Saturday, December 30, 2006

o bar

o bar-ed with dickson, his friend, alvin and baby. was pretty fun. learnt the valuable lesson that one shouldn't drink too much too soon after a heavy meal. couldn't finish my bak kut teh(can you imagine that?!). held it all in until the cab proved too powerful. i did a great merlion impression. about four times. still, it was kinda fun.

Thursday, December 28, 2006

brewerkz threesome

was at brewerkz with alvin and our close army friend. tried two other beers.
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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

useful!

other than two retro handphones, another thing i salvaged during a christmas room cleanup was a power adapter that provides 5V and 2.5A. the jack happened to fit my zen vision:m and my notebook cooler. hurray.
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christmas

one of my more memorable christmases. great time with family. great time with my baby. great time with my friends. truly blessed.

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Saturday, December 23, 2006

local tv

nonsense programs. if only female golfers played in bikinis or something. they were going to get wet anyway. lexus cup finally over with a nice win for the asian team, over the internationals. strangely the asian team seems to be composed of quite a few japanese and korean women.

carolling later at junction 8. bloody weather is causing inertia.

funny day

met babe for lunch. ate at cineleisure's chicago steakhouse. she took the fish and chips while i took the seafood combo. both dishes weren't particularly tasty, nothing much to holler about. before that we munched on some bak kwa with cheese, which wasn't fantastic either.

after lunch we proceeded to purchase tickets for charlotte's web. this is the starting point of the funny shit. in chronological order:
  1. buy tickets, drinks and popcorn.
  2. pay.
  3. counter no change. received $2.50 in ten cent coins.
  4. counter girl didn't issue tickets. we forgot anyway.
  5. retrieved tickets. counter girl told us our cinema was one level up.
  6. we went up. turned out our cinema was on the same level.
  7. got to the correct level. went into theater.
  8. "what is your name?"
  9. "Eragon."
  10. left theater.
  11. entered next theater.
  12. saw a pig on screen. correct theater.
enjoyed myself overall. i am happy.

Friday, December 22, 2006

the end of IH darts campaign

we came. we saw. we conquered. our own demons at least. seven's darts team have never really been write offs. but yet we falter year after year. this year, we overcame our ghosts and managed to enter the finals, something totally beyond expectations, considering we were there just to have fun mainly.

and to think a few weeks ago, alvin and dickson were pondering whether or not to play this IH. hard work over the years have finally paid off. what a way to end my career as an IH darts player, with an unexpected silver medal and a personal record of being unbeaten for 2 whole IHs. truly i'm blessed.

i am grateful that everyone played their hearts out. grateful that bob supplied great motivation and a jovial, easy-going spirit. grateful that angeline showed her passion. grateful that dickson showed his determination even though he was slumping before the competition. grateful that linhui showed that she was no easy meat. grateful that alvin showed such emotion and helped nurture us in one way or another when we first started out. grateful to the rec secs for acceding to our cold beer requests. grateful to sally low xinpei for guarding our belongings.

Thursday, December 21, 2006

ih darts first day

very satisfactory performance by the team. as an old player, i am truly satisfied. hopefully tomorrow will be in even better. we had a old people steamboat in my room. too tired for photos. me, alvin, angeline, dickson and the fairly old bob. took a photo of a careless driver though. he parked next to bob in jp carpark.

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

friends

the invisible support in life. friends. sometimes words are not needed. thank God for friends.

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

foundation basics

to my bros. if you build your life around something, be prepared for things to crumble when it's not there anymore.

food

i have tried the pastrami. i think i still prefer the superstar, guacamole and western double. pastrami is just way too meaty for me. anyway, more food! had pepper lunch with my babe at dhoby ghaut. pretty good...though tad over priced.

Monday, December 18, 2006

yay...

i've managed to start exercising again. in other news, although streetdirectory.com has a bus route function and a disclaimer on its accuracy, i just found it funny when out of curiosity, i tried to search for a direct service from my place to shenton way. what i got was to take 186 for a few km to farrer road, alight, then walk to shenton, a full 6.25km away. computers rule the world one day? i think not.
also, after patching event event id 4226, i just hit a record of almost 400kiloBYTES per second on a single torrent that was not pr0n or anime. woot.

patched event id 4226

geek speek to start the morning. i patched before with no significant difference. this morning i decided to give it a second go. was a different story. speeds went up to more than twice. mmm...i like.

everything changes, nothing is truly lost

a neil gaiman phrase introduced to me by jac. time indeed hurts and heals. live for the now. be true to what you feel. emotions do not need a reason. accept that sometimes things are beyond control and reason. if you're happy, revel and relish the moment. no questions need be asked. another song for the lovers:

See the pyramids along the Nile
Watch the sunrise on a tropic isle
Just remember, darling all the while
You belong to me

See the market place in old Algiers
Send me photographs and souvenirs
Just remember when a dream appears
You belong to me

I'll be so lonesome without you
Maybe you'll be lonesome too
And blue

Fly the ocean in a silver plane
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
Just remember 'til you're home again
You belong to me

Maybe you'll be lonesome too
And blue

Fly the ocean in a silver plane
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
Just remember 'til you're home again
You belong to me

Maybe you'll be lonesome too
And blue

Fly the ocean in a silver plane
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
Just remember 'til you're home again
You belong to me
You Belong To Me

i had the Vonda Shepard version in mind. can't remember who is the original singer. lazy to google.

Sunday, December 17, 2006

brewerkz

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first time going to brewerkz. went after carl's jr at vivocity. which was after practice at gary's crib. sebas joined us after work. he, jared and i proceeded to round up the session the usual way, with more artery clogging tuh kar.
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a shot of the tower of power. well, the tower of brown ale.
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good beer!

for the brokenhearted

these past few months, there have been many heartbreaks in the air. this particular song brought tears to my eyes.

I like the way you wanted me
Every night for so long baby
I like the way you needed me
Every time things got rocky

I was believing in you
Am I mistaken do you say,
Do you say what you mean
I want our love to last forever

But I'd rather you be mean than love and lie
I'd rather hear the truth and have to say goodbye
I'd rather take a blow at least then I would know
But baby don't you break my heart slow

I like the way you'd hold me
Every night for so long baby
And I like the way you'd say my name
In the middle of the night
While you were sleeping

I was believing in you
Was I mistaken
Do you mean, mean what you say
When you say our love could last forever

Well I'd rather you be mean than love and lie
I'd rather hear the truth and have to say goodbye
I'd rather take a blow at least then I would know
But baby don't you break my heart slow

(Bridge)
You would run around and lead me on forever
While I wait at home thinking that we're together
I wanted our love to last forever

Well I'd rather you be mean than love and lie
I'd rather hear the truth and have to say goodbye
I'd rather take a blow at least then I would know
But baby don't you break my heart slow

Vonda Shepard

as a close friend said to me, be strong. be better than you are right now.

Friday, December 15, 2006

boredom

today is the last day of hall's ih carrom campaign. this is posted from hall eight's computer room. it stinks of wet feet.
boredom is a killer.

IH make me fat fat

i don't think i was ever built for speed or agility. i think i'm more inclined towards activities that require a stable base. hence i specialize in recreational games requiring accuracy. things like darts, snooker, carrom, sniping etc.

some of the carrom girls saw my matri card photo. their reactions can collectively be described as wtf. if not for the name on the card, they would've never guessed it was handsome ol' me.

oh well, time to start working my balls off. the mental fatigue from rec games just puts me off running. haven't exercised for days. haven't been controlling my diet. better do something before i get left on the shelf.

then again, that might be a good thing.

Thursday, December 14, 2006

pics pics...

generally not in the mood to talk much nowadays. shall just post some pics.


christmas cactii

hmm...christmas makes a good wife?

new burger to try!

my first 180, happened while playing with Bob

new toy. that's the matrix playing.

Sunday, December 10, 2006

sin..

i have sinned so much. i went for supper two days in a row. then had buffet. then had crabs. then i'm going for another buffet. i haven't exercised in two days. i'm a bum.

Saturday, December 09, 2006

misc. pics

i've been murphied

argh. problem with laptop. brought to service centre. they couldn't find anything wrong with it even after leaving it on for a few days. had to restore an old laptop. quite pleased though. thought it was a goner.


Friday, December 08, 2006

mmm...local bedroom literature

a little publication by lion city's very own self professed love doctor. i wonder what's inside.

Thursday, December 07, 2006

ooo self help

i don't know about the rest of you. two thoughts came into my mind. first one was that i thought that looked like a booth guys could go wank in. second was that, since this booth was located inside a service centre itself, why the hell would i go to a service centre only to help myself.

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

the younger are getting older

nowadays, what does it mean to be older? i think it will soon disintegrate into nothingness, the segregation of adulthood. underage bashes/nights at pubs and clubs, skipping jc to go uni, i don't think it's unimaginable that very soon, our kids will have teats attached to vodka bottles and probably go straight to uni at six years old, double degree by twelve.

then again. perhaps there are benefits. perhaps they may find that all this chionging is really nothing much and is better left to the adults. perhaps it will be just a phase. but still, the world is moving so fast. everyone is getting qualified and at a faster rate. in the future, graduates will sweep roads and deliver mail. better get my broom.

also, i have had regular exercise for 8 days already. also, cut down on food intake. seem to be losing nothing but my sanity however.

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

you pay peanuts you get aqua monkeys

toa payoh swimming pool. 10+ in the morning. trying to swim my laps. these two monkey brothers cut into my lane smack center, not a bit to the left or right. it was almost as if they wanted to head bang with me. afterwhile, God smote them to, well, God knows where. And peace reigned again.

However, once again my patience was tested. another two monkey brothers came along and did the exact same thing. i began to doubt that common sense was common. maybe on the day they were giving out common sense those 4 monkeys were banging into other people in the pool, hence explaining that my ass crack has more common sense than them. i took extras.

that's not all. there was this trio. two boys and a girl. the two monkey boys thought it was a good idea to play catch and throw with their goggles in my swim path. maybe little boys are just monkeys when it comes to water. the chlorine and pee in the pool drops their common sense by 75%. stupid monkeys.

Monday, December 04, 2006

sad

ads are suppose to promote a product. to the extent of maybe even lying to the consumer. however, thanks to brutal honesty, i won't be buying the december stars christmas carols album. it sounded to painful to listen to. and that was just the ad.

list of wants

in no particular order:
  • creative zen vision:M
  • wireless THX speakers
  • 8800
  • SLi board for the 8800
  • to be thin again(ok, i was never thin but yeah, basically lose weight)
  • new laptop
of course the above can just be solved with:
  • lots of money
i hope santa love me long time. haha.

good day

it was a good day. had light meals. great exercise session. won money on arsenal, man u and everton. shiok. gonna be starting work at the shop, those who are bored should be able to find me at raffles city.

Sunday, December 03, 2006

lost my pub hopping virginity

it was a friday night when i lost it. the culprit was gary. money wasn't part of the deal. i did it for friendship. then cover charge for st. james and mos came. i did kandi bar for free. ok, enough theatrics. it was seriously the first time i went to three watering holes in one night.

drinks at kandi were free coz it was opening night. and the best alcohol is free alcohol. after some miscommunication and for seb's benefit, we went to st. james. was only so so. hence we decided to head down to mos.

pictures on flickr.

Friday, December 01, 2006

dude, where's my car?

oh there it is.

this was taken at the bigboyztoyz exhibition at expo. it was in the hall next to sitex. not many babes for both, maybe coz it was a thursday.

Thursday, November 30, 2006

disappointed

haiz...sitex was not very interesting. don't know if should be external hdd. if i'm buying i also don't know what capacity to buy...haiz. if only i could afford a 8800gtx

healthy healthy fit fit

ran and swam. my knee hurts. oh no. check out my healthy brunch. get away from me, you fatty fats!

uni student but dumb(or blind)

the sink has been clogged for days already but you still insist on using it. are you dumb or blind? so much for your university education you prick.

to-do list

  1. start exercising regularly.
  2. eat more meals but smaller portions.
  3. hopefully lose weight due to 1 & 2.
  4. RMA my 7800GT extreme for the second time.
  5. settle my driving at BBDC.
  6. find some time to do some part-time work.
started on 1 today...hopefully have enough will power to follow through with it.

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

unexpected

it's over. i mc-ed my last paper. i couldn't take the pain anymore. doctor's words helped to calm my wild imagination. for a period i was beginning to speculate some sort of intestinal cancer or perforation or rabid colon. something.

it didn't help that the tutorials and past year papers were from a different planet. it didn't help
, ironically, that the coffee and tea helping me keep awake to study causes gastric pains. yup, something simple like gastric took me out. when the good doc told me that, i replied incredulously "you've got to be kidding me".

another thought hit me and i quizzed him, "but look at me, i am eating half the time, you sure it's gastric?" He said yeah, stress causes more gastric juices to be produced. and that was that.

overall, not particularly overjoyed. quite ambivalent about it. crappy way to end the exams. half of me feels like i should've just whacked, knowing i'll buang. the other half tells me i should fight the battle another day. besides if i mc today, i might get special consideration for my two papers yesterday. whatever.

Monday, November 27, 2006

another one down...one more to go

second paper for today was crap. from the buildup to the paper itself. came back from morning paper, had noodles (surprise...) took a short nap. woke up, had coffee, had a sharp pain in my tummy, the same one as a few weeks back, but this time in a more specific area. not sure if it was gastric. took some hot honey water, alleviated the pain slightly but still hurt like a bitch.

doing an exam with sharp tummy pain? not very fun. one last night of mugging...

damn xiong

damn xiong. cb. how can he do this to me. no, not my tutor or lecturer, this guy that sat next to me on the shuttle bus, once again not mentioning race but take a guess. luckily he dropped off at hall 4, not too far from SRC. sometimes i wonder if water is really that scarce and/or if the perfume and deodorant industries are targeting the right people.

paper was not too bad. i hope i pass. usually if i can do it, it should be quite easy, meaning low average grades for the underachievers. at shuttle bus stop heard one foreign talent commenting to another that he finished half the paper in half an hour, all the answers confirm correct. i glanced. not the same paper. phew. he also remarked that the examiner was obviously giving away marks. i bet some people at the bus stop felt dumb.

Sunday, November 26, 2006

more unlucky things

cooking my noodles, ran out of gas. it was the last canister. thank God for hotplates. but still, it's no joke trying to cook noodles on a cold day. the water takes forever to boil and due to dynamic changes in temperature, the water evaporates and i am left with the lower half of the noodle cake saturated with water and the top half is still mamee. mmm. the pot has burnt noodles stuck to it.

sunday morning...

3 more papers to go, noisy fan, not enough sleep, someone blasting bass in 37. oh won't the fan just drop and decapitate me(yea no more exams!). i still hear it thumping. i hope the rain god makes a personal visit to your room. with all your appliances still switched on. if someone blogs about a rotting seabass(it's a fish, for ignoramus-es)in their room, be sure that i found the culprit.

"fee fii foh fum...i hear the bass of nincompoop"

Friday, November 24, 2006

just a few days more...

trying to endure these last few days. sleep is now officially an option. i've slept too much already. thank you neighbours for the butterfactory offer, perhaps another time.

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

peektures

yay...network back up

yep. socket plugging, port blocking, firewall installing, internet taking away-ing people in the evil computer mainframe have restored the connection. i'm sure they do this once in awhile, especially during important periods, to show how reliant and weak we are. bastards. they do it to feel important so people will call and complain, acknowledging their existence.
meanwhile weird entries between timeframes from my logs:

Referring URL: http://madammeju.blogspot.com/
Nov 22, 2006 09:59:46 AM
adsl-75-6-151-4.dsl.skt2ca.sbcglobal.net

Referring URL: http://www.tubesteak.org/blog/blogger.html
Nov 22, 2006 09:48:38 AM
udp169060uds.hawaiiantel.net

Referring URL:
http://glengarryleads.blogspot.com/
Nov 22, 2006 09:46:28 AM
c-68-37-16-229.hsd1.nj.comcast.net

Referring URL:
http://mattzollerseitz.blogspot.com/
Nov 22, 2006 01:08:10 AM
yktgi01e0-s4.watson.ibm.com

unknowns stumbling through a referring URL which i'm not aware of. not sure if it is good or bad but i think it's just weird. like bestiality.

school computer network sucks

need i say more? as of early this morning i was not able to log on to msn and some websites. google and blogger had problems loading. my tech forum and, according to alvin, wikipedia was doing fine. CNA seemed to be alright too, but loading times were unmentionable.

at 9.43am this post was created ON my computer and posted by using my k800i as a modem, my msn is connected through my phone too. i feel geek. signing off for now coz data charges can be quite frightening.

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

BMI retrospect

while studying today, alvin was being his usual self. he said that if a person had both legs amputated, that would have effectively negated whatever BMI gains he had. and he would also not be able to reduce his BMI by running. the things we think of while studying. fire and brimstone...

dreams...

it is annoying to dream about lines of assembly language coding. as if i don't see enough of it. if i could only dream about the exam questions...

shrimp wonton? yes please!

one word. shiok.

brrr...cold

rainy season is officially in play. should the world keep up its use of CFCs and aerosols, i'm pretty sure one day it will snow in singapore. in fact, recently i've been spending most of the time in my room with both my fans off and with a shirt on. which makes me wonder, if i can feel cold, do polar bears feel cold? just a few days more to liberation, before i can eat my white pepper butter crabs and then try to lose weight, preferably through natural means that don't involve liposuction or amputation. i think i can lose 20kg cutting off one leg.
at the risk of a little insensitivity, do amputees calculate their BMI differently? strange thoughts during exam.

Monday, November 20, 2006

yay...i are geek

i have never tested out the 'bluetooth remote control' function on my phone. till today. i now can control my windows media player and desktop using my handphone. i am happy.
on the downside, i have an uncontrollable twitch on my lower right eyelid. not related to my newfound bluetooth happiness, but still a downside.

Sunday, November 19, 2006

engineering...

"my father was an engineer. so were my brothers. guess what i became?" Remember that ad? that guy was smart. he became a pianist or conductor or something. anything but an engineer. he had a stupid father who produced stupid brothers. engineer? what's that? can eat or not?
grr...back to @#$!ing microprocessors.

Saturday, November 18, 2006

funny beer ad

i love tiger beer and all and their recent ads have been rather interesting. take a look at this beer commercial, i think thai, tell me what you think. english subtitles included.



absolutely dig the background music. absolutely.

Friday, November 17, 2006

changed back to blinds...weee

my privacy is more flexible again!

remember the time when storage was expensive?

hurhur...$$$

home neighbours

as i type this post, sitting at my dining table in the dining room, the air is filled with the jibber jabber of an old lady. it comes from beyond the wall and seems to be bahasa indonesia/melayu. i understand from my parents that i have an odd old lady with an equally odd grown up adult son as neighbours.

the old lady is wheelchair bound. i'm wondering how long before the maid decides enough is enough and decides to see whether wheelchairs have air bags. the son likes to tape record our dinner conversations. he thinks we can't see his hand arched over the wall. holding a tape recorder. ISA spy material he is not.

oh. i realised that i generated a lot of traffic on my own blog, by trying to edit stuff and reloading the pages. hur. i are cleber.

Thursday, November 16, 2006

just a little longer...

three papers down...four more to go. went home to rest properly before gearing up to fight the next battle. fish head curry and herbal chicken for dinner. brownies and ice cream for dessert. i love home.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

a series of unfortunate events

2 papers in one day, one afternoon one evening. first paper, needed to draw econs graphs. dubious feeling. found out i forgot my eraser. had to rely on the measly one at the end of my pencil. came back to have a light tea of honey water and some hello pandas.

went for evening session. halfway through stomach growled. paper also dubious. after paper went to buy mac's for dinner. queue wasn't long. but i had to wait for my fries for quite awhile. coz the stupid farking bitch (race unmentioned but try your luck) can take the order of the guy after me and decides he should get his fries first. not only me but the rest of the other people in other queues

i can understand if there is a current shortage of fries. i don't mind waiting abit. what i mind is how every other mofo is getting their fries except me. even the guys who ordered later than me and in other queues. i mind that when there's a supply of fries you find that it's harder to serve up 2 large and 1 medium fries who have the supposed priority of being ordered earlier compared to the other million and one large fries flying off the fucking shelf. i mind that when there's a supply of fries, you fucking disappear behind, not serving my supposed prioritised earlier order, allowing the fries to disappear and my misery to continue.

wait for a bus. waited till the fries turned slightly soggy. i could not feel the heat of them on my wrist. wait fucking long. 179 came, as usual hordes went for it. i decided to let them at it. i hate carrying food on a crowded bus. 2 more came behind. true to 179 tradition, when they don't come they don't come. when they do they shove your face full of it.

i get on the 2nd bus. it is the last to leave the bus stop. i've just waited for ages holding 3 mac's meals. what could be worse? i've the answer to that. the following could have and did happen. before the buses came, one drink bag was already leaking. got on the bus. the stop before hall bus stop, some guy decides to sit next to me. the very next moment i'm juggling food while pressing the bus bell. the bus driver needed a braking lesson. i fell backwards on the steps, and one drink threatened to spill. the plastic cap already crumpled.

in summary, 2 sucky papers, hungry, stupid mac's bitch, crowded bus, cold fries, leaking drink, fell on bus' stairs.

Life's beautiful~

fucking hell...

note: thanks mojo for the tasty doughnut balls, 'twas very sweet and neighbourly of you.

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

chilli tuna+luncheon meat+cornbeef = ?


mmm...yummy...

Monday, November 13, 2006

noodles...

too much noodles over this exam period...argh...can't wait till exams are over...

Saturday, November 11, 2006

bleargh

i'm fucking sick of studying...argh...not just for this exams...just sick of it. i hope tomorrow i will magically have 4 digits and/or 7 numbers. and if it happens, please let it not be starter or consolation. please.

Friday, November 10, 2006

toasters are good

but not good enough to revive the fluff in defluffed doughnuts. never buying doughnuts from giant again...

spiderman, children, infinite pleasure

anything that promises infinite pleasure captures my attention. infinitely.

Thursday, November 09, 2006

my little study corner.

my little personal study corner...you can see my green mug and alvin's metal one. he needs a metal one coz he has a tendency to break things.

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

the power of one

one person. that's all it takes to stink up the bloody reading room. i won't go so far as to say it's a foreigner or what. one week before it's smelling fresh. a week later, there is a dank smell hanging in the air. have showers gone out of style?

today's experience was amazing. considering that it had no smell at first. but after some influx of bodies, the smell started to emanate from an unknown body.

Monday, November 06, 2006

the good, cheap, fast triangle

everyone knows this triangle. cheap and fast means not good. good and cheap means not fast. fast and good means not cheap. the liquid paper correction pen i bought defies it all. it's cheap but it's not good coz it dries too fast.
ironic how something made to cover up and make things neater is making a nice white blobby mess on my notes. bloody white piece of shit!

Sunday, November 05, 2006

zzz...

i'm so sleepy. the weather is excellent. my books have magical sleep inducing spores. i feel sticky, i have no mood to study. i take a shower, i'm too comfortable and i wanna sleep.

i have just seperated my laundry into berms/shorts, coloured cottons and neutral/white cottons. i am strangely delighted. i hope setting the machine to 'wool' will reduce the chances of my fave tees contracting the disease of 'nua collar'.

here are some random pigs, i mean pics.

"hi! i'm ashley! would you like some furry bacon?"

"hi there, sexy. you look great in blue. do you mind me on top?"