lock-me-out-nator

golf001
Originally uploaded by vynny.

slept earlier the night before, so that i can wake up to this.

went down to the spring park public course for a round of 9 holes. 18 hole will take too long. it was a good sunny day, had ok game. was a relatively easy course, rather straightforward, not much bunkers, one or two ponds only.

hit a few sweet shot. especially one with the driver where it flew abt 220m.

lost 2 golf balls though. one into the water. one into some bushes, never to be found.

now to get some work done...

Labels: golf

Posted by Unknown at 12:34 PM | Permalink | Comments

its a school holiday, but since i got nothing much to do. i went to school to do some work which cannot be done at home. you can catch a glimpse of another loser in the lab with me.



actually there was something to do lah. charm asked me along for some royal melbourne show thing. unfortunately slept quite late the night before, so i decided to sleep in.

these few days the weather has been really really fine. hoepfully it stays this way. the pic below is some pond/basin in the school compound. ducks swim there. roast duck anyone?

Labels: mein leben

Posted by Unknown at 11:16 PM | Permalink | Comments

was feeling pretty bored yesterday evening. decided to get lil to come out for some movies and coffee in the city.

went to the crown's cafe greco before the movie started, where a boring waiter entertained himself with us. as he served us our slice of cake, he just put on a stern face and said "do not share the cake".

bloody cheeky fellow.

caught john tucker must die. it was a choice of JTMD or Dead Or Alive. But i chose JTMD. next time shall catch DOA, the show with a few scantily dressed babes fighting. but JTMD is not too bad also.

after movies, we were off to the casino. i got checked for ID during entry. i must have look quite young:p

whoever said unlucky in love, but would be lucky in gambling should be shot by me! because they are lying!! @#$ lose $50 bucks at the casino last night. oh well....at least i m not the only loser last night.

after we were done with our donations to the casino, went to grab something to eat...again, and talk cock until it was around 3am and i headed back home.

Labels: mein leben

Posted by Unknown at 5:58 PM | Permalink | Comments

Sunny day, nice day. weather is clearing up. although report says that temperature is abt 18 degree celcius, it felt like i'm being baked in the oven while i was driving.

hit the driving range to whack some balls. this was a day when it really got bad to worst.

balls going alittle left. alrite not too bad

balls going to the rite a little. not too bad.

balls slicing way right....bad. and the ball didnt really take flight! worst!

Labels: golf

Posted by Unknown at 1:44 PM | Permalink | Comments

IMG_0051
Originally uploaded by vynny.

empty already!!??

oh well....too much of this is not too good for your health ya know.....

i scheduled this bottle to finish when i am done studying during november. acceleration of plans......

i don't really like the way it is. not yes or no. not 1 or 0. not black or white.

grey? not really my favourite color

Labels: SNAFU

Posted by Unknown at 10:13 AM | Permalink | Comments

for a night like this, i need something strong.

alcohol is running low. i need to be knock out before it runs out.

i m stunned. although i sort of expected something like that.

usually with ice or some other bloody mixer, but tonight, just straight up will do

Labels: mein leben, SNAFU

Posted by Unknown at 12:15 AM | Permalink | Comments

Just finished 24 the tv series Day 4. After watching 1,4 and 5, must say this is the best of the whole series(got day 1 to 5, day 6 akan datang).



24 is a action drama series where the one season revolves around 1 day or 24 hours. so each episode is a real time action of one hour.

The whole of day 4 (season 4) is just action packed and watching jack bauer kick ass interrogation techniques. its just addictive. once you start watching it, you find it so difficult to stop. you finish one episode, and you just click and open the next one. But Day 5 is just too much politics and talk though.


Mandy can hold me hostage...

Day 6 probably will start Jan 2007(For US). wonder when will it be shown in Singapore

Labels: vidz

Posted by Unknown at 1:51 PM | Permalink | Comments

Chivas & lemon lime bitter
Originally uploaded by vynny.

rather good mix. outcome is abit of a cocktail-ish kind of drink. i think it will go well with some apple juice too.

an evening of tv while sipping this mixture. drinking mood but no one to drink with :( then charm ask me go city clubbing. i think i will kinda fail any FFD(Fit For Driving) test. Dont drink and drive you bloody idiot!

then i tried to sleep early. tossed and turned. looked at the time. 3:16AM. looked again 4:30AM. then thunderstorm started. strong wind strong rain. it is still continuing, at a lower intensity and its going on-off.

lousy night, lousy day.

Labels: mein leben, SNAFU

Posted by Unknown at 12:21 PM | Permalink | Comments

this weekend, the TV shows at primetime is packed! good shows, shows you would watch in a cinema.

but then......all showing concurrently on different tv stations. so many choices....how??
let Tekken decide then!!

//running 011
5km in about 25mins. hmm its been awhile since i ran. slack.....everything also slack

Labels: running, vidz

Posted by Unknown at 3:52 PM | Permalink | Comments

these few days, i could never walk through the school campus centre without being harassed, not that i am irresistable.*ahem*but i am*ahem* but there are those people standing around pushing pamphlets and trying to get people to vote for them at some upcoming student association elections thing. i need to strategically walk behind people to avoid getting approached.

just got back 2 assignments. one was so good my mum would be proud of, and if it was in primary school, i would probably get a star sticker for my work......but its just 10% of the final grade:(

The other wasnt too good. probably because my group didnt write in the way what the lecturer/tutor wanted. not that we got it wrong, but it was put it in another way while getting to the point. and the tutor just marked according to his script. ohh well.....next.

feels shiok to know that an assignment is almost done. 3 more biggies and 4 papers and i'll be thru.

Labels: mein leben

Posted by Unknown at 11:45 PM | Permalink | Comments

i just had had a group presentation on quality management last week. i didnt have to do the presentation, although i had prepared. two of the boys just did it all.

after doing a review on articles regarding the dominant quality management, such as six sigma, lean organisations and total quality management, i find that the underlying principles are all the same.

comparing it to the works of quality management gurus like juran, crosby and deming. its all the the freaking same. just that the end objectives is different. like six sigma is trying to reduce variations of outputs and the lean organisation is more on reducing the chronic waste from the business/production process.

talk abt repackaging and hype...

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Posted by Unknown at 3:40 PM | Permalink | Comments

christmas dinner2002
Originally uploaded by Nerd with love handles.

top row: james, jj, ed
btm row: spider, me, ben

just dug out this photo somewhere on the www. taken in 2002 around christmas at eugene's place.

we were all so slim back then. esp ben, ed and junjie. now we are all sort of pudgy around the edges. except for james the ex PTI and spider who is ever skinny.

one more here


good old days...

Labels: mein leben

Posted by Unknown at 1:03 AM | Permalink | Comments

And all the roads we have to walk along are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
There are many things that I would
Like to say to you
I don't know how

Labels: mein leben, SNAFU

Posted by Unknown at 9:24 PM | Permalink | Comments

today approximately 12km in 1hr 4mins.

depsite being in the army before, i have never ran more than 10km. no thanks to my chao keng ability. so this is my first time going above 10km.

at the 10km mark, i sort of had zen-like feeling, mind was empty except the focus to run up the steep slope at the last stretch.

jelly legs but the feeling's great.

Labels: running

Posted by Unknown at 8:37 PM | Permalink | Comments

ahh...weekends finally. not that it matters, but at least i can sleep in without guilt. not to mention saturday's big brunch of bacon, cheese kranksy eggs and toast.

had a group presentation yesterday, but i didnt have to do it. so now, i'm left with a presentation, a mid-term, 2 biggies assignment, 4 exams. and i should be done with the academic life....finally.

yesterday met up with my classmate and his girlfriend for dinner. had horfun and chicken rice. authentic horfun. the chicken was good enough and the rice is chicken rice. it was also the first time i ate the chicken's backside.

was taught to eat it by my classmate's gf, because have to remove some things first the skin before putting it in your mouth. must say the backside(the chicken's lah) is rather nice, one of the more tender parts of the chicken.

got home and pack up my room abit. paper, socks, coins, jumper files all around the floor. what a mess. always happens after a week of school. sat down and did some work too.

my night ended with some vidz and whiskey.

Labels: mein leben

Posted by Unknown at 12:28 PM | Permalink | Comments

after one true love told me that her tummy is still under after drinking abit too much, i suddenly go search wikipedia for alcohol poisoning.

not that she is poisoned, but i damn bored lah. then i saw one part which caught my short attention span.

Moderate drinkers and consumers of alcohol tend to have better health and live longer than those who are either abstainers or heavy drinkers. In addition to having fewer heart attacks and strokes, moderate consumers of alcoholic beverages (beer, wine or distilled spirits or liquor) are generally less likely to suffer hypertension or high blood pressure, peripheral artery disease, Alzheimer's disease, and the common cold. Sensible drinking also appears to be beneficial in reducing or preventing diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, bone fractures and osteoporosis, kidney stones, digestive ailments, stress and depression, poor cognition and memory, Parkinson's disease, hepatitis A, pancreatic cancer, macular degeneration (a major cause of blindness), angina pectoris, duodenal ulcer, erectile dysfunction, hearing loss, gallstones, liver disease, and poor physical condition in the elderly.

so i walked to the fridge and grab one of the VB sitting pretty in my fridge. i hope it helps with my presentation later.

probably one can before presentation would help. it seems to make me more confident always.

Labels: mein leben

Posted by Unknown at 12:25 AM | Permalink | Comments

made an appointment yesterday to cut my hair at 2pm. after lessons i reach home, dilly-dallying. i saw my watch and it was 2:30pm. wah piang eh!!

i cocked up lah. i finish lesson at 2. then yesterday i thought i finish at 1, so i made the appointment at 2. haiyo.....i think i thought but i never confirm!!

but anyhow, i rushed there to get my haircut. could not stand my hair anymore. now i look as nerd as before. nerds rule!

//running 009
7km in abt 36+++mins. the weather is warm now. phew....sweat sweat. will probably be tan as well soon.

I should make it a point to hydrate myself properly, and eat well before running too. today while running halfway, i keep burping and i feel my meat pie coming up. but lucky never come up. if not it would be a clayton's first running merlion.

Labels: running, SNAFU

Posted by Unknown at 11:02 PM | Permalink | Comments

after talking a while with a friend, he said "e words of console tat comes out from ur mouth seems like phases of gloatin"

all i wanted to say is look at the cup as half full instead of half empty. hmm isit the asshat in me? or is it the way i phrase my sentences that made him think that way.

note to self: be polite, be nice next time

looks like being a counsellor should not be ranked too high on my career list. i would probably just increase the suicide rate.

hopeless teen: hi, i feel like dying. i have so many prob......
me(counsellor): you know...i once had a science tutor who said that probably the most painless way to die may be through inhaling carbon monoxide.
hopeless teen: *click* *dial tone*

Labels: mein leben

Posted by Unknown at 10:02 PM | Permalink | Comments

dinner was good. tasty, quick to prepare.

opened a bottle of white wine to cook. of cos i took a few sips as well. this yellowtail chardonnay is not too bad. brought it for around 9 bucks. good enough to drink.



alittle more expensive than the ones i would buy for cooking, which are rather dry. just wanna try if there is any difference in cooking with different wine. i think i could taste some difference.

cook some fettuccine in a pot of boiling water with some salt added.

then using some olive oil on a pan. sear the peeled prawns. pour some wine. when the prawn is almost done, throw in minced garlic, as much as you like. i like a generous serving of garlic, more flavour. add more wine!!!

when both are ready, throw the fetteccine with the prawns and stir through and serve. sedap~

Labels: food

Posted by Unknown at 8:47 PM | Permalink | Comments

some analogies and metaphors i came across while idling around the www. must say they are pretty good. i wouldn't have come up with anything close.

here are some samples...

12. Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a sneeze.

22. He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, either, but a real duck that was actually lame, maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.

23. The ballerina rose gracefully en Pointe and extended one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.

Labels: musing, net

Posted by Unknown at 10:19 AM | Permalink | Comments

Are you kidding me? 4degree celcius, in spring!!

oh yes...my place, notting hill. except there is no julia roberts

Labels: mein leben

Posted by Unknown at 11:14 PM | Permalink | Comments

i looked out of the window. its cloudy and windy. its 4:30pm. and i m determined to go for run. so i changed into my shorts.

feeling alittle chilly, i decided to put on my windbreaker to go run.

got out of my apartment, the wind blew. good thing i had my windbreaker. but as i progresses, the fickle melbourne weather showed its true colors.

halfway the clouds just disappeared and the wind stopped blowing. the sun shone damn strongly and brightly. 他妈的耍我！

i was heating up. then i stopped, no mood to run already.

Labels: running, SNAFU

Posted by Unknown at 12:31 AM | Permalink | Comments

Roast duck says eat me


This was friday's dinner. (pic courtesy of charm). Went out for dinner at rock kung. probably serving one of the best roast duck around glen waverly and clayton. some say boxhill too!

invited charm and her housemates too. which is a good thing. cos we were served soup before dinner, dessert and fruits after! so going out with a group of girls, good service + freebies! never mind other people who may think you are gay(so said charm about a single guy with a group of girls)

a bunch of blokes?maybe nosso good. een there before, dun have so much freebies leh.

it was a night of lots of food. my tummy is back in shape, ROUND shape. helped myself to 3 scopes of ice-cream when i ordered the banana split at the pancake parlour. lovely! its been quite awhile since i last tasted bananas.

Labels: food, mein leben, tgif

Posted by Unknown at 11:46 AM | Permalink | Comments

3rd december, the singapore marathon. Unfortunately i am still not back in singapore yet :(

last time when i was serving national service, i managed to avoid the army half marathon for two years. and i was rather glad that i didnt have to run. both times, while some of my friends were running, i think i was sitting in some prata stall, sipping iced-milo and prata with egg, dua!!

now i really want to go take part on my own free will, but i cant make it in time.

oh the irony.

Labels: mein leben, running

Posted by Unknown at 11:02 PM | Permalink | Comments

after my sis said i seem to be having lots of beef, i decided to buy something different this time round of grocerries. i got a slab of salmon and some prawns and many other stuff.

but thats not mine dinner tonight. i made stir fry beef (again), in a way different from what i usually do. i added lemon juice, garlic, soy and dark sauce to season the beef.

the result, a rather nice tasty, tangy feel, probably because of the lemon. I like.



//running 008
went to run a few days ago(sunday? cant remember). but didnt track it immediately.

ran halfway, rain fell, i cut my run short. covered 6km.

Labels: food, running

Posted by Unknown at 7:13 PM | Permalink | Comments

was chatting with mav about my buddies and them getting attached.

i was saying how i never get to see the new blood. whenever any of them gets attached or something like that, i will be away in australia. when i come back, new blood bled out already.

and when i m with my buddies in singapore, they seem kind of luckless in this areas.

i suspect i might have something to do with such situations :P

Labels: musing

Posted by Unknown at 12:40 AM | Permalink | Comments

my cleaners are here finally! !@#$%^ and they came and did nothing!!

the thing is i have already did a fairly good job of cleaning up the house yesterday! my room, the hall and kitchen, scrubbed the toilet bowl and mopped the floor.

BASKET!

oh well, at least i know that i will do a better job than them.

a couple of slackers!

Labels: SNAFU

Posted by Unknown at 1:34 PM | Permalink | Comments

a quiet friday evening which i chose to. got the cravings to make some beef. so yeah beef steak it is. this time round, this steak attempt turned out better than the previous.

seasoned the steak with garlic and red wine and cooked it till medium rare. made mashed pototatoes too. then the gravy to go with. gravy made by beef stock, worcestershire sauce, red wine and the left over juices from the cooked beef.

taste was not too bad, abit on the saltish side due to the gravy, but of course more room for improvement. some wine, dinner and watched King arthur and his knights kick some ass and cut some heads.

Labels: food

Posted by Unknown at 11:12 AM | Permalink | Comments

finally handed in the pain in the ass assignment! time to catch up on some sleep.

thursday evening, charm and her housemate came down to clayton for some korean dinner. quite a big bunch, abt 10 of us. a few of us shared a few dishes, like those spicy korean soup, chicken in sweet chili sauce, and beef. i find that the korean food wasn't really fantastic.

i was busy stoning away for the whole evening. aged already, staying up late(to do work) is getting difficult for me:p

after dinner, went to some cafe. i called for a pure blonde!! ok its an aussie beer. didnt try it before so i ordered it. anyway that cafe serve drinks with funky names, for example
silky panties, thai-me baby.

"Hi can i have your...erm i mean a silky panties" LOL

i was still busy stoning, while charm was busy staring at the menu most of the time :P of cos with the girls around, there will be lots of photo taking but i dun have the photos.

my night ended with some reading of articles:( and some sleep.

Labels: mein leben

Posted by Unknown at 12:30 AM | Permalink | Comments