Monday, September 25, 2006

Singapore Idol 2!

Played soccer on sunday afternoon. My soccer team consisting of some of my unit mates and friends played a friendly match with one of my unit mate's other team. I brought Daniel along where he played one half of the match and got his knee all scratched in the end haha. Anyway we lost the match 2-0 dammit.

After soccer, i rushed back immediately where my mum and sister were waiting for me at home. They nagged me for coming home so late but what can i do...leave halfway throughout the match? No way haha. Anyway, because i was late, we didn't have enough time to carry on with the initial plan to have beef kuey tiao at Geylang first before going to the Indoor Stadium.

We met my auntie and cousin before going in....oh and guess who was there queuing up just beside me...Cynthia Koh! The woman who always act as the jian nu ren haha..but she's not bad looking in real life lah..better than i expect. Oh and you would expect majority of the crowd to consist of kids and teenagers but its not true..there were actually quite a lot of babes around my age surround my seat! The atmosphere inside was quite awesome, they even provided these balloon clappers, so we didn't even have to use our hands to clap throughout the show! How thoughtful! I went for the finals even though i haven been following the show..i supported neither of them and just cheered along with the crowd whenever they made noise haha. As i'm typing this, you all should have already known that Hady Mirza won it...well he deserve it..he's the better singer. As expected, this Singapore Idol is just like part 1...the final featuring 1 malay guy 1 chinese guy and the malay guy nicked it in the end. Its quite funny if you watched the show, while chinese boy band was performing..only Jonathan's supporters were waving..you know what i mean.


The atmosphere


Yanping and i


I caught mum off guard! Haha



Whatever


Me and my clappers

Anyway, who cares who won it. I can foresee the future...Hady will be performing in next year's NDP parade and Jonathan will get some shampoo endorsement deal. Anyway, I must say i kinda enjoyed myself there and i really don't mind going for something like that again as long as its free! Weee!

Sunday, September 24, 2006

Losing it

Haha i'm really losing steam now...don't have the mood to blog nowadays...i shall keep this short and sweet.

Went Zouk on friday night with Daniel and Bucky. One of daniel's friend went too and she brought her girl friends with her. But somehow they kept pulling her around that he didn't get a chance to dance with her and one of her friends even had this pissed off face stuck with her throughout haha. Got to know a few hot girls through them too...not an unproductive night afterall lol.


New chiong buddies!


Haha yes i took a bus to Zouk and i think its worth a shot because i haven been in one for ages now!

Spent half my saturday studying. Met Puss and we went to study at his school. We managed to get one of the study rooms and i got down to reading my new $45 textbook. Managed to absorb around 1 and a half chapters before i realised my brain has switched off and i could take in no more.


Haven made this kind of studying mess for quite a while now


Ai niah jio ai piah! (Must work hard to succeed)

So we went on to Suntec where we met Dave for dinner. We ate at Carls Junior..yes those humongous burgers again. After dinner, we walked around and i bought a shirt from Topman. Puss then left with Ethan but Daniel and Bucky came on to meet us. We watched the Banquet. Yes its a chinese arty farty film..i'm quite ok with the show..i kinda like the masks and costumes in the movie..but i'm not sure if the rest of them like it though haha. Dave, Daniel and i used to be the best of friends in secondary school, it was nice going out again after so long..we should do this more often!



Short and sweet..i'm keeping my sentences short..it might not even be proper english..please forgive me. Oh guess what?! My mum asked if i want to watch Singapore idol final live tomorrow! She got 2 tickets from my Ah Kim and my sister has 2 tickets too! Haha can you believe it? I'm going to watch those 2 morons fight it out...i'll try to blog about my experience there tomorrow..good night guys!

Sunday, September 17, 2006

Work hard play hard study hard!

This will be my 350th post ever since i started this blog more than 3 years ago. Quite an achievement i must say, if you've ever blogged yourself, you will understand what i mean. Its not easy typing so much and telling people so much about yourself online, you need to overcome laziness too. It can take nearly half an hour to an hour to type a long post just like this you know..you need to plan, recall, type and then edit..just like what you learn in school on writing a good composition! Ok lah actually i don't really read back and edit..like i said..laziness..so if there are spelling mistakes, missing words or sentences with no meaning..don't blame me!

Anyway this weekend has been somewhat eventful again, i'm a person that treasures my weekends a lot and believe in not wasting them away! Anyway i'll be using my upcoming weekends for studying next week onwards, i really want to score well for my exams and prove to people that my O-level results was no fluke lol.

Met up with Bernerd and Puss for dinner on friday night. I suggested being heartlandish that day and we ended up at Ang Mo Kio Central, a place we haven been to for ages although i don't live very far from there. We ate steamboat at a coffeeshop there at $10 per pax...it wasn't bad..we managed to make the soup tasty haha.


Our steamboat

After dinner, we went to watch Singapore Dreaming where we met up with Ethan. The show is about a typical singapore family whom favours the son over the daughter. But the son turn out to be a failure in life although they saved and sent him to America for studies. The dad striked a $2 million Toto draw one day but died of a heart attack a few days later...typical story you might say lol. Aiya don't want to elaborate too much..go watch the show yourself.



After the show, we went to Butter Factory. In case you nerds were wondering..we didn't go there to see how butter is manufactured...its a club lah! Puss and Ethan's friend was celebrating his birthday there and they managed to get in free without having to queue. Although they managed to get my name on the guest list too, we couldn't leave Bernerd behind alone. So poor Bernerd and i had to join the crowd and queue..and guess what..we managed to get in only after 45 mins! Tmd i never queued so long for a club before..not even Zouk lah. The club is pretty small..their house beer is Asahi..but it taste just like Tiger. They played R&B all night and its the first time i've been to a club where there seem to be more girls than guys! P.S oh the door girl is really hot too. After clubbing, we fetched Ethan home before they decided to go to Jalan Kayu for supper. By that time i was really high plus tired so i slept throughout...by the time i woke up...i was at jalan kayu and then home lol.

I spent my whole saturday morning and afternoon sleeping and recouperating. The evening was the highlight. I went out for dinner with my mum, sister and Kok Bin. We ate at this North Indian Restaurant at Swissotel called Shahi Maharani. Because of the IMF shit, before we could get into the Swissotel area, we had to be scanned and our bags searched, so scary right.


A picture with mum


Kok Bin and my sis


Our food

After dinner, mummy and i went for our Forbidden City musical while my sis went to walk around with Kok Bin. Forbidden City was good, and i now recall that i've indeed watched it before...lol. The setting, the stage, the music, the artistes...everything was good...its not too late to catch it..you have till the last performance on the 30th September..do it before Kit Chan retires! Her voice is angelic! You're currently listening to one of the song by her from the musical! Hehe.



Went for my Terry Fox Run this morning..although its only 9km..its quite tiring. Morever, it was raining all throughout the run and my shoes are all wet and soggy. Nevertheless, it was a good run. Will be going out to play mj later..till i blog again!


We did it!

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

A new week

Had my night class as usual yesterday. After the class, i went to Bugis to meet the rest of the guys to celebrate Sam's birthday. They were chilling out at Loof, a rooftop bar at Odeon Towers. Although not a very big place, its really cool! Its open air and there are even 2 small trees there out of nowhere. Sam managed to gather quite a crowd and its really nice seeing so many old friends again. We should really do this more often k guys? Oh and guess who was there too...Vincent Ng...Wong Qing Hai. Frankly speaking, he's not really good looking..but it'll probably make a difference if he takes off his shirt haha. Anyway he has already hooked up a hot babe...21 years old Ling Lee! Oh let's not even go there..i'm starting to gossip here.

The whole group of us


Me, Pussy and Henry


Oh i got a name for this pic already..don't worry not Gardenia gang! Me and the class reps!


Oh yes the all famous Daidee gang

Had a unit excursion today, we went to Newater Visitors Centre. Haha i bet some of you didn't even know this place exists. Its near Singapore Expo...just between Tanah Merah and Bedok. Yes, that place explains to us how they produce Newater and how important water is to us. After the excursion, we're supposed to spread the word that Newater is definitely safe to drink and of course very very clean. My unit was grouped together with one small group of Montford Secondary boys and another group of Hua Zhong Sec 1 or 2 kids! Not that i expect to see babes there but come on man...small boys?! Anyway i don't think this visitor centre is walk in, i believe prior booking will have to be made if you want to go there..oh yes its free.




The place is actually quite nice


There are different flavours you know haha

Anyway the excursion ended quite early and we regulars could fall out from there lol. I then joined my OC and a few other regulars for a drink somewhere at Bedok. We chatted and they were talking about Desaru. All of them described their experiences there and it sounded like must go place. Although i've heard of the place, i've never been there. Anyway, its just Johor and i'm sure driving there won't take long. Who's interested in a weekend getaway there? After the drink, i went straight to school and still had a few hours to spare before my lecture. So i went to the library and guess what i did...correct i slept! Oh and stupid SIM made me submit 3 more passport photos..they claim they didn't receive the 3 i submitted..if you remember..i paid $10.50 for those photos! Tmd and they lost it?! I bet those lecturers just want to keep a picture of me in their wallets! Hahaha.

Anyway i'll be taking part in the Run for Hope 2006 formerly known as Terry Fox Run this coming Sunday. I managed to get Wayniest, Bernerd, Henry and Sham to join me. It'll be a 9km run at Sentosa, although a far cry from the 42km i'll be running this coming December, it'll be good practice! Anyone interested to join me can still do so before this Saturday!

Did you guys hear about a priest phoning in to report a bomb hoax during Madonna's concert recently just to prevent her from carrying on with her concert? In case you people don't know, the catholic society is quite affected with her crucifixion scene...wassup with priests nowadays...they're hogging the headlines! Wait child molestation lah..lie lah...steal lah..violence lah..kill lah...where's the 10 commandments?! God bless us.

Saturday, September 09, 2006

Start of school

I'm finally back to school! I've never been happier. All my life, throughout primary, secondary, junior college and polytechnic education days..i've always been in that playful mode and never really putting in real efforts for my studies. I'm always trying to find ways to skip lectures and tutorials and copy homeworks from my friends. Right now, after going through army and working life, i realised that being in school is actually such a luxury! Actually, scoring well for my O levels harmed me rather than helped me. After doing so well for my Os, i went in JC complacent and thought last minute studying could get me through lol. Obviously, after flunking my promos, i went to poly slightly more determined than before. And i managed to do well for the 1st year haha. And i don't know what happened next...i sort of screwed up the next few semesters haha. Right now, i'm back to "driven" mode and i hope to do well for this course!

Before my lecture yesterday, i met Ah Teck for dinner there. He brought me to their canteen and i must say i'm really impressed! The place is really cool! It is Marches cum Ikea concept combine! And the food is good and cheap! I had a chicken chop for only $3.90 and it even came with their soup of the day! From yesterday, i'll be having lectures everyday straight for 7 days! I had a lecture today from 1.30pm to 5.30pm and will be having another one tomorrow from 10am - 5.00pm! I really have no time to enjoy my weekends now! Haha no lah..only for this week. My other weekends are free..i hope i don't have to study through my weekends too..i'm not a mugger haha. Anyway my lecturer is Italian, but she lives in Manchester, i can hardly understand her lectures. I really want to put in effort to listen but somehow i can't make sense of what she's saying half the time. And i think i'm a person that suffers from concentration lapse, i can't concentrate on something for too long, i tend to dream after awhile haha.

Anyway, i met Puss after my class today because we had to buy sam's birthday present. But before that we went for dinner at Project Shop Cafe at Harding Road just off Ministry of Foreign Affairs and opposite Botanical Gardens. I ordered their Steak Sandwich and i was shocked when it came. Its twice the size of a Carls Jr Burger haha. I had such a hard time chewing and eating it.


Project Shop!


I was there


My gigantic sandwich


Quite nice ambience


Photo whores!

After dinner we went straight to town to get our presents and went home. I played mahjong last night and got home only at 6am. Then i had to wake up at 9.30am this morning because of some stupid army annual general meeting at Chevrons where i'm forced to attend. Then they made me stay for some lucky draw before i could go, causing me to not have enough time to eat lunch before my lecture..tmd. So i am going to sleep early today..need to catch up on some sleep! Have a morning lecture tomorrow! Actually...10am don't seem so early anymore after going through army.....

Thursday, September 07, 2006

Irritating people

I completed my working days yesterday, because today and tomorrow, i'll be on WITs leader course at PSB Academy! Shiok right...army sent me there to enjoy...i definitely won't miss camp!

After work yesterday, i went straight to country club to meet Weijian and Bernerd for a jog and swim. From Sungei Gedong all the way to Tanah Merah, can you imagine that? I almost fell asleep sleeping driving! And they said that Singapore is small..i don't think so! Anyway stupid Bernerd was supposed to fetch Weijian and meet me there, but when he was about to leave home, he realised that his mum had taken his car and he will be late! Tmd for once, i managed to organise a cc outing early and they still ended up being late haha. Anyway i decided sit on the breakwaters by the beach to wait for them and guess what..i fell asleep on it! It was damn shiok sitting there..the sea breeze flowing constantly and the sound of the waves caressing my ears..the sound of nature only occasionally disturbed by the sound of aeroplanes flying above me after taking off from Changi Airport nearby...i was so comfortable i didn't mind that i was lying down on hard rock.

Anyway, I waited for them from where there's was still light till dark and there was still no sigh of them. I then decided to go jog first. As i was jogging i saw stupid Weijian jogging towards me. He told me he couldn't find me (maybe because i was lying down) and thought that i had gone to jog first without him. So he went to jog alone too! Tmd...after waiting so long for him i still ended up jogging alone! I should have expected him to be so blur! Stupid bird Haha.


A shot after our swim!

After the jog and swim, we went to Wala Wala at Holland V for dinner and to chill. One of Weijian's friend was celebrating his birthday there. Anyway, the food there is good and the serving big and nice! We had a pepperoni pizza, chicken wings and fries, got bloated and only paid around $12 each. After dinner, we went upstairs where there was a live band performing. The atmosphere and music was damn good! I enjoyed myself with half a pint of Kilkenny and listening to them play. Got home only after midnight but i didn't care because i didn't have to go to camp today.


At Wala


Our cheesy and delicious pepperoni pizza


I only managed a blur picture of the band

Like i mentioned, my WITs leader course was held at PSB Academy. I realised that the bachelors program they offered is more expensive than SIM. And most of their students look like they are from China...not a single hot babe around..i'm glad i didn't choose that school! Lol. The WITs course is pretty fun, learnt quite a few stuff. I agreed with the lecturer that we tend to be more creative and think more when we are on the verge of sleeping or when we have just woken up. Which is why you should always keep a notebook beside your bed so that you can jot down your ideas in it when you got an idea in that sleepy mood...i used to do it...its true! They also got me to do this presentation about what is the cause of the problem of the low birth rate in Singapore. We came out with stuff like because men are stressed, they might become homosexual. Because of the pollution, they become impotent. Also, sex toys are easily available which is why few people do the real thing anymore...haha basically we focused all the problem on sex...got the whole class laughing. Anyway, there were these 2 guys in the class that kept coming in late for class..and i mean really late...more than 15 mins. Be it after tea break or after lunch, they never fail to be late. I mean..come on man..show a little respect..i hate people that are like that. To add oil to my fire, both of them kept making sarcastic remarks to the lecturer throughout the class and expected us to laugh...fucking irritating people i tell you.


A shot during class

Talking about irritating people, the guy that took over my scooter really pissed me off. He didn't pay his installments for 6 months and caused so much trouble! 3 years ago, I got Dominic help register himself as the owner of my bike when i bought it because i wasn't 21 years old then. And because i was took a loan..i got my cousin Lionel to be the guarantor. When this guy took over my bike last year, he just carry on riding as a sub rider. More upfront cash will be needed if a change of ownership is involved, so i was kind enough to trust him since he was in the working class too. And now, because he didn't pay, the lawyers sent letters to both Lionel and Dom. How can somebody be like that?! He didn't even tell me that he didn't pay! I feel so bad implicating Dom and Lionel now...feeling really bad. Most of you will surely feel bad too implicating your friends like that right?! I managed to go down and speak to the lawyers today and finally came to a solution on how that dumb ass is going to pay his debt. After helping him settle this, he didn't even say a word of thank you! Ok not that i want that thank you from him, more importantly, i just want him to pay up and not miss a payment in the future anymore and i'm happy. When he pays off this debt, i just want to change the bike's ownership to him asap!

Ok no point getting angry over such people...time to think of play. Will be having my first lesson tomorrow..and guess when's my exams? 21st Oct boy! Thats like slightly over a month later only...gosh...i'm going to have no life. So in the meantime while i'm still free...who's game for Phuture tomorrow?! Haha.

Saturday, September 02, 2006

What a weekend!

It was a short weekend for me last week because i was on guard duty yesterday! Yes not again right?! Tmd! But nevertheless my weekend was fulfilling and i have so much to say!

It was the end of my signal PS course on friday and it was practically a slack day that day. Had more than enough rest and we played soccer in the morning where i even managed to score 6 goals! Then it was post course debrief, happy hour etc before we were released.


My course photo

I then went on to meet Bernerd, Pussy and Weijian for a new adventure! Climb Adventure! Its a place for rock climbing. Philadel told me that she was going and asked if i wanted to go. I thought why not..i've been looking for something new to do in Singapore all these while and this is something new! So i jioed the 3 muskateers and went there. It was quite tiring but yet fun. While belaying Puss for one climb, i flew off the ground because he was heavier than me. Fortunately, after flying off the ground, i flew forward too and hit the wall. Luckily nothing happened to both of us though..just a short scare for him..i was laughing all the way haha. Anyway i think they are now quite addicted and they want to go there again this friday! Lol. After rock climbing, we went to maxwell market for supper. Yes we ate the famous porridge again.


The signboard


This is how the place look like


Another one


I might be short but i have other means of reaching the top lol


Bernerd, Bird and Puss


Yes, as usual, a photo before we left. Just one rose among the thorns this time lol


Philadel and I at Maxwell

Bernerd and i left for Zouk after supper because i had made plans to chiong! Stupid Weijian and Puss didn't join us though. Amazingly i managed to gather quite a number of people this time round, there was Sham, Shawn, Henry, Daniel, Jackie, Bucky, Bernerd and Daniel's friend Doreen..a cool combination of my secondary school and poly friends. I had a hell of a time there. It was disappointing at first. I managed to get quite high drinking a bit and was getting ready to dance with some chicks but it turned out to be a cock party at Phuture and a cock fest at Zouk...practically all guys around! Fortunately, Shawn, Henry and i managed to squeeze in between a group of girls to dance with at Phuture shortly after. And guess what i even managed to dance and hook up with a girl! Seriously, after so clubbing so many times...this is the first time i've done it. I was dancing behind her and somehow i just got bold and got close to her. Ok not too much details or i'll be ruining my own reputation here! Anyway we chatted at the bar and guess what? Both the girls are going to be my coursemates at SIM! Such a small world right?! And speaking of which...my poor friend Valencia got rejected by the course..our chance of becoming classmates again were dashed..i didn't know SIM reject students..i guess people just have this mindset that as long as you have money you can study there lol. Anyway the music stopped at 4am and i didn't ask for the girl's number. After that my friends told me off and said it wasn't very nice for me to do that..but i was really dizzy and tired...not in the right frame to think too much lah!

I woke up on sat morning, luckily with no signs of a hangover and had brunch with my Mummy and sister. We ate at Maxwell Market...yes...again! My sister suggested going there i dunno why. Anyway she saw the long queue for a chicken rice store and she joined in! Haha so typical Singaporean right?! After tasting, i must say it was good but definitely not worth the queueing up if you ask me! After brunch, i left to meet Bernerd, Puss and Weijian again! This time we planned to go Sentosa and just hang out at the beach. Philadel was supposed to join us but she was late 3 hours! Horrible right?! By the time she came, we were already on the verge of going back haha. She then decided to go to sunset bay with her friends while the rest of us left Sentosa.


Photo whores at sentosa


Cheap Puss


Stupid puss bought peaches


Pussy manage to get quite a good shot of wayniest playing with his ball haha

Initially i didn't make plans that evening but Dave and Teri jio me out to Chomp Chomp for dinner! When i was on my way to meet them, my friend Dom called and reminded me that it was his birthday celebration that night! He was quite pissed that it has slipped my mind so i quickly changed direction and headed to Arab Street where his birthday will be. Sorry for pang sehing Teri and Dave! Lol.

Anyway, Dom's birthday was held at a middle eastern Cafe called Samar. It was pretty cool, didn't know that it existed till that evening. It was a nice environment although i didn't understand what the band was performing there, the singer seem to be reading from the Quran haha. Got to know a few new friends there and even met some of my old friends..including one of my BMT platoon mates. Oh and i got naughty that evening, i smoked Shisha. Its fruit flavoured tobacco and i must say it was quite enjoyable! I'm going to try it again soon someday! But don't worry i will never pick up smoking haha.


Samar!


Eh..a bit of what the inside is like


The shisha i shared with my friends!

Oh and that wasn't the end of my saturday night although i was going to be on duty the following day! I met one friend i met online and we went clubbing at Double O! She must have had quite a number of contacts because she managed to get us in by cutting one long queue and not paying. It was retro night that night which she didn't enjoy so i ended up dancing with her friends instead. It was a pity i couldn't drink much that night or else i could have been crazier! Lol.

I managed to get around 3 hours of sleep before reporting for duty. And my stupid guard commander wasn't there practically more than half the time! And me being the 2IC have to take care of everything! Tmd! Oh and guess who was there doing duty too? The child actor from I not Stupid! Not the skinny one..the other one..i believe he was called Joshua in the show. Luckily, he's not the stuck up type of person as reputed to be, or else i could have fucked him upside down there! Lol. And he has a famous "brother" too..Desmond Koh aka Xu Zhenrong. He brought him lunch...all the way from don't know where..Fish and Co lor! What a pampered rich kid...he even brought his PSP there to play! I was told Desmond Koh was there when he enlisted and when he passed out too...weird relationship between them i must say lol.

Got a shocking news today. The crocodile hunter Steve Irwin has died! Killed by a stingray! Apparently, Irwin was at Batt Reef, off the remote coast of northeastern Queensland state, shooting a segment for a series called "Ocean's Deadliest" when he swam too close to one of the animals, which have a poisonous bard on their tails. He came on top of the stingray and the stingray's barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart. Gosh...i'll miss his crazy stunts..i do watch his shows sometimes.


Bye

Oh anyway i'm going to watch Forbidden City with my mummy on the 16th Sept, Sam told me that i watched it before but somehow i really don't remember haha..how can i forget something like this hmmmm. Oh and i'm going to watch Lee Hom's concert with Philadel. It will be on the 21st Oct...kinda like his songs which is why i'm going...can't wait can't wait!