:: random thoughts ::

2007-06-05T01:40:00.000+08:00

i have pretty much given up hope on this page these days. it comes to a point where you just seem to realise that the more you say the more shit you land yourself into. so why bother right?

owell life is such and the earth isn't gonna stop spinning for anyone so therefore life goes on. i have learnt much over the last couple of months.

notice how everybody had a dream when we were small? Some would want to be a pilot when they grew up, others doctors and there where those who aspired to be lawyers. well for me it has always been to venture into the financial sector. and it helps that everytime i go to school these days, its right in the heart of the financial beat. its a really good feeling and i dunno how to quite describe it but i know that one day i might just be sitting on one of the floors of those tall skyscrapers.

it also helps that im in an international school. the environment is really conducive and the people communicate on a whole different level. not to mention the unique relationship between the staff, teachers and students. this winning pedagogy will prove to be a success formula in the near future.

you reflect on issues and then you realise the irony of it all. that humans can be such complex creatures. that really sometimes honesty isnt quite the best policy because it lets you down. but on the other hand, i choose to see the positives of this entire episode. i realised i should not have remained in that hole that i dropped into. it was actually an opportunity of awakening. a chance to make me realise that i can finally move on. and to greater heights that is.

things are shaping up and the stage lights are set. september 2008. mark this month on your calendars ladies and gentleman, something spectacular is going to unfold.

2007-04-17T01:36:00.000+08:00

its been a long long while since i last updated. some noteworthy points.

this period is probably one of the more challenging moments i have encountered thus far. shall not go into further details. just hope and pray..

my 2 years of torture is FINALLY coming to an end.

exams are around the corner.

my 21st birthday plans are semi grey because of the recent spate of events. sigh.

life is going on for now, but who am i trying to bluff. it really isn't quite the same anymore.

2007-02-27T22:32:00.000+08:00

CNY week was great! and no, it wasnt cause of the packets. instead, it was the great company over the few days of festivities. lots of poker action + a new poker location! and as all of us would agree, we found our poker comfort group. went down to zouk for fatman scoop but he irritated the hell out of us with his i-play-the-song-for-10-secs then give my nig** thrash talk. great supper company as well. hopefully the going picks up from here..

2007-02-12T00:54:00.000+08:00

the lack of updates these days can be attributed to the fact that i kinda lost interest in this "activity"

i've been receiving replies from UCAS lately. well lets just say things are not looking too good. i would still like to remain positive. afterall this was part of my new year resolution. 1 conditional + 3 more replies to go. come onn....

for the records, this wed marks the stupid-est day ever in the freaking calendar year. well at least in my humble opinion. its really a damn zzz day. i dislike how people have this retard mentality in their head that vday is a day where you intentionally "surprise" your other half with a dinner+buy her flowers+buy her expensive present. i think everybody forgot that vday is essentially a day to share the love with people who truly matter. imagine just hanging out with friends over dinner, reminiscing the good ol' moments, laughing yourselves silly. i think that adds so much more value and meaning to that day.

on a sidenote, CNY is just around the corner. i am not feeling it at all this time. the only thing that i am happy about is that i get two whole official days off work and zouk is actually putting mambo night on the eve. wow i hope its going to be a blast. i think as we grow older, the excitement really just dies off. i remember how when i was young, i would wish that everyday was CNY, just cause i would get red packets. now that im older, that kind of money doesnt really excite me anymore.

work doesnt seem to be cutting me any slack either, even as i approach the impending end. people who think they are too smart for their own good really should just burn in hell. but well life goes on and i know i can pull through. just 2 more months and its no turning back from there.

li : i dunno if that really came from you but lets talk about it in private. i don't feel comfortable disclosing too much info in public.

2007-01-15T02:17:00.000+08:00

finally i am done with my UCAS application ordeal. now its time to cross my fingers, sit back and wait for news. hopefully its good.

on a sidenote, i realised i have only been playing poker for about 2 months and i am already immensely attracted to the game. hmmm.

ALOHA 2007!

2007-01-02T03:20:00.000+08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR! a new year deserves a new post.

ushered in the new year by clubbing continuously from the last mambo of the year onwards. last mambo didnt turn out as planned but it was alright i guess. overall i am still satisfied. thursday was chuin+cliffords party at butter. friends all around so it was well spent. cant remember what i did on friday but we went to MoS on saturday. cliffords cousin got us all smashed on champagnes. zzz.

the last day of 2006 was very messy. eventually i settled on going to butter. countdown with many familiar faces. hugs and handshakes all over. it was a great feeling just to be in the midst of all the company of people who truly matter to you. left shortly after midnight to join the nye party at expo. managed to catch summer rain while i was dancing right in the middle of the main podium! haha at least that made up for the stupid ECP jam on the way to expo. later in the night i got wind of some big fight at butter. wasn't the best of ways to start a new year but surely it satisfied the criteria of being a 'smashing' new year. hur. ended the night with supper at al ameen.

thinking back, the incident actually brought out the best of the social circle. its good to see how people put aside their differences to unite for a common cause. at the end of the day, bad people will get bad karma. shall not go into details of what happened but lets just say life goes on.

here's a shoutout to all my friends for making 2006 such a memorable year. i am sorry for all my shortcomings and i promise i will make a genuine effort to improve. finally here's one of my new year resolutions to share with everyone. hopefully this year will be better than the last! :)

2006-12-26T01:02:00.000+08:00

the year is wraping up soon. well here's several thoughts.

finally went down to vivocity. its quite a refreshing idea but wasn't as big as i expected it to be. festival walk in hong kong beats it hands down.

its frustrating when people single handedly screw up all your plans. well technically its nobody's fault but the intentions were still there.

hopefully the last week of parties will bring the year to end on a good note. i dare not put my expectations too high because i've been let down countless times already.

ushered christmas in this year at zouk. they decorated the place with a "snowy" feel. quite an interesting concept with the balloons and styrofoam beads all over the floor. i pity the cleaners man. haha.

at long last everybody is kinda "reunited" but this is going to be shortlived because most will be leaving in the first week of january. sigh.

2006-12-15T14:40:00.000+08:00

this entire week is shaping up better..

"house" cleaning together with tris at the NUS dorms. a harrowing affair indeed. chuin you owe us one!

picked lianne from the airport. my goodness i hate to admit this but she is stronger than me when it comes to carrying of luggages. maybe its the training from london. haha.

sent tim off. that was yet another sad farewell. our lonely hearts group has just decreased in numbers AGAIN. the only consolation is that we have his new understudy mister neil spencer. lol.

more poker nights with the addition of two crazy girls namely shaz and gracs. FIERCE!

more quality suppers with individuals who matter.

one of the better mambo sessions on wed where people actually went to mambo night for mambo and not phuture/velvet.

relaxed work days because i essentially only work for half the day.

i pray that it continues in this manner.....

2006-12-09T13:08:00.000+08:00

another few weeks have gone by so fast..

some points of happening over the weeks.

cj post prom party at butter factory. wow i must admit that some of the 88 girls have a lot of potential indeed. brings a lot of relief when we enter uni. ha ha.

countless poker nights. a continuous learning process. sometimes you win sometimes you lose.

tim's farewell party at the nest in zouk. exclusivity right at the heart of the action. one of the few memorable zouk nights.

mock exams are finally over. my "holiday" is here at long last.

genting consortium won the sentosa IR bid. universal studios is coming to singapore! my genting stocks are so going to rocket on monday!!

UK/US people are coming back next week. finallyyyy.

zoukout tonight. honestly i am still undecided. ZzZzZz.

2006-11-19T20:12:00.000+08:00

new gambling addiction after watching casino royale on friday night. we are all hooked on poker! ha ha. well i guess that still beats playing ____

its been pretty average the past weeks thus the lack of updates. looking forward to december where i can do my mini leave clearance. it also happens to be the time where some of those who mean something to me start coming back from overseas.

following which its on to 2007 for the final lap! 5 more absolute months to go~

2006-10-29T17:55:00.000+08:00

HALLOWEEN weekend.

well as usual, im not the type who would actually dress up for the occassion. all i do is just laugh at all the crazy outfits. spent last night as planned. short mahjong session followed by a trip down to zouk. macdonalds fries, drinks, ronald macdonald, snoopy, polar bear, cow.. and the list goes on. some of the costumes were hilarious. in fact there was this guy who dressed up as chun li! wicked sick mann. headed down to MoS at 2+. hopped around the VIP areas. managed to meet up with some friends. twas a good saturday night out.

2006-10-28T13:04:00.000+08:00

last night was yet another classical moment of "some people just dont get it"

impromptu meet up at zouk. surprisingly crowded though i anticipated the crowd to be giving it a miss for halloween tonight instead. i should be going down to zouk tonight if all goes well. nope not intending to dress up. just go in my normal clothes and laugh at all the people out there. i still remember we saw patrick and spongebob last year. twas hilarious!

going back to the topic of some people just dont get it. i really wonder how some people can be so dense up there. is it really that difficult? thank goodness im over that arghhh phase. and it was all thanks to the people who really meant something to me in my life. i wouldn't have been able to pick myself up from where i left off. owell i guess i had my fair share of fun. been there done that. hur hur.

2006-10-24T22:38:00.000+08:00

four days of break from work is finally coming to an end. this actually means that there will be ZERO public holidays for the next two months till christmas. oh gawd that is how freaking far away. my sixth sense tells me that i will be falling sick quite a couple of times during this period. hur hur.

we did a mini club hop last night. butter factory then to zouk. short conversation with candice at butter. hopefully things hit the upslope. interestingly, we managed to hear london bridge and buttons at both locations. if not for some incident at zouk, the night actually turned out quite fun. some people are just too dumb and selfish for their own good. supper with a slightly unusual combination at thomson after because river valley was just too crowded.

shaun's farewell at his place earlier in the evening. another UK bound student flying off. hopefully all goes well and we shall meet up in sep 07.

on a sidenote, i have not actually gone to vivocity yet. so much hype about it being the biggest shopping centre in sg. owell probably will head down to take a look when the shops are more ready.

2006-10-22T15:37:00.000+08:00

wednesday politics + saturday politics. that pretty much sums up the clubbing week. its strange how little people can grasp of the bigger picture at hand.

i just realised the cause and effect of certain friendship structures. i am just grateful that there are still a FEW selected individuals i can count on. its really just that FEW now. pales in comparision to what it used to be. i don't even bother to try nowadays. because i know my true friends will never need me to try. however i cannot be more pleased because i realised that these will be my anchors for life. the rest of the passing ships have set sail for further shores.

good for you.. don't come sailing back to my island if the weather up ahead changes for the worst in the near future. my island is no refugee shelter.

what you all are seeing is not what you get. what you think is not what it is. but then again, me not saying anything isn't a representation of me not knowing anything.

this week has been the reverse of last. hopefully the 2 days off from work will make things that tad bit better.

2006-10-17T17:29:00.000+08:00

caught two movies of late. the departed and miami vice. i figured i kinda like these sort of movies actually. a story which revolves around two sides indulging in some form of vice. ha ha. no wonder i found ocean's eleven and twelve interesting as well.

btw if anyone of you have an apple store discount card or voucher of sorts, please tell me!! i want to get the ipod connector to my car stereo. apparently it cost 100+. ZzZz.

p.s. does anybody know wtf is happening to tagboards? the cpanel shit is damn irritating.

2006-10-15T16:26:00.000+08:00

MoS round 2 last night. hopefully this can become our permanent fixture every saturday to replace liquidroom. music was great as usual. and the company was a plus! one of the top few clubbing nights as far as my memory lane goes. everything lived up to expectations. except a couple of *ahem* no shows! drinking competition + five ten with mel. i almost died. ha ha. photowhoring through the night coupled with fun dancing. its times like these which really alleviates the crap you get from work all week.

anyhow this small paragraph doesn't do justice to the amount of fun we had last night. check out jess and chuin's blog entries respectively. lots of photos and more description. here's to a better week people! the long weekend is just around the corner..

2006-10-10T01:41:00.000+08:00

some "interesting" developments over the past week. keyword here is nonchalent.

firstly, genuine friendships and relationships cannot be compromised. once you cross the line, its game over. just like how bingo is played. how can some people still act so nonchalent when things are obviously not working the way it is supposed to work out.

secondly, i am simply amazed at how non reactive people are towards a certain situation. actions give people away. and i would know, you bet i would. if this had been a game of poker, i would have won big time. hur.

but all that being said, life goes on. the earth will continue to spin.. and the haze will continue to come. triple hur.

2006-10-08T14:11:00.000+08:00

last night was simply great!

dinner with the guys of 12th(I) reminiscing the good ol' days. had a discussion about the developments in 12th(I). desmond's house after for a house warming preview. twas a nice condo tucked away in the quiet corner of upper bukit timah. played a lil bit of mahjong.

MoS after with a slightly different group for once. the clubbing highlight of the week! music was fantastic. company was wonderful. cliff neil ping kel jess sammie aud. tim and suks came later in the night. im starting to like MoS rnb more than Zouk rnb. supper at river valley after.

hopefully St James Powerstation goes into operations full swing soon then we can go check out the rnb club. and the latest news i heard was that zouk is switching to rnb on saturdays as well. that makes it 2 consecutive nights of rnb. i smell a marketing strategic switch here. hmmm....

2006-10-02T00:22:00.000+08:00

Happy 2nd year anniversary to me and my driving licence!

if only my relationships were just as smooth sailing. Zz. am proud to announce that i managed to maintain an accident free record these two years. its quite a feat really, taking into consideration my style of driving and all. i bet all my friends can second that. HA HA. hopefully i can keep up with this clean record for the years to come.

2006-09-30T17:24:00.000+08:00

rather short work week for me due to my sickness. lets not debate what the word sick means because people at work would think you are malingering whether you are/are not genuinely sick. therefore i rest my case. Zz.

mambo on wed was just okay. as i've mentioned many times before, its the company that makes up the fun. zouk last night was average/below average. well doesn't really matter. had a good catch up session with mel prior to that.

was talking to sam via msn and she told me something shocking. well i rest my case for the second time. hur hur. i've been getting some updates from the UK girls as well since its the weekends. glad to know that they are adapting well.

embarking on my UCAS applications lately. its giving me a big headache. anyone who has done it before and is kind enough to give some insights to this poor soul here kindly step forward!

2006-09-25T01:21:00.000+08:00

two departures this week. pretty much sums up the mood. daph left on monday. lianne left on saturday.

well the only consolation probably stems from the fact that there will not be any airport trips for the time being. daph's departure was quite weird for me for obvious reasons which i shall not write in the event that certain individuals might just bitch tag me again. hur hur. lianne's departure was relatively quiet surprisingly but i reckon its quality over quantity that really matters.

clubbing madness as usual this week. bumped into celene at the most unlikely of places. MoS smoove vip area. twas a good chat. and i think i might have just found a possible second career. something relating to bedsheets. sorry internal joke again. ha ha.

2006-09-18T01:26:00.001+08:00

snippets of the week.

krystal's departure on tuesday. 'nuff said. another one to be sorely missed.

mambo on wednesday. it was the turning point for a small issue which i shall not disclose in public. well lets just say what is down must come up.

zouk on friday. groove armada. it was way crowded and i would like to blame it on IMF. haha. a certain event took the fun out of the night. well life goes on i guess. daph and mel came down much later in the night. hung with them till closing which was like 5 freaking am before proceeding for prata supper.

saturday was lose money day. ZzZz. butter factory for 5 minutes before we came to the consensus that the crowd was insane and we were not gonna get any fun. headed down to MoS instead. visited the vip sky lounge for the first time. all of us felt kinda out of place cause we were seriously the youngest amongst the 40 odd individuals inside the room. apparently we saw this guy who is the richest indonesian in indonesia. WHOA. plus we saw jacelyn tay and ann kok who looked really skinny in real life.

and tomorrow marks another trip down to the airport. the feeling really sucks. but i must focus on the bigger picture. all these feelings are just temporary. everything will fall in place. we must keep the faith.

2006-09-11T01:15:00.000+08:00

mundane week. seems like more to follow after liquidroom closed. the routine goes like this..

wed @ mambo.
friday @ zouk.
saturday @ random house gambling.
sunday sleep in day + holland v at night.

the only highlight of the week was probably the farewell lunch for krys and daph. we had dim sum at imperial treasure. by far my most expensive dim sum meal ever. haha but its every single cent well spent.

well that only means that they will be leaving this week. sigh why must good people leave the country. heading to the airport isn't going to be as fun as my hong kong trip this time round. boo. hopefully when sep 07 comes, everything can fall in place.

2006-09-05T23:29:00.000+08:00

in life, you can't please everybody. thank goodness time doesn't stop for people who kick a fuss over issues not even remotely related to them. hur hur.

managed to clear up some uncertainties pertaining to school matters. hopefully with that behind my back, the year ahead will be clearer. working towards that goal..

somehow the situation has not improved. not to worry, a different approach from now on and lets just watch the show go.

2006-09-04T00:10:00.000+08:00

on samantha's request, i shall blog!

well the past week has been pretty mild. wednesday night mambo was different for a change. it was my first time sitting at the NEST! *for all those of you who are wondering where the tree is located.. well basically there is no tree. hur hur. its actually that new super exclusive area they created after renovations. the one near the zouk toilets. haha its really quite cool sitting up there looking down at the mambo arena from another angle.

nothing noteworthy over the weekend. the usual routine. hopefully the upcoming weeks will be more exciting..

2006-08-27T23:22:00.000+08:00

i am back from hong kong! well the last 4 days have been what i term as a temporary distraction to take my mind off certain issues. certainly a very good break to keep me sane. details and photos of the trip will only be up at a later date because i want to share it personally with my closer friends first.

on a side note, holidays have a strange effect on me. somehow my memory of the past few weeks leading up to the holiday erases itself automatically after i get back. at least to say i wouldn't be able to remember most of the stuff. thats a good thing since my life is generally plagued with many obstacles.

well its hello to reality and back to shit work. the upcoming few weeks are crucial. lets see how the dynamics change. hopefully this 'fresh' start can turn situations around for the upslope.

moving on, a shoutout to SAMANTHA. happy birthday girl! thanks for the last couple of years. i really treasure the consistency in our friendship.

and a belated happy birthday to MEL. a pity i couldn't be there for your celebrations.

How could this happen to me

I made my mistakes

I’ve got no where to run

The night goes on

As I’m fading away

I’m sick of this life

I just wanna scream

How could this happen to me

2006-08-22T18:53:00.000+08:00

Sometimes, we disappoint ourselves. Sometimes, others disappoint us. But why so must it be the circumstances.

Trust is a very big word. I hope to be proven wrong.

2006-08-22T00:38:00.000+08:00

they say sometimes things are better if kept unsaid.

tonight i begin to appreciate the essence of that sentence.

the stakes have been raised and its GAME ON. bring it on..

2006-08-19T14:20:00.000+08:00

wed mambo night. the usual stuff. nothing too noteworthy except the fact that i probably managed to impart a small amount of my mambo knowledge to mel on the zouk dance floor. oh and some drunk girl started taking off her top repeatedly which really was a major turn off.

didn't club last night. as tim would put it, we the rejects can still have as much fun on our own. we probably achieved that actually. went down to the crew room at prinsep for some beers and random talk about our upcoming hong kong trip.

i eagerly anticipate going down to liquid room tonight. its the last time that we are ever gonna step into that place. sigh. memories memories..

and just five minutes ago, i read something on the straits times forum page. its regarding NS. a well rehearsed piano concerto by dominic leong hui han as i would aptly put. all acsi 86'ers, doesnt that name ring a bell? yes its the guy who punched another of my classmate but got his fingers fractured instead. HA HA. let me quote him "i have a family and a girlfriend" triple HA HA HA. i think the army recruitment centre should invite him to sign on since he is so pro SAF. im sure he makes a valuable asset to the force :)

the migration season is here. so many significant people are leaving for the states or the UK to study. owell life goes on. lets just hope for the best.

2006-08-10T23:13:00.000+08:00

the mid week break came and went.

movie on tuesday at p.s. with jess ashton and cliff. tokyo drift. just made me feel tad much more inspired to drive. haha. went down to zouk for the DMC Singapore Championships. We managed a table at members and it was actually quite a good change from our usual phuture nights. congrats to leon for winning the much coverted title and sweeping the best newcomer award as well.

wednesday was recovery day. much of it was spent sleeping in. the evening was quite a pleasant one but i shall leave the details out. went down to zouk for our weekly dose of mambo. nothing too fantastic. in fact they played so many screwed up unknown retro songs which really broke the momentum of the mambo-ers. supper after with the girls. couldn't quite decide on the location but eventually we ended up at lido macs. lesson of the night : girls who are high cant keep a straight face. haha. ran into some trouble with my mum when i got back. dont even get me started man. sigh.

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2006-08-01T00:02:00.000+08:00

short wrap up of the weekend.

gathering at nicolette's place for dinner and some gambling. went down to MoS instead of liquidroom for a change. the club was more packed than phuture in its good ol' days. thankfully we had a table in the new member's area in smoove. hopefully we will go there more often from now onwards.

had dim sum with samantha on sunday afternoon at taka. good catch up session. i hope i will keep to the promise i made to myself. met up with chuin and cliff for a short while in the night. starbucks. newspaper. final theory. holland v. managed a good chat with chuin on the way home.

on a sidenote, uni life is commencing for the girls. the US bound personnel are leaving in august. UK bound in september. i wonder if my predictions earlier in the year will come true. outlook seems cloudy.

just maybe, less is more. sometimes we just wish we never got to know certain things. regrets set in quickly..

STRAITS TIMES PAGE 20

2006-07-19T19:10:00.000+08:00

for all those who read the newspaper daily, you probably know what is on it already. for the others who live in pluto, its time to pick the papers up and start flipping.

the message i really wanted to convey across is that we should never ever take the peace and security here in Singapore for granted. Girls, never ever take us boys serving national service for granted! its because of us that you all are safe OKAY.

SAMantha was having the time of her life in Lebanon for a couple of weeks and everything changed within one night. Israel happily decided to test out their military power or lack of it should i say by randomly bombing lebanon. Now, im not here to critically comment on who is right or wrong. starting a war or attack on a country without a strong reason is wrong in itself.

SAMantha : last i heard is that you are headed for syria where you will probably catch the next available flight back. stay strong and be safe. we all miss you! p.s. our dinner appointment is still on yes? yes.

2006-07-16T15:34:00.000+08:00

this weekend was entirely different. so unusual that some would say that the chance of its occurrence is lower than singapore making it into the world cup. hur hur. WE DID NOT CLUB AT ALL! okay that sentence should have been written in bold at size 72 fonts.

friday night was spent chilling at lido macs with mel ping chuin jess ashton and clifford. topic of the night was boobs. :) took a stroll by the park with mel later in the night and we had a really good conversation. true friends never let you down..

spent the greater half of my saturDAY tutoring at the centre together with my trusted team comprising of ping and jess. haha. made arrangements to catch a movie later in the night. turn out was actually better than i expected. we met in town for some quick bite where chuin joined us for a short while. went down to PS for the show at 1 with mel daph jess krys cliff tim and suko. ended up more tired than clubbing at liquidroom. we decided to term it the clubbing withdrawal symptoms.

plans are already made for monday night. hopefully it turns out good as well!

and as for samantha who is stuck in the middle of a war zone (lebanon) right now with 4 other singaporeans, here's a shoutout to you. COME BACK SAFE YO! haha.

2006-07-11T00:11:00.000+08:00

yet another exciting world cup season has concluded. at least it kept me occupied and distracted from other issues for a good one month. daily routines of rushing from point to point to catch the matches will be sorely missed. mundane life starts to set in. it was good while it lasted but i guess all good things must come to an end. congratulations to all who have walked away richer from this experience!

surprise phone call from chuin yesterday. what a pleasant one it turned out to be. last minute plans to have supper at the new newton hawker centre together with cliff nessa and lianne. though it looks cleaner nowadays, all of us agreed that the quality of food has dipped significantly. its nice how friends make an effort to keep in touch despite their busy schedules.

last minute change of plans and we ended up at li's crib to catch the world cup finals. wasn't as exciting as the 2002 world cup where i went down to the padang to soak in the atmosphere with thousands of world cup fanatics. it was just the odd 8 of us but it turned out to be really enjoyable nonetheless. the girls were gunning for italy while the guys were cheering for france. overall a good match with plenty of opportunities from each side. ended up having less than half an hour of sleep before going for work today. ZzZzZz.

2006-07-02T12:56:00.000+08:00

its difficult to explain - something so delicate, if handled carelessly and irrationally, may render irreversible, unforgivable damage.

no hard feelings whatsoever, but i just don't care anymore. some things never change, as it is with people. there are those whom you could once upon a time rely on to be there for you even in the slightest of ways, and they were the ones who understood; they never judged nor betrayed.

months have passed, so i've learnt to let go. and if i were bitter, i'd still be angry. but i'm not. and everyone i need in my life, i have with me.

the above paragraph is extracted from chuin's blog. full credit goes to her.

strangely, a few weeks or months is all it takes to destroy years of it. appreciation screams alone and really, the truly good natured ones are never recognised.

i still remember having the time of my life just slightly over half a year ago. it was the epitome of perfect. sitting where i am right now, things are indeed a pathetic representation of what it used to be. i am trying to forget about the what if's and why's. don't turn to me though when the tides change. my wise words will echo down your halls forever.

in the coming months, the situation is going to become more dire. human emotions are hard to hide. i am living on for now, head held up high.

2006-06-25T16:12:00.000+08:00

some people fail to recognise their mistakes. worst still, they device warped theories to justify their cause.

do not even attempt to tell me that i do not make an effort.

uni life is starting for some in about a month's time. things are going to change. sigh.

A SINCERE CALL FOR HELP

2006-06-22T21:59:00.000+08:00

this is not your normal chain pass-it-on kind of message.

a close friend's sister is diagnosed with a rare type of cancer
called pericardial mesothelioma. (cancerous cells
growing on the protective lining of the heart) i
need to source for as much information as i can
about the treatments/cure and any doctors or
specialists experienced in this area. local
or overseas.

friends, please revert if you know anything or have leads to information pertaining to the above condition.

2006-06-21T00:47:00.000+08:00

So what if you can be nice?
A truly good natured person is one who does not have bad intentions at all.

appreciation is very important.

2006-06-09T00:30:00.001+08:00

week is ending, world cup is starting. least there's something to look forward to.

chuin's birthday celebrations @ scarlet hotel. ambience is definitely five star! menu is on the pricey end though. mambo madness after. the place was so freaking crowded it wasn't even funny anymore. some after thoughts and some lessons learnt as usual. owell life goes on..

2006-06-09T00:30:00.000+08:00

2006-06-05T00:36:00.000+08:00

this place seems to be drying up. nothing too noteworthy these days. blame it on the lazy bug. =/

played pool @ potblack this afternoon. received a shocking announcement that the management has decided to seize operations after today due to high operational costs and declining profits. apparently things started to nose dive a year back. really felt sad hearing the news. not that it was a second home but we did spend a part of our lives at potblack. it was a place which we could identify ourselves with. 6 years of memories. owell. life goes on..

CALLING ALL TUTORS!

2006-05-21T22:38:00.000+08:00

TUTORS NEEDED FOR SATURDAY CLASSES. STARTING JUNE 06.

2 - 3.30 pm ENGLISH SEC 2
3.30 - 5pm MATHS PRIMARY 6
3.30 - 5pm MATHS SEC 1
3.30 - 5pm MATHS SEC 2

this advert is open to my friends only. its not high paying but it definitely beats your $5/hour part time pay. never hurts to earn some extra money! interested parties please let me know. thanks.

2006-05-18T12:49:00.000+08:00

exams are finally over. somehow i don't feel that sense of excitement in me whenever exams ended this time round. so its back to mundane work life again. ZzZz. owell i have decided not to speculate and just wait for results before proceeding with my plans.

2006-05-13T02:06:00.000+08:00

Sherilyn has just left for further studies. Its only the beginning of another going away phase. i never liked the idea of friends, especially those who mean something to me, going away to study even though we all know its for the better days ahead. maybe, just maybe, in our minds we know that everything is never really going to be the same again..

Walking down the boulevard of broken dreams..

li : you have not really missed out much maybe except for butter factory on wednesday night? looking forward to viewing your school photos when you get back! and im sure people at home miss you too.

2006-05-11T17:53:00.000+08:00

and suddenly, the world came crashing down.

2006-05-10T01:34:00.000+08:00

cracks in the wall which will never mend by itself. its time for a total reconstruction. an extraordinary tergiversation is about to unfold.

one day, just one day, you will understand.

2006-05-09T03:55:00.000+08:00

phone conversation with mel last night in record breaking time. 150mins+. i found a solution to a no solution problem. nothing much else needs to be said already. its very comforting how i can count on close friends for strength and support.

you will never learn until you try.

and here's a special just for you SAMANTHA, MISSING YOU ALWAYS :)

2006-05-08T00:45:00.000+08:00

yesterday was a special day for me. one which most would experience at some point of time in their lives. there were the good and the bad moments. more bad than good actually. i shall not disclose what they were in public. thinking back, i actually have a lot of after thoughts. strangely, i couldn't quite sleep as i lay on my bed after supper last night. a lot of things went through my mind. i need to talk to several important individuals to sort out my thought process. and for now, im feeling very very frustrated for reasons i do not wish to state explicitly.

actually i do not even know what i am typing. incoherence. everything is in a blur. everything is in a mess. lets look for the uphill slope..

if you are not me, and can't think like me, then how do you justify knowing its not my problem?

2006-05-01T14:45:00.000+08:00

let me add my 2 cents worth in earnest anticipation of polling day.

its really funny watching the PAP bitch about the opposition party and vice versa. and we thought we only get these kind of bitch fights amongst girls. hahaha.

some of the opposition candidates cannot even string together a proper paragraph of words for nuts. while there are others who talk too much and get themselves invovled in legal lawsuits. jokes jokes.

well here's my take on the opposition party candidates. if you were good enough, PAP would have head hunted you to join them already. wake up your idea please. haha.

2006-04-25T12:54:00.000+08:00

"somethings u grab hold of a few of them, u go out with them, for a few weeks, months, and then suddenly, it just starts slipping. yes, there are anchor friends for the moment, but there are many of them, that Were anchor friends, and you think to yourself they'll always be in your life, but where are they now? it takes 2 hands to clap, so should i be the one initiating meet ups? or am i the only one holding on to a past, some good memories, or lots of good memories and old conversations. friends, they come and go, some stay forever, or you hope they stay forever, but nothing is forever, and you never know what happens next. sometimes, you are alone. u scroll through your phone list, 2 times, 3 times, 10 times, u question yourself, u have lots of them, why so difficult now? and then comes the thing of, would they think i need something from them thats why i am contacting them? why are human beings like that. suddenly, i miss all of them. friends, be it close or not close, just anyone of you that i have a connection with. even though sometimes, we both know there's so much room for a closer friendship, but it just slips, and life just doesnt allow it to happen. life."

the paragraph above is directly extracted from zhanghao's blog. full credit goes to him. as i am in the midst of planning for something upcoming in the next few weeks, i seem to be relating to this paragraph very well. owell.

2006-04-23T23:47:00.000+08:00

public announcement.

i am currently looking for CHEMISTRY 'A' LEVELS S PAPER PAST YEAR SCHOOL EXAM PAPERS. essentially its the internal chemistry prelim exam s paper of any JC. if any of you are currently holding on to or have access to the above mentioned, kindly contact me. thank you in advance and i appreciate all your help.

halfway mark

2006-04-22T21:21:00.000+08:00

i seldom put titles for my entries. obviously this one is significant.

its official. i have finally reached the halfway mark. i have fought the good fight and half the race is over. many many memories of this very day exactly one year ago. i eagerly anticipate a similar entry in a year's time. and i promise you its going to be bold and published at maximum font size!

till then folks!~

2006-04-18T13:25:00.000+08:00

two lessons after the past few days of speaking with various individuals who are significant in my life.

1) guys who control their girlfriends excessively are fcuked up. (don't even bother debating the definition of excessive with me now)

2) some people cannot be trusted. for others, they let themselves down even though their friends treat them well but they will grow up to realize and regret this fact.

2006-04-15T14:09:00.000+08:00

highlights of the past few days.

wednesday. mambo night.

everything went by quite alright. the usual stuff. poor krystal lost her phone after i was safekeeping it for her pretty much the entire night. some bastard stole it when she turned around from the winebar table that she was resting at. the exciting or shocking part came after. me ping jess bryan and ryan went for supper at river valley. suddenly i receive a call from tim. he was like.. "hey can you drive a manual" so i said ya and asked him why the sudden question. his reply.. "can you come to holland to drive my car home because i am going to jail for drunk driving" omggggg. i freaking put the phone, ran to my car and went down to holland. apparently he got pulled over by some road block. and we all know how much tim drinks la! so anyway he was brought back to the station. everyone was seriously damn worried. so anyway to keep the story short and sweet, they administered him a blood test. it was something like if you get 0.36mm/100 or something then you fail the test. his result read 0.35!!!!!!!!! whoa. how much closer can you get seriously. by God's grace he miraculously passed the test. therefore the saga concluded. no bailing him out. no jail no nothing.

last night. MoS with TIESTO!

last night was damn fun! met lianne mel and paul for a short while at wheelock. decided to go down to MoS eventually with krys ping jess. scrambled to get a priority entry ticket because i had none. managed to go in free thanks to wonderful krystal. and so i sold my ticket away. haha. it was wayyyy packed i tell you. could hardly move. reminiscent of the phuture days. tiesto came on at around 1.30. the music was damn gooood! supper after @ chatterbox with krys jess clifford, clifford's bro-in-law and his other friends. His bro-in-law and friends are damn happening and fun people. they are essentially 30+ acting like our age. haha.

hopefully tonight is gonna turn out as good as last night..

2006-04-09T13:20:00.000+08:00

yesterday was one of the best days i have ever had in a long long time.

met up with mel and daph to go visit ping at her workplace. there was some fashion festival show going on at paragon. the models were really good! clifford came along and we shopped around a lil after. had dinner at modestos where charine joined us. then it was down to timbre for ping's birthday celebration. i highly recommend the live band there. the ambience is 5 star. down to liquidroom after for one of the best clubbing nights ever. it was truly enjoyable, each and every second of it. a pity i had to leave halfway due to stupid work commitments over at changi airport. ZzZz.

i pray for better days like this..

-_- : okay if you say so.. btw your english is quite the bad huh.

2006-03-30T23:10:00.000+08:00

a lack of motivation to update these days.

didnt go to mambo for once. that is BIG news to me because i attend every single mambo just like how i go for my classes back in college days. hur hur. instead, managed to meet marns finally to talk things out. due to certain reasons (people) which i shall not divulge, it wasn't exactly a very fruitful session. but i guess it beats not talking at all. went over to mel's after to release. its always nice hearing from her. daph was there as well. was supposed to have supper together after but some shit happened. okay not that anything really happened but like ya, i left for zouk to have supper with the rest at river valley instead. learnt something damn frickin funny from krystal. gone are the days where you use bitch and slut. just call them doorknob. everyone gets a turn! hahahaha.

had lunch with mel and lianne today at simply bread. went down to holland v with mel after to settle some bank transactions. slept a bit before heading for lessons. twas a good afternoon.

2006-03-14T22:44:00.000+08:00

now i know why miss singapore never makes it in miss universe. hur hur.

moving on to the topic of education. bad news for me. NSFs from my batch enrolling for local uni get to jumpstart their degree by starting in april 2007 instead thanks to some stupid new initiative. argh this is upsetting my study plan again. shit.

and in the least exciting news, all the students who are doing my pathway diploma got rejected by LSE. im seriously going to have to scale mount everest when i apply at the end of this year. sigh.

2006-03-13T17:33:00.000+08:00

thankfully this weekend was much better than the previous.

friday night @ MoS. Ming's birthday celebrations. the red room. twas quite a good clubbing night despite the fact that work only ended at 9 due to obvious reasons. blame it on the organisation. supper after in one big group at spice.

went down to the new club called butter factory on saturday. spin off club from cocolatte. weird having frank serve us. haha. its a nice alternative place. but not really for clubbing clubbing. good to have options nonetheless. supper after with lianne at boon tong kee.

spent sunday afternoon at SMU's open house. at least i managed to do something productive on a sunday afternoon for once. attended their business management career seminar. it was quite an interesting session with many insights from the panel of distinguised speakers. met up with mel lianne darius and rachel. headed down to raffles city for a quick bite. and then i went to do some on site birthday planning. shall see how the details are gonna turn out eventually.

2006-03-07T22:56:00.000+08:00

i brought my handphone to the motorola service centre at plaza singapura today because my V3 was screwing up. received a phonecall less than an hour later from the staff. thinking that they were super efficient, i eagerly anticipated their reply. this was what they had to say...

"sorry sir, your hp battery is OVER-CHARGED. therefore you have to purchase a new battery @ $55."

wtf is over-charged la?!?! you think i ask superman to come my house and generate electricity izzit? doesn't the charging automatically cut off once the handset is fully charged? my phone is less than a year old and they come and tell me my battery is over-charged. si mi lan jiao. ZzZz. -_-

2006-03-05T21:52:00.000+08:00

sometimes i really wonder how much longer i can hold out. one week we are talking talking and the next week we become complete strangers. this weekend has been one heck of a disaster. thankfully there was supper with jess and darius. sometimes the crux of the matter isn't really all about me being emo. there is a deeper hidden agenda behind all these happenings. maybe we should just take a step back to evaluate ourselves?

What if one day you chanced upon something and discovered that your true friends lied to you? how would you feel? how would you react to the situation? lets just put things into perspective. friendships take presidence over relationships. which is why i always believe that the phrase "friendships are forever" is such a brilliant one. you might beg to differ but everyone is entitled to their own opinion isn't it? life is really rough at the mo. lets just pray for better tomorrows.

effort counts.

2006-03-02T19:12:00.000+08:00

*NEWSFLASH*

My car got vandalised on last night at river valley between 4-5am.

There are two possibilities. One is that i was just damn unlucky to be at the wrong place at the wrong time and some crazy asshole just decided to scratch my boot for fun. and mind you its not just a single line scratch. its like taking a piece of paper and using your pen to randomly scribble on it. try to imagine that on my car. fuck.

The second possibility is that someone was out to get me and that person knew what car i was driving. i am more inclined towards this theory simply because the scratch marks were all strategically done up to maximise damage to my car. meaning that the marks were all on different sections of the car such that if i were to respray, i have to respray quite a huge portion of the car and not just a concentrated small area.

I am not going to speculate who the fucker is but i suspect someone. will not name him/her for obvious reasons. now here is the deal and you fucking fucker please listen and listen good. you might have gotten away scott free after doing the damage to my car. but bear in mind that bad things will happen to people who do evil things unto others. my damages are just temporary monetary losses. your damage will bug you for life..

2006-03-02T19:01:00.000+08:00

GCE 'A' LEVEL results after thoughts.

Heartiest congratulations going out to lianne, daph and yongsheng for achieving 4 distinctions! And also to all my other friends who did well for their standards! Generally, i would say most of my friends did well enough to qualify for uni. As for those who didn't, please don't lose heart. I can TOTALLY understand how you all feel cause i have been through all these before in somewhat similar fashion. there is always SIM to fall back on.

All i am going to say about my results is that i did not get 3 F's eventually and that i passed my GP. my closer friends will know my true grades anyway. (Disclaimer : this is NOT a retake. i have never attempted 'A' levels before.)

2006-03-01T00:04:00.000+08:00

Happy Birthday ACS! 1st of March!

Ten wholesome years of quality education. Appreciating every second of it..

ACPS. ACS(I).
always an acsian at heart.

2006-02-28T21:45:00.000+08:00

GCE 'A' LEVEL RESULTS ARE OUT TOMORROW @ 2PM.

"..i say a little prayer for you"

Good luck everybody!

2006-02-27T00:20:00.000+08:00

short point form entry.

friday @ loof with mel chuin lianne. very very crowded. sweet white wine and intoxicated girls.
saturday. impromptu meet up with cliff and chuin. mos burger + pot black. liquidroom at night followed by mel's apartment. ended the night at holland v breko with the entire gang.
sunday night @ Corduroy & Finch with lianne. birthday planning over nice warm chocolate cake.

live firing in a few hours time. im so gonna screw up. mock exams are up as well. so gonna screw those up too. sigh lets just see what this week turns out to be.

2006-02-19T18:24:00.000+08:00

this week took a 180 degree turn from the last. all in all, it was very fulfilling.

spent monday night at clifford's. gambled till the cows came home. haha. managed to win some money overall. headed down to coffee club for supper with marns.

tuesday was the super overrated day aka valentines day. i went for work. attended my night class. then headed down to tim's pad to chill with the clique. met up with lianne for a while after for a short conversation by some random pool. managed to draw some lessons from it. hopefully i can remember to apply it consistently.

wednesday was the usual clubbing weekday. mambo at zouk. liwen's birthday. happy birthday girl! nothing else too spectacular to talk about. supper after at prata house with the clique.

can't remember what i did on thursday. i choose to blame it on the lack of sleep. =/

didn't go into zouk for a change on friday due to various reasons. spent it at winebar with tim tris nessa and candice. good ol' company.

spent the earlier part of saturday at acjc's fun o rama with chuin lianne daph mel and paul. haunted house and screaming girls. hahaha. we had trouble helping paul finish his tickets cause he simply had too many! rained while we were there but that did not dampen our moods one bit. headed down to liquidroom at night with the guys followed by supper at newton.

and i just got back from a fantastic conversation with mel at nydc wheelock. a good friend whom i can count on always. thank you mel!

2006-02-11T12:39:00.000+08:00

its been a while since i've blogged. everything is just so mundane these days.

going on the topic of friendship. i can't fathom how sometimes you put so much effort into a friendship and the other party just brushes you off like that. it's not that simple is it? in a way friendships are like relationships. it grows with time, things you do together and time you spent hanging out together fosters a better "relationship". guess i am very wrong about some people. their loss, not mine. at least i would like to believe thats the way it goes. life has to go on.

as for my studies, i am not exactly confident but this is like make or break. there is almost no alternative route already. i have to triumph over the circumstances. somehow. mock exams coming up real soon. syllabus is concluding as well. the big one is in may. owell we shall see how these few months work out.

mambo on wed. received a pleasant surprise from marns. just realised that surprises are really nice. reason is probably i am almost always never surprised. hur hur. last night was zouk again. nothing fantastic. managed a nice short convo with marns outside for a while before heading home early. its supposed to be liquidroom, pavillion, bryan's bbq and dinner with my relatives at lei garden tonight. wonder how im gonna fit everything into my schedule.

btw i won $20 from the $10million TOTO cny draw. hahaha. not quite the amount i had hoped for initially but its money nevertheless!

2006-01-30T12:24:00.000+08:00

got back from KL last night. fell sick on the way there. the rest of the story is pretty much idiot proof. owell at least i came back pretty much satisfied. finally stepped into Zouk KL. a very different experience i must admit. visited KLCC and saw the petronas twin towers in real life. its the only nice building in the entire KL. haha.

2006-01-23T22:44:00.000+08:00

last week seemed to have gone by in a blur. i can vaguely remember what happened.

duty on monday night. ZzZz. impromptu supper on tuesday night consisting of 3 cars and 30 minutes. haha. tim and i drove over to chuin's to join up with mel and paul. then it was down to bishan to pick candice up before zipping off to chomp chomp! nessa joined us after. random chat and crazy jokes.

wednesday was mambo the usual. remembered staying in phuture almost the entire night. five-ten with the girls. haha. the best part of the night had to be when they played summer rain the moment i stepped into main zouk. supper after at newton i think. hokkien mee and carrot cake!

had lunch with chuin at modestos before my medical appointment at alexandra hospital. wasted my time totally at the specialist clinic. the only thing i got out of the appointment was 100 tablets of panadol. PUI! nvm i shall go and explore other avenues of help. zouk on friday night again. chuin wasn't exactly in what i would term as the best of shapes all thanks to yours truly. haha. short supper after with marns at lido macs.

highlight of the week has got to be saturday night. clifford's big 20th birthday celebration at la baroque, chijmes! private party purely for friends. an eventful night. lots of loving from chuin and nessa. managed to trick them for making me drink. heeheehee. supper after with mcm at the mee pok place.

managed to catch samantha last night for the last time before she flew off thanks to the snow storm over at narita which caused her flight to be cancelled. had coffee together at wheelock with marns as well. babe, i eagerly anticipate your arrival back in sg. because that would also signify me flying off a few months later!

tomorrow some big shot malaysian king is coming over to hq armour to visit. minister of defence is the host while chief of defence force is the co host. WOW. i can't believe that after growing up for 19+ years, they decided to make me an umbrella man. -_- as marns would put it, ...life. haha.

2006-01-15T16:59:00.000+08:00

im quite annoyed at the thought that im most probably not going to bangkok over CNY anymore. i mean like i don't think anybody would want to fork out close to $500 to sit a BUDGET airline over just for a short 3D2N trip when it usually cost only like $200 on normal carriers right? either that or i get ungodly departure/arrival timings that defeats the entire purpose of paying so much just for the sake of flying over. the worst part is that there isn't really a more appropriate alternative to go. hong kong is out for obvious reasons why. i think i'll stone to death if i stay in singapore for that 4 days. argh.

btw if any of you have a brilliant holiday suggestion for me please revert. i would appreciate it a great deal.

okay now that i am done with my rambling, i shall go on to pen a proper entry.

had a late dinner with ping on friday night. fantastic conversations as always. decided to travel down to zouk to meet the rest. things started to turn boring so we headed off to MoS instead. and due to some unforseen circumstances which i don't really want to blog truthfully, we headed back to zouk. more people in the so called "social circle" came along coupled with slightly better music so the night went on pretty alright. had supper with lots of friends at river valley chicken rice before calling it a night.

dropped by qi xian's 20th birthday party at signature park earlier last night. its a huge condo with like 2 big swimming pools in different locations within the condo! they even have a clubhouse filled with facilities. i wouldn't mind buying a unit over there if i had the cash. dropped clifford and co. at one fullerton after. decided that it would be too expensive and meaningless for me to go so i headed down to town for an impromptu meet up with marn and mel. then we sort of had a mini 7 eleven hunt together with paul to find mel's elussive haagen dazs ice cream. haha. ended the night with some rounds of pool boy at a random apartment's poolside.

2006-01-11T00:44:00.000+08:00

last night was spent at zouk. the usual eve of public holiday rnb night. somehow it was quite empty. i suppose the whole world went to MoS instead. which is good in a way. now we don't have to pack like sardines inside phuture anymore. impromptu meet up with mel and marns over at coffee bean forum earlier in the night. they joined us at zouk for once. heh. chuin came down for like 15 minutes. didn't want to stay longer due to some *ahem* commitments. :)

just came back from dinner with marns and sam. we went to east coast seafood centre! i think i shall start going there more often with friends for dinner. its getting boring eating in town all the time. went down to cine to meet the clique. then we played some pool with the zouk staff. seeing them out of their uniform for once was quite an eye opener actually. haha.

2006-01-08T16:07:00.000+08:00

i have been trying to book a flight online to bangkok over the CNY period for the past 3 hours and i have yet to find a suitable one. either the timing isn't right or the price isn't right. this is pissing me off big time. argh.

and in the event that you don't read newspapers, they ran a cover story on girls who get molested on orchard road during christmas eve and new year's eve. simple advice : girls, for your best interest it is highly UN-recommended to walk along orchard road during these days.

interesting fact of the day : Do you know that the members bar at zouk is also known as bar 5? haha.

2006-01-02T16:03:00.000+08:00

somehow we always question the ones we should trust and trust the ones we should question.

i shall learn to appreciate the above mentioned sentence more fully this year. then just maybe, things might get better..

HELLO 2006!

2006-01-01T16:13:00.000+08:00

i don't exactly know what to say or write. in the most cliche form, lets just say 2005 was filled with ups and downs. made friends. lost friends. learnt valuable life lessons. grew up. setbacks. accomplished certain goals. failed in others. it has been 2 consecutive rough years for me already. i wonder what 2006 has in store..

spent NYE @ mambo jumbo expo. well it wasn't exactly the best of NYE experiences. the party was just so-so. im sure many other party goers would feel the same way. the settings were kept to a minimal. made it seem like some low budget make shift party venue. but i guess i had my fair share of fun on the podium hearing my favourite mambo tracks and counting down the new year with thousands of others.

went down to the airport to send nicole off after. strangely, i did exactly the same thing last year. only difference being that it was to send somebody else off.

All the best in canada babe! study hard and i look forward to your return in 7 months time!

without a doubt, 2006 will prove to be a challenging year ahead. brand new beginnings. brand new year. many of my friends are leaving singapore to study though. sigh it never feels good to see a true friend go..

2005-12-31T03:22:00.000+08:00

just got back from Ministry of Sound. 3 hour standard queues. 30 mins VIP queue. that was how long it took us to get in. ZzZz. 7 bottles in one night!! trance is good stuff man. heh. 3 yellow larmboginis parked side by side. Wooo.

i wonder what happens tomorrow night..

2005-12-26T13:42:00.000+08:00

and so santa claus came and left.

christmas eve at ming's. highlight of the night was definitely watching leeren's mini cooper roll down the hill. hahaha.

christmas day dinner with the family before heading to nicolette's place to chill with the group. then it was off to lentor to do some delivery.

well it wasn't quite the christmas i had anticipated for but i guess i've learnt to appreciate the little things in life more. hopefully things pick up for NYE celebrations.

2005-12-25T02:09:00.000+08:00

its christmas, but im not feeling it at all.

btw, do not attempt to puke in my car. its not even funny.

2005-12-24T12:31:00.000+08:00

things are going up. lets just hope it stays this way.
last night @ indochine. chuin, you are the best!

2005-12-23T09:24:00.000+08:00

im up too early on a friday. thankfully there is no work today. somehow christmas has lost its appeal. and the new year seems to be even more mundane. its a sad situation right now. seeing murphy's law working on you isn't a very good thing. side point though. learnt even more after clifford's hospitalisation.

2005-12-23T00:00:00.000+08:00

FALALA @ Indochine wisma

23rd december, Xmas Party (FRIDAY)

where else to celebrate Xmas MERRILY.

Indochine wisma will be opening up the restuarant area JUST FOR YOU! No more squeezy parties. Now we can pack 800 pple in there & there'll still be space to dance!

GUEST DJ coming down from melbourne aussie JUST FOR YOU. He's our star of the NIGHT. Be sure you'll be able to PARTY it HARD. PARTY it all night LONG!

INDOCHINE is extending its hours JUST FOR YOU. we're starting at 10. but we might just end at 4AM.. 5AM..

MISTLEZONE will be hung ard Indochine JUST FOR YOU. havent found the correct reason to kiss ya date. now here's a good excuse.

So come on down to Indochine wisma on the 23rd OF DECEMBER (friday). as we (the organisers) cater to your every need & everything is JUST FOR YOU!

We hope YOU have a good time. That's what christmas is all about. So bring on the xmas mambo!

& get readeehhhh TO PARTEHHHHHHH.

Call/Sms Chuin 98221161 for tickets!

2005-12-18T20:05:00.000+08:00

sitting in camp doing duty on a sunday is certainly quite depressing. owell thats life.

headed down to MOS again last night. just some comments about the place in general.

-the entrance to MOS doesnt do the club justice. located opposite the clarke quay carpark entrance, it looks very ordinary.

-thankfully the interior speaks a different tone altogether. the main area where trance is played looks damn damn good. definitely bigger and nicer than main zouk.

-the club consists of TWO levels!! and they actually built an escalator inside the club to facilitate smooth human traffic flow.

-the rnb area was quite plain. somewhat a mixture of cocolatte + music underground. at least thats what i felt. but all of us agreed that the metallic fencing to seperate the dance floor and the seats was a very good idea. we just couldn't figure out why they had airplane seats chucked at one corner of the place. and people actually sat on them. ZzZz.

-if you are intending to stay at the main arena where trance is played, ear plugs are strongly advised. the sound system is at least 3-4 times more power packed than the one at the newly renovated zouk.

-somehow i prefer the second level more than the ground level. its more posh up there. they have themed rooms. there is one called pure where customers have to actually take their shoes off! the way they seperated the tables surrounding the main arena was also quite innovative. gives it a much more private feel.

-the retro room looks really retro as well. haha. its a pity that i didn't really get to hear my favourite mambo tracks though. then again i wasn't really hanging around inside for long. i think the best part of the room is the dance floor where it has damn cool blinking lights on it!

overall i give MOS the thumbs up as i see them being able to give zouk a good run for their money. its always good for the consumers to have one other alternative clubbing spot.

2005-12-17T12:44:00.000+08:00

if you don't know me personally and you don't like me then thats really quite wtf.
and if you know me personally and you don't understand me at all then thats even more wtf.

after much thought, i came up with a theory but i have learnt that its better to use it for self reference only.

its getting harder and harder to trust nowadays.

2005-12-16T18:52:00.000+08:00

bad people will get retribution. and yes, i do believe in karma.

2005-12-12T00:45:00.000+08:00

just a little entry before i forget.

yesterday marked the first batch of 1986 boys commissioning to become officers at SAFTI MI. for all my friends who belong to that batch, i salute you. you have done well and i am really happy for you guys because i know you all belong there.

Zoukout '05 Review

2005-12-11T14:08:00.000+08:00

well zoukout is finally over. at least for this year. some random thoughts about the event.

-wasn't as packed as i predicted it to be although the usual jammed pack entry queues and crowded drink queues could be seen.

-people from all walks of life came down for the event. young/old/tourist and the list goes on and on. it was an experience to see everyone in a mega clubbing event like this.

-surprisingly, there is quite a high percentage of pretty girls in bikinis. but then again it could be because it was dark at night. hur hur.

-for once i was dancing on the podium in an open environment. quite an experience i must admit. it was fun while it lasted. a pity mambo stopped at 2am. but thankfully i didn't miss all of my 3 favourite mambo songs.

-heavy rain really kills the party mood. thankfully it only started raining at 4am.

-i saw fiona xie at velvet vip area. haha.

-apparently there's a kind of i-want-to-have-sex dance that this particular lady was trying out on a caucasian guy. lol it was damn amusing watching her.

-i don't understand how people can have sex in the open just behind the barrier that almost everybody can see through. as a gesture of courtesy, do lower your voices and do it discreetly. its quite a disturbing sight.

-they should use another colour (e.g. yellow) for the zoukout wristband. i didn't think that pink looked good on guys.

-guys with no bod should just keep their shirts on. seriously.

-girls wearing bikinis should not dance in the pouring rain when the chilling wind is blowing non stop because certain body reactions occur after and it isn't very pleasant. for those clueless about what im talking about at this point of time, lets just keep it that way.

that pretty much sums up my experience at zoukout 2005. well i must say it was a half-half kind of feeling. didn't really enjoy myself that much but at the same time i wasn't really that bored.

2005-12-10T14:33:00.000+08:00

Ministry Of Sound is officially opening this wednesday! its time to give Zouk a run for their money. hur hur hur. i smell delight on the faces of clubbers out there.

anyway onto much more exciting news. there are so many locations for this year's NYE countdown. seems like everyone is going to be split on deciding where to party. remembered spending mine at zouk last year. followed by a retarded raid compliments of the very "efficient" singapore police force. it was retarded because they kinda did nothing. those who went down last year would know what im talking about. anyway i urge everyone to go down to expo this year for countdown! its zouk's mambo jambo NYE countdown!! this couldn't have come at a better time seriously. i am so so looking forward to it. even zoukout tonight is going to look pale in comparision due to certain reasons which i shall not reveal in public. i cant believe that im actually that un-excited about zoukout. its a shame i tell you.

2005-12-10T13:14:00.000+08:00

University College London, the London School of Economics and King's College are all in the process of applying to the privy council for powers to award their own degrees. This would mean a break off from their head university, the University Of London.

Imperial College today (9/12/2005) served notice that it will leave the University of London, sending shockwaves through England's third oldest university.

oh i am in deep shit right now. most of you wouldn't know why i am even mentioning these universities but that only probably means you are not that close to me.

2005-12-09T19:53:00.000+08:00

run down of the past week.

monday. spent the night at mel's apartment with mcm+dith+paul. girls requested for some illegal driving lessons so me and paul drove to the nearby bishan estate to let them go behind the wheels. headed to pack prata for supper at prata house before heading back to mel's crib to chill. watched raising helen before heading home at 5am.

tuesday. ac's post prom party at club momo. well lets just say that there were some ticketing problems. i shall not elaborate further. drew some life lessons from that night and further strengthened some of my conclusions. anyway thanks for everything yuping. i really really appreciate everything you did for us that night. headed for supper at lido macs with mel+chuin+dith+paul+darius+rach. initially we had wanted to eat chicken rice but cancelled our plans upon reaching river valley. they were serving breakfast sets at 4am in the morning. how queer.

wednesday. rj's prom. gave the rj post prom party a miss. headed for mambo instead. it was pissing like free from up there i tell you. the girls arrived one after another at 2+ looking all drenched. spent close to an hour inside phuture with lots of good company. for once the disappearing act failed to surface. haha. had supper at river valley chicken rice this time. almost everyone was there so im skipping the naming part. and then mel goes to the states for 3 weeks. ahhh come back soon babe! will be missing your company. it sucks when nice friends go away on long vacations.

thursday. mock exam. manya's birthday. didn't know my present could actually create a mini commotion. haha finally my efforts paid off. and apparently i have good taste! thats a very good sign. then it was down to gotham with chuin to collect tickets.

friday. MC. :)

sam : hellooo! FASTER COME BACK PLS!!!

li : you better keep to your promise! im taking your word for it. haha.

2005-12-05T23:27:00.000+08:00

the paragraph below is a wholesale unedited copy and paste from zhanghao's blog. i couldn't resist putting it up as i found myself nodding to each and every single line. dude hope you don't mind!

i dont think i have to be the one asking people out all the time. people sulk when i dont ask them out. i dont owe anyone any explaination. i am the planner all the time. pple assume i am busy, that i already have something on. i am the one that will ask pple out anyway, to fit into my own schedule, so if i dont ask, no one will. so why should i be blamed when i dont fit pple into my schedule when i was never fitted into theirs by their own will? wtf.

2005-11-30T22:19:00.000+08:00

just got back from my first ever national competition. as expected i lost quite badly to the national youth team guy. 5-1. owell guess the single rack was a consolation. took the whole event as a learning experience more than anything else. i'll definitely come back for more competitions in future. no doubt about it. exposure at the top level definitely improves a person's game play.

last night was spent at cj's post prom party @ chinablack. well it was more of the bad's than the okay's. notice why i didn't mention 'good' at all? again i shall not divulge too much information here. well the only interesting thing was seeing amateur j2 clubbers in their dressed-to-kill clothes inside the club. ha ha. i supposed the rain was a bad omen.

lessons have not been going too smooth sailing as well. and its all thanks to work in the new place. sigh. mock exams are next week. looks like its going to be a goner. thankfully its only mock though.

2005-11-28T23:23:00.000+08:00

its a sad situation, in many more ways than one.

2005-11-27T23:35:00.000+08:00

Jiang Nan

不懂爱恨情愁颠倒的我们
都以为相爱就像风云的善变
相信爱一天抵过永远
在这一刹那冻结了时间
不懂怎么表现温柔的我们
还以为殉情只是古老的传言
你走得有多痛痛有多浓
当梦被埋在江南烟雨中
心碎了才懂

2005-11-26T16:43:00.000+08:00

the past week has been especially great. at least now i finally have one major problem off my back. the exams are finally over and its time to let loose and party. spent wednesday night at mambo after a 2 week absence. it was really good.. until some sort of drama unfolded later on in the night. owell what more can i say. popped by on thursday night after my class to play cards with mcm + paul and darius. haha it was quite fun actually. well at least i managed to learn a new card game! last night was spent at chinablack. well it was a even mixture of good and bad moments throughout the entire night. shall not elaborate too much on details though. felt really happy to see all the familiar j2 faces after nearly over a month or so due to exam commitments. night driving. mini drama. bedok. black. then supper with ping and dith at coffee club before i retired for the night. i wonder how tonight is going to turn out. hmmm.

2005-11-21T23:24:00.000+08:00

i just saw the national 9 ball championship fixtures. i am drawn against a national youth player for my first round. sigh what as well just tell me to donate the $21 to pool haven. my chances are directly proportional to zilch. i was not exactly hoping to get kicked out of the tournament in the first round laa. nvm the BALL IS ROUND. i shall pray for a major upset. its not impossible. not yet. never give up till the race is over. 30th november 2005. judgement day.

2005-11-20T23:30:00.000+08:00

the weekend was a good short break away from work. however this happiness is shortlived as i would be heading back to the much dreaded place in a few hours time. spent friday at zouk. nothing too special to be note worthy. one observation though, the music at phuture nowadays is getting really lousy. saturday was spent training at paradigm for my upcoming national 9 ball pool competition. i have a very bad vibe about it though. =/ went to liquidroom at night where me and liwen had a orange juice party! as clifford puts it, the loser is the one who heads to the toilet first. haha. the free mixers definitely came in handy for the 5-10 games. for the records, i won! proceeded to prata house for supper and some good ol' catch up.

im looking forward to the coming week though. its going to officially mark the conclusion of my A level exams. more significantly, its the end for many others as well. its time to catch up with a lot of friends close to my heart whom ive missed out on thanks to the darn exams. not forgetting the ladies who will be flying back soon as well! :) i can already predict that mambo this wednesday will be really happening and fun! then the prom parties will be flowing in one by one after. hopefully this year is going to end on a high note.

2005-11-19T13:31:00.000+08:00

congratulations to all the j2's who have already COMPLETED their A level examinations. its time to go crazy! as for the rest, hang in there.. you are almost there. personally i have one last paper on the 24th. its finally going to be over. its been one rough ride over the past year. owell. im going to throw away all my A level related books after that. ha ha ha. time to focus totally on my ultimate goal..

2005-11-16T21:03:00.000+08:00

1 + 1 = 2 papers left ONLY. but sigh, i'll be missing mambo for the 2nd consecutive week. :(
getting there..

2005-11-15T22:53:00.000+08:00

countdown. last 3 papers!

2005-11-13T18:46:00.000+08:00

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