Rice 的回忆……

1150. 男人。女人。

2011-06-29T23:57:00.076+08:00

Rant of the day: Busy... Busy... Busy...

读过一些两性专家的书籍，也听过他们在访谈里讲过的一些观念。你是否对他们所讨论的有所共鸣？老实说，很多时候我只是听听而已，并不完全赞成他们的一些观念。有时候，甚至觉得他们这“两性专家”的封号是如何得到的。是因为研究了很多很多男人女人的东西？还是对“性”比较有研究？还是自己的经历丰富？那如果是最后一个选项，你确定要信他/她的看法？因为如果有太多“两性”的经历，问题是不是出在他们自己？

很多时候，“专家”都会说“男人很难懂”因为男人什么都不说。是真的吗？我可觉得女人才难懂。举个例子，一个很常见的情侣对话……

男：你要吃什么？

女：随便。

男：吃中餐？

女：eeee。不喜欢。

男：吃牛扒？

女：不要。没有吃牛扒的feel。

男：吃意大利面？

女：又是意大利面！

男：那吃快餐？

女：不要！我在减肥。

男：那你到底要吃什么？

女：随便。

很常碰到这样的状况吧？同样的状况如果是男人说“随便”，那真的就随便了。去那儿吃都行。那到底是男人难懂还是女人难懂？

其实，没有好好的沟通，又怎么能了解彼此？完那种猜测的游戏其实真的很累。而男人往往对着种猜测的游戏没什么兴趣。如果要花太多时间猜来猜去，到了最后，男人就不想猜了。男人就会以“沉默”来对待。反正也不想猜，倒不如不讲话好了。俗语说：沉默是金。也没什么好讲的不是吗？

到了这时，女人就会说“男人什么都不说”。女人是不是很难懂？

好啦。那男人就说。就噼里啪啦的什么都说了。哪儿里不爽都告诉女人，省得以后又问。惨了惨了。因为女人这次又会说“原来你对我有这么多的不满！那你就去找别的女人好了。”女人是不是很难懂？

那男人以后就不说了。反正说也错，不说也错。说了女人又不能接受。多说多错。是不是很累？女人是不是很难懂？

1149. broke... really...

2011-06-26T23:02:00.022+08:00

Rant of the day: Ulcers!!!!

I seriously needa cut down on spending this month. Scary aspects of GSS. Though I didn't really buy ALOT of stuff in large quantity, those small items I'd got since IT show do add up to quite an amount.

1 Lexmark wireless printer
1 Tommy Hilfiger shirt
2 Raoul shirts
1 Uniqlo polo tee
1 Uniqlo berms
2 iPhone 3GS casings

Broke~~~~~ *sigh*

Anyway, cleared part of a major task on Wednesday. Got a real experience on how a pro photographer truely works. In my opinion, I think this ang moh is seriously good. He's able to get the model (our own staff) into the mood for photography. Gives proper instructions. Shares his concepts and ideas. Quite an experience to work with him.

I hope my photography for wedding will have such pro photographers too. =P

1148. t.g.i.f

2011-06-17T00:23:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: Nose block GO AWAY!!!

I'm sooooooo looking forward to the weekend. Very tired!!! And very sick... My cold is not recovering fast. Still getting that nose block every now and then.

But... It's FRIDAY!!!

Friday will be a hectic but fun one (I hope). There's lots of things to complete and my entire afternoon will be out in one of the clinics. Here for 2 months and I'm already busy like crazy... Can't imagine further down the road.

But I'd enjoyed so far. The work. The people. It's fun and I'm feeling accomplished. My boss don't keep praises to herself. She is never shy of giving acknowledgement and encouragement. The kind of boss that everybody wants... seriously...

For now, I just wanna shout T.G.I.F.!!!

1147. 我要当DJ

2011-06-09T23:01:00.061+08:00

Rant of the day: 我的天空今天有点灰……

我又落选了。第三次落选的心情并不好受。

虽然已做好心理准备，但始终无法放下难过，失望和失落的心情。就一直有那一种“难道我就这样了吗？”的感觉。参赛三次。没有一次成功。难道我就真的那么不适合当DJ？我真的就不过如此？我真的无法实现梦想？

也许我也到了停止做梦的年龄了。28岁……在两年就“三张没得找”了。更何况，我需要的支持也渐渐淡去。参赛前，dear问了我何时才不要继续参加这类型选拔比赛。虽然dear还是一直以她的方式支持我但从她的言谈，我能感觉到她的“话中有话”。意思浅浅：I think you should stop。今天知道入围名单后，她也没有什么意外和遗憾的表情。我难过。但我明白。

我想……我因该停止追梦了。（此刻很想哭）

我想……我不会再参加电台DJ选拔赛了。

我想……这样对大家都好。

我想……是时后继续过我这平凡的人生了。

我想……谢谢给予我支持的朋友。但对不起，令你们失望了。

我想……再说……“大家好。我是编号88的林威。我想当一名DJ……”

1146. statistics

2011-06-03T23:55:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: Humid like crap!!!

This post was supposed to be published yesterday but due to some crappy blogger issue that my entire post was GONE!!! Totally waste of my time...

Anyway, this post was supposed to be talking about my results for Sundown 10km run. The good thing nowadays after such running events, they will tabulate the result and statistics, which I find it really damn cool. Here's mine...

Overall, I really improved ALOT as compared to my last Standard Chartered Marathon 10km. But back then, I was still nursing a fracture ankle. And now, even though it is still swollen and painful at times, but it is pretty much manageable. At least I can jog slowly without stopping while enduring the pain. Perhaps, it's just for the sense of accomplishment.

Some photos taken on that day.

Before the run, a quick snap while there's still sun.

That's like freaking lots of people running! Young. Old. Uncles. Aunties.

The "chio bu" Arina running with make-up and fake eyelashes. She just finished her sister's wedding. That's why...

After run... Shag. Take a break while we enjoy performances by The Good Fellas.

New medal to hang on my bed.

Which run should I go next? Singapore Bay Run?

1145. quick highlights

2011-05-31T23:58:00.057+08:00

Rant of the day: Super duper sleepy...

I know I haven't been diligently update my blog. Yes, I'm lazy. So some quick highlights recently in my mundane life.

Photo taken earlier this month. I finally observed soil test for Punggol Emerald around my block. But recently, we saw piling work in progress. Which means, my block will be building soon! YEAH!!!

I love home-made birds nest dessert! I <3 mummy!!!

Still trying to fulfil my dream of becoming a radio DJ. Went for the So You Wanna Be A DJ audition at Orchard Central for YES93.3FM. Totally thrilled that one of the judges (玛丽) recognises me from last year's audition! So touched!

Though I'm not exactly confident on getting into top 8 but at least I'd tried. Taking the steps towards dreams is actually pretty much an accomplishment. Whether or not the results are favourable, it's an experience. I can say at least "been there done that". But when dear asked me till when do I still wanna do this, I really don't have an answer. I guess till the time when I can no longer participate due to whatever reason that forbids me.

Maybe she just don't find it convincing that I still wanna pursue the dream after soooooo many failures. But all I want is support. To all, if you don't wanna support me, at least don't stop me.

Besides that, done a pretty major event just this Monday. Made me woke up at 5 plus in the morning. Sweat like running tap. Run around like mad man. All just for a visit. But seriously, great exposure. No photos to this though. Where got time to take photos for my own pleasure? Moreover, I'm so unglam after the sweat.

So, I should quickly get back to bed. Sleepy. Need to continue my body maintenance recovery work... Ciaoz!

1144. we want a home

2011-05-18T23:56:00.047+08:00

Rant of the day: Hate the weather...

I'm actually not so much into political news, especially the local ones. But since the recent hype over GE, the political scene in Singapore is finally worth talking about. Because it's about time Singaporeans speak up for the things that were suppressed over all these years.

With more oppositions into the parliament, the ruling party finally sees light in a total re-structuring of the Cabinet. Alot of talking over MM Lee and SM Goh stepping down but I say it's simply about time they do. Not being rude but seriously, after all these years of working in politics, it's really about time they take a break from these stuff. Look at how much they had aged. They need a REAL break.

Still, it do seem staged. Stepping down after GE. Well planned. At least they managed to save Marine Parade GRC back to the ruling party. I wonder how does the people in Marine Parade feel... "Vote for you then you step down. And the worse part is, we've got Tin Pei Ling into the parliament and now you (SM Goh) are leaving." Haha.

Whatever... Not my GRC...

Still, it's pretty irritating to get someone we don't like into the parliament. Not that she can't work the grounds since she hasn't really started but would you spend $15000 per month on someone you don't like to gain experience? She can't even give sound answers to the media for goodness sake! Her answers before the flaming where immature. Now, her answers were either repetitive or pre-planned. The people ain't stupid lah. We can tell whether you are memorizing answers or not...

Let's just hope she really make things work.

And after looking at today's release on our new members in the Cabinet, really sad to know that my "boss" is leaving for another posting. Hopefully a change of boss will not have adverse effects on the healthcare scene here.

Also, the most hated MBT is finally stepping down! That's a great news! Easy for you to say that the gahmen will continue to build affordable housing. See the italics because easy for him to say. If you have not seen the BTO at Punggol, the new 5-room at Waterway II can cost up to $450K!!! $50K more to half a million. Need we remind that this is HDB flat and not private housing? And it's NOT freehold. It's on lease for 99 years. Hello... Which part of the pricing is affordable?

I guess that these civil servants forgot why they are voted into the parliament -- to serve the people because we put our trust in you. If the current ruling party don't wake up on time, very soon we will have a new ruling party. Because we don't want just a house. We want a home...

1143. most right answer

2011-05-03T23:49:00.091+08:00

Thought of the day: NSP = Nicole Seah Party? Haha...

I'm not usually a politics person on my normal days but this General Election (GE) is getting me all filled up with information. The ruling party. The opposition parties. Information spilling in all possible media platforms. Twitter. Facebook. Youtube. And of course the traditional media.

I can even gain access to these GE stuff even when I'm lying on my bed in Bintan!

Heh... Life of a crazy Singaporean.

But if you are asking me which party am I voting for? Honestly, I vote for the party that can propose for the best policy for my area and for the country in the next 5 years. And do note that the policies and plans need to be achievable. With that, it means I'm not incline to any specific party.

I wasn't like this previously. I used to be a pro-PAP voter. Yes... Used to be one but now no longer. A free-thinker perhaps. I guess it all boils down to the fact that the current gahmen is not making life any easier for the peeps on the streets like me. And many are getting delusional to who should we vote. Top pressing issue on our list -- affordable housing. In what way do you think a new 5-room BTO in Punggol fetching now up to $450k affordable??? That's $50k to half a million!!! And let me remind you that these HDB flats are not exactly ours. It's on 99 years lease. Eventually, it's going back to the gahmen.

It's easy for the peeps in gahmen to comment that we should buy based on our means. We need to loan and pay on installments for maybe up to 30 years while for them, probably half a year's salary. For us, asking for a 5-room new flat isn't a luxury, keeping your "estimated completion in 5 years" in mind. Because by then, newly-wed couples probably have children (most 1 but some may already have 2) and a 4-room is probably not big enough to house everyone comfortably.

So am I considered buying within my means? In the short-term... No. But planning in advance... Yes. The gahmen need to plan the country's future in advance and so do the people. But with this increase in housing prices, we can foresee our people in the future not able to lease a flat from HDB. Perhaps in 5 years down the road, a 5-room may fetch up to $1million... Scary eh...

Not missing out on other stuff, GST is another thing that the people faces. 7% is honestly not alot... Well, to the well-to-do people of course. But it is a hell lot of burden to the middle and low-income people. Buy this, 7%. Buy that, 7%. Eat, 7%. Shop, 7%. Now, everytime I pay at the cashier, I really do look at the 7% surcharge. And when we add these 7% together, it's ALOT of money!!! At least it is for me...

Of course, a country cannot function without taxation but would it be better if we can reduce this GST to perhaps 5%? At least the people will feel lighter on their backs with this. Merely giving out money to the people to "relive" the rising cost does not really solve the issue. And don't forget, those are OUR money in the first place. It's our tax... And the cheating part is, giving out these "packages" just before the GE is a subtle way of "buying" votes. I'm really not buying the idea. Don't say it's coincidence. If it is, then why am I not striking the lottery?

To the younger voters, information now are readily available everywhere and honestly speaking, the new media ain't doing the ruling party any good. Lotsa flaming we see online everyday against them. And of course, alot of insensitive comments from the ruling party are also seen or heard online. On taxation. On upgrading. On regrets in life. On Kate Spade. On threatening the people if we vote for the oppositions.

I guess, the ruling party needs to be more careful with what they say and don't take the current achievement for granted. The party achieved because your people allows that. So please jolly well treats everyone of equal stands. No people should be getting preferential when it comes to upgrading plans. Be it the people vote for the ruling party or the oppositions, all should get the same treatment. Because we all pay the same tax. We all pay money to the gahmen to run the country and to freaking increase the ministers' and president's salary! And since we are all paying you, I think it's only logical you serve all without bias. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Anyway, I'm still open to hear more views from the parties in my GRC and should be casting the vote to the party with the "most right answers" to my next 5 years.

Cast your votes wisely people...

1142. loving bintan

2011-05-02T23:51:00.035+08:00

Rant of the day: Seasick...........

I love short get-aways. It gives us time to break the routine and provide some breathing space. I think so far, Bintan has always been a fantastic place to take a quick break over a long weekend. It's not a very long ride from Singapore and language wise, it's more or less manageable. And, there's no need to monitor exchange rate for Rupiah because they spend in SGD.

But of course, the bad part about "holiday-ing" in Bintan is the expenses. A mere lunch and dinner can fetch around S$60! That's expensive... So, where possible, bring your own food and drinks. Cut cost but unless you are loaded and spending poses no problem.

We all love the beach. Seriously, you can't get this in Singapore. Minus other places like Bali or Redang of course. This is the best we can get with just a 55min ferry ride from Singapore!

Other than eating, soaking up in the pool and "beach-walking", the next best thing to do there is massage. No photos for that but honestly, we love their couple package. S$138 for 2, including massage and body scrub. 100min of pure relaxation.

Spending time in Bintan feels like the minutes slows down. Time goes by so slowly.

Think this year isn't a travel year. After this trip, the next short trip should be in August. My leave is already approved. But where to go? Bangkok? Genting? Somewhere budget definitely.

For now, my heart and soul are still in Bintan even though the body is already back here.

Back to work tomorrow but hey, this is another short week! 4 working days!

1141. 妞妞永别

2011-04-26T23:15:00.009+08:00

Rant of the day: We weren't expecting this...

生离死别是一种很难表达的感觉。哭也就成为了理所当然的自然反应。刚刚不久，dear的家宠，妞妞，突然的过世了。走得太突然，大家也都没有心理准备。在傍晚的时候，它就像往常一样跑来跑去。所以当我们发现它卧底不起时，我和dear都不敢相信。

在抚摸它的遗体时，虽然还有一点的余温，但已完全僵硬。没了心跳，没了气息……它就这样默默地离开了。

虽然我当下没哭，但心却是纠结着。很难过……真的很难过……我还希望它只是昏睡半冬眠状态，但一切都是自欺欺人。我们一直呼唤着，但妞妞仍然一动也不懂得躺在角落。

*心痛*

回家的路上，我再巴士里默默得落泪。反应是如此的自然，如此的不由自主。脑海里还一直播放着它一见到就扑上来的画面。我再也听不到它撒娇的声音。我再也无法轻拍它的额头。

妞妞，你一路好走。来世投胎做人。不要再做狗狗了。永别了……

1140. buys

2011-04-17T23:45:00.047+08:00

Rant of the day: Makan makan makan...

Been buying stuff recently but guess I will need them.

My laptop mouse decided to give way after serving me for coming 3 years. But seriously, this is the first time I see a mouse break this way and I didn't do much to it.

So I got a new one from PowerLogic and it's pretty nice. Love the DPI specs at that price. Plus, I like this new uni-retractable design. Wondering where's the USB cable?

It's found underneath. Turn it over.

Open the cover and there is the USB!

Pull out the cable till desired length and close the cover.

Turn it over. Nice~~~ Very portable right? Love it and it's white!!!

And besides this, bought ties for work as well. Have to wear them everyday so, need to get them ready. 3 for $30 at a push cart outside Suntec Carrefour. Not expensive and the designs are very attractive!

This is probably the weirdest buy for men... the male "corset"! Not exactly weird lah. It's actually a compression top design to compress the body mass during workouts for more effective build. If I'm not wrong, quite a few sports brands had already released theirs. I got these from Spanx at Tangs. Besides wearing it during workout, it can also be worn as under shirts for a better shape body.

But it's not cheap. $139 for 1. I got 2, 1 white and 1 black. Luckily I had requested for Tangs vouchers for my farewell to offset most of the price and I only paid $28. Haha... Got these mainly for wedding shoots and banquet. I have to look nice right?

Coming Saturday will be my first work on weekend. Hmmmmmmm...

1139. adapting

2011-04-12T23:54:00.014+08:00

Rant of the day: Need to wear tie everyday...

I'm still attempting to adapt to the new environment but perhaps I haven't been a "newbie" for quite a while (4 good years in fact), felt pretty lost at times and not sure where to start and what to do. But I'm pretty sure I'll get the hang of the job real soon.

Missing out the peeps in old office but I'm sure they are doing fine without me around. Now I really need to adapt to this whole new working hours. But it's actually the traveling that kills. 1 hour!!! I must get use to this man...

Oh I need to say this... My new colleagues are friendly!!!

1138. 哭过就好？

2011-04-01T23:50:00.060+08:00

Rant of the day: 很累了……都还没开始。

好一个愚人节……

梁文音又一首《哭过就好了》。但现实生活中，这是不切实际的。哭过就不会地震吗？哭过就不会有核反应？哭过难道灾民的生活就自然恢复？离我近一点的当然是我和dear的婚事。哭过，问题依然存在。

古人有一句话却是相当正确：竹门对竹门、木门对木门。

当“竹门”对上了“木门”，问题是接踵而来。有如海啸似的。一波又一波的滔滔巨狼一直往我们的身上涌上。而我们就像是漂浮的房屋，被冲来又冲去。

结婚并不是两个人的事，而是两家人的事。但是，最起码两方都必须搞清楚是谁嫁谁和谁娶谁。而决定全是该归谁掌握。

不是不要妥协。而是连基本的“尊重”和“守承诺”都搞不好，要如何谈呢？

最可怜的还是我的宝贝。被夹在中间。真的很想直接到Ah Ma家讲清楚。决定了的事，就不要说反话。口舌这么多，反而对婚事不吉利。什么正月半年的是，我家可是完全不信。生辰八字生肖几日都算好了，为什么要改？Because over-writing decisions made by parents is extremely disrespectful.

好在我妈很直接。为了不让我们烦恼，自己提出见家长来讲清楚。因为她始终是男方娶媳妇的权威。她的话最大。

奉劝跟我们一样“竹门+木门”的朋友在考虑结婚时，真的要有心理准备。因为在谈婚论嫁时，只是问题的开始。来日的问题可多着呢……

还有，外人请闭嘴！不要越帮越忙。

1137. a trip to remember

2011-03-31T23:08:00.099+08:00

Rant of the day:

I'm on leave for the past 2 weeks but honestly, way too lazy to update my blog. Seriously, there is nothing much to blog about. Beside swimming on almost every weekday afternoon and staying home to watch variety shows and movies, I've nothing much to write. If I stay home any longer without job, I might just transform to an otaku (宅男).

Anyway, my laptop was down last week and that gave me a brand new perception on Acer. No way I'm getting Acer now. Another brand on my blacklist after Dell.

Got a new laptop from Fujitsu and hopefully this laptop will serve me well. But the setting up of the iTunes and stuff was a chore. Gawd... But luckily got it up and running now.

And now, happily blogging with it and I so love it's keyboard and LED monitor. And, it's WHITE! Nice~~~

Had my birthday family dinner at Swissotel Merchant Court Ellenborough Market Cafe. It's seriously GOOD! Even though the price may be slightly on the high side but worth every cent. Just the fresh oysters, prawns and mini lobsters are enough to cover back the cost!

The oysters so fresh that it tasted sweet. Even dear, who don't eat fresh oysters, grabbed a few and simply couldn't stop praising them. Too bad. Forgot to take family photo.

And birthday cake is from Pine Garden's. Lychee Martini again but just can't stop having them. It's only took us a couple of days to gobble up the entire 1kg!

On my birthday yesterday, spent a wonderful day with dear at Universal Studio Singapore. Entire day well spent and by the time we head out to Vivocity for dinner, we were already fully drained. This trip is exceptionally important because the last time I went was when I'm wheelchair bounded. This time, I can cover the entire place on my own foot! And of course, with dear by my side. Last time, girlfriend. Now, fiancee. Haha... To the uncle in the following photo, kua simi? 抢镜头！

Took lotsa photos but not possible to put everything up here. Those had added me on Facebook, do check out my photo album. Just gonna post a few here.

Photos with mascots that we didn't take the last time. Cute...

Battlestar Galactica! I took both Human and Cylon. Very happy that dear accompanied me to one of them but she gave up subsequently. Guess these rides are way too scary for her. And that's also why I'm very very touched when she insisted to accompany for 1 of them.

In my opinion, Human is way too scary! Though there were no cock screw turns but the speed (90km/h) and the almost 90 degree drop can seriously make you pee your pants! At one point of time during the steepest drop, we can literally feel ourselves lifting out from our seats and only to be stopped by the safety catch! And this is the one that dear took with me. After the ride, both our heads were spinning like crazy. We had to sit down and REST!

As for the Cylon, it's also pretty scary but not as bad as Human. This ride emphasizes on the spins and upside-down cock screw turns. When the speed is so fast, seriously you wouldn't feel much on the upside-down. What's the real scary part is the seats are "hanging" and not the traditional seated type. So our legs are dangling outside!

This had gotta be one of the World's best roller-coaster rides ever!

Besides this, we managed to catch some other features and rides that we didn't get to do the last time. Watched Monster Rock performance and seriously, it's 2 thumbs up! Damn good! World-class performance. Love their singing and dancing.

We took the wet ride too at Jurassic Park. Skipping this the last time 'cause the queue was crazy. This ride will surely make you REALLY wet! Bring spare clothes...

The special effects from Steven Spielberg was damn cool! But next time, stand on the 1st row. Can't really feel the typhoon from the last row.

Caught a few street performances. Honestly, these are what attracts the visitors and make them continue to stay "high" after a hot and long day. Applause for the performers who need to sing and dance under the hot sun.

I wanna go back again lah! Make a point to visit there every year with dear and I sure hope this can continue even after we have children! Haha... Family day outing mah. Things that all of us should do to stay bonded.

A tip to all who wanna visit Universal Studio Singapore. Go on a weekday. Avoid the following days:

1. Public holidays

2. School holidays

3. Weekends

Well unless you are prepared to queue like 1hr for 1 ride. Else, a weekday please and does not crash with (1) to (3). The longest ride we waited yesterday was only 20min! Shortest? 5min and that's the Battlestar Galactica!

Dinner last night was settled at Marche Vivocity. Always loving their seafood paella. Though the dinner was short but all I need is for dear to spend quality time with me.

My brother and his girlfriend (Kelly) also really sweet. Knowing that I'm a serious sucker for gorgeous cuff links, they got me a pair from Massimo Dutti! Wah! Love lah~~~

But now, I need to buy more shirts that require cuff links. I've got sooooooo many cuff links but only 2 shirts for them. Right... Nice one Eric... So perhaps it's a sign for shopping... AGAIN! Haha...

1136. moving on

2011-03-11T00:01:00.015+08:00

Rant of the day: 落幕时总是百感交集的……

I'm finally moving on.

There's an opportunity.

And I needed it badly.

They made an offer.

I cannot resist.

I grabbed the chance.

A job closer to what I studied.

A job closer to what I had planned for myself.

A job that may not be easy.

But definitely a job that I really really wanted to try.

And do it well...

So, I think I finally took that deep breath.

Took the resignation form.

Signed it.

Superiors understand my directions in life.

They fully supported the idea.

I'm glad they do.

And here I go... Serving my notice period.

New challenges await me in 1 month time.

I am ready.

1135. 五周年了

2011-03-06T23:55:00.070+08:00

Rant of the day: Having a huge bruise at my left calf after the massage. Ouch!

五年了！五年了！我们在一起有五年了！时间过得太快了。怎么好象才一转眼而已？感觉就好像我们才刚刚开始扒拖似的……还是那么热烈的爱着……

可是真的太忙了。也没什么特别的计划。但是宝贝有贴心的安排全身按摩的配套，让我从头到脚都能放松。她也非常了解现在是我的部门最最忙的时候。所以才特别想出这个点子。I need this massage！按摩前，先泡个jacuzzi吧！爽啊！

不用问。不用怀疑。在jacuzzi里的照片，是真的全裸。没有人会穿东西下私人的jacuzzi好不好！好在泡沫非常之多！哈哈！

晚餐当然不可少。新加坡的Outback的确是高档！好吃到~~~

吃太饱了，就到金沙走走。晚上的金沙真的很美。第一次到了里面的购物区。两个字--高档！

这次的周年纪念日，唯一的不完美是没有一起买couple的东西。就好像我们一起买的情人对戒一样。今年也很想一起买一样样的衣服但是……可能不完美也是一种完美吧……*叹*

不过我还是觉得情侣穿一样的东西很sweet啦。

Anyway，我爱你宝贝。我们还有非常多的五年要一起过。我们还有很多的纪念日要一起过。我们开始了第六个年头了哦！=）

1134. neglecting

2011-03-03T00:02:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: I need to stop hating myself in the morning. So I should sleep till noon!

I've been neglecting my blog. Yes. Lazy. And honestly, I'm beginning to realise that there is really nothing interesting about me to blog. I'm basically just another guy down the street. I do what almost everyone does everyday!

Wake up.

Work.

Lunch.

Back to work.

Knock off.

Dinner.

Maybe exercise.

Facebook.

Sleep.

And the cycle repeats the next day... And the next next day... And the next next next day... And the...... You get what I mean lah. I'm so ROUTINE! Where's my hip hop classes? Where's my KTV sessions? Am I really getting too old for these? But I'm only 27! Ok... 28 after 30th March... =P

Anyway, for those who are really really interested about the what-not in my life, some quick photo updates. Taken on random mood...

Falling in love with Hoegarden (again). Kevin recommends Kronenbourg as a replacement at pubs or clubs if there is an absent of Hoegarden.

My dear can really cook! And she does it with high standards and always a variety! Can your dear cook? *smirk*

What I'm feeling now during this extremely busy period. I'm actually working till 10pm for 2 consecutive days! FML!!!

My new name in office... "Eric Lim Kopi"... Hahaha... "Lim Teh" or "Lim Horlick" also can.

Pre-birthday lunch treat by Cheng at Vines! This pork chop is insanely delicious! So tender that it literally melts in my mouth with the slightest chew! Naise~~~

Like I mentioned, quick updates. So ain't putting up all my photos taken recently. Brain pretty dead now and ain't thinking properly. It's gonna be another long long day at work tomorrow. It's living hell!!!

1133. stuff from USA

2011-02-13T15:37:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: The weather is hot hot hot...

It's been 5 days since dear came back from USA and I'm finally not feeling the extreme boredom. Just look at the stuff she bought for us!

Disney lanyard for my brother and I. These are seriously expensive stuff. No cheaper than Coach there! My gawd... I got the black and my brother, the colourful design. Very long and require some time to loop the lanyard to make it shorter.

A C.O. Bigelow hair and body wash. Smell insanely good! Perfect for me as my current Arber hair and body wash is finishing soon.

Another Calvin Klein belt but this time, a leather belt for work. I am simply in love with this. Yes, I'm very much a CK fan! My briefcase. My belts. My underwear!

Dried assorted fruits. Very very delicious! It's seriously a non-stop snack. You will just keep on taking the next one.

Mochaccino mints. Cute stuff and waiting for the right chance to open it up. Prolly the perfect mints on long car rides. KL roadtrip again? Hahaha...

Tommy Hilfiger polo tees! Not 1 but 2 polos! Unfortunately, ang mohs are really huge size people. Even the S size is huge for me. So, mum will be trying to alter these 2 pieces for me! Yeah! Thanks mum!

Not forgetting my mother, dear also got her something. Coach pass holder and lanyard! Very nice!

And the pink version for brother's girlfriend. The colour is so girly!

And yes, the Coach there are seriously cheap in comparison to those we see here in Singapore. Not only this, Aldo there are also cheap like crap but as dear did not have enough time, we had nothing from there. Perhaps we should all go Las Vegas!

Oh dear. Now where should we head to for honeymoon? USA or Europe or Australia? Hmmmmmm...

1132. 有口难开

2011-02-13T14:42:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: 年十一。再过几天，农历春节就要完了！

有很多事情是不吐不快。

不过，有些事情，是要吐但不能吐。只能默默的铭记在心里，自己承受。铭记的是以后，尽量远离这些人。

被长辈冠上莫须有的“罪行”，真的是哑巴吃黄连，有口难开。

被冤枉的感觉真的很难放得开。更何况冤枉你的人竟然是熟悉的长辈。

*叹*

1131. truncated message

2011-02-07T13:47:00.016+08:00

Rant of the day: 2 more days...

Viber rang yesterday.

Dear was on the line.

Connection was bad.

I could barely hear her talking.

Sentences were truncated.

"Dear, I'm... Fres... Going... Eat... I.... Not safe... Lock seems..."

My heart sank.

Felt like crying.

Tears dwelling.

I can't heard her and I doubt she can hear me clearly too.

From the truncated words, I felt extremely worried.

Finally hear her voice after 3 days and yet the connectivity sucks big time.

But still, I managed to hear her voice...

*sigh*

1130. family dinner

2011-02-06T15:00:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: I need more dancefloor!

Family dinner last night was enjoyable. At least we were having it at an extremely atast restaurant in Vivocity, Tong Lok Signatures! And I believe the dinner cost a bomb! Imagine for yu-sheng, they served with Alaskan Crab! And for sharkfin soup, it's 1 whole sharkfin per pax with a piece of black truffle on it!

Anyway, a photo for the elders.

And all the cousins! Jeffrey missing in action. Think he went to the toilet or something...

After dinner was clubbing with Thomas, his girlfriend and Kelvin. Went Shanghai Dolly and seriously, I'm so not going back for the second time. For the first time, the DJ talks in Chinese! Many times we heard “把你的双手举起来！”, meaning raised up your hands... -_-"

Totally anti-climax! Live band performances singing songs in my mum's era and I totally don't get the feel. Just barely 30min, we were feeling bored already. The only thing we like (in comparison) was the intermission period where the DJ plays and spin. Still, see above para... Anti-climax! If you are of certain age or like oldies and like Dragonfly, you prolly will love this place. For me, not really...

We should had went Arena instead. I'm more a hip hop RnB person... Haha...

But even though the night was spoilt by lousy club, we still had some fun. It's been a while since the cousins get together. It's like once a year thing. Haha...

1129. most boring cny ever

2011-02-04T21:35:00.073+08:00

Rant of the day: Downing Hoegarden alone at home. What a CNY...

This is probably my MOST BORING CHINESE NEW YEAR EVER!!!

Dear is in USA now and at this moment, probably in Las Vegas. So I'm literally spending this CNY without her till next Wednesday. Missing her alot... Really ALOT... And because roaming calls are expensive, we are relying on Viber when dear got WiFi. But WiFi is a luxury for her. She don't get WiFi everytime. Only in certain hotels.

In case you are wondering what is Viber, it's an iPhone app for making free calls via WiFi or 3G network. And this app is FREE!!! Woohoo~~~

*sigh*

And during her absence, was planning on clubbing and ktv-ing with Kevin and his friends but I guessed things just crops up and don't work the way it should. Kevin... Where is my Shanghai Dolly?

*sigh*

Seriously, this year's CNY is a love and hate affair. I love the long weekend. I love the weather. I love the food. But I hate the loneliness. I hate going to house visits and hearing relatives asking where's my gf. I hate trying to find things to do after all the visits and house chores!

I jogged to Bishan and jogged back.

I swam 1km.

I slept ALOT.

I played Facebook games over and over.

I tweet and tweet and trying to refresh the screen for more tweets.

I watched shows in TV and on laptop.

I let my iTunes goes on and on and on.

Everything I can do, I did!!! But still, the loneliness wouldn't go away. Boring~~~~~ What a way to kick off the Year of the Rabbit...

Still, I have to say that I'd really enjoying the dinner on eve with mum and brother. The 盆菜 is just way too good to resist!

Lovin' the chicken too. Damn delicious. And the proper way to eat this dish is to wrap a piece of chicken in the lettuce and smear the meat with the garlic paste. Mmmmmm...

The fish is good. Soft and tender. Melts in your mouth.

And this fried rice with crabs and prawns... It's absolutely mouth-watering! I had like 2 servings of this!

And how can we forget about yu-sheng on CNY? It's inclusive!

All these take-away reunion dinner package from Soup Restaurant at only $188 (exclusive of GST).

And on the first day of CNY, how can I not wear red? Haha.

Very red right? It was hurting my eyes when I'm in front of a mirror. From Topman. And mum's hair straightener works! My hair so straight! Nice...

Anyway, this CNY will be long and torturing for me at least. Till dear is back on Wednesday. Gawd I miss her!!!

1128. demoralising

2011-01-25T23:58:00.027+08:00

Rant of the day: Bak gua time!!!

It's a lil demoralising when I'd sent out numerous job applications since last year and only went for 1 interview. Sometimes I do think if my education and capability is so unwanted. I'm not that bad ya know and I'm pretty sure I am a capable guy with limitless capabilities. Perhaps I'm just having bad luck on these.

Stressing out when I start to think about my future, especially when I need to plan my wedding banquet and the upcoming 5-room flat. Will I be able to finance the family when I barely bring home $2000 cash every month? What if the baby comes along too after wedding? Do I need a car by than to ferry wife and child? Education? Food? Bills? Fees?

Seriously... oh my gawd.............

I need a better salary job... FAST!!!

Anyway, Dinner & Dance is this coming Saturday. I'm so looking forward to this. But after that, I think I'm gonna be really sad and bored because my darling is going to USA for 2 weeks!!! Gonna miss her badly... Please don't buy me anything baby. All I want is you to come back safely by my side.

Chinese New Year is just a week away but weirdly, I've got no mood for the occasion. Is it because I'm too stress out by my future?

1127. resolutions

2011-01-09T22:03:00.034+08:00

Rant of the day: I need to finish that song!!!

Was browsing through the photos in my iPhone earlier and I saw this!!!

I took a screenshot of my iPhone Twitter when I was pretty high that day!!! Someone actually tweeted and I'm so glad it really happened. To the tweeter yoyocheong, yes, I'm the sweet guy and I hope you have your sweet guy too. Cheers.

Anyway, I haven't made my 2011 new year resolution but I'm really not sure what to list. Prolly to make sure I exercise more and to complete a half marathon this year! Up next will be the Adidas Sundown 10km in May.

So a list I shall...

1) Complete a half marathon.

2) A new job/position perhaps.

3) Save more money and less spending, especially on my credit cards.

4) Confirm on the hotel for wedding banquet.

5) Loss weight and hopefully at least 5kg.

6) Do up a few short trips to perhaps KL, Genting or Bintan since long trips are not really possible this year.

7) Don't fall sick that often please. I hate flu!!!

8) Exercise more. No more excuses since I really need to do (1) and (5).

9) Eat less!! Everytime I look into the mirror, I think I look like a PIG!!! A fat one... I don't wanna look like... *ahem*

I really hope some of the above can be done. It's 2011 and time to chiong ah!!!

1126. the perfect start for 2011

2011-01-05T23:09:00.038+08:00

Rant of the day: Rain rain rain...

I've got the perfect start for 2011 and this cannot be done without the help of sooooooooo many people. In case you are confused with what kinda "start" I had, I finally made my proposal to my dear after dating for close to 5 years. But actually on 31 December 2010, it's exact 5 years since we met!

Yes, I proposed on 31 December 2010 at Timbre Substation. And I think I spoilt the market for many guys out there. Oops but unapologetic. Haha... So what I did on that day prolly made me the most unpopular guy of the night. I got on stage. Sang a song. Had a large bouquet of red roses. Took out the proposal solitaire. Knelt to the ground (on stage actually). And popped the question.

On stage with Kevin, singing 《理想情人》by Rainie Yeung. Nervous like hell...

Matthew bringing up the roses after my song. 108 stalks actually. Getting ready to ask the most important question for the night...

Going on my knees, saying "will you marry me" and I'm finding it really cliche now. Hahaha... But what could be better than this?

My dear admiring the roses and wondering how to bring it back home. It's like super duper heavy!

Posing for the camera. Alas, it's done. Mission accomplished! ^^v

Partying through the night till 2011 with 53A. They are soooooo good!!! Love~~~

But of course, all these booze and fun came with a price. Hefty but for the first time in my life till now, I felt so good spending!!! It's almost my 1 month salary by the way. Ouch but happy. Hahaha... Good thing I'd saved enough for it else I'm prolly crying my heart (and wallet) out now. =P

So, to my dearest YaYa, I love you and we have 108 years to go as represented by the roses. 1 stalk for 1 year. Muacks!

1125. in the future

2010-12-30T20:47:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: Very full. I love homecook food.

Saw this while going through those funny emails...

Wife: Do you want dinner?
Husband: Sure! What are my choices?
Wife: Yes or no.

Hahaha... I hope my marriage life in the future ain't like this...

1124. nye

2010-12-30T16:00:00.032+08:00

Rant of the day: Tired...

1 more day to the end of 2010!!! And I'm hoping 2011 will be alot better than 2010. In fact, 2010 wasn't exactly a good year. Lots of things happened like me fracturing my ankle, losing almost all chances to be a radio DJ and other office stuff with a particular co-worker.

Honestly, I'm tired but doesn't feel the same way? I always believe in "cry now and move on" in my life. Not because I take things lightly but rather, why cry over spilt milk? What's done cannot be undone. The pain is there but hey, we all gotta move on because time doesn't pause there for us to take a breather. Time doesn't turns back for us to choose another path. We can sulk and cry no doubt but not for a prolong period.

And yes, I believe in crying. Awwwwww... You will go "Eric is a cry baby" and I don't deny the fact that I cry but I seriously don't cry ALL the time. On the right occasion. On the right stuff. Crying really releases lots of stress... But don't over-do it.

Anyway, dear is having a tough fight for dignity and I'm support her all the way. I'm always there for you baby. You can do it. Even though you like peace but sometimes, we can't choose our battle. Since we can't choose it, we then have to face it bravely and we can do it together. Hugs.

On something lighter for this year end occasion, I'm going to spend my NYE at Timbre Substation! Woohoo~~~ And I so love this place. The ambient. The food. The people. Hate the queue though but luckily we managed to get reserve seats! Yeah!

Just sharing my favourite song for this month... 家後(Hokkien pronounce as geh au)by江蕙.

I rarely likes Hokkien song but this one really caught my ears. And it's super meaningful. Loves~~~

1123. gifts from europe

2010-12-26T19:18:00.000+08:00

Joy of the day: Congrats Alan and Sin Yee! Cheers!!!

Mum is finally back from her Europe trip! Haven't gone through her photos yet but am totally swooning over the gifts she bought for me!

A MontBlanc full leather wallet. Singapore selling S$440. It's somewhat around the same price but after the tourist tax rebate there, it's slightly cheaper. So expensive that I really afraid of spoiling it...

A Calvin Klein reversible belt. I haven't find the same belt in Singapore yet but definitely cheaper there in Europe. I soooooooo like the monogram on both sides!

Too bad that mum can't get us stuff from Zara. She was saying it's almost everywhere but since we can't try our sizes, she rather not take the risk and buy stuff that we can't wear.

She got dear a Long Champ bag also. Same design not available in Singapore. Cool! Like the MontBlanc wallet, after conversation should be around the same price but minus off the rebate, it's cheaper there.

I wanna go Europe too! I want Zara (and I can literally hear dear screaming for Burberry when she sees this)!!!

1122. christmas this year

2010-12-26T18:30:00.070+08:00

Rant of the day: Coughing ain't getting any better... =(

Christmas this year wasn't as homely as compared to last year. I was going through last year's Christmas Eve and Christmas Day photos and realised that on the eve, dear and I were having steamboat at Angela's place. Whereas for Christmas Day, it was dedicated purely for home. Ice cream at Andersons and dinner at home.

This year however, was somewhat different partly 'cause mother was in Europe, celebrating a real WHITE Christmas. And alot of gifts exchanges with friends and colleagues. Although I do admit that the feeling of giving was great (especially when everyone in my branch received the honey sticks and were so happy about it), but the process of getting the gifts were a f**king hell lotsa headache!!! That's the point I start to ponder "why the f**k people celebrate Christmas" and really felt so drained about the entire event.

Anyway, we still have the gift exchange as per usual in office but together with all the other food gifts received on the eve, my table was literally filled with all sorts of items:

Towel set from Kim Chin.
Namecard and matching keychain from Fang Ying.
Bull dog handphone holder from Jingyi (gift exchange)
Another keychain with letter "E" plus a box of chocolate from temp staff Ailing.
More chocolates from Egon and Tasniyah.
Hello Panda cracker from director.

The 2 boxes of preserved chayote (佛手果) from Ivan but wasn't meant Christmas. Was to aid in my voice recovery from all my coughing.

And after work, was lots of household chores before chilling out at Durty Nelly Irish Pub with dear, Arina and Liwei. Totally love the ambience but prolly not the hottest place for Christmas countdown. Still, we love it. Except that dear was running a fever and I was pretty worried.

Lovely presents from the Arina and Liwei too! The 2011 scheduler will be soooooo handy come next year. And I love the colour! PURPLE!!!

And Liwei gave me a pair of ear studs from Takashimaya. My gawd!!! It's so beautiful! Looks so much like diamonds! I am longing to own a new pair of blings to match my clothes! Wait... It's not real diamonds right? Else, it will be way too expensive to accept as a Christmas gift!!!

And my brother got me a gift too! It's a bag tag from Crocs! I guess he is expecting me to travel more in coming year. It's definitely gonna come in handy 'cause I always runs out of tags when I travel.

That's Christams for this year. A rather mild version of craziness in the same festive day I suppose.

1121. 冬至照过

2010-12-22T23:59:00.028+08:00

Rant of the day: Falling sick...

妈妈在国外，并不代表冬至不用过。可能随着年龄的增长，慢慢觉得一些传统华人习俗其实相当重要。而冬至其实是要家家户户围炉吃火锅和汤圆。既然妈妈不在家，火锅也就很难再加吃成。没关系。Dear和我就打包了一些食物，回家弄一弄就可以了。

看上去，卖相还不错。哈哈！有煮排骨、鸡翅、起司香肠和蔬菜等。虽然多数是买现成的，但是感觉真的有一点小团圆。

Dear还弄了些汤圆！糖水超屌的！好喝！！！

羡慕吧？哈哈……Dear有贤妻的感觉了。哈哈……

1120. t'is the season

2010-12-21T23:58:00.035+08:00

Rant of the day: X'mas present is not suppose to be stressful!!!

T'is the season to be spending.

花 (pronouce: hua) la la la la... la la la la...

T'is the season wallets burning.

花 la la la la... la la la la...

Don't complain now, take out Visa.

花 la la... 花 la la... la la la...

Don't forget buy that present.

花 la la la la... la la la la...

In case you are not to sure how to sing it, just go with the original melody of the X'mas carol "T'is the Season". And the "花" here refers to "spending" and not "flowers".

I like X'mas primarily because it's a public holiday and I get to rest at home with family or out chillaxing (chilling + relaxing) with my friends. But as we grow older, there seems to be a need to buy presents and exchange presents. And the search for the right present seriously sucks!!! It's doesn't help much when there is a designated person you are buying for and that person doesn't tells you what he/she wants!

Come on lah... You expect me to read your mind... I ain't no Professor X leh...

You might be thinking "it's the thoughts counts" but honestly, if you got something that you REALLY don't need and don't like, how would you feel and react? Put on a fake smile and says "oh it's soooooo nice!". And you know what, "nice" is not a nice word actually. To most extend, it's loosely used when we ran out of words to use.

So, don't use the word "nice" on me. I get pretty annoyed actually.

Anyway, this will be the first time I'm not spending X'mas with mum and she's far far away in Europe. Hope everything is fine. The weather report is not promising and I'm very worried that she cannot endure the cold.

*pray*

1119. wrong crowd

2010-12-20T00:49:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: Feeling bloated...

I'm not sure why I always attracts the wrong crowd.

Seriously, since secondary school days, I'm always the "babe" magnet but in my situation, the term "babe" is loosely used and is NOT the typical babe referred.

In secondary school, I'm the target for big boobs Malay ah lians. Remembered once before class starts in lower secondary, I was waiting for my classmates for a round of carrom or two (it was the most played game in my school back then). As I was going through my textbooks to see if I had missed out any assignments, a group of Malay girls surrounded me and brought me to a quiet alley. And they started caressing my thighs and butt. All I remembered was alot of yakking which I couldn't absorb. If you think I should be enjoying the process, I'm telling you this seriously scare the shit out of me back then!!! I'm only a secondary 2 student for goodness sake.

Then in the midst and after NS, not sure why girls (of not my type and in most cases, not the type guys look for) like me. When I say "not the type guys look for", you get what I mean. Out of nowhere, girls pass messages to their friends (also my friends in NS) that they like me. And out of nowhere, girls ask me to be their steady. Funny thing is pretty girls back then doesn't seems to fall for me except my dear. Ya, she's exceptionally attractive (to me at least).

And now, guys like me. Right... But I am really NOT into guys. I may not be the typical man kinda guy and I don't intend to purposely fake the "man-ness". I like to wear purple sometimes but only if it matches my clothes overall. I am who I am. I do admit that acting "gay" at times with my close friends are really just for fun. But that does not constitute me part of the pink society. So why am I getting weird looks from guys sometimes?

Alright. I shouldn't be complaining about me being "attractive" but to the wrong crowd. At least I am attractive in one way or another. Take it as a compliment...

1118. getting connected

2010-12-19T23:42:00.018+08:00

Rant of the day: Year end coming...

I'd made my tweets private and only approved followers can view. I have the urge to delete my Facebook account because I feel it's no longer that personal. And I'm also considering either making my blog private or might as well, delete it too.

These new media and social media platform is no longer just a pure means to get connect, stay connected and be connected. It's now a stalking mechanism, kpo-ing avenue and a gossiping directory. Cheng just commented that I should go relax on words like "WTF" and "f**k" on Facebook and Twitter as we wouldn't know who is reading.

Scary? Yes. I felt INVADED in fact! I don't mind sharing my views, opinions and rants but if these are gonna affect my social and private life, then the invasion might had gone way too far.

Sometimes, what I need is just a place to let out my frustration but apparently, such simple nature platform had mutated. All these might just put me back into my emotional refrigerator.

1117. save money

2010-12-11T23:56:00.052+08:00

Rant of the day: I need to exercise more!!!

Mum is leaving for Europe coming Monday for 2 weeks. Damn worrying 'cause many parts of Europe are having snowstorm and temperature is below tolerance level. Just hope that everything will be fine when she flies off in 2 days time.

This just sorta reminds me that I'm prolly skipping lots of long holiday trips in 2011 because I really need to save up for my flat and of course, wedding stuff... It's blardy hell expensive to get married now. We haven't really plan what we want to do for the banquet and stuff and guess what, already spent thousands on wedding photo packages. And when going through the magazines on the banquet prices, we will go like "oh my gawd" and "what the fuck"... Why so expensive?

This is totally WHAT-THE-HELL!!!

For those of you who are considering getting married within this couple of years, do act fast before the prices soars again.

But I guess that everything is well spent on (for now minimally). At least I'm not getting most of my wedding photos shoot in Singapore or neighbouring countries. We are so going to Taiwan!!! It's what dear and I really wanted to do actually.
Talking about holidays in 2011, since I'm gonna skip long overseas vacations, I'm prolly gonna settle for the cheaper alternatives like Genting, KL or Bintan. No choice lah. What to do? At least I know I will not be spending thousands on places like these... Dear will understand... right? Sometimes, we just gotta find simple pleasures in life and not making it more unbearably. We can still find simple funs without burning our pockets.

Objective in 2011: SAVE MONEY!!!

I gotta remember to pen this down for my 2011 resolution!!! Hahahaha... ^^v

Anyway, just to share one of my favourite photo taken recently using my iPhone. The MBS.

Nice but haven't been inside yet. Too high crass for me (but actually is a bit too far to go)...

1116. scm comparison results

2010-12-09T01:19:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: I think I'm too fat. No, not think... I am fat!!!

I like what I see on the comparison chart for the 10km SCM. For those SCM runners, you can check these information here.

Anyway, end of the course on Situation Analysis. Fun? Ok, not to bad. But made a few really interesting friends from other ministries. They are really fun to be with. So life in gahmen bodies ain't that bad after all. There are still fun people around.

Cheers!!!

1115. false alarm

2010-12-07T21:30:00.035+08:00

Joy of the day: Meeting ridiculously fun peeps during the customised course. Didn't know that SPF peeps are so friendly!!! =)

Mum gave me a scare this afternoon. She texts me "MC till friday. Cheken poo."

First thing to my mind, what on Earth did she get? She's only complaining about some "insect bites" on her waist and had been giving her much pain since last Friday. It's only Tuesday today and she's on MC till Friday! It's like 4 days of MC!!!

Next, what the heck is "cheken poo"? What is "cheken"? And it poop? Where and when did my mum comes in contact with this poo? Sort think that my mum meant... chicken pox. Hahahaha... But at her age, this viral infection might just cost her life! And she did had chicken pox the last time. Why again?

So rushed home after course and to my relief, it's herpes and not the deadly cheken poo. If you are not sure what is it, it's simply some sores from don't know what virus. All I know that it's more or less ok now. It's non-infectious already (but was very much infectious during the first few days). Still giving mum alot of pain.

She better recover fast 'cause her Europe trip is NEXT WEEK!!!

1114. we did it

2010-12-05T23:32:00.018+08:00

Rant of the day: Having a bad abrasion from the arm band. Ouch...

We finally did it! We finally completed our first long distance run! Even though it's only 10km, still, the sense of accomplishment is overwhelming.

Seriously, for a first timer, it's really a challenge against the individual limits. At the 6km mark, I'm already on and off walking because even jogging SLOWLY was tough. Plus the sun was pretty scorching. Well, at least I completed it. Actual timing not out yet but definitely less than 1hr 30min.

We probably going for another 10km run in May next year, the Adidas Sundown 2011. Pending confirmation from dear's cousin. But it's slightly more costly than SCM. Hmmmmmmm... Maybe the race pack goodies are better? Not sure though.

Anyway, lovin' the finishing medal. Just look at the details!!!

And it's pretty heavy for such a small thing. So, aiming to complete a half marathon next... Gambatte!!!

1113. sitex

2010-11-29T00:04:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: Long weekend over... *sigh*

It wasn't much hype for me nowadays to all the IT fairs and stuff. Prolly going broke.... That's why... So, didn't buy much this year at SITEX. Just a Norton Internet Security 2011 'cause my current is gonna expire in 18 days time. And I won a 4GB thumbdrive... Not bad...

And a new set of speakers from SonicGear. It's Tattoo 303Xb, comes with a sub-woofer and it's only $19.90!!! So cheap!!! Must buy right?

So, gave my current speakers to my mum since she will need one to watch her dramas on her laptop. Also, got her a laptop cooler fan at only $5. Cheap...

And yes, Diary Queen serves the BEST soft ice-cream! Creamy and thick. Not even those in restaurants serves equal standards... Boo~~~

1112. night cycling

2010-11-28T23:54:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: The new Hotmail SUCKS!!!

Ya know what, night cycling is seriously TORTUROUS but I'm not sure why I'm joining every year even though my butt will sore like crap after that. Maybe I like to be tortured? Erm... Maybe not... Hahahaha... It's having the company to enjoy the ~~painful ass~~ cycling trip together I guess.

The way it was organised this year was pretty much different too. Instead of all participants cluster together and move out in one large group, it was now split into 5 smaller teams and along the way, each team is to complete some tasks. Pretty fun actually and when our team was led by my brother and his colleague, Rachel.

Lazy to put up all the photos so prolly just the group photos. Here's our group: Kim Chin, Rex, Fang Ying, Thiam Yeong, Grace and me.

And the team lead: Rachel and my brother, Jeric. Photo not very clear...

The rest of the photos are in my Facebook but you can only view if I have added you as "friend". Hahaha...

1111. scm

2010-11-20T23:51:00.104+08:00

Rant of the day: Should I sign up for Adidas Sundown?

Post number 1111... HUAT AH!!! This is my first time really going for the Standard Chartered Marathon (SCM) but due to the injury and lack of real training, ain't going for the full marathon. Just a comfortable 10km should be fine... I hope (keeping fingers crossed).

So, collected my race pack on Friday. Curious what's inside?

The official race singlet by Asics. Ugly colour but the dri-fit fabric is good!!! Bad thing is, the SCM logo makes the ugly singlet even uglier. And super poor quality print!!! ROAR!!!

Muscle ach patches by Tiger Balm. Will come in handy... But I'm only doing the 10km. Will I ach that much?

Mini Silk Bath shower gel by Silk Pro. Hmmmmmmm... Good but I don't think I'm using it after the SCM. Where got place to bathe sia? Prolly use it when I go swimming or overseas.

My number tag of course. There's actually a small device inside that sort of capture my timing and personal info. Cool. Human ERP in the making...

Fruit bar by Nature Valley. For breakfast? Not enough. After run? Not enough either. For us to sample and buy in loads...

CEPAS to take MRT home? Is it even pre-loaded with some cash? I've got a feeling... NO...

A sample multi-vitamin packet by Ocean Health. Ok, so do I take it before or after the run?

A pre-run questionnaire (not knowing yourself enough and need to pre-evaluate with a piece of paper) and traffic advisory (this is really useful especially for drivers).

"Useful" coupons. But I really like the Ben & Jerry's coupons!!! The others... will I use them or is it going into my rubbish bin?

And not forgetting the loads and loads of brochures and pamphlets. Spams...

As I knew my own ankle condition, I decided not to risk further injuries. After the recent jogging, realised that my ankle began to hurt like crap. So, I bought this fully adjustable ankle guard to play safe. Got it for $12 but I ain't sure what's the market rate. Just buy lah in case I forgot.

Also, I don't wanna wear my regular army attire for the run. So finally bought my first FBT running singlet and shorts. Like the red top and it's really comfortable. But the short... not so nice on the colour but it got a small back pocket for CEPAS cards and keys!!! Really comes in handy.

Anyway, just hope nothing goes wrong after the run... especially my ankle. Don't wanna make things worse. I must remember to get my mp3 player fully charged before the event. And from now till the run, I must carry on with my own training. No slacking Eric!!! NO SLACKING!!!

1110. you are the only exception

2010-11-19T01:14:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: Tired... Very very very tired...

You know what? I had made the arrangement for the bridal photo shoot in 2012... Unbelievable? I know but this day will be here soon.

So I've confirmed my flat earlier. Now, bridal photo shoot confirmed. What's outstanding? Hahaha...

Because my dear is the only exception for me,

I'll make myself the only exception for her as well...

1109. learning but not mastering

2010-11-09T23:12:00.056+08:00

Rant of the day: Playing guitar is seriously tough and painful...

I just remembered that for 2010, I made only 3 new year resolutions on 06 April! This was what I wrote:
1) Learn inline skating

2) Do a long distance run event
3) Change a job to something I like (but of course should pay me enough as well)

Unfortunately, the inline skating thingy gave me a hairline fracture in my right ankle but I think I can at least stand up while in skates. Haha... Gonna do my first 10km run in coming December. Hope I survive it. As for a new job, sadly it didn't happen and I wish it did.

In just a couple of months time, it will be 2011. Suddenly, I've got this weird feeling. Scared of the unknown? Perhaps. But probably time just going on too fast. But maybe I need to really spend some time to think about my next resolution for 2011. And definitely, I need a new and better job.

Since I can't do inline skating, shall do the guitar. At least I learn something new bah. But it's another painful process. I'd just done some practises and my fingers are all numb!!! I can't feel my finger tips on the left hand!!! Still, have to thanks Kevin for giving me free guitar lessons. Gawd, I'm so over-whelmed by his musical talents lah. Plays drum. Plays guitar. Plays with those totally chimalogic photography stuff.

And all I have is just that stupid voice that couldn't even hold notes and keys properly!!!

*envy*

Well, we can't choose our talents can we? No doubt we can learn, but surely without the god-gift, we just can't master "talents". So I'll just keep the guitar lessons thingy purely for learning on interest basis. If I can't do it good and steady, nevermind... At least had been there done that.

Actually, I had done quite a few of these "talent developing" stuff but succeed in none. Here goes some of the stuff that I can still remember:
- Taekwondo... Failed my black belt not once but TWICE and I'm not planning on the third.
- Hip-hop... Too expensive to pursue and seriously, I felt that I'm always the oldest in class.
- Inline skating... My injured ankle proves too much for me to carry on but perhaps in the future, leisurely and slowly.
- Radio DJ-ing... Went a few lessons, competitions and auditions but nothing futile.

And I believe the list will go on. But hey, at least I tried right? No regrets.

Hmmmmmmm... Come to think about it, I'm always surrounded with musically talented peeps like Hansel, Xuan'an and now, Kevin. But why am I just sooooooo normal? I wonder what are my talents besides eating? Hahaha... Ok, include slacking and snacking in my list of talents too. =P

1108. topokki

2010-10-31T22:18:00.072+08:00

Rant of the day: Hate Sunday nights...

Do you like topokki (Korean rice cake)? It's now one of our favourite food and both dear and I find the hot and spicy flavour the best! You know what? You can actually home cook it in just a few simple steps!

Step 1: Buy the necessary ingredients. Prepare the following items...

1 packet of topokki (600gm - 1000gm)

2 packets of topokki sauce

1 onion (diced)

1 carrot (sliced thinly)

Salt

Step 2: Cook the topokki quickly in a pot of boiling water to remove the layer of oil. Add some salt to pot. Pour away the boiling water and fill it up with ice water or running tap water. This is to maintain it's chewy state.

Step 3: Add some cooking oil and stir fry the diced onions and sliced carrots in a non-stick pan.

Step 4: Drain the water from the pot of topokki and add in them into the pan of onions and carrots only when the onions are turning brown. Cook for about 5min - 10min. Constantly stir the ingredients to prevent the topokki from sticking together.

Step 5: Add in the topokki sauce. If the mixture is too thick, add some water to dilute. Cook for another 5min - 10min. Ensure the sauce are evenly spread around the pan and all topokki are glazed with the them.

Step 6: Once the sauce boils, your topokki are now ready to serve.

1kg of topokki and 2 packets of sauce serves 6 - 8 pax. You can also add in diced beef/chicken/fish cake. If you want to make it more appetizing, sprinkle some white sesame. Perfect for small gatherings or potluck sessions or even CNY!!!

My girl can cook. Can yours too?

1107. technology advancements

2010-10-20T22:58:00.035+08:00

Rant of the day: I am so looking forward to Friday... Haha...

After conducting numerous workshops for the public, it sometimes saddens me when you literally see the fear in people when technology advances at the speed of light. Coming to my third year conducting workshops, I'd seen aunties and uncles trying so hard to understand how to use the mouse, where to click to minimise the screen or even where is start button.

I'm listening to complains almost every lessons that some attendees are IT illiterate. I really sympathise with them but honestly, I can only help this much. While we put the blame on them that they are not making enough efforts to adapt, think it this way... one day, we will be in their shoes really.

Now that my mum got herself a laptop, I'm feeling even more of these. Literally everyday, my mum will come up with questions and questions for things like how to copy the images from the digital camera to her thumb drive, where to view photos that were copied out and even how to use MSN!

Sooner or later, she will want me to teach her how to create PowerPoint presentation slides... But first, still on the basics of transferring files to and fro an external device.

But at least, my mum is not that bad. She knows what is Youtube.com and Tudou.com! And even more amazing, she managed to locate where to watch those Taiwan variety shows in Tudou.com!!! Steady pom pi pi ok... Haha...

At the speed of all these technology advancements, we (as in our generation) might find it hard to catch up one day. Probably talking directly to the PC to get words being typed out automatically? Snapping the fingers to change the TV channels? Or just by mere thoughts to navigate the mobile phones?!?!? Scary... I hope I will not find myself not knowing how to switch on my TV in the future.

So while we can start to worry for ourselves, perhaps I shall continue to teach my mum on how to use her laptop (or at least how to surf the Net). Facebook for her? Maybe...

1106. trying things out

2010-10-19T23:44:00.021+08:00

Rant of the day: Have the feel of visiting Zirca... It's been ages...

I am going to try out something that's totally alien to me and is extremely high risk... securities trading or to most known as "buy shares"! Not sure if I should be doing it but looking at the prospects of the fund that dear is recommending and also, too get more returns in order to fund my future, I should do it but probably at a much smaller scale.

It's a risk but take it slow and steady. Pray that the returns will jump in folds come the near future.

Back on office stuff, workload is still hell lots... Is like never-ending flow of emails!!! But besides that, still have to conduct classes and that takes up at least half a day! Gawd, please slow things down a lil will ya? It's getting on my nerves everyday looking at the number of emails piling and hitting the edges of the service level deadline. FML!!!

I'm like staying back after my office hours longer and longer each day. Though I'm telling myself "please go home now" but I can't just leave for I know doing that will result in undesirable consequences, i.e. answer to my boss.

My leave indicated for early November is also not approved yet even though we are coming very much soon to the end of October and my boss is on leave next week. Luckily, dear and I did not plan for the Phuket trip else, WE ARE SO SCREWED!!!

*phew*

On the bright side, even if the leave is not approved, it means I will have more days in December off from work because these are my last year leave and by hook or by crook, it must be cleared by this year. Hahaha...

Nevertheless, 2010 is coming to an end... SOON!!!

1105. coming back

2010-10-14T23:29:00.029+08:00

Rant of the day: Work work work...

Dear and I make it a point that we visit Bintan once every year, regardless whether to use office subsidized bungalow or to book a room ourselves. We need to slow down the pace and in Bintan, we can find that kinda peace, quiet and space.

And not forgetting the aromatherapy massages. Total relaxation.

But of course, spending in Bintan ain't cheap. A simple meal and easily chalk to S$40 for two! And if you are intending to do some sea sports, get ready more cash as well. But for dear and I, is mainly to chill by the pool and get some tan... Hang out by the beach and pick sea shells... Sit by the balcony at night and savour some light alcohol.

Ahhhhh... That's life!!!

Admiring the view from my room... If only I have sea view everyday now in Singapore. Hahaha...

Hanging out by the beach. Picking sea shells...

Breakfast buffet is ridiculously good! Eat till you drop!

We probably be going to Phuket next year but this plan is besides the annual Bintan visit. Haha... Which resort is good and affordable at Phuket? Any experienced visitors? Share your experience...

But on the day of coming back Singapore was miserable. Don't wanna be back. At least not so soon. We were there at Bintan for only 3D2N... Even though there's nothing much to do, we can pretty well not do anything very proficiently... Haha...

1104. 上吐下泻

2010-10-07T11:00:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: Ran rain go away. You're making me sleepy all day...

这两天请了病假。似乎是感染了病毒。肚子一直翻滚个不停、上吐下泻、发烧发冷，简直是难过极了。就连喝开水都吐！就算肚子饿了，也完全没胃口吃。昨天一整天也只不过吃了一粒苹果和一片面包。

辛苦啊！！！

老板的sms也没让我好过一点。写到好像我故意没照顾好身体似的。不是我要生病的ok。难道我想让自己上吐下泻吗？我也知道自从Ah Pee走了之后，我们人手就不够了。但生病又不是我要的。我也很尽量保持健康了。

*叹*

今天虽然已经没吐没泻了，但是仍然没什么胃口。也因为没吃什么东西，现在全身没力气。我好像吃鱼粥或皮蛋瘦肉粥哦……老板，cheng teng热的一碗！！！

1103. before october comes

2010-09-30T23:22:00.037+08:00

Rant of the day: I need to swim more!!! I so fat lah!!!

I know I haven't been maintaining my blog promptly this year. Think I'm getting lazy bah... Yes, I'm feeling but what's new? Haha. Perhaps let the pictures do the talking...

Hari Raya dinner gathering at Sheila's place. Gawd! She bake fantastic cookies lah!!!

Congrats to Louis and Su Lin! Wish you a blissful marriage forever and ever.

Feeling tired everyday at work. I need coffee like almost everyday!!!

Dear still loves Pizza Hut. I only love their drumlets. Haha... Photo collage created using iPhone app.

Finally found a place for my RMIT badge. It now sits nicely on my lanyard.

Went F1 watching from one of the best view and it's FREE! Haha.

Upcoming in October includes:

MORE physiotherapy (which I didn't quite enjoy because sometimes it does get pretty painful).
Bintan again! I need the sun, sand and the sea. Not forgetting the massage!
Mother's birthday coming up. And lil brother's too. Shit... What to buy???
Halloween!!! Where to this year? Club?

It's Friday in a while (TGIF) and the first day of October. Hope October will be a good month... *pray*

1102. f1 singapore

2010-09-26T13:38:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: What a lazy Sunday... lolx...

I'm there I'm there! But not with tickets. Definitely can't afford the tickets and I wouldn't spend thousands just to watch cars fly by. Dear actually took her dad and I up to her office meeting room to watch! Bird-eye view of the event minus the extremely loud and unbearable zoooooooooooom sound.

So we actually got one of the best view of the race for free. Hahaha... But honestly, the excitement didn't last for more than 30min. After a while, it was pretty boring unless some action on the over-taking...

1101. 难堪消息

2010-09-23T23:56:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: Lovin' the "gao sai" from Thailand!!!

一个突如其来的Facebook团体对话，让我发现了一个令我难堪的消息。为什么一个认识多年，又曾合作过的朋友，竟然结婚时邀请了班上熟悉的同学却“忘”了你？曾经的喜怒哀乐还真的完全变成了“曾经”。突然好像是陌路人。

很可笑对吗？

“联络不倒我”是不可能的事。虽然我的手机号码换过，但是我仍然和其他的同学保持联络。如果有心找（随便问任何一个同学），不可能找不到我。

不过幸好我们不是close到不行的那种朋友。不然我一定伤心死了。

谢谢你“忘”了我。谢谢你帮我省下了红包钱哦。

1100. time flies

2010-09-05T23:55:00.008+08:00

Rant of the day: I wanna pack my bedroom too... lolx...

Time flies isn't it? 2 weeks ago, I'm busy booking in for my annual ICT and now, I'm out and ready to kick my ass back to office. There is only 1 word to describe my feeling now...

SIAN!!!

Seriously, it is the best word I can find to describe. Short, simple and sweet. And most importantly, straight to the point.

So now, time to pack up and get ready to sleep. It's gonna be a good week (I hope).

1099. heart breaking

2010-09-04T00:11:00.028+08:00

Rant of the day: And I didn't get much rest as what I had planned... FML!!!

Truly shaken and definitely heart broken. Deric was at his usual self, running around the house from kitchen to living room to bedroom. But I guess he forgot how huge he had grown and dashed right underneath my bed. Heard a loud thud but initially thought that he had clumsily knocked into some cupboard or bed frame. But after a while, we saw chunks of fur flying around the house and it does not appears to be the daily fur dropping. After some quick inspection, we saw a cut and poor Deric was bleeding...

After purchasing some antiseptic water and cotton, mum did a quick clean up and we examined the wound. It seemed way too serious to heal by itself and we rushed him to the vet.

They did a pretty nice job stitching it up but Deric had gotten a large portion of fur shaved for the minor operation.

Aiyoh my clumsy boy. Heart pain leh... Now we need to restrict his daily movement to prevent tearing of the stitches since he is so hyper active. He is back in his old caged up area in the kitchen. Sad... And we need to start finding solution to block his access to the bed frame underneath.

Anyway, dear bought me a new IT gadget and I'm lovin' it. It's a Sony MP3 player designed for jogging!!! Though she refuse to say how much but I know it ain't cheap.

Loves~~~

And say goodbye to the loyal Nokia 6100. It has officially declared its retirement from service.

Now I need to buy a new non camera phone for my reservist. Looking at the Sony Ericsson G700 but it's NOT CHEAP lor!!!

It's back to work on Monday.

*sigh*

1098. catch up时间

2010-09-02T21:32:00.027+08:00

Rant of the day: Tired and extremely sleepy...

两个礼拜的回营受训，一眨眼就过去了。很快的就必须回到工作岗位继续忙碌。原本是到星期五的。但是训练提早结束，所以也就放我们一天“休息日”。哈哈！

虽然这次因为脚伤而无法参与多项训练，但是我也是非常非常累hor！！！前天只睡大概四个钟头！可能因为缺乏睡眠而现在有一点咳嗽。

*咳*

当然，这种一年一次的东西也是个很好的catch up时间。就是这种时候，才能了解朋友的近况。例如Vincent结婚了，而且儿子也要生了！杰胜加入了房地产行业，月入还相当不错。Elvin也在讨政府组屋，但连连失败。Alex仍然是无业游民，而且完全不会变老或胖！Zach交了女朋友了。认识了一个新的队友，Koh Bin（华语因该是“徐斌”），而且他是Manhunt finalist！

朋友们，下个回营受训见！！！Till then……

另外，我那时线上申请的免费旅行袋张挂牌（luggage tag）来咯！

由KLM航空公司提供的张挂牌完全免费。太好了！促销有限。送完为止。请点击这网址了解详情。

1097. 我毕业咯

2010-08-28T23:03:00.022+08:00

Rant of the day: Expo seriously need a good and high multi-storey carpark!!!

几经波折，我终于毕业了。过去的两年半时充满着喜怒哀乐的。有很多很多的美好回忆，也有很多很多懊恼的事。不过到最后，我还是挨过了这漫长的日子。

熬夜赶工……考试担忧……废寝忘食……聚少离多……

毕业，也就是人生故事里的一个句点。但这也代表了人生故事里的另一片单元的起点。我人生的新篇章就要开始了！请拭目以待！

1096. 一句“算了”

2010-08-23T22:39:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: 虽然用意是好的，但我无法完全的苟同。

好一句“算了”。

那我也就“算了”……因为真的，关我的屁事！反正说了也只不过换来一句“算了”。那就“算了”吧。我ok的。

1095. worn out

2010-08-19T23:12:00.023+08:00

Rant of the day: 1 more working day...

I'm mentally tired. Worn out in fact. Work now is soooooooo "taxing" (working in the right board is like this). Last year's nightmare is back for me to clear. With so much work on hand that I can't complete, the reservist starting from coming Monday for 2 weeks ain't helping. I can't imagine the amount of leftovers when I'm back in office.

Can't get a deferment from reservist as my injury ain't that serious to warrant that. But at least I managed to get excuse from all activities that requires physical training involving my legs! Not bad. And I don't need to put on boots too since wearing them will hinder my recovery. Hopefully my injured ankle survives the 2 weeks in camp. Hahaha... I'll be grateful if the condition does not worsen.

Dear's birthday approaching. What should I do/get this year? I cooked for her last year and I don't think I should do the cooking... You get what I mean...

Anyway, haven't been taking photos of Deric. Here's one... "Gimme food and I'll give you peace..."

So cute lah he...

1094. baby dawn

2010-08-15T23:37:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: So sad... It's gonna be Monday soon. =(

These are the rare few moments where I carry an infant!!! I'm always fearful of carrying infants 'cause I'm scared of dropping them on the floor. I'm quite a butter-finger ya know... =P

Say cheese!!! Awwwwww... Baby Dawn was sleeping. Think my "king koil" arms are way too comfortable. *yawn*

Congrats to Huey Weng and Chien Yong! Your baby Dawn is soooooo cute!!!

Anyway, the first month celebration was like Childrens' Day. Almost everyone brought their kids along. So I think only Rex, Fang Ying and I don't have any. We still young ok!!!

I still kor kor!!! Hahahaha...

1093. i'm back

2010-08-12T23:52:00.063+08:00

Rant of the day: The medical centre in my camp damn fark up... Seriously...

I've been back in Singapore for a few days already after the Hong Kong trip but had been procrastinating on blogging the stuff. Quite a number of photos taken and pretty lazy to put them up on this post. If you have my Facebook account, do get it there instead.

Probably put up my favourite photo from the trip. It's my first time to a Disneyland!!! Lovin' the back drop.

Just a few things from this trip:

1. Wrong timing. It's the China and Hong Kong summer vacation. So there are lots and lots of visitors to many of the places we are visiting. And not that I'm being racist or what... I have nothing against the mainland peeps but they are seriously rowdy and rude. Bad bad experiences with them when we were at Disneyland.

2. Since it's summer vacation period, meaning, it's summer time! Blardy hot, humid and the sun was scorching!!! The moment we stepped out of the hotel, I'll start to sweat!!! Dear and I were almost cooked to perfection. I prefer medium rare leh...

3. Hong Kong has got pretty bad air quality. Fog... Fog... And more fog... It's like the foggy period in Singapore when Indonesia is burning up! But the thing is, in Hong Kong, it's on a daily basis (at least for the past 4 days when we were there). Luckily dear and I ain't asthmatic.

4. It's a pretty expensive place to go. By day 2, we had exhausted and even over-spent our planned expenses for the 1st and 2nd day!!! And we didn't even visit any high class restaurants lor!!!

5. Their buildings in Hong Kong are seriously old. I felt like I'm visiting Singapore in the 60s. Gawd...

6. Their dim sum is good. And there's this particular dim sum house (一点心) that serves extremely good dim sum at affordable prices! Must try their har gao (虾饺). Damn nice lah!!! Go google it if you wanna find out more about this place.

7. Hit up Granville Road if you are looking for slightly more affordable (as compared to their shopping malls) trendy clothes and accessories.

8. We found Food Republic food court at the Citygate Mall!!! The same food court we have at Vivocity. But their food is more localised. Like what we learnt in class, glocalisation...

9. Their Wife Biscuit (老婆饼) is heavenly!!! Get those from Wing Hwa!!! They have an outlet in Hong Kong International Airport. So it's easy for you when departing the airport for home. Grab and go.

Will I go back to Hong Kong? Hmmmmmmm... Lemme think about it. I didn't enjoy as much as I was when I went Taiwan. Thinking of somewhere not so expensive for my next trip. I still haven't got the chance to visit Myanmar and Vietnam but I got a strong feeling that dear wouldn't wanna go to these places. What about a long Star Cruise trip? I haven't board the large vessel too!

Anyway, a cool Indian rendition of the Shakira's Waka Waka.

Though I don't understand anything but honestly, not bad... Anyone got the song?

1092. in less than 8hrs

2010-08-04T22:14:00.028+08:00

Rant of the day: Tired... But excited...

In less than 8 hours, I'll be on my flight with dear to Hong Kong!!!

But before that, settled the units to select for my BTO selection tomorrow. And on the other note, VERY VERY RIGID AND INFLEXIBLE OF AGE DEE BEE!!! After understanding the situation that dear and I faced, they practically say they can't help us except to get someone authorised to select on our behalf. No doubt the officer was pretty nice but the alternative offered ISN'T EXACTLY AN ALTERNATIVE!!! All these troubles are caused by the board and I do feel exception handling by the officer is required.

But all she say is "even if the CEO also cannot help to make this special arrangement you are requesting for."

Alright... So since the CEO of AGE DEE BEE cannot even make this decision to help buyers, than I strongly believe the minister should be able to decide.

In any event, after the payment made, the decision makers will get my email.

And for now, I can finally relax and go for my trip. Go through the things we need:

Air tickets... check!

Hotel booking... check!

Disney entrance tickets... check!

Passports... check!

Itnerary... check!

Currency... check!

Clothes... check!

Spare baggages... check!

iPhone charger... to be pack tomorrow morning.

Camera and charger... check!

Toiletries... left my toothbrush.

Sunglasses... in my car!!! Shit... must remember to bring.

More or less, I'm done. But dear haven't start packing because of her tight schedule and she's back home packing now. Jiayou baby!

1091. 言之过早

2010-08-02T22:30:00.032+08:00

Rant of the day: Tired... And it's only a Monday... FML~~~

我们还是没办法达到完全的共识。不过言之过早。就如dear说的，走一步、算一步。等到星期三再说吧。现在还是专心地想一想去香港的行李要带什么……

还是relax一下。听听叮当的这首超震撼的歌《我是一只小小鸟》。

李宗盛的词曲真的没话讲。好极了！！！

我是一只小小小小鸟。想要飞呀飞，却飞也飞不高。我寻寻觅觅，寻寻觅觅一个温暖的怀抱。这样的要求算不算太高。

一个人走得越多、看的越广，对身边的很多要求也就越少……你的要求高吗？

1090. tired

2010-07-29T22:16:00.042+08:00

Rant of the day: Another week past...

I think I'm falling sick... Been feeling weak for the past few days but just not letting peeps know. Perhaps due to the unpredictable weather. Suddenly very cold. Suddenly very hot.

Anyway, about 6 more days to Hong Kong but the weird thing is I'm not getting the hype. Maybe too many things going on in office and out-of-office. For example the flat selection thingy... Check feng shui (风水). Check palmistry. Check this. Check that. And it doesn't help when dear is OVER excited about the flat thingy.

*sigh*

Tiring process but don't get me wrong. Not that I don't enjoy the selection process with dear but rather, all these hype and selection work are taking a toll off me mentally.

Then on the graduation day. Regalia rental and collection. Guest tickets. ICT crashes with graduation. Need to plan on the arrangement. So much work just to graduate. Aiyoh...

Only exchanged for HK$ yesterday and I haven't start packing. Haven't buy travel insurance too. Dear keep assuring me on the travel insurance thingy but no actions from her side leh. So is she buying or not? Sian lah...

Watch this to perk you up like what it did to me...

Awwwwww... so cute...

1089. 我也很想

2010-07-28T23:31:00.023+08:00

Rant of the day: Exchange rate for HK$ not bad leh...

结婚本来是两个人的事。Keyword是“本来”。结婚也不是两家人的事了。而是两家人 + 展现/表现面子的事。我还没结婚就一大堆的压力。真的不敢想象结婚后天空会是怎样。钱钱钱……我也知道我赚得不多，但很多东西不是我自己想、我说就算。

我也很想找便宜的求婚戒指……得体像样就好。

我也很想找便宜的四点金……简单典雅就好。（反正又不会拿来带在身上）

我也很想找便宜的酒店举办喜宴……体面大方就好。

我也很想找便宜的婚纱像馆……哪儿里拍不重要，把夫妻拍得好看就好。

我很想很想很想budget budget budget……我也知道我钱包能力有限……

谁不想？？？

要面子，就很难便宜。但是我这样想并不代表另一半也这么想。她有她的想法要求。我有我的看法定限。而Mother，你再这样给我一大堆的压力，我迟早会有婚姻恐惧症啊！！！到时后，我压力过大，突然不要结婚怎么办？

*叹*

又会有谁了解我现在的痛苦？想找人倾诉又不知该找谁好……

PS：有时候会想如果另一半是没有要求的女人多好。也许压力会减少许多。

1088. i need 6 months... at least...

2010-07-22T23:39:00.022+08:00

Joy of the day: BTO booklet is here!!!

Doctor says...

Your bones are healing well. But the swell is probably due to a torn ligament. This will take roughly 6 months to heal. Might be shorter. Might be longer. Depends...

*sigh*

6 months... That is a long period to get my ankle healed. And, I need to do physiotherapy. This sucks as well. But on a brighter note, I'm excused from IPPT for this window. At least I can rest assured that my ankle get some good rest from strenuous exercises.

I like this doctor. Same doctor that attended to me on my first medical review. Though he didn't smile. But at least he don't ask stupid questions and he take serious examination on my ankle and the x-ray films.

And yes, when he talks to me, he look at me! Unlike Dr. Andrew who reviewed my case on the last visit. The previous doctor was literally talking to my x-ray films. I didn't know those films response to his questions.

1087. ups and downs

2010-07-22T00:07:00.038+08:00

Rant of the day: So tired...

Things recently are moving like a roller coaster. Ups and downs.

Me nominated and awarded (should be I think) the Excellent Service Award, Gold Award. =)

Confirming and finalizing my trip for Hong Kong (yippeeee). =)

Got the selection date for my house (double yippeeee). =)

Know the date for my convocation (oh finally). =)

People tendering (though it didn't came as a surprise). =(

Got my car buang and the boot was in bad shape (repaired already and no injuries). =(

2 job applications got rejected (so sad that they didn't even give me the chance for an interview). =(

Flat selection came earlier than expected and have not gotten the queue number for the waterway BTO! =(

Having issues with the flat selection date (extremely extremely upset about this). =(

Glad... But at the same time, upset... Can there be fewer downs? Moreover, the downs are hitting me pretty hard. *sigh*

1086. 购物气闻

2010-07-16T23:54:00.090+08:00

Rant of the day: Don't take customer service too much for granted.

好久没有po了。想我吗？哈哈……

元归正传。刚才和dear在义安城 (Ngee Ann City) 光解释，碰到一个令人咋舌的气闻。就在Armani Exchange (AX) 里，dear正在更衣间试穿裙子。在她的对间是一名中国auntie，年约35岁至40岁左右。而陪同的是位本地uncle，大概50几岁了吧。

不知道他们在店里试穿了多久，不过很明显的是他们肯定待了好一下子。因为她的更衣室里，满地都是试穿的衣服。突然听到他们一直在谈论说服务员有多么的“不周到”，“手脚很慢”，“cutting很烂”等等类似的东西。原本不以为然，以为又是typical的购物牢骚。谁知道，当那位auntie在更换的时候，那位uncle很突兀的向更衣间里的一名打工小弟说，“Your staff here all dunno how to smile one ah?”

[打工而已吗……卖笑meh？你又还没有买到任何东西，笑个屁啊？]

那位小弟当然不知道该怎样回答。年龄小，有没有工作经验，哪儿会处理难缠的顾客？看那小弟默默无言，那名uncle就继续发飙。直道有名叫senior的职员来帮忙。但是似乎没有什么帮助。那名uncle就继续以complain的方式恐吓店员，然后又在店里大呼小叫的，像个疯子似的。后来还出口成“脏”，蛮不讲理又没风度。野蛮人指数100%！！！

老实说，搞了蛮久的但是我最终不知道他发飙的目的。是为了要在他那“年轻”的中国妞面前显得“有钱”，有能力“大声”？还是头脑有问题？不然就是更年期？

大声了那么久，却半件衣服都没买，还有什么权力“大声”？

不要把customer service当作是理所当然的。虽然消费者自然因该享有优良的服务，但并不代表能够蛮不讲理、无理取闹。请切记！！！

1085. December Rains is back!!!

2010-07-06T22:14:00.024+08:00

Rant of the day: Ate too much. Feeling extremely full now... Bloated...

I remember this local musical. Back than in 1996, I was a poor secondary school student and almost not possible to fork out the money for the ticket. I can't even afford a proper pair of sneakers for myself. But now, IT'S BACK!!! December Rains (雨季) is back and this time round, starring Kit Chan!!! OMG!!!

But... look at the ticket prices again...

Standard - S$129, S$109, S$89, S$69 (all excludes booking fee)

I think... After more than 10 years, I still can't bear to fork out this amount. I could do alot better with $129 (and probably twice the amount for both dear and I). Moreover, I've got a Hong Kong trip coming. Can't splurge on such indulgence right?

Who have the theme song featured in the video?

1084. home cook food

2010-06-27T23:19:00.079+08:00

Rant of the day: 有时候可能是爱的方式错了……

How to break away from a mundane weekend? So dear and I came up with a brilliant and different way of spending a Saturday -- by doing home cook food!!! And we managed to rope in Arina to help out as well. It's always good to have another helper when one of the cook have absolutely no idea how to cook (that's me)... At least the ladies will have knowledge of what's a foil (and I keep thinking it's referring to aluminium foil) and what it does. Haha...

Dear is busy doing up the Jajangmeon (炸酱面). A Korean noodles with many many vegetables and small chunks of pork with the black bean paste.

While Arina and I tried cracking our brains with the absolutely NO-BAKE peanut butter dessert!!! Isn't this perfect for a total beginner like me?

I can't say much for the Jajangmeon 'cause I ain't helping out with that but dear seems to manage it under her control. As for the dessert, it comes with 4 packets of ingredients in the box. A packet of Oreo crisps. A packet of don't-know-what powder. A packet of peanut butter. And a packet of chocolate sauce.

Basically, we only need to buy extra milk and butter to complete the preparation. Simply follow the instructions. The packets are even numbered to make things simpler for us!!! Woohoo~~~ So here's me preparing the Oreo crisps base with packet 1 and 4 tablespoon of butter.

While Arina get things mixed at the... what do you call this machine again? Mixer mah? Anyway, inside are contents from packet 2 (the don't-know-what powder), milk and packet 3 (that's the sinful peanut butter).

So once I'd got the base mixed and evenly pressed into the foil, it's time to put the mix onto it.

Arina here doing the even spread of the mix.

And a perfect (almost perfect) finishing touch with the final packet of chocolate sauce.

Refrigerate it for at least an hour, but I personally encourage you to leave it overnight. And once it's done, slice it up to serve cold! Tada~~~

Seriously, it's GOOD!!! At least for a first timer like me, I feel totally accomplished. Hahahaha... And here come dear's Jajangmeon!!! Just look at the generous spread of sauce and vegetables. Yummy!!!

Have to be honest, the potato ain't very cook but the taste wise, well done! That's why it is important to have a girlfriend who knows how to cook. My dear can really cook well and I totally appreciate her talent. Don't you think I'm a lucky man? Lalalalalala....

1083. angry bird... clear

2010-06-23T23:56:00.051+08:00

Rant of the day: Busy busy busy...

The flu bug is flying all over the office. One by one got hit... REAL BAD... Extreme sore throat. Fever. Cough. Runny nose. I'm still safe (for now) and I hope to keep it that way. I hate falling sick but who likes it seriously? Have to keep healthy... ROAR!!!

Dear caught the flu bug too and is in some serious sore throat and fever. Please please please... Let her get well soon. It pains to see her suffer.

But a good news came by earlier.

Not sure if I had mentioned earlier that dear's dog, Niu Niu, got into some trouble over dog fight and the owner of the trouble-making party got bitten in the process (but not sure bit by which dog). Even though he insisted that Niu Niu bit him but seriously, who else saw through the whole process except himself? So, no one can justify the "facts" he says. And we were only recently informed that he actually wrote to Stomp and uploaded some images of his wound.

What is his motive? Creating public outcry? Attempt to win sympathy? Making false and disadvantage image on dear? I'm not sure though.

I can honestly say he can write real well but going through his content, realised that many areas which are doubtful and untrue. Plus, he had indirectly reference dear and she can be identified by others based on the "mere" description. The remarks contained defamatory nature to dear. "Innuendo" is the term people... As such, we wrote to Stomp to get the post pull off but we didn't pin too much hope.

Thankfully, they removed the post today. Nice. Sometimes, it is good to learn some communication law. At least we know how to deal with certain things especially when it comes to slander and libel cases. Haha...

Anyway, so glad that my all time favourite iPhone game, Angry Birds, had just released the final stage and I managed to complete it earlier! Woohoo~~~ But of course, some of it is heng heng clear.

Just hoping that they can release even more stages since I'd completed all the stages now. =P

1082. 放血拔罐

2010-06-21T22:19:00.001+08:00

Rant of the day: Can't even go on course with peace in mind.

今天的推拿复诊，是由此一来最最最痛的一次！！！

张医师推拿后，发现浮肿的脚踝虽然没有进一步恶化，但也似乎没有消肿。于是，决定以放血和拔罐的方式，把脚踝里可能累积的集血放掉。

头头推拿的时候已经是痛的双手紧握。后来，她在脚踝的两处，以细细的针个戳了三个小孔。然后，在小孔的表面以拔罐的方式，把血吸出来。过程是痛到………………后来发现眼泪已静悄悄地从双眼滑落。这位持了大概5至10分钟，但感觉好像已过了5个钟头。

=（

不要再放血拔罐了！！！太痛苦了！！！

1081. orchard淹水

2010-06-17T19:48:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: 累~~~

我怀疑Orchard Road昨天淹水可能跟端午节有关……划呀……划呀……

哈哈！！！只是逗你笑而已hor。不要当真。

1080. weekend shopping

2010-06-13T23:41:00.030+08:00

Rant of the day: What's with the irritable mood?

2 days of shopping, walking and standing. Tired... But I'd got the things I want!!!

First, let's put our hands together for......... GINGGY!!!

Awwwww... Isn't he cute? And he cries something like "lalalalalalala..." when we press the belly button. But where shall I put him in my room?

Next, a new briefcase! And it's the CK briefcase that I'd been eyeing for quite some time ago. And best thing is, it's on 20% discount at Tangs!

Just look at the details on the carrier.

It has this removable laptop compartment as well. Nice~~~

And last but not least, the final 2 books of the Diary of the Wimpy Kid. Finished 2 other earlier last month during my injury and this are the remaining 2 that I'd always wanted to complete. Though stupid and pretty brainless but they sure do make good laughs! Problem is... I think my book shelf is running out of space. Shit...

Earlier on, was at town with dear, Arina and Liwei for the Singapore Street Festival. We're there supporting Kevin's band. Great job dude. Sometimes, I really wonder how is it like to be in a band and performing in public?

1079. pissed

2010-06-11T23:56:00.043+08:00

Rant of the day: I want to have the Ginggy toy that comes with MacD Happy Meal!!!

I barely stepped in the house for 5 minutes after sending dear home and got pissed off by mum. Why does she everytime have to stand on lil brother's side when any car issue arises? So my fault for making noise again? 我很计较是吗？

Pissed...

When he didn't pump fuel, leaving 1/4 tank (and once, 1/8 tank for nuts!!!) for me to top up when I haven't made much mileage yet, I have to take the extra time to pump up. What if I have something urgent to rush to and there's not enough fuel? Don't say he will leave enough fuel hor... That's a f**king irresponsible remark. So it's my fault for being geh gao lah...

When he used my cashcard so much, leaving $1.20 inside and forgot to top up. I have to quickly find ATM to top it up before in case I passes through any ERP gantry or uses any carpark. So what he pays me after that? He did it because I found out!!! And what if I didn't realise and slot in the card in the reader just before I reached any ERP gantry? Summon how? So it's my fault for being geh gao lah...

When he finished all the parking coupons, leaving NOTHING left to tear except the stupid calendar at the back of the used stack and I have to buy for my own and NOT let him use mine. So it's my fault for being geh gao lah...

I seriously have to save up and get my own car one day.

Leaving the above rant aside. This week was a week of good news.

Good news (1): The BTO queue number result for Punggol Emerald and Punggol Wave was out and we've got a super god queue number!!! 104!!! Woohoo~~~

Good news (2): My resume was finally read by 97.2FM music director and he called me for a voice test! Looks like my dream of becoming a radio DJ is close again. I must grab hold of this opportunity and not let go!

Good news (3): I've bought a new desk for my room to replace the old old study desk. It nice, huge and sturdy. And best of all... SUPER CHEAP!!! Only $59 from Ikea!

Good news (4): Received my RMIT Statement of Academic Completion (SAC) and therefore, I can proceed to apply job officially as a graduate even if I have not receive my transcript.

I just hope more good news will keep coming in... =)

1078. picking up

2010-06-07T23:38:00.017+08:00

Rant of the day: Rain season is back so soon???

Back in office for a week and I'm picking up gradually. Seminars are starting... Paper to complete... Video editing... A couple of emails to handle... Queries as well... Looks like life is back to normal after cooping up for almost a month at home. Getting back my sanity. Haha...

It was Deric's birthday last week. Look at how happy he was while gazing at the mango cake. Yummilicious!!!

He sorta gobbled up his share in seconds!!! Right~~~

Besides looking forward to the Hong Kong trip in August, also can't wait for convocation. 我终于毕业了……

1077. 忽近、忽远

2010-05-31T21:54:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: It's good to resume my normal life...

又失败了。我真的又失败了。虽然一直说“我ok。没关系……”，但是，内心是难过失望的。看来我真的不是当DJ的料。参加《明星DJ争霸赛》两次，却连连败阵。梦想那么近，却又那么远。至少我还能鼓起勇气，站上那高压的舞台，试者圆自己的梦。

机会一次又一次的破灭，希望也就一次又一次的变渺茫。因为年龄也不小了。27岁……我真得越来越没有能力与机会继续追梦。因该是说我已经快抵达追梦的边界。人的一生中，能有多少的两三年来继续追梦啊？虽然很想告诉自己不要放弃，但是事实就摆在眼前。要不承认也不行了。

很多人会问“为什么怎么大了，还幻想当明星？”或者类型的问题。我不是想当明星。我只想当93.3FM的电台DJ。明星？我还真得不够资格。没有靓丽的面孔。没有健硕的身材。我还是有自知之明。哈哈……

这DJ梦是圆不了了。让这个梦想保留成自己的“未完成”的故事。还是中规中矩的继续我的人生吧……路还长的呢……

1076. a day out

2010-05-29T12:54:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: Feeling satisfied.

I can't be any more happier after I'd got the cast removed. Can't wait to go out even if I am limping in pain!!! So, was in town yesterday with dear, Arina and Liwei to catch Sex and The City 2. Super nice lah!!! The jokes are funny.

After that, the gals went shopping at 313 Somerset. Even though the walk from Cineleisure to the mall is really short, the pain at my ankle was excruciating. Limping and limping. But it's good to have dear by my side, looking out for me in case I fall. But just felt a lil bad that they can't really shop their heart out with a limping man in the group.

Dinner was at this really nice cafe at the mall, Pockets and Poises (if I didn't get their name wrong). Prices ain't rocket high and the food is pretty well done. Portions are slightly larger than the norm and taste pretty much above the average. Love their vanilla ice-cream. The staff are pretty friendly too.

Playing around with my lomography app in my iPhone.

And guess what, even with my condition, we struggled to complete a singing night out at KBox. Steady lah. But the walking part was seriously painful.

DJ competition tomorrow. Gambatte!!! Just hope I don't fall on stage.

1075. removal day

2010-05-28T12:19:00.031+08:00

Rant of the day: Sian...

Alrighty... Finally a farewell for my cast. Thanks for accompanying me for the past 1 month even though it was seriously uncomfortable. Itchy... Heavy...

I am having serious doubts on the doctor who had examined me. I was pushed into the consultation room in a wheelchair with the cast still on my right ankle. He was checking my x-ray. Suddenly, he probed a dumb question -- "Which one? Left or right?". Are you kidding me? I am pushed in with my cast still on and you ask me this question? Are you a doctor in the first place? So I answered, "The cast is on my right ankle. So I think is my right leg." Totally DUH!!! He did seemed displeased and ordered for me to remove my cast and to go. Come back 2 month later. Don't he need to examine after I remove my cast and to further the assess the injury for the time being?

But the thing is, even though the cast is finally removed, my ankle is still red and swollen. And of course, seriously painful. At the beginning, it is almost too pain to even stand up and get on the wheelchair!

And, due to the lack of wear and tear of the skin plus, lack of moisture, the skin is extremely dry and flaky.

Can't bend my ankle and the swell ain't subsiding. Feel the pain even when I'm not using my leg. So, without the further assessment by the doctor, I need to report for work on Monday. How nice... This means I need to limp to work almost everyday.

Is he seriously a doctor?

1074. when is your turn?

2010-05-20T15:29:00.002+08:00

Rant of the day: I miss clubbing...

Stress... Stress... Stress...

More and more of my peers getting married. More and more people throwing me with the "when is your turn?" question. Even my mum asks me the same question. The stress is coming from myself but it can't be avoided. Really... if you get what I mean.

Not that I don't want to. I ain't young anymore. But my career is not settled. Savings are not enough. Yes... Money not enough... It's ok if I suffer alone but I can't let my love to suffer with me too. Moreover, I can't even decide the right ring. ROAR!!! Too many choices. Too lil cash. =(

*sigh*

Anyway, I'm looking forward to my Hong Kong trip in August with dear. Best thing about this trip... IT'S SUMMER TIME BABY!!! No heavy jackets!!! Probably just a usual sweater in case it rains. Still reading up the things to do when we're there. But I'm gonna catch the Symphony of Lights show on one of the nights.

And course, dear's favourite Disneyland!!! I'd never been to one. So, it's gonna be an experience. Hahaha...

Seriously, alot of my "first time" are dedicated to dear. Alot of "first time" like first time going for dance classes. First time holding on her handbag while she's shopping. And of course...

My first time...

*blush*

Going overseas with only her. Stop thinking the wrong places you *toot*...

There's gonna be alot more first times with her. ALOT MORE~~~

1073. opportunity

2010-05-18T18:30:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: 我真的很想配合你。但是银行存款能力有限。我也有很多plans。

Saw the best post in Facebook and Twitter today and it totally brightened my day -- 明星DJ争霸赛 is BACK!!! Organised by YES93.3FM, it is out to source for the next DJ in their station. It's an opportunity!!! The last time I'd only reached top 50 round. Gawd... Looks like there is a change in the competition format. Do hope I can enter the final 20 this time round. Details here.

And the competition is sooooo nicely arranged after I remove my cast! Woohoo~~~ Is it a sign?

Eric must GAMBATTE!!! 加油加油加油！！！

Anyway, am always enjoying breakfast with mum.

Even though it is tough to go out with crutches, I can't be cooping up at home all day... everyday right? So, specially made a trip down to AMK Hub this morning just to have some bread and coffee with mum.

The return trip home was HELL!!! Probably because of the extreme weather. Super hot and humid. Was sweating like crazy. My arms are aching badly and palms with hard skin developing due to the grasp of the crutches with my heavy weight. And seriously, the gahmen should consider to extend the time duration of the green man. 30s is seriously NOT ENOUGH... I'm practically "running" with 1 leg and 2 crutches. An additional 5s allowance is really appreciated.

Get well soon Eric... Get well soon...

1072. third week

2010-05-16T23:26:00.028+08:00

Rant of the day: Ate too much. I'm damn full now...

Ya know, I shouldn't be blogging too much about politics and stuff. Don't wanna get myself in any suit case or something. But the news on Thailand's situation kept showing up in ALL news!!! LITERALLY ALL NEWS AND MEDIA!!!

Seriously, what are their people thinking man... Making their capitol all hectic and crap! Don't they even give a damn about their economy??? And what took their gahmen sooooooo long to finally SHOOT those craps down? Get it done and over with ONCE AND FOR ALL!!! There's a saying in Chinese -- 长痛不如短痛. Whether to shoot those chaos-makers or not, the country's economy is already at the bottom. Might as well get it done. Shoot all their leaders down and leave them with no one to lead. Ya know, 擒贼先擒王.

And while the red supporters get bloody, what is their idol (Thaksin) doing? Nothing... Perfect. Woohoo~~~

Anyway, not my problem either. I'm entering the third week of the cast!!! So looking forward to 27th May. Get the cast remove. But I'm not sure if I can start to walk immediately. After not using my right leg for such a long period, I might not have the strength to stand up straight. Will I need to do physiotherapy?

*sigh*

But I've got a craving for the crispy waffles at Square 2 near TTSH. Think after the removal of the cast, gotta get my hands on one!!! Hahaha...

And oh... Can I downgrade my PES status? Hmmmmmmm... Though there's no major fracture, it is a crack in the bone.

1071. dreaming

2010-05-13T12:07:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: Looking forward to the removal of the cast.

Thanks to my brother, finally got my Kenneth Cole Timepiece from Safra.

Nice right?

For the tenth time, I dreamt of removing the cast!!! Hahaha... 日有所思，夜有所梦。I just can't wait to remove it. It itches. It's warm. And because of the lack of usage, the skin on my feet hardens and feels extremely uncomfortable.

*sigh*

Seriously living hell.

One of my favourite Korean group, 2pm, with their latest MV for "Without U". Love their locking.

1070. happy mothers' day

2010-05-09T21:59:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: Walking on crutches for the whole afternoon ain't easy. More tiring than running 2.4km!!!

Happy Mothers' Day!!!

This year is probably the least eventful Mothers' Day we had celebrated. No posh restaurant. No gift. No cake. Just a simple lunch at Ikea and a trip to the Pet Mart. Due to my condition, venturing out too far is not exactly a wise choice. Moreover, while the whole town clogged at the IRs, Ikea at Tampines was surprisingly not as crowded as what we had expected.

Can't get her a gift as well. *ahem* I can't even go out and get what I want. Needless to say a gift.

But I think mum appreciated and had enjoyed the lunch. As for gift, she only wanted me to get well soon and I sure hope for the same thing too.

Get well soon Eric. Get well...

1069. 是我的错

2010-05-06T23:32:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: I wish I can dip in the pool... I wish...

是我的错……

对不起……

害你奔波劳累……

害你不能做你想做的东西……

是我弄疼你的手背……

是我……是我……是我……

对不起……

情绪最近起伏很大。我的伤连累了别人，也连累了自己。有时候想表现自己的爱，却无意伤到别人。除了难过，还是难过。看了偶像剧后，觉得爱情并不是想偶像剧演得那样。那太不真实了。可是，女孩子为什么追求或向往的却是那儿中爱情呢？

有时候，猫猫狗狗反而更能体现什么是珍爱……

1068. hamper

2010-05-04T22:58:00.028+08:00

Rant of the day: 是我想太多？

How nice of the company to send me a hamper in hope that I get well soon (and I certainly hope so too). It's been hell all these while cooping up at home alone with only Deric.

There's a box of bird's nest. Nothing branded but needed these to repair my complexion from the sleepless nights. You wanna try sleeping with a heavy cast on your ankle?

3 bottles of chicken essence (probably for those who are taking care of me).

And decorated with some flowers.

Deric loves the flower though.

It's only the first week of May... Somebody kill me!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...

1067. 我要振作

2010-05-02T23:50:00.046+08:00

Rant of the day: The itch within the cast is killing me!!! And the humid weather seriously didn't help...

人中是会在夜深人静时，感触才会特别丰富。已经不知道过了几个夜晚，都是夜夜以泪洗脸。觉得自己很没用……一直搞不懂为什么运动都会上到这么严重。我真的是运动肢体白痴吗？为什么一直给人添麻烦？

伤到这么重后，连最简单的事都得费尽全身力量才能完成。平时只需30秒就能爬上的梯级，我现在必须花上5分钟才能完成。而且爬上过后还汗流浃背，狼狈极了。虽然真的很想出门，但是门口的梯阶却让我止步。

就算让我成功的出了门，在外头还得忍受别人一样的眼光。一直盯着看的人是瞎的吗？？？没看过拿拐杖或坐轮椅的人吗？不经如此。在外头又怕拐杖撞到别人或妨碍到别人的路。不然就是怕轮椅撞到别人的脚或店里的陈列室。

*叹*

我是不是很没用？没受伤不就好。Dear也就不会因为天天陪我而感到沉闷无聊，时间难熬。

*叹*

我要振作……

1066. 强颜欢笑

2010-04-30T23:57:00.114+08:00

Rant of the day: Going through emotion breakdown...

离奇转折下，我以为今天拆石膏后，就能渐渐恢复往日的作息。谁知道，医生看了我的X光片后，竟然发现我的骨边有裂缝。为了以防万一，我换了一幅新的石膏，又继续呆在家里不能出门。这次，是整整一个月！！！倒霉……真的倒霉……

看我崭新蓝色的石膏！！！Tada~~~

表面上我看起来是似乎没有什么情绪，但内心一直在挣扎着。我不要再继续给大家添麻烦了，尤其是我妈妈。在过去的10天，她无微不至的照顾我任何小细节。早餐、午餐、晚餐。我内心是感激的。除了谢谢，还是谢谢。不过，接下来是30天的折磨。妈妈又必须继续的绞尽脑汁，为我的起居饮食烦恼。我真的是……无言以对。很对不起她老人家。自己的意外而让她忙上忙下。内疚……

弟弟也是因为我这次意外，忙东忙西。请紧急假期。拿紧急time off。提东提西。载上载下。多多少少也占据了他私人的时间。我又是一笔的内疚……

办公室里因为即将来临的宣传而忙得晕头转向。再加上同时因为考试请假，而我又缺席。人力上的压力可想而知。同事也因为如此，取消的部分的假期。我真的很惭愧但又束手无策。表面上，同事也没有很在意。只是希望我能快点好起来。但是，害到他们的行程或安排受到影响，我是万分的内疚……

再来，因为这次的伤而严重影响了我的行动。接下来的30天又是困在家里。又是无法陪dear出门还是什么的。很多的事情无法陪她完成。许多的安排、许多的策划。我多不能陪在她身边。相信dear也是身心疲惫。内疚……

当然还有Kevin。原本计划好的25公里长跑，也因为我这次的意外而有泡汤。更惨的是，钱也付了。不知道能不能找人代替。内疚……

为了隐藏我内心的愧疚与内疚，也不希望别人伤心难过，我认真地保持开心的笑容。我强颜欢笑，不让任何人为我担心。我尽量靠自己解决自己的问题。例如拿东西、吃药、上厕所、拿拐杖、开风扇、开电视等等。在很多时候，我尽量独立。感到极度疼痛时，也不发出任何哀嚎。

我做这一切是为了什么？为了些什么？为了不就是不让关心我的人担心……

因为这次的伤，我已经身心疲惫。我真的不能再接二连三承受更多的精神压力了。我的精神已经很累了。

1065. i cannot scratch

2010-04-29T22:50:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: My foot is sweating inside the cast and bandages... Eeewwwww...

Ok... Tomorrow is the cast removal day. I'm seriously not sure if I am even 50% healed. The pain was terrible this morning and only to subside after medication. Then again, it only means that the injury is still in a bad condition. But I'll be glad if the cast can be removed asap. It's warm inside and if I feel itchy, I CANNOT SCRATCH!!! And it's extremely uncomfortable wearing it. My movement is literally restricted. I have to depend on my crutches to go to the toilet...

*sigh*

I'm so hoping to quickly remove it. And of course, to stand up and walk on my own without the crutches...

Some things to complete after getting the cast remove after tomorrow. Need to attend a fashion show with dear on Saturday (so I'm hoping I can walk properly and not limp too much). So, what to wear huh? Troubled... Also, need to collect my Kenneth Cole Timepiece from Safra. Almost forgot about it until I glanced on the collection slip that's lying on my desk.

1064. ain't quite comfortable

2010-04-28T17:23:00.010+08:00

Rant of the day: I'm still in pain... Owwwww...

Going through the longest MC in my life so far and things ain't quite comfortable actually. Besides the fact that I get to sleep more and wake up at 9 plus in the morning for breakfast and medication, the ankle still hurts like hell!!! The worse pain is always in the morning when I'm getting off the bed. The pain can be so bad that my face will turn pale.

But the swelling had subsided quite a lot. Can feel it... LITERALLY... The cast and bandages are coming loose. So had to stick them back with my own collection of micropore (those white cloth tape that the clinics or hospitals use to stick the bandages up) that I had been keeping since I'm quite an accident-prone person.

Going toilet just to pee is hell enough. Needless to say going for a bath...

I'm practically stuck at home EVERYDAY because going outdoor is tedious. I can't make up the short flight of stairs without sweating or panting.

But I can't stay in front of my laptop for too long as well! The ankle will be numbed... So I finished reading all my unfinish magazines. Still got 2 more books to complete.

I'm so looking forward to remove my cast on Friday... Please lemme recover... Please please please... I'm still pretty hopeful to complete the 25km run in May...

1063. universal studio singapore

2010-04-25T23:58:00.065+08:00

Rant of the day: Ankle still swollen... Ultimate sianzation...

The trip to Universal Studio Singapore on Saturday was a blast!!! It was hell lotsa fun even though I was wheelchair-bound!!! IRAS Family Day 2010 held on Saturday at the venue was a well organised one. Heard the boss said during the speech that we are the first organisation to do it there.

During the visit, saw alot of my colleagues and almost everyone were concerned about my injury. DON'T WORRY PEEPS!!! I'm well and good. Just that my movement is really restricted and of course, the morning pain...

Do heard comments that why am I still going to the family day with my current condition... Oh come on peeps, I'd paid for the tickets. Moreover, I had a wheelchair. I don't need to walk around with my crutches. I'm well bandaged up and not exactly feeling too much pain. It's such a rare chance to be here so die die must come!!!

The most ridiculous comment was: "Easy for you lah. Got people push you around while you sit hor?"

Easy for you to say... Perhaps the person wanna try sitting on a wheelchair for a day and see if it feels good.

If you are at Universal Studio, how can you miss taking a photo at their signature globe?!?

I love this photo best. My family and my favourite character in Shrek the Movie!!! It's Puss-in-Boots!!! Meow...

This is probably the best taken photo of the park yesterday. The castle of the Far Far Away Land.

Lunch was the at park as well. There's this restaurant call the KT Grill. Ordered quite the standard stuff you can get outside like chicken, fish and chips and steak. Though the choices ain't wide but the food is good. But this particular steak the dear and I ordered to share was really AMAZING!!!

Look at the size of the steak!!! And it's damn good!!! A steak worth waiting for... Ya... We waited for about 30min for this steak to be served.

Food aside, one of the best experience was that the park is pretty much handicap-friendly. Serious!!! Because of my injury and the wheelchair, I was given priority to almost EVERYTHING!!! Express lane. Assisted pavement. Elevators. Special arrangements. Extremely helpful and friendly staffs. Lovin' every moment of it. I'm practically treated like a king there!!! Probably because of my condition and needed extra caution bah...

Not only me getting these special privileges. My family members accompanying me get to ride with me on the priority queue as well!!!

And guess what... Besides the water ride, I can take almost any ride there!!! Even the high speed indoor roller coaster!!! So long I can get onto the ride without the wheelchair on my own and the safety rails can close up, I can take the ride!!! Woohoo~~~

So maybe getting badly injured just before the trip to the park isn't such a bad thing after all. =P

1062. the cast

2010-04-22T23:51:00.023+08:00

Thought of the day: Clutches ain't that expensive actually...

Ok. I've got my ankle cast. Moving around is a chore now. Felt extremely handicap and useless. Even simple tasks like going to toilet or bathing are tough now. But I do not wanna trouble the people around me. So, I really had been trying to self-help.

I'd always wanna know how does it like to put a cast on the legs and now I do. It seriously doesn't feels good. It's like a sauna inside!!! Tada~~~ My cast!!!

No fracture. No hairline cracks. The cast is mainly to restrict my ankle movement because the swell is way to huge and the doctor think that it will be good if I'm on cast. But the cast is super duper heavy on an injured leg. I'm sure it wouldn't felt that heavy if I'm not in pain.

Haiz. Looks like I'm gonna be wheelchair bound during the family day at Universal Studio Singapore on coming Saturday. So sad...

1061. funny joke

2010-04-21T23:49:00.000+08:00

Rant of the day: In pain...

Ok. Let's chill and stop thinking about my fall. Read this joke circulated via email.

Caller: Hello, can I speak to Annie Wan?

Operator: Yes, you can speak to me..

Caller: No, I want to speak to Annie Wan!

Operator: Yes I understand you want to speak to anyone. You can speak to me. Who is this?

Caller: I'm Sam Wan .. And I need to talk to Annie Wan! It's urgent.

Operator: I know you are someone and you want to talk to anyone! But what's this urgent matter about?

Caller: Well... just tell my sister Annie Wan that our brother Noe Wan was involved in an accident. Noe Wan got injured and now Noe Wan is being sent to the hospital. Right now, Avery Wan is on his way to the hospital.

Operator: Look, if no one was injured and no one was sent to the hospital, then the accident isn't an urgent matter! You may find this hilarious but I don't have time for this!

Caller: You are so rude! Who are you?

Operator: I'm Saw Ree...

Caller: Yes! You should be sorry . Now give me your name!!

Operator: That's what I said. I'm Saw Ree ..

Caller: Oh..... God....

Hahahahaha... I couldn't stop laughing lah...

1060. injured ankle

2010-04-21T23:09:00.049+08:00

Rant of the day: A damn suay day...

Trainer: Sir, you are skating and braking fine now. Go faster and try to brake within a shorter distance.

Me: (Hesitate for a moment) Erm... Ok, I'll try...

So there I go. Bend my knees lower because I'm tall and the CG (Centre of Gravity) is too high. First step out, left... right... left... right... Ok, speed picking up. Try to go faster... left... right... left... right... Focus Eric. Focus.

SHIT!!! I'm going too fast!!! Right!!! Brake brake!!! Ok, step one, close up my legs.

*wobbles*

SHIT!!! I'm wobbling too much... Woooo... WOOOOO... Still not close up enough. Somemore Eric!!! SOMEMORE!!!

*wobbles even more violently*

Woooo... Wooooo... AHHHHHHHH!!! Cluck... Cluck... (did I break my bones??? oh shit...) Thud............

There you go, my falling sequence. Don't blame anyone. It's just damn suay... When I heard the "cluck" sound during the moment of the fall, I was thinking that I broke my bones. But I think I didn't (if not how to come home and blog right?) and is just a bad bad sprain on the veins at my right ankle.

I can't stand up properly. I can't walk properly for obvious reasons. My right ankle now swells like a tree trunk and I seriously thinks that I walk like a zombie in Resident Evil movie. Hahahaha...

Luckily my brother is at home and came to fetch me home. Thanks brother. Phew~~~ At least I don't need to stand and wait for cab at that hour (around 9pm). But now I'm worried about the following that's coming up this 2 months:

1) Family Day at Universal Studio Singapore, THIS SATURDAY!!!

2) Start of IPT, 18 May 2010 to 17 June 2010

3) 25km PAssion Run, 22 May 2010

*sigh*

Let's just hope that all turns out fine... Cheers!!!

PS: I'm really fine. Don't worry too much.

1059. dulan-ness

2010-04-18T23:47:00.028+08:00

Rant of the day: I said I need a hair cut... But... *sigh*

Today had gotta be one of my worse Sunday this year. If you had been following my tweets today, posted 2 messages that I'm sibeh dulan. Shan't elaborate on it but even till now, I'm still feeling the dulan-ness...

Anyway, the Hong Kong trip in coming August is confirmed. A very last minute decision but I felt a good one as well. Haven't been there yet in my life and after hearing so many good comments about the place, I do think that a visit there is a must. But now, how much to bring there to spend?

Time to start researching and planning the itinerary...

Remember the Doraemon Pig Lucky Charm saga that MacD had previously? I thought the sale of the charm was over but apparently it's still on sale at the outlet near my estate. I had to get one since I'm born in the year of boar.

I love this part of the lucky charm. So cute!!!

Very odd... I don't have the pre-Monday blues for the first time... Very very odd...

1058. in-line skating

2010-04-14T23:53:00.015+08:00

Rant of the day: Aching thighs...

After 2 lessons for the in-line skating, I'm beginning to like the sport. Damn good workout lah!!! Prolly because I'm a beginner and still learning how to balance, most of my energy were spent on focusing on balancing myself. In just about 10min, I was already sweating like crazy.

Lesson 1: Stand up. Fall down. Walk.

Lesson 2: Walk faster. Glide. Scissors technique. Brake.

As you can see, we were trained literally like a baby. Stand! Fall! Walk!!! Haha... 2 more lessons. Let's see if I can start to skate properly.

Like the trainer says, practice makes perfect. I wanna get a pair of skates now... =(

But I got no money no money... no money no money...

Sponsors? Hahahaha...

1057. 出头那天

2010-04-12T23:14:00.021+08:00

Rant of the day: Gawd... The weather is freaking HOT and HUMID!!!

人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。长相平平也能是绝世唱将。在网上已经流传开来的林育群在星光大道PK赛，以一首Whitney Houston的《I Will Always Love You》，换来世界的眼光。真的不简单。

来看看他在第二场PK的演唱。

太神了吧……

其实他在第一场PK也以满分艺压群雄。这是他在第一场PK的演唱片断。《Amazing Grace》。

如果我也能唱这么好就好了……

1056. the weekend

2010-04-11T23:25:00.027+08:00

Thought of the day: Is the weather getting hotter? Or is it just me?

I did not accomplish what I had planned for over the weekend -- to exercise in the morning. Not sure why but I'm simply too sleepy to wake up. No matter how many alarms I had placed, I'm still not waking up. It's like as if my body is screaming for more sleep!!!

So there goes my exercises...

Anyway, spent quite a sum at Zara yesterday. Big hole in my wallet. Here's what I'd got...

Love the blue polo but the cut is meant to be slim, so my shoulders and arms abit tight. Dear says the jeans is nice... So buy lor. Plus a skirt for dear, that's coming to $180... Ooooowwwww... Then again, sometimes spending can be happy too.

Saw this on YouTube.

Perhaps one day, I can start practising on my old name cards as well... =P

1055. 保持镇定

2010-04-08T23:58:00.022+08:00

Rant of the day: 很忙……

今天dear家里发生了一些不如意的事情……不便多谈。重要的是，在过程中学到了应对方式，一些平时不会碰到的事。俗话说得好：经一事，长一智。不过真的觉得dear处理得很好。如果没错，就不要承认。不要赔偿。保护家人。保持镇定。

虽然私底下会发泄出来，但是那儿也是正常的。

当然，如果是对付ki siao或脑子不正常的回比较麻烦。无独有偶，这次好像是有一点ki siao的……

无论如何，dear一定要加油！！！我挺你！！！

1054. 这四句话

2010-04-07T23:59:00.014+08:00

Joy of the day: Inline skating is FUN!!!

刚刚看完了一集台湾综艺节目，由陶晶莹主持的《大学生了没》。蛮好看的。来宾们在这一集就在讨论婚姻这回事。节目中就听到了这一句非常有意义的至理名言；如何维系美满婚姻？

欣赏对方的长处。

包容对方的短处。

纪念对方的好处。

担当对方的难处。

多么简单却又不难理解的四句话。我真的希望往日结婚后，我会做到这四句话。

1053. fulfil wishes

2010-04-06T23:28:00.036+08:00

Rant of the day: Having aching legs...

Listening to Y.E.S. 93.3FM now. Online streaming of course. DJ Peifen was mentioning something about new year resolution and realised that I didn't blog about it last time. But nothing much differs from previous year because I didn't manage to fulfil those last year.

Anyway, I will be graduating this year. So, one wish down on my wish list. I wanna complete the following this year as well:

1) Learn inline skating

2) Do a long distance run event

3) Change a job to something I like (but of course should pay me enough as well)

I'm gonna start (1) from tomorrow onwards. 4 lessons only. In office. But hope that within this 4 lessons, I can learn to skate smoothly at least.

As for (2), I'm gonna start my first in life, PAssion Run on 22 May 2010. Though it's not a full distance 42km marathon, but for a beginner like me, 25km is a good start. I just hope I can survive the run and hopefully can complete it within 3 hours. Hopefully...

Whereas for (3), contract ending but things are hard to say. What if the market is bad? What if I can't find a job? Just hope this will turn out fine... Whatever the case is, it's about 56 days to the end of contract!!! Woohoo~~~

Anyway, the thing that I'm looking forward currently is the family day at Universal Studio Singapore!!! Muahahahahaha...

I'm beginning to like this song... Tonight Tonight by 阮經天 and 趙又廷, from their latest movie 艋舺 (Monga). It has this unexplainable "feel" attached to the song.

Didn't know these 2 guys can sing but prolly of the song as well. Doesn't require too many tough techniques.

And have you watched the movie? You should if you haven't. DAMN NICE LAH!!! Here's a scene from the movie that pricks human heart.

It's not easy to be an star. 演员真的不好当。

1052. feeling bloated

2010-04-05T23:57:00.015+08:00

Rant of the day: Ain't getting enough sleep...

I'm in pain for practically the whole day... Feeling bloated. Food not disgesting properly. Irritable bowel. Feeling weak and light. And I'm seriously not sure what's happening but I don't wanna see the doctor. Ya know, after long weekend + take MC on the following working day = people think you are sibeh gao twang even though you are really sick. I've still got another few more months before the end of my contract. Shall reserve any other "stunts" till then.

I'm just hoping it's not gonna be another relapse of my stomach flu. It's been a problem for MANY years...

Anyway, had lotsa ginger in my diet the whole day so as to improve the "poisonous gas" releasing function. So I'm like burp... fart... burp... fart... practically the whole day. I'd just burped in fact...

Hopefully I didn't fart like this... Paiseh to the max can!!!

Hahaha...

1051. short weekend or long weekend?

2010-04-04T23:27:00.027+08:00

Rant of the day:

The long weekend seemed short and I didn't do anything much. Felt pretty bored actually. Besides the run on Thursday and Friday, did nothing much really. No movie. No shopping. No KTV-ing. No clubbing. Lotsa eating and twanging at home. Our planned JB dinner was cancelled too.

Not sure what to blog since we did nothing much. But I am pretty sure of something... I don't think I'll make the extra effort to East Coast Park just to jog. Have to wake up early with all the barang barang. Drive there. Get pissed off with the limited parking lots. All people blocking your way when you are jogging!!! I'll stick to where I jog now from my house to Bishan park connector. To and fro is also about 5km.

Also, did something that I'll never even think about last time... participate in a long distance running event organised by 100 Plus, PA and Newton Running. Not 2km... Not 5km... It's 25km!!! Something which I didn't even thought of doing it last time. And in May, I'll have my first finisher medal. Haha... Perhaps gradually, I'll doing more of these long distance run and hopefully one day, I'll complete a marathon.

Anyway, is it true that females are weaker in parking the car?

Hmmmmmmm... But the auntie is funny lah... So is the guy... Reverse lah!!!