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Sunday, October 24, 2004

YIPPEEE!~!~! Going to Kusu Island tmr. Need to get enuff rest. So shall rush thru' dis blog ASAP.

THIS morning, went to sch for some training workshop thingy. Da presenter was tokkin abt Social n' Dining Etiquette. It was an eYe-oPeNer for me as no. 1: I'm not a hospi student, no.2: I dun ever dine at fine western restaurants . Left Mr Tan's workshop, having learnt abt handshakes, mannerisms, introductions, how to use the various cutlery, n' last but not least, the wine ritual. A few keywords dere r " introduce small to BIG" "eat from outside-in". Other interesting jargons n' terms newly learnt included "somelier", "sorbet", "aperitifs", "neat", "on-the-rocks", etc.. I think dis workshop may be helpful to my future social life, but not-so applicable now.

WENT for a lunch break after da morning workshop. Was told to bring $5 for lunch, so thought that lunch would be catered, but turn up we had to go makan ourselves. Thus, lunch break was extended to 1330. Wanted to go opposite sch to eat, but walk halfway started to feel drizzle, derefore decided not to take da risk, so took bus to central. End up not eating anything for lunch, n' had to go back to continue da workshop with an empty stomache.

SECOND part of da training workshop was regarding Social Etiquette, Resume n' Interviewee Skills. Social Etq was quite a recap of wad Mr. Tan said in da morning. I was lyk ??? ??? in da resume section. Guess only da interview 101 portion managed to catch moi attention n' keep it.

BOARDED bus 23 to central again. Looked at moi watch. It's only 4 plus. Gosh!~ wAd a long way to 6pm. Hence, I drifted aimlessly in TM again. Went frm TM to CS, n' back to TM again. Hah, didn't take me long b4 I noticed that Susan was working in TM. She was helping out in a Ciba contact lense roadshow. I oso managed to meet a new guy in da roadshow, hu is none other than Kerson. Was formally introduced to him, after which he initiated small talks wif me. oMg!~ I felt so happy n' honoured, to actually be tokkin to da beau of TP. Found out tt he's ReAllY friendly n' approachable. Den, sometime ard 5 plus, SU president Alvin made his appearance at da roadshow n' said " Susan. I support u", in which he made new contact lenses on da spot. I thought that it would take only abt hald an hour at most. But, proved me wrong as dere's lots to be done when prescribing n' tryin on contacts. All in all, I was glad n' delighted that I went to TM, n' such marvellous things happened. I still think that knowing Kerson was da most incredible thing tt happened to me today.

WAS almost 6pm, after all da mingling wif sue, kerson n' alvin, so decided to goto BIG MAC to meet up wif cannonz n' peeps. Cannonz was da first to arrive at Mac. While waitin for cheryl, he ordered fries, den cheryl came. Had to wait for chee wee oso, so ordered fries again while waiting for chee wee. Da 4 of us took MRT to Aljunied, where we met up wif kai sheng n' took a short journey, to da tau huey house in geylang. We had you tiao, tau huey, dou jiang n' shao bing. We almost couldn't finish da you tiao sticks, cuz they came in such large servings.

WALKED to a place known as "wan dou sek (in cantonese)", which laterally means found food, to hav some dim sum. Benedict, n' eventually lingling joined us for a 7-p session. Funny though, as most of da dim sums contained prawns. Chee Wee kept askin us to order da King-sized siu mai n' ha gau, n' he finally got his wish when benedict arrived. ling ling joined us after she was done wif her church service. funny kai sheng, kept tellin us da ju cheong fun is kuey chap. da meal was filled wif fun, joy n' laughter, with corny jokes, n' sometimes I'll stun them wif moi own cold jokes.

JOURNEYED back to tau huey house again, cuz ling ling said she wanna ta pau tau huey n' you tiao. After which, da 7 of us divided ourselved into two separate cabs, destination Stadium Waterfront. Dere was a slight drizzle juz as we were sitting by da river admiring da sight, but little did it dampen our high spirits, as we tokked n' joked in da shelter. When da drizzle was not-so heavy, we went to da bridge n' looked at da xiao chuan n' dayung sampan. Dis was when an incident happened, whereby ben had one of his contact lenses drop into his eye socket. Da grp of us took some time b4 we finnaly convinced him tt he should take it out, lest it worsens n' he needs to go for surgery. I felt myself quite aloof when da rest were trying to help him take da lenses out, could be I was too tired bah. Furthermore, I knew nuts abt contacts, so I wasn't of much help either.

LEFT waterfront at ard 1040. Had to wait for a torturing 20 minutes b4 kai sheng, chee wee n' I got onto a cab. Finally, destination home n' end of story.

Once again, I learnt that we should EXPECT the UNEXPECTED.

truly deeply madly signin off

the ball bounced @ 10/24/2004 12:32:00 AM

Saturday, October 23, 2004

TODAY is blog day friday!~ Met up wif another gd bro of mine yanting today in toWn. Was supposed to help him collect his stuff at Specialist Centre at 1330, but end up late by half an hour cuz I had last minute nature call n' da bus was behind schedule. He was quite pissed wif me, but cuz he understood me, he let da matter off. How magnaminous~...

ACCOMPANIED him to Far East Plaza to get his hair cut at one of da salons, *gaSp!~* he told me that dere's as many as 30 salons in Far East alone!~ oMg!~ He promised me it'll be a jiffy 15-20 mins haircut/wash/style, but I sat dere lyk a duck waiting for him to finish for as long as 1 whole hour!~ Later, he introduced me to the hairstylist, his name was MAN. He took a look at me n' told me bla bla stuff abt moi hair lor, how it should be cut, bla bla. I told him that I'd patronise him da next time I need a hair cut, in da meantime see if he can "make wonders" for moi natural curl hair....hehe~

FOLLOWED him to Taka where he makan at Yoshinoya. Juz had to show them ur student, n' wola, a beef bowl with drink n' pudding for only SGD$3.95. That's so worth it lor~. Den we walked to The Heeren to shop shop. Guess wad? I saw cheap buys of mesh caps at 77th Street once again. $12.90, good buy best buy, but buy anot, up to U... Lastly, we stopped by Mini Toons where yanting bought a packet of candimix. A whooping for 150+g for only $2.00, good lobang again, compared to 7-11. I think I learnt alot of gd offers juz frm dis single outing wif yanting. He tried da candies n' told me that they were hard n' not so chewy... I took a few to eat, n' indeed they were quite solid n' stiff, not so chewy lyk ur ordinary candies I'd say.

NEXT, I went to PS to meet up wif cannonz n' chee wee. Met up in da World Of Sports, n' found out that they were havin storewide 50% discounts. But da most enticing part is that da AND1 n' Dada bball shoes were oso on 50% offer. Dis means that each pair costs less than $100. Ard $80-90 for AND1 bball shoes, quite worth it lehz... But funny part was, a lot of them were either only da last pair left, or our feet were too BIG for the available sizes, haha. After that, we went to the arcade to watch pple play KOF. Agreed wif chee wee when he said that one of da players not really that good... which come to think of now, could be that the joystick not working too well for him...heehee. Den, we went to E-Zone in lvl 6 where chee wee played da tennis game. He beat the com until at da last stage when it was a vEry close fight...juz as he awas abt to game over, cannon slipped in da token n' challenged chee wee, so chee wee got to save his game. Unfortunately, cannon beat chee wee to the game n' chee wee still used up his token. Halfway thru'...hanwooOOooOOiii got off from his SIP n' went to da arcade to meet up wif us.

WE went to Park Mall. We were dere to hav dinner at Hans, cos' cannon said that he had dis coupon whereby 20% discount for 4 persons, which oso explains why we had to wait for hw to knock off from his SIP, cos' we were short of 1 person. Cheryl wanted to stay at home for da SG Idol results n' lingling had cell grp meeting. Goodness gracious moi, hw was actually jee siao-ing da waitress with jokes like " can't u see that we'r SAD, how come u still ask us if we want da SET meal", n' "can we hav da set lunch instead?" My goSh!~ think his ill-treatment in his SIP muz hav made him bonkers!~ What can I say abt Hans? Da food tastes worse than kopitiam western food, the drinks serving r pathetic n' not to mention da receptacle for da soup, even MENSA fares better than Hans. During the course of our meal, hw tokked abt his SIP stuff, how dulan he feels abt his manager, n' da log book that he has to write everyday. Somehow or rather, cannon said that da Hans over at Explanade has better ambience n' better service n' of course better food. Perhaps next time we can try Hans over at da Esplanade? Gotta hand it to hw, cuz that's when he came up with another crappy joke " if we eat at Esplanade, our wallets will Explode", damn hilarious he is sia~~..

CAME OUT of Park Mall only to find out it was raining. So, we ran across to Paradigm n' went up to dunnoe which floor to see pple play pool. After spectating for awhile, hw decided to play at da challenger's table. He got to a good start by winning da 1st 2 rounds in a race-to-3 match. However, he lucked slipped when he hustled his opponent in da 3rd round when he could hav won. And so, his opponent took da remaining games and defeated him. On da contrary, we were quite happy cos' we could finally go home n' not stone dere. Chee Wee was so tired to da extent that he juz dozed off even while sitting. So, we went our separate ways at da MRT station n' went home.

I learnt something these past few days. Da MORE u expect to see someone, da LESS u'r likely to. Da LESS u expect some things to happen, da MORE they'r likely to happen. Need proof? Juz take monday for example, iF u know wad I mean.

truly deeply madly signin off

the ball bounced @ 10/23/2004 12:41:00 AM

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

HAHAA... my CPU broke down, juz got it fixed at Sim Lim Square. Da ah ney told me that moi RAM caused moi com to crash. He took abt 45 mins or so to check n' test everything, b4 arriving at de conclusion that moi RAM is faulty. Can't believe it when he used da tip of da screwdriver to scrape da RAM chip!~ gaSp!~ Gosh~, paid a "gek sim" amount of $25 for da technician charges. mAybee...~ I can tok a little abt moi DAddy!~ cos' he was da one hu drove me to n' fro journey 2 sim lim frm moi house. That's so NiCe of him!~

YEAH... was supposed to meet him 10am in sch to play badminton de, but I overslept (pig!~ oinkz!~) n' woke up at 11 instead. Gotta apologize to cheryl n' hw for my empty promises. Dui Bu Qi~ Wo Cuo Le~...

HEH... guess hu we saw while we were on our way to TM. 3 gals in black. Nancy, Crystal n' Limaran. Think they were working dere. Found out later that they are working as part-time promoter. I wonder what r they promoting sia~~ Next up, we went to G2000. Waited for gd bro while he tried fitting the sizes. Had to "service" him somemore, ask me to get dis' size dat' size for him. I forgot what he bought liao. He even asked the shop assistant if he could match dis n' dat. It obviously cannot be done as the boards read "2 pants for $xx", NOT "1 shirt 1 pant for $xx". Guess he was plain tryin' to be fuNNy.

AFTER THAT...went to Isetan when hw was searching for suitable belts. Last stop was Bata, when he got himself a pair of formal shoes.

TIME TO GO HOME... hw withheld me n' "forced" me to goto his house by keeping my hp. I tried using da old trick " since u like it so much, u can keep for me",but it didn't work~~ So had to take bus to goto his house n' wait for him to put down things n' den meet up wif James later. At da interchange while waiting for da bus, hw used moi hp n' knocked on moi arm, which pained n' hurt for the past couple of days. Not bad la, I punched him back middle of his chest to show him not to mess wif me. I dun care if he ends up wif a broken rib or 2, cos' he started it, so he deserves whatever consequences.. Heehee~~

HAV BEEN staying at home since yesterday, no life, dude!~ Didn't feel like meeting up wif da usual gang, so I didn't go for their MJ session last night. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All play and no work makes me a slacker.

truly deeply madly signin off

the ball bounced @ 10/20/2004 06:47:00 PM

Sunday, October 17, 2004

LIFELESS day for me today. slept in moi bed n' woke up at 11 in da mornin. could hav slept more iF hanwooOOooOOiii didn't sms n' miss call me. not ur faUlt la, bro...laC la...

ACCIDENTALLY broke a glass container in moi living room. duNNoe how it happened, only that I moved da table n' den I heard a "PIANG!~~" sound. looked down n' saw the container broken into pieces. glass shattered on da floor. spent some time cleaning up b4 I went to play moi PS2.

MOI MUM returned home n' fumed when she saw da mess I had made up. she complained why I didn't throw away the broken pieces of glass but left them on da table. sharks!~ she nagged n' nagged as I was eating moi chicken rice......so ~indigestable~.

IN da evening went for moi grandauntie's bDay. met moi cousin too...she has grown aBit prettier compared to when I saw her a month ago...muz be da hairdo la... had a few drinks of alcohol, peach flavoured bacardi and cranberry flavoured vodka, which tasted like cough syrup. da last glass of white wine I had made me giddy, n' moi face was red like an apple... hee......was quite fun though. oso rememebered the kInD waitress, actually manager/captain, hu asked ask if we needed her to divide the servings for our table, which we kindly said "no thank you", until we were at da last dish of noodles.

truly madly deepy signin off

the ball bounced @ 10/17/2004 01:03:00 AM

Saturday, October 16, 2004

TODAY is sPorTs dAy. met jessica, yinsan, kai sheng, n' cannonz for badminton. booked da sch badminton courts for 2 hours from 4-6pm. borrowed da racket from moi younger bro. first time holding a personal racket n' havin' a game since I left VS. back in VS, da AOP peeps used to play badminton in da sch hall whenever it rains, n' we can't hav any outdoor activities. played doubles with I n' cannonz against kai sheng n' cheryl. gd bro hanwooOOooOOiii was playin' point game with his army pal james, whom he called you ya yu (westside story). wasn't really good in badminton, bUt cannonz was kind n' helpul enuff to teach me da proper way of gripping da handle of da racket, as well as how to serve da ball. as the game progressed, so did my amateur skills......compared to sec sch, da racket was more able to hit da shuttlecocks than hit da air.

A pity cheryl had to leave at ard 5 or so, to visit her grandma she said. after she left, dere were only 3 of us in da court, so cannonz suggest kai sheng n' I team up against him 2-on-1 handicap. it was obvious that cannonz was a better badminton player than kai sheng n' me. once again, I practised my serving skills n' it did improved. da shuttlecock went back n' forth da net for abt 100 times b4 we called it quit.

WHILE we were resting, saw guang outside da hall, den hw asked guang if he wanted to play for a while. so, I lent guang my racket. at first, guang kept missing da ball, den he gave "warm up la" as an excuse for his blunders. bUt after a few shots, I could see that he's even a better player than cannonz, might surpass james too. guang was a left hander, n' he returned every ball with speed n' accuracy. too bad he had to leave with sue after that few amazing shots, if not he could hav had a showdown with hw to see if hu da better man is.

NEXT, went to play doubles, with jessica n' me vs. kai sheng n' yinsan. dunnoe y, but whenever it was my turn to serve, da ball would end up hitting da upper level. as a result, a couple of shuttlecocks ended up at da second floor of da sports hall for no reason!~ iZit a curse?~ a cUrse of da bLack peArl?~

ENDED da whole badminton thingy at ard 7pm or so, den cannonz suggested da gang going to Kids Central, OOPs!~ Tampines Central..(: so, kais heng, cannonz, yinsan n' me took bus 69 from sch to goto TC. on da bus, kai seng tokked so loudly that he almost became da centre of attraction of da bus, all eyes were on our grp...felt so maLU sia!~

WENT to sTarBucks to look for tat ming, den went to biLLy boMbers to look for alan, saw ah tan at da ceNtury sQuare entrance n' chatted for awhile. after which, we accompanied kai sheng to ntUc to buy his gu ni (milk)..he was so fussy n' picky that he only wanted da Magnolia Chocolate Milk, other he didn't want. met up with benedict after payin for da milk, which then we went to da food court at CS basement to makan...... sharks!~ da place was full of china man n' china women. I wonder if they can speak english~...

MAKAN finish liao, de 5 of us went to de arcade on de 5th floor for some entertainment... I killed time by watching da pros challengin each other at KOF, while kai sheng n' cannonz were happily playing percussion master. got bored after repeatedly watching the pros play KOF, so went back to join peeps...sat down on the Daytona 2 machine with benedict, when we had a heart-2-heart chat...bGr n' stuff...

AS I was waiting for moi bus to take me home, saw my ex-classmate from VS--- Chris Wong. we took da same bus, n' tokked along da way, tokked abt stuff like which movies r niCe, n' the few VS peeps hu I still keep in contact with. poor chris, had a few drinks b4 I saw him n' was feelin' abit tipsy when I asked him if he was feelin okie...

SO here I am, reachin home ard 12:30 in da morning n' bloggin......

truly madly deeply signin off

the ball bounced @ 10/16/2004 01:38:00 AM

Thursday, October 14, 2004

WEDNESDAY:
WENT to sch today to help out with da collection of $$ for the fun camp t-shirts. Did alot of stupid things today. Asked alot of fArkin' stupid n' laMe questions today. mAde soMeoNe very pissed with me. Was feeling very very down today, dun wish to tok abt it...... I need to do some soul -searching, cos' I hav got da wrong intentions from sOmEoNe, that MIGHT make her really HATE me or DISlike me.

TRIED my best to hide my feelings from hw, even tried to tell him lame jokes when he asked me if I was sad. As a fren, I think that's da best I can do. He enjoyed n' undulged himself in bball spree, good fer him, he's happy, tt's good!~

love is one big illusion...I should try to forget...but there is something left in my head

the ball bounced @ 10/14/2004 06:22:00 PM

TUESDAY:
HAD a short nap after shower......rested from 7:45 until 8:20, was too tired to open moi eyes, supposed to meet chee wee 8:30 at outram park mrt, end up 8:50 then reach dere.

MET chee wee at the mrt station, brains too tired to think, so took the wrong train in da wrong direction, took the pasir ris tain instead of da boon lay train. So alighted n' changed train to arrive at Chinese Garden MRT at ard 9:45.

YEAH! we were meeting cannonz n' hAnwooOOooOOiii for a swim at Jurong East Swimming Complex. makaned at da hawker centre first before going to swimming pool, was amazed to find de legendary price of $2 for a bowl/plate of noodles still around in modern times. treated pals with hum chin pangs n' you tiaos, my gd bro hw asked me to try da banana milk shake. $1.50 for a glass of banana milk shake, n' it made my stomache spin like da washin machine. cannonz bro didn't like da salted hum chim pang, so I requested for da uncle to change to red bean flavour.

NEXT, we moved on to J.E.S.C. paid 80 cents for the admission fee instead of $1.50 for adults. they say 18 then considered adult, but hw n' me 19 oredi, guess had to save money ba. After puttin our stuff in da lockers, we proceeded to have a great time. Went to da Wave Pool, da lifeguard tell us not time yet, so the 3 of them went to play with the slides. I hum chee, so I told them to carry on without me. Alone, I went to the swimming area for a swim, pity da 3 of them couldn't go, cos' they weren't wearin da appropriate swimming attire. Swam a couple of laps, frog style n' free style. Alas!~ I finally remembered how to swim liao. Now only left I forgot how to paddle n' stay afloat in da water.

OUT of nowhere, a thought rushed thru' my mind, tellin me to go try da slide. dere were 3 slides altogether, with blue being da longest ride, n' yellow da shortest. Mustering my new found courage, I climbed up da stairs n' took da yellow slide. dere u have it, my first conquer over my fears.

THEN, I went to find my 3 bros, hu were at da float rental area. I told them I took da yellow slide, but they didn't believe me. they then asked me to join them in da lazy river. N' man, da name says it all, it's a pool for da lazy bones, u dun hav to swim, or move at all, cos' da water flow will just push u forward.

AFTER rounds of so, I got tired of da lazy river. hw then asked if we go for da red and blue slides. daRn!~ my fears again. my what da heck!~ my greatest fear is not of death or ghost or heights, it's of another nature. Mustering an unknown source of energy, I climbed da stairs again to da red slide. TaDa!~ one more fear conquered. so, might as well try all lor, so I even took da blue slide. Amazing, I conquered my fears just on this one day, marvellous, congrats moiself~~

CHECK out the wave pool once more, n' the FUn has started. Da sprinklers were spraying water from the top at a height of 20+ metres machiam raining style. Cannonz saw his course mates in the pool n' they decided to try a stunt, to stand on da floats, all five together. A pity they did not succeed despite I n' chee wee supporting them. da wave pool activates for 15 minutes once every hour. during that time, da sprinklers will spray watter from da air, n' there will be waves in da 1.8m deep pool, tt's why it's named the Wave Pool.

WHILE girls like to pillow fight, we boys have our own------da float fight. We smacked each other senseless with our floats. OucH!~ cannonz, chee wee n' I ganged up against hw, sub-comm vs. exco, handicapped match I presume, hw fled off in disadvantage n' surrendered to us. then cannon n' chee wee teamed up against me, once again, I fought back with everything I had n' managed to barely defend myself.

ANOTHER few rounds at da lazy river again, while wating for da next wave pool time to come. had a total of 3-4 wave pool times before we left the place.

SUNTANNING session at da jacuzzi pool, where I ended with my sunburns, which still hurts as I type this entry. chee wee tokked to hw abt his love history, while I eavesdropped beside them...

LEFT J.E.S.C at ard 4pm, where we went for makan at da same hawker centre again. chee wee n' cannonz had bak kut teh, while hw n' I had laksa. was afraid that we could not reach Queensway in time, cos' chee wee had some appointment at six. cannonz asked his fren for direction n' we ended up taking mrt to queenstown n' take 195 to queensway. We were lucky to get on da bus right after we emerged for the station cos' hw went to chase da bus. xie xie ni wor.

GOSH!~ my 1ST ever visit to queensway. saw ah tan n' timothy while were were crossin da traffic junction. they were dere to shop for stuff at ikea, for the union, I supposed. after all, ah tan's da QM ma. chee wee brought me dere to see some sneakers, mainly nike dunk n' high-cut sneakers. he oso brought me to a shop tt sells billabong stuff. da tees for $30, da shorts for $60. da price maybe abit high for me, but I think it's worth da money, shall start saving now...hopefully I can...

BYEBYE queensway, hello IKEA. Enjoyed de famous ikea hot dogs, with chilli sauce, ketchup n' mustard sauce. Had 2 hot dogs each, with hw n' cannonz, cos' chee wee has left for his hair-cut appointment. did window shopping at IKEA looking at interior design, furnitures, n' decorations.

RAN HOU, we departed with cannonz at simei mrt, while hw n' I went to east point. Makaned at KFC, hw asked for a large whipped potato, ended up with 4 regular whipped potatos, n' a large coleslaw, all courtesy of ym n' hw pte. ltd. Saw moi first sem classmate pearly, n' so waved at her.

GOT a taste of technology at the east point gaming arcade, where I paid $2 for 4 games of KOF. sharks!~ lost da first 3 games, cos' either da buttons not working, or da joystick cannot work properly. ok la...I admit I lousy, ke yi ma? thrashed 1-to-3 by chang koe han, damn pek chek. da last game was KOF 2002, which was my first time playing in the arcade. I fought moi way thru' the stages, defeating team by team, until I was totally screwed by the final boss, Rugal BStein. damn pek chek lor, he one hit take 3/4 of oi life, den I cannot hit him at all...I know I lousy, but really damn hard to beat, with oi current skill lvl lor....shall train to beat him, to show hw tt I'm not tt laoyar...

TOOK bus 38 with hw to alight at his house void deck. he dragged me to ton at his place, I refused n' he pulled moi bag. I damn not happy lor, so I said "since u like oi beg so much, u may hav it". so I went home empty handed, load-free. luckily hw got some conscience n' didn't leave moi bag downstairs, cos' some of moi valuables were inside, including moi matric card.

BOARDED bus 8 n' dropped at tP to transfer to bus 23. was so tired that I dozed off while waiting for moi bus. I was awakened by da engine sound of da bus, but when I realised it, moi bus has oredi left. shark!~ missed moi bus. Waited for another pitiful/pathetic 10 minutes or so for moi next bus. slept thru'out the journey, woke up towards moi stop only to feel cold n' still sleepy.

TOOK a nice clean refreshin shower n' ticked into bed, was too tired to bother abt blog n' msn n' stuff. good night [*.^]

the ball bounced @ 10/14/2004 05:16:00 PM

HMMM......has been out for da past 3 days, leave in da morning, back only by midnight. monday, tuesday, wednesday......here we go...

MONDAY:
WENT to sch for leaders' meeting. was supposed to meet cheryl n' peeps for breakfast... left moi house ard 8:40, managed to catch the 8:50 bus......reached tampines interchange at 9:25. late oredi, so quickly strudded moi way to Mac. when I reached dere, noone was around?? so I found a place to seat n' waited dere all da way from 9:30 to 10am. then decided not to wait anymore n' go to lounge for da meeting. so took bus 23 to TP n' walked to the lounge. time is 10:20, noone is around? so I put moi bag at da lounge door n' proceeded to da opposite corner to wait for peeps to show up. so I waited like a fool dere, until 11am, when hAnwooOOooOOiii finally showed up with da keys to open da lounge door.

SHARKS! everyone was late. very late. super duper uberly late. I wun commment much, as I'm seldom punctual. makan some western food while we had our meeting, which was to settle da t-shirt size n' orders stuff.

STAYED in da lounge counter to help with da telephone calls, while da Exco went to play badminton. *this needs to be mentioned...... some of the peeps we called didn't answer, so we left voice messages for them (noone checks voice msgs anyway) well guess wad? kai sheng left them aka "this is TPSU calling...pls call back ASAP...the number is ...u go check for urself...HaHa!!...byeeeeeee" I mean, this msg doesn't sound urgent or important at aLL!~* after da phone calls, da whole gang went down to toWn!~

LINGLING said she wanted to go to ToWn to shop for a pair of shoes, a formal shirt, n' a bDay gift for our belOved Benedict, to wish him a happy belated bDay. she asked me if I wanted to go, den I asked ard, n' the response was gD, so about 6-7 of us took 518 Express from TP to Far East Plaza. makaned some halal stuff at da 5th floor of Far East Plaza while we waited for chee wee... oops!~forgot to mention that kai sheng was not with us then cos' he had some celebration dinner to attend. while makanin', called hAnwooOOooOOiii to ask if he would like to join us. he politely declined my invitation n' stuck with his playin' bball. ard 7pm or so, cheryl had to depart us to join her fren for a movie. while cheryl was absent, we went to Lucky Plaza to see shoes. haha......didn't know that the shop keeper was actually waitin for us to close shop, cos' we were pointing to this shoe n' that shoe n' askin opinions abt taste n' preference among us peeps.

WITHOUT cheryl, we then went to ngee ann city aka takashimaya. fuad showed us to a shop called ZARA, sayin' dere was a very sud sud sudki leather jacket in the shop, n' da price was very sudki sudki too!~ oMg!~ $600 for a leather jacket. but yeAh, it really looks niCeee~~ went back to G2000 to join da rest. heehee, chee wee was the model for testing all da shirt size cos' lingling said her fren's build's almost identical to chee wee. tried to fold back da shirts after trying them, only to make more of a mess. fortunately, da kind assistant folded da shirts neatly with minimal effort, showing us his amazing skills of shirt-folding.

LATER, we headed down to orchard cineleisure to source for Benedict's present. we chipped in n' bought a beach shorts n' a water bottle for him. suddenly, cheryl appeared with her fren, they had just finished dodgeball the movie, n' she asked us if we had any plans for da night. kaisheng kept saying K-Box for $10 on mondays, which didn't happen in da very end cos' we had other plans. next, we had a hard time deciding which movie to watch. it was a tough battle involvin white chicks n' terminal. oh!~ kai sheng popped up just in time to join us for movies. the grp was split into 2, one watching white chicks, da other watching terminal. da show was really interesting, humourous n' enjoyable...made me let my mind off some unhappy things while I laughed my way thru'out da show. it was a show with many many jokes, n' hidden humour n' sarcasm.

WHEN we came out of da cinema, we were surprised to see cheryl n' her fren sittin dere waiting for uS!~ she thought that we would hav other plans for da night. we chatted with her n' her fren macwyn while waiting for those watching terminal to come out. it was decided that we goto newton for supper. the idea came from cheryl. she went to send macwyn off at da bus stop before we began our journey to newton. well guess wad? we walked from orchard cine aLL da way to Newton food centre !~

CHERYL, lingling, chee wee, cannonz, kai sheng, yin san, fuad, a year 3 sub-comm n' me, the nine of us had a hearty meal at newton with sting ray, fried carrot cake, fried oyster egg n' bbq chicken wings. $6 from each of us, to enjoy da food, shIok!~

AFTER supper, peeps asked ard to see if hu wanted to ton for da night. lingling had to work, fuad, yinsan, year 3 sub-comm, kaisheng had research programme in sch da next day. so left cannonz, chee wee n' me to ton.

DA 6 of them took cab ride home, while the 3 of us began our journey again......this time, to da eSplaNade. Without further ado, we cut across Cairnhill Road to arrive at da pArAgon. then we walked n' tokked along da way until we reached Plaza Sing. this was when I told cannonz n' chee wee that I needed da toilet badly. so we seeked refuge n' asked da security uncle if we could use da toilet, he said wait until da cleaner auntie finished with da cleaning before we can go in. the 2 of them were really brothers sia, they accompanied me in da washroom n' even played mp3 to help me kill boredom. after which, we went to 7-11 store, chee wee bought a bottle starbucks coffee, cannonz bought soya bean milk n' I took a can of coffee. at da counter, we saw they were selling chocolates , 2 for $2, out of curiosity, I paid for it. we tasted da chocolates, it was so swEEEEt!~ that it tasted like syrup. checked da label, it reads" malt sugar chocolate " some peeps pls remind me not to buy this choco ever again. it tastes more of fruit candy syrup then cocoa powder chocolate. yuckZ!~~

CONTINUED with our journey. tokked n' tokked along da way. wanted to try the Selegie soya beancurd, but realised that is's not 24-hours open. sorrie brother cann n' chee wee, made u all go a wasted trip....moi fault. then walked pass albert court hotel, golden wall plaza, sim lim square, albert complex, fu lu shou complex, bugis village, bugis junction, shaw towers, n' finally suntec city, to our destination......The ESplaNade. but before that......while walking pass suntec, cannonz said that was where he lost the Esco's beach volleyball., so he tried to find it. hemm...then chee wee said the place damn scary, dunnoe what's behind the bushes, better not to look, not to peep below also, wat if got leg or hand or a head staring at u. den aLL of a suDDen, cannonz started to run, chee wee followed suit, I trailed behind to keep up with their pace. later asked cannonz why he ran, he said, juz for fun la... [^*]

REACHED our final stop. some peeps were around, it was ard 3am plus when we reached dere. a small grp was playing daidee dere, the security guards were ard too~ the 3 of us found a nice spot n' lied dere. the sky was red n' dere was lightning. we thought it would rain, cos' I was speaking to hAnwooOOooOOiii on da fone n' he told me tampines oso sky red red n' got lightning. then chee wee came up with his *strange* theory that indonesia will not rain today cos' the sky towards indo is dark n' black... gee...that's so *brilliant*

TOOK some photos using chee wee n' cannonz camera phones. da pictures were all but serious. we acually tried to use fake angles to show like we were kissin each other!~ yEeEE!!~
their 2 heads rested on my big thigh while I had to sit n' lean against da barrier... it was even unbearable when they shook their heads, cos' it felt itchy. that chee wee...despite me pleading with him not to move his head anymore, he continued to tickle me.

SLACKED dere until 5am when we decided to walk to Fullerton Hotel. on da way, saw one man fishing by the bridge. after we walked pass him, he got a catch. izit coincidence? or we brought luck n' good fortune to him?

CANNONZ went to 7-11 again, after a stroll down singapore river side. bought fresh milk n' shared with me, chee wee bought s soft gasy drink named "bu4 shuang3" (buay song) I guess chee wee is lactose intolerant, just like that guy in the white chicks movie...

WITH our incredible legs, we paced slowly to Raffles Place MRT. I actually wanted to go esplanade to watch da sunrise. But chee wee said he had to reach home by 7am so his parents would not know that he was out for da night. so sadzzz...didn't see the sunrise at aLL, although cannonz told me it's impossible to see a ReaL sunrise in singapore. but I think pasir ris n' chagi flyover can see sunrise lehz..

WE saw the uncle delivering TODAY in the station, so we asked if we could take one. We flipped thru', n' found out that SUPERMAN has died of heart failure. What a news to start a day with. He used his celebrity power for a great cause. A pity he has left us. some words for thought here " a moment of spark, though short, can last for an eternity" his stay may have been short, but he has touched each n' everyone of us.

REACHED home at ard 7am. was intersting to see da sight when u r going home, n' u see secondary sch children on their way to sch. my body was lethargic, but my spirits were high.
Opened da door, entered da living room, shocked to see oi mother sitting on the couch folding clothes. Unloaded moi stuff, had a nice clean refreshing shower.........n' was off for a brand new day.

the ball bounced @ 10/14/2004 04:30:00 PM

r.Ight h.Ere w.Aiting

Oceans apart day after day
And I slowly go insane
I hear your voice on the line
But it doesn't stop the pain
If I see you next to never
How can we say forever

Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you

I took for granted, all the times
That I though would last somehow
I hear the laughter, I taste the tears
But I can't get near you now
Oh, can't you see it baby
You've got me goin' CrAzY

Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you

I wonder how we can survive
This romance
But in the end if I'm with you
I'll take the chance

Oh, can't you see it baby
You've got me goin' cRaZy

Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you

the ball bounced @ 10/14/2004 02:31:00 AM

Saturday, October 09, 2004

To......You......

you make me sad sad sad
you make me mad mad mad
you make me feel down
your voice is my inspiration
you are my motivation

you may not sound sweet, but I can feel the angelic nature in you
you may not mean it, but I was truly hurt
your absence make me lonely
your presence makes me weak

you are who I want
you are what I dream of
you are which I hope for
you are when I yearn for

truly madly deeply

the ball bounced @ 10/09/2004 11:52:00 PM

WOOHOO!!!~! juz came back from outing today, which was fun and enjoyable, despite only the five of us, cheryl, fuad, desmond, alex and me. Some names missing here...to these pple, all I can say is I m seriously PISSED with the few of you. To these few pple, dun gimme empty promises in the future please... ai ki mai ki, bo ki ne si!~! Before I continue any further, I must clarify that I am not angry with darren and his friend, because they only told me to leave spaces for them yesterday or today. I am disgusted at those whom I called and confirmed 2-3 days ago.

ANOTHER small group of pple met secretly at Serangoon to eat. The p*ssing pple were among them. Go eat at other place cannot lemme know izzit? If u can go frm jurong west or harbourfront to serangoon, what can't we make a trip from dhoby ghaut to serangoon? Tell me will die izit? Ask where u all going on da fone, keep saying' "don't know". Then suddenly ham pa lang 1 2 3 goto serangoon gardens bo jio.

UP to this point of time, one name is seriously missing from the picture. Mr. Teo Han Wei. Play beach volleyball izit? Cannot come to the phone izit? Call us come palawan find u some more. U think u very big? Limpei eng eng go palawan find u kiam pui? Serves u right for not being able to join us at Fish & Co. I guess this is enough punishment for u liao lor, so I shall stop here.

*Disclaimer*:
I am not angry with anyone now now that I have said everything out. So no more hard feelings. It's just that I fear I might go insane if I bottle up my feelings, so need to thrash things out. But yeah, until the time I finished my fish and chips, I was still feeling p*ssed.

the ball bounced @ 10/09/2004 11:37:00 PM

Thursday, October 07, 2004

I'M done for. The HRM paper is much much tougher than I anticipated. Study alot like didn't study lidatt. Mind went point blank when I saw the questions. Not enough time to finish the paper somemore. Hopefully, can sill get a mediocre C...

rejected dejected confused sad signin off...

the ball bounced @ 10/07/2004 02:35:00 PM

Wednesday, October 06, 2004

MONDAY, tuesday, wednesday. Today is wednesday. Once again, I have proved myself to be a 100% coward. hum chee...dan3 xiao3...timid... bla, bla, blah.

ALOT of things happened these past 2-3 days, a couple worth remembering.

THE first one would be a silly prankster who had the audacity to use my identity n' tag on somebody's elses tagboard. The next would be another (or the same person) prankster who assumed the identity of someone to tag at my own tagboard. I have 2 things to say to these pple: 1) thanks got taggin', I really appreciate ur kindness ; 2) go get a life and dun assume my identity can anot? or if better, u can go watch The Bourne Identity or The Bourne Supremacy. juz dun put me in a tight spot, tolong tolong...

THE next thing would be I hav finally crossed my first hurdle of being a complete 100% coward. Yes, thanks to the encouragement from some pple, I finally faced my own fears n' took the effort to t-t-t-try n' m-m-m-make a phone call. I know I might sound stiff or speak in that "deserve-to-be-smacked" tone, but I'm really trying very hard to make myself feel comfortable. Seriously something I need to work on, hopefully after the eXams...

Sighzzz.....eXam week, gotta hit the books again. ciaoZzzz !!~

truly deeply madly signin off

the ball bounced @ 10/06/2004 12:21:00 PM

Saturday, October 02, 2004

THIS past week, I've done not much except go online besides studying, mugging for the exams...

ZHONG Qiu Jie was on tuesday, n' spent it with my family n' extended family. Gee......how I wished I could celebrate it with my friends instead. Read abt how alvin,drewz n' gang spent a wonderful time at darren's house, wish I were invited...but tt's juz a dream, an unrealistic dreamz (to darren, if u'r reading this, really hope u can invite me to ur house, cos' I'm curious how the QM's house look like??)

OH, one more thing, there's one new couple in town, none other than Mr. Maybeee n' his sPeCiaL someone. From strangers until what is happenin now, haha......Mr. Maybee, where ya go!!~!

I guess some people really dun know me very well. They think I'm weird. I'm not weird, juz that I bu4 xi2 guan4 merryin' with strangers, so pls dun feel offended kkzz?? Thanks for the feedback from hanwei, that I know why some pple really think I'm weird. Gimme a break can? Cos' I'm really tryin' very very very veryx99 hard to be NORMAL.

there's so much more to say......yet so hard to put it in words...sighzzz

truly, deeply, madly...signin off

the ball bounced @ 10/02/2004 08:48:00 PM