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Friday, April 30, 2004
Updated e picts of e penang trip.. The sentosa chalet and V-dae special can't be updated thou.. No matter.. I shall be bringing e albums ard.. Feel free to order from me..
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Yeaahh.. Back in Singapore liaoz.. E trip was fun! Wanted to update my blog in e afternoon but was busy running ard West Mall washing films and collecting teeth from nearby dental clinics. Anyway here's an account of wat we did during e trip.
25/04, sun- 9pm: Meet at lavender to take 9 hr coach to Penang.. But e driver was driving so freaking fast, speeding down e N-S highway, it took 7 hr instead.. Not tat I mind coz I couldn't really sleep and juz glad I'm on something tat could't move for a change..
26/04, mon- 6.30am: Arrival at 4 star hotel Berjaya Georgetown. Too early to check in yet so we waited at e hospitality room and took picts. Checked into our rooms at eight and then changed into trekking attire (coz our itinery was Penang hill). Had breakfast at a coffee shop close to e hotel. After breakfast we waited for cabs by e roadside to bring us to kek lok si temple- the biggest buddhist temple in South East Asia. But none of e cabs were willing to use e meter and were charging us a fee of RM 15.. Then came along our best friend, Ailing, who is e boss of e ba wang che syndicate. Needless to say she was introducing to us abt her 3 sons and e businesses they r running.. Anywae she offered us RM 10 for each trip and tat we can squeeze 6 pple a car.. So transportation ard e island in Ailing's and her son's cars become e highlights of e trip.. Most of e time Clement will sit infront and Maojie, Diana, Xueli, Kenneth and me sitting behind will squeeze in all sorts of imaginable patterns.. Anywae RM 20 for 12 pple worked out to be RM 1.60 each. So we got ourselves a chauffeur for a decent fee.. Buay pai.. (MJ: which mean not bad )
Ate penang laksa for lunch and then took another ba wang che syndicate to e botanic gardens, with a similar fee of RM 10 a car for 6 pple. ( eh.. we betrayed Ailing! ) Took pictures with e monkeys and then asked for directions from a worker there.. Kao.. We ask him if there is a waterfall ahead and tat if the 4 wheel drive to Penang Hill is located there. He said yes and that its only a 5 min walk.. Xiao ah.. even if u run for 5 min u cannot even reach there. Anywae we walked for abt 20 plus min and e only water sound is tat coming out of e water bottles in our backpacks. Eventually we reach wat resemble most like a waterfall.. A series of small rapids which according to e map nearby is supposedly at e foot of e waterfall.. Which meant e waterfall is so much further up ahead...!!? Anyway we stopped another worker on a scooter who told us tat e 4 wheel drive was located at e entrance of e botanic gardens..!!? Wat e heck? We were cursing e 1st idiot as we walked all e way back to e entrance.. Nvm.. At least e walk was never dull becoz of e company and pretty refreshing and rejuvenating.
Yet.. There r more er.. refreshing event to come.. We soon realised to our horror e prices of e jeep drives to e top of e penang hill.. RM 50 for a small 4-man jeep and RM 70 for a 6-man jeep. And e path towards e hill top was too steep for any comfortable walk so we decided to head back to our hotel and rest. And yupz.. we call up our dear Ailing.. While waiting for e car, e adventurous six - Bran, Xia Xin, Xueli, Diana, Clement and me decided to trek up to e 100m mark and take picture.. At least en we could say we climbed Penang Hill.. Wa.. It was already damn shag to walk to e 0.1km mark. Then dun nue who suggested to go to e next 0.2km and then we started racing each other.. And then to 0.3.. 0.4.. and finally 0.5km mark. Ha.. At least we managed to trek 1km in total, 0.5km up and 0.5km down. We managed to reach Ailing's car in one piece and then headed back to hotel to rest for abt 2 hr.
At 6.30pm, we met at lobby and had dinner at a market place next to Plaza Gurney. Siwen had her much wanted chendol but in the end e rest of us helped her finished e it. Tsk tsk.. Then we went to Plaza Gurney to shop and e bum city there selling Diesel, Edwin and Bum equipment was a real stealer.. Abt abt half e price of tat selling in Singapore.
We had a short drink at Starbucks and then spent e rest of the remaining nite in e gals' room playing bluff and arsehole dai di. But e gals retired early at 1am and e guys went ard exploring abit.. Ha.. We even tried to get a free game of pool going by tilting e pool table to try and get e pool balls across e catch. So fun.
27/04, tue- 9 plus. Hiaks.. We were supposed to meet at e lobby at 8.30am for breakfast. Kenneth was supposed to wake up at 7.30am to wash up first and then wake me up at 8am. Instead some pig decided to carry on sleeping even after recieving e morning call.. Hence we woke at 9 instead from a call from e gals. Apparently Maojie and Clement overslept too. After a quick wash up we went for e heavenly breakfast and had a little game of guessing how many sausages Clement had on his plate. The correct answer was eight.
We took Ailing and son's cars to Batu Ferringhi Beach and she had raised her fare to RM 16.. Tsk tsk.. Sensed some kan cai tou here.. Anywae her son intro us to a grp of watersports rentalists who charged us e following fees for e following activities. Bet her son earn a commission from em.
Parasailing- RM 50, 60 or 70 depending on size of e round
Banana boating- RM 20 for each pple on a 7-man banana boat
Jet-skiing- RM 50 for a couple (lesbians or gays included) for 15 min
All 3 above- RM 100 for each person
Horse riding- RM 30 for each for 20 min ride
I tried e banana boating and jet-skiing and both were damn exciting ah.. From e accounts of those who had tried e parasailing, it was juz as fun too.. Except tat I feel tat e money was not worth it.. Even e largest round is only less than 5 min. Anywae had alot of fun watching pple lifting off and touching down.. Kudos to Siwen and Kenneth for making it so exciting. Banana boating is juz jumping up and down and swinging left and right on e air-filled balloon. E most fun part is definitely e moment when it capsized, when u r literally thrown into e water with such a force tat it felt... heaven.. Haha.. A point to take is tat Kenneth love e water more than me. On our final round back to e start point he lost grasp of my safety vest and fell into e water. Since he was e last person and I was e 2nd last, only I was aware of it so I started yelling man overboard. Instead e motor boat carried on forward and Kenneth was rescued by a jetskiier following behind. Not bad ah.. Free jet ski ride instead..
Jet ski was fast and fast was exciting. Unfortunately as said earlier Kenneth had this fetish for felling into water and he fell again when Maojie was performing e reversing stunt. More unfortunately it happened when they were close to e shore and e rentalists saw e event and forbid us to try tat stunt anymore. Yeah yeah.. NS motto: You can do anything.. Juz dun get caught. Hee..
Wanted to horse ride too.. Will definitely try if they dun hold on to e reins and give me full control. Haha.. Btw, thin pple r cut out to become jockeys. But no lah.. I'm not so ambitious. Juz haff a fetish for dogs and horses.. Instead we all watch a handsome horse pee instead.
Come afternoon we tried to sneak into e nearby beach resort to use its bathing facilities. It turned out to be a club for members who r mostly ang mohs so we being in a large grp r abit out of place. It wasn't long before e security approached and chased us out. But not b4 we had rinsed and changed into dry clothes.. Hee..
We spent a long time deciding wat to eat for lunch and wat to do next coz e beach activites were supposedly to last us e entire day and we finished it within half. We drank abit, read abit of comic, and waited a long bit for Ailing's car. We wanted to eat cheap dim sum at Plaza Gurney but we couldn't find e restaurant and end up eating at e basement foodcourt instead where I was cheated of RM 6 for an exorbitant plate of nasi lemak rice from e muslim store. GF was cheated of RM 5 from a mixed vege store.. So to any of e future Penang- Plaza Gurney goers out there pls boycott these 2 stores.. Muhahaha.
Went shopping at Bum City again for rest of afternoon and en back to hotel followed by dinner at a small roadside coffee shop. E single-grp had fun fishing out noodles and vege and omelette from each others' bowls comprising of dishes like kungfu la mian and hawaiian fried rice. Then thanx to Fengyi we realised our straws were reused over and over again.. Hiaks.. I'll rather not witness this unhygenic act..
Went back hotel and spent e nite playing e graded pig game and since it being e last nite at e hotel we crap with e gals until later.
28/04, wed- 8 plus.. Managed to wake up more or less on time so we had more time for breakfast. Clement astonished us again eating e same no. of sausages plus 3 full bowls of cereal. Hiaks.. His guts nue no bounds.. The morning was damn slack.. Juz slacked in hotel after breakfast. Packed our stuff, watched mtv and played bears + hunters. En we checked out at 2pm and took bus to komtar- e shopping paradiz of Penang. We detoured on e way to purchase some local delights for family and friends. At komtar Maojie and Kenneth sped off hunting for bood bargains and MJ returned with loads of shopping bags..
Had light dinner at Mc Donalds and after which boarded e coach. It was playing Ong Bak with no subtitles and soon after e coach crossed e Penang Bridge- e longest bridge in SEA, we were soon sound asleep. Xueli: It seemed tat my sleeveless jacket seem to ward off e cold better than e sleeved one more.. Woke up a few times to look around and drink water, but most of e time I was unconscious to e world.
29/04, thur- morning. Crossed checkpts, had breakfast and departed for home. So ended our penang trip- a 5day 4 nite of fun and laughter.
Sorry if I am very long winded in this entry.. Juz tat so I dun haff to write a separate entry for my personal diary. Yupz..
And heres a little something for those who die die want to hear me sing..
Colours of e Wind
You think I'm an ignorant savage,
and you've been so many places,
I guess it must be so, but still I cannot see,
How the savage one is me,
How can there be so much that you don't know,
You don't know,
You think you own whatever land you land on,
The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim,
But I know every rock, and tree and creature,
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name,
You think the only people who are people,
Are the people who look and think like you,
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger,
You learn things you never knew, you never knew,
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?
Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain?
Can you paint with all the colours of the wind?
Can you paint with all the colours of the wind?
Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest,
Come taste the sun-sweet berries of the earth,
Come roll in all the riches all around you,
And for once, never wonder what they're worth,
The rainstorm and the river are my brothers,
The heron and the otter are my friends,
And we are all connected to each other,
In a circle, in a hoop that never ends,
How high does the sycamore grow?
If you cut it down, then you'll never know,
And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon,
whether we are white or copper-skinned,
Can you can sing with all the voices of the mountain?
Can you paint with all the colours of the wind?
You can own the Earth and still,
All you'll own is earth until,
You can paint ,with all the colours of the wind...
Heaven knows
She's always on my mind,
from the time i wake up
'till i close my eyes
she's everywhere i go
she's all i know
'Though she's so far away
it's just keeps getting stronger
every day
and even now she's gone
i'm still holding on
So tell me where do i start
'cause it's breaking my heart
don't wanna let her go
Maybe my love will come back some day
only heaven knows
and maybe our hearts will find their way
only heaven knows
and all i can do is hope and pray
'cause heaven knows
My friends keep telling me
that if you really love her
you've gotta set her free
and if she returns in kind
i'll know she's mine
So tell me where do i start
'cause it's breaking my heart
don't wanna let her go
Why i live in despair
'cause while awake or dreaming
i know she's never there
and all these time i act so brave
i'm shaking inside
why does it hurt me so...
heaven knows...
Thursday, April 29, 2004
Yeah.. Back in Singapore! Boy.. E trip was fun! Wanted to update my blog in e afternoon but was busy running ard West Mall washing films ( xi xiang pian ) and shun bian collecting teeth from e dental clinics. Anyway here's an account of wat we did during e trip.
25/04, sun- 9pm: Meet at lavender to take 9 hr coach to Penang.. But e driver was driving so freaking fast, speeding down e N-S highway, it took 7/1/2 hr instead.. Not tat I mind coz it reduce e period of e agony of sleeping uncomfortably.
26/04, mon- 6.30am: Arrival at 4 star hotel Berjaya Georgetown. Too early to check in yet so we waited at e hospitality room and took picts. Checked into our rooms at eight and then changed into trekking attire (coz we wanted to trek abit up Penang hill) and went eat breakfast at a coffee house close to e hotel. After breakfast we waited for cabs by e roadside to bring us to kek lok si temple- the biggest buddhist temple in South East Asia. But none of e cabs were willing to use e meter and were charging us a fee of RM 15.. Then came along our best friend, Ailing, who is e boss of e ba wang che syndicate. Needless to say she was introducing to us abt her 3 sons and e businesses they r running.. Anywae she offered us RM 10 for each trip and tat we can squeeze 6 pple a car.. So transportation ard e island in Ailing's and her son's cars become e jing dian jie mu where e 5 ple sitting behind haff to squeeze in all kind of patterns. Hence RM 20 for 12 pple which work out to be RM 1.60 for each. So now we got ourselves a chauffeur for a decent fee.. Not bad..
Ate penang laksa for lunch and then took another ba wang che syndicate to go to botanic gardens, again for $10 a car per 6 pple. ( argh! We betrayed Ailing! ) Took pictures with e monkeys and then asked for directions from a worker there.. Kao.. We ask him if there is a waterfall ahead and tat if the 4 wheel drive to Penang Hill is located there. He said yes and that its only a 5 min walk.. Xiao ah.. even if u run for 5 min u cannot even reach there. Anywae we walked for abt 20 plus min and e only water sound is tat coming out of e water bottles in our packs. Eventually we reach wat may be considered to be a waterfall.. A small series of rapids which is supposedly at e foot of e waterfall.. Which mean e waterfall is further up ahead...!!? Anyway we stopped another worker on a scooter who tell us tat e 4 wheel drive is located at e entrance of e botanic gardens..!!? So we walked all e way back and realised e 4 wheel drive is really at e entrance.. Hiaks.. Atleast e walk is rather refreshing ah..
Yet.. There r more refreshing events to come.. We soon realised to our horror at e prices of e jeep drives to e top of e penang hill.. RM 50 for a small jeep which can carry 4 pple and RM 70 for a 6-man jeep. And e path towards e hill top is too steep for any comfortable walk so we decided to head back to our hotel and rest. And yupz.. we call up our dear Ailing.. While waiting for e car, 6 of e more adventurous pple- Bran, Xia Xin, Xueli, Diana, Clement and me decided to trek up to e 100m mark and take picture.. Atleast we would have climbed Penang Hill haha.. Wa.. It was already damn shag to walk to e 0.1km mark. Then dun nue who suggested to go to e next 0.2km and then we started racing each other.. And then to 0.3, 0.4 and finally 0.5km mark. Ha.. Atleast we managed to trek 1km in total, 0.5km up and 0.5km down. We managed to reach Ailing's car in one piece and then head back to hotel to rest for abt 2 hr.
At 6.30pm, we met at lobby and had dinner at a market place next to Plaza Gurney. Siwen had her much wanted chendol but in the end e rest of us helped her finished e it. Tsk tsk.. Then we went to Plaza Gurney to shop and e bum city there selling Diesel, Edwin and Bum equipment was a real stealer.. Abt abt half e price of tat selling in Singapore.
We had a short drink at Starbucks and then spent e rest of the remaining nite in e gals' room playing bluff and arsehole dai di. But e gals retired early at 1am and e guys went ard exploring abit.. Ha.. We even tried to get a free game of pool going by tilting e pool table to try and get e pool balls across e catch. So fun.
27/04, tue- 9 plus. Hiaks.. We were supposed to meet at e lobby at 8.30am for breakfast. Kenneth was supposed to wake up at 7.30am to wash up first and then wake me up at 8am. Instead after some pig decided to carry on sleeping after recieving e morning call.. Haha.. We woke at 9am instead from a call from e gals. Apparently Maojie and Clement overslept too. After a quick wash up we went for e heavenly breakfast where we had a little game of guessing how many sausages Clement had on his plate. The correct answer was eight.
We took Ailing and son's cars to Batu Ferringhi Beach and she had raised her fare to RM 16.. Tsk tsk.. Sense some kan cai tou here.. Anywae her son intro us to a grp of watersports pple who charges us e following fees for e following activities. Bet her son earn a commission from em.
Parasailing- RM 50, 60 or 70 depending on size of e round
Banana boating- RM 20 for each pple on a 7-man banana boat
Jet-skiing- RM 50 for a couple (lesbians or gays included) for 15 min
All 3 above- RM 100 for each
Horse riding- RM 30 for each for 20 min ride
I tried e banana boating and jet-skiing and both were damn exciting ah.. From e accounts of those who had tried e parasailing, it was juz as fun too.. Except tat I feel tat e money was not worth it.. Even e largest round is only less than 5 min. Anywae had alot of fun watching pple lifting off and touching down.. Kudos to Siwen and Kenneth for making it so exciting. Banana boating is juz jumping up and down and swinging left and right on e air-filled balloon. E most fun part is definitely e moment when it capsized, when u r literally thrown into e water with such a force tat it felt... heaven.. Haha.. A point to take is tat Kenneth love e water more than me. On our final round back to e start point he lost grasp of my safety vest and fell into e water. Since he was e last person and I was e 2nd last, only I was aware of it and so I yelled man overboard..
The motor boat carried on forward instead and Kenneth was rescued by a jetskiier behind. Not bad ah.. Free jet ski ride instead..
Jet ski was fast and fast was exciting. Unfortunately as said earlier Kenneth had this fetish for felling into water and he fell again when Maojie was performing a stunt. More unfortunately they were close to e shore and e rentalists saw e event and forbid us to try tat stunt anymore. Yeah yeah.. NS motto: You can do anything.. Juz dun get caught. Hee..
Wanted to try e horse riding too.. Will definitely try if they dun hold on to e reins and give me full control. Haha.. Btw, thin pple r cut out to become jockeys. But no lah.. I'm not so ambitious. Juz haff a fetish for dogs and horses haha.. Instead we all watch a handsome horse pee instead.
Come afternoon we tried to sneak into e nearby beach resort to use its bathing facilities. It turned out to be a club for members who r mostly ang mohs so we being in a large grp abit out of place. It wasn't long before e security approached and chased us out. But not b4 we had rinsed and changed into dry clothes.. Hee..
We spent a long time deciding wat to eat for lunch and wat to do next coz e beach activites were supposedly to last us e entire day and we finished it within half. We drank abit, read abit of comic, and waited a long bit for Ailing's car. We wanted to eat cheap dim sum at Plaza Gurney but we couldn't find e restaurant and end up eating at e basement foodcourt instead where I was cheated of RM 6 for an exorbitant plate of nasi lemak rice plus a cold piece of chicken, 1 xian ya dan and 1 chillified hard boiled egg from e muslim store. GF was cheated of RM 5 from a mixed vege store.. So to any of e future Penang- Plaza Gurney goers out there pls boycott these 2 stores.. Muhahaha.
Went shopping at Bum City again for rest of afternoon and en back to hotel followed by dinner at a small roadside coffee shop. E single-grp had fun fishing out noodles and vege and omelette from each others' different dishes comprising of dishes like kungfu la mian and hawaiian fried rice. Then thanx to Fengyi we realised our straws were reused over and over again.. Hiaks.. I'll rather not witness this unhygenic act..
Went back hotel and spent e nite playing e graded pig game and since being e last nite at e hotel we crap with e gals until later.
28/04, wed- 8 plus.. Managed to wake up more or less on time so we had more time for breakfast. Clement astonished us again eating e same no. of sausages and 3 full bowls of cereal. Hiaks.. His guts nue no bounds.. The morning was damn slack.. Juz slacked in hotel after breakfast. Packed our stuff, watch mtv and play bear + hunters. En we checked out at 2pm and took bus to komtar- e shopping paradise of Penang. We detoured on e way to purchase some local delights for family and friends. At komtar Maojie and Kenneth sped off hunting for bood bargains and MJ returned with loads of shopping bags..
Had a light dinner at Mc Donalds and after which boarded e coach. It was playing Ong Bak with no subtitles and soon after e coach crossed e Penang Bridge- e longest bridge in SEA, we were soon sound asleep. Xueli: It seemed tat my sleeveless jacket seem to ward off e cold better than e sleeved one more.. Woke up a few times to look around and drink water, but most of e time I was unconscious to e world.
29/04, thur- morning. Crossed checkpts, had breakfast and departed for home. So ended our penang trip- a 5day 4 nite of fun and laughter.
Sorry if I am very long winded in this entry.. Juz tat so I dun haff to write a separate entry for my personal diary. Yupz..
And heres a little something for those who die die want to hear me sing..
Colours of e Wind
You think I'm an ignorant savage,
and you've been so many places,
I guess it must be so, but still I cannot see,
How the savage one is me,
How can there be so much that you don't know,
You don't know,
You think you own whatever land you land on,
The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim,
But I know every rock, and tree and creature,
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name,
You think the only people who are people,
Are the people who look and think like you,
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger,
You learn things you never knew, you never knew,
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?
Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain?
Can you paint with all the colours of the wind?
Can you paint with all the colours of the wind?
Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest,
Come taste the sun-sweet berries of the earth,
Come roll in all the riches all around you,
And for once, never wonder what they're worth,
The rainstorm and the river are my brothers,
The heron and the otter are my friends,
And we are all connected to each other,
In a circle, in a hoop that never ends,
How high does the sycamore grow?
If you cut it down, then you'll never know,
And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon,
whether we are white or copper-skinned,
Can you can sing with all the voices of the mountain?
Can you paint with all the colours of the wind?
You can own the Earth and still,
All you'll own is earth until,
You can paint ,with all the colours of the wind...
Heaven knows
She's always on my mind,
from the time i wake up
'till i close my eyes
she's everywhere i go
she's all i know
'Though she's so far away
it's just keeps getting stronger
every day
and even now she's gone
i'm still holding on
So tell me where do i start
'cause it's breaking my heart
don't wanna let her go
Maybe my love will come back some day
only heaven knows
and maybe our hearts will find their way
only heaven knows
and all i can do is hope and pray
'cause heaven knows
My friends keep telling me
that if you really love her
you've gotta set her free
and if she returns in kind
i'll know she's mine
So tell me where do i start
'cause it's breaking my heart
don't wanna let her go
Why i live in despair
'cause while awake or dreaming
i know she's never there
and all these time i act so brave
i'm shaking inside
why does it hurt me so...
heaven knows...
Sunday, April 25, 2004
Watched 50 first dates 2day.. Not a bad show at all.. And Kennie promised me a free movie tix if e movie is nice.. so Kennie.. thanx in advance..
Qi: hmm.. dun think got any point of time felt its touching enuff to cry thou.. But still nice show ah.. Damn farniee too.. Esp Rob Schneider..
Kenneth: Shi Ann will be voted out from tribal council come next fri ah.. she is one cocky, arrogant bitch yesterday.. Even thou she did persevere and won immunity, she could be still be more gracious instead mah.. And calling all e rest of e tribe stupid people.. If she ain't making any effort to hamonize with her tribesmates then she can continued to be ostracized ah.. And I'll be e only one still with 1st choice Rupert in e game.. yeah!
In case I do not blog 2morrow, then e next blog entry will be on e next thur.. Coz will be going to Penang from 25th to 29th.. sun to thur.. Yupz.. dun miss me..
Thursday, April 22, 2004
Our class chalet was at the sentosa holiday chalet which was actually People's Association chalet which I stayed during my Political Association Camp.. I had a fond memory for these chalets but sadly e aircon for the 8-bedder bedroom was not working properly and hence not very comfortable.. Still.. It's a decently sized chalet for e whole class..
Did all e usual stuff pple do at chalet.. Beach ball/ frisbee + monkeys + master-of-disguises, wet and dry swimming, ps 2, tok, laff, crap and more crapping.. Played charade e first nite.. Interesting game ah.. Dun nue when was e last time I played tat..
Stayed e whole 3 days 2 nights thou most of e gals left on e 2nd day evening.. Surprisingly e all guys session (including Lulin) turn out to be damn interesting.. Went to southern-most tip of sentosa and tok ghost stories.. Think these stories r even more freakier than tons of e horror movies I've watched.. Except for e ring and The Eye 1.( 2 is like shit~ bird shit to be exact haha..)
Anywae I slept more during this chalet than when I was at home too.. This chalet was also one of e chalets I slept earliest too.. Hence got very nice sleeping spots... Like for e 1st nite Bran, Kenneth and me slept on 2 beds infront of e wall fan.. then e 2nd nite in e 4-bedder aircon room.. Can actually sleep thru out e whole day lor.. Damn shiok..
Overall this is really one super relaxed chalet..
On a sadder note its quite saddening to see e wreckage of e collapsed nicoll highway and e loss of 2 lives liaoz and another 2 missing..
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Haha.. Waiting for Xueli again.. So bros dun blame me for being late for e buying of food stuff for e chalet.. Its 11.15am now and we r supposed to meet at 11am ah.. =) Anywae was waiting for her to giff me her pin no. but she's driving now so gotta wait for her break or lesson finished.. So when u r online infront of nus homepage and nothing else to do, you haff a high tendency to blog ah.. So hence this entry.
My results sux big time ah.. 1B+, 2Bs, 1C+... Think like I'm one of e very few pple who got C.. Man.. I detest DA! Not like I didn't study lor.. Infact I had covered e 4 essay questions in my mugging. But I really had a problem with e way I answer the questions. Much as I can crap in my Missing Tooth story, I can't do it in examinations. Habits I guess.. And I forget they r looking for length and not substance.. Not straight-to-the-point answers. Like for e last essay it was e worst.. Short notes on alveolar bone, palate and circumpupal dentine.. I gave them wat they ask for lor.. And its really super duper short haha.. I got only less than a page for each. But then I guessed I only had myself to blame..
My study habits also sux big time.. I was too stressed up for the last exam liaoz.. I must learn to take things easy ah.. Thou its ever so easily said than done.. Sleep earlier, wake up later and bullshit more during exams.. Yeah! Tat shall be my birthday, christmas and 2005 new yr resolution..
Watched Hitler- Rise of Evil this morning.. A very long and boring show.. Over 3 hrs long and depicts the life of Hitler before he controlled full military power of Germany. At least its informative ah.. Then went school and played with glue gun and newspapers. And we end e day off watching e 2nd last episode of ding tian li di more.. Not bad not bad.. 1st day of float building is pretty slack.. Cross my fingers and hope tat e future float building days can be like this..
Sunday, April 18, 2004
My twin finished his exams last sat.. He slept by twelve everynite, wake up at eight, and this period of mugging session only last a week. In comparison, I slept at 2 everynite, woke up at seven and this mugging session lasted 3 weeks. I suppose we can't really compare since we r taking diff courses or even if are, comparison bring only mostly negative impact. But since we were twins, we were compared thruout our lives.. In terms of looks, brains, etc.. No matter.. I trash my twin..
Eh bro.. No hard feelings k..
For those who didn't study genetics, e diff is due to environment.. Genes propose, environment dispose..
But since he got e same genes as me, therefore we r still yandaos and therefore we still trash e other guys..
Eh bros.. No hard feelings k..
Any way I was toking abt my twin coz I found this.. interesting piece of paper on his desk this morning..
It was titled The Missing Piece
I'll put it up here for all to enjoy..
The Missing Piece
( This is a fairy tale for adults)
It tells the story of a circle that was missing a piece. A large triangular wedge had been cut out of it. The circle wanted to be whole with nothing missing, so it went around looking for it's missing piece.
But because it was incomplete and therefore could only roll very slowly, it admired the flowers along the way. It chatted with worms. It enjoyed the sunshine. It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and continued searching.
Then one day the circle found a piece that fit perfectly. It was so happy. Now it could be whole, with nothing missing. It was incorporated the missing piece into itself and began to roll. Now that it was a perfect circle, it would roll very fast, too fast to notice the flowers or talk to the worms. When it realized how different the world seemed when it rolled so quickly by, it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away.
Moral of the story:
In some strange sense we are more whole when we are missing something. The man who has everything is in some ways a poor man. He will never know how it feels like to yearn, to hope, to nourish his soul with the dream of something better. He will never know the experience of having someone who loves him give him something he has always wanted and never had. There is a wholeness about the person who has to come to terms with his own limitations, who has been brave enough to let go of his unrealistic dreams and not feel like a failure for doing so.
There is a wholeness about the man or woman who has learned that he or she is strong enough to go through a tragedy and survive, who can lose someone and still feel like a complete person. You have been through the worst and come through intact.
Life is not a trap set for us by God so that he can condemn us for falling. Life is not a spelling bee, where no matter how many words you've gotten right, you're diqualified if you make one mistake.
Life is more like a baseball season, where even the best team loses one-third of the games and even the worst has its days of brillance. Our goal is to win more games than we lose.
When we accept that imperfection is part of human being, and that we can continue through life and appreciating it, we will achieve a wholeness that others can only aspire to.
And at the end, if we are brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, generous enough to rejoice in another's happiness, and wise enough to know there is enough love to go around for us all, then we can achieve a fulfillment that no other living creature will ever know.
Yupz.. tat's pretty much it..
You'll probably find tons of these crappy stories on the internet and you can agree or disagree.. thou some sound to make some sense.. like this one.. But wat I find most amusing is when I read the first line which read " It tells the story of a circle ... " Of all things y circle? It's in connection with mathematics of coz.. and therefore deeply related to engineering. Another thing.. how did my twin got this paper? Did he actually printed out from the com or his professor gave it to e class as a form of.. zuo ren de dao li? Ya.. I was musing abt this for quite a while..
Anywae tot of something farniee.. Say if its a story given by our prof to us it'll be something like this.. haha.. my 2 cents worth of crap..
The Missing Tooth
It tells the story of a dentition that was missing a tooth. A large wisdom tooth has been extracted out of it. The dentition wanted to be whole with nothing missing, so it went around looking for it's denture.
But because it was incomplete and therefore could only chew food slowly, it admired the taste and savoured the sweet flavours of the food into the mouth. It found numerous different dentures, but none was occlusal-fitting or passable by J. Neo so e dentition left them on the dental metal tray and continued searching.
Then one day the dentition found a denture that fit perfectly. It was so happy. Now it could be whole, with nothing missing. It was incorporated the missing tooth into itself and began to chew and chew food.
Now that it was a perfect dentition, it could chew very fast, too fast to savour the rich flavours of Singapore's delights. When it realized it was missing out on Singapore's favourite past-time, it stopped, left its denture on the dental metal tray and live happily ever after.
Moral of the story:
Those with wisdom teeth please go and have them extracted.
Thursday, April 15, 2004
2day I had planned to spend a day with my PS II Console, something which I had not touched in ages.. At noon Stan called telling me WS jioed us to go orchard. And so I did.. And realised freedom is not an item of luxury for my brudder.. Partly becoz of e foc commitment but e main reason which I couldn't divulge here. Hmm.. I felt so very helpless not being able to offer any solutions other then feeling sympathetic.. Really hope that things will turn out better..
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Hmm.. First of all I must thank Kenneth for inviting us to his church for easter service.. Althou this' abit late coz sat nite was spent with my twin using e com and sun and mon busy with disturbing Stan's household and e uncle who rent us e bikes and of coz e pulau ubin dog which chased Stan. So I hadn't been online infront of my pc for 3 days liaoz.. paiseh this' come abit late..
Kenneth: Your church's drama is pretty impressive ah.. Next yr see u in e choir and also in e play itself!
Stan and family: Thanx for being such good hosts.. At e very least we woke at 9 plus and still got time to watch 2 episodes of jia you jian gou.
Stan: The ubin dog dun chase me coz he/she fell in love for me.
Dennis: We all nue y u take so long to bath.. haha
Siwen: If I = mutton and I = shit, then if u eat mutton mean u will eat shit since mutton = I = shit.. haha
Lulin: Thanx for e heroic act of finding e remote in e dark and switching off e aircon.. If not I'll probably accompany u awake thru-out e nite..
Xueli: Really very nice scenery! Great making out place.. muhahaha
Nijam: Maybe there's no tiger but there sure are lions.. Found e site where e lion king roars..
Diana: Y neva roar? =)
Charles: Sorry abt ur new shoes haha..
Kenneth/ Linlin: Congrats on achieving a higher level in cycling skill..
Peiqi: Lucky no one got seriously injured this time..
Peiqi/ Tim/ Kailing/ Gekkon: Still neva get to see wat's on e other end of e western road.. *sad.
Hope everyone had a great time ah.. I did myself.. Flying off speed bumps and trying out stunts like cycling without hands.. Damn impressed with Jaab- e little boy in My Girl.. Promised myself to beat his timing within a mth's time haha.. And My Girl is definitely a very nice movie.. SW: It doesn't matter if its a high production or low production movie.. Most importantly if you like it then its a good movie.
Yupz yupz.. Betta go sleep liaoz.. Hiaks.. 2morrow and e day after r still days of cao da-ing with swimming and windsurfing.. I got a farniee feeling more names r coming up..
Friday, April 09, 2004
Completed e 2nd game liaoz.. LOTR ROTK.. kaoz.. Play until my right thumb hurts like hell from all e pressing of e controller's buttons.. And I play until Legolas is damn powerful.. Like for his stages he must die die have a perfect rating ( there r 4 ratings - fair, good, expert and perfect ) and en in e end I end up with alot of spare experience pts even after finish upgrading everything.. Dun play with my Legolas man..
Anywae 2day was supposed to go windsurfing with Wanyi and Lulin.. but Lulin gonna go sweep grave so postphoned.. Realise tat e last windsurfing session on wed was e last session for e seniors coz school started next mon for them.. And for windsurfing u generally need at least 2 pple to carry e stuff.. ( e surf board is damn heavy ), so I'll cross my fingers everytime and hope they can make it haha..
Wednesday, April 07, 2004
Haha.. Lately been super duper busy.. Juz like 1 wk before, I've been sleeping late and waking early.. For diff reasons of coz.. PS 2 games r so interesting!! Juz got 3 great games..
1) Balder's Gate- The Dark Alliance ( which I finished early this nite )
2) Lord of e Ring- Return of e King ( juz finished with Gandalf on "Route to Isengard" )
3) Final Fantasy XII ( which is a super long game so I leave it to e last )
Ya.. to some of you I'm probably an idoit.. "this guy is missing out on all e fun of sleeping.." True true.. sleeping is a luxury which u can finally afford during hols.. Juz like in NS I always say horizontal position is my naural position.. Coz tatz becoz in army one of e most valuable self-improving activity u can do ( coz u dun hurl grenades in civil world) is to sleep and rest ur body.. Like I said.. treat it as in investment down e rd.. But still, e lure of gaming with e new games is too much to bear.. Call me a game freak if u like, tat's juz me..
Anyway, gonna wake up at 7.45am later and meet e seniors at 9am at changi terminal 2.. Yes.. its for e much awaited windsurfing! I've waited for so long!! E tug on e sail by e wind and ur board swishing across e waves.. Damn shiok..! It will be something I'll always look forward to when hols approach.. A real pity sea sports club is on e other end of e island or I'll go there every day liaoz.. Haha.. no lah.. U keep doing e same thing again and again I think u will also tire.. Except for gaming tat is.. Haha..
Sometimes I feel if I'm not going to be a dentist or a vet, I'll be a game designer..
Anywae I think I've catch some wink.. Lest I drown 2morrow..
Haha.. Lately been super duper busy.. Juz like 1 wk before, I've been sleeping late and waking early.. For diff reasons thou.. PS 2 games r so interesting!! Juz got 3 great games..
1) Balder's Gate- The Dark Alliance ( which I finished early this nite )
2) Lord of e Ring- Return of e King ( juz finished with Gandalf on "Route to Isengard" )
3) Final Fantasy XII ( which is a super long game so I leave it to e last )
Ya.. to some of you I'm probably an idoit.. "this guy is missing out on all e fun of sleeping.." True true.. sleeping is a luxury which u can afford during hols.. Juz like in NS I always say horizontal position is my naural position haha.. Still, e lure of gaming with e new games is too much to bear.. Call me a game freak if u like, tat's juz me..
Anyway, gonna wake up at 7.45am later and meet e seniors at 9am at changi terminal 2.. Not to see someone off but its an en route to sea sports club, where we will WINDSURF!!! Yes yes yes.. I've waited for so long..!! It will be something I'll always look forward to when hols approach.. A real pity Sea sports club is on e other end of e island or I'll go there every day liaoz.. Haha.. no lah.. U keep doing e same thing again and again I think u will also tire.. One exception.. not for gaming thou.. Every time after exams I'll buy a whole host of games and indulge myself in em for like from morning till nite.. And till now I've neva tire of em..
Sometimes I feel if I'm not going to be a dentist, I'll be one who design games.. Tat'll be so fun.. Yupz.. better catch some rest least I drown 2morrow..
Sunday, April 04, 2004
2day I finally feel healthy after a long long time liaoz.. For 3 wks I've been cramped up in my small room, perched on my chair (thou sometimes I end up lying on bed or floor) infront of papers and papers and papers.. And when ur bones rn't under much mechanical stress, they undergo osteoporosis -> lose Ca and PO -> become soft and weak.. So 2day I made up for it by swimming 40 laps.. The no. Teck Soon swim minimally every time.. Sun is warm and bright and e swim is refreshing and fun.. Anywae for e src swimming complex, there apparently had been more than a couple of theft cases.. There was a piece of paper in every pigeon-holes, encouraging pple to spend 20C for e locker to put e valuables.. I think its abt time ah.. The security there is damn slack..
Then joined e guys from soccer for lunch.. Anywae biochem results was supposed to be out 2day by noon.. Instead it wasn't and Prof Teo informed Nijam it will be at 4.. And then it was yet postphoned till next mon morning 10-11am, e day of viva.. so tat leaves 3 hr for u to recieve call, rush down to take e viva and finish watever revisions u need.. Simply marvellous..
Anywae thanx to Dennis Tiong for being such a gracious host.. Offering his bed and ps 2 console complete with guns and ddr (dance dance revolution) mat. Sadly e ddr cd cannot load and we can't see e great performance of lulin.. Then went to Bukit Panjang and bought 3 super great ps 2 games to keep me company when I'm at home.. Yeah.. so happy..
End of 2nd day of holidays..
Saturday, April 03, 2004
Went to watch e eye 2 2day.. And I dun't think its scary ah.. Sort of wasted my $.. Got more entertainment from e back row of gals.. Haha.. its a viscious cycle.. The back row scream, then e pple in e front rows will laff and en finally our row will finish it off with more laughter. Anywae when u c e carefare pple in e show u will laff ah..
But k lah.. I think e really worthwhile scary part is when e 2 bodies fell down when she bent forward to pick e coin. But then Stan said something after that tat ruin watever scary effect it had had..
Coz this afternoon on our way to PS, something "lucky" happened while we were waiting for bus at e busstop opp science canteen, still in NUS campus. A grp of us, Siwen, Kenneth, Xueli, Fengyi, Stan, Maojie and me were standing in a small circle and tolking crap under a tree.. And then out of e blue something fell and hit e ground in e centre of e circle, adding another spot of white splattered mass to e ground. Some of us look up to look in disgust trying to spot e evil bird.. But shortly after within 5 sec, e 2nd atomic bomb fell, closer to e periphery of e circle this time.. Mmh.. u dun haff to be a genius to guess we shifted our postitions immediately.
So anywae, e 2 bodies were like e 2 shits ah.. hmm.. and so u can see, it ain't very scary if u make crap out of shit..
Yupz yupz.. e feeling of hols is damn shiok.. I'm savouring every moment of it.. And I still wanna watch My girl! Plus Passion of Christ, upcoming Kill Bill 2.. So many things to do so little time.. Ironically something like e way I felt 1 wk b4 haha...
Thursday, April 01, 2004
Nnnnngggggggghhhhhhhhhhh..........
Tat's would be e breath of a turtle finally finally finally emerging from e depths of e ocean.. Ahahaha! Yeah yeah!! The toturtous death tolling 3 wks of my life is now gone! History! Feel so guilty for abusing my body every nite I decided to burn midnight oil.. Not any more... "It's time.. for a new beginning" haha.. Stephan Gately e gay ex-boyzoner.. Yup.. Time to sleep..
