There's only U in my heart...

Blog down with a heavy heart...

2007-02-22T09:22:00.000+08:00

A lot of things had been weighing on my mind recently...

and this blog would be down until further notice...

情人节的来历... one of the many versions around...

2007-02-13T10:34:00.000+08:00

公元三世纪时，古罗马有一位暴君叫克劳多斯（Claudius）。离暴君的宫殿不远，有一座非常漂亮的神庙。修士瓦沦丁（Valentine）就住在这里。罗马人非常崇敬他男女老幼，不论贫富贵贱，总会群集在他的周围，在祭坛的熊熊圣火前，聆听瓦沦丁的祈祷。

　　古罗马的战事一直连绵不断，暴君克劳多斯征召了大批公民前往战场，人们怨声载道男人们不愿意离开家庭，小伙子们不忍与情人分开。克劳多斯暴跳如雷，他传令人们不许举行婚礼，甚至连所有已订了婚的也马上要解除婚约。许多年轻人就这样告别爱人，悲愤地走向战场。年轻的姑娘们也由于失去爱侣，抑郁神伤。

　　瓦沦丁对暴君的虐行感到非常难过。当一对情侣来到神庙请求他的帮助时，瓦沦帝尼在神圣的祭坛前为它们悄悄地举行了婚礼。人们一传十，十传百，很多人来到这里，在瓦沦丁的帮助下结成伴侣。

　　消息终于传进了宫殿，传到了暴君的耳里。克劳多斯又一次暴跳如雷，他命令士兵们冲进神庙，将瓦沦丁从一对正在举行婚礼的新人身旁拖走，投入地牢。人们苦苦哀求暴君的劾免，但都徒劳而返。瓦沦丁终于在地牢里受尽折磨而死。

　　悲伤的朋友们将他安葬于圣普拉教堂。那一天是2月14日，那一年是公元270年。

历代名女 of the week... 梁红玉

2007-02-13T09:35:00.000+08:00

北宋灭亡后，金军大掠汴京而退，南宋建立后，定都临安，也就是今天的杭州，于是改汴京为开封，以宗泽为开封留守。宗泽多次上书朝廷，请求收复北方失地，宋高宗赵构置之不理，苟安江左，宗泽临死时大呼：“过河！”成为千古憾事，南宋不去收复北方失地，金军就不断南攻，宋高宗赵构畏敌如虎，几次出逃。建炎三年，金军在粘没喝的带领下由彭城入泗州，直抵楚州。宋高宗又仓皇往浙江一带逃跑，外忧引起内患，御营统制苗傅与威州刺史刘正彦拥众作乱，袭杀了执掌框密的王渊，分头捕杀了宦官，强迫高宗让出帝位，内禅皇太子，由隆裕太后垂帘听政。以为妇人孺子执政，可以为所欲为。在这次叛乱中，在秀州拥有重兵的韩世忠的儿子以及夫人梁红玉也被扣压在内。

梁红玉（1102年—1135年），是中國宋朝抗金女英雄,原籍池州，也就是现在安徽省贵池县，生于宋徽宗崇宁元年，祖父与父亲都是武将出身，梁红玉自幼随侍父兄练就了一身功夫。

宋徽宗宣和二年，睦州居民方腊，啸聚山民起义，迅速发展到几十万人，连陷州郡，官军屡次征讨失败，梁红玉的祖父和父亲都因在平定六腊之乱中贻误战机，战败获罪被杀。梁家由此中落，梁红玉也沦落为京口营妓，即由各州县官府管理的官妓，但由于她精通翰墨，又生有神力，能挽强弓，每发必中；对平常少年子弟便多白眼相看，毫无娼家气息。

方腊之乱，祸延六州五十二县，戕害百姓二百多万，他败亡后所掠妇人自他的巢穴中逃出，全身赤裸，自缢于林中的，相望百多里。朝廷以童贯、谭稹统率大军镇压，方腊最后被一位小校所捉，这个小校就是韩世忠。

韩世忠是陕西延安人，虎背熊腰，一身是胆，为人耿介，尤喜济人急难，是一个正直而勇敢的英雄人物。童贯平定方腊后，班师回朝，行到京口，召营妓侑酒，梁红玉与诸妓入侍，就在席上认识了韩世忠。韩世忠在众多将领大吹大擂的欢呼畅饮中，独自显得闷闷不乐，引起了梁红玉的注意；梁红玉那飒爽英姿，不落俗媚的神气也引起了韩世忠的注意，两人各通殷勤，互生怜借，于是英雄美人成眷属。两人相亲相爱，转战各地，后来梁红玉有了身孕，便留在京城，想不到竟被苗傅和刘正彦扣押。但韩世忠善于用兵，作战勇敢，威名素著，苗傅等人对他颇为忌惮，对梁红玉母子颇为客气。

事变发生之后，宋高宗的行动已是毫无自由，宰相朱胜非与隆裕太后密商，派梁红玉出城，驰往秀州，催促韩世忠火速进兵杭州勤王，并由太后封梁红玉为安国夫人，封韩世忠为御营平寇左将军。这里商量妥当，朱胜非就对苗傅说：“韩世忠听到事变后，不立即前来，说明他正在犹豫，举棋不定，如果你能派他的妻子前往迎接，劝韩世忠投奔你，那么你力量大增，别的人就用不着惧怕了。”苗傅听后大喜，认为是一条好计，立即派梁红玉出城，梁红玉回家抱了儿子，跨上马背，疾驰而去，一昼夜赶到秀州。韩世忠在了解了一切情况后，当即会同刘浚、刘俊，带兵平定了苗傅等人的叛乱。宋高宗喜出望外，亲自到宫门口迎接他们夫妇，立即授韩世忠武胜军节度使，不久又拜为江浙制置使。

一波未平，一波又起。这年初冬季节，金人再度南侵，分兵两路，一路由黄州渡江，一路由采石砚渡江。由黄州渡江的直赴江西南昌，由采石矶过来的，下建康而直指南宋都城临安（今杭州）。宋高宗急走越州，也就是今天的浙江绍兴，接着又听从宰相吕颐浩的计策，乘海船浮海避开金军的锋芒。接着宋高宗驻驆温州的江心寺，听任金兵大肆抢掠。于是金兵连破江南州郡，如入无人之境，这次率军南侵的金军主帅是兀术。

此时韩世忠仍留屯秀州，他的部队分别守在江阴以下的长江沿线。建炎四年春节刚过，探子报告韩世忠，金军已从杭州饱掠北归。韩世忠听到消息后，仍在秀州张灯结彩，集会宴乐，若无其事。入夜以后，秀州城里灯火通明，而韩世忠的部队已紧急出动，沿运河水陆两岸齐头并进，抢先占领京回一带的金山、焦山，专截金兀术的归路。果然不出所料，金兀术的军队乘勇而来，他见江上布置了战船，旗旗飞扬、鼓角齐鸣、军伍严肃、士气勇壮，与别的将帅大不相同，知道是个劲敌。遥遥的望见对方坐船上面，竖着大纛，绣着个斗大的“韩”字，不免打个寒噤，对部下说：“原来是韩世忠！]当天金兀术就给韩世忠下了战书，约定第二天开战。
　
晚上，韩世忠苦思行兵布阵之法，梁红玉从船后走出来对韩世忠说：“军队我少敌多，倘若与他奋力战斗是难以取胜的。明天交战不如把我军分为前后两队，四面截杀敌人。中军由我暂时管领，专事守备，并发号令，倘若金军杀来，只用枪炮矢石射住他，不让他前进。中军无懈可击，金兀术必定带他的部队向左右冲突，准备脱身。这时你就带前后两队军马，只看中军的旗号行事，我坐在船楼上面，击鼓挥旗，我的旗往东，即往东杀去，我的旗往西，即向西杀去。如果能一鼓歼灭金兀术，那就是特大的胜利。”韩世忠连称妙计。第二天早晨，梁红玉早已结束停当，戴着雉尾八宝嵌金珠金凤冠，穿一领锁子黄金甲，围着盘龙白玉带，端坐在中军的楼船上面。一天战斗打下来打得金军心胆俱寒，逼着金兀术的军队退到黄天荡内，黄天荡看去开阔，却是一条死港，进去后却没有出路。金兀术别无办法，出重赏征求出路计划，有贪利的当地人便指点他挖开日久淤塞，已废弃的老鹳河故道，金兀术指挥军队一夜开出一条三十多里的水道，接通秦淮河，准拟再扑建康。想不到刚出老鹳河，在牛头山遇到岳家军，又象被赶的鸭子一样退入黄天荡，原指望韩世忠守不住了，等金兀术来到荡口，只见韩世忠的战船一字排列在荡口，几番冲杀，岿然不动。当时韩世忠、梁红玉以为大功告成，夫妇两人在船上开怀畅饮，韩世忠饮到高兴的时候，拔出剑来，放声高歌：
　　万里长江，淘不尽壮怀秋色，漫说秦宫汉帐，瑶台银阙，长剑倚天氛雾外，宝光挂日烟尘侧！向星辰拍袖整乾坤，消息歇。
　　龙虎啸，凤云泣，千古恨，凭淮说。对山河耿耿，泪沾襟血。汴水夜吹羌管笛，鸾舆步老辽阳幄。把唾壶击碎，问蟾蜍，圆何缺？

谁料到就在金兀术绝望的时候，仍是汉族中的奸细向金兀术献了一计，叫金兀术用土盖住自己的船板，趁无风韩世忠的大海船无法移动的时侯，用火箭射韩世忠船上的风蓬，引起大火，攻破韩世忠的防御。韩世忠大意，致使兀术逃脱，梁红玉上表弹劾，一时轰动。金兀术就此进出韩世忠的包围圈。但韩世忠用梁红玉的计谋，以少于敌军十倍的兵力包围敌军达四十八天之久，也足以名震华夏，名震夷狄。黄天荡一战使金军丧胆，再也不敢随便过长江南侵。
　　
后来韩世忠和岳飞、刘俊一起三路大军北伐，梁红玉专门训练出一支女兵队伍，屡立奇功，岳飞在郾城大败金兀术的铁浮图，拐子马，与诸将庆功，准拟“直捣黄龙府！”但宋高宗听信秦桧的谗言，下令前线撤退，更以“莫须有”的罪名杀害岳飞。韩世忠听说秦桧竟以“莫须有”三字杀岳飞于风波亭，当面责问秦桧：“莫须有三字，怎么能服天下人心？”不久刘俊也被罢去兵权，韩世忠乘机上表请求解职，从此杜门不出，梁红玉殷勤备致地服侍他，韩世忠后来被封为成安郡土。这时梁红玉也已是白发萧萧。

Early Valentine Day Celebration...

2007-02-12T12:43:00.000+08:00

Sat...

Woke up late cos had a late nite mahjong in my house on Friday and I am really glad to see Vir so happy. So long never see him so happy on the mahjong table liao. Lose some money and I think I better brush up my luck or skills since bound to have a lot of mahjong session during CNY. hehe...

Meet up with Dear around 6pm at Orchard and we head down to Cathay for our dinner. Dinner was at this restaurant, Indulgence... in Basement. The food was nice and I am glad that Dear enjoyed himself, and I do think the nice part was that he got my present in a paper bag full of hearts. I was quite uneasy when pple keep looking over at both of us, especially me with the paper bag. hehe...

After dinner, we headed over to SMU to open our present. Dear got me Sony Ercission k800i while I got Dear a pendant. Didn't expect Dear to get me such an expensive gift, and Dear explained that it's a Valentine cum Birthday gift. hehe... Muackz... Thanks a lot for the present, Dear... and u really shouldn't spend so much loh...

Meet up with Vir and Ken who's celebrating ur Vday celebration in Raffles Shopping Centre. Catch up with them and we were deciding if we shd catch a movie together... Headed off to Marina Square and along the way, Nix sms that he's roaming alone in Suntec. Managed to rope him in to join us for the movie. Got the tickets for Pan's Labyrith at 12.20am and we retired to the hotel room of Ken and Vir... Yah, sweet Ken actually got a hotel room to celebrate their Vday and we discovered some "..... stains " on the bed sheets. hehe...

Crapped a lot and rushed down to GV Marina for our movie. Guess I was really tired and I dozed off at some parts of the movie... Wouldn't say that it's a nice movie and i wonder why do they have to make it so bloody... mm....

Sun...

Woke up late again and was busy transfering some impt data from my old hp to lappie. Hoping to complete it asap so that I get to use the new hp by Tuesday. Got quite tired and I decided to be gd and take a nap... hehe....

Woke up around 4pm, had a short chat with Vir and I am on my way, rushing down to meet the gang for Dota. Had 2 rounds of Dota and I must admit that everyone's skill improve quite a lot... Even Dear claim that I am no match for him liao... haha... Time to change new hero and train...

Quote for the week...

2007-02-12T11:25:00.000+08:00

"One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself."

- Lucille Ball -

历代名女 of the week... 慈禧

2007-02-06T13:42:00.000+08:00

慈禧太后（1835年11月29日—1908年11月15日（道光十五年十月十日—光绪三十四年十月二十二日），葉赫那拉氏，名杏貞，滿洲鑲蓝旗人；清文宗咸丰之貴妃，清穆宗同治之生母，以皇太后身分或垂簾聽政或臨朝訓政，為自1861年至1908年间清帝國的实际统治者。生前，外人有以“慈禧太后”、“西太后”、“那拉太后”等稱之者；自光緒年間，宮中及朝廷開始以“老佛爺”尊稱之；死后谥号为“孝钦慈禧端佑康颐昭豫庄诚寿恭钦献崇熙配天兴圣显皇后”。

慈禧太后出身叶赫部（今四平附近），那拉氏，父惠征，吏部笔帖式，曾任安徽徽宁池太广道道员等。玉牒(皇族家谱)呼记载是“叶赫那拉氏惠征之女”。徽号慈禧端佑康颐昭豫庄诚寿恭钦献崇熙，故得“慈禧太后”之稱謂。清文宗驾崩于避暑山庄後，治丧期间，大行皇帝皇后“母后皇太后”以及新皇帝生母“聖母皇太后”分住烟波致爽殿之东、西暖阁，故得“西太后”之稱謂。

由于在其统治期间，中国内忧外患不斷，加上传统对於女性执政的偏见，过去对慈禧皇太后的评价几乎是完全负面的。近来，史学界逐漸開始有人從歷史條件侷限的觀點，對慈禧當政提出較為公平的评价。但她在大多数人的心中，依然是一位负面人物。

個人人格方面，從宮廷鬥爭中奪得政權，慈禧太后素有残忍和狡诈之名。1861年咸豐皇帝駕崩於熱河避暑山莊後，甫成為皇太后的葉赫納拉氏，聯合恭親王奕訢等皇室近支，发动政变從以皇室遠支怡親王載垣、鄭親王端華為首，實際以能臣肅順為核心的顧命八大臣集團手中夺得政权，並將其中三位（載垣、端華、肅順）處死。後為建立及維繫其獨裁權力，慈禧皇太后對於政敵之整肅絕少留情，即使對親生兒子同治皇帝，以及繼位皇帝光緒皇帝的操控及管制，亦極為高壓嚴峻。

從中國國家主權的角度出發，許多人對慈禧皇太后當政的結果做出負面評價。包括1885年在對法戰爭中贏得镇南关大捷，並成功阻止法軍登陸台灣的優勢局面下，卻以主動求和、簽訂令清帝國喪失安南宗主權的中法天津條約來結束戰爭。此外，令中國喪失重大利權的1895年中日马关条约、1901年辛丑和约等之締結，肇因於1894年中日甲午戰爭之戰敗，以及1900年庚子拳亂之大禍。慈禧皇太后的執政及決策，於此二事件之發生，均有不可推卸之責任。

天津条约字签字人并非慈禧，马关条约的谈判人是李鸿章。

西洋画家所绘慈禧油画像在“同治中興”的太平表象下，慈禧皇太后的鋪張浪費，以及對於國際時局缺乏認識，允稱導致甲午战争戰敗的原因之一。其中最顯著的事例為花费巨资擴建颐和园用以庆祝自己的六秩大寿，給包含海軍軍費在內的國家財政帶來無建設性的負擔。甚至在戰敗簽約、割地賠款之後，1895年，又大兴土木，重新修建自己的陵墓，整个工程长达13年之久，直到她死前才完工；重修的慈禧陵雖成为清代最豪华独特的皇家陵寢，然而耗资巨大，放在清季國事日非的歷史脈絡下加以檢視，更突顯出慈禧皇太后重視個人虛榮以及清廷威儀，甚於國家興衰的貴族心態。

修建颐和园是光緒的主意，但所用款项并非海军军费，那些钱也不足以左右那场战争。关于慈禧的挪用海军军费被无限的歪曲和夸大了，那些国内所谓的历史学家，为了丑化慈禧，把那场战争的失败完全归罪于慈禧，无耻之极。1906年，清政府国家岁入只有8000多万两，而无畏级战列舰则达到2000多万两至3000多万两，无论是前无畏级还是无畏级战列舰的造价，都是清政府根本无力支付的。户部每年从全国鸦片生产（国内每年生产约33万担）税厘收入2000万两中拨三成即600多万两用于颐和园工程开支。清朝是重视军队的，1885年后，清廷每年军费开支高达4200万两以上，而国家岁入只有8000多万两。
許多批評者謂，慈禧皇太后對於李鴻章等漢臣的重用，以及對於洋務運動的接受，均乃出於維繫清廷統治的現實需要，而非出於真心支持。慈禧皇太后表面上雖讓光緒皇帝於1894年起親政，並容許皇帝及一班主張維新的臣僚在1898年實施變法，實際上對於政局的掌控及干涉卻從未放鬆。終於，帝后兩黨之間的矛盾衝突在一場帝黨方面倉皇籌劃的流產政變中爆發；皇太后大權在握，在守舊派親貴朝臣以及近畿軍權的支持下，順勢從皇帝手中收回政權，實際上等於后黨政變成功。於是，史稱百日維新的一系列政治改革實驗，尚未及實施，即嘎然中止；嗣後朝政愈趨保守，對於當時中國的近代化革新造成強大的阻力。

受到戊戌政變的影響，慈禧皇太后排斥維新改革，並寵信端王載漪、剛毅等守舊親貴，甚至考慮撤換光緒皇帝；載漪之子溥俊因而被立為大阿哥，實同儲君，然因忌憚光緒皇帝為歐美日列強一致支持，不敢驟廢。載漪為求其子早日登基，乃利用皇太后對“洋人”的嫉忌之心，極力離間帝后。順此，朝中形勢乃逐漸演變為非理性仇視“洋人”的守舊親貴，結合保守的清流派，對抗主張務實的朝臣之局。在端王等當權親貴的縱容，甚至暗助之下，以仇外起家的“義和拳”乃得以大舉進入直隸、進迫京畿，形成一股“逼宮”的形勢。慈禧皇太后雖未必相信拳民“神力護體”之說，亦未必不能洞悉端王奪權的陰謀，但出於本身對於外人反感的心理，且認為“民氣可用”，亦未嘗嚴令鎮壓拳民，終於釀成拳民殘殺“教民”、攻擊外人、殺死德日外交人員等事故，引起八國聯軍干涉之禍。慈禧皇太后又誤信各國欲迫其退位的假情報，負氣殘殺主張透過外交途徑解決危機的大臣，並率爾對多國宣戰，至此大勢乃全無轉圜餘地。聯軍入京，禍及華北多省，帝后西狩，終以締結辛丑和約解決；和約規定懲辦禍首、謝罪賠款、使館區駐軍、軍備限制等，並造成日俄軍隊長駐滿洲的局面，中國的主權以及清帝國的威望均蒙受重大損失。事件發展的過程中，慈禧皇太后諸般考量均以個人權位為重，結果嚴重損害國家利權以及無辜人民生計，堪稱其主政期間最大的過失。

Granny in hosp...

2007-02-05T14:11:00.000+08:00

Sat...

Went hosp to see Granny and she's very tired and weak. Talk to me for a while and then losing track of time. Yet to find out what's causing so much stomach disorder in her and it pains my heart to see her in this state. After all, she's my only grandparent...

Went Orchard around 5pm to meet up Dear and the rest. Vixen took some effort to plan for a outing but I think he did forget to sms a few frds but it was a gd try. I am sure with more time, he would be a better organiser. Went window shopping, had dinner and then DOTA... haha...

Sun...

Was planning to go out but Dear and I are real tired so stay at home instead. Vir drop by my hse in the afternoon to collect my fish tank. Giving it to him for his hermit crabs and I do hope they like the fish tank...

Make arrangements with Dear to have dinner at Hougang, shopped for a while in Hougang Mall and he's on his way back to play DOTA with Frankie and Leon. Think Dear is secretly training on some hero sia. hehe...

历代名女 of the week... 武则天

2007-01-30T13:22:00.000+08:00

武则天(武曌)，中华帝国唯一的女皇帝，唐太宗李世民的才人，唐高宗李治的皇后，唐初工部尚书武士镬的女儿。性巧慧，多权术。经过长期的苦心孤诣她当上了皇后，开始参预朝政，与高宗并称“二圣”。683 年高宗死， 690 年自立为则天皇帝，改国号为周，改元天授，史称“武周”。武则天称帝后，大开科举，破格用人；奖励农桑，发展经济；知人善任，容人纳谏。她掌理朝政近半个世纪，社会稳定，经济发展，为后来“开元盛世”打下基础。

作为中华帝国唯一的女皇帝，她既是杰出的政治家，又是心狠手辣的女人；她既是整个唐朝的祖母在太庙里千秋享配，又是一个篡位而颠倒朝代的人物，修撰国史真够为难的。连黄仁宇都说了：这段史实，不易置评。

年轻的时候，这个女人荆钗布裙、缁衣光头，依旧不掩国色。一个皇帝，放着满屋子的绝色美女不要，偏要去尼姑庵和老爸的小妾偷情，算算他付出的机会成本和道德风险，痴情可动天。武媚娘的杰出成就还不在美貌，而在她的不屈意志：在别的女尼早就自暴自弃，开始以自慰和做Les了此残生的时候，她每天早起，收拾庭园，挑水养花，生机盎然。野心，让她的面孔熠熠生辉。

　　缺什么爱什么。同样强悍的唐太宗，对这种美能理解，但不能接受，所以十四岁入宫的武媚娘十二年都没有生育；而懦弱的唐高宗，对此就景仰而且倾慕，寻找母爱和依赖。时值王皇后正与萧淑妃争宠，王皇后决计把武则天献给高宗，转移高宗对萧氏的厚宠。渔翁得利的武则天步步高升，转手便把二人打入冷宫，直至弄死。野史还说，武则天是亲手把亲生女儿扼死嫁祸于王皇后，才得以废后而立的。如果历史仅写到她当上皇后为止，那将不是正史，而是一部宫闱秘史。只是，一将功成万骨枯，当上皇后难免死个把人。况且，在内宫不是你吃了我，便是我吃了你，谁不是一双素手，娇滴滴地干着伤天害理的事呢。

　　武氏做了二十八年的皇后，参预朝政，与高宗并称“二圣”。高宗死后，她对儿子李显和李旦几度废立后，干脆自立为则天皇帝，改国号为周，时年六十六岁。周伯通也说了，高手比武，最后就比长寿，谁活得长谁就赢了。权力使人年轻，女人也不例外。在她手上，大唐帝国顺利从“贞观之治”进入“开元盛世”，全国的户口从贞观时的三百八十万户增至她统治后期的六百一十五万户，社会的繁荣景象，可见一斑。

　　武则天的罪孽主要有两条：一是任用酷吏，把反对她的肱股旧臣逐个逐个清洗，一共杀了四个亲兄弟，一个亲姐姐，两个亲儿子，一个亲生女，让人脊梁嗖嗖地发冷。另一个是私生活。除了先后嫁给父子俩之外，她以六七十岁的高龄还招纳男宠，“洎乎晚节，秽乱春宫”。不过，无论是薛怀义还是年方弱冠的张氏兄弟，连脚趾头都没有踮着政权，贞洁道德根本不应成为武则天的软肋。眼色放在一旁，内心反而宽广。右补阙朱敬则的上疏公开批评武则天的性生活，武则天说，谢谢你告诉我，赏了他彩缎。骆宾王讨檄她“蛾眉不肯让人，狐媚偏能惑主”，她考虑的是可惜没把这个才子拢络至麾下。真是心地宽广。

　　历史上的女阴谋家、女野心家随便扫扫就一大堆，但出色的女政治家却鲜见。女人并不是天生就热衷于鸡零狗碎，只是她们的空间太小，要想抢到糖吃，不得不越发显得阴冷、狭促、歹毒。而仅仅有心计是远远不够的。只有辽景宗萧皇后、武则天和孝庄太后等寥寥几个女人可挤入政治家行列。她们在驾驭一个帝国的过程中创造了无穷的乐趣，这比驾驭一个男人更刺激。

　　705 年，宰相张柬之乘武则天年老病危，拥立中宗复位，同年冬，武氏死，享年82岁，遗诏“去帝号，称则天大圣皇后。”终于些微地看到了武则天妥协的痕迹了。未免让人想起武则天这位女诗人的一首《如意娘》：“看朱成碧思纷纷，憔悴支离为忆君。不信此来常下泪，开箱验取石榴裙。”多少，是在追悼曾经的那份爱情吧。

My Weekends...

2007-01-29T16:11:00.000+08:00

Friday...

Had my test and I must comment that I didn't really study well for it. Seriously doubt I would fail but then can forget abt getting high scores liao. haha... After my test, head down to Suntec to walk walk while waiting for Dear to knock off.

Meet Dear up at Bugis and then meet up Khris, Alex gang for dinner. Was supposed to celebrate Alex and Jun Hao's birthday together. hehe... Waited for quite some time b4 Jun Hao turn up cos he was stuck in camp mah. Really very happy that both of them are pleased with the birthday gifts Dear choose from them. Just something from Khris, Dear and myself...

Left around 11pm and didn't join them for karaoke cos Dear for to wake up real early the next day to help out in a frd's wedding. hehe...

Saturday...

Have a late breakfast and it was real nice... hehe... Took a short nap while waiting for Dear cos I know he must be very tired after helping in his frd's wedding for the whole day. Meet up the DOTA gang for LAN around 7pm and it was fun. Dear really improve a lot loh and guess I shd not feel so sensitive all the time when I got killed by him. Afterall, it's only a game... Apologies to Dear Dear... Dun give chance next time lah or pple would say again... Muackz... I love you...

Went home and kena an accident from Nixon... Damn bad loh... Make my toes so painful and bleed somemore...

Sunday...

Really very tired cos didn't have enough slp on Sat. Keep falling asleep even though Dear call to wake me up. hehe... So sorry to make Dear wait for me loh. In the end, we only meet at Boon Keng Mrt Station around 6.45pm. Went to PS and have a look at the Talent Quest NUS is hosting. Saw Nixon as well and have a short chat with him. Quite a small crowd... and it was not really impressive...

Had dinner with Dear at Ramen Ramen and it's quite to Dear's taste. hehe... After dinner, we went around hunting for Dear's sandals. Only managed to find a suitable pair for him at World of Sports. hehe... Glad that Dear feels comfortable in his new pair of sandals...

历代名女 of the week... 孟母

2007-01-25T09:46:00.000+08:00

孟母。。。

孟母：仉氏(或为李氏)，为鲁大夫党氏之女，有贤德，是一位颇有见地，善于教子的女性，居我国历史上三位伟大的母亲之首。，其子孟轲是我国战国时期伟大的思想家、儒家的主要代表之一。孟子幼年丧父，仉氏守节，家庭贫困，但为了让孟子能有一个良好学习环境，曾迁居三次，培养孟子养成良好的学习习惯，直接促成孟子在日后能够成为一代宗师。《三字经》中有“昔孟母，择邻处；子不学，断机杼”的传诵，孟母的“三迁择邻”、“断机教子”等脍炙人口的故事成为千百年来妇孺皆知的历史佳话。。“孟母三迁”也一直成为教育界的成功典范，当然，孟母也成了房地产营销的代言人，常有自恃靠近名校的楼盘借用孟母来说事。 haha... something for property agents to learn abt. Next time can use this line to convince parents to buy flats near gd schools. haha...

1.孟母三迁：孟子出生于现在邹城市北25华里的凫村(今属于曲阜市)。《列女传》记载，孟轲小时候父亲就死了，母亲仉氏守节。居住的地方离墓地很近，游戏、模仿乃是孩子的天性，由于经常看到出殡送葬的人群从附近经过，因此，孟轲与其他孩子就“为墓间之事，踊跃筑埋”，他们模仿送葬的，兴致勃勃地玩抬棺材、掩埋死人的游戏。孟母认为这样的环境会影响孩子读书，妨碍孩子正常思想的形成，于是毅然带孟轲迁居到庙户营村。

庙户营村位于现在的邹城市西北部，当时，这里是一处繁华的集镇。孟轲置身于这人来人往的闹市之中，又玩起做生意的游戏，与同伴们学习商贩叫买吆喝，讨价还价，还学邻居屠夫杀猪宰羊。孟母觉得这里仍然不是培养孩子的理想场所，又一次搬迁了自己的住处。

他们搬到了学宫的旁边，（这所学宫位于现在邹县城南门崇教门外路东，曾是孔子之孙孔孙即子思设宫讲学的地方，后人称它为“子思书院”，后来子思的学生在此授徒讲学，孟子故里在书院之右。）孟氏母子搬迁到这儿后，孟轲被书院里的琅琅读书声所吸引，常到书院里跟着学习诗书，演习礼仪，孟母觉得终于找到了培养孩子的理想场所，从此定居下来。后来孟母把孟轲送入学宫，随子思的弟子学习，最终成就了二代大儒。这就是孟母“三迁择邻”的故事。

2.孟母断机教子：孟子早年家境贫寒，相传孟母靠纺线织布维持生活。孟子到学宫学习了一段时间后，开始的新鲜劲头过去了，贪玩的本性难移，有时就逃学，对母亲谎称是找丢失的东西。有一次孟子又早早地跑回了家，孟母正在织布，知道他又逃学了。孟母把孟子叫到跟前，把织了一半的布全部割断。孟子问为什么要这样，孟母回答说：“子之废学，若吾断斯织也!”，教育孟轲，学习就像织布，靠一丝一线长期的积累，只有持之以恒，坚持不懈，才能获得渊博的知识，才能成才，不可半途而废。逃学就如同断机，线断了，布就织不成了，常常逃学，必然学无所成。

孟轲从此勤学苦读，没有辜负母亲的期望，终于成了一位伟大的思想家和教育家。孟母还对儿子说过这样一段千古名言：“以言妇人，无擅制之义，而有三从之道也，故年少则从乎父母，出嫁则从乎夫，夫死则从乎子，礼也。”意思是叫儿子不必理她，该去哪去哪，该干嘛干嘛。这句话被标榜为三从四德。

Actually the story above, you would know that 孟母 is a very caring mother. She loses her hubby when the kid is still young. She can go and find another guy but yet she spends all her effort to help her son to become a better man... and her son is famous, she did not “母凭子贵”. Instead she advise the son not to care much abt her and go ahead to do whatever he feels is right... Who ever say that mother love is not 伟大???

If you are touched by this story, do remember to go home and give ur mum a hug cos I just give mine one this morning... Next week, I would be talking abt a very different type of mum... hehe...

Updates...

2007-01-23T15:36:00.000+08:00

Friday...

Went for my course as usual and then I am going to have a test soon. Damn... Such a heavy course liao and then still got to prepare for exam. Very Sianz loh. Think I really got to spend some time to go through the notes liao...

Sat...

Went out to meet Pika and Colin after Dear and I had a nice lunch at Raffles Shopping Centre with Godmum. Lunch was at this restaurant "Teahouse" at B1 and the food is damn gd loh. Totally enjoyed the meal and the apple soup was definitely something new worth trying. hehe...

First time shopping with just Pika and Colin and I must comment that the 4 of us enjoyed ourselves very much. Did some shopping around and we have dinner at PS foodcourt. Now something yucky happen at the foodcourt which got Dear damn pissed off. PS foodcourt got this Minced Meat Noodles stall. Seeing that one bowl of it cost $3.50(quite normal price for a foodcourt), I order 2 bowls and the auntie ask me if I want to "掺掺" ( mix mix), and I agree to it, thinking that she must be asking me if I want more than just pure minced meat. When I was paying payment, then I realise the bowl actually cost $4.50 now. When I question the auntie abt it, she just claim that "掺掺" means an additional of 3 fishballs which cost $1 more. I was in shock, man... I thot you shd at least be HONEST to tell me that wat "掺掺" means in the first place and it actually comes with an additional of $1. Was even more upset later when Dear mentioned that he encountered the same problem with the same stall some mths back... For the sake of everyone, I am posting it so that you know how to react if you encounter the same problem like me... Haiz... Ugly Singaporeans...

Sun...

Thanks Khris for helping to organise "Big Bang Love" for us. Watching it at picturehouse in Cathy... and Khris was saying that no slippers are allowed plus no food and drinks allowed as well... In the end, it was just a hoax... The movie is damn interesting cos I think at the end of it, not much pple understand abt the show... As for me, I dun know the hidden meaning of the butterfly... haha...

After the movie, we had dinner and instead of the usual DOTA, we went around shopping. Our final stop was at HMV, and I think I got them laughing with some of my lame and silly jokes abt "AILENS", the movie... Got them laughing so much that Nixon was suggesting that I become a DJ and Vir is offering to set up a website for me to record all my silly imaginations that can make pple laughing out loud... Well, I think the best part is when all of us start discussing abt "Forbidden Chestnuts"... Damn funny loh... would go for more of such shows next time... I always know I need a good laugh... Special thanks to Leon for giving me, Dear and nixon a free ride home. Hugs...

Monday...

Was on leave today to accompany Dear. Went shopping with Dear and Vir in the afternoon at Orchard and thanks to Vir, we managed to decide on 2 birthday gifts real fast... hehe... Hope the birthday bois would like it. They are having a chalet celebration this Friday so Dear and I would be making our way there after work.... Going to just stay for a while since Dear is helping out in a wedding on Sat...

After all that nice shopping, meet Kenneth up for dinner and then rush down to Selegie for DOTA... The game was fun especially seeing that Dear had improved over a lot and then forever so sweet trying to save me... Hugs... Love u, Dear...

Bad Year for Feb Babies???

2007-01-17T10:31:00.000+08:00

Just realised that some Feb babies are not having a gd start in 2007. Koon lost his whole bag in gym and then Samuel lost his hp and wallet some days back. Haiz... Got me quite worried for the 2 of them and of course, myself as well since I am a Feb baby too. hehe...

Would be more careful than usual cos I dun know how crazy would I be if I lost my hp or wallet or even my whole bag. Think the last time I lost just my key pouch with my ezlink and company pass inside, I alrdy nearly went crazy, cursing the taxi driver hundred times over. I am sure this year is going to be a gd year for me and I am going to make sure of it. hehe...

花木兰... Real???

2007-01-16T10:26:00.000+08:00

花木蘭是中國南北朝一首敘事詩《木蘭辭》 (約作於北魏，中經隋唐文人潤色。最初錄於南朝陳《古今樂錄》，長300餘字。）中，代父從軍的巾幗英雄。她的故事流传广远，一千多年以来有口皆碑，但对于她的姓氏、里居、出生年代，仍然传说纷坛，莫衷一是。关于她的姓氏，有人说是姓朱，有人说是复姓木兰，有人说是姓魏，明代徐渭在《四声猿传奇》中说她是姓花，名木兰，父亲花弧是一个后备役军官，大姐花木莲，幼弟花雄，母亲姓袁，一家五口，这是至今仍为大家所接受的一种说法。

至于出生年代，姚莹在《康輶纪行》中说她是北魏孝文帝至宣武帝时人；宋翔凤的《过庭禄》中则说她是隋恭帝时人，程大冒的《演繁露》中则说她是唐初人，比较起来北魏时人的说法比较可靠。说到籍贯里居，姚莹以为她是凉州人，河北省《完县志》说她是完县人，《大清一统志》说她是颖州谯郡东魏村人，还有人说她是宋州人或黄州人，河南省《商丘县志》则说她是丘花宋村人，似以《商丘县志》的说法比较合理。

确实，花木兰的事迹传至今，主要应归功于《木兰辞》这一方民歌的绝唱，是这篇长篇叙事诗歌颂了花木兰女扮男装替父从军的传奇故事。《木蘭辭》描述，北朝可汗徵兵抵禦北方民族入侵，女子花木蘭之父亦在受召之列；木蘭不忍見其年邁的父親從軍受苦，又沒有年長的兄弟可以代替老父，她於是自己喬裝成男人，購買鞍馬，代父從軍。多年後戰事結束，木蘭因軍功彪炳得到可汗召見；可汗雖授以高官厚祿，木蘭卻只請准予解甲返鄉。木蘭獲准返鄉後，回復女性裝扮，昔日同袍才驚覺原來木蘭實為女子。

As you can see from above, 花木兰 is a make up person as well. In fact, her arrival came very much from the poem "木蘭辭". This entry is specially dedicated to Kenneth, who ask about 花木兰. Would be blogging more on 历代名女 and let me reveal the truth behind everyone of them for you... Stay tuned for more updates...

Nice weekend spent...

2007-01-15T14:09:00.000+08:00

Thursday...

Was supposed to go to gym, but last minute make some arrangements with Alvin... hehe.... and I am on my way to watch the "Forbidden Chestnuts" with Dear, Alvin and Chee Meng. Damn nice play and I am not going to reveal too much of it. Do grab the opportunity now and catch it before it's over. The last performance date is 20 Jan, and I do know all of you would simply love this show. It's crappy, funny and so gay-friendly, plus trevvy and fridae members enjoy a 10% discount...

Friday...

Went for a course so I was not in office at all. hehe... In fact, this course is held on every friday for 3 months so I am actually having a 4 days working week until April, which is gd lah since Bitchy boss would be leaving the Dept in Early April. The less I see of her, the better for me... Went for LAN with dear and gang after my course and I must comment that Dear is getting quite gd nowadays...

Saturday...

Went and did some tarot reading in a hotel for a pre D&D event. Would not reveal too much of the venue and company to safeguard my rights. Overall, I had a great time helping pple answer their questions with my reading. Glad that my reading had give them some insight of what holds for them in the near future... It was quite an interesting except the fact that I got Dear damn pissed off with me. Haiz... Had not been a gd bf for the past few days...

Sunday...

Was supposed to meet Dear up for shopping but he's too heavily involved in the planning of a frd's wedding and then Vixen ask us for DOTA. Play DOTA after dinner with Dear. Was very happy that we manage to talk and clear all our misunderstanding. In fact, I really love the feeling of being with Dear, holding his hands in secret and kissing his cheeks when no one is paying attention to us. hehe...

On a sidenote: Vir is going for an operation this Thursday... Kinda of worried for him although it's only a minor operation. Hugs...

Is there really a 樊梨花???

2007-01-11T08:57:00.000+08:00

樊梨花是中国文学作品中的虚构的一位唐初西凉国（西突厥）女将，寒江关守将樊洪之女，投降唐朝后和薛丁山成亲。在薛家被满门抄斩后，樊梨花率其子薛刚反唐，报仇除奸。

樊梨花在正史中并无记载，该人物最早出现于清朝乾隆年间如莲居士所作的《说唐三传》，即《异说后唐三集薛丁山征西樊梨花全传》，亦称《征西全传》，该书记述了薛丁山和樊梨花的爱情故事，后来很多戏剧及文学作品中都出现了樊梨花这个人物，例如《马上缘》、《三休樊梨花》。当代很多影视作品亦有以樊梨花为剧中人物，例如《烽火奇遇结良缘》。

Interesting Fact: Do you know that 樊梨花和穆桂英為梨山老母座下三十六女門徒之二較有名的... as in both ladies actually have the same 师傅? but 穆桂英 is from 宋朝 while the 虚构樊梨花 is from 唐朝 and it's abt 340 years apart... Now, I am really thinking of the real age of 梨山老母... haha...

Do you know how did "王八蛋" come about?

2007-01-10T10:08:00.000+08:00

Think a lot of pple is really keen on my chn tips so this entry would be touching on how did "王八蛋" come about?

王八蛋是漢語北方話中一個非常富侵略性及普遍的脏话。“王八”的字面意思是“龜”的俗語，但其實背後意思是指依靠妓女為生的男人。這個詞語在英語具有近似意思的詞語有“bastard”。

另一种，比较普遍的解释是指王八下的蛋，王八是一个侮辱性的词汇。还有一种理解是王八其实是忘八，王八蛋其实是忘八蛋的讹误。

Who are the 三姑六婆???

2007-01-03T13:29:00.000+08:00

Ever wonder who are the 三姑六婆? Well, Dear ask me abt this and I thot I do some research and share it with everyone. 三姑六婆原本指的是古代中國民間女性的幾種職業。

三姑：尼姑、道姑、卦姑

六婆：牙婆、媒婆、師婆、虔婆、藥婆、穩婆

三姑指的是三種宗教的出家女性。尼姑是佛教、道姑是道教、卦姑是專門占卦的。

六婆中，

牙婆是專門販賣人口的人口販子，專為人買賣奴婢、妾侍。

媒婆是專為人介紹姻親的女性。

師婆是專門畫符施咒、請神問命的巫婆。

虔婆是妓院內的鴇母。

藥婆是專門賣藥的女人。

穩婆則是專門接生的接生婆，如果發現女屍，亦會由穩婆負責驗查是否被人先姦後殺。

六婆是各種專業的名稱，有時一人可以身兼数职。

現代汉语中的「三姑六婆」常指社會上各式市井女性或喜愛搬弄是非的人。 If you have any questions, do let me know... I would try my best to answer it for you... Cheers... and have a great day ahead...

Happy New Year to all...

2007-01-03T10:17:00.000+08:00

Had not been updating my blog for quite some time liao cos I was on long leave and it was not a great feeling to come back to office today to find a mountain of documents on my table. Damn... Some colleagues just dun know how to help out...

22 Dec

This is the great day for Anna and Lam. They would be going through the ROM cermory at Stardus near Orchard... and my Dear is the MC. hehe... All of us dress up for the day and it was full of fun and enjoyment... Vivian was busy videocamming the whole process while Sharon, Keem Oon and I get busy snapping photos. All of us are really happy for Anna and Lam. I now proclaim the 2 of u as man and wife... Didn't realise that there are female justice of peace and they proclaim couples as man and wife instead of hubsand and wife... Huggies to Mr and Mrs Lam... All the best to the 2 of you and yah... I can't wait to join in all the fun for your big day in July 07.

23 Dec

Today is the big day for my favourite cousin, Wan Qing... She's getting married today and I am roped in to help out on some of the events. Instead, all the cousins are helping out one way or another. It was a busy day for everyone. The games for the groom, the final performance to get my cousin out of her room, the fun, the laughter, the tea cermory, the preparation before dinner, the rehearsal, the arrangement of the doorgifts and many more. In fact, I am assigned to be at the receiption counter with 2 of my aunties, to mingle with guests at the cocktail area, to give out carpark coupons and of course to direct them to the correct ushers. haha... It was a great day and I feel happy to see my cousin getting married. Really envy her cos I realise I would never have a chance to go through all this... and I am not sure how many pple would even turn up at my marriage... Haiz...

24 Dec

Had mahjong with Samuel, Jasmine and Khris on Christmas Eve while Dear helps me out whenever I am tired. hehe... Dear Dear is forever so sweet loh. Muackz... In fact, we were so much into the game that we forgot to count down. haha... and I forgot to countdown for the previous X'mas in 2005 as well while playing mahjong. Watched "Eragon" at Cineleisure with Dear and the rest of the gang at 3.40am. Feel quite bad that Dear had to try so hard to stay awake to watch the movie with me... Huggies...

Some of the interesting quotes I remember from the movie:

Brom: That's the spirit - one part brave, three parts fool.

Brom: Better to ask forgiveness than permission.

Eragon: Why can't we take them?
Brom: Quiet! You're not ready to take anything yet.
Eragon: I have skills! I can fight. My cousin Roran and I, we've trained, with swords!
Brom: Well then, perhaps I've underestimated you.
Brom: Right then, let's see these skills of yours.
Eragon: This won't be fair to you, old man.
Brom: Humor me.
Brom: [Brom hits Eragon down immediately] Oh dear, I see the effect of your training.
Brom: [shouting out instructions as Eragon improves] Good, good! Don't get over confident!
Brom: It won't be your cousin Roran you're fighting, and it won't be wooden staves, either.

Find Brom to be a really interesting guy with a lot of wisdom in him. Too bad he dies, but then like all movies, all mentors die early... hehe...

25 Dec (Merry Christmas)

Went over to Sharon's hse for lunch and it was the first time I went over to her house. Everyone is so friendly and they really make me feel at ease. Huggies to Sharon for preparing such a nice meal for all of us. Sorry if Dear and I look tired. The movie "Eragon" ended around 6am and it was around 6.30am when we slept... hehe...

After the warm gathering at Sharon's hse, Lam give us a lift to Kovan. Going to meet Leon, Nixon, Pika and Colin to make our way to Kenneth's house for a nice Christmas dinner and Christmas gift exchange. I am glad all of us had lots of fun playing the Singapore version "Taboo" Huggies to Kenneth for making such an arrangement.

30 Dec

Check in to Pasir Ris Aloha Chalet with Dear and the gang. Fall sick and got a bit feverish. Felt quite bad that I cause everyone to be so worried abt me. Anyway, we watched "Night at the Museum" in Tampiness and I always admitted that a funny movie always cheers pple up, and I am glad my christmas presents come into use. hehe...

Some of the interesting quotes I remember from the movie:

Jedadiah: Fire up the iron horse, boys.
Larry: Hey, blondie!
Jedadiah: Names Jedadiah.
Larry: Jedadiah, stop the train, please!
Jedadiah: No can do, crackerjack.
Larry: Whats going on here?
Jedadiah: Somebodys got to pay.
Larry: Pay for what?
Jedadiah: I don't know, just pay! Now stop whining and take it like a man!
Larry: Seriously, stop the train!
Jedadiah: Alright, stop the train.
Larry: Thank you.
Jedadiah: NOW FULL SPEED AHEAD AND RAM HIM! SPLIT HIS HEAD LIKE A WATERMELON!
Larry: [Train hits Larry] Ooh! Ow...
Jedadiah: Oh, for crying out loud!

Jedadiah: I don't want to be manhandled!
Larry: No! I will manhandle you Jedadiah! Whats your problem? Why can't you all just get along?
Jedadiah: We're men, we fight okay? Thats what we do!
Octavius: Its kinda how we pass the time.

Jedadiah: No problem, Gigantor.
Larry: Um, my names Larry, first of all okay, Jed? See I call you Jed, I don't call you tiny.
Jedadiah: Whats that supposed to mean?
Larry: Hey teeny, how does that sound?
Jedadiah: I... I don't like it. It hurts my feelings.
Larry: Okay, well Gigantor makes me sound like a freak.

Larry: A little birdie told me you guys like magic. You know, magic... sorcery... illusions.
Attila the Hun: Ah, sor-sor.

Actually, my favourite part is on the Dumb Dumb, did you get me any gum gum? but I can't recall the name of the rock. hehe... and yah, monkeys are cute and damn notty...

It's the first time I am doing the New Year countdown with the gang and it was fun. Only sad part was that I guess wrongly on who's the person that's suppose to buy presents for me, and I got punished. SobSob... Got to improve on that sia. haha... Played some games and I am sure everyone had fun playing the acting game... Overall, everyone enjoyed themselves to the max, minus the fact that Sharon, Lam, Dear and I got sick...

1 Jan

Got home from the chalet and had a nice afternoon nap. hehe... Dear called up and we are on our way to Dota in the evening... Got play 5 vs 5 and it was a gd time. Think everyone enjoyed themselves very much. Dear is still very sick... so hope he gets well soon... Huggies...

Wat happen over the weekends?

2006-12-19T11:05:00.000+08:00

Sat...

Meet up Vivian, Anna, Lam and Dear for a movie at Cineleisure. Watching "Happy Feet" finally and I am so glad that I am not late for the movie sia. So tired that I overslept. hehe... Remember some of the interesting quotes from "Happy Feet" that got me laughing. haha....

Leopard Seal: Remember dumplings, I know where you live.
Ramón: That's right lardface, it's called LAND!

Love this part of how the penguins teased the leopard seal and another part of them moving slowly. Really make me laugh out loud loh.

Ramón: You just got to do exactly what I say!
Mumble: Okay.
Ramón: Did I say "okay"?
Mumble: No.
Ramón: No. What did I say?
Mumble: Do exactly what you say.
Ramón: EXACTLY what I say!

Can just imagine the penguins trying to help Mumble woo his love... and I am impressed by their talents. Wonder why do they still need to collect stones to attract their mates? haha...

Lombardo: What are you gonna do? Subject him to cruel and unusual punishment?
Raul: Unimaginable torture?
Lombardo: Imaginable torture?
Raul: Your singing?

This is really ultimate loh, cos it reminds me so much of my singing... yup, anyone interested in my unimaginable torture? haha....

Ramón: Man, how're we gonna tell his mama he brought us all the way out here just to kill himself?

I think quite a few adults and teenagers laugh when we hear that line. Damn funny loh... Didn't remember much quotes liao and I dun think I may got the names of the penguins correctly, but yup, it was a great show with excellent company...

Went around town to do some shopping. Actually, we are hunting for purple shirt to be worn on Anna's wedding cos the theme is purple for that nite. Tried a few shops and we didn't manage to find anything to our liking.

After all that shopping, it got us really hungry that we settle for Ma La steamboat at Bugis. It was fun and the soup is really great. Make me feel real nice to see Dear eating a lot cos he's getting thinner liao. Must be due to all the stress at work lah. It' s ok, I would bring him out for more gd meals since we are both on holiday. haha...

Sun...

Went to my cousin's hse for a short briefing on wat roles to play on her wedding day which is this coming friday. Got some briefing and chipped in some ideas as well. Have selected to be at the reception table cos I have to ensure that the guests sign in and then entrusted them to the ushers (who are all my female cousins), but most importantly, I have to make sure they submit the red packets. haha....

Took quite a while before the whole briefing end and I choose to leave early cos I have to join Dear for the Singapore Garden Festival at Suntec. Miss out the briefing with the Jie Mei on how to torture the groom... haha... Would get to see it on Friday anyway...

Was late in meeting Dear up due to the heavy rain causing a stupid jam in Orchard. Haiz... Shd have took mrt instead of bus... Feel so bad to make Dear wait so long for me...

The Singapore Garden Festival is damn nice loh... We spend almost 2 hrs taking lots of photos. Think I would let you all view the photos from Dear's blog to understand what I am talking abt lah, and if u r a floral fan, pls dun miss the Singapore Garden Festival that last till 25 Dec...

Impt Updates...

I would be on leave from tml onward till 2 Jan 07, so hereby using this chance to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Hugs...

For pple who dun read 西游记...

2006-12-13T14:12:00.000+08:00

A frd of mine keep asking me if 牛魔王 and 铁扇公主 are a couple. Well, the answer is yes but when 悟空 reached 火焰山, 牛魔王 is not staying with 铁扇公主 liao as in he found a new love, 玉面公主 so in conclusion 牛魔王 like those 公主 type, k? Below is a short extract from 西游记 and I hope I have answer my frd's question...

行者道：“这山本是牛魔王放的火，假名火焰山？”土地道：“不是不是，大圣若肯赦小神之罪，方敢直言。”行者道：“你有何罪？直说无妨。”土地道：“这火原是大圣放的。”行者怒道：“我在那里，你这等乱谈！我可是放火之辈？”土地道：“是你也认不得我了。此间原无这座山，因大圣五百年前大闹天宫时，被显圣擒了，压赴老君，将大圣安于八卦炉内，煅炼之后开鼎，被你蹬倒丹炉，落了几个砖来，内有余火，到此处化为火焰山。我本是兜率宫守炉的道人，当被老君怪我失守，降下此间，就做了火焰山土地也。”猪八戒闻言恨道：“怪道你这等打扮！原来是道士变的土地！”行者半信不信道：“你且说，早寻大力王何故？’土地道：“大力王乃罗刹女丈夫。他这向撇了罗刹，现在积雷山摩云洞。有个万岁狐王，那狐王死了，遗下一个女儿，叫做玉面公主。那公主有百万家私，无人掌管，二年前，访着牛魔王神通广大，情愿倒陪家私，招赘为夫。那牛王弃了罗刹，久不回顾。若大圣寻着牛王，拜求来此，方借得真扇。一则扇息火焰，可保师父前进；二来永除火患，可保此地生灵；三者赦我归天，回缴老君法旨。”

Yup, in case anyone is wondering, I am very much into chinese novels and history. Guess that's where my interest is in bah, so do feel free to ask me any question and I try to answer u from my blog. haha....

The departure of a frd...

2006-12-11T17:25:00.000+08:00

Thursday, 7 Dec 6

Desmond is going to leave tml liao and Dear and I were thinking of meeting him up to spend more time together. He would be leaving early tml morning and every single minute means so much to us sia. Make some arrangements and we settled for mahjong. haha... Went home and got my insurance agent to send me over to Yishun since it's on the way. hehe... Me so evil, rite?

Reached Des's hse around 9.30pm and Samuel was alrdy there liao. Now, just got to wait for Khris and Dear. Watched Desmond packed his stuffs and I can alrdy feel the pain of losing a frd, a close frd...

Dear arrived with Khris and they bought a lot of tibits. Going to be a long nite ahead since we are planning to play mahjong till morning and then go to the airport with him. Mahjong was fun and Dear is really my lucky star loh. I play, I lose money and when he sit down, can immediately recover all lost grounds. haha... Wonder if getting Dear to play for me is considered cheating anot? Hugs... It was a sweet session playing with Desmond, and I am glad everyone enjoys themselves...

Friday, 8 Dec 06

Mahjong ends exactly at 6am and the four of us rush down to take a cab while Desmond gets ready to leave with his family members. Once we reached the airport, we saw Godmum, Vir and Kenneth. Guess everyone trys to make it a point to see Desmond off... We try to crap and act like normal but I know that deep inside, we would all miss him liao...

At the departure gate, Desmond hugs almost everyone of us and I noticed Dear crying. Haiz... My eyes are wet as well... but I didn't cry... Maybe I alrdy cry a few times in secret liao and I keep reminding myself to be strong... Hugs Desmond and yah, I would call u Edgar when u r back lah...

My heart is heavy when I blog this down and y am I tasting salty drops of water on my face? Haiz... Do remember to keep in contact. U know I would miss u...

Missing from actions...

2006-12-04T17:07:00.000+08:00

Had not been blogging for quite some time liao, cos I am really busy. Trying to clear all my work before the dateline at end Dec. Edgar is going to leave Singapore liao on 8 Dec. Taking a flight at 9.40am in Terminal 2. Dear and I took leave liao so we shd be sending him off bah. Targetted to reach the Airport by 7.00am and then Godmum and Samuel is on leave as well. Hopefully, all of us dun cry at the airport... Haiz... I would try to hold back my tears...

Fri, 1 Dec 06

Took leave and rest at home. Went for a swim in the afternoon but there was no sun at all... Sianz... Dun get to tan at all. Got home after the swim and fall asleep. In the end, I overslp and was super late in meeting Dear up loh. Luckily, he keep calling and finally managed to wake me up. Met Dear, Frankie and some of their frds for a coffee outing.

It was quite a nice coffee outing and I think Dear did enjoy himself as well. Was so worried that I spolit the mood of everyone if I m late. In the end, I am not the latest so everything is still ok. hehe... Had lots of fun spending it with Dear and his frds and I am glad I manage to click well with the group.

Sat, 2 Dec 06

Planned for a long time to have a farewell lunch for Desmond/Edgar and after much planning, we are having it today at Liang Court, Tung Lok Restaurant. hehe.... Feeling so excited abt it sia. Was supposed to meet at Liang Court Mac by 12.30pm and as usual, no one is punctual. Wait for this, wait for that and we finally had our lunch around 1.10pm with various complains abt being hungry. Not my fault also loh and I think everyone shd just shut up after they know how much I order for them. Talking abt being hungry, I make sure u eat until u can't walk away sia. haha...

Well, although it was a A La Carte Buffet Lunch, I had pre-ordered the dishes on Thurs afternoon. In total, I only ordered 22 Dim sum and 19 main dishes. Well, for 11 adults, that quantity is still quite ok loh... In the end, I think everyone had so much food that we are looking at each other to clear the food. Luckily, Edgar is a heavy eater that helps to clear most of the food. Hugs...

After lunch, we headed over to Chinatown for ktv. Really enjoyed ourselves to the max, shouting, dancing and getting high. A bit of happening here and there but I am glad Godmum enjoyed herself as well. Must forced Dear to upload pics and update his blog liao. haha...

Sun, 3 Dec 06

Attend Grandmum's birthday lunch at United Square in one of the seafood restaurant. Could not remember the name of the restaurant liao but it's a seafood buffet type with lots of interesting stuff like Ginseng Fish Soup, Herbal crocodile soup and lots more. Maybe can consider going there on another day for lunch since Dear loves seafood. hehe...

After lunch, rush down to Bugis area for Keen Oon's birthday celebration. Didn't manage to join in the actual lunch but at least, I make it for the deserts. haha... So nice to see the group again and I think I got Sharon damn scared and worried when we were crossing the road. Sorry, gal... Didn't meant it but I am sort of used to running across road.

Went for some shopping and we got a ball for Mickey (Leon's doggie). haha... Going to Leon's hse for mahjong later mah so Dear and I thot that it would be nice to get something for Mickey. haha... Meet up with Edgar and Khris at Hougang Mall for dinner before we go Leon's house. Got to Leon's house and it was quite big sia. Settled down, said hi to Mickey and the battle begins. haha... Halfway through mahjong, Dear has to go home cos he got something urgent to attend to. We continue with our mahjong session and Khris is so funny loh, winning money for his sweets. haha...

Suddenly, Leon's maid came in and switched off the light to his room. Think everyone was shocked and then in came Alvin with a birthday cake in his hands, followed by Alan and Leon's family. Together, all of us sang "Happy Birthday" to Leon. Yup, it was Leon's birthday yest and all of us can only make it today. It was quite a small birthday celebration and I think we did manage to give Leon a surprise...

Special thanks to Dear for specially finding an excuse to leave early so that he can pick up the cake from my house and bring Alvin to Leon's house, Edgar for making effort to choose the cake and buying small gifts for Leon and Mickey, not to forget Alvin and Khris for making the effort to turn up and join in the celebration. mm.... and Samuel turn up too but he's going to be late so we started off cutting of the cake before he came.

Mon, 4 Dec 06

Had a super BIG quarrel with Dear today. Haiz... Sianz... It's really just a game and I am taking it too seriously... Shd do some self-reflection... Sometimes, the truth hurts...

Tues, 5 Dec 06

Nixon is planning to do some Christmas shopping and he asked me along. Think I would check out the items that I would be getting first since I am quite broke this month. So many celebrations going on, marriage, birthday and then gifts. Went around Orchard, helping Nixon to pick some nice clothes and berms. Crappy him keep talking crap and nonsense along the way that I seriously think we embrass ourselves quite a few times. Haiz...

Vir is having nites out, so he went shopping with Edgar at Marina Square. Went over to join them and I am glad Vir keep suaning Nixon to make him shut up. haha.... Evil me. Anyway, Edgar got himself a digital camera to bring over to UK, which I think is real nice...

Halfway through the shopping, Dec called me up and told me a bit of his problems. He had totally no idea how worried I was over him. Haiz... Dec, I would not say that we are the closest of frds cos we had not been meeting up for coffee or chat for such a long period of time. Frankly speaking, I know that u make a great frd and I never forget abt the days we spend in camp, looking after each other's back. Just hope that u would be strong and stand on ur feet real soon. If u need anything, I am always a sms or call away. Hugs...

Fully booked...

2006-11-22T14:43:00.000+08:00

Just to let everyone knows that I am fully booked for most of the weekends until the next year. Kindly inform me in advance if you want to meet me up, if not, you can forget abt it and I seriously do not fancy last minute arrangements...

25 Nov (Sat) - my working Sat plus it's Anna's birthday celebration in the afternoon.
26 Nov (Sun) - My colleague's wedding dinner.

1 Dec (Fri) - coffee outing with Dear's friends.
2 Dec (Sat) - Farewell dinner for Desmond. Details yet to be confirmed...
3 Dec (Sun) - Grandmum's birthday celebration.

9 Dec (Sat) - Maybe going Jurong Bird Park with Dear.
10 Dec (Sun) - No plans yet.

16 Dec (Sat) - Maybe going JB with Dear.
17 Dec (Sun) - Maybe going JB with Dear.

23 Dec (Sat) - No plans yet.
24 Dec (Sun) - Maybe Christmas celebration with Vir and frds.

30 Dec (Sat) - Chalet with Dear and frds for New Year count down...

Would be on leave on 27, 28 Nov and 01, 08, 15, 20-29 Dec... Time to have a gd break away from work and maybe going off for a short holiday with Dear. Got to save up since Dear and I plan to visit Desmond at US around Aug next year. hehe...

Management Lessons

2006-11-16T15:37:00.000+08:00

Lesson Number 1: A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day. A small rabbit saw the crow, and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?" The crow answered: "Sure, why not." So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

Management Lesson:
To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.

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Lesson Number Two: A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree," sighed the turkey, "but I haven't got the energy." "Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied the bull. "They're packed with nutrients." The turkey pecked at a lump of dung and found that it actually gave him enough strength to reach the first branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally after a fourth night, there he was proudly perched at the top of the tree. Soon he was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot the turkey out of the tree.

Management Lesson:
Bullshit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.

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Lesson Number Three: A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold, the bird froze and fell to the ground in a large field. While it was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on it. As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, it began to realize how warm it was. The dung was actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy. A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate.

Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him!

Management Lesson:
1) Not everyone who drops shit on you is your enemy.
2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend.
3) And when you're in deep shit, keep your mouth shut!

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Lesson Number Four: The boy rode on the donkey and the old man walked. As they went along, they passed some people who remarked it was a shame the old man was walking and the boy was riding. The man and boy thought maybe the critics were right, so they changed positions.

Later, they passed some people that remarked, "What a shame, he makes that little boy walk." They decided they both would walk! Soon they passed some more people who thought they were stupid to walk when they had a decent donkey to ride. So they both rode the donkey! Now they passed some people that shamed them by saying how awful to put such a load on a poor donkey. The boy and man said they were probably right so they decided to carry the donkey. As they crossed a bridge, they lost their grip on the animal and he fell into the river and drowned.

Management Lesson: If you try to please everyone, you will eventually lose your ass!

Quick updates...

2006-11-14T15:57:00.000+08:00

Friday...

Went with Dear for LAN game and I must comment that Dear is getting very gd now. In fact, getting a bit more better than me loh... So sad... Trying to train very hard on my Mophling and I think I m getting quite ok liao... Just need more practise and I could be quite gd with it... haha... and poor Kenny got pawn a few times... Pity that Koon has to leave early.

Saturday...

Dear got to work so being a gd bf, I stayed at home and waited for him to call back after work and make arrangements. Was thinking of going to VivoCity with Dear since he had not been there b4. Poor Dear finally finished his work around 3pm and then had a late lunch at home. Knowing that he would be tired, I told him to go for a short nap before we went out. Godmum called to invite us over to her house... Was discussing with Dear whether shd we go since we had not been having time for just the 2 of us recently. In the end, still decided to go and see her cos both of us know that she needs someone to be by her side. Dinner was great and I can tell that Godmum really spend a lot of effort to prepare it for us. Hugs... Still remember that on the way home, Dear and I were actually thinking how come we can treat Godmum better than our own mother... Have all of us really take our mothers for granted???

Sunday...

Dear and I started to head for VivoCity around 5pm and we managed to get tickets for "Flushed Away" around 6.15pm. Had fun walking around and exploring the area. Dear was commenting that VivoCity seem so much like a huge shopping centre in Malaysia sia and then it's so packed. Board a shop nearby that had an international book shop in the ship. Such a cute concept, rite? and the books are going at reasonable prices. Going to drop by again since the ship would be leaving on 19 Nov 06. Totally enjoyed the show " Flushed Away" and yah... love the slugs to bits cos they can sing so well... haha...

After the movie, Dear and I make our way to HarbourFront hawker centre to have our dinner. The food there is nice and cheap as well, which is gd loh. On top of that, it's not so crowded... Once we finished our food, we took a short stroll around and I wanted Dear to go home and rest liao since he's very tired...

PS: On off tomorrow with Dear, and I am so happy abt it... Looking forward for a break away from my evil boss but then I would be back in office around 5pm, due to some work committment. Haiz...

觸電 by S.H.E.

2006-11-08T11:49:00.000+08:00

风走在我们前面　甩裙摆画着圆圈
花美得兴高采烈　那香味有点阴险
你在我旁边的旁边　但影子却肩碰肩
偷看一眼　你的唇边是不是也有笑意明显

明明是昨天的事情　怎么今天我还在经历
一丁点回忆都能惊天又动地
想问个愚蠢问题　我们再这样下去
你猜会走到哪里

但请你不要太快揭开还沉默的情话
先让我多着急一下再终于等到解答
太容易的爱故事就不耐人回味啦
像这样触电　就够我快乐熔化

我们就耐心培养萌芽不要急着开花
反正有长长的日记等我们去填满它
在被全世界发现以前先愉快装傻
就这样触电　一直甜蜜触电　直到爆炸

像一年四个季节　都被你变成夏天
我才会在你面前　总是被晒红了脸

像一百万个秋千　在我心里面叛变
被你指尖　碰到指尖　我瞬间就被荡到天边

明明是昨天的事情　怎么今天我还在经历
一丁点回忆都能惊天又动地
想问个愚蠢问题　我们再这样下去
你猜会走到哪里

但请你不要太快揭开还沉默的情话
先让我多着急一下再终于等到解答
太容易的爱故事就不耐人回味啦
像这样触电　就够我快乐熔化

我们就耐心培养萌芽不要急着开花
反正有长长的日记等我们去填满它
在被全世界发现以前先愉快装傻
就这样触电　一直甜蜜触电　直到爆炸

但请你不要太快揭开还沉默的情话
先让我多着急一下再终于等到解答
太容易的爱故事就不耐人回味啦
像这样触电　就够我快乐熔化

我们就耐心培养萌芽不要急着开花
反正有长长的日记等我们去填满它
在被全世界发现以前先愉快装傻
就这样触电　一直甜蜜触电　直到爆炸

Quite a nice song... and it brings back a lot of memories...

Updates...

2006-11-08T11:25:00.000+08:00

Seem that I am only more free on Wed to update my blog liao... Haiz... Work has been piling up and my relationship with boss is on a e-mail basis now. Our means of communication now is through e-mails and I think I am getting used to the cold harsh way she's treating me... Wonder if she knows that in the world out there now, EQ is such an impt factor... haha...

Spend the whole of last Sat afternoon out with Vivian, Sharon, Anna and the gang. First time hanging out with them without Dear vy my side. Poor Dear got to help out at Woodlands until 6pm... It was fun hanging out with them and I am glad we manage to click so well... Brought them to buy some moon pies and I got one box for Dear as well. Think he would like it bah... Anna and Lam is getting married soon liao and all of us are roped in to help out. Feeling so excited abt it sia cos Dear and I would be in the "sister group". haha....

They left around 5pm and I am left alone to roam around until Sweet Dear came along... hehe... Was planning to spend some time together and then Alex called to ask us for DOTA. Knowing that Dear had not seen this grp of friends for quite some time liao, we met them up and they are damn pro loh... I really like the way Dear react after a game, cos he dun get upset being pawned or if we lose the game. In fact, he just want to enjoy the game as it is... and it's great to see him having some kills towards the end of the game. Hugs...

Went back to Dear office on Sunday to accompany him. Offered some advise on some of the work and at first, we were planning to head down to Vivo City but then give up the thought since we were pretty tired. In the end, we settled for a simple dinner in town and enjoyed the company of each other... Muackz... it's so nice to share some sweet moments together...

Quote from a sad heart...

2006-11-03T09:40:00.000+08:00

"No exercise is better for the human heart than reaching down and lifting another up."

- John Andrew Holmes -

Sadness and Disappointment...

2006-11-01T14:13:00.000+08:00

Was super pissed off with boss on last Friday and I was swearing every passing minute and apparently, the whole office heard abt my limited vocabulary... haha... So tempted to quit now but then Dec's bonus looks more attractive sia... Haiz... Thot that going for LAN would help to brighten up my mood but then I was so pissed off at the end of the day... Left early and pissed others off... Dun know lah... LAN does not seem so attractive to me anymore cos playing game had become such a stressy thing nowadays...

The weekends passed by quickly with me, still bothered abt the way my boss treated me. Haiz... I am very unhappy and I crave for something to be done yet I hate to confront pple and demand for a fair treatment... Life sucks...

Had a long chat with a frd yest nite... Someone who understand me well and someone who I respect a lot... Well, he told me something that kinda of pissed me off... I dun know if I shd get pissed or am I even in the right position to be pissed... I guess I dun know and I wish my mind can stop thinking abt it... cos the feeling is just making me super uncomfortable... Haiz... It's a lousy week, to sum up and for once, I am not looking forward to the weekends... I shd just take a break away from everyone, cos I simply dun trust anyone now... Such a yucky feeling not to trust pple anymore and have doubts on whatever they say... yah... a break would do me good...

I am only looking forward to meet Dear tonite and share some quiet sweet moments together... Nothing beats having ur loved ones by ur side when u r feeling down... and Dear's concern over me always touches my heart... Muackz... I love U...

Quote of the week...

2006-10-27T14:16:00.000+08:00

"Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe."

- Robert Service -

Super Long Entry due to a Super Long Weekend...

2006-10-25T14:31:00.000+08:00

Friday...

Was supposed to meet Dear and Desmond up for tower defense. In the end, Dear got to work OT so could not join us. Haiz... Brought Desmond to my favourite pastry shop and he bought some coffee cookies and moon pies for his colleagues. Went ahead to play Dota with the rest after dinner for quite a while and when we are about to leave, Pika realised that he can't find his wallet. Damm.... Took us some time to comb and search around the place for it but then we just can't find it. Pika placed his wallet just beside the keyboard and we suspected the stranger sitting beside him must have taken it, and none of us remember how did the guy look like. Haiz... Console Pika a bit and I have to rush back home to celebrate Dad's birthday.

Saturday...

Went Dear's house to play DOTA with him. Teach him how to use Zeus and I must comment that Dear is a quick learner. Throughout the game, I was a bit harsh on him for not using hotkeys... Wat a bad bf I am... Left his house after a few games, meet Nixon up at Boon Keng Stn and then Frankie at Clarke Quay stn.

Make our way to NINES cos there's a coffee outing organised by Alvin... The last coffee outing organised at NINES... one of the cafes that holds most of my memories... a cafe where I meet interesting pple, a place where I got bitched at the most and also a place where I find the most comfort in... Haiz... quite sad that NINES is closing down and I would never be able to come back to it again...

Quite happy to see so many old faces there... Micheal, Simon, Jintong, Ryan, kaka, Chris, Aaron, Koon, Kenny, Babychen, Theo and of course many others as well... Overall, it was a great coffee outing but I guess all of us tend to be more comfortable in our small little groups bah... haha... Had fun bitching with Micheal and yah... we all know how pple like to make themselves look gd in front of others, so yah even blogs can be deceiving... Quite sad that u got to even lie to your own blog entry... I pity u sia...

Stayed at NINES for a while and we left around 9 plus. We (me and dear, vir and kenneth, samuel and jasmine, des and nixon) headed down to Geylang to walk walk. Actually, I was thinking of having a feast from all the goodies there. In the end, I only shared a burger and chesse hotdogs with Dear. hehe... After all that walking and sweating, we headed off to Ken's house for a round of mahjong. Alvin joined us later in the morning with supper... and all thanks to him loh, or I would have faint from hunger. haha...

Played mahjong till 7am and Samuel was the big winner. hehe... Think I need to work on more luck and skills to win him next time. haha... Mahjong was fun with pple crapping at the background and I didn't know that Nixon was just as lame as he was drunk when he dun have enough slp...

Sunday...

Slept till late afternoon and went DOTA with Dear, Desmond, Vixen, Alvin and Jonathon. Although Dear got killed 18 times by Des, I think he did gained some experience from the game and that's the important part. The most impt thing is that all of us enjoyed the game... I do admit that all of us have the craving to win, so it's impt that u dun feel so depressed when u lose... I have personally witness a few pple that cannot afford to lose even in a game... Like wat I say to Vixen b4, all it takes is a game to show ur true character. haha...

Monday...

Took leave cos I want to enjoy a super long weekend mah. Met Desmond around Orchard early in the morning to settle his credit card issue since he would be leaving S'pore for 2 years liao... After that, have lunch with Vir and Kenneth at Harbour Front before we make our way in to Sentosa. Had a nice tan and it was such a long time since I ever stepped into Sentosa liao, not to mention me having a tan. haha...

After the tanning session, we make our way to Vivo City for dinner and catch the movie "Deathnote" In fact, the place was so bloody crowded that Vir got seats at the first row for all 4 of us. Luckily, Deathnote was such a nice movie that I didn't feel the neck strain at all throughout the 2 hrs showtime. Quite an interesting movie and it's funny how pple started off being gd and then slowly gets corrupted by power that they start to lose themselves.... Haiz...

Tuesday...

Chatted with Dear in the morning and realised that he's training another hero. Decided to meet up the rest for a short game of DOTA. In the end, we played DOTA with Vixen, Jonathon, Desmond and Nixon. We managed to clear the X hero Seige by killing the ghost. haha... and then move on to DOTA, where Dear managed to have some kills all by himself. Think he improved a lot liao and with more practise on the hotkey, I think he's ready to kick some butt. haha...

Had dinner at PS foodcourt and then make our way back home... 5 days of fun and how time flies when u r enjoying urself... So here I am, blogging while listening to my boss bitching abt others behind their back and to think that she actually backstab my colleagues... Haiz... Life in office is always such a challenge sia...

Pls dun use PLS...

2006-10-16T14:39:00.000+08:00

Just want to share something quite annoying with all of you. Whenever I took mrt to work, I would faced with a bunch of pple who like to use "pls" to get their way and trust me, they are damn gd with it. In fact, today I was being pushed around by a bunch of indians that keep screaming "pls let me out" I am like... the train is alrdy so packed, and since you mentioned pls in such a polite manner, then can you let all of us find some way to let u pass... Is there really a need to pls pls pls and push your way, not mentioning that they nearly knocked down an old lady....

Pls dun use PLS if you are abusing it...

NINES is closing down...

2006-10-16T14:15:00.000+08:00

Not sure if most of u heard abt it liao but NINES is closing down liao, as in winding up the business alrdy, most likely in end Oct or end Nov. I am thinking of paying it a visit this Sat, afterall, it was the venue of the first coffee outing I went to and I am sure it held a lot of memories for everyone as well...

If you are going on Sat and you wish to join me and my Dear, do leave a comment so that I can make some arrangements. Would be fun if someone *hint hint* can plan for a coffee outing at NINES as well. Anyway, since I have alrdy make plans to go on Sat, so pple who thinks that they are not welcome, pls do not turn up.

Firstly, I dun want a battle to break out in NINES and secondly, I just want to do some catching up with Micheal and I do hope he had stop bitching abt that guy liao, although I dun like that guy too. haha.... so yah, do leave a comment if u r keen to join me...

A weekend filled with sickness and haze...

2006-10-16T13:38:00.000+08:00

Was on mc last Tuesday cos I had totally no voice at all... Sad... Went to see the doc and took a nice nap at home. Got some voice back after a nice gd slp... Guess I am sick cos I am too tired lah. haha...

Was on course from Wed to Fri and it was an interesting course on "How to become a polished Presenter" Not bad sia and I think I did not bad overall. hehe... Dear was on leave on Thur and Fri as well so we went for DOTA with Alvin and Pika on late Thurs nite. Before we know it, it was alrdy 2am. Time flies whenever u get too engrossed in a game. hehe...

After the course on Friday, headed down to Jurong to collect stingray and squid from Vivian's dad. hehe... Specially ordered from her dad so can get a discount mah. So thanks to Vivian for the discount and the stingray was great. Grabbed the raw seafood and headed down to Pasir Ris Coasta Sand Chalet asap cos Dear is getting bored waiting for me... Managed to convince Desmond to come down earlier as well so that we can have company. haha... and he had a gd laugh over "Hookwinked"...

Samuel and Frankie joined us at the chalet on Sat morning, and took us quite a while to prepare the food before we make our way to Theme Park. Desmond decided to stay behind and look after the chalet cos he's having a headache and he needed to wait for Sean...

Had lots of fun in the Theme Park with Dear, Samuel and Frankie. The water ride was fun but getting drenched from head to toe is no no loh... By the time we headed back to the chalet, Sean alrdy got the fire starting and then almost everyone has arrived. hehe.... lots of food and fun sia...

Notty me got Nixon drunk and in the end, I got drunk as well and the 2 of us were behaving like silly fools throughout the whole nite. Haiz... Feel so guilty that I spolit Dear's effort to make this chalet a meaningful one. My apologies to Desmond, Vir, Samuel, Kenneth, Alvin, Frankie, Chee Meng, Alisa, Sean and Nixon... Hope u all did enjoy the chalet even though I was not in a right state of mind. Special apologies to Dear Dear for moving around the chalet, making everyone comfortable and in the meantime taking care of me. Muackz... I love u, Dear and I am really sorry for wat happen...

Woke up on Sunday morning, remembering nothing of wat happen last nite, so Dear, Desmond and Samuel took turns to fill me up. Damn... I must be totally goner to start dancing and rolling on the flr. Haiz... Pack up asap and I am really glad that Desmond, Frankie and Samuel stay over to help out... Took cab home with Dear and Samuel... and slp through the whole afternoon...

Weekend Updates...

2006-10-09T13:57:00.000+08:00

Friday...

Went with my sweet Dear to catch Ivan dancing in Singapore Chinese Girls School. Supposed to be quite an interesting dance known as "Take Flight" I think that both Dear and I enjoyed the show very very much cos the concept of the storyline was gd and all the dancers really put in a lot of effort.

Went str8 home after the dance, cos the haze was damn bad. In fact, Dear and I were coughing and feeling sick as well...

Saturday...

Meet Samuel and Jasmine up for lunch at Beach Road cos Samuel needs to buy lots of stuffs for his field camp on Monday. Went shopping around for Samuel's camp stuffs and it seem like he meet so many of his army pals there sia. haha...

After lunch and all that shopping, we moved on to my house. hehe... Waiting for Pearlyn to arrive and we can start on MAJHONG. Samuel had been thinking so much abt Majhong, so I just arrange one session for him, which turns out to be much more than what we bargain for...

Played one round of majhong with Samuel, Pearlyn and Jasmine and headed off to Heartland Mall for dinner since Pearlyn's bf is still working. Had a nice dinner together and it was filled with Jasmine's laughter. haha... Didn't know that I can make her laugh like that...

Went back home for another round of majhong but we only managed to complete the east wind cos Pearlyn got to meet her bf liao, so we waited patiently for Hui San and Desmond to arrive. The four of them had one round of majhong till 1am and Jasmine laughed so much that she started to tear... Evil me lah... haha...

Sunday...

Meet up with Alvin at Bugis to walk walk around since he's not in a gd mood. After that, moved on to PS to meet Dear Dear and Desmond... Walked around for a while and then it's the first time they are introducing DOTA to Dear. haha... surprisingly, Dear love Elemental Tower Defence, and he's not bad at his first try... Think he's getting the game from Frankie liao and trying to practise at home. haha...

PS: I m officially sick now and I have NO voice at all... Pls dun call me, k? hehe...

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

2006-10-05T09:29:00.000+08:00

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

Watched LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE with Nixon and YanFang yest and I must comment that it is a damn funny comedy that introduces me to one of the most endearingly fractured families in the recent movies I watch.

The four-eyed, slightly plump, seven year-old would-be beauty queen Olive BIGAIL BRESLIN) is a little girl with a dream: winning the Little Miss Sunshine contest. Her family wants her dream to come true, but they are so burdened with their own quirks, neuroses, and problems that they can barely make it through a day without some disaster befalling them. Olive's father Richard (GREG KINNEAR), is a flop as a motivational speaker, desperately attempting to sell his 9-step program for success -- without much success and is barely on speaking terms with her mother, Sheryl (TONI COLLETTE). Her uncle Frank (STEVE CARELL), a renowned Proust scholar, has attempted suicide following an unsuccessful romance with a male graduate student. Her brother Dwayne (PAUL DANO), a fanatical follower of Nietzsche, has taken a vow of silence until he gets into the Air Force Academy, which allows him to escape somewhat from the family whose very presence torments him. And Olive's grandfather (ALAN ARKIN), is a ne'er-do-well with a drug habit, but at least he enthusiastically coaches Olive in her contest talent routine. Circumstances conspire to put the entire family on the road together with the goal of getting Olive to the Little Miss Sunshine contest in far off California.

I can still roughly remember some of the interesting quotes from the movie...

Olive: Why were you unhappy?
Frank: I fell in love with someone...
[interrupted by Grandpa blowing his nose]
Frank: ... who didn't love me back.
Olive: Who?
Frank: One of my grad students. I was very much in love with him.
Olive: *Him*? You fell in love with a boy?
Frank: Very much so.
Olive: That's silly.
Grandpa: [under his breath] That's another word for it...

haha... love the way Olive reacts when she gets to know that her uncle is actually gay.

Frank: [recounting his unrequited love for his student] But he went and fell in love with a colleague of mine; Larry Sugarman, the number 2 expert on Marcel Proust in America.
Richard: Who's number 1?
Frank: That would be me, Richard.

Can easily understand why Frank never fails to amuse Richard... haha...

Olive: Grandpa, am I pretty?
Grandpa: You are the most beautiful girl in the world.
Olive: You're just saying that.
Grandpa: No! I'm madly in love with you and it's not because of your brains or your personality.

When I hear that from Grandpa, I was really touched... cos pple often claim that they are in love with you due to somethings... When can love come without any reason?

Olive: Grandpa, I dun want to be a loser. Daddy hates losers.
Grandpa: A real loser is someone who's so afraid of not winning he doesn't even try.

I like the way Grandpa defines losers cos Richard keep stressing that there are only 2 types of pple in this world. Winners or Losers... and I can't really say that Richard is a loser cos he try more than anyone out there and he never give up.

Olive: [going over eye test pamphlets] Mom, Dwayne's got 20/20 vision!
Sheryl: I bet he does...
Olive: Now, let's see if you're colorblind.
[opens the pamphlet]
Olive: What's the letter in the circle?
[Dwayne looks confused]
Olive: The letter... in the circle?
Frank: Can you see a letter, Dwayne?
Olive: It's an A. See? Right there?
Frank: It's bright green...
[Dwayne scribbles anxiously on his notepad - "What?"]
Frank: Dwayne, I think you might be colorblind.
[pause, Dwayne holds up his notepad again - "What?"]
Frank: You can't fly if you're colorblind.

When I saw this part, I was really quite disturbed cos Dwayne wanted so much to fly and be a pilot. He had been holding on to his dream for so long cos I guess that's the only way to leave the family behind and the cold hard truth just hit him so badly... Haiz... how heartbreaking if it was ur dream that got smashed???

Olive: Do you eat ice cream?
Miss California: Yes. My favorite is Cherry Chocolate Garcia... except technically I think it's a frozen yogurt.

To all pple out there who like to eat ice-cream and are afraid of getting fat, that's a quote u shd learn by hard...

Dwayne: You know what? Fuck beauty contests. Life is one fucking beauty contest after another. School, then college, then work... Fuck that. And fuck the Air Force Academy. If I want to fly, I'll find a way to fly. You do what you love, and fuck the rest

How many times are we pulled off by the idea of what we love due to all these things we have to go through in life?

Dwayne: I wish I could just sleep until I was eighteen and skip all of this, high school, everything.
Frank: [explains about how Proust believed your suffering makes you who you are] So if you go to sleep until you're 18...? Think of all the suffering you're gonna miss! High school's your prime suffering years! You don't get better suffering than that!

I like the way how Frank describles suffering years. We often think that we are suffering in this and that but then again how many times were we actually wishing for time to go back, back to the time of suffering once more...

长恨歌

2006-10-02T10:02:00.000+08:00

长恨歌 by 白居易

汉皇重色思倾国，御宇多年求不得。
杨家有女初长成，养在深闺人未识。
天生丽质难自弃，一朝选在君王侧。
回眸一笑百媚生，六宫粉黛无颜色。
春寒赐浴华清池，温泉水滑洗凝脂。
侍儿扶起娇无力，始是新承恩泽时。
云鬓花颜金步摇，芙蓉帐暖度春宵。
春宵苦短日高起，从此君王不早朝。
承欢侍宴无闲暇，春从春游夜专夜。
后宫佳丽三千人，三千宠爱在一身。
金屋妆成娇侍夜，玉楼宴罢醉和春。
姊妹弟兄皆列士，可怜光采生门户。
遂令天下父母心，不重生男重生女。
骊宫高处入青云，仙乐风飘处处闻。
缓歌慢舞凝丝竹，尽日君王看不足。
渔阳鼙鼓动地来，惊破霓裳羽衣曲。
九重城阙烟尘生，千乘万骑西南行。
翠华摇摇行复止，西出都门百余里。
六军不发无奈何，宛转蛾眉马前死。
花钿委地无人收，翠翅金雀玉搔头。
君王掩面救不得，回看血泪相和流。
黄埃散漫风萧索，云栈萦纡登剑阁。
峨嵋山下少人行，旌旗无光日色薄。
蜀江水碧蜀山青，圣主朝朝暮暮情。
行宫见月伤心色，夜雨闻铃断肠声。
天旋地转回龙驭，至此踌躇不能去。
马嵬坡下泥土中，不见玉颜空死处。
君臣相顾尽沾衣，东望都门信马归。
归来池苑皆依旧，太液芙蓉未央柳。
芙蓉如面柳如眉，对此如何不泪垂。
春风桃李花开日，秋雨梧桐叶落时。
西宫南内多秋草，落叶满阶红不扫。
梨园弟子白发新，椒房阿监青娥老。
夕殿萤飞思悄然，孤灯挑尽未成眠。
迟迟钟鼓初长夜，耿耿星河欲曙天。
鸳鸯瓦冷霜华重，翡翠衾寒谁与共。
悠悠生死别经年，魂魄不曾来入梦。
临邛道士鸿都客，能以精诚致魂魄。
为感君王辗转思，遂教方士殷勤觅。
排空驭气奔如电，升天入地求之遍。
上穷碧落下黄泉，两处茫茫皆不见。
忽闻海上有仙山，山在虚无缥缈间。
楼阁玲珑五云起，其中绰约多仙子。
中有一人字太真，雪肤花貌参差是。
金阙西厢叩玉扇，转教小玉报双成。
闻道汉家天子使，九华帐里梦魂惊。
揽衣推枕起徘徊，珠箔银屏迤逦开。
云髻半偏新睡觉，花冠不整下堂来。
风吹仙袂飘飘举，犹似霓裳羽衣舞。
玉容寂寞泪阑干，梨花一枝春带雨。
含情凝睇谢君王，一别音容两渺茫。
昭阳殿里恩爱绝，蓬莱宫中日月长。
回头下望人寰处，不见长安见尘雾。
唯将旧物表深情，钿合金钗寄将去。
钗留一股合一扇，钗擘黄金合分钿。
但教心似金钿坚，天上人间会相见。
临别殷勤重寄词，词中有誓两心知。
七月七日长生殿，夜半无人私语时。
在天愿作比翼鸟，在地愿为连理枝。
天长地久有时尽，此恨绵绵无绝期。

这首诗以喜剧开头而转成悲剧，虽然白居易的立意是“欲惩尤物”，却成了一首爱情的颂歌。这首叙事诗的最成功处就是抒情，相当复杂的情节只用精炼的几句就交代过去，而着力在情的渲染，细致地写唐明皇与杨贵妃爱情的浓烈和贵妃死后双方的思念之情。。。

Love or Bread or Parents/Friends???

2006-09-20T10:54:00.000+08:00

Love - something that everyone is looking for, but yet fails to take care of it once they own it.

Bread - something that nobody can make do without it. Everyday, we are hearing pple talking abt money not enough.

Parents - a phase that we seldom mention at all and is often forgotten in the process of growing up...

Movies nowadays stress a lot on either love or bread in terms of ltr. I wonder if anyone ever give some thots to parents at all. I know for sure that I seldom mention abt parents at all in my blog as well. I am either too much in love or stressed over my bread. In fact, I am one of the guilty parties that seldom communicate with my parents...

Since yng, I am not on gd terms with my dad and it does not surprise anyone that our communication is only limited to around 5 sentences a week, but for my mum, she's always here for me and I really appreciate it. When I am being screamed at by my bitchy boss at work, I know that I can go home and find some comforting words from mum. (although she can be abit naggy sometimes)

I just want to stress that beside love and bread, family and frds are just as impt as well. I know that I would not be wat I am now without mum nagging on me to study hard, without Janson and Gabriel's company during army days, without Vir advising me on my love problems and without so many frds by my side...

Thanks to all of u and this entry is specially dedicated to all parents and great frds out there...

Feel free to leave any comments and share your view on this...

Weekend at Dear's house...

2006-09-11T11:30:00.000+08:00

Friday...

Meet up Alvin, Samuel and Vir for a chat around Vir's house at nite and poor Vir is down with fever loh. Hope he gets well soon. Got a call from Dear as well and knew that he got badly injured in camp. Haiz... Seem that he hurt his ankle... and my heart feel so much pain to hear that loh. Didn't chat with Dear for long cos hp is low bat and then Dear really needs a gd rest now. Hugs Dear...

Saturday...

Went over to Dear's house to accompany Dear in the afternoon. Missed him a lot since he went for reservist and I am really glad that the injury was not that bad as I imagine it would be but Dear got his fingers injured as well. Damn stupid guy lah to kick my Dear during exercise. Luckily I am not around or I would have give him a kick as well... Introduced neopets to Dear and it was so much fun playing with him. All the laughter and excitment when we were playing as a team. Muackz... Dear never fail to bring joy into my life...

In the evening, I headed over to meet Alvin, Chee Meng, Vir, Kenneth and Desmond in Taka Kino while Dear go ahead and created an account in neopets. haha.... Maybe Anna can get him to join her in Maple Story soon. Looked at some of the tarot decks in Taka Kino while Chee Meng and Desmond get a deck each. Forgot the name of Chee Meng's deck and Desmond got "Druid". Both decks are beautiful in their own way and Alvin is appointed as the teacher of Chee Meng while the rest pushed the duties of Desmond's tarot teacher to me... haha... Wonder how much I can teach Desmond when I am such a lousy tarot reader myself...

After dinner, we went over to the Nite Market beside Hougang Mrt Station and enjoyed the audition there. Desmond and Vir each got something they like. hehe... Headed over to my house for a round of majhong after that and the majhong session is so bitchy and fun loh. In fact, we were laughing so loud that I was so frightened that my parents would wake up and scold us sia... haha... I think I still can't help laughing whenever I think of the Captain Planet joke... Always enjoyed playing majhong with the gang cos it was a gd catch up session and the gd thing is that none of us gets pissed over losing money.

Sunday...

Went over to Dear's house in the afternoon to have a look at his new neopets account and intro some easy earning games to him. So nice to watch Dear playing games while I cheer him on. It just gives me such a sweet feeling, to be beside the one u love plus the sharing of fun and laughter. Just a simple and quiet lifestyle bah... Something that I have always being looking forwards to...

Dear, thanks for spending the afternoon with me even though you are injured. You are always so sweet and understanding loh. Muackz... Love u...

PS: For those that know my Dear's LJ, do go in and check out some of the nice pics we took in Cameron Highlands. hehe...

Display of Flowers

2006-09-07T16:52:00.000+08:00

Had been walking to work for the past few days and I start to noticed that SMU is totally surrounded by flowers. Lots of bright red and yellow flowers and one of the stretches even had sunflowers. I was just thinking if we are changing ourselves to become a flower city liao and the construction site beside Cathay are also putting up flowers as decoration to cover up the zinc sheets. mm... It was then I remember that we are doing all this for IMF.

Speaking abt IMF and how 4 million smiles welcome them to this small island reminds me of a joke in office. There is this "Speak Better English" course in office and there is poor response, so one of my colleagues was asking me how come I never sign up for the course and I went like... Government encouraging everyone to smile more now, not talk more cos scared the delegates faint upon hearing our Singlish mah... haha... So pple, just smile and wave...

Day 2 in Cameron Highlands (Part 2)

2006-09-07T16:13:00.000+08:00

Day 2 (Leisure Tour)

The leisure tour is the cheapest of the 3 tour packages that we sign up and the main purpose is just to bring us around to some of the popular spots in Cameron Highlands and maybe do some shopping bah...

Around 3pm, we board the mini van again and set off to the 1st stop - Rose Garden. Upon reaching, our tour guide(not Kenny) give us some brief intro on how big the Rose Garden is and then also remind us that we have to pay an admission fee of 3rm to enter. Upon entering Rose Garden, we finally get to understand why is it called Rose Garden cos the whole basement is fill with all sorts of roses. Quite an interesting place and we did enjoyed moving up the stairs, admiring different types of flowers along the way. In fact, we did come across this strange plant which is totally white. The leaves and stems are all white and at first we thought that it is just a decoration until we caught one blooming small yellow flowers. Looked damn cute loh. Climbed up to the 5th storey of Rose Garden and we thot that's the end, but it's actually mid-point cos from the 5th storey, there's this bridge which lead you all the way to a hill top. Not wanting to miss anything, Dear and I climbed all the way up to the hill top and we were greeted by plantations of sunflowers along the way. Damn fun to be up in the hill to enjoy a bird eye view of all the flower plantations on the hill. Would have stay longer if not for the fact that we had to move on to another spot soon...

After Rose Garden, we went over to a strawberry farm. This strawberry is slightly different from the self-plucking one we went to on our Agriculture Tour. You are not allowed to pluck the strawberries but you can buy some of the strawberry products from the owner directly and have a taste of the fresh strawberries. There were strawberry ice-cream (fresh strawberry coated with vanilla ice-cream and chocolate syrup), honey-coated strawberry and strawberry milkshake. Dear and I only went for the strawberry milkshake cos we were still quite full from lunch and the milkshake did taste different from the one at Macs. You can hardly taste the milk from the milkshake and while drinking it, you may get to eat some small strawberry pulps. Strongly recommended for pple who dun like high milk content in milkshake. haha...

After finishing our drinks and dessert at the strawberry farm, we moved on to the Butterfly Park in Cameron Highlands. Again, we have to pay an entry fee of 5rm and the whole place is swarmed with butterflies sia. At first, we were admiring the butterflies but after a while, I was feeling real sorry for the poor insects. Most of the butterflies' wings were damaged and according to our tour guide, that is because a lot of tourists like to catch the butterflies by their wings and in a way damage them. Haiz... So sad to think that the beautiful butterflies actually can't fly much at all. Inside the Butterfly Park, we also get to see some snakes and other interesting animals like the leaf insect, the stick insect, the king grasshopper, the leaf toad and lots more.

After the Butterfly Park, the tour guide rode us to a small part of the tea plantations that's much nearer to the valley. Dun think it interesting since we had see that earlier on in the morning. Soon, we are on our way to a bee farm liao. When I enter the bee farm, I was expecting some sort of netting to protect us from the bees but then I was wrong. It was all open-concept and there's this cute signboard that reads "Dun pluck flowers or disturb the bees. We are not responsible for any injury." mm... Dun think I would pluck the flowers lah but then wat if the bees come and disturb me? haha... Took a quick walk around the bee farm and all I can see are boxes and boxes of bee hives. Quite cute loh and it lead me to think how are they going to collect the honey if it's an open concept. mm...

With the bee farm being the last stop of the Leisure Tour, we alighted at Brinchang again and start to hunt for steamboat as our dinner. Steamboat is really quite a common dish for dinner around Cameron Highlands and I am glad to say that we got ourselves quite a good bargain. 28rm for a 2 person set steamboat. Eat to our fill and headed over to Nite Market again to do our last minute shopping. Got back to hotel around 9.30pm and we started packing our stuffs, preparing the trip back tml liao...

Dear, it was really nice to go on a trip with you. Although the hoilday was short, I am glad we enjoyed ourselves. Muackz... none of this would be possible without you by my side. Love you...

Day 2 in Cameron Highlands (Part 1)

2006-09-06T16:14:00.000+08:00

Day 2 (Nature Discovery Tour)

Woke up around 8am in the morning and get down to the lobby for breakfast. As usual, we got free breakfast at the hotel cafe known as "Coffee Shop". haha... Buffet breakfast is always good cos u simply get to eat whatever u like. I settled for the traditional nasi lemark while Dear went ahead with his bread and chicken porridge. Overall, we find the breakfast to be quite ok bah and then we need to get ready soon since the Nature Discovery Tour would be starting around 9am. According to our tour guide, too many pple sign up for this Nature Discovery Tour that there would be 3 vehicles driving us around.

1st stop of the Nature Discovery Tour is the tea plantations. Well, this is the first time Dear and I ever see a tea plantation and I must admit that the view is really very beautiful. Once we alight from the mini van, we can see green patches of tea leaves covering over the whole hills and the surrounding land. Not to mention that Kenny was there to brief us on some simple facts of the tea plantations in Cameron Highlands. The tea plantations we went to belong to "BOH" and they are one of the three big companies in Cameron Highlands that owns tea plantations. In fact, the tea bushes we see are actually 77 years old and they had been shipped all the way from UK in the late 1920s. The tea leaves in Cameron Highlands are removed every 21 days depending on the climate. According to Kenny, tea leaves are generally burned into 3 main groups. British Tea (Black Tea) consists of 100% burn tea leaves, Chinese Tea (Brown Tea) consists of 70% burn tea leaves and Japanese Tea (Green Tea) would have 0% tea leaves. In Cameron Highlands, they only produced black tea and our next stop is of course the tea factory.

Once we are inside the tea factory, we are allowed to roam around and take a look at the various process of how tea is being produced. Personally, I like the process where the tea leaves are placed under huge rollers to extract the juices from the tea leaves cos the place smell so nice. Full of the aroma of tea and Dear told photos of the whole process as well. hehe... After touring the tea factory, we moved on to the shopping part of the tea factory and sample some of the tea. I must comment that the strawberry tea that they produced tasted real nice loh but then again, it could be due to the quality of strawberries bah. haha...

After the tea factory, we took on the super challenging mountain ride in the mini van to one of the mountain tops. On this mountain top, we got to climb up a 4 storey tower with very narrow steps to have an overall view of the whole Cameron Highlands. Climbing up the narrow steps is still ok but coming down is such troublesome loh and Dear is shivering on the top level due to all that chilly winds. Hugs...

After the marvellous view of the whole Cameron Highlands on this high viewing point, we moved on to a natural trail by the side. We were given a short training on some hiking tips and of course some general knowledge of the types of leaves in the forest and their uses. Most of the leaves in the forest are poisonous and we were taught on how to identify some of them in case we get lost and have to resort to eating leaves to survice. hehe... Went on the natural trail with Dear and it was fun although the soil was wet and there were lot of this alga thingy growing on the tree trunks. Since some of the path proved to be quite difficult for children, Dear and I help to carry this little gal (the same one who took the coach bus with us) whenever we come across it. Was so nice to care for this little gal and she's always so cute, whispering words of thank you whenever we help her cross some of the path. Anyway, it was really a short trail while some of the experts go ahead and went in deeper with Kenny. On the way back, one of the ladies in our team slipped and fall... and it was quite a bad fall cos her shirt and jeans were covered with mud. Was quite a shock to all of us but luckily she never got injured.

After the natural trail in the cooling forest, we board the mini van and moved on to one of the villages in Cameron Highlands. Stayed there for a while and have a feel of the village life before we moved on to see this small waterfall. Didn't find it really very nice cos it's such a small one and not forgetting that the river is polluted... Sad...

With that, we end our Nature Discovery Tour and make our way back to Brinchang. Decided to have lunch at one of the nearby coffee shops since we would be going for the Leisure Tour in an hour time. Ordered a simple lunch of one meat and one veg with Dear and the portion was quite big for 2 person but being hungry from all that moving around in the morning, we soon finished everything and went around window shopping. In fact, the 2 of us are hunting for a leather pencil case for Nixon cos he mentioned that it was what he wanted. Wasted quite a lot of time hunting for it and then we even asked Ms Lim and Kenny if they know of any shop around that sells leather stuff. Guess Cameron Highlands is really not a place to ask for leather stuffs loh. haha... Finally, both of us settled for this rattan hand made pencil case since we are really at our wits end or we can't be bothered to hunt for the leather one anymore liao. haha...

-------- Leisure Tour coming up soon--------

Silly me...

2006-09-05T11:13:00.000+08:00

Was chatting with someone over msn this morning and I was asking him what's he doing now...

His reply was : I eating bf now...

and I went like... Isn't it a bit tmi that u tell me such things early in the morning. Was about to add that u shd go ahead and enjoy "eating" and I shd not disturb, before I got a *PIAK* and realised that he's actually eating breakfast... haha... Really silly me loh...

Nite Market...

2006-09-05T10:17:00.000+08:00

Day 1 (Nite Market in Cameron Highlands)

It was around 7pm when we reached the Nite Market and there's a real big stretch of stalls loh. Decided to walk from one end to another with Dear. We started at the end selling clothes and some interesting key chains. Dear was so excited by the cute key chains that he wanted to buy immediately but I told him since it's still early, we should walk around and compare prices. haha... so auntie, rite?

Moved from one stall to another and there are just too much things to see, not to mention that there's a lot of food as well. hehe... In fact, Dear and I were aiming for the corn maze after our visit to the vegetable farm in the afternoon. Would buy it when we are able to make our way back to the hotel bah. hehe...

Another interesting stall that caught our attention is the honey stall. 3 huge pieces of honey combs are placed inside this glass container and the honey combs are held by this small machinery. When the stall holder switched on the machinery, the honey combs are spinned in quite a fast manner and the honey is spinned out due to this process, drippling into the glass container. The stall holder then open a tap at the bottom of the container to fill up a flask with the honey that's being spinned out from the honey combs. Using the flask, he pour the honey into small glass bottles for sale. Before purchase, the stall holder would also ask u if u would like to have a small piece of the honey comb in the glass bottle. First time Dear and I get to see how pure honey is extracted for sale sia. Knowing how much Vir would like to have one, Dear and I got one small glass bottle of honey for him. The glass bottles are sold in pairs, 2 for 20rm and if you bought 4 bottles, you would get a mini bottle free.

As we walked pass the numerous food stalls, we moved on to another sector of the Nite Market - the vegetables and flowers section. In this section, you get to see all sorts of vegetables and flowers that's being farmed in Cameron Highlands. All of them look so huge and fresh and super cheap loh... but then dun think Dear and I want to buy any vegetables or flowers but admiring them is quite enjoyable as well. Of course, freshly packed strawberries are almost everywhere as well and yah, I do encouraged checking of prices loh. haha...

Shopped till 8.45pm and we bought back quite a lot of things, not forgetting the corn maze selling at 3 for 10rm. hehe... Walked back to the picking point, paid 3rm each and waited for Kenny to ride us back to our hotel. Well, this Cameron Highlands Tour Agency offered free transport from Brinchang to Equatorial and Strawberry Park at the cost of 3rm per pax on every Friday and Sat nite due to the Nite Market. The pick-up timing is either 9pm or 10pm and because we had such a busy day, we decided to take the 9pm mini van back. Almost forget to mention that we can also take cab as well but the taxi fare would cost around 20rm and it's extremely difficult to catch a cab after 9pm at Brinchang.

Got back to our room and started unpacking the numerous things we bought. Took a short rest and we started feasting on our 珍珠玉米(corn maze) cos it's not totally yellow in colour. In fact, there are some white spots here and there, making it look like 珍珠(pearl)... It's super sweet and delicious loh. Come to think of it, it makes a real nice supper for us before we retired for the nitez and get ready for the Nature Discovery Tour tomorrow morning...

-------- Nature Discovery Tour and Leisure Tour coming up next... --------

Arrival at Cameron Highlands

2006-08-31T16:43:00.000+08:00

Day 1 (Day of Arrival in Cameron Highlands)

Although the bus journey was extremely long, Dear and I managed to reach Cameron Highlands around 8am in the morning. Along the snake-like way up the mountain, Dear saw mist and realised that it could be super cold sia. Dear put on his windbreaker immediately and start shivering, thinking that he may not enjoy the trip due to the cold weather. Told him that it may not be so cold since mist is quite common in the morning. hehe...

Well, the coach bus stop at Brinchang, one of the small towns in Cameron Highlands. Dear and I alight and make a short trip around this small town. Bought some light snacks from one of the stalls around and the food is relatively cheap loh. Gathered back at the bus after a while cos there is an announcement to be made. Soon, we get to see this lady (Ms Lim) from one of the agency in Cameron Highlands. Well, Ms Lim inform all of us that for Singaporeans, we are either staying in Equatorial or Strawberry Park and for those staying in Strawberry Park, the road is too narrow for the coach bus to make it's way up there, so she would arrange for a mini van to send them up. Luckily, Dear and I decided to stay in Equatorial cos the coach bus would send us up there after Ms Lim is done with us. haha....Well, you can find out more abt this hotel from here => http://www.equatorial.com/cam/

After a short intro of herself, Ms Lim move on to brief us on some of the interesting sights in Cameron Highlands. She basically just mention all of us that her agency is offering some interesting tour packages. Leisure Tour for 25rm, Nature Discovery for 60rm, Agriculture Tour for 65rm, and of course some special tours like the Sunrise Tour for 50rm and Nature Hiking for 50rm. All the tours sound so interesting sia and each tour last for around 4 hours bah. After some short discussion with Dear, we decided to take the afternoon Agriculture Tour for today and the morning Nature Discovery plus afternoon Leisure Tour for tomorrow. hehe... Ms Lim also inform us that it's an excellent choice that we are staying over for 2 days cos the Nite Market in Brinchang is only open on Fri and Sat nites. After settling all the payment and making sure that all those staying at Strawberry Park had alighted, our coach bus make the way up to Equatorial. It was then we realised that Equatorial is really quite a distance from Brinchang town. Around a 10 minutes car ride bah.

Dear and I were really lucky cos we managed to get a free upgrade into a Family Suite. hehe... and the Family Suite is really big loh, with a mini living room area and we even got 2 Tvs. haha... Since the coach bus ride was really uncomfortable, Dear and I took a quick nap after unpacking our stuffs. Woke up around 1pm and we headed for the cafe in the hotel for a simple lunch. Lunch was great and we get to try out the strawberry tea over there. It tastes delicious sia...

We pasted the stickers for Agriculture Tour and waited for our tour guide. Around 3pm, our tour guide aka the driver came and pick us up in the mini van. Our tour guide is called Kenny and both of us find him cute. haha... The first stop for the Agriculture Tour is Catcus Valley. Kenny bring us around Catcus Valley and intro us to quite a lot of interesting flowers and fruits. In fact, he roughly told us the age of some of the catcus around there and show us some of the interesting catcus and how they got their names. Of course, in Catcus Valley, we also get our chance to see some fruits. In fact, Dear managed to took pics of ripe green apples, fresh red tomotao, bunches of grapes and lots more... It had been fun exploring the area with Dear and trying to find new interesting things to take photos of. hehe...

Our next stop is the Self-Plucking Strawberry Farm. Well, none of us seem to be interested in that and the strawberries seem to be of quite small size and yah... strawberries had no seasons in case any of you are wondering when's the best date to go plucking for strawberries. After confirming that no one wants to pluck any strawberries, Kenny told us that in Cameron Highlands, there's 2 types of jam, strawberry jam and traffic jam. If there are traffic jam, means lots of tourists so less strawberry jam. During the non-peak period, strawberry jam can be reached at a very low price loh. haha...

Our 3rd stop is one of the nearby vegetable farms. Although it's raining slightly, Dear and I still attempt to climb up the slippery steps to have a view of the vegetables the family are growing on that small hectare of land and we get to know from Kenny that the farmers have to pay around 600rm annually for one hectare of land. Saw some huge cabbages and long corn maze. Really admire how many vegetables they can try to grow in one hectare of land and yet arrange them nicely.

The 4th stop is the watercress plantations. At first, Kenny just parked the mini van on a hill top and start introducing to us the watercress planations that's at the valley of the hill. In fact, Dear video cam the whole introduction of watercress plantations by Kenny. At first, I thot that was it. Just point to us the watercress plantation and we can move on, but no... Kenny in fact got us to climb down the hill with us to have a close up view of the watercress plantations. It was then we realise from Kenny that watercress must be grown in moving water or it would turn a bit purplish and become less crunchy. Interesting knowledge gained sia. Climbing up and down the hill was no easy task sia but it was all worth it. The view from the valley and the surrounding environment is just so relaxing loh... Really make us feel so at ease...

We moved on to the 5th stop, which is the cabbage and capsicum plantations. Frankly speaking, this is the first time I get to see such huge cabbage, it was around 40cm in diameter, ok? Super huge, rite? In fact, Kenny was telling us that most of the farmers are trying to grow organic vegetables in Cameron Highlands but due to the past years of using pesticide, the soil are contamined so they can never produce 100% organic food and for your info, chicken droppings is no longer considered as an organic fertilizers cos chicken are all injected with chemical substances now. The capsicum plantations are really very interesting as well cos we get to see white ones beside the normal yellow, red, orange and green ones. In fact, capsicum are green at first and they would slowly change colour as they grow bigger and due to this fact, the other colour can cost 10 times more expensive than the green ones. Of course, the white ones being more rare can reach a higher price. It was then Dear noticed that camera is on low bat now and he started to get worry cos we still have another stop.

Our final stop for the Agriculture Tour is the Chrysanthemum plantation. Kenny explained to us that the chrysanthemum are exposed to light 24 hours everyday cos this would speed up the growth of the plant and the harvest is usually done during every 初一 and 十五 for sale to the prayers. In fact, the chrysanthemum in the farm are grown up in 2 different way, one is by cutting off the middle flower so the nutrition can flow to the the other flowers allowing them to bloom nicely while the other method is to cut off all the other flowers in the stalk except the one in the middle. In fact, the middle one would be protected and the removance of the other flowers would only ensure that all nutrition only goes to the middle flower, thus allowing it to bloom bigger, which is the common type we see pple selling to prayers heading to the temple.

After a tiring trip, Kenny rode us to a nearby coffee shop, where dinner is provided. Dinner was great and it consist of fish, chicken, vegetables, beancurb and watercress soup. Had our fill and all of us agreed that all these was definitely worth 65rm sia. hehe... Since it's around 7pm liao, Kenny decided to drop us at the Nite Market.

-------- More exciting things at Nite Market coming up soon --------

Updates after my trip to Cameron Highlands...

2006-08-30T14:08:00.000+08:00

DAY 1 (Day of Departure)

Dear and I are taking the coach bus at Beach Road around 10pm for our holiday trip to Cameron Highlands on Thursday. Both of us went for work as usual and then tried to leave on the dot so that we can have enough time to do any last minute packing. haha...

Had dinner at home and rushed over to Dear's house. Almost forget to bring some stuffs cos Dear keep calling me and make me so nervous sia, but I guess both of us are just super excited over the trip. Met him near his house and we proceed to take bus down to North Bridge Road. Was super super happy to meet Dear up loh, cos we have not meet at all since my reservist. Hugs... really nice to have him by my side loh.

Alighted at North Bridge Road and walked over to Beach Road. Bought some bread along the way cos we know that we are bound to be hungry and then it may turn out to be our breakfast loh. haha... In fact, we reached the agency around 8.45pm, which is super early lah so we went over to Concourse to relax... Turn out that it's a super quiet place so took the change to give Dear a hug and lots of kisses. hehe...

Left Concourse around 10.05pm and then we saw our bus... DAMN... it was a Konsortium Coach Bus although we got our tickets under Five Stars Agency. Sianz... and then we got the 2nd seat from the back. Was a bit disappointed but then Dear and I were still very excited over the idea of spending a holiday together. Well, we got to meet some interesting group of pple in our coach bus. First, we suspect we have a gay couple in the bus but then I was thinking it looks more of a social escort on a holiday with a rich Ang Mo. haha... Saw this vietnam mum with her 2 teenager daughters and one of them was holding her booster throughout the whole trip. Looks damn funny loh cos the booster is quite dirty and I can tell that it's her favourite bedtime toy for quite some time. haha... Saw this nice couple with their 4yr old daughter. The young girl is so cute loh but we didn't get much chance to chat with her although she's only sitting in front of Dear...

The whole journey was fun and I find it real sweet to hold Dear's hands in the coach bus while both of us doze off... The coach bus make a few stops along the way but the most funny one was the stop at KL around 3am. At first, we were thinking that it's a toilet break and then making our way from the back to the front, only to realise that they are only dropping off pple at one of the hotels in KL and there's no toilet break. Dotz... Wonder how do they check in around 3am in the morning and what if there are no rooms? mm....

-------- Day 1 in Cameron Highlands to be continued --------

Cheated... (True account from a colleague of mine)

2006-08-21T15:50:00.000+08:00

Hello Friends,

I just want to share with you a terrible experience we had when we
traded-in my mother-in law cellphone at the *CYBER JIN Pte Ltd (Lucky
Plaza #B1-81,near 7-eleven) *this weekend.

The story goes like this; my Mom wanted to trade-in her old cellphone to
buy a brand new N70. We accompanied her to the Lucky Plaza hoping we
could get a good bargain. Then we found this store that agreed to buy my
Mom's cellphone for $220 and would charge us only $550 (net) for an N70
under the condition that we do both transactions (buy and sell) with
them. So far, this store offers us the best bargain compared to other
stores from the rest of the building.

We agreed to their transaction proposal as we were then in a bit of a
hurry (she was only a tourist and would stay in Singapore for only
4-days).
However, when we were about to pay, the salesman suddenly told us "Why
do you want an N70? This is a very bad phone. In fact this is one of the
most problematic phones of Nokia." He immediately caught our attention
and in fact gained our trust (imagine a salesman telling you that a
product you are about to buy from him is not worth the money you are
paying it for).
He
then proceeded to make his presentation about why we should not buy an
N70 and even said "If you really want it I can sell it to you but please
know that we've heard a lot of complains about it".
Afterwards, he brought out an N6280, which he said was by far a better
phone than the N70 at almost the same price (he even gave another short
presentation of its advantages). Of course, since he already gained our
trust, we found his presentation very convincing. We bargained for the
phone and he said "I can give it to you at just $555 (net)".

After being impressed by a convincing presentation, my Mom agreed to
trade-in her old cellphone for $220, and buys the brand new N6280 for
$555(This means that she just would have to shell out another $335). We
told the salesman that we would pay by Nets and we gave him our card.
While paying, he tried to sell to us a 64Mb mini-SD Card for $20. We
said we did not want it (as my mother wouldn't use it anyway). We
proceeded with the transaction, got our phone and asked for the receipt.
The salesman said that the Nets certificate would be our receipt. Should
we encounter any problem, we just look for him and he would be happy to
assist us. Since we are in a hurry, we took our phone and nets
certificate and left. While we were leaving, he handed us the 64Mb
mini-SD Card and said "Take this as a free gift from me".

After a long day of sight seeing and a little shopping, we finally got
home and my mom finally had her first chance to test her new cellphone.
To her surprise, the supposedly brand-new cellphone had contact numbers
(some even had photo-contacts) of some people in its phone memory
(meaning it was used and wasn't brand new!). We then checked the phone's
serial number (IMEI#) and again to our dismay, we found out that the
phone's IMEI# doesn't match the IMEI# listed in the box. We did a
research to see what other things the salesman tricked us into believing
and we found out that the 64Mb SD Card that he was trying to sell us for
$20 was in fact part of the phone's original package (some other things
listed as part of the original package as seen from brochures were also
missing). Not just that, we checked the Nets certificate, and learned
that he charged $355 instead of just $335 (so sneaky, we didn't even
notice!). Worst of all, we found that the price of the N6280 from
neighboring stores is just $450(net) while he sold it to us for a total
of $575! (Including the extra $20 we did not notice that he charged us
through Nets).

Imagine how disappointed my Mom would be after knowing that she bought a
cellphone that is not just $100+ overpriced but is also isn't brand new
as we were made to believe (plus the fact that some of the components
from the original package were removed and the that salesman charged
more than what we had agreed).

The next day, we went back to the store to complain and get a refund.
The salesman said that he couldn't give us a refund. What he can do is
to buy the cellphone we bought from him a day ago for $575, and give us
ONLY $300 (does he think we're that stupid!!!)... We did not agree and
insisted a REFUND; during our discussion one of his colleagues shouted,
"Give them a new box so that they would leave!!!" (He's so rude!) I
don't know how stupid these people think we are if all we came for was
to get a new box.... I told them that if they wouldn't refund our money,
we would report this matter to the police. They just gave an insulting
grim and said "Go ahead, we'll see you in court" and then one of them
lit a cigarette (inside the shop), and smoked in front of us and along
the hallways of the mall (while wearing that insulting smile) as if
telling us that he is not scared of the police. In fact, he can smoke in
a "No Smoking Zone".

While we were leaving (to complain to the police) we came across an
Indian couple who owns souvenir shop nearby and told us that this (our
incident) happens almost every week. The Indian lady said that this
store always gets complains from tourists but are always able to get
away with it because tourists usually would just go away. She also said
that this store avoids (if they can) giving receipts to unsuspecting
customers to cover their fraudulent transactions. She suggested that if
we can, we should complain these people to the authorities because they
make Singapore look bad. We went to the security department of Lucky
Plaza and the security people helped us contact the police. The Lucky
Plaza security people also admitted that this always happens but it's
just not their jurisdiction so they really cannot do anything about
these incidents other than making a report to the police. The security
people also advised that it is illegal for a store not to issue a proper
receipt detailing all transactions to a customer. This means that the
Nets certificate that we have (although having the store name and
address) is not a valid receipt after all.

The police came, talked to us and told us to wait for them at the
security counter of the mall while they went to the store and talked to
these people. We told the police that we want a refund because we were
cheated and do not trust these people or any of their products anymore.
We also reported that the store did not issue a proper receipt. The
police went to the store, talked to the manager and came back to tell us
that the manager's suggestion was to give us a new N6280 (one that
matches the IMEI of box and the unit!!!) so that all of these would be
settled. We told the police that we want a refund and we don't want to
do any business with them. Then, the Police suggested that we file our
complaints to CASE, because they are not the right person for these
kinds of situations.

As of now, we are gathering all evidence we can that could help when we
file our complaint to CASE. We are hoping that the Nets certificate that
we have will suffice as one of our evidences. We are no longer
interested of the refund, what we want now is to teach these crooks a
lesson so that they will stop cheating other people.

Let this email be a warning to you and your friends. Always check a
product very well (research if possible) before buying and always make
sure you get a 'detailed receipt' of all your transactions.

Never fall prey on these predators waiting for unsuspecting customers.

End of 5th Reservist

2006-08-21T14:22:00.000+08:00

yes... reservist has come to an end and I am back in office now, trying to clear the piles of work and to make things worse, I am so packed for the next few days. Going for a company high level meeting on Wed and Thurs. Leaving for Cameron Highlands on Thurs nite and coming home on Sunday nite. Attending a 2 day course at IPAM on Mon and Tues, thusI can only be back in office on next Wed, which means more things to clear sia. Sianz...

Reservist sucks big time and there's totally no communication at all. Being forced to take up a lot of shitty thing and then I got news that I am going to be recommended for promotion. Haiz... promoted to 3SG means I have to do COS duty on top of my armskote duty liao... Lots of things happen in reservist and then plus the day and nite training cause me to have only 5 hours of slp for the past few days.

Fall sick during reservist so stay at home over the weekends to have a gd rest. Hoping to get well before Thurs since I would be heading to Cameron Highlands with Dear. Really looking foward to a gd holiday and have a nice rest... Have not seen Dear for quite some time liao cos he was sick as well. Haiz... Hope he gets well soon...

Happy Birthday, Singapore

2006-08-10T11:14:00.000+08:00

Tuesday...

Met up with Nixon after work cos planned to watch fireworks mah. hehe... His hp had no bat and he was disturbing me throughout the whole journey to find a place for him to charge his hp. Dotz... Knew that he had a bad day and then never eat anything since lunch cos he was broke. Keep reminding me the exact amt he had in his pockets. haha... In the end, went to buy sushi with him and he insist that I "forced him" to eat it when he was complaining that he's still hungry after he finished the sushi. Walked from City Hall to esplanade and it was super packed loh.

Once we reached Esplanade, it was so packed that we have to keep walking towards Marine Bay. Nixon mentioned abt going near to the area where Elton vomitted. haha... yah... I guess most of us remember that very interesting Christmas... and it was so much fun... Found a spot and settled down. Chatted with Nixon on his trap since he sound abit confused. During the chat, he mentioned he was tired and wanted to slp but I can see the teardrops flowing down his face. Haiz... Guess he's caught in his trap afterall... Really hope he would be alright.

Kenny joined us later and I had so much trouble telling him the exact location of us sia. Guess I am really very bad at giving directions. hehe... Once Kenny joined us, we started the power of bitching liao... and we did know a very interesting thing through the bitching. Micheal from NINES is becoming a bitch liao. haha... but then Micheal's bitching is very concentrated on one person only loh and it had been going on for a few months liao...

Dear called me up to join us cos earlier on, he's meeting his friends up for dinner. hehe... Dear managed to rush down to Esplanade before 9pm and the silly me again have problems giving him directions. Thanks to Kenny that helps along the way. In the end, I went and pick up Dear. By the time we meet, I can sense that he's sweating alot loh. Dear must have run all the way to meet me up. Hugs...

Went back to the sitting place and we were just in time to catch the fireworks. Dear recorded a few short clips of the fireworks and it was very nice. Anyway, Dear and I are making arrangements to watch the fireworks with Kenny again on Friday. Must specially thanks Kenny for helping us get tickets loh... oh yah... must sms him to confirm liao...

After the fireworks, rushed back home cos the guys are coming over my place for majhong. So long never played majhong liao. Hands itchy sia... Something bad happened while on the way home and it greatly affected my mood for the rest of the night. Vir, Des and Alvin can sense that I am sad but then I still put on a strong front and crapped during the majhong session. In the end, I m the biggest loser. haha... Not really in the mood for playing majhong mah... Well, it was gd crapping and playing majhong with the guys. Pity that Samuel can't join us and I hope it was not b'cos he needs to spend more time with his KY...

Wednesday...

Called Dear up early in the morning cos we would be going to watch NDP in National Stadium today. hehe... So excited sia cos this would be the first and last time we get to watch NDP in National Stadium...

Make arrangements with Dear and we meet up around 2pm. Headed over to Hougang Mall and bought some sweets and bread just in case we go hungry during the NDP. Took MRT to Boon Keng and board bus 21 to Kallang MRT Station. By the time, we reached there, the whole Kallang MRT Station is so packed loh but it's ok since we are not planning to board the bus. Took a long stroll over to National Stadium instead and I truly enjoyed it. Think I best enjoyed moments with Dear alone bah...

Went through the security check once we reached National Stadium and we went for the goodies bag immediately. Oh... the goodies bags are heavy loh so we know it must be packing. Thinking of how to get rid of some of the heavy items liao... Took us quite some time to find the male toilets, yes... in case u never pay a notice. The whole place is packed with female toilets loh and I wonder why... After some discussion with Dear, we decided to aim for the higher seats so we climbed up the staircase exit. Although we are not allowed to choose our own seats, we were lucky enough to be seated in the top forum and the view was remarkable...

Dear took quite a few photos and I can tell that he truly enjoyed the NDP. While waiting for the program to start, there were a lot of pre-activities but then sad to say, my sector do not have a lot of cheerleaders taking care of us loh so we miss out catching a lot of free gifts. hehe... Saw some interesting performance and we had fun with the Bing Pong Sticks. Damn... I love it when everyone is cheering and making lots of voice. Everybody is so into the mood and spotty sia.

Overall, I really enjoyed myself very much, watching the performance, enjoying the fireworks, and best of all, having Dear by my side, sharing this special moment together. Dear took a few movie clips of some of the interesting performances and fireworks as well but it was a pity the camera run out of memory for the last firework... Neverless, it was a day well spend and we had so much fun... When everything come to an end, Dear and I got to find our way out and we also die from walking all that distance back to Kallang MRT Station. Luckily for us, our bus came quickly when we were at Kallang MRT Station and it was not PACKED. haha...

Dear, thanks for celebrating this day with me and I am glad you enjoyed the performance at National Stadium as much as I do... Muackz...

Singapore, Happy 41st Birthday

Beautiful Love

2006-08-07T14:42:00.000+08:00

Beautiful Love by 蔡健雅

看住时间　别让它再流浪
从前我　太适应悲伤
你的出现在无意中　却深深撼动我
一起走着　没说什么　心是满足的

这个世界　随时都要崩塌
我没有　其他的愿望
假如明天将消失了　趁现在我爱着
只想记得　被你抱着　温热的感受

Love Beautiful So Beautiful
我失去过　更珍惜拥有
多庆幸我是我　被你疼爱的我
紧紧牵住的手　不要放手　永远守护我

Love beautiful So Beautiful
我很快乐　你会了解我
我不会再哭泣　是因为我相信
我们勇敢的爱着　每秒钟
都能证明　一生的美丽

这个世界　随时都要崩塌
我没有　其他的愿望
假如明天将消失了　趁现在我爱着
只想记得　被你抱着　温热的感受

Love Beautiful So Beautiful
我失去过　更珍惜拥有
多庆幸我是我　被你疼爱的我
紧紧牵住的手　不要放手　永远守护我

Love Beautiful So Beautiful
我失去过　更珍惜拥有
多庆幸我是我　被你疼爱的我
紧紧牵住的手　不要放手　永远守护我

Love Beautiful So Beautiful
我很快乐　你会了解我
我不会再哭泣　是因为我相信
我们勇敢的爱着　每秒钟
都能证明　一生的美丽

Love's Beautiful So Beautiful~

Got intro to this song by Vir and I must comment that the lyrics are very meaningful... Would like to take this chance to intro it to all of you as well...

Specially dedicated to all friends who's seeking love or happily in love...

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Relaxing Weekend with friends...

2006-08-07T11:57:00.000+08:00

Saturday...

hehe... got to work this sat so woke up early to rush to office. Quite a peaceful and relaxing day in the office and I hardly have any calls to attend to. Not that I mind working on a Sat, just that I am heading off to JB later on in the afternoon and I may be real tired sia.

Dear decided to meet me up after work and have lunch together. hehe... So sweet of him loh. Passed by Guan Yin Miao so we went in to pray. Then we make our way to have our lunch. In the meantime, we keep calling up our friends to make arrangements to meet at Kranji for our trip to JB. Walked over to City Hall and took mrt down to Kranji. Since it's a long journey, Dear and I took a nap so I missed Vir's calls... and haiz... we didn't get to chat at all. Hugs... Hope everything's well in camp. Miss u too...

Meet up Alvin, Chee Meng, Juv, Jumali and Frankie for our exciting trip to JB. hehe... Was filling up the white card when the bus is making so many jerks loh. In the end, I can't even read what I am writing. haha... It was super packed at the customs since it was a Sat and I guess a lot of malaysians are heading for home bah. Managed to cross over to Malaysia around 5pm.

Alvin and Chee Meng went for a haircut since it's really quite cheap and Jumali joined them as well, while the rest of us go for shopping. Stopped by at Marrybrown to have some ice-cream and the restaurant is really very nice loh. They got this swing at both side of the tables as seats. Love the feeling of sitting on the swing while having ice-cream with Dear. hehe...

Shopped around and then we decided to settle for dinner at this long stretch of roadside stalls. Really ordered a lot of food and we were bloated by the end of dinner. Took the express bus back to bugis and this marks the ending of our short trip to JB. Think Dear and I would go again bah, maybe with Vir and Desmond or with Vivian they all...

Sunday...

Was chatting over with Dear over the phone in the afternoon of a gd place to hang out and enjoy ourselves. Thinking of going to East Coast to enjoy some sea breeze and then relax a bit. Give some thots to who we should ask along and decide on Nixon and Desmond. Just want to hang out with some gd friends who can offer excellent company. Sms Nixon and realise that he's tired and frustrated over his hair issue. Talked to Dear abt it and we decided to drop by Nixon's hse to help him out. haha...

Arrived at his house around 3pm and we were deciding on how to style his hair since he decided not to go for a haircut liao. Got him to wet his hair and he got it so wet that I have to spend time wiping it clean and then got to use the hairdryer in the end. Dear was busy taking photos of Nixon in his different hairstyle. Well, the first one was him after he dry his hair. Dear thinks that Nixon looks gd in it. Well, I did try to style his hair and then comb it to the way I wanted. It did turn out great. Even Dear feels that Nixon looks more decent with the neat hairstyle. haha... Being notty, I try to spike up his hair and it turn out be a sharky hairstyle. Looks damn cool loh although Nixon and Dear keep saying that I am mad... In the end, we give up cos Nixon had real soft long hair that's so difficult to style and then we were going to be so late to meet Desmond up if we still continue playing with his hair.

Asked Nixon to take a quick bath so that we could be on our way and Dear and I make him wear his orange tee. hehe... cos Dear is wearing an orange singlet and I am wearing an orange polo. It's an orange outing loh. haha... and not forgetting that we were drawing quite a lot of attention on our orange combination...

Arrived super late at East Coast and we can tell that Desmond had been waiting very long for us liao. hehe... Sorry Desmond. Walked around East Coast and we get to enjoy the nice sea breeze while Dear is busy snapping photos of everyone and er... some scenery? haha... Only Nixon and Dear keep looking out for nice scenery... Walked till we reach this water-ski-ing area in East Coast Park. Sat down and enjoyed some of the interesting stunts put up by some of the cuties over there. In fact, Desmond thot that the speed is too slow to put up much stunts. After a while, we focus our attention on this AJ couple, cos one of the guy manage to do it quite well while the other one keep failing and Nixon was commenting that the one who keep failing must be the bottom, thus no arm power. haha... In fact, we were thinking of recommendating the "bottom" the kneeling method for water ski-ing cos Nixon keep stressing that he would put off quite well now that he can use his ass power. haha...

Anyway, Dear and Nixon both comment that the music from the restaurant near to the water ski-ing area is damn nice and cause both of them to think of clubbing. haha... Walked around abit more till we reach the shipping jetty and can tell that everyone is damn tired liao. Think that we can still be so energenic cos we keep crapping and bringing up lame jokes, plus some of the old TV serial drama that we watch before. Headed over to the hawker centre around 8pm and it was so packed so we settled for a drink and took cab to Parkway. Almost got the taxi uncle to drive us to Parklane and got Nixon all excited.... at killing me. haha...

Reached Parklane and forced Nixon to go for a haircut at QB house since he keep complaining abt him being broke. Thot the new hairstyle was nice and then with this length of hair, it would be much easier to style liao but Nixon being lazy Nixon would not do anything abt the hair. haha... Keep teasing him over someone until I got hit on my head by his slippers. SobSob... Learn to suan him at a distance next time... hehe...

Had our dinner at the foodcourt cos there's this nice armoa that keep coming out of the foodcourt. While having our dinner, told Desmond and Nixon on some of the lame jokes from "Hookwinked" and got them laughing out loud sia, not forgetting the jokes on my poly mates as well. haha... Took the same bus back so we could continue our crapping along the journey. Alighted at Potong Pasir with Dear and Nixon, and after briefing Nixon on what things to pack, Dear and I make our way home. Frankly speaking, Dear and I really enjoy ourselves cos it's just so much fun, hanging out and crapping... Guess the company is always more important than the agenda of the day... Looking forward to more fun hang out with u guys sia...

Special Thanks to my sweet Dear for making the day such a sweet one, cos with your presence, U bring so much joy to my life...

R U Sensitive?

2006-08-02T11:40:00.000+08:00

Was talking to Dear abt some frds having low self-confidence and feeling insecure, and I was commenting that such pple are actually very sensitive pple. Lots of pple had this impression that sensitive person are gd, cos they can understand you better and they would know just the right things to do at certain times. Well, I feel that sensitive can be gd and bad, depending on the angle u r looking from. Like most of the stuffs in this world, something gd can become bad if u did not handle it the correct way.

Being sensitive to others' needs is a gd thing cos it shows that u r quite observant and that could be one of the main reasons why pple choose u as a close frd bah. Well, my boss did comment once that most AJs are more sensitive in that sense. haha...

Being sensitive to others' passing remarks could be a killer. Most of the time, we complicated simple issues just b'cos we are over sensitive liao. I have seen how others sink into depression just b'cos of a passing remark on how old, fat or ugly he is. Maybe most of the AJs tends to go for external beauty more than anything else in this world, thus the trend is such that everyone gets low in spirit when he dun find himself the center of attraction... Well, I have known cuties who rather lead a simple and quiet life than being in the center of attraction... so is it really that important to listen to others' passing remarks and tie yourself down with it???

Just a special entry dedicated to frds who feel down easily and dun have much of a self confidence...

Singapore Fireworks Festival 2006

2006-08-01T09:39:00.000+08:00

Singapore Fireworks Festival 2006

Organiser: UnUsUaL Productions Pte Ltd
Location: Marina Bay
The Shows begin at 9pm

Sat, 5 Aug 2006: Team ITALY by Mr Francesco AMBRICO of Magic Events.
Tue, 8 Aug 2006: Team SINGAPORE by Mr Hery NG of Spectaworks Pte Ltd.
Fri, 11 Aug 2006: Team NEW CALEDONIA by Mr Charles GERMAIN of Inter-Dis SARL.
Sat, 12 Aug 2006: A Complimentary Musically Choreographed Fireworks Display by the French Team of Singapore Fireworks Festival 2004.

A week full of Birthdays...

2006-07-31T13:43:00.000+08:00

Friday...

Was Dec's birthday so drop him a sms around midnite but then he never reply. Guess must be too busy with his bf to bother replying my sms liao. Haiz... Getting used to it alrdy. To think that he constantly remind me to sms him more often since he felt that I am not doing my duties as a friend. Frankly speaking, I have forgotten anything to do with this work "duties" after I ORD. haha...

It was Alvin's (babychen) birthday as well. Knew that the whole gang is giving him a birthday dinner but then due to work, I would only be joining them for DOTA instead. Started DOTA first with Alvin(babypanpan), Khris, Juv, Nixon and Pika while waiting for them. Didn't know that Koon actually got Alvin(babypanpan) to book 8 seats for them sia.

The gang arrived around 8pm and it was great to see all of them loh. So long never see Kenny, Daniel and WeiXiang liao. Kenny definitely slim down liao loh. Too bad I didn't get a chance to talk to Daniel and WeiXiang to catch up. Didn't have a chance to play against them cos it was too confusing so yah... quite a pity that I dun have a chance to pin my skills against them. haha...

Happy Birthday Alvin(babychen) and sorry that I didn't join the gang for clubbing. Not really my cup of tea loh and yah... looking forward to more Word Dojo...

Saturday...

Got invited by Juv to watch fireworks at some HDB block near his house. hehe... Dear and I bought some tibits and make our way to Old Airport road for our dinner. Meet Nixon, Frankie and Khris up for dinner before Juv and Jumali came to pick us up to Blk 12 to watch the fireworks. Thanks to Juv, we manage to secure the best standing spots to enjoy the view. Samuel join us later as well and it was fun watching Nixon, Khris and Samuel bitching and laming together. haha...

Thot that Alvin(babypanpan) and Chee Meng would come to meet us up but then they had some personal things to handle to so they could not make it. After watching the fireworks, we make our way over to Juv's house. Once we settled down in Juv's house, we start on playing "Saboteur" Spend quite some time explaining the rules and objectives to the gang cos Nixon, Samuel and Jumali are new players. Nixon and Samuel keep complaining that the game was too complicated loh until they start playing it themselves...

Played for a few rounds until 11pm and we were all laughing out loud towards the end of each game as the role of each player becomes more and more obvious. Nixon won the "Best Player of the Nite" as he almost won for every game. In fact, he was an extreme gd saboteur that put a few of us to shame. haha... Samuel won the "Most Confused Drawf of the Nite" cos he got confused by all our acting that he didn't contribute much to the mining when he was in fact a miner. haha... Khris won the "Silly Drawf of the Nite" cos he (saboteur) actually helps the miners to get the gold instead of blocking them. haha... Jumali won the "Best Acting Drawf of the Nite" cos with his excellent acting, he got all of us a bit confused if he was on our side. Overall, it was a nice game and it was fun to see everyone enjoying themselves, especially Nixon when he almost keep winnning every single game.

Was Kenny's birthday on Sunday and yah... I didn't forget to send him a birthday sms from me and Dear during midnite... Sorry Kenny for not joining in for dinner and clubbing later. I am sure u had fun without me around as well. hehe...

Sunday...

Was raining so Dear and I spend the whole afternoon talking over the phone instead. Only decided to meet up around 5pm and went over to Orchard to do some shopping. Headed into Tangs to have a look and the items are on expensive loh. Moved on to Tangs basement and Dear and I were actually discussing on what utensils to get for our house next time. Well, I fancy some nice looking wooden bowls while Dear was admiring this whole set of plates with bamboo painting on it. I do like the bamboo painted set of plates as well but then we were more or less looking for plastic or wooden stuffs bah. hehe...

After some window shopping, we went to Selegie C-U Foodcourt for dinner. Immediately, Dear like the environment cos it was very quiet. Had our dinner there and started on some discussion for some plans on the rest of the year. Come to think abt it, we are almost having a major event on every month sia. haha...

After the discussion, we headed down to Raffles Shopping Centre Marketplace. Dear commented that it had a brand new look now after the renovation. The basement of Raffles Shopping Centre do look like a maze now after the renovation. Dear and I took our time to explore the place and we settled down for some tea and cake. hehe... We were trying out this carrot cake with almonds and it tasted great. In fact, I got Dear to finish most of the cake since he was hungry mah. Really enjoyed the feeling of being with him, and watching him eat his cake while I drank my tea. I mean I treasure alot the time whenever we are together... Just loved the feeling of him by my side so that I can protect him... Muackz... Dear, I would be your guardian angel, showering you with my care and love and be always here for you...

Nice Weekend Break...

2006-07-24T11:05:00.000+08:00

Friday...

Dear and I both took leave to celebrate our one month ltr's anniversity. Well, mainly it was to take a break and enjoy some time together. hehe... Meet Dear around 11.30am at his place and make our way to United Square. Dear is giving me a lunch treat while I would be giving him a dinner treat...

Had our lunch at this "Globetrotters Restaurant" in United Square, 2nd Storey. The place is very nicely decorated and they even had a small playground for the kids. The main attraction is that they served quite a variety of food from all over the world. I ordered Grilled Fish, while Dear ordered seafood spaghetti. The dishes may be simple but the food do taste great. To top it off, we had New Zealand ice-cream as dessert... Walked around United Square and dropped by Toy 'R' Us to get some inspirations on some new games and prizes for a chalet we planned to have near to Oct. Plans are yet to be confirmed...

After all that window shopping, we headed over to get ourselves some fruit juices from Dear's favourite stall. I ordered celery with honeydrew and I must said that it tasted funny, but then again celery helps to bring down blood pressure so I thought no harm drinking it mah. hehe...

While drinking, we make our way to the bus-stop to plan for the 2nd part of our journey. Going to Marine Square to catch a movie. Actually, Dear was hoping to catch this movie "4.30" a local production but then I think it's off scene now. Haiz... In the end, I make suggestion to watch "Hookwinked" instead. Got our tickets and since it was still early, we had fun playing in the arcade... At least, this Marine Square arcade offered more lives. haha...

Watched "Hookwinked" at Marine Square, GV Cinema 2 and it was quite a cosy cinema with only 8 rows of seats. Although it was Friday, we did not see more than 30 pple in the cinema. Guess not much pple prefer cartoon movies nowadays. Before the movie start, we had an interesting view of some upcoming cartoon movies trailers. "The Ant Bully" http://www2.warnerbros.com/antbully/ , "Monster House" http://www.movieweb.com/movies/film/20/3320/summary.php , "Happy Feet" http://www2.warnerbros.com/happyfeet/ , and "Barnyard" http://www.barnyardmovie.com/

"Hookwinked" begins at the end of the tale and winds its way back . . . It all begins as a feathered and furry assortment of cops and detectives turn up at Granny’s cottage in the woods to answer a domestic disturbance call. It looks at first to be just another open-and-shut case of a woodsman assaulting a wolf impersonating a granny, with an assortment of criminal charges including breaking and entering, intent to eat and wielding an axe without a license.

But looks can be deceiving. As debonair detective Nicky Flippers and Police Chief Grizzly and fellow police officer Bill Stork question the slippery suspects, they discover each one has a completely different, yet equally wild and woolly, tale to tell. Not only that, but it seems that this crime has ties to the notorious “Goody Bandit” who has been ravaging the woods by stealing the valuable recipes that keep the forest in muffins.

None of the group is exactly what they seem, and each has their own deep secrets and wily deceptions. The detectives soon uncover that seemingly innocent Red is worldly wise; that the big, bad Wolf has been terribly misunderstood; that Granny has a secret life no one could have imagined; and that the insecure Woodsman, whose brawn just might outweigh -- well you know the stereotype – has some surprising ambitions of his own. They’re not your usual suspects so who is the real culpirt???

After the movie, we headed over to this Jap Restaurant in Marine Square for dinner , the one that sells yummy ice-cream. (Sorry I forgot the name of the Restaurant. hehe...) Dear ordered Tempera Bento Set while I had my Chicken Bento Set. The food was gd and we were saving our stomach for the desserts... Shared "Green Tea Ice-Cream with Dumplings in Red Bean Paste" and "Soft Ice-Cream with Mango" with Dear. Overall, the ice-cream was yummy but I dun think we would ordered the "Soft ice-Cream with Mango" again cos it's quite normal bah...

Totally enjoyed the whole day out with Dear... Muackz... Thanks for being around...

Saturday...

Dear had to meet his friend, Mark in the afternoon so I asked the gang out for some LAN games. Keep sending sms and before I know it, I already got 9 person out. hehe... Meet Frankie at PS first and headed down to Selegie together. Nixon was the first to arrive, followed closely by Alvin(baby panpan). Started off with a short game cos the whole HQ is so damn packed loh. Got to book more seats in advance mah. Took quite a while before Khris, Koon, Theo. Desmond, and Alvin(baby chen) arrived as well. Playing LAN and getting killed due to poor teamwork is quite fun. haha... Afterall, it's only a game. Dun need to be so serious abt it mah... It had been such a long time since I played in such a big group and it must be a blessing that I get to bully Koon... hehe... Got to leave early cos I had a dinner appt...

Meet up with Dear, Vir, Kenneth, Godmother and Godsis for dinner at Orchard Sakura. Totally enjoyed ourselves, making silly jokes and laughing over Vir's experience in the army... After dinner, we head over to TCC for a cup of coffee. It seem that after the buffet, all of us start to have problems talking sia. Imagine I was saying "Erode" instead of "Europe" and nevertheless, I got everyone laughing out loud... During this period of time, I got Alvin(baby panpan) and Nixon quite pissed off bah. Haiz... Dun make to say too much abt it liao...

Sunday...

Vivian make some arrangements to meet up the whole gang today for lunch and movie. hehe... Had been quite some time since we last meet up, so Dear and I are excited abt it sia. Remember that we were late the other time so Dear and I make additional effort to be earlier this time round...

Had a vegetarian buffet lunch at Grand Court Vegetarian Restaurant, Orchard Shopping Centre, 5th Flr. The food was nice and I enjoyed the laksa very much. In fact, I think all of us eat to our fill and then we even have a table beside us that keep us entertained throughout the whole lunch. Seem that there's a discussion between 2 families on the date of the traditional marriage and the father of the gal does appear to be a bit unhappy abt the arrangement. First time seeing such lunch discussion and I thought it only appear in TV serial drama... haha...

After lunch, Lam had to go off to help his frd move house and then Keen Oon dun like to watch "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" so it was only left with me, Dear and the 3 gals. Found the story to have a lot of missing links here and there and can tell Dear was so confused that he nearly fall asleep. In the end, we stick to kissing each other in the dark to stay awake. haha... but can tell that the gals enjoyed the movie since there was so much laughter from the 3 of them...

After the movie, it was already quite late but we thought it would be nice to play a few games of sabotuer before we head home. Played a few rounds and it's so funny to see everyone trying to act like the miner. Overall, I think this game is really interesting and you can never grow tired of playing it. haha...

Reached home and had a cup of milo for dinner. Feeling damn sick and tired all of a sudden but then Dear's voice do make me feel better... Muackz...

Dear, this is something for u:

认识你是我一辈子的福气，

拥有你是我一辈子的幸福。

Fucking bad mood...

2006-07-20T10:06:00.000+08:00

Damn pissed off now... Heard that Bitchy Boss wanted me to attend a management meeting and help to take minutes. Haiz... Dun know for what fuck, she keep adding on to my current workload and I am alrdy covering Admin, Finance and HR issues in the Dept liao.

Sometimes, she treated me like an office boy and order me to buy coffee and snacks whenever there is a meeting. I am angry at the way she treated me but yah... I try to bear with it cos I need her for my appraisal. To add on to it, she dun approved of my leave if it's more than 3 days in a row, which means I have to force her to let me go on long leave during Dec due to her leave stoppage system lah. Without fail, we would always quarrel during this period of time and I hate it loh...

I think I did mention that I wanted to leave this company if not for the fact that the pay is good and most of my colleagues are gd to me. I need the pay to support my family and then I doubt I can get another job at my current pay. Haiz...

Putting up with her again and again and things never change. Thot that she would be transferred out soon but then it seem that it may not come true again in the near future... Wonder if there's any way I can get God to take her back in his arms and teach her a thing or two before he send her back to Earth. haha......

One mth liao...

2006-07-20T09:35:00.000+08:00

hehe... today marks the one mth anniversity of my ltr with Dear liao. Really very happy to have A* as my bf cos he's such a sweet and nice guy.

Most of the time, Dear always give in to me and my nonsense and then still got to find an appropriate time to inform me of the mistakes I make. Haiz... It must be quite tiring for him to do that and in the same time, got to take care of my feelings. Muackz... Dear, thanks for everything and I really hope to spend the rest of our lives together...

Happy one mth Anniversity and many more to come.... hehe....

过云雨...

2006-07-17T13:31:00.000+08:00

Went with Dear to HMV on Sat and we chanced upon this song. Thought that it was real nice and the lyrics are so nice. Hope all of you would love it as well...

过云雨 by 张敬轩

天空刚下过了场雨
看街上无人不躲
现在的你在做什么
还有没有在想我

快乐是否曾来过
探访我们两个
谁都不想让自己错
剩下了自己一个

找到你爱的咖啡店
尝试去感应着你
喝一杯低糖的 Latte
你还会想偿一口

快乐会否曾来过
探访我们两个
谁都不想让自己错
剩下了自己一个

春夏秋冬
有多少人会走
春夏秋冬
有多少人会懂

传闻你身边有个他
两个人很快乐
听说你跟他提起我
是否对我也牵挂

快乐是否也来过
探访你们两个
谁都不想再让你哭
剩下你自己一个

春夏秋冬
有多少人会走
春夏秋冬
有多少会懂

外面的雨下得太久
我的心感觉冻了
看到这场过云雨
你是否会想起我

Click on this => http://phone.21cn.com/wma/100007.wma to download.

Fun and more Fun...

2006-07-17T11:15:00.000+08:00

Friday...

Having Coy D&D at Act 1, Meritus Mandarin (35th level). Was really looking forward to this Dinner and Dance cos I know that it's going to be a real interesting nite. Afterall, it was me who intro Vir's event company to my welfare committee. haha...

Enjoyed the company and the chit chat with most of my colleagues. In fact, I was running around, carrying the kids of my colleagues and playing with them. I do love playing with kids since young, thus I always have this wish to work in a orphanage over the weekend, but then there isn't any orphanage in Singapore loh... Sad...

Left D&D half way to join Dear and Vivian they all at Le Merdian food court for sabotagers. haha... Kinda of evil sia and then some of my colleagues were quite upset that I left early. Hugs... Really want to go join Dear and gang mah cos usually dun have much time to meet up. hehe...

Saturday...

Dear and I were just complaining that we had no plans for today and it could be quite a boring day. In the end, we decided to walk along Orchard. Within minutes that we step into Orchard, we received calls from various parties making appts to meet up. hehe... Guess pple do miss us when we are thinking of them. haha...

Had our dinner and then meet up with Alvin(babychen), Desmond, Koon, Theo and Ryan(Theo's bf) at Cineleisure. All of them were thinking of playing LAN but then Dear and Ryan dun really play loh so in the end, we make our way to play Word Dojo at PS. Can tell that Alvin is super excited abt it sia and he's so keen to break the high score. haha... Make our way to PS arcade only to realise that the machines for Word Dojo, Photo Hunt etc... were shut down. So sad sia... Didn't really get to play much cos Vir called...

Rushed down to 1st Floor with Dear and Desmond to meet Vir, Kenneth and Alica to go KBOX at Cineleisure. hehe... Tour around the small food fair and we get to meet Koon they all again. Was really very surprised to see Roger(my sec sch friend loh). Think all of them going for clubbing later so we bid gd bye to them and make our way for our karaoke.

Did something to make Dear real angry with me along the way to Cineleisure. Haiz... Left after a while in KBOX... Guys, really sorry that we had to leave early. Had a heart to heart chat after that and I am glad we managed to solve the issue and put it behind. Deep inside my heart, I am grateful to Dear for highlighting to me the things we dun see eye to eye with cos by communicating, I can better understand the problem and prevent it from happening next time.

Dear, no matter what happen, I still love you. Muackz...

Sunday...

Wanted to spend some quality time with just Dear by my side so I suggested that we went to Labrador Park. Took the NEL to Harbour Front and boarded 408 to Labrador Park. Bus 408 is the direct bus service to Labrador Park. For more info, click on this => http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/press/2005mar_11-1.aspx

Labrador Park is really quite interesting with it's aerial staircase, winds of wonder and lots of attraction as well. We did make our way to the old jetty and enjoyed the view of hot hunks fishing. haha... Caught a view of 3 guys swimming at the shore line as well and they seem to be swimming in nude. Not sure abt that cos they were swimming quite a distance away from the fetty. Think Dear would post up some pics soon. hehe...

Climbed up the aerial staircase and enjoyed the view on the hill top. Walked around and we were deciding if we should pay to check out the secret tunnels but then it's $8 per pax sia so we give it a miss. Had a walk along the pavement and we get to see Sentosa just across the sea. It was believed that the secret tunnel in Labrador Park lead to Sentosa and both of them are the guard points for any ships entering Singapore...

Overall, it was an enjoyable day spent at the Park and we were so looking forward to try out the iSqueeze at BIG in Harbourfront. haha... Luckily the salesman was so busy to be bothered with both of us so we had our 20 minutes of iSqueeze. hehe...

Headed down to PS to get some stuffs and it's arcade time again. haha... Had fun working with Dear in Power Gems. Both of us were so much like kids loh... Left the arcade around 9.15pm and saw Eric and Alex... Alex was hoping that we can join the both of them for a drink and chat but then both of us were really tired so we had no choice but to decline his offer. Make our way home and I am already looking forward to meet Dear up this Friday to celebrate our one month's anniversity...

Weekend Updates...

2006-07-10T10:53:00.000+08:00

Friday...

Went over to Cineleisure to join Pika, Nixon, Alvin and Jimmy for LAN games. I do admit that it's nice to play LAN games with big flat screens but then the charges are way too much and then not to mention that we did not manage to play a complete game within that 2 hours so I am not really surprised that I got Alvin quite pissed off at the end of the 2 hours. Yah... No more LAN games at Cineleisure liao...

Headed off to Marine Square McDonald to join Dear and his group of friends. hehe... Dear brought along Sabotagers and I am glad that all of us had fun with this interesting card game. Best of all, I am able to click well with Dear's friends as well. A part of me that's unknown to pple is that I take quite some time to warm up so it would be quite a while after I start chatting and bend into the group. hehe... Was really enjoying myself throughout the game and seeing a different side of Dear. Huggies... Left around 11 plus cos Dear had to work tml. Looking forward to meet up the group next time...

Saturday...

Woke up early to chat with Dear on his way to work and then lazed around at home. Took an afternoon nap and meet Dear up at 6pm in Orchard. Having no plans in mind, we had dinner in Cineleisure and was thinking of wat to do next when Desmond called up. hehe...

Headed over to PS to join him, Koon and Alvin(babychen) for Arcade. Was hoping to play Romance of 3 Kingdoms again but then the machines were occupied. Haiz... In the end, we settled for Word Dojo... where you have to form words with the existing letters. 5 of us were trying very very hard to break the scores sia but then it seem so impossible, but Alvin did impress us with his "continue" Gd work sia. Think we can achieve more if Kenny is with us. Decided to leave around 11 plus. Dear, Desmond and Koon headed for home, Alvin headed for HAPPY while I took Mrt to join Alvin(babypanpan) and gang for late supper and chit chat. hehe...

PS : Now then I realise "Alvins" like to use baby as nick. haha...

Sunday...

Woke up around 10am and wake Dear up. hehe... Got to get ready quickly since we are meeting Anna, Lam, Vivian, Sharon and Keen Oon in City Hall at 11.30am. In the end, both of us are still late. haha... Sharon couldn't join us as she had something on and Keen Oon would only be joining us after his gym session.

Headed off to Marine Square foodcourt for our lunch and the place is packed with kids sia. So many of them running around and making so much noises. haha... Did some window shopping after our lunch as we started to make plans for the year end celebration. The few of them had the habit of having a year end celebration and this would be the first time I am celebrating it with them. Feeling real excited about celebrating it with Dear's close group of friends. hehe... This year, Anna had helped to book for Changi Chalet and both Anna and me would be the chefs for the whole event. Thinking hard of the dishes to prepare and then I hope I dun mess up the kitchen and cause Anna to go crazy. haha... Was also hunting for some interesting gifts to be wrapped up as presents cos Vivian and Dear were in charges of games.

Meet up with Keem Oon after his gym session and we settled for a nice snack at one of this Hong Kong cafe. Was really enjoying ourselves with the food and drinks but the air-con was simply too cold for comfort so we decided to shift to another place to play Sabotagers. Lam had a business deal to attend to so he had to leave early. Haiz... or he could join us for the game liao...

Finally, we settled at the one of the staircases in the tunnels towards Esplanade. Had our fun playing Sabtoagers there and I can tell that Anna, Vivian and Keem Oon enjoyed the game very much as well. haha... It was fun to see the few of us trying to convince pple that we are the miners. In fact, everyone has to try to act innocent and gain pple's trust. haha... Of course, in the end, Dear won the best acting award cos he cheated all of us to believe that he's the miner and make us go on a wrong path. Damn it. haha...

Superman Returns...

2006-07-04T15:12:00.000+08:00

hehe... Meeting Dear up later to watch "Superman Returns" Not sure if it's going to be a gd movie but then I have heard quite a few gd reviews of the movie liao, and this Superman is damn cute and handsome loh. hehe...

3 more hrs and I would be on my way to Suntec liao...

Movies and more Movies...

2006-07-03T19:35:00.000+08:00

Friday...

Desmond was bored so Dear and I meet him up at PS for dinner and ARCADE. haha... It was so much fun watching Desmond trying to coach the both of us on how to make the special moves in the game and then how Dear and I are being seen as trying to root the joystick. haha...

Had lots of fun in the arcade and I am glad the 3 of us enjoyed ourselves to the max. Headed over to TCC and have a nice chat. Basically, we were sharing on how we became AJ and who was the first guy we had fun with and how it actually all started. Didn't realise that we chatted till 1am and we got to take the NR back home. Can tell that Dear is very tired liao. Huggies...

Saturday...

Meet Dear up at 3pm and we headed over to 观音庙 to pray. Headed over to Bugis to do some window shopping and Dear was asking me if we should start to buy Christmas presents liao. haha... I was also thinking that if I spread the list of Christmas presents over a few months, I may spend less on Dec liao. Was checking out some cute jigsaw puzzles when Vir called. He suggested that we head down to Thai embassay with them since there's a Thai fair going on there.

Dear and I were excited at the idea and we did make an effort to rush down to Orchard but in the end, we are still late. hehe... Went for the Thai fair inside Thai Embassay and I must comment that Thai food is really very nice loh. Saw a lot of handcraft items as well but then I alrdy spend most of my cash on food liao. haha... Greedy me...

Wanted to catch "Crazy" but in the end, we settled for "Re-Cycle" at Cathay.

Background intro of "Re-Cycle"
A young writer Chu Xun (Lee) faces the supernatural when events from her fictional horror novel begin to unfold in the real world. A mysterious woman who is actually the heroine of her book appears...

Review of "Re-Cycle"
Well, Dear and I were actually quite afraid of ghost movies so both of us were trying to hide behind each other during the first few scenes. I do find the first few ghost scenes quite scary although I think that a lot of pple would disagree with me. haha... After a while, we got to understand the storyline and the meaning it's trying to bring across... Desmond shed some tears towards the meaning of the movie. I must comment that it's a very meaningful movie, so yah... do catch it.

Sunday...

Dear and I were extremely tired so we decided to take a gd rest at home and having afternoon nap on a lazy Sunday is so comfortable sia... haha...

After our nap, Dear keep reminding me of the 9pm show on Channel U. He mention that it's the first movie for 3G phones... 天。。。使我爱你 Found the title quite interesting so decided to watch it and enjoy.

Background intro of 天。。。使我爱你 P.S… I Luv U
Xin (Roy Chiu) and Xiaoyue (Tammy Chen Yirong) first meet at their university’s orientation. Both fall for each other at first sight; however, Xin’s lack of initiative causes Xiaoyue much confusion and distress. One of the games played during orientation activities is "Guardian Angel". Xin is arranged to be Xiaoyue's guardian angel, and thus has an excuse to watch over her with every possible ounce of care and concern...

Review of 天。。。使我爱你 P.S… I Luv U
It's quite a normal love story but I like the way Xin express his love to Xiaoyue. I can still recall all the cute drawings by Xin and those simple words of love... Find the words real sweet... Dear, I also want to be your guardian angel and protect you from all harm... Dear, I love you. Muackz...

Guardian Angel by 洪俊扬 Junyang

是否记得守护天使的游戏
从我抽到你的卡片起
不再是一个人的回忆
或许未来有快乐也有艰辛
我会把你紧抱在怀里
永远不让你为爱哭泣
如果天空只剩最后
一颗闪烁的星
我会让它为你照亮孤寂
让幸福为你指引~

总有一天你会看到
Guardian Angel 降临
那是我的心一直在守护着你
天使它一定能够~感应~

如果天空只剩最后
一颗闪烁的星
我会让它为你照亮孤寂
让幸福为你指引~

总有一天你会看到
Guardian Angel 降临
那是我的心一直在守护着你
天使它一定能够~感应~

The official opening of Alvin's company...

2006-06-26T09:51:00.000+08:00

Saturday...

Sat is the official opening of Alvin's company and I must comment that it's so happening. Lots of wishes from friends and then lots of food as well. Really feel very happy that he manage to get his own company up and I must comment that this journey had been a difficult one for him but with his determination, I am glad that he overcome most of the problems and the company can be what it is now. 3 Cheers for Alvin and his hard work sia...

Meet up some old friends and then got to see some new faces as well but then did not get to interact a lot cos it's too crowded. haha... and Alvin is too busy, entertaining every single one of us. Alvin and Chee Meng started off the cake cutting ceremory around 8.30pm and we sang "Happy Birthday" for the company, of course not forgetting that Alvin make a 5 minute long speech for it. haha... Everyone had a slice of the cake and then some of the guests had to make a move liao... :(

For those that stay behind, we decided to play "Bear and Hunter" hehe.... the all time favourite game. Sad to say, I am always the one being killed, 3 times in a row loh after all of us wake up from the "sleep" Haiz... Think I got to do some self-reflection liao. haha... Totally enjoyed ourselves and when 4 more pple had to make a move, we switch to playing "Sabotagers", the cardgame Dear bought from Settlers. Had such a fun time playing that cos all of us are trying to convince others that we belong to the same team... The party end when the central air-con fail to function around 2.40am. haha... It was really great to see everyone so happy...

Sunday...

Woke up late and feeling lazy. haha... Planned to enjoy some quiet moments with Dear and we were trying to think of some place to go and relax but then by late afternoon, we have not come to a decision yet so decided to drop by to AI at mid point Orchard to check out more interesting card games or board games. Got a sms from Desmond and I called him up, got to know that he's an expert at this "Romance of the 3 kingdom" arcade game, so Dear and I forced him out to join him. haha... Planned to tap on his experty to teach us the cheat codes.

Meet him up at PS, and we make our way to AI to check out more games. Too bad the game "Drawf can fly" is not there cos Dear really like the game when we drop by the other time. Dear plan to buy this card game as well so that we can play it the next time we have a friend gathering. So sweet of Dear to think of interesting games for everyone, right? and then he even suggested that we introduced this game to boys home so that the boys can have something to play when they are bored... Well, my Dear is always so kind and nice to everyone sia... Muackz... Dear, I love U...

Discovered a few more games at AI but then we are not planning to buy them yet until we got more feedback and we usually got the feedback by actually playing it out at Settlers. haha... Maybe I should suggest all AJ outing to be at the Settlers, u get to try new and interesting games plus games do help pple to interact and know each other better. After the trip to AI, we settled for dinner at Meriden Food Court before we went our way back to the arcade in PS.

Too bad got 2 experts doing codes at the game that we are interested so we settled for another game instead. Got to try out this crystal game with Desmond. Have to collect 3 crystals before you can do your special powers... Kinda of fun except that I cause Desmond to die when he come over and save me. hehe... Anyway, it was fun playing arcade with Desmond cos he do guide me and Dear along. Too bad we never get to practise the coding for the "Romance of the 3 kingdom" game... Nvm, we would try it next week... hehe...

白月光 by 张信哲

2006-06-21T10:18:00.000+08:00

Just happened to chance upon this song and I really love it. Quite a sad song but then all sad songs are really nice to hear leh.

Kindly download the song here => http://www.98aa.com/music/98aanet/白月光(张信哲).wma

白月光
心里某个地方
那么亮
却那么冰凉
每个人
都有一段悲伤
想隐藏
却欲盖弥彰
白月光
照天涯的两端
在心上
却不在身旁
擦不干
你当时的泪光
路太长
追不回原谅
你是我
不能言说的伤
想遗忘
又忍不住回想
像流亡
一路跌跌撞撞
你的捆绑
无法释放
白月光
照天涯的两端
越圆满
越觉得孤单
擦不干
回忆里的泪光
路太长
怎么补偿
你是我
不能言说的伤
想遗忘
又忍不住回想
像流亡
一路跌跌撞撞
你的捆绑
无法释放
白月光
心里某个地方
那么亮
却那么冰凉
每个人
都有一段悲伤
想隐藏
却在生长
mumumu...

Bye bye Dating...

2006-06-21T09:50:00.000+08:00

hehe... yah... I pop the impt question to A* yest nite, asking if he would agree to be my bf and he agreed. Hurray... Guess it's time for us to end the dating phase and move on liao... We had dated for 6 months and during this period of time, A* did a lot of sweet stuffs for me, put up with my nonsense and make me understand the importance of a lot of things. Muackz Dear... I love u...

Just can recall the first time I get to see A*, it was at Alvin's house and he was the first stranger that make an effort to talk to me. Can tell that he's trying to warm everyone up so that no one would be lonely... It was such a nice gesture that leave me a deep impression of him. Thus, the exchange of phone numbers and the frequent chat over the phones... Things move on in a sweet manner and we are attached now...

Huggies to all the friends that give me support during this period of time and may all of you find true love soon...

3 days of fun in a row...

2006-06-19T09:59:00.000+08:00

Friday...

Meet A* up after work at Orchard and we shop around while waiting for his friends. Was planning to go Settlers after that to play some games. A* is totally into the interesting games at Settlers sia. haha...

Waited for quite a while and then realised that Alex can't join us liao... mm... Got to get someone to come along with us or it would only be left with me, A* and Eric. Decided to call Desmond up and drag him out with us. hehe... Luckily, Desmond agreed to leave home sweet home after A* speak to him.

Meet at Settlers and we settled for our favourite "train game". haha... After we completed the game, we got ourselves some card games to try it out. Actually, we try out the "Sabotagers" and it was fun to sabotage or help, depending on the role you are playing. Overall, we did enjoyed ourselves to the max although I must comment that spending $12/per hour for games is really too ex sia... I rather play DOTA. haha...

Saturday...

Quite a number of June babies around so which means I have to spend quite a lot on birthday gifts. Haiz... going to be so broke sia... Monday is Sing Yong's birthday, Tuesday is Teck Thong and Pearlyn's birthday, Thursday is Alvin's birthday and the Friday is Vir's birthday... Come to think of it, my bitchy boss's birthday is in June as well. Sigh... Discussed with A* on the birthday gifts to get for some of them and meet him up at Orchard to do my purchases. Make a point to drop by Midpoint Orchard to check out one of the game shop over there as well. Find A* so cute when he's checking out some of the board and card games, but then again he is forever so cute to me loh... Huggies...

Going to meet Vir and the rest for dinner at Tamp since this is his first book-out. Took bus 65 from Orchard and it took us quite some time to realise that it's such a wrong choice. The whole freaking bus journey took 1hr 15 minutes loh. Damn... A* and I were super late liao and we feel so bad that we caused the rest to wait so long for all of us. Luckily they alrdy start eating before us. hehe...

After dinner, Vir had the urge to sing Karaoke so we head over to Marine Parade K-Box. Had lots of fun singing songs and celebrating Vir's birthday. A* and I got him 1 nice singlet and a cute polo tee for his birthday. Hope he loves it. I think I got the whole group laughing with my lame jokes and off-pitch singing. haha... Think only close frds like them would laugh with me when I sing off key or when I start my "chanting" Huggies to all... Thanks for being around for me and accepting my flaws, especially A*.

Sunday...

Had quite a tiring day yest so A* and I woke up quite late. Decided to make a trip down to Botanic Garden this time round since the weather was good and the digital camera is working. hehe... I brought along some sweets and a loaf of bread. Sweets in case A* got tired along the way so he got something to munch on. haha... and the loaf of bread was meant for the fishes, swams and birds over at the Botanic Garden.

Took a bus to Orchard and we took the stroll towards Cunty Road. Make a wrong mistake the other time, walking all the way to the main gate. haha... so we entered through the Minden Gate this time, and the first lake that greeted us was the swam lake. Had lots of fun feeding the fishes and tortoises in the lake and it was quite sad that the tortoises dun get much to eat since the fishes are always so much faster.

Feed the swams as well and as usual, we only got to see 3 swams and 1 white duck... Sad... Managed to see the swams making fierce noises towards a dog that got too close to them. Didn't realise that swams can be so agressive as well. haha... Went around the lake to explore and found another kind of bird. Heard someone calling them "Water Hen"... Not sure how true it is but it's fun to realise that they actually walk on lotus leaf in search of food and A* managed to capture some nice photos of it sia...

Totally enjoyed ourselves in Botanic Garden, taking photos of nice plants and making new discovery as well. Managed to snap photos of baby bananas and dragonfruits. hehe... Didn't manage to explore the whole of Botanic Garden and then we give the Orchid Garden a miss as well since it's not free entry. Maybe we would organise a tour of the Botanic Garden next time and have a pinic there. hehe...

Left Botanic Garden around 6pm, and we make our way to Tanglin Mall for dinner. I must say that Tanglin Mall gives the pple the relax feeling and there's hardly any queues inside the foodcourt but yet they serve very nice western set. All of you must make it a point to try it one day. After dinner, we simply did some window shopping before we make our way down to Settlers again. A* bought the cardgame "Sabotagers" since he simply loves the game to max. haha... Can see his happy face when he got the cardgame. Nothing beats a simple and relaxed day with him around. Muackz... A*, I love you...

Rain, Rain.... go away...

2006-06-12T11:04:00.000+08:00

Saturday...

It's my working Sat so have to go back office to work... Haiz... Feeling quite bored in office if not for the fact that I had A* to keep me accompany over msn. hehe... So sweet of him to help me kill my boredom during a quiet Sat.

Left office around 1pm and it's raining heavily sia. Really wonder what's happening nowadays since it had been raining and raining almost everyday loh. Took bus and head down to have lunch with Alvin and Juv. Went over to Alvin's office and have a look. Stayed there for quite a while until we make our way down for LAN games. haha...

Tried to get Desmond and Nixon along for LAN games. Planned to intro more friends to them since they keep complaining about a quiet life. Wait till they get to know Khris on a more personal level then they would wish that they have a quiet life liao... haha... Btw, we created a few new heros for DOTA but then wonder if they would take our suggestion into consideration... haha... Anyway, I was totally evil today by making A* wait 45 minutes for me... due to playing too much DOTA lah... Luckily, A* was not angry with me. Hugs... Had dinner with Alvin and Chee Meng before A* and I went our home to play arcade. haha... A* is really quite gd with arcade games loh and it's nice to see him enjoying himself. Frankly speaking, my happiness comes from hearing his laughter and seeing him in such a cheerful mood...

Sunday...

Planned to go to Botanic Garden with A* and have a look at the new swam lake. I even bought some bread for the hungry fish, tortoise and swams... Haiz... in the end, the stupid rain had to come so A* and I were forced to spend time chatting over the phone. Got so bored that we just had to ignore the rain and head out to Orchard.

Went window shopping and totally enjoyed myself with A*. Come to think about it, we had been dating for 5 months plus liao and I am really glad that we had been able to overcome the differences we had, and all the small quarrels... In all, I feel that we are almost ready to begin a new phase in our life... hehe... A*, I love u...

Going back to Tekong...

2006-06-09T14:20:00.000+08:00

hehe... Just send Samuel off to 'N' Coy yest and the visit to Tekong was fun... Actually, I had alrdy send in Vir on 2 June so yest was really a 2nd time for me to come in to Tekong again. Vir is in sch 1 and Samuel is in sch 2, so A* and I had our chance to compare the orientation planned out by the 2 schs.

Overall, I think that Sch 1 is much more organised than Sch 2 from all the arrangements. Anyway, time really flies. It had been quite some time since I ORD from Tekong and going back really bring back some sweet memories. Find it real sweet when the canteen auntie actually still remember me. hehe...

The days with A* were great and then it's always so nice to know that I have him by my side. I always know how hard it is to find true love in the AJ circle and then it's not easy to find someone who's forever so sweet and loving to u. hehe... Just glad that I am one of the few lucky ones to find my true love... Hope that all of u manage to find urs too... Hugs... and have a happy weekend ahead.

JJ's Concert

2006-05-24T09:07:00.000+08:00

Hi peeps,

For all of you that are crazy over JJ's concert, my frd is able to get some good discount for ONLY 10 tickets. $40 for the usual $68 or $88 tickets. Interested parties can choose to either contact me via sms or leave me a comment here. All tickets would be allocated by a first come first serve basis since she only had 10 tickets and I am not a fan of JJ to attend his concert. haha....

Watching movie was fun...

2006-05-23T17:46:00.000+08:00

Saturday...

Miss A* a lot cos we had not been talking for the past few days. He's simply too busy with his current conference thingy and then it's giving him so much stress that I think he's on the point of breaking down liao. Huggies... I would always be here for u... Decided to meet up a BMT mate for majhong at his house. Long time never see him liao and we used to be such gd buddies...

Reached his house at Pasir Ris and got introduced to another 2 majhong friends of his before we actually start the game. It was only a 20 cents 40 cents game so shd not lose a lot too if I am in bad luck. hehe... Lucky for me, I kept winning during the game. Halfway through the game, A* called me up and I was surprised to know that the conference is finally over and he's a free man. Eager to meet him up after so many days, I speed up the game by gaming fast and in the end, I won around $32. Told A* about it and make it a point that I would treat him to movie later.

Took MRT and rushed down to Marina, but it's so crowded. In the end, I could not get any tickets for "Over the hedge". Called A* up and make my way to Suntec instead. Luckily, I managed to get 2 tickets at the 6th row for the 10pm movie. hehe... Played some arcade with A*, while we wait for time to pass. Got into quite an embrassed situation when both of us sit at the wrong seats due to me being a blur sotong. haha...

"Over the hedge" is really a very nice movie and both A* and I totally enjoy it. The plot was nice, the animation of the animals was nice, the message it's trying to bring across is nice and the laughter by everyone at some of the jokes was nice. Overall, I give it a 4 out of 5 and I am encouraging pple in my company to watch it. haha... I know that most pple would say that the message the movie is trying to bring across is friendship and family sort of things and I do agree but I see something more than that. I see how humans had slowly occupied more land for their own usage and slowly forced animals to come out of their natural habitat to search for food. With a shortage of their natural space and food, the animals are forced to come out and disturb humans in the process but yet humans being humans only want to destroy anything in it's path... Hope that everyone who watch this movie, learn that everyone of us plays a part in protecting nature beside laughing out loud at some of the real gd jokes from this Dreamwork production...

Sunday...

Woke up early and asked A* to come over my house cos no one is around. hehe... Got to finally hug A* and then watch TV together, enjoying the simple and quiet life of a couple. Too bad sis got home early from her running with her friends and we have to make a move for our late lunch. Had a simple lunch at Hougang Plaza and then make our weekly trip to HarbourFront BIG for a nice massage. haha...

Took us quite a while before we finally managed to get a chance at the massage chairs and I think A* totally enjoy the iMedic. Anyway, both of us did agree that we shd get one for our home once we stay together. Think I would get a house at 35, rent it out to collect money while I continue to stay with my parents. In this way, I can earn some side income while mum still take care of my meals and clothes. hehe... Just a thot, cos Dad mention that he may want to sell our current house and then buy a smaller one for just him and mum. Mm...

Monday...

Celebrating Jamal's birthday today in PS, Secret Recipe so I make my way there immediately after work. Too bad it was raining cats and dogs and I dun have an umbrella with me. Saw a colleague on the way and thanks to her, I was only half soaked to the skin. haha... Meet A* up before joining the rest and he was quite determined to get me a nice shirt when he saw how soak I was. Comment that I really dun need a nice shirt but he would hear nothing of it. In the end, we got a shirt each since there was a discount... huggies, I know that you care abt me but I also dun want u to waste too much money lah. Muackz... Love u for being such a sweet angel...

Meet the rest of the gang at Secret Recipe and all of us sang "Happy Birthday" to Jamal. Thot that the moment was really sweet and everyone seem to be so happy. Let me see... There were of course Jamal - the birthday boy, Khris - the jealous vivien, Leon, Willy, Sunny, Juv, Alvin, Chee Meng, Koon, A* and myself... not forgetting that Samuel and Nicholas were late...

Caught the "Da Vinci Code" at 8pm in Cathay. It was quite a nice show based on a friction novel of Jesus being a mortal, and that he too experienced love and marriage and of course have a child as well. Inside this story, there are 3 groups of pple, one who would do anything to let Jesus remain as God (by killing and destroying all proof that Jesus' bloodline ), one that would do anything to protect Jesus' bloodline and keep it a secret, and of course the last one who wish to bring this so called "truth" to light or maybe shd I say bring glory to Mary, the "wife" of Jesus.

A* got a headache at the end of the movie and he wished to make his way home by bus. Well, the bus would not reach my house so I left him to join the others to take NEL. In the end, everyone thought that there's something wrong btw the 2 of us cos I dun send A* home... haha... Both of us are tired and we just want the fastest way home lah so dun think too much... As for A*, he's everything I ever wish for... a sweet and caring lover and a perfect partner to be with till the end of time. A*, muackz... love you and thanks for staying by my side...

Crazy Majhong...

2006-05-17T15:07:00.000+08:00

hehe... finally manage to squeeze some time off my busy schedule at work to do a quick update. A* is super stressed with his work from tomorrow till Sat, which means we can't talk or sms during this period cos this major conference he's handling is short of manpower and he's like covering multiple roles. Haiz... Hope that he dun stress out and fall sick... Huggies... A*, I would always be here for u...

Anyway, I had 2 rounds of crazy majhong yest at home. hehe... 1st round was with Vir, Samuel and Elton. Playing 50 cents, 1 dollars sia and in the end Samuel was the only BIG winner loh. haha... but I managed to be the small loser and it's not easy to be a small loser, ok? Went for another round of majhong but this time with Alvin along cos Elton was sick and he needs to go home early. When we play with Alvin, we decided to reduce the bet to 10 cents, 20 cents but then you can only game if u have a minimum of 3 tai. WOW... that proves to be a challenge and u can see me pulling my hair at times sia which brough lots of laughter to the table... Lucky for me, I managed to recover my losses and earn a minor win. hehe...

Really going to miss the days all of us are together very much when Vir and Samuel went in army. Talking abt that, I have yet to apply for leave to send Samuel in yet. hehe... A* and I are taking that as a chance to tour Tekong again sia and who knows... some of the officers I know may be still around. haha...

Holiday Updates...

2006-05-15T13:50:00.000+08:00

Vesak Day...

While everyone wakes up early to rush to the temple to do their offerings and praying to Buddha, I wake up early to rush over to A*'s hse. hehe... Meet him at the void deck and then head for his office together. Yah... I am going over to help him with some of his work again... A* had been feeling very stressed lately over this major project he's handling. It's a huge conference where foreign delegrates are involved and then the part-time staff he's having is not helping much at all loh...

Had our breakfast at the foodcourt and bought some cakes for lunch later. Rushed into the office and we started getting busy with the work... Really not able to offer much help except tidying up some data entries and then offering some ideas and suggestions here and there loh. hehe...

Actually, it was fun to see A* at work cos when he turned stressful, he started cursing and swearing, got me so scared that I kept quiet for such a long period of time that he thot something happen to me. haha... I admit that I was not of much help to A* lah. In fact, I think I add on more pressure to him when I keep asking him for guidances on how to tidy up his data entries. hehe... Sorry, A*...

Got to rush off to a frd's hse for dinner so have to hurry A* a bit. Haiz... In the end, I cause him to come back to office tml again to clear his work. Feel so paiseh sia... Got to our frd's hse and had a supper nice dinner. We were full of praises for her cooking loh and we did had much fun. So nice to see A* smiling again... Huggies...

After dinner, we headed off to Kenneth's hse for a round of majhong. hehe... Well, accompany A* and Kenneth to watch Europe Trip while Samuel, Desmond, Elton and Vir make a killing on the majhong table. haha... Really enjoy the feeling of hugging A* and watching the show at the same time. A*, Muackz... I love u...

A* got to leave early cos he had to go back office tomorrow and then he dun want me to come along. hehe... must be due to me adding on so much stress to him today. So I stayed for the 2nd round of majhong. The whole majhong session ended around 3am and I did won a bit. hehe...

Saturday...

Slept till 9.30am and wake up to watch my favourite cartoons. hehe... I just simply love cartoons loh... Got a few calls from A* and it seems that I had saved all his data entries at a different folder, which cause him quite a lot of trouble to locate it. haha... I can be quite a bimbo at times sia... Fancy saving the original files at a different folder...

Think Desmond sms A* for some heart to heart talk but then A* was really busy loh so he called me instead to go and console Desmond. haha... Sms Desmond and then realise that he had a MAJOR problem which is not easy for anyone to handle loh... No choice... got to stay calm and console him through all the methods I know of but then none seem to work. In the end, he decided to solve the problem himself, which I thot is a brillant idea. haha...

Meet up A* around evening in Orchard to pump in some cash into my savings account and then did some purchase for A*'s project in Popular. Had our late dinner and then head off to PS arcade to play some games. haha... Even start to plan for some of the movies that we intend to watch... Left for home early as we were really tired... *Yawn*

Sunday...

Got a call from A* around noon and we make some arrangements to meet around his home at 3pm. Got to head down to Toa Payoh Popular to do some purchase for his project again. Rushed down to Toa Payoh Popular and realised that they dun have so much quantity of the items he need. In the end, we bought whatever they have and headed down to Bras Basah Popular to purchase the remaining quantity. Along the way, we stop at one of the "toys" shops along Bras Basah Road and OMG... they had so many old toys, like old card games and game boards that I used to play during my Primary School days. So cute sia... Shopped around the shop and A* got something real cheap for his project from the shop. hehe...

Walked down to Bras Basah Popular and we got the remaining quantity before we make our way to A*'s office to deposit all the items we bought. While on the bus trip back, A*'s boss called him up and told him that they would be having an external meeting tomorrow so he got to bring the items to that external meeting. Damn... in the end, we make a fruitless trip back to the office loh. Decided to have dinner at the foodcourt there and then both of us were complaining abt the backaches we have...

Both of us decided to be a bit cheapo and make our way to BIG at HarbourFront. hehe... Actually, there was this big OSIM corner there and you can get free trail for most of their products. In fact, we were hopping from iSqueeze to iMedic to iDesire. haha... The machines were damn gd and it did relieve us from most of the backaches and tension in our bodies. Not to mention that we had to fight with an Indian family and a Malay family for the free trial on the machines. haha... So if u want to catch the cheapo me and A* in action, do remember to pay us a visit at BIG HarbourFront on every Sunday...

Election is over...

2006-05-08T11:23:00.000+08:00

Well, the election had come to an end and I am sure everyone had come to accept the facts of the results but before that, I know there was a clip around, this clip of the "Bak Chor Mee" incident which a lot of pple downloaded for a gd laugh...

Ever wonder who's the true creator of this funny clip? Well, let me intro u to Mr Brown in case anyone of you dun know abt him... and this is his blog => http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2006/05/

More updates as I am working at A*'s office...

2006-05-06T13:20:00.000+08:00

hehe... My last update ended on 2nd April and it's alrdy 6 May now... One whole month without any update sia... Would only blog more of the important events that happen within this one month but I hope it would not be too long for anyone. haha...

9 April

It was a cloudy Sunday afternoon and I wanted to 'break' the curse with A*. You would not believe the times we attempted to go botanic gardens but 'failed' because of bad timing or weather. This time we are determined to go there since the weather looks good.

A* keep telling me that we can walk to Botanic Garden from Orchard so I just follow him around since I have no sense of direction. haha... Bought ourselves a drink at Istan supermarket before we proceed on with the journey. We walked along Thai Embassy and there was an event. Both of us were thinking that it was kind of cool for Thai Embassay to occupy such a big piece of land in Orchard. Along the way, we spotted a squirrel. So cute.... A8 tried to take a pic of the squirrel but then the squirrel was too fast for him and then it only took a while we realised that the bat for the camera is running low. Haiz... guess we can't take any photos in Botanic Gardens. In any case, our mood was not dampen cos I believe that this trip to Botanic Garden would be just as enjoyable without a camera. hehe...

We walked along Cluny Rd and along the way, A* and I start to comment on the private houses along the way. After all the long walk, we reached the Visitor Centre. We were greeted by many beautiful flowers and big trees. Took a stroll along Sympthony Lake and we spotted cute brown duckies swimming and playing with water. We also spotted another kinda bird with long legs that can walk on the lotus leaves, eating bread that people threw into the pond... Not to mention that a lot of fishes and tortoises are fighting for the bread as well. Told A* that we should bring a loaf of bread next time as well to feed the animals. hehe....

After that, we strolled towards the spice garden. We never knew that banana is classified as a kind of ginger.....We also saw the big shady tree which appeared in our $5 note. Was thinking whether to pay and enter the Orchid Gardens but then after some discussion with A8, both of us feel that we would paid and make a visit when we have the camera by our side then. I insisted that we walked abit more to the Swan Lake cos I always love the graceful birds. Although A* was a bit tired from all that walking, he still accompany me and upon reaching, we spotted 3 swans swimming. It's an eye opener for A* as it's his very 1st time to see them at close distance. On top of that, we spotted a a cute white duckie follwing one of the swans...heehee..

We took a short break at one of the shelters before we decided to exit botanic gardens. Then, we discovered that there was actually a shorter road man.... haha... For the next trip we would take this small gate along Napier Rd. By then, A* was super hungry and thirsty and he was just asking me if we should go around looking for drinks. Upon saying that, we spotted a vending machine at an isolated bus-stop and I got him a bottle of coke. A* is always so lucky loh... Talk about being thirsty and then a vending machine appeared in front of him...

Our lazy Sunday didn't end here. We proceeded to shop along Tanglin Mall. There was an excellent food court which sells very nice western food!! It was quite big and the food was excellent!! We have chicken chop and pork cutlet and yau tau foo vege soup!After filling out stomach with food, we decided to rest our feets at one of the benches before exploring a gift shop at level 3 and the Barang Barang shop. We seems to like the same kinda concept for furniture. We were dreaming of living together....selecting furniture together.Then, we shop along the street and discovered a nice high class provision shop. I bought a norgat and we shared happily.

Actually, I had been feeling a bit thirsty from all that walking and then A* suggested that we pay a visit to Singapore Visitor Centre cos he knew that there was a waterpoint. So sweet of A*to find water for me to drink...Then we slowly strolled to selegie before talking 147 home.

A*, it had been a great Sunday cos I had u by my side to admire the beautiful scenery together with me... Muackz... Thanks for making it such a memorable day for me...

16 April

Didn't have much to do at home so decided to drop by A* house. This is the 2nd time I went to his house. The 1st time I went over, I was carrying the jigsaw puzzle(his birthday present) with me. hehe.... Played a few round of chess and I must comment that A* is really a very fast learner cos I keep correcting him whenever he makes a mistake. After all that coaching now, I can hardly win him now... haha...

Since it was raining heavily that day, we spend most of the time inside his room, laughing over lame jokes, playing chess and checking out our financial status. Haiz... must really spend more effort to save up so that I can buy the dream house with A*. hehe... So looking forward to it loh...

When the rain stopped around evening, we make a trip down to Chinatown for our dinner. Got some flu medicine for his mum since she's down with a bad flu. Have our dinner at the hawker center and then laze around before we make our way home. Although we didn't do much, we had an enjoyable time together... Guess both of us love the idea of spending a simple and quiet day at home bah... hehe....

23 April

It was an unplanned trip. Decided to go to Mt Faber after I had a chat with A* over the phone. We decided to head to Harbourfront and took Service 409 to Mt Faber. We alighted at Jewel Box. It's a place name actually, where the cable car station starts, but then too bad the cable cars were under maintenance.

There were a few briso & cafes around and A* took quite a number of pics over there. It offers such nice romantic scenery and both of us finally figured out how to take pics under the sun. haha.... There was a large tree in the center of the open cafe, providing shade and also five nice cozy buddha shaped seats with cushions! We took a few pics before we explored other parts of the cafe.Then we walked to Faber Point where there were very nice bronze pics, a Merlion Sculptor, beautiful flowers and some bronze metalic craving of S'pore and its development and history.

After viewing the cravings, we proceed to walked down the hill and arrived at telok blangah rise HDB flats. We took a feeder bus 272 and arrived at Bt Merah Bus Interchange. We walked around the area and decided to makan something. A* had sliced fish soup while I had Jap food. Got him to share a plated of fried carrot cake and both of us enjoyed the sugar cane drink cos the auntie was giving out free tissues. hehe... After that, we walked ard the area before proceeding to take service 16 to Great World City. We shopped there and discovered a nice restaurant- very class Jap restaurant. Thot it would be good place cos it serves vegetarian too.

We also strolled along S'pore river after shopping at Great World City and admired the bridges along the river. Didn't realise that all the bridges had a history behind it and A* is really quite patient, explaining every one of them to me loh.... Muackz...

6 May

This is the 2nd time I am at A*'s office now... Knew that he had a lot of stress over his work so I am here to lend him some moral support and of course help him a bit with his work lah... Could not do much cos most of his job requires him to make decisions so I only help on the hardcore part of the project he's handling like financial matters... Help to clear abit of his work and ouch!!! A* is screaming at me to help him now... Can't blog any more liao so that's all, folks...

I am back again... haha...

2006-05-06T13:19:00.000+08:00

hehe... Had been so long since I last updated so do bear with me if this entry prove to be too long for your reading pleasure....

Office just set up a new firewall program that blocks a lot of website, including LJ, blogspot and neopets... Damn it... I could not even read any blogs and keep myself updated. Guess wat? LJ and blogspot are classified under adult content under this new firewall program. Stupid loh... Luckily. there's one stand alone PC in the office that dun have the firewall program in it so here I am happily blogging now while boss is having an external meeting... If not, I doubt that I would be able to blog and say "hi" to all of you out there that missed me... haha...

29th March

Today is A*'s birthday and both of us actually took leave to spend time together. Went to the nursey at Kovan in the morning to look at some flowers and of course took some nice photos as well. hehe... Had a nice and cheap breakfast at the Kovan Hawker Centre and then we proceed to Standard Chartered Bank for me to open the eSavers Account. Well, eSavers Account from Standard Chartered Bank is offering an interest rate of 1.88% p.a. Not doing advertisement for them, but for those that are interested in saving, do check it out. hehe....

Moved on to K-box at Hougang Plaza and had the lunch promotion. Took our share of food and sing to our hearts' content. Did notice a change in A*'s mood when he sing some of his favourite sad songs. haha... In fact, I got him laughing when he was singing them. Totally spolit the mood of the sad songs loh...

After the karaoke, we planned to head down to Botanic Gardens but then it was raining by the time we reached Orchard so we thot that we shd give Botanic Garden a miss again... Instead, we move on to another place to share some sweet moments together. hehe...

When it was approaching dinner time, I sound A* out if he would like to have Japanese food for dinner cos I already make booking at the Sun Restaurant in Chjmes but then A* dun seem to like Jap food so I make a last minute change. I decided to bring A* to Liang Court and yah... plan to give him his birthday treat at Liang Court Tung Lok. hehe... In fact, we arrived a bit too early so we had to play UNO in front of the restaurant to kill time loh. haha... Got the waitress to find us a quiet table and get ourselves comfortable while checking out the menu. In the end, I ordered Beijing Duck, Dong Po Rou, Luo Han Shang Shu and Lobster Noodles. hehe...

The first dish was Beijing Duck, with the captain slicing the skin of the duck and a waiter helping to wrap the duck skin with the egg roll. A* was so happy that he actually took photos of the whole process. So cute to see him doing that loh... The second dish was Dong Po Rou, Pork Meat cooked over long hours until the meat is so tender that it melted in your mouth. Even A*, who unlike fatty stuff comment that the meat tasted heavenly. The third dish was Duck Meat Cubes with Cabbage. Well, after we had the skin for the first dish, the rest of the duck meat was chopped into small cube sizes and then we are supposed to wrap the meat with cabbage and eat it up. Quite a nice way of eating it and because the meat is chopped into small cube sizes, we dun feel that it's a huge portion. The fourth dish is Lobster Noodles, with quite a huge amount of lobster meat in it. Distrated A* for a while and then managed to add quite a huge scope of my share of lobster meat to him. hehe... Told him abt it later when he comment that his lobster meat seem to be more than the noodles. haha... The last dish was Luo Han Shang Shu. It's different types of vegetables cut into tube form and wrapped up a layer of beancurb skin. Overall, dinner was excellent and the 2 of us were really quite full at the end of everything that we have to give dessert a miss...

Totally enjoyed celebrating A*'s birthday with him and I am glad that he had enjoyed the 2 weeks of celebration planned by me... A recap of his birthday celebrations.... 1) Canon Ixus 55(Digital Camera), 2) a doggie handphone pouch, 3) a box of chocolate in heartshaped box , 4) Crumpler Bag and 5) A nice dinner at Liang Court Tung Lok.... Muackz... Hope u love the birthday celebration I planned for you...

1st April

Was totally packed today cos I had 2 birthday celebrations to rush today... Got to go for Yan Fang's birthday chalet and then there is Desmond's birthday celebration at Whynot. Tried to persuade A* to join me for both birthday celebration. Actually, come to think abt it now... I feel quite bad that I got him to come along with me cos he was really quite tired then and I had been occuping so much of his time that he really dun have much personal time for himself... Think I must learn how to strike a balance for him and me...

Meet him up in the afternoon and head off to Far East Nursery. A* suggested getting some flowers for Yan Fang since it's her 21st birthday and gals tend to love to accept flowers and it would be a sweet gesture. hehe... Got into the nursery and I am so surprised to see so many different types of flowers and all of them look so nice and pretty. So tempting to purchase all of them sia but then in the end, we decided on a bouquet of white tulips cos they look so cute and white represent someone as pure as Yan Fang loh...

Headed off to Suntec later on to get a Nike Shirt for Desmond and also not forgetting Alvin's hint to get Chee Meng his Court voucher so that he can do some house cleaning. haha... Rushed off to took mrt down to tampiness and then a bus to Changi Chalet. Passed Yan Fang the flowers and she look so cute, dressed up like a fairy. The whole chalet was full of balloons and decros. Bet the whole family spend quite some time decroating it. Arrived just in time to join in the birthday song for her and intro A* to Nixon as well... We did leave after a while during the photo taking session as both of us are really not comfortable taking photographs with Yan Fang bah...

Left and went over to Changi Village for our dinner. During the trip there, I lifted A* up and carried him in my arms for a few steps until he keep struggling that I have to let him down. haha... He was blushing and scolding me that he was only joking when he asked me to carry him... Had the famous Nasi Lemark over there before we make our way down to Maxwell to meet Vir, Ken and Desmond. Passed Desmond his birthday present and glad that he likes it. hehe...

Desmond opened a bottle of wine at Whynot and the silly me got drunk with him sia... Think I said a lot of things in my drunk state when Vir throw me some questions... In the end, got to trouble A* to send me home... Haiz...

2nd April

Alvin invited a few of us over to his house to try out some of his business secrets. hehe... and then I think he got quite a few useful feedback from some of us and yah... A* and I managed to pass Chee Meng his birthday present and I can tell that Alvin is happy we got the hint and got Chee Meng the Courts Voucher. haha...

A* show me a clip of what happen last time when I was drunk and from the clip, he realised that I really love him alot. Throughout the whole drunk session when I was being questioned by Vir, I only keep saying A*, pls dun leave me... Huggies... A*, I really love you and I am looking forward to the day we can have our own house... Muackz...

Hanging out with A*'s friends...

2006-03-27T09:03:00.000+08:00

Friday...

A* is on leave and I decided to meet him up after work at cityhall. In fact, I got his birthday present with me as well. hehe... Brought his birthday present to pass to him and got him all excited abt it. haha... Teased him for a while over the present while we make our way to Marina Square. Settled down at one of the benches and give A* his birthday present. It was just a Crumpler bag. Got for him a latest model and I think it really looks nice loh.

A* was very happy with his birthday present bah. hehe... Up to now, he had received 4 birthday presents from me... 1) Canon Ixus 55, 2) a doggie handphone holder, 3) chocolates in a love-shaped box and 4) a Crumpler bag... Wonder if I still got any more presents to give him since his birthday is on wednesday loh. hehe...

Went to have our dinner at Marina Square foodcourt and then I was suggesting that we watch a movie but then A* seem to feel very cold so we moved on outside to take some photos near the Esplanade. Think A* loves to take photos with his digital camera and he even show me some photos he took some days back at home. Had lots of fun with photo taking before we decided to move on to a cafe so that he can transfer all his old stuffs to the new bag.

While we are on our way to My Secret Garden, we stopped by at the Arts Museum to have a look since it's free entry. It was such a sweet thing to do, walking along the halls of the quiet museum, admiring the works of art. Although both of us are not very gd at arts, we do appreciate some of the beautiful art works on display and I must say that both of us enjoy ourselves very much...

At My Secret Garden, we were asked to seat outside since they required proper attire to enter and then A* was in sandals mah. Dun really mind since the place is really romantic and sweet. This waitress, Nora was surprised that we did not kick up a big fuss and we seem quite comfortable in the arrangement. She came over to us and offered some suggestions on how to save money. Was thinking of ordering Sin of Love to share it with A* but thanks to Nora, we had something similar at a cheaper price. hehe... Had some small chats in between with her and she seem real friendly. She did mention that we can order vegeterian food from the cafe and then she's dancing part-time at Abrab Street on Sat. So cool sia...

Nora remind us to call for her when we are ready to foot the bills. Both of us were thinking that maybe she earn some commission but then we were so wrong loh. When the bill came, she just told us that she only charged us for the food we ordered and the drinks are on the house. Really very sweet of her loh and yah... that reminds me. I must write in to comment on her friendly attitude towards us and the additional effort she put in to help us save up. So lucky of me and A* to meet such a nice lady... Would be going there more often next time with A*...

A* was thinking of singing karaoke but then I can sense that both of us are really tired liao so we settled down at the foodcourt in Paradiz Centre. Once we are there, I helped A* transfer his stuff over to the new bag and it was so sweet to see him smiling so brightly... A*, I am really glad that u like the bag and trust me, u look gd with the bag. Muackz...

Saturday...

This is the first weekend of my manning period and I was praying so hard in the morning that I dun get activiated at all loh. haha... Had a chat with Alvin and got him to come over and repair my computer. It seem like I only need to get a windows installation disk and everything would be up and running once again. So gd sia... but then I think Alvin faced some problems later so it was not resolved in the end... Haiz...

Had a long chat with A* and it lead to a quarrel... Took us quite some time to cool down and iron out the differences. Really glad that it was resolved and so looking forward to meet his gang of close friends.

Meet at Suntec and it was damn crowded due to the super band loh. Had a hard time finding A* and his friends but I am glad to meet them up. Afterall, this is the first time I am meeting the whole group up. Find them real friendly and it was gd that we are able to click so well. Think A* was also very happy to know that I am able to blend in well with the gang bah... hehe...

After dinner at Suntec, we took the mrt with Sharon to keep her company before we dropped off at Chinatown and headed down to NINES. NINES is very quiet when we arrived and I think the whole group like the concept of such a quiet cafe. In fact, everyone like the drinks they order and then almost all of us are watching "The Maid" with Micheal and Simon. haha.... Left NINES after midnight and I shared a cab with A* and 2 of his friends...

Really enjoyed the day out with them and it was nice to have A* by my side...

Sunday...

Both of us were planning to go out in the afternoon but then it was raining so both of us spend most of the time talking instead. Due to my indecisive to settle some long overdue problems, I got A* quite angry and we started off a quarrel. Haiz... That's just so me loh...

In the end, we meet up and manage to clear the issues. Really dun want to lose A* cos he's the only one I want in my life. Had dinner at Hougang before we make a move to PS. Meeting PIka there cos I need to take something from him. Got A* to come along to keep me company. hehe...

Meet Pika up and have a short chat while A* went for some shopping. After Pika left, went over to Carrefour and found A* buying some drinks for both of us. Huggies... A* is forever so sweet and nice loh. Decided to make our way to Fort Canning Park to enjoy some quiet moments together and it had been a long time since we had time for each other.

Dec called me up and I can sense that he's quite disturbed so I lie to him abt me not being with A* so that I can hear him out and advise him on his problem. A* is so understanding. He just hold my hand along the way and he's not angry that I am spending time over the phone with Dec while we can have the world to ourselves. Huggies... thanks for being such a understanding lover...

Although A* and I didn't get to spend much time together cos I was mostly on the phone with Dec, both of us still manage to share some sweet moments together... Muackz... Dear, I love you...

I love A* and I am glad to have him...

2006-03-20T09:29:00.000+08:00

Friday...

A* was down with flu and we decided to stay at home instead. Wanted him to recover at home although I really miss him a lot. Went to the Carrefour at PS and bought back dinner, in the meantime, I also bought some fruit juices for A*.

Called A* up around 10.15pm when I reached his house. First time walking from the mrt to his house and I am glad that I did not get lost along the way. haha... A* was quite happy to receive my call and I pass him the fruit juice cos I believe that vitamin C would be gd for him and then I got him a cute handphone holder in the form of a puppy. Just something cheap and simple for his birthday...

A* is curious how many gifts he would be getting from me till the date of his actual birthday but I am not going to tell him that and I dun intend to at all... Afterall, I wanted to make this birthday a memorable one for him... hehe...

Saturday...

It's A* working Sat this week and I woke up specially to chat with him on his way to work. hehe... When he reached office, I dropped back to bed to take a quick nap before I watch my cartoons. haha...

Supposed to meet Vir up to do some shopping but then just happended to know that Desmond is back from his Thailand trip liao so decided to meet up together for dinner. Meet around 7pm at Suntec with the 2 of them and Kenneth. So nice of Des to meet us up and give us a treat. hehe...

Played some pool and decided to watch "V For Vendetta" around midnite. Scared that A* may be waiting for him, I sms him that I am going to watch the movie and I would be late. True enough, he is still waiting for me although he's sick. Feel so guilty that I didn't sms him earlier so that he could go to bed....

"V For Vendetta" is really a gd show sia... All of you shd really catch it while it's still screening...

Sunday...

Was planning to spend the whole day with A*, but then mum decided to have a game of majhong and then I am quite badly injured so A* decided to meet me for dinner instead so that I can rest my feet and spend more time with mum. A* is forever so sweet loh...

Meet him up around 5.30pm and he dragged me to Hg Mall to get some cream and plasters for my feet. hehe... From there, we moved on to Punggol Park where we took some photos and 3 interesting movie clips. haha... Think me and A* laugh a lot whenever we look back at the movie clips cos both of us seem so nervous over the movie clips sia...

Really enjoyed every moment with A* and it was through him that I finally understand the true meaning of love... A*, thanks for standing by my side at my difficult times and help me go through them. I love U...

In preparation of A*'s birthday...

2006-03-15T10:43:00.000+08:00

It would be A*'s birthday in another 2 weeks time and I had sort of see to most of the arrangements liao. In fact, he would be receiving his 1st birthday gift from me today. hehe... His 1st birthday present from me is Canon Ixus 55(Digital Camera). Hope that he likes it loh.

I would like to celebrate his birthday for him in stages so he may be getting all sort of surprises from today till his actual birthday or I may not be giving him anything at all until the actual day. haha... Just want him to have a memorable birthday...

Busy... Real busy...

2006-03-14T10:49:00.000+08:00

Friday...

Headed off after work to watch "Underworld Evolution" with David (my colleague) at Orchard Lido while Vir, Ken and Samuel went to catch "Nanny McPhee". Meet up after the movie for dinner and had some chat... Got Samuel to come over my hse later on to collect his stuffs from me.

Saturday...

Being a gd boi, I stayed at home and waited patiently for my hp to ring cos there is a technical mobilisation today around 2pm. Damn it... I hate to go back to army loh... and then sister totally pissed me off in the morning by accusing that I forget to wake her up for work. WTF, she didn't even mention to me abt her working schedule loh, then how do I know when would be a gd time to wake her up. I was shouting at her for being unreasonable over the phone while I was still talking to A*. Think A* got quite a shock when he heard me shouting at sis and he was asking me if I would be shouting at him next time. haha... I may be easy-going most of the time but I have my temper as well...

Went for the reservist mobilisation and activate the relevant parties since I am the detail IC. Glad that everything went well and did some catching up with some old friends. hehe... In fact, we were so lucky that we managed to get dismissed around 4.30pm... Called A* up and asked if he would like to come over my hse since I am all alone. He mentioned that he would come over after his game of UNO with his gang of friends. hehe...

Went back home and waited for A* to appear and when he arrived, he was wet from head to toe loh due to the heavy downpour. Rushed him into the house and started boiling water. (There's no heater in my hse mah) Got all the warm water ready for him and make him take a bath before he catch a cold. Managed to find a new pair of underwear and shorts (which are way too small for me) for him to change into. He happened to bring along an additional shirt and yah... A* looks so much better after a bath sia. hehe...

After the bath, both of us headed to Hg Mall for a simple dinner. Bought some drinks and snacks after dinner cos A* got a vcd that he wanted to watch with me. Lazed on the bed with A* and watched the movie together... Guess he was very tired cos he doze off in my arms during the movie. hehe... Woke him up after the movie end and got him to share my room for the nite... Was really happy when he agreed to stay over but then I hope I didn't create much problems btw him and his mum.

Sunday...

Woke up to find A* still deep in sleep. Moved close and kiss his cheeks gently... It's such a nice feeling to kiss your lover early in the morning bah and since he was such a light sleeper, he woke up when I kiss his cheeks. hehe... Woke sis up this time in case she scolded me again and see that she went to work so that me and A* can have the whole hse to ourselves.

Lazed around till late morning before we decided to make our way down to Chinatown for brunch. Both of us really dun feel like leaving the house cos we had spend a lot of quality time together and it's so comfortable that we can just hug and kiss whenever we feel like it... Had lunch at chinatown and headed over to NINES for a short break while waiting for Khris, Francis, Alvin and Chee Meng. Think A* was quite impressed by NINES and he mentioned that he would consider bringing his close friends over. Think I can charge Micheal for free advertisement liao. haha...

They went and collected their tailor made pants, and then headed over to make some donations to some medical charity organisation. All 4 of them are going for some buddhist concert while me and A* make our way to Suntec cos I need to purchase a business suit for tomorrow event...

Spend quite some time in Marina Square instead looking for my businnes suit cos Suntec is packed due to the IT fair. All thanks to A* and his gd judgement, I managed to get myself, a nice business suit, a blue tie and a sky blue top and due to all these expenses, I am now an official VIP of G2000. haha...

Settled down for dinner at one of the interesting restaurants in Suntec. The prices for the food is quite reasonable and then there's free flow of drinks for any sets u ordered. Treated A* to dinner cos I know that he spent quite a lot this month liao. Feel so gd to have your lover by your side the whole day and this is the 2nd time that we had spend 24 hours together liao. hehe...

Quarrels... Part of a ltr???

2006-03-09T08:53:00.000+08:00

Sis called me up this morning... Was quite surprised that she called me up cos we seldom communicate at home and somemore it's 9am in the morning when she call... I got a shock of my life when she started off crying once I picked up the call... Haiz... I start to panic. Mum and Dad just left for Gentings early in the morning and then she's like that right now... Was worried that she's in pain again and there's no one to attend her... Took me quite a while to realise what went wrong...

She had a big quarrel with her bf yest nite and it seem that she indicated a break up at the start of the quarrel while the bf keep telling her not to and ask if she's joking... and when the bf agrees to the break-up, she broke down and beg him not to leave her... Haiz... Although I have never like this bf of her, I know she loves him a lot and trust me, I had a few big quarrels myself with her a few times over this issue... Took me quite a while to calm her down and stop her tears from flowing... Took her to give him some time to think over the ltr. If she really mean so much to him, he would call her back and apologise to ask for a patch back...

This incident sets me thinking about a lot of things cos unknown to my sis, I had a misunderstanding with A* earlier on in the morning as well, before she called me up... Haiz... In fact, this is the 2nd time both me and A* had such misunderstanding, and it's all due to me... Frankly speaking, I never feel secure abt myself and I always worry too much abt how pple see or think abt me. Whenever something happens, I would think too much into it, causing the thing to be more complicated than what it is now... This thinking had caused a lot of trouble to most of my close friends and I think it's even more serious for A*... Really have to do something abt it or I would lose A* and then all my friends as well...

Have to learn to be more open-minded and stop thinking too much into things... Sometimes, things are just that simple... Would work hard to build a simple ltr with A*...

A*, sorry for burning u out dealing with so much of my problems... Muackz... I love u...

Nice Chn Song...

2006-03-08T09:01:00.000+08:00

至少还有你 by 林忆莲

我怕来不及我要抱着你
直到感觉你的皱纹有了岁月的痕迹
直到肯定你是真的直到失去力气
为了你我愿意动也不能动
也要看着你直到感觉你的发线
有了白雪的痕迹直到视线变得模糊
直到不能呼吸让我们形影不离
如果全部世界我也可以放弃
至少还有你值得我去珍惜
而你在这里就是生命的奇迹
也许全世界我也可以忘记
就是不愿意失去你的消息
你掌心的志我总记得在那里
我们好不容易我们身不由已
我怕时间太快不够将你看仔细
我怕时间太慢日夜担心失去你
恨不得一夜之间白头永不分离

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Really miss A* a lot cos both of us are really busy at work and then we only get to meet each other on the coming Sunday bah. Having reservist mobilisation on Sat at 2pm and god knows how long do I need to be there before everything end. Hopefully, it would end before 7pm loh so at least I can still meet A* at nite. hehe...

Planning to go Thailand with some friends from 7 - 10 April and just the thot of away from A* for 4 days and maybe without any communication at all is quite scary sia... Think I got to make some adjustments to myself... Maybe got to get used to not talking with A* for a short period of time. hehe... Anyway, boss just commented that I have to be back for work on 11 April so I guess I can forget abt taking one more day of leave to rest loh.

Maintenance...

2006-03-07T09:06:00.000+08:00

Something happen while I was on my way to office yest... When I enter the mrt, I overheard this lady talking loudly in the background. At first, I thought she was just loud but then after catching some bits and pieces from her, I realised that she's actually quarreling with her bf... At first, I thot that she must be the unreasonable one since she's talking to him in such a loud manner, but after a while of listening, I started to feel that she's really very upset deep inside her heart...

I only managed to remember a few lines from her that really set me thinking...
"Dun promise me you would change b'cos I say so. U must change when u really mean it"
I truly agree with her loh. So many times in life, we often promise to change for some other causes than us wanting to change for ourselves. It's almost like a promise to our parents when we are young to change to be more obedient, or a promise to boss that we would change to become more productivity but then when it comes to a ltr, such promises can be very damaging. In order to impress the other party, we often promise him/her that we would change but then sometimes we fail to realise that such changes can only be done temporary. Image the impact to the whole ltr when u reverse back to your original self after some time... It's always gd to show your true form at the start of the ltr so that acceptance can go a long way.

"Dun keep asking me to tell u what to do. Dun u know what u r supposed to do"
Actually, come to think abt it. It's quite annoying when ur other half is waiting for instructions from you as in it makes the whole ltr such a one way thingy. I do admit that sometimes u may wish to ask your other half for guidance and advise but it does not work that way when u r in a heated quarrel. Usually, most of the pple would take it that u r just plain annoyed that I am not accepting your apologies so u are asking me for a shortcut to end the quarrel. I mean in this way, we didn't really resolve the problem and there's a tendency that it would happen again... Haiz... I still think that all problems should be resolved within the day itself. Not nice to drag the problem for too long and it's gd to stay open for ideas so that it reduce the chance of any unnecessary conflicts.

"U must understand that when I accept u as my bf, I am still trying to accept ur flaws."
When I hear that, I was quite surprised. I keep having the thinking that when u love a person, u are going to accept everything of him/her, including his/her flaws. Didn't realise that she actually uses the word"trying". It was then that I realised she is just being truthful. All of us keep saying that I accept u for what u r but then deep inside us, we are still hoping for some positive changes but then we are really trying to accept. Although it may sound hurtful to the ears, but then that is the cold hard truth and being truthful to one another in a ltr, it also help the ltr to grow and cause both parties to have a better understanding of one another...

Her last line over the hp was "Just give both of us some time to think things through lah." and after she hang up the phone, I can see her watery eyes. Can sense her sadness as she took out a tissue and wiped off her tears. We alighted at the same stop and it didn't take long before I lost her in the crowd...

Called A* up and shared with him on what I hear and feel. It was then that I understand the true meaning of love... It's easy to start, easy to end but it's never easy to maintain. I believe it's the same for that lady as well... Guess she must be very happy when she first got to be with her bf but then when a quarrel surfaces, it could spell the end of the ltr... Just hope that all of you understand that maintenance takes 2 hands to clap and since it's a difficult task, do learn to be more tolerance towards one another... Hugs...

To support a family is not an easy task...

2006-03-06T11:23:00.000+08:00

Friday...

Went out with A* for dinner today. Got him to try out the OA Bakery food outlet at Orchard with me but then they dun serve Taiwan Beef Noodles anymore liao... Haiz... Dun fancy the japanese food over there loh... After dinner, we went to check out some of the latest desktops at "BEST" in Taka... A* is planning to get a frd's help to set up a new desktop for him and we are just checking out the market specifications as well as the budget to set aside. haha...

Headed down to TCC for a drink cos A* is eager to get rid of his $10 TCC voucher. hehe... We had fun chatting and laughing... I did notice that A* seem to be more cheerful than b4 and then we do look like a crazy couple together loh with so much laughter... haha...

After the coffee rest at TCC, we decided to walk towards Chinatown... Along the way, we stopped and climbed up Fort Canning Park. It was dark and quiet so we had our share of hugs and kisses... Just find it sweet to hug him and stare at the starry sky together... Nothing else in this world matters more than having him by my side bah... and perharps that's the main reason why all of us crave for true love bah...

Saturday...

This happen to be my working week so had my fair share of nasty customers in the morning... I am glad that I am able to provide excellent service support to them and went the extra mile. Of course, I have to do a gd job whenever I am covering the counter duty cos the officer in charge is a bloody bitch that's at least 3 times worse than my boss loh... haha...

Finished work and headed for home only to meet my mum and auntie out on a shopping spree... Didn't want to join them cos I am a bit tired... Got home and realised that I was all alone. Feeling totally bored loh so asked A* to come over my house to accompany me before he make his way to have dinner with his friends. A* was basically complaining to me abt some issues he had with this bank and how poor is their customer support services loh. Spend quite a while to calm him down sia... haha... Feel so gd and comfortable to have A* with me at my house, to chat and everything. Too bad that he's meeting his frds up for dinner cos mum was thinking of asking him to stay for a game of majhong... Guess my mum's hands are itchy liao... haha...

Send him off to the mrt and then rush home to fix dinner for me and mum. A* did call me a few times before the dinner, during the dinner and after the dinner... He never fail to bring a smile to my face whenever I hear his voice... Miss him but then I really got to save up so I didn't go to the dinner with him... Huggies...

Sunday...

Woke up feeling nervous and uneasy cos I am meeting A* group of close friend today... Not sure if I would be welcome in the group and then worried that I may not be able to click well with them... A* knew that I would be scared so he decided to meet me up 1st before meeting them. Got them to go to this cosy coffee club at 3rd Flr, Orchard OG for a tea break session... I admit it was weird meeting them up but then I am glad that we have some common topics to talk abt. They are all very friendly and I have a lot of questions to answer... In fact, they make me feel like I am meeting the in-laws... haha...

After the interview with the close group of friends, I think I pass loh... hehe... It would be horrible if I am unable to click well with them and communicate. I mean I know how impt they are to A* and I want A* to feel comfortable whenever he got me out with them. Headed off to Orchard Library after that. While I was spending time in the books and comics there, A* wander off to do some window shopping. It took me quite some time b4 I realise that A* is not in the library at all loh. Called him up in panic only to realised that he's sitting outside the library, shivering in cold. (He's down with flu.) Haiz... Feel so guilty that I have not been a sensitive and gd date sia...

Had dinner and managed to catch "brokeback mountain" at 7pm in Cineleisure. It was really a very nice movie... Find that the story applies to a lot of ajs out there... and for everyone's sake, dun get married to avoid your true feelings, just to hurt more and more pple in your life. I remember the part of how upset the wife was to find her hubsand kissing another guy, and the part of how much pain she must have gone through in her heart to let her hubsand know that all this while, she had known that the fishing trip was a hoax. Haiz... A* only tell me one thing after the movie end. "We must all learn to treasure the things we had with us before we lost it... I love you and I would treasure every moment with u..." Think I blush a bit in the cinema when he said that out... Thanks A* for letting me feel so much in love... Muackz...

After the movie, got to see Dillie hanging around in Cineleisure as well abut then I didn't greet him cos we had yet to meet face to face b4 and then I didn't show him my pic yet. haha... Hope that he dun mind me ignoring him sia but then again he would not know that it's me... hehe... We moved on to a quiet corner in Orchard where we got to share this packet of heart-shaped cookies... A* was tired after a while and he just fall asleep in my lap... Simply loved the feeling of watching him sleep, to stroke his hair and feel his heartbeat when he's in deep sleep...

Sidenotes:

Had some chat with some friends and all of them agree that I have changed a lot after I get to date A*. They feel that the change in me is too fast and then they sort of feel that A* must have brainwash me to a certain degree...

I can only say that I admit I have change in my lifestyle and behaviour in terms of savings. Long b4 I get to know A*, everyone is trying to encourage me to save up, especially Alvin but then why is it I only want to start saving up after A* got to talk to me. The reason is actually very simple... A* asked me "Are you able to pay for your mum medical bills if *touch wood* she got an operation or illness?" It was then that I realised I am unable to take out any money cos I dun save....

All this while, I am living in this beautiful dream build by my dad. He keep telling me that he would work and support the family, ensure that both my sisters complete their studies and by the time, the 3 of us are working, he would sit back and enjoy the monthly tributes from the 3 of us. This is all so idealistic provided that nothing happens along the way.... So I started to think of the worst situation. My dad is unable to work anymore... then guess wat, I become the sore breadwinner for a family of 5 and I got to support both my sisters to complete their studies... OMG... It would be like a nightmare loh, especially when I have no savings at all...

All these thots really set me thinking of how to plan for the future now. I should really save up. I am not like all of u out there. I only have a diploma and my earnings is not enough to support a family of 5. I dun have rich grandparents to pass me anything upon their death. My mum is usually sick and my dad does not earn a lot, plus that he's super stingy now... Haiz... If I am still going to lead the life as b4... Spending money for my own leisure and not considering the whole situation is such a no no now... Maybe this short entry would explain more abt my sudden change towards spending money bah...

Huggies to all friends out there... I still love all of u and I would love to spend more time with u as well but do forgive me if I am unable to join in due to the expenses... Sincerely hope that u all would understand...

A* is just so sweet...

2006-03-02T10:42:00.000+08:00

Had been having a real bad cough and then work had been piling up in office due to the 2 days leave. Lots of urgent issues calling for my attention and then I am sort of involved in this World Organisation Diplomatic Conference for 500 foregin delegates as tour guide for them. Quite excited abt the whole idea cos it would be so fun. I love to work with people so I am wondering if I shd go into PR... Maybe that would be a nice course for me to advance my study in... Something to think abt...

Meet Alvin up for dinner cos he's not feeling well and need a chat. Headed off to TCC after dinner to relax over a cup of coffee. It was really nice to chat with him provided that I dun annoy him and set off his bitchy mode sia. haha... A* was worried abt me staying out late with Alvin cos I am sick so he called up to ensure that I go home early. hehe... Just find it so sweet to hear from him loh...

In the end, took bus to meet A* cos both of us sort of miss each other and work had not been gd for the both of us today. When I got to see him, he was carrying a small bottle of cough syrup and some strepsils for me. Got me to drink up the cough syrup and take one strepsils. I was very touched by the effort done by him to ensure that I can get well soon loh. To others, it may be something very simple but this gesture by him just make me love him more. Really nice to know that there's someone out there who care so much abt me... *Sweet*

Miss my entries???

2006-03-01T09:26:00.000+08:00

Saturday...

Went to my uncle's hse for the celebration of his 4th child's one mth... It was real nice to be with my relatives again and then lucky for me, I dun have to play majhong with them. I mean they are playing so big loh and one of my uncles lost $500+ after 2 games sia... I really enjoy myself a lot when I am with my relatives cos everyone is quite close to me... My aunties and cousins all look upon me as someone that they can share their problems with. I am really more of an advisor in the family but it's nice to know that we have such close bonds in the family... Actually, come to think abt it, I am quite worried abt my bonding with all my relatives once they get to know that I am AJ... Dun think they would be so open to want me back in their lives loh... Haiz... I would love to still maintain this bonding with my relatives and I really hope that they can accept me for who I am when the truth is out... Hopefully, I can bring my the other half to join in as well... hehe...

Promised A* to slp early but then went out with Vir and Samuel for supper and late nite chat... Haiz... Did not keep my promise to A* loh and I feel guilty abt it. Must make it a point to stick to my promise next time...

Sunday...

Samuel is celebrating his birthday today at Aloha Changi Chalet and he needs some help at his house to move some stuffs over and get ready for the big thing at nite. Asked A* over in the afternoon to help Samuel out and in the end, it was only 3 of us loh, helping his mother load up the van with tons of food sia. Arrived at the chalet and there was so much things to do, unload the van, prepare the food and get the pit ready... I mean A* and I were so busy in the kitchen that we looked like maids sia. haha...

Was really happy to see Simon, Kenneth(Simon's bf), Pearlyn, Elton, Nath(Elton's date), Vir and Ken(Vir's bf) at the chalet. Think Samuel invited quite a number of pple too but then they never turn up, but it was fun. In fact, I am really touched by A* helping out so much in the chalet. While I am taking a break in the living room and missing him for a while, there he was in the kitchen, helping to wash up the dishes... Really find it so sweet loh... A* is such a gd person and I am really lucky to have him by my side loh... Muacks...

Monday...

Elton and Nath left early in the morning while Samuel left for his class as well... Got woke up by Vir cos he was hungry and expecting me to fix breakfast for him. haha... Cooked breakfast for him and A* while we send off Samuel's parents to work... Think his mum was quite impressed by us that she started to give instructions for us to prepare dinner for them... hehe... A* helped to prepare breakfast as well and I think that he's really happy to be able to cook in the kitchen...

After breakfast, A* left to settle some bank issues while me and Vir did some simple cleaning up. Waited for A* to return and all of us concluded that we need an afternoon nap since we are all tired out from yest. Took a nap and was waked up by Samuel coming back from sch. He was hungry so me and A* prepared some food for him. Samuel was so tired that he went to slp immediately after eating... Helped A* to pack his stuffs since he would be leaving around evening... Send him to the bus-stop to wait for his bus... Feel depressed when I see him leaving in the bus... Sort of miss him bah since we had been spending time together for the past one day...

Rushed back to the chalet since Samuel was shouting for me and then I had to get busy for dinner... Started to give instructions to Samuel so that at least most of the things can be done up by the time his mum drop by. Got him to clean up most of the utensils and plates while I start to run through the remaining food and decided what to cook and prepare for our dinner. Set aside some food that his mum can bring back... Got Samuel's parents and sis to come down to try out our cooking. Think mine was the worst cos I did not add salt to most of the dishes. hehe... Anyway, we had a lot of leftover which we decided to save it for breakfast tml...

Since there was only me, Vir and Samuel staying over tonite, we give Samuel his birthday present on that nite. haha... really glad that Samuel like his birthday present and enjoyed himself... Hugs... Happy Birthday Samuel...

Tuesday...

Samuel left early for school while I did most of the cleaning up in the house. Understand that the handing and taking over of the chalet would only take place around 10am. I did try my best to make the chalet as good as the time we step in and we were lucky to have the cleaning auntie helping us out. The maintenance lady came over at 10am and we had to pay an additional $7.20 for the electricity... Guess that must be due to us switching on the air-con for too long... hehe...

After the handing over of the chalet, took a walk with Vir at Changi beach... Had a short chat cos both of us are really tired. Took some snacks at Changi Village and headed back home... Reached home around 1pm sia... Sms A* and went to slp immediately... Woke up to realise that I am having a bad cough liao... Haiz...

A song for A*...

2006-02-24T14:07:00.000+08:00

不得不爱 by 潘玮柏 & 弦子

弦子: 天天都需要你爱
弦子: 我的心思由你猜
弦子: I Love You
弦子: 我就是要你让我每天都精彩
弦子: 天天把它挂嘴边
弦子: 到底什么是真爱
弦子: I Love You
弦子: 到底有几分说得比想像更快

潘玮柏: 是我们感情丰富太慷慨
潘玮柏: 还是要上天安排
潘玮柏: 是我们本来就是那一半
潘玮柏: 还是舍不得太乖
潘玮柏: 是那一次约定了没有来
潘玮柏: 让我哭得像小孩
潘玮柏: 是我们急着证明我存在
潘玮柏: 还是不爱会发呆

潘玮柏: Baby
合唱: 不得不爱
潘玮柏: 否则快乐从何而来
合唱: 不得不爱
潘玮柏: 否则悲伤从何而来
合唱: 不得不爱
合唱: 否则我就失去未来
合唱: 好象什么尤其不能自己很失败
合唱: 可是每天都过的精彩

弦子: 天天都需要你爱
弦子: 我的心思由你猜
弦子: I Love You
弦子: 我就是要你让我每天都精彩
弦子: 天天把它挂嘴边
弦子: 到底什么是真爱
弦子: I Love You
弦子: 到底有几分说得比想像更快

潘玮柏 RAP:
Oh~ I ask girlfriend
How you been 来去了几回
我从来没有想过
爱情会变得如此无奈
是命运吗
难道难过
是上天的安排
没办法
天天的每天的心思
到底由谁来陪
我诚心你诚意
但周围扰人环境始终
让我们无法
在这里自由相连
我精彩你发呆
两颗心不安的摇摆
应该有的未来
是否真的那么的无奈期待
舍不得
再伤害
You're Girl
My Girl My Friend
How Much I Love You
So So Much Baby
看着你哀愁
要我如何怎么承受面对
I'm Sorry You're My Sweetheart
My Love
My One & Only Baby

合唱: 不得不爱
潘玮柏: 否则快乐从何而来
合唱: 不得不爱
潘玮柏: 否则悲伤从何而来
合唱: 不得不爱
合唱: 否则我就失去未来
合唱: 好象什么尤其不能自己很失败
合唱: 可是每天都过的精彩

弦子: 天天都需要你爱
弦子: 我的心思由你猜
弦子: I Love You
弦子: 我就是要你让我每天都精彩
弦子: 天天把它挂嘴边
弦子: 到底什么是真爱
弦子: I Love You
弦子: 到底有几分说得比想像更快

潘玮柏: 会不会有一点无奈
弦子: 会不会有一点太快 Oh~
合唱: 可是你给我的爱
合唱: 让我养成了依赖
合唱: 心中充满爱的节拍

弦子: 天天都需要你爱
弦子: 我的心思由你猜
弦子: I Love You
弦子: 我就是要你让我每天都精彩
弦子: 天天把它挂嘴边
弦子: 到底什么是真爱
弦子: I Love You
弦子: 到底有几分说得比想像更快

For pple that are keen to hear this song, can try to download it from this link => http://ishare.sina.com.cn/ishare/download.php?fileid=492836 and the MTV is real gd loh... haha...

Quick updates...

2006-02-24T09:03:00.000+08:00

I would be on leave on Monday and Tuesday so I can only blog on Wednesday. Anyway, life had been busy lately and I am just not having enough sleep sia... Think I would reject all appts for today and have an early nite... Must have enough rest so that I can go for my swim tml. Going to uncle's house tml and according to mum, I may be summoned to play majhong with them sia... Stressed... Playing $1, $2 game loh... Hope I would be able to win... hehe....

Things had been progressing well with me and A*... I think Vir is so right to say that I am so much into A* that I seem to be smitten by him. haha... Well, everyone in his life had always been constantly on the search of someone that he could spend the rest of his life with... I can only say that I have found mine and he's A*. Never feel so much for a person like I feel for him... It's a kind of feelings that simply assure u that he's the one and only for u... A*, I love u...

己所不欲，勿施于人。。。

2006-02-23T08:52:00.000+08:00

早在2500年前，孔子就说了一句老话：「己所不欲，勿施于人」。

所谓「己所不欲，勿施于人」，就是用自己的心推及别人；自己希望怎样生活，就想到别人也会希望怎样生活；自己不愿意别人怎样对待自己，就不要那样对待别人；自己希望在社会上能站得住，能通达，就也帮助别人站得住，通达。总之，从自己的内心出发，推及他人,去理解他人,对待他人。「己所不欲，勿施于人」简单地说就是推己及人，它和中国民间常说的将心比心，设身处地为别人想一想等等，指的都是一个意思。

为什么有人会如此友善地考虑到其他人呢？

真正的原因是：你种下什么，收获的就是什么。

播种一个行动，你会收到一个习惯；播种一个习惯，你会收到一个个性；播种一个个性，你会收到一个命运；播种一个善行，你会收到一个善果；播种一个恶行，你会收到一个恶果。

你有权利非公平地对待其他人，但你这种非公平的态度，将会使你「自食其果」。而且，进一步说，你所释放出来的每一种思想的后果，都会回报到自己身上。因为你对其他人的所有行为，以及你对其他人的思想，都经由自我暗示的原则，而全部记录在你的潜意识中，这些行为和思想的性质会修正你自己的个性，而你的个性相当于是一个磁场，把和你个性相同的人或情况吸引到你身边。。。

Not sure if everyone can understand this simple chinese paragraph but then the meaning it is trying to bring across is really worth some thoughts... "己所不欲，勿施于人" simply talks abt "do not impose upon others what you do not desire yourself" and this is a very impt thing cos most of the time, I find that humans are just like a magical mirror, in the sense that they reflect more than what they see...

Example: If Y is being nice to X, X would reflect more than what he received from Y. He would try to be nice to Y in his own ways. To X, it's a simple form of trade or fairness bah and such behaviour are ok. Things only get worse when Y is not being nice to X... X would then reflect back all the bad things on Y, which in a way cause Y to hate X more... How many times in life are we actually doing it?

I remember that I was complaining abt bitchy boss one day and then my colleague just say something simple to me that set me thinking... "When you dun like a person, everything he/she does must be something that you can find fault with..." It was then that I realised I had classified my boss as someone bad and her actions would have a negative effect on me. Sometimes I would talk bad abt her behind her back but then when I get to know that someone is talking bad behind my back, I get very affected... so talking bad behind someone's back is really something I dun desire to happen to me...

己所不欲，勿施于人 is a very high level of teaching by Confucius and I believe that everything should first start from myself... Since there are so much things in life that I do not desire, then all the more I should not impose it on others... It's never easy but then at the end of the day, it does help to cultivate me to become a better person... Hope this set a few of u out there thinking as well...

Updates for the past few days...

2006-02-20T09:22:00.000+08:00

Thursday...

Met up with A*, Vir, Ken and Samuel for my birthday celebration at Rice Table in Suntec... Had quite a nice time there eating, bitching and creating jokes... A* was making everyone laugh so hard that our stomach hurts... After dinner, we proceed on to Sky Garden and have a chat... Just feel so nice to hug A* and have him by my side... At least, I know that he's pretty ok with me hugging him in front of friends liao... hehe... Left Suntec around 11pm and thanks all of you so much for celebrating my birthday with me...

Friday...

Had a dept gathering at Aloha Chalet for some team-building activites. Must comment that the chalet was bloody warm loh and only the rooms are air-conditioned. Was alrdy planning to go gym with A* later on in the evening so I was eager to find my way out when my director instructed everyone to stay back for dinner. Pleaded with her and she can sense that I really must have something impt on. Well, meeting A* up is always something impt mah... Luckily my director agreed to me leaving early b4 my bitchy boss insisted that I stay as well... Something abt me not being a team player and leaving early... Damn... She just got to say something to make me look bad loh...

Left the chalet in a colleague's car. Poor him loh... Got to drive me out to Pasir Ris Mrt Station and then head back to the chalet for dinner. Really appreciate his help a lot. Call A* when I was in the Mrt Station only to realise that I am going to reach the venue way too early loh. haha... Reached the venue half an hour early and spend my time strolling around until Fred arrives... Chatted with him for a while and then Khris and A* arrived as well... Headed for the gym while waiting for Alvin. Spend some time on trying out most of the machines, need to really train up more to lose more fats sia... Alvin was giving me wrong instructions on one of the machines and I must be doing it so badly that a gym instructor approach me and offer to coach me later. Done with my set, and got the gym instructor over to coach me. Think he was quite surprised to find the rest surrounding him when he only volunter to coach me. haha... Must comment that he was quite a nice looking hunk that got Khris quite interested sia...

Done with gym and we headed down to old airport road to meet up with Chee Meng for supper. Shared a bowl of porridge with A* and we were basically feeding each other. hehe... Think we were creating too much love in the air that got Khris quite jealous and bitchy loh. Well, I can only comment that the actions done by me and A* are so natural loh and we did not do it on purpose to show off... Took the same bus with A* and send him home... Samuel and Vir are looking for me urgently so I did not spend much time with A*. Took a cab from his place down to meet Samuel and Vir... Had a long chat with them since Vir is leaving on Sat morning for a show...

Saturday...

Thanks Samuel for sending me morning sms to wake me up in time for the mobilisation briefing this afternoon at Bedok North Sec Sch... Took me quite some time to get ready and then got mum to help me spray my hair back to black. Luckily everything was done nicely and RSM didn't find any fault with me. Quite a while since I last meet up the guys for reservist so there was quite a lot of things to catch up. Had lots of fun updating each other and I managed to help A* find a guy who happen to be in the office planner line. haha... even in reservist, I am also thinking of way to help A* out in his work...

The whole bloody briefing went on till 5pm and then there would be an actual mobilisation on 11 March and then a lot more manning dates coming up. Sianz... Hope that everything would end soon sia... and I dun get to be mobilisated during A* birthday... Give Koon a call after the whole briefing to wish him Happy Birthday. I do remember loh and I hope that this year would be a gd year for him loh and may he find true love soon as well...

Headed home in a fit of anger cos I seem to lose my ez-link card again. Haiz... Was totally angry and upset over it and thanks to A* to listen to me complain. Huggies... You are forever such a darling in my life and I love you... Meet A* up in Orchard and we did some window shopping. Bought something for a friend's birthday and we even went to check out this book of answers for love. Find it to be quite accurate when both of us asked abt our love life towards one another. Just know that "it's gotta be sweet" at the end of the day and I can see A* smiling when both of us see that answer. Going back home early since I am really quite tired...

Sunday...

Happy Birthday to me,

Happy Birthday to Wesley,

Happy Birthday to me.

haha... yah, it's my birthday today and I can't wait to meet A* up cos he had wanted to celebrate this day with me. Meet up with Alvin, Chee Meng, Khris, Lobster and A* around 4pm in Chinatown. The guys were planning to make some business pants mah. haha... Was truly surprised to receive a present from Alvin and Chee Meng. It was 鸳鸯 rose quarts on a lotus leaf... Very nice and sweet loh and it sort of represent me and A*... hehe...

Headed off to Orchard for a dinner arrangement make by A*. It was very very nice and we had lots of fun sharing food and feeding each other... Love is so much in the air whenever I am with him. Simply enjoy his company and I realised that nothing else around me matters as long I have him by my side. Had a very full dinner that both of us were walking so slowly sia... Decided to take a stroll all the way to PS so we could take MRT home... Reached home to have a short celebration with my family and it was fun as usual having the birthday cake and making birthday wish... My wish this year is a very simple one... "I wish that me and A* can be together forever." and I know that I can make it come true...

The greatest love of all...

2006-02-16T11:11:00.000+08:00

A lot of us keep thinking that the greatest love of all is the love between 2 lovers, the hot burning passion, the hugs, the kisses and the craving to be with each other all the time but I beg to differ... I think the greatest love of all is motherly love...

I still remember that Pearlyn once told me of what a nice mum I have. My mum is friendly and easy-going, crap with all my friends and try to make them feel at ease when they drop by my house. Pearlyn feels that my mum is so sweet and caring and she is worried abt the hurt I cause my mum once she knows that I am aj. I have been thinking abt this thing for a very long time. I think that mum alrdy knows but then she just dun want to accept the fact. She had been hinting to me that she would be blamed if I walked on the wrong path, had been hinting to me that she hope I can be an understanding son and dun cause her to worry abt me, hinting to me that such life may not be well accepted in the society... Haiz...

I can sense my mum's love for me and I am sure everyone of you can sense ur mum love for u as well. I do agree that sometimes, mum can be really disturbing, nagging non-stop and then trying so hard to find out more abt my life. Although I admit that such actions from her can get me real annoyed, I still love her very much. I know that she cares a lot for me and I know that my mum suffered a lot while I was still young. Sometimes, we only see our mum as what she is now and forget all the sufferings she had to undertake to bring us up... I dun intend to out myself to my mum cos I know she would never understand and she may blames herself for what I am today, but I would always love her and be filial to her as what a son should do. Mum, I love you...

This blog is specially dedicated to my mum who went through so much to bring me up to what I am now and I would also like everyone who reads upon this if they had been a gd son or daughter to their mum... Do remember that being a gd son or daughter goes a long way and sometimes all she need from us is just some time and attention... I know that I hug my mum whenever she's down... cos I know I had not been a gd son...

Sidenote:

Pearlyn, I know that I would be a gd son if I turn str8 and get married but then I would be lying to myself and lying to my mum, my wife-to-be and many many more... I believed that I can be a gd son too even if I am gay... Pearlyn, I understand where u r going from and I know that u r not against me being gay, just that u feel strongly I shd do my duty as a son...

The joy, the laughter, the tears...

2006-02-15T09:15:00.000+08:00

Meet A* up after work and I am really very nervous loh... While I was walking towards PS, almost everyone on the pavement had something in their hands. Girls with flowers and guys with a plastic or paper bag... Love is so much in the air that it makes me nervous... cos I am carrying a paper bag myself too... So obvious that I am meeting my date too and celebrating Valentine Day... Maybe I am nervous on how others view us bah... Dun want pple to stare at us like we are ailens or avoid our path... Haiz... Call him up when I reach PS and waited for him at the mrt station.

Realised that A* is as nervous as me loh cos he shared the same fear too... The fear of pple looking at us differently. He even try to walk a distance away from me. haha... Come to think of it... I pity the both of us for not being able to behave like a couple openly but then I guess everyone faces the same problem lah. Make our way to the restaurant and realised that the waiter is taking instant photos for all the couples before they are lead to their seats. A* and I were really panic loh and we had to keep rejecting the waiter to take photos of us. Got us quite embrassed at a moment of time cos the waiter keep insisting the instant photos is part of the whole package. haha... Took us quite a while to convince him it's ok and he got us a partition seat, which is easy for us to hide... I got the external seat while A* took the sofa seat.

The restaurant I booked is TAOS at selegie road and there are a few reasons why I choose this restaurant.
1) It is small and cosy.
2) Found out they served strawberries coated in chocolate which is his favourite.
3) The food is nice and I like the way they decorate the food.

A* and I chat a lot during the dinner to calm ourselves down and be normal but then I think we are so successful that we did laugh out loud a few times. haha... The Valentine Day Dinner Set was really a very special one and I can tell that A* likes the food and he did snap some photos of some of the interesting dishes. Really glad that he enjoy himself and both of us agree that even though this is a very stressful dinner, it was fun. We didn't exchange gifts as we previously agree on cos we did draw a lot of attention during dinner. Most of the gals keep peeping over to check out on both of us and our laughter did draw some attention here and there. A* trying so hard to cut the steak did draw some funny looks from the lady sitting a table away, it was so hard that I have to cut the whole steak for him loh. Guess it was my fault to make him laugh so much that he didn't have the strength to even lift up the knife. haha...

After dinner, we settled down at one of the steps around the corner to enjoy the musical performance and exchanged gifts. A* got me a top from U2, a cute key mark and a very sweet 5R photos showing 4 pics of us taken together. Find his gifts very sweet and meaningful loh... hehe... Well, I got him a top from TopShop and a cute Valentine Day Card. I know that he tries to kiss me when he saw the top cos he likes it very much but I avoid his kiss cos we are so in the open loh. Avoided his kiss again after he read the contents I wrote in the card. haha... Not that I dun want to kiss but I am more afraid that we may not stop bah...

Once we are done with the exchange of gifts, we moved on to Fort Canning Hill, found ourselves a bench and sit down to talk... It did not take long before I start to hug and kiss him until we were disturbed by a couple making out in the shadows some distance away from us. We stopped kissing to check out the live show put up by the couple and they can be so bloodly loud loh. haha... Took them quite some time to finish their business before they decided to quiet down. Took the chance to hug A* and whisper into his ears that I would always be there for him and take care of him. He actually hug me back and I can sense him crying softly on my shoulders... Wipe away the tears and kiss him gently to know him know that I really mean what I say...

Sidenote for A*..

I love you for ur cheerful character, ur friendly approach towards pple, ur views on love, ur care and concern for friends... and I love you. Muackz...

Sweet Valentine...

2006-02-14T12:06:00.000+08:00

Happy Valentine Day to everyone out there... May everyone be blessed with lots of love...

As the time for dinner draws near, I am starting to get more and more nervous. The restaurant called again to confirm the reservation I make. Just wondering when would be a rite time for me to exchange Valentine Day Gift with him... Both of us were thinking that it's not appropriate to exchange it over dinner but yet we still think that the gifts should be exchanged during dinner. Strange thinking, rite??? haha...

I didn't plan for anything after dinner and was just asking him for some ideas when he comment that he dun mind walking around. To him, everything is sweet and nice as long we are together... It's just so nice to be in love, to love him and be loved by him... hehe...

Found this song "Valentine" by MARTINA McBRIDE on Joshua's blog so decided to share the lyrics with everyone...

if there were no words
no way to speak
i would still hear you
if there were no tears
no way to feel inside
i'd still feel for you

and even if the sun refused to shine
even if romance ran out of rhyme
you wuld still have my heart until the end of time
you're all i need, my love, my Valentine.

all of my life
i have been waiting for
all you give to me
you've opened my eyes
and shown me how to love unselfishly

i've dreamed of this a thousand times before
in my dreams i couldn't love you more
i will give you my heart
until the end of time
you're all i need, my love, my Valentine

and even if the sun refused to shine
even if romance ran out of rhyme
you would still have my heart until the end of time
'cause all i need is you, my Valentine
you're all i need, my love, my Valentine

Sweet Monday...

2006-02-13T09:44:00.000+08:00

Friday...

Pearlyn, Samuel and Alvin are coming over my hse to 拜年. Know that it's a bit late but then the 3 of them are so occupied mah. Had dinner near Alvin's place before making a move down to my home. The majhong table was set up and we settled down for majhong immediately. Was planning to get A* to come over as well but then he had company dinner.

Started playing majhong and my luck was quite gd for the first few rounds. Maybe it was due to me missing someone bah. hehe... A* called me during the game to update me that he managed to leave early for the company dinner and is heading down to Chinatown now to meet his gang for karaoke. While talking to him over the phone, I managed to get one of a kind. Knowing that my luck increases due to talking to him, Alvin, Samuel and Pearlyn took turns to talk to him as well and each of them game while chatting with him. haha... Seem that he's the lucky star sia... Alvin managed to win 80 cents while I managed to win $6+... hehe... all thanks to A* lah...

Planned to go over to Chinatown to fetch him and send him home cos he complains abt having headache... but then he dun allow cos he wanted me to slp early... Mum was planning to play majhong with me since I am not going to Chinatown liao but then I promised A* to slp early alrdy so I rejected mum's offer. Didn't manage to slp early in the end cos I keep thinking of him...

Saturday...

Woke up quite early to go temple with mum and auntie. It was quite a long journey and there were quite a number of items to buy and carry sia... Pray sincerely to god to wish for smooth sailing for the whole family and gd health for mum. Really hope that mum would live to a ripe old age cos she had been complaining of poor health lately. Haiz... Mum, I love you...

Leave mum and auntie to catch up on each other while I make my way down to Esplanade to watch Mahjong Eclipse with Vir and Kenneth. Arrived around 2 hours early and decided to call A* for a chat. Talked abt a lot of things especially on some of the issues arising between both of us. Shared a lot of thots and how we are going to deal with such issues. From the chat, I can sense how serious both of us are towards solving the issues and I find it nice and comfortable that both of us can share on such issues with an open mind. I even apologised to him over the phone for acting like a jerk when he bring up some issues. Sometimes, I can be such a pain in the neck sia... Glad that he's able to put up with my nonsense... Frankly speaking, I am thankful that A* is such a darling and I vow to take gd care of him and cherish him...

Called Vir up after the chat with A* and know that they are on their way liao. Meet them up and manage to get a nice seat. I must comment that Majhong Eclipse was really quite an interesting chinese play and I enjoyed myself a lot although I did doze off at some part of the play. Was just too tired due to lack of slp... hehe... Received a call from A* after the play that he would be meeting us at River HongBao. Headed down there and meet him up. Took a stroll around and we settled for some ice kacang. Shared it with A* and feed him... not knowing that Kenneth was actually taking pic of me feeding A*.... *Blush*

Went for KTV at chinatown and Vir make sure everyone had to at least sing 2 songs before passing it on. Damn... I hate singing loh cos I often go off key but then I must comment that I manage to pull off a few times. hehe... My singing just go worse if I am nervous and Kenneth did praised me for singing better than the other time with Desmond around. haha... Really want to thanks A* for helping me along the way and his encouragements when I am singing...

Kenneth and A* were so high that they proposed we go clubbing. haha... Well, I am quite ok with the idea since it had been quite some time since I last club. Had a late dinner and we head for WhyNot. Managed to squezze our way in and I am so surprised that Vir can actually sense that Elton is inside and we walked str8 up to him. hehe... He was quite surprised to see us sia cos he was with his date mah... There was a contest going on stage and couples are encouraged to participate. Well, Elton and his date got chosen and they actually won the first prize. I must admit that I am very impressed by the level of how much they understand each other to the level of knowing his date sensitive spot and favourite place to have sex. Too bad the toilet in WhyNot is not big enough for us to watch a live show of Elton and his date performing. hehe... The clue of the favourite place for sex is shown in the above sentence. Kill urself if u dun catch the hint. haha....

Dancing with the guys was fun. Got to see Andrew dancing happily on stage and wonder why is his top still on? Thought that he always dance topless. haha... Managed to see kaka as well... haha... We left around 3am and I can tell that A* is really very tired liao. Took the cab with him so that I can send him home. Went up the lift with him and he insist that he's ok liao... Told me to go home immediately since I have something on in the morning. While I was walking away from the block, I can see him waving at me from the lift balcony. Know that he wanted to see me take a cab first with going back home but I was more worried that he may just sleep on the staircase so I took the lift up again. In the end, we spend time chatting at the staircase till 5am. This time, A* waited for a cab with me... Just find everything that happen today so sweet and nice... Such sweet memories... hehe...

Sunday...

Woke up early in the morning after 4 hours of slp. Haiz... Damn tired loh but then prefer to be up so that mum can stop her nagging sia... Headed off to aunt's hse and settled down for a game of majhong. Playing $1, $2 game sia so got to be damn serious. Realised that I keep winning once I keep thinking of someone. hehe... Received a few calls from him during the whole day which of course added a few more dollars to my account lah. Won a total of $100 at the end of 3 games. Very happy with my winnings cos I spend quite a lot yest and then going to spend quite a lot on Valentine Day as well... This money would come in handy sia... Getting a bit nervous as well over Valentine Day. Not sure if he would like the restaurant, the food, the gift I got for him and everything else...

Pissed off...

2006-02-10T09:13:00.000+08:00

Sometimes, I wonder how much can I put up with my boss. I mean I may be a finance and admin executive under her but she should really try to be more reasonable loh. Currently, I am in charge of a minor renovation project in the office and then there are one hundred and one outstanding issues to clear. The contractor is not co-operative with me. There are bits and pieces of work yet to be done. My boss is breathing down my neck, expecting to know the status.

Haiz... I have to deal with sudden requests all the time. My boss suddenly want this and she expect me to order the contractor to do it. I mean contractor dun like a change of scope, and I can understand how they feel so I also try to reduce the damage being done to them. I feel that everyone should try to compromise loh and not like my boss who insist of things being done her way. Frankly speaking, I am sick and tired of working under her. Worse of all, this renovation main purpose was to remove all the existing vendors in my dept to a room. Such movement of course cause a lot of problems among the vendors and me. Vendors start to complain to me abt them being forced to move and then the small space being given to them. Got to be nice to my vendors and not spolit the ltr.

I mean I hate dealing with 3 difficult parties at one go loh and then bitchy boss came over to my cubicle to tell me off for something that the contractor miss. I mean this place is really sucky loh. Sometimes, I even got to fork out money to purchase items that bitchy boss feel is gd to have in the office. Still remember last time, she sort of forced me to frame a photo for our director FOC while she claim the credit. Now, after renovation, she feels that it would be nice to have some plants in the office so guess I would be making my way to buy some plants soon. Haiz...

A few of my friends keep advising me to leave this shitty place but then think abt it in my shoes loh, my mum is often sick, I have no savings, and then I may not be able to get such pay and benefits if I switch job. I mean if I am given a job opportunity that allows me to earn $2.3k/mth, I would jump immediately loh...

Think it's really time to start looking for a job and throw the letter at that bitch or be good and bear with everything. On the bright side, I am not that badly affected at all when she come into my cubicle, shouting me. haha...

Sweet moments together...

2006-02-09T08:57:00.000+08:00

Went to gym with A* on tuesday and it was fun. haha... I mean I never know that hg gym can be so packed and full of hunks. Think Khris would be drooling once he entered the gym sia. We did a few sets on some of the machines that we managed to lay our hands on. A* was yawning most of the time and I can tell that he's tired. Gym for one hour before we decided to end the whole session. Took a bath and left the gym around 9pm...

On the way out, his frd called him up and seem rather depressed. A* was basically consoling him all the way while we were walking towards a bakery shop. Throughout the whole journey, I actually dun feel negelected at all. In fact, I feel happy just by his side although he was not paying much attention to me. hehe... Maybe I know that his frd needs him more than me at this point of time bah...

Bought for him some bread and a drink while he was still talking to his frd and then we moved on to some place to rest. Secretly, I was happy when his frd decided to end the call... ( I mean I am ok with him talking to his frd but not over a long period of time lah especially when I am with him ) I just feel so contented watching him eating his bread. After he had his bread, we just sort of stare into the nite sky and admire the stars. For once, I feel so fortunate to have him by my side... to watch stars together... Maybe I am just a hopeless romance bah... That's y I strive to enjoy time with him alone...

Checked on the price for the booking of the restaurant and agreed that it was overly priced but then I just wanted our first Valentine to be a nice and sweet one. hehe... Got scolded a bit by him lah for spending too much money when I shared this news with him. Well, beside this simple dinner, I also got him something. Hope he would like it loh... Know that A* is quite stressed at work nowadays, so hope that I can did my part in helping him out.

Valentine Day....

2006-02-06T13:28:00.000+08:00

Took some time off during lunch to make a booking for Valentine Day... Dinner would commence at 7pm. Just informed A* abt it and I wonder if he would be comfortable to dine with me openly in the restaurant in front of so many pple. Was informed by the restaurant that there are 3 batches for dinner and I took the middle batch, 7pm to 8.30pm... and I think I blush when the manager of the restaurant keep assuring me that they have a special set for Valentine Day and he knows how much I want to make it special for my loved one. Even pointed out that me and my loved one can't be too engrossed in dinner and forget to leave by 8.30pm cos I would have to spare some thoughts for the couples taking the third batch. haha.... Just realise that he keep mentioning loved one instead of gf... mm... Maybe he knows that I am one... haha...

I have alrdy decided wat to get for him as a Valentine Day gift liao. hehe... Hope he would like it... I am so looking forward to celebrate Valentine Day with him but then I also believe that 其实爱对了人, 情人节每天都过... Really crave so much to see him on that day cos he promised to let me see him home. I always find it sweet to send someone that u love all the way to his doorsteps... Maybe a kiss on the cheek and then stand outside, waiting for him to enter his house... yah... that is the kind of feeling I want... the feeling of sending him home and get to see him entering his house safely... Wonder if I am strange to think that way... hehe...

Love Quote : There is only one happiness in life,to love and be loved. - George Sand -

霍元甲。。。

2006-02-06T09:17:00.000+08:00

Friday

Vir gave me a call on Friday afternoon and ask me out to watch 霍元甲. Know that it's going to be quite an interesting show, I agreed immediately. Meet up Vir and Ken at cineleisure once I knock off cos Orchard is going to be so packed today due to the Chingay... Saw some preparation going on while I was on the way over to cineleisure. Meet the 2 of them for dinner and then took some sneak preview of the Chingay before we went to catch our movie... I must comment that 霍元甲 is quite a nice and meaningful show. Learn a lot of things from the movie and it show me some morals in the process as well... 忠，孝，仁，义...

Didn't join Vir for supper cos I wanted to go home and have a chat with the special one. hehe... Can feel that Vir is a bit disappointed but then I am so used to hearing the special one's voice before I slp mah... Dun want to be home too late and cause him to stay up waiting for me also. Quite a few frd had been asking abt this special one so I shd name him as Mr A*... cos he score an A* for his character, for the most ideal bf, and for the sweetest lover. hehe... Chatted with A* till 1am before I realised that I need to send him to bed liao since he's working tml...

Saturday

Woke up early to get ready for a swim. Swim for a few laps and was surprised to meet some of my Sec Sch frds sia. Never expect to see them and never expect them to recognise and approach me for a chat. Did some catching up and suddenly I just feel so fake sia.. I mean we were not close frds back then and we seldom talk. I just feel a bit uncomfortable bah so secretly I was happy when they decided to leave early... Evil me...

Received a call from A* after the swim and we make arrangements to meet at City Hall Mrt around 3pm. Can't wait to see him sia and it was sort of a first date for both of us cos we usually meet up with a group of friends. While I was on my way there, A* called to ask me to bring some panadol for him. Got scolded lah for making him stay up so late yest till he got a headache now. hehe... Promised that I would keep the chat short next time. Reached City Hall and headed for Guardian to get the panadols and a bottle of mineral water for him. Waited patiently and he called to inform me that he's still with his friends at Suntec. Told me that he would leave his friends and headed over to meet me but I feel that it's very bad loh and the friends may think that I am snatching him from their outing. Decided that I would make the move to walk over to Suntec to join him instead. Took me quite a while to find them and I must admit I was very shy and quiet in front of them. Dun feel comfortable mah and keep having the feeling that they are checking if I am gd enough for A*. Very pressuring loh... Luckily he was sweet enough to know that I really wish to spend time with him alone, so we left the group after a while. hehe...

Walked around Suntec for a while and then moved on to Millenia Walk. The 2 of us were actually checking out furniture and deciding the theme to use for our future house. haha... Must be thinking too far liao since we are only in the dating phase... Dun dare to ask for too much and then I know he needs time to adjust himself before I can pop the question if he would be willingly to be my bf and let me take care of him bah. hehe... Know that he's a bit tired and sleepy after taking the panadol so we managed to find a quiet corner for him to take a short nap.

We had dinner at one of the Japanese Restaurant in Suntec and he was complaining that I should not spend too much money loh. Huggies... I know that I can't offer him the best but that was the least I can do for him bah and it was really something simple and cheap. I am glad he enjoyed the meal as much as I do and it was fun feeding him sushi. Sort of make a point to remember what type of food he prefer as well... In fact, we were so full that we decided to take a stroll to Clarke Quay. Had fun walking through the River Ang Pao to Clarke Quay and we decided to spend some time resting at the TCC in Clarke Quay. Moved on to the 2nd storey where there are bean bags around. Managed to drag the table and 2 bean bags to one corner and got a telling off from the waitress... Guess we got her pretty upset but I am glad she leave us alone and of course we got to keep the table and the bean bags at the cozy corner we wanted. hehe... Ordered some drinks and lay down on the bean bags while listening to his mp3... Looked into his eyes and I just feel so blessed bah...

As it was getting quite late, I remined him that we may miss the last train home but he seem so comfortable that he's not willing to move. Suggested that we took the NR home instead and it was so unlike of him to stay out so late loh... Guess I was being unromantic by chasing him home bah but then I can sense that both of us are tired loh. Only started walking from Clarke Quay around 12.30am to City Hall to catch NR home. He was so tired that he started sleeping on the pavement while waiting for the bus loh... and I was not far from falling asleep loh. Managed to get on the bus and both of us doze off... I only get to wake up after he missed his stop. Wake him up immediately and poor him had to walk 2 bus-stop back loh... :-(

When I was about to reach home, I received a call from his hp and the first thing he mentioned was that "I am worried that u overslp so I called to make sure u alight at ur bus-stop..." So sweet, rite? hehe... We did chat all the way till I reach home and make arrangements to meet tomorrow...

Sunday

Woke up early again although I slp late yest. Realised that I dun have the habit to wake up late thus I always dun have enough slp. Must try to slp early for the next few days to catch up on more slp or I would fall sick again. Make arrangements to meet Pika in the afternoon to pass him the pineapple tarts. Was really happy to meet him after so long loh... Glad that he's doing well in the army and he's going to ORD soon in June. Told him a bit abt A* and he's very eager to meet him up. Pika keep saying that if I ask A* out, he would come out loh and then Pika can check him out for me. haha... I did call lah and I am glad that A* is willing to come out and meet us immediately. Intro both of them and they seem to hit it off immediately... Start to suan me in less than an hour time... Haiz... everyone just enjoy to suan me loh. haha...

Frankly speaking, I am quite affected by a sms Vir send me early in the moring so I was not very happy when both of them start to suan me and ignore my feelings. Got angry and stormed off home. Called Kenneth up and try to understand what's the problem as well as explaining my situation to him. Haiz... think I really need to sort out my thinking as well. After I cool down, called A* and Pika up to apologise and then invite them over to my hse. Was actually surprised that both of them are still around the corner when I called them up. Guess they must be too shocked that I just stormed off like that to move away bah. Treated them to some new year cookies while I get ready to go out.

Headed down to PS with A* and Pika. Pika took a bus to meet his frds up at Suntec while me and A* check out some of the plans at Starhub. Didn't find any interesting info or free gifts so we moved on to Cineleisure. Treated him to dinner at one of the Japanese restaurant there and I think he was so glad to have the window seat loh... The feeling of looking out into Orchard while having ur meal is quite enjoyable mah... Moved on to the Watsons at Taka since he wanted to do some shopping. Hanged out around the area and got to check out a children playground in Orchard Area. Decided to head home around 10+pm since I need to be at the temple before midnite...

Reached home drenched from head to toe and then got to rush since uncle is picking me and my dad up to the temple. Did the necessary praying and the burning of joss paper. Pray that my whole family would enjoy good fortune and health throughout the generations. Slp quite late and then I am so late for work today loh... Damn... I am meeting Jasper tonite for a short chat during dinner so I hope I am alert enough to answer any of his craps. haha... Would be heading home early tonite to catch some slp...

Some thots...

Dun want to mention too much abt the tension and unhappiness btw me and Vir bah... Know that I am in the wrong and I hope to make things right when most of the stuffs are settled down liao... No matter what happen, u all are still my close frds lah... Hugs...

恭喜恭喜。。。。。

2006-02-02T12:06:00.000+08:00

Have not been updating for quite some time so this is going to be a super long entry... Doubt anyone would read through everything but then I just want to blog down all my happiness and joy during this session bah...

Chinese New Year Eve, 初夕

Received an invitation from Alan early in the morning to go shopping with him on some new year clothes. Know that it's a bit late but then I can never resist a shopping invitation. haha... Met him up and headed over to Vir hse to pass something to Vir. Can sense Alan's unhappiness when we are around Vir hse and got to know more abt it from him later. Pass something to Vir and got to see Yi Jie for the first time as well. Must comment that he's really like a monkey loh, climbing up and running around. Got the 2 shirts that I ask Vir to buy on my behalf. hehe... Bought the shirt for someone special to me and hope that he loves it loh. Afterall, it is a first gift from me to him.

Headed down to Isetan and do some clothes shopping with Alan. Took us quite a while to decide on what colour to choose and then we were laughing out so loud in the shopping centre loh. haha... really enjoyed the shopping very much but we got to cut it short cos I have to rush back home for reunion dinner. Reunion dinner this year was at Marine Parade, Ronald's Restaurant and I must comment that the food suck loh. I mean most of the dishes taste so funny that we are really not enjoying ourselves but then it was a gd time for me to catch up with all my relatives. Some of my cousins (younger than me) are getting attached and most of them are bringing their gf or bf to 拜年 tomorrow, which means I would have to face a lot of questioning tomorrow as well liao. haha...

Left Marine Parade around 9.30pm and took a lift from my cousin to Paya Lebar. Going to meet Alan, Eric, Vir, Desmond and Elton up in Outram Mrt for CNY countdown. Took us quite a while to meet up and Alan had to put up with the smelly toilet sia. haha... Took a stroll down to the chinatown stage and we had fun there while waiting for Luke to appear. Didn't realise that countdown at Chinatown could be so much fun sia... with all the firecrackers going off, the fireworks high up in the sky, and the shinny paper pieces flying across the sky. Didn't realise that they have stones in the firecrackers and yah it was metor showers with the loud noise from the fire crackers going on forever... and someone was so tempted to open his umbrella loh. haha... After the countdown, we headed over to the auction cos it would still take some time before the price start to drop.

Alan managed to get something for his colleague at the auction and we proceed on to do some mad shopping. Elton left us halfway to look for his date... I must comment that the taiwan muah chee is going at a super low price but then stepping on layers of muah chee just to get the cheap deal is simply not worth it loh... Didn't get any muah chee for myself cos I am not feeling weak and squeezing with so many pple just cause me to feel that there's a lack of oxgyen. Headed over to Maxwell for a drink and it was so sweet of Alan to give everyone a treat. Rest for a while and it was back to mad shopping. Vir and Des bought some crackers while Eric managed to buy a few packets of durian... Headed over to the S11 next to OG building around 5.30am for supper before we go home. Was actually hoping to catch the first bus back but then I can't stand it liao... Really need to rest soon cos I have to start my 拜年 in a few more hours. Was planning to share cab with Alan and Vir but then Alan just hopped onto his bus without even checking out that we are actually sharing cab. Haiz... In the end, I took cab with Vir and I was so tired that I nearly fall asleep while taking a bath. hehe...

Chinese New Year, 初一

Woke up at 10am and start to prepare for the day activities liao. This year's venue is at 二姑's hse cos she just moved house and she's eager to show off to all of us lah. Took bus there since 5 of us would be impossible to squeeze into a cab. Then, dad start nagging at me again to go and get a driving license so he can get a van for me to drive. Dotz... but then I also feel that I shd go and learn driving lah... Arrived at my 二姑's hse (a condo at Pasir Ris) for the buffet lunch and get busy greeting everyone and making my collection of red packets. haha... Was quite bored at her house cos I am really tired and sleepy.

I was really very appreciative when he called me up to chat in btw the day. hehe... Missed him a lot and the chat did help to reduce the urge to meet him up bah. I can still remember the chat we had around 5pm. He was updating me on his confused thoughts and it affected me a lot, so much that I think I sound a bit harsh on him bah... Haiz... I really dun like to make pple miserable and I would escape if I know that I am causing his life to be confused... Maybe I always have the mindset that I am not gd enough for him bah... Both of us decided to give ourselves a break to sort out our thoughts... I was so affected that I actually told mum that I may have to leave immediately after dinner cos I sense that there's a need for me to meet him up, to let him know my true feelings for him, to let him understand how impt he is to me... He called me up during dinner and he sound better liao. It seem as if nothing happen and he does not agree to me leaving after dinner to meet him up... Happy that things seem to be back on the right track again...

Headed over to 四姑's house(bungalow) after dinner for majhong cos she had 2 majhong tables at home and then her house is much more spacious loh. Lost around $10 at the majhong game but then too bad I am playing against too many experts liao mah. haha... Managed to reach home around 3am and tml would be visiting mum's side of the relatives liao... Another busy day ahead loh...

Chinese New Year, 初二

Woke up quite early in the morning and received a phone call from him. hehe... Just find it sweet to hear his voice first thing in the morning. Too bad he's not sleeping by my side when I wake up. haha... I am asking for too much liao lah. Going to be a bit rush today cos we got to go my mum's side and then rush back home to prepare dinner for my 姑姑 they all.

Went over to 大姨's hse for steamboat lunch and collect more red packets as usual. haha... going to be rich soon liao. Watch mum and sis playing card games and I must say that their luck is quite good sia. Dun like to play card game cos I feel that money comes and goes way too fast liao. Prefer to play majhong cos there's tension. haha... Sms and call him up cos I can't help missing him loh. Know that he's heading over to his frd's hse for a Chinese New Year gathering and I shd not really disturb, but then guess I just want to check if he's ok bah...

Rushed home around 4pm and then it was total madness at home. The re-arrangement of the furniture to have more space and then the preparation of food. Think a total of 24 pple coming over loh and I am not a really gd host when there are too many pple. Was quite surprised sis ask her bf along. I mean I dun really like him but he shd be happy that when he come and greet me, I was on the phone with that special someone. Guess sis is making it official now that she's attached and damn... got myself all the un-necessary questioning again about if I have a gf and all. Haiz... does not want to lose all my relatives cos the bond btw all of us is really very strong and I would miss all of them dearly if they were to disown me due to the fact that I would not get a gf and get married... Haiz...

Call him up and we actually talk abt this as well. I know that he can sense the worries I have cos he's facing the same thing with his parents as well. It's really quite sad that we choose not to come clean with out parents but yet in a way, we are always hoping that the whole world can accept us. I really admire those guys that are out to their parents and the parents choose to accept them. Maybe I would be out to all my relatives once I get my own flat. Would make it a point to spend Chinese New Year with my dear in our flat then and throw party for those that need a place. Of course, I would still welcome any of my relatives if they can accept me for who I am. The least they should do is to accept my the other half as well and talk to him... cos I know how protective I can be of my mate. haha...

Chinese New Year, 初三

Woke up only at 9am cos I slept around 4am in the morning. The majhong session at my house end around 2.30am and then I am being assigned to shift back all the furniture and do some simple cleaning up. Haiz... damn tired loh... Met Alan up at Hg Mrt station around 10am and head over to NTUC to do some grocery shopping. We are going to have a potluck session at Kenneth's place and Alan is coming over my hse to use my kitchen. Brought all the things necessary and headed for home immediately.

Alan get to 拜年 to my parents and he was so polite to my mum that I think my mum even offer to help him prepare his dish sia... He's going to cook chicken nuggets while I am supposed to prepare sweet and sour pork which take up a lot of time and effort loh. It was Alan's first time cooking experience and he can be so drama while frying the nuggets loh. haha... but then he's a fast learner and frying was not that difficult of a dish anyway. After he was done with his frying, he start to decorate the aluminium tray that mum prepare for us. Knowing that time is a bit tight, I just did my sweet and sour pork in a rush. Hope it dun turn out too bad. Poured everything into the aluminium and start to wrap it up. In the end, I got suan by mum cos Alan saved up some nuggets for my mum while I just wrapped all the sweet and sour pork into the tray. Dotz loh... Shd not mention more of the consveration btw Alan and my mum cos I get suan all the time. Think my mum like to gang up with others especially my friends to suan me sia...

Rushed over to Kenneth's hse only to know that Elton is sick and could not make it. Got suan by Samuel, Lina and Lina's bf cos they reach on time mah. Vir, Desmond, Alicia, Marcus and Jian Hao were late but we managed to start around 2pm. There was vegetables prepared by Samuel, sardines curry by Lina and bf, chicken nuggets by Alan, sweet and sour pork by me, 五福临门 (dumpling with 5 different fillings) by Vir, Banana rolls and fried prawns by Desmond, more vegetables from Alicia, a box of fried chicken by Marcus, salad, cocktail and chicken curry by Kenneth and his Dad and I think Jian Hao was too busy to prepare anything.

Quite a lot of food but I didn't eat much cos I have a horrible headache. Anyway, Vir keep reminding us that there is three 5cents coins in the 五福临门 prepared by him. Desmond managed to find the 1st one and I got the 2nd one. Nobody own up that he or she got the 3rd one so we suspected someone must have swallowed the whole coin. haha.... Some of them started to play majhong while I watch from a corner. Tried to force Alan to sleep cos he looks so tired but then he becomes so active when he was in Kenneth's room chatting with Kenneth. Guess both of them really share a lot of common interests bah.

After dinner, Alan finally decided to take a short nap on the sofa while Lina, Lina's bf, Alicia, Marcus and Jian Hao make their way home. The rest of us start to crap at the dining table and talk abt heading over to K-box at hougang Plaza for some karaoke. Alan can't join us cos he had work tomorrow so he left around 11pm.

Make our way to K-box and we even have a red wine bottle in the package. Cost around $32 per person and we get to sing till 3am. Think my singing must be really horrible cos I cause Desmond to have some weird behaviour due to my singing. haha.... We laugh so much when Desmond give that expression that my jaws nearly suffer from muscle clamps. Singing and laughing was real fun sia. In the end, Desmond, Vir and Kenneth share a cab home while I walk Samuel to the nearest road juncton. It seem that Samuel had a lot of catching up with me sia... Reached home around 4am and I only got to slp after a nice bath...

Chinese New Year, 初四

Desmond got to leave for Thailand tomorrow for 2 weeks on official business and we got to realise that he had yet to 拜年 to my mum so we arrange for a last minute gathering at my hse for dinner and maybe majhong bah. Took some short naps in btw the afternoon cos I am really very very tired loh. Helped mum to prepare the dishes for dinner cos she insist that I do my part when it's my friends that's coming over for dinner... haha...

Desmond was the first to arrive and as usual my mum was thrilled to see him cos they played a game of majhong b4 and both of them crap too much until they become gd friends liao. haha... Fancy Desmond flirting with my mum and he did it a few times loh until I got to warn him to behave himself. haha.... Nearly fainted when Vir called me up to inform me that Elton is checking with him if there's a need to bring along oranges and 拜年. Thought it's common sense to bring along oranges during this period of time. Haiz... some pple can be just so different bah...

Desmond, Vir, Kenneth, Elton and myself start off dinner without Alan and Samuel didn't even bother to sms me that he can't make it loh, but then I sort of guess it liao so it's really ok lah. Started playing majhong immediately after dinner while waiting for Alan to come. When Alan arrives, Kenneth was happy loh cos he's not that gd at majhong also and he needs a chatting buddy. In the end, the both of them were so happy chatting in my room and having a good laugh over my childhood photos loh...

Got Alan to play the last few rounds for me and for someone that's not very gd, he's extremely gd at drawing tiles loh. He never fail to get what he want and he won a lot at the last game so I give him his supposed winnings lah. Shared a bit with sis too cos she help to play during the earlier half of the game. haha...

Really glad that everyone truly enjoyed themselves at my house and we did stop for some photo-taking inside and outside the house. Send Alan off at the Mrt, Desmond off at the bus interchange and Vir with Kenneth at the bus-stop. Called him up once I got home. Chatted for a while cos it was really late and I can sense that he's tired... Just dun want him to be sleepy at work tomorrow cos he had a lot of projects at hand to handle and I really can't offer much help. Hugs... I would be always here for u...

新春，新希望。。。

2006-01-27T08:59:00.000+08:00

Nothing much to update, except that someone is quite sick now. Hope he gets well by tomorrow bah or he's going to miss all the CNY cookies. Spend extra effort to make sure he take gd care of himself loh cos it pains me to see him being down with flu...

With the coming of CNY, I have prepared a chinese couplet for everyone and hope it applies to everyone for this 狗年...

福祸

无不

双单

至行

今昨

日日

至行

Badmination anyone?

2006-01-26T08:47:00.000+08:00

Playing badmination with Alvin, Chee Meng, Jamal, Khris, Elton and Alan at Potong Pasir CC yest nite. It was fun since I had not play badmination for quite some time. Tried to work with different people to find the perfect team combination and then I think I did work quite well with someone. hehe...

After badmination, Alvin was telling everyone abt my fear for orange and caused me to be so frightened. Anyway, someone make me promise him to overcome my fear for orange before my birthday. Damn... for once, I wished that I was born in Dec sia. To make things easier for me, I forced myself to look at oranges once I reached home. At least, I lasted for 10 minutes loh but then again no one is peeling the oranges. I am so going to try my best to overcome orange loh cos it's really embrassing to be afraid of a fruit, rite? Never thot that I would ever promise someone to overcome this fear since it had been with me since I was 3. Haiz... sometimes, someone in your life just had that power for you bah...