Lunarly New Yearly

went to the esplanade last nite to catch the fireworks display with J last nite.........tried taking photos but finally gave up on the idea after realising it was a futile attempt trying to get good pictures of fireworks given my lack of photography skill.........or rather my lack of precise timing ability.........

so i took a video of the last half instead.......will look for a place to host the clip and put it up later on.........

saw this on joel's blog, funny :

Courage


decided to go fishing around for somemore interesting pics....

Attitude


and then i got bored......

Happy Lunar New Year people~!

Short One

realise i have not posted for a whole wk.......probably due to the fact that i dun really have much energy to compose a decent entry nowadays and also most of my time is divided btwn working on my final year project, spending time with J and surfing for stuff/info on the coming car..........

and surprise surprise, i havent polished or waxed my car for ages........nearly 1.5mths already........that shld be something interesting for my peepz to talk abt........considering i never leave the car unpolished for more than 2-3wks typically.........it jus gets too painful to groom it now........so sad.......*sniff sniff*

y izit that the rest of the world doesnt seem to be blogging as much either.........when i refer to "the world" i mean those on my little teeny tiny blogroll...........

can more of you guyz write something~! or ill be forced to not read your blogs anymore and subscribe myself to self-inflicted torture reading really really cheem conference papers abt....really really cheem stuff.........

if i knew wat the really really cheem stuff were, then they wouldnt be really really cheem stuff anymore wouldnt they..........

ok, lost my mojo........until the next post......dunno when that will be......

Sigh

found something interesting

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4627950.stm

there are a few things in that article........
1. the hamster's quite cute
2. the snake and hamster are probably gay
3. if they arent gay, then the hamster probably has something on the snake preventing it from eating him
4. Dragonball comics have a greater impact on the japs than initially thought

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was my mum's bday yesterday........the family went out for dinner and we came across this



took it with my handphone, so the pic isnt very clear.........it is a waterfall.......totally natural too.......made out of ginger.........yep, that whole thing is one big piece of ginger.......not smaller pieces glued together........

here's the wiki entry on ginger
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger

found out that equestrians stuff ginger in the anuses of their horses to get them to keep their tails up............now..........really........oh my.......

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think it is time to break the news to the rest of the world..........im scrapping my ride......

*sniff sniff*

reason being car prices are at an all time low and i would be stupid not to capitalise on the opportunity now in view of future savings......

sigh

have grown pretty attached to it..........spent so much time and effort on it.........feel kinda sad to let it go............but wat to do.......*sob sob*

so wat's my new ride? unfortunately it isnt the new civic.........did my maths and realised that there's no way i can afford that car without an extremely optimistic forecast of my starting pay upon graduation..........so.......*sniff sniff x2*

my new ride is gonna be a mitsubishi lancer..........was originally not too keen on it cos of the horrid looking front..........but after i found out they are bringing in one with a new and better looking front (makes the car look somewhat like my ride), all is a wee bit better now........

still.......doesnt take away the fact that this final month will be the last few times i will get to experience the mad screaming vtec roar.........and given if all things go well, my next car would be a continental car, so this might be the last time i drive a civic.......

so......come end of feb, i have to bid thee farewell my steed of winds, go into the yonder and find thyself a comfortable resting place for thee shall always be remembered fondly.....

did i get the thees and thys correct?

Random

was at a lecture yesterday with The Cuban and Chunky Hunky (formerly known as CRB formerly known as V).........

Chunky Hunky : *to the Cuban* Can you like tell the lecturer, in Punjabi, that we don't understand what in the world he is saying?
The Cuban : I don't speak Punjabi.
Me : Then wat do you speak?
The Cuban : I know how to speak Tamil but even that I not good with also.
Chunky Hunky : Yea. His grandmother can't understand him either.
The Cuban : hahahhahaaa......
Chunky Hunky : She asked him in tamil, "So have you finished NS?" and he replied, "No, I have finished NS."

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every once in awhile, we meet someone who reminds us once again, this really indeed is a small world...........

was at Hooters on Saturday nite with some of my camp mates.......and we were being served by a rather attractive waitress who, at first, seemed to have taken a fancy to one of my frens.........such that when she took his order, he was pretty much stammering thru it........

well, turns out that the waitress is also a student at NTU.........not surprising? yea.....but she's in the same class as J is in.........small world.........of course ever since my fren got wind of this piece of news, he's been bugging me to help him ask her out.........

it's a small world after all.........

We all learn something everyday

we all learn new stuff everyday........

the other day, i learnt that the definition of a youth in singapore is a person within the ages of 18 to 39.........or was it 29.......anywayz, so that still makes me a youth........

today, i learnt that the table outside my room is infested with termites........they have made their nest in the pile of photo albums kept in the table cabinet........there goes probably 90% of 24 years of memories...........even more for my parents and sis.........

im not one to take many photos, but ive now learnt that with those photos gone, it'll be even harder to keep the memories of years gone past........

ohyes, ive also learnt that a termite is 98% water.........this comes from the pest control guy......who seems to be pretty good at his job.........he solved another pest problem for us abt a year back at ard this time too.........and incidentally, after that job, he struck the starter prize in the lottery using some number combination he got from my dad's car license plate and our house number.......

lucky fella, maybe i shld consider a career in pest control........of course, doubt ill make it thru the first day.........the sight of massive colonies of little pests crawling ard totally freak the shit out of me, reason why i dun watch documentaries on insects.......another being insects dun hump.......

yea, the insect scene in king kong totally freaked me out.........

learnt something else also........it seems that it is always during the lunar new year festive season that all these pest problems turn up.........probably cos this is when the family starts to go thru wat's old and needs to be thrown out.........

so for those who dun clean your rooms frequently, chances are u have a pest problem......and im not referring to your kid bro/sis, parents, girl/boyfren or yourself for that matter..........

imagine a line of ants crawling out from under your bed and all over you foraging for food while u sleep at nite, looking for crevices where it is dark, damp and funky smelling for them to expand their colony.

u wake up in the morning and continue your day, day after day after day until one day u have a pain on some part of your body, maybe a pain in your arse but u dismiss it as soon as it's gone away until one day the pain comes back and gets so severe that u need to check into a hospital

at the hospital, while you are writhing in pain in the ward waiting for the xray results to come back, suddenly you feel like your arse is gonna explode and u see a lump pulsating and growing on your butt........u think, "oh no, im gonna die. im gonna die from an exploded butt. this is ridiculous. ARGH"

suddenly the pain is gone and u think, ok.........but then, u realise with a impending sense of doom that this is jus the calm before the storm........and at that moment, it happens.......a huge insect shaped creature bursts out from your arse.......u r too shocked to feel anything, maybe it's the lack of blood......u think, "great, look at the mess. at least now i wun have problems with constipation." and jus as u breathe your last breath, u hear, "Decepticon, Terrorise~!"

im not trying to write a story..........was freaking myself out and tried to unfreak myself.......

Early Morning Madness

jus had a really weird dream........too weird to not post up here...........

dreamt that i led a protest march thru clarke quay...........and the protest was abt pple not caring enuf for holidays anymore.........like how CNY seem to be less vibrant bcos pple dun seem to be bothered abt it anymore.........remember doing my rally speech in the house of a malay family and i was speaking to them about how christmas is no longer fun anymore........abt how they did not celebrate christmas..........

and they started to agree with me........saying how pple dun celebrate hari raya anymore.......

and before i knew it, we were out rallying the neighbours for the protest march...........which i took part in - holding my bolster.........i still remember the colour of the bolster cover too

actually i wouldnt really call it a march........for some reason, we were all crawling........

after crawling for sometime, then there were buses to pick us up........to go meet someone abt our cause..........the buses flew

must be the weather........all this raining is jus driving me nuts..........

My Parents

it had been raining heavily since the early morning and was on my way to the kitchen for lunch with my dad when we walked past my granddad's empty room.........

Me : How come the window is open?
Dad : Cos the air can flow better. Cooler.
Me : But it's raining. The rain is coming in.
Dad : No lah. Is it?
Me : No meh? Then how come the window grilles are dripping wet?
Dad : OH NO~! aiyo aiyo aiyo aiyo~! *runs to get a cloth to wipe the parquet flooring*

those who have parquet/wooden flooring would know that it doesnt go well with water.......

during lunch,
Mum : Where's dad?
Me : Drying the floor in ah gong's room.
Mum : *in her normal voice* Dad, come and eat.
Me : Ma, do you really think he heard you? He's upstairs. We are down here.
Mum : yea. He did.

*Dad walks in*

Dad : Hear what?
Mum : Me calling you.
Dad : Yea. I did.
Mum : See.
Me : He's just ying chou (translated: trying to please) you lah. I don't think he even knows what we are talking abt.
Dad : Talking about wat? *Starts to chow down*
Me : Nothing.
Dad : I know, talking about ying chou. *Continues eating*

after lunch, on my way out of the house i saw my dad using hairdryers and toilet paper trying to dry up the damp patch in the wooden flooring.......stopped by in my parents' room where my mum was playing bejeweled.............

Mum : Where's your father?
Me : Drying the floor with your hairdryers.
Mum : Sometimes I think he enjoys doing that more than anything else.
Me : Really........Now, what gave you that idea?

Chocolate solves everything

was reflecting on the various number of bad ideas/choices ive made over the course of 2005.........and i realise the 2 most biggest no-nos ive done have got to be my choice of an IA company and my choice of FYP.............

in both cases, i made the choices based on watever i thought would be useful to me in future.........i chose to go for the interview at company F&S instead of company T which landed me in company J doing absolutely nothing i wanted to do in the first place and learning nearly close to ziltch in the process except the fact that i am a moron when it comes to making such choices.........

and when it came to the FYP, i had to be a smart ass and go choose a project based on interest instead of practicality..........i could have gone chosen a proj that i would have easily completed in a month but instead chose one that i had thought would provide me a challenge in a new area..........yea, it is a challenge alrite and it is in a new area........BUT IT IS NOT WHERE I WANT TO GO TO...........

and nvm, i learnt a lesson that i had already learnt before.......i am a moron when it comes to making such choices.......bah........

now im stuck trying to complete something that doesnt exercise the side of my brain that i want.........


woe is me *grumble grumble*

in other news, im pleased to announce that i have a new addiction.......this is definitely gonna put more green in those gills of pple reading this........i cant help it if i cant grow fat...........buahahahahhahaa........bite me.......

and the object of my affection this time round is the chocolate truffle cake........specifically from Swiss-Bake...........the cake is absolutely sinful to look at even.........1kg eaten and counting.......

still got another 500g left in the fridge..........ahhhhh......the anticipation........

And Then There Were 4 Of Them

some pics taken on new year's eve at Paulaner's Brauhaus
the night was graced by the presence of the 4 fools:

the biggest fool of them all with her royal highness, Princess VV, in the back


the 2nd fool with the person who's chest keeps appearing in all the photos of beers beside him


the 3rd fool doing the infamous V sign thinking he's a cutesy pie sweet young thing


the 4th fool, Princess VV's beau.......so that might make him the Lord of Fools......not too far from the truth considering he's the one who's gonna use the yoghurt and he wears pink


it starts with one.......litre that is.......


and whaddayaknow, beer, pretzel and........milk? or lack of it.........all pun intended there, dun understand, go figure


this is wat happens when u have a bunch of village idiots get together

05 going on 06

the past wk has been a blast..........but first off, happy new year pple......

dun really know where to start really......seems like i dun really find the need to blog as much nowadays.......probably cos the exams are over and most of my spare time is spent with J.....

anywayz, the past wk was really enjoyable, save for a few little hiccups here and there........dun really know where to start actually.......cos things are really a blur.........and im really too lazy to go try and regurgitate all that's been happening in chronological order.......so im jus gonna throw out watever i can remember off the top of my head.......

2005 has been a good year........mainly cos of a few things........in no order of importance
1. ive achieved 1 yr off the cigarette
2. i cleared a miraculous 7 subject load in the past semester
3. i met J
4. finished my industrial attachment

there are others, but these are the few that i can really remember.........

of course there is the shocking stuff..........the passing of a fren topping the list........until today i still dunno y he did it, dun think ill ever have the chance to find out, but hopefully he's found wat he's looking for..........

looking at things as they are now, i would say they are in good shape and improving.......frankly, looking back and looking at myself as well as those around, i realise how easy it is to let your foot get stuck on the railway tracks and even easier to jus resign yourself to being run over by a train...........instead of getting your foot unstuck and either outrun the train or hop on and enjoy the ride.........then there are those who arent stuck at all but let themselves get run over cos they are too lazy to move their bums.........

okok, too much philosophy, too little crap...........

learnt a few things over the past few days........some were jus old lessons, but i had not learnt them well resulting in my re-education.........

1. for $12 u can buy 4 servings of yoghurt.........to smack on your face.......
2. like marine mud, red soil can be used on the face.........so technically we can all go to the roadside and harvest some of the soil there to either apply on your face or sell to earn money
3. this one i had forgotten......when your gf asks u for your opinion on wat to wear, act like you r interested and jus choose one even tho majority of the time she will probably choose the other........
4. pms happens once a mth........and the only thing that can cure pms is the mango sale which happens once a yr..........which means guyz have to tahan pms for 11mths a yr.....of course if the sale happens after your girl has bled, then jus too bad.......

i dun get the yoghurt thing still.......y would any1 pay $12 for 4 little servings of yoghurt to smack on his/her face when $5 can buy a huge tub of it at a supermart........and the best part is u'll have tons left over for consumption too as compared to the $12 pack which i heard is non-edible............doesnt it jus make u wanna go "duh"

Off Topic :
learnt that kids are not always the little angels we like to believe they are........

was sending J home today and there was this little boy with a filipina maid at the lift......and the kid said, "mus let pple go first."

nice and polite kid huh? rite, the stinking little hellspawn........jus before he got off on the 19th floor, the little brat pressed the button for the 20th floor, leaving J and I in the lift and having got to stop needlessly for another floor..........the little runt.........

wanted to post a resolution list...........but.........i guess, the only things i have now are jus wishes and not resolutions.............so, another time perhaps........

HAPPY NEW YEAR PPLE~!!!

i have some pics to post, but.........jus too lazy.........maybe the next post.........