Is it appropriate of us to think of where to countdown, how to celebrate new year, how to party and have fun, when there are people not far away from us, who lack food, shelter, security??
According to news reports, affected countries and locations have other concerns other than the lucky-to-have-survived-death victims. There maybe an epidemic outbreak of contagious diseases, due to the corpses of strangers scattered all over the shore.
Since yesterday morning, a number of volunteers have been flocking to singapore Press Holdings to donate canned foods, clothings, blankets. Samanitarians have also donated anonymous cheques to help the needy.
Therefore, we should count our blessings. We are very lucky, or should I say, fUcking daMn luCKy to have geography shield us from such a catastrophic disaster. We are very very very fortunate to be able to witness the 1ST sunrise of 2005.
the ball bounced @ 12/31/2004 01:44:00 PM
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
I've been thinking lately. Am I doing the right things? Or rather, am I doing them right? Am I following what my mind tells me to do? Why not follow what my heart says I ought to do? Life is about making choices, choosing paths, heading directions......
I'm a failure. I fail to see matters in different views. I only judge from my own perspective. I have never put myself in other people's shoes. It's not always what I think that's important, what others think are in no way less important too.
I feel lost. I feel like a wandering sheep in the vast landscape. I need someone to guide me, point me directions, to support me, to encourage me.
So much has happened in 2004. But here I am, still alive.
a minute of silence to mourn for the victims of the earthquake...
the ball bounced @ 12/29/2004 02:42:00 PM
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYBODY!~!
SPENT moi christmas day wif stomachache=diarrhoea... Damn pissed off de whole day. Mornin' wake up go toilet sit, afternoon eat lunch outside oso despo for toilet, evenin time at home oso go chiong toilet... It took 1 whole damn day+night...... b4 I recovered.
WONDER how did I end up wif moi mini-food poisoning. Went to moi auntie's house on christmas eve for celebration dinner. I guess stuff like turkey, ham, rice, lasagne, satay, salad...couldn't cause any harm right? Den how abt coke+sparkling juice+red wine+coffee?? Equation balanced? Definitely not!~ This could hav explained y de stomachache.
IN Conclusion,
Coke+SparklingJuice+RedWine+CoFfee= FoodPoisoning
the ball bounced @ 12/28/2004 12:22:00 AM
Saturday, December 25, 2004
monday, wedding, blazer top, photo-takin, shiok!~
tuesday-thursday, stay at home, no go sch, bored.
friday, TP, SU, makan, made phone calls.
evening, dinner, ham, turkey, lasagne, italian fried rice.
red wine, red. coffee, too sweet.
drive thru' orchard. spray, fun, laughter, joy.
the ball bounced @ 12/25/2004 02:13:00 AM
Monday, December 20, 2004
YOYOZ...wadssup?? Had to wake up 7 in de morning today to goto moi cousin's new place. *aHem* new love nest I think. Reached his "nest" ard 9am. Abt 45 mins later, moi cousin returned wif his lau po for de tea ceremony. De atmosphere was blissful n' sweet like honey, as elders sipped de tea n' gave gifts n' ang baos one after another, including moi parents.
GOSH!!!~ can't wait for wedding banquet tonight (20 Dec 2004). Moi first time in a blazer top. (GrinZ......)
the ball bounced @ 12/20/2004 12:58:00 AM
Saturday, December 18, 2004
WHO would hav ever thought tt I would end off week 2 with a whoppin' friday!~! Was late for 9am PCC/CJP tutorial, 15 mins late!~ Cos' de sTuPidz bus 23 came so latTe!~ Had to wait frm 0830-0850 for tt dreaded bus to arrive. OMG!~ CJP is fun!~ Ask us do research on newsletters, banners, posters, corporate websites, email n' etc, mostly printed n' electronic. Moi class wrapped up everythin' at 1140, when de scheduled session was until 1200.
WENT to bizpark, n' saw alvin n' vincent. Asked if I could occupy de empty space n' permission was given. Asked alvin y didn't he style his hair today, n' he told me cuz he didn't feel like doin' so. Encouraged me to goto SU lounge when I told him I had finished moi classes for de day.
WALKED to SU lounge. Cannonz n' stephanie were in de lounge. Later, peiqi, larry de medic joined in, n' chatted lor. si ker funny sia!~ stephie was so determined to find out hu larry's beau was tt she couldn't concentrate on doing her CSK2 work. After an hour or so, Eric, a few Exco n' pageant programme comm arrived at de lounge, to start deir pageant scouting in ITAS sch. Unexpectedly, Eric extended a warm welcome to me to join them in doin' de scouting. In de end, non-prog comm peeps like janice, linda n' me joined cannonz, chee wee, angel, Eric n' afew more to embark on our adventure in ITAS sch.
WIELDING a bamboo stick wif moi mighty hands, we sasshayed our way to IT sch entrance. De blur me was nva on a look-out for pageant material, busy engrossed in somethin' else I guess, dunnoe wat la. With our combined efforts, we managed to get ard 15 application forms duly completed frm spotted talents. As de clock neared 2pm, our fearless army of sharp-tongued scouters fleed in various directions in retreat to their fearsome lectures.
WE were de only ones undaunted, cannonz n' me. We went back to the lounge, n' slacked dere for abit. Den 3pm, we returned to adventure site again. Left sch ard 1530. Lingling asked me to accompany her to opp sch to do hair extension. Had it done by 5pm. Den she said still too early to go for her cell group meetin at 7, so I suggested gg to Central for gai gai lor. At de opp sch bus stop, saw first first sem classmate, Kyle. Chatted abit, den went onto bus 8.
WHAT a long journey frm TP to Central this time. De driver abit bonkers I think, cuz he confiscated some peep's concession card for no reason. I know it's wrong to use another's concession by mistake la, but cannot give chance one mehz? Now festive occasion lehz, giv chance will die ar? As a result, de entire journey took an additional 10 minutes. WTH!!~ make 40+ passengers seat dere, n' wait for u to copy down de offender's address n' personal details. wa si ker buay song lor.
WTH???~ went gai gai wif lingling as she said she wanted gift ideas for her cell group. Throughout de entire shopping, my mind wasn't dere. Dunnoe where it went, everything I heard juz went into deaf ears. Moi mind was full of something else. De strange thing was, it's not soMeoNe, but tt someone b4!~ Moi mind was in a whirl. It was only after I coincidentally ran into hW, tt moi turbulent thoughts rested in peace.
TODAY was a friday to b remembered in time to come, wif all de scouting n' meetin' of acquaintances, it had been a meaningful n' memorable day. Yo Amigos, Viva La Raza!~
ANOTHER day of good old boRin' LDRC cds for me. Learnt abt charismatic leaders n' followership in today's tut. Well...... thank soMeoNe for makin' moi day. That was enough to keep me um cho'ing throughout de rest of moi day le. Kudos to janice, wei sheng, linda, erin for making moi day. Left SU lounge in good spirits.
AFTER cds, went back to SU lounge to kill time. Eric juz returned after a 5km ride from bedok reservoir. To moi surprise, he had spaghetti shortly after his exercise!!~
LEFT SU lounge ard 7pm to meet hAnwooOOooiii... Reached his neighbourhood at ard 1930, den he told me he attendin' to important phone call. So bo bian, I had to wait for him. Sat idling at Mac until I dozed off. He promised to b dere by 30 minutes, n' he did kept his word. (thumbs up!~) Arghh...... he oso brought along my long lost pal, orange in colour, wif 2 straps at de back n' wif zips to protect it's modesty.
STROLLED down de pasar malam stalls while chit-chattin' n' catchin' up wif old times (quite redundant la) . In de end, bought makan stuff such as Roti John, Ramly Burger n' Takoyaki Meatball from muslim stalls. De takoyaki was what hW intended to buy for his family.
AT de end of de sight-seeing , we stopped n' rested at Saffrons for main course dinner. Ironically, by de time we reached Saffrons, de hot n' spicy Ramly Burger was hit by a nasty cold spell, while the Roti John looked like william hung but tasted like ryan seacrest!~ Boy did it den occur to hW n' me , tt looks can b deceiving. Despite havin less meat in de Roti John, de crispy lettuces n' veggie accentuated de taste n' sensation of de otherwise would b unappealin' n' unappetizin' dull flour-made entity known as mian4 bao1. To accompany william hung, rocker teh tarik n' spicy-mama soup kambing was oso ordered to excite our ticklin' taste buds. Finally, we ordered a fried spring chicken to complete de rojak mixture of food choices. Poor me, hW juz ate 1 wing n' 1 thigh, while I had to finish de rest. While forcin' de cok cok keh down moi oesophagus, I couldn't help but wonder "this chicken muz goto de HENary Gym everyday n' did monstrous amounts of benchpresses, if not how to acount for it's gigantic chest muscles??~~"
CHEST muscles = chicken breast meat
nOw u gEt it ?~?
LASTLY, gd luck to hW in his 3-mth long wait. All de best to u. Hope to cya at D&D 2005. On 1 last note, I wished ur pair of Dada Supreme sneakers were mine...
NOT much has happened during de first week of sch. As usual, most tutorials start only in Week2, wit de few exception of Managing Employee Relations n' CDS. Got LDRC as moi CDS for dis semester. Was surprised to see SU Exco Ahmad taking de same CDS as me, we oso happen to b in de same tutorial slot, but different tut grp. De CDS kick-started wif de usual intolerable n' borin' self-introduction session. Was later told tt assignments consist of 1 grp assignment n' 1 individual assignment. Towards de end of tt tutorial, I still havn't got into a grp.
SUN I went shopping wif moi cousin at OG Albert. It was "mountain people mountain sea" (cliche^). So sickenin', wanted a pair of maroon corduroy pants from LEE, but dey dun hav moi size!!~ Dey only had size 34 n' 40 left, which was either too tight or too loose for moi irritatin' (givin' me headaches) waistline. haHaa!~~ do I even hav a waist??~ Den, we went to Bugis Junction Lvl 3 Edge for tee-hunting. I went to moi favourite haunt, Solid Fuel, n' marvelled at deir collection of imported streetwear. Wad's amazing is tt dey had 20 or so designs for singlets, n' de price is affordable, so u know where to go for singlets rite? (winks^) I oso went to shops like Freshbox Celebrity n' FACE, I think. Hav u ever thought of opening ur very own boutique?. Tt's EZ!~ juz get a factory to manufacture ur self-designed apparels, n' voila!~, u'r ready to open a fashion shop. Examples include Scorpion, Men Master n' ......(I dunno lehz~) Another shop I visited was Le Future, a shop I didn't entered in moi previous trips to Edge@Parco, until yesterday. De owner was friendly n' approachable, n' even offered tips on how to pick shoes tt r comfy n' niCe!!~ I was so delighted to know tt dey had moi size for most of deir berms n' even pants.
TODAY I went to sch ard 12 noon. Spent 1 hour in com lab wif moi CSK2 tutor guiding us on de OLE stuff, in de end, only left 2 hours for CSK2 tut. Derefore, grp 3 was to meet him another day due to time constraints, n' I happened to b in tt grp. Left BS26-5-62 at ard 1315 or so, decided to goto SU lounge.
PERHAPS I shoudn't hav gone to de lounge, or izzit so?~? suMoNe was oso in de lounge wif her fren, well juz 2 of dem. Come to think of it, it was very RUDE of me to not even greet suMoNe when I did see her n' she did see me. Perhaps I should hav said smthng to her. Perhaps moi mind tells me by not doing anything, I will b less iRRiTaTin'(duhZ) to her. After all, past unpleasantries (along wif big trees, small trees, christmas trees...), signal me tt I should juz keep moi distance away frm her, so tt I may hope to know her as a fren. But den again, I do giv pple de cold shoulder sumtimes, not tt I wanted to. A case of misinterpretation perhaps. I dunno if it's pple hu misunderstands me, or de other way round. Either way, moi social life has been in turmoil cuz' such things happen.
right here waitin...truly deeply madly signin off...
the ball bounced @ 12/13/2004 05:55:00 PM
Monday, December 06, 2004
GUESS hu's back?? School is back!! Dis is moi first day of TP BUS sem2.2 Went to sch for 9am lecture. Wah lau! Dunno is I suay or lucky, tio single deck 23 early in de morning, somemore had to stand thru'out de journey.
AFTER moi classes, went to SU lounge to reckee reckee. Was confronted by a MOB as soon as the SAA lift stopped at 4th lvl. Greeted de MOB n' den goto SU lounge. Andrew, Fuad n' Chee Wee were in de lounge, Kai n' Grace inside Exco room. Fuad told me to photocopy moi timetable n' put in Hon Gen's tray, so that he could slot in our sub-comm lounge duties into our "packed" timetables. Den, went wif CW to central to shoppin shoppin'.
DECIDED to buy bus concession stamp for Dec. Next, went to B.U.M Equipment to look at tees. Alemakz, the colour n' design tt I like has run outta stock for moi size, left only M n' S, so sadzzz... This was when CW suggested bringin me to Century Square to look at board shorts. Dunnoe strange or funny, CW felt very paiseh standin dere in de open n' browsing at de display items. Someone had rented one of de carts to sell imported Quiksilver n' O'Neil apparels. In the end, both CW n' me felt tt SGD$49.90 for a pair was not really worth it.
ADMIST de drizzle, we quickened our steps to CPF Mac to makan. CW was tellin' me abt how he wanted a Honda scooter, later which he dropped de idea cos' rainy n' wet conditions made it hazardous to travel on a scooter.
WAD a way to end of moi day. Had dis stinky siao man hu sat in de same bus. He had dirt all over him. The pungent smell floated in de air thru'out moi ride home. Such rotten luck!~
N.A.me --> Yip Yao Ming
A.Ge --> 21
B.D.ae --> 03/31/1985
S.C.H.ool --> Temasek Polytechnic Business Grad
H.O.B.B.ies --> mangas and anime
J.o.h.a.r.i.W.i.n.dow --> Yaoda
