thinking

Shopping!

2011-11-07T05:37:00.000-08:00

Bought a Tamron 18 - 200 AF lens. And a 30L Dry Cabinet. The lens cost 325 and the dry box costs 118. Must say overall it was a good deal.

Tried out the tamron lens just now and found out the focusing isn't very good for macro shots. But i love the zoom and the color! It beats the 18 - 55 canon one. Then i tried to get rid of the mold in the canon lens and so proceeded to unscrew the whole thing. Found out that the mold or fungus was growing inside the lens which is impossible for me to get rid of. So i screwed it back and amazingly it still works. haha.

does every post need a title?

2011-10-12T07:42:00.000-07:00

My family has grown. it has included 1 and perhaps 1 more in the near future into this picture.

How we have all grown up, i thought. balancing our ideals and reality, work and fun, societal pressures and personal goals, to push on into the future.

Lets hope our future are as we like it to be, rather then bright and great, it can be wild, adventurous, arduous or plain crazy. But it should never be bleak, not when we are this young.

2011-08-23T06:54:00.000-07:00

its time to up the game.

Haiku?

2011-08-02T09:09:00.000-07:00

wake up tomorrow

we might want to continue

the day yesterday

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

2011-07-21T05:45:00.000-07:00

University of Michigan. Essay(Required for all applicants. Approximately 250 words.)Everyone belongs to many different communities and/or groups defined by (among other things) shared geography, religion, ethnicity, income, cuisine, interest, race, ideology, or intellectual heritage. Choose one of the communities to which you belong, and describe that community and your place within it.

I guess I belong to a community of "floaters". They are aimless, unmotivated and pretty much termed as lazy by the rest of the communities. As part of this community, of course interaction with each other is kept to a minimum; usually we only talk if necessary. Also since there are no specific goals we set for ourselves, we tend to wander around a lot in search of things that might interest us, more often than not failing to do so and wallow in self pity instead. I am just a member of this community and do not hold an important position in it. I do not feel that I belong as I grow older and realize that the world has too much things to offer to be lazing around or be bystander to changes. We human beings are programmed to adapt to many environments, I want to be part of the change instead of being the part to adapt. Hence I now belong to the community transitioning from floaters to Doers, where I’m planning activities I like instead of joining them, where I actively look for answers instead of them still buried deep in my mind, where I feel satisfied everyday when I complete a mini project or adventure I set out to do. Sometimes I do regress and go back to “floating” mode, but I guess this belongs to a larger community called “maturing”. I hope UMICH could help me get into an executive position of this community.

What do you think?

the golden sun

2011-07-18T09:02:00.000-07:00

2011-07-18T08:55:00.000-07:00

Yup this is taken in singapore. quite surprised actually.

火车跑道的下雨天

2011-07-15T20:15:00.000-07:00

就算天空茫然，风雨交加， “人” 的气息却能够把暗淡的变得美丽。

wakeboarding

2011-07-15T20:07:00.000-07:00

at Bedok Reservoir

cute pink wakeboards?

Bedok Reservoir

2011-07-15T05:04:00.000-07:00

wow. Bedok reservoir is a really big reserve. i took one hour to leisurely cycle 1 round. Can't believe that there are so many people who are jogging here. I wouldn't. too long.

Incidentally, the day i went there was some sort of wakeboarding competition. pretty interesting but i guess the sport still isn't very popular here yet.

This reservoir is really tranquil, where you can lay down on a grass patch with your hands tucked behind your head and just gaze at the sky. And maybe ask yourself why is the sky blue? Read a book recently titled "sky in a bottle" and realized there were so many observations about the sky i have never realized in my course of 20 years. (ever wondered why the sky seems more blue at the zenith but lighter at the horizon?)

My new ladybug friend. Keeps YOU out of the way.

2011-07-14T05:25:00.001-07:00

HELLO PLEASE START DOING YOUR RESEARCH!

THANK YOU.

A reservoir adventure ( Lower Pierce)

2011-06-25T22:38:00.000-07:00

Mainly i got to Lower pierce after upper pierce. So this is like part 2 of the day.

Nothing interesting for me here, except my family used to take some walks in here as there is a forest trail.

saw quite a few families taking a walk. But the day was really hot, wonder how they could stand the heat.

A friendly inhabitant.

A reservoir adventure (upper pierce)

2011-06-23T08:39:00.000-07:00

For these 2 months, i have decided to do a little adventure trail around singapore's reservoirs.

I find these places beautiful, serene, alluring and also exhilirating! You will all find out why in the posts. So without further ado - my personal favourite: UPPER PIERCE!

So before you actually reach the reservoir, you have to cycle along a winding path. You will find the path unusually cooling even at 12pm with the sun shining directly above you! All thanks to the lush vegetation on both sides.

Roughly 5-10 mins later: Target reached

Entrance of the Park: The start of a series of 3 crazy slopes.

Just look at the degree of incline of these slopes. So make sure to hold on to your handlebars real tightly. No need to pedal, just let the slope bring you whooshing down as you shout AHHHHHHHHH!!

Adrenaline rush achieved!

yay.

Some fun things to do here is skipping stones. With so many stones lying around, its a great opportunity to perfect that throw. I was taught to throw the stones as parallel to the water surface as possible, so you have to bend to your left or right and keep your hands parallel to the water surface as you throw the stone.

Do you know? Using fishing lures is better than using live bait since live bait will dirty the water when they decompose in the water. However, pollutants are produced in the making of fishing lures. But i think that fishing lures will be more sustainable.

One of the incredible things i saw that day.

Bishan Park

2011-06-23T08:37:00.000-07:00

Yup i would love to sit on one of these. And then take in some fresh air or something.

KTM

2011-05-30T07:46:00.000-07:00

Known as the tanjong pagar railway station

Decisions.

2011-05-30T06:42:00.000-07:00

Decisions made from the past can come back and bite you in the ass when you least expect it. This was what i learned today when a call came from my camp. Just know that regulars are more concerned with their own backsides and paychecks than to better the organization they work for. I wonder if this would be prevalent in any other companies or organisations. If so, i doubt it would be successful, if at all. Ironic how those who chose the call to arms can be such cowards in the face of responsibility.

Other than this unfortunate event, i should say that this month has been a good one.

Has been staying on top of my driving lessons.

got my SAT results which is fairly good 2070, gonna aim higher for the next one! (which i havent been revising for)

Ran a full marathon, which resulted in a pair of limping legs. The experience is fairly torturous. (This is one of the things which i feel should be done only once in a lifetime)

Ate many a good meals ( Waku Ghin, No menu, OTTO, 40 Hands, Wild Honey) :)

So we concentrate on the good things in life

Like having some abalone

Or perhaps lobster

:)))

2011-05-10T02:27:00.000-07:00

This picture got me laughing. alot

Uncle, Nephews and Kites.

2011-04-20T07:04:00.000-07:00

A day out at the field.

My nephews. I'm an uncle! brothers with 2 distinct personalities. you can tell just by looking at them. But then again, only time can tell.

Upper Pierce Reservoir

2011-04-20T06:38:00.000-07:00

One of my favourite places to cycle would be this reservoir. Because the slopes here are crazy!
really gives you an adrenaline rush. Must thank marc for introducing me to this place!

pretty flowers seen at the reservoir.

This is on my way to upper pierce, bishan park. it boasts a lotus garden, but i guess it is really hard to maintain it. just look at the condition of these lotus.

i must have more of these trips: me, my bicycle and camera.

Tanjong Rhu bus-stop

2011-04-20T06:29:00.000-07:00

See. this is the view at the bus-stop outside my house. for at least a year, i have seen the tree at the bottom right continually grow. I would sit down at the bus-stop and look directly across and wonder when the tree would grow up to change this view.

Cookin' up a storm

2011-03-03T00:07:00.000-08:00

well you get to have a blend of up to 3 flavors from a selection of twenty plus. mine was banana green tea, didnt come out as i thought. oh well.

Cookin' up a storm
in the kich'n

My 1st toto

2011-03-02T23:53:00.000-08:00

haha bought it cos its grand prize is 10 million!!! but in the end i hit none of the numbers.
i have terrible luck.

the military life

2011-02-23T01:23:00.000-08:00

On the phone (a guy picks up the phone):

"Hello?"

slight pause there

"ya"

"what!?"

"you cannot like that ma, tomorrow is go home day!"

long pause

"tomorrow i off at 5'oclock leh, I 1 week never go home le!"

slight pause

"tomorrow is go home day! you all cannot like that one ma."

"Is there no one else to do it?"

slight pause

"i don't want to go. you go find someone else."

"i don't want!"

After this part, i went out of the room.

But in the end, he still had to go.

我的！

2011-01-18T05:54:00.000-08:00

layang layang! 还是自己血汗做出来的东西才会满足，骄傲，而更有价值

花了我看大约两天的时间，不停的削，粘，绑，量，当然也少不了小舅的大大帮助，终于做出了这条蛇！可惜那天吃不到风，飞不高，但也算壮观吧！
我的风筝！

FLOR

2011-01-18T05:44:00.000-08:00

FLOR: Where delicious cakes, good people and a nice ambience, all come together.

2010-10-22T04:23:00.000-07:00

成熟：当你能够把事情处理得更好的时候？

Kent Ridge Hill

2010-09-12T02:39:00.000-07:00

2010-08-28T22:52:00.000-07:00

不为功德，方为善
不为功名，且读书
以和为贵，彼此尊重，互相祝福
人走茶凉，无需惋惜
百事皆休，周游列国
健康是要在年轻时开始

-- 爸爸

Diving in Tioman

2010-07-17T21:21:00.000-07:00

For starters, this trip has introduced me to the diversity of people who are interested in diving. made new friends.

Following, i had to recall things i learnt 6months ago. As we dived into the water, it was a different world. However one of the best moments there was during night diving where we broke out of the water and the 1st thing we did was to look up. The entire night sky was filled with stars! And i just lied on the water as i stared up in amazement.

Of course we had to fill our stomach, and what better way to do it than having the famous Ramly burger, one of the 4 or 5 stalls there.

Navigation in the water is also an essential skill.

Resident animals

The significance of this picture

2010-07-05T09:21:00.001-07:00

Don't you think the kid's attire is flashier than his parents? Makes you wonder about the baby's. But then again, the focus isn't about that.

Enjoyment

2010-06-18T21:05:00.000-07:00

If only i had a car, and i live in japan. But,this is close enough.

the precious weekends

2010-05-29T05:06:00.000-07:00

Damn i havent taken photos in quite a while now.

Field camp is coming up

weekends aint enough

haha hahaha haha hahaha

need to buy a lens protector thingy

need to buy my army equipment

bless everyone who reads this!

Mommy, Papa and my sis

2010-05-23T02:04:00.000-07:00

In the Tough and Rough

2010-05-14T11:02:00.000-07:00

Training was tough but essential which helps to keep our body fit and ready. An assignment was given to write a 3 thousand word essay on why we should not eat in living quarters despite seeing an opposite example of people who gave us the assignment. It is ridiculous that dry foods such as biscuits could be brought into living quarters and consumed and being asked to write the essay. This reflects the situation of reality where nothing is ever fair in any institutions despite being institutions of honor and great responsibilities. Such acts can only hope to incur wrath, frustration and even hate since it cannot achieve anything remotely positive except perhaps for keeping a cool mind. One must be of pretty great calibre to do that and which is not shown or perhaps could ever be by the one who gave the assignment. Like a puffer fish, which blows up in size while its true size is considerably smaller. filled with poison to affect more than hundreds of people, but a true delight of taste when properly butchered and sliced up in the end. I haven't tried it yet, but i hope to try it one day. We shall see.

to get a driving license in japan

2010-04-27T04:00:00.000-07:00

Clouds

2010-04-27T03:33:00.000-07:00

A lady dancing gracefully

A fat lady

the picture says it all.

2010-04-27T01:34:00.000-07:00

DNA bridge in marina

2010-04-26T22:14:00.000-07:00

river

2010-04-25T04:53:00.000-07:00

where it lies in the ground and captures the sky, allowing them to come together

car and a house

2010-04-25T04:18:00.000-07:00

this is one of the photos that i felt that i have put much thought in before pressing the shutter, one of those "feel it" moments.

Osaka City

2010-04-22T07:26:00.000-07:00

kids feeding deers at nara deer park

2010-04-22T07:12:00.000-07:00

姐妹

2010-04-21T20:41:00.000-07:00

Sakura in Nara, Japan!

2010-04-21T09:59:00.000-07:00

OMG!! MY FIRST PANORAMA PHOTO!!!

2010-04-07T07:15:00.000-07:00

please click on it to view it at a larger screen!

sister

2010-04-07T04:25:00.000-07:00

Alright she has bugged me to put up pictures of her. So here we go with minimal editing. wahhaha

attitude person

food passionate

kite flying newbie

angry person

i like this hairstyle

great cook and patissier (onion soup above)

马六甲风情

2010-04-07T03:56:00.000-07:00

在这里就放了比较有味道，有感情的照片来看马六甲

休息的人

建筑的人

老人

暗淡的门

彩色的门

门的对面

马六甲

2010-04-05T00:48:00.000-07:00

就说要拍一些象征马六甲的图片。以下的照片- 就让它们说一说吧。

游客馆

星星

河

新中带破烂

积水

花车

垃圾/桶

div>

当然少不了这两个人

张宁欣

2010-04-04T00:33:00.001-07:00

小鬼的出没，把我们带到了许多地方。

她的到来，使得这些地方得更有活力。

她最拿手的，使用三根小红花，做成一枚戒指

of plants and trees

2010-04-03T23:05:00.000-07:00

and of a willingness to step out of the car halfway just to take these pictures

improvement?

2010-04-02T19:19:00.000-07:00

At Ayer Hitam

2010-04-02T05:55:00.000-07:00

Really nice pictures taken by my uncle. We were at a market of Ayer Hitam or what i know as blackwater town (a direct translation). The first two were taken by him and the rest of them are what i find that represents the market.

苏丹

2010-03-28T03:12:00.001-07:00

Realized that hey, i might be more of a cat person.

really angry

2010-03-27T07:01:00.001-07:00

My mother just drove the car off to fetch my sis at the airport because i was 2 mins late. two fucking minutes. i was in the bathroom for 2 more mins and she just drove off. what is the point then in staying over at her house? what is the point? Saw her driving out of the entrance when i was at the lift. you know how hurting that is

我的墙壁

2010-03-14T19:57:00.000-07:00

评语？

A Little Story Part.2

2010-01-19T21:09:00.000-08:00

As John got older, he began to realize more and more that people seems to turn their backs and shy away from him due to his tongue hanging out in such a retarded position. No one wants to look at him and hence let alone wanna talk to him. Why did he only start to witness such a phenomenom only recently? Was it because he was too young to care back then?

And so in this way, as the potato koro people tries to shut him away from their community, john too feels disheartened and feels so very isolated and alone. His impression of the potato koro people starts to drop. This phenomenom of course would create an effect on him without himself knowing. John had become more and more self centred...as the things he sees becomes narrower and narrower...

But still, he kept his smile.

a little story Part.1

2009-12-17T08:38:00.001-08:00

Okay. So this little guy here his name was john. He likes to stick his tongue out due to an old habit of his which he has tried to kick. And well you can see that he is still trying. With his tongue out like that many people thinks that he looks retarded and does not want to be his friends (well who would!) . However, being too young to care, he still smiles in his carefree way but often wonders why no one wants to be near him. Things were still going well for him in his young age as he has caring parents and great siblings to rely on, so self esteem isnt really a problem. John had a healthy sense of himself, sometimes a little too healthy but still quite acceptable anyway. However as he grew up, things began to change...he notices them but cant quite well nail it...

So what did john notice? will he be able to comprehend what he noticed? what were the changes? are the changes for better or worse? Find out in a little story part.2!!

笑

2009-11-04T00:13:00.000-08:00

　　　　　　　　　　　世界上怕就怕认真这两个字！而我们就最讲认真！

果然够认真！照相也得全力以赴！

鞍山－08年

Touch Rugby

2009-08-27T07:11:00.000-07:00

Unlucky day

Became cup champion

Pissed 2 girls off

handphone drop in water.

Never playing touch rugby in Nanyang again

My classmates

2009-08-14T09:09:00.000-07:00

Well.. this is part of my class anyway taken last year at east coast park.

We are a bunch of lazy people who all took higher chinese or does not need to take chinese at a level. i feel that that makes us all pretty clever. Ahha but who knows.. still the average in grades compared to the rest of the classes.

refreshing things

2009-06-28T08:02:00.001-07:00

watching movies in the morning like at 11am really is a good experience. For one - no queues!

sitting down to study really is good for concentration.

playing badminton with friends or with people you dont know is fun too.

but what i wanna say is i chose to spend my holidays this way. and i like it.

following your dreams

2009-06-28T08:02:00.000-07:00

do i oversimplify things or do i not? Having a dream is important, so is goal setting. so saying i wanna be a businessman! thats oversimplifying. after i achieve that dream, what then? a next one? something that pulls you along outside is a dream, something that drives you within is passion. i guess it all comes down to how bad you want it.

So how do i follow a dream? live it.

just another day

2009-05-15T06:38:00.000-07:00

well ran today for half an hour. feels good. cleared up some thoughts. Gonna wear the night cycling shirt next week? i didnt wear it today - i wonder why?

night cycling was cut short by half due to the rain,well everyone were tired and the debrief was good. overall i can say that it was pretty successful. First time i got so tired that after the guys left after breakfast i slept at ECP till my dad came looking for me after waiting at the carpark for half hour. even on the van i was still dazed. haha at least i survived.

Now is the time to clear up my work and organize my mess. start to learn and remember. distractions do come, so please focus!

Night Cycling.

2009-04-22T06:55:00.000-07:00

Night Cycling WILL turn out great! Looked at photos of the cycling recces with the all men team. haha laughed my ass off. after this event, i can go peacefully.... haha not yet. got to tackle my studies.

learn to accept, learn to forget, whats there to forgive if you forget? haha.

one way i learnt from a book to boost your memory: tell yourself that there really isnt any other way if you wanna get good grades . which is to study. kind of like what will you do when driven to the back of the wall? puts things into focus.

Achievement?

2009-04-09T06:20:00.000-07:00

ok i got an A for my PW. In fact its the 1st A i encountered since my JC life. The closest i ever came to was a B no matter what.

However, one of my group members didnt get an A. For that i feel quite bad about it. Well feels like i didnt help her out enough. As a leader i feel that we should achieve together. Feels like somehow i failed her. hmm this got me thinking abut being a leader. Although many feels that being the leader of pw is pretty bullshit. But if you took this position seriously, you should feel responsible for your groupmates. didnt think i did enough at that time.

All that for thinking, got to act too.

ive got a good teacher

2009-04-06T05:34:00.000-07:00

here today to give thanks for a great form teacher. Well it was parent teacher's meet a few days ago.

was pretty held for words and feeling tense during the meet. She put in many nice words for me - in short doing damage control. Realised many teachers do not really care about their students like that. Can say that ive been really lucky during my schooling life.

then today i asked my math teacher what if i got C for my math mid years? She said it seriously: i will treat you.

hmm got me wondering: my math is that bad? ahha got to put in more effort in memorising the formulas.

Fish Tank

2009-02-26T04:34:00.000-08:00

"Go in there, sit on the bench and look at the fish swimming.

Its especially best when you turn off the lights and leave the fish tank lights on.

Its like watching a movie, there's aircon and then you see the actors - all the goldfish running all about, at their most natural and happiest times. Giving you the best performance of their lives.

Then you listen to the slow dripping sounds of water hitting water of the water purifier. You are almost in a trance.

It is really relaxing."

What a way to enjoy life!

In a barber shop. told to me by an uncle.

preparations

2009-02-04T07:14:00.000-08:00

well Odac today was about preparing for the CCA Bazaar. felt we did quite little things but ended up really tired. then was walking along and saw a group of pretty old ladies (probably housewivesd) dancing at the basketball courts. ended up feeling that as you grow older there is less and less things to do. For example the older generation dont really go out with their friends but rather stay at home and take care of the family. Some might have felt so bored that they decided to join the CCs social dance groups. why couldnt they like us go out with their friends and go out to eat or to catch a movie? too old for that kind of stuff? or just because you are unable to go due to responsibilities, work? Our parents seem to have less fun than us. why? It seems like we are only concerned about the present and they are concerned about the future.
So they are preparing for the future?

Coming back

2009-01-20T07:31:00.000-08:00

Alright!! im back many things happened between these past 2 month. Went to China, moved house, 1st day of school, buying furnitures, setting up a wireless newtwork, celebrating christmas and eve, celebrating new year eve. This is in all a very brief summary! But to sum it all up: the past 2 months i have been learning and doing and also thinking. it pretty late, so ill end off here.

updating soon!

怎么搞得嘛？

2008-11-15T05:33:00.000-08:00

一起走过了十几年的路，

他始终埋怨着她。

而她始终怀疑着他。

它便在想：这是怎么搞得？

where's my drive

2008-11-08T08:00:00.000-08:00

You know, i realized that there is no motivation for me to do anything well.

Hopefully i will get to find my drive by the end of this year!

something different?

2008-11-01T22:18:00.000-07:00

We play at playgrounds.

We work at workplaces.

We study at study areas.

Why dont we study at playgrounds,

play at workplaces,

and work at study areas?

Life could get more interesting.

Time

2008-10-27T09:25:00.000-07:00

I shall discuss about my habit of being late. what contributes to it is probably my own lazyness as well as the inability to say no. i feel that i treat mom's place as a hotel, like going there to sleep then the next morning ill be going to meeet my friends. hence ill stay longer then end up late for meetings with friends. Or it will be that my mom says shell fetch me then go bathe then take like 45 mins. 1 thing i remember most vividly was during my primary school days. I dreamt that i was late for school for like 2 hours. I literally jumped up with a start and began to cry - only to find out i was still early for school. maybe something snapped then, i took things more lightly and at a much slower pace. Now i think i am going too slow. ahha.

who cares

So many things

2008-10-27T08:55:00.000-07:00

I bought an accoustic guitar for 94 dollars! Which is cheap cheap!! haha happy days.

Got the Jay chou new album!! nice songs! shi guang ji is what i a playing right now.

photos will have to wait till i get out of my lazy syndrome.

yea.

Letters from a kin

2008-09-10T07:18:00.000-07:00

Starting off with today, a pretty slack day ended school at 12.30, which was really early. Decided to do some running, and i actually ran 10 rounds in like half hour, which was really slow. Hmm, i wonder why. Ran with jacky and Yu Hua. Played basketball later on, then bathed and at 4plus settled down to study.

Found interesting things in school today! I think the cleaners (if not then i really dunno) here planted papaya trees, a jackfruit tree and a pineapple plant or bush? 1 jackfruit is gonna be ripe soon!

It feels like the cleaners in our school will be staying to watch them grow and bear fruits, or why plant it at all? Have they grown attached to the school? or simply theres no other place to be.

However the really really interesting part would be that i found another way out of the school!! Without meeting the guards or through the side gates, hehe. Hence i conclude that a stroll can bring unexpected surprises!

Reached home to find a letter adressed to me from my sister currently studying in Australia. She has written out a list of things for me to do! And here it is:

What I Want

1) To find out what i want to do in life. i.e. To find out what i like and what i am good in (which can be different of course).

2) To do meaningful and enjoyable things with family and friends.

3) Get out and do some workout to get a tough and healthier looking physique.

4) Fall in love. Love is not blind, lust is. So fall in love with your eyes intact please.

GOOD LUCK!

But above all these things would be to do well in my promos! I REALLY Do Not Want To Retain.

Haha. For a person who is so far away from my life currently and still think about me would be a person who had been so close in my life before. Who'd that be if it isn't my sister? Missing her.

A cup of milo

2008-08-30T02:37:00.000-07:00

There is a cup of milo on the table.

Person A walks to it and takes a sip, makes a face and comments that it is too sweet, puts the cup down and walks off.

Person B walks over to it and takes a sip, makes a face and says it is too thin, puts the cup down and walks off.

Person C then approaches the milo and takes a sip, makes a face and says that it is too thick, puts the cup down and walks off.

Person D too takes a sip of the milo, makes a face and feels that it is too bland, puts the cup down and took off.

The person who made this cup of milo returns and drinks a big mouthful , smiled and exhaled and says, just the way i like it!

So why are we complaining when we drink someone else's cup of milo?

A mega-watt smile

2008-08-28T07:00:00.000-07:00

Well i called in sick for today and didnt go to school. Yay!! it feels good not to be at school. Before you get the wrong idea, i really was sick, but yea school sucks. slept till 1 then got up to do some math. was able to get some questions done. and so am satisfied. at around 5, went out to go cut some hair only to find out the hair salon ain't cutting it. haha ,pun intended. Thus i obviously would have to go home then. It was when i was sitting at the bus-stop, getting caught up in my own world, that out of the corner of my eye i spotted some movement of someone moving to sit next to me. It turned out to be a little girl maybe 4-5yrs old.

She gave me a mega-watt smile, teeth and all -- and I finally knew what was meant by a mega-watt smile today. She was accompanied by her mom and a younger brother.

They were actually just passing by the bus-stop. So after smiling at me she then walked back and joined her mom and bro and went off.

So I dont know why she smiled so brightly at me, a complete stranger, but it sure was incredible. It warms the heart. :D

Weekend well spent on many matters other than mundane studying!

2008-08-11T04:01:00.000-07:00

We shall start on Friday, national day celebrations. Well what can you expect from schools hosting these kind of celebrations every year. Even if we won't get bored, they would. So, it was a boring affair. The only part i liked about it was the medley of songs which an external group came to sing to teach us about reason, rhyme and rhythm - how poems are made, or songs for that matter.

Later on, went to watch movie with jia hao liesel and james. i watched mummy and money with jia hao while liesel and james watched money and dark knight. That was the first time i watched 2 movies in a row at a cinema. Yeah! Then on to celebration of gentson, qingbin and siming birthday! with jiafu. haha, Allof us then cooped u in the room to watch the Olympics opening ceremony. It was MAGICAL to say the least. China has really outdone itself. Bravo!!!

After that, jacky angus and jimmy came to my house to KAITAI! yea, we played like one and a half feng before we got too lin lao hia tired. The rest of the time was committed to playing dota.

Saturday:
Spent da whole day celebrating jimmy birthday!! Went to his house for poh pia and play wii. wii is really quite fun leh. very cute. played till when the birthday cake came out we were still blur blur. lol. Then continues the saga of dotaing at his place. NDP was totally ignored after watching the Olympics opening ceremony.

Sunday:
Woke up at 2.30pm. Went to eat dinner with jm and gavin for a second birthday dinner at Manhattan FISH Market at plaza. Bloated.Spent 2 hrs asking people to go play badminton on monday at 8am. Being a host sucks.

Monday:
Played badminton with ren jie james de xian jimmy gavin and eugene. Yea it was fun. after our time was up, we went to scavenge for other courts - by staring in their face and asking: is this your court!?? haha it worked. but no lah we didnt stare or do anything funny. We are gracious gentlemen :) it got really funny when we used the netball net to play badminton. Then proceeded to hougang mall for breakfast and then LAN at hougang plaza. It was so long since i last steped into a LAN shop. .. and it is so cheap!!! super promotion! paid 1.80 in the end. yea. Then went TP to study. I like their library.

whoo finally..

events for the past months

2008-08-10T07:48:00.000-07:00

Ha ha. Was and still am really lazy about updating so this is are just some photos about the past few months ive taken that i feel is interesting!

So what's so interesting about this pair of shoes? Its hollow man wearing them!! Can't you see some one there?? LOOK CLOSER and then tell me again. its actually moving!

Elmo and his friend having an animated conversation at Bugis. But i dont think they can see each other though, staring at the menu and all.
A child and his bike at perhentian islands. What about in singapore? It probably would be a child and his computer.

A child's toy and an adult's toy. So whats the difference? Did it become more complicated? So as a person grows older, does he or she become more complicated too?Is it a good or bad thing? Or if so, why? or its just part of our defense mechanism for survival?

How do you feel when you are alone squatting on the beach, looking far to where the sky and sea touches? would you be thinking of anything? Or would you be emo-ing? i think my mind will just go blank. Haha.

烦？

2008-07-28T03:09:00.000-07:00

我这才发现，原来不是我心烦。

My first blood donation and my first failed blood donation

2008-07-24T01:38:00.000-07:00

Hai... a sad day today. I got my dad to sign the consent form for the blood donation. Got to the venue in school at around 1. Filled in lots of stuff, took a kind of simple blood test Gave an interview on why i wanna donate blood. Waited again...till 2.30. Then i sat on the chair where they were just a few minutes from drawing my blood. " I'm so sorry..i cant find your vein, so cannot take the blood."

wow.

i guess i'll try again next time.

can't sleep

2008-07-21T07:26:00.000-07:00

For the first time in JC, i couldnt sleep during econs lecture. I forced myself you know, to make me sleep. My eyes were closed but my brain just couldnt stop whirring, which made me really pissed...no, more like frustrated. Imagine you being rolled tightly up in a blanket and you are struggling to get out but just couldnt. That always freak me out, so dont try it at home pals.

well a few days back, i saw an uncle of perhaps 40 plus years. He was pushing his bicycle on the BUS LANE AGAINST the TRAFFIC (i mean really in the middle of the bus lane in broad daylight,sometimes even cutting to the middle lane), disregarding all the horns and blares of cars and buses alike.

The interesting thing was that he was wearing a safety helmet. I really wonder what the hell he was thinking, or seeing. Is he trying to make a statement? or is he trying to kill himself?

Well the least he could do was to throw that helmet away.

脚踏车

2008-07-01T05:01:00.000-07:00

大概是前几天吧，差不多凌晨十二点多，在家里的我简直是闷死了。我就决定去踏脚车，我踏回到了旧家去看看。哇，比以前美得多，还多了一些设备。最后到了高文的 7-11 商店买水喝便回家了。

回家的路途看见一位大约四，五十岁的妇女。她在一个巴士车站喂猫。那时候大概是凌晨一点半。我非常好奇，怎么这么晚还要来喂猫？家里没人陪她说话？她没孩子吗？孩子都离开她成家立事了吧。反观来看我以后会这样吗？还是个未知数。

我要尽可能长大后陪着父母，但是现在他们真的好烦啊。是他们烦还是我心烦呢？我觉得是我心烦多。

阿哈，只是控制不了这个“烦”。

在另外一个事件，有一天我从地铁出来时，看见一位小妹妹。她穿着上衣和裙子，拿着拐杖，一拐一拐地走上楼梯。她不是脚受伤，而是少了一只右腿。

可她是从容地走上楼梯的，脸上还带着微笑。反而是无残缺的我们，总是带着一幅冰冷或似人家好像欠我们东西的表情。要整天嘻嘻哈哈，还是要每日愁眉苦脸，都是我们的选择。希望我们能多多向那位小女孩学习。

2nd Day, Perhentian island

2008-06-27T09:04:00.000-07:00

This is probably the 2nd day we are in the island or the 1st.. i mess up times all the time.

Two's a company..

eight's a crowd
The gathering!
nice view of redang island, a nearby island, which is actually not very near. about 40 min boat ride.( might be near for the locals). it is very commercialised and noisy.
Wth!?? 3 men and a guitar!??

Then we returned to our island which is much more peaceful and serene.

These are real guns, mind you. dont even come near! i got a bodyguard. dont mess around dude.They are actually actors coming to this island to shoot for the movie "Wanted". But angelina jolie was'nt around though. Anyone who believed me should slap yourselves. But it is a set of some sort.
I love small jetties.
different one, equally nice.
Boats-- the livelihood of the people here. Ready for the next trip?

Mid years are over

2008-06-27T08:52:00.000-07:00

exams are over for now. why are things always a cycle? Can only say i did my best in the exam, not outside. ahha. lets see how it goes.
Interestingly, i hope everyday's an exam day. then ill wake up like 9.30 in the morning, slowly have my breakfast, study a bit, nap, drool, stone till like 12, then ill go bathe. reach school roughly at 12.30, then meet up with friends to revise a bit more,which usually nothing goes in, then at 2pm, to take my exam. yea, release at 4pm and go home.
yup, i like these kind of days.
when I reach home, around 4.45, will watch some TV till dinner time. Then ill grab an apple as a dessert and go riding on my bicycle. that would be around 6.30plus.
heh, i lead an interesting life.

Malaysia! Trengganu

2008-06-20T22:12:00.000-07:00

Alright! Last week i went to Malaysia with my relatives, namely Kim(smallest uncle) and his Angel, as well as my 2nd aunt, her husband,1 of their daughter and son-in-law. So in total its about 9 pax. Pictures please!

For the first day we stayed at this resort sfter about 7 hr drive. Of course must rest!

Kim And Angel

Kim and my 2nd aunt husband

The gang!

And ME! wahaha

MAKAN! Satu lagi! satu lagi!!

Whew. Devouring all these? Piece of cake.

Swings. Taken by my uncle kim, i never considered this angle you know.

Watsup?

Outing!

2008-06-20T22:03:00.000-07:00

Had a primary school outing a few days back. We went to vivo to eat. It was pretty good talking and catching up. Then it was Kung Fu Panda. Thought it was an extremely lame show. But it turned out to be pretty funny.

Kelmen, Yi Cong, Yi Jie, Shu Xian, Xuan Han and Hui Xian. Figure out the order yourself.

Extra two features: Me and harvey. Great Day, good time, byebye.

(pictures from courtesy of Xuan Han)

Sydney,Australia or Australia,Sydney?

2008-06-20T20:26:00.000-07:00

This would be the city. Its about 30 min bus ride from my sis place.

I guess this cathedral is really famous or something being built at a really prominent location where when you get down and you will see it.

Yea i like this picture. It says private property but there doesn't seem to be any.
a pretty cute building.

And then Home sweet home! Mode of transport: Airbus 380. Although it still feels the same size with just tons of entertainment features.

In Australasia

2008-06-19T22:32:00.000-07:00

Pictures Galore!

This is a dinner we had with my sis ex-neighbours, they just moved recently but they still keep in contact. Seafood spaghetti and salad. They are really a lovely couple, they volunteered to bring me out to sight-see just after meeting with me! Who can find such generous people nowadays.

My breakfast for one of the days.

A watercooler cum tap in the middle of nowhere.. actually its near a playground.haha

The town Hospital. I thought hospitals should at least have a big first-aid sign somewhere.

Hibiscus

Eastwood. where 80% of them are koreans. 19% chinese. 1% angmoh.

Wow, that's powerful, i felt.

Its literally where a bus stops for you to board. Just a sign to tell you its a bus-stop, and john ain't happy.

A fire station.

Sydney trip

2008-06-19T22:02:00.000-07:00

Went to sydney to visit my sister studying there at Le Cordon Bleu. She was staying with a roommate at an apartment. It was tiny.. but at least that means less housework! On the 1st day she had already invited her friends over for a potluck party, pretty much for me to get to know her friends. They are really a friendly bunch!

These are all students from my sis school.

Da Korean club!

This would be seok. An avid photographer, i click with him. He also has a polaroid camera which he took pictures with everyone of us and gave us the photo. Really friendly guy!

Had a fun time in all, was really tired the 1st day. Lastly, We had ALCOHOL!! Cos they are all above 18...

Wasted...

2008-05-17T06:52:00.000-07:00

Aiya..today i made a wasted trip to Yamaha for guitar class, cos i didn't realize that it was a frigggin centre holiday..ah well, at least i got to buy my guitar strings and envelopes. What are the envelopes for you ask. Well isn't it obvious? write letters for.....hehehe up to you to guess.
Also i wasted probably over ten messages to get my PW members to meet at National Library today, only to cancel it at 1+ pm. Why can't we just message back to inform each other?? is 5cents so hard to spare? What about picking up calls?? No call function on phones?? AHHH! we need better co-operation than this.
I guess what i wasted overall was time then..always wasting, i really need to use time well.
so...is blogging wasting time??
Ah well.

Backwoodsman!

2008-05-02T06:32:00.000-07:00

Salmon wrapped in banana leaves. With herbs and pepper as garnish.
Introducing the amazing FLYING chicken! Our main course. Just look at the grilled skin garnished with pepper and herbs,it melts in your mouth along with the tender chicken meat! Of course not forgetting the prawns...they suck. If you look a bit closer, you could see 2 coconuts getting burned. They hold our rice and soup! Say..that makes a 6 course meal! (including BIG ripe strawberries which you do not have the fortune to see it, or to taste it.)

Halfway through devouring our meal, i managed to take a picture at the risk of the salmon being reduced to bones! Ain't i great? :) This concludes the backwoodsman trip with jimmy, his bros, his big bro friend. We should do this more man.

Ultra cheapo unity meal!

2008-05-02T06:06:00.000-07:00

Well we went for dinner after ODAC. This is called the ultra cheapo unity meal because all of us ate the same meal! and it costs only $2.90++!!! Well ODAC is really fun, not really a distinct line between j1s and 2s. I hope ODAC will continue to be like that!

My Disgruntled Bag

2008-05-02T05:50:00.000-07:00

Well my faithful bag of 1 year during sec 4 has been looking quite unhappy about the fact that i had not been using it for my jc life. Hence , i gave it a wash and sunshine, and it is following me now. :) Took me quite long to get around washing it.

Weekly update!

2008-04-05T04:47:00.000-07:00

Here continues the endeavours of a particular Singaporean teenager in this week's weekly update!
Last weekend, he went to the botanical gardens to participate in a Sports carnival event (Orienteering) organised by his school. Basically it was an adaptation of amazing race. His team thought that they were really lagging behind but it turned out they completed within the time limit. It was a nice experience for himas he hasn't been to the botanical gardens for a long time. These are the few pictures he took for keepsakes as he remembers he heard this phrase from somewhere " Leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but photos".

After the carnival, he proceeds for lunch with his class where the girls severely outnumbers the boys. It was a really smooth-going lunch as the class promptly disbands after filling their stomachs. He laments at the class spirit at that point in time.

Ratio = 2:1

Will he change his mind about the class spirit? or will he change it? Will it be touched upon in the next update? Stay tuned!

Contagious Laughter!

2008-03-29T05:14:00.000-07:00

Omg this is how you get stomach cramps.

Titration!

2008-03-25T06:04:00.000-07:00

Argh! I screwed it up badly. Every single bloody reading i took was so far off! The model answer was 25.40. The first reading i got...46.8. I shan't bore you with the details but out of the four titrations readings i got, only 1 was acceptable for me to work on...i was perplexed, i was confused, i was pissed! but more than that.. i was sweating. Darn, always felt i do well in chem labs, dont know why today was an anomaly. I really wonder. Anyway on my way home, met and talked to Ah Xiao No.1 (wasn't me who thought of it). Feels good to talk to friends/neighbours, lightened up that dark mood i was in for screwing up chem, only chem, don't know why.

Cough..

2008-03-21T10:06:00.000-07:00

I am still coughing..doesnt seem to get better after so many days. My immune system really is lousy. Anyway spent most of my time at home today, except for going over eugene's house for mahjong. I won $17! Great achievement eh? After that would be cycling over to the usual haunt, curry rice! Cough..i hate this..

1st day of school reopening

2008-03-17T07:26:00.000-07:00

Well not a bad day really.. just came back with my voice half gone. Went to play badminton with jm and jf. Had fun. Coming back to face tutorials jia you!

Rainy days

2008-03-14T20:09:00.000-07:00

Been raining for the past few days..and just when the rain is going to let up, i fell sick. Darn! By the way, this relentless raining for these few days is actually caused by the La Nina effect, not global warming. I read it on the newspaper, so don't come and ask me what La Nina is, i would say think El Nino and inverse it. So please google if you wanna know what it is .

And sidetracking,this would be NYJC mass dance... shortly after disco night. The robot pose shot which i took reflects the rigidness of the school.. lol. Don't know much about the school yet. feels that i won't know much either cos i'll be here for less than 2 years.

The top view of CJC! Hehe.. did some climbing. Shall not go into details.

At punggol end. During the one day activity "kaleidoscope" organised by ODAC. We actually had steamboat for dinner, using indian pots and gas burners. Haha good food man,vegetables and mushrooms was even provided. Having steamboat outdoors! How cool is that?