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.

brewerkz threesome

was at brewerkz with alvin and our close army friend. tried two other beers.

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.

christmas

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

lazy...pictures only.

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.

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.

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.

friends

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

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.

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.

brewerkz

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.

a shot of the tower of power. well, the tower of brown ale.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

mmm...local bedroom literature

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.