lock-me-out-nator

how easy it is...

2007-08-30T00:34:00.000+08:00

to increase your waistline.

Eat
Sit down for most of the day
Eat
Sleep
Repeat 1-4

oh yes...so much less exercise nowadays. and my waistline just goes up, probably proportionate to the cost of living in singapore nowadays.

if waistline grows, i will need to burn a hole in my pocket just to get some fitting pants.

must find time to move my ass.......

anyone interested in ultimate frisbee? am rather interested to get a small group to throw and run around.

2007-08-12T02:10:00.000+08:00

my hands are gonna drop off from manually polishing & buffing a car. it is bloody tougher & harder than it looks. luckily i've got an assistant, plus my eye power is pretty powerful, making things happen without lifting a finger.

for the past week, mood at work had been on a steady decline. from being in the mood to do some work on monday, then being reduced to a worm at work starting on wednesday. friday isn't much better, due to the fact thursday was a national holiday, national day!

recently i set foot on sentosa a few times. i like it. it is a good place to freaking nua. bring an ice box, put in few bottles of beer, bring a mat, get a good book or good company.

but tomorrow, off to MacRitchie Reservior for a run/walk session!

2007-08-01T22:52:00.000+08:00

if you have been one of the few dropping in here now and then, sorry for the no updates.

hmm few dropping, few droppings........

not that i am dead or vanished. just that i've got more high priority stuff :> (eg. pak tor...dating) whatever happened to work??

getting posted around in 3 projects in 5-6months just to fight fire most of the time is not really fun. it kind of feels like you are cleaning up people's shit, or being pulled away while shitting halfway.

hopefully the overlords has decide to let me finish "shitting" for once.

watched The Simpsons too. pretty funny. BUT don't waste your money watching it in the cinema if you do catch them simpsons regularly. it feels like few episodes being put together.

transformers

2007-07-09T23:27:00.000+08:00

since transformers is sort of the rage right now, enjoy this version.

From The Perry Bible Fellowship. Not that biblical

bloat.now()

2007-07-06T00:02:00.000+08:00

i m bloated.

a chicken pie, porridge, half packet of biscuits, brownie, custard puff, a piece of cake, then dinner, then triple choc & a mocha. all in a days work.

whatever happen to a healthy lifestyle.

gotta go sweat it out during the weekend.

2007-07-05T00:06:00.000+08:00

its been awhile since i went for a good run. so today, determined to go for a run after work, i packed my stuff and threw it into the back of my car, with the plans to go ECP for a run.

I think i would have just lazed at home if i were to go on home before running.

legs feel kind of soft and trying hard to catch my breathe. felt like walking when i was on the return trip back to the carpark.

Then The Glass Prison by Dream Theater played on my ipod. the drumbeats hypnotic, and my legs carried on, moving and pounding the pavement to the beat.

hopefully able to make time for such runs next week....

and this.....the glass prison. great drummer and guitarist they have. try to igonore their outfit, looks and the lead singer.

if only...

2007-06-25T00:11:00.001+08:00

sentosa
Originally uploaded by Nerd with love handles.

everyday is sun, sand and water. WOOHOOOO!!

*slap*

tomorrow's monday.

things i get nagged at

2007-06-21T23:22:00.000+08:00

work and dating. these is what she has been nagging at me recently.

work, probably because of some late nights + weekends that i work(there are some that are worse than me)

and when i manage to get off work a wee bit early, i spend the time with a certain girl.

seems really wierd to me as work seems like a proper thing to do at this time of my life. while mum was also the one who seem more anxious to see me get a date.

now i m doing what she wanted me to do, but i still get nagged at.

my toothbrush

2007-06-14T07:36:00.000+08:00

these past week, i have been rather caught up with work. majority of saturday sunday was spent sitting on my ass in the office.

after honeymoon period at work, i got transfered to help put out some fire in another project, and what a fire! boy is it a cultural shock, from finishing work on the dot almost daily :P, to leaving at ard 11:30 each night, not to mention sat and sun.

anyway something silly happened last night. reach home ard midnight after work. went to take my bath. to speed things up, i wanted to brush and bath at the same time.

so i brought the toothbrush, finished brushing. then i dropped the toothbrush over the bathroom door(transparent one), into the basin. next moment, i heard *plonk*.

my toothbrush landed on the basin. basin is curved. so like a kid on a slide, the toothbrush followed the curve of the basin, flew out and into the toilet bowl!!

............

picked it out, contemplated about washing and using it again(such a cheapskate). but no, into the dustbin it went. then carry bathing.

at least there was something to laugh about last night.

On the way to Hogwarts

2007-06-01T11:55:00.001+08:00

Platform 9 3/4, King's Cross Station
Originally uploaded by karanmisra.

Found at Platform 9 3/4, King's Cross Station.

i so wanna be a wizard.

paya lebar special force

2007-06-01T01:41:00.000+08:00

ust as i thought i have nothing much to put up here, someone just provided some content for this cobweb-growing blog.

was waiting for a friend to pick me up at a bus stop opposite my place, when i saw this guy.

the picture is not clear but he was wearing a beret, with a tennis racket slinged on his back.

he then proceeded to do pushups against the bus stop railings, then some squats.

i smsed my friend "please hurry and come pick me up. i cannot tahan not laughing already" as i would look like i am a good friend of that guy in the pic if i start laughing to myself alone.

before i send the sms, he reached. and i was able to start laughing in the car.

friday@st james

2007-05-20T03:02:00.000+08:00

friday was not a good day for work man! talking cock was going on half the time:P teammates in a TGIF mood as well. This certainly tells alot about the team and erm...common objectives

start of the day, plan after work was to go down to Paulaner's down at millenia with the team for some dark german beer. being a quite last minute plan, like most of other such plans, it never reached into the execution phase.

so i dropped by hark music with SH & friends for some songs by some aspiring artistes, where some of them were pretty good. especially the lady(forgot her name) who covered the last 2 songs of the night. i was kind of blown away by her voice and expression.

ending pretty early for night at around 10, but next up was st james. it was more of a exploratory trip still as i went walking around the place for some look see. There was this bellini room(or something like that) which i quite like, probably due to the live jazz band playing.

this time round, i managed to get into dragonfly, which was the main pull for st james. though i went in around 1am, it was packed until that if i lifted up my hands in the air, the shorters one(i not that tall) around me would probably be inhaling deeply from my armpit.

the live band that played was pretty good. we squeezed and squeezed unto the dance floor and ended right in front of the stage, giving a a rather good view of the dancing going on up on stage:P

as you can see, i am a happy kid lah. take pics sure got 2 ladies one.

night ended with a supper at geylang, where i reached home kind of tired....but it was a pretty good friday nite:)

united 300

2007-05-09T23:56:00.000+08:00

spoof of the movie 300......kind of hilarious, in a lame way.

xerxes: leonidas, if you take us down now, we will land in ohio.
leonidas: then tonite we dine in cleveland

looking old

2007-05-03T23:36:00.000+08:00

last week, a discussion was going on among the team members. suddenly L turned to me and said

"k you have alot of wrinkles"

......

this week, i was told by my teammate that J thought i looked like i was born in 1976.

it thought lots of restrain not to say to J "you don't look young either"

not good to make enemies so soon. i thought.

and i got a "new" phone. as a loan from a friend. cute cover huh......

Congratulations Australia

2007-04-29T10:08:00.000+08:00

on being the 2007 Cricket World Cup Champion yet again. 3rd time in a row.

Although you might have screwed up alittle on the way to the world cup. you have proved that you are no chokers on the big stage.

good for ya!

sleep tease

2007-04-29T09:46:00.000+08:00

these past week, sleep have not come easy. falling asleep easily, but waking up even easily....at times like before the sun came up, and way before my alarm sounds.

even under influence of alcohol, i managed like a 5hr sleep only. if only one could practise sleeping. dreams never help as one particular one jolted me from my sleep and i never had any sleep for that night.

sleep, you are such a tease. beckoning me, but yet not there for me.

i think hugs are good. maybe hugs might help.

friday @ dbl O

2007-04-28T08:50:00.000+08:00

Dbl O is a vile place. Not a single time have i left that place sober. This time round with colleagues.

drinking started at like 8:45 when the club has only got 3 small cats inside. i think i left at ard 2.

Everytime my glasses make a clinking sound against another, i seem to have to finish any liquid in the glass. I lost count of the drinks last night. I know i was appplauded for bringing one more round of drinks at a point of time. I didnt even drink much of that round as my escort came and i slowly walked out as steady as i could.

it's always this kind of case at this place, no matter the company. but at least i am not the one holding my head while in the club.

more of this!! :P except for the stumbling around aftermath.

Saturday@Jln Kayu Farmway

2007-04-22T17:21:00.000+08:00

Saturday was a fine day. Warm sunshine(Thankfully not too warm). Plan was to visit a pet resort @ Jln Kayu. With a visit to Jln Kayu, how can don't eat roti prata!!

So after loading up my usual 1 egg 1 kosong and ice-milo, drove into the small ulu roads to look for our destination. The small lanes flanked by greens brought back some memories of my favourite drives in victoria.

The pet resort was not quite what i expected. There were goats, peacocks, some unknown flamingo-look-alike. They also had a small collection usual pets like rabbits, guinea pig. I think they have a dog run and dog grooming service that might be open to the public.

But probably my favourite time was coffee time, where the ah-ma made the coffee by cooking it over charcoal. not the atas arabica coffee, but a strong nicely brewed local coffee.

Besides the pet resort, i found a mushroom farm where they grew some shitake mushrooms. i felt like buying the buttons, portobellos and shitakes. But how much mushroom could i eat over 3-4days?

Nice alternative to the saturday i usually have(which is lying in the bed). a good place to also prolly bring some kids to touch some animals and get dirty alittle.

清明节 weekend

2007-04-15T23:19:00.000+08:00

blog entries have been rather slow ever since i started work. oh well i have been lazy or there is a lack of stuff to put up. Work is work, so its out of blogs. plus the lack of a daily camera limits me. as i pretty much suck at descriptions with words, which those who played the game "taboo" with me before will say amen and nod their heads. so without much pictures, i have lost quite a few thousand words.

sunday morning, dad woke me up at 7am to do some tomb sweeping (Qing Ming 清明节)! it isn't that much of an issue except i was whacking some monsters the previous night till 3am. yah i got like 4hrs of sleep but uncle here needs a certain amount of ~~beauty~~ sleep lah.

nowadays there is no proper tomb now that most occupants of the tombs were exhumed, there wasn't tomb to sweep but visiting the columbarium, aka condominium. though we reached there at 7ish-8, it was pretty packed.the place was quite heavily smoked which made me wanna walk with my eyes closed.

then the rest of sunday was spent just trying to find some quiet moment to snooze......which didnt come.

weekend came and pass. it wasnt bad at all, except i still feel abit tired:P

now as i sit in front of the computer, rubbing my belly full of porridge and thinking of what my dad had mentioned about his plans for the current housing loan and stuff, I m also trying to fit back my jaw which dropped out alittle when he mentioned it to me.

i need to learn some modules of real life financial management 101.

Questions From Your Girlfriend That Aren't Really Questions

2007-04-09T20:34:00.000+08:00

“Do you think she’s pretty?”
“How do I look?”
“Where do you want to go tonight?”
“What are you thinking?”

These questions, when asked, has no right or wrong answers......
No. Make it mostly wrong answers.

This will give you some hints of reading her mind, between the line, double meanings....whatever you call it.

Disclaimer: No guarantee your head stays on your shoulders should you follow the advice from there.

2007-04-06T23:40:00.000+08:00

a rather long run on a wednesday nite. it was tough as it had been awhile since a hard run. sitting all the time in office does not really help either. i noticed that my pants are getting tighter and i had to lossen my belt a single notch nowadays.

@ecp, i run one direction for awhile my friends run the other. objective was to catch up with them after running in my initial direction for while. i had a hard time catching up. by the time i caught up, we reached the turning point. 20mins gone. probably 20mins for the return journey.

But it was fun. i kind of like this pain.

i just did my sums for last month's spending, it was abit shocking (at least for me) :P oh well hopefully its just for that month. I had better cut down on treats and good food and spend wisely . probably need to reassess and rearrange my financial commitment as well.

each time i bring out the car for a drive during wet weather, i have a tendency to wanna just wipe it dry and clean after the drive. abit can't stand the water marks after it drys up. i will probably go research on polishing kits.

damn. i need a hobby....or something like that

Mr & Mrs Goon

2007-04-01T22:39:00.000+08:00

what a long down time at this blog. seems like when i dun get high, i have nothing much to post up here :P but probably i have not been getting enough of my nua session. Its been in and out, not much time for me to hang up my legs during weekends.

but first of all......lets welcome Mr & Mrs Goon! Tying the knot on the 24th March 2007.

Certainly both you have came a long way. congratulations my friend. very good friend hor.

birdie....birdie.....no!

2007-03-19T23:31:00.000+08:00

it was a struggle to wake up at 7:30 on a saturday, especially after reaching home around 2+am the previous night.

however dear dad knowing that i have no chance to play golf on weekdays now, was nice enough to to dig me up from the bed for a round of 9hole at the public executive course@mandai.

the course was relatively straightforward. lots of par3, coupled with abt 2 par4. it was a rather good game. started with a good tee-off reaching the first green on one. i almost hit my first birdie(-1) on a 15ft putt later. however it hit the lip of the hole and came out. wasted lah.

iron shots are pretty alrite except 2-3 mishits, considering there has been no range practices since australia. however shots that require some control and restraint on my strength, i totally blew it way past the target. i need to "recalibrate" the shots, distance and club.

more of this!!

dad, preparing to tee off.

on another note,
due to work requirements, i only have the choice to carry a black-white non-camera phone most days. so recently not much chance to take photos or to be taken :p

hence from the already boring content with pics, i bring you even more boring text-only contents. so photo taking time only on weekends.

powershot S3 IS!!

power of the dark

2007-03-18T23:40:00.000+08:00

i heard it. it seem repulsive. it seemed bad.

but first time i tried it, it was smooth. it was strong, stronger than the light.

guiness stout and dark beer. i like the dark side.

2007-03-18T22:56:00.000+08:00

from the referrers thing on the right hand side of this blog.

yah a spelling mistake it is on my side anyway, medival.

medival torture pics......wth? this blog hosts wholesome contents only. alrite back to blogging about getting high, alcohol and things like that.

contradiction of life

2007-03-13T23:40:00.000+08:00

i have just covered some 6.2km on foot. i feel sluggish. too much of sitting on one spot and not moving much. my daily 15mins walk from redhill to my workplace does help alittle, though not much help against the food i take sometimes :P

but here i am feeling unhealthy and on the other hand, i feel like having some rich food. i feel like cooking up some(hopefully edible) food. the last attempt was steak and creamed spinach for my family. apparently it became flour-ed spinach as i used the wrong flour!!!!!!

What a klutz! so my spinach came out in klotz. @#$%&!@! thankfully there is only that much i can mess up with mashed pots and pan grilled steak.

this time i want some roast, mash potatoes and some yorkshire pudding. but it seems like lots of work and i am a messy boy in the kitchen. plus its not my own kitchen. mum owns it, so i dun feel comfortable with her looking in time to time.

i need to do some shopping too. need a pair of working shoe. i sense that this present pair is giving way. i need to get some clothes too as my wardrobe seems rather limited. not helping me financially is the 'want' to get something by the name of powershot S3.

oh well the powershot could wait for awhile actually, while i concentrate on feeding the needy(me) and some necessary stuff.

2007-03-11T00:23:00.000+08:00

it was a rather enjoyable friday/saturday. friday evening was a nice time at hark music cafe for some drinks and chit chat. caught up with some friends with some pool and supper later in the night.

a good call of the night was ordering of this erdinger dark. its been a while since i had ~~drinks~~such beer. i took a mouthful. this one just slips easily down my throat. i just relaxed and enjoyed my time there.

saturday was wedding of my cousin. would have taken some pictures, if not for me assuming that my sis is bringing the camera, and she assuming i m bringing my camera. i took some videos with my handphone but it would probably turn out crappy.

as a cheapskate, i hit a few wine at the wedding dinner. then i popped over to st james power house for a few more drinks.

i like the concept of St James, especially the chill out bars where its nice to sit in and chit chat instead of shouting into one another's ears.

game for a second time! anyone?

25 things you should have learned by the time you have reached middle age

2007-03-09T00:32:00.000+08:00

1. If you're too open-minded, your brains will fall out.
2. Don't worry about what people think, they don't do it very often.
3. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian, any more than standing in a garage makes youa car.
4. It ain't the jeans that make your butt look fat.
5. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
6. My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
7. Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
8. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
9. For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.
10. If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.
11. Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.
12. A conscience is what hurts when all of your other parts feel so good.
13. Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.
14. Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.
15. No man has ever been shot while doing the dishes.
16. A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
17. Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.
18. Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.
19. Junk is something you've kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.
20. There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
21. Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
22. By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends.
23. Thou shalt not weigh more than thy refrigerator.
24. Someone who thinks logically, provides a nice contrast to the real world.
25. If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you've never tried before.

from here

no time to nua

2007-03-05T23:06:00.000+08:00

weekend came and went rather quickly. didn't have much time to nua this weekend. a filled though rare weekend for me. where i hardly had time to hand my legs up, enjoy the sun breeze booze.

Friday
i met up with some uni mates on friday, which was good and wasn't as bad as the last one, as the last one consisted of all couples which kind of sucks when all they do is stick to one and other,

friday was also the day HC came back from his overseas attachment. me and my mates got there late. he was half drunk already. 1hour after i came, he got threw into the taxi with half butt crack showing and was on the way home :>

last thing that night i heard about him was that he ended up sprawled on the kitchen floor at home. what a homecoming......

Saturday
saturday was spend blading for a just while until bad fortune to red bean took place as he took a bad tumble, ending up with quite abit of road rash. this is what u get for staring at girls :P

dinner time i had JJ cooking for the lot of us at ed's place. nice cream pasta. i want more. played some mahjong where the bet were mandarin oranges. in the end, we cleared abt 10+ 20 oranges from ed's fridge.

Sunday
sunday after church was supposed to be swimming or tennis. but the sky poured. opted to go watch hannibal rising. i kind of like how the story goes. although hannibal's killing wasn't as detailed as the earlier ones in the show. it was done in a way that he was kind of in a rush. i prefer cool calculated killings.

more on things related with Hannibal.... Singaporean's perception of the name Hannibal seem to be limited to the fictional cannibalistic character of Hannibal Lector, rather than the renowned Hannibal, a fine and ranked as one of the great tactician of all time, and commander in chief of the Carthage armies (although he still met defeat at the hands of the roman empire in the end)

when i propose Hannibal as a name for a boy, it seem to meet with lots of objection. hehe. Hannibal Kwok? Hannibal Lim?

if i have a son, would i name him Hannibal?

ubin trip

2007-02-25T22:27:00.000+08:00

a sunday morning which is good to sleep in. but i decided to go on a ubin trip with a few fellow lab rats. sleep came wanting, especially when sleep came at 5am the previous night with some whisky and i had to wake up at 7:30am.

weather didnt let down, though it was more on the warm and sunny. cycling was the main activity, so we rented some bikes and off we go to explore the island.

drink stalls that are ever present at almost every other junction. i half expected the prices of drinks to be sort of at the level of "murder and arson"(chinese idiom).

100plus going at $1.20 per can, which is pretty cheap considering we are very very thirsty already and in the middle of the island with no other source of drinks.

after lunch, i was so sleepy that i was looking for any excuses not to cycle anymore and go back mainland for my bed. my wish was granted after they decide we had explored all the routes shown on the map.

end result, tired legs, an uneven tan which makes me looks abit like roasted chicken, as commented by one of the lab rats. quite a fun day which is something different from routine.

bed beckons to me now......over and out

what luck

2007-02-22T01:54:00.000+08:00

remember the last afternoon nua session few weeks ago?

because of the desire, will and commmitment to purchase alcohol, i won myself a valentine's dinner for 2.

oh what luck, this is the first ever lucky draw that i won something in my life

oh what luck, i didnt manage to get anyone to go with me. so i gave the dinner away to ed and his wife. but after i gave it away, someone ask me to come out for dinner :(

v-day is seriously not a day to go out to dine. bloody queues everywhere, including restaurants at the airport. even sakae sushi, with the unromantic conveyor belt system, there was still a queue at 9:30pm. i wanted to tell the waiter that i do not mind sharing tables with other couples.

after surveying our options, i ended up having burger king for dinner with my part-time date/spare tyre.

remind myself to learn to cook kick ass meals. so that in future if i ever need to celebrate v-day, i can just get things done myself.

i have craving for steak now.

embarrassment 101

2007-02-20T05:15:00.000+08:00

was having dinner at jack's place. when it was time to foot the bill, i happily took out my debit card to pay for it.

few minutes later, the waitress came back with the card. it seemed too fast to come back with the bill it seems. i was right.

"Sir, your payment by your debit card was declined."

i !@#$%-ed in my head, then took out some cash to pay.

luckily i took out the angpao money from the red packets, sparing me the possible moments of unwrapping my angpao money in public.

and luckily i was out with a bloke, not out on a date.

this only means one thing. my bank account is dried up, almost bone dry already!! i need to go dig around my room for any spare notes to last me till pay day.

2007-02-18T23:30:00.000+08:00

this blog seems like its dying. nothing going on in my life that seem worthwhile for a mention here.

recently me and fellow lab rats were talking about our interests in our life. some answers were computer games, some say food and i would guess that some would might secretly wanna say their significant other, if not for the possible non-stop verbal jabbing and jokes that might come after.

one lab rat turned around and asked me. my head churned around for some stuff that interest me.

what is my interest in my life? either i have a really wide range of interest, or none that interests me.

i am not really into computer games, not into the beats of the dance clubs , not into food. my runs, cycling and sports that i might engage in? i do just these to occupy my free time.

i need something for this void. that......i have no idea what that is for now.

2007-02-08T00:06:00.000+08:00

a run, same route as before. a little over 5km, a little below 30min. after the run, tried to do 3 sets of 6 pullups. could manage 2.5 set. close one eye....make do with it lah.

i see my bulge at my waist growing man. need to do something about it. so its gonna be a sort of active week. monday just had a badminton session with colleagues. then maybe a swimming session tomorrow.

then last sat was one of the rare rare moments of ktv-ing in singapore. went for the k-lunch offer with SH and my sis. food & drinks included in the offer, must say its quite a good offer.

the food was pretty good, probably because i expect something that is anyhowly cooked. and the period of time was sort of just right, not too long or short. when i am bored, maybe can consider going again.

what a random post. hopefully got more interesting stuff to put up in future. in the meantime, over and out!

sunday noon rot

2007-02-04T23:54:00.000+08:00

i felt like i woke up on the wrong side of the bed, feeling quite easily irritated this morning. church ended and then lunch at the xin wang HK cafe.

food was alrite, not fantastic but good enough not to complain much. i quite like the way their chicken feet was cooked and the century egg porridge had quite a serving of .... century egg. not slices, not bits but rather chunks. i like.

i saw the weather then i told ed that its a good day to nua. he says alrite, go laze around my poolside, but he needs to get one serving of meat for his steamboat dinner.

we came out of cold storage with his one serving of meat.......and 3 bottles of wine. because the promo auntie says we buy 3 bottles, can have a $10 voucher. or its just his excuse of stocking up on wine.

sunday noon 'rot' session accompanied with a bottle of nice wine, a good rot session.

2 more bottles for another time.

names and such

2007-02-04T22:39:00.000+08:00

on the net, some people needs explanation on what key is 'any' key.

elsewhere, i discovered that my name, in Gaelic or Celtic, means from the river, or English, River man.

also more characteristics that are derived from my name

If you are able to achieve the potential of your natural expression in this life, you are capable of much human understanding and have a lot to give to others. Your personal ambitions are likely to be maintained in a very positive perspective, never losing sight of an interest in people, and a sympathetic, tolerant, broad-minded and compassionate point of view.

You are quite idealistic, and disappointed at the lack of perfection in the world. You have a strong awareness of your own feeling as well as those of others. Friendships, affection, and love are extremely important.

Aloofness, lack of involvement, and a lack of sensitivity mark the low road of this expression.

though some points can be true(erm sympathetic?compassionate? :P) but does your name make and build who you are?

or do you yourself make and determine who you are?

2007-02-03T02:34:00.000+08:00

1st week of work gone by. it's not too busy for me, since i am a sort of a temp for this project(gonna be transferred once some paper work is done), but i still got stuff to do. which is good, learning stuff which i didn't see before. more reasons to act blur wahahaha.

fellow lab rats have been bringing me out for lunch. there were like 2 afternoons where we took 2hr lunches as they took the opportunity to run some personal errands:P

ahhh....some privilege of being attached out to project sites.

with a job means less time bumming around, which is really good. i am growing bored of not having anything to do. friends are also getting jealous with my lifestyle of morning swims and bumming around and nua-ing.

this 2 weeks was also a period of time where i happened to see quite a few of my old friends, including one previous crush:P who is happily married and also AL, whom i 'pontang' and hung out frequently with when we were in secondary 3 and 4.

oh those afternoons of swims, blading and cycling.......when we were supposed to be in school.

its been a long long time man. when i saw AL, i was just so happy that i almost wanted to give him a bear hug. must grab him out for a meal and drink soon.

alrite going off for bath and zzzzzzz....over and out!

wake up music

2007-01-30T23:47:00.000+08:00

for some kick when drowsy, this is what i turn on.

WHIPLASH!!!

warning: speed/thrash metal (not all will like it)

medival ages

2007-01-30T20:19:00.000+08:00

yours truly has just started work. no internet no msn and worse, stuck with a medival age mobile. this means no camera and no colour screen.

but yeah good thing the mobile is not from the stone ages, u know the ones with yellow backlights or one shaped familiarly like some kid's water bottle or an oddly shaped brick.

other then that, the fellow lab rats seem like fine people, people around my age, so it all looks fine.

last weekend was busy with ed's wedding. presenting him and his many wives...

naaahh~ only one. sorry no better pictures. was abit busy plus my camera died! anyway please go congratulate him.

running 24

2007-01-23T09:57:00.000+08:00

the route was macpherson rd->upper aljunied road and back. which was rather quiet especially along upper aljunied road.

a good route with mix of flats and slopes. running out on the road is far more interesting, with the view changing always. i almost fell asleep the last time i ran on the threadmill.

its a wonder people can run more than 2km on the threadmill.

distance:5.2km (as from google earth)
time: 30++min

Chamber of torture

2007-01-23T00:40:00.001+08:00

Chamber of torture
Originally uploaded by vynny.

its just a facial visit. dad didn't want to use his purchased package anymore, so mum brought me there to use, if not wasted.

i laid on a bed, with annoying chinese new songs played on wind chimes playing in the background. beautician blurb out and explained few terms like oxygen mask, extract dunno what followed by a high frequency blah blah, collagen, which had me giving a "wth is that" look.

must say the massage on the face and shoulder is quite shiok lah. ehh i think will be back to help dad use up his unwanted pre-paid package.

that question

2007-01-21T23:51:00.000+08:00

a nice sat morning was spoilt when mum came into my room while i was asleep. talked about something about her sister being a grandmother already blah blah blah....when is her time...blah blah.

what a pep talk!! i was damn psyched up lah! a beautiful future with kids awaits me!

right........

i mumbled something in reply about no chance no one or nothing along that line.

Then sunday arvo, dropped by the hospital to visit an uncle. even though he couldn't speak now, the few questions he could ask was "where is gf" and "why no gf".

my uncle, what a great guy.

Chinese New Year is coming, hopefully my mum's answering service can be upgraded in time to be able to auto answer such enquiries. I can just be concerned about putting a smile on my seemingly unapproachable face.

some devil

2007-01-20T10:31:00.000+08:00

latest song on my itunes repeat. Some Devil by Dave Matthews. Simple but nice, soulful singing with lots of feelings.

not that it totally means anything to me. although probably some months back, yes. for now, i feel cold and emotionless.

Some Devil
One last kiss one only
Then I'll let you go
Hard for you I've fallen
But you can't break my fall
I'm broken don't break me
When I hit the ground

Some devil some angel
Has got me to the bones
You said always and forever
Now I believe you baby
You said always and forever
Is such a long and lonely time

Too drunk and still drinking
It's just the way I feel
It's alright
Is what you told me
Cause what we had was so beautiful
Feel heavy like floating
At the bottom of the sea

You said always and forever
Now I believe you baby
You said always and forever
Is such a long and lonely time

Some devil is stuck inside of me
I cannot set it free
I wish, I wish I was dead and you were grieving
Just so that you could know
Some angel is stuck inside of me
But I cannot set you free

You said always and forever
Now I believe you baby
You said always and forever
Such a long and lonely time

Stuck inside of me

random of the day

2007-01-18T10:13:00.000+08:00

was IMing with a friend, and were talking about my impossible new year resolution of trying to be a nicer person.

k:anyway maybe 男人不坏
k: woman 不爱
k: haha
fren: got woman love you?
fren: haha
k: ......

ouch ouch:P direct & straight. no offence taken. brutal truth, i like. haha.

then last nite i realised that memory is really failing badly. i was trying to recall what i did for the past 3 days. I had a hard time recalling, and i took like 10mins to piece back what i did.

and when i finally did, i was not 100% sure whether it was what i really did. i need some memory/brain enhancement.

omg. I am turning senile at 27.

truly random

2007-01-16T09:14:00.000+08:00

as my family left for work, i left to swim in the pool downstairs. morning swims, with the cold water, kicks you hard in the rear and wakes you up. then after finishing my laps, up i go for some coffee and breakfast.

I have been attempting to maintain some level of fitness. so far so good, having able to squeeze in some exercise time. Hopefully i will be able to maintain my healthy lifestyle and a lean (not so)mean machine.

but i have receive requests to put on weight wahaha. "too slim lah", "look better with more meat lah"were the comments :P ok i shall see what i can do with the "more meaty look".

in the meantime, off to get a haircut. and fingers crossed on my job hunt!

uneventful

2007-01-14T22:00:00.000+08:00

few hours of friday night at Hark Music with the boys to be entertained by some singing, which was rather good.

however not a really good night afterwards, with some unforseen circumstances that popped up, resulting in a few upset blokes. me and james could only just high 5 each other for being single :p

in the end, a spin in the car till we ended up at the lower seletar dam for the fresh chill air, reaching home around 4.

Saturday morning was spent helping out ED with some stuff for his WEDDING. nothing exciting. In fact the whole weekend was rather lacking in any activities.

sat noon was spent at home lazying around till the sun came out, and i proceeded for a 20mins short run and then a swim in my pool. it was a good workout with some good pain. I like it. had to reject ben for some cycling activity though. legs abit wobbly after the workout.

has been constantly searching for something to do, to break out of my constant "nua" state. anything just for kicks......hopefully something beneficial.

sports day

2007-01-11T11:09:00.001+08:00

blade
Originally uploaded by vynny.

last saturday was a damn tiring day man. i forgot that i was like an uncle now, getting tired easily.

went blading with angdao ben james at ECP. i got a workout. angdao got some road rash. ben got a sore neck. james got cheated of his money by some little girls selling ice cream.

after blading, went home and had a swim with angdao and james, and followed by some bball action.end result, i was so tired till i almost couldnt do anything after dinner besides sitting down. but i like this kind of feeling. been awhile since i exhausted myself like that.

真的是累到.......

this should be done more often!!!

running 23

2007-01-10T23:42:00.000+08:00

after dinner at suntec and accompanying the 2 boys to shop, i reached home and had the urge to go for a run, so a quick change into my running gear and the iPod my beloved sis gave me for christmas-birthday-new year gift, and off i go!

have not sourced for a route with minimal traffic, so i ran along the main roads around my block. even though it was night, there were quite abit of interferences from traffic and humans.

****OUCH!!!!*****
side track abit. i felt the pain for Essien, the chelsea player, when he was stepped on the groin by a barcelona player.

ok back to normal transmission

i have forgotten how isit like to run in humid singapore. I ran for about 500m and i felt perspiration on my back already. by the time i finished, the t-shirt was drenched. underwear also wet whahaha!!

didnt measure the distance. but ran about 23mins. probably 3-3.5km. it was a tough run as i felt the rustiness in the legs.

more to come hopefully!

wrath of women

2007-01-10T00:55:00.000+08:00

Discuss the following.

Observation 1: Women would rather get angry with their men than get what they want.

Observation 2: Women often commit the same crime as men but don’t get in trouble for it.

Observation 3: A man will not always know what he did to make a woman angry.

Observation 4: A woman is capable of getting angry at nearly anything.

Observation 5: If for some reason a woman cannot find anything to get angry with, she will devise one.

got these from this page. I think all of the above are absolutely true. Women will rule the earth......

unless the boys do the same as the women. which will not probably happen. most boys are quite fan4jian4. any slight sign of the woman of their life (mums are exception :P) being angry, we will usually be all apologising, kneeling and worshipping at the feet of the woman.

wat would K do? i think K would simply do as the above paragraph. putting the woman of his life up on the pedestal. Whether K really sinned or not, K would still sing his confessions of "sins" and lift songs of praise and apologies to her.

jonny sings blues

2007-01-09T01:44:00.000+08:00

while mucking around at home few days ago, i spied a box of CDs containing my sis's and mine small collection of CD. i decided to play some music while cooking, so i picked out and played an album by Jonny Lang, a blues guitarist who is currently just 26.

The album, "Lie to me" was released in 1997, while he was 16!

but he plays the guitar with lots of soul and feeling, while singing the blues like a 40 year old dude. Although belonging to the genre of blues, it was nice enough to not only make me listen to it,i actually really enjoyed it.

i have sampled some of his later albums, and they sound real good. Seriously good enough to make me part with some $$.

CD search on!

2007 new year resolutions

2007-01-08T01:30:00.000+08:00

It is abit late for new year resolution. but anyway this is what i would love to accomplish this year. it is gonna look pretty much similar as last year's, since i have some unaccomplished targets(as always)

2006 went past with some rough patch, but mostly good i must say. God has been good to me. Lost some but gain more than what i lost.

The bad patch, i have recovered from it. in fact i have learnt to picked myself up from such a bump, brush off the dirt and move on. I want and i will rise above it! As they say, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

and here are the list!!

Stable Job
its fucking bloody time to start a fucking bloody career! and hopefully of my interest. Indeed, this is my biggest worry lah.

Take part in at least one half marathon
Reaction of some friends when they heard me saying wanting to go for this half marathons was "HUH!Siao" or something along that line.

I believe there has got to be something to aim at, so as to motivate myself to do something, especially when it comes to things that are easy to push off like your own personal fitness.

Less asshat, less ego, Be nice
Learn to put away my pride and ego when needed.
i actually need to remind myself to be nice. and i thought we were supposed to be nice to begin with.

Expand my social network
I have always been slow to warming up to people, hence the difficulty to hit off with people. Hopefully can change this.

Significant other?
I had thought about settling down. Still keeping my options open......
wait a minute. what options?

Quite a list to accomplish i must say. I could be quite content with a shorter list, and things of smaller challenges, i dunnoe, maybe like learn to make hainanese chicken rice. Not that chicken rice is easy to cook. But there would not really be any challenge to that, wouldn't it?

Meanwhile, probably start to plan for things that can be planned, like half marathon training routine. But most importantly, the job search, this one will probably make me wanna bang the walls, bang balls, bang my head if i last until CNY unemployed.

come 2008, i shall look back and see what i have accomplished......till then

looking back 2006

2007-01-05T15:17:00.000+08:00

Time to analyze the year that has just past. lets have a look at last year's new year resolution.

Complete my studies within end of 2006
Which means no "ta bao" of any subjects, clear everything!! One shot one kill!!!!

PASS graduate loh

Improve my fitness

Which is to say get back my 12 pull ups and try to ~~hit 15km~~ run a half-marathon at the end of year. Hopefully make my body stronger too, wont fall sick so easily

near pass??? i managed to hit 12km on my own, even though knowing i wont be taking part in any 21Ks. For pull ups,i did 10 last nite with just abit of difficulty. so i guess i could struggle for 12.

Becoming less of an asshat wonder:p

Which means be nice to all people around me. I haven't been doing that muahhaha

????

And play better golf

Just starting to really play, learn, enjoy it and hopefully get better at it.

Pass skills got improve abit, more consistent iron play. gotta hit more of the drivers and improve the short game.

Improve my relationship

with my Creator. Which i have always been procrastinating over for like forever.

Fail forever just got extended.

this year, hmm.....i can't really be bothered to set any.......for now. let me think of some objectives for myself first then i will probably put it up here.

where's my stuff!!??

2007-01-05T08:58:00.000+08:00

i wanna sing song play guitar. but the cables and effects pedals are missing.

i wanna set up my 6.1 speaker system, but the power adapter and a decoder is missing.

i wanna use my blades, but i can't find it.

grrr....i wanna unpack, really unpack properly plus setting up all those stuff, but i just can't find it. sian 1/2.

i only see just a box among the 20 over boxes in the store with mine name........"kelvin's liquor". there is something about me not wanting to drink, but seem to have nothing much to do but to drink.

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i just IMed my mum, asking her where are the blades. so its under the platform under my matteress. oh great. why didnt they tell me about it earlier about this hidden storage.

and yeah i found all the above, and a old toy train complete with tracks that can move and spew smoke.

now i can do other thing like playing with the toy train, other than clearing my liquor.

With heinie

2007-01-04T23:47:00.000+08:00

By the pool side,testing the blog function on my phone

new year new routine new job?

2007-01-04T16:37:00.000+08:00

happy new year guys and girls!!

hope you had fun during this recent festive season, and those working, this long weekend must be real good huh.

new year, new beginning, everything new. new routine too. i woke up this morning and instead of being able to slack, i received orders from mum from her office to go to the market and get some pork ribs and some vege.

never mind. reached home to receive new orders to cook dinner.....for the family! i never thought i would be doing these in Singapore man. now i have received a new label, houseman(whatever that is) from someone who knew about it.

i have always cooked dinner previously, but that is for myself and myself only. so i can afford to bo chap and just anyhow cook. if i were to cock up during cooking, its me alone who will be having a lousy dinner. now i have drag my family into it :(

i think i should seriously take up cooking. maybe if cannot find job, i can be a lousy personal chef, cooking upon request.

anyone wants to be my first possible customer? order at your own risk hor. no refund, no toilet and no toilet paper provided.

golfing@kranji

2006-12-30T09:49:00.000+08:00

just had a game of golf over at kranji few days ago. it rained and stopped for a few times. finally, our game was stopped at the 18th hole(last hole) before we could finish.

for the whole game, i tried to tee-off using a 5 or 3 wood(no idea what i was using:p). most of it went straight and nice. my iron play was pretty alrite too. only 2 or 3 shots that failed to take off.

but my short game around the green and putting is atrocious. reading of the green was bad. too used to the flat greens in the public courses in australia already:p

all in all, consistent. double bogeyed most of the holes:P did i have a par somewhere, i forgot. my short term memory is acting up again.

christmas feastSS

2006-12-26T12:26:00.000+08:00

no updates for days because....

lazy
lazy
and the whole internet is damn slow!!

yah yah blame it all on the internet.

on the morning of christmas (or eve) day i woke up abit late into the morning. i saw an ang bao laying on my table.

"life is good. i get paid to sleep" i thought.

then i go ask my mum who put it there. so apparently it was my dad, for my birthday. damn once a year only. and i thought i get paid for sleeping.

these few days i have been dinners at friend's place and mini celebrationg of the festive season. but my appetite has not been as good due to the cough and sore throat.

anyway last friday, started with a mini potluck with my cell group @ ed's new place.

not much pics here due to the feasting on the food. oh the meatballs the glorious apple pie....

then on christmas eve, back to ed's place for dinner with a few of my bad company. i made some pasta, while WL and mich made some ham cocktails. other food included were pork knuckles.

then there was the christmas bbq at my place. the weather made the bbq doubtful, but it sort of stopped in time. and as we ended, it started pouring again, for the next freaking 24hrs again!!!

food food food again! sure fat. luckily i sort of controlled the buying and contribution of the food, or else sure end up with loads of leftover enough to put humanitarian efforts to shame.

it was great to see the guys again! quite abit of pictures taken during the christmas eve potluck. can see it here.

the bbq pics here

festive seasons almost over. hope guys and gers had fun!! its good to be back.

26th again

2006-12-26T00:06:00.000+08:00

"here. 25 bucks. keep the change."

"ohh i am sorry sir, but its 26."

"ok there you go,30"

"thank you sir, here's your change"

playing dress up

2006-12-20T15:14:00.001+08:00

playing dress up
Originally uploaded by vynny.

thanks to my parents who made this dressing up possible.

thanks to the friends who got me thru my bad patches.

thanks to the Big Guy up there.

hello singapore

2006-12-17T02:50:00.000+08:00

i hit the runways of singapore yesterday night(friday). last week was a short relax touring of victoria.

i reached the airport and my friends were there to pick me. they brought me home, drop my stuff and we were out. what bad company they are. bring me out to drink only on my first day back in singapore.

went to finish some bacardi and erm ended up kind of pissed. abit of toilet bowl hugging actions at home.

pictures coming up later lah!

i have to wait for !#$$ minutes?

2006-12-08T07:03:00.000+08:00

i just called my ISP to inform them that i wanna terminate my internet services. i was told by the automated voice response that i need to wait for 35minutes!!

and wooahhh thankfully, i needed to wait for only 20 FREAKING minutes. and when i got through, i can't get it done through the phone. instead all i got is an email address to email the image of my notification! all these for the 20minutes waiting time.

Netspace please take note, the waiting time is quite unacceptable, i could have taken a dump and a shower, or probably save the world. and i have not mention the unreliable broadband service quality that tends to take a half hour break every few days, or worse alternate days.

2006-12-08T06:06:00.000+08:00

phone and internet connection gonna be cut off at around noon. so no chance of online until i am back in singapore in about a week's time.

meanwhile, gonna be doing some touristy stuff with my family in the upcoming week. also my graduation ceremony will be on next thursday.

so until i get back to singapore, don't miss me!!

ok i know you wont:(

shopping galore

2006-12-06T23:45:00.000+08:00

these few days, i have been packing my stuff. however in between i went out shopping in the city twice and sold off my car.

the daihatsu charade has been sold :( gonna miss driving it. its so fun to drive it, small and zippy. have to make do without car for these few days.

and shopping....sunday and wednesday, i did some shopping in the city. bought some cool adidas t-shirts, a pair of levis jeans and a pair of replay shoes. pocket damaged, but its ok, no more shopping already! the shopping i did is quite abit, at least for my standards, and its not even for chinese new year clothings.

good thing to have some girls when shopping. because of my extra easy-going when shopping. i tend to settle on the first thing that seem to fit. but they will have a look and tell u go try another size. good thing, if not i will probably end up with some size misfits.

gotta finish packing and cleaning up the mess by tomorrow. then my family will come into melbourne on saturday. nice....its been awhile since i saw them.

will miss you

2006-12-06T23:24:00.000+08:00

i will surely miss you. summer evenings with you, sitting down with a bottle of cold beer. and then smearing ketchap all over your golden brown skin, before devouring you....

essential and free softwares

2006-12-04T20:32:00.000+08:00

feeling guilty of using pirated software? don't wanna pay for your office suite? a good list of open source software for windows.

look no further. Link here

5. OpenOffice
http://www.openoffice.org/
Replaces Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint
If you want to replace the rest of the Office suite, your best bet is OpenOffice. It includes very nice replacements for Excel and PowerPoint (and workable replacements for Access and other Office elements). In fact, I actually prefer their Excel and PowerPoint replacements to the real thing.

what's bad that can be good for you

2006-12-04T20:23:00.000+08:00

the top ten list of what bad things are good for you.

The newest bad kid on the block, beer has long been overshadowed by its healthier alcoholic cousins. While no one's suggesting you switch that glass of antioxidant-rich Pinot Noir for a tall glass of lager—there's still that beer gut to worry about—new research has suggested that moderate beer intake can actually improve cardiovascular function. Now if only a scientist will discover the health benefits of ballpark franks and chicken wings. Heaven.

my forehead

2006-12-02T23:25:00.000+08:00

a lot of people commented on it. and i fully agree. the creases/wrinkle/watever-folds-you-call-it on my forehead are quite visible.

the more i notice it, the more it seem to get deeper(?) or worse. i need those skin tightening or anti-wrinkle cream. anyone got tips to improve the conditions?

gimme a year, no improvements and it will probably be similar to those on this mastiff

go sleep. tomorrow would be better
yeah right :(

how to procrastinate effectively

2006-12-02T15:42:00.000+08:00

waahahaha article on procrastination, and its not an article about how bad procrastination is. instead it is about how to procrastinate effectively!

procrastinators like me go have a read.

There can be many good reasons to procrastinate:

Some crucial ideas, notions, thoughts may come to you only when you’re not working on your project.
Effective procrastination recharges your batteries and gives you new energy.
Maybe there’s something else you could be doing instead and procrastinating means you get it done.
Maybe whatever it is you’re supposed to do, turns out to be irrelevant or even a bad idea. Maybe the reason you procrastinated was, that your subconscious knew this before your conscious mind.

bball bball

2006-12-02T11:15:00.000+08:00

woke up early to go for a morning run. was crossing the road and ready to run when i saw a damn beautiful lady walk towards me and planted the most passionate kiss i ever had on my lips.......

ahhh...that would be nice it had really happen, wouldn't it?

instead i saw my classmate on his bicycle. he asked me if i wanna play basketball. what the hell, alrite, lets go!

so went to the school basketball court to shoot some basket. and then a small 4on3 match took place. its been a year and half since i last touched a basketball.

i am pleased that i can still shoot hoops, sink some shots and kick some ass, although my ass got kicked a few times as well.

now my shoulders abit aching from the twist & turns i subjected my body to. warm bath!

books books

2006-12-01T22:12:00.000+08:00

best buy! must buy! ok...not really. amazon has better deals with the second hand editions, but i can't get the instant gratification of reading through online shopping, plus shopping on amazon probably needs a credit card (remember poor student, only got blockbuster membership card).

after a very filling dinner of roast duck at pacific house, walked down chapel street with MH. no where to go, so ended up in borders.

foreseeing the amount of free time available in the next coming week, i decided to snap at the 3For2 offer. i walked out of borders with 3 new novels. now number of novels purchased is greater than that of textbooks purchased for my entire tertiary studies. which is a good thing. more enjoyment and cheaper.

However,on the other hand, the novels only fill my hand with consipracy theories, ideas of how to kill like a special forces agent or hiding up murders.

walked out of the bookshop and then went into a cafe a few doors down and plonked our ass down for some coffee and cake. now my tummy feels like bursting.

probably rest early, wake up for a long slow run tomorrow morning, provided its not too warm.

food and good news

2006-11-30T20:59:00.000+08:00

i am getting slack with this blog. whole day rotting at home but not posting anything. did an 8km run few days ago, but hehe, didnt update.

during the exam period, the number of post seem to increase quite abit, due to the relunctance to study. now, i would rather nua. also, i have been trying to sell my stuff, like my D'Charade.

anyway monday!!

i cooked dinner for lil, huiting and alick. didnt invite more people because got limited chairs and utensils at my place :P

had some pasta, beef and salad. then after dinner went to play pool and arcade. this time round with quite a few stupid poses with the guns in the arcade and fooling around on the drum thing.

and then wednesday night, off to a korean bbq with huiting and alick for dinner. after dinner, we ended up at my place, with lilian who came later. played cards, finished up my cookies :( and made prata. we seem to spend the night stuffing ourselves full with food.

this is the day i received my exam results. coincidentally, the day when results came out in the last semester, i had dinner at the exact same restaurant, but previous with daphne and charm.

this time round, GOOD NEWS!!! I graduated !!! Thank God.

~~ORD~~ Graduate loh!!

MUHAHAHAHA. together with huiting and alick, and charm too! Congratulations to them all!!

but now the bad news......I am UNEMPLOYED, part of the statistics, part of the 4% in singapore(citation needed).

now back to trying to sell my stuff...bugger

a good year, wine and a run

2006-11-26T09:39:00.000+08:00

been a long time since catching a movie, so friday nite went down to glen waverly to catch a show, a good year, starring russell crowe. pretty good show. about rusell playing the role of a damn successful investor/broker who calls his employees lab rats, went on to discover new life besides the hustle bustle of the business world.

this show has lots of scenes on wine and all that. i went home opened a bottle of cleanskin pinot noir and turn on some old shows i have on my hard disk. wine's not too good but hey its only $4.99.

i watched till i fell asleep. woke up 7am in the saturday morning and i cant go back to sleep. just wierd whenever i have some drink, i will just wake up real early the next morning.

got up, got out for a 10km run, finishing in about 50mins. nice cool fresh air due to the low volume of traffic, which picked up when i was about done.

hopefully can pick my lazy fat ass to go run more regularly and increase my distance.

redundancy plan put to use

2006-11-24T08:17:00.000+08:00

after events like this and this, i came up with a key redundancy plan to reduce the level of helplessness after being locked out.

yesterday i had a chance to try this redundancy plan. while i was leaving for my golf game, i stood at my doors thinking of what i have forgot the bring out.

the thought of "KEYS" came right at the moment the door slammed shut. my heart sunk, thinking...

"F**K. locked out again!!!!"

it seemed to always happen when my hands are stuffed full, so i can't do my 3 point check of my left right rear pockets for my wallet, mobile and keys.

but hey this time different, i got my redundant keys somewhere. so i got back into the house and retrieve my keys.

plan worked fine. but silly me, no next time please. me don't like being locked out.

golfing thursday

2006-11-23T19:11:00.000+08:00

haven't been hitting the small white ball. so yesterday to the range, then today woke up early at about 8 and went to the golf course for a round of eighteen holes. now some muscle ache.

waking up at 8 to play golf. you would not catch me waking up at 8 to study.

i reached the golf course and there was a long queue of retirees. me, youngest kid there by a margin of probably 30-40 years. got into a flight with 2 guys, an aussie and a scot. had a pretty nice game with them two. for myself, i had an ok game. would love to go on the golf course more often to play.

this was my first time interacting with a scot. now whenever i watch english shows with real english people or the mash of accents from different parts of UK, i always have difficulties catching what they are speaking.

this guy, wow....i cant catch half(or more) of what he was saying. it didnt help that the only scot i see and hear around is Willie.(from The Simpsons)

but he was pretty nice about it.(and no, he does not dress like Willie) adding that the aussie guy couldn't catch what he was talking about in the beginning too.

grrr...i am hungry. wonder if anyone game for supper or not......

lazy lazy

2006-11-21T15:19:00.000+08:00

these few days, i'm quite lazy to post anything. not that there is anything much to post about though.

yesterday was possibly the longest shopping trip of my life. about 6hrs at the Direct Factory Outlet near the melbourne airport. but its was alrite as i bought some things, so it was not any of a wasted trip where u go round and round and got nothing but air.

*long long break here for dinner*

just back from dinner. had the vietnamese broken rice. been a long time since having that. the ohh so delicious i-dunnoe-what's that-but-its nice stuff together with a piece of pork chop.

and then off to Princes to shoot some pool. into the smoky billard saloon, it reminded of MechMaster in singapore that are full of ah bengs smoking away.

i suck pool but i managed to beat my friend 3-2 in a best of five. VICTORY!

although technically i lost(pocketed the black ball on the first shot of the last game). and then there was shooting of another kind, Time Crisis 4!!

its part four already !!! i am ancient.

now i am home. i shall go on to finish House season 2. and then on to 恶作剧之吻.

running 22

2006-11-21T15:04:00.000+08:00

5km in 25min.

a run in the afternoon today is like a live chicken running in an oven. 36degree. *pant**pant*

5km only, run until no sweat liao. but its not chicken feet either. looks like i should load up more on H2O

whats up these few days

2006-11-15T19:56:00.000+08:00

these few days, i had friends over for dinner at my place, and i went to friend's place for dinner. went clubbing on friday

friday

clubbing at lavish with the same few people. they had some event "House edition". freaking crowded!! packed like sardines

but the music was good. and i feel old already. by 3am my legs are tired already.

look at the eyebags under my eyes man! still feeling the effects of lack of sleep due to the exams.

reached home at 6am. hurry up bathed and jumped into bed to snooze. tired zzzzz.....

monday

rach is going back to malaysia, so i had nick & rachel back for dinner. same beef, since there was request for it. cooked some pasta too, which was quite plain.

after dinner, had bubble tea. and then relive our childhood by making paper aeroplanes and a paper football to kick around, using my exam notes!!

we were so restless that we used some paper cups, and did bowling with it, together with the paper ball we made.

oh yeah and the pearls in the bubble tea were superb that night. very nice to chew on

tuesday

dinner at huiting and alick's place where we had 'ma la' steamboat together with lilian. good day to have it too, since it was a rather cool wet day.

lots of food, many different types of fishballs. ice cream and lychees. so damn full and we didnt even finish the food.

played some card games and photo taking. learn a game called "asshole". same concept as big two. except its doesn't stop at the first winner, but goes on till everyone discards the cards. then exchanging good and bad cards between the loser and winners.

like so long never take photos already. so i decided to act cute alittle.

running 21

2006-11-15T10:43:00.000+08:00

my runs are getting irregular. rite now i can only blame the weather. hate running in the damn windy conditions. my ears would hurt alittle from the wind.

anyway after last nite's steamboat (next post coming up) with 3 damn big scoops of ice-cream, i feel guilty. so i screw the wind conditions and went to run.

roughly 5km in abt 24mins. lungs gasping for air. doesn't really help much when my runs are like once a week.

LDR is

2006-11-12T23:32:00.000+08:00

i see my friend's nick about some disappointment and some shit like this. i asked a little about what happen.

it just further strengthen my beliefs that long distance relationship is ~~kind of~~ bullshit.

although there are some success cases. the rate of failure probably far outweighs success.

for success stories, both parties probably need a small dosage of naivety, the desire to tango, and hopefully no extra person trying to tango as well.

Note to self: No LDR shit in my life please

doing nothing

2006-11-12T22:06:00.000+08:00

this period of not much things to do is damn shiok lah. its been awhile since i can OFFICIALLY doing nothing.

love it!

except this cannot carry on for one month.

i need someone who's mind is not that normal, one that would wanna take a road trip to adelaide or something like that. or som outdoor-sy kind of activity like mountain biking (except i ain't got a bike)

dinner @ nick's

2006-11-10T18:13:00.000+08:00

to celebrate the end of exams, nick was kind to invite a few peps to his place for dinner, where rach whipped up a few dishes for dinner.

very nice simple dishes and few bottles of wine. and they were great company. one of them, raj was actually from the same vocation as me in the army.

a good night. a nice night. an enjoyable night.

with the wine, it just puts me to a good night sleep. only to wake up at 7am. damn, body alarm clock is still on. but luckily still managed to squeeze in a few more hours of sleep.

running 20

2006-11-10T18:04:00.000+08:00

5km in about 24mins.

been awhile since the last one, so before going for some night out, i decided to go for a short one.

not that good an idea to run under the current 4pm sun and when the body was pumped with abit of red wine the night before.

less than a day

2006-11-08T09:31:00.000+08:00

in a little less than 24hrs, my self imposed alcohol ban shall be lifted(Since when huh?). same time as when my last paper ends.

bad thing is, i got only 1 evening to study for that. got another paper in an hours' time.

got a dinner at friend's place tomorrow. bring a bottle of wine, he said. and can sleep over if you want to. shall i get 2 bottle and my few miserable bottles of beer over as well.

things are getting better, after tonight.

tonight....will be bad.

2 down 2 more

2006-11-06T10:21:00.000+08:00

yeeeehhaaa!!

the second paper finish liao. supposedly 11:30 end. but i reached home 11:30 wahahha, including a trip to the supermarket.

good or bad? wait results come out then say lah. still got 2 more paper. just as unprepared as the 2 that finished.

i gotta admit, this has got to be the worst prepared exams among all exams in university. no motivation. no morale. no spirit. like a punctured tire. just trying to get it done and over with.

all yeah, for the 4D-buying people, my seat number is 2116. sounds like a winning number? then buy it.

but if you win, please bring me to a trip to taiwan or thailand.

steak with creamed spinach

2006-11-04T22:26:00.001+08:00

steak with creamed spinach
Originally uploaded by Nerd with love handles.

meaty dinner today. although i eat alone, sometimes i treat myself real nice. eat alone also make until nice nice. dunnoe why. maybe seriously bored.

anyway a porterhouse steak, seasoned with salt & pepper alone. roast some potatoes, and tried something new. creamed spinach.

made some bechamel sauce(butter, flour and cream. season salt pepper to taste). blanched the baby spinach. then cook with the sauce. nice rich sauce together with spinach that is not overcooked.

complete the dinner by opening a bottle of beer.

love it!

whats interesting or not

2006-11-03T19:28:00.000+08:00

this past week has been as interesting as counting the number of hair on my arm. and this coming week will be too as well.

all day long trying to stare at my notes, in the hope that some stuff gets into my head, and actually stays there until the exam day itself. my memory has been like that of a goldfish :(

life has never got so interesting man. in fact it gets so damn interesting that it makes cooking dinner exciting. it makes supermarket shopping feels like a box of chocolate because i do not know what offers i can find on the next aisle.

no more lessons or classes to attend already, and friends are caught up with exams to hang out for late nite pancakes and whats not. so the only chance for human interaction nowadays is probably with the cashier at the checkout counter (hopefully a pretty chick for eye candy), or the 10mins before going into the exam halls, discussing with your classmates about how unprepared you are.

for tonite, to make the night a wee bit interesting, some nachos, topped with salsa, cheese, sour cream and sprinkled with some spring onions.

enough whining for now. hopefully none at all after these.

running 20

2006-11-03T19:23:00.000+08:00

5km in 25mins.

fine weather and i thought of going for 10km. in the end, laziness rules the day.

beginning of the beginning of the end

2006-10-31T22:08:00.000+08:00

(mindless complains coming up)

tomorrow.....hmm later, i have my first paper for this semester's exams. the last bloody probable bunch of damn exams in my life.

why i cannot apply the same discipline for running 10km to my studies.GRRRR. i just hate sitting down and just read the notes.

my attention span is so short such that it is gone before you could say "bob's your uncle"

bloody mundane, bloody boring, bloody lifeless.

i would rather do assignments for the whole semester. so much more exciting lah. maybe i bring dice for the MCQs.

roll the dice and go

BIG MONEY! BIG MONEY!

better get back to reading my stuff and rest early. morning paper:( complain more later.

congrats daphne!

2006-10-30T16:00:00.000+08:00

met with daphne last night, before she returns to singapore. a night of eating, and eating @ macdonalds.

a nugget meal, an apple pie and half a muffin. sinful sia.

pls congratulate her, for she has graduated (26th oct)!

no pics of her graduation. because it's all with her. and i don't think i will get the pics until like 10 years later. only this one, before she left melbourne in july.

all the best! and see you back in singapore

running 19

2006-10-30T15:58:00.000+08:00

10km in abt 50mins.

:( got blister on my foot !@#$

a sunny day, a fine day. a good day for a run, so a long run it is. 2 laps around the school parameter.

more fine days!!

running 18

2006-10-29T00:43:00.000+08:00

5km in 25mins.

a little difficult to run today. calf muscles aching a little still.

wind was strong. temperature was abt maybe around 13-15 when i ran. the windchill made it felt like it was below 10. ears hurt a little just halfway thru the run.

thought of doing 7km or 10km today. hehe no thanks lah. other days, when the weather is fine

dinner at home

2006-10-28T12:06:00.000+08:00

about 2 weeks ago, had some friends, nick & his gf, rach over at my place for dinner to celebrate end of school term, but beginning of the exams :(

waiting for my friend to send me the photos. oh but what the hell.

a simple roast dinner, beef, mashed potatoes and asparagus with prawns.

i even bought a meat thermometer. figured that i would probably do such thing in Singapore still, so i bought it.

the beef, rub it with salt pepper and some herbs. stick the thermometer into the piece of meat, chuck it into the oven.

wanted to slow cook for longer time at lower temperature for a medium rare doneness. but i cant wait lah!! so its not as tender as i wanted. more like done at medium. but still good:P

next time cook earlier.

mashed potatoes, add milk, butter, white pepper to taste.

asparagus with prawns. seared and cooked the prawns with white wine. be generous!
then throw in the greens. throw a spoon of butter over it when serving.

these 2 buggers don't even wait for the cook!

made them washed the dishes, for not waiting.

it was a night of eating. after dinner, it was bubble tea. then we went home. only to come out later around 1am for pancakes @ pancake parlour, doncaster.

i see nice people

2006-10-28T11:20:00.000+08:00

The faces of the people seem to be ever cheerful to each other. love thy neighbour, so they say and probably obeying the saying.

However the innards of the skeptical me feels otherwise. The seemingly calm and tranquil surface probably hides some ugly underwater eddy.

Some things i heard probably confirmed what i thought.

Maybe its like this, or maybe the need to be overly nice and caring has taken its toil.

Or probably everyone lies.

mavis and ed's rings

2006-10-26T08:44:00.000+08:00

congrats to mavis, for having finally received Ed's proposal

a ring for both of you!! beautiful ring for you mav, and err...~~suffe-ring~~another kind of ring for ed

their flat is coming up soon too. time to discuss with them about some terms like sofa bed and what package should they get on SCV, for the probable weekends at their place.

make myself at home, i know. thats what ed would probably say....(yah shameless me)

a shameless me just want to say that i am glad to see both of you together and enjoy your journey called life together. more good years ahead!! looking forward to your wedding come january.

(shameless me is kind of sucky with words lah)

running 17

2006-10-25T20:31:00.000+08:00

today 5km in 24mins+.

usually i would be running lazily and with each stride i take, i land on the heel of my foot. today tried running and landing on the balls of my foot.

i felt faster. or is it just some imagination.

gawdy gawd, i just ate 3 donuts at one shot after dinner. this is bad. on the other hand, the donuts are finished.

so no more temptations

get your thumbdrive to call for help

2006-10-25T20:18:00.000+08:00

I shudder at the thought of losing my USB drive. As you could tell from my Zen and the Art of the USB Drive Series, my entire life is on that USB drive. “So,” I thought, “what could I do to help ensure that I get my lost USB drive back?” After some consideration, I came up with a few ideas.

go to article here

rather useful, especially if you are like me, always misplacing or losing stuff. heaps of help, if your thumbdrive falls into hands of good Samaritans who would bother to try give it back.

But don't do much if it gets picked up by some lousy bastards.

running 16

2006-10-23T19:56:00.000+08:00

if i check my post about my runs, the last one was last thursday.

hmm...gosh!...abit slack already. not as often as i wanted.

anyway the presence of doughnuts made me feel guilty. so today a 7km in 35mins++

must.....arrghh.....study........

venture for the rings

2006-10-23T12:26:00.001+08:00

its was a night for studying. unfortunately little of that happened.

there was a quake. read about here. but i didnt feel anything. too engrossed in bourne supremacy and trying to study.

later that night around 1am, phone rang. who the hell rings me at that time.

fren: "oi we outside your place. lets go get krispy kreme"
me: "i m in PJs leh"
fren: "we are too.drive thru lah, no need come out"
me: "oh what the hell..coming out now"

now i have a ~~dozen~~ nine of those original glaze.

donuts anyone?

2006-10-23T12:26:00.000+08:00

its was a night for studying. unfortunately little of that happened.

there was a quake. read about here. but i didnt feel anything.

too engrossed in bourne supremacy and trying to study.

later that night around 1am, phone rang. who the hell rings me at that time.

fren: "oi we outside your place. lets go get krispy kreme"
me: "i m in PJs leh"
fren: "we are too.drive thru lah, no need come out"
fren: "oh what the hell..coming out now"

now i have a ~~dozen~~ nine of those original glaze.

you want some?

seasons of love

2006-10-23T10:14:00.000+08:00

chanced upon this video while surfing around. its from Rent, the musical.

nope i never watched the musical or the movie before. but it seems like one that you should catch.

if you find the dvd in stores, you can buy it for me as a gift:P

what a cheeful and uplifting song. need something like that in my life now.

text link

525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear.
525,600 minutes - how do you measure, measure a year?
In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee.
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.
In 525,600 minutes - how do you measure a year in the life?
How about love? How about love? How about love? Measure in love.
Seasons of love.