haha.
if i was still a student, i'd be quite irritated by the fact that school's gonna start on schedule.
but since i am not a student (not yet at least), i don't really care. =P
being unemployed isn't as good as i thought it would be.
waking up late makes me damn happy though.
=)
tuitioning also seems so much nicer when i'm more alert.
haha.
that Chris Brown is finally pleading guilty to his assualt case.
haha. the article is as attached.
its mentioned that he's gonna clear graffiti or thrash.
i'd so love to see him clear trash with tonnes of reporters surrounding him.
haha.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20090623/ten-us-people-chris-brown-5e343d7.html
a few months ago i was at the bus stop when i noticed this notice someone pasted on one of the pillars.
it says....
"anyone who found this dog, please return to us. the dog has got a tumour and is scheduled for a surgery next week and need special medications daily."
den i realised someone wrote some stuff in pen...
"never mind. i can take him to see my doctor. thanks."
haha. it kinda shows how singaporeans are so kind, doesn't it?
haha. i didnt realise i have not blogged in such a long time.
went to Bangkok with some of my friends in mid May and had tonnes of fun and great food.
not to mention the stuff to buy there. altho i didnt buy a lot.
i'm finishing up my working stint with NUS Business School this coming friday.
quite happy. but at the same time am thinking of what to do during the free time.
haha.
they held a special farewell lunch for all of the temps.
the people here are genuinely nice people to work with,
and i must say i had a really good time here.
thanks BIZ Career Services!
=)
MOM just announced the list of hols next year.
out of 10 scheduled holidays, 8 of them fall on a friday or a monday.
sounds totally perfect ah!
too bad i am not in the army already.
haha...
u can read the full story here! and be as excited as me. haha.
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_387509.html?vgnmr=1
some unknown 47 yr old woman became the hot search this week on youtube.
with over 12 million views on her videos.
she's Susan Boyle, one of the contestants on Britain's Got Talent this year.
i shall let the video do the talking (or singing).
=)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR_N9iljeMk
this video is definitely worthy of your 7 minutes.
so sit back and enjoy.
haha. learnt from the news that Whitney is totally producing a new album. haha. so excited.
check this out!
http://entertainment.sg.msn.com/features/article.aspx?cp-documentid=2758913
heh. looks like all the come back singers' names all end with "-ney'
for e.g. britNEY.
haha.
argh! i am just bored at work. =(
hello everyone!
yw's becoming an entrepreneur!
haha. by printing loads of flyers.
oh and he's probably gonna "ejaculate" them later.
=P
"-[ yoNg weN ]- ™ says:
sending out flyers is juz like a freshly ejaculated sea of sperms
-[ yoNg weN ]- ™ says:
u have to send a lot in mass quantity
-[ yoNg weN ]- ™ says:
or else
-[ yoNg weN ]- ™ says:
they will nv reach the 'egg'"
wad a funny analogy, but it does sound sort of true! =S
wad a way to jeopardize the university's credentials on the week of the release of the A level results.
that NTU student who stabbed his prof sure stirred up some fears everywhere.
this happening in Singapore is just as shocking as the massacre at Columbine High.
nothing big happened recently.
less the double birthday celebration we had @ No Signboard Seafood for wy and yw.
haha. even their initials are almost the same.
the food was good, it was also pricey. haha.
but nonetheless, it was a good reward for the completion of the second month of the year.
and that brings me to another topic.
one-sixth of this year is gone! LOL.
just like that.
time indeed does fly.
March is gonna be an incredibly dry month.
no birthdays, no public holidays.
but the most exciting of reality tv programmes should come in this month.
=D
but i am quite determined to work every single day this month.
=P
see if that happens! LOL. =P
a blink of the eyes and almost one month is gone from the new year
time does fly! soon we'll be ushering into another year.
=S
in about 30 mins time, my most hated festival of the year is goona arrive.
i hate chinese new year.
i really do.
LOL.
it's just like forced networking.
haha.
because of chinese new year. i just spent three hours botox-ing my room.
its wrinkle-free now. without all the stuff that were seen in the pic from a previous post.
ha.
my room is so clean now. but i bet it wont be abt 2 weeks later.
=P
alright. hopefully i get more ang baos this year.
=)
just came back from lunch hour.
and was talking to yong wen, who's just about the blondest of all guys i know.
well basically, he's looking for a job on jobscentral and all.
and came across this.
"Salary: Neg"
so the convy went like this.
"-[ yoNg weN ]- ™ says:
wad does neg stand for
-[ yoNg weN ]- ™ says:
omg? negligible?
-[ yoNg weN ]- ™ says:
omg omg eeee they vvv jian
-[ yoNg weN ]- ™ says:
think we cheap labour sia
I say:
negotiable la dumb blonde"
hopefully this brightened up your afternoon too! =)
alright.
2009 came and for one lucky bastard, he got a new handphone.
he either sold it for cash or he is using it himself.
if he sold it for cash,
i hope he gets appendicitis when he buys food to eat with that money.
go to the hospital, enter surgery and ends up having a complication.
spending 10k in the hospital.
if he is using it himself,
i hope the phone gets overheated and explodes in his ear when he's talking on the phone.
and make him permanently deaf.
if he becomes blind, even better.
so he can no longer prey on people's property.
ok after cursing that guy,
i must say its my mistake i allowed him to get tempted to steal my phone.
my 4 month old E71 got stolen when I was playing badminton.
my unattentiveness and assumption that all singaporeans are kind creatures made it a wonderful place for theives to flourish.
and so i'm stuck with my brother's old phone.
yucks.
but not for long. i hope.
that happened on the 3rd day of the new year.
wad a great start.
nothing much else to update except haosiang's birthday!
happy 21st!
really good to meet up with pple whom are more busy at the moment.
like maurice and andrew chua.
i've started packing my room for CNY.
2 hours in and i realise i have tonnes of O and A level notes.
i just can't bear to throw them away.
i just hope they mysteriously disappear.
my mum's gonna scream tmr when she enters my room and sees this.
i probably need about 1 more week b4 my room is nice and clean.
argh.
packing up is a mega bitch.
2008 was the year of many many fond memories and happenings.
5 things/events that i remember most fondly (or hated with much bated breath) are:
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1. WRITERS' STRIKE
For those of you who don't know what the writers' strike is. The writers to all major american sitcoms or dramas went on a strike, protesting for 14 weeks and 2 days. holy shit. that meant that all dramas and sticoms like my favourite shows were all suspended. BECAUSE THERE'S NO ONE TO WRITE THE SCRIPT. wth. definitely something i hated the most in this year. fortunately, reality tv shows went on as they are unscripted. maybe thats the reason I didn't die of boredom. but otherwise, this year's television was really great. almost everything I watched produced good stuff for viewers. i love foreign tv. but well some said little nonya is damn nice also. so perhaps can give mediacorp some kudos for producing something that generated all these hype. haha.
2. MARIS STELLA SYMPHONIC BAND ALUMNI
Well, looks like we made it another year in this organisation. I honestly wonder how much longer we can all stay in the band and make music. when Uni starts, when schedules get tighter, it seems that if we do want to stay in this band, we'll have to either sacrifice something or manage our time really really well. but hey, i believe this band is just another wonderful platform for us to meet, chat and what not, and we should totally make use of that. very glad that kel and bernard decided to come back again following a N year hiatus. fueled by the win in SIBF, let's see if we can make a miracle in 2009 to get enough sponsorships to make people wanna go for WMC. ha!
3. TABLE TENNIS
Following the nation's sudden passion for the sport, the gang started learning the sport a few months back under jinyan's persuasion and we never looked back. It was like learning a new sport altogether, just like how we learnt badminton. Table tennis (or TT) is now just another part of our lives.
4. ORD
i wouldn't say i remember a thing about how i felt before i ORD or when i got my IC. it seems just like another ritual that every guy goes thru and I'm glad i finally completed these 2 years. to think that i was quite sad after coming back from the hongkong trip with the gang because i am due to enlist 3 days later, thinking how time is passing by DAMN slowly and totally thinking that the ORD date would never come. it came though, slowly and steadily. but it still came.
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i guess its just these 4 things that are etched quite deeply in my mind.
with that, i happily round 2008 off by setting 9 new year resolutions for 2009.
some are relatively easier to achieve and some (like no. 1) sounds damn difficult.
1. SAVE UP!
2. do well in school when it starts.
3. pack my room more frequently. haha =P
4. exercise more to prevent myself from expanding any further!
5. learn to appreciate the many good things in life.
6. be safe and healthy.
7. buy only cheap and good things (contridicting no.1 but buying stuff seems rather essential.)
8. spend more time with my family and also my friends.
9. last but not least, enjoy life.
this year was great, until lehmen brothers collapsed.
after which the new year's outlook is what is described as GRIM.
totally harry-potter-like. LOL.
therefore i'm extremely glad that we're entering uni next year.
by the time we graduated, hopefully the market would have picked up a little.
for all within my social circles,
the marist gang,
the vjc people,
my family,
thanks for a great year and i wish you another great year ahead.
2009 is what i call a highly anticipated year.
i can't wait.
i was sitting at the bus stop with bernard after our little table tennis session just now, when i realised.
that exactly in 7 days time, it'd be 1st Jan 2009.
i honestly have no idea what I did in 2008.
but 2009 seems like a rather exciting year.
not for the economy of course, with pple saying that its gonna be dark and gloomy.
but that only makes me think of Harry Potter.
haha.
alrighty!
xmas 2008 was quite fun.
first up was the VJC gathering @ Jfoo's house.
it was quite really fun with the gift exchange and the caroling.
but i so wanted to be lucky for once and get that bottle of vodka (which is probably now in muscular glen's house)
haha. i got fujing's sugar free chocolates in a coffin.
well. the box just looked like a coffin.
haha.
den it was xmas eve, it was raining in the morning and I woke up one hr later den usual.
i tot i was gonna be late.
but 151 Fast Forward saved my life.
haha...
we had a little Biz Sch lunch, where the food was really not bad.
and den the people in office started exchanging presents.
and the temp stuff actually got presents too!
totally shocked but was quite happy.
after work, chionged home to rest and went for francis's xmas party @ the sleezy Orchard Hotel.
haha.
it wasnt as sleezy as I thought it would be.
perhaps because of its neighbour (Orchard Towers), it just appeared to be another sleezy place.
it was fun. very nostalgic seeing all the old friends.
it wasnt awkward, we still had topics to chat about.
I had a great time just talking rubbish with all of them, and I can't wait for the next gathering that someone might organise.
=)
haha.
this christmas,
was really about reunions and gatherings.
it kinda made me wonder how wonderful the times were when we were younger.
but I'm glad that I've made the friends I've made.
people whom made a difference to my life, and I just know that I won't forget anyone unless I get Alzheimers in the future (touchwood). haha.
thanks to all my family and friends.
I am who I am today because of all of you.
=) Merry X'mas 2008!
last friday was my ORD! haha.
and for many many other people, it was their ORD too.
I'd say it ain't as exciting as I thought it would be all along the two years.
but I'm glad I finally finished repaying what guys owe the nation - 2 yrs of their lives.
had breakfast with the whole bunch of NSF clerks at some ulu shop in sembawang.
but their pork rib noodles are really really good.
the surroundings are quite picturesque.
a good place for breakfast.
den exchanged my clearance form for my IC and stuff.
before I left the office one last time at 12 noon.
after which, the BMT people met up at had a dinner at the Glass House.
it was kinda good to see everyone again.
ok maybe not everyone, but 17 people attended the gathering.
quite a number I'd say, up from 11 (iirc) last time at seoul garden.
took quite some pictures (they are all at facebook).
haha. loved how sunshine conquered the fish n co seafood platter for 2.
apparently, he already conquered the manhattan one.
someone should give him a prize. haha...
=P
rested really well for the weekend.
before I started work at NUS Business School Career Services.
it's a cool place i guess.
with loads of nice people.
i'm still superbly not used to the fact that we get to call "regulars" at work by their names now.
after how we call almost everyone in office "sir" and "mdm".
haha. the job scope is pretty much hectic at the start.
to clear rooms and stuff.
but its almost finished and maybe less of such labour-intensive jobs next time.
back to my favourite hobby.
Survivor and TAR both ended with their finale episodes the past two weeks.
for survivor, I must say it was a rather deceptive season (which i like).
and for TAR, I just hate the ending.
actually Surivor's winner sucked too.
looking back.
both seasons had sucky winners to me.
but its ok! a two month wait and Survivor: Tocantins and TAR 14 will be out!
i seriously cannot wait for both series.
meanwhile i guess i'll just be stuck with Grey's Anatomy and House M.D.
=)
thinking back. it sort of seemed like 2 years was quite short.
but hell no. two years was damn long.
the two years are gonna come to an end this friday (this sunday specifically).
haha. the feeling of cheating them of two days is such a thrill.
but they cheated me of two years so it seems so unfair.
but who cares, i'm gonna go back to my civilian status in 4 days.
holy shit an shaung.
haha... though countless people have screamed "ORD LO!" in my face for the past one month.
haha. it seem like time indeed does fly and thanks to the need to defend my country, 10% of my youth is given away as a free gift.
argh.
bought myself a new laptop.
finally.
after that fugly but faithful fujitsu died after it turned 3.5 yrs old.
haha.
pretty happy with the new one. =)
and as always.
dec's the end of the reality tv season.
with the amazing race season finale in about 8 hrs time.
it only serves to make me look forward to two things.
1. the amazing race 14 premiere on the 13 feb 2009.
2. maybe attempt to apply for the amazing race asia when i am of age.
haha.
although i bet i will lose.
but it looks quite fun.
haha.
everything is gonna come to an end soon.
and i'm glad for some it finally did.
woohoo!
it's closer than ever.
3 weeks is all there is left. =D
this is what I call the homestretch.
just like the amazing race.
4 teams left.
3 episodes left.
which means my ORD week will be TAR13's finale week!
haha. so coincidental.
nothing really eventful is ever gonna happen to people serving NS.
eventful might just mean confinement or just a simple burnt weekend.
everyday i tell myself i need sleep.
but everyday i sleep at 1am or 2am.
anyway, just something funny on the web.
check this out.
have a good 3 weeks! =)
well.
this month's flying past again.
and the next time u read that sentence on this blog, i'd be over the moon.
because that means dec is coming! omg.
haha...
but before me and jy ORD, hs and aaron will ORD first.
speaking of which, we attended aaron's ORD parade today at Hendon.
haha.
after which we went down to bakerzin in suntec to have our dinner.
because they have this promotion for a meal set.
SGD13.80++ gives us a soup of the day, a main course, a drink and unlimited bread.
which sounds like a good deal.
haha.
so we happily ate and at the end of the meal, we felt full and the price of the desserts were rather ex. so we asked for the bill.
it came up to 15 plus bucks each. den they gave us a 5 bucks voucher.
so we decided to use it on a slice of cake.
and den we enjoyed a yummy black forest cake.
and after which the bill came again.
i paid SGD2.25 for the cake. =P
and den voila! i discovered they gave me ANOTHER 5 dollar voucher.
and we were thinking of ordering another dessert but we dumped the idea in case they start chasing us out.
but if it have worked. and i just keep calling for the bill after every cake.
i can eat a cake at 2.25 and save 5 bucks a cake.
in other words, i can order my set dinner, pay for it. get the voucher. use it on haosiang's dinner.
and repeat the cycle.
omg. we'd have saved loads of money.
haha...
i have been sooooo totally out of touch with mandarin pop nowadays.
wad jay chou album la.
wad SHE album la.
all totally nv hear before.
so before the new month arrives, i've a few things to do.
1. listen to more music.
2. try as hard as possible to pray and hope that december comes falling from the sky.
3. try to catch up on ugly betty. because i realise i've been missing betty suarez.
4. try not to be addicted to house md like i was on grey's anatomy or else i'll be watching the show into the night and going to work 99% asleep. that's provided i even wake up and go to work.
argh.
=(
haha.
i was just telling lawrence.
i love single digit countdowns.
first it was 10 months.
now its 10 weeks.
soon it'd be 10 days.
and finally. it'd be 10 hrs.
i think i wont be able to sleep on the 11th of dec.
probably gonna just chiong my whole way through and go collect my ic with panda eyes.
went home on the same bus as my mdm and my understudy.
apparently, my understudy stays opposite the road from my mdm.
and I stay abt 6 bus stops down the road.
looks like we were all fated to be in the same dept.
=D
just applied to relief teach.
we'll see what happens with it. =)
i was never that happy when the end of the year was coming.
for the past few years (except last year).
the end of the year just meant prelims, o levels, promos and a levels.
wth is so nice abt the end of the year.
last year, the end of the year was quite a happy one.
after my knee operation and all.
this year's end of year is probably gonna be the best I've ever had.
the most liberating one.
the most assuring one, i hope.
the month of october.
two more months for some.
one more month for some.
but in the end, all of us ORD! =)
hahaha.
can't wait.
i really can't wait.
*just a random note. table tennis is real fun! =P*
speaking of ORD.
a PTE did enlist.
but will never officially ORD.
i hate the human body for this.
i hate it when people die prematurely.
i hate it when people aren't given a chance to live their life.
but i must say i love the lesson this hatred teaches.
to value life and live it.
I'm so glad Survivor and The Amazing Race are back.
new survivor already gave me some surprises.
the amazing race was never so competitive.
also, dramas like grey's anatomy and ugly betty are back.
i just love TV.
i just hope that everything's fine.
i need everything to be fine.
too paranoid?
too pessimistic?
maybe.
hopefully.
there's no doubt secondary school days were the best days of my life.
not to say that primary sch days or jc days were dreadful.
but secondary school days trumps both the other periods because we were so outrageous.
haha.
sometimes. thinking back on what we do with stupid nike water bottles in maris stella really cracks me up.
if we ever did that in primary sch, it'd be disturbing.
if we ever did that in jc, it'd have been childish.
had a final gathering with the bunch of Aloysians @ waiyip's place.
reminiscing about the old times, while creating new memories is just so nice.
seeing old friends for the first time in years, but joking and chatting like we've never been apart.
just a wonderful feeling. =)
eagerly awaiting the planning of another gathering! =)
also. the wait for ORD is quite torturous now.
we're in the middle of nowhere.
lol.
for those who ORD in nov, they can see their light already.
for those who ORD later den dec, they shouldn't even bother to look out for the light.
if not will be quite sad u noe.
but for those who ORD in dec (like me), the light never seemed to be permanently there.
argh irritating.
93 more days.
its like. =S
can't say very short.
can't say very long.
its just torturous.
it should just come sooner.
august is over.
ok well. almost over.
and here comes september.
freaking dry month.
no holidays.
no stand downs.
no medical appointments.
omg.
3 more freaking months!
ah. the countdown's finally starting to make sense.
from "1 year more!" to "9 months more!" to "6 more months!".
to finally. "3 more months!"
ok. those people who ORD in november is 2 months la.
but by the time u ORD, i won't even care abt the final one month.
lol.
to make it even better.
the fall schedules of many american TV stations are really giving away visual treats.
first of all, the 5-time emmy winner of outstanding reality tv programme,
THE AMAZING RACE is back with its season number 13.
really great casting.
back on sept 28 in USA, and hopefully channel 5 decides to broadcast it. =)
since it almost guarantees ratings.
haha...
and secondly!! the 5-time emmy nominee of outstanding reality tv programme,
SURVIVOR is back with its season number 17.
haha. real long series. but outstanding in each and every way.
back on sept 25 in USA, and similarly USA better telecast it.
lol.
thirdly,
PROJECT RUNWAY is already showing its newest season 5.
already 7 episodes in. and channel 5 is only telecasting SEASON 4.
one freaking season behing USA.
why even telecast when it's not the latest version.
its just like telecasting the opening ceremonies of the olympics with a delay of 4 years.
who will care to watch it.
fourthly,
AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL, or better known as ANTM is back with season 11.
on the CW network on sept 3.
it features the first transgendered contestant on any reality show.
should be worth a good watch.
=)
so much good tv coming in September.
looks like it won't be as boring after all.
WHOOPIE!~