Busy Busy!!!!

It was not until Darius mentioned that my last blog entry was on the day after Rag Day dat I realised that I still have a blog!!! Tiz iz no exaggeration at all, so to those hu visited my blog n found it lagging, really really sorry yea!!!!

Hmmm it has been like 2 months since classes started, and time sure passes fast... In 2 more months, exams would start and I don't even feel the stress at all manz... Hell, I dont tink dat I m even trying hard 2 buck up lorz... But I guess 2dae's tests serve a good wake up call 2 mi manz... I noe computing wldn't b ez bt i didnt expect it 2 b SSSSOOOOOOO tricky manz... Tink I am gonna get a F grade 4 it... Seriously manz, i dont tink i got more than 5 qns out of 25 rite lorz... Physics was relatively easier than the rest of the previous papers... But Y MAKE IT SOOO EZ!!!! Walauz den the bell curve would move much higher sia... K it makes no sense complaining and crying over spilt milk... bt den... walauz... sux 2 b mi...

In tiz 2 mths, a whole range of emotions were cauldroned and mixed in mi... Joy, sadness, happiness, despair... For some reason, it aint convenient for mi 2 go on further... Bt mayb in time to come, everyting will b resolved... I hope....

Anyway sorry again cos I haf been really bz wif hall activities... Joined 2 comms and 2 sports... Kinda bz and tiring... But luckily I haf a veri fun group of people wif mi... For those hu haf supported and encouraged mi along the way, if i hafnt said thanks... THANKS ya... =)... Thanks for the memories in these short time... Yup....

Juz came bak from clarke quay so abit tired... so gonna end tiz soon... will update again on watz been gg on in SH... Yup so hope I can get another entry up soon enuff... =)

Heartache....

August 12 2006... Rag Presentation... I promised not to cry... Bt cry I did... Twice... And the realisation that all our hard work has come to naught...

The anticipation and excitement was obvious the moment the day broke and the crowd seeped in... You could just feel it in the air, no matter whether it was at the track where the performers were or at the grandstand, where students were cheering on their respective facs/halls... Chingay tiz was not... Bt wat a sight 2 behold: 16 floats accompanied by performances on a 400m race track, the President as the Guard of Honour, and more importantly, the sense of belonging and fervent enthusiasm shown by NUS students...

And so the performers performed to their best, giving the audience a good show and hoping, that they mite land an award for the hard work that dey haf placed in the performance n float... Soon enough, it was our turn to perform... The dancers danced their hearts out, the rockers in the float rocked as hard as we could to impress the judges, and Shearites sure did cheer their hearts out...

Then, it was revelation time... D-Day... And as the MCs read out the winners one by one, my heart sank deeper into an abyss... One by one, KR & KE-7 were sweeping the awards... Wat used to b won by Sheares the previous yr were being passed to our neighbours... And a sick feeling came over mi... Absolutely sickening... All the effort dat everyone has done coming to nothing... All the sleepless nites; Blood, sweat and tears...And wat to show?? Zith...

And it does not help when 1 said that at least we won something when it was announced that we were awarded the silver award for flag day... Come on manz... I dont mean 2 offend anyone here... bt where was the person when we needed people for rag... I haf been dere for so many days n nites n i seriously dont recall the person coming down to help when we needed people... Call it cynical optimism or wat haf u... Bt 2 hear it from sum1 i tink didnt contribute at all... It juz disgusts mi... Absolutely...

And so when JK gave his speech to boost morale n lift our spirits, he unintentionally wept... Probably overwhelmed by emotions... Bt 2 see him weep made mi break down almost instantaneously... The thoughts of everi1 slogging, trying to meet the dateline, n also to disappoint our leader... Dat culmination of emotions made mi weep even though i did not want to... A brave front I tried to put up... Bt unfortunately I cant...

That does not kill us only serves to make us stronger... And so we look towards next year... Fresh with defeat in our minds, but galvanised, in heart, and mind to bring glory back...

Flag Day!!

Yesterday, was just unbelievable... To me, Flag Day was supposed to be a drag... I mean, come on, we woke up at 4 plus in the morn, and we haf 2 ask for donations all the way till 6pm... Personally, I do not like the idea of asking, or pleadin (in some rare cases), for some donations... Howeever, seeing hw emotional Darius and the Blk E Blk Head were when they were relating to the freshies their previous year experience and hw we lost the Chancellor Shield, I tink itz only fair to say that the freshies all had the notion 2 go all out n try their best... But never ever in my wildest dream did I expect to meet so many intersting pple!!!

Kenneth, fishy, jes and I were positioned at Chinatown, cos we tot that there will b hoardes of pple dere... No doubt we were correct, but many other of our 'competitors' also realised that Chinatown is a great location!!! Hence we decided to split in2 2 grps, so as to b able to cover as much ground as possible, so kenneth and fishy were 2gether while I went 2 work wif jes...

Workin wif jes was damn fun... Seeing that there were groups stationed at very strategic places, like at traffic lights, or in front of the MRT stations, we decided to make ourselves the mobile squad!! So we went around and picked up people hu were missed out by other competitors... And we divided potential donaters into 2 grps... Male and Female... Haha and jes will approach all the guyz while I take all the ladies... And obviously, she received more donations... =x... Anw, not long later, we were at some sorta town square when we spotted a Caucasian walking in our direction... So obviously, we walked up towards him and seeing that it was a guy, Jes approached him... After a few enquiries on hu were the beneficaries, IT happened... Opening his wallet, he started 2 fish for wat seem like loose change... and den... he took out a $10 note and gave it to Jes!!! K I noe dat dere are pple hu haf $50 slotted in their cans, but tiz iz the 1st time dat i saw sum1 donate $10 to a can, so forgive mi for sounding so excited and making a big Hoo-hah abt tiz...

After that incident, we came up wif an idea... Seeing that most of our big donations were from foreigners and expats, we came up wif a new name for our grp : the SP grp - Sarong Party grp!! Helmed by... *drum roll*... Sarong Party Gal and Sarong Party Boy!!! Haha... Datz hw lame and amused we were yest...

Seeing that most of the Caucasian guys were donating, I decided 2 'seduce' those hu were missed by Jes... So off I went to work on a Caucasian couple hu were working in the opposite direction... Bringing out my sweetest smile and most charming voice, I approached the couple hu were conversing in English...

"Hi I m from NUS and we are collecting donations...." And den I walked away...

Noe y?? Cos upon seeing mi, that guy started talking to his fren in his native tongue!!! And den he turned and talked 2 mi in his native tongue!!! WIN LIAOZ LOR!!!! walau dowan donate oso no nd lidat ma... Sianz...

Basically that was the end of the morning... and the start of a hilarious afternoon...

Sometimes as a guy, it sucks to b asking for donations... Seriously manz, if u r nt handsome or charming, no one will donate 2 u... Tink abt it... Dere iz no target grp 4 u 2 work on.... whereas for a gal, itz a plus point for u 2 b pretty... Cos men will generally donate 2 gals... Seriously!!! I m not being a sexist or MCP here, but it iz a widely known fact that if u a guy were 2 donate 2 either a gal or guy, he wld choose the gal... Simply put, men r hum sup...

Just to prove my point, yest we were at Golden Shoe Complex walking back 2wards Chinatown... Den dere was this uncle approaching and since Jes was behind mi, I decided to ask him... But like many people, he dao mi wif his snobbish face and walked away... K nvm itz ok... Den when I turned bak 2 c where was Jes, that hum sup uncle actually went 2 donate 2 Jes hu was like 5 steps behind mi!!! Wa kaoz!!! Idiot... And tiz was the 1st of 3 hum sup guyz hu snubbed mi and donated 2 Jes... Kaoz... Sux 2 b mi...

Now we were positioned at Far East Square, and a cute little kid and his Dad came along and donated 2 Jes... "We are from Taiwan", said the Dad... Nice to see foreigners voluntarily donate and b friendly... So we were tinking if these visitors were so kind, maybe their tour grp can help us!!! So we found their bus, but we stood one street away cos we were unsure whether we shd go up anot (cos we were worried that we mite receive complaints)... Den sumting caught my eye... A bunch of dem were actually waving at mi!!! Wow!!! Dey r really friendly!!! So naturally, I waved bak at dem... but soon I was tired and so I stopped... BUT DEY R STILL WAVING!!!! Tinking dat sumting iz amiss, I turned behind and realised that... all the while... DEY WERE WAVING AT JES!!!! ARGH!!!!! Sux 2 b mi...

Anw dey r fun moments (for me) nonetheless... Hw often do u get a person hu performs magic tricks in ur face before donating!!! Yes it actually happened 2 mi!!! For once a fun ting happened 2 mi!!! Anw dere was tiz malay encik hu came up 2 mi wif a 50 cent coin and walked in my direction... But before slotting it in... He said," Before I give u tiz, I show u a magic trick. I will push tiz coin in my eye... And it will come out from my arm..." Erm... kayz... muz b sum lame trick or sum joke rite... K lor... Since he iz gg 2 donate... so I said ok and tried 2 smile...

And so it began... He placed the coin in his hand... placed it in his eye... and "POOF" ITZ GONE!!! And it was not in his hands!!! Den he covered his rite forearm wif his left hand and... out popped the 50 cent coin!!! OMG!!! Itz been a long time since I saw a magic trick (or illusion) rite b4 my eyes!!! Den he happily plonked the coin into the tin can... Man o man... Itz tiz kinda pple like him dat makes ur day brighter...

Den we met a guy hu was formally from the school... So we approached him and he asked us wat fac/hall we were from... And den we came 2 noe dat he was from SoC... So seeing that we were from his alma mater, he donated and left... Bt b4 crossing the road, he shouted a comment that left us amused thru out the day... "SoC SUX!!!" I m serious!!! He actually shouted dat so loud that I tink the pple across the road cld hear him!!!

All in all it was a fun experience la... Shagged no doubt... Bt interesting 2 see so much pple... And it definitely helps dat Jes was wif mi... Fooling ard, making ourselves high over sum lame stuff and gossiping... Haha...Thanks manz... Anw we have done wat we could 4 flag... Now we wait for Saturday... So letz kp our fingers close...

So damn paiseh!!!

2dae was really embarrassing... Totally, absolutely, definitely...

K len, ck n mi were at Sheares for SHY - Sheares Hall, whY?... Itz a sorta pre-orientatiion ting for our hall b4 it official kicks off on Aug 3rd... Itz actually quite a good idea, as we get 2 c our future hall mates, n more importatntly, block mates cos we will b spending the next 6 mths (at least) wif dem... Furthermore I guess by knowing more pple nw, at least during the orientation we wouldn't feel left out or awkward as we wld haf seen every1 le...

When len & I initially reached dere, we were like... diaoz!!! Cos as usual, ice breakers were used 2 kick off the event... N len & I were nt the 'ice-breaker' kind... So we were abit flustered when we saw watz gg on from outside the hall... Bt luckily, we came late, n hence we missed out on it... N so we jump straught into the games segment...

The 1st game was the dressing up of a mascot... CK sorta volunteered n everi1 helped out... B it the dress up or the dance, everi1 chipped in... Next up was a game dat dey came up wif... The game-master (In tiz case Darius & Zhao Hui) wld say " I wan the person wif the biggest _", and whoever tinks he/she has the biggest _ wld step up into the hoola-hoop... Den when all 5 reps from the grps were present, he wld mention watz _... So itz rather an interesting game... Sumhw len volunteered for dat n it turns out that darius wanted the biggest bicep!! Haha so he had no choice bt 2 flex abit (He didnt flex all the way nt cos he scared his is nt big enuff, bt rather he doesnt wan 2 wow the gals n make us guys envious)... Although it was like juz 15 seconds, bt i tink it was like an eternity 4 him... N finally the game ended and, another starts...

Now Darius asked for juz 1 guy 2 volunteer from each grp, so since everi1 was abit reluctant, n len n ck were trying 2 sabo mi... I was tinking "Wat the heck... Dey haf gone up le n paiseh-ed demselves le... Wat worse cn it get manz... If my brothers can do it, so can I!!"... So I dusted myself off from the floor n vallantly approached the hoola-hoop... Boy o boy was dat a wrong decision...

"Ok now I wan every1 standing in front to... *drum roll* POSE!! Whenever i say 1, 2, 3, u all will pose on the count of 3!!" WALAUZ!!!! HW 2 POSE SIA!!! Kaoz!!!! N so I had 2 endure wat seemed like eternity posing... If only there was a remote control for the ground 2 swallow mi up... Den came the bomb... "Now everyone pose in the most act cute way u can!!!"... WAT?? Wan mi?? Wif mi stoned n retard-looking face?? To pose and act cute??? Walauz!!! N so I had no choice bt 2 tink of the most act cute face dat I could do (Even though I tink it turned out veri weird n ugly...)...

N eventually the winner came from Blk A... Bt he truly deserves to win... Imagine sum 21 yr old guy lying on his belly, supporting his chin wif his hands n elbow on the ground... N feet facing the sky n swaying it from side to side... Hard 2 bliff dat a 21 yr old guy could do dat ritez... Which is y i said hez gd... N he truly win liaoz lor... -_-"...

Lost...

The feeling of finally being able to leave the office was great... Although the timing was like 8 plus, at least I get 2 go home rite? O well at least I tink I haf enuff time 2 bring my pants 2 the tailor shop and amend... And after that I can juz sit down n chill...

So I was happily listening 2 my iPod and taking the ride home... Just cruising... Not much people in the bus too so it was pretty relaxing... Would have droned off 2 la la land if I did not have 2 ponder which colour 2 wear 4 the event 2mr (Ya i noe i m vain)... And after ard 25 mins of cruising, I was bak home... Home Sweet Home...

So dere I was, trying 2 fish out my keys from my bag... La la la la la... Eh? Hw come dont haf... Nvm I muz haf placed it in the zipper part... La la la la la... Don't haf?? Nvm... Muz haf placed it the pouch!! La la la la la... Dont haf??? Cham... It was only den that the reality of losing my keyz struck mi hard...

Could it be in the office?? Or worse still on the bus?? Or lagi best could it have dropped while I was walking home?? So many possibilities and yet so little time to find!!!

Seeing that it was only like 845pm, I decided that I had better head bak 2 the office to find first as it was the furthest place from my house, and the most probable place that I could have dropped it... So off I went in the opposite direction that I came from... And when I finally reached Paya Lebar, it was like 9 plus going on 920pm... So I quickly rushed up and checked, and went to my table... Walauz dont haf... Under the table oso dont haf... Sianz...

Disappointed, I went to the bus stop and searched for any ting that can help mi contact the SBS hotline or AMK bus interchange... Luckily for mi, I was able to find the number of the hotline, thus I called it but... the hotline was closed... Kaoz... K lor... No choice haf 2 call 2mr... Juz den bus 70 arrived and I boarded it... Den, a brillant idea struck mi while I was passing by Serangoon Interchange!!! The office at the bus interchange does not close so early ritez... Y nt go 2 the interchange and ask dem watz the number for AMK interchange!! (Since I took bus 24 home)

Hence when I reached the office, I asked the auntie whether itz possible for mi 2 ask the number of AMK interchange so I can check and enquire... Bt wat the auntie did next made mi wish dere was a hole in the ground 2 bury my head... Instead of coming up 2 mi n telling mi the number, she chose 2 sit down dere, and announce the number using the microphone such that every soul in the interchange could hear it!!!

K nvm... If i am able 2 endure tiz humuliation, n become able 2 find my keyz, den I will gladly accept tiz embarrassment... But the ting iz, when I reached 2 AMK interchange, I couldn't find it!!! The uncle said that the bus already left and so he couldn't check! Even when I asked him isit possible 2 noe which bus it was cos I knew the time it passed by Paya Lebar, his reply was curt. "Do you noe the license plate of the bus?"

"Er... No?"

"Aiyo lidat I cannot help you already. If you wan u can stay here n check every bus when dey come bak later..."

Walauz uncle pls lehz... Hu in the rite mind will check the license plate of the bus dey r taking de... Quite impractical and dumb ritez... But as it seems, I had no rite 2 tell dat 2 him for I had 2 enlist his help if (n a big if) sum1 would surrender my keyz 2 the office... Anyway, since I could do nothing else, I had 2 go home.... By then it was around 11 pm le...

The ting dat I am sad abt iz the fact that i put the keychain that vicsen bought 4 us in thailand when we were training on that bunch... And also derez the keychain given by my ex-recruits, wif a private msg ... All tiz lost... No doubt I wont forget everyting... But these r pieces of memories ma... If I had 10 thousand bucks I tink i would reward the person hu find it...

Or I will marry the person hu finds it 4 mi...

Hmm...

Hmm...

Maybe datz y no 1 picked up my keyz... (",)...

Stupid me...

K juz in case u all didnt noe, the past yr or so, my blog entries have been becoming more and more sianz and I wasn't even keen onchanging the template so on and so forth... Y? Cos my blog language is set in chinese!!

And the very weird ting is dat the few entries b4 dat, everyting was well bt it juz turned 2 chinese outta the blue!!! No matter wat I do, I couldn't change it bak!! Like setting the language of IE 2 Eng oso cannot... N many many other methods oso cannot... So dats y I quite pek cek... Until 20 mins ago...

I was lamenting and complaining 2 gy on msn abt my blog as usual... Den he asked...

"u go blogger login..at the bottom of it got a language option... try dat?"....

DOTZ DOTZ!!!

Wat took mi 1 freaking yr 2 figure out only took him 5 secs to type out the answer!!!

N the reason y he noes??

"'cause i always view the whole page till the bottom of it.."

DOTZ DOTZ!!!

Band of Brothers...

Wat started off as a bad day eventually turned well... Initially I was supposed 2 go sentosa 2 play vball de... Bt because of sum hiccups, the outing was cancelled... Obviously I was pissed because I cancelled a job offer dat is fun and payz quite well as it clashes on that day, and den I rejected 2 go 2 a kelong trip in M'sia wif my new colleagues! Hw often do a grp of people get 2 go 2 a kelong ritez!! N I was so looking forward 2 the sentosa trip cos it has been a veri veri long time since we all played vball 2gether le!! Anw... was damn irritated by the decision and hw events unfolded so i decided 2 hit the gym b4 I went 2 meet my brothers...

Actually I guess I had 2 tink my day 2 my OC.. Wait... Y m i still calling him dat?? K will call him Kelvin from now on... Anw although I dont see eye 2 eye with him on many issues when I was still stuck in the island, I guess I muz thank him for making my day... Cos if he hadn't treated us 2 lunch(Or rather high tea) at sum hotel, I firmly believe that the perm staff of the whole company (Be it seniors or juniors) wld not have come 2 an agreement on where n when 2 meet up etc... So thanks alot Kelvin!! N congrats on ur promotion... =)...

Seriously, I didnt noe, or rather bliff, that I would miss the whole group so much... I noe it sounds veri weird, to see tiz coming out from a guy hu iz like rather cold at times... But these are the people hu has stuck by wif mi tru thick and thin for the past 18 mths... Heck, I even see dem more often den my own family members!! These are my frenz... These are my brothers....

Assessing the quality of the food wif respect 2 the price, it is still so-so ba... Tasted better but still quite ok... The food may b average, but the comapny was excellent!! No one has changed much from wat I remember... Haa Squirrel is still squirrel... His actions and words look adn sound like a small boy still... Fad iz still the same 2... So goes for Cen and CC... Nas is still failing his TP... Haha Even Pong is still the same!!! As lame as ever!!! It is in such company that I was reminded y I almost signed on wif the Army...

And after a couple of hours of reminiscing and checking hw everyone has been since dey leaft the Army, or hw is the state of the company now, the group of 35 slowly dwindled to 7 of us due 2 some appointments dey had... So dere we were, Pong, Darren, CS, Wes, Fad, Squirrel and mi... Walking ard and juz fooling ard... Talking abt watz gg 2 happen 2 us for the next few mths... And also talking abt the next time we all go clubbing again!!! Haha!!! Hopefully no one gets drunk tiz time!!!

Halfway tru, CC's gfren came 2 meet him... Walauz it iz really impossible 2 bliff it manz!! His gfren looks damn guai larz!! Like those studious studious kind de!! CC win liaoz lor... Dunno hw u managed 2 trick her in2 believing u r a guai kia lor... Anw the 2 of u look quite cute 2gether ^_^ !!!!

After that, Fad went 2 buy a tie at G2000... First he picked a tie and said it will look nice on a white shirt, cos he had 2 wear a white shirt n tie at his ceremony in SMU, den he went 2 choose other colours... Den he asked everyone for our opinion n wat we tink he shd buy... Den whatever suggestions came out, he will say sumting n will politely decline... Den after 30 mins of being in dat shop, he finally decided on a tie... The same 1 he picked up in the 1st place!!! Argh I knew it!!!!

Den as we walk on, Darren saw a poster for the 10km run at sentosa... The New Balance Run... "Ey u wan join anot?? I in camp now no one run wif mi"... "Can! U onz i onz!"... I tink we are mad... Cos AHM iz like on the 27th Aug... And the New Balance Run iz on the 20th!! And we hafta run on sand!! Jialat muz train all over again... Tink I m gg sentosa or East Coast 2 run over the weekend... Haha...

And so the 7 dwindled into 4... And we all seperated at abt 930pm cos dey had 2 book in...

When everyting is done and dusted.... Tiz iz arguably the best day I had for the month.. PEGASUS WOOHAH!! =)