There's a reason why Ikea stuff are affordable.

they sell spotlights at 4 bucks and 2 bulbs for 15 bucks. however the provided bulb is not bright enough for me. hence i decided to go with standard DIY store bulbs. cheap ikea spotlight + cheap bulb which is brighter and cheaper = melted plastic. enjoy the mayhem.

"look Ma! I can't take beyond 25 watts!"

ok, forgot to mention i was using a 60 watt bulb. but still...cheap plastic...

oh humanity...

thanks goes out to those who bothered to drop a message or stopped by or helped me buy dinner when i sick. little things do help people feel better. to the rest of the uncaring world, it's ok, there is still a place for you, fire and brimstone, in the words of alvin.*evil laughter*

still having some residual gastric pains after the whole gastric flu-ish episode. don't think i lost much weight while i was sick, what a waste. i find someone like me having gastric is quite a funny thing to behold, considering my love for food.

once again, a heartfelt thank you.

in light of me falling ill, i have added a link for you to identify the use of your medication. useful for medication u received but never used simply because all you wanted was the MC.

Boohoo...sick...

bah...fever, headache, sore throat, stuck nose...project deadlines, lethargy. trying to get enough rest so i can do my project properly. however, everytime i rest, i waste valuable hours as i knock out for one whole stretch at the time. argh...hate being sick...too tired, too lazy to do anything...

update at 2000 hours - just woke up from a nap. i think i experienced a pain that was probably as close to menstrual cramps as possible. except it was somewhere in between my stomach and chest region. i crumpled and remained in a foetal position, till sleep took over and my body forgot about the pain. now that i'm awake, i have a throbbing headache. life's good huh.

So you wanna be famous...

betcha didn't know zhongyu has his own fashion label eh? going for a good price at valu$hop. hope this brightens up anyone's day. been sick, people around me sick, busy weeks up ahead. been lazy to update.

Family had Ben & Jerry's!

hello ben! hello jerry!ooo..it's the merlionster. i bet they came up with it to con the IMF delegates. then again, it's ben & jerry's, they can con me anyday. okay, maybe if they were slightly cheaper.
does it look monstrously local to you? run! hide! it's the merlionster!

we came, we saw, we conquered. *burp*

the ice-cream carnage took place at the marketplace, the basement of raffles city. the place was seriously deserted. i guess people really got affected by all the IMF stuff and security issues going on. it would suck to go shopping and have something bad happen.

The first star projector i bought...and returned.

talked about this before. here is the picture of the unsatisfactory item.

Oops...sorry neighbour...but happy anniversary anyway

had a gathering at 38 last night. those in attendance were angela, leroy, yehyang, joey, xinhui, david, alvin, qiyan much later and yours truly. i did a really doofus thing of spoiling yehyang's anniversary plans. i didn't know that joey didn't know and just blurted. i'm so sorry yehyang...hurhurhur.

Hurhurhur...personality tests

haha, i finished the 60 questions, panting already. yea, so here's the result. however, i do believe that we all have dynamic personalities. basically, i could be a gentlemen in the morning, an insensitive prick in the afternoon and a lazy bum at night. enjoy dissecting me.

My Personality

Neuroticism	64
Extraversion	47
Openness To Experience	59
Agreeableness	33
Conscientiousness	27

You are neither a subdued loner nor a jovial chatterbox. You enjoy time with others but also time alone. Stressful and frustrating situations can often be upsetting to you, but you are sometimes able to get over these feelings and cope with these situations. A desire for tradition does not prevent you from trying new things. Your thinking is neither simple nor complex. To others you appear to be a well-educated person but not an intellectual. You have some concern with others' needs, and are generally pleasant, sympathetic, and cooperative. You like to live for the moment and do what feels good now. Your work tends to be careless and disorganized.

Thanks darling...i'm seeing stars

ooo look what's this? a package for me? aww you shouldn't have.
wow, check out the 1337 bubble wrap. the world could end via giant meteor strike and i'd still have my prezzie.

omg...my personal star projector! hot damn...someone loves me, and i know who she is.

oh hurrah...instructions in mandarin...just what i need...why don't you just kill me.

i'm saved! there are english instructions. no need for the chinese-english dictionary!

there. you can see it, from right to left is the projector, then the power adaptor, then the projection plates containing the projection wafer.

i tried to catch the image of the projection from my ceiling but my phone cam is simply not sensitive enough to pick up the stars in absolute darkness. however, a few of my neighbours have seen its effect and can attest to it's glory. wanna make out under the stars? go grab one of these! or you can come to my room, 10 bucks an hour, just keep the sheets clean yea?

will try to get a picture of the stars projected on my ceiling. once again, thanks babe, i luv ya.

Buhahaha...old men chu stunt

i was at acap, yehyang went home, pangcheng was sleeping, didn't know where jimmy was. Hence, i took the vigilante route of fighting for goodies for my neighbours.

a pole to act as a barrier, with a sign saying "everything in the carlsberg". as you can see, the nominees can follow instructions pretty well. i think i am a hilarious ass.

they probably thought it would be hilarious to melt the carlsberg bucket with hot plate it was on. stupid old men. *insane laughter*

Some wtf stuff

toilets are probably one of the best places to get people to notice things. this was taken in the toilet of the basement in raffles city. this brought some thought to mind. if i say you can shop and surf at the same time, i'd be thinking online shopping. but what about the other way around? maybe boyfriends can now bring their laptops out and do wireless LAN gaming while the girls go shopping. i looked strange taking photos in the toilet.

well well...don't you love the ingenuity of piracy? when you have a red bull and a golden cow, i guess it's only logical that you end up with the resulting colour scheme. time to moove along.

Weeeheee...forbidden city

yea! i'm going to watch this with my babe. who else is going?

Shop opening...YAY!

oh hurrah, the Tissot shop is finally open. it's a family business of some sort so any support will be greatly appreciated. located at the same level as haagen-daaz in raffles city. anyone want watches?

Ah yes, it is outsupper again...

one of my favourite events is outsupper. buses are hired to bring us to various supper spots where we proceed to customarily stuff our faces with the usual hot favourites. this year, our first destination was bedok simpang. i had two pratas there, one egg and one onion, and shared some kambing soup with david. nothing to shout about, your usual indian muslim food. their drinks did seem particularly worth it though, quite a big cup for not a bad price. uninspired by such usual fare, i did not feel the urge to whip out my camera or phone.

as you can see, what layeth on the table. it's the beef horfun and frog's legs porridge from geylang. by the time we reached geylang, my appetite was somehow stifled. the brain must've registered the presence of the prata. damn, i wish i could've ridden the wave of hunger and barrage through all the delicacies.

my neighbour, yehyang, showing off his prowess at serving porridge. mmm...delicious...i meant the porridge.

this is a picture i took just to show that my camera phone has a pretty decent flash. the one with the chin is edwin. the other one is my eternal roomie alvin. guess who's the bitch and who's the butch?

anyway, outsupper was fairly bland. even the food didn't seem as tasty as before, although we all did enjoy it. had to share horfun with yehyang, couldn't even finish one myself. didn't even make a trip to the soya bean shop. i guess stomachs grow old too.

David cooked!

david cooked some marvellous stuff to eat on the day of IBRG darts!
pasta with cream sauce, fried luncheon meat, meatballs or rather mini meat patties and some meat with veggies. slurp slurp...thank you david!

Elections...nominations and all that jazz

it is that time of the year again! elections, nominations, campaigning, scandals! wait, scandals are all year round...oh never mind. latest and main rant about this year's election is banner sharing. yes, the increasing prices of cloth and paint has gone up so much that it has reduced forerunners to share banners.

cutting a little slack, i won't mind 2 names in the banner, especially if you're running for a main post and assistant. but 3 of the top 4? sorry to those who have their opinions on unity and cost savings, but personally it's a sincerity thing to me and that doesn't seem sincere. guess times are really changing, everything seems to be just going through the motions and getting single rooms. what's next? one banner and everyone's names on it?

anyway, on a lighter note, had a light darts session, was a pretty good one (omg...i'm reporting my daily life...). alvin and i as usual had much cock to talk about, especially about the unfortunate passing of Steve Irwin.

alvin said that it's quite possible to avoid a ray attack on land. i'm not sure about in the water but we concluded that he must've been fuckin' around with that ray and hence got struck. not to be mean but isn't he always on animal planet with his "this is the world's most dangerous spider, look as it crawls over my face. crikey! look at those fangs..."? he probably did something like stuck his finger up the ray's arse or something like that.

that ray is now possibly the world's most dangerous ray, and it's probably back in watery home, bragging to his other ray friends. for the fans of sci-fi, that is what i would officially call, a death ray (cue evil scientist laughter). *takes cover from the cold wind*

Oh crikey! Crocodile hunter is gone

steve irwin the crocodile hunter passed away. he died when a stingray barb pierced his chest. goodbye to the great man who showed no fear handling the world's most dangerous animals. how ironic, for him to have fallen at the hands, well, sting, of something that we barbeque and eat with sambal. actually, i don't know if that's considered irony. well, God bless.

It's been three years...

it's been three years since i met my lovely girlfriend in hall. glad that we're still going strong. i guess it starts to mean something when u measure anni's in years and not in months. i love you, babe. it's been an amazing three years.