watched turistas with t4 on sat. don't wanna put the poster here cuz its neither cool nor fancy. in fact its somewhat horrific. ok the show's bloody sick, what with poking a satay stick into someone's eye, cutting open the abdomen area and removing someone's kidneys, someone falling n getting her head bished by a protruding rock... but its a gross reminder of the kidney chase... i rmb last time there was sth abt a gal being drugged then nxt morning she woke up in a bathtub of ice, with two slits in her back just above the hip area... some bastards stole her kidneys. ok 3 n a half stars for me, +/- 0.5 depending on whether or not u like gross.

then went to lau pa sat for supper... normally it'd b crowded on a sat night but i dunno y mayb it just happened tt vch, esplanade blah blah had nth on so the masses r absent... reached back home at abt 130 plus.

i rmb when i was in pri sch i heard of big sisters n big brothers coming home past midnight n i'll go "tsk tsk tsk". now my parents tsk me when i come back past midnight n i go "what?"

Change.

got some new shoes to replace my old tennis pair with open mouths n open asses at where else but queensway... then at the shop just before the one i bought frm, i asked the indian shopkeeper how much the shoe cost. he went "how much u want?" how m i supposed to answer tt man... i went "cheapest possible lah"... "ok cheapest... original 109, give u $93." mum walked ard outside to recee, knn 2 shops away had it for 80, down from 109. then when i started walking away the guy started offering until 87, 85, 83 then finally 80 but i no mood alr. basket then he still shadow me to the other shop know! wth man...


hahahhahah wth is up with ads nowadays ar hahaha damn retarded... or maybe its just gatsby. i havent see any normal gatsby ads as yet. they got a singer becoming a skeleton, humans breaking out of eggs, jungle theme, hair tt claps...

ah whatever. its a long weekend... go out, go play, go do whatever u want! especially if u're an NSF.

just finished reading this book recently. its a very nice book... flinging ur mind to different corners of the heart. must admit i'd always underestimated this story ever since i heard of it, thinking it to be just another cheesy twin of the princess's diaries sort of thing. it's actually a universe apart... the starting part may b abit boring cuz it introduces the characters n all tt... no doubt important la. but after tt once u reach the start of the build-up then it becomes interesting... i only put the book down twice before i reached 1/3 of it. the next time was after i finished :D i'll rate it 4.5/5 (for ppl who read novels la). thanks for the book jema!

reflection time. what i have learnt so far as a ASA(D):
1. rank doesn't really matter, although it does.
2. how to manipulate my formation duty to my advantage (i now only got 2 for the month of may)
3. block out fridays, saturdays, eves of public hols too.
4. in an office/ in camp, its good to think smart n act blur. gives u the confidence to get around rules and regulations.
5. out of office/ out of camp, its ok to think blur n act smart.
6. the psp is a very good friend in times of boredom, like on the mrt or on duty.

what does FAST-CARS mean to u?
not rapid vehicles... its actually an effective anthrax detection method.
i wonder who would have known that its an abbreviation for femtosecond adaptive spectroscopic techniques via coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering.

the others came back frm taiwan already... at last its a tad more lively in my unit, more noise, more vibration of air molecules blah blah. gave something like a presentation to the Regulars, regarding mindmapping software. well so i showed the the difference between (them n'us. hahaha ok i drift) two of the softwares, A & B. demo-ed basic use of both software, then i showed them how B was much better than A cuz it had alot more freedom of design n customizability. but i focused to much on design tt i didnt realize B didn't have a minor function tt was quite the thing they were looking for.

MALU at MAJU... somemore the big boss got tell me before to try to understand the project as clearly as possible.

but in the end they decided to take both softwares. haha some thanks
after abt one hr of promoting, "ok, we'll take both softwares, then samuel n bryan each go n champion one..."

and ma'am said sth abt cmr centre ppl nt needing to do formation duty by right... then maybe she'll go ask boss abt it. hope runs through my veins haha

recently i met yz n her colleague on the train on my way home... small world haha. N somehow now something's (gd cuz its fun or bad cuz its sth extra im nt sure) on my agenda- doing her colleague's daughter's portrait. im not very gd with portraits but i think it'll b fun to give it a try... or i can just take the picture n MagicWand the subject out then add a sketch effect hahahah. budget sia.

NTU's letter came alr- CBE... now waiting for NUS's one... lotsa ppl r going SMU sia. heard they're gonna take in abt 1000... from a whopping 12,000 applicants! thronging the faculties of Law and Accounting. and all tt i heard abt its campus, everyone already knows.

Run, run, as fast as u can,
U can't catch me cuz im the Resource Clerk (?!)

hahaahhahah no meaning... damn random i also dunno y i suddenly think of tt haha k cya ppl

went to eastcoast with jema on thurs... sat at the Bund (hahaha!) n talked cock for damn long. been a long time since i sat there facing the vast expense of the sea n its inland breath. hung there until dusk became a night of red clouds. then we went to dapao char kuay teow n ORLUAK! really long time no eat since i got posted. to this cooling place near the moneywasting water sports there. we saw this couple sitting a few bounds away with their arms n elbows somehow interlocked n their backs in some funny position but they looked quite relaxed. concluded they must be some physics/ civil engineering students... cuz resultant force = 0, resultant torque = 0, got dynamic equilibrium :D hahaha damn funny cuz they looked v cock. ok shit v bad.

then walked at the breakwater abit... spore beach the waves cmi one. surfers paradise compared to this one really paradise already hahaha. went to bedok jetty in hope of some usual cool breeze but we reach there the air totally still only got abit only. budget air haha no fun one... got some ppl still go n wear jacket... siao bo. dar called from inside tekong when we walking back... could clearly imagine the whole situation in his bunk la when he say his officer coming all tt. Tekong... the memories arent many but still i'll nv forget :)

after tt we went from the hawker ctr there (aka toilet there) all the way to marine cove's macs... didnt know it was so far away la! cuz i only ever bladed tt length of ecp... nv walk before.


beware the jigglypuff... i left macs looking like this. some thanks... hahaha

sure like sherlock holmes!

played tennis with xianglong the next night... another tie breaker! but most of it is cuz we made the same number of unforced errors hahaha budget burger sia. then aft tt simpang-ed with him until quite late. shagged like shaggy haha

spent yest morning n afternoon preparing jema's cards at pp. then damn funny at bedok interchange suddenly got someone shout my name. i saw my tennis fren peiling. then i see who's with her, my pri sch fren emily! hahaha they were both like "eh!? how come u also know him!?" i also kena stun powder in my mind also "eh how come they both know each other!?" so ahrgalrghlarghlr hahaha... but i was rushing off, so i forgot to ask them. shit lar damn blur... if anyone happen to know can be kind soul n tell me haha

then come back, forgot i havent done her cd! then got alot of computer/software probs also... wa long time nv feel so frustrated alr... so went to eugenes hse burn... we alr rushing ar then the taxi driver halfway on the road ask us whether we rushing anot, cuz his petrol meter is like E\""""" F. thanks him like a EHonda know... but lucky got enough then can make it to the airport lah (or else gonna be damn drama mama). dunno after tt what happen to him stranded arh haha

anw we reach there, des grace nad n jessie sac ppl (dunno how come sylvia nt there) also there, and wow, mind the crowd haha i think half jema's church was there. at least we managed it in time for us to give her the stuff n her to pass us some stuff. n also for us to give her a farewell hug.

fellowTeapot, thanks for brightening up my life ever since dunno when! hope u use the retarded poker set haha n enjoy the cd. paiseh owe u the pics n vids v long alr... we're gonna miss u lots man... dun worry i'll definitely read the book haha must remember t4 ok! Pangsǽh! Twig! and go n set up ur mike! :)

aft went to fish n co with the des nad n jessie to eat... talk alot of cock along the way. whoa n i nv knew fish n co had their special birthday item... quite cool. like some cheer haha...

this week's been a busy n filled one... but nonetheless, one of the best :D with the stark exception of saturday.

hung out on sat with eugene n jema at boat quay area n mind cafe till quite late, soaking in the night-y mood... must admit the esplanade/vch/sg river area's a very nice place for whiling the night away without clubbing. shit lar if i hadnt had duty on sun i'd seriously just hang out the whole night. after all the nights of prom n the christmas eves i spent out were something quite memorable.

when i was young, books told me to live happily ever after
now, they tell me to live like i'll die today.

life's such an irony n yet it can be lived... two parallel lines on the ground will never cross yet from the heavens high above they're one and the same line.

right now i can't wait for two things:
Spiderman 3, Pirates 3, Harry Potter 5.
5:30pm hahahaha

frankly speaking, somehow im not dying for ORD to arrive. not cuz i suddenly found something that makes me wanna enter maju camp everyday, but cuz of the empty space tt can be filled at night. im sure there's alot of stuff to partake of in the afterevenings (recommendations? :D), excluding moonlighting of course. but if it turns out tt i really cant find anything to stick my head n heart into, then damn it for goodness sake let ORD faster come.

a walk down Memory Lane

there is still no known material cure for a minor ailment that's been around for as long as there were humans- nostalgia. i suppose the only possible medicine is time. how long depends on the severity and the patient.

i happened to go to my folder called phone images n was looking for a photo taken quite long ago. i used camphones for quite a long time already... n im the kind of person who'd take a photo/video of almost everything, n use more than half of a 2gb miniSD for visual media. anyway i ended up browsing thru almost all my phone-taken pics, right from my first photo using the 6230 in '04 to date. try this- go to each n every folder containing pics u've taken or with u in it n copy all of them from yesterday up to the earliest photo u remember (so dont count those baby photos of u playing with whatnot), into one big folder. videos too. then arrange them according to modified, aka date. then start frm the first file n u can watch the replay of half your life again (~15 yrs to 19 yrs old is half your life; the other half is your childhood.) it should take at least 24 hours... then u'll suffer from withdrawal symptoms, otherwise known as emoness.

just started tutoring my younger cousin for physics n chem- for his n levels. jbciagfbavagvibgrrr by right after every sentence i say he should be nodding his head in agreement. but instead he's nodding his eyelids. in ignorance of course. thanks know... damn difficult. then i ask him something expecting an answer like "charge" or "work done". u know what he did anot... he come out tt typical eyelid-weightlifting head-swaying gestures and murmured, "uh... honey." WTH?

i read up abit on hypnosis before... this theta mode is the perfect mode for "getting under". HA next time if i get tired of him doing this then perhaps i'll put the lesson aside for awhile haha. see whether what i read works anot :D i just need a boring yet imperative voice... just not sure about the latter, looking back at my stint in gvss hahaha

my forearm rots sick in the cold air. the skin dries up, becomes a mesh of snowflakes, with black straws i once called hair poking out. my bones no longer sturdy, my blood no longer liquid.
but when i step out the door into the late morning sun, the warmth engulfs me like a blanket, thawing my arms n face. i can't stay in the sun's embrace for long; gotta return to the glaciers of the resource room soon.
and when it rains, it actually snows...

that's an ugly side of it- overblown out of proportion but anw its just all in my head.

i rmb in tekong at the start of the budget field camp i exclaimed "why can't the sun just disappear" out of irritation. after lunch the sun went behind the clouds... then there was CAT 1 rain n a short thunderstorm. and the rain just didnt stop until 3 or 4 days later, after my 3-day-1-night field camp ended. so, love the sun ppl. the thing u should be hating if u're gruelling in NS under the beaming sun is ur sbo, if not fbo.

n i didnt know yappachow also another pes c basket... hahahha C9L9 summore... wth! haha confirm clerk already

darren's gone in already; only getting out on the 26th. ws's going in later, probably getting out same or later than dar. so only t2 can make it to see jema off on the 21st. crap!

i thot they said the world was getting smaller. why does it seem otherwise??

just had indomee n coke with alot of ice for supper... best supper other than oreo n meiji fresh milk!

from now on i shall rmb to look before i switch. because i didnt, i ended up losing a night out n a late morning rise... but the thurs duty officer was quite nice cuz he bought snacks n suggested late night pooling at the mess. but unfortunately the bloody key only came back close to midnight. thanks know.

reached home at abt 930 on fri (TGIgF!) morn, washed up abit, then went out again haha only got time to say a few words to dad who was the only one up. marina kbox was packed until sardine also cannot make it... so we went to suntec one. first time i went kbox in my entire life... been a long time since i laughed so hard until stomach pain. but i didnt quite expect it to b so prochinese until even the staff sort of speak chinese only kind. abit the liak bo kiu. then most of the updated songs r mandopop; only got a few recent english songs only. y cant they just add english songs also... can make money frm taufikbatisahwannabes they dun want. totally laughed like crazy thruout, esp when ws turn on angelic mode. his voice damn high n somewhat icy n intentionally out of tune. damn funny hahaha n eugenes on the spot translation also damn cock haha... too bad for me i dun really listen to mandopop so i mainly went there to chill out n have a gd (n hard) laugh.

after kbox, in an unfortunate twist of events, my nemesis appeared... a choice. if u had to release one hand, which situation would be easier... a lump of coal in each of ur hands or a gold bar in each? nxt time cannot let the scales escalate... makes things damn difficult n frustrating. went to some court in amk to play soccer with jemima's church ppl. it was ok la quite fun but still couldn't escape the inevitable awks n 'loofs in the atmosphere.



i think this movie was quite ok n could have been a 3.5 or 4 outta 5, but cuz we were late for the starting part so now the most i can give it for what i watched is a 3. my stomachache didn't help. after the movie in the night had a drink at simpang with eugene n jemima... just dunno what i'd do without this place called simpang.

went for a swim today with rey darren muzz n sean at villa marina opp vs- muzz's aunt's hse. i think tt condo's very nice. the pool also got alot of ambience... somewhat diff frm other condo pools i've been to. the house also interior decorated v well. anw for dinner... where else nearby but pp! hahahaha

shortly after i reached home there was a ring at the gate. i checked it out n realized it was those youths selling ice cream (the box kind the uncle sells with bread/biscuit). He went "hello... we are doing this for the charity... we r selling ice cream... comes in alot of flavours, just buy one, u'll be giving us extra pocket money, help us pay O level fees... u can buy one n share with the rest of ur family..." touching right? i looked at him. dyed hair blonde with highlights, with the usual haircut and style tt u see with tt colour, tshirt n berms clearly branded, Playboy (the rabbit-icon brand) bling-bling hung frm his neck, n flatbase sneakers (those adidas/converse kind).

"Oh... er.. how much is one??"
"Fourtee- er- thirteen ninety"
"Erm. nvm la thanks we dont really eat ice cream....." i almost wanted to add in a "much less tt type" but decided against it cuz tt'd really b bastard... like wth man pls la considering 13.90, if it were the same guy at least dressed more plainly perhaps i would consider it.

no offence to anyone reading this, perhaps u've done this before... if u feel like giving me a piece of ur mind, i'd definitely welcome some answers. but im just saying this impression isn't very convincing u know.

in the office right now. duty's already started, and i just had it last night, and im gonna have it again on thurs. not really a night to remember though. all i did was watch tv n surf a youtube-less n friendster-less net. n perhaps anticipating an alarm which would've made me the ultimate kancheong spider cuz i dont really know how to rectify either the fire alarm or the IDS. Both of which im supposed to know.

is it really uncommon that people dream everytime they sleep? i read somewhere that dreams normally serve a higher purpose than a mere channel for the overactive subconscious to ventilate. they suggested tt dreams were actually a manifestation of the person's character in pursuit of ideals, his reflections on life, n perhaps the desire to find himself. u could say its mental homework, psychological revision and assessment, though not consciously. there are even hypotheses about astral travel, experienced under the pretext of dreaming. cool eh... not that i wanna experience these out-of-body experiences, heard it's freaky.

"DREAM - Dream as if you will live forever; live as if you will die today."

abt 2 weeks ago i came across the eBay song by Weird Al Yankovich. it's quite funny haha... spoofing of the BSBoys' I Want It That Way.

if not for the radio playing in the office, i think the lion in the poster in front of me with the words "BRAVERY - It Is Better To Be A Lion For A Day Than A Sheep All Your Life." would seem very much alive in the disquieting stillness here.

sigh. first my sis goes off to aust. then fellow 4B bro kh goes off to korea. now jemima's going off to aust. at this period of time suddenly everyone's going everywhere... particularly just when its the time for the ppl of this generation to forge closer bonds n friendships- some guys have to enlist in jan, some in april, some gals find semester jobs before matriculation, some enter now, and among us all some go overseas. sian.

anw lunched with jema at pp's ajisen ramen on sat. i totally nv tasted ramen before n i dunno whether it was supposed to taste liddat but my black pepper beef ramen was abit like spaghetti in maggi mee soup. excl the meat of course... weird!

n until now i didnt know u could print photos direct using wireless. haha ok right i live under a rock. but good what... shelter leh


watched mr bean's holiday in the night with ws n eugene. it's SUPER retarded n funny in the oh-my-god-i-cant-believe-it kinda way... cuz he's really so stupid until it overshoots despise n becomes amusing. n the last part at the Festival du Film in Cannes- PLAYBACK TIME! - is the best part- super creative, funny, lame, n that is just where everything clicks into place. i'd give it... 4-and-a-half! hahaha

yest played went pooling with bro at eastpoint before meeting up with t4 n jema for an afternoon at one of the best places to spend time... theMindCafe! mind's desserts r damn nice... some yum... apple crumblebleblebleble. played a funny game involving charades which invoked the retard outta everyone. too bad we couldnt play for longer... jema had to go n eugene had to book in. so the t3 remaining went to subway n hung ard there talking abt Tekong n the Supernatural until they were closing up, then we moved to outside esplanade. the night view of esplanade is splendid. i think can compare with the parkview sq alr...


:)


The Esplanade makes another sparkle in the night.

n guess what i did today. i had to spend the whole time testing a whole half-shelf of markers to see which were still working n which were not. so of course i took the chance!



Fauvist eh... haha the one in the middle is cuz the coloured markers all finished testing alr. there were all kinds of markers with different kinds of tips n i tested them on the sheets of the army mini-notebook (the one with the elastic band). quite fun actually leh! hahaha dun care gonna add them to ma portfolio. altho abit the small but nvm! :D

ok tmr got formation duty. sian... thurs also. i know im asking for too much la but still... sian what haha. looking forward to the friday thats good. then can TGIgF!