just went to meet up with the old primary school friends in our twice-a-year gathering. this time's outing was attended by a record-low 7 people man, wah lao. only had jinglong noor yonghan hanlong yaoquan lewis. ate at hisamoto, raffles city, then proceeded to father flanagan's, chijmes, for a drink before comine back to hall with lewis.
everyone's finally graduated(hopefully myself included!), and everyone's still bumming around before beginning to find a job.
jinglong, biz ad honours grad, our ex-monitor and the fella who deserves the most credit for making these gatherings a reality will be flying off to shanghai on sunday with an nus biz ad delegation to dunno-what-check-out-what-biz-opportunities there. lucky him. he's bonded to a logistics firm liaoz though.
hanlong, ex-good bud, is still his usual wet blanketty self. forever never change, always likes to see and expose the downside of every idea and opinion and talks like he's seen alot *roll eyes*. anyway he's from nus environmental engine. still bumming around for awhile. waiting to go to cambodia(to build a school i think?) on a yep program(all the rage these days).
lewis, ntu basketball ivp, going to taiwan in a week's time on some ivp tour i think. electrical engine grad. still the cheenapok i've always known. but nice to talk to nonetheless. he was the one who wrote the one poem in my primary 6 autograph book that i can still remember:
when you grow old and ugly,
like old people always do,
don't forget your friend,
who'll be old and ugly too.
sounds a tad funny, but i've remembered this poem since primary 6 haha. its queer yet sensible eh?
yaoquan "the spud", mass comm grad, also another ex-bud, still is the same as ever. i don't think he's changed much compared to the rest of us. but his sense of humour is still well tuned that's for sure. a tad blur at times. only can stick to high-brow humour with him. but a great pal still.
noor, now an sia steward, arts grad. looks even more suave now. talks even more suave. total lady killer(said he was picked up by a milf just a few days back at liquid room! eew!). broken up with wenli liaoz. most in tune with my kinda humour, low or high, i think you gotta be like that if you're gonna charm the skirts off chicks innit?
yonghan, civil engine grad. most distant. nothing much to say about him. very polite and goody. haha. reminds me of myself in primary 6 in fact. haha.
me? i'm still the jokey one who's talking the most and the least serious with anything. haha. i think old impressions are hard to shed. haiz.
nice to meet up and chat and be comfortable anyway. i think such meetings are always good for keeping in touch. else too long never see each other then won't have that much to say to each other and the chats would only be pepper-sprayed with awkward silences. but no, not this regular bunch of us. and maybe that's why i'm so proud to tell people my primary school friends are still meeting up.
Friday, May 14, 2004
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Uh..Uh..Mm
wah lao eh that's it for me. i think i might fail my fyp. argh *cries* argh argh argh argh....haiz. the presentation went fine then when it was time for the question & answer session, the moderator came up with all sorts of questions asking me to explain my findings and why i had such-and-such results, all of which i couldn't answer!!! in the end i think it was pretty obvious i didn't even know what i was talking about, and the moderator kept saying i should attempt to explain this and that and this and that and this and that again.....argh! boo hoo hoo...dunno how liao knn.
haiz i really dunno what to do. feel so helpless and gotta wait for the 8th of june to get our results. of which i'll already be in the states liao. wah lao what if i gotta repeat one more semester? i don't even know what's the administrative procedures i have to undertake. argh. must...get...ugly...thots...out...of
..head....argh....haiz so sadz...so sad so sad....
and the new interface for blogger sucks too. wah lao this time really no horse run lah knnbccb.....
haiz i really dunno what to do. feel so helpless and gotta wait for the 8th of june to get our results. of which i'll already be in the states liao. wah lao what if i gotta repeat one more semester? i don't even know what's the administrative procedures i have to undertake. argh. must...get...ugly...thots...out...of
..head....argh....haiz so sadz...so sad so sad....
and the new interface for blogger sucks too. wah lao this time really no horse run lah knnbccb.....
Monday, May 10, 2004
Happy Mother's Day
knn, just went to bathe and once i took off all my clothes getting ready for the strong blast of the shower, no water comes out. wtf?! something's wrong with my fav toilet. had to go the other toilet on our level just for a decent bath.
went swimming with joe just now. bloody hot weather man. water was nice and cold. was sweating by the time i walked back to my room. geez.
had a wonderful mother's day!
woke up quite late today but got to wish mummy a happy mother's day. took alot of silly pix again with the digicam, but too bad it ran out of battery halfway through. xianz. we celebrated by going to werner's oven for dinner. so fun! its the german restaurant at siglap. damn cosy and homely place.
we each tried to order different unpronounceable german things too! ma had chicken chop (booooring!), fen had lamb chop (german style), dad had lamb knee (haha, i dunno what's it called in german), chuen had pork knuckles (pig's have knuckles?!?!) while i had the jagerschnitzel (Yah-gur-shnit-zel) whahahahah, i think i must've said that like a million times throughout dinner irritating the hell outta everyone else. its actually pork steak with mushroom sauce. and we all shared their famous ox-tail stew! wah was one helluva scrumptuous meal!
it was a good meal not only because of the food but also the fact that the family hasn't eaten together for quite a long time liaoz. so it felt good to eat together after so long. there was so much to talk about! haha. also the funny thing was that the first thing EVERYONE did when our food came was to cut four small portions and pass it to everyone else's plates to try. so cool!!! haha. the pork knuckle was by far the best. haha but on a whole all the dishes were superb lah.
came back afterthat and finished up my fyp presentation. took me like 3 solid hours. xianz. stupid presentation is hindering the excitement in me for campusa. haiz will just be going through the motions on tuesday. haiz. xianz.
countdown to ippt : 10 days
countdown to campusa : 14 days
went swimming with joe just now. bloody hot weather man. water was nice and cold. was sweating by the time i walked back to my room. geez.
had a wonderful mother's day!
woke up quite late today but got to wish mummy a happy mother's day. took alot of silly pix again with the digicam, but too bad it ran out of battery halfway through. xianz. we celebrated by going to werner's oven for dinner. so fun! its the german restaurant at siglap. damn cosy and homely place.
we each tried to order different unpronounceable german things too! ma had chicken chop (booooring!), fen had lamb chop (german style), dad had lamb knee (haha, i dunno what's it called in german), chuen had pork knuckles (pig's have knuckles?!?!) while i had the jagerschnitzel (Yah-gur-shnit-zel) whahahahah, i think i must've said that like a million times throughout dinner irritating the hell outta everyone else. its actually pork steak with mushroom sauce. and we all shared their famous ox-tail stew! wah was one helluva scrumptuous meal!
it was a good meal not only because of the food but also the fact that the family hasn't eaten together for quite a long time liaoz. so it felt good to eat together after so long. there was so much to talk about! haha. also the funny thing was that the first thing EVERYONE did when our food came was to cut four small portions and pass it to everyone else's plates to try. so cool!!! haha. the pork knuckle was by far the best. haha but on a whole all the dishes were superb lah.
came back afterthat and finished up my fyp presentation. took me like 3 solid hours. xianz. stupid presentation is hindering the excitement in me for campusa. haiz will just be going through the motions on tuesday. haiz. xianz.
countdown to ippt : 10 days
countdown to campusa : 14 days
Sunday, May 09, 2004
The Most Wasted 63cents
was out most of the evening today. went to chijmes with julian alex anson thomas and howren. man u drew 1-1 with chelsea at old trafford. van the man missed a penalty. haiz.
joo and i shared the flanagan's family treat, this lousy meal that's supposed to be for 4 people but the only reason it could feed 4 people was the gigantic amount of potato wedges they served. meat came at a premium. provided you could even find them in that pile of wedges. bloody cheap irish.
and guess who went to eat at chijmes too? none other than my main bro goh chin teck. went to bobby rubinos with his family and relatives. went ot say hi to uncle and auntie. so coincidental. he wanted to meet up with yipeng and dirui but i wasn't up for it since i was with the hall people. maybe another time perhaps.
after the match joo alex thomas and myself went to parklane to play pool. along the way joo told me about his job at standard chartered as a service consultant. mainly just do telecomms services. sounds good and it pays well (approx. $2300 + commission). just needs to be articulate ad well-mannered i suppose. sounds pretty ME. might seriously consider the offer of being granted an interview if joo can rope me in when i come back. see what other options i have lah. i SO do not wanna be an engineer. haiz.
okie and finally the main highlight of this blog. the most wasted 63cents i've ever been robbed of. we finished up around 12 zhun zhun, then went to take the mrt at dhoby ghaut. alas how damn suay when the moment we passed through the mrt gates then they made the announcement that the last train to marina bay had departed. nao hiah. i hadn't even taken two steps after the gates lor! then had to come out and take the bus liaoz. win liao lor. 63cents mind you. 31.2cents for each step i took. wah lao eh i wish i had stepped on shit then went inside man, then maybe i could've gotten my 63cents worth. hmm...maybe i will do just that if ever i step on shit. in fact maybe i might even enter the train!!! muahahahahah!!!!! *evil cackle*
kie must be the midnight pangs. tom's mother's day hope i'll do something nice for mummy.
joo and i shared the flanagan's family treat, this lousy meal that's supposed to be for 4 people but the only reason it could feed 4 people was the gigantic amount of potato wedges they served. meat came at a premium. provided you could even find them in that pile of wedges. bloody cheap irish.
and guess who went to eat at chijmes too? none other than my main bro goh chin teck. went to bobby rubinos with his family and relatives. went ot say hi to uncle and auntie. so coincidental. he wanted to meet up with yipeng and dirui but i wasn't up for it since i was with the hall people. maybe another time perhaps.
after the match joo alex thomas and myself went to parklane to play pool. along the way joo told me about his job at standard chartered as a service consultant. mainly just do telecomms services. sounds good and it pays well (approx. $2300 + commission). just needs to be articulate ad well-mannered i suppose. sounds pretty ME. might seriously consider the offer of being granted an interview if joo can rope me in when i come back. see what other options i have lah. i SO do not wanna be an engineer. haiz.
okie and finally the main highlight of this blog. the most wasted 63cents i've ever been robbed of. we finished up around 12 zhun zhun, then went to take the mrt at dhoby ghaut. alas how damn suay when the moment we passed through the mrt gates then they made the announcement that the last train to marina bay had departed. nao hiah. i hadn't even taken two steps after the gates lor! then had to come out and take the bus liaoz. win liao lor. 63cents mind you. 31.2cents for each step i took. wah lao eh i wish i had stepped on shit then went inside man, then maybe i could've gotten my 63cents worth. hmm...maybe i will do just that if ever i step on shit. in fact maybe i might even enter the train!!! muahahahahah!!!!! *evil cackle*
kie must be the midnight pangs. tom's mother's day hope i'll do something nice for mummy.
Saturday, May 08, 2004
The Long Day Is Over
just back from fluids mechanics lab taking pic of the different instruments i used during my fyp tenure. having a digicam is so exciting.
wow. was out the whole of yesterday meeting friends.
woke early in the morning thanks to joe's wake up call. took a bus top the police cantonment complex (pcc - let's go pcc! haha) to get our request for no criminal records form done. the malay auntie taking our fingerprints (alot of prints!) was damn friendly, see my name only ask, "wah, lum ah? you related to the construction company lum chang? *bursts into laughter*" nao hiah, lidat all malays are one bloody big family lor! anyway its a good thing that she was nice and all lah, made up for her lame joke.
afterthat we parked at pearl's centre - this super bloody old building where i swear the tenants saw us and look like its the first time they saw such young people there. oh, and its also home to the infamous yangtze - watch r(a) all you want - theatre. we walkd across to the chinatown hawker centre area to eat this famous frog leg porridge, though i ended up eating the fish with sotong porridge instead. quite good in fact.
by the time we finished up it was time to meet eugenia. was supposed to meet her in orchard, but funnily enough both of us were late, AND we met each other in cityhall, ON OUR WAY TO ORCHARD?! haha how coincidental can it get. had a good laugh over it. we then went to sakae sushi at heeren and ate for like 2 1/2hrs? wow. lots to talk about. afterthat still went to buttercup at orchard cineplex. its that stupid cafe that blocks the 2nd level escalators and the 3rd level ones so that people gotta walk one big round around level two. but it was really cute and nice, with free internet access too. we had a cheese cake and a pecan smtg-smtg and smoothies. so girlie-chill-outie. haha.
following that i proceeded to meet lichun. watched 50 first dates. not too bad a show for a romantic comedy but i gotta give it to rob schneider for always cracking me to bits. i think chun thinks i'm weird for the way i always seem to be laughing alone in the whole theatre. after the show went to esplanade to watch some supposed band major of hers perform at the outdoor theatre. there was this perfomance but the river valley primary school choir. the kids were like super-duper cute!! haha. then had dinner at thai express and then came back school.
upon reaching blk 44 bus-stop the whole bloody cheong gin-gang were there as though they anticipated our arrival. had rejected going cheonging with them 'cos needed to save money for the trip liaoz. and yet i only miss this one cheonging session with them and everyone makes it sound like i'm deserting them all. last wednesday's mambo night alone i had spent $110 liaoz. haiz. emptying pockets. hate the wagging tongues of hall. such a deja vu feeling. but thank goodness i'm leaving it for good soon.
*sigh*
wow. was out the whole of yesterday meeting friends.
woke early in the morning thanks to joe's wake up call. took a bus top the police cantonment complex (pcc - let's go pcc! haha) to get our request for no criminal records form done. the malay auntie taking our fingerprints (alot of prints!) was damn friendly, see my name only ask, "wah, lum ah? you related to the construction company lum chang? *bursts into laughter*" nao hiah, lidat all malays are one bloody big family lor! anyway its a good thing that she was nice and all lah, made up for her lame joke.
afterthat we parked at pearl's centre - this super bloody old building where i swear the tenants saw us and look like its the first time they saw such young people there. oh, and its also home to the infamous yangtze - watch r(a) all you want - theatre. we walkd across to the chinatown hawker centre area to eat this famous frog leg porridge, though i ended up eating the fish with sotong porridge instead. quite good in fact.
by the time we finished up it was time to meet eugenia. was supposed to meet her in orchard, but funnily enough both of us were late, AND we met each other in cityhall, ON OUR WAY TO ORCHARD?! haha how coincidental can it get. had a good laugh over it. we then went to sakae sushi at heeren and ate for like 2 1/2hrs? wow. lots to talk about. afterthat still went to buttercup at orchard cineplex. its that stupid cafe that blocks the 2nd level escalators and the 3rd level ones so that people gotta walk one big round around level two. but it was really cute and nice, with free internet access too. we had a cheese cake and a pecan smtg-smtg and smoothies. so girlie-chill-outie. haha.
following that i proceeded to meet lichun. watched 50 first dates. not too bad a show for a romantic comedy but i gotta give it to rob schneider for always cracking me to bits. i think chun thinks i'm weird for the way i always seem to be laughing alone in the whole theatre. after the show went to esplanade to watch some supposed band major of hers perform at the outdoor theatre. there was this perfomance but the river valley primary school choir. the kids were like super-duper cute!! haha. then had dinner at thai express and then came back school.
upon reaching blk 44 bus-stop the whole bloody cheong gin-gang were there as though they anticipated our arrival. had rejected going cheonging with them 'cos needed to save money for the trip liaoz. and yet i only miss this one cheonging session with them and everyone makes it sound like i'm deserting them all. last wednesday's mambo night alone i had spent $110 liaoz. haiz. emptying pockets. hate the wagging tongues of hall. such a deja vu feeling. but thank goodness i'm leaving it for good soon.
*sigh*
Friday, May 07, 2004
Sore Calves
just back from my first jog after the exams. my fitness is crap.
huge turnout today. lincoln hongwei steven howren and myself. those bums had intended to jog the 199 route FOLLOWED by the 179 route (must be crazy for an after-exam jog). thank goodness howren punctured out halfway during the 199 run, so we all got to stop at the end of that route. lincoln wants to implement a gold-standard ippt regime.he says the extra $400 can cheong 10 times! such incentive. will attempt to follow.
then walked to src to do pull-ups. did 6+2 first time, then lincoln made me do 3+3 the second time, and then finally i managed 1 on my own the third time. not only do my calves ache from the cold examination muscles, now my arms are jelly. haiz. think gotta train more if i'm to get anywhere near that $400. maybe i should just be happy with $200.
campusa countdown: 17 days
michelle emailed again telling me i'll be travelling by train down to granby on the 26th of may. that means i effectively get to spend 1 night in chicago only. shite. looks like i might not be able to meet darrell afterall. reaching on the 25th morning - i have no idea how they're gonna squeeze in orientation. take train on the 26th. reach granby on the 27th. michelle says official camp orientation begins around the 30th, so will have a few days to settle in. she says another nice girl named michelle will pick me up from granby. i sure hope so. hope i won't have much problems being the only asian kid there.
michelle sez #01
<You're right, however, we are a very culturally homogenous camp. We have some diversity in our camper and staff populations, but not a lot. That's why we're excited to have you here this summer--so we can learn more about different cultures and parts of the world!>
well she's jamaican, so i presume she's black. maybe she'll be more apathetic towards how i feel and perhaps be more understanding? hmm, maybe thats why she so darn friendly! hmm. i think too much.
huge turnout today. lincoln hongwei steven howren and myself. those bums had intended to jog the 199 route FOLLOWED by the 179 route (must be crazy for an after-exam jog). thank goodness howren punctured out halfway during the 199 run, so we all got to stop at the end of that route. lincoln wants to implement a gold-standard ippt regime.he says the extra $400 can cheong 10 times! such incentive. will attempt to follow.
then walked to src to do pull-ups. did 6+2 first time, then lincoln made me do 3+3 the second time, and then finally i managed 1 on my own the third time. not only do my calves ache from the cold examination muscles, now my arms are jelly. haiz. think gotta train more if i'm to get anywhere near that $400. maybe i should just be happy with $200.
campusa countdown: 17 days
michelle emailed again telling me i'll be travelling by train down to granby on the 26th of may. that means i effectively get to spend 1 night in chicago only. shite. looks like i might not be able to meet darrell afterall. reaching on the 25th morning - i have no idea how they're gonna squeeze in orientation. take train on the 26th. reach granby on the 27th. michelle says official camp orientation begins around the 30th, so will have a few days to settle in. she says another nice girl named michelle will pick me up from granby. i sure hope so. hope i won't have much problems being the only asian kid there.
michelle sez #01
<You're right, however, we are a very culturally homogenous camp. We have some diversity in our camper and staff populations, but not a lot. That's why we're excited to have you here this summer--so we can learn more about different cultures and parts of the world!>
well she's jamaican, so i presume she's black. maybe she'll be more apathetic towards how i feel and perhaps be more understanding? hmm, maybe thats why she so darn friendly! hmm. i think too much.
Thursday, May 06, 2004
Senorita I Feel For You
just woke up from a long and shiok nap. had breakfast with mark and then went to aceglobal this morning to collect our passports. breakfast was at boon lay market. we had pig's everything soup and pig trotters, quite yummy to say the least. then mark drove down to town in the drizzle. was really tired so i slept almost the entire journey there.
last night was at zouk for the first time after the exams. had a flaming lambourghini, lotsa vodka lime and lotsa long island. wasted lotsa money. was high but not gone. bad headache. music wasn't too bad but i didn't seem to be in the right frame of mind to enjoy it. found myself fagging a lot.
well at least the exams are over proper liaoz. its not like i'm thoroughly enjoying it at the moment though, what with my fyp presentation coming up on monday, and having to bother about moving out of hall as well as my campusa preps.
so i'm constantly busy with things at the back of my head. and yet i feel kinda lonely right now all alone in my room...hmm, must be because no one's around in the block.
was pouring through the careerhub job interview session website organised during the week i'm flying off. there're tons of jobs for mechanical engineers (>200?) up for grabs. gosh if each and every one is filled that already means 1/3 of my graduating cohort's will already be employed even before i leave ntu. makes me wonder if i'm missing out on a good opportunity to land a proper job before i graduate. think it'll heap some pressure on my finding a job once i get back from the usa. haiz. xianz.
oh well it was a tough decision i had to deal with before i decided i wanted to go for this usa program (even when i tried out for the speedwing opportunities which i didn't get). will be missing my convocation, hall's orientation and dnd, and gone for 5mths. awfully long time the more i think about it.
michelle from camp chief ouray says that the other international student, the colombian kid, got his usa visa application rejected so i will probably the ONLY international student in camp now. i hope they don't start playing games like 'beat the yellow kid' or 'police and (chinese) thief'. on the bright side, she's already arranged for my transport from chicago to granby, which will be by amtrak railway. she says its a full day's ride where i'll get to see lotsa mountains, country and rolling hills (?) so it'll be lotsa fun. i sure hope so if i'm gonna be travelling all alone.
oh well. time to reply my emails. ciao.
last night was at zouk for the first time after the exams. had a flaming lambourghini, lotsa vodka lime and lotsa long island. wasted lotsa money. was high but not gone. bad headache. music wasn't too bad but i didn't seem to be in the right frame of mind to enjoy it. found myself fagging a lot.
well at least the exams are over proper liaoz. its not like i'm thoroughly enjoying it at the moment though, what with my fyp presentation coming up on monday, and having to bother about moving out of hall as well as my campusa preps.
so i'm constantly busy with things at the back of my head. and yet i feel kinda lonely right now all alone in my room...hmm, must be because no one's around in the block.
was pouring through the careerhub job interview session website organised during the week i'm flying off. there're tons of jobs for mechanical engineers (>200?) up for grabs. gosh if each and every one is filled that already means 1/3 of my graduating cohort's will already be employed even before i leave ntu. makes me wonder if i'm missing out on a good opportunity to land a proper job before i graduate. think it'll heap some pressure on my finding a job once i get back from the usa. haiz. xianz.
oh well it was a tough decision i had to deal with before i decided i wanted to go for this usa program (even when i tried out for the speedwing opportunities which i didn't get). will be missing my convocation, hall's orientation and dnd, and gone for 5mths. awfully long time the more i think about it.
michelle from camp chief ouray says that the other international student, the colombian kid, got his usa visa application rejected so i will probably the ONLY international student in camp now. i hope they don't start playing games like 'beat the yellow kid' or 'police and (chinese) thief'. on the bright side, she's already arranged for my transport from chicago to granby, which will be by amtrak railway. she says its a full day's ride where i'll get to see lotsa mountains, country and rolling hills (?) so it'll be lotsa fun. i sure hope so if i'm gonna be travelling all alone.
oh well. time to reply my emails. ciao.
Tuesday, May 04, 2004
M140: Engineers & Society
just had the paper this afternoon. wrote till my hand was sore. hopefully will get at least a 'c' grade. went to print my fyp report in the library afterthat. handed it to prof wong. he told me my presentation date was on the 11th, which is next monday. so looks like i gotta prepare for it liaoz. been abit under the weather lately.
here's to everyone who deserves this song:
thank you for loving me by bon jovi
It’s hard for me to say the things
I want to say sometimes
There’s no one here but you and me
And that broken old street light
Lock the doors
We’ll leave the world outside
All I’ve got to give to you
Are these five words when i
Chorus:
Thank you for loving me
For being my eyes
When I couldn’t see
For parting my lips
When I couldn’t breathe
Thank you for loving me
Thank you for loving me
I never knew I had a dream
Until that dream was you
When I look into your eyes
The sky’s a different blue
Cross my heart
I wear no disguise
If I tried, you’d make believe
That you believed my lies
Chorus:
Thank you for loving me
For being my eyes
When I couldn’t see
For parting my lips
When I couldn’t breathe
Thank you for loving me
You pick me up when I fall down
You ring the bell before they count me out
If I was drowning you would part the sea
And risk your own life to rescue me
Lock the doors
We’ll leave the world outside
All I’ve got to give to you
Are these five words when i
Chorus:
Thank you for loving me
For being my eyes
When I couldn’t see
You parted my lips
When I couldn’t breathe
Thank you for loving me
When I couldn’t fly
Oh, you gave me wings
You parted my lips
When I couldn’t breathe
Thank you for loving me
here's to everyone who deserves this song:
thank you for loving me by bon jovi
It’s hard for me to say the things
I want to say sometimes
There’s no one here but you and me
And that broken old street light
Lock the doors
We’ll leave the world outside
All I’ve got to give to you
Are these five words when i
Chorus:
Thank you for loving me
For being my eyes
When I couldn’t see
For parting my lips
When I couldn’t breathe
Thank you for loving me
Thank you for loving me
I never knew I had a dream
Until that dream was you
When I look into your eyes
The sky’s a different blue
Cross my heart
I wear no disguise
If I tried, you’d make believe
That you believed my lies
Chorus:
Thank you for loving me
For being my eyes
When I couldn’t see
For parting my lips
When I couldn’t breathe
Thank you for loving me
You pick me up when I fall down
You ring the bell before they count me out
If I was drowning you would part the sea
And risk your own life to rescue me
Lock the doors
We’ll leave the world outside
All I’ve got to give to you
Are these five words when i
Chorus:
Thank you for loving me
For being my eyes
When I couldn’t see
You parted my lips
When I couldn’t breathe
Thank you for loving me
When I couldn’t fly
Oh, you gave me wings
You parted my lips
When I couldn’t breathe
Thank you for loving me
Monday, May 03, 2004
Home On The Range
haiz.
been staying at home for a tad longer than i should have. its one thing to make a brief cameo and try not to ruffle any feathers, but once the welcome's overstayed, the worms slowly crawl out of the can. every family's got issues and mine's no different. everyone in the family's got their own issues and everyone's got his or her problems and gripes and complains and so do i. i guess i gotta start getting used to the idea of being around alot more to help sort things out...
i suppose there has been a larger-than-expected degree of neglect on my part to have been kept in the dark about so many issues, afterall i've never stayed longer than a couple of days strung loosely together at home eversince i went into the army. that would be 6+ years and if you discountthe transition between moving back from hall and leaving for the land of the free, its actually 7 years. would i have made any difference if i had known of these issues earlier? would i have cared? how much of a difference would i have made anyway?
shan't air dirty linen.
haiz.
but i better start doing something before things get out of hand...
tomorrow's my engineers and society paper. should be able to pass it as long i don't miss it. went through it last night, looks pretty simple current affairs horse shit. afterall i've read the book: defending the lion city by tim huxley when in year two liaoz and thats where alot of the course material was taken from.
its gonna be super busy shit once exams are over. gotta prep for fyp presentation. i think i'll just go through the motions and get my pass can liaoz. gotta get our criminal records checked. gotta clear outta hall, most probably by the 20th may will be moving out. gotta train for ippt on the 20th at maju, aiming for extra $200 pocket money can liaoz. gotta organize the alumni bbq next week and the sentosa outing the following sunday. gotta meet up with brps'91 6a for our annual class gathering on the 17th. gotta buy a good haversack for the trip. gotta begin packing for campusa. gotta go for camp orientation at smu on the 15th. gotta mail back employment form to camp chief ouray. gotta settle whatever clearance and payments required before i leave ntu. gotta start planning for usa holiday since i've already been told that i won't have time to do so in camp!
wanna try to sell my bitch online. wanna cash out all my ers and nss. wanna pour it all into uob's japan growth fund, else ocbc's india opportunities fund. wanna take pix with everyone in hall with my digicam. wanna celebrate sis's birthday. wanna celebrate mother's day. most of all wanna spend more time with loved ones.
leaving on the 24th may night. countdown: 21 days.
camp chief ouray program coordinator, michelle, has sent some interesting things for me to read. here're some snippets:
WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT?(own thoughts in italics)
- to be exhausted -- and be beyond exhausted at times *can dig that*
- to find out how strong my sense of humour really is *this i gotta know*
- to be frustrated *definitely!*
- that the actual money i earn could NEVER adequately pay me for all that i do *somehow i think i went through this phase before*
- to work hard *how honest*
- to work VERY hard *how brutally honest*
- to laugh *phew at least they throw this in*
- to never have thought 9 weeks could go so slowly -- and yet so quickly at the same time *sounds exactly like what i'm feeling about my 4 years in hall!*
- to miss home -- and occasionally wonder why i came *good point*
- to hate the sound of my own name *how bad can 'chris' get? *
- to work very long hours *that's gonna be a pain*
- to never have the exact same view of myself, of others or on life again *ah...the answers to life*
- to have very little free time to myself *noooooo.....*
- to feel like quitting sometimes *shite happens*
- to love getting mail beyond my wildest dreams *a la survivor?*
- to make a huge difference to other people's lives -- and probably never get to see just how much of a difference i've made *sounds like community work*
"a child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started. he is going to sit where you are sitting and when you are gone, attend to those things which you think are important. you may adopt all the policies you please, but how they will be carried out depends on him. he will assume control of your cities, states and nations. he is going to move in and take over your churches, schools, universities and corporations. all your books are going to be judged or condemned by him. the fate of humanity is in his hands. so it might be well to pay him some attention."
- abraham lincoln
haiz. and yet for all its relevance to the camp i will be heading, this passage also teaches some of those who will read this in my blog a subtle lesson or two, and perhaps even myself.
been staying at home for a tad longer than i should have. its one thing to make a brief cameo and try not to ruffle any feathers, but once the welcome's overstayed, the worms slowly crawl out of the can. every family's got issues and mine's no different. everyone in the family's got their own issues and everyone's got his or her problems and gripes and complains and so do i. i guess i gotta start getting used to the idea of being around alot more to help sort things out...
i suppose there has been a larger-than-expected degree of neglect on my part to have been kept in the dark about so many issues, afterall i've never stayed longer than a couple of days strung loosely together at home eversince i went into the army. that would be 6+ years and if you discountthe transition between moving back from hall and leaving for the land of the free, its actually 7 years. would i have made any difference if i had known of these issues earlier? would i have cared? how much of a difference would i have made anyway?
shan't air dirty linen.
haiz.
but i better start doing something before things get out of hand...
tomorrow's my engineers and society paper. should be able to pass it as long i don't miss it. went through it last night, looks pretty simple current affairs horse shit. afterall i've read the book: defending the lion city by tim huxley when in year two liaoz and thats where alot of the course material was taken from.
its gonna be super busy shit once exams are over. gotta prep for fyp presentation. i think i'll just go through the motions and get my pass can liaoz. gotta get our criminal records checked. gotta clear outta hall, most probably by the 20th may will be moving out. gotta train for ippt on the 20th at maju, aiming for extra $200 pocket money can liaoz. gotta organize the alumni bbq next week and the sentosa outing the following sunday. gotta meet up with brps'91 6a for our annual class gathering on the 17th. gotta buy a good haversack for the trip. gotta begin packing for campusa. gotta go for camp orientation at smu on the 15th. gotta mail back employment form to camp chief ouray. gotta settle whatever clearance and payments required before i leave ntu. gotta start planning for usa holiday since i've already been told that i won't have time to do so in camp!
wanna try to sell my bitch online. wanna cash out all my ers and nss. wanna pour it all into uob's japan growth fund, else ocbc's india opportunities fund. wanna take pix with everyone in hall with my digicam. wanna celebrate sis's birthday. wanna celebrate mother's day. most of all wanna spend more time with loved ones.
leaving on the 24th may night. countdown: 21 days.
camp chief ouray program coordinator, michelle, has sent some interesting things for me to read. here're some snippets:
WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT?(own thoughts in italics)
- to be exhausted -- and be beyond exhausted at times *can dig that*
- to find out how strong my sense of humour really is *this i gotta know*
- to be frustrated *definitely!*
- that the actual money i earn could NEVER adequately pay me for all that i do *somehow i think i went through this phase before*
- to work hard *how honest*
- to work VERY hard *how brutally honest*
- to laugh *phew at least they throw this in*
- to never have thought 9 weeks could go so slowly -- and yet so quickly at the same time *sounds exactly like what i'm feeling about my 4 years in hall!*
- to miss home -- and occasionally wonder why i came *good point*
- to hate the sound of my own name *how bad can 'chris' get? *
- to work very long hours *that's gonna be a pain*
- to never have the exact same view of myself, of others or on life again *ah...the answers to life*
- to have very little free time to myself *noooooo.....*
- to feel like quitting sometimes *shite happens*
- to love getting mail beyond my wildest dreams *a la survivor?*
- to make a huge difference to other people's lives -- and probably never get to see just how much of a difference i've made *sounds like community work*
"a child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started. he is going to sit where you are sitting and when you are gone, attend to those things which you think are important. you may adopt all the policies you please, but how they will be carried out depends on him. he will assume control of your cities, states and nations. he is going to move in and take over your churches, schools, universities and corporations. all your books are going to be judged or condemned by him. the fate of humanity is in his hands. so it might be well to pay him some attention."
- abraham lincoln
haiz. and yet for all its relevance to the camp i will be heading, this passage also teaches some of those who will read this in my blog a subtle lesson or two, and perhaps even myself.
Sunday, May 02, 2004
Like Old JC Times
its a lazy rainy sunday afternoon. weather's really good for sleeping. had a real tiring day out bonding yesterday. haven't done so for a really long time, almost feels like the jc days.
was out with jinde candice esther and her brother, daniel. we went to watch dawn of the dead, whch was kinda crappy and no-brainer. but at least these zombies could run so the thought of it was a wee bit more scary. but otherwise the show sucked and wasn't scary at all. and to think i deliberately sat away from esther cause of her infamous shirt-ripping-neighbours-clothes-when-scared. haha.
before that we all went to lunch at fish & co., tampines. quite a filling meal. daniel ordered something i've never heard of before. the swordfish collar? yup the collarbone area of a swordfish. wow. the dish looked totally impressive when it first arrived, then we realised that the collarbone, whether it was mr swordfish or my own, never did had that much meat to begin with.
after the movie we walked around tampines mall and century square. been eons since i last went there. the biggest change i noticed is that the gap between the two shopping centres has narrowed and been tranformed into a restaurant-laden walkway, not too bad a concept, and it was sheltered all the way somemore. so cool. bloody crowded the whole place still. aside from that we parked ourselves at mcdonald's for ice-cream and chit-chat. feels like old jc times.
afterthat i went over to jinde's place and where he drove me back home to pick up my gear. we had a cage-soccer appointment at bedok cage with ben kuah and his rj friends at 730. in the end we played until 10 when the cage lights went out. was a helluva workout but was super unfit (which explains the aches allover today!) then we had dinner at the nearby tj kopitiam and watched the chelsea-southampton game.
was really really tired but when i got home, somehow decided to play with my digicam for awhile after i bathed. what fun!!! oh did i mention? my parents got me an olympus mju-300 digicam in exchange for the slew of shell petrol points my mom had saved up. hooray! digicams are such fun! so me and bro were spending the whole bloody night taking super boliao pix of ourselves, like the one where i stuff my handphone into my mouth while he stuffs his handphone antenna up his nose. so funny!! *gag,choke* must take more boliao pix with the whole family today. what fun!!!
okie okie. going off to read the newspapers liaoz. feeling kinda sick with super-runny nose what with bro and sis just recovering from that. i think the virus spread over.
was out with jinde candice esther and her brother, daniel. we went to watch dawn of the dead, whch was kinda crappy and no-brainer. but at least these zombies could run so the thought of it was a wee bit more scary. but otherwise the show sucked and wasn't scary at all. and to think i deliberately sat away from esther cause of her infamous shirt-ripping-neighbours-clothes-when-scared. haha.
before that we all went to lunch at fish & co., tampines. quite a filling meal. daniel ordered something i've never heard of before. the swordfish collar? yup the collarbone area of a swordfish. wow. the dish looked totally impressive when it first arrived, then we realised that the collarbone, whether it was mr swordfish or my own, never did had that much meat to begin with.
after the movie we walked around tampines mall and century square. been eons since i last went there. the biggest change i noticed is that the gap between the two shopping centres has narrowed and been tranformed into a restaurant-laden walkway, not too bad a concept, and it was sheltered all the way somemore. so cool. bloody crowded the whole place still. aside from that we parked ourselves at mcdonald's for ice-cream and chit-chat. feels like old jc times.
afterthat i went over to jinde's place and where he drove me back home to pick up my gear. we had a cage-soccer appointment at bedok cage with ben kuah and his rj friends at 730. in the end we played until 10 when the cage lights went out. was a helluva workout but was super unfit (which explains the aches allover today!) then we had dinner at the nearby tj kopitiam and watched the chelsea-southampton game.
was really really tired but when i got home, somehow decided to play with my digicam for awhile after i bathed. what fun!!! oh did i mention? my parents got me an olympus mju-300 digicam in exchange for the slew of shell petrol points my mom had saved up. hooray! digicams are such fun! so me and bro were spending the whole bloody night taking super boliao pix of ourselves, like the one where i stuff my handphone into my mouth while he stuffs his handphone antenna up his nose. so funny!! *gag,choke* must take more boliao pix with the whole family today. what fun!!!
okie okie. going off to read the newspapers liaoz. feeling kinda sick with super-runny nose what with bro and sis just recovering from that. i think the virus spread over.
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