Improbabilities of Life

2007-03-27T16:00:00.000-07:00

& can anyone suggest to me a new blogskin? I'm getting tired of this grey one... So small, need to squint... only allows certain fonts... etc etc...

& assignments... Killing me silently... Zzzzzzzzz

2007-03-27T15:58:00.000-07:00

Ok... the reason why I haven been blogging much is well... just because... I FORGOT MY BLOODY USERNAME... Now that I've figured out... Muahaha...

2007-02-01T13:00:00.000-08:00

I'm feeling much better I guess... Still dun really know how to face her? Haha... The combination of everything... That cold sore... That fever... Horror of not even understanding the advance engine maths... Everything... just served to make it more difficult for me? Haiz...

I really do want to continue this friendship... But it's just this... I still dunno really how to face her! Argh! Wassup with me... I think I screwed up her good intentions big time now... I'm not mad at her actually... just really fustrated with myself...

Why that topic of you thinking about someone else didn't seem to come up again? I mean, who would want to hear about the person you like/love thinking about someone else... It's just too hard even for me... Really... Ok I did tell you my share... but those were in the past tense context... So yeah... =X

& I felt like an idiot for not understanding you still... not meaning I hate you! I think we both got that wrong on that aspect... It's not you I'm angry at really... It's me. =)

Meanwhile... I'll try to get back to normal... Anything else... let's just put it off till the future comes a'knockin... Then we'll see what happens...

Forgive me for being such an ass?

2007-02-01T02:15:00.000-08:00

Oh shit... my face is starting to peel... Oh no oh no...

2007-01-23T12:10:00.000-08:00

I retrieved my timetable last night... OMG... SO messy.....

2007-01-21T15:30:00.000-08:00

Ok here to bring a small guide on wines & how to enjoy them properly

Chardonnay (say shar-dhon-nay):
1) Light, semi-dry, citrusy
2) Goes well with Hokkien prawn mee, cereal prawns
3) Main grape in the tipple Chablis, Chardonnay is also one of the 3 grapes used to make champagne, the other two being Pinot Noir & Pinot Neuniere

Chenin Blanc (say shu-nahn blonk)
1) Crisp, dry, melony (if French), grapefruit-like (if South African)
2) Goes well with Thai food, grilled mackerel stuffed with sambal belacan (but go easy on the chilli)
3) If this wine is too young, it can sometimes taste of vomit (good lord...)

Riesling (ree-zling)
1) Sweet, honey, musk
2) Goes well with sweet & sour fish, chicken rice (with not too much chilli sauce)
3) If the Riesling comes from Aslac in France, its bouquet may be redolent of melons. If it's from Germany, it may smell more like grapefruit.

Sauvignon Blanc (so-vee-nee-ohn blonk)
1) Medium-bodied, grassy, hints of tropical fruit such as guava
2) Goes well with chicken rice (without chilli sauce), barbecued chicken wings, Teochew cold crab
3) New Zealand's Sauvignon Blanc wines are particularly delectable, with the bouquet of exotic fruit such as custard apple

Semillon (sair-mee-yohn)
1) Rich, tangy, grassy
2) Goes well with Nonya laksa (without chilli paste), claypot chicken & Chinese sausage rice, cockles with lime-chilli dip
3) It is used to make Sauternes, a classic French dessert wine

Gewurztraminer (gare-vertz-trah-mee-ner)
1) Sweet-spicy, lychees, roses
2) Goes well with Chicken buah keluak, nasi lemak
3) A very ripe & rich style known as Vendage Tardives from Alsace in France exudes heady tropical aromas such as pomelo & goes well with coconut laced glutinous rice & jackfruit

Cabernet Sauvignon (care-bare-nat so-vee-nee-nohn)
1) Supple, blackcurranty, minty
2) Goes well with Roast duck, lor ark (stewed duck), lamb stewed with Chinese herbs

Merlot (mare-low)
1) Mellow, plummy, orangey
2) Goes well with Ngau Lam (Cantonese-style stewed beef), char kway teow & beef hor fun

Pinot Noir (pee-noh nu-wah)
1) Elegant-light, red berries, leather
2) Goes well with most red meat except game, although it may work well with quail. Vegetarians may also note that it goes well with grilled porcini mushrooms

Syrah or Shiraz (sir-rah or sher-rahz)
1) Very robust, peppery, plummy
2) Goes well with Fish head curry & most Indian curries
3) Not to be confused with Petit Sirah of California, which is another red grape varietal altogether & is less assertive than Syrah or Shiraz.

JUST DON't DRINK & DRIVE! =)

2007-01-09T01:20:00.000-08:00

2007 New Year Resolutions!

1) Train even harder so as to impart more stuff to everyone who wants to learn
2) Be nice & less sarcastic, better-tempered. Also be more patient, especially to IDIOTIC DRIVERS (face it... I don't drive often, but I drive more safely than most people. Muahaha)
3) Really start saving money (for whatever lah... you damn buggers only know marriage ah...)
4) Clean up my room. (Can't bring a girl home to a pigsty can I? Haha =x)
5) Take care of my body
6) Study & work hard
7) Be more positive, smile more (MY BRACES ARE COMING OFF! WOOHOO!), lose some weight (Damn... competitions gotta maintain ley... siao liao...)
8) STOP PROCRASTINATING

2007 New Year Wishes!

1) Strike Lottery/ CPF increase/ NO GST or FARE HIKES! (I should ask the ministers to take public transport for 4 years until the next elections then see what they say... Damn)
2) Get a car (I don't mind a RX-8 hehe)
3) Save more! (Wishes & Resolutions different thing ok...)
4) New computer
5) New HP (ah...)
6) That Nikon DSLR & its accessories & kits
7) Better grades! Grr...
8) Ok... can't think of anything else le... Adidas sponsorship?
9) Oh... Newest Video IPOD or equivalent. =D

2007-01-09T01:00:00.000-08:00

I guess I'm free now to address & air some of my views & thoughts on some matters... This is going to be long... Haha anyways...

Taekwondo - I guess this 2007 I really want to shut up le & only scold when REALLY BLOODY necessary. But I still will bitch abt it in my blog... Haha so if you find it weird why I don't say anything else... Look here. Haha Like I said so many times...

Training is only twice per week, unless it's competition time. 1 training lasts an average of 2 hours... so in 1 week 4 hours of training isn't gonna get anyone anywhere as near as they hoped... Everyone wants to get stronger... So to me 4 hours definitely isn't enough... In 1 training, most of the time is spent with me sharing knowledge (useful / useless up to you to decide), or me scolding everyone... Well... if everyone will devote that 2 hours to train real hard & perservere even with injuries (not talking abt life threatening ones...), I believe everyone will sure benefit, learn & improve tremendously.

Why are some clubs so strong? I told everyone le... They take training damn seriously... & that's on top of their own studies... Which to me are like more packed than poly... So it's like 11+ then they will reach home also... But they still go on & on & train even with some injuries... Jokes are bound to come out, but I see that they understand that everyone can talk & joke later. You all are YOUNG ADULTS, so pls... I assure you that by doing just this you will see improvements gradually. It's a progressive thing. BUT you must learn to take it more seriously!

Pain is part & parcel of Taekwondo, much so for LIFE as well... So... we should be friends with it. Pain tells us that maybe we are not using the proper technique, not doing it well/properly, or that their peer's methods are inaccurate. For me, I try not to shun pain. Instead I just try to understand why I encounter pain. Learn from it!

On winning... Let's just put it this way... If you train hard enough & properly, I can say if you take part in competitions you will be assured of your chance to win. Even if you do not win, don't despair! Some winners are winners because they were once losers. To me, only a loser will learn from their mistakes & perservere on to win. Winners have not much to fall back on to reflect. So yeah. Your chance will come, provided you want that & you do the right things. Don't just be so critical about how this system is ineffective etc etc just because you lost. Humans err. Everyone isn't perfect.

As a black belt, I think I'm more concerned with passing on my knowledge to everyone else. Perhaps because I originated as a white belt from NP, I felt that all the more it's my moral obligation to share what I know with the members. Kinda like a pure blood. Haha I'm bossy, arrogant to the point of being irritating. But it's happening because everyone just doesn't seem to wake up their ideas. Taekwondo isn't just a sport. It's also a martial art. The way things are now is because NPTKD is also a school club. So there are 2 sets of rules governing the club. No performance = No budget = No anything! We are also following STF's & SSC's directives & vision to promote it as a sport. Simple as that! So think in our shoes (as comm members, pres/vp, instructor) why I'm so bloody annoying than your mother. =)

Nowadays I just go around training cuz I must also move with times le. So I must learn more to share more with others. I'm still fanatical with improving NPTKD. I'm also fanatical with improving anyone who wants to learn TKD. So yeah. Power to me is nothing. NP doesn't pay me. So yeah. There you go. I only assert my right as a 2nd Dan black belt if I see anyone who tries to be funny. I still learn from everyone. But I only learn what's practical. I don't see anyone on the streets doing a 540 back hook to defend himself, or in competitions. I only see it on Youtube videos. & I also see them in hospitals with ligament problems, lamenting on how normal training has done things to their bodies when it's themselves who brought such misfortune upon themselves. =D

There... there are a lot more on my mind... But this is gonna be bloody long...

2007-01-09T00:20:00.000-08:00

"We lowered our standard to match yours"

I applaude your confidence & courage to say this to the rest.

There's a Hokkien saying: BEH GIA LANG DU LAN. I think this rightly applies to you.
Very apt description.

2007-01-08T17:17:00.000-08:00

Drinking fruit n begetable juices regularly may help to delay the onset of Alzheimer's Disease... In my opinion, no matter how much some idiots drink, they are still that bloody self. ANYWAY...

Some "food for thought":

Cranberries - Rich in Vitamins C & K, dietary fibre & maganese, these bright red berries may help prevent & treat urinary tract infections. Cranberries may also fight gum disease & stomach ulcers, & prevent the formulation of kidney stones. They may also help lower bad cholesterol & raise good cholesterol levels.

Grapefruit - This citrus fruit contains pectin, a for of soluble fibre that may guard against the narrowing of arteries. Grapefruit may also lower triglyceride levels, & protect against lung & colon cancer. Also a good source of Vitamins A & C.

Bananas - These also contain pectin, which may which may help normalise movement through the digestive tract & ease constipation. Bananas are one of the best sources of potassium, which may help to regulate blood pressure & boost health bone health.

Watermelon - This is an excellent source of Vitamin A & C. Compared with several fruit, watermelon has a high water content & a low calorie count. It also contains carotenoids such as lycopene & beta-lycopene, which may offer antioxidant & cancer-protective effects.

Papaya - Excellent source of Vitamins C & E, and beta-carotene - three powerful antioxidants that boast anti-inflammatory properties. Papayas also contain a digestive enzyme that may be used to treat sports injuries & allergies.

2007-01-07T23:55:00.000-08:00

Phew... finally free to post... & so long after the New Yr somemore... Oh my... Ok... Started training on 2nd Jan (so what if it's a public holiday...)... DAMN TOUGH training ok... Nanyang Hse... Woohoo... Song ah... Wed went back SIM to train... Ok... my slamming kick technique improved le... Good Good... Finally Alfian know who I am le... ZZZ Thurs...

NP Training... Ok I've said what I wanted to say for so long le... I'm like SICK & TIRED of telling them what to do le...

Friday... NTU Training again. Ok less tired... But woohoo I still can kick. Not bad not bad. Congrats to Marissa for earning that compliment! BUT don't get complacent girl... Work harder ah.

Sat... Bloody hell... I wish all the potential BBs will fail. Or at least those who kicked my groin. Ask & warn you all le... Still wan to kick there? Don't mind if I payback man... Don't even wonder why I'm smiling while delivering you to kingdom come.

Sun... Tiring day at grading again... Argh. Leg still hurts. & Not too bad this time... Improvements there. Good Good. I see people are starting to wake up le. Gotta wait for the results to be confirmed though...

2006-12-27T00:55:00.000-08:00

Just got back from training... Busy busy busy~! Was out celebrating Christmas on the eve... but just step out of bus 2 mins nia the clock hit 12 le. Hai... Missed by a lil. Walked by the Esplanade for a while, talked/chit chat (more like me doing the talking... ) then headed off home at 4+.

Slept the day off cuz it was raining and I'm still having that darn dry cough... Irritating like hell... rain rain... Heaviest rainfall since dunno when... Sigh

Went for dinner @ Marina Sq, then headed off to play mahjong. Now my level is up by a few levels (hears the drum beat from BattleField 2 in my mind... Haha). Slept 1 hr then went for breakfast... Maybe I'm still not a morning person... Not used to talking or interacting in the morning... Hmmm... Whatever lah...

Only thing I don't understand is...

WHAT THE F IS GOING ON! WASSUP WITH EVERYONE?!

2006-12-22T01:55:00.000-08:00

Today ah... NP IVP Camp starting loh... In my opinion, the plan is a bit messy... No head no tail... But hey, learn from the mistakes lah! & I trust everyone knows their business well! =) Basically rested for the day... Met her for lunch, then proceeded to teach her pattern down her home. Haha if you are reading this, you are really doing so well! =) Just need to practise more & be more confident. & Hope you really treasure your present! It's just part 1 nia. Haha. Take care of it as if I'm lending my feet & arms to ya!

Went for the wedding dinner. Great dinner, not so great guests. I'm referring to the rowdy bunch who drank & cleared 1 bottle of Chivas Regal. Damn if my wedding guests turns out like this man...

Mandate 1: At my wedding, no alcohol allowed. Reason is simple. I CAN'T DRINK. (I can hold my liquor but hey... my body doesn't allow it to happen k) Just try sneaking that black label or XO in... Just try!

2006-12-22T01:50:00.000-08:00

Ok... finally free to write all I want now... Just came back from Yunping & Qing Cheng's wedding dinner @ Orchard Parade Hotel. Quite a wedding with cartoon theme feel it it! Haha wish you guys Zao Shen Gui Zi!

Ok it's like 4 days since I've came back from NTU's IVP Camp. Made quite a lot of new friends & re-affirmed the friendships of some old ones. Learnt quite a lot as well. Now I understand why they can do so well @ IVP every year.

Basically I missed the entire first day! Due to work loh... what to do... Reached at night to find them dining and chatted with them... Can't rem much abt the "first day" though... Oh oh, got the pattern session by Audrey. Haha everyone like so dead cannot stretch anymore... Haha! Crapped with them before going to sleep...

Next day, a visit to the West Coast Park! Did a round of the park (ok... small small one nia...) then proceeded for warmups, simple kicks and something I've not done in a long time... Rubberband training! Whoosh... damn xiong... damn knee hurting like mad after it... Then it showered for a while, so we just crashed at Macdonalds. Split up to different shelter areas to do more kicks & share with them some thoughts on doing kicks & sparring. Rehearsed for the skit as well... Back to the school it was more training & stuff. Different stations different kicks & stuff. Some sparring with Ashlyn ended up getting more & more bruises. But hey... no pain no gain! The skits were like so irritatingly hilarious lah! Haha!

Final day! Soo Yee took training in the morning after a meal of 2 hotdog & buns & tea... (Damn full...) Kicked here & there, with Celestine slamming my face and making my teeth bleed... Damn... gotta find a way to evade those slamming kicks... After which they revealed the proceedings for afternoon's events: Simulated IVP Sparring Competition~! Yay~ Ok ended up being referee for a lot of matches but I needed the revision... So it's ok. Coached a few others too, namely William (You are doing fine!), Marissa (another terror soon to be unleashed... ), and some others. Though some people felt they didnt spar well, I would say this again: Try harder then! It's ok! I mean everyone IS tired after 4 days of camping mah... So don't be so harsh on yourself!

Xiao Qi ended up not coming (my scheduled opponents... Thanks ah Edmund... Grrr....) then Guo Xiang ended up facing me with Kelvin as my coach. Again one of the best fights I've ever done! Haha... Think I found the confidence to train again. Lost the round 5 - 3 (I was told they never seen me fight like that before... Haha Thanks! Also some points were nt recorded. It's ok lah)

All in all it was a good camp, with much learnt & I also shared with them some of my thoughts on TKD as well. Good job guys!

2006-12-11T23:25:00.000-08:00

And screw what I think. I guess it doesn't matter how I feel about someone, the result is just the same anyway. So yup. Call me despondant, depressed, disillusioned or desperate. It doesn't matter to me anymore. I'll just face everything with a straight face & a laugh.

May those who are sick get well faster.

2006-12-11T23:15:00.000-08:00

I just realised I cannot talk to anyone else anymore. I got a scolding just for trying to wish Cuiling happy early birthday. & I wasn't even trying to tell her it's ok to be 22. Nvm that crap. Since I can't talk normally to anyone anymore, I'll just be like that. =) Saves me a lot of energy. I'll just stay in my detached world. Yada Yada Yada

Bless this world full of people who think they are so great & better. I'm just down on my luck at the moment. Don't come yapping at my feet when I'm standing tall and firm (sooner than you think). I don't find myself that great yet.

2006-12-11T21:50:00.000-08:00

Well... I've still not recovered from what seems to be a very serious bout of flu... Sigh. Body is so weak now I only felt like sleeping for the whole day. Even attending the last P.R show at IMM yesterday took so much out of me. Couldn't sleep after that, and went online to chat with Hime.

Today... same ol same ol... Tired like hell.. packed room for a while before napping again. Recieved a call from Nokia that my N70 is back. Thanks guys for the fast work. Appreciate it a lot. Went to watch some guys (2 adults & 2 kids) play Sangokushi Taisen. Wow. The kids are great! Went home after less than 2 hours out... Tired like hell...

I've been thinking hard about what happened recently... I think if I told mei about all these she would have scolded me... Why be so itchy mouth and ask her again? Hmm... I think I'm really confused as to who I really have feelings for le. But now, I guess it is pretty clear to me. & I guess I have a lot to do. But not in that dept anymore. I have to work hard to get myself another job. Yeah... maybe that will set my life back to where it should be. I felt really ashamed for constantly letting people worry about me or even listening to my grouses. I hope this idiotic trait of mine will be gone come 2007. Same goes for my dreams & wishes. I feel that I have that power to get what I want & I'll try my best to get it.

As for now... I guess I'll start minding my own business! Ignorance is bliss after all.

2006-12-07T11:59:00.000-08:00

Okie... Really wheezing/feverish-ing (haha scuse me) slightly as I went around my usual business... Packed my room a lil in the morning, then off to Tiong Bahru for fishball noodles (how they felt in my mouth! Mmmm...), then onto sch for few hours of BF2. Ok... today the teamwork between 3 of us quite good... So scores were quite high. Then onto Vivocity to meet Angie, Sebas, Kahwei, Jocelyn, Beesiang, Qingming, Xinyan, Weijuan, Simon, Jason, Jingkai. Went for Asian Kitchen (again finally the avocado snow!) then onto Open Season! Funny lah in general. But usual anime flick lasting 1hr 30++++ mins? The bunnies and the procupine are quite cute. Haha! Must find some pics of them. Haha.

Mostly worried abt over-eating (yeah dun treat me le. I can't eat so much food like a normal guy)... & my stupid handphone didn't make things better also... Sigh. Ah! Plus that stupid slight fever & cough... Persistently bothering me...

Gladwin's going to go into army tomorrow... Sigh another soul being collected. He just doesn't want to show that he is tensed. But he is. I hope he does well inside. & I hope no stupid stunts or tricks from him... Haha If you are reading this, PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF MAN. HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN SOON!

Janet's b'day actually today! Haha not yesterday. So... HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN! Next up, CHUA WAI SEE!

2006-12-06T17:44:00.000-08:00

Only eyes washed by tears can see clearly - Louis L. Mann
Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest - Laurence Sterne
The man who has done his best has done everything. The man who has done less than his best has done nothing - Author Unknown
Oppose not rage while rage is in its force, but give it way a while and let it waste - William Shakespeare
To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour - William Blake
In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels - Jane Austen
To live a single day and hear a good teaching is better than to live a hundred years without knowing such teaching - Buddha

Some quotes I found today...

2006-12-06T17:35:00.000-08:00

Bad... really bad... I'm slightly wheezing and coughing more now... Sigh... 25 yrs 1 day old le...

Maybe that shooting star really is an omen...

Got stopped by a lady on the way to Swensens yesterday. Didn't know who she was. She just stopped me cuz I was walking too fast in between throngs of people. I hate getting caught in between chatting people while walking... Anyway, the lady just asked "Why you walk so fast? Where you heading too? Are you busy?"... Thing is... I DO NOT KNOW HER. She doesn't look like a surveyor (plenty of them yesterday... just leave me alone man...), but I didn't know what she wanted. The rest were equally dumbfounded. She acted like she had known me for ages... Quite weird...

More on Swensens: I had curry chicken baked rice. Not too bad, though today's one is more hotter than usual. The rest mostly had baked rice too. We had Earthquake later too. With me eating the flavour of the month: chewinggum something. Tastes weird... Hmm. My present from them is that treat and some chocolates. Maybe I will bring to class on Friday since I can't and won't take chocolates anymore. Gotta start taking care of myself le.

Been thinking the whole day about myself. Am I trying too hard? Am I just pretending to be happy everyday? And not just deciding "I don't want to think so much anymore"? Though I say that, my mind sometimes still goes into hyperdrive, thinking of all sorts of possible scenarios... Am I really faking that happiness? I have no idea. I just have no idea.

I felt that I shouldn't have to go through this. Why is it that some other people are quite successful until to the extent you see them change girlfriends like clothing? Not that I'm advocating it's good. But what is it they have, possess that I don't? I just really wonder. Sigh... I am really sick and tired of people saying the same things to me... Really... Noone sees the other side of me. Nvm... I feel so tired...

Btw, Happy Birthday Janet & James (& whomever is also celebrating today, sorry I can't really remember your days...)! I've never expected Janet to be 1 day younger than me! Haha. Janet is the lady whom is in-charge of the Power Rangers performance.

2006-12-06T14:50:00.000-08:00

Oh boy... I'm sick once again... Cough + Stuffy nose = Trouble... Sigh... I'm getting sick more and more often...

& I didn't realise I saved a previous post as a draft. Must have been too tired choreographing the Power Rangers show. Crappy show to me... Too little time for them to practice & to come up with a proper storyline... Anyway...

Did nothing much yesterday. Went Holland V Sushi Tei for lunch with aunt (her treat) and went to repair my tkd shoes. 15bucks just to re-stick the soles together. Damn ex... Went Kino to get Mitch Albom's For One More Day. Still reading it though. Nice book. Went home to rest a while before going NTU for training. Damn tired. Managed to run 2 rounds only (a feat considering I never did much training for so long...) Then went to Swensens for a while cuz Skye, Huining, Mari-hime and the rest wanted to do a simple celebration for me. Thanks ah! Then Jing Onn picked me n Qi Hui up to Tian Tian SteamBoat for more food. Sigh... How am I gonna slim down!
I picked up the courage to ask what had actually happened. & now I have my answer (one of my birthday wishes actually: to know). Can't be helped I guess. I'm just that boring a guy. Maybe my friend is right. That I'm better a husband than a boyfriend. I guess I'll just stop then. Sick & tired of such things repeating itself le.

I think it's good to have a template of what your partner should do, behave & stuff... But for me, I guess I'm flexible. I think I roughly know that no 2 persons are alike, so each has different personality. I just see that difference as a means to accomodate that person & learn how I can work with that person to create our future. But anyway...

2006-12-04T23:56:00.000-08:00

Let's see... My b'day wishlist:

-A brand new N73
-A Razor mouse (can't remember that model I wanted...)
-A Victoryred Adidas bag
-An Originals Adidas Jacket
-Lifetime supply of Yakult
-Diabetes cure (It's out there actually!)
-New Unicycle guards and helmet from some good brand (seeing I'm so accident prone... )
-For that bastard idiot neighbour to stop smoking outside the common corridor(maybe he go army faster then die inside, or he drop dead now cuz of smoking I don't care. I just hate smoke in my room)
-A new flatbed scanner
-A girlfriend (haha right... )
-A Jin-Roh Cereboros costume
-A Captain Shinigami costume
-A new computer (Vista compliant pls!)
-A DSLR camera (complete with lens kit, flashes & tripods & stuff)
-I don't need a car cuz I know I wun be able to afford the upkeeping
-For my friends to remain as they are & not to change (for the better of course I want, but now I don't feel us being close anymore)

Yeah basically that's it. Actually I don't need much material stuff... More of spiritual stuff... Ciao... Happy b'day to me~

2006-12-02T01:20:00.000-08:00

Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts - Bernard Baruch

I just find that this quote is quite meaningful. And I've thought of a highly-challenging present for X'mas. I want a Kamen Rider themed blogskin. Yup. And only specific KR blogskins allowed. Haha

2006-12-02T00:35:00.000-08:00

I officially want to complain to Nokia le... 2 visits to the Care Centre didn't solve my screen problem... Wat's wrong with it!? Sigh... It blanked out on me for more than 17 times today... -_- And the person who served me still dared to say that I damaged the phone because I changed the cover... To that sir: Nokia phone covers, with the exception of N91, can be interchanged... Argh... Know your product before you talk.

Too bad today never see "THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL MAN"... Haha He is just an uncle who goes "patrolling" around JEC for fries n stuff. Basically fastfood leftovers. So when there's a tray of fries, he will swoop into the restaurant and grab n put inside his plastic bag before resuming his patrol. He will survey what you eat. Why TWMPM? Cuz my logic: if you are brave to do that in public, then you can do anything. Haha

Went Orchard. Damn rained... Haha Never see Steven Lim around. If not I would have asked him to trim nosehair. Went for haircut also. Xiaoqing was on leave so I popped by Ben's place instead for haircut. Haha damn short now.

Damn sian. Dunno what to get for BS. Dunno what I want for X'mas... Maybe a new phone? Haha

2006-12-01T02:25:00.000-08:00

To everyone: The world is made up of many different types of people... & not all think like me. Yup. I find this note very important. Very important. Many instances have contributed to this absurdly simple way of thinking. Some funny, some sad, some infuriating...

Been working as a fight choreographer. Nifty name eh. I'm not kidding. I'm working with Gladwin to come up with fight sequences for Power Rangers SPD. POWER RANGERS. I feel like I'm Zordon now... Now I can proudly write "Fight Choreographer" in my resume, adding to the ever growing list of weird jobs/"talents" I've done/have so far. Nice job, just need to coach, but the hardest thing is designing the fights so the talents can follow and do. Gladwin finally understands one thing: They can't do what we can! So yep, thats the toughest part.

My legs (basically every part) are aching like mad. Wow... wonder why... I've gone thru hell training almost everyday... But then... only the 2nd day (I started on Tuesday...) and I've got problems kicking properly to show them. But fun!

Moving on... club is so messy now. Haiz. Everything boils down to few things... most importantly... EGO & PRIDE... Hey pride is one of the sins okay... Get it out of your heads. It's simple. Ego & pride won't get you anywhere nearer to your dreams. Some things are really small matter compared to the long run... I just wish that the club will be better soon... Even I'm losing interest in Taekwondo if this keeps up...

For the first time since I joined NP so many yrs ago... IT FLOODED... Good lord... Reports say the water depth at the Atrium was at least 5 cm in depth... Wow. Guys pls reconsider and ask where all the money you folks have been paying for goes to... NP flooded... seriously it will become the big story...

And I just lost my beloved 661 knee/shin guards... Sigh Bloody suay lah... Whomever took it: PLS RETURN. YOU CANT PLAY FLOORBALL WITH IT.

P.S I'm guessing who took it... Please let it return. Your dear kindness is much appreciated

2006-11-23T10:10:00.000-08:00

Wow. I feel so helpless & lost. Dunno why. I slept at 5am cuz I can't sleep. Woke up to blog this. Yup. I woke at near 9+. Maybe the releasing of exam stress does this to me. Other than O levels, no exam has ever made me like that. Now there's a void inside me. Kinda like when I ORD that time... Do what later? I don't know. No money ah.

Recalled how I chatted with her online... Seems there is a communication breakdown... Is it me? Or her? I don't get it. Why must she be so sarcastic? What did I say wrong? What did I do wrong?

Argh! Argh! Argh! Argh!

2006-11-22T23:59:00.000-08:00

Finally my papers are over. Kinda sucked though. Wish they would let us jot down all the formulas while they talk & talk on the exam rules etc etc. Damn.

Think I didn't even study that hard when I was in poly... Below is my recap of the past few days

Thurs: Slack day. Went Nokia Care Centre for 2nd time abt N70. Can't use phone for 2 days. 3g SIM card wun work with 6230. Went to 8th Motorshow. Sat in Subaru 1.6. Got drifted around for 1 min. Took a lot of brochures. Took a lot of pics of cars. 4 or 5 on bikes. Few on models. Met 2 girls called Erica & Carol (I think) there. Funny 5 mins spent with them. Good work girls.

Friday: Can't rem what I did except study.

Saturday: Tiong Bahru for noodles before heading to school. A bit late... Went to get back my HP then to Sim Lim with guys to get BF 2142. Headed home after buying food @ JE pasar malam cuz Motorshow trip was aborted in favour of rest (& Shawn's gf's request for him to meet her... -_-)

Sunday: Study in school again. Our group damn noisy. Hmm... Finally hit Motorshow one more time. This time to help JR shoot his models. Got a Fairlady Z model car as a gift. Spotted Yiming there. Headed home cuz Shawn needed to leave.

Monday: Study in school alone cuz guys were working. Went down to TKD cuz Celestine pulled me along with her threat. Left shortly to rush home to watch Goong. Study Study Study. Comm breakdown with someone... I think it's me lah...

Tuesday: 11am+ till closing time . Breaks involves only toilet/meal breaks. Occasional "Hi" to frens passing by or occasional glances at girls. Spotted Rina, ZhongJian, Steve, Jason. Ate prata with guys & Evon @ BT. Reached home super late but can't sleep. Study more. Good luck Hime for your paper!

Today: Study study study in school. Guys started arriving after 2+. Lemon chicken rice not bad. Exam stress too much. Mind blank in hall. Can rem exact answer but forgot working. Lost a lot of marks...

Final conclusion abt tea breaks in school: 1) Tea is more popular than coffee. 2) It's ok to waltz into a room you dunno & take their refreshments. Should have done that. Save me a lot of meal money then. 3) Never study near a lecture theatre. A lot of distractions when they having breaks. Argh.

Final conclusion abt studying in school: YOU WILL GET FAT... Don't munch on titbits.

2006-11-15T10:25:00.000-08:00

Okie... Let's put it this way... Today is a day where I decided to sleep a bit later to make up for the lack of sleep these past few days due to mugging for my exams, and having cleared 1 tough paper yesterday...

I DON'T NEED 2 IDIOTS TO COME KNOCKING ON MY DOOR @ 1022HRS TO PREACH TO ME. WHAT ABOUT 2007?! ... I CAN'T BE BOTHERED WHETHER I GO TO HEAVEN OR HELL MAN... I CAN'T EVEN GET PAST MY EXAMS! 1022HRS! DON'T YOU LADIES HAVE MARKETING TO DO?! SHEESH... WAKE ME UP... Sheesh

Quit getting me to believe because the last time someone did, they can't even answer my questions and had to go back to self study more on their own religion...

I can't be bothered if you are an auntie or a pretty lady. I don't buy it. Thats all. Period

*No offense to Muslims or Christians/Catholics/Presbyterians/Methodists/Protestants etc etc (I simply lost count how many groups are there already.) I'm just against those who disturb my sleep.

2006-11-06T23:50:00.000-08:00

Okie... Boring day so far... I mean the majority of the day...

Met Benedict and Jocelyn for lunch @ Canteen 4... damn I think I'm eating flour man... Ok lah only a few pieces of the chicken tasted weird... Must try the beef bowl again soon... So long never eat le... Hehe nice to see Benedict again, where he shared with us some interesting insights on the happenings in SISPEC. HEHEHE

After that comes the most boring thing in the world... STUDY IN THE LIBRARY...
Heng noone snatch the books I want... And I found the study guides! Damn... TMA's answers are mostly inside... Argh. Note to Self: Xerox the study guides for next sem b4 sch starts next yr... Must do it... I think the Xerox uncle kept looking at me cuz I kept walking in and out of the darn copier room... Haha

Ok... went to training (yeah both SIM & NP) dressed in khakis & tee & jacket... Went to help at NP... Sigh... when will they learn to kick properly, push themselves and SAFETY... Damn... stupid bugger keep reminding him NOT to kick the darn head level... CAN'T GET THAT INTO HIS EMPTY CRANIUM... Knn... Next time let him taste his own medicine... Ass... Sebas I hope you are alright... And next injury, XINYAN... with her "dislocated finger"... Sigh... Another "I-told-you-so" case... Nuff said... They must enter the coma stage then they will learn it seems... Argh... Headache

2006-11-06T02:10:00.000-08:00

Okie nothing better do to so I just checked... here's my countdown till my end

Personal Day Of Death
Wednesday, February 16, 2061

Seconds left to live...
1,712,918,629

I better sleep earlier, don't be stressed by anything else... start eating better... treating her better... stop making her angry... blah blah blah...

My Death Clock

2006-11-05T11:59:00.000-08:00

Okie... Something most absurd I read in the papers today... TNP reported the words of the Sultan of Johorissit during the South Johorissit Economic Region project held on Friday. It quotes "Dirty tactics were used to build the Causeway by the British" & "And if you want Johor to develop, demolish it." Apparently the launch was attended by the PM of Misia, and the event viewed by millions via TV coverage. The Sultan also commented that the bridge had subjected Johori to "constant condemnation"...

I find the above really absurd. Put it this way, if you want to demolish the damn bridge, THEN GO AHEAD AND YOU DO IT. Puhleeaaazzzzzzzzzzzzzeeeeee... Don't bring up something that that old idiosyncratic Mahaha kept saying and wanting to do. You are gonna affect the economies of both your own state, and my country. Your people cannot come to my country, and I can't get to know more nice girls there. You all come to Singapore to find work, to live. We go there for the damn golf courses (shame on you Singaporeans. We built so many golf courses with so much money and you go there and support them? Get a life.), for the inexpensive daily supplies and the sought-after entertainment pieces (read: DVDs VCDs etc etc). And we are the Southern Most Part of the Asian continent. You pull that bridge down, you will find yourself being carted off to Siberia with Mahaha to stay there in their luxurious lands with other senile people (that Bushy can join them as well, prob throw in Saddamnyou)...

Meanwhile, if that happens, Maybe the Sports Council can encourage Singaporeans to swim there! Healthy Lifestyle man... Or can Dragonboat your way as well, or the River Raft Race can be extended to both sides to find economic ways to travel thru and fro. Possibilities are endless! But meanwhile, that old fogey can balik kampung. Period.

Editor's Note: The names and places have been changed to withstand scrutiny (which isn't much to figure out who and where is what) and possible lawsuits. If anyone still insists on pressing lawsuits, please write to the PM's Office. The Attorney General is standing by.

2006-11-01T22:15:00.000-08:00

Hmm... ok today more than 1 post... But who cares... Just watched the news... & finally they decided to touch on something more daily instead of the protests in Taiwan (which in my opinion is being governed by a simian. Same goes for the US. So sue me), or how Kim Jong Il's nose hair complements his hair on his lil empty head...

First up, findings from the cleanliness of Singapore! My... I can only say I'm disappointed... Number of litter-bugs caught this yr stands at 4003 (and obviously rising...) from the period of Jan till Sept 06... Most infuriating is how the youths are mostly blamed. I say kick the asses of parents too... Especially mothers. SHAME ON YOU LADIES. How on earth do you educate your children... I've witnessed this child peel off the wrapper off a chewy sweet only to have the mother sweep it off onto the floor. Then they exited. Good lord... Wait till they do the same to your home. I'll just walk by and throw my apple into your house. See how you react. And those youths... mostly are matts drinking along Orchard Rd. Ok still got chinese, indians (all races play a part man...)... but hey... I still see more of them than others. Grr...

Next up! Bus fare increments. Are Singaporeans happy? They respond out of polls that they are generally happy with the service of the bus captains and stuff... with calls to more bus routes and lesser waiting times and get this: fater travelling times. Haha you what? Ali Baba? Flying carpet? Get a life man. Take care of those people who have no sense of balance, the elderly, and those clueless to where they are everytime. Once you can take care of them, maybe we can shorten the time. Or maybe you should consider why you are on a bus when you are travelling to a far destination? Use your creativity. Walk, cycle, run, jog, hitch a ride, drive (ok bad... don't do that. Cuz you will be an idiotic driver. Confirmed. You dun drive as safely as me. ). Just do anything else other than taking a bus and complaining. Capisce?

2006-11-01T21:30:00.000-08:00

The last one for today~

Suba's Cherry Vodka Jello

Ingredients:
170ml Stolichnaya Vodka
55g Cherry Jello-O
80mg ice
170ml hot water

Method:
Add the Cherry Jell-O to the hot water, which should be at boil. Stir vigorously until it dissolves. Add the ice to bring the temperature down & allow the jelly to set faster. Add the vodka & stir until well mixed. Pour into cups & refrigerate for about 2 hours for Jell-O to set.

Tip:
For special occasions, wait for the concoction to turn a little firmer - about 30 mins after putting it into the refrigerator- before putting a lychee in each cup for extra texture. Try this with cut strawberries too.

Suba's jelly shots are served as complimentary shooters for women at its Cosmo Ladies Night every Wednesday before 9pm.

2006-11-01T17:45:00.000-08:00

Bringing you another winning formula~

Q Bar's Orange Candy Jello Shot

Ingredients:
150ml Wyborowa Vodka
150ml De Kuyper Butterscotch Shcnapps
3 packs or 270g orange flavoured gelatin mixture
200ml fresh orange juice

Method:
Melt the gelatin crystals in a very small amount of very hot water before adding cold orange juice. When the gelatin & juice mixture is slightly cooled, ass the vodka and Schnapps. Sitr & spoon into cups and heave in refrigerator for four hours.

Tip:
Too many jello shots tend to be watery & sweet with no distinct flavour. use real fruit juice instead of water in the mixture to give a stronger taste.

Q Bar's jelly shots are served Fridays & Saturdays (whilst stocks last of course) for $10 each.
Pina Colada, Peanut Butter & Jelly, & Apple Pie jelly shots are also available, but only 2 flavours are served each weekend.

2006-11-01T17:40:00.000-08:00

Hmm... having a headache now... Still coughing badly... slight wheezing... And a ton of nightmares... Why can't the hostage be someone else! Anyway...

Binging you some delightful and powerful stuff... Not for the faint-hearted, easily drunk and KIDS!

The Balcony's Apple Strawberry Jello

Ingredients:
75ml whisky
60ml apple juice
10ml sugar syrup (Whoa nelly... wait till Angie Mei sees this recipe... She will rip my head off)
Two teaspoons apple-flavoured jelly
Two teaspoons strawberry-flavoured jelly
150ml hot water

Method:
Mix whisky & sugar syrup together. Add 75ml of hot water, then stir and freeze in shot glasses for at least one hour. Mix the strawberry jellywith 75ml hot water, place on top or original mixture taken out from refrigerator & freeze for another hour.

Tip:
Garnish with slices of green apple & strawberry (Joseph's Note: OF COURSE FRESH LAH... try eating green strawberries...). A simpler version of this recipe is to exclude the strawberry jelly, mix all the other ingredients together and freeze for at least an hour.

The balcony's jello shots are @ 6 shots for $30, 12 shots for $45 instead.

2006-10-31T03:30:00.000-08:00

F%$#... My health is going down the drain cuz of assignments, and tkd... I'm gonna need to learn taking care of myself... Again...

8th Dec... Target deadline abt my decision. If things don't improve, then...

I better get going... Study whole day tml... cycling a while in the evenings... Hope it will be cool, no haze night.

I wish you would take care of yourself also. Don't get too caught up in projects and then dun sleep... Hard to do cuz I'm like you... haha~ =)

2006-10-31T03:20:00.000-08:00

Just got offline with Cuiling... Haiz... Comunication is an art unto science. It doesn't take one to master. It takes everyone to master it. If she ain't talking, something is wrong then ger... But you... can't just say you are nt bothered. Hmm... yah the rest I told you le. Just chill!

Training today was fun I guess. Well, some matters are keeping the club divided, but I guess it really takes everyone's effort to work things out. I'm not gonna put the blame on anyone. But then again, I guess everyone can do better than just talking crap in their own domains and their circles. Noone needs to understand my reasons for doing things. When I find a need to explain, I will. If not, try somewhere else if you ain't happy. I myself, am giving myself some time to see if I'm still needed. If not needed, then I shall disappear like the magicians' doves in The Prestige. I guess I can make myself useful @ otherplace else. And yep, I've gotten some requests le. =)

To NPTKD, other clubs (if anyone from other clubs sees this, forgive me, but I'm mainly adressing people from my club):

Some of my views about taekwondo. Taekwondo encompasses a lot of aspects, & what I am doing now is the sport aspect of it. I am naturally aggressive in my training methods, tillthe point of being "extreme" as some say. True. I scold a lot, but then I ask myself at nights why I do that. Everynight. Truth is, I can't help but see taekwondo in Singapore going down the drain. I'm not one to go soft, cuz I know the training I dish out, physically or otherwise, is to train everyone. Some are more immune to my scoldings. Good!

I just wish everyone would put in more effort in that 2 hours they are there. 2 hrs later, everyone is free to go home, eat or whatever crap you all want to do. Just 2 hrs of full attention, to learn stuff, also cannot give yourself that... Do things faster, more breaks. More cooperation, beneficial to you in the long run not me. I don't get paid. Yet I'm angry at you all all the time. Why? Cuz I care abt your progress. Simple

Why join taekwondo? What's your dream/aim in joining taekwondo? If you are here solely to interact, bond n makes frens, then I guess I find it better if I joined other CCAs. More fun, less of my torture.

If your dreams are to stand tall & proud, get medals, then you have to buck up and do better. Notice the difference when I've seen you do your best. (if I don't look your way often enough then try harder. I don't have preference over better people. It's just that they tend to wan me to teach them more) I don't go stingy on compliments. I certainly don't on scoldings. I just want all to try their "beyond" best. Cuz there is always another level higher than "the best".

Of course the key point isn't abt getting medals or stuff... but... let's face it. The Club has to report to the school. And the school dishes out budget. Give the school something nice to report to like results, and the Club will get budget. More budget = more money to do things, n stuff. Some want the jackets, others think lightly of it. I know I dun mind getting another. Hehe. Aww.. come on you tell me you dun wan? I, who help to train, feel that I have a responsibility to help the Club achieve such things. They are rewards of YOUR achievements. I don't reap the medals. You do.

Still there are some who thinks little of the medals too. To that, no problem. But you try managing the club. Results are necessary. Grading is an avenue to generate results. But grading isn't all. The advancement in belts is another way to reward the hard work and effort you put in. And we can only be as good as we teach. You need to do the labour.

To those whom feel I put them down constantly, especially people who want to train outside cuz "I don't let them take training", please listen: I teach things that are relevant to the development of sports taekwondo. And by that, I teach things that are taught as well in other clubs. I'm just more fierce as I want to be involved in their growth. And I'm but one man. So it's natural that I pay attention to those who wants me to teach. Scolding again is not by all means a solution, but I've done ,a few times, the soft approach. It just doesn't work. Trust me. I'm trying to seek a balance now. If I want to know how they've grown, I'll join their training. Not train outside. So please understand what I'm doing before you talk loads.

Lastly, long blog I know... But hey... this is the way to appease myself. I'm fustrated, depressed, sad over everything. What do I get every yr? Nope, not jackets. If can get then good. If nt? Nvm loh. I wish to see everyone being respected outside. "NP TKD ah?" And people will go ooo. Medals? I'm happy enuff to see one arnd your necks. =) It just shows I am doing something right. But first of all... Everyone has to chip in.

2006-10-30T01:40:00.000-08:00

Went to the job fair today. Wow. People Mountain People Sea. & most of them are there for the freebies nia... Dotz... Sent all my copies of resume. Think I printed abt 10 or so bah. Haha Yay~ will be contacted for a biomedical job in hosp. Thanks ah Jonathan. So immediate your reply!

Caught a guy taking pics up a lady's skirt. Kaoz... you are such a loser man... No technique one... No skill... Go home and wither man... And dun let me see you again. 1.65m, blond spikey hair, green polo tee n that god-awful bag. Seriously... blond? This is 2006 dude... black is in.

& the lady wasn't exactly appreciative also... Next time say THANK YOU to the person who helps you man... Not turn and carry on shopping for your cosmetics... Seriously, wear something nicer too. Salsa skirt with your face is just inviting trouble. And your face ain't exactly angel-like pretty hor... See oredi I wanna puke. Pls... Spare us guys. Not everyone sees dressing less as sexy. Not in your case. Even your butch friend looks better than ya.

What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better. --- Wendell Phillips

Thanks Angie for the Avocado Snow. Tell me the recipe so I can teach her then she can make for me too! Haha

2006-10-29T02:30:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I just wished you would talk about it and not keep it to yourself... I'm seeing a younger version of myself when I look at you... Please...

2006-10-27T02:55:00.000-07:00

GO F#$% SPIDERS. PLEASE GO. AND DON'T COME BACK. I DON'T NEED SPIDER F#$%ERS

Stupid assignments...

2006-10-24T01:30:00.000-07:00

Am I seeing things? Or is the world really mad?

I think it is mad.

I've never seen such... what's the word... I guess there isn't a word to describe the actions of one.
"Most disgusting" <--- first thought that came to mind.
"Retarded" <--- second thing that came to mind.
"Why should I care?" <--- third thing that came to mind.
"Steamboat time" <--- fourth thing that came to mind.
"Assignments & reports" <--- fifth thing that came to mind.

Such thoughts were simultaneously going on in my mind.

I think the world is mad. No my world though... That I'm sure... Cuz if you think I'm mad, think again. & when you do think, think of the consequences. Yah sure... you will be labelled as "thinking too much" but hey! It sure beats people who have no sense of common sense (much less brains) SO...please complain intelligently and think why we do things like that. Please. I don't have to teach "thinking processes 101" to you. You will be a retard if I have to.

Go figure...

Steamboat finally on~! I think I ate a lot of meat. Shit. Need to run... Need to run... But it's good. Damn worth the money. Went to Vivo again. & WHO THE HECK SAYS IT'S OPENED 24/7?! They seriously should drown in the pool of water. I shall upload the pic later to illustrate the point. Not much people around le lah! Bloody hell... Waste time sia. Went to Mt Faber. Ok just pass by nia... Wahaha nice view... What else ah? I think I wnt home first. Haha...

Good lord... Yuwei, can you please "yao zi" more properly? Ok grammar problem + structure problems. Haha but seriously can someone pls get him to pronounce words more properly & not mumble... Pls... Argh headache acting up again... Body pain also... Argh...

2006-10-22T23:30:00.000-07:00

Argh... Another one of the intense & tiring day.

TODAY IS POOMSAE COACH COURSE (2ND DAN ABOVE) !

Retarded day... Was the first one to reach. Hmm... says a lot about the punctuality of people... Especially to those who dare make alot of noise... Mr Chin recognised me... not a good sign...
Throughout the course, everyone was either groaning audibly or in their minds. Nt that it helped that their faces were contorted most of the time. Why? WHY?! Simple... Cuz the patterns/poomsae changed sooooooooo much! Good lord... How to go advance to 3rd dan like that... Argh... One point to take note...

Steamboat was cancelled due to poor response... Wassup with you guys ah? Homesick or what! Haha kidding... Went to find mei mei @ her workplace. Ended up getting an Avocado Snow. Tasty ah! Thanks Joc for mixing that drink up. It's really good! I wish I could have it everyday. No sugar or less... a lil bit? Haha

No quotes tonight. Too tired to think. Vexed over studies, assignments, pests and someone special... =

2006-10-21T23:55:00.000-07:00

Oh my... semi-productive day for me...

Went to eat fishball noodles again (everyone should try it! It's good!) then went to Odeon Towers MacDonald's to study. Whoa... When I arrived with Francis this was our reaction. Apparently, everyone had the same idea as us & decided to study there as well. -_-

Quite a few lookers (guys should know what I mean ah. hehe), but anyway that's nt what we are there for. Jinrong & Brandon came shortly, & we changed seats to these bunch of guys studying chemical thermodynamics. OMG... Zzz & to think we could have escaped anything involved with chem for a day... How wrong!

Did the reports for a while before heading off with Qihui (yay~ first bookout! Congrats!), Gladwin & Yuwei. Ass.. they decided nt to go prawning... Went to the Taman Jurong Pond to find loads of people there as well... oh yah the fishes there are huge. I think can feed a company with that 1 fish alone. Went to hunt for places to play BF2 but mostly all closed. Argh... Wassup Wassup. So much money dun wan to earn? Haha

Then went Vivo City. Freaking HUGE... Walk until leg pain. I'm already nt feeling well... & behold. Can't even get our bearings right. Saw Cuiling too with Mark & another guy. Gladwin met up with his friends later at Marina Sq & they decided to go watch midnight show. Me? Gotta rush assignment & I still have a pattern course the next day... Sigh...

Ambition is not a vice of little people. --- Michel de Montaigne

I quite like this quote. Very much. Go figure -END-

2006-10-20T14:59:00.000-07:00

YAY FINALLY BIOCHEM TMA HANDED UP LE! GOOD LORD!

I spent so many sleepless nights on this bugger of assignment... Haha... good lord... look at me now... Zzzz Zzzz I need that... like now...

The time is here, and is rapidly approaching - William Field

2006-10-14T02:30:00.000-07:00

Hahaha HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY CLARISSA!!! Hope you had a memorable party!

Well, nothing much today again... sent some resumes, nothing much that caught my fancy. Damn, wassup with the job markets nowadays? How come the unemployment rate is still so high with the Classified Ads so thick, & those online job databases filled with jobs... I never know...

Went out to eat fishball noodles again... Haha... yah in case noone's noticed that's my favourite noodles. Bought 2 lollipops similar to the one in Kung Fu Hustle. Who is it for anyway? *Shrugs*

Went NTU training after wrestling with assignments (they never end do they), arrived a lil wee bit late, but... NOONE STARTED ANYTHING YET! Whoa nelly... Shifu damn late le wor... Walked in to find Chen Peiqi sleeping on the matress for acrobatics... Huining lying arnd also... Soon came the rest of the majority... Ah... now I understand le. I'm looking at the players for the Asian University Games. Wow. No wonder the Sha Qi is like so strong lah.

Veronica came running and asking me to buy a ticket for the movie screening later in the night. Oh I forgot they were celebrating the belated Mooncake festivities. Haha I just chopped one ticket for later.

Training started.
Shawn used my shoulder & mock cry when we saw Poh Sze Chap do his split. What a piece of master artwork. He is perfect for training & sparring lah... Kaoz must be like him le...

Edmund took training and I partnered Huining. Was teaching her how to move even faster. Yay~ I finally can "react" when the whistle was blown... & I could hear the different beats as everyone else's instep-meets-handmitt sound went a tad slower than mine. BUT... thats only for right foot attacks... HAHAHA sian loh like that... I'm like right leg = good leg while left leg = stump used in pirate shows...

Nt bad nt bad... managed to realise how fast I can go... After that stayed arnd a bit to watch them spar. The rest? All siam to the bbq session le! Aiyoh... did some more kicks... kick kick kick...

BBQ was fun. Hahaha Seriously, it was a bit stale in the beginning lah... but things got going when they started to play that Jacky Wu classroom games. Damn farnie. Everyone was dunked with water. Good Lord thank goodness I do keep a low profile there... Muahaha...

Later we celebrated the b'days of Edmund & Clarissa... Clarissa ended up being the unluckiest being that day. Hahaha talk abt Friday the 13th... She got curry poured over her lah. Nick's gi pants didn't make it either. All thanks to Junming Sir's running. Whoosh & he's off le~

Ended up in a cab with Nick, Ashlyn, William, Marissa & who else ah? Can't rem... I of course sat in front... me being the biggest size with Nick next in line. Haha! Gave Marissa her lollipop but forgot to give to Ashlyn. Liewz...

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art - Wil Durant

2006-10-13T02:05:00.000-07:00

Ooo... today is one of the worst days of my life. Ah... today being the Thursday since it's officially Friday... Sigh... Friday the 13th... AGAIN!

I've never seen much contempt for trainings before... Infuriating... Who the hell do they think they are? Are you some son or daughter of some dignitary? Someone important? Someone experienced? Good lord... you people certainly talk a lot for someone who has far less experience than me... If everyone finds that there is a better way to train other than do the stuff we give & take the constant scoldings, go reflect.

Why am I scolding & Gladwin saying those things? We work like a pair. Angel & Devil. Obvious who took which character... You peeps can't seem to drill it in your head that all these are for your own good. Ok granted the scolding was a bit unnecesary but still...

Targets? Aims? Dreams? Motivation factor? I don't think the youngsters really know what those are nowadays... I'm not about to generalize, just that I haven't met enough people who have aims in their lives and actually work towards it. Really. TKD wise it's worse. I've travelled to trainings conducted by other masters, & frankly, it's not the masters... It's the thinking & attitudes of the students & trainees. Sigh. Hand over the club to them? Well...

Gladwin mentioned that he didn't want to take class anymore. Seeing how things turn out I guess we could use a long break. Let them see how difficult it is to run a training session with their progress in mind. if they think they have a better idea, pls do carry on. I can't stand it anymore. This is depressing.

Btw, went to Hong Kong Cafe off East Coast area. Not too bad. But I spent a bomb there... Order too much... The tea was friggin sweet lah! Haha Thanks Gladwin for driving me there. Appreciate it that you decided to travel to the east on your own accord. Haha

2nd Btw, THE BLOODY ST PAT'S SCHOOL STATUE MOVED SINCE I LAST SAW IT!!! GOOD LORD!

2006-10-12T01:10:00.000-07:00

Yay... arms felt better le. Biochem tutorial was a lifesaver! Finally some hints to the TMA... Last Biochem TMA... must pia le...

Decided to include quotes wherever possible to let myself reflect on it. What can I learn to make my world a better world? What else can people learn from me, or me from the people? I wonder...

I see and approve better things, but follow worse - Ovid

That I do too... That I do.

2006-10-10T22:55:00.000-07:00

Good lord... Arms felt like they have been ripped off... Still have TMA to complete... Stupid Biophysics... Why can't it be any easier?! Argh... 2 mths to exams le...

Just basically did my TMA for today... research & ask friends how to do... Noone seems to know... Oh my...

Night classes was still ok just now, was damn famished nia...

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem - Booker T Washington

I find the above quote meaningful... Everyone should learn from it. EVERYONE...

To generalize is to be an idiot - William Blake

Why do you think I target individuals so much... hahahaha!

Okie... till tomorrow... Or whenever I'm free...

2006-10-09T23:55:00.000-07:00

Ahhh... interesting day today. Decided to forego that damn TMA... bugger... Went Cable skii with Natalie & Sherlyn, with Henry & gang joining us later. Damn Nicole... Didnt come... pang seh nevermind, still held onto the coupons sia... Made Nat wait at JE MRT... In the end I was the earliest. Dotz...

Played 2 hours with the guys while Nat & Sher only did 1 hour. Met this cute chick trying out her new bindings. Damn... I'm so ashamed to talk to her sia. Kept falling down lah! Argh... Nvm my mind originally shldn't be thinking abt her anyway... Haha Arms damn painful... & I hit my face with the darn double skis... Ass

After that, unicycled to BBQ pit to find them. Kaoz... Maybe I'm too late... but nt much food left there man... Argh... Peng ang some stuff then I went unicycling for a while while some of them walked to the Mac toilet & 7-11. Eeeee... ANGIE CAN'T HOLD HER LIQUOR! HAHAHAHA

Left for home with Gladwin & Yuwei... @ abt 1130+

2006-10-07T22:50:00.000-07:00

Grading day for black belts: I DID NOT GO~~~ Nah... went to meet the guys to study & finish the Biophysics TMA... Stumping the whole tut class le. Panic mode -ON-. Shifting to Amber Alert sia... Haha we studied there so long they only managed to solve 2 qns. & I was so helpless there. Cuz I totally dun understand what happened or is happening. Why got V here Q there? Why need to use Bernoulli's Eqn? Who the heck asked him to come up with that equation!? Retarded lah!

Went to grandma's b'day party after that. As usual... Boring. Usual questions like "Eh how come never bring your gf?" "When you getting one?" "Why you slimmed down so much?"... Spare me man... I just napped right till the moment they sang Happy B'day. & They didnt wake me up lah! Kaoz... haze hits highest record~

2006-09-23T23:30:00.000-07:00

FInally the day of UC... Damn I'm very nervous... Argh... Can I match up to them? To their expectations? Damn... Before I even reach NTU I already have Shawn, Jianfa stressing me! Good Lord...

Ok, ate my fave Tiong Bahru Hui Ji Fishball Noodles with extra noodles & chilli (who can miss that chilli!?) , proceeded to meet Nelson whom was later than my proposed amended time... -_-
He ah... On standby somemore... Haven boarded the bus already flooded with smses & calls from that CPL of his... Recommend him sign extra pls...

Ok... reached there to find them playing dress-up. Damn farnie. Edmund got sabo-ed to play Frosty The Snowman. But after much dressing I kept thinking he looks more like Min Zheng Hao from Da Chang Jin. Minus the beard & mustache lah! Haha

After that we proceeded for lunch & a movie screening. Spin Kick / Taekwonboys / Xuan Feng Tui. Bloody nice show I would say. Nothing flair about the way the movie is made, but just pure humour, taekwondo moves & inspirational thoughts for us. Haha Ashlyn & Judy watched with their eyes so wide like this O_O. Nick was asleep in front of us... -_-

Ok then got changed... Bloody lot of guys in toilet shouting HOW! HOW!! STARTING LE!!! HOW!!!! Haha damn farnie sight to behold. I can understand why later... We were the first group to lead the run. Liewz...

Ran too fast until they cant catch up, & we ain't at the first station yet! Damn... Like what Ashlyn says, I wan to Chui on the spot le... First station: Circuit stations @ NIE! I was screaming I've just been here recently! Damn bloody long carpark they have... Made us run, hop, wheelbarrow, all the way there & back, all these while the fumigitation was going on nearby. Talk abt haze in Singapore...

2nd station: Kicks @ Bio-Sciences Building! Lucky we are the last team now, cuz of the rotations. Did approximately 200-300 kicks. I'm nt sure le. Haha just kick until luan. Oops... Some more peeps dropped out of UC... sigh... Come on man...

3rd Station: Footwork. Did footwork in running shoes... A first for me I can say... Damn difficult lah!

4th Station: Climb that dreaded stairs behind NBS... I had to drag some of them up somemore... Reminds me of my medic days... haha. After that Did more n more kicks. Knee really wan to chui le... Jianfa n Shawn stressing me again! Argh! Finally the 2nd break session! Water never tasted more sweet...

5th Station: Shadow Sparring. First round 9 mins flat, then 8 mins, 7 mins, you get the pic... I was so tired that Junming sir had to ask me "Eh fighter, dun lie down... Sit up first." Haha I had to haul mu ass up... Sorry ah Wanzhu I just really bloody tired ah... Screamed like I dying right? Haha

Last push: Sprinting up the road to Nanyang House. Damn Shiok.

After that, speech by Shifu, a short performance by the Station Masters, & a song from Shifu! Yue Liang Dai Biao Wo De Xin. Haha damn good. Then presentation of patches & certs. Lucky someone never get... Muahaha... Nelson was laughing all the way.

2006-09-22T23:55:00.000-07:00

Whoa... not a bad training tonight, quite relaxed & short. Yes it's the eve of UC or Ultimate Challenge for the ignorant (dun take this as an insult please. Ignorance is bliss remember? Heh). I met many people, mostly younger than me (sigh... I'm lucky I'm older by 1 or 2yrs on average) whom are really excited about UC. Bet they haven't heard what happened last yr eh...

Assigned to the team Koguryo, with people from all backgrounds & different levels of understanding of TKD. Quite cheery people I would say, with fears that they can't mix well together. Well we are all wrong! Uni people bond better, as most of us are engr peeps (ok they didn't care I wasn't from NTU), we held similar beliefs about life & TKD and we are all part of the team. Haha I can say pretty crappy for some, especially Edmund. Champ at crap talking. Skye comes across as the quiet type initially... But later... hahaha a much needed motivational point for me.

We crapped for sometime as part of ice-breaking before I parted ways with them to go home to do my assignment. Damn the assignment...

2006-09-11T00:01:00.000-07:00

I'm writing this because this shocking incident happened 5 yrs ago on this day. Noone has denied the impact 9/11 has created in their lives, and if there exists people who do, well let's just say they can die without going to heaven.

It was this day 5 yrs ago that made the whole world sit up & realise the dangers are real. The unimaginable happening, the gauntlet thrown to them from nowhere. Suddenly humanity is faced with issues of terrorism, beliefs, cries of help from the unheard & unavenged...

What is terrorism? How do we define terrorism? What are the beliefs they held dear that made it seem extreme to us? What catalysed them to commit such an act? What has governed their thoughts right up to that moment?

Now humanity has to ask themselves. Have we learned? Has anything changed? Has the world grown more united? Are the cries of help from the unheard & unavenged addressed? Their needs met? I suppose most of the questions posted here will never be answered.

On my end, I salute those whom valiantly stayed around to salvage the lifes of other people. They are the true heroes whom are not mentioned in movies, comics & animated films. They are the true Superman, Spiderman, Batman, Wonder Woman. However, we should not need another such catastrophy for us to identify them, or for them to step out to help.

To those whom died, please bless the people you left behind, & rest peacefully.

To my lecturer who was in Boston instead of NY: YOU ARE ONE LUCKY BASTARD!

Here are some stats found online:

The initial numbers are indelible: 8:46 a.m. and 9:02 a.m.
Time the burning towers stood: 56 minutes and 102 minutes.
Time they took to fall: 12 seconds. From there, they ripple out.
Total number killed in attacks (official figure as of 9/5/02): 2,819
Number of firefighters and paramedics killed: 343
Number of NYPD officers: 23
Number of Port Authority police officers: 37
Number of WTC companies that lost people: 60
Number of employees who died in Tower One: 1,402
Number of employees who died in Tower Two: 614
Number of employees lost at Cantor Fitzgerald: 658
Number of U.S. troops killed in Operation Enduring Freedom: 22
Number of nations whose citizens were killed in attacks: 115
Ratio of men to women who died: 3:1
Age of the greatest number who died: between 35 and 39
Bodies found "intact": 289
Body parts found: 19,858
Number of families who got no remains: 1,717
Estimated units of blood donated to the New York Blood Center: 36,000
Total units of donated blood actually used: 258
Number of people who lost a spouse or partner in the attacks: 1,609
Estimated number of children who lost a parent: 3,051
Percentage of Americans who knew someone hurt or killed in the attacks: 20
FDNY retirements, January–July 2001: 274
FDNY retirements, January–July 2002: 661
Number of firefighters on leave for respiratory problems by January 2002: 300
Number of funerals attended by Rudy Giuliani in 2001: 200
Number of FDNY vehicles destroyed: 98
Tons of debris removed from site: 1,506,124
Days fires continued to burn after the attack: 99
Jobs lost in New York owing to the attacks: 146,100
Days the New York Stock Exchange was closed: 6
Point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average when the NYSE reopened: 684.81
Days after 9/11 that the U.S. began bombing Afghanistan: 26
Total number of hate crimes reported to the Council on American-Islamic Relations nationwide since 9/11: 1,714
Economic loss to New York in month following the attacks: $105 billion
Estimated cost of cleanup: $600 million
Total FEMA money spent on the emergency: $970 million
Estimated amount donated to 9/11 charities: $1.4 billion
Estimated amount of insurance paid worldwide related to 9/11: $40.2 billion
Estimated amount of money needed to overhaul lower-Manhattan subways: $7.5 billion
Amount of money recently granted by U.S. government to overhaul lower-Manhattan subways: $4.55 billion
Estimated amount of money raised for funds dedicated to NYPD and FDNY families: $500 million
Percentage of total charity money raised going to FDNY and NYPD families: 25
Average benefit already received by each FDNY and NYPD widow: $1 million
Percentage increase in law-school applications from 2001 to 2002: 17.9
Percentage increase in Peace Corps applications from 2001 to 2002: 40
Percentage increase in CIA applications from 2001 to 2002: 50
Number of songs Clear Channel Radio considered "inappropriate" to play after 9/11: 150
Number of mentions of 9/11 at the Oscars: 26
Apartments in lower Manhattan eligible for asbestos cleanup: 30,000
Number of apartments whose residents have requested cleanup and testing: 4,110
Number of Americans who changed their 2001 holiday-travel plans from plane to train or car: 1.4 million
Estimated number of New Yorkers suffering from post-traumatic-stress disorder as a result of 9/11: 422,000

Here's an additional from my studies of the events:
Number of idiots who spent unnecessary monies on war-mongering instead of relief: 2. The United States Government & George W Bush.