Simple Life In A Changing Society..
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
After his enlistment, there's much more peace in the house. No more quarrels; no more yellings and no more naggings! In the past my army life was problematic enough, back at home I couldn't even rest well.. to the point that I almost thought of leaving home.. sigh. Maybe I just fail to be a good brother.. I just ignored everything.. I didn't guide my brother well.. sucks. We are like good friends somehow, shared views and chatted, but we rarely quarrel.. which is abit weird.. oh well. We are like in two different world.. although we are Leos, our character differs so much.. Maybe brothers, or should I say siblings, are meant to be like this. lol.
In the afternoon went to my grandmother's place for lunch. The last time I went there was Chinese New Year.. Grandfather wasn't around, nor my aunts and uncles. My cousins were there though.. In the past we used to go there for dinner every weekdays .. since young!! Until I was enlisted. Really missed my grandmother's cookings during those days..
After that went to my granny's place. Okay okay, I know I'm too homely already, but I've got nothing much to do! haha. Since young I've been like this, going grandmother's place during weekdays and granny's place during weekends.. Well my parents are filial and homely too, so no choice heh.
Friends are travelling overseas .. to Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia.. but I'm not part of any group.. sigh.. Been thinking that now is a great period to go overseas, but somehow I'm being left out. Supposedly there's a trip to Taiwan.. In the end the organiser -- Kenneth, gotten himself a job and couldn't go, the others like somehow not interested. I'M SO DEPRIVED NOW. lol..
These two days been slacking at home.. okay I've gone swimming and did some workout in gym.. but it still seems boring.. maybe cos I'm alone.. Lonely~ I'm Mr. Lonely~.. I have nobody..~ on my ooOO~~~WNNn~.. oopz. A day more to freedom. At least there's something that I'm looking forward to. wee~
Saturday, May 27, 2006
wee.. finally gotten my contact lens yesterday.. haha.. ordered since last week.. till now then the stocks came.. My mum taught me how to wear them.. but I was like abit clumsy.. lol.. took like half an hour to put on them, and viola! my eyes were free from specs! lol.. Think I'm abit slow.. until now then wear lens.. hah..
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Friday evening.. went out with my ex-army colleagues-cum-friends to watch Da Vinci Code.. but some of them in the end never turn up.. (you guys know who you are.. haha.. zz) Kenneth was abit disappointed and angry .. tsk tsk.. think he's not gonna organise anymore outings.. haha..
Supposed to reach cineleisure at around 5.45pm.. in the end most of us reached there at around 6.15pm.. haha.. Went to this cafe at level 5.. but I couldn't figure out the name of the cafe.. Had our dinner there.. ordered our food at around 6.30pm.. Guess what time the show starts? 6.50pm. LOL .. sian diao loh.. gobbled our food like some beggars who haven't eaten for months.. Haireez met with us for a while, and then he went off for his MANDARIN lesson at Raffles Place.. Tsk tsk, wanna tackle chinese girls izit.. haha..
About the show.. overall not bad lar.. first thing first.. I have not read the book yet.. so I don't know the plot.. and since I don't know, I must be attentive to the movie, so that I could understand.. In the end there are some parts I'm still abit blur.. guess I've gotta read up that book again..
Went to burger king after that.. Cos Kenneth did not eat just now.. Haireez met us back there too.. then we talked about the show and stuffs.. after that went back home..
Great S'pore Sales is here.. I WANNA GO SHOPPING.. haha
Monday, May 22, 2006
Counting down.... ....
Weekend as usual.. pretty boring.. Went down to town with mum to do some shopping on Sunday... shopping...... zz.. I think my back really cannot withstand long enough anymore.. I feel the aches after standing or walking for long.. that evening same thing happened again. Mum, as usual, was indecisive. She could choose pillows for like nearly an hour. Backaches backaches.. Oh.. she bought me another bag though.. and why? cos she thinks Andreas' bag is good and useful.. haha.. I really got nothing to say.. Din really want to buy another bag.. but she insisted.. oh well.I was already so tired.. I guess the morning swim was pretty exhausting.. haha.
Woke up in the next morning.. and saw the clock.. geez.. 10 am.. I continued to lie on bed and slug around.. This has been going on for like the past 2 weeks.. and It's so great.. But this morning.. there's one thing in my mind -- I gotta go to clementi camp for ORD function later.. gosh I'm so dreadful to go back .. even though its only a function..
It's been so long since I last wore my uniform.. Dad sent me to the camp, and I reached there in the afternoon.. Derren was supposed to be there, and in the morning he sent me a sms, saying he's on MC.. zzz... Thought I was gonna be alone for the whole thing, till I saw some of my camp mates..
The function lasts for like 3 hours. I got a souvenire from them..
Think its pretty nice.. better than the other batches.. as they got a plug instead.. haha..
Hmm I saw this on the cover box..
Certainly, It brings back alot of memories during the past two years in army.. I think I've really really been through alot, probably hit the lowest point of my whole life.. The tears, joy, hardwork and sweat.. I won't forget them.. And my fellow buddies, colleagues, course mates and camp mates, thanks for the support, the fun and joy you guys gave, and of course, the burden we shared throughout the 2 years..
Counting down... ORD LO!
Friday, May 19, 2006
Happy 21st Birthday Ger~!~!
Alright.. went to gerline's birthday chalet last evening.. was pretty tired already actually.. cos in the morning swam quite a number of laps non-stop.. thankfully I had a short nap before going off to pasir ris..Reached there at around 6 plus in the evening. Had a long 1-hr bus ride from my home to pasir ris.. supposed to meet the others at 6.. but due to peak hour.. was late for around 10 minutes..
Glad to see some whom I've haven't seen for a long time.. Hui Shan, Wei Qiang, Jia Rui.. Derren, Hui Mei, Sock Fang and Aleathea were there too..
After that we were figuring out where's the shuttle bus that goes from the MRT station to Costa Sand Resorts.. walked one round.. looking high and low.. and Hui Shan asking passer-bys.. the others just chit chat behind.. lol.. In the end called gerline.. I wondered why we never did that earlier? haha~
Reached the resort at around 7 plus.. and met gerline.. she was with her other half, Xiao Han, to rent a mahjong table and buy a bag of charcoal.. after that head off to the chalet..
Gerline's friends were already barbecuing.. we settled down first .. then helped out.. I din really helped much though.. just placed all the raw hotdogs, sausages onto the pit..haha~ We sat around and chit chat.. and of cos, makan. Gerline was busy with her stuffs.. so couldn't accompany us.. until everything was pretty much settled.. then came over to us.. to take pics.. diao.. haha..
well took some pics..
---> Yummy! Satays! and the chef? Our dearest Sock Fang.. Hehe
Oops.. Candid shot.. Jiarui, and Darius, who came later <-----
--> Hui Mei and Aleathea~ ^^
The birthday cake! sweet huh? 21 small candles.. <----
Group photos!
Supposedly there were more people.. but they couldn't make.. Oh.. and Hui Shan left early.. thus she wasn't in the pic..
At first wanted to stay over.. but there weren't a lot of people staying.. only sock fang, aleathea and me.. and considered that there might be alot of ger's friends staying over, decided to go home..
Was about to go off with Darius and Jiarui first, when Sock Fang called, saying only 2-3 of her friends staying over.. diaoz.. haha.. since we won't get outnumbered.. we decided to stay over once again.. haha
Played mahjong the whole nite.. wee.. in the end lost alot.. luckily never play with real cash.. lol. Oh.. got to know ger's friends too.. one of them is her sec sch, rbl and uni close friend.. Ai Ping; the other one, I think he's her rbl close friend, James, and another one, her uni engineering friend if I'm not wrong.. Yuan Sheng.. cool.. pretty fun-loving guys.. found somemore mahjong kahkis.. hiakz...
After that play some stupid games lar.. haha just to pass time and have fun together.. until 5 plus am.. then slept for a few hours.. left to home at around 11 plus.. think all pretty shagged out.. heh..
tired still after an afternoon nap.. sign out!
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Sometimes I wonder where has my confidence gone to? Everytime when I wanted to do something out of my comfort zone, there's always a big shot of adrenaline into my system.. my heart beat faster.. my lungs start to grasp for air, my lips and limbs begin to tremble.. Sickening.. How to face crowd like that? How to even communicate with a stranger?
I don't know if I should work for a month.. My mind is just so tired.. Think my NS life has drained me alot.. Sigh.. 2 years back I thought I could transform myself into a better person during NS.. Yet after these 2 years, I suffered and haven't really grown better..
Decision - Better decide carefully, or else once you make the wrong choice, there is no turning back.. you gotta face it and deal with it.. ironically, I've become even more indecisive.. because of all the decisions I've made weren't the right ones.. maybe I'm just unlucky..
Anyways.. I need a change in myself.. not just looks, but my character wise.. How? time will tell ba..
Monday, May 15, 2006
Vesak day.. kinda boring day for me.. cos for me everyday's holiday for now..
went out with my cousin, Andreas and his friends to town.. he wanna buy a bag for schooling... and since I wanna buy a bag too, I followed him around..
And oh my.. I really hate crowds.. no choice.. but gotta squeezed through Wisma Atria and Taka.. Went to taka.. and then to Heeren.. where he bought his bag.. there wasn't one that I preferred though.. continue to walk to Paragon.. looked around in the Crumpler shop.. the price was .. steep.. haha.. but durable.. The styles I din really like it..
We stopped by at the Food Picnic, Scotts for a rest.. After which we reached the final destination, and guess you should know.. Far East Plaza.. haha~
Went to this Zinc shop recommended by Andreas' friend, Alex.. wow quite a variety of bags there.. saw this bag pack that attracted me.. asked for Andreas' opinion.. and wee.. bought it..
got discount somemore.. haha~
We went to play billards and lan later.. yup... sianz right.. nothing much to do.. hah..
Oh.. Received a sms from Angeline that there's an invitation by Aleathea.. our JC former classmates, to this SDE Dinner and Dance at Hotel Intercontinental on the next day.. since I don't wanna rot at home, I accepted the invitation.
And yeap.. jump to the next day evening.. Wore something abit wrongly shirt and jeans.. since the attire was smart casual and retro.. But I was abit embarrassed when I saw mostly dressed formal, or retro.. which was the theme of the night.. Heck lar.. lol.
Dinner was great.. no dance though.. haha~
took some pics during the evening..
The five of us who went for the dinner~ lovebirds Xiaohan and Gerline, Sockfang, and Derren..
The organiser! Aleathea and myself..
The three muskerteers~ lol
Wee.. thanks to less than 1/4 of the table were guys, I was bloated.. *burpz*
Thursday, May 11, 2006
you may think I'm a lazy person.. nah.. I'm a garang guni! wahaha..
wee look! that's juz a part of it.. if I show you my drawers you might freak out haha~
Oh.. gotta sort out also.. since zeyan wants my maths notes for his tuition.. Looking through all the papers.. sort of picturing back my JC life.. haha.. My JC life.. missed those basketball sessions.. think my skills are back to zero now.. zz..
Oh.. I found these too while tidying up..
My class photos! haha.. and no I'm not throwing them away.. they're my precious.. my PRECIOUS.. hah.. hope to see them all soon again.. gotta keep them somewhere that I can find next time..
Hmm my number tags for the National Competition.. haha~ to think that the tags are still here.. or am I suppose to return? hmm...
Really, really appreciated and am grateful.. for Mr Ho.. the teacher in-charge for track and field.. to give me this opportunity to take part in a major event for the very first time.. even though I did not have any past experience before.. and of cos my teachers, Eng Huat and Wan Yu! haha.. Missed those training days..
Finally tidied up.. and gosh.. I spent 3 hours.. zz..
LOL.. alot eh? Now you can imagine how untidy my room was.. blah..
Ready to start afresh now.. ~~~
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
LOL! This show's how much time I've wasted.. =x
but who cares! Two months to relax.. why not? hah~
Anyone wanna join me? =p
Monday, May 08, 2006
so move on to saturday!!
Met up with my secondary school friends at marina square.. Pei Wen(PW) and Kelvin jio me for KTV session..
that really satisfied my hunger for singing.. wahaha..
PW was late.. thus went to grab a bite with Kelvin's accompany.. talked about lotsa stuffs..
till PW reached..
Sang the whole afternoon at KBox.. till no voice sia.. haha~
at the evening.. more friends came by for a dinner.. Chi Wai, Junjie and Melvin..
Oh Kelvin's gf Huiling came too.. because of a speaker he bought.. lol.. thus he asked her to come down to help him take home..
Had our dinner at Billy Bomber's.. and man that was too filling! couldn't finish my meal..
After that we were deciding what to do next.. hmm.. at that time can't really do much..
Decided to walk around at the esplanade area since we were so full.. *bloated*
To our surprise.. the esplanade bay has changed so much.. the whole stretch of the path was crowded with
alot of malays.. Not that I'm racist ok.. Just wondering why the sudden flock? The serenity was no more.. and I guess the couples gotta find some other better places just for the two of them..
We din really walked much.. felt abit alienated.. heh.. thus decided to go somewhere else..
but where? lol.. we didn't have any idea where to go.. nowhere to go.. sianz..
Kelvin gave us suggestions.. play pool at Selegie, makan again at AMK.. (OMG) or go home watch General Election (OMG!!!) haha.. of course we chose the first one.. hah.
Wai and Melv went back home to drive their father's cars out.. whereas the rest of us went back to MS' GV to wait.. chit chat for an hour plus.. till Wai and Melv reached back here..
And went off to selegie.. played pool for an hour plus..
Hmm.. couldn't remember who started to talk about geylang.. and this ignited PW's curiousity.. hah~
because of that.. they decided to go geylang and see..
Wow the area was really active at such a late timing.. and I din know the geylang streets have different purpose.. the even number streets are for prositution.. and the odd number are for food..
we drove around the area.. saw girls in skimpy attire.. got girls from china.. thailand.. got caucasians also!
they wanted to drop down at the area for a walk.. lol.. its abit uncomfortable when girls were gazing at you.. like some kind of seduction.. haha! I never experienced that before.. till that night.. eepz!!
Oh there was a police van patrolling around.. haha.. can see the women running away.. There are "aquariums" also.. a place for the men to look around for best stuffs.. from what I heard.. hmmz..
After that we drove off nearby for some beancurd drinks.. It was 4am already.. damn damn tired.. lol..
Wai then sent me back to my gram's place.. I was happy though.. coz I went out whole day! wee..
Its always nice to hang out with your best friends..
One of the songs we sang.. love this song too....
Thursday, May 04, 2006
quite a boring weekend for me.. went over to my gram's house and stayed over for 2 consecutive nights.. Oh! went for a family buffet at Pariss' on Labour day... haha~ envy me envy me..
Hmm the food's ok to me, not really that 'WoW'.. Was quite surprised for the amount of food I've eaten.. Steaks, teppanyaki, seafood.. more steaks! lol.. guilty but who cares! hah
In the end the next two days went swimming and swimming.. blah haha~
Received a letter from NUS.. and so they offered me a place.. the course? same as 2 years back.. computing.. haha.. don't ask me why 2 years ago I never accepted the place.. Applied here and there for the past 2 years.. can't get into accountancy.. business.. nor even arts and social sciences.. oh well.. only myself to blame.. Oh.. and sorry.. I'm ain't interested in engineering..
Feel like working.. but then.. can only work for 2 months.. sianz.. might as well stay at home and decompose day by day.. Hmm taking up driving soon I guess.. since I'm free..
So many movies to catch during May.. M-I III, Poseidon, Da Vinci Code, X-men III... lol.. hmm when was the last time I watched movie eh? Oh I remembered.. I Not Stupid.. hah~