Peeping Tom in NUS!

Just saw this in the Male toilet in Central Library! So the rumours are TRUE! So scary! Must be very careful about using the cubicles now...

I only just realised that the height of the 'wall' is actually quite low and that if you're tall enough you CAN see over to the other side...sheesh...what's wrong with this person? Obviously never hear of porn before right?

Like the song goes...THE INTERNET IS FOR PORN!


Everyone studying in Central Library please take care ok? Heehee... ^_^

I made my Mom sad...

Sigh...

My mom just SMSed me to tell me that I made her very sad. I took a harsh tone when speaking with her just now.

She's on her way to the airport, flying to China for a short holiday...Shanghai and Beijing.

Anyway, she said that there were so many times that she felt sad when I spoke harshly to her, but today, she couldn't take it anymore, and decided to to tell me (albeit via SMS). I also don't know what to say...I mean I was really frustrated when I found out that she gave me unclear instructions and caused me to confuse my grandfather. Especially when one is dealing with the elderly and money matters, one must always be clear...if not will cause misunderstandings you know. When she proceeded to insist that she did not instruct me wrongly, that infuriated me even more. I read out every single SMS she sent me regarding the issue, and she realised that she was wrong, but she still said,

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Mom: "Even if I really was wrong, you did not have to speak to me so harshly you know? You know how many times you spoke to me harshly, and I felt sad, but I never said anything?"

XJ: "Haiz..." (she cuts me off)

Mom: "So next time I should tell you straight to your face immediately right?"

XJ: "Yeaaah...but I just get very frustrated when you are not clear about instructions..."

Mom: "Forget it...I don't want to talk about it anymore...byebye."
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That was the conversation can?! I also don't know whether I handled that well...

Feeling shitty now...

She really should be more frank with me...but then again, I'm not totally frank with her also...so I guess I can't really say anything right?

I still stand by this mantra:

THINGS THAT ARE LEFT UNSAID PROBLEMATISE ALL RELATIONSHIPS

I honestly think this is very true...ALL relationships...

The tough part is finding that someone that you can be truly TRUTHFUL and FRANK to...not easy to trust a person so wholly. I'm glad I have a few friends with whom I can be totally truthful and frank. Thanks guys. ^_^

Until then, a piece of advice to everyone reading this, don't leave too many things unsaid ok? They will come and bite you in the butt...I guarantee it. And when they do, its neither pretty nor painless.

Sigh, now I'm unhappy, and my Mom is unhappy too...both unhappy...sianz...

I don't like making my Mom unhappy...sucks.

late!

Woke up...

Had breakfast...

Got on train...

Got on bus...

Missed my stop...

Ended up in Bugis...

Walked to The Hive...

Working now...

Gym later (I really must, been missing too many times already)...

FD3

Watched Final Destination 3 with Nat yesterday...

Very scary sia...Okay lah, not that scary per se, but then, it was really very gruesome...

I mean I'd already heard about some of the parts about how the kids died...but watching it was still pretty intense. Nat and I were visibily cringing and 'ooh-ing' and 'aah-ing'...haha

We watched at Lido...super empty cinema, there were no more than 10 people in the place, so no one saw how silly we looked..heh
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an opinion...


I am thankful for the friends who are willing to share everything with me...that shows me that you have the courage to voice your opinions about whichever issue you have. I thank all of you who speak your mind in my presence, and I only hope that I've been that way to you all as well. If any of you ever feel that I'm not speaking my mind, do have the courage (i.e. balls, girls included) to face me ok?

To those of you who do not have the courage to be upfront with me, I hope that one day you will be able to speak freely with me. There are some people who spoken ill of me, and to me, you obviously don't have the f***ing balls to speak with me directly. Well, I am sorry for your lack of guts, but please don't go around speaking ill of me...especially to my close friends. Cos' I will say this...those friends of mine, will probably know more about me than any of you spineless sh**s ever will...

So stop being so 鬼鬼祟祟(sneaky)...generate bad karma only...

sleepy... *snore*

Going shopping tmr...hahaha...don't tell you..bleah!


GUILDWARS PICTURES
I just love these screen shots lor...nice right? Hahaha...
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mid-term EL quiz results

Got back two quizzes today...

EL2101 - 8.5/10 (15%)
EL2102 - 23.5/40 (20%)

Not very good at all lah...cham liao lor...

Especially for my 2102...my tutor 'tsk tsk tsk'-ed me lor...that's not a good sign, but I totally expected and deserved it though...haiz...how?

Study harder for the later quizzes I guess...sianz.

Wonder how did everyone else do...must depend on the bell curve liao...

Guild Wars!

Primary Profession: Elementalist



Secondary Profession: Mesmer



Pretty Lights! (My Elementalist/Mesmer right after casting a high-level Fire spell)

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Yah, yah, I should be studying, so all my mugging friends are officially allowed to SHOOT me when they read this ok? Just make sure you guys don't miss. Hahaha...

I have a mid-term for my English phonology module later...in 11hrs 30mins time actually...haha. Closed-book leh! Scary man...have to memorise all the phonetic symbols, and learn how to say them properly..if not confirm jialat wan...

20% some more...sighz...ah well...just do it I guess.

Anyway, tmr evening I'll be going on a Geylang Food Advanture with Xinwei, Kelvin, Junyu, John (maybe) and Weiching...Yiting is supposed to be our guide I think...so exciting! Then after that should be back to Yiting's place to chill and bum until morning, and after screwing with our bio-clocks head for home lor...great plan for the weekend I guess...haha

OKAAAAY...I go and study liao...GOOD LUCK to myself for tmr's test...

Ganbatte ne!

THE INTERNET IS FOR PORN (no explicit material...safe for all eyes!)

a bit about work... ^_^

Let me tell you a bit about my part-time job.

It's at this backpackers' hostel called The Hive. Anyway, my job here is to do CLEANING! So I basically, for 6 hours, become SUPER HOUSE HUSBAND! I iron, fold, sweep, mop, scrub, scour, wipe, polish, rinse, (feel free to insert more verbs related to dosmesticated cleaning in this space) etc.

It's not a particularly difficult job, and it's pretty fun doing everything. One thing that puzzles me to this day, is the fact that everyone who sees me working (and in this , I mean, the other members of staff at The Hive i.e. the other Echo Wings instructors and officers), all ask me why I clean SO HARD!

I look at them with a frown, and ask back, "Isn't this how cleaning is supposed toi be done?"

They will then answer and say, "Don't need to clean so hard wan lah...."

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Well, I guess it's just in my nature to be thorough about these things, especially since I am being paid to do this job. Now, if only I can transfer my impeccability onto other things...hahaha...

This week has been a bad week for me...Because my desktop is back online, I've been playing Guild Wars non-stop! I just find it so fun, and the fact that I don't have to pay a monthly subscription is SUPER SWEET! Hahaha...Ah well, Hope the novelty of it all will die down soon....I have a lot of projects and stuff due soon...

Until then, I will still kill more dragons and sand giants...haha

a moment of insanity

Xing Jian -- [noun]: A person who likes to steal tins of tuna 'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

I know, I know...I have a problem...BIG WHOOP!

So what if I like to steal tins of tuna?! I pretty darn good at it too! Humph!

These tins of tuna need to be returned to the sea where they rightfully belong! We humans have no business dredging 'em outta the ocean and consuming 'em like we needed to eat fish! We can go eat some other useless fish...like clown fish or something...

'Em cans of tuna are not going to be staying on 'em shelves as long as I'm around...y'all mark mine words, I tell ya...'em tuna cans...just you wait and see...

'Em freakin' tuna cans!

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Xing Jian's Johari Window

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Xing Jian's Nohari Window

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fabulous Tuesday!

Today was a totally 'i-had-such-a-blast' day!

Let's see, my friend Ruifeng came over in the morning to help me to fine tune my desktop...THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I really owe you a treat ok? Must must...serious! Thanks to him, I now have two monitors linked to my desktop! It really is pretty cool, being able to surf the Net on one screen, and MSN on the other...My real favourite is watching anime on one, and everything else on the other! Hah!

Granted, the two monitors are different colours, and the sizes are a little off...but then again, how many people actually have two monitors to play with?! Haha...the white monitor was the old one, and the black one was bought from Vincent.

In GuildWars, I killed some powerful dragon! too! She's called Glint I think...not too shabby eh? She's supposed to be super-hard, and it's true...I died the first time I tried tackling her...but the second team I was with was quite good...so we managed to persevere and put and end to her misery...

Tuition today was super fun too! I went through with Ching Hao his work...he's improving I think...and that's quite fast for a kid who only just came from Taiwan in the middle of last year. After I was done, we played Yu-gi-oh together...he owned me man...

I only won one game out of three...his deck is pretty good man...to be honest, it really is quite brainless...luck is a super high factor in Yu-gi-oh...bad opening hands are really punished...haha...suddenly tempted to do abit more building for Yu-gi-oh...hmm..should I? We'll see, we'll see...hahaha.

太开心了！！！

This is excellent! My desktop is finally back online, and I now can use a nice and big computer! Hahaha...everything is just fine and dandy. I am so excited, that I'm still awake...just played abit of GuildWars...haha...

Lucky, this week is mid-term break...so I don't have any school to attend...whew.

Anyway, my 'DEAREST' cousin, Benjamin, did not help me to plug all the relevant cables back into their respective places, causing my computer to not be able to start up...and here I thought it was because of the turning on/off of the computer that caused the OS to become corrupted! BAH! Benjamin kor-kor, it's all your fault! Lucky I called my friend, and he asked me to check all the connections again, if not I would never have known that it was because of the disconnected cables, that caused everything to NOT WORK!

(next time, please tell me what you are doing to my computer okay?!?!?!)

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I watched Brokeback Mountain with Kit Loong and Aloysius just now...even though it was my second time watching, I still felt the emotion pretty strongly. Also, I cannot, for the life of me, understand why people laugh when they see two guys fucking...I mean, granted you don't see everyday, but is it really that funny?! Also, when they are caught kissing by one of their wives, is that funny?!?! I would think that it would be a moment of suspense, as their secret, forbidden love each other had been found out! Freaking Singaporeans, so close-minded, and happily showing off how ignorant they can be...absolutely annoying...humph!
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I think I'd bettergo and get some sleep...if not, confirm concuss until don't know what time...hahaha...good night (I mean, morning!)

YES!!! It was the graphics card!

SO HAPPY!

changed the freaking graphics card, and lo and behold, I now have a display on my monitor!!! Yay!

Sadly, because I sorta turned my CPU on/off too many times, I sorta corrupted the OS...so now cannot boot up, and I need to do a system restore...I certainly hope I do not lose all my stuff...that would too tragic already...

Okok...going to do some reading now...

^_^

that wasn't so bad...

I just called the motherboard company! Yay! So happy...haha....they were really helpful, and were totally not anal about me not sending in my warranty card! Hahaha...so happy. Wahaha...

This evening I will slowly take out the fragile thing, and then tomorrow morning I will bring it in for servicing. Yay! Hopefully, everything will be okay...yeah.

Must get my desktop back online man....

projects and term papers...

Next week is the mid-term break. I guess I didn't really expect it to be so soon...really lor...

I mean, it's been awhile, and with CNY and all, it really seems too soon for a mid-term break. I'm having this phase at the moment...it's the 'i-don't-feel-like-doing-anything' phase. A lot of inertia is present, and I just can't seem to move at all...it sure is irritating man...wargh!

A lot of people are feeling this way as well...I wonder what is the reason for this is...hmm...

Anyway, now having dinner with Vincent and Aiman in the canteen. Tonight I will be studying, and preparing for my tutorial in the morning...marketing tutorial leh...I think it's really annoying that we have yet to have our first meeting leh...how ah? Got presentation to prepare for leh...25% somemore...haiz....

We were supposed to go and watch Memoirs of a Geisha, but the only show was at 920pm, at Tiong Bahru GV. Cannot lah...no go...hahaha

I will send my PC for repairs this coming week...Vincent somemore say "IF you do, that would be good..." Humph, he's poking at my procrastination leh...jialat...I've been saying that I would fix it for 2 months liao...

I will do it lah...I miss my computer man...so long never play GuildWars liao...hahaha

变！

Nothing better to do...so decided to change the colour scheme of my blog...

Sadly, I don't think it looks great...just different...

BORING!!!

Try again another day lah...ugh...so freaking bored!!!

ARGH!!!

8am Surprise!

Some of the pictures, as promised! ^_^




*Yawnz* Wah lau...who is the f***er who bang on my door so loudly for so long, and at 8am in the morning somemore! Wait till I... ...



Birthday Cake! Hello Kitties, and too many strawberries! Hahaha...



Early morning wish! Confirm come true wan! Most '灵' time to make wishes! Haha!



Last minute 'card' we made for him to pin on his wall. Hahaha...I know abit cheapo lah, but what to do? Heh...



Birthday boy in the middle, and the two 'siao ting tongs' who like banging on doors early in the morning! (I look strange in this picture, but as usual, I am willing to sacrifice...)

Happy Birthday Kelvin!!!

Just surprised him together with Yiting too! hahaha...so fun to bang on his door early in the morning. ^_^

Will post pictures of this event soon! :)

Just thinking again...

I was reading through my past posts...like since post number one until now...

so much has happened leh...amazing man...

i realise that blogging is really quite a good way to keep track of things in one's life.

sighz...........

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I will be going to Thailand from 19th - 24th July this year! Excellent man! First time going to Thailand! Very very excited...going to shop shop shop! Heehee... ^_^

just say lah....haiz...

Been a long while since I posted anything...

Well, just wanted to voice a thought...

If you got anything you really wanna say to anybody...just say it. Don't so scared ok? It's just that I realised that I am really annoyed by people who are wishy-washy about things...I mean, if you have something to ask/say, just do it! If you are not willing to do so, then don't even HINT that you have an opinion...it's just annoying, and very bad for relationships.

The main things that destroy relationships, are always the THINGS that are left UNSAID.

Yeah...

Huo Yuanjia (FEARLESS)

Just watched Huo Yuanjia just now with Vincent, Aiman, Pang Boon and Jason (hope I got his name right...quiet guy..at least for tonight lah).

It was EXCELLENT!

Been such a long time since I'd watched a good kungfu show! I'm so glad Jet Li decided to do this show! I mean, compared to all the previous Hollywood crap that he starred in, this show brought him back to his original roots as a Chinese wushu exponent! I mean, seeing him with his pigtail, and the Chinese robes with the Mandarin collars just reminds me for his Wong Fei Hong, Fang Shi Yu days!

He really acted really well, and portrayed the character of Huo Yuanjia really well! From reckless, only-concerned-with-becoming-the-best-in-Tianjin, to a calm, composed wushu practitioner in the end...Jet Li did it all very well.

I loved the bone-crunching (and this I mean LITERALLY) action, and the cool weapon fighting scenes (reminded me of my Soul Caliber 3)! Definitely money well-spent...everyone should go and catch it too! Don't miss it ok? No matter what the reviews say...if you like a good kungfu flick, this is about as good as it gets! I mean, not Jackie Chan, comical kungfu, but TRUE Jet Li (李连杰) style fighting! Absolutely riveting!

I enjoyed my Chinese New Year this year...spent some time with new friends, and gambled a bit, and actually won a little...so not that bad lor. Haha...still believe that I should not gamble...just not cut out for it lah...did enjoy my mahjong game though...won $7. Haha...small win, small win...

I really should get to sleep now...tomorrow must get to Aunt May's place for lunch...think I confirm will be late...hahaha..

Night!

fashion faux pas...

fat girls + low hipsters = last year & DISGUSTING


why people don't dress to flatter themselves totally eludes me....sheesh....

totally DID NOT make my day...

my colour

Xing Jian, your true color is Orange!

You're a bold, confident orange. A warm, powerful color that indicates a strong, welcoming personality, orange is the mark of people who are social and extroverted by nature. Vibrant, with an upbeat attitude, you have a bright, inviting demeanor. Energetic and fun-loving, you're a real friend-magnet. Your easy charm and unassuming manner make you the sort of person people want to meet and get to know better. Well-rounded and fun to be around, you enjoy helping others, so it's no surprise that orange also symbolizes attraction. Orange is an extraordinary color — for an extraordinary person.


Hmm...okay lor...sorta correct I guess...

Eight Grade Sex Survey

Funny...

lectures were a blast today!

Today I had two lectures, and both were excellent!

GEK1049 - Introduction to Narrative

Hmm, what I thought would be a very Lit-ish module, is turning out to be more than that. We started the lecture with movie clips, music videos, classical paintings, pop songs and not forgetting the usual spattering of pompous terminology that the world of academia is famous for.

I was a little late for the lecture (5 mins), but it looks to be pretty interesting I think...I hope I get a ton of non-FASS classmates, so that can stand out abit... (yes yes, evil and pragmatic..but I couldn't care less)

6 hour break

Spent it having lunch, and trying to read my readings...not that successful, which is why I will be making up for it tmr...studying late in school tmr night! ^_^ Made a new friend before my 4pm lecture...a cute and bubbly girl called Lai Yee. Nice to meet you Lai Yee!

SC2212 - Sociology of Deviance

This was a little embarrassing. I made Vi and Lai Yee walk all the way to LT8, when it was actually in LT9...felt so bad..and because we made such a long detour, we ended up sitting right up in front.

Fortunately, after excessive rubbing in about how silly I was from Lai Yee (she can be unforgiving, and I'd only JUST met this woman ok?), it turns out that our lecturer has no tolerance for technology, and will not be utilising the IVLE at all! He insists on lecture with no PowerPoint, and we as students will have to LISTEN and TAKE NOTES! Talk about old school sia...after he announced this...Darren grudingly took out his foolscap pad...hahaha

Well, Vi was thrilled, and Lai Yee was sorta glad (after a some convincing from me) she sat in front, cos' then she wouldn't fall asleep...haha...it was refreshing to challeng myself from stoning, and practising picking out all the important points. Been a long while since I last did that...heh

He drones a little, but generally he makes very pointed, and pertinent comments about our country, and the world in general. Highly entertaining, but not recommended for people with minds the size of pin heads or minds so narrow that Kate Moss wouldn't fit inside.

Tuition at Central Green

Started a new tuition assignment at Central Green condo! So NEAR! Yay! She only wants me to teach English Comprehension, and it's only once a week, one and a half hours each time...
Student is a Primary 5 Taiwanese boy who only came to Singapore last June...

very clever, very cute, has a knack for bargaining (according to his mom)...

His mother is the nicest woman (though I sense an air of "don't-mess-with-me-cos-i-got-secret-powers" about her), and super polite and warm.

Tutorial Balloting Results

For once, I actually got EVERYTHING I planned for! Amazing! I was pleasantly surprised man...haha...not bad not bad...

This semester had regenerated some of the hope which I lost last semester after the terrible war with the World of CORS dragon...

things done to kill time...

You scored as You-Know-Who. You are most like "You know who". Everyone should watch out for you, you evil person! You-Know-Who 67% Ron 58% Sirius 50% Harry 50% Hermione 42% What Harry Potter Character are you created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as Draco Malfoy. Spoilt and proud, you place high value on the purity of wizard blood and look set to follow in your father's somewhat shady footsteps. Sirius Black 70% Draco Malfoy 70% Hermione Granger 60% Ron Weasley 60% Harry Potter 50% Remus Lupin 50% Lord Voldemort 50% Severus Snape 45% Albus Dumbledore 35% Ginny Weasley 35% Your Harry Potter Alter Ego Is...? created with QuizFarm.com

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Hmm...this is not a good sign...to follow in my father's shady footsteps...

How triggering...! UGh...need to sleep liao (confronted response..wahaha)

PS:*voice or Voldemort/Draco Malfoy* As you can tell, I am generally EVIL...so be very very careful...I'll reward those who treat me well, and I will not hesistate to scheme to cause your demise if I see the need to...betray me at your own risk.

clean room

Whew...I just finshed cleaning up my room! I never realised that I really had so much rubbish lying around. Threw alot of nonsense out today...so happy.

I found alot of old postcards and greeting cards from my friends. Read through most of them...brought back alot of memories. Haha. My JC period garnered the most posties...alot of emo stuff written back and forth...alot of caring friends I have...lucky got so much support during JC...
(I never knew, in fact, I do not remember feeling that bad about not getting into Student Council..haha...I had so SO many posties telling me not to give up, and to look on the bright side, and that council wasn't that big a deal...haha)

There's alot of dust in my room...I have no idea why...but after alot of wiping and sweeping, I managed to settle most of the cleaning...now there is so much less dust! Yay! Haha.

I just realised that I am entitled to a complimentry 1 year NUS Guild House membership with my DBS NUS Debit card...I hope I can still apply for it! Haha...then I will have access to a gym 5 days a week liao! Woohoo! Can gym with Vincent (good thing) and Aidan (may not be good thing...he'll bully me I think..*shudders*)...

Well, I am off to watch Tiramisu now...sleeping early tonight! Tmr will be gymming, then early breakfast at YIH! First lecture starts tmr! Woohoo! Finally...school starts!

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School start liao! My last weekend of freedom wasn't too bad...I spent it quite well. Let's see...on Saturday, went shopping with Mom! Bought tons of stuff...haha...mostly clothes for her and myself as well...haha. Decadence!

Nice right? Mom bought me this cute wrist rest! My bro got one too...his was a pig..and mine a hippo! Haha. Kawaii!

After that, headed down to Mish's place to cook dinner. Merv did steak (Medium Rare...just the way I like it) and I taught Mish how to prepare simple vegetable pasta. Was pretty amazed that this was the first time Mish was cooking, doing grocery shopping and everything...hahaha...

(Should've been more patient with her...but well, she's had too many people be nice to her liao...so can be nasty once in awhile...wahaha)

So dinner was not too bad...for the first time, I managed to pull off an excellent al dente spaghetti! Quite proud of myself! Haha...after dinner, we amused ourselves with MTV's range of silly, and absolutely wacky shows, and we played Scrabble and Hotel (Mish's favourite...I hate it though) too!

After some time, Hotel got boring too, and so we decided to set Mish's hamster on Le Grand...but she was a good little hamster and with absolutely no destructive tendencies at all. The three of us who had hoped for some pseudo-Godzilla/King Kong moment from her, were utterly disappointed. Ah well...another time I guess...haha

Well, today (as in Monday, it's 0201hrs now, so technically shud be yesterday) was most unfortunate for me...my big toe had a conversation with a concrete step. It lasted the whole of one second, and of course, my left foot's big toe could not out-talk the concrete step, and came away from the entire encounter missing a bit of skin as well...

Ugh...bled all the way to school, and stupid Vincent made me wait for half an hour! DO you hear me? Hmmph...next time I'm making you wait lor...bleah...well, we had lunch, and planned timetables and I even crashed Philo lecture....for fun and 'bo-liao-ness'! Hahaha...

My Official Modules for Semester 2 2005/2006

EL2101 Structure of Sentences and Meanings

EL2102 Structure of Sounds and Words

GEK1049 Introduction to Narrative

SC2212 Sociology of Deviance

MKT1003 Principles of Marketing

Hmmm...

You scored as Journalism. You are an aspiring journalist, and you should major in journalism! Like me, you are passionate about writing and expressing yourself, and you want the world to understand your beliefs through writing. Linguistics 67% Journalism 67% English 58% Dance 58% Theater 50% Anthropology 50% Engineering 42% Sociology 42% Psychology 42% Art 33% Philosophy 33% Mathematics 25% Biology 17% Chemistry 8% What is your Perfect Major? (PLEASE RATE ME!!<3) created with QuizFarm.com

When the heart spoke...

该骂的，想说的，心想的，都讲了。
以后仍然跟往常一样，还是最好的朋友。。。

谢谢你。。。
听我讲我需要讲的话。。。

谢谢你。。。

Commune With Nature!

Today was an EXCELLENT DAY! Went to MacRitchie and hiked and experienced the HSBC TreeTop Walk! Let's see, total of five people went on this 'adventure', Vincent, Amos, James, Aiman and me! (Ignore the Magic card on the right...I just felt very like GREEN mana today...so put it in for this post..haha)

As usual Vincent was late, but we all forgave him and started on the fairly long trek to the suspension bridge.

As we walked through MacRitchie, I realised that it had been such a long time since I last visited this place (last time was during Sec4 I think...cross-country). There are really sooo many things to see, and the trees and everything. The rainforest is truly a beautiful place. There were many animals like squirrels, monkeys, and terrapins/turtles too! Super 'nature' kinda of feeling sia...

On the left is Amos and James (their backs at least), and on the right you see (from right), Vincent, Aiman and half of me! Haha...this part was still in the main part of the forest, so we're all just hiking through the forest, looking at the fauna and trading stories about days in the Army when we had to go through training in the jungle. I guess, some things about Singaporean guys is that no matter who we are, and what we did/do, we can always ALWAYS talk about our NS experience...and we can do it over, and over, and over, and OVER again...wahahahaha. It's a scourge upon all Singaporean women that cannot be removed! They are doomed to listen to these stories as long as they continue to have male Singaporean friends. Heh.

So after about an hour on foot, we have a 'light-at-the-end-of-the-passage' moment as we exit the forest, and walk on abit of road before reaching the suspension bridge! Excitement sia! Finally reached the bridge! Hahaa.... ^_^

So on the bridge, we sorta laze at the entrance and take a picture before actually getting on. Because once you get on the bridge, you cannot turn back...it's a ONE WAY kinda thing...quite disconcerting at first, almost like you get on and if you're going to die, you have no choice or something..haha. Something really funny happened as we were resting for abit at the entrance to the bridge.

This woman did the most Singaporean thing...she saw us sitting around waiting, and she asked, "Excuse me, is there a QUEUE?" All the five of us did our best to keep from laughing...it was just so funny man. First thing that comes to Singaporeans' minds is to queue for something...hahaha.

So we get on the bridge, and sorta hog the center bit for awhile (to the displeasure of a few people), enjoying the view and breathing in the fresh air. There we shared sandwiches (b[r]ought by Vincent) and brownies (baked by yours truly), and took more pictures...truly touristy to the max. Haha.

We finally moved off the bridge and finished the rest of the trek, another 5km back to the main MacRitchie Reservoir, so that makes the entire thing around 10km worth of walking! Hahaha...so healthsome man. Heh. On the way back, we met alot of disgruntled children, and sari-wearing women, and back-packing backpack carrying men. Just some of the strange sights you can find in MacRitchie. Haha...

Oh! There was this group of guys who absolutely refused to help us take a picture! And they outright ignored us and pretended that they did not just hear a group of 5 guys ask them for a favour...Singaporeans amaze me more and more each day man...hahaha.

Here are some photos of the day!



Pretty no? The reservoir is so peaceful and pretty here. Tranquil and full of life...ZEN...



What most of us were thinking by the time we reached the suspension bridge...we're all a bunch of pansies lah...walk abit then complain complain...hahaha... ^_^



This sign says alot...I'm serious! Hahaha...



On the bridge, hogging the space, eating, photo-whoring and basically enjoying ourselves!



Taken from the bridge...scary...



Nice stream...so chio, don't you think?




I think his EX-girlfriend is in the the bag, and he's looking for a place to stash the body...creepy...



This amazing woman walked the entire way in her sari...the guys and I really ARE WUSSES man...hahaha



A Secret Garden moment....



Leonardo, Raphael, Michaelangelo & Donatello!



Artistic? Can lah...



5 guys sitting by the reservoir...hmm...

Well, a day well spent...excellent! Totally, and fully enjoyed myself today...yay! ^_^ Must go again soon man...heehee.

HAPPY 2006!

Happy New Year everyone! 2006 liao...another year man..wheeee!

okok...here's what happened from Friday until today!

Friday, 30th Dec 2005

Went for chocolate buffet at The Courtyard at Fullerton Hotel! Haha....second time liao...jialat man...fattie fattie bom bom! Haha. I brought Yixin and gave the girl a treat which I promise a loooog time ago. Heehee...hope you loved it dear! ^_^



Love your new haircut ok? Don't listen to anyone else who tells u otherwise! Haha. Alex and I are your supporters wor! Haha...



Actually the dessert wine not bad at all...I'm glad you persuaded me to try the wine...it's like...how do you say this...very EXPENSIVE Sprite! Haha.



Nice view...reminded me of the times I spent here with Nat. Just talk the night away...haiz...those were the days. ^_^



Still prefer these decorations to the gaudy red and gold ones nearer to Orchard.

Saturday, 31st Dec 2005

I stayed up most of the night to bake brownies for Yixin's birthday party! People's birthday on the last day of the year...quite sia...hahaha. This batch was one of my better batches...quite pleased with myself. The sad thing was, no one really ate any of it...made me so sad...haiz...



Melting the sugar and blending it in with the melted baking chocolate and butter.



Mixing in eggs and vanilla essence.



Sifting and folding flour into the mix (the toughest bit! Can build biceps wor!)



The Birthday Girl! Haha. 生日快乐！！！



This one is called Alex...just felt like taking a picture with him. Heh.

Steamboat and Hot Plate BBQ at Paul's place!



After the party, went to Paul's place and together with Nicholas and Xinwei, we had all this food! Haha...eat until feel very VERY unhealthy and FAT! Haha...but the company was excellent and the food was superb. Thoroughly enjoyed myself.

After dinner, we watched British comedies and laughed ourselves silly...then chatted the night away lor. Nic and XW went home earlier..around 515am lidat, but I stayed on and slept in till 1pm (so pig-pig man). Paul fried noodles (really not bad leh...he can cook..haha)! Then just laxed somemore until 320pm I think...then I head for home lor...

On the whole, not a bad New Year. Relatively happy and full and satisfied. I am glad for all the friends I have made this year, and for the friends I already have...THANK YOU FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE PERSON THAT I AM.

Of course my family also...especially my brother..who has...well, let's say we're closer...a little...^_^

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Tomorrow going to MacRitchie with Vincent and don't know who else...canopy walk! Suspended bridge and everything! Going to be a 'nature' day tmr... Woohoo! Hahaha. Exciting!