!
after a long long stay and chat at Hooters, we're still so early.
it wasn't even 12 am yet. walked down to Lau Pa Sat for some
food and coffee. before that, XX got to try the Cheeky Turkish
ice cream guy at Clarke Quay. people who have been there
would have seen him and his tricks.

we had a great time playing pranks on a common
'friend'. HAHAHA. MACK Anderson. i'm gonna remember this.
went back to Boat Quay area around 2 and settled at Harry's.
atmosphere didn't feel that great. pretty surprised why there
wasn't any crowds at all.

our drinks :)

first half and it was still 0-0. XX and myself decided to make
a leave. she didnt want to miss her NR home and Yim has
already decided to take the first train home. left around
3plus and reached home at about 4.

tired.

before i forget, HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY to my BLOGG!
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to my BLOGGGGG
Happy Birthday to you.
hahahahhahahaha!

hazards are everywhere!

2008-06-21T14:13:00.004+08:00

a first read at this, gave me a good laugh.

LOS ANGELES - A woman who says she was hurt by her thong panties
is suing Victoria's Secret saying in a TV interview on Thursday that
the injury caused her "excruciating pain."

and here's what she said:

"I was putting on my underwear from Victoria's Secret and the
metal popped in my eye. It happened really quickly. I was in
excruciating pain. I screamed. That's what happened,"

ladies out there, lingeries are hazardous. BEWARE!
apparently, her thongs had a rhinestone heart which needed
that mighty piece of metal to secure it.

you choose your lingerie. think twice before getting that !bling
haha.

TGIF

2008-06-20T15:03:00.005+08:00

woohoo!

finally its Friday again and long awaited weekends are here

i've got no idea why inspirations failed on me today and

i can't even think of a proper sentence to type :(

anyway, i chanced upon this:
print ad, done for Energizer.
"Never Let Their Toys Die"

-if you have a creative kid and adventurous kid!
hmm. why didnt i thought of this when my toy died during
childhood days? tying my sister to the edge of a
merry-go-round and swinggg!

wheeeeeee!

humvee

2008-06-18T16:30:00.009+08:00

its 430 now and just 1.5 hours to the end of the day.
which means Thursday is coming and weekends are
drawing near. woo hoo! now time seems to pass fast
with me having some work to do.

CommunicAsia 08 is here in town but restricted to
trade visitors only. boo boo. they should have done it
like FHC which was held earlier at EXPO and charge
admission fees. make money, and at the same time
attract the right group of people there. what i like most
about it are the products the exhibitors like to flaunt
there. things you wouldnt probably see in the market
would be showcased and you're the first few who see it.
these will more likely be the mainstream products you'll
see in the market in the next few months to a year.
something like the Motorshow concept.

anyway, this one here is interesting

made in collaboration with Hummer. the Hummer phone!
whee. so now, does it come with bullet proof body,
chrome fenders, tow bars and what have you?

if you're lost right here, try building your Hummer
here and you'll know what i mean. dear George Bush
trust it, so you and i should at least. regretfully, its not
available for the local markets. perhaps LTA is so scraed that
you may runover the lamposts/railings without realizing.
HAHA.

i built my Humvee 2 SUT here:

and to my surprise it costs only 66k USD.
with the same amount of money, you cant even get yourself
toyota camry here! so much so about our dear government shifting
from vehicle ownership-centered towards usage-centered costs,
in bid to win the hearts of us, Singaporeans.

yes, we have seen quite a drastic drop in vehicle prices from
the 90's, but hey! for every Corolla i buy in Singapore today,
i can buy more than two-and-a-half more in States and Aussie.

ok. enough of nonsense. i'm looking forward to pangkang time
for now =)

save me

2008-06-18T00:39:00.003+08:00

many thanks to ms Rosa Koh.
my name is up here.

go do your part and save me from the embarrassment.
i know you got to bear seeing the fugly face of mine
(which i don't know where it was taken from).
get ur daddy mommy brothers and sisters friends colleagues
to do so too!

i have no idea what am i getting out of this, and what are
the perks. but since my face is up there, i shall be
thick-skinned enough to rally for support!

read the inspirational stories of many others and see how
they have made a difference in the life of their own and
the others.

thanks!

the showdown

2008-06-17T12:04:00.003+08:00

first. it was the iPhone, then came news about iPhone 3G
for the local markets. HTC came out with their Diamond
which looks pretty good and has much more potential
than the iPhone.

and now, we have Samsung with their Omnia.
looks promising to me too. but sadly there isn't a point for
me to get a good phone for now. thanks to me being a
citizen of Singapore.

looks good eh!

time for lunch!

say NO to Monday blues !

2008-06-16T14:17:00.003+08:00

the time now is 2.18pm. which means less than
4 more hours to go til the end of the day at the office.

had an early and lonngg lunch at Orchard Hotel.

food was good and we had so much till i'm feeling so bloated

now. this is sooo sooo sooo bad for health.

there were all kinds of meat. from chicken, to beef, to seafood

and best of all, there were crocodile meat too! standard fare
like oysters, mussels, clams, scallops were there. pasta was great.
choose your pasta, choose your ingredients (king crab meat,
prawns, oysters, salmon, squids, bacon, onions, tomato yada yada)
and choose your sauce. the chef will whip it up for you!

desserts started with seasonal fruits, choc/mango puddings,
followed by raspberry/tiramisu mousse, and finally cakes!
there were choc cheese, lemon truffle and black forest.

standard chartered card members gets it at 1-for-1
not that bad food at a reasonable price. go try it!

careful. its sinful.

squeeeezeee

2008-06-15T23:28:00.001+08:00

alrightos. i spent half of my sunday at the PC show
or IT show or whatever you call it. there're like so many
of them in just one year. basically you just squeeze your
way thru, look for the best bargain, act stupid, ask for better
prices, queue for your stuff, pay and finally, squeeze your way
out of that place and head home.

and there were so many familiar faces! the previous one I
saw aloysius. this time round, i saw shuaisen, quek, ah kee,
xx, a few others NP and MF ones. small world eh.
no doubts, stuff are cheaper there, but i'm just amazed by
the crowd it attract every single time such shows are held.

so the final damage was laptops. thumbdrives. dvd writer.
lots of free gifts (which are pretty much redundant) haha.
waited for xx for her debrief and had dinner at gluttons bay
with js too. fried rice, meegoreng, chicken wings, satay,
toast and tea. yumm yumm. and there goes Sunday.
reached home at 1plus in the morning after a long talk
and a long bus ride.

oh, it was Daddy's Day too! dinner this week instead!

birthday season!

2008-06-14T00:51:00.002+08:00

June seems to be like a favourite birthday month.
at least for the people around me. haha.
just a quick scan thru my mind reminds me of these:
camen, irene, stef, syaz, mong, shi. i'm sure i can
find more on my calendar.

oh, to think of it, exactly 1 more week, on the 21st
will be the 2 year old birthday of this ranting place!
cant believe it. time flies.

time for some rest. more updates soon!

how far would you go for LOVE

2008-06-13T17:02:00.005+08:00

June 19th is marked as the Cartier Love Day.
cool uh? afterall its for a good cause, with proceeds going
to Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund and other NPOs.

go on to Cartier's LOVE page for your dose of love and
my dear 'loaded' friends, do your part yea.
for those busy in the office, take some time off and soothe
your senses with the tracks by Sakamoto and Marion Cotillard,
among the many others.

its FRIDAY and work for the week is coming to an end!
isnt that lovely?

gift and present

2008-06-12T23:12:00.002+08:00

every moment you live is a gift.
thats why this very moment is called 'present'
both in adj. and in noun form.

food for thought eh. cherish every moment and
appreciate what you're bequeathed with.
reminds me of the carpe diem spirit.

anyway. setadpu.

Tuesday

met yj for dinner after work at Chinatown..
the standard fare, of course not forgetting the
yummy glutinous balls (ah balling).

was supposed to meet him on monday night instead
but it just slipped both of our minds. luckily it struck
me during the afternoon that we missed our pact to meet,
cos he'll be enlisting on Thursday. haha.

had a nice dinner and walked over to china sq area.
we got caught in the rain but finally managed to hit the
train station without being wet. haha

Wednesday

Another day of rotting at work. to make myself and
the time more useful. i decided to hog on the office bandwidth
(shhhhhhhhh....!) and start to download the files from Fotki.
especially those i lost on my dear harddisk.

though it crawls when i try to copy them via FTP, i shall just
let it round in the background and even thru the night after
i leave office. hah. soon, i shall have my photos back,
including those from India. my cameron / KL and some others
are gone permanently. =(

oh yea, maybe i shall give the Sandisk software a try tonight.
the last time i ran the software on my card, it retrived files dated
all the way back in December. to think that i've formatted the
card at least 20 times after the trip to Yellow mountain, its pretty
amazing how goodd the software is and how bad are the cameras
at formatting files. haha. a blessing in disguise i hope
(so i still stand a chance to get my cameron files back!)

lunched with jerold and his colleague at Le Meridien and
had drinks at the usual hunt (which my colleague says,
is the only place that sells drikable coffee/tea, other than
Killiney Kopitiam)

and finally my F3 and its barang barang is in the hands of another
owner. pretty smooth deal this time round and how much i wished
all the deals would be like this in the future.

Thursday
while rotting away in office in the morning, i decided i shall
upload some pictures, bit by bit up to the net just in case,
erms. shit happens. so now, the graduation pictures are up.
just follow the links on the right and you can view them.
my plan is to finish uploading my Shanghai/Beijing and the
other photos up by the end of the month.

though the process is pretty tedious and slow, it's a free
service and i shall make full use of it to prevent permanent
data lost due to whatsoever reasons. haha.
at the same time, i'm trying to retrieve some other files
i've uploaded previouslly too. i guess i'll need another
harddisk soon!

lunched at meridien again today but i decided to have Korean
Food instead. the queue was shorter than the rest, and the food
is still pretty nice. what changed from the past was nothing but
the prices. =(. i guess we're the worse hit group of consumers.
no, we don't receive any GST Rebates nor red packets nor whatever
our dear government give in hope to please us, Singaporeans.
we're given some edusave sort of top-up, which has a strong likelihood
of ending up in the government's pocket when you further your studies
locally. how nice is that, fellow post 87's ?

time for me to sleep.
TGIF tomorrow! whhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

for being late at work...

2008-06-10T16:11:00.001+08:00

1. While rowing across the river to work, I got lost in the fog.
2. Someone stole all my daffodils.
3. I had to go audition for American Idol.
4. My ex-husband stole my car so I couldn't drive to work.
5. My route to work was shut down by a presidential motorcade.
6. I have transient amnesia and couldn't remember my job.
7. I was indicted for securities fraud this morning.
8. The line was too long at Starbucks.
9. I was trying to get my gun back from the police.
10. I didn't have money for gas because all of the pawnshops were closed.

and for being left to rot at office, this is what you do.
look up for nonsensical articles to spice your own day =)

2008-06-10T00:53:00.003+08:00

yeay! finally i got some nicer shots of my trusty F3.
soon it'll be in the hands of another owner =)
just as how much i advocate in moving on.
i'm glad that there are still people out there who
appreciate the good 'o film cameras which i think
gives a better feel and feedback to the person using it.
its something like a relationship you have with the camera
and when you get so used to it, know its behaviors and
tricks you dont even want to part with it.

but i have decided to. haha.
gone are the days where enthusiasts have got a whole
room of their house converted into a dark room for developing
the photos. but im really pleased to know that these people
are endangered but not extinct. probably with the stronghold
of medium formats and large formats, film in 35mm format
is set to stay for at least a couple of years before the larger
formats can overtake in terms of quality, digitally.

with the f/2 little gem

naked

taking the hats off

oh, thats the type 'E' focusing screen.
i like this best.

thats all for now. time for a quick shower and bed!

time flies

2008-06-09T21:36:00.003+08:00

time seemed to pass very quickly today.
morning's workload was manageable followed by a
punctual lunch. i said punctual cos' we don't normally
leave office for lunch at 12 sharp, but today we did.

after lunch i got the IT support people to grant me
Admin rights (so i can install MSN, yada yada!)
and since she took almost 1 hour to do it, i'm left with
not much time to idle. project meeting started at 4
and we basically rotted through the meeting that lasted
til around 7.

left and went to meet hannah, eunice and co. for dinner.
chinese food. chinese cuisine here just dont seem to be
on par with those standards we used to have in China.
the little eateries serves better food than the restaurants here.
and of course, at a much lower price.

after that was ice cream for the girls and we headed home.
there goes the day!

oh, artsfest committee sent this to my mailbox.
anyone keen on it? probably they will give 20% off the tickets.
looks interesting =)

=(

2008-06-09T00:33:00.004+08:00

im trying to get some shots of my old old trusty
Nikon F3HP before i sell it off for some good money.
but i cant get any nice shots of it.

hmmmmph!
thats not a nice way to start the new week eh
nvm. i like shooting with existing light. artificial / flash
are not easy to control. shall try again in the morning!

i like the front bokeh for this shots. the rest were =[
see the NIKON words on the prism unit. woots!

updates

2008-06-08T22:47:00.002+08:00

since i dont have the habit of penning journals / diary
i guess this is my only avenue for me to express and fall
back on, if i ever get senile dementia when i'm old.
well, its now also a form of entertainment for myself when
im too bored in office. reading back your blog posts
gives me a warm feeling. i dont know how to describe
it actually. haha.

anyways.
Thursday was in office til 1230am. oh man.
the cab ride back home was like in a racing car game.
the driver basically sped at around 110kmh on CTE, partly
due to the low traffic volume at that time. just imagine.
i reached my doorstep from Centerpoint Taxi stand in 12mins.
just 12mins. calculate the distance and you'll know his average
speed eh!

Friday was time for to slack a lil bit and i got to work at 2pm.
went to school to return the fugly gown and meet up with
Sue Tan for lunch. in the end, we went to an eating place with
2 other lecturers and we had hor fun, roasted meats, yada yada.
went back to school for a long chat with Suetan and when i was
leaving school for office, i caught Eunice.

i made her go to Kinokuniya at Takashimaya for the design books
cos she was doing some projs for her marcomm course. i love
kino for their selection of books and magazines. to me, they are
somehow better than Borders in terms of selection. since i ended
work early and Eunice was still at Kino, we met for dinner at
fish&co. virtually everywhere has got a long queue even the
foodcourts around town.

for fans of fish&co. at Wheelock, they'll be shifting soon!
so dont be disappointed if you're there and they're not =)

Saturday went to office to clear some work after dropping
some books off. pretty %^&* at work as the people just wouldn't
cooperate and do things well. ended work at around 6 and went
over to Fong's for dinner. tried to calibrate the monitor with
the stupid Spyder 3 but it still dont seem to work well.
its a boooo boooo product! ok, i shall not be so negative
and i shall try redoing it. Since its the market leader and
so many people are going gaga over it, it better be good.

Sunday which is today!
fulfilling day (this reminds me of tentons days yet again!)
Morning was to Ang's and then lunch at Balestier Road.
Dropped me home after lunch. Ronnie asked for Office 07
since dinosaur years ago so i thought i shall be nice and
burn a copy for him. met him along the way to AMKHub
to pass him the cd and i picked up some muffins.
Cedric was waiting for me to go over to Tan's place for
Serve Cambodia gathering.

Off we went to his place at Queensway. we ended arriving
early and nua-ing at the swimming pool area. and so there
was jason, jeremy, cedric, michelle, suyin, chewyee, kaiyu,
syaz, myself and Mr Tan =) had a chance to catch up with each
other and laugh at our dear Jason. anyway, all the best for his
upcoming Commando training this June!

and that rounded my week off =)
life is great. ain't it?

leic-a-la-carte

2008-06-06T17:41:00.006+08:00

ok. this shows how lousily dreading the time spent in office.
much to the extent that i think spending time surfing and
typing here makes me feel my worth, or rather, time's worth.

anyway. this is real fun.
try it and it me know if you like'd it. make your own M7
with finishes to your taste, personalizations with your own
signature and add in some colours on the leatherette casing!
whee. play around with the endless choices and viola!
your very own. a la carte leica!

i'm still intrigued by the f/1.0 noctilux
its wowwww

go range-finding, go!

hehehe

2008-06-05T11:50:00.004+08:00

(to be updated)

i feel like a lil boy

2008-06-04T23:26:00.001+08:00

playing: Superherogirl by Corrinne May

24 hours a day is never enough. then again, we like to say
that everyone has got 24 hours, its just how we manage it.
i really feel that either: i cant manage my own time well, or;
i'm really loaded with too many things i want to do.
whatever it is, i do hope tomorrow will be a better day for me.

today didnt really went well. was having a headache in the
morning for godknowswhat reason and afternoon was so busy
with work that i could hardly breathe.

evening was supposed to meet up for class gathering, but
i failed to make it as i left office at around 8+. thats wasnt
what i want. to me, work should not take over my life. its so sad
that it happens to many people, including myself sometimes.
prioritizing has never failed to be part of our lives, though
easier said than done.

hmmm..

nothing really made my day today,
so its back to entertain-yourself mode.
sometimes this gives you more time to think about the things
that comes across to you. or reflect back on the day's happenings.
i think its healthy.

anyway, i took a few shots of my new toy just now =)

whee.

tomorrow, please be a nicer day for me!

book and its cover

2008-06-03T23:39:00.003+08:00

after so many days of lugging
finally 70% of the books are home.
now i got to find a way to house them. no, i haven't gotten
a cabinet for them yet. IKEA here i come!

so these are the damages done for last week:

and who says retail therapy works for the ladies only?
guys do find joy in buying things or 'shopping'. just that
we wont waste our life away at the shop for more than
15minutes pondering on which clothe to buy.
no offense ladies, we embrace the fact that we do have
differences though gender equality has been very much
debated and advocated yea.

oh well. Its Tuesday. when will weekends ever come by
again? this is the freakin fact i hate about working life.
you basically hate Sundays and love Fridays. its a dull-dull
boo-hoo routine! yucks.

On lighter note, tomorrow is class gathering for TB31 for
those guys serving the nation soon and girls starting school soon,
especially those leaving the country for further studies.
cant wait to see them again!

Thursday would be meeting Phooonn for dinner. this is our
long-lost date. finally we're meeting up, so i shan't be making
changes again. we got to see each other this time round.
no questions asked. haha. so Phooonn and your sister, turn up please!

back to reality. there're still 3 full days to go before weekends are
here after i wake up from my bed unwillingly tomorrow's morning.
booooo!

til then.

imd

2008-05-31T23:53:00.001+08:00

yea. its International Museum Day.
i didn't know about it til i reached home, though i was
at the Museums. haha. maybe that explains why were
there so many people and kids! Peranakan museum was
interesting. they have wonderful artefacts and even life-size
objects showing the lifestyles, about the Peranakans.
worth a visit i should say.

Singapore Art Museum is currently having the Vietnam &
Xu Beihong's works on display. and yes, i caught a really
well restored Volkswagon van. you know, its the typical
school bus of yesteryears. haha. i wasn't fortunate enough
to have sat in one, but this one here is in wonderful condition.
with air-con/stereo system built in while preserving the look
of the original dashboard/interior.

The Ancient Civilizations Museum has got even more Vietnamese
stuff on display, but I wouldn't say its fantastic. hahaa.
i still like the Peranakan Museum more, perhaps its a culture
closer to us, Singaporeans and its much better to relate.
after a whole days walk, ended up at Boat Quay again.

this is the first time i ever watch sunset at Boat Quay eh!
haha. of course, i took pictures of it. nothing to shout about
but i always like the after-glow colors of sunset =)

pano. the silhouettes of the buildings & cranes afar

tell me which you like more. color or mono.

time flies when you're doing things.
or rather, when you're doing constructive things.
and that ended my Saturday.

grad day =)

2008-05-28T23:10:00.006+08:00

alrights. pictures first, text later. let me think of what
shall i write before i pen them down. this gonna be something
i'll be looking back often in the near future. haha

------------------------------------------------------

myself, Mrs Ong Long Fung (ex School of BA director)
Deborah Ong, Guest-of-Honour;
(Partner, Pricewaterhouse Coopers;
Chairman, School of Business & Accountancy Advisory Commitee)

Mr Chia Mia Chiang, Principal

myself, Ms Tay Siew Yong Lecturer, Int'l Business,
Mrs Sue Tan, Lecturer, Cost & Managerial Accounting,
(OIAP i/c and also a good friend, haha!)

EUNICE =)
she was my Tentons sub-comm. awwwww

hannah tan, Tentons sub-comm too!

melissa ann. TENTONS Committee =)

Mrs Tay Gek Huan, Serve Cambodia 05 i/c),
Tiew-Teo Hui Leng, Lecturer/Tutor, Financial Management;
Deputy Director, School of Business & Accountancy

myself, Ms Dorene Yeo, Lecturer/Tutor, Business Planning;
Academic Manager, School of Business & Accountancy,
Mrs Sue Tan

myself, meiyi, serene, dennis (cisco ITP mates)

evelyn foo (from IS mate....... and it went on)

myself, evern, evelyn, Mrs Sue Tan, jinhui
(met this bunch at Shanghai, OIAP people)
hope i got their names right.

wang yijuan (OIAP mate, Pudong Shangri-La, Shanghai)

KIM NG (OIAP mate, Pudong Shangri-La, Shanghai)

myself, Elvaretta, Samantha, Jessica
(all my SPIN@BA Your Health people, short of Selene Liu)

Elvaretta Masda Tjugianto
(haha. i like spelling her full name)

Jessica Kee Chi Yin

Samantha Wong Yan Ni

Mr Ben Tan, the Hero.

Yepyesoe, TB06 mate all the way from BURMA!

Tzekee, myself and Xianxu, TB31 mates

grad day =) Part II

2008-05-28T22:27:00.008+08:00

Part II starts here, enjoy

--------------------------------------------------

Peipei, TB06 mate

Mishelle Tiew, BA Cares mate

Justin Yim, TB31 mate

Jiesi, TOUCH 06 mate

Joyce Ong (serve cambodia 05, touch 06... )

Jason, Ben Tan (written comm tutor, BA Cares...), me!

Jacqueline Fong, HRM Leturer/Tutor

Elvaretta Masda Tjugianto (Spin@BA YourHealth)
myself, Jessica Kee (Spin@BA YourHealth, IS mate)
Jacqueline Fong (HR Lecturer/tutor)
Joyce ong, Samantha Wong (Spin@BA YourHealth)
and they are all from HR specialization, not me

huiqi, myself and joyce ong (touch 06 people)

Mark Tan (FMGT Lecturer, a.k.a. my long lost brother.
i dont think we look alike! do we?)

Adrian Er (marketing lecturer, no he didnt taught me!)

Jason, Tan Kim Tian (Serve Cambodia 05 i/c)

BenTan myself, Marcus (BA Cares mate)
Evelyn (marcus's) Jason (serve cambodia 05....)

diana, TB31 mate

paul teng, TB31 mate

myself, jerold and yepyesoe (george), TB06 mates

Geraldine, Lecturer/tutor,
Business Opportunities & Franchising

Eugene See (dates back to sec sch days too)

quek jieying (dates back to sec sch days!)

myself, joyce ong, huiqi (touch 06)
jieying (long history, haha)

jason huang, myself and Mun Kwok On,
Director, Student Development & Alumni Relations

Kwan Chet, TB31 classmate/proj groupmate

Kaiyu a.k.a. KAYA, Serve Cambodia 05 mate

Lovely IEF Lecturer / Tutor, Koh Poh Tee

Sylvia Ler, Deputy Director,
School of Business & Accoutancy

goldarths's party @ bar opiume, indochine

2008-05-27T23:41:00.001+08:00

thanks to Goldarths Review, the invitation to the
private party was pretty fun. cos basically we just
mixed around, had champagne, drinks, canapes etc.,
and off we went. haha. they were nice too to have
door gifts, from Molton Brown, Moleskin and Lawry's.

the Aston Martin dont seem to be attracting too much
attention though it was supposed to be part of the 'spectaculars'
drinks were pretty good and canapes wasn't too bad too.
i simply love pastries =) and this reminds me of good 'o days
in China where the pastry chef was sooo nice to us.
his little cakes, chocolates and tarts never fail to make our day.

since there wasn't anything much for us to stay there longer,
we decided to sneak off and grab a bite. settled at soemwhere
near circular road for bbq stingray, sotongs, beehoon, rice etc.

oh, and inside the BIG box from molton brown.
its shower creme + lotion etc. 5 bottles of them.
i like the way they name the different products.
check out their website and you'll know why. haha

eggy bread

2008-05-27T11:46:00.007+08:00

do you know? hahahahaha.
in UK, people call the French Toast, Eggy Bread!

thats a funny name eh. but thats what i had this morning.
mom made those and i had two slices before getting
out to work.

and now, 10 minutes to lunch time,
my tummy is growling like an angry wolf.
i can't wait for lunch!

on other note, today seemed to be a happier day for me
though i didnt really sept well last night.
guess i'm pondering over too many things during the few
moments before i enter into sleeping-mode.

alrightos. LUNCH

i had a bad day

2008-05-26T22:48:00.002+08:00

i really dont know why.
today just dont seem to go well.
work was pretty alright, though pretty slack til i dozed off
for some moments. but the later part was just normal.

i guess its when i got home.
hais. why why why am i going through all these.
am i expecting just too much?

sigh. arghs.
its all jumbled up.
i need more time. can i have like 48hrs a day to please everyone.

Ilotopie (France)

2008-05-25T23:17:00.002+08:00

finally i made it to at least a part of the Singapore Arts Festival.
have been missing it either due to school or work or whatsoever
reasons for the past years.

as part of the opening ceremony, this French Street theatre
company puts up a "whimsical and phantasmagoric" performance
on the waters of Singapore river.
"In a mystical and magical journal, a man travels to Singapore’s
popular waterfront, arriving in a sputtering little car. His car breaks
down, so he gets out and reads a paper. Meanwhile a passing cyclist
sprays water into his face..
and then his head suddenly bursts into flames.."

putting it in a more concise manner, its the adventures-filled
journey of the said man, portrayed through the mechanical
sets and floating-machines.

enough said, pictures should tell the story better.

the man & his mrbean's morris minor-like car

the road sweeper?

the floating bed, car and men walking on the river!

whoo! i like this set most.

her tresses. erms. bed-head i mean

the more spectecular one. to end the show with.

fireworks aint easy to shoot eh.

that's all for the night =)

its a happy day

2008-05-23T00:32:00.006+08:00

i'm feeling pretty happy and more and more satisfied.
hmm. work is as usual, the endless data yada yada.
and though a project manager pissed me off early in
the morning, he got it back from me. too bad im
someone who will stand for my rights.

unhappy things aside. ended work around 8 after
clearing some of the accounting trial balance and stuff.
went over to PS and i picked up books again. i dont know
why i have been addicted to book-shopping recently.
anyway. i got 3 big-thick-heavy books.

one of them is "China Revealed" by Basil Pao. almost got
it when i was in Shanghai. it was around 390+ RMB
~=S$80. the other 2 was on the development of North Korea
and on the Ocean's creatures. all of them are really great
books with wonderfully shot pictures and write-ups.

the next thing is to find time to read them!
oh yea, my 'work-space' needs some tidy up again.
i think i need a bigg book shelf too.
hmm. this weekend shall be room-packing day!

oh yea, my trusty horoscope site says:

Things are already going great in your day-to-day life
-- but they are about to get even better! If you're in school
today, you can expect to have a killer day of answering
questions correctly and making instructors smile. If you're
at work, you will soon notice that the boss is in a really great
mood. He or she will finally find the words to tell you what a
great job you've been doing! You ego is going to go to bed
feeling happier, healthier, and bigger!

How can i not be on cloud nine?

ruffles has ridges, so does Singapore!

2008-05-20T01:14:00.004+08:00

i needed a long walk and i thought the so-hyped-about
Southern Ridges would be good.

got off Henderson Road and took a long flight of stairs
up, and there it is, the Henderson Waves.
i pretty like the wooden construction of it, the design
would be much better appreciated from a sight afar,
not from the bridge itself. I do wished it was a bit longer though.

the treetop walk was just too short a distance for you to enjoy
enough treetop view. and here it is again, a short but definitely
expensive bridge.

and my journey went like this:
Henderson's Wave
Nature Trail
Alexandra's Arch
Horticultural Park (Hyderabad Rd)
Alexandra Hospital Butt's Trail
IKEA
Anchorpoint
Redhill MRT
and finally, HOME.

only the last part was on train, the rest were on foot =)
i love long walks. and i'm so happy that i had a chance to
walk like this again.

alrights. as usual. pictures time!

just before reaching the Arch, a tall durian tree greets you.
there were SOOOO many baby durians! hundreds of them

these butts were at Horti Park.

that's a sunbird right?

interesting. the metamorphosis or rather, life cycle of a flower:
clockwise from bottom right. hah!

mangrove walk

2008-05-14T01:36:00.005+08:00

i finally found time to type something here,
after the pictures were added. anyway, these little
creatures (find me a better name for them) were found
at the mangrove area at Pasir Ris Park a week ago.

look at my bluee pincers, defintely better than my
Sri Lankan friend right?
400mm f/8

I'm half cooked. a.k.a. medium rare.
how would you like me to be done?

I have thorns, but not as pretty as roses
105mm f/11

hmm. my bed for tonight? fluffy comforter and lovely texture
105mm f/8

this should be a White-Collared Kingfisher (thanks Ced!)
400mm f/8

butts.
105mm f/8

hello, i'm greenie and i'm 476 years old this year.
200mm f/4

dont punish me anymore. i cant push myself up anymore!
200 f/4

girls, aren't you jealous of my lashes? no mascara,
no shadows. no concealer. yada yada.
im just a PONY =)

and i have since fallen in love with ponies.
can i have one at my back yard?

Grandioso III - Let's Begin Again

2008-05-14T00:48:00.007+08:00

here's some coverage on NP's Choir Concert that took place on Sunday,
a fortnight ago. i thought that i ought to post some of the pictures here
though one important chunk got missing, they still matter to me.
but no point crying over spilled milk (in this case, lost data)
in life, we move on yea.

the choir =)

the choir again. =)

linkage

the girls in red.

more girls in red

jingyi & her powerful voice

Noella at the piano

but i like this shot of the piano more.

the outstanding one.

Timothy with the violin

though not sixteen nor seventeen, look at Alisa's
expressions pretty candid and funny.

the aspiring ballerina

another full choir to end with =)

yes, i did enjoy the concert very much, and my untrained
ears are not of capacity to give constructive comments.
and so i shan't.
=)

hello my friend

2008-05-13T00:12:00.005+08:00

and so i did it.
i'm glad i did it. and i hope you too.
perhaps we just need a little while to get used to our new-found life.
life's short, we've got to move on.

this is just so apt, for now.

Did I disappoint you or let you down?
Should I be feeling guilty or
let the judges frown?
'Cause I saw the end after we'd begun,
Yes I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won.
So I took what's mine by eternal right.
Took your soul out into the night.
It may be over but it won't stop there,
I am here for you if you'd only care.

You touched my heart you touched my soul.
You changed my life and all my goals.
And love is blind and that I knew when,
My heart was blinded by you.
I've kissed your lips and held your head.
Shared your dreams and shared your bed.
I know you well, I know your smell.
I've been addicted to you.

Goodbye my lover.
~~Goodbye~~ hello my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.

I am a dreamer but when I wake,
You can't break my spirit -
it's my dreams you take.
And as you move on, remember me,
Remember us and all we used to be
I've seen you cry, I've seen you smile.
I've watched you sleeping for a while.
I'd be the father of your child.
I'd spend a lifetime with you.
I know your fears and you know mine.
We've had our doubts but now we're fine,
And I love you, I swear that's true.
I cannot live without you.

And I still hold your hand in mine.
In mine when I'm asleep.
And I will bare my soul in time,
When I'm kneeling at your feet.

你能接受我先走...

2008-05-12T23:20:00.000+08:00

你没有想过我会说分手
也许太习惯我在你左右
虽然离开你有很多理由
可看见你这样惊讶也足够

你没有想过我会说分手
除非以为我甚么都忍受
就算你这时候努力挽留
不过是你不能接受我先走

我想得比你多陪你一起更寂寞
我性格比你强怎样做你的绵羊
我年纪比你小不信快乐找不到
抬起头开了口

最后我比你骄傲从此不坐你的牢想不到你的好
记得和你的争吵想到老可到老可是和你做不到
如果你爱得比我少至少我走得比你早
如果你爱得比我少幸好我走得还早

最后我比你骄傲从此不坐你的牢想不到你的好
记得和你的争吵想到老可到老可是和你做不到
如果你爱得比我少至少我走得比你早
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superman

2008-05-12T01:30:00.000+08:00

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
I'm just out to find
The better part of me

I'm more than a bird
I'm more than a plane
More than some pretty face
beside a train

It's not easy to be me

Wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
About a home I'll never see

It may sound absurd
but don't be naive-
Even Heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed
but won't you concede?
Even Heroes have the right to dream

It's not easy to be me

Up, up and away: away from me
It's all right
You can all sleep sound tonight
I'm not crazy or anything

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
Men weren't meant to ride
With clouds between their knees

I'm only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me

It's not easy to be me.