Staring up at the planes, that aren't there anymore.

it's been two months plus. hello blog!

peee: ni hao. busy la. that's why never blog.
sam: hello! at least yours got pictures. hahaha. mine don't have anything.

since don't have anything, so share a super nice song with everyone! (provided people are still reading this after two months of no-show from me. heh.)


Owl City - The Saltwater Room.

my new favourite song! it's so melodic with poetic lyrics! i likes.

anyhow, been a longgggg two months since i last had an entry.

been pretty much busy. had my exams done shortly after the last entry, and then i proceeded to nua the next two weeks away watching the entire rerun of 双天至尊I and 双天至尊II. old school man. haven't finished the 2nd series because youku was acting stupid and the sound/image don't match. )=

school started, but no biggie. SSDD. haha. except i have one less module to take this semester, and it's supposedly less slack.

i finally finally finally finally went on the road to learn driving. after delaying it for almost two years. i'm such a bum.

my first reservist training just ended a few days back. was pretty nostalgic considering i spent almost a year there. had some training, the always dreaded sandbags and concertina wire drills. hopefully i'm fitter than i was before i went in!

soooooooooo. right now, more assignment deadlines due. gotta rushy some soon.

in totally unrelated news, i realised that as we grow old, people seem to meet up less often due to individual commitments. that's just sad, thanks. i shall make it a point to meet up with old friends. in the meantime, i'm gonna go for a run soon. K BAI.

exams are over!

whooooo. so it's down to some slack time before rushing to beat deadlines again in two weeks time. heh. well deserved rest, i think!

nothing better to do nowadays. so been downloading old school movies like power rangers and rewatching. hahaha. good stuff! oh, and don't forget youtube.

i think this song by keri hilton is nice!


and of course, how can yu forget about stupid japanese variety shows. this one is awesome!

How to get up, eat breakfast, and get ready for work in 5 minutes!


okay gotta go mop floor. BAI!

Almost scammed!

hihihi. i'm back. some many months never touch this thing.

anyways. life has been pretty much about meeting deadlines, and slacking my remaining of the time away. so yeah. heh.

anyways, if yu noticed that the topic was "Almost scammed!", yeah, my grandmother almost got scammed this afternoon. and i thought i should just put this up somewhere, in case some stragglers are still reading this space here. this is a TRUE STORY, and it might happen to you!

so today, my grandmother received a phonecall today, from a supposedly "me". and through the telephone "i" sounded just like me! the conversation goes like this:

[loosely translated, entire conversation was in chinese/hokkien.]
fake me: ah ma! help help. i am kidnapped and people are beating me up!
ah ma: *kanchiong* aiyoh! boy arh! you calm down. where are you now?
fake me: i cannot say! if not they will beat die me!

-phone passes on to someone else-
someone else: who are you?
ah ma: i am his ah ma! please don't anyhow beat my grandson!
someone else: you got money or not?
ah ma: money i don't have la.. please don't anyhow..
someone else: no money then go and die. *hangs up*

so my kanchiong ahma gave my mum a call, FORGETTING that she just called me around half an hour ago, to ask me whether i was going over for dinner, and i had told her that i was at home the entire day. to make matters worse, my mum didn't answer her phone cos she was busy. my ahma proceeded to call everyone in my family except me.

but i was sitting in front of my computer, catching mouse on facebook.

so eventually my mum was reached, and she called me. first thing she said was: "oie. you kana kidnap arh?" awesome mum.

anyways, the next fifteen minutes of my life was dedicated to calling everyone and telling them that i am safe.

this was not the first time that this had happened in my family. a couple of months back, someone called my grandfather saying her daughter(my mum) was kidnapped. whoever the fuck is the boliao person will definitely get it if he gets caught. a police report has been filed, although i question its usefulness.

anyway, just a tinker to everyone who is still reading after so much of ranting: we cannot stop stupid people from doing that, but we can ensure that we don't fall into such a ploy by keeping in constant contact with family or letting them know where we are.

that's all folks! until next time, stay safe!

ps: exams in two weeks. i'm quite royally screweddddd~

Welcome 2009.

It's 2009! How has it been treating you guys? (By you guys, I mean the remaining, like 2 of you still reading this. Hahaha.)

So I've been lazy throughout the festive seasons. And looking back, I realised I never made myself any New Year Resolutions. Well, Let's reminisce..

So, 2008 has been such a roller coaster ride. Moved into this house early, and today(or somewhere along this week) should be the first birthday for my computer, which has served me rather well. Please remain this way for a few more years! Haha.

Family-wise, I think my family and I have become closer than ever. Going on trips(more on that later), and practically seeing each other almost everyday kinda does this bonding thingy, right?

Relationships-wise, well, it's more than I can ever ask for. (x Although it gets taxing sometimes, you know that we can make it through! Haha.

Friendships.. Not something that have been all too peachy all year round. Burnt some bridges, built some new ones, and re-walking the older ones are always pleasant. Like I mentioned, I maintain that I reminisce of happier thoughts! Joining the new school has brought some really diverse, but good friends. Still meeting up with the Saints for a get-together at Alex's place was awesome. Can never forget singing the school song in his room again, after 8 years of not seeing each other? I'm amazed I still remember the lyrics. Heh. And a reunion with the Primary School friends is always great, although it was kinda disappointing in turns of attendance. I'm sure we'll get a better one next time round!

So I say, 2008 hasn't been as bad a year for me. Just for the record, I'll list out some of my more significant happenings for the past year.

- Moved, built my own computer, and generally has a whole load of housekeeping to maintain.

- Bought a Wii, but have not really made full use of it IMO.

- Had a short Tioman trip, and went on my furthest holiday ever, to the land where 马英九 just won presidency: Taiwan.

- Watched Manchester United clinch the double: English Premier League Champions and European Champions. (In 2009, they are then crowned the Champions of the World in the Club World Cup.) Glory Glory Man United!

- ORDed from National Service!

- Enrolled in a degree course at APMI Kaplan.

- Had my first Tag Heuer as a gift.

- Wrote a complaint letter to Starhub.

- Went to Bali, haggled with the locals, bungee-jumped off a 45m structure, and then drank alot at the poolside bar. Awesome!

- Celebrated my birthday at Flutes at the Fort, then headed to Batam for a 2d1n slackeroooo.

- Attended a funeral.

- Went to Hatyai, Thailand for a few days. Mcdonald's pork burger and cheap Swensen's ice-cream FTW!

- Met up with the Saints after 8 long years!

- Had my first(and second) shot of Hapsburg Absinthe. 72.5%!

Ended 2008 on a high, like literally. Had tonnes of drinks over at ZW's, which was all good. My Abslut 100 still holding out, so we managed to burn some stuffs. Flaming lambo makes people do silly things. No fireworks, so we'll make do with some flames.(More pictures and videos on FB!)

That's about it! I'm getting lazy. A fun and eventful year ahead I hope! (=

41 days.

It's already been 41 days. Hello world!

So. I was just enjoying post-exams, which is always a delight. Sleeping at 3am, and waking when the sun had already grown bored of hanging up there in the sky. Endless games.. Yum.

Throughout the first half of my hiatus, I've been just mass studying. sometimes with my PSP in front of me. Exams was a real bitch, but those details can be easily forgotten I guess. Now all that awaits me are the results! Heh.

Pretty much few events of significance soon after the papers. Worked at starhub's roadshow at taka some time before my last paper. And everyone should just visit these random roadshows even if they're not getting a phone or signing up a new account with Starhub. They give out freebies all the time! And it's always those filipino maids hanging around orchard who gets the free Guess watches, or random vouchers. Good stuff!

And the Dik hath returned, resulting in too many games, and the same old slacking-and-drinking-by-the-pool. Fook is back too, as a degree graduate. Please hack more, thanks. I'm barely a few months into my degree programme..

Next up was probably Steph's 23rd birthday at 10th Dimension, which was just some random KTV pub along Circular Road. Pictures on FB! And the angmo singing The Beatles' Let It Be was hilarious.

And so, unknowingly Christmas has slowly crept up on us. With it being the season of giving and all, I can't help but feel the burn in my wallets. Haha. I shall be a devout follower of the Sheldon Theory. And it goes like this:

The entire institution of gift-giving makes no sense! Let's say that I go out, and I spend 50 dollars on you; it's a laborious activity because I have to imagine what you need, whereas you know what you need. Now I could simplify things, just giving you the 50 dollars directly, and then you could give me 50 dollars on my birthday, and so on until one of us dies leaving the other one old and 50 dollars richer. And I ask you, is it worth it?

Hahahahaha.

Anyhow, Christmas has always been a good time for meetups and barbecues. There's one tomorrow night at the Dik's house, which will be damn good. Heh. And another one in January with the primary school people! hopefully that will go well too!

-adit-
Apparently I forgot to post this one up. And so the barbecue at Dik was officially well and over. More on that later!

i maintain that my blog should be for happier stuffs.

watch High School Musical 3 some time ago. and my lil cousin bought the soundtrack. so i took the liberty to extract a copy.

amazingly, most, if not all, of the songs have a pretty nice ring to it. and i find myself humming to some of the tunes.

one of my favs is the opening's "Now or Never"

i especially like the part where the girl stands up, and they go..

"right now i can hardly breathe~"
"yu can do it, just know that i believe~"
"and that's all i really need."
"then come on"
"make me strong. it's time to turn it up, game on!"

some motivating stuffs.

another song which i find motivating is none other than..


i don't really care about fame or tv shows. but i really wanna see the world and drive nice cars. heh.

Long time no see!

it's been over three weeks that i hadn't been back here!

it hadn't been real eventful. but there was a pretty huge rush for assignments' deadlines. that's all. and last weekend saw me successfully transit into year 22 of my life. (not really sure what degree of success, but hey, i'm still around!)

soooooo. had a pretty good dinner at this place called Flutes at the Fort. it's hidden somewhere in fort canning, and while yu had to trek some flights of stairs to eventually get there, the place is actually pretty neat.

it was just a small group of four: dawn and me, jialin and vincent. food was good, with an insane portion of soup. appetizers was, well, appetizing at best. simply because it was insane too: insanely small.



had a lil dessert surprise at the end. which was all good! still can't appreciate cheese.. and the fruits were a little disappointing. but the cakes were pretty much a thumbs up.

racked up a bill of about 300odd? thanks vincent for the dinner! heh.

headed to west coast macs for some apple pie and coffee and more time wasting. and it was off for home in preparation for.. a journey down south!

batam!

pretty much just a one day escapade. which was all good thanks to dawndawn! heh. pictures shall do the talking.

the rather disappointing A&W. and the waffles were slight above average at best. oh well!

we went groceries crazy at batam. 80cents for a toothbrush, indomie for 20cents per packet, anyone?

andre bought a helmet for his go-karting stuff. and that led to some serious camwhoring.



and of course, the obligatory drinking at night. and i leave yu in the safe hands of...



enjoy!